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John Murray, Albemarle-street. ons tes, rfus hor, AT a PUBLIC MEETING o f h e N o bility. Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitant Hou e holden' of the County of Warwick, convened by the high Sheriff, pursuant to Public Advertisement, and held at Warwick ,on the 4th day of April, 1831, GEORGE LUCY, E.g. High Sheriff, in the Chair; the that the ting lave No. 12,036. LONDON, SATURDAY nets Moved by Sir GEORGE CHETWYND, Bart. seconded by Si GEORGE PHILLIPS, B irt. and resolved unanimously, VENING, APRIL 9, 1831. PRICE 7D. 1. That the measures introduced into the Commons House of Parliament by his 'Majesty's Ministers, to im prove the Representation of the People, are in the opinion of this Meeting, admirably adapted to effect the Reform justly called for by all classes of his Majesty's subjects ; and if passed into laws will tend to destroy the present degrading, 'p srtial, inadequate, and corrupt state of the R.presentatfon of this Kingdom, and to revive the union and confidence which ought to subsist between constituents and their representatives. TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. THE ENGLISHMAN'S REGISTER, and WORKING MAN'S FRIEND, WEEKLY JOURNAL, will appear on Saturday, the 7th May next, conducted by an Association of Gentlemen whose object will be the Diffusion of General Knowledge, and of sound and liberal principles, religious and political, amongst the poorer classes of their countrymen. It will embrace, therefore, besides the common matter of a Journal, a suc cession of articles on religious subjects, and others on points of History, Geograply, Political Economy, Statistics, the Natural Sciences, Domestic Economy, Arts and Manufac tures, Farming, Gardening, Sze. stances of this kind, but he would select only three; and by a coincidence, not a little remarkable, the) were the three individuals whO had introduced tin English, Scotch, and Irish Reform Bills to the Hong -he meant Lord J. Russell, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, and Mr. Stanley, the Secretary of Ireland If these gentlemen had not got access to the 11Ot1F4' through the medium of close boroughs, the Reform Bills would have had to he committed to the care of others, and most probably much less able advo ' catts. In thus offering his opinions upon the sut , - jeer of Reform, he did not expect that he should it any respect influence the decision of that meeting; hut if he should stand alone in that meeting (whicl , he did not expect), he would hold up his hand against a measure which he believed would end in the destruction of the Constitution.—(Disapproba tion, in the midst of which a voice in the crowd roared out, " Bravo, Shelley, my young cock ; stand it out to the last."—Much laughter.) In conclu sion, he expressed his c o n fid ence i n the good sense of his fellow-countrymen, that they would still ad here to their beautiful Constitution—that good ship which had carried them safely through so many dif ficulties and perils—which had made this country the envy of surrounding countries, the admiration of the world, the queen of the seas, and the hithertb unvanquished robation,ald i csoonmqeueebroereros.)fLat(iownse.—sh(oLuiod hereuddisaopb p - serve that in the course of his speech, the Hon. Gentleman received many interruptions, and in the course of the discussion, every point made against close or rotten boroughs was quickly taken up by some of the crowd, and immediately applied, often in a coarse, but as far as we could observe in an ill- OENTLEMP.N, AREPORT has, I am told, been indus triously circulated of my having an intention to give up the future Representation of the County, if, in the progress of the Reform Bill, a Dissolution of the present Parliament should he had recourse to ; so far from enter taining any such idea, my ambition to be re-elected would, is such case, be more ardent than on any former occasion. in order that I might be a party to the achievement of that glorious work, which I have not a doubt an appeal to the people would inevitably ensure ; and I should as ar dently desire to sit in a Reformed House of Commons. whether that vital object shall be obtained with or without such an appeal. I have been a steady and unflinching advocate of Reform through years of adversity, and under circumstances the most discouraging, and now that the tide is turned, and our labours are about to be crowned with success, I confidently believe you will enable me to enjoy the proud situation of one of your Representatives in a Parliament freed from that corruption which disgraces the present, and fully and freely representing the Com mons of the United Empire. I have the honour to he, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, _ CHAS.C. WESTERN. Felix Hall, April 7, 183]. . Moved by THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq., seconded by.the Rev. Dr. WADE, and resolved unanimously, 2. That in the opinion of this Meeting, the majority of the Members of the House of Commons have exhibited, for a low period, but little sympathy with the sufferings of the People, and no community of interest with them. That they have at different periods of general and alarming distress, refused to inquire into its cause or its remedy; and have given undeniable proof of either an absolute an. willingness, or of a total incapacity to protect the most vital interests of the country ; and: therefore this Meeting it confirmed in the conviction, that a thorough and effec tual Reform of that Honourable House, a Reform which shall give its Members a community of interest, of feeling, and of knowledge with the miss of the People, is indis pensible to the' restoration of national prosperity, to the allaying of the general excitement and discontent, and to the preservation of those venerable Institutions, which have been brought into danger by criminal or imbecile legislation. T() he had all Newsmen in the usual way. The Country Edition will be despatched by Friday night's post. Price Sovenpence, until the reduction of the Stamp Duty. _ _ _ Office of the Englishman's Register, 37, Surrey.streei Strand.