The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-14 00:00:00

FL', SBURY REFORM ASSOCINLION.

Yesterday evenin; a meeting of this aesociation
was hell a• the Birk -ei ek School Rooms, Windsor street,
Lower-mad, Islineron, Errs in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said they were met for the purpote of
drawing attention to an ohjrct in which every one must be
interested. Toe study of history showed that in order to
erjov liberty It must be plated on the ir.dividuai,which could
only be obtainei by mars of a vote, which was not now
possessed by every man in this cunzry. this, however,
wee not to be got just now, so thsy must take what the,
could get by establ.shing the forty chilling free/R.ld ; and It
we, to heer the progress this movement had made from
several friends that they bad met.
Mr. IPATLEY moved the first resclutfoil, to the effect
" That the texatiov of this country was partial and unjust,
the expenditure excessive, and the repres*n•stion imperfect,
and that the only remedy for these toils was in a complete
reform of the ions, of ecinmone."

Altar then solution had been teconded,
Mr. BEGGS adclfeseed the meeticg. No one present but
would be prepared to admit that reform of the Howe of
Commons was necessary, but, perhaps, it might be bentficiel
to look int) the history of the National Reform Aso( ciation
which cemmeneed in 1849. It was found baths previous year
that the t xpenditure of the tour tie was three mil.ionsabove
the int•oui., and the government came to ask fur an addition
XI the income tax which was released by the people, and an
inquiry lasing made into the mode in white the people's
money was spent, the National Referm Asaoeiation was
established. Blue then no lers than three milliors and a
l.alf of expenditure bad ben reduced, and a committee of
the Rouse of Commoos had been appointed to itquire into
salaries. This was not all that was wanted; there must be re-
trenchments every year ; a,d there was no ream:meek, in these
days of cheapness the people should not have cheap govern.
me:.t. There was no ?natant,e for a diminution of expenditure
unless the Howe of Commons was subjected to reform and
' was elected by every mete who wetted for his liviog bei-
permitted to bare a vote. 11,7 shoultl, itch an
went of tLe suffrage as would give to the great hulk of the
industrious classes their tail share in repreeentation. There
mast be also a Widnes la elevoral districts. The large con.
stitgeocirs were furly enough represeated, but they were
neutr limed by the small boroughs--a certain number of
small boroughs, with a constituency of 9,000, returned 50
ne.nele re, add the same number was returned by a series of
large boroughs comprising a constituency of 250,000. There
must also be the ballot, the shortening of parliaments, end
the aboilion of the absurd property qualification of mem-
ber,. These were only to be obtained by the united efforts
of the people, which had never been resisted. The Na-
tional lets 'elation was working to attain these objects
by watching carefaLy end attentively the returns of
members to parliament, and by etimulating the consti-
tuencies to attend to the registry and to get the
vie, d questit it of the compound householders put info shape.
Tree resolution was carried.

The second rcrelution, which wu to the effect that the
principles and efforts of the National Reform etescceation were
epproved by the tneetizg, and embracing a pledge that the
meeting would cooperate with that body, was prop3sed,
secot.ded, and agreed to; after which the meeting separated.

THE MAILS BETWEEN HDLTDEAD AND KINGS-
TOW N.-A correspondent, who dates his comniun:cstion,
Holyhead, Thursday, says, " That with respect to the ar-
rangement just made by the government. f r the conveyance
of the mai.s between Holyhead and Kings:own, with the
City of Dublin Steam Navigation Company, it is locked
upon as mama that tee Admiralty, after running their
Kitts in competition with the ratlw iy enmpaty! should have
transferred the entire mail service to the City of Dublin
Navigation Company, whose rouse was, till now, between
Liverpool and Dublin, thus making the mail service a di-
vided instead of a unitirm service, as soon as it 1 he
railway at Holyhead. N t having the necessary boats of
their own the City of Dublin Company have had to borrow
boats of the Admiralty in order to perform the service, while
two of the Railway Comp ny's boats, which they built in
expectation of runnit g the mails, are laid by, though they
might be used as csrgo hosts it they had only a sufficient
depth of hold. The Railway Company lately offered the
Admiralty 8,0001. for the dockyard, but the City of Dahlia
Company, it is alleged, oh • 'tined it ler 2,0001. The transfer
of the service is not liked here, as it is expected to throw a
great number out of employ. The City of Dublin Company
having their establishment at Kingstown, whereas it the
Railway Company had the mails they would have a lugs
establishment for their steam ship repairs and crews at
Holyhead.

S.CROICAL OPERATION rFON A LEOPARD.—The
chetah or hunting ito•pard, recently presented to the Zoolo-
gical Society by the Pasha of Egypt, having accidentally
broken ens of its legs during it+ gambols in the cage in which
its confined, amputation of the limb was decided on, and
the operation was skilfully performed on Monday last by
Professor Simmonds, of the Veterinary College, Camden-
town. Previous to undergoing the operation the animal was
m ode to inhale chloroform by applying to its mouth and
nostrils a sponge moistened with that liquid and fastened to
the end of a stick. Its dislike to this part of the process was
very loudly expressed ; it, however, soon fell under the in-
fluence ot the chloroform, which evidently rendered it totally
insensible to suffering, as it lay perfectly motionless and quiet
during the operation and until its removal from the operat-
ing table, and placed on some clean hay in its den, when it
speedily revived and moved about on its remaining three
legs as though nothing had occurred.
CONTINUOUS WATER ISUrrLY VERSUS FIRE.—
Respecting the annihilating properties of water, much may
be said, and will be said ; but all in vain, until the water
companies ore brought to tht it senses, and the utter aboli-
tion of domestic cisterns and water-butts is effected. With-
out the continuous supply system—till all the watet-pipes in
ell the houses and all the street. are kept always fully charged
at high pressure—conflagration never will, and never can, be
promptly put out by the agency of what the penny-a-liners
have lately taken to call the "antagonistic element." Fire
engines, if not wholly laid aside, must be only kept for ex-
ceptional cases, and the tire brigade—wi II conducted, efii-
cleat, courageous as it 6—may, come of these days, be turned
into a corps of reserve. With the mains ever charged, with
water at high service, no engines will be required. At the
first alarm of fire, the policeman pulls up the fire-plug—
which should be opporite every sixth or eighth house—fixes
the hose, and out 111104' is • cataract in two minutes. Assist-
ance arrives; ORAL of hem are made to lead from the
rows of plugs on either side, or in ether striate, and in
five minutes a deluge—and no more tire. For the 'Min-
guishing of fire, time is • most important consideration. A
few gallons of water would be effective if used at once,
where thousand. of gallons would effect little after 13 or 15
minutes had elapsed. The rr g time the Brigade erginee
take in arriving at a tire after the first alarm is 10 minutes
or • quarter of en hour, rapid as are their movements. The
parish engines are far more numerous, but always last—and
seldom of any use when they Jo come. Conceive a parish
beadle at • fire! In some towns in the north—among
others Preston, Oldham, Ashton, Bolton, Bury, and Man-
chester—the continuous water supply system has been in use
fur some time with manifest benefit to the inhabitants. The
fire-plug and jet, without engines, has, in these places,
already done great execution. Under recent improvement.,
also, the lame plans have been adopted in Hamburg ; Phi-
ladelphia and other American towns have in their wisdom
' done likewise." On one occasion, at Liverpool, • fire was
a ineui.bed by a hose which was promptly eppli,d ; •
fi e-engine arrived presently after, when the
finding the fire had been extinguished,
down, as an impertinent fellow.—
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