The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-08 00:00:00

THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

Yesterday a most numerously attended meeting of
the general committee of the City of London for promoting
the Great Exhibition of 1851, was held at the Mansion-
hoses, for the pulp we of widening with the local OJMIS i••
Women appointed for the city; to noel,. reports of the pre-
sent state of the subscription list and of the finances of the
committee ; to receive a classified report of the applications
which have been made to this connate* for space in the
bui'ding, lad for the traumertion of other besieges.
Oa the motion of Mr. D. W. Wine, bit Moen Motets.
none was called to the choir.
The minutes of the last meeting of the committee having
been read and confirmed,
Colonel CLIALLONER said that he had been riquesMd
to move the following resolution, which he was sure would
be unantmous'y adopted :—" That the local commissioners of
the eity of London be ex officio members of this committee."
The resolution was passed unanimously.
Mr. WIRE then read the financial account of the com-
mittee, from which It appeared that subscriptions amounting
to 29.4391. 18.. 9d. had been prunued; that of this amount
26,9051. 75. had been paid up, and that 8311. 111. 9d. re
mained unpaid. lie (Idr. Wire) had no doubt that these
were the suberriptious of parties who ware out of town, and
that when they returned the would get every shilling that
was due. (Hear hear.) The total suavest lodged In the
Bask of England to the credit of the Royal Commissioners
was 24,4291., and the residue of 1,1821. 2e. was retained to
meet the expenses of the committee. The account of the
eotnonttee's expenditure WAS at follows: Adeartimments,
3301. 18e.34. ; stationery, 1121. 10s. 9d. ; salary of clerks
and assistant secretary, 2821 • rent of rooms, 851. ; petty
cash, 3E4—making a total of 8091. Ba. 9d. Ti. liabilities of
the committee amounted to 1111. Is. 44., making the total
for expenditure and liabilities 9101. 9s. lid.
It was moved and carried that these aeounuta be referred
for audit to Sir M. Mont...fine, Mr. Alderman liessphery,
and Mr. Alderman Sakmcns.

Mr. WIRE said that it was a subject of congratulation
that, since the committee met in July last, when there was
some apathy csanitested, eves with regard to the City of
London, toe returns sent an had more thee realised the ex-
pectations of the committee. (Iliar, lieu.) The applica-
tion fur space in Elea I—that was to say for natural produc-
tions—was 1,618 feet of floor, 3,277 feet ot coun-
ter, and 759 feet of wall. In Se.. 2, for machinery,
37,777 feet of floor, 3,034 ot c.uuter, 1.779 of wall.
Seeded 3, for manufactures of all kinds, 9,236 test of floor,
11,952 ot counter, 32,961 of wall. Section 4, for Fine Arts,
1,326 feet of floor, 931 ot counter. and 4,947 of wall;
making upwards of 110,000 feet so the demised for space mad,,
oy the City ei London alone. Tau was a favourable con-
trast as compared with Mauchre•er' the demerid tor space
from which place amounted only to 35,000 feet. It was but
natural, however, that so London was pre-eminent in the
amount of subscriptions, it should be first in the demand for
space. Thi y had thought it right to address a letter to the
various sub committees in the metropolis, with a view of
obtaining unity of action amongst the different local bodies,
as it was found impossible to assign to each locality a distinct
apportionment of space. They had suggested an expedient
which was met in a favourable spirit, ar,d answer, favourable
to the project had been received from the Finsbury, South
London, Westminster, Marylebone, Gleeenwich, Southwark,
Poplar, Hensington, Chelsea, and Woolwich committees.
(Hear, hem.)

