The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-28 00:00:00

MARCH 28, 1850.

sidled this thief— ingtimistp.- It was a hartthee—
midi lila the DOW hiThllea et land,
streagthreed theto ipl as zit* et the lion.
1 Mae assa MOO othe aew power
and the sew trade, with a ram popes,. They
brought with them the Ord elsoisats el semen—
genius for their work, fragility, the Wit of iodis-
le:7, unity of idea. Hew they ~-seeded will be
owa as I premed. Meeilreshr b the airamsat of
these owe. nil Old gamed= h hal bid
I am rid enough to rearashwe many at tier sad the
'stories of their line. Bone few of thus ase ea'
the &sheep bat for the most part tisk ash have
eseeseded them, and they have Ism atones sad
sebooh—letters and arts have changed the. hem the
blesses of their sires, and they are no logger marked
by those sharp angles and knotty points which coa-
-1 statute what people call character.
II Lastly, there are the " country manufscturen.”
These are the true sons ot the sal—they, many of
them, speak its dialect—and a rich and noble dialect
it is, full of quaint terms, and lending itesif far more
readily they model English to humorous description
and satirical play upon words—and retain all the
genuine raciness of the loiality. When the new
power came into existence, these men—slowly, at
drat, but fast enough after the more enterprising
Yorkehirensan or Lowlander had marshalled them the
way—took to it. But they dwelt on the soil—they
refused to migrate to Manchester—the Lancashire
Boman is powerfully at ached to the field in which
is born—bat they set to work in their own roman-
tic and picturesque valleys. The water-power often
obtained on their native hill-side compensated for the
extra cost in carriage to Manchester; and so they
became and have continued no unworthy rivals of the
manufacturers in town. Within a radial of twenty 1
in lee round Mancheler there an hundreds of the
mills, often lying in soft and sylvan nooks and corners
—on the bank of the Irk, the IrweU, the Medlook,
and other streams and strearalets. By and bye I
propose to conduct you along one or two of these
valleys and show you how these village magnates
speak and act at home, how they employ their
wealth, and the condition in which their numerous
workpeople exist.
You notice how silently these men go about their
business. A look, a nod, seems to do it all. There
are two thousand persons here perhaps; but the con-
versation is ooly a hum—and that is compoed prin.'
civilly of French, Italian, German, Greek, Armenian,
Hebrew sounds. With a nod, business is done to
the extent of thousands. The men of Lancashire
seldom wute their words: as Bonner said, " they
keep their breath to cool their porridge." I must
give an instance in point. Au eminent member of
parliament was waiting for the train at a station on
the Manchester and Leeds line, when, seeing a weaver
with a warp on his shoulder, he accosted him—
" How's trade with you in your line?" " Pretty
middlin'," sod the weaver; " ework's *lack, but
bread's cheap."—" Aye, bat they talk of putting the
corn law on again," returned the legislator, " and
what then ? " The wearer inked very incredulous
for a moment, and with his order's usual chariness
of words replied, " It 'ud be rough."

THE SOUTHAMPTON PORTION OF THE INDIAN
Matt.—The Oriental C.nepany's ship Ripon, arrived in
Cowes roads this morning, with the heavy portion of the
Indian Mad. The mail was landed at Southampton at
6 a.m., and despatched by the 650 cm. trsin. The Ripon
left Malta on the 16th, at 930 p an.; and Gibraltar on the
21e, at 160 p m H.M.S. GaGges, Volage, Odin, Beildog,
Medan, Antel ape, Medina, Ardent and Trion were at
Malta ; the R tesinone, Janus, and tiu op-ship Bombay were
at Gibraltar. The Ripon brings a large cargo and specie
VAIN 3,0001. ste:liog. There are 116 pas eager., amongst
whom is Lard Gifford, elder, son of the Marquis of Tweedale,
late governor of Madras.
THE PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
held their annual made( yesterday, when it appeared by
the report that the total number of polices issued was 60.5,
and the amount assured 178,3601., giving 5,3001. as the re-
venue derivable from premiums. The directors mom-
Dv tided that a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum be
d cured on the paid.up capital. The report, atter some
discussion, wee adopted.

