The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

THE GENERAL POST .LITTERCARRIERS.

A public meeting was held last night at St.
liertia's Hall, to consider the present condition of the eer-
, men of the PeereeMea, and to afford the letter-O%Mo/, an
=l Of meirlsg.• the public acquauited with the
uster arida they an suffering. The hall was
eiweided to every part, and upwards of a thousand letter-
denim mete primal In uniform, besides a large number of
sorters, wismengers, and clerks.
The chair was Werra fry Ir. Banner, FILLS, and after
a letter of &palely lei bens tend ter the theme al Yr.
G. Bowyer,-X.P.., the obsirmse mid bs woad sod occupy
much of the time et the mestirg, bet knee Ile men to
state their own ceps. The do et4rnent of the
ffi Post-oce, which diffused
the world, was d;gsseed by the midi** • salt
lion of its servan sloe were overworked, badly
and under paid. t retired an enormous rot revenue
to government, and far too much importance was
attached to this as • tag, when, in fact, it was not a legiti-
mate source of revenue. The press bad twin unanimous in
condemnation of the way is which the men were treated.end
from time to time masterly articles appeared in the public
=demanding Poskilice reform. At length the
could no longer remain deaf, and • commission
we. ted from among the oaken of the anattlishment,
whisk the servants of the Post-office to state their
griassesem insineelal WY accordingly prepared and
▪ whiiih bed arm teen treated with the common
irenneey clam alliebi artier, and the commission was heard
et no more. the ma determined to appeal to the public.
harnedistelP the amandasion cams into existence again, amid
tits government thought it worth while to strengthen it by
the addition teem the Treasury of some additional mem-
hers, and endeaveaued to dimwits the men from holding
the public mialiag, This woe of wane refused, and if
redress did net foam wpm the step, it was determined to
appeal to the Hones or Oeseasena. The chairman lidded
that,-for his own met, be believed the commission to Wei
earnestly endeaveered to do tbe beat they could for the
billereneriess ; and, in inneshaion, paid an eloquent tribute'
to the qind seal Bar Rowland Hill.
lit L. Maw, and other latter-carriers, then
addressed *satin* and described their grievances is
deka Them appear to be that the promised nae in the
sate of wages has set been kept ; that own-work, which
was formerly paid extra, is tow added on to the regular
day's work ; that promotion is influenced by f•vouritiem,
and not by merit ; and that the clothing supplied to them
it unsuitable end of bad quality. In ".dition, they com-
plained of great heroism and tyranny in the conducting
of business ; and, shove ell, el the apt= of trapletters
and detectives, is insiabbeg id thane u Englishmen,
and might he remedied by a shilling or two more
upon their pay, sad tipzelidat elege temptation.
Resolutions was 4 parbanientsry
inquiry, thanking the prim for the rice exercised in
the cause, and voting thaake to the chairman. The met-
kg was minuted to a sossewbst late hour.

WERLITAI! Mwraonrirr Moult:mt.—Yesterday
evening, the sanual meethig of the Wesleyan Mithodiat
Mhoimery &MeV for the Loodes district was &Ad at
(heat gamelikes. Wesleyan (Impel. Linaeles-lm-/elder.
Them wee • eery stimermis attendance of the fries&
of the nikaireary soterprie. Mr. Bridge* preeided.
The Rev. Mr. Rowe read the report, from whleh it
Zradthat towerde the 140,00041 eat yet,
d loon tubed ia Leaden • wide k-
illed% Made. the Timbre,
Uxbridge, Ook,C=,'. Iva
and ether tiwbens,llBl74l fie. Mt, or which elb•
qnelieat bed Moo ralsed.la Lambeth, els., 1,0101.111;
sad the ant largest in the City.road branch, 7111. Its. IM:
The Wel sum war an &creme of 250 f. over tematai
The tor Gerry Oaborti, one of the (»mind s
ot the society, moved the adoption of the report, and
Meted that repeat intelligence received showed that
=the Mame emigrants In Australia • gracious
towns
nirairhed sprimgailaweasp, alleivniois. not4fe
gamos#len six circuit-
had to be bid in (baspeehberffell Sad ilvelaTZ
nuke Rositrilp had venetllll Issiede amities al • new
chapel tar U. me et the X wies&g was Sher-
lialdseibi: the Beie: Gamey, et W&sern Akira
(who the stele rniseSesmry stitormim at
Abbsehalm. be bed hod to await of Ow /175
wives cif the Idag d got to some of whom he bed '
tiee
16,ft thirsts if use on tstel,.. the] evidatelti •
dean" to " Ilea ham the to come, and it belng likely
that the Hog same* diemotlnce his polygamy) ; the Rae.
