The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1848.

BRITISII DOMESTIC SERVANTS' PROTECTION SO-
MM.—A
last domestic servants "in and out of
livery," was held evening, at No. 6, Mill-street, Hano-
ver-square, to receive the reply from Sir George Gillen the
subject of the memorial which had been despatched to that
gentleman fir presentation to the Queen, on the subject
The
of
the above society and its claims on royal patronage.
reply simply stated that Sir George Grey had received the
memorial and had duly laid it before here Majesty.
nsisThe re-
in
mainder of the proceedings of theeting ceted
arrangements for a "demonstration of British servants"
which is shortly to take place at
in a Willis's Rooms. Thy
e
society was stated to be progressing mot satisfactor
manner.
INQUEST, YESTERDAT.—IMPURE ATSIOSPIIERE.--
No DMAlNAoll.—Before Mr. W. Baker, at the Sebright
Arms, Bethnal-green, on view of the body of George Swiuby
Sanders. The deceased lived at No. 37, Gloucester-street,
Ilackney-road. He was consi lered a very healthy man until
about a fortnight since, when he complained of extreme
thirst, and he was afterwards found to be suffering from
fever of a very malignant character. He continued to get
worse, and expired suddenly on Monday last. Mr. Gavin, a
surgeon, made a post marten' examination of the body, and
attributed death to typhus fever, which was caused by his
frequent exposure to the foul air of a cesspool outside the
house, which had not been emptied for nine years. The
drainage in the neighbourhood was also very insufficient,
and numerous deaths had been caused by the impure
air. Mr. Gavin stated that part of the district was
in a very dangerous state, and the nuisances which existed
ought to be immediately removed. Forty-nine deaths had
occurred in the whole district since the 15th of March last,
and out of the 19 deaths, 18 deaths had occurred in this par-
ticular portion of the district, which consisted of only 1,500
inhabitants. In several of the streets and alleys near Glou-
cester-street the cesspools were in a most filthy state, and in
some cases the walls were render. d so damp that they were
with difi.culty dried, even with the aid of a good fire. The
jury expressed their surprise how families could live in such
houses, and desired the coroner to write to the board of
guardians to direct their attention to the neighbourhood,
and devi-e some means to remove the nuisance. They re-
turned a verdict "That the deceased died Irons the effects of
noxious vapours, and the insufficient drainage of the neigh-
bourhood."

IRELAND.
Dumas, Aran, 27.
The corporation, failing more important business,
had yesterday a long talk on matters public and po-
litical. Alderman O'Brien introduced the condition
of the city, military preparations, contemplated in-
surrection, Bic., and was supported by Mr. Reynolds,
NI.P., in a long speech, which involved a great va-
riety of topics. In his discourse he fell foul of the
" Irish ambassadors," which drew forth Mr. Stretch,
chairman at the soirée, who illustrates the myth of
Mahomet's coffin, in his relation with the two
" halls." The presentation of the civic address, by
the Lord Mayor and muuicipals, in their own proper
persons, to the l'rovisional Government, was again
discussed, and notwithstanding the opinion of counsel
that the Lord Mayor might go without incurring the
risks of the Crown and Government Security Act,
the feeling of the body was in favour of " letting the
matter drop"—the safest and most sensible conclusion
at which their deliberations could arrive.
The ltev. Thresham Gregg, after a long silence,
has again taken up the old ground. About 2,000
"protestant operatives" answered his summons, and
the Kentish lire blazed with unusual fervour when
Mr. Gregg denounced repeal as disastrous to liberty
and religion. Some protestants of the anti-union
party attempted a diversion, but their efforts to ob-
tain a hearing were extinguished in a tremendous
uproar, amid which cudgels were used, and the ob-
noxious unite favourable to repeal were driven into
the streets. The meeting closed with an address to
the Earl of Clarendon, tendering their services to his
excellency as an " organised and armed force."
An execution has been laid in the Castlebar work-
house, at the suit of a provision dealer, for a sum of
070/. There are no funds of course in hand, and the
collection of a rate is fast sinking into an impossibi-
lity, while tie roar of pauperism swells louder and
louder each day. The vice-guardians have appealed
to the commissioners, but the reply was—" collect the
rate!"
Mr. Tidd Pratt, the arbitrator under the Savings
Bank Act, gives very general satisfaction in Kerry,
where he is at present investigating the accounts of
the Tralee branch. Hence he proceeds to Killarney,
where a wide field of fraud awaits his inspection.
Few counties in Ireland have suffered more than
Kerry during the past two years. Sixty thousand
pounds are to be added to its other losses. The
saving and industrious will not recover the shock for
many years.
The north is active in the cause of public order.
The Belfast papers of yesterday contain accour.ts of
numerous meetings in various parts of Ulster to up-
hold the government. The most important and in-
fluential was held at Ballymena, over which Lord
O'Neil presided.
