The Express. — London, England, 1848-06-17 00:00:00

pass▪ ed, the onus would rest on the government, not on the oppo itien. (Loud and continued cries of "Divide.") He snou'd give the measure all the opposition in his power. free a It COnlni 'mime conviction that it would he most injurious to the best iotereets of the country. He believed the govern:no rat had hot propo.cd it voluntarily, but Irma the contester urging of the right hon. member for the Uni versity of Oxford. (" Rear," and laughter, and loud cries of •• Question ;" to which the hon. member replied, "What do you waet with the qtrestion ?") Ile would ark the hon. member f Moat- .re it he ever recollect d a mea sure of a ) much imminence being ietroduced at so late a period of the session ? There were few or no petition, in favour of ti.e memure; let it tot theta be pressed on the country. Mr. SAND ARS hoped the bit , ine w of the committee would not he pn+•rd at that late hour. Mr. HUME r met "nett of the c m.inued portend attack, in e'e rot t iemelf and hie hon. blends no a him by the hon, inemh r .r Set nelerlso,d whim heel= &OM tO the houle,night aft• r ni,:ht, flush• d -he would not le ey, with eh lUiP3Zne. (Hear, •,nd"Or.i,r.") Ile admitted this hill oug'et to have been liriught ,n earth r. (II ar ) The hon. member for Sunderland seemed to '•are foram ten that in hit own borough a meeting of w eking men hod petitioned for the repeal of these low'.(Cheers.) The hen. member was not speaking for, bat' agetust, the carp mers and others of Seeder land. (H ar ) Mr. HUDSON e ose to espial , •. but was met by loud cries of "Sp te." He de-enhed the hon. memir 1. for Montrose as one wh4erabeed c erecter as little ea any it rty. (Loud cries of " Qu -lion.") What wim it to the hon. gentleman whether ho were a white waistcoat or not ? (Laughter.) I, said till 110,1. gentle min, Dever mem el the hon. g, ntleman of wearing a white waisscoest. (Laughter ) I attacked jou on public grounds. I never evened to the Greek loan, but to your publi: e etedum. (" Oat: r, or " Qtte dim, question.") Mr. ELLIOT rose to crier. lie wished to know whether the Ilan. menther was in cede r in shimming himself perso..- shy to t'e hon. member for Montrose. Mr. HUDSON paid the hon. member was very handy a• calling nun to order, b it he ate reseed himeelf to the chair. (Laughter.) Ile emit ied himself to the political and ;ado be conduct of the ben. memear for Moutrast, and he never charged him either with dining cat or giving a dinner to a friend. (L tughter.) The gallery wa• ale •red few a division be none took 'dace. Daring ••nr exclusi some eliscuseiun must have taken pl,ce, for oat eur return to the Mr. DISRAELI wan saying that he heard the hon. mem ber fur the Wet' Riding accused of simulating easaminatiole, and that acausation was ech.wel watt beguiled applause. (Heir, hear.) The retsina who made the accusatn n offered on humble apology t t the hon. g ntleman, aid therefore he diet not emptier hut toe Iron gehtleman might yet r.gret that he im warmed too stern a spirit into the dies:L*34on, end ver bal), cu.k •• an humble apo.ogy to the hon. urember fur San dal ind. (Hear, hear.) The house divided.—Fur the• motion Aeo;nst it ll4-96 Leer] G. BEN riNtli moved that the chairman do leave the chair. Mr. LABOUCHERE mid that bon. gentlemen opposite had certamly sues*. mei in th.ir object pal obstructing the bill; but *nether tho roe of the harme could hot he miter ramp.oed, and whether the direessi in which had tato place would redound to the credit of the house, he would leave the house itself to determine. (Cheers.) At that hour he weutel not oppo e the motion of the noble lord. Mr. DISRAELI • rani, d that there had been any factious opposi , ion to the lea Lord 0. BEN fINCK maid that the discussion was caused by the oeib'e lord the m• mber for Middlesex, who bad some time niece retired to bed. Lard J. RUSSELL said his noble friend would have re arrived if tne drsewesion which had taken place wets a die. cussion on the nay* viol) laws. But, seeing how the time et the how: was wasteet—(loud cheers)—he thuueht his noble Lir nil acted witch. in re tiri”g (Hear, hr ar.l SirW. JOLLIFFE thought that the blame of the desultory thrStlttSl In which had oecupied the house lay with the go •ernraent itself. Lord G. Bentinek's amendment having been then with drawn, the chairman repor:ed progress, and obtained leave to sit again. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Lodi. RUSSELL p •ttponed hie motile fur a hill to repeal the rating clauses of the Reform Ball until Friday nest. The house adjourned at a quarter past 12. ELECTION COMMITTEE.—YEsrEnn DCHLlN.—Scrutiny continued. Four votes Were erected to, but the e4mmittee &tided on retaining them on the poll. fa epprefiL MAILS. The Were India Mail.. excluding licrunida, Nano; Havana, Ilonolures New Orteeno, Vete Crux, Tampico, and Porto lUeo, and In nting thore for 7oludeira, Jeemel, Car:liege:l itinta 31011114 Canis, Panama, Wood Coent of Staub America, and St. Juanele. Nwaregt., will be ma K• ui on the evening of the 17th June. The m for VV., 'nouns When. Maeira, Cada, and Gibraltar gel be made up tin the morningof tic 27th Juno. toe overland MAUS Greece, the lonian Island,, Col.a. Ceylon, India, Gong-Kong, and China, rid Southatur ton, will be made up on the marelng of the 20th June. the ou.oUt lur liriach North A“le,1,11, and the Milted Slane, will be mane up on the evening of the 2-Ird June. Tho overland ebeed main, cos Nferacillote, to the Mediterranean, Entot, Cot liong-liong, he., will be made up on the evening of :he 21th June. Toe lIIAVA tor New South Wales, Van Diemann Lund, and New Zealand will be made up oar the evening of the 30th June. The mails far the Wad ...not of Africa and SLAM= will be made tap on the evening ol the 30at Jane. The main for the Brun, the River Plate, Home Video, Pernam buco, lonia, llooleire, end Buenos Ayroos, will toe made uo on the evening of the CAI July. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. The number of STASH'S batted by the authorities of tb. Ettartip-orrice, during 1347, to the DAILY NEWS was 3.447.009 we believe, le within eight per ant. of the number Laced to the Morning Ilerala, Mor:iing Chronicle, and iossatnq i'osr, ALL PUT 700E711RK. In t %HOU to 'Le above, issued to the DAILY NI:Wt3, I<:on• s.l l'aecr,there were issued hr the Evensni Edition, TUE EXPRE63 778.714 Whic:t wax more, we believe, than wvte iasuad either to the Globe or Stan•'ori. Evening Parwrs. 81017 WATER aT LONIUM aiIDOZ. TM Dal —Manua& la mil. NO It •aanoar. 34 .ala. past Ta gasaw—alarar a =la. goa AnandeS. 