The Express. — London, England, 1848-05-05 00:00:00

GERMANY. BADEN.--The republican movement is not yet quelled. A letter from Brisgau of the 28th says that the troops of Wurtemberg had au engagement on the previous day with a body of insurgents at Todtnau. An official account of the affair of Dassenbach ap peared at Carlsruho on the 29th. It states the number of the insurgents under lierwegh to have been 800, of whom 23 or 30 were killed. According to the same report some insurgent bands are still lurking in the Munsterthal. A letter from the Swiss frontier, dated the 28th, says that the remains of the band which had been driven from the Schusterinsel on the Rhine had arrived at lianingen on the 27th in the evening. It is said that ilecker, who, as we have stated, spent a few days at Wele, now repents for what he has done,l and exhorts to submission. lie is in conseqnence called a traitor to the republic by Lis party. A letter from Strasbourg announces the arrival there of ono l of the chief republican leaders and the death of Boustcelt, who, it would seem, was killed at the affair of Dassenbach. FRANKFORT.—On the let inst. the funeral of General Von Gagern took place at Frankfort, with great pomp. His remains had been brought from Kandern, and placed in the palace of the Grand Duke of Hew. They were transported to the family vault at Hornau. The corps diplomatique, the mem bers of the federal military commission, the national guard and tro .pa of Austria and Prussia, quartered at Mayence, the members of the committee of 17 and of that of 50, together with the corporation of Frank furt, were present on the occasion. In the sitting of the committee of 30, on the 27th, the debate was engaged on a motion for the esta blishment of a triumvirate in the Germanic Diet, and ultimately it was adopted, with amendments, as fol lows: The Diet will be aliment( d by three members, who will be charged to chome a federal general-in-chief, to carry on the diplomatic all Airs between Germany and foreign powers, and further to exercise the executive power, in cue of ur gent need, on their own responsibility, but in ordinary cases according to the advice of the Diet. That body, after coming to an understanding with the committees of 17 and 50, will propose the triumvirs to the government, and these three will be responsible for their acts to the nation, and will re main in functions so long as the constituent assembly does not decide to the contrary. A motion was then adopted to the effect that the nomination of a federal general-in-chief be not post poned till after the nomination of the triumvirs, but that it be made immediately. FItt'SSIA.—No papers were published at Berlin on the 30th. The Sdesian Gazette says that blood is still flowing in I'osen. The bands of scythemen break up in one place and reunite in another, and recommence their guerilla war. They are not deterred from carrying on their planless and chiefless strife by the fact that they are everywhere beaten,and do butlittle injury to the troops, and therefore do they fight not for anything, but against it. They fight against the hated Germans and against the enemies of their reli gion. The former sentiment is cherished by the nobles, the latter by the clergy, with a fanaticism worthy of the middle ages. There are clergymen who speak of the murdered when they name the scythemen who have h.en killed. The skirmish at Res)kow was very sanguinary. From 50 to 6k) of the scythemen were killed, and 70 men were wounded and taken prisoners, while on the side of the military five were killed and two were taken prisoners. AUSTRIA.—We have not received our usual files of Vienna papers. A letter from that capital of April 27 says, the presumptive heir to the throne, Archduke Francis Joseph, who is appointed Viceroy of Bohemia, is gone to Verona, to the head-quarters of Marshal Rad:teki. The late intelligence from Italy, respecting the submission of Frioul, has greatly encouraged the party who desired the reconquest of Lombardy. The intelligence from Galicia is very gloomy. Intelligence from Trieste of April 21, states that the English consul had arrived from Venice, having declared to the Venetian government that England would not acknowledge the republic. Upon this de claration becoming generally known, the mob pro ceeded to the British consulate and tore down the armorial insignia of England, and the departure of the consul was the immediate result. The city was in a state of anarchy, and the people in general and deep distress. The . estrian LI-Iprg of the 26th, from Trieste, states that operations by sea against Venice com menced on the 24th. Two flotillas with two steamers are blockading the Gulf, and effectually prevent all intercourse with Venice. BAVARIA.—Count Bray was admitted on the 29th ult. to the cabinet council as minister of foreign affairs. The baptism of the young prince took place on the same day. His godfather is King Otho of Greece, and his name Otho William Leopold Adel bed Waldemar. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES, A letter from Rendsburg of April 30 says : " The Danes have entirely quitted the continent as far as Alsen and North Schleswig. In the west, Tondern has been besieged ; on the road thither the artillery of Count Schakenberg was seized. On the 28th, 12 officers, 17 subalterns, 16 musicians, and 380 privates were brought in prisoners." The entire eastern coast of Holstein and Schleswig is blockaded by Danish ships of war. The merchants interested in the trade of the Baltic arc more appre hensive than ever, and await with anxiety the inter ference of the English government. SOUTH AMERICA.—New GRANADA.—lntelli gence comes to hand from Santa Martha, Bogota, and Car thagena to the 20th ult. Congress was in session at Bogota, and things were all going on prosperously and well in the republic of New Granada. The news of the unfortunate outbreak at Caracas, en the 2.lth of January last, is pub. fished in El Dia. The unfortunate condition of things in Yrcesuela elms not in any way affect her more peaceable neighbour, New Granada. The President delivered his met sage to the House of Congress at I.l , gota on the lit • ult. It is quite a short document ; indeed, the country is so quiet and Nourishing, that thee is no occasion for lung-winthd mes sages. On the subject of the railroad across the Isthmus of Panama, he says : "The privilege of making a railroad across this isthmus has not as yet been used, inasmuch as the company to whom it was granted have been cramped in their money alfaira by the European crisis ; the directors, however, have informed me that they will omit nothing in their endeavours to fill their engagements. I shall not neg lect this great enterprise, and should the time get for the commencement expire, I shall avail myself of the authority I possess to renew it. The receipts of the republic during the year ending the 31st of August, 1847, amounted to 28,218,920 doS. 16e.; and the expenses to 22,945,416 dub. 76e., thus showing a balance in favour of the receipts. I,a (iacetu Mercantil gives the following account of the explosion of a steamer called the Magdalena: " On the 20th of I , ,hruary, after baying discharged cargo at Baranca, and taken more on board, the steam-boat Magdalena took her departure from that place at 2 p.m. Almost immedi ately after getting under way, and while still in eight of the town, - an. explosion was heard and much smoke secs. Num bers of the citizens of Baran= immediately went to their assistance, and brought up the wounded to the town, render ing them all auditaiico possible. In spite of all, however, Capt. Beekman died on the 27th, and also 11 others of the crew and engineers. Some died instantaneously, some lingered a little, and others survived a few days. The only ones saved were the pilot and nix others. 'the cause of the disaster was the giving way of one of the boilers, in consequence of the great amount of steam raised for the purpose of working the engine an fest as possible. Neither the engine, hull, nor cargo has suffered. It is said that Capt. Beekman had made a bet that he would reach Baranquilla the same evening, which induced him to raise the steam very high, more than the boiler could bear thus leading to this unfortunate acci dent. It is also said that there was hut one engineer on board, and he was sick. The Magdalena was built in New York about a year since, expressly for the navigation of the Magdalena river. She was constructed entirely of iron, and was about 250 tone burden." COLONIAL. WEST INDIES.-By the North American mail we have intelligence from Jamaica and tho Bahamas of a more recent date than we had previously received : JAMAICA.—KINGSTON, APRIL 1, 1848.