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—and by ballot too—and what was the result? The voters
sere nearly all Roman Catholics—they wrote the names of the
iersons they wished to have elected on a slip of paper--it was
hopped into a box—the box was opened—the slip examined—
Ind what was the result ? Their respected Chairman—an
Alderman and a Protestant—had 150 votes, and he (Mr. Rey-
aolds) would ask, was there sectarianism in that? What next?
A liberal Quaker, Mr. Davis, had 137 votes, and while Daniel
Dunford, a sturdy Papist wine merchant, had 1041 To the
winds then with the charge of their being urged on by politics
or sectarianism. There was the act of the Roman Catholic
merchants and traders of Waterford, men of property and sta-
tion, who were charged with straining every nerve to obtain
ascendancy—they placed a Protestant, because he was upright
and just, at the head of their directory ; for the same reason
they put a quaker second, and left his worthy friend, that
sturdy Papist, whom he had before described, at the bottom of
the list, and no man rejoiced at that result more than Mr.
Dunford.—( Tremendous cheering.) He was proud of such
an event, for it at once gave the lie to those who would de-
fame them, for by it they have given a practical proof of their
unbounded liberality.—(Cheers.) He had to tell them that
they had now ten branches in active operation, and soon they
would have as many more. There was no idle theory, there
were no little grubbings or crotchets about their acts—they
put theory into useful practice, and, despite of every feeble
effort to mar their exertions, they would go on in triumph.—
( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Was it not likely to create proud
sensations in their bosoms to witness the harmony that existed
in their Waterford Bank ? It would form a proud example to
others, .whose efforts would be crowned with equal success.
(Cheers.) There was nothing to mar their success, unless
they were capable of committing some gross mistake—unless
where was some power behind backs, some influential and in-
dependent portion of the country not for them ; but no, they
had the people, and they had nothing to fear.—( Hear, and
cheers.) They never opened their Bank till they had men
of capital ready to embark their capital and their credit, for it
was not from money alone that profit was to be derived, credit
was essential.—( Hear, hear.) If a man had a million of money
and traded on that capital alone, he would make nothing of it
but a low rate of interest, perhaps per cent., but in order
to obtain credit they should also possess capital, and give se-
curity for the issues to be made on his credit.—(Cheers.)
One of the means adopted to annoy their bank, was to smuggle
into the newspapers, as articles of news, puffs to calumniate
them, and sorry was he that any portion of the press would
permit its columns to be thus prostituted.—( Hear, hear.) It
was a flagrant act against them, but he had a right to sustain
them, and their character should never suffer in l.i,s hands.—
(Cheers, and cries of " Never.") With regard to the Na-
tional Bank of Ireland, it has succeeded beyond the most san-
guine expectations of its friends, it enjoys the unlimited confi-
dence of the people, in illustration of which he would mention
one fact. They were all aware that about the middle of last
month, the branches of the Agricultural Bank suspended pay-
ments at Killarney, New Ross, and Cork. That event created
a ferment amongst those who held their notes, notwithstand-
ing which, although the notes of the National Bank were in
extensive circulation in all those districts, the people not only
held them, but in hundreds of instances came to the different
branches with gold, provincial and Bank of Ireland notes, and
took the notes of the National Bank in lieu of them, and then
asserted, without fear of contradiction, that during that period
they were not called on, at all their branches, to pay fifty so-
vereigns. That was, perhaps, the strongest proof of the con-
fidence of the people in a new institution, such as theirs was.
With regard to a run, they did not dread it; the bank that is
not prepared to meet such an emergency is totally unfit for
public confidence. Those noisy opponents, those boisterous
bankers, that he had been describing, charged him and his
friends with occasioning their suspension at Killarney. The
facts were as follows. The manager of the National Bank at
Tralce, in the course of business, received two or three hundred
pounds of their notes, which, on being sent to their bank at
Killarney, they expressed their inability to pay—(Cheers)—
and the result was the stoppage—the temporary suspension—
of their payments. The suspension of the Ross and Cork
branches followed.—( Hear, hear.) What bad the National
Bank to do with that ? Neither himself or those whom he had
the honour to represent, entertained any feeling of jealousy on
the subject of banking. They wished for a clear stage and no
favour.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Banks of Ireland
and the Provincial are powerful rivals, but against them the
National made no complaint, because they knew they held out
ample security to the public. They had as good a right to
make profits on banking as the National. The conduct of Mr.
O'Connell was, like all his acts, manly and straightforward;
for before he recommended the National Bank to the people of
Ireland, he became a shareholder, signed the deed of settle-
ment, thereby involving his entire property in the concern.
In conclusion, Mr. R. apologised for having trespassed on
their time, but the subject rendered it necessary, and he trusted
the cordial feeling exhibited on that occasion would be perma-
nent, and sat down amid loud cheers.