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In reply tea question,
Mr. WIRE stated that no
mired from Spita'fields.
Mr. GREY said that he had been requested to propose
the next resolutit.u, and he did so with to* greater pleasure
because it showed that the fear which was once entertained
that there would be • deficiency of ;articles was quite dis-
sipated : " That to prevent the admission of duplicate anti
cies, and to facilitate the rejection of runt-ethical' ones, it is
desirable that the local conamiasioners be empowered, at
their discretion and in confidence, to obtain the isertificate of
the manufacturer that be conceded to the exhibitor the ex-
clueive right of exhibiting, and that in cam of combined
products, the decision of who is to be considered the mann-
bruise shall rest with the local commissionen."
Mr. LYDIATT seconded the resolution.
Mr. A. rsusat esked how the resolution would tell
on the foreign manufacturer.
Mr. COTTAM said it did not apply to foreigners whose
roods would be sent thrcugh their respective gorernments.
Bat there was this farther difficulty in the way. It sp.
peered to him that the certificate should also state whether
a certain portion of the article exhiteted was not mann
factored abroad. For Instance, • foreigner might supply
the design loran article; he might supply the carting ; nay,
more, he might soppy the models of an article, and such an
snide might be prisen ed man article of British manures-
tare, when all the merit and talent displayed in the eases-
Ron of the article came from abroad. Such • proceeding
would be unfair to those who employed native talent only.
After some oonvereation

bil been re-

Mr. BWAINBLAND said that he sou not satisfied with
the resolution is its present form. Bo therefore proposed to
add chess words " 'Eisler he his the sole right of registering
such design or manufacture." Mr. Beeinsland afterwards
withdraw hie am( ndment ; and the resolution pared.
Mr. WIRE visa proposed the appoiotmeat nt a sub
committee, consisting of Mr. H. Tucker, Mr. B. Morley, Mr.
W. Bird, Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Lydiot, Mr. Salesose, Mr. Tito,
Mr. Shoobridge, Mr. Baring, Mr. Leaf, Mr. Phillips,
air M. Montellore, Mr. Warren, Mr. Grey, and some others,
to confer with the various keel committees as to the beet
means of producing unity of action in respect to the metro-
' Eels and the articles which wets to be teat by it to the
1 Exhibition.
Mr. TITE, in sessonding the resolution, said that, in eon-
sequence of the enormous amount of space demanded, it was
impossible to assign soon to the diff.rent districts of the me-
tropolia,so as to have them divided into specialities. But a sepa-
rate spew would be given for the whole metropolis. And that
being so, it was most desirable that there should be unity of
adios between the difecoat distriste.

The resolution haviag been pat and carried unanimously,
ono for addles the Danes of Mr. Delsrue, Mr. Cotten,
Professor Cowper, and Mr. Brian Deakin, sea., to the
patent committee, wee agreed to.
Mr. WARREN this wed a resolution applying to the
royal commlasionete lor an exteesios of time till the slat of
Muth for the admission of manufactured goods.
Mr. TUCKER seconded the neolution. One reason for
making this application wet, that woven fabrics would be
deteriorated by as exposure of two months, and another was
that the exhibitors would rot like to expose seek works at
an earlier pacied, under the larreesirma that spumes* imita-
tions of them might be made for the sessea. TM matt-
liOS wea subsequently altered, and the words " woven
goods" sabstitated for " asasufeetured goods."
After semi dissuasion Mr. Warren soeseatsrl to withdrew
hi. motion. A proposition for extend'sg the time to the
litb of Mesh was taan dimmed, and ultimately withdrawn.
Mr. WIRE said that in regard to the subscription,
Ins was glad that the City of Leaden had done its duty; but
in looking at the general totecriptios bock he ocafaetal that
he wu ashamed of his enntry. The total amount rob-
wilted was ender 75,0004, tad of which the City of Loudon
alone subscribed nearly 30,0001. (Rear, bear.) As the
amount of entrance massy would very mach depend on the
amount subseribode he called on the local committees
everywhere to mint thammins to obtain subscriptions. They
wanted steal a sum if aussisy that they could admit not
only the public of their own gesamley, but of all the countries
in the world, at rash a ON that the very poorest would not
feel it to be stag open thes. (Rear, bear) If they ware
to raise 70.0001. or 00,0004 by minimise money, the price of
entrance would be mast above the means of the waking
man, and when they tameldored the exertions that wore
the working MK throughout the country to nee
at .eking
by
as would ba then op to London to see the extti-
Mks end take the. beak again. it was right that they
116111111 make every isissiser ea their part that the estrange
M elhanli be the smitlimi prible. He bad bum recently
on the OMI•Mt, si fan unele• eatheekent prevailed
everywhant fw *ma of the edged= Weems/ a misae-
honey nee to be hurl Owe ware prepsealsee making.
He wield to let Riglielowen knew title, booms he was nu
=weal be met by the beet productions as the rase of the
(!leer.) _
• unit oftheato to the fatalis' tonsimatel the pto-
ogidliga