The first county in insurrection during '9B was
Wexford—it was also the last to retire from the
struggle. " model" county now presents a very
different appearance from the days of Scullabogue
and Vinegar-hill. Lord Carew, the lord-lieutenant of
the county, published a quasi proclamation, setting
forth the singular quiet that pervades every portion
of the county. He has communicated with all sorts
of men, and the same narrative has been furnished
by all. Wexford had suffered from the pike before,
and rejects it now. The following is Lord Carew's
letter :
To roc lonelier...errs or rim COVNTT or Wrgroan.-1117 Primal a,—
In these ominous times I have felt it my duty to investigate closely
both by letter and personally, the Mate of public Mein r in the county
of Wexford, and to examine the varioua report. as to its
thprom. lam
happy that I am able to give my public teatimogy to e peace ot
the county, and to thank y the reepected middle el:two in the
tiller. and country, for your self-respect toyour own cheracter, and for
your discountenancing everything tending to • breach of the peace. I
have had communication, perronally, or by letter, with utmost erery
magistrate-with the stipendiary magistrate—with the catholic bishop,
and with very many of those excellent guardians of order, the
catholic clergy ; awl I gave my full sanction and adheidon to the
unanimous, resolution of the Wexford bench of magistrates wh
choi
om t
met by appointment on Wednesday, and who, through ntr, ea
man, declared "That there was nothing, in the proent Mate of the
county, to justify our alarming the public mind, by calling for more
military ; that we reeled on the good mom and feeling
our ina-
tion to protect them from the wicked attempts of any who should
attempt to disturb the public peace." It has to me, personally,
been meet gratifying that I have not witnessed an angry expres-
eion. All determined that, while each preserved his own opinion
on ',Mitred matters, we aliould be unanimous in preserving
the peace ; and it was armlet a matter of surprine to me
to and now little impression was made, even on young and un-
thinking, by thee wicked appeals in Dublin—which could only end
in plunder of property and aretruction or lire; and which, thiaigh
ultimately unrucceraful, would plunge this dietrersed country into
dill greater minery. I have mid nothing about general polities 1
Mould always throw open wide the doom of parliament to tiny petition
respectfully worded. I have preeented many myaelf, with the prayer
of which 1 have di:egret:id; but my comeic rue, ua well the
my duty,
will slimy. make me co-operate with those who would preserve peace,
and protect ue from anarchy and bloodalleit—l am, my friencle, yours
very einverely, COMM, Lieutenant, manly Welfonl.—Castieboro',
April 23, 1818.
At a meeting of the Grand Canal Company, yester-
day, to consider the terms of the consolidation of the
stock and loan of the company, it was finally resolved
that the consolidation should take place on the follow-
ing terms :—The lteduced Six per Cent. I)ebentures,
for 1)21., to be registered as stock at 90/. ; the Reduced
Fives at 75/. ; the Fours at 601. ; and that the present
stock share of 1001. should be registered in the pre-
sent consolidated stock at 90/. The total amount of
stock under the new arrangement is about 672,000!.
The Banshee left Kingstown this morning, having
on board Admiral Dundee, a lord of the Admiralty,
and Mr. Ward, secretary. She steamed southward
to Cork. The steam vessel Dragon, lies anchored at
the North Wall, and attracts much attention.
A brigade of twenty young men were to appear
this day before the magistrates of petty sessions at
Youghal, charged with " illegally assembling on the
9th of April to practise the use of arms contrary to
law."
'the following is from the Dublin Evening Pest of
this afternoon :
The extensive property of the Duke of Buckingham in
Ireland, comprising several thousands of acres—the sale of
which has been committed to the judicious management of
Messrs. Williams and Co., of Stafford. street, in this city—
was yesterday opened by public auction, at the Chamber of
Commerce, in Dame-street. The Buckinahata and Chandos
:states, in the county of Clore, were the first submitted
to salc, in six different lots; and, after several unsuccessful
attempts on the part of the auctioneer to attract a purchaser,
the sale was withdrawn. After which the entire of those
six divisions were satisfactorily disposed of to one
purchaser, at a fair rate of purchase. This day, tine
estates in the Queen's Couuty were submitted to
sale ; and, from the hour appointed for competi-
tion by Na Williams, the spacious apartments in which
the sale was conducted was crowded with spirited compe-
titors. From this circumstance it would appear, that the
sound at heart have no apprehensions about the peace of
the country, and the security of property in Ireland. The
example of the enterprising capitalist who yesterday swept
the board, has been this day followed by a great number of
persons, by whom a spirited competition has been carried
ay
on. e
Sveral lots of the ueen's Count estates were this
d disposed of, at prices varying from twenty to twenty-five
year's purchase.
To "A CLOVIS Ealt fan PitlEar."—liEVEßriall) AND
hamiu.at seen • letter, which appeared in Mon.
day's Curl: Examinee, awned " A Cloyne Parish Priest," acsampanied
by a voucher from the editor that you "arc one of my most stresuous
',importers." Assuming that you art Ito, and, what is much more
important in my eyes, a member of the Roman cathohe priesthood. I
beg leave shortly to reply to your queries regarding my absence from
parliament lasit week, and to your stricture. thereon. In the first
place, I have not "broken, or forgotten promises made at the
lugs "or elsewhere ; since the commencement of than parliamentliii
I
have voted and spoken on Irish subjects, including repeal, oftener
than almost any Irish member (my Mena, Wm. Fagan, eweete,l',
and, in so far as my feeble voice can reach, your " exertion.?
at the registry and polling booths base not gone foe nothing.'
Xty absence from parliament during the two late devotee Was oc-
curred in this way. At the period of my leavbfe London there was
not any Irish buemess of importance on the notice papers, fixed to
come on before Easter, except the second reading of Sir William
Somervillea Landlord and Tenant Ifill aral Mr. Irnean's modon ow
minister,' money, and it was arranged that both ot theee should be
'submitted to a se,
committee, by which they will be shelved midi
long atter Easter. In this state of things, tenth, git very essential for
me own interest. and that of the poor on niy lather's property, that
I Mould return home in
the
to conclude tbt, details of an applies-
tan tor a loan under the Land Improveni oat Act, and thereby be
enabled to give increaeedemployment to toe diatremed poor in our
neighbourhood, I got a friend to move for teave of absence for me for
six weeks •00,
form which ia requisite by t'ae present rules of the House
of Commons, and such twin granted, I. returned. It was not until
after I arrived in Ireland that Sir George Grey gave notice of hie in-
tention to introduce his " Bill for Coe better security of the Crown
and G.mernment Doi, had my leave of ab,ente notheen granted, I
should certainly have returned, in order to record my
ovate against
the principle of that 111-advised raneure; but, as yea PrePele
imply in your letter my vote w mid have teen but ae a drop in the I
eeean, for the measure beim; carried by " acclamation." It is no I
matter of mrorke tame to rte the minister+ propose, and the beam
ley ficybuoatioe adopt, very unusual and extraordinary memures;
for truly the state of the country is unprecedented. I meak plainly
to you, for you are a pricet of the people, and must know an well as I
do, the state offftrfill 'excite:nem, of undefined hopes, of rash resol
es
the which the guiltlces and odeasantry have been u
the mad proceedings of a reckle infatuated party. You read
the papers air well ma -write in them • and mutt have seen how one
man in Dublin has r:tood up and told' the representative of the sore.
