The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-08 00:00:00

BOROUGH ELECTIONS BILL.

On the question that the Committee on the Borough
Elections Bill be postponed, after some short discussion;

Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that when the Bill
was again brought forward he should move that the
City of London should be included in its provisions.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of,
and the House adjourned at Six o'clock.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

GROUP No. I.—YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK
—Preamble proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill orderod
to be reported.
WHITEHA VEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. —Preambl e
proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill reported.
WHITEHAVEN JuNcTloN.—Preamble proved, clauses
agreed to, and Bill reported.
NORTHERN COUNTlES.—Evidence taken in favour of
this company's amendment and deviation Bill.
GROUP No. 3.— MANCHESTER, BUZ TON, AND MAT -
LOCK. —The opposition of the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Company against the above company's de-
viation Bill was heard.

GROUP No. S.—NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL.—Case
and opposition to this company's Bill for purchasing
the Monmouthshire canals closed. Decision postponed.

GROUP No. 7.—GREAT WESTERN OF BENGAL.—
Bill withdrawn.
ROYSTON AND HlTCHlN.—Opposition of the Eastern
Counties Company to the Hitchin and Cambridge Ex-
tension Bill heard.
GROUP No. S.—EXETER AND COWLEY BRIDGE
JUNCTlON.—Evidence taken in favour of this Bill.
LONDON AND SOUTH • WESTERN (TAW VALE PUR-
CHASE BlLL).—Opposition of the Bristol and Exeter
Company heard.
GROUP No. 10.— SCOTTISH CENTRAL.—Evidence
taken in favour of the leasing of this line to the Cale-
donian, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and London and North
Western Companies.
GROUP No. 11.— EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, AND
GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONRLANDS JUNCTION.—
Clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported.
EDINBURGH AND BATHGATE.--The object of the
Bill is to enable the above company to extend their
Whitburn Branch to the Benhar colleries, and make a
deviation of the Uphall and Bannie Branch. Case opened
and evidence taken in its favour.
GROUP No. 3.--WISRAW AND Corrivzss.--Clauses
agreed to, and Bdl reported.
CALEDONIAN.—PreambIe proved, clauses agreed to,
and Bill ordered to be reported.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
DUBLIN.

Tho Committee were engaged the whole of yesterday
with the scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' re-
turn; but although objections were taken to three votes,
none of them were sustained, and the votes were decided
to be good.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, June 7.
The Lord Chancellor sat in his Court at Westminster
to-day, and heard appeals, none of which possessed any
points of interest.

ROLLS' COUR I; June 7.
The further arguments in the part-heard case of
"Knight and Majoribanks" occupied his Lordship the
Master of the Rolls the whole morning.

VICE CHANCERY, June 7.
(Before the VICE. CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)

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THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. WILSON-LADY lIEWLEY'S

CHARITY.
Mr. BETHELL replied to-Jay in this case at con•
siderable length. The arguments have occupied
nine or ten days, and the Learned Counsel's reply
lasted to-day from ten till nearly three o'clock.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the
Learned Couusel's reply, gave judgment ; and after
going at some length into the facts of the case, and
stating with what anxiety he had considered the
subject, pronounced the following decree :—That
the words, "godly preachers for the time being of
Christ's holy gospel," in the deed, of 1704 and 1707,
describe in general those who at the time of Lady
Hewley's death, or those who thereafter should be ortho-
dox English Dissenting ministers of Dissenting churches,
or congregations essentially and substantially in doctrine
and discipline of the same sort as the orthodox Dissent-
ing churches or congregations which existed in England
in the years 1704 and 1707, and therefore that ortho-
dox English Dissenting ministers of the Baptist Church,
of the Congregational and Independeat Church, and of
the Presbyterian Church in England, who are not united
to or under the jurisdiction of the Kirk of Scot-
land and the Secession Church, are alone en-
titled to take the benefits provided by the
deeds of 1704 and 1707 for godly preachers of Christ's
holy gospel ; that the words in the same deed,
" godly widows, " describe the widows of these
orthodox English Dissenting ministers ; that the
words in the deed, " preaching of Christ's
holy gospel, " described the preaching of such
orthodox English Dissenting ministers; that the words
in the deed, " ministry of Christ's holy gospel,"
described the ministry exercised by such orthodox
English Dissenting ministers, and that the
words " godly persons," described the individual
members of such Baptist congregations, or Inde-
pendent or Presbyterian churches in England, and
that the poor people to be placed in the hospital
must be the poor members of such churches. Such
were the declarations which his Honour felt himself
called upon, after the most anxious attention to the case,
to make. The Court then referred it to the Master to
carry on the scheme directed by the original decree, and
to appoint new trustees or managers in the place of the
defendants, the Scotch Presbyterian trustees, which, by
the decree, his Honour removed. All parties to have
their costs between solicitor and client.

The result of this judgment is to decide against the
claims of the Scotch Presbyterians to participate in the
benefit of Lady Hewley's charity, to remove all mem-
bers of that body from any control over the funds, and
to refer it to the Master to appoint new trustees, out of
the body of the English Dissenters of the denominations
of Baptists, Independents, Congregationalists, and
Presbyterians.
Nothing of any interest occurred in the Courts of the
Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce and Wigram.

- SE C ONDA k..S' COURT, June 7.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
ORLANDER V. ALEXANDER.

This was an action of trover to recover the value of
certain apparatus invented by the plaintiff for the pur-
pose of rectifying spirits. An order had been made by
one of the Learned Judges directing the property to
be produced in court, and if delivered up, that the
jury should estimate the difference in value of the ar-
ticle at the time it was improperly taken by de-
fendant and at the present time, and if not delivered
up, then for the full value ; the plaintiff, at all
events, to be entitled to a verdict for nominal damages.
The case was uninteresting, the question being ono en-
tirely of value, defendant, who is a licensed victualler,
having admitted that he had illegally detained the pro.
perty, under the erroneous impression that it passed to
him under an inventory on taking possession of some
premises. Plaintiff claimed 301., but offered to accept 251.
The Learned SECONDARY summed up the evidence,
whieh he said was very inconclusive, the value of the
goods in 1844 being no criterion of the value in 1846,
when defendant converted them to his own use. Part of
the property only was produced, and that was now
valued at 21.

The jury gave a verdict for five shillings.
Mr. PARRY, for plaintiff, claimed to have a verdict for
forty shillings, the object of the judge's order being to
carry costs.

