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

DRMONSTRAIION OP REFORMU
AT WYNORDZAK, NORFOLK.

For moue short Uwe lite Norfolk aseindtbro of
the Natiesed Rama have bad it Is sonseapio•
tioa se soaves* a great of the Wiese °Coke
•0111117, ter the Is a few haw medal *.
torenwee, sad of
ea* Whet la WIS elealer liNe
dew ht the premeds. et thewwink Nehmen
believe to be waseeted with the beet faunas et
the westry at large. Te .trey at this oldest
with the best possible rend% orreagesathe were sad.
foleimupsed seine at Wyseasthans, that town Wiwi
ls esseng el Mein of late Wennmasa-
lowly weedier Ifsswase they general adhesion of its (shanties
-the armee eipsellearratary end Inowelal reform, awl trees
the dreentelmwe Ilea ao deowed as to be easy of mane
by railway lon pent al the seuatry. Wedassday last
was tlito a 4 appetheed for the aeon& sad the malts were
welt is to sassed Ihe meet GAM aadeetiose that the
friesilsofvolbra had watured teestertala. ia the after.
efts hags d :pre Aga mime
ofgenZ=easpenied to owl do=oriuseed
by wow el
of IsiliMikaull=wkinimisamint by the
exteowlinely of stomemse, sad swey street was the
ease el:hammed bustle wed endowment • few skates
efler 4 a woad Web strived. with wee
ad the et Ifonthk sae were wet with ="4,
wends, at tie Who, by the Urge onsialline lobe
adiffzedaselhAllembntezirti A newer of %terigteel
lethialhadey, 31.1'., (3. 11.P:i est
name N'EsStat, Mestay, Imo, sad the whole
of the *mow at same prateedet headed by • bawl of
nun and several flag bearers le the piths et month& owe
lag wale triumphal whitest everessese aad beanses,
whi gad Salk ef Wymedlmia bad threw* ewe the
'trees dreg the some othloli the empire bed le purees
The weather bake dellehtfally Ise, priming, y boa
wade ter halm the 'WO to a *weal excises, and., the
shade of thus essidertable sad epodes@ but so
far had the Ms: of Wines the lava-
bor .:paled, that saly Mesa knadred of tbe dense
nun that repaired le the loot .saki be asecthnodated
Those however, wits wen es itatassiestee.wm plain and
pro were rendered own sesthetelis than, under the
etroulleSsaiMe. Gould have boa ezpseasiL The =Null
ware well ad trodally set out, and wise decorated with
tie evergreens, and with mottoes bearing eppepriate ninny-
nt

After toa the spethen and other toftneatial gentlemen re-
paired to the platform. and WI meeting, whisk numbered
about 6,000 pumas. IMO addreered in the epee air, the even-
ing being occupied alternately by speeches, music, and
short intervals for ocavereaticm, ilbe.
' Oa the motes of Bir Tuommi Bowel, Bart., esemided
LiJ. H. Twat", Esq., a Norwich ; JANOS COLMAN,
. (the Shall) el Nerwielt, was sated upon Is preside,
amid considerable deserthe-
The CHAIR AN Welly acksewledged. the oonipliatent,
assuf‘ag the in the counsel kis observations., that
sym witk the mooni
he fully est for the twingiag
a,
about of par • ad financial reform. It was to his
mind, he said, peeprolusai that so muck intelligence to this
country should remain Mirepresented in the Hoses et Com-
mons, sad the action of his life should be brought to beer on
this subject wail the representation of the country embraced
all who were not disqualified by defideacy of Willem or by
any breach of the laws of their country. (Applause.)
Sir JOSHUA WALMSLBY,M.P., miming called upon to
address the meeting, earns forward amid reiterated applause.
He appreciated the gratifying reception they had given him,
the more, he said, because that was not the first time that he
had received the kind approbation of the men of Norfolk.
(Chews.) He saw that one of the flags bore the
irmription " The coustitutioo, and nothing bat the constitu-
tion." (Or:ea/applause.) That was what they were assembled
on that ofsmalon to advocate, but they asked that coostitu•
ties and the rights of that coastitatioa, not for one e'ass
I only, but for all. (Greet cheering.) Hitherto that (*intim.
don had been enjoyed by one powerful class only, but
his desire was to se* all classes, both the rich and
the poor, brought within the pale of the constitution.
(Cheers.) He was there present by invitation, as • hearer
rather than sea speaker, anxiously desirous of knowing the
real opinion of the yeomanry and others of this
great county on those important questions which
at the present moment absorbed so large •
portion of the public sated, and to ascertain
the amount of support they were disposed to render towards
the emancipates of themselves and their fellow-men from
the political thraldom under which they now labour.d.
(Cheers.) He asked those before him what they
were benefited by protection ? (Cries of " Nothing at all.")
There erases' cl however to whom protection had _been
• Desalt, and if am
those whom he was addressing would
look both epos the amount which that clew
had taken from the pockets of the people in this country
to the shape of protection, they would find that it would be
little short of an amount that would pay off the national
debt. (Cries of " shame.") But these thief, could exist
no longer. They moat now look for protection in just and
equst laws,in their increased knowledge, In their shill and
industry, and in giving to the people a voice in the diminu•
lion of that profligate and profitless expenditure which had
hitherto charactensed the csuncils of this country. (Great
applause,) It was impossible that they should 'gala
to protection, cr submit to the dictum of one clue,
be it ever so powerful. (Cheers.) He was glad to
see that great trattoria' ; he was seessislir glad to see to
many farmers present. It had often been said that the farmers
were a prejudiced race, and did not understand such things.
Well, if such were really the case, whose fault was it ? Cer-
tainly not their own. (Applause.) But he believe 4 that
the farmers did understand them matters, and that
they would be the first to set the example to those in the
towns, and to show their firm dstermisation when ems
put in the right way, to cease till they had obtained •
full, tree, and fair representation for themselves end their
fellow subjects. (Great cheering.)