Mr. Ayliff, who bed ben • missionary in ffidnerla ter
forty years; the Rev. Mr. Sergeant, from the West
lodise ; the Am. Massed (Airy ; and other ministers and
geltlemen.
Mutual 00 PATIVITA, SOWN KL"fellgOTOX.—
Numb,r of vulture for the reek meting May 12: Mors-
M.., 863 ; evesisee, 1,070 ; total. I,S:gt. Sinus the open.
tag of the museum free daily (May 12, 1858), 219,384.

P'elyteihnic, Regent. eel, fa the purpose of completing
preserre it as a plain of instructien and ra-
abilielmaisi to the public by the formation of • joint-
doe& erimmay with limited liability. The Right. Ron. the
ibid r thit••••••av presided.
The met, J. B. °IRV, noochainnan, then read the re-
hod bap pM eel
preserve rd.'s*
tre ' for
the eaFtgw tine
public me. Considering that thisl metropolis supported.
'forty' theatres and 10,000 Learns and beer-.hope, it would
be a diegvear if it could net preserve Me vent theatre de-'
dined to the arts and Menem. Per • ember eit yore
dims dediaited to seisms • and natural pink-
:2°og had been carried on at the iiiiaitution, sad the high
appreciation in which they were held was evidenced
by the in that they had hem Wended by 100 young
_
aim moment so low lisenr. of the papasust had
hired internment ea cartideaten granted
t* ;WA* pmfesevra, and out efothin total number of the tame
Atsfewlses of our ocantry—ana officers selected for the
-MOM AtililSe —the Wilber of had received in flat Med-
itation instroctkii risem, notificatat of • efikley.
(Neer, hear.) Author iwpweaM point Was this :at the
Mina eaaiteliea tf lbw lisilety of Arta, open to compe-
tition tairmoill„, so recently as Christmas
of 29 1011111 hs4 aentxm. .
111 .• • AO edam/ $4114
and 13 of the .1119itainit Willi allotted mosey
priowa red•otempluisw wes• Artistes the twititeiket by
Ihs gist el as
usafideow.. plates.)
woo not en loom as It should ha that on
Matardaye sad it had been the custom for the last
two yam, widok be continued if with ear bleseMg
of God they essill beep the piano open, to alba wonting
men at han prior mil in ounesqueose had
attended the 1701. He domain he had month of
the antecedents
achtitutlea . show its nano (ap-
plause.) ma' = had not failed se an
• mediation, but ' Mee pa Vie
director' to close it in eampyree el the tioiliCimr4Nloll7
orhich resulted frank lammtable MidNYJanuary, 1869. Out the fund,
_aimed/ su
'admit dm directors had purchaaed for 4,000 - fiem, the
• inmagers appointed by the Court of Cilmnarryto
wind up the affaire of She Boyd Polytechnic buititution,
the Trans, furniture, and apparatus, the Baal soot ot
which was 35,030/. If 900 sham wire subscribed for at DN.
each, that would produce 9,0001, bet it was prop* It
eall up only 7/. per share, • which weld give in evadable
capital of 6,3001. ; the dominoes ammatsd to flo:oi,i
there was • guaranteed loan of SOCK, Mt
of 7,5001. U only AO more dame sow
tors could carry out the project, end they m no
' doubt of the moons of the new ommeny. (Apclausal
The Pori of fidionseeone add' he -Ally leiiireed with
' his nor, friend la lie .111110 et seek sin betifeilea as this.
It was I** • entegtipt W and the mi
lddle
yomotill""4"4l9l4tt
well did prehisily sigioyed.. Vr
piteris_wolito-
lime to which amitureee @gond fagotlfhweelmi
nod is the hew shleurhoede thzerllMtned the.
music halls, when mpg fit einsuessiancea
had been removed ally to render to Lore slams
ten times we It would hi for illiere
to MKS Sea - could not t up • aim
ter ._lento. tor dime (ipilattes.)
Yea 11••••194,XL• maven er the
powt,.field it mead o cud to the -nee.,
impale if they such a week a—s-Tilirti; fail for Me
want of nor smart. (Sir, hear.) .
Mr. Risser,kw* briefly wooded the male;
lion, dwelt cm the imparlemse d elevating the gentler
sr, which would elan& earl amid all dames of the
' The noble enigma*, in patting the resolution, add he
' had been requested by Mr. Owen to mention, as he bad
forgotten to do so, fiat lie- average number of yearly
misters had been a quieter of • million ; and, as a proof of
the interest felt fur the institution in the provinces, the
receipt. in 1861—the year of the Great Exhibition—had
been 11,1901., while he no other year had it exceeded
8,0001. (Hear.)
' The neoletioe wee thee put and carried.
