The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

UNlirgitarrY Boat' RAC& —The following MRS
are now training over the metropolitan cosine at Putney for
this event, which comes off next Saturday :
Oxford-1. J. N. liaoqueso, Univenity, list 61b ; 2. G.
Walsworth'', Magdalene, list Lb; 3. T. Halsey, Christ
Church, list 81b ; 4. J. Young, Corpus, 124 71b ; 5. G.
Harrison, Banal, 12st 91b ; & IL F. Bal ter, Breeenems,
list 71b• 7. J. Strong, University, list 51b ; stroke, B. W.
Ilkley, Exeter, list ; coxswain, A. J. &Marts, Christ
March, gat 91b.
Canthridge-1. & Heathcote, Trinity, 104 71b ; 2. H. J.
Ohayter, Jesus, list ; 3. D. Inglwi, Trinity, lint 41b;
4. J. 8. Blake, Corpus, 12st 91b ; 5. M. Coventry, Trinity,
Hall, list llilb; & B. N. Cherry, Clare, 15t 41b; 7. A. H.
Fairbaira, Trinity, 114 11lb ; atr9ke, J. Hall, Magdalene,
10st 51b ; ODABWI3II. J. I'. Morien& Trinity, 9st 41b.

YEN CONSINVATIVI LAND soczErr.—(rmis
DAY.)

This morning the thirtieth quarterly general
meeting of the members of the above society VIM held at
the efbes in Norfolk-street, Viscount RANELAGII in the
chair.
The following report was read and adopted :
"71te executive eceamities, 6 preesseisig their thirtieth
repeat to the rhareakkaa, alogratebbe tirs on the cheer.
td aad encouraging Rtake as rosilb .for Ilw
months, ending at Ladp-Dis ci the lambda! year :
la Total
Quad." ending Shamsflowstastsse. Shares. RecelOs'
Dec 26, lg. 167 ell,llll IS I
March 25, 1600 lBl 127 268 17,842 13
Totale for thettalt
year
Totals to Kept. 90,
ISM
tired Totals to—
teeo. 1.111 14618

