The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 16 1857.

posed. The hon and learned member feels no
doubt, as the Lord Bishop of &JUMPILY would my,
that be is the lineal MIIIMIO/t to that venerable and
piety senator, Sr. ROBERT INGLIS ; and the cheers
which greeted him es often as be appealed to
lthe latent intolerance that still larks in a large por-
tion of the How, proved that he will have many
tellowers,when, on the soma reeding of the Bill, he
endeavours to procure its absolute rejection. His
apes& abut night consisted of a renovative re•
I AM, u various neemuree introduced from time
to tins by Lord JOSS Muni for the essancips•
Min sells Jews. He reproached that noble lad
bring gradually opened the door of concession
tai more widely, end with having at last
lopped altogether the reservations which he had
Made at first with regard to the holding of
.stain offices by members of the Hebrew
monsannion. Sir Fiume= thought fit, mere-
ow to indulge in a reiteration of the
Somewhat stale sareames frequently directed
whet Lord Joan Humus respecting the ambit-
Mr alleged to have been given him by the Jews in
ilaskii and in retaining hie mat for the City of
Zia Uri Jones's reply on both points was
geed taste sad good temper. He quoted
ttlaslielffimion of Mr. CIINNLIO when similarly
k be. latter days on the Catholic question,
" dab be yr sot bound to spend all his life as a
•••••tbrmarar r and that if people bad not the
nave to see what they ought to have
seen in time they must take the conce-
iving% oil AU at last to augmented demands.
As kr lin seposeentation of the City, Lord JOUR
matertei himself with the dignified and decisive
obeervatises, that when first elected, in 1841, Baron
Moreescirmn was not even spoken of as a candidate ;
sad that when last elected, in 1837, be, Lord JOLLY,
badateod alone,while Baron Amason LD stood as the
idingue in candidature of three other gentlemen.
The- sable lord disclaimed with disdainful good
limlor the imputation that he regarded with
Pskov Lord PALIIIMITON'S taking charge of the
Bill. He knew that sinless it were brought forward
I and supported with the whole power of the Govern-
ment there was no chance of its being tarried; and,
being sincerely melons that the measure should par
this session, he pledged himself to be in his place on
the second reading, for the purpose of supporting it
to the utmost of his ability. We trust that every
independent Liberal will do likewise.

Tax question as to the Equalisation of the Poor
Rate in the Metropolis seems destined to give rise
to a very considerable agitation; an agitation not
likely to be diminished by the fact that the most pro.
minent advocates of the movement are the pro. I
chial clergy. To these gentlemen at least it Is
impossible to deny the praise of dieinterestedness.
They bestir themselves in this matter simply becamm
they see the !miaow effects of the present system
es the poor within their parishes end the cruel opera-
tion el the law upon the perorate ot property.
li 2110 languid devotees of decorum may be scandalised
be led a clergyman presiding at public mectiage,
W getting up petitions and remonstrances to Par-
Sunset ; but for oar part, in a cause so vitally
II important as this question of the Poor Rates is,
we hold it a clear duty of any man—whether eke-
gyman or layman—to protest against the con-
tinuance of a system which is fraught with &arra-
lariat to the lower classes, and likely to spade,
class enmity end discontent.
We rejoice, therefore, to see that another public
meeting of the ratepayers of St. Jobe and the ad-
joining parishes was held two days ego at Hackney,
fee the purpose of considering the equalisation of the
Pow Rate. Meetings of this sort have of late bees
very numerous, end the Rev. 0. H. M'Cia.t.
has upon this last oemaims, es indeed upon
many previous occasions, produced some very
striking facts in support of the proposed
I chop in the law. The poor clams with
I when be is brought into contact are labouring
eills. mid in London they are by no MOM remark-
ails far providence. They live from head to mouth,
and the moment they are attacked by sickness, or
the demand for labour diminishes, recourse is hail to
the poor-law board of the district. The number of
those who are compelled to apply for relief at one
place is enormous ; and this inconvenience is caused
in a greet measure by the law, which, by preventing
honer of an inferior description from being built in
various quarters, drives the labourer to the eastern
districts. Mr. M'Olti, tells us that he has had as
many as 13,000 under his superintendence. in the
winter of 18M, which was very severe, the appli.
