The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-14 00:00:00

THE DUTY ON FOREIGN BOOKS.

TO TEI EDITOE OP THE ZIPANSI.

duty levied on foreign boob is said to
produce about 8,0001. a year. To mire this trifling amount,
every one of our volumes of Greek and Latin Classics is
made to oontribate frein 3s. to de., being a tax of no lees than
60, and in some instances more than 70, per cent. on the se*
vase of the becks, and acting very nearly like a prohibition.
We beg leave to give you this single Instance in favour of
free trade in books.

We sae, six, your wet obedient servants,
DIDOT and Co.
21, King Wi4'isa•etreet, Strand, London, Feb. 13.

THE ST. PANCRAS FREEHOLD SOCIETY have just
completed their Arse purebas3 of land in the vicinity of
Mentish-town, and will shortly give • nub*r of allotments
to its mouben, and greatly increase the county franchite.
EQUALISATION or POOR RATES IN Tag Wm
LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday evening a ma= of the pa.
rishioaus of St. Andrew**, Holbses, was la the in-
quest room to eensider • propoitios Vast fee the mime of
@salamis*, and hemline hob Ise the relief et the pem,
the several perishes In time aaisa should be amiikeed one
parish under the provisions of the Aet 4 & 5 Wm. IV. e. 76.
Mr. Churchwarden Wade took the chair,—Mr. Johnson
said the object was to relieve the parish of St. Andrew's
from the heavy and tongue' pressure of the poor rates. Now
each parish was compelled to oontributo according to the
scabsr of its own poor. 'The effect of this system was that
in St. Andrew's, a poor parisb, the average quarterly rate
was 144., whilst is St. Bride's it was 104., and
in Bt. lhanstan's only 6d. in the pound. The total
cushy of paupers receiving outdoor la the union was
3,000 ; of three, owing to local
over which the ratepayers had so control, oneldltlluularaMeand
settlements in St. Andrew's. Then, with regard to the
present system of settlements, it was • source of continual
expense to the onion and of 'intorno. to the guardians,
whilst it materially interfered with the proper relief of the
poor. He anticipated that if this. measure should be adopted,
its effect would be KO to simplify the management if the
affairs of the waist, a. to allow of a oentiderable reduction of
expeaditare. Beselotions were adopted to the effect that it
was desirable seeps should be forthwith taken to procure an
equal emir not three/nom the whole of the anises.

hirts.ssnx PIISON. The inspectors of this
rhos have imesd their report for the 15 maths between
the Ist of Jimmy, 1848, and the let of April, 1849, by
which it that the total number et prisoners during
that was 6,285, kis 049 male, and 717 females,
and t the daily avenge emaUr was 1,113 nudes and 134
finale& The meet armain e• smeltery condition of
the whoa le deddelly imloworalk. Is the Wintery,
during tie MOM than have bees 1,607 wales, or
aboat 9.35 per met of the daily avenge number of male
envies; sad 191 heel" or 20.40 per teat. of the daily
ammo amber. The mortality among the aisles has hese
93, mad um the harks 4; bat quite • third of these
eases ie ettrihomble te drake Misuse, aid • large moiety
of the rensieder is dee to sphilisdes, midi as choler% hoer,
sett iris**. There hove bees 12 &Mk by eitehes. aad
20 by bwe The impede% the` sesehrke the
heti. esosits ite esesisies t rhealthisess si the
Eigh
le Mhe imbed, we emy shelties of it
naked
hot Ike s done of pelory, whisk has
l
doom ether wiehlishmosts to Mins* or
besi pima= ehr_t_stidested with dhow mod
oormogi fo et epidemics is tie
neteepelb. Oh atirlpeCCr=lag the local preveleaos
of Meg, the.tpausetes lad kW, while on a inks of years,
of the osstrepelle by that disuse is
4.7.117,40 r 'lO7 lifillbsak it is 8 6 The market of ths
has bilk is peons' pod ; 'their set esralage have
blot ANIL, sad the es peaftire for the whole period
mesa to 011,9961.
AU lit SOIITHWARX. Yesterday =Ol4
es* bun 2 o'clock, • ire broke ost in the be.
illemfecte Ifikeson, papoorAsions. Walla be Lest,
Oftliliwask. The laser wookised is the ferWliese
• speetoss heillOwLesesedisg owe kw bow"
owl was sassed se 'allows s— The orglokes IP= 6t
disaarlbethehlosedt a treat week if peperiste to
from me eithematil emieed as
aie Witte WI yokes Mw. lolls•Sy
"61a" MI6 Oiler pima
riptpler. , aril the esseespewee INN Is hie this iv*
soksess the speller Sew possemell ema imesee sheet of
Ima. The melees of the welds losies kiosk, sad West
tegfile4ltanieboloziaostotfocjoLtllo draw* hap
satil die
te---Vtice—stesit 411181W.T01l Ile robber
wry Noise* buss&