—The British steamer Tweed arrived here on the 28th ult. from England, via Havana. By this arrival the Chancellor of the Exchequer has sienified his intention to the governor m regards the importation of labourer,. A grant of M,OOOl. has been made towards the relief of the colonists. To this extent, and no further, will relief be afforded to the West India proprietors, which will go but a short way to arrest the inlay already inflicted. The importation of additional free labourers will confer no adequate advantage to compensate for the exPelre, or place our colonies in a condition to compete with the United States. The Chancellor of the Exchequer strong) y recommends the planters to commence immediately internal improvements by increasing their machinery, constructing railroads, and to adopt more scientific modes of agriculture, &c., Which is very good and sound advice, if it were prs.cticable. In the West Indies this cannot be done, as there is neither trade, money, nor confidence, and his counsel is an insult to an injured peoplee—a mere mockery, where ruin is gradually and rapidly doing its work. On the reception of this intelligence, the Chamber of Commerce called a meeting yesterday, and resolved to petition the governor to call tbe assemb ly together, with the lout pos sible delay. The planters have lost all confidence in legis lative deliberations. The tone of our market is extremely dull, both for home and American produce. Money is scarce, and those who poetess that recuisite to some extent are extremely cautious in their operations. Flour his arrived rather freely from Richmond and Baltimore, together with 4,000 barrels from New Orleans, which with difficulty moves off at 36e. to 365. Gd., and the former at 41s. to 445. per barrel; meal, 16s. Gd. to 21s. Gd.: rice, 200. to 21s. Bread: no sales worthy of notice ; firkin and keg butter, 54d. to 64d. per lb. ; lord, 61d. to GfiL ; mackerel, '26s. to 28s. ; codfish, 13.. per cask, and in boxes 17s. Gil. ; pork, 665. to 575. 6d. ; hams, 104 d. to Ild. ; tongues, 60s. per half barrel ; oil, 'ie. 3d. per gall. Lumber : Halifax white pine sells at 100 s. per 400 feet ; to bacco, 6d. per lb. Exchange.—Colonial Bank Bilis, 90 days, j per cent. prem.; Planter's Bank, 90 days, par ; and Commissary General's Bills on the Lords of the Treasury, at 30 days, If per cart. prem. Exports.—The crop of sugar is notlarge, and does not bring more than 15s. to 19s. per 100 lbe. BAHAMAS.—NAssAr (N. P.), 'MARcIi 29.—This day the residence of the housekeeper of the public buildings was destroyed by fire. The Rouse of Assembly was occu pied principally with the Bill for the Payment of Pensions to certain officers of the customs department. From the Gonne of Mich 26, we learn loom the post. muter that by the packet which has just arrived, be has re ceived information this a more extensive communication between the United States and the West lilies is about to take place by means of the steam-packet company easels. The route to commence on the 7th of May next between New York and Bermuda, and from the latter to St. Thomas, returning to New York via Bermuda, so as to arrive at the former city on the llth, and to leave again on the 12th, so es to be back on the 18th of every month at Bermuda. The extension of the steam route to New York will no doubt greatly facilitate intercourse and be convenient to pi...wagers who may be desirous of visit ing the United States, aid Bermuda, leaving this place on the 30th of each month. They will arrive at Bermuda on the 4th of the following month, and leave Bermuda again on the 7th, and arrive at New York on the 11th. The table of a new route his also been received, to be substituted in place of one of previous date ,• this table which takes in the arrange ment between New 'York and Bermuda states—" That the steamers are to leave Bermuda on the 7th of every month at G p.m., arrive at New York on the Ilth at 6 p.m„ leave again on the 12th, be back to Bermuda on the 18th, and leave on the same day for St. Thomas." An arrival from the Turks Islands furnishes us with three late numbers of the I'. I. Gazette, to 11th last., we notice that they have had a first raking of salt for Out season, and that two or three vessels riding there would be enabled to take cargoes. From some of the other Salt Islands we learn that their prospects are good, inasmuch as they are in expectation ot being very soon enabled, unless prevented by rain, to coin. mence raking. 'be Court. The Queen held yesterday afternoon, at Backing ham ['Awe, &Chapter of the Order of the Garter, which was the fullest that has been held for a number of year,. The Knights Compsnions of this meet noble order were robed by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede in their rich mantles of purple velvet, with crimson velvet hoods, and also wore the splendid collars of the order. By command of the Queen the Knights were called over by Garter, when there appeared—Pnnce Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Menials of Anglesey, the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of Buccleueh, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of Cleveland, filar quis of Salisbury, Marquis of Abercorn, Earl Dc Grey, Earl Talbot, Marquis Camden, Marquis of Hertford, and the Duke of Bedford. 'the officers of the order present were the Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester; the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford ; the Registrar, the Dean of Windsor; Garter Principal King at Arms, Sir C. Young; and the Usher of the Black Rod, Sir A. (Alford, Bart. The Knights Companions and otficersentered the presence of the Sovereign in the Throne or Chapter Room. The Sovereign and Knights Companions having taken their seats, the Chancellor siguitied to the Chapter her Majesty's royal will and pleasure that the vacant stall in the royal chapel of St. George's, at Windsor, be,, tilled; and as by the statutes none but • knight can be elected, the most noble Henry Cheeks Duke of Norfolk was introduced by Garter and Black Rod. The sword of state, home by Sir William Martins, gentleman usher, having been presented to the Queen by the Lord Chamberlain, her klale,ty was gra ciously pleased to cooler the honour upon the noble duke therewith; his grace, rising, kissed the Sovereign's hand, and retired. The Knights Companions proceeded to the eke ties, and the suffrages having been collected by the Chan cellor, were by him prevented to her Majesty, who com manded him to declare that the most uobie Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk had been duly elected a Knight alba most noble order of the Garter. By the Sovereign's command his grace was received at the door of the Chapter-room by the Marquis of Hertford and the Duke of Bedford, the two junior Knights Companions present , and was conduct ed between them to her Majesty, preceded by Garter ( bearing the ensigns at the order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and by Black Rod. The Duke of Norfolk knelt near the sovereign, and Garter on his knee presenting the garter, her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington, the two senior Knights Companions present, buckled it on his grace's left leg, the Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition. Garter presented in like manner the Riband and George, and her Majesty, assisted as before, put the same over the noble duke's left shoulder, the Chancellor pronouncing the admonition. The duke again kissed her Majesty's hand, and afterwards received the congratulations of each of the Knights Companions. His grace then re tired. The chapter being ended, Garter, by her Ma jesty's command, again called over the Knights Companions, who, with the officers of the order, retired from the presence of the soverei As with the usual reverence, Tile Queen wore the mantle and hood, and also the collar of the order. The court was attended by the Mietress of the Robes; the Duchess of Norfolk and the Marchioness of Douro, ladies in waiting ; the Lord Steward, the Lord ' Chamberlin, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, Lord Byron, lord in waiting, and Viscount Clifden, lord in waiting to Prince Albert; the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice• Chamberlain, Sir G. I'. Lee, lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard; Mr. R. 0. Gore, groom in waiting; Col. Williams, Silver Stick in waiting ; Col. B. Drummond, field other in brigade waiting; the Groom of the Robes; Col. Hon. C. Grey, equerry in waiting; Captain lion. A. Gordon, equerry in waiting to Prince Albert; and Messrs Gordon and Crofton, pales of honour in waiting. The Yeo men Guard were on duty in the grand ball and atairwe, ' and the Queen's guard of the Foot Guards, with the band of their regiment, was stationed on the palace lawn. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Byron, Colonel the HOn. C. Grey, an I Capt.'the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the per formance at her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duke and Duchess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar also honoured the performance with their presence. The Queen Dowager, the Duch. as Ida, and the two Princesses of Saxe-Weimar visited the Duchess of Kent yes terday at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty and her illustrious relatives als o took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Houcester see(erday at Gloucester House. The lion. and Rev. li. Montagu VlMere, and the Rev. J. End,ll Tyler had an interview with Sir 0. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, on presenting • loyal address to her Majesty from the I.pccial constables and other inhabitants of St. Oiles-in-the-Fields, and St. George's, A BALL AT COURT.—The Lord Chamberlain caused invitations to be issued from his office yesterday, fur full-dress balls, at Buckingham Palace on the 19tb lost. and on the 16th proximo and an exening party (music), on the 31st inst. at balf•past nine o'clock. MUNIFICENT BENEFACTION TO TUE CITY OF LONDON Scitoot.—At the Court of Common Council, yes terday, it was announced, that in addition to the two annual scholarships, value 501. each, already presented to the City London School by Mr. Beaufoy, that gentleman has munificently caused the sum of 1,716/. 13s. 4d., to bo in vested in the names of trustees, the interest of which to be applied to a third scholarship, also of 501. per annum. LONDON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL—The annual fes tival of the friends of this benevolent institution was held last evening at the Loudon Tavern. Earl Forteseue presided. The usual preliminary toasts having been disposed of the chairman propnied prosperity to the London University Hospital, which was drunk with acclamation. Lord Brougham then proposed the chairman's health. In so doing he took occasion to remark upon the recent political disturbances in the metropolis. Instead of supporting charities similar to that of which they had met to celebrate the anniversary, he <Amerced that many persons bestowed their favours, under the impression that they were doing well, upon such objects as the organisation of labour, or some such trash, which did mischief instead of doing good. Ile observed that benevolence was a very different quality 'from beneficence—a fact which was particularly shown by the en couragement given to the Foundling Hospital of France—an institution which was productive of a great deal of immo rality, because any person could deposit a child there with out giving an account of it. His lordship said be had an other instance of the manner in which persons could be benevolent without beinglbeneticient. Ile proceeded to allude to a congratulatory address which had been presented to her Majesty upon the suppression of the outbreak of the 10th of April, maintaining such congratulation to have been unnecessary, inasmuch as there was no danger in the case, except to the parties causing the disturbance. lie was glad that there had been no occasion to use the force which was at hand on that occasion but if it had been necessary, the suppression of ' the proceediags of the mob would not have been an hour's work. Returning to the subject of the boepital, his lord ship expressed his hope that there would not be any ad ditional rivals to it in the field—for it was a melancholy fact, that every hospital in London, which was supported by volun tary contributions, was in difficulties and he considered that the public would do better if they enabled the established hospitals to fill their empty weirdo, rather than support any new ones, which might rise into existence. The chairman's health was drunk with due hunours ; and the usual variety of toasts, together with some excellent vocal and instru mental music, contributed to bring the evening to a close. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE held their anniversary meeting yesterday, at the office in St. Martin'E. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, iii - Ay 5, 1848. THE REFORM MOVEMENT. MEETING IN WESTMINSTER. A public meeting of inhabitants of St. Martin's-in the-fields was held yesterday in the vestry-room of the parish, to take into consideration the best means to be adopted to give effectual support to Mr. Hume in his en deavours to procure a revision of the expenditure—of the mode of taxation—and of the defective representation of the country. Mr. IioUVEKIE was voted to the chair, and in opening the proceedings remarked briefly upon the recent changes which had taken place in the governments of Europe, expressing his hope that the people of those countries would succeed in whatever they might undertake. There had been to some extent a similar feeling manifested in this country, but he believed the majority of the people were not in favour of entire change. There could be no doubt, however, that many serious abuses existed in the iustitutions of the country, which it only required a proper expression of opinion to re medy. lie deprecate d any violent measures, and felt assured that every person present was equally opposed to disorderly and physical-force proceedings. He hoped that they would embody their opinions in some form which might enable them to lay the subject before the legislature. Mr. DALTON, one of the churchwardens, moved the first resolution : That with the rapidly extending opinion of all deems of society, that the revenue required for the puoUe expenditure ID raised by a oyetem of taxation which peewee with an unneeresery Inequality on the people, this meeting think it their duty to pees upon the attention of her Majeetv's ministers the necessity of an early and severe investigation into the hearing of the tuition of the country, particularly into that large portion of it which, ralecd by duties upon article* now forming the necessaries 'of life, throws a heavy bunk% upon that class of eociety which is least able to bear it. 'They adduce as glaring instances of the inequality the legacy and probate duties, which are paid by personal property alone, while landed property Is altogether exempt; and the income tax as now con stitutnl, by which the Income (lei teed from trades and profesnioaa, and even that of the annuttnnt who may sink the whole of his prin ciple In its purchase, is charged at the same rate of duty as ineeelin. which is derived from the most enduring tourer Mr. Dalton remarked, with regard to the legacy and probate duty, that there were difficulties attending its abolition ; but there was no doubt that if a ministry were so disposed those difficulties might be easily overcome. It was said that those' duties ought not to be placed en landed property, on account of the burdens already placed on it; but he considered that the argument dill not hold good, because land did not at present bear greater burdens than other property. They all knew that when a lease was taken the cost of the stamp fell on the tenant, and not on the landlord. He saw no reason why such should be the case, and why land should not pay a fair proportion towards the revenue of the country. Ile expressed himself strongly opposed to the income tax, and pointed out its inequalities on forcible terms. Mr. ConßerT Recorded the resolution, and after some re marks from Mr. Wilson, Mr. Skelton moved an amendment, but it being intimated that one of the resolutions which had been prepared to ho submitted to the meeting embraced the same points as those contained therein Mr. Skelton with drew his pro lion for the present. The resolution was then adopted unanimously. Mr. A issel.OM then moved : That though the country Ins been long remiss in calling for M- I vestigatlon into the expenditure of the p•blie revenue, it has not teen blind to the fact that a large portion of it has been profuse and un aeorwary. That the excess of expenditure over income for the pant ar ; and the severe pressure which is now felt, demand a searching limy into all unnecessary expenses; and feeling that without ing the real strength of the eatublielitnents of the country they might he carried on niece frugally by a regulated proportion of ser viee•s with solaria, the meeting would urges upon her Majeety's ministers, whether by • minim:el inattention to economy the attachment which ties been recently so strongly evinced by her Majesty's subjects for the institutions of tin country may not be im paired, and by the conUnuanee of the abuse existing in them de. generate into a dislike of the institutions themselves. lie