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d diva- 4 29 . Eh Qh, ue A .i, Saved, veasv a d the el, is rive,' n of he corci fi g 13 1) CCU The '%/ Loos t° 10 0 0 i t , he r ° It don. 104 thero brolg )arD 4,01 )AY' ) 5 ; Cl°l4l s pe r to 36 P er 1. IV' 10 31 poi 63 per adv ;old fllt'iy 6cl . 1 ,0 full . P a r , cal l 'itc at tt t . ,e.l DNS ° • ' 0 StOe i ffOC o bA flog v t. i n tl.l 1 ° rof tl r 3 co d 370 rude' jc vve ,.. e 0 ra tub xpol , i b, eS i 4 bite 9I Wt. 011' 73 ; .dter - abo / ly all as 5119 r s Oar. Fritlbyl lie dill t lb° it 70BE'" his 191 l valf o Jb°. ' the R e nt .sr s ti i ceste i l ) 'ence' he CO A°l ;t 1 ) 11 ke)' tAI t ••• ,' giu s ' ES. FINE ARTS. THE ART JOURNAL. o,:tober brings to us in this elegant and intelli gent organ of the Fine Arts several brilliant speci mens of the art of engraving. Two additional plates are, as a matter of course, given in further illustration of the V ernon Gallery. The graver of Challis, emu lating the brush of R o b er t s , has pourtrayed in all its gorgeousness of archite c tur a l beauty the interior of the "Church cf St. Paul," at Antwerp ; w hile Allen has copi e d most admirably Jones's original' picture of the " Battle of Borodino." Other embellishments are given in the number, one of a sculporesque character, representing Marshall's figure of the " Dancing Girl Reposing." From the literary contribution of Ralph Wornum, the historian of art, we transcribe the fol lowing sentences in praise of the value and use of National Galleries : " The Ares , nt National Gallery, howeier really in significant, has certainly not been without great results to the people generally, bt th directly and indirectly; Hampton Court Gallery bas likewise been a great source of public recreation and improvement, as have also the collections of antiquities of the British Museum. And sve 1113 3', perhaps, fairly attribute the unquestionably greater activity in matters of art in this country during the last 15 years to the operation, the re-action as it were, of these very collections, on the nation at large, legislators and people." Among a profusion of woodcuts must be particu larised Harvey's sketch from the poem of Day, and One by Fairless from a celebrated description by James Thomson. Sir Martin Archer Shee is spoken of in terms of discriminating Praise in an excellent obituary notice, and prefixed to a memoir of D. 0. Rill is a charming medallion likeness of the latter artist. The rest of the number is in a very high degree commendable. THE LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL. Written conjointly by the Reverend Messrs. How son and Conybeare, and illustrated by W. 11. Bart tt, this splendid scriptural biography is proceeding with no diminution of its original great promise to its completion. The embellishment to the ninth number, published on the Ist of the present October, is an exquisite representation of Athens, giving the city and its surrounding landscape. To appreciate the value of the work it must be remembered that besides the letter-press contributed by its reverend editors, and the plates transcribed from the original drawings of the principal artist, it will be embellished yet more by maps, charts, and coins in abundance. We observe that, by publishing a larger portion monthly, the serial Will be brought to a close more speedily than was at first intended. The subscribers will he of course highly gratified by this judicious arrangement. PENNY MAPS. A third part of this extraordinary serial—including Maps of France, the British Isles, Sweden, and Nor way—confirms our a d m i rat i on for i t as a marvel of cheapness. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. MONDAY. All the pl a t es and stakes having filled, it became necessary to commence racing to-day at hale-past twelve, and as the special train, by which a considerable number of the speculative classes came down, arrived behind its time, the business transacted before going to the heath was limited. The following were the last prices:— CLEARWELL STAKES. 11:tolOagstPrime Minister I sto 2 acct Confidence Storm is scratched. CESAREWITCH STARES. 2 to L agst Landgrave (t) I 25 to 1 egst Priestess sto 1 agst Backbiter (t) I3oto 1 apt Russborough 1 2 to I agst E ssedarius 1 2 to 1 agst W an( to 135t0 1 apt Snowstorm CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9to 2 agst Landgrave IBto 1 agst Italian DERBY. 6to 1 agst Grecian (t) IlBto 1 agst Teddington 14 to 1 agst P rime Minister I 30 to 1 agst Bonnie Dundee The T.Y.C. Plate obtaining one more than the requi site number of entries, was divided into two classes, the bill of fare thus embracing no less than nine events, only one of which failed to produce a race—a promising commencement of a week that, should the present season able weather continue, is likely to be fully up to the average. We have only time to add that the attendance was very good, the ground " capital going," and the sport as good as it was interesting. The following were the results:— Fifty pounds, for three years old, 7st 71b; four, Bst lib; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. A.F. Mr. Jaquee's Mildew, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. H. Hill's Pittsford, 3 yrs Major M artyn ' s The Swede, 3 yrs (W. Ahdal (Maton) 2 Mr. Ch ar l ton ' s Kissaway, 4 yrs (Roger) 4 e) 3 s Lord E xeter ' s Nutmeg, 5 3 3 yrs (J. Mann) Mr. Cassidy's b f by Muley Moloch, d am by C ame l, yrs Betting -5 to 4 agst Pitsford, sto 1 agst Mi (Dean 6 ldew, ) and 6 to 1 agst Kissaway. N utmeg, followed by Kissaway and Pitsford, cut out the work at a bad pace in to the bottom, where the two former declined, and Pitsford was joined by Mildew and T e eh Sw e d e . This lot kept together until half-way up cords, when Mildew went out, and won very cleverly by a length. Ren in 2 min. 20 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, fur two years old, Est 71b; three, Bst 41b ; four, Bst 12 1 b; five and upwards, 9st 21b. The winner to be a . ld for 200 sous., if demanded, .Y.. Lord Exeter's Preslaw, 3 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Pitcher's Hazy, 2 yrs (Harlock) 2 Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, 4 yrs ... ...... (Robinson) 3 Mr. W. Edwards's Whitstone, 5 yrs ... (Boyce) 4 Bettin g - 2 to 1 agst Honeycomb, sto 2 each angst Lazy and Whitstone, and 3to 1 agst Preslaw. Preslaw made all the running, and won easy by a length. Run in 1 min. 14 See. Landicap Sweepstakes of 20 sow. each, and only 5 ft, if (declared, &e.; for three years old and upwards. T.Y.C. 16 Subs., four of whom declared.) Mr. Eddisou's Elizs Middleton, 7st 1 I lb. (W. Sharpe) 1 Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, Bst 121 b (Flatman) 2 Lord Ext ter's Vesite, 3 yrs, bat I Ilb (liarlock) 3 Duke of Bedford's St. Ann, 5 yrs, 83t ?lb (W. Boyce) 0 Mr. Ralford's Harriott, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Whitehouse) 0 Duke of Bedford's Westow, 4 yrs, 7st I Ilb (Pettit) 0 Lord Clifdc e's Sagacity, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (G. Brown) 0 Mr. Hobs ou's lthedycina, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Dockeray) 0 b r . Wigram'a Bea u P i e B e l le, 631 9 1 b ... (Charlton) 0 r. Elwes's Second Chance, 3 yrs, 6st...(llammond) 0 Sir J. Hawley'e Hippie, 3 y rs, Sat 101 b (Parker) 0 Bettin g - 4 to 1 egetEliza Middleton, sto 1 each agst Westow and Second Chance, and 6 to 1 each agst Harriott and Ploughboy. Ploughboy made the running, waited on by Eliza Mid dleton and Second Chance the o th ers lying well up, with the excepti on o f Westow and St. Ann. They ran in this Pl 'ay to the cord s , w h ere E l i za Middleton deprived oughboy of the lead, and woo with greet difficulty, by a neck, the same between second and third, Second Chance fourth. Run in 1 min. 12 sec. Fifty Pounds (Second Class), for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. Mr. Row ard's Prestige Mr. S te ph enson ' s cby Dromedary (F. Butler) 2 Lord Exeter's Turtle (Flatman) 3 Col. Anson's fby Csesar—Eunuch'e dam (Simpson) 0 Mr. Armstrong's fby Ammino—Earring...(Rogers) 0 Mr. Tilbury's Iby Charles XIII (VV. Boyce) 0 Mr. S. Herbert's cby Sir Hercules —Empress ...(Sly) 0 Betting -2 to 1 agst Turtle, end sto 2 rigst Araorino filly. Prestige took the lead at starting,, made all the run ning, and after a close race, up the ropes, with Drome• dary colt, won by a neck, half a length between second and third, nothing else near. Run in 1 min. 13 sec. Match, 100/. T.Y.C. Lord Stanley's Uriel, 9st 51b (F. Butler) 1 Lard Glasgow's f by Lanercost or Retriever— Physalis, 6st 2lb (G. Mann) 2 Betting-4 to lon Uriet, who won in a canter, by two lengths. Run in I min. 11 sec. Fitt/ Pounds (First Class) for two yrs old; cole , , Sat 71b; fillies, Bst 5,b. T.Y.C. Mr. Hinins's Theseus (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Cain (Flutman) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Brother to Truthteller...(J. Manion), 4 3. Mr. Watt's Paqu e tt a (A. Day) Mr. It. E. Oliver's Ischia Captain Ba s ta r d' s G a yl ass Mr. C. Pit c h et ' s H azy ) hlr. Hark er ' s c b y P r i nce Caradoc ( B( Tareinj.h.oPli Shan o e m m ea 0 (Bartholomew) 00 Mr. S. Ilerbm's c by Sla ne , ou t o f Od e ( ta hiteh(osusl;)) 0 0 Betting -5 to 4 agst Theseus, 3to 1 agst Brother to s W Tiuthtell er , 5 to 1 agst Cain, 6 to 1 agst Prince Cara dcc cult. Theseus took the lead, was never healed, and won cleverly by a length; the same between second and third. Run in 1 min, 12 sec. SseepAskes of 50 sovs. each, 30 ft, for three yrs old fil lies, Bst 71b each. D.M. Mr. Watson's Oadine . ...... (Robinson) walked over Match, 200, h ft. D.M. Lord Enfield's Beehunter, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Lord Exetet's Clelia, ist 111 b ctting-5 to 4 on Cleita. Won by a length. (an) Run in 1 m i n. 42 see. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, 100 ft; for four yrs old; colt?, Bst 71h; fillies, Bst 2113. B. C. (8 S u b s .) Mr. Pedley' s Ol d Dan Tucker ... (A. Day) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Vatican .......... (Teni leman) 2 Colonel Anson's Champion .................. (F' P Butler) 3 ...... . BAting—Even on Vatican, tia . id . to 4 agst 0!cl Dan Tucker. Old Dan Tucker took the lead from the post, was never healed, and won in a canter by three lengths. The race was not timed. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft; colts, Sat 71h; fillies, II ,t 31b. Ab. M. (3 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux-4F. Butler) walked over Match, 300, h ft, and only 50 if declared. D. M.—Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror, Bst 71b, received 50 ft from Duke of Bedford's St. Sophia, Bst. Match, 200, h ft, Sit lib each. T. Y. C.—Duke of Bedford's Bargeman against Lord Stanley's Olympian. Off by consent. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. 5 to THE CLEARWELL STAKES. 4 THE Confidence I7to 4 apt Primp Miuistcr TUE CESAREWITCII STAKES. 7 to 2 to 1 aks -- t Landgrave 14 to 1 agst Wanota 2 Backbiter 14 to 1 Priestess 9 '') 1 -- Es3eJarius 30 to 1 Tophans. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Handicap of 15 son, each, for two yrs old. Eby Don Jon John, daaa by Dr. Syntax, Bst 71b— Antigone, 83t 71b--Brother to Willingham, Bst 41b— Heirioom, est 3.b. THE SUN, LONDON, Sweepstakes o! 5 sovs. each; winner to be sold for 70, &e. Montpensier, 6 yrs—Sardnyx, 2 yrs—Hippogr if': 2 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 soy!. each, for three 3rs old. D.M. Bullficch—King of Cymry—Fernande. BETTING'ON MONDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. CLEAEWELL STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Confidence 7 to 4 agst Prime Minister Labyri, tb, Olt ander, Harpsichord, Plilegi Gre• cian, Larne, Marpessa c lt, Storm, and Jugget uaut, have paid. CESAREWITCH. 2 to 1 agst Lsndgrave 4 to 1 agst Backbiter 9 to 1 agst Essedarius 14 to 1 agst Wanc'ta 15 to 1 agst Priestess 25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's lot 40 to 1 agst Tophaaa The following arc scratched:—Loadstore, Osterley, William the Conqueror, Borneo, Klssaway, Nutshell, Westow, Clarissa, Wallflower, Cariboo, Maid of Masham, Ada Mary, Fernbill, Fire-eater, and Cheerful. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Landgrave 6 to 1 eget The Italian 25 to 1 agst Rhesus DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Grecian 15 to 1 agst Prime Minister 18 to 1 agst Teddington 33 to 1 agst Theseus 40 to 1 agst Ip=us CLOSE OF THE BETTING ON MONDAY NIGHT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CLEARWELL STARES. 6 to 4 opt Confidence 2 to 1 agst Primo Minister 4 to 1 agst Breba 8 to 1 agst The Squaw CESAREWITCH. 7 to 4 agst Lsndgrave 7 to 2 agst Backbiter 9 to 1 agst Essedatius 13 to 1 agst anota 15 to 1 agst Priestess 25 to 1 apt Snowstorm 251t0 1 agst Lady Eden 30 to 1 agst any other CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 5 to 1 agst Landgr4ve 6 to 1 agst The Italian 20 to 1 agst Ruseborough CALEDONIAN HUNT MEETING AT PERTH. FRIDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, 9st; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, 10st. Four milts. - Mr. G. Brown's b f Haricot, 3 yrs (G. Oates)vvalked over The Forced Handicap of 5 sove. eac'l, 2 ft, and 50 sous. added. Once round. (11 Subs., 3 of whom paid 2 sovs. each. Mr. DJeld's b m Cybele, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Thrift) 1 Mr. Thrift's bg J uhn Dory, B,t 51b...(11. Robertson) 2 The following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Brown's b f Haricot, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (G. Oates)—Mr. Jolly's b g Swaledale, 4 yrs, 9st 71b Smith's br c Gulliver, 4 yrs, Bst llb (Basham)—Mr. J. Currie's bk m Eglantine, aged, 7st 13Ib (Skeene)—Mr. Binnie's b f Luxury, 3 yrs, 7st (Goodall) —Mr. M'Ken zie's f Lillie, 4 yrs, (Skeene). Betting-2 to 1 egat Haricot-4 to 1 agst John Dory —4 to 1 agst Swaledale-5 to 1 agst Cybele. A fine race with five from the half distance. Won by a neck. The Hack Stakes of 1 soy. each, p.p., with 10 added, catch weights, winner to be sold for 25/, half a mile, (3 Subs), were won by a head by Mr. Williams's b g Fitz charles (J. Ryan), beating Mr. Black's dun m Madge Wildfire (Hookham), and Mr. Maenzie's bk f Lillie (Goodall). The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p. with 20 added; four yrs, list Sib; five, 12st; six and aged, 12st 71b; half-bred horses allowed 71b, if entered to be sold for 100/, allowed 41b; for 804 81b; for 60/, 121 b; for 401, 161 b. Gebtlemen riders. Once round and a die. over six hurdles four feet high. (6 Subs.) Mr. Cunninghame's The Celt, 4 yrs (h b) (0 slier) 1 Mr. Jolly's oh g Heir-at-Law, aged ...(Mr Taylor) 2 The following also started:—Mr. J. Donaldson's gr m Petticoat (h b), aged (Mr. Hill)—Lord Grey ad b g Tommy (h b), aged (Mr. Lloyd) fell—Mr. Greenshields, b g Sir John (h b), aged (Mr. Harper). fell. PAPER PULP.—A parcel of rage, compressed into a firm pulp of considerable strength, for making paper, having been imported from abroad, the officers of the revenue con sidered it to be liable to the ad valorem duty of ten per cent. as a manufactured article, but it was decided by the authori ties not to be chargeable with duty, but admissible as pulp duty free. IMPORTATIONS FROM IRELANDe—The imports into Liverpool from Ireland have included the large quantity of 1,029 firkins, 24.5 half-firkins, 504 boxes, and 1,568 other packages of butter; 2,088 bags and 604 barrels of wheat; 682 sacks and 19 barrels of dour ; 2,563 sacks and 1,652 barrels of oats ; 1,865 bags, 2,116 loads, and 2 tons of oatmeal ; 152 sacks and 300 barrels of barley ; 45 sacks of malt ; 807 packages of linens and cottons ; 1,010 bags, 100 loads, and 40 barrels of meal, and a large variety of other articles of general provisions during-the past week. FACILITIES TO THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE.— INTERVIEW WITH THE DOCK COMMITTEE OF WORKS.—On Saturday a deputation from the Committee of the Council on the Shipbuilding Trade, consisting of Mr. J. A. Tobin, the chairman, Mr. Hornby, and Mr. T. Lloyd, had an interview with the Committee of Works, at the Dock-office, to nego ciate relative to the proposed scheme for affirding increased facilities to the ship-b iilding trade in this port. The plan for the formation of yards at the Sandon Graving-dock was explained, and a shcrt conversational discussion took place. The scheme was briefly canvassed, and we believe we shall not be incorrect in stating that it met with the unanimons approval of the gentlemen representing, the dock interest. The meeting. however, was merely preliminary to a more mature consideration of the subject on a future occasion. Liverpool Albion. GOLD CHAIN FOR THE MAYOR OF DERBY.—On Wednesday week, at a meeting of the corporation of Derby, the Mayor stated that the chain he then had the honour to wear was the one worn by the late Lord Chief Justice of England, and that it had been obtained from Lord Denman by the Corporation for all future chief magistrates of the borough. We understand the Corporation obtained the chain upon the same terms as it would have been transferred to Lord Campbell, if his Lordship had taken it from his noble predecessor. —Nottingham Journal. WINDING UP OF RAILWAY AND JOINT--STOCK COMPANIES.—On the opening of the courts of Masters in Chancery, the various lists of allottees that were settled be fore vacation will have to be reviewed, and disposed of in conformity with the new law laid down by the House of Lords, and there will be 120 lists of this description in the cases of as many companies to be revised. AUSTRALIAN TRADERS.—It is a notable fact, that the Liverpool ships trading to Australia are double ;he ton nage of the London vessels to the same ports.—Liverpool The lion. Mrs. Mackenzie and party, and Lady Palgrave, arrived at the St. Katharine's , wharf yesterday even;ng, by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Soho from Antwerp. OSTEND, OCT. 13.—Lieutenant. Colonel William and family, and the Hon. Mrs. Edgecombe and family, ar rived yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Sir Edward Banks from London. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE AT LORD PALMEItSTON'S.—A terrible accident occurred last evening at the mansion belonging to Lord Palmerston in Carlton gardens. A number of men have been engaged in painting and decorating his Lordship's residence, and amongst them was William Abbott Cook, a painter, who, missing his hold of the scaffold on which ho was standing, overbalanced himself and . fell to the ground, a distance of nearly forty feet. He was carried to Charing Cross Hospital, when Mr. W. Jessop, the house surgeon, examined him, and found that life was quite'extinct. NEW LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—On Thursday a new locomotive engine, designed and patented by Messrs. M'Cono chie and Claude, of this town, was tried on the Liverpool, Southport, and Crosby Railway, and following the trial of Mes.srs. England and Ca.'s light engine, on the same line, ex cited much interest, and attracted several gentlemen who had been invited to participate in the trip and give their opinion. The object of the patentees of the engine was to combine lightness, power, and economy of fuel, and we belive they have succoeded in their aim. The engine, which is named the Spitfire, conveyed a train of carriages from Waterloo station to Southport at a rate of speed varying from forty to sixty miles an hour, and when at its highest velocity mani fested no oscillation whatever. The Spitfire is a four wheeled engine, with fourteen-Inch cylinders and twenty inch stroke, the driving-wheels being five feet six inches. The working valves and pumps of the engine, which are usually crowded together underneath the boiler, are on the spitfire placed cutside the frames, so that for all the purposes of adjustment, cleaning, or repairs, they are as easy of ac cess as similar parts of a fixed engine. On the whole, the trial of the engine geve great satisfaction. It was constructed by Messrs. Forrester, of Vauxhall Foundry.—Liverpool Albion. ANOTHER CARPET FOR. THE '5l EKHIBITION, Having noticed Mrs. Pureell's proposition for a carpet to be e asked purpose,England t mention for un e t r h the ih l oe n t the another patronagea t whichi ta E l s(ai xl ns tbir pro- v. lg i ro o en i s k ,s worked fore r b h y afivi l ee a d b i se e ae s mn ot s called) of the Lady Mayoress. It was designed by Mr. J. W. Papworth, and the patterns were made by Mr. W. B. Simp son. It is to be 30 feet long, 20 feet wide, and to consist of BO squares. We happen to know the work of half the fair damsels who have taken upon themselves the responsibility of the squares alrea - y appropriated, and have not the least doubt that the carpet will be as correct as their lives, as strong as their good intentions, and as varied as their accom plishments. Of the• time that is wasted over Berlin wool it would be ungenerous to si.eak just now, when it is about to be applied to a special purpose, but there are some to whom a little advice on this subject might be useful. There is something else to be done in this world besides counting "two to the right and four to the left." We must wind up, how ever, or it will be said we are wOOl-gathering.—Builder. ROYAL ARIN W ES. -- M OOLWICH, OCTOBLR I2.—An exchange of divisions has been sanctioned between Lieute nant Tribe, of the Portsmouth, and Lieutenant Reeves, of the Woolwich, divisions. Brevet-Major Stransham and Captain Fleming have rejoined from leave. Lieutenant Cooper has relieved Lieutenant BP übray from Deptford. An opinion generally prevails that a portion of the Foot Guards will shortly do duty at Deptfort dock and victualling yards, as they did formerly. DEATH FROM EATING PRIVET BERRIES.-00 Mon day last an inquest was held at the ho use of bin David Barker, the Travellers Rest, Broomball, on view o f eghtf the body ew's of a little girl, named Mary An n Wilson, agedy , daughter of Mr. Wilson, keeper of the Fullwood toll-bar. It appeared that on Wednesday last she went a walk in com pany with another little girl, and on coming to a place called eheppard Law, they saw a quanti y of the above-named berries; deceased ate of them, and also asked her companion to partake of some, but she refused. In a few hours she was taken ill, aad gradually became worse. Dlr. K. Wilson, surgeon, attended her, but she,died on Saturday last. Ver dict, " Death caused from eating privet berries.” —Derbyshire Courier. MORMON EAIIGRANTS.