The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-16 00:00:00

FREEHOLD LAND MOVEMENT.

The adjourned meeting, to take into consideration
the best means of establishing a Freehold L ilea Society in
Beth, was held at the Liheisl Ateociation Its.ams, in that
city, on Monday evening. There was a numerous attend-
ance, including several working men, who took a lively in-
terest in the proceedings. Mr. Archard (town councillor)
presided. Mr. North, the secretary. hark/ again read an
epitome of Mr. Taylor's speech at Ipswich, remarked that
the meeting would observe that the plan suggested was a
very cheap mode of &staining a freehold for the w.aainee
man, which he could not othcrw se obtain; fur. it they took
the example of Derby and other places, in which the object
of the society had been ("Tried out, they would ilnd th it
mare than cent. per cent. had been obtained fir the money
layette& 11l was clad tt say that the subject was Wien up
is this city in a spin that gave him great hope. Not only
had numbers of working men expressed to him their desire
to join a freehold land society, but several p -es ans in higher
spheres of life, with whom he bad communicated on the sub-
ject, bad said thud they found the working man really de
sirous of obtaining the franchise its such a commendable
funniest., they would give their hearty support to the move-
ment.

The CHAIRMAN observed that nne pleasing trait was,
that comervauvis, wi.igs, and radicals were invited. There
was no jealousy or wish to monopolise votes in the matter,
and he knew that many working men felt themselves de-
graded as Entliehmen because they had not votes.
Several persons present having asked questions which
elicited aril-factory answers in reference to the constitution
Ind working of the present freehold land societies, the fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed a committee to draw up a
cods of rules for Bath, and report to a hours meeting :
Meson. W. Toler, J. H. Cotterell, Simnel, G. Edwards,
Archard, Crisp, Stone, W. J. England, North, and Triggs.
A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
ceedings.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LEICESTER.—About 12
o'clock on Monday night a fire broke out on the premises of
Masers. Bates and Gould, trimmers and dyers, of Leicester,
and, then being a brisk wind et the time, the flumes rapidly
spread through the building. Four engines were epeekily
on the spot, and the premises being situate by the side of
the canal, a plentiful supply of water was obtained by
breaking the in. Notwithetanding this advantage, it was
not until after nine o'clock on Tuesday morning that the
wds quenched, and later in the day it was found
necessary to send for the angina again, the
smouldering emben heviag broke, out afresh. The
warehouse and 1211311 other apartments wen entirely de-
stroyed,
and the whole range of workshops were cimpletely
gutted. Saturday being " taking In" day with the masa.
lecturers, and ends being brisk, a large quantity of good
had been r eeived inns the hominy wsrebouses on Mendsy ;
and nearly all were destroyed. Os. firm had sent about
2,000 dozens of lambswool and Angola stockings, and several
others had seat large quantities of 'tubing', shirts, gloves,
etc., to be dyed or " gut up." The building wu insured,
but not to scything like the amount of the property de.
stroyed, which could not be far short of 3,0004 The fire
is supposed to ban originated from over-heating the stoves
in the drying-room.