The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-19 00:00:00

' wise semMly, a. seninble reprematatles of Wields& would
Ise ell Ibe purposes et mreamterisa, eitheenth eves
dio• "111110111111 l la its diestilo would be mese astattrary
then Telmeoble. But whim Men are mew mdlietia;
Ws= m this mieley, elms desalt as t
bat beth only a
full fair filpinsisedis et the at e
diluent bowels meedd be represonled In so.
emdine to their reiMite 'optimal is the emery. This is
sot only the paid In whisk oar system et wise
fells, bat in whllib I le 'Waded that it should &IL The
repeseentattha is me dl.Ylhtlsg es to throw the whole lore.
lades pewee kb dim et me interest at the empense et
all ethics. %ape? village like Bonham neatralisse
Ms 'robs of be parliumat. This is • moestrous
momaly, bat Ile is rester thou it at diet sight appear to
M far it fie net eeßy • small country village •arniwalli the
miss of Me Bud of ear in.:tut:Lai comaaasities, but that it
wales the landlord, be he poor or otherwise, who mmtrols
Blershasa, to neutralise in parliament the wise of the gnat
amilkil et labour. (Rear, ;hear.) This le the key to the
whets system The days are roe by whoa the soma-
sem et this wmatry cat any be iliess
the Sorbing and
_patrimony of tloseair es
r—es the itherit.
ems it the Lend John's or Lord Charles's, or exclusive
deny at= 1111•1111thr. (RN; km) Onmeamist
Ms am dm melees brassie et the people—the
pia bniad..b. and their repeemsdadves its lastra-
posato ( beer.) Carry tor pang late aides, sael
yea will the govermasat o* the emly bode( saw
sesame le lbe Wier esiopielens el the aro. Op ass and
be dolor, be whilst pen mass is rood, the timelass=
bass (In bear.) WA • reed mum sad •
f Ingliehmen do not sari desk right, they
zrh,,,:70;:. bat therewith; to blame foe the want of them.
We have only to be faithful to our creed, and true to me
another, and the triumph of our prinsiples will soon be sr
owed, whilst oars will be, not the bodes, visteries M the
barricades. bat the permanent triankha of • peasefal tam-
para. (Proloatted cheering.)

_ G. THOMPSON, Beg , M.P. laving been requested
by the Chairman to seldrus the nieeting, rein to de so, amid
bursts of aniline% sad the wavtig of hate sod luindlurrehiefs,
which lung ine sonsiderable time. When the audience
were prepared he hoer lima, he thanked them cordially for
the seceptima they lad gives him, arid expressed himself as
highly delighted to stand before so earner, urn end so respect-
able an anilines cm *et oceation. He referred to the
share he took la the labour weirdest upon the carrying
out the great question of the repeal of the ems laws, and
admitted that those who took so prominent a put
in that matter as he did, ware under yen deep obligations
to carry et them meesures by ethers that were calculated
to make up the agricultural justifies for any disadvantage.
sad losses which they, as a elan, had been called upon to
endure by the passing el the act for the repeal of the carp
laws. (Applause.) Bet how were (the evils whisk had
befallen the agricultural interest to be ndressed / Cer-
tainly sot by a ?sutra to protection; and he did not believe
that any man in the empire who was entitled to the name
of a statesman, if to power on the morrow, would venture
in the face of the 26 millions of the people of eciantry, to
propose such a coarse. Now =on gentlemen with wham
he acted believed that a general redaction of taxation, toge-
ther with the introduction of measures of as equitable kind
for regulating leases aid the rentjaatment of tithes, and
for securing to the Minot farmer the enjoyment of, or the
compensation for, soy improvement which he might make,
would more than make up to the farmer for any loss he
might have suffered by reason of the free trade me %%%%% s
that had been adopted. (Great applause.) Bat there were
still two parties is the country, sad why, be would ask, was
this? Why was there a party still advocating protee.
lion ? It was simply because we had a large
body of aristocratical subjects of her Majaty, who
having been ainuitomed to derive large incomes
from the due legislation for raising prices to an artificial
height, and havirg lived, the majority of them, beyond their
means, were now "nines to go back to the old system.
(Laughter.) If, however, the reformers should be able-4
he believed they would be—to prevent that party from realis-
ing their insane dram of restoration, the consequence would
shortly be, that that party would turn round, and the whole
people of the country would soon become earnest,
sincere, financial reformers. (Great enplanes.) The
present amount of taxation, as compared with that
of 60 years ego, clearly testified to the nommity
of this reform movement. In 1790 the amount of interest
we were called upon to :pay on the national debt was 5;
millions; last year it was 281 millions. Then, the espouse
of the army, navy, and ordnance departments was 4,200,0001 ;
last year is wee 17,700,0001 Tnen, the eateries, panpipes,
and other charges upon the consolidated fond antountod to
1,000,0001.; last year to 2,800,00P1. Then, miscellaneous
'view= psymeat of salaries of foreign ministers, =Mit-
ten at home, maintenance of palace', de., amounted to
160.0001 ; last year to 8,800,0001. Then the collection of
all the tarx cost 740,0001. ; last year 4,700,0001. (Cries of
"Shame.") A large share of this money Mc Thompson
showed was annually spent upon oar &ethane.
!ors. A committee, however, had been appointed to
inquire into the salaries of public functionaries, and into"the
p nihility of reducing them ; and he understood, that one
of the propositions would be to cut down the salaries of all
our amhassaders, nay, to dispense with ambassadors altoge-
ther, and to do with ministers and consuls abroad, and esta-
blish it as a fixed rule, that no foreign minister whatever
shall receive more than 6,0001. a year. (Considerable cheer.
log.) If the reformers et that country would become honest
reformers, it would be discovered that a great reduction
might be made in every direction. And when this redue-
ti o should be made, and when sued terms
as he had mentioned should be established between thou
who tilled the lend and thou who called themselves the pro-
prietors of the mil, they would be the time that the farmers
of :his country would be amongst the foremost to denounce
anything like a return to protection. (Applause.)
Let them widen the basis of representation so as to
give virtue aid industry and meritorious toil a
fair chases, and not hold up a premium, as was
now done, for bribery, family influence, and corrup-
tion; but let every men start to a seat in the legisla-
ture by the honest and uncorrupted votes of a con-
stituency too numerous to be bought by gold and too
strong to be borne down by any intimidsticne (Applause.)
And when that day should come, he believed that there
would not be a virtuous aristocrat that would not be as
heartily beloved as a person connected with the people by
birth ; and that the uncomic, of the land would then be
more snare in the enjoyment of their privileges and pro-
perty than whilst objects of suspicion to the multitude as
men who had by them influence prevented the people from
obtaining their just rights. The hon. member then sat dew*
amid tumultuous applause.

