The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

EXHIBITION Or THE INDIM/RT OF ALL NATIONII.

Meetings for the formation of local committees are about to
be held in Yorkshire, with the view of forwarding the exhi-
bition projected by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
intended to bs held in London is the year 1861. Edward
Ila%Woos, E-g., solicitor, Bradford, bee received a commis-
sion from kis Royal Highness, authorising him to collect
°clams and ••.Ideaffo with :demos to the propped exhibi-
tion ; and that gentleman, and Wentworth Bilks, gay ~
and Captain lbbstson, are to form a deputation to expWn
the matter to the meetings to be held next week in York-
shire. The Mayor of Leeds has also read an ofßeial letter in
reference to the subject. The first meeting will be held at
Leeds on Monday next, and the others eie follows: at York
on Tuesday, at Bradford on Wednesday, at Huddersfield on
Thursday, and at Halifax on Friday.

THE NEW COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO HER Mk.
FOILESTAL RIGHTII.—As mentioned in the Er-
press of yesterday, her Majesty has appointed three corn-
nussionen, and alu a secretary, to inquire into and report
upon rights or claims over the New Torest, Southampton,
and Waltham Forget, Essen. The apPintments were mute
under a recent set (12 and 13 Vict., cap. 81), and courts will
be shortly held near the places by the commissioners. It is
alleged that encroachments and trespasses have been com-
mitted upon the forestal rights of the Queen, and on the
other hand claims are made by the inhabitants to common
and other rights. The commissionen (one of whom may
be paid 5001. a-year, besides the clerk's salary and the ne-
cessary expenses) are to held open courts, at which any per-
son having any rights or chime may attend, and lay the
sense before the commissioners, who are to ascertain the
boundaries of the two forests, and to inquire into the nature
of forest c *nets, and the expediency of remodelling or abo-
lishing such courts. The inquiries, examinciong' and pro.
etedings of the commissioners are to be entered in books.
The expenses of carrying the act into execution are to be de-
frayed out of the blooms of the Woods and Forest,.
AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OP THE DUKE OP
WILLIXOTON.—In the neighbourhood of his father's resi-
dence in the county of Meatn, the future duke, then a lad,
was one of a party which, after the manner of the timer,
had indulged in free potations until a late period of the
sight. Mr. Wellesley, or, u the name then west Wesley,
managed to escape from his companions, and, retiring to hies
bed, fell fast asleep. His thence was observed, and his re-
treat detected. It was determined that he should return.
One of the party, more or less drunken than the rest,
snapped up a loaded pistol, and carefully drawing the ball
wilts which it was loaded, proceeded to the bedside to dis-
charge the powder at the head of the sleeper. He fired,
Mr. Wellesley was of course awoke, and was forced to get
up, dress himself, and was brought back in triumph to the
party. In the morning, however, it was found that the
ramrod of the pistol had passed through the pillow elms by
where the head of the future conqueror of Napoleon must
have been. With all the care that his assailant had taken to
draw the bill, he had left, unconsciowly, in its place the
ramrod ; and bu; that the same potations that con used his
Perceptions unsteadied his hand, when he pointed the pistol
at the young sleeper's head, that might have end-d the
e-reer of the Hon. Arthur Wellealey.-I.;tablin University
Kagasine.
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PRICE OP BREAD.—A correspondent of the
Gardener's Chronicle writes:—l beg to endow, you an
article on the prise of dour, • matter now of the utmost im-
portance to the con.umer, especially the agricultural la-
bourer, who, in this neighbourhood, is now paying
6W. fur first quality, said 614. fir " seconds " bread,
tits price of the best Waits% being 40s. per quarter,
inferior 375., at St. Ives market last Monday. Some
obtervatious on this subject in your it fluential paper
might confer a benefit on the labourer, whose wages
must of necessity this sinter be very low.—H. "Tits
Pince or FLotra.—Siz or eight mouths ago there was a
good deal of carrespondence in our columns upon the
subject of the price of Soar, and it was shown, we think,
conclusively, that the "middle mot," by exorbitant profisr,
cat off from the poor whatever advantages there may M in •
cheap lour. Assuming as the pries of wheat an offer of 6a.
pi r bushel made by • firm of millers in Centbridger to an
extensive agriculturist, and allowing the "offal" for the cost
or arinding, • sack of filar (mute frria 6 bush. of wheat) was
calculated to stand the millers 305., and they were then sell-
ing it at 44e. If this was a hard cue upon the poor, still
wales is the strait they are now placed in. Wheat is lower :
instead of 6a. a bushel 4s. may be taken as nearer the mark ;
and at this rata a sack of Hoar wil be produced for 245. at
the utmost. The retail price this week is 21. 34. per stone,
i or 465. per sack; so that after the wheat leaves tut farmer's
hand the "middle men" contrive to extract a profit of 21s.
upon each six hushels before it reaches the labourer's table.
Cambridge Chronicle.
SAucoN FISHING CLAIMED BY THE CROWN.—A
1 Font/et:Tar ;1;1e:it travelling wltb ti.Csiomr &tog "en of oilg't and,
for the plume of inquiring into the tithe rf parties who
exercise the rig%t of salmon Whin; on the sea shore. lie
was in Du ufries last week, and had previonly been in Gal-
-I..wiy. By the law of Seotland, the right of salmon fishing
is held to be inter regalia, that is, appertaining to the crown,
if it be no: expressly granted to the subjects of the
king: but possession .or fat,: years, where the lands
are either erected into • barony, or granted with a general
clause of fishing', establishes the right to salmon fishing.
The title to river fishing*, and to those at their mouths, has
' generally been established long ago; bat of late years the
use of nets *long the shores of the sea for salmon has been
I much extended; and it is snp2ose4 'hat this has been fre.
1 quently done without Widest title. Those fishings which
' appear to be in that category wW, it is understood, be
r chimed by the Commisdonen of Woods sal Forests, a
II proceeding likely to give rise to a good deal of litigation.—
Damstries Courier.