The Express. — London, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

that the law could inflict, and it was lienialatittlesgeounsity of the English people, acting u-on a --- W o ni Ate, du: had led to any,c =mutation (Heir D i d gay oas mesa to vaert that the prooner really wanted MM b ,„O ? (Hear, hear.) Did any one, pretending to 110 a nitro , "WI" 117 that if the gown fawn her 4 . 0 mon ist, they might not 'till be hseged ? (Hear, ) law lawy moti on around. (lir. Reynolds: s e, n o.") The exc came from a gentleman g gis 'gonad who did not understand E n g l i sh . Of course he m agma esnain his meaning to that gentleness 's maniac dam (A tient) But there were lawyers ci every piile, na g beached them one and all vsh thee, U the spirit which miellectet is their young days were abroad,the intesei.'a gonn a might not be Dent to Ireland, and the prise:mem all wo wed withiu forty-eight keen? (Hear, hear.) But such oaths improved spirit of the peseene list,. that ministers, in eledirsee to public °plaice, llud advised her Majesty grts own to commute the extreme poutty, and the object Of lae resent bill wee wren to rearm any doubt or difflmlty thst ought ' , and ift the a cy of th nat beevolent ohj-et. Hew rr et o e s-i:.1) to opp-se such a bit He asked the how sodlestu-d member opposite, who had moved the &moti ✓es., sot to oppose the a coed reading. The hon. and booed ' , ember asked to be heard by counsel at the bar, tad h e (lie Ito back) was ready to accede to the proposition, amough he muss motes* that his mind was fully mode up es the matter. Bat the re cooli be no doubt about the bill melt which was a seerotal d.claration of the law and not a lowan of tetro-active character. He hailei it ..II the cam meneonent of • sear ; but, even if it did ace p iss, be nos lot to be told the law, as it bad been declared, could not be ferried oat fa the prevent case. After • few words in explanstioa from Mr. GODSON, Mr. FOX hoped that the house would not some to • severe &liana, or be induced to prevent the hearing et contort so Waif of the orteeners, by the arguments of one who had Wien been the hired advocate of r-bela (Order ) Mr. ROEBUCK—I argued that they shouid be heard by Omiteel. (Rear, bear.) Now, I s , y to the bon. menthes who WOE sis.ken, that when be as e - :s that I was the hired advocate of r. bets, he etates that which is simply a falsehood. (Order, ceder.) The SPEAKER.—The hon. and learned asember's ex preset-ins are not parliamentary. I toot he will retract 'hens (Haar, hear.) Mr. ROZBI.ICIL—I will retract that which was saw liamientary. Mr. (RATTAN observed that if the hon. and learned Member would alter his manner of allading to other hon. membtrs, it would conduce much to the dignity of the house. Mr. F. FRENCH rose 'n order. Tha immediate question was rot whether coons I should b' heard on this bill, hut whither the boo. and :earned member for Skein .1d shout' withdraw expressions which woe not tonally t iterated in that house. The SPEAIiER—I understood the hon. and learned member to withdraw the expression. Have I understood him aright ? Mr. ROEBUCK—If I have said anything contrary to the rules of this house, I retract, it at once, bat I trust that the houae will delenel me from unjust imputations (Hear, hear.) I must rep. at the most direct denial of the hon. member's atsertion, an merlon made wi•hout proof, one which I have denied eeversl timer, and which according to the roles of honourable opposition ought never to have been mode. (lieu, hose.) I trust that the house will (cause me for haviug transgressed ruler. I owe it an apology, for having done so, but to the hon. mem ber who mode the assertion I owe no apology. Mr. DRAT r.ts very much doubted the courage of the bon. and learned munher, although he made such a display of it in that house. But it the hon. and learned member would persist in throwing himself in the way of the Irish memh-ra hi must not be surprised if they sometimes trod on him. ( Laughter.) The bon. and 'corneal member talked of m-tuauiiw y nrd humanity, but if governm set wi-bed to practise humanity, why not inarieoo these iedivi du ils ? Bet that was sot their objert, their object was panishmeot and pinelty. T..e he.. and learned IlltratWr said that it would be better to hang the pri toners tlian that they shou'd be let oat on the pleas of petti fog :ing lawyers. But hail that been the practice in other coo ttros during recent events ? In Franca thousands had been killed is the Knots, but not one irsurgent bad been exacate d t wept the asausins of Oen. Boa. Even in Ire- L ads Clam and Castlereagh had acted more 'untidily, having merely sent thou convicted of po- litical offences out of Europe. But thee' unfotusse men were to he sent to a place which hid been represent el by its own governor as • perfect hell. lie shoal 1 support the amendment. Mr.O'FLAHERTY regretted that forahigh eonstituti ;nal printiple • tune of virulence had been substituted, even by English lawyers, in the conideration of this queson. He appestat to the English Wu. s of C ova its lir as act of joule. and of mercy to give these untor theme men a hair and impartial hosing bye:too:waled • he ir bar. The house divided—For the motion 178 Far Vet amendment—. 31-117 On the question that the bill it: n'.w read a second time, lilt. ANSTEY complained of the ire event haste and undue precipitation with which it '-au attempted to force the bill through parliament, and of the epparent &- sin to prevent discussion upon it. There had been stonier bills brought forward in former doss, and the pro moters of them had invariably been the whirt ; and, boles it was a remark chic tact that it was only through the tories of England that the liberties of the subject had ever been viodiestsol co I enforced. (Lauchti r and applause.) Now, the present bill not only v iol a ted th e prang dive of the 410.11, hot tt she violated the Wooly of the subjeet. A' it was a deeloodery act, it would be difficult if not 'moonlike An the titiess art future to 'an any one 'ententel to capital punishment in Trek e scoot upon the condition that he be transported fee life. (Heat.) He had never denied the reality of the rebellion of last year. He objected to parliament moonlit/ the defects of the law °SWIM of the crown In Ireland. The measure ought to have been debated enewher.., where the judges of the 1184 could have ghee their opna (Loud cries of " Divide.") If he were supported by the Irish membeis, the bill must undergo many alterations before it paned into a law. He 110T*4 that the debate be now adjourned, Mr. OSBORNE seconded the amendment. Mr. F. O'CONNOR twitted the hon. member for Youghal with laciarawney, after supporting the Habeas Carpets Suspension Art. Mr. ANSTEY and he had total against it. Mr. NAPIER said that after the di liberate and careful omaideratio house had gives to the mouse., he *might any farther slowssion Waisted, and he would Dot be • party to offering any further obstruction to the bill. Mr. KEOGH also suggested that the opposition should not be further pressed. Mr. E 11 ROCHE thought it desirable, after the case of thew unfortunate gentlemen had b -en rimed is the bands of the hon. and learned memher for Dahlia University, that the opposition should not be further persisted in. (Loud cries of " Divide," and "Agree.") Mr. 3. O'CONNELL thought it would be batter to have a disisi mon the principle of the bill rather than on the question of adjournesert. The house then divided— For the adjournmicat Against it 193-186 Mr. AN iTEY denied that them was any ineoesisteney in supporting the Crown and Government Security Bill, and the Cotten , Bill, and opposing the presort measure. Mr. REYNOLDS said thatkis feeling of opposition to the bill remained unchanged. He had not spoken on the law of the subject, baring the fear of the hon. and learned