entices for assistance to him were at the rate of
100 a week. And how were they relieved? We
seed MA dwell on the fact that these miserable
Wear were obliged to scramble for their sub-
sistence, like men struggling into the pit of a 1
tbsstre—that in this mike, whilst the strong, and 1
16, who could push their way through the crowd
at lie weirkliseee gates, got assistance, the spa,
ile Yeah MA the weak went empty away. Nor
mil re dwell es the fact that even the relief, when
It In obtained. amounts to a bare means of keep-
ing body and oral together, amounting, accord-
* to Mr. Willa, to Is. and one loaf of bread
awing the week for each individual, whilst
at the West-end the same poor sea would
set Ir. 011, ad a loaf of bread. We won dilate
ram thy wretched aureant of aid as
gra lee way in which it is ainialatmal.
lis pear la mew awe for the imperative organ, II
at 11116 TM 41111bO alt that in the veep winter el
Mt, the Perratate in those palpstipasphi pukka
amounted le la in the potust—si from lossettai
the rate path Weet-end parishes. Again, me bsen
1 that in foutesa poor parishes, having a NEM el
48241., the expenditure on account of Pm Pita ,
MOS 11,3681. ; whilst in fourteen di parbian 1
laving a rental of 172,6701., the acpenditure
ea the same account was 0,04 W. Thus
is the ham case the average expenditure was
Se. 21., lad in the latter 9d. Again, the whole
paddle et St. Christopher's, comprising within its
Was the Bank of England and other great build-
ings, pays in Poor Rate about 801., while the Apotho-
;meld Hall alone, situate in a back lane in Black-
flies* pp MI. Again, the greater number of
leek labium, are connected with the London and
St. Katharine's Docks. The former, which are
Muted in four pariahs', pay toward the Poor Rate
19,6801., whilst the latter, which are situated in a
wealthy part of the metropolis, pay only 7141.
One more case and we have done. In St. Nicholas
Olave the Poor Rate amounts to Bs. in the pound.
What is the result ? Property there can neither be
let nor sold; and indeed it is no uncommon practice
for persons to leave such heavily taxed parishes, and
to betake themselves to those MOTO lightly burdened.
We have stated these facts in detail became the
question es to equalising the Poor Rate is eminently
a question of fact. No one, we presume, if he had
to make a sew law, would think of enacting one
which would give rime to inequalities so
membeem as those we have described. We
have arm spin and spin that the present
system roast lead to the demerelisatien of the poor ;
and this view is eoutinsed by the testimony of those
who have had practical experieses cities matter, and
who upend their lives ameept the victims of this

sordid legislation. But there is a principle at the
not of the proposed change. It is surely impossible
to say that the poor man living in Southwark has as
little to do with the nobleman in Belgrave-equare as
the shepherd in Caithnem. It is just as easy to
maintain that the lard of some ancient domain has
nothing to do with the poor villagers at his gate, or
that the rich man in Romell-square has nothing
to do with the denizens of the Seven-dials.
The men hat that the charities inthe the Easbutit-enonsd are
of
eapparted in Kees masers by contri
the West end is an answer to it. In truth, it is
obvious enough that Louden, within a certain dis-
trict, forms one community—just as much as a
parish, or even a single household, forms one com-
munity or society. Them is, indeed, an objection
which we sometimes hear node to the proposed
change—namely, that by ea doing existing con-
tracts will be altered, and groin injustice will be
perpetrated. A man, it is said, having calculated
his income, and having ascertained the probable
amount of his expenditure, and amongst other
charges the charge for Poor Rate, takes a house upon
lease. The matter is ooncladed. What right, then,
has the Legislature to step in and say that the Poor
Rate shall be equalised—to compel one, who can ill
afford it, to pay an additional sum for Poor Rate--to
my that instead of Bd. in the pound the tenant
shall pay Is, Bd.? As it seems to us, the answer
to this objection is simple enough. If the Legis-
lature is never to alter a tax union it
can do so without the slighted hardship, it will
never alter any tax whatever. The man who has
bought an article when the duty was 10s. is not to
bo heard against a reduction of this 10., to Os.
merely because future importers will be able to
undersell him. Individual inconvenience or low
must yield to the general good. If the evils of the
present system of the Poor Rate are as great as we
believe them to be, those who would suffer by the
equalisation must console themselves by the reflec-
tion that they are suffering for the sake of those who
poorer and needier than themselves.

