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APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant—W. C. Nowell, to the Powerful.
Assistant•Surgeons—R. Willcox (acting), to the
Pliconix, vice Callaghan ; Dr. W. Scott (acting), to the

Qut-en.

Matters' Assistant—James Milton, to the Avon.
Clerk—J. A. Messum, to the Phcenix.
First Engineer—W. Richardson to the Phcenix, vice
Marshall.
Second Engineer—John Hentv, to the Phoenix.
Carpenter—W. Lee, to the Victory, vice Reynolds ;
Edward Bulky, Carpenter's Mate of the Viper, to be
Acting Carpenter, and borne on the Victory.
ROYAL MARlNES.—Captain David Marley, to the
rank of Lieut.-Colonel, vice Walker, deceased ; First
Lieutenant William Gordon to the rank of Captain,
vice Marley ; Second Lieutenant E. T. H. Ussher, to
be first Lieutenant.
Lieutenant Stephen Bradley (1838), so highly
spoken of by Commodore Napier, in his despatches of
the 25th and 29th September, and 13th October last,
for his gallant conduct on the coast of Spain, is pro-
moted to the rank of Commander.—Commission dated
the Ist instant, on which he completed his two years'
sea service as Lieutenant.

(From the Hampshire Independent.)
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16.--The Athol, troop ship, ar-
rived at the Cove of Cork, on the Bth inst., from this
port, to embark troops for the Mediterranean.
The Apollo, troop ship, Mr. W. White, master
commanding, goes out of harbour to-morrow morning,
and sails immediately to Cork, to embark troops for
Malta.
First Lieutenant Craig, R.M., was a passenger on
board the Thames Dublin steamer, when she was lost a
few days since off Scilly.
The crews of the Rapid, Avon, and Viper, have
given a day's pay to the widows and orphans of the late
crew of the Fairy.

IitELAIND.

DUBLIN, JAN. 15.

HE AGGREGATE MEETING OF IRISH RE

FORMERS.

The terrible severity of die weather did not, contrary to
all anticipation, mar in any material degree the splendid
display of opposition from all classes of Reformers in Ira.
land against the disfranchisement scheme of Lord Stan
Icy. The requisition, to which I have more than once
alluded, recorded the sentiments of the friends of honest
and impartial government in every district of the country,
and of many of the great English Whig proprietors, such
as the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Fitz william. That
requisition contained the signatures of forty-three Peers,
fifty Members of the Heusi.: of Commons, a great number
of Baronets and sons of Peers, upwards of four hundred
Deputy-Lieutenants and Magistrates, and more than a
thousand landed proprietors, members of the Bar, and
merchants.

The meeting took place in the Theatre Royal, Hawkins'.
street, every part of which, stage, boxes, pit, and galleries.
was densely crowded at one o'clock, notwithstanding the
high prices required for admission, on account of the ex-
pense of hiring the building.
The platform was crowded with gentlemen resident in
Dublin, or who had come up front the country. Amongst
them I observed the following :—Lord Brabazon, M. P.,
Hun. Constantine Dillon, Hon. Martin J. Ffreneh, Sir
W. Somerville, Bart., M. P., Sir Percy Nugent, Sir Ar-
thur Clarke, Sir Henry Jervis White, Bart., Daniel O'Con-
nell, M.P., John O'Connell, M. P., James Power, M. P.,
Henry Grattan, M. P., Robert Dillon Browne, M. P.,
Robert Archbold, M.P., Hon. H. Westenra, M.P., D. J.
Ross (Rostrevor), Messrs. Lynch (Tara Hall), Robert
Cassidy, Charles Bianconi Richard Ferrall, Elias Cor-
bally, J.l'., John H. Sheill, J. P., John Perrin, Thomas
Dickson, Q. C:, John Ilatcbell, Q. C:, John Ches.
ter (county Louth), Robert Grimshaw, J. P. (Belfast),
Nicholas Fitzsimon, M. P., Carew O'Dwyer, Hudson
(Belfast), Thomas Tennent, J. P. (Belfast), John O'Brien,
Anthony O'Brien, Barron, R. O'Gorman, A. S. Craw-
ford, William Nugent, John H. Lethbridge (son of Sir
Thomas Lethbridge), Robert M'Clelland, Peter Purcell,
James Nugent, Leland Crosthwaite, Thomas Hutton,
James O'Dowd, Charles Joyce, T. O'Mara, J. J. kin-
strong, R. Dc Vcrdon (Louth), Thomas Boylan (Hill-
town House), Pierce Mahony, Thomas M'Kane, William
Murphy, John Lentaigne, J. P., T. P. Kelly, David
Lynch, Esqrs. ; Surgeon Colles, Rev. Dr. Yore, Rev.
A. O'Connell, Rev. Dr. Montgomery ( Belfast), Lieut.-
Colonel Morris, Captain William Dillon, Major Dunne,
Major Edwards, &c.
A great number of letters from Noblemen, Members of
Parliament, and other influential persons, were then read