gentle man, the member for Sheffield, before his les. He had heard that hon. and learned gentleman called before now the at Sheffield blade " in that bona*, and he thought he bad that manic also shewn some 'of the sides of a blade. (Laugh ter.) The hon and learned gentleman said " Will any lawyer have the audacity to tell me so and so." (Laugh ter.) The hen. and learned gentleman said, "I 'peek in EMci d reiti ern, , and not in interjections." (Laughter.) He r. Reynolds) was surprised the hon. and learned member not say that he spoke in proverbs. (Laughter.) It sussed to lam that the bon. and learned gentleman stood exceedingly well with himself, and that he would never want a trumpeter as lug as lee himself lived. (Laughter.) The hon. and learned gentleman, holding the act of parliament in his hand, dared any to quote law with him. " When I open lauth," sold the hon. and learned gentleman, " let no trim speak, let no man measure himself with me, for I am the law and the pr phets " (Lauohter.) But when the hon. and learned molest? for Kidderminster quoted the law and the prophets the hon. and learned member for Sheffield did not make any answer. (Hear, hese ) lie heard the hon. and learned gentleman not only with sorrow but with horror rake up family mature connected with the unfortu nate gentlemen now under sentence of death, and doing all he could to aggravate tiler crime.. (Hear, hear.) Dir. ROEBUCK hoped the country would understand what was the real question then before the house. Let it be remembered that a number of poor uneducated Eonslimen were tried last year for sedition, and, having been found guilty, were trawparted ; and, iithese whose cue was wow cusidetation, were only imprisoned, every oae of those unfortunate men would have a right to appeal to that house to re pi:A his sentence. (Hear, hear.) He now gave notice that if the parties now concerned were not trans ported, he was resolved to ask for a mitiga tion of the sentence on his unfortunate countrymen. (Cheers.) There was no ground for saying that those par ties had not been legally convicted . Were there any con sideratkes connected with the crime which lessened its guilt ? He could imagine a Cabe in which • great section of the community would be enabled to rise successfully against oppression, sad in which their doing so would be is some degree justified ; but there was nothing to take this case oat of the eitegory of ridicule in which the hon. member for Westmeath (Mr. H. Grattan) had placed it. But was no insecurity, so suit-Ono, occasioned by the rebellion ? Were these men to be excused, because any rational man would bare predicted its failure ? Was an educated man, who had bun accustomed to sit in that house, to be excluet, when Co ff ey had been transported ? , (A laugh.) There was a laugh when the name of poor Coffey was mentioned. (Hear, hear.) There was no sympathy for him. He was only a poor man ,e he wu not a gentleman , forsooth, and there was no Irish patrielion to ejaculate over his fate. Transported, however, he bad been, end so also must Mr. Smith O'Brien be, if his (Mr. Roebuck's) countrymes were to be satisfied with the adminis:ranon of the law. (Hear, hear.) The boa. mem ber for Dublin bad accused him of raking up Mr. Smith O'Brien's family miens. had date nothing of the kind. The right i i.. gentlemen opposite had observed that Mr. Smith O'Brien ought to have con sidered his family, but he had not mid one word on the subject. For the family he felt the deepest sympathy —(bear, hear)—ead if any set of his cau'ol relieve their suf. ferargs, most eagerly and earnestly would it be p ?formed. But, at the same time, he would art forget the actual state of the law. He had not heard any lawyer &dare that treatoo WI a at included in the word " felony." Mr. ANSTEY was uadentood to my that he had denied that it was. (Hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK sontiaued—He would, than, address hi• hon. and learned friend as if he were a logician. (Laughter.) Felony was a genteel term, treason a specific one included under it. Mr. ANSTEY—It Ii not a common law term. Mr. ROEBUCK sai 1 that after that st .tement it was me lees for hem to say any more. (Lat.ghter.) [Kr. Anetev here walked atireas the room and presenteel a nook to Mr. Roebuck, amldst the laughter of the house] The ben. and learned member (after reading a passage keel:steed) said he denied that it had any applicati n to the question. The hon. member for Dublin wanted him to give the hone* a tranillation of the word treason. [The hon. member referred to sat just behind the hon. and learned 'lemur who was speaking.) Mr. REYNOLDS : I beg to declare, sir, that I am free from that imputation. (Much laughter.) Mr. ROEBUCK: " Felony" we. the generic word, ie. chiding treason ; and an act pawed in the reign of Geo. I cave the Queen the po ref of commuting the sentence for treason to transportation. An hon. member near Inna, he did ' sot Imo, what or whom he represented, had that moment ex.elaina d in reference to him, " Gas him rope enough," addiog," you know the proverb." Ton was an in-eeruption wholly contrary to all the ussg es of that I ouse. (liter.) Mr. BULLER 776 e to order. The hon. member for SW' field himself h eel been using lenguazte in reference to Ireland which no member for 'reload could listen to with patience. Captain BERKELEY said, that sitting near the hon. and learned member for Sheflhil, he e •old testi.y that the interruptions to which he. hot been subjected were qe cot.- teary to the rules of parliament. Mr. M. O'CONNELL slid that he had observed no in terruption of the hon. and learned member for Shetß id. which had not been created by extrenar provccation on hi. Part Mr. LAWLESS mad be vote the person who/eta observed, ha reference to toe boo. and louse(' member for Sneffieler, " give him rope enough," and he had said tl ie because he wanted to put a step to the interruptions around him, so that he might hear what the hen. and leer oed gentlemse, said. The SPEAKER expres.cd his hope that it markt so con trary to the rules of parliament and so calcula.ed to impair the dignity of the house—thear, heath—would be die contieued. Mr. ROEBUCK said he had spoken loud enough and plain enough to be understood. Lard J. RUSSELL said he roe only for the purples of putting it to the house whether it was eteeirable that a dis cussion of this kind should be continued. (Hear, hear.) Mr. D BROWNE feared the., while the hon. member for Sheffield punneel the tone he usually adopted in attack , ing the representatives of Ireland, and asper.i. g the character of Irishmen, three remarks of which he com plained weld be made. The hoe. gentleman concluded by Going he would vote against the bill. Mr. REYNOLDS denied having use 1 the words " a pull at the Exch. qua "on the oceuial allaied to—he sphenoid them to the Shannon job. Mr. LAWLESS n at lose amid marks of impatience, and complained Teat the hon. member fur Sheffield had delibe rately i nsulted three Irish members. Ile accused the heel. member for Longford of falsehood, the hon. member Mr Mayo of intoxieation, aid—(eriesol " On! ") The SPEAK hit was understood to say that the non. member must not repeat wcrda that had been withdrawn. Mr. LAWLESS explained that when the hon. member for Sheffield made use of that Isogonic to the hon. member for Mayo, he (Mr. Limnos) said to the hone " pive him rope eanuah." The hon. member for Sheffield had been vilest a Sakti. Id blade ; but, if he were se, he must be one of those which was s.metimea seen in the shop windows, which ro one could touch without cutting his Bogert, ;ad which was of no use to the proprietor. He was sure the @toile of Sheffield would loon be tired of the hon. member. The house then divided. The numbers were—For the motion 175 Against it l9-156 The bill was then read a Fecund time. POOR LAW (IRELAND). The house went into committee pro lornsa on this bill. Alta some conversation, the bill was fixed to be c >m onied on Thursday next at 12 o'clock. SOAP DUTIES. This bill was read a see end time. MUTINY AND DESERTION (INDIA). This bill was read a second time. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. This bill was committed pro forma. RAILWAY ABANDONMENT. This bill was read a secoad time. ASSAULTS ;IRELAND). The amendmetets to this bid were agreed to. COUNTY CESS. This bill was read a third time aid passed. BANKRUPT LAWS CONSOLIDATION. This bill was read a second time and referred to a select committee. PALACE COURT (WESTMINSTER) BILL. This bill was read a sec n d time. Committee on Friday. NEW BILL. Oa the motion of the ATTORNEY GENERAL, leave was given to introduce a bill to extend the provisions of the aces for the mace speedy trial and punishment of juvenile offenders, and to apply the same to the trial and pund.e.ment of larcenies of small amount. Oa the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, the following gentle men were appointed a select committee ondebta from foreign woo:Tomer. fur. Roebuck, Mr. Olyn, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Charteris, Mr. H. Drum mond, Mr. A. Matheson, and Mr. Cardwell ; three to be the quorum. The house then adjourned at a quarter past one. Mr. COBDEN paired ott' with S'r Charles Barra' agaiost Mr. Herrin' moti m on the affairs of Canada. ate (QPrortgiO. OUTGOING MAILS. TM snail. for Citraltsr, Malta, Green, the lonian Island., Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hone-bong, and China, rid Sentimeni ton, wit. be mad* up on the 20th orJune. Mille for husk North Amer.ea and this United litate. will Ir. mode up OR the MOODS of June 12. The mails, rid Manwille4, to the Meditertanesn, Egypt, Ceylon, hang-liong, Bs., will be envie up on the 25th June. The malls fort Igo, Oporto, Li.bon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will hennas up on the morning of the 27th alum.. ins West ladle Made, dneluding lisrmnitA, NUO6II. Rosanne, New Orleans, and Mexico, ant excluding those for Mailnra, Jans-ds-Niseragas, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, will Is made up on the morning 0( the 2nd July. The muss toe Madeira, the Brazils, and Buenos Ayres, will be made upon the evening of the 4th of July. WOW WATTS AT LONDON TRIMS Tot. TIAT-18•W I/ WA. pen 0; AfOreams. 4/ lAAI. TAW Tv Syn.+ —Weress, sla. pia I ; Attars., ST wIT. PITI O. LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1849. Tux policy and the exploits of Field-Marshal OUDINOT—he can look to no less a grade—are only to be equalled by his bulletins. Nothing . since CER VANTEN has been so ludicrous, nothing since ATTILA so barbarous. To any one who has seen or taken a ride round the old walls of Roms the affectation of digging trenches, sinking parallels, and making re gular approaches to ttem, must forcibly recall the cam paigns of Corporal Tam and my Uncle TOBY in Flanders. In most places these walls are ill formed to resist the old classic battering rams, but the idea of not only bringing cannon to' bear on the masonry of Aunnwe, but of undermin ing them by the art of VAUBAN, are acts of absurdity sad big pretence, to be smothered by univer sal [ 'slighter, [ but for the ind:gnation they excite. From the Porte Pia, all round to the river, near the church of St. Paul, f ull two-thirds of the city's circumference, there is no part of tte wall that would stand five minutes cannonade, nor that would keep out • band of smugglers. There is neither bastion nor out work, fosse, nor glans. Nor could any conceivable amount of force that Rome might muster ever man this extent of tottering wall. The affectation, there fore, of laying siege to Rome is one of the monstrosi ties of the French invasion. If General OUDINOT had any desire to engage in cintest with the Romans, there was nothing to pre vent his march;ng into that vast uninhabited space within the walls of ltsme—nothing to prevent his reaching the forum or taking possession of the Aven tine. His difficulties would commence at the en trance of the first street or the first lane that ho attempted. For this, hiwever, General OUDINOT has neither intention.nor taste. His profound military , science and great strati gy are limited to the aim of stealing into Adrian's Mole and getting pos session of the old round tower called the Castle of St. Angelo. This is the only pretence at fixtress or fortificaion which old Rome possesses, and could the French general get penniless of it, it would answer his mighty purpose. It would enable him to issue a bulletin announcing himself the conqueror of Rome ; and should Austrians, Spaniards, or Net p3litans co tie, it would enable the French general to facilitate their attacks, yet, at the same time, secure a permanent and safe post whereon the French tricolor might fiy. Tee Romano, poor simple souls, could never have imagined that such a beggarly fist could be the aim of a French commander. They had imagined OUDINOT'S purpose to be to best themselves and take their city. They have, therefore, fought the French valiantl where the French showed themselves, at San Pancrasio y., and the Janicalam. But OUDINOT'S but- OCR column of naval news has announced the pro motion of Lieutenant GEORGE. PARKER to the rank of commander. We do not wish to be ill-natured, and inquire whether certain reports we have heard regard ing the abilities of this young officer be or be not destitute of foundation, but justice to upwards of two thousand lieutenants, who have been more or less slighted and injured by Commander PARKER'S pre mature promotion, compels us to state that nothing he has ever done, no services he has ever rendered, no talent he has ever shown can be for a s'ngle mo ment supposed to have had the most remote influence in securing his advancement over these two thousand officers, all his seniJrs, and many of whom have in the most distant climes, and under the most trying cir cumstances, exposed their lives iu the service of their country, and proved their capability of holding responsible command. Commander PAR KER owes hie promotion solely and entirely to the influence of his father, Vice-Admiral Sir WILLIAM PARKER, and must, therefore, point out the great evils which are produced in the naval service by this practice of rewarding both father and son for the services of the father only. Sir WILLIAM PARKER is an officer who has shown considerable ability in the various commando he has held. He conducted the war against the Chinese with great vigour and bold ness ; and his subsequent conduct in tee Mediterra nean, if marked by certain injudicious and unkind attempts to limit the indulgencies, and break down the traditional rights, both of officers and seamen, has been upon the whole satisfactory. But has he not been rewarded for his services? He obtained for his services in Coins a baronetcy, about forty thousand pounds in prize mon and freightage, and the command in the Me diterranean soon after his return from the East, the income of which is something more than three thousand per annum. Besides this he holds other lucrative ap pointments in the shape of naval aide-de-camp to her Majesty and other comfortable little sinecure plurali ties, which we believe would be considered as fall and fair rewards, abundant rewards, for services ren dered. There is no other little vacancy for himself, and therefore he say', " My son GEORGE has just served his time as midshipman, pray make h'in a lieutenant ;" and this is done on the very day the young gentleman has completed the period of service required by the naval regulations. When the two years a lieutenant must serve before he is eligible to the rank of commander have elapsed, the old gentleman again says, "Dear Sir FRANCIS—Pray