The Express. — London, England, 1849-12-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1849. • spinet Ile etas ing companies, but trusted that 70 Mises, ot L nd.tn wuulfl hesitate helot.. they took upon miesselets ue responsibility of coo.flicating the property in " k a, so imp an amount of capital as 600 , 0004 . had been io-70-md. (Oh, oh.) Ile trusted that the coasmiuion would so t decode so intncuts and important a quevtion wilt out Wne , to a said committee. (N no) He t' , erefore pro posed that " the question be et ferred beet select eons mato a Are, to fißCOilie aud report on the means by w hisk the ei mew of London might be suppll3l with gas at M. Ma 1,000." fir. Depuoy.LOTT secondtd the motion, taking owasbn maaimadeir.ia strong tenw on Mr Pearsoo's observations. ga trusted that the court would not deride on so important &ration without full in vesti e st on o t. suppteted Mr. Harrison's motion, and • at that flu wart would not low further time, but pro. mad at oatw to a division. ..he hardly en. anted y weuld w ig rut ow coming from each numerous boat,. of rate rya', pr.... Wing so large a proportion of the property of she Cite of Landes. r BLAKE followed on the same side. lie denied that Me steams et the new esompany would Ito eontiwation to the Mr. C II.11)Wleli said that the new company would not luof ,t, onsinal outlay or the old, arta, therefore, half the prier w-ol i give an squat dividend. in his opinion no papery tv. r cause forward under Brewer advantages than • Ctstrio Company. H. thlught that the introduct:ou tot moMe Who would be a_great boon to the City of London. A id a s, LAWKENCM questioned the forewent:la o f m o we cusp tny's estimates. He btlieeed that in the quer. Imelpse Slide the espouse would he at least 20,04.91., ma ga 6,04101., the wow mentioned to the tstimate. Br. Monty BRI was auzious th it the new mou rn, aluseld be called on to guaranis. as low a rate far the imose Lefts as they ware now pnytag—atalfilely, 41. do 1,000, mmr ti.y obtained the oijeet of to AT pvtitien. Another woken was, whether they would be prepared tog. into the game ores and alleys as en lo as the main streets. lie vote for the select committee. Attar away tarther dissuasion, the commisaien divided. /a Mr ilartimes motion Agaicst it ll ]tafai•y 24 The atnoostmest of the niovabm wag received with oodioooo efonsiog, and oriel of Pow mole for aeer.••— no wart miasmal at 6 ...dick. DEMONSTRATION TO W. J. FOX, ESQ., 31. P. FOR OLDHAM. MAXCHEataII, Dec. 7. The demonstration got up by the electors of Old• bient. last or -ring, in honour of thee iiheral raprenntative, Kr W. J. Fox. Was a more brilliant affair even than hod been aeleipated. TLe applications to the committee fur gemau ecru so anmaTons that it was found the large Baselky-roon is the Town-hall would not afford amnia lined a for so natty gas's to the tee-party, and with the rim cf gratityiag the greatest ;visible number of H. . Fox's Mends, roe lecturnroom of the Hell of Science wet engaged k te.ditio• to the Town-hall. but even this previa-is did net mutt the requirements of all the epplie tots ' and it was kneed necessity as a hat expedient to have three removes at the Town-hail, three parties sitting duwu Y sueeession to partake of the entertaiumeet, nil at the conclusion the whole of the snylous comps fen re-essembling is the Working Men's ball to listen to the address of the honourable member, end to the qt. miles also of tl.e guests who bad beei. invited tonged him. When the wh. I- company assembled together there &petered to be from 2WO to 2,600 persons presee.t, and when the boo. member enured the hall his reception was nest enthuses ic, the nameny yi-Sag repeatedly to she. r him. JOHN Pae.ITT, E•q., of Oldham, presiete4, and opened the proceedings by saying he cud not forget the treatment their honourable member incised on the occheii•n of his election, and therefore the slateat ushered teeing of approbr ion with which the elet- Ises had received him on the present occasion was a since of deep gratificetiou ear himself ast well as to Mr. Fox. (Coeen.) It was a W . W.I, that the honourable gentleman 'e paella fleentery es•nduct since he had bee me the representative of Oldham hail given the most complete Wideman, u d tt was no Hetet ry to Me, Fox to soy that he was cue of 'he a lest an moat enlightened politicians of the day, and that his return ice this borough r• Ii ChM the high. st honour upon Oldham. (Cheers.) Mr. FOX then came forward, and was received with shouts of applemee, the baud striking up " B,e the o .uquel- Ing hero." After some minutes bee been occupied io tune down strattne of we come, the hon. member earl: Mr. Chairman, ladies, and gentlemen. I tear 1 shall but ill Justify your praise of my el. queue, for assuredly 1 have rarely, I may say never, test myself arl inadequate to the task of expressing whet I :eel. Sir, uu this eximmiem there are grog peiutiples to Le brought before this meeting, and worthy and able advocates to do justice to those principles. I will not anticipate the grounds which it will be far more giatilying to myself to find them occupying, hut perhaps I may be allswed to mike a few general remarks on the policy of the country, idled t • those mote separate ant more detailed observation which you may exont from th • more able advocates of every good cause by vehicle I have the ho. nous to fie d myself surrounded. (Hear, hear.) Sir, in an ceptieg—mr you know I did nut see k, in the fiat instance the honour of being one of the lemmeentatives of the borough—(hear, hear)—my view was to have my horn mind Impressed, and to dad your opinions in amortise ce• with mine, at to the polity which such a county a- this might to puree—a policy of peon, setting a high Christian eximple of forbearance, abstaining from that interference which can esly prove vexetious and genera:et needless causes o' qu artl —a policy of peace which would change the character of our history, so MU of bloody deeds that, actually reckon ing our lodise wars not so much national wars as the wan of the East India Company, actually this present peace .1 35 yenn is the :meta this nation has snjored for ataxy centuries-1 believe the longest since the Newman toequest, with the single est: ptioa of one in the reign el Henry the Sloth, when there being no foreign war, the pugnacity of the nation made up for it by a cell contest, which deluged the land with blood. The po.icy of the government should be to imilong this white and bright page in our acts, but not to do so by asy unworthy compro mise. I do not hold it neCraillry, for the preservation 31 }seep, that we should flitter the devotees( Euro. e—(near, lear)—••r he indifferent to the patriots of Europe—(loud eimern)-1 say at whatever peril, where public merit of the *kern order is is danger, where its possessor is hunted as Eke welt • wild beast, I say let the shield of Britain's pro tection be thrown over him, and teU the worli that the martyn or freedom are sacred in our 'eyes. (Loud cheers') The Forney of paste is also a policy of economy. What hes 'Vets the course of events with us?—what with other governments ? Why, the debt of Europe in the beginning of 1848, which cannot have Screened their emburassment, was 2,000,000,0001. Marilee, and about one-third of this blowing by this country. Now, taking this data, • very math larger amount lies been raised ty the tandem of suncseive years, until we have wasted than resources whisk she'd.* have made this island a gam of glory, and the wealth which abould have enriched its inhabetaate, welch sbadd have cultivated literature and the art., and everything which harmonises and refines us, should have raised the population sow to allow England with her usual prerogative of teaching the nations hew to Gee. Ile hs been my mister:one. in opinions of settees' policy, to rind myself still on the side of nation .1 discontent. I am slot very sorry foe this, bermes-, although discontent May seem an ugly word, it Is an incomparable prineeole—it is the gent agency which Providence kas given for the impecensuent of our condition. (Hear, bear.) The non lathe American styes, they boast, is happy, and be Maps sad deems, sad feeds and lays himself down at night is deep; bat his \applies makes the aspect of his condition all the more painful. Diseentest would show the ketoses of the Bate, sad be some promise of be future emancipation. And then one is apt to newish dim:oaten by seeing the ti nselingy skew working of our constitutional principl e. 1 stew myself as much a constitutionalist es Lord John Res•. sell, whole particularly orthodox ea that subjoin. (L welter.) n• difference between us is this—be looks at the principles of the British sonetitution as ansseekkes whidtballe bun fully realised Ia the past ; I retard Me principles of He British coessitudea eomelbig white is partly rev