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LONDON TUESDAY 41 j
A•. JANUARY 15, 150,
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IMPROVED DWELLINGS for the POOR.
The SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION
or the LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more
than four years past with these objects :
It has built a r Inge of Dwellings for the Industrious Classes, on
sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's Inn-lane. llete
twenty-three families and thirty single women arc accommolated.
It has repaired and r littered fit for healthy occupation four houses
in King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 105 working
men are accommodated.

It has built, in Ge;rge-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House
for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a comfortable
habitation.

It has repaired and fitted up, at No. 76 , Hatton-garden, a house
for the accommodation of fifty eight females of the working•classes.

It is now building. in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a range of
dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 43 such
families will dud good and healthy habitations.
At Tunbridge W. 7118 it is aiding to raise a series of cottages fo
agricultural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single
men are already completed and occupied.
Besides these various works, it is In constant correspondence with
a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdnm ;
who ap7ly for its aid in the building or improvement of cottages, or
the setting-oat of cottage allotments.
In these various works it has expended, and is expending, more
than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For tke works now in hand
a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ;
towards which the Committee now solicits the contributions of the
benevolent.

The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house
now erecting in Streatham-street

SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert - -
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent -
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester -
The Right Hon. Earl Spencer
Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. -
The Right Hon. Lord Feversham
S. M. l'eto, Esq., M.P. -
Rev. E. Hoßond - -
His Grace the Duke of Bedford -
Miss Portal - -
Messrs. Barclay and Co
Kosmos -
Abel Smith, Esq.
Lord Willoughby de Eresby
AFr end, by L Sullivan, Esq. -
Total, to Jan. 1, 1849 -

- - 300 0 0
- - 150 0 0
- - 100 0
- 50 0 0
100 0 0
- 2d donation 110 0 0
- - 100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
- - 100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
- 100 0 0
- £5,,i63 3 6

Donations since received :
W. 5., a Tribate for the Thanksgiving Day -£lO 0
Mrs. Blair - 25 0
Mrs. Lambert Blair
The Rev. Dr. Ellerton
A Friend
R. B. Cooke, Esq.
Major Civil, shank - - - 5 0
A., per Nisbet 6 0
C. Saver, Esq.
A. Palmer, Esq. - - - - - b 0
A. H. Bradshaw, Esq. - - - - - 10 0
R. C. Kidd, Esq.
W. S. Angell, Esq.
The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0
J. E. Denison, Esq., 51.1'. - - - - 10 0
Rev. J. Ware - - - - - - 20 0
Mrs. Charles Pym
Geo. Pearce, Esq.
J. Sperling, Esq.
R. 11. V. Walpole, Esq.
R. A. Hornby, Esq.
Viscount Brackley
H. B. Hickman, Esq.
Miss A. 51. Cotton
Marquis of Blandford
Rev. Dr. Pacey
J. 0. Harris, Esq.
11. Unwell, Esq.
Rev. Dr. Cotton. Principal of Worcester College 5 0
John Hardy, Esq.
Mr. Hargraves
W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0
Lieut.-Colonel Seymour
Mrs. llug,hatn -
Major Little 1 0
51. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter
in the " Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank-
offering of herself and family from the late
Epidemic
Lady Murray - - - - - 2 2
W. Jennings, Esq. - - - - - - 10 10
R. Wilkinson, Esq.
J. Beaufort, Esq. - - - - - - b 0
Hon. Mountstaart Elphinstono - - - 10 0
Miss Ware - - - - - - 10 0
Edward Strachey, Esq. - - - - 2 2
Mrs. Dumaresque - - - - - 5 0
Thomas L. Ward - - - - 10 0
T. H. Bastard, Esq.
E. Gardner, Esq. - - - - - 5 5
T. Twining, jun., Esq. - - - - 20 0
T. 11. Parker, Esq. - - - 5 0
C. V. - ----- - 5 0
Mrs. Bird
J. J. Smith, Esq
W. Penny, Esq. - - - - b 0
W. Sparkes, Esq.
Christianus
B. Smith, Esq.
G. Harding, Esq.
J. C. Hall, Esq.
E. B. Bastard, Esq.
Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0
W. P. Angell, Esq.
Mrs. Schael
Miss Catherine Stuart
E. W. M. L.

Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs.
Williams, Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar,
and Co., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs.
Straiten, Pa 1,, and Co., Temple-bar; and by Hatchards, Piccadilly ;
Seeleys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street; and :Nisbet, Berners-
street ; or by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter Hall.

rHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. ltackhoffner,
on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock. and
in the Evenings, at Eight. —An entirely new Set of Dissolving
Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with
a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Four, and in the Even-
ings at a Quarter t• Ten.—Tho Views of Rome, including new
Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's. with Dioramie ef-
fects, are shown daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with
brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver
and Diving-bell.—New Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma-
chinery, Models, Sec., explained.
kctin;ssion. Is—Schools, Half-price.

AVI S'S CANDLES, 4 d. and sd. per lb.;
t- wax-wick moulds, id. ; composite, 7%ti., 9d., and 9%d. ;
Botanic wax candles, Is.; German wax, Is. 21.; fine wax, Is. 53. ;
transparent wax, Is. Bd. and Is. 10d. ; best wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can-
dles, 15 81. and Is. 10d. ; metallic, 7d. and Rd. ; motto d soap 565.
,nd 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel ow, 445., 506., and 568. ; Windsor soa
Is. 4d. per pack-t. ; brown Windsor, is 93. ; rose, 2+. ; almond,
ts. 6d.; snerm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ; solar, 3s. 3d. ; arg and, 4s. 6d
sealing wax, 4s. id. per lb., for cash, at DAVIFA'S old established
warehouse, 63, St. Mart'n's•lane, opposite Westminster County
Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house).

p ERFECTION—THE OFFSPRING OF
COME PITION I
Gentlemen desirous of seeing garments cut in the purest Style of
art should call at the fashionable Establishments of
L. lIYAM and CO.,
Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters,
t 6, OXFORD-STREET, an, 36, GRACECHURCII-STREET,
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The largest, cheapest, and most recherche stock in the great me-
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Establishments of

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Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters,
SG, OXFORD-STREET, and 3,3, G •ACECHUXCH-STREET,

LONDON.

117ELCOME NEWS for WINTER DAYS.
If you are desirous of attiring yourself in the warmest and
most beautiful garments, at the lowest scale of ,harges, visit the ex-
tensive Establishments of

L. lIYAM and CO.,
86, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECIIURCII-STREET,

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Excellence in fabrics, perfection in cut, and superiority in workman-
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IS IT YOUR PURPOSE TO SAVE MONEY ?
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BRANCH BSTABLISIIMENTS.
63 and 65, Lord-street, Liverpool 61, King-street. Manchester.
23, New-street, Birmingham. 26, Market-street, Manchester.
42, Wine-street, Bristol. 42, Briggate, Leeds.
6. Union-street, Bristol. 17, Market-place, Hull.
193, Iligh-street, Exeter. 48 Argyle-street, Glasgow.

EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a
few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the ass of
GRIMS TONE'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOR.
If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human
figure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or
of any wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer. an Ils.
bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential
spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her-
bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and
gentry, by whorls it is highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too
numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his
pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed.
Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant,
IlerbAry, Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of
Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th
of August, 4846.
This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, en receiving two
postage stamps.
The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on
receiving a post-office order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125., which in-
cludes the postage with the case.
The lls. size contains four of the 4s.
A few cf its many virtues, as thousands can prove, aro published
in the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age,
you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your
walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was
the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause
—the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff and because it cured
Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Catar :et, Nervous Headach, and Deaf-
ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67
cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of
oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq.,
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
the Treasury ; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, Fsq., to
Mr. William Grimstene, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was
on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis-
ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of
Government it is obliged to be stamped.
GRIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters,
inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the
Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The
Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., 35. 6d., and
ss. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the
many thousand proofs.
Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases
of Gutta Serena, from G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism:—
" Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848.
" Ma. W. GRIMSTONL—Sir—I must in justice to you send the fol-
lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your
Eye Snuff in cages of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with
themmaoksetwashta useotoish ylngor
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Sir, you may
lymwayhoaldverastisteontliisihse!
or
me and thousands of others.—l am, Sir, &c.,