MIMI PROM THE PROVINOES.
Wit have oesolsed W followiag sostmaaisatioss from lend
sossetsrlos:
Tawstom.Jfkis is ;gristly an artealtural Merritt; sad
the labour sad bat bays boon Met to work the saleass:t:
any aditlesisly asiewsk However, tits now e
'oasts Is Weiss MIL sad 901. sad alasossa exhibitors
bass kom sessod up. •• working maa's association is now
MIRA Moors won /we fighting sp one another ; bat
I bass imaged ts osoloosAto tun We ow sound work-
owner (Moontotrrx).—Tho tool lesuaitt•• hays beta
NO* nowt stesising sabseripties, whisk reach up •
woo of INK On intsrest is maillaisi now that the
=r wpm, oni =mom oppilootioso have been
tot moos to sank *oda= Ol dot simnel pro-

ducts illustrative of the South Wales Coalfield is this die-
' tnct. Now and improved railway-j Misr, specim►n of iron fa
the difFrent stages of massitetere, architectural molds, sad
a group of figures in marble.
PORTSMOUTII.—The whole world of art, talent, and
investion seems to be fetmenting with t►e prospects of the
Great Exhibition of 1861. Our countrymen, who are gene-
rally somewhat too apathetic with regard to the higher
brniches of industrial produce, are bestirring themselves
with most credit ,ate vigour to realise for the nation a entree-
. table position in the gigantic menufaaturing competition
which beasts its origin in a royal mine The tools of the
machimist, the crochet needle of the embroideries, the chisel
of the sculptor, the dexterous and tasteful Sewers of the
tapestry wave, and the wheel of the pottery worker, are
all hated ■nd seen throughout the land—oa all sides the
note of preparation for the peaceful struggle of industrial
pre•emiaeece is sounded—on all aides is beheld the eager
and joyous bulls of the delighted artisans. Portsmouth,
hitherto far behind most ether manufacturiog towns in the
commercial (although foremost in the governmental) vales
of its produce, has roused itself at the call, sod the names
of fifteen competitors, claiming apace amounting to
about 160 ■uperfi ial feet, have been registered with
the secretary of the local committee. 01 the amount
of space Clailnld far Portsmouth, 60 impel final feet is devoted
t 3 the productions of female dexterity—the exquisite crea-
tions of the Berlin and tapestry frame, or the rvon more
mysterious elaborations of the crochet needle. The other
80 feet is claimed for the display of model machinery, some
of which, we are as,ured, are most ii.genions elects of me-
chanism. Thus we are likely to be repressnted in no humble
manner at the approaching exposition.—Port of Portsin3ua
Guardian.

WOILC3STEIL —The epees applird kr on account of articles
t) be exhibited from ‘icreester is 1,900 Name feet. In this
city, we believe, some of the worapeop'.• employed it' large
establishments are already clubbing together their fends fer
the porpese.
BAINSLIT.—There is a good list of applications from this
town ; and the working men'a club is rteeivieg a efmtinuil
acceraloa of numbers. The linen trade will be well repre-
sented, from the Seat diapers to the mar est sloths.

TIIE BRITISH ANTISTAMCHURCH

♦SSOC[&?ION.

