The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-25 00:00:00

• • 1 1 I I • • • • , \ • .6: rat as debt of '22,000 millions 12,500 rib. *ruled, and the rest ars to weigh notional honour. The preomble of the bill is irreten atfoir, in which an attempt E ar t justify a redactions in .ud Interco.* due to the creditors, and debt is arrau*ed as follows: Tin .„. ore t amain as they are. They of :1,000 millions and upward►, • s In'erea.o:her debt, are lobs redsoed t'oo*Atnog the lire per Cents. as re- was ; ;very 100 wile of the Four • :1,, br considered as 80 reale of the Flee per 106 Teals of '• Vale." unconsolidated • i ,per dibt as 30 teals 18 centaros of .. sad ad on. As for the debts without , passive interests of the Scaling per tent., and interests of the pro carry 100 reds of lees, is to be coast .. :10 coats. of the Five per Cents. For a interests overdue of the Four* and . , ▪ be milady-red as 60 real, 4 cents. 1.2„ - 106 millions to 7,876 ulna will be oo•voited and paid is ..,• Frio pit to. at 331 ;so that, instead ' the cr. ditora are to be paid in atom a tith of what is doe I.le pwTsvbmenr, in :taking this reduction, ..d he average price of the different debts market up to this day. Thus, consider at 10 reels 06 cents. per cent., they give ..:had part of the value of the Threes, • h 34).atd tnerriore reducing the other ;ape et the Five per ('eats., and paying • part of their value in paper of the ,the intern: of this new debt amounts . re ia.p:esuppaeirgflOskillionsthe excet s . Daring the ti st years, the govern ., t,i pt seventy million from the pay ::oniroperty. and the other twenty 1' set down in the estimates, but, in e..i.u.atiena, it s retain that there will • t lug log these Lew interests, and the will be nothirg bat a mere robbery at t!.e public credit. - three (en• Cen ) poe t. " " r 3-16 7,7, " nee per e:.r t el::;bily 61 . rub, V :. Ea-4 e ITALY. SICILY. cf . the 12 h, state that since re :are been upwards of •!0 shocks of in coneetiiience of which the greatest an.: bustm as w• a at a complete egad. OhRMANY. PRUSSIA. zutte onblibnes the following tele patcb. dated Brine, the 23rd inst. : ,try las relumcd from Berlin. I learn ,:n s,nrce that the sews they bring is Cue Proodin government is determined r mists to the Grrmsm nation. It is sold :cgs of the parUament will be suspended ,r a short time." diction to this the Rrforni of the 22nd hessian governmtnt has determined .n the Erfurt parliament. FRANKFORT. Is of Orls.as arrived in this free city on —Vo%ntary Loan. 1031; National Dcbt, SGi ; :L flre pa Cen•. 36.34113m5, 93y; Four all ; Bank ohareo, 1,0:4 Eschasso on letter from Copenhagen of says :—Many various, and in some respects : ry reports, circulat• nem, respecting a :adly l-tta addressed by the Emperor of our King. Of course we cannot speak to contents of this communication, only we Tay assure oar readers that on the side of rtment preparations are made which will .r every eventuality. Clic Court. cen asd Prince Albert took a drive in an l e and tour yesterday, the Equerries I. Waiting, Fp:toy and Lietr..C.A. the Hon. A. Gordve, ne honeback. The Duke and Dueheas de Ne •: her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Pelee,. .:onel the Hon. Altsander Gordon hu relieved hod Frames Hugh Seymour is his duties in .. Waring t his Reyal Highness Prince Albert. iuceaor of the Exchequer gave ecabinet r 'ay OTC 010 at, bi. odical residence is HMS TOO mial.tere greyest were Lord Juba korell, .a si Law. folio*, the Earl of Mato. Sir George .tiot Palmentqa, Earl Grey, Bsr Fracas Damp, Cults'', toe night H3O. H. Lehouthere, sad the tax Mau:e. _ _ _ ;..,cation trim the Ozford, Worcester, and ..;ertett hallway Company, consifting of Mr. Fran. :1 I.P. I:human) ; Miura. M. Grazebrook, W. G. Busby, Joseph Tacker, Junes 0. B. Thorneycroft (directors) ; Mr. Muni. s 6'4 Mr. F. T. Eau (*phonon); awl Mr. Noel T. • -wary .—had as interview with tho Commis- "mayday, at their office iatie Boars of o.ltios. of Inspectors of Land for the Cattle • .1 bad an itst:rVitir with L ad Seymour, yester , •.e.et of dui Woods and Forests. The deputation Mr. Haearshrey Breadretb, Mr. B. Brandreth ,r. Tamar Heywood Bak r, Mr. &Saw, Colonel I•caberHobte,madMr Putty. to, Playfair had an interview with Earl cri..e yesterday at the Board of Trade. Ft! &boo Committee of the Royal Comminion ct.•il•ioa ol IS6loteaseniss el Earl Granville. Lrd • . mad Mr. T. F. Gibson, net yesterday at the I • it,. Colonel Bead, disarms" ad the executive • .1.5 also prevent. .itstioo, roosistiag of the High Bailiff of .•.. Mr. Gram, sad Mr. Loma, bad ea linea r ;ay wit► Esti Granville. _ _ Brows, M.P., Mr. Alerted*? Heade, • Mr. W Yorker Halmos& had aa iaterviow yea • Vaasa' Palmerston, at hit lordship's private c the tuhject of the extension of Bride & wow Chico Seas. 4' :As were sent off yesterday evening from • fir the Governors of Ceylon sal 11 cog F: ‘CL OF ELLE:MEM—TiIe Ermine, schooner, ...Et Lab, sailed from Portsmouth eesterday morn ' her wide maser, the Earl of Ellesmere, and a %we naelea•n, who accompany his lordship or. a Als• 31.daterranaaa, whither le is gone for the A to ►ealth. ': • TIN rsTON CMS AND METROPOLITAN ArULN - e•terdav the second anniversary of this institution ••• et the Whittington Club, Strand ; Cheeks Lash ' 4 ., , president, it the chair. The company •701 about 2,'; Wimp and gentlemen, including the ;" samagst whom were—Mre.Chules Luahingtoa ; 1,,,g1as Jerrold; Miss Jerrold; Mrs. Cowden Clarke; James Wylat; His. W. H. Atheist Mrs. J. H. ; Lord L. C. Reset ; Lord Nugent, M.P. ; H. U. 114.; NAM S. H. Aweigh, M.A.; F. Mowatt, lisq , J. Eaq., ALP.; Gawp Thompson, R eq ., Juan M)l4l, Magretime, En. M.P.; Matthew Wilson, fun., M P.; Douglas Jenokl, Seq. • Charles Knight, Charles Cowden Clash., ; Seq.; Hunt, En.; zffreys Parry, AN.; W. U. Askant, un., Esti , He. Asees arrierrunws were under the duration of Mr. Lend, cur 's sad other, who gave their •tous services on the eceasiest. The usual loyal toasts a Win disposed of, the chairman proposed " The • , ;ttoa C•u•s and Metropolitan Athenieum, and, in m ol•arved that he had meth more pleasure in addressing 4.;•any us the present taxation than he had at the la-t •••••y dinner. At that time the club was only rising • , ar,d ih seemben were suffering from the effect of •f•y air; misrepresentation. The talm statements, how • t..th had been made they had ope n ly confuted, and • • might now lie said to be completely established. • wars amounted to nearly 1,:540, of whom 400 wets lbe-s fate attested the popularity of the in , abd the presence of so many distinguished ;.,,vt4 that its position in society was held s'emation. The Whit•ington Club was the • which had combined so essay advantages • rainy opportur.i•ies of instruction. It was open to •of all stations, ban to people of all sorts end reed aised no particular system of politics, and • tsire principles which were well calculated 't• Porleanist suigesa. The institution owed PPa ...returo, ler it wee suggested by the henivoleut if ss Jerrold—(cheers]—and under hie footway' 14.,inised I. be one of the meet used aad of the sciete.polis. The toed was re woe ',root enthusiasm, and wee followed by " The President," " The Vise-1 residente,' ' " I.verature and Wises." " The Pr.s.,“ ' a f....me rwunittee," &e. Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. ".71.1 , Nepal, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Lord •..rt, .z.l other gentlemen severally addremed the •! abd the eatertainm en t appeared to give very 4. %Weans. 1 6 20 .. 46:250 .. 60,000 .. 31,000 .. 13,600 .. 60,000 • 35,000 .. 14,000 .. 9,000 ▪ 8,800 .. 6,500 .. 4,600 .. 4,250 .. 4,750 .. 6,750 .. 2,025 .. 0,126 .. 6,000 .. 4,650 .. 4,000 .. 2,200 1,400 .. 