13 ad-• P.. 3. LONDON. SATURDAY, JUNE 17. TILE recent vote and conduct of the French National i Assembly look very like the plain declaration, We will keep a republic as long as we can ; but if we are to submit to king or mater, let him be a BCONAPARTE. HENRY TUE FIFTH is a candidate who claims t e throne in the name of the legitimist and noble class, of a certain number ot the peasantry - , and of a large por tion of the priesthood. The Orleans family are, after all, the favourite cf the boveyeeis,*e and of constitutional politiciaca Tho name of BCONAPARTE answers to the popular sentiment. The chiefs of republicanism indeed abhor a farnly and a claim, which is the most imminent and formidable menace to their us- 1 cendancy ; but the rank and file of democracy would take a BCONAPARTE readily, as the meilleure des republiques. This, indeed, is not astonishing. The shower of reproaches and vituperation heaped upon both the BOVRBON branches, not merely . by their popular anta gonists, but by the constitutional opposition, cm slated three-fourths of accusations of pusillanimity, and of the want of Buonapartian and warlike qualities. That Louts PHILIPPE sacrificed the dignity of Fr ance to the jealousy of England ;—this was a ten years cry, rained and repeated, r ot by the democrats, but by middle-class politicians. The BARROTB and the TRIERS thought that by this cry they would com pel the government to be spirited and liberal; and that under their guidence as miuisteis, France might 'I become constitutional in its domestic, and Buena paeist in its forei.ea policy. They thus called the wolf, and the wolf has The o,Lans princes have been expelled in a great ;erasure by the contempt thrown on their ultra pacific temper. Constitutionalkm has gone out of repute and fashion with them ; and the popular senti ment, misled for a moment to place hopes in repub licanism, swells forth into a gigantic expression of ffuonapartism. With a BUONAPARTE the French may bid Rood bye to constitutional liberty and to peace. A BUONAPARTE, who should refuse to make war, would be a greater anomaly and absurdity than a monarch who sprang from the revolution of July, at tempting to imitate the obese and old courtier system ot intrigue, miscalled government, which was the invention of Louis XVIII. The revolution of February, 1848, was made for no earthly reason. And it is the destiny of this revolution to make war for no earthly purpose. Indeed, it was our fear from the first, that Lours-Blancism would end in this. Contempt of the bourgeoisie, a horror of the middle class, a determination to snub, thwart, and depress it, and render it subservient to the interests and caprices of the indigent populace—such was the I aim of the comtuuniets. This having been found im practicable in peace, and through the agency of M. BLANC, the next idea is to effect it by war, and through the agency of a NAPOLEON. The most }weird, the most dangerous, and at the same time the most false and sophistical ' work ever published, is certainly the "History of Ten Years," by Louts BLANC. It is truo its sentiments have been but too popular, and explain mueh of what is taking place. M. liwe recounts that the restoration of 1814 and 1815 will r cted, not by the all ed powers, 1 1 Lot by the Ft :ioargeoisie, who sacrificed the great popular party and popular principle represented by Duo:up/dug to the establishment of their own citizen supremacy. This supremacy, wielded during three reigns, has, it seems, sacrificed the honour and glory of France to its material prosperity, and the in terests of its operatives to those of its shopkeepers. To reverse all this, to put a stop to the material prosperity of the country, and make the industrious citizeu disgorge his wealth into the hand 4 of the indigent, whether as a workman or a s tidier—such is the bright idea of a French philosopher in the middle of the nineteenth century. And the philosophy scouted as an industrial sys tem, is welcomed as a warlike enc. There cannot be a doubt that an active spirit is at work, and a serious meet ment getting up for a BUONAPARTR re , ginie. Ministers have opposed it, we think, with every good rca on, end proposed the exclusion from Franco and from the Chamber, of M. Lours 'Slums- PARTE, who on two occuions showed himself capabl • of the most foolish and culpable attempts on an estab lished government and upon the peace of the country. There was every reason and every ground to keep in exile at such a time a prince with such precedents, and of a chat actor and claim tf) well known. The government did its duty consequetitly, in pro posing this exclusion. But the chamber, fin no rea son apparently, save that of spiting a government, which it durst not overthrow, has admitted Louts NArtn.tiox by a similar majority to that which has excluded the Bounntss. Surely the Prince DE JOINVILLF:, who obeyed the orders at the republic, has as much claim to enjoy the rights of a French citizen as Louis BUONAPARCE. And iedeed we ism say the ()rleanists in the assembly voted fur the admiAsion of Louts BUONAPARTE, as an indirect mode of showing the injustice of excluding the OILL.F.ANS. NVhatever tho result, the vote of the Assembly die• plays a strange reeklessnev, an insidious rather than an open and manly opposition to republicanism. It gives a sarong encouragement to all pretenders t the Fn nch crown, otTerin.r even a premium and prefer ence to him who strove to grasp that crown by f.rce, above those who showed a deference and respect for tho orders of the ruling power. ('he 'Na tional Assembly relemblsa pretty much a lady who declares that she is a willing prize to the boldest ra visher. Ix so far as the merits or demerits of the Navi gation Laws aro concerned, the cavil of Mr. G. F. YOUNG and his plagiarist Lord G. lIENTINCE about the statement of the tonnage of British wet foreign ships, from 1824 to 1816. prepared by Mr. Poteree, and presented to the House of Comm ms in 1817, might be paseed over in silence. The sole objection to that return is, tient in the title the woad "unpro tected" is used instead of "less protected." This in accuracy could deceive nobody, for ese relyely knows that no portion of English shipping is entirely with out protection. Mr. GEORGE FRIDERICK YOUNG had asserted that the vessels trading to countr es with which wo have reciprocity treaties were left de facts without protection, and that wherever tees was the ease foreign shipowners had got the better of us. The return in question divided our English shipping into two classes : one clews mitten Mg, that por tion of our shipping which Mr. YOUNG alleged to have been deprived of protection and to be declining in consequence; the other that portion which he admitted to be still pro tected and (at least comparatively) flourishing. The return being meant as an “rperimenteem creels, tc• show b 7 analysis what foundation there was fur Mr. Yousns assertion?, his phraseology was adopted in the title. Ii any serious blame attach to it i inaccu racy, that gentleman ought to bear it. All that the table could show, or bo expected or believed by any person to show, is the comparative increase in that portion of our shipping which still receives the full protection of the navig dime laws, and in that portion which, in consequeuce of reciprocity treaies, receives a less amount of protection—according to Mr. G. F. YOUNG no protection at all. had the hues in the table borne out Mr. YOUNG's assertion we should have• heard nothing cf this pitiable verbal criticism. Turning from this miserable cavil to the substance ' of the table, we do not find its accu -acy impugned. The tonnage employed in the trade to countries with which we have reciprocity treaties is given in one column, the tennage. employed in the trade to coun tries with which we have no so h treaties is given in another. It is not alleged that the ehippine. trading to any country with which we have no reciprocity I treaty is transferred to the wrong column or rice recut. It is nut alleged that the figures in the official returns of tonnage have been falsiti , d, or that these returns are incorrect. The return is an unexceptionably truthful and correct document. "But," say the protectionists, "the inferences drawn from the table are fallacious." That may be, and yet the table may be perfectly accurate. But let us see in what respect the inferences are fallacious. The table shows that the tonnage engaged in the trade to countries with which we have no reciprocity treaties —that is, the tonnage of the shipping which enjoys the maximum of protection—incre.ised from 1824 're 1816 in the ratio of 94.37 per cent., and that the ton nage engaged in the trade to countries with which we have reciprocity treaties—that is, the tonnage of the shipping which Mr. Cl. F. YOUNG stye has no protection—increased