The Learned SECONDARY—He was bound to take the
verdict what •ver the effect might be, but Mr. Parry
could apply to the Court above.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO US E.

Edwin Benjamin Vidler was brought before the Lord
Mayor upon a charge of forgery, and also upon a charge
of embezzlement.

Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Muliens, the
solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection
against Forgeries and Frauds, and Mr. Travers, of the
firm of Amory and Co., solicitors to the Commercial
Bank, attended for the prosecution; Mr. Hobler appeared
for the prisoner.
A clerk in the Commercial Bank, Lothbury, stated,
that Messrs. Hall, Brothers, of Riches-court, Lime-
street, kept an account at that house. The cheque pro-
duced, purporting to be that of Messrs. Hall, for the
sum of 360/., payable as "seamen's wages, Forfarshire,
4th voyage," was presented at the counter on the 20th
of April, and paid by him in a 101. note, a 501. note, a
100/. note, and 2001. in sovereigns. To the best of his
belief the Timer was the person who presented the
cheque.
Mr. T. Agar, clerk in the issue department of the
Bank of England, produced two bank-notes which were
brought to him on the 20th of April, and for which he
paid 150/. in sovereigns. These notes proved to be those
which had been given in payment of the cheque at the
Commercial Bank.

ness found a carpet-bag in the cupboard, and in it three
small bags. The first contained 764 in gold; the second
1201.; and the third 271. in gold. The whole amount
found in possession of the prisoner was 4041. 10s.
Messrs. Hall then charged the prisoner with having
embezzled the sum of 45/. 18s. ld., which he had re-
ceived at the Custom-house for his employers. The 401.
note received by the prisoner in payment of the cheque
was traced through a watchmaker from whom he had
purchased a watch, and chain, and key. The watch had
been pledged for 61.
Mr. Mullens said there were several other charges
against the prisoner.
Committed for trial.
A poor industrious fellow was charged with having
attempted to drown himself in a fit of melancholy.
The defendant had been on board one of the Water-
men steamboats, and Captain Fowles, the commander, at
a little after twelve o'clock on Tuesday, having heard
that a man had gone overboard, reversed the engine, and
the man was taken up. He was taken to a public-house
and rubbed, and after some time recovered.
The defendant said he was sorry for having made the
attempt, and could not attribute it to anythin.; but a dis-
ease of the heart by which he was afflicted, and which
sometimes made his life burdensome.

Mr. Henry John Hall said the signature to the cheque
was neither his nor his brother's. It purported to be an
imitation of his signature. Neither he nor his brother
had ever authorised any one to sign cheques. The pri-
soner had.been in the service of the firm for seven years.
The filling up of the cheque was in the prisoner's hand-
writing, and the cheque had been taken fcom their
cheque-book. "A. Morison, 51, Lime-street, Leaden-
hall-street," was written upon each of the bank-notes,
and in the prisoner's handwriting.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hobler—Witness was not in
the habit of drawing cheques by procuration, and never
left a cheque with the amount in blank. He had
received letters from the prisoner since the prisoner
had left him. One of them was directed " Birmingham
Railway," and another was directed " Great Britain, and
elsewhere."
Mr. Hobler—Does he not say that the money lie got
by these means was no more than he was entitled to?
Witnes;—Decidedly not. _ .

Mr. Hobler—ltry Lord, my client has been labouring
under a delusion of mind which persuades him that he
is entitled to this money. His intention was certainly
not felonious.

The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to see whether the
evidence is not such as would justify me in committing
him for trial. I have nothing at all to do with his
intention.

Mr. IL L. Hall, brother to Mr. H. J. Hall, confirmed
the evidence of the last witness.

E. Spearing, A 113, said ho took the prisoner into
custody on Sunday last at Wright's Coffee-house, Char-
ing-cross, and found at his lodgings two bags, contain-
ing gold and ether property. Witness took him into
custody, and told him it was for forgery, and the pri-
soner said nothing.
Inspector Russell said he took the charge against the
prisoner, who said he resided in Nelson-street, City-road.
The prisoner told him where to find the property. Wit-

- The defendant's wife and employer declared that a
more sober, industrious man could not be found, but he
had been exceedingly depressed.
The LORD MAYOR said he lamented the attempt and
pitied the defendant, but could not think of discharging
him without requiring bail.

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25th May last he attended a meeting on Clerkenwell-
green, from seven o'clock in the evening to half-past
nine. There were about 1,200 persons present. A person
named Menders May was voted into the chair. He had
seen May at similar meetings taking an active part.
May made some observations which the prisoner must
have heard, as he was in the van. He made notes of
the proceedings at the time, which he afterwards de-
stroyed, but he had taken a copy of those notes
immediately after the conclusion of the meeting,
and he now produced the copy and read
it to the magistrate. The speech of May
announced the object of the meeting, which he said was
to unite the Irish Confederates with the English Chartists
on the subject of the Irish trials. It was the duty of all
Englishmen to join the Irish patriots in resisting the
Government and obtaining the repeal of the Union. In
the course of a few days they would have a proces-
sion to the Queen, in which he would walk under a
black banner, with a death's head and cross-
bones inscribed on it, signifying death or liberty.
Williams applauded this speech with the mob.
Williams then moved the first resolution, censuring the
Government for prosecuting Mitchel, and pledging the
meeting to use all possible exertions to assist the Irish
Confederates in obtaining the liberty of Ireland. He
said the meeting was called by his desire, in consequence
of a paragraph which he had seen in an American paper
to the effect that the Canadians were ready to revolt if
Mitchel was convicted. He was certain if a few men
would now make a stand they would be victorious. The
Irish were determined not to allow Mitchel to be con-
victed, and if they arose the soldiers would join them
and free him from prison if the verdict of the jury did
not. He did not wish blood to he shed, but if
they would not fight for a man like Mitchel they ought
to be d—d. He was cheered by the mob, and the reso-
lution was passed.
Richard Moss, G 195, arrested the prisoner on a war-
rant, at twenty minutes before five this morning, at his
lodging in Bishopsgate-street, where he was in bed. He
said he expected something.
Mr. Hexer thought this a fit case to send before a
jury. He would commit the prisoner, but would admit
him to bail.

