The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1848.

dryad. Ives, Itowevic. if Otamera =Lisesin ela the
desired seatemo, they will Mem rise
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they limit be give peseragen te sad Mm
abemilsge gain is Oriental Gospon
lidlbe whole Telugu The gal& ere
la-
teitaisi la this MOW Waage essogaibles 1111•14 redoes the
Medi bias 0 gootwisme le eel Sem ladle mile.
Mag. The Yerlawskw- Gewgaw have L114_6064 dm
Mapes" telib their mgeololoaisat laMa. Clegarla
Wahine. The betas Ise eseammi Was& Nfr•
Itaems.• bomber ef lie. Eames Tam% am bow lit'
pied empasiesadeat of what 1111115 be tamed the civil
date asepeny in ladle, sat dab& Nile* will
sepsieleaf Obe sevel slobs er mime ably rebel,' to Oho
memos. Goaertre . Is amimetest. bee fatISM
rims pelt hem i.iousisyeb a balling* the sealb of
Naglead, is coder ultimately to mamets wilt the Maim
lOmen steemen. It I. estra that asteollbileadkg
re sedimet that ham le thus is
=return to New Y leaded wbb pmeeG pat
• Me former ere pelmlpily frees
the beer "NA Germany sad Pease& flesh has beesfat
iris that them @lessens ham egisseitap sham Amebas '
isamef-vrar has been for some time Mattemill at DiNega.
where the Use of the Oman otememos sermimates. Ia
main with dm Amoebas Oman shamero, however.
Csesetl, or say ether Nelda maigany, woad be had. se
fir ea the eanisop ef merebsedim fat ••••••••1, sloes me
?wadi or Gomm seeds weld be Imgereal AMA. tW
blest masuemdea In LOW* beMoma ivory month fat le
be emu this stomas mama* la • WM& pmt—eargose of the
meet yeedeas sadieelasble mesehmsdles has Priem sad
(beauty see hem to esethesogess, sad wee but a United
Illatesessemar Is Awed to ems leis that part to mop the
peek if esaveyfrer them SIMI lin Admits.
Tam PeDDIROIKeIf VIIITIT.— Sir, Your OWN-
=twha alga limeelf "A Paddington Itaterii;
o; t
templet& el the vestry of that parish r
reams ; sad I west dot yea, who stead foremost ia ekees
pewee of abuses Milmellase to lead us your pawerfal
la wields not only in the promedings bat Is
the aaesYiesi on itself of the vestry. It is trite the leglehteme
has, Is Zebbesses Act, which utilises the votes ef Me.
perm is a wain smut, afforded the Imam ef relhembp
thesomiltallea ef vestries, and many
_el dm mass hats
=ham te their great gain seabed themselves et Mb
vs provides. But in PeddiegMa these who with
lbr rebrat have Freest difficulties to Goateed with. The
mistily of the inhobitersts are perms who, from their Mr-
ammasses lib, have no inclination to slop into the wens
et a perish contest, and bad rather tolerate obsess thaw
Meal& themselves to correct them. Besides, Stews
Disease Act, which regulates the number of vote possessed
r eslee reispeyer according to the rent he pays, gives a cartels
ef emegusees to, sad is naturally a favourite with,
them who pay high rents, and they preponderate I. Ude
meta. It is the intention, however, of the association hi
which your correspondent 'Hades to mako the attempt te
introduce Hobhouse's Act, and I trust they will mussed is
it. It you could spare the room, I should like I.
you a speciosa or two of the mods Ice
the Paddington vestry do things. A ratline& vs•
siding in Visabourne-terrace was rated mar the
old sweetmeat at 1601. The vestry re-au moll Ida at
2201. The gentleman appealed, but he got no redress, and
was told his sire meat was fair sad just. He then joined
the association. The vestry now thought it time to pay him
some attention, and a deputation accompanied by the parish
beadle (to add, I espnase, to their dignity, which, under the
eircunistames, they felt to be a little compromised), wss ap-
pointed to tall epee him. The gentleman happened to be
one of the right sort, an independent and honest man. and
be told them he was now indifferent whether they relieved
him or not, and that she hail enlisted into the association,
he inteerled to stick to his colours not merely for his own
benefit, but also for the benefit Of his poorer fellow rate-
payers. The vestry, however, determined to thrust a top
dews this gentleman's throat, and they accordingly reduced
him from 2201. to 1701. Now, without characterising this
proceeding by the name it dwarves, I will merely observe
that if this gentleman was fairly sewed at 2201., as the
vestry in the first Instance alleged, it was unjust to the other
ratepayers to reduce hint ' • and if 1701. wee the fair assess-
ment, it was unjust to him to refuse his relief until he
✓itually frightened thent into it by joining the essoeistion.
I am eclat:tent to Swale on your spate, but I will add one
fact, illustrating the manner in which the parish funds are
dealt with. When Paddington was separated from Ken-
sington maim, it was manse, to build a workhouse. One, or
at most two, sews would have been amply eufficient for this
purpose, but the vestry must needs buy five acme, at 1,0001.
an are, and build a workhouse at the additional cost of
12,0001., which will not hold more than 200 paupers !
