The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

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Tb. annual booting of the Stafford Agricultural
daseablisn wee hell as Wodneeday at Bob.t- oron-Trent,
and in the demos the mantas fted in the Town Hall,
undo the ply d Vineasat 0/LNDON, M.P. Theta were
ales peosna—the Budd Shrewsbury and Talbot, Viscount
Inver% M.P., Mr. Bean LP., Mr. Smith Child, Mr.
=Meot Mr. Mariam Boller, Mr. Adamthwaitr, end
the ogrioniturlets of the ceenty.
Mr. X. Bows proposed " The Moue of Comm..,"
coopliag with the to SW IMO of Visaing Ingests aid
Mr. Dets
Viscount browns% an solsowiedglng the toed, laid he
Mt rained hos • dug yesposihilltrAy tho Prollooco of
Mr. Ewa, who terweestat the other MO ot the house,
many of the seetheen cd whkb hag bdone which he
(VLoonat Saws) deluded sad thawed. ei Hear, bow,"
sad laughter) There were smity queer dogs In the boss
who Nal nary goes thine width they did sot men
(Lasighbr.) Top, homer beamed em awftd
eibilitywee ghd to throw on the thonider=r..
Been
Mr. )that so doubt a pod deal ed fault might be
bar
jah the Wows of Commas., bat ho hoped that rit
wee to to retheseed it would become latter and more
sat to tha noble lord, estienlarly If theme pastes
.heat not la la the amindest when he oo thiteiltoa sad
Abend. (Laughter.) lie (Mr. Bees did not ample or
abhor my bcontly sthetaned opiate, our did
W =Me led. (lber, hear.) The leas el the
Hasty whisk the =Melee& wee • iambs neently add,
redly is no Minas of opinion between on
Why should roe Sisk resishee to one tide Felber
than moths f ;the peat Ohba quietism are at se 1
eadLead with roped to poei dimeaakess, I hope they
ass tse the mot pat skid too ; and se to reform, it is
petty well magersised that if this I met quite ambled it will
be settled by end bye." (Laughter.) He (Mr. Bass) hoped
that the Moan of Ctsomons would by and bye be more
settillestmay tar Anted than It wee at present ; but, whim-
ewe might be its baits, there could be no doubt that the
interests of egricaltore would be perhotly safe in its hands.
(Cheers.) Then we few men S that house who were not
intateled Is the prouperity of egricsaltsse. He believed that
almost every member went then with • sal theirs of doing
his duty to Ms *smithy, and there was no body of torn wise
tabooed man smaselly and awe eaddammly he the public
without the lap cpsivate advantage, them the man-
bre of lb. Hones of Comtism (Load charm)

la. THOMAS 041L7LE 03 110011.
Ths American pews contain s characteristic
latter of Thomas Carlyle. It is addressed to Mr. Allays=
Witco of a " Dictionary of British sod Atomics& Authors."
The anther d" Frederick" styles Mr. ALikaae " book-
writer," and thus pronto= on kit perftworece :
" Aberdour, Fife (for Moira, Londoo),
18th July, 1869.
" lair —A rood while see (I am as to acksowWp
my neglect by eying so, but it was sot intsational, nor is
quite without mom), y}ear merles, hopremige volume was
duly banded In at Merea • aro did 1 fail to look • little
into it, though eaceniingly 'busy 'hut and sow. I ma
truly nay the labour you have gam into (which appears
to be faithfully dens, *trigger I ma judge of Wits
me with asiotithernt, and is, Wood, of sa amount almost
frightful to think of. Then gems to to no doubt the book
will be welcome to innainirable realm belay, sad tell them
math that they wish to know ; to gas the ens fault was tbst,
like lb Apostle Peter's slant of torts, it took in " =sclera
and the unclean," and thereby became of seek onmasagable
balk, to my no mans. Readiness not aware of the feet—hut
a feet it is of daily increasing magnitude, end already of ter-
rible importance to readers—that their dote greed neolesity
In reading is to be vigilantly, coseclentionsly wriest ; sod to
know everywhere that books, like human Needs, s» areaDy
divided late what we may all " sheep and geste"—the latter
put inexorably en the left band of the Jody; sad toothy",
every goat of than, at all momenta, whither we know; sad
math i• to =avoided, end, if pcssible, ignored by all sane
meson.., This is candidly my verdict ; and I regret to
think /on cannot well it; nor, es y:nt perceive, had I
any wish to produce it till ansummied.—With many respects
and acknowkdruente, yours sincerely,
" T. CADJAL/1."