Ow ECTS IOR TEL E BRITISH MURECM.—The trustees
bey* rteeived intormatiot of a shipment frs Boston,
United States, on board the Amelia, of two easel, contain-
lair eases of the head and lower jaw of the :auto:ion,
int«nded to be deposited in the wileetlon of the Bri!ish
1.1119,1112.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—There were on the 10th
of October last, nocoeding to a return to parliament, which
eat yesterday printed, ee many as 31 800 licensed victuallers
in England ; besides which there was 2,897,757 persons
iceceid to sell beer to be drank on tie premises, and
330,200 persons licensed to sell beer, bat not to be drunk on
it. premises.
11tOj3 ED ECllool.B.—Lord Ashley has addressed
the following letter to the Morning Chronicle :—" Sir,—
The letter from your metropolitan onr.spondent, in your
paper of yesterday, contain acme very serious reflections oa
the value and efficacy of ragged schools. Nothing but the
long and deep interest I have felt in the success of these
elf,rts to alleviate a mighty evil would have induced me to
r. quest a place in your columns for two or three °beaten-
tient.. The objectors to ragged schools demand much more
from them than ever was demanded by their a4voc ites. We
have never regardel them but as palliatives of a terrible and
maim( mischief—ask xperiments to try what can be done—
e' stone to manifest our sympathy rather than our power.
We: say that the good they have effected cannot he
stated in tables and ilium. It consists more in the preven-
tion of what would otherwise hays been enormous, than in
the positive and palpable advancement of good over evil.
We appeal to every one with the slightest knowledge of Lon-
don to state what would have been the present condition of
the metropolis had not these drone been called into opera-
tion. The scheme, beelike, of ragged schools, is incomplete
without an accompanying scheme of emigration. Wherever
this has been 'Meted, our success has far surnared our
hopes; and hundreds now in her Majesty's colonies testify,
by their condition and conduct, that however low and Mille-
cable in their twiner lives, they are far from irreclaimable.
That many should be obdurate, that many should return to
their former MUren and disappoint the hopes of their best
friends is incidental to all school., and is &Prost inevitably the
lot of our ragged establishments. The children come for daily
instruction from scenes of vim, filth, and destitution, nearly
unparalleled, and return to them every evening. They are
beset by every temptation that appetite, want of employ.
ment, and necessity can suggest ; and distress aid suffering
threaten every moment of their existence. Many fall away,
no doubt; but this only confirms what I have ever ventured
to assert, that so long as our population is permitted to con-
tinue in its present state—in its courts, alleys, and over-
I crowded dwellings, as rife wish disgusting immorality as
with disease—all effort at education is nearly vain ; the work
of mouths is undone is an hour. It Is a consolation, how-
ever, to those who have laboured, that not a few have been
saved from sin and wretchedness; and they feel the rescue
of but ace to be so blessed a result that they will neither
shrink hem the toil, nor quail under any discouragement
—I em, sir, your very obedient servant, AllliLlT.—March
26, 1850."

A NOVEL SYSTEM OF IMPOSITION bell jest Opine
to light in Liverpool. In the course of the week cummuni•
cabins were received by the police from Lady Zetland and
Frederick J. Norman, Bsq., enelosing certificates which had
been sent to Lady Zetland and Lady Adis Norman, accom-
panied by notes, signed " Mary Thompson," to whom the
certificates applied. Mrs. Thompson represented h. pelf to
be in the most destitute and bereaved condition, and the
certificates, which otherwise differed in many essential per
stated that she had lost her husbead and three
children by a "total wreck off the Skirries," !sena( and
Ouse children having, with 1 of the crew, spared in
the ship's long boat, "in which perilous situation they re-
mained exposed to the mercy of the waves until stuvcifully
picked up' by the captain and crew of a schooner. " who
humanely landed them in the port of Bangor." To these
certificates the names of J. Cummins, LI. Tennant, T.
Cunningham, and T. Williams, represented to be magis-
trates, are forged. In order to make the documents appear
genuine, portions are printed, and the names of several per.
son., including those of Lord and Lady 13:anley, and the
Mayor of Bangor an written as subscribers to the relief of
the mother and her children. In one of the certificates it
is stated that Mrs. Thompson lost 801. by the wreck, and in
the other 601. ; and this variation, together with others, at
once indicated the freed. The prisoners were brought
before Mr. Rushton on Monday, and were remanded for a
week. —Lionpool Courier.
