The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-09 00:00:00

[STAMPED Id. ADDITIONAL.]

to asowlein.bow it is that so many are out of employ:nen.
(Hear, bear.)
The Cnatliemv—Well, have I not told Joe why you
waste get employment ?
• Voice— o, you haven't slid a word about it.
(Laughter and noise.)
The CHAIEMAII—Yes, I hare told you the only remedy
was that you should not allow foreign owepetition.
(Chews.) Don't let foreigners come to England and take
the bread eat of your months. (Cites of •• We won't.")
Do you think that Island here-- Veie•—" Bosh 1'
Another Voice—" Sit down," followed by great eon
fusion)
Mr. O'Dea's—lnasmuch se they restrict your trades on
the Continent, what we say is that you ought to pat tee
same restriction upon their trades in England. (Chem,
and a Voie•—" That's it.")
Hr. ABllll7 hero again essayed to speak, but was met
with loud opposition, one working u...n being very ener-
getic in enforcing his statement that the chairman ought
to be allowed to rule the meeting. After a while Mr.
AiLley was allowed to pressed. Ho described Wanda as
a plumber, and mid that he had worked In Francs, whore
be was rim six franca a day, while tile French workman
only got fora frame. Not only is France, bat in other
foreign countries, the English mechanics were infinitely
I bettor paid than wore the reskients of the country them-
selves. The Waimea bad said Weiss aompotition was
raining them, and that free trade was to blame. Now,
free trade had nothing te do with it. (Hear, hear.) The
fact was that the masters and small traders wore se over-
hardened with taxation that they amid not aced to em-
Ow mese trilekores. (Bear, .awesfear amuse id Ws-
anon which had to be paid in this y wee estesthins
merman' and it stood to reason if the asployer was bur-
dened theemployed would be likewise affected in Ids earn-
Mg+. Taxation was not caused by fereign competition,
and foreign competition did not cause the present stag.
nation in trade.
_ _

Yr. O'Buu—Tbe employers are not more taxed new
than they were before free era&
Mr. Annum— We are taxed now at the rate of fJ. per
bead for the population.
Yr. oseass—Whes were you taxed during lb* great
war

Mr. Angier said he did not know, bottle did know that
the incomes in local taxation atone bad been something
like 3,000,000/. since 12Ui ; and the bunions of taxation
were now simply monstrous. (Cheers.) He did not want,
however, to cut the throats of the rich, because being •
rich men was the mere accident el birth. Another all
which he had to make was that the English weakens
did not get paid in accordance with the worth of the
linear he performed. He could do as mesh in one day as
• Fteniclunan could do in three dap. He bad seen a
French laboarer come down to the bottom of his ladder.
and have a smoke out of his pipe, thus Idling away him
time : but an English workman would never do that.
(Hear, hear.) In Legland everything was work, and edu-
cation was secondary, but they did not get paid properly
for their work when it was done. (Hear, bum)
A Wowso lien, who described himself as a closer,
said the basis of society throughout the whole world was
wrong, and upon an insecure foundation. They were
suffering from the combined 'fleets of ambition and
avarice, and although they loads a peat many pretensions
of Christianity, the wailing@ of Holy Writ were not car-
ried out. (Hoer, hoar.) The tree policy of states was to
produce what they consumed, and yet /*land had been
sending to other countries for cora which ought to have
been grown here. What had poor people been radioed to
in consequenes of the conduct of the rich t Why all thq
Gould show were sceondhand elegies and pawn tickets.
(Cheers.) Free trade WY only • means to purchase the
poor males lobar at the cheapest pries and sell It at the
dearest for the benefit of the employer. (Hear, hear.) H
they had had • few real Christian ministers amongst them,
they wield net bis in the position they now were. His
advice to them was, " Don't take any nodes of polities
and beware of black seats and white chokers.* (Innen:Ll
Let them buy " a clean copy' of the New Testament,
give praise to God, who could alone deliver the igneous
of the earth from the dig:Unities which they were in.
(Hear, bear.)
The CHAraltlN without putting the first resolution to
the meeting, said the second resolution which bad been
drawn up, was as follows :—" That the establishment of
dormitories at a nominal charge of Id. for the temporary
use of unemployed industrious people only, and. the eats.
blishinent of an instigation for the porp.se of supplying
such with one meal per day at • small charge, would be
incaleulable benign to Unman& of homeless and starving
people, olio from the vicissitudes of life may stir d in need
of temporary aid, and who sb,iok from receiving the hard
administered dole of the workhouse."
A 11/!. Boy, who mid although Ass wee

