The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1848.

The Ertl& bed in Ur riaatirli liraw seat for from Viagra
while the heir or the Churn twee amid In *deg unending' of
the river ahoy, Iltruhaalhows ~Urea rear thr the twig
cord, U reefruy, pareeil r VOID two Inilso of the ape whim the
outrage occurred. The Crams ism to hordinlrobrid the ea
forcemeat of the "extreme riarellate ke went war
leaks arrived inward, end eller% that hen we he ash amlllond
within sight. It is Mated, ad at tha Orrilltrall•IIS of the leper
time. mine Akers horn the Teerteepremellei le levy a feed lee
dollars open Ur. Medina*, ew herlegesseedelthepeeserttod barb
In hts excursion; and the ratter haring leen tirlairumi to the
•ul, he felt indignant that caraucia preceedlegaledit Ins been adopted
without hi. corileanee; retire do nut hear thatheseitlendthe Tsoutae
that the bound. had sot her exceeded. Our advisee me mutably in-
complete ; but judiritig from what is before as, we arrot hsip thick.
Mg that Mr. Consul Alcorn has execrated bla poweeea eDi that her
Majesty's government may not be disposed to sdoptesea remme.lll..
tics as be has undertaken.
P.O.—Maion 29.—The above_ was written on the ll* err WWI
time the Mane has arrived, Mitring news one day raw thou the
Amelia, from which we learn that Mr. Ariel( errors his
weather, having, in addition to retaining the customs en
ships, put an embargo onthe (,'Meese licks, one of which wasboarded
by the Espikgie's bouts as it was dropping down the river, Manthyeir
of
these junka, laden with grain, were mily to sail but though
detention must district; the Tilou.tae, and subject him to the severe
displeasure of its own government, lie bad not given up the ten men
demunikal b the English consul. ll.M.'s steamer Fury to be
despatched fur the mirth toolsy, and will carry instrucUuns to Mr.
Mock.
The facts of the collision at Ningpo are but imperfectlY
known. The China Muil says:
The Denia brought a report, requiring confinnation, of another
affray at Ningpo. Th.• master of an opium ship at Lookimg is add to
have been connoitted to prison by her Britannic Majesty's consul for
an outrage on shore. We have not heard the nature of the offence,
which is thus Norm of by the Placid of Chino: "From Ninon,
there are reports of an an iir which we ore reluctant to believe. If
true, however, it exposes d e
degree of ruffianism which it is to be
h.rperl will draw the attention of the superintendest of trade to the
conduct of commanders of opium remising ships on the coast. It is
bad enough that they should violate the revenge laws of China, but if
they are also permitted to enter villages with armed men and execute
justice according ti their item lowlees notions, they will make the
name of Engiuthinan no &imitable to the ride as 1.16 that of the
Portuguese before the tarsier° at Ningpo.'
The news from Singapore is unimportant. The subjoined
extract from the :straits 'times of April S would lead us t
believe that a .race had been obtained of some of the escap d
eo. vict from the General Wood. The hon. compony'n
costrainers ehlegethon sailed on the el to Palo Obi in search

of them: -
My the Celerity, which arrived on Thursday
lest from Siam, we
have received particutir• which keno link lesson to doubt buthat
the escaped convicts tram the Genera Wood arc in a r of
being brought to justice. The Celerity left Bangkok March 18,
and promo-teal to pule Ohl—an Island Mutated idf the southera
extremity of thmtrodia, in lit. ti deg. 22 min. and long. lilt deg.
52 min. eisat—at. which Wand the •14,41.1 unchnced at 6 a.m. foe the
purpose of procuring fresh water. At 10 a.m. the captain (Trail) pro-
ceeded on shore in the jolty-boat, accompanied by his servant (a native
of Ilainan). After landing at the watering.place Captain Trail walked
nh int half a mile towards some hula where wan the appearance of a
village. In a temple Captain Trail observed 12 Chlacea with tam
about a span in length : he also uhservval 4 other Chinese In various
huts. Captain Trail's servidit inquired of the Chinese at the temple
how they came to the inland, and one of them was about to reply bat
was restrained by the Macao-men. The servant then addressed him-
self to the Cochin-Chinese or Hainan inhabitants, from whom he '
ascertained that as soon as the 16 (Minnie saw • quarc.rigged vessel
steering toward, the taland they decamped to thelungle, but on ftwhing
th d. the vessel hod visaed the island for fresh water, they returnixl to
the temple. The Hainan people further Mated that the Chinese, 31 in
number, arrived In two Europe bests, one larger than the other;o
' on one of the boats nearing the shore she was atone in and abandoned.
