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      THE MIDDLE _Cf-ASS MOVEMENT . 3 kk _^ _« f Sff r _« - * f _krnB _^ Il-o to press upon the legislature the _neees-Svof ' ari _^ _lnvestiga'inn into the ex end ... * «• _S « mt » r , with » view to its diminution ; a on bona ' _Jtefo r iha expense * of the roir ; nnd such _va _* re orms a « may tend to the wel'are and prosper y o < the country ; En that by promoting pub'io confidence , and restoring trade to a healthy condition , all _classeba enabled to live happy -and com / ortab'ein their

      nsy _respective stations' The meetine _assrmb ed at thr Town Hail , and the mayor . J . W . _kes . Esq . pre 3 o > . Keso _^ _n-i'ins in accordance with the _d-elared nbjtc of tbe rr . e _? tiue _w ? re mnved by Mr Ua : eer . Mr Stimu-Km , the Rsv . J . Bennett , Mr Sharp , ; md other ? . O " the _second resolution being _prnpo-ed Mr li P . r < - _> moved the _following _cmesdment ; :- 'Tbat _thxreetine holds tbat it is the rieht <> f every man 21 years of sue ( or _howerer else a man _m-Jit bed-fined ) _t-i have a vote—an equal v . te with every other man , if unconvicted r . f crime , and of s _^ ne mind , to ro ' e for a member of parliament ; and that it is r . Un _tbn right of every man to sit in that parliament whom a majority of such electors may select . ' The Rev J Turlmri _Brosu _s'C'Tided the amendment The

      amendment was _carried by avast _mai « ri : y , amid lind cheering _a-tid clapping of " lands . Mr _Dennis , to whom the nest resolution had been _inoristi-d . then c . _irae forward , and said tbat , 3 ' mcB an adver-e _r--s .. ' utinti had heen come to , it wouM ill become ihem ( the _requisionists ) to submit further resolutions to the meeting , and he wou'd leave to thp mnj _>> ri ; y tr _^ farther conduct of the proceedings . ( _Expressions o _< _disipprobathn ) Mr _IlollowelJ . a Clnrtist the * proposed— ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that , in order to aive cf !; ct to th ? amendment just carried , Vote by Ballot . Annual Parliaments , Equ »' Electoral Districts , and Payment of Members ,--hnuld be added . ' Mr Munday seconded tke pr » prmition

      which save rise to some _mscuFsion , but ma clti maUly put and carried _unan'mous-v . _~ _Mr _Yiuuu . iy than _prcposad that the res _i- ' _utinn * be embodied in : ¦ petrirn . fo bs signed by the mayor on behalf of ih ' meet _' ng , to be sealed by tbe town seal , and forwarded to th- town _numbers for pre-eniation Mr Barker . Chartist seconded the proposition , which was carried enanimonsly amidst the cheers of the Chartists , tbe _snfjprrtsra of Household _Soff-a-re taking- no part w the proceedings . Mr Brown then proposrd a vote of thanks io the mayor , which was _can- _' ed by _acc ' _am-. tiou ; Mr _LiichTSore adding hi * conviction that the course _proposed presented the only means nf _averting each scenes as they had had in Paris . Tba Mayor _havinz returned thanks , the meeting broke up .

      Hull . —At a verv numerously attended _-- ¦ eetinp , held in Hull , on Wednesday , an _association _wn- > formed to be called the' _Hti'l Reform League . ' to cooperate with other associations formed and formm _? st ether large towns forthe _purpiis _* of _obtaining _Hos-ehold _Suff-sge _V-de by Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , and Equal Electoral Districts . _SusDEBLiSD — In compliance with a _nqiisition _, pretty numerously signed , a public _meetiat ; ofthe inhabitants of _Sunderland , was _convt-ned hy the Ma * or . ' and held in the _Atberajam Ilall . in tha boron _^ h , on Friday evening , the object being to tak _< - Into consideration ths qneMiin "f _parliamentary and financial reform . Mr William Mordey _presided . The first motion , comp ' _ainine nf the _excessive xmount of taxation annually raised from _tbepeopi _. in this country , was _p'opn = ed by Mr Thomas

      _Thorep-EOll , seconded by Dr Bwewb _, acd carried _onani-Eiou-iy . Mr Ilil ' s proposed the next resolution _, which attributed tfce results _stated in the _preceding resolution to ' -be fact that the Ilouse of Gomroondid not _sufficiently _represent the people , and express _ed the satisfaction of th ? meeting at the intention of Mr Hume to bring under _disrussinB the state of tha representation , and to propose certain measures fur amending it . Mr _Ribbon having se _cendf _*? the motion . Mr D _' _ckf-nson , batter _kmwn as ihe ' Manchester-Packer' came forward and prorosed the whole of the points of the Charter . Mr _Wiiliams oppr-sed this proceeding as injudicious , under "the eirenmstanee ? . and , after sorae _discussion , ifr Dickenson ' s amendment _was withdrawn , and a petition , founded npon the above _resolutions , wac adopted . The meeting , which was very numerous , then separated .

      _Dsrbt —On Friday evenin _? . in pursuance of a requisition very nnroerons'y signed , a meetine of the inhabitants of Derby _wa- » convened in the Guildhall , by the mayor , in support of the new reform movement . The hal ! . which is an extensive hnild-£ _nc with a large gallery at ons end . was crowded to execs . Amon £ 3 'i those _present were several aldermen and members of the _ti-vn _council , several _lead-n _:-manufacturers , and a number of prof essional men and _tradesmen . The _following resolutions _oro _pnse-l b 7 the Rev . N . Jones , Mr _Stn-gpnn , the Rev . W . F . Poik _. and Mr Biggs were adopted : — Th _' . t tbe _fuadatiiental principle of the British constitution _TfCo _: ni 3 es the tizht of the neonle to a fall and fair _representation in tbe _Honrs pf _Commons ; and _th-it , in the opiaion of this _mef-ting , tbe _Flouse of Commons , st atpr _^ sent censtitntcd , does not fairly represent tbepopu iation . tbe property , the _indisstry of tbe country , from which haB arisen great and _incressina discontent in the _Ciinie « f a Urea portion ofthe people .

      Tbat thu _mee'iag approves of tbe motion of whicb _STr Hcne has _sivtn r . otiee , for _placing t _^ e _parlUment'sry suffrage oa a more _j-ist » ni _< qaal basis : for givine voter - ths protection of _theballot ; for limiting the duration of parliaments ; end making e mora eqaal apportionment of members to tbe population . It wa 3 agreed tbat the chairman request TV * . Evans Esq ., to _present _cooie- 'of the _foregoing r _« = olutioes tn Lord John _Rnssr-11 , and to Joseph Hume , E _« q , M . P ., and after < h r _eo cheers hadoeen given for reform , _themeeti" ? broke op . Maidstjke—0 * . _ Tuesday week a large _public meetins was h _*! d in he Count ? Assembly rooms _Charles Ellis , E-q , one of the borcngh justices was Cil'ed to the chair . Mr R _^ h _' _ting m -ved . and Mr _Arkcnli _seconded , the _follnwinj _resolut-on : — ' That

      this meeting pledges itself to use every possible _eser tion t * t obtain an Extension of the _Suffrage to al ] _ptrsnes oceupvuu a _spoar _^ _ta tenement for a fixed period ; the Billot ; Electoral Districts , in which the number of representatives shall _bs regulated by the amount of popu _' atiin ; asd the shortening of the duration of Parliaments , to a term not exceeding three yea- * . '— Mr B -x contended for Universal _Snffrag * . Tae R v . 11 _Dibneyand _MrFergas-on _alsn delivered eloquent speeches in support ot _Universal _Saffrase bat for tbe sake of unanimity declined t " _prepnge sny amendment . The resolution was adopted with tbe _addition ofa clause in favour of the abolition of tbe _Prnparty Qualification for Members of _Parliatnenr . 0 _^ berre ? o ' _n-isns in accordance with the object of the meeting were idopted _, and cheers for _Refoim and the Charter c included the proceedings .