Thb same prisoner was then charged jointly, with a
prisoner named Alexander Sharpe, with using seditious
language at a meeting on the 26th of May, at the same
place.
The sergeant (Hardy) said, that on the 26th May he
attended a meeting, commencing at eight and ending
at half-past nine o'clock in the evening. There
were about the same number of persons present
as at the former meeting, and it was of a simi-
lar character. The two prisoners were in the van
which formed the platform. A person, whose name was
announced as Rose, was in the chair. He took cotes, as
before, and, immediately after the conclusion of the pro-
ceedings, he took a clear copy, which he examined, with
a man named Cross. The copy he produced was a ver-
batim copy. The chairman said the object of the meet-
ing was to state the progress of the trial of J. Mitche 1,
and called on Mr. Williams to address the meeting.
Williams read an extract from an American paper, which
stated that the Canadians were ready to revolt if Mitchel
was convicted. The 72d Regiment were to be removed
from Montreal because they shouted for repeal. The
Irish of New York had had a meeting, at which it was
resolved, if the international law would allow them,
to raise a brigade and send it to Ireland ; and if
not now allowed, they would at the coming election
for President, only vote for one who would allow them.
They -you'd at all events send arms, and had raised 100
dollars for that purpose. He then went on to say that
it was the duty of every Englishman to assist the Irish
Confederates, by every means in their power, to obtain
the release of Mitchel, and proceeded to call on them
to organize by joining the society. They were able by
means of organization to held more than 3,000 meetings,
that evening, and if they had more members they could
hold more still. He then read a " vote of censure" on
the "damnable, bloody, and tyrannical Government,"
for prosecuting John Mitchel, and a pledge on the part
of the meeting to assist the Confederates, which were
carried as a resolution. Sharpe, who seconded the
resolution, said he had been censured for using
such strong language as he did the evening be-
fore, but he would repeat what he then said, by
calling the Whigs a base, bloody, and brutal Govern-
ment. One hundred and fifty thousand Irish Confede-
rates had marched into Dublin the evening before, and
no doubt by that time John Mitchel was free. This
meeting caused alarm in the neighbourhood he believed.
The prisoners remained till the meeting broke up.
Cross-examined—lie attended the meeting for the
purpose of observing the nature of the meeting, Ind the
language used, by the direction of the superintendent.
By Mr. HENRY—Without looking at the notes at all,
he remembered what occurred at the meetings.
A policeman of the G division (in private clothes)
proved that he arrested the prisoner Sharpe this morn-
ing in St. George's-road, St. Luke's, near his own
lodging.
The prisoner Williams said that a great part of the
evidence was false. Sharps said it was exaggerated.

Mr. HENRY committed them both for trial on this
charge, but said he would admit them to bail in two
sureties, each of 100 L, and their own recognizances of
2001.

Williams, it may be well to observe, is a baker, and
Sharpe a copperplate-printer, but unemployed.
They were defended by Mr. Davis, a solicitor.
The case excited great interest, and the court was
much crowded.

Joseph Fussell was then placed in the dock charged
with attending an unlawful meeting.
Mr. Frederick Town Fowler, a reporter, attended a
meeting held about seven o'clock on the 29th of May
last, at Clerkeuwell green. Should think there were
about 3,000 persons present. Williams addressed the
meeting first. The prisoner was there, and he
made a speech. Witness took some notes of
his speech. He said " I will tell Lord John Rus-
sell that I have no sympathy Ns ith his damnable
Government. John Mitchel had asked whether the
Queea had not forgotten her duty to her country? I
now ask the same question. If the Queen refuses to re-
cognize the people, then the people must cease to recog-
nize the Queen." The witness then proceeded to read
from other extracts—" That the Government was too
contemptible to be recognized, and they therefore must
overthrow it. There was one safe way to get rid
of those rulers who disobeyed the people—he
meant assassination. He had five sons, and he would
disown either of them who would refuse to assassinate
any one who was instrumental iu banishing him
from his country, for such an offence as that of John
Mitchel." Atter that Williams desired them to follow
him in marching order, and they then moved off in pro-
cession.

Finding that Mr. Williams was implicated in this
matter also, Mr. Henry ordered him to be placed at the
bar with the prisoner Fussell.
The witness then proceeded to say that the procession
moved off and went through several streets to Old-street,
where Williams again addressed them. The witness
went on to describe the course of the procession over a
great part of the town during that e►ening, of which a
long account was at the time published in our columns.

Cross-examined—Was sent for on Monday last by
Mr. Maule, the solicitor to the Treasury, with whom he
had some conversation on this subject. At his sugges-
tion, Mr. Potter, the gentleman who furnished the report
to the Morning Chronicle, was also sent for by Mr.
Maule. They had been together during the whole of
the day in question, but did not compare their notes.
Witness attended for the Times, in which paper his report
appeared the next day.
Policeman G 192 arrested Fussell at his house in the
Corporation-road this morning, on a warrant, charging
him with attending an unlawful meeting.
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If you consider the bail excessive, you can apply to a
judge to take less. I cannot do so.
Mr. Maule, the Solicitor for the Treasury, who prose-
cuted in each case, observed that there was another charge
to be brought before the Court, but the witnesses were
not at present in attendance. As soon as they could be
brought forward the prisoner would be brought before
his Worship. After some delay,
Ernest Charles Jones was then placed at the bar. He
I said he was a barrister-at-law, of the Middle Temple,
and member of the Chartist Executive, and lately lived
at 14, George-street, Portman-square.
James White, of 97, York-road, said—l am a short-
hand-writer. On Sunday evening, the 4th of June, I
attended a meeting in Bishop Bow,er's Fields, between
six and seven o'clock. It was an open-air meeting. I
am not a judge of numbers, but I should think there
were fifteen thousand persons there assembled. The
speakers addressed the meeting from a raised ground or
ground heap. There was no chairman. The prisoner

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1848.

