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considered their right. the day might not be far distant when such laws, #0 supported end enforosd, might be | Arolared by the sovereign will of the reople void and of Roelfect. They aight be assured that the Nacional | aveation would net cease to agitate until the Charter be ob siord. [Cheers] Irsiaod should belong to her people, and not to ao absentee aristocracy HH feared unt to say it shall bs » free lend, and no longer a Innd of elven. Toe Secretary of State, sir George firee, bed browsh! a bill into the Hous» of Commens to | YWwansport the Chartiats. He would s¢vies the tem bers of the Governm-ni to tak oare of their own lives. Phe | people were the (rae souroe of power, and they ware de- termiasd to assert it They were dotermind not to De shot down for siaply advocating rights — | Shonld the Govermment refuse to grant the preyer of | them look to the responsibility they it their ralecs had their spies on them, they. the edartisis, bad spies on the Government Ho wished to say (0 "Rose who cried them down, and who said, We oan put down revolutionry movements,” if Chey were disposed to be brave, let them « ait a litte, their p m, let thereby incurred ‘uni they would show them what they (the Chartiste) could do; they would not be attacked unpreparcd— (Cheers) Mr J Nanwey nai, hed the Government been mek Sng preparations for encountering the French merch. ing Oo Che motropolis, they sould not have carried them wo greater exteat than they hud on the present ooraaion to put them down (hear, hear). An act of Parliament, passed in the time of the disbolioal, the debanched, and re scoundrel Charles Il. had been raked up to punish : let thorn baar in mind that Lord W. Russell, the socestor of Lord John Rusaeil, wae beheaded in thet reign for advocating the princisies they had met to promote. How would Lord John Russell like if they wre lo rake wp an old act (o punish him (Of with hi head! —a laugh] Yes, they jatended this to be & pescoatle demonstration , but if they did mot ob rola their just rights, he could eesure the mititery hat they would find them the next time er rids of the water He end four others ened that they had been selected to be shot toviay but thers were men iv Ireland aud Nottingham who would not be slow to fmitate Robin Hood. and take a terrible revergs for je heads of himself and his confederates (bem) If ty were dented their rights, the great»ess of England could not lovg continue When the news of Louis Phi Linpe’s expulsion from Prence reached New York, a pre- pocel was srt on foot to raise 1.000 000 dollars to cid the Trish in their sivugeles (Cheers.) A resolution bad bern passed which, as « loyal subject. he would merely Mmeotion (aughter) to the effect that they hoped the ome wae not fer cistaut when a clorious republic would alished in Eoglana, and Prince Albert's wif+ sent toGermouy He boyed the time was not far dietant when the uniow between England avd Ireland would be one of affection, and not merely of Pariiemert. (Cheers were thea givem for the repeal of the Union and the che rter,) » ‘The petition was then removed from the van in whieh it hee been brought to the meeting, end transferred to various paroels to three cabs, which had been engaged Yor the purposs of conveyixg it to the House of Com- mons; cne of the delegates acccmpanisd each of the cabs with the perition ‘There wie evidently a feeling of great dis: at the sesult of th» dey’ proceednge The -¥ termivaticn of the bationsl convention to pro in procession to present the petition to the House of Com. none und r any circumstances, end the letter of the delegates depwted to wait upon Sit George Grey, which We, however, avail ourselves of this opportunity ¢ you, on the part of the national comvention,that enrion for the purpose of pressnting the people's petition tothe Hoase of Commons will take place on ooday next, wher, should any disturbunce ocour, it ersuredly will not be p-ovoked nor encoureged on our part,” had led the people to suppose that they had rescived coute qui coute, to carry out their so repeat- culy expressed intention; and the abandoning their ‘an, after all their boasting, wes freely diroussed, 1d condemped by the mafority who attended the meeting Ever those who epproved of not continuing the procession after the iptimacton received from the commissioners, were also dissati-find. for they stated thet woen the proclamation was issued, declaring the procession illegal, it ought at once to have been aban- doned ‘The delegates having left the Common, the meeting Aiepereed, some of them in straggling ‘and irregular bosies proceeding towards London, Westminster, and Blackfriars Bridges. Some lictle idea may be formed of the indifference of the waj of those who attended the meeting. to its object, by the fact that the most trifling vccurrences woald jead them to quit the political arene. ot one sme a fellow of pugivistie novorirty passed the end of the Common, when several hundred persons d ofter him more a 2 \dus £0 catch a glimpse of the fisticn ff hero. than to atiend (0 over-char ged descripitons of 1€4/ or imagina- ry grievances. immens« bumbers returned to the Middlesex side of ‘the water by Weetminster-bridge, until at length it waco apprehended that if the parties loitered abeut Bridge- street and Parliament-street, the approaches to the Houses of Parliament would be rendered impassable. A strong foree of police was stationed in Great George- street, entirely filling the space from Storey’s-gate to Kiog street, from whence an almost impenetrable line was formed, ruusing to Fendall’s Hotel, which left the processionists uo alterngtive but to pase up Parliameni- street. Considerable laughter was elicited by several of the standard bearers‘ scudding ’’ under bare poles whe, however, indulged in the hope of being able on some future day to give their bauners to the breeze The Surrey end of Westminster-bridge war gucrded by the N und V division’, andthe Westminster road by ® section of the A’s, and jutt as the crow(s sloug the bridge and the adjoining thoroughfares had become most dense, an ingenious mavcurre, cleverly executed by the police, completely checked the cuyrent, and allayed sli wauses of apprehension. A s:rong line et N’s and V's impeded sor s while the approach of the proorerionists, who. although in streggling parties,might beve become very formidable at any rallying point in ‘Wertmineter, and then a strong body cf horse patrol ceeded in clearing the bridge. For half an hour not oul was to bs seen on the bridge, except now and then & solitary horse-patrol galloping acrose with de ‘th meing ins trivial, but most concl re mi the superiority of even a few well-trained constables over ap undisciplived multitude During the first check giv the processionists, on the Surry side ef the wa- u stones were thrown, and several constables se- verely eut—s triel which they bore witn much good tem- por and forbearance ; but severalChartist feliows were truncheoned in the melée, much to eatis faction of the inhabitants im tho adjoining houses, who witnessed the unproveked character of the No serious injury, however, we are happy to say, was inflicted on citherside. Asthecrewd passed up Whiteball towards Charing-cross, it was met by Lord Vivian aod several other noble constables, on horseback whi quietly on, followed by the police horse-patrel. g street, there was only the usual poll ary the Foreign-office to be seen, and the ‘Treasury appeared to be left altogether unprotected There ‘was, however, an occasional glimpse of of a eapper and miver to be had at one of the wia- dows, which left it to be inferred that sn attack on that establishment would vot go altogether unrepulsed. The of toe Horse Guarge and the Admiralty were, of course, closed, but the picturesque equestrian sentinels of the former stood im their accustomed uiches. About Dalf past two o'clock some confusion was created by a drupken postman whoscted as a special constable at the end of Westminster bridge, attempting to prevent two meu from passing. whe carried om their shoulders rmamental portion of the “ Snigs-end-wogon ?