reign "twat he ire uld put him down. or he himself should be put
down" (whieh Tao doubt ia true!. You have teen how Mr. Smith
O'Brien has dete.ared that "Mr. Richard O'Gorman, jun., one of his
bra: sates'. men," has already commenced his milimry studies in
Parisi, and Ir,s made the acquaintance of able and brave men in the
2ati'llalgleard of Parie, and of erveraldistinguithed Irish oaken in the
French ay." You nave men in the province! how Mullah and thought-
1e.." me. aye daily practising at
the clover aniLfollowing thesbad advice
awl rernitious eaample of the enthusiast.; os Dublin, are entangling
thraisci,es in the meshea ol the law, and like the three poor media.

ELECTORAL REFORM: LETTER FROM SIR
JOSHUA WA LMSLEY TO THE INHABITANTS
OF LEICESTER.
GENTLfiNthN,—I rejoice to nee the prompt and
decisive response which Leicester has made to the appeal for
the formation ot a truly national party. At no period since
the passing of the Reform Bill has the necessity of political
combination for securing a large extension of civil rig he
hts
been so urgent, or of such momentous importance, a. at t
present crisis. Widely-spread and long-continued d
cram thecomer.
cial distress has straitened the resources, anpot
energit a of the middle class; while a dearth of employment
has brought the working man with rapid steps in the pre-
sence of sharp misery and bitter privation. At this moment
when an imperious necessity is enforcing the hard lesson ot
cutting down almost indispensable wants within the limits
of a narrow and decreasing . income, it is scarcely
surprising that tke conduct of the go become
vernment
and the working of the eystem, d
the subject of earnest discussion and searching inquiry.
On all hands it is admitted that the influence ot the,
aristocracy in the lower house is unconstitutionally great,'
and that no hope can be rationally entertained of effrcting
any reform which will benefit the people until they are fully
and fairly represented. To enlarge the suffrage, therefore,
appears to me to be the basis upon which all future measures
of poitical amelio ation must rest. For this purpose I
would give the right to vote to every mate adult occupant of
a separate tenement, of whatever rent, including within
this definition lodgers; the only restriction I would impose
would be the test of twelve months' occupancy. This
extension sf the franchise would at once raise
the constituency from under one to upwards of
three miLions. To secure the independence of the voter
r would add the shelter of the ballot, and to increase tke
responsibility of the representative I would shorten the dura-
tion of parliaments to three years. I labour under a deep,
conviction that if these reforms were granted all that the
people require must inevitably follow. The reduction of the
expenditure by many millions annually, the annihilation of
class privileges, the equalisation of taxation, and the applies.
tion of state property to strictly state purposes would be
the results of a House of Commons becoming the faithful
reflex of the popular mind. It is because I believe that
a large measure of reform will alone satisfy the just demands
of the people, give lasting. security to the crown, and in-
creased stability to the institutions of the country, that 1 view
the steps now taking to bring the two great bodies of the peo-
ple into active co operation with the most lively feelings of
satisfaction. The hands of the advocates of popular rights
within the walls of the House of Commons are greatly
strengthened when the manses out of doors are combined in
legal, peaceful, but determined agitation for the redrew of
grievances.
No moment can be more favourable than the present, and
my faith in f
or ho yof purpose and inflexible sense of
right which form political rules of conduct to the great body
ot my fellow.countrymen, leads me to hope and believe,
that neither the coercion of power, nor the blaatlishments of
rank, will cause them to falter in the great effort they arc
now making to wreist from an unwilling aristocracy the
rights so long unjustly withheld from the patient, peaceful,
and suffering millions.—l remain, &c., Joan tA WALNII4I.II(.
—lOO, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, April 27, 18.18.

THE REFORM MOVEMENT

IMPORTANT MEETING AT
MANCIIESTER.
Manchester (says war correspondent) is quietly
gathering up its energies, to throw them into the struggle for
a new parliamentary reform, having for its object a large re-
duction of the national expenditure. The meeting in Man-
chester, on Monday, to establish an association in the Colle-
giate Ward for this purpose, has been fidlowed by a meeting
on Thursday night, in the Exchange Ward, one of the moat
central read wealthy districts of the city, at
was which a
ni secon
sed; i
association, for a eimiler purpose, orga
and other wards are beginning to more. It is
probable that when tho opinions of the burgesses
have thus been tested, a grand aggregate g,
will be held in the Free-trade-hall, to which some of the chief
parliamentary Loden of the movement will be invited. The
mode of establishing associations and then forming them into
a league was that adopted by the anti corn-law leaden, and
was found to work well by bringing to bear a greater amount
of individual energy upon the movement than could have
been otherwise expected. The most important meeting we
have had here, however, this week, was a private meeting
held also on Thursday night, of all the leading
members of the late league council and of the ohi
Manchester reform party. This meeting was held at the
room lc
Newhall's-buildings, formerly, the council room of the
free-trade party, and is said to have been called in conse-
quence of the numerous inquiries made—in fact, the almost
shoals of letters sent from the quarters to which the tree-
trade organisation extended—as to whether the principals in
that movement intended to leave the country to its fate in
respect to the electoral movement now commencing in other
places, or to join in it. The meeting was called together
more as a private conference than for general business
purposes, and being strictly private, no reporters were
admitted. Our correspondent, however, has been enabled
to elicit the following particulars :
Amongst the gentlemen present, were: Mr. Cobden,
M.P. Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. J.
