The Express. — London, England, 1848-06-07 00:00:00

'IIE UNITED STATES. The substance of the following appeared in yester ue's Express : The Cambria. Capt. Harrison, arrived at Liverpool yesterday from New York, whence she brings news to the 24th ult., and 83,000/. in specie. All parties arc marshallingt heir forces for the forth coming election of President. The nominating con ventions of the different states were on the eve of n aming their favourite candidate when the Cambria left. 'no meeting of the Baltimore delegates— democrats, and leis ads of the existing ministry—the result of which is looked forward to with so much in terest in the city, did not take place till the 25th, and the decision arrived at was not made known in time to be brought by this steamer. To all appearance at present their choice lies between Mr. Polk, the actual resident, and Messrs. Buchanan, Cass, Dallas, and Woodbury. It is not, however, impssible that person nearly unknown may be chosen some by this party, as was tl:e case at the last election, especially sheuld any difference of opinion exist among theta respecting the merits of the above-named gentlemen. The opposing, or Whig party. will not hold their nominating convention until the iirat week in the present month, Philadelphia being the designated place. General Taylor, General Scott, and Mr. Clay are the prominent men of their choice. The effect of the intelligence brought by the Caledonia is thus desctibcd in the (tarn ter and Ea gttrrrr The result of the French elections, and the prudent and conscrvaave character of the large majority of the members elected, was received with great satisfaction ; for we in this country know that there is no more dung. roue enemy to true liberty, and to law and order—which are its only true go t rante,s—tlian the schemes of ultra politicians, of whatever school and in whatever direction. Thu iaterpoaition of England in tine controversy between Prussia and Denmark is likawise viewed with satidketion, as conducing to the preservation of peace, the hest necessity fur all nations, and more especially for France in her present transition state ; fur, if the effervescing fervour of a popular uprising for liberty be directed to the career of arms, and the temptations of conquest, a military favourite will, like Na2.,leon, reappear at the favourable moment, and re, establish the dominion of one. Moreover, for the conunei cial interest of the world—which is only another form Ire saying for its halyiness and prosperity—peace is the one thing needful ; and we therefore, in this commercial country, anxiously look to its p (ion in Europe, where any war now begun and protracted would, it may be feared, lead to general war. Respecting the harvest prospects the same paper speaks in the following hopeful strain : The prospects of the growing crops of all sorts in our country, the grain crops especially, will, to all appeartrlce and universal report, be more exuberant than ever; for a greater breadth of land than ever was sown with wheat, and unless some untineseen blight fells upon it the yield will b: unprecedent It may be doubted, perhaps, whether as much Indian corn will be planted this season as the last, prices basing fallen so much in Europe for this grain, and Pt) large a portion of last year's crop hying stilton hand. This is the season of planting; and although the current price in this market for good yellow earn, of from 57e. to 58c. per bushel, affords a fair remunera tion to the planter, it does not tempt by any cmeiderafile profit an extra attempt to raise it. Hence, of Indian corn not more than an average crop should be looked fur. The same reasoning may be applied to cotton—of which the price in Europe is now so low, and the stock so large here. Under these circumstances, no extent, it may fairly be assumed, will be given to the culture this year. In commercial matters we learn that the state of the American money market is sound. Exchange on England held at from 10.1 to 11 per cent. premium was dull of sale. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New YORK, MAY 24.—Corretx.—The ceipta at the ports continued to gun upon thaw of LI previous yearn, except 184 n, and wouid gain upon that if the -cocks of the interior markets were not held is, tenaciously. The arc unto of the growing crop* are very favourable Ire the promise of a large and early production. We never knew them more so. The export to (heat Britain continues heavy; and as there are above sixty ships up for Liverpool in New Orleans, Mobile, and Afulaebicola, at our last dates from tunce, and the Ti cent roily in prieen at Charleston and Savasmoh i. b.gin nmg to bring the cotton in more freely from the Interior, we may safely count upon an export cf about 40,000 hales per week to Eng land for the next three or lour we, ks. To tither piintn there I. little Or nothing going; indeed, during the Last two weeks, while lon i tioo toles hen. cleartil toe Great Britain, there have been but 5,000 ex ported to all other forci,nt countries. Our market has improvr.l, awl we Way now gnat middling at Gto 64 and 41 for all growths, and fair : cents. for Uplands, and 71, for Orleans. Au advance of l cent. it occasionally paid since the news to the 6th May. Stock now here about 70,000 bete. Freight to Liverpool, 5 32d. per pound. BREADSTCETS.—The War receipts of Hour per canal luring been large, and holders anxious to sell, there Las been a gra dual reduction in price of 75e. to 100 - par barrel on the armoire. Tice saline the week past have been from 6 dots. to 5 dots. 25c. for the lower grades, on which the greatest decline has taken place, and 5 Mir. tle, to 6 dole. 250, according to quality, for pure ;Ccenersee, closing dull at 5 dub. 25c. to 5 dads. 50c. for the common we-tern, sad 5 dol.. 75e. to 6 dui& for the Letter kinds of (Am:wee. Southern brands are held at 6 dole. 121 e. to 6 dots. 25e. Rye flour, 3 doh.. 62ie. Indian meal 2,50 dots. for Jersey. Wbeat Lam beim eruct, and brow liOc. to 1 Ile. for Giinence w hits, and 120 e. to 130 e. for Obioaed !Inuits mixed, and 125 etc. foe Canadian in bond. Indian corn has been sell ing at Ste. to 53e. for Jersey, but the last sales were at Stir.; Southern mixed, 52v. to 5.1 e. Bye brings ; lc. to 72c. Oats, 45e. to Cu, and Barley, the. to isOc. FltElultre.—The rates are to Liverpool, for cotton in squire balm, 5.3241. per lb.; flour and turpentine, Is. to In. 3d. per barrel; grain, 4,1. to.sd. per bushel. To d osLonon : 'Ls. per barrel for Sour, and other article. in proportion- To , nominal. Int Court. Prince George hxd an interview whir Sir G. (hey yesterday, at the II me-otti,e. Archdeacon Allen had also an irttrvit w re:re:11:1y with the tight hon. h irt. Mr. J. Wir,d, Chairman of the Exc't-c, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Eschcquer yesterday, at lt:v official residence in Downine,treet. (From last night, Gazelle.) OFFICE. OF OKON.IS;.'E, Jrss 5. 81. &set. e Artiatiry.--A c. C. 41. I'. Eilts, to be cat ., pt r ice Gree nwood, placed on rctirLd (..p. ; tirit Lieut. A. n.. to be sec. cart., vire BUJ; ties. Lieut. R. 0. Farmer, to be first lieut., vice Wr. . FUNERAL OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. The remains of the Princess Sophia were yesterday nieruing, at an early hour, consigned to the catacombs of Wens:•l-green Ccalttery, lin a vault near to the which con • tales the ashes of the cte Duke of Slsier. The funeral eortegs, agreeably to the erre:and wishes of the illustrious deceased, was as private as possible. The hearse containing the holy ad not display any armorial bearings, neither was there an escurcheon on the velvet covering of the hearse. The procession left Kensington Palace at the early hour of five o'clock, and was composed of the hearse (drawn by six horses), nine mourning coaches, each drawn by four horses, containing the medical attendants and domestics of the late princess. The procession arrived at the entrance of the cemetery about a quarter before seven o'clock, where it was met by H.R.H. Prince Albert, H.llll. the Duke of Cambridge, ll.lt H. Prince George, t he Lord Cham berlain of her Majesty's household, the Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, the Bishop of Norwich ; the Deputy-clerk of the Closet, the Dean of Hereford ; and the chaplain in at tendance upon her late Royal Highness, the Rev. Evan Nepean. His Excellency Court Kielmansegge, the diplo matic representative of his Majesty the King of Hanover, the brother of the late Princees, was present in the chapel. The funeral procession palmed into the chapel, the pallbearers being Lsdy Charles Somerset, Lady Georgina Bathurst, Lady Augusta Heinz., end Lady Augusta Cadogan. The body was placed on the bier, and the burial service commenced, the Clerk of the Closet, the Bishop of Nor wich, ,ttieiating. The chief mourner, the Duchess of Norfolk, sat a• the bead of the corpse. The whole ceremony was over by half•past seven o'clock. There was no attend ance of military, and only a few policemen to clear the line of road, should there he any obstruction, but their services were not required. The great bell of Westminster Abbey tolled at intervals during the morning, and orders were given for closing the theatres last evening. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. The usual annual meeting was held yesterday at the offices in St. Helen's-p:se , , 11;iPlepseate-street. Mr. J. Dowse presided. The SaCKETABY read the report of the directors, who stated that in their last report they re!crred to the probable reaction in the North American colonies and to a fall in the price of agricultural produce consequent upon an abun dant harvest in Europe ; and they also remarked on the ne cessity for caution in the business operations of the bank, ow. ing to the severe pressure in the British money market. Their most anxious endeavours had been devoted throughout the year to guard the bank from the distress which they could not but apprehend from the above causes ; and although in passing through the unparalleled commercial calamities of the last autumn losses to a greater extent than was ex pected had been incurred, the measures of precaution which the directors had caused to be taken had materially di minished the evil. The extreme scarcity of money which had been experienced by the commercial dames in this coun try was of necessity soon felt throughout the North Ameri can colonies, in the withdrawal or curtailment of mercantile credit or banking accommodation. In submitting the usual Statement of the results of last year's business, the directors would remark that th e diminution in the net profits, as com pared with those of the year 1817, had been occasioned by the increased amount which it had been thought proper to set aside to meet the estimated losses by bad debts; and although the gross profits of the bank for the entire year 1847 had ex ceeded those of any former year, the rate of profit during the last quarter was materially diminished by the measures of precaution adopted by the directors. The not profits for she year 1847, after making the required provision for bad ar:tl doubtful debts, not being found equal to zs year's dividend at the rate of six per cent., the directo,i, ad hering to the principle laid down in their last rep la, felt that they but consulted the real interests of th.e proprietors by announcing their intention of paying a half year's dividend on the .sth of July at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The amount of undivided net profit to the 31st December, 1846, was 61,4571. th. 6d. The net profit for the year 1817, after deduction of all current charges and pro viding for bad awl dr!hrtul debts, was &4 : 0451.31., making 115,5021. 110. 6d., from which was to be te'aen the amount of I dividend paid, viz , at Midsummer er..el Christmae 30,0001 respectively, leaving the amount of undivided net profit to the 31st December, 1817, 55,502 0 .. lls. 6d. On the motion being put rot the adoption of the report, A PROPRIETOR begged to call attention to a subject to which ho had referred at the last meeting, viz., the accounts of the bank. lie complained that the proprietors were not, and never had bc.n, furnished with any statement of their assets slid liabilities by which they might arrive at a knowledge of their true position. Ile hoped that the directors would give their promise to furnish such a statement for the future; otherwise he would at once projeaso • resolution on the subject. The COMMIX:I said it itad never been the practice of the directors to give such information, and they saw n mum to alter the MOW which they had taken. lie could assure the unerring that the whole capital was i,.t act, and that there was iii addition the amount of undivided profit stilted in the report. After some conversation, Mr. Werisren moved a rtsolu• thni to the effect that it was a xpedient for the satisfectien of the s:oircholders, and the public credit and general welfare of th, bank, that the directors should in future furnieh the total no omit of assets and liabilities at every general meeting. Several directors exposed their regret that a demand ' , heel,' to made which they conceived to be so illjUti Mil to the Mutest* of the company ; at the same time, they ws re wiling to acquiesce iu any decision at which the proprietors might arrive. in enswer to some observations from a proprietor, with regard to the dimieishi d dividend, the Chairman pointed out the necessity for the reduction which had b. en made, consequent upon the ceneral depression in comniereial affairs. In reply to Capt. Kel:y, he said that the antenna at which they hod estimated their bad and doubtful debts was '2ii,oool. With regard to the accounta which were desired, he loured the proprietors OW, the directers published • etatement of their assets and liabilities every year in the London Gazeac, where the statement for the present year , would appear in a few days. If the eroerietors so derived he did not know tl:at there was any objection to publish it in future before the day of meeting. . Several gentlemen cap I themselves steisfied with the explanation given, and the resolution was eventually with ( drawn, it being umlerstood that the questien of the further puhlkatien of the accounts should still be open for the e tn. sideration of the directors. The retiring directors having been reelected, a complimentary vote to the chairman con. eluded the procee GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS FOR TILE CONTENI -I`l. StElr CHARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS oN MONDAY NEXT, —Yesterday afternoon a lengthened interview took place at the Hume °thee between Sir 0. Grey, the Attorney and Solicitor General, and Col. Belem and Mr. Mayne, the to o commissioners of police. The importance of the interview mey be ga•hereil from the feet that the Secretary of State, with the law officers of the crown and police commission ers, were upwards of two hours in deliberation. During the afternoon it was reported in the neighbourhood of the House of Commons and Downing street that the meeting had a two.fold obj. et ; the first, it is stated, was for the purpose of arranging measures to put a stop to the proposed demon stration in Monday next, when the metropolis is threatened to be kept in a state of excitement by numerous meetings to be holden on that day. The s, eond object, it was said, wiiit to consider the necessity of applying to parliament for addi• tional powers to citable the execteive to put a atop to the present uncanstituti mai agitation. Before the interview trek piece Sir 0. Grey was in communication with several of the judges, and, after it was over, the right hon. b ironet had an int• rsiew with the comrnsbiler.in chtcf, at the 11:41t Guards ; immediately atter which a messenger was st:spatehed to Woolwich. Subsequently, the Secretary of State proceeded to the official residence of L.rril J. Russell, iu Downing-street, where several members of the cabinet re mained in consultation for a considerable time. This accounts for the non-appearance of any of the cabinet ministers in the house of Commons up to six o'clock, with the exception of Mr. Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade. In the course of the day orders were Rent round by th , right hon.:baronet to the police magistrates of the metropolis to issue a notice caring upon those gentlemen, tea lesmen, and others, who had been sworn in as *racial constables, but whose period of service had expired, or would expire taday, to attend to be re-sworn HEsTleteflOS OF A eIIAPEL EY FIRE.-14mt right a fire broke out shortly after nine o'clock in the school-room attached to Park Chapel, situate in Grove street, Camden. town. The chapel, which belongs to the indep. ndents, was built in the year ISI4, and was mtniati red by the lice, Mr. Harrison. The first alarm was given by a gentleman passing, who observed a quantity of smoke inning from one of the basement windows. In s few minutes the whole of the interior of the chapel was one body of flame, the im mense quantity of woodwork forming the pews, &c., burn ing with gri at rapi lity. About Ir.lipast 9 o'clock, and bog before the arrival of any cf the engines, the roof fell in with a tremendous crash, maid great tears were felt by the in habitants of the lo.ures facing the tide of the chapel in Gloucester-street,that the fire would catch their dwellings. At the residence of Mr. Williams, surgeon, at the corner of Grove-street, the boat was so intense that water had to he continuously thrswn over the roof to prevent it from catching. Although the reflection was seen for miles round, it was nearly three quarters of an hour 'before the first engine (except the parish engine) arrived, and then there was such a scarcity of water that it was some time be fore they got to work. At that time the weole of the iatetior of the chapel was destroyed. By half past ten the hie was entirely subdued. The cause of the cal unity is attributed to an escape of gas. The building was tufty insured. THE REFORM MOVEMENT. MEETING IN LAMBETH. Yesterday evening a mectin ,, of the electors and inhabitants of this borough was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, under the auspices of the Lambeth E cetoral Associattm, to give ezprewion to the sentiments of the borough as to Lord John Rouelis declaration that the