1,800 330,400 The result althea two tables is, that even including the erroneous 68,0001. still standing as to 30s. con veyances, the total amount of toes upon the above liberal estimateo, in respect to conveyances, will be 128,1241., instead of the 286,0001. contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and I believe that the real Iwo arising from these transactions might be calculated with misty and fairness at very much less than 100,0001. per annum. I have to apologise for intruding upon your apace as such length, but I have felt it necessary to state in de tail the lemons which induce me to Oder en widely THE STAMP DUTIES. TO TOT IMMO OF TRU MILTII.IIOS. sympathMe with you is your desire for fall and authentic detain respect to the Stamp Duties 8.11, aad is the disappointment with which you most regard the difficult and illusory informatioa which ham been vouchsafed. I apse with every syllable which your earner pendent, "A filolicit.w," has written this morning, and as you gave publicity to a table with which I supplied you on the 18th instant, I now forward you a table showing the effect of the proposal of the Chanoellor of the Exchequer on all transactions by way of conveyance, &c., up to 100,0001. In this table I show or date in detail the data upon which my calculations proceed; and if the result of such calculations even approxi mate to correctness in preference to the returns laid before the Ileum of Camomile, it is obvious that the measure most be withdrawn. ----- I must request you to print at the foot of this letter the returns of Sir C. Wood as to the estimated gross produce of conveyances and loss consequent on the proposed alto:nations—and as to the amount now re. coved for stamps from 10s. to 1,0001. in value—as this letter necessarily refers especially to those re turns. It will be seen by the first of these returns that there is an estimated loss of 266,2991:45. 6J. (and,by the-bye, I do not see how a certain number of stamps at 10s. per cent. can produce an odd 6d.), on convey , antes of smaller amount than 1,0001., and that of that lloss 187,247/. 7.. 01. arises upon the three first items, namely, conveyances of smaller amount than 1501. Now, are these figures correct ? I proceed, an to these first items, to show that they are in my judg ment most grossly and seriously orronc one. First, as to the 10.. stamp. " A Solicitor" rightly states that th:s stamp covers memorials, and also a large clam of receipt stamps, besides other things. I have counted to-day the register of Middlesex for the year 1847. It curtains 440 pages, each page having en laden to from 42 to 45 memorials. The Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot object to my reckoning on this datum the memorials in Middlesex at 18,000; and the member for Halifax will not be offended at my attributing to the three ridings of Yorkshire as many memorials yearly as in the county of Middle sex. To be gaits safe, however, 1 will assume that the Yorkshire memorials, receipt stamps, and all other things bearing a 104. stamp, only equal the mimorials in Middlesex. How, then, will the matter stand ? Why that at least 18,0001. muit on these accounts be deducted from the gross produce of these stamps, and two-thirds of the re. sidue„according to the calculation of the Inland Revenue Commissioner., will leave only 6,5001 appli cable to conveyance stamps, inatt ad of the 21,2591. put forth in the report. And my opinion is that such 6,500/. is abort three times more than the real amount ; but let that pass. Secondly. As to the 1/. stamp. Your correspond ent is again quite right, and I wish that he himself had gone into further details, but the following will be found a correct analysis: The money received for stamps of 21. value and upwards (and these stamps may be assumed as ad ralarem stamp') shows that there must have been 119;200 of such deeds in 1819. Now, it is a low, a very low, calculation to assume that each of these deeds had oce " foll ewe r." It is again a low, a very low, calculation to sesame that 10,000 further 208. ' stamps were used for leases under 201. rent, for coun terparts of such leases, and for the other occasions I for which this ramp is proper. But even on th ese figures 160,000/. are deducted from the 201,0751. re ceived for the se stamp', and the proper proportion to be credited toconveyacces be ing, according to the commis sioners, two-thirds, the sum of 25,000/. ought to have been credited in the first table, instead of the 138,170/. which figures there. And my opinion on this also is that there are not one-third as many conveyances of property between 201. and 501. in value annually, as this greatly reduced amount would require ; but better informed persons can determine this. Third.y. As to the 11. 10s. stamp. On this I do not like to venture an assumption. The number of 'leases granted annually at a rent exceeding 201., are very numerous, but they who may take the trouble to read this letter will, probably, be better able than lam to form such estimate. On the stamp return an ad rat.ron duty is assumed on 60,000 transactions, and it should be reduced by the proportion properly chargeabl, for counterparts of leases. With this re mark I will give my table of the three first items of the conveyance table of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer: C:metede!ti. Present Graft pro. Propo+cd mated produce F-stiroated rate. duce. rate. at propo3cd leas. rate. LO 10s. £6,500 21. 64. 11,623 £1,675 Os. 11 Or. 2.5,000 64. 6,2 A 18,750 W. 11 101. 84,374 10.1. 28,124 66,249 10.. £79,874 Even without attempting to correct the third item, I have thus shown the grounds why I consider that the above gam is much more than the probable amount of loss in respect of the present number (without calculating increase) of conveyances under 1501. Menlo., instead of the large sum of 187,2471. 7s. estimated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In regard to conveyances for 1504 and upwards I need not trouble you at so much length, for I have constructed a table showing the present receipts ac cording to the calculations of the Inland Com missioners-namely, on the assumption that two thirds of the stamp' were used for conveyance trans action., and have shown what, on the same amount of transactions, would be the duty on the altered scale, such duty being taktn on an average medium amount, which gives to the Chancellor an advantage in favour of a loss of IL on every transaction. This is, in fact, an extenaion and working out of the table which you have already had the goodness to publish : Amounts. Duti es . Two•thinls of pm- Produce at pre sent tran.euon. sent rate. 150 .. 300 .. 2 .. 137,000 74,000 300 .. 600 .. 3 .. 30,000 .. 90,000 600 .. 50 42,000 750 .. 1,0 7 .00 .. 7, .. 2,000 .. 18,000 1,000 .. 2,000 .. 12 .. 4,000 .. 36,000 2,000 .. 3,000 .. 26 .. 1,400 .. 35,000 3,000 .. 4,600 .. &I .. 400 .. 14,000 4,000 .. 6,000 .. 46 .. 200 9,000 6,000 .. 6,000 .. 66 .. 160 .. 8,800 6,000 .. 7,000 .. 66 .. 100 .. 6,600 7,000 .. 8.000 .. 75 .. 60 .. 4,500 8,000 .. 9,000 .. 86 60 .. 4,2.50 9,000 .. 10.000 .. 95 .. 60 .. 4,7.50 10,000 .. 12,600 .. 110 .. 60 .. 6,600 12.600 .. 16.000 .. 130 .. 15 .. 1,950 15,000 .. 20,000 .. 170 .. 35 .. 6,950 20.000 .. 30,600 .. 240 20 .. 4,800 30,000 .. 40,000 .. 350 13 .. 4,550 40,000 .. 50,000 .. 460 60,000 .. 60,000 .. 660 .. 00,000. 80,000 .. 660 .. 80,000 . . lOO,OOO .. t.OO .. i .. 4 .. 2 .. 2 .. 4.000 2,200 1,300 1,600 PRODUCE AT PROPOSED RAT& Aversp Cossiders. tson on which Cal. M. Amount of cuing= Ls band. P er CeaL Stam p . E ig. l a. 0 10 0 10 dna it A: posed rats. • d. 01 0 1 • 11 0 3 o 3 o • o o 6 ..d 21,2311 10 0 131,170 0 0 44,374 0 0 7;921 00 9;111 0 0 13,414 0 0 21,111 0 I 1 !it1,3111 10 • Z 27,831 1 101,07$ 73,177 1 111,487 1 214,0911 110,0.23 136,471 3 1 3,1163 33,973 63,733 12,893 6,732 31,006 S 0. d. 431166 24,179 13 0 211,174 10 41,016 IS 6 60,164 0 0 23337 10 0 13,233 0 0 THE FXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 25, 1850. from Um Glacial et Comamoar.