Kershaw, M.P., Mr. J. Brooks, Mr. W. Bickhem, Mr. S.
Lees, Mr T. Bright, Mr. Woolley, Mr. .1. Simpson, Mr,
Prentice, Mr. hie Mackie, Mr. J. Hampson Mr. \V.
Morris, and Mr. P. Saville,—men who were in fact,' the very
soul of the late free trade movement, as they have been of
almost every liberal movement in Manchester for many
years. The meeting was a very large and crowded one.
Mr. O.Wilson was also present, and being unanimously called
to the chair, said they had been urged to summon together
the gentlemen present, for that conference, by a nu
rym-
rof communications from all parts of e count,
be
from people anxious to obtain their opithnion on the
present movement for reform, and as to their dialosition to
join in that movement. lie represented to the meeting the
great responsibility of joining in such a movement; and said
nothing could justify it but the strongest and most extensive
expressions of opinion in its favour. Those opinions should
bepelicited,
elicited, to be worth anything not in a mere general
assent to resolutions, but by a direct appeal
bto every person
who was to oin in it, and he commenced y calling upon
every gentleman in that room to express his individual
sentiments.
The result was an exceedingly long conference, in the
course of which every gentleman in the assembly declared
himself favourable to household suffrage, vote by ball,
triennial parliaments, and equal electoral districts.
In the course of these proceedings Mr. Cobden is under-
stood to have said he was aware a great many people w
anxous for a reduction of taxation and for retrenchment,
and he was one of them. There were those who had ex-
pressed a fear that this movement would defeat or delay i
rather than forward that object, and he confessed that if he ,
thought that would be the case, in tact if he thought it I
in it,
would not forward the object, he would have no part
because be believed that in a few y
iears'tab le. time a
Mr. ve
Cry
obden large I
reduction in our expenditure was nevi
is said to have spoken with great energy, and to have
awakened deep interest by his address. Mr. Bright also ce-
pressed his sentimenu in favour of a very large enfranchise-
ment of the people being absolutely necessary.
A circular wee ultimately agreed upon to be issued to all
the principal supporters of the late free-trade movement \
throughout the kingdom ' • and it is intended, in the course of
time, when answers shall have been received, another meet- 1
ing shall be held to further consider the
mattr. It appears
evident that the parties who have got up conference are
determined to make no false step, and will not move unless
they are likely to have such an amount of support LS will
ensure a successful result. The circular is in the following
words :-
5, Newall's-bniklings, Manchester, April 27, 1548.—Dear Sir,—A
number of gentlemen hare met here to-day, to consider what steps
should be taken to proinote a cordial union of all classes of reformers
re:vr of .rahneyt.raantWinncrienosoi"ngsypsutlTe expenditurePlenalf.",PZ:
ing taxation are onus of the deepest anxiety, and they don A the
slity of way permanent remedy being applied whilst file tax-
payers are fo'. the most part excluded from direct influence in Faille-
ment. I trace been requested to address this circular to nu,
to sucerVan bar far you think the extension of the franc se
to all heuseholders, with the pea Section of the ballot, the more
eiwal distribu•ion of the electoral power by means of electoral
awn ets, and the stiorteninu of tlic duration of parliaments to
a Y.Aiod not flettaillit tbree years, would afford a system of
re ,tresentation such .is the middle classes now par:lady enfranchised
'would generally acquiesce in, and which the =enfranchised claw,
, would ac,wpt as a substantial sdmission to thew legitimate place lei

the conotitutioa. I shall be pled also to know whether you think that t nits ef Cork, perilling the peace, and pedant, the existence of their . fish subjects being owners of such cargoes would be entitled, in their
at the ',resent time a movement is
eel in hawed the change. I ; families ids vain attempt to transform themeelves into effective and diameter as neutrate, to obtain restitution of thr ir propel ty ay mesas
of
have indicated, and if you arc diopomil to a ierate with an &mode. ' disciplined warriors. Too must feel, and your brother clergymen of claims made and subdantiated in the price courts of the country of
booh founded fur the purpose of promoting them. I shall be Owl 0,4 must feel, what all of us laymen see esery nay occurring, via :—that the captel am, Mr, your obedient humble aersant —(llignati)
to know what—so far as you have ascertained—is the petivailing feel- those yousg men of the Confederation, ea tribunes and leaders of the k.l . area mr.--baro. Duncan, 1,1-q., M.P.
ingot the inhabitant. of your town or dietrut on the subjects to which mple, are fast supplanting you ; and you must know when they I formerly stated my conviction that the accounts
1 have metered. The replies to this circular will DOI. be published, guide, that the oaly end of their career cam be but • bloody and fruitless ~ , _
_,_
and I will thank you to favour me with an aerial at your earliest scramble. Seeing all those things, can you wonder that her majesty's 01 the Cuaruat, movemcres in Aberdeen bad been
convenienoc.-1 area ftg.. G. Wilson. government, having the responsibility of the peace and existence of
the realm on their shoulders, have recourse to strondand unmoral mew
--- --,---'--t.— —. greatly
~. exaggerated, and here is a confirmation from
_ soros? Ido not winder at it, but what dote ourprbie me is, that a man cue Allerdecn Journal:
PO aotuti• as lord John Russell hopes to allay the storm by coercion In the Ti
of Friday last appeared a communication, errokosedly
alone. The tremor, bill will paas, to use your own word., by "maxima- trammitted from Aberdeen, Maiug a moot alarming acenunt of the
tom." The Confolerahou opeedies and Mr. Mitchell's mode lime rive and progress of eh irtioni in our city. Among other fearful
given it " birth, parentage, and education." It will be law in
vale statements we find, that a chartut meeting was held, and "it was
of us all. But there Ls one, and only oar, way to defeat and to evade resale& to open a fund for the porch:me of arum, and to organise •
it. Let there he no freaking. writing, or doing of treason, and the series of meetings for the enrolment of members oi a national guard:l
to
will he as harmlem ea the dew of erring. It is time now fur all Now, the gaming placards, which were posted up Mt over the city,
men in the ccuntry to abandon neutrality and take aide, ; for my bore that Mew oect ot the mistingi woo merely to petition parliament
part my send is made w'. lam not 'fur war • I will have, no for ,that to form • natioal guard, and for a supply of arms 1
hand to leading to butchery.• people whose greateet fault 10 to be Our chartiets may he fooliah enough, but it is unfair to repreocet them
too confiding. lam convinced that the famine and the km have as tang more so than they actually are. In another port of the com.
