The Express. — London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

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It may slew as en thenottnliesasalsa to state that a few shipmeats of specie Yaw bun Mad* Ivy .deeds to their represent tiers hem. Ate thew since the of the sheep, hap metre pnwiden beat se plentiful as wedeln past four month* The prices have been imaeMlng low, and Ws happily met the reduced rate ot wove paid to the labourer. ST. LUCIA.—The Palladium says: A Might improvement in the labour market may be noticed ae baring taken place. The reduced male of wage. hoe been accepted, and the tardy crop commence/ in different direction. Those estates to windward on which the Mural to work had been more obstinately maintained, no remarked by us two weeks dime, are now in active operation. the proprietor having man the neceasity of venting the e m sa d pereonally exercising his influence In bringing the labourrs into res-on. The weather continues fine—we fear much WO flue for the genres' work of the plantations, albeit hvouratde to the operations of reaping and manufacturing. The first shipment to Europe of the new crop will be deseatched hence about the 14th inst., in the brig Monarch, for Duelia.—A eet- Mg of the Legieletive Council is appointed for Tuesday next. Imtwill be the fleet Meting under Governor Darling. Imp rtant matters, it is mpected, will be brought into diecuseion ; amongst these the question of repealing the expert dunes of the orment year. Perhaps, ado, pro rem well be reported by the long.standieg committee Appointed to compile the laws of the island, especially as it is known that the efforts of Col. Torreon, when administering the government, to procure from Canada an English translation of the "Coutume de Paris" have not • been unsuccemfuL LEEWARD ISLANDS.—ANTIGUA.—The Oir server of 9th March states : In our hat we gave roam particulars connected with the arrival, in dtress. of the brig Italia, emigrant effort, and of the destitution of r passengers. We experience great lecture in now being enabled to add that the appeal which we made in their behalf was meat Mimi fully and promptly responded to—and that through the benevolence of the people of Ole goodly city the emigrente knee been 'cabled to proceed on their royage, with supplies fully adequate for a probable pump from this inland, to Boston, in the United States, their port of destination. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—THE FIDELIA, FROM NEW YORK, of the 16th ult., is off the port. She will not (as the tide does not serve tail twelve o'clock) arrive in time for the Bh. 2ina. train, unless • steamer brings up the bags. Should this be the case, we shall publish a summary of the news in a " stop•prels." 'be Court. The Queen took an airing yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Ste phens, honoured the performance of the Concert of Ancient Music at the Hanover-square-rooms with his presence yes terday evening. A deputation of the Quadrant Improvement Asso ciation, consisting of Messrs. Crane, , interview,an and Poulson, and Mr. Newton, secretary, had an with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place. Sir W. Heathcote and Mr. Denison had an inter view with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for tn. Governor of the Cape of Good Rope. THE QUEEN'S DEPARTURE FROM TONTN.—Her Majesty is expected to par through Portsmouth on Saturday next, for Osborne. DINNER TO LORD HARDINGE. About 300 gentlemen were invited to dinner at the Louden Tavern yesterday evening, by the East India Com pany, to welcome the return of Lord Harding° from India, and to do honour to his services while governor of • hat em pire.—Mr. Henry St. George Tucker. chairman of the East India Company, presided.—On his right sat Viscount Her. dinge, Archbishop of Canterbury. Marquis of Lansdowne, Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Lincoln, Earl Grey, Earl of Ripon, Viscount Palmenton, Lord Stan ley, Lord Hemmen, Sir R. Peel, Bart., and Sir J. Graham ; and on his left Chev Bunsen, Marquis of Aberoorn, Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Clanricarile, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Morpeth, Lord Hsytesbury, lion. C. S. Hardinge, The Vice-Chancellor of England, Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Hon. A. F. Hardinge, the Lord Chief Baron, and Lord G. Semiotic. The CHAIRMAN (after the usual loyal toasts) proposed the health of Lord liardinge. The East India Company, he observed, were anxious by assembling on the present, as on other occasions, the elite of the land, to do honour to talent and public virtue. (Cheers.) Having referred to the early career of the noble viscount, and remarked upon the success of his Indian policy, arising out of his defensive war, and the spirit of justice and benevolence which pervaded his councils, and having also observed upon the fact of his having, in consequence, been favoured with the highest mark of her Majesty's approbation and esteem, received the thanks of both houses of parliament and of the two authori ties constituting the East India Company, the chairman con cluded by hoping that the plaudits of the present company would echo the sentiments of a grateful country towards the noble viscount. (Loud cheers.) Lord ILutentoe, after expressing his deepest gratitude for the compliment, said it was impossible for Min not to feet proud of it, evinced, as it was, by so many eminent men of state, and under whom it had been his good fortune to have acted in public life. The last time he had been in the room the hon. chairman of the company, Capt. Sheppard, said that he would carry with him to Ind ia the support and confidence of the Court of Directors. That pledge had been strictly fulfilled, having constantly received from theta a mat honourable support, (Hear, hear.) And that it was which gave weight and authority to all his acts and perform &nen in the arduous duties of governing a distant empire. He also had the satisfaction of being in communi ca tion with *he head of the then government, Sir R. Peel, with whom he had been for the greater period of his life in habits of intimacy and friendship. (Hear, hear.) lie had the further satisfaction of being in communication with his noble friend the Earl of Ripon, l'reaident of the Board of Control, and considering these circumstances, he might say that no governor ever deputed from this country under more favourable auspices. His services had been most amply acknowledged by our most gracious sovereign, by two our naive governments under whom he had the honour to act, including the approbation of Lord J. Russell, of which he as. highly proud—for whom he entertained the deepest respect. (Cheers.) But above all it had been his good for tune to obtain the approbation of that great man under whom he had served, and whose approbation, whether in civil or military affairs, was most gratifying. He alluded, of course, to the Duke of Wellington. (Cheers.) Thus en couniged and supported, he could not have failed to have used lis best endeavours for the public service. From that spot, nearly four years ago, he assured the directors of the company,:that, having already witnessed the horrors and misery of war, he would go to India without any warlike propensity. But when the last native power Ind remained untried—a power with which we had never come into collision, and which had been raised into efficiency by Runjeet Singh—had attacked the British army, that at tack had been met by Lord Gough with an ability and an Intrepidity which bad always marked his military conduct. He, animated by the presence, and knowing the indomitable courage, of British troops, soon rolled back the tide of in- , nuon, and, in 60 days, the British flag was flying in Lahore. Theen). Having also alluded to the gallant conduct of Sir J. Littler, in command of the garrison, occupying thwt the noble viscount observed, that it might be demonstrated that an army, under able management, might always control a great city. (Hear, hear.) Since his return, he had heard Spprehensions expressed for the tranquillity of the Pun- I.Lub, but, under the government of Lieutenant-Colonel urrence, he had no fears whatever upon that sub ject, and, for this reason, that of 100,000 soldiers Ina state of efficiency, 30000 were Incorporated in the Bri tish e nice, and of 350 pieces of cannon 250 were new at Calcutta, destined to be erected into a triumphal column. (Cheers.) Whether by the justice of Brinell rule, or the force of British arms, he considered we were equally sure of maintaining that country. The noble lord having re• (erred te the brother of Col. Lawrence as being in the com mand of 10,000 men, and to Sir F. Corry, than whom the civil service could not boast of a better qualified officer, ob served that, upon their integrity and ability, and the etrietly ilaPernal manner in which justice was distributed in India, be mainly relied for the succeu of the eompady and the b ee- THE EXPRESS. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1848. 1847, sad April 6, amendment on the• proposition of the committee, that „ this convention representing only a small section of the indus trious classes of this country, can be considered only as the precurur of another and more important body to represent the people gem rally; and it is, therefore, declared that It will perform no other business except its legal duty of pre senting the petition, and it leaves ulterior measures to a na tional assembly, to be convened at the (wiliest pourable period." Several ether notices were given, which we reserve until they come to he discussed. At 6 o'clock the convention adjourned until this day. eadad Aptil 0. 111411. 4;d -- ;A AV4B6: 17,980,273 12,080,482 8,780,931 4,347,371 6,439,369 886,000 Il,oou ' 148,640 GIFT TO MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—The Rev. Deao6n More. has aided the fends of this charity by a donation of 6002. Fang TRADE CLUB.—After the annual meeting of this club yesterday, at the club-hones in St. Jamss'eAquare, • house dinner was held, at which Mr. Cobden, M.P., pre sided. There were about 160 members and visitors present. —The Chcirman, in proposine prosperity to the club, said that to insure success 120 more members were necessary, the present number being about 400. He explained the ad- vantages which such a club offered in the furtherance of liberal principles. In a political point of view, the beneficial influence of such a union of the liberal and free-trade patty as this tub was the means of establishing was shown in the result of the late general election, when 13 members of the club were returned to parliament. The club required 120 more members than it at present had to establish it firmly end make it secure; and he hoped—seeing that its object was to unite all classes of free-traders, that it would notbe suffered to languish end decay for the want of so much additional aid. —The invited guests at the banquet baying been propoeed by Mr. Wilkinson and acknowledged by Mr. H. Berkeley. M.P., Mr. Sesjeant Shea proposed " The Health of Mr. Bright, M.P. for Blanchester, the strenuous and consistent advocate of free trade and religious liberty."—Mr. Bright, in return ing thanks, dwelt upon the necessities of the middle and lower classes uniting at this time to preserve peace and con serve the institutions of the country.—Dr. Bowring propped " The Health of Mr. Cobden." who, in acknowledging the compliment, referred to the politico-economical errors which Louis Blanc and the Provisional Government of France had 'ellen Into, and expressed • hope th►t the original failure of the experiments of the French government in that respect would prevent this country following the example. The member for Westminster (Sir De Lacy livens) had charged him with saying that all the nati'ns of Europe were becoming • free-traders. He had said nothing of the kind; bat what he had stated was that the result of our example would be that in due time free-trade principles would be carried out in the nations of the continent ; but he had not said that that result would ensue this year, or in the next year. It was, however, • gratifying fact that during the late changes in the govern ments of the continent there was not one in which some one or more of thee. who hod sat beside him at the free-trade banquets were not called to take office. Upon the whole he saw much to hope for from what had taken place on the continent —Some other complimentary toasts were given and responded to, atter which the company dispersed. INQUEST, YENTEIIDAY.—DEATH IN THE NIILLBANK PELIOON.—By Mr. Bedford, in the Milbank Prison, on the body of John Graves, aged 17. The deceased was admitted on the lit October last, under sentence of 10 years' transpor tation for picking pockets, haying been previously convicted of the same offence. lie died of consumption on Tuesday last. Dr. Hely, the physician, said that a free pardon was offered the deceased, and his father was written to to come and fetch him away. The lather, who was a very poor men, came to the prison, and said that as he was utterly unable to provide for him, be would rather he were kept in prison, where he would be well attended to. The deceased's death was accelerated by the great depression of spirits he sustained at not getting his liberty when it was offered. He felt the disappointment the more acutely as a fellow prisoner in the same room had been liberated. Verdict, " Natural death." A r 8 1 4 18 .5 , ,001 2 1612, 2. 1 143,1 2,041,1 7 10,497, 47.5,0621 11,031.31 11.37,500 11.37,500 5,347,273 12,1120,b71 3,205 2,940,01 5,401,11 11,608,81 27,917,073 4.341,5011 79,720,076 31,976,672 1 - 9.912,213 i 1.721,3111 7,113,691, 4 3 . 1 399,E 3,120,1 13,780,1 £4,447,673 1,665,478 1,817,782 130,692 2,033,072 219,000 37,000 32,393 71 , 969 164,366 4, 392.680 3,016,548 1,618,868 143,902 2,041,610 221,000 21,000 56,107 455,021 21,454 74,156 10,661,417 960,000 t 11,621,417 11,065,324 511,011024 7,010,5 340,831 4,889,744 12,2810331 . the QULATIIIa 5,958,4 149,1 4,946,1 11,931,4 31,115,670 2,612,224 22.075.762 ,5,603.716 April 6,1847, pines' of the Indian empire. He had often before expressed his attachment to the military service, and he should ever feel proud of their achievements ; but its success in India had not only answered all the objects of war, and secured to us en honourable and lasting peace, but had enabled the Government of India to put an end to the horrors of Satteeism and infanticide. That greet W. measure had been grappled with some time ago by Lord Ben tiack, and bad since been successfully followed up; so that the East India Company might henceforth rest its stability nntonly upon the strength of its army, but upon the hops that the triumphs of war would henceforth be made subser vient to the cause of humanity. (Hear, bear.) To the last hour of his existence he should feel the deepest interest in that empire. Under the goversonhip of Lord Dalhoasie he bad no doubt that a just and benevolent rule would gain the blessing of liberty fur an empire having 12.000 miles of fron tier, and containing a population of 100.000,000. The nubie lord concluded by repeating his grateful acknowledgments, for the honour conferred upon him that day, and sat down amidst general applause. The next toast was " The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Church," in acknowledging which, the right rev. pre late, for himself and on the part of the church, thanked the noble viscount for the Christian character of his policy in India, observing that he had preferred the solid honour of an empire saved to the certain honour of an empire gained. (Cheers.) Earl SPENCER having returned thanks for the navy, The Duke of WELLINGTON rose to respond to the tout of' , the army, with which his name was associated. The army, he said, was justly proud of the man who had performed such services and deserved such panegyrics as had been bestowed upon him that evening. When the noble lord was nominated Governor-General of India, he (the Duke of Wellington) stated that, under the then cir cumstances, • more desirable choice could not be made than that of his noble friend, and the result bad more than fulfilled his expectations. (Cheers.) Having been connected with his noble friend in France and this country for many tears, he was sensible of his ability, zeal, and patience. He was aware also that the difficulties of war were impending over the country to which he was about to be sent u governor. Having had the honour of serving the East India Company himself also, and having, there fore, had some experience of warlike operations and of their great difficulties in the Indian empire, he was fully sensi ble of those which his noble friend world have to encounter ; but he was fully confident that his noble friend would over come them all, and he had dons so. (Cheers.) He had had sg ted difficulties to contend against, and owing to the well