The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

MEETING IN WALES.

In compliance with a requisition numerously signed
by the tradesmen and other inhabitants of Llangefni, a
public meeting wu convened by the churchwardens, " to
consider the propriety of petitioning the legi,lature for such
reforms in the ,epresentation of the people in the commons'
house of parliament, as will best tend to do away with class
legislation, and unequal and oppressive taxation."—The
meeting was accordingly held in the Tows Hallon Monday
last, and was numerously attended.
J. Owex, Esq., of the Bank, was voted to the chair.
Mr. R. DAVIES, jun. (merchant), moved :
That es the public expenditure of the country is rapidly Increasing.
and the harden of taxation becoming more and more opprerairZt
the opinion of elle meeting that there le nohoise of an etncient remedy
so I ,og as • great proportion of the taxpayers are not directly rept°.
senW in pariiaramt.
Mr. JONATHAN (hatter) said he seconded the resolution
with peat pleasure.
This resolution was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. 8.. DAvies (draper), moved the second resolution :
That, in order to have a tall and hit representation, tt is requisite
that a cesdrierable extension of the suffrage should take place, and
that the right voting for members of parliament ought to be ex-
. tended to ell rate-men baring • nud rerldenos of • certain duration.

Mr. J. WILLIAM, iron founder, seconded the resolution,
observing that all those who were directly taxed should have
a voice in else election of the legislative body. The was
fair and reasonable under all circumstances. Passed

unanimously.
Mr. 8. Dew, solicitor, moved the third resolution :
That toseenre the perfect freedom of the voter, it is requisite that
the voting should be by ballot ; that the oxistltuencies should be ten-
dered more equal by memo of electoral districts; and that the du-
ration of parliament should net coxed three years.
Mr. 1), P. LLOYD seconded the cotton. Unanimously
carried.
Mr. R. PhICKARD, churchwarden, moved the adoption of
a yetetion, embodying the above resolutions, to be presented
to parliament.

motion was unanimously adopted, and the petition
me very numerously signed before it was taken from the
room. Each resolution and the petition were read in Welch
and English, and all the Breakers advocated them in Welsh.