The health of the Chairman was then proposed by Mr.
Reynolds, and received with unbounded applause, for which
he thanked them, and said be was a man of deeds and not of
words, and that the cause of his fellow-citizens—of Ireland—
should always have his best support.
The next toast was—" William Richardson, Esq. (Mana-
ger), and the Waterford Branch of the National Bank."—
Nine times nine.

Mr. RICHARDSON returned thanks, and said no exertion on
his part should ever be wanted to promote the prosperity of the
establishment.—( Cheers. )
The PRESIDENT then proposed—" The Port and Trade of
Waterford."—Nine times nine.

Mr. KEHOE, being loudly called on, said, as one of the mer-
cantile body, he felt proud of the establishment of a Bank,
which he felt certain would confer the greatest blessing on the
people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) It had his warmest wishes,
and he trusted it would receive that support which it so justly
merited.—( Cheers. )

Mr. REYNOLDS proposed—" The Directors of the Water-
ford National Bank."—Nine times nine.
Messrs. Alcock, Davis, and Dunford, returned thanks.
The next toast was--" Our Ross partners."—Nine times
nine.
Mr. KIELY returned thanks.

Several other toasts were proposed, several songs were
sung, and at twelve o'clock the company separated, highly de-
lighted with the festivities of the evening.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

IVOL VERHA MPTON .RACES, MONDA F.
The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added. Once round
and a distance. Mile and a quarter. 4 subs.
Mr.. E. Peel's Tarick, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b... Spring 1
Mr. Giffard's Miss Charlotte, syrs Bst. 71b
The following also started, but were not placed:—Lord Chester-
field's Bon Ton, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b. ; and Mr. A. Bower's Lady Staf-
ford, aged, Bst. 111 b.
The Wolverhampton St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, for three yrs old,
with 50 sovs. added ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. One mile
and three quarters. 7 subs.
General Yates's Grammont Darling 1
Mr. E. Peel's Humphrey
Mr. Fielding's Wulfruna, by Lottery
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Nanney's
Friar Tuck, by Emilius ; and Mr. Painter's Matadore, bp Picton.
The Wolverhampton Stakes of 25 says. each ( Handicap), 15 ft.,
with 100 sovs. added by the Town. Twice round and a dis-
tance. The winner to pay 20 sovs. towards the expenses of the
Course. The second to save his Stake. 24 subs.
Lord Kilmorey named Lucy, 6 yrs Arthur, jun. 1
Mr. Alostvn's Birdlime, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b
Sir F. L. Goodricke named Alezereon, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—lndei:endence,
Tamworth, and Daffodil.

HARTLEPOOL MEETING, THURSDAY.
The Hartlepool Plate, for all ages. Two mile heats.
Mr. Short's Calista, 3 yrs
Mr. Taylor's Daniel, 3 yrs 2 2
Mr. Hutchinson's Opodeldoc, 4 yrs
Mr. Shepherd's George, aged 8 dr
The Borough Plate.
Mr. Short's Calista, 3 yrs
Mr. Williamson's br. c. by Camel, 4 yes 8 2
Mr. Jennings's Litttle John, 5 yrs 2 dr
The Dock Plate.
Mr. Jenning's Little John, 5 yrs
Mr. Williamson's be. c. by Camel, 4 yrs 2 dr
Mr. Hutehinson's Opodeldoc' 4 yrs
Mr. Shepherd's George, aged 4 dr
FRIDAY.
A Silver Cup, given by the Innkeepers of Hartlepool.
Mr. Short's Calista, 3 yrs
Mr. Jennings's Little John, 5 yrs 2 2
Mr. Wilion's St. Peter, aged 3 3
The Streatlam Plate was won by Mr. Clarke's Creeping Kate,
beating two other s.

