The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Addition L) [TWOPENCE.

Mr. KNIGHT moved a resolution expressive of the MCA-
&MS Of the meeting in Mr. RospeU.
Mr. J. HILL seconded; and the resolution was pit; and
serried.

F. DoVITON tibia moved, "That the great anomaly in
our representative system Is the almost entire exclualon of the
iethedrial population from electoral power, and that no
mammy will be somptabis to the people which does not to •
large sated remedy this manifest grieves*. and injustice.
And this meeting declares that inasmuch as large numbers of
doctors am depended on others, the real sentiments of the
oonimunlty cannot be mcertaintri without the ballot, and
farther, that to realise the to.. theory otrepremntation con-
stituseeles should hare yokes in patliezessit corresponding
with Aar population and isuptataxiot.
MS. MINTRZA monde&
Mr. BAD)] moved ea armadnieut in favour of manhood
suffrime and triennial parliaments, which was supported by
Mr. HOIDEN.

;;;olation and the amendment were pat to the meet-
ing. amid Nome occlusion, whoa the brew was carried by a
great majority, and a vote of thanks haying been voted to the
chairman, sad three cheers given kw Mr. Rowell, and also
for Mr. Williams, the meeting minted.

618 WILLIAM CODALMOTON, M.P., ON WORM

Lost evening a neuronal y attended public meet-
ing of electors wee bald at the Literary Imlitatiea, High-
-1,11t1;t.gOel:oo, thatitery et YU peat rat-
vim se • representative of the borough of Greenwich. The
chair wee enapied by Mr. B. DUVAL.
Grand CODZINOTON4WbO was well received, observed
ha had deferred • ineetingwith his constituents until the pre-
ssed time as the borough had for some months been the
emu duties canvassing, but he was anxious to meet the
electors feta to face before the meeting of parliament, in order
to ascertain if his conduct u their representative mist with
general approval, and to enures any question' which might be
crilibbn. He then bendy glanced at the most Impartial
which had been before perliement since his retura,and
titmouse to questions which now occupied the public mind.
With repel to the ballot, the bon. and gallant moral maid
be well knew that he differed in opinion from a large number
of his constitosata. He still believed that the ballot wee not
the most herd wey of taking the votes of a coostittoracy—
(" oh, oh")--ead that it would tot produce thole benefits
which its educates anticipated. The franchise 'cohered
upon its poessesce a reeponaibility to his country ; and why
should he be sunned from such responsibility by giving kis
vote In sewn f (Chews and expressions of desist.) With
rapid to the extension of the suffrage end the question of
referee, various plans were belbot the iodide
tra.righ.Bll7rl prepared • reform bill, end other programmes
of reform had been published In various newsman. The
people had expend a reform bill for years. Lord John Rus-
sell's bill wee prematurely dropped. Lord Palmerston's bill
was never produced because he was turned out of °Moe, and
now the country was anxiously looking for the bill to be pro-
duced by the present ministry. Hs would not pledge
himself to vote for any particular extension of fran-
chise, although he should support in celestine, and heartily
coincide with a measure of reform, which should be fair to
the whole country ; although be did not conceive that such •
plan should be adopted as would give • preponderating
influence to mere population, to the exclusion of the repre-
sentation of intelligence and property. He would confer
the fenchiss on those who were intelligent enough to exudes
it for the beset of their country, and on those who paid such
taxes as gave them a stake in the country ; but he was
the idea of universal suffrage, and would mention
oppose
to
was present at the trial of Mantalembert ia Frew&
when ft was used as an argument that the free expression of
opiates we. opposed to the power which antenna 'arms
had evoked. General Codrington concluded his address by
referring to the prospect of an imitable settlemeat of the me-
seasment of government establishments, and reamed his seat
said chem.

A person in the body of ths ha l hero celled for three
cheers for John Blight, which vas warmly respouded to.
After 110018 roututs from Mr. Riau in favour of the
ballot, a rmolution wee proposed by Mr. Matthews and
unanimously adopted, expromive of satidactioa with the pu•
Urnoentsry conduct se Crenersi Cedrington, and tlto mooting
than separated.

that there was • great deal of justice in Mr. Bright's propo-
sition that the larger proportion of the representation gained
by the nolirosed alteration should be distributed amonget the
larger Satitaasities, still he (Mr. Sheridan) war of opinion
that the comities ought to corns in for a fair share. Having
expand himself in favour of conferring the borough teen-
chW upon those who wire rated to the poor end for muni-
el=orposse Mr. Sheridan dwelt upon the injustice of
important places in the dhtrict surrounding Dudley
big wernmenited, sad Inquired why West Bromwich,
Surarbridge, Oren Bridge, Tipton Oldbury, Bilaton,
and even Brierlsy Hill should riot be represented P
(Chem..) Something, he Saki, ought to be dome
in the cede of then large oeabes of the manatee.
If they would not group towns on the
prig that wee adopted is ScoUaad there mold be no
objection to adding ouch towns ma those to other plsoss which
mem and so enlarging the eonattmencles.
There cold could bno okisetias why Dudley Port, or Stour-
bridge and West Bromwich, should not bedded to Dudley-
and if that were done they need no longer bar the Influence
of landed interest. (Cheers.) Mr. Sheridan then adverted
to the ballot, observing that whilst convening that dlatriet
a war pernadcd, from one or two cirmunstaness that cease
under his notice, that sounsuchpromotion was necessary, and
added that he was persuaded the time must mon when the
ballot must be conceded. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman
then Warred to Nome topics of a more local character, and
eat down ansidet Elmore.

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Ide taw, polby, tertninsted ibs
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