referred to the present large standing army and r.avy as being the principal cause of the largo taxation of the coun try, to which objects eighteen millions of that taxation were annually devoted. There were more than 2,000 Mali officers in the British army whom he considered were not required for its service ; and there were I many other unnecessary and profuse expenses which might well be abolished. Ile had himself served in the army of the ESSI. Indian Company, and had had opportunities of comparing the much better system pursued in that and other services with the system upon which our own army was en. tablisbcd. In this country there were sever departments connected with the army . : there were the horse Guards, the Ordnance, the Commissariat, and also a large establish ment et Woolwich. Now he asked why could not these es tablisbments be united ? The only reason why they were suffered to exist in so many departments was, that the rcions of aristocracy might fill up the places, and thus secure pa tronage to ministers. Mr. BARTON seconded the resolution. lie said that the increase in the expenditure must by provided for by a na tional bankruptcy or an increase of taxation ; for it was quite ' impossible that things could go on as they were. lie con curred in the opinion which had been expressed, that their great difficulty rested in the large standing army and navy. He alluded to the presentation of the chartist petition on the 10th of April, and congratulated them on the order which had been maintained on that occasion. But he had only one fear with reference to the result of that day's proceedings. Ile was afraid that the government might consider that because the middle classes had exerted themselves to preserve the public peace they were quite satisfied with the existing state of things. He knew that the great majority of them were not satisfied ; he knew that they were in favour of large reforms, and like himself felt them to be essential to the maintenance of the country. It was only by agreeing upon general principles, and the expression of public opinion in assemblies similar to the present, that they would show themselves to be men of busmen . with a keen appreciation of their rights. Mr. C. COCIIRANE here made a few observation. • but The CHAIRMAN intimated that the speaker's observations were apart from the subjects contained in the resolution, and therefore out of order. Mr. Cochrane accordingly sat down. Mr. Witte, M.P., alluding to one of Mr Cochrane's ob servations, with respect to the place in which the meeting was held, said he could imagine that assemblies like the pre sent were opposed to the hon. gentleman'. sentiments, be cause their Proceedings were of a peaceable and orderly de scription. It was the conduct of political charlatans and pretended patriots which gave the government an excuse for coercive measures, which operated to the prejudice of the misguided portion of the public. He alluded to the great in crease of appointments in the customs and elsewhere, observing that he saw no chance of a reduction in the expenditure, or of a remedy for existing abuses, unless members f parliament were prevented from asking for places from government, for it was a mistake to suppose that the patronage of the country was kept up entirely for the aristocracy. It was the members of the legislature ttself on whom the main part of it was bestowed. There could be no doubt that there were very many departments of public service in which the expenditure might be very considerably reduced. There were five or six Lords of the Admiralty, when three might do the work ; and there were judge ad vocates and other offices in different departments, a large number of which might be submitted to the pruning knife with advantage. lie thought that the middle classes should bestir themselves, and show that, although they were will ing to support existing institutions, they demanded the removal of the abuses with which they were connected. The third re-notation was moved by Mr. ID:TOXINS and seconded by Mr. Bases. It was as follows : That the imperfect representation of the country requires a re vision, and tomb a change no shill give the elective franchise to that portion of the community now excluded from it, which the growing intelligence of the time* might render safe. That feeling the diffi culties of dealing with the details of such change, the meeting would refer only to the imperfections generally, calling attention at the same time that it would be necessary that whatever tests might be established for showing that the elective power would be discreetly used should ensure to every one capable of enduring such test the possession of a right to vote, and that no exclusion shoulo be per mitted as. is caused by the present unjust system of borough limits. The meeting e 4 strongly feel that by shortening the duration alga, Laments their efficiency would be greatly &creased. Mr. Slur:tom again brought forward the amendment, which embraced four of the six points of the charter, and which bad been before proposed, as he thought the resolution did not go far enough. A discussion ensued upon the limit to be given to the opinions expressed. in which some diversity of opinion was manifested. In the end the amendment was rejected, the original motion being adopted. The following supplementary resolution was then agreed to : That the members for Weettnir.ster be requested to7Placc these rolo lotions In the bands of Lord John Russell, with un assurance that the meeting is not ignorant of the difficulties which impede an honest minister to destroy abuses by which so many of a minister's sup porters benefit; but that from the well-known fearlessness of his lordship'e character, they hope with much confidence that he will have courage to grapple with evils which endanger the safety of the country ; toad believing that the sentiments of the inhabitants of this parish area fair epitome of the sentiment,' of the country, that Ws lonlahip might rely on such a support from the great body of the people as would enable him to do so effectually. Thanks having been paned to the chairman the proceed ings terminated. 8. ila/lam, Esq., in the chair. The Rev. it. Catter - Mole, the secretary , read the report, which commenced by stating that during the past year the operations of the so ciety had been as successful as could possibly be expected during a period of such unexampled pressure on all sides. Although there had been no considerable additions of mem bers, yet the deaths and withdrawals had been counter balanced by new supporters. The tots' receipts for the jyear to 6361. Is. 4d., which included her Ma jeity's m an nual subscriptioa of 100/., annual snlyseriptions, 2221., tie. The disbursements amounted to 6111. 175. 9d. leaving a balance of 1521. 31. 7d. Thu report was agreed to. The chairman then teed au address to the meeting on the affairs of the society, and on the subject of litera ture in general. A ballot haring been taken for mem bers of the council, in room of those going out by rota ' tion, there were chosen the Bishop of Winchester, the Lord Chief Baron, Sir John P. Boileau, Bert., John Payne Collier, Esq., and John Disney, Esq. The , usual vote of thanks to tht- chairman closed the meeting. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.—The annual meet ing of this institution was held last evening in Exeter-hall, Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., M.P., in the chair. From the report, which was read by the secretary, it appeared that at the present time, schools to connexion with the union had been established at Denmark, on the western coast of Africa, at Calcutta, at Melbourne, Van Diemen's Land, the South Sea Islands, Demerara, Jamaica, Nova Scotia, Newfound. , land, and sundry other places abroad. Within a circle of three miles from the General Peet-office, there were in the south district 107 schools, 2,170 teachers, and 21,177 scholars. In the east section the number of schools was 124, the teachers 2,672, sod the scholars, 2z,053. The north d i strict contained 142 schools, 3,0-14 teachers, and • 30, 0 7 9 scholars. The western auxiliary had 130 echools, 2,421 teachers, /end 23,773 scholars, making a total in the tour aux.liarres of 603 schools, 10,207 teachers, and 100,075 scholars, being an increase of 35 schools, 902 teachers, and 9,632 scholars. 120 schools had made no report, but if the numbers be in proportion to those reported, the 'rend total will be 623 schools, 12,642 teachers, and 123,919 scholars. The cash receipts for the year, with a balance overdrawn of 1821. Iss. 11., were 1,2731. Os. 6d. The report having been I adopted, several gentlemen spoke in favour of the institution. A series of resolutions were carried, including one of thanks to the chairman, when the proceedings terminated. CHURCH OY ENGLAND TRAINING iScuootu.