—Yoars, Trample, April 24 acrivati &C., ism before the House of BCRUTATOR. LT SRI FAIN. r S. MM. Estimated L. NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. PUBLIC CONPERENCL—BacoND DAY. The Coot ef Delegate s ( ae stated is retie, day's Express) reamed ita aiding asterday nessubst at 10 o'clock, In Crosby Hall, Sir 'mark& WALHaLnY, M.P., Pre sident, is the ehalr. attendance was exceedingly ns aad unapt the oesapeats of the gallery were sr viral ladies. The SECRETARY (Mr. T. Bags) having read the minutes of the previous day's penceediags, whisk being duly ad, he CHAIRMAN anawasseed that the first balsas to be proceeded with was to ask the various gentlemen representa tives present to give snob informed in, of a practical nature, to the solusell as they might dam desirable on the various *objects on whisk they was met, as also to report on the stag of feelinf on the embattle of parliamentary and financial reform in their venous localities. It had boon arranged that the Conference should sit until oat o'clock, then adjourn to two o'eloak, and continue sitting to five o'clock. Mr. BIGGS said he bad mach pleasure fa stating that the tat of feeling in Leicenter oa political copies was sound. (Hear, hear.) They had rinse the passing of the Reform Bill, with one exception, returned radicals to parliament. (Hear, heir.) At present they had a parliamentary and financial reform usosiation and offices. (Hear, hear.) Th., also had held two public rairetiap on the question, where resolutions approbatory of reform in every sense were passed. Their registration wog well attended to; they were prepared to meet the enem y, an d i n the event of an election to re•urn two men of their own choice. (Hear, hear.) They bad no interest ha the a xisting Waists" ; and it they went out of office to-morrow deers would be no lamentation on the port of the people of Leicester. (Hear, hear.) The principles of the association, IA net forth in the programme. recommended themselves strongly to the people of Leicester. (Hoar.) In his opinion London had not played the part it ought to have played in the political fortunes of the Country. (Hear, hear.) It was the largest, the wealthiest and most commercial city in the world, and should contain many men of public, spirit ; yet it hod allowed many provincial (owes on important and interesting occa sions to take the lead. (Hear, hear) London could sot he looked to as the Visa where originated any of the great measures of reform that had taken place with the last 30 Dears. (Hear, hear.) C a th o li c emancipation was won by üblin and O'C mired. (Hear, hear.) To the men of Bir mingham they might be said to owe the earning of the Reform Bill; whilst the men of Lancashire were ever iden tified with the repeal of the corn laws. (Hear, hear.) Therefore he wanted that London should address itself to I the business of the country. (Hear, hear.) London had an important mission and should therefor e ac t u p t o t h e mag nitude of her destiny. (Hear, bear.) Mr. ADAMS, of Derby, being next called upee, said that in his locality they started on the right principle of having a due admixture of the middle and working classes—(bear, hear)—and unless suck were the case everywhere, they could not hope to possess the cordial confidence of the coun try. At present, the association formed in Derby was way in its infancy ; bat ia • short time it would flourish and become powerful. Their members represented every shade of liberal opinion ; and as regarded the reformers of Derby, he should say that, whether Lord John Russell advanced or retrograded, they were determined to proceed. (Cneen.) He should state that the chartists in Derby, although not abandoning their claim to univenel suffrage, gave tats movement for parliamentary and financial reform their most cordial support. (" Hear,' and cheers.) Mr. MU/RATH, of Dublin, maid he came there for the purpose of informing the Conference that the gentlemen with whom he was in the habit of co-operating in public affairs tendered their active sad sealous support and co-operation to the dIUSO which I'm had taken up. (Hear, hear.) They were glad to find that one of the rank and intelligence of their chairman had united himself with the people for the purpose of obtaining the people's rights. (Cheers.) It had bees stated yesterday that it would be better that the House of Commons wen abolished altigether than allowed to north as at present. (Hear, hear.) Was that house the house of the people's representatives ? (No, no.) Then it was the business of the people to reform that house. They had a church establishment imposed on the people of Ireland. (Cries of " Shame.") Tee people of Ireland required that they might be permitted to worship as their consciences dic tated, and conceded the same right to every man and was it fair that the ministers of a different end hostile church should come down and make that people contribute to their support? (No, no.) The ministers of that hostile church were ever arrayed against liberty ; and it was therefore with much pleasure he had learned that the great majority of the people of England were as opposed to the pas meat of the church in such a way as were the people of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He felt grateful for that and he thought the more closely the people of both countries united the better for them. There wee moth. r qu• stion that referred intimately to the condition of the Irish people, namely, the land question. A commission had been issued by government in reference to it, which cost the country some 600,0001 The commissioners reported that one-fourth of the 221 millions of acres of Ire land were waste. Tay also stated that if rents were fixed at a low scale the people would not alone be able to pay them, but also the sum which had bees expended in their rectitude lion. Mar, hear.) But notwithstanding th at report, as well as others issued by scientific men, the government had not advanced one step to the adoption of the suggestions entertained in them. Mr. ABRAHAM JONES, of Merthyr, South Wales, said he attended trom the great iron emporium of Merthyr, the Manchester of Wales ; and he hailed with great pleuure an assemblage so distinguished as the present. He bad been requested by the committee in Merthyr to present to that assemblage their warmest sympathy as regarded retrench ment, the freehold land scheme, and ell the other projects that helped to snap asunder the existing political chain, and to diffuse abroad the principles of civil and religious liberty. (Hear.) He hoped, therefore, the present movement would go forward until they had succeeded in reforming the Hluse of Commons ; for until that reformation should be effected, they could not haps for civil or religious liberty. (Hear.) Mr. H. LEWIS, of Stroud, on being called oa by the chairman, said he believed it only required a little stimulus to rouse the people of Stroud into activity from the apathy into which they seemed to have fallen latter the passing of the corn-law measure. Mr. ADDISON 'made a few observations confirmatory of the statements of the previous speaker. Mr. WHIT WELL, of Peterborough, said an association had lately been formed in the town which he represented to tarry out the principles of financial and parliamentary reform. It had only been formed about two montbs,but he would refer to an incident that would show the temper of the neighbour hood, and might induce a more charitable feeling towards the farmers He would make one suggestion, but he would rather put it as a propasition, that the association should have their own periodical journal. Toe CIiAMMAN said any gentleman intending to pro. pose a resolution must hand it to the business committee. A DELEGATE observed that the matter was under the consideration of the eommittee. Mr. JOHN THWAIT/11, of Southwark, said he appre hended their business wee rather to make suggestions wain?' might be useful to the admiation than to take • canter on any political point. One object they had was to increase as much as possible the number of electors. For himself, it we. pm well 