The Chinna, then pnicureal food and water, engaged a Hainan pilot to
take them ni Macao, and started for Macao hy the remaining boat,
taking away fifteen Chineas and leaving sixteen uon the Islan&e.
d.
The latter managed to subsist by dispoaing of their clotphes fur rice,
In answer in eropiiries the Chinese told the Hainan people that their
vessel was wrecked when at 00111 C distance rom
the nutavia, and th t
a
they were making their way to China. Nonfe of I and
th
un Palo tihi would waist the Chinese with hoot*, es that it is possible
the early de-match of • steamer will secure a putt of them at lewd.
The name ur description of the their wrecked res
et is
not stated, bat
from the desoriptiouuf the Chinese, the eircumnt ince of having
hi
Inca 2, mouthy in the island, mut the auspiciotemeol that these caat-
heir conduct,
would appear to create good grounds for suppising t
away Chinese were part of the escaped convicts hum the General
Mod.
BORNE() l'ltOPF.R.—Boom.—Mr. Burns, who
has contracted with the Sultan of Bruni for the antimony
mines at Bintooloo and Tautau, has left for those places, in
some boats belonging to the Sultan, accompanied by one of
the Sultan'a near relative. These mines arc more exten-
sive than those at Sarawak, but present a drawback in
their distance from water carriage. A survey of the Bin-
tooloo and Tautau rivers is shortly to he made by her Ma-
jeaty's ship It•iyalist, now repairing at Hong Kong. In a
communication received by last month's overland mail, it
was stated that the people of Bruni were apprehensive of
an
an
attack from the Balangigni pirates. The latter having b
interrupted by the Spanish from Manila, the Sulta n of
Bruni has sought employment for his warlike people in a
foray on an unfriendly tribe called Ksyans. At Bruni
trade was apparently on the decline. The Amelia and
Tyrone, with 'unable cargoes from Singapore, had not ar-
rived when the boat left for Labuan to communicate with
the Phlegttlion.

CHINA.
TIIE EAS'I'EItN ARCIIIPELAGO.
The newelitem China is the rev, rse of satisfactory. It
appears that colLsions more or less serious have occurred
between the ha, ie. and foreign. rs at Wharnpoa, Shanghae,
and ingpo. The following a the 'torsion of the Whampois
affair in ale China Mad of 16th March. la the overland
edition of that paper the editor states that the account hes
been sent by Me Bunt, " who assures us of its accuracy, and
that but for the over.zeal of his friends he thinks he could
have managed it without bloodshed."
Mottos. hunt and robe", two Americans, are established in bunt-
reCtS at '%% lurupoa, and resole on board u chop but, having goods in
a store-ship, and a billiard room en *note. In the course ot the night
of the stn Instant some guap,wder belonging to them had been
otolen, and the Chinese who bad change of it, in his modeevours next
day to trace out the robbers, din-cleat his inquires to sonic carpenter,
employed on shore, who set upon and beat him, It Meting a severe
wound oon ha hand. Informatton of this was brought to Mr. hunt
white h • was entertaining some friends it dinner ; and the purty,
eunsisung or several Americans and one (or two) Englishmen, pro-
ceeded to the shore, when they seized on individual believed to have
been engaged in the assault; upon which about thirty of his tenons
consomme-it pelting the party with ammo, and obliged them t o take to
their boats- In ono of these was a gun, which Mr. linnt, tri intimidate,
fired or the lira& of the crow d Mow nearly doubled in number ,•
but thin mot havnie the elect of *te,rming them, he tired • mound
time otoongot them. Toe rest of tite foreigners in the meantime
having provided themselves with firearms returned to the shore,
where oily a few Cent,e remained. but ed
, accing ibboronant,
"-bowing a disposition of revenge," were tired at. an am
o men were
wounded, one in the mouth and another in the thigh ; but the our-
goon who has since seen them, we unoterstand, doss nut c 'molder the
wound• likely to prove fatal. The .plain of an English merchant
vessel bad his lip cut in the affray. The Oldness authorities, so tar as
we can learn, are nut deposed to view the mater ao a very
grave one; but it is, however, greatly to be reptretted, or
tenting to desetroy the good understanding that has for
a lung tune past ruleisted between torognen, and the Chinese
car Whampoo. We hove been told, however, that these Chinese
carpenters are str-ngero to the neighlmurh• al, eati held in little
favour by the natives, some of whom expose tholuselew plea,rii
at
the reception they met with. The place where the Olin, occurred is
called Bamboo 'town, a village constructed on Dune'', Island, with the
con•ent oh the imoularine, and it the ouggeetton 01 Mr. St. Croix, late
British eunoular agent, with the view of obviating the no:moots. of
sailors personalo oCanton to maks purchasesinvolvingdrMleul-
them-
selves in pena terra
fey and their government in political
tie.. The desired effect has hitht rto been secured, insofar that sailors
have been oupplied at Bamboo
nu with what they require at ma-
sonoble price. amt
no multsmti oor disturtonee hest heretofore
arisen, of sulicient importance at any rate to attract public notice.