—The lest annual general meeting of the subscribers and friends of these schools, established for instrut tingpersons as masters and mistresses for all parts of the lini cd Kingdom,upon scriptural and Protestant principles, was held on Weelne,,day, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, lianover-square. The ltight lion. Lord Ashley, M I'., presided. There were also present the Marquis of Cholmondeley, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Cavan, the Right Lion. Sir George Rove, Bart., &c. 'The Rey. William llodgaun, M.A., read the report. It stated : That propeudis for the formation of u normal school at Cheltenham were first made to sever"; of the clergy and laity in that town in August, 1845. Alter various meetings the usßUClalitiOn was formed, oral its permanent lawn adopted, at u meeting held October 21, 1•45. Very idiortly afterwards it wax judged expedient to suspend all imerstunis in Cheltenham, with a view to try the experiment in London. Many meetings were accordingly held in town during the pear 114 13, but at the close of that year the project was aban ono' in lamilon, and resumed in eh. Itenhant on the 7th of June, 11417. Having been asitural in on official letter from Ur. Kay Shuttleworth, bearing dote May 14, 1817. Unt " My lords Arc avowed to encourage a Ith liberal assistance, and with the same degree of confidence which they hove shown to other training schools, a Well.defined effort to estiblish such a school at Cheltenham, in which the permanency and tho efficiency of the institution may he guaranU'cil by the chatecter ul all the arrangements, and by the liberality of the subscriptions by which it is supported," thevdetermined at mar to open the in Minion for teachers, and to appeal more widely to the public for support. Two houses were engaged, and on the aeound of June tuition woe commenced with five young men. At the close of the fine half-year, at the Christmas vacation. there were 17 young men in the house, and the institution had opened tints , ( hriAtinaA with 15 young men lend 10 young women. There were new 29nruitersited t 5 mistressei , in the institution. The applications for master.; and mister.es were as 20 1 to I compared with the power of finding sultana. person, white the recommendations for rulimesiou to the lion-, were c instantly among Is. An examination took place before the Christmus vacation, which was highly ratialactory. Meanwhile the committee of council had uttered every encouragement to the promoter,. of this institution, use well by awarding them 3,01101. towards the projected building as by giving them the prospect of on early admission of their students to the udvantagen heidout by the government. The public loci liberally responded to the appeal made to them, byentruding to the gross turn of more than 5,0001. Were the 'eh do of that available for the building, the institution would be it once placed upon a se cure hailing; but from that ruin must be deducted current expenses, furniture, etc., so well as the income required by the government to secure permanency. The annual subs options also were ineluded in that Aunt, amoutiong to above 5001. per annum ; nor would the par liamentary grunt be obtained until 2.0010. or 3,0001. inore be contri buted. The committee hail nearly completed the purchase of three acees of land fora cite, for the sum of 95'11., whin a laneeolent 1,4 presented them with the noble gift of a piece of land containing nearly six acres, In the immediate vicinity of st. Paul's Church, Chel tenham, and of those model schools; the iced of conveyance bail been approvol by government, and had been recently executed. Contribu tions Were announced to the gross amount of 4,6751. te. On the motion of the Rev. F. Close, M.A., of Cheltenham, the r.. port was agreed to. Resolutions approving of the in stitution, and pledging the meeting to support it,. were unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman, whie!i the noble lord brit fly acknowledged, closed the pro- endings. literrtsn ANTI-STATE-CitußCll ASSOCIATION, The anniversary meeting of the above named society was held on Wednesday evening at Finsbury Chapel, which was well filled. The chair was taken at half-past six o'clock by Dr. Thomas Price, the treasurer of the association, who was sup ported on the platform by several leading members of tke nenconMrtnist body. The chairman stated that, notwith standing the monetary depression, the receipts during the past exceeded those of farmer years. Deputations from the council had visited the ceuntiee of Somerset, Gloucester, Worcester, La ncsati r, Chester, York, Leicester, Northum berland, and other districts. These meetings had been well attended, especially by the working classes, and an extensive diffusion of the principles of the society hod been accem plished. No less than 60 branch committees had been established in the principal towns, and these were in active and zealous co-operation with the executive committee in the metropolis. The meeting would remember that last year it heel bet n resolved that the dissenting body should apply their ecclesiastical principles to the then approaching elections. The nonconformists had kept to their undertaking, and the result was that upwards of thirty members had been returned to the Commons Rouse of Parliament, pledged to sustain, to support, and to advocate, the principhi which this society avowed. After alluding to the differences which existed in the church establishment itself, as manifested in the case of the recent appointment to the see of Hereford, by the con duct of the Bishop of Exeter, supported by his right rev. brother of London, the Chairman said that these matters proved the fact that theta was not an honest state of thing, existing even among the heads of the church, which was already beginning to groan for liberty from priestcraft and statecraft. (Hear.) —The Rev. W. G. Barrett, of Deme rara, moved the first re elution, to the effect That, on the one band, this sleeting lean, with deep grief and serious alarm that the government ore coot ring the colonial and ter. rimrial possessions of this country with burdensom • reelettiartieal establishments, and thus extedintr, in an onpecoslented manner. the denunation of the slate church and multiply lag toe mischief of which it is productive. That, on tle other hand, this meeting uofelireedlr rejoice that, amidst the political chimes now taking place on the con. thirst of Europe, considerable an I highly encouraging proscrres has been mode in the diffusion of enlightened views in relation to cell. odour liberty, and, in some Caere, towards the entire separution of the church from the state. The rev. gentle man point,d out the degree of oppression suffered by the population of British Guiana by the establish ment of a state church among them, the coat of which last year had amounted to 24,9571.. besides 3,2-511. for state schools. Ile cordially recommended the resolution to the adoption of tke meeting, and declared that these state esta blishments, by restraining the operations of the missionaries of the London Missionary Society, prevented the extension of the Gospel in all the West Indian colonies.—The Rev. J. Burnett, of Camherwell, seconded the resolution, and quoted the language of Laraartine in favour of the separation of church from state.—The resolution, which was also sup ported by the Rev. Dr. Long, from New South Wake was adopted without opposition. The remaining resolutions were as fellows. The second was : That, inasmuch as every ecclesiastical holder of church property is •OnsUtuted a body politic or corporate, in order that he may hold it, and does necessarily, and in all circumstances, hold it not in his natu ral capacity ten in his corporate capacity alone, church property is held lip etalesitistie prisons on a corporate tenure exclustvely ; and that, coneequently, a• church property so held is held not for a pa. vale or commercial but for a imbec object, the whole of it, in com mon with the ecclesiastical Wire corporate which posse:en, is at the (llamado( parliament as national property. The third was is these terms: That, on the one hand, this meeting cannot but regard recent Kele sieethat proceedings as strongly illtunrativo of the evils inherent in a state chinch, whether they look to the late appointment to the See of I lereford, or to the present oppressive and vexatious exercise of est,. Tlai m a ,, ut t li n o , r g it c y . in no tti t Lc:tette r o , f i e r .lete a r t . on us the the t h a „ , 11 1 ' I toure oh Parliament as indicating a design to prevent a free expres sion of opinion in that house on the question el a state church ; and that s bile they take encouragement tram this sign of uneasiness, they tender their warm thanks to their parliontenuiry friends who have sustained discourtesy in the expression of their principles. —These resolutions were moved, seconded, and advocated by the Rev. Mr. Hinton, the Rev. Mr. Campbell, Mr. E. Miall, and Mr. Gorge Thompson, M.P., and adopted unanimously, aud the meeting separated at ten o'clock. TIIE CHARTIST ASSEMBLY.