SATURDAY.
The Stand Cup was won by St. Peter beating Creeping Kate
and two others, in three heats.

DONCASTER RACES, TUESDAY.
The Cleveland Stakes of 15 sows. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared,
with 25 added. The second horse to save his stake. One mile.
Mr. Walker's br. h. Consol, by Lottery, aged, 9st. 41b. ; Duke
of Leeds's b. g. Lot, by Lottery, 5 yrs, Bst. 81b. ; Mr. Scottnarnes
Lady le Gros, by Young Phantom, 4 yrs, Bsl. 51b. ; Mr. Ilesel-
tine s Warlaby Baylock, by Biacklock, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b. ; Duke of
Cleveland's b. c. Newton, by Velocipede, 8 yrs, 7st. 61b. ; Mr.
Houldsworth's Felix, by Sultan, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. ; Mr. Vansittart
names Madame Pelerine, by Velocipede, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b. ; Mr.
Maxwell names Knottingly, by Waverley, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b. ; and
nine others.

Mr. Charles Nicholson, the celebrated flute-player,
has been appointed flutist to his Allesty.
The public will be gratified to hear that Mrs.
Trollope, the highly popular authoress of " The Domestic
Manners of the Americans," is about to publish a novel, of
which the scene is laid in modern life at home, to be called
" Tremordyn Cliff." In this work Mrs. Trollope, it is un-
derstood,. has exercised the same caustic treatment as regards
the peculiarities of society in England, as well in the upper
circles as in the middle ranks, as was observed in her inimi-
table " Transatlantic Sketches." Having laughed to our
hearts' content at brother Jonathan, we must now make up
our minds, with a good grace, to laugh at ourselves.

SO UTH IV ARK. • '
Yesterday a deputation of gentlemen waited rpon Jameg.
Holmes, Esq., the High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark,;
with the following requisition, signed by upwards of IGO of
the residents ;—`f We, the undersigned electors of the town
and borough of Southwark, deeply sensible of the urgent ne-
cessity of a thorough and comprehensive reform in the muni,
cipal corporations throughout the kingdom, and believing that
the tranquillity of the country, and the advancement of national
improvement, are intimately connected with the important
measure of corporation reform proposed by his Majesty's 11ii:
nisters, and passed by the House of Commons, most respect•'
fully request that you will convene an early meeting of the
electors of Southwark, to take into consideration the propriety
of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Municipal Con.
poration. Bill without farther delay, and also to take into con-
sideration the expediency of expressing their unabated eon&
donee in the present Government of the country." Mr.
Holmes appointed to-morrow (Thursday) for the meeting to
take place.

CAMBRIDGE TOWN MEETING.
No sooner was it found that the Peers had determined to
hear evidence against the Municipal Reform Bill, and that the
good old legal and constitutional axiom, "audi alteram par.
tent" was to be departed from ; and further, that the town.
clerks and corporate officers, who, at best, are but interested
witnesses, and mcre generally participes criminis, were alone
to be examined, than a spontaneous meeting took place at
the Hoop Hotel, of several respectable inhabitants, when it
was determined to call a general public meeting of the town,
without waiting for the usual form of sending a requisition to
the Mayor, which it was found would occasion delay. A pla-
card was forthwith put forward, signed by upwards of sixty
respectable merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, and
tradesmen, convening a general meeting on Monday evening,
at six o'clock. The call was promptly obeyed,. and a most
numerous and respectable meeting took place at the great
room of the Hoop Hotel, Thomas Howell, Esq., the vete-
ran Reformer, in the chair. The several resolutions were
proposed and seconded by Charles Humfrey, Esq., and E.
Foster, Esq., bankers; W. F. Coe, Esq., R. Forest, jun.,
Esq:, W. Searle, Esq., F. J. Gunning, Esq., J. Cribb, Esq ,
c. It would be useless here to repeat all the arguments
that were adduced, in order to enforce the justice of the
claims of the town for its emancipation from the control of the
small select body who have so long held the town in thral-
dom. Some strong remarks were made on the conduct of the
House of Lords in their wantonly opposing the wishes of the
nation ; and an opinion was expressed, and warmly responded
to by the meeting, of the incompatibility—the apparent impos-
sibility of an " unreformed House of Peers co-operating with
a reformed House of Commons." The several resolutions
were unanimously adopted in a meeting of a thousand persons,
not a single hand being held up against them. The best
proof of the respectability of the meeting, is the fact that after
Mr. Howell had left the chair, upwards of .five -hundred rate
payers, a majority of whom were 101. householders, remained
in the room to sign the petition. A much greater number
were expected to sign it in the course of Tuesday, in the
evening of which day it was to be forwarded to Lord Mel-
bourne, in order to be presented to the House of Peers pre-
viously to their Lordships considering the Bill in Committee
this evening. Before separating, the crowd gave three deep
groans, and "one groan more" for the House of Lords.