      REFORM MEETING AT NEWCASTLE . A public meeting , to tike into consideration the State of the representation a ? . d the adoption of measures for its re'nrrn , convened by the Mayor , on the requisition of 3 iO _inhabitant , was holden on Monday Iast , _a-theGui' . dbaU , whica was crowded to excess , an-1 numbers _siuld not obtain admission . Tbe Mayrr (> . Lowrey E-q ) , having taken th _> _- chair , tbo _following _rt-s-dution , on the motion of tbe Rev . ( J- Harkis , seconded by Mr Rewcastle , was _ad-mted : — " That this meeting is of opinion thatthe _Hons- ; of _Commsn 3 . a 3 at present constituted , is an unfaithful _rep-esectaUon of tbe people of this realm . That , _iuc'inssqaence , class _p'iviUges have been upheld—immense unnecessary expenditure hss been _incurred—and _rsueh _injustice has been entailed . '

      Mr Uso . CRiW-HiT moved the next resolution : — * That whilst the meeting _fcails wit ' i pleasure tbe general movement tbronghont the _kirgJ-im for the advancement of Parliamentary Reform , and views with erf at satisfaction the proposal which Mr Hume has given nitice ot in _parliament—it yet feels _calkd ¦ upon ta _express its _enriction that the only _satisfactory ba 3 " s on which this question can ba settled is that _df the adoption of the principles of Universal Suffrage , ' Mr _Criwshat said : I am perfectly , indeed pain full y conscious that 1 take upoa myself a _t-reat responsibility in advising , as I am about to da , the adoption of Universal _Suffrage—( immense cheering )—as the proper basis ofthe representation of tbe peuple of this _oountrj . But I have that profound _conviction upor

      the-subject that I think I should incur a much heavier responsibility if I did not come forward to express it . ( Cheers ) It is my opinion that the adoption of _Universal Suffrage will be the only permanent piaran _' . ee for the maintenance of _social order . ( Hear , h . ar ) Itcannot be necessary for me to prove _tT _aman _whohis not _avote that he ought to have it . There are plenty of pereons to do that with much . ci '» _re efficiency and with much more energj _thsn . _uyseif . I would rather appeal ti that great body which constitutes the great majority of tb * con stitiwncy , and by who * _a the Home of Commons is chiefl y e ' _e- ; ted- to that part of the psople whose power

      is based upon tha * r change in the institutions of this country , whieh is knows as the Reform Bill . I would ask them if thay recollect the menus by which that bill was carried . ( Hear , hear . ) It is that bill whi > _-h has _uivea them the po _=-er they have . Did they obtain it themselves ? They certainly did _someihiug towards it ; but were aot the millions drawn out to show their strength ? ( Ueir , hear . ) Now it has always appeared to me , if not _unprip . cipkd at least improper , to call _uprni men to assist in obtaining a right which is not to ba granted to themselves . It was promised tbem thai they should have further reform from that bill . I a _< k who with common sense ? _hb

      _pcs 33 that they would lave exerted themselves , if they had net expec _^ d sucb a result . It is ray opinion that tbey nude a m ' stike iu supporting it until tbey had i _dUtincl _; _pledge of further measure' -. Indeed I think it inonsistent and mean in anv m » n to appeal w _apromi-eaeus public meeting _fors ' _tippoit upon any _Buh ject unless hew _nrejjared to give Universal _Suf-« HC . ( Uear _, hear . ) It appears to me to be calling an _*«^ uisr force to do tha t wnich oo _^ ht tol » don ! by

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      _regular meant . I am so weaned witb the kind of agitation that we bave had , that 1 shall not be satisfied now _whh- > at a thorough reform of the _representation _, i am n » c willin :: to keep on trying to force particular measures upon the government . When you areconinually _hiirkmg a _^ _ovt-rnment about , you lose all respect f _.-r it . 1 ihink a _«< ivernment sbould represent - . he _fcel ' MJ oi thu people : bu . _ghonld act independently- : md not hive to adopt measures because they ir- continually _beins coerced to do so . I can see no _d-livrranca rom this _s'atu ot things but in

      _Univer-- <} _Soffrao " . Mr _Gkvege _Charmou seconded the resolution , _? nd in th >? tour *! - ot hia speech _said : Let , then , the _ntelligt nt _worki' _-. g men , show _th-tr independence , ¦ md assert th . ir < _- _> ami to the suifrage—a suffrage _bas-d upon man as _r-aii . and not on _OW ox , or ass , ur hou _.- _'e—b'Ctuse man was marie io the image of Cod , W 4 _gc << p _nieofihiiiking and acting for himself , and as _i-n in _: el _int-tit and _r-simnsibl- - _b-iiijt . was de--rined'or _higher » c _> itt < _, . , f bein _;? _, _.- _> nd that being eo , e was fuilv c : _' .. able of _exeroiritii * hisrigot in the re-, ireser . tati-n-d hi-. e . i-nify . ( _Jlppiause . )

      Mr _LAiiK-N'hen _ni'iunted : _h-: -able , and was re"t'ived « iib l < " _> d _appliuse _, nd crie- of ' Well dOH _6 Cha'iie ' Lie ob-TV-d tiiat » ixtern -ears—a lame _siiace in the lif- _i-f mat > , bu a v .-ry _smallsp--ice in the life of a r . _ati' _. ii—hsd rap > cd sue - fht- passing of the _-i-cii'lc-d ret « rm _? -i _; 1 ; and _tfa--y were theH assembled tha- d ;\ _t in thit place in _enn _^ _'qu-nc- <> t < h- < univer--al _dis-atisf _^ _ctioi ) rt + p <* tini ! n , lo ( _ii-mand abetter rrform bill . ( A pau _^) At the time _vm measure _passed into a law thr . Wh _> g mini-te s _promistd peace , retrenchment , and ee _^ _ii-imy . Peace—they li _« d redeemed tbeir niedge by wars in Inr . 'ia , Syria , China , Asia , « nd Africa ! R _^ tie . 'i' hraem and economy— the *) hart rede meo _t-tir piedge by increasing the _navyatidarmy . ; in . i i ¦ _te- 'v , by Ciming into parliament for an - _additional sum for the national

      defences . ( Hear hear . ) Ihey hid 'hu _> increased 'he _natiotih ! _expenditure tb ,- na : i n * l taxes , _thena-: ional debt , and on all _poin's hv . l lt _unfoifilled and _anrerieerned every pU'dgf ' . li « _-y itmn _t-nve to thB people . ( Applause ) Bu ' _Rion-tliKii _aii thev had added _a'lO'ber ircpnat . called the _itiome-tax , _^ tas hitherto deemed a " - - -ar tax , and "t apecuiar inquisitorial _turacttr and natute ( _At > _plau ~< -. ) _T-ey had then contrived _t" _'i-sooiate around th-m tbe We : t of peace , _l _^ n ty . and abucdanc-. '—these thev _i-r _.-mised , as a a ciinpenKation for tbe * _xcritio _? s _an-i sufferings of _« ar , but none ofthes _* .- h _« d heen n-aSi _> _-ed ; while , in < r >& ii , in a time of _n-ost pr found and luxuriant peace' tbey felt all the _burden and taxation of a hesvy war . ( _Hep . r , hear . ) Bui had they not sufficient _compensation when toev re < _-nllectt-d their

      glorious victories- when they shouted in s -ng the glorimis battles o' the Nil « _- , cnaumed _Trafalgar , and _cheer'Olly _> e < d in tiie iicwupaperfi th- _cflrcitnemoratinnef tne IS h of June . Gl r _* . however as far as t _' ley c . _ins _'^ crril it in a national sens- ihey had , but _Ufiftinunate'y 'hey must _al-: > r _« _-mi ni-er t ey had to _payeigbt hun _dred rciliion . * o' money for it . ( Llear , hear ) Ir not only co t _theoi e . _iu / ii iiund c i millions it borrowed moneT , but t e- bad -kew _^ e entail d npnn them a greater deb : _ttinn _« n \ nat ; _, > ti bad to pay -ince the world _begar .. . Cilear . ) Ti a then , _wisthe _anai-y their _ancestors leh th- m ai d _>¦¦ wonid have 0 b _? _upbe'd si long as there rem _i- _' el ¦•> . surviving V _^ _eltton of an _En-jishman _r- > jay ( Applause ) But what was th _* _C'lriseqMene-. ' _>•! ' sucn _.-i stato of Things ? Whv universal discontent _thr-iiuhnutthe

      tire--kingdoms Tne Charti « _> i in F . _tiala _^ d and Scnr' ' _n-i were _organised , and tbe peop ! - in _I' _-lsnd de _mati' _-el _^ G _^ ara'ion 'rnm tho < iiroii't Eneiiihnien _whnsaaowf-and _tyrannyh--dd'iven 8 _ilmostt ' _r-t-einn Mr Larken _n-eri ariver _; i r . v > the ' _» te famine in I ¦ hnd , nnd to the immense sum of rr . n 9 EnsU _? d h . 3 d to pay ti the i ~ . pov-a-h .-ii and stutVinc _Deiuiic _oftbai _unfi-ipp- '"rt Y , show-d that an u _Jutland'yratintcaleo _^ _frniaent was _^ _iways _anexipn-i'e one , while a ~ tin _; f <> i , _, ri- _:- "n rary principle _, it wascheap , -4 nd produced _peaceand _olen-y . Referring io tbe Reform Bill , he said tnac -A \ _panies had been . i ' _lRBustud at it ; ' _t-ciuse thi- _ariMocracy p s e 3 aed as mui'h power as before it was _pw--d . and th _^ t every minis ' ry c . > uid _c-miin-ind _]' . * majont- to any extent it plea-ed They might , i : _ide-: _i , leei d'sappointed ,