1111.)W12 that he was an uncompromising advocate o f manhood suffrage. Mr. Thwaites then went on to suggest that • change should be made in the constitution of the council, by casting to admit members on it merely on the contribution of IW. to the funds; and that the council should be elected annually by the delegates from the most active spirits of each neighbourhood. Mr. C. GILPIN said he was one who bad taken his seat at the council by virtue of his payment ; but he must say there was one point of which his friend was evidently ignorant, that no small number of the council were elected members without any more payment than • shilling per annum, end the question of the payment of IW. was simply • question of funds. Mr. THWAITES, in explanation, said that there were DOOM eloctiveNamnben, but there were many independent members who do not like to go among them; they felt the were not equal to the other members who had paid their 101. Mr. WADE, of Deptford, as one of the elected members of the comma, said tor the reasons stated by Mr. Thwales be did not like to take his seat in the counciL Mr. COBDEN, M.P., roes and said—Gentlemen, I am not wrong in assuming that you have come to London frog the several localities where you reside, because you are dissatisfied with the doings of the House of Commons. (Hear, hew.) You think that the large majority of that boom are not doing all the things that they ought to do, and that they are doing a greet many things which they ought net to do. I presume that they are neither going so last in the right direction as you could wish, and that in many cases they are going wrong altogether. That I believe is the opinion you have formed of the House of Commode ; that is the reason why you have left your homes to meet together in this united assembly. Well, from the votes that I have recorded in the house, and the very unsuccessful motions that I have sometimes made in the house, I should have been a very insincere representa• tive of my constituents and a great hypocrite indeed if I did not join with you in that opinion of the House of Commons. (Heat, hear.) The result of the divisions in the House of Commons, so fez as they have been tested, in questions in which I take an interest, has been to give me precisely the same opinion which you have formed of the House of Com mons. I asimase, moreover, that you come hers with a convictioa that by a change in the representation of the House of Commoos, by giving to the people of the country • huger influence and control in the election of members of the House of Commons, I presume I am correct in assum ing that you believe that would give us • better House of Commons. Well, I should be a great hypocrite, and every man in the country who professes to be an admirer of our constitution would be • hypocrite who did nut agree with you on that subject. What is the theory of our constitution ? That the House of Commons repreeer.te the people—that we ere a people who govern our selves. But if we fled that in many cases this representation is a complete sham and • delusion and a fraud, why every wmt who unites with us in admiration of a constitution which hes for its basis • free representation of the people must agree with us that we should improve the House of Commons by carrying out that theory. But I will go further, and assume another object. You call yourselves • parliamentary and Financial Reform Association. I assume, there( .re, your belief is, that by a fair and just representation of the people t will ensure greater economy in the edministratiose e f ° & I affairs of the state. There again I say the theory of set constitution is entirely with you. That man must be • I traitor to those principles who dose not believe that the people themselves are the beet guardians of the ptople's purse. And here we con have an appeal to experience, not in this country completely, bemuse we hate never had in this country • fair represestatios of the people ; bet I !mantel& la oppositiou to all those who doubt whether a fair representation in this coun try wouM give us • mere noarnaleal ionisation — that exprrieees in other countries justifies the belief teat If yen have • full awl fair representation, you will heve a wise seesaw la the admialstration of public affairs. 'I will take the Hine countries where the people have the largest names In the peasant, the United States ;of Amain, Bwita slated, and Norway, the three countries where the mass of the people have the greatest influence. I do not mean to say that in all these cases they has universal mirage, but ti ey have a larger Winona than in aay other errantry, and I point to these three 00t/strial as the models in modern times of a wise and economical administration of financial affairs. Well, then, agreeing lash these premises, You baveconte here anxious to lay the (exudation—for I give you coedit, se men of diseernmentand as sturdy Englishmen— of • movement that shall effect these objects. You come here to forma basis by which you shell effect such a change in the representation as shall give you a better government, and especially guarantee to you a more economical adminiatta- Son of tne country. Now, when you call yourselves finan cial refasten as well ss perliaineutary reformers, you are not mixing up two things that are homogeneous, because the financial business of the eountty is entirely in the House of Commerce. If you have say other object, you must go to the House of Lords as well as the House of Commons. Yoa cannot, for instance, ensure the passing of even so humble a measure of religious liberty as ti let one of the Hebrew persuasion into the House or Comenons—(hear, hear)—although ho has been returned es member unanimously by the largest city et the empire. But when you come to questions of finance, it wants but a reso lution of the House of Commons toemit you a tax, or to reduce your expenditure. The House of Lords never touches it, never meddles with it. Get a vote of the House set Commons, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will on that vote remit any tax. In understands perfectly well there is no appeal from the House of Commons is matters of finance. Therefore in dealing with the House of Commons you are dosing with the only tribunal to which you need go in order to have a reduction of your expenditure. And wain I say this, bear in mind that I bring home to the House of Commons the re sponsibility. I tberefors come back to the point.that you have to deal with the House of Commons alone if you wish to deal with financial affairs, and the only question is bow you are to accomplish the object you have in view. Well, I have but a quarter of an hour to talk with you. (Cries of, " 0 t on. ') The CHAIRMAN.—The council have made a special exception in his favour ; he is not to be limited. (Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN.—I must protest ; it is worse than a pro. petty qualification. Now I peer ume, from the character ci its heads 1 see before me, for I am s oliewhe: of a phrenologist, and I have been examining your organs—(laughter) —I know I em speaking ton body of logical men , and that you will sot be afraid to face the difficulties that naturally spring oat of an attempt to effect a change in the administration of affairs in this country. It can only he done by long and estatinuous and hard work. Then is no other, no royal read to • change in political affairs. Anybody who dreams that any great moral change can be effected by a coup de Main, or by aay other means than hard labour, continual effort, is not worthy of joining you. (Cheers ) Yon set k to effect a change by moral means alone, and you look about and ask what are the means at your commend. Now we have made no change whatever in our representa tion since the time when Sir Robert Peel in 1833 raised the sty of his party, when they were in a miserable minority, rased the cry of " Register, register, register." The whole source of political power comes from the registration courts ; sad if you would effect any change in this country by legal and constitutional meant, it must be by the registration of electors. Gentlemen trom all parts of the et:emery who use assembled here will when they return home in order to carry out this ob i ject form an association fur the purpose of registration. Cheers ) If you form an association for the purposes of registration, and pay some attention to registration matters, that will give you • voice in the election of candidates who are to represent yen, and I know of no other way in which you can obtain that voice. I should say, therefore, that gentlemen who are anxious to promote these objects should, as • first measure, tsks care that in every locality there be a registration ass+ station formed, shoos object shall be to effect the return of npresentstives who are pledged to curry out this measure of reform. Now this cannot be done loy a centralised body. The parliamentary debates show that your great obstruction is the county representatives ; the county members stop the way in the House of Commons of all progress. (Hear.) Yon may ia a contest for a borough bring popular feeling to bear. That influences largely the election for • borough, but it is a difficult thing to bung popular interest to bear in a county tautest. The population is so scattered that it is not easy to concentrate them, arid you cannot easily raise an excitement to carry an election. It must be done by other means, it must be done by infusing the popular element into the registry of voters, and you have an opportunity of doing that by the multiplicity of small freebolds. I speak from some experience on this subject, for you know that after s'ruggling en for fiveyears with an agitation for the repeal of discern laws, after every species of meeting and excitement that we could devise, alter spending money in lectures and in tracts, to an amount unparalleled in the history of the world, yet at last we came to this—we had to concentrate our efforts on the lac:nese of county constituencies. And my fi to Inlet is that the very fact of its being known that by that means we had already enured the election of a represenntive of our principles for South Lancashire, the West Riding of York shire, East Surrey and Middlesex—l am firmly persuaded that it was that fact which enabled S.r It. Yeti to prevail on pasty, and to induce them to consent to the repeal of the men laws. Now I am anxious, as one who had to go Alweerb many blunders and learn experience at great eat of labour, I am anxious that you should not go on and depend on probably more fascinating modes of carrying your point—modes that may recommeud themselves to you as more enticing, more agreeable, or what is mare according to your sense of justice; but I exhort you not to be dazzled by any of those delusions which I fell into, sad continued in for several years, after the commence ment of the anti corn law agitation, but that you will avoid them. (Hear, bear.) You have a base to stand upon, which we had not. We had no voice in the election for South Lancashire; we had no strength in the West Riding of Yorkshire; we had no power in Middlesex or in Best Surrey. But we set to work and changed the con stituencies. I always said in the anti-corn law agitation give we these live counties, the counties representing the greatest wealth and population of the country, and we will repeal the corn law. You have gained that position, and little effort will be remelted to keep it in those counties', but what you have to do is to create fresh constituencies in other isounties. Boar in mind, that not one in eight of the adult males in England has the county franchise. I do not think that in Yorkshire, where we have the largest constituency le the country—West Yorkshire has 37,000 electors on the register-1 do not think that more than one in ten of the male adults is a county voter. You have therefore seven eighths of the men to appeal to. There is scarcely a county in England and Wales (I am sorry the same principle will not hold good with re- gard to Scotlnd and Ireland) which may not be wen over to the popular side by means of small freeholds ; and the people will have only themselves to blame if they do not avail themselves of this ready, this cheap, this almost nominal franchise, whereby they may wield the power of the country. I am a vice-president of a freehold land society, whose offices are in Moor gate-street, in the city. I make it my business regu larly to attend the meetings of the committee as one of them. The committee have been geed enough to have their weekly meetings on Saturdays for the accommodation of members of pazliament, for that is our only holiday ? end I feel great pleasure in giving my attention to the working of this associ ation. We have been but • few months in existence. We have purchased throe eaten. We have made allotments of as much land in East Surrey as will give 340 votes. (Hear, hear) We are prepared to buy landed property to the extent of 10,0001.—(hear, hea)—ail tor the purpose of qualifying men with votes for the county. Now, I have seen enough in the course of my little experience in this association to be satiated that • very great interest is taken upon the subject of these county votes. For instance, here is aa illustration of it. Although this freehold land associa tion was formed for the purpose of enabling people to qualify themselves in • sales of years by small weekly payments, yet we have upwards of 200 of oar members who are anxious to buy their qualification cut and out, to pay their money down at once, and become instantly qualified. And we believe that the people will be anzious to qualify as Get as we have the means of enabling them to do so, for hitherto our only difficulty has been to find the property for the papoose of qualification. But I have found out another seer* too. I believe that these freehold land associations, if th for and honest efrainistered-1 mean administered for e purpose of enab ling people to make a small invest meat in building land or in garden allotments—l believe it , may be made • very profitable investment for people who become connected with these societies. The difficulty of ob- Minaland in consequence of the way in which it is bou n d the wend its conveyance, is one of the great evils Imisty in this country (hear, hear) ; and it is only by mem el associations formed for the purpose of buying cos paratenly large pieces of land, and divi din g them amongst the people, that you can enable the people —or, at least, a portion of the people—of this country to become interested tea the possession of land. (Rear, hear.) What I wish above all things is to see all classes in this esantry interested in the ownership and possession of land, and in emery species of property. (Cheers.) Now I am aware that the plan of oar operations does not extend to Ireland or to Scotland. But I am happy at being able to say that we are in ac ref B o i rm . han fo c r hi l e re to lan tb d e . what you want to do here—it is the first step in the dine cotoariticanlss.."