left scereely enough for the peaceful occupation of agriculture, and, wouicati,m referred to there is an attempt to convey an impeemion
moreover,' hold it that, in war, the people never come in fur the that Adams and Hunter attended some of our ebarti.t meetings ;
lion's ohare of any-thing but blows I urn a oincere repealer ; but re. but this was notoriously nut the case. Further, thie deponent
peal itself I will not purchase with blood, lemitof all would 1 win it in satin that it was resolved to order from Birmingham 500
a battle, where the "lowed mid wealthy deems are on one Mile, and muokets and bayoueta, at Ws. Cd. each. This in a grom
the reckless and unteught on the other ; for 1 am firmly movinecd exaggeration. We beaeve that chartist Jame, from Loudon.
mire tern a victory would brig in
is crib more enduring, poisons stated that muskets and bay owlet might be obtained at no low
re destructive, than trebly distilled imperialism could, produce. a tigUre; but no such order as that alleged ban been given. In fact,
The just right* of,
property (never forgetting that tabour is the most this communication belongs to the game cary am the story of the
valuable roperty man) country), peace, law, order, arc my. motto. " three black crown" A truthful statemetripe it of tin terrors.
I will base no military ey nueithbere from France or Ameraca—no We have certainly kad chartmt vagaries enters el-ambers ; but the
communiat ineendiurim from huglimil -no pike murrain to succeed great majority of the working Cia,..., and everybody besides, are clo-
the potato one Mr Ireland. tracts ore niy minciples. If they do not culaily opposed to theta. Wool tee inhabitant+ writ called together
agree with those entertaionl by visa, ond the editor of the Eransiner, wine time ago for the purpec ot being enrolled as special constables.,
I have no doubt flier by the neat election you will both find ome under the apprehetision of a food riot, there woo sumo
ennuirous
candidate whow views are more ill uniwn with yowl; and if the ma. turn out than had ever been known on any 'previous:ccas of pow
pray of the electine coincide with you, I shall have to abdicate a pa. ethic disturbaisoe. From that day to an pre-ent their interference
salon, the reammaihilitim of which me
anemia and grave, the credo- ha.. never once been ml Matters are at present perfectly quiet,
wrote nil. la the meanti.ce, to the imscreon. made by you, that I and lite kw likely than ever to be dioturbed, now that the Crown and
have forgotten ;minnow made," and that made by as, " thin Government Security WU Am became law. Chartht oratory Intl
have been frequently absent (mn parliamint when questions of deep think twin before they theohr tongoni to mow them :o the risk
ion-neat to my country arid constituents were under discuseion," lof tramportation. In fine, cow sent to the Toms is a
give a decidill but respectful mmtradiceon. I ern, reverend end rc- palpable exaegeration, and we ucderstanti, been amtradieted by
_.stet sir, your obedient faithful scrs ant, Elm:, u Bt,CNI: Itocuz. authority. We are una filing to regard its author an attempting
—Trabolgan, Apt il 20, Mak willut impoeition, but are radar oiriewed to ascribe it to some penny-
Sav taloa' BANge. —The Killarney defalcations already 11-114erf
amount to 22,0001. Fortunately the run is subsiding in the
south. The Limerick Chronicle of ye.terdny contains the
following :—There was not within 5,0001. of the money for
which notices of withdrawal had been served, taken out of
the savings' bank in this city, on Monday, while many who
sought to reinvent large sums were debarred from doing so,
as nut more than 301. can be lodged by one person within
twelvemonths. The government certificate of security ler
Itirs,oool. deposited, lies at the hank—if every shilling lodged
were withdrawn, a surplus of 2,0001. would remain to the
credit of the directors. For next Monday but kw notices of
withdrawal were served,
Srain or 'rile COUNTAT.—King's County, Tipperary,
and Clare and Tipperary, would seem to be nearly as dis-
organised an before the recent commission. The papers
today record a murder in Tip t rary, a housebreaking and
robbery in Clare, an act of violent outrage in Limerick, and
in each county the plunder of numerous sheep and
King's County is especially noted for the frequency ofcattle. the
latter crime.
The Loan PRMIATE having forwarded to the Lord Lieu-
tenant a loyal address from Armagh, has had a flattering
acknowledgment from his Excellency.

At his own wonders, wonderinr for his bread 7"

COSIMISRIONB BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF MID•Lo-
TutAN.Tbe Right Hun. James Andrew, Earl of Dalhousie,
the Right Ron. S. J. Douglas con,monly calltd Lard
Aberdour, Sir J. W. Drummond, 'Bart., Sir T. 1). Lauder,
Bart., C. 0. Scott, Esq., A. hiaconochie, Esq., W. S.
Walker, Esq., J. Clerk, Esq., to be deputy lieuttnant..
COMNII*SIONS uY TIM LORD LIACIENANT OF ROSS.
SHIILE.--.1. R. Bethune, Gent., to be lieutenant, and C. Ro-
bertson, Gent. to be theism in the 9Gth, or Ro.s-shire,
Regiment of gortk British

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, APIGI. 28.