—London, April S, 1831. REFORM MEETING IN SUPPORT OF the lIIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. SUSSEX. It an I by ,be had ?on- that !ntly Moved by ROBERT CANNING, Esq., seconded by JAMES WEST, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 3 That while we express our approbation of the mea sures of Reform as proposed by his Majesty's .Ministers, 'we trust that they will be adopted whole and entire; and that should any material alteration be made, either in their principle or detail, his Majesty will resort to the sense of his people for that support which may be denied by Par liament, an.l which support we hereby pledge our best endeavours to afford. hair- THE had mil) , ,rs in Moved by Mr. B. HADLEY, seconded by Mr. T. C. SALT, w and resolved with one dissentient voice, 4. That in the event of a dissolution taking place before the Ministerial measures of Reform are passed into laws, this Alerting pledges itself to vote only for those Candi date* at the next Election who will give their decided upport to those measures, and earnestly recommends to its fellow -countrymen throughout the United Kingdom, to act rigidly upon its principle. Moved by ARTHUR F. GREGORY, Esq., seconded by the Rev. S. B HEMMING, and resolved unanimously, 5. That a loyal and dutiful Address be presented to his Alajesty,—that the one now reed be adopted by this Meeting, and that it be presented to his Majesty at his Levee, by the High Sheriff and the Members for the County. _ _ time him; rates at he and agi s. alter ne of i, re upon He )I ex- BOARD and EDUCKIION.—At an established SEMINARY, near town, as rural and healthily situated as at fifty miles distant, which will pre clude numberless expences, Youth are liberally Boarded, carefully Educated, and parentally treated, at Five Guineas per Quarter, inclusive from the time of entrance. The premises comprise every accommodation, with ex tensive gardens, play, pasture, and fruit ground, and con tiguous to the open fields. _ _ _ Moved by Sir G. SEtrwrrn, Bait., seconded by Sir C. TUROCXMORTON, Bart., and resolved unanimously, 6. That the Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, now read, be adopted. ;even tt he im. erices Particulars at 42, Park-street, Regent's Park ; 23, Little Queen-street, Holborn ; the Hatters, 10, Water-street, Blackfriarg ; 76, Blackman-street, Borough ; 26, Long lane, Smithfield ; 131, Whitechapel; and Green Dragon Tavern, Stepney Church. Preparatory Pupils by the Young Ladies of the Family. COM- Id re as an hirty I that e had the lant a ucted m for e had :er I' n ad- Ma e dis- lagis ; but )ower ss. Od. 00 iy their •2s . per h both EE K. cans. to s. 765.} .... 735. - ele Hs. „,.." lOs: 1 4, 1- 30s. 17s. g• 345. 7. ' per at. I load. per last. latmeal. Loads. 2,838 I, M.D., art, of a E. 9., of George went of Milne, Esq., of on. East Benga 9 l on, E F J . Regent's of Oat. wditch P. mil aged 6 0, rouruh,,, t Vh enh 4o ' Oe se : 1, 4 4 A ber the l a te ,Moved by W. S. LILLINGTON, Esq., seconded 'by T. WEELDON, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 7. That Lords Hood and Dormer be requested to pre sent and support the Petition to the House of Lords. Moved by S. TERTIDS GALTON, Esq., seconded by and resolved unanimously, S. That the Petition to the House of Commons be pre sented by the Members for the County, who arc requested to give it their most strenuous support. Moved by the Hon. C. CLIFFORD, seconded by BOLTON KING, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 9. That the grateful thanks of this Meeting be given to his Majesty's Ministers, for their redemption of their pledged to the people, and for their firm determination to persevere in the accomplishment of their measures of Par liamentary Reform. Moved by ROBERT KNIGHT, Esq., seconded by JOSHUA SCHOLEFIELD, Esq., and resolved unanimously, 10. That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are hereby given to those patriotic :individuals, who have so disinterestedly expressed their willingness to sacrifice their private interests to the public welfare, in promoting the Bills now before the House of Commons, for a Reform in the Representation of the People. Moved by the Rev. T. M‘DoxistELL, seconded by Mr. T. - W. flux, and resolved unanimously, 11. That the High Sheriff be requested officially to sign the Address to his Majesty, and the Petitions to Parlia ment, on behalf of this Meeting. Moved by the Rev. H. BELLAIRS, seconded by M. D. Hitt, E. 1., and resolved unanimously, 12. That these Resolutions be advertised in The Sun, Times, Morning Chronicle, Courier, Globe, and County Newspapers. (Signed) GEORGE LUCY, Sh e riff. - Lord HOOD in the Chair; Moved by the Rev. I. C. ROBERTS, seconded by A. F. GREGORY, Esq., and resolved unanimously, IS. That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the High Sheriff, for his prompt attention to the Requi_ sitions, and for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair TO THE KING'S MOST EX CELLENT MAJESTY. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the so. bility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitant House holders of the County of Warwick, at a Public Meeting, con vened by the High Sheriff, humbly beg leave to approach your Throne with the mo.t heartfelt assurances of attachment to your Majesty's person and Government. We think ourselves bound in duty to express our humble and grateful acknowledgments of your Majesty's paternal anxiety and unceasing exertions to secure the peace and promote the welfare and happiness of your subjects ; more especially we entreat your Majesty to permit us to express our admiration and entire ap proval of the Bills which have been introduced into the Com mons House of Parliament, by your Majesty's Ministers, for amending the Representation of your People,--a measure which we consider well calculated to secure the stability of your Throne, and to promote the liberty, prosperity, and happiness of your subjects. We implore your Majesty, in the event of the House of Com mons refusing to sanction the great principles of those measure,,, to be graciously pleased to put in force your Royal Prerogative to Dissolve the present Parliament, in order that your faithful subjects may exercise their best endeavours to return a House of Commons that will better accord with the opinions and feelings of your Majesty, and of your People. with a lon We fervently pray th a t th e Almighty will bless your Majesty and fairl g, prosperous, and peaceful reign, over a l oya l , united, y represented people. . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPI , RITUAL AND TEMPORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRF— LAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, FREEHOLDERS, AND IN HABITANT HOUSEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF WARWICK, Su EWETII. That your Petitioners, fully sensible of the original excellency of the Constitution under which they have the happiness to live, most ardently wish to maintain the genuine principles upon which it was founded. Impressed with these sentiments, your Petitioners hail with the most heartfelt satisfaction the Bills re cently introduced into the Commons House of Parliament, to amend the Rep resentation of the People, which, i n t h e op i n i on 1 of your Petitioners, are admirably adapted to ensure an uninflu enced and equal representation, —to revive that union and confi dence which ought to exist between Constituents and their Re- P r esentatives,—and to extirpate that system of corruption sub versive of the constitutional rights and liberties of your Peti tioner: and their fellow subjects, and which prevent the existing House of Commons from being considered as the genuine voice of the people. That, in the opinion of your Petitioners, the pre tent disprop or ti oned and corrupt state of the representation of and people, is a most alarming grievance, demanding immediate effectual redress. Your Petitioners therefore most humbly pray that the Bills now before the Commons House of Parliament, to amend the repre sentation of the people, m a y mee t w i t h your L ordships' concur rence,—.Adyour Petitioners will ever pray, &c. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE PETITION OF THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, CLERGY, FR EEHOLDERS, ANI) INHABITANT HOUSEHOLDERS, OF THE COUNTY OF WAR WICK, SnEWETII, That your Petitioners, fully sensible of the original excellency of the Constitution under which they have the happiness to live, most ardently wish to maintain the general principles upon which it was founded. Impressed with these sentiments, your Petitioners hail with the most heartfelt satisfaction the Bills recently introduced into your Honourable House, to amend the Representation of the People ; which, in the opinion of your retitioners, are admirably adapted to insure an uninfluenced snd equal p r eßersentation ; to revive that union and confidence whicoght exist between constituents and their Represen wives ; and to extirpate tyste of corruption, subversive orthe Constitutional rights and liberties of your Petitioners and their fellow subjects, and which prevent the existing House of Commons from being considered es the genuine voice of the People, That, in the opinion of your Petitioners the present dispro- 11ortional and corrupt state of the Representation of the People • o moat alarming grievance, demanding i mmediate and eke- wal redress. • - - , ' Your Petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray, that the Bills Ooow before your Honourable House, to amend the Representa n of the People, may pass into Laws. 0 , And your Petitioners will ever pray, CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, 71, LE i DEN 11 A LL-STREET WAL THURNELL solicits the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, to inspect the largest and best selectee! 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T HE followin g letter is a f ur th er t est i mony o f the happy effects produced by the use of DE VELNOS' VEGETABLE SYRUP, in a case of violent eruption, which for more than three years had baffled the efforts of the most eminent physical skill : D supplyu n off.'ebr.!6 Velnos. 1 Madam,—Many thanks to von for your kind and us . eFul letier of the Nth ult. received with the last it only twoed all Would to God all the afflicted knew, as I do, the healing influence v. 7 o as nd t :r k l i u n lfy months heat, o o n f t t h h a e t b 2.7 es t t h o u f it a . ll a m nd edle a in in es sores, scurf, and scales, are one from my legs, and which was tar . gone indeed, N also recovered beyondmy health, had of ever enjoying the good state I now do. heartily thank I God for his blessing on this wonder-working medicine,randtpa.nk truly grateful to you for your most excellent directions to me, teei for the use of it. 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In any advertisement of my case, describe it as that of a gentleman of well-known re spectability,residing in Dublin, and I will gladly answer any ap. plication to me on the subject.