      *> 'jt _rbjjt was _t _' _on'i _^ n tb ' - _>> - - * _.-irt . se- ins thnt the _-ftV-t of the _Refn-m Bill » as _p--di' > 'ed to thptn . ( _H- " _» r , hear ) _Thfec-uM _*>~ -. d . n * -t- * -ut that bill at first pie 3 ented much that w < s popular and _promMnjj to _rh--in-nple ; "nc ne o re i < _pas-ed through the o-desl of both _houses _.. f _pa-laTie"' ., i' was shorn uf _i-s fair _pr-ip » rtiot ! S arid _chen v _carne forth it _wjs changed materially in its th trader , tie briefly described the alteration effec" d in it . •> - d contended that i hsd failed in _consequence to give to the pcoo'ea full , fair , and free _rrp--s * n'at on The time , _hiwevpr , had come , when su _< _-h a _* tnt-ot things must be swept away , and t . h ! s _cu'donly be dure not by making the House of C _> mra- ns h bor : > _ugh--non . _'ering parliament—n"t by repres _* nting any *¦ _ction "f the people—but by _makine it in realitv the voice and

      renr - prti ive "f the oeopl _* ( _Applmi-e . ) They mnst Rot , on the _presen _occasinn , _ui-k fur half and hal f reform tney _ruunt not _concedi- _b- _'ir-ights , or make any _sncribVe on tbe all _^ r for any pretended claim * of gratitude . _Ab-totnt- ' rights thy > had , and the _tran _** ho was not willing to _assprt , _s _^ d boldly demand th ra . _d--erved to be a alive for ever . ( Applause . ) For hiso _^ n pa _^ t he was astonished that any man should now _e- _- > rae _fot ward and a'k the peo ;> le tn be satisfied _wi-fa H _^ _u-ieh't'd _Suffrsge What right had any onetonffera _nostru-n when they have full and legal rights to demaud ? ( _applause ) and thatwiibout _at-y _irqui-y _Tsprciiii ; the _wjshesand sentiment" ofthe _perp e What right had any man to do * o , without first , consulting the _people ? And were it not that he recollected the serv _^ _es of Mr

      Hume , he certain !} ' _sh-uld bave spoken _ouo with sine freedom regarding his conduct . l | e . _therelore repudiated the idea of _Il-. _useh ' ld _Siffase , for in receiving this measure i- wag _virtual _> recomising parliament as thesourcaof popu _' ar riyhts . while tbe people , and the people a _' one , were the true source of all _legislafion , because they derived ( heir _ri _^ hrsfrom Gudand nature , and they possessed tbem anterior to all parliaments or constitutions ( _Aimla-ise , ) They _therefore must be _dec-d'd for U iver . « al Suffra : e , in order that they _minhtobt-iin a full , fair , and f-ee representation of the people in tha _Commons House of P arliament—anything short of this would but lead to _disappointment and a delusive system of reform . _( Hear , hear . ) They hsd once been deluded , it was therefore their _binding duty to see they were

      not again ; and in doing st ) . they must remember that all who were opp _^ ed to Universal Suffrage wero in heart their enemies , for thev belonged to that party who were _interested in the present system of corrup tion and p 3 frnnage , and in the _continual _misery and degradation of the people . ( Applause . ) There was . th'refore . no other means by which the peep e < ouid escape from tbeir enemies tban by adopting this measure . ( Applause . ) Many said it was impossible to grant Universal _Suffrage , bat be would eay io t _^ _te people wha t _Napileon said to his soldiers— ' impossible ' wa « a word not found in the vocabulary of a soldier ; and so be ( Mr L ) wou'd say it should not bs found in 'hi vocabu l ary of a politician or of the _peop'e . Another argument be would advance in favour of the extension of Universal Suffrage was , because it would be a lever and _lulcrum to enable them at any future time to _cain the remainder of their rights . Let tbem do wbatthev could -ow : f .- > r

      if tfce argument in favour of _IIoiiRehV-d Suffrage is g od . then itis equall y so for the further _extension <> f the franchise . If therefore the people want-d _s > nvthing at present to help them , it was more power . ( _Applaus-. ) They could not bave too much ¦ n the side of the _people , because they were interested iu their own affairs . ( Hear . ) Too much already was in the hands ofthe _aristocrsey , but there coa ! d never be too much invested in the hands of the people ( Load applause . ) It was true Ihey were i . n y begin nin _? te organise , and the _strngtle _mitht ' ast for years ; but thea it ' thcy _stirtled at tbat . whv they might also do the same at _Household _Suffrage—for that measure ss yet was but just _propounded—and were they ti shrink before thai , ' a thiuu scarcely half made up , aad that so lamely , that the very do _^ s bark at , it as tbey pass by . ' ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Let them bnt u ? e the present _timu for action , pat forth every power they possessed , and the day was cot far distant when they would possess ; heir _rh-bts

      as freemen . A memorial to the House ef Commons , embodying the above _resola-ions , was then unaniimuslv adopted . A vote of thanks to the mayor closed the proceedings .

      MEETING IN ST . _PANCRAS—ADOPHON OF THE CHARTER . On Monday , a meetin ? of the inhabitants of St Paneras was held in the vestry-room , for the purpo-o of _aidit-g the movement nnw in progress for _eff-Ctuifing the _following political reforms : viz shortening tfee duration of _Patliamentu , ex-ending rhe franchise , _Voting by Ballot , and fhe _estab'ishment of Electoral Districts . C . E .. Wa ?> tiff , Esq , the senior churchwarden , presided , and . the room , which is calculated to hold 2 , 0 . 00 persons , was densely crowd , d , aa was also the gallery . On the platform , in addition to the borough members , Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B . Hall , waa a large number of vestrymen .

      r Brettisghah proposed the first resolution : — ' Tbat , in the opinion of this meeting , the Commons House of Parliament does _notrefr sent either the opinions , the feelings , or the interests of a large majority ofthe British nation , and that tbin majority , on whom falls , with most disproportionate 3 nd increasing pressure an enormous harden of taxation has no voice whatever either in the control of thai , burden , or any other legislative enactment ' Mr Barses , _vestryman , seconded the resolution . Mr _Roffev , who declared himself a Chartist , denounced the borough _msmbsrs _, both of whom he charged with beingstrong supporters of the _Gjgsing Bil—a charge which elicited from tbe Onanists present loud groans against the honourable members .

      Lord D . _SioiHT said , he attended thit meeting at the wish of his constituents , and he begged to tell ihem that he agreed in the necessity of great and sweepinc reforms . ( Cheers , and _criei of' Universal Suffrage . ' ) He came there to speak oat in defiance of any hill inreferenceio ' open and _** 4 rise < iiu > . i 4 ! . _ing . >

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      ( Laughter . ) He meant te blink no question . He t egged to tell thera , in tbe first place , that he and his hon . _collesgBS had been most disgracefully misrepresented by the gentleman who had last spoken , and ha thought , when the Chartists themselves knew tbe fae f s , they would not consider him ( Lord D . Stuart ) a very great enemy of theirs . He told them fairly that if Mr 0 'CnDnor had brought on bis motion of the 10 th of April for the Charter he would not have supported it . ( Groans ) But he would tell them wbat he weuld do , and what he was prepared to have done and . tbat was to have moved , as an amendment , that which the prayer of tho National Petition demanded—namely , to be heard by counsel at the bar of the ' house should be granted . ( Cheers . ) With regard to the conduct of his hon . colleague and himself concerning the odious ' Gagging Bill , ' when that bill was first brought in , he ( Lord D . Stuart ) told the government that the surest way to secure

      protection to the crown was to win the affections of the people . ( Cheers . ) IIo and _^ his colleague had voted against the bill instead it in its favour . He was fur an _extensioa of the suffrage to that which he believed to be a full , fair , and tree representation of the people . He viewed it as monstrous that small _horouehs , like Harwich , Lyme , and other places should send aB many representatives to Parliament as the _ureat borough of _Marylebsne , with a population of 350 000 , and ns _lir _^ e as many of the great _capitals of _Europa . Tbe abolition of euoh a system , and the fair division of the country into electoral _districts , would be a sure way of abolishing corruption . Tie 0 _, > nfeB 5 ed tbat he preferred Triennial co Annual Parliaments . With regard to Vote by Ballot , his ( the noble lord ' s ) opinions were in favour of open voting , but when he found tbat a man could not fairly exercise his epinions without protection , then he said he was for the Ballot . If Household Suffrago was proposed , ho wr-uld vote for it , .

