The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-22 00:00:00

THE CENSUS ENUMERATORS.

Last evening a large meeting of tho enumerators
employed in taking the census of Hackney parish was held
at the Old Mermaid Tavern, Church-street (the use of the
room being gratuitously given by Mr. Ilawkes), to take into
consideration the propriety of adopting a memorial to her
Majesty's hon. Home Secretary, with the view to obtain an
adequate scale of remuneration for the onerous uud respon-
sible duties they have perfonned.
Mr. HANDY was unanimously voted to the chair, and
after detailing the purpose of the meeting, declared it to ho
his conviction that the mere purpose of ascertaining the
extent of the population was not the only one contemplated
by the government; some other and more important object,
and one perhaps hereafter to affect the interests of the com-
munity, was no doubt their principal intention. (Hear.)
Mr. JOSEPH WAItE next addressed the meeting, and
felt assured he expressed the sentiments of the whole body
of enumerators in stating they had been " entrapped" into
the performance of duties, the remuneration for which ho
considered to be exceedingly paltry, and yet the labour was
' expected to he well and etheiently perihrmed, and that, too,
by respectable and intelligent men. With very few excep-
tions the enumerators were induced to sign a contract,
binding themselves under a penalty to fulfil the duties im-
posed by the " instructions" previous to their receipt,
and that of the official entry book. Ile might safely affirm
that not a single enumerator would have undertaken the
task if aware beforehand of the immensity of labour to be
performed. Besides the miserable pittance doled out, he had
boon informed that (as if to top the climax of official mean-
! new) the fractional numbers above every GO notccompkted
names, and other information required, would not be paid for.
The speaker then urged the necessity of a vigorous m we-
meat en enforcing the claims of the enumerators upon the
I government, and concluded by submitting for adoption a
memorial to the Home Secretary.
Mr. ANDIIEWS, in supporting the memorial, con-
demned the miserable spirit of parsimony which prevailed
in the census department. There was evidently, in the
scale of allowances to enumerators, the efforts of a close-

fisted calculator, bent upon inverting the right of a fair re-
muneration for hard labour well performed. In the
Registrar-General's machinery there was a rapid descent
from the sublime to the ridiculous. The registrars were
enjoined to engage none but respectable men, supposed
to possess a degree of intellect, tact, and aptitude, above the
common order; and fur their labours they were about to
receive a pittance which, niece time considered, would
barely compensate a street labourer. The grievances of the
enumerators were imperfectly understood, alike by the
press and by the public. Ile (Mr. Andrews) had re-
turned upwards of 1,180 names—a work excessively heavy.
First, there was the counting of houses, inhabited and unin-
habited, and the return thereof; then the delivery of 230
schedules at 180 houses, accompanied by incessant explana-
tions ; next the collection, in which was involved the duty
of partially or wholly perfecting the schedules, besides com-
bating no ordinary amount of ignorance, insolence, and
studied annoyance; further, the correction and filling in,
first, of 920 lines of indorseineot, and afterwards the copy-
ing inn book of upwards of 10,000 lines of column matter,
fur which as a compositor, he had an especial claim—(laugh-
ter)—and, lastly, there was the casting, perfecting the co-
lumns, and completing the summary.) For this labour,
trying the temper, and patience, requiring much physical
effort; and a vigilant watchfulness, he was about to receive
the very munificent sum of If. lls.—he was going to say
and 4d., but that it appeared from Mr. Ware's statement,
was the perquisite of the Census-office—(laughter)—and
this for eight days' employ in a government situation. lie,
the speaker, had no hope from the Hume Secretary, who
w.iuld no doubt remind the enumerators that they were
pledged to the scale with open eyes, and worse still—were
tightly bound by act of parliament. The young enumera
tors of 1851, if alive at the next census, would not be so
readily gulled ; and the middle-aged victims would do well
to bequeath to their rising boys, by way of caution, a re-
cord of the liberality of the managers of the census fur the
year et Exhibition.
An animated discussion followed; after which the me-
morial was adopted and signed by the chairman, and
ordered to be forwarded by Innate Sir George Grey.

REPRESENTATION OF AROYLESHIRE.—Mr. D.
M'Neill has published his farewell address to the electors of
Argyleshirc, and Sir Archibald Islay, a conservative, has
come forward as his successor.
A LADY'S REASON POE LIKING TILE GREAT
EXHIBITION.—" My dear, it is so very agreeable. You
cannot tell how aniusinCit is ! It is much better far than
going a shopping. The whole place is full of some of the ,
prettiest things in the world—lame, silks, brocadea—anil
such lovely jewels—and the beauty is, you may loot ,
them ever so long, without being expected to buns
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UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL

01YORD, MAY 21.—1 n a convocation held this
day in the Bheldoniaa 'Theatre, a elal to petition her
Majesty to revoke the royal oeessn for inquiring into
the studies and discipline of the University of Oxford ; or
that, if necessary, the petition ay be taken into consi-
deration before the Queen in Council, the representatives
of the University being permitted to attend and be beard,
wee carried by • Esprit, of 144 ; the 'numbers being,
pissed, 240; s•rpisats, 06.