Moss SHIP-BUILDINO.—The North British Moil
concludes a nodes of the launch of three steamers at Duna-
taks on Monday last by saying—" We may mention, in
prospect of the dreaded
conevilscloefsi tha
t thaoefreseem
the
rsalviigttlaetion
laws
ixiair,
for
aims
time at least, experienced at Dumbarton. The Messrs.
Denny were on Monday in hopes that the now vacant slip,
on which the three vessels had been reared, would be
speenily again occupied will others of as large or larger
dimensions ; and we observed in their yard an iron sailing
vimel of 660 tons, being built for the Messrs. Bell, of this
citi, and a steamer of 400 tons fur an Irish enspany, rapidly
anproaching completion."
STRUM or AGRICULTURAL LtBOURRIOL—The
large and populous saline of Worthen was, in the early
part of last week, seriously inconvenienced by a tumultuous
rabble parading about, nemanding of the farmers higher
wages. On Monday some of the ringleaders were brought
before the Dim bomb of magistrates, when the following
men were fronvieted :—Benjasein Bush, for inciting Mr.
Drake's men to strike for wages, and V. turn the farmers
oat of house and home, was committed to Ipswich Gaol ea
a vague and vagabond for one month's hard labour, and to
be bound to keep the peace for 3 months; Thomas Dixon.
I'm as assault on John Cross, we. fined 21. and 11s. 6d.
costs, or committed for 21 dsye, anima, 010., and be bound
over to keep the pease foe 3 months ; David Copping, foe
wilted damage ma Ephraim Drake's property, fined la. and
15s. 6d. new, ere irostaltard to I pew:clt G col ke 6 weeks,
and bond ewe to keep the poses for 3 seaths.—Bery Post.

THE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS.

MANCHESTER, Moues S 7.
The Prosier, it town, bet as desire to be Male,
end /40 o Me oak I hem hen Oda le
esitoottaad Sat , out levitation Is
Clemumat Soria, the Eider ream,* sut *sly upon
Sieb. that reereetlea sod epees wh eta soooolary
Wady after them ewe d ellot, labia fell with ee mesh
:altperarefilehateli see a rat Ilaariat the
the
Mole, alosailloser ottesplietent J.= by
usage is Stoderi tovtlade: to its lordship, whoa
eats% to olds Ibe oolghtmembeed, and the abeam
ay eletog pres, bilks is the borough at
the part seemist might Moe esoefed .ore Mot to Um
eatrrealgaust the& mould at all them be esarrered for
is a emesenity like this, even for the Ins Nil/gate/ of the
1111111/11.

elmedthelises party in Manchester are certainly meet
onersell he deneresteir opponents, one way or other. The
expel, 'e elm In committee of the Roue of
Comolev=iii lbws reflects credit upon these for having
so y refused to acknowledge their duties u
ha the ewe of soils la the puiak upon such a miserable
thee as they have yet been able to snake out, and their °pp*.
nests some down here to bold the annual nestles of the
Chunk Reform Assoidaikm, after having established the pre
amble of their bill in parliament under circumstances calor
lased to place them in a very flattering position before their
fellow-pariabloaers. The meeting was held this owning, in
the Town-ball, when Mr. Maimed Birley,:the choirmea oldie
eiremiatioa, 'welded, and during the proceedings he read a
letter addressed to one of hie brother churchwardens (Mr.
Clegg), which gave rise to much laughter at the expense of
the Chapter. The letter wee probably from sem. gentlemen
engaged in legal pursuits who had been dipping deep into
the musty rereads of the past, and had stumbled upon a case
which throws some light upon the views which the collegiate
body in years long game by, when it suited their purposes,
entertained epos this aim disputed question of their liabi
lily to thecae, of souls. The letter ales attention to an old
law ease, in Wood's Tithe Reports, "The Manchester
College v. Andrew." It was a wait instituted
by the Warden sad Fellows of the College of Man-
*beater (now styled the Dean and Chapter) in 1753 to try
their right to lay a tithe of 4d. upon every loom used in
the manufacture and weaving of cloth in the pariah of
Mantheeter, and in the bill which the collegiate body
filed on that occasion they thus decribe themselves :
.• That the plaintiffs are rectors of the said parish, and do
perform all spiritual functious therein I" There is net
much doubt, therefore, what opinion the chapter enter-
tains as to the cure of souls when there is a fat pig in the
question, however they may seek to evade its respondoilities at other times. The meeting was attended by T.