There is great difficult y in getting at the bottom of this
transude's, but it is said and believed to have bees a groat
job. —A Id OP THE PADDINGTON PAROCHIAL
ASSOCIATION.

is neither a cosiameelal aer a market town : Its only
trade is among the inhabitants theme :vas, "who
live," as ttey say. "on one another." It is oat of any
main road, and is a thoroughfare to nowheen ; conse-
quently it is frequented by nose but a few brothers of
the angle, who come down to enjoy sport in the sea-
son. Its single large hotel is on the ere
of being closed. Formerly Marlow had a share of
the lam nisaideeteee of the meaty, and there are a
few poor women who still work at that machine-
eoperesded Made. Then was also some work carried
on there in what is called " satin-atitoh," i.e., the ma.
noisome, of the mums of children's cape, and snob
like. But the chief employment of the wretched
population at present is wooden skewer making.
Everybody has seen the long skewers that butchers
me in their shops; they are for the moat part
"Marlow manufenture." It is superfluous to point
oat what a wretched subsist:mos this mast be; in-
deed, nothing could be gained at the work at all if'
it were not possible to exercise it with extreme
rapidity. The prick thorn," or brushwood of which
them skewers are made, is, we regret to say, too fre-
quently plundered. And this species of petty theft
of course leads to others of some importance ; so that
here, sa even the London police can testify, there is a
large proportion of people living on their depreda-
tions; on sheep-isealing and such other offences as
are incidental to a rural population.

Mr. Ned bee othelated far the last pmt tbe rev. gentle.
as mid " Sly dose Mead= beatimie meet of you bath
heard that, as the remit of apthieneddamately
whisk I knew not hew to dim, and the bees el mmoaden,
whisk I om set permitted teemith Ibsebradikedse
mama mg deaths of lea** this esaseeplast where I
lase mrietheed Mew left •WM midi emir sad sees.
beim Emil, If sat wlTh peat to rime. Oboe I ad-
homed yea bee, I here ems ray disarms, ma be amiders
It le be IN dozy—e• spithea bow slab Ire see dimese—to
that I real set made wlthiesbermil nut flab-
therefeee, is the last Wedathley evening at
whisk I shall have the phases et address*, yes."
THE COLONIAL Bic,— The addeisithent
of Mr. Barkly to the govsenmeat of Chasm the edemas, at
the mess entertathed bt the dike of its owe
ties. It tries le avert huhu reranon the=diegg
°okay by *stern athis mud mrese's chile repegelles
end running it Drugs the el &wend pablie
ties. I know Mr. Sarkly—be the weak limier*, des wi'
mauled ; he is semostplished,, but set guard ; eel If he
nested. is will be mere by deolhibmker wellres ef
Mass" His appointer* le a Pale tha
• sop to th.Weet Indians, sad Si evert =
Ao for it I.oed Grey themes smillempt ember than
It is ere sea dose the Cabala-elms not flir
McLeod le le were this siva piestiostS
is sow ebilded le seed eat lie. lushly to veer* It Now,
sir, • civil list is jar that goalieswhich svm earessairoy
mild to settle for thinesolvase mahout the Weiriltherie er
revisits of colonial seentedei eir seirmial g aMssw; the
they Ur imew what Swims gird es pep ke the mime-
nesse at malt]. And deli gelardle thews the Mee of ear
NUM symme, which h lateellesemee. I. leg se we have a
esierbelles, it will be meilleeeme. Whet the .denim
=.s-1, the thallium ef the Colonial .dim; 2, the
der all their era earn emaassalati with the
permar. *inept the Mame; 3, tie; right. tea thearekes
es Una sr es liar es simpler, ; 4, • rethesses IS sr was
erasimileme eimelleme te the Privy Coosa. These are the
.she restees ins ear peemat systese.—OLD Jeway.—Plav
29, IN&
ORPIIAN Wouixo Scnom.—Yeaterday, a general
ourt of the governors of this corporation wig bell, to receive
theadtvearly report of the general committee on the state of
the thathy, to elect auditors for the year ensuing, and to
elect by ballot 26 children (18 boys and 7 girls) into the
school. The peothediogs, except the election, were
carried on with closed doors, and governors only were
admitted. A written application made by our reporter to the
secretary (Mr. Soul) to be permitted to report the business,
remained usamweved uttil after the meeting of governors
adjourned to the public room, when the chairman (T. M.
Coimbra, E.q ), as being informed of the circumstance, im-
pressed Lie anxiety for publicity in tegaril to all matters coo-
ousted with the institution, and explained that the exclusion
wasunhatent, anal. The report of the generaleoesmittere, whke
was read and adopted at the private meeting, stated that
the hill for incorporating the charity bad weed the eam.
elites of the Rouse of Lords without alteratbn, and had re-
wired the royal must; that the schools ate in an efficient
state, and contain now 102 boys and 83 girls, and, with the
23 to be elected this day, the numbers will stand thus-120
boys and 70 Rites; total, 190 ; and good health generally
prevails in the schools, and not one death has occurred
&atheist the children during the year. The six orphan
children from the Paris institution were kept in the schoole
for six months without any charge to the refugee committee.