ALEX. MACKAY, , followed, and said, by the death
of Sir Robert Peel parties are once more at liber:y to
reconstruct themselves en the ancient buil. The
whip have no longer a divided but a compact oppmition
to fan. They can no longer look to the opposite camp for
that support for which they must now look, as of yore, ez-
elusively to their own benches. This bring. them up to the
mark, at which they most fulfil their mission or depart.
(Cheer.) They are now in the hands of the people, for they
are in the hands of the people's party in the Howie of Com-
mons (hear, bear)—and the only condition on which the
people will any longer tolerate them is that they put
themselves unneeryedly at the head of the progressive move-
ment. (Hear, hear.) "Go on--or Go out," that's the
word. (Cheers.) Such are the peculiar and very favourable
circumstances under which we are now called upon to review
our position and determine upon our coons. Let us not be
deceived, however. The signs of the times are not such as
to induce us to relax our efforts, but rather to redouble our
exertions. What US we striving ? A reformed parlia-
ment. Bet what, it may be salted, can a reformed paha-
mint do to cure the multiplied evils of the state ?
It could reform our whole financial system—and aothisg
more directly affects the physical condition of a people than
the system of taxation to which they are subjected. (Hear,
hear.) But we are told that financial reform would answer all
our purposes, sad if so why, we are asked, should we mix asp
with the question of parliamentary reform? The answer is
simply that we cannot get the one thoroughlywithout the other.
This is no flippant dogma of mine, but an observation based
upon grievous experience. Away then with the thought
that the mere cry for financial reform is all that is wanted,
and I can not though the word " financial " were torn
from the emblazonry of our banners, satisfied, as
I ma, that a thorough parliamentary reform will
embrace financial and all other reforms. (Cheers.)
Then, if parliamentary reform be the desideratum, what
is the extent of the reform in parliament which the National
Association is endeavouring to promote Let zee recapit•-
late to you the political creed of the smociation, that you
may judge whether or a° it be up to the mark. It desires
that the suffrage should be as enlarged as to admit millions
who are now excluded within the pale of the fnnchim
yhear, hear)--that parliaments should be triennial, Instead
of septennial, in their duration—(hear, hear)—that the
representation should be more equitably apportioned to the
population—{sheen)--that the electoral vote be taken by hal-
lot—(cheers)—and that tke property qualification for mem-
bers be abolished. (Hear, hear.) It would be difficult, I
think, for even the meet captious to say that all this would
be a mere nominal reform. Get it, and what do you
achieve f You make the Home of Commons in reality as
well as in name, the house Of the pimple. It is not necessary
that I should here advocate seriatim the flee
dons which constitute oar political creed.
Virluffrage whir* we ales at was the suffrage of the good
old Saxon time, ere popular institutions were overborne by
the torrent of feudalism which poured in upon se from Nor-
mandy. It was the suffrage which was fast establishing
itself, even under the Norman rule, until the celebrated
statute of Henry VI. fell: like a mildew upon it. Household
suffrage was a serdietal principle in Saxon government, and
a suffrage well nigh universal had become the practice In
several of the English counties, beim the statute establish-
ing the 40e. freehold qualificatioa was parsed. Again, as
regards triennial parliaments, we are propounding no new
theory, but endeavouring to revert to • good old rule of the
o instnatios. The Septennial Act is not the constitution,
but en innovation Os the constitution—an innovation ea-

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grafted opoa It altos the Hthoveriaa eatateston. What we
wait is to set aside the laaothikth, sad est up the good old
ras• (Haw hue.) ith ages&
mastm, thilre is not as
thjestisa mak egaint WM Is a its origia in cant,
taidaad of it rum; sea witk Memo to the abolition of '
the he itemisers, we only seek to
snood to • system *Sisk bas from time lama
meal In fieetlemd, sad wink prevails in it to this
day. Hear, boar.) A Sestehmea In Glasgow may vote
tee say maa he *sem te reptant him, but an
Ileglishmaa In Norwisit sea *sly vets for is. man
who has • geed nines at his banker's. (Cisers.)
In • eseetsy like this, se spina of segments-
sin ma les whet whisk dem not "abeam lateness sa
wsU M leading,. Wen these het ese Wenn is the