by the Secretary, in which they apologised for their un-
avoidable absence from the meeting. Among those whose
letters were read were the Marquis of Headfort, the Earl
of Arran, Lord Creinorne, Lord Clements, the Earl of
Listowcll, Lord Waliscourt, Lord Listuore, Lord Carew,
Lord Gormanstown, Lord Smart do Decies, the Catholic
Archbishop of Tuam, Lord Marcus Hill, the Right Rev.
Dr. Crolly, &c.
The applause of the assembly ran loud and long conti-
nued as each popular leader entered the theatre. Lords
Charlemont and Brabazon, and Sir William Somerville,
were recognised and received most enthusiastically, and
reiterated peals of applause marked the entry of Mr.
O'Connell.
About two o'clock the chair was taken by the Earl of
charlaniont.
When the Right Honourable CHAIRMAN made his
appearance on the platform he was greeted with tile
most enthusiastic applause. Fits Lordship said :--
Gei,tiesnen, it would ill become me when I sec
around me so many gentlemen front all parts a

the kingdom, ready and willing on all occasions to coma
forward and partake of the struggle for the liberties of
Ireland—to assist in obtaining justice for that country,
in whose defence we are all willing to live and die—it
would ill become me, I say, when I see those gentlemen
around me, to detain you by any lengthened prefatory oh.
servations, on assuming that position to which you have
done me the honour to invite me.—(Loud cheers.) lam
sorry to be obliged to tell you that my brother is not here
this day ; but will any one suppose that a man who
bears his name and springs from the loins of Charlemont
can be anything but a friend to Ireland.—( Hear, and loud
cheers ?) The truth is, gentlemen, my brother is absent
from this meeting solely on account of the delicate state

