The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-28 00:00:00

there is timeelilmithll tiro. lam very sorry to say that I
cannoffgatelllghgmelles am/ am in consequence obliged to do
that I delft Ida- M 1s seet muse do that or starve. I sin
able mg ogling to work Marrow, even at three
ehillinynr
but Me or etaree I never will. (Chem. I have ene
thing to say—if the public found ILA, employment
it would be more to their credit than building prisons at en
immense expense, which is not the way to reform the crimi-
nal. They won't give • men a trial. What ie he to do Is
he to be down and dio against ome briek wall? No, the
police won't let him do that; ho will tell him to go on ; he
meat not stop there. (Chem.) low a man the other day
pick out of the mud a cruet of breed, who said be would
work two hours fur a bit of bread. Ile said he had no home,
could get no work, and had nothing to do but to starve. lie
was 2tl years of aim, strong, hearty, willing to work, and yet
famishing fur feud. There is not sufficient employment
for the honest, and bow eon we expert emplovment ?
I will mention one instance that occurred to myself about
three month" ago. lam living with • ticket-of-laive female,
who is unfortunate—the same as myself. 1 have a sister and
her bowie wan robbed. The polite made inquiry of her, and
she said the bad an " uncle " who wee a housebreaker.
(Laughter.) That is the way my friend" teri.ted me. Im-
mediately after two policemen came to my house with loaded
pistole at night, and said at once, " We went you about a
rubbery • mate with us;" and then when I went with them,
they fetched two or tune people to see if they knew toe. It
is put in the paper that lem living with a ticket-of-leave
women, and that is sufficient to ruin any man ; and now,
if the next door neighbour is robbed why of course
AO It must be dons by me. (Laughter.) As I mid
before, there is no refomotion in a prison S when • man
comes out be does net we what become* of Imo. He says,
" What am Ito dot I can't go to my own home, and I
can't get an apy where for want of • character." lam
not a very great age, end I have yolked about starving
beheld did anythieg wrong. It is very well for the public
to mg, "Go Wee or them—you ran get work ;" but let
those p to asli&tid-merket, and they will eee that
themes& Ntof matt who never cunmdtted a crime.
The d ees very kind to other people, but
they ant ewe it UM OWS. They send miesionaries every-
where, het w MOO Milliesoorlas at home, where the people
want to Ise Netted owl veil% ad where schools and
insanities en se noel more they would prove ea '
ebeep, Iso nee, este be , or to be at the
equeseef leempeetlae them ; anrirtz: were adopted, the
ecomtry maid awe thousands. We are all human beings,
@Meaty oho old we not have the nourishment that Ood has
sent us. There are numbers of the public who relieve UA, but
others think we are wild beasts. (Laughter.) I have ex-
perience among thieves. I have found theta to have poi
sound sew as will as other people. I have heard
when they come to see us, " Lord blots me, how quiet they
are: (Great laughter.) I think they meet have thought
we were some chained demons. (Laughter.) I can
amens them the ticket-of-leave man i* tioth and blued,
like themeelvete and have got sense and tenon, and know
when they are trodden on. As to stop crime by transport-
ing men, that will never do. There are men coming home
now, and what are they to dot 11 there were an inetitution
for men when they cure out of prison, it would do good, but
transportation sill do no good. (('hose...)
Mr. IIIATHRW laid if the last speaker gave his name, a
gentleman would give hint employetent.
No. 7—Gentlemen, I am no greet speaker, and will only
say two or three weeklies When I came home I had • few
pounds in my pocket—about four or five, and made the
best attempt to keep it that I could, but, of
mune, I ran through it. I then went to my
brother-in-law, who took toe to • place where I gut
some employment, and when they found out what I was
they told him of it, and I wee not taken on any longer, no I
said I most do something else. Well, after that 1 went to
the docks to see if I could get employment, but I could only
get one or two days in the week there, and after some time I
COHN get no more work there, end I says "'.'hat ant Ito
do f" lam no spokesman ; howtionsever, if I could be pent
abroad I would be thankful, or if any gemman would give
me ones work I would be up honest and down stroll. (Great
kaighter.)
No. B.—What I have to say is very brief. About six
smeadie ago I was released on a ticket of leave, having
Minded my hip, and if I had a trifle to start in business, I
Mak I should get along pretty fair, although owing to the
he t, I am suable to do Mentions work.
'The HAIRMAN here rose, and mid—l should be glad to
he whether it in the feeling among you to prefer a ticket
d have in the colonic., or a ticket of leave in thin country.
Lit all hold up their bands who prefer a ticket of leave uv.
etemeeniee. (Here every load wee railed.) The chairman
Sea eeid—.. Let those who prefer a ticket of leave in Eng-
heti held up their haggle (To this appeal nut a hand was
Tha IP Men tame forward, and said—l son a ticket-of-leave
=la wee discharged from Woolwich lot Augusttwelve-
I have a wife and two children. I get work for
We days in the week at Lambeth Workhouse—the other
hr der I look for work, but cannot get it, and I am out of
work for twelve monthe, except just getting • job here end
there, although I have been up at all hours, even so early as
two or three o'clock in the morning.
