The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-06 00:00:00

THE ANTI-TOLL MOVEMENT.

Yesterday evening a meeting was held at the
George Tavern, Commareiel-roed, to adopt the means Doss.
eery for effectively opposing the bill for a proposed renewal
for 31 years, oi the treats of the Commensal-road Eau,
Censonuasearoad, du. F. IL White, Esq., wu called to
the chair.

The Caataieux, having briefly explained the objects of
the meeting, said he felt most happy in the opportunity
afforded him of expressing his hostility to the proposed bill.
These trusts were, in his opinion, extremely unjust. In the
Riot place, the act under which these trusts were obtained
did not contain the exemption from toll (usual in highway
bills) which was granted to those who used roads fer the
distance of 100 yards only. The roads were not, in their
cam, even kept in proper repair, and there were no less than
30 toUben cm one mile of the road, which necessarily ob-
structed the tragic, or diverted it to the detriment of the
ewerely-taxed inhabitants.
Mr. MIT gloved the first resolution, to the effect that the
matinuenee of these trams was most unjust. The grounds
area which the continuance of these trusts was founded ware
naletwatenable. It war sesere,cl by the &des:sates of the bill
that the Commercial-road trusts were private property, but
the eery peumninge adopted by the trustees in briefing a
bill Me perilament, showed that they themselves considered
that Ina was not the ems. It was said also that mosey had
been ademeed kr the cemstruetion of them reeds, but it
must be readieseed that it was done merely as a eommerdal
, sad should be subject to all its coam ces sen.
eeedarti,' if it could even be shown that thnwpaetes who
had eaastreeted thus roads had not been remunerated, it
would be me Yemen flee the continuance of them tolls fee any
period larger Ma the term originally stipulated. (Hear.)
Mr. WILSON seconded the resolution. He said that it
was meet incumbent on them to be preempt in their eppo-
'Rion, as the b:II was to be introduced into parliament and
reed a lint time to-morrow (this day). Now, if they (the
opp sere) did not succeed in organising an effective opt:m-
erlon, they would virtually subject thsinselme to a taxation
to the amount o 300,0001.
Mr. liars, as a householder, strongly deprecated the
comtbmance of the toile The resolution was then carried
unanimously.
Mr. MAIMING moved the second resolution, and raid that
this question had, on a former occasion, been brought under
the (onsidisration of Ltrd John Russell, Sir Wm Clay, and
other distinguishid memhen of the Howe of Commons, and
that a petition, numerously signed, had been presented to
that house in opposition to the bill, and though dm form In
which it was presented to them did not require any expres-
sion of opinion, some of the hon. gentlemen had expressed
themselves favourable to the views of the petitioners.
Mr. BATH seconded the resolution, and entered into an
elaborate statement, showing that the claims of the trustees
for the cuitinumos of these tolls were not Landed on meson
or equity. The resolution, which invited the support of the
number for the Tower Hamlets, was then carried.
Mr. BURZITT moved, snit Mr. APPLIFORD seconded a
neolation, urgng upon the meeting the necessity of ountri-
bating liberally towards the object for which they had m-
umbled They were all aware that money was essential to
the carrying out of their object, as the bill was then before
the house, and the parliamentary expenses which they (the
meeting) would necessarily incur, must be heavy. The reso-
lution we. adopted with considerable applause.
The SICRITAAT then reds list of contributions received,
which amounted to upwards of 2001. Serena contributions
were then banded in, and a motion to advertise their resole-
ions in the Daily News and other influential morning jour-
nals, baring been agreed to, thanks were voted to the
man, and the meeting, which was numerously attended by
persons of all grades, separated.

Cnountr.—Yesterday the following fresh ewes
were reported to the Bond of H alth :—Wbitechapal, 2 ;
Stepney, 1 Add; Lambeth, 1 fatal; Wands north, 2 fatal;
Oul.sle, 2 ; Baer Reedbant 17, 4 fatal ; "{wiry, 2 fatal West
Him, 1; Ostesbead, 8 fetal; Lie-typo-5, 1 fatal; &sagow
(two days) 88, 17 fatal ; Aber !eon, 1 Is al ; Paisley (nom
27th ialt.) 118, 63 fatal ; Newtown, Balk/Ith 5, 1 fetal ; 8 ir-
' Hag 6, 2 fatal; Gal/tin, 3 fatal; Boabill 6, 2 fatal; Old
Bilpataiok (sine Jan. 17) 3, 2 fatal ; Riccarttm, 6 ; New
Monklead, 17 fatal; Greenock 6, 2 fatal; Kirkady, 1
fatal ; Tilllcon'Ary 5, 3 fatal; Selkirk, 2 ; total new cues, 277,
121 deaths.

