The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

TO THI IDITOII OP Till MINIM.

SIR,—At a mering of the guardians cf the
Wt coals, Union, on Monday, the 11th hatant, a redurion
was made in the salaries of the relieving officers, 'tree' log •
saving of 201. per an-nin, and the services of four Lfficen
securtd instead uf .hree as heretofore. At the same meeting
a cnmmi.tee was appointed to take ,nto consideration what
reduction can be made in the general expendi:•re and
salaries of the other officers of the union, including tke me.
dicta officers. The firm, reef B .cks only want an agent ut
the Parliamentary and FinanciA Reformers to arouse them,
oral they will b.come good workers in the cause of program,
and would soon place Buckinghamshire in the proud position
enjoyed by their grandsir.s in the days of the immortal
liemplen. A PARLIAMENTARY REFORMER.
High Wyconlpe, March 12.

THE WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY
held a meeting at the Sc oil-room, George-street, Lambeth-
walk, on Tuesday, for the purpose of explaining the princi-
ples and objects of this society. t 3 N. Hennas, solicitor
to the society, is the chair. Mr. Huggett explained the
practice and operations of the society, which he described
as having been formed in Auenat I sat, upon the Birmingham
model, suggested by Mr. James Tailor. In Birmingham.
these institutions had been attended with the most complete
success. They had been formed and conduoted by working
men, It dependent of al: political parties and having before
them or.ly the amelioration of the s vial condi ion of their
subscribers. When at the recent Birmingham conference he
had seen some houses which heel been built upon land thus
acquired, and they rather presented the appearance of villas,
or cot ages, which a thriving tradesman would choose for
the purple, of escaping from the milker and dirt of the town
than the residences of working men. From Birming-
ham, these freehold lend societies had extended themselves
to the great 'manufacturing towns of the country where they
bad proved equally useful and prceperoua. Ihe value of
their property has very 'merrily increased. At Wolver-
hampton an instance has occurred of its increasing from 31
to 131. The Westminster Freehold Land Society was based
upon the principle of subscriptions of 3s. per share per fort-
Light. It wee governed by a committee and board of ma-
nagement, who were inhabitants of Westminster of the
highest respectability, appointed by the shareholden them-
selves. It had been at first suggested that though in Bir.
minghans these securities had been fortunate enough to get
allotments of 191., in Westminster they would find it very
difficult to get allotments nearer London under 401. Now,
they had advertised, and had tenders for lend all round the
metropolis, and by the experience they had thus acquired,
they found that it would be easy to obtain allotments for 301.
He then called attention toe me of the rulesof the society con-
cerning the payment of subscriptions, and stated its progress
and present condition. Freon dill it appeared that the society
cow consisted of 660 member,, holding 788 shares, and that
they had more than 1,0001. at their bankers. Mr. W. Cox
moved the following resolution That this meeting is of
opinion that freehold lend tocieil s offer to the industrious
clews a most profitable investment for their savings, and are
efficient agents for elevating their moral and social condition,
by engendering habits of forethought and a spirit of inde•
pecdence. And this meeting recognises, in the general
establishment of there societies a meet efficient mode of
gradually and h gaily extending the suffrage, by increasing
the numher of voters for county members, and so of opinion
that it behoves every man who is anxious to extend the re-
presentation of the people, to contribute by all means in his'
power to their encouragement and support. That, inasmuch
as the Weill:al:4er Freehold Land S ciety embraces within
its operations the home counties. Surrey being included, this
meeting corsiders it worthy_ of bein, cordially supported by
the people of Lambeth."—Mr. U. Vine seconded the resolu-
tion.—J. Duncan, Brq , supported the resolution.—John
Woollett, Esq. next addressed the meeting in advocacy of
the objects of the society.—The resolution was then carried
unanimourly. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman,
and the meeting separated at a late hour, after some explana-
tions had been given by Mr. Huggett, and a number of
sheets had been taken mi..
IPSWICH AND SUFFOLK FREEHOLD LAND SO-
-1 CI ItTT.—A public meeting was held on Monday evening, in
the little town of Iledleigh, to form a branch in coonez.on
with this society, when seventy.four members were enrolled.
On Tuesday another meeting was held at Ipswich, in the
capacious Temperance hall, which was densely peeked, end
number' of new members were enrolled. Since Mr. Taylor
was here, thirteen weeks ago, nearly 700 ahares have been
taken' and 98 acres of land bought. Lest night (Wednes-
day 1, Mr. Taylor (who attended each of these meetings) was
at Bury St. Edmund.. Tonight he will be at Stowmarket,
land on Feld lt at Wickham market.
WHOLESALE EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL TO
yES UNITID STAIRS —The tide of emigration seems attain
to have est in for we learn from our Liv, rpoul correspondent
th st sit venni& for New York alone lay in the Mersey on
7ma day awaiting the tide. The aggregate number of their
pa.sengers was upwards of 3,000. Meanwhile hundreds of
other persons are waiting to depart by other ships.