They have now lett the institution. having been placed by
that committee under their former schoolmaster. As the re.
alt of the fancy sale. of 1347.8, the sum of 1,4981. 10e. llf.
haw been past to the treasurer's amount es a net proflt to the
charity in aid of the building fund, beelike whith numerous
donations and anneal sabecriptioes have arisen out of the
scheme. The sum realised at the dinner held under tie pre-
sidency of Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., us 7464 13.. Bd.
As showing the public sympathy in behalf of the charity, it
was stated further that, in Nov.. 1841, the number of candi-
dates was only 21 ; now they are 113. There were admitted
daring that year 16 children ; during the present year 30
will have been admitted, and the same number were ad-
mitted list year. To meet the greatly ineremi-.g expendi-
ture a large addition most be made to the annual contri-
butors to the charity, or the building at daverstock-hill
mend be fully tenanted for some time to come. The report
°winded by calling for menaced milieu in aid
of the charity, in order to render it oddest to awry
on the benevolent purposes for which it was instituted.
Resolutions were also passed for authorithig a deed of in.
deinaity to the trusts sof the property of the charity, for
Denaturing the funded property ar the institution from the
names of the trustees to the corporation, and for carrying
into effect by the general committee the various agreements
made by the trustees for leasing the landed property of the
charity in the City road, end far leasing a portion of the
copyhold land at Ilaventock hill for bailding purposes, and
to dispose of and convey away a piece of freehold land in the
same locaaty. The election of the children was then pro
ended with, and the 18 boys and 7 Kids whose names stood
highest on the list having teen declared duly elected, the
proceedings terminated.
POPCLAZ LIFE Imstaimeca.—Yeaterday a meeting
was held, at the But India-road school, far the purpose of
explaining to the Wherries of the dairies the obi. eta of the
Independent Assurance Company, a seeiespessrehed with
the dew to extend the beadles 'Mabee eadmestrecure prin-
ciples of life asserseei te the knableot ehreet Lord Teps-
ham. who was WWI es the shit permit eat the immature
advents. el We ememmilis to all siassine bet more especially
:Li=m et IWO& sad preemisse arm., who have
bewever, heat Freeload Wirt ermegements
rem pertekled rem alverrdee, swept in
the qessliendesimpe of Muth serelles, is mission to which
the numb= ise esereely ever newt Irma the rith of having
their Mt Mo
lly te due by the pessieres of obscure
ia the meths sabre of she nary
=l4 will be ea the security of pursue of
tome. supine se the Get et threaten smarted The
▪ lord west latidends, ozhibitiss the parallar skew
tope alma by the Maya of the !shivering demos,
Ma appall le rewam, ante to be est of place Item
tame. elms eel to mem whew eseaperses were seek ns
mem at Ws titres ohm sat of week at pettish perish ef
the yew. There were thesemile Openers, be theened. ear
sample. when escalades's/WOG swam maths mist d
for a merle lavesimeet may week ia the way of the pee.
peed Insurer, while ihr mei of the winter
period they were wbray deitilate of esesperea,
sad, consequently, onkel bens some moues moth
as that dated by this society, wahine the nv ens of &fro.
Thor Bible had, with reference te the stability of the
eheaued that all this tables had been pre-
en tie bosh of the most append and meet secure
eases. Keay misfile lid birth established to
seals the per so make prothics oddest the time of
slabasasomil teethe expellees of burls', sad set • few of
these bed teed, sad JYappaatsd the just 'swelter= of
their mambas Their insecurity had in aped part arisen
heat ell the membees paying accords. to the mate scale,
although in seem emirs Mawr is men frequent than in
collet and mom esswparses modem untimely deaths. The GREAT MARLOW (commun.'''.
diessems ef Ledspeadme Aromas Company, having
pewee te riplate lake eeemdles le the sessurative The election for Great Marlow in 1847 was not a
gates at salines ja amen* woks nafdlesdata, lad mina bit less corrupt than that of 1841. The Clayton.
lag te *dr Mein sales sf msemby, weedd be &Mkt,/ • having been out for six years, the Williams party had
W Poolaiiilnts= no idea of letting them have the seat again if they
of Bat adds.ltda thoh could help it. A Colonel Brownlow Knox, a exam
nenr"" "'"uiddenred"""'"--ehn omens"— —gridsm."--" of Mr. Williams's, was brought forward as his col-
lies that Nee meeker, et the , Orr es it had punt, league, not, as is understood, without some sort of
thawed thee resew little hanthiest , this side sof es- murmuring among certain of the more respectable
solute destkeirms sodas thoTPllissils wain airovielen members of the party, who thought that the second
for iMalmh" their °Aar thaa• Mr' Belt tore maids* should not lie in a positioned absolute
minted to the sines of thermeme—Masan. Paden Cooper, -
Lek. lames Hansard, tad Misr Williams, as of them. doPoodooos upon the first. It was supposed
selves • deer proof el the rehaty ef the company, and of that on this occasion the contest would
the reality which all meneybressind is their names enjoyed. have been u close as ever : indeed, by
—Reiolstions having how adselsd hs favour of the audit/. those beat acquainted with the constituency, a " tie "
the need* separeted. was confidently anticipated. Every possible vote, it
ST. ORo6B,—Bic,—Yoh quite correct in what woe understood, had been pledged on both sides, and
yea insinuate in a te.day, that the Karl of many were made safe otherwise than. by pledges. A
Guilford Gould be =to husk far the misappropriation .
