The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-13 00:00:00

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weelcombers was one of that. Mr. Cowling observed,
with reference to what had been said about the
powers ad the board of guardians, that they were
little better than a body of automatons, for they
had no power in any case, without the special permission of
she poor-law commissioners, to grant relief to any atile-
bodied person without sending him to the test hill. He
suggested that the Bradford Union should be divided, and
that the four townships of the becongh should alone form one
union, as the county guardians lid not harmonise with those of
the town.—D. Lightowler, an operative, intimated a desire to
move an amendment on the resolution; and after some obser-
vations upon the means which had been suggested for the re-
lief of the exietiug distress, be said that ne lived et • place
near which he could stand upon a hill and see thirty miles
snob way; and he observed that in this vast expanse there
were many acres that had hitherto been totally toorodue-
Eve. He lathed to ask whsther the subscription whirls had
been talked of could net be applied to the bringing of such
land into cultivation ? He believed that there was not less
than three acres and a half of land to each inhabitant of
England, and he would ask the aristocracy to give up a por-
tion of their sporting land or their hunting land for the pur-
pose of employing the people. He repudiated the notion of
emigration whilst there wee thus the means of employment
to be found at tome. By the means he bed suggested they
mould all he benefited, and pauperism would come to an
sad. He concluded without formally moving any amendment.
—G. Fletcher, another operative, said that he bad brought
*equation of emigration befort the woolcombers' committee,
and they had adopted it after a discussion, so that the idea
bad been first originated at this meeting. Though he bad
no objection to the scheme suggested by the last speaker, he did
net see th at ecnig ratioi, could do any harm ; but be brought this
forward as the w oolcombers'owo suggestion for their relief.—
NY. C. Hardy, as seconder of the re oMtion, said that the view
of it which had led him to second it was merely that the sub-
jest of emigration should be considered by the committee as
an ancillary means of relief ; and that if parties who had
well considered th^ trials they would have to encounter,
should wish to emigrate, the committee should bring the
matter under the consideration of the rate-payers, whe
would bare themselves to sanction the levying of an emigre- i
tion rate. In that view of the question he recommended the
adoption, rather than the withdrawal, of the resolution.—
After some further dilcuwion on the subject, the resolution
was atntwally carried by a considerable majority. A sub-
scription was immediately commenced, and several hand-
some subscriptions were put down, smongat which was 1001.
from Into Hardy, Esq., one of the late members for the
borough.'
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COAST DEPENCES.—The Manta Telegraph says
" The government have ordered the immediate construction
of three forts, for strengthening the defence of the port and
garrison of Portsmouth, and the approaches thereto. They
on to be strong works, for sustainina the heaviest metal, and
of the longest range. One is to be raised where Lamps Fort
formerly stood, between Southsea Castle and Fort Cumber-
land; another where Eastney Fort formerly stood, and the
third is to be p.tchcd en Hsyling Island, so situate as to
command the eastern entrance, or the east side, to Ports-
mouth Harbour."
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CRIME IN BESH6fllßE.—ltrading county gaol is
more crowded than at any former period wee its erection,
and forty of the mllsbeing occupied by government convicts
there is some difficulty in Sodin; separate accommodation
for the newly committed pruners.