The Express.
London, England, 1850-11-15 00:00:00

COUNTY RATER AND EXPENDITURE.

A meeting of members of boards of guardim,
coun y magistrate e. members of parliament, and oilier mi..
men, was held at Norinsoton on W ednesday, for the
of di-cawing the merits of a bill, to be iotroduoeu into pub,,,
went during the ecsuing session, for the purpose of cstahl,g,,
Log county financial boards.
rue Right Ron. Earl FITE WILLIAM was called um
to preside. His lordship szprissed bis approval of the pro,
position f Pr establishing county financial bowls, but %bourn
tnat in any legislative onto:anent esteb.ishine them it slidind
be left cp im.al for any county to adopt the plth or not; the
mode of arcertaining the wish of airy county to be decided
up by p irliament. His notion was tint them rout,
boards should consist of twills as mar y mein') es aa
were poor law uoi•n, in the kiesdom—,me-halt to be vetted
by the boards of guardians and the other half by me magis.
trate, so is bode.
Mr. ALDRED, of Rotherham, moved the first ten Ulm
" Tomt, in he opinion of this netting, improveme,ds me,
be effect, d in the mode of transactiog the !limns' batons
of co.iatie N."
W. G. FORSTER, EA., of Bradford, worded the es*

luti a.
H. DENISON, Esq.. M.P., to a long speech, entered into
a defence of tee West darling maps:racy. He adrcuteduAt
lame sums hid been expended in tri, ltiting, but
able potion of them bad been either by order of ym
sisal or under ac: of parliament. He did not met. Ley
phi. °ion to their altering the art, m, bat asserted urn els
magistracy had used every se ninny, aid cairior.ed the meet.
g asainst instituting a board which might be len couesti.
eat teen the magi,tretes had been. Tee inteura tithe
agistrete s were identical with tee interests of the rrepayne,
aid both were equally interested in having tee rates as it,
as Fineable. In conductor, he called upon tee meeting to
produce any charge ut arravegsnee,pronoun,thatit Uri
would do so. the motor should be gone into pound by pond
sod pent by penny.
G. SAND ARS, Nary, supported the views et.
pressed by Mr. D.nison.
Tee re,...do•ton on bei-g pat, was carried rm. con.
Mr. W. J. FOX, of Thorne, proposed tee next y, lutin
'• Teat an elvar.ageons change would be effects/ by the
.blilhosoot of county financial and sdaninicrative hoard;
°roast cue-halt of ratepayers cud the other belt of mans
tee:re—one ratepayer to b, chosen by ease board of getr.
disue in each county, and vie outer half of the hoer, to
selected by the general body of in,gistrates oat of their out

S r. NICHOLSON, of Selby, wooded the resolution.
A very brig and ....sultory converse in took piece o the
point whether one of the deputation from Lincishire stttold
, be allowed to epeak iu support of the frit/ :aloe, and tnr the
rame of giving ie.!. .rind ion to the nutting. In the end,
gr. PIXON, of Rotherham, rose to supply the piste
which some wished Mr. Roberts, of Rochdale. to R.I. • If,
rapt.. el at great lengli to the statements of Mr. Dealsee,
sad wed that even in the W. at Ilidiag au araersdlarst
might be elle cud.
The reselwion was carried unanimously.
Mr. ThooN moved, and Mr. CARt.LEY frennded, tie
foloWirg Teat tacit Btl4lll Of 0101trit,111 is
this Riding be requist.d to adopt mtmorials to Sr ores
Orr,. urging upon the government the intreduo iou e,t n ba
tart) lug out the arrangem. nt of • more popular rue
in the administration 01 cou..ty finance, so as tee veto., flis
infrodueing an adequate repreaentation of the ra•epeyers at
a pri. ciple in the administration of county Sa mt.
Agreed to.
Votes of thanks were then given to Mr. Den!ron George
Sandals, and the chairman, and the meeting broke sp.