— tily thet they hed been plundering watre, and would insiat on the policemen im into custody. A general laugh from all sides rerded the postman’s zeal; and, certainly, to do jus tive to his discrimination, it required oply the presence ofa Widdicomb to make thes uffietently ridicu- a Kable f- ire of the procersion yesterday here were very faw femsles present, con: rest proportion who are in the habit of a ist Gemonstrations generally. The crowds who the way from Kennington common to Biack friare-pridge, were harJly less mumerous then those who proeesied vy Westmipater bridge. The former was gasrded by & body of police amounting to the number of 6.) foot and 60 horse, placed there to prevent the re- tura over the bridge until half past two o'clock, when it Was supposed that ail chances of a proceesion being re- formed wowid be destroyed. This pediment to ihe progress of the people rend the con- gt geting of an immense crowd similar in character te thet of Traalgar rquare, and Mr. Cheries Cochrane-notoriety, inevitable. At about two o’clook the Space between the position taken by the police in Albion- piace and Stamford strest could not have been ocoupied ght to the a by leas than 2.000 pereons of the lowest and mest disor- Gerly descrip Similar scenes to those which tuck place in Trafalgar square on the late disgracefal occasion ied (be attention of the police, who acted with vigor and determination, and it was not until the <iministered by the policemen’s truncheons to the heads of tae turbulent, that or er and quietness could be ob- tained The galloping ot tbe noree police, whose evolu- tions wore calcuiated to put one in mind of the Cirque Nationsl, tended very much to disperes the mob. At three o'clock, however, the Chartiste were finally routed by & beavy suower of rain, which, descending us fi at the command of a special Providence, seut them scampering off tn all directione,without being betrayed into any base or disloyal violations of the public peace. Daring the evenieg various bands of special constables pareded the streets, amouget the mort conspicuous of whom were thore delonging to the inns of court. In the Lingela’sinn band Mr Chisholm Anstey, M. I. a distin- guished member of the Irish Confederation, figured to his credit, be it spoken, very prominently. THE CHARTIST PRTITION, on Monaey, the 10th inst, tour o’cloox. The House weurwai circum. artist petition, which Houre in three cans, St consisted of drogged into the the ouair, by Mr O'Connor, assisted by two etrargsrs, vit Franevs O’Conpon, amidet almos: breathless si. | eaid—sic, | rise to present @ petition, rigned by $ 760 @40 persons; also another petition, signed by 100,000 py |) Whose names are not appended to this ierge The petitioners pray for annual Parliaments, +i suffrage, vote by ballot, ¢qaal electoral dit- Ro property quaiifiostion, sad puyment of mem- I beg, Sir, to scate, that from the courtesy I ha’ iready reosived from the House, I shall sey to more Y Move that the petition be read by the Clerk Petition was eocordingly read by the Clerk, as ‘Te the Monerable the Commons of Great Brituin and Tretand, in Pariiameut mbled We, the uodersigned \nhabitan: the Britich Isles sod sabjeote of the Britieh crown, thue avail ourselves he constitutions! privileges of eubm, the consi ‘soe of our prlitical right in the hope th: ef ateention whict portanes of oa, and the oppresstveness of her, demand from the guardiexs of the civil, social, and religious | t I the people a: petirioners declare, that the grest end of ail go- Verowental tustitetic p ould be the protection of Lite, te seoursty of property, the promotion of tion end morclity, and the diffucion of happiness among ali lanene ‘That your petioners consider the only legitimate basis Of wm equitecle government, is the expression of the mind of boc Sip Ly | — through the uptrammelied agency . That your petitioners regard the representation in Parliament of man of sound mind as a right oo: patible witb, and susteined by, the laws of nature d, ond thet mai ety by his fellow creatures toh, i i-tence of tyrappy and injustice upon the one hand, d servility and d-gradation upon the other, at your petitioners regard the reform bill ee unjust, as it resiriots the rigbt of oitisenship to one-seventh of the male adult community, and stemps the other six- sevenths with tbe stigma of political inferiority. Tot ths system which your petitioners erraign be- fore the judgment of your honorable house, renders feven men subservient to the will, caprice and domi- that it not only establishes the ascendan- cy of asmail minority of the empire, but it invests a minority of the sil eniranchised fractioa with the power of returning ® majority of your honarable house That your petitioners have never yet heard a valid reason urged for maintaining the present representa- u ystem, aud that argumente pl )d against the adinisston of the people to the immunities which the so- cial contract should aranty are based upon clars se\tisnn: prejudices, and contracted views of human- ty. ‘Tha' your ptitiocers hold tho elective franchire not cokes tant, bs bee been absurdly represented, but « right inherent in every man for the preservation of his person, !ibsrty, and preperty, which is to be exercised to the best of th peers Jadgment, without let or hindrence from bi ignbor. : ‘That your petitioners, believing the principle of uni ve suffrage to be based upon those eteroal rights of man, which, although kept in abeyance, can be neither alienated nor uestroyed, appeal to your benorsble ty make such organic reforme in our representa tem as will make that principle the soundation upon whieh sbail stand the Commons House of Parliament of Great Britain. ; in order that the eleotor may io the exercise of his franchise, prey tha be taken by ballot. coercive, ant corrupted po ion, over the poor elector, seouring purity of ‘election and genuineness of repre- atetion but in thro ae Protective mantle of the ballot over the electoral body. That your petitioners regard the present inequalit; of representation to be opposed to common sense, inimical to a genuine rv presentation of the people — They therefore appeal to your honorable house to reme. dy thin defrct im the macataery, by the divi- sion of the country equal electoral districts, assign. district one representative. t petitioners hold the Lagislature, equally with the Exeautive, to be the servants of the le, und consequently entitled to remuneration at the public expense; and, believing that the House of Commons hould be the minister and not the master ef the people. call upon you to establish their jast relative positions by fixing an equitable salary for the service of ite mem- bere PI who are apnually arriving at maturity from exereis: ‘ht of suffrage petitioners consider term for the existence of a t affords an opportunity to serving mer to promote their selfish in- pens of those whose welfare snould be sim of all their labors, Your petitioners, therefore, entreat your honorable house to create be- tween tue representative and the represented that salu- tary re: ility indispensable to good government, by the n of the ancient wholesome practice of aupual Poriiements That your petitioners complain that a seat in the Com- mous House of Parliament should be contingent upon the possession of prop: f any desoription, as they have yet to learn that tive talent is the exclusive prerogative of avy order of men;jand, therefore, pray for the abolition of wnat is termed the property ‘gualifioa- tion. ~ That your petitioners