in the ratite of 182.98 per cent. This establishes the incorrectness of Mr. Yoesn's assertion, that the diminution of protection by the operation of reciprocity treaties had injured our shipping. " But," say the protectionists., "in the case of China, Russia, and Braz 1, which have no ships, the reciprocity treaties are a dead letter; in these instances, our ships are protected by a natural navigation law, and the tonnage trailing to these I ceuntries ought to have been entered in the protected column." If this be not "special pleading," we know not what is; but to humour the gentlemen, Mr. PORTER good-naturedly made the transference. The result is, that the tonnage of the shipping fully operated oa by reciprocity treaties is shown to have increased during the period mentioned in the ratio of 234.54 instead of 182.98 per cent., while the tonnage of the shipping not exposed to the operation of reciprocity treaties, either because they do not exist or because accident has prevented them from taking effect, has only inereneed in tree ratio of 91.32, instead of 94.37 per cent. The protectionists have in ide their case worse, insterd of better. But properly the t inna.:e engaged in the trade to China, Russia, and Brazil, ought to be left out of the account altogether, as tell ing neither one way nor another. Excluding it on this ground from bah columns, we have 91.37 per cent. for the ratio of increase in the stringently pro tected shipping; 234.54 per cent, for the ratio of in crease in the shipping which has partially been de nuded of protection. Treat the data in what way we will, the general result is the came : in proportion as protection has been withdrawn—as competition has been augmented—the dem end for Britishshipping has increased more rapidly. From an addition subsequently made to the table it appeers that while the tonnage of British shipping em ployer! in the trade to all the countries with which we have reciprocity treaties, has increased from 1824 to 1846 in the ratio of 182.98 per cent., the tonnage of the foreign shipping employed in competi.ion with them has only increased is the ratio of 137.70 per eerie. So much for Mr. G. F. Yousn's assertion, that " in the ease of all those countries with which we have made reciprocity treaties, and we have been compelled to run a race with them, they have oatrua its: This is the plain unexaggerated undistorted cha racter of this much-talked-of return, and its bearing on the question of the navigation law. We now turn to the treatment which Mr. PORTER has experi enced at the hands of Lord GEORGE BENTINCE with reference to the return. Lord GEORGE has not merely, like his more wary coadjutor Mr. YOUNG, misrepresented the report, and called it inaccurate and delusive. He has ac cused the Board of Trade of giving direc tions to prepare a false return, and Mr. PORTER of having deliberately prepared a false return, with a view to influence the discussion of the navigation laws. Lord GEORGE went farther—he asserted in the Hoare of Commons that "It wee confessed that it was a return which bore a deceitful character on the face of it. He had seen the evidence given on oath by Mr. PORTE R." . The assertion that the Board of T iede had given directions to Mr. PORTER to prepare a delusive return might have been contemptuously disre garded as one of Lord GEORGE'S customary rash and exaggerated imputations. It is sufficiently contradicted by the examination to which we have subjected the return, and by which we have shown that it is perfectly fair and truthful. But Lord GEORGE'S assertion that Mr. PORTER, when examined on math by a committee of the house of TIIE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1848. Lords, had confessed that he had prepared a deceitful return, is a very different matter. No person who heard Lord Geonce knew, or could know, what evidence Mr. PORTER had given before the committee of the Lords ; no person present in the house was able to contradict his assertion ; and consequently it has gone forth to the whole of England and Europe without contrarlict . on. The charge made against Mr. PORTER by Lord GEORGE, if true, was such as must have incapacitated him tor retaining the important and honotv able office he fills, or ever being admitted into the society of honourable men. And that the chirge is utterly false, without even the shadow of a foundation in fact or appearance, is proved not only by the indirect evidence of the re turns being perfectly truthful and correct, but by the publication of Mr. Powrutt's examination by the committee of the House of Lords, which contains nothing to warrant or palliate Lord GEORGE'S CAlRlR 'lions and malignant assertion. This is had enough. Lord GEORGE stands con victed of having, to s. ree his party purposes, given circulati ei to a falsehood calculated to ruin an honourable, and mei itJrious public servant—calculated to shake the reputation to integrity of all our govern ment offices, and the public confidence in official returns for a long tract of years. But Lord GEORGE has not been contented with this flagrant violation of the rules by which we will not say high-minded gentle men but all men of common honesty regulate their conduct. By a correspondence which has been made public, it appears that when Mr. Pon- TF.It, in the plain and nervous language of ho nourablo indignation, demanded at the hands of Lord GEORGE a rttractation of his groundless accu sation, Ilia lordship not only refused to perform this' act of common justice, but added gross insolence to his former offence. It there be any meaning in Lord GEORGE:B later, it is that he cannot condescend to argue or explain the matter with Mr. PORTER, that he can only do so with the ministers under whom Mr. PORTER serves. In our opinion—and we believe we speak the sense of every Engli.liman worthy of the name—bad Lord GEORGE advanced a charge of equal falsehood against a medal ser vant to his master, h 3 would by so doing have incurred an obligation to substantiate it or offer an apology even to one so much his inferior. And is it to be borne that Lord GI:0116E shall refuse to an English gentleman of the highest integrity and acquirements that justice which would have been due to the lowest menial If there is prol•er spirit and self-rekpect among the Commoners of England, Lord Geottee Ilexrisoes conduct on this occasion will not bo vi sited with mere silent condemnation. Surely we are not sunk so low us to allow a man, b eause he writes " Lord " before his Lame, first to belie a respectable gentleman, and then incult him when he demands a retracmtien of the calumny. FRANC!