The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-28 00:00:00

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

WIMP OP= as MUTING IN TILATALGAR-20•37-
An open air meeting, at which it is estimated
nearly 30,000 people were present, was held last evening
in Trafalgar-square, to " prevent the accession to power
of the tory party," and to adopt measures in furtherance
of the cause of reform. Shortly after eight o'clock the
members d the Holborn branch of the Reform League
having marched in procession from Clerkenwell-gresn, pre-
ceded by a kw band, arrived in the square, bearing
flags, on which the word " Reform" was promi-
nently displayed. A large number of police were
in attendance, but the greatest order prevailed
amongst the vast mass of persons present. The
proceedings, which were of the most enthusiastic
character, were presided over by Mr. LIFCRANT,
cabinet maker, who llocupied a standing position on the
pedestal of the Nelson monument.
The CHAIRMAN said the uotto of the working classes
should be " Gladstone and Li*ty." (Great ciceenng.) He
thought that meeting and those' that had taken plus in
the east of London afforded sufficient refutation of the
tory fallacy that the working classes did not care for
reform. (Cheer'.) Before long Hari Russell and his
cabinet would be reinstated in office, and he was sure that
Earl Derby and Mr. Disraeli would not leave office as
creditably as Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone had done.

(Cheer.)
Mr. COYEST proposed the first resolution, to the effect
that the government was deserving of the severest cen-
sure of the people for not recommending her Majesty to
dissolve the parliament which had proved recreant to the
CAUSE of reform, and that no reform bill could now prove
satisfactory which did not include registered residential
manhood suffrage. (Cheer'-).
Mr. BEADLAU OH, in seco • the resolution, advocated
the right of the people not o y to an extension of the
franchise, but to universal suffrage, which, he said, was
by the people of America, and was being granted
rairarany. The people should be the true source of
English sovereignty, Thehrough them alone governmental
power was &eyed. tories and the renwade liberals
',wished to take *Moe, but the popular will was strong
enough to deprive them of it. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Flew( supported the resolution, and said they
wanted more men like John Stuart Mill. John BrUbt.
Preessor Fawcett, and Thomas Hughes, headed by Winiam
Evart Gladstone. (Prolonged cheering.) He said the
present House of Commons was a scandal to the intelli-
had
gence of the English people. (Cheers.) But the time
now arrived for action on the part of the unenfranchised
mares with respect to the question of reform, and the in-
fluence of Lowe, Echo, and Horsman, would be but as a
straw before the whirlwind. (Loud cheers.) He urged
them to stand by the old Begot reform, peace, and progress.
The resolution was then carried with acclamation.
Mr. W. OSBORNE moved a resolution to the effect that the
meeting viewed with alarm the advent of the toile, to
power, inasmuch as they had always been the opponents of
progress both at:horne and abroad.
popular MAIMS seconded the resolution.
The resolution was passed amid enthusiastic cheering.
It was announced that another demonstration would
take place on next Monday evening in Whitehall-gardens.
This closed the formal business of the meeting, and on
the suggestion of Mr. MANTLE, the crowd then pro-
ceeded en wane to the residence of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, in Colton-hove Terrace, with thew of
testifying to the right hon. gentleman, by a de-
monstration, their approval of the course which he had
pursued in reference to the reform question. On arriving
in front of the house loud cries for Mr. Gladstone
arose from the crowd, accompanied by cheering and
waving of hats, but it having been intimated
that the right honourable gentleman was not at
home, the assemblage proceeded down Pall-mall until
they reached the Reform Club, where further demon-
strations were made, and they subsequently wended
their way to the residence of Mr. Bright, in Hanover-
street, having previously indulged in a storm of greens
and hisses in front of the Carlton Club. Arrived at
Hanover-street, the most enthusiastic cheers were given
for the hon. member for Birmingham, and the assemblage
then peaceably dispersed.
While, however, the above-mentioned preceedinp were
taking place in Hanover-street, a section of the crowd, in
response to • cry of " To Lord Echo's." proceeded to his
residence, but on arriving in St. JAMINI44..T•EE, they found
strong a body of police drawn up in front of his lordship's
home, and, after venting their feelings by giving three
groans for his lordship, dispersed, but it was eleven
o'clock before St. James's-street and_Pall-mall assumed
their usual appearance.

BRIGHTON.
A crowded meeting of the electors and non-
electors of the borough of Brighton was held on Tuesday
night, in the large upper room of the town-hall. The
meeting was called in pursuance of a requisition addressed
to the mayor for the purpose of calling upon her Majesty
'to retain the existing reform ministry in oe, sad if neces-
sary to dissolve the present parliament. Resolutions in
accordance with the object were adopted. The meeting
was addrensed among others by Mr. W. Coningham, and
by the borough members, Professor Fawcett and Mr.
White.