The Sniurghae business, it is feared, may lead to more se-
rious results, inasmuch u the consul, Mr. Alem.k, appears to
have adopted measures tantamount to placing the port under
blockade. The China Mail tells the story as follows: From
a note by the editor it appears that Mr. Alcuck'n proceedings
have received the apprtbatiau of nearly all the British mer-
chants at Bhangbae
Drs. MedLiurst and Lockhart, and Mr. Muirhead, three members of
the London Missionary Society stationed at Shangliae, recently visited
Tning-poo, a town about alo miks distant. M tole engnetsl in distri-
buting trace and instructing the people the email premed upon anti
annoyed them, and one of the party accidentally hit a man belonkong
to the grain junks With his Mack; upon which ho and some ot his
fellows net up a shout ::rid threw 'dones. The illsfeelang however was
coutined to thew loose fellow% and was nut participated Lu by the
inhabit:ante of Tang.i.o, who teem to have shown s friendly dep.
eition. Toe rev. gentlemen havieg determined to return, were
rot:ceding to their boats when they were fallen in with by
another party of these grain-junk mo,' who, armed with boss,
spear% swords, iron bars, and other dangerous weapons,
made a savage attack upon the unuffentling missionaries,
rifting them of their clothes, watelass and everything they had,
plunder having been their object in making thertaken, artaeli. The genand
min attempted attempted to escape, b ot were speedily ove b
severely 'rounded. Toe rultlano, it le Pohl, yoke of killing them, hut
dreading the eons' quinces, determined to convey them to their junks,
with the view of extorting a heavy ransom for their release- On the
way the prisoners were fortunately rescued by the police, and taken
to the district magistrate, who treated them with much courtesy and
kindness, and slit them under an escort to their Melts, lying shout live
miles off. Many respectable tatted-tants of the p ace c
thatame cu
imment to con-
gratulate the meedosaries on their .escape.
It seems an w
number of these grain-junk ouen•-mard to amount to 13,000 -
hove been thrown out of emelt'', went, and are hanging about the
district between Snochow and Shanghae. The groin ti ibute, amount-
ing annually to upwards of 4,7.1,000 sbiti, or about 346,000
tous, has hitherto been vent forward by way of the Grand Canal. To-
wards this north, however, the water has this year become so okallow
as to re transit by that route needsl Greet exertlons
have bees used and much expense incn trying to remedy the
evil, but Merry httie purpose ; and it wan then-lore mond necessary
to stud part of the grain by wa front the Vane-toe-ketonic to the redo.
Thousand, ed boatmen employed In the inland transit have thus Men
thrown out of employment ; anal being, like others of their class eve-
where, a dissolute and fetal... Set et fellows, Menem soil want have
driven them to the comminsion of many excesses in the neighbour-
hood of the Grand Canal, latterly extending as tar as the country
around shanghae- Their counterparts at home mny be found in the
burls of Moeda, ged railway "navvies," and her Brited Majesty"'
consul at tramelme, couriderirer it imprudent for foreigners to make
excuroions into the country no long as it is inteeted by these lawless
yellows, has issued the following ciecularon the subect
triestion.- British Consulate, shangliee, March :0, 1814.-
ller Slajeety`e consul has to regret the occurrence of a most unpro-
voked outrage on the part of some junkmen, placing the lives of a
party of mosionarics visiting 'fooing-fo o in the greatest jeopardy.
White engaged in cannot elf 'els to memo the apprehension of the
ringleaders and provide fur adequate mew tires being taken by the
Chinese authorities to prevent the recurrence of act. alike dangerous
to life and injurious to our interents in thins, her Mos.-313'0 consul
demos it neemory to urge in the demoted manner
fr o upon all
length.
la.
nut:anus the prudence of atetoining, tor the preeent, nt any
anal excursions into the country. Some 13,100 grain junkmen are
scattered between nouchow and Tondikan, hitherto in toe employ-
ment of the Chinese government, but about to he demisted
without aotoofactoo
themes or final arrangements aving yet been
made to provide ith the means oof finding Lather homes, and
iu the they remain at Toing-poo and other places, a
to err to the peaceable inhabitant.% whom tle y plunder and Mal-
treat with impunity. The danger of such a elute et thirga to the Utah
subjects has been so fully shown toy the recent attack upon three
offenelye missionaries, who seem greatly to have owed their lives to
the praieeworthy forbearance they eshibited, that It must be obvious
no une with common prudence can at prevent visit the neighbour-
hood of there junkmeno-lteonserotti. Consul.-To the
Britiod subjecto art tiMingbac."