—l am, and ever shall be, dear Madam, your thankful and obliged friend and humble servant, Mrs. CANHAM, sole proprietor of the genuine Vege table Syrup of De Velnos (which is also so highly efficaci ous in diseased liver, scrofula, leprosy, scurvy, syghilis, and all impurities of the blood), will be happy to give an in spection of this, and the preceding letters, which enter into minute details of the afflicted sufferer's case, to any patient who will take the trouble of calling upon her, at 52, Bei: ners-street, Oxford -street, where the medicine is prepared and sold at I3s. a Bottle. By her appointment it may b e had at Messrs. Butler's, Cheapside ; at most of the re spectable Medicine Venders in London ; and at her agents, in. any considerable town in the United Kingdom. The concentrated, for warm climates, may be procured from her deputed agents in the Fast Indies, viz. :—Messrs._ Mackintosh and Co., Calcutta ; Messrs. Forbes and Co., Bombay ; and Messrs. Arbuthnot and Co., Madras. A public meeting of the freeholders of this county was held at the Shire-hall, at Lewes, on Thursday, for the purpose of taking into consideration an ad s dregs to his Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament in favour of the Reform Bill now pending in the House of Commons. The meeting was convened for twelve, but the proceedings did not commence until nearly one.' Some short time before the business of the day commenced, a coach and four came in from Brighton, crowded inside and out with some of the reformers Of that town. On the coach -top were displayed two very handsome flags, with the Brighton Arms, the staff of each flag surmounted by a Royal Crown. A trumpeter in front played " God save the King" as the carriage drove op to the hustings, where it was received with loud cheering. At one o'clock the High Sheriff came on the hustings, on which were previously assembled a con siderable number of the most respectable landed pro prietors and members of the first fatnilies in the county. We noticed Lord George Cavendish ; Lord George,' Lord Sussex, Lord Robert and Lord Wm. Lennox; Sir G. Webster, Sir C. Blunt, Mr. Kemp, M.P. for the town of Lewes, Mr. Shelley, M.P. for Gat ton; Mr. A. Donovan, Major Beauclerk, Mr. Shir ley, B.:c. On the motion of Lord GEORGE CAVENDISH, se conded by Mr. SHELLEY, the High Sheriff was cal!ed to the Chair, and opened the business of the day by reading the requisition. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to say, that he had received a letter from the medical attendant of their excellent Mem ber (Mr. Burrell), stating that very severe indispo sition prevented him from attending the meeting, and he regretted to add that since he (the High Sheriff) had come to the County Hall that morning, he had received intelligence that the illness of their re spected Member had had a fatal result, and that the county had to deplore the loss of a most excellent Member of Parliament, and an amiable member of society.—(Hear, hear.) He now called on the Noble Lord who he understood was to propose the address to his Majesty. Lord 6E0 . 116 . E CAVENDISH then presented him self, and was received by the meeting in a very flattering manner. The business of the day had been already opened by their worthy High Sheriff, and he thought it could not be commenced with more propriety than by a consideration of the ad dress to his Majesty, which he should have the ho nour to move. After that should have been disposed of, the question of Reform would be submitted for their consideration. The Bill now before the House of Commons went to the correction of those abuses which had for a long time been complained of in the country. It would in his firm opinion be pro ductive of the greatest advantage to the country, and he sincerely trusted it would be successful.— (Cheers.)—As there were several other gentlemen disposed to address the meeting, he would not delay them by any farther observations, but read the ad dress to his Majesty. The Noble Lord then read the address, which began by an expression of du tiful and loyal attachment to his Majesty, his crown and dignity, and the gratitude of the freeholders to his Majesty for the many favours he had conferred on the county during his residence amongst them; also their deep sense of the goodness of his Ma jesty in having at.a momentous period like the pre sent, selected for his advisers men who wood pledged to Reform in Parliament, and who now, under the sanction of his Majesty, had so nobly redeemed that pledge; and they expressed an earnest hope that the Bill might pass into a law, and that his Majesty might long live to enjoy the gra titude and affection of his loving subjects. Lord GEORGE LENNOX said that he had been requested to second the address which his Noble Friend had just moved, and he assured the free holders of the county, that in doing so he felt very sincere pleasure, for he was convinced that the Bill was calculated to entail the greatest benefits on the country.—(Some persons in the crowd cried " No, no.")—The only objections which had been, and which he supposed would be made to the Bill, were the old story over again—that it was a revolu tionary measure, and would destroy the institutions of the country. A revolutionary measure ! He would ask any of those whom he had the honour of addressing, to look at the men who were found in the ranks of the supporters of the Bill, and say whether they were men likely to support a revolu tionary measure ? Was the Noble Lord (Caven dish) near him, who possessed an immense stake in the country,—was he a man likely to engage in a measure of a revolutionary character ? Had he and others of great wealth and influence in the country, not as much interest in guarding against revolu tionary measures as those who were opposed to the Bill ?—(Cries of " Yes.")