The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

TO THE lONTOII OF TICE ZXPWI.

Sie,—The preen has lately directed the notice of
the public to the feet of a person in the dome of a Bile
Volunteer having wantonly shot a doe on Wandsworth
Common, and Lord Ashley recently mentioned it in the
Home of Common.
Its mourrenes in the county of Surrey, and the anxiety
tetanal" felt for the audit of the Battalion of the Tth
Murree Rifim by al of us, its officers and members, demand
from Me this simple statement, that no member of the 7th
surrey bed act or put in the outrage. Non tali inisho
nee defaxioribus istia.-1 am, he.,
MARCUS BERESFORD,
• Major Commanding 7th Surrey Rill.
Head-quertsre, GO, Blackman-street,
Southwark, S. E., Aprillo.

OZYTTAL PALK% Owz SHILLING DAT.
TIIILIDAT, APRIL 12.—Adai1mica1 oh paymeot, 4,6 n ;
disks 17 woo tido*. 1,41•7 ; toial rinators, 5,1(01.

11ANOKRIIKKIL Tnelemais
A beefing of the lemmuthire Reformers' 1711614
wee held at the Free-Med° Hall this evening, to asteekOr
the gene ion of Weser, with impend edema, te Leed J.
Ruseelfs bill. Kr. G. WELDON presided, sad there were
&boast 5,000 persons present.
After addresses from Mr. Barley, M.P., Kr. Peter By-
-1.4 of Warrington; and Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Bolton,
white were blessed to with pee* impatience,
Mr. Before roes, sad was received with load end long-
eontinned cheering. He said though it was holiday time
both for hard-working, people and for members cl parlia-
med,ke thought it was aewsrinopportune for the citizens of
• free ocantry to meet and dames questions of public
batmen and import ere. We were now arrived at an in-
terval or sort of half-way house in the session of parlia-
ment, and it would be an advantageous opportunity to
fermi the Fait slid ihneo• at what is in Mote for ye in the
immediate future. Looking beak to the lad two months
in parliament, he was glad to be able to say that what we
beheld was highly eatidectory. U it was not for the
enarmens, the merlima, sod he might my the guilty mili-
tary expediter*, he would have been willing to express
unmixed approbation of 114. Gladstone's boded. We
should probably have had aloof budget from Kr. filedetese
even there bad hem no oonnierrial treaty with Flaw,
but that treaty made it het* valuable. By teems
of the two every methe of protection bed Ulm
swept trod the tariff. The treaty would masse, *eV'
operatka in three years from that time. Re Igibeied we
should and the tariff of France mach more Übstallian the
present lariff of the Kniesall Aatia if we now **Med to
the orient anima) to the Hilted
Slate is how mucleelseedd w apes. to Reno", a manta,
more populous wed muds newer isesreheeen, erbeente bed
linen liberal Melt then dal wilit Amerim ! Wit were
Kee budget end Matte Mweived! The tree* we/ meeived
with mark coldness by both houses, sad hotly opposed by a
liege party ia the Chgemens. They mid it was set accord-
ing to preeedeet, and that the chief spade of free trade
did nog know his own business- (laughter.) They said
the French tariff ought to be lower, and that
It ought, to come into operation at owe. Well, that was
to the loss of France. (Hear, hear.) They said it had aoh
receivell the sanction of the French Chamber% but tint
was marled into effect on the sole Wird Ake BEAM& ,
wee greed in seeteidmoe with the ]IA4
end theme& ef eneelleg it was enifikiii heelfiebet, K
ought le be milkiest for es. They mkt *ONION Were
'chiefly taken Off luxuries. The truth wee err led mat
say reticles left swept interim the duties en which
emeld be abolished. /he Timm said we ought ter have left
the trehty to be usgoliated by an experienced diplomatists.
We had diplomatists In all parte of the world receiving
imorromm sahib% yet we should look in vain for any service
by VIM to ERA& industry equal to the service done by
the utisid and Ihexperimaced diplomatist, Mr. Cobden.
(Lewd alliseet linear Kea mesODS against the treaty had
set ben girls in the Weft of Comeau. The budget
aheibliet eletinmAillielinis el Indirect taxation, and had tied
me the WNW elpmelliare by • tax from which hmeafeir
t whuldinkeeis amps. Henceforth these two throw
would ge togelhit. IM parlament mimed the military ex-
ganditors to wair • thirty minims, that increase must
In debeeedegille Krems tax, or by as income tax coupled,
with •geepaK lax. He (Mr. Bright) thought it • mast
happy. thing *at this result should have been brinight
abent.4. Thig tesety promised peace and confidence with
Fames-a but them were persons connected with the'
eliewthe Wed the, Military service who wished for • db.
haat peliny. opp at the 125 years previous to 1815 we,
were *war with !mace during 68 years. When the
beeps taxation amoanted to two millions. In rlibilat
had relished to 72 millions, and we had as accumulated'