linxvmkt.—A meeting was held on Friday at the
Duke of Wellington, Hoxton New.town.---A resolution was
passed advocating the principle of household suffrage, vote
by ballot, triennial parliaments, and equal electoral districts.
PorLAR.—A meeting was held in the Town-hall,
Poplar, on Friday, when resolutions in favour of Mr.
Hume's motion were carried, and a petition agreed to, pray.
ing for household suffrage, triennial parliaments, and vote
by ballot.
SHEERNESS.—A public meeting was held in Sheer-
ness on Fri _av, to take into consideration the propriety of
petitioning parliament in favour of Mr. Hume's motion fur
reform. The meeting was convened by handbills signed by
32 of the inhabitants, in which they state that, being deeply
impressed with the nt unity of great reforms in our govern-
ment as a: present constituted, they fully participate and feel
great pleasure in the endeaveurs of Mr. Hume and others to
obtain such reforms as are suited to the times in which we
live. The document further stated that the object of the
me. ling was to consider the propriety of petitioning pantie:
ment in favour of Mr. Hume's motion for great extension of
the franchise, vote by ballot, the more equal apportionm ant
of members of parliament to population, and triennial par-
The meeting was well attended, and fhe resolu-
tions and the addresses of the 'several spa akers were of the
usual character. A petition in accordance with the above
statement was adopted.
WENDOVEIL—On Ftiday. the inhabitants met to
adopt a petition to parliameat to suppoi t of reform.—The
Itev. F. N. Holmes presided over the meeting, and showed
the urgent neeessity for same great measure of reform in
ord, r to purify our legislation.—Mr. Hamilton, of Ayles
bury, dwelt at length upon the lavish expenditure of the
sten-, and moved:
That in the opinion of this meeting the annual expenditure of the
nation is extravagant in a high degree; that the entire sy,tem of tax-
ation and financial. morernment of the country loudly Calls for revidon ;
and that a radical reform In the representaten of the people, sim gar
to the one propound by Mr. Hume, is both the most just and the most
expedient method to adopt for Wieling the alteration required.
AsuseeAu moved the adoption of a petition which
"R:, present Mate of the country calls loudly for reduction of the
national extanditure, and an extension of civil and religious liberty;
to secure which your petitioners pray that every male inen.ber of the
community who has a residence, and has not been convicted of crime,
rn..y have the right of voting for members of parliament, with the
protection of the ballot ; Mao that the members may be elected from
equal dish ids throughout the country, aril for a period not exceed-
ing three years.
After • short speech from Mr. Smith the petition was
adopted, and signed on behalf of the meeting by the chair.
man.
BCCEINGHAM.—The Bucks Adrertiser says : " The
exeitemen• so general throughout the c ,untry on the oultjt et
of political reform has penetrated even Buckingham, and
raise,. in our usually quiet and conscrvative town ape .cetui
yet earnest and wholesome agitation. After some difficulty
, in procuring a room for the purpose a meeting wee held in
this town on Thursday evening last, at the British School-
' room. On the motion of the, Rev. Mr. Rowe. Mr. Harris
was called to the chair.—Mr. Rowe declared himself nit a
I chartist, but an earnest refermer—Mr. J. G. Bostick said be
attended the meeting because political agitation was found
indispensable to progress, and because a Mir and reasonable
Cribb had now come for relieving this agitation. and because
that the measure now proposed found favour with the people.
—P. Edwards, Esq., then made a long address. He said the
agitation was spreading; he deprecated physical force, and
commended the principles of moral force. He gave as rea-
-1 eons for reform the great depresdon of the industrious part
of the population. lie made some remarks on the changus
going on en the continent, ar.d advocated retrenchment of
' expen-es, especially of the war department. There was a
gOOO attendance and a growing. t xcitement. A petition in
favour of reform is in course of signature."
SOUTHAMPTON. The: Southampton petition in
favour of the propositions to be brought before the House of
Cimmons by Mr. Home on Tuesday next has already re-
ceived upwards of 1,100 signatures. The address of the par-
ties signing has been given in every instance, so that there
can be no doubt of the genuineness of the signatures.
YORK.—The petition (says the Yorkshireman) in
behal• of Mr. flume's mouon for parliamentary reform,
which stands for discussioti on Tuesday evening next, has
obtained in York upwards of 4,500 signatures. It in in-
tended to forward the petition to Mr. Milner for presen-
tation.
EXETER.—We (Western Times) are informed
that the petition to parliament put forth by the Reform
Associvtion of Exeter has been extensively and very respect-
ably signed. Among the petitioners will be fora •-d the names
of many persons who have been hitherto semounted tories,
and enemies to reform ' • and we nave no doubt from what we
have heard that, when the petition comes before our honour-
able representatives,. they wit be struck with this fact.
WAREPIRLI).—A petition in favour of' Mr. Hume's
plan of reform has been very extensively signed by electors
and householders. Each person signing has to attach his
trade, residence, and whether an elector or householder, in
order that there may be no mistake as to the genuineness of
the signatures. Several aldermen and nearly all the town
councillors have signed.
WINCHESTER.—Petitions in support of the sub-
jects embraced in Mr. flume's motion have been very
numerously signed. A large proportion of the electors who
supported -Mr. Carter at the last election have inscribed their
names.
ISLE OF WlGHT.—Petitions in favour of Mr. 1,
Hume's motion fur obtaining those most desirable objects,
economy and ref srrn, are now lying for signatures ir. New-
port.—flouts Independent.
DARLINGTON.—Two meetings have been held in
this town, on Wednesday and Thursday, in support of the
reform movement of Messrs. Hume and Cobden. Messrs.
Adam, Rippling, Watson, and Drs. Drury and Fothergill,
on Thursday, severally addressed the meeting in favour of
further reforms. Resolutions in favour of the new move-
ment were carriedunanimously, and • petition to parliament
agreed to.
BARNARD CASTLE.—A meeting was held in the
Town•hall, Barnard Castle, on the 10th inst., for the pur-
pose of giving expression to the sentiments of the inhabit-
ants as to the reforms sought for by Messrs. Hume and
Cobden, and the parties who co-operate with them in the
House of Commons. Mr. Dunn, chief constable, occupied
the chair, The following resolutions were unanimously
adopted :
I. That the declaration of Lord John Russell in the Louse of Com-
mons on the 23d of May last evinced a real or pretended ignorance of
public opinion, and a willingness to mistake the determination of the
people at large to preserve order for confidence in her Majesty's go-
vernment ; and it is therefore incumbent upon all who wish to avert
civil commotion to give constitutional ex ion is their views,
and to seek such further reforms as they believe will be conducive to ,
the prosperity of all claws of the community. 2. That the House of
Commons does not truly represent the people, and that any reform
which fails to recognise the right of every man to the franchise,
limited only be such regulations as may be necessary to secure its
legitimate use, will neither be complete not permanent ; but regard-
ing Mr. Hume's motion as an important practical advance towards a
fair and full representation of the people the meeting resolve to give
it their support.
A petition to parliament in favour of an extension of suffrage,
vote by ballot, and triennial mirth meats was then adopted,
and has been numerously signed.