—Away, then, with the talk of revolution. It was used only by those who either did not understand the subject, or who, if they did, were desirous of misleading others. He trusted that the Bill would pass as a whole, for he would have the whole measure or none. Mr. SHELLEY—Gentlemen, I do not rise to offer any opposition to this address to his Majesty; I merely wish to say that I shall reserve myself for toy objections to the principle of the Reform Bill — not to the principle of Reform—till the petitions to ►he House of Parliament come before us. The question on the address to the King was then put and carried unanimou'ly. Mr. PARTINGTON next presented himself, and said that it fell to his lot to propose for their adop tion a petition to the House of Lords in favour of the Bill, founded on those principles which they had already heard expres , ecl by those who preceded him. Lord War. LENNOX came forward to second the petition. It was unnecessary for him to detain the meeting by going over the old and hacknied objec tions which had been urged against the Bill, and the defences whieh had been set up for the present system. But he could not avoid noticing, in pass ing, that old argument, that the present system, though theoretically bad, worked well in practice. He begged to deny the truth of this argument. It did not work well. Could that system be said to work well under which the petitions of the people were disregarded? What had happened during the distress which prevailed in the country last year ? Petitions poured in from all parts of the kingdom complaining of that distress, and praying for relief, and with what result ? The petitions were disre garded, because the existence of the distress was denied—( Cheers)—and what had been the effect of all this ? What was the state of the country after wards ? How did the system work then ? Was the country pacified by this denial ? On the contrary. He regretted much that the motion made in the House of Peer by his brother (the Duke of Rich mond) for an inquiry into, the state of the country as far as related to dis'ress, particularly that which affected the labouring poor, had not been at tended to. It would have shown, if it had no other effect, that the nobility had a sympathy for the people—(Cheers)—that the sufferings of the people were not matters of indifference to those who were placed in higher ranks in society; but that motion was refused. Was that a part of the well working of the system ? Could it be said that a system worked well which still burthened the country with such a load of taxation, pressing down the national industry, and cramping its resources ? Call them by what name you pleased, Members chosen as some were under the present system, were not the representatives of the people. It was a gross fal lacy to assert that they were. That system of re presentation was a fallacy from beginning to end. It outraged public morals, and .gave encouragement to the worst kind of imposture.—(Cheers.) Earnestly he called .on his brother freeholders to come forward and support their excellent Monarch and his honest Ministers, in their upright endeavours to remove the evils which had crept into our systems He called on them to support a measure which would eradi cate the evils they had so long complained of, which would rescue the country from the pernicious in fluence of a purse-proud oligarchy, and would place our free institutions once more upon that extended and firm basis which was the best guarantee for the enjoyment of civil liberty.—(Cheers.) Mr. SHELLEY next presented himself, and was received with much disapprobation, mixed with some loud cries of " Hear him !" There were several persons in the crowd in front, most vociferous in calling upon the Hon. Member to come forward, and insist on his right to be heard, while others as loudly cried out " Gatton"—" No rotten boroughs." These cries the Hon. Gentleman bore with great composure and good humour, observing, that gen tlemen need not give themselves such trouble, he would wait till they were disposed to hear him. Silence was at length obtained, and Mr. Shelley proceeded to address the meeting. It now, he observed, became his duty to raise his voice against the proposition before the meeting, and to state why it was he dissented from the presentation of any petition in favour of the Bill now before Parliament. At first it was not his intention to take any part in the proceedings of a meeting where he knew the advocates of Reform would be in a large majority; but on cons;deration,he thought that though he could not hope to carry the meeting with him in his opinions, it would be the more manly course to come forward and state what those opinions were. One reason why he did not wish at first to come forward was a fear that his objection to the Reform Bill might, as. he was the represeritative of a close borough—(A person in the crowd, "A rotten borough—Old (3atton.") He would not call it so, but the gen tleman who called out might give it any name he pleased. He repeated that the fear of having per sonal motives attributed to his opposition made him at first think of nst taking any part in the meet ing. However, he had altered his mind, and thought it better to come forward and fairly state what were his honest convictions relative to this Bill. He begged in the first instance to state, that he was not opposed to the principle of Reform.— He did not object to that part of the Bill which extended the franchise to what were called close t boroughs; but he did, and ever ihould, object to: hat sweeping measure which went to disfranchise half the constituency of the country, and that half the poorer classes, which had not the same means of protecting their interests which were enjoyed by other classes of the community. — (" No, no.") He said, " Yes, yes." —Let those who dissented f rom him only look at the effect of the Bill in that very ) H e was well acquainted with the bo rough, borough. and with every vote in it, and he would assert that the ultimate effect of the Bill would be to disfranchise the inhabitants of above 300 houses. Why, he asked, should those persons be cut off in this manlier from the exercise of a right they had so long enjoyed ?—(A person in the crowd, " It will not affect the present voters.")