—LateIy a hundred persons arrived in Liverpool from Bedford and the neighbourhoa , oa their way to the Salt Lake Valley, North America, the adopted country of the singular sect the Mormons. The party consisted of small farmers, market gardeners, mechanics, and labourers, ;with their wives and children.—Liroopood THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. The " little theatre in the Haymarket" opened for the winter season last evening, and on entering it we were struck with astonishment at the numerous alte rations and improvements which have been effected in the_ fitting up and decorations of the interior, in the twelve days which have elapsed since the Adelphi company quitted. Great 'exertions must have been used to accomplish all the improvements that have been made. The entrance-hall, the lobbies, and the staircases have been coloured, and the floors through cut painted to imitate alternate squares of white and black marble. The interior of the boxes renovated, and covered with paper of a rich crimson colour. the furniture is of the same striped pattern as last season, but the hand-rests and cushions are of gera nium-tinted crimson striped merino. The gilded scrolls and the glass chandeliers have been entirely renovated. Numerous alterations have been made with a view to increased comfort in the seats of the boxes and stalls, the latter of which have been widt.ned and rendered more commodious; and the private boxes have been entirely re-decorated and newly furnished. The great feature is, however, the new royal box. It appears that the former royal box was very inconvenient, being situated on the level of the second tier, which could only be reached by ascending about sixteen steps, and when there only afforded a painful bird's-eye view of the performers' heads. Her Majesty therefore expressed a desire to have certain alterations made fur her com fort. These were objected to by the proprietor of the theatre, and her Majesty signified her intention of no longer renting a box at the Haymarket Theatre, and did actually relinquish it. Mr. B. Webster (the lessee) then came forward, and on being honoured by , the expression of her Majesty's wishes, offered to de vote for that purpose the two best boxes of the theatre, and to construct an ante-room according to a plan which he submitted f, r approval. The offer was ap preciated and accepted, and the result has been the construction of the most convenient and perhaps the most elegant royal box, ante-room, and approaches ever executed. The royal entrance is now, as before, by the principal door in Suffolk street. The passage is quite level, all the stairs being entirely done away with, the walls on either side are draped with crimson damask, the floor covered with crimson cloth, and the light proceeds from two cut-glass chandeliers. At the extremity is a door entirely composed of looking-glass reflecting an interminable perspective of the entrance. This affords admission to an ante-room, 24 feet by 11 feet, but which appears to be much larger, owing to the ingenious device of all the corners being curved and the ceiling being coved, so that the eye is carried onward without any angle to arrest it. Five large mirrors are let into the walls in such situations as to reflect the decorations, without fatiguing the sight, by being always in view. The decorations con sist cf light Pompeian pilasters, forming panels all around, supporting and enlaced by wreaths of flowers and foliage, which trail over the mirrors, and wander in the most picturesque manner up into the ceiling, which is pale blue, clouded, and in which birds of brilliant plumage are depicted. Each panel contains a view of some scene familiar to her Majesty, and chiefly copied from well-known sketches proceeding from the royal pencil. We noticed particularly Wind sor Castle, Osborne House and waterfall, Balmo ral, and the Duchess of Kent's residence near Balmoral, the kennel also at Balmoral, and the church at the same place; the residence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert when in Germany, and other scenes equally interesting. The mantelpiece of white marble, and Jobaon's new stove, are in excellent taste; and the green velvet and gold furniture, with the crimson carpet, and the simple but elegant bronze end glass gas branches, render this the most elegant room we have ever seen. At the end a door conducts directly into the royal box, which is of tuch a form, and so situated, that her Majesty may arrive and re main in perfect incognito, still seeing the whole of the stage, and sitting so that her face will be exactly level Kith those of the performers. All the other occu pants of the box will also see the w bole of the stege. The ceilir g is !Anted en suite with the ante-room, an oval wreath of flowers occupying the centre, and the walls are hung throughout with ermine (on the occa sions of royal visits). The decorations have been executed by Mr. Sang and his assistants, under the direction of Mr. C. Manby, to whom, as usual, was confided the execution of Mr. Webster's wishes in affording every accommodation and com fort to her Majesty in visiting the theatre where the English drama has been best nur tured and been prevented from entirely perishing. The performances last night commenced with Morris Barnett's admirable comedy of The Serious Family, in which Mr. Hudson, who, we mere happy to ob serve, seemed to have completely recovered from the Effects of his late accident, appeared for the first time, in the character of Captain Murphy Maguire, which he sustained with an effervescing buoyancy of hu • mour, and an uninterrupted flow of high spirits, that never for an instant flagged. Mrs. Stanley, as Lady Sowerby Cresmley was most amusingly dignified. These were the only changes of consequence from the cast of last season. The house was crowded to ex cess, and the comedy went off gloriously. All the artistes were called on at the fall of the curtain. The National Anthem was then sung; the farce of the Rough Diamond followed, and the comedy cf Who's your Friend P concluded the evening's enter tainment. AI)ELPHI THEATRE. Last night this pleasant little temple of Thespis was crowded to the very ceiling by a real Adelphi audience, for the purpose of welcoming back Madame Celeste on her re-appearance after the vacation. The Green Bushes was the piece selected for the occasion, and proved as great a triumph as on its firbt produc tion. Madame Celeite's Miami was, of course, the feature of the piece, but we must also find a word of praise for Miss WToolgar, whose Nelly O'Neil gave us no cause to regret the absence of the original im personator. Madame Celeste was most warmly re ceived, and was unanimously called fur at the end of the play. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A new comedy, entitled My Wife's Daughter (an adaptation of La Femme de Quarante Ans) oy Mr. Stirling Coyne, was produced here last evening. Great credit is due to Mr. Stirling Coyne for the manner in which he has ingeniously adapted the in cidents of the French play to English manners and customs—it acts like an original English comedy. The scene is laid in a villa in the Regedt's•park, and the heroine, La femme de quarante ans, is acted by Mrs. Stirling, whose young husband is admi rably personated by Mr. Henry Farren. She has a grown-up daughter, and is in a constant state of alarm last her husband should become aware of the existence of this daughter. The young lady is in love and has run away from school ; arriving at her mother's house she meets her father-in-law, who con ceals her in the library, and the mysterious young lady concealed in the library sets the whole neigh bourhood in commotion. The wife is herself jealous, the servant, admirably acted by Compton, presumes upon what he considers the possession of a family se cret, and is insufferably and vulgarly familiar to the young lady, and to crown the whole a " young old man" Mr. Ivylesfe (Farren), who at 70 years of age not only marries a young wife, but becomes a member of a cricket club, is worked up into a fit of jealousy by La femme de quarante ans, who, female lago as she is, per.uades this jaunty but venerable Othello that it is his own better half who is concealed in the library. Of course the appearance of the young lady explains everything, and of course, also, she is united to her lover. The acting of Mrs. Stirling, was perfect ;no one can pourtray the misery of a person in a constant state of fret, and fidget, and fear so admirably as Mrs. Stirling, and sbe last night surpassed herself. Farren's Ivylede was one of those impersonations in which he stands alone ; it is a thoroughly genial piece of genuine comic acting. Compton as the valet was capital, and Mr. 11. Far ren as the husband was most effective. The success was triumphant. All the artistes were called on, and then there were loud calls for the author, who bowed his thanks from a box. The theatre was crowded. ADELAIDE GALLERY. This elegant salon tie danse was opened last night for the season with an tatthorizA licence, under the able and experienced management of Mr. T. B. Simpson, the proprietor, for the last twenty-five years, of that well conducted tavern and hotel, the " Albion," in Great Russell-street. The decorations of the salon are beautifully arranged, and indeed the toute ensemble of the place is everything that could be desired both for the dancers and the spectators. The refreshment rooms are superbly decorated and the articles are of first-rate quality. The hand, which has been carefully selected by Borini, is second to none at present in the metropolis, and we have not the slightest hesitation in saying that the Royal Adelaide Gallery-will be as s'uccessful during its present cam paign as it was popular some two or three seasons ago. The rooms were crowded by a highly fashion able company, amongst whom we observed several young members of our nobility and aristocracy. Everything passed off with the greatest Mat. ACCIDP.NT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. — An accident occurred last Saturday evening on the Great Northern Railway. The train which left London at 5, P. 30, came in contact with a waggon laden with stone at the Stevenage station, 281 miles from London. The waggon, which was o❑ a siding, was nut sufficiently forward to permit the train to pats. The result s was a collision, which seriously damaged six passenger-carriages, some horse-boxes, and luggage-vans. The stoker of the train received several se vere but not dangerous wounds, and many passengers were bruised and slightly wounded. A FLY IN AMBEII.—Our friend and late en latourer Robert Wilson, of Stockton, yesterday exhibited to us a specimen of gold bearing a most striking likeness to the caricatures of Lord 13rougbain. It is about two inches long, tuid the resemblance is most perfect. - -. Alta attifirnian. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1850. NATIONAL REFORM distinguished for his unswerving integrity in the House of Commons—(Loud cheers)—and whose re- election to a seat in Parliament is an important gain to the small band who are seeking the removal of financial and political abuses. (Hear, hear.) if it is not in my power to point to any remarkable feature of the present times, indicating a strong national impulse on the question of Parliamentary reform, I think I am justified in saying that there is a growing percep • tion of the glaring and insufferable evils of cur representa tive system. It would not be difficult to assign reasons for the absence of that general and deep feeling on this subject, which, whenever manifested, will compel the Legislature to yield to the wishes of the people. Be assured that though gradually and apparently very slowly, yet surely, and what we ought to rejoice in, safely too, the work of reform is ad vancing. It is not in our power to force events, or to take them out of their natural order, but as certainly as our cause is a just one, the time is not distant when the people of this kingdom will demand with an irresistible voice, aided by the circumstances of the period, a sweeping modification of the present mode of electing those who are entrusted with the destinies of this empire.—( Lond cheers.) There are many, I believe, who in their ignorance imagine that our objects are revolutionary and unconstitutional, and on that account stand aloof from us as persons whose designs are dangerous. Nothing can be a greater misconception than this. - ( Ilear, hear.) A more constitutional object than that which we are peacefully pursuing was never proposed to the country.—(Hear, hear.) We are asking for nothing but that which the Constitution has solemnly guaranteed to the people of England—(Hear, hear.) We demand just and equal representation—(Hear)--and so long as that is denied, though we are in theory living under a government of Queen, Lords, and Commons, we are in fact, and in reality, under the government of an oligarchy.--(Hear, hear.) Does the Constitution say that the people shall elect the House of Commons ? No one will deny that the Constitution says the people shall.—(Hear, hear.) Do the people in reality elect the House of Commons ?—(No, no.) Who that knows any thing of our system will say they do ? - (Hear.) Has every man a vote ?—(No.) No, only one in seven.— ( Hear, hear.) Is every man who has a vote a tree agent? —(No, no.) I believe you may, with truth, say "No"—I believe not one in seven is a free agent. Do those who are free control the elections 7—(No ; certainly not.) No; the scale is invariably turned by the timid, the slavish, and the corrupt. In nine out of ten of all the constituencies in the kingdom the balance of power is in the hands of those who are influenced by impure and improper motives. (Hear, hear.) Amongst your boroughs you have a hundred that are as completely nomination boroughs as any that were placed in Schedule Aof the Reform Bill. With a few noble exceptions, such as the boroughs in the midst of which we are now assembled, the rest are assailable by bribery and corruption, or are under the influence of parti cular men or particular bodies of men.—(Hear, hear.) Where then is the freedom and purity of election over which the Constitution watches with such a jealous eye, and for the pre servation of which so many provisions have been made? If nomination, bribery, corruption, and intimidation are rife in the boroughs, what shall we say of the counties? Are they, or are they not, in a state of abject subjection to a landed oligarchy ? I will not except the very largest of them, for the fact has long been notorious that the great division of Yorkshire, for which Mr. Cobden now sits, was only wrested from the dominion of landlordism by the purchase of freeholds in the county by the men of Leeds, of Bradford, and of Man chester.—(Cheers.) The same is equally true of the next largest constituency—the southern division of Lancashire.— (Herne hear.) If such be the state of things in these counties, where trade and commerce have their principal seats, what must it be in those which are purely agricul tural, where the wealth and labour of the district both centre in the land, and the proprietors are, in consequence, the only influential class? Whether, then, you look to the boroughs or to the counties, the system is equally bad.—(Hear, hear.) Under' this system is the House of Commons elected; and what is the House of Commons? It is that branch of the government of this country which de cides every question affecting the interests of the whole em pire. It is by the votes of that House, be they adverse or the contrary, that men ascend to power and are displaced from power. - (Hear, hear.) It is that House that levies taxes on, and makes laws for, thirty millions of persons (Cheers.) It is that House which votes every farthing of money spent for state purposes. It is that House which, by controlling the supplies, virtually decides the question of peace and war—(Hear, hear)—and standing armies and floa'iog navies. —(Hear, hear.)—lt is that House that passes the measures which, in their evil or their good effects, reach the smith at his anvil, the weaver at his loom, the merchant on the Exchange, and the peasant at the plough. —(Loud cheers.) The greatest question, then, this nation can discuss is undoubtedly that question which is brought before us to-day, the character, constitution, and acts of the House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) The Constitution has secured the Throne to the Queen and her descendants. The Constitution has secured to the Peers, as a priviledged order, seats in an upper chamber, but has denied to them the power of Originating a money Bill, or increasing by a fraction a tax imposed by the Commons. To the people the Constitution has given the right of electing those who are the arbiters of their fate - (Hear, hear) - having power over their property, their liberties, and their lives.- (Cheers.) The right of the Sovereign to her throne, her dignities, and her prerogatives, the right of the Peers to their privileges and their bites, and the right of the people to elect the House of Commons- stand upon the same foundation. The Monarch enjoys her rights; the Peers are in possession of theirs; but the people are without the power of electing their representatives.— (Hear, hear.) That right we are seeking to restore (Hear)—and in doing so, we say that we are vindicating the Constitution, and seeking to preserve inviolate the fam of government under which we live.—(Loud cheers.) Are the changes by which we propose to bring about this object of a nature to excite alarm? We think not.—(Hear. hear.) We advocate the extension of the franchise to all adult male occupiers of a bona fide dwelling, whether it be a whole or a part of a house.—( eluch cheering.) To ensure the country against imposition, we say let the occupier be regis gistered fur twelve months on the parish books.— (Hear, hear.) Again we say let the voter have the security of the ballot. Let the 'sacred trust he is called to discharge be protected from outrage by the secrecy of the vote.—(Hear, hear.) Let him have the opportunity of voting independ ently by having the opportunity of voting in such a way as that the fact of the person for whom he voted shall be known only to himself.—(Cheers.) Is our third proposition a startling one ? Are triennial Parliaments an invasion of the Constitution ?—(Hear, hear.) Why, one of the violations of the Constitution which has been most denounced in this country is that committed by the Parliament which passed the Septennial Act.—(Cheers.) Had we proposed annual Parliaments, we should but have been going back to the system which prevailed fur ages. We think, however, that a three years' reckon'ng, under the other arrangereents we advocate, with the irfluence of the general public opinion in the meantime, as well as the vigilant oversight of a large constituency, may be frequent enough to keep representa tives tolerably honest.—( Hear, hear.) One of the most im portant alterations we propose is that of the equalization of the number of the constituencies.—(Hear.) At present the contrast between the larger and the smaller constituencies is ridiculous and monstrous. Your gross number of electors is one million, but a clear majority of the House of Commons is returned by 141,000, or one-seventh of the whole number. The consequence is, that a few men sit for constituencies of great magnitude, and vote according to the general feeling of the nation as expressed by those constituencies, while hun dreds of others sit for places in which there is nothing like free election known, and have the power of outvoting by five to one the only real representatives of the people.—(Cheers.) Es it not preposterous that while the twelve largest county constituencies in the kingdom, numbering 163,000 voters, send only 21 men to the House of Commons, 227 other cone stituencies, numbering only 141,000, should send 339 (Loud cheers.) Is it not equally preposterous that Thetford, with 210 voters, should send two members, while the West Riding, with 36,750, and the ToWer Hamlets, with 21,000, should send only two each? - (Renewed cheers.) Is not the fact almost incredible, that if you place all the constituencies in the kingdom in order, beginning with the smallest, and descending to the largest, you will have to take 275 constituencies sending 412 men to Parliament in order to make up the number of electors who send 26 men for the twelve largest borough and county constituen encies e—(Hear, heir.) We propose, then, to equalise the numbers, not with absolute arithmetical precision, which would be impracticable, but as far as known and well defined boundaries would allow of it, and thus to make every Member amenable to a large and independent elec toral body • a body that, on account of its numbers, should be equally beyond the reach of corruption and of dictation.—(Loud cheers.) Such are the objects we seek, and such the changes through which we seek them.—(Hear, hear.) We exist as a society for the purpose of making these objects and these proposed changes known to the country at large, and of organising into one mass all who approve of our principles and of our plans for carrying them out. - (Loud cheers.) While advocating a measure of legislative justice to the entire people of this country and Ireland, we are in favour of, and do our utmost to promote, every measure of a practical nature tending to enlarge the constituency of the kingdom, to the extent of a single individual, or to improve the character and alter for the better the representation of a single place —( Hear, hoar.) We look upon all such practical proceedings as having a twofold importance, being of value as positive improvements, and tending to show the earnestness of the people in the cause of retotm.—(Cheere.) In our labours thus far we have been generously aided by the citizens of London, to whom we are indebted for by far the largest part of the funds placed at our disposal.—(Hear, hear.) l'asoee lends - have been applied with the strictest regard to economy, and have been made the means of extending information, and organising societies more less throughout Great Britain.—(Cheers) We again appeal to the well-known liberality of our friends in the metropolis.—(Cies of "Hear, Lear.") We do so with confidence, convinced that, to the best of our ability, Eve have hitherto been faithful stewai de, and have adhered.. inflexibly to the principles en which we first sought their assistance.