ef the fords eta. OMB SO. Jelm's llootatal, in ouctunotanco orourred, however, which very much
this /by, was eberaelsased le et Cross. The changed the state of things at what may be called the
eel erne el thet Mspilsl menhated the mayor end abler. eleventh hour. On the Berkshire aide of the river, at
Ma of Walks/a Is ea slalom The haw loolotoloot Marlow, is a small inn, known as the " Complete
about belt a dem ell wane la a state of mer-stareetion. Angler," a favourite resort of the disciples of " old COST OF THE ARMY.
sad VIM the if the finds dwlittent lasac." To this inn, on the night of the nomination, The Financial Reform Association have issued an-
n./ limebeireig= ismgentleman,mid be theof other of their pyre, la whisk they state that they cannot
ass ilia the k Tarot to gs. on.. there came a young to eon a
with the
21•• Omen of Obeassey, barer thigh' that prescriptive deceased judge, with rod and line, and, is subsequently ;17; ,7,.7—gridroth:76l`oolres
appeared, with bait of more descriptions than one. ainid. s,:4;e-prefiemsot for iitassowleit rams ; they are
sight maid set he eels, I. le the intention of the
=lB4 the hospital hal. maintained He took very little interest in the eked= ; as will be homelisely sees, it
yeneweembritha 30 poor wilmes.—A Infiniti AD. 1141111111 C Indeed,
but was most anxious about his tackle and the ill their 'Amen was Irma, ft wsabt UMW woeliwist9 to
atala or Tat PtraLIC•aIIUTID JOONSlAL.—Whwhesor
Nov. 24. dace. He sent for several parties to talk to omodolo other tombs a Pubis SIM. end salesadituth
k with them—soli m the Weeds red Fewest shish are
Tux Calms CLAN.—fdir,—Tbe immunity is much then on those points. His admen, oddly enou7", maintained at a peat puha*** make the debars that
Warted le yea far you able slums, ef 'Weyer is =lop were mostly voters. In all he saw 17 of them, and they prams timber for the hip.uddlog mf the mvy. But
Med le prima the public hum ee sheer the condition it is affirmed that the information he ',Nuked about into thaw subjects of emendery ielsemegy the areeistios
or
stir
The °ltsurathala /11118410.1 EzPresee the state of the river co* him nearly 60W. It be. will not now ester i 1 1 web wilialatbssiothsoo brushes
hunts end 'Ma= of the metropolitan
and the best mathedrel eselalyslea them are well came whispered before long that he had caught a iced ills:644ldr. Ocoee
puyeeetwalla tie imPothot part of Um Snot
gal awl valuable. The wows is one of the dish of golden fish, the like of which had never been In the army erilmates of the current per, beginning let
mess Oft& alike day, and he saintkie. Its urgesey, caught at the " Complete Angler" before. Of course April, mg, hut much, ma. of
Weed, le anoed to no hest at onterpries, but the gentleman in question did not care for the inferior 4,780,9061. is declared to rquiled for the shop of the
Visa with ARM Minden lloWoldullotiali- Ite "Jima lie species of the finny tribe. Having cast good bait land forme. We ere to deduct fame this the sum
*ear numikte pith, ere arils, of sad ho-
lm Pend mounds hew teed. mai-Calai: very freely he went fishing elsewhere very early in
el 809te,7013.1. feefor regiments cusig Ind Wham NIP
ob. Is as point es eve
r. lagatoamasiamig. amm a. the morning. It was remarked that all the voters whisk" is dsintss;;lhaer. iregEtsishahlialidis ciadjte..dt!ahaagsat.. 112
la haw thaw Every tae who hams the sow I f the this gentleman saw gave their influence for Williams are winded 'to deduct the „pm,. s'aigra &a— big
His.. will eve whit Ps that the 4•17 moa elf noidoll and Knox; though some of them had absolutely depots at Mailmen' end Chalker; and aloe to deism the
it is am* tie 11.411.1 d al=t Other systems Declared Clayton faithfully. The baronet was beaten sum et 124,2421., which is a fond arising tram ether isms
atlrtbektomedgill. VI/ :t. I' rdenni e" iteroifnacielennicet:
_yfi 18 vow : the numbers being for Williams, 239 ; (haroaftir °Pealed) than the tax" of lin runlet eari.ead
bat swaddle or die army expenditure. After w then
is the 'prima et their Mileaton were to e society, knox,l7B ; Clayton, 161. He presented a petitioo, stands before us the sum which has been voted by mirth-
meat for the Mew of her Majesty's had hien at Wee anti
here wool arty. Then was no power in os. But what the case was barely opened before it was withdrawn.