-% PARIS, FRIDAY, 11 30 A .x. The announcement made yestvrday that no vote of confidence would be demanded of the chamber, al though such a vote was peremptorily declared to be tho bola condition on which the Executive Govern ment would remain in office, filled the chamber with astonishment, and set innumerable speculations afloat. According •o one of these, MM. de Lamartino and Ledru Kollin on Wedoesday evening resolved to resign iu consequente of the Ituonaparte vote, the other thri c members of the commission could nut bring them selves to decide on that extreme step. A deputation of the ministerial play in the assembly waited on the commission yesterday morning, and explained to it the hazard of miscarriage which would attend any attempt to obtain a vet , ' of confidence in any form, and that at all events a considerable majority could not be expected, and a small ono would only aggra vate the situation. The commission is represented to have relinquished for the present their intention to resign, hut d ehre that in the course of a few days measures would be proposed to the assembly on which their continuance office would dernd, 11 , 14 Vs, decision of which would settle the quill inn of confidence. After my despatch had been sent off last evening the asomb:y became the theatre of one of those es troaordinary scenes of agitation for which it line been so often signalised since the 4th Mey. The occasion of this was the reading of the followina: letter by the prebidcnt, which had been addressed to him by Prince Louis Napoleon : LONDON, JUNE 11. —Monsieur le President,—l was about to set off in order to Appear at my post, when I leArsit OM, my election had been made the pretext for disc den and dig astrvus errors. I repudiate all the suspicions tf which I have been the object, fir I Beek not for power. of the people impose duties upon me I shall know how to fulfil them. (Movdrnent ) But I disavow all those who have made use of my name to i xcite disturbance. The name which I bear shore all a symbol of order, of na tionality, offrl.,ry, an:l,r ether than be the subject of disorder and of anarchy, I shou prefer remaining in exile. I send you enclosed a copy of the letter of thanks which I have ad dressed to all the elee•ors who have given me their vote.. Have the goodners, Monsieur le President, to communicate this letter to my cefleagues, and receive, Itc.—Lours NAPO ' LEON Bt ONAPA _ _ The reading of this letter was followed by a spec tacle not easy to describe. Shouts proceeded from every part of the house exuressive of indignation in all its degrees. Tie members rushed from their places to the floor, and in a moment the tribune was surrounded; several members attempting simulta neously to mount each flight of steps and jostling each other. Tho Nlinist,r of War first obtained the word, and observed that the term " republic" was not used in the letter. This was followed by a generol shout of " Vice la republique !" Another member rushed to the tribune, and affirmed that the letter was a declaration of war; and another, who s..cceeded him, declared that it was an appeal to revolt. M. Floeon then rushed to the tribune, but his colleagues, M. Duelerc and Gen. Cavaignac, at the same moment took the same route, and all three I crowded there together. ' Sum observations were interchanged which the general uproar rendered absolutely inaudible, the President tolled his hell and gesticulated, and a dozen buissiers bawled " Silence!" At length the Presi dent gained a hearing, and by his manner made it understood that he had sumething infinitely more hor rible to announce. " Let the doors be instant lynlosed," exclaimed he. A movement of alarm and curiosity was apparent. " A menace (continued the President) has been made against the national representatives and their president." Ile then proceeded to read a paper which he held in his hand, which professed to be a letter addressed to the assembly in these terms : "Citizens, if you do not immediately read Louis Napoleon's address to the electors, I declare you to be traitors to the country." On reading the signature to this letter the president lowered considerably the pitch of his indignation. Ile said the letter was announced to him as having proceeded from a public functionary, but that nn in. quits, and observing the signature, he found that it had b en flung from ono of the galleries, and that it was sig !ed by a pupil of the Polytechnic School, whom he believed to be a madman. The Minister of Finance moved an adjournment till to-day ; thereupon the Commander of the National Guard rushed to the tribune, and declared that he hal good authority for saying that if they ad journed they would have to engage not in a de bate but in a battle, and moved that any one who took up arms should be declared " hors de la loi." This was of comae followed by a prodigious explosisn, a dozen members spoke together, some shouted " Vive la Republique," others " A bas lee Pretendans." The president's bell again tolled, and the corps of hussiers shouted " Silence." The Pres:dent, after much difficulty, gained a hearing, when he appeared to have recovered more calmness and self-possession, and entreated the a sembly not hastily to invest the incident with con seqeences which might not legitimately attach to it, and that the affair after all might turn out not to be as grave as it had at first appeared. He added, that as the representatives were to meet at a soiree at his house in the evening they could talk over the affair, and so the assembly adjourned. Since writing the above I have heard that it is an nounced that, at the opening of the assembly to-day, the executive commission intends to require that the molntion of the assembly of Tuesday, admitting Prince Louis as a representative, be revoked. P. is added that this will be distinctly announced as a ca binet question ; and that, on its rejection, the govern ment will resign. The weekly report of the Bank, usually published on Friday, has not appeared to-day. The Madrid mails of the 11th have arrived. Our correspondent announces that a military prouuncia mento, headed by General Concha, was expected to take pace the next day. Four regiments were said to be ripe for revolt. General Coi.cha himself was supposed to be concealed in Madrid. Arbitrary arrests were made to a frightful extent. ITALY.—Advioes have been received from the Piedmontose head-quarters at Gard. to the 9th inst. It appears Charles Albert advanced from Goito on the 3rd, with the intention of attacking ltadetzky on the morning of the 4th, but the enemy having got in formation of this intended moviment, left his en trenchments 04 Saturday night, and fell back in two divisions under the walls of Mantua and Verona. Charles Albert, on the 9th, established his head quarters at Garda, a place on the east bank of the lake of that name. These advices affirm that the Neapolitans who had •allowed Gen. ral Pepe quitted him and disbanded themselves, declaring that they cared nothing fur the Italian cause, and that they desired only to obey King Ferdinand and to return to Naples. Since the above was written we have received advices from Milan to the 11th inst.. which bring the official intelligence of the further success of the Pied montese arms. The heights of ltivoli had been aetacked ; the Austrians fled after a few discharges of artillery. This success appears to have been obtained by a division of the Piedinontese army, 13,000 strong, under the Duke of Genoa, which had been detached in that direction. This intelligence is dated from the he ad•quarte rs, Garda, 10th." Advices from Florence to the 7th inst., sty that much agitation prevailed in Tuscany. Popular manifestations han tak:n place at Leghorn, at which were heard cries of " Down with Leopold ! Long live Ch ales Albert, King of Italy !" Hitherto the national guar had succeeded in repressing these disorders, nevertheless alarming symptoms were ob served in various quarters. The elections were to take place from the 12th to the 13th, and parliament was to assemble on the 27th. Government had dete•r mined to conform in all respects to the decision of the Chamber of Representatives, whatever that might be, and thus to afford no pretext for revult. ROM E.—We have received advices from Rome to the 7ele inst. Since the opening of the session the parliament had not assembled, the deputies not yet being present in sufficient mamba to render their de lib•ra'ions legal. On the arrival of the intelligence of the victory of i Goito by Charles Albert, the Popo manifested the greatest joy. CONS'EANTINOPLE.