teed only, and resales to be developed in the future. Laws is hind all, should be assented to by all (Cheers.) That is a greet easetitufienal maxim; but we bees some way to travel yet in order to arrive at its accomplishment. Religious liberty is a principle of the Britirsh constitution, but Can it be said to exist, however toleration may have been It:eroded—and in many 'esteems nobly vateadied In pare czars—yet can we be said to have accompli-hid and wrought out the prime:pie of religion liberty so ling as any diatinclon whatever exists be timer man and man on account of the 4.llerecee of their creeds ? (Cheers.) Br, I look to the future for the realisation a' the principles of the British constitution; and it is our discontent which must help on that work. It is our discones at which throws light en that work. 1 hoe is nothing dose without it in political and legislative marten. It is, es in that narrative which every reader of his Bible remembers for its beauty—" the Pool of Bethesda only became healing when the angel descended sad troubled the waters." The waters must be troubled be fore there is any healing tor those who groan under oppr. s alon sod suffer unmerited wrong. There is scarcely a country in Europe in which submission to the state is not a question of prudence rather than duty. Tiro legitimate governments of many states are their exiled pa•riots. Thoae who hold the throne; are sanguinary usurpers. (Loud chmre.) Telt, homey( s, oar minium don't understand. They tarn from it as ths suppression of a cans:less outbreak, in order to con sols themselves with their tote enduring quiet at home. And what I I this prospect of stability ? What reason have the member of the cabinet gamily—fur they are a family— (inghter)—two or three nom s sow this—who endeavour kiln this whole broad land of England, will its political pent& among themselve•—(hear, hearp—what ninon have they to t5..11.k this state of things can endure? Wty, they stand like the rope-dune r; they move upon an immure beefing, wickcning every step beneath them, belonging a pole, with conservatism at one end and radicalism at the ether, and if either tips the other up, down they go. (Loud descry and laughter.) Who knows how EMU same unions. ease quetnn may bring this shouts ? There wants nothing bat • de wt. mato action amongst then who peer Ass to be fe d, pathy with the people in defence of their fights in order to change this elate of things so degrading M been a-d so utterly inensirent with all got. raiment Tem) I have supported what is called (food new lew movement , Pow wiesniiir. Hu 31.i . a motion for reform—because it Mears to me to have a te.den'y to produce this unity of 'mien, though I don't proems .myselt entirely satafied with it as a.l dietitian of misciples. I cannot do sa, because my own principle fa many a loos year has been the universality of the sofrege. (Cheers.) Img we should assume the right, and inquire then it there be any necessary exceptions instead of aerating the suffrage as • boon, first to this and then to that Cass, end seeing how far , and by what slew and narrow steps it may be expected. We should lock to is univernlity, and only adopt where ft must inevitably follow the necessity of exclusion. And it is because I see that Mr Humes propesition, which would emancipate, be it remembered, some three mellow of voters or thereabouts, and woad assuredly not he untrue to the common cause of humanity, because I approve of that, I rejoice in the two move mein s new going on in the count,y, the agitation conducted by Sir Joshua Walnteley and Mr. Thompson for parliamentary sad Animist reform, and that at the head of which is Mr. Cobden, lee the extension of the freehold franchise.. I should be sorry to see the least feeling of alienali in or antagonism arbor betel, these two movements, essential to one another in us) °pluton. The parliamentary and financial reform agitation ge to the steam up, and the freehold land movement supplies the m iebinery by which that steam is applied to the gemnal movement of the political carriage. (Hear, hear.) there are here, I know, with great gratifioatiun, nosey of the truest blends of b fth these movements, who will address you in the course of this evening. I beg you to be assured of my personal Fyn pithy with the progress of both, and my delight in the 40.. move ment, in that it combine a great social obeect with a political object, i.e-.d whilst it prumises to sinker a men at some future time with the tights of a :keen, and the enjoyment of the franchise, it incites him to ba worthy of those rights. He earns the enjoyment of them ; It has produced moral determination; the privations he endure% the sacrifice he makes—all these are of substantial benefit to himself and his family; and whilst he emancipates himself ftom the c 'edition of political slavery, he frees his senses, perhaps, firm the poser of intemperate.. He learns to appreciate intellectual erjoyment, sad he rises more into the metal dignity of man in getting the franchise. (Cheer.) Well, after all this we must work, hied your represeuiatives can best work when they have your hearty support. (Hear, hear.) Toe ablest chase , pious of re torm are, after all, oily like that redoubtable merrier Earl Telboe, in Shekspefte's " Henry V 1.," whom ' a lady entrapped into her castle, she having played him this trick merely for tie enjeement of seeing the man who had wrought such havoc in France, herprisoner. The earl blew his bugle hero, and his troops rime pouring in from qu ran. " lhese, madam," said be, " are my limbs a- d sinews—my sword and ; in there lie the power ' of Talbot, and it is in these that he e inquers, and not is hie own limited physical frame." (Dealers.) We must work for it, I ray; for Lord J Ruesell has sow, to my knowledge, been thinking fur two sears ahout same little way In which some little extension of the little Beal tights of the country can be made. (Cheers and leught - r.) lie has not yet disc-noted it—(a laugh)—and when he does he will give the little privilege with some little drawbacks— (renewed laughter)—for it is characteriftie of whig .govern ments—and this has been brought out very s'rengly.even in the proteedirgs of the last two years—never to do anything entirely, heartily—(great laughler)—never to give up tee contest end do the dung required with a goal greet : they no not imitate the tones, who, after giving catholic 'menet potion, throe overboard the proposal of securities for the church. TIAN is • very old saying which saes "(lino a MU the richest earden s on an uncerta n or limited tenure, aced it will become a wild* reels. Give bins • bit of bare rock, the reseesion of welch is freebo.d, and I.e will make of it a cultivated garden." The plan of a wise government wont be, throughout England and Ireland, to encourage the owner of property as much as they possibly can, through ad greets of the soot! wale, until the poor shou!d feel that they had something in the lead they could call their own. (Hear, hear.) Well, as I raid, they have stopped short in this as well as in other meiroires. They undertook to extend the principle et religious liberty, to emancipate the Jews; bat they t ok eniesicg acre that, while emancipating the Jews, the principle should go so further. and thus it an Hinder r ad be en returned to pull...went in the i2terval, vision alter sesiion would have to be wasted is discussions involving the game principle, ere he could tette his seat. They resolved upon geeing • constitution to Aestralia. What is that conatitutsou as already before the public in the sketch of the it act of parliament t It withholds Iron the repre sentative government to he crated the rights of the parse in all that relates to the civil l'st, and so far es it at preeekt exists, in what tel to matters of religion ; would saddle Australia with authorities to be paid amniotic to the libera tate fixed epee by the government of this coinetry, that ex estates its patronage in sending them there. And here, where of till places in the world every kind el retie ien na lett Le free aid equal, the re they propene to erect an establistiment of four sects, at d Isar only, who are never to be paid lees out of the taxes or Australia than at tl.is mom it, and are to have is these items an indeteasible property. Why, this shows men who really are quite inadequets to any great or Itral work. I once heard one of their number (dir Juba Cam noblsouse I, in a discussion on renal a few years age, say thet ev. ry greet measure would be a compromise. If compromise were of the character of a testae*, there never were such great measures as those introduced by this mos: empronliong edministratiost (Cheers arid 'aught. r.) Sir, the ercourtgement this meeting givss me by ite approval of the past, leads me to calculate up Ai its 'empathy and astistnece fur the tutors. (Cheers ) I will briefly say, there ere three gnat questions or clones of questiens to shish I think the whole of my political Use in future will be devoted. The Hint class of questions is that which relate to working men —the mea sures already exietir g for the improvement of their coodi• Lion, or which may hereafter be devised or enacted; and here I feel that it would be quite unworthy of myself and unjust towards you if I were not to tap a word oh a question so very interestit.g to this per. of the country as the Ten Hears Bill. (Cheers.) I consider that I hold my seat for Oldham on the tenure of coup meting that hill, and not allow ing it to he repealed or impaired. (Lou.l cheers) I spon taneouely pledged myself to this regard for it when I was before you as a candidate, but I had previou•ly and frequently adv edited the measure both in writing end speaking at different times and in different localities. 