G. H. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism."
All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near
London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his
far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so mach esteemed in all foreign parts.
The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
the author of the " Pleasures of Home :"
" Springfield Cottage, Iloniton, Devon, 15th August, 1848.
Sir,—l cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating hew highly I
esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now foamed in it a substitute for
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yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price.
I am your obedient servant,
" STUART FARQUH ARSON, D.C.L.
To Mr. William Gemstone, Herbary, Highgate."
This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug-
gists, and others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 734 d.,
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In a few days, in 2 vols., fear). Bvo., 155.,
THE MARTYRS of CARTHAGE.
By the Author of " Naomi."
Richard Bentley, Published in Ordinary to her Majesty.

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PIIYST.CAL DISQUALICATIONB, GENERATIVE INCAPA
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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE
AMENDMENT OF THE LAW.

The society for Promoting the Amendment of the
Law held a general meeting last night at their rooms
in Regent-street, Mr. Commissioner Fane in the chair.
Mr. S. M. Green, of Dublin, was elected a member.
Mr. A'BECKETT then read the report of the com-
mittee of equity on his plan for the improvement of
the law relating to deceased persons' estates. Two
Bills were proposed : the first introducing new rights,
the second a new procedure. The report proposed to
give personal protection to executors, and for a certain
period, until such time as the real assets were ascer-
tained. It also proposed to do away with the princi-
ple of priority that now obtained with respect to the
division of deceased persons' estates among cre-
ditors ; the committee, in reference to the
distribution of deceased persons' estates by
the courts, approved of the adaptation of the
machinery of the Courts of Bankruptcy to that
purpose ; and the clauses of the Bill were, therefore,
framed closely upon the model of the new Bankruptcy
Act. The Bill, however, to create a special tribunal,
entitled the Administration of Estates Jurisdiction
Court, to be presided over by Judges of the Court
of Bankruptcy. The claims of the creditors upon
an estate should be considered paramount to those of
relations; and, therefore, in the proposed plan, the
debts were made a primary charge upon the estate,
with the sole exception of the costs of administration.
But all persons having claims upon the estate would
be permitted to register these claims for the purpose of
adjudication. Several instances of the ruinous cost
of dividing the estates of deceased persons under
the present system were adduced ; in one, where a
sum of 2,5001. had been realised, only 351. were di-
vided among the creditors ; while in another, where
3,0001. were obtained, not a penny had been so ap-
portioned. The speaker asserted that this description
was far short of the real evil, and that it was impossible
to exaggerate the real wrong. The ruin of families
was a constant result of the present cruel law, but
still there was nothing done to remedy this wrong,
or even to palliate these evils, though many of the
latter lay on the suffice, and were mere anomalies
that might be removed by a few words. He alluded
in particular to the difference now maintained
between specialties and contract debts, by means of
which the former were preferred to the latter ; and
he mentioned a case within his own knowledge, where
there were specialty debts for 31,000/. on an estate,
and only 1,5001. contract debts, but the latter ob-
tained nothing on the division of the property of the
deceased, while the former received 15s. in the pound
from the property. Specialty debts were causes of
the greatest amount of fraud, as all solicitors knew ;
and everyone was acquainted with the facilities
afforded by the Legislature for confessing judgment.
The remedy for this was simple—that the executor
should not pay one creditor to the exclusion of
another, until he knew the amount the estate
under his administration would discharge. He
hoped the act of the society would not end with the
adoption of the report, but that it would be directed
to carry the plan so approved of into execution.
The CHAIRMAN suggested that as the system of
preference among creditors had been abolished in
bankruptcy 200 years ago, and in the distribution of
equitable assets in Chancery, as contradistinguished
from legal assets, that the Bill should embrace an
enactment making all assets equitable assets, and as
such placing them for distribution in Chancery. This
he thought would entirely do away with preferences.
Mr. A'BECKETT said one of the enactments of the
Bill he had drawn up was to that effect.
Mr. SPENCE said the distinction between legal and
equitable assets was purely speculative, and the Court
of Chancery made the distinction because it did not
choose to take away from a creditor his right at law.
The Court of Chancery knew no inequality, and
never at any time recognised the justice of pre-
ference. Courts of law went on the principle that
specialty gave a prior right ; the Court of Chancery
went on the principle that the justice of the case was in
equality of distribution in the matter of assets. One or
other was, therefore, in the wrong, and according to
his o pinion, it was not the Court of Chancery. He
(Mr.. Spence), from a long experience of Chancery,
and a full knowledge of the operation of bankruptcy,
was of opinion that the duties created by the Bill
tinder discussion should be confided to the commis-
sioners of bankrupts. There was no comparison, in
point c if legal training, between a Master in Chancery
and a Commissisner of Bankrupts, nor in the means
and appliances wielded by the one and by the other.
Mr. J. STUART did not oppose the reception of the
report,, though to adopt it would be to tell the Court
of Chi ;ncery that it could not do its business ; but he

