The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-06 00:00:00

GREECE.

A telegraphic despatch, transmitted from Trieste to
the Austrian cabinet, contains intelligence from
Athens of the 23rd of April. The cancerences
between Baron Gros and Mr. Wyse continued. The
former had b :en unable is several conferences to come
to an understanding with Mr. Wyse u to the basis
of the propositions which he should offer to the
Greek government. On the 22nd he delivered to Mr.
Wyse a note ludo' ng a project which app need to
him to be one t 3 which all parties might consent,
and requested that the British Ambassador, in case of
declining to accept the same, would transmit it to
London. Mr. Wyse declined both alternatives. A
sharp encounter between the crew of a Turkish
steamer and pirates has just occurred off the coast
of Syria, in which some of-the latter were captured.

PORTUGAL—As announced in a portion of Satur-
day's impression of the Express, the Oriental C
pany's steam-packet Iberia, Captain C. F. Burney, ar-
rived at Southampton on that day, and landed her mail.
under the charge of Lieut. Wm. Perss2Newenham,
R N., Admiralty agent. Ihr dates are : Gibraltar,
26th ; Cadiz, 27th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto, 30th ;
Vigo, 30th. There is no news of interest.

NHL SUMNER AND THE REGISTRARSHIP
OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CANTERBURY.