LIVERPOOL.
A meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool, called by a very
numerously-signed and respectable requisition, was held on
Monday, at twelve o'clock, in Clayton-square, in consequence
of the extraordinary course adopted, by the House of Lords
with reference to the Corporation Reform Bill.
When the news of the extraordinary decision of the Upper
House arrived in Liverpool, it 'was at first proposed again to
petition their Lordships t.'"a pass the Bill; but the utter insuf-
ficiency of all petiii.'3lis to that assembly being remembered, it
was afterward! determined not to petition their Lordships at
all, but to address the House of Commons, and to pray the
representatives of the people to adopt the measures best calcu-
lated to overcome the obstacles of the House of Peers—a de-
cision which shows more strongly than words the deep feelings
of distrust with which the Upper House is regarded here, as
well as in nearly every part of the three kingdoms.
The meeting was called for twelve o'clock, and about that
hour the inhabitants of the town of all ranks began to pour into
the square, and in a very short time a numerous, respectable,
and most enthusiastic assembly was collected.
Colonel Williams was unanimously called to the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN then came forward, and was received with
:oud cheers. He said—Gentlemen, once more the pertinacity
of our enemies has called us into the field.—(Cheers.) Once
more we are to struggle for our rights, which a certain body
seem determined to withhold from us to the last gasp. On
the present occasion you are assembled together to maintain
those rights, and every intelligent man must be aware of the
necessity there is for standing up to oppose that House which
has set its face against the people at large—the House of
Lords.—(Great cheering..) A Bill, calculated to put down
the Tory principle, and to raise up the antagonist and liberal
one, is stagnant in that House, and requires the voice of the
people to set it a-going.—(Cheers and laughter.) What
steps are the Lords now taking to defeat this great measure ?
They pretended to compromise matters when they sought that
counsel sheuld be heard, and that grave person Sir Charles
Wetherell was called in.--(Great laughter.) You all remem-
ber the scenes which took place at Bristol. But not satisfied
with counsel, they must have evidence, and if that is not re-
sisted they may go on till doomsday. What is the nature of
the evidence they have examined ? That of town-clerks and
aldermen.—( Laughter.) Set a thief to catch a thief.
( Roars of laughter.) What kind of candid exposition do you
expect from men who have been profiting by the abuse.
You will have to exert yourselves on the present occasion, and
come forward manfully and numerously, to teach the Lords
that wisdom which they do not inherit—(Laughter)—for be
it known to you that they are the only order of. men in society,
who suppose themselves the inheritors of wisdom along with
their titles.—( Laughter.) But it is quite necessary for you
to make a stand, and teach them the way in which they should
go.—(Cheers and laughter.) The higher orders of society in
this country must put themselves to school—(Great cheering)
for the middle classes, and even the mechanics, are out-
stripping them in intelligence.—(Tremendous cheers.)
L. Ilnywoartt, Esq., moved the first resolution. There.
never was an occasion so important as regarded their rights
and privileges, and he trusted they were alive to their rights,
and would not let the aristocracy lord it over them in the ty-
rannical manner they had been accustomed to do. He wished
to point out the hypocrisy of the aristocracy in pretending to
be the friends of the poor. When did this new feeling seize
them ? Only when they found that the people were deter-
mined to look into the monopolies which they had usurped.
They thought that their hereditary wisdom had enabled them
to gull the people, and he was the cleverest politician id
their eyes who had deceived the public. But let the peo-
ple go on as they had lately been doing, and they would
ultimately succeed. He was glad to see the moral feeling
that had brought them in such numbers to support their
rights to-day.
HUGH HORNBY, Esq., seconded the resolution, which
was then put to the meeting.
•-•The CHAIRMAN could only see one hand held up against it,
and believed that was by mistake, fur it was quickly with-
drawn. He would therefore pronounce the resolution to be
unanimously adopted.
JOHN HOLMES, Esq., seconded the resolution, in a brief
address.

