The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-04 00:00:00

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Tastariay a taert, at which Mr. Deputy Ceatsuz
podia, um bad kr the despatch of public liminess.

DAwincaoyi

Deputy it ITCEIIOIf said he wse salons to call the Men-
des of the court to the overcharp made upon the
Weer of Landon ht the proordlee with mien= to dig-
prams structures. The Merolla tan Cceintedon bed fur
certain charges with reference to dangerous stentaren, whke
mounted to D. fas., where. in the City no WI s eista was
demanded for exactly the rule kind of work than GI. 14..
(Hear, hear.) This waa a subject whkh he thought deemed
the very serious anima's' of the members of the court, led
would thimfure move that the subject be referred to the
General Purpowe Committals... . . .

Mr. Dr. J;asse said he fully agreed with his friend that
the euhject wee one of greet importance, and ought to be
fully considered. Us wounded the motion.
The motion Ina put end carried unanimously.

C110.141%0 OW .
Mr. Cory ton. conductor of the Clarwmarksit
School, permuted • petition preying for permiseiontng
to the lamp poets at either end of cromings at which boys
beloitgiag to the establishment were Oamod, under the style
of public path warders, money bole. and boards, go ea to
supersede the necessity of their soliciting elm..
lir. De Jeans 020114 that the prayer of the petition be I
complied with.
The motion having been .seconded by Mr. Boor,
Kr. Nttuirr mid he would yield to none in deepest ern-
why with the sufferings of others, bat nothing did more
asiechief anially, and incremed the engering that it we. de-
sired to alleviate, than mudirectsd charity, and with each
acheoses, of which this we. one, London wee now fetid.
Hare wen the most destitute of human being, by their
mere mend, who to brOn with were so corrupted by
their leachers that they refund to earn a living by turning
Most Unless they were Galled by • dm name,
these mold destitute togged creatures would not emu
ea helmet penny. No, they were to he called public
pedi werdem and of course ma they grew up, they
wild not Mks the coarse of industry with which they had
began nod aiMinue scavengers. They could earn about 16e.
a week, ens-third of which wee appropriated to their man-
tammise—childeas 12 or 13 yews old. Now this ono-third
easiest sheet the whole wage. of • youth of 16 or 18 years
et age la the country. One-thini more went to the support
of the place where they lodged, end the nemidning one-third
wee saved for them to Mart ie Idea. emigrants or otherwise—
volubly 20/. or 25/., • fabulist. sum to be seen pormarsed by
• young nerhaniv. Such • scheme, however Ruud it might
appear, wee certain to lucrew the vice mid misery it desired
to remedy. It moot set es • reward and encouragement to
Idle and profligate parents to cent the burthen of their children
on the public, seeing that they were much better cared for,
fed, clothed, and po,cided for than even the children of
honest and industriom workmen, who had no Lope of putting
into their hands 201. or 2.5/. at the end of two or three
yam, with which to place them out in life. There
wen many little fellows raining about London, with
portion. of watchwork end other valuable thing., whom
mothers were too happy to receive their weekly earnings of
4. or 6e. a week, who were now to be encouraged to cast
themselves on thestreete or turn thieves.

Mr. BOST. mid he was quite aura his fried could not have
ediel;seh attention to the operstione of the Shoeblek
, otherwise he would not have to Aron,* condemned
Ite The result of Ito labours showed that much
Bond W ten accomplithed, sad that many abandoned and
leeks/ beta bad not only been rescued from the paths of
set vie, bat bed been enabled by their teeinge ether
be or to fled respectable and lucrative employment
Wham. (Hear, War.)
Mr. Hz JILI.ET maid he had beard a Retch in either
that er any other plane which hid eo perfectly etonlahed
Ma as the of Mr. Elliott. who had not heeitateel to ray that
if the prvieeted plan were carried out it would tend to en-
mange vice. Many buys who. but for the operation
of the society, would have continued to lead a profligate area
abandoned life had been decently educated and emit to Aus-
tralis, where they were doing well. Thai had they ben
taken ham the dangerous ethos to which they belonged, and
become respectable members of society. (Hear, her.
He never met with an institution which did more credit to
the heart of an Englishman than the Shoe-black Society,
said no one ought to live more in the etiolation of the pabbe
than the two gentlemen who had originated it. (Hear.)
The motion wee put and carried unanimously.