SIR R. Bern= declares that when he has got the
papers on the Royal British Bank swindle from
Mr. LIMILLATID, he will lose no time " in investi-
gating the matter," adding that if he feels
essi esinstimee to institute a criminal prosecution,
aMk Rilletanee arises entirely from the cora-
sesets oldie public press, which render a fair and
impartial trial impassible." This is in few words
mere fudge. Months ago Lord Justioe KNIGHT
Bence, in delivering judgment in that Court where
Sir It. Barium. is the leading practitioner, had de-
nounced in the moat unmitigated terms of indignation
" that thing ironically called the Royal British Bank."
Mr. LINDLATEWS admirably conducted examinations
have dragged forth the facts of the miserable
swindle into the broad light of day, enabling the
public, without comment, on the simple report of
each day's proceedings, to form their own jadgmene
on the whole of the case. Finally, Mr. Commissioner
HOLDOTD, in the singularly able judgment reported
yesterday in oar columns, has drawn up a sort of
judicial indictment, under six heads, against the
culprits. The learned Commissioner declares the
Directors to be open to one or more of these
charges:-1. Commencing business before all the
shares were subscribed for. 2. Making, declaring, and
publishing false balance-sheets. 3. Declaring
dends when no profits had been made. 4. Conspiring
to raise the prioe of the shares of the company by
illegal means. 5. Conspiring, when in a state of insol-
vency,to obtain a supplemental charter. 6. Making
repeated gross misapplications of the funds of the
bank by large loans to the directors, &c. Such are
the heeds of Mr. Commissioner 1101.110TWS indict-
ment. Is the judgment of the learned Commissioner
" one of the reports and statements appearing in the
public newspapers" which inspire Sir It. Ihrrvticc
with so great a reluctance to institute a prceeentionf
No doubt the offence for which alone the law in its
present state affords a remedy is " ill-defined and
elastic"—no doubt the law must be forthwith altered
the better to meet this scandalous clam of public
wrongs ; but Sir R. BETHELL will be inexcusable if
he does not exert to the very uttermost the confess-
edly inadequate powers with which the law arms
him, for the terror at least, if not for the adequate
punishment, of these notorious evil-doers.

TEE PklgeS OP VALES IN Till LAZE
DIiT2ICT.

(Prop the Wistmortieied Gemetk.)
Hi. Royal Bigamous the Prince al Wales hr
bees *king • then stay is Craves. The prima arrived at
Lade* &dunk, evens( by the Groat Nos:hems Railway,
eel than proceeded to Bolas Abbey. The party arrived
beams eight sad she eat* la the evesiag, and put up at
the Denallke Noah Os lady, the prism eanded
divine sinks is the Abbot. Oa Monday, after *plebe
sone nth' teesidee One locality, lie Royal Messer and
kinds took this aperture de Skins& moos after soca, and
theme proasedsd by the RAO trail as the NorthWashen
Ream to laneester, a rota der Windersese.
Hie met hisitseets presesce is the Meta had area est,
end esselenside oniony wee stesilseted at Omahas by
the peemegen. The pay Hen proceeded en the insal
awl Winanmen Tars bang so thongs at maw at
Mead the myth vie* moped the hempectles
otherwise have bees bestowed open hie.
Os arrive, st the Wearer* cetera, the whoa sift
eerieder of WRent Risineas Colonel C.newilth, lan
Dr.