are time rthid who ° mho and call themselves Chris- The reasons why are not very clearly understood at abroad, suture of India, camel), 3,1136,11101.
thee "to mom wMarlow ; and Sir Wm. Clayton's funds declare that But this vote Is ma what it mimes to be, a sameallskat
Naugle heralhallashowla. diaavgg'isedy°' "man'..ight wh."d %mackt,°."l hilamf
thethey were no parties to that measnre, and t° tiseg°2 oh. "RP if the land boom- Thar knee WI set
.bio for it. down fa the estimates as 11047 mon, excluelth of 24,922
or church asafetida Pr Yee work a mimithary iike that agent, town are =MB paid W the Eat lags gempeay, nadag Is 128,769
7rilsoluoe, whose Maus milabt be essiseively directed to Three sort of arrangement. require nfr into. alum ""maiima Awn. Task and so. Bat to
the dam in flueottwhi The mom wild ha bat UMW& But what is the state of Great Marlow in the midst that imam as aisi add fda Is.. aodmalood so be Isms.
while the bees& ID did elm Todd b laratrulublv• To". of all these cootests between rival family and pocket trued by the mama athestet the loyal Begird,
thee Nook's will-loses=
iii atom Sever comes "Amoco.? Nothing
can be
worse Septenesi Moe, Royal Artgaryladitel gene Andlen,
ilght," they feel sad abet bat Wert necessity drives them "'"
TAB STATE OF THE TOWN AND TEE PEOPLIL.--Mar- °ilea Welk est thle owboon. la al
wed. TM seal eel tbe werld a law scowl ithm them,14,294 Ass* asweemedssiased alliszedereirsilirle
gad they steel their hem ter any floc.—Auni, Nov. 28. low is notoriously one of the most depraved town. And mob.. o ths 2,v, moo Bolsi so.
Tn BTEAM-PACKET COMPANIES AND THEIR in the county of Backs, and with the doper rises an mei far earn* afloat, wused for amiss
Corruars.—The valuable mums foe soiling the vity, there is the usual concomitant, en shore, wham they are quartered ibeasidui,
_and their
Wien mak berme this man* sod Ale on the ignorance. The " town" is little better than a large dthliatirforee.seee7 regeol,re thaseillessero booemadedoBlBtdi:ltsnoriEWVarig
10th of math mine is hasty ant. It is ProliablY village in extent. It has no bank, and (oh! be joy-
Mint by die Om mite Is to have the entbset after that
The Gay penile who an umlauted to have ten-There leeks the esamirmist mop employed rile Is the
.) onlyffi two attorneys. It has no municipality. Its sitnistr. lbw emederil ea Oen.
=ha ue the Peathrsier red Oriental and Canard s soleofficer is a constable, %Pointed annually at tit. WI!, whine% unl bemoady la Ile hat Mina
emiresies. It is ranewel that the tender of the latter has court lest of the Lord of e Manor. It badly halr civil aeries of the esisalse, the number of who..
ben sampied. Gawk dread be the case it will be a severe paved and badly drained. It his min been lighted or kende le not eadly_emielavidr bat whets emus in the
Mew to do Wised C•ul, ee the Alwoarioo was me with gee these last three weeks. It has no market- eillfait Pot en,eeez. dd.
el their Pam Pe Ever der they have nut assembly-room, the
property of Mr. Again, in the my athesen there is the sum of
simmare to the Peakeale. the letter the bon in ea ea- Wilholiamse
s, "••.' i "e' 313,4861. 41. samosil ter &thing the land lona; but,
sow
or &wow shit, sit ass sispishi **wimp, w admitted in the chief inn, and dignified as on examinatios, this had not to Include great coats,
hakes width the Fells of a sleamiaslist meow "the town hall," tains only public apartment. Marlow though it Maeda Mg he marking the great meta with

THE STATE OF THE YILOPEETT.—A third, at least,
of the town is the property of Mr. Williams. 116 of,
the voters on the register occupy his houses; 33
occupy houses of the Messrs. IfYeatherheads, the
brewers ; and 46 are tenants of Sir William Clayton.
There are in all five Argots in Marlow, of
which only one (the High-street) can be described
u even tolerably good. The property in this
street is for the most port divided between Messrs.
1 Williams and Wsetherhead. Now there is no doubt
but that in any other place than Marlow, many of the
houses let in this street would fetch double, and in
many oases treble, the rents at which they are at pre-
sent let. Yet this considerable diminution of value is
submitted to. If you ask the Clayton party for an
explanation why, they shrug their shoulders "We
can do nothing," they say, "against the low rent
system." "I sliorild be a fool to vote for your party,"
says a tradesman to the Clayton canvassers, " and get
myself tensed oat of a house which I occupy as yearly
tenant, at 81. or 101., and which I would gladly take at
301." But we are speaking here principally of one
street : turn into the back parts, atd what do you find
there? Handsome houses doled, as is the case with
a manor house near the church ; other premises in the
most squalid and dreadful condition, as also a place
formerly known as the Garrison, which is going to
wreck and ruin altogether, without an attempt being
made to save it. If you ask the meaning of this you
are told, " Oh, we don't want too many voters here :
the more you multiply them, the more costly the eleo-
dons. A BEM man Can always be put on tho liar, but
none of your doubtfuls." You inquire, perhaps, how
the " sure men" are put on, and you find a curious
system prevailing. Two small cottages are knocked
into one ten-pound house, and let to "the sure
man." He cannot, perhaps, occupy them both
himself, but he can take a lodger or two.