      Sir B . Hall said , he believed those who knew him a * a member of the Ilouse of Commons , had never found him _giv- * a vote wbich was not in favour of tho liberties of the people . Tbey had before tbem four distinct propositions , namely , that there should be an extension of the suffrage ; tbat the _suff-age should be shielded by the ballot ; asho'tening ofthe duration of parliaments ; and the establishment of electoral districts . Now although he ( Sir B . Hall ) had not enlisted under the banner of any member of tbe House of Commons , in every one of these prop ositions ha most cordially concurred . ( Cheers . ) He , like his noble colleague , did cot mean to say tbat these measures should be final , but he supported them as ho had frequently done other measures when he

      _considered it was a step in the right direction . _Although he had not attended the meeting tbe oth _< r day at Hall's Riding School , it was not tbat he wag _inaftenfi ' ve fo the _interests of the people . He was engaged in passing what might be termed a trivial _measure of reform , namely , the abolition ofthe Ratepaying Clauses Bill , wbich by per .-everance they succeeded in carryinz . He ( Sir B . Hall ) originally brought in that bill with Mr Duncombe , and after beiDg defeated several times they had at last carried it . This slowed that he was no enemy to progressive re nrir . The honourable baronet , at some further length , expressed his concurrence in the objects ofthe meeting , and was loudly _cheered—ThereBOlutirn » as carried unanimously .

      MrB . Dux , a member of the Society of Friend ? , _propo-ed the r . ext resolution , and said , _whilst he admitted the principles ofthe Chartists to be just , he called upon that portion of the meeting to aid the _attainmer t nf the present ¦ roposed amendment . He _woved — 'That this meeting recognise , as an incontrovertible principle , that whoever is required under any government to perform thedutie _* , bear tbe burthens , or undertake the responsibilities , of a man , is _entitled to a voice in the choice of his _Royernors ; and this meeting is of opinion that , under a wise arrangement of details , embracing a due regard _t- > the legitimate influence of wealth , intelligence , and numbers in electoral districts , the time has nrrived for dennndine a change in our representative system based on this great prinoip le . ' Mr Clarke , of Kentish-town , seconded this resolution .

      Mr Vernon , a Ckarfciat , moved the Wowing amendment : — ' That , as the time for aradical change in our institutions has now arrived ; as no party can obtain any great and _baneficial change without the assistance of the working classes ; as the working elasses have been and are the principal sufferers and the oldest reformers ; and as the People's Charter is the only just sufficient measure of reform ; this mret ing _proclaims its determination to adhere to the principles _contained in that document whole and enfir " . _Warned by the treachery of the reformers of 1832 , this mat t ' _ng is determined to make no compromise , but to make the interests of labour the first consideration of the state . '

      Mr M Rab seconded the amendment , and Mr Bird , Mr Gillies , and other peisons , spoke ie its support . Shortly before six o ' clock , the question was put , and tke _amendment was declared to be carried . The _ves-try ( _wh-ch had convened the meeting ) _declinrd proposing any farther resolutions , ond the proceedings terminated .

      The Fraternal Democrats. The Following A...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . The following are the rules adopted by the new association : — THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Tbis _ainnnintion has f ,, r ita

      _OBJicr the mutual enlightenment if its members , acd tbe propaganda of the principles embodied in the society ' s motto— ' Equality—Liberty—Fraternity . " In accordance with theso principles we renounce , re . puiiate , and eoudemn all hereditary inequalities ond distinctions of ' caste ; ' conspquently _, we _regard _bingey aristocracies , nnd _clashes monopolising' politlenl _privleges in virtue ef tbeir possession of _propsrtjj as u » ur p-rs and violators of tho principle of human brotherboo J . G jvernments elected by , and responsible to , the entire people , Is our political creed .,

      We declare that tbe eartb witb all its natural productions , is tbe common property of all ; we , therefore , d nounce all infractions of this _evidently just ond natural law as robbery and _uuurpatloB . Wo declare that iho present stato of society , whieh permits idlers ond schemers t 9 monopolise the fruits of tbe earth and the _productions of industry , and even condemns _mant _* social slavery , destitution , and degradation , ii essentially unjust . That lha entire fruits of labour should constitute its reward is our _social creed . We _condemn tte ' national' hatreds which _hive hitherto divided mankind , as both foolish and wicked ; foolish , because no one can decide for himself tho country of his birth ; and wicked , as proved bv the feuds end

      bloody wars which have desolatt d tbe earth , in _conso . quence of these national vanities . Convinced , Ion , thnt national prejudices have btoo , ia all ages , taken advantage of by the _people ' s _oppressora , to set thcim _tearing thethroais ot each other , wben tbey sbould have been ( Forking _together for their common good , this society _repudiates tho term 'foreigner , ' no matter by or to whom applied . Our moral creed is to recoivo nur _fellonmen , without regard fo ' country , 'ob m > mb < rs of one _famll . ' , the hums _raoa _; and _cii'jnuB of one _commonwealth—the world . Finally , we _rccojuiee that groat moral law . * D ¦ unto thy brother aa thoa _wouldst thj brother _shonbi do unto thee , ' us the great safeguard of public and private _bappine-si .

      SCLE 3 , I . —That any person _desirous of jo ' _ntnj tie society must be proposed by two members at any ono of the regular meetings , the _propo-sers being held responsible for tbo democrdtic principles nnd moral cbaracter of the _prrson tbey nominate . Tko _person nominated lo be elected or _n-ject-.-d by am . jurity of votes of the members present a : the nest succ : e ' . ing meetine , 2 . —That < lemucrats _resi-Ui . g out of London , known to , or _posseaqin _? tho confidence of the eocie _' y , may , If desirous , become members , _subjvet to tbe terms of election set forth above . S —Tbat to defray the _cspensas of the society mtm bers 6 hall contribute a sum of not less than _ouo shilling annually , 4 . —That a com . _ulttoeof soven , consisting of the general and apsis ; Ing _secretaries , treasurer , and f ., ur members , shall bo appointed annually .

      5 . —This association , baring been founded o :- tho 4 th of May , 181 S , the day on which the French It-public was _proclaimed by thc _Natb _> nal _Asannbl y of Frar . re , will Uo d it « annual festival on tbe anniversary of that evorm-monbie day . when thc officers of tho _ensuing year shall be « lecttd . ° J Tho following _persons were elected the Committco of tho Association : — 'G , J . _Uirney _, _secretary T Irel . nd , _treasurer ; E . Gill , aisisUnt secretary- ' j fjver . ton , C . Kaen , W _BiitromD . snd J Amote '

      B Th Llonss Bad.-*A ? Or Tml„ R J N The ...

