The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-18 00:00:00

Yesterday the aasiversary festival of this instils-
don took place at the Froneason'e Turn, Oreat Queen-
street, Li• cls'o-inn. holds. Mr. Jus ica TALPOVID in the
"hair, supported by the Holaian Minister. the Hon. Edmund
Phipps, the Hun E H. Saint's. N the Hon. Charlie
Haroinge. B.r Elward Newt, It'r Juke Davis, Ban., Sir
Tissue Phillip, Sir J. E. Tenser, Sir R. Peel Jodrell,
Bart., Mr. Joseph Napier, M P , Mr. Junto Wyld, N P..
Major Hubert It !etude'', C.B , Major Rawlins:li, C. 8., Sir
Henry Ellis, Mr. 0 P. R James, Mr. Robert Bill. Mr.
Ours" Cruikehank, Mr. Emicaus Wilson, Mr. Davis, store-
tary if the United States letation, Dr. Mackay, Mr. W.
Tooke F li.A , Mr. John Britton, VILA., Mr. Our.*
Godwin, F.& S olke.
The usual loyal tomes having bean dieposed of, the chair-
men proposed *. The Church," and the Rev. Henry Alford
returned Uteri's., Tie seat toast was that of tt The Army
awl Navy," Is moan's' whirls the chairman ellod"1, la
very staplioseetsry terms, to the gallant' canduct of Major
Ittrrarlts ■ the wan of the Penjaub.
Major RDWARDRS, in rotundas thank', sill he could
sot camas the tumor of bearing her Majesty's commission ;
bet he had entainly had th• high gratifiestina of serving
Is two desperate eampaigas is India—the first and
Sikh wars; and he was proud to bee• witness, helote this
gnat amenably, that a army in the world c nid h.ve
played greater bravery than was inhibited by her MO sty.
troops is those memorable battle, to which he had alluded.
Me imperial's had taught him that, although the ensile ot
mass sew imaatrise might be larger In point rf
members, there "me so army in the wort: which
had been brought to such blob perfection as the
army of Ritland. He caul., oat help thinking
that those who expressed the opinion that the standing
army of this country win too large were mistakes, for he
thought the Numbers wen not more than sniffier nt to show
that England was well protected easiest aggression He
said this, not as • soldier spct.king for his cloth, but as a
soldier speaking for his country. Having said t• cs much
is favour of the British army, be might be allowed to make
as observation respectirg the army in which he had the
bonito of tarring. The army of India was entitled to so
small than of the credit due to the troops whose valour had
raeinuised the British pout miens is the East.
The CHAIRMAN, in reopening prosperity to the Royal
Literary Furl, said that twit objects were kept constantly
is view by those who edmin stared the affairs of the charity,
iris —the rigid restriction of its fonds to cues in which
adversity was associated with honest merit, an I the desire
not I. sailed mere temporary relief, but, as far as possible, to
supply substantial and permanent comfort. There could be
no doubt that such meraraiuus objects as these were well
duetting of public supdort, and he trusted that all present
would exert themselves towards increasing the funds of this
excel lent tostrution. The learned chairman tit:eluded •
very eloqiient address by an appeal to the sympathies of
thou who formed a just apprecialiiin of the beauties and ad-
vantages of literature.
The toset having bun most warmly responded to,
The SECRETARY read a report, setting forth the object
of the society, and the ant-iunt of grants awarded for the re-
lic of authors, their widows aad orphans du:ing the past
year.
The chairman's health we, then prepared by Mr. G. P. R
Jaitta, end was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN afterwards gave " The He.ith of the
Belgian Minister,- stating that be was happy to inform the
eumpaay tint his excellency had kindly promised to preside
at Ina next anniversary festival of the it.stilstion.
The BELGIAN MINISTER, in returniig thanks. said
be had al.:eye telt a pride in identif)ing himself as much as
possible with the institutions of this pre it sour try ; and he
fel: it a high honour in being requested Yoo fill the position of
chairman at the next meeting of this society.
ValiOnl oth.r toasts were then drunk in suer isbn.
amongst which wen" The Hon. B. Phipps and the 8.,.-
['sphere," " Mr. Robert Bell and the DramEu ts," "Mr.
Site, ante the Writers en Science," " Mr. Napi- r end the
Literature of Ireland," Ate. ; and at the close id tl.ll evening
it was announced that suhscripfhos bad he( n received
amounting to ;all.. including 1001. from her Msjc,ty and 20
guineas from Mr. Justice Talfourd.
The company did not separate till a late hour.

