The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-04 00:00:00

THE CAMBIUDOK MONUMENT.

resterdsy a meeting of the subscribers to this tee-
sseeisi took pbco at tho Fnsmwoas' 'LITHO, Grist
lees-street, Linculu's Ino•fields, to determine, first,
!ether the m ,o meat should he a l'attle Of a ChlVital:4a
•titutioa ; and, semndly, if the latter, of whit description
• mum should b. Lord 1•01111/T 0110•VINOR, M.P., Oa the

chair.
The CHAIRMAN said the committee had held vari-
.ll meitingr, and they had come to certain resolutions,
ich formed the .qaund of the present ir.eeting. Of these
o
dutions, two had been made pub3e--one of then was
adopted on Friday, the 20th of November. By this it wee
dead, d that, in CiPl2 the opinion of the present meeting (then,
be convened) should M in favour of • charitable Meths-
u rates, than a statue to the marry of the late duke, the
mines bad determined to recommend the adoption of the
jot No. 2 upon the list of pleas submitted to them, via.,
Ib4t the moment of all subeffiptions now and hereafter
mind be devoted to the erection of alms houses for the
reteptim of widows of non commissioned officers and prlvaas
• bee Majesty's land forme, to he &gig .ate
•
The Cat
—Wee Asylum.' And that a fres gift of gronni for the mil
building be obtained if passible from some benevolent lead
proprietor in the neighboathood of Kew." lle (Lord R.
kinsman) regretted very much that some of the influential
iblie journals had thought proper to resort to measures
iich were calculated to prevent people from sub-
alb to t memorial. Ile was happy tomy that
them measures had Isabel in maiming the effect desired.
'the first question itay had to consider wee, whethsr the
riomtuseut anneild be a statue or a charitable insti.utioum
all'
Mr. TWINING proposed that it be a chariteble
tution.
C.-.lonel ROWLAND semaded the proposition.
The AN
CHAIRM said that the seeoLd ucrion they had
detide wee, what should be the nature oqf Um institution.
Mr. CHARLIER said that, as the originator of the plan
approved by the committee, het would taks this oprorletun,l
of entering more fully into pat:alms than the nob cheer-
man wu is a pennies to do. He e queered that his scheme
was the one: deserving of adoptiai because their moue'
would enable them to accomplish It, and bottom It amordedi
with the military profemicia of the Mats duke, to whom the
soldier's widow never appealed In vein. He (Mr. Marlin)
tool made *rough sketch of the tenanted eat of the build-
ing he prop sod, end, ecenediest to his calculation,
the total amount would be 1,500/. ; that is to say,
fer enasylum capable of accommodating 20 tonata, snob
having two rooms; the beildiog to comprise one kitaksa
common, one waelshouse is common, and, if peribla. a
general dining.bedl. The annual expenses of such ma ogles
he h. t estimated a: Wen ; end for the means of eadowlag Oa
heeding he should look to a subscription of 101. ea& teem
non commiseioned officers and soldiers of the If Minh army—
that is to say of 130 regiments—which would yield a natal
o: 1,3001. Ile considered that, upon the score of mow
and also upon the etround of the pregnability of Mils @Kama,
it was one which was well deserving of their ernselderstioa.
sad he would therefore propose a resolution that it Mt
approved be the meeting.
Conned ROWLAND seconded the imposition, stating
that an asylum for the hew of the widows of thaw who
but f.rsdht and bled fee th, it wintry wee very desirable.
He was gaits We that an invitation of stub a caters would
naive every support from the a, my.
After mach diecussion the proposition la favour of Ni.
Charlier's plan was earried—".he show of heads being 17 tie
mad 7 *saw
Kr. IIACKNAZIE then tendered Cl proxas In favour of
by plan, sod was warmth of fecliest being exhibited la
comsequenee, a propord was made that the question Naafi
not be finally decided that day, but .that the meeting *llia
be adjourned.
A vote of titmice having been passe
to the chairman, the
rceetu:g separated.

PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL
REFORM ASSOCIATION.

Yesterday a qaasterly general meeting of the
Iheatimi tnt.ch w the Nate AIIIOC/Itioll fa Promoting
Parlientent ay and Pomade Ittform wY held at the T.,wn
Hall, Bread cd, with the view of promoting the objects of
the awe: , oral also to urge thole who ars not yet upon
the r. sister cf eleetws, but who hats the opportunity, to en-
rol ; advise others to join the freehold lead
eicetia, and thereby gain the qualiennion fur themselves;
aid to ade'se all persons that they may, by their sabserip-
twee sad ateendance at the meetings, swim the heeeektial
ta agitating toy parliamentary and financial reform; aid by
!Le use of emery legal and elneatutional mean" to urge urn
ale innenment the absolute annuity of further reditet
in the exotnditure of the r•venua
Mr. (WATLEY was in the @bah%
A resolutiou, declaring the neesmity of parliamentary
Taro, and economy in the public expenditure hating been
puled,
Mr. W. HAYNES moved 'anther, approving of the fer
natio° of land sacietiee as the most powerful means of car•
'Sing out the objects of the smociation. lie enlarged
upon the advantages of freehold land societies, and observed
tl.at if they went on fora few years longer as they hod been
coor for last year, they would be etreaghseugh to del,
alt 'heathen of recreama politicians to override the right' of
the ple.
The eo
rosolation con weeded by lir. J. BLACIST, and
*Ate to by seats ether ralleimaa, after which it con pat
and canted.
A rate of *sake to the Chainsaa closet the plemilags.