rerpectfully direct your atten- tion to the document entitied""Tne Peopi Charter,” which embodies the principles and details for securing the full and equitable representation of the male adult opulation, which document they earnestly pray your — house to forthwith enact as the lew Should the members of your honorable hc +» enter- tain any doubts as to the justice of our dep r petitioners humbly entreat to bé heard at your honorable house by counsel or agents ir those olaime: At the conclusion of the readingof the peti Lord Monretm rose amid much cheering. a: Sir, my rigat henorable friend, the Secretary o/ for the Home Department, would have been in his place had he nvt been greatly occupied with the necessary business of his department this morning (Heer, hear) I may, however, in his absence, state that, whatever may bs his opinion of the sentiments contained in that petition. he does not wish that he should be considerod by bis absence as wanting in that resprot which a peti- tes s© mumerously signed was undoubtedly entitled to. (Hear, hear.) : The petition was then removed from the floor of the House by four of the messengers. Petitions to the same effect wero presented from Brad- ford, Paisley, Glaegow, Manchester, and other places- Mr_ Lusmincton gave notice, that on Friday next he would ask the noble 'd at the head of the government, whether he would hold out any distant hope that he would, during the present session, intoduceany measure tor the “extension of the suffr: sbridgment of the dura'ion of Parliament, the formation of electoral districts, and the vote by ballot. (Hear) OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS ON THE CHAR- TIST MOVEMENT. [From the London Times, April The 10th of April, 1848, will long be remembored as a great field day of the British constitution. This is » season of trial, aud the governments of Earope have had their days of reckoning one after enother, with more or less damwuge. Power armaments have failed to rescue the sovereign or the law from the suit cf am cppressed er offended people This empire, we may confijently say, bes now its share ia the European crisis Di:- astrous results were boped or feared. Provincisl dema- gogues had assured their innocent dupes that a revoln: tion was to be expected, without fail, before sunset. The charter wes to be hoisted into the constitution as easily as the bundles of parchment into the House of Com- mons. The republicans ef Paris were prepared to ex- Press that unqualified satisfaction in owr change which hyd cannot yet feel inthelrown. The day has come, andis gone. As far as it is possible to estimate and to reckon upon any human event, it will only au; int toe most incalculable degree the confidemce of the British public in their exisiing institutions. The spectacle will not be lost on those nations which are yet in the vortex of change. They will know where to look for the stability they loog for. Happily they will find in ove of the ancient European sisterhood of nations a safe model of constitutions! freedom. it isnot atrinmph over Chartism that we are dlaim- ing ; nox do we obarge on these opinions any nece contradiction to the spirit of the British Constitution. On the contrary, we fully admit that the “ six pointe of ths charter” are honest and allowable doctrines. No one €an pretend thut our representative system is free from a'tses and scandals, which demand @ continual rothar thana finel reform. Nor, again, do we think the main body of the Chartists compromised in yesterday's proceedings They ere in general peaceful subjects, thongh ardent politicians and radical reformers It is evident thet io thie unfortunate instance their “ con- vi jon”? hee been wrested out of their bands by a band of surveptitious delegates in league with the sanguinary Dublin comspirators; and thet, during the past week, | mr. F O>Coumor, and several other Lonest ard well meauing gentieinen, have been boilied and osjoled by Vbese persons into ® position at variance with their own usual policy. The plot was, to push them into the frout of an émrute, and excite with their blood the indignation of the populace. Their good sense and loyalty just sav-d them from their treecherous eol Isegure. itbout referricg therefore to tbe mame, the Party. or the opinions of the Chartisis. we would rather describe the combination which yesterday pervaded the metropolis, und theatened the Legislature, merely by i's recent speeches and Sots. They openly designed violence to the Constitution. In heart and intent they were traitors and rebels. There is no exaggeration in thie. We appeal to the twenty sanguinery speeches we yer- terday quoted from the debates of the Convention, and the other reports in the Northern Siar of last Saturday. We gig to the declared republicanism of some We Appeal to the boasted reliance» on French aid, and ths svowal of » concerted plam cf mesacre end incendia- rism with the Irish Confederates. We might appeal to some of the spesches. the banners,and devices of yer- terday’s affair. were they wortby of notice; nor do we forget the arms which at one time were recommended for the occasion On all these grounds we do not i ateto sey thet the signal of unconstitutional mennoe, of violence, of insorrectien, of revolution, was yesterda; given in our streets, aud happily despised by © peaceful a nt, and loyal metropolis. That is the triamph claim. We wore told that 200.000 men were to march through London, and take up their station cn this new Ranoy- mede. Every attempt was made to procure that num! The railways ail brought their contingents, far and ni The remetest suburbs were ransacked and swept for contributions. The snew ball was to increase as it roiled from Stepney, from Higbgate,or Paddington The progmmme contained an endless enumeration of trades Iris lion holated ite banner ; and forty thourand tr borers of the metropolis w-re invited to muster under Emmett’s name. The fusces of the republic and the crimson cap of liberty were displsyed to attract their admirers There wae nothing exciusive in the procession, which by the variety in ite ranks invited the sccession ef all. Woat was tbe result? If our readers are not accustomed to or in motion, they will hardly taken the utmost pains (0 ascertain, true. The eum of all the procession: bridges towards Kenvington-common more thanseven thousand. We doubt three the \d were aided from south of the Thames At the erisis of the meeting, the ‘al number on the Common, including the most incurious and indifferent of the spectators and bystanders, was not 20, Our estimate is confirmed by the bes! ithorities if these 20 000 only 10,000 had anything to do with thi Mration, or gavetheir “moral”? weight to the the dey. Look mow to the other side. There wi 000 speoisl constables spontanceusly enrolled the movement, and testifying to ite prehensible cheracter. re you ha’ of the day :—150,080 to 10,000. a 0 it, there were fifteen picked and trustworthy men who could procure vouchers to their respectability, who took am oath to defend the Quren’s peace, ond were ready to wield a truncheon im it(dsfence Do not forget that, good reader, Fifteen to cne! We make no invidious com- pari 8 to the quality of the two artic! soldiers Ave almont forgotte Thie settles the que lo common fetrness it ought to be regarded as a gettled qu ew The chart d confederaton mi lapge,end chose the fivid y must stend by their choice. They chose to distur the metropolis for the obance of something coming of it. They fished for a revolution, aud bave caught « snub. We congratulate them on their booty, which ihe they will divide with their partners at Dublin. It perbaps, a fortamate cireumstance that so momentous @ question cs ibe free action ef the Britteh Legislature \ erated, evidewoes the | —(hesr, hear,)—the | terous prudence that hid from the arena the very sight of arms, so that not ssoliier. not @ pensiouer, scarce even a policeman, was eeen, will greatly distinguish this mt cantly ended in the catastrophe of Staten or of Kings For this rare reeuit we have to thank the man whose it mi to di das fival character. 