(itCnigsheourrstried)a m it euto is ugrieveot proposed to do in Ireland don of your principle, for it is . proposed to make the poor rate the basis of the county registration in Ireland. This is goings great way to get red of the chicanery, the delu sion, the less of time and the waste of money, now to be encountered in the registration courts. (Hein, hear.) And where I am sorry to see there is nu alternative, but W incurring expense and wasting money in *m iming the efforts on the part of your opponents. (Cheers.) The measure that is about to be auopted tor Ireland, although k dm not go far enough in my opinion, is ventilate, inas much as it is a step towards the recognition of your princi ple. (Hear.) 1 have heard it stated that the 81. franchise in Ireland will give 20,001) voters to counties where there were now not more than 2,000. (Hoar.) And if that mea sine paws—and it is attain it will par through the House of Commons—lnto a law this year, it will be a capital argument in favour of Scoffenti demanding &Smiler measure next year. If you create • party to carry oat a thorough parliamentary and financial Team, you will stand almost alone ; for there is no other party who say that they want to carry oat any thing. (Hear, bear.) There are parties, indeed, who want put a 'la b ia : lil t th a s pa r oaist th e as wheels a to go back, who would wish to acid stop onk t o b u opd. 7 toeymi except that anythingwhichee e er fe eps meted. (buyearth: hear.) If you begin by taking possession of the registries. you will soon have OM with yen who do not now go with yen. (Hear.) People who may laugh and sneer at you now, will soca change sides. And, when pine= see you persevering, and going forward towards success, they who moral at you before will be as ready to fawn upon you then. (Hear, hear.) I know th a t we ll from ex perience. (Load cheery) Just in proportion at you stea dily with in • brat MIUMO and make progress towards its ultimate scones will you be respected. (Hear, hear.) I remember when the League was denounced by certain par ties, who denied that there was, a clean shirt among the whole body. (Daughter.) As we gained strength, and we gained it only by hard work, we gained power; ss ere g ained power we became fashionable, and in the end, instead of not having a clean shirt Amongst us, we were the cleanest shirted men in all England. (Laughter and loud cheers.) If you wish to see a perfect state of Inflated) Plgetledy, you have only to look at the pr. sent state of parties in this country. Why there is no man, however full of talent, however high in station—there is no public man—no great leer er, er com bination of great leaders, who can secure a majority of the House of Commons from day to day, because the old rela tions of party are broken up and niandainised. (Cheers.) The old party ties are scattered to the winds, end )00 could no more form the old parties anew than you cool) collect the dust of the Great Nor. h of England Road and put it into the shape of its original granite. (Loud cheers.) That is not a stato of things is which the government of this couatry can be carried on for any time. (ll.sr, hear.) If no public ma n or combination of public men can awry on the government of this country, then I ray it is necessary that there should to some change. But you can. rot have any change in the House of Commons except you change the constitution of that body. By hard arguments, by appeals to facts such as you can use—for you hive all the facts and logic on your side —to on as you have begun ; and you will carry this great reform as you have carried other great reforms ; and which, once carrie d, are carried (Cr ever, so that you need Defer go beck or look back. The hot . gen tleman resumed his seat amidst loud and long.continued applause. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON, M.P., said that were it not that he was deeply au. zealously attached to the cause of reform, he should not be there that mo-ring, for le assured them he laboured under severe indisposition. The meeting would, therefore. he honed, excise him it he felt obliged to address them bat for • very short period. (Hear, hear.) In con sequence of that indispoction, which had been In d by the necessity of attending his place in parliament, in order to bring for *aril a motion which was of gnat interest and importance to • large body of their fellow subjects. (Hear, besr.) That proposition had for its object to allow the people rat Australia to rtgulat their relieious affairs nod to appropriate the pro duce of their taxes as they pleased, without being interfered with by Downing street officisle. (Hear, hear.) But he regretted that out of a house of 666 members be could only obtain 64 votes for that reasonable proposition. Ile hoped the 'model; would excuse his continuing at greater length. (Hear, beer.) H- should therefore conclude by proposing the following resolution: That as the freehold Land Sochtles have been proved to be power ful auxiliaries to the cause of reform, by adding to the number of voters in the county conmituenehr, and as they are a means of pro. noting thrifty and provident habits among the working elhmee, this con'erenee Is of opinion that they are worthy of the ease-t aupport of every reformer, and may be made greatly instrumental in promos.. lag the reform movetat nt. Mr. LATTIMORE seconded the resolution, which ho said he did with great pleasure, because he was etrao:ed from past experience to concur very heartily in the principle which it laid down. He spoke of the experience which he had of a freehold land society which existed iu the county in which be resided, and of which he was president. Trey were young, but he trusted they were pro7reming. These societies tended to promote forethought, moderation, economy, and integrity of character. lie stood before th?rn as representing an agri cul•ursl body, and the principal obit ct of his political life was to see the barriers which separated the egricultoral and commercial classes broken down, and a union effected between them ; and, as no natu:a: hoe ility existed between those two classes except what had been caused by artificial means, such as were discrt ditable to those who promoted it, and destructive of the best intervals of all, he saw no reason why they should continue to be separated, and why they should not be united in feeling, as they were naturally united in interest. (Cheers ) lie did not however indulge in any extravagant hopes of as immediate uuion between the two classes &caul., it was impossible that the prej u dices which had been generoted and fostered frontage to age could be swept away in the course of a single year. (Hear. bear.) It was necessary that the farmers of the country should have full and fair security for their capital, end that the exciseman should be removed from their fields and property. (Hear, hear.) He could cot give a better proof of the utter hope lesene as of getting anythirg from the present House of Corn moms tarot past experience. For forty years the agricul tural body had been trying to get rid of the molt tax and the hop tax, and there c:uld be no doubt that those who said they re' resented the agricul tural body could, if they were sincere, relieve that body from these taxes. (Hear, bear.) But the kraus of this country would not be baurboczl_ d in this way 'The CHAIRMAN here read a letter from Mr. T. Dun oombe, M.P., expreseiog his regret that a cold caught whilst attending his ditties is the House of Comm tan prevented him from attending the meetine, in the objects of which he en tirely concurred. (Cheers ) Mr. M'GREGOR, M.P., then addrested the eneetinz, and said that he must plead the same cause as Mr. Ludington for not addressing them at any great length on the present occasion. Hs entirely concurred in the necessity of a re form in parliament, because as the House of Commons was at present constituted, there was little hope of any large measures calculated to promote the general toad welfare of the country. The result of the division with respect to in flicting religions endowments on the people of Australia showed how little interest was taken by the House of Comm3na in questions of that sort. (Hear.) Some time ago he lead been requested to bring leeward a proposition for the purpose of enabling four large parishes in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis, with a population of 320,000, and 15,000 houses rated at 101. and upwards, to send two representatives to parliament, but that reasonable proposi tion was rej 'cited. (Hear.) There were in the House of Commons at that moment SS members whose united carati tuencies did not equal the number who dwelt in these parishes. (Hear.) If he took the city whica he had the honour to represent, and divided the number of