Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-08-05
FROM OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT.

many points it certainly had fewer advocates than
we expected; but upon examining the list OF the
minority OF eghty-six, il will be found that II In
cluded the representatives of more than 100000
of the 100000 electors of the United Kingdom
) and embodied the sufrages OF certainly not less
than eleven millions Of the people. And, of the
! 35l members who constituted the majority, not less
! than 100 Of them are said TO be friendly TO reform
in shape or other. This is encouraging to the
5 friends Of those salutary measures which will tend
TO the institutions of the kingdom to such
rec and proper operation as is necessary Tor the
prosperity of the country and the political and constitutional
ghts OF the people, It will be extremely difficult to bring
onward such proposition the House shall unite all the
aous descriptions of reormers in phaanx; but the
measure ought be and will be attempted. Many who
would vote for the ballot opposed to household suffrage
reformers object rennia Paramenls, but desi
OF equalization Of representation In short there
every Formulation and combination Of opinion and feeling
Refoers always very mpraccab and in the present
probably than hundred votes have been lost to
Mr. HUNS motion through this mpracticabiy. Lord JoHs
RussELLs speech certainly favorable to reform he even
went beyond the motion in respect the duration Of Paa
ents prefeng annual trennia but at present, he said,
he should not for any change He spoke Of reforms
which might be carried into effect for improvement of the rep
resentation. He should for the dsanchisement
OF any boroughs which had proved be corrupt swh
out accompanying establish right of voting
by Of which traders and the mechanical industry Of
would be expressed, they formerly by the
eemen. He thought defect that the great variety of
rights Of voting which existed under the former constitution
of The House Of Commons though tainted by many abuses
were reduced much uniformity" He thought &C. we
might varieties of suffrage perhaps by
giving the right of voting persons who have placed money
in the Savings Banks showing that they had provden and
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being proof that they possessed the confidence of their
fellow -workmen Undoubtedly these encouraging IDEAS
and all who friendly reform should welcome and accept
them and all other proposals for its advance They
tanly small beginnings, but should gladly hail all pro-
gress however trng. II Ministers will but steadily
on towards the desired object the people will be content but
there must be this motion. Nothing be fatal the
of advancement and improvement than the narrow
maxim, too be taught by demagogue and believed
practised by the uniformed whom they address
themselves, that he who is not with against u.s.. This
bars all corporation to any extent breaks up good
into innumerabe unavailable fragments leads all kinds of
jealousy and unknd feeling and prevents truth and right
from making headway against united bgoy, intolerance
and wrong far from being unavorabe feature of
the public mind that, although Mr.. HUars motion de-
feaed the circumstances attending that defeat sufficiently
inspire hope Of future success; and
que the proper influence the direction of public affairs
sober and temperate argument and merging of all minor
differences in advocacy of great and leading principle.
England, through all its length and BREADTH so
quiet that the pancmongers reduced pisbe cond
ton of disappointment and Distress The English funds have
risen five per cent Even the French funds have advanced
considerably Every post brings fresh intelligence of
pacific nature from Germany and other parts of the continent
Our harvest promises abundantly. Money plentiful La
Dor and employment for the poor obtanabe prov
sons of all kinds plentiful and of course cheap This COM
bnaon of pleasant circumstances forms desperate for
the friends Of public CONSERVATION. The alarms are eagerly
looking out for some wnda Of calamity, portent OF
coming evil something from which deduce new prophecy
of uoub which may the excitement which they love
to riot in, although few days may prove be untrue
They have only from which they can draw any
Of morbid comfort One is that the Chartists are
not still for nothing they preparing for terrible
outbreak in August when the Tower and the Treasury the
Parliament and the Bank be attacked
and London to be under the control of 0CossoR
and his myrmdons" The other calamity from which these
croakers derive gloomy comfort the Of Ireland There
things quiet that something be radically wrong
We perfectly that ireland is remarkably free
from materials which spark might light into blaze but
Ministers have their eyes upon and their hands ready take
hold Of it, if necessary. Horse, foot and artillery crowd
every bausck fort and depot in that dsrus,ed island The
police than ever and upon the alert
and many manifestations have lately been given of the loyalty
Of the great bulk Of the community and Of their attachment
law and order But says the panicmonge the quiet
awful the silence is alarming Sedtion never 80
dangerous when it is working and unheard
These all general usms bat they do appear have
any particular applicability the present moment num-
Der Of Irish Peers and members Of Parliament addressed
the Government wishing 10 put down the clubs selling
arms drllng &c but imagine that any further
coercive viii be resorted against Ireland Mr.
MARTIs the proprietor Of the "Feon" "a strange name for
newspaper has been arrested and will be tried in August
He,was aiming walk in MIrcHELLs footsteps and has so
far succeeded that very probable he will reach the same
destination He diluted Mitchell and had really acquir-
ed the sobrigu Of Mitchell and oater" Nh. Durrr the
editor Of the "Naon newspaper, has also been arrested and
his papers seized Government appears be determined to
pursue energetic measures least far respects the press
and doab, is equally ready to meet and put down sed
ton in any and every shape.
Your Irish ympahizers are we observe about t out an
expedition 70 beate MITCHELL from his Of bondage at
Bermuda This regarded here nothing than sort
Of eeconeerng maneuvre obtain the votes Of your Irish
citizens the approaching Presidential election But yet
people consider the proposal in rather serious
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