, 'One d the
clue-e—a,leirra to say that 11rtstood staiLurecengr°lll
been called for the purpose of adoptiag nasesures to show
how the present distress 'sight he prevented; but since he
bad come into the room be had not hoard a single sentence
on that point. (Hear, liar.) He considered that it was •
degradation for the chairmen to make the reworks which
ho bad done. (Interruption.)
The CHAIRMAN, exaltedly—lf it is • degradation to try
to do good for the poor, then perhaps what that man Jays
is true, not otherwise. (Hear, bear.)
A Worialko Max—l wish you would try and do come-
thing for ma. I have been out of work for three months,
and have a wife and family to keep. (Cheers.)
The Manaus —Bravo You're the was we want to
bear. Tell se your tale in your own way. (Great noise
and contusive.)
A Votat—Give se a basin of soup.
Another WORKMAN— I went to lit. Giles's workhouse,
and had to break half a bushel of stones before they would
give sae • loaf of bread. (Cries of " Shame.")
A man named Ounce liaart.tr then desired to speak.
He said-1 was born in 1818, and have been engaged in
Themerrtreet for 30 years; and what I hare to say is that
British iron has gone away from this country altogether.
) I hare earned many an honest shilling. and
!rave • famil to They say there's no money in the
City ; butt mdty) did not Mr. Crawsbay die worth
seven millions of money? (lona cheers.) Isn't there
plenty of meney I. the Baak of England? (Renewed
cheers.) Leek at the amount there is there ; and what
hare they done with it! Why, they have shut it up. (A
Voice : " Don% get into a radon," Mowed by great in-
terruption whisk ultimately beanie so violent that Mr.
Hartley sat down.)
The CRAIRMAX—Now, gentlemen, I hare to inform you
that time is rideable, end we have to pay 61. for every
half hear which we occupy this room.
(This MIA& eased considerable oonhtsion, and severalpeople essayed t• speak at once. Ultimately order was
restositL)

-Mr. Jonsson maid the real cause of much of the existing
distress had not as yet been touched upon. Let him tell
them his opinions en the subject. They were now in the
esosath acmes of Leaden without a wart. (Hear, bow.)
The Queen was absent, and the majority of the nobility,
Instead of upending their money in London, went abroad
and spent it there. (Hear, hear.) This affected trade to
a wonderful extant. If the Queen gave a ball, uphol-
sterers, carpenters, and all kinds of people had to be em-
ployed, and for every ball the Queen gave the nobility
would give forty amongst themselves. (Hear, hear.) Mosey
was thus circulated through all classes of society. During
the French Exhibition, England could not realist the
foreign potentates in the manner in which the
Napoleon did, hecsate we had no Queen amongst as.
at the amount of mosey the Emperor of Rands spent in
Paris ,• and Sold have ems to London and done the
same if the bed beim bete. (Hear, tam)
Mr. You to moue the following amendment
" That the peewit depression of trade and essesquent
distress in the seotregolis end provisoes arias from the
unequal and unjust laws sad the excessive and oppressive
Smitten, both imperial and local, resulting from the
legislative end administrative misgovernment of the
cioantry."
CHAIMIAS—I object to that amendment. We
dee% want any amendments here ; and besides, he's sot
one of the anomphysoL (Cheers.) I/ you don't like the
resolutions reject them ; but don't let as have any emend-
ants. (Great etsfuekm.)
A votes—We don't went sash men es him.
The Mantuan—This meeting to now dissolved. (Lend
uproar.) I &dere that to be se if yea will net pass our
resolution. Here we are embeveueisg be de geed ; and
what ea meth de yes want us to Is mete (Renewed
I uproar.) I shall sow gat our emelelien to the meeting.
N,. Nu spin enteaveared move Ida amendment ;
bat Ale only made the dielasismeo heereese, and the
chairmen bided that they did set want, and would not
have, any ameediesate.
• Totan—You have no right to may so.
The Onazzatas—l have a tight to do as I like. lam
alminean here, not you.
Another Vorcx—Don't let it go before the world that
all we want is • penny dormitory. (Great noise.)
The Osaismar—Wall you pay the expenses of the hall
for the next half-hour if yea want to speak ?
• Wolin= Max—l beg to move that the wealthy
dames be lazed fee the bemodi of the poorer caseate.
l Mr. Mots again some forward but was speedily obliged
to give way in eseeequeace of the clamour which pre-
vailed. _ _ _