A griOtt Conmervative demonatratite took place
yesterday afterems at Mote Park, Maidstone, the seat of the
Earl of Rosary, to celebrate the return, at the last election, of
Lord Hobeeedele sad Sir Edmund Filser, B at, the con.
servative neaten for Wee{ Kent. At three o'cloo.k upward.
of 900 electors from the several polling districts of Maidstone,
Tunbridge, Sevenosks, Blackheath, Lewisham, Dartford,
Cinvesend, Cranbrook, Tenterden, Rochester, end Melieog,
est down to a diaper provided in a spacious sod elegant
marquee, and amongst those permit were:—the Right
lionaurablestheEmla Stenbape,limener, and Darnley, Lords '
Kbegedown and Hardiege, Viermat Holniseciale, sod Sir E.
Meer, Bart. (the members for Writ Kest), Si, Brook W.
Bridges, Bert., M.P., Mr. Gabon* Hardy, M.P.. Sir J.
Here Maxwell, Bert., Sir T. M. Wilson, Bert., Sir Percival
H. Dyke, Bert., Sir Norton J. Keatchbell, Bert., the Rev.
Sir Francis Stapleton, Bait., Admiral Jonas Karelian; Colo-
nel,' Pletcher and Cater, Mr. Netters Smith (late M P. for
Weal Kent), 6:e., &a. The tent was decorated with name.
roos beano.. and °clouts, and Adenoid bend from Fitzroy-
spasm, oandocted by Mr. G. Allen, vocalist, was armed ,
for the oceseion. The chair was occupied by Earl Stanhope.
OEPOID LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.—A public meet
lug was held MU* Guildhall, Exeter, on Theeclay afternoon,
for the purpose of preeentieg the certificates awarded by the
University of Oxford to the inecoteifel candidates at tbe tee
cent middle-cleas examination held in that city. Sir J.
Kernaway presided ; end among those present were Sir J.
Coleridge, R. 8. Gard, E.q., M.P.. T. D. Attired, Esq.,
J. Eillifeer, Req., J. Dinham, Eeq , W. Buckingham, Req.,
and the Rev. J. Buckingham. There were elan several Wine
preen; imboolmseters from invent perm of Demeeldre,
and moat of Ur anoceeeful candidate.. A Wee was read
from the Esti of Devon, regretting his inability
to Mined, and highly approving of the esaminadona.
The movement wee stated by Mr. Misted, its principal
originator, to be progressing must satisfactorily. sad !atone-
able mention was mole of the efforts of Mr. Templeton, of
the Mansion-hou-e &hoot, and of Mr. Dom mett, of lisle's
School. Exeter, in sending boys for examinetioe. With re-
gard to Mr. Templeton, lir. Acland stated that he had
woad more candidates than any schoolmaster in the whole
of England, an announcement which was betted with loud
applause. Excellent advice was tendered to the candidates
present by the hon. chaltmen, by Sir J. Coleridge, by Mr.
ddlifent, end by Mr. Aclead ; and resolutions of 'honks to
the delegates from the Oxford Cuivereity and the local
examisen, to the local committee and secretaries, to the
mayor for the use of the Guildhall, and to the chairman for
hie able readmit In the dire, were unanimously paused.
TUE Ituicnous DissENszoNs IN ST. GeonoE's
Ease.—Yreerday teeming • meeting of the vestry of St.
George's Hat was bald at the Vestry-hall, for the purple of
eftsidering the letter of the Bishop of London ; Mr. Clarke
presided. The Church Affairs Committee laid on the tel Is a
repots, recommending that the whole matter should be
referred to the Bishop of London for his decision, in accord-
ance with the terms of his lordship's communication. Mr.
Thompson, the seni,r chewchwarder, moved the following
essulutice :—" That the bishop of the diocese having by his
letter of the 6th inst., addressed to the vestry-clerk, offered
and recommended his tordiadan, with serer to pot en end
to.the differences which now unhappily subsist between the
reCtur and the parishioners relative to the eervice, decora-
tions, and arrangemetos of the perish church, this vestry
takes the earliest opportunity of expressive their entire
radices' to submit such differences wholly and unreservedly
to hie lordship's arbitratioa and decisionomeh party engaging,
as ibis metry hereby engage; to abide by such &Liston ; sad
that the Rev. Bryan King, the reeks, be, and he is hereby
reeperfelly invited, to ewer Is snob subminioe, whereby
all diffennoes between bias sad the parlaironses may be
terminated and the piece of the perish restored, sad that a
copy of this reeolutios be forthwith conveyed to the rector,
and that he he respectfully requested, se early as convenient,
airnannicate hie snorer, addressed to the vestry-clerk "
Mr. ammo, the junior cherchwerden, seceeded the rem-
inder. Mr. Barrett raid that, Judging hem the biehop'e
letter. It would appear that the vestry were the disturber;
and were the chief opposers of the rooter. This be denied.
The vestry were nit, he contended, In a peek!s to decide for
the whole of the pariah:mere. arid he did not believe that the
periebionere would be esti:fled with airy eploropel
time, things having gooe to such enemas. Ater • low
diecomion, in which much warmth d feaLlog was displayed,
the reeoletton was agreed to, there beteg oaly three dram.
tieste. The vedry then adjourned.
1./AMBIT OF WADED CAIIT3 ACIOBB THE MEE-
ser.—lbe 'object of • Boating bridge fee this_purpose Ito
been lone under Iles oaseideral ion of the Mersey Dook Brod,
sad on Wednesday a special me..ting is to be bald In relation
to ft.