The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-25 00:00:00

,BEE .'25, 1850.

ST Amax's- szscrion:

THE POLL.

Yesterday, long before daylight, the spats of the
two candidates were actively missed in manias am at
adherents—beads of inane perambulated the strew
easriages and four, with the hones and robin gaily disked
out with the hymn of the *madmen (blue and whin tar
Al :arena Carden, and white and red for Mr. Bell). posted
sloes the streets, to bring up the voters ; bands 01 mask
played stinks airs, sad a large formal nag ne,socas althea
is a state of intositaion, marched throagh the streets,
sheering, shouting, and hurrahing ; end crowds of permits,
male and female,. were asscsabled In the scree?. Madams

was almost entirely suspended, and elector. aitieon7elseters
dirv.ded themselves entirely to the contest. The polling
eethesencrd at eight o'clock, and proereemed very languidly,
the greeter number of the electors keeping back, apparently
in eapectation of some satisfactory determination of their
&sloth

Whea four o'clock arrived, the Mayor declared the Said
Este of the poll u follows:

Bell
Carden 147
Majority for Mr. Ball 174
The attoouitaiment wpm roweitell with load sheen by the
(reside of the saansaful candidata.

Mr. BELL stood forward to addorsi the electors, bet the
uproar was so great that mot a word he said could be heard,
&edit length he merely said that he thanked the deafen
for the honour they had done him is electing Min their re-
presentative, and omitted iron any further attempt to make
• speck.
Mr. CARDEN wee received also with a good deal of
moire and interruption. He was understood to say that al-
though hr wee defeated tithe poll, yet her felt that in reality
be was victorious. He then referred to the proceedirgs by
which he said his election had bean defeated, and *sprouted
his determination to take the necemary steps to upset the

DEMONSTBATION AT WOOLWICH. In the ee
part of the present month a considerable sum was collected,
and the draw sad every preparation bevies been made for
the firers of • pope, a devil, sad • cardinal, they were well
stuffed, and other dresses for the subordinates were placed
over the shoulders of Living representatioas of the servants
el the Pope and cardinal; and the whole being taken into
custody, it was wandered an act of justice that they should
be tried by the laws of the country they had Invaded with
the pepal aggression. For that purpose emineat counsel
were retained by the people, and by the friends of the Pops '
and cardinal, and the Lord Chief Baron Nicholson"
arrived to bold his anises in the Lecturrhall, Pown.street,
on December D. The guilt of the parties arraigned of
papal aggression was derided, and they were mord.
inaly eeeteseed to be burned on Plunuteactoommon
on Monday everting, December 23. In punuaace of
the sentence of the Laird Chief Baron • great oon-
IMMO of perms assembled to witness the procession,
which started at half put 7 o'clock p m , from Charlton pier,
at the extreme north-west end of the perish of Woolwich,
headed by-1. Two gentlemen on horseback, one in a
splendid court suit, the other in • military undress. 2. Van
with band, drawn by four grey homes with postilions, gen-
tlemen on box detour' in court dresses. 3. Lew banner—
woman on the stake holding up her child in arms. 4. Small
banner, having on it a representation of the tongue of
Balsam's ass. 6. Small banner—girl oonfeselog 6. Large
- --___esenentere of Bt. Bartholomew. 7. Cart containing

At vote of thanks was then rammed to the Mayor by Mr.
Carden for bar very impartial conduct daring the election ;
and that caner having returned thank', the proceedings
terminated.

four men dressed as monks, espousing with their short pipes
and beer, and sleets, jovial songs. 8 Lars. banner—three
jolly
fellows, the Pope, devil, and cardinal. 9. Small
—man on rub. 10. Small bar.ner—man on gridiron.
11. Twelve men as the twelve Roman bishops, followed by
• host of nuns, monks, and ioquisitors. 12. Small banner
—British lion treading on a serpent with the Pope's bead.
13. Small banner—the Pope taking snuff. 14. Van con-
taining the two effigies of the Pops and Cardinal. The Pope
was a monster figure, about 15 feet high; the Cardinal 9
feet His Holiness was noticed to look rather sad over the
affair. 16. The rear brought up by a beautiful tnnepa-
Toney, the Queen on • chariot. The procession started with
the bean playing " God save the Queen," and prooeeded
slung Albion-road, Church street, High-street, Hare.iitreet,
Powisatreet, and Green'send, to Piumetead-common. A