— (Loud cheers.) In conclusion, let inc exhort those I have the honour to address, and all to 'wh(ini - my humble words may come, to renew their exertions in the cause of Parliamentary reform.- ( Hear, hear.) I i eave. esuleavoured io show its necessi t y , its accordance with tho v O ns titution - under which we live , and t he reasonab,eness ana filet) , of the measures by ivhic h we seek to bring it al tit. As an-asseciation we shall, I trust, act up to all the profeisions we have put forth —( Hear, hear) and continue forthe fUture to obtain what we have already to a large ' (Cheers) . - and, ex tent seetired:--the confidence of the people strengtheLectin numbers and in influence, advance i in our work till a purified legislation, a free peopla ant a just f ad ministration of Government are the_ ht.sppy results o our national effort. ( Much cheering.) It is c now my duty to call on one of the most able and earnest re °raters among us, Mr. Serie (Hear, hear) —to move the first resolution, stud it is a matter of pride and gratification to me that we have that earnest and able friend of popular rights among us to-day. Mr. J. T. SLIME proposed the first resolution, which was as follows: " That on a deliberate review of the proceedings during the late session of Parliament, this meeting feels called upon to express its strong diseatisfaction with many of the votes of the public money—votes iihoge her unwarranted, either by the reason assigned to justify them, or by the financial condition of the country : that, connecting these votes with the neglect of the numerous petitions of the people for Par liamentary and other reforms at home; the disregard of the genera l an d just complaints of our fel:ow-subjects in the co lonies abroad ; the continuance of heavy and oppressive taxation, and the maintenance of overgrown and unnecessary establishments, this meeting is deeply impressed with the ne cessity of a radical reform of the Commons House of Parlia liament, for the purpose of giving to the people a couttitu tional control over the proceedings of that assembly, and consequently over the taxation and expenditure of the coun try." He said, whatever risk there might be of his failing to inte rest the snorting, he had no fear as to the success of the cause itself. lie was surrounded by those who seught, by the aid of such persons as he addressed, to obtain that which hitherto the House of Commons had denied. to hen lie saw such men as those who had claimed universal education for the people- (Loud cheers) -and in the people's home, had been beaten by the bigotry of the fees; when he saw others whose constant advocacy of all reforms had been met in the name of the people by that which the people hated and abominated (Hear, hear)-when lie remembered that the extension of the suffrage had been refused by tin s 3 who called themselves their organs, and who sat in Parliament by no other authority on earth than that of being sup , pscti tt) be their ortivo-119 vould not Out feel heir ASSOCIATION. The firbt aggregate meting of the present season of ,e: , nembors cv.d friends of the shove-usmed associa- don was held 3 esterday, in the great hall of the London Tavern, which was crowded to excess on the occasion. The President, Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., took the chair, and amongst the more prominent of the gen tlemen on the platform were-Lord Dudley C. Stuart. M P., Joseph Hume, Esq„ M.P., Colonel Thompson, M.P., John Williams, E,ce , M.P., the Treasurer; Arthur Anderson, Esq.. M.P., W. J. Fox, Esq , M.P., Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P., George Thomp son, E q, M.P., Jarnes Harmer, Esq., H. Tindall Atkinson, Esq., Thomas James Serle, Esq., Henry Lloyd Morgan, Esq., R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., John Houghton. Esq., J, A. Nicholay, Esq, J. S. Tho burne, Esq., R. Woollaston, Esq., W. M. McChristie, Esq , Robert Southee, Esq., John B. Eisdell, Esq , Frederick Clarke, Esq , W. N. Coupland, Esq , Harry W. Brooks, Esq., Ditchburn, Rut , Henry Vincent, Esq, W. S. Burton, Eici , David Par ker, Esq., T. Gregory Foster, Esq., Win. Carpenter, El., Wm. Allem, Esq., D. M'Donnell, Esq., John Gros smith, Esq., J. A. Lyon, Esq., Robert Le Blond, Esq., John Matson, Esq., W. Passmore Edwards, E.q,, Alfred Walker, Esq., Edmund Clemson, Esq. Benjamin Glover, Esq, of Bury, Lancashire; G. Smith, E.g., Rev. Robert Ainslie, T. K. Pritchard, Esq., Robe:t Espie, Esq., W. A. H. H o wes, Esq., T. Healey, Esq, E. Gosbell, Esq., Jelin Thwait es, Esq , Thomas Dick, Esq., John March, Esq , S. T. Smith, Ee l! , James Bethgate, Esq., Wm. Peppercorn, E-q., Thomas Rhoads, Esq., Edward Lane, E q., Frederick Farraud, Esq, C. Woolterton, Esq., Hoary Tebbe, Esq , and W. C. B ro wn, Esq., of Uxbridge; J. V. Smith, Esq., J. G. Rhoads, Esq, Robert Smith, Esq., B roug hton, Esq., of Hounslow; John Yates, E:q., Samuel P. Ward, Esq , Peter Rodgers, Esq , Henry Moore, Esq., George Web ster, Esq, W. W. Whitmore, Esq., Wm. Howard, Esq., Wm. Thorold Wood, Eq., W. B. Whitman, Eye, John Laffern, Esq., F. Beata, Esq., John Rolfe, Esq., Thomas Bailey, Be Beaton, B. Seward, 3. P. Griffin, James Murray, Frederick Hudson, W. Shute, R. Smith, G. Waterhouse, Fred. Sexton, Joseph Smith, Uxbridg7; Fred. A sprey, B. Jones, J. Shrubb,Uxbridge; W. Doines, J. Watts, C. B. Worsnopp, G. N. Blanchard, John Nlottram, John Manning, John Brooker, Jub White house, Gill, Wigg, Tyre'', T. Webber, W. Bunbridge, Ingham, R. Lloyd, J. H. Pickford, James Hall, G. Weller, Edward Miles , W. Wakefield, G. E. Boggis, Ledger, Goddard, Whilipot, E. J. Sjuthwell, T. E. James Terry, N. Bowriog, H. Kemp, George Beacon, James Hinge, M. Barnes, J. Blackey, J. D. Skillett, &c. The PRESIDENT, in opening the proceedings, said-Ladies and gentlemen, this is an aggregate meeting of the mem bers and friends of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association, convened for the purpose of advancing and promoting the objects and interests of that association by every honest and just means in our power. I rejoice exceedingly to see so influential, a gathering of those members and friends assembled before me, and I heartily and fervently rejoice to see assembled here so many of the able, earnest, and incorruptible advocates of popular rights, men whose presence among us may be looked upon as a gua rantee for the honesty and sincerity of our objects, and, as I believe, for the success of cur cause.- (Hear.) lam sure it is the earnest wish of every person present that those long-tried and consistent friends of popular liberty may live to see the happy result of their consistent and extraordinary exertions, which I believe to be not far distant.-(Bear.) Ladies and gentlemen, I have received several letters from various zealous friends of the cause, Members of Parlia ment, whom you will all regret not to see here present to day, but who are necessarily absent in various parts of the provinces recruiting their health after their labours in the House of Commons. I have amongst them letters from Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, Sir William City, Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Pete , Mr. C. Lushington, Mr. Willcox, Mr. Alcock, Sir B. Hall, and Mr. Scholefield. It will not, 1 think, be considered necessary that I should read these letters : it will be sufficient to say that they all express entire sympathy and co-operation with the association and its objects, and that the writers of them, though not personally present, are altogether with us in spirit- (Cheers) -and I may add, from my more earnest and sincere in t h e ir desire to p romote the ow n personal knowledge, that none are cause we all have at heart than the llou. Members whose names I have mentioned.-(Hear, hear.) But whilst I regret the absence of these gentlemen, I rejoice that we have present amongst us that veteran friend of ours, whom I may well designate as the Nestor of reform, Joseph Hume. -(Loud and repeated cheers.) lam happy to say you will have the pleasure of hearing that Hon. Gentleman and several other equally earnest friends of the cause of the people address you to-day.- (Hear, hear.) On behalf of the council of the National Association, I have to say that they have deemed it expedient to convene the present meeting in the city of London for the following among other reasons. They thought it would furnish a fitting opportunity for a review of the late session of Parliament, from the pro ceedings of which, it little can be gathered in the way of encouragement, something may be learnt to guide the people in their future rfforts to advance their own cause.-( Hear, hear.) The council were also desirous of making known the changes w hich, since the general conference held in March last, have been made in the constitution of the association, with the view of bringing it as far as possible into harmony with the objects and principles of the association, and of car rying out the o iginal wish of its founders, namely, a cordial un on for a common end of the various classes of the com munity, without respect to property.-(Hear , hear.) Fi nally, the council having it in contemplation to hold a series of meetings in the province, considered it an appropriate prelude to hold a meeting like the present one in the metro polis.- (Hear.) The only lesson which, as it seems to me, we can extract from the proceedings of the late Parliamen tary session is this, that if the people would gain an exten sion of their political rights, they must win it through their own exertions.-(Hear, hear.) Various measures, affecting more or less the great question of the franchise, were brought before the House of Commons during our late sitting. What has been their fate? They have all, without. exception, been fruitless, save the Government measure for Ireland. Our veteran leader, Mr. Hume, made his annual motion, embodying th e p r i nc i p l es w hich form the basis of our present movement. His case was complete, his arguments were unanswerable. He had truth and justice on his side, counties Surrey who tool: pay u r pe rents but he lost his motio n . -(Sh ame .) The Hon. Member for East g tenants o h in lt the r a c n a g u i s n e g of h between occupying u l p ot i n and who are nevertheless as much disfranchised as if they were lunatics, felons, or aliens. He showed the monstrous injus tice of excluding from the exercise of political power this class of our fellow-subjects - a class as respectable, as intelli gent, and as eligible in all respects for the discharge of every civil duty and political right as any body of persons in the kingdom.- (Hear.) B ut t h oug h Mr. Locke King had rea son and fact to support him he was defeated.-(Cries of " Shame.") , The people's charter was brought forward by the Hon. Member for Nottingham-(Cheers)-who was al lowed to occupy the attention of the House for seventeen minutes, when :the claims of millions of the working classes were summarily disposed of by the Parliamentary process of what is technically called a " count out."