      B th _llonss BAD .- _* a ? or tml „ r _j n the following sketch from the New _Orleans Crescknt City fared bo bfittpr o : i one horn of the _dilem-na i . _ttiantlieo'her — Will you pay me my bill , Sir ? ' 8 aid a tiilor in Charteress-treet toa wi _. _g-ish fellow , who had got into him ab _™ t a foot . « Do you owe any body any thine , S . r ? ' asked the wag . No Sir , ' said the tailor _, then you can afford to wait ! ' and he _walked off . A day or twe _afterwards the tai or calhd _asain Our w & i was not at hia wits' end yet ; so , turning o ' n bis creditor . _^ he says , Are you in debt , to any body *' Yes , Sir , * sa < s the tailor Well , why the devil _dui t you pay ? Becauso I can't get the money ' That ' s jut my rase . Sir ; I am glad t 0 see vou can appr < _'Ci _* _t > my _condition ; give ub your hand '

      RnuBEiiiBs at the Rotal _Academy —On Monday information wasreue . ived by the police tha * . _several works of art h-d been stolen from tho Royal Academy , pr _i ncipally statuettes of small compass . Amongst the mis > i' , p articles are a round marble medallion ofa female head , aad the bust of a man about _ninit inches high . _Perishs . bm ' -Goods . —An old woman caVed htely at a ship to purchase some _orauKes . In the course of conversation she _s _^ _a-ed tbat she had jus ; got off one _., f her _diu _.- . _hters . On tho shopkeeper _consjratula « ngher on tho event , she gave a significant shake of her _n-iad . adding , ' I may weel be _alad , sir , for they are just iiko thaa oranges—they rAisna _daa to be lane _keenH . '

      The London Repealers. Tbe Greatest Anxie...

      THE LONDON REPEALERS . Tbe greatest anxiety ia displayed here as to the probable result of John _Mitcflel's trial . The _London Confederates to a man are Mitchelit & _s , and their brother democrats—the Chartists—are not behind them in that feeling . Thb _SoutHWAnK Repealers and Chartists . —On Sunday evening lost , a numerous meetini * of the Repealers and _ChartiBta of the Borough , was held at tho Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , _Tooley-street . Mr Cornelius Tierney in tho cbair . Among the articles read from the various journals waa the letter of Mr _Vearguj O'Connor to John Mitchel from the Northern Stab , which was received with the most rapturous applaueo . The chairman then _sta * ed that over two pounds had been subscribed to

      the Defence Fund of the frish patriot , and tba ; the committee would take their subscriptions on Sunday nex » . —Mr Wm . Dunne then proceeded to _adddre-u ' tha meeting . He commented at groat length upon the conduct of the government with respect to tbe state persecution in Ireland , tho effect of which had placed Repeal in the ascendant . Public opinion hud beaten _stronger governments than the present , and public opinion would restore to Ireland her long los ' nationality , in spite of all tbe hellish machinations that may be brought to boar against her Mr Dunne resumed hiB seat amidst the most deafening applause . —Mr Cullen then moved the fellowirg resolution : — ' That this meeting views with exultation tbe escap _, * of the Irish patriots , Messrs O'Brien and _Meag ' _ier , from tho despotic tyranny ofthe English government ,

      and hereby consider however great tbat victory is to the Irish people , that that victory will be shorn nf its principle value in the estimation of the friends of Irish freedom unless such victory be accompanied by the acquittal of Mr J . Mitchel—the _uncompromisii- g enemy of _oppres'ion in Ireland ; and that we shall _continus to subscribe from time to time to tbe Defence Fund , to defray the expenses incurred by opposing a corrupt government . '—Mr Reading 8 t > _condcd the resolution in an able s each .- The resolution was spoken to by MrCollins , and carried unanimously . Mr Langer ( _Chartist ) , in a speech replete with eloquence _, said , if Mitchel was _convictsd , an onslaught would be made on the leaders of the English people , lie would not take the Charter without Ireland had the Repeal . ( _Chears . )— Mr Murray ( Chartist- said , that although tbe letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel had been read , he should read it a _? nin , aR many who were present had not heard it . ( Cries of

      1 Read it , _raad it , ' and great cheering for O'Connor . ) The letter wa _<> again read , the meetins 8 _* a d ng uo and cheerinz several minutes . He said that letter had emanated from the warm and enthusiastic heart of an Irishman , who was the lea fer of Enilaud ' s toili _pr / mjllionH . and in whom Hie _greatest confidence was placed . He was glad a union exist-d amongst them . Do bad been at Greenwich that _evenin ? , and a reciprocal feeling existed there between the Chartists and Repealers . Tho speaker then detailed the Plan of Organisation to be adopted by tbo _GhiiHists throughout London and its environ ! -, and he bope' < t ey would have the Repealers to a man with them . They intended to have a large hall in the south ofthe metropolis where they would , as R « pealers , advocate tho Repeal one evening , and , as Chartists , advocate the Charter on another . Let the working chases of England , Ireland , acd Scotland be united , and success was certain _; The meeting than adjourned .

      Greenwich—A large meetins ; of Repealers and Chartists was held at the Druid ' s Arms . Th" proceedings of the late trials in Dublin was read , and the letter of Mr O'Connor to John Mitchel was also read , amidst , vehement _cbeerins ? . Speeches were da livered b ? several talented advocates in the Charter and Repeal cause , _wh-n a deputation was appointed to wait on the South London Chartists on Tuesday evening , to assist them in _carrying out the orga nisation of the Bonthern district of the _metropilia . The Robert Emmett Club —A crowded meeting of this club was held on _Monday evening last , at tho largo _Temp' _-rance Hail , C _ible-streot , Wapping , Mr John Wood in the chair . Tbe letters of John viitcbel and Devin Reilly having been read from the Unitkd Irishman , which were received with loud _cbeerinn ,

      fcio chairman proceeded to address the meeting upon the importance of a union batween all classes ot working men . It was their duty to be watchful and determined , for the government intended to attack the small remnant of liberty left in England , if possible _, through the person of tbat uncompromising patriot . John Mitohel , and it behoved th _^ m not to _telax iu their efforts for tbe advancement of the principles of liberty in the mother and sister country . Mr Jones ( an Englisman ) said , he had been _engaged in the late Repeal agitation , and had . up to the la _< t ' ew weeks , followed out the moral f rce Dolfcy ofthe late Liberator . Bu * , in the words of that great man , he believed that 'Eng l and ' s difficulty was Ireland ' s opportunity . ' He ( Mr Jor . es ) believed tbat Ireland ' s opportunity had now arrived , and ho went heir

      and hand with tho Confederation . The sacred cause of English liberty was beine fought at the presen * morapnfc in thejury bnx in Dublin ( Loud cheers ) Mr Jones's speeoh was received _tbr > ueh » ut with immense cheering . —Mr John Cmtin said , he should now read to the meeting , from tbe NmiTnutN Star , a letter from Mr O'Connor , the chieftain of Char _, tism , _toJohn Mitchel , the Hsh lion . [ The letfr was here read ] ( A voice : ' Bravo , honest Fe 8 ruus . ' ) Here the meeting rose en masse , giving three tremendous cheers for Mr O'Connor , wbich mado the building rinp . It would have been well for tho « e who have _la'ely tried to disparage the exertions of

      that gentleman , to havo been present and witnessed the honest _enthusiasm of his onuntrympn . Mr Custin then read the correspondence between the _DrD'vlp Club ( Dublin ) and Mrs Mitchel . Tbe answer of Mrs Mitchel elicited the loudest _anphuae . Mr _Custin then urged upon the _rufe ing tho necessity of union , and said , from the intensity of _interest that existed thioughont that _district _. that their meetings would bp held for the future on Sunday , Tu e sday , and Thursday evenings The ra"etine then _seoarate-f giving three cheers for Mitchel , Repeal , and th _* Charter There conld not have been less than 400 person * p _tfsent .

      Tuesday Evening - —The hall was _crowd-d to suffocation . Articles from the Irish journals were read , and able speeches were delivered , and the _sireatest enthusiasm waa displayed , and several per sons wero enrolled as members of tbe Confederation . Davis Club . —The members of this club held a crowded meeting on Monday eveninu last , at the Assembly II > oms , Dean-street . The chair was taken at eiuht o ' clock . Articles from several Irish j our nals , breathing tbe pure spirit of nationality , wen read amidst the loud _huzzis of as brave and determined a body of men , as ever met together in London .

      Mr _T . Duly and other persons _addressed tho meetine in bold and _energetio language , which wis received amidst the ' most rapturous applause . A Mitchel steel pen was exhibited to the meeting , which _wa- » Tery much admired , from tho taste oi the work manship displayed , and a brisk _demand was t _* ie result . A deputation from the Irish _Dsmoerafin C » dfederation in the City , waited upon tho club , _offering them their assistance tt get up an organisation of tho _expatriated eons of Erin throughout tbp _metrop olis . The matter was postponed till Friday evening , when tho aubjeot will be fully entered into . The meetins , ' then adjourned till Wednesday evenins .