' Yr. 8. GRE6IIO/1. moved the next resolution,
affirmative of the value of such au institution as affording
popnLr facilities for the encouragement of the arta and
idmow and rational amusement.
The Yew. Chweciio Pc Aeons, latterly chairman of the
' late hoard of itireeten. seemila the neolution, °Wendy/ it
would be • &gram to London if tkis
_value* institution
' were allowed to peel into other heads, and be converted
into • amino, or mama wone. Re attributed lie rain
solely to the heavy law expenses coaled by tie incident
and •Ithough he bad declined ho join the board, he would
become a proprietor in, the new undertaking solely beasuse
he believed ft me the duty of every man to mein ft. (Hem)
The imentlan having teen envied,
Mr. JOIMPII PAM 1110•111 d a resolution that the proposed
comideratde redivides it the espenditure. compered with
the avenge reeeipeknifewilid • reeseeehie meow* that the
institution would be sainewiestly ref bile sumer-
futooducted.
malution--enended by the Rev.'o. ILlernixin—
haring been carried, the pr gs tausisikd with • vote
of thanks to the noble pmoeedin

Lord Brougham • will arrive in Edinburgh on
Thursday evening, for his installation as Chancellor of the
University on Friday, and will leave again on Saturday
morning. The shortages of his lordship's visit has been
mimed by the attendlau ef the day from the lath to the
18th. Daring hie stay, Lord Brougham is to be the sued
of the Lord Provost, et 21, Morey-place.
We understand that Mr. Robert Dodwell, what*.
experience. activity, and knowledge of teleepephic busies.
are well known both in Liverpool and in Manchester,
las been appointed district engineer of the Magnetic
V Tele-
bebe:itzorpsay in Lancedice and Yorkahins, making
the head-quarters of the district.
Durrnausiwo CANS —The inhabitants of Edin-
burgh have within these few days (says the Scotsman)
hew' with painful surprise that Hector Mackay son of the
late Mr. Charles Mackay, of the Theatre Royal hag been
tried in Canada on • charge of murder, an being found
guilty by the jury, has been condemned to be executed on
the 7th of June neat. From the few particulars which
have reached us, it appears that Hector Mackay held the
Aloe of • constable, and having been ordered. by • magis-
trate to pursue and secure a fugitive from. justice, eataggie •
ensued, which, se it would seem, for self defame, Mackay
drew his pistol and shot his antagonist. Sapponkg this
to be the nature of the case one cannot uaderstand
how the act could be construed into the crime of
murder ; fen there wee obviously neither premedi-
talks new nadkoprepexas to invest it with this serious
ohmmeter. lit all events, the u.ahapekLioung MD, ad we
undernend, motion prison at Perth, West, waiting
the dread eel the law. The intelligence of the
dretunstsace has ghee the greatest poadbie pain to all who
reesenther the away eneeneut and genial gaidlties of the
late Mr. Mackay any be said to have gained • world-
wide celebrity his tion of the immortal " Bak
Nicol Jarvis Sir Sir alter Scott. Moved by every good
feeling, • bumble and respectful petition to Sir E.W. Head,
Governor-General of Canada, hex been signed by • large
number at our leading citizens, headed by the Lord Pro,
"at' paying that hie alaellaaef will take the ogee of the
unfortunate ector Mackay into his merciful oonsiderstion,
and commute or remit his sentence. The petition left by
the mail es Bawds , and we earnestly trust that de
prayer trey be sucotsdel, at least so far us commuting the
capital pliananuetit.
Claw Roams OP 811CrSITIlie, AND PROW?
AND CLIVE% Carrots.—On Saturday one of the members
of ea extensive Liverpool inn was proceeding to Heywood's
leak with upwards of 11,0001. worth of bills, ko., to de-
, posit, He had all the papers in his hand, but having for a
mob:akiatentet7d them is his coat pocket in order to use his
• dexterous' and experienced thief who wee
Cremoved them and escaped. The gentleman lost'no
eurgngokg to the Liverpool polka-office to give informa-
ties. lie Mere found two officers cities London detective
I force, who were dews "on buainens"—via., to look after
two clever and daring members of the swell mob, who were
" wanted" be the London astherities. The gentleman
sod the officers went towards the pest-office, MEd before
they had arrived they met a man coming from
the Mike, whom the Leedom officers recognised as an adept
member of the thieving profession. They captured him at
mum sad found M his ion a receipt for a registered
5:3 .earpee deg this letter might contain the stolen
one of the firm, accompanied by a detective, went to
a on Saturday evening, accompanied the postman to
the pleas whither the letter wea directed, and apprehended
the nelpieut. The latter peeved to be an acoonipliee of the
in Liverpool, and the letter contained
=e l= had been stoien. So prompt, clever,
and lmaneitilbl• • capture hes seldom if ever been recorded:
A PATO, ?lONS AS CAIINSIDOIL— On Saturday
, evening last two young cues,
malined Nathan Hauler and
Henry Wales, after playbg genes at the Bell public-
' boom, Northsrapesued, mbeidge, had • quarrel, and
eveetuelly get to Igktlas, !gm, dear throe reeds, the
latter remind • fatal blow; end died instantly. Yesterday
morning ea inquest wee held at the Merton Anna, North.