-(Renewee cries of " Shame.") The lion. Member for the Tower Hamlets (Sir W. Clay) introduced, for the second or third time, a Bill to relieve what are called compound householders from some of the vexatious impediments now thrown in the way of their getting upon the register; but the Government ma naged, by the arrangement of the vote-paper, to prevent its proceeding beyond the second reading, and, with a host of other Bills in various stages, it has gone into winter quar ters.- (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Do not, however, sup pose that the House of Commons came together and deli berated and voted and did nothing-much was done by that Honourable House, though there may be a difference of opi nion respecting the value and patriotism of its mea sures. It voted 12,0001. a year to the son of the late Duke of Cambridge- (A burst of indignation`,-in addition to his private fortune and his pay and allowances as an officer of high rank in , the British arms'- - (Groans and hisses, and mks of " Shame.") It voted money for the building of stables at Markorough House, because it may Le seine day the residence of a Prince now nine yeers of age.-(More expressions of disapprobation.) It voted 14,70 1 . t o com plete the hobse of th e Ambassadorat Constan inople-(Groans and hisses).- in addition to 12,0 W/. voted in 11'49, 12,0001 in 1848, 12,0001. in 1846, 13,000/. in 1845, 10,000/ in 18 4, end 10,0(;0/. in 1843; making in all E3,70C/. for the mere residence of cur ambassador to the court of the Sultan-add 14,000/. a year salary and other expenses for the same period eight years, or 112,C00/0 are e you have a grand total of 195,700/. as the cost of our embassy at the Sublime Porte.- (.shame ) From these smn al yatermiasrl3;eoput hakeather that the not been inat- people's representative s their first dot . y, eame l-, y to watch tentive to that which is t of the people's money -(Ilea r,hear.) over the expenditure M e• Huand * me Cobden have ere True it is that men like , tions of e Mr. deavoured to force their ni) about theheavyclasses d es!mposed upon them, oun ly indifferent to such but the Reuse has been taken care that an infant Prince, trash, and has . te his s iatees provided in good • shall have tke the income 'of a continental the son of a d tbassador in Turke potentate, a,d an an:l 3- . a regal palace en the banks of the Bosphoru s.- ( Rene wed t k, . cries of " Shame.") Ithink 3cu will edmit Chet the glance 1 But to be serious, has been done have taken at what done, , _ during the late session, and what has not been N.olent l S . sufficient to show you that there has been no imPro n q in the mode of either upon financial politicaljolre:2,.) r That glance in the House of Commons.-(N ea r ' that the workgance is enough too, I think, to convince yon , has . to be done out of i -aria that you are forbidden to look either doors- (Cheers/ for to the House to the Goverrnee., (Hear, hear.) If lam then I *- correct in this supposition.din es of this may come at once to the objects and proceeh n f e , ich association.-(Cheers.) I have alluded to a c a l e we of this has been made in our con ' stitution. 'rho council bscribers t association formerly consisted of those who were en The our funds to the amount of upwards.conference recommended a revi sionle/. and art cf the constitute cf this 1 ion, and the council to that recommendation, proceeded to readily yielding to i abolish the - money qualification, and to place members of the council • the election of .in the hands of cli subscribers to the association, without regard to the amounts contributed - (Cheers) -providing at toe sa m e ti m e that every member of _ time sta general association (if resident w ithin a certain .dinc _e_ from the met ro p o li s ) s hould be e li g ible for election.-(Hear, hear.) e The le eeent council has been c hosen upon these prineiplez-(Hear, hear)-and 1 pleasure to inform you thatthe ' have the hailed with great sat isfection , , and h as beenattended with t h e most gratifying results.-(Cheers.) (chee rs. ) During the last six wont bs a series of meetings lave been h e ld i n t h e f orm o f tea part i ci , for the purpose of h r.nging t oget h er the off i cers o f t h e various local societies connected with the metropolitan bo roughsthe suburbs of and . 'these meetings have I , ' t restin London. bean increaeng 3in e - g. (Hear, hear.) I believe they have already rendered much service to the cause, and pro mise to constitute a wens of intercourse and a bond of union asemong the Reformers of London and its vicinity.- (Hear, hear.) I cannot omit,eo the as a gratifyi ng p roo f o f the progress o f our princi p les, recent election for the borough of Lam beth, which resulted in the chrdce by the independent and judical electors of that colatitumos, of a goutleniau love ceedingly desirable it was that their representatives should established hierarchy sent the Government to oppose; an meet them face to face, and ask them, " Are you content to many of the leading members of sects who weremore anxious be dominated over by those who oppose us, or will you give for sectarianism than religion, sent their Members to op us your strength and your assent that we may go forth and pose; and what wonder it, under this combination, the ma tight this battle for you, knowing that in the end we must jority was far larger than was usually found an similar occa succeed by the right of our reason, and by the might of lions?-(Hear.) But the very fact that such were the opposers Sour power?"- (Cheers.) It would not be difficult even for of the measure streninhened his determination to persevere, such a mere spectator as himself to add some instances to not, indeed, precisely in the same form; for, as Lord John the list which the Chairman had laid before them of the Russell thought he, bad given the Committee of the Privy monstrous dealing of those who ought to have protected Council too much power, he would not try to make hi* Lord their pockets. Arnaturally happened in such cases, two or ship a tyrant against his,will ; but now that lie had more three of the most striking items of waste had escaped fully than before developed his policy with regard to educe- Sir Joshua Walmsley's memory. Why, what a palace had Lion, he (Mr. Fox) would take him at his word, andwould the Members of the House of Commons been building for include no such provision in any future measure. But as to themselves to sit in-a palace in which, after all, they could the question itself, if health and strength were continued to not hear one another.- (Great laughter.) What a toy I him, he would again try to obtain for the people the. exer- What a mere geegaw of oligarchy, unfit for all business-like cise of the right to have education uncontrolled by priests or proceedings.-(Hear, hear.) Many present must remember governments-(Loud cheers) -paid for by self-imposed local the old venerable Houses of Lords and Commons-venerable taxation, directed by voluntarily chosen local management, for the great acts which had taken place in them ; and how free from all class preponderance, and presenting to all classes must they deplore that fatal fire which, while it destroyed a system of instruction which, whilst it would not be too those grandest of the country's monuments, led to the setting good fur the poorest, would be quite good enough for the up in its place of something which rather resembled a scene wealthiest.--(Loud cheers.) To revert to the more imme in a play-house than a business-like structure.-(Hear, diate topics of the day, if there were any omission in the hear, laughter, and cheers.) Again, what had been done catalogue which had been furnished of the Offences of the last towards reducing that list of admirals whom they kept to session, it was in the case of the Australian Constitution Bill. live on shore-(Laughter) -to grow grey in peace without Amongst the other limitations there was one presenting the ever seeing the water ?- (Renewed laughter.) Vhat bad Representative Assembly from touching the salaries of the been done to improve the administration of the navy, which Queen's appointed, nor could they touch the endowments of built by the score iron steam-ships, a section of which, when the Episcopal Church, of the Roman Catholics, of the Bap put up before a battery, although a foot of gutta percha, or tists, or of the Wesleyane, which were thus saddled upon the cork, or India rubber, might be employed to back them colonists as a permanent burden, whatever might be their up, would not stand firing in a friendly spirit ?- will expressed through their representatives. What was that (Laughter.) What had been done towards regulating but bribing a class of men with the people's money to sub the public, as every one should strive to regulate his pri- serve the interests of the Crown? How could that be just vate, expenditure ? What had been dune to place towards the excluded parties? How did it operate towardi the power of their own pockets in their own hands ? t he communit y at lar g e ? It was imposing an obstacle He came now to the question of the franchise. What was to religious freedom, and therefore to civil liberty, upon done last session in the case of the Irish Reform Bill? The the existing colonists and their descendants. Whatever question lay between giving a vote to those who had 8e houses may have been the errors of the last session, they and those who had 154 houses. For a time the House of Com- must not imagine, whilst demonstrating the necessities of mons stood by the 81. franchise. Bat the oligarchical party Parliamentary reform, that they were undertaking a light or in that House ' thanked God there was a House of Lords.'' a brief work. They had to contend with enormous difficul --(Laughter.) The measure for extending the franchise- ties. They did not possess -a power like that of the Anti a measure which concerned them, because it concerned the Corn-law League, to furnish them with the means and the worst governed part of the empire-(Applause)-that mea- machinery for carrying on their labours. They had to con sure went to the House of Lords; and, at the dictation of tend with the prejudices of that great political body who the Peers, the House of Commons, at a late period of the thought they were born to give laws to this country, and session, accepted a IS/. instead of the Si. franchise for the who would not abandon the power which belonged to them. people of Ireland. This for the regeneration of a portion of They had to contend against the via inertia of those timid the empire which they saw perishing piecemeal before their persons who persisted in saying, "Let well alone," "Be eyes, the inhabitants of which had been perishing by hun- quiet," " This is not the time to interfere ."-( Hear , : hear.) dreds and thousands, and which would be a warning to pos- He wondered when the time would come, if it had not now terity how much might be done by bad Government to arrived. A stormy period was not the time-a time whet crush and extirpate a people, and to turn what ought to be the people might be all wrecked together. A calm and the strength and might of an empire into its canker and peaceful period was not the time - because the outcry would weakness.