No. 10.—Gentlemen, I have been discharged from prison
twelve weeks next Thursday, and einee then I hese not had
two day. in the week to work for any employer. If any gen-
tleman will beat kind as to put my name down and send me
to the colonies es a ticket-of-leave man, I would be most
thasktel to him. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, thanking
Mon for their attention and good behaviour, reminding them
ad their welfare wee his only objeet in calling them together.
Memid they had certainly many difficulties t,•stni.ale against,
het that them woo nothing in the werld to be had without
testable. Ile remarked that in general they spoke in a de-
'mending and despairing tone, but there was no reason for
that, as society would not abandon them fur having com-
mitted ono, or even two or three, crimes, presided they were
not habitual criminals. It was easy to get • bed name, and
difficult to get rid of it. By orderly conduct only were they
able to obtain their discharge, and far more necessary was it
to continue orderly when discharged from prison. He
begged them to remember that they had got trades, and
bad God's holy wont explained to them, in which they were
More fortunate than many of their tountrynten who were
not criminal... In conclumon. be begged them to disperse
quietly, with which request they immediately complied.

Triz TOLL-GATE QUF.STION AT ISLINGTON.—
Yeelesday evening a special general meeting of the vestry of
the parish of lsliegton was held to confider the propriety of
esereerialidng the Commissioners of the Metnipelitan Roads
to shall& the toll-gates on that district, particularly that
which steads in the High-street, near the Angel Inn. Mr.
Savage, the senior churchwarden, in the chair.—Mr. Time-
well said he had given notice of the eubject which was now
to now before the vestry, solely on public grounds. In that
perish there were under seven mike of road under the
central of the parishioners, and upwards of fifty miles under
the dimetion of the parochisl authorities. The cominimioneve
reeds, according to • return they had made to parliament,
cost them NM per mile per annum, and, to meet this
they levied heavy tolls, which did ink
Mniaralt to the tradespeople. But, while the coot
woe as he had stated, he frond the etimmiedenere
bed been in receipt of between 10,000/. and 11,0001.
per annum from the tolls they collected. There was
another gate in the New North-road from which the corn-
1111116011P11 said they received 700/. a year, but be hat heard
a few hours since that the omnibuses alone paid as much as
1,5001. a year at that gate. The existence uf these gates
drove vehicles of all eerie on to the parochial roads, and, if
this mem continued, the highway rate* would be enor-
mously increased, while the trade of the parieh would be
eIV. He concluded by handing ins pehtion, signed by
erithe principal inhabitante, praying for the removal of
the gates, and by moving that a committee should be sp.
Mteil to menterielke the commierionors on the subject.
Mr. Coe seconded the motion.—After some remarks from
Mr. Shappard, Mr. J. Lewin Mr. Groom, Mr. Elt, Mr.
Margeters, end Mr. Starling, the resolution was adopted,
there klieg only ono dissentient voice, A committee wee
rsad some other bueinese having been dispueed of,
wierri y. adjourned.
MARKET-Tics s. TYIE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILISAIL—The abolition of the market-tickets from all
stations along the lines of railway. has emceed much inilig-
notice the farmers end others within twenty miles of
Norwich. number of paesengers from Fame station. has
&mislaid ea Saturdays one half, and many who need to
come le minket by trains, now come in their own gigs, finding
the letter mode et oonveysuce cheaper tot well as mom
cosvertent. Last Saturda some of the larger yards
eaYrrl with the lass, for Knee rare peg,
woo till wilitotioloiss, awl the innkeeper. were in hopes
riot aid drilla were totessiug spin. These inns were full
ed jai mow why sot being obliged to return
Imes dr lot tai,awe torougag to late hours, ao is
amp poro. smoker of passengers on market-days
lkoo Alibied an both des Eastern Union and Eastern
Comilos lisle, boa Ell Anticss within twenty miles, plainly
beEsn wt:ie..a mid Norwich
cheaper than by rail. Between
Norwich on olio line, and between
Ottand ankh an dr ether, m well as all intermediate
stations, the expense at two pawns trovelling by rail is danger
then by gig. If the most system ts continued,
we pay expect to OM ms and omnibuses in
mita boo ow woody towns to the city on
mothetrlsys. The cheap sherket-ticketa may have
bean badslowee sot known in other mistime
bat they alftedef se cheep a snide et transit to our
countrycotry
ftthe, tftsktheasende them ban sanally visited
'Teti ssesenlr orlleloodosssotpleotue. Our ohop-
teepee, ot bawd Unit tram this great influx of
melt. vibe tootoo,
11.6117 ems owl replay deported every
New there is • obrage, est for the boner, either Sr
tawietmisesnaghratbotheracelpts
...
mr....et the sellwe..ithThfre.ersoon:,...g.number
coof
nalqwwitly the receipts le e bet
yst be less, as the uniform rates
Of Id.. will sit mike op 63r the deactencyth
numbers; Msh dimentinwillige at Want Sebes by third
I dumb a ipor Woo** to poor people.—Jory