Jones was one of the speakers. The prisoner said—
" Mr. Chairman and men of the Tower Hamlets—ln the I
first place, I have to apologise to you for not having
been here sooner; but a man cannot be at two places at
the same time. There was a meeting announced for
Irongate Wharf, Paddington, and the police—l under-
stand, mounted—forbid that meeting taking place.
I was invited to attend it, and, therefore, did attend
it. There were a good many police there, but
they did not venture to interfere with the meeting.
And I can tell you this hold your meetings ; for,
although the Government certainly are mad, they are
not mad enough to put down public meetings; and, if
they were mad enough to do it, I, for one, hurl defiance
in their teeth, and dare them to disperse this legal and
peaceable assembly. I must ask the favour of your in-
dulgence to-day, inasmuch as I start by mail-train to-
night for Lancashire and Yorkshire; and as those places
are both in a very excited state, I shall have to use my
lungs there a good deal; and as London is not so excited
as those parts of the country are, excuse me from ad-
dressing you at any length to-day. All I say is this,
Stand fast by your colours. Do not shrink from the
Charter, and the whole Charter. Do not listen to the
nonsense of the half-and-halt men. Only organize (con-
cluded the speaker) and you will yet see the green flag
floating over Downing-street. Let that be accom-
plished, and John Mitchel shall be brought back again
to his own country, and Sir George Grey and Lord J.
Russell shall be sent out to exchange places with them."
Nearly the whole of the speech was of the same species
of oratory.
Mr. HENRY—You have heard this speech read. Do
you wish to ask the witness any question? The pri-
soner--I have only to compliment the reporter on his
very accurate report of my speech. I still entertain
every sentiment there expressed. I believe nothing is
there that may not have been said by Elihu Barrett
himself. I can hardly believe that I have been brought
fr, m Manchester for anything in that speech.
Mr. HENRY considered it had a tendency to excite his
hearers to disturb the peace.
John Haines, police-sergeant--I apprehended the pri-
soner this morning at the Moseley Arms Inn, Manchester.
I read the warrant to him. He said, "I deny it, of
course." I then brought him to London.
Mr. HENRY —I shall commit you for trial for sedition;
and as you arc apparently a person superior in intellect
and station to the other prisoners I shall require two
sureties in 2501. each, and yourself in 5001.; and in the
meantime you will be committed to Newgate.
The prisoners ware then removed.
A large mob of persons had assembled to witness the
removal of the prisoners from the.court ; but they were
cleared by the police without any resistance being offered
and before the arrival of the van.
Another of the Chartist leaders, named Vernon, was
taken into custody, shortly after twelve o'clock last
night.
WORSHIP -STREET

A middle aged man named Isaac Mallandyne, appa-
rently a wood-turner, and whose head was covered with
bandages, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill
for final examination, charged with having made two
desperate attempts to stab Police-constable Harrington,
of the N division, with a clasp-knife, during the Chartist
disturbances in Birdcage-walk, Bethnal-green, on Sun-
day last.
The evidence now given differed in no material re-
spects from that detailed in our paper of Monday, from
which day the accused was remanded, and the deposi-
tions of the witnesses against him _having been tnken
and read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, the prisoner
who complained of the ill-usage he had received from the
police, and denied having used the knife at all, was
fully committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge
of aggravated assault with intent to inflict bodily in-
ury
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A young man named Josiah Blonchfield, stated to be
the son of a respectable tradesman, was charged with
violent conduct and threatening the police.
Barnes and Fletcher, of the H division, saw the pri-
soner with some missile in his hand, which, upon their
endeavouring to seize him, he dropped, and they there-
fore let him go, but as soon as they had done so the pri-
soner assailed them with horrible epithets, expressed his
regret that he had not a knife to use upon them, and
said • that ,if all the Chartists were of his mind they
would not ;be driven about by the officers. The mob
thereupon hissed and howled at them, and uttered such
menaces of violence that they found it necessary to se-
cure the prisoner, who threw himself upon his back on
the pavement, and tried to pitch the constables over
him, and then resisted with such determination, that it
was only with the greatest difficulty he was got to the
station.
Staines, a silk-weaver, and the prisoner's ;father gave
a flat denial to all that had been stated by the police,
whom they accused of using an unnecessary degree of
violence without provocation ; but one of the inspectors
of the division entirely confirmed the constables' testi-
mony, and
Mr. HAMMILL, in consideration of no violence having
been actually inflicted by him upon the officers, sentenced
the prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or in default
to undergo two months' imprisonment in the House of
Correction, and in addition ordered him to put in two
substantial sureties in 201. each for his good behaviour
for the succeeding three months, and to give twenty-
four hours' notice, that their solvency might be inquired
into.

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Dividend I Amount
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BritehNorth American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 . -
Ceylon ...... • • .• 6/. psr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
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Ditto •• • • -
Loudon Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Provincialof Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New... 8/. per cent. ,10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provincial of En. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New.
.Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
South Australia ••• • • • 22 10 0
of Australia- • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 () 0 -
- 2 10 0 -
Union of London. •• •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9%
Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
rNsurzawcz comP.a.grxEs.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. I per of Pald. Price
Annum. Share.
• e. d. s. d.
Albion .• ••••• • • • • • 3/. 10e. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Alliance firit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16%
Ditt ) Marine.• ••• • • 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Wee • 13s.6d.pr sh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 13%
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 6
Clericl,Med.&Gen•Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
L.)uuty•••••••••••••• 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11
tflagle 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6
Eng.& Scot. Law •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Family Endowme t Soc. 41. & bs. 4 0 0 4 0 0 -
Freemasons' ..... • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 -
Giobe ............... 6i. per cent. Stock. - 116%
guardian 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 ‘0 45
Imperial Fire .... • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 218
Imperial Life .... • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15
Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 13 1 25
Law Fire ............ 100 0 0 2 10 0 -
Low I.ife•. • ......... 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 Os.
Lan& n Fire ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
Lmidon Ship .... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 13
Marine •••••• • • • • • 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Med. Inylid&Gen. Life 4%/. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
National Lean Fund.. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life •• • • ... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Pslladium Life........ 51. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 -
Pelican .. •. • • • • •• 33
eticenix - 158
Protector Life.... ... 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 I 0 0 -
Provident Life ••• • • . 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
flock Life .•
Royal Exchanee 5/. per cent. Stock. 162%
San Fire - -
Ditto Life
Universal Life lO%l. pr cnt. 100 0 0 810 0 -
V i aerie Life . 4 0 0 4
BRIDGES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
• s. d. X. a. d.
Ilungerford • • • • .. • •
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av 632 12 a 3
Ditto Nw of 7% p. c 3ss. per cent. 50 0 0 15
Waterloo •••••• • • • . • • 100 0 0 5
Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. ss. 4d. 60 0 0 27
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 25. 2d. 40 0 0 25
Vauxhall .• Av. 11. 165. 70 10 3 27
DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---
C enmercial •••
East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. 115
East Country
I anden 5/. pr cont. Stock. - 101%
Ditto Bonds•• ••• • .. 41. per cent. -
it. K atharine •• • • 5 per cent. Stock. 76 .
Ditto Bonds • • • • -
Southampton •• •• ••• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 n -
WATEEL-WORKS
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of raid. Price,
Annum. Share.
•
▪ s. d. d.
Birmingham. •••• • • • • 18s. 25 0 0 5 0 0 -
Best London..• •••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 178
Grand Junction .• 21. 10s. 41 13 4 80
31. 100 0 0 75
New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 10e. b 5
V tuxhall .•••• • • • • • 100 0 0
West Middlesex . • . 51.15e.prent. 63 12 9 117

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

Name of Company.

British • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Ditto Provincial.. • •
Bristol • • •• • • • • • • • • •
Brighton • • • • .. • • • • • •
City of London .. • • ••
Continental Consolidat.

Ditto, Now . • •
Equitable.. • • • • .. • • • •
Imperial • • .... • • • • ••
independent ....... ••
London .• .... • • • • • • •

Ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Pho3nix . • . • • • • ..
ItatelitY •• •• - .. • • • • • •
United General • • • • ..
Vl'eatmineter Chartered
Ditto, New -

.IST OF SCOT'

same of Company.

Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company
Caledonian Bank
City of Glasgow Bank .
Clydesdale Bank • • • • • -
Commercial Bank • • • •
Eastern Bank.. • • • • • •
Edinbie Glasgow Bank
Exehangeßnk of Scot
Isle of Man. Company
National Bank
North of Scotland B ank
North British Bank . •
Royal Bank of Scotland
ITnion Bank of Scotland
Western Bank... • • •
Aber leen Fire and Life
B. Accord. Life and Fire
British Guarantee Ins.
Caledonian Fire Insur.
Church of England Ins.
City of Glasgow Life
Edinburgh Life Insur.
East of Scltland Life
Eng. & Scot. Law Life
flercules Insurance Co.
Insur. Co. of Scetlnd• •
Life Assoc. of Scotland
Mercantile Life
National Fire and Life
North British Insur...
North & West of Scot.
Scottish Life and Guar.
Scot. Mae. and Gen. Life
Scottish Union Insrnee.
Stan lard Life .
United Dep. Assurance

Dividend

per
Annum

1/. Bs.
lel. per cent.,
51. per cent.
101.
925. pr share
85s. pr share
15s. pr share
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
2%1. pr cent.
6/. per cent.
51. per cent.
51. and bus.
4%1. pr cent.
71.
12s.

71. per cent.
Si. per cent.
Si. per sent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per cent.
121. per cent.

Name of Company.

Australian Agrieulturl
Anglo-Mexican Mint.,
Ditto, Half Shares..
Canada ... • •

Amount

Paid.

Share.

£. s. d.
40 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
40 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0

s. d.
Is 0 0
19 0 0

100 0 0
39 5 0
37 10 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
40 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
46 0 0
90 0 0
50 0 0

10 0 0

101. per cent.

51. per cent.
51. per cent.

51. per cent.
71. per cent.
5/. per cent.
51. per cent.

15' PBX,

£ e. d.
100 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
20 0 0
500 0 0
25 u 0

Paid.

Price

5 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
30 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
12 10 0
20 0 0
10 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
200 0 0
10 0 0
20 0 0
1 0 0
20 0 0
50 0 0
10 0 0

Uppr Canada Bonds
City Bonds...
Comp. Cppr Mars Eng.
Gen. Revers. & Invest.
Equitable Reversienry
Gen. Steam Navigation
London Institution ...
Peninslr & Orient.Stm.
Reversionary Int. Soc.
Royal Mall Steam....
South Australian
Van Dieman's Land..
Universal Salvage....

32
75
15
54%

:CES.

Price.

163
195,
41. Is
11,4
12 !.y
154
934
5%
42

134
4%
2%
139

10a 6d

21. 48
17
115.0 d.

11. Is
,ss. 61.
1 20s.

1 51. per cent.
5%1.pr cent.

5/. per cent.
6141. pr cent,
51. per cent.
Si. per cent.

11. I

CELLA:

Dividend
per

Annum.

11. 40.

61. per cent.
51. per cent.
3%1. pr cent.
51. per cent.
5 p. 21
4% pr cent.
11. 85.

'EOUS.

Amount
of Paid.
Share.

£. s. d.
100 0 0
10 0 0

014
10s. 0,1
11. Is

9u
128. 6d

100 0 0

X. 3. d.
30 0 0
10 0 0
2 10 0
82 10 0

100 0 0
too 00
100 0 0
15 0 0

Price

21. per cent.
3%1. pr cent.
31,4/. pr cent.
61. per cent.

' 50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
25 0 0

70 0 0
100 0 0
95 0 0
14 0 0

50 ,0 0
100 0 0
60 0 0
25 0 0
23 0 0
5 0 0

C.A.&ALS.
Names of :,) Dividend Names .4 Dividend Price.of .
Companies. A Price.
per Companies. per
:t. Annum. • AMlllnl.
VI
.------ - - --,
£, X
Aihtn& Oldh 97 71. p c 80 Macclesfield . 100 21. 10s. _...
201.
190
ilrßakrntisklsce7A.l.3r.g.
115600 15211.. 18850
ONLfeaotrdh .... .... ....
Itoooo
..
201.
Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 31. 108
Coventry .... 100 251. - Regent's .... 33 it, 4s, i. u
i),nv . • ... 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 5'.'171
Ells rre&Chs 133 41. 48 Somrsct Coal 150 7/. 10s. 130
E:e, ash •.. 100 324, - Do.Lk Fd St
12 61. p. c-
GrandJunetu 100 51. 81 Stffrd &Wore 140 28/.
Grand Surrey 1001 - 40 Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 290
Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. 25 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 285
Grantham • . 150, 121. - Severn and/
genet & Avn 39, 7s. 6d. 4% Wye Rail. j 26 11. 88. 26
Lez,ls& Livrp 100 341. 410 Warwick&l
Leicester .... 140 101. 75 Birming. lOO 51. 65
Lei cstr &Nth 83 4/. 36 Warwick& / , 0,,
r.oughboroghll42 701. - Napton, .j '" - 45
Monmouthshlloo SI. - Worestr &/
78 2/. 39
Mntgemryshrl 00 51. - Birming.
MeltnMwbryL 100 10/. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11