A sari's, intended to Is Introductory to the wintet's
operations of the sosecionoo, took ohm yesterday evening, at
the London Tavern, Bl•hopagata-street. Ow of the large
rooms of the hotel was crowded with frieu.!it of the cause.
The ehair was taken by Mr. B. MORLwv.
On the platform wore Mr. Edw. Wall, Mr. Charles Oil.
pin, the Rte. MVILArI. Forster, Beak, Barnett, Batley, and
other saleocates of nonconformity. In *puling this prom edit gm,
the chairman ex,: eased his conviction that the papal agree.
sine—which was now "frightening the Wend from its pro-
priety" had been mainly producod, if not indeed inviied,
by the conduct of the rueeyite 'cab,' of the established
chinch Wolf. The general te:ling cf the other sponger'
who addressed the mettle', 4,1 whose sentiments met a
ready and entlinsiaatio respous: from the assemblage,
appeared to b., that the recent meanest of the rope, whiret
under the "moral fora" princip'.es of the ass.clation
they ought alone to be treated with silent, or. at most,
derisive contempt, with nut any interfaence on the part of
" the civil maelstrate," at the same jam, taking in oonjune-
ties with the intestine divisions going on in the thumb'. own
bosom, they would tend to acciterate the dissolution of that
union between the church and state against which the tato-
elation had so arduously struggled. 14:eking of the papacy
on the one hand, and the established church, Mr. Mind re-
marked, " That dissenter was a traitor to his principles who
would side with uno ecclesiastical deipotisia to order to
tuffs: another. Tot prelatts of the Bugle% Chuch were
more arrogant is their demands than the Pope of Rome,
using the secular power of the state to compel the
mope to obey them. Their claims indeed were sot
larger, but they set In swim a more powerful apparatus
enforoe th.m. (Hear, hear) It was the duty, ingrains,
of ell true noncontormists to stand up as Uotre witnesses
against all such tyranny. Both parties wore to be equally
shunned, ard both to be equally and mist ris dutely
opposed." (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Mr. Burnett, in the
one's of his addreas, re ad Lord John liu.soli's letter to the
Bishop of Durham in estate* to the meotint, swamp toted
by a running tonimentery of his own, which repeatedly pro.
yoked the merriment of his auditory. When he tome to
the pas.age where his lordship alludes to the practices of
" the unworthy sons of the church" to, int " now openly
reprehended" in the right rev. prelate's lets charge, a
sarcastic emphasis was given to the word " now," which
was eagerly caught up by the meeting, :.nd ex ited peals of
universal laughter. In the pours, of the aser.ing a ropurt
fr_ in the ezemive committee was read announciag twig
intentioll to raise a fund of 1,6001. or 2,G001. t•lr the pub:iee-
tion of a library of works inculcating anti-etate-.Larch
doctrines.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A UISRGYNIAN.

lier~Tavnn, Nov 7.
It may be remembnred that at Brentwood durtng
the put lorinigt,t a charge of a wry seri, us nature wu
pre-
ferred against a eleremus of ti.e chwch of Es.irland by •
y .ucg woman, or Tether a girl, Halo, ander ho Tea, in the
capacity of a domestic servant. The matter has barn several
times before the local bench, but as the investigation has
hitherto been conducted privately very Is sr ti the tem have
been allowed to transpird. The sawed having beta held to
bail by t►e magistrates, at a previous examiziation. mum-
dered Jests via, to meet the charge.