The Chartists of the central districts, having re-
solved on a demonstration, appropriately fixed on
Bannockburn as the place of meeting. No opposition
was made, and they mustered in large numbers, and
voted the following memorial to the Queen :
To roe Quees's Meet Exru.t.e r SIAJE,Tr.—The Memorial of
the Inlmbitants of the West Midland Diatriet of Scotland, in public
meeting assembled, this 22nd day of .Ipril, laill.—Sheweth,—Thit a
great podium of your mcniorialista are now, and have long been, sof-
tering unparalleied distress That these islands present the anomie
loos speshiele of a people Placing in the midst of plenty,
while hunereds of thousands, willing and able to work, aro
debarred even the light of remunerative Liman That each a
state ef society—repugnant to the laws of God and Nature—
can be attributed only to miagoveniment. That within the last few
months upwards of a million of human beings have perished, ca Great
Britain ice Ireland, of famine and pestilence, consequent upon such
misgovernment. That fey elass.niade lawn, the people have been
robbed of their natural inheritance -the land of t` se
islands. That
they have been burdened with :he payment of a debt which they
never contracted, and oppressed by taxation falling almost exclusively
upon the working classes. That the government are arraying clam
agionst class, and placing arms in the hands of one section of the
community to massacre the other. That at the name time the
government have invaded the constitutional right of British
eubjecta to bear arms in their own defence. That the
government have coerced end prevented a legal and peaceable
procession of the people, by bringing an armed force to oppose their
progress. That the government are even amailion the right of British
subjects to meet and discuss their grievances in public. That the
gagging bill, falsely denominated a biU for the better security of your
Majesty'„ crown and government, is a measure conceived in the spint
of that tyrannical dynasty whine etpulshu led to the introduction of
sour Majesty's family to the Bettie', throne. That your memorialista
Late turriVain of these grievances, because rival faction., represents
mg a privitexed fr x, have hitherto been your Majesty's only
advisers. That your Majesty's parliament have almost exclusively
proved dimwit:Dee the auto ervient tools of party leaders. That they are
not the representatives of the peoale, but, onto the n
ary,contrr, of a cfromlay,
six.sevenths of the adult male populan are ued
Weir undeniable right of the I ranebbse. Your emorialists, there-
fore. pray that your majesty may be graciously- plmeased to dissolve the
present parliament, and dismiss from your councils those ministers
whose bimetal influence endangers the security of your crown,
whoand
the very exitenee of sour people ; and to call to your aid men
will make the People !n Charter a cabinet measure. That universal
suffrage, the great principle of the People's Charter, has already been
made law in the principal atatea of Europe. That your memorialists
believing the intelligent and industrious people of Great Britain
then
and
Ireland to be equally deserving of liberty with the people of o
couniries, earnestly pray that your Majeaty will he olnued toren.%
their requerte, and therebr recore the peace and prosperity of the
country. And your memorialists will erer pray, se.
Two game cases came, by appeal, to the Perth 11
quarter sessions, on Tuesday, both illustrative of the
hardship of the existing laws. The first was that of
two young men, the sons of a tenant-farmer, who
were seen on their father's ground with guns in their
possession, by a single game-keeper, and convicted, on
his naked presumptive evidence that they were in
search of game, although, for aught this omniscient
functionary knew, they might have been on the out-
look for rabbits. The second was that of a tenant
who had set a trap for rats, but the instrument (a
borrowed one) being large enough to hold a pheasant,
one of those interdicted bipeds found its way into the
snare, and the farmer was caught by a
.gamekeeper '
with the bird in one hand and the trap in the other.
In the radical court both parties were found guilty,
and fined, and the superior judicatory confirmed both
sentences.
The parish schoolmasters have lost no time in ring-
ing the alarum about Lord Campbell's marriage and
registration bills. The presbytery of Edinburgh has
appointed a day for a special meeting, to receive a re-
port concerning them. The "heather is also on fire"
in Hose and Cromarty—the synod of that district
having named a committee to watch over, in other
words, to destroy them. From Nlaidenkirk to John
o Groat's, there will be a cry against the measures.
The organisation of the schoolmasters is complete,
and they know how to agitate. To the clergy they will
say the church is in danger, and the beacon-light will
forthwith gleam from every kirk-session, presbytery
and synod, while the general assembly will blaze like
" Allow ay's hunted kirk" on the night Tam o' Shouter
saw the witches. To the county meetings, " democracy,"
"innovation," " change," will be the spells to raise the
demon of opposition in the bosoms of the gentlemen
of the olden time, and finally to parochial boards and
bodies civic, the question of coat will be urged, and
that with fatal success. To all those opposing ele-
ments, what have Lord Campbell and Mr. Ruther-
furd to offer? A few cold remarks in the ministerial
journals, and a few colder speeches in some of the
town-councils, will be all the support out of doors
but it is possible that within the house the bills may
have the good fortune to be judged of by their merits.
Should this disposition notappear probable,there is no
thing for it but compromise with the schoolmasters.
The Glasgow meeting, to consider the Lord Ads%)
cate's Entail Bill,' resulted in a series of spirited

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resolutions:
1. That the system of entails, which has increased with the moot
rapid progress., and must necessarily soon absorb almost the whole
surface of :outland, boo been attended by the most pernicious edicts,
not only to the public interest, but aLso to the heirs of entail them-
selves their connexions and dependehts, and that this meeting en-
tirely 'disapprove of any bill being passed not bused upon the entire
abolition of tne whole system, including the extinctionnot uf the ppam the
resent,
and the illegality of tuture ennui.; prays parliament to
bill introduced by Lord Advocate ot Scotland, ihtituled " A Bill
for the Amendmentthe of the Law ot Entail in Scotland," and which,
aiming at certain partial palliation. art the existing system, • ould, in
the opinion of this meeting, perpetuate the same nil under a slightly
modified tons, and that • petition to both houses of parliament be
signed by the chairman of this sleeting ,theordinaly.
