The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

PART IIItIRNTARY
AND FINANCIAL R}s.olltMe
MEETING IN SOUTHWARK.
A publio nmseticg of the Southwark Parliamentary
risessiel Refers Association was held yesterday eves-
tee he the Literary Institution in the Berottehread, for the
of advaacteg the interests of the M tan Per-
rtety and Financial Reform League..llraseetiog
well tweeted, the theatre of the institution ia which it
hes
tea lebeing c meletely sad almost ineonveaiently
Aster Mier; Req., oftrapled the chair ; and animist
ty modemeo by whom he was sherd haute distally sop-
a& were Col. Thompson, M.P., Mr. C. Pismo, M.P.,
Aukiesen, Walker, Thwaides, and a large body of
ebe litre 1 Outline ref the bdrough.
Tee CHAIRMAN, who was loudly cheered, in opining
the stio, so, Said he WOO glad SO Sad the in
of the meet-
img .si.r,riv. of • elleterminatioa to proceed in a CORM of
cossuiuutreal sad peseefel agitatioa for the purpose of
obvaieoe oath r. Lau as should lead to happiness and the
nium me nt el the liberties of the people generally.
(cave ) We had • free ounstitatioa in theory, bat not is
pose ve • Under that constitution as carried out is prae.im
they bonne that the aristocracy,• ley sad spiritual, have
evaded the horde= sad dull- a lammed epos them edits
they ..bained their pesesesi and threwa the spas the
ole metracy. (Rear.) Lad the object el the Pa)iarsastary
sad Roam Lingua wes to trines these abuses, sad bring
about civil sad lobule's liberty Is its true sense.
w nld advise them to do they could to
mmatre the success of that society, which had
)or its object the making freeholder' of the working
cketrus--that was the out,' way to fight the aristotracy with
their own vomputu—sad brings power to bear that would
tits ually hose.% the opere.ion et the Chandos dame.
(11, r, heat ) Lot them avail themselves of the power
chick this society was elieulated to plan se their Made, end
*mond upon it the time would sown some mhos the govern-
mat w old no burger lick with esaumely sad anima ea
the t usitrasos and productive Masses, hot mold moos& •
garage a. loge end extensive, that every man, whether he
lived fu a 101. hens or is • room, Amid be molded to my,
Vale io my earls. and ibe pseessissa of it asters apes
me the same polities% rights as doss the mansloo of the
ran
man is the espial sealer apes him." (Cheers.)
Tk- SECRITARY (Mr. Howard) then reed letters from
11r. Lott- Kira, T. Alsosit,Duley
&eat, 11 P., end other liners! members, spologisieg ford not
Ming she* to attend. (A Fake " Bet where are our owe
meaber A reatlensui shed when wore the aembsee
fee the web, sad a wry roper question that was ;
and
he sea reprettrod the mower he had to give. Bina the
Wt event elates may public meetings had beta held is
the boNar to wadi both members has ben invited, but
din bad uverf.bl7 sea assets. They had alwsys apologi.e
hem their mmatien, but they sever could obtain their
rasa (" Tun than out.") Alderman Humphery was
amp toe nab engaged with his civic dubs, and at the
ket meeting held at the Tows-hall, Sir Wm. Mole, worth
hallo g hese Wilted, exalted kimsell on the ground his
perlienseaterg dada, though the meeting was held at said.
ang. (.. Shame.") But it appeared by the assespapers next
day that his trogagereat was at a flOwer•ShOor an the Re.
wee-pot. (Lovable*, and cries of " Tura hint out;
west h.d rei ark of him.")
Mr WALKER thee moved the following resolution :
• T at tha onetime. convinced of the reclaim extram
wee that ashes Is the oatmeal expenditure, sad of the
utter impossibility of elentisoing the phase safest system
animals. so don etly messing as it boas es the middle sod
Worms choke of the comasairy, hell wilt satisfaction
the ettibuieensent and e.t.a.." •. the Ntriosal Parliamen-
tary sad li..ancial Reform Aseceiatioe, asd pledge them-
Meet to use every constitallnal means to support the prin-
ciples ant nu resommeadod by that body, to secure a
sweeping ridoctiont in the public) espeaditure, and a large
biasmprehensive mamma of the elective franchise as
he caly remedy far abuses so deeply offecting'the
morel sad weal coalition of the people." (Cheers.)
Henna referred to the extravagant naval end military
fine, sad the abeam of MOO. my in every department of
arrest. he called spots the labouring clones to sails
wirially with the middle elms to cheek this erravaganoe,
ad by liking wseasates for exteuting the franchise so es
to give the popular voice its doe Mum of leftism, in paths-
meet, pm a stop to ea evil which was crushing down the
trade aid isommeroe of the country, starving the
lab urer, and driving thousands of the middle classes
to the workliosse. (Hear, Lear.)
Mr. HOWARD (the se entire) secoaded the resolution.