Aiming, 7 W. I. Gibbs, Rag., tutor, Mo.=es
set of es be et ilk Cheat Weed), • ewes; slid two *
issiete to Minn% mad took top Mt
trawl* at the Boyd ledi,_withen dm ang imam Mel
&spay woe so dietimpishal is Ink letb it wee set Iste
bean suspkbee wee sliest dist wawa one higher
grade ties *al wee a god at the Rey*, end *ay
an
the meow goatee* put le wise bralaw*. to an est
the truth of tho rumwor, sad se wrier was maw at dr
*ewers in order to ends • area *ply, the esseiderele
landlord judging it Ned Indent, far the onthen el Me
guest to hasp hr moPi Menem se Ithek se pomade
wog.' during lie ottip, bat it wssiz=le keep the
arrival qui* • sweet. Ms royal was wore •
grey on, trove satedsg jacket, paid Owens, teak
• money et the
ensvillene, and • walk * doomat the
la* ere ev& and eke wane' sane able
Iselin, s
he, st Ma. *themes Barer, If istendisg to
bass a with. Wllliellan Millie es de lacy but the geed
pupa of Bowser wee dieepailel el • better sontelsb•
are with bia royal Mgr= cry Me mosnstsil departuns Is
the scesiag. Beale thin however, Me myth Winne he-
asured Amines& newens with • WM, who he pur-
ebred swath thue, aid cried away uwatiews then the
spear* esitedise The prn thas leek Mae de-
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re el the ant. The boat blesetertla will be sada es
the den Wei will the primes lathers and erne ha
de Mudd Nertaay.)
At las Widee=seees side min Moos the Royal
Mai) sail Janes Rehires (guide) wen *thug the anon
et puny. The ptisse wealingwowig *my this
ha the Anakelk Rya' *I ether
es▪
edeasele peon to Ononeek drug up their suet* for
the sight st lbws 's Lein Ida It au isteudos al the
reaulOy to skit the other pent et the dideid way of
thewliall
to Parith. Tim royal vithinellswillgateseesciLiretilt line wea:
tber, they men urn- the ennuelies sni
=lis erg Wen nen stathedies et the
11 end *mode dem* at the Lae sad
moue** seems of Windermere The pease travels
is the strictest privacy, mad takes Ms est is the
ordinary train without eves reservior.:=lson, so
that la nay reran recogsition. A vales us
a good authority that Ws royal bellases, whit is see at
bie rambles at Gissesere, one Reap link et amp that was
quietly grazing ; the seveity et the scan Yawed hie to
raise these about, but bag eseght ta the set by " Oer
Dan," hie ems WO roil with " Noo, thes,
pull gate own; aestayer lusell, by wien=ngalt
sheep. l'se be d ye, setwelprtiOnset." Os 1. g
told who ehe err she saletedly "
aren't ohs he le, ke's ses to at sleeps"

LEGAL NEWS.

(From the Solicitors' leesneal.)
The present main tif parliament, titbit* Baby
to be of short derails% win, we bare, be rind by
the introduction of nay most Impend emerrre of
law reform. It Is MI thee the memillen whY wee
unanimously am" by the Near d Cam=
ti
February last, reenerrams the aerates d •
serrate and idegonen 6sparnmene of Milmik bee
received, during the runt wird= marki y tr.
general deny, the mart emir andridell of Or
government WeewriWMdsMtagrwhdwMOM
to be Mirk wilikedly, rata nem* M eddy andi saw
thpermant tinier* Monet to yearned by dr
niserepeemmil. mai fle aria Mere will be se M-
ins —The Led Clemseller far the them him A M eie
Mew the widen ear reepisel ben of the new dimenent
of Ink, eal ein genie it a ammdtke of the Poky
Oar" le he armed of the Led Peeddrit d the Orr
eill, r err morn rehire' the kw bemb nil r-
idges, prelably the majority of theme at pemeg ens&
trig dr. Mel corarettes. To this emelara airy
pmelleney of the Ltd Cronin am nine of Min
IA be hand Os wayarthis d the dell awl
Mid joeignainee of the eserry, all guar
nay its radehrdea by erring tamati la
minks, Mt It
be two riderrasterke d
lithm," It the apertment-e
we charged with
the ellrilliMAlNS of dun, set the otter of cr.
Wed inlet Thom alkide will be miteed by
• ereprent legal re 4 time will be eadusirly
Maid to the brim d their rempectlre brioche'.