2. That in particular, oniaideting the Lord Advocate's bill la a pro-
modification merely of the einem, tbis meeting, without
fessed
abating its objecuon to that system, in tot. disapproves of the bill
more especially became it allows to remain untouched the protection
of property an
use to from the lawful debts of the pro-
prietors—and because it. not only leaves the extinction of the entail
of
stem to a progress in itselt slow and uncertain at the best, and de-
pendent entirely on the option of life.reaters, with consent of cer-
tain of the neat heirs t 2 entail to theentall thsir e staters or not as they
think fit, but alto continues to all proprietors the power of creating
new entails to an indefinite extent.
3. That these resolutions be printed, and copies sent to the con-
vener, of every county in Scotland, with a requeot that the same be
laid before the April meetings on the 30th iniltant, and that they be
also sent to the provosts of the Scotch Wins with a request that
they shall he laid before the respecuve town 0011w:its, and that these
several bodies he requested to pct: ion parliament against the bill, and
that copies be alto torwarded to each of the Scotch memberx
4. That the Scotch member., and such of the Englieli and Irtish
members as arc favourable to these views, be requested to mee in
Lonon and ait On her Malone'. government tor the purpose of ob-
twining an alttw
ration in the Luid Advocate's bill, in terms of these
resolutions.
Mr. Duncan, the member for Dundee, has sent the
following letter to the Chamber of Commerce of that
town, relative to British cargoes on board Prussian
vessels that may be seized by the Danes :
Foreigo-office, April 17. 1449.—5ir,—1 am directed by Viscount
Palmerston to no the unto. of your letter of this morn-
ings date, requesting to be informed whether, in can a Piquet= ves-
sel having • British cargo on boors were to be made a prize of by
the Danes, both nivel and cargo would be considered as Idae, or
event he veneL In reply, I em directed to inform you; that to the
event of hostilities between Veneta and Denmark, the slum of war of
the ene party would have the right to capture and carry in for adju-
dication the merchant vessels of the other party no.witirnanding that
the cargces filch such merchant TerAia respectively enigbt be laden
with should be property of Beulah subjects and her Majesty's govern-
Mot would riot be jusufted la interferon to Prevent the eXtdeise of
each belligerent rigat Bar byte of the contending partim. But Bei.

PROVINCIAL.
.tellinE.
AN ExTENint-E FIRE occurred on Wednesday
night at Messrs. J. Jones and Co.'s corn mill, at Barton-
upon-Dwell The premises, which were r Mier picturesquely
situated (being at the point where the Bridgewater Canal is
carried over the Dwell at a considerable eleutiou), belonged
to Sir T. J. De Trafibrd. They consisted ot an old mill, a
new mill, a warehouse, and a cottage. The flames were first
discovered at about 11 o'clock, and messengers wen' immedi-
ately deepatched to Meneherer for fire-engines, which were
speedily on the spot, but were untble to save th old mill
and the warehou-e, which were complete ly gutted. e Messrs.
„loner and Co. are insured in the Globe Fire-office to the
extent of Sat, but their loss in machinery and the offal of
erain which was en the premises amonnts to 1,1001. Sir T. J.
De Trafford estimatee the lees he has sustaiued at 2,0001.,
and he is not insured in any office.
THE ARCIIIIIaIIOP OF CANTERBURY ON CONCERTS
roe THE PEOrt.E.—At the artisans' weiree held last week
in the Concert-ball, Liverpool, Mr. Rathbone, in the course
of a humorous speech, said: " I may now tell you a story
which I bane had some years by me, and which is somewhat
connected with the Archb:shop of Canterbury a hen he was
Bishop of Cheater. I have consulted some gentlemen, who
think that, now he is removed from this diocese, delicacy
need no longer exist. 1 happi ned to be sitting beside hint
one day. It was at a military party. He was a clergymanl
,
a Quaker ; and, as we did not like talking about war and
bloodshed—it was not in our way—we got on to tette
the Saturday evening concerts. I took the opportunity of
telling him how respectably they were conducted—how do-
e-
lightful it was to see young people of both sexes coming t
gether, not exhibiting the slightest impropriety when there.
And his reply was, Mr. Itathbone, these concerts, I be-
lieve, are doing a great deal of good, and I hope the gentle-
men of Liverpool will not only encourage the Saturday
nights' concerts in your hall, but that they will spread over
the whole town.' When we have it from royalty, from our
nobility, and from our now highest dignitary in the church
of Englan ~ I think that we may hold up our heads, not
with improper pride, but with that self-respect which makes
men respect others, and respect themselves."
WARWICKSHIRE.
TILE REFORM 'NIOVEMENT.A Birmingham
afco terr-
-
respondent, writing yesterday (Friday), says :—" 'lbis
noon, about 2 o'clock, an express edition of the Daily News
was received containing a report of the speeches delivered at
the reform meeting at Leicester yesterday. The subject is
daily exciting increased interest here."
BTAFFORUsIIIRE.
COMMISSIONS BY TUE LORD LIEUTENANT.—:sIO ..‘Or
Begotel to be lieutenant-colonel; Captain the Ron. V.
to be major; Lieut. L. K. Hall to be captain ; Cornet
H. F.M. Ingram to be lieutenant; T. G. Unborn°, gent.,
to be lieutenant; H. Lane, gent., to be cornet; in the
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
lIAY CaTalry.
NOTICES OF COUNTY COURTS.—At the tit- •
toxeter District County Court, last week, during the trial of
an action for debt, a letter was produced, purporting to have
been written by the plaintiff to the defendant, demanding
payment of the debt. Ti. is letter had the reseal arms litho-
graphed on the top, cud the title of the Small Debts Act
printed nude rneath, and was proved to have been delivered
by a man of the name of Kenyon, who acts as a kind of
bailiff, though not autherised by the court. The judge
stated that sending such a letter was an offence against the
57th section of the act, inasmuch as it was an " acting or
professing to act under a false colour or pretence of the pro-
cess of the court," sod subjected the offender to the punish-
ment of transportation. line Honour further stated that a
person had recently been actually transported for a like of-
fence, and expressed his determination to direct an indict
went against the man Kenyon, or any other person con-
cerned in sending or distributing curb letters in future.
