The Express. — London, England, 1848-05-01 00:00:00

• • es ire. Near the Rao St. IA • Oale1.1•7 guards ••, -- a p t g t h e / n o wt, whereupon tfte•• MON SW "Down tb the "swag guard ! Down with*, odatonala t " a he Place else Cannes a troop of dawns Alliposi a orowd, o og led Down with the dragomlas" Atiataisiag along the rem din,e, which was ennipini ay national guard sad the people dispersed. The slabs passed off ow, , is the morning of the 28th Milk agitation was I ern ripost ed H of young ma *presoaked the national posted near the HOtel-de-Ville, and endeavoured to rt rd a a te ihem by making uee of insulting expressions. A el s e report WSW soon after raised, that the people had been fi n ed on, and a general cry we. raised of " Aux armee ; on y r assine nos trine!" At the same time a patrol of national guards were attacked, and an attempt made to disarm Diem. This attempt only succeeded in part, and t h e n ational guards at length reached the Hotel de cal.. Stones were thrown at the armed iorce. A Morena of dragoons and some national guards ti cedar( charged the crowd, and cleared the square. In the meantime barricades were raised in several parts of the town, but they were soon carried by the troops. As night a pproached the rioters became emboldened, and attempted to defend themselves. One man was shot, and another hilted by a thrust from a bayonet. As soon as the conflict b e gan, the government commis, try went to the Hotel-de Ville to concert measures of defence with the municipal au thoritiee and the commandants of the armed fume. Among the parties arrested and wounded are several liberated eon side. Some individuals @bore the working clam have also been arrested, who are suspected of having instigated the rioters, end it is hoped that all the chiefs of the movement are in the hands of justice. Several were killed and wounded. At midnight order hut been very nearly restored. The journals of Rouen, of Friday, state that the authorities only attempted the tenure of the buricades after the legal formalities of summoning the insurgents to surrender had been exerc i s ed. When these were treated with contempt, • aheip tie from musketry and cannon was opened upon the barricades, and the most important of them surrendered after a terrible resistance. The insurgents then declined that if their lives were spared they would of themselves destroy the other barricades, The offer was accepted and executed. This was in the streets near the elm St. Marc, but near the Mertainville the insurgenta held out, and a fire of mus ketry was kept up for an hour, at the end of which the insurgents in that quarter made an unconditional sur render, and expressed great contrition for their eon duct. The Government Commissary, M. Deschamps, and the Provisional Mayor, M. Lebelleau, then went through the streets which had been the wen, of disaster, proclaiming peace and conciliation. The insurgents, how ever, did not observe good faith, for no sooner had their live. been spared than they remmenced their work in other quarters. They threw ston co es, and fired at the escort ofa commissary of police, and began to construct new barricades in the quartiers Martainville and St. Hilaire, and even en Boulevards bearing these names. It was thus again nuts eary to act with vigour. A charge was made by the cavalry upon the insurgents on the Place Saint Hilaire, and they were driven as far as the railroad bridge on the road to Dar- Octal. Three of the insurgents were killed in this attack. At Saint Sever there was a large body of insurgents, bet these also were routed, and fled across the plain. A barri cade was gallantly carried by some national guards, and the infantry of the line coming up the pursuit of the insurgents mu continued they attempted to maintain a stand at a barricade at the end of the Rue d'Elbeuf, but it was carried, and two of its defenders lost their lives. During the remainder of the day the insurgents were comparatively quiet, with the exception of an at tack upon a patrol from the windows of some houses in the Rue Martaiaville. None of the patrol suffered ; but the fi re being returned, two the assailants were killed. Up to three o'clock in the morning, the date of the article of the Journal de Rouen, no further attempt had been made by the insurgents, and such precautions bad been adopted that it was not thought probable they would resume their criminal enterprise. The city, however, was still in a state of con sternation. The number of killed on the two days is esti. mated at 22 ; but that of the wounded could not oe ascer tained. It does not appear that there has been any serious loss on the side of the national guard and the troops. Two hundred and forty-four persons have been arrested; amongst them is M. Durand, deputy-mayor, and chief of • club, to whose wild doctrines the rising is in great part attributed. A body of 1,200 of the Garde Mobile left Pans on Thursday evening for Rouen. The Journal de Rouen adds that the workmen of Elbeuf have also risen, and ammunition had been sent off to that place for the troops and the national guards; the extent of the insurrection was not known. CASTELSARRASIN.—On the day of the elections, the inhabitants of two communes proceeded to Castelannain (Tarn and Garonne) to vote, but they were told to come again the next day, as there was not time to receive the votes. They set out on their return, but, on being addressed by some one, a cure it is said, they returned, and endea voured to invade the place in which the votes were received. The national guard resisted, and a terrific struggle took place. The national guard was pelted with stone., and eventually made use of their arms. On both sides persons were wounded, and it is said that two were killed. LIMOGES.—Our Paris correspondent writes that he has received • private letter announcing serious disorders at Limoges, where the operatives had risen in open insurrec tion, disarmed the national guard, proclaimed communism, and established a species of provisional government. At the departure of the mails a general pillage was feared. LYONS.—Serious disturbances are also reported to have broke n out at Lyons. The Courrier de Lyon states, that • party of national guards, who were placed at the Convent de la Reine to preserve that establishment against further attacks, committed two evenings since acts of revolting vio lence on fire of the sista, s, three of whom were treated in the most brutal manner. One of the men, not being able to invent these excesses, went and gave information to the authorities, and aid wea immediately sent to rescue the un irtunate women. Some of the portent who acted in this iaatefal manner have taken to flight. BELGlUl.—BacssEts, APRIL 29.—Yesterday the Minister of Filmic* presented to the Chamber a project of law relative to a fresh mission of bank bills. SWITZERLAND.—In its last sitting the Diet approved of the loan of 3,300,000 francs proposed by the Directory. THE CAMBRIA, Capt. Harrison, sailed from Liver pool on Saturday. for Ila Wax and New York. 'Ube Court. The Queen and Prince A bert, and the ladies and gentlemen of the court, attended Divine Service yesterday morning, in Whippingham Church. Sir Robert and Lady Peel had the honour of re ceiving in invitation from her Majesty, and arrived at Os borne on Thursday to dinner, and remained until Satu , day morning, when the right hon. baronet and his lady took their departure. The Marchionen of Orasonde had the honour of dining with the Queen on Friday, at Osborne. The Committee on Education of the Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday, which was attended by the Lord Pr,eident, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Auckland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir George Grey. Mr. KayShottleworth was in attendance. Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday, at the Home-office. . . Mr. Gillespie had an interview with the Right Elm H. Labauchere on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade, Mr. W.l). CHRISTIE, LATE M.P. FOR WF.TMOUTII, has barn appointed agent and tonal-general of Great Bri ton in the Mosquito territory. Her Majesty having signified her intention of the races at Ascot, orders have been forwarded to Windsor (or the Castle to be rendered fit for the occupation °tithe court by Monday, the sth of next month, on which day the royal family are expected to proceed to Windsor for shout a week or ten days. The labourers employed upon the impt.vements will work over-hours in order to corn. ,plots the business in hand. When the extensive alters lions at Windsor Castle were proceeding by order of George IV., no steps were taken to drain the edifice. In soaking ( activations, several noxious cesspools, of great ex tent, were discovered within a stone's throw of the will now be entirely removed; a large lying been constructed scrota a portion of the which will empty itself into the Thames be - and Datchet- bridge. JICAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting for in of council and officers for the ensuing year was itturday, at the house of the society, in Hanover- The Earl of Derby presided. The report of the document or considerable length —was read by •. It stated that the number of fellows, fellows subscribers, at the present time was 1819, number 30 had been admitted during the put tog which perisel 06 had resigned and 49 died. e at present 30 honorary and foreign members ba the society. The council announced that the f the members had been increased since the • by the issue of twenty free admissions slier on the payment of his subscription. e dive were hied for the 3rd and 24th of 22nd of July ; and the performances of the would he continued on Saturdays from the on which days fellows and their friends would without extra charge. Notwithstanding the in the income the council had not made any re 's the efficient maintenance of the garden and v had provided fcr the most eco the funds. During the past year - gates were only 3,2391. 