den.. fog pr.vaded at the tiess, and as the procession was
lighted with torches of different colours it had a singular ef-
fect, the greater part of the crowd being hidden frees the other
part. On arriving at the place of execution the elfishrs were
taken from the van and hoisted In the sir on a scaffold erected
for the purpoee, and the combustibles ignited, but toss a long
time, owing to the wind changing, they baffled the fury of
the elements. The fire at last caught the effigies, and they
burned very gradually amidst a discharge of fireworks is
every direction. The &male' of the Pope was concluded by
the band playing s. GA save the Queen, ' the whole of the
Immense concourse of spectator joking in the chorus."

MEETING AT MANCHEATER.—On Monday evening
• meeting of operatives was held at the Corn Exchange
Manchester, to express their disapprohation id the Peril
aggression. Mr. Nathaniel Adshead, the chairman, said the
church of Rome always 111.011 d at temporal power through
tee spiritual, and eoneequently, be argued, civil and
religions liberty could not coexist with its establishment
Mr. Atkinson, secretary to the Operative Protestant Aro.
elation, snored the first resolution, which was to the effect
that Popery was the same intolerant and persecuting system
it ever wan. Mr. J. M. Carter moved another resolution, to
the effect that the system of the Romish church was a
deeply laid scheme of private:aft inimical to social pest* and
eational prceperity, sad its whole genius, as • religion of
images, china I, WOO miracle', &a , being oppoeedito the de
v.lopeleet et the buena mine, the working ruen were called
upon to resist its principles and program. Both resolutions
ware canted without dissent.

PAPAL ENCROACHMENTS. I DISTRESS IN THE SCOTCH ISLANDS.

We have stated that for some time past the inhabi-
Tax AnnatettoP OF CAirlannze has returned
and tents of Long Inland (Hebrides), especially that of the
the following answer to se. •d„ami. ,from, the &WO pariah of Bane and of North that, impelled by hunger, had
churchwardens of the deanery ..`, • A".."24 : commenced leaving the island in scores. A number of the
poor mount
paned to Glasgow, and thence to Min-
" To TIM classy AND onoacnifrai.X•lll 0? Tall DIAZZAT
Or SOUTNIVADX.
_. burgh. The Island of Barn, from where the first batch of
" Reveresd Brothren,—Your kind and effeationas: ••: emigrants set out, fa the property of Col. Gordon of Chasi—
dism is) very weloo
a mie to me, is which you expreta you. " gattlemen of great wealth. The tales of misery and of
sympathith the nxiety which the present crisis cannot diatom which the people serrate are truly heart-rending.
fail to occasion in these to wham le committed the can sad They have ',ideally ran off from the island, not only because government of the church. famift, pro,,,;:rid, bat also because of the cruel conduct of
" This anxiety, however is greatly diminished bz the
unirnsil • wbick the' me" Col. Gordon's u,:derliegs. First of all, they were ejected
aggression from °m° from their houses, in which they and their predecessors has awakened pant the scatty, and the attachment
resided under the M'Nelis ,f Barra for time immemorial;
wbioh e
Reformation. h•• woe " Ifenemill AnEd•Yod to tad PritutiPl" of and, after that, they were mat unwarrantably and
th
den " It
unceremoniously dragged out of the temporary tents
cannot he denied that many gentile, both members and .• wittiness'. they erected
Cr shelter on the ma-
and oldsters of our church, dories the last ten years have shore, and in alerts of the rock. Children were brought
shown a tendency towards Smith tenets and observances,
which has justly utoniahed all who adhere to the doctrines their parents took shelter from the inclemency of the weather.
down in creels from the stays. in the reeks, where they and
of the reformers.
Females were pulled out by the legs from the tent* by
" Bat I sincerely trust that such errors are confined to a Colonel Gordon's officers and by the constables. The heads
small proportion of our brethren, and that these will at
length perceive that the pure word of God, not uncertain of families were threatened with irepri.onni• nt it they should
',how resistant* ; and they were all informed that, if they
tradition, is the stands of tru:h ; and that the Romig
Missal, and the English Liturgy, the Council of Trent, and would soon come and cut them down like cabbages, or drive
dared to show any opposition to Cluny's order', the military
the Articles of oar Couch, can never be received or fol-
lowed together.
These unfortunate people,when they reached Glasgow and
praying that the blaming of God may attend- them over the rubs.
"Sincerely
your impieties sunistries,
Eifebargb, excited much commienrution, and meetings
"I remain, rev. brethren, your faithful servant, were held in order that measures might be promoted for their
" Lambeth, Dec. 16." " J. B. CANTUAIt.
assist in the work of charity. The following is the colonel a
relief. An application was made to Colon.el Gordon to.
-newer:

