The Express. — London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

um lettere from Id. Vaulter., M. Luau ‘a A bbilhOP of Pule. Bade M. Victor t, U.g., M Bunt, Y. Cequal, .ad H. blishel Olivet Or. H7NW. SHOCK staved the lint rete:atima u ..Teat this mietiag dykes to express its gratitude to the em s Ruler ot the cation for the signal somas which has waded the lamas el the committee duels( the year, *spy. yg,la raisiazion with the Peon Coopers held in the g l Pal ia August last ; and it would retard that se se liessetive to itiereesed ezertion in the future ir its szogl yiralemerat of the undereiking so auspicioaely Mr I. B. SMITH, M.P., said that after the m e e ti n g *eel boa to long engaged with the preliminary prt.med ebseld best &omit their feelings and kis own by simply eerdldlJJ serandieg the *salaries. MIRE. GURNEY, E q , who was recri.ed with loud ,opek. es follows : —My fries& and fellow citizens, I bli Nefw the this is • very maims ossossitsa oa whisk to address oreoe las aeon &bast to do. I feel that the ellese *Melt y a ps , wee met to promote is one in whin not only the highest the Mums eheaseter is *volved, but which also M, me of the rarest principles of Christianity ; and Este two principles sre ws intimately omalsised that they ow l be aver-d. (Applause.) I have been and to as •• g rage from Lon.hud.street." (A planes, and " Ton are a wry awl one !") I wish to confirm what has already been se e e publ is ender my signature, that if the else salable system f agesdisie aralee is meentained, as it has been aalnteined, gis Yemeni: diMessiles of the notions of Burin will in seam n them. (Cheers.) But, my friends, that is only ea interior point amongst the horrid results of a state of raerfate. It has Dees el - eady stated that war in all its wino dens ant present one *mumble feature. The con m hes been Awed with a want of triad ; a great deal eleneempt ben thrown tips.* it ; end It Ism been al leged that the horrors of war are more to be brine with than 0 8 priaciplee of pease se they have been edvosited and hid ferth. lam one vibe goes ea far as to believe that all yet ie all its bearing*, is against the principles of Chrisl sad that it is equally adverse to aU the princiles of sword p dire. (Cheers ) Can it be mad* 'Past that the sershant of 11..ra shell fi out his rhip, end steal the ship of the merehmt of Plymouth? (Hear, hear) Can any Me• e ul men take that honest ? (Hear, beat) We Mee s n chug d with taking a meet Impracticable line. I don t fork so. I belie* that the caws we promote has sl imly rade considerable program is the world. Nnt only have the naiad* of men been enlightened in a large degree, but the e.antes of war have bran limited much more than they formerly ware. lack at the state of this anintry GOO ea 00 ,r 4 ago, what harm was arrayed mains% berm, when th. it retain.* were armed, and all differences ware settled by three. Had there been a purse in them data that press would hate thought it equally improbable and impracticable that the :amily &ad baronial wars which then Mittel. the coun try eh. ol d come to an end, sad would have taken as strong • Freund aghast any pc es movenwat as is taken by the press of the pr.ltat day. (Carats.) I think it ia not ueremona. We or ezirstsgant to suppose that, so light is thrown arm this qu,etios, more especially as Christianity growl apes the fare ; he earth, the feelings of men will more and mem at. I:0 a down t.. • system of Christen feeling toward& amts an ett. r, and that the day will cum, of which we ham the clew , tt whey r.atien shall not lift up the sword aento. n nem, arida*. shall they learn the art of war any more." (ilea, boas.) I am not so sanguice as to suppose that this happy state of things is near at heed but it is ry day growing nearer; and I apprthen lit is the 0.1 c of a peace enegras to pine life to this subject, to remo te Ira growth, to press forward the cause, awl to do Mat to them ht s to hasten oe tin.* brighter days. (Cheers.) If them days h. the high• et perhciion and reality of Christianity, I have no heritation in sating that every step takes tewatde that blessed state is • good step. (Cheers.) Aid it is not only • good step, but • step perfectly free from ell folly, or anything calculated to raise contempt; foe entry dip so taken has in Half the essence of the sounded pulley. (Hear, hear.) It is nay earnest desire that in the coudeeting of all meetings of this character, it should he our main d sire to promote the principle cut Ceristi .eity, ✓ the anuedest and most certain to produce the happy es sell we denim. (Haar) May I venture to give a caution is the prams , of ties mum under the care of our congress— a testi ,e, I apprehend, whieh may rot prom very palat able. 1 aperebend that all alseioes to the particular psi I t ene party or asotlise, do somewhat tend * toe , r twee holy cause. (Beer.) And it is my de site t tt : s 'he progress of this mum we may more and mere t n the simple ground of Christianity, sad th.t et .re ; for I am convinced that no policy is so mend for the happiness min as the promotton of Christianity. (Applause ) it is sometimes stated, and with a greet deal el plaudhdity, that in the present state of the world, it wadi t-s a very dangerous thing for • country thus to not itself tip's Christ:au principles and Cnristian duty. I do wed thr kes t Applause.) It is lay conviction that if any matey (and hue should I rejoice. were our country to take the lead) weel,l !madly ard faithfully cut 'bolt tame ' Christi ,n carded—the people premien the exercise of Chrielatity upon their government—that country would be aeompaied ray a degree of prosperity which I am sure is earth r destroyer by any degree of war. (Applause.) Are we a people peofmang Christianity or not ? I am happy *Winne. in this place, not only Englishmen, but gentlemen hem o.htt leads; and truly do I feel that everything I any eppeele to theta as well as to my own countrymen ; for inuals I neutrally feel a preference for my own emstry, I ma deeply interested in the welfare of France end the other eimatrus of disrupt. (C tiers) As a people professing Christianity, we profess to Mimes is the protectiog rare and eageriateedesee of the Almighty. Should we dare to say that the natters that will thus cut Welt on simple Christie, sty, is she mar the special care of the Almighty ? (Hear, hear ) Is it mreemeable to say that that as a safe reliance. (Hear, bar., Bu , ens ea political grounds, I behave there ia semakii g so wassailed in a conduct of love, that, wen It *Mistreat into the relations of nations—did they render red to,rill—were they desirous of blessing those who Mimed titer, and of doing gond to those who desired to do eta to ti.em—its Magenta would be so powerful, that the nettatry acting oa that prineipte, would be tar safer than *see which put their trust in their armies and drat., the .*manta say of which all men must know. (Applause) It is my gannet &sae that all our future proceedings may be Nero reed m e re tinged with the Carina= principle. I knew full will that if we go nn further than • love of peace en jest, and • Sorel of war a. uujust, we shall get a unasi mess Cute in this country. 1h• n ye there are few relight. end • Ishen and sailors bat would admit that priseiple ; het t` at is oniy going ekin-deep in the question, It 1 may so apses it. (Cries of 'thou, heel.) The real qiestion Ise is. to divide is this,—whet degree of hard ship—of ildusegs—ought a nation to submit to, upset Christiaa grounds, rather than take up arms to murder their Bellow-ereatures? Now, it is my Ilene conviction that then is so snsuder wisdom for • nation than thus to cast itself upna the Christian principle and on the protecting arms sl the Almighty. (Applause) I do not despair of these sentiments gradually extending is the , world. la fact, it is my %lidos that they hate programa, are progressing, and will proper ; sad, if we are to better. prophesies of un doubted aunnority, they will hoseene universe'. Therefore, there is no grand for us to he discouraged. (Applause.) Though I am aware this isnot a abject to excite the feelings of sass eablege d thiskisd, yet I hogs therein calmly and illepationatoly look at the matter la the point of view in which 1 have endeavoured to place it. It la not by ptodue. lag excitement in meetings of this kind that a cause is pro. mots ', but by bolding up the dcoteine, hers and on all escu dos., that war in all its bearings is bad, that it cannot be mend, that it is wholly icadmissible according to the tracts el Own:lenity ; and that peace, is all its bearings, is