The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

GERMANY.

MEETING OF THE GERMAN PARLIAMENT
AT FRANKFORT.—RESIGNATION OF THE
AUSTRIAN MINISTERS.
FRANKFORT, MAY 20.—We subjoin, along
with the p oceedings of the second sitting of the
German parliament, a snore detailed account of the
procvedings the first day than it was possible for our
reporter (in the communication we published yester-
day) to give amid the hurry and confusion of so
nova and exciting a scene. To aid our readers in
appreciating the actual position of this constituent
assembly, however, it will be advisable in the first
place to revert brit fly to a circumstance illustrative
of its position relatively to the Diet of the German
Confederation, still sitting and protocolling in
Frankfort.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that
since the irresistible force of the Germanic movement
became apparent, 17 delegates enjoying the confidence
a the people have been added to the constitutional
members of the Diet. The object of this new element
added to that body was undet stood to be the taking
of preparatory steps to assist the elective national
sesembly in the performance of the task delegated to
it by Gi.rrnany. To this end a " Committee of Re-
vision" was nominated by the augmented Diet, to pre-
pare the draft of a " fundamental law for the empire."
It was understood, however, that it would remain
open to the parliament to accept or reject this draft,
as it deemed most cap, client. On the 27th of April
a• ,e J r.......eted to the Diet a draft, embo-
dying their ideas of what this fundamental law ought
to be. On the tth of May, the Committee of Revision
reported the draft which to them appeared most ad-
visable. It was presented simply as a report which
could have no validity unless approved of by their
respective governments. The near approach of the
day on which the parliament was to meet left no time
to deliberate on the comparative merits of these
pei:ojete de 14, or to seek the advice and sanction of
the diffi rent governments represented in the Diet.
The committee's report was embodied in a protocol,
and published along with the other proceedings of the
Diet, now daily reported in the Frankfort papers.
This protocol was understood by the public and the
members of the parliament who had arrived at
Frankfurt as meant to be imperative for the
acceptation of that body. So great was the irritation
hereby excited, that on the 18th inst. the collective
Diet published a declaration that they never contem-
plated requiring the parliament to adopt the sub-
stance of their protocol as a constitutional law.
Publicity was given to it merely as an expression of
what they thought would be advisable. " The Diet
publicly and solemnly disclaims every suspicion of a
wish to check the free development of a united and
powerful German nation." "Ile Diet, in this:* in
all things else, calmly submits its conduct to the un-
biassed judgment of the German people and their re-
presentatives." On the 19th Dr. Harmer, in the
name of the representatives of the four Hanseatic
Towns in the I)ict, published an explana-
tion of h's share in the protocol. Three
facts, by no means re-assuring with respet to the
prospects of Germany, are forced upon our attention
by this mal-eneendu :—The position of the 17 popular
delegates added to the Diet is not clearly ascertained,
or the validity of their co-operation ; i• is uncertain
whether the parliament will take any cognisance of
the existence of, or acknowledge any power as existing
in, the Diet; the parliament itself (several places,
great part of Bohemia, for example, not having
elected representatives) may not be recognised by the
German people as its legislature, and thus there is
really no generally acknowledged authority through-
out the German confederation at present. Bearing
these things in mind, we return to the proceedings of
the parliament itself.
May 18.—The members of the Constituent Assem-
bly who have arrived met at 3 p.m. in the Imperial
Hall, in the Romer. Ail the eldest members present
they chose Dr. Lange of Hanau president for the
day, and Von Lindenau of Saxony vice-president.
They then walked in procession to the church of St.
Paul. The following is the message from the Diet
that was read to the wesembly
The Diet to the German National Assembly.—The might
lextraerdinary events, the yearning which bays spoken so
wily throughout our native country, the summons of the
)ermanic gosimmeau, !noticed by these tws causes, have
a Ma; eventful hour conducted hither an assembly unprece-
bated in our history. 'I he old political institutions have
Sin shaken to their bases, and a new and great spectacle
two amid the jubilant acclaim of the German people—the
%man parliament. The G .rman governments and their
allusive organ the Die*, united with the German people in
Nur lure for their fatherland, and sincerely paying homage
%therm.. spirit of the age, extend the hand of welcome to
Unpmentatives of the people, and invoke blessings and
Impecity upon theta —Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 18th May,
301 In name of the German Diet,COLLORVIDO, Pre.ident.
The PRE.BIDENT moved that an answer to this
'wage be forthwith prepared.
Several members demanded a previous debate on
lie question ; others that the message be printed.
Zen (Mayence) protested against returning any
"wet It was beneath the dignity of the Assembly
los4lpls to such empty compliments as the message

WIAENDONK (Dtue-eldort ) rose to move the adop-
-14 Of interim standing .4-drift, and recommended an
Mine he hid prepared arid which he read. Ile recom-
kilded at the game time the appointment of a corn-
Ltke to prepare dt fioitive et •nding orders.
VON REDEN (Merlin) ree.onnictided the adoption in
tt.rnetntiMP of standing orders, prepared at the m-
en of a preliminery meeting by the three members
warzenherg, It. Mohl, sad Mursehel. He also
"*)tatunded the ppoiotnient of a comioittee to re-
Iwt °a the matter. Copies of these standing orders,
which went into more dt tail than those proposed by
.I*Prceding speaker, were distributed among the
kotars in the course of the sitting.
Aftfr a long d rather confused debate, M. Von
Eteitit modus •
Was atria(' by a majority.
%.11.1.ERNIANN (Cannel) next moved that a presi-
wit he elected.
1°363 (hinhket), Fuca° (Berlin), and others,

objected to this being done before the full powers of
the delegates had been verified.
Jane (Darmstadt) moved that an interim president
be chosen for four weeks.