"Cluny Castle Dee. 18.
Bir,—Your letter of the 14th beieg addressed to Edin-
burgh, missed me, and wu forwarded hers. Of the appear-
ance in Glasgow of a number of my tenants and cotton from
the pariah of Barra, I had so intimation previous to the
receipt of your communication, and in answer to your
inquiry, What I propose dc.ing with the people ?' I
lay, nothing.—l am, air, with due consideration, JOHN
GORDON C."

The hardness of this letter is not atoned for by the
following
Mr. Baird, the secretary of the Highland Relief Com-
mittee, having written Colonel Gordon re reeding the
parties who, it was mated, bad been ejected from B.rra, has
reoeived an answer, in which Colonel Gordon writes:—" The
only notion I think it worth say while to take of what is said
of me in the newspapers W to disabuse the public trona the
false assumption that the Barra people now in Glasgow were
mercilessly turned out of their dwellings by me, or by my
orders, at this inclement season of the year. So far frAn
that being the case, I had no intimation of man, woman, or
child having left Barra at this time. Nor do the letters which I
had from Dist, dated 6th inst., make any allusion to such an
occurrence. They must have left Barra of their own tree will,
and I am not sorry they did so ; for it may be expected that they
will tell their story as favourably as they can for themselves,
which must lead to investigation, and then. I hope, the tru'h
will appear. It should be borne in mind that the majority
of the present inhabitants were not originally natives of Barra,
bat brought there by the late proprietor from the surround-
ing island', without regard to the characters they brought
with them, the disadvantages of which I have dearly expe-
rienced—for they have uniformly thwar'ed all my efforts to
put them in the way of maintaining themselves and their
families by their own industry, and have rendered that pro-
perty of no value, bat rather a heavy incumbrence." Col.
Gordon then alludes to his ineffectual application to go-
vernment, and ;states that his agent has gone to London,
if poetible "to get something done to save the West
Highland proprietors frost utter destruction," and after
eating attention to a statement which he sends, showing
the receipts from Bura for the three years ending Martinmas
last to be 1,2731. 16e. 6e1., and the expenditure for that period
3,1171. 2s Bd.—the excess of expenditure over receipts being
1,8631. 6e. 3d.—he mentions that he lately sent a cargo of
Indian cornmeal for behoof of the poor people, and that as
his " feelings for them ate rather compassionate than other-
wise," he will '' forward a sum of money if Mr. Baird re-
commends it." At the same time he adds "he will do no
more than the law may compel him ; and should the Barra
people unfortunately ease, and casualties occur, he well be
sorry for it; while be has the consolation of knowing that,
if hie efforts to reclaim and better the people bad been met
as was expected, they would now have been beyond depen-
dence on the bounty of others."
In reference to the Barra Islanders, the following para-
graph from the Edinburgh Courant is interesting. The Rev.
Henry Wright delivered a moat appropriate and impressive
discourse last night in St. George's Church, in behalf of
the Night Asylum Charity, titer which the collection was
made, amounting to 141. Its. 64d., which will afford
seasonable relief to this excellent institution, at present
sheltering the destitute and bowel's' Highlanders. We
understand that further donations will be thankfully received
by the Measurer, Mr. White, 12, Frederick street, or any of
the other office bearers.

DISTRESS IN TE■ leL►ND op SIETE —The Presbytery of
Skye. at a meeting held last week, resolved to appeal to
government on the subject of the destitution which threatens
to be so serious in the spring. The farmers and gentlemen
of the district agreed to hold a meeting, which the sheriff
oonvened, on a requisition to that effect, the meeting was to
take place yesterday, the 24th inst.