—The delegates met again yesterday at the usual hoar ; but, in consequence of the unruly nature of the proceedings, and the conflicting ilia eUlllllollS—as between the moral force party on the one hand, and the advocates of physical force on the other—it is thought desirable, for obvious reasons, to limit this report to the business dune, without entering into turther details. The adjourned debate on the question for the appointment of a committee to draw up an address to the people, inviting them to enter into contributions for promoting the advocacy of the charter was resumed and eventually agreed to, the rending of which voluminous document, as drawn up by the committee, at the close of the proceedings, was hailed with loud cheers. Among the propositions submitted, but not carried, was one that the amenably should call on the people at large to pledge themselves to abstain from the use of all exciseable articles, as being the best means, by crippling the government resources, of getting the charter made the law of the land ; another, that it was highly essential to the attain ment of the charter that the working p e ople, with a similar object, should immediately withdraw their deposits from the savings banks. A further proposition was submitted, with the view of carrying out the first point of the programme, that an appeal should be made to the people of the United Kingdom to create by subscription a fund of 5,0001., to be caned the Liberty Fund, to be appropriated in carrying out the enovement—this latter proposition being under discus sion when the report of the committee above referred to was made. FUG , . ON' HOLBORN-RlLL.—About three o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in one of the old-fashioned lath and plaster bowies on Holborn-hill, occupied as a tobacconist's (Skinner e), and afterwards c immunicated to two others, a grocer's and clothier's shop, and in about half-an-hour the whole three fell in, burying two of the firemen underneath, who were got out without receiving any material injury. Just before they it in, bye persons were saved by means of the fire-escape ladders. MEETING IN ST. CLEMENT DANES. Teat evening a meeting of the rate-payers of St. Clement Danes, convened by the churchwardens, in pur suance of a numerously signed requisition, was held in the vestry-room, for the purpese of taking into consideration "the taxation and expenditure of the country, and their bearing upon the trading and labouring classes of society, and to take such steps relative thereto as might be deemed expedient." The chair was taken by the Rev. W. W. Ellis, the rector. Mr. l'rout moved the first resolution, and laid before the meeting some calculations to show that taxa tion weighed unequally on the working classes. He said, that taking the labouring population of England at seven millions, and the amount of indirect taxation they paid at fn. in the pound, he found the sum they paid weekly to amount to 4:50,0001., and annually to 23,400,0001. The resolution be moved was to the etfect that the taxation of the country was unequal and oppressive, compelling the trading and labouring classes of society to pay more than should fall upon them; and that a revision was required for the purpose of placing an equitable proportion upon the pro perty of the country.—Mr. Woodward, late churchwarden, seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously.— Mr. Gannon moved the second resolution, which expressed the opinion of the meeting that direct should be substituted for indirect taxation.—The resolution was seconded by Mr. Jaquet and carried; after which a committee was appointed to draw up a petition to the House of Commons.—Thanks were then voted tothe Chairman, and the meeting separated. MEETLNG IN MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a meeting of the electors of Marylebone took place at the Westmorel►nd Rooms, George-street, Man chester-square, for the purpose of forming an association to co-operate with the Equitable Taxation League to secure a reduction in the taxation of the country and an extension of the franchise; Mr. J. A. Nicholay in the chair.--;4lr. Loden proposed the tint resolution That this meeting Is of opines) that It Is now nectars, that a more The news of the rioting at Limerick has only con e:ratable adjustment of the taxation of the country take Wes, and firmed the public opinion of this city against the condemn the present system as moat partial and unjust. He observed, his supposed, as the government gagging Young Inlanders. Only think of the advocates bill had been passed into a law, that he must be exoeeCngly of physical force being mobbi d by " the careful what he said on that occasion. (Laughter.) Never. pe ople, the only true source of legitimate power." thelt se he begged to tell the present government that. if they Verily it is " sport to see the engineer hoist with his hoped to govern, aerialist govern for and not against the You may recollect Canning . once quiz people. (Cheers.) Mr. Soden proceeded to denounce the 13 , wn Peta r d ." zi the whips when they were pelted m Covent attempt of the government to raise a cry that the crown was in danger simply because they felt that the whirrs were in garden at ono of " Old Glory's" meetings. "I, at danger. The House of Commons (he said) was now more least," said Canning, " lr•ve often gone through the corrupt than it was even before the passing of the Reform hilt ; but the union that this great movement was cement- ordeal of an election, without being resc ued f rom 11. e overpowering effects of my popularity by one of tit ins between the middling and the working classes would show to those parties that the stand they were making Mojesty's regiments of dragoons." The Young Ire ainst the rights of the people would be fruitless—The re- hinders at Limerick last Saturday fared much like solution having been carried, Mr. J. Edwards moved : Canning's " mod-bespattered whige, with brickbats That it appears to this meeting the object for which the Equitable Taxation League was instituted Is comprehended in the movement bedecked with ribbons, and beda ubed with at their heels, and freedom on t heir ton g ues put forward by the people's party in the Mime of Commons, and that the mum of equitable taxation will be beat assisted by this league or- mire." They were treated to the application solving itself into a society to support the people's party ;and the o f their own precious principles ; and, apparently, meeting recomroeoda to the conferenet forthwith to be held the sdop. doe of We principles of household suffrage , vote by ballot, triennial t hey did not much like it ; " for the surgeon fears the parliaments, and equal electoral district. Mr. W. Williams (late M.P. for Coventry) urged upon than any man in the regiment." In ta ct, the Young Irelanders are likely to share the fate of the luckless the meeting the necessity of going for an extension of the knife, and the drummer - boy dreads the lash, more suffrage before they went for an equitable system of taxation, on the ground that the present government and House a French physician, who invented grad gave his name to Commons was so corrupt that such an application was hope- the Guillotine—their own inrentioa will prove their lees. As a proof of the desire of the present Mouse of Com- destruction. It is an old tale, moralised over in all mons to support corruption, they had allowed the present SIMS : ministry eight millions more of taxation than was granted to the tory government in the days of the old boroughmonger ing parliaments.—This resolution having been carried unanimously, officers were elected, and a deputation was appointed to confer with the Central League. EQUITABLE TAXATION LEAGUE. On Wednesday eTening a meeting was held at the Mechanics' Institution, Gould-square, Tower till, to receive a deputation from the Equitable Taxation League, and to consider the propriety of forming a branch society for that district.—Mr. Ilarding, who was called to the chair, ad dressed the meeting on the importance of the subject of taxation to the working classes, end then called upon the de putation.