As for his rent he pays that—it he can :
if he can't, he doesn't much mind, for he knows they
dare not press him. Sometimes, just before the
registratiou, his taxes are in arrear. That is a sad
thing; and in his affliction hecommnnicates the circum-
stance to the agent, who makes a memorandum of it.
He is sure to find them paid by the right day;
usually by some other member of his tamily. This,
upon the whole, is not an unpleasant system to live
under, and the Marlow voter fully appreciates it. A
few years ago there was a host of these double house
voters. A revislog barrister who came down saw
through " the dodge,". and swept away many of them;
but still a pretty sprinkling remains.
The Messrs. NYeatherheed have been mentioned.
This family have a large brewing establishment in
Marlow—one of the largest, in fact, in England, con-
ducted aiogle-banded. The senior Mr. Weatherhead
has been the architect of his own fortune, and
the concern he manages is very potent in the borough.
Perhaps there is no town in England which, in pee-
portion to its population, has so many publie-honsm
and beer-shops. In the parish of Great Marlow there
we no less than 25 old licensed houses and there are
nine more within the limits of the parliamentary db.
triot. The number of beer-shops is nearly 40. Of
'the 34 licensed houses Mears. Weatherhead hold 6
in fee-Ample, and they supply the entire number
(with the exception of three) with beer. The influ-
ence which this must give is palpable. Mr. Weather-
head (whether he knows it or not) holds the borough
at his command. At present his interest is united
with that of Mr. Williams; but it is in his power at
any moment to turn the scale in favour of the Clay-
tool. Whilst the two families are eating their heads
oft like the celebrated Kilkenny cats, Mr. Weather-
head is quietly advancing his lines. If you me
any little improvement in this borough, be sure it is
in his property. And be sure of this also—that
wh the ambition or the vanity of a Weather.
head makes him wish for a met in parliament, he can
have it; and nothing but a coalition of the Clayton,
and Williams. can prevent him. When the north
and south Pole pay a morning visit to each other—
and not till then—we may possibly expect Harley-
ford Hall and Temple House to cross the Thames and
shake hands.
THE POLITICAL STATE OF OILELT MAELOW.—ThiS
borough has suffered one great disadvantage. For
years it has never had a good member or a popular
candidate. This may partially account, perhaps, for
the circumstance that It is at present worse in every
respect than before the Reform Aet. The constitu-
tes, is less. It was nearly 600 in 1830, it is now
about 360, although the boundaries have been enlarged
mid the pom within the borough incensed
hem 3,300 to 6,400. The constituency never acted
tan principle, but it is growing daily more corrupt
than it ever was. People are less now foe either
• blueor "ooppre,"and infinitely more for themselves.'
Influtesoed se it is, it is quite certain that Groat Mee-
few will gradually become worse and worse, =lees
emsething be done. The most obvious remedy seems
to be to unite it with the adjoining borough of Chip-
ping Wycombe, which,together with Mass ow, was in
Schedule Bof the first Reform Act for partialdisfren-
chisement. Those boroughs united, a large electoral
district would be obtained, the influencing powers in
both would be neutralised, and the electorate (with
other sabiguarda) might exercise a free and indepen-
dent choice.

&mum OP Alt ILLICIT DISTILLEST.—Yesterday
Mr. B. Thomas and Mr. J. Vanstone, Rule officers, went
to a bows in Water-laar, Hackney, and having gained ad-
mittance at the front door, they proceeded to make an en-
ansination of the premises, and in the back room on the
ground floor found a large copper still, est in brickwork,
which had been recently worked off. with • small quantity
of illicitly-made spirits. The rest et the working[bad been
removed by the men belonging to the place. There were
about 100 gallons of ssolames wash prepared for distillation,
• number of tubs, pipes, ant the general stock-in-trade of a
contraband distillery. Two females were toned in the bows,
who gave the names of Pecehe West and Ann Brown, the
latter of whom was recognised ee an old offender, having
been detested in a sinsir transacts= in 1847, when she suf-
fered three months' imprisonment ; both women were given
into custody. While the Excise °Meer, were in the house
prepanag to despatch their tem ore to the Rieke warehouse',
a gentle tap was given at the doer, which was opened, and
• man best Aim a beg of admire entered, who woe oleo given
Vchirp.

white paint. It la ups the ordnance estimates them neat
costs are charged, se, also, all the bedding, barrack furniture,
sad barrack emoursodation of the army. The ordnance is
also charged with the expense of manufacturing arms,
accoahernents, ammunition, sad a considerable part of the
coutaisearist sad medial staff, but not ill. The navy esti-
mates, in like manner, are charged with the expenses of tho
troop-ships in which the land foram ere conveyed Rem home
to foreign Medea., or from colony to colony.