understood and well considered policy which he telt it hie duty to adopt and persevere in, of standing upon the defensive, which he did up to the last moment, he felt all the disadvantages of that policy and of the subsequent military operations for which he had to make provision. Of those aggravated difficulties his noble friend got the better, ; and he marched into the field an army capable ol bringing the great contest in which the country I was engag' d in its own defence ro an honoura ble and successful termination. (Hear, hear.) But that was not all. His noble friend, carrying with him all the powers and authority of governor - general, went into the field is superintend the operations of the army. He found that the noble lord who was at the head of that army, able, valiant, intrepid, and experienced though he wee, required the assistance of a second in command to enable him to carry on those operations with all the advan tages which an army ought to Lave; and although governor general, and holding in his hands the whole civil govern ment of the country, he volunteeredhis services as lieutenant general of the army, to acquire those great victories for which the country now stood indebted to him end the noble lord at the head of the army. (Cheers.) He believed his noble friend to be • singular instance of such an event ; mad be hoped that there never would be wanting officers in her Majesty's service to follow so brilliant an example. (Loud chortle.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in returning thanks for the health of her Majesty's ministers, expressed his regret at the absence of Lord J. Russell, and his gratification at the cir cumstance, that every man in the country, whatever his ' party or profession, might be concerned in the tribute which was that evening paid to the noble viscount, who, by a judi cious but defensive war, had laid the foundation of peace in the East. The health of Sir J. C. Ho/mot:se was next given, and the right hon. baronet having acknowledged the compli meat, and eulogized the diplomatic conduct of Lord liar. dinge, towards one to whom he had been politically opposed for twenty years, concluded by proposing the health of the chairman, who returned thanks, and proposed that of Sir R. Peat, who said, that as a private individual, and standing in no official relation to the crown or the East India Company, the compliment was one which ho had no right to expect. He did not, however, misapprehend the ground upon which it had been paid to him. He did not forget that four years ago. with the full approbation of his col leagues and the East India Company, he secured to India the inestimable advantages of his noble friend's services. (C heers.) In foregoing the services at home of his noble friend, they gave a strong proof of the interest they felt in the affairs of India. But they were deeply convinced that the wider the field in which his noble friend was enabled to develope his high faculties, the more would it redound to his honour, and to the advantage of the country. (Hear, hear.) He could say with truth, that it was not with any retrospective regard to his glorious military career, nor to the high estimation in which they held his military character, that they had con- I seated to part with his services; but because they believed that he posseesed those qualities which suited him more\ than any other man for the trust, whether with reference to the millions which he was called on to govern, or the import ance of his functions as civil governor. He did not undervalue the military qualities of his noble friend. It had been his gratifying duty to propose in parliament the honour which bad been conferred en him for the glorious services he had performed. It had been his (Sir R. Peel's) lot to describe his conduct at the battle of Sobraon, and on that eventful night which interposed between the com mencement and the close of the battle of Ferozeshah. But it was not his military qualifications that had induced then to appoint him to the governorship of India. It was the knowledge of his being calculated to make an impression on the mind of India, not merely by the conviction of supe rior military power , but by that milder and blander and more during influence of a conviction of the justice of British rule, and that under no other forma government could the rights and liberties and welfare of India be better consolidated and promoted. (Cheers.) It was peculiarly gratifying to him to see his noble friend, with whom ne hal been so long connected in public and private life, returned, bearing with him the affections, the respect, and the regret of India, and coming home to be welcomed with the applause, the cone- deuce, and the admiration of the country to which he be longed. _(Loud cheering.) Lord EIARDINGE then gave the health of " Lord Clough," which was followed by that of " Mr. Macaulay " (who re turned thanks), " Lord Dalhousie and the government of India," " The Indian army," and other toasts, which pro longed the proceedings until midnight. THE CHARTIST DELEGATES. Pursuant to adjoUinment, the National Convents, of the Industrious Classes resumed its sitting, yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, in the Literary and Scientific Institu tion, John-street, Fitzroy sq uare. Mr. Philip M'Grath a gain presided, and Mr. C. Doyle performed the duties of secretary to the convention. The hall was fully attended; and the galleries, as on the preceding day, were filled by a numerous audry. The minutes of the previous day's pro- ceedings having ito been read, some formal business w as trans- acted, and delegates gave their reports of the condition 1 of their several districts. Mr. Asirrox (Northampton) stated that in consequence of the legislative measures of this country, the staple ma nufseture (boots and shoes) of his town had been brought to I utter prostration, and owing to the sufferings and privations they had undergone, the people had lost all respect of law and order. Many bad expressed a wish that the charter should be obtained by moral force, but the great majority had declared that they would have the charter or die in the attempt to obtain it. Mr. WEST (Stockport) mid kis eeeditaants regarded the government as the mere instronseete of the aristocracy, and they were determined to shoat a change by mu means or other. They nemenmodat the eenvention should appoint a number of men vire the itseetson of labour and its rights, u a digitedmlttwelt upon Lord John Russell an d Sir Gunge eery. k erase to lay before those I miniseem the real state of ihe ersorNy. mad the feelings of the ea the wilier' god te st oat the rayon vi mould leg APS a• erreinn=t unless some shies mse dime to amsed Me aloft ebbe of thine among the mate,otainiggeals declared their deter mfedGathattkeshrew amid Mem law, whether the government liked it or net. Mr. lintixeron (rotted's), bit. E. SALE (Hanley), Mr. 156,413 1) ed Isar Decrease I Use year 2,354,921 138,4131 2.218,3111 iiKiii 402,3731 CHARDS. i 11117. IBM Permanent Debt Terminable Annuities 1,310 „ ..91 1,270,951 Istareston Exchequer HIM froesd Is mod Clow ea OiroliisSed NM ... Sinking Fund 711,577 113 e Ctvil List Other Chsrps on the Consolidated Furl 337,946 330,399 For Advances imitating £2,000,000 ht Ai" 111147 Quarter to Inked, par Act 9 & 10 Via., c. 107 2,940,00 0 119,059 Total Charge The Surplus llfittll I 2,638;286 9:11,624,417 1 11,05,321 . __ . . .. The Surpita , of Revenue on Jan. 3, 1843, after providing for the Charges of that linsr.er was To which is added the Surplus of the Consolidated F eed, as &hove stated in the present I 34 , 3 , 2 m/ ginner 4,393,334 Total Amosist Woad in the Quarter ended April 5, ISM, for Supply Services The pro MINIM of Eachcquer Bills required to meet the Cjearge on the Omagh I ci.433,39 / dated Pond at April 5, 1848 J. amazon (Aberdeen), and Mr. U. W. M. ttevnothes ((Derby), also Mated that the operatives in their respecive districts were determined to have the charter. The last named gentleman in advocating resort to physical force, when moral influence bad failed, stated that this country was as great a nation as France, and be did not see why she could not achieve for herself equal triumph in the cause of *Hl dom. The French had 100,000 troops fightingagainst them, until they found the muse of the monarchy was • bad cause, when they threw down their arms and united them selves with the people in one greet struggle in the cause of liberty. In London