The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-04 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday a mreting of the feet& atd supporters
of the movement for promo.iug I entitle *migration reaulent in
th t pariah of Mar) lebune we. held in the Merylebone Court.
house, for the purpose of forming a parochial ea.,elation to
c•-operate in carryitg out that object. The Rev. Dr. SPILT,
the vivo', of the partalt toil the:imam of the auociation, toot
the

Several resolutins, of a purely formal character, wire
agreed to.
Capt. HOLLAND moved that the following letter be
meet In Mr Holy, the secretary of the central association :

Sir,—At a large meeting of the vestry and parishioners of
Slarylthone, held at this conm.house cn Saturday, the 29th
of Dec., sad again on Thursday, the 3rd of Jan., t►e eircutn•
stance of the pra'seworthy efforts now making by the A•to-
eiation for Promoting Female Emigration, of which you cre
honorary secretary, basing been brought under thi ;r notice,
they determined forthwith to form a parochial association
in aid of the common object; anxious to be ablate mist you,
not only by a gem raa subscription throughout this pariah,
but in the earnest hope th.t their example wall be followed
by other parishes forming branch aesociations, so that this
great national object may receive that countenance and sup.
port throughout the ecuot►y, which its importance and value
Liirlv entitle it to, a public subscription has beat com-
menced, and will be advertised in a few days.

The resolution having been seconded,
The Rev. Mr. GURNEY inked whether it war intended
that the association should act merely as collectors for the
ctotral association, or whether they w. re to assume a more
independent position and collect funds for their own
purposes?
The CHAIRMAN raid that the latter was not to be the
object of the association.
The liev. Mr. GURNEY said that Marylebens was so
much a city in itself, and hal each a crowd of claimants for
relief, that he very much doubted whether that which they
were now told war not the design of the association would
not have been the btu. (Hear.)
After some further discussion, it was agreed to forward the
letter, as, without pledging themselves to any particular
course, it would elicit the views of the central body.
A subscription war then opened, and several rums sub
scribed, amongst which was one of 20 guineas from Lord
Dudley Stuart, M.P.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceed-
ings.

LEICESTZR-SQVARE SOUP BITCHRN.—At a season
like the present nothing can be more important, with the
view of mitigating distrem, than to take we that what
is bestowed, really goes to feed the hungry and the die-
tressed; and, se street begging is now justly regarded us
the resource almost exelosively of imp-store, those who have
both the desire and the ability to afford relief, must be glad
to learn how they may do so effectually. A visit was paid
yesterday by a representative of this paper to • lour
kitchen, which is open daily from 3 o'clock in the afternoon,',
till about half-past four in Ham-yard, Wiudaill-street. A
I mist grateful spectacle was presented. A portion of the
room being fitted up with tables, a number of men had sat
down and were regaling themselves, each having a basin of
soup and a good slice of bread. Bat this was only a small
pert of the good actually done. There was a continuous stream
or procession of poor persons through the room. Oa arriving
opposite the !idler, and, presenting a ticket, each received.
In • large jug or other capacious utensil brought for the pur-
pose, a quantity of soup, which was in all cases liberal, and
in many eases, owing to the fact of the family being large,
exceedingly bountiful: together with a o of bread,
the third part of a hall quartern loaf. Both the
soup and the bread were of good quality. Many
Of the applicants were evidently persons who had
teen better days; but there was nothing in the
mode of supplying their wants to wound their feelings or to
make the relief in that respect distasteful. A more practical
form of benevolence It would be impossible to conceive.
The tickets had, it was stated, been granted by subscribers
of very small amounts. It is evident that those who
cannot refrain from giving to the apparently desti-
tuts would do much better by placing at the
oommaad of the really poor a basin of soup,
than by enabling the sham poor to command a glass of gin.
By this means they would be enabled to put affected misery'
to a proper test. It was stated, and alter what was wit-
nessed it cannot be doubted. that several hundred persons are
daily receiving this partial relief. Over the soup-kitchen
these is a sleeping room, in which provision is made for 20
persons, who receive a breakfast, consisting of coffee and
before leaving in the morning.
LANDLORDISM IN WRIFORD.—We have received
• letter from Ferns, dated Monday night, December 31st, in
which the writer states that on that day a number of men,
seat by a Mr. Donovan, had been levelling with pick and
crowbar" an entire street in Ferns, and when our correspoa-
dent was closing his letter the last if forty houses was on'
fire ! It belonged (oar correspondent adds) to a poor widow
of the name of Byrne. It is thought that one of Mr. Bono-
vaa's levellers set it on fire, as she would not surrender. Some
of these poor people say they never gave possession, and it is
pretty certain that no notice was ever seat to the workhouse.
Preforms.

ON 1/ff.—lt is said that Mr. Wm. Fitzgibbon,
whameonvenion from very raszked.free trade opinions, to the
extreme of protectionst opinions, has struck so Limy people
with admiration, is about to be appointed a comer/-
trate—of course at. the recommendation of that (Usti imbed
chief of the protectionist. of the south, the Right on. the
Earl of Bandon.—Cork Examiner.