The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS.

SIR,—I believe in Madame 's case it was
proved that she kept giving her husband arsenic from
time to time in small quantities. I therefore should
like to have heard this Dr. Letheby's evidence in such
a case. How any man oould take upon himself to
swear what Dr. Letheby did on this poor woman's
trial, I don't understand. The country must thank
you for saving Ann Merritt's life.
A CONSTANT READER.
London, March 20,1850.

A deputation, headed by the Right 11011. Fox
Mud. and Mr. Coma bad an interriew yesterday with Lord
John Raw&

LICEABING CREMORNE GARDENS.—Yesterday tho
adjourned annual licensing meeting for the Kensington
division took plum at the Holland Arms, Kentiniton, with
a full bench of magistratn, Robert Tubb, Rio., in the chair.
It appeared there had been 20,0001. expec ded on the pro-
perty of Cromorne-gardens, and that there had been, since
the year 1846, admitted to the gardens upwards of one
realign of penons. It was further shown that not a tingle
police complaint had ever been preferred. After considerable
discussion, the chairman presented the proprietor with his
license, which was signed by the majority of the masistrates,
and expressed a hope that when they saw him in 1851 they
might be enabled to' congratulate him on the swans of Ms
establialusent.
A NEW CLUB is in progress of formation. It is to
be located is Buckingham-house, FaU•mall ; to be nab!

liSied on 11; principles of the Union," and to be called
the Park Club. In the restinsiF of advantages to be esjoyed
by members erns Is laid upon the knowing distinguishing
feature. of the reposed mtablishment—" An uninterrupted
view of the park, and the uncontrolled use of a private gar-
des ; the other clubs in Pall-mall oat being permitted to
use them. A private entrance into St. James's ['ark from
the garden; this likewise being an nolutive privilege.
PAINTING A WATCH.—A butcher, named Martin,
a few days Ism, employed Mrs. Ingot, as artist, at Cutter-
bun, to petal the portraits of himself fold his wife. The
lady wished *s have the portrait "of a gold watch which
she mastantly wore painted also. This was done, and the
watch faithhdly returned after melt "sitting," until Mrs.
Inge' at last requested the loan of the watch, with whit)h she
abetionded. 8A• has bees tasted to Dover, where, it
eppamod, the watch was pawned. The mar
ordered its reetoration to its owner, who has •
&malty the pawnbroker, it being his War
Inset, ifpossibk.

magiairatoo tiers
at promised to ta-
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MEETINO AT OHEINWIL'H.
Led evening a crowded monde( of the inhabitants
el Greenwieh, is tardiness, of akents of *hie assoes.
time, was bold ia the Leave Hall. in that Nevi. On the
motion of Mr. 0. W. MASTEN% meaded 1711 r.
Mr. J. WADS was 04104 to thy .beg.
The CHAIRMAN said that meeting had mnembled for
the purpose of summing their dimeidieds• with
present state of the reptammettiom The pm bad
a rierht to have a goseasamit sposiseted with the
smallest pc•siblo expense, and ageism that the expendi-
ture of the country was most enormous in its amount, and
that the people were not fele and fairly represented, the
National Parliamentary and Fiaansial Reform Association
bad been forme I. the principles of which were the eluvi-
al= of the franchise to ell rate.payen, triennial parliaments,
vote be ballot, equalisation of the representation and the
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111401 I.t.
mask Of ive points the brat was tie wet
impotent, for if they got a fair mossentatioa dthe
people, they would soon get the rest. This session
two motions bad boa submitted to the Howse of
Commons, embodying the priaciples of this association. The
first motion was by Mr. Hume, lot en extension of the fran-
chise, which was rejected by a large majority, audit* believed
that 122 monban were all the association could reckon as
supportieg their principle& There were 18 members for
the Metropolitan boroughs,l3 of whom voted for Mr. Hume's
motion, 4 voted against it, and I, Baron Rothschild, was
not at moot in parliament. They had a right to look to
the Metropolitan boroughs as the concentration of the
intellierace of the country. The two members for
Westminster voted for the motion, as did also the two mem
ben for Marylelome, for the Tower Hamlets, for Fbasbury,
for Lambeth and for floathwark. The member for West
Next, Mr. Themes Law Hodges, one of the moat sedate and
thoughtful men in the House of Commons, also voted foe the
motion, as did likewise another rat mb:r for a metropolitan
county, Mr, Osborne, and ,the member for East Surrey.
They then came to another county, famous for its calves and
its parsons, he meant Essex, and them they found what thy
might expect in a land of calves, that they did not vote for
Mr. Hume's motion. Then he came with great sorrow and I
regret to say that the members for the borough
of Greenwich stood in the bad preeminence of
voting against the motion. (Shame.) He had pat it to
himself whether It was worth while is future to weft a:
bard as he and some of his brother electors had done to re-
turn their present members with such a result as this. It
was a matter of grave consideration whether, if these gen-
tlemen would not move onwards, they ought not to ask them
to move off. (Cheers.) This, however, was only his indi-
vidual orinien. ; it had nothing to do with the association.