promote GEORGE," and GEORGE is promoted accord ingly. Tne fleet was unfair enough, but not likely to be so injurious in its consequecces as the second, because this is calculated to place a young man of 22 in command of a ship belonging to the nation worth upwards of a hundred thousand pounds, and to en trust to his abilities and discret: on the lives of 130 men and officers. But this is not all. Two thousand lieutenants have their promotion retarded by Sir WILLIAM PARKER'S interest, and finding that their exertions are passed over unrewarded to make way for favouritism, are dispirited and discouraged, their zeal is damped, they see that merit has no chance in the struggle with interest, and accordingly give up the attempt t 3 earn their pro motion by their own labours. rhe evil effects of this up•rn the service must be too apparent to need a moment's explanation; wo will therefore only just add that the only "reward of mirk" offered by the Admiralty is one lieutenant's commission to the mid shipman who passes the b.st ecient'fic examination at the Naval College at Poi tsmouth, and tole only once a year. There is no way in wh"ch a lieutenant may earn his commission as • commander in any simi lar conflict of ability. He is entirely dependent upon the First Lord of the Admiralty, and from this specimen of what he is to expect from Sir FRANCIS BARING he may See that the rewards of ability are not likely to be so numerous as to encourage him in his lendable efforts to advance himself by serving his country with energy and talent. We had hoped better things from the new first lord, and trust the this proof that he will not be allowed to use his influ ence without some salutary checks from the organs of public opinion will a t be lost upon him, and will ensu,e something approaching to fair ness for the future. But it is not the press which should be the sole tribunal before which public men and their actions ought to pass for judgment. Sir FRANCIS BARING at the very outset of his career has been guilty of injustice, and we do trust therefore that some member of the House of Commons, truly independent of the various little in auences, direct and indirect, though hidden, of cfficial connectior, will require from Sir Fit aNt i-, in his place in parliament some explanation of the grounds upon which he has sanctioned the promotion upon which we have been compelled to comment, and thus cut a slight upon such • numerous and gallant body of "*n officers. letin tells that here the fighting has been all a feint. He has erected batteries and laid waste the suburb, destroyed the villas, battered the temples, and occasioned a very large loss of life, both to Romans and to French. But this is all a faint! It was done purely to amuse the Rename whilst the power of French engineers and military scienie was directed against the little Castle of St. Angelo. What an amiable and glorious profession war is thus made! How dignified such culling of laurels by the needless hacking and sacri ficing of human life—in the name of what right, cause, or principle, we defy any Frenchman to state ; and we might defy any Frenchman to attempt to state it without blusaing. We stall probably learn in due time of the capture of the Tower of San Angelo, and we shall have a magniloquent bulletin thence from OUDINOT, whose guns, if cue reseful, well be pointed from thence upon tee Romans, whose encounter the French general shrinks from. We shall hear of Papa rights and Roman wrongs, with the cowardly savages of Spain and ?ferries sneaking in behiud tee French guns to plunder sod to was-acre. All this we shell near of, with M. BARROT'S Paeans in the French tribune, and equally glorious and righteous allocations from the Pope. All of which put together will serve as a fit funeral service for the civil and religious freedom of the unfortunate Roman , . It is curious to observe that the Roman government and tepablic set up since the withdrawal of the Pops has been far more peaceful, re gnlar, and more supported by the unanimous adhesion of the population, them any of the governments wno have combined to pnt I it down. Spain made the first move to intervene for t! o restoration of the Pops—Spain, that Las exiled its own legitimate princes, confiscated its claw eh pro perty, disowned papal authority, and which is itself but a military government, shaken by monthly insure reetions in the provinces, and every now and then a conspiracy in the capital. /Creaks was the next firmly fixed and regularly governed kingdom that proposed intervening for the Pope, and at a time when the King of NAPLES was not sure of his crown on either side the straits. Austria, with a ho-tile flag waving in sight of Vienna, and only kept from floating over its very palace by the calling in of the Cossacks—Austria is another sick empire, which interferes to cure the , arse. France stip foremost of the league, less from a direct political aim than to seize for herself the honour and the influence of dominating Rome ; and without other excuse than this, France proceeds to the work of devastation. The English government has kept pretty clear ot this nefarious intervention. Lord PALMERSTON'S first despatch, published by us yesterdey, shows how im possible at is for the Poem to govern the Re man population wiiely and well. Ile is a prince elected not by that people, but by &conclave of priests, the majority of whom are foreign to R o me. His tem pond authority there is thus subservient to his other THE UNITED STATES. authority and interests—a subservience quite mon strous for the Roman p eople to submit to , and an A summary of the intelligence brought by the Ca anomaly that 00 constitu tion-mongering can cure. ledonia was published in yesterday's Express. We With Lord PALMERSTON'S second despatch we are now g i ve th e l e tt e r of cur New Yo k correspondent; by no means !..0 well contented. His lordship there the only item of news we have to add to it is, that lays down the rule that— C o lonel Rowan had succeeded Sir Benjamin I)'Urban " Her Majeey's government deprecate in princ iple as commander of the forces in Canada. the employment of a foreign =Mary force to settle NEW YORK, Jose 5. internal dissensions in a state, except in extreme and At last we have a movement at Washington which perilous cases." affects our diplomatic circles &breed. Mr. Abbott This exception is quite wide er ough to destroy the Lawrence, whom, at an early day, I mentionee as a rule, as every mil - Amer will think his own case prominent friend of Gen. Tayler, and likely to receive extreme and peculiar. Dees Russia need any other some distinguished mark of his consideration, has words to warrant her invasion of Hung cry ? Certainly been offered the mission to England, which Mr. Ham the caae, however . flagr lonia hot h extreene and peculiar. croft, it is understood, is pile ly willing to make After what we have ourselves done in Portugal and vacant . M r . L ev re nce is a merchant, and an mown elsewhere, it is no doubt di ffi cult f or wh ig r tory plated one , an d w ill fall very naturally into the minister to lay down the broad and o p en princ iple of circles of your eminent benkers and traders. Ile non-intervention. lint until a government can he makes a very g.od speech, reel will be found to int(- ' found, able and willing to do so, the less that is said rest himself in all those lelevolent and scientific On the subject the better. For such !insertions with institutions, from which he can borrow some advantage such exceptions, do but weaken the principle, and in- for our own. It is su, posed he will accept the offer validate the beet rights of independent nations. mule him. We are, per contra, looking for t,c ro rival We are much mistaken if the correspondence of our of Mr. Bulwer in this country, and it is hoped he will foreign