The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-27 00:00:00

i-TATI4 AND PRISON DISCIPLIM

The third and feat meeting for the discussion of
them subjects was held yeateeday at the Manion-honor. The
chair was taken at one o'clock by the LORD limos. Nearly
100 gentlemen were present.
The Loan MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, observed
that at the lad =toting an adjournment wee considered ne-
dmq,inconsellnirece of the absence of Mr. Pearson, and
invited those who boid not spoken to express their opinions in
redevemoo to that gentleman's scheme.
Mr. Michael, Mr. Greer, Mr. Deeded, Mr. lamaitre, Mr.
W. K. Ball, Mr T. Meeker., and lie. Rowe addressed the
in favour of Mr. Pearson'secheme.
meetingi TANCIED objected to the wham, on the ground
fist tire wee nothing of a punitive character about it, and
the the mintsars in the contemplated gaol would be en an
god • " the erdina!Zliticultural labourer.
Mr. ox then repro= • after which the fol-
lowing resolution wee unanimously tamed That
It is tromidsred by this meeting desirable that the
ftecretary of State for the Home Department should
be empowered end recommended in certain come to substi-
tute for fixed periods of imprisonment and transportation a
proportionate number of hours of labour, to be performed
by convicted criminals in this country or in the colonies all
considerations of economy and expsdreacy may dictate. And
also to provide in all such cameo for the moral sad rchnione
instruction of each criminal, with an allowance of food,
bodily goofed, rest, and recreation, corresponding in cha-
rades sad amouat with ha conduct and industry in Plan&
est, so a• to excite motives, powers, end habits of industry,
esif-relkince, and self-control, and thus to render criminals
, the voluntary instruments of their own maintenance, punish-
omit, relonsation, and releme."
Another neolution wee adopted, having referenoe to ex-
' &asps of prisoners in case Mr. Pearson's plan wave
; adopted ; end • further resolution appointing a committee to
talks steps with • view of inducing the government to make
me or two experimental trials of the system.
The mastiag then meparated.

4BSOCLiTION FOB PROMOTING THE GENERAL
WILY.d.RE OP THE BLIND.

Tadaday a very crowded meetingoom of
s, the friends
et tide mieemiathei was held at Willis's R the Bishop
of Londonia ths their, for the purpose of promoting the
objects of the awnetsdien. Amongst those present were the
Bishop of Clithestse, the Belton of Orford, the Rev.
Canoe Dele, Mr. Ws. Swart, M.P., Mr. Mike* M.P.,
and Vises* Ii M.P.
This was sot on feet ro
ofa, 1854, by Kir
Gilbert, the of the Bishop Chichester, herself
unhappily Wilde" with laindues, for the purpose of en-
reseler enaleyeteat to tdind working men. The
umber now applaud annembed to 14 ; a department for
tocieleg new truths wee added in which there were six
=Particular etiesdien waspaid to the instruction et
Id* on exeunt of egg, wire ineligible for arena=
to other institutions. The seratal and retie°. welfare of
the blind wee stagiest* sad a circulating library of books,
of which 50 readers salad Ihmiaelsas, had been meth-
tithed.
It yed Rem the report thst there were upwards of
28,0601888a= le the United liMgileen, of whom about
I,OC. awe
The weak of the blind, com‘theg ding, basket-work,
bruise, au exhibited In theakl arrangement, and
visitors kTiled to purchase the setelee addlntad.
The asestinkaltreerfolly alitreerd by the Bishop of
Louden; the of Chichester ; the Bishop of Orford;
Mr. BMA. . Viscount Weeder M.P. ; the Rev.
Canon Das ; end Mr. Manes, M.P., me resolutions carried
on the means to co-operate in furthering the ob-
' ths
In the mune of the thoceedthp the Bishop of Chichester
read a communication from her Majonty, in which she ex-
' pressed her sympathy for the encores of the emaciation,
end sent • contribution of 601. in aid of the funds.
The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the right
rev. chairman.