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J. A. ROSSON, Esq., the barrister, came forward amid loud
cheers to socond the resolution. He was born an alien in his
native land, for his religion was the Roman Catholic.—
(Cheers.) lie would tell those Roman Catholics who were
assembled in this vast multitude, that until the Corporation
Relief Bill was passed, every one of them might consider
the. Catholic Relief Bill mere waste paper. He would tell
those who were Dissenters, that until this Bill was passed,
the Bill which repealed the Sacramental Test was for all pur-
poses in Liverpool waste paper. He would tell the members
of the Church Establishment that so long as the forty-ono
reign paramount here, not a single Protestant who differs in
political opinion from them would ever find a place in the
council. What were the Peers now doing ? As long as they
could keep Corporations close, the Reform Bill would be wasto
paper. Religious liberty was nothing, and political liberty
was nothing, unless secured by Corporation enfranchisement.
Tlke CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was agreed
to unanimously.

WILLIAM itATIIBOSE, Esq., then moved the next Resolu-
tion. When he (Mr. Rathbone) looked back for the last five
years, he felt the more confirmed in his opinion that the House
of Lords was opposed to the reasonable demands of the people.
The House of Lords appeared to him to be totally ignorant of
the feelings of the people, and he thought that they had en-
forced the truth of the remark, that wisdom and virtue did not
come with their birthright. And as they only inherited the
title without the wisdom which ought to. appertain thereto,, it
strengthened an opinion entertained by many, and with which
sentiment he entirely concurred, that the House of Lords,
should not be formed of hereditary legislators, but ought to be
elected like the Representative Peers of the present day.--
( Loud cheers.)
JAMES MULLENEUX, Esq., briefly seconded the Resolution.
The Resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. BOOTH, in proposing the fourth Resolution, observed,
that it was one which the meeting would adopt with the
greatest pleasure, as it expressed their entire confidence in the
zeal, ability, and integrity of Lord Melbourne and the rest of
his Majesty's Ministers. They had done their duty by the.
people—it remained for the people to do their duty by them.
It was a peculiarity of our Constitution, which had been more
than once noticed of late years, that if the Ministers of the
Crown, from some cause or other, were not so fortunate as to
bask in the sunshine of Royal or Courtly favor, they still pos-
sessed a resource of power and of influence equally, legitimate,
and as efficacious for the welfare of the country, in the declared
approbation and sympathy of the people,—( Hear.) He consi.
dered municipal institutions peculiarly the province of the
people, and all the benefits to be expected from the reform of
these institutions peculiarly the property of the people. Why
should Noble Lords with so much bitterness interfere ? He
would say to the Duke of Newcastle, " Confine your anxiety
to the affairs of your own Order, and leave us to do as we
like with our own."—( Loud cheers.) Advocates of moderate
measures had great reatzet to complain of the unseemly vio-
lence of Noble Lords on a late occasion. They had done
meets to alienate the affections and provoke the temper of the
people ; but let them not urge matters too far ; let theta
remember (and he threw out the caution with no unfriendly
voice, for he would fain see the House of Lords established
secure in the esteem of the people and its own usefulness .
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the Government and constitution of a free country can lon.-
survive the well-founded hostility, much less the contempt, of
a whole people.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. BI.ACKBURNE seconded the resolution. Inter (ilia
he observed: I trust there :sill be a proclamation of public
opinion and feeling which will be heard cz ith attention in the
Upper House of the Imperial PArliament, and the murmurs of
which will ascend even to the throne.—( Loud cheeri:;:;.)
Mr. LYRE EvANs briefly proposed the fifth resolution
without further comment, which was seconded be
Mr. J. SNIITH—When he carne into the town that morning
he heard it stated that it was their intention to petition the '
House of Lords. lie was glad to find that that intention had
been abandoned, because he would have been compelled, had
it been persevered in, to oppose it. The House of Lor:!s had
no right to oppose the passing of the Corporation Reform Bill.
It was a measure which proceeded from the People's douse,
which related solely to the people, and which gave back to
the people the power of which they had been defrauded. He
was g;•td that there caisted no feeling in favour of petitioning
the llou.:e of Lords. If the House of Commons wanted
power to el..rry through their measures, let them come to the
people for moi 3 power, and they should have it.--(Great ap-
plause.) Bet that House possessed power in more ways than
one. It possessed the power of stopping the supplies.--
(Cheers.) They had also the power of addressing the
Crown, stating that the ancient peerage of the country had
been overlaid, and request:!,o: to have an equal number of
liberal Peers immediately created to counteract the poison.—
(Cheers.) if the representatives of the people came to them
for Fkower, they should have it.—( Loud applause.)
'The CHAIRMAN declared the resolution to be carried, only
One band being held up against it.
Mr. BOLTON, in accordance with the resolution just
adopted by the meeting, had the honour of proposing that a
petition be forwarded to the House of Commons, praying that
the present provisions of the Municipal Reform Bill be ad-
hered to.
Mr. SInEI, seconded the motion.
The resolution was carried, and the largo assembly quietly
dispersed.

