The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

fourtb lattion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP No. I.—NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.-. Evidence taken in favour of the promoters. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON.. TYNE.—Case closed, but decision deferred till to-mol row. GROUP No. 3.--MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MAT LACK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTlON.—Opposition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company fur ther considered. GROUP No. S.—NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL.—The Committee passed this company's Bill for purchasing the Monmouthshire canals, and partly agreed to the clauses. GROUP No. 7.—ROYSTON AND HITCDIN EXTEN nox.—Opposition of t'oe Eastern Counties further con, sidered. GROUP No. B.—SOUTH-WESTERN (T 1w VA re PURCHASE).—Opposition of the Bristol and Exeter Corn - pauy further considered. GROUP No. 10. CALEDONIAN, LANCASTER AND CARLISLE, AND LONDON AND NORTH- WESTERN.- s,urther evidence in favour of promoters. GROUP No. 11.—MONKLAND AND KIaKINTILLOCH, 3ALLOCHNEY, AND SLAMANNAN. Preamble proved, causes agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. EDINBURCH AND BATHGATE. Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. GROUP No. 12.—CALEDONIAN BRANCH ACROSS THE CLYDE AND GLASGOW STATlON.—Clauses further con sidered. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS DAY.) DUBLIN. The scrutiny into thelvalidity of Mr. Reynolds' votes was resumed. Three votes were attacked by the peti tioners to-day, but they were only successful in one caste. In the other two the Committee decided that the votes were good. In the course of the inquiry Mr. Sergeant MURPHY applied for the committal of Mr. Crump, a late col lector of Dublin, on the ground that he had prevari cated in his evidence. The Committee, after considering the point at some length, deferred their decision till to-morrow. WAVENEY VALLEY RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) An adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held this day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of hearing the result of the negotiations with the Norfolk Company; Mr. Emanuel Cooper in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he regretted to intimate that the directors had not been able to get any satisfactory offr from the Norfolk Company, and then called upon Mr. Wilkinson, the solicitor, to state the position in which they stood. Mr. WILKINSON said an agreement was made by the original Waveney Valley proprietors, on the 21st . Octo ber, 1846, making over their line to the Norfolk Com pany, and providing that the proprietors should sub scribe to the application to be made to Parliament by the Norfolk Company, the Norfolk Comp an y a g reein g to give them scrip representing 405., as paid up on shares on which only 30s. bad been paid up, and also agreeing to give, on the Act being obtained, a guaranteed interest of 31. per cent. in perpetuity. A clause was inserted in the Bill for the purpose of secur ing that five per cent.; but as the Bill progressed through Parliament. the Norfolk Company finding it difficult to pass it with that clause, in consequence of the re solutions passed by the Lords and Commons, found it necessary to withdraw the clause, and the Bill was passed without it. It had also been agreed that the Norfolk Company should give the Waveney Valley proprietors a bonus of ss. per share as soon us the Act was passed, but up to the present time they bad re)t received it. In consequence of those cir cumstances the directors were not in a position to carry out, the agrE *went, and they tow claimed to have paid to the proprietors 2/. per share, and also th bonus of ss. by the Northern Company. Since the las: meting, negotiations had taken place with the view of coaling to some settlement, but instead of the Norfolk Company offering to pay 2/. per share, or even the 30s. which they had paid up, they only offered to give ss. per share, and said they would not object to pay 10s. in addition to the ss. The directors how ever, considered that perfectly inadequate to what the shareholders were entitled to receive. In consequence of the unsatisfactory result of this negotiation two of the largest proprietors bad commenced actions against the Norfolk; Company for the 2/. per share, which were now pending, and would be tried at the next Surrey assizes, which took place early in July. If those actions succeeded, to they were advised they would by an emi nent barrister, who had gone through, the whole case, the proprietors would be all in a position to demand the payment of the 21., or at least the 30s. paid up. Mr. La icu wished to know whether the proprietors would be placed in a different position than they were before in consequence of the Norfolk Company haying amalgamated with the Eastern Counties Company. The CHAIRMAN said the only difference would be that they would have to deal with two parties who no doubt would use their combined strength to defeat them if possible. A SHAREHOLDER thought it would be best to pass a resolution strongly condemnatory of the conduct of the Norfolk Company, for he believed no man in his indivi dual capacity would have dared to act in so unprincipled a manner. They said the shares were only worth what they proposed to give to the holders, but the fact was they had been depreciated in the market in consequence of the'Nortolk Company not fulfilling their agreement. Mr. BACK said the non-compliance with the agreement amounted to nothing less than an act of bankruptcy. After a short discussion, it was resolved to adjourn the meeting until the result of the actions was known, and the directors were authorised to oppose the further progress of the Bill introduced by the Norfolk Company into Parliament for an extension of the time allowed for the completion of the line. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour. EDUCATION. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against the na tional system of education in Ireland. NAVIGATION-LAWS. The Earl of hARDWICKE presented petitions from South Shields and Leeds, against Any alteration of these lAw.9. ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS (IRELAND). . , ...,... „ Earl FORTESCCE laid a all on the table for alLer ing the ecclesiastical districts in Ireland. He said the Bill wa.i introduced for the purpose of obviating the in convenience to which many districts were put in conse laence of, the parish church being many miles distant. The Bill was read a first time. ' _ . Lord DENINN' presented a petition from the Mauritius respecting the late measures of the Govern ment with regard to sugar. SALE OF BEER BILL. The Earl of 7 1IAIi:RoWEY --- ;oved — the second read ing of the Sale of Beer Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE supported the Bill. He thought it would be most unjust to prohibit altogether the sale of beer or spirits on a Su n day, but he thought that it advisable to extend the law prohibiting the sale of beer and spirits on Sunday before one o'clock in the day, in London and Liverpool, to the kingdom generally. He would suggest that the Bill should repeal the penalties imposed on persons selling liquors during the time of Divine service, and fixing one o'clock as the hour throughout the Kingdom, before which it should not be lawful to sell beer and spirits. Lord BROUGHAM supported the Bill. H e consi. dered the Sabbath was now much better observed th an it had been thirty years ago ; but he besought their Lordships not to over do legislation with regard to the observance of the Sabbath. Lord CAMPBELL supported the Bill. Lord KINNAIRD hoped that the provisions of the Bill would be extended to Scotland. After a few words from Lord WHARNCLIFFE, the Bill was read a scond time. SOCIALISM.—ENGLISH CAPITAL INVESTED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Lord BROUGHAM, on presenting a petition from o Robert 010, on whom he passed a high enlogium, n the subject of socialism, asked if the Noble Marquis opposite could inform him of the amount of English capital invested in foreign securities? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he could give no information on the subject. The Government had no right to interfere with private investments of capital, nor had they any means of knowing the manner is which private capital was invested. LUNACY LAWS. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the members of the alleged Lunatics Friends Society, complaining that under the existing law any per son might be incarcerated as a lunatic on the certificate of two apothecaries merely, and that the inspec tion of the magistrates and the Commissioners of Lunacy were not sufEcient—that the duties of chaplains in lunatic asylums were very inefficiently performed, and praying fora Committee to inquire into the law of lunacy. Also a similar - petition from a public meeting , held in London. GREAT YARMOUTH DISFRANCHISEMENT BILE. The E A.l of DEVON rose to move the order of the day or t House going into Committee on the Great Yarmouth Disfranchisement Bill, and was (LEFT SPEARING:) HOUSE OF CO3I3TONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEW CASTLE-ÜBON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. MACKINNON moved, pursuant to notice, that _it be an instruction to the Committee on the Liverpool, P P-r:fManchester, and Newcastle - upon-Tyne Juncti on Rail 1-/;,;\ ...way (Abandonment of the: Railway and: Dissolution of the Company) Bill, to entertain the petition of Richard Mosse, which was: presented on :Tuesday last, against the Bill, although the same was not presented within the time allowed by the standing order. After some discussion, in which Mr. Greene, Mr. Br o. therton, Mr. Wilson Patten, and other Members, took part, the motion was withdrawn. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords ' Amendments to the Liverpool Docka (Erection of Warehouses and Construction of New Works) Bill were considered and agreed to. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Bristol "and Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury, and Street). Bristol and Exeter Railway (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch). Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &c.) Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Branch from Melmerby to Northallerton, and Junction with York and Newcastle Railway). Sir JAMES GRAHAM felt it his duty before the House proceeded to consider the next Bill, to call its attention to a fact that had taken place yes terday with respect to one of the railway Bills before the House. Printed papers had been distributed to the Members of the House, imputing to Mr. Milnes, the father of Mr. Monckton Milnes, and another gentleman, opposition to the Bill, for the purpose of obtaining compensation for land of theirs over which the railway was to go. He thought such a course was most improper and highly objectionable, and ought to meet with the reprehension of the House. Mr. M. MILNES denied that his father had given any opposition to the Bill, and stated that he had no land over which it was intended to carry the railway. After some discussion, in which Mr. CHRISTOPHER and Lord GALWAY took part, Tho SPEAKER suggested that the House should lay down a rule, that in future no statement should be cir culated unless signed by a Parliamentary agent. The subject then dropped. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were also read a third time and passed:— London and Blackwall Railway (Improve ment and Branches to the St. Katharine's and Lo ndon Docks). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Hum ntmibdelranFderGrireesaltmwpreosvteemrnel a a i t i wHauylloafndlNreelawnlid o ( l uo ta e n v d i a , & ti c o . n ) Line from Mulling.r to Athlone). Plymouth Great Western Dock A c t Amendment. REPORTS. On the question being put for considering the report of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Roscobie, Keltyhcad, and Glencraig Branches, &c.) Mr. ELLICE proposed the insertion of a clause giving the company power to indemnify the trustees of turnpike roads from any injury the railway might inflict upon them. Mr. GREENE opposed the insertion of the clause. Mr. ELLICE said the clause had been inserted in all other Scotch Railway Bills; and he was afraid if the House did not consent to its introduction the House of Lords, who always insisted upon the insertion of such a clause, would throw the Bill out. After a short discussion, the proposed clause was withdrawn, and the report agreed to. The following reports were then considered, and agreed to: — Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction Railway il Colliery ma r ß n r o a c n k c , h e a s n ) d ß A i (Burnley ra a i n s d le nof Maximum T o ll s and Charges) Railway (Re on the Glas gow,r Glasgow, visi(Re vision Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railways) Bill. Londonderry and Coleraine Railway (Deviation of Line and Amendment of Act) Bill. The reports on the following Bills were also consi dered, ag ree d to, and the Bills ordered e to be engrossed : Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (Relinquish ment of Line between Omagh and Enniskillen, &c.) Newry and Enniskillen Railway (Amendment of Acts, and to authorise arrangements with other companies). North Staffordshire Railway (Deviation at Wallington). North Staffordshire Railway (Ashbourne Branch and approach to Coegleton Station). PAISLEY, BARRHEAD, AND HURLET RAIL- WAY. On the motion for the further consideration of the report of the Paisley, 131rrhead, and llurlet Railway Bill, Mr. F. MACKENZIE opposed the further progress of the Bill, and moved that the report be further con sidered that day six months. Mr. It. SPOONER seconded the amendment. Mr. HUME supported the amendment. Mr. BOUV . ERIE trusted that the House would not be led away by the statement of Hon. Members, but would allow the Bill to proceed. Mr. BANKES supported the amendment. Mr. ELLICE, jun., thought if the House adopted the amendment, and rejected the report of the Committee, it would be guilty of the grossest inconsistency. Alter some further discussion the House divided, when thett appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against it The report wai then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. OPERATION OF THE BANK ACT. The report of the Committee on Banks was brought lip and laid upon the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the report would be printed. BOARD - OF AUDIT. Dr. BOWRING moved for a return, in detail, of the amounts paid in the year ending the sth day of January, 1848, out of the Consolidated Fund, or from any other source, for the salaries and allowances of the Chairman and Commissioners of the Board of Audit, and of the sa laries and expanses of the said board, specifying the name ' and salary of each person, and the amount paid on each description of service (in continuation of Parliaruentarp Return, No. 438, of Session 1837). Return, showing the latest period to which the accounts of the various departments have been rendered to the Board of Audit, the date of the last accounts audited, the date to which the examinations have taken place; the reasons for delay, if any, in the audit or examination, with any elucidatory remarks explaining the inefficiency of the existing sys tem (in continuation of Parliamentary Return, Ny. 110, of Session 1843). Minutes of the Board of Audit of the 18th day of January, 1833, of the 9th day of April, 1835, of the 2d day of March, 1836, or of any minute since January, 1830, by which public account ants have been discharged, or public accounts passed, without detailed examination and audit. Report of any changes which have been introduced for improving the system of audit, in consequence of the inquiries instituted by the Board in the year 1845 ; and, statement of the measures taken by the Audit Board to give effect to the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th resolutions of the Committee on Colonial Accounts, dated the 17th day of July, 1845, and which of the Crown colonies have failed to comply with the same.—Agreed to, THE CONDUCT OF THE POLICE IN BISHOP BONNER'S FIELDS. Mr. G. THOMPSON wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet, of which he had given him notice. He prayed the attention of the House for one or two moments, in order that he might be enabled distinctly to state the reasons which had induced him to ask the question which he should presently propound to the Right Hon. Baronet. The SPEAKER intimated to the Hon. Member that he must confine himself entirely to the question which he intended to put. Mr. G. THOMPSON—The nature of the question was this he had to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whe ther he was in pcAsession, from any quarter,, of information alleging that on Sunday last, the 4th instant, certain outrages had been inflicted by the police upon peaceable, loyal, and well conditioned individuals living in the neighbourhood of the Tower Hamlets.—(Hear, hear, and partial laughter.) He put the question because he held the testimony in his hand of 60 witnesses, all of whom he had reason to believe were respectable persons, following decent occu pations —many of them are respecable inhabitants, and shopkeepers in the Tower Hamlets. Their testimony was consistent and concurrent, and agreed in this, that the most brutal outrages were committed by the police, not only in Bishop Bonner's Fields, but even more than a mile from the scene where the Chartist outrages took place; and they stated, that unless the Government instituted a searching inquiry into all the facts of the case, and adopt means to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages for the future, that great dissatisfaction would continue to exist in ;that neighbourhood in putting this question to the 'Hon ourable Baronet, he begged to assure him and the House that he had no sympathy with violent language and disaffection. He simply asked the question, at the re quest of his constituents, who had placed an amount Of evidence in. his hands, which deserved 'the serious consideration of the Government, and he was . sure t h e G overnment would be of his opinion whe n t h ey were in possession of the facts which stated that, in h's opinion but one f ee li ng was h conduct o f t h e police was most brutal, and as bar as entertained in the neighbourhood —namely, that asever com h m eh u e n ld ic . a — ti ( o l n i s ear t , ) h th e e ir.) same He eff h ec a t d t b received uaros otherHe had also recei ve d two other letters, one hic s h igned James Fox and th e ot h er Arthur Mar' reference was the substance to the alleged o f t h e hr u con tained a similar state ment to that whichehweh w ad already read t to t a h h e a H d o r u e s c e ei v That in com plaintbrutal conduct of the police, but it would be an act of injustice to that body if he did not state that he had also received evidence of a contrary nature. to that which he had just read, and which s h owed clearly what were the nature of the meetings held i n i n Vic toria park and other places in the neighbourhood, — (Cheers.) Meetings of this nature had been held pre viously to last Sunday, which had given rise to great disturbances and to the stoppage of trade in various dis tricts; and