secretary be not found to discontentall bring with him not only a fall suite of attaches, but parties. The ultra papists will object, to the pointed that the ambasoadress will have an escort of some of recommendation to separate "the spiritual authority your brilliant and accomplished ladies of rank, to front the temporal power s and institutions of the enliven and grace the diplomatic circle at Washing state," carefully as this is worded. The not very ton; should they not be heiresses so much the better, complimentary allusion to the influences at Gaeta since there are men of fortune and of education in this will displease in the same quarter. On coun t r y w ho would not hesitate to endow them with the other hand the door is thrown open all their worldly good .. for the military interference of at least Dalin* Mr. Rives, of Virginia, is to to our minister to states, and it but toe cle +fly warrants the Jazzy o.ne Fr ew& He was there, you remember, in inroad of his Maje-ty of NAPLES. Other Julian 1830, and he understands French politics there states, in fact, could interfere , but a s the cat ' s-paws roug hly. You may remember teat a writer of greater and more foreign ones. The humiliation in " Blackwood" charged him with having would be greater, the repression more barbarous and been the cause of the eleemion of Louis Pailippe. If severe. this be true, the explanation of the circumstance is Common shame, however, ought really to keep eery curious . It is said he persuaded La F ay ette to horn interim ddling and dictating to fore gin cone- espouse his cause upon a pledge from the Duke of tries such eovernments as have no fixed Fria - Orleans that, on coming to the throne, he would rc ciples or solidity of their own. The idea of commend and procure the recognition of our claims Signor GIOBERTI, or M. Blamer, or Count on France, and that this influence on the part of Ls STADION settling the institutions of Heine, when they Fayette, thus to be exercised, was the one the Ameri cannot even lay the corner-stone of their own erSIIIR- cons depended upon for their payment. Certain it is tiers and independence, is the most monstrous piece of the King did recegnite those claims and urge them affectation and impertinence. Here is Austria, who open his reluctant chambers; and it is also true that cannot defend Vienna, oven unning Tuscany and the in consequence of the d lay which occurred in their Legations. Spain and Naples are more ludicrous in discharge, G. n. Jackson swaggered a good deal, aware their pretensions still. How lamentab l e is it, that there probably of the state of the case and the guaranty of dies not exist in Europe one great, disinterested, the royal word. Allusions have sometimes been liberal and respected power which, without war, made to this transaction in our newspapers, but Mr. but merely by the majesty of its word, might Rives has never noticed them. en f orce n on-intervention, might hold the shield of Mr. Graham , an ex-gevernor of North Carolina, is her authority over countries righteo usl y stru gg l in g to be our minister to Spain, a country with which our for independence, and might bid the military em- rotations are small and of no accent. It is an ap pires, those great images of clay, though girt around poimment thut is never sought tor by our first-rate with armour and the sword, that they must confine men. and is considered more of a political reward their efforts to their own affairs, nor stretch abroad than a sphere of exalted action. their arms to enforce a system of tyranny already Mr. Marsh, a member of congress elect from a die sueeranented and rotten in its native centre and trict in Vermont, is to have a mission to Berlin or home. We can well conceive a policy to have been Constantinople (rather a difference in the places, it followed by us during the last quarter of a century, must be admitted). But it matters not, provided, as which would have made England that great umpire, we ay here, the applicant gets the "wax," a ith the sending forth at this moment &voice potentitheequiring. person of superior ability, a fine sp eaker, a ri p e " purtenances thereat." Mr. Marsh, however, is a neither fleets nor armies to be obeyed. But, instead o f this, England has frittered away i ts energies , spent its echo ar, and a scientific man. He will unquestion enthusiasm and its' re sources, and remains so crippled aley distinguish himself, ai.d will probably be as every way, and damaged , m orall y and physically, it.. much admired as Mr. Wheaton was, by his legal and c haracter, in revenue, and in the once generous senti- antiquarian researches. ments of its people, that England is at this moment A son of Governor Crittenden is to be the Arne "! rican consul at Liverpool, and Mr. Lorenzo Draper, no more than one of the h el p less famil y of bi c hildren which brawl throughout Euro p e under p re- now a resident in Paris, is to be our consul at Havre. tence of governing it, and are respected neither by )they appointments of a similar character will be equals nor inferiors; which await and under g o events, made, and they are all very respectable. In the meantime, quite a number of persons is disappointed. ne ither knowing how to meet or to g uid e them, and which float like c , rks on the ocean of polities, upper- C o l one l Webb, of the Courier, was very desirous of most indeed, but, at the tame time, the sport of every going Merced, either to Madrid or Berlin. T his gen wave and the slave of every current. tlemen has no claims whatever to such a situation in , the opinion c f the public, and thus far he seems to I have made but little headway at Washington. We have heard nothing of Mr. Secretary Clayton's expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. The pro ject bus been chromed in the newspapers so ably that it has probably received its quietus. It was, at any rate, time eneuih to have made such . a suggestion, on our part, when the British government knocked &tour door and asked our Resist ance for " sweet charity's take." And in that way she never will present herself, of course. Since my last, a bearer of despatches has arrived at Washington from California, a Lieut. Beales, and his statements have astonished even those who believed everything before. The despatches are from our squadron, and relate principally to its own affairs.' But Lieut. Beales, on his way through this city, freely communicat.d all he knew on the subject of the gold regions, and that communication found its way into the newspapers. He wore a watch which had a heavy case of native gold beaten into shape by a Cali fornian blacksmith, and the links of his watch chain were filled up with the same metal. He alto carried about with hem some lump, that were "a good deal bigger than a piece of chalk." The following is a resume of the condition of California. N o twithstanding the vast influx of adventurers, good order was p r evalent in the settlements and in the diggings. The local tribunals exercised their authority by the mild c consent, and in the most summary way. All crimes had but one penishment—eleath! Three per sons had recently been hung "in short order" for stealing. Tier y had a trial by jury in the usual way, but the proof was too strong, and they had to die. This remarkable severity had, however, produced the desired effect. Very few offences against good order are now committed, and life and property are pro tected in California. We leave it to the philanthro pic to bewail the fa'e of some half a dozen men who have thus loth their lives without even a space tar repentance, but we imagine the Californians do not regret that they have got rid of some scoundrels who, if spared, would have proved a curse to the in dustrious and peaceable inhabitants of that region. From New Orleans we learn that tee great c-evasse has not yet