By the Amelia, which arrived this morning (2.3r1 March), later ad-
By
have been received. From the. it appear. that Mr. Gamut
Alouck bus been induced " to adopt extreme illoanlree" to wards the
Chiuese uothoritien, involving very grave qoestions; but with our
present imperfect information as to the grounds on which he proceeds,
we UM Wiwliling to suppose these measures are more loon the occasion
demands, or his powers authors' him to enforce. It skeins that on
learning the circumstances oh the attack on the three inillikeinaries,
Mr. Mooch construed them into an interaction of " treaty rights,"
shah lie kit called upon 10 tiCiCrld at all Irozards ; and accordmgly,
it is said, preferred a demand to the Taou-tae that ten of the offenders
should be produced for identification lay the parties assaulted, and at
the same time isomed the obove circular, dated the Inth. His
was
nut having been immediately complied with a notiarstion was issued
on the Ifith, and at the end of the itt hours md the 'fire-hie was
allowed another day to produce the otteodels but ask tie did not do
so circulars were betted to British residents and the commanders of
Britiodi merchant vessels to the following effect :
"The delay expenenoid in obtaining redress front the Chinese
authorities tor an assault upon three Britivh subjects, from which
they only providentially emapel with their lives, after having been
wounded and tested with the greateet brutality by a band of grain-
junkmen, none of whom have yet whichezed, hes rendered measures
noccobary on the part of the consul may require to be enforced
by all the means at his disposal. In this untoward stale ot affairs,
which her Majesty's conaul sincerely deplores, as contrary to the in-
terest. of both natiOna, it LA necessary tube prepared for all contin-
gencies ; and the better to enforce our just Moons to prompt and full
reparation it may be expedient to call upon all masters commanding
'refuels under the British flag within the piriediction of her Majetotyfo
consulate at tin., port, to hold thentocles in readiness to leave their
anchorage, and oupport him as the representative ot her Majeety's
government, in protecting British interesta at the port. For any de-
tention, lom, or injury, which may accrue to them, should their ser-
vices be required in defence of the public interent, her Majesty";
consul has poured to IL E. the Taou-tae, that the Chinese govern-
meld will be held resealed:ft.-Idt too. t old Atka, COLlittl.—
tillanz,hae, March 11, o

tribe Court.
Yesterday was th... Queen's birthday, and the
auspicious event was celebrated at her Majesty's marine re-
sidence, Osborne, Isle of Wight. At seven o'clock in the
morning the bond of the 17th Regiment performed under
the Queen's window the serenade from " Don Pasquale "
(DonizettO, and several other pieces.
Tho Duchess of Kent joined her Majesty and
Prince Alli,ll early in the morning. At nine o'clock the
bead of the 17th Regiment again performed a number of
favourite vim,.
Her MNiesty and her Royal Consort afterwards
walked out an the gardens and plantations of Osborne. The
royal dinner party at Oshorne yesterday evening include
the DUCIIPRS of Kent, Viscount Morpeth, Lady A. Bruce,
and Col. B. Drumutond.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Lord J.
Austell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Minto, Sir 0. Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
Grey, the ChancAor of the Exchequer, Sir J. llobhoulie,
Lord Campbell, arid the Right lion. li. Labouchere. The
council sat three hours. The Austrian Ambassador tr
tns-
acted business yesterday at the Foreign.office.
A deputation front the Society of British Artists,
connoting of Messrs. F. Y. Hurlstone. Alfred Clint, and
Edward Hassell, bad an interview with-the Right Hon. 11.
Labuuchere yesterday, it the office of tfie Board of Trade.
Mr. Christian Allhuspn and Mr. llutt, had
an iatervie-v with the ChnneeKir of the Exchequer yester-
day, at his official residence, in Doweineintreet.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had
a committee meeting yesterday.
Sir Henry Bulwer attended yesterday at the office
of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Despatches from the Governor of Van Diemen's
Land, and also from the Governor of South Australia, were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
tespatches were sent off last evening from the
'Fee for the Governor of Ceylon.