A NEW ADVENTURE.—An expedition, altogether
novel at this port, has, within the last few days been fitted
out and dispatched, at the sole expense of Mr. J. Bow lby,
who, at his own risk, has determined to try whether the
fishery for cod at Davis' Straits cannot be successfully car-
ried on. He has, therefore, purchased her Majesty's
late revenue cutter Bee, of the burden of 70 tons, and a
schooner named the Seaflower, of the burden of 190
tons, and having thoroughly fitted, equipped, and
stored them for the business, they left this port, the
Seaflower about 10 days ago, and the Bee on Tuesday
last, for the before-mentioned fishing ground. The
crew of the former consists of 16 hands, of whom Cap-
tain Smith is the commander, while Captain Weldon
has charge of the Bee, whose crew numbers nine
persons. Each ship's company includes a proper pro.
portion of Orkneymen, trained to the fishing business,
by whom it is intended that the fish, as caught,
shall be headed, gutted, backboned, salted, and
packed. On arrival here the cargoes will be landed
at the proprietor's establishment at Stoney ferry, on
the river hull, where the process of cleansing and cur-
ing will be completed, and the article will be ready for
use or exportation. We believe that there exists in the
trade of this port, with several parts of the world, a fair
outlet far the commodity, which, in addition to home
consumption, will, we hope, not only render Mr. Bowlby's
present speculation a profitable one, but cause others to
imitate his example.— Hull Advertiser.
CONVOCATION OF TILE CLERGY.—We are informed
that her Majesty has appointed Saturday, the 17th inst.,
et three o'clock, to receive the address of the convoca-
tion of the bishops and clergy of the province of of
'Can-
terbury, at Buckingham _Palace. The members of the
convocation will assemble at Jerusalem-chambers, West-
minster, at a quarter before two,

THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
MARYLEBONE. _

A public meeting of the parishioners of Marylebone
was held yesterday in the Workhouse-yard, New-road,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the ine-
quality of the taxation of the country, and the imperfect
state of the representation of the people in the House of
Commons. The attendance, which comprised a large
sprinkling of Chartists, was numerous, and at one period
of the proceedings there could not have been less than
fifteen hundred persons present.
Shortly after one o'clock the chair was taken by Mr.
J. Williams, M.P.

The CHAIRMAN having read the requisition convening
the meeting, and expressed his thanks to the Vestry
and Guardians of the poor, for permitting the ratepayers
to assemble in so convenient a locality, proceeded to
observe, that there never was a time when dm people
of the country should be more united for gaining the
great object they had in view than the present moment,
and there never, in his opinion, was a period when the
resolutions intended to be submitted for their adoption
should be drawn up with extreme caution and courtesy
of language. It was their duty to avoid the use of all
sentiments calculated to create excitement.— (No, no, and
confusion, amid which repeated cheers were given for
the Charter.) He was convinced the. working-classes
of the metropolis would support him—(Hear)—and he
assured them he should never shrink from raising his
voice on their behalf and backing them up, so long as
they conducted themselves peaceably and constitution-
-ally; but while ho made that admission, he wished it to
be distinctly understood that he would not hesitate to
uplitt bis arm, if necessary, against those who were
desirous of creating tumult and confusion. He would
not prevent the free expressio❑ of opinion on the part
of any man who desired to address the meeting—
(Hear, hear)—but he trusted those opinions would be
in accordance with the wants and requirements of the
times.

le re'

