The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

DEPUTATION OP 00ALWIIIPPELY TO MB
EARL OY DAVIT.

A deputation from the Cealwhippene Association
weird yesterday ca the had of Derby, at his aria resi-
dence, Downing-street, far the purpose of Warm Doc
unmet to rereseet tir bill which embed is Mid
depasitios courted of Lord Elesaird the Hon. Arthur
Kinnard, MX, A. B. Ayrton, M.P..' P. Farrel, '
sad several endows tcanected with the coal trade.
Laid HYMNAL/In in tatrodueing the deputation, stated
that their object wee to have the Coalwbipkere Act of 1843,
and which 'spiked to 11156. re-enacted. They bad sow what
we milled a modeloillee," which did not work earisfactorily.
The roes wasted a parliamentary dna" by mama of
which the eleployer sad employed might be brought together
vrithost the htterventUe or "middlemen," tonsisiing of low M
perieene, millite-hour keepers, end owners of lodging hotter
who frighifelly mulcted the coalwhippere on a teuct arse
of the most iseferious character. Be was about to introduce
a bill for the rupeee of restoring the old system, which bad I
worked well and raiiehetorily for mestere mid men, and he
hoped the government would give It their i
Mr. (ilowiawn, a coal merchant, statrZati wader the
Arent system moat of tee roalerbippers were employed by
the keepers of low publie-honsee tad that poverty, degrada-
tion, lad crime were the ecerapiencee.
Lord Dilly asked whet were the gross wages earned by
the men, excepting deductions?
Mr. GoveLann lad about l ls. id. a week—a great retire-
Hon ; but the roes wished to bo psid in cosh by their em-
ployers., and not by 't coiddlenun," under the truck system.
After statements from several of the malwhippere,
The Karl of Daisy said the subject wee deserving of con-
sideration, and the government would give their beet atter-
tics to it. The matter could not be is better hands that 1
them of Lord Kinnard, sad be (the Earl of Derby) saw so
objection at present to the request of the deputation.
The depots. ion thanked his lordship and withdrew.

The town-council of Nottingham has granted a site fei
la the Arboretum toe a settee to the late Frargua O'Connor. 1:1
TM Nottingham, Anorwel protests very warmly agneet tots 100
coneemius.
Several vacancies in the bench of Malta are Ira
likely to oocnr soon, u two judges sni three magistrates are
about to retire. el
A letter from Glasgow, referring to the distress sit
created by tho Western Bent, states that the city is steadily bet its
slowly recovering from the Cleaner. Many of the wealthiest
cities", however, have lost their entire foetuses, while
several who were thought ab'e to wea.her the storm ars now I:
advertising their estate* for rale. The saddest fact hi that
Is the simnel report of the direction of the Lunatic Asylum
this fa lure Is serigned as one of the causes of as themes is th.
the number of patients.

The King and Queen of Prussia will probably
prolong their stay in Rome until ths month of May. Al-
though the state of the King's health prevents him hem
appreciating all that is to be seen, be not =frequently anat.
peaks the Quest in her vire to the antiquities, the galleries,
and Has studies of Rome. Her Majery appears to be War
with the acme tars as Kiog Louis of Bavaria, and has already
given some important commissions, both in panties sad
sculpture. In the latter department the eareat Persian
ssulptor Wolff has bra favoured with the royal patroness,
and will have to create two or three stater, ore of which
is to be his charming figure of a nymph with bar ors at a
spring drawing water.
Young men continue to enter Piedmont from
Lombardy, with • view of taking military service either itu-
sellately in the army, or, later. In the volunteer corps or
Italian Legion, which is expected to be raised should war
break ant. Two of dam had had a narrow weeps from the
Mara, who chased them from the rake of the This*, and
whom they only got away from by taking to the water.
Once on the ogre aide, they at on the bank and laughel at
their pursuers.
In seven out of the eleven districts of Onde there
wore collected in the week ending the 11th of December,
6,799 firearms, 16 ornon, 21,627 swot*, 1,052 spasm 4,110
bows, 641 daggers, 1,998 shields, 394 soi.rellaneoas weapon',
ea Ales op the total since tha Ist of November, 23,260
sages, 73,417 sweetie, 4,632 opera, 10,528 bow, 3,226
daggers, 6,900 shields, 94,499 wapitis of other sorts; total
116,8791

" It is to be regretted," writes the correspondent
of t►e lima in Onde, " that the pot of Nepauless agent or
minister, owing apparently to t►e indrehion in selection sad
tha m to fill op appointments of tbs more hopor-
tint hied, which ate charged with too mach impotence of
Platt e against Lori Canning, to still vacant. The presence
of an able British °Meer at Hatsemedoo is now muck re-
quired, but, &candies to the latest infommatian I ham re•
waved, the vacancy crested by the relemi diem Balandeor
to allow Colonel Ramsay to continue at the King. Coact
still ciliate."

OIFORD, iri3. 10.--UNIORROITT ELECTION.
Notice boo boot *wed by the Vins•Chenoellor, that the
elective of Wpm to um b porlismeot for the Uoitersby
of Oxford will who plies on the 12th inst. There Is wit the
slightest winsome of say opposition to the iv-election of
Mr. Olstlat-go.

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