information having come to their know ledge that similar meetings were to be held last Sunday in the neighbourhood of the Tower Hamlets, the Commissioners of Police, under his directions, stationed an additional force in the vicinity of the places of meeting. The instructions given to the police were, that they must be prepared to act immediately, but that they were not to interfere with the meeting so long es they remained orderly, and so long as their pro ceedings were conducted in a peaceable manner. The Commissioners had previously issued a notice that these meetings were illegal it they were continued after dark, and the police had instructions to disperse them if that rule were violated. He now held in his hand the report of the inspector under whose immediate charge the police acted, and from this report it would appear that a meeting of the Irish confederates at three o'clock on Sunday, and anothsr meeting of the Chartists was held at five o'clock the same day. In spector Waller was stationed with a body of men out of the public view, in the St. James's Church district. An inspector who made the report was in attendance at the different points where the meeting were collected throughout the entire day. The inspector stated that at the latter meeting no less than 3,000 persons of all descriptions had assembled, who remained orderly until 25 minutes past seven o'clock, when the meeting broke up, and then between 400 and 500 pro ceeded to the church, and broke nearly all the windows, and when the inspector passed he was received with the shouts and execrations of the mob, many of them pelting him with stones. The people were called upon to disperse quietly, but the intimation was an swered by another shower of stones, and the police were therefore compelled to interfere. O ne sergeant and seven police-constables were severely F injured, an d several had been rendered unfit for duty. Th e inspector stated, in addition, that several per sons who witnessed the proceed ings were ready to corroborate the statements in his report. He (Sir G. Grey) had received a letter from a Mr. H oug h ton, complaining, not of the interfere nce of the p o li ce , b ut showing the great danger which might have resulted from their not interfering earlier, and therefore more effectually. That letter concluded by the writer complaining th a t the rate-payers of the parish should be su bj ecte d to the annoyance, insult, and in jury to life and property which these meetings were calculated to bring about. He (Sir George Grey) held in his hand 81 letters from different inhabitants of the dis trict, concurring in the statement with respect to the inconvenience of those meetings, an d as to t h e forbearance with which the police had acted; and he was assured that there was but one opinion on the t \ vesre b rghh e :aa e evd n daiantbyege held, r a i n: e d . that He a r the a police nd e h e w e r e s re subject throughout the whole district in which the m da r i at t i t e e ds d etp t o o u ttthahetei deputation disturbances. r t r r b a a l n C e meetingentitled to ha been c c e o i : a p e Cri minal e h a r l a a d C i o p t u e h r r a t a t o f her rm a h j i e m sty, to ass p u r r e i gentle men from the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green to re questsnegn present her t.° r that them they a viewed loyal withaddress abhor rence the scenes that had l ate l y ta k en place i n the metropolis, and assuring her of their loyal determina tion to uphold the Crown, the Government, and the law. He had also read a memorial from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Victorir-park, stating the occurence that had taken place in the neighbourhood on Sunday last, and expressing their hope that the Government would immediately adopt some course to suppress such meeting and thereby remove the alarm and danger that existed. He would only say with respect to the statements which the Hon. Member had made against the police, that the parties making them had the same means of proving their truth as the police had of justifying their conduct.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") A tribunal had been sitting to hear any complaints on either side, but he was not aware that any had been made against the police.—(Hear, hear.( He could assure the Honourable Member that there was no disposition on the part of the Government to interfere with meetings of a legitimate character—(Hear, hear) —but he thought all would admit that the meetings that had lately taken place in the metropolis were anything but of such a description. The police had orders from the Government to afford every protection to persona and property, and to put down such illegal and improper meetings, and he was sure from the course they had hitherto adopted, they would not hesitate to do tnat which the safety to the property and life of her Majesty's subjects imperatively demanded.—(Hear, hear.) NAVIGATION LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir JOHN WALSH. then resumed the adjourned debate on the Navigation-laws. [LEFT SPEARING]. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Tuesday a Court was held fur the dispatch o business. THE DISTURBANCES IN THE METROPOLIS. Alderman WILSON wished to be informed by the Lord Mayor whether the special constables appointed previously to the 10th of April to act in the event of a distutbauce, were authorised to act if any contingency should arise at the present time, as it was understood by many that the power would in a few days be at an end. Sir PETER LAURIE begged to say a few words. He considered the Chartist proceedings to be a sort or guerilla warfare. They went entirely upon a system of annoyance. They were in this place to-day and in that place to-morrow, and their object was to; derive advantage from harassing society.—(Hear, hear.) He considered that the police were quite able to keep down the guerilla spirit which was in operation. It was very easy for a number of people to mention a day of meeting and call together multitudes, but the police were strong enough to prevent mischief. The LORD MANOR said that he was watching with anxiety the course of events, and that his brother ma gistrates and his fellow-citizens most cordially joined with him in the feeling that union and co-operation were most necessary under the existing state of things for the protection of the tranquillity of the City.—(flear, hear.) He had been waited upon by several of the leading men of the ward of Farringdou Without, that morning, on the subject of the great annoyances to which the citizens were subjected by the meetings and processions which had so frequently l i taken place. The deputation stated that the inhabitants were most desirous of rendering the most efficient . aid either under the authority of the Police Commissioner, or in any other way which might appear eligible for the , purpose of preserving the public peace.—(Hear.) ,It gave him great satisfaction to state that there existed a strong unanimous feeling amongst his fellow•-citizens on the subject, and he had every reliance upon them. The Commissioner of the City Police, who urged the necessity of employing special constables, had embodied his views upon the subject in a report which would probably give satisfaction to the court, aui. 1.1.3 a egulati, mended in which could be carried out without difficulty. —(Hear, hear.) He had the utmost reliance upon the conduct of his fellow•citizens.—(Cheers.) Alderman COPELAND said the Lord Mayor might de pend upon the zealous co-operation of his brother ma gistrates. _ _ Some conversation took place, we understand, upon the exclusion of strangers, on the subject of the ex penses incurred by the preparations for meeting the emergency of the 10th of April, and the Court was counted out before the most important business fur the day was entered upon. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.) Materials of slight texture are now much i❑ demand. Mousselines de suie of every colour, baregas, palmy riennes, and a new material partaking of the poil de chevre, with jaconots and organdys in Persian patterns; silk dresses of fancy stripes of the palest colours are made with three flounces en biais, the upper one rounded off, rises gradually, diminishing to the waist, and is continued on the cor sage, forming double revers. For demi toilette, the form of the corsage varies but little, they are generally open with revers or chide, the sleeve moderately wide, particularly at the bottom, drooping on the arm, or admitting the under sleeve of clear muslin ; the skirts with very deep flounces. It is only when required for carriage wear or dejeuners that the dresses are ornamented by coquilles, ruches, &c. ; if ribbon, all are made of a length to give freedom to the feet ; barege dresses are ornamented with deep biais flounces, edged with small gimp, or tucks of graduated size to the waist. Redingotes are still made a la Puritaine, ornamented by gimp trimmings ; dresses of thin materials have the corsages made full ; many redingotes are made with corsages a la I)ubarry. The bonnets of this season are of moderate size, demievasee, close at the ears, with round crowns ; very pretty ones are made of paiile de riz, with the capote crown of taf fetas glace, and some are trimmed with ruches of taffetas, so delicately pinked as to imitate moss, in pink, white, or blue, encircling the edge bavolet ; it also forms trim mings on the crown. The ribbons used this season are very rich ; pretty open straws are with bands of taffetas or gauze, and straw alternately, lined with taffetas or glace and wand, with large pink rose at the side. Many of the capotes of tulle bouillonef, or rich blond, are simply trimmed with ribbon, and merely ornamented inside by bunches of delicate flowers ; sometimes a lace lappet forms the trimming. Capotes of crape, gauze, or linon, are, with Toilettes of the same, pink, blue, or white, confined by a wreath of ribbon toques. The mantelets and pardessus are made of taffetas glace of every colour, of figured tulle, trimmed with lace or frills of the same, pinked or em broidered, they are also made of embroidered muslin ; black lace shawls, both single and double, continue in fashion ; and many mantelets are made matching the dress. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, JUNE 6.-7-There is still a tolerably fair inquiry for cloth suitable for India and China; but the demand which previously existed for the home trade has declined; and the market has been on the whole quite as flat and depressed as at any period during the last month. The barn trade is also much depressed, as, in ad dition to the absence of the usual German demand, the unfavourable rate of exchange with St. Petersburgh, and the prohibition of the export of Russian gold and silver coin, have tended to check purchases for Russian account. We regret to learn that the com mercial advices froai Germany continue unfavourable; and it is to be feared that some time must neces sarily elapse before confidence is so far restored as to cause an active resumption of business with that country. Tho prices of yarn are consequently still rather drooping ; though the decline, of late, has been to a very small extent. Meantime, the low price of yarn is not an unmixed evil, as it is giving coun try, rk w to ho tn a e r l e ian n d e - w lo , om weavers in all parts of th e cow, etimlapelotyameyenhta,veanhdeencoi w in, see,. for re e e l sa i o e tm v l y e e , it v hi e rn ry ea ' generally in full previously. The accounts of the produce of the last crop of cotton in the United States continue favourable. 'there seems to be now very little doubt that the entire crop will not fall short of 2,300,000 bales ; and, though some small portion of it may be kept back, there is now no question of a supply quite equal to the demand. The growing crop is also very favourably spoken of. We understand that commercial letters recently received from Brazil, :peak in terms of strong censure of the conduct of Lord llowden (who, as most of our readers are aware, was authorised to negotiate for a settlement of our disputes wi th that country) towards the Brazilian authorities. llis deportment throughout the negotiations is corn aut ht)Government t con sentedfbr suppressing at corn plained of as harsh and overbearing in the highe s t degree; and it is even stated, on what we believe to b e good that he declared that unless th e B raz ili an o n ee to stihgen slave a trade, commercial he treaty, and a trea ty would go and make special tre a ties with the authorities in the different provinces. What amount of provocati on an d annoyahce his Lordship may j . have been previously sub jected to by the procrastination and chicanery of the heard nothing,—having Brazilian authorities, we know but one side of the story; but, if the statement is true, that whilst accredited to the general Government, he threatened to supersede its functions by negotiations with provincial authorities, his Lordship is marvellously unfit to represent British interests in any quarter of the globe; and we need not wonder that he is not now re turning from Brazil without having experienced the slightest success in his mission. ROCHDALE, JUNE s.—We have to-day a rather better demand for flannels than on the preceding Monday, but no improvement in prices. We have had again two or three London buyers in the market, but their attention has been principally directed to what may be termed " job lots," or purchases for cash from needy sellers. Wool is much the same as it was in the preceding week, both in demand and price. HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 6.—We have had few buyers, and the consequence has been a dull market. In the warehouses, and in the home trade, there is a general complaint that money is difficult to be obtained; and, although there is a disposition to buy, few are willing to increase their obligations, without a better prospect of being able to meet their payments. LEEDS, JUNE 6.—We have had a very indifferent market to-day, and altogether the business done since last Tuesday was very trilling. SPORTING EXPLOITS OF A HIGHLANDER. The Cape Frontier imes, of February 22, thus al ludes to the sporting exploits of Mr. Ruallvn Cum ming, second son of Sir William Gordon Cumming, Baronet, of Altyre, who a few years since was reckoned the foremost sportsman in the north of Scot land. "We have been favoured with some interesting intelligence relative to the late trip into the interior, of that well known and intrepid sportsman and traveller Mr. R. R. Cumming, formerly of the C.M.U., who is now on his way from Bloemfontein to Colesberg, after an extremely hazardous and fatiguing expedition of elevan months. In this journey it is said he has penetrated many hundred miles beyond the highest point reached by any white man. He shot forty-three elephants, three of which only were females. Many of the males carried tusks of enormous size, measuring seven feet in length, and sometimes weighing 100 lbs. each. Sixty hippopotami—the finest troops to which they belonged having been singled out for slaughter. Such is the abundance of this game, that with his rifle he might have killed two hundred of them. The rhinoceros, buffalo, cameleopard, eland, gemsbok, roan, antelope, waterbuck, hartebeest, sasaby, black and blue wildebeest, koodoo, pallah, zebra, riet bok. kilpspringer, &c., were found by him in such abundance, that he rarely expended his ammunition upon them, except when in want of the flesh, or to get their heads as specimens to grace his collection of sporting trophies, which is described as being now so extensive as almost to require a small ship to send them home. He is said to have discovered an entirely new sort of antelope, unknown not only to science but even to the native tribes living upon the tro pics. It is a very beautiful species ; and, with much time and difficulty, he procured '22 specimens, both male and female. His losses have unfortunately counterba lanced the excellence of his sport. He has lost all his horses (15), all his oxen (30), and all his dogs (20), and his best waggon-driver. His horses were killed either by lions or horse sickness, and the fly called tsetse. All his oxen were killed by this insect. His dogs were killed some by the lions, some by the pan ther, crocodile, and by different kinds of game. The waggon-driver was carried off on a dark and cloudy evening by a monster lion, which Mr. Cumming shot next day.—lnverness Journal. The Courier du Nord announces that an important discovery has been made in the neighbourhood of Maubeuge, which appears to be connected with a plot against the Republic. On the 3d instant the Custom-house officers of Maubeuge were informed that arms were being clandestinely manufac tured at the establishment of MM. Pecqueriaux and Co., of Lonvroy. An unexpected visit was in con sequence paid to the establishment, which led to the seizure of a considerable number of poignards in an un finished state. Letters likewise were found, from which it is probable a second edition of the attack of the 15th of May was meditated. Those poignards are smaller than the swords worn by the troops of the lice, and they were so constructed as to be easily fitted to a pole. Those weapons were manufactured by MM. Pecqueriaux, or some chosen workmen exclusively. This discovery had created an immense sensation at Maubeuge. ENGLISH MECHANICS FROM FRANCE.—the num ber of English artisans and mechanics who have been obliged to leave France in consequence of the combina tion of the French operatives against those not oaly em-- ployed , in the railways, but weavers, lace makers, and ethers, since the revolution of February, is upwards of 7,000. The greater portion of these men and their families have arrived in this country in the greatest state of destitution, and they have not only met with timely assistance from the General Steam Navigation Company in conveying them to their native land from Boulogne, Calais, Havre, and Dieppe, but the packets of the South-Eastern and South-Western Railway Companies. The committee which was so opportunely formed for granting aid to our ill-treated countrymen, at the head of which stand her Most Gracious Majesty, Prince Albert, and the leading nobility and bankers, has done much to rescue them from their sudden destitute state, not only enabling them to return to their former places of residence, but. also to obtain a passage to Australia, Sydney, &c. Calais, Boulogne, Amiens, Rouen, Havre, &c., may be said to be nearly abandoned by English workmen, who must either leave or risk their lives. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HODS E. Edwin Benjamin Vidler was brought before the Lnrd Mayor upon a charge of forgery, and also upon a charge of embezzlement. Mr. Muliens, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Forgeries and Frauds, and Mr. Travers, of the firm of Amory and Co., solicitors to the Commercial Bank, attended for the prosecution; Mr. Hobler appeared for the prisoner. A clerk in the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, stated, that Messrs. Hall , Brothers, of Riches-court, Lime street, kept an account at that house. Tho cheque pro duced, purporting to be that of Messrs. Hall, for the sum of 3601.. payable as "seamen's wages, Forfarshire, 4th voyage," was presented at the counter on the 20th of April, and paid by him in a 101. note, a 50/. note, a 100/. note, and 200/. in sovereigns. To the best of his belief the prisoner was the person who presented the cheque. Mr. T. Agar, clerk in the issue department of the Bank of England, produced two bank-notes which were brought to him on the 20th of April, and for which he paid 1501. in sovereigns. These notes proved to be those which had been given in payment of the cheque at the Commercial Bank. Mr. henry John Hall said the signature to the cheque was neither his nor his brother's. It purported to be an imitation of his signature. Neither he nor his brother had ever authorised any one to sign cheques. The pri soner had,been in the service of the firm for seven years. The filling up of the cheque was in the prisoner's hand writing, and the cheque had been taken from their cheque-book. " A. Morison, 51, Lime-street, Leaden hall-street," waa written upon each of the bank -notes, and in the prisoner's handwriting. Cross-examined by Mr.: Hobler—Witiaess was not in 'The habit of drawing cheques by procuration, and never left a cheque with the amount in blank. He had received letters from the prisoner since the prisoner had left him. One of them was directed " Birmingham Railway," and another was directed " Great Britain, a n d elsewhere. Mr. Hobler—Does he not say that the money he got by these means was no more than he was entitled to? Witness —Decidedly not. Mr. Hobler—My. Lord, my client has been labouring under a delusion of mind which persuades him that ho is entitled to this money. His iatention was certainly not felonious. The LORD MAYOR ---It is my duty to see whether the evidence is not such as would justify me in committing him for trial. I have nothing at all to do with his intention. Mr. H. L. Nall, brother to Mr. H. J. Hall, confirmed the evidence of the last witness. E. Spearing, A 113, said ho took the prisoner into custody on Sunday last at Wright's Coffee-house, Char ing-cross, and found at his lodgings two bags, contain ing gold and other property. Witness took him into custody, and told him it was for forgery, and the pri soner said nothing. Inspector Russell said he took the charge against the ' prisoner, who said he resided in Nelson-street, City-road. The prisoner told him where to find the property. Wit nesso found a carpet-bag in the cupboard, and in it three small bags. The first contained 761. in gold; the second 1201.; and the third 271. in g old. The whole amount found in possession of t he p risoner was 4041. 10a. Messrs. Hall then ch ar g ed the prisoner with havin g m which he employers. The 401. 4 re ceived 1. note received by the pris oner in payment of the che q ue embezzled zz at td the the Customhouse sltmof 4.51. f IroBs. his l d emp ~ was traced through a watchmaker from whom he had purchased a watch, and chain, and key. The watch had been pledged for 61. Mr. Mullens said there were several other charges against the prisoner. Committed for trial. A poor industrious fellow was charged with having attempted to drown himself in a fit of melancholy. The defendant had been on board one of the Water men steamboats, and Captain Fowles, the commander, at a little after twelve o'clock on Tuesday, having heard that a man had gone overb oard, reversed the engine, and the man was taken up. He was taken to a public-house and rubbed, and after some time recovered. The defendant said he was sorry for having made the attempt, and could not attribute it to anything but a dis ease of the heart by which he was afflicted, and which sometimes made his life burdensome. The defend a nt's wife and employer declared th a t a more sober, industrious man could nut be found, but he had been exceedingly depressed. The Loan MAYOR said he lamented the attempt and pitied the defendant, but could not think of discharging him without requiring Lail. BOW-STREET. THE CHARTIST LEADERS. Ernest Charles Jones was placed at the bar, charged with using seditious language. He said he was a bar rister-at-law, of the Middle Temple, and member of the Chartist Executive, and lately lived at 14, George street, Portman-square. James White, of 97, York-road, said—l am a short hand -writ r. On Sunday evening, the 4th of June, I attended a meeting in Bishop Bonner's Fields, between six and seven o'clock. It was an open-air meeting. I am not a judge of numbers, but I should think there were fifteen thousand persons there assembled. The speakers addressed the meeting from a raised ground or ground heap. There was no chairman. The prisoner Jones was one of the speakers. The prisoner said— " Mr. Chairman and men of the Tower Hamlets—ln the first place, I have to apologise to you for not having been here sooner; but a man cannot be at two places at the same time. There was a meeting announced for Irongate Wharf, Paddington, and the police—l under stand, mounted—forbid that meeting taking place. I was invited to attend it, and, therefore, did attend it. There were a good many police there, but they did not venture to interfere with the meeting. And I can tell you this hold your meetings ; for, although the Government certainly are mad, they are not mad enough to put down public meetings; and, if they were mad enough to do it, I, for one, hurl defiance in their teeth, and dare them to disperse this legal and peaceable assembly. I must ask the favour of your in dulgence to-day, inasmuch as I start by mail-train to night for Lancashire and Yorkshire; and as those places are both in a very excited state, I shall have to use my lungs there a good deal; and as London is not so excited as those parts of the country are, excuse me from ad dressing you at any length to-day. All I say is this, Stand fast by your colours. Do not shrink from the Charter, and the whole Charter. Do not listen to the nonsense of the hall-and-half men. Only organize (con cluded the speaker) and you will yet see the green flag floating over Downing-street. Let that be accom plished, and John Mitchel shall be brought back again to his own country, and Sir George Grey and Lord J. Russell be sent out to exchange places with them." Nearly the whole of the speech was of the same species of oratory. Mr. Ilimar —You have heard this speech read. Do you wish to ask the witness any question? The pri soner—l have only to compliment the reporter on his very accurate report of my speech. I still entertain every sentiment there expressed. I believe nothing is there that may not have been said by Eiihu Burrett himself. I can hardly believe that I have been brought fr m Manchester for anything in that speech. Mr. HENRY considered it had a tendency to excite his hearers to disturb the peace. John Haines, police-sergeant—l apprehended the pri soner this morning at the Moseley Arms Inn, Manchester. I read the warrant to him. He said, "I deny it, of course." I then brought him to London. Mr. HENRY—I shall commit you for trial for sedition; and as you are apparently a person superior in intellect and station to the other prisoners I shall require two sureties in 250/. each, and yourself in 5004; and in the meantime you will be committed to Newgate. The prisoners were then removed. A large mob of persons had assembled to witness the removal of the prisoners from the court ; but they were cleared by the police without any resistance being offered, and before the arrival of the van. Another of the Chartist leaders, named Vernon, was taken into custody, shortly alter twelve o'clock last night. WORSHIP-STREET. A middle aged man named Isaac Mallandyne, appa rently a wood-turner, and whose head was covered with bandages, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill for final examination, charged with having made two desperate attempts to stab Police-constable Harrington, of the N division, with a clasp-knife, during the Chartist disturbances in Birdcage-walk, Bethnal-green, on Sun day last. 'fhe evidence now given differed in no material re spects from that detailed in our paper-of Monday, from which day the accused was remanded, and the deposi tions of the witnesses against him having been taken and read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, the prisoner who comp'iained of the ill-usage he had received from the police, and denied having used the knife at all, was fully committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge of aggravated assault with intent to inflict bodily in . j ury. A young man named Josiah Blonchfield, stated to be the son of a respectable tradesman, was charged with violent conduct and threatening the police. Barnes and Fletcher, of the H division, saw the pri soner with some missile in his hand, which, upon their endeavouring to seise him, he dropped, and they there fore let him go, bat as soon as they had done so the pri soner assailed them with horrible epithets, expressed his regret that he had not a knife to use upon them, and said :that tif all the Chartists were of his mind they would not :be driven about by the officers. The mob thereupon hissed and howled at them, and uttered such menaces of violence that they found it necessary to se cure the prisoner, who threw himself upon his back on the pavement, and tried to pitch the constables over him, and then resisted with such determination, that it was only with the greatest difficulty he was got to the station. Staines, a silk-weaver, and the prisoner's father gave a flat denial to all that had been stated by the police, whom they accused of using an unnecessary degree of violence without provocation ; but one of the inspectors of the division entirely confirmed the constables testi mony, and Mr. HAMNILL, in consideration of no violence having been actually inflicted by him upon the officers, sentenced the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default