The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

THE BIOHT HON. M. T. BAINES AND THB
LEEDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The member of the Council of the Leeds Chem.
ber of Commtue had an interview yesterday with the Right
Hon. M. T. BAINES, M.P., at the OffieZP, 4, Benson'a-
Wilding', Perk-row, for the purpose of conferzing with
that gentleman on varions topics of commercial import,noe.
Mr. Boivee, accompanied by his brother, Edward Baines,
Esq., met the members at the time appointed (eleven sin.),
and wee vary cord elly received.
D. Lerros' Esq., vice-president of the chamber, wee
to the ibeir' and opened the procoedings by giving •
general review of the subjects that had occupied the atten-
tion of the council ',kW.", their teat interview with Mr. Baines,
exactly a year ago.
The attention of the right hon. gentlemen was then drawn
to the opinions entertained by the chamber generally on the
following questions
" I. The delay occasioned by the present Fest-office regu-
lations in the transmisaion of letters Um this district to the
continent.
" 2. The Studs Dues slat ice.

" 3. Registration ofpartnerships.
" 4. Bankruptcy and insolvency administration reform.
" 6. Provision to receive dividend' on government stock
at places where the Bank of England has establishments,
and for brander of stock at thole places.
6. The probable advantages, in a commercial point of
view, to be derived from Dr. Livingston's discoveries in Central
Africa, if, by the assistance of government, a communication
with that region can be opened by the river Zembesi.
"7. The attempted revival. on the pert of France, of what
is practically a species of slave trade, by encouraging the
immigration from Lagos or Abbeokuta, on the West Comet of
Africa, of negroes into the Preach Wed Indian celerities. In
addition to the evils likely to arise from such • plea, It was
pointed out by Mr. Jowitt that it threatened -to interfeee
seriously with the legitimate commerce which was hopefully
be ing in that part of Africa."
listened attentively to the remarks made on
the above subjects with most of which he perfectly coin-
cided, and promised to use his beet efforts in the proper
quarter to secure, as far as practicable, the alterations and
reforms suggested. With regard to the last question, that
of an attempted mitre of the African slave trade, Mr.
Baines considered it ens of painful interest. It was one
also of some difficulty, it being a delicate matter for the
government of this country to interfere with the free agency
of a power like France ; he, nevertheless, thought much
might be done by an expression of public opinion in Eng-
land, which he nad little doubt would have a powerful in-
fluence in the direction required. Mr. Baines then requested
the council would anthovies Mr. Swan to furnish him with
the necessary memoranda with regard to the action already
taken by the Chamber, on the questions to which they had
asst drawn his attention, and assured them he ehould be
ppy at all times to communicate with them individually
or through the secretary whenever occasion required.
A vote of thank, having been given to Mr. Baines for his
kind offer and his attention to the interests of the Chamber,
the meeting beets up.—lade Mercury of this day.

A letter from Vienna rays :—" Dancing will be
quite the rage this winter in this city if we may judge from
the number of persona who aro now frequenting the salons
of Orgoire, the, celebrated master of that art. A new
dance has been just brought out under the name of the
Reiche•Quadrille, and width is composed of six (*arm—
German, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Tyrolean, and Vien-
nese. This w:Bos will therefore have for novelties the

and the Linters."

" An approaching cunt of the Emperor to Brit•
tany," says the Journal de Remise," is talked of here. What
is metals is, that tho Western Railway Company has or-
dered a very eplendid carriago to be built for the accommo-
dation of his Majesty."

One of the workmen who fell in the ruins of the
Entrepa at Antwerp was rescued alive at about mid-day
on Sunday, after being buried for four days 1 lie wu
fastened up in a sort of cavity formed by planks and beams,
and he ended on rim end sugar, of which fortunately •
quantity was near him. He bad received no injury, but
was much effected in mind by long-continued emotion. It
was reported that groans had been heard from amidst the
rano, from which it would appear that another man is still
buried there alive.
An extensive joint-stock company has just been
formed at Moscow, to explore and work the coal, sulphur, and
other mineral products which are said to abound in the pro-
vinces of Moscow, Kalougs, and Tver. The company pro-
poses also to establish smelting furnace* and forges, and to
carry on a trade in iron and other metals.
At the NVoodbury Ploughing Match a few days
ago Mr. John ILsw told the following anecdote :—Once bar-
ing drained a field where nothing ever had grown before, I
was 'tending near it looking at a crop I had there, when a
neighbouring farmer came up. We have one or two loom
farmers in our neighbourhood ; one of them, in fact, cane
from Woodbury—(laughter)—but that is not the man I am
speaking of—who came up and said to me, " That is • boo
t&1 crop, how did ee get it, our I" I replied, "Brains.'
(Laughter.) " Wet, manure the field wl brains P' Mime
laughter.) The fact was I had drained the &id. so I mid,
"Yes." (Renewed laughter.) He replied, "Lord, yer
haw, where did es get um (Roars of laughter.)—Sher-
atm Jterreal.