WfifirMidetalt 145701tm SocurrY.—A meeting fi ,/
the mermen of this andely was held
_yesterday evening
the York-hotel, Welliegtesstreet, Mi. Lebrun, In the
chair. The secretary mead a hake whisk he had received
from the secretary gift Isloem mel Timadel Ratan doer
dation, expentng the dues m of She amodadem to es-operate
with the Westminster L&,
eflealetsetialia ermastry read
the report! which elided to the a
by the soesety to the attempt on the pest efaVediareemmeetalrea
to increase them and iseenmetex to Oat ter
motion of Mr. seoonded by Mr. Some, the lomat
was adopted sly. The seermary alto read the
report of the stem vitae appointed by the Weetatiastie
Reform Society, legyerlatend the registraion of votes far
the city, fc r the year 1548-9. Twenty bar claims hod bees
made during the pest year, mast of which had
bees establiAed, and a general improvement had been
manifested by pubis officers in their preparation of the lisle
of voters. Some duties, however, were not yet completely
performed, and it •as well know, that numbers of peruses
in Weennixster possessed qualifications for worth they ware
not rated. The committee oongrattdated the society on the
MOMS which during the past year had attended the efforts
of one of their repreeentatives (Sir De Lecy Evans) in ob-
4aining an act of parliament by which it was enacted that no
pecan be required, in order to entitle bias to have
flume
in any list of voters in any city, town, or borough
in England, to have paid any poor's-rate or assess' 1 taxes
except such se should have become payable previously to the
6th of January in the same year. Mr. Calwel moved and
Mr. Brown sroonded, the &dormers of the report, which was
agreed to. The committee for the next year having been
chosen, a vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.
EVRNINO LECTURES AT KING'S COLLEOL—AD
ar-
Tengement, which will prove beneficial to a large class of
young. men who are prevented by their avocations from
indulging in literary and scientific punuits during the day
time, mom into operation at this college en Friday last.
The council have determined on the appointment of pro-
fessors, whose duty it shell be to give evening lecture,, open
not only to regular students of the c Mtge, but to all g. ode-
men who may .eel disposed to attend. The opening lecture
was delivered on Friday evening by the Rev. Dr. Jell,
Principal of King's College, and canon of Christ Church,
Oxford, "On the Relation which Scientific Pursuits
bear to Religion." Last evening the regular course °
commenced, and will be confirmed without in-
termission every evening, Saturday excepted, until
Friday, March 30. The lectures appointed for the present
term ars " Manufactures and Mechinery," eight lectures, by
Professor Cowper; "Public Health,' eight lectures, by
Professor Guy; "Chemistry," eight lectern, by Priitesor
Miller ; " Natural History," eight lectures, by Profe soy I'.
Rymer Jonas; Pay sicial Geography," the lectur, a, by
Professor D. T. Ansted. Three evenings are to be devoted
to the illustration, by the oxy-hydrogen microscope, of the
structure of the lower animals.

BArlid AND IVASHIIOt7B4B. —The following eta.
Dada of the Committees of two of the metropolitan bathe
and washhouses w.ll show that the workng and poorer
&asses appreciate the benefits derivalde from such institu-
tions. The second yearly report of the Committee of the
baths and washhousts fur the labouring ensiles in the north-
west districts of the metropo'is, in George-street, Boston-
square, showed the bathers to have been 111,788; washers,
dryers, etc., 61,630. Individuals washed for, &c., 240,760;
making a total of articles of clothing washed, of 2;220,840
making a total since August, 1848, of 281,213 bathers;
washers, dryers, &c., 106,814. At the Glasshouse-yard,
East Smithfield, during the past year, where all the benefits
are gratuitous, the bathers had been 33,656; the washers,
34,843; and 12,610 ironer.. Muth the shove establishment.
evidence the fact that, with public support, they will rest on
the satisfactory basis of being not only self-support rag, but
self-extending.
NEW COURT.—ROBBTISO UPitovrinty.llo.—Sir,
Your report in Satyr, ay's ns per of the trial of Cheat, r, and the
' two Arments at the Old Bailey is iiieorrect, and calculated to
do us injury. As far as we are cokeerned, you say that the
goods in question were sold to us through the agency of the
Armen% and that we gave lees then one-third of the value
for them, instead of which, it appeared in evidence that our
buyer Furehnsed them of a Mr. Wall, who had been known
is London es a comer reial agent for 26 or 30 rears, an I that
we gave 6s. a yard fir goods, short lengths, (represrated as
the remain& rot a manufacturer's stock) which had originally
been sold by Keith and Co., of Woed.street, for 7s. 6d.
only, and which, under the eireursesnews, we contend, and
mud prove was the full value.—Signed, W. tlontsox and
BROTHERS, Tottenham constiroad, Feb 5.
Tun SALE OP THE STOWE LIBRARY was continued
yesterday. Among the lots were " S bakapers's Comedies, His.
toriee,and Tragedies," published sword mg to the 'roe original
espies, wth p strsit by hlsrtin Drosthout, 1623. It sold
fur 761. " Shalispere's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,"
published according to the true original cline., the third
ed,tiou, to which are added the seven plays never before
printed, in folio, 1664 The greater part of this althea
having been destroyed in the fire of London, it is eons.-
quintly almost of as great rarity as the first edition. It wag
knocked down for 351. " Shakapenia Dramatic Works,"
revised by Onrge Stevens. Bordel"s edition, with 100 beau-
tiful plates, was sold for 321. 10e. to lir. Sweet.