TIIE ADDRESS FROM THE CONVOCATION OF TILE
CLEKU Y of the province of Canterbury will be presented to
the Queen on Monday, the 20th inst., her Majesty having
beim pleased to appoint that day, at three o'clock, for receiv-
ing the same at Buckingham Palace. The bishops and
elcra being raemb. rs of the convocation will assemble at the
JVIVINICM chamber d
, Wominster, at 'quarter to two, before
proceeding to Buckingham Palace.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
On Tuesday a court was held for the despatch of
business.
Reronst MOVEMENT.—. Alderman Salmons requested to be
informed why the notice of minion given by Alderman
Musgrove on the important subject of the extension of the
City of London franchke had been removed from the paper
of husincas?—Alderman Musgrove said, the subject, after
having undergone consideration in the committee, the mem-
bers of which were unanimously of opinion that immediate
means ought to be taken to extend the franchis., was sub-
mitted to the Recorder for his opinion as to the legality of the
interference of the court, and that horned gentleman recom-
mended that the court should not pence d further in the
matter without application to parliament.
OvEnt.nautxti STEAM-VESSELS.—The attention of the
court was called. in a communication from Captain Smith,
to the practice of overloading. steam.hoats which still existed,
notwithstanding the regulations and repeated interferences
of the Court of Alderini n, and to cheek which the most
vigilant exertions of th'- authorities empowered to act for
the protection of the public were required. Tho which
question rzlating to steam-vessedi was then stated to be
under the consideration of a committee, from which a report
on the most difficult subject of regulating the admission of
passengers may be shortly expected. lii
the imanti
comman.vuni-
, the
committee will meat readily pay attention to any
nations of the nature of that sent in by Captain Smith.

-- • - -
THE FIRE IN HUNGERFORD MARKET.—An inquiry
‘v,s ye..tcrday is stituted by the Inicad: euthoritiss, to learn
if ',mild,: how the fire, which destroyed so larger portinn
of Hungerford Marisa, occurred. Nothing ry,
however, could be learned. The premises in which the
Han.es began were filled with bay, clover, and straw, there
bating not less than 120 waggon loads of that inflammable
material therein. It being all last year's crop, it could not
have ignited by overheating itself. The most probable
cause seems to be the tellowing the gallery was hoarded
ugi about 10 or 12 feet, and the upper part was open to the
roof, exposing the straw to public view, and nothing was
more easy than for any person to throw a lighted pipe or
cigar ov, r the pilings. That such was the rinse of the mis-
fortune is the general opinion. The following is a of
Mr. Braidwoon's official report of the damage el:don r.
Milligan, corn merchant and hay salesman, 120 of
hay, straw, and clover, and the whole of the roof burned off
the southeastern gallery of Ilungerford-market— 130 feet
long; insured in Sun and Scottish Union Fire-offices. Mr.
O. Dallca, licensed victualler, gallery. doors burnsd, building
and contents damaged by fire, smoke, and waternrd
in the Sun and Scottish Union Fire-offices. Fish-market,
Nos. 1 to 12, all considerably damaged ; uninsured.
El'suM RACES AND THE SOUTH EASTERN ML-
WAY.—On this occasion the directors took pains to provide
evs ry facility for the conveyance of any number of passen-
gers that might present themselves. The thousands who
went by this mode of ,conveyance were transmitted to the
course as comfortably as on ordinary occasions. In three
quarten of an hour each passenger made his appearance at
Epsom, free from dust and fatigue. The arrangements at
the IsOnd in terminus—a most inconvenient station at all
s—were under the entire control of Mr. Pulford, and
were excellently conducted throughout the day. The locomo.
tire arrangements at the Epsom end of the line were ably
managed by Mr. Craven and Mr. Hawkins. Had the pub-
lic been more generally "were of the great facilities afforded
a much greater number would, undoubtedly, have availed
themselves of this mode 01 conveyance.

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PEOPLE'S
LEAGUE. _ . _ .

A crowded meeting of the supporters of the People's
League was held last evening, at the London Tavern, Col.
Thompson, hi I'., in the chair.
The hon. and gallant CAAHOMAN, in opening the pro.
ceedings, said he had for a long series of years advocated the
principles now rising, and which he hoped would go on to
speedy success. Those who looked round on what was pas►
tog and what had passed, must see that one great element of
success was justice. (Cheers.) This was nothing more than
doing to all men as we would be done to. (Hear.) If any '
one said they went t o far, let that rule be applied ; and if it
were found that they had not gone too far, let their efforts
be doubled. In times of peril, our ancestors had won their
rights by success in the field ; happily those times were over,
and we were enjoying their fruits; now, nothing was left,
but the comparison of opinions, and the disaopearance of
opposition before that which was right. (Hear, hear.)
