The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-12 00:00:00

corrox SUPPLY associenox.

The annual of the ma ieiation era hold
s• iilay is the lrrsahreter Tows Hall, ad as ay
,opo rosily saga" lb. J. CHLETH AN, as ssidest,
1.•4 thr Chaltount there era a primal Lord A. main,
Y. the Hum A. Emeas, M.P., Mr. T. G. Baring,
Primes Nyder Jos Ishease, of the Gametic, Mr.
i:olvv, H.P., and say pentlean of grv.it local influence.
loner had hem nava from Lord Stanley, M.P., re-
milk; that hl pirlammary enimetnenti iirevented
t, lot*/ present. . .

fbe eijallll 31 remarked that nothing hal cectured Waft
, establishment of thiemawhition, three yearn ago, town,.
riot acv ettort hlvid e objects, Of to
throw s'doubt .e the vnadein of its formalism. (Hear,
lien,) As by the aleilition .4 the corn laws we availed
of eaers poseshle ...one for the supply of p‘jui
0.1 Abruwl, instead .4 relvitt‘ altogether on mu own pro-
.l-a, ten, so it was MAN so u,ght to open every possible scarce
tar the supply of cotton, instead of beisigno4 eneheavely
.1.. is the Vetted hate*. The esporioaso of past
rhe tuatioas In the supply was a enacient warning
relyta too much on the recent peat in.
.. .r.se AnillfiCau crop. The cooed al
the ...mistime had beam* desirous of concert-
rat mg atimetian was sogrocially ou the cepa
1411tirs of Woolen' Atria' and the East Indies.
Althotigh steneithing had been dorm in Africa, great dB.
ir shies were emeamerleged there, sad some of their agents
and frier& had bows removed hr the unhealthiness of the
climate. They had hide fresh connexions thew% end ho
hmccl for bear/chi twialte. sr there was no deal* that a
.•- rut supply of cotton meill be obtained, ad that the
.-•tc.o were willing to lalour. But is Imes wo had
: time elements .4 .u.vess which were wasting is law
miler reuutrtes. There was cheap sad shuadrat
Wert', cotton was grown there abide to a
vvry coreMlerahle es tent, all its export is the
List twelve months was not less than 600.000
bales to. Europe, and 311 (U) to epos.. Our holm
.4 sufficient *tipsily from that country depended an the
sbandonnient of those antiquates' and absurd prhripios
e Ash fcreet:lr hal actuated the government of India, sad
°art aim at the advancement of its population tsar
to its territory. (('bean.) Ow of the
measures that hal been especially urged on the
Innemt was the opening of the thelavery. which might
perhaps he effected at an expel:reef lest than half • mattes,
r. that from the heart of the country where cotton was
nit tem duo a minima lules per annum might be
rot .I..an that river at a coat ant greater than the Amer'.
can planter incurred in the If iaaoippi. The association
suer.- sery .krinstie .4 seeing the estahhahment of European
ad. at. ha direct communication with the mini,, and had
already done their hest to distribute improved machinery
°el lamination among the native eultivahra At preismt
th.. supply was greatly impeded sal injured by the
intenentioa of the Inalelle-men He had no doubt, from the
result .4 the experiments which had horn made, that ladia
was capaUe .4 gyoWift cotton .4 the improved quality re•
pored. SA well as le Iletent quantity, or bishops of relief
Irmo that country weld be few indeed. (Hear, hear.)
11r. kl Annwowns novel the adoption of the annual
report. It emend that the het year's ex turn had
hers 7.301 Y., of which rather mere than 4,0081. wee Is dis•
tahotion of seals sal machinery in various puts of the
wool I tsl the reramiuder. eb. Wiese item was the east of
pehirhing the fortnightly iosisnal of the aseceintion.
Ifr B wall. ricoadod the resolutiera, which win
anetim .wily 'wood se,