miclule and working classes did not desire any great measure of reform like the People's Charter or that propcsed by Mr. Hume, and to adopt measures in supportof that hon. gentle man's motion now before the House of Commons. TLo c••- sembly•room in which the meeting was held was crowded to ' excess, and the proceedings were sescral times interrup t ed by demands for nn adjournment to Kennington Common,— ' the room, though capable of accommodating 4,000 or 5,000 persow, not being nearly large enough t t contain the vast member of persons who sought admission. The platform was titled by the leading politicians of the borough. The seat on the right of the cha r was occupied by Mr. Pearson, M.P., and at a later period of the meeting that on the left was taken by Mr. T. D'Eyncourt, M.P.; both the hen. members were greeted with the mcst enthusiastic cheering. Mr. Cnas. Jofstia was voted to the chair, and after read ing the advertie mint calling the meeting, he said it was necessary, pi rhaps, that he shou'd explain who the Lambeth E ectaral A.E.ciation wire. It was a society formed imme diately after the last election, but which ha existed during 1 1 that election under a different organisation. One of the happy effects of its first organisation was the introduction of Mr. Pearson to the representation of the borough. (Cheers.) Ile would state the principles on sshich the L‘mbeth Elec toral Committee was based. They were no friends to finality whigs—(checrs)—nor were they friends to the tortes, wham conservation was to conserve all enactments which savoured of class legislation and ultra toryism. The associa tion was pledged to the most cornolete and radical reform — they wanted to see a full, fair, and free representation of the pesple—(hear, hear)—without which there could be no good gueernment or sound legislation. They had ammo theta in the asmciation individual vows and differences of opinion, but they knew what the purport of Mr. Ilume's motion was. lie would read it to the meeting. It was— That this house as at present constituted does not fairly represent the population, the property, or industry of the country, from which has arisen great and increasing discontent in the minds of a large portion of the people. That, with a view to amend the representation of the people, lease he niven to bring in bills for the purpose of prt , s. viding that the elective franchise shall he so extended as to nubs.. all householders. (Cheer..) —and he added, in a letter that had since been re ceived front him, that he intended to include lodgers. (Cheers.) That would amount to a very large extensi - 41 of the suffrage indeed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. litune's proposi tion went on bather to say, That voles Wall be taken by ballot; that the duration of parliament I shall not exceed three 3 earsthat the apportionment of members to popuLotion shall be wade mare tha t In all this there were, perhaps, same present who did not agree, but no one could deny that the views hero EX preved were a great step in advance. Speaking fir himself as an individual, he (Mr. Jones) should have preferred uni versal suffrage. (Much cheering.) lie believed that prin ciple could be more succeufully defended by sound argu ments than household suffrage. (Hear, hear.) The SEciteTaity here read a letter from Mr. T. D'lyn court, M.P., promising to 'Strad if possible, and letters apologising for inability to attend, but exprersing sympathy in the movement front Mr. O. Thompson, M.P., Mr. Bright, Mr. H. Vincent, and referred to the answer to the invitation given to Mr. Cobden, which the secretary said they might have seen in the Express, wherein he excused himself from attending, because he believed the meeting would have more effect if confined to the people of Lambeth. Mr. J. To WAITEB rote to move the first resolution : That in the judgment of this meeting, the declaration of Lord John Russell, as reported in the debates of the House of C4MllllOll* on the 23rd of May tut, must be regarded ea evinceng • real or affected igno rance of the state of public opinion, and a willingness to mistake the determination of the people at large to maintain peace and preserve order, for confidence in her Majesty's government, and satLfaction with the present course of legislation—sod that therefore it is incum bent on all who would avert civil commotion, accelerate the progress of freedom, and promote the tuitional welfare, to give constitutional espr Mon to their views and smsther, turd determinately to sees sach further reforms, as they believe will be conducive to the prosperity of all dames of the community. But they had had another declaration from Lord J. Russell a few days ago when he gave notice of a bill to repeal the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act. (Laughter.) He believed his lordship and some of his followers had had their attention drawn to that question by what took place at the last election for Lambeth—(cheers)—and he trusted the people of that borough would so perform their duty en still to deserve his lordship's are and attention. (Hear and laughter.) He confessed that he was one of those who had for a long time been agitated by a kind of reciprocity of hope between Lord John Russell and Sir It. Peel. Ile had had his mind baoyed up from time to time by expectation from changes of administration until repeated disappointments had convinced him that all the people expected from either party Vas the fortification of class legislation. (Hear, hear.) As t o L ord J. Russell, his recent course showed that his only object was to raise the barrier still higher against the right. of . the People. Tears and a cry of '' Three groans for Lard Rui " •") it was necessity, therefor:, that the peopi:' ithatild strike out R LeW ellnime for themselses, THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1848. SDI ID show dist IWO they were not disposed to disturb the frame-work d the constitution—though they did not propose to break up the ship—they were determined to have a better crew to man hi r. (Cheers) While the middle classes were divided and disunited, they were fighting with the wind—they opposed to abuse the shadow and not the substance of opposition. If they wished to de anything— if they wished to succeed in their efforts for reform—it was essential that the ml Idle classes and the right minded ame . .gst the working classes should unite cordially to gether. (Hear, hear.) Ile had with ell the earnestness of which ho was capable urged the recenity of such a union in another borough with which he was connected, and he urged it with equal esinereness hero. (Cheers.) Ile come forward not for the gratification of any particular views he might entertaie ' hut to endeavour to find some neutral ground on which all classes might wet and base their agita tion for reform, feeling convinced that if they could so unite they might commend their own terms from the government. (Cheers) When he said this, - ho dell no in the, confidence that the people of this country would not be desirous to make soy terms except those of justice directed by policy. If they concurred with him it would be essential that they should join in petitioning the house in support of Mr. Hume's motion, and call upon their repre sentatives to support that motion which he knew they would do. [Much cheering, in the midst of which Mr. D'Eyncourt enteral the room, and was received with every demonstra tion of welcome respect.) The speaker resumed—He be tiered the sentiments ho and that meeting held would be faithfully repres. nted in parliament by the two anembers foe Lambeth. (Hear ) Ils was sorry to say that hitherto all attempts at union between tho middle and worleMst classes had been thwarted by the unwise conduct of certain mad people called chartists—(liter., and symptoms of disapproba• tion from a large leaden of the meeting, and partial cheers) ; but the electors of Lambeth were shrewd enough to distinguish good principles from bed men (hear, hear) and he hoped those of the working classes who were for m eintaining peace and indite end for working nut the principles of reform in a constitutional way, would cast out those whose object was to disturb the miler and peace of society from among' them. (near, hear.) Let them declare their principles, and show that they were willing to unite with the middle classes, many of whom had been driven back by the violent eeurse which some of the chartists advocated, ant they must suc ceed in their object. As a universal suffragist—((tear, hear) —he felt that every departure from a constitutional mode of agitation prevented peaceful men from ideat; them, and delayed the attainment of their object. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Let the middle and working classes mate inutile' concessions for the purpose of cam ing their common object—(bear, hear)—and let them make together such a demonstration as no government could re sist. (Cheers,) le.t the middle classes remember that witt out the assisteuee of the working fasces they could not hope bt c..rry that measure of reform which the> demanded, and let the advocates of the six p nuts, on the other halal, not forget that without the help of the middle classes they could not succeed. (Hear.) Lord John Russell and the government cared little for noisy and turbulent meet ines on K. manhole common or eleewher. , while they now cle , s tlehtieg against class, but they must core I when he saw symptoms of union among all classes. (Hear, hear.) - It was that union of the middle and world. g classes which it was the object of that meeting to effect that Lord J. Remelt and the aristocrats of the upper house dared not look upon with indifference. ( Hear.) The resolution in the paragraph an to the maintenance of peace anti order referred to those good men anti true who wire on a late occasi m sworn in special constables. (Hear, anti laughter.) Ile was not a " special," but ho was anxious that Lord J. Russell should not mistake the object with which those men undertook the office. The feclin which influeneed these who had undertaken the duty of special constables was not approbation of the government, but a desire to maintain peace and order at all hazards. (Hear, hear.) It was not that they were satisfied with Lord John Rueful's finality, but that they wished to preserve their homes in peace and quietness. (Cheers.) He called upon the dissenters, as a port of the most mu...cr eative body in the country, to unite in seeking to get laws fur Inc people %hide would prevent confusion and revolt, and cheek that determinetion to increase inetead of diminish taxatien which had hoen so strongly evinced by recent governments, Ile had great pleasure ID moving the resolu tion. Mr. 11. R. ELLINuTON briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. T. WETNCOCUT, M.P., next addressed the meeting in caption of tha resolution. He was happy, ho said, to meet Lis constituents no so important and interesting an occasion. lle considered that they had met to consult anti advise, to beer every man, and weigh his opinions against their own ; anti if he were right in that respect, he called upon them, as their repr. 'tentative, to bear with him if he should express any sentiments nut perfectly in accordance with theirowa. (Hear, hear.) They knew him as an old and tried reformer, otherwise he should not then stand before them; and be 1. It that his conduct would again justify him in seeking their suffeeges. They mold not, therefore. doubt his principles—they could not doubt his opittion to be that every man in the country should, in tome way, be represented in parliament. (Loud chem.) That was the glorious principle of the British constitution. (Rear, hear.) In days genie by the policy of that constiter ion had been to vest tile franchise in certain selected and tit bodies, so that there should be a virtual representation of the whole through them. But when the state of society was such as to render it difficult so to vest the trunchise with safety (as was seen by the borough of Stamford and other places guilty of corruption), it was evideut that the francithe must be extended. The voters of Stamford were praying to he dig ranchiscd, as they could not exercise the franchise freely. It was clear that the ballot was the measure wanted to tueble the people to exercise the franchise freely. Give the ballot, and then, but not until then , co uld they venture to extend the franchise, fur, without it, it would lie en absolute cruelty to invest large bodies of men with a right to vote, who would, without the ballot, have to balance between the exercise of his conscience and the ruin of es family. (Hear, hear.) Ile felt that nothing short of the ballot could give protection to the voter. Although he sup ported the reform bill, be was one of the few men who re fused to cry out " The bill, the who l e bill. and nothmg but the bid." lie said then, and be now repeated, that there was not a word of that bill worthy of being permaiient, aa ' cepting schedule A. And yet each was the feeling in favour of the " whale bill, &c.." that he dared not present himself at a public nicetiug witheut joining in that cry, and he .-.seated hine.elf because he could not, end did uut, leek upon it as a final measure. (Hear, hear.) If they referred to the parliamentary debates, they would tied that e had pre dieted that very state of public feeling which they were met that night to represent. (Hear, hear.) He Wed upon them to use every coustitutional means—be was sure they would use no other—to make their opinions pre vail with the ' minister and parliament. If they did so, he undertook to say that in less than two years they would have another re form bill. (Cheers.) With regard to Lord John Roma-Its late foolish declaration, and which he regarded as foolish when he heard it uttered, he and others of the movement party blamed themselves for not having said something iu reply to it at the moment. But be hoped they w odd make ,epends by pressing on the noble lore's ate ;thin the claims or the peopie for that reform which his lert , thip seemed is - think was not desired. In order to do so muse effectually he hoped that others would cease to urge those particular doctrines which were opposed by the general sense of the country. lie hints If, for instance, objected to annual parliaments. He conceiv , d that there would not be sufficient excitement to secure the best men if the elections took place so frequently; but, to show his sincerity as a re former, he could refer to his proposal at the time of the re form bill that the franchise, instead of being vested in lel. householders, should be given to inhabitants paying scot and lot, which amounted as nearly to universal suffrage as any reasonable man could desire. His principles on that subject had not changed, and would nut change, if only from the fact that he could gain nothing by changing them, while he would lose the honour of representing Lambeth. In his address to the electors at the last election he complained I that they had not petitioned for those reforms which they now sought. They were, at lest, awakened to a sense of their position. But the moment they , saw that the Reform Bill w e e fa failure they ought tei nave more actively supported those men who were endeavouring to remedy the evil in the House of Commons. Ten years ago he proposed a measure for shortening parliaments, hut there had been no petitions in support of that measure since. It was not reasonable, therefore, to expect members to b ing feria-ad measures of that kind unsupported by the popular voice, or if the people stood with fettled arms merely as spec tators. lie was in no alliance with the present government, and had voted against them at often as he had voted against any other governmt nt. But he most confess that the noble lord at the heal of that government was justified in saying that, as no demands for large measures of reform had as yet been made by the people, lie 'vas not galled upon to bring forward there measures. [the room at this period became so crowded that there were loud calls for au adjournment to the common ; but the chairman declared such a "move" to lie impressible.] The hon. gentleman proceeded to observe that Lord J. Ituoseli by his declaration had issued a challenge to the people of England to say whether they were content or not with their present amount of political privileges; and it was for the people to answer it in a manner so unequivocal and by petitions so numerous, as to leave no doubt of their de termination to he more fully and fairly represented in the House of Commons. (lieu, hear.) It was a monstrous thing to see one set of boroughs under the influence of money corruption, and another, those to which large tract s of land had been added, wholly under the sway of the landed in terest, and returning for that interest GO or 80 members. It was absurd to suppose such a system could stand ; or that in the present state of public feeling, not only here, but in Europe, the people could permit it to stand without a strong remonstrance against it made in conclusive but constitutional language. (Hear, hear.) If the crown and parliament did not yield to such an appeal, it would be owing to a want of firmness and continuity of action on the part of the people. One word more and he was done. As a g entleman and a member of parliament for thirty years, he felt bound to say that they, and especially the dissenters, did owe to nemething the esent prime minister. hey were indebted to him in a grea present prime minister. They were indebted to hug in a great measure for the ReforTm Bill — they were indebted to him for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Ile was There e boTr b u ra o ve use anTco e u u ra de g a e v oli u s ti fe n gowto frig , and was not to be frightened. Let them, then, encourage hint. (Laughter.) Show him that their complaints were well-founded and he would no doubt join in endeavouring to redress them. [This opinion did not meet with a general concurrence, and eventually gave rise to a " Groan for Lord J. Russell."' lie begged to observe, that he did nut belong to the whig party. Ile often voted against them and if they persisted in their oblique course, ae should most likely vote many times against them again. But as a mere matter of justice he felt himself called upon to say :hue much in re ference to the noble lord's past policy. (Crks of " Times" amidst which the honlentleman resumed his 'test.) Mr. SOUTHMELL.