had some reason to suppose that, at an early period of
the session, something would be done in relation to
the subject z,<t issue, and therefore he should propose
a series of resolutions which went to establish official
assignees and official receivers in the Court of Chan-
cery, and also to have all the work done by one
marl. These r+-solutions to be discussed when the
adoption of the report came un fur discussion at a
future period.
The report was then received and ordered to Le
printed, and the meeting separated.

Look at the state of the franchise in Middlesex for
instance. 1,500,000 persons only returned two
members of Parliament, while the same number
spread over several boroughs, returned 246 Niembers.
—(dear, hear, and Shame.) Shame. Aye, but it
was their fault, because they were not united.
(Near, hear.) Toy ought to act differently. They
ought to seek by every means to obtain an extension
of tae franchise, for without it they could do nothing.
\V not was the use of reducing the expenditure of the
country by twenty millions ? Tney would he no
better off afterwards, unless they were fully repre-
sented.—(hear, hear.) What principle then was
butter than that every man of 21 years of age, of
sound intellect, and untainted by should he
entitled to vote for a representative ? \\That they
wanted was to effect their object by constitutional
mean.. They did not want revolutions, for revolu-
tions only ended in•promoting the objects of the high
and middle class people to the prejudice (f the great
body of the people.—(Hear, hear.) The Chairman,
after referring to the necessity of entire freedom in
the land, called on the meeting to act firmly together,
closing his speech with these lines :
" Unite, unite, ye Chartists brave,
Let the land your watchword be;
Scout, scout the servile slave
That crouches when he may be free.
Up, ye heroes, at the despots,
Lick no more the despot's hand;
Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots,
Live like freemen on your land.
Then free-trade will be a blessing,
When men can work, and eat, and play,
When shepherds cease to live by fleecing,
Then each flock its own will pay."
—(Great cheers.)
Mr. G. W. M. REYNOLDS rose to move the first re-