—Mr. Matson (secretary to the League) urged the necessity of instituting measures with the view of relieving the distress, and likewise showed the effects of taxation in increasing the price of the necessaries of life, and the advantage already derived from the repeal of various duties. Ilis statement was listened to with much attention, and elicited considerable applause.—Mr. Stan ton proposed a resolution in favour of an extension of the suffrage, triennial parliaments, vote by ballot, and equal electoral districts, as the only means of obtaining equitable taxation. This was seconded by Mr. Myers, who wished to know if any resolution had been come to respecting the suffrage at the formation of the other branch societies. — Mr. Matson said they had not; but that it was open to the meeting to adopt any resolution they thought Bt.—After some discussion the resolution was withdrawn, and one passed unanimously for the formation of a branch society of the Equitable Taxation League.—Mr. Stanton then moved • resolution, recommending to the conference about to be held the adoption of the four points above mentioned as the means of obtaining a revision of taxation, and which was carried unanimously.—lt was likewise resolved that • copy of the foregoing resolution should be forwarded to Sir J. Walmsley, ac cretary to the reform committee et members of the Mouse of Commons, and after votes of thanks to the deputation and the chairman the meeting broke up. THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY met per at the York Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, when it was resolved after some opposition : TOtit this society deeply regret that the recent oourse of Gcn. Sir lacy Evans in the Ito.. of Commons has not been of s character to support the principles advocated by the society for which Oen. Evans win returned to parliament And this society further express a hope that Gen. Evans will immediately give his aid and support to those members of parliament who, under Mr. Lorne and Mr. Golden, have united to promote certain political and financial reforms, re gaited by the present condition of the country. STATE OF inc Cot NTILY.—The accounts from the west to-day present the usual melancholy features. Misery, starvation, death, are abroad in all directions. The poor rates are enormous, and yet the relief afforded is quite in adequate—a circumstance attributable, say the local papers. to the " neglect and knavery of the relieving officers." One of those persons has been fined by the magistrates for distri buting food by light weivhts in Mayo. THE RAVI:TOE BANJUL—Mr. Pratt is busily engaged to day in Killarney, after having relieved the ralee trustees from a very serious responsibility. The Freeman of this morning states that Mr. Pratt had diminished their liabili ties to the depositors from 40,0001. to 10,0001., which, if correct, would be a grievous lots to the struggling commu nity of Kerry. I believe, however, the statement is prema ture. The chief point now pending between the trustees and public is the liability of the former for all lodgments made since the passing of the 7& 8 Vict. The following is the section . . And he it enacted, that no trustee or manager of any ravings bank shall be liable to make good any deficiency which may hereafter arise in the funds of any savings bank, unit ss such persons shall have re specuvely declared by writing under their hands and depueited with the commireloners tor the reduction of the national dr Lt that thee are willing eo to be answerable, and it shall be lawful for each of such persons, or for such persons collectively, to limit his or their respon sibility to such sum as shell be specified in any such instruennt, pro vided always that the trustee or manager of any such Institution shall be and is hereby declared to be personally responsible and table for all moneys actually received by him on account of or to and for the use of such institution, and not paid over or shrewd of in the manner directed by the rules of the said institution, and an abstract of the above provisioes shall be enrolled as one of the rules of the institution. This prima Janie discharged the trustees, but it does not release them from „their liability under the former act, for gross and wilful negligence, according to many learned opi nions. The question, however, is at present before the law officers of England and Ireland, and on the solution will de pend the liability of trustees and managers. If the act of 1814 be in favour of the Tralee trustees, of course the Kil larney managers are also released. now the secretary of the Tralee Bank perpetrated his frauds, and the ingenuity he , brought to bear in defrauding bath the public and the management, you will see from the following description : Mr. Lynch, receiving from some depositors out of bank hours a sum of 2af , merely entered in the cash lodger the figure V. to the depositor, and allowed it to stand so until the tot was made, and the day's receipts were handed over to the treasurer, and the b ank closed. He then deliberately added the 0, roes to make the rum appear cor rectly to be 20 ; so that, if on any future occasion inquiry should arise, the cash ledger should agree with tte depositor's pare-bo,,k, and the nris.tat and apparent excess of repayments would seem chargeable against tic manager of the day, or the treasurer. This is a sample of deliberate fraud, lying thickly on the face of the bank ledgers everywhere; and we are sure the public will sympathise wi ts us in congratulating the upright and respected gentlemen on whom characters these acts of fraud were calculated to leave a stain, that the fraud has been discovered, and traced so as to acquit them in the must eapticiftmanner. No vigilance —so system—could protect against this mesa of dishonest,. The only redeemed act of the perpetrator of these dreadful fal.ifications is his open confession of the guilt and dishonesty being all Ms own." -- nee lex equine ulla est, Quam nods artifices arte noire suit. The Young Irelanders are very angry at the popu lar indignation having been roused against them in Limerick, by means of the city being placarded with extracts from those passages of the United Irishman in which O'Connell was abused. A wag, however, answered the Young 'retarders by asking them " Whether they objected to the public circulation of their principles?" Thus the foul abuse of Mitchell taints and discredits the whole of this youthful and boyish faction, whose feelings towas O'Con are certainly not represented by the wr it ers of th n ell e United I Irishman. In the days when Thomas Davis lived, nobody associated the name of Young Irelander with ingratitude, or malignity, or virulence of speech. No one ever heard of that amiable and gifted man, who I was as loveable in his personal character, as he was mistaken in his politics, sanctioning either by precept or example the use of such disgusting language as has been applied of late to Lord Clarendon, " the chief butcher and butcher-general of the Irish people." Davis wrote with uncommon vehemence, but he never stooped to personal invective, or the gross language now employed by the anarchists. In I his hostility to the ruling powers, there was Man liness and self-respect—a gallant and high-eouled chivalry. But the Young Irelanders have retrograded in every respect since the day of his death, lamented by all parties ; for Davis had many of the qualities which made even rivals love and ho nour Armand Carrel, while those who pretend to occupy the place of Davis exhibit only the selfish violence and rancorcus malignity of tedru-Rollin. When I ob7erve the degeneracy of the Young Ire landers, and their rapid approximation to the cha racter of mere anarchists and vulgar disturbers, I cannot help calling to mind a passage in the brilliant speech of a first-class Irish orator—the late Chief Justice Beebe. When vindicating the policy of the Conven'ion Act, at the trial of the catholic delegates, in 1811, he amid: It is not from such men as Lords Fingal' and Southwell, and Sir Patrick Bellew, and the other honourable men of the catholic persuasion, that shunter is to be apprehended — short-lived, indeed, would be their influence. Perhaps the worst men would sot be the most numerous in this assembly; it signifies not ; a small majority of agitators is always suffi cient for mischief. The history of mankind shows that they have always prevailed; in every such assembly they float, and the good are precipitated. Therefore the policy of this act is pointed not merely at the intermixture of bad, bat at the degeneracy of good characters. For what man can answer for hiuue i joining , a self constituted political so ciety? His first steps are deliberative—his first motives are good ; his passions warm ss he proceeds ; the applause, never gtren to moderation, intoxicates him; the vehemence