It was most remarkable how many were declare
iog themselves the people's friends; they were even I
found among the aristocracy—witness Mr. Henry Berkeley's
little independent motion on the ballot sent out as a kind of
frigate to see what it could accomplish (Cheers.) Was not
this an incentive to union Union woe wanted now, and I
not division. Let the people unit* with all who would join I
them, according to all the right of freely expressing their
opinions. however far they might go, or however they might
fall short. (Cheers.) Who could imagine danger in • great
meeting like this, composed of idustrious men, anxious to
keep the fruits of their industry, n
and to win more ? Doubt•
less they saw many wrongs, of which they justly com-
plained ; and these should be righted. (Cheers.) The
doings of this and like assemblies would form matter for
history. London was ever foremost in movements like this
and he trusted that what was about to los done would be
conducive to the national intermits. The foolish jeslowy of
foreigners was fast dying out. Let Englishmen apply their
knowledge, which wan power, to put a peaceahle end to
everything to which the name of tyranny could be applied.
(Cheep.)
'f he Rev. J. BusthErr moved
That this meeting, looking at the narrow, unequal, and unjust bests
won which the existing system of parliamentary repreventation rata
I —at the numerous proofs patent to the whole empire. of the extent to
which corrupt influence are tonally employed to place the popular
branch of the legislature under he exclusive control of a midi
olligurchy —and at the entire want of agreement between pule&
opinion us expressed out of doors, and as profrusedly Interpreted by
parliament, deeare their conviction that the House of Commons don
art truly represent the people, sad that, so long as it shalt continue be
be tionvototed as at present, it neither will nor ern become a proper
organ for the expresson of the nation's will.
He considered that the people were much indebted to Lord
John Russell for his speech of the preceding night —(grett
hissing)—it "bowed that his lordship as alarmed; for who
talked of "ticking to his colours whenw there was no likeli-
hood of an atoick ? (Hear, hear) His lordship had taken
his stand on the existing ; he willing to
paint and whitewash the temple,constitution and perhaps reglaxe the
windows—(laughter)—and then surely it would be a beauti-
ful place. The English constitution must be a wonderful
affair indeed if it had reached perfection—a thing which was
not attained by any of the sciences or arts. (Hear, hear.)
All past improvements had been effected by the people : no
one inflected governments to do this until called on by the
people. (Ilear, hear) Now the prime minister and the
people were directly at issue ; his lordship said they did not
want reform, arid yet he seemed to think there woo something
to ha reprehended by the great preparation he had
Frieda to prevent an outbreak. He wholly disapnroved
iif violence, which he believed would b- power', se, whether
here or in France. The House of Commons might laugh
when the people's petitions were presented, but they did not
laugh at their constituents on the hustinge; and the time
would ~non come for the people to laugh at them. (Cheers.)
The resolution referred to the narrow basis of the represen-
tation, and was it not most unjust that the whole of the
large and intelligent clan of clerks and shopmen, who were
lodger., should be excluded from the franchise? (Hear.)
The best and simplest way would be to let them all in Mite-
ther —let the House of Commons be elected by the whole
people. (Cheers.) The simplicity and convenience of this
filen would be wonderful ; the whole machinery of revising
barristers and registration would be done away with a'
once. (Hear.) It was aboard to say that the whole peop'o
were not fit for the franchise; there were bed men in ersry
rank of life, but the good generally outnumbe-red them.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, M.l-., seconded the resolu-
tion. lie had long advocated the principles which it enun-
ciated; he had brought them before the house in 1812, when
they found 60 supporters. In the present house he
their number would he much greater. (Hear.) A
in the principles and mode of action of this society, e was
anxi :us to lend it his support, not doubting that success
roust crown its efforts. While he would stand by the
evstem of representation embodied in the six points of the
charter—(cheers)—he would not reject the assistance of
those who did not go so far, but whose assistance might be
acce-pted with advantage to the public liberties. After the
recent dechiration of the noble lord at the head of the ea-
vernment —(loud hisees and d sapprobationl—if the people
did not declare what they really wanted and were deter-1
mined to have they would be highly culpable. (Cheers) It
was an undoubted feet that every o was a slave who bad no
a voice in the election of those who were to make the laws`
and no system of reform which fell short of this conk, he re.
garded as satisfactory. It was impossible, while Ireland was
enslaved, for England to be free; let Englishmen and Irish-
men then make common cause, and they must succeed in ob-
taining their political rights, for no government would be
able to resist them. (Cheers.)
Mr. R. Cletioseo, M.P., supported the resolution. Meet-
ings like this, though they might be hateful to the foes of
prowess, were the sanity-valves of the state, and the oily
security we possessed for ensuring necessary reforms. (Hear.)