      Curran Club . — -The usual weekly _meeting rii this body , was held on Sunday _evening last , at the Gr < -en Man . _Berwickftreet , Oxford-street . Mr P . Nolan presided . The proceedings' of the late state prosecutions in _Ireland were rer . d , and ably cmnvntpd uoon by various _speakers , and the letter of Mr O'C-mnor to John Mitchel , was read from the NoRTnftnN Star amidst deafening cheers . The _inoi- _'ing was addressed by Messrs Hussey , _Glasse , and _Ringrose , in able and eloquent _aopealB , breathing democratic ardour and a love of Irish nationality . The meeting then adjourned _Jtill Sunday evening next .

      _L-irgc _meetings of thf ) Theobald Wolfe Tnno _, the D . _tnic ! _U'Connell , and the Honest Jack Lawle f , _Clufw wero held during tho week . _Meotings fir tl o _pniuin ? week : Sunday , Temperance- Half Cocklane ; Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxford-street ; Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooley street ; Druid ' s Arms , Greenwich ; Temperance Mall , Cable street , Wnppinu ; Monday , Assembly _Rnonu , _Deinntree . t ; Tuesday , Temperance Hall . Cablectreet _, Wapping ; Wednesday , Assembly Rcoma , _Daani-trcet ; Thursday , Temperance Ilall . _Cable-s reet , Wapping .

      D.-Niivo Incendiar Y Fire Near Eauno.—Sh...

      D _.-niiVO Incendiar y Fire near _Eauno . —Shortly before one o ' clock on Sunday morning a hay-rick , nn the premises of Mr Wbilo , a farmer , situate at Barrow B ridge , _batwen the _vilhges of Aofon and _E'ilinu , and about five Hnd a half miles from town , was discovered to be in _flUmes . The discovery was nude by the policeman on duty ( T division ) , who immediately _rai-ed an alarm . Tho inhabitants of both _villages wero speedily on the spot , bu _^ there being no water procurab ' e for a _distance of four hundred feet , and then only from a ditch , all endeavours to allay the llamrs wore fruitless . The _Chis-rick eng ine arrived in a very short time , with pes' horses , but not having sufficient length of hose to reach the water was ino perative . The stack , which contained _uownrds of thirty loads of hay , continued to

      burn all day on Sunday , and even Monday , Fortunately iall the other ricks were placed at another paitof the premises , or the destruction must have been far more _considerable . The origin of the fire , which waa undoubtedly the act of ao in . _cendiary , is enveloped in muc _' _i mystery , tho portion of tho premises where thn rick was placed being Bur . rounded by a quickset hedge seven feot high w ithin which w _? . 8 a boarded fence of the simu hei ght and fiom tbe examination of both , which waa _ye-icrday mado , no mark or trace ha 3 been found on either _tend-. na to show that a person had passed over Tho _. _en'raKMS were all found locked when tbe fire was ; discovered . The fire is the second of tbe _saro , » cha , raeter r hieh has recently occurred in the samo neighbourhood , the former having been a whea , _*; rick bel onging to Mr Johnson , of _Gunnersbur _^ Mr White ia _uaderat-wd to be insured , «« hiuib

      The New Reform Movement Versus The Peopl...

      THE NEW REFORM MOVEMENT VERSUS THE PEOPLE'S CHAR TER . A public mooting was held at the Literary and _Soientiit- Institution . _Jahn-street , _Fitz-oy-sAUare , on Monday evening , May 22 nd , to consider the Household Suffrage Movement put forth by Joseph Hume , M . P . and others . Mr . lYIiTCHhLi _, was unanimously called to the chair , and gave it as hia opinion that the _people should stand firm to thoir Charter—( loud cheers)—but at the same time not obstruct other _oarttts . ( Cbeers ) He concluded by reading a Petition * stored with facts aid abounding wv . h useful statistical matter , whicb petition ia about t > be preeentvd to the House by the member for Bradford , Colonel Thompson , from which we give the following : — To the Honourable lhe Commons of Great Britain and Ireland _, in Parliament assembled ,

      Sbewstb , —Tbat _jourpetitioners approach your hou . ourublo hou ? o with a deep _sonse of tbo _advantages derivable from a free , fair , and full representation of tbe people ; rouviaced tbat the _eiclu'ion of any class from the franchise ia both _urjuitin principle and pernicious in its consequences , and that in order to _prot-. ct th ' - rights und interests of all classes , your honourable home _ouftbtto be tbo exponent ofthe wants aad Irishes oi nil portion- * of the nation . That yaur honourable house does not represent the nation , or any _considerable portion thereof , is evidenced by _thefollowingfncts which your petitioners submit to your serious consideration . Toe _number of males abovo twenty yean of age amounts to 7 , 757 503 _; and the number of registered electors amounts to 1 083 . 577 .

      _Y- . ur _honourable bouse will perceive tbat of the adult male population six out of every seven ara by law altogether _excluded from any share In electing your honoura bl ¦ - hou 9 e as the representatives of the nation . Great as is this disproportion hrtween the enfranchised and unenfranchised classes , it sinks into utter _insignificance compared witb . tbe fact that 329 members , being a majority of jour _honourable _house , represent constituencies whose _aRUregnte number on tbe R gistry amounts to not more than 158 , 772 ; and that suoh majority h 38 been returns ,, by less than 90 , 000 electors ; _shoninR to your honourable house th-t though thu registry contains n comparatively large number of electors , yet on _* mil . lion ofthe whole number are oat-weighed by tbe forem'ntloned 90 f 00 electors .

      Your petitioners further submit , that the privilege of _returning members , held by small end insignificant place " , is _subverplrc of _» b « just principal of political _< quuli _» y , and across violation of the _rlithts ofthe people . Your _potliioners be _# to call tbo attention of . vour _honourable house to the following comparative table : — Of t < _= n small _constituencies , each _roturning two _members , and ten large constituencies , each returning two members _. No . of Electors . No . of _Eleetors _Thetf-ird ... 2 U W . It of Yorksh . 3 f > 1 G 5 _Koarasboro' ... 212 South _Lincashire 23 , 6 : 10 Amlover ,,. 243 Tower _Hsmlets 18 748 _Marlboro' ... 2 C 2 _Lirerpool ... 17 004

      Richmond ... 283 M . rylobone ... 15 662 Harwich ... 295 Finsbury ... 85 . 921 Caippenham ... 303 Westminster ... 14 572 Tavis'oek ... 315 _Limbeth ... 13 88 a Lymin . Tt . on ... 318 Manchester ... 12 811 Cock _* rn ? . outh ... 319 Middieses ... 13 781 Twenty members Twenty members — to a total f ... 2 , 794 to a total of 182 , 209 Fro « a the above statement it appears tbat tho uuit ' ri _OonstttUfnci-dOf _nixteen _naembrrn nearly iq-. nl in Dumber the united c n'tltueneies of 329 member * , the _majority of your li 0 _'"> nrable boose , tiie _na-nbers bein _? , 16 _ui-m _- _r-rs to 155 537 registered electors—329 ditto to 158 772 ditto .

      _E'ttier _UR'lor _fiunb a system one elector at _Tfaetford la _presum « d to bo worth 163 electors of tho West Riding ; or else _Thetford having two members , the West Riding _nhouid _havM 336 Y „ ur _petitioners further expose to the attention ofyour honourable hout ) e a mass of _oorrupt'on perjury , drunkenness , _frsui , and violence , proved b _^ late Parliamentary _Repor's , disgraceful to tbe nation , _culcnlatfd to destroy all r spic : for a body elected by such criminal _metins . _anfi _converting a _eacred r ' ght Into the mere _apoannge of s « me aristocratic family , or the mere mer _> cantile speeulaii m of some boroughmongBriiif ; trader . Your petitioners would _particularise smot < g such reporta those of Lancaster , _Carlisle , Yarmouth , Aylesbury , Lyme Regis , and Harniob . The report ef your commlteem 'ho last mentioned placo proves that no le . _FB than £ 8 700 _wai actually paid , and > hat £ 2 . 000 remained

      to be paid by the successful candidate at one eUc ion , the nu - _> ber of voters for _socb candidate being only 182 ; that tbirty-t ' TPR _> f these voters received in direct _brtbm the sum of £ 3 . 000 ; and that thore were _morepsrsons n Hnrwlch _hal't'Uit government appointments than there were _v- ' t- v > on -be poll . All these evils your _petitiHers believe to _t > e dlr etly referable to the limited number _, f electors , which _hol-iiu _? nut temptations to the « e ) fis - nenB _sn-l cupidity pf electors , so enabling unprincipled candl _' _ates _discrediutly to possess _thcmsolves of _ltgUla'iv- power , nnd introducing to yoar _honourab ' e hou « e alirge proportion of mere place hunters or _depenJi-ntn upen famliv » r class _intr-r _^ _to ; bo large a _proport-on Out yonr honourable bouse at tbis pr-seiit time contains 49 placemen , 88 uav < l and military officers . 76 patrons •• f Church _livings . 22 East end W . st India proprietors , 38 railway directors 77 barristers , ond 182 _sohb _, bods inlaw and brothers of pcerp .