of 'de bate elates, and the success of eloquence inflames him ; he begins a patriot, and be ends a revolutionist. In this graphic description one might almost ima- I gins that Eushe was still alive and sketching the I natural history of a Young Irelander. In Mr. Meagher's speech, delivered last night in this city, Le gives an account of the " United Irishmen" at Limerick. lie was very sore upon the point " that to the very power against which we called on the people to arm, we had reason upon last night to feel -.tend." "'"••••••••11M199 IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 3. Sir William Somerville's Franchise Bill has filled the entire liberal party with delight. All agree in the broad and comprehensive principle on which it is based, and admit that the ministry have at length approached the popular maim, " Justice to Ireland." Their most violent opponents declare the measure to be a bold approach to general suffrage, and likely to satisfy the democratic exigencies. A few more such measures, and conceived in the same liberal spirit, and the Irish people will have no cause to complain of ministerial inattention to their political necessities. It is) feared, however, that the eight-pound rating may be too low for the oligarchical longings of the upper house, and that the qualification may be raised to ten pounds or higher. On this point the liberals trust ministers will be resolute and unwavering. The great and especial value of the measure is the separa tion of the franchise from tenure, and its connexion with simple rating under the poor law. Besides, all who ksow the relations between landlord and tenant, are of opinion that such a measure will greatly facili tate the extension of leases. Another principle in the bill has given great satisfaction—namely, the release of voters in towns from payment of all rates and taxes except the poor :rate, to entitle them to vote. This saves Dublin from terries and toryism. The Mill, as might have been expected, cm this transfer of power to the Irish democracy, is quite furious, and for all-sufficing reasons. Whether from the slackness of business in Dublin, or the great increase in the trades, Mr. Hyland, the pike-maker, has made a tour in the provinces. He has been in Killarney since Saturday exhibiting specimens and taking orders for his new inventions. The speculation does not appear to have prospered. Perhaps as he moves across the border to Tipperary the prospect might be more encouraging. Could not the authorities check this demoralising mission? Overtures have been made to Mr. Butt, Q.C., to undertake the defence of either Smith O'Brien or Mr. Meagher, and come forth with a " national appeal." No time is to be lost, as the special jury will be struck to-morrow. The constitution of this tribunal is looked forward to with much anxiety by the friends of the traversers. There might be a " boot-eater." There are at present three Scottish infantry regi ments in Dublin. CORK, Mar 1 Compared with the great popular demonstratioi which were formerly made in this city under the auspices of O'Connell, the gathering of the Young Irelandere to-day was contemptible as to numbers, although they were " whipped in " with a perse verance and zeal that would have done credit to Billy Holmes in his best days. For the respectability of the parties who conducted the meeting not mach can be said, with the exception of the few misguided gentlemen, who may yet have bitter cause for re penting of their conduct. The trades were supposed to be marshalled in order, and there is no doubt that their flags and banners were un furled (I counted twenty banners) ; but the attend ance of the labouring classes was very scanty. The meeting was held upon a very lofty hill, adjoining the city, and not far from the Wracks, and its ap pearanee was certainly picturesque. The crowd was i sse chled in a vacant space, surrounded on either side by steep rocks; and upon these heights, covered with furze in full blossom, lines of men, women, and boys eat down to overlook the meeting at their ease. The day was fine, and a fresh breeze displayed the flaunting banners to great advantage. There was the usual buz of expectation amongst the crowd ' • and the Irish jibe and joke was bandied about with the proverbial humour of the country. Including men and women, there were between nine and ten thousand persons assembled, but certainly one half of those were attracted by pure curiosity, and anxiety to see the sight. In no respect was the meeting, as to numbers, or the cha racters of those who composed it, formidable. To those accustomed to examine popular assemblages, it was insignificant. There was a tone of levity and rollicking amongst the crowd, very unlike the stern determination of men resolved to do or die. That the procession could not have been very imposing, you will judge from the fact, that it took less than twenty minutes to pass across St. Patrick's-bridge. How different from the mighty monster meetings of O'Connell, where the masses assembled, headed by the catholic clergy, many leading merchants, and a great number of the gentry and wealthy traders of the catholiis! The assemblage to-day was only the ghost of a There was not seen a single catholic clergyman (vela looking on as a spectator. Though greatly divided by variety of opinions amongst themselves, the overwhelming mass of the liberal party in Cork, whether radical, or whig repealers, or firm O'Connellites, are sturdily opposed to Young Irelandism. The repeal party in the city is very respectable, and repu diates anarchy and violence. Its faith is in the power of " opinion," and when demanded reasons for its confidence it alleges that the pressure of taxation will drive many of the protestants to become repeaters ; that the certain reform of the established church will diminish the ties uniting the protestants to England ; and it even calculates on the English people getting thoroughly sick of keeping Ireland. Of the party holding those opinions there were Lo representatives at this day's meeting. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, MAY 4. A meeting was held last night, for the purpose of forming the promised " National Guard," but, as might have been expected, it was a very broken winded affair. The leaders of the host frankly admitted that, from the scarcity of volunteers, they could only form " Skeleton Sections," and then followed some bathos about vitality to the Barebones Invincibles. After some heavy oratory, a hint was given for the dissolution of the meeting—present or prospective members of the guard to remain behind, which was the signal for universal retreat. PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. MANCHESTER TOWN COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO Loup 110KPETH'S HEALTH OP TOWNS BILL.—The Man chester Town-council, at a meeting some months ago, deter mined upon sending a deputation t• London for the purpose either of getting this city altogether exempted from the bill, on the ground that they had already obtained by private bills more efficient sanitary powers than it would give, or ,r inducing the government to make material alterations. the but had thesehn sco.ucc.essfiuolnsiuonobtatbenitnnggism.....;e deputation returned and reported to the council that they important ttedto t co c o n u c nll i o o n 8 r I have •vlver tictsfaction l and at a meeting ;AI the council jesterdav it was resolved still further to agitate the question.—Mi. Couneillor Evans said he most objected to the principle of centralisation which was the great feature of the present measure. He moved that the General Purposes Committee he author ised to use their beat endeavours to defeat the bill—failirc in that, to exempt this city from its provisions.—Mr. Councillor Hitchcock characterised the burdens of the people increased powers of par Mr. Councillor Medealf gested by the most philant protecting the health of oussion, the motion was tation in London to urge , rations in the bill, as may the objections entertained t interfering with local board such alterations be refusal, t progress through parliament, from its operations. carried. scd the bill as one intended to actresse ople, in order to give the vernment patronage.—Mr. Ald and calf contended that w snort hibuithropie motiTr , fet the purpose oT: a Ii of the poor.--)l*.rn protracted disf' vas altered, to as lo trithorite the depu: - :', rge the making otalliels s additiotsel alur7 , l may best tend tee-cernove stilt lortlerL St tined to its princi teistralisatien by: -. 1 I boards, and to them should - fl dosed, to oppose q ilx itiltULlOr : d o liament, uniess WM. c lie. exempted In this form WA \ emAtition' wris ~.....tz ~...t . , . ed 00 tia ral P B, of ore ho in'