The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-12 00:00:00

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ALL 1.014.47.
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%laden, b Skelton l2
Box. a Cdatterton, b Pllie 23
G. Parr, b Armitage 4
Mortlake', e Anderson, b Ellis 11
N. Felix, Pp., b Armitage
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M. J. Mims, Eon., b Widen 0
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Coates, b Clarke •
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EXHIBITION or 1851.—We hear that the profits of
the recent performance, given at Sadler's Wells, in aid of
the funds of the Exhibition, have been 1071., which have,
accordingly, been paid to the City of London committee.
ANOTHER DEPAULTER.—The Essex Herald, after
referring to the hitherto mysterious absence of Mr. James
Rickards from the town of Maldoo, states that it is now
accounted for by the discovery that he is an alleged defaults/
in his accounts as collector to the Beset Provident Society.
Am ECCENTRIC CuAaAcrea.—Two or three weeks
since an aged and wealthy English gentleman, named
Hartley, who had resided many years in France, died at'
Calais. When a young man, he had lived in Southampton,
when he had considerable property. Mortified by some do-
mestic misfortune while residing in that town, he locked up
his house, furnished as it was, and went abroad. From that
time he sided in it, and refused to let or sell it, and
there it stands in the High-street, with a dwarf brisk wall
and trees and weeds before it. Some years ago a disreputable
fellow was seen on the roof, aced on investigation it was
found that some thieves had been living in the house, and
were secretly tarrying off the furniture. Mr. Hartley owned
a large piece of garden ground near the Southampton Rail-
way terminus, which be refused to sell, although he might
have had a building land price for it. The Itchen Bridge
Company took a portion by act of parliament, but he refused
to accept the price awards i, and the money is now in the
bank into which it was paid. The other portion is still •
vegetable garden, although all the surrounding land is built
on and forms a small town. It was owing to the obstinacy
of Mr. Hartley in refusing to sell his garden that the original
plan of the streets near the terminus's was altered and
that curious circular street was formed leading from the
railway station to the High-street. Mr. Hartley visited
Southampton occasionally very privately, but few of its pre-
sent inhabitants ever saw or knew him. Every one imagined
that he was a milanthrops, and that he disliked both the
people and the town. It of peen also that he was ostenta-
tious of showing indifference to religion. Singular to say,
after he was dead it was found by his will that he desired to
be buried in a London Wesleyan burial ground, and that he
has bequeathed to the corporation of Southampton certain
property for the purpose of forming • library and scientific
institute in that town, which will amount it is fully be•
hared, to a rum not less than 20,6001 or 25,0001. A mem-
ber of the London Stock Exchange, and a Southampton soli-
citor, are lila executon.

Tag WILVIIIES.—A new scientific association has
been formed, under the title of the British Meteorological
Society. In their opening address the promoters say :—The
asewes of meteorology has remained up to the present time
without that assistance which is given to many other
branches of physical inquiry by associated bodies. Its sue
ethatul study, however, requires the combined efforts of nu.
famous observers, steadily following a well concerted plan,
employing the same class of instrument", and reducing thew
results is the same form. In order to secure these advan-
tages, it has long been a matter of consideration whether
the benefit of association, already found to be so important
M advancing other physical sciences, may not ►e made avail-
Ale to encourage and support that of meteorology. With
this intention this society has been formed, and already above
100 gentlemen hays become members. A large number of
valuable thermemetrical. barometrical, and other *homes.
dons have been collected by gentlemen in different parts of
the country, and the mean values of many of them have
been published ; but, owing to the expense attendant on
their sarangessent, classification, reduction, and publication,
en use Ise been made of m►ny slineltaneuus observation',
and many journals of this description will be last, while
others will remain in obscurity er be deprived of value to ell
useful purposes, solos collected and classified by a society
of this description ; one of whose objects will be the collect-
ing of manuscript othervatiiits, from which may be formed
a eile.nftted series of valuable facts, which will answer both
for Peso" use and for future reference. The reduction of
observations and the combination of their results are most
laborions; but observation' without reduction and combina-
tion see of filth value, and of no value whatever in deter-
, wising the elements of the science. Amongst the objects
of this moiety. therefore, will be the reduction of observa-
tions sad aolaaination of results, as far as their funds will
allow.