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12.087

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MAO 14 5

441110 1 4

The increase in the receipta of the last Chtistmas quarter
over that of 1868, is 7,9171. 11.. 101. ; the h 11114•10 in the
receipts of the present Lady-Day qoa;ter over that ci 1869,
is 6,1141. 10s. 10d. ; the increase in the receipts of the half-
year of 1880 over that of 1859, is 13,0321. Bs. Bd. ; total
withdrawals from the formation of the society (7th Septem-
ber, 1862) to Lady-Day, 1860, 103,9041. 4s. ; total sale
of land during the above period, 237,173 E 18s. Ild. The
returns of the register of order of rights are en follows :
Completed, 3,667; drawn, 3,068; seniority, 1,806; total,
8,731 ; deduct rights exerciael on estate., kc., 5,728 ; un-
exercised right., 2,603. The last share number on the
register by seniority is No. 11,090, and the last share taken
up to the 26th of March inclusive, wee No. 15,518.
The executive committee have the pleasure to report the
sale of all the highest priced plots on the Roman-road ea-
tate North Bow offered through the register of rights on
J the 18th of last anuary, leaving only luta at 361. 11..
each (including conveyance) fur disposal, some of which
have been subsequently sold. The remainder will be in de-
mand when the New Usher and Armes* reads (the continu-
ation of the first Old Ford estate) are made. As won as
the approval of the surveyor's phis and specifications be
obtained from the local board, tenders will be advertised
for. In the meanwhile, building has already commenced on
the estate, and plot. on the R.oman-road (which will be
widened fur the public aosommoilatioe) have been resold by
the purchaser. since allotment at • premium. At the public
meeting held by the society at Old Ford on the 10th January,
the attention of the deputation from the executive com-
mittee was celled to the question of Necuring additional
railway accommodation for the increasing population of
Ndrth Bow, Old Ford, Sic. • and at a subsequent meeting
on the 9th of February at the North Bow Improvement As-
sociation, two members of the board attended, and were
aided to the local committee, to memorialise the Eastern
Counties Railway Company for a new station at or mar
Addington-road, Bow. If not successful, it may he expo.
dent to apply to the North London Company. The Roe-
hanipton-park estate bads now peeled into the pose lion
of the society, and the executive committee have
the satithetion to state that sake have aka&
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bon effected of portions of the Putney Hot,
frookgs, which will secure forthwith the erection
of floot-oloas villas. No misquote offer have as yet been
ark far the mansion and pleasure-grounds, with the addi-
tion des rich park land am a purchaser may desire. lode-
pentrinatte undeniable attractions as a residence for
or 'enflame& desirous of being within half
:Lon drive from the West-end, and one hour from the
tap, esenbining therefore the double advantage of a
Woo old minntry residence, the Reehampton Park
semen mid lead might be 'airily Mused to recount
use radius public purposes and institutions. The
executive eameeittee will deal with this property
as with the Ile. Margaret's estate, waiting • reason-
able period tor an tiger for the mansion, and the
whole or portion of the land ; and if not disposed of, it will
be convened Info Flute for building, which will be allotted
doe mom In the meanwhile the sale of the land, the
WWI owoovod from the mansion, will be continued at
Mk cane of the society, in plot. of one acre and upwards,
at prices ranging from MOI. to 8401. per acre. The South-
4ark and Vauxhall Water I..Xnupany have premised
to terry on the pipe now leid on the roads of
the estate fronting Putney Heath to any villas and
Mw that may be erected. The Conservative Lend
koloV he soits fortieth estate, being its
Lel OMeleme moire. The land is situated clime
Su *Viet Oxfonl, 1910 y-rad, within • mile
el the and London road, and forms the
oakum cohostpoint of the New Cowley district,
widths the 'whiled= of the new 1111,111 government act.
The estate as well adapted for villas and houses, being the
Wert lend in the whole district of the ;alley of the
Thames. &class Hill Adams, Esq., has resigned his plans
at the board, being unable to continue his valuable services,
for which the thank, of the executive committee have been
given. It has not been necessary to Ell up the vacancy, as
the present number of members of the board is in con-
formity with the rules. A committee of allotted. en
the St. Margaret's estate baring entered into ne-
sogotiapurch.tione wilimithfemtheatollloeuieworta
ht,hethWe
nant dwirorease
considered opport MM. by the board to convene an evening
meeting at Ilkhmond on the 29th inst., and ask for the co-
operation of the inhabitant., and those of Twickenham
leleworth, St. Margaret's, &c., to raise the necessaryfund;
to erect a foot-bridge as an appoodogo to the railway bridge
acmes the Theme, at Richmond. The executive einunittee
trust that • work of suck general utility will meet with
every support from the localithe interested in its euceen,
both on the Surrey and Middlesex sides of the Thames.

