The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

MEETING AT HACKNEY.

Last evening a public meeting cf the inhabitants
was held at the Manor-rooms, Rackety, for the purpose of
fuming a puliamentary and financial reform association for
flat district. The spacious rooms were crowded, and
amongst the respectable audience we noticed stunt ladies.
The chair WM occupied by Mr. Samuel Morl-7, Mg.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening tne proceedings, expressed
the gratifizati.n he felt in identifying himself with a move-
ment which had for its object the sccial and political well-
being of his fellow men.
Mr. APPLETON moved the first resolution u follows:

" That, in the opiuiun of this nnetiog the time has
arrived when it is imps retied,. necessary that peas opinion
should be brought to bray with powtrful etfect upon the
prim edings of the House of Cummons as the emanational
guardian of the public purse, in order to alleviate the burden
of taxation upon the industrious claws of the community,
and constrain the i.xecutive m a more economical admiListra-
tics of the national revenue."
Dr. OXLItlf ',winded the first imitation.

Mr. W. TOWNSEND, • cheitiet, supported it, and lv
doing so sail he was de:ighted to Ban the middle and lower
classes uniting together for the obtainment of their just
rights.
The Rev. Dr. MASSEY proposed the second resolution :
" That, despairing of • sound and honest system of eco-
nomy and retrenehm-nt so long as the intertirs of the com-
munity are imperfectly represented in the House of Com-
mons, this meeting d • clues its conviction of the immediate
necessity of a reform in parliament which shall embrace—
first, such an extecsion of the suffrage es will confer the
right to be ingistered as an elector up n every man of full
age, not subject to any legal disability, who for twelve
months sha!l have cccupied any tenement, or portion of a
newn.ent, foe which he shall be rated, or shall hive eluim.ii
to be rated, to the relief of the poor ; secondly, the ad pi n
of the system of voting by helot : third'y, the timitatio t 01
the duration of parliaments to three years ; and fourthly, tech
a well-considered eNenge in the arrangement of the eiectimil
di.tricts as shall produce a more equal spaiortioununt of re-
presentatives to owistituents "
lle said that he Iceilted upon the points mentioned in the
reeo!ution a. instalments oily of what he d • dto have
achieved; but, as far as they went, he was sincerely ar xi
to obtain them, sad he hoped the middle and lower clot es
would never erase their exertions until their victory wu won.
Mr. ADDISCOTT retie (led the resolution.
Mr. TOWNSEND suggested that the non property qua-
Ilficetion should he added to the resolution. Ile said that
Sir Joshua Welmaiey, and the council of the Metropolitan
Association were opp.sed to any prop• rty qualification, and
he certainly should move an amendment if the adel.tion
ware not made.

The non-property qualificatioa was then added to the re.
solution, and It .as unanimously passed.
Sir W. CLAY, Bart., M.P., mat addresaed the assem-
bly. H s mid t.e was a warm and sincere friend to the oh.
jects which the meetinst bed been convened to furtit• r.
He was In favour of the ballot, triennial parliament", and a
large extensioo of the franebiee. He thought that the raft it
country was the freest. It was imposiible to deny that there
were a great many anomalies io our present mode of repre-
aeutation. He had ever been oppired to the rate•pay.ng
clauses of the Reform 11.11 ; an.l at present these elitists ex-
cluded a great many persons from the trued., in
tae Tower Madill.. He promised be'ore the clam of
the premat session of parliament to rectify this evil, if p
sible. He wee firmly persuaded that the result of the City
election, the day b fire, would herald in the period .11. a
the last remnant of intolerance would be swept from C.e
statute lamb (Cneerii.)
Mr. 0. THOMPSON, M.P., next addmrsed the meeting
in • long and eloquent speech la favour of the obj. ers of the
amodsuon, tad was throughout very loudly applauded.
The third resolution was es follow'

"That, approving of the general principles on which tie
Metropo'itan Parliamentary and Reform Association is
founded, this meeting pledges itself to support the coot c.l in
their efforts; and ttat fur this purpose an ceociati n he
formed, to be entitled the Hackney Parliamentary and Fi
nancial Reform A.soeiiti in, and that a committee be ap
pointed, with power to add to their number, to carry out
the objects of the astoeiati .II; that every person suhreribing
not less than one shilling per annum shall 'e registered as
a asentbe, and that the funds of the association be cape• ded
in the ilistributisn of tracts arid the holding of meetings for
the diffusion of Information en the subject of national trine
sentation and finance."

The proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks
to the chairman.

REPRESENTATION OP MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday a
numerous meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras took place at
the new vestry rooms, King's•road, Camden-town; D meld
Fraser, Req., churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. Stockton
said the vestry w. re no doubt aware that within the last few
days the constituency of that borough had been excited by a
coerce/a mdenee which tied appeared in the public pap. re be.
tween their hon. member, Sir B. Hall, and certain pieties
calling themselves " The St. Pancras Financial Reform
As ociatioa." Now, in the first place, he (Mr. Stockton)
had no hi illation in saying that these individuals who had
ceded on the hon. baronet to resign his seat had assumed a
tali they had no claim to; and he was not going too far
in saying that be believed the conduct of those peril« s, la
arrogating to themselves the authority to dictate to the con-
stituency and their representative, was not warranted by the
general feeling of the parish. lie held in his band • memo-
rial which had been signed in a very short space of time by
150 electors of that parish for presentation to the Tt dry.
He then rend a memorial to the vestry, signed by 150 elec
tors and ratepayers of the parish, in which they expressed
indignation at the conduct of the persans who called on air
B. Hall to resign, and requested the vestry to summons a
meeting of the elector', in order that they might have an
opportunity of expressing their confidence in the hon.
gentleman.—Mr. Clarke said he most cordially concurred in
the feeling of indignation expressed in the memorial, a feel-
ing which he believed not only the liberal, but even a great
pertinn of the conservative constituency of Blarylehone,
aimed —He would move, " That the memorial be revived ;
and that this vestry deeply condole with the hor, baronet. the
member for the borough, Sir B. Hall. in hie present afll c-
tion, and hope that he will soon be restored to health, and
resume his post in the House of Commons ; and beg to enure
him that the 'wry have not withdrawn their confidence
in him." Mr. Dyke secon ;tit the resolution; and several
other gentlemen raving spoken, the resolution was put and
carried by a large m ,jlrity. The memorial was then t..-
Leived, and a copy thereof, together with the resolution of
the vestry. was directed to be forwarded to the hon. bareuet,
Sir B. Hall, by the vestry clerk.
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY,—The 75th annual
report of this institution has been printed, and contains some
interesting particulars. During the past year the ceramic.°
had submitted to them 132 cases comprising 155 persons, out
of which 144 were successfully treated and reca-ered, and 11
were beyond recovery. One honorary gold medallion and
16 honorary silver medallions were voted for cases of rescue
attended by extraordinary courage and risk of life, and 22
honorary bronsa medals have been awarded. The thanks
of the society were presented to 9 individuals, and 125 other
claimants received pecuniary rewards. The total number of
persons who bathed in the Serpentine throughout the year
was estimated at 91,720, according to the daily returns
made by the superintendent, and which is below the
usual average of 100,000. 20 persons were fawned from
drowning by the society's boatmen, and 14 other in-
dividuals were likewise prevented or rescued from drowning
by the watchfulness of the boatmen, 34 hare also
been sued by the exertions of the " icemen."
The total number of lives saved and restored in this country
alone sines the foundation in 1774 has been upwards of
2.5,000 ; tour new stations have been added, making in the
aggregate 210 stations where the society's drags are kept
ready for use in ease of accident. The superintendent has
been engaged in taking soundings of the varromi depths 4
the water in the Serpewtine and the ornamental water in St.
James's and Regent's Parks, with a view to the better sr cu •
rity of bathers and skater,. The society continues to enjoy
the patronage of the royal family, and counts among its sup-
porters many of the nobility and bishops. The income
amounted to 1,8301 165., and a trifling balance remained
after defraying the expenses. The gold medallion was
awarded to Captain Ullman, sth Regiment, for a noble act
of daring at Old Mahebourg, Mauritius, by which the three
of six offfmrs in the same regiment were providentially pre-
served.