sroPuwedreut whims, Ant • isqry. the jury
returned • verdict of " ter" against Heater, and
also aphid Stara Pan, the of the Bell, where•the
light eeentred, few WO, dm mid Nathan Brasier. The
were fcavally ramindal before the meautratee
rill '6.alilkassea day, when they will be mainlined upon the coro-
ner's warrant.
Ens's Boumorsamo Cocoa.—ln delicious
. aroma, grateful unoatbnaa• and invigorating power have pro.
cored Its general adoption as a Weaned beverage. t lb.. 4 lb.,
I and I lb. packets, at le. ebt.R.plr4sul the
Epps,Advertlmmenganms

TATTEREIALL'a—Moirn•Y.
The betting on the Scenersetaldre Stakes scarcely calls
for comment. 4te 1 weaolfered on the field, Pan baying
slightly the sill of the animals quoted below at that prow.
For the Derby the Wizard firmly maintained his position
as fin* favourite, 3to 1 being offered apron him, often to
take • shade of odds above that puce did lot meet with
any response. Ummre, after having been backed at 4to 1,
receded to 5 to 1, SM. to 1001. being laid against him ; t to
2 was then booked several tuna about him, awl at the
close he was again beaked at sto 1 for money. 190 to 100
was taken about Thormanby, and for some time not more
than 6to 1 was offered against him. lager, however, he
receded to 8 to 1, which price wee taken freely, those odds
Dot being obtainable about him at the dose. Decided
hostility wee evinced against St. Albans. After having been
=d at 10 to 1. 1,2301. to 1001. were laid viand
a odds might have been obtained throughout the
remaiuder of the preeeedinga. Nptbourne was in Dome
force at 20 to 1 ; after those odds had been offered eigatult,
Buonneer, 25 to 1, and finally 30 to 1 were offered again*
him without effect. The outsiders most in request was
Sutton and Tom Bowline, considerable invellesent
W
made on the former at o 1 ; the latter rewind
at 1,000 to 10 end afterwards 2,000 to 25 was wend=
booked about him. Coofectirmer also found • friend at the
lad named odds, 1,000 to 15 being his closing perks&
Cremona was in disfavour, receding to 50 to 1 offered.
Loiterer advanced from I,OOD to 15 to 50 to I, and Largesse
was backed at 1,000 to 5.
THE somiatarrsimix STAKES.
4 to 1 apt Mr. T. Pair's NA 04
4 to 1 Lard Cheeterfield's Telegram (t)
4 to 1 Mr. T. Pan's Pbilomel (t)
4to 1 Mr. B. Ten Broecies Cock-a-hoop (t)
10 to 1 Lord Coventry's Dame ft)
10 to 1 Lord Clifden's lteswer(t)
10 to 1 . Mr. Parker's Precise (t)
DERBY.
3to 1 opt Mr. A. Nichols' The Wizard (off)
5 to 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Umpire (t)
7 to 1 Mr. Marry's Thormanby (t Btp 1 freely)
12 to 1 Loed Palmerston's Mainstay) (t)
100 to 6 Lord Ailesbury's St. Albans (t)
20 to 1 Mr. Wyatt's Nutbourne (t)
25 to 1 Mr. Jaques HO Trews@ (t)
25 to 1 Captain Christie s Horror (t)
30 to 1 -- Lord Portareouth's Buccaneer (off)
33 to 1 Heron Bothalduld's Bastes (t)
40 to 1 Mr. Tate. The Bap (off)
BO to 1 Mr. rAasoes Craniond (t)
50 to 1 Mr. Harland's Sutton (t)
50 to 1 Sir Joseph Flawley's Loiterer (t)
2000 to 25 Lord Glasgow's Tom Bowline t)
1000 to 15 Mr. Mundy's Confectioner (off
1000 to 10 Lord Derby's Cope Flyaway (off )
1000 to 5 Sir Joseph Hawley's lorpsse (8)
5 to 2 John Scott's lot (t)
THE GAYA
4to 1 apt Mr. E. Hall's Seclusion (t)
sto 1 Mr. Williams's Rupee (t)
The Subscription Room will be opened each day during
the present week—en Saturday for the wpm of com-
paring bs, he.