Again, the estimates for colonial expenditure include go-
vernors, who are paid as such, and who also receive pay as
to their rack la the army ; who, bridge having aa
eetablieksent of secretariat, maistasts, clerks, and other
servants allowed them by the vote for colonial expresses, have
the same secretaries, clerks, and somata, or smelter set, or
partly another set, paid oat et the army estimates, node: the
head of " foreign *tam" while again that foreign staff, the
military neretuies„ aides-de camp, to., are paid twice—
first, ss regimental offloers—wand, as staff; and some of
them a third time, as colonial pablie servants.
In like ensnare the inedioal staff, and most of the store-
keeping sad garrison staff in the colonies,. and occasionally at
home, are charged on the army and on the ordnance esti.
mates ; or, when this is not the ease, two sets, and at times
three ems, of medical, storekeeping. garrison keeping, book-
keeping, and working staff, are retained and paid, where one
set is saddest for the duty required.
It is for these and similar reasons that the Financial Re-
form Association have clamed the army, ordnance, commis-
sariat, navy, and colonies together. They beerech the patient
attention of tee public while they go through those multi-
farious and complicated items of public expenditure. They
b.pin with the pay of the army ; they will end with the
military and commercial statistics of the colonic*, showing
what tease us absorbed by, and what commercial advan-
tages are gained from, oar military colonial rystem.
NVNIERICAL STRENOTN AND COST OP THEISITICTIPI ABNEY.

council, atter having disposed of some routine busi-
ness, decided to adjourn to Friday next.
In Hilrush union, in the last twelve mouths, 2,000
honors have been levelled. Thero are 4,100 paupers
at present in the several union workhouses of Lime-
rick, 'number never hitherto approached.

i266l;Triof&;s; 6,169 Infantry officers;
1,037 Cavalry non-c ,tnenissioned °Mean;
8,865 Infantry non-commiseionedoffi en;
122,812 Rank and file £3,018,739 9 6
Deduct a proportion of the pas of men
wanting to complete, 35,0001. The
amount which wi'l not be issued bn
men in confinement, 33,0001. The
amount of pay forfeited by men under
sentence of mud-martial, 2,t00t. Total
deductions 70,600 0 0

Nett pay of offirers, non•eommfwioned
officers, and rank and file

Add to which additional pay for length of 1
service 44,000 0 0 1
Good conduct pay 62,100 16 6 1
Beer money : allowance to troops in the
United Kingdom in lieu of small beer
Allowance to commanding officer, 5,146 10 0
Allowance to acting staff officers and non-
' commiraioned officers of depots, revenue
battalions' and detachments of the line B,OOO 0 0
Pay of officere supernumerary to the three
regiments of Foot Guards, and compen-
Nation to officers of Horse Guards for re-
daction of pay of their present rank
Mililary labourers, pay of, in the West In-
d:es, Africa, and the Mauritius
Subsistence of men in confinement in civil
gaols and bsmck cells
Allowance to the three regiments of h Iliac-
hold cavalry for paymasters' clerks,
in addition to regimental pay 315 0 0
Allowance to the acting paymasters of
three West India regiments, in addition
Cr their pay
Allowance to ditto in St. Helena regiment 109 10 0
Allowance to ditto in the Ceylon regiment
at Hong. Kong
Allowance to officers acting as adjutants in
colonial corps (in addition to regimental
Pay) 6OO 0 0
Allowances to quartermesten of the foot
guards for making up accounts l4O 000
Allowances to paymasters of regiments
abroad, whilst absent at home on sick
leave (two at 51. per day each)

Total pay, atc. £3,173,865 3 4

ANNEAL ALLOWANCES. Non-effective allowances to
field OtlloelO. 5,7581. ; contingent allowances to captains,
47,2541. len. 41.; to captains of rifle corps, 4,8821. 105. ; to
foot guards, in lieu of stock purse fund for recruitinz and
hospital expenditure, 9,2571. Ils. 6d. ; to officers of the Cape
corps for providing horses, 7491. 3s. 4d. ; to riding muter,,
3,2661. 2s ; allowances for farriery, 103891. lie. Bd. ; to the
regiw.ents at Hong-Kong, 8,2801. Total annual allowances,
89,6371.14,. 10d.
AOENCIES POE REGINISICEIL-20,7611. 14s. 31.; allow-
once to agents for postage ana stationery, 1,2001. ; allowance
to agents of foot guards for keeping end correcting the records
of soldiers' services, and for recording proceeding, on courts
martial, 1181. ; salary of general agents, (see recruiting) total
for agency, 31,0821. 14s. 3d.
C tot in NO.—Allowances to colonels for providing clothing,
305,642 k 15s. 64. ; special allowance to the colonel of the
Grenadier Guards, In lieu of profits from clothing the regi-
ment, 1,0931. Bs. 104. ; allowances to colonels for providing
clothing for augmentation, 3,5001.; allowances to colonels
for providing clothing for supernumeraries, 3,0001. ; allow-
ances to certain cavalry regiments to cover deficiencies in the
allowances for providing clothing, 1,8501. ; costa:4-
terns, 'nuking great coats, 3c., 400/. Tota for
315.486 k 41.4 d.