there were not more than 5,000 soldiers at the present moment, and the 200,000 or 300,000 men, who on Monday would be assembled on Kmaington.cum mon, would surely overawe them, and before 8 o'clock in the evening ?I' that day a change in the government could be effected if they chum to du it. They, however, would not take any such course ; on the contrary, if the petition was rejected, they would return to the Convention Hall to devise measures which he trusted would soon put the people in possession of all the rights which freedom and liberty afforded. (Applause.) Mr. 0, STAPH ENS (Hull) stated that net lees than thirty soldiers of the 6/th Rest., prior to quitting Hull for Ireland, had signed the petition in favour of the people's charter, and his constituents desired that the convention should sit until the charter was obtained. For the purpose of receiving aid to support the convention in that object, the council at Hull sat every evening to receive subscriptions. (Hear, hear). Mr. J. ADAMS (Glasgow) had brought with him 100,000 signatures to be appended to the petition, and expected to be furnished with 30,000 more from the same locality. In Glasgow a large portion of the shopkeepers now saw the propriety of supporting the chartist movement. Many of them had signed the petition and subscribed to the funds,- 1 the only refuels being from the publicans, who fattened on the degradation of the people. He emphatically denied that the chartists had had anything to do with the recent riots in Glasgow ; on the contrary, the chartists had been the most active protectors of life mid property. It was true that much disquietude existed in Glasgow, and it would be necessary to keep the soldiers there instead of sending them up to Lon don. Though he bad received no instructions from his con stituents, he hoped the einvention would not precipitate the people into • collision in which the latter might be con sidered the aggressive party. Mr. F. O'Co %NOR, M.P.. as delegate for Leeds, stated that in 1841, while he was in York Castle, and after the Scotch pedlar, the then Attorney-General, Campbell told the government that chertism was for ever destroyed, up wards of 2,000,000 signatures were obtained to a second petition at • cost of abut 1201. In 1843, with an ex penditure of 891., the signature, to the petition of that year amounted in number to 3,373,000, and that welch be should have the honour to present on Monday next, would have appended to it as many as 5,400,000, so far as the present calculation had gone. From the reports made by the delegates now present, it was clear that new tributary streams were running into the great reservoir of mind which chattiest presented, and the change which had taken place in the opinions of the middle classes, as had been declared by previous speakers, to)k effect before the recent French revolution had taken place. Still, that great event had not been without a power. lul effect upon the minds of the people of this country, but, in fact, nothing had ever bee• granted by the British go. verument on the mere influence of foreign example, unless that example was backed by the mind and action of the British nation. if he was not prepared with a new system to succeed the present one—a new system which would en able every industrious man to live honourably, inde pendently, and happily—he would not give a map of the lingers for the charter. ( Beer.) But he had studied the question of the right* of labour, both theoretically and prat , tically—he had devoted dui and puts of nights to the cen. sideration of the means of elevating the industrious classes, and he was ready, if he had the charter granted tomorrow, to put every man willing to labour to work and to obtain double and treble the wages he now earned. (Hear.) Let him, however, draw the attention of the convention to the position in which they were now pieced. On Moeda/ he should pre sent the petition to the House of Commons. The government, depending on aristocratic support, would not perhaps at once refuse the demands of the people, though they would be glad of an opportunity of playing the aggressive. The govern ment relied upon an army officered by the aristocracy, but they ought to remember that the soldiery entertained feel ings of fraternity towards their fellow-countrymen, and the whole force would be wholly unable to suppress the voices of thirty millions of an united people. If he should be asked to-morrow in his place in parliament if there was anything ,to be apprehended from the people meeting on Monday ' next, he would pledge himself, upon his honour, as one of the chartist leaders, having confidence in the people, that not a single pane of glass should be broken, nor any tumult caused except by pickpockets and thieves. If the petition was rejected, he thought the beet course to be adopted would be the bolding simultaneous meetings throughout the country on Good Friday or Raster Monday, to call upon the Queen to dissolve the parliament, to dimities her present advisere,and to call to her counsels those who would carry out the principles embodied in the people's charter. The lion. and learned gentleman terminated a long oration amidst loud cheer, and quitted the hall to attend to his par liamentary duties. Mr. J. LONTRT (Carlisle) said the people of Carlisle were not desirous that physical force should be resorted to, but were anxious that peaceful and moral agitation should be adopted to secure the concessions they sought from the legis lature. Mr. DAVID Twostas (Merthyr Tydvill) said the popula tion of his district, though on former occasions they had shown themselves in us degree to be afraid of soldiers, would abide by the decisions to which the convention might come. Mr. MODIRT WILDE (Mottram) had front a population of 100,000, brought up no Des than 60,000 signatures. They, however, thought it would be premature to precipitate a collision with the military until all moral means ha d failed, and until the sense of the country was taken on the subject. They, therefore, recommend the convention to provide such measures as wculd be beet adapted to the exigencies of the time. Mr. Wm. Currav (London) said that the middle classes of the metropolis were, to a man, opposed to the chartist movement, but the working chases, whether chartists or not, were "up to the mark and ready for the fray." For himself, he was ready to fall in the cause, and, if the petition wee rejected with scorn, he should at once move in his own locality for the formation of a rifle club. He did not say this to intimidate the government, because they were al ready intimidated. He repeated that he wee ready to die a martyr in the cause, and he should endeavour to bring the men of London to the same decision. At one o'clock the convention adjourned, and, on its re assembling at half-part two o'clock, two government short hand writers took their seats at the reporters table—a fact which, on being announoed to the convention by Mr. Rey. nolds, was received with loud cheers. The delegates from Plymouth, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, and Totnese having addressed the convention, Mr. Itteamin MARSDEN (Preston) gave some painful de tails of the degrees and misery which prevailed in many dis tricts of North Lancashire, and complained of the inade quacy of the relief offered by the poor-law guardians. He was convinced that hundreds of the industrious chimes had perished from starvation ; and he asked if such a state of things ought longer to continue. Mr. J. B. O'BRIEN (London) believed that the feeling of a vast proportion of the people of London was, he re gretted to say, not with the chartists; neither was the feel ing in their &Your general in the country. Under such circumstances he did not think the convention, which had been appointed merely to superintend the presentation of the people's petition, had any authority to take further or ulterior proceedings if the petition was rejected. He for one would not move an inch against the law of the land until the people, by their acts, gave him reason to believe that their power was greater than the law. Then and not till then would he map his fingers at the law, and go with the people. (Hear, hear.) This ended the reports made by the delegates. Mr. CLIRIE then detailed the programme of the course of proceeding recommended by the executive committee for the adoption of the convention. If the petition was rejected, they recommended that another appeal should be made to the nation to join in an address to the Qum", praying for the dissolution of parliament and the dismissal of the present t They proposed also that a manifesto should addressed by the tartest convention to the elector' of Great Britain and Ireland on behalf of the unrepresented working classes, soliciting their rapport. It wee propoeed that the memorial to the Calltee/i should be adopted at simul taneous meetings to be held throughout the country cu Good Friday nest, and that it should be in g pnted not by the executive committee, but eerrisii up foot of the throne by a new convention to be composed of 500 dole tea. Three were the measures which the executive meimitted to the ecosideration of the =nation now easionEisa. Kr. O'liscum gave notice that he should noce as an 467,1751 301,696 160,5211 i 21!,11.11 Decreswi. — 45,023 14.811 14. 