of his health.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the next person
for whom I have to apologise is my excellent friend
and faithful associate in the cause of Ireland, Lord
Gosford.—( Hear, bear, and loud cheers.) He was re-
solved to be here this ay, but has been prevented by a po-
tent and unrelenting enemy to liberty of motion—the gout
—Lord Gosford is stow suffering from a severe attack of
that enemy, and is unable to rise from his bed. Now,
Gentleman, (Lord Charlemont continued), there is an-
other honoured name, another dear friend of mine, who
is not present this day, and whose name is not in the re-
quisition—l mean the Duke of Leinster.—( Loud cheer-
ing.) A certain malignant party in this country have
not hesitated to say that he refused to affix his name to
the requisition ; but, Gentlemen. that party reckoned
without their host. I have lived in great intimacy with
that illustrious individual, and I know the fervour of his
love for Ireland. I know that his heart pants for her
welfare, and that his love of liberty never swerves
from its dictates.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) I will
stake my existence that there shall not be a sin-
gle resolution moved here to-day, that the Duke .of
Leinster would not cordially second.—( Immense ap-
plause.) Now, Gentlemen, one word as to the object of
the present meeting. I have lived long enough to see
Ireland pass through many phases, and many arduous
struggles, and she safely emerged from every crisis, and
advanced in liberty by the intelligence and unanimity of
her sons.—( Loud cheers.) Have I ever despaired of my
country? No, Gentlemen, and when I look around me
and see gentlemen from every part of the kingdom as-
sembled here this day ; when I see men of all patties,
except the Tory party ; when I behold men of every shade
of Liberal opinion met here, sinking all minor considera-
tions, I cannot but consider this demonstration of great
national value, as an earnest that we shall, by perse-
verance and unanimity, defeat Lord Stanley's Bill for the
disfranchisement of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) I grieve
to see a man of his rank losing the proud position which
he had won, and ought to retain, in order to do what?—
affix more firmly the galling chains of Ireland. But he
shall do no such thing; he shall, he must be defeated.
The Noble Earl resumed his scat amidst renewed and pro-
longed cheering.
Lord BRABAZON came forward, amidst loud cheering,
to move the first resolution. Previous to doing so, he
said—lt has been confided to me to move the first reso-
lution, and I am happy to say it is of such a nature that
it requires no advocacy on my part to induce you unani-
mously to adopt it. ( gear, hear.) Gentlemen,
Lord Stanley's Bill has been the immediate reason of our
assembling here to-day.--(Hear.) That Bill has raised
the patriotism of Ireland from one end to the other ;
and brought together, within these walls, the men
of Ulster, Leinster, Connaught, and Munster, to re-
cord their indignation at the attempt, and to express
their determination for having their rights, their
full rights, and nothing but their rights.—( Cheers.)
It will not alone do to have a uni:ed force of Ireland with
us, but we must also enlist the sympathies of the English
people—( Hear, hear.) I think we have them with with
us ; and it is consolatory to reflect, on entering into the
struggle, that we have their assistance—that we have the
assistance not only of the enlightened in England, but. of
all that is sound in Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) Is it at the
very moment when education is spreading abroad through-
out tie laid, and when our institutions are becoming mere
enli,4litened—( Cr es of " Hear ")—is it when the mind
of the rising generation of Ireland—rising, too, under
the influence, and receiving a participation in the full
advantages to be derived from a religious and moral edu-
cstion, from industry, and good conduct; is it at the mo-
ment when we have in the country temperance and tem-
perance societies, at the head of which stands a man in
whose praise I feel I cannot say too much—( Loud cheers)
—and on whose virtues I feel I cannot dwell too highly—