190. The of all classes had been 93,846 in number. The had taken measures to render the mode of access to dens more exten , ively known; and in order to a more general knowledge and taste for they had come to • resolution, on the of April, for the admimioa of the public lay in each week for 6d., and on the four following s., without tickets. The council acknOwledged the ' valuable donations to the museum, library, luring the year. The greatest event which _cord was the safe arrival of the aurocha pre ie Emperor of Russia. The society had presented Is to M. Dolmaroff for a paper on the treatment iimal, and to Sir It. Murchison, who suggested to meter the pr o b a bl e success of sending such an anima 01 country. The council also acknowledged the receipt donations to the menagerie from her Majesty - of animals in possession of the society at the Iflf/ri, of which 359 are mammal., 714 bird., The number of species exhibited for the tent, were discovered st Castle. Theee will now arched drain having been Ilome.park, which will en rhea Windsor and Ditch ZOOLOGICAL SOCIET' .e election of council and eld on Saturday, at the uare. The Earl of Del uned—a document o , e e secretary. It stated tl act, and annual subecrib f which number 30 had ear, during which peri: here were at present 30 I- nging to the society. 'I 'lieges of the member t meeting by the he each member on thi e promenade dive wen use, and the 22nd of Ju ilitary hand would be a th of May, on which dal admitted without este crease in the income th action in the efficient n nsgerie, although they mical administration of e receipts at the gate itors of all classes ha until had taken measure gardens more eaten. lase a more genet ac" they had con It of April, for 1 one day in each week f ys at Is., without ticket eipt of several valuable menagerie, during the el' bad to record was the tted by the Emperor of ".* Medal!. to M. Dolmi the animal, and to Sir r ti rapetor the probable c °""trY• The cout serer. I donations to th • number of animals i nt time is 1084, of wh 13 reptiles. The nun i first time doing the pest _year was 42 of birds, fifteen of mammals. end three of reptiles. The council con cluded by stating that, osiewilisetanding the unfavourahle state of the weather, the egaimbeit of Tighe's showed an In crease of 997 over the wavespealift period of 1847, and daring October and DEENRINE - ea bowsaws of 2,252 over the oorrespeeillyr pude& ef the peeiliees rm. The report wee adages& eller um eeeversatfok fa the mazes of which af%stihree leek MNIES remarks is oispreistloo of the ed risii of the which he obeerreit meld be *Tries lest be the into • teeriee. The report of the eamlitsee the income of the society during 1847 to Ilan bees 7,7061. 15e. 6d., which, together with the Wanes of eash from the previous year (2314. 16a. 4d.), and the rowels of the sale of 2,2861. 4s. sd. stock, amounted to 9,9521. Ile. ; out of which a present balance remained of 2401. 19s. Ild. The meets "mounted to 6,9581 65..102., and the liabilities on the 31st Deo., 1847, were 1,0221 18s. 9d The auditors observed with regard to the income, "that on comparison with the se:manta for the yea 1846 , then is a decrease amounting to 5391. 24. 3d. This may have arisen partly from the very general and severs pressure of the times, and also from the ungenial Mate of the weather during a portion of the year; but the committee feel is a subject of congratulation, that under the head of 'admission fees,' paid by fellows newly elected, there is an increase, ILA compared with the average of the last four years, of 33 per cent." And with reference to expenditure: "that there is an increase of 1,0981. 17s. 10d. This arises mainly from the lie of previous years being all paid off, the whole of which , amounted to 2,0381. 2s. 9d., including the sum of 2951.13 a. Bd. incurred in 1844, being a balance due for the erection of the carnivore dens, which had remained unpaid in consequence of a disputed claim. The committee observe that, with the addition of 226 animals to the menagerie during the year, it must reasonably be expected, from the increased consump tion and high price of provisions, that • considerable addi tional outlay for food would necessarily have been incurred." —The ballot mulled in the re-election of the Earl of Derby, president; Mr. C. Drummond, treasurer; and Mr. D. W. Mitchell, secretary ; and the election of five new members to the council--namely, Professor Bell, the Earl of Burling. ton, Mr. J. C. Bowerbank, Sir tt. I. Murchison, and Pro femor Owen, in the room of five retiring members. INQUEST, SATURDAY. MANSLAUOUTER DT AN UNQUALIFIED ACCOUCHRUIL—On Friday, before Mr. Mills, at the Hope and Anchor Hereford street , Lisson.grove on the body of Mary Anne Cousins, aged 30, who died in child birth, it was alleged, through the uaskilful treatment of Mr. Nice, an unqualified practitioner, who had attended her during her confinement. The cued was the wife of Charles Conine, coach painter. Mr. Nice, whom they be lieved to be a regularly qualified medical practitioner, was engaged to attend deceased in her cr.nfine• men?. That Lock place on the 23rd inst., and he attended her at half vest two in the morning; an hour after wards the child was born. Mr. Nice stayed until half-past six o'clock. Just before he left the husband saw his wife, and found her very faint; but Mr. Nice did not say there was any danger. About an hour after Mr. Nice had left, Mr. COllll6ll'S sister told him deceased was getting worse, on which he immediately ran off for Mr. Nine, but was told et his house that he had gone out for a walk. He then tried to get other surgeons, but was unsuccessful. lie did not re turn to the deceased until he had been five times to Mr. Nice's house, without seeing him. Mr. Nice came about half past nine o'clock, but deceased was then dead. Mr. Nice had attended deceased on two previous confinements, when nothing particular occurred. Mr. Nice voluntarily said he thought he had done that which was best ; that he did not think he was wrong in leaving her from half-pest G o'clock till half-past nine. Ile admitted he was not legally quali fied, althesgb he had attended the lectures on midwifery of Dr. Ryan, and felt himself competent.—Dr. Davies, the accoucheur, who bad made a post mortem rumination by the coroner's direction, proved the cause of death to have been exhaustion from 10011 of blood, caused by the unskilful treatment of Mr. Nice.—The deputy-coroner said Mr. Nice, not being a properly-qualified practitioner, had no right to attend the deceased. It would be for the jury to consider if that person had been guilty of such gross negli. Renee or rashness as to make him responsible, or whether it wee merely from an error in judgment, to which all were liable, that the deceased had died. The jury, atter nearly an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Nice."—Thc coroner issued • warrant for his committal to Newgete. IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 29. In pursuance of the recommendation of the Dublin magistracy, I understand the Lord Lieutenant is re solved to proclaim the city forthwith. I have it on good authority that the draft of the proclamation, whilst I write, is in the hands of the government printer. The first division of the 71st Highland Light nl fantry disembarked at the North Wall this after noon from Glasgow, per the Viceroy steamer, and marched into Aldborough-hoase barracks. This sudden movement, coupled with the continued active preparations by the government to meet some expec ed emergency, has again thrown the peaceable citizens into alarm, and people begin to regard an outbreak as indispensable to the com mencement of the ensuing summer. Everything continues quiet in the provinces, but the calm is likely to be interrupted by a threatened open air meeting, with a procession of trades, &e., which is to come off at Curk on Monday next, to do honour to Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher, and Mitchel. With respect to the first-named gentleman, his appear ance in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench on Mon day being required by the Attorney-General, his Cork admirers must of necessity excuse his absence on that gala day. The Classtitution calls upon the authorities to interpose and prevent the demonstra tion. The same paper says : Government preparations continue. Arms are trans mitted to various parts of the country. An intimation has been received in Bandon that a large number, with a pro portionate supply of ammunition, will be at once placed in the barrack there (or the use of the loyal inhabitants. Yet Bandon is not badly off as it is, most of the Isyal inhabitants heing, we believe, provided with urns, and 100 stand, besides 500 hand artistries, with blue lights, carcases, &c.