solution, which was as followi:—" That in the opi-
nion of this meeting the alarming and downward ten-
dency of the labouring and general industrial inte-
rests of the United Kingdom and the colonies is the
result of the present unjust and unequal system of Go-
vernment, promoting as it does the corrupt interests
of a small faction at the expense of the people at
large; and that this meeting expresses its deliberate
conviction that the only safe and effectual remedy for
the colonies is independent responsible government,
and for the United Kingdom such a change of our
representative system as will place the House of
Commons under the direct control of the nation, and
by the admittal of the entire male adult population
within the pale of the electoral franchise, and which
would be accomplished, most satisfactorily to this
meeting, by the enactment of the People's Charter as
the basis of a future constitution." He gave his
hearty adhesion to this resolution, and he begged to
express his feeling of delight at seeing that over-
flowing meeting. Heaven knew that reform was
necessary, when they saw that poverty was stamped
on the faces of nine-tenths of the people. The Chair-
man said that Lard J. Russell would bring in a Bill
to extend the franchise. They might depend upon it
the reforms in that respect would be of the most
limited description. An attempt might be made to
save the aristocracy, but the aristocracy were on their
last legs, and they would fall by their own weight.
After referring to the result of the revolution in
France, and having expressed a belief that the prin-
ciple of democracy would yet be high in the ascend-
ant, and that kings and emperors would fall before its
power, and such men as Kossuth and Mazzini would
return to their respective countries, Mr. Reynolds
proceeded to observe, that if England opposed herself
to the spirit of liberalism abroad, she would suffer in
her power, for America would take from her Canada,
and other of her colonies, while France would invade
Ireland, and thus the British people would be left
isolated in their own island. He then observed upon
the state to which the great body of the people was
reduced, thousands and thousands of whom were to
be fund seeking shelter either in the gaol or the
workhouse. The only cure for this state of things
was the extension of the suffrage, as suggested by the
People's Charter. Mr. Reynolds here complained
of the large sum paid to the Queen and Prince
Albert, and asked, them if they were satisfied at
King Leopold having 50,0001. a year from them ?
(Hear)—or at the King of Hanover having 27,0001.
a year from this country ?—(Hear, hear.) Could
they wonder that the people desired republics when
such things as these took place ?—(Hear, hear.) He
called on them to oppose themselves to those laws that
upheld the aristocratic principle. Let them agitate
and clamour to widen the doors of the House of
Common?, and if they obtained universal suffrage and
the other points of the Charter, this end would be
effected.—(lfar, hear.) If they gave in their adhe-
sion to those principles, the time was not far distant
when there would not be a hungry person in this
great kingdom.—(Hear.)
Mr..l4l`GitaTu seconded the resolution, ar.4 ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the appearance of that great
meeting, assembled, as it was, to hold up the banner
of the People's Charter to the admiring eyes of the
Chartists of the country.—(Hear.) The National
Association was formed to carry out the object of the
Charter, and they wanted the aid of people to carry
out the purpose which they had in view. They were
about to make a grand effort to pull down the cor-
rupt system which had existed for so long a time
in this country, and to rear upon it the solid and
substantial structure of liberty.—(Hear, hear.)
The resolution said that the country had a down-
ward tendency. There could be no doubt of this
fact, for the wages of the people testified to it in the
fullest manner.--(Hear, hear.) This state of the
people originated either in the existence of bad laws,
or the want of good ones—consequently all this re-
sulted from class legislation.—(Hear, hear.) The
resolution also referred to the colonies, and he was,
therefore, justified in observing that the colonies
were dissatisfied at the manner in which they were
governed by this country, and he need only instance
the East Indies as a proof of the faulty system pur-
sued by this country in respect to the countries de-
pendent upon her. He next referred to the question
of protection, and asked what protection would
Disraeli or Stanhope give them ? Just the same
protection that the wolf would give to the lamb.—
(Hear, hear.) The remedy for the present state of
things was not a return to prohibit, as a reimposi-
tion of the corn-laws would be prejudicial to the
real interests of the people. In conclusion, he
would only observe that while he would advise
them to take all the advantages they could get from
Parliament by assistance of other persons, yet it
would be their duty to stand by themselves, and carry
nut the great obligations which they as Chartists had
in view.—(Hear.)
Mr. VERNON, described as a Chartist victim, then
came forward to support the resolution, and was loudly
cheered. He supported the Charter, because it would
be the means by which great things could be effected
for the people. They wanted a revolution for the
benefit of the people. He trusted it would be a
moral one, and he could only say that he would be
ready to aid them to work out that end whenever
called upon to do so.