Colonel 'THOMPSON, who was loudly cheered.
coming forward, said he found it to be his duty to contri-
bute, if in his power, to tte enumeration of the mamas
which should imam them to exert themeless is giving sop
port to the Patliamestary and Financisl Retire. Amecia•
Om. He aced am tell men of tt eir timeless" that it was
always wise le as that power which they bad,_ia order to
obtain that "midi they had n rt, but wanted. (Hear, bear.)
Se* sea be their *midget now. There was mash that
they waved, but, at the same time, it was imposing, that
they bad net already is their hands many mesas by whisk
Ong might stud* their legitimate elm (Hear, hear.)
Tam wire is the
gnu ? tojuvaeefet
zed a defrost ofsitherftoy,
in vain. (Chews.) Oar forefathersu bed given us
ea example of the way by which enlightened and
kidlike at men might, against all obstacles, obtain their
liberty. (lieu.) Thee. we. no ,use for despair. We bad
bed too many examples even in our own time of the effect
with which the popular energies might be united and
applied, sad of the Melts wiles might be* gained thereby to
the popalrr cause. (Cheers.) to his own opinion this wee
a time woes, instead of diminiebing. we should increase
shorts of that eater*. And why ? Winans our enemies
were stroog and hook in blood. Ose great iodises of
the asfainiess of tax-laying had, he was happy to say, gone
to its grave, he trusted tor ever. (Cheers.) But there wee
*sty of the spawn left. (Hear.) Why did on rulers in-
tim lima 'Wog so morons. • ponies of the taxes. those
moseante el life, sad which were paid by the worlds/
daises; sad next to the aseseasories of isle on those triliag
'mules which were banal- es—if sot serried to an extrava-
gant extent, in which all men is some shape or other in-
dulged. (Cheers.) Why did they lay the task with sash
stafatrame on every ado( that was cossamed by the tads.-
triom sad moor dames. (Rear.) He had no persooal Laur-
ent in the tuba ou the, for instance, los he did not smoke and
never bad done, but if Ilie did, sad his mesas enforced upon
him the 'nuking of shag (which he believed was the cheap-
est kind of tobacco), he 'Mold think it extremely hard if he
found that that shag abscess was taxed ll times as much as
the cigar which was united by the whiskered dandy in
Pell-mell. (Loud Moore sad Wetter.) Lad if this wm
se le so man blame him for WM, attendee to it. He did
not make the system in order to have romething to complain
of. (.. Hear" sad • lamb.) He had "pekes to members of
the government ea this subject, ant he bed oiled them why
they toed the pose washerwoman'stommereemet they taxed
that "Mich was drask by the counties, sad the ooly art-
meat he had ova got in answer wee, that great difficulties
and inconveniences would be created if they made say alter-
ation. Now, U the workiatelasess were in any case to set
up • plea eo foible—so utterly doeituta of reason sad man-
umit- what would they not Yea lathe House of Commons
that the unreasotiabie and isordiaate demand of them
claws? (Loud chime.) They would be told it was wens
to argue with them, for they could not comprehend remota.
(am, hear.) He believed that this was one of the many
proofs Mat existed that the moms of callpeop wore
aot properly reprimand in that piss% whore the differ-
ent dames of society, he might say, made up their
balance. The time we. sot far distant when the
pricciplee for which they were mow oonteadiag meld
phi the sumemacy • sad se that time approaelted
they would in -sitoLaked at the readiness of those
who now oppoesd them to go their way. (Hem
hear.) 11, wee astonishing how soca men found the right
way whoa it was their isterest to do so. (Chews sad
blighter.) Let them mot, therefore, aaticipme say very
desperate reasiesco—(a laugh); let it but ones bs knows
that the appeiges must give way, and they scold be sur-
prised to -had hew harmlessly aad quietly it would pass
through that operatics. (Samoyed laughter and much
cheering.)
Mr. C. PEARSON, M.P., complaiaad that while we had
competition and five trade la the comae end
labouring dames of the emammulty, It we. orichidet from
Mummy sad power. He was sot fees trade to Ulm, sad
moist solemn Mamas the great the mompoly of rank,
of mink sad of stades. He *safely *seceded with pria-
Mph, of the moieties, add eordially supported ft.
Mr. T. BEGGS, the eseretary to the Pheeheld Lead
Society, also spoke is support of the resolution. It was is
the amaze of irresponsible power that it would be abased ;
it was am therefore, saltier to and good es is* the
Hew of Commas ISISIMPOS that ',amity whisk the batelli-
pee* brought to bear ups it really sad
gpw M wMese Zooid give. At present, the Home of
we. set the home of the people, bat the Moos el
the miammeey, the array, Ms navy. sad the Moro The
most modest request made by the_ by is sot 'sly .dasied
by that bean, but was timid materapt.
Mr. ?AWAIT= eradleßy impels& the reselaties, sad
though the Matisse' Padistmenemy ed Natiosal Reform
Lagos did sot r) N. for sa he wished. he leaked apes it es
e post natiesal movemeat, sad was *sealers filly premeed
to &somata with it.
The 'mistime was this tarried unanimously, and mid
mural applause.
A veto SA Araks we. afterwards passed to the charms,
a brief aelmowledgment of which terminated the me-

MEETING AT GLASGOW.