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A DOUBLI NUMBER of die EXPRESS will
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WZDNISDAT mat," said the peal Vhessittbill
week, with that elastic gaiety which a weight di
seventy passim not repreued, sad which hes it
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NM& NI nobs hint a general favourite with kb
esesbymia—v•Wedneaday next in the day d air
Mamie Owen" The Plaiting imelemma:
orrimil—the peat carnival et the reel
Pout—the vas secesion on which London
lareit—tie 'universal holiday of the
peopled sky, when, with us accord, the Whet
ppoletion is the world shakes itself him ion
the trammels d bissiesee—gives over hr a
brief beesktintspee the Leary hunt for 04
and swanning tirth hem its ekes pent hive et
tell sad soemsukties, spreads Writ under the epee
eye of heaven over tbs braid elopes of the fliany
Dower. The mamma skate his shop, the mer-
chant closes his tape, Weaminsair Hall mimes It.
accustomed wise, Cspel-emat is a solitude, sad
Chespeides deselaties. The Legielative Widget et
the country ossatirsada, of mum hr thh day only,
to cold chicken and obampages. litaisemen anew
Europe, the Empire, seed bar MAJZOTVII Oggssitias.
for 24 hems to take rare of themeives. Brea the
Journalist (that meet unrelieved of tsars) hogs
his hand he awhile from that never meting plough
which, working by night as well as by day, teems
up each suireig the motley crop of lints and spe-
culations, Welke which the modern world would
be as forlorn u CHARIAS LAND deemed the old
ono must have been, without the fumes of the put
Virginian weed—the breakfast table left to mere
tea and tout—the dinner table bankrupt of topics,
and the diner-out reduced to the short common of
his own wit. _ _ _

Let " Rigour and Advice with scrupulous head,"
—let " Old Age and sour Severity" say what they
will, it is impossible for any one who has risen into
tee atmosphere of a wider and more genial wisdom
sot to feel that there is much positive good in this
sudden breaking up, for one day in the keg
respectable year, of the dissevering &comma and
conventionalisms that hedge off class from class and
min from man. It is something, in such a stereo-
typed, gas-lighted, well-drained, highly-policed
capital as this, to have one occasion which fuses all
ranks, from the Duke to the Dustman, in the pursuit
of • common recreation. Depend upon it there was
more wisdom than the graver kind of writers are
willing to allow, in that strange licence of the
Roman Saturnalia which for a time levelled master
and slave on the one broad platform of a COOMICS
humanity. The Derby is the London Saturnalia.
Of course we are not now talking of the thing
in a sporting point of view. The race itself is,
after all, rather the business than the pinwale
of the day. Oar prophetic Mends Jleeena and
Awes have dose their best to supply all whom
it may concern with the best available informa-
tion as to the preepors of the great contest. They
are exposed to an ordeal which the more cautious
kind of vaticinator take good care to avoid ; a few
hours from the moment at which we are writing
mast decide absolutely the truth or falsehood of their
predictions. It is as though Dr. CUMMING bad
pledged his reputation to the drying up of the
Euphrates bather the next vigil of . St. Saar
Tnot.onew, or to the emptying of the seventh vial
sat the proximate morrow of All Souls. For our
selves, we confess with shams that we know
little and care less about the " great event" so soon
to be decided. We have literally at this moment no
clear conception of the latest state of the odds. It
affects us little to know that " Saunterer and Sprig of
Shillelagh," on one occasion, " shuffled forwards in a
most mysterious manner ;' that " Skirmisher," on
another," was not supported ;" that there has " been
an opposition wind to Lady Hawthorn and Zuyder
Zee, which for a long time kept them at • low
price in the market." A natural regard for our
distinguished correspondent, Merton, may give us
some slight interest in the information that so
long ago as January last he " stood on Blink
Bonny, Loyola, and Tournament, recommending
Zuyder Zec and Commotion as the best outsiders,
and Saunterer and I.ambourn for hedging and
placing." It is comfortable also to be assures' that
"the knocking about of different horses has still left
him a very good leg to stand on in Tournament ;" but
we very much fear that when all these admissions
are made we must still plead a very dense state
at ignorance r to the chimes and even the names
of that "list at high bred running horses " in whose
pateemsame se many thousands are to-day feeling
as all.aberobing interest.
For as the Derby day, not the Derby race, is the
pint of interest sad attrartiaa. We cannot agree with
those soon hadidloas cities who think the spectacle
MI Epsom Downs hes teems lees striking in propor-
tion as the attendance has become less exclusive.
Vastness and multitude in the great elements of the
gnat sight. In the world there is nothing equal to
it. That Mood bold sweep of down lead reseed as
tor ae the eye can reach with living
the movement movement sad the aaimatims—ehs hided odours
emi the happy rams—the Intones heestlikesims of
mmeeetrated interest, es, strahliikt every urn for
vhserry, ammo half-doses possible winners of the
Derby sweep slaw • living whirlwind of
hoesedeih, some thirty meads' diatom* hem
the winning-post—and them' the rash. and
the roar, and the excitement—and the wafts