the reasonable, beet, and prop. r state of society, whim all man kind should dwell ender. (Applause.) The CHAIRMAN then put the neeplutios, and declared it carried in...dmuissly. Mr. COBDEN, M.P., was greeted with ton 1 and pro lamed climbs,. He cold—The resolution which has been pet tato my heads is : " That this awake receives with the highest satisfaction the ateuresees of sympathy in this game movement, as cat *pet rte the krises whisk have been reed from the Area. hYlep it Paris, from MM. Lemartise. Victor Hugo, Beata de Oiranite, and other distiagaished *ragas* ; and It hails with di debt she ueesence of the gentleman who have leseend this assembly with their attendance cm the pre set retaeins, and tree* that their visits to this oomitry will prone .0 them a same of personal gratifimtioa, and that it will powerfully tend to edemas the period when mina animoratiee Mal be ler ever forrtteo, and pew and goodwill emelt tiriougheut the world.' It I. now, I believe, exactly two yeses dale this island was bighted from its propriety by theory of a threatened invasion from Frame. (Hear, hear.) Yon all remember how great woe the slim of that etecesion. We heard of the French may marching in at one end of London, arid the HOMO Hearth marching oat at the other. (Laughter.) Yoe bow that the highest military authority in the country swelled the etranua of that alarm. (Hear,Lear.) Yen know Net order, wen gives to prepare our ce defences, to add beer *teem fleet, to make doubly 'elm ear equadros of molatien, and to trepan to repel the attack of these hostile Frenchmen team ear shores ? (Laughter.) Well, and what did the men of peace on that occasion ? I Can soy for myself that. It was that wicked cry, that coneassmatim Ma warlike erten, that brought me into the mkt of the puts party of this estuary. (Cheers.) We held our public mortifies, sad we pretested that we did not regard the French as beigetda or ea pints—(tear, bear)—that we had kith that they had no intention whatever of making a wanton attack spot ear shores. (Hear, hear.) Bat we did soon. We proposed to go and see these fleet* ad warlike people. (Applause., Whilst the brave men, who trust so much to their arced forces, were digging fresh steactidocks, launch las fr sh eteam.sh!ps, and putting their coast defences in order, the min of peace were making their preparations to moss th.. Channel, and hold out the right hand of friendship teed of peace to the French people. And now we come to tell you that we have p id that visit, and that the bash we tendered has bees most r:rdially grasped. (Chan.) We have now the pleasure of seeing here a deputation from France ; and it is is honour of those gentlemen and of the other torefgeere who are here today, that I, la the name of you, et. d it, the terms of this motion, beg to tender them oar *any welcome. (Cheers.) When I look beck only he two years, sad when I remember the emu moats tl.at were then adduced, openly and pubtely, net anti in our newspawn, bat in our public seenabli,r, when I remember the disparaging, insultieF, la Piti° o language that was - applied to the people of t hear)—when I remember how every maa was dialed wko ventured wpm a muslin that it woo pos. aible the gnat laus of the French people wen not dirposed fur war—when I mamba ilium things, I thmk of the altered tone of ear organs of public opinion —when I think of the tone in ',kWh they then assailed tie, because we had contllence triatithe sus of the French people were not thase brigands which they bad been represented—and when I remember that them same organs hays within the last month told as that these very Frencn people—whom they said were ready to busk forth upon their neighbours the moment Louts Philippe should die—are too pse:flo, sad emus to take say fatereei is foreign polities at all, I am tempted to uk, wWthese argon of the press ever lowa modesty ? (Cheers.) _ . Will tits linens of then two short years bars no effect upon them? Do they think the English people have got say Dummies ? (Hem, hem.) Will they leant modesty after this exposure? I will wait till to-marrow morning before I oder an op'wfoo. ((Amin and laughter.) My esteemed Mead who ha. jail spokes ham dwelt upon the most exalted sad ;lost ;KIWI view of this question. (Hear, hear) I join with him in owning homage to those high priuciples of Claistianity which he has so well enforced. I became a party to the pests move ment with the Ara coavic•ion that those principles of peace which ue anecdotal by the principles enjoined in the Now Testament, would be advocated by °then .41 the highest if. ligi ,us grounds, and that all that could be said on that line of argument would be exhausted by men, mire competent by study, and more 'Wide , ' by position and by peefeesion , to dee. with those arguments than myself. (Lieu, hear.) Dot 1 am TM moth amid—and our esteemed friend Mr. Gurney himaelf will tell yoa—teat those arguments are not alone sufficient t) charge the politicising of this dey.(Cheens.) I am 'try much afraid to say it, but I bargee, that that latter of Mr. Gurney's, in which he gave his opinion as to the Gnat vial consequences of this warlike ertem, bad more effect upon the minds of the p Aiticiaus and iutiaential statesmen of this country than ell the appeals he ever hos made, or ever could mike, to their higher religious feelings. (Bear, hear.) Hoeing human beings to deal with, and human objects to accomplub, we must bear in mind that, even if we hays the sanction of Caristianity for our principles, we must work by human instruments to hurt= ends, and that 04 doss not condescend in our day t.. work miracles when man can accomplish his work without them. (Applause.) I confess what l like to do when I IWO myself in the midst of an assembly like this. I Fke to taco up my position on what the sneak calls our weakest Bank, and to show, as a practical man tnd a politician—(leaving to other, the demos of tha► inviregs sable position on which Mr. Gurney has planted Wawa() not only that the *teak of the so-callei statesmen of the day may be repeihd, but that they may be utterly demolish* on their own ground. (Applause.) Ous of tau highest arts of state-craft ie diplomacy. (Near, loser.) Now, who are the best diplomatists? Haw the politicians who have been telling its that the French were coming to attack as, Led striving to r, vive the old cry of national enmity, proved the best diplomatists, or the men of peace, who went over to Paris, to be laughed at for lidding out the hand of fellow. ship to the Frisch? How stands the ease of Europe at the present moment Tne question of peace or war has been lately raised is connexion with the affairs of the East. We have had apprehensions entertained of a northern power; and on what has the maintensnoe of peace depended ? On the cordial, good understanding between France and England. (Applause.) Who has preserved the good understanding between then? The men who, two yew, ago, stied out kw more ships of war and more steam docks ? (Hear, hear.) This is a strange way of maintain ing the was* cordials, to be arming yourselves, and making Jour coasts bristle with cannon. (Cheers.) No, it was the men who went over in all the confidence of huma nity to France, who had faith in the French people, who be lieved that they had justice and magnanimity in their national character,—it was these men who pmerv.d the good understanding between Frain and England; and It is the good understanding between Fiance and England— I will not say that has preserved the nue of E wom— bat that has rendered war between Russia and Turkey im gullible. (Cheers.) Let us hear so more of their diplo macy ; let us hear no more taunts against the pease party, as though they had no judgment in their heads. (Ap plause.) What is the very essential of state-craft ? Finance. How shall we find then men, if we try them by the test of their financial position just now ? There is • great move ment In the country for financial reform. Again, the peace party have anticipated them in the field ; for there can be no financial reform, no reduction of taxation, unless you resort to our principle of diminishing the armaments, and taking other precautions against war than that or keep ing yourselves oonstantly armed to the teeth. (Cheers.) What Is the amount of our expaaditun for ell purposes, besides Sues of war and warlike preparations? Let us bring our financial reformers to book, and tell them what it is in two lines. List year our expenditure, in round numbers, was 54 millions starling; out of which, 47 mil lions wen expended on the interest of