The Express.
London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY
FINANCIAL REFORM.

GREAT MEETING IN DERBY.

On Thursday evening th• Town Hall in Derby
presented a moot intimating mato No nesse were the
deems open Ikea it was crowded to mess in every part, sad
many hada& want away unable to gala admittance. Sir
Joshua Wellesley woe usable to Wood. Jose Moss, Beg ,
us is the shah, and eras supported by the heeding reformers
the town. Roolatiess were ussainsosely adopted in
segiort of parliamentary and leassial sefores.
. THOMPSON, Req., who was received with
great applause, then wee forward, cad ske in a low toss
-4 vomit, Indicative of wisiderable sufferWg. His address
was to the following effect :—Althagh 1 feel, sir, that I
War at this me s% under a toned. able physical die.
advantage sad discomfort, I will vests,* at sae risk to
address a few weeds to this inagailkeet assembly. (Hoe,
hear.) IWI the respearibility at all times of addressing a
multitemi el my feWsmsubjects, bonus I know well the
importance of words which may be a guide to good or to
evil to the minds of a yam number of sm. (Chem.) With-
out flaming you, or dt sill es that you should over-estlenate
your value and importance ia the state, I tell you to-night as
representing the bettafranehised clews of this country,
that you may has, a rewated Howe of Commons when-
ever you phase—(chsers)--ead if you lutew your power,
you would have it; that is to say, if you used that power
nroperly sad wisely, and, above all, peaceably. (Corers.)
Coustitutionally, , the tax payees of this country are entitled
rebus members to the House of Commutes; at d be who
does not att is the House of Commas by the free votes of
the people, and with the consent of the people, is an
usurper. (Chant) I lock upon the members of the
House of Commas at this moment, sitting to-night in
St. Eltqlinee Chapel, as usurpers. I have no respect for
that louse as a lee illative assembly. lam quite ouavineed
that the friends of the people would be powerless in that
bow, utterly so, but for one circumstance. Close the
gallery door, exclude the reporters, clues the door of the
strangets' gallery. and let Uwe be no publicity given to
the roseed=ge of that how—essl the lips of the men in
that how, oat they may act divulge whet takes place
there,
there, sad I believe the Hasse of Cosmos', eon
dittoed as it is now, would not, daring the next
halt century, however uncemiag the labours of each
men as Mr. Hums and Mr. Cobden sad Mr. Bright
may be—however irrceittible their argasseets, however
copious and unques'ionable their facts, however saran. their
pleadinge.—enact one single measure mitigatiag the =oleos
or enlarging the Hoenig* of the people. (Cheers.) The
Wearable gentleman then proceeded to give a
brief outline of the political opinions which had gained for
him the suffrage. of the electors of the Tower Hemline, and
also of the circumstances which led to and resulted in the
formation of the Reform Amociatioe. He then proceeded to
&impious and petspiesons exposition of the principles end
objects of that body, sal eloquently exposed the g rus lops
ties, inconsistencies, ad weakness of the syrent which it de-
Mgaed to amend. The has gentleman then caused much ma
Swat among his auditory by an explanation of the origin of
seine of our aristocratic families, and elicited a strong feeling
of indignation by an exhibition of the meagre services ren-
dered to the cot ntry by them families, and the huge re wards
espnappropristely lavished on thaw. He concluded thus
Never in any one meeting I ever attended have we been
called upon for an angry or a disputatious word. 1
thatk the waking tams ter this. I tell them th. y will
have us same to regret shies up hick eavrtme mea-
sures to ge with us foe more moderate ones they
shall sever regret having kindly given us their rump
port. Let as labour es—all things are helping us—public ma
twat is advancing—the wise statesmen of our age are be-
conies souviacad that measures of Worm are necessary as
well as jest. The religious community (I mean the dissent.
ing part of it) are alive to the question of the potpie's rigors.
We Rave the spirit of the age with us; there is a =gurgle
fcr liberty goisg es all over the civilised world—(cheers)—
do not despair—do not think the cause of liberty was hit
irrecoverably upon the banks of the Tiber, or awed on
the banks of use Danube. 13, moderate, be peaceful, be
kindly affectionate ems to another, forgive injuries, make op
for past neglect, know nothing of classes—nothing of one
para.& ; man is man, cherish him se such ; put shouider to
shoulder; )airs head to hand; and yet a little while, and you
shall see this aotrept system tomhle to the around, and out
of its fragments =mill arias • system of government in which
you all shall share, that than bring benefits 1.9 your/eche.,
aed be a example to the world. (linthusiestie cheering,
which lasted for some time.)
A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for the use of
the tall, to the deputation, and to the chairman, and alter
several rounds of cheering, the meeting broke up.