8 no pretence be debarred (rom free and fall deliberation terrible annouccemen| the metrepolis—of o1 obliged (o suspend its ordinary ocoupations, and loo & day to industry and improvement. Even the military movemopts and other preparations were not without serious cost, we do not want anot! other, it will be ti troul nuisance. and the United Kingdom is stills monarchy. T! the great day, which was to revolutionize the nation, an: over, and we fiod nochange The Parliament sits at ite ease @s heretofore; the courts of law administer jastice as heretofore, acting the business of the government without molesta tion All other business, too, is procoeding in its or- dinary course. things, but was ever such a farce exhibited as the farce of yesterday? We have no dog)t that the first reflection that occurred to ninety-nii It of a hundred who arose in London, this morning, may be expressed in words like the following have been making of us all!” fair of some touch of 1) have been all to some extent the dupes of a groundlees anticipation, th the coat, eery preparation than to lament the consequences of joyed the jest at our o: been Cony tes ‘the last 24 houre, look to what might have happened line of conduct, and this will lead to reflections of a more serious character—refiection what must seem a little ludicrous in the day’s proceed- bis ‘here were yesterday morning regimented in Lot the disaflocted’ chartievs ont action, prepared to intimidate the legisiaturo and the wishes ; wo say the ohartists of al Kennington way composed of the o! and its vicioity only. Oa the other hand, it is notorious, and, indeed, it was tne subject of boast with the conspi- rators themselves. that large reinforcements wore to come from Birminghem, Manchester, Gluszow, Liver- pool, Leeds, &o., &o , and in fact, reinforcements propor- tionavle te the number of chartists in the places named, not by arts, thus in the streets and not in the and thus un the metropolis of the empire. Tho dex- m the grad military dramas which have re- tent bonst it is to bave learned the skill of peace in perienoo cf war. It is the mode an] manner ef this y's decision which imparts to it am instructivo and Now that the question has been settled, and the citi- London have decided that Paritament shall on is time to consider th etropolis must not cost of this advantage. The made the sport of the lately heard. It must volution once month. million persons, was yesterday The present event is worth the cost, but If we are threatened with an- to think of some cheaper, less me, and moresummary way of suppressing tho [From the London Standard, April 11 | The eleventh of April, in the year 1945, has arrived, > establish @ republic on the French model, has passed id the officers of the executive are trans. It ip ridiculous enough to say there “What fools these chartist blockheads Still, though it is impossible to clesr yeaterday’s af- be ridiculous, or to deny that we @ lesson, w costly one, is almost worth nd it in better to have to lsugh at unneoer- . Let us, then, when we have sufficiently ev- obscure pothouser, to which our in- culty in tracing them; and Mr. Bron- was not the only one who inigh’ have said y knew who deputed him. The term “Nation: al Convention,” therefore, is an unfou umption, and the sooner it is laid aside the bette ‘The delegates ust not sup that they oan be permitted to go on threatening physical or moral demonstrations in vedi- tious harangues much longer, or bs permitted to an- noauco a fresh gstherine tor Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday—poritively the last doy of rising. This out- break of theirs will tause a formidable addition to tho xt budget, and has caused a very sevore loss to the despeople, who will thus have to pay in two ways fer the humiliating exhibition they have just witnessed We oan sympathise with enthusiasts, however mi taken. Weocan respect mon who peril their lives upon their principles, and stand the hosard of the die. Bat to refusean honorable compromise, and setk safety dishonorable retres uided mechanics who were called from their homes for this precious * demonstration,” may be pitied; the men who called them, be despised. They might at least made up minds one way or the other—to go forward or go back. They knew from tha first, that Ube people were against them; they were fully aware of the preparations that had bsen made; they knew that their pevition would receive the ful consideration from the Legislature, but that bullying was entirely out of the question, and that it they persevered in their re- solution to proceed through the streets of London, they must fight. They out they would pi j they defied the Ministers; they oalumniated the higher class; they im lass; and when the higher class aad ‘out with their consist lee? atavea to give them the meeting, they were It is remarkable fact, and we earnestly impress it the tention of our foreign readers, that this threa ened movement molted away at the Arst sammons of the clvi! power, and that from one end to the other of the dit- turbanoe, or period fixed for the disturbance, not # sin- m expense, for what we bave we to bear the consrquences of a different ns that will comscle us for adon of Great Britain, available for ernment, and very much disposed to overturn both, their strength had borne = propertion to their England, for it is an correct view of the fact to say thatthe meoting at of London id come fiom them. Hero, then, was to dea muster of all the chartiste of Great Britain, and there can be no doubt as strong a muster as by any exertion oould be made, of a body asserted to numbex five millions anda baif—that is, the whole adult mals population of tho island. ‘They collected, we shall not forthe presont ay in what mumber—but certainly in sufficient number to do, in London »@dreat deal of mischief, had they been uncon’ 3 to do fr ore mischief im the pro- vinee: neour: aff a or by exciting indig- natio i they cyen one hour's success, or had they been esed by militery execution. In this dilemma the Government had but one safe course to pursue, and (het was to leave the suppression of the movement to the pooplo themselves, acting with tho civil power. ‘This course was wisely adopted by Sir George Grey, and | the result has been a triumph to the cause of order, and lesson of inestimable value to all Governments, present and to come. The Chartists, estimated, as we have said, at five mil ions and @ half came and assembled, and so estimated, 5 we now see, by an abuse even of the privilege of enor it rs ti te bh rol to det AD for @ howl of “massacre,” tary execution. 