He should never despair of his country while gatherings like
this were in vogue ; and he trusted they should never ab-
stain from "open and advised speaking" on all sub-
jects of importance, notwithstanding the attempts of a
falsely.calld liberal ministry to cramp the national '
liberties ine that respect. (Cheers.) In times like these all
reformers were called revolutionary agitators, and told to
wait the return of times of quiet and tranquillity; but when
these times came it was alleged that the people were quiet
and wanted none of these reforms. (Hear, bear.) He for
one had not taken up these opinions in consequence of any-
thing that had occurred abroad ; he looked neither to
France new Germany for lessons of rational freedom ; nor
did he think the ill considered efforts made in some conti-
nental countries were such as to excite our imitation.
(Hear.) He thought all desirable reforms might be accom-
lished within the existing British constitution. But when
he saw what should he the people's house merely reflecting
the wishes and opinions of the aristocracy, a middle class par-
liament so called, increasing the burdens of the people, with
the church of a sect affecting to he the church of the nation,
and engrossing the national revenues, awl distributing theca
most unjustly —(cheers)—he confessed he had his fears, not
that reform would be granted too soon, but too long de-
layed ; not that it would be too sweeping, but too scanty.
(Cheers ) He diet not think the country in danger from
the democratic, but from the aristocratic element. (Cheers.)
The danger woe, not that we should be swamped by a mob,
but that ell reasonable demands would be deferred till the
pressure arrived which would render thehe cavehamore difficult
to deal with. (Hear, hear.) When ord
Palmerston" letter, recommending the Spanish ministry to
take es-seeing by what was going on in other countries, he
had wished that some friend could whisper to his lordship,
" Physician, heal thyself." (Cheers.) The rebuke his
lordship had received was extremely well deeerved. (lii ar )
Let ministers look at home, and put their own house in order,
without troubling themselves with the affairs of other
nations. Lord J. Russell had again displayed the flag of
finality ; he teemed to take every opportunity of waving it
before the house, certainly without much distressing that
assembly. (Laughter) List nieht he had said the working
and middle classes desired no further reforms. In this he
was right, the two classes refused to coalesce, but wrong it
they diet unite and show charity towards each other.
(Cheers.) Doubtless there was great difference amongst
reformers as to Mr. Hume's motion, as to the resolutions of
his body, and as to the penple's charter. (Loud cheers fol
lowed the' mention of the last:subjects) Six years ago he had
joined the Complete Suffrage Association ; repudiating phy-
Riad force. They could only operate through the existing
electors, and, though he thought Mr. Hume's motion 1,11
very far short of what was right—(cheers)—he should sup-
port it ; and he hoped those who sought further reform
would so operate on the constituencies as to secure its attain-
ment. (Cheers.) The triumph of such principles might
be eceelerated by union and prudence, or retarded by the
want of those conditions ; hut triumph they would, in aide
of agitating demagogues or finality ministers—in spite of the
House of Commons or of chartist convocations. (Cheels,
and some disapprobation.,
The resolution was then put and carried with only one
dissentient.
Mr. J. K. PARRY moved :
That in the judgment of this meeting, the franehire, limited by
such regulations only as may be necessary to secure for It • legiti-
mate exereive, Is the right of every man ; that, whilst the power to
to is datrPuteil with reference to the p aseuvion of property, purity
of election can neither be had nor reaeonably expected; that any le-
tt.% of the House of Commons which fails to recognise this right will
be incomplete and, to the excluded cla.eesonsatisfactory and unjust ;
and that the constituency' created by a frank and unreserved admis-
Mon of all men within the pale of citizen-hip; would be more intelli- THE STATE TRIALS—MR. MITCHEL.
gent, more independent, and more conservative of order than any one The judges took their seats on the bench this morning at
restricted within arbitrary limits. For Move and other reasons this
meeting avow their conviction that justice and expediency unite in half -past ten o'clock.
recommending a hearty union uf all reformers for securing the piton- Mr. Mitchel was immediately afterwards placed at the bar,
tion of Mi.% principle by the imperial legislature. where, alter remaining a short time standing, he was accom-
A. general union of retormers was the object of this resolu- =dated with a seat.
tion. Could such a union be farmed? (Cheers, and " Yes.") Ear Colman O'Loghlen then proceeded with the motion
In order to this, private prsjudices and predilections must which it was arranged he should make at the sitting of the
give way, and all who speak, here or elsewhere, must incul- court for the quashing of the indictment found against Mr.