—in fact, all the requisites for a siege—being at hand in case of need. A meeting of the confederation is announced for Wednesday night. Some say the proclamation will apply to seditious assemblies, and consequently to the meetings of the confederation ; hut inasmuch as the basis of the proclamation is the Crime and Outrage Suppression Act, public assemblies will be exempted from the proclaiming powers of the privy council. Mr. Mitchell applied to-day by counsel to be allowed to appear by attorney, but the court refused to reopen the question, and rejected the application. This will incommode Mr. M., who was to have attended the Cork soiree to Smith O'Brien on Mon day. It was rumoured to-day in court that he had another abatement shot for the Attorney-General. The substance of the alleged plea is stated to be that the ex officio informations had been sworn before the original informations had been quashed in due form. This, if true, would be scarcely water tight. The United Irishman to-day is remarkably tame. The alleged cause is sufficiently remarkable. Mr. pardon, the proptietor of the Farmers' Gazette, sup plied the machine power for printing Mr. Mitchell's paper. Now Mr. P., it appears, r. ceived notice from the Attorney-General that he would be considered as a principal in the first degree if he published felonious matter in the old way, whereupon he insisted on sub mitting the " leaders" to counsel before he would peril his liberty. This will account for the " stars" and breaks in the leaders of the United It Allman, with Mr. Mitchell'■ pithy observation—" The learned censor considers the remainder felonious." A remarkable document appears in the Freeman of this morning--a letter of Dr. Brown, Roman catholic bishop of Elphin, to the Earl of Shrewsbury. The prelate replies to some former charges of the noble earl relative to the murder of Major Mahon, and the denunciations of the parish mica of Strokestown. The bishop regrets the warmth of his previous lan guage, if he has been betrayed into unbecoming 'v elour ; but he appends a document containing the names of three thousand and six individuals evicted from the estate of Major Mahon, by far the largest number ever hunted from a single property in Ire land. The number of districts which had been so remarkably cleared out were 28—the heads of families 605—number of widows with their families computed at 84 —most of whom are supposed to have perished, and the grand total 3,006. "We ask the people of England," says the Preeman," to consider the fate of those three thousand victims to a horrible code of laws, and then say whether any suffering un der heaven is equal to that of the Irish peasantry. If three thousand, or three hundred, Englishmen were visited with such a scourge, would not all the reason and intelligence, and humanity of England rise up in insurrection against such enormities, and sweep from the statute book the infamous laws that sanctioned and engendered such a wanton waste of human life ?" The alumni of the Belfast Academical Institution have been touched with the spirit of the times, though their enthusiasm took a very practical direction. In moving an address of confidence to the Earl of Cla rendon the opposition took their stand on the Ulster tenant-right, and refused to support any address which did not explicitly put forward the claims of their sires to the recognition by law of the ancient usage of the north. After a desperate struggle the address was sent back for reconsideration, when is was again brought forward with a clause ioseited, (1. minding the legalisation of the right according to ~trirnyin Cray rd's principle. The address wis •: with the add'. rdum. The trustees of the Cork Savings Bank, startled by the recent disclosures and defalcations in Kerry, have THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 1, 1848. had a meeting to investigate the state of their ac counts, the result of which is most satisfactory. The amount in the funds to the credit of the bank is 292,2241. 16s. 9d.; in the bank of Ireland 27,6191. Bs. 11/1., being 8401. over and above all liabilities. WICKLOW ILICTION (12011IDAY).-CLOIll 07 MIR FOL Howard RS Monck The High Bheriff then declared Bir R. Howard duly elected. Both gentlemen returned thanks. MEETING OF MAGISTRATES OF TUE COUNTY AND CITY OF DUBLIN. _ Yesterday a meeting of the magistrates and deputy lieu tenants of the county and city of Dublin was held at the Court-house, Kilmainham. There was a very numerous at tendance, and at the opening of the pruceediogs it was stated from the bench that those present muster ed to the significant number of eighty-two. At one period it was un derstood there were ninety-five present. The chair was taken by Lord liamieton, who mid he had asked them to come there in constqueace of two requi shious forwarded to him from the magistrates and deputy lieutenants of the county and of the city of Dublin, to consider what steps it would be nem/sere to take in , the present excited state of the country. It would require bot very few words from him to impress on their minds the extent of sedition that was abroad, and the traitorous and treasonable speeches that were made at meetings in Dublin, which had caused great alarm among all well-disposed persons is the commu nity, though, he was happy to reflect, that these feelings prevailed but among a small and iosignificant party—(hear hear)—and had met no acceptance whatever among the upper and middling classes, and were denounced by the clergy of all denominations. (Hear.) It was pleasant for them to reflect that the mind of the country in general was sound—(hear, bear)—st the same time, the bad effect of these seditious speeches was promulgating through the country, and therefore he thought all well-disposed persons should come forward and express their loyalty and their de termination to stand by the throne and the constitution. (Cheers.) Without any communication from the govern ment, he was lure those whom he addressed were anxious, by a declaration of loyalty, to express their desire to put down disaffection without having recourse to farm. The Hon. Mr. PIMISTON then came forward, and said that as one of the requisitionists he would say he had no commu nication with the government, nor did he desire it, for be thought much that was censurable in their proceedings hitherto was the pretties of always running to the Castle for advice. (Hear, hear.) The cause of his signing that requi sition was the anxiety he felt at the present state of the country, for he would never join in any unnecessary cry of alarm—(hear, hear) ;—but he did course, that when he saw what he saw, when he heard what he heard, and when he read what he read, it did occur to him, that as magistrates they were bound to take the earliest opportunity that pre-' sented itself to come together and see what was best to be done in the present emergency of the country, and not for that, but with regard to the future. (Hear, hear. Who was to speak if not the magistrates of the county That there was sufficient abroad to sec runt for the anxiety, if not alarm, that prevailed, no one there would deny. Pm his part, he should deeply deplore the shedding of human blood—(hear)—for he saw as plainly as the son at noonday what any attempt of such a nature would lead to. He would not merely deplore the dead, or the wounded, or the ruined mansions of gentlemen, or the burned hargards of farmers, ' half as much as one thing, and that was, that any such attempt would throw the country back fifty years in the march of improvement. (Hear.) It would give a shock to the social condition of this country, and would prevent the mostardent hopes of its best friends from being realised. As to the question of the repeal of the union, or the setting up of a republic, which seemed to him synonymous—(. No, no," and expressions of marked dissent from the liberal magistrates)—he should net discuss that question there; but if any man could show him that they would be as happy as • petty republic—for that he was sure the repeal of the union would lead to—(" No, no," and " Hear, hear) ' —as they woukt be forming a part of one of the greatest empires that ever existed—(cheers), then he would consent to enter , tain and discus.s the question. In the suggestions they might offer to the government, he could say for himself that they had good and honest intentions, and he would beg leave to read the address, which he should propose for the adoption of the meeting. It was as follows : We the undersigned magistrates and deputy-lieuterianta of the county and city of Dublin, having witnessed with horror and disgust the traitorous advice lately given at certain public meetings by evil designing men, with the intent to excite the ignorant and more mem. sinus of the pourer classes to acts of inaubord matron and rebenon. are