—By the Levant mails wo have received letters and journals to the 30th. The minister of the French republic, Gen. Aupich, had arrived, and was, it is said, much discontented at not having received the customary salute nn his arrival. The cause of this omission is said to be the circum stance of the French republic not having been yet re cognised by the Porte. The Minieter of Foreign Affairs has addressed a strong note to the Greek cabinet, demanding that the individual who attempted to assassinate M. Muesurus, and who was a Turkish subject, should be delivered up, and threatening measune•s of retaliation if this were not done. Advice's front the Danube had announced that a 'Russian army of 30,000 men had entered Wallachia. Zbe Couti. Lord John Russell had an interview of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promnting and encouraging the Pine Arta in the re ,uilding tha Palace of Westminster. The royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included the Duchene of Kent. the Duke and Duchess of Buceleuch, the Duke and Dachess of !Anger, Baroness deSpeth, and Sir Hobert and Lady Gardiner. (From last night's Gazelle.) WHITEIIALL, JUNE 14.—The Queen 4ireeted lettere patent to be D 1 1 ,044 under the Great Seal, granting unto J. Palmists, Esq ,Norroy King of Anne, the office of Claren twill King of Arms and Principal Herald of the south-east and Trost parts of England; and unto H. H. H. Gibbon, Esq., York Herald, the office cf Norio' , King of Arms and Principal Herald of the north part of England. DOWNING -STREET, Juse 16.—The Queen has been pleased to spnoint William Smillie, Esq , to be Adv , wate• General and Crown Solicitor for the province of South Australia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James Scotland, Esq., jun., to be her Majesty's Solicitor General for the island o 'Antigua. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appint William de Snaidt, Esq., to be Sem. tery to tie Central B o ard of Commissioners for Public Roads; J. M. Hill, E.g., to be Resident Magistrate at Picketb. re; George Longmore, Esq , to be Resident Magic trate at Moser! Bay ; James Barnes, E-q , to be Resident Magistrate at Ricer-dole ; and Henry Piers, Esq , to be Resident Magistrate at Tulbagh, ip the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR-OFFICIJt.EI6. lot Bratra.—E3a. J. C. Davenport, from 95th F., to home., by pur. vice Yrene3, whose app. 11 io been cancelled. 3rd Lt. Draga.—R. Macneill, gent, to be cor., by pur skirt Gough, promoted. litd 1/..,g,—Cor. 0. H. I. Boynton, to be limit., by our., vice Bill, who n t.; N. stringer, gear., tuba nor., by pur., vice Boynton. 17th LC Braga—Coe. and Adj. 'toward nt. George, to have the rank of lieut.; Cor. A. Campbell, to he lieut., be put., Mee Codeington, who wt.; J. P. Winter. gent., to be nor., by pur., vice Campbell. 3M Y.—Cknitleman Cadet A Sttange, from ltL 11/1. Colt., to be ens., without pur., vice ii ay, dec. 4th V.—Capt. W. from 33nd F., to be eapt., vice Bell, who exchanees. 10th F.—L lent. R. Taylor, from 63rd F., to be lieut., vino Evans who exchange.. Unoi P.—engL W. Bell, from 4th F., to he cent., Mee Bellingham, who exch.; Lieut. W. Itudimui, from 62nd F., to be lieut., vice fled ley, who exclocuires. 34th F.—Kno. Probyn, to be lieut., by pur., vice Fyfe, who ret..; D. Pers.., gent., to be by pur., vice Probyn. 35th F.—Gent. Cadet W. IL Memory, from the RI. Mil. Col., to be en.., without pur., vice Quill, who mow. 37th F.—P.iymoot. It. Piercy, from 751 h P., to be payula4t., vice Clibborn, wloo esehingea . . _ 42nd P.—Fins It.A7Preser, to be lieut., h 7 per., vice BUROWCS, who ret.; W. J. Robertson, gent., to be eon, by per., vice Fraser. 52nd F.--Lieut J. 11. F. Stewart to be coot., by per., eke Faun. twine, who rote.; Ens. I'. 11. Vyvran to be lieut., by per., vice St. wort ; the Hoe. D. J. Monson to he ens., by per., vice Vvvyan. 53r1 V.— ltrev..mejor W. Amoistek, from b..p. 11th Lt. Drage., to be caps„ vie • W. Follows, who exchs.; Lieut. IV. B. Bastard to be copt., by per., vice Alr.einck, who rem. ; Ens J. W. Corfirld to be brut— be per., vtee Bostard; B. Walton, gent., to be ens., by parr., rice Corbin. Medley, (ram 32nd to be lieut., vice Rudman, whoexehangs. 63rd E.—Licsit. R. Evans, from the lath F., to be lieut., vice Taylor, who exchanges. 61th F.—Lieut. J. It. Borne to be adjt., rice C irter, promoted. 7jtb P.—Lieut. F. II inkey. from h -p. 63rd E.,to be lieut., vice Tyler, app. to the Royal Newfoundland Company; ns. V. J. VI Lawn, to be IL ut., , y par., rico If ankey, who ret.; D. W. Martin, gent, to be env., by pur., vice Watson; Paymaster W. G. M. Ciibburn. from 3:th 1 0 ., to be paymaster, vice Plenty, who exchanges. 7STh F.—Lieut. 11. D. Gordon, to be odj., vice l'attison, prom. in the Royal Newfoinalland Companies. butt P.—awas..Surg. C. atmartney, from the staff, to b^ ussit.surg., vice Crosse prom. on the stair. 9th F.— . l 7 apt. E. S. S. Conphell, from b.-p. Portuguese effleers, to be coot., vice M. Beale, who each.; I.icut. W. P. Memel, to he capt. by per., vice Campbell, let, rot ; P.m, J. Perrin, to be lieut., by per., vice Purnell; 11. Denison, gent., to be ens., by per., vice Fern.. 95th F.— It. G. Polhill, gent, to Levu., by per., vice Davenport, app. to lot Drag. snd Wc-t India Rog.—Nraj.rr.Gen. Sir 11. J. Harvey, C. 8., to be Cr!., vice Lieut.-Gra. Y lindoay, (hemmed. lioseorat STA/F.—StalrSurg. of Perot Clare W. R. White, to be drp.-imp.-gen. of hospital.; Aosistoliorg. .1. B. St Croix Crowe, from ?Pith F., to be stattsurg. of record clam, vice Wheeler, cite.; Atelot.- Sur, P. C. Anncoles, fro,: 21st F., to ba assistosurg. to the torcee, vice Mocartner, app. to the axlh P. Bseevrr.—jeut-ibl. G. 11. IWKinnoo, ao h.-p. unatt., to hove the local rant; of rot In Kaftraria. Qepe of Hoist Hope; Capt. E. S. N. CAmpbea, of OOttt Y, to be major la the army. GERMAN Y. The members of the Frankfurt and Berlin consti tuent assemblies have been, like our own legislators, erjoying their Whitsun holidays. And their con stituents have been embracing the opportunity (as used to be the case during such recesses here) to hold meetings for the purpose of letting their repre sentatives know their minds. It would be unin structive to enumerate ill these meetings, but some samples may serve to indicate the state of the public mind in Germany. The apprehended Whit-Monday demonstration in Frankfurt came to nought. A republican meeting was Mid os the 12th on the verge of a fir-wood near Affimbach, a s•nall roulade turiug :own in the Darmstadt territ,iry, about three miles from Frankfort. Some thousands were present, but no disturbance occurred. On the preceding even ing, some soldiers who had been placed under arrest at Alfehbach were I:berati d by their comrades and smite citizens. Um geoid tired with ball on the liberators, and some ten persona were wounded. It could not b.. discovered who had eiven orders to file. Troops were forthwith detached from Darmstadt and Affenbach. Whatever the o igin or nature of this collision, no advantage appears to have been sought to be taken of it by the parties holding the meeting. On the same flay a meeting, i 0,000 strong, of persons from Hesse Darmsmdt, Electoral Hesse, Nassau, aed Franktort, was held at the wine-famous town of lioeheitn (half-way between Frankfort and Mayenee). Several members of the assembly, be longing to the extreme gauche, were present, and ad dressed the meeting. AUSTRIA.