They sriU have Mail lid UMW Judialel etatisters,
and to revise, ender Ihe oriel of the caor=ti e,
et- mat lentelation; each as It dine the Moen under
Ito charge. It will be their My eke OD pant out
errs er ahre it the aluildrtha d the dew, and
engpmet uppeepises reendit, We bare Ott m-
an* ell be rkpled in menden dim the ilopert-
rat, by Mr the lege mass of ear meld sad
reemeted or riptide kw will be emellidril sad
syskertiodly erre** Bet this poet d r gland
NM yet of cores Mead r sum nom, mar the
come which parlimat will odor on emadthrtha
the ern of the min eseriire at the rale sal Legman
of legielatin lf a mantra rind by is Morel the
hem, be appointed for the purpose of redig wren
kgbirron, en of Melly or Windy erwarilielag our
Mate law, we resume tbst the burr of the sew Mort-
rent of justice will be waned tether is the anew of
legieletka, than to Ito lamer end Isegrga It is mho
Mend that the amass shell sit r a Coln of
Apra, to her eel Mar orbarod ores is gunk=
d bet, la via& there k at reser no appal The edbet
would be to ettratre Midst invedigetion fer the ',-
gustily leer MI uncertain, and always secret smi kasper
able, rater sow existing, which, in prat of anir men
ma the Sear theseteryerbrive jaiirka Ltpsuler
sibring Nth en MO. mai kern imelintlingrelidi le
met be meg 'HMO en pail Ulla It daderp. This
ylnorsing ar
prendy, es iwilked* row
renthdiste Mho engratethyadMen Iteweilethe rpm
ri lamenreknee el the .rimer ill ea rYhMad bud
anirr ef the Odin, the nail reds* moggling, e,
et ea emit ifrepware lila mak the Led Cheredhe es
the bed of the Mr. It nmenert, the reepellisa el •
rinlyb drain engurviden, hr milky Mann-
ern* Minn Readily, mai hourighema-nee err
pn* Mame& mad which has Ma burl of air*
Ink. to the jurisprudence and judicial eindthiethr el
anthislill Europe.
Tin bill to render criminal fraudulent trader of
SM. M is said, proposes to extend the definition d bw
erg se ea to Mr tir fraudulent conversion of lesee-
peeper a rtholawassrar. To raven • multitude
petioldiNS whir mien be instituted from ignores
or tinir or from the Over Ogee a disappointment
of mirk it trust, f mar that so pentane Mil
be Mitred der Mid Ip *judge dam al the sisprfor
girls,lN by the Niksrpthewaral The rum nil dell
dtheaseler der d treleme-t it, the diner amil siliree
el kthededi wapedra, ni erepeep in In Mein
Ire empreenknee Mr rides fa serer be sal fie
hineadindui berlithr r parr of deceiving the public,
drl mho be adehrenstir

LETTING MUZAK' TALE ITS COI7ISE.
(From the Exaasieter.)
John Blackwell, a shoemaker at Wokiogham,
evinced unmistMeable signs of religious madness, and it
wee feared that he would do some violence to himself or
to ethers. The parish authorities la this case were in
no leery to put Blackwell wider restraint. No, they
mum the madam to be watched, and, pending the
completion of the kerns for treating him as a pauper lunatic,
they employ an isolateusta man named Rance to deep with
the denseness lunatic. Blackwell does not lose time like
the parish enthesities, but murders Rance the fret night,
taking him for the devil. loch is the consequence of dilatory
forms when the quick mischief of mania= to be dealt with.