L eel eta OLD COVIICIIII/ M. P., menscied the resoletios,
which wan in favour of the asemement sow in foe
prospaimt ths_rowth al tattoo is Africa, A Month
taisiries, the Want haw, sad other colinfrias, and Intl
two the *mamma and mand as roturde, wal oPola
Akre istime•ts disMUy ar iodine* weaned is the gotten
trade, to soca in ma iamb .4 cooties that healthy camps.
smog sonogg many marber• which alone roe obviate the
ova. arteirm ream ismr pareent 'aniline of depsnikmas woe
oar rosin eosins af
Mr. T. DAMS, M.P. (Vadat of Stat• far
Inlet ov naiad the resolutioe. He mid the miertion of
.411.11.ipply wan MO to which the lodise persramwst
were paper mire solid end ommant attention. It Ina
• 1.. give every paper .upp.rt that mak, be give to
the objects of this smariatee. (Applanwir) It might be
01 mine istereal thin he Would Mate ha belief that, sintord-
lag to the 1..4 eakidatisse that had begs made, so less
thou :V million. of ace* were saw under cotton
eahrration m lota, and that the precluding' vas Now
amirthing like '.l.llloLialt,M.M din of cotton. The
of it. of co mu consumed the roe& naive
manufactures, and the capon weaselled only to awn ego-
truth. The 0,1 e,• rultirators hod shows themselves
tf. r 41.1, ...Me to their own inlimasta, and k woad
be 1 lima that there had bees as lasims• err ditemass of OZ-
P4l It Vr..panm 1.. the rim ar fall et prise in thin
country. Ili. quite agreed in the reammaredallogi
4 Eisomimin agents ...tiling in Haig La order
to dimes thin pn•lnctii e power in relief of our
Ke•pieming a point to which rather too mach
imp▪
maw< appeared to have been given—the facilities
afforded to Europeans for the purchase had in India—he
believed that .11 over that ametry any gentleman walling
L• take part in steh • +peculation would no longer find any
thillcult% in obtaining such land as he might desire, though
Is amid mono..rat great midi.° in ascertaining whether
et ...mil he cultivated to advantage. The Ofteigatioa of
ie•borem a.,. already open In some degree,
sal the removal of tla • first barrier was now is
coma. of ne,totiation with the Milani. (Applause.)
Ile imite ometiervol in the opinion that it was
1:o. duty .4 govemmcut to give all reasonable
ul ti. the estemion .if c mununicatovem in Indian, and he
thou ht the attention given to this matter of the °oda-
srr, mivstateen, and the encoaniagieet Ilf railways, were
evidence...if an improved policy in that respect. (Hear.)
The nomlution was paiial, end the meeting was briefly
ellreaml lor the Hon. cl. Egerton, M.P., th. Rev. Mr.
l'oti hard, Mr. Limns lelmod, Hr. Hickey (late wildest is
.lit•tr..lt..l, owl other gentlemen.

P. 1111,14 JIS.YTARY commzrrzs.

SUPPLY OF OAS TO THE METROPOLIS.

Thi• Tart u in yc.iterday, Mr. Etotheron•Eat-
c•art in the chair.