often been subjected. If that were done, and if l ,"s
solution which spoke out the sentiments of the
classes were adopted, he considered much we ld be
effected towards preserving peace and harmony.
Mr. J. Hume, M.P., censured the conduct purst ed 191,
Messrs. Hill and Savage, in precipitately forcing 01 the
meeting a resolution of the nature just proposeded, )1.
any way attempting 'to create disunion, et 'elm
srkivg
until the resolutions which the Committee had Cal enu,
trouble of preparing were formally gone through s lispa
ring a period of thirty-five years he had led r ► Paul;
life, and he defied any man to show in what re: Peet if
had deserted his principles or neglected his d himself
;spent,
gel'
there were present any other individual than
more anxious to promote the happiness and pr. iiiin
of his fellow-men, he would very much like to 0,
pointed out. Mr. Savage's services on a former o. IS_S.OI
in connexion with the opening to the public of a
/7,
theretofore held with closed doors, were valuable, s
11`100
(Mr. Hume) was anxious that his exertions in cowl
914,,
with the movement of reform should be found el
flatly
serviceable by those with whom he (Mr. Hume) CC' „jig
rated. But he thought it a most unworthy procet pas
on the part of Mr. Savage to state that they Wes on-
going to take certain steps, and that be bad 00 't
dence in them before he heard the complete Wes . d
e.
of their plans and the resolution, which distinetls r
tailed the concessions they considered necessarY fe , and
curing the stability of the institutions of the eins%irlto be
thin maintenance of public order. Was it nothing"
told by those men that they were not to be trust°, is a of
that they who obtruded themselves on the Mont 10,10.
the meeting were alone entitled to credit for the :toe/
ceptional nature of the plan propounded. Mr. P_'..ofe-
then, at some length, went into a vindication of the '.l;
ment for household suffrage, triennial Parlismei 11:1►
tbs
equal appointment of Members to population, a ~flop;
vote by ballot, in preference to the Charter egit
and as a sincere friend to the working-classes. he „„stlis
upon Mr. Hill not to press the resolution, which,_
out the sanction of the Committee, he had irrege:i
submitted for the adoption of the meeting• Wfb
made this request, however, he should say
or thagrs sea
se•
had not been one word uttered by Mr. Bill
vane with regard to the extension of thatoffal: not
the increase of the representative body be ado lb;
prepared to sign and certify, but he could not se. sow
course they considered expedient to attain the or
He was prepared to maintain the principle Df. the • if
ter, but in a peaceable, orderly, and constitutionet..t tbe
ncr. Certain parties thought they could carry, Se eler,
theee:
principle by physical force, but there never we a gh-. OP'
delusion.w—in(Cries
selouftitetnN, oa,ndnoh.'a)vingg littme
rious points which it embraced, he conexclPulda
amid repeated manifestations of discontent a014.n;
endiehdisitdci els!
proval from the Chartist portion of the inee'V're
°'
formally submitting the motion for adoptiony- jot, '
her Majesty's Prime Minister having stated his tr)P,Ol ;
that the people require no extensive measure
,
cal and fiscal reform, it is hereby resolved, a
sts
bitity
opinion of this meeting, in order to secure th Tito t
the institutions of the country, and main°, illefeeti f 64
order, it is indispensably necessary
.that tut' whoa' I.
franchise be extended, to all men of mature or ,„000 ,
registered as residents for a period oftw've j
That the duration of Parliaments should note (Wee A Otb
BI
years; that votes should be taken by ballot; a`bo pa'
there should be an equal app
pulation." most'die'
During the reading of this resolution the inesees;
ointment of member°
cordant yells proceeded from th•„,hody- of the
on leos
and each sentence was received with cries of so., evil°
do," " We must have the Charter." Those, howevastilit
considered the resolution went far enough
and on Mr. Hume resuming his seat they titte
bar7o, g
drown the hissing and groaning by renewed
of
acclamation. epee
Mr. Mr. SODEN seconded the resolution in II 6 boer
about five minutes' duration. hie ° '
The clamour prevailing, however, rendered -
ss 0
vations purely pantomimic. Mr, 1100secl'
The CHAIRMAN put both motions, Its.' nan up
cheeremapi_a
the substantive resolution, and Mr. Has as its heah,h-,t
ment. The majority of hands appeared to b° bee
in favour of the former, but the Chartistsba
the universal suffrage declaration was cerise tee t
ce gibe j bit
Chairman did not, at the time, announ ssnte se
considered the resolution or amendment auis'restios the
he was subsequently interrogated by a n 01'01
the point, and he then gave it, as his oPie'sl-; 'eriglfsd
majority of those present had voted tor setesiml
motion. The announcement was the signals°, sed
clamour, the Chartist orators contendieg tir pd'
defeated Mr. Hume's proposition and carried the
ment by a majority of two to one. 114 p
Lord DUDLEY STUART and Sir Bs-- AS, a- tba
spoke briefly in support of the new reform Plirldj'sed
pounded by Mr. Hume. Both the Noble by eselgao
Hen. ;Baronet were frequently interrupted L'Air•t:,oll,
tions from one section of the meeting, to bit— Chan 000
amendment put again, but this request tloaai,.
refused to comply with, and his refusal cans
tt
uproar. t lie
The adoption of a petition to ParliameD
agreed to. foliesselt
Mr. EDWARDS moved a resolution to tA--eS. sbss
effect:—" That the assertion made by Deir'essiolitarset
in his place in the House of Commons, thisss,; she aiser,
the eole of this country do not desire, eit"" 50a of,
measure of reform as proposed by Mr. 1111113:3000111,4
his
Members of Parliament, or that other gres;deeeen-f tlO,
reform as advocated in the Charter, is eky'rnitia,o""
ignorance of the present condition of tit to w"
country, and, a proof that he is utterly en, -so rocs'
our affairs."—(Loud '—(Loud and protracted Cheerto‘oo4,slo°
Mr. WILLIAM NORTH, of St. Johla'S-tolc
seconded the resolution, tad in doing a° s,°,, dot
" to pledge his word as a gentleman,' tr,-001..40'
numbr of hands had ben held up 10
Hill'se amendment over that raised forlf bos.00
06
motion.—(Cheers from the Chartists.) 0°0°,44
contrary stated in any of the newsPsPe"taii4
reports of their proceedings, ho should Or off'
to contradict it.—(Laughter.) red in
Several gentlemen on the platform detl„6 fote_ler,,n
North was quite mistaken respecting ti".o,eutiii4
amendment. It had been rejected by a theurge
in ee7i to
Mr. PuTTIFORD attempted to address 400 see ,
favour of the resolution; but vioient confnoteasoiA
iug prevailed. Having spoken for a for,lnsees
The CHAIRMAN put the motion, andcleme-the doh
bate
A vote of thanks was then propose.d rthapPl.°b°
but even this was received with part's' s's"
hasiegosti
and most hideous screaming.
Mr. SAVAGE, and some other pow's.% 'dol. bO"
plained that Mr. Williams discharged 01 otte'oo or
great impartiality, and that his opinion' be silDliztjet
mistaken it might have been, regarding - ear_ahe,"
non-adoption of the Charter resolution, "-dole'
ss„ss bat tiOg
every consideration, the uproar soi"-•
unclothe motion was put and carried./ A the meek
eitae
The proceedings then terminated,yenD- es
g,
commenced separating, having first rfer " The Charter."

Mr. W. WILLIAMS, late Member for Coventry, moved
the first resolution, which in effect declared that the pre-
sent state of the representation of the people in the
Commons House of Parliament was partial in its nature
and in its practice—tended to class legislation—was no
security against unequal and oppressive taxation—and
produced no comprehensive measure for the benefit of
the people. They had met to support the proposal of
that veteran Reformer, Mr. Hume, and the occasion of
their assembling was one of great national importance.
They had met to complain of and protest against the
system of representation being so constituted as to give
power to the favoured classes to elect men to make our
laws. The result that had proceeded from that misre-
presentation of the people, was too well known to require
scarcely any exposition. In ace irdance with that system
of class representation, the laws were made to favour the
rich and injure the poor, and the taxation of the country
was carried out in a similarly unjust and oppressive spirit
towards the industrious section of the community. As
one of the immediate results of this misrepresentation
he thought it would be found, that with the exception
of the aristocratic and rich classes, in whose favour the
laws were made, all alike were suffering severe priva-
tions.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") They had been told
tried evils of such a nature were to be removed by the
operation of the Reform Bill. That Act, however, had
been that in five different Parliaments, and he appealed
to the meeting if it had accomplished any of the great
objects for which it was stated to have been passed.—
(Cries of " No, no.") There were 216 counties and
boroughs, with constituencies amounting to 161,485,
which returned 329 Members, being a majority of the
House of Commons.—(Shame, shame.) They sent what
they called representatives to make laws for disposing of
the freedom, property, and lives of twenty. seven mil-
lions of people. There were nine counties and bo-
roughs with 169,368 electors, which returned eighteen
Members, and there were 87 counties and towns
with constituencies of 35,923, returning 135 represen-
tatives ; while the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a
constituency of 36,165, returned only two members, and
North and South Lancashire returned only four members,
although their constituencies were just as numerous as
the 87 counties and boroughs represented' by 135 mem-
bers. If Lord \John Russell—(Loud groans)—calb•d
that representation, he very much deceived himself.
Was that system to be endured as a final system of
representation. One of the objects of their meeting
was to answer the statement—he hardly knew with
what epithet to describe it—made by Lord John Russell
in the House of Commons, namely, that the people of
the United Kingdom neither wanted nor desired the
system of reform proposed by Mr. Hume, or that em-
ttodied in the people's Charter.—(Cries of " He lies—
it's false.") That declaration had astonished the country.
The people were not able to make up their minds as
to the cause that induced Lord John Russell to volun-
teer an assertion su completely at variance with their
opinions. The statement had been well answered in
all parts of the country, and tbey were met for
the purpose of
,practically testifying the untruth
of the assertion. Since the passing of the Reform Bill
thirty-five millions were added to the National Debt.
They had Gagging Bills, too, and looking at the speeches
of those state pensioners, the Duke of Wellington and
Lord Brougham delivered a few evenings since in the
House of Lords, it was quite evident the Government
were not going to stop there, but meditated the suppres-
sion of some of the people's meetings. Lord Brougham,
*with his pension of :5,0001. a year, called upon them to
do so. Was Lord Brougham afraid of his pence?—
(Hear, hear.) No doubt he was. It was incumbent
on the part of the people to unite as one man. —(A
voice—" Yes, for the Charter."—Cheers.) They
might depend upon it if they agreed in the resolu-
tion, and showed a bold, united front in carrying out
the object of their meeting, they would have that
which the Charter desired, namely, cheap and good
Government—and they would abolish all such long pen-
sioners as Lord Brougham, with his 5,0001. a year fur
doing nothing. There were at present before the House
of Commons two Bills to cure the manifold evils of the