Before proceeding farther It may be well to narrate
briefly the edecumention under which the aerostat! en stole.
The reetory of the joint parishes of Wait Hornden with
'wave, distant about tw,a milts from Brentwood. has been
held during the last seven years by the Rev. Robert Aber-
crombie Johnstone, who sou appointed to it by fis i Aber.
the Rev. R. Johnstone, patron of the livisig. Mr. Johastona
is a married man, without family, and den he drained the
revery be has resided is the personage house at legume.
About six woks since he received under Lis rcof
as a domestic a. runt a young girl, named Mary
Anne Doe, aged fifteen years and eight months.
It appears that Mary Anne la.e remained a yet, short time
under Mr. Johnstone'. roof, and on Triunloy, tie 24th
ultimo, la company with her mother, she peeler ted Lentil
before the bench of magiateatce, titular at the White Hart
Inn, Brentwood, and preferred a formal charge against her
late master. The preetding nveristra•es on that day were the
Rev. John Pearson lied Csot. Datum, and :btu gen.lemea
having listened to the osmplatnaat's story, telt it their day
to Irks her dep.sition, which was mese in the follow-
int terms:—" My nun is Mary Anne Doe. Oa the
morning of Tuesday, the Bth of o.v.obtr. I was at
the Louse of the Reverend Robert Abereromb'e John itone, at
Ingrare. I had jun come down stairs. It was betting
hoot, an 1 upon my enteecg the kitchen I Rand Mr.
Johnstone there. He alive me the keys of the He
them took hold of me round the waist, sad threw me down
on to his plaid which lay upon the flax." [The winces
hen deectibvi circumstances indicating that a c.pital offense
had been committed, and went on to say—] "I shrieked
oat. He said ha was not doing me any harm. I them
fainted away. When I rammed I foaled layette in a chair,
and Mr. Jobe stone was spi inkling water ups my face with
his bard. Oa Tuesday last Mr. Johnstone cam* to my
father's house, where I then eras. He said he wished as to
make it up, and net to aey anything more eh tat it. I told
him I could not. Ile then put 11.1 f-a crown into my
hand, which I IMO to my mother as soon u he was
gone." After due coesiderriee the inegistrates determined
upon issuing a summons, ceiling upon Mr. Johestone to
appear and answer the miscleameanour. The summons was
made returnable upon the following Tuesday, and on that
day Mr. Johnstone appeared before the bench, ftecompanied
by Mr. Shaw, clerk to the megistrates of the billeri:ey die.
trier, u his legal advaer. When the ease was sailed sit it
was found the complainant was not in attending*, and on
inquiry being made it was ascertained that not ocly was the
girl missing, but her father and mother had also left their
patine, and gone no one knew whither; their retreat
having been iffe.cted so heolly es to cut eft all clue to their
whereabouts. In reply to the magistrates' inquiries, lelr.Super.
intendent Coulson stated that lie had great hopes he should
be stole to Stelae the complainant's acendaece in a vary
few boors, in consiquenee of which a Tenoned was ordered
until the following Thursday, the accu.ed being admitted to
bail, himself in one bond of 6001 and two *unities of 2601.
each. When the bench met on Thursday, the 31st ultimo,
the complainant was still naisaiug. The se.cined again ap-
peared, and was now accompanied by Mr. Clarkson, the
barrister, In addition to Mr. Shaw, his former legal adviser.
Mr. Coulson having bean asked weether he had any Lope
of being able to produce the complainant if another remand
were ranted, declared that he bad, and epos this informa-
tion a remand until yesterday was granted.
A very fall bench attended yesterday =orator. Thera were
present the Rev. John Pierson (in the chair), Rs.. Dr.
Robinson, Rev. Dr. Lodby, Rev. John Levi., Mr. C. T.
Towers, Mr. J. Dimity, Capt. Batton, Rey. J. Inglis and Mr.
Hint.

Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, instructed by Mr. Shaw, wee
again present on behalf of the defendant.
Ciptain 11'Hardy, R.N., the chief of the Bute con•taha-
lary, war also in attendance.
The court being on tide °union thrown open wee very
sun crowded with pawns anxious to hear what evidence
would be adduced.
The accused entered the court to company with one of
his bail as son as the magistrates bad taken their grate.
The proceedings were commenced by the chairman asking
Mr. Superintendent Coultas whether he bed any informa-
tion to give with respect to the complainant.
The superintendent said he bad not.
The Chairman—Then you have not executed the warrant
we granted you ?
The threaten
The

you made diligent search for the
Th?
e Superintendent—Ter, sie, I have. She had only
left a home in the Inbuilt of London a few hours before I
called there on Tuesday.
The Chairman—Have you any reasonable 11^ne of b .ing
able to produce her, if we grant another remand ?
The Superintendent—To the best of toy judgment, I will
believe I skill succeed in findirg her.
The Chairman (to Mr. Clarkson)—Hava you any questions
to pat to this witness?
11r. Clarksm—No, air.
The Chairman—Then we feel it our duty to remand the
case for another eight days, in order to give the police an
opportunity of ex:outing the warrant tl,y are entrusted
with.

A CATHOLIC LIBRARY M &mamba, Cheshire, has
Wes seriously damaged through an expi *lon of naptha
from a Masts that was used by some Meant!:ii penon, and
soma pumas wars injsred.