The Express. — 1867-08-24 (London, England)

THR ENCROACHMENTS ON WANDSWORTH-COMMON. —Yesterday • meeting of nearly 5,000 inhabitszta of the parishes of Wandsworth and Battersea was held on the piece of land lying close to Clapham Junction, in accordance with • premien made at the Spread Eagle, a few nights before, that the assembly should take place, and the destruction of the fence surrounding a portion of the common enclosed by the Brighton Railway Company, signalise its gathering. Earl Spencer learning this, applied to Sir Richard Mayne for • body of mounted police to be on the spot to cheek any damage. The request was granted. The railway company appeared also to have trepared resistance to any aggression, for • suspicions number of "navvies" stood is knots among and in *he outskirts of the crowd apparently ready for saner. gency. The proceedings commenced with an address from Mr. J. C. Buckmaater, chnrchwanien of Battersea, who implored all present to abstain from any act of violence. AM they had now to do was to protest against cruelty and injustice. Up to 1831 there had been no encroachment for generations. How, theywere told they had " no right whatever on the Common," though the House of Commons had said otherwise. If they were trespassers, why didn't Lord Spencer order thorn off, and punish them for being there ? When they saw the Common taken away without reaaons assigned and a hurled before them, " This land to be let on building it wee time to take action. It was no secret that be meant to have that board down. He appealed to those present to abstain from violence that night, since it might endanger future gnomes. Two or three gentlemen hail arranged privately to break down the femme, and so assert their righter, fortified in the act by the expression of public opinion there manifested. The following resolution was carried unanimously : " That this meeting regards with ethernet morrow and regret the enclosures which have taken place on Wandsworth-common, and urges the committee appointed for its preservation to take every step to restore the privileges which the public have enjoyed from time immemorial" Cheers were then heartily given for Mr. Buckmaster, Mr. Rose, and the committee, with groans for Lord Spencer. The people did not immediately disperse, but stood about in groups on the Common till lute in the evening.  STRIAE or AGRICULTURAL LABOURER& —Yesterday 200 soldiers of various regiments stationed at the Colchester barracks were dmughted off to harvest work, in accordance with the recently-issued regulation. This is partly owing to the difficulty felt by the farmers in inducing the labourers to remain at work at the usual rate of pay, and because of a strike amongst those who attend to the stearn.threshing machines. The farmers were obliged to send theirordinary labourers to the machine, but they too objected unless they received extra pay. The consequence is, nearlyall the steam threshers inthe vicinity have refused to work, and roost of the machines are now lying completely idle. The disaffected labourers refuse also to work with the military, because they say that the remuneration paid to the soldiers is nothing but • little beer. The farm labourers of Essex are talking of organising. There is an abundant crop of wheat and other cereals ; and notwithstanding the drawbacks connected with the recent unf►vourable weather, the greater portion of the " golden grain " would and no doubt will have been secured within a few days.  THE MCBDER IN BEDPORDBlllllE.—Yesterday morning Mr. Superintendent Pope took the accused men— Levi Welch, William Woraley, and James Day—before the local bench, and formally charged them with being concerned in the murder of William Bradberry, at Round Ground, at orabout midnight of Saturday, the 3rd instant, or a few minutes later. There was a great crowd of persons to witness their removal from the lock-up, and the prisoners were remanded till the petty sessions on Monday. The horse-nail makers in Warwickshire, following the example of so manyother trades, are about to strike for higher wages. HEALTH EISTORED ET DII BLERY'S FOOD TO THE llroinnt, nerves, lungs, and liver of old and young. dyspepsia (Indigestion), constlpatioe, dlarrbosa, aeldity,c= hysteria, palpitation, slaspisnmess, del:Silty, hadaria, tough asthma, asthma, fevers, consumption, low spirits. 60.000 annual cures which lad resisted all medicines, including that of his Holiness the Tope—Tins, at Is. lid. ; Ilb., h. ; 121 b., 2Sy. : 241 b., 404.—Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London : also at 61, Oracechurch-street; 6, Cheapalds; 89 and 160, Oxford-street ; and all grocers and ahamlita.--lA.dvertiessnant.]