been closed, and the city is, with a sin Ili exception, neatly covered with water. Ne artheless, the Mississippi was rlowly falling, and this gave the eit zens much consolation. It was expec'ed that the levee would ere lout be repaired. In the meantime the cholera continued its ravage', and had carried off many victims of mark. Along the western rivers its desolatioa continu-d. The disease has male its appearance in this city and is on the increase. Vessels bringing in emigrants have it on board, and report the loss of many at sea. On Saturday, the cases amounted to 13, with 7 deathr, and since that the number has been on Monday 23 cases and 7 deaths, and to-day 39 cases and 11 deaths. Teem was a meet ing of " Odd Fellow.," yesterday, from all pars of the country, and to this the increas is attributed. Thus far it seems to have attacked of ly certain locali ties and an unfortunate class of people. It has not assumed its most virulent form, and has not the came charactiristica which it presents d in 1832. Nevirthe liss, it is fatal in its course, and excites much alarm. It touches our pockets, and hence many tears. A very large number of our citizens will, undoubtedly, leave the city if it gets much worse, and business will be materially affected. We cannot help think ing, however, that we meet it under many faccu•able circumstances, as we have in this city an catens've system of sewerage and plenty of pure and whoh.- 80M3 water, which " was not so before." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. New Thee, June 4.—The iotelliircere by the Nitrtaill to the 19th ult., received ewer the wires frog St. John'. on Friday last, i. looked upon, both in its political and commercial topeet, as un favourable to price and to advantageous business. here all is pronpe roue end promising. Our realm, though trackwanl. has tern propitious to the cereal teem which promise most abundantly. The accounts from California continue favourable, and the return of the first two Pacific steamers to Panama from San Fteneireo gives prominve that regular intern:nose may now be counted upi n. An officer of the navy tient with despatches from the commander of the Orel la the Ilay of San Franeisoo, reached Wenhinuton in forty-tour darn. What the effect is to be upon the currency of the world and the standard of value, atlas great accession to the nupply of gold, which it now seems certain the United States wit furnuh, can as yet only becuniectural. It cannot, however, in our view of what is likely to be the extent of thin supply, be other then amdderable. Our money market continues to be abundantly supplied, and United States Securities and good State Securities connequentivmainteln high pawn. Exchange on Europe is also entrancing. r ibs quotations annexed will show the prices to-day, both attic principal stocks and of hill. upon Europe :—For bills on London of the flea clang 109 in seked, and to tome extent obtained. The average rate in Bi. On France et sort date 5.20. Foe United Staten Sixes of 'tan, with coupons, 11 I was paid to-day, and as the transfer books, closed en the let innt., this is ex-diridend. The quizeutionn of sales of United rOates • dodo , in London by the Niagara, together with the abundance t f money nt home, explain. this advance. Exports and rreelpts of cotton at the ports so far this season, and to the onerespurdine time in former season.. (In thousand bales) - • • •• •-• Ureid Britain. !'rune. Other. - 302 267 276 22% 197 138 2•:90 143 313 231 18 11 ... 1 .. 1. (71 1 111 0 1617 .. 642 14146 .. 832 1643 .. 1272 14.881. ltetrespla. 1950 2578 IM3 2118 973 1712 1265 1988 IU/ 2380 Lowing tbe Uri 62 -__ l 10 1 . 1 U 45 0I 3 72 25 47 1617 ... 21 3 6 i 29 16 1b49 1 1164 S 1184 @Wks wmainlec is the ports 332 I 400 1 483 The new* per Niagara Fleenor, from Liverpool, and the develop ments of this weil'a exports end remaining slake, all go to confirm the propriety of what we wrote per lin tileamer of the inexmliency ui wiipping mutton off to England, wade the socks on thi. silk are in course of such a rapi4 reduction. The receipts at the ports for this week appear huge, in consequence of the stork at Savannah being found larger when actually counted than was su,poeed. New 1 oak, Jetta 3.—Srevious to the art ival of the new. per Niagara steamer on . 4 aturtley let, the market for *me wan dull and Inactive at tanner rates. There has knee been snore firmness, with. out any increase of prima-the c nunion brands of State iind Weetern selling at 4 dole. Site. to 4 dots. 361 c , end letter grades at 4 dole, 561 e. to 4 dials. 75e.; pure Genessee, 3 dots. to 5 iota. Ve. Southet n kinds arc held at 4 dole. 75e. to 4 dole. Kie. with moderate tales. Rte Sour in hair demand at 2 dol.. Blte. &en mead sena at 2 dole. 87 in, for Jersey yellow. Wilt ci.— llolders are firm : Ohio mixed bringiag 105 to 100 cents, and lienewee waite. 125 to 12; c rite. Nye, ba to 59 cents. Outs, 34 36 seats. Indian corn. early in the t sat week, was quick at 63 to 13$ cents tor round yellow: but, an artinday, the favourable news lee Niaterra C3UPOI an advance of one or two mate. One sale was made et Wife., to title vessel. The market el wed ymterday quite dull , —the re being ho ttansactiutes fur export ; 64 to 6.5 cent. was the ask ing price for round f (low. Southern white brought 51c., mixed Wveh-rn, 4 , t to 59 cents, and Southern Sat yellow, 11l 1.1111.41131.1.111 A, Jcsr. 4.—There was no inquiry fee cotton to-slay, and the market was dull, at rates current before the steamer. yl.-lie Is generally held above the views of Layers. A stile of 300 bbls. Western was made at 4 dole. 5o e. Mullets generally ark more. In nye lour a small ode was made at dole. l3e. The demand foe Corn F Meal Is roodmate, amine° We. Mandy wine suld at 2s7i dol., which is an advance. Penn. it firmly held at 2 dl.. 75e. Tuere is a moderate inquiry for Wheat, with very few sannike afloat, and about 5,000 bushels prime Velma odd at 10.5 e. for red and llle. for white. earn—The market closes rather heavy, with free receipt., and about 10,000 bushels Auld at GO to hi,. the latter fur prime Penns echoes. Nu sales of Oats. Southern we, e worth ;lee. Tee Bark market is firm, with further small wiles at ltt dole. for tired sort No. 1. N. change in Itiee— prime Felling at 31 cents. The market for groceries Is without chalice and mks limited to email s lee. New Orleans sugar at 14 to 41 cents. Very little movement In priest. MO , ato notice. A sale of mess park was reported at 10 (10111.50 z., and guma further sales of smoked bacon at Si cents. foe shoulders, and 9 to 10 mote 0.,r prime hams. Lard raid butter dull. Freights continue without much change. Whiskey is Weedy, unit further sales ut hble at 2 lie. THE COURT. The Queen held a curt yesterday afternoon at Buckingnam Palice. The Marquis de Saul', Sardinian Mii.isti r, had an audience of the Queen to take leave. Count Gatlin, on a special mission from hie Majesty the King of Sardinia, Lad an audience of the Clue en and delivered his I credentials from his sovereign. Their Ex °Beetles were re spretively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G C. 8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conduct. d by Colonel the lion. Sir Eiirard Cust, K.C.H., her Majcsty's Master of the Ceremo,de. Viscount Ponsonby, G.C.8.. her Majesty's Ambassador to the Em per, r of Austria. was presented to the Queen at an andiree• to; Viacount Palmerstds, .co take leave. Sir Hamilton Sey mour, her Majesty's Minister Ph nipAentiary to the C..urt of Portugal, was presented to her Majesty at en audience by Viscount Palmerwou, on his arrival from Lisbon. Tr• Queen leu attended by Lord Camoys, Lad in Waiting, and Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Ge.yem in Wailing. Iler Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lient.