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The committee appointed by the Haase of Commons
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Yr.
Intfrham_,_Mr. P. Urquhart, and Mr. ymewiji.
. Winter, general secretary of the National Trades
Association, was celled, and in reply to questions from the
chairman, said that in his opinion the recent strike in Lon-
don amongst the builders might have been altogether
avoided if an equitable council of conciliation, similar to
tie.* proposed in the bill before the home had been in
existence. Ile thought that five mestere and five operatives
was the proper number to compose the council- He had
paid great attention to the muses and results of strikes, and
although he found that they were generally connected with
the existence of dissatisfaction in respect to wages, yet
they rarely assumed the form of a direct strike for
Mires, but much oftener were cocesioned by some
refusal on the part of the men to assent to some
rerdation of the mestere, such as the document known as
"The Declaration." After a time both sides become
irritated, and bodies of men were much more likely to set
aajustly, sad were much less amenable to reason than in-
dividuals. He had paid attention to the question of stokes,
and be had generally found that the men almost invariably
failed, not became they were wrong in their views, but
bemuse they were unable to hold out. Al a pawl rule,
It was much easier to settle disputes as soon as they arose
- it was after the feelings of the mien had baolette sac
theylliall -ese#4llloge eine plea-
. which mewed. Strike* IS 'MAWSrichWOO
apt to follow era another, sad he reeelleeten that the
1856 was • general year of strikes, and there was a
d fur extra ingrain almost 'eery put of the reentry.
'By Mr. Shiney—lie &Id not think that • genital toenail
in eseh sown. 4or ala• the trades would be regarded with
eriev°uTibe becaparpuOese%r taringbe rnetrwurelY fodrisnimgputesa.negpetrirabrslfives
Mould feel that the principal objection they entertained,
Mimely, that trade disputes were terminated by people who
Ware not conversant with the nature and customs of the
trade, would still remain. It was not likely, for instance,
that shoemakers, or printers, or wrpeeters, would feel that
• council composed of roaster man is and operatives
Mold satisfactorily settle their disputes, and therefore, in
his opinion, it would be absolutely neeemary that separate
councils should be farmed for each trade.
By Lied R. Montagu—Strikes among the workmen fre-
quently arose out of misconception on the part of the work-
mos. They frequently began in one town, and were followed
up in another. In certain towns, for instance, the workmen
found that the rate of wages was higher than in another,
and without inquiring into the local circumstances that oe-
cadoueil the increase, the workmen came to the conclusion
that they were underpaid, and • strike took place. The
conduct of men in recent strikes had been mach more or-
daily than in past years. He did not remember more than
three or four maw of mange during the last three or four
years, which he attributed to the spread of education
among the working classes. The men out on strike
were supported by the trades societies, but that was only
when the society concurred in the justness of the
strike and every means had been taken to reconcile the mas-
ters and the men. If the society did not conceive the men
were justified in striking, they withheld (their support and
endeavoured to persuade the men to return to their work.
In • case of strike some jean ego the matter was investi-
gated, and the society advised • compremise and settled the
matter. The society always refused their support when they
conceived the men were in the wrong, and its operation ,
always tended to prevent strikes rather than to e
or aggnivate them. He did nut think that the effn7cluX
popular election of the members of the council would be
to swamp the masters. It was generally found that mom
men joined the trades societies after a strike. The general
effect of undo' unions was to raise the workmen in the
moral and social sods, and also to develop the skill of the
workmen.
By Mr. Urquhart—ln most factories • series of bye-laws
were drawn up, to which, however unjust they might seam •
to be, the workmen were compelled to subscribe, and the
probability is that if those bye-laws were drawn up. by
councils of conciliation, ninny dis Wes would he avoided.
He did not think as a general rule that workmen set
themselves against piecework. 'There were, it was true,
scene who thought that ita introduction was injurious in
particular trades, but others held • contrary doctrine. In
point of feet, almost all the work does in this country was
piecework. Shoemakers, silk weavers, compositors, tremo-
lo's* trawls linen waken, andia. fact shunt all trades,
with the exception of carpenters, bricklayers, stonemasons,
wed labourers, did actually work by piecework. He did
nut think as • general rule that workmen out on strike used
any other than mono force to prevent other workmen who
41 not join in the strike from working. They endeavoured