debts for pest wars, or the expenses of our standing armies. (Hear, hear.) Seven millions out of 54 paid the whole expense of the civil government, the civil list, the impulse of the Queen's establishment, the administration of justice, the poor law office, the saws of the home and fonign secre taries—paid, in fact, the whole cost of conduct ing the civil machinery of the sat•. (Hear, hear.) We prow that nations, like ledividuals, should Fettle their disputes by whit:6llov. It is said our notion is very good in theory, but Is nut practicable. All we want the penons who say it is not practicable to do, is to try. (Hear, bear.) I have not sufficient confidence in their judgment to take their word fur anything 1 want to be done in this way. (Hear, ►ear.) I want them to try, and if they do not succeed, then we will at all events give them credit for having done their best. (" lieu, hear," and laughter.) Nett session, besides heisting forward the arbitration question, I intend to try if I emu induce the Foreign Secretary to join wish us in diminishing the extent of our naval and military forte. (Hear, hear.) This is certain, that if we all do no more than discontinue building line of battle ships, we shall all of us remain is the same relative position with cur neighbours that we now occupy. (Hear.) There is no disinterested person in our own country or is any country •boat us who will dissent from that proposition. I have put it to public as t•, private men, here and abroad, to foreign statesmen as to our own, and all concur in the admission that it would suit them treaty well to put a stop to this expenditure; that it would be a most admirable financial benefit ; but wan we go ea to propose th►t moms one among them should begin eke good week, should set an example, or even make a rational proposal to the others to begin simultaneously this saving of expense, or even the preventiso of increase, we can never get them, or any one of them, to set about it. (Hear, hear.) Our navy has bi en kept up solely with retinue to France. We have increased our fleet as Francs has increased hers; and so far front proposing, as I want them to do, that both eountries should cease from adding to their armaments, our government sends spies to ferret about t►e Preach eicekpards, and no sooner is • fresh keel laid down then, or a fresh forge set up, than my Leeds of the Admiralty avail themselves of the pretest to lay down • fresh keel, to set up a hash forge here. (Hear, bear.) Then is not • private trades amongst us who could carry on his business on the same prindplas that the governments of England and Frazee ferry on theirs witboat getting constantly into the Insolvent Court—(hear, hear)—and I sm satisfied that thus governments continue is the tame course finandal diffi mdtinand ruin await them, and they will go into the Go sate without deserving a certificate at the bands of the people. (Cheers and laughter.) Already, however, the progress of discussion on this subject has been attended with the best results. Two years ago we were told that great armies and navies were kept up as • mesas of defending come- Wise against powerful neighbour. Now, such Is the force of truth elicited by the progress of discus sion on this subject, it is admitted by the very partite who vilified us then for taking the same position, that war between two nations is not the evil to be guarded against; bet, say they, it is insurrectionary movement, wan of re bellion which have to be guarded against. (Hear, hear.) If such be the ratement, all I have to say is, that the system of keeping up armies of hundreds of amends of soldiers to keep down the people does not answer the per. pose of thou who enforce it. The system has been tried long enough, and has bean proved • failure. When I went, two years ago, to attend the Peace Congress at Brussels, I put down on paper the statement that there were at that time in the aggregate two 'slalom' of armed men in elm pay of the different governments of Europe. What has Anse happened ? This : that in spite of these armed myriads sash ditee have swept so fiercely the continent that scarcely a siagle throw has not been shaken to its bane, though pro filed by this aggregate of two million bayonets. (Hear, hear.) Some of thrones have, mon or less, recovered their equilibrium, bet, Wetted of trying some new system in Saes of that which they have found so eerire a failure, they ban only eat about increasing their armies, so that wh, re diets were three soldiers two years ago there are now, I should say, four. (Hear, hear.) I have often been palsied Y seeking to **ensue what can be the m tire of the old peernments of Europe in adhering ti this absurd course ; and faitly at a lees to account for it upon any rational or Donal, grounds, I heed really enmities, been disposed to think that the object with these authorities was to bring their various countries Into THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1849. Men utter eonfuies—ench hopeleis bankropey—that no other farm of government can be found willing to undertake the labour mod ri kof reetaratioa. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Bays at school, you know, when they have got an apple or a oaks that they want to Impel to them selves, ref it over with dirt, ir order to disgust their school fellows--(great laughter)—end even so it is, I suspect, with the old governments I speak of. (Hear, hear.) It is ro wonder that, seeing the ponisteneo of their rulers in such wicked absurdities, the people of Europe should have a ten deney in their despair to resort to the process of digging up the very buis of social existence. (Hear, hear.) It is we, the maligned Utopian, who have toned the remedy for these disorder.. (Hear, hear.) lam not going into the question of the internal affairs of other countries. If any particular nation hasb homy to be taxed for the maintenance of an imp of 300 or 400 thousand soldiers for its own sup pundon, I am sot going to interfere with the fancy. (Langhter.) Bet I would point oat that these standing Illmise are not raised and maintained out of the immediate ' pockets of the panle : they are paid fur by loans. (Hear, hear.) And if we want really to prevent governments from keeping up these large armaments, our mode must be to ledge each a public opinion in Eoglond wished prevent individuals from lendirg their money to governments. (Hear, hear.) We have already attack a heavy blow at the eysteen Austria his indeed got a loan, bat the money ILLS not given by Holland or by England, a fact which must satisfactorily prove that the right spirit has come upon us. (Hoer, hear.) We steno locger to be blindly entrapped into such grievous wrong; and Ste estimation in which the loan is held gene rally, is sufficiently demonstrated by the fact that before the heeds were issued, they were at a discount of from half to one per cent. (Cheers.) There is now another great northern power in the market. (Groans and hisses.) Russia, I see from yesterday's paper, is putting out for a loan. (Groans.) The great czar has sent forth his ukase, in which he invites people to give him credit for throe or four millions steelier', in the shape of treasury bonds; and I am delighted to perceive, from the very ukase it self, that the loan is needed " to cover the expense of the war lately carried on in Hungary." (Hear, hear.) After this what becomes of the boast about the wealth of this power ? (Hear, hear.) Did we not hear the ogler day that rich Russia, liberal Russia, had taken up two millions of the Austrian loan, had given the rope 500,0001., and the Grand Duke of Tuscany 251,0001. ? I don't believe a word of it. (Hear, hear.) I would not give 2.51. for the Russian 1081., that the bulls and the bears are working up yonder in the City. (Hear, bear.) And, moreover, I know men of ant accomplished knowledge in Rennie affairs who would not make n higher hid than this of mine. (Hear, hoar., From the bottom of my heart I thank Heaven that it has ordained, in its Divine Providence, that where there are huge standing armies of 700,000 or 800.080 men, there is also a bankrupt exchequer, an oppressed, miserelle, and degraded population. (Hoer, bear.) Were such not the manifest consequences under .d's will ; were it not clear that even in this world such wicked cum* meet with their punishment, I should be much less sanguine than I am in the expectation of the remedy we seek. (Hear, hear.) It is by the emphatic enun-, dation of the great principle we advocate at great meetings like the present, that the cause we have espoused must