Mr. Hammy, in supporting the resolution, said he
was one of those who had no confidence in the Na-
tional Reform Association movement. He admitted

,hat the plan of reform put forth by that society ap-

proximated closely upon that put forth by the Chartists,
but it had in it the flaw of the money qualification,
for it made the payment of the rates a necessary con-
.

sequence upon the right to vote. Then the paynient of
Nlembers was not upheld by it —and until the work-
ing classes were represented by Members of their own
body, their interest would not be fairly upheld in the
House of Commons. And how could the working men
go to Parliament without they were paid ? At the same
time he had no objection to these gentlemen succeed-
ing, for then the great charter would fallow, and the
people would never be satisfied until they possessed
universal suffrage. He could not face Ernest Jones
and the other victims of the Charter if he gave his

support to any principle short of the Charter.—
(llear.):Ile admitted that revolutions had not tended
very much to exalt the condition of the people, but
still the people of France had obtained a power which,
if it was continued to them a few years longer, would
enable them 'to overthrow Louis Napoleon, Theirs,
and all the other rascals in France, restore the exiled
patriots to their country, and establish the Red Re-
public.—(Hear, hear.) If Louis Napoleon succeeded
in overthrowing the Republic, and placing himself
in the Falaces of the Bourbon, still he (Mr. Harney)
would not despair of France, for if he allowed the
principle of universal suffrage to exist, it would
in the end, overthrow him, and as the
French nation moved they moved, the nations
generally would imitate the example set them, and
republics would rise up all over the world.—(Hear.)
The Chairman said they ought to have a free trade ii
land, but he protested against land being made a
question of sale and bargain ; for the land was the
property of the people, and ought to be held in trust
for them by the Government.—(Hear.) He then
referred to the case of the colonies, and said they
ought to be allowed to govern themselves. If this
were done, the colonies would be improved, and,
joining hand in hand with the mother country, they
would go down to posterity as one family. Mr.
Harney then took a review of the foreign policy of
this country, and contended that Lord Palmerston
was to blame for sacrificing the honour of this country
to treaties which were not in accordance with the
wishes or feelings of the people.—(Hear.)
Mr. KIDD supported the resolution in an energetic

speech ; after which the resolution was put from the
chair, and agreed to unanimously.
The Chairman then retired, and Mr. M'Grath was
appointed to fill the chair for the remainder of the
evening.

Mr.-CeinKE then moved the second resolution,
which was as follows :—" That in order to make
effective the demand for the enactment of the People's
Charter, it is necessary that the friends of that mea-
sure should forthwith form themselves into an asso-
ciation for that purpose ; and that this meeting hereby
call-, especially upon the working classes, to adopt
the course here directed, as the one most essential to
their moral, social, and political elevation." He
thought th:y ought to pursue their own course with-
out running counter to that which was pursued by
others. Ile thought that an association which pro-
posed to give the franchise to four millions of persons
deserved the support of all advocates fur an extension
of the franchise.—(Hear, hear.) Such was the ob-
ject of the National Reform Association. Was he
then to oppose such an association ? It was this
unwise policy on the part of themselves that enabled
the Legislature to cheat them out of their rights.
Unaided and unsupported they could not carry the
Charter. Mr. Clarke then protested against some
strong expressions used by Mr. Harney, as to the
manner in which the opponents of revolution ought
to be treated by the democrats when the latter had
the power in their hands, and said that the Republic
of France never stood higher in his estimation or in
that of the world, than when it decreed the abolition
of the punishment of death for political offences.
Mr. SrALLwoon seconded the resolution, and after
a brief explanation from Mr. Kydd and Mr. Harney
in reference to observations made by Mr. Clarke,
Mr. BRONTERRE OTRIBN addressed the meeting
in an able speech, in the course of which he said that,
however they, might differ upon minor points, .the
were all agreed in this, that every male adult ough
to have a voice in the making of the laws of this
country. He would only exclude the man that
would exclude him.—(A laugh.) He protested
against the key with which Mr. Cobden proposed to
open the doors of Parliament, for it could not be pur-
chased by the poor working men in this country, or
by the great body of the people of Ireland.
Other speakers having addressed the meeting, the
resolution was adopted, and thanks having been voted
to the chairman, the meeting separated.