S LIEFFIELD.
The inhabitants of Sheffield have not been backward in fol-
lowing the example of the other principal towns in the king-
dom. They have placed upon record their full opinions in re-
ference to the very questionable conduct of the Tory Peers.
On Monday at noon, a public meeting was held in the Court-
house, for the purpose of petitioning the House of Lords to
pass the Corporations Bill unimpaired in any of its essential
provisions. This meeting, which was so much crowded as to
render the extraordinary heat of the place almost intolerable,
was held in compliance with a requisition to the Master Cut-
ler, and called in his absence by Mr. John Spencer, sen., as
senior warden of the Cutler's Company.
On the motion of Mr. S. BAILEY, seconded by Mr. DUNN,
Mr. Spencer took the chair.
Mr. S. BAILEY then rose amidst loud applause.—Let us
reflect for a moment, let us follow out in detail the conse-
quences which would ensue, should the Lords be mad enough
to reject this Bill. Did they suppose that when they had
thrown out the Bill it would be handed over to oblivion ; that
the matter would be hushed up and forgotten? Can they be
so infatuated as to imagine that a measure which has long been
called for by the intelligent part of the country, the necessity
of which (already proved by the existence of notorious abuses)
has been confirmed by a searching investigation into
every corporation in England, and the principle of which
has been admitted by the leaders of the party opposed to it—
can they ho so infatuated as to think that this measure—thus
called for, thus supported, and thus confirmed—will ever be
abandoned by the Knig's Ministers, or the people's repre-
sentatives, or the people tLz.intselves ?—( Applause.) Mark,
then, the situation in which the ccentry will be placed if the
Bill be rejected. The King's Ministers, the House of Corn-
mons, and the great bulk of the people, wz,uld be ranged on
one side ; on the other would be a few hundred Peers, with a
sprinkling of aldermen and town-clerks, and a sturdy body of
Ultra-Tories. How was this difference to be settled be: weep
the parties ? Which, he inquired, were to give way to the
other ? Was it to be supposed that the people, the represen-
tatives of the people, or the King's Ministers, would give
way ? It was idle to suppose that any of them would abandon
their object. The late proceedings of the Peers had drawn
down upon themselves the designation of a farce ; and he must
own, that if he had to choose a word from the whole of the
English language, be could not find an epithet which ex-
pressed with more precision his own impression of their cha-
racter. Mr. Bailey concluded by urging the adoption of the

