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A numerous meeting took place at Birmingham on Monday last, at the rooms of the Political Union, to ceusure the Ministry for their neglect of the distresses of the People, and their proposed meashre of coercion for Ireland. Mr. Mintz took the chair. Mr. De Boscoe Attwood,Mr. B. Hadley, the Reverend Mr. Macdonnell, and others, addressed the meeting in language highly condemnatory of the policy of the Government. A petition was agreed to, expressive of these sentimeuts.
A meeting of the inhabitants of Wolverhampton assembled at the Public- Office, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament fur Triennial Parliaments and the Vote by Ballot. The proposed measures for Ireland were also strongly cen- sured. [A correspondent has sent us the Wolverhampton Chronicle containing the account of this meeting, and a letter with some remarks upon the speakers. We thank him for his " information "—which, however, was not so much wanted as he imagines: with regard to the speeches, from internal evidence we perceive that they are not worthy of much notice.] A meeting was held at Brighton on Friday the 22d, for the purposes of peti- tioning Parliament to repeal the House and Window Taxes. Mr. Faithful proposed and Mr. Wigney seconded a string of resolutions, which were adopted unanimously ; a petition was also agreed upon, which is to be presented by the representatives of the borough.
Captain Yorke lately asserted in the House of Commons that the Portsmouth Dockyard was ill supplied in stores and materials, especially in large spars for line-of-battle ships. The Hampshire Telegraph contradicts this assertion; and states, that, as compared with the stock in hand when the present Minis- ters took office, the quantity of sticks for large masts is now four times as large, for bowsprits twice as large, and of square timber seven times as large.
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