0 personnel of the array was melancholy, and such in truth it was. With the exception ef the Irish laborers, the individuals were decently, we abould even say wail sented thi exhibiting the same discontented, desponding expression of Jong-nourissed spite end disappoin'ed hope. OH tne ill-tempered, il-condition-d hypochondriacs a day. heir raiment proved that their sufferings were not the effect of privation, which would have moved for ofseme morbid mental haps with idleness and dissipation Before taking leave of the chartists and their description, let us cffer one other remark upon the sudacious ex numbers in the petition presented to the House of Com- mons. That petition is said to bear five miliions and a halt of si ed, for hours a day ever closely written, five millions and a half of sig- natures would cover some tons of paper or parch- ment, whereas the petition actually presonted did not apparently weigh more than one hundred weight, if 20 muel Commons would move to have it weighed, aud to have the names of a single pound counted—an approximation would thus be made to the truth ofthe number of numes subscribed; but, in truth, the matter is of littie impor- tance, except as it affords an o} the system of * enormous lying A better means of estimating the strength of thechar- | cess. Butt tista wan afforded by tue exhibition yesterday on Ker- | nington Commom. tered 10.000, or to take the highest estimate 15000 1 may be ssid that these were the ehartists of London aud its neighborhood; but though we have shown that this gost the fact, let it be so—London and ite nsighbor- | great Chartist demonstration of yesterday. bundred t] but 15 000 at most —we sey but 10 000—are ehariiste: | in 500, acoording to our estimate, 1 in 880 according to the | Giver of ail good we owe the honor that of England has won, in setting to the worid an example of a peaceful victory over the worst spirit of rebeliion, encouraged by the triumph of zebellion in almost every other capital of Europe? teaching of His Word the glory is due. not te be matohed, out of Gres the earth. How truly did we every Sunday saw meekly kneeling in th the metropolis, a body of men that could the assault of an: could by an: These men look for spirit,and strength, aod safety, to the right qaarter, an: bited the proof. | prudent, as providing sgeinst the dai ‘on the pert cf th traitors, as proof beyond “all doubt —— are firmly united in d ion. sppotntment of tl moral breakwater of Europe. foam up to the base of the well-cemented fabrio, end ment, by abstractions; where an instincti tic love of liberty is tempered by good sense; where true patriotiem aod pbilaathropy ar bel: cognized and honored in the long megem (or Nottingham) counterfe tected and put down. C { | bi | | them that they did not compel a mors scrive fort of | physleat one. the curse of blood would abide wiih us, in the shape of | eternally -recarring ree! vietion is that ing cuaracter ef the force,civil and military, ovlleated to preserve order; and we should pot be sorr | had been so collected, evem could it be proved satisfac: | torily that gry alerm was false and we have now learned should be setied thus dectetvely, thus peaceably, thus by | an inspiriting ous lying, th-y exhibited certainly mot more than ten usend men and boys, and such men and suth boys as rarely has been our misfortune to lock upon. We eay that the number of Chartists at any time as- sembled on the common at Kennington did not exceed ten thousand, and we say it upon this ground, that Raving caused the greatest extent of surface occupied, to be measured, we find that it amounts to less than 2600 equere yards, which at four men and boys to the ‘square yard, would give less than 10,000, but at 10 feet @ stance from the speaker the density was nothing like four to the square yard: Let us add another proof; the principal column, marching eight obresst. and marching very slowly. pass- ed over Blackfriars Bridge, by our office door, and they took barely eleven minw! morning contemporaries rate the num! however, adnere to our calculation; but,in truth, it does not much matter were the number ten thousand or fifteen thousand—if left to work its will, the mob was quite stron: in passing it. Soma of our Fat 15,000. Wo, enough to do vast mischief, either entary success, or by giv’! pretenos i dleperse by i- We have intimat oe “the \1; but im body and countenance their parade pre- pearance of the delivery of an hospital, al) It wanes great people had been specially must-red for a field ma sympathy that no man felt for them No; haggard, feeble, and attenuated as they were, was piain that the: must be the victims lispesition, co-operating per- eration of their The number would never be count- it would take fifteen weeks at twelve te count so many; but how. It were well if some member of the House of The five willions and @ heif mur- comprisé = population of two millions, viog five usand men of military sge. Of 5 mgd estimate of the number on the common. et Us now turn to the more pleasing side of yaster- day’s proceedings ; and let us, in the first place, ac- | knowledge the true fountein of domestic peace and of every other blessing—“ Uniess the Lord keepeth the city the watchman waketh but in vain.” To the | bounty of Divine Providence we owe it thst this nor ning we arise in to pursue our peaceful ocoups- May we not add, with cea that to the the metropolis Yes, it is to Him and to the We have told the mumoor of Charti ; now what were the number of special constables?—200 010; ths Morning Chronicle enys, we bet sickly epectres, like those whos moned them from their usual avocations, but the man- hood of the metropulis, from the bij bility and gentry downward, throvgh dations of society, to snd the robast drayman or the @ traly, 250 000; no erse activity sum- spirited uc- the gra- med artisan, coul-whipper. Yes, | enrolled yesterday pre-' | for spirit, str th, a ‘Dumber. tala, on the face of | few weeks ‘hat | the siron; Constables enemy, foreign or d possibility be brought. to, coutr they themee!: yesterday exhi- | The militery preparations of the government were iF of local si nemics of order; but itis plain | by terror, for a soldier was not | We have something to say of the part soted, or at- mpted to be acted, by foreign incendiaries. The dis- malignant wreches who were ling about with ids came in contact with » je Operators were nly not the worst jest of (From the London Chronicle, April 11.) Great Britain seems destined * be onoe e ll back. Thus fer sbalt thougo,and no farther. it the world. Ths appreciated at their full valae; where be bed astray, even in moments of epidemic ox: Ss sure to be de- ‘ne Chartits wanted a moral it. It da fortunate for monstration, and they ha’ It i@ also fortu for the country; for mations, ii it had been found ‘consary to fire upon the procession Our own con necessity was avoided by the impos. that it ‘nen ba‘ men coaapie, ged men must 60-opsraie, art of ob-operation. It is thing, after all thet bar ees portunity of exposing | 7esr# must then, | week, ite lors of time, men | re gle soldier was to bs seen. A large body of troops was ready to act, if (ns was given our) the Chaertists, or the persons pretending to be Churtists, came armed; but the medicatet breach of the law was to be in the first in- sance resisted by the poiice, backed by the true national ards of Kogland—the special constables, whose only miform is a badge upon the arm, aud their only wea- pon an eighteen-inch siaff A petition has been presented by Mr. O'Connor, whioh he states to have been signed by 5,706,000 persous We understand this to m persons resident in Grea’ Britain ; and we do not undorstand women and chil. dren to be computed among the potitioners, Now we simply request Mr O’Cennor to tura to the population returns, and ascertain, before next Fridey, what propor- tion this number bears to the entire adult mali Jation (iess than five millions) of the isl md. Ths ment isa ludicrous absurdity ; ond it is time thi every honest aud — Phe more intelligent of his party hav. ed distrust of him already, and it is us that, after the events of the last week, he by them atall. The contrast between his guage and vacillating conduct on all occasions, him very generaliy a laughii he is vapouting with the delegates ; intl is appealing to the Pelice Commissioners ; at five inthe afternoon ne isin the House of Commons, challenging tue whole humun race to produce bis equal for honesty, courage and ssgacity. In the Houre of Commons, how- ever, he is under some slight restraint. The proper theacre of his self-laudatioa is the National Conven- tion. Here is » specimen : “Thave soars and marks of bayonet wounds which I men; buta frequent repeti jon of the luxury would be fone oe, the most extravagant. The jauk of England