The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

THE smors PIirSIVTION ACM.

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Yesterday a lassfing a the manufacturers who
ore under the of these seta wall held at the London
Tavern, to diem beet anima of forming an onisea
M protect their interinle from the operation of existing and
future eats whisk may operate injuriously against them.
There was a Wes* 'ergs attendance, and several of the
atrophiesto nieentins veva present. Mr. Porrnrix vie
ailed the chair.
Mr. A. EMMA& read hetes favourable to the abject of
the movement from Mr. Roupen, M.P., Mr. Co:, M.P., and
Mr. W. William% M.P.

The ClLAlliltin rid that those by whom the meeting had
been ocevened wen far from within to oppose the pro-
Pem aay meows'
Tait
popul ate= legialation, especially whet it was
to promote the_ eoefort mud
mehealarthopolle. of the
whichted the He
would freekly idmit that great Walt ha& scorned
her the sea, not only to the polio bat to the mean-
it had comps'hd them to pay attention to
the of their furnaces, and to the ocean& laws
which were involved In the oone of feel. Although,
criticism, the smoke sea wee aumliVill very =ea to
criticism, he had little ohjetion, canparadvely waking, to
make to them ; but he did object to the arbitrary manner in
which their provisions were put in force. Still the u
of the acts themselves was &bard. Maautheurers lvarer=
instance, to " consume or burn" their nuke ; whereas the
most eminent acketific men of the day, Dr. Lyon Playthir,
Professor Faraday, and others, ieclared that the °resumption
of amok*, when once made, was simply impordble. (Hear,
haw.) The colouring matter of smoke was carbon, which
existed to the amount of three per out. ; awl they
were called upon to consume that carbon in an st.
toospbere coediting of steam, carbonic acid pa,
and nitrogen, none of which were inflammable, tied
two of them were so adverse to combustion that
they actually formed the ptinoipal ingredients In Mr
Phillips's Ike annihilator. (Hear, hear.) Neverthekes, If
they did not consume what was thus ecapable of ember
lion, they were liable to be feed. Nay, so =sadly had the
magistrates followed the language of the acts, that in =emu
where a maanhoturer pleaded that he used Anthracite coal,
sad illinelbfie did not make any smote, he was fined for not
having an apparatus to comma that which he did not make.
(Heer.) Eery scientific man knew that It was imputable
to comply at all tinsel with the let, even to the extent of not
gemiating smoke ; fee whatever apparatus was undopeit
would be liable to maks smoke whenever the stoker
the door of hie %mace. (Hear.) So much for the act ; but
their great revue* wee the visitations of Mr. Sanderson,
the inspector, whom he regarded as scarcely • /it person far
his office. The situation wee one which required great scion.
tide and practical knoeledge ; but this gentleman had be-
longed to the prefernon of bellhangera, • very respectable
and useful aaMng, but not one in which • man would be
likely to acquire the kind of knowledge he needed for the in-
spection of furaeoes. (Hear, hear.) The manner in which
ha conducted himself when making his viaitatione was elm
very objectionable ; but his decision on any point, eves
though it was adverse to processes which had bad the salta-
tion of the best authorities, was regarded by the police ma-
gistrates se final and unanswerable. The fines to which
they were liable were 61. for the first offence, and
they were doubled on etch subsequent oonviction. It had
been calculated that in thirt times they would be equal to
the national debt. (Laughter.)
A OnwridialaN—The first twenty flaw would come to
6,244,2351. (Laughter.)
Mr. Posnnx—finch was the nature of the tribunal to
which they were subject, that when the Arm to which he
belonged applied to an eminent counsel to defend them, the
reply they got was, " Don't may a word—enema" (Hoer,
hear.) At fine ft was supposed that they-had no appeal,
he there wee none given trim he the act, but it was now
believed that they would have cue under the general Pollee
Ada, though the point had never yet been decided. He
thought that the Scotch Smoke Act of last emeion contained
many valuable suggestion.. In 800ilmad the initiative wee
left to the heads of the local authorities, or pampa in the
neighbourhood who bad sustained some actual damage;
Believed. in ingiend is was pieced in the hand. at the
Home try. Moreover the Scotch magistrates were
empowered to come against any person who might bring
a frivolous charge. (Hear, hen.) la a word, in Scotland
the object of the bill seemed to be the prevention of
smoke, whereas in England it seemed to be the providing of
fees. (Cheers.)
Sir J. Dula, M.P., promised to co-operate in any attempt
that might be made to amend the law.

