The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

IMPERFECTIONS OR MIS-REPRESENTA-

TION IN THE IPBANCHIEIN.
,T 0 TEZ.IDITOI 01 TIM WILMS.

Sir,—Having always peen a steady and progressive
reformer, I hope I may venture to bring before your
notice, as the organ of these gentlemen who have so
recently allied themselves under the title of the
" New Movement party," the subject of the franchise,
more particularly as regards those places where two
members ware returned at the last general election
(1847), with constituencies below 300 else-
tors; and when they are placed in juxtaposi-
tion with such towns as Birmingham, Liverpool,
Manchester, and Edinburgh (without even adverting
to the metropolitan boroughs) I feel no sane man
can deny bat what a change is wanted, and that this
state of things should no longer exist—hence we find
that fourteen members were returned for the wen
following place., having but 1,714 electors, vis. :
Andover, 242 ; Cockermonth, 288 ; Marlborough,
291; Thetford, 160; Chippenham, 265 ; Harwich,
181 ; Richmond, 289.
On looking over those places returning one mem•
ber we find—Colne with 179 voters; Reigate, 198 ;
Wilton, 205 ; ilutherhindshire, 137 ; Dungannon,
196; Enniskillen, 179 ; Portarlington, 188 ; Lis-
burn, 203 ; making only 1,485 electors foe the whole
of the above eight mentioned boroughs, whereas
Coventry alone had above 860 electors mare than
all the fifteen towns above enumerated. Now, Mr.
Editor, this is a startliag and gross injustice, and bo•
horse every well-wisher of his country to lend his aid,
in this anomaly—in order to remove it bypvsry means
honoinable *adjust. I maintain that every man paying
his fair and equitable proportions of his country's bur-
thens ought to be represented, be it a 101. occupancy,
or other fixed and defined qualification ; and were this
course to be adopted, a large saving would be effected
to the country, and all the complicated and expensive
machinery of the Reform Bill would be dispensed with,
more particularly those useless appendages, revising
barristers. It is only in times of peace and quietude
that our institutions should be improved and repaired,
and not in times of anarchy, or verging on the eve of
revolution. I have boss much pleased with your
recent strictures and animadversions ea the present
mode of represent stion ; and by advocating the views
above suggested, I feel you will be conferring a great
boon on the country, and, at the same time, even the
most fastidious cannot raise the slightest objection to
the proposition.—With much respect, I am, &c.
finithampton, March 31, 1849. O. E. O. H.

Deem, arm 6.
Mr. Bright's speech in the recent debate wu read
hers with great pleasure. Its good feeling towards
Ireland, and its resent reprehension of the policy pur-
sued towards this country, have gratified many who
hope to hear of him again upon Irish affairs.
Mr. Richard O'Gorman, sen., has published a state-
ment of the furl for the convict Mitchel, by which it
appears he holds Mrs. Mitchel's receipts for 1,6221.
15s. 9d., in addition to 1081. handed her by the local
collection at Newrr. There are several defaulters,
who have not paid their subscriptions yet, but it is
expected the), will do so.
Clarma is likely to be the new representative
peer in place of the late Lord Dummy. There is
only one liberal =omit the 28—Lord Charlemonr,
who is also a peer of England.
It is said that Lord Edwin Hill is about to resign
the representation of the county of Down.
The traffic on the Great Southern and Western
Railway is increasing rapidly, and numbers of
az:sengers arrive at Mallow every night. The guardian.
of the Mallow union have 10,0001. to their credit,
and the railway has been of the greatest advantage
to that district. _ _

son;c7ia; personal friends of O'Connell were
anxious that his house and library should be pur-
chased, with a view to their preservation. The appeal
for money is made to the public, and " My dear Ray"
!um appeared in print upon the subject. To buy his
library, unless with a view of presenting it to the
public, would be a poor compliment to the memory of
the Great Tribune ; far if not given to the public, it
should be promoted to his sons, who never made very
great use of it, judging by their speeches or writings.
The investigation about the Dublin stack exchange
has been posVoned to the 13th inst.
The bun& of Mr. Gavin Daffy are, it would
seem, infinitely more numerous than might have
been supposed The catholic bishop and all the
Roman catholic clergy of the diocese of Clothe: have
addressed a memorial to Lord Clarendon on behalf of
Mr. Dolly, and throughout the country similar de-
stousbadons are being made.
A vote of thanks to Mr. Twialston has been peeped
by. the gumbos' of the North Dublin Union. From
abased with inossmat commas his name is
no oteted with the censure of those whom
praise or blame is of little mowing*.
The new bishop of Dewa andwr is very highly
connected. He is cousin to the Earl of Ranforly,
and nephew to the late Bishop of Derry and the pre-
sent Bishop of Limerick. He la only 42 years of age.
The ohmic& pan of Lord Plunket, upon a relative of
the new bishop, who was once dilatory oa his own
merits, " qaorum slat cola mods est," does not apply
in the present ass.
The folk are quite elated at the resolutions
of the Lords Committeee against the rate in aid, and
calculate that the project will be summarily disposed
al The cholera is not decreasing in the north. The
deaths are at the rate of 1 to 4j of those attacked.

SCOTLAND.