Finn AT Pecuriam.—Yeaterdsy morning Artily
before four o'clock a fire broke out upon the premises of
Mr. T. Piper, e bs ad and birmit baker, carrying on bust-
nem* at No. 1, Victor:a-row Pomroy-street, nearthe Old
Kent-read, Peckham. The flames wheq Pre; discOVMod*
were rasing in the lower part pi the 1"2:1!ng. The con-
stable on duty, after some frotarlo, succeeded in making the
residents lens ble of the danger t• which they were noosed.
They had scarcely effected their t saps when the flames oa-
tended up the stainse and fired every room io the premises.
Several engines were soon on the spot, but unfortunately not
a drop of water could be aot from the Kent Water Com-
pany's! Werks, whose :rains supply the district.
The fire thus unrestrained continued to spread moat
feurally, and b fore water could be obtained the
adjoining house in the tenure of Mr. Juba Oar-
don, a fishmeal/to', also became ignited. After the
lapse of 20 minutes the mains in the neighbourhood yielded
an abundance of water, but before the destructive element
could be conquered Mr. Piper's premises were totally
destroyed, and the stock-in-trade, with furniture and wear-
ing apparel consumed ; the adjoining property of Mr.
Gordon was also parlay destroyed. Mr. Braidwood, in
his official report returns the damages done as follows :-
1 The premises of Mr. Piper burned down from the want of
water—th• stock-in.trade insured in the West of England
Fire Offiee, and the building insured in the Sun. Mr.
Gordon (No. 2), first-floor burned out, roof destroyed, and
the rest of the house and its contents damaged by water and
removal—uninsured. Mr. Reuse (No. 3), painter, roof of
premiss destroyed by fire, and contents by water and re-

INQUEST, YESTERDAT.-AN INHUMAN MOTHER.
—Before Mr. W. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on
the body of W. Copelend, aged five, the son of J. Copeland,
who was burnt to death. It appeared from the evidence of
several respectable females that ever since the deceased's
birth the mother had shown the greatest dislike towards her
offspring, by unmenifully heating it without any apparent
cause, not giving it nearly sufficient food, as its emaciated
condition folly testified, and a short time since she was de-
tected in attempting to suffocate it in a tub of water, but
wee prevented by some one entering. The neighbours had
frequently remonstrated with her, and informed leer husband
of leer conduct towards the deceased, but their complaints
were of no avail. Last Saturday week the mother gave an
alarm that the deceased had set himself on fire: a lodger
ran into the room end found the deceased with
his clothes on fire, and the mother in the act
of extinguiehiug the flames. The fire was eventu-
ally extinguished, but not before the deceased was dread-
fully burnt. Observing not the least vestige of a fire in
the grate, or any wood lying about, the mother, who had
stated that there had been no candle a light, was asked how
it happened ; when she stated that she had only left the
deceased alone fir about two minutes, and on her return she
found him in flames. The witness, to make sure about the
fire In the grate, put her hand in the centre of it without in-
juring it in the least. The deceased wee conveyed to the
hospital, where it died on the following day from the in-
juries b, the burns. MI the evidence went to show the im-
possibility of the deceased outing itself on flee. and it was
the general impri mica that the mother had wilfully at be
to the clothes to destroy it.—Tbe Cor, 'tier, in summing up,
remarked that it wee very rarely that direct evidence could
be obtained es to the commission of such an inhuman sot.
The circumstances attending the deceseed's death ware very
suspicions, and he had a very strong opinion on the matter.
The jury, after about half an hour's unpul,ation, returned a
verdict of " Wilful rowdier " sesinst Maria Copeland, who
was committed to Newgate on the coroner's warrant.