The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

PUBLIC MEETING IN LAMBETH.

Last evening a crowded !meting of the ratepayers
of St. Mary, Lambeth, was held in the veitry-hall, Kea.
nington-green for the purpose of receiving the report of the
committee appointed to watch the progress hf the Matti).
politan Local Management Act Amendment Bill.
Mr. JOHN WILLIAM STSL?TON presided. In opening
the plooeedings, he remaried that when Sir B. Nall Late*.
dated his Local Management Act the people, be;ieving hiss
a liberal mac, as he had always given himself out to bes
had remained quiet, under the inspestion that his intim.
tines were fair end honourable. It turned out that the,
had been mistaken, and that, notwith-tanding what had
been put in the preamble of the bill, and the bill itself—to
the effect that the management of the poor would not be
interfered with—the whole autheray was placed in the 120
gentlemen elected under the new act. In April last a ooze,
mittee was appointed to consider tbo matter, and the report
of that committee would then he read, _ _

Mr. GRADY accordingly read the report, which Stated
that the committee, after corresponding with other metro.
palliate parir.es, and conferring with Sir B. Hall and the
Attorney-0 1, had induced the hos. baronet to intro.
duce a bill into the house, giving the ratepayers their forma
right of electing churchwardens and overseers. After con-
siderable delay, and *hes the session • as far advanced, Sir
B. Hall did bring in the bill, which pave,' the Commons, bat
we, so mutilated in the Lords ae to be worthless. Sty
B. Hall, however, declined to assist in rejecting the Lords'
amendments, but said that he would introduce another bill,
which, however, Us ratepayers considered was of no use.
The Lords' amendments were opposed in the Commons bf
a minority of nine members, among whom was Mr. Wll.
hams, one of the meinters for the bcrough. There the
matter rested, and it was for the ratepayer, to determine
what further steps should be taken.
The report wa■ unanimously received and adopted.
A vote of thanks to Mr. Williams, M.P., and the other
members composing the minority against the Lords' amend.
meet., was also agreed to.
Mr. bittanuttoes, M.P., in acknowledging the compli.
meat, drew attention to the fact that out of all the metro-
politan members only two were presint who had voted in
the minority. Sir W. Clay, Sir 13. Hall, and Mr. W.A.
Wilkinson, M.P., voted in the majority. (D:ispprobstion.)
From the latter gentleman they bad • right to expect
better thiogs. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. KNIGHT mewed the following resolution: "That the
meeting, recollection the promises of economy and dings
Dished parochial taistion pot t rh by tte advocates of the
Metrop-lis Local Alanscement Act, viewing with disappoint.
moot the opposite results of that act in the serious and in.
crested rates now imposed on the parithiosers and in come
of collection, and 'deemed at the will-lounded rumours of
still increased future tszation, swords that it is Mena.
bent on the ratepayers to at once eats. rt maseures whereby
the remonstrant voice or other lawful control at all who
have to pay money be heard and felt w,thia the new rutty."
Mr. BwsnELL seconded the resolut on, which was agreed
to with much swims.).
Mr Fames than moved ant ther etiolation, to the effect
that the Metropolis Local Management Act of 1:45 and the
amended act of 1856, having, contrary to the wishes of the
rated inenhitstits,transferred from them to the law vastry the
right of nominating overseers of the Four, and thus compelled
the ratepayers to exercise, by divot:, par, chtal powers and
privileges which they themselves tau always heretofore,
and are still desirous and able to et: relic in person, the
meeting deemed it expedient that application he made to
parliament, early in the next Slalloa, to repeal the said acts
so far as they related to t to ch Ace or nomination of church.
wardens and overseers of the pont, and thereby leave the
atteiea rights, powers, and privileges of the raneyers
open ve try unaffected.
This resolotion was seconded by Mr. JONES, rod agreed
to with mach applause.
A committee was then appointed to carry set the wisbee
of the meeting, aa 'weared by the Vregolug rt solutions,
unanimously agreed to; sad in ccnclusion a cor hal vote of
thanks was passed to the chairman, who hart, g acknow-
ledged the same, the meeting, which was moat orderly and
enthusiastic in the cause which had celled them together,
separated.

THE MURDER IN PARLIAMENT STREET.—Yeatere
day Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westroitster, told en liquify
at the Weevil:duster Hospital, touching the death of Richard
Cope, jeweller's smistant, aged 36. Toe mitt:mate, who
were examined before the megistretee, sod who•e evident@
has already appeared, having re seated their ststenienu, Mr,
Holt, Wallin surgeon, and Mr. Marshall, hoes • iorgeon eg
tee tewp,tal, proved that the dessiamd died from the effects
of
fracture on the left side of the skull, seve•al lissome
branching off from these fr leteres, and frightful laceratioee
of the sealp. Mr. Marshall likewise proved that the de•
ceased was quite sensible when to iden•iied the prisonee
Marley as the man who moulted him. Inspector Radetoek
and other witnes.es haying epokcn in urroboratioa, the
coroner steamed up, and the jury at once recorded a verdict
of" Wilful Murder against Robert Marley," who wee thee
committed to take his trial on the capital chirp-. At the
•lose of the ease the coroner oonimerved upon the fearful
ester. of the ease, and 'uprooted a h• pa that it would Pat
an end to the ticket-of•leave system.
Mr. Joseph Evans, a venerable member of the
Society of Vries& at Southampton, died in t►at town on
Teeeday at the age of 90. Ho had fulfilled the duties of in
elder, which in the ►iehest religious ounce amongst the
friends, fur 60 years. He was a very consistent member of
the net to which he belonged. He lived a temperate end
treenail life, and died experiencing leareely any bodily
suffering, with hie mental fuddle unimpaired.