1 b. Have it to he perfectly consistent with every sound prin ciple of political economy. it interferes not between the adult male labourer and his a mpluyer, but declares that neither one party nor the other shall bargain for the labour of a third. That is to say, the dependent woman and the dependent child. (Hear, hear.) For this hold it to be • just and good rowans. Another class of qm *- times I contemplate relates to the condition of the country as to religious liber:y and equality. It is evident there is much yet to achieve in this respect, so lease as believers in one creed bee me entitled by their orthodoxy to levy rat aon their iftiethboure' heresy. nu re is evidently much to be desired in thic particular, so long as a man for his honest opinions is taxed—to long as • clergy man is denied the privilege of ceaaime to be a clergyman, and may be hunted by • bishop like Harry of Exeter, who teas • taste for that game, and carried through a aeries of persecutions as bad as any poor hart or stag with the dogs at Ls heels ever wa• doomed to endure. (Loud cheers.) I think all relioion is disgraced and dishonoured when notori ous defalcations in 'eel. siastieal funds—when miesppropria tiens of large revenues—held as sinecures—take place; •hilst these who wink diligently for a smaller pittance than those enjoy who are employed in the merest meehan• ilal occuration have to supply those funds. If the chum* were severed from the state, it gond be ashamed as a reli gions body of thews things which now, as a mere political body, the government and l ors said Malted ins of this country beer the blame of. (Hear, hear.) The -.bird class of topic—sod with this, es I teal my strength failing me, I tust conclude what I have to say—relates to popular educa tion. 1 have pledged myself to a motion on this great sub iner, under a strong sense of duty ; for I would gladly see it W bands of these whoa longer standing in the house would give them greater advantages ; but I have felt it to be a public duty that this subject should sleep no longer. (Hear, hear.) This country is sadly educated, both es to thesmount sad quality of the instruction. It is defficult to say which is the worst. There are half a million of children of teachable age that have no tuition whatever — Let even the limited iustruction of the Sunday !shod. It his been effieulated that only one out of 30 has a fair oppor tuaity of learning to r• ad, and only one out of 40 of learning to write ; and when they are taught, the character of the in struction is t* often perverted by the school being made only • recruiting shop for the church ar chapel. Proselytism prnmount to inierectiem. Kneeledge is power, and know ledge will raise the muss of this country, however long they may have Liu in their present coadition ; or it wel exert that natural progress which I tilltt is going on in them to • cessiderahle extent. Knowledge is power—a power analogous to that witch geologists t-11 us exists in the centre of the earth, where there is ea intensity of heat by which various matters carried down into the sea by rivers are amal gamated and hardened until they become like those strata which, in the cutting of railways, you make obvious to the scree., and see tier open tier of different substances, all, as it were, blended into one, end it is clear was once the bed of the ocean rata! d by expansive action to their present position. fimie is it now with the great masses. They have been at the bottom of the social sods : tee waves of wealth and aristocracy have rolled over them heedlessly for ages, and they have been, as it were, oat ot eight of the world, and disregarded; but, with the groat% of instruction, they hive hardened and memo fated—their strata have become firm, and regular, and orderly, ani the time comes when that expensive force raises them to the surface, and we behold a new island—a new vitt inent—what was once merely the bed of the billows shed for man to inhaldt—to have towers, temples, and p dew and abodes of j:ay, theatres et instruction and scenes of delight, ringing through the country from end to end — harvests bringing *nasally their riches, and the blue sky beneieg ov. r all. (Lend and prolonged cheering.) Mr. KERSHAW, M.P., was next introduced to the meeting, but e sensed himself from a long speech on the ground that there were many more eloquent gentlemen around him whom the audience would be anxious to listen to. The subject placed in his hands was That free trade is the best means of prosnotitig peace with all cations." It was • subject truly worthy of their consideration, sad he ; trusted the British nation, as well as the British people, would learn more to understand and appreciate it. It we wished to improve the cemmeree of this country, we did it unwisely if we entered into war with other countries. ; the result of which, as it had once teen well remarked, would be tit.t we should be killing our customers. (Hear.) He congra tulated the meeting upon the atteute it ad talten ; its sen timents would have • powerful influence in showing govern ment that they were in earnest for pewee, and that retrench ment on a large scale would be expected from them in our finances. Let those who w ista d for war be called upon to pay for it, and we should secure peace. He congratulated time electors of Mit:amen having suck an eloquent representative ; he could assure there the speech they hat just listened to ea, no clap tem, but that Mr. Fox 'poke nut the sentiments he had uttered todtight in the House of Commons, boldly and manfully. (Cheers.) Mr. BEIOIiT, M.P., was received with prolonged and heartjekeeriag. Ito said : During a portion of the day, were online to the meeting, 1 was speculstin: u2oh the mdt l iic.:eion h a a try v omm e ete: b e s eo e tld n ighluis in e o das l o d la h mh ata rgamte. diaraeo ft e n v n luw e ce m t: b ; iinf r o uo n u p :g o p. ltT e te t irso w m p ic oo t a r ese : b it hf le: m ga i r d e o th : l th e ae e st tr ia: o a m ie u gl i d a v o t ee r i 11 1, I , t o i zqu it at e muul t ti. h ino A d il in o_ o ri ftt hicaonalettrienyistallinmt should e sau l intelligence : n aboth z m e se e ert n e)av d ti a t: i: r! l o ti r i : ol g t a w ib m t i i i n c 7b k o n umoli a amai l a. a e u iPyre i btillia ht : lbut men reeving opinions which they he re u sliy .au d d o hold in their hearts, and which they coed for, and which they were willing to make some sacrifices for. (Hear, hei r ) Now that is precisely the order of men I like to he with, and if I want to sleuth, that 1 Ike to speak to. (Hear, hear.) I am not die-minted ; for nu man in this platform can say for an instant teat 'hie meetirg bee anythieg of the ebarac; ter of " a sham" ab int it. (Laughter.) It appears to tee to be a real pdio Leal gathering. You are met—a very fair and large representmion ot the 'lettere of this borough—for the purpose of dojos honour to the man you have sent to parlia ment as your representative; and in so doing to test st ain, it it ba necessary, your coefidence in the principles you have long held your more confirmed faith, if it be possible, in their truth; and your undying resolution to maintain them wherever your political (Tinctures 'save to be exerted. Now, if a stranger from another country were brought upon this platform and beheld this meeting, and if he were told that it was a meeting of the constituency of o.dhein, assembled to meet their paliarnentar2 reprreentio live, I tare no doubt it he were a men of intelligence and liberality of View", he would say at ones that it was a noble country (rem which such a gathering as this, for such a pur pose, was to be seen. And no would at once teeny that he had found a clue to many or Cone gr. at qualities fur which the people of England ars said to be distinguished, and for some of that greatness which attacees to the altimeter of %Lis venters. And no doubt le would laser that public . pinion did