-(Cheers.) Something was also attempted for then be, why interrupt the agreeable stillness and quietude the colonies. But if ever the play of Hamlet had the part of that prevails amongst us? A time of prosperity was not Hamlet out, it was in the measure of reform recently pro- the time, because it would be said that the people had money ferred to the colonies. The Ministry put forward clearly in their purses, and were therefore disinclined for and constantly the argument that if the colonists did not political agitation. A time of adversity was not the time, like the measure, they themselves might change it. because the more prosperouiportion of the nation would But when the measure went up to the Lords what did be occupied in relieving the distresses of the poorer classes. they do? They struck oat the very power of change A time of Whig deficiency was not the time. A time by which the measure had been recommended; and of a Whig surplus-that very rare event-was not the when the Bill came down again to the House of Commons, proper period, because the argument would be, "We are Lord John Russell accepted it with the heart and life cut out, going on so prosperously, that it would not be advisable to and in that shape was it passed as a measure of reform for take any steps to interrupt such a state of things."- the colonies. He had thus endeavoured to open the bill of eCheers.) Now it would not be difficult to turn this argu indictment, knowing that it would be supported by those ment the other way and say- If it be a stormy time, exert who were taking advantage of the tide which was setting in yourselves to allay the storm ; if a time of calm, avail your in favour of the cause of freedom. He had been reading selves of the opportunity of setting about those repairs which with great interest that description of Lamartine - (Cheers) events had rendered necessary. if a time of Whig deficiency, -in which he contrasted the appearance of England, it was a time to see whether they could get men into office as he beheld it in li2o, with its appearances in 1830 and who would make both ends meet. If a Whig surplus ex -1850. He wished he could entirely agree with the writer. isted, it was a good time, because it would show how well -(Hear, hear.) Would that they could all feel that they the people had paid their taxes, and therefore deserved some had done something beyond driving poverty and squalor consideration.- (Cheers.) In short, as it was argued on one out of sight, and whitening, if he might so express himself, side that it was always a wrong time to do right, he would the sepulchre of the poor. - (Hear, hear.) Something, in- say it was never the right time to persist in wrong.- (Hear, deed, they had done. They were looking into the condition hear.) To go back to the argument he was pursuing with of the very humblest; they were maintaining rights the regard to the difficulties against which they had to contend, assertion of which in the times referred to would have he must remind them that they had to struggle with the been called, and punished as, little less than treason.- corruption, the servility, the debasement of tco many of our (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But there were stern truths yet constituencies.- (Hear.) He meant the smaller constituen to be considered, and he believed that in the next ses- cies of this country. He remembered the time whea it was sion they would be considered, and that the means of ap- thought that boroughmongering had been abolished, plying them would soon be discovered. Was it possible but those who indulged in such a supposition that after the franchise had been attached to every 121. had been proved to have been mistaken. house in Ireland, something of the same kind could he The Reform Act came into operation, and a new set con refused to England ?-(Cheers.) Were not the people of stituencies was created by that Act.,. Such was the manner England confessedly richer and happier, and, as property in which these constituencies were disposed of, that in his was always supposed to include a certain degree of intelli- opinion it would have lseen better had they been sold by gence- (Laughter) -wiser than the people of the sister auction, or in a pen market at Smithfield, than that people country? Let it not be supposed that this was his own ar- should part with their liberty-not for a mess of potage, but gument :he was dealing with their opponents on their own a glass of gin -(Rear, hear.) Many, indeed, were the diffi principles, and he maintained that on those principles more culties they had to contend with, but the greatest of all must be conceded. And, then, would they stop in England ? ant which cause nearer home than any of the others - was Fled they no hearts, no feelings, no sympathies, in reference the want of union and hearty co-operation amongst them to the mighty events which were passing arousal them, and selves. Some of them were too often disposed to fly off at which, as the papers of that morning informed them, were, in a tangent. They were all agreed that reforms wers neces one place at least, coming to a crisis? Had they no feeling sarv, but they differed as to the means ofaccomplishieg them. for that noble little constitutional state the tLetorate of Some desired one thing and some another. Others wanted Hesse Cassel? Was it nothing for the cause of liberty, their spoils before the battle, instead of waiting, as they wherever liberty was spoken of; that the cause of tyranny should, for the natural result of their . labours. In the re seemed, as it were, to be grasped by one foul house, which formers had been united, they might have been sure of the sent its Ilayrieu to dragoon Hungary, and, with the brother attainment of their object in a short time. Ho could not of that very Haynau, appealed to the army to put down all help remarking that during the speech of the Chairman freedom and all right, in Hesse Cassel?- (Cheers.) Was it there were many points which called forth a marked expres nothing that these men were the bastard offshoots of that sion of feeling on the part of those present. He was free to house which in our American war sent its white slaves to put confess that the views advocated by this association did not down freedom across the Atlantic, and the head of which, embody the great abstract principle of religions liberty, but at having recently got together its army by conscription, wrote the same time the steps they were taking must be considered to its general to complain that there had not been blood- a most important advance in the march of public rights. shed enough, perhaps because the general had not had And those who considered annual Parliaments preferable to enough for killing ? Was it nothing that there was yet triennial Parliaments would learn from the efforts of this as this plague-spot in the politics of Europe? that there societion that the only way in which they could effectually still remained an abomination which the whole world benefit the country was by carrying out those great social would soon be ready to fight against? Was it nothing improvements which were the objects of all re that they saw Europe banding itself on two sides- formation. By advocating these improvements they on the one side freedom, civilization and advancement; would adapt the only means by which they could on the other, Nicholas of Russia, holding Germany with its advance this great and good work.-(Hear, ;hear.) chains, and by that Italy, and by that defying England, and He did not belong to those who anticipated that in achiey resisting that advance, that spirit of progress, that manhood, ing Parliamentary reform they should realise 'Utopia, and that wish for self-government which were prevalent in that they should entirely destroy poverty or crime, or that the present day? He verily believed that all these things they should create universal integrity, intelligence, and. were drawing to a crisis. He believed that long before this generosity. No ;he was quite aware that whatever ad time next year events would happen on which they would vantages the people might gather from the establishment heertily congratulate each other.-(Cheers.) The senti- of the principles of this association, there would still be ments which he had expressed would find an echo abroad, much servility of spirit, and many individuals would be and would aid other nations in fighting the battle of free- found who would study their own class interests rather than dom. He could inform them, from personal information, promote those of the community at large. There would that from one end of Europe to the other they were thought still be a craving after the benefits of monopoly and a de more and more of every day in consequence of their sym- sire to derive large profits from the earnings of the industrious. pathies for the cause of liberty.-(Cheers.) As the clouds There were many desirable objects which might not be at which had for a time obscured public opinion in this country tained by the association ; but he would tell them what cleared away, those who were themselves sighing for liberty would be done by this important and influential body. The would not only help them, but almost bend the knee before success of the movement would give the people a sense of them as its patrons and examples; and he was the more oneness in their government; they would feel that they happy in being present at a meeting to secure their own were indeed represented, resltrnotned,y. In what sit and hadthatthpeoyion di ad voice thoiceey w in n t o he rights and privileges, because he believed they would even- legislation of theirs tually have a world to lead which would be well worthy of stand? The peerage, the numb, the army, the navy, the their leading.-(Loud cheers.) landowners an d shi p owners, the law, and, in short, era classes Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P., seconded the resolution. He said were represented in Parliament but the one great class that that did he need a summary argument to demonstrate the absorbed and comprehended all the rest-and of which they necessity for a reform in Parliament, he would appeal to the were only part and parcel, viz., the people,-were they re c snclusion of the admirable speech just delivered, and to the presented ?-(Loud cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The mere reception of that speech- (Cheers)-he would appeal to sea- recognition of the fact showed that a very large number of timents not relating merely to the tax upon windows, or on persons were of the same mind and purpose, and that by incomes; but alike sound, ju.t, noble, and responded to in a working together in heartfelt sympathy with those wise made manner perfectly harmonious w ith the spirit in which they the laws, they would gain a stimulus to exertion which must were uttered, and having done that, he would ask what do great-and incalculable good.-(Hear, hear.) A great would be the reception given to similar sentiments in that deal was said in regard to the effect which the operations of place which they were associated to purify?-(Cheers.) reform would produce upon land; and upon this point be Would like sentiments ,be received there with kindred en- maintained, that so long as the landed aristocracy possessed thusiasm?