petition.
Dr. KNIGNT seconded the resolution.
Mr. PALPREYMAN proposed a resolution, expressing alarm
and regret at the conduct of the Lords in reference to
the Corporation Bill.
Mr. E. ELLIOTT, author of " Corn Law Rhymes," in se-
condingt, o icsolution, spoke nearly as follows :—Mr. Chair-
man, and Gentlemen, you will pardon me if I unintentionally
say anything which may be deemed uncharitable of any of my
countrymen. It is necessary, I feel, that certain mistaken men
in this country should know what they are. They can only
acquire such knowledge by hearing the opinions of honest
men. You, Sir, being a plain man, will allow me, another plain
man, to call a spade a spade. The Aristocracy wish you to
believe that they represent the property of the nation, and
mainly support its religion. If they can succeed in per-
suading you of these things, they " divide and conquer." We
have; indeed, a splendid peerage, and a priesthood of princes;
but neither does the one represent property, nor the other re-
ligion. What is religion? Is it the mitre, the cloven crown,
which reminds you of cloven feet?---( Laughter.) Christ
wore no mitre. His kingdom here is Christ in the heart, and
whit else can it be in heaven ?—( Hear, hear.) Surely those
magnificent fishermen do not expect us to believe that there
are palaced parsons in heaven ! Then, for the sake of pro-
perty and religion, I warn you against the worst enemies
of both. It is not thirty hours since I read a list of the
names of 173 Tory Lords, whose estates, if sold at the present
monopoly-price of land, would not pay two-thirds of their
debts. I shall not read those names here, because Ido not
wish to be involved in law suits with 173 Aristocrats, not worth
powder and shot.—( Laughter.) But if we really are to be
misruled by a horde of beggars, let them, at least, be English-
men. Let it not be said of us that we are trampled upon by
a few hundred emissaries of foreign despots. Are not these
Lords foreigners in their hearts? Do they not every day
utter sentiments fit only for the meridian of St. Petersburgh ?
Has not their leader sworn allegiance to a foreign despot ? Do
they not represent here the interests of the King of the Huns?
Who gave Poland to Russia ? Our Tory Lords, by delaying
the Reform Bill. Do they not propose to give him the Dar-
danelles ? Why not the Humber ? Give Constantinople to
Rnssia, ant, you give her Sheffield. What care bankrupt
Peers to whom they sell their country ? Their opposition to
Municipal Reform proves that they mean to sell you ; and you
know there is a bidder in the market.—( Hear, and cheers.)
Down, then, with these Anglo- Russians ; these British aliens !
these collared hounds of Nicholas ! I once thought that a
House of Lords might be er.dured, if elective, but I no longer
think so ; and the conduct of the American Senate, in support-
ing the B ink against the people, proves that such Aristocratic
bodies are necessarily mischievous. It is impossible that your
business can be well done in the House of Irresponsibles—
( Laughter)—while Lady Charles wants a douceur, while
Lord Fanny, if she vote for you, must finger 10/.—( Renewed
laughter)—while Whig Lords declare that Noble Lords must
not be coerced by public opinion, which governs all things,
and is the expressed will of God on earth, and while Tory
Lords boa.'t that they—.s gang of self-declared beggars—do not
care a straw for the honest Representatives of twenty-four mil-
lions of self-supperted Britons.—( Cheers.) Have you, then,
prepared your back for the knout ? Are you prepared for the
Duke of Wellington's Siberian whip ?—( Hear.) Or have
you determined to tell these Lords that as you keep both
yourselves and them—as you are independent men, and they
beggars fed by you, they shall not defeat, not mutilate, nor
delay your Bill for Corporation Reform.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. FISHER proposed the adoption of a petition.
Mr. BRAMLEY seconded the motion. He had hoped that
the passing of the Reform Bill had had a salutary influence
on the minds of the Tory Peers. But, unfortunately, they
had not profited by their experience. They had sunk, deeper
and deeper in impolicy and intolerance. They had shut their
eyes to the precepts of wisdom, and took upon themselves to en-
thral the King, usurp the rights of the people, and were, by
their conduct, hastening us on to a state of frightful oligarchy.
—( Hear, hear.) And it was easy to foresee the issue. The
country would not long submit to see them exercise power,
without an iota of responsibility.—( Hear, hear.) Lord Mel-
bourne had given them a sufficient warning. He had point-
edly warned them that if they followed the advice given to
them, with respect to the Bill before them, it " might be the
destruction of their House."—( Hear, and sheers.) In that
warning every one must concur.—( Cheers.)
The resolution was put from the Chair, and carried with-
out a dissentient hand being held up against it.
Mr. DONCASTER moved the resolution of thanks to Lord
Melbourne, to whom it was likewise proposed to entrust the
petition for presentation.
Mr. NANSON seconded tile resolution, which was adopted
nem. coi'.
Mr. DuNs, jun., proposed, and Mr. J. ROEBUCK seconded,
a vote of thanks to the Chairman, for his readiness in calling
the ineeting„ and for his impartial conduct in the chair.
The resolution was unanimously passed amidst the cheers of
the assembly, and the meeting then separated.
[ln the course of the afternoon and evening the petition was
sinned by many thousand persons, and was despatched to Lord
Melbourne the next morning.]