COMMISSIONS BY TUE LORD LIEUTENANT.—W. L.
Mell
corneish, gent., to be first lieut. nant ; C. Thorold, gent., to
be t ; in the Sherwood Rangers.
SUROPSIURE.
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—B. Bo
be
t-
field, gent.. to be lieutenant; W. B. Lloyd, gent., to
cornet; in the South . elopian Yeomanry Cavalry.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
THE CORPORATION ADDRESS TO THE BISHOP OF
Cit ESTEII.—At the last meeting of the town-council, an ad-
drug was voted to the Rev. Dr. Graham, Muter of Christ
College, recently nominated Bishop ret Chester. Thursday
last being the day appointed by his lordship to receive the
address, a deputation from the corporation proceeded at one
o'clock to Christ College Lodge, where they were received
by his lordship. Mr. Ala. Brown said, in the absence of the
mayor he had the great pleasure of forming one of a depu-
tation to his lordship, to present an address which had been
unanimously voted by the town council, and which, lie
might safely say, expreesed not enly the feelinge of the cor-
porate body, but of the town eentrally, and which he would
now hand to the town-council to read. The address was as
follows:
To TOL RioiTT Itreslarlra %VITT: IN Coo 'OM? Lein 111,110 F OF
Cmittren Etierv.—We the maim, aldermen, rind beremas of the
leirough of Cambridge, conaider it due to the feeldsgs 01 the
inhabitants ot all classes to express to your lordship, on the occosion
of your accen to the epiecopaer, the high redeem and cordial
attachment which we entertain toy,
you, and which the rare
combination of great inn Ilectual isower, with the affability and
Mildneas of demeanour, you have invariably presented to us
througbout your distinguished career, have commanded. Our
natural regret at TOUT sunicipat•d departure from Cam-
bridge is oounterbalaamil by the male and pleasure which we
lea at your elevation Hi a sphere of higher usefulness, and our con.
Weser that yon are fitted to perform to the fullest its important
dutieri, rendered peculiarly arduous by the circumstances of these
times. It wilt be yours, my lord, to meet reheat,us error and to soften
down sectarian animoaity with an cloquen, c chaste as it iF forcible
—an eloquence which has breme proverbial amongst us; yours
to show to all within the circle of your epiemfel in-
fluence at home, and in the place you will in due
course occupy in the Senate, that firmness of opinion and
honesty of !Airtime, as regards, the affairs of our eommonrd. (boleco
can be maintained with a doe mspect and kindlinFal towa
who entertain different political principles' yours to vindicate the
superiority of a dignified and enlightend 'forbearance over the
meaner pride of partisanship; to disseminat
ance ea e imam and good-wperion
ill
anionor,t all the relation.. of life • and to adv your
the interests( of the Christian relabm by the pale eserci,c and exams
ot
ple
of Ito charities. Whilst your lordship claims the tiympathic
all those of your own intellectual rank, tinebe
wall t wakes of
you
even
the humblest of those awhomwe represent y
in your elevated destiny ; amt we feel aissored that the respect and
regard of all will be appreciated by a mind which can comprehend
the value of conmientious oielnith, and tilt our a heart that draws
later it the hearts ot many:. Given under our common seal ond the
hand of Charles Finch tooter, Esq., Mayor, dna 17th day of April,
104 S.
His lordship then said that he had prepared • written reply,
which he would then take the liberty of reading, and which
his lordship, almost without reference to the document he
held in his hand, emphatically repeated. It was as follows:
To rne Wounterec 31F0011, ALIO.ELMF, wan 131344.4rA OP
THI. ItoitOrcii of .—bentletnen.-1 bcx te return you my
-incere thank. or the ;alike-. which von have prmented to me. I
esteem it a very great honour Omelet *from the tine( magistrate and
council of the borough such a testimony of their approbation and re-
wad. And 1 must be pennitted to aad, that I also feel it a great
pleasure to receive such assuranKe of pereonal kindness from gentle-
men with whom I have long irises
in the friendly relations of
racial life. In speaking of Di, tidcaneernent 7, a 1,40..1 t:014 Tau
have drawn a picture which I meat regent as a descriptian, net so
much of my character. aF of my duty. if
indeed shall I think
myself, if I eau even faintly realise it in practice. This only I will
venture to say, that as it bee been, m I trud, through God's 'nee, it
will ever continue to be, the desire of my heart and the rule of my
tile to promote peace and Rood- wherever my inflacnee may ex.
tend ;to maintain, with sued ex I possess, the dnetrinell of the
church of England aa settled by bur reformers on the only sure ba.da
of scriptural truth; sa
nd, hi
thus mverting the convictions of
my own mind, to re in other. the aline liberty of judgment
and rights of conscience which I claim aad exerelie for myself.
leering my long reeking* in thee ptac, I have been brought into
communicatioo with persons of all claws in the own: and can
truly say that towards all 1 have beta actuated by feelings of kind-
ness and good.will. wore eerecielly, it hue been my earnest desire
that a spirit of harmers, should preveil between the university
end the town. Sincerely attached to both, I shall even when re-
moved to a distance, eke
the .acie earneet wish that both may
prosper, and concord sulst between them—l have the honour total,
gentlemen. with the most
neere respect, your faithful friend anla
Fervent, Jens GRAFIANI, bishop of Cheater elect. —Christ College.
Cambridge, April 21, lste.
GLOUCEeTERSTAIRE.
EMBEZZLEMLNT.—The final examination of Mr.
R. R. Dix, upon a charge of stealing the booka of the firm
of Christopher George and Co. i which. he had tAie, a
partner, took place y sterdoy, bee Magistrates at
Bristol. The ease seemed to excite the utmost degree of M.