Stephen Fox, a mechanic of Canterbury, tells his friend
gamed Gurney that be has been deceived in Miss Hadley,
end mks Gamey whether upon his oath he can keep •
secret. Upon an answer hi the alternative, Fox produces a
pistol loaded, as he says, with ball. He also exbibits fen
bullets, observing—. if this (the loaded pistol) won't do for
His Hadley, the other FOOT shall, before I go to bed this
night." Germ's coal comment en this diabolical declara-
tion must be liven in Me own weeds
" 'Don't do that, but come Mum with me to my house
while I have a weak.' He did so. I told him then that we
would go to the Cambridge Arms, to this room. While he
was there I told my wife to go and tell Mee. Hadley what
had taken piece. Fox and myself than came to this room,
and had some refreshment, Fox having a bottle of ginger-
beer, and myself • pint of porter. While we wen thinking
it I inkEto What a shoct'ug thing it would be for you
to take the pads, women's If. away, for you would bo cure
to get Lung be it.' Ile replied, do not care •d—
about being hang upon • scaffold, any more than I do of
shooting bee.' "
The mother, thus apprised of the danger, goes to the pollee
and riatos what she has learnt, and her belief that het
daughter's life la he Mager. The Merge that Fox be
ad
=behest him, and with the design of killing Him Halm
is taken, sad a constable to seat with the mother to prevent
mischief. On the way another pa/iceman joins them. The
party meet with Fox, and the mother, reminding him thee
he has opened the desire to speak with her daughter, sem
be Mal see her if he will allow the policemen to search him.
He refuses to outwit to this condition, and says he will me
the daughter in the Morning. We copy the evidence of what
=Bowed :
" One of the policemen mid,' What have you got here ?'
Fox said, 'lt is a cigar-case,' at the same time pulling
something out of his pocket. One of the policemen arid,
We can't take b'm w:thout you gave him in chugs.' I
then said, 'Than I do Mr° bin, in charge.' Fon mid,
' What lure I been doing I' The policemen said, You
boot; red firm are hare age'n, we will take you.' FM
than left, end so did the police."
And Fox, with his deadly purpose and deadly weapon to
accomplish it, thus left free, art the poor girl deed mat
morning. tier Pte might have been saved bat for the
arimulding coedit= of these Dubin" who tell a men
charged with carry:ng deadly weapons with the }alert to
murder to be off, or, forsooth, they CU take him Hew wet
with him again. Of course the villain so worried suede the
beat and worst use of his time
The *whim= of a police °Mow, Epps, who took Foxinto
custody after the murder, Magma notice, so it manifests
sympathy with the itimeria, and the last reflection volun-
teered is indeed a sort of Whales of his Arne :
"About seven o'clock this moreingikephenFox was brought
to thestatioa-house, charged with Mooting Mary Ann Hadley.
I raked if she was dead ? They said they did not know.
On searching the mincer I found the four bellies, powder-
lath, some cape, and the letter produced, in his pocket.
White I was seerching him Guimy said, me is a bad
job, Stephen.' Fox replied, ' There were, bulleta
Wh,ile but I
hope the other two have gone through Fox
was in my custody be said he was happyend comfortable, and
he was ready to meet his feta, es Me had brought it on her-
self. They went to chapel together on Sunday last, and they
had mule it their habit to do so twice every Sunday. lie
had worked hard to get things together, end they were going
out for • holiday in June. Ho was to have seen her the nest
day, but he did. not, 'Midi exasperated hiss. On Tuesday
Levethe saw her shout ten o'clock, but did not see ber
% this morning. It was very hard ea his Inhale, 04
he had worked hard to data everything ready for them.'
Was this apologist for Fox one of the racers who the
previous night told him to be off, instead of taking him in
charge, a. it we their duty to have done •:"
And how marvellous is the tone of indifference about
sack a crime. " This is • bad job, Stephen," said the man
Gurney, who, when the intention to commit the mr -der wee
congaed to him, had merely observed, "Don't do that, tett
come home with me while I bars • wash." And when the
crime =opened has been perpeerated, about as much is Shia I
of it by this Gurney a might have been applicable to shoot-
way
leg a &le. Is the wholesome horror of - minter
aI, Gurney, let us add, had been the companpeaslnion og f
the poor girt when she wee attacked by Fox, and the mime
had ben erpetrated under his eyes which be styled so
"a-bad job." It is tree, the feelings of people of this
clam an not to be lodged by their words. But is the con-
duct better than the expreesion in this one Was the Joint.:
alter hisses fairs ever carried farther than by the two police-
officers who, instead of acting on the mothee's charge, bade
the assusio, with Ms arms for wieder upon him., "be ofir