exert enormous influence un the government, and teat there was everywhere, throughout this united kngdoca, a great feeling of cordiality with the administration sod with the parlia ment by whi h the country is govern.d. Neer, I am ready to admit the value, the incalculable velue, of our Fewer te hold meetings such as this; hut I could tell that stranger that if he fended for a moment that in every boruugh in England and every district meetings of conethueucies like this hold be hold he would make a fetal mistake. (Heat, hear.) Yon see here a boroueb in which it bappem, luckily for yen end for the country, there is a reraarkabk degree of accordance in sentiment between the entreachieed and the unenfrenchised porliens of the population. (Hear, hoar.) Arid I venture to say that no man could be re naiad in this borough that dii not tairlr re; resect the majority of the electors, and who did ut as filially as fairly represent the niej teat) of the electors, if every house, holder and every man of twenty-one yei re of age in your boromeh were enfranckieed. Meer, hear.) but bier in naiad that there are men of • ty different cheirecur. I won't here &rude to the meant peculiarity of your borough. I have teen it in the House of Coen-eons, but we keep it a secret, and m• re y whisper it here, that ea. Fox wales out into one lobby of the Home of Cemnions, and Mr. Somebody-else waits out into anotuer—(cheers andllaughter)—and that thereto., as far as votes go, tedham dies not gaieamuch by representation. Weilet we are here twilight—for to-night l'il be for the moment ene of tie cerstituency of Oldh .m, inumuth as I always recommi ocher you to send Mr. Fox to parliament, and hammock es I a e . piauded your act, and hoped you etude' never depart mom it—lam one of those who may be arid to have sane minute interest in returning him tor this horeugh, and t; erefore em one of his constituents to-night. (Laughter.) Well, here we are assembli el, but ore you a are ot the fact that, natvith "tannin./ thi re are some se area, it may be, or piss a in this country where the franchise is so widely extended and so free that good as d hoetet men are returned to perliameta, and do honestly the public *atria, there etc at least en equal samba of places or districts, boncuglea or counties woo affect to return membsrs to jealiantent, and whey; voices are as loud in perlieueerit as yours, where the re is toe public opinion brought is beer era elections, end where there Isno freedom in the evade+ of the tranchim. You ere swere, pr, behly, that ie she House of Commc ns the mem bers of one early sit on one side the house, the members of another party sit on another side. Each et these parties is divided into two or three sections. We who represent large constituencies —I belie," 60,000 or 70,000 in o.dham, and some two hundred or 301,600 in the borough of Maio:heeler have contently eittieg ow oder to us, men called the hosioureble members for sosseese, but they are bog the namlefis for so-andse, Out the hon ourable members for the Marquis to Ex ter, or me Lord this, or Sir venebedy that. (Laughter.) Now 1,400 en 1,500 freemen send then. to parliament, and yet ti-ty come .L'll that house a r d effect to be members of a jpo; tear body, ucie as that professes to he, and to represent the dupe sum hie of persons who sent them there, and are called members tor three places, when in mite of fact tory ere someth ng quite different. Having eluded to what parliament bee Ilene, or rather what it had not dime, fur eamomy, for peace, and for Irelenil, lie. Bright went on thus. We end a lone-enduram people. Wo nave bone tiovition almost without queelen ; we hew taken from oli garchic sod &lists relic ti presentative' government 'tick as they chose to give, without even herretigming its qu.iity or resui s. And lam sure tent there is &breed throuichunt the ; onsierancheetel classes a greet eiscfflitent which "amoalthering as it goes, in Wet es feeds," and which, it not remov d, bode. but ill to the greatness and power nod trer.quillity of this kingdom. (Hear.) I am not surprised that tome of this" diainguished men should fear the people lam net speak ieg now of members of the present novernment ; for enian-t -ing faro that House of Commons, I know net now you min have a better government thin you have. But men cut lid, order are net much accustomed to mingle with the people. They exaggerate their vies—they are, to a large retries, in r until.? of their virtue s•—t hee teen to know nnthieg of our industry, 'Prep* en something that may be lased—(Cease) —they seem to Wally nothing of that grand heroic struggle which the cruet mars of the population of this district ere making for health, for cdueati n, for competence, ter elevation in the social scale ; and they seem to know molds, MI that prodigious improvement which even the most desponding amongst us must admit has tisk, n place within the last 2O yews. (Hear, hear.) Now, I give all credit to that which has been done ; I balite .1 that, by the aid of schools, Sur.dey scheols, reading rooms, libraries, and by all the vast ma chinery—insufficient it must be allowed still to be—that there is an amezing improvement in the intelligence and ' morality of the people ot this chantey : and 1 say that, as we menace in these virtue., it as vain for men of birth and men of blood to try to shut the deers of Attlee upon this people. Day after day—year after yea—election after election—with ; more and more power wi:l we tress open that coot, and ail the power of that banded mine- crag shall not nrevail against the pe Op". of Bag laid. (Cheers.) You are strafe that I wee MAO IA those engaged o r a long time in a very arduous battle ; with this powerful class, fir that very common and most obvious right, that we should be allowed to buy our breed in the cheapest market. Well, we got that right, and I diOnc think we mean to pat with it. (Cheers) 1 think the present price eta Lack of II our is an inducement for most men not to with the corn laws to be put un again (lieu, hear.) That was a questi in, io my mind, worth ram/tiling I after. I cever regret for a moment that I gave five or six years of almost unremitting labour to that question. (Cheers.) L have always, within my own breast, tee con. meatiness that with all my heart and strength cite I work tor that which, I believe, shall be the very greatest act of justice and benevolence whieti any parliament ever conferred upon any people. (Lend tiers.) But I we. not abserbtd by that multi el to the ezchasien of all others. (Hear, hear.) I did not Had that we get by slow degree. into that citadel of monopoly without discovering why our progress was so slow. 1 totted out that the class, the party by whcm the corn laws were maintained, were entrenched within fortification—wall after wall—which male their peed tion all but impreguabl , and my resolution was, that when the corn laws were abolished there was no pubic: question which it would be worth while for the people of this country to enter into such another crusade for, except it were that they might carry the citadel itself, and become them selves rulers of their own parliament. (Loud cheers.) And I am glad to see that public opinion is tending to this point. We are no. damaged somewhat by the km of the whigs being in office ; but that may not ' last for ever. (Laughter.) The whips in office have tot; ; owes in the eountry—men liberally inclined, who have tol lowed the whine in their b-tter lays, and hope sometOieg from them now, and ere not willing readily to Menthe them. I I don't blame men each as these; they fought a rood fight in their time, and I'll not heap unmerited obl-quy on men who have fcught well in past head and WO will not, or can not, keep pace with public aspirations now. (Ilea, hear.) These men object to oppose their own party now they ere in AI el, because they say they might embarrass tee ;tavern meat. But governments must be embarrassed. (Hear, hear.) They ate put In office to be embarrassed —(" Hear," and laughter)—erd it is our duty to em barrens them. (Applause.) It they were net embalms se d the people would be utterly forgotten. I say we suffer somewhat by these men being in Ulla. Bet now ole.erve the speeches they mace. The discussions un parliamentary re lorm are encouraging for them, but there is not amongst them the man who would make the speeches which Ddr. Croker and Sir Charles Wetherell made against the old Reform Bill. There is not a man namely who will deny that there nava be an extension of suffrage to some extent or other. Well then, we are in a better position than in 1532. Everybody admits our position ; therefore, in feet sae are all parliamentary reformers in the shored, just as, 4 oe 5 years ago, we were all free trades is the abstract, and in time we shall pus out of this abstract condition, rid no • doubt we shall