(Cheers)—when those societies are formed under the in-
flusnce of that good man, whose .Christian virtues are only
commensurate with his philanthropic feelings—( Hear,
hear, aisd cheers)—when we have reclaimed the peasantry
from the besotting and brutalising vice of drunkenness,
which is the cause of all crime, and one particularly that
blackened the page of Irish history—when the stamp of
improved habits is on the people—when civilization is pro-
gressing—when crime is diminishing daily and hourly, in
as extraordinary a degree as it pleases rue to record it—
when the resources of the country arc in process of deve-
lopment—when agriculture is improved—when trade
and manufactures are experiencing a rise, and en-
couragement they never hitherto had, and which I
trust will be as lasting as I know it is beneficial—
when all these things are taking place, and I have
not overdrawn the picture—what party or individual can
be found ignorant or base enough to say that we are not
ehtitled to the privileges enjoyed by the people of Eng-
land, or not able to use them as well as they ?—( Loud
cheers.) Gentlemen, you are all aware of the dissimila-
rity that exists between the English and Irish Reform
Bills. The population of Wales, including the boroughs
and towns, amounts to not more than 800,000 ; the popula-
tion of the county of Cork, including the city and the
boroughs within its limits, is about the same number
($00,000), yet the constituent body in Wales amounts to
37,800, while the constituent body in Cork is only 14,500.
Can there be a more glaring instence of inequality—nay.
I will say, injustice, than that ?—( Hear, hear.) I am
prepared to show it even stronger than that. I will give
up the population of the towns and boroughs, and the popu-
lation within their limits, and take the constituencies of
the rural parts in both countries, and show the difference
between them. The population of the counties of Wales
is 610,000 ; the population of the county of Cork is
700.000.—( Hear, hear.) Yet the constituent body in the
Welsh counties is 25,800, and the constituent body in the
county of Cork is but 3,800.—( Hear, hear.) Now, these
Ere stern facts, derived from authentic documents, Parlia-
mentary documents, that cannot be denied ; and I ask can
anything more glaring be put before you than the differ-
ence made between the two countries in the working out .
the Reform Bill?—( Hear, hear.) The boon, however,
was great that was conferred on us by the Reform Act ;
though scanty, indeed, in comparison to what was
given to England, was that boon ; but how-
ever, we slid derive many advantages from it.—(Hear.)
It was asserted last year that Lord Stanley's Bill merely
meant to purge the electoral list of the dead men and fic-
titious voters that remained on it.—(Hear, hear.) I ask,
would any man object to that ? No ; so far as that, I and
the great body of the Reformers went entirely with them ;
but I am not ready to pay the price that that hostile
enactment demanded for it—( Hear, hear, and cheers)—
for they would not only purge the list of dead men and
men of straw, but have reduced, through its instrumenta-
lity, the number cf the substantial and real body of the
freeholders, against whom the finger of party could not
point out anything objectionable-4 Hear. hear)—they
would have reduced them to one-half the number they are
now.—( Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I like the ground we
have assumed this day. We conic forward to call for equality
with the people of England—(Cheers)—to that we are
entitled, and less than that we will not take.—( Cheers. )
We are here to day to give expression to the universal—l
may almost say the universal voice of Ireland—to
direct the current of public opinion, to secure the happi-
ness of the people, and the permanency of public institu-
tions, by placing them in harmony with education and
morality, and, I may add, the just wishes of an enlightened
natton.—( Cheers.) The resolution I have to propose

" That Ireland, as an integral portion of the British
Empire is entitled to a perfect equality of franchises and
institutions with England and Scotland."
Mr. GRIIISIIAW in an able speech seconded the reso-
lution.

The resolution was put from the Chair and passed una-
nimously.
Sir \V. SOMERVILLE, M. P., came forward, and was re-
ceiv,d with loud cheers. The Honourable Member said
—My Lord, Hitherto we have been engaged in removing
abuses, in destroying monopoly, and putting down corrup-
tion ; but to-day we are met here for the purpose of
preventing the destruction, not of any antiquated
monopoly or overgrown abuse, but the destruction
of the liberties, rights, and franchises of the Irish
people.—(Cheers.) And shall we tamely submit to this
attempt ?—shall we, without a struggle, hand over those
franchises, so dearly bought, to Lord Stanley or any other
person who would trample upon them for no other purpose
titan that be and those who act with him may obtain
those offices for themselves which are now held by
a Liberal Government? There is no other reason why
a disfranchisement Bill was not brouglrt forth.—( gear.)
I read lately in the public papers the speech of Mr. Gillon,
the Member for Falkirk burghs. He says that the counties
of Scotland swarmed with fictitious votes to such au ex-
tent that corruption now existed there to as great an ex-
tent as it did before the passing of the Reform Bill.—
. ( Hear.) Why not put down this immorality ?—( Hear,
hear.) I suppose you know why ; it is because this tells
on the Tory side ; and, if the immorality in Ireland were
ten times that amount, and it tended to uphold Toryism,
you never would have heard a word of disfranchisement.—
(Hear.) Why, I ask, do they not attack the immorality
that coerces a tenancy to vote against their conscience?—
( Hear.) That is the immorality I would put down. I
would put down the immorality that would make n man
starve or else degrade himself beneath the level of a beast.
Hear.) Let us put down this immorality—Scotch im-
morality—lrish immorality--:in high places; but let us
not make an allegation of immorality against the
poor man, and make that an excuse to trample on
his dearest rights and deprive him of his franchise. I at-
ter d Here at some inconvenience ; for myself I have no-
thing to fear, I have nothing to hope, I have nothing to
gain.—(Cheers.) Belongiag as I do to the favourA
class, I thought it ungenerous, even at whatever inconvc-
nicnc to nrj self, I ray I thought, as Protestant, it would
c,
a
he ungenerous in me to hold back on the present occasion,
and not lend my aid whenever Ow rights and liberties of
my poor and Catbdie -countrymen were attacked.—
( Hear, hear. ) The Hon. Baronet concluded by proposin
the resolution, which was seconded by Mr. M, •6.
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and adopted.
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f Thu meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Tliornp.