has surely something better to do than to lock its gates and billet soldiers. The Stock Ey will get tired of “limiting its business to in- a transactions dep»nding on the fui filment of previous ewgage m don is not P. she cop not afford to play Idiers ; the heroism of marttal display is forsign to our nature We love quie sre uffeotionately attsched to business. We have for years the value of true liberty, ani we grumble if we are not suffsred to enjoy it. Government has brave- ly put down one attempted folly Will it provide aga'n:t fature contin, ? This is what the people exp-ct-— this they bave aright to d+mand Whatever powers may be necessary to secure the tranquillity of the coun- try, and to enable men of business to transact their or- dinary affairs, will be freely granted by the communit: at large. Let government state frankly whet it D to preserve the public oy for the future, and all it asks shall be granted. The country, essentially oo: servative, xs recent events have shown, have need of energetic spirits to bring the disorderly now to reason and obedience—suoh spirits must be found. If order le to be malataloed for the future, we shall not altogether regret the inconveniences of yest: ver was exhibited than that A grander spectaci of metropolis armed for ite own defence, and underteking on behalf of public order all the functions of a standing army. We havo been able satisfactorily to answer the question whioh for: weoks the Continent has besn feverishly anxious to hear resolved. England gazes upon the revolutions of Europe undistur! and un- tainted. She can derive nothing fro: new order of things which present condition does not secure. She can only lose by achange. Woailst the nations of t! Continent f fre strive to shaps their institutions after the model whic! we present—it would be downright insanity for England to desosnd from the glory she has won by slow degre: and patient en Many foreigners travell through the etre of London yesterday. Did they gather no lesson from whot they there beheld? Did the right of the thousands, the rich and the poor, the nobly born and the bumble, guarding together, as common soldiers in one patriotic troop, the streets of their com- men city, bring no sslutary reflecti to their mind? Did they not derive from the sight republics might do well to take to heart ? We are proud of the example thus exhibited, of the rebuke thus offer- ed to the malignant and thi il disposed. Let th ample et the rebuke fall with effect. and we will not eomplain of the folly of the 10th of April, impotent as it hes proved. Her Gracious Mejesty knew not uatifnow bow securely she reigas in the hearts of her loyal and her loving people. Her soldiers form hersmollest strength —their bayonets her feeblest help. Tho patriotic manifer- tation that yesterday illuminated the thoroubfares of Lon- dor ded but the sacred ce of the Quron to hall nd raise it above the level of the world’s or- dinary nomena. A few misg m sought to bseak the public peace. The took the Nga ol ion which none y loyalty hae been put to the proof. ishmen have stood the test, her Mojesty must is. OPINIONS IN FRANCE OF THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT. The follwing amusing account cf the chartist demon- Laon a is from the Paris corresponéent of the Chrontcle:— Panis, Tuesday evening, April 11.—The excitement created here by the great London chartist meeting of yerterday, was perhaps not inferior to that felt in London iteelf, although it was more diversifisd in its character On the pert of our own countrymen, the feeling was generally one rather of curiosity to know the details of what was to happen than any apprehension as to the re- sult. On the part of the French, the almost upiversnl eling was, that of certainty that Evgland was on the eve of revolution, and of intense joy that at length the proud islandera would be forced to fellow the example of the ‘grande nation.’ This afternoon, whea the news of the failure of the demonstration arrived, the dissppoint- ment on the part of the Parisians was pitiable to benold. It was impossible to convince them that there was not some mystification. The disappointment was the more overwhelming, because it had been reported in some of have reocived while struggling for the people, and ou one Occasion at Manchoster, alter # disturbance, there were 0 less than 93 warrants issued inst me at the in- ce of parties who had been injured exercise cf the conflict. On the same oarried away by the mob in o state of insensibillty, oleeding from my wounds, and I am equally determined t cise my courage to-day, notwithstendiog the thre te ~— have beea held out egaints my life.””— (Cheers. . We throw no donbt on Mr. O’Connor’s courage, bu* ninety-taree warraute for direct personel assaults com- mitted by him!—for of course he dows not mean cap: which hb have been committed just as well by an ola woman sitting in a back parlor. — Why, the man who shot soventeen soldiers at Berlin God, that I would rather caure—(loud cheers) tion that if ession to-day I am to be shot, with five other delegates. On leaving the meeting on Saturday I was sccorted by @ policeman whom I some Years ago got admitted into the force, who said, + For God Almighty’ , Mr. O'Connor, Bave nothing to do with the procession on Mon cal to be shot, en sure as you are a living rely upon this information, for the: r (Seneation). “Since then Ihave received many letters warning me of my danger, one of which runs thus :— ‘Respected sir, 1 oan imform you that there will be an attempt on your iife should meke-your appearance on Monday” a friend's ; for do. - Your true friend, A Cmart &. Though a male, | glory in the namo’—(cheers). Let us, then, en- and persaude the ‘people to 8) had specicl orders to O'Connor, would be a curiosity. As Mr. O'Connor him- seit got hom jato the police force, he could of course in form us of hi The lady, too. ries in not to prevent the chartisis from being decimated, not 10 prevent the ropolis irom being thrown into diebr- der, not jnormous waste of property, but to prevent me, Feargus O'Connor, from being shet by Iny polices friend, or being cut down by some ruth: 1 ee guardsman—is beyond all pri And this is the man to whom miltions, as he gay: 1d, a8 we know to our sorrow, have been so long looking as tmeir trustee, their guardisn, their adviser, the mere selection of such an self an answer to the best arguments that oan be addao- in rea of the proposed extension of the elective fran- thomeelves, and the police efter them. But the grand contest between order and disorder has been virtually decided in this country; and yy, before (if ever) it can be renewed jes, with the remotest pect of suc- will lay the chartists under no disadvan- tage, if by deeds as well as words they henceforth dis- claim violence, and rest their cause om argument. {From the Lonion Herald, Aprii 11 } It ia not without s considerable degree of shame and irritation that we proceed to give an Geng the on we reflect upon the anzlety of the metropolis for the past y, and patience, its praise- worthy and admirable exertions to meiatain the public peaceand to uphold the authority of the Q 's vernment, and then, as humble obroni scribe the ratio outbreak. the probabic which sug all the anxious preparation, we feel somewhat.annoyed at the vain troubl aco whi by the losing . 