have before a very long time hi:s elacad some extension of the suffrage. (Applause.) There is not a mace in your borough interested in bad goverr.meut, you have no interest in high taxes or any kind of extra ' +assocs. I believe it is a mistake to believe in veer .uh- Preto the people would exercise their power uswisely. You would net have an interest in going wrong, sod when you have no interest or ple asure is going wrung, I believe the inducements to go rht are so strong that we need have 11l rev on that point. I have merely to say that whatever be the mode suggested, if it be an honest mode, for procuring the extension of the franchise, and a better arranetment of your representation generally—if it be by bolding public meetings, spreading opinion in that meaner, by all means extend and spread your opinions as far es you can, and give yourselves force in the couctry. If it be hy another m rde. con by enfranchising yourselves by such machinery as the con stitution now allows, by all means adopt that mode. IV po etises no honest weapon that comes to your hand ; for, recol lect, if you should not do your utmod, sour country will suffer tor your neglect. The boa. member concluded by saying he helieveil they h h e no • ces-Irn to ; despair ot ace enrlislaing their object. They bad measersd the strength of the enemy they knew enough of these straggles to know that majored 3 et the House of Commons might soon bee one minorities, a lso y knew how ma *nu in the House of Lords were turned into mine- Atka. (Loud cheers.) He called upoa the electors of Olikans to be careful at the next election not to neutolis: n op• the representation of the borough by returning two u.. posed is politics, and sat down amidst great cheering. Mr. JOSEPH BROTHERTON, M.P., wu received with much cheering. He said they were aseenahled for two objects —one wee to pay a just and 'merited tribute of respect to the it e xeellent First Mr. F.a ; and the other to advtexte principles they con:eived calculated to advance the politiesl, intellectual, and social character of the cornesu• silty. He believed it was fiftjiitive years ago that he first visited Witham, sod the object of that sisit was to look at a new invention of machinery connected with the cotton manucae•nre. Since then be bad bat seldom visited it. The town had then a population of about 10,000 people, and now it contained. probably, 60,000 ; he hoped they had gone on and would go on increasing in prosp rity in the same ratio, and he c...rigratulated them that they had entrusted their par. liamentsry interests into the hands of so able and elequeut a man. The hon. member enforced the necessity ot a great. r unity of the liberal patty if they wished to atta n prac•ic ii reforms. Men must not expect too much at once even from their own friends ; that were to be like the child who shout I say, 11 Mum*, give me the moon !"—(lauehter)—well knowing it asked an impossibility, and yet would not be satisfied with less. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H PARRY, lately a candidate for the representation ' of the City tot Norwich, said he was highly delighted to take part in the proceedings, and paid a tribute to tte eloquence ' and *ernes ness of Mr. Fox is his advocoey of the rights of the people. He then proposed the following sentiment : " That the increaaing expenditure of the country impera tively calls for parliamentary and finan:ial reform." and sup. putt d the =Aeon by are tamest protest against the eraava gancies of the present government, and the heavy expend'. tore entailed upon the country to find "places " for peccle who had an interest with those in power. Tut CHAIRMAN neat introduced Mr. Henry Vincent to ropose a sentiment. Mr. H. VINCENT immediately stepped forward, and was received with mods steering. He said the seotim. nt pine.' in his band. was—" Tint the best means of i ro !noting the happiness and caviar:el prosperity ot this ...rountry is by the spread ra eduzatiqn and the extensiou of the suf frage." 'Poe sentiment was a very appropriate one in coo nesitn wick the name of Mr. W. J. Fox ; for that gentleman in 1 is career bad not devoted himself exelusivel7 to mete palitical speculation; hut while he advocated the right of the people to a greater voice in the repres.ntatiOn of the country than they at present puns ssed, he also felt that no poistical p ovarnment could be of avail to any people, unless t net peo,.le troughs to bear up is the government virtues of au higoe.t characer ao , l ieredigence of the mos: remarkable 'clod. Mr. A. HENRY, M P., addressed tie meeting very 1)6.4, and the procudinis soon afterwards terminated. RAILWAY MEETINGS. DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER. Yesterday a meeting of shareholders in this company teak place at And. rton's Hotel, Fleet street, in consequeoce of a decision of Muter Brougham that the parties who had agued 'he deed, and had paid their deposite, had rendered tne selves Heide to the claims upon the company.—Mr Ewan took the chair, and stated teat tee decision of the Master was irrevocable, and could only be set aside by an appeal to the C.tirt of Chancery. It appeared to some gentlemen i.no were:interftted in the affairs of the company that the dexision woe CAA woich ought to be brought before a higher tribunal, and the present mewing was accordingly convened for the purpose of rei log a sum of money, and pateing certain roue .utious to enable the ahareholders to pieced with their at peal. Mr WADDY, in rising to I roxilie the raolutioas, anted th st tee air. r ieent nt calling the meeting had beta put be ton the public at the esprees request of 4 number of gentle. men who, like himself, were a tacked to the cordially, and ho had met him at the Master'. office on Tuesday; when Mr. Brougham Betided that these shareholders who had si3tted the d. ed, or who had accepted letter of allotment, and had paid their deposits, were to be considered es 000trilva ton to this speculation. Mr. Waddy then proceeded t 3 lay before the meeting an account of the rise, progress, and ;antra positdm of the company, and in doing that he read a few settee's from the report of the official manager, a gentleman appoiutcel by the muter himself to investigate the affairs. The company was launched in the year 1845, with a capital of three milione, and sum that time various frauds had been committed by the directors upon the therehuldees. After the failure of this extraordinary bubble, a gentleman, narotri Wontner, nasal en @eclat% against the tionpany, and the result was in fumy of the plaintiff, the decision being, that he ' was eetltlsd to recover the whole of In dela a..s. TM general body of shareholden stood in the IMO p:sitiom as Mr. Wontner, aid why should they nut get back their deposits? Were the directors to be allowed to tide rough shod over the s'airehodlete because M stet Broughton h• d decided that they had tie cl a im, he. that they must appeal to the . Court of Chancery ? Ile, for one, would appeal against the dei Won; and he fttlt assured that the L ad Chancellor would be of opinion that the deal . tiou was wrung. The remedy proposed by the Matter was such as they were perfectly willing to accept. It would be for them to (ottani. r on tkie statement of fac:s ecolealted in the report of the afield manager, whether they wttuld j.in with him (Mr. Waddy) and the other gttntlemen who had attended at the master's attic, on Turoday in pr,stcuittg .he apueel. It they were willing to cfoop rate with him in bringing the uecieitin hclore the Lard Chescrllor, sustained, a; they were, by every principle of equity, he would pledge himself to use his utmoet endeavours to prove that the decision of Master lirou,Mt.ci mast he eat aside. Amocest the various acts of tread corn mined by the directors, they had paid Mr. Wonther's claim out of the sis ney belonging to the shareht Icier,* They had been defrauded altegetha to the amount of 29,3de1. los., with 9071.0,. 