to undergo two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, and in addition ordered him to put in two substantial sureties in 20/. each for his good behaviour for the succeeding three months, and to give twenty four hours' notice, that their solvency might be inquired into. IVESTAIINSTER. Pursuant to a notice for the renewal of the warrants of special constables and the appointment of such other of the inhabitants as were desirous of being sworn in, Mr. Broderip was engaged in this duty the greater part of the day. A great number of very respectable persons proaented themselves, the greater number of whom laud previously hell warrants. The appointments are to continue in force for six months on this occasion instead of three, as in the last. The remainder of this and the whole of the following week have been fixed by the Ma• gistrates for swearing in special constables. Amongst those enrolled yesterday were Lord Dillon, Sir William Verner, and Captain Verner, his son. WANDS WORTH. George Phelps, a recently returned transport, and his brother Alexander Phelps, a Waterman and special con stable, were charged with assaulting the police, and threatening the life of a special constable. One of the police-constables, Underhill, 292 V, had been so cruelly used that he was obliged to be brought to the court in a fly, and whilst giving his evidence he was allowed to be seated. He stated, that about twelve o'clock on the previous night he was in Windsor street, Putney, when he saw a gentleman surrounded by several persons. He had a gold watch in his pocket, and being intoxicated witness ordered police-constable Cunham to see him to his residence at Barnes. The prisoners went up to the gentleman and tried to pull him away from the constable. Alexander Phelps struck the constable Cun ham. Witness got the prisoners away and told them to go home. He had proceeded with the gentleman and Cunham about 200 yards, and was returning back, when he met Police -constable Nixon with his mouth and nose bleeding. Ascertaining that the Phelpses had committed the assault, he went after them • he took hold of G eorge Phelps, who immediat e ly struck him on the aide of the head, and said, " If you don't let me go I'll tear your - eye out," and he instantly forced his thumb under his eye and tried to " gouge" it. Witness extricated himself, and they both fell on the ground. The pri soner then got witness's hair between his teeth and con tinued pulling it out by the roots. The prisoner also bit his head. Another constable came up end the took him into custody. His brother was in custody at that time. Witness Was now unable to do duty, and had hien vomiting bleed all the morning. Police -constable Nixon, 53 V, proved that Alexander Phelps struck him in the month, and his brother George struck him on the shoulder, and tried to rescue his brother. The last witness apprehended the prisoner George Phelps, who got the officer under him, and treated him so savagely, that, to prevent murder being done he was obliged t o s t r ik e hi m severa l t i mes to com pel him to quit his hold. Inspector Busain stated that when it was mentioned to him that morning that the constable Underhill was very bad, George Phelps said, "It serves the - right. I wish I had got a knife, to strike into the - guts of some of you." William Robinson, a watermen, and also a special constable, said he assisted the police in apprehending the prisoners, who said " they would - well serve him out when they were released from prison." Mr. BEADON fined each of the prisoners Si., or, in default, committed them for a month; at the expiration of which time they would each find two sureties in 201. each, to keep the peace for six months. FIRE AT SANDON HALL.—STAFFORD, TUESDAY EYENINQ.-A most destructive fire occurred this day at Sandon Hall, the beautiful mansion of the Earl of Harrowby, by which the centre part of this elegant mansion has been entirely destroyed. The fire, we understand, was discovered about half past ten o'clock in the roof of the building, where some plumbers were at work doing repairs. As soon as it was observed messengers were dispatched to Stafford and Stowe for the fire-engines, from both which places engines belonging to the district fire-office were sent off instantly, drawn by four post-horses. The Stafford town engine soon followed ; and the Brungham engine from Penkridge arrived in the course of the afternoon. An engine also from Ingreste Hall was early brought to the fire. By the time the earliest engines had arrived, how ever, the flames had gained greatly on the building, and it was plain that the whole mansion was in great danger. Happily a good supply of hands, including a great number of "navvies" employed on the North Staffordshire Hallway, which passes within a mile of Sandon Hall, were quickly on the spot, and the engines began their opera tions immediately. Previously, however, to the arrival of the engines the greatest exertions were made, and we are happy in being able to say that the whole of the costly furniture, paintings, library, articles of vertu, &c., are saved. For some time atter the arrival of the engines it was found that their power could not be fully brought to bear on the burning mass owing to the want of a sufficient supply of water ; consequently, the flames gradually gained on the exertions of the firemen, and by about lour o'clock, at which time we left, nearly the whole of the centre was totted, leaving little more than the bare walls. It was confidently hoped, however, that as a large supply of water was made available from a pond situate at some distance from the had the efforts of the firemen would succeed in preventiag the fire spreading furiher, and thus save both the wings. We understand that his Lordship and family are in Loudon. A telegraphic dispatch, however, would convey the sad intelligence to him, and nu doubt he would start immediately for Staffordshire. THE FIELD OF CULLuDEN.-WO understand that at the judicial sale before Lord Robertson on Wednes day week of the Lands of Leanachs and Balvraid, part of Culloden Muir, the scene of the celebrated battle in 1746, between Prince Charles Edwards and the King's troops, the purchaser was Mr. G. Moron, for behoof of Mr. D. Forbes, at Culloden Castle. The price was 2 ,6254—R055-shire Advertiser. THE REFORM MOVEMENT. MARYLEBONE. _ _ A public meeting of the parishioners of Marylebone was held yesterday in the Workhouse-yard, New-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration the ine quality of the taxation of the country, and the imperfect state of the representation of the people in the House of Commons. The attendance, which comprised a large sprinkling of Chartists, was numerous, and at one period or the proceedings there could not have been less than fifteen hundred persons present. Shortly after one o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. J. Williams, M.P. The CHAIRMAN having read the requisition convening the meeting, and expressed his thanks to the Vestry and Guardians of the poor, for permitting the ratepayers to assemble in so convenient a locality, proceeded to observe, that there never was a time when Ow people of the country should be more united for gaining the great object they had in view than the present moment, and there never, in his opinion, was a period when the resolutions intended to be submitted for their adoption should be drawn up with extreme caution and courtesy of language. It was their duty to avoid the use of all sentiments ca'culated to create excitement.—(No, no, and confusion, amid which repeated cheers were given for the Charter.) He was convinced the working-classes of the metropolis would support him—(Hear)—and he assured them he should never shrink from raising his voice on their behalf and backing them up, so long as they conducted thern,elves peaceably and constitution ally; but while he made that admission, he wished it to be distinctly understood that he would not hesitate to uplift his arm, if necessary, against those who were desirous of creating tumult and confusion. He would not pFevent the free expression of opinion on the part of any man who desired to address the meeting — (Hear, hear)—but he trusted those opinions would be in accordance with the wants and requirements of the times. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, late Member for Coventry, moved the first resolution, which in effect declared that the pre sent state of the representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament was partial in its nature and in its practice—tended to class legislation—was no security against unequal and oppressive taxation—and produced no comprehensive measure for the benefit of the people. They had met to support the proposal of that veteran Reformer, Mr. Hume, and the occasion of their assembling was one of great national importance. They had met to complain of and protest against the system of representation being so constituted as to give power to the favoured classes to elect men to make our laws. The result that had proceeded from that misre presentation of the people, was too well known to require scarcely any exposition. In accordance with that system of class representation, the laws were made to favour the rich and injure the poor, and the taxation of the country was carried out in a similarly unjust and oppressive spirit towards the industrious section of the community. As one of the immediate results of this misrepresentation he thought it would be found, that with the exception of the aristocratic and rich classes, in whose favour the laws were made, all alike were suffering severe priva tions.