—No, but it would affect their children, and it would affect the present patties in this way,--that they would be deprived of the power of leaving to their children an inheri tance which they themselves had derived from their fathers. The most sanguine reformer in the country had not expected such a sweeping measure; and why, he asked, had this extensive measure been in troduced ? He would tell the meeting. It was be cause his Majesty's Ministers felt that they (lid not possess the confidence of the country in their other measures.--(Loud dis approbation.)—Gentlemen did not like to hear such unpalatable truths; but he could not help that. He would state what he firmly e o n . believed to be the f a ct. The present Ministry h a d made themselves t he lau gh i ng - stock of the count r y by their financial blunders, and t h ey t h ought to re (teem themselves with the public by this mea sure .-- )_—What cours e h a d Mi n i sters pursued? 'They htsl drirectly (Loud and co ntinued disa pprobation, which pre vented the lion. Gentleman f rom proceeding for a time. ged the ry rased hi the When silence was in som e d egree restored, he went o Radical encoura Reform. In c stead i of endea passive obedience " to the mercy of a e 11, he it tr t s i li i hte : ( l)eadiov: overwhelming pcheem'il'ors'f%eis), iniaistiggaonaioft:sx:Raostrehtei Reform ols o p i rr r mp o e supporters, country the vouring to stem this cry, they had submitted them would selves ai be c ae e tb? r toe e oiae l t y snsti which must for ever hide them ;" for hat d from the believedtr ssoat fleas, in one undistinguished mass.—(Disapproba those who deemed that this measure was revolu tionary. To him it made no difference whether a revolution was brought about by a mob, headed by his Majesty's Ministers, or by mob • a mustdgpepfbnoodyr. out them ; and so long as he hada voice in the Legislature, he would oppose to the utmost of his power a measure which he considered of a cha racter directly revolutionary.—(Much —(Much disapproba tion.) He should considerimself disgraced if he did not oppose a measure which he believed to b e un-English, unjust, and • • unprincipled. It was un- English, becau se the fixing the tight o f voting at u s mall money st an d ar d was borrowedfions France. It was unjust, because it took away half the co:I4C- Wiley of the country, and that, too, thepoorer half; and it was unprincipled, because '(H.)? }tad ' d itno one principle in it.-- disapproly t on.) As yet, yea however, those an opposed the Bill had the jaw at their side; aridllo. it ever came to a fight, he with was ready to fight the law at his side, and a good conscienc e to support him. On all occasions he should be prepared to give his most determined opposition to a measur e which he regarded as most uticoestitutional. H e e would now come to a subject on which he had not yet touched; and though he saw many befor e Idle seedy to express their disap proval in the usual manner, he e would even venture to say a word or two for the poor close boroughs.— (Hear, an d laughter.) He did not mean to contend that those boroughs should be so numerous as they were at present; but he must stat e h is opinion, that the Government of the country co u ld no t go on well without such boroughs, as they aff or d e d an eas y in let to men o f t difficult, if not alent who might o th erw i se fi n d i t impossibl e , to obtain a seat in the Legislature, and of whose s • ervices the count's , could not otherwise avail itself. He could give many in- natured mann( r to him.)—The Hon. Gentleman (who is very young, apparently not more than 23) bore all these allusions and taunts with the most perfect good humour, so much so, that towards the close of the business, he seemed to have worked himself into the good graces of the crowd in front. Sir G. WEBSTER next addressed the meeting, and was received with loud cheering. He observed, that if the meeting gave pleasure to those who haJ recently become friendly to Reform, what pleasure must it not be to him who was an old and staunch radical reformer ? He could not express the plea sure he felt at this incipient dawning of freedom in the breasts of the gentry of this county. In those of the yeomanry it had long existed; but he re joiced to find that it now extended to the upper classes, and he hoped that the little lame would soon be blown into a full blaze.—(Cheers.)—The Hon. Gentleman diverging from the subject before him, had stated that the Ministers were the laugh ing stock of the country for their financial mea sures. He could tell him that they would not be so long, but the laugh would be turned the other way.—(Cheers.)—He had also stated that they had not the confidence of the country. There was no doubt that the country would not have given them its confidence if they had not brought forward this measure. But seeing the state of the country, they felt as honest men that it could not go on as it was, and that some measure of Reform was necessary. They brought forward certainly a strong one, but, so far from objecting to it on that ground, all he re gretted was that it was not stronger. Ministers felt it necessary to introduce that as an aiti-revolu tionary measure; and in his heart he believed that it was the only measure by which a revolution could be prevent:d.—(Cheers.)—The Hon. Gentleman said he would not object to some Reform, some thing very moderate, but what that was he had not told them. A moderate Reform would be wholly inefficient for the necessity of the country. Nothing less than a sweeping measure of Reform, and that no slight sweeping ether, would be sufficient. When they had such an Augean stable to cleanse, it would riot be sufficient to turn a river into it, nothing less than a whole arm of the sea would be adequate to its thorough cleansing. On these grounds he gave his most hearty consent to the measures which Ministers had introduced into Par- liament. He was satisfied with them as they stood, but he would not have objected to them had they been still stronger.