AISFITON-UIfDIB-roes.
On Tuesday evening a large and enthusiastic
public meeting was held in the Town-hall, Ashton, in
compliance with a requisition addressed to the Mayor, and
signed by upwards of 300 of the most influential inha-
bitants, in order to consider the propriety of expressing
confidence in her Majesty's government, and of memorial-
ising her Majesty to dissolve parliament, and not to accept
the resignation of her ministers. The following resolu-
tions were adopted:—" That this meeting desires
to express its unabated confidence in the ministry
of Earl Russell, its gratitude to Mr. Gladstone
for his courageous defence of the rights of the unen-
franchieed mass of the people, and its earnest hope
that her Majesty will not, in the present state of public
affairs, allow the government of the country to change
hands, but will in preference dissolve the House of Com-
mons and appeal to the people for support in her desire
to enfranchise her subjects." " That, remembering the oft-
repeated promises of her Majesty to extend political rights
to her people, and remembering also the patience and
loyalty of the industrial classes under their most unjust
exclusion from political power, this meeting expresses its
indignation at the treachery of an unscrupulous section of
the House of Commons, who, wanting the honesty and
manliness to combat fairly the principles of the Reform
B'll, were content to coalesce with the tory party to de-
it."

BOLTON.
A large meeting, chiefly composed of working
men, ws.s held on Tuesday night in the Temperance Hall,
Bolton, in support of the RtuaeU ministry and the Reform
Bill.

COLCHISTICK.
A similar meeting to the foregoing was held on
Tuesday evening at Colchester, the peculiarity of the oc-
casion being that it having been intended to hold a con-
servative meeting, the tones did not show, and the liberals
improvised a meeting in support of liberal views.

REPRESENTATION Ole TIM UNTVIRSITY 01 Durum,
—ln the event of a vacancy occurring in the representa-
tion of the college, by the retirement of either of the
existing members, we have reason to believe that Sir E.
Grogan intends to offer himself as a candidate to represent
the university in parliament. We understand, also, that
should a vacancy occur, Mr. John Edward Walshe, Q.C.,
will certainly present himself to the same constituency.
In addition to these gentlemen, we are informed that
Mr. R. Longfield, late M.P. for Mallow, will become a can•
dilate for that honour.—Dahlia Evening Mail.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—The Bishop of London
has appointed the following gentlemen to be the preachers
at St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday mornings during the
month of July :—Sunday, July 1, the Rev. Thomas
Grainger Hall, ILA., of Magdalene College, Cambridge,
Professor of Mathematics in Lug'sCollege, London ;
Sunday, July 8, the Rev. James William Vivian, D.D., of
All Souls College, Oxford, rector of St. Peter le Poer,
Broad-street ; Sunday, July 15, the Rev. William Gilson
Humphry, 8.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of
St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Sunday, July 22, the Rev.
Thomas Fraser Storks, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, incumbent of St. Anne's church, Highgate-rise ;
Sunday, July 29, the Rev. George Jerrie Whidborne Mor-
timer, D.D., of Queen's College, Oxford, late Head
Master of the City of London SchooL
SONZTHING LILL A VISTIERNT.—The Church
Review relates with gusto the recent celebration of St.
Alban's-day at the church dedicated to that saint in Bald-
win's-gardens :--" At 11.15 a.m. the solemn celebration
took place ; it was preceded by a procession in which ban-
ners were borne, the hymn Ccelestis lJrbs being chanted by
the choir and congregation. The music for the service was
that of the Mime de Angelis. The preacher was the Rev.
H. P. Liddon. . . . .At the High Celebration the celebrant
and his ministers wore a splendid set of gold-coloured silk
damask vestments, with blue orphreys, presented to the
Mackonochie on the monad% of the festivaL"
THE MONARCH OF THE SEAS.—Much anxiety and
depression is felt in Liverpool in reference to the fate of the
above vessel. She is said to be one of the finest American
emigrant ships that ever left the Mersey. On the 19th of
March last she left Liverpool for New 'York with a crew
of 59 men, all told, and ti 39 pameragers, of whom 593 were
adults. From inquiries made yesterday at the Govern-
ment Emigration Office in Liverpool, our correspondents
learn that since the Monarch of the Seas left the port no
tidings whatever have been heard of her, and that some
forebodings are entertained as to her safety. When she
left Liverpool she was under command of Captain Kir-
kaldy, a clever and experienced seaman. The following are
the numbers and nationalities of the passengers on board :
—53 English, 20 Scotch, 519 Irish, and 47 foreigners. The
missing vessel was an American wilt ship, of about 2,000
tons burthen. A statement that appeared in the Liver-
pool papers on Tuesday. to the effect that the Monarch of
the Seas had arrived safely at New York, is unfortunately
without foundation. The Monarch of the Seas was owned
by Mews. A. Taylor and Co., of Liverpool, the well-
known American merchants and shipowners.