MEETINGS IN SCOTLAND.
The Scottish papers report meetings held in various
parts of the count's, to support Mr. Hume and the move-
ment for electoral reform. Amongst the places that have
" pronounced " in favour of political progress we find—
Forfar, Arbroath, Laureneekirk, Brechin, Kelso, Montrose,
Hawick. Dunfermline, Dundee, Aberdeen, Elgin, and Fife.
Want of spare alone prevents more lengthened notice of
these interesting meetings.

IRELAND.
DvBLIN, Jr.s 16.
There will be a meeting to-morrow of the friends
and admirers of the late Professor M'Cullagb, to con-
sider the best means of recording their respect for the
memory of such a distinguished Irishman. The testi-
monial will be of a monumental character. Mr.
Moore, the sculptor, has a most excellent though
painful cast of his face, taken immediately after his
death.
Mr. H. Talbot, member for New Ross; Mr. Maher,
for Tipperary; and Mr. Reynolds, for Dublin, have
dissented to the junction of the Old and Young Ire-
land parties.
Dates from Dublin to the 17th state, that Mr.
Holmes, in consequence of the continued refusal
of the benchers to admit Dr. Gray and Mr.
Dunne to their body, had resigned the
benchership. The Weekly Register, of the above
date, states that the city constabulary are to be armed
with pikes, owing to some of the clubs having been
active in procuring similar weapons.
Crime again begins to rear its hideous front. In
the south several very malicious outrages have taken
place. The most recent localities of crime are Meath
and Westmeath. The following are the details of
two cases :
KIL/3400101.--A poor travelling Connaughtman, prams&
ing to England to reap the forthcoming liarvest, was is.
'creed from the public road on a pathway leading to the
churchyard of Horseleap, and within a few yards of the
graveyard, on the rise of • small hill, was murdered by a
travelog companion. His death was caused by blows in-
flicted by a large stone on his head and face. The head was
one mass of wounds and contusions ; one of his hands was
slightly bruised. A sod was placed on his trod by
the amain to prevent him breathing. A man
found him early oa the morning of the 15th inst.,
and the police on searching him found in one of his
pockets a certificate of good conduct from • gentleman
of the county Galway. 11111 name is John Cooke, or

Crooke, about twontpseven or thirty years of age. He
had no money in his pockets ; it is supposed what-
ever he had the murderer must have taken la—
MEATFL—T send you the particulars of a gross outrage com-
mitted on the person of James Gdsinan, on the townland of
Habinstown, is this county. On Sunday evening last, about
10 o'clock, the house of Gilsinen was attacked by eight
armed men. Having effected as entrance, they laid hold of
the unfortunate man, dragged him from the house, and beat
him most unmercifully with sticks, stones, &c. Some of the
party were armed with guns and pistols ; but, though sees •
ral shots were fired, it u supposed that none we re levelled
against Oildnan, as °the rwise, from the contiguity of the
parties, y most have taken effect. The unfortunate maa
received several revere wounds on the back of the head. The
only cause assigned tor the outrage is that Gilsinan, who acts
in the capacity of driver and hotrang -r for Lord Fingal,
had for some days previous been engaged in serving some
40 or 60 of the tenantry with ejectmeets at the suit of his
lordship, under the direction of the ogent, Mr. Edward
O'Farrell, of Begot. street. Hopes are entertained of the
man's recovery.