Rev. J. Andrew (Citrate of St. John's, Dublin), t.
Stent's Lectureship ; patrons, the Incumbents of Dublin.
Rev. M. Connor, to Culdaff Rectory and Vicarage,
disease Derry ; patron, Margitzlis of Donegal.
Rev. H. J. Dyson, to Bar Vicarage, Esser ; value,
7671. sad residence ; patrons, Souls' College, Oxford.
Rev. R. N. Featherston, to Christ Church Perpetual
Curacy, Accrington, Lanesiddre ; patrons, trustees.
Rev. R. King, to the Chaplaincy of the Lancashire Lunatic
Asylum, Prestwich.
Rev. J. M'Alliater, to st. James's Curacy, Preston, Lan-
caahile.

Rev. W. H. Mayston, to Newtown Hamilton Curacy,
diocese Armagh.
I Rev. A. Homan (Rector of Machin), to the Chancellor
ship of Llanda Cathedral.
11ev. W. Nichol, to Denton Curacy, Lancashire.
Rev. E. Parker, to Lever-bridge Curacy, Lancashire.
Rev. S. B. Webb, to Stand Curacy, Lancashire.
Rev. John Bill to Matterdale perpetual curacy, county of
Cumberland and diocese of Carlisle ; value 801. ; patron,
Rev. Henry Askew, Vicar of Greystuke.
Rev. J. Battersby to Holy Trinity curacy, Huddersfield.
Rev. H. T. Cavell', to St. Ilelen's curacy, Ipswich.
Rev. R. C. Christie, to Castletrombe rectory, Wilts;
patron, H &rope, Esq.
Rev. R. M. Creaser, to Becton curacy, Norfolk.
Rev. G. W. Darby, to Penfield curacy, Norfolk.
Rev. B. C. Dowding, to be chaplain (pro km.) of the
Wilts Lunatic Asylum.
Rev. J. Dunninglians, to the chaplaincy of the Borough
Gaol, Ipswich.
Rev. P. Elwin, to Itteringham curacy, Norfolk.
Rev. C. E. Freeman, to Downham Market curacy, Nor-
folk. _ _

Rev. J. N. Hammond, to North Cove curacy, Suffolk.
Rev. J. Harrison, to Horton perpetual curacy, YorklEir. e,
value 1.501. and residence; patron, Vicar of Bradford.
Rev. T. Hodgens, to Ilminster curacy, Somerset.
Rev. Ci. W. Holt, Vicar of Barton-un•Humber, to be a
surrogate, diocese Lincoln.
Re.. J. Jones, Rector of Llangynhafol, to Dyffryndwydd
deanery rural, diocese Bangor.
Rev. J. Mackie, to Swinetleet curacy, Yorkshire.
Rev. T. Manning, to Calverley curacy, Yorkshire.
Rev. 0. Marriott, to Oinhill vicarage, Lincoln, value
1101.; patron, Lord Chancellor.
Rev. A. C. Muter, to l'erlethorpe perpetual curacy,
Notts, value 1001.; patron, Earl Hansen.
Rev. W. Nichol, to Denton curacy, Lancashire.
Rev. E. l'arker, to Lever-Bridge curacy, Lancashire.
Rev. J. Prior, to Rathainnack rectory, Clique.
Rev. L. Preston, to Langton curacy.
Rev. 0. Shand, to Themelthorpe curacy, Norfolk.
Rev. J. Slitter, to Aelc curacy, Norfolk.
Rev. T. Wildman, to be chaplain to the Earl of Eglinton
and Winton.

Rev. It. Yoburgh (on his own petition), to New Slea-
ford vicarage, Lincolnshire; value 1701., ant residence.
Be,. J. Bell, to Matterdale Perpetual Curacy, Cumber-
land; value SOL ; patron, Rector of Greystock.
Ito►. J. Compton, to the chaplaincy of St. James's
Workhouse, Westminster.
' ker. J. Corte, to the Deanery Rural of the Arehdeaconry
of Exeter.

Rev. J. R. Cotten, to Corfe Castle Curacy, Bonet.
Rev. P. Erle, to Burbage Curacy, Wilts.
Rev. E. B. Prue, to llorham ltectory, Suffolk ; value,
4461. and residence ; patron, Mrs. Sarah Mock.
Rev. John llarward, to Whaplode Vicarage, Lincoln-
shire; value, 6771. and residence; patron, Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Laneknick, to Mutcrship of Lngport Grammar
School.

ltoy. W. Milton, MA., to Witton and lictherhanspton
Curacy, Wilts.
Ikv. 8. Simpson, to St. Thomas Chaplaincy, Douglas,
Isle of Man.

Rev. Henry Ward, to Aldwinckle Rectory, St. Peter's,
Northampton; diuccae Peterborough: value, 2301.;
patron, Lord Lilford.

VACANCIES.