A division took place, and after considerable diffi-
culty it was declared that the election of president
should be proceeded with next day.
STEDMAN?, moved that a committee be appointed
to examine the arrangements made by the prepara-
tory committee; and that the committee on standing
orders should be appointed next day at the forenoon
meeting.
RIEDERMANN (Saxony), u reporter from the pre-
paratory committee, moved that their report be
printed, and a committee appointed to carry its regu-
lations into effect.
The assembly grew clamorous for an adjournment,
and at 7 p.m. the sitting was closed, after it had been
resolved to nominate a committee of 13 to report on I'
the standing orders.
MAT 19.—1 n this day's sitting, M. Heinrich von
Gagern was elected interim president, and M. von
Soiron interim vice-president. The assembly then
proceeded to organise the bureau for verifying the full
powers of the members.
AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, May 17.—RESIONATION OF
MINISTERS: The Witmer Zeitung of this date con-
tains an authorised statement on the part of the
ministry to the effect that : The gates of the city are
to be kept by national guard, and the troops of the
, line are only to be called in, as a last resource, in
emergencies. The Diet about to assemble is to be
declared a constituent assembly, and the elections to
it are to be for one chamber only. The provisional
law of election is to be submitted to the revision of
i this assembly. The ministers add :
W vile we accept the full responsibility of these measure*,
we cannot but feel that they, and the events which have led
to them, paralyse our ability to serve and uphold the throne.
Our sense of duty, therefore, compels us to reign our ap-
pointment. into his htsjesty's hand*, in order that he may
surround his throne with councillors who can command
general and efficient support.
In the same number of the same journal is an
official exhortation to the national guard to assist in
preserving order. The reasons assigned for making
this appeal are: the change in the constitution of
the Austrian government has rendered a change in
the police organisation unavoidable. The old police
arrangementa are incompatible with the liberty of
the press and of association for political purposes
now enjoyed. It has been also found necessary to
remove from the police "every individual who could
no longer be employed because he did not enjoy the
confidence of the public." Every effort is making to
supply necessaries and to reorganise the police on a
constitutional footing ; but as this cannot be imme-
diately accomplished, the public in general and the
national guard in particslar are requested to co-ope-
rate in supplying deficiencies.
The students and the national guard have issued a
ijoint address to the peasantry of the districts around
the Manhart's-berg, exhorting them to abstain from
insurrectionary violence, and patiently await the
oomplction of the constitution.

DENMARK AND THE I)UCHIES.
Our Ilamburg dates are to the 20th inst. On the
I4th the Holstein contingent were stationed at and
around Veile. The greater part of the Prussian
troops were concentrated in and around Fridericia.
The head-quarters of the German army were at
Kolding. About eight a.m. a Danish frigate ap-
proached the harbour of Fridericia, and two gun-boats
ran close up to it. Firing began immediately on
both sides. The heavy artillery and bombe of the
Danes shattered the bastions, set the arsenal on fire,
and destroyed many private buildings. The Prussian
troops were thus exposed without shelter to the fire,
yet they kept their ground though they had only six-
pounders wherewith to return the fire. The Prussian
fire destroyed several houses in Fuhnen. Towards
the evening the German field artillery from Heyo and
Veile was moved up to Fridericia, and the Danes de-
sisted from the attack. The German forces have
fallen back upon Heyn. A " marine congress" is to
meet in Hamburg, on the 31st inst., by order of the
committee of fifty at Frankfort, to arrange measures
for the formation of a German navy.

UNITED STATES - MEXICO.
Two steamers arrived yesterday at Liverpool from
the United States—the Sarah Sands, Capt. Thompson,
and the America. The former brings 60,0001. in
specie, and puts us in possession of dates from New
York to May d. The latter has on freight 100,0004
in specie, and brings five days later news.
By the Sarah Sands we Lam that the conventions
to be held by the great parties, preliminary to the
election of a president, were the principal topics before
the American public. The democratic convention was
to be held at Baltimore, the whig at Philadelphia.
Mr. l'olk had proposed to occupy Yucatan, to pre-
vent England or any European power taking it. Mr.
Calhoun mocked his precaution and susceptibility,
and asked had the president already discovered another
Mexico to conquer ?
Among the many important matters for the action
of the present congress will be the organisation of the
three proposed new territories of Minieota, Nebraska,
and Oregon, as reported by the chairman of the com-
mittee on territories of the senate.

A fire had broken out in Troy, near Albany, which
had destroyed 30 houses and about 20,0001. worth of
property.
The accounts from Mexico represent the Mexican
congress of Queretaro, as seeking to gain time, and to
delay the ratification of the treaty. One paper says,
that Penay Pesa had asked four months' delay.
The intelligence from Cuba is alarming. The white
population of the island, expecting a rising of the
blacks, had stationed troops in the most disturbed
districts, and had arrested some of the ring leaders.
The crops were suffering from a lengthened drought,
and several cattle had died in consequence.

The following is a summary of the news by the
America.
The Courier and Enquirer states that the intel-
ligence to the 22nd ult., received by the Britannia,
which reached Boston on Sunday, had caused little or
no alteration in prices or business here. Business was
paralysed, the trade with France almost entirely
suspended, freights of all descriptions were very low,
and unemployed shipping accumulated. Flour had
for some days past been on the advance, owing to
a reduced stock and the absence of supplies by canal.
The following was received by telegraph just as
the America was leaving : " Detroit, Michigan,
May 9, 2 p.m.—A terrible fire is now raging in this
city, the population of which is 20,000."