—It is semi-officially stated in Vienna that the Emperor—thanks to the efforts of Herr eu Dabblindf and Weesenberg, who depicted to tiM Majesty the real state of the Austrian capital—has resolved to return shortly to it, and, alter showing himself to the inhabitants, to proceed to Persenbeug until u e meeting of the Diet. The Emperor has re fused to acknowledge the provisional government in Prague. The national committee in Bohemia has declared in favour of the two-chamber system. The communications received by the Ailgemeine Zeituny from lanspruck (to the 10th inst.) corrobo rate this news. The minicers were said to be urgent with his Majesty to remove to some place nearer to Vienna, as a preparatory step to his return. Count Stadion was daily expected at Innspruck. Mons. Morosini arrived there from Rome late on the even- Mg of the 10th. The Pope's letter to the Emperor, which we published some time ago, appeared in the 'Keno). Zeitung of the 9th inst. The provincial diet of Tyrol met at Inn , pruck on the 10,h. The Italian Tyrol has not sent a single deputy. The busicess at the filet meeting was entirely of a formal and routine nature. According to the Austrian Lloyd of the Bth, the ha!hut squadron returned and fired some guns at the harbour, which were answered from the batteries with such effect, that the ships got out of range as quickly as possible. Austria seems threaten. don other fron tiers; besidca its maritime one. Our information leads us to believe that, whether the report of a Russian army having crossed the Pruth be true or not, a strong Russian force has been concentrated in the province of Bessarabia. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Copenhagen paptra ut the 10th June contain the Danish version of the affair at Sundewitt. Gen. Hedewitt claims a victory, on the ground of the attack of the Germans on the Duppeler heights and the head of the bridge having failed. He states that, on the evening, of the sth, his troops occupied their crigical position, but says nothing of the operations of the Gth. The wounded on the Hanish side are said to bo 199; the number of killed is not mentioned. The affair seems, after all, not to have been a decisive one. We are without liter intelligence from the German side. A letter from Malmo in the ifaniburyer Borsen lacge estimates the Swedish force assembled there on the 6th at 15,000 men, and 60 to 70 guns ; and goes on to say : " The embarka tion of the Swedish troops at Gothenburg, on board the Daniel ships sent to receive them, com menced at 1 a.m. on the 7th; the Danish steamers took the transports in tow about 9 a.m." Complaints are made by the writer who transmits this informa tion to the Hamburg paper of the insufficiency of the transports sent by the Danes, and he represents the Swedes as irritated in consequence ; but this is pro bably the view of a German partisan. A large Russian squadron was seen at anchor on the 13th between Moen and Erdsee. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured Miss Coutts with their company at dinner yesterday cowling. RESIGNATION OF COL. REID.—We learn that Col. Reid has resigned the governorship of Barbadoes. This demission is understood to have had its origin M the trans actions in St. Lucia now before the committee of the Privy Council, the beginning of whose deliberations on the subject were reported in yesterday's Express. CALLS TO THE BAR.—INNER TEMPLE, JUNE IG. A further call to the bar of students of this society was made this evening. They comprise the following gentlemen : Henry Edward Bennett, of St. John's College, Cambridge, 8.A.; John Joseph Arthur Shakspear, of '1 rinity College, Cambridge, 8.A.; and Joseph Houston Browne, of the Uni versity of London, B.A. DEVONSHIRE, New York packet-ship, left the London Dicks yesterday with 73 cabin and 153 steerage pas scrigers, 340 tons of railroad iron, nal a large quaatity of other freight. ENTIIRONISATION OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER. Yesterday, at Cheater, the cert m of enthroniva lion of the Right Rev. Dr. Graham u lord bishop of the diocese cf Chester took place in the ancient cathedral of the city. At a quarter before 10 o'clock in the mornhig the eery rev. the dean, canons. and chapter clerks, with the lay t icar , and the scholars' of the King's Schad assembled in the Chapter house, where h. r Majesty's' mandate em powering the dean and chapter to enthrone, install, and induct Dr. Graham to the epitc':al seat of the e.,e of Cheater was read by the chapter clerk. The dean, canons. and lay clerks then proceeded to the nave. On arriving at the step, leading into the palace, which ad joins the cathedral, they were met by the lord bishop is hi, pontifical robes. The procession was then :armed, his lordship tieing preceded by the deputy apparitor, and the whole body proceeded s'ow:l the nave of the cathedral,— On arriving at the choir, the minor canons, archdeacon, and boys t ok their state. oral the rest of the proces,ion opened for his lordship to proceed to the throne, where he was formally inducted by the very rev. the dean. The vergers then condu t d the d an and canons, ciergv, &c., to the Geste appointed for them within the choir. Full cathe dral service we, then performed. Prayers being over, the procession was re-formed in the tame order and his lord ship was conducted back to the palace. Tho choir was erowdey to mess by visitors anions to witness the ccre motl. THE REFORM MOVEMENT. MEETING AT WOLVERHAMPTON. On Thursday evening a public meetina. was held in the theatre at Wolvertiampton for the purpose of taking measures to co.operate with and aid the new reform msve ment of which Mr. Hume is at •he head. The attendance was numerous. Richard Fryer, El., motor the late mo ber for the borough, occupied the chair. In opening the pro ceedings, The CHAIRMAN said that this m'crlit be regarded as one of the most important meetings which had keen recently held in the county on the subject of reform ; not on ercount of its numbers, westth, or respectability, but because it had been got up chiefly by that working class who had been called revolutionists and anarchist The resolutions about •o be submitted would, howcmr, fals.fy that as-ertion ; they would show that the views of the working m• n were not wild and visionary, but that they were intelligent as they were industrious. Mr. 0. WOOD, an operative, moved the first resolution : That this meeting to err opinion th it the present critical state of the country renders an immediate reform of the electoral system necessary and indispensable, and that unequal taxation, cursed by unequal represcniation, is rankling in the mind of the industrious classes of the country, and is the fertile cause of distress, disloyalty, and discontent, amongst all classes of society; and that this meeting is of opinion that the measures sought to be obtained by the reform league are culculated to remove those evils of which we so justly complain. and will restore to the whole of the induatzious classes Unit permanent peace and prosperity which th-y dew! se, and which Pro. yidence has decreed. . . Mr. Mate LNG Seconded the resolution, which was unani mously adopted. Mr. It Wlt.c 3X (operative) moved; and Mr. J. CLATTON seconded, tho following resolution, t!..e former expressing an opinion that the extension of the suffrage, without the ballot, would be an evil rather than a benefit : That tills meeting we! with regret the great amount of abuse and unjust influence practised in the elections at the preaent time, and as • remedy foe this and a protection against bribery, it considers sore by ballot as indispensable. The reaulutiau was unanimously carried, as was alto the two follewinz, movcd by Mr. Cc/WIC:110T WALTHEW, and lliiessrs.S re N LEY, J. HILL, and SHELDO:4 • • • • - • • • • That tbe community at large may be justly and fairly repre anted, this meeting propose. a division of the country Into equal electoral district., sulniet to a revision every ten years, according to the l et census ; and this meeting is further of opinion that the people will be more lairly represented and best secured against tyranny end oppres sion by limitang the legal duration of ;settlement to