—Before stating his reasons foe support ing the resolution, he must be permitted t 9 say that unless they were prepared to listen patiently to any set of opinion, however adverse to their own, they were not fit to exercise the franchise they coveted. (Cheers.) With this view he must say be regretted that Mr. D'Eyncourt had not been listened to with that attention his speech deserved. (Hear.) Lord J. Russell had been pretty much abused that night. But it must be remembered that Lord J. Russell was the leader of the Whig party—the juin, militia party—the party which stood between taryism and radicalism—the party that would hive when it could no longer kick—(a laugh)—and would do only just irs much for the people as they were constrained to do. Now he thought the recent and cele brated declaration war intended to try the metal of the constituencies, and see whether the people had sufficient spirit to answer his challenge. (Hear, bear.) He knew there were seine who thought the present move ment did not go far enough ; but those who were disposed to go " the whole hog" 'hostel remember that everybody's' stomach was not so ationg as their own. (A voice, ' Let us have the charter.") If they would listen he would tell them how to get the charter. (Cheers.) He biped to see the day when the charter would be the hereof the land, and — if he were not afraid of creating dissension, he would say— something more than the charter. (Hear. hear.) Ile wanted to show that they might support Mr. Hume and Mr. Cobden in their present movement without compromising themselves. (Cheers ) In his opinion representation should be coeval and coequal with taxation, and that all men were entitled to the suffrage ; but it was bad policy in the working chases to throw filth in the faces of those who wished them well, and who, to the extent of their ability, held out to them the right hand of fellowship. Notwithstat ding his horror of bloodshed, and his die testation of violenoi, he must say that some of those who had advocated bloodshed and violence were not without some justification. (Loud cheers from one part of the meeting and symptoms of disapprobation from the rest.) Let those who, sitting by their firesides in comfort, with the necessaries and the luxuri s ot life at their command, place themselves for a moment in tho position of the unemployed working man, with his wife and children around him, crying in vain far bread—(hear, hear) •—and then say whether, if, in the severity of their sufferings they lost their patience, they were altogether without excuse. (Cloves ) But he went further. lie held that occasionally there was no harm in frightening our governors • little— (laughter and cheers)—and those who did so at their own risk he looked upon as public benefactors. (Much cheering.) He hated silence and bloodshed as much as any men, but he affirmed there were seasons when men were justified in proceeding to upon insurrection and revolt ; and he thought those who now took that course.—blind though they might be to their own interests—were reading the government • useful lesson. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was Nursed unanimously. Mr. F. DOI:LION moved the second resolution, 5i,..: Itrat this meeting declares Ito conviction that the HOW of Com mons does nut truly represent toe people, and that en Inag no it hall continue to be constituted as at prevent, It cannot become a proper organ for the expression of the nation's wilL That any reform of oar represent stirs midair% which fails to rceognae the right of envy man to the franchise, limited only by such regulations as may be necessary to secure its legitimate use, will neither be complite nor o-rmaigint; but that regarding Mr. liume's motion, now standing for the 20th instant, area unpirtant practical advance towards a tale and full representellim of the people, this meeting determines to give to the movement its earnest and utmost support. Mr. A. STEVENeI, a member of the society of friends. se conded the resolution. He belonged to a community who I held that bloodshed and violence under no circumstances we re justifiable—(hear)—he therefore could not concur in the sentiments which had been expressed by Mr. Southwt 11. The question they haul to consider was, whether they should obtain that reform which was necessary for the prosperity of the country and the happini ss of the people by peaceful and constitutional agitation, or whether the insane infatuation of • few men should be permitted to plunge this csun try into all the horrors of bloodshed and civil seer. (Cheers and hisses) Why did not those who dissented know that disaffection was even now spreading far and wide. (Iliac.) Were we not at this moment holding the ester country in subjection by the bayonet ? (Cheers, and cries of " Shame !") It was because he saw in power a govern ment incapable of good though powerful for mischief, and because he dreaded the consequence of allowing such • government to rule the destinies of this country, that he had come to that meeting to give his support to peaceful and constitutional reform . (Cheers ) In order to show how fat the Reform Bill had failed in its object,and how great was the necessity of another measure to amend the present represen tative system, he would call the attention of the meeting tea list of boroughs. with the names of the nobleman or lady —for ladies meddled in such thiugs ILS well—by whom the members were nomivate2: Arundel, nomination by the Duke of Norfolk; nridgenorth, by the hitniore family; Buckingham, by the Doke of Buckingham ;Caine, be the Marquis of Lansdowne; Christchurch, by Sir ((forge Rose; Chichester, liche Duke of Itkhuarind;Ciretorster, by Earl Bathunit; Dorchester. the Earl of Shaftesbury and Williams' the bunkers; Fir, by Sir :award Kerrison; Crest Grimsby, by the Karla Yee barough; Ilelsterle, by Lady Bassett; Ilimunglan,by the Earl of Sand s idi and Lady Olivia Iternard Sparrow ; Launceston, by the Duke or Northumberland ; Malnusbury, by the Earl of SuNolk ; Mahon, by Lad Marlborough, by the Marquis of Aylesbury ; Mid hued, by the Marquis of Exeter; Morpeth, by the Earl of Carlisle; Newark, by the Duke of Newcastle; Pembroke, by Sir John Owen ; Peterturough, by Earl kitzwilliam ; Peterstleld, by Sir W. Joltitre; Itelinite, by Earl Somers; Richmond (Yorkshire), by the Earl of Yet land; Ripon, by Earl de Grey; shaftesbury, by ibis Marquis of Westminster; Stamford, by the Marquis of Exeter; Tuvlstock, by the Duke of Redford; Tamwerth, by Sir R. Peel; met ford, by Lord Ashburton; Wenlock, by Lord Forester; Whitrbavea, by the Furl of Looedsee ; Witten, by the Earl of Pembroke; Winches ter, by the Duke of Buckingham; Window, by the Castle; Wood, Omit, by the Duke at Marlborough ,• Bandon-heulgo, by the Euel Hanlon; Dungeon., by the Earl of Itanfurty; Lisburn, by the Marquis of Hertford ; Cardiff, by the Marquis of flute, or h is eerie- sentalives. In counties there were: Anglesea, nominated by the Marquis of Anglesca ; West t7urnhetlznd, by the FAH of Limsdale Denbighshire, by Sir W. W. Wynn; Pembrokeshire, Sir J. Owes; Westmoreland, by the Earl of Losisdale. New, owing to this system of nomination, the following large constituencies were virtually disfranchised : London, Finsbury, Greenwich, Lambeth, Marylebone, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, Birmingham, Bristol, Hull, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, York (City), Elinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Cork, Dublin, West Riding of Yorkshire, Eest Surrey, Middlesex, North and South Lancashire, return- ing 62 members wish an aggregate number ofelectors of '279,2e0; while 62 members for those important localities coign as well, owing to the; nomination system, by which their votes were counteracted, be re presentatoes for a department of France. (Hear, hear.) What, for instance, was the use ot the two members for Lambeth voting tor Mr. Hunte's mu liun whi n they would be opposed by the members for Thet ford, or some other borough nominally representing 200 men, bet. really only one or two, while the memb rs for Lambeth represented some thousands? (Hear, hear.) So with the counties, excepting some few which had been res cued form the landed interest by the Anti-Cora-Law League. Lord Stanley admitted in his place in the House of Leeds that, knowing the political opinions of the landed proprie tors, he could tell those of the representatives of the county. Some time ago a liberal member represented the western division of Somerset : the Earl of Egremont died, and his successor being a tory, the next election sent a tory represeatative to the House of Commons. He would i:sk them to leek abet at the pension list, to be found in a little publication callc l bloc "Black Book," to be had for , a here they weul.l find that the country was paying a pension of 8,0001. a year to the Duke of Grafton, because his ascsstor was the illegitimate child of Charles 11. (Rear, and a laugh.) Let them look also at our enormous naval and military establishments