04. interest; and, its his opinion, the Lord Chancellor ou.tht to make an order upon the directors to refund the whole amount, lie could amnion innumerable laugucts of fraud committed by the director', and, amongst the most glaring, was the fact of their having stated aa a meeting, oat tee lids Deeemb. r, that their saute amounted to 1921. only, when the eum in hand MA 114 i lets than 14,0001. tle thought it right to inform them that, after a consultation with some cf the shareholders who were cit. cumetaucted as he was, he had laid the case before an eminent criminal lawyer, and, upon the plain sureinent of facts embodied in the Gfhtial manager's report, that R. at decided that the whole of the &rectors were Ii ihle to an indictment for c twine.; to defraud the shareholders. In I support cat this opinion he had cit d the ease of " Burrs v Pennell," in wt..ch L Campbell and Lord Brouvhsts had given a decision bearing upon the question as to the liability el railway direc'ors. Hu concluded by proposing the following r solutions: "Teat in consequence of the decision of Matter Broua ham, making all persons who have signed the deed or load ' the cekosios coat ibuton, in the winding up of the Difitt London and Exeter Rada ay Company, it le the *rim of tots meeting thet a combined gaga of act.on is Unto:way necusary for del; nding the into eats of the char- hol hrs." " That it eppears from the report of the official manager that most flagrant and systematic frauds were carried out by the directors in the general management of :he eompany." " That there are the strong• st grounds in quity for ineist ing *As the repeyment of 29,3651. fns , with 01i71. Ur. 9d. ta mest, moat illegally and dishonourably squandered by the board of tuanag. mint." " that a fund not exceeding It. per share be raised amongst the subscri• cry to the deed for the purpose rf weeding to the L ,rd Chancellor against the uecisien of Muter Brougham: " That a committee, consisting of Mr. Ewell, 3, EV*Z. court, Temple, Mr. Beale, 107, It gentestre , t, Mr. Wieldy, 103, Jermyn-street, be appoir.eed for the purpose fit r a ducting such appeal, arid w etching over the putrid in•eresis of the shareholders, and that subscriptions be received by Mr. Beale, auctioneer." Mr. BEALE seconded the reselutions, which were ea'riad, and a ••de of thanks having been passed to the caducei), the meeting esparsted. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDUNCTIOSHIRE, AND WORCES TERIIIIRS JN. Yesterday the hall-yearly meeting of the shareholder, was helu at Nu. 6, Guildhall Chambers, City ; Mr. M•rrliaw, chairman of the boar !of directors, in the chair. The SECRETARY read the nport, from which I; ap peared that • diminution bed been effectea in the debts &Ed Helms of the company sums toe present year. The directors had been indefatigalbe in their exertions to obtain payment of the cell of 11. per share, and had applied the amount re ceived to the liquidation f the debts incurred previous to their appointment. A large amount ati.l remained unpaid. The board had commenced actions against raversl parties for cads, and in cases which had gone to trial, the judzes, both at nisi plias sail in Banco, sold t h e decision had been in favour of the company. Same of the I parties had sires become bankrupt. 'the bid of for. Mee ' we're?, • split-Ikm, amounting to 2,1161., had been di.inioed from the Master's office with costs. The only current ex penses at present were 2001. a year for the secreeaiy, aod 471.55. for rent and cleaning. Provicus to the le.t h If yeery meeting two vacancies had occurred in the oirectier., and two when gentlemen would now go out by rotation. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption tithe report, dwelt at same Ingth, and with much 'attraction, upon the reductions which had teen mode in the solicitors' bills of ; emu, m .rs particularly those of Mr. Bninbrigge.uoder the management on benalf of the company, of Mr. Harris, to Iwhose indefatigable exertions the company was indebted ter those reducions. Toe diminution was so great that there could be no doubt Our the elmpany wou , .d be exemptcd itaen costs. The report was then adopted. Mr. Alston and Mr. Harris were et-elected director,. Mr. Ledger and Mr. 1) nis..n were chosen as auditors. in the room of two gentlemen who had reired from tnc On the motion of Mr. MUMS, s •ronded by Mr. LZDOER, the meeting w a s ' ,Jousted to Tourstisy, the 7th of March, at 12 o'clock. ; On the motion of Mr. LEDOZA, secon ded b y Mr. Tzomr ,, I BON, a voto of thanks less given to the chairman and the board of directon. AMIENS AND BOVLOONE RAILWAT.—Traffi . .! fmm Nov. 25 to Dec. 2,1849: Pawl:lg.-re, 26.493.. 30c. ; merdisi•lse, 6,103 f. 600. ; total, 32,5961.80 .—C1,303. Dumnairrotv.—We undentand that bleeds. G. ai.d. J. Barns, of this city, have whim • lame for ma yous of lie Dumbarton Railway trim Bowliog to B ,11cm, It iv, we belt, re, the intention of this entsrpneing fins, besioes haring a regular lire of Mesa eis plying in coma.. ni..n with the rsilway and *his city, to place eitber one or two atesintre I Olt Lochlomond for tourists, &c. Tae railway romp - any ue bout-d ituuer a penalty to have the lire opened on ta.e lstot June. Toe opening of this portion of the railway will be a great ateommodation to the inhabitants of the Vale cl Lana and turrounding C.)2.ltry.—North Bri:isle .31a4. INQUEST ON THE TWENTY PILOTS DROWNED OFF THE TYNE. An inquest was held on Wednesday, at Beath Shields, on the body of the only pilot out of twenty drowned, that heti yet been recovered. A jury, congaing chiefly of nilon, having been empanelled, the following endenee was taken John Wadhain being sworn, slid :—I am mate of the brig Betsey, of Littlehampton. John Tucker, muter, and I, belong to Littlehampton. Yesterday morning, a little after nine o'clock, we were coming into the river Tyne, with the wind E N.E , and we ran aground on the Herd Saud. A life boat come off from Soutar Stiehl. alongside, and we gave her a rope forwari and another aft, and I was just getting into her, when the sea caught her under the hoot's count. r, aid capsized ker. }bur were saved, and a number drowned. Two WC' huts thou tame eff, and took the crew ashore, as well as the four men belonging to the fast life boat. John Milburn, being swum, said—l am a pilot, and live at South Shields. lam one of the sueerintendeuts of the life best at South Shield', and was in ber yeah rday morning when she eaps.vel alongside the Betsey. Lancelet Burn and myself were steerine her. She capsized the ascend time we w, et cif, anti Leuncelot Burn was drisweed with nineteen etherreind cis body win fauud about half a mile to the south ward during the day. The crew consisted of Leuncelot Burn, Johe;Buru, John Burn, jun , John Bane, Tuna Marshall, Robert Dunkin, ' Johu Donkio Ralph Philip', Jibe Phillips, Beery Young, Ralph Shown, George Tindle, William Smith. William Pun*, J.101(11 Watson, George Tynemouth, John Wright, James Wright, J ehe Maraud!, and James Yourg. The men saved were John Milburn (wit ness). George Marshall, John Harrison, and Geo. Eyre. &ler shall got on board the ship, and the other three on the bottom of the best. I was cn the Beek Top yesterday, and s.w the vessel coming in, with the *led about N.E , nil sew her get upon the Herd Sand. I went to the life nu house, and the crew being in her I went on roam, aed she wet launched. We went al; and got to the vessel, but they no: liming prepared with ropes, we I. t the beats drive a little farther on shore, and told 'hem to get some ropes ready. We then made another attempt, and got elate to her; and they threw a rope from the ship's quarter into the boat's bow. The ebb tide VAS running about three knots past the ship, noel we swung aloogside in the eddy, the bow of the boat. brine to the wens of tho ship. They I eel.: us a ripe . forwards which Jelin Marshall and I rove heough the nag in the stern of the tm., sheet four 'Aleuts of rope, when the sear came raur.d the ship's bow, end took the boat under the larboard quarter, canted her up, and the tide caught her under the et.ip's querter ; then it went iaW her starboard been., and turned her bottom up. The starboard silo was next the ship. was under the boa', but get one, and got on to the bottom. I 'hick ..he rope was not fast on beard the chip, as the hold we bad of it shoul.l have prevented her evening. The lite boats then out e.ff tram both side., and the south aide boat took us off. I saw n minima:gement in any person on board the boa'. The boat wee built at South Shields to the yc sr 1842. She woo 31 feet long over all, 11 feet 4 in. broad, and 3 feet 10 in. deep in mliships. She rugs 14 can double haired, and steers with an oar at either cad. There is a life line stn each side in midships outei le the eunwale. There are life buoys under each thwart to theow if a men Li everboard. There is • grrpnell forward and one aft t throw walmard a ship. Bhe wee eerie all round outside shout 2 feet 3 inches deep. The oars are hued with gum ming. She has sir been at each end end along the sides. The centre is a well, and she has a pump ea e Led% side. I I are often been out in her In worse sees, and bane never had reason to tind fault. We rend four cre es in one day in her. She had cork fenders for going riloneetele. The oats on the unhurt' side were laid ie, and some on the larboard. Site is s xamined every ..ey by the superintendent. I exemined her yesterday, and she wee ell right. We Lave feu ettp ruiteedeets, and all the aew are plea. She will curry 40 or 31 men. We have Caste's tifeebilts in the h at.houn for them n, if they wish to use the:. We em eider the , are too cumbersome to row in. 1 consider if there had been lefe-lines above be: water-mark, Juan Burn might have bee. save t. There were some rods for boring et out 20 yards from where the vessel lay, which made it ditecult for us to eppr..aeh the vessel. They in& the attention or the whole crew to keep dear of them. If It had been dark, and the boat hesl dietted upon them, the reds would have eon through her and kept her there. Proheblv they would have CANN, e 1 the loos of all our lives. If., se nigh are in the direction of the lir...tenet going to the Herd Sand; they are else in the way of piloteohle-. Tree; are unlit water aunt about half ebb. There are no built at the place. The rods are used for the purpose of bonne for f iundatinne ior a pint at hat place. A se ammo of the Betsey was called in to give some further iufoewation, but Lis statement was not cen.idered of nil chmt importance to be taken on oath. He stated that hoth rupee were mule hot on board the Ilene.. The Cerone r having brie tie addreseed the jury, the follow ing studied Will recorded :—"We ate ut upiniun that Leaned t Bart was drown-II by the I.fe. heel ea-seizing, at dwe ore also unaninauesly et olenion that the sole on the Herd Saud are left iu • very elogeren position, and ace hie to nue erest lore of life, being in the eireet road of the life-boat peening from South Shields to the Herd B.nd, and also of pilot collies." The Coroner said he would give formal notice of the obstruction to ti e Mayor of Newuntle, its order that the CUIIatIVAIOII of the river might Lave thee attention called to the suile:t. 0: 0 of the jurors geld they should express an opinion *at the rod. ought to be remov.d. I Toe Coroner said that was mien:envy. Af er the ear poration of Newcastle tad neeived due notice oft dang. r aii- ing from three role, they would b • owe re.p .nahleior aey aced tent which might be occasioned th. raby. It would be for the corporation to provide a erne 'y, and he hal no doubt they would do so as soon es their attention had bee, called to it. We understand that a liberal subscription has been cone 'he e ue u e !w et unate .Sh e i n el ; d t s w f o or o t f iee w ri h l otn i. f ,of; John n e a f r si ii p o i ! Phillip., are sons of a widowed mother, tied were her prin. ciped support ; end one m the Phi.lips hus left • widow and ens child. There are also other C 11,411 of peculiar hardship.— Sander/and Herald. ADVANCE is THE PRICK OF GRAHL—Within the last etght days the price of corn in Castleb.r mete: has ad vanced from 3e. 6d. to 4•. 6i. ►er mot Haley, 4s. 44. to Is. (LI., ant wheat, G.. 64. to 7.. 2d. IitEIAND. Dt7BLIN, The Encumbered Estates Comnrssioneis having , adjourned their public sitting to yesterday, inst. ad of the preceding day, in the hope of having the Preva- , gattve Court to sat in, were disappointed, and obliged ; to shaft back to the Court of Common Ph... The , movements of tl.e learned commission have bee ame FO eccentric in this respect es to he a subject of amuse ment to the wits of the Bluff gowim; but iu other respects the procerdinga of the court are no subject for mirth. A great deal of Irrigates is transacted in chamber, end so rainy orders for gale have by thi time been made anoint., that wh , n the sales come on, early in the next year, the glut of laud in the mark. t will become a very Banco* thing. Up to last Saturday there were more than a hundred and fifty petitions for sale before the oranmis-ion, nod as it le said that one of the first acts of a protectionist. cabinet, if each a thing be in the womb of time, would be the abolition of the new "confiscation tri bunal," as it is termed, it is probable that any r:cketty apps ranee in the state of the present go vernment will have the tired of hurrying mor , r rot the ensumbranct ■ into court. The Freanian's Journal, which is an earntet sup porter of toe new commission, says . : To show the increasing contlim ce :n the court, as well es the h.ri work in I rois ct for the eomroito , ntre, we tan state that between thel6 - 11 and 28th or November, or definer ten office days, eiatp•even new petitimie were presented. 0: thee, nin-teen r. Cr to Cocitatieht; one embracing a veer lerge property, that; of L ri Orasm , ,r,, owner, sad ihr Koss Most. pore, end Samuel Gurney, peiti , m-re. Another cable lord, I.ng an Inch absents', the Eerl of Aldriecegh, is urougla before the eeurt by Mr. Groans, )1 P., and J. A . Wad. in the south, a very fine pre perty, Mr. Meese Free, man's, is likely to pew into market overt. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL, OXPORD, DEC. 7.—The altered forms in Statute Tit. IX., sect. 2, wale submittal to thy, vats w Gocyacailon this day, at I o'clock, in disilnot portions: the following was the result : TITCLUI IX, SECTIO DB 1.X.A311.111AND15 OLLDVVII _______ CANDIDATILS. Vote 1, see% 2. Chun 2 (pate 2), ..Qaktuor intent— 4uf (ragman' forrit."—Psseets, 133; non-pleats, 169. Vote 2, s-ct. 3 Clauses 1-25 (peg • 5), h a tit ua tur , 1 . sominatio—Unisenhate babitans."—P.aeeted. Vote 3, set. 4. Cl.uses 28, 27, 28, In pat (page 11). " Praiste, demarr—litererum di‘erentnr." Clause 28, su part (page 12), "Forms aut. in schedules —ilatnentaticerum &bola." Claus. s 29-32 (page 13), " dtstutsina eat— aftlgi curst."—Plasetem. Vote 4, stet. 4 Clauses 33 - 37 ( pave 13), •• Volumes/ in -eouditton requisito."—Pieeeted. Vote 5, sect. 5. Clause 1, in part (pegs 15), " E quarts, Bch .1a Jurisprudence at Ilisterse Moderate." And to sup ply ••quatuor " Wore " canto Bemolie."—Placets, 153 ; nun plvets, 139. Vote 6, sect. G. Clauses 1-9 (p , pe 15), "Ezensinatorcs Jor..."—P.setts, 137; mou-plaeets, 1.1.5. Vote 7, seem. 7. Clauses 1-3 (reds 17)," Exaussnalionihus haCesulle— Scunduas buboes." Clauses 7—9 (page 19), " Procurator autarn Senior—deferri et.res.."—Psaceted. Vote 8, stet 8. Ci•uses 1-7 in t art (page 19), " 1:1 &;Lola Literanun —sown sit pretiozo." Closes 7 in par (Per 20). " Diateciestu, qty.st his—aint adisuri."—Placets, 1147; non.plaosts, 120. Vote 9, sett. ti. Clause 7 in Peet (pig a 20), "At cues amnia non pu.siut mune., unicuique esodidato ingenio a Mrs-stews. tb equi, tneminat.sibus zero merit& eau defeeti bus comp.:mere, lieeat ; ha ut n quis in takisoeophis e. ;Astoria se utsl noe.tss cowman laverit, rondo laudiebiles pro emus leasnt in humus MS* t t Latinis ; et, pert ratipur, ea clan phtl .tu..ie et esi =Attie •:401 ideas it. pnilos .ptsia et bistorialLiioll.l.litte prot‘veci sem .Is boasoribus an. repelliciar."—Plseers, 92; nun-placs Is, 179 Voti 10, met. 8. Clause 18 in part (peas 2 3 ). "Tel &bolus Jurisprudentio at kliatelice Modena." Claims I 28-28 (page 24)," Nec aliter avast —view (merit." Clause im pest (page WO, „ Ys: J . .a..etwlt..«. e 1 iLiileala derna." Clause 42, in part (page 27), "et queen deniqun Jurisprudentiam et Historian Modernatn," end to sup ply!' quadruple:" before " esto."—Placeted. Vets 11, sect 8. Clean 48 (page 28), " Volumus, flinger moneant Exeminatores." Clause 49, in put Gate 29), Forma Scheeulr —Historic blackens." " A B. e G. H. e. Coll." "Liters A denot.ntur—insignium est." Clauses 50, 51 (page 20), " Denique Kano—aligi curet"— Placated. Vote 12, act. 9. Clause 3 (page 30), "Et quo Ilcderatc ribus—pensio persolvatur."—Pleceted. Vote 13. Withdrawn by the Vice-Chancellor. The great struggle was on the fifth clause, which the Rev. George Denison styled pesVerunt. It was carried by a ma jority of 14, viz., placate, lad; non-plants, 139, end related to Modern History and Jurispralence, which, ;nouns-h -ennaing Tree:unit opponhon, will be nein cid in the course of vainest's' studies. Clause 9, reining to the thane of the Modern History School, was njactod, as Leaning the range of history fit to he studied. Tnis last clean, which was the pressunte of the statutes, was withdrawn for the pur pose of amending the r jested clauses. Clouse 6, Tering the appointment of examiners in the proles ors, fez., was re jected. The other rejected rinses were unto p.rtaa. The apar ken s n parts of the new s' atutes acre the Rev. (l. O ia ri i el the Rev. C. M a rriott, Uri •1; the Rev. E. Hansel, Magdalen Coq. (who resisted the couterring honours in Theology) (Clause 8), and the Rev. Wool ' comb., of Ballot Coll. Tune were present among other con residents the Head Muter of MarchautTailors, the C barter hos..., the City of London, Abingdon, and ether public schools, and in all saint , 300 members of convocation. It was stated in the Express of the sth th.t Mr. Heaven hrd been electea a Craves scholar. The statement should have been that " Mr. Churl s Dun Craven, commoner Of Lincoln Caller., was elected to the vacant scholarship oc the nun !ution of Jain Lord Craven." CORPUS CHRISTI Cots-nom—This morning MMES. T. J. East, Isom the Grammar School, Hash, and S. 11. liodg san, from Rugby School, were elected scholars of this so duty, the former on the Bath and Wells inundation, ice whi:h there were 10 conardnes, and the letter on the Lin coln foundation, for which there were 7 candidates. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 7. PROPOSED ERHIDITION OP WORKS OF Aux.—The Vice Chancellor having tanned a communication from his De spit Highness Prince Albert as President of the Satiety of Arts, respecting the prepared exhibitien of the works of art and indusiry tit tall notions in 1851, a meeting of graduane disnose :3 prOMOW the el len was holden yenterday (Thursday) in the lecture-roam under , the library, at three o'clock, p.m. flit Vicerebaneellor pee -1 sided. Munn. Phiunsornv.—The Profaner of Mer.il Paileau pliy will begin a (nurse of lectures on NIT: duranj, lab. 6, 1450, in the Licture R»311 at Trinity College, to be con tinued sv.ry day tempt Saturday and Sunday. Under graduates attending these lectures with the intention of ob tuning the p7ofsesor's certificate ( high, by grace of the Senate, October 31,1845, is now required in canna cases for the degree of 8.A., L)r.wery ti A , and 8.C.1..) roust ba provided wi..11 a professional allot.. fur whizia they nluat apply to the regic"rsey sot tacit allege tut..r. DIS•COMMENING.—The usual w.ticz of per chits to be s carred in ease of versus in stoic pupil/an b tin hoard dolling with two perms who Life otian..rd agar...l the dis cipline of the university, has just blt•ls irsued by di. Vice- Chancellor sod hea .1 of inusss. The °thine at use one was harheuring is hb h• use potions of b rd chat-seer, std u! the othn trusting pullsa in sewn pupillari mare thou 5i,, out sending the bilis into the tomes boner :he eon of the quarter. rIIIVERMENTS t.l - Ad.:burs V., 1.1010. ; vat. 4631, with r.sider,e ; pet., W. H. H. hart. y, The ILIAht Hun. and Aev. Lord Stye coo C,ous of II ert , ford, Ste., to he High Bt,w .nt ul linthury, Ottordthire. V.teth r.—rstrervAL ; Chiet.edtr ; c.l. 98i.; pvc., thu It ::tlll thu Mutt. Mn. Velum Lliveust t ; Rev. J. M. Mut:inc., pr..= The We. Wit Pinder, rhatatin t )01, Upping . rw union, and 1 .te carat.. of Uts.,ton, des beds pr tam!rd II the }tall of Hcrh.reu t ;h t.. the vaLithle livin of 8,..tu0, ausud, Thema b. the death of the It,e.bliuh., a Ilut:on. Ito.tuued eerie, 6491. NAVAL ADMIIiALIT. Die. 7.—Arrenterigiutva.— To Phi:Won— Surgeon C. %V White. A.:stunt Burge' as ; It. Arnett, hI.D., and W. G. Ciruggem. Woo"wacm. Dec. 7.—•Tha Enterpriee ano Inve•tientor Arctic disc,.very ships, which Ire c. o ;end e the p .rt, are intended to he held in readiness to proceed on another voyage of discovery in search of Sid John Frit:thee. Toe period of their departure is not yet hied, and will depend upon the iotelligeace received 'rook the Herald or Plover in their reecerch.•eu B. hring's ooioielligei es he be( ego' e.rougii ae medicine of -hew v. ssele of Sr Join Frenklin, eh, Lid. rprike axed Invecieidor w ill pr or. d et ore* mead Caps !tern to Belring's te:erare, and prosecute their researches ea'' , ward. The stem launidi tract ba• le by the Enterprise is ordered to hare i s mom :alma at and treed in a laue.ch shout 2 feet baler, to sic. resin is !wirer of prop Ling it. It is evident •hat it wiit be verl: Lee la the sums r of IMO beton the two Vefa..l‘ cen ri..co B:hring's gt ra . t ., even if they do so before the VV. re SeBB ,, Ii sets iaT —Terrible, at. trigate, Cep . ..in Rope, lA entering her roe es slowly, about ISO haring joined out tel a enmplem.nt of 300. o.•eat numb irs of stole rs, petey ..rs, a:,,1 buys present themselves, hut very few a. le seamen. It is, yrLbsl.l4. that she will not hese this port fee a t.rtidebt.—Aeober, st v , will, if re.idv, g+ down the liver neat w. ek on an exp:rici.n. , tel trial.—The Unite, circlet ship, has h. en IN moved ta her Old Multiage opposite tLe ItyyJl Atsetwl, lor the oqit%cuit nee ' of tier pra.t nets being a eneeluy ed in feet tatsbei•hein nt. ' Si .ce t, a remur. lof the yrs.. I. fioa. tiv. it Curtner tau r:ngs in c _nee quLai:e of the prevalence of cle,!..eri, th.i ;ir..e.ners Lave 1, en unve)ed is boa's from the dozlij arse to the ars nal. - • PUIZE MONEY —THE STV%..—Novice IA gie , n in lrst night's Gazette that she sec us: sole* of the pro:fords art . lr.ur the cop ore of the slave vessel 1., op lolina, by ..ser orrauf.reseel St' a, Erni y Cbetl., EN , command , r, Oh the 11th Joeuery, 1848, will be re g..ter...1 in the 111 C.ourt of A :miralty on et alter the 14th hut —J. Wool.- HEAD, Anent. THE ACT/EON.—NOVC.I h Rife% to the eemmn lore. es, - taln, officers, and ablp's company of her Molest)** sip Acne on, George Manual, E'q , captain, that en Luount of money received tor tho cap ere of the Dossoltato ~'honer Astro'', on the 9'b of Srptemlnr, 1817, soil be &posited in the rrai.try o' the High Court of Admiralty, purruant to set of plrtiamenr.—JOHN CHIPPENDALE, Ap.ut. Tun Dawr.—Nonice lie given to the cffieers and crew of H.M.S. Dart, E. A. Olynn, EN., Lieu.. Commander, that the prop ortioss arid g trout the bounty moue, on the too- Lags and for net proceed. of a slave. to loom, name unknown, suppmed to be the Wanoleni.fr Jcw, ea:Alfred 14th .1 inuari, ISIS, in mmputy with 11 SI.S. Philo mod, will he pa;d to these on board at the time, or to their r4p•eßen•atilme, do'y authorised to reeri.e the same, on the 26th inst., and the .horea not then be re called every Wednesday sne Thursday fey three. months to come, agreeable to sot of plrliam..nt. Proportiors due to etch des.: 3rd clan, 101.0. 10I.; 4th elms, 4/. 0.. 214.; sth dart 3.. 12s. 1 lol.; 6.h elms, 21. lie. lid.; 7th clue, '2l. 0. Ito.; Bth mass, 11. 12a. Id.; 9th clam, U. 4..01d.; 10,h e 15..., Ins. 90.; 11.1 t class, 12s ; 12th class, 8a. 01t.; 13th class, 6s.—W. and E. CHARD, Agents. THE SAMANANCP—No•Ice is given to the (Beres and crew of her 51,je as) b. IV in Sewennp, who ere entitled to share ,or le/Trines ',abut pirates ou 3rd end 4:h June, 1844, that a distrihutien of the bounty money greLtNl :of curie bt rt:e.s will be m ode at No. 39, Chat ito;.-erna, on th., 29th ar.ol that the ph ores not then claimed whl be re-eallod . t the Name piece agrpesioly to set of p.rliamenr. Anonont elan ir diti dual share Captain, 1,329/.12a. 104.; 1ite'5..,3191. 2... 3 id.; 2.d else*. 1911.9 e. 4(1, ; 3.d class, 951. 14.. Sid. ; 4th el :es, f,31. 16s. 5 id. ; 11 holism, 311 180. 21 '.;13..h dose, 211.5*. 0511. ; 7th clam, 101. 12.. Sid.—Oftfeamszr, S ox, cud Co., Agohts. SPORTING. METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASE. WRIORTI FOIL THZ Fags HASDICAP. M.ss Aaawaed, list 81b; Master Murray, flu 1:b; Tru4, hie N:.O, list Ilb ; lOst 12h; B:. tost,m, lost 121 b; Yvues; Lottsrr, 104 101 b; b 11; by the C.r1i ,, 41, 10.4 8!S ; Al. ecu Z. 1., Inst bib; Uwe Lu.y, 11 t :I'b ; 10• t uw ; 11:.4.m, 104 3:b; Jen.y Joss, 10. t 10; ROJel (1.91 A.luld•4l. 104 81b; Billy Moreau, 10r. 31b; M bum., 10.. 2;h ; Cerbrrui, 10st ;Mr Uncle, 104; lam: 94 ; Goa file, 12 b ; Hoist b; rola tl..t 'Jib; IS .j.sc:, 9st 91b; U :tot less, 9st 91b; Sasepaon, Oct. NEWMARKET CHAMPI G. ON COURSING MEETIN THE Prrrr STAKES. —Secoad Tier. Renown heat Llogeraitt ; lints beat Sincerity ; Paletina. r beat !At tlee°. THE ALL AGED BTAILAIL—S , c9r.d Tin.—Ratter btat D.eperwe ; Tout Ix at r:Kw:ls: beat Air,t s ; Brick smsid boa: P Girl of K CP ; THE ICXXIMO STAKES FOIL AGED D006.-I''ir.t Tire.— ' Route b.at Pilot ; Vrrity brat More. The NawM.%KKET STASIS FOIL PEPPIER Mr. De bacle'. Dewdrop teat Mr I Akbar ; Me. atottuu'a Lotter' brat Mr. Holum's My rery ; Mr. GM- tt'.. Glean be Mr. Miller's Magic; Mr. Butkaorth'a B cawing beat Mr. Loagaran's Lfghtnit g. THE Ncerrtanart BTAILL.E.—Mr. Debolc's Drift boat Mr. Giiktt's Gas Liebt ; Mr. thberle's Daron twit Mr. Itiebrrd san'r Vivid ; Mr. Burkwcub'r Bamu brat Mr. Yrs 's Flo ' ettra ; Mr. Inskip's Jenny Lind beat Mr. Fysou'a FairyQeesa. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Lumley's hounds, Monday, North C •riton ; Tuesday, Groves; Therraisy, B albor.ugh RAH ; thtur.:.y, Staii.ton Village—at halt. past 10. Bramhain Moor honor's, M Crow° •ds, Moor ; Wedn, easy , Church Fentioi ; Bickerton bar ; Saturday, Maplewood —at halt-toot lu. Raiford holiud., Mondry. liirkl4lo ; Thvytubs Park ; Thursday. l:.:11 H tli SatUr :41Y, Blid- W°1 :7 , 711 d di ) 1(1 4, 1 y le;(4M Linwood a eVas. hounds, r D 1 °1 t os e aa Y W ; at 11. Lord Henry B. ntiocii's hounds. Al tads', Saaiiby ; Tuts - Jay, Panora ; !sy, FiArr. L Wu-a ; Thurs. d-y, 1:111 Bar ; Friday, 0 ; Smuttily, Min Moor—at 11. Sir Tamils Sykes's h, undo, Monday, Plorkh ; Wed aday, IdAsits. House ; Fri.y, h: past 10. Li Accra... I.ound , , ic •t itikor; Taes .141, ET. Pari ; Cour ‘iay, T u Friday, Suadtriaudwick— a a quart., to 11. Mr. A. Elllitit'P hounds, aloud , ; New Mill ; Wednesday Wherwell Wood ; Thorsday, star Wood; Friday, Netherton; hatorday, Winterolow— a& IL z 1, 1 1 1 1; 40)1" . 'll 4l '" tr . .t of , 1 ,0 ".". . .•• y . • I 1 k • • 1 • H . 1 1 1 ,10 1 , 04 by w • Rod ti" I. cow ,a elle-