anxious to approach your excellency with the strongest expression ef our detestation of such proceeding% and of oar determine nee, under the blessing of God, to use every exertion within our power to assist your excellency in the maintenance of order. We deeply deplore that en Insignificant and turbulent party should have been able, by their 'cline,ue exhortations and the sanguinary violence that has characterised their harangues, to create an much alarm arnongat the great body of the community , as materially to panty., the operations of trade and commerce, and consequently to entail such calarnitow rosette on the industrious claim, and thoueh we are aware that your excellency has succeeded by the judieioue and vigorous exercise of the powers entrusted to you to suppress all icomtie attempts at outbreak, we conceive it to be of the almost importance that the loyal and well-disposed portion of the people Mould stand forward to Insist your excellency in maintaining peaces and rodering confidence. We therefore kvi it incumbent, under the circurnatances, to give assurance to your excellency of our affection and loyalty to the crown, sad of our firm determination to exert our influence, and If amatory, to place our personal amino at your diaper! for the procreation of peace, the support of the throne, anti the maintenance in its integrity of the conetitution of the Unite: Kingdom. We would respectfully but earnestly snbniit to her Majesty's government the abealute necessity of taking the most prompt and rigorous MOIAIiZeS to prohibit the organisation of clubs, and put down all seditious moo-Wings, whether by meeting% speeches, or publications, and to restore confidence to the well-die. pined by enforcing obedience to the laws, by preventing the manu facture, sale, and indiscriminate pommies of sons, and by repressing with • strong hand those traitor.. end seditious of beta which are now being openly made to excite a people suffering under severe psi. rations to sanguinary rebellion, and to subvert all law, order, and gevenim• et in thus portion of the United Kingdom. Colonel efiNCELLT, D.L. seconded the motion, and said : Looking at the present pro ceedings, increasing in their viru lence, and alarming the public mind by their continuance, he thought his lordship was imperiously called upon to as semble the magistracy of Dublin, and though there could be no question of their loyalty or love of order, it did become them as a body to stand up and strengthen the government in these perilous times. (Hear.) If they took the initiative they would be supported by all cla•ses in the country whose opinions were worth listening to. (Hear, hear.) The urgency of the case was terrific. The business of the magistrates was to preserve the peace ; and it was their imperative duty to address the reprorentative of the Queen for the purpose of expressing their abhorrence of the yin- lent doctrines which were being preached to an excitable people, and which, if acted upon, would entail the most enormous evils on this unfortunate country. (Hear.) In consequence of the alarm and apprehension that now existed in the country every species of enterprise was para tried ; and in particular the great railway undertakings, of which Ireland stood in such great need, had been impeded, and in sonic instances abandoned, because of this turbulent language, and those menaces of bloodshed and revolutior.. He trusted they would he fortunate enough to secure unsui mity on the present occasion, and he was convinced, it such were the case, that their meeting would he productive of much good to the country. (Hear, hear.) Mr. C. Ferzainos said it must be the object of every gen tleman, not only in the county and city of Dublin, boo throughout the entire of Ireland, to preserve and promote peace and tranquillity. He fully agreed with the opinion advanced by the mover of the address—that if by any fa tality • sanguinary civil war arose in this country, their children and their children's children could not see the end of the evils that would ensue, for it would throw Ireland back a century and a half, at least, in the march of civilisa tion. At the present moment we were suffering under the eras resulting from the sanguinary attempt made half • cen tury ago to subvert the government, and therefore he de precated all efforts to effect a change in the constitution of the country by violent means,or any act that would lead to violence and bloodshed. But, on the other hand,could be declare that as the country was at present situated, the people were happy and contented ? (Hear, hear.) He would go to the utmost in aiding his brother magistrates to suppress may attempt at outbreak or violence—he would go to any con stitutional length in strengthening the hands of the execu tive ; but he thought they wire also hound to c ill the atten tion of the government to the condition of the country — to the discontent existing amongst the people, and to pray them to introduce bold and comprehensive measures of relief. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He thought hie brother magistrates should throw aside all political differences of opinion and come forward as one man in calling on the government to take tho condition of Ire land into their immediate vinsideration. lie would implore of them to be just and fear not. (fleer, hear.) There was one portion of the address read by the 'lmmutable Mr. Preston to which he objected namely, the suggestion that the city and county of Dublin should lee proclaimed. (Cries of " No, no.") lie thought such a proceeding wholly unnecessary, lie would go the length of preventing an indiscriminate manufacture and sale of arms, but he could not go the length of asking the government to come forward and prevent the possession of arms. He thought it would he impossible to carry it out. The hon, gentleman then moved, as an amendment, in lieu of the last paragraph of the address : . . . That while we arc prepared to mist her Majesty's executive in maintaining peace and order, we feel we snould be wanting in our duty to the crown if we did not Infirm government of our conviction that distress and dinoment pervade society in Ireland—that large and generous measures are necessary to restore this country to per manent tranquillity, Mr. REYNOLDS, M.P., said that in rising to second the amendment be should, in the first place, protest against the constitution of that meeting. His lordship had a distinct right to call a meeting of the magistrates of the county of Dub:in ; hut recollecting that the city wan totally uncon nected with the county he conceived that this meeting ought to be totally distinct from its affairs also, and when he found that the proposed address called upon the Lord Liee.- tenaat to adopt very stringent measures ho could not but feel considerable alarm in reflecting that these stringent measures might, in plain language, be translated to mean a disarming of the people. (No, no.) If he was wrong in that belief no man would be more happy than he to be corrected; but if that was the object, he emphatically I protested against the magistrates of the county of Dublin assembling for t' e purpose of disarming the people of the city. He need not say inch a course was totally without precedent. In none of the thirty-two counties of the province did the magistrates of one county presume to ins. rfe, e with the internal arrangements of another county; and be wanted to !snow would they be a party to so unpreee ' denteil, so ills gal, and, in his joilmeat, sa uneonditutional a proceeding ? city of Dublin was the metropolis of Ire land, the seat of g..vernin. at, and a distinct county in itself. It had no official connexion with the county; and td refore, if the state of public feeling was so dangerous as the h ma. mem ber had described, but which he (Mr. Reynolds) respectfully dialed, he thought his lordship should all a distinct meeting, and Gall the 44 registrar out of the borough together, and take their opinion r to what should be done. He understood the number of magistrates for the borough of Dublin was 44, and for the county 120; and was be to be told that because probably no more than 16 city magistrates were there present, their voices were to be swamped by those of county magistrates, who were, perhaps, more alarmed at the state of the city than those who resided in it ? He thought it a most unjust proceeding that their Internal affairs—the very lives of their people—the reputation of their city should be damaged or interfered with by the declaration of runty magistratr— (hear, hear); and he trusted, therefore, that those gentle men would see the propriety of abstaining in their address from any reference to the city of Dublin. Now he wished to know what act had the people of Dublin been guilty of that they should be deprived of this natural right. No man's life bad been sacrificed or even threatened; no breach of the peace had been committed ; and life and property were perfectly secure, not only in the metropolis of Ireland, but in the metropolitan county also. He would, therefore, call upon them to erase from the address all allusion to the city of Dublin—to omit the concluding paragraph calling on the government to bring forward strong measures, and adopt, instead, the humane amendment proposed by Mr. Fiissimon. By so doing they would secure perfect unani- mity, whereas, if they adopted the address as it stood at pre sent, 99 out of every 100 of the people would be against them. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. Borough, Mr. D. Latouche, Lord Cloncurry, Idessrs. Dixon, Roe, Hans Hamilton, and several other speakers followed, some in favour and others adverse to the amendment of Mr. Fitssimon. The chairman, after a long and sultory discussion, having put the question whether the amendment should stand in lieu of the last paragraph of the address, it was negatived by a majority of 47 to 19. The question was then put on the original motion, when there were for the address 48, against it 22. Sir John Power, Mr. Reynolds, and Alderman Keshan, protested warmly against the whole proceedings. In the minority for the amendment were Lords Cloncurry and Branson, Colonels Southwell and Hall, the Lord Mayor, George Roe, George Pion, Sir J. Power, and others. THE PROTESTANT REPEAL ASSOMATION.—The com mittee of this body have addressed a circular to the pro testant" of Ireland, in which they invite their brethren to demand repeal with " a firm and decisive voice." After expounding the principles of the body they set forth the objections urged by protestant" to the severance of the union, and answer them in their own fashion. The follow ing are the chief paragraphs of the solicitation : The first objection likely to arise in your minds will probably be In relation to the church eetabliahment You well know that that esta blishment in now only tolerated by the English government heeaute it le a continual subject of heartburnings, dimensions, and ill-feeling =onset the trial people; because it ie the fruitful source of those bitter division, which have been the ruin of our country; and because they Imagine that while it keeps us divided and dibjected, It maintains fur them here a paid garrison, bound to defend their smentlancy often as discontent reaches Its periodical crisis or redstance. We need not attempt to convince you that they are not innuenoed by principle in this matter; we need not demonstrate that upon the Bret favourable opportunity England will merifice us again, as she has done already, to gain any temporary advantage; but what we put to your common sense is this—a hether for the sake of a precarious ascendance, whkh le kept up temporerily for the benefit of °there, you are satisfied to forego the certainty of an adequate and permanent proviskin for all your spiritual want., the advantages of peace, and the privilege:* of self-government, and to continue to exhibit youreelves to the rest of the world to the odious eb•iracter of granger. and mercenaries in your native land! The moat ardent advocate of pontentant ascendancy cannot now avoid seeing that every movement during the last twenty year, has been In the opposite direction ; that a revival of such ascen dancy, even supposing It de..irablo, it now absolutely iinposeible; and that the very irks of it ix only not denounced by the government, he calve they dare not trust to the support of disintereded public opinion. The nest objection that presents itself is, that the protestauts of Ireland will not be accorded toleration by any Irish parliament. Putting ankle foe a moment the fact, that a catholic, liberal, and conciliatory spirit is evidently pro. greasing amongst all dithoodnationa of Christians in Ireland (notwith standing the efforts of some fanatical pemons on the one aide as welt on the other to create ill feellogband that any attempt to pro eoute on account of religious opinionsesould now be met by the Christian world with universal execration—we ask you are two millions of protestant": in Ireland few able to defend themselves than a much smaller nume rical proportion in Prance, or Belgium, or AuttrLa I or are they com posed for the most part of the educated and propertied glades, afraid to trust the defence of their religious liberty to their own activity. energy, and perseverance! The probability of any such contests to moreover diminished by the knowledge on the par: of the Boman esthetics, that the English government would be but too welling again to interpose M our internal affairs, and to reconquer the country when 'inking under the exhaustion of a religious mfr. We anticipate one more objeetioes—oantely, that In the event of a re peal of the union colliximes between the Male and English parlia ments on matters of foreign policy would be unavoidable. To this It ' may be "Olden( to reply that In oar restored legislature we neither demand nor desire to interfere with the colonies ordepeadenciee of • Great Britain. We claim the right of applotting„ and con trolling our own revenues, of regulating our own Internal affair.; In a word, of minding our own business in our own country. This we • mall continue to demand, and thP we are onovineed we shall obtain We take Me occasion agile to dlecistin any intention of interfering with the prerogatives of our sovereign, the rights of the public cre ditor, of disturbing the pretent settlement of private property, or in any other manner whatever promoting confusion or revolution. We feel it L• sufficient to allude thus briefly to that point for anionlivi the numberless accusations preferred stigma Irlah protestant., the desire of anarchy ha. never yet been laid to their charge. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Front all iiiiestTieaocCuntsiiTs to the activity in sowing crops and the prospect■ of a good h►rvest are most cheer ing. AU men will be gratified at this state of things. Those who look witn anxiety to the development of Irish industry will be rejoiced at such evidence that apathy has not wholly prevailed among our people ; those who are concerned for the political state of the country will equally rejoice that the abundance which providence in its mercy promises in mitigating the distress will check that spirit of excess to which physical misery presents a strong incentive. The Limerick Reporter gives the particulars of a case in Clare in which the act 5f Mr. Blake was imitated, and a number of poor creatures, who had gone to the out-door relief depots to obtain the u-ual rations found their houses levelled on their return. The unhappy beings, it states, bewailed their fate long into the night that saw them homeless. The accounts of outrage upon property in the papers to day are very numerous. especially in the district where Tip perary and 'the King's and Queen's Counties adjoin each ,ther. Four persons have been arrested in Ballyshannon, haired with Bibbonisna. The Carlow Sentinel speaks of the manufacture of pikes being openly pursued there. Another announcement of the same journal, which rests upon fact, not report, s satisfactory—namely, that the Rev. J. Maher, P.P., the writer of some le tern upon public matter., and an uncompromising repealer, has denounced from the altar the parties who excite the people to violence, and reprehended the practice of shooting at marks with firearms. The result his been that the Carlow Rifle Club has ceased to exist. An open-air meeting, "to sympathise with the per secuted patriots," has created some alarm, but the msgis trates w:11 not interfere save to request there shall be no banners, and to "recommend" that the country districts should meet in their localities. SCOTLAND. EDINBIJR4R, APRIL 29. Funds for the relief of the unemployed in Edinburgh are coming in very slowly. There are many causes that contribute to this, such as the general depression of trade, the heaviness of local taxes, particularly for poor, police, and prisons, the unsatisfactory operations of the Highland relief board, the improvidence of the working classes when employed, and the number of Irish swelling the list of the destitute. But giving lull force to all these considerations, surely men ought not to starve in a city of comparative plenty. The sub scriptions received to this date are only some thousand pounds for nearly an equal number of labourers—to say nothing of women and children dependent on these destitute men. A Chartist meeting, for the formation of a " Metro politan National Guard," was held here last night. It was so very noisy, that the original chairman had to be deposed in order to make way for another pre sident more fitted by external aspect to " fulminate the fierce democracy." The statistics of the contem plated force were imposing. There were to be four divisions of 400 men, each division to be subdivided into 100; these to be again subdivided into sections of twenty-five ; each division to have a colonel, and each sub-division a captain ; the first and third divi sions to have lances, and the second and fourth mu.kets ; the total number of the guard to be 1,600. and the officers 84 ; and last, but not least, there was to be a treasurer for raising the supplies. A tailor recommended peace, but was unheeded. Several policemen in plain clothes were taking notes of the proceedings, but rot, it is to be hoped, with any view to criminal prosecution. The "grand army" referred to will never have any existence, except in the brains of the spAkere,or, if it should be licked into anything like consistency, one review would do its business. It would be Falstaff's troops again marching through Coventry, with the sole difference that they would be commanded by Jack Cedes; and the popular eye, more quick in detecting the oddities of amateur soldiering than in discovering bad logic at meetings, would soon laugh down the " National Guard." PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL FUND.