debt of 880 zillions. All this took place under • system
in whi4 only the "select" were allowed to vote, in which
the greet aristocratic Republic stood supreme, oninterfered'
with bj the breath of public opinion. The treaty coal
eluded With France menaced this patrimony of taxation,
end hence the concealed opposition to its being
Into effect. Besides them questions of the
'And commercial treaty, parlament had been'
apron to consi,ler the a/1A.411m of parliamentary reform.
Lord J Russell's bill must be taken for what it was, viz.,
• bill for the extension of the franchise. It only remotely
touch upon the redistribution of seta, and did not com-
prise ballot. The borough voters in England and Wales
now on a register numbered 440,000, and he believed the
sew only add 167,000. Wee that a measure
"hely 'ye are igneepat and excited mob a preponderating
pewee all tie badmen of liagliad! la 1833 it wee said,.
the new voters enfranchised by the proposed Reform Ball
would swamp the old constituency, and the same argument
Was being used at the present time ; yet the 101. hems-
holders bad never conspired, so far as he loam'
to swamp the power of persons of property wad
education. Mr. Whiteside, in a recent debate, had
tried to frighten the house by reference to the strike of
the London builders. Now, it had never been proved that
all strikes were bed ; • strike was the reserved power in the
bands of the working man. He (Mr. Bright) would tell
working men never to surrender their right to combine
with their fellow men in rapport of their interests. (Loud
chews.) He believed Mr. Disraeli would be glad to allow
the present bill to pees, so that the question of reforeg
should no longer obstruct his battles with by old integer..
meta, the whip. Others among the tory opposition would
also willingly give it their support ; but he feared the
policy of lukewarm liberals. He, however, gave
credit to government for brining forward the mea-
sure, sad hoped they would take care it wag
not damaged in its purge through the bog*
If it should not be passed this session, or was much=
delayed, be would recommend the working classes t
out the country to appoint delegates from their trades
unions and societies to sit permanently in London to see
epos parbuaent, and to tell it that they did not longer K.
teed to be put off end trifled with, and sheeted of their *el
expectations. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright then drew a parallel
between the present time and that of Mr. Pitt, with regard
to the Reform Bill and Commercial Treaty with France. la
1781 Mr. Pitt's reform measure was rejected, and his oar
menial treaty was got rid of by weir with France.
warned the people to see that the same course was act
adopted now. There was a party in this country who sys-
tematically endeavoured to arouse an RI feeling aphid the
French nation. The Tina was following in the wake of
the Mormog Adrertiaer, and in the same pot-valiant style,
perhaps ; but with a malignity, if possible, more &tank,
trying to arouse a spirit against the French nation. From
weak to week, and from month to month, it published
Lades, one day insulting France, next day alarming Ger-
many, and another time exciting England. (Cheers.) He
knew what would be said in reply to this, but he was not
writing anonymously. He was an Englishman like them-
selves, mein nothing for the reviling' of the press, but
taring dearly for the solemn interests at his country. His
warnings were out uneecensary. Be spoke not to the
court ; for though honest, his speech was scarcely tuned
to courtly sea He spoke not to the aristocracy who,
entre in luxury, cared not to listen to his appeals; but he
addressed the great body of his fellow-countrymen. In
a few years tide treaty would become a bond of perpetual
peace. It might yet be wrested from their hands. With
pesos the program of reform could not be arrested, end
political power in this land would be treederred from a
clique of finalise to • great nation.
Mr. Bright concluded amidart, great cheering, having
spoken ono hour and twenty minutes.
The meeting broke up immediately afterward.

INFANT ORPIAIt AATIIIM AT LIVIMPOOL. —The
Biah.op of Chador, " misted" by a annumus array of the
clergy and laity of Liverpool, including hie worship the
Mayor, T. D. Airlines, Bag., formally opened an Infanta'
momOrpn Aaylnen in that town yesterday. The erection of
the ina II mainly due to the liberality and energy of
Mr. Harwood likaara, the founder of the Boys and Girl,'
°VrrAV I
Thou-•008•.—At • General Court of Pro-
= 11:iitatin the Uth Colonel Sykes, m.r., awl
asogge sew wen re-elected director* ci
the Bast India Company ; sad on the. following day, at •
Court of Director', Colonel Oyler was unanimously oloded
chairman.

treetrwere reewivet the Colobie4-oltee
harventers of the Welt LAIN AIWA a=
Otodb.