SUICIDE OF MR. PENNINGTON, LATE or TOE
TiIaiLIVIIT:It is with et ep refire% we hays to a.nne et
th =lac/holy suicide of Mr.Per.ningt.rn (a gentleioan was
to Wien years past has filled highly imp rr:ent (Ace, ie
her Milesty's 'fro attar• which took plea yeseertio
(Thursday) afternoon. About half-put four
p dose-constable Henry John, T 223, caute out 0, 0 sr,
Keusiugton Gore (lets the T sideno - of L ty Blessinotoci,
ue neard the report of Smarms discharged in one a A.
plantations In Hyde Pa.k, abutting on the Or 'at Vienna
roan, almost directly opposite Gore Housi. lla icemen
.ettly ran across the road and entered the park atite
small ',ticket state close to the spot, susd discovered the :a.
•ortunato g•ntlemsn lying on his heck in the p:sete
tioo, with his arms extended, and in his right WI
was groped tiibtly a double barrelled pistol, or.: of
the barrels of which had just been disehurel, and on the
lot k of the other barrel was a perenseiao cap, and the
look was cocked. Tire unfortunate gentleman was Una
still breathing, a motion of the lips and m un bane
%wetly perceptible for five or six munies, wi.. a be i.ppeurl
to expire. Iu less than ten minutes after the fatal Oct osi
ban conatuitted, Folic, Sergeant Dail, T 20 came up, sad
was tolliwed by Mr. Homey, surgeon, at K..ightstaidm
who happening to be near the place, heard ail the ectuerene
and examined the body, which was lying at the root of ahr
tree, and found that the deceased tad shot himself throat
the right temple, and that the bad had passed out at
the hack of the bead, where the brains were to.
uding. On the ground was a large pool of Wood.
lionuey pronounced the deceased to be quilt deed.
P.dieeseatt 209 A, on duty in the park, then cane up, sods
stretcher was procured from the T etatiiin but e, Chtode
Court, adjoining ILecsibgton Church, and the body been;
been placed on at was removed to the eteidence of Er.
8, readbow, tobacconist, beadle of the out-ward of th min
of So. Margaret's, Weieeminater, opposite lioirtl.nbrles
barracks, who immediately had it placed in toe dead hi...,
of the parish in Rose and Crown-yard, eeijoinine Os
house. The clothes of the deceased gentlemen wire Um
searched, and in bar pockets were found a silver Seem
watch with a gold guard chain, and a silver Brameh k y
laehi..l, a gold toothpick, three cambrick handheld:Vl
malted " S. J. P. " a sovereign purse, a blue silk purse, al
9.. in silver. Also a card cue, in which were two cos,
with the name, " Mr. Pennington, No. 20, Cumberni.
street, Portman-square." Mr. Spreadbow nom. eiaii.l
proceeded to that admit, and inquired if that genthint
war absent from home, and was inieresed that he was. lit
then showed one of his cards and the cud c est, WO Lb .0
id i ntified u belonging to deceased. Subsequently de
butler in the family came to Knightsbridge, and ideatin
the body as that ot his mater. It appears that Mr.Penniegia
hail a fit about a month since, from the a fleets of white b
had scarcely recovered, and about a fortnight *Mee he bib
'aligned his situation. lie L 11•1 left his house strut half-pie
2 o'clock in the afternoon, to takis a walk with a &Deus
and returned home in about an hour. &wetly aftermath
he again went out alone, saying he would take another wait
The butler states that he had never before seen the dusk
barrelied pistol, and new powder flask containing porder,eal
32 bullet* wrapped in a piece of brown paper toned tips
deceased. The body awaits a coroner's inquest.
PATENT LAW REFORM.—PUBLIC MEETING.-14
evening a second public meeting wis reld at Baldest
Hall, Waterlooeroad, to take into further conetleraiin air
injurious tendency of the patent laws, and to adopt memo
to effect their repeaL Mr. J ieeph Beer, who was mild C
the Chair, pointed out the disadvantages an English invest*
labours under as compared with an American Tire
feae
could get a potent for his own countrywhat •
Englishman had to pay near 3501 for a patent for 00
Britain and Ireland. The consequence 114 that net)
inventors in Euglaud
relations at all. The inventor got nothing for te
ingenuity, and the public were deprived of the hoe
fit they might have derived from it. Mimi:hunt
Inc the great discoveries which had been made
science, he believed there were many more yet to be sin,
which would tend to the welfare of mankind, sod the it
coneequence of the 'peeled of education these disown/
would be made ; but it was not to be espeeted Olt MI
would be made known unleu the discoverers were pliant'
a position that they could secure to themselves corapensa!
far the exorcise of their ingenuity. Mr. Dobbs moved
flirt resolution, to the effect that the present patent
1105 4
calculated to frustrate in a great no, VON h.
tie promoters of the great exhibition of 1101, and N W
courage the exercise of inventive genius by working II?
The exhibition, he said, to be useful must hove smell
novel in it—something that the world 110
sire
seen before ; bat what working man would "'',
a model of a new machine if other Persons
so be at liberty, as they would be it the
fT
sent patent laws coietinued in force, to copy the inres,..!
and take out a patent for it. Mr. Brown seconded, silf!
resolution, which was also supported by Mr. Ames,
passed. Mr. Scott moved the second resolution for the rr.
tion of a memorial to the Queen, settieg forth the evils 01,77
present patent laws and praying for their ameeelmes'ol ;1
Sidney said sines this question was first WWI; y 1
made great progress, and there was now no do_
within a short period a material reform would be effe'
lei d
the patent laws. He saw the other day In
shls de
an interview between several gentlemen
imam ,
matter and Si, George Grey and Mr. Labouchee,:e!us!o,
Campion, who was a patent agent, threw out an
that he would be satiefied if the coat were reduced min.
401. He (Mr. Sidney) believed that nob an h!!".ro
would be useful to a small capitalise. but it would 7'..4
fe
use whatever to a working man. What was warted
that the working man should be able to samara to,
the pre.fits of hie invention by the outlay of a wes en
In order to effect such an alteration as this winkef_M,
should bestir themselves. This was no new COL ,!:`,,;
years ago the evils of the pewit laws were brnegu
the public, but there was then so echo. Now, ho to
token up by the press, aid he found that is the Datif pas
and in al other newspapers excellent ardeles
wt.° 0
written against those lawn. The resolution to
VALUABLE and the meetiog se per•ted. fidennil ht.
ported
dinmilitary caGrflUntotthledatloutte;TaLt
been offered by the major of a lancer reglincrit,;__.o.
quartered ken, for the purchase of the lieutenant!! 7",,,
and refused after two days' deliberation. The hhila,
ever given for the parohal• of a step was, we believe ro'''
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