Mr. lawns Sneers proposed an amendment, diameter
tag the maresamehle mid anstrientlik requirements of the
aoM, and martin that they ought to be amended.
Mr. H. Doerr= thought the motion a reasonable one
and would second it with much pleasure ; bat he omaidered
that the operettas.' the set had= the whole bean beeeficiaL
It was true it had Mira:Les; to an inoreares =pan ; bat
thee it bad bean a to the neighbourhod. He did not
deny that there had been eases ender the act, but he did
sot Mine& know of say ; and it issued to him that there
had been a strange apathy on the part of manufictstrers. He
*greed that • pollee court was not a proper tribunal.
Mr C. Nadu, ridiculed the idea of entrusting •
bellhanger with the carrying out of the Jeanie/41er law in
meestlon. He undemtood that this gentleman received a
guinea and • half torevery cue, so that be literally lived
upon smoke. (Laughter.) In Sect be was in • awns,
compelled to lay informational.
Mr. J. LOCI; 31 P., thought that even if the manes,-
tunes had an appall under the police act their position would
not be • satisfactory one, inasmuch as they would not have
the iattevention of • jury. (Cheers.)
The motion was them agreed to.
Mr. RICHARD MAT moved the following resolation
"That this meeting learns with sa.iefaction that an emacia-
tion has been formed called `The Manufacturers' Defame*
Amor:Wks; having for its objects : 1. To form a dehisce
fund, to smarts= the preene state of the law by an WM-
' dine appeal to the quarter sessions, and to aid appeals to
those members of the association who may be convicted before
police magistrates, after having used all ressonsbio mean
to comply with the provisions of the acts. 2. To endeavour
to obtain an equitable amendment of those acts similar to the
Smoke Ad for Scotland; and 3. To watch the
through puribunent of all bills affecting the man '
interests." ((Hear.)
Mr. P. N. Ilansarkem, In emending the resolution, mid
that having bum sumnams= ands. the ast, his firm informed
the magistrate that they had spent nearly a thousand pounds
on • new appsrefts, vrbloh they expected would be ready for
work in a few days; and the only answer they received was,
" Well, then, you can of easily to pay 51 more as •
fine." (Laughter.)
Mr. Aveiro.' M.P., observed that the moment be read
the first Smoke Act he thought it mast have been the work
of Lord Pahneraton, and such turned out to be the fact. lie
had arrived at the conclusion that there was no man more
disposed to indulge in • course of arbitrary, reckless, and op-
pressive tion than the noble lord, and nothing had
given him (Mr. Arlen) greater satisfaMion than to have
contributed, oa • late occasion, his mite towards the removal
of the noble toed from dike. (Load cheers)
Mr. KYNTIMA supported the resolution, which was 1111.11.11 i.
manly agreed to.
A committal was then appointed to carry out the previous
remittal* and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded
the

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—Yesterday, the annual
nissciag of the governors of the tralvenity College was held
la the Lower Theatre of the COOS" John Taylor, Req. the
tressurer, in ths chair. The Becretsry reed the report, from
widahlt appeared the anniberof stades te ta the batty of medi-
cine was 210, those of tbe fscalty *flaws and arts with Ito wheel-
mate s clam, 260, sad curls in the wheel 880, making •
WSW 960 eft:lents. The ash account showed the receipts
to be Ile :--Cath la hand, 3591.14.2 d. ; hes, 1,4291.9 c;
=W• Spay, 1741. 16.. 10d. ; loan, 8,0001. ; sad
eed ether i 2,2611. 19s. ed. ; tasking a
teed Cl 86.0761. 6a. 4d. The had been :
Far maw to professors, 4,e9xrailtr.. Bd. ; masters
of junior school, 4,4281. 20. 10d. ; hospital committee
hoe of mils, 1,6621. re. • repayment of loan
sad intarent, 3,174 C 19s. 2d. ; expenses of college establish-
-111014 4,1211. 18x. ; other disbaresaisets, 1,1831. 14..
leering cash in head, 6621.35. 4d. The council bad paid
_great attendee to Yr. Headlaro's Medical BM, which, though
It omoiliated way corporate bodies of the kingdom, hh en-
tirely out of Mew the intend of that institution. Thei
Um bill and presented their petitions
Lad Blobs That till did sot pass. The
s=
Masi the some @lomat of relief to the poor la mud,
sod the delbileacy la their mew of moiling that
wee about the mare se otter years Theeederna
ea ciadidatm haw the ref: wore ;-111.17.T,T; M.A.'s,
; LL.B.'s, 6 ; 8 ; sad A.B.'s, 80. Signer Amtra-
k's' bad been apples& prokeser Cl Italian fa the Paso of
Wpm Gallop. Os the modes if Mr. You) the report
vim 01011116Theaks were Toed to the Mairmae; sad he
Iftlia;l66ll BATMEN° CoxrAlti.—The synod
muting was lewd
form C. flaw, irte„ (hair" Mkts*
10x, red a bores of 104. without didactics we.
declared, sad • bsLsoed 8,166 f. we carried to the seat har-
per. rio wwe mital. The red thaska ism
Soled; lad moor
we. Mowed by a Maser.