T. M'ENTEEI[, Eaq., next addressed the meeting at
some length in a mat enthusiastic speech, which was re-
ceived throughout with hearty applause. He exposed
the great evils of the laws of primogeniture and
e tall ; and until these evils were remedied, he contended
that it would be absolutely impeesible to have such a thing
as an indepenient clam of farmers in the country, and he
enforced, therefore, the necessity of an earnest contest for
tenant right. He dwelt at length on the sods in which
our colonies were governed, and their comparative use-
lessness to this country, while at the ease time they
involved a serious expenditure. He exposed a number of
flagrant abuses in 11•01, department oldie state, and con-
cluded with an appeal for the sympathy and assistance of
his hearers in the great work sf reform.
At this stage of the proceedings the High Sheriff found it
necessary to leave is coasequence of urgent business which
called him immediately to another part of the county. Oa
his retiring be was greeted with hearty cheering.
Sir Thomas &ever, Bart., was at ono* called upon to pre-
side daring the rest of the evening amid much applause.
J. H. TILL/ITT, Esq. next came forward to address the
=tette . He was received with an enthusiastic "Three-
simee se," at the conclusion of which he impressed upon
his hearers the necessity, when they left that place, of turn-
ing what they had heard to some practical account, by a
strenuous effort to send a staunch reformer to parliament
at the next election as member for the 'eastern division of
the county. Mr. Tillett then impresed upon the tenant-
farmers the necessity of putting themselves on a proper
footing with their landlords. He dwelt at some length, too,
on the advantages of education to the working classes, and
expressed his conviction that the time was coating when the
power of the human mind would be the only recognised in-
fluence of importance, and when the only aristocracy would
be that of usefulneas and goodness. He then concluded b
moving_ a vote of thanks to the Sheriff of Norwich and
to Sir Thomas Beevor, foe their kindness in occupying the
chair.

—Sit JOSHUA WALMSLEY seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously amid great cheering.
Sir THOMAS BEEVOR haying acknowledged the vote,
the meeting broke up, sad the company quietly lett the
pasture to take Wiz various conveyances for home.

Ma. MoIowa( was prevented by ill-health from
being present at the discussion on the licelsalastical Commis-
sion, on Monday. He has bees compelled to leave town,
under the advice of hie physicians.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY CLERK AT MAN-
-08 MIL —AR inquest was held, an Wednesday, at the
111111• Inn, York Mad, Milne, on the body of a man
aa Jame Gregory, aged 36 roue, a clerk fa the sorties
of the Lades and North Western Railway Company.
Damsel wee end In the geode department; and on
Monday semi& atLU pest 11 o'clock, was peaseediag to
take the mends* Mae daniages ofa saki whisi was then in
sales M I* Illetseia Railway Kaaba. la dronnff
raisin the wpm he get jammed betweee the harem of
two litho soolegee, Were the enskwer 'odd pergola his
pollens psalm, ad wee so merely =Jared as to ease his
deal% en the evening a the seem day. Vadlote
dental death."

DINTRISSING ACCIDENT.— On Mooday lot two
ioww of Mrs. etonor, d Biallyisa-bosai
ad &stills; 4 MbCiar:ioye, wldlet walking saw the reek*
of Ow bewhino at delerenbe. pen overtakes►by tha finwhili
die, whoa one of then was sofeetenataly &own* Ass
mistar held es by As rooks and woe saved by the coast inn*
1 whew services are &scribed MI being li/gbly sethriesdablv.