4 00 36.116 .39;407 90,430 433,/r9 Im:risme on Quatter 07 0 433,021 167,233 473,616 43J041411 IRELAND. Drama, Aran, 4. It was stated to-day at the meeting of the corpora tion, and generally reported through the city, that the Queen will positively come to Ireland on the rising of parliament. Apartments, it is said, are being pre pared for her Majesty in the Castle. How far the presence of the sovereign would exert a tranquillising effect on the excited spirit of the Irish people is a question not easily settled. The college authorities, I hear, have received inti mation from the Earl of Clarendon that arms would be placed in the hands of such of the students as the authorities would recommend. A gentleman arrived in Dublin from Tipperary states that the excitement in the south is. upon the whole, but partial, and by no means to be compared with the agitation which existed during the memora ble year '43, when, with a less wary leader than the veteran who then ruled the masses, the people could have been stirred up to any enterprise, however hope less or desperate. The danger, if any, lurks in the towns and cities ; as yet, the rural population is but partially infected with the treasonous doctrines of the confederates. CONFIDENCE IN LORI) CLAUENDON.—Subjoined is an address or declaration from the catholic tenantry of the Earl of Stradbrolte's estates in the county of Waterford, to the Earl of Clarendon, together with his excellency's reply TO Hit BLit:LILT Tat Lit OFCtiIiNDON, LORD LINTTL.T OR lIELC4II. March 31.—We, the undersigned tenants of the Earl of fitradbroke, In the county of Waterbed, hereby beg, leave to express our determi nation to support, by every means within our power, your excellency in your efforts to preserve thelives, liberties, and fortunes of all claim. And we further take leave to declare our entire disapproval of the in flarnmatory speeches and dangerous attempts now making by a few misguided persona to create confusion, and that we shall use our best endeavours to induce our friend@ and neighbour. to attend to their usual agricultural pursuits, and to discountenance all agita tion tending to jeopardise the peace and prosperity of the country, for which yoor excellency, we are well uwured, feels a deep interest. ' [Here tollow the signatures of 143 tenants, paying rents varying from 4501. to 101. yea•ly.] ,N 4.4.. Dtxue Carthe, April I am eararmuided by his excel lency toe Lord Lieutenant to thank you for the address you have transmitted from the tenant-carmen on the estate of the Earl of Stranbroke, declaring their determination to support the government In the maintenance of law and order. The development of the agricultural resources of Ireland, by the • application of skill and Industry to the soil, affords the most certain means of wane from present privation, and the most sure prospect of future proenerity. But such a result can only be obtained by the preservation of order sad ; in the midst of confusion and disorganisation the farmer would not invest his capital—the labourer would not end employment—the land would remain unproductive, and the country at large would be impoverished. His excellency, therefore, feels particular pleasure in remising from such an impor tant body as the tenant-farmers an assurance of their ...diners to co operate with the government in maintaining that security of life and I y so essential to the success of their pursuit., ea a dais, and t ' ciM rt general welfare of the whole community. I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient 'errant, A. Coates, Ea t . Coeur Commuas. An address, of which the following is a copy, signed by 623 residents on the manor of Benburb, the estate of Vis count Powerscourt in Tyrone, has been forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant : We, the inhabitants of the manor of Benburb, in the county of Tyrone, hove witnessed with much alarm the attempts to create di. content and disaffection by some parties, whom professed object is to obtain a repeal of the legislative anioa ; and by others whose avowed purpose is to extinguish the ormatitution itself. We, therefore, think ft our duty to make the following declaration : We declare, in the fullest manner, our inviolable allegiance to our most gracieus sovereign. We promise to contribute, by every means, to the maintenance of the anion, which we be lieve to be more essential to the prosperity of Ireland than even to that of Great Britain: and we further engage, if called non by go vernmelst, to give our personal assistance in support of the civil power: The following address is from the Orangemen of .411;11 — aila Kay it leer uielleary,-10 them days, wham 111111011 is beck promulgated with aa sedssity seigensildit i L v ad au pet diesemlested with an indestry ponserare the not boki it his Una ea the Win oar ersrany so. ' pater of the Albin of Asiedise, is of county of dell Impeded W e ileap mese el ban eel ecoor dssee with than goiesnin ecblei ban aver indosnoran the efitherc to Meer et asp elhor Hof wicked p sad diimmlesdee le Nippon, i ponnte. the sathortty of our rtglittei anardp, (WPM Victoria, sad maintain ieviolate her mighty am**. We feel proud in leiseed Wan youz excellency the fact, that dace the Inn ecktsese eer mkt, We members haw—amidst poodles estimates. indsimmellerl threste, and wily hademaneets —war riderdsd disarms as Ur side of loyalty and order, and hedinied axe b elk the Ire el oh to to denim of the Pro Toilgioa sad Intik assoodam. the sun principle. minion now as al sea nedothora de asps dyaw ; led whilst go on toast loy a Onanaldol law at the faetltoYra to regard it many ea a Sehrhs roaelatkaa' sad • mot to ss, =soy, or pensono' oag r onsorst of their peculiar °Odor, yet we chsestally cmcir sac lest services for the nialeissesoe of yam egedisages mitlMllty, and, if used be, for the combs of thole angahlah nos no on noltho wing their country te geedellion ca. nib h ie s to skinsonos. Ws anon panng oar dat the diathogainal WWI art Yang nper ossanoft adiailatalkaaftboalisof Imbed lan bon oirrallarhsh—qaallintleso at an has Winn. on. fa the pond sled dresnonant alsols= u. asaanery for the pennants at Or ealogn Inn awl roloy acme: Vida( pia all wean int lagalsan we have the ho over to nada your aradlnsfa non abilist aornsta non au Wolf at SI useletagVoo. mid inembas of the Onapliedity lakistiag le tie Ana= Korn" District Malta. ANEWIR. DUBLIN MN* IL-04-1 am directed by the Lord Lieu- Mama to die nmigt a/ addrem Me Orangemen el dos &Mat al Amain la tie amity of Tyreao, Manumitted bY yea. es dirk WINK se Os Mt MOM ; sad I la &aired to sus yea at the satlsa Ye maltasu las int at titla =premien of JINNI kfsll7 aid rNo Toms. sad to many Ws Monks Sneak Mod aqsaalms as rapords bismoolL I lan Oa karma la 100, par obollset lomat, T. N. Racurrom Stuart Moor% be., Avabassioy. TSB DUBLIN CORPORATION. This body met today, and in answer to the inquiry whether the Lord Mayor was prepared to proceed with the deputation to present an address to the French Provisional Government, the Lord Mayor stated that he bad reason to think the step would be illegal ; he had therefore taken means to have a legal opinion on the matter. Mr.Mccatca elpCourrst.t. then brought forward a motion of -which he had tu r a nnotire, to present to her Majesty an address tows • her upon the birth of a prince*; raying that she w ould direet her Immediate advisers to pay at this moment particular attention to the wants and Irian of the people of Ireland ; and suggesting that, as the beet means of effecting the latter purpose. her MaketY should restore to Ireland its, native pediment. Mr. Wrainn, the a tive nsentber of the mat% suggested that re i 'on should be separated has the more Political portoon of the address. This was *blotted to. by Kr. O'Cre;unaU. 117,196,7831 11,476,1341 91,501 4,631,096 1 13,111,7331 14,3.10,4111 7,617 . ,1331 14,1 Y) , /ME and Cl Jan. 3, 16{7. 