—A meeting of the committee to the Cobden Testimonial Fund was held at the Townhall, Manchester, on Saturday morning, when a number of the principal contributors to the fund were pre sent, including Mr. R. Hyde Greg, Mr.W. Rawson, and Mr. George Wilson, the three treasurers; with Mr. J. Heywood, M.P. ; Mr. Ald. Shuttleworth ; Mr. Ald. Potter; Mr. T. B. Potter ; Mr. J. Kershaw, 11.1'.; Mr. R. Ashton; Mr. T. Ashton; Mr. Henry Ashworth; Mr. Thomas Woolley; Mr. W. Bickham; Mr. W. Evans; Mr. Jos. Simpson; Mr. T. punter; Mr. Edmund Potter; Mr. Salle Schwabe; Mr. `Thomas Barnes; and Mr. Schofield, of Littleborough. It appeared that the amount subscribed was 79,0001., from whice 4,8001. had to be deducted for expenses, leaving a balance of 74,0001 to be placed at Mr. Cobden's disposal. Of the whole amount subscribed, all within about 2,0001. had been collected, notwithctanding the commercial demos ' slot which had prevni!ed; and of the. deficiency Mr. Wilson, who read the rep.rt from the tr • &surer', stated that pro. bably 1,6001. more xould pctbereteived. the delay lc closing the subscription was attri bu t ed to the great dept. a of tra and the absence of >lr. Cobden from home. A moil c)r.: and fist contradiction was given by the three t.2: - crers is the statements and insinustions so men•lse.Jusly put forth from time to time, and boldly reiterated by journals of a certain standing in public estimation, as to a inisappro priation of the money enbecribed, these gentlemen declaring they held themselves responsible to Mr. Cobden for the whole amount named at any moment. The whole of the money had not remained in the banker's hands, however, some portion having been invested, with Mr. Cobden's con sent, to greator advantage, and one moiety had been ex pended in the purchase of the estate known as Mr. Cobden's Krth•plue. The Want* was in cub, and ready to be paid over by the treasurers so soon as the mode of doing it should be determined upon. These explanations appeared to give the highest satisfaction to the gentlemen preamt, and a sub committee 1141 appointed to audit the accounts. It appeared to be the wish of some parties that it should be presented in the presence of the subscribers, but they suggeszed at the same time the impracticability of the scheme, owing to the fact that the parties were so widely spread, many of them being resident in distant parts of the kinglom, and some on the continent of Europe. It was thought under these circumstances that the committee should decide upon the presentation being made by a few of the principal eentri haters only, or by the treasurers, in the name of the whole body. The following resolutions, unanimously adopted by the meeting, will bear out the statements above given as to the eatisfactory character of the report, and the other expla nations tendered by the treasurers and the members of the executive committee. Moved by Mr. Jas. Heywood, F.E.E., M.P., and seconded by Mr. Thomas Hunter: That the thanks of this nneting be presented to the treasurers for the eery able aid economical manner In which they knee conducted the business eatruated to them in relation to thin seconded by Mr. John Brooks: That henry Ashworth, Earl., and Sall. Schwabe, Esq., be appointed auditors of the accounts. Moved by Mr. flouter, and seconded by Mr. Greg That, inasnir.ch SA it to Impossible to convene generally the contri butors to a fund which has come from all parts of the United King dom, and even from foreign countries, this committee autborisestheir treasurers, when the accounts shall have been audited, to piece the entire fund at .he absolute disposal of Mr. Cobden, and requests them to transmit to the subsoribers generally a copy of the accounts, as au. dited,with Mr. Cobden's acknowledgment of the receipt of the mone A. SECOND MEETING IN FAVOUR OF REFORM—Of " household suffrage, triennial parliaments, vote by ballot, and equal electoral districts, with a view to a large reduc tion in the notional expenditure," war held on Thunday night, in Exchange Ward, Manchester. The first resolution moved war: That, wing the large government majorities upon all questions of Silence, this meeting his no hope of retrenchment from the Moose of Commons ea at present ocastituted, and therefore resolves Streit into I an association to procure tuansehuld suffrage, triennial parliaments, rote b 7 ballot, end equal electoral districts. Thu and the following other resolutions were adopted with ettly two dissentients. i abet it is desirable that the whole of the directors be requested to give their influence to the movement, by signing a requisition to the members for the borough, instructing them to use every legal plan, in and out of parliament, for th e promotion of our object, it being understood that if the Kitting members cannot lend themselves heartily to the cause, the same requisition shall, if It meet the appro. battik% of the majority of the electors of the borough, empower the act ing committee to cell upon the sitting members to resign their meats. That Mr. Mackie, Mr. Armstrong, Mr Prentice, Mr. Rawson. Mr Wad's, Mr. Woolley, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Councillor Goulaby (with power to add to their number) be appointed a committee to arrange fur a general meeting of the :electors, and to conduct the general ai ranuitnenta for busineva in the essociation. THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIA TION held a meeting on Friday. The meeting war a pre liminary one, its chief object being to hear a report of the result of en interview between • deputation of this society, with one from the national confederation. Letters received from gentlewen residing in distant parts of tile country, and whose attention had been called through the press to the efforts being made in Liverpool to reduce the taxation of the country, were read. Some of these laters were perused with a purpose of gaining information, with a view to establiahing similar associations in other towns. It was announced that Col. Williams had sent in Lis adhesion. A letter from Sir J. Walralley, M.P., approving of the objects of the association, and offering it his assistance, was also read ; and another of a similar tenor from W. 'Swart, Esq., M.P. The chairman, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, called upon Mr. Charles Robertson to read the report of the result of the meeting of the deputation which he did, after which a good deal of discus-ion took place relative to the policy of amalgamating with the National Confedera- ' tion, and some objections were raised to such a course, on the score of the more extended views of the Financial Reform Association, which took a wider range of the object before them than the association already in ex istence, which combined with the same object the reduction of local taxation.—Mr. Holland proposed a resolution (se conded by Mr. L. Hey worth), to promote an amalgamation with the association already in operation, the oistinative objects of each, should there be any, to be conducted by sub-committees.—The question as to giving the association a new name, and other matters of detail, were deferred for consideration at the next meeting. ..... CASE OF THOMAS DREWERY.—In the Ezpreu of the 18th inst., under the head of Yorkshire, in the Pro vincial Intelligence, it was stated that an application had been made to the government in consequence of a letter from the convict to his wife, urging her to Join him in Australia, for a free passage to her and her children. The following is the simmer from the Home-office, addressed to Mr. M. T. Baines, M.P., who has exerted himself in favour of the in nocent conrct: Whitehall, April 22.-84,-1 am directed by Secretary Cie G. Grey to achnowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th mat., with its accompanying cope of • letter from "Dimas Drewery, with ',lrani to a free plumage being granted to his wife and children, in order that they may }um him in Australia, and 1 am to acquaint you, with reference to your letter of the 18th of January last, that Sir G. they deemed It advisable to address • communication to the Coloniaboffice, to order reference to the Lieut that It • might be eaceriblel,on ,r of Van Inemen'P weletiser Thome* Dec oery cleaned to remain in the colony, and If so, whether be possemed the means of imploring hie family in the event of their being sent to him. A reply to this communica tion cermet he expected until the close of the present year; and in the mean white Sir G. Grey think, It would be unadvisable to afford his family the omens of joining him; for, although it appear", by his letter that he is in a comfortable situation,ani is not desirous of returning to this country, still he could not be aware, at the time be wrote it, that a free ;Ardor. sad been granted to him; and the difficulty consists in not knowing whether Drewery may not choose to avail hunaelf of the opportunity of coming home upon being made acquainted with the extension of Me royal merry in his favour. Sir G. Grey most defer coming to a decision upon this matter until be shall have received more specific Information from the colony, when • further communi cation will be addressed to you.