to persuade them to join the strike, and there might have
been tememnal acts of violenore but they were only isolated
cases, and DO sympathy was felt by the workmen for those
who brought themselves within reach of the law by such
acts. The trade societies altogether discouraged such pro-
ceedings, and withheld their support from the men engaged
in them. The late builders' strike in London afforded an
example of the peaceable and orderly conduct of the
&gliab workmen under circumstances of great privation
awl suffering, and he was firmly convinced that in that
case the operation of an equitable roused of conciliation
would have been productive of the greatest amount of good.
Trade associations partook of the character of friendly asso-
ciations, and when a strike arose from what they considered
a just muse, • general effort was made to obtain subscrip-
tions to support those who were out on strike. As •
general ride them subscriptions wer:s. 2;ifily successful.
Many of the masters themselves are in favour of
forming councils of conciliation, while oo a other hand
the magistrates entertained the strangest objection to decid-
ing cases which anise out of disputes between the masters
and workmen, and which cast a vast deal of responsibility
oa them. In large cities he thought it would perhaps be
better to have eon than one council appointed, and in Lon-
don he should have no objection to see them appointed for
each parliamentary borough. There were several altera-
tions which he thought might be judiciously made in the
laws regulating the relations between roamers and work-
men. Alterations were required in the truck laws, and is
the practices which prevailed in the frame-work knitting
districts.
At the suggestion of Sir Y. Peke, the witness said that no
would furnish the committee with some suggestions on
met. for improving the bill, and on retiring he was cote-
Plimented by the chairman and other members of the com-
mittee for the extremely impartial manner in which be had
given his evidence.
Mr. Vickers, secretary of the Weavers' Association in
Elpitablelds, gave some interesting particulars respecting the
state of that trade, from which it appeared that there are
about 11,000 looms employed, and that the average wages
amount to Ps. or 10s. a-week, and that it was ouly to, an ex.
missive amount of toil that they were able to live at all.
The number of routers did not exceed 30.
The committee then adjourned.
CIVII. SERVICE APPOINTMENIM.
This counnittoo met again yesterday, Lord Steri-
le/ in the chair. The other members present were Sir S.
Northoote, Sir W. G. Harter, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Lowe,
Mr. Hennessy, Mr. Maguire he.
Sir B. Hawes was examined—He stated he had been
Under-Secretary for War. The 'number of clerks in the
War departnieut was about 500, of whom 152 weft tempo.
racy, from which class all the permanent clerks rose. Ife
clerks were appointed by simple nomination under the last
three Secretaries of State. Trobation preceded examine.
thin ; appointments among the temporary clerks took plaoe
by competitive examination. The Secretary of State lIIPAI
the lower to nominate others than teulora ry clerks, but
that power was never exercised. The salary ,if iltuporary
clerks ranged from 1201. to 130/. ; thee were a new estab-
lishment, growing up outside The 1 o.i. one, and
it wanted re-modelling ; some of the salarim rose
as high as 800/., hut there was no superannuation for tem-
porary clerks. The Secretary of State selected the tem-
porary clerks. Them was 110 limit of age, but for perma-
nent clerks the limit of age was from IR to 25. Temporary
clerks made permanent retained the salaries of the tempo.
rary class. Junior clerks commence at 100 t. • year. 'fliers
was no difference of duties. The copying was done by the
lawo t o s
now being intnsluced. Promotion went by merit, and
was
there was no preference shown to the sous of officer' already
considered a whogesid get system,a profit
andof copying-Tess time-third.
'Phis
g-prem
n
in the service.
After hearing some further evidence the committee
adjourned.

CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS.
Thu ooninatte re-lowsembleti yoitertlay, Sir G.
Grey in the chair.
(pt. Clark, formerly a member of the Legislative Conn •
oil in Australia, confirmed the evidence which had been
=4.. on a previous marital relative to the utility of the
and stated that the main expenses of an election in
that cadoey coexisted of printing and a little
Mr. Longford, IL P., was examined as to his expenence
of Itch elections, and suggested an exteneion of the Irish
Tteni to England, so far as relates to the paps-wet of a
ied man to the agent.. He also recommended the appoint-
men of professional auditors of *OHM standing, who -should
have districts assigned to them, and be paid by salary
instead of fur casual job
After the examination of some further witnewee on
similar point,. the committee adjourned.

The select committee upon the question of the
bent skeane of purifying the Serpentine met again yeeter•
dey, the Right lien, W. F. Cowper in the chair.

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