0 On to de- lutions— become cf monarcbies—tkat we cannot look at ordinary move- ments ourselves through any other than a conti. nental mecium, London yesterday prepared iti tosslo with it: it did not even encounter d ready for anything : when it put on had done nothing. The Queen—God required not even a hand to government suffered uo moisstation ; joment, disturbed. wi than 800 000 injured common to strike terror to the heart of 6 ranks of dastard for any tressoval written on one pool and * May rights ” only too faithfally indicated the actual want that character. ised the whole proceedin two earavens arrived; th ir ition; the second held Mr, O'Connor, Mr. Magrath and all the other members of the National 7 apom whl upom whicb mPa the ntualiy that it wason this was fully pr fore Mr. Fear, LJ us deoamped, so did the other dele reat majority of the “equal intel- re doubied up; oe petition was re- PI and; but by 2 o’clook tos man, and the groucd was bats, and balls, ite natural and d was broken, not a drop of » The mountain that had been in labor for week did not even yield the urual aud legitimate mouse. ould not epoak the truth if we were to ry for this lame and impotent conslasion to what threatened 10 be—eight-and-iorty beure ego- a tragedy, But {s the thing dono? ‘are not to hav month for the wo nothing better to d to parade the atreete fon of our pro- the newspapers, and generally believed by the public, that the émeute had been successful. ~ Last night you might have heard in every street et Paris the pewsvend- ecs crying out, Revolution in London,” “ Flight of Queen Victoria,” ‘ Frightfui coilision with the military,” &c ; and the papars bore out these veracious assertions by turning the Queen’s visit to the Isle of Wight into an “escape to Gosport,” amd fabricating an electric tele- graph despotok, which informed the credulous Parisians that the troops were fighting with the people, and that London wasen feu et flamme. [From the Paris National, April 13 } 7 The great chartist demonstration, which hes 60 much ecoupied'the public mind of London, hes terminated pi cifically, as there was ry reasom to expect. For long time the meetiogs which s:em have been accustomed never to go beyond m those whe on the continent have observed fairs, have always felt singular surprise in seeing large masses meet and disperse with equal facility. Tne only circumstance which could, on thin occasion, cause a judgment to be suspended ia, that the Ei ma felt, or at least planted cannon, created constables, streets. Generally it does not take such precautions; it the meetings to themselves, to the policemen, to the dragoons, and does not occupy in any way. This change in the con- itself with the: duet of the government is a symptom whieh must not be wogieoted. it was afraid this cccasion, aod never was it known to fee) fear on similar oecasions. tually it bes, by intimidation, beaten the chartists; will this victory auve it from its embsrreesmente! Will it change th oiprecel eltaation of the clase- es of society im Engiand? Is it a Waterloo gained, not over the French army, but over the chartist army, ze se Tradesmen do not ~a Waterioo, waicn. like ey nent vielent struggle But its demends have reeelved satisfaction; its complaints are the same; and uniese appose the than they w will cont swered by the presentation of tue process seems in nowise decided. [tis also by inti midation that i¢ is desired to put down Ireland. ireland the propie employ threatening langasg it ry stantly sent to Ireland, and everything shows that Eng- \and is prepared te spare meither balls bullets if th Irish go beyond words and pass into insurrection. Bu if b . the. Chartists, to the fear with which military force inspires the populs- tion of the Britisa empire, or. if commencing the strug- the succumbs, will the English government have nd oan it congratulate itself on ther alternative asa solution? Such things are ly delays. A profoundly social reform becemes from day today @ more urgent necessity for England; and the red coats, onwhich she counts so much, can only adjourn, not prevent it, Security of the Crown and Government of : Great Britain, The following ere the provisions of troduced into House of C bill recently in- by the Secretary &Ry person oF persons Whatecever, after the uj Passieg of that act, during the nataral life of his said Mejesty, and until the end of the next session of Parliament after the demise of the Crown, should, within the realm, or without, compass, imagine, invent, devise, or intend death or destruction, or any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maim or wound- ing, imprisonment or restraint of the person of his extd Mojesty, bis heirs, or successors, or to eo ive or depose him or them from the style, honor, or kingly name of realm, or of any other of his 8 OF countries, or to levy war y, his heirs amd successors, within force or oc nstraint to compel him nge bis or their m: it in order to put apy force or const: to in id Majesty’s dom! tries under the obei: hie heirs end euccessors, and ) imaginations. inventions, d: of them, sbould expreas, pgesy P rinting or writis 7 eed, being legally convicted thereof, upon the oaths of two lawful and oredible witnesses upon trisl or other- convicted or attained by due course of law, then h foressid offending lared, and adjudged to bea trai- ould ‘gpffer pains of death, and also lose or torteit as And, where 67tm year of same reiga, intitule perpetual osrtaip perts of anact in the 36th year of bis jesty, for thi yy and pi of hie the 36th year of to the b and successor jesty, the sovereigns of these realms, were perpetual. And, where: Provisions 0 made ereas, it 1s expedient to repeal all such provi- wal by the last-recited ast, an do not re- Ut the person of the sovereign, and to enact other proviaions instead thoreof,applicable to all parte of the Usited Kingdom, and to extend. to Ireland such of the provisions oi the said acts as are not hereby repealed, - Be it, thevefore, enacted, by the Queen’s Mont Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consemt of the Lords spiritual and tem- poral, and Commois, in this present Parliament ansembled, and by the authority of the same, that trom and after the footing, of this act, the provi- sions of the said act ofthe 36th year of the reign of ber! George the Third, made perpetuei by the said act of the 67th year of the same reign, save such of the same ‘as relate to the compassing, imogining, inventing, de- vining, or intending death or destruction, ur say bodily harm tending to death or destraction, maim or wound. ixg, imprisonment or reatraint of the person of the heirs and euccessors of his raid Mojesty Kiog Qeor Third, and the expressing, uttering, oF such compassings, 1meginations, inventions, inventions, or ony ef them, shail be, and the hereby repeale And be it declared aud enacted, That such of the raid recited provisions made perpetual by the said act of the t the safety of our lives? the Third as are Dbjact once and awhile Co close their ehepe, towive their not hereby repesigy ah ey tio Rd men 6h smoke their cigars in broeé day | that part of the U: befere ehareeter of sworn police- | And be it enasted, persons whatsoever after the day of the passing of this sct shall, within the realm or oy oompars, imagine, invent, devise, orintend to deprive or de) our most gracious lady the Queen, her heirs and style, honor, or royal reulm. or of any other of her Mejas.y's dominions and conntrier, or to Jevy war inst her Moejesty her heirs and succersors, within any part of the United Kingdom, in order by fores or coustreint to compel her or them to o° ange bir or their meanires or counsels, or in ordi put any fores or constraint upon, overawe both houses, or either bonse of Parliament, or to m vo or stir any foreigner or stranger with foros te invade the United Kiogdom, or any ot! dominions or coustries und justy, her beirs imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions. or apy of them, shall express, utter, or declare, by publishing any printing or writing, or by open and advised speak- ing, or hy wuy overt act or deed, shall ve deemed guilty of felony, and every perron 80 offending, being convicted thereof, shail be liable, at the discration of the court, to be tramsported bayond the seas for the term natural life, or