Since the above was in type we have received our
despatches and files of papers, from which we ex-
tract the following.
The fire at Detroit, referred to above, is stated to
be most serious. Forty buildings had been consumed
when the accounts left. The Steamboat and American
Hotels were both in flames, and the Arfrertisvi. news-
paper office was entirely consumed. It is stated that
one-third of the city seemed threatened with destnue-
tion.
From Washington, under date May 9, we learn
that on May 4 a bill was introduced in the senate,
from the committee on foreign relations, authorising
the President to dispatch a military and naval force,
with arms and ammunition, to Yucatan, to assist the
white race in defending themselves against the
Indians, who are sweeping the country before them
by fire and sword.
On the 9th Mr. C. B. Smith of Indiana, moved that
the house resolve itself into a committee on the state
of the Union, which was agreed to, when the
house took up the bill for admitting Wisconsin as a
state in the Federal Union.—Mr. Bowlin moved the
reference of the bill to the appropriate committee.
Lost —The debate upon the merits of the bill was
continued till the committee rose, reported progress,
and, on motion, adjourned over till the following day.
We learn from Yucatan that Governor Mend, z has
resigned in favour of his political rival, Senor
Barbechano, which measure has, it seems, produced
increased dissensions among the troops.
The President has received advices from Mexico
which have not been made public, but which are
understood to represent the ratification of the treaty
as highly improbable.
The Hudson Bay Company have encroached on the
United States territory by erecting posts thirty miles
within the borders of lowa, the i,,hahitants of which
are demanding the dispossession of the intruders.
The ex, cutive of Virginia has demanded the per-
sons charged with the abduction of the 77 slaves
from Washington city, on the ground that a number
of ti e negroee stolen belonged to persons in Vir-
ginia'

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1848.

The German citizens of New York got up on .the
Bth lint. a magnificent funeral pageant, in honour of
the patriots killed during the recent revolutions In
Germany.
The Weekly Herald sap, we understand that Mr.
Nugent, the correspondent of the New Fork Herald,
has been advised to bring a suit against the United
States Senate, for damages, in consequence of the
illegal incarceration which he has suffered at their
hands.

Cbt Court.

The Queen and prince Albert left town yesterday
morning ler her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isla ef
Wight. Her Majesty and her royal con‘ort, with the
royal family and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting, left
Buckingham Palace in five carriages-and-four fir the ter-
minus of the London and South Western Railway
at Nine Rae, at ten minutes part 10. The Queen
and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were in the first car-
riage-and-four ; Prince Alfred, the Princess Helena,
and the Princess Louisa, and also Lady Portman,
the Dowager Lady Lyttelten, Hon. Matilda Paget, Col. the
Hon. C. B. Phipps. Maj -Gen. Bowles, Col. the lies. C.
Grey, and Capt. the lion. A. Gordon, occupied the other
carriages. Her Majesty and Friona Albert were conducted
to their carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-
Chamberlain, the Earl of Morton, Col. B. Drummond, and
Capt. F. Seymour. The august party left the railway ter-
, minus by a special train for (import.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.
The Usual annual meeting to elect officers and re-
ceive the report of the committee, was held y,eterday at the
house of the eviety, in Hanoweraquare. The Earl of
Yarborough, the president, occupied the chair.
Hr. Hudson reau the report, which was to the following
effect :

The council report that the eociety new consists of 6,335
members. Mr. Parkes, in aon.roueuee of his other profes-
'Waal engagement*, has resigned Ne °Moe of consulting en-
gineer, but ae an honorary member of the society he has sig-
nified hie readiness to asset the ornmeil. Alter the expire-
ben of the current month the monthly and weekly meeting*
of the conned shall he held on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
The cone' hare determined to adopt at the &mooching cotuttry
meetings • simple and improved method of Mating the comparative
efficiency of the implenienta to he .elected for trial on that mention ;
sod they have decided tom, in addition to the consulting engineer
of the society, who will act as the mechanical referee, there shall be
ten Judges implements, two of them bring engineers, end the re-
maim; eight practical farmers. That the two engineers shell he the
Pole judges of eteani-englnes and of steno-power generally, considered
In a ecientills and mechanical point of view, without reference to the
application of such power to agricultural machinery ; Out that they
shall report to the steward', in writing, a statement of the power ap-
plied to the machinery UMW the consideration of any such judges.
Also, net the other Judges shell Judge the work done
by any agricultural machine to which steam or other power Is applied.
Tne number of agricultural implements entered 6ir **York meeting
far excee4 that of any former year ; and, from the eumerowt entree
of live stock already sent in for that exhibition, as well as from other
favourable CAMlDlttilllte• the council have the fullest easurenee that
the enuring country meetingt In that'clty will fully realise their most
sanguine anticipations. They have accepted the invitation et the
authorities of Norwich to bold the country meeting for the eastern
district of England, In 1649, in that city; and, in conformity with the
practice of the council, they have decided that the detnet for the
country miming In 1652, Mall be comprised of the whole 01 donth
Wales, with the addition of the counties of Monmeeth, Gloucester,
Hereford, sad Worceater ; the district. for the meetings to be held in
the intermediate years having been already determined, namely, the
moth-western dietrict foe 1650, and the south-eastern for 1851.
Sir J. P. Jodrell moved, and Mr. J. Hudson seconded,
the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously.
The scrutineers then reported the re election of the coun-
cil as follows;
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Mr. T. It. Barker, Mr. J. F. Burke, Mr. S. Drive, Mr
R. Girrett, Mr. B. T. Gibbs, Mr. S. Grantham, Lord
'lathe:lon, Mr. C. Halyard, Mr. W. F. Hobbs, Mr. G.
Hudson, M.P., Mr. S. Jonas, Mr. J. Kinder, Mr. J. B.
Lswes, Earl of Leicester, Sir C. Lemon, Bart., M.P., Hon.
Capt. 1). Pelham, R.N., Professor Sewell, Mr. W. Shaw
(London), Mr. W. Shaw (Northampton), Mr. Robert A.
Slaney, M.P., Mr. R. Smith, Mr. C. Stoker, Mr. 1.1. S.
Thompson, Mr. T. Umbers, and Mr. J. Webb.
Mr. R. Barker then read the report of the finance coin
matte, which showed that the receipts during the half-year
from July 1 to December 31, 1847, includi/ g a previous
balance, and the dividends on stock, amounted to 5,0721. 18s.,
out of which a balance remained on December 31, of
1,1001. 3+. in the hands of the bankers, and 351. Ils. in the
hands of the secretary.
After a few observations from Mr. Barker in reference to
the arrears of subscriptions, to which Colonel Chaloncr re-
plied that there arrears had been considerably diminished in
amount,
The Earl of Egmont moved, and the Duke of Rich-
mond seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, who in
acknowledging the compliment congratulated the society on
the improved state of its funds, which showed that though
the novelty of the society hod passed away, the iatereat in
which it was held had by no means diminished.
The proceedings then terminated.