EVENING EDITI()N
son Tcnnent, Mr. Peter Purcell, Mr. O'Connell, Mr.
1181cl:ell, Q. C., Mr. II Grattan, M.P., Mr. Pierse Ma-
hony, Sir Percy Nugent, and others, and did not termi-
nate until a quarter Mast seven o'clock.
The remaining resolutions read at the meeting were as.
follow :

That we stand pledged to the adoption of every con-
stitutional inean3 in our power to secure a'jtist and equit-
able extcmion of the elective franchise in Ireland upon as
liberal and extended a principle as is now or may be here-
after established for Ei‘gland or Scotland.
" That we, the Reformers of Ireland, sincerely desirous
of correcting those evils which have been produced by the
present faulty laces of registration and election, and of
promoting such a [3lll as may both secure the free exercise
of existing rights and extend their basis, do hereby express
our deep abhorrence of the measure proposed in the last
Session of Parliament by Lord Stanley, the effect of which
would be to reduce the franchise within the narrowest
li-
mits, by opposing a multiplicity of vexatious obstacles to
its attainment.

" That the principle of enfranchisement laid down and
adopted by the Reform Act has failed, after a full period
of eight years' txial, to establish an electoral body in this-
coutitry proportionate to its wealth, its wants, and its
resources. That we, therefore, call upon the Irish people
to join with the Reformers of Great Britain in seeking for
a more simple and extended bass for the franchise
whereby property and numbers may be duly represented
and the electors protected in the legitimate exercise of
his rights from the attacks of those who now seek to des-
troy it. . _

" That the system of registry or enrolment of electors,
also established by the Reform Act, is vexatious, harassing,
and oppressrve, and subjects the claimant to unjust and
unconstitutional difficulties in asserting his rights. We
therefore are of opinioc that a more practical and easy
system shoulp be adopt.d, whereby the right of voting
should, without difficulty or trouble to the elector, be con.
ferred upon him, to be exercised afterwards at his own.dis-
cretion.

" That the safety and advantage of extended franchise
for the people being fully ascertained by experience of the
past, we invite the Reformers of the empire at large to a
united and uncompromising effort by all legal and.consti-
tutional means, to extend our existing franchises, and to
facilitate their attainment.

" That we congratulate the Reformers of the empire on
the fortunate and cordial unanimity of all sections of Re-
formers in Ireland upon ais occasion—a unanimity which
warrants a sanguine hope of continued national exertion for
national obj:cts.
" That, in pursuance of these our sentiments and deter-
minations as now expressed and declared, we call upon
every class and denomination of the Reformers of Ireland
to come forward and aid with purse and person, and by
every means in their power, the struggle for that equality
with England and Scotland without which it is vain to ex-
pect general and enduring contentment.
That her Majesty's present Government being, as we
believe, sincerely desirous to sustain the rights, and to ex•
tend, as we confidently hope, the franchise of Irishmen,
are entitled to our confidence and support.
"That we join our fellow-subjects of this great empire
in loyal and idfeetionate congratulations to our helot-,el
Queen and Li- illustrious corsort on the birth of the
Princess Royal, affording, as this happy event doss, the
hope that a race of Sovereigns would be continued to this
country, educated as our beloved Queen has been—and.
therefore disposal to advance and protect the interests
and rights of Ireland ; and that the address now read be
presented to her Majesty and Prince Albert by our Noble
Chairman."