be advanced. (Heir, hear.) The leading resolution to which you most come here, as unanimously as it was adopted at Paris, is the resolution that the public opinion denounces and repudiates any violent interference in the internal affairs of foreign countries. (Hear, hear.) We boast that with u every man's house, who he. not violated the laws of his country, is his castle, which he who fortes is a burglar. What should we say, then, to the state burglary committed, when one independent, self governing nation is invaded by the enforced interposition in its internal affairs of a neigh bouring and stronger nation, tinder the pretext, most pro. leetev hvounitical. of the le r eountre's advantage. (Hear hear.) Upon every principle of justice and right, no foreign power can interfere by force in the interval affairs of another and independent state—f.hear, hear)—and until this is the understood and acted upon by the governments of the world, there can practically be no bar to anarchy as among mottoes. (Hear, hear.) I lay this equally as to icterlerence of Russia with Hungary, of England with Spahr, of France with It amt. (Cheers.) There has been, incited, a doctrine admitted in this apiary with relation to Hungary which has affected me more p Agnently than any political circumstance of recent date. It has been put forth from this country—not only by the press, but by the mouth of the Foreign Secretary—that Austria had a right to cell on a neighbouring power to aid her in putting down what mks deemed rebellion. Now, this is a question, not of nation,, tut of the responaihillte of the governors to the governed, (Hear, hear.) The boy Emperor of Austria, expelled from his most important territory, has the right, it is said, to call in the Cossacks to cut the throe's of his own subjee's; if this be admitted, there is an end of the responsibility of gone hors to the governed ; there is an end of ail fear snit of all hope as between the parties. (Hear hear.) Asti the only . possible result must be universal anarchy. (Hear, hear.) We have here been maintaining—and necessarily maintain ing—the principle, that the people are the sovereign source of power. Suppose the at some future period—the supposition, under existing circumstances is out of the question—the Begin,' people were to c me to conflict with their sow reign, and that the sovereign was to be defeated, is it pro- I tended to be said that in such a case the sovereign would be justified in milling in Turaey, for example, to her aid, as Austria bad called in Russia? (Hear, hear.) A large pro portion of the daily press of this reentry had been hounding on the Cossacks—(" Th. Times")—in their brutal invasion— in their crust treatment of a more civilised, a freer, a more interesting people than themselves. I reflect with humilla then, as au Englishman, upon the part which these journals have taken upon this subject during the past few months— (hear, hear)—but I implore the men now present who represent foreign countries on this great occasion to believe me when I assure them that these journals do not at all represent the public opinion or heart of the country upon this question. (Cheers.) Let the Congress, which was spreading its roots and its branches far and wide, throughout the world, keep to these four car dinal points, in faith and heart—arbitreeion inland of war; a simultaneous reduction of armaments ; the repudiation of the claim easy nation to interfere, by force, in the affairs Of any othernation ; the repudiation of loans to foreign countries. Let these cardinal points be adhered to, and, with the Divine -nesting, which could not fall to be vouchsafed to so good a work, perseverance would ensure a certain victory to the friends of peace. (Cheers.) Mr. STURGE, in seconding the resolution, merely ex pressed his hope that their friends from abroad world attend the frond meeting on the game subject, to be held this ever leg sn Birminghain, which,though it was the arsenal of smell arms for the whole world, would, he could promise, give them a hearty reception. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. M. F. Buono, M. 110itACII Bay, next addressed the meeting in English, and M. Gummi and M. POTONISIIIia French, after which President KAHAN proposed the next resolution: That, considering th e of the work yet to be done in carrying out the acts of the Conuese to their full accomplishment, this meeting pledges itself to employ its utmost efforts in sustaining the plans of action already formed, in originating any others that new circumstances may demand, and particularly in supplying the funds which an enterprise so extensive and important will canines to require ; end it relies on the aenerosity of the British public for that enhoged co-operation which such an undertaking merits at the hands of all who desire the period when "nations shall learn war no more. The resolution having been seconded by J. Sum, Esq. P. and adopted, the meeting separated, ate, • cordial acknowledgment of thanks loth' chairmen. the I COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH-DAT OF ALFRED TRI GARAY AT BIIMINOKAX—The memhere and Mends of the Birmingham Association for the Dissmninatima of Polities] Knowledge, commemorated the thousandth anni versary of the birth-day of King Alfred the- Great by • win , * on Monday evening. This association originated some months since with • number of young men—clerks, artisans, and others—who assemble weekly for the purpose of mutual instruction. Oa the wades et this celebration they were ts , by • amber of Millesimal ether visitors, end the hall handsomely decorated, an evening, pleasantly diver , si by music and the delivery of suitable addressee, was agreeably passed. Amongst the sentiments spoken to were the following ;—" Alfred's memory ;" " The progress of civil and religious liberty throughout the world ;" The people—may they form that wise, free, end noble nation, for the creation of which Alfred lived and laboured ;" " Be- Ruing that it le good for a people to hold in veneration the memory of its truly great men, we hope that gatherir gs Ilk* the preesst will become more frequent.' . Vatican speeches were delivered, eulogistic of the memory and virtues of Alfred; amongst the sen were Mr. Toulmin Smith, of Beejeasies-isn, Mr. Langford, and Mr. Gill. The two former spoke of the advantages of local eelf-government-• privilege which it seemed always to have been the especial care of Alfred to restore and provide for the Koglish people ; Mr. in the somas of a lengthened address, made some amide/ and useful remarks. As a proof that true genius and treetnem of soul were always honoured, he cited this mto commemorate the birthday of Alfred—Abe greatest Hoglisamaa—eloca whose death "men of ten centuries had elapsed " but whose sublime deeds dal inspired a feeling of gratitude In every heart. They had met there (he said) to proclaim the "eternity of the benefits" resulting from Alfred's deeds—to commemorate a mighty soul of the tar, yet present to us ; and he expressed a hops that the heroism, the courage, and the glory which shed itself around Alfred's name, would be an incentive to his duceodaots in this day to follow so illurriou 112 example. This little festival paned off in a very rational manner, and a dance concluded the proceedings of the evening. THE POST-OFFICE MINUTE, 31ENTING . IN IIgtMINGHAN. Yasterday a publio meeting, aonvened by the Mayor, was held in the Town-hell, at Birmingham, for the purpcse of onnsideritig the propriety of memorialisisg the Lords of t►e Treasury, solici•ing that the entire business of the Post-t.fficr, including the delivery of letters and the tra velling of the trains conveying the mailer, may be suspended trom 12 o'clock on Bsturday night until the same hour en Sunday sight. Subsequently to the time when the Mater called this meeting, a memorial, signed by nbaut dcuble the number of those who signed the rtquisition upon which the meeting was convened, was got up, signifying the purpose of the memorislists to resist the adoption of say further bus passion of the mails oi a Sunday. At twelve o'clock the Meaols (Samuel Thornton, E-q.) tack the chair. Mr. JAMES TAYLOR, of Moseley Hill, moved the following resolution " That ail meeti..g devoutly and thankfully recognises the divine obligation of the Lord's Day or Christian Sab bath, and entertains a deep sense of the moral ar.d social evils occasioned by all secular employments on the Sunday, nut called fur by necessity and chari , y." The Rev. J. C. MILLAR seconded the revolution. !lour and Rev. GRANTHAM YORKE, who