THE MUKI)ER IN SPITALFIELDS.
ADJOURNED INQUEST. _ _

Yesterday forenoon Mr. W. Baker resumed the in-
quiry at the Duke of Wellington, Spitalfielda, respecting the
death of Henry Lazarus, who was found murdered under
circumstances previously detailed in this journal.—lnspector
Scott of the H division iulormed the coroner that a lad
named Charles Savage had mule a statement respecting the
murder. It had been reduced to writing.
The Coroner was handod the document, In it he declares
that on Monday night two men met Savage •t the corner of
the Tenter-ground, and said to him, " Charley, go and catch
hold of that biy " (deceased). lie did so, and told him to
go home. Tray then said, "Charley, will you come and
help us ?" He said he would not help them to murder the
child. They had before asked him to help them to murder
it.. He then told them he would not do so ; and if they
wasted to do it, they must do it themselves. They took
hold of the child by the throat, and it began to cry
out "Murder." Ho then cried out "Murder." This was
on the ruins near the chorale. The men then put the boy
under one of the arches, and went away. He stopped to
mind the body about half an hour, and at 11 o'clock they
came hack to see if the b sly was there. Ile said that he
saw it with them under the arch. It was naked, with the
exception of • shirt, and had the tenth commandment aid
• handkerchief ti'd round the throat. lie added that the
murder was committed by the oldest man, and the clothes
were taken away by the other party. In answer to ques-
tions he remarked that he remained by the body in order to
speak to a policeman, but none came. When the men came
back they told hitu he was a good boo, and desired him to
take the body and throw it over London.bridge, which be
declined. They then carried the body to • coal-shed in
Tilley-street. They took their shoes off ►nd went in. They
came out without the body. He knew the two men ; one
was Jem Paxton, who went ►bout the streets conjuring with
bottles, and the other was Thomas Austin, a porter at
Billingsgate and Spitalfields market. Paxton told him if he
said anything about the matter be (Paxton) would murder
him.

The lad Savage was here brought before the coroner, and
from his general demeanour it certainly did appear that his
mind was impaired. Ile subsisted on the trifling aid he
collected in the street•. He adhered in almost every par-
' Centro to his former tale, after being duly cautioned by the
coroner, but could not explain why he did not nose an
alarm at the time, or mention what he had seen until several
doys had passed by.
Serjeant Teskle, of the H division, said on the day the
murder was discovered he was induced to ask the lad several
questions relative to tee murder, and he then denied all
knowledge of it.—Mr. Inspector Scott observed that since
the lad had made this statement he had not varied it. He
spoke to the same circumstances.
The Coroner remarked that enough had been stated to
warrant the police keeping the lad in custody.
Mrs. Ellen Jonas, of 2, Palmer-street, Tenter.street, de-
posed, that she was aunt to the deceased. On Monday night,
about half-past 9 o'claa k, she saw the child in company with
the lad Charles Savage, at the door of the parents' house. In
the course of ten minuses, the deceased was missed, and she
went to look for him. She met Savage walking by
some railings at the corner of Wentworth-street, and she said
to him, " Charley, what have you done with Henry ?" He
said, " I sent him home about ten minutes ago." Ile was
then walking up and down with another lad ;it was not
Paxton, the bottle conjuror. At 10 o'clock she again saw
Savage in the same place. She said, " Charley, I have not
seen Henry yet." 113 replied, " I sent him home." No one
was walking with him then. She knew it was 10 o'clock, as
Spitalfields church clock then struck.
Mrs. Pletebe &ethane of 126, Went worth. street, a lodging-
house keeper, stated that the lad Savage lodged with
her, and paid 3d. a night. On Monday night he came home
at half-past 9 o'clock, and did not go out again.. She was
sure of that fact. She did not consider him to be in quite a
sound state of mind ; he was foolish in his ways, and play-
ful with children, but quit, harmless.
The Coroner commented on the conflicting testimony of
these two witascsers as to the time the boy was out on Mon-
day, sod suggested to the police to pursue the strictest
inquiry into this part of the case.
Mr. C. H. Gilbert, surgeon, of Raven•row, Spitalfields,
who was called to the deceased, deposed to making a post
morlern examination. Strangulation was the cause of
&ath, caused by a handkerchief being secured tightly round
the neck,
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Mr. Chamber., surgeon, at the desire of the coroner, said
he arrilysed the contents of the stomach, and could not detect
the presence of any deleterious drug.
lospvctor Scott, in answer to the coroner, remarked that
he had been unable to effect the slightest trace of the miwing
clothes of the deceased child. lie knew the parries spoken
of by Savage in his statement.
After considtrible discussion the inquiry WWI adjourned
till Thursday, so as to allow the poles every facility to trace
out partite against whom much suspicion exists.