-Col. the !Inn. C. B. Polyps, and Col. Bnuverie, visited their Royal Highnesses the Duebess of Cambridge and the Here ' diteTy Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strehtx, yesterday, at Cambridge House. The It.ryal Family took their usual exercise yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Alber. rode out on horseback, yesterday, attended by Col. BOUT 6 rie, The Queen, attended by the C iuntess of Desert, Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Camp, and Lieut. Col. the Hon. C. 13. Phipps, honoured the performance of the French Plays with her presence yesterday evening. lier Royal Highway the Duchess of Kent also honoured the performance of the French nays with her presence last evening. Her Royal Highness was attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Cooper. • His Royal Highness l'rioce Albert, attended by the Mar i quis of Ahercorn, Major-General 11 sister, and Col. Bouverie, L honoured the Duke of Wellington with his company at dinner s esterday evening, at the Waterloo Banquet, given by his Grace at Ansley House. ' Her Royal Highness the Dueness of Gloucester visited her r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence . hone, St. J ames's. A deputation from the Steam Shipowners' Anode tins, con.isting of Mr. Anderson, M.P. (chairman), Mr. Moffatt, M.P., and Mr. Morgan (secretary), and acconspa nL d by Mr. Hume, M.P., and the following members of the Light Duns Association, forming a deputation from that body; Mr. Forrer, 24 P. (chairman). Mr. Duncan, M.P., Mr. A. }Leslie, M.P., Mr. Ogilby, and Mr. Pearson, had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Saturday at the Bard of Trade. THE WATERLOO BANQUET. Last evening the Doke of Wellington gave the annual bthquet at Apeley House, in celebration of the battle of Waterloo to the officers who par icipated in the honours of that memorable achievement of 'British valour. Ia the morning above 1,000 calls were made at the ducal residence. The distinguished personages invited to the entertainment Absgan to ar r rive at 7 o'clock His Royal Higlinese. Prince Albert was eceived at the porti:o by the Duke of Welling ton, attired in the full uniform of a field marshal. The noble duke conducted his illustrious guest to the saloon, in wbich the whole of the Waterloo officers had collected previous to the banquet, to all of whom the prince bowed kis respects. The illustrious duke was supported on his right by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Field-Marshal the Mar quis of Anglesey, and on the reverse side by their Excel. leneies Prince Castelcicala and Count Kielmansegge. Covers were laid for eighty persons, and we believe there was only one vacant place, which arm from the sudden indisposition of a gallant general. The repast having concluded, and the dessert having been placed an the banqnetting board, The Duke of WELLINGTON rose and gave the health of "The Queen." The toast was drunk with due honours, the band playing the national anthem. Prince ALBERT then rose and said he thought it only right that the next toast on the present occasion ought to be that of the Duke of Wellington—the gallant hero of the battle they had that dvy met to commemorate. (Hear, hear.) His Royal Highness said he would not attempt to panegyrise the character of the noble and gallant dole, but at once ask the company to drink to his " Health, long life, and happiness." The tout having been drunk with enthusiasm, The Noble Duke expressed his gratitude for the honour conferred upon him, and enured his guests of the continued pleasure it afforded bin to meet them on the anniversary of their great struggle for liberty. The next toast proposed by the noble duke was the health, of the survivors of those present at the battle of Waterloo. The NOBLE DUKE then gave the memory of those brave men who fell at Waterloo—a sentiment which, as mail, was drank in solemn silence. After a short pause, The NOBLE DUKE said I have now to propose a tout which I always do with a great deal of pleasure, and that is the health of an illustrious prince who does us the honour to attend our anniversaries—l mean his Royal . Highness Prise* Albert. I have the greatest pleasure in welcoming his Royal Highness among us ; and I am sure you will join wan me is drinking the hea l th of his Royal Highness and the rest of the oyal The toast having been duly honoured, His ROYAL HIGHNESS expressed his acknowledg ments in a few words. He said he very highly appreciated the great honour of being allowed to participate in the plea sure of a meeting to which no merit of his own could entitle him. Althoogh he flt that h. ought not to be there, he could assure them that it gave him the highest possible gratifica tion to meet them oo each succeeding anniverary, and he hoped to do so many more times. The noble DUKE next gave in succession the Cavalry who fought at Waterloo, cowling with it the nom. of th e Marquis of Anglesey ; end the Infantry, coupling with it the name of the Earl of Strafford ; the Guards cud Sir Alex ander Woodford ; the Artillery and Sir Hew Ross. On again rlsisg, his GRACE said they all knew bow much they were indebted to the armies of the Allied Powers at the battle of Waterloo. The Hanoverian army especially had ne its duty most admirably, and he rejoiced to see around him on the present occasion many efficera who were in that service, and who hid gr qtly aided in obtaining the viz•ory they were met to commemorate. Arnontr three officers he might mention his Excellency Count Kielmaneeege, the gallant prince upon his left, General Prince Castelcicala, and Sir Colin Halkett , (Hear, hear.) Count KIELMANSEOGE, in responding to the tout, said it gave him great satisfaction to et It -et that the Banc "'avian army had certainly always maintained its character for valour and loyalty. (Hear, hear.) rh, y was not less valiant now than forty years ago, and should tronblons times arise they would he ever found ready to support the princi ples of order and good gsvemment, and to oppose anarchy in whatever form it might arise. General Prince CASTELCICALA and Sir C. HAL- M:UT replied or some lergth to the compliment. The Noble DUKE neat gave the "Infest try o' the Line, and the It.flt. Brigade," c .upiing with the totea tue names of Sir Fred, ti :k Adam and Sir Andrew Barnard, each of whom returned thanks. The last toast of the evening was the "Palmist% Army," which his Grace said had always behaved g thaetly under every variety of circumstances. He was happy to see among them the officer who at the battle of Waterloo was attacoed to that army, end who had lately behaved so gallantly in India —he meant Lsra Hardie-sec. . (Hear, hear.) He begged to give them " The Prussian Army and Lent H .rdinge." Viscount HARDINGE r.spotaled to the tout in an excellent speech, after which the party broke up. FINANCIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF FINSBURY. Last evening a public once log of the reformers of the borough of Finsbury was h. Id t Sadler's Wells Theatre, for the purrs.e of giving publicity to the principles and eta of the Parliamentary unit Financial Reform Associa tion, and adopting rerolutions of co-operation with that body. Sir J. WALMSLEY, accompaeied by several influential members of the council of the association, entered the meet ing 50011 after seven o'clock, and having tak. n the chair amid loud applause, proceeded to ad& u the meetint : lie said, our meeting is convened fir the purpose of giving extensive publicity to the objects of the Parbamentary and Financial Reines Assoebstion, and to promote a relirm of the representative system. I egret that nvereboliepositien pre vents the att'ndanee of both your members on this occasion, and I am sure that their regret at h: it g unavoidably obliged to absent tiemeeilves is as sincere as nun, for I believe there are not