was reef ived with much applause, movad the following amend. meat: . . That this meetinv fully recognises the great duty and privilege of keel:deg holy the day set apart in the Christian church as the day of rest, and for the public worship of Al- , mighty God; and desires to see it more fully observed by all dusts of Ler Majesty's subjects. This meeting desires thankfully to acknowledge the important regulation recently made in one department of her Majesty's government— namely, the General Post-office—for the furtherance of thi ereat object. And this meeting resole. ' moreover, that full confidence may be placed in the good faith and proved ability of Mr. Rowland Hill, the secretary of the General Post-office, to whom the country owes a great debt of grai tade for the valuable reforms he has effected in the petal machinery of the country. But while this meeting Is coo. tent to receive the recent Poesoffiee regulation as a can .iderable advance towards the better observance of the Lord's D .y, it would urge very strongly on the government the conviction that exists in the mends of all Christian people that the Sunday labour of Post office servants should be reduced to the lowest possible amount consistent with the necessities and comforts cf the people at large." The rev. gentlemen went on to complain the, the plan of those gentlemen who moved the otigical resolution seemed to be, to impede the course of the government in carrying out their plan of reform, which would in itself tend greatly to reduce the labour at the Post-office on II Sunday. He se ,e in . man ft! recognised the neceetlti s j wss was for 'duly observin g the Lord's Day; but he iseistcd that there were thousands of cans weekly occurring where a Sunday delivery of letters became a matter of et ceseity, and that the due fulfilment of the duty, to properly observe the Lord's Day, was not infringed upon in its spirit, by the goveromeut of thie country affardiegihe people the means of communicating by letter on a Sunday. Mr. Alderman GEACH seconded the amendment, and the meeting was &demised by Mr. B:eooner, M.P., Rev. J. A. James, and Mr. Monte, M.P. in favour of the original resolution, and by Mr. Alderman ST. stun, Mr. R. K. Douglas, and Rev. 8. Bache in support of the amend ment. . . . . . On the question being put, the mayor declared amidst much chi eying and almost frantic demonstrations of joy from the gentlemen on the clerical aide of the gallery, that the oririnal resolution was carried. It was now fast approaching 6 o'clock in the evening, and the excitement in the meeting was greater than has been known at any political meeting here for many years. To proceed with other resolutions became impossible, and it ...as therefore resolved that the Mayor should sign a memo rial to the Leeds of the Treasury, on behalf of the meeting, in favour of tie entire ensoension of labonr in sill matters connected with the Post-office on a Sunday throughout the cout.try. About 8,000 persons were present, but (says our corm spondent), various circumstances would in4uee the supposi tion that the result affords but a very imperfect idea of what the real opinion of the people of Birmingham is upon the question. Mr. James and other gentlemen made rather stirring appeals to the feelings of the working men, and such was the extent of the excitement that in all probability the real question was in a great measure lost sight of. MEETING AT EDINBURGH. On Friday tight a meeting of the inhabitants of Canonget• was held in the Council Chambers to oppose Mr. Rowland Hill's plan for regulating the Sunday drain in the Poet office. The meeting was called on a requisition to the magistrates, signed by twelve individual. ' amongst whom were four ministers of the establishment and the free church. The Council Chamber was crowded to excess; end the muting throughout was of a very stormy description. Bailie Nicsor. 50x was called to the chair. A series of resolution., letting forth that all labour in the Possof6ce wee unnecessary as well as inconsistent with the I law of Go', were propos. d by the Rev. Melon. Nisbet, Miller, Boner, Stephen, and Balfour; and Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hyslop, and Mr. Club. Mr. J. CI BLAIR'S, of the Pursue Foundry, moved an amendment on these resolutions, to the effect that the meet. log express their general satisfaction with the Post-office arrangements of the country, and recommend a fair and proper trial of Mr. Hill's new scheme in Llndon. This amendment was seconded by Mr. Icing:lre, and on a vote being taken it was carried by a majority of 60 to 24. The result was announced amidst the most enthusiastic applause. —Sootsman. BCr'Dn PRI23-3101411T.—The rolls of the unclaimed shares of the officers and men of the 41st reciment have been reeeire.l from Bengal at the Bast India Rouse, and It is to be hoped that the distribution to the soreral claimants will take place without delay. Tne regiment was under the c...ramand of Lieut. Col. Booth, wh we share emanate to 9771. 12.. Rd.; the rn.jors, 8.511. 15s. each; the capt.ins, 3251. 17e. ad. each; the lieutenant*, the a , :jutants, the en sign., an d ...went sentonne, 1821 18'. 9d. each ; the pay master and surgeon, 3251. 171. 6i. sae ; the sergeant major and quartermuti-r-serieant, 81. 2a 114. each; the s.rgesotp, 61. fts. 7d. each; the rank and file and drummers, 21. 141. each. Total amount due to the CMS, 8,7221. 141.- 1 United Service Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM. MEETING AT BRIGETON. On Mondty evening a crowded public meeting wee held In the Towa Hail, Brighton, for the purpose of forming is that town a branch of the National Parliamentary sad Financial Retona Association, sad of ,reciairing a depu tation from the parent society. Oa the motion of Kr. Jolts 000 D, Colonel Ronsare wee called to the chair. Ihettislß lAN, in opening the proceedings, said the levees* her hlsjes y'e ministers had to play with amounted to 64 millions per annum, out of whkh the industrious classes of society paid 34 miliions. H i asked if that was a fair pro portion between the people and the arirocracy ? He was not for running down the aristoeracy, because be wee fully persuaded that in that class there were many honouiable Rinds. (Herr, hear.) As union was creari, he trusted that the industrious dare of society would Joi n the middle clams, and that they would thereby o btain a reduo- tioa of taxation. If they were not banded toge ther, they would obtain nothing, but he trusted that they would go hand in hand. It was not long since Lord John Russell, with his colleagues, attempted to raise the income tan from three per cent. to live per cent. The people successfully rt.isted that propasitioa and now it was found that without such increased tax the expenditure and the revenue were balanced within about 100,0001. The whigs, in his opinion, were not bold rob bers. (Laughter.) He was speaking of the whig cabioet ; but ho was perfectly aware that three were iudividuals among the Whigs who were as honourable minded as any set of men on the fine of the earth. He looked upon Lord John Knoell as a little study bantam cock—(laughter)—that would tread the barn firm, them give three flaps of his wings, three crows, and turn his beck on the people. (More laughter.) Ile wished to see another set of men come for ward and try their hands—he meant the radicals. (Cheers.) He th• ught they world have amongst them honest MD, who weuld do their auty to their country and vase the pockets of the people. Letters were then read from Capt. Peelle% M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. jcseph Hume, M.P., and Mr. J. V. Shelley, Who hsd all been suited, emceeing their attendance at the meeting. W. CONINOHAM, Eeq . in moving the first resolution, said he MOO forward on toe present occasion to advocate a national question, and one which had nothing to do with local polities. He had always been of opinion, that unless some extensive reform in our financial system were intro duced, the burden of taxation would become perfectly in tolerable; and it appeared to him when he looked at the preterit constitution or the House of Commons, that the only chance they had of carrying any substantial and efficient measure was be introducing a large measure of parliamen tary reform. The Horse of Commons was at present con stituted without any refereuce either to population, to wealth, or to intelligence. It might bs said to represent the vested interests of England, and, he might almost say, the vested interests alone. The territorial aristocracy were