Mr. MASTERS moved the first resolution—
That this meetime. ecerineed of the see net; of a general agita-
tion of the United Kingdom on the queelice of parliamentary retorts,
with a Tien to en early and universal 'apemen of public opinion on
that sublet, would rea rd its cordial and emphatic approval of the
plans proposed by the council at the National Association for that
papose„ pkddes itself to render immediate and efficient co-
operation.
Mr. TANNER seconded the motion.
W. A. WILKINSON, Bete , who attended as a deputation
from the parent society, said this association originated in a
desire to promote financial reform; bet those who met In
supp'et of that proposition found there was no hope of get-
ting up an agitation for financial reform alone, and that If
they got it there would be no manna of kook.' it ezeept by :a
large message of parliamentary reform. It wcu'd seem an
inturaordisary thin?, no doubt, to that meeting to attempt
to yenned* people that they were not neavily
Lied; but really it was neesesery to my some-
thing upon that subject ; became they found a
great many gentlemen denying that tast.tion slated to say
great 'rent la this country. But they could not ed.
poet any alteration of this state of things so long
as the House of Commons was constituted as at present.
It contained 366 cffic-rs or connexions of officers, besides
ether CJELtIiOO4 of the aristccracy, and no good could be
dose without a thorough ream in the constitution of that
house. (Chests ) . . • •

lir. MORGAN, • chartist, add d the meeting is sap.
pert of the motion, which wa then put and carried %ma,
aimosaly.
The CHAIR WAN mid both the members for the borough
had bin invited. From Ile. Barnard they bad remind
no nply, bet from Admiral Duties they had received •
letter wliWt, he weld reed.

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1114—O• eagegneest he Me Mail/ Mtn mem' ray Woodier
the Untuition yea .eat me. (Litegtoter.) I am Ally ohm to doe
Moms that will benefit the omoy, sod depend egos k the mom
lobo:mem although they may sot mowed to het as sem of my
&MA at Garold& Mit them m do, mid net tW to me-
sere. fee the tomell: M the nation whomeeer hey me a fit seem and
• rod opportunity--(lenehor)—to carry such Waugh die Amer of
yorthinest. (Renewed Menet.)
Mr. D. WIRR moved the second resolution, approving of
Se prarinles of the association, and pledging the meeting to
support it.
Mr. PEPPERCORN, in seconding the resolution, ex-
pressed Lis sier AMA= that both the members for Oreg.- I
which should have voted against Mr. Runes motion, and
mid that net eticg bad not been celled for the purpose, or he
should lux.: moved that they be respectfully Inv seed to
resign. (Loud cheers.) If a meeting of the electors were
gelled for that ptirpm, he would mime Inch • ?monition.
lead be had so doubt he oh uld Had many ',condom nae
should tb.y bays long to 10-b for proper man. indeed they
at fled them on that y :Worm. (Cheers, and cries of
Mr. .MINTEER also addressed the meeting in support
of the motion, which was tarried ; and, after the customary
vote o! thanks to the chairman, the meetrng equated.

THE ANTI-TRUCK MOVEMENT IN SOUTH

6TAFFOEDSHIEE.