—(Cheers.) Mr. KEMP (Member for Lewes) next presented himself, and was warmly greeted by the meeting. The Hon. Member for Gatton (Mr. J. Shelley) seemed to think that the feeling in favour of this measure was not so general throughout the country as it had been described to be. Did the Hon. Gen tleman forget the meetings which had taken place in every part of the country on this subject ? Vas he not aware that in every county from Cumberland to Cornwall the cry of Reform had been raised— that in almost every county the assembled free holders had expressed their gratitude to his Ma jesty for having selected as his advisers the honest men who had proposed this measure, and had at the same time declared their firm determination to sup port the Bill by all constitutional means ? He (Mr. Kemp) weald repeat then what he had stated in his place in the House of Commons, that the country was in favour of the measure from one end to the other. A voice in the crowd—" No, no." Another voice—" It is John Kibbs, here, as is m a ki ng a ll this rout ab ou t it.—(Laughter.) Another person, whom we took to be the said John Kibbs, called out, " It is I, and I paid so because I thinks it." Mr. KEMP proceeded—Reform, in his firm opi nion, was become essential to the salvation of the empire. Instead of being revolutionary, or tending to weaken the power of the Crown, it would tend to fix the Crown more firmly on the head of the King, for it would get rid of that pernicious influence be., hind the throne,- 7 -that illegitimate oligarchical influ ence,--which formed a power above the Govern ment, and controlled that and the people. He did not say that the measure was the most perfect that could be devised,—no human measure could be com pletely perfect,—but considering the evils which were to be remedied, he looked upon the Bill as a great boon to the country. A Bill which would add 500,000 persons to its constituency must be looked upon as a boor; of the utmost value. The Hw,li SiiiMIFF then put the question on the petition, when the show of hands in its favour was immense. The only hand held up against the motion on the hustings (as far as wa could perceive) was that of Mr. Shelley. There w e r e a b out a d ozen hands held up against it in the crowd, in the front of the hustings. Thkee cheers followed the decision on the petition. Mr. A. DoNoyAN cattle forward to propose the petition to, the House of Commons, and was cheered by the meeting. After adverting to the abusas of corporate influence which this Bill would remove, the immense saving of expense which would accrue by the disfranchisement of non,resident voters of towns, and the taking the Vollip, counties in several places on the salve 4.y, the Hon. Gentleman con cluded by expressing his belief that the support s which Otis measure had received in the country, and r the firm hold it had taken on the minds of the people, would render Lail opposition to it utterly unavailing, and the measure itsel€ irresistible and triumphant.--(Cheers.)) He then read the petition to the House Of Commons, in support of the Bill. Sir C. BLUNT came forward to second the petition, and was received with cheers. He said that he was selected to perform that duty, because he was known to be an old and staunch friend to Reform. He concurred with his Hon. Friend who preceded him in regretting that the county of Sussex. had not senti ments an oa t hs earlier i _ at the 11th hour, it was better that it should d important oppor question tunityof ; though now expressingbut it s o s () ; then, than not at all. After poliilagel-iinitpnoragto,erlaoretgligeser advantages which might 'be expected from' the mea sure, and congratulating the meeting on the fact of the general feeling of the country being so strongly expressed in its favour, the Hon. Gentleman con cluded by observing, that this Bill might bs likene I to - x safety valve in the great machine of a national Government, by which the danger of any violent explosion would be completely removed.—(Cheera.) cryw a s Mr. fotiwi F t Ai da T id l e i l b , t r oe ' e L dnt t , r l n e ay x i s t tehd a a d tb l y i ,a r e te s h s %e e v tai distressn tt wanted d e meeting. Reform, Tllidet pre vailedr amongst all classes. The landlord, the tenant, the manufacturer, the labourer, the professional,— in fact all classes, the tax-eaters only excepted—felt the pressure of distress. In the sister kingdom, the as 0 5 f O f , a o pressure m oo ll l. e h i o a n d f t l h ;e l a i e s t n ' r e r e l i c i s e n recently %% s i t t voted i h il a pt more o ro a s r i r l e e a s e p t t p tii: sum tray to be added very soon.- Let them see how the thing stood. Ministers took office on a pledge to Reform, and he bel eyed they were sincere in what they had done; but let the meeting consider how far what they had done and proposed to do would go to the relief of the country. They had all seen what had been done for years by the monster of corruption which had reared its head and been cradled, and fondled, and petted by the borough mongering system. If he should find that the effect of the Reform Bill would be. to extract the fangs from that - monster, he would be disposed to give Ministers his thanks for the measure as a great boon ro the country; but looking at this Bill as a Re former—a; one who desired a Reform which would relieve the cowry, and as one who did not offer any opposition to the Bill—he must in his conscience express what he felt, that it would not have the proposed effect. He knew that it knocked the rotten boroughs on the head; but they would have been knocked on the head long ago had the same distress existed as did at present. He wished to be understood not as opposing. the measure; it had many defects, which he was anxious to point out with a view to their