Aci-VOIKING Man—My amendment is that the whole of
the wealthy slam*, begiuning with those who hare imposes
above 5001. a year, shouhl be charged with an 'Boom. tax,
to go towards the support of the poorer daises. (amen.)
The Cyan/ran—l beg to say—(A Voiee—Throw a
water jag at hie head—followed by an imagoes uproar.)
Mr. O'Bruxi endeavoured to pendant quietude in the
sleeting, remarking that the preemie of the Queen fa
London hat aothlag to do with ship building. (Hear,
hear, end mi. of " Spoke.") Thep might to get their
poor law. amended. At presext the poor were ratp7orted
by the peer sad taxation fell beefflieit vas skeet who
were least able to bear it. fOlaaa, sal take of " Time.")
Tin begged to move a vote et limb Se the ebeheaes.
A Vormr—Whe. he Ilia diaa solely&

[ONE PENNY

The CHAIRMAN.-If you like you may carry on the meet-
ing until doomsday, if you only chccoeto pay for the MOM.
(laughter end cheers.)
liaving delivered himself of this remark, the thoirman
left the Platform amidst en indescribable some of coda-
des. One working mu immediately stood up and pro-
posed a vote of censure apse those who had convened the
toselinc. This was carried at owe by the few ponces
revnahuag la the hall, sad the proceedings of this extra-
ordinary gathering thus abruptly terminated, having lasted
two hours.

A communication has been received from the
Secretary of State for the Home Department intimating
that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint
to•merres, at three o'clock, to receive at Windsor
the address agreed to by the Court of Common Council,
on the 73rd day of January last relative to the Fenian
outrages. ♦ special meeting of the Court of Common
Council has been summoned for this day, when the neces-
sary arrangements will be made for the presentation of
the addrom by the corporation.

1 The adjourned discussion at the Reform League
ROOM. upon Ur. Hare's scheme for the election of repre-
sentatives was continued ea Saturday afternoon. under
1 the preeideney of Mr. E. Beam Amonpst these present
were the lion. A. Herbert, Mr. P. A. Taylor N.Y., Ur.
T. Hughes, ILP.,. Ur. Boyd Kinnear, Yr. \V. Mordent,
ILP.. sad Mr. Allison. The farther discussion tithe quer-
Sou was adjourned to Saturday, the list inst.
This evening a meeting of the Health Depart-
meat of the Social Science Assosiatioa will be held at their
rooms in the Adelphi, at which Dr. B. W. Richardson will
read • paper oa " The Effects of Excessive Physical and
Mattel Training." Mr. E. C. Skey, F.R.C.S., will tare
the chair.