two more consistent, hocest, and firm refs trams in the Hous of Commons than these gentlemen. (Ili or, hear.) I may say further, that they re (Let much credit en the choice of the constituency by which they were tent into the house. (Hear, leer.) I have litters trout both of them, which I shall proceed to read to you. The letter from Mr. Bun cunbe is as follows ; "6, Palace Chambers, St. Janice's, June 14. "Sea. -1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th inst., and to express to you the satis faction I entertain on bearing that it is the ink's' ion of the Metrololitan Parliamentary t .1 Fiume iel Reform Associa. tion. to hold a public 'tentine in the borough of Frisbury on Monday next, fei ling convinced that in no quarter of the metropolis well ' reform principles' n mire a readier Cr more cordial support thou in that diarist. My only regret is, that my health is not yet tuftl.i.ntly restored to enabler me to ho with you on the occasion, my medical advisers having striely forbidden my taking sty rart it present in any public meeting. You will oblige me, there'ore, by roam yin.? to the council. as well as to the meeting my deep disappointment at the unavoidable cause of my absence. In the mean tune 1 beg to enclose my humble contribution of ten gait me, in aid of the funds of the association, and to re main, Sir, your obedient servant. "THOMAS SLINOSBY DUNCOMBE. " E. M. Whitty, Esq., Seeming." Mr. Wakley writes as fellows: " Harefield Park, Juno 18. " Dear Sir,—l deeply regret that it will hat he in my power to attend the meeting on Monday. 1 need not say to you that I most laterally concur in the objects o' it. I do not think that financial) reform in the government of this country is a little question, or an unimportant subject, as has been stated ; but, on the contrary, I consider it to be a great question, and one which is iiitunati ly connected with the happiness of the people, ried the integrey of any and every administration. " In consequence of a most severe indisposition, I have been confined to my residence here since the end of Fe bruary ; but I hope, should my health be restored, to make up, by workirg ' double time,' for any loss my kind and gent roue constituents may have sustained, owing to my not having been enahlea to attend the Howe of Cumulous during the present session. " 1 am, my dear sir, your's faithfully. " 'l'. WAKLF:Y." I have also received letters from Mr. W. J. Fem M.P., from Mews. Miall, and C. Lushimetoe, Dr. Price, sod Item. T. E Fere sq. (Cheers.) Tem letters, yeu will ee el opinion with me, show that those whe have heretofore taken an in terest in the progress of reform, continue still to manifest a strong feeling for the advancement of the question. (Hear, hear.) You (continued the hon. gentlemen) is the metro polis do not Mt I the absence of the ballot so much as we in the country, but there, whether we look et the farmers, driven like sheep to the hustings to record their ewes at the bidding of their landlords, or at the Mf chinics of the towns, we will find the same sy stem permed in both cues, and undue influence pressing upon both. (neer, hear.) The next object in view is the seduction of the sittings of parlia ment to three years. The reineining queriou is one of the utmost importance, and it has reference to an equalisa tion of the electoral districts. You are aware that there are many boroughs containing not 200 elr etore which return two members to parliament. There are 30 boroughs, with a constituency of 300 electors, which return two me inhere each —GO boroughs in which the number of cle.tors is 41i0, which likewise return two members each, and there are GO boroughs totally without tie centre' of popular influence, being represented by the landowners of the eistrict. They may be whies—they may be tories—that is nothing to us— we find fault with the system, and not with t.e men. (Hear, hear.) Is it not monstrous that 86 members are returned to parliament by a smaller number of electors than those who return my hon. friend, George Th impson, for the Tower Hamlets ; so that if he had the measure of right to which the p ipulation be represented entitled him, he should represent forty one member,. (Hear, hear.) The great reforms which have been established in this coun try never would have been brought about, except through the medium of agitation—that agitation at which the finger of scorn has been pointed. By what means bad the Corporation and Test Act, the Catholic Bruancipation Bill, the Reform Bill, the act for the abolition of slavery, by what means had these reforms been carried ? And though last, not least, what had carried the repeal of that abominable law which had brought the country to the verge of starva tion—the coin law ? Why sgitation. (Cheers.) Agitation had become the very food of the people. Even prime raids ters could encourage it when it suited them. (Cheers and laughter.) We follow the Manchester school—. (cheers)—and if we could persuade our ft llow-reformers (the chartists), who seek the franchise, to believe that we are really honest in our professions—if we could convince them that we can carry our measures, arid will carry them, if we have their support, and that we cannot without it—if I could induce them to join heart and hand with us in skimming this great movement, I woull promise them that we will never forsake them until we have obtained a full, and fair, and free representation of the people in parliament. (Hear, hear.) But, in order to obtain this, they must make sacrifices for a. time ; they must be sells& d to go with those who do not wish to go the whole of the way. Let us show them that we are worthy of the franchise which we seek, and they will ul timately be ready to join with us to the fullest extent. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, M.P., proposed the first resoluticn, and said, I come amongst you to state my delibe rate conviction, founded upon the experience of two parlia mentary wesioi,s, that no rodic or even large reforms in the financial, reeler isatical, or colonial spatial' or thi. , country can be expected, without a previous change in the representative system. (Cheers) I shall be reminded of the gr. at measures which have been carried during the last 35 years, with a House of Commons as at present constituted, or, what is more, pre. viously to 1833, with one in which there was much less of the popular and democratic element than is to be fouad in the one to which I have the honour to belong. (Hear.) But none of these measures were passed because the House of Commons or the House of Lords saw that they were just and righteous. They were not carried in consequent of any spontaneous deliberate discussions in the legislature, leading to an apprehension on the part of our lawmakers that they were bound to pass those measures because they were reasonable and right, but beceuse of a ong pr - made it of out-ef doors effort and agitation, l which made it at last perilous to refuse the thing demanded. Take parliamentary reform as your first object, and you adopt the wisest and most potent means to the attainment of all your other legitimate and constitutional end'. (Hear, hear.) The number of the qualified electors of the thew kingdoms is a standing and notorious insult to the enamel& sense, the virtue, the patriotism, the loyalty, and the religion of the people of this Christian country. (Loud. cheers.) Were a foreigner to stand up and say that throughout England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, out of 28 millions of inhabitants, only 800,000 could be trusted to have • voice in the election of representatives to the C ad oas• of Parliament, there is scarcely an old-+shi.4. era who would not resent such an Welkin &car upon the population of hit native lepsk ..... ( . 9ear k lAitirsi., ' • e pij 1 t