invested by the reform bill with an overwhelming and prep mderating toiluenee to which he did not consider they were emitted, and he hoped this generation would see the time when the people wcult be fairly rept:am:ed. The hon. gentleman then alluded to the recent intelligence from America that the United States were about to repeal their navigation laws, so far as regarded E (gland, • proceeding which be said would do more towmds binding tae two na tions together than all that could he effected by the most skilful diplomatists, and he concluded by moving a resolu tion to the effect, _ " That whilst this meeting is convinced that a great reduc tion of the national expenditure end a more equitable ail;ust meat of taxation are imperatively nee: Army and almost uni v. really demanded, it cannot see any reasonabM hope of per. manently securing these important objects until such a =ea- Mfg of electoral reform has been obtained as shall give the people a direct coatronl of the taxes which they are required to pay ; that an association be formed in Bri/hton in enn nexien with the National rarliamentay and k 411L1101111 Hoe form Association, and that this meeting will give to such asseciatioa its he arty co-ones ation." Me. GILES seconded the resolution. CHARLES WORDSWORTH, Elq., said he appeared before them es one of a deputation from the National Par liamentary and Finenciel Reform Association of Lanka. It was their great object that the middle and worki g classes Mould be of together. It was said that could not be done unless each party made something like a concession—not a compromise of their principles, but a concession—aAreei.-g to work together for one common object, leap .rag to subsequent years the opportunity and the chance to get such further re f-mins as they might ae.:m essential. It was therefore agreed that a certain set of principles should be soul en; that the middle and working classes should advocate triennial pada meet., vote by ballot, how hold suffrage—not merely houses boll, hut household and lodger suffrage—that there shah be no property qualific Aloe for members of parliament, and that there shall he an equal divia:on of electoral distrEats throughout the United hinglom. These were the points which were now common to the middle and working classes. It was form.rly the law of Etc land that parliaments should be triennial. There was an act passed to that Effect in 1641, which was repealed in 1661, and re-enacted in 1694, and repealed again in 1716. This was one of the points they were contending for. Were they asking for anything which was tutoonstitutioual? They were not asking for anything which was novel, but for something which bad bees known to the country and acted upon. He contended that the par liament of 1715, which repealed the triennial act, and passed a hill prolonging its own existence to seven years, violate(' the coostitution ; and he refereed to Smith's harms on history, and to Hallam, who both stated that mi. incite were afraid et that limo to dissolve parliament, lit the consti tuencies should elect n new House of Commons, who were favourable to the return of the Stunts. In 1734 they tiled to get Mick to triennial parliaments, but the motion was lost by 247 to 184. When Mr. Hume brought forward his motion it was supoorted by only 84 members, 100 less then in 1734, showing that we were not advancing in legislation, but were going back. The speaker then ably demented on the other ' " polots," and concluded by an appeal to the meeting to support the association by spreading its principles, and con tributing to its funds. W. A. WILKINSON. Esq. next addressed the meting. The workiffrelasses, he s oid, had the best of this be. gain ; there was concession on both sides, but the working claws would benefit largely, insomuch as they were to be enfran chised to the extent of four-fifths of their number, whereas the middle claws generally had the franchise already, though such was the anomaly of tbe system, that there were some men of property who did not occupy houses who bad no vote. The word revolution had been mentioned. What they were seeking was a revolution in one sense, bet e they knew that in this country the whole power was now vested in the Lords instead of in the three estates, whereas the association sought to secure to the people • due glare of power. That was a revolution certainly, but not in the general sense of the word. What they really wanted was a restoration. And now he would say a word 'o the gentlemen in broadcloth. to They seettThrietyy forso soug ht which Torn unequal taxation as the working classes did ; and they sought more than that, they they had. Now he wante d thee* gentlemen fully to under stand that they must not fold their arms and sit down con tent with things es they are, simply because they were not now much pressed, for there was no safety, no comfort for them, unless the working classes were constortable likewise. (Cheers.) Their interests were intertwined and inseparable. The working climes hap amulet unaided to carry their object, and heel not bees able to second. The mi Idle classes aid, without the aid of the working classes, carried a measure which he believed, however, was for the benefit of the work ing classes as much as their own—the repeal of the corn laws. He believed it was by union, and union alone, that anything could be done. They were not going for universal suffrage, though some thought that universal suffrage was the best ; but there were many who were notprepund to go that lismith. He believed there was sot that danger in universal suffrage shah some thought. Look at the result of universal suffrage in France; it was about to do this extraordinary thusly, it was about to impose en arbitrary and despotic snvernment on France. [A Voles—" It won't last long."] He believed that In the awes of two or three months they would have an assembly of a different character, but so alarmed had been the middle sad working-cluees in France that they had elected a reactionary assembly. He believed that in the course of the next three mouths they would have an amia bly of a different shortener, and so they would go on pee sawing, end never knowing which way to go. This made him think there WI WIN good in a *sand chamber, but he wanted to show the middle classes that there was net that danger in universal suffrage which they seemed to anticipate. The association, however, wished for no extreme measure, but that they should unite together for the common object which they all had in view. (Cheers.) Mr. LINNOCK inquired whether it was intended to do away with theme-1).1h)* clauses ? Mr. WILKINSON—The voter will be in a position in which he can claim to be rated, but the payment of the rate is not to be neesnmerter his thee. Mr. CONING HAM heady replied, and the motion was then put and earned unankmass y. Mr. J. G. BASS moved the second resolution : That this meeting rejoices in the hope that a hearty union between the middle and working dasees has at length been attained, and strongly urges all those who c.mplain of any grievance to concentrate all their energies to procure such a reform in the Commons House of Parliament as shell render all and impartial justice to all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects. He did think that at a time like the present, when they saw throughout the country an increase of pant:. risen and an increase in the army and naval expenditure, it was time for all persons to erase forward and support their politieel prin ciples. When they saw that in Ireland there had been pauperism to en extent a known in this island, when the legislature had been tampering with law upon law regard ing the poor of that country, it was a proof that the ',lisle tare was inadequate to the task ; and when they looked at the comp-sition of the legislature they need moths surprised at it. When they considered that the country was governed by a house of peers, with a bench of bishop, that the House of Consumes was mainly composed of eons of peers, of gentle men in the army and navy, and of officers of government, and that the squirearchy in the House of Commons were nominees of the aristocre-y, how could they be surprised that the sympathise of those gentlemen went with the aris tocracy of Ireland, and not with the poor of that c,uozr. ? He was n Ireland last summer, and he sow land that had been in cultiveinn • short time before, lyi..g iole, a-.d nt the some time the union booms were full. Men, women, and children, Were there doine nothing ; there was not so much as s (location going on. The men