1,514,721 3,606,155 1,710,667 1,909,690 150, 305, 219 000 30,000 29,655 sai;iii 12,520,671 iiered . Apil 3, 1847. 11Y,000I 818,161 1 49,379,005 167,644 103,497 778,306 131,0141 W 13,911,614 1 118,111. 137,9141, 13,240, I T2 - ,iiiii 43,8371 187,486 I I 12,843,2141 lan. 5, 1648. 4,111,?6!1 138 41; amendment) Alderman KINAHAN moved en eipreeive of a determination to uphokl the law, approving the system on which Ireland wee governed, and of confidence in hrr Ma jesty's *detain, and ceiling oa them to direct particular at teadea to lielsold, to establish agricultural societies through the country, and to extend to the holders of land means to employ the people. Mr. :W•Lina spoke in bow of the amendment, and Mr. O'Connell replUo On • division, there appeared for the amendment 5. and for this original question 31. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, APRIL 5. A vacancy has been created on the Scotch Episco pal bench by the death of Dr. Russell, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. As the author of several popular literary works, Dr. Russell was better known in England than most of his brethren. He was the author of the "Life of Oliver Cromwell," in " Con stable's Miscellany," a subject which, from his high church principles, was scarcely safe in his hands; and he contributed "Palestine," "Nubia and Abys sinia," " Polynesia.," &e., to the "Edinburgh Cabinet Library." The Scotsmen says that his works con- 1 sisted principally of contributions to the " Family Library," &c., and that he wrote a " History of the Jews," and "Travels in Palestine;" but this is all, wrong. The bishop wrote nothing in the " Family Library," and the books named are mistaken for a " Connexion of Sacred and Profane History," and a compilation on the " History and Topography of Palestine." Dr. Russell was in his 69th year, and had been 40 years minister of a chapel in Leith, and 11 years a bishop. PROVINCIAL. A PLAN FOR ORGANISING THE SPECIAL CON STABLES in Manchester has, alter some discussion, been matured. It is proposed that in every principal street within the borough, a body of residents, having been first sworn in as special constables, shall form themselves into a civil force for the preservation of peace and order in that street. Already . notices have been sent to the special constables of the main arrests in those parts of the borough north of Market-street, requesting them to call meetings for the pur pose of duly organising themselves: and with • view to facilitate this, • conductor for every such street has been sp• pointed by the police authorities pro tem., who is charged with the duty of convening these meetings. On assembling, they are, however, to be at full liberty to eleot any other member of their own body as their conductor or captain. At these meetings various subjects connected with their organisation, training, and discipline, the mode of assem bling on a given signal, and the drafting off of a small por tion of their own body, for duty in the moveable force having their central station at the Town-hall—are to be taken into consideration, and the following "memoranda of subjects to be discussed at the meeting of the special constables for the protection of streets" have been printed, and forwarded to each conductor pro tem. by the chief constable 1. To discuss the plan of operations for assembling quickly together, on any disturbance takuig place. 2. To appoint a condactor of the special force. S. To appoint a place for meeting, on the alarm of note or disturbances, where the staves should be kept. 4. To Its upon badge to be worn, im as to distinguish friends from foes. 5. To ar range what number of extra men each special constable gull bring with tom, to aid in the preservation of the peace. G. To arrange what number of special constables or assistants shall be drafted to the Town hall, to augment and aid the police tome under the justices. 7. To arrange how the assisumm sent to the police station shall be relieved from time to time. 8. To arrange bow the special constable. shall re lieve themselves from unto to time. 9. The special constables to agree to place themselves under the directions of their leader. 19. To drill themselves under a policesergeant, who has been in the army. With reference to the badge in No. 4, it has been lug. gested that, in order not only for the street special constables to recognise each other, but also to enable them to be recog nised by any of the regular borough police in any affray, the badge should be one distinguistiable whether the lace or back of the man wearing it is seen. It is therefore proposed that this badge consist of a large ring of Tay broad white tape or ribbon, to be hung round the neck on going upon duty. Besides the special constables for the protection of their own streets respectively, there is to be a floating or moveable force, of the youngest and most active special con stablea, having their principal station and rendezvous at the Town-hall; and this body is to be in reedit% ,ss to aid, the police in any part of the borough where their ser vices may be required. A meeting of the merchants and warehouse owners was held at the Town Hall on Mondey morning last, at which it was unanimously agreed to send the young men employed in the warehouses to be sworn in as special constables, and the great majority to join this moveable force; reserving, of course, a sufficient number for the protection of the warehouses, and to aid the special street force. Already a considerable number of clerks and ware housemen have attended at the Town Hall, and been sworn in ; and we believe the 400 mentioned as volunteers will all be enrolled in this moveable force, and will be placed under regular drill, and otherwise disciplined. Some of the par ties complain loudly of being called upon to give up their time ; and a placard was issued yesterday, signed '' A Shop keeper," designating it as a base attempt on the part of the whigs to deprive them of the right of public meeting and expressing their grievances. A PUBLIC OPEN-AIR MEETING OF THE UNEMPLOYED andother working peopleof Manchester was held inStevenson square on Monday evening, when the largest assemblage was drawn together which has of late attended such meetings. The numbers were variously estimated at from 6,000 to 10,000.—The Chairman said he wen unused to address such large meetings, but circumstances had brought him there Over which he had no control. The working classes were in • deplorable situation. Was it not monstrous to see six teen thousand people in this one city unemployed and only employed—with but half a loaf or nothing at all ? e 1 y , not monstrous to see people willing and anxious to work starving amidst immense wealth of their own creation on every aide of them, in a land flowing with milk and honey . ? This was the boasted land, the mistress of the who, it was said, had carried her victories across everr and every ocean where a sword was lifted to oppose her ; and what was the proud privilege of her sons when they re turned to enjoy what were called the blessings of peace : To die in • ditch—to pine in a cellar or a garret. (Cheers.) Men asked for work, and they were pointed to the work house. They asked for the tights of citizens that they might remedy false legislation, and they were threatened with the dungeon. It being time they sought a remedy, be asked them to listen to the propmitions which would be brought before them by the succeeding quaker's, whose object was to get a remedy.