The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

I.ORD INGINTRE IN TILE POTTERIES.—On Thurs-
day evening tut, the committee of the Stokenpore-Trest
Athenouto gave a concert in the Auembly Room at the
Town-hell, for the benefit of the funds of the institatioe.
The committee had invited Viscount Ingestre, 111.1'., to
take the chair, and the noble lord at once consented. In the
interval which took place between the first and second parte
of the concert Lord Ingeetre addremed the audience. at con-
videnable length, on a variety of subjects, including the beau
Gth exiting Irmo much institutions, social gatherings, onion
amongst ail claw., the prevention of crime, end reformatory
institutions. On the latter subject the noble lord obeerved
that he could venture, 1111 a county magistrate,to say, although
he had not gone very deeply into the figure', that if meted
of sending to Stafford thou juvenile criminals who came
loom the pottery and mining district., they rent them to a
ref .rnttury institution, the rates in thou districts would
be mimed one-half. Nothing was .° evil as sending people
in a blind wet of way to prison, for in many came it, ea
it wore, damned those for life who, had they been sent
at belt the coat to other placate, would in all probability
have male respectable members of society. The day would
come when the cimeideration of these subjects would be
forced upon the legislature. Without being political, he
meet sus y that they were of importance Noel with if not
greater than a new reform bill. Attempts had been made to
excite the jeal...y or the country against the clue to which
he belonget, but he did not believe that the people would be
jeelous of that Clad. PO long am the members of it dieatherod
their duty to their country. They were as anxious as any
el4lo to give their attention to the subject of reform. As an
Etttiebtuan, he would protest againet attempts which Mid
recently been made to excite ill-testing towards the clue
to wbi-h he belanged. Ile once looked on Mr. Bright
em en honest man, but he looked nn Dim novena &min.
men—me • destroyer of the eighth of property. Ile
wee a dangerous man, end the country ought
to be nn its guard againet him. If the people of England
valued their liberties, they would not entrust them to the
keeping of Mr. Bright and these remark., he repeated, be
did not make politically, but simply uan Englishmen de•
fending hie own clue and °thee men of property, who had
been the etthjecte of wanton attacks. He believed the public
bad no sympathy with Mr. Bright. and that it would reject
hie leinterehip. Let them rather attempt to unite clean with
clam in swirl meetings, and let the franchthe be fairly ex-
tended , but let them not follow the teaching of a gentleman
whit contradicted himself at one meeting, and forgot what he
had mid ate previous one. He would conclude by enuring
them that no one felt more strongly than he did the value of
ouch inetuutioom as their Arheenem, that no one would
wore cheerfully give to their aid what little Influence he pets-
' MYNA, and that he sincerely :hoped God would great them
great prosperity.

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TOE LATE GEORGE NIONCKTON, ESO., OF SORER-
rotio.—lt is with sincere regret th►t we announce in our
obituary of that week the death of Mr. Monckton. of &ma-
rled. He returned to England from India in 1817 with a
considerable acoresioa of wealth, and shortly after took up
hie residence at St:VIM, in this county, where be continued
to maids, devoting himself chiefly to agricultural pereuits,
until the death of hie elder brother, in 1848, devolved upon
him the lordship of Somerford. There he thenceforth lived
and there he died, at the advanced age of eighty, on Wednes-
day lest. All humane sod Christian works in hie vicinity
obtained from him prompt and liberal aid—witness the
three new churches of Bishop', Wood, Galley, and Coven.
and tale accompanying parsonage-bowleg and schools
—wits... every benevolent undertaking that roam within
the circle of his influence. But two remarkable acts
of his lite should be mentioned—acts which will render
his name and character long revered in his own family,
and ears for him the respect of all who value n.. 610
and dieinterested deed,. We allude to cireumst►nces which,
although known to a few of his more immediate friends end
omarstons, have not hitherto lawn made public. On cue-
r•sding to the fionierford property, upon the death of hit
slier brother, Mr. Mouckton voluntarily surrendered the
Mate at Stretton to his next anther, the late General
Ilnucktnn ; and on the estate of Fineshwle Abbey rubs,-
guest ly devolving upon him at the death of Mr. John Munch-
ton, another brother, he transferred that property to one of
hie apbant. Mr. Edward Menektoe, sou of the late Mr.
Philip Monckton, who died in laths. It is seldom that men
noble acts of generally es these—the voluntary surrender of
two landed estates during the owner's lifetime—an be re-
corded. The state of Somerford &weeds to the eldest son
of the late General Monckton. who is now about fourteen
yeas of age, and the trustees daring his minority ere Mr.
William Monckton, of Clifton, the only surviving brother of
the deonevel, Mr. Pickering, a London solicitor, and the
Hun. W. Freke.— ff'elerrlampton Chrosiicts.

A FORMER lIIstIOP OF NORWlCH.—Heeding
lint of poetic wits and hurnourists in Mr. Masson's survey of
Literature In 1632 (mono( the cheptera in hie biography of
hilltop), is the " jolly " Bishop Corliet, of Norwich. This
prelate's reputation for facietiouniese was widespread, but
prejudicial to hie character as an eccksientic. Aubrey
narratw of him that "one time, an be was confirming. tie
conotry people proming in to we the ceremony, meld he
' Bow off these, or I'll confirm ye with my staff.' Another
bate, being to lay his hand no the head of a man very held,
ho turns to his theplain end mid, Some duet Lushington ;-
ix to keep his bond from flipping. This chnpinin, Dr,
LushinKtou, yes a very learned. ingenioun inn, and t hryloved
one another. The bishop would sometimes take the key of
the end he and his chaplain would go and lock
thenimlves in, and be merry; then Bret he tare down his
hood, ` There lies the doctor then he puts oil hie earn,
Thera lie, the bishop,' then 'twee. Here's to thee,
Cortwt ;" Horn's to thee, Lunhingtoo." Thom ntorien are
not ell of them, pirhape, to be believed, but unquestionnl.ly
they am in the exact spirit of the specimens of hie verse that
remain.

1,1)0,11.17T OF RAILWAY COMPAffiltk.— At the
Illaajow Fiaall Debts Court lest week the Ghwiree sod
South-Water= Railway Company were sued for breach of
contract nods lb. following iircurastancan:—A boy atoned
John in. Nab, residing at Miliken-Eark, bad purchased •
...crawl-rime mason ticket to enable him to attend reboot at
Glaegow, sad travelled thither by • particular trate. The
company withdrew the mooed-clam carnage from that
train, and ineisted that he eho•ld travel in • third-does
carriage, or pay the difference between the second sad &st-
ela., fen to ride In • fret-clue carriage. The cniopany
Oradea that they were entitled, their regnlatins. to
make what alterations they pined in their balsa. The
idirritr. is going his verdict, said that, although the com-
pany might Alter the hour of the train, or even withdraw it
mitt arather, they could not, a. in this MAN cannons the train
and aithdraw the clue of carriage' running at the time the
coettnot monads.