he sew teak to' .or a walk, end the land was lying idle. And why ? Be-nose there was no security. They knew that if they grew any thing, the agent or the tax-gatherer would come to seise ft. But he found, on inquiry, there was an decrease in the tattle for dairy purposes. He was struck with test, and inquired the retool, and was told that it was brpuse they could drive cattle away when they saw the agent or the tax gatherer coming, but greying crops they could not remove. And all this was going On in a country which had 49,000 soldiers to keep them quiet, isnd polies barracks at every turn of the read, not such stations as then are in Berland, bat more like soldiers barracks ban anything else. They were told that the Irish were disloyal and disaffected to this country, but only give them fair play, and they wculd find the Irish as loyal as the English or Scotch. (Hear.) In adverting _to the tranchite, and the state of the electoral registers, Mr. Bus said be would touch lightly on that subject, because heron very long they would have a meeting specially to consider the propriety of • freehold land and buil-liar society Wier es tablished in Brighton, in order to give than who had the desire a vita :or the county. He would only add that as regarded the unbolt of the middle and working classes, it bad already taken place in that town, nor had there ever been a great disruption. They had generally been laannoaious in theses matters, and he hoped they would continue so, for be was quire sure that the good of the one was the good of the other. (Cheers.) Mr. FBARGUE3 O'CONNOR, M.P., spoke at con siderable length. He wished, with all his soul, this was an ordinatina—(laughter)--and that the chairman would ordain him to solemnize the marriage between the middle and the working classes, and in truth, as they had an union of church and state, of church and izway, the Duke ot York having been Bishop of O.naburgh and Commander in-Chief of the Fortes at the same time, he did not see why the chide men, being a colonel, should not be a bishop on the present occasion. (Laughter.) IlOall•tr, be assured them that Mr. PRUUT, who was received with cheers, said he was deputed, along with his friend Mr. Wordsworth, by the woe-laden to attend this meeting, and he was bound in can dour and honesty to combat some of the propositions which had been laid down by the last speaker. Mr. O'Connor had said it was the middle closets wee carried the Reform Bill, but that was not tb. The middle und the working chews and a large section of the aristocracy combined to carry it, and it was by their ea-opetaion it was carried. That bill ' was a repping-stone to a better bill, and they bad found it had not worked as they expected. With regard to universal suffrage, they had it in France, but that had not enabled the French nation to prevent their government from putting down a sister republic. If the French government had sent 50,000 men into Italy last year, when Piedmont i was strugelieg, or 100,000 this year to the banks of the Rhine when Hungary was strugglieg, Italy would not have been overrun by Austrian troops nor would Hungary have had to succumb, and the brutal Hanna would have had no (ppm-welly to perpetrate his brutalities. He was not ob jecting to universal suffrage, but the conduct of the French government showed that universal suffrage had not induced it to adopt a course to secure the liberty ot other nations. Mr. Prout then stated the principles on which the association was formed, and to show the necessity of a reform in the re presentation, he stated that the 330 members of the House of Commons forming a majority represented a populati in of 3,127,000, whereas 328 members, being a minority, represented 23 973,000 persons, Nor was property better represented, for 330 members repre sented oily 0 millions of property, whereas the 323, the minority, represented 78 millions or property. Then there were 12 boroughs which returned 24 members to parliament, viz., Audoter with 348 voters, Evesham 416, Harwich 389, Bodmin 318, W s comb 460, Toteess 41d, Thetford 2:14, Tavistock 417, Ripen 473, Richmend 341, Marlborough 310, end Devizes 445, making the total cumber ot cencituents 4,200 only. If Bri, e hton returned as many members in pro portion to its constituent., it would have 20 representatiee• If they meant to render their amistance to this association, he trusted they weal, as Mr. Taylor of Birmingham had shown them they might, enfranchise themselves by pro curio.t 40s. freeholds, which they could do by paying ab art a ehillieg a eeek for a few years. He wanted to know whether they would, as practical men, waist in this move ment. (" Yes.") If not, they would have assembled there as mere talkers ; bur, if they would assist in their emauci pation, then they wadi be worthy of the name of freemen. (Cheep.) The rules ware then submitted to the meeting and ape proved of, and a committee ot 21 appoint( 4, alter which • vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and the meeting separated at half-pest 11 o'clock, haying lasted more than four hours. FIELD DAY AT PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 29.—This morning, at an early hour, the guards of the garrison were relieved, and at 10 o clock the 4th, 77th, and 91st regiments assembled in heavy marching order for Fortsdown, to ennui? for the day, and for a field day. The weather, however, appearing rather doubtful, the Lieut.-Governor (Lord F. Fit=larence) altered the order of march, ant the brigade marched out to the vicinity of Lumn's Fort, and encamped along the seashore in open y columos of companies. The tents were soon pitched, and fatigue parties told off, some of whom were sent awn to eat rut growing on the common, others to arrange the fire places, and in about ten minutes above a hundred fires were blazing, and cooking the dinners of the several regiments. During the period occupied in cooking, the men amused themselves in various modes in a large mea dow adjoining the camp ground. In one corner were some fifty couple dancing to the music of half • dozen musicians whops lively strains produced in succession country deices, pglkas, and waltzes, which were gone through by many at the men in a style that showed it was nothing new to them. In another part was a second orchestra of musb lens engaged io playing Scotch tunes to half a dozen young men who per formed a number of Highland jigs, flings, strathspeys, &e., with great agility, and excited loud cheers from their com rades. Ruining matches, football, quoits, and other games, ware also carried out with great vigour. About two o'clock the dinner cell Founded, and in a few minutes soli n were quietly engaged in discussing the merits of their Irish stews, which, as far as could be judged by the agreeable fumes arising therefrom. were not •o be despised by the mast fastidious appetite. The gerund and officers, and many ladies present, tasted it in very liberal supplies offered by the men. Half an hour after the cloth was cleared the "turnout" sounded, and iii about ten minutes the men were re-accoutred and standing to their arms. At the roll of drum the tents disappeared is a moment, and the entire camp equipage was picked up and rapidly moved off the field, as news arrived to a large but imaginary force approaching the brigade. The regiments were formed in close column, and, faring to the right about, eimmeneed their retreat towards Ports mouth, having previously thrown out a strong party of skir mishers to protect the rear, and est ce or twice the enemy pressed so hard that the skirmishing party were obliged to seek cover in the ditches and behind the sand bat ks, while the 91st to invent advanced th their support, at the same time that the 4th and 77th deployed from to:uum into line to rcs:st the threatening attack a the enemy. The skit , mistier., thus strongly reinforced, enabled the main body to retire; but when on &mama Common, a mounted officer galloped in from the rear-guard skirmishers, apparently conveying intelligence that a body of cavalry was approaching, and the beadle instan.ly sounded, they assemble and farm squares to receive cavalry, which was so rapidly manceuvred that the danger was speedily overcome without a shot, the cavalry appearing not to like the preparations made for their reception. A portion of the enemy caving got on the marching left flick of the brittle the column wheeled and de; loped into line, opened a rattling fire, advanced in line, charged, and wi h deafening cheer.. were supposed to drive the enemy into the sea, whin all perished, as