      Your _petitioners _seelt for every man not under sentenee for crime , thep _ssesRion of the elective _franchise j the Bullot . in or ' er tbat tho franchise may be used _consclfntious ' v . and not be made a matter _« 'f sale ; Equal Electors' _Dntrtcts , _instead of tbe present Parliamentary bo _' . _inlarles ; tho abolition oi all _Property Qualification for tke et-cted , in order that no _impediment may exist to the freo and unbiassed choice of the _olec'ors ; and , to diminish the temptations to bribery . Annual Elections , nnd the Payment of a fixed sum to Members for tbeir services .

      Your _p-titionen feel great humiliation tbat while countries _hitherto the most despotic bave obtained a free pre »« and freedom _< -f "peech _, the press of this country is "till subjected to a benvy tax , and freedom of speech hioderrd by new and _uncalled for _inucm-nts of res'rict !> n ond coerc ' on _; and that _whtle other countrlec hith . erto _debawed fro'Q liberty ara obtaiiiiDc tbe _rights of freedom , no wish has yet been shown by our rulers to extmd tbe franchise to the great _majority of this conn'ry . Y . \ ur petitioners therefore pray tbat you- honourable house will immediately e-iacc tbe Pooplt ' _o Chirter , in ¦> rder > _ffrcually to remove the grievances complained of in this _petition . And vour petitioners will ever pray , < tc .

      Mr T . Shorter , in comine forward to move the fol owing resolution : — ' That this meetine is of opinion , that no amendm _> _nr of our representative system short o U iversal Snffaae will be satisfactory to the people of this country—that this mo -ting , therefore , trust that _whatever may bs the specific terms of Mr _Huino ' .- mition he will provide for giving the v >' e io eve > -y a _. lult male i > f f ull _aue and unconvicted of crime . ' MrSh „ rfer _ridi-u ' ed lha idea of giving th > _- _sofF-a _^ e to a house and _retuuiug it to a nun . He _tnisttd the _people would never consent to strike the _Char'ii' banner until it had waved _triumphantly in the People ' s House of Parliament . ( _L-iud cheers ) Mr W . J Linton , in Heondinir the resolution , called on tne people to remaiB fi'm until universal rteht—universal justice—that is the Peoples Charter —« h > U _Dn-vad .

      Mr Hyde wuuld support the _res-ilution , although he did » "t _ilvnlt thn peoplu had an " inherent' right . Mr _nETHBRtNGTtw , in a my humorous address , which elicited Imid laughter and treat applause , _cmip'inv . nted _Messrs Kydd and _Ernest J . _inea , and _Ul > ' C _^ _artis- " body , on their coiduot at rhereo > nt county _nu-eiint ; ; and in _ctntradiotion of the last _speako- c -nt-nded tbat man had an inherent and _inalienuble riuht io tbe suffrage ; to use the _lanjuane of that treat man , Thumas Paine , he held it ' by virtue nf h'g _existenc , and hia person was hia ti t fp deed ' ( Geat app _< au _» e ) Mr W atson _a'tmsupp _n-ted tho resolution , which was put and adopted by aecUmation . On the motion of Mr _Mooitu _, a _voto of _thankn was given 'o the Chai man and the _meeting was _dissolved .

      Tf The Above P«Titiou Is Nrim D And Publ...

      tf The above p « titiou is _nrim d and published for _H ' fitrUmiion , and may ho had of Mr Watson , Quatr / _sbcuii Passog " . Pa , erno « ter r » w _.

      The American Sun Advi^S L ,Ui < Philippe...

      The American Sun _advi _^ s L , ui < Philippe to go to Americt , to emi > a khia sons in trade , or purchase them firm * , and _tiffurs him a placo for hia grandson in tha Frenoh editorial department of his journal . Passage op a Nredlb _thrdugh the Human Body —Sometime in _September la 3 r , Mr James Harker _. of Kendal on a visit to London , while partaking of Mm bmled _e- 'iicken , felt a privking sensation in his throat , which he C"ult on ' y aocmint for by supposing that he h -I _swallowed a small bone

      or a fra >; m 'lit _t f one . Thn obstruction appeared at ? _irst t ) r , main where it hud _fix-d , and for _srisao time Mr _darker » elt inconvenienced bv it . but at length the matter tv . is forgotten . A w _* _jelc or two- sgo the _cirounntanoe _wai recalled by a _needlo , tw . ) inohes Ion _? , miikn . ' it < wav out nf the flesh of the thigh , whither it had worked itself dur , _ni _; the ei _^ ht months that had elapspd _fince _tho acident abovo related , wh «> n _, of _course , the dangerous little implement had b ° nn un opsfimimv swallowed by _Nir Ilarker . — - WM / more / ajirf Gazelle

      rniB at- the Ue > erat . Pom OFFICE .---On _Montby _iife-sio' _-n _between two aid thr . eo ' c . _locfc afire broke out at 'to _Gcncrnl _Pou-office , St Ma-tin ' a h > -Grand , When first discovered , th _» - fUmo _* w _^ re _iRsuinu from tho _uwer windows of the Londoa < _'iatr ' ict side of tho building . _fron'i'iR Foster-lane _Expves-ea were instantly di _. pateheil to tbe tiro _biigade station , in Wiltlilts-street , ar . d > evcral _ensinss w . e " instantly in at tendance , snd they _foriimatel j Hacoeeded in co fining the _flvne » to that portion - ofthe building where the Sre _bnvko out , whioh was . together with its _contents , completely bumed out . The portion of the _building destroyed was use <> . as a bookbinder ' s work Bhnp . and it is coi _^ _eotm-ed _^ hat the fire _occasioned by * sudden gust of wind { the windows being open ) wafting some of tha paper shavings towarda the fire , and thus sat tut } room , ia a _blaza ,

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      ' We Cuu The Choicest.' Lbdru Rolun —Led...

      ' We cuU the choicest . ' _Lbdru Rolun —Ledru-Rollin wai born in lfjfyj ; and alter goini ? through the usual law studies pre . paratory to takin _? license as barrister , entered the Palais de Justice , as advocate before the court of Cassation . To the labours of his profession , ha added also literary enterprise , as he was for aeonbid rable time editor of the Journal » tr Paris , and proprietor in part of tbe Reforms . It was especiall y in this htttr journal tbat hi exercised bis pen 00 various _uunj-ots bearing OU the politics of government : 'o which he was as little partial as any oi _tbu

      other reformers , disappointed iu the deceitful turn < -f 'hhm after and notwithstanding tke revo utionof 1830 . In June , 184 L , tbe elder brother of _Garnierfa-es died , leavim _; the electors of Mans without a depu'y . Ledru-Rollin addressed to them a _diacoume nt which the government took umbrage , and which was honoured by a process betore the ass _zas . Nevertheless , Ledru R _*) llin was elected by Wo votes out of 131 the _el-ctors _expres- _? ins * thus their sympathies for the reformer , and their disgust at this new proof of the backward tendency of the government . Ledru-Rollin entered thn Chamber , and , _taking hm place at tha extreme-gauche , represented those ultraradical opinioLS which characterised his journal , tho _REFORMS

      Geology —I never heard of secondary formations without pleasure—that ' s a fact . The ladies , you know , aro the secondary formations , ior ihey were formed after foe men . —Sam Slick . Wfir METrEHNICH HAS L 1 VBD SO LONGAs toads will live a hundrcdyears in stone . Jn a dark system _nouriahed , he has grown !