TUE FIRE AT LAMEETM--The losers unstained by
the wimp fin dims in tem estimated by one of the nor-
veyors :—West of England, 6.6001. ; Phat.lx, 5 000 r. ;
5.9001. ; Norwich a. -5,0001 ; W.suninster,
1,600!.; Sun, 1,5001. Total, 24,6001. Su:lsecd amount
of property destroyed and not insured, 10,0001. Mak a 4 •
total destruction of property to the amount of 34,4004.
IMPUDENT ATTEMPT AT SWINDLING.—The Bir-
mingham Journal gives the following particulars of an
extra rdinary attempt at swindling, as diselesed before the
magistrates at Blinn on Saturday :—The patty who f It
mat interest in the result of this inquiry was • respw•ei).
droned foreigner, Could Von Wladcislaw by name, accord-
ing to his aldress card, and bilonging to Homier', Poland,
Fracas, or Germany, aa beet suited his convenience. The
tt Conn" Ant comes under our notice, from the disalneur s
now =rule, as a guest of Mr. Clements, Indica.' of the Royal
Exchange lon' Dale End, Birmingham, where he arrived
on the evening of Saturday, the 19th oh . having come in,. a
car from the railway station. During his stay there he live..
in a style becoming a Hungatian noble, and on en early day
he toot Mr. Ottumwa into his confidence. The "Count's"
eldest brother had been liviog with • female at Glanew, and
hid become so infatuated with her that he had given her
the titleyleeds of • valuable property in Hontrary. She
was ignorant o. then vane, and the C tent " b leg an:
Weis to;pt peessision of them, he proposed that Mr. Cle-
ments should go to Glasgow as his agent, and offer the
woman 5,0001. for the documental ; if be was sneeesefil he
should have 5001. for himself. The effer wee too tempting
to be refused, and was at one accepted, with a Tanen (at
the suggestion of • friend of Mr Clements) that the count
should pay his expenses to Glasgow and give him 61. to
bring him beck. This was joylully tended to, sad the
evening of the following Saterdey was fixed fo, the star..
Mr. Clements was duly apperelled for the journey on the
evening is question, when the count left the hones for a
moment, as he said, bet forgot to niers. Tans ,he land.
lord of the Royal Exchange lost the prospective 6001., as
well as the amount of his guest's board and lodging l.r the
week. Whsle the count was stayieg at Mr. Cam, nta' he
was introduced to a Mr. Alfred Somerville, partner its a
Brussels firm engaged in the iron trade, to worm he stated
that he was commissioned to purchase engine, &c., for tie •
Cracow Railway Company, and asked his antics as to the
most proper parties in Birmingham with whom he could
deal. Mr. Somerville recommended him to Meese.. Boul-
ton end Watt, of the Soho Wtrke, aed hams
goes there the count ordered two pain of marine supine:a
of ono hundred and forty horse Power sod two pain
of eighty horse power, with iron boa's to suit the same,
which he said were to be nod en the Danube in connect' a
with the Cracow Railway. He signed a contract to the
amount or 27,0001., giving refereeing in Landon as *er his
responsibility, and sgresing to pay 10,000/. in a week. In
the COWSe of convened= with Mr. Blake, one of the mane.
gen at the 8 .ho, the Cann Renamed net there were a
number of Huygens refugees in Birmingham who wire
desirous of emigrating, but had not the means of doing so,
and Mr. Blake 'Send him a 61. note as a contribution for
that object. The Coast refused it, however, saying he could
pin more himself, doubtless thinking that Mr. Bake would
manse the amount. We are not aware whether this was
dose, bat from inquiries which hr subsequently made, Mr.
Blake was iodated to suspect that his customer would not
be a very profitable one, and the turnout was thereto,
immediately cancelled. After leaving Mr. Clements'
house, we find the Count in a day or two diaributi,g
the orders he bad been commissioned to 'Keane
for the Cracow Railway in the neighbourhood of Wedues-
bury and Btlston, including a 6.0-hose power stationary
engine, from Messrs. Perry, of the Highfitid Foundry; 500
railway axlee, from Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and Cnopany ; an
80-horse power high-pressure engine from Mr. Joseph
Sinner, of Bilstou, end 350 tons of beat steel from a mann
lecturer at Moxley. 01 engin the Cunt, in giving his
orders, discussed the merits of a few bottles of wine at the
expires* of those whom he was honouring with his com-
mands, but this appears to have been the extent of the im-
mediate benefit he derived. He wanted to borrow 61.
from the Mosley steel manufacturer, aline the pretence
that be had lost his pane in coming from the Wdlt nhali
railway station, bat this atones opened the eyes of the other
to the real character of his customer, and he tore up the
entreat. We next discover the Count is the custody-of
Inspector Th ninon, at Vann by whom he was brought
op at the public office, as we have already stated. in order
that it might be ascertained whether his doings brought
him within reach of the law. After due consideration,
however, the magistrates, E. B. Dimesses and J tan Jones,
Esqra., were of opinion that there was not evidence suffi-
cient to warrant a conviction, sad the Count wee therefore
dinkarged. The bench expressed a wish that publicity
might be given to the circumstances, for the purpose of
patting the public on their guard. The Count has a Jewish
appearance, is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 8 inch,' high, of
a dark complexion, has dark hair sad whiskers, and wean
• moustache and imperial. He speaks the English language
larr"elly. ACETLEOE AT GLOUCEBTIE CATEIDRAL.—A MOOS
daring act of sacrilege at Gloucester Cathedral was em
Wednesday last discovered to have been committed, bolas
the second ease of the kind withia 18 month% and both rob-
beries having been effected ander precisely similar einem-
Manes& The object of the thieves was the money-box fixed
la the nave of the cathedral for the empties of alms ta the
Gloucester Infirmary. The thieves effected an entrance Into
the sacred edifies h a window, and armed with a
plough nalter sad a Abel, whisk they left behind them,
they saeonded n wrenching open one of the two alms boats,
and miming away the santents, the mown of width is aot
known. It is supposed they mart have bees disturbed, as
they left &toe implements be them and dad sot attempt
to break epee the seemed km, which, on Wag opened, woe
found to contain donations to the amount of between 31. and
41. Soma as, sabers of the
family of Mr. Small •, the
mayor of Gloucester, who resides in the Ca
heard • ands of glass is the sense of the sight, bat did an
saw n that anythieg wring was going on. It is supposed
that this was madman by the entrance of the thieves
through the wiadow. It is • curious fact, and nods to show
that these robberies were eransitted by the same parties,
that on the hewn commioa the alms-box was wrenched epos
with • plough coulter. The pollee are on the alert.—Here.
feral innsel.