ROBBERY AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—Yesterday
information was received by the police, that several valuable
works of art had been stolen from the Royal Academy, pen-
cipally statuettes of small comp iss. Amonfst the missing
artitit a is a round marble medallion of a female's bead, and
the bust of a man, abont 9 inches high.
FIRE AT THE GENERAL POET-OFFlCE.—Yesterday
afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, a fire broke out at the
General Post office, St. Martin'a-le-Grand. When first
discovered, the Rimes were issuing from the upper windows
of the Loudon district side of the balling, ft... Ming Fost.r-
lane. Expresses were instantly despatched to the fire bri-
gade station in Watling-street. and several enzines were in-
stantly in attendance, and they fortunately succeeded in
confining the flames to that portion of the building where the
fire broke out, n hid, was, together with its contents, coot-
pleb ly bum d out. The portion of the building destroyed
woo used as a bookbinder's workshop, and it is conjectured
that the fire was oceasione,i. by a sudden gust of wind (the
windows being open) waling some of the plper shavings
towaris the tire, and thus set the room in a hl se.
FIRE AT TEE BATTERSEA SVARCII WORKS.—
Sir,—Pereeiving in your paper of the 13th inst. • paragraph
heads d " Destructive Five at the Battersea Starch Works,"
in which it was stated that the entire bui:dinz was gutted
red the stock consumed, we shall feel obliged by your cor-
I recting this error. The feet. are simply these. We have
eight ‘tove• in ennnexion wit', our manufactory detached
from the main building, and so constructed that a fire in any
one of them cannot con:tawniest* to ..my other part of the
works. One of thew W/101 took are on Monday last, and

MEETING IN ST. PANCRAS.

its own destruction alone resulted, the works themselves not
having been touched. The damage has been hut tritimg,
and our mainthoture hes not been delayed a single hour. -
0 KLAN DO Junin and Co. Battersea, May 19.

THE REFORM MOVEMENT.

Yesterday, a meeting of the Inhabitants of St.
Pancras was held in the year; -rooms, for the purpose of
aiding the ovement now in progress for effectuating the
following political reforms via , shortening the duration of
parliaments, extending the franchise, voting by ballot, and
the establishment 01 electoral dia'ricts. C. E. Wagstaff,
Es 9 , the senior churchwarden, presided, and the room,'
which is calculated to hold 2,000 persons, was densely
crowded, as wu also the gallery. On the plat'orm, in addl-
tioa to the borough members, Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir '
B. Hall, was a large cumber of vestrymen.
' The CtlAtitllAN having bristly explained the objects of the
meeting, and demanded a lair hearing for the various
speakers,
Mr. Mairrrirrouraa came forward to propose the first re-
' solution. He observed that he waa a radical of the Cart-
wright and Cobbett school, and they would therefore believe
• that he was actuated by no other desire; than to support
such measures as were for the benefit of the
people at large. It wu now sixteen yeansinee the so-called
Reform Bill was passed, and it was quite clear that it was
wholly inadequate to the present times. (Hear) It was
not a monarchy, but en oligarchy, that the people of this
country had to complain cf. (Hear.) It was the oligachy
Rich had toddler' the country with 800 millions of notional
debt, which had voted 70,0001. for building such follies as
royal stables, and which had increased the taxation of this
country to the frightful amount of sixty millions. (Hier,
hear.) After denouncing the injustice end unequal system
of taxation, together with the lavish expenditure of govern.
ment, Mr. Brettinghem moved—
That in the opinion of this meeting the Commons Mouse of Parlia-
ment does Dot represent either the opinions, the feelings, or the in-
terns of a large majority of the British nation, and that this majority,
on whom falls with meet disproportionate and Increseine Pressure us
CIWBOWUP burden of taxation, has no voice whatever either in the
control of that burden, or any other legLelative enactment.
Mr. BAUNIZI4, snotty, vestryman, seconded the resolution,
and in doing so advised those who were clamouring for the
charter to adopt the wise advice of the late Daniel O'Connell,
it they could not get all they wetted to get all they could as
an instalment.

Mr. Burnt, who declared himself a chartist, made a vio-
lent attack on the borough members, both of whom he
charged with being strong supporters of the gagging bill—a
charge which elicited from the chartists present loud groans
against the hon. men bore
Lord D. STUART said he attended that meeting at the wish
of his constituents, and he begged to tell them that he agreed
in the necessity of great and sweeping reforms. (Cheer*, and
cries of " Universal suffrage.") He came there to speak
out in defiance of any hill in reference to " open and advised
speaking." (Laughter.) He meant to blink no question.
Be begged to tell them, in the first place, that he and his
boa. colleague had been most disgracefully misrepresented by
the gentleman who had lan spoken, and he thought, when
the chartists themselves knew the facts, they would not con-
sider him (Lord D. Stuart) • very great enemy of Units.
He told them fairly, that if Mr. O'Connor had brought
on his motion of the 10th of April for the
charter he would not have supported it. (Cheers and
groans.) But he would tell them what he would do, and
what he was prepared to have done, and that was to have
moved so an amendment, that which the prayer of the ea-
Lionel petition demanded—namely, to be heard by counsel at
the bar of the house should he granted. (Cheers.) Many
members of parliament were aware that such was his (Lord
D. Stuart's) intention bad Mr. O'Connor brought on his
motion ; and that being the case he would not stand there to
allow himself to be misrepresented by any man, whether
chartist or anything else. (L'Aid cheers.) Wtth regard to
the conduct of his bon colleague and himself concerning the
odious " gagging bill," when that bill was first brought
in he (Lord D. Stuart) told the government th‘t the surest
way to secure protection to the crowr, was to win the affec-
tions of the people. (Cheers.) He and his colleague had
voted against the bill instead of in its favour. To name now
M the business for which they had as embled. It was quite
clear that the Reform Bill had not answered its purpose.
In the that place, he was for an extension of the suffrage to
that which he believed to be a full, fair, and tree representa-
tion of the people. lie viewed it as monstrous that small
boroughs, like Harwich, Lyme, and other places, should send
as many representatives to parliament as the great borough of
Marylibone, with a populati: n of 350,000, and as large as
many of the great capitals of E.srope. The abolition of such
a system, and the fair division of the country into electoral
districts would be • sure way of abolishing corruption. He
confessed that he preferred triennial to annual parlament*.
With regard to vote by ballot, his (the noble lord's) opinions
were in favour of open voting, but when no found that a
man could not fairly exercise his opinions without protec-
tion, then he said he was for the ballot. If household suf-
frage was proposed he would vote for it, but be it under-
stood, in all the questions of reform to which he had alluded,
he did not mean to say that he accepted thew as final mea-
sures. lie was opposed to finality, and was an advocate for
progressive raw= The fact was that the people of thi-
country were overburthened with taxation, and what was