its inhabit ants by the number of individuals who sent repro. sentatives from other towns, it ought to be repro seated by 153 members in parliament. (Laughter.) Under these circumstances what were they to expect unless they could bring public opinion out of doors to bear upon parlia ment, so as to effect parliamentary and tinencial reform. With regard to expenditure, they never wculd obtain any thing from the House of Common s an it was constituted. Public opinion must, therefore, he broucht to bear upon it, and he had no doubt that the opinions expressed at that and similar meetings, and by the liberal members in parliament, when circulated throughout the country by the :se acy of the press, had their effect on the country and an the government. The chairman here vacated the chair, which was taken by t h e vice-president in his absence, who announced that a gentleman, Mr. Reynolds, intimated he bad a question to put Strewth the chairman. (Hear, hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS begged to propose the two following resolutions: 1. That this conference is fully impressed with the forte of the numerous practical objections is a suffrage hosed on a rating goalie. cation, and especially recognises the flagrant impolicy and grain in. Justice of excluding any mete adult from the exercise of that franchise which is a natural and rational right, Inasmuch as those who perform the duties and bear the burdens of citizens ought to be represent. while no scenee of the community ought to be governed without beteg represented; end therefore this conference is of opinion, that the programme of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association should be so far altered as to base the right of suffrage upon "a claim to be registered," instead of " a claim to be rated. 2. That this casferesee, entertaining the most earnest and sincere desire to behold the rights of the working classes properly defended and their interests effectually represented—and believing that these aims can only be accomplished by affording an opportunity be men of the highest intellect belonging to the ranks of labour to attain an entrance into the people's parliament —reannmeads the addition of the principle of " payment of members'" to the programme of the National Parliamentary and Financial lieform kmuciation. Mr. TILLHTT, of Norwich, rose for the purpose of stating why these resolution should be rejected. As had been remarked by the President, Sir Joshua Walmaley, they were met for the purpose of considering the best means of carrying out the movement in furtherance of the prioci• pies on which the Reform Aseoenation was based. (Hear, hear.) They were not met for the purpose eel discussing the merits of the patenciples on which it was loud, bat to carry them into edict. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, in patting the question on the reso lutions, said the business committee, in arriving at their determination, aided most conscientiously. The resolutions were thee put and rejected. Mr. GEORGE BURTON, of Winchester, next addressed the conferees's lie said that yesterday Winchester had been. called a rotten borough by a gentleman who had addressed the conference, and, as it was a rotten borough, it was, there fore, the more incumbent on them to de something to re deem themselves from that odium. (Hear, hear.) Winchester wax mu* celebrated fur its antiquity, but for nothing else. (Laughter.) Mr. BRIGHT, M.P., then rose to address the confereeco,, and wee reoeived with enthusiastic and prolonged acclama tion, on the cessation of which he said -1 feel I ought to apologisei to the gentlemen of the conference that I have so tardily made my appearance amongst them. ("No, no.") I intended to have been here at yesterday's sitting, but tho poet having brought me a letter of importance connected with. my constituency, just at the time that I should have been here, and a gentleman who left London by return of train also having business with me, I was prevented from attend ing the sitting of yesterday. (Hear, hear.) 1 feel some difficulty in rising to address an audience like this on the subjects for which it is assembled ; because 1 em sure * ere is so much agreement—so much unity of sentiment, the.t it seems rather a compliance with a matter of form than a uti lity or necessity that speeches should be made. I think in the a h n e d ar ati we ought cat tain if that which we are promulgating is sound and capable of to pro s ecution teisdetst a ndw of the el 1 o w bj h e a e t t it is which we ors doing, bays doin. g at defence, and then, in the ***** of its being so, to adhere to it. (Hear, hear.) That we ought not, unless we had we are in error, depart from it : and by acting in this manner re ermemend the principles which we entertain to the greatest iciest possible to an intelligent and enlightened community. (Hear, hear.) The object of the association, as well ea embracing financial reform, also includes reform in SW representative system, based on the principles of the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hume to the House Osamoos in past sessions. (Hear, hear.) Starting from that point, we should understand whether we are agreed upon the propriety of that being the basis to be offered to the people; and then, having settled that, we should otter that basis in such a manner as would make it least objectionable to the more distant and timid amongst the classes of our countrymen. (Hear, hear.) We know t ge t oc .4 slams that will slider with regard to the ag 3 . ; • • • I:7 . •: *i.a MI ~~! + ~. Proposed Mato. lis - - ,, { S cd. 17.007 11 0 113,990 1 0 14,1111 10 0 31,103 7 II NAM 0 0 10,11541 10 0 5.1101 0 0 C 266,318 4 6 4146, Ite - far the ie S. 9,760 0 9,320 0 9.900 0 6.630 0 3,9344 0 9,3013 0 7,930 0 7;'200 0 9',000 --- 1,384223 13 i 136. p. f f mat Tarr sided ;$1.7. Thew. s. 4,117$ 77,371 4,330 110141 33,373 19,830 13,833 13,730 11,470 7,723 0,11 1 10 4,74$ IMO THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Chelsea, convened by the Rev. C Kingsley, Enter of Elt. Luke's, on a requisition signed by upwards of GOO householders, took place last evening, at the Commercial Hall, King's , road, her t , e pupas* of promoting the forthcoming exlxtbi• tiou of arts and inthafeetares. Tne hall was well filled on the ocessioe, mad amongst the audience was • number of ladies. Mr. FIRLDIR, the 111010 ell churchwarden iu in the absence of the reeve) was called on to preside. He trodaged the badness by brief', statists the abject of the meeting. Mr. GEORGE DOWNING moved : That the proposition of Ms loyal Mphness Prince Albert to bold an exhibition of the works of Industry of all nat ions in MI is en titled to the support of this meeting. as tending to promote arts, agriculture. manutactseee, End trade. Mr. M CULLAG LI, M-P., said he seconded the resolu tion with great pleasure. Already the Exhibition had rallied viand it a great movement; but, unlike other move spots, it had nothing to overthrow, but was meant to establish all (Hear, hear.) Other movements were tem porary, and their victory was their death. This movement, if sucesssfel, would only be the beginning of a ..eries of annual experiments of the lame kind. (Applause.) Other I ny.vs meets appealed only to one clan of the community; this embraced all. The resolution was then put end unanimously carried, as was each of the esecsedirl ones. Mr IIASELDINE moved— That the es►lhitton will be direst advantage to all classes whether as pieducera, distributors, or consumers. As s manufacturer of this parish he felt no danger or difficulty in emtending with foreigners. The assemblage of such a mus of products would soften the minds of the lower orders, make them more rt &Mitre, and send the.. back to their workshops with lighter hearts and mere cheer ful countenances. He knew many manufacturers who feared they should suffer from the exhibition. He did not believe it. Mr. H. WHITEHEAD seconded the