BILSTON, Mains 19.
For some time put a great agitation has been
going on in the several districts of South Staffordshire, the
object of which is °a get rid of that enormous evil, the
" truck" or " tourney" erten, under the pernicious influence
of which the iron and coal workers of this part of the country
have suffer"' to an teens which cannot be conceived by
those accustomed only to the fair and ordinary transactions
between masters and men. The law on the subject of
paying trues in Fords inroad of money has been habitually
violated ; the tommy shop being kept not by poor
battier, but by the great troamasters, bankers, and other
large capitalists, who employ hundreds of men, and
regularly cheat them out of from ten to fifteen
per ant. of their earrings, by paying them in goods
of an inferior quality, and charging them as much es five per
cent. above the market price. The manner in which the
law is evaded is by the " long-reckoning " system, the iroa.
muter, and coal-contractors not settling with their hands
ah:ve once is six weeks, the conrequenc• of which is that
the MD are forced to get In m them tickets for good., to be
obtained only at particalir shops, the keeper of which is
generally only an agent of the employer: in fact, at some of
the largest iron work, the tommy shop is actually on the
premises, to such an extent is the system carried on ; and it
L to be band that the system cannot be entirely put down,
except by legislative enactment.
A groat somber of meetings have been already held, and
on Monday evening a eery large one took place in this town ;
about three thousand persons, chiefly the miners and work-
men of the district were pros.nt. The object &int forth in
the notice was to consider the evasion of the Truck Mt by
the alarming increase of " tommy shops," and to adopt reso-
lutions to promote their supprettion.
Tftroug:—.ut the meeting, the spirit of firmness, determi•
nation, forbearance, and good temper manifested by the men
was remuksblc ; and the proceedings terminated in an
orderly manner, with the usual vote of thanks to the
chairmen.

THE EXPLOSION IS lIATDOCK COLLIERY.—CO-
NONSS'S INCiIIE9T.—.OII Monday ea 'aqui& wu held be-
fore John Heyes Esq., oonner, oa view of the bodies of 13
men and boys, who were employed is the Rock Pit, or
No. 14 colliery, of Mean. Turner and Evans, in the town-
ship of Haydock, near Ashtonice-Mackertield, who were
kilted by an explosion of fire damp which took plain between
five and six o'clock on Hatarny morning, at the colliery
before nulled, the depth of which is 230 yards. Thomes
Litherlead, the anderlooker of part of the Haydock collieries,
belnogioa to Mean. Turner and Evans, deposed that he was
in No. 13 pit about half-past six o'clock, when the explosion
took plats. He immediately went up the shaft and de-
scended the Rock Pit, when he found Richard Houghton
and John Mae, who had gone down before him and had
found 'tare of the bodies quite dead. Olean and Hollo-
way had been working with naked candles, which was fre-
quently done. Three lads and two men areapsd injury
the were in the air road, at the month of the shaft. Moses
Li* , the son of the anderlooker, said he had
returned to the spot from a Journey of five handfed
yards, when the explosion took place. All the sea went
to week at Sow o'clock in the mamba, exempt Simms, who
went shoat en o'clock. When witness got down he could
not proceed, own, to the greet wall of sulpha ; they had
to wait nearly half an hoar before they meld look after the
men when thky been to search they found all the bodies
&artfully scorched and bent. All the men who wore work-
ing near the place were killed. He wee aware there wee
foul air in the old working mine. John Clarke stated that
he went first down the shaft, and unisted in finding all the
bodies except John Um/worth, Ralph Deazdes John Dea-
den, and John Holloway. He lead been working all night.
He could not tell where or how the explode&
11
ea* living amid tell. He never observed ea =1.11"
b4eee .
the. The jury retuned a verdict of "