This department of the army expenditure cannot be palmed
over b the Financial Reform Association without remark.
The et by whom the clothing is provided me, in most
instances, general officers, who obtain the head reloaded,'
of regiments to provide the clothing u a matter of
trade and profit ; they are, in the most literal seam
of the expression, dealers in clothes. When a reg 4
mint goes abroad, becomes sickly, and is thinned
by death, the clothing colonel to whom it belongs,
and who remains at home, pockets the money_ not required
for deed or sick menu his own emolument. It Is mid to be
a matter of considerable interest to the clothing colonel of a
regiment to know, when it is ordered abroad, whether it be
going to a station where men live well or die fast. In cues
where regiments seldom go abroad, the allowances are more
liberal, to make up for loss of profit on deficient numbers.
Also in eises where the clothing must be of good quality
special allowsnoes &remade for absence of the profits arising
from the clothing of bad quality. The clothing colonel of
the Grenadier Guards, the Duke of Wellington, has 1,0931.
allowed in Hsu of profit This ie in addition to his
profits for furnishing the Rifle brigade with clothes. Both
auras of income are in addition to 161 Ba. 9d. per day, as
oommenderin chief; in addition to 7501. per annum for
forage for his hones. And all those toms are in addition to
21. lls. 114. per day as Governor of the Tower of London,
which is an office with no duty, and es Lord Warden of the
Cinque Ports, for which he has 3,0001. per eAatIM.
It is also necessary to remark, that the airtime provided by
the colonel ere only a part of what the soldier wears. All
linen, flannels, hosiery, shoes, forego cape,stocks, brushes,
combs, and email articles, besides, at least, one pair of cloth
overalls for dragoons, and, ccasionally, trousers for
infantry are provided by the quartermaster and his
chief, the clothing colonel, and paid for out of
the soldier's pay, by daily etoppages. The profin
sionning from these regimental clothes shops, afford
an inducement to the heads of that department of the
service to be anntinually devising changes in the style of
dna, of underclothing, of boots, of shoes, and the other
neeemeniss, so that the men are obliged to purchase new
addle, and admit to stoppages in payment of them, while
the astiries set aside and declared to be unregimental, ere yet
ingoodiontdition—in many cases not half worn.
I The third and fourth items of the clothing experditure,
MOW. and 3,0001., provide for cases where the clothing
missal b likely to be out of pocket; and the fifth item
etto *over the extra expenses of scarlet trowsers for
is *
Hussars, and the conceits of one or two other fancy
961111:1 department of the army expenditure is :
Auowswczs iron Pzovutioxs.—First we have " Allow-
snots in aid of regimental messes, 19,0001." The private sol-
dier provides all his extra clothing, and muses himself out
of Is. 14. per day. But besides the many table allowances,
field allowances, &0., which we shall hereafter meet, here Is
a coned sum of 19,0001. in aid of the offioers' regimental
memos. Next we have " Table allowance for officers on
anent at St. James's and Dublin Castle, 5,0041.55. Bd."
The soldiers who mount those guards carry their
rations with them, or have them carried from the
barracks in their mess-tins. It is presumed that the
officers on guard, who are always young 'shalt/me,
having something to learn, would not take any harm if they
had their dinners cut at the club, and sent to them as dinner
is sent to other soldiers; at all events, they cannot be allowed
to dine on guard at the public expense. The next item in
the estimates for the current year IS "Special and temporary
personal allowances to officers at St. Helena, on account of
the high prices of prortrions, 1,0001." Total for prOVitiOni,
26,00 G. 5 Bd.
Thu its. is expressed in the army estimates ; but we shall
me many other largo rums called " table 'Bowan** " while
examining the military governorships in the colonies.

IRELAND.
Down, Nov. 29.
The meeting of the corporation yesterday was
attended with some interest, on account of the discus-
sions relative to the candidateship of the Lord Mayor.
Under the act constituting the reformed corporation
there is no provision made for such a use as the pre-
sent, and it was nerally believed that Mr. Dunne
did not necessarily vacate his position as Lord
Mayor. This turns out, however, to have
been • bad impression, for by the amended
Municipal Act, the 6 & 7 Vic., c. 93, mac. 5, provision
is made with reference to the contingency that
het just happened. In consequence of this there
was a meeting of the friends of Mr. Dunne, members
of the town council, on Saturday night, and the
course they decided on was, that a proclamation be
issued for the election of a town councillor for St.
Patrick's ward, in the room of Mr. Arabia, whose
name is this year removed from the burgess rolL
This election will be held on Thursday, and on Friday
the council will proceed to elect a lord mayor fir
the remainder of this year, when it is sup.
posed that Mr. Dan ne's re-election will not be opposed.
The council having assembled yesterday, appointed
Alderman O'Brien, M.P., to preside, and the non-elec-
tion of Mr. Dunne and his consequent vacation of the
dace of Lord Mayor, having been announced, the