New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-28

We have had IN important meeting IN London ca tho
sui .ect Of the County Franchise mDvemeui-s move
rnent st a going by Nr James Taylor Of Birmingham
10 appears that there various Freehold Land -oce
ties IN different parts Of the country which purchase
blocks Of and five, ten twenty thousand poua ~
build tenements upon them and sell share o. these
oonierrin- vote for about $50 By means u 10 Sc
Societies the better class Of mechanics ar enabled to
become small landed propuetors without any other
trouble than the payment Of the money and by pro.
curing the suffrage threaten the influence Of the Ar.
istocrscy and the squfe4rchy Already many hundreds
Of votes made Ia this way some ~ the Counties
already rescued from The grasp q the landlords
-nd the prom oters q the scheme prepared o. carry
:Le into others Looking al the vast numbers "a
respectable mech ia great Manufacturing IN
t~rs there he doubt that much may BE- done 10
this way. AT. however, VIII depend upon the reml
nerstve nature ri the property 81 purchasei AMI 20
these are in the hands Of companies. We may aus1r
iur them very varying success ~ commefciA specu
l-ff9ns Otherwise might anticipate considers le
changes from his rvarive Democratic movement
tn N-ar1ltan vernment mas been beaten IN one
ot our iaw courts IN attempt - procure V-rf 70
against certain parties for firg out Nsrstesmers for
tho service Of the insurgen' ~clian The case turned
upon technical point and was won by tn ingenuity
Of counsel but still u is a pleasant result d Lnssh
Justice.
The Genius Of Public Health-rsmpant with victory
over our Aurcan SsVeragc-is nov waglug WY with
the Demon of Smoke. May it be victorious To one
who knows how much our towns are marred by the
emo ke nuisance any symptom Of public desire for
amendment in this particular must Dee hailed with Joy
Il IL proposed compel manufacturers 10 burn their
own smoke where IL j. offensive or opaSe The
irsses fare people-John Bright aud Co-inforned the
Uouse that IL would be better TO leave the 70
the manufacturers themselves and moreover, there u
reason 70 fear that the scientific for eectng the
object are far from complete. Indeed, upon the
whole Of the Public Health question. the amount OF
wan-the perception Of the mischief is out q al pro-
portion 20 the intellect that has been brought 10 the
subject and hence too much that is written il mere
sentiment and theory But feeling you know, il the
fire Of thinking and therefore even the blind wishes Of
the people are good signs Of future knowedge.
The Society for Improving the Condition Of the La
boring Classes is f0urshing under the good leadership
Of Lord Ashley. They are about 10 erect two new
model lodging houses to contain from Fifty to sixty
unmarried women. the other, nifty families. Lord
Ashley tells them, that every dsys eNpeIence con
vinces him, that the question Of the dweiAnss-ihe
domiciliary coLdi'ionOf the Working Classes hes AZ
the root Of nine tenths OF the mischief that prevails
among the humber orders OF the people; and forms
nine fenths Of the obstacles that obstruc their anchor
atiou And Dr. SOuthwOOd smith says " lie had Al.
WAYS believed that the state Of their residences exer
csed moral well Intellectual and physical niu
nee upon them but OF the extent of be had idea
until he saw the effects produced by the removal from
hose d,ns Of nth and misery in which they had pre-
yiou.y lived, and their being placed in habit4iions
which 10 abuse Of the term u call houses After
"a residence Of few months there was a complete
change in their character ard appearance not confined
10 bodily health but extending 10 their Intellectual and
moral condition" These Model Lodging Houses are
not strictly charitable but rcmuneratye concerns n
is calculated thai they become more numerous AMI
the expenses Of mauag, ment At present considerable
are distributed, they viii pay about fur pr cent
Last uirht Mr. Labouchere introduced an important
I,i into the House Of Commons, for doing away Ger
tain obnoxious inposts Mercantile Marineterm-
ed the Light pilotage Dues bat alsO for improving
The character and position Of our sailors Among other
parts of this measure lie one for adding special De
uartment of Mercantile Marine 10 the Board Of Trade
tor insiitu'ing examination OF the qualifications a
Masters and Mates before they accept these posi-
tons for the granting of certificates in three classes
ior the appointment OF chipping officers az the prnc'
uA ports 10 regulate the contracts tween mariners
and employers, sc. Sc. 10 appears from VT Labnu
rheres speech that 400 descrticns took place last
wear from our Mercantile Navy One would almost
think that ~ ships had touched AZ your ID Dorado
The Cholera j. on the increase. 4 Judge. W Colt
man. has died OF IT, aud the upper classes are alarmed
Hence tenfold energy 10 the " flushing Of sewer,
and thunders even from Conservative members u the
House against the venerable adjacent Church yards
To hear M Berna talk last CHIT II might have been
thought the human nose had been first created upon
the face within the last few weeks Tor wherever that
honornL,e member is-whether a. the table of the
House, in his bedroom, or elsewhere he finds
odors OF such that he cannot tell by what
they are engendered And he is quite right tO0-that
cities stink is undenablc but how TO swecten them Is
poser.
This is rare English summer hot cloudess wealth.
er for something Ike month. has almost baked our
proverbal greenness brown Rain is sadly wanted both
Tor garden and held.