The Sun. — London, England, 1832-05-15 00:00:00

Wit cl c V' - . radii:: and inconsistency. But what could be said of the conduct of many of the Honourable Gentlemen opposite when they joined Mr. Canning (whose monument had just been put up in Palace-yard), who had distinctly declared himself most inimical to Reform ? There was quite as much political immorality anc inconsistency in that. In his opinion, they might put Whigs and Tories into a bag and shake them up, and it would be quite • indifferent which came out first—(a laugh). He did not believe that the Honourable Member for Thetford would have said what he had said unless he had some ground ; and he (Mr. Hunt) repeated, that although the late Government did not possess his entire confidence, the country was in such a state, from one end to the other, that only the late Government could tranquilize it. There could be no denying the agitation that was going on. If any one had been at the Bank of England that day, as he had, he would have felt it. Ile had seen four or five runs upon the Bank, but none like what he had seen that day. He had himself been three-quarters of an hour before he could get a 101. note converted into cash. Placards had been put up ;we think the Hon. Gentleman said by an eminent hanker) calling upon the people to defeat the Duke of Welling ton by going to the Bank for gold. Under these circumstances, what might be the situation of London before to-morrow night, unless what had passed in the House that evening, by going forth to the public, might assist in tranquillizing the genera; feeling ? Mr: O'CONNELL expressed the satisfaction with which he should see a reconciliation between the Crown and the late Ministry; convinced as he was that in that reconciliation alone could be found out the means of tranquillizing the people and securing the Throne. He concurred in almost everything which had fallen from the Noble Member for Liverpool, and especially in the result; namely—that whoever could replace us in the situation in which we were a week ago, would be a most bountiful benefactor to his country. The spirit of revo lution was Abroad ; and if it were allowed to pass a certain stage, it would be difficult to check it. Like the pestilence with which the country had lately been visited, if it were not arrested at an early stage, cure might be impossible. At pre sent there was still hope that means might be found to heal the body politic. Let but a little time elapse and he would be a bold man who would predict the event. Hundreds of thousands and millions of persons depended for their subsistence on the regular working of society ; on receiving wages ; on being employed. Let but the present state of things continue for a few days, and they must either starve, or do mis .. . _ chief. Let but a single week elapse, and revolution and the utter destruction of the beautiful fabric around us might be the consequences. And if this danger existed in England, was there no other part of the empire in danger ? Did the House think that a change of Administration, which would give power in Ireland to those who did not possess it at present, might not be productive of frightful events, especially if that change were accompanied by disturbances in this coun try ? 'We were in such a state, that every wise and good man must wish to retire from it. Even those who formerly opposed Reform, on the ground that it led to indefinable change, now that the Radicals (of whom he professed himself to be one) pledged themselves to the late Administration that if the pro. posed measure were passed, they would give it a fair trial as an experiment, must be disposed to yield the point. He called upon them—he called upon all—to stop the progress of revolu tion; and they would have a right in return to expect that a fair trial would be given to the proposed measure before anything farther were asked for. He hoped, therefore, that after the petition was received, the House would adjourn. He wished for Reform, but he dreaded revolution. He wished for the security of the people's rights, but no man was more anxious to sec the stability of the Crown established. Mr. F. PALMER observed, that so strong was the feeling of the people on the subject of Reform, the multitudes of them had determined to abstain from using all excisable articles until they obtained it. From his own personal information he could assure the House, that the excitement in the country must by some means or other be allayed, or that violence was to be apprehended. He thought that great benefit might arise from an adjournment, with the hope that some arrangement might be made. The people had confidence in that House. The vote of Thursday last had occasioned that confidence; and in consequence of that vote he had heard more compliments paid to the present House of Commons than he had ever heard paid to any other House of Commons in his life. . Mr. Alderman VENABLES heartily concurred in the re commendation of the lion. Member for Middlesex. When there were so many eminent persons who had access to the Sovereign, he hoped that some of them would have the patriotism to exert their powers of persuasion on the occca sion. He Was persuaded that if the Reform Bill were not carried, the country would be torn to pieces, from one end of it to the other. If, however, it were carried by the Duke of Wel lington, such a dereliction of principle would be productive of as much evil as the Reform would be productive of • good. He hoped, therefore, that the hint thrown out by the Hon. Member for Thetford would be acted upon. If not, and if things were brought to a crisis, he was prepared to join in all justifiable measures which the House might think proper to adopt in order to obtain the desired object. Mr. D. GILBERT said it seemed now to be acknowledged by all parties that the Reform Bill must pass. Notwithstand ing the decided opinion which the Duke of Wellington had pronounced, and the protest which he had entered against the Bill, all his friends admitted that even he, if he came into power rnust pass it. It being allowed, therefore, that the Bill must pass, it appeared to hiat to be perfectly absurd to argue that the Ministers who brought the Bill in ought not to be permitted to carry it through. lie had been thirty years a Member of that House, and he felt himself to be as independent a Member as any in it ; and he earnestly entreated every independent Mem ber in that Housito join their best efforts to avert the danger to which the country was at present subject. As the Bill must be passed, it was surely desirable that it should be passed in a way which should be satisfactory to the whole nation. He felt strongly on this subject; and it was his anxiety to avert the danger of anything like disturbance or civil war, that thus induced him to call upon all independent Members to unite their efforts for the benefit of the country. Mr. WYNN argued, as we understood the Right Honourable Gentleman, that those Ministers who had introduced the Re_ form Bill, and carried it to its present stage, ought either to be allowed to reap the glory attendant upon the measure, if it should prove benficial, or to be subject to censure if it should turn out otherwise. Nothing but a sense of the deep wound which the Constitution would have received by the adoption of the means proposed for insuring the success of the measure in • the other House of Parliament, could have occasioned the re -ieetion of those means. Their adoption would undoubtedly , have given an irreparable wound to the Constitution. The _ destruction of the independence of the House of Lords, would have been the destruction of the Constitution, as established on the distinct privileges of the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons ; and the precedent would have been resorted to in future times by any Minister, whenever the House of Lords might have dissented from the other Estates of the realm. Lord INGESTItIE deprecated further discussion at the pre sent moment, as calculated to produce differences, rather than union. Enough had been thrown out to act upon; and he re commended an adjournment, in order to give the opportunity of trying if it could be acted upon beneficially. Mr. LENNARD was desirous to add his voice, however humble, in favour of the proposition of the Hon. Member for Middlesex. There was nothing which the country had more at heart than that the Reform Bill should remain in the hands of those by whom it had been introduced. After what had been stated on both sides of the House, he was very sanguine in his expectation that that might be the case ; and if, by the inter ference of the Duke of Wellington, the Bill could be again placed under the conduct of its authors, the Duke would acquire fresh claims to the gratitude of his country. Colonel SIBTHORP belonged to no party or Administration, but acted and voted in perfect independence. Until he heard it from much higher authority than that by which the allegation had hitherto been made, he would not believe that the means proposed to carry the Reform Bill had ever received the Royal sanction. At present, however, there was no responsible per son in the House from whom information could be ob tained. Adverting to what, had fallen from the Honourable Member for Preston, he denied that there was any such run upon the Bank as that Honourable Gentleman had described. Ile had no fears upon that head. Nor had he any apprehensions with respect to the people, who were loyal and well affected, except when they were deluded by false state_ meats. Of this he was convinced, that the last Administra tion was one of the most incompetent that had ever held the reins of power in this country ; and nothing could be more criminal than their holding out to the people the expectation that the Reform Bill would be the panacea for all the evils which they endured.—(Loud cries of Adjourn, adjourn.) The cries of adjourn having