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PARLEAUENTAR ir AND FINAN.
DIAL REFORM.
The borough of Thettbrd was visited on Friday
evening last by J. H. Tillet, Esq., and Samuel Pigg,
Esq., as a deputation from .the Norwich committee
of the National Reform Association, when the Town.
hall, which had been engaged for the occasion, was
filled to overflowing. H. W. Ailey, Esq , surgeon,
lately the mayor, and now one of the magistrates of
the borough, presided.
H. BROWN, Esq., of Thetford, moved the following
resolution:—
" That the enormous amount of taxation now
extracted 'from this country, paralyzes commerce,
depresses agriculture, and impoverishes the working
classes."

J. H. TILLS; Esq , seconded the resolution, and
proceeded to speeity the meny causes of discontent
which were observable in the state of our country.
He pointed out that there were in Great Britain and
Ireland 3i millions of paupers dependent upon others
to keep them from starvation, at the same time that
there was enough wealth in the United Kingdom to
maintain three times its present population. He
alluded to the many shapes in which the country
was taxed, and the many purposes for which the
taxes were applied. In reference to the national
debt, he observed that it would be monstrous to think
for a moment of repudiating it; but then it should
be remembered that no man was allowed to sit in
Parliament to vote for the contraction of this debt
except he was a landowner—except he had 3001. in
the city, or 6001. a year in the country—but the
landowners, nevertheless, called upon the public to
pay the interest; they who' demanded the exclusive
privilege of contracting the debt called upon the
trading and industrious classes to exercise the exclu-
sive privilege of paying it—(Cheers)—a very small
proportion of the taxes of this country being derived
from the land.—(Shame !) There was one article
(tobacco) of which the working classes were very
fond, and of which nine•tenths of the total quantity
that was used in this country was consumed by the
working classes :done. Well, that single article
.actually paid more in taxes towards the expenses of
the Government than all the landed property
and houses of all the inhabitants of Great Britain
and Ireland.—(Marks of great disapprobation )
All the estates of all the nobility—all the lands,
and all the houses, of all the property classes
actually paid less in taxation than amok,-
(11,ars of laughter.) Let every man pay eceerdiug
to his ; that was the only sound principle of
taxation.—(Great cheering.) Let him who has
property pay accordingly, and let not the man who
has none be called upon to pay at all.—(Loud and
increased applause.) Let industry go free, let all
custom laws be abolished, and every system of
taxation by which a man paid enormously without
knowirg it.—(Cheers.) Mr. Tillett then referred to
the mai,: tax, ca the inconsistency and injustice of
which he expatiated very fully ; and he pointed out,
too, how io this and many other respects the
farmer leinured under the disadvantage of having
his outgoings regulated by the principle of mono-
poly, at the same time that his income was regulated
by tree trade—the only remedy for which, and in fact
the only means that wculd ensure a livelihood to the
agriculturists, was the bringing the payment side of
their ledgers to a free-trade level.—(Cheers.) Ile
then dwelt at length on the army and naval estab-
lishments. The speaker then adverted to local
affairs. The borough of Thetford, he said, is a
Parliementury borough. It is quite true that there
is Dereham and Wymondham, both of which
bare about the same population as your own town,
but neither of those places send members to Parlia-
ment.—(Applause.) But you, in the noble borough
of Thetford, have the privilege of doing so; and the
probability may be that you are all so pleased with
this dignity bestowed upon you by Parliament that
you are quite contented to k. cquiesce in this state of
things.—(No, no.) I find that 160 of you can make
two Members of Parliament, but it takes 13,000
voters to mike two in the Tower Hamlets. How csn
it be right and just and honest for a house in
Thetford to confer such an undue power, according to
parliamentary valuation ; and for a voter in Thetford
to enjoy such an undue amount of influence ?
(Cheers.) Why is it, I ask ? Do you ever imagine,
in your moments when you are disposed to be most
vainglorious, that Parliament wishes to compliment
you individually ?—(Applause and laughter.) Do
you, John Nokes and Barry Stokes, think that 'tisto
you, and to you alone, that Lord John Russell
wishes to show his respect ? Why, if you were to
return two Radicals to Parliament next time,
what de you think would be your position
in the estimation of the Government?—(Laughter.)
Or if some years ago you had been in the habit of
returning such men as Hume or Cobden, do not you
think you would have been in schedule A when the
Reform Bill was passed ?—(" Yes, yes," and laughter.)