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") They had been told tried evils of such a nature were to be removed by the operation of the Reform Bill. That Act, however, had been that in five different Parliaments, and he appealed to the meeting if it had accomplished any of the great objects for which it was stated to have been passed.— (Cries of " No, no.") There were 216 counties and boroughs, with constituencies amounting to 161,485, which returned 329 Members, being a majority of the House of Commons.—(Shame, shame.) They sent what they called representatives to make laws for disposing of the freedom, property, and lives of twenty-seven mil lions of people. There were nine counties and bo roughs with 169,368 electors, which returned eighteen Members, and there were 87 counties and towns with constituencies of 35,923, returning 135 represen tatives ; while the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a constituency of 36,165, returned only two members, and North and South Lancashire returned only four members, although their constituencies were just as numerous as the 87 counties and boroughs represented by 135 mem bers. If Lord John Russell—(Loud groans)—called that representation, he very much deceived himsel'. Was that system to be endured as a final system of representation. One of the . objects of their meeting was to answer the statement—he hardly knew with what epithet to describe it—made by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons, namely, that the people of the United Kingdom neither wanted nor desired the system of reform proposed by Mr. Hume, or that em bodied in the people's Charter.—(Cries of " He lies— it's false.") That declaration had astonished the country. The people were not able to make up their minds as to the cause that induced Lord John Russell to volun teer an assertion so completely at variance with their opinions. The statement had been well answered in all parts of the country, and they were met for the purpose of practically testifying the untruth of the assertion. Since the passing of the Reform Bill thirty-five millions were added to the National Debt. They had Gagging Bills, toe, and looking at the speeches of those state pensioners, the Duke of Wellington and Lord Brougham delivered a few evenings since in the House of Lords, it was quite evident the Government were not going to stop there, but meditated the suppres sion of some of the people's meetings. Lord Brougham, with his pension of :5,0001. a year, called upon them to do so. Was Lord Brougham afraid of his pence?— (Hear, hear.) No doubt he was. It was incumbent on the part of the people to unite as one man. —(A voice—" Yes, for the Charter."—Cheers.) They might depend upon it if they agreed in the resolu tion, and showed a bold, united trout in carrying out the object of their meeting, they would have that which the Charter desired, namely, cheap and good Government—and they would abolish all such long pen sioners as Lord Brougham, with his 5,0001, a year for doing nothing. There were at present before the House of Commons two Bills to cure the manifold evils of the Reform Bill. The first was to legalise the appointment of Commissioners to investigate the extent of bribery and corruption stated to have been practised in some seven or eight boroughs, whose Members had been un seated during the present session, and the second was a measure to abolish the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act. With respect to the first, he should say that it was about one of the most imprudent steps ever devised, when they saw that bribery and corruption were the means of placing in the House of Commons the vast ma jority of those who had seats there, including even the Member for the City of London--(Cheers)—and if Lord John Russell were not aware of the fact in his own par ticular case, he would put him in the way of getting in formation on the subject,. The repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Reform Act would not add to the constitu ency of Great Britain more than 5,956 votes, and it would only principally affect tour of the metropolitan boroughs, Marylebone, Westminster, Lambeth, and Finsbury. Look ing at the present condition of the representation, the bribery and corruption practised at the last elections, the intimidation and coercion had recourse to where con tests took place, he could discover no benefit that the Reform Bill afforded. They were not only not better, but positively worse off than in the year 1830, when the Reform Bill was enacted. Had not, therefore, the time arrived when they should put a stop to such a system ; and they certainly enjoyed the power of doing so, if the people proved true to themselves, and acted peaceably, constitutionally, and legally. But, on the other hand, if they had recourse to violence, they would retard the ob taining of the reform now sought. Having expressed the necessity of union among all classes of reformers, as linfeani 'to the achievement of the common object in view, Mr. Williams concluded amid mingled cheers and cries of " Nothing but the Charter." Mr. JACOB BELL seconded the resolution. It was for the people to inform Lord John Russell that, in the opinions he expressed regarding their views on the sub ject of reform, be had altogether misrepresented them— that they desired, and were determined on having, some material alteration of the existing system, and that the middle and poorer classes should have the consideration of the Government and the Legislature, or they would no longer consent to go on in peace and quietness. In the attainment of such an object as that for which they agitated, constitutional means alone should be adopted, such as open mid-day meetings, like the present, and not riotous assemblages at an unseasonable hour of the night, to the great terror, and, it might be, intimidation of her Majesty's subjects.—(No, no, and cries of " Night meetings are good in their own way.") The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. HILL said he believed that further reform was inevitable, but he wished to know what the promoters of the present meeting, and those who supported Mr. Hume's movement, proposed. (Hear, hear.) The working classes were beginning to take their proper stand; they had long been trampled upon, and prevented the assertion of that right to which they were entitled ; but those days were 'fast fading away, and before the lower classes co-operated with the middle classes in any movement like the present, they should know the pre cise remedy proposed. If the middle classes walked in the right path the working-classes would go with them ; but he contended that the resolutions of the new Reform party did not meet all the views of the labouring men of England. Household suffrage and triennial Parliaments would not satisfy the people.—(Loud cheers.) Both were steps in the right direction ; they could not, however, now be ac cepted even as instalments. He wished to ask the opinion of the meeting on the subject, and as the best mode of testing that opinion, he would propose the fol lowing resolution, which he believed reflected their sen timents, at least the sentiments of the vast majority, more faithfully than any of the series proposed by the Committee.—(Cheers.) The motion he proposed sub witting was in these words .—" That this meeting is of opinion, from the experience of the last 15 years, that partial reforms are inadequate to effect a reduction of the expenditure, or to equalise the taxation which presses so heavily upon the people, and that they consider it ne cessary, for the peace and prosperity of this country, to seek fcr radical reform on the principle of universal suffrage of the Commons house of Parliament, proposed by the late Major Cartwright, advocated by the most eminent statesmen of England, and embodied in a docu ment called the People's Charter, approved and signed by Mr. J. Hume, and other friends of good government, in whom the people once reposed confidence."—(Cheers and cries of " The Charter for ever !") Mr. SAVAGE seconded the resolution amid some con fusion. In ths course of his remarks he vigorously ad vocated annual Parliaments and universal suffrage, and warned the people against being entrapped into the sanc tion of any less beneficial system of reform. The passing of the resolution then proposed would do more towards effecting the happiness and comfort of the people than whole armies of special constables.—(Groans for the " Specials.") Lord John Russell knew that unless divi sion were created in the ranks of the Radical Reformers, he could not stand against their opposition, therefore union was absolutely necessary for the success of the cause they all, he hoped, had at heart. The working classes only asked that they should be dealt by fairly, and not treated with thi4t contempt to which they had • often been subjected. If that were done, and if the re solution which spoke out the sentiments of the working classes were adopted, be considered much would be effected towards preserving peace and harinonY., by Mr. J. HuatE, M.P., censured the conduct purseed Messrs. Hill and Savage, in precipitately forcing tb,e meeting a resolution of the nature just proposed, or any way way attempting to create disunion, at all events, until the resolutions which the Committee ba d taken the trouble of preparing were formally gone through. Da ring a period of thirty-five years he bad led a poblie life, and he defied any man to show in what resp eel t i ( had deserted his principles or neglected his do t )'' If there were present any other individual tha n hienfe more anxious to promote the happiness and prospol,sl of his fellow-men, he would very much lik e to see b pointed out. Mr. Savage's services on a former °cools in connexion with the opening to the public of a vest,' l ,, theretofore held with closed doors, were valuable, sorb'. (Mr. Hume) was anxious that his exertions in connexin • with the movement of reform should be found egos."). serviceable by those with whom he (Mr. Hume) co.otial. rated. But he thought it a most unworthy proceedid: on the part of Mr. Savage to state that they Were going to take certain stops, and that he had no Onk„,. o , dente in them before he heard the complete expositl,_ of their plans and the resolution , which distinctlY us; tailed the concessions they conside red necessary curing curing the stability of the institutions of the empar:o the maintenance of public order. Was it nothing iu.na told by those men that they were not to b e trusted, "of that they who obtruded themselves on the attend, elex. the meeting were alone entitled to credit for the ceptional nature of the plan propounded. Alr. 1 1 , 7 e• then, at some length, went into a vindication of there W.. ment for household suffrage, triennial Parliaments: ..71, equal appointment of Members to population, Ana, ; vote by ballot, in preference to the Charter agitati7od and as a sincere friend to the working-classes. be 09 ; 0 , upon Mr. Hill not to press the resolution, which, )!