Clegg and John Morley, Empe., churchwardens; Robert
Gardner, Esq.; C. E. Cawley, Esq. C. 8.; W. W. Ooulden,
Esq. ; Malcolm Rose, Esq.; James Daring:on, Zoq.• Ilichd.
.1. Jones, Esq.; R. T. Fairbridge Big., and other'infiuen-
dal churchmen, and the proceedings having been opened
by the chairman the following espies was read
Following the usage which common custom has este-
Waked, your committee beg to lay before the members of
the assoceetion, a report of their proceedings for the past
year, and of the progress which has been made towards
the attainment of the objects for which your emaciation
woo originally formed. Notwithstanding the attempts
which have been made to misrepresent the character of
your ....Deletion with the public, your committee believe
thatoonsiderable progress has been made towards securing
the objects sought, and they now procee d to notice, in order,
scone of the occurrences of the put year, and which have
served to keep attention fired on the great subject of making
the benefits of the church Goa:tingles with the wants of the
population. First. in point of time, and sot least in inte-
rest, was the election of churchwardens. Joining as it did
in the triumphant return of the three me ethers of your ema-
ciation, nominated by your b.oly, and that by a majority of
6 to 1 of voters, and 7 to 1 of vote., and demon-
stating the feeling of the parishioners generally on
the question, which was thus pieced before them
for decision, your committee were secured that they had
that support of the great body of their fellow. townsmen end
parishioners which they felt to be no necessary in order to
success. And in this connexion your commite • are desirous
of testifying to the great amount of personal attention and
labour whisk the present churchwardens have given to the
subject, and the earnestness with which they have sought a
satisfactory settlement of the ecclesiastical affairs of the
parish. 'ihe legal opinion which youreommitt • sought and
obtained on the subject of the mire of souls, as attact log to
the Chapter, and the esee upon which that opinion ie
founded, have been published since the announcement of its
neer:ion in the last annual report', and your commistee are
happy to find that they did not overrate it. value. As em-
erasing tine, at least, of the objects sought by your association,
and as intimately connected with a second, your committee
saw with much satisfaction the appointment by the crown of
two commisalocs, one to " inquire how episcopal and capi
tutu estates and incomes in England and Wales can be
most beneficially managed, with due regard to the
just and reasonable claims of the lessees, and also,
bow fixed, instead of fluctuding incomes can be best
mentred to hiehope and members of charters;" the other
fle " inquire into the practicability end mode of sub-dividing
Inca distinct and independent pariah, a. tor all ecelesiasticel
purposes, all the densely peopled paishis in England and
Wales." At the same time they were not without anxiety,
lest a peculiar ease like that of Manchester, shield be pre-
jadiced by any emend enactment, founded on the reports of
these oommimions. Your ooMmittie therefore took steps to
essertala ta what way the commissi ners intended to take
eeidesse, and passed a resolution declari"g what points and
engeseelems, ae far as related to the Chapter and parish of
Nembeete 1., they deemed as of chief importance to be im-
premed es the commissioners in any evidence tendered to
them. Subsequentiy, memorisls were prepared and forwarded
to each 00Mmiwion, giving an outline of the condition and
circumstances of the Chapter and parish if Manchester—the
objects for welch your association are combined—the desire
of your committee that the cam of Manchester might not be
prejudiced (through ignorance of its peculiarities) by any
general enactment, and offeting evidence of the truth of the
allegations contained in their memorials. To each memorial
nes added a copy of the case and opinion alluded to above,
and your committee afterwards pros red the examination
of two gentlemen both well qualified to inform the commis-
sioned as to the condition and requirements of the parish of
Meech's.. er. Early in May your committee decided on
sending a deputation from their body to Loi.don, to confer
with members of parliament and others, with • view to pro.