resolution. Toe Rev. C. DRISCOLL moved— That the exhibition is esprcLiLy calculated to promote the we of the working climes by offering examples of excellence and stimu lating production. He observed that just in proportion as nations common'. cated was the march of science and invention quickened here* it was the intention of P rov id ence t h at nations should approximate. There wee a growing opinion in favour of the peace principle moos mankind ; and the proposed exhibition would greatly prostate it. Mr. FRANCIS LLOYD, in seconding the resolution, said the extiitoisions of 1.1, din, Paris, and Vienna, were more for the sake of displaying particular tradesmen's goods; but the proposed exhibition would take higher ground, and be mere mow, heady*. It would prove the sympathy felt by trie rich for the poor. Abut 8,000 articles were contained in the French exhibition ; and such was the liberality exhi bited towards Englishmen, that free admia.ione were given to a body sr 600 va-iters to Paris, of whom he was chairman. (Hear, bear.) He hoped the example would be followed in this country. The Ilqn. A1.701.78T88 LIDDELL moved— That all nations being invited to waist in the exhibition, will tend to the promotion of pesos throughout the utilised world. Mr. WHITEHEAD, ia seconding the resolution, dwelt on the advantages st hid% ovoid result from the exhibition as promotive of universal peace. Mr. W. GRIFFITH moved the appointment of a local committee to assist in earning out the exhibition. He wao confident the utmost Mimeos would prevail in judging the merits of the various productions. Mr. KB sl P seconoed the resolution. Mr. WENTWORTH DILKE, one of the royal commis. 'donut, moved the appointment of treasurer., collectors, and secretary. He observed that so determined were the cow missions!' disc the exhibition should not be made a fair, that they would not allow tickets even to be atfized to the articles. (Hear, hear) After alluding to the various exist bitioos which had token plate in France since 1797, he ob served that they had been sanctioned under every form of govern neat which had sifts prevailed in this country, a proof that they were thought advantageous to the country. That they were no lees advantageous to the manufacturers was proved by the het of the number who exhibited having increased from shoat 80 to 4,494. (licar, hear.) No doubt our own manufacturers would derive equal advantage; he was coofi lent, from what he had seen in his travels over great part of the e 'adman, that there were very few articles in which the Entlish could be beat. (Applause.) The last French exhibition covered a space of 4; acres; here the CC 11101i11100CPS proposed, if they received adequate ' local support, to appropriate a space of about sixteen acres. (Heer, hear ) The greatest benefits might be anticipated to the working elms, from the opportunities that would be afforded them of inspecting different productions Already subecriptions to the amount of 1501. had been received in Chelsea. ("medium.) Mr. BARNES seconded the resolution. Mr. LLOYD moved a resolution recommending to the commissioners to enlarge their basis by the admission of eminent manufacturers of experience from different districts, and to restrict the exhibition to manufacturen or inventors of articles. A recommendation of a similar charm ' ter had been forwarded from the Birmingham committee. It was due to the manufacturer,, from whom the bulk of the subscriptions already announced had come. that they should have a voice in the preliminary arrangements. He thought it d Mehl@ that they should have a conference in some central town, the result of which might be forwarded to the royal commissionen. (Hear, hear.) Dr. BENNER si conded the resolution. Mr. DILKE said that the subject of the Birmingham reso . lotion had been actively canvassed by the commission. The gommitrionere were doing all in their power to surmount I the difitoulties with which they had to contend ; but it should ber remembered that the undertaking was an entirely new one. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd said that, his object being answered of obtain ing an explanation from the aosainissionen, he would with draw his resolution. The proceedings then closed with a Tot. of thanks to the chairman. WORKING MAWS RBIDING-ROOM AND LIBRARY.— A sleeting, which was attended by upwards of 2,000 working men, was held last night at the S c h oo l- rooms, Whitecespel-road, for the purports of celebrating the open ins of a readistroom and library for the lahotuing classes resident= the pariahs( Wkitechspel. Lord Athley,llC.P., pre sided, and in his opening address stated that the aecomphah meat of the object which they had assembled to celebrate had been effected by the munifictsee of a benevolent lady, who had entrusted to him a large sum of money for charit able purpose, and which, with the sanction of their esteemed rector, had been devoted to the establishment of this library and reading-room. The Bey. Mr. Champ:keys, the rector, and Mr. C. Fry addressed the meeting, and thanked the noble lord for the boon he had granted to the working men of that part of the metropolis. It being stated that the room would be opened on onday,andthat the library of books at present was sufficient to accommodate 180 members, a vote of thanks was posed to th, noble chairman, which being acknowledged, the aunties broke up. THE IRON, HARDWARE, AND METAL TRADES Passim( Sociwnr.—Yesterday the anniversary dinner of this society was hold at the Albion Tavern, Al arms; Mr. 0. B. Hornicroft, of Wolverhampton, ire, took the chair, and la giving the Mart el the evening, " Prosperity to the Iron, Hard ee.% and Metal Trades' Pension Society," said he was glad to be able to announce that there was now an opportunity held out to the Staffordshire iron masters to join the London Society, an opportunity which he knew they would not allow to escape. He promised them that when he returned to Staffordshire he would tell the ironmasters there the advantages that could be derived by their joining a society such as this one, over which ha had the honour that night to preside. The chairman con cluded by remarking that nothing could be more generous or more clarion= than the objects of the society, which were to grant permanent relief to deserving and necessitous members of those trades, and to their widows, by pension or etherwiw. The toast was cordially responded to. The health, of the Mayor of Birmingham, Kr. Lucy, the vice president, the treasurer, the secretaries, and the committee, were then drunk and responded to. It was announced to the meeting by Mr. Notts's, that during the last year the earn of 1,3001. was subscrib ed to the society, and according to the calculation which he made of the subscriptions which had been given in addition on that day, there wee a sum amounting to about 4001. and 6004 A vote of thanks hav ing been given to the chairman, the party separated. MELANCHOLY ACClDlNT.—Testerda7 forenoon the following accident happened at the premises belonging to Mr. Down, No. 3, Lincoln-court, Drury-lane, which there is no doubt will terminate (litany. The third floor back was occupied by two young women, who obtained a li v i ng e tailonag, sad whilst they were sitting at their work, '.ue dress of one of the females, named Mary Wilson, homy.. ignited, and the poor creature in her fright rasheil. dews stain, and the draught caused the flames to mount hera her head. Her piercing screams brought amides so, but the clothes of two or three other persons also took lire, sad they narrowly escaped being similarly burned. Awe mash trouble, the are about the unfortunate yi;,, u n g w oo l ens was extinguished, but not burned until she was dre burned. rs mly burned. Mrs. Dews was also seve rel y in ren•as t i ng sostetioses. Miss Wilson was forthwith removed to the hospital, whale she reimalme without hopes of recovery. 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