The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

SPORTING.

Lex. 1.

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BRADFORD ON TEI WAR WITH PIRSIA.—The
kir:of Thursday stated that a mooting had bee
Bradford for the pupa's of cousiderieg the
of the war with Persia. The meeting wee
trerfbereday 'venial is the Tomperencerliall at fluid-
ised ; sad, although there wee much room unoceopted, yet
It woe eremprieed shill, of lurking men. Although • few
suns of keel lelesece were attached to the requisition.
yet with the cooeise of the Mayor, who presided, and who
mid that he bed eseessed the meeting amply buses* •
number at lis lidleametweeses had asked him to do us.
and Kr. Jere. Pakeiars. wesedsetenr, a respectable men-
her of the liesisty of Brigade, there woo an entire &Issue
of thee. cobs in local sad pure political meteors lead
public *panels the lowa. There were, however, /tattoo
Mat Nemeth, to the paean of Major Ennead sad Mr.
Robert, sad flea Bh. old in the person of Mr. Isaac Ives-
who attended so deputations from the " Home awl
Ossamittres "of their respective towns. The fret
was proposed by toe members of the Bradford
"Hems sad Foreign Affairs Committee," and was to the
Abet Net It appeared that the present war evilest Pane
itedsituvanslieen cod not so usual, and no according to the
law of the country, by the Queen and bee
&deluge is mute% ace yet by the governor-general of
aptveolely by the hose Rearmost ou its owe re-
. The resolution was authorted by Minot
sad Kr. Inowide. 111 r. Priestess Paid he
had steed the requisitios, and was naiad at the
mole' OS ea opposen of all war. Is a dio-
ceses whit& &Mowed It was argued that the meet-
tag IN wet therossaly represent the tows, and there-
fore It wield le eater to pass the proposed resole-
tin ; sad further, that even if the 'postbag had been pee-
petty qealilled to speak la the name of the town, that he
the peewit, at lent, they diA not rases seMcloot informe-
d°, to jestify them is anise to • deeisioe. Mr. Lord,
for the above ninon, proposed, es an mandarins., that the
meeting should be adjoerned for farther coosiderstion.
The &Immanuel was seneded by Mr. Coencillor Moore,
and woe carried sby a majority of at least eeeee -tigliths:of
those pretest.
TEI INcowit Tex.—A public meeting, which wee
attended by • large ameba of merchants, lunation, and
profteslogal men, was held is the Guildhall, Easter, en
Thursday afternoon, to coeslder the propriety of adopting
a petition to parliament, preying for an immediate rdtw
Roe of the become tax and its ultimate abolition, oe she
ground of its being se inquisitorial in it. form as it is opera).
sive in its operation. The Mayor, Mr W. Butthiegkens,
presided. Mr. R. 8. Gard proposed a resolution to the
effect—. That the statute of 1863, sesetlng • descending
scale of duties on income and the final abolition of the tax In
Ist°, was temporally suspended by the acts of 1864 and
1856 solely for the purpose of meeting the exigencies of the
war, slid the increased duties under throe statute. ought
therefore to mass, at the latest, in one year after signature
of the treaty of peace." Mr. J. L Thome. (merchaat)
mended the resolutios, whirl was carried acs insously.
Mr. William Hathaway (merchant), moved the neat rens.
lotion, to the effect—" That the practical operation of the
income tax during the 14 years -I its existence. hes been
productive of great hardship, inequality, and injustice, for
which no rowdy has boon shown to exist ; the entire aboli-
tion of the tea la therefore earneetly to be desired at the
earliest period consistent with doe provisi,n for the Fable
arsine.' The motion was seconded by Mr. Goodwin and
steeled unanimously. Mr. W. D. Moore (girlie tor) proposedi
the adoptloa of a petition (to be pretreated immentetely on
the spades of the nezthusion of perliament) embodying the
views ezpressed in the nsolutions. Toe moire was wended.
by Mr. J Hardtop. and carried noattimmotly.
THE CONDITION OF TURNER'S PICTURES.—Wet
have made no observations on the porition in which the
pictures left to the action by Takes have been paced at
Marlborough HOW., injurious as it i. to the fame of the
' artist, and austallaiog to the public. This probably is the
result of necesaity, end may be remedied presently. Bat
Barely some inquiry 'haslet be made into the mute of the
snidest deterioration of some of the picture'. All who are
acquainted with the works of this great roaster, sod know
the delicate gradations of colour which be achieved and
gloried in, will look with setonishment and pain st some of
the *nem sow hung, nod would feel convinced that some
remit gamy must have been in operation. We know that
this opialen le held by more than one of the Royal Andes+
snidest, and we make them remarks in the hops of include(
etas saplutatioe—Budder.
THE PRATRit OF THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL...-.
The Nortatephesis Reoisw, after anodise to a ptyalin,*
amiantus the authorship of the prtyer of Sir It ibert Pal
to " • sciaecrakrsaist initiator radar p to one of the midland
ethetiee," adds.. " Ws may stet* that the prayer in germ
tio. woe writes by • reverent mattress pus pally knows
to a lingo proptelos of esitionisgtim nodus : for this as
' have Me but alibnity." •