ASSOCIATION for 1ifi176160 PRACTICAL 11.110W-
LIDOIL—The first owerapolitan seetiag of this assaelstlou
wee bete oft Tuesday, at the If eehaaiee hatitate, Beuthasp
toe Buildup, Kr. B. B. Cabled%ri.P. Ia the chair. Mr.
Joseph Bewley. the sociretary eadleataret of the easociatioe,
laid that la the lea meths, derieg width It had base cu:
vides as its windless in the preelesta, 170 lectures bad
lees deli eate% the average atteadesse at which was 316.
Bo had made valuate iaquirite late the_physied sad meta
essibbiaa et the levee drew la envy pass he had visited,
td teureaNd team dot ertaillissey. psepotima wad urine
bad lemsesed his twelve pied; bat this* evils
IPSO sew spathe Moves*, &lay to deed nem. The
esessialite repeal M give a writs el eleil/ar piestiesl
ketwase sleselasswendy. la witless parts el the aaserapelie.
De swift batbs bass Mitered by 3k. C. Oisiwews,
m. numi. and abet guidemee, reeelatkee wise pm%
amireafafgef lie Niels tithe toady, and waft
mum It
ti4slle piegised Ileum *shod Mew a the
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for to-morrow (Thursday), and will take place at the
Rotunda.
A deputation from the Dublin Trades Protection
Society have had an interview with the council of the
Chamber of Cawmerce, to solicit the co-operation of
that body in petitioning against the abolition of the
vice-royalty. The council are to communicate their
reply to the deputation.
At • meeting of the corporation yesterday, the
motion censuring the absence of Mr. Reynolds, the
Lord Mayor, from his post, was, after a warm
debate, adjourned for another week, to give Mr.
Reynolds an opportunity of being present.
The Cork terminus of the Great Southern and
Western Railway has been destroyed by fire. The
permanent bendier, the engine and traffic depart-
ments, wore at ore time in considerable danger, and
would have been very rerioualy injured were it not
for the exertions of the company's officers, who were
at the place a few momenta after the fire made its
appearance. The station-house, comprising the
booking-office, the waiting rooms, the porters room,
the master's office, and the lamp room, was burned to
the ground before any effective assistance arrived.
The amount of damage done is not known as yet, but
we are happy to say that none of the goods, which
had been sent in during the day for transmission

were injured.
The next annual exhibition of the Rya' birth
Agricultural Society is to be heir' in Cork.
All the accounts from the north confirm the ate•
factory news that St. Patrick's day passed off with-
out the slightest party oellision.
Min Hayes'. late tour in the south of Ireland, as
prima donna of an Italian Opera Company, has been
throughout a complete ovation ; and never perhaps
has the appreciation of native talent been so enthu-
siastically manifested in Irelatd as in the cue of this
Rifted lady.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.
CAIOIIIOOI, MAIICA 20.—CKANCILLOIL'I MEDALLISTS.
—The gold medals given annually by thy Chancellor of the
ljaivsnity to two commencing bachelors who, having ob-
tained senior options, at lees• show then:melees the greatest
proficient' in eLencal learning, have hems this day adjedrd
to-1. Ds. Charles Schreiber, Trio. Coll. ; 2. Ds.
John Beeman, Trice. Coll.
CIUTSK SCROLLINKIP.—WiIIiam Wars, of King's
College, has been this day elected to the vacancy in the
above scholarship.

The Bro. R. D. Duffield, C. at Laaasnb, Essex, to bo a
sonorous of the Commiesory Court of the Bishop of London.
The Bor. C. Lowndn, of Hartwell, t b 3 chaplain to the
Sheriff of Bucks.
The Rev. T. B.Whitelars., of Ampthill, to be chaplain to
the Sheriff of Bedfordshire.
Bar. J. G. Muslin' to Wramplinohans R., Norfolk, dio.
Norwich; vane, 2h21.; patron, R. Marshals, Eq.

iAcAncirs.

Oaford. St. Clement. 11. , rat 1201.; pat, Lard Chancellor;
Rev. J. W. Hughes. dec.
Oidding, Great, V., Hunts, dio. Ely, val. 1011. ; pat.,
Earl Fitrwilliam ; Rev. F. J 0.1711100, prom.
Huntington (or Benson) P. C., co. and dio. Oxford, val.
1001.; pats., Christ Church, Oxford; Rev. E. Balaton,
reigead.