-1 am, &c., DIMIS LI WARWICKSHIRE. THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN BIRMMOHAM.—The numb of rignatures to the memorial in favour of house hold suffrage, and the other reforms for which this party have declared, amounted on Saturday to seven thousand "One of the leaders of the great political union--Mr. George Edmonds—has (says our correspondent) returned to his obi peat in the great struggle for reform, and has accepted the office of president of the new league in Birmingham. The meeting on Wednesday, representing the mind and heart of Birmingham, will present a demon • titration and speak with a voice worthy of the Birmingham of days gone by. The energies of al the reformers will be again concentrated for the attainment of th, great object in view ; the inconsiderable differences between household and reinoleto suffragists, will be suffered to exist only in name. The Journal, which is tonally moderate enough in its politi cal sentiments, bas the following remarks on this subject: with reference to the progress of the movement in Birmir Chem since our cast, we have to report that the declaration in favour of boas, hold suffrage, vote by ballot, electoral districts, and trienn ia l parliaments, has received the signature of nearly 7,000 of the inhabitanta ef the town, among which are the names of all the leading whip. An effi cient working oouacil hair been organised, of which we believe Mr. I'. It. Monte writ be the president. With a p7omptneria and determina tion which promises to place Birmingham ahead in the movement the provisional committee are making arrangements for propagating their priecipow throughout the country, and it is understood that they will shortly De prepared with a measure emtod ling the demands they Intend to mete from the legislature. In the meantime the compkris suffrage party have issued an addres , e,mvenirl a meeting of the tier ion in the t,wo-ball for Mi [Way, and are busily engaged in obtaining eignaturestu their profession of faith. We have been unable to ascer tain ihe extent of their success. Thus the work goes eteadily hut swiftly oa. Tne first of these movements promises to absorb all others, and it may reasonably be expected that the proceedings of next week will give a 'glibly impetus to its onward progrees DEVONSIIIRE. TILE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE CLERGY OP HIS DIoCESIL—A numerous meeting of the archdeaconry of Tomes was held at the Mayoralty Rooms on Thursday, con vened by the archdeacon, the Rev. R. H. Froude, t take into consideration the letter recently addressed by the Bishop of Exeter to the archdeacons of his diocese. The number of clergy in this archdeaconry (including curates) is about 230, and about eighty were present at the meeting. The archdeacon presided, and commenced by reading the letter addressed by the bishop to him in common with the other archdeacons, which stated that before the second reading of the proposed Clergy Offences 13111 in the House of Lords, it would he moved that a proviso be added to the third clause (which direct, the " pro ctedings esrainst clerks in holy orders, on account of heresy, false doctrine, blasphemy, or schism") in the following terms: " Provided always that nothing shall be adjudged in any court of the , land to be heresy, or false, or unnound doctrine, on any point treated of in the articles of religion, agreed upon in the convocation holden at London, in the year 1562, com monly called the XXXIX articles, that is not opposed to the doctrine of the church of England, as there declared." The bishop then goes on to state that the effect of this proviso would be to make the articles the sole standard of doctrine, so that doctrines, contrary to the teaching of the church, in the Catechism or Book of Common Prayer, if not contradicted with plainness in the articles, might be taught with impunity. He considers this an innovation; and the proviso, however innocent might he the intention of its pro moters, would rob the church of its most sacred and dearest privilege, and therefore requests his clergy to de liberate on it, and present their judgment on the subject, if they think fit, both to the bishops and the parliament —The archdeacon also stated that he had the following day received another letter from the bishop, stating that the proviso would not be proposed by the Whops, but would most cer tainly be moved during the progress of the bill through par liament. In consequence of these communications, he (the archdeacon) had thought it his duty to issue circulars to the clergy of the archdeaconry, and had also deified the rural deans, twisted by three or four other gentlernin, to prepare certain resolutions, which would be proposed to the meeting. —The Hort and Rev. Lord Henry Kerr, the rector of Dittisham, proposed a resolution condemnatory of the pro posed proviso, and echoing the sentiments of the bishop's letter, which waa sezonded by the Rev. John Youge, rector of Newton Ferrers.—The Rev. John Hatchard then pro posed as an amendment, in substance, that the proviso ought to be inserted in the bill, and that such a clause would tend to uphold the protestant character of the establishment. He contended that the articles were framed by the early reform ers as the standard by which the question of heresy or ortho doxy must be tested. They were essentially protestant in their character, and for three centuries had been the strong , eat bulwarks of the church against Itomiah error. Whilst all churchmen were sincere is tteir admiration of the yew:- rags: liturgy of th.:' church, there might be disagreement amongst them a, to the meaning of some portions of it, and 11 there differences arrive, where were they to h 2 sole, .1 but by reference to that standard to wh:ch they had all subscribed, and which they all believed to con taro the true doctrine of the church of England agree able to Ood's word ? The articles were, therefore, the teat and standard by which • clergyman's orthodoxy or bete. rodoxy must be tried, and, if be declared he sincere 'mint and consent to them, it ought to be sufficient —The Rey. Mr. Grunts, the vicar of Charles, Plymouth. seconded the amendment —After some further discussion the question wee put, when from 15 to 20 hands were held up (or tie amend ment, and frem 40 to 45 for the original motion, several clergymen remaining neutral.—The Rev. William MaskeU, the vicar of Mary Church, then proposed, and the Rev. Henry Woolcombe, vicar of Kingsteinton, and examining chaplain to the bishop, seconded a motion, that an humble address be presented to the Queen, praying her Majesty not to give her royal assent to any bill containing this pro viso, unless it be previously submitted to and approved by convocation.—This was met by • counter motion by Mr. Hatchard, to the effect that a petition praying the parlia ment to pass the bill with the proviso be adopted, which was negatived by about the game majority as the former one.— Another motion requesting the bishop to lay these resoles lions before the other biships, and to ascertain the senti ments of the clergy in their respective dieceses, was also carried, notwithstanding • stout resistance by the evangelical cies.y, and the meeting broke up between 4 and 5 o'clock. THE EXETER REFORM ASSOCIATION held their ennui' meeting on Wednesday, when Mr. S:rowbridge ad verted to the onward movement set up by about fifty mem bers of the House of Commons, whose names had appeared in the newspapers; especially noticing the fact that Mr. Hume was one of them. He dwelt on the necessity of the union of all reformers. He could assure the chartasta, having been pretty much mixed up fur years with political agitation in this city, that they had not the middle classes with them, and could never get on by themselves. Perhaps he might be for all the aux points of the charter, or even for twelve, as far as they knew; but he had always been willing to take what he could get. Re moved " That this Associatioa re solves to recognise and support the principles laid down by the parliamentary levee, for the promotion of the extension of the suffrage, triennial parliaments, vote by ballot, and equal electoral districts, with a view to a complete and extensive reduction of the enormous national expenditure ; and this association pledges it, individual and collective exertions to attain so desirable an object, as the best safeguard of public order and national prosperity."