which furnished places fir the aristocracy, and kept the people in defiance. (Cheers.) The only means of getting rid of this system was to reform it altogether, and that could only be done by the cordial union of the working and middle classes. (Hear, hear.) The man who attempted by uny means to sow dissension between those classes was the bitterest sod worst enemy of the coun try. (Cheer's) The middle classes were accused of using strong language, but if they did they had been taught to do so by the coilesgues of Lord J. Russell, who called the vote or the House of Comments the whisper of a faction, and encouraged the idea of the men of Manchester searching upon London. It wan no sufficient answer, therefore, to the people to say that their language was too strong. They I sought not to interfere with the constitution. They ought rather to place the crown of these realms on a firm basis — namely, on the affections of a peaceful, loyal, and contented people. (Hear, heats) If her Majesty knew what was right to be done, he believed she would do it ; but the truth was kept from the royal ear by favourites—(loud cries of " hear," and " three cheers for the Queen")—who wanted to make the throne in England rest as already it did in Ireland, upon bristling bayonets and constables' staves. But the time was gone by for a monopoly of legislative wisdom; and he never expected • good day for England until teen sprung from the people, and ith ntificd with them in interests and feelings, should have seats in the cabinet. (Cheers.) Mr. T. HARDY seconded the resolution. Mr. C. PHARSON, M.P., supported the resolution. He obsessed that if he had not hail that opportunity of meeting them he might have been, as Lord J. Russell appeared to be, in ignorance of their real wishes and intentions. But now he could not plead that excuse. lie now believed that what they required was a thorough and effectual reform in parliament, so that enemy man in the country who contri buted to the payment of taxes directly or indirectly, or who was liable to be called upon by hie person to defenel country from external aggresaion or internal commotion, had a natural and indefeasible right to a voice in the selec tion of those by whom his lite, liberty, anti property had to be governed. (Hear, hear.) To that doctrine he expressed his complete adherence. The bon. gentleman having expressed his fullest concurrence in the necessity of reforming the House of Commons, observed that he regarded the late declaration of Lord J. Russell as a gratuitous insult upon the people of England, concluding by suggesting the propriety of adopting a resolution of thanks to the Lambeth Electoral Association, with a request to put themselves in communication with the real retorm members of the House of Commons, and to co-operate with the varieus reform associations throughout the empire, so as to ensure to the people a thorough and effectual reform of the House of Commons. The resolution which the hon. gentleman supported was put and unanimously carried. Mr. D. PRATT then moved the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons, founded upon the resolutions, and in favour of Mr. Hume s motion , which was seconded by Mr. R. A. FAIRCHILD, a chartist, and adopted almost una nimously, the few climentients refusing to hold up their hands in its favour, on the ground that it was useless to pe tition a parliament which did not represent the people. The resolution of thanks, &c., to the association, suggested by Mr. Charles Pearson, was then adopted, and the meeting separated. MEETING AT MANCHESTER. On Monday evening, at the Free-trade Hall, Man chester, a meeting was held by a new society, called the People's League ; or, Association of Manhood Suffragists. The object of the meeting, as set forth is the circular, WAS to take the opinions of the audience on Lord John Russell's declaration, that the middle and working classes did not wish for the one great reform nor the other, " that they are neither saidous for the people's charter nor the great plan of reform which came near to the charter, proposed by the hon. member for Montrose." The meeting was not 'needed by Mr. Bright nor the other member for the borough, these gentlemen excusing themselves, along with other influential speakers, on the ground that they had already pledged themselves to engagements at a meeting in the Free-trade Hall that day fortnight, in support of the new movement. There were upwards of 4,000 persons present. Mr. W. Moan's, cotton verifier, took the chair, and said there was not a citizen in Manchester who was satisfied with the present state of things, and if they did not all go to the same length, he toped they would not quibble about trifles, but be prepared to battle unitedly for the great principle which was involved in all the mo.cmeuts now going on— the further enfranchisement of the people. Let them banish all party feeling, and go for the great principle before them, that of elevating man and placing him in his proper position. The Rev. D. R. STEPHEN moved the first resolution : That this meeting, in answer to Leen John Russell's declaration of his belief that the middie and working classes are satiseed with the system under which the representative. of the people are at present elected, and anxious to dispel the gross delusion from his mind, maxi solemnly records that they are as one on the all-important question of constitutional reform, and the absolute necessity of a thorongli charge of that system; and further, that his lord: hip, by his career as a minister of the crown, and by his frequent declara tions regarding the meditation and constitutional reforms, has dia. coverml such an inability to app.-elide the wants and demands of the country, tire! proved brassier( no devoid of that sagacity and undeviat log consistency of practice with principle, wider is essential to form the character of a great altliautecoaftil .talesman, as to form the con viction on this meeting that he is incapable to manage the affairs of ibis country. He said he had long been coavinced of the truth of the prin ciples adopted by the People's League. He thouaht that every into should be represented in the House of CM:omens ; and though he had ben told that was un- English, he main taimel nothir.g was no English as manhood suffrage. He thought triennial parliaments would be better than annual parliaments, but would not argue the matter. In conclusion, he had great pleasure in moving that resolution, fi-mly believ ing that most of the middle-class were prepared to admit that there must, sooner or later, be a great extension of the suffrage. Mr. 'l'. 131tITTAIN seconded the motion, and thought it his duty to give his vote against Lnrd J ,hn Russell's insulting declaration in the 11 , u,0 of Commons. It was high time the people of every town came forward and t let Lord John Russell that not only were they dissatisfied with the present state of things political, but that they were determined to have those things altered. (Cheers.) He thought Lord John Russell end the aristocracy gee:km*loly had very little knowledge of the great distress that the people suffered from bad government. It had been slid in peril meat that the peonies were very patient in their distress, bet was that to be construed into political satisfaction? Ho should condemn anything like a resort to physical force. (Cheer.,.) Let them convince the people that certain reform: ougLt to be serried, and they could then be carried by moral force. if they got manhood suffrage, they would be enabled to ame borate the condition of the working ensue, by reducing the taxation which fell to an unjust extent upon them. Mr. HENRY VINCENT supported the resolution. Mr. 0..1. CLAW.KE, a working man, said he belonged to the claw called chartists. lie spoke of the pleasure he felt at having heard the right of men to a voi:c in the selec tion of men to represent them in the Commons' House of Parliament, asserted as it bad been, and that it was advo cated upon the broad rtinciple of a natural right. Crime was the result of igntrance, at least amongst the working classics; and the party to which he belonged advocated the charter, not as a means of committing violence and injury, but in order to procure a more equitable distribution of eiu• cation for every child born into the world. He advo cated, therefore, with great pleasure the passing of the resolution. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. J. Bowes moved the second resolution : That the government, by its wasteful and extravagant expenditure of the public monies, and determined oppteitlon to all suggestions for the rcslttetion of that expenditare—by its unbecoming defence of sine rums and unmerited pensions—and by its obstinate residance t0..11 demands for an equitable adjun'inent of the income and property tax, ban shown ' itself to be no thoroughly imbued with clam feelings, and so completel under the influinee of class interests, an to lse hat!el y worthy of the confideiwo . of . h e people: And, further, it is thc Arm hflief and deep eaarctinn of this meeting, that the best and most effetual way to gain their confidence, secure their afftetions, and re move their Just complains, and by which alone all cla-sea can be united, is the full, complete, and speedy set option of the print:; le and object, of the people's league. Mr. WHITE seconded the motion, and it was :carried una nimoualy Mr. ROBERT RrMNET Moved : That a petition, embodying the foregoing resolutior.s. sigred by the chairman, be prepared and forwarded to toe members tor tuns city tor presentation to the House of Commons. Carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman having been pasted, the meeting terminated soon alter 10 o'clock. MEETING AT PORT GLASGOW. A requisition having been handed to A. Falconer, Esq., Provost, to call a meeting of electors friendly to taking into consideration the propriety of petitionieg the Comm ms House of Parliament in favour of Mr. Hume's motion on national reform, a meeting was held in the town-hall on Saturday last, on which oc...nution Mr. Andrew Hair was called to the chair.—Mr. M'Bryde, clothier, moved the tint resolution That thin meeting, boulder at the narrow, unequal, and unjust basin upon which the exuding alotem of parliamentary reprcventaUoa rents, deem it their duty to petition parliament for as extension of the !ran cid, agreeebly to that brought forward by Jaw-ph blame, hose. bold aulfrage. Ile said that although it did not altogether meet his views, he woul I ►dopt it as approaching to universal suffrage. Having b en put to the 'main r, the motion was carried uaanimowly.—Mr.J. Johnstone moved the next resolution, to the effect, that in the opinion of the meet ng, it was desirable that the mode of electing members of parliament should take place by ballot, in order to afford the elector protection from undue influence in recordtng his vote ; and that the meeting petition the ficti,e of Commons to support Mr. II ume's resolution to that effect. Ile said it was well-known that undue influence was frequently used to endeavour to change the opinions of electors in coming forward to the poll, and that if vote by ballot was adopted, thfs species of injwnice would, in a great measure, be done away with. This revolution was likewise carried uzanimously.—Mr. Muir, nailor, neat moved that the meeting should support Mr. Humes motion for triennial parliaments, which was car ied.—Mr. William Johnstone, in a lengthened speech, proposcd the last resolution—viz., equal et moral di.tricts. In the music of his remarks, he said that if the glaring in. equality of votes in Scotland, iu comparison to those of Eng land, and even Ireland, was brought prominently forward in the House of Commons, it might be an additional argu ment in (drone of the subject of his motion. Carried unani mously. A committee was appointed to draw up a petition and to procure its presentation.—Nords British Mail. NORTH CHESHIRE ELECTION. The close of the first day's poll, u the returns in the Express up to a late hour of the day would lead the render to infer, showed /dr. Legit considerably a head of his opponent. The exact returns were stated to be as follows : Mr. Legh, conservative 2,781 Mr. Aitley, liberal 2,103 Majoritv for Mr. Legb 604 Gross number of Inel:wider' cm tbe Groes number polled brq. day miner -4,870 Leasing to poll Yesterday Mr. Astley's friends did not succeed in reducing the majority to any great extent. The following wu the FISAL STATE OF TUC POLL. Leith , 3,065 Milky Majority for Legb IRELAND. DCBLIN, JU . II . E 5. There was a crowded audience in Conciliation• hall to-day, to hear the doctrine of merger ap plied to discordant systems of policy. The propo action which I foreshadowed yesterday was well re ceived by the Old Ireland party, but to-morrow night, in Music-hall, will most likely tell a different tale. The schem" which Mr. John O'Connell developed is substantially, identical with what I have already an nounced. Men ask whether it is really a fact that Mr. John O'Connell and the " moral force" repealers arc pre pared to work with mcn who avow themselves ready to carry out the objects of that address by the means it develops. Mr. John O'Connell. you will observe, intimates that the new organisation will be legal and constitutional in its basis. But with the men who will necessarily take a leading part in the proceedings land even management.who shall guarantee that those characteristics will endure over the first meeting The military renewed their very disgraceful quarrel last night, and parties of the 31st, 55th, 75th, and, as I understand, Slat, taking part in it. There were nearly 300 soldiers in the talee, and many of them were severely cut by the buckles and breastplates, and are under surgical treatment ; but some were danger ously hurt. I understand the combatant regiments will be for the remainder of their stay in Dublin con fined to barracks. The clergy of Tnam, 121 in number, have memorial ised the Queen for repeal. The motion fixed for to-morrow in the Exchequer, to hear counsel on Mr. Maguire's right to an habeas eorpm falls to the ground. The originator of the Cavan National Guard is at liberty, and will not be prosecuted. Ile threatens an action for false impri sonment against the committing magistrates. Several persons have been held to bail by the magistrates of College-street office, for distributing the address of the Confederation. The delicate manner in which the Earl of Lucan introduced the poor law question in the House of Lords will be doubly appreciated by the fact that his lordship is a defendant in our law courts to a suit for rates to a very large amount. The claim is against the lands, the multitudinous defaulters having cleared away with both rates and rents. The declaration, I hear, would, if stitched together, make a full-sized carpet. The pleader's fee was 20 guineas. Sic fame ! INTIMIDATION TO R. MITCMEL'S lI:RT.—The Erening Mail of to-night publishee the following; "Mr. Whitey, the foreman of the jury which convicted Mitchel, has re ceived no fewer than five threatening notice's. The first received by that gentleman beers the post-mark of Hooters town, and is inscribed with a coffin, curanuated by a death's head and cross-bones. It runt its the following terms: By the thunder ing CO4l. you &mon meat, your life, and your life only, shall pay the sacrifice, for your orange bigotry. That's the way the street shall be. You may bring this to the police-office; but, by Gal, I'll shoot you. The neat is daubed over with blood. It ha... in like man ner a drawing of a coffin and a heart-the latter coloured wilt blood. The content.' are as follow: Your, Lou? NOME.- By the great and living God, I will mike a corpse of you for your murderous conduct to por Mitchel. I enclose your coffin, and by my blood, which stains it, yours eh shard, flow from your veins, by the hand of your deadliest enemy. Don't think you shall escape, or that your wife or children will maw. The remaining three are of the same character. Mr. Mansfield, another of the jurors, has receive I two nukes of the same kind. The first is addressed to his wife-the second to himself: in Mrs. •lanetield, Grafton-street-Madam, - look at this, and shudder when you think that that unfeeling wretch, your husband. who bee been paid to condemn Mr. Mitchel, and send him to a foreign land, from hie wife and five hotplate children. tie could have saved him, if he only disagreed with others. No, the wretch was too well paid by government. Ile and his family will, sooner or lamer, pay &arty for his base corruption. I will watch close after him. lie is a diegrate to human na•ure. You can at present nit down with all your oesprirg and your husband in comfort and Itspitiaere, which poor Mrs. Mitchel ant her five helpless orphans. cannot, being de prived of that comfort by your bse wretch of a companion. God helpyhim ! HARVEST PROSPECTS -The accounts from the country continue of the most cheering character. There is every reason to anticipate one of the most bountiful Beason* this country has ever been blessed with. The people appear by their exccilcnt cont Let to he grat4nl to l'rovideuce for his promise of abundance. The following, from the Batista sloe Star, gives a fair idea of the general t.ne of all the re ports supplied by tne country papers: "Perhaps in the me mory of the present generation there never seemed such )right prospects her the former-so far as abundant crops can testify-as at present. The earth, in common phrase, groans under its preci•eus burdens of wheat and other grains. The dearly-lovcd potato of tha Irish peasant is wing ing up with seeming health, sold in greater luxuriance, and in get ater abundance, at this early period of the year, than w e recollect on former occasion.. This we have just had an opportunity of witnesairg through various parts of Galway, Kiag's and Queen's Counties, Meath, Kildare, Dublin, Wicklow, Kilkenny, and Tippe rary. Turnips are slowly making head against their rivals, the potatoes. It is yet too early to report of them. The lee dry weather bus been unfavourable to their germina tion, but abundant and mild rains are now making ample provision fur immediate and rapid vegetation of all mg:tab:es and other plants. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Teen was a very large assemblage of this hely in Con ciliation-hall to-day, attracted by the announcement in the morning repeal paper that the bates of arrangement between "the forces" would be developed. Dr. M'Kcon presided. Mr. J. O'CeerieLL said: He thought it would be more respectful towards that association, slid also most proper in every respect, to move that the standing orders regulating the ordinary husinese of the association be rescinded, in order that he should speak on that aubject which was at present necupsing the minds of all repeaters the iughout the country. He felt, as often as be had the pleasure to address that body, there was no occasion so important as the present—it was one of the utmost importance, not only to the body itself, as regards its existence, but of still greater importance s regards the interest of the rreat cause of which it was the agent, and also the irterest of the Irish people, so deeply connected in the decision they would take on the matter to which he was Rhea: to allude. He should not bare on that day to make any specific motion beyond that of summoning the committee to consider finally the steps that would be proposed to the body en that day week. He would conclude his eietiou with one or two remarks, and also by putting a notice on the boas, provided the terms of arrengement on which repealers were eivided met the approbetion of the committee of the association, specially summoned to meet to-morrow, and to continue sitting every day in the week—providing these terms would be agrect to, it would be his duty on that day week, as he said, to move that the association do stand inde finitely adjourned. The consequence of such a step will be taken seedy as the grounds on which a new body is to arise. (CLetrie In the Irish confederation at ' , meet Weeny, similar steps would be adopted . t their meeting to-morrow. The terms of arrangement will be sulsmitted not to any particular members of the council of the confede ration, but to the entire body of that council. If they agree it wi 1 have the effect of causing an indefir ito adjourn ment of the confederation thus the two bodies will cease to exist, so that a new body, repress nting :11 /tedious of Irishmen who have been so long divided will spring up. (Cheer'.) Ile trusted that be might at taut lerrow so much from the I istory of his public life, when they were about to adopt that step in obedience to the call of the peo ple, as to say, no matter what his predikctions might have been for that association, he would not be fund leis heartily co-operating in his endeavours to ark° the new asaeciation work, and to forward it by every means is his power. While he pledged himself to do that, he would not, he trust. d, I e premuded from expressing the feelings which operated on his mind on this important day. Ha had a hope —a dear and cherished hope to his heart—that that associa , Rion, without we urnment or dissolution, would have ac complished its object peaceably and legally. The reason they I.st the talented individuais who seceded from that association they all knew, arid he would not wish to revive angry feeling, passed away, he hoped, for eve r, by entering into any discussion on these matters. This much he would say, no matter what their ideas might have keen, tbey had now to bow to the voice of the country—one uni versal and patent voice—whose demand could not be de nied—union amongst all repealers. (Cheers.) Ile had not come lightly to the conviction that a new association must be formed, but they all had to agree with the will of the country. He did not take the expression of that will from hearsay, nor from the tewspepers, nor from the rumours of interested p.rties—he made it his business to consult by 1- tier with influential persons thrnughout the country, and he found the utter impossibility of the asso ciation continuing if the country did not support it. He examined the whole state of the case. and ho was bound to say that the accounts received rendered such a step neces sary. The people generally were influenced by cue deep sentiment—union almost at any price—union immediately among all repealer,. (Loud cheers.) One thing was quite competent to show that they could not go on in that aeso ciation—he alluded to the decline in the rent. The c.untry was refusing them support. They could not complain, nor remonstrate egainst it, for they made it keown in the meat unmistakable manner. The weekly rent was inadequate to sustain the assoclatien. The Tent wee only 121. last week, and on this day it fell short even ..1 that sum. It was impossible, therefore, to continue without union. The country had spoken out, and would not give them support sufficient to maintain the old association. It would he • matter of necessity, even if that great voice of public opinion had not spoken out—it would have been, he repeated, his duty to propose an indefinite adjournment of the aesocia tior, as the country cad not give them the necessary supple. He would avoid any unpleasant discussion or amigo any reason that might b 3 assigned on the withdraw .i 1 from that association of the people. It might have been that they had not confidence in the doctrines of him to whom the people gave the most unlimited support, or it might have been that they bad no confidence in them who took in that body a prominent part Circe he left them. It might have been that men's minds were wound up to a pitch of excitement by the oppression and hestility evinced every ,ay in the dealings o' England towards this country. These things may have weaned the people from that legal and constitutional course which he re cto amended them to follow. Ile would not say these were the tense', but they might hare had some ir lluence in depriving the association of stiupart. These COOKS might have induced tee people to consider it good to enter on that fearful struggle which he would h eve died rather than see them rush into, and which, if they wee, bent on, he (Mr. John O'Connell) would take neither act nor part in. The merits of that asso ciation, which had limn tried and proved by the fiery ordeal which it went through in 1844, he would not now discuss. He would bow to the decision of the country. He might have doubts aid fears, and he confessed be had some, but be would bow to the decision of the country, area do his utmost to work out fully the experiment of the new aiso eiation, (Loud applause.) It was just suggested to him that it was an unquestionable fact thit the people of Ireland did not support the confederation either, ss strong was the desire for union ; and the only my was now for the formation of the new body. (Cheers.) Lest it might be supposed that the new body was to have anything illegal in it, or be calculated to inveigle them into any violation of the law, it would be w ell for the country to know that the new body was to be formed by the union of all Irishmen. —(cheers)—the concentration of public opinion. That was the principle of the new body, which was perfectly legal. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to state that the committee of the association and the council of the confederate a would deliberate en the steps to he taken in the fermatiou ef the new body, and it they should not agree, insterd of moving an indefinite adjournment, on next Monday he would move that the association adjourn for another week, in order to give them an opportunity of fully considering the matter. Such is the sum and substance of the honourable gentle man's statcmcut, as given in his party paper, the Pilot. The other proceedings of the association were of no importance. PROVINCIAL. - _ STAFFORDSHIRE. FIRE AT SANDON HALL.—Yesterday a flee oc curred at Bandon-hall, the seat of the Earl of Harrowby, near Stafford, by which the centre portion of this elegant mansion has been entirely destroyed. The hall is a stone structure, with a centre and two wings; and it was in the roof of the former portion of the building that the , fire was first discovered. It appears that some plumbers were at work repairing the roof, and from some accident connected with the repairs it is supposed the fire originated. By the time the culled engines arrived the flames had spread over the centre of the building, which is three stories high, aid elevated considerably above the wings; and the whole mansion seemed in great danger of haling a prey to the flames. Happily, however, a good supply of hands, inclu ding a great number of " na‘‘ in " and other workmen from the North Staffordshire Railway, which runs within a mile of Sandon-hall, were quickly on the spot, and the engines began their operations i m mediately . Previously, however, to the arrival of the engines , th e bulk of the furniture, paintings, books, and statues, had by dint of great exertions been removed to the lawn in front and are all saved. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. THE HUNDRED OF BROSTOW is transferred from the jurisdiction of the Leeds Court of Bankruptcy to that of the Birmingham District Court. This change is announced by order in council, published in last night's Gazette. GLOUCESTERSHIRE , REPRESENTATION OF CHELTENHAM:A public Plotting of the supporters of the Bon. Craven Berke`Ay, the