The Cliainnan---t. viol he wished to snared to counsel on
loth tales that a great portion of the evidence they had on
thY previous day we. oodles, relating chiefly as it did to
local hi licrin4. and public meetings. He 'suggested as a
pnAwhility which they might fairly assume, that the cow-
Miner would re,pore to he %tithed that the main points of
lii e tall now before them should be advantageous to the
pohlie, and not unjust to the companies affected. He there.
1.4 e thollolt It WOUIAI In, well if counsel would coatis their
attentati • hefty to those points, which were sin in number.
Tlii• p,,,,,iotert•l the hill complained that they were obliged
to hue a c..rtain snot to the companies, no matter how
small a quantity of gi, they contumed ; that an
errant was olilrged to pay the arrears left unpaid
for pis by the precediug•wcupier of the house ; that therm,
WA* rut .4f for the most trivial reauins. They complain
ill•-•• 4 the imperfect re;.:i •t ration if meters; of defective light;
ail if the le/re charged for gas, which they 'where.' to be
rt..sore. These wen: the main points, soil to them he
Indio" counsel to direct their attention.
In. Chanel on' then ag,in called and examined by Mr.
W. toter. He 'aid the pools enumeratea Ily the Chairman
h•rniod the ground. of .•••:•iplaints mole at the public meet-
ihz. to whah he hail referred. In hit opinion, this lull
c"ftlA he the means of removing all those ohjeetions. As
to at he knew they roota root lic removed by any other
Ile all.. except by an act of parliament.
I ,••••••etarnineal by Mr. Burke --It wad about lAi9
oe thote complaint. first began to be made.
1-,.- sorery I;ae Con othr•ra' Company was established
111 I.uiroeluenee of thine comphiinta. Some
ti ••••• who formed that company were themselves' gas
h.naers. They .4.irted on the understanding
ti a' trey thnual lower the price of gat from in. W •Is , but
. • e :•entir thi-r raisitl it to as. roil., which wan the price
• oily eliargel. In their act the compriny found it ex•
o• if t.. tia the I. 't id price at re., but they bail been in
• • ::••11 lefore they mid their act. He ilia nimbler they
••. ad i, •‘• • hanged the it name before they applinl for
• • •1 tiugh I Ile eat riot himyelf an navorate ol
• of the preolit bill • he wag in favour of a
f t. 11414 *trilliuml there might /prrasionally hoe
• • • , .:1..11 m than prone of gat according to circumstance..
If not give the name id any .we individual who had
•oepriltai he • ga. company to pay the arrears dtbil by
opier of a home h•fore him ; but that was matter
r• .1 • -implaint, and was not contradicted. No doubt
••"' ~,, power ..f gas might he deteriorated by
• .• I, • hinges of the t-moperaturr. He was examined
1.• .• de committee law year, and he stated then, and
d now, that a difiin;•ar.de would be preferable to •

: •a.nurr.l he Mr WO...ter He I...het-ea it wam true
• •• i..• )rar...the met er manufactumw gm had con.
.111.111111.11441.

M 1..... clerk to Vt. ifiave's olistriet boanl works,
• • ..-0 PIMA ill.' by Mr. Irenbon, Q.('. He said the
• . Con.unien.' Company made A n application to his
' I 1.. ler down their pilau in that district, and leave Ina
•6...1 to do th.- oonlition that they %hold.' give
I—l • it.- supply of brilliant t,ght at a reduced price.
'het time the heard had a emetniet with the South
"••polilms Company. Moyne two or three year. alter
• • .•traet we. eaten,' int.• with the South Metro-
the Surrey l'oe•um.y.' Company applied, with
• ...,•or :oder .4 that nom luny, to St. /Rave's hoard to have
oseiiet trawderml to thernolelveo„ which ins wend
U. morvor l oesmineen.• Otiliony got the oroirmet
'.4. rod to th, m then mid they cold not •upply Ultima
•' •• Nun V. 11r each for the public lamp., or 1!. if tM
theioudre• fights.' the lamps the eompaay had pro-
-1•;.door it at 14 "sit Loop. There were about 450
1' 1.... t• in the dote,. t. Hie loon" a••re obliged to
• the Sorrel l'otammernetonquny had taken away
a... 4 romp...titans.
lir A. Warmly areedant clerk to the vestry d the
1, Au( Landeth, Ina lb. vent witnew. That parish was
• •• I bed by four differest ermintrimie., rich hmeims • •speril•
•• f il. .we ; "ordained .1..0t 2.220 loupe, which
• ,entiallv shout 11101 W. Since the " districting*" my.-
I-- • v.v.% a rt../ the digerent r.“ noionic. the reetry
• ..inpellst 4. yrbl to their term., as .11 emir... Woe
ken away, which the vestry and the pubis raw
.4.
hearin; woos further cilium...! the croannitte•