the brigade shortly a'ter entered the garrison. THE MILITARY AT NOTTINGIIANI. On Monday morning the district coure-martial were resumed, and cor.tinued sitting thr. ugh the day, with the exception of about an hour ie the forenoon. witch inter val was caused by the sudden appearance of Earl C ithc at. The noble earl sail he bad come expressly at the command of the Duke el Wellington, for the purpose of reading to the whole regiment • communication by the Commander-in chief on the subject of the recent dioturlance.. Every man within the b erratic., including prisoners end offi.ers' ser ' vanes, was instantly summoned tor toot parade. They were parsed through their ordinary evolutions, under tho inspection of Earl Cathcart, who is colonel of tire regiment ; after which the noble earl debr..red a very energetic end feeling address. Having complimented the regiment on its appearance, Lord Cathcart said he had hem wont to I , ok upon the 3rd Dragoon Gusrds as patterns toe every other regiment in the service, hut unfor. innately recent events hod in some measure tarnished their fame. On this subject he had had the honour to receive an antsgraph letter from his Grace the Duke of Welling ton, which he would read. The 1 tier uses addressed to all in the regiment. In it the noble duke referred to the cause of the recent insubordination—confinement of the whole regiment to barracks for nearly a week on mount of f e w individuals having neglect. d their duty—which he described so an mbitrary act, and contrary to all military law. Ilia Grace said it was wrong in every re.pect, and well calculated to prove ke breaches of mil:tary discipline, for the lieutenant colonel of a retimr nt ter act as Li. uteuant-Colonel Arthur hod done. That there might be no mistake in future on this subject, the noble Commander-in-Chief quoted the regulations of the service relative thereto. But still a dtvi.tims from tho proper course on the port of the com manding of -..sr did nut justify the men in adoptirg the line of conduct they had done. They should have taken a dif ferent course to remedy their grievances; hut having suffered the meshes to be betrayed into acts of Insubordinativn, they had become, unfortunately, amenable to military law, and must be tried and punished fur their offences. After having read this letter and deliver. 4 his &Irina', Colonel Lord Cathcart dismissed the regiment, hoping when Oa saw them again ft would be under happier circumstance. It is cap-cued that these coin's will not be concluded until to-morrow, and then the general CORTI% will be commenced. Moffatt, the man who escaped from the guard-bouw on Saturday morning, a few house previous to his I spec' d tt ial, less not yet been heard of. The officers in command of the guard at the time of the prisoner's escape have been placed under arrest. _ . . This trnubleenme affair is tem taking another turn. About nine o'clock on Saturday night Private Broker, who was sot implicated in any way in the charge of insubordination, went up to Policemen Gamnigne whilst on duty at the top of Clumherstrtet. Atter looking at the policeman's number, he exclaimed, " Oh, you are one of the that essistsd in taking our men up a few days ago;" and having ened his jacket began to strike right and left at the policeman Tne latter deended himself with a stick as well as ha could, and, Adrian charged some bystanders to assist, ultimately succeeded in conveying the snldier to the police office, but not until he had received a black eye and had his I , irs sadly cut by the plistmer, who kicked backyards at him with his spurs. It will Le rteolleettd that policeman Gescolgne was the man who turned his light on the three fugitive soldiers concealed in the passage, when they were pursued by a picket on the night the first outbreak occurred. At the police•ofiim on Monday morning it was stated in evidence that the prin. ner had repeatedly threattued the police totes with the vengeance of the whole regiment, and even on that sat riling he had said to two of the inspectors that the 3rd Dragoon Guards had determined, beta,: they left Nottir.gham, to give every policeman they could meet a thrashing. He was ordered to pay a fine of 21. or suffer a month's hard Itiliour at the treadmill . He was, however, need from the latter well , leurved punishment by s as p. gom m ne rnr of the regiment ermine forward and ;ey i n g the line. The pris - ner wee then rearcictl off to the harroire. The &kens anticipate with pleasure the time when the barracks lease will have expir‘d, as it is said to be the inten tion of the Duke of Newcastle (the owner of that property) not to renew it ; and in that case the headquarters will be removed to Sheffield. ACCIDENTS DURING THE ROYAL VISIT TO TILE COAL EXClLANGE.—Yesterday, I severe accidents oc curred rear London-bridge and Southwark bridge, at the time the royal proceuion was passing down the river to the new Coal Exchange. Ab int a quarter to one o'clock, a large number of persons had collected on Southwark bridge, and there was scarcely any room for any vehicles to pass. After the procession had paned, a rush was made, by several hundreds of persona, to have the bridge on the Middlesex side. On reaching the tollgate, both gates were thrown open, for the purpose of affording • better egress from the bridge. A horse and cart, which was being driven at a slow pace, in frost of the crowd, wm suddenly stopped, while passing between the gate, in consequence of the rush being so great from behind, and by persons attempting to pass on both sides of the cart, which was completely fixed, and could not move one way or the other. Sever:.) per sons were also jammed against the bars, end were unable to extricate themselves. A respectably dressed per son, named James Hollis, who had by some means got his right leg between the spokes of the wheel, and being unable to extricate it, was forced to the ground. His cries for assis tance were heard by some pawing in front of the crowd, and after considerable difficulty he was dragged iota the road and placed in the toll-heuse, where it was found that he was unable to walk. A stretcher was obtained, and the unfortunate oung man wee conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. lie was found to have received a compound frac ture of the right leg. A lady, named Pearce, resitting in Stamford-terrace, Borough, was also knocked down by the crowd while attempting to leave the bridge, and before she could be raised was trampled upon, and received several severe injuries about the body. Nu merous other persons received injuilea, more or lets, during the struggle to leave the bridge ; and after the crowd had somewhat spread about, ladies were seen minus their shawls, and their bonnets and dresses twine much disfigured. About the same time a man, named William Butler, living in Itedersou-street, Borough, met with a severe accident, from which he is now lying dangerously ill at Guy's Hoe pital. Shortly after the disembarkation of the royal visitors, Butler, who had been standing upon the pavement on Loadon.brioge, else to Feening's Wharf, and not being aware of bin proximity to the kerb stone, was sudoenly pushed by the crowd, who were about leaving the bridge, with considerable force into the road. He fill, and an immense body of persons pawed over him; some wire thrown down, and shared 'he same fate, but were not so severely injured as Butler. After several hundred indivi duals had passed, a circle was made by main force, and the unfortunate men was dragged to the steps of the bridge. Ha was perfectly insensible, and was bleeding profuse y from the nose. He wan at maw removed to day's Hospitai, where he was quickly attended to by the house surgeon. s ti r: al :e s: r u e s a mi t n r d i n p or ped eonacei , tu a s n id d l b st.. is b iloccu od is y rlred w eit as ol gnfoundth was als o a b a e ueb covered re withu fractur ed .t were of no public importance. • DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday mLroing last, a serious accideit happened at Messrs. ) knight and Cow ming's iron foundry, by the ug way . of a large erane h olding several tons weight 01 iron, by which the c min were dr. 'Atolls injured. One man, W. Pofid, had bu*.la lefrs dreadfully fraciured, besides incurring internal injories. Mr. tgrolattt, w%) eras iam.diatdy swat for, had him re moved to tt e iafirtaary, bet he eto,tly after tarred. Another man had his scup lacerated, and was much iojund about the upper part of his body, and the third received a severe contusion of the foot and legi—Maidsione Journal. t ► 1 A