To be sure you would ; they would have said imme-
diately, " Why it's ridiculous that such a place as
Thetford should neutralise the West Riding of Yolk-
shire; but now that you return Lord Euston and the
Right Hon. Mr. Baring, they say, " Why really
Thetford is an ancient borough, and we must reve-
rence antiquity." It is because you have no intelli-
gence, as it is thought; because the election for Thet-
ford is a delusion and a farce, and you are brought to
the hustings nominally to return whom other men
decide; because, in fact, you are content to let this be
a nomination borough. Therefore, I again say, it is
that the Ministry are willing that you should be kept
out of schedule A.—(Loud cheers.) Why all the
evils which I have this evening referred to continue on
this very account, that a large number of the Mem-
bers of the House of Commons ate elected without a
free, earnest, and independent voting on the part of
the constituencies ; and that so many of the recipients
of pay in the army and navy have seats in the House,
and vote money into their own pockets ; from all this
it is that you are so heavily taxed, and that com-
merce and agriculture are depressed; and it will not
be until you ere placed in such a position by your
intelligence and Judgment that you will send to
Parliament the men who you honestly think will
fairly represent ycu, it will not be, I say, till justice
can be done far more extensively than at present,
that industry will be released from its fetters, that
agriculture will be raised from its depression, and we
shall be a free, prosperous, and contented people.
G. W. 13iecti, Esq , of Wretham Hall, and son
of the late sheriff of the county, then moved—
" That it is advisable for all who desire good and eco-
nomical government to unite with the National Reform
Association to obtlia thy full, fair, and free repres.mta-
tion of the people."
The motion was carried without a single dis-
sentient.
The Rev. Mr. THOMAS, 8.A., of Thetford, then
moved
That a petition embodying the foregoing resolutions
be signed by the Chairman on behalf of this meeting,
and presented to the Hou,e of Commons by Sir Joshua
Walmsley, M.P., the president of the National Reform
Aesuciatior."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. PILGRIM, and
carried with acclamation.
Votes of thanks were then passed to the Mayor
for the use of the Hall, to the deputation for their
attendance ,and inviting them to visit Thetford again
alertly, and to the Chairman for the excellent dis-
charge of the duties of ,the evening. These were all
acknowledged ; after which the meeting separated.
Several names were enrolled as members of the
National Reform Association.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
Of the many Derby favourites backed in the course
of the day, four only were in force, viz , Bolingbroke,
The Nigger, Voltigeur, and Mayors; the outlay on the
first of this lot amounted to six or seven hundred pounds,
at 8i and 9 to 1, and on the others to nearly half that
sum, at the odds quoted underneath. The Knight of
Avenel and Ghillie Callum notwithstanding The Niger
and Mayors were in so much favour, steadily maintained
their positions. The business transacted on the Chester
Cup was limited and unimportant. Closing prices:—
CHESTER CUP.
1,000 to 20 egst Capt. Hervey's Lismahsgo—takenfreely
50 to 1 agat Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn
1,000 to 15 agat Mr. E. Parr's Idle Buy
1.000 to 15 agst Lord Ilowth'e Vesta
1,000 to 10 agat Mr. Godwin's Hotspur—taken
1,000 to 10 egst Mr. Disney's Sir Riehatd—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
2to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Beehunter—take
5 to 2
6 to 1 egst Colonel Peel's Hardirge—take 8 to 1
8 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Bro. to Epirote—taken
DERBY, 1850.
9 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke
11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—t
11 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel—
take 12 to 1
16 to 1 shat Mr. Meiklam's The Italian
20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Zetland'e Voltigeur—taken freely
25 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew
25 to 1 egst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat—take
30 to 1
30 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord W. Lennox's William the Con-
queror
1,000 to 30 agst Lord Eglinton's Mavers—taken several
times
33 to 1 eget Lord Airlie's Deicoon
1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Lpirote—taken
1,000 to 25 agst Colonel Peel's Hardinge—taken
1,000 to 20 apt Lord John Scott's Winclhonnd—taken
1,000 to 15 egst Mr. Stevens's Knight of Gwynne—t
3,300 to 100 each agst Clincher and Dricoon (in one bet)
DERBY, 1851.
2,000 to 35 agst Lord Eglinton's Hippolytus—taken
1,000 to 15 egst Mr. Mare's Hatherton—taken
L .rd Straihnore'e and Mr. Cerew's horses will be sold
Tatts.reall's on Monday, the 31st inst.

DPELTY CORONERSHIP FOR WEST KENT.—Mr.
Joi.n William Payne, coroner for the city of London
has been appointed by Mr. Carter to the deputy ooro.
nership for the western division of Kent, pursuant to the
Act ig rarlitunellt.