mote the °liftss of your association. Tee result of this
deputation was most important, as serving et show your com-
mittee the difficulties connected with the introduction into
parliament of any measure such as they contemplated ; in
what way the views they had already arrived at were likely
to fail of realisation ; what, on the one hand, it was likely,
upon the best advice and consideratioe they could obtain,
and what on the other, they were u-tired they could not ;
and further, as enabling them the better, at a subsequent
period, to decide upon the scheme propounded to the
parishioners by the churchwardens. On the opening of the
present session of parliament, your committee appointed
another deputation to proceed to Loudon, to disseminate in-
formation 'stooges, and to endeavour to secure the support
of members of parliament towards the principles
and main provisions of the bill now before the
house, entitled the " Manchester Rectory Division
Ball ;" a step the more necessary, inasmuch as it
was found that, in consequence of statement. which
were being actively circulated, vary erroneous impressions
were entertained by some in high quitters, touching the ole-
jests of the bill, and the motive* of your amociati n in seek-
ing its promotion. The charge *Mils appears to have been
most arldously urged spinet your association is that of
seeking to destroy all Deans and Chapters; and that, not by
an overt attack on all, but by an insidious ringlet up in one,
which would, if successful, issues the destiuction of the
whole. To this your committee will make but one r. mark.
Their eject is simply to restore the ecstasies teal revenues
of Manchester, which have been diverted to Chapter uses, to
the pastoral purposes to which they originally belonged.
Therefore the circumstances of the emoluments of the Mae.
cheater Chapter le ins different from those of every otter
ebapter of the kingdom, the argument which seek, to mike
this an attempt to destroy all Chapters, obviously fails.
The more immediate work of deeming up a scheme to melt
the requirements of the parish naturi4ly devolved on the
churchwardens, your committee, who have been in con-
stant and friendly communication wish them, co-
operating and 'misting them whenever it was in
their power. The bill, drawn up by the churchwardens,
approved by your committee, and an by a public
meeting, has now been published and its provisions exten-
sively canvassed. As stated by your president at the meeting
alluded to, tie measure is not to be considered a perfect one.
Sane things which your committee considered as of great
importance have been alsitiodotied through necessity, and the
retention of others which seemed desirable hes bun found
incompatible with the general safety of the bill. After due
consideration your committee decided to accept the measure,
winhiiscehmaiyounr
wociation seek
tolargeoblytaienibbosaddy..ogbetitge
aobgjreecatst
in prevenient on the arrangement between the Chapter and
the churchwardens of 11346 7. It was not, iiideed, to be ex-
pected that any measure of this sort should be so perUCt se
to ensure its entire acceptance by every party. On different
points different opinions wlil exist ; and your committee,
therefore, have not felt themselves justified in rejecting a
measure welch does not fall in with all this it views, but
which, as a whole, is fitted to be largely beneficial to the
pariabionere. Fidlowing up the opposition mode to the
meeting at the Town-hell. the Chapter have thought fit to
issue a pamphlet protasis," to " set forward, In • clear and
simple *haps, the history of the eon...duties of the
collegiate chum* of Manchester." The completed of mis-
quotation and inaccuracy against a former emanation from
the Chapter, may ales be brought against this, and your
committee were owprised that a second publication should
Wee from that body, and so little be c intained in it touch-
lag the real points on which the ease of the parishionen
rests, the second pamphlet being In reality, to a great in-
tent, a repetition of the first, and failing to grapple with the
ptrautyfingorthaotnratdhme
aspartaouldyesolLmaaseoLiatiofonmea, and al-
together
who could riot, or would not, best the trouble of ob-
tarlisiurreteurttmelohytprnuitb;:lnOttienntpwiiseses" theion Pofr°thiTes""re slopes( thiteiowariortzh'se col-
lege
the requisite information ter themselves. Toe pam-
phlet has, however, received the rebuke it damned from the
sagas pen to which y-ear committee had oe .salea to refer in
their kit repwt, and which has now laid em the imbed
tants of Manchester an additional debt of eblisatioa. The
courtesy and pod breeding which characterise Mr. Tuner's
letter would be well imitated by come who
put themselves forward as the champion* of
the Chapter. The petition In favour of the
atrhdes
pari,of
11,1a:43,000a
Taal;
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jig's bill3trecicedrvgyedmenu pow(