—A working-man named Nixon moved the first resolution That we, the unemployed working men of Manchester, in public meeting assembled, return our sincere thanks to Mr. Maude, the ma gistrate, and to the Mayor of Manchester, for the kind and courtesan manner in which they received the deputation appointed by us this morniog, to state our grievances to them, with • view to a remedy of those grievances, and we sineerely thank them for the intereet they take in our welfare and their exertions to better our condition ; but the remedy they propose is un-Englleh In sprinciple and degrading to car character as rinnm.m • sad that we, the unemployed, in pub lic meetbg, are of opinion, ihat as all wealth and property springs from our tedusby, the producer has a right to be the fist partakes I of the fruits of Ms own labour, and that an there fa no happiness or contentment is the homes of the poor man, neither shall there be any in the homes of the rich; that as there is no law to protect the life, the property nor the intereats of the poor ram, neither shall there be any for the rich man. lie would now tell them the result of their minion to the mayor and magistrates, and then go to other parts of the reso lution. The deputation stated that they, the working men, wanted employment. Mr. Maude said there is relief for you l on certain conditions, and he spoke it with a good mearung, though his words sounded better than they were relished. For he said there was the oakum-picking shop in Tib-street (laughter, and cries of " oh")—and that the atoneyard was only a test of labour, every man being paid not wording to his work, but in proportion to his family and wants. He (the speaker) told Mr. Maude that was not the relief they wanted—that stone-breaking was not an employment for honest, induatrious, independent-minded men, to whom idle nem was s misfortune, and charity a mockery. He told him they wanted notcharity but justice. (Cheers.) Mr. Maude told them all that was very true, and that he believed the people were a generous-minded and industriously.dispooed people. lie should be very glad to see them in a better position, but regulations for changing the condition of the people were not in their province. All they could do as magistrates was to see that the poor law guardians and overseers did their duty. They told the authorities that this was net done, and that the overseer, when applied to, insulted them, and if they remonstrate, called in the police. The guardians present at the interview denied this. Mr. Maude had then asked them what remedy they euggested, and he told them he thought it was their duty to tell the government their wants; and the first thing they wanted was a reduction of taxation—(loud cheers)—the neat was that the govern ment should open to the people the wait. land for culti vation, so that, other employmentlailing, they could raise food for themselves. Mr. Maude told them this was not their business, but belonged to the big men in London. He told the magistrates at once that when he wanted bread he would not go to break stones. They were told to be con tent, but what was there in their condition to make them contented ? He never would be contented so long as there was one law for the rich, and another for the poor. Were they prepared and determined to produce • different Mate of things t (" Yea," sad cheers.) Were they determined to band themselves together for one object—the destruction of a government battening on their labour, and luxuriating in wealth at the expense of the blood and the tears of the millions. (Great cheering). Look how their money was expended. There was the Dowager Queen—the wife of William the Fourth—a Queen who wee no longer of use—she . received 100,0001. ayes (shame), whilst Om Xing of Belgium, not able to grind enough out of Ibis own subjects, had 00,0001., and the King of Hanover 16,0001. wrung from the hard earnings and industry of the people of this country. (Shame). Then there were 28 millions taken to pay the interest on the national debt, whilst working men were dying of banger. But (continued the speaker) there shall be a change. (Loud cheers.) All the world is changing, and we will not be left behind. Here are we, working men ; are I I we to mart war rights and rise is the of free meal (Cries of • yes," and dom) Then ws get arms. Arms ought to be in the possession of every UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL l weeking man—not that you ass to go and shoot every person =mini who coma near: you because you have a gun, but as the of the government rob you of your wages, and as 'TNT man has • r , r , 47;z .r th r p "'"74 3 ;. right to shoed a felon ;rhea he breaks into his house, you .***,, e****l * kw the main year. have a right to shoot them who rob you. So whoa the hi - tailoring pationtsane t—in Me Panto of arts-- government robs you of your wealth or your molar, you clanks : T. I. Ilueilelet. ilsilow of Tres. On. •••• • rieb% to shoot them. (Groat cheering.) The Nresseli niaM92lloo flea natant 11Olsesighy : the go. J.w.. Inn the nam Inds . CoOrPrnfr COL did not trAt satiated with. talking, nor the Germans ear the 1 4 .7'4 lb! II 2 4 aI a l BA. Logic, mast, and ' A ssn. Fnmar.na—thay acted like men. None of your potty mob- _ the rota send B. bind'. and window breskinge—freedum was not won by pil. b = 4 l o , omi," Preara rrao shops when they began to steal let them still EOM. t i6 ch C. J. D iwy elm= De. SAWA,Aa kv . y li b r oir ':sing which • it would not be criminal is poses—let Ten rd the OWTOOITP/Dt, the .reek Test ofe, New tooted. THE ANCIENT CONCERTS.—The second concert, last evening, was under the direction of Earl Howe, as proxy for the King of Hanover. It contained little notice able matter; the programme being trade up, in a great measure, of things thoroughly hackneyed at these concerts. —the opening of "The Messiah," the "Sanctus," &c., from Mozart's first mass ; Handel's air, " Holy, holy ;" the old hymn, "AUa Triniti beota:" Horsley's glee, "Cold is Cadwalla's tongue;" and several others, equally familiar. This eternal repetition of the same things, year after year, is the besetting sin of these concerts, and sadly lessens their interest and attraction. The eminent professor who has the actual direction, might exhibit a little more activity and re search, without being much oppressed by the duties of his office. Why do we never see the name of Gluck, except in connexion with the one everlasting scene from " Orfeo ?" And why should we be entertained with the threadbare . " Sull aria," which we have over and over again at the melt ordinary benefit concerts ? This sleepy course of manage ment has been followed ever since we can remember, but it does not accomplish the professed object of the "Concert of Ancient Music."—Mir Bassano sang Handel's "Holy, holy " with a fine voice and true expression ; it was, indeed, too slow, but that was the fault of the con ductor. Signor Salvi sang the " Lord, remember David," with Latin words. It was well executed, and his voice had • its tonal richness and beauty, but it was easy to perceive, from his reading of the air, that he is net familiar with Han del's music. With Mozart's " Caro immagine" he is better acquainted ; and Winter's duet, " Con quel cochleae , lan ' guido," sung by him and Madame Caradori Allan, was, on ' the part of both, a most graceful and elegant performance. • The recitative and air from Peer's '• Griselda" was well sung by Mir Birch, but its most remarkable feature was the obit gato violin accompaniment,brilliantly played by Mr. Biagrove. The rtnale to Beethoven's " which concluded tke • performance, is one of those things which ought not to be transferred from the stage to the concert-room. 4Lbt 131ama. MARYLEBONE.—" The Double Marriage" of Beau mont and Fletcher is another added to the lirt of successful revisals by this management. Whatever its abstract merits, the piece hos, as an acting play, many objections which are not likely to gain it favour with that large portion of the public who view the drama rather as a resource agsinat ennui, and an excuse for not thinking, than as an awakener of serious thought or emotion. Its sentiment is in fact too high-toned and frigid to suit the ordinary run of play-going eentibilities. With these objections the sumers of the re usual must afford emneencouragement to the lovers of legiti macy; especially as that emcees was mainly owing to the very satisfactory manner in which it was put upon the stage, There are very few parts which can be considered "pleasant" to the actor, but they were nearly all sustained in a manner at least creditable. Mrs. Warner exhibited strong and natural feeling in Juliano, and re peatedly drew down the applause of the audience ; and the earnest dignity with which Mr. Graham supported the cha teeter of Virolet calls for nearly ;equal commendation. The same remark will not apply to the gentleman who played Fee rand, to whom he allotted a proportion of violence and conventional swagger too great even for a tyrant. The cha racter of Maths, the warlike daughter of the proscribed and pirate duke, however unnatural both her pride and her passion may be, a ff ords