_' - . J .r out the sanction of the Committee, he had irregtii:li;s submitted for the adoption of the meeting. Vi bi bo re made this request, however, h e should say t hat t had not been one word uttered by Mr. Hill or gr. f„4 vage with regard to the extension of the suffrages D o i the increase of the representative body that bada3 prepared to sign and certify, but he could notl mo t, course they considered expedient to attain ad o end. He was prepared to maintain the principle of th ter but in a peaceable, orderly, and constitutional:the ncr. Certain parties thought they could carry 0 read d th e e lu f s o io n n o . w — ir ( ig Cr r ie e s sol o u f ti ‘ o ' n N , principle by physical force, but there never Wls a g ro od n M g r. Hum e the b n e rious points which it embraced, he c on e l i d a e in d ebdis d Lad el d ig r e4/ 4 , and n d o h .' 2vi amid repeated manifestations of discontent a n no g, prove' from the Chartist portion of the w ee- , - ,Tbst‘ formally submitting the motion for adoption:"-,,ision. her Majesty's Prime Minister having stated hie„Noliti'' that the people require no extensive measures " f . ths, cal and fiscal reform, it is hereby resol ved, Ls opinion of this meeting, in order to secur e theists „olio the institutions of the country, and rnaintalne,rAirer order, it is indispensably necessary that the w i7 o " s rie franchise be extended, to all men of mat ure age, 0300' registered as residents for a period of twelve , & boo ; That the duration of Parliaments should not exc sa d tb years; that votes should be taken by ballo m ber , there should be an equal appointment of in pulation." r oost di ' During the reading of this resolution the cordant yells proceeded from the body. of th°,, it woe ' and each sentence was received with cries of e c a., ° b.° do," " We must have the Charter." Th ose, berg, wog, considered the resolution went far enough ehrttreeirt:ll and on Mr. Hume resuming his seat the y drown the hissing and groaning by renewed Ob . .01 acclamation. app Mr. Sonme seconded the resolution in a about five minutes' duration. d Li s o be The clamour prevailing, however, re ndere vations purely pantomimic. m far n m e's substantivehe Cu h a e r ummaaj resolution,rr p y. o t o f b o ha t an h add a motions,Mr.niu s - d s r • beltt -del In th e e T a to oe d in favour of the former, but the Chartists ohYld. the universal suffrage declaration was ear:Wooer 11 1 Chairman did not, at the time, announcadopted, 11 0 ° considered the resolution or amendmen„,t -v o rno°oo he was subsequently interrogated by th a ,‘ o si the point, and he then gave it, as his oPit i b ; ,orier_A majority of those present had voted tor 1. 00 09 motion. The announcement was the t they clamour, the Chartist orators contending. t h e am en defeated Mr. Home's proposition and collect 11 011 ' ment by a majority of two to one. g auie Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir Da - a s litie spoke briefly in support of the new reforniLrd l ama . pounded by Mr. Hume. Both the Noble,l;. esi t ls Hon. .Baronet were frequently iuterruPtea ''„,"„ r a tions from one section of the meeting,. to ha!'" chsir" v ol amendment put again, but this request tu:diviclitiO refused to comply with, and his refusal eau se tt uproar. u kli 11 s Was The adoption of a petition to Parl ialne • g th 0 2 agreed to. Mr. EDWARDS moved a resolution P - e t bss effect:— ,, That the assertion made by lir:osio00,05 in his place in the House of Commons, ttli a b " o r thelsor the people of this country do not desire, eke sod..ro° measure of reform as proposed by Mr. ill ° ess' his eat I n of Members of Parliament, or that other gr woof i the reform as advocated in the Charter, is ad o n o i n doot ignorance of the present condition of til t °°- country, and a proof that he is utterly 01 . 1 ba rer , * our m a r ffairs." 7 -(Loud and protracted chee,rl7o4-P-09100 • WILLIAM NORTH, of S. Jo" s m ok o o th e seconded the resolution, and ' in doing,s°,:"t )1(' "to pledge his word as a gentleman, S trolsr l l °- tee, number of hands had been held up la Afr• - s u ill's amendment over that raised for lf ft tl iog motion.—(Cheers from the Chartists.) '7 l o° l- 00 contrary stated in any of the neresPaPe" reports of their proceedings, he should O r t to contradict it.—(Laughter. rod j° l t he aNmo S Aeri e ntr v hd. emprwaeualn:gc.e quiten le me mistakenon the respecting platform largoi: o n t i is ,o favour o the r e l eo s t ßo h Dl LI S had ot b en e m : been rej ected utd v ioeandbtdyrii joi Do t :t ad ltea e x • i n g• T h prevailed. ec nA IRM Having pu tth e s p m ok o e ti n on fo , r Prod isc 'o ol' ' an ddecio he of A vote of thanks was then proposed to . s 'i p prob a but even this was received with parti al dj and most hideous screaming. n g 0 1 10! Mr. SAVAGE, and Some other perso--4 dO, bo r plained that Mr. Williams discharged h t otte! oo or great impartiality, and that his opinion, n i . n o oloPt i o ti mistaken it might have been, regarding t".. 0 1 4 0 4 non-adoption of the Charter resolution, fr r r t direi° l every consideration, the uproar some" a tie% and the motion was put and carried. d the 0 1- cb et, The proceedings then terminated, : 50 . 2 too commenced separating, having first gje for " The Charter." de l ri r gn esterdav a veryg_, o wl T ;7O numerous 3-----Beetin i fe °/t ; j o ul i f i enn S : g . fPoraenjeras too: T. pl P ac A e lsi a C t it t A h :.°9" meanss - the a a d p, reform ro Camden priety in oTf the o a w d n op , prte f i o sne r gn th e 0 o e : 11 e ::, t 0 P of Mr. Churchward en peticl ° ..„" s tion; i lie th e Legislature, tabilleettalydjush talegnt beefeti:72o..ooAeslo • n CIO — M air r . . BARTON DELL moved the adoptie li°f l lle ci. 1.1 chair, as ktifilli The resolution having been seconded, :000 without eEnßt,ieTniAasiietyuhmot;opsitrio:;cieNeuad......irtgfi.: : err o.lfrepi, ;ol t, 0 10 meeting was held in the Free Tr ade 00 r oeo for the purpose of forwarding n w 0 0 theftll,lot :rifl°, mentary reform. A number of the leading wee re bers of the late anti-corn-law league were P8 ,1 1;0 o _ f S it e w ve e r r a e l usnpaenaikmerosushiyavicintrriaeddd. ressed the rnee • ko tlPY ing the importance of the ogbject, resolutions ___,„ .of ------------ 1,0 0 14 bi ear [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Nervousness, c o 0 . plaints arise Stomachs,al:iisseoradreere_tdooand Indige -" ° ' Holloway's Pills. Ti, r b'eh th e° ' OSP la y s the foundation Pills.—The e mc r ae n ur e : than r euss ajfrosocuardedwicojeut t al l: ' f .. ) ;: s ::‘ dij r o:° ;: t p ii , lite, which disorder s s oo the 6 " A geP jo c a o n m d plaints follow such as deranged stomachs, ie- o o i ce l lo as lowness of spirits. There is nom esdniacici:.titoeted:be, Holloway's Pills in allaying the irritshil4o,ooScog nervous system, strengthening the tone of th e •„,era il 0 creating appetite, improvtng digestion, of circulation Their purifying nature gives o se is i il l to the blood, so health bir th eir bi afflicted are speedily restored to . — 4 l, l sha letit' Druggists, and at Professor Holloway .sta 244, Strand, London. (1' E. o o ri tir t BIRTHS. d ► th e e qty, ( r h e e y, 3o E t s h q. u , l o t. f , aatdLaiusgmhotreer.Castle, Ire lan , 5. p he 18 ts, i w O yl n lie t , h o e f ls a t. so irt , at Stroud, Gloucestershir , (ii 0 On the 2d inst., at Brent Pelham Elall, lier o l e G. W. Hallam, Esq., of a daughter. „ r icht wi O le n of tl t i h e e 4 R t e h v. i E ns . t. i a t t so t n h , e o ll f aoysaonl .liosPitl:bGerrteeily 0, : ( I Cli firie On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, Mrs. lb" ocli Clapton, of a son. h i t . the On the 4th inst., at D'Arcey Hey, Yor ks— e' w A J. P. Edwards, Esq. , of a son. so ii ' . On the iith inst., at Brighton, Lady Parish , of i ln ie On the sth inst., at R e d Lion-square, Mrs. ,• a daughter. ---------- Ch Ilfw t ° MARRIED. ~.,s o , u se , On the 2d inst., by the Rev. T. Woou."; is 11 0 „ Maria, daughter of J. Woodman, Esq.' of Cbe' S ' vt, L', W. S. Cooper, Esq., of Leighton Buzzard. log. ' - eer the liP° daughter 0 0 i i: t t h li e e 06 3 ft d hl i v il n s . s t i a at e t th A se st l 0. 1 no S , a el i o ; t gq s .e :, , so P , f l o ,,L p i 0 1 t i. i ora r n , ei I : , o t y.A_biti : l,o,..ifeh.ftter,, buu j r3:: ne, Vaughan, Mr. T. A. H. Dodd, to Frances se ( ' R. Wood, B. D., of St. Sepulchre's, the Rev. 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