three years. That this meeting views with great satisfaction INC spantaticins de sire evinced by the intelligent o.en ot all dame. to unite fir lily iu order to obtain throe measures of reform which the future we 1-heing of this country renders necesaary. And this meeting pledges itself to •upp ri the radical reform metwers of the lionise of Comm in. in any legal and .onsUtutional endeavour to effect those reform., and to re move those abuses under which the people of this country have laboured so long. Mr. Ald. Waxxatt next addressed the meeting at some length. Alluding t. the fie: of its hivin been got up by working men, be said that he would v.riture to assert that incelinz which had taken place on tha suhj.ct had been more creditable to its piomot re than this—convened as it had been by the intelligent artisans of Wolverhampton—a town which had been the first to send representatives to parliament to raise their voices against monvo:y in food; a principle which Lad been acknowleiged to ba correct by the first stattamen in the land. if. deeLred him. self to be in favour of the reform con:eine:l in Mr. Hume's motion, and joined in condemnation of the spirit which deprived so many of the right to vote who contributed to the taxes of the country. They would have to go through the same struggle ns t..ey had done befe , e—to endure the same obloquy—to triumph in the end, and then to hear it ad mitted, as in the case of the Reform Bill, that the reforms conceded were of a conservative character. One great eature had marked the progress of reform in this country—it was always conceded in time, not delayed till the oppreuila be came too great to be b rne, and by that means those extreme measures which had been resorted to in other countries had been pr. vented : he trusted th.it the same conduct would mark the course pursued by the governing powers in this country in :u.ure. (Cheers.) A petition to parliament, embodying the spirit of the resolutions, was adopted, and a resolution passed to loan a branch league, for the purpose of aiding in promoting the reform sought to be obtained. The meeting (says our reporter) was highly creditable to the working men who had b:tir the chief primoters of it; every svech delivered breathing the most complete distaste at the principles and condne of the physical-force chartists. MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday, a public meeting of the inhabitants wee convened by the Mayor, in order to consider the propriety of adopting means f. r supporting the measures to be proposed in the House of CJIIIMOIII next wick by Mr. Hume. At a little alter 12 o'tlock, the chair was Wien by the mayor, C. F. Incur, rsq , a.,d the cieetin4 was very numerously attended. Mr. Councillor H. 3. FOSTEIL movei the following reso lution _ . That it Is the opinion of this meeting, in order to secure the stabi. lily of the imititutio, of the country, and to promote the welfare of all claws of the people, it is necessary :—l. That the elective fran chise shall be 10 extended as to include all householders. 2. That the votes shall be taken by ballot. 3. That the duration of p irnament shall not cowed three tears. 4. That the apportionment of ineuthers to the population shall be made more equal. The question need nut be mooted, but Cambridge, if it logged much longer, would he almost the only town which had made no move in support of civil and religious liberty on viewireg the events which have recent'y transpired on the Continent, the tottering of thrones to their bus. s had been caused bee.um neeefssry reforms had not been commensu rate with the wants arid requirements of the people. In this country popular rights have been acknowledged mid some reforms granted, and therefore our Queen woe not tottering on her throne, and love of order aced of •he institutiaea of the country were the eons* quence • and peaceful agitati obtained all requisite reforms. In the ' Commons House of parliament there were too many members of the aristocracy, a• d there were too many smell boroughs, an•l therefore it we petitioned for retrenchment, we petitioned those whose interest it was to keep up expenditure. As regar.led the in. quality and injustice of the present mole of sending mehtiers to pariiiment, he would just instance that Huutiii.td Rutland. and Westml. eland, with their 8,677 ele :tors, swamped Middlesex, Lancashire, and the West Riding of Yorkshire with 62,189 electors; the sam, with boroughs; Harwich and five others with a total of 1.573 voters, returning u many members as Man chester, Westminster, Tower Hamlets, Livapoo', Fins !Amy, and Merylebone, with 79,521 enters. Than as regarded ex, enditure, it al peered as though go.ernmcnt were ashamed of maze of their extravaganei a, for It, found ha Duke of Grafton rec•ived ,0001 from the excide, and 4,0001. from the Post-office, because he was a &set rulant of King Charles ; but whether he or his aneestore ha I ever ren dered any services to the state w►s r other questionable. He always c ouldered that edeca'lon should prect de the a x tension of popular rights; education had been g log on for many years, and he found that persona occupyina a small Louse were frequently more intelligent than the t• :n-pound householder, and therefore he advoc.ted household suffrage. As for the hallo•, there may be many who do oat care for it; bat many have been starved out of Caut'sridasi be cause they voted according to the dietates•f their cJoscience. He did ant care about the mode, but let there be sour ty tor the vote. As to the duration of p irliamentt, he heliev d iu the adage that .• short reckonings ;nake long friends," and .ho 0- fore it was desirable that members should be frequently before their electors. Mr. BRADFIELD, a working man and a non-elector, seconded the motion, and said if the working-people ever otitained their rights, it must ha by their own exertions. Tho lead en, as they were callsd, had se reed themsi lves, ma now I.ft the poor men to get their rights as they plea's d. His speech was very , loudly cheered. BRE:mama FOSTER, Esq , then read a letter from that old and tried reformer, Hehry Gurney, Esq., the senior esquire bedel, r, ho from great age and intim, hies was unable to I attend. He stated that he vas a whig, and opposed to uni versal suffrage and the doctrines of Cartwrght, C.abbett, Hunt, and others ' whi.sh he consilered mis c hi e v ou s. He considered that Lord John Hooch's meaning had been mistaken; and that Lord John wir h him. %hit the franchise uught ncw tc be enlarged. The reading of t , .ia letter WAS received with cheers and some dieapprobation. Mr. Fester then proceeded to state that he was as aril. at a re former as any of them, and as ever he was, but he emald not agree in placing the ministers in a diiemma by tin a end similar resolutions, especially during the present stormy period. (Strong symptoo.s of dissent.) The question beitg put from the chair was varied with one diva n tient. Mr. F. Sams regretted the absence of many who used to attend met:lnes of this kind, but now, satiafied a ith their own cotiditien, they left them to themselves. The %bins had promised retrenchment, and bad carried it out by increasing the expenses during the last eighteen years ty about half a m lion a year. Mr. hiaden alluded to many heavy expenses for the royal family and its various members, the House of Lords Ireland, and °thee matters; and stated, that the enor mous amount toilette.' for the incometsx -five millions a year—merely paid for the collection of the revenue. Mr. liaden then moved the adoption of a petition. pints ins the hour "to extend the franchise, so as to include all house ' hciders; to give the voters the protection of the ballot; to equalise the apportionment of members to the population, and to shorten the duration of parliament to a period not exceed ing three years." Mr. Mown, another wsvkirg nun, seconded the proposi tion, tildes wan carried unanimously. It wen then agree.!, on the motion .d Mr. Coundllor Armunt.E, seeonthd by Mr. Ba.txrus, that the petition 'haul.' be torwardsd to the borough members (Ms sm. Adair and C.impbell) for pr.seutation, and with 'request that they would support its prayer. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed t the Mayor, ; who returned thanks, and the emetiug separated. MEETING LN ST. MARY, NEWINGTON. Las n4.ht a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in the Boys' School-room, Queen's-row, Mr. Charchwar en Hayward in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Tennyson D'Eyneourt apologising for his and Mr. P..arson's sh.enee on importer.t butine,s in the House of C•10111:13o11.1.—Mr. Thwaitts moved the first reso:utioa, to the effect That tills meeting dechuve Its cinvictiou that the Maw of Com mons ,Las not truly represent the pt opt., and that el I ng us it shall continue to be constituted as at present it eainot b,^coni.• a pru;et organ or th %yams-radon of the nation's will. That any reform of our representative system which fails to recognise the rights of carry man to the franchise, limimd only by such imitations as may be necessary sorure its legitimate be!, will neither he complete nor permanent; bat that regarding Mr. Hume's motion, now mending for the 20th inwant, so an important oracle:S. advance towards a fair and lull re preeentation of the ta•ople, this meeting determines to give to the movement its earn, at and utmo-t support. Mr. Thwaitos was h•Dow.d by Mr. Bullen, the it v. Mr. Green, and other gentlemen, and the motion was, atter some dbenssion, ad , .ptett unanimously, as was also a pe.ition to the Homo of Commons, embodying the views of the mettiog in favour of reform. MEETING IN CLERKENWELL. Yesterday, a crowded meeting of the pari-hioners of St. James',., Clerkenwell, was bald in the vestry room, for the purpose of taking into e Insidtration the pripriety of presenting a petition to the House of Commons, in support of Mr. Iltwe's motion for reform, Mr. Edmund S holefield, one of the churchwardens, in the chair.—Mr. flux, in pro posing a resolution, said they wanted an impartial distribu tion of taxation. Under the present system of the repre sentation, the taxes (being imposed by the saisto era-y) were made for their OWII benefit, and the hurthens were to be supported by the iiidustrious classts. The people cauld expect no change until there oes a better system of representation ; and be trusted that in a short lime there would be such en alteration as would he conducive to the interests of all classes. lie moved a resolution, pledging the meeting to give their sup port to ti e motion of Mr. Hume —Mr. West seconded the resoluti 41; and directed the attention of the meet gto the circumstance that the borough of Finsbury, with 226,000 inhabitants, only returned too members to patli.,inent, while the same number was returned by many b .rou'he, with a constbueney of trim 400 and 800 electors. (Heor.)— Mr. Cameron mow d the follt,wing amendment: That thi. meeting declare their coneietion that the Home of Coin:noes doe. not represent the people ; that the decoration of lord Jorm Rumen that the middle and woe king clam, do not desire any extenaire change ha the ,tote of the representation is a fallacy, and totally at variance with public opinion ; that further, we be here that the true interests and proaaerity of the nation will only be secured by granting the right of voting for members of parliament to all mule adult penona luring a filed residence fora certain period; by :in equal system of electoral districts, according to the pa pulation ; by imving the VOIC6 to be taken by bALt, and by having parliament limited to a ,hortduration. Mr. Meoce seconded the amendment, which was unani mo•usly agreed to —Mr. Bennet move! the second reso lution, to the effect that the r m .eting rejoiced in the intention of Mr. Hume to introduce the motion in time House of Commons, with a view to remedy the de.ective state of the representation, and declare their firm determination to give him their support, believing there political changes suitab.e to the purpo‘es of the times, and as the only means to remove the present discontent.—Mr. Britton a carded the resolution, which was carried.—A petition, founded upon the revolutions, was adopted. FROME. —At a meeting of the electors here a reso lution was corns to, agreeing to support Mr. liume's motion for an extension of the suffraBe; and a petition to that effect is accordingly being signed. TATISTOCK.—On Wednesday a meeting of the in habitseve of Tavistock was hell in the Buddha 1 of that town, for the purpose of supporting the measures of reform about to be brought (Tweed in the House of Commons by Mr. Hume. A large number of chartists in the hall united cordially with the middle cl uses generally in giving their support to the propositions brought forward. A petition la ar or of Mr. Huine's motion was resolved upon. DUNFERMLINE. —ln consequence of a requisition, numi rowdy signed, Bailie Birrel, in the absence u. Provost Banaldson, called a publio meetirg of the inhabitants, which was held at the foot of the Nethertown, on Monday last for the purpose of giving the movement coin nenced by Messrs. Hume, Cobden, &c., in parliament, their cordial sup; ort ; between 2,000 to 3,000 persons were assembled. Jas. Inglis, Esq., manufacturer, was unanimously called to the chair. Sev.el gentlemen addressed the meeting, and gave excellent speeches in moving andreconding the follow iag motions, which were cordially approved of by the meeting Motion let —That this meeting declares its conviction that the House of Oommtns, as it is presently constructed, does not represent the people; that, in consequence of the narrow, unequal, and unjust basis upon which ,he existing instrmot parliamentary repro cotitimi rests, claw legislation is promoted, many grievous abuses tolerated, and an extravagant national expenditure is incurred, and that these evils can only be effectually remedied by the speedy adoption of reform. Motion 2nl.—That in ord r to obtain fair and impartial legislation, I:Lsion: reasonable economy in the expenditure, and to a ewe the y and proeperity of the community, it is absolutely nec,leary that the franchise be extended to ail householders; that votes be pro. tected by the ballot ; that Parliament shall not exceed three years in duration; and that there he • more equal disiaion of doctorial districts. Motion 3rd.—That we hail with estislaction the movement want tnenced by Menus. Hume, Coition, and others; and, conaidering it ta be the duty of all reformers to unite in their support, we hereby agree to 00-operate with, and aid them by our beet efforts. Motion 4th.—That a petition be presented to the House of Com mous founded on these resolutions, and that the Game be forwarded to J. B. &lath, our worthy representative, for prrsentation. The proceedings occupied from two to three hour, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairmin, the meeting dispersed in comet quiet and orderly manner. FALKIRK.—On Tuesday a public meeting of the eh eters of the burgh of Falkirk was called by Printed. Adam, when resolutiots were moved and seconded, condemning the pester:it lavish expenditure of the public money, and consequent increase of taxes; approving of an eatension of the hanchise, vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, and ttietiteial parliaamtnta ; and eidoidiug a petition to the Harass II I r