      HUMAN I 1 URDKNS , The motion for as i . _- . quiry _inte the'burdnns upon land' h » s not been made tbis session . 1 his ib lucky for the Iri sh _landowners , a 3 _theyprobably would have been the fir _.- » r . to be removed . O _' COKNELL AND THS SHBABESES . 4 traveiH witn thera in tho _Calw packet to _England in 1793 I left Douai on the 2 Ut of January in that _yenr , and arrived in Calais tho very day the news arrived that the King and Queen had beea guillotined . The packet had several English en bm-d . who all , like myself , seemed to h & _vebsen made confirmed _aristocrats by the sanguinary horrors of the revolution . They were talking of the i _xecution

      ofthe King and Queen and execrating the barbarity of tlieir _mjrdirers , when two gentlemen entered the _cihio , a tall raan and a low one—these were the two _Sheareses Hearing the horrible doings at Paris spoken of , John Sheares said , * We were at the execution' ' G . _ind heaven ! ' exclaimed one of tbe _Enelis < hmpn , ' how _cni'd you have got there ? ' 'By bribing two of the _National Guard to lend us their uniforms , 'answered Shtares , * ' we _obtained a most excellent view of the eniiro scene . ' ' But , in God ' s narar , how ro Id you endure to witness such a hideous _soectacle V resumed the Englishman . John Sheares answered energetically—I never can fergefc his manner of pronouncing tho words—' From love ot the cause !'

      THE FALL OF METTERNICH . 'In mercy help ' , help the bewildered bliud Surprised by tempest , an _< l infirm by _a |? e ; From rv _.-ry quarter yells the _wblstlinu wing—S _, y . where sball he find refuge from its rage ! Tbe 'rosiy bridae , whose time-worn arches bore Such _crushing weights , mutt now yield to tha stream : Oa ! help blind Metternich be doth implore , And his poor old pet doc , _^ net ' en Regime . ' Where is L * r _, l _Csstlereaftb ? long dead and gone ; B-jt _Wellington , staunch friend , say where art thou ?

      Yd _EncHiih Tories , bave your hear ' s tnrn'd stone , That ye uie denf to my distresses now ? E ' en Aberdeen betrays the faith he swore , R . ° _Knrritess _whettn-r I may sink or swim—Oh ! help blind Metternich he dolb implore , And his poor pot dog , Ancien Regime . ' The Eaglt'a _wlng'd—the blind one shakes with fear _Aditu nmbltli . n . honours , and rewards ! For , lo ! the systtm which he loved to rear Tumbles around him like a house of cards—AU _gub'd at once—the feudal sway is o ' er His policy be _Dqds is all a dream . ' F . _\ rewell . blind _Mftternich . thy reign is o '

      er—Tfeou ' rt _bsninhed with tby dog , Ancien Regime—' Wo bad not brouzht tho sentence loan end , Ere , wasted from the old bridge ob which he stood , Himself and worn-out do ?—his slow-paced _friend—TVere swallowed up by tbe surrounding flood . There sank seme _hundred fathom deep and more , Tbey Ue _togethir 'o . t > ath the rushing stream , Confounde d _w-th forgotten things of jore— . He and his old pet dog , Ancien Regime . Puppet Show . An Cbjpciios Rkmovrd . —It has been objected to Universal Suffrage , that its adoption would entitle numbers of ignorant persons to bave votes . But is not _is-nnranceevfri now represented in Parliament ? An Orator Abroad . —It was stated in the House of Commons the other night , tbat there wa 3 a great deal of discontent abroad The speaker in one sense went too far , for tbere is plenty of discontent at home .

      Royal _Notions of Human Value . — ' 1 once heard him ( Geor _. e II . ) say he would much sooner forgive any body that had rourdpred a man , than any body that cut down one of bis oaks ; because an oak was so much longer growing to a useful size than a man . and consequently , one loss would be sooner supplied than anothT ; and one evening after a horse had run away , ard killed himself _against an iron ppike , poor Lady SutMk saving it was very lucky the man who was upon him had received ni hurt , his Majesty snapped ber very short , and said , ' Ye 3 . I ara very lucky truly : pray where is tbe luck ? I haye lost a eond horsp , and have got a booby of a groom still to keep . '—Lord Hervey .

      A ' Happy ( Rotal ) Family—The King ( George It . ) never spoke ofthe Prince ( his son , Frederick , Prince of Wales ) , but as a scoundrel and puppy , a knave and fool , a liar acd coward ' Besides bis being I scoundrel , * hc would say , with a sort , ofludicoushalf-pity in _borage , ' he is really « ucAafool ' . ' Whenever this royal gentleman was angry , Lord Hervey tells us that his eyes weuld swell and widen with _raverness , and grow ss red aa other people ' s cheeks ; " nnd never without these red swelled eyes did the name o' _histirs' _.-bo'n pass his lips . To do the Queen justice , shed 'd not play Sfcond fiddle in this harmonious discord , either with her hate or the coatee expression she gave to it . ' My God , ' she would exclaim ' popularity always makes u . e sick ,

      but Fritz ' s popularity makes me vomit . At one time she calls bim an ase , at another tho mr > st hardened of liars ; now he is a * mean fb"l , ' now a * _poorspirit-d beast , ' and now a 'sordid avaiicious monster . ' It was her ccmsion prayer that she hoped , in God , she mig ht never see him again ; and on a particular occasion she was mere than commonly explicit , ' My d ar Lotd . ' she Baid to Hervey , 'I will give it you under _mj hand , that my dear first-born is the gt-eat ' -s' " _. ass and the greatt-st liar , and the greatest cana ' dle . and the greatest _baast in the _whola _vwid , and that I most heartily wish ho was out of it . ' Nor did the most amiabl 8 of her three _daushters hesitate to chime in with epithets to the _fu-1 _a-i disgusting . While the mother cursed the hour

      of his birth , tbe daugi . _t-r would grudge htin ever ? hour he continued to _breathe ; and ' they neither of thorn , ' adds Hervey , ' made much ceremony of wishing a hundred times a day tbat the _Pr ' toce might drcp dowo dead of an apoplexy . ' Poor _Fri'z ! II _^ ppJ family ! For Fritz ' s comfort it is at the same time tobe admitted that this intensity of disgust and hatred procured bim the great advanta ge ot being left altogether to himself . lie escaped the snubbing which was the daily recreation ofthe King , and which impartially comprehended _everybody fr » m the Queen down to Hervey ; with the additional

      _advantage to the Q een that she was generally _w-snubbed . Hrre is a very common _acepe . 'Whilst : hey were _speaking the King came in , but , by goal luck , said not one word ot the pictures : his Majesty stayed about five minutes in the gallery ; snubbed the Queen , who was drinking ehocolate , for being always _stuffing tha _Princfss Emily for not hearing him , " _< he Princess Caroline for beine * grown fat ; the Duke ( of Cumberland ) for standing awkwardly ; Lord flervey for not knowing what relation the Prince of _Sn ! lZ '" _iach waa to the Elector Palatine ; nnd thea carried the Queen to walk , and be _-resuubbed _, in tbe garden . '

      Rotal Modality . —It is not so . easy , with duo _rasardto decorum , to de-cribe am Majesty ( _Geowe II . ) in eoiKr humour with bis _spoose . His favourite family _occupation in those il . _'etiBg tits , was to relate the acnes of his bappj love 9 wheta he was at Hanover or e !? ewh _*» e , and give her Majesty exact _dotails ol his amorous amueementa wiih her rivals . March of what Hiorace Walpo ' e had raado known of these astounding revelations has bean hitherto bnt ba f _bslieveil ; . but no doubt can _hwcafter rest up pn their . Ami bere let us remark that in all Horaeo had re « _lated-of _thopeculiar _tervicesof Lady Suffolk , and the uses made of them by fehe Queen , he Hums out to have baen yreatly isithin tho truth . Tbe poor Queen ! Still eaeer to retain _possessiea of her

      husband's bed , still for bis delectation making the m ° " of her own fat charms , even concealing ( to her m ortal injury at last ! bodily infirmities that sbe _fesfC- might awaken hia disgust , she oiuld _, after all , «• _•»" succeed in ber own desires by pandering to hU _^ P * petite for other women . It would bo almost tou "''" iug , if it wore not also both ludicrous and revolti ? i to observe the un-tvailable anxiety with whichsno clin _^ a to the old mi stress , over whom she ha * _<& _$ _¦ ' _bliahei her control , and opposes thc introduction ot _» new one , with whom succeBB may possibly be roof " _difficult . * What tho devil did you mean , ' says tw delicate monarch on one _ocoasion , ' by trying ' _makoan old , dull , deaf , peevish beast stay * " p lague me , whon I had bo good an opportunity _»« _6 e _j " ins ; rid of her ' ¦ The deaf old beast was Mrs _linwar _" ' _aftrrwarito Lady Suffolk , _wlio had _oufclived tU _» _•» _7 liking ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27051848/page/6/