Xr: Pauli', M.P., who attended by special invitation,
explained what had been done in Lanaahire, the cir-
cumstances of tinkle there being somewhat analogous to oar
own. At the invitation of Mr. Cheetham, he had at-
tended a meeting of the manufacturers, and their opinion
seamed to be that an sd reform duty, the same all was levied
in the United States, would be preferable to a specific duty
on separate article., as they numbered nearly 5,000. The
limit at present flied by the Emperor of the French was
thirty per cent., which would amount to a total prohibition
on many claw* of goods ; therefore it would he necessary
to obtain a reduction. A circular had been addressed to
the various Chambers of Camerae by the Board of Trade,
recommending that a delegate be selected from each branch
of industry, to supply any information which might be
requiredt m carrying on the negotiations aa to the tariff.
a desultory conversation, in the courseof which Mr.
EMIT promised to render every possible assistance in order
to the interests of the trade, the following weres9-
ted a committee to take the whole subject into conside-
ration, and,if nenewary, to appoint:a delegate torepreeent the
interests of the trade :—Mr. Hearnshaw, Mr. T. Mimed'
(hon. sec.), Mr. Mundell's, Mr. Lee, Mr. Thomas Keely,
Mr. Henry Haddon, and Mr. W. G. Johnson.
A resolution passed at a former meeting to form an asso-
ciation of hosiery manufacturers, for this town and74lll-
beuritood, wan confirmed, the following_beion app a
°misfire., :—Mr. Fred. J. Madden, Mr. Hum-
Yr. Healy, Mr. Jas. Wilson, Mr. Thomas Ashwell,
and Mr. Inn.
A deputation from the lace trade was introduced to the
,aatrid°ecethe f.narmmletg of
twenty
tin.toof
conime=eoz.dfoesriaNrappmdMitirto a
resolution
that
affect.

ROYAL Cousoz or SIIRODONL --At a meeting
of the Council yesterday the Jacksonian Prise for
18159 was swirled to Mr. John Whitidow Hnlke of Old
Burlington-street, a Fellow of the College and issistaat-
Surgeon to the King's College soil Royal London Ophthalmic
Hoeprtals, for his eery on the morbid changes in the
Betms, as seen in the eye of the living pesson, and after
removal from the body, together with the eymptoms moo-
tinted with the amoral morbid conditions. At the some
One an benorarinm was awarded to Mr. Charles Bader, of
the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, a member of the College,
for his eery oa the mime subject
Teri Ilwauerox tx CEIMAIA. —At the weekly
' meeting of the &vetoes and guardians of the poor of St.
Luke's, Chula, ea Wednesday, the reports of thepa hied
me &od Mete VIM reed, from which it apprrem that the
thdl be of late been alary on the increase
hi that plslt ea the decline, there being bet three fresh
muss reported ins but week.
The oeriatony of eufting the first sod of the
Hereford, Hay. and Breoon Railway was performed on
Tuesday by Lend Tredspr smidet mud reicideg.

The Madras Athouritnt publishes the following
letter : "H. Nelson, Eq.—Deer Sir,—l have received
your letter on the sub)ect at your recent meeting, and in-
forming me of the petitions which have been forwarded to
my friend, Mr. John Dickenson, jun. 1 shall have great
pleasure in preeenting the petition to the House of Cont-
emns, andin giving such help as may be in my power to
your views. lam not sanguine that we shell easily produce
any Osage in the Indian government. The whole mimesis
is one of patronage—and those who now bold the gotid
things will not willingly give them up. The English people
too are very slow, and very careless about everything
that does not immediately affect them. They cannot be
excited to any effort fur In-dia except under the pressure tit
some!mat calamity ; and when that pressure is removed
they fall back into their usual date of apathy. The Eng-
lish government has always too much on its bands. To
keep itself in power is considered its Sot duty, and there is
little forte or leisure to do anything do. It hands over
lolls to Sir John Hobbouse, or Mr. Hordes, or Sir C.
Wood, or Lord Stanley, and takes no further interest in it
until an insurrection Is announced, or a loan in England Is
necessary ; and the India Minister is expected never to
trouble his 000llleaaguueess except lathe last extremity. Parlia-
ment ores about India little more than the cabinet ; and
thus the Interests of your vast population are left to the
tender monies of an seclusive service whose main objeet
of adoration is patronage. I ahnort despair of anything
being done here, but you may rely on my honest assistasoe
whenever there seems • chimes of doing anything. lam
muds obliged to Mr. Herten oat° others of your friends
for their too kind mention of me at the meeting, the report
of which you have sent me.—l am, with great respect,
yews sincerely, (alined) " down Baler?.
Rochdale, Jan. 11, 1860.