—Mr. Westlake seconded the motion. He referred to the continental disturbances as proof that not even any despotic government could now stand which was adverse to the best interests of the people, and, which neglected their wants. He compared the chartists, who had not mete much progress, to teen climbing up a greasy pole, and constantly slipping, who kicke i down the friends who offered them a helping hand. (Cheers.) As an argument against a great extension of the suffrage, he alluded to the abuse of their municipal privileges by the working men of this city, and to the immense local tax*, tion. (Hear.) He expressed himself rather in favour of household suffrage, together with a complete education of the people. He preferred triennial parliaments, on account of the confusion of an annual election, and demanded a revision of the system of taxation, and reduo tion of expenditure. Mr. Treelike believed every man, high or low, rich or poor, learned or un learned, had a right to vote. (Cheers from the chartists.) — Mr. Standlake objected to two points in the charter. He was opposed to universal suffrage; because of what he had read of the state of foreign countries where that system was established. It had always had a tendency to end in an echlocracy—a government by the mob. He read an extract from Dickens's recent work on the United States, to show the lawless condition of some parts of that boasted land of liberty, where slavery prevailed. For his own part, as a de cidedly loyal subject, he thought the constitution of this country, if it were properly carried out, would be • glorious one. It was a sort of composition of the most efficient forms of government that had existed from the earliest ages—a monarchy, which was the most ancient, controlled by just laws—an aristocracy, of which form of government the example might be found in the senate, the lathers, of Athens and of ltome—and a democracy. We were at present governed in England by an oligarchy, which the Reform Bill had only extended. The aristocracy m out country had been able not only to govern the people, but to control wed rob the sovereign. As an illustrieionl of this, he referred to the measures passed in the reign of George 111., by which the crown was deprived of the lands it hail formerly possessed, and thrown on the industry of the people for support. lie mentioued also the change which took plan in the mode of taxation. Up to the time of Charles 11. there bad been none but direct taxation; but now there was so much of indirect taxation that the working men did not know what they paid. However, he was convinced both by the examples ef America and of continental states, that universal suffrage would not do He thought 21 years of age too young ,or the franchise; as a man had not then sufficient experience. It would be neces sary also to have a comprehensive system of secular educa tion, that every man might be able to read what came in his way, and to get information on political subjects. It that were the case, we should hear of no outbreaks, nor damage done by violence. He thought the property qualifica tion of electors or members • bad one ; hut age, and in telligence, and the paying of taxes, were the qualifica tions he would substitute. He mentioned with ap probatien the constitution introduced in 1812 into Spain, but suppressed by the clergy and aristocracy, which made every man a voter at 24 years of age. Re believed the same wu the case in some of the German states ; and be was inclined to think it would be so in France. By that age a young man would perhaps have a wife and family to open his eyes as to the burthen of taxation. (Cheers and laughter.) They might laugh ; but although a man's heart might be warmer when he had a family, his heed would not be so warm; he would reason be fore he acted, and would abstain at least from running into the dangers of riot or battle. He expressed his approval of the motion, with the remark that this movement party, if they would do anything to abolish indirect taxation, were entitled to the support of working men. After some discus sion the meeting sopaestad in good temper. acne Arts. AT TUT OLD SOCIETY OP PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. . - . The private view of the old Society of Painters in Water Colours, located in Pall-mall Eug, took place on Sa turday. It is on the whole a very good exhibition—rtuch indeed like former years, with pretty nearly the tame list of exhibitors and the same description of picture—landscapes of course predominating. It is easy to imagine a collection of 346 works of art, including 44 prominent contributions from the familiar pencil of Copley F eldinz, 28 by W. Hunt, 15 by Prout, 16 by De Wint, 14 by D. Cox, 6 by Cattermole, and the usual class of landscapes Highland life, and cabin life in Ireland, which Mr. F. .Tayler, Mr. W. Evans, of Eton, and Mr. T. W. Tcpham have been actua -1 tomed to contribute to the gall ries open in tLe Lon don season. The exhibition, however, will Well repay a careful examination. Copley Fieldi n g still continues to give us Sussex downs and Cumberland wastes in a way in which he has not as yet been equaled. De Wint supplies (in his own delightful style) the long level scenery of the tens of Lin coln, and the flatter portions of our midland counties varied with hay-carts and cows. Cox contributes the rich broad results of a long and attentive examination of the beauties of English landscape, and while he provokes you when near, with his dash and breadth, and a certain sought-tor slovenliness of manner, delights you at a distance with his skill in catching our Engli-h skies, oar hills, woodlands, and country path-ways. Prout still triumphs in transferring con tinental build-riga to she, to of paper ; Cattermole in peopling Norman interiors ; and Hunt in painting fruit with the truth of Lance, in oil colours, or Mrs. Margate in water colours, and in varying his style by giving us m re of his humorous pictures of over-fed b,ts, or hun gry country bumpkins. The De Wints are chiefly long frieze like pictures a shape which he seems to love, and which certainly shows off his excellenciea to the greatest ad vantage. Nearly all hie pictures are sold, and the prnl.rietors of the " Nottingham " (No. 28), the " Berkhampitead " (No. 80), and the " Lincoln" (No. 141), may indeed be en vied such acquisitions—for, in spite of certain broad blotches of effect, and an occasional woolly near of manner, they ars very fine works. In his own particular way we can remem ber Copley Fielding to have been finer than be appears to his in the present exhibition : it would not, however, be easy to supply his place, and it can be no demerit to an eta:Dent artist that he is not always equal. There are others who more than maintain their previous reputation, and Mr. Cat termole (whose absence last year was so much regretted) contributes on this occasion a picture of marvellous merit, entitled " Refectory—Orace " (No. 259), representing the interior of a Norman monastery, with thought ful-headed monks tastefully grouped about a table. It is a small picture, but with all the attributes of a large work by an early master. The heck ground is capitally managed, and the whole composition most beauti fully balanced. Of course it is marked " solo," and might have been sold, from what we heard, at least ten times over. Mr. Tophans, a Reeder from the new seciety, at the Other end of the street, contributes a clever picture from L,ver's ballad of Rory O'Mara " Areal Kathleen, my darlint, you're tezed me cnougb." This is the interior of an Irish cabin, with a young Trial lad looking wistfully at a pretty girl, and holding a ring be tore her, which she dons not seem to observe, but is looking thoughtfully down. The sentiment is pleasantly conveyed, the expression satisfactory, and the several accessories care fully arranged and painted. Mr. Hodgson, another seceder from the same society, continues to excel in land scape, selecting scenes beautiful in themselves, and catching their beauties with a light and effec tive pencil. Mr. F. Nash has a capful view in the ambulatory of Westminster Abbey, showing Henry the Third's tomb. Mr. Evans, a Scottish deer scene, entitled, " Crossing the Tilt ;" Mr. Gastineau, a large view of " Sala burg from a garden on the opposite aide of the river ;" Mr. G. Fripp, an excellent scene " On the Wharfs, near Bolton Abbey ; " Mr. Duncan, a light clever view, called," Gilling ham on the Medway; and Mr. Alfred Fripp, a touching in cident, which he has called " Prayer for the Absent "—two female peasants kneeling in &lonely waste among the bogs of Ireland, the faces full of thoughtful sincerity andpious faith. Of Mr. Hunt's humorous compositions, No. 340, " Hot Bread and Milk," is perhaps the best. We must add, un willingly, that the olce society has not maintained its long re cognised position, but that the new society has, this year at least, stripped fur the effort and fairly matched and i i some things surpassed its competitors in the same line for public approbation. HER NlAJEtvr's THEATRE.—On Saturday. evening the " Barbiere di Siviglia" was performed, kr the Mut al Signor Lab...meats in the part of ato,f :!/manta. This gentleman comes, we understand, frau 11 rho, where be f i g 'mid to have gained cunqderable repteati . Ho is certainly a singer of merit, uothing could hav,. • en more injudi cious than the choice, for his amp erdss.!i here, of a cha. rooter which we have been in the habit of seeing repew seated by performers of the highest diatination. Mee