being remedied. He then pro ceeded into the details of the Bill, and contended that those parts which gave votes to 501. lease holders, who might have no beneficial interest, and refused it to the owner of a lease of 99 pars, who might have a much greater interest, was a partial and unjust application of the franchise. He also contended that giving two members to a town with a populatiOn of 4,000, and only one to a large town that had 50,000, was unjust and inconsistent. He next went on to urge, that depriving the owner of a freehold, in a town which sent members, of his vote for that freehold for the county, was throwing a preponderauce of power into the hands of these who had already too much—he meant the landed aristocracy. They might talk of disfranchising the rotten boroughs, but this Bill would make others in a few years, for its direct operation would be to re duce almost every county in England to the con dition of a rotten borough.— (Cries of" No, no.") He contended that it would. Only let the meeting consider how the Bill would operate in that county. It would take from those who held freeholds in the power o l i e%:7 ,o 7 i , ng ßr f i o g r h iv to i r e l, m a b n ei d s: f E or as epto t htioieerv i lg,cre r oei i .pfui t u i nri s tlet t .sy e e a n d o , f Sussex. See what a large body of freeholders that would cut off at once, and ye i t r ia l tdth p yhe r e o to p ‘mvo o )e r i tion as they c d r i e tn a i s t e iis t h h e e d i number n t fl h u e eneeof th e o l f an v d o e t d er i s n , t e t h re e s y t, u w , o h n i l e d h, i in t t a h t e Ali o e tri n : d B , AT l , h o Ta u ot l N , i l n tn a e b erx s e o ts rtab%dvdanrsee already sup port of the Bill, and contended that its effect would be to bring back the Constitution to its original state. Major BEAUCLERK said that he concurred in most of the sentiments which had been expressed in favour of Reform, but he did not think that the ad dress or the petitions were couched in terms suf ficiently to express what he conceived were the feel ings of the county on this important subject. He therefore proposed the following amendment should be added by way of rider to the petition to the House of Commons :—" That we, the freeholders of Sussex, viewing with real sorrow and indignation the base attempts of a small corrupt faction to defeat the wishes of a generous Monarch and his upright Ministers, in restoring the people to their just and undoubted rights, feel ourselves bound in duty to declare, that should that attempt succeed by means of borough influence, we are ready to support our beloved Sovereign and his Minister. in doing justice to the country with our fortunes and our lives." Mr. SHIRLEY (of Newick-park) seconded the amendment. Mr. GILLUM expressed his approbeAion of the general principle of the Bill. Mr. LONG, the barrister, thought it would he extremely itinpolitic to imply a doubt as to the success of a measure on which, if all the members of Reform were united, none could be entertained.— (Cheers, and cries of" We will have the addition.") Mr. DoNovazsi said, that in effect the amendmet t did not go too far, but there were one or two words in it which might be found objectionable to " ears polite." He would propose that it should be shaped in this way—" We, the freeholders of Su-sex, view ing with real horror and indignation, the at tempts of those whose interests in,y be affected by this Bill," &c. The amendment might then go on to say, that should the measure be defeated by borough influence, see will support our beloved Monarch and his Ministers by every legal means in our power. This he thought would be much better than the use of the words " fortunes and lives," wl.ich might seem to imply a threat of a resort to arms if the Bill were defeated. He would earnestly beg to impress this on the consideration of the Hun. Gentleman who had brought forward the amendment. Mr. BLACKMAN said, that the necessity for the measure might be seen by its influence on the House of Lords itself, for it was well known that by borough influence a road was open through the House of Commons to a seat in the House of Peers, and circumstances which had lately transpired respect ing the Weymouth case showed how things of that kind might be managed. The Hon. Member for Gatton, Mr. Shelley, bad laid great stress on what he termed the financial blunders of Ministers. Now, even admitting those objections to be well founded, he was disposed to leek over fifty such blunders in men who had given the nation so great a boon as this Bill would bestow. lie would say of them, transposing a few words of the poet— " If to their share some fiscal errors fall, " Look in the Bill, and you'll forget them all." —(Cheers and laughter.)—He then proceeded to point out somo of the many advantages which were to be expected from a reformed House of Commonp. Of such a House, he would say— " absint fraudesque dolusque, " Insidimque, ex cis et amor sceleratus habentli." For the benefit of the county, he would attempt a translation of those words, as applicable to some fernier Parliaments. The "fraudesque" he would call a declaration of a House of Commons, which stated that a pound note and one shilling were equi valent in value to a guinea; the " ddusque" he would intepret as a sham debate, which was some times got up to turn aside the attention of the public. The " he would call those practices which were tesorted to at elections. The " via" might be translated by the Piccadillyexpedition and t he Man c't ester:massacre; and a literaltranslation of the "rano, seeleratus habendi" might be found in the pension list, and the miilions which were found to maintain it.—(Cheers and laughter.) MARTIN, a: ember of the Society of Friend , ' recommended to the meeting that no alteration should be made in the original petition. 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