scope for conidereble stage effect, of which Miss F. Vining took due advantage. The duke himself was supported is a manner, not very re makable for defeat or excellence, by Mr. J. Johnstone. The only comic characters in the play are Castruecio, the parasite, and Vatio, the court fool ; tbey were respectively respectably rendered by Mr. Viuleg and Mr. Webb. Poe the rest it is only necessary to observe that the scenery and appointments were complete and appropriate, the scene on the deck of the vessel being particularly effective. mine on liberty, and when each "an got his own let who dared term it rebbery. (Cheers.) tie found by history that when s people had made a demand ;win government with arms in their hands they had al ways been successful ; but with bare words .oily mid on arms, if they asked ter their rights the dungeon or the gibbet was their reward. He hoped, however, that they should see no more of that work here; no, when they raised again the standard of democracy, they would fight it to the death. If he wanted the people's charter it was Iheragas he believed they would never hate any relief till they bad the shatter. But one thing he would tell the autoordiea—thry wt.uld die fighsing—either they would die for 'something, or they would live for something, while it was wortl. living for. (Load cheers.) The motion was carried unanimously. Janus Abram Ball, alter • violent speech, proposed the saved resolution. -----__ . Tbat ul the opinion of this meeting the true nit nos of government is to find employment for all who WV wolfing to labour; and to pro tect the Hoes, the libertien, And the property of all. And that we believe the present government are neither willing nor Able to carry out this great principle. We, therefore, call noon onto mvercign lady the Queen to dissolve this present laughing House of Commons. Wm. Schofieldeapported the motion, and said the resolution was not to put down the Queen. It was tie House of Com mons they sought to remove—the Inghinc Hunt of Com mon. When Mt. FearguaO'Coari , r sod Mr. Morgan John O'Connell gsve notice of moving lur she charter, the house laughed. Be would show them a pnllel to thot. When Odillon Barrot proposed to impeach the French minirtry the house and M. Ginnie laughed diut the nett thy Ociillon Barrut and the government he sought to impeach were left behind and a republic established they wore made to laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, and sent on the tramp. (Great cheering.)—The Chairman put the resolution, which was carried unanimously, and Nixon then ',minded them that there was a meeting the ant night, and would be pro bably every night for weeks to come. There was also to be a meeting of the chloride of Lancashire en Sunday, on Houghton-green, .um . r . Denton. A FATAL PRIZE FIGHT has disgraced tie county. It occurred at Ashover on Saturday last ; the combatants b log a young man of respectable connexions, named John Smith, a dyer, at Tansley, and Henry White, the son of a blacksmith, in a good way of business at Aahover. Smith, who was killed, was • eingl- man, aged about 71, while Whit*, who is stated to be under 23, is married, and has three children. Both men claimed some provinsial cele brity as pugilists, but had never quarrelled, ant, in fact, were on the moat perfect good terms ; hot throneti the mis chievous instrumentality of some persons, whose chief avo cation appears to be running about the country, attending fights, or fighting themselves, the men were at length in duced to try " which was the better man," and with this view they met and fought in a field near the old engine-house at Aahover, on Saturday afternoon last, surroolided by a crowd numbering from 100 to 200 persons. Atter giving and receiving great punishment for more than au hour, during which time from 50 to 60 rounds were fought, Smith received • blow somewhere on the head, fi 11 bleeding irons the nose and mouth, and died almost instantly. The valiant and considerate crowd, who had with savage pleasure wit nessed the two youths beat each other for the time named, immediately on ascertaining that Smith wits dead, all ran away, leaving the battered corpse to be cared for by those whom chance might send that way, and whine humanity might prompt them to remove it to a place of decent shelter. A miner, named Marriott, who resides tear, but who had not attended the fight, at length remov. d the body to his cottage, and was assisted in doing so by a youth named Red ford, who was a companion of poor Smith's, and who had accompanied him from Tinsley to the scene of his prema ture end. An ini,ueat was held on Monday. Verdict " Manslaughter against Henry White, and also against Joseph Cupitt and Augustus Cupitt, the seconds in the fight." It was understood C th ESTER at th S e H hole had absconded, GLOUIRE. A MEETING OF THE CHARTISTS OF BRISTOL and its neighbourhood was held yesterday no Brandon-hill, for the purposes of discussing the people's grievances, of agreeing to an address to the French nation, congratulating it upon its recent triumph in the cause of national liberty, and also of adopting resolutions in favour of the petition now being prepared calling upon the House of Commons to make the principles of the people's charter the iew of the land, and electing a de:egite to the national convention. The numbers present varied at different points of the proceed ings, and were variously; estimated at from 3,000 to 6,000. The chair was taken by a working man named Nicholls, who urged a strict observance of order and decorum. The first resolution, moved by a Mr. Tudor, was as follows : That the monopoly of political power snowed by the laws of Eng land is a flagrani usurpation of the rights of the Milton people, uld that this meeting, composed chiefly of the victims of civil poltcy, do hereby solemnly, covenant with one another to resort to every avail able mesas consistent with law to terminate the vice.esgendering system of misrule, and to establish our political rights on the basis ef Use people's char ter. The speaker explained the points of the charter, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, no property qualiheation, and payment of members, and insisted that the social and political difficulties of the empire had arisen from the wont of a full, free, and efficient representation of the people. The proposition nas unammouay adopted amidst loud cheering, as was also one pledging the meeting to support the national petition.—Mr. Crook then proposed an address of congratulation to the people of France, which was supported by Mr. Norris. who spoke at some length, complaining of the unfairness of the present suffrage. Is the course of his address he drew a parallel oetween the ministries of Lord John Russell and Guiz it in these terns: The principles of Lord John Russell's ministry bore a resem blance to those of Ouizot's ministry. There was the same recklessness of expenditure, the same contempt for the popular voice, the same tendency to centrattsation, :he same desire to create places and patronage at the disposal of the government, the same disposition to avail themselves of cor rupt constituencies, and he should not be surprised if the same fate were to overtake them. (Cheers. There was an analogy in their position, and there might be is their exit. He did not wish to see Lord John Russell forced to run to France, but he did wish to see him give up his finality. CHANNEL ISLANDS. THE CONTRACT of the PACKET COMPANY for con veying the Channel Islands mails expires on the 27th of this month. Only 2,0001. has been passed for this service in the naval estimates for the ensuing year. The South Western P.icket Company have declared to the government their inability to renew Um' contract under 4,0001. a year. 1111C0111. Mae..... Tea =Z ha Ciess lade a s'ffil gaga other Moneys pepayroente of Adrian To Ca brought to this Acootuat, beihg the TM lestahhest 011 Ida of hught 90d-Sil-i eta' Feb. 9 oort tik• July S, INS. Oct. 10, 1641. 4,32,28111,104,711 1,730,491 2,006,427 1,030,162 i,i8i;822 / 1,774,361 209,910 1,972,128, 217,000; 45,0001 177,910 . ie.ooll 11,174107 440,000 73449 111,607 Ikets9,lo3 227,644 i was, 1647. t.!!l•E' 1,317,401; 130,8 W, 2,e1071 July 3, 1847. 18,796,620 12,347,637 7,061,82$ 4,237,136 3,4 6 44. 21 921,1?001 4,319,1141 kstai,ou , 1.691.464, 2.073,001 . 1,031.614 116,000 1 t,441 Oct. 10, 1647. Zioi i i iiii . s! .nil - I:iii.iii 1,914,783 442,417 204,000 40,000 11,744 30,614 74,411.6 I tl 1 ti