REFERS/NZ/MON ow STICOUD.—The fourth can-
didate for this borough has Wised his address. Mr. S. S.
Dickinson offers himself on liberal principles, and, at the
same time, " fully accepts" the resolutions passed at • re-
cent meeting of the liberal party. Having at that meeting
stated his views on some of the prominent topic' of the
day, be only now adds that —" I come forward as a sup-
porter of a liberal administration, end shall realoualywork
with that peat party of which Mr. Gladstone is the
leader." He at the same time declines to make a personal
canvas". The friends of the conservative oandidate, Kr.
Harrington, are very active, and it is quite understood
that the present numbers. Mr. Herman and Mr. Winter-
bottom, offer themselves for reelection. . a
TER PICINCIS3 OF WAL/18 AND ?HS SUNDAY-
SCHOOL CHILD:UM-11e Princess of Wales hu been gra-
ciously pleased to accept • Bible presented to her by the
liaadayurboel children of Groat Britain and Ireland. Her
royal highners'a state of health not allowing her to receive
a deputation, Mr. H. N. Comity, the originator of the
movement (who was introduced by Lord Hai is) presented
the Bible, with an addrns, to which her royal highness
returned the following answer:—" I accept the very beau.
fife Bible which you present to me with, I hope, • full
appreciation of the sentiment' you express concerning ita
inestimable value as the Word of God. lam very sensible
of the exertions which you have nude to snpp'y me with
this proof of your interest in my welfare and of your
loyalyithhe throne. I offer you my very sincere &e-
-1 know runt, and will only add that the gratification
with w I receive your present is enhanced, when I re-
gard It es a token of the Christian union subsidies be-
tween those who have joined together to give it to me."
I The schools uniting in the subscription numbered 1,514
1,M9 English, 146 Hutch, and 130 Irish. In regard to the
religious communities to whicht hey are severally attached,
the English schools are thus classified :—Church of
England, 1:4; independent" 166; baptist, ; Wes-
leyan, 96 ; primitive methodist, 23; united presb)terian,
8 ; Jews, A ; widened, 274. . _

Tam ROYAL Socrerv.—The president cf tho
Royal fiesisty, General Sabine, gars his bat seavarsuione
this season to the fellows of the Royal Society and their
Mends on Saturday night, at Burlington House, Picca-
dilly, on which occasion his Royal Highnees the Prince of
W ales and a large number of asisatific and literary friends
honoured the president by their company. As customary,
the several rooms thrown open for the reception of visitors
*hounded with models and other objects for exhibition.
The apartments were decorated with the choicest exotic
treee, plants, and Cowers, lent by the Royal Botanic
Society. The mummy began to saseml.le at nine o'clock,
and by half-past ten the saloons were crowded with viii-
'
tors. His Royal Highland' the Prince of Wales, attended
by Lord Alfred Hervey, Captain HUD, and Dr. Hohmann,
arrived between ten and eleven o'clock, and was received
We swivel by tams psesidesi and the secretaries. Dr.
Illifi _ ee, Dr. Niamey, and Prefemor Stokes.

irimuLa Pima Fronrian.—A voting woman
named Mary Call..glian. has been committed to prison few
21 days, by the Shrewsbury magistrates, en a charge of
beiug oue of the principals in a prise light which took
place on Monday, on the banks of the Severn, near Shrew*.
bury. Alice Davies, the other combatant, was unable to
appear, she being already lodged in gaol on another charge.
Iho stakes at issue were, it was stated, of comparatively
trifling amount, but the combat was a very sanguinary
affair, and was pursued with great determination on either
side, the women moving off to another field when dis-
turbed in that where the ring was originally formed. Each
' champion bad a " bottle holder,. apes whose knees she
rested ig the intervals between the several rounds,
and who armed for her the various services usually.
performed by these functionaries during the progress of a
fight. Tks" event" drew together • large crowd of spec-
tators, and the police succeeded In capturing three.

Nnw CUANCEHT APPOINTMENTS.-It is under-
stood that, in consequenes of the arrears in the chamber
of the " late" Vise-Chancellor Wood, a third chief clerk
will be forthwith appointed.
A LAD Tugs TO Piffeffii DT MACHINITY. —Mr.
Coroner Heath held an inquiry on Saturday, at Bialwell,
near Nottingham, on the body of a lad .named Titus
Smith, aged 13, who was killed by. machinery on the
morning previous. The deceased and two °them were at
work in • room together. There were three machines in
the room, one of which was standing, and the belting by
which it is driven was thrown off the wheels, and left
hanging loose from the revolving shafting. Deceased, while
going to his work, passed the belting, and caught his foot
in it, esiosing him to be carried round the shafting. He
was dashed with great force against the roof, and his body
passed seven times round the shafting before the engine
could be stopped, and was frightfully mutilated. Verdict,
"Accidentally Billed."

TWILVE ANIMALS ROASYND ALIV6.-011 TIMM
day a most diaastroue farmyard Ere oosamod at Sautes,
on the Whitby and Melton line, on the farm eocupied by
Mr. Parker. The are originated in the stables, in conse-
quence of the using of a defective lantern. Only the farm-
house was saved. The most heartrending Kenai occurred,
aa the poor horses and beasts were burnt alive. In flee
stable where the fire broke out were four homes, rely on.
of which was saved. In the adjoining buildings two mach
sows, a bailor in calf, three steers, and three yearlinp,
were all routed alive. The other buildings is the farm-
' yard with oat stack and some straw, were all burnt
arid
d ledepradent.

WAsnutoron Etotatitsom —The Tribune's Wash-
intim censepondent la the only one who has risen to the
full height of the occasion, and he es clearly too eloquent
and allusive for any merely-human periodical. According
to hiss, In the damn on Monday, 'Copperhead Phe/w
of Merylaad " was so exceedingly absurd as "to
Mag himself into the impeachment torrent with a
speech which hinged on a rotten sophism." How he got
on in the torrent with this article on his shouleer the cor-
respondent does not gap, but we presume badly. " Kelley,
the orator of patriotism and humanity, arrsizned
" Andrew Johnson with power and beauty " which
was also a novel feat ; but it was outdone by the same
orator " running a historical parallel, with thrilling effect,"
between Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat and Johnson's
attempt to overthrow our government, and between
'the murderous mow of Marshal St. Arnaud" and the
"pliancy and sympathy of Lemma nonage." The at-
tempt of Mr. Holman, of Indiasal to have Washington's.
Farewell Address read was ' a pig-headed scams.' On.
Sunday in Washington, " • cannot of religious life rat
mechanically under superior passions and
tereste," and the Copperheads "stayed intheir ho
" bit, hissed, and writhed" and "inflamed each other with
each other's venom." The Republicans, on the eantrery,went
to bed with their heads cleared about impeachment, and
if they woke up in the night " thanked God for Hie
abounding goodness in giving tit republic even one year
of administration by Old Ben. " Ben. Butler," who
spoke on Monday, is, It apposes, " the Apostle John of
the salvation by impeachment." If the Tribune allows
this gentleman to describe the impeachment trial itself,
we fear his slogneace will consume it off the fan of the
earth.—JFation.
Row. Firs HOSPITAL, ChAr's-nnr-sonn.—Thor.
wan of patients relieved kat this hospital during the
week wading March 7 was 3,669, of which 1,129 were an,
nem
Ti. ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISHASIS OF THZ
CHM, CITT-ROAD.—The number of patients under treat.'
meat st this howital during the past week amounted ime
1,063, of which 85 were new cum.
" Witrprwo-ur" IlLtrrras.—At the close of the!
' year eadinr November, there were 378 public
under winding.up orders. The amount of calls made
4,497,8311., and Hit amount paid to creditors, 7,310,3391. 4
DITHOPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, Drvonsmitm
REE!..SE, CITY.—Tho carec:te number :en ts retnnii
during the week ending March 7 was—Medical, 913 ; sup,
sighl.7oo; weal, 1,0a3 ; of which 749 WITS SSW INNS.
CRYSTAL PALunt. lIALY-&-CROWN DAY.-
enroinar, Kowa T.—Ad.:Antos an payment, 1,134
diets by gesslatlelesta. 5.63 t t total Molten. G. 448. .

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