Reform Bill. The first was to legalise the appointment
of Comrnissioner3 to investigate the extent of bribery
and corruption stated to have been practised in some
seven or eight boroughs, whose Members had been un-
seated during the present session, and the second was a
measure to abolish the ratepaying clauses of the Reform
Act. With respect to the first, he should say that it
was about one of the most imprudent steps ever devised,
when they saw that bribery and corruption were the
moans of placing in the House of Commons the vast ma-

jority of those who had seats there, including even the
Member for the City of London—(Cheers)--and if Lord
John Russell were not aware of the fact in his own par-
ticular case, he would put him in the way of getting in-
formation on he subject. The repeal of the ratepaying
clauses of the Reform Act would not add to the constitu-
ency of Great Britain more than 5,956 votes, and it would
only principally affect four of the metropolitan boroughs,
Marylebone, Westminster, Latiebeth,nnd Finsbury. Look-
ing at the present condition of the representation, the
bribery and corruption practised at the last elections,
the intimidation and coercion had recourse to where con-
tests took place, he could discover no benefit that the
Reform Bill afforded. They were not only not better,
but positively worse off than in the year 1830, when the
Reform Bill was enacted. had not, therefore, the time
arrived when they should put a stop to such a system ;
and they certainly enjoyed the power of doing so, if the
people proved true to themselves, and acted peaceably,
constitutionally, and legally. But, on the other hand, if
they had recourse to violence, they would retard the ob-
taining of the reform now sought. Having expressed
the necessity of union among all classes of reformers, as
a means to the achievement of the common object in
view, Mr. Williams concluded amid mingled cheers and
cries of " Nothing but the Charter."
Mr. JACOB BELL seconded the resolution. It was for
the people to inform Lord John Russell that, in the
opinions he expressed regarding their views on the sub-
ject of reform, he had altogether misrepresented them—
that they desired, and were determined on having, some
material alteration of the existing system, and that the
middle and poorer classes should have the consideration
of the Government and the Legislature, or they would
no longer consent to go on in peace and quietness. In
the attainment of such an object as that for which they
agitated, constitutional means alone should be adopted,
such as open mid-day meetings, like the present, and
not riotous assemblages at an unseasonable hour of the
night, to the great terror, and, it might be, intimidation
of her Majesty's subjects.—(No, no, and cries of
" Night meetings are good in their own way.")
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried
unanimously.
Mr. HILL said he believed that further reform was

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inevitable, but he wished to know what the promoters of
the present meeting, and those who supported Mr.
Hume's movement, proposed. (Hear, hear.) The
working classes were beginning to take their proper
stand; they had long been trampled upon, and prevented
the assertion of that right to which they were entitled ;
but those days were fast fading away, and before the
lower classes co-operated with the middle classes in any
movement like the present, they should know the pre-
cise remedy proposed. If the middle classes walked in
the right path the working-classes would go with
them ; but he contended that the resolutions of the
new Reform party did not meet all the views of the
labouring men of England. Household suffrage
and triennial Parliaments would not satisfy the
people.—(Loud cheers.) Both were steps in the right
direction ; they could not, however, now be ac-
cepted even as instalments. He wished to ask the
opinion of the meeting on the subject, and as the best
mode of testing that opinion, he would propose the fol-
lowing resolution, which he believed reflected their sen-
timents, at least the sentiments of the vast majority,
more faithfully than any of the series proposed by the
Committee.—(Cheers.) The motion he proposed sub •
mitting was in these words .--"fThat this meeting is of
opinion, from the experience of the last 15 years, that
partial reforms are inadequate to effect a reduction of the
expenditure, or to equatise the taxation which presses
so heavily upon the people, and that they consider it ne-
cessary, for the peace and prosperity of this country, to
seek fur radical reform on the principle of universal
suffrage of the Commons House of Parlitunent, proposed
by the late Major Cartwright, advocated by the most
eminent statesmen of England, and embodied in a decu •
ment called the People's Charter, approved and signed
by Mr. J. Hume, and other friends of good government,
in whom the people once reposed confidence."—(Cheers
and cries of " The Charter for ever !")
Mr. SAVAGE seconded the resolution amid some con-
fusion. In the course of his remarks he vigorously att.-
vocated annual Parliaments and universal suffrage, and
warned the people against being entrapped into the sanc-
tion of any less beneficial system of reform. The passing
a the resolution then proposed would do more towards
(meting the happiness and comfort of the people than
whole armies of special constables.—(Groans for the
Specials.") Lord John Russell knew that unless divi-
sion were created in the ranks of the Ralical Reformers,
he could not stand against their opposition, therefore
union was absolutely necessary for the success of the
cause they all, he hoped, had at heart. The working
classes only asked that they should be dealt by fairly,
and not treated with that contempt to which they had

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