West Mersey vicarage, Ewes diocese of Rochester;
value, 1721. ; patron, T. May, Esti. ; ltey. N. Forster, de-
I:CW.INi.
Wakefield, St. Mary's perpetual curacy, Yorkshire,
diocese of Ripon ; patron, the Crown and bishop alter-
nately; Rev. 1. B. Parkinson, resigned.
Proroworship of Aberdeen, King's College, Professor-
ship of Mathematics; stipend, 4401. and residence; Profes•
oar 'eunuch, deceased.
Maatership of Nantwich Grammar School, Cheshire;
salary, 1401.
Caueary—Thockerington in York Cathedral ; patron,
Archbishop of Canterbury ; value, 51. ; Rev. Sir R. Aleck,
Bart. deceased.
Deiuery-Itund—Ardwdwy, diocese Bangor ; Rev. J.
Jones, deceased.

Rectory, with Maentwrog Curacy, Merioneth-
shire, diocese Bangor ; value, 2541. and residence ; patron,
Bishop of Bangor ; Rev. J. Jones, deceased.
Llaiillwehaiarn Vicarage, Montgomeryshire, diocese St.
Asaph ; value 3541. and residence ; patron, Bishop of St.
Asaph ; llev.C. Wingfield, deceased.
Bridekirk vicarage, Cumberland, and diocese of Carlisle,
by death of Rev. John Fothergill ; value 2201.; patron,
Mrs. Dykes of Doventy Hall.
Canonry in Canterbury Cathedral; patron the Crown;
lion. and Rev. J. E. litascawen, demised.
Wutton rectory, Surrey, diocese Winchester, value 5131.
and residence; patron W. J. Evelyn, Esq.
l'icehurst vicarage, Sussex, diocese Chichester, value
3:•01. and residence; patrons Dean and Chapter of
.Canter-
bury ; lion. and 11ev. J. E. Baseawen, deceased.
Walton with Felixatown vicarage, Suffolk, diocese Nor-
wich; value 2901. and residence; patrons the representatives
of the late Rev. H. W. Wilkinson, deceased.
Sudbury, St. Gregory with St. Peter, perpetual curacy,
Suffolk, diocese Ely; value 1601. and residence; patron the
Rev. IL Maclean; Rev. li. W. Wilkinson, di:mailed.
Gold Coast, colonial chaplaincy.
Beeston curacy, Notts, diocese Lincoln ; patron the vicar.
Dawliah curscy, Devon, diocese Exeter ; stipend 501. and
title; patron Rev. E. Fursden.
Easter Good curacy, Essex, diocese Rochester ; stipend
1001. ; patron the vicar.
Mastership* of Hawarden Grammar School, Lincolnshire ;
salary 201. and residence ; and of Lewes Grammar School,
Sussex, second mastership; salary 801. and board and
lodging.
Archdeaccistry of Salop, diocese of Hereford ; value,
2001. ; patron, Bishop et Hereford ; Yen. W. Vickers,
deceased.
Chetton with Deuxhill rectory, Glaxeley rectory, and
Loughton curacy, Salop, diocese of Hereford ; value, 7721.
and residence ; patron, T. W. W. Browne, Esq. ; Ven. W.
Vickers, deceased.
Bristol, St. James's yarpetnaJ curacy ; value, 5511. and
residence ; patrons, J. S. Harford, Req., and trustees ; Rev.
J. 11. Woodward, resigned.
Woodhouse, Christ Church perpetual curacy, Hudders-
field, Yorkshire, diocese of Ripon ; value, 1501. and resi-
dence;
gne patron, Bishop of Ripon ; Rev. J. W. Grave,
resid.
Mastership of Shepton Hallett Grammar School : Yr.
Lanchenir.k, promoted.

"LIT us ALL Bs UNHAPPY Too urnEft."—Pleis.
MP of any kind, be they ever so harmless, are nowhere
so unpopular as in Great Bekaa. la liootkad, assecially,
recreation is more or less assesiatei with Mower and dissi-
pation. This nostii,orelf4ahadanbtlaw legats ha as by the
Puritans, sad is lard anaggle that is
kV. aassegat the analseity %it the memo eresisemos,
the assananleaka af width. The best warda—the
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be "Lama lime." esserding to this meek is a
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amewilise and sejoyeseuts et NIL Young men, who mow
and thin baste in a visit be the theatre, are shumed
by that mw staid aapiaidemses as persons likely
Is lees seals aid elsemsear, sad to borrow asaney.
• walk ea Semiey wresting, after • dare
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delaying eddsky le trail?: lbenio is deemed shame a
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apology he limelf are. rake whim ewes he Is
there for hit sows leg= phew= ; he woe rig die gates
and " termed is it a shell," or he beggees to be
going to Bayswater, and ILimaglea Oribms, like Sir
Harry Bloat s treason, " lay in bit way.' Whew be gems
to Vauxhall Gardens, it "by the merest accident in the
world." Ile meet hare a prams% even for taking hit le the Orme Exia yy be give a dinar., it
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