for omy term not leas than {PAnd be it provided and enscted, Th: conta'ned hall lessen th sffoct anything enacted b comparsings, ing herein force of, or in any manner he statute panred in the 25th year of Kiug Edward the Third, intituled “A Deole- ration which offences shail be judzed treason ” Provided also, and be is enacted, Thet if the fasts or matters ed in an indictment for any felony under this act mount in law to treason, such indictment sbail not by reason thereof be deemed void, erroneous, OF defeotive, and if the facts or mutters prowed on the trial of any person indicted for any felouy under thie sot shell amount in law to treason, such person shall not by rea thereof be entit 1o ba acquitted of such felony ; but no pe tried for such tlony shall bi afterwards prosecuted for treason upon the same fai dogree is by this act pi every accessory after tha fect to any such felony, shall on conviction be liable to be impritoned, with or without hard labor, for any term not exceeding two tage And be it enacted, That this act may be ropealed or ded during the present sension of Parliament. (This bill passed its second reading by a majority of 417.) The House then Clauses 1 a1 reed to without violent oppo- sition; clause 3 agreed to down to the words “ by open and advissdly speaking.” whieh being likely to osase much discussion, and the usual hour of adjourn- ment having errived, it was agreed, at the suggestion of Sir George Grey, iscussion in committee. On the 14th, on the motion that the House resolve itself into committee on the Crown and Government Seourity bill, a long discussion took place, which re- sulted in division, when the numbers were; for the motion 287—ageinst it 33—mejority for 254, The House then into committee on the bill, and continued discussim; provisions until half mn, when several amendments baving been d to the proviso to ol propored by Sir ‘he proviso was withdrawn, and a modification an amevdment to the committee. fore moved thatthe chairman report ress and ask leave to eit a the | sible! it pro te be ded, ing of too importent anature to hurried over that evening. Sir G Gaer admitted the prepriety of the house bein; in possersion of the clause as Peeper to be amended, in a printed form, before finally deciding upon id ruggested that they should take it intoconsideration on the britging up of the report: Mr. Hua deeldedly objected to this, and again moy- ed that the chairman report progres’, Sir G. 1d a hope that if the motion was carried it woul h a view to having the committee sit again this day. ‘This was r sponded to by general cheers and partial expressions of dissent. gain pressed bis motion, whereupon the committee divided, and the numbers were— Moejority against... 7 The substance of th Prot en agresdto, it was moved thet the clause, as amended, enae of the bill, Sir G. Grey proposing to print the proviso as amend- ed, and that the committee should fuliy coosider it on bringing up the report. Mr Hum obj«cted to the motion, contending that no nae member umderstood the clause as it then stood. Mr. Waxcer moved as an amendment, that the chsir- man report progress, and ark leave to sit again. committee divided, the numbers were— For the amendment,..... Against it,. od upon the motion thatthe clause, as amended, stand pert of the bill, when the numbers were. Majority for. ‘ + 55-192 On the motion that clause 4 stand part of the bil, the committee again divided, and the nambers were— For the motion on . See 221 Against it . . 38 Mojority for . Eee eet oe 5 and 6 wero then agreed to without a divi- sion. Clause 7 was then, after a fsw observations, agreed to without « division. rr preamble of the bill was then agreed to, after whic! aman, amid cheers, dimen: ‘The repert to be brought up on Mondsy. The ocber business was then disposed of, and the House adjourned at twenty minutes to two, afer a sit- ting cf nearly fourteen consecutive hours. The New Nefurm Movement in Great Bri- tain. [From the Manchester Examiner, April 15 ] Our readers will be glad to nm, that preliminary steps have been taken for commencing an agitation in favor of Parliament oncmicsl refor: embers of the Hous Trade Club, London, appeers to this meet- ing, that @ more cordial understanding and i ere urgently required am ment as sre favorable to ¢ neral advance of reform prii ritain and Ireland; thet Je M P. be ebairman; that Rica. Co RP, uty ehairman; that Sir Joumva Wars the Hom pow The requisition calling the meeting was signed by the following members of Parliament : Joseph Hu M.P. for Montrose. len, M.P. for the West Riding of York- R Osborne, M.P. for Middlesex. Sir iam Molesworth, M P for Southwatk. Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M P., for Marylebone. Henry Salwey, M P. for Ludlow William Jackson, M.P. for Newoastle-ander-Lyne. Johi liane, M P. for Macclesfield. G F. Munts, MP for Birminghem. William Fegan, M.P. for Cork George Thompson, M P. for Tower Hamlets. J, Pattison, M P. for London. William Ewart, M.P for Demfries. Wm. J. Fox, MP. fo ,M P. for Fins og D’Eynooart, M.P for Lambeth. r, M. P. for Leoeister. James Clay M P for Hull. F. Mowatt, M. P. for Falmouth. B. Wilcox, M, P. for Southampton. G.P Sorope, MP for Stroud. James Kershaw, M P. for S:oekport. * John Bright, M P. for Manchester. James Wyld, M. P for Bodmin. M. Sullivan, M. P. for Kilkenny, T. P. Thompson M. P. for Bradford. ‘agent, M. P. for Aylesbury rman Crawford, M P. for Rechdale. John Reynolds, M 'P. for Bublin. ‘William Seholeteld, M: P. for Birmingham. R. Blewitt, M. P. for Monmouth. M. Power, M.P. for Cork county. Greene, M_P for Kilkenny county, Smith, M P. for Stirlin: Jamen Pilkington, M P. for Brien, M P. for Ceekel hell, MP’. for Brighton. |, M-P for St Albans. J. F. Wawn, M P. for Bouth Shicid W. P. Wood, M.P. for Ox'ord. Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., M P. for Westmeath. JP Locke King, M P, for Honiton. EP. Bouveris, M P for Kilmarncok ‘Thomas Meagher, M.P. for Waterford. , MP for Leicester. reux,M P for Wexford ve ger P for Glasgow. MP for Ashton. MP. for Edinburgh, only a preliminary one, the dist of in favor of such a movement is fer from being Bat it must rejoios the hearts of all true re- find that so many of tie large consti thus virtaally declared in entery reform Before many dsys we a considerable ncossrion to their ge town in the K.ngdom will ‘on by ite representatives, who mu a @ in favor of reform, or give in their adhe the whig apostat rnment, We unaeretand that another meeting of mentary Reform Leagu: Free-Trade Club, but we hether it will be open tothe press. Shouid it be r0, we shali be able to give » report of the interesting proceod- inge in our Tuesday's publication. Affairs in Ireland. SPECIAL CORRESPONDRNGR OF THE N.Y. HERALD. Dosuie, April 13, 1848, State of the Country, #c., #2. No particular change bas ocourred in cur effairs since last wrote to you; bat all parties agree on one subject, and that in, that we on the verge of an Insurreotio: A rumor bas been abroad thet the government are about striking, some say #0 far as to grant repeal, and it goes so far that they no longer think it ro contemptible @ movement a6 formerly. Meanwhile, ail parties appear to be perfucting their arri mants to meet the impond- Ing outbreak, will take place immed + ately, and others met (ill June or Joly. The several oxe- cutives of the corfedexation are steadily completing thelr organization, while the Urish odnfederaten are ci- vided into #0 many olubs, e2eh of which in polnt of fot form military body ‘Two of thes» clubs men- towed, forming together 1500 men, assemble’ one day ir respective places of meeting, and mied+ration Hall, where their leaders, Mess. C. G. Duffy, Jno. Martin, RD. Williams, 0. J Smith, J. Durigen,P. J. Barry, Juo Byrao, J. De Conaay ‘Young, M, Holpin, (8ec’y) Jno. Cantwell, P, lackburn,