-(Cries of " No.") He was putting no hypothe- the influence arising from a system of feudalism, they ought tical case. There was near him a Noble Lord who was ever not to enjoy the benefits of trade and commerce. He could foremost in the chivalry of freedom-and neither Pole, nor not but think that under a fairly-organized Government, Hungarian, nor any of the oppressed to the world's end,while land would be as free in the market as any other article of struggling for their rights,• would want an organ while he commerce, and that the poorest might aspire to have some was in the House of Commons—and let him state the little spot which he could call his own, and which he might difference between the reception of such sentiments there look forward to as his private heritage. One of the great and in the House of Commons.- (Cheers.) He would nut principles to be accomplished in the attainment of national follow the chairman and the preceding speaker_ in their reform was the p romotion of education, and in °relent° effect analysis of the Acts of last session. He had several this purpose it would be necessary that many of Our taxes reasons for not doing so. He was not a reformer on account should be removed, and above all that worst of taxes which of what passed last year.- (Laughter.) It was somewhere obstructed the pure light of heaven-he alluded to the tax about half a century since political truth and principle first on knowledge.-(Hear, hear.) He might go on with a list dawned upon his mind. He was a reformer when to be so of the various objects which they ought to seek to accom was a stigma and an opprobrium, when such meetings as that plish throughehis association, but he would leave economics would have been put down by the strong arm of the law, and to him (Mr. Hume) who was about to address them. Before when it would have been at the peril of any individual he concluded, however, he would repeat that the great end to take that part which might now be taken, not only which he had long been endeavouring to attain was the with safety, but with abundant co-operation and with well - establ i s hment of a people's House of Commons. Be could merited honour. He was a reformer five-and-twenty years not throw into this great cause-to which his life bad been ago, when Lord John Russell said there were a million men and would continue to be devoted-the same amount of in this country who were worthy to exercise the franchise, spirit and energy which he had manifested in earlier years; but who, nevertheless; did not possess it. If such were the but he was glad to see before him so many proofs ' that the fact then, what must be the case now ?- (Hear, hear, and principle of reform had not received the advocacy of the cheers.) Yet there were now less than a million votes in present, but of the rising generation, and that the latter the country.- (Hear, hear.) Ile was a reformer when the would come forward and encourage their successars by the Reform Act was passed; he was a reformer when the Whigs e ree of their own example. He felt that he could not more played arid lost the game of reform, when they were appropriately conclude his observations upon this occasion brought to a dead lock, when the King refused to create than by quoting the lines addressed by a noble poet of this Peers though they were out of office, and when the country to ancient Greece:- people helped them to fulfil pledges which of themselves " Freedom's battle once begun, they were utterly unable to redeem. He was a reformer Bequeatli'd by bleeding sire to son, when the working classes cf this country, with a magnani- Though baffled oft is ever wun." tufty which did them eternal honour, and which should ho The Hon. Gentlema n sat down amid the inosterithusiastio held in undying reinemberece, supported the Reform Bill cheers. Lived with tennultuons. though it would not enfranchise themselves, because it was e Mr. Hume then . rose, andwas received this day order enjoyed in the progress of freedom. And 11e felt that those who .applause. Ile said he had attended .ere in the advantages which that Bill conferred were under to meet the various deputations from the delerenu branches the must solemn obligations to do all that in them lay to of this acsociation, and to witness, if pssible, hole far they procure for the working classes the power to exercise the were determined and sincere in the course they had adopted. franchise. He was a reformer, too, when the Whigs, instead His lion. Friend who had preceded him had state I that he of making the Reform Bill an instrument to effect progres- had been for twenty years engaged in promoting reforms, sive reforms in all departments of the State, carefully turned and he (Mr. Hume) might observe that his experit nce went ori the steam of reform, as it afraid of being too powerful for much further back than the period from which than distin good, begauto aim at conciliating the enemies of improvement, 'guislitcl gentleman had dated his career. lie Wait enabled and originatedthat trimming policy which had at lengthmade to give them an account of the progress which retorm had them riot a party in the country, but only a family clique in niade during the last forty years, but a briet statement office-(Hear, heal )-preventing, as it were, wou ld be sufficient e for the purpose. There had been no that ef et ° a n o nd- i i; p fight which might otherwise have been reform during the period he load stated in which he had not triumphantly waged,with the avowed enemies of all improve- taken a part, and he could assure them that wheu Parlia ment.- (Laud cheers.) Ile should be a reformer were the mental.)• reforms were begun; the difficulties of accomplishing last session the most immaculate session recorded in the the ends in view were so great when compared with tbese urinals of Parliament. - (Hear, hear.) If every measure which occurred at the present time, that every man ought passed in that session had been one of the wisest and best, it tog; with confidetce that success will attend his efforts. there had been nothing objectionable in any one vote, he Ile remembered the time when meetings such as the present should still sr.y, " Let us have reform, for this reason, that woillef have been put ,down in Edinburgh ; and lie also no nation is secure in its rights and interests, no nation re6olldcted nn attempt being made in London to prohibit an developer its commercial,' intellectual, or Motel rower, un- asidetiage of the like nature. Bat the verdict of a jury hap less it be self-governed."- (Cheers.) It was nothing fur pile; icieveeted the continuance of that persecution. which rulers to tell them that they would always govern them had Is - cerement unfehly begun. Ellice the period he alluded wiselY and rightly; no nation could be in a proper or safe to, Lisiefteution had been constarr4 directed to the promo condition, while it lucked that self-government, that sense den of social and political refernts.--(llear, hear.) Why of self-dependence, which was the germ of all national vigour, was it that they gave up their time to this association? It the basis of all that was honourable in national character. was that they might afford to the humblest person in the And, therefore, were there were such strong demonstrations laud the means of enjoying the privileges to which he was of the utility of the measures passed, he would still say, °Do entitled. It was with, this view . that he had noticed the not keep a great people, formed to present to the world an progress of reform in different parts of the world ; and he example of mind and industry and progress. in a state of turd come to the conclusion that the British Constitution, pupilage, but let them advance to the full exercise of the nits as shadowed cut by our ancestors, was the best that any tional powere."-(Clotiers.) He bad no personal feeling as to civilised country could enjoy. If they suffered any wrongs, the fate of any measure of his own. As to the Educational it was b , cause, they had not carried out the principles of Bill e bids he had introduced-(Great cheering) -he thought the constitution. (Hear, hear.) He had been a decided re the fate of that measure conveyed two or three very instruc- former from the time, when, it he pronounced himself a. tive lessons for the sake of which a temporary defeat might " radical reformer," he was hunted like a wild beast of the well be put up with -(Cheers.) It showed that throughout field.-(Hear, hear, and laughter.) But he stood upon the times of the working classes of this country there wus a independent ground, and he persisted in maintaining the much stronger disposition to seek for knowledge than there opinions which he honestly felt, through good report and was in their superiors fo allow them to possess it.-(Cheers.) evil report, for be had ever found, during his political pr at also showed that there was somewhere a power constrain - perlence, that honestyis at all times the best policy. lug the Government itself upon these matters.-(Hear, bear.) He bad been a reformer upon principle,. and he Toe difference between the mode in which the Prime Minis- would continue to be so, as long as he e bad en the power of llom. Gentleman ter treated the measure on its introduction, and the mode in exerting himself fur the public co which he treated it on the second reading plainly intimated who had spoken before him had g allu d de l d , : • l as t i o j o e f co p n o o l . m iti i c c a s l . eee N n o o w : that he had been taking counsel in the meantime, and he was he would tell them what his notionesent lie should doubtless be afraid that he had gone forcouusel toe body which never had my, and as there were lael N i , been friendly to education nor ever would.-(Hear.) He excused for taking the than the proper management of a necessary tak e as morei es ew p o r f the subject. Political eco ( Mr. Fox) bad no notion of mitred counsellors-(Cheers) norny was nothing -whether in promoting the profundities of science, or the family under a godetbsooefsetrie;eifen-wastderetearsmltagthiotnbeto dissemination of the simplest elements f learcing. (Re- little from rue tie p i s .osiness of the house; to carry the money to newed cbeeii::g.) Another feature in the rejection of his to carry I Bill was the combination of parties by which it ; was n market ctteealuesstienurrbet to to buy- provideh e good het and df Efficient e nmtu servants-tot t at th e effected. The majority against him was itrNgaers • p them properly, and not to encourage any idlers about the than that which usually voted on such questions, for _e n. pay r emises.-(llear, hear ) He might tallow Out this line of composed of nearly all the priest-ridden of _all. te in P argument in every instance where the economy of domestic management g Nt S :I, cCeuoGlldl Government Ng e , r ea C ri nu e ( mb i y a en n at d p Npy l l t e3 e rie si n - gt o h u te l h d ter a usp s r s ti t nee u c e si pi. .He their teo wp o uo p bu p ll o- iz lions.- (Laughter.) Those who so long held L. uropnto tehis darkness, and who were now Winging now . they would o i a f N i N i d Westminster, t 4 re rangedseo sent gbaiien ember Si lin. to oppose ; e a r d h il l a t I l t es - i! A e. iotpe chairsne nst h e t w clergymen Acta their NeMbera to onnose i the regular, therefore, encour age all toeing reformers to advocate these id