chimney there is perfectly free from smoke."
It was Na; while some of the neighbouring
tall chimneys were vomiting forth awful clouds of
dense black fuliginons matter. " Have you taken out
a patent for your invention ?" "Ni," replied the in-
ventor," we retain no interest in the matter. I ex-
plain it to every one that wishes to imitate us. Our
plan is not yet perfect, as you shall see. Here, Gee-
gery, make up your Bra: The stoker began to
throw fresh coals into the three huge furnaces, when
a darker curteut of sir began to issue teen the chim-
, eey ; but it was, at worst, very far from presenting
that thick and opaque blackness which continued to
issue steadily from its fellows. In a few minutes this
slight c.louring disappeared, and the heated air-cur-
rent came out as transparent as Mere. The advan-
tages of such a decrease of the smoke
nuisance as they have actually attained to at the
Chorlton-mills seemed to me so important as to warrant
farther inquiries on the subject. "Pr ,y, sir," I asked,
"was this improvement of sours a sudden thougt.t or
the meet et long continued experiments ?" " The
latter. I spent a good deal of time and a good round
sum cf money, before I was satisfied. I am one of
those who believe ' in the phil.anphy rf enn.m,m
things : there is a gcod deal of chemistry in a eel, of
coal, and of science in a fire-hole Ike that which
Gregory is shovelling iete. I was quite sure, from
the nature of a piece of coal, that the gases might be
separated and consumed. But the questien that I had
to resolve, was not only a question a science but one
also of cost. Expensive improvements are of little
use. People will never adopt them unless compelled
by legit enactments • and then there is a con-
tinual struggle to evade the spirit of the law with-
out violating is letter. Fortunately, we know
that on the whole Providence hca se arraneel Were,
that the best arrangements cf the materials of ir e us-
try are in the end the rn st beneficial to those who
mike them. I wanted to show that in consuming our
smoke, we not only helped to preserve the public
health of our neighbourhood, but also economised
power. I have succeeded. The smoke-burning at
thee.: miffs alone saves us from five to six tons of coal
per week." Three hundred tons a year! This is
an argument in favour of smoke consumption which
no one can gainsay. Sentiment and philanthropy are
each very fine ; but a reason in the share of a com-
mercial advantage is a thousand time more convinc.
irg. Three hundred tons of coal cost a hundred and
fifty pounds—and a huadred and fifty ponnis wet
pay the income tax on between five and six thousaLd
a year ! Men indifferent to the public health may
nevertheless begin to burn their own sm,.ke whea
they find it will enable them to never the loss
which they sustain by the income tax.
Leaving this engine yard. we now enter the m:11,
a door is thrown open and we step into a 'mils equine
room which appears to lead no whither; bat wait
the signal "all right" the master touches a roes:, and
we begin to ascend as in the Colosseum in l gents-
park. These most convenient ascents pre now he-
coming very common; nut only or. facteties, bat in
warehouses like% ise. The late Sir Teurnais Putter
was, I think, the first to introduce one into le. 71144.
nificent warehouse in George-street; aid many of
your readers will remember the inures: thes e xt::tta
in the picturesque and wonder-loving mind of leer
Kolb, the famous German traveller, sum- tee vests
ago. In a few se ceLds the msceine stops ; the
on which we stand adjusts itself to a Lew love!. id
we walk into the highest room or story in the butt.!.::;.
Erected 40 years since the Chorlton elels are th-
ready considered old. Toe machinery is Les reteer
out of date, and the " numbers" revtaro:ere: :.re
coarse, so that, en the whole, an lair:eater
prep fired to find no very favourable -pteelieu c t a
Macchester mill here. In some respects, flowerer. he
would be agreeably disappointed in these ex pee t t toe s.
Out of rather intractable materials the Nee ris
have contrived to make—not a paradese of industry—
but a workshop for their
_people worthy of ti.e
strangers' best attention. For example : It: goc
' through the various rooms the visitor cum., c
which seems to him pecuhariy disagreeble,
very hot, very el ere, almost dark.
is low, the atmosphere full of p.rti:
ton fibre; and the reigning pea tume eeestlee
of any thing but Araby the Blessed. Th. Idea at
once occurred to me, "Dais must be your peteater y ;
This is screly the room in which you etieley ccur
condemned." "Just the reverse," said the mast, r,
"this is our best mem. All our choice hate's or.
here. We promote them to it for skill and g
conduct."—" But pray tell me the reason o: .
curious tact ?" "You see, the room stauds ors r
boiler-house. A moist warm atmosphere is tee
most favourable to the ince:eases of m nufacture :
bands can consequently produce better work, ate:
obtain better wages."—" Do they not, however. r
in health ?' "No, not much, if at all. Foi me y
this room was very much worse than it is ore.
Small as it is, we have spent mete than a horn'.:. 1
pounds in ventilating it.' Yon will see from ti. s.
Mr. Editor, how complex are the interests of
workman ; and how far from simple any plat-, tee-
be which pretends to regulate those interests as ..-
tween employer and employed. It would be e asy
' enough to purify the Medlock by stor ping aln.
works ; bat would anybcdy besides the legislator
satisfied with the change ?
At these. mills I found considerable diff-rete :
opinion as to the working of the recont fi:etery
I They work ten hours a day it. all. The masters ae,
strongly opposed to the relay system ; and, (rota
that I can learn, it seems likely to be attended e
doubtful or disastrous consequences wherever i: •:e
tried in a large town. In a rural district, where the :e
are few beer-houses, and fewer idle and dissolete
fellows dawdling alnut, ready to seduce the hate-.
it is far 1: ss dangerous, even if dangerous at all. le:
Messrs. Morris are in favour of an eleven hour hi... is
I a compromise which they think would conciliate
I interests, and meet nearly all the wants of the ea--
Some of the workmen are also in favour of terve:,
hours: others are violently opposed to any alieia.l •••
of the present term cf labour (ten hours); bat tee
majority of those I spoke with were net content vet:.
ten hours work and ten hours wag. s. Ihey Lea:
all wished to have more money at the week's end :
rather than continue definitively to receive their pr,
sent wages, they would be willing to accept the a,td.-
tional hour. These are the results of my itquiries oe
this point.
On the whole, the workpcop!e in these mills sc.:::
clean, healthy and contented. The number of y
women is very great, and many of these are extreme
nice in their manners and appearance: nut so lady
as the girls in Lowell are described to be, but ate. as
comely in their person and as welt-behaved as yo.:!
women of their class ate found to be in any part -;
this country. Their hair is generally nicely arranged
—braids and curia are common—and you see .;:
glance that, in each fair ones own opinion at lee
they have charms deserving of culture.
1 have mentioned that the present proprietors e
the Chorlton Mills have expended upwards o;
hundred pounds in improvicg the ventilation et o:
small work-room. This is not an isolated instar
Mr. David Morris has a sort of genius for this e.ei
of improvement. Thus, in the card-room—one of :7,
most dusty and disagreeable reeeLs iu a factory
has set up a fan, at a considerable cost, which eatess
off the floating fibres and particles of dust with sh
the atmosphere is loaded, and by casting forth
tinual current of heated air preserves a e
temperature, and a purer and cooler atmese::.:
in the room. In this case, as in that of the
consumption, a money gain is the reward et .
spirited inventor. The hands do mow work. .tel
better. They get more wages, and he gets more
on their work,
1 have several other things to tell you abet': tie-,
Chorlton Mills, but must reserve them for attettti
letter. W. It. P.

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The HIBERNIA, Captain Lang, sailed from I.'.
pool on Saturday, for Halifax and Boston.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUSISTANCF..—On Friday t
th. bo of n unmarried woman named heel C.
u.o,
in the Ady shtoan Canal, New too, near •
stances which eres.cd strong suspicion that *he ha I
murdered. She had left her home about a fortrogto •
stating that she was going to meet a in‘ chauic
van, who had paid has addresses to her for about •
months. She wrs seen ne more of, and when taLen
the canal one of her arms was broken, larr
bruised, and 'eyeful of her ribs were terribly tractor:
at the inquest, held on Sa,urday, the surgeons
make a post mufti= examination reported that they
trace of blood having flowed from the wound, 111','U'
person, and the injuries might 'aye been Soda 1,1
death. There was no reason to suppose the d, cc"'`
committed suicide, for she had been cheerful up t.•
moment, when she was sten walking with Sub.' .1
night before she was aniseed near the part vt the c.11.a,
her body was found, but Sullivan denies that he
on the night she last left home. There was no es
contradict him, and the jury returned en open I,t•
" Yound drowned."