carte union. (Cheers.) There must be no dictation, but Mitchel on the day before. The ground upon which the ap-
,
hearty corelial, and earnest union. e advocated te six plieation was made vras,that two distinct felouies were charged
points of the cheater, but would co-operate with those who in the indictment. The act under which the prosecute' n
did not go for annual parliaments, or who appended to the was brought, named three distinct felonies—two of those
surage te limt of a short residence. lieu .)ord J. were charged in the indictment ainst the prisoner—
Russffell, with the flippant insolencecharacte(ristic of the man, namely, that he did compass, devaigse, and imagine the
had only dared to throw down the challenge he had done, offence of depriving her alajery oft he royal name, style
by the false ratement that the people desired not the Fran- and title of the imperial erovea ofhe Unit d Kingdom ;
chise, because he relied on disunion amongst the ranks of and next that he intended to levwar against the move-
reformers. (Hear, hear.) Let thie ground be at once reign. Counsel cited a number of cases, and read the act
struck from under him. (Cheers.) Let the people look at of pa .q to show that the court in its discretion could
what was passing abroad, and then say whether they were and ought to pantthe application, and quash the indictment.
ioted.sasfied with such a House of Commons as now ex- —Mr. Oliagan followed on the same side.
He had heard of nee
is
or desire to set Baron Lstroy said the court did not think it necessary !ci
aside the monarchical form of government in this country, call upon the Attorney-General to reply. It would be moo
but he thought with Mr. Cobden Unit many of its barbarous chievowl to disturb a long coursell-established practice.
appendages might be dispensed with. (Cheers.) the The practice here was against the motion, and therefore it
aristocracy arrayed themselves against the crown there was could not be complied with. The act of parliament made
necessity for the people to do so ; all they wanted was to the different eomparoings charge against the prisoner dis.
eno
nure their own rights ;and if the whig government went tint offences, no doubt, but they were not repugnant of-
on passing gagging bills and alien bills, they, and not the fences, or such as the prisoner might not be convicted of at
people, would have to answer for the overthrow of the insti- the same trial.
tutionaof the country. (Hear) What was preeminently Mr. Justice Moore concurred in what had been said by
necessary now was union ; for neither the working nor mid- his learned brother, and cited a variety of eases to show that
die classes could carry it alone. (Cheers.) the indictment was good, and ought not to be quashed.
Mr. C. I,I,IIINGTON, seconded the resolution. Ile Sir Colman O'Loghlen then sand, on the pert of the pri-
sai'l he errs perfectly mubethltd ley tit conetithents seller, that he s.eoold demur to the indictm tst, and the,, pl•nd

IRRLAND.
DrNAN, MLY 23.
MORE ARRESTS.
Yesterday a warrant was issued against Mr. Charles
G. Duffy, of the Nation, who is reported to have been
arrested while visiting Mr. Mitchel in Newgate. Mr.
Darcy M'Gee, hie colloborateur, is also mentioned as
likely to be an object of interest to the police authori-
ties. I could ascertain no correct particulare relative
to either.
Mr. Devin Reilly was brought this morning
before the magistrates of the police-office on a charge
of having violated the Drilling Act. After inves-
tigation, the magistrates refused to accept bail,
as that question was for the determination of the
Judges of oycr and termiser. He was accord-
ingiy committed pro km. to Newgate, but liberated
this afternoon on bail. The more serious charge of
felony still impends over him. It was supposed that
the Attorney-General would not proceed against Mr.
Reilly until the issue in Mr. Mitchel's case was de-
cided, but I have heard that informations have been
sworn to-day charging him with felony under the re-
cent act.
The renowned priest of Templcderry, the Rev.
Father Kenyon, has arrived in Dublin, for the purpose,
it is said, of superintending the editorial department
of the United Irishman, in the event of that journal
being erived of the services of its present staff.
Mr. Kenyon has been relieved of his ecclesiastical
duties, and as it is added that he has no intention of
taking any steps to induce Bishop Kennedy to with-
draw the sentence of suspension, the rev. gentleman
will have ample time to devo'e to the pursuit of news-
paper literature. lie is possessed of property in the
county of Limerick sufficiently ample to render him
independent of the income derivable from the parish
of Templederry.
True bills were found at four o'clock this day
against Patrick Gogarty, Andrew English, Patrick
Kelly, J. O'Brien, J. Brennan, Michael Murphy,
C. Macnamara, Frederick Bridgeman, William Bell,
Peter Devey, Bernard O'Sullivan, Patrick Farrell,
and William Maclogher, for having been engaged in
drilling and training in Ship-street, in the city of
Dublin, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the
castle. The parties charged are connected with the
confederate clubs.