Till
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

ALLEGED MALICIOUS ATTEMPT TO FIRE
VALUABLE PItOPERTY.
MANCHESTER, Mar 17.
An extraordinary case occupied the attention of our
borough magistrates this morning. The facts came r use aryl
as application for a warrant against a person aimed Need-
ham, for attempt at arrow; bat the real arsametancee lead
to the easiclution that it was au attempt, by persons who had
become the occupants of valuable warehouse property, /.r
which they had no longer say use, to escape the limber lie.
tubty of rent by an extraorsinary crane of intimidation
men ly.
Mr. Saunders, barrister (instructed by Mr. Saunders,
ctoroey), applied for the warrant. He appeared on be-
half of Minn. Licage Clarke and Sons, manufacturers,
who were the smears of eoneidetable warehouse
property in Maley-creel. These march's... were
let oft, not in separate building., but in 11 ..TS and cow-
Nutmeats, to persons carrying on business es silk end linen
'swells's. When the warehouses were originally let, there
was a person named Hobday, who beams ter ant of the
ground fLor of the buiiding. Hobday, three or four veers
ago, retired from busies's, and then let that floor to Wood.
hews and Ward for the remainder of hie term. Woodhouse
sad Ward ewes month. ago compromised with ti sir credi-
ton, sad having then about a year and • halt of their tenarcy
unexpired sought to get releand from it. They did not
succeed in their o'ujett, though they made Hob lay an elite
of 1001., and it was then that the offence was committed
which formed the ground of the present proceedings. On
Wednesday Mr. Charles Clarks wee pawing the warehouse,
and perceiviso that the floor tweedy is the occupancy of
Woodhowe and Ward wee again mitered, he went into the
plate. He found over the doer a board. on which was
painted "Needham, Waste Dealer," and inside was a
person emptying some sacks of refuse ahem, called eettea
waste, ;sod Cling others. He asked this maw who he
worked for, and he said Needham; but he did not know
who Madinat was, nor where he lived; and in fact hie oceu-
potion, for which be had been engaged that morning, sp.
peered to have no utility is it, but to he a mere idle usu.,
ter his presence. Upon that Mr. Clarke, looklig at the
waste, and seeing that it was of an improper character to be
there—that it was saturated more than was usual, even for
waste, with oil, and was of a highly combustible and danger- I
cue destririoa, sent for a number of his own workmen sad
cleared the place, his men throwing the waste into the street.
After this, Neediest and Mr. Thos. Ward brought up a
larger force of men, 30 and upwards in number, and re.
placed the waste in the warehouse. Whilst the waste was
thu the lower ream of this pl.!, of warehousing,
knows, se it was, to be highly liable to *pouter.. on
combustion, the occupiers of the upper doors of the ',Midis',
became greatly alarmed. There was aa amount of silk and
other goods in the upper stories worth nearly 20(1,000r, or,
at least, worth more than 150,0001, and the owners toned
that not only wai their property in danger, but that if
destroyed under such circumstances the ineueascre they had'
.liectel on them would become void. The insurance sow-
petite even relined to fix any extra amount of ri.k which
could be paid to make good such insurances. That the waste
had bees placed there with a malicious purpose there could
be no qoastion. Not only was the cotter waste, as first
stated, more than **dismay saturated with oil, and almost
certain to take fire farm spontaneous cembuation, but it was
piled up against a wooden partition is the centre of the
nor, which wooden partition formed part of a well
hole, and would, in the event of combustion,
net as a flue or draft, rendering the dutrum
tiara of the entire pile of warehousing certain.
About 12 o'clock at sight lir. T. Rose, the superintendent of
the lire brigade, was induced to visit the warehouse, and on'
examining the waste, found it warm, and in a state whieh
rendered combustion probable within half an hoar, and
almost certain before the night had pseud. Mr. Roes
would show that if such wire had sot been again disown!
oat into the attest, and the building had taken fire, nothing I
could have prevented the entire destruction of the whole I
property.
lb. Coulee Clarke having been sworn, said he was a I
milkman. He had examined the Trutt, in questioa,l
and it was very bad. They could not make
waste in their own cotton mill nearly so bad
lie proved the cirewastaices of the letting of the premises
and attempt to escape from liability by Wood haste sad
Wud, as stated in Mr. Atkinasn'e opening addreas. He also
showed the valuable nature of the prop. TV in the warehouses
over the holding of Weediest's* and Ward.
Mr. Maude said he thought the evidence would not bear
nut the charge of intention to Are the premise,. It was not
Woodhoese sod Ward who put this waste in, but • man
named Needham, who followed waste-wiling as a trade.
Mr. Saunders Galled attention to the tact that this was sot
property is which each goods were smelly placed. hyp-
os*, • man had brought gaspowder here and placed the pro-
perty thus intentionally in dung .r? Yet cotton waste: was
worse. The gunpowderwould require ezrodiag, but the
oasts would take the se a matter of orrtawar of its art
letioa Would the magistrate take It as as indictable wise
de.neanour at amazes law
Mr. Meade thought net. The application suet be die.
mimed: but he was hr from saying that there was not
something behind, and whisk the .videos. did sot at present
reach, that would have rendered the parties liable to
punishment.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.
AlliTo3ll-UND/WLIIIII, Mai 17.
This morning ea swat of aextraordinary and otelanehely
dumpily+. took pima in the Farah *bursa. The Vegetable
Arctamma Rushton bell sat reel cart la the church Mr
the &dolmas of eharawardeas and sidesessa *hated at the
recent Easter vestries, and a gaud many peopla wars drawn
together in the aactioat rata is. Amongst the wardens pre-
aratiag themselves for admissica were Wee nom a chapel of