worse it was an unjust and unequal taxation. His hon.
colleague and himself had ever been the opponents of the
present system, and he believed that nothing short of the
reforms now contemplated would get rid of that master
grievance, which compelled the poor man to pay more upon
property than the rich man. Ihe noble lord resumed his
seat amidst considerable applause.
Sir 13. HALL said he had been invited by the vestry of
that great parish to attend that meeting of bis constituents,
to consider the questions of a reduction of the national ex-
penditure, the extension of the suffrage, and other measures of
reform. tie believed those who knew him as a member of
the House of Commons bad never found him give a vote
which was not in favour of the liberties of the people. They
had before them four distinct propositions, namely, that
there should be an extension of the suffrage; that the
suffrage should be shielded by the ballot ; a shortening of I
the duration of parliaments; and the establishment of
electoral districts. Nuw, although he (Sir B. Hall) had not
enlisted under the banner of any member of the House of
Commons, in every one of these propositions he most cor-
dially concurred. (Cheers.) He, like Lis noble colleague,
did not mean to say that these measures should be final, but
he supported them as he had frequently done other measures
when he considered it was a step in the right direc-
tion. Although he had not attended the meeting the other
day at Hall's Riding School, it was not that he was in-
attentive to the interests of the people. He was cnga,ied in
passing what might be termed a trivial measure of reform,
namely, the abolition of the Rate-paying C:auses Bill, which
by perseverance they succeeded in carrying. He (Sir
R. Hall) originally brought in that bill with Mr. Duucombe,
said after being defeated several times they had at but
carried it. This showed that he was no enemy to progres-
ice reform, and therefore he considered that he was not to
be tied down to the proposals of this new reform movement,
or to any other. He would take that as an instalment, but
if he was told that there reform was to end, he would be no
party to it. With r gard to the shield of the ballot, after
reading the debates in the house of the last
few days, and finding the sitting members for Stamford
themstlves admitting that Lord Exeter had turned ten or
twelve of his tenants out because they voted against his
wishes.—(shame)—no one could doubt the necessity for
the ballot. (Cheers.) After referring to the undue pressure
of taxation upon the people, the hoe. baronet stated that'
about thirty-six divisions had taken place this session on the
subject of expenditure, and on every occasion his noble col-
league end himself had voted against the government.
(Cheers.) He (Sir B. Hall) had always given Ids vote tore re-
duction of expenditure ; and, as a proof that he was not un-
mindful of the interests of the people, he had moved for a
return which would materially aid the present movement,:
showing at once the representation of the people as it at pre-
sent existed. He had directed such returns to be given in
groups, alphabetically, of all such cities and boroughs as con-
tain 200, and not exceeding 250 electors, and so on in groups
increasing 50 electors in each group. As a specimen, he
begged to inform them that 17 boroughs, with only 4,138
electors, returned no less than 28 members which only gave
145 voters for each member. (Shisne) He did not
wish to make invidious selections', but there was Arundel
returning one member, with but 107 voters—Caine with
145 voter, ; and then there was Tamworth, 283 voters, re-
turning two members, as many as that immense
borough. (Shame.) With regard to the franchise,
the n amity of its extension was obvious. The borough of
Marylebone contained 34,566 houses above the value of 101
per year, and yet there were but 15,66'3 voters. That meet.
Log had been held roost opportunely, for Mr. Hume's motion
came on to-morrow evening ; and however small th mi-
nority, his (Sir B. Hall's) name would be found recorded in
its favour. He had not the honour of being in the secrets
'of the ministry, but he had understand that the govensm
did not intend meeting Mr. Hume 's motion with a direct
negative. He did not see how they could well do so, when
they had themsel, es brought in a bill granting a much more
extended franchise for Ireland. It consisted of an SI. quail
Bastion, the payment of the poor's rate, and a residence of
six months eutitliug to the franchise. The hon. barruset at
some further length expressed his concurrence in toe object'
of the meeting, and wasluudly eheeral.—The rewalutiou was
carried unanimously.
Mr. B. DELL, a member of the Society of Friends, pro-
posed the next resolution, and said, whilst he admitted the I
principles of the chartists to be just, he called upon that por-
tion of the meeting to aid the attainment of tree present pro-
posed instalment. He mes-cd
That this meeting recognise, as an inontrovcrfible principle, that
whoever is requited under sty government to perform the dutim,
bear the burthens, or undertake the revpotothilities, of a men, is en-
titled to a voice in the choke of his roe...morn; and toiv meeting is of
opinion that, under a wise arrangement of dtl...Als, embracing a doe
regard to the legitimste influence of wealth, intelligence, and num-
bete la elecioraldivtricts, the time u, arrived fur demanding ',change
in our rep: e-entaUve system base as this gent pried/4e.

Mr. CLARX a, of kaitish-tosn, see;ndeci this resolution.
hlrliaitsiots a chartist, moth. d the following ami.ndment

.
Ikealved—An the time for it' radical change in our in* titutichn has
no. arrived ; en no party on obtain any greet and low Licl change
without the a...intone," of the nig klog ; an the o k.ng ratadell
have been and are the principal sultercrei and the oldoo rclorcera;
and as the p..ople'a charter is the cod) j,pt sufficient measure of re-
form • this meeting proclaims its dcortninatiou to adhere to the min-
60e:contained in that document whale and entire. Warned by the
treachery of the reformer. 01 1143, this mcctmg is determined to make
no compromise, but tomato: the tidervete of labour the first cansidcr:,
lion of the mate. _ _

Mr. M'Rxic seconded the amendment, and Mr. Bird, Mr.
GEhes, and other persons, rpoke in its support.
Shortly before sir o'clock the question was put, tad the
amendmeot was declared to be carried by aem mailrity.
" it was evident," nays the reporter, " that had the vote
been taken earli. r the original motion would have betn
carried by a large majority."
Inc vestry (which had convened the meeting) dec:icei
proposing any iurther resolutions, and the kruCßVittle
ten/gaited.

IRELAND.
Denim, Wks- 21.
Tliere is a movement among the artisan class to-
dayi A sort of trial of strength will take place be-
tween the clubs and the government Strong detach-
ments of police are moving towards the south side of
the city, where the expected rendezvous will take
plaqe. lam inclined to believe that the government
will not suppress the demonstration. The general
feeling in the clubs last night was to obey the order
for di-persioa, bat to go back and arm. This hot-
headedness evaporated under the suggestions of
prudence. The resistance to authority would be just
as futile as the appeal to arms would be destructive.
The repealers of Limerick will assemble, on the
call of the mayor, on Wednesday next, " to congratu-
late the country on the issue of the state prosecu-
tions," and " to address Messrs. O'Brien and Meagher"
on the triumph they have achieved. The first name
to the requisition is the Rev. Dr. O'Brien, who has
lately been drilling holes in the " Sarsfield" coat of
mail. . .

The most ardent of the provincial press are in a
state of delightful bewilderment at the result of the
trials. Words wholly fail to express their glowing
sentiments. One of the most furious Old Irelandera
has completely lost his senses, and taken to mad
iambics in celebrating the glorious victory. The
Attorney-General will not feel complimented on the
comparison with the " knot of vultures." The At-
torney-General, as if stung by a knot of vultures,
whose venomous sting had done wick, d execat ion on his
bailing brains, has seized on all the obsolete appliances
of tyranny to stifle the expression of free opinion in
this country. Reverting to the past history of agita-
tion, and the peaceful lessons it inspires, the writer
gives a most admirable character of O'Connell, and
then moralises. Sad day for our country if bellicose
passions display their angry flash, and the acervated
wrongs of a nation Bend their maddening thrill through
the hearts of the people. God avert the day! Heaves
forefend the disaster !
But the description of popular effervescence in the
east catches a grace beyond the reach of art. It is
sublime. The people are in ecstacies, fires are blazing,
the hill-tops are shrouded in flames, and climbing the
skies are the meteoraticparticlesof ten thousand pyres,
lighting not to consume the soul of freedom, which is
immortal, but burning in an ardent glow to celebrate
the people's triumph over their viralent oppressors.
' The Limerick stipendiaries have been busy in in-
vestigating the claims of parties to carry arms. Gun-
smiths and venders of fire-arms were suffered to re-
tain the usual quantities. Out of 127 applicants B,i
obtained permission to keep arms within their
dwellings.
Shortly atter two o'clock the clubs left their rooms
en route to the place of meeting. The fir 4, headed
by Mr. T. F. Meagher, marched in the usual
fashion, three deep, up I)ame-street and Cork-hill,
passing close to the Castle-gates. The utmost order
and precision were preserved along the line of march.
There was not a single shout or a. voice raised—
ail was si'ent and steady, the very mob which
followed in the wake restraining their enthusiasm.
The police were drawn up at Palace-street, Lower
Castle-yard. As the Dr. Doyle Club was marching
past this point, a carpenter named Sheahan, one of
the subalterns in command, gave the word " halt."
Scarcely had he uttered the order when he was ar-
rested by Inspector Campbell, and carried a prisoner
to the Chancery-lane station, where he remains a
close prisoner. Even this event created no disturb-
ance. The clubs marched through most public
parts of the city—but it was the middle of the streets
that was selected, and not the "flag-way"—which,
according to the late police notice, is forbidden
ground.

THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE CLUBS.
HALF, PAST 4 o'Ctocx.--I drove to the place of meeting in
the Liberties. It was an ancient distillery, belonging to Mr.
Nicholar Rowe, and now the property of a brewer named
Ellis. The space was very small for anything like au Irish
popular meeting. The tribune wan a small platform, leading
into a malt loft, and the area of the yard could not accom-
modate five thousand persona. At 2 o'clock the clubs began
to assemble. I counted them as they entered the gateway.
They numbered altogether about 1,500 men. Meters.
Meagher, Duffy, O'Gorman, Dillon, and tinily, headed tn tie
respective societies. The fleet and last looked portentously
big. The most reopeetable of the club' were the ()rattans
and the mercantile assistants.
'the ponce did nut apprusch the place of meeting in large
numbers. They were drawn up in divisions, together with
squadrons of cavalry in the region of the Castle, but there
was not the least necepity for their presence. A few stray
police mingled with the meeting and excited no displeasure.
I saw Prince George of Cambridge and Town Major
White in front of the gateway. They were recognised end
treated with respect. After delaying a Sew minutes they
rode off towards the park.
There was a large fl sting mac of the idle and curious
crowding the area and the avenues, but taken altogether
the aggregate did not amount at any time to five thousand.
Smith O'Brien was not present. His absence excited some
comment and nut • little displeasure among the " fast min"
of the con ederation. The fact is, Smith O'Brien will not
identify himself with the probable violence to which the pre-
sent course of things inevitably tends. He is falling fast into
the moral force principle.
Mr. Dillon filled the chair. The meeting did not occupy
more than an hour and a half. Business commenced with a
speech from the chairman, who said they were assembled to
protest against packing juries in Ireland. They were the
enemies of British power in Ireland. (Great cheering.)
They did not expt ct favour, but they expected not to be
stabbed in the dark. They were ',repared for the flash of
the sabre, but they did not expect to meet the muffled
dagger of the assassin. (Cheers.) •I'litire was • trial to be
heard next week. (A cheer for Mr. Mitchel.) He (Mr.
Dillon) did not agree with every sentiment and opinion of
Mr. Mitchel. But he was not prepared to hear a wrong
done to one who was a prisoner ler Ireland. (Cheers.) He
warned the authorities against any wrong to Mr. Mitchel.
He did not wish that anything should remain to embitter
"he remembrance of the present struggle. He therefore
warned them against doing that which could never be for-
given. (Cheers.)
Mr. O'GortmaN came forward to propose the first resolu-
tion ; and, after complimenting the meeting, he expressed his
dissent from many of Mr. Mitchel'a opinions, but, opposed as
hews., front to front with the enemy they hated, they would
not desert him. (Cheer.) That meeting showed they
would not. Mr. O'Gorman yroceeded to say that as long as
English power continued to govern them in this ceuntry
they had a right to the benefit of English law. But if the
jury were, in a cue where liberty was at stake., uutairly
se'ected, then the jury, the judge, and the counsel who pro-
meted it, were guilty of smassination in the sight of God.
I (Loud cheers.) And he called on them to let the remem-
brance burn into their hearts until they had the power of
punishment. (Great cheering.) Mr. O'Gorman concluded
by reminding the meeting that they had '• sterner duties"
before them, and warning them to be prep.red. H., pro.
posed the first resolution, which wax in accordance with the
sentiments he had expressed.
Mr. CHIAN, an operative, seconded the resolution. llts
contended that if the Saws did not protect the pi ogle no
man had a right to obey the laws. England did not perform
her part of the social compact; and if he had power hi
would scatter her laws to the winds of heaven. He warned
the men who snould find guilty that creat patriot now in
the breach, that the time might come when men's pdwiens
would be loosed. He would bo satisfied if the jury were
fairly selected, if Mr. Mitchel should be found guilty;
but if the jury should be packed he would never forgive
them. The resolution tuned with acclamation.
Mr. MEAGHER, in addressing the VII eting, hr ped that no
man had come there to hear him, bat to mauffe s sympathy
with John Mitchel, and their coutempt of the recent police
proclamation. He saw the e thusisco around him -he
would wish that every throbbing passionate he at ecu d
spring into a glittering weapon, and every tongue mold call
aloud for the destruction of the English power in Ireland—
that power which, with armed force, invaded the s inctuary
of the constitution. (Cheers.) He accorded to Juhn Mitchel
' the honour of the present position of Inland; he had I reed
the soul of this nation from the min's, ideas, and prejudices
which surrounded them, and taught them to be bright and
I glorious. He proclaimed him the apostle of the new duo-
trine. He believed, like Mr. O'Gorman, that his enthissi-ton
was from heaven ; and if there we.e jurtiee in heaven he
felt he must have justice. Mr. Meagher concluded by the
quotation from " Mammal :"

For time at length miike4 all things even.
And never yet wss human power
Which could evade, if unforgivoi,
The pstietit teareh and vigil long
Of those who treaiure tr., a wrong.
Mr. Mauritian again rose for the purpose of pro-
posing the second resolution, and said he leliesert it
was the object of the government to pack a jury to
obtain a conviction For bus pout, he rejiaced at I,L own
liberation only bccatrie he could parsue, and enjoin others
to panne, precisely the tam- course as liith,rto. II injustice
were done to Mr. Mitchel. it was his opinion that the ante
of the p,oplo would break out in such • shape as woad
peril the lives and properties of the goveinment and t...•
country.
Mr. M•otte raid there was n vet a throne, a 10,1 r, 0, `it
aristocracy better served than would he those on tie I.r;slt
people. but t ey were born seditious to the. by; whih
stowed them, to the law which deorivei ilo.m of hoer y,
e.nd the law which sent their brothers to the •ild• of C ea:a;
and es their fathers opposed such laws in '.ne council or the
field, so would they in their good time.. (Orc..t
They had beaten the government tw,,ce las' wr ek, nolerith.
andee ofi*Gtes 'the.°P:jay wgoutrildsi beheath°threden:
st as
iand'eithatinirdgt•thien(Cptachhesekprinrg.e);* He cere'd tax what Dna the) had pga.),.
the next j .ry—he cared not erlKther they were of tl.c stress
of the ex.repeal member (or WI aford (Mr. Jamas Pjrcer)
(crown), or of Mr. V: alter Bweetatan (the newly r 10,004. •
pared slave), or of clam which was proud of ttutt, or • -
Arthur Creagh "'aylor, or the Patti-ons. Ho :asked
them to ret.sider, before they found John Mfictrel
!guilty, whether they were prepared for tie soolie-

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