The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-10 00:00:00

THE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETIES.

;era= the Manchester Eremites., .1
AMongst the most important means of promoting
leimeial and parliamentary reforms, and preserviort the free
trade measares whieh have been obtai..ed , are, strict Mien•
don toll'. eaglet, Won of esters. and the tormatioe of freehold
lard societies, will the view of enlarging and improving the
incity constituenciei. Numerous musings, attended by
deputations front the Manchester Association, have beta heM
in various parts art the kingdom, at which, while thenecessity
of retrenchment in the expenditure to at least the standard
011835, and of a more complete control over the House of
COllllllOll% has bum fully shown, it has been etreegly urged
that efforts for a more perfect system of government ehos'd
not cane as y relaxation in the use of the means which the
constitution has platted in the hands of the psople for adding
to the string* of retormen sow ia parliament.
la the South Leaesalsire registration fur 11.49, under the
direction of the aseoeiatioa, the gems on ohjections was 2G6,
and on new chime 192, making the total gain 458. la
North Lancashire the total gain was 337 ; and similar fa.
emrabk results have followed in other counties, whore,
meted by eorreepondence with this amociatim, due atten-
tion has been paid to the registration. The importance
of constaut attention to the registration is not, lineever,
to be measured by the ?snag of claims and objections.
By changes of residence, to., re-elaiir• hase to be made;
and if regleeted, the resetretien became vitiated to a
great extent. Is 1849 the re-e'en:as on the part of re-
formers in South Laneeshire alone were 1,200, and 800 In
North Larmasire.

The movement for on inert are in the county conititnen-
fres by the purchase of 40s. freeholds bps, in like manner,
received *considerable impedes from the operations of the
awwiation and it is the inten"on of the council to perse-
vere in this course of combining its general exeoeitions of
mi•ttoverament under the present: exceedingly defective sys
tern of representation with close attention to the timeliest
and mare immedi►te remedies.

The Freely Ider—a monthly paper, eetabllshed to give
fell and complete mformation connected with the freehold
land movement—of let June, contains the following table
of sortie ies formed, with the date of formalist, the number
,f members, and the number ordure taken:
Sfdaties. 'Members. Shares. When formed.
Bich
B -smith=
Bradford
Brid 84 .. 120 .. July, 1849
Bursfatin ,
Tunica'
Barton-on-That 345 .. 413 .. April, 18.50.
Coventry
Derby and Derbyshire
Dudley l3O .. 158 .. Feb 1848.
lialifez lB5 .. 242 .. B.pt. 1849.
Hanley l9l .. 343 .. Jan. 1850.
Heratued
Herts and Bids
Hall, Beverky sad B. B.
__ . . _ _ _

011(4)40dr. 274 .. 404 .. 1850.
MO and E. H. of Yurk-

shire
1;.. swish and Suffolk
Ir,nsolr, Colebrookdale,
end Shropshire
liiddarsakstar ll2 .. 143 .. Oat. 1849.
Kinser B5 .. 85 .. March, 1849.
Leiessess

Lim da and Liscolnakire 48 .. 97 .. oe. 1849.
Ludlow
Ilaneheoter sr.d Northam

Mantis.
Natiosal (London) 1,649 .. 3,007 .. Oct. 1849.
1 Newpirt
Newcastle-m-1 o•
North Staff r•dsliire. New-
castle Branch
Northampton
Peamett
Pennon 43i .. 740 .. Jan. 18.50.
Iles and Oechentlohl 127 .. 177 .. Dee. 1849.
Postypool
8w 'e l2B .. 136 .. April. 1850.
She Meld Melbess Amon 248 .. iBO .. Feb. 1849.
Banbridge 2OO .. 294 .. May, 1848.
Bt. Panora 790 .. 1,100 .. Jane, 1849.
Sunderland
Wilke-411
Westminster
Yorkshire, West kitting. 350 .. 470 .. Jan. 1810.

Total 14,281 20,475

From this table it appears that there are already upwards
of 60 societies, counting 14,281 weathers, who hold 20,476
shares. As the average price of en allotment--thelt al-
lotment givirg • county rite, is 261., it will be seen that
in • short peened more than half • million sterling will be
expended in the purchase if forty-shilling freeholds, a
pretty convinense proof that the working classes, who form
fully two-third' of the number of intending parka...iv, are
in earnest in their desire to make the Hosea of Commons
mere thorough'. representative of the people. The
Freeholaer eels :—" The estates purchased are appro-
priated by the shareholder' as garden and building
grounds chiefly, and the allottees MIK everywhere
greatly interested in their property. Many members
have already built house., on their lots. At /Linear,
one member has built four cottages on two sharer,
one, two en one share; and another. one. Payments are re-
puted to be wry regularly made; and the habits of the
shareholders greatly im;roved in induery and sobriety.
From Birmingham, we are assured that ' the effect upon the
habits of the members is excellent—their increased industry
and temperance are not only admitten by themselves, but
corroborated by their families. "

Since the above table has been compiled, mural other
eoeietin mutt have been formed. Orm is already In active
operation in Oldham, where upwards of 300 shares have been
subscribed for, sad its officers, aided by a deputation from
the Manchester Financial Reform Amociation, ue bringing
the subject before the townships of &I con, Lute, boffin.
wood, and Waterheed Miff, and the probability is that the
society will soon be in great strength. We trust the tows,
in North Cheshire will follow the spirited example.

FREEHOLD LAND MOVEMENT. The subjoined
letter os the subject of this 1110TMIIIV has been addreteed by
the hon. member for the West Riding to Mr. Benjamin
Bower, of Haddereflelo.—" London, 6th June, 1860.—Dtar
sir,-1 am much obliged by your letter giving me the details
of your coeratiens for the Lingle Building Society and the
Freehold Lind Siciety. I look with great interest and maim.
faction upon any effutts vied* to induce the mans of the
people to economise and boas* owners of property. It is
by such a poor alone that they can. so • duo, elevate
themselves in the social seals. Their 'sin is two-feld; they
not only strengthen their independence, but by self-denial
and improved moral habit'', they secure the respect which is
always telt towards men of virtuous and orderly lives. Yoe
eaanut therefore render • greater senior to the working
people than in teaching the. to mve their money by eon-
trolling their desires, mad putting • curb upon their Lousiest.,
—I am, air, yours truly. RICILIIIID CosoJor.-1111r.B.Bower "
TUE COLLIIRT EXPLOSION AS USWORTIL—The
leased on the unfortunate suffuen was held on Friday
when, situ a lengthy lavestigation ism the circumstances,
the jury, after • few ainatee' consultation, rammed the,
following verdict:-" We are of opinion that Robert Storey
and twelve Clues mime to their death by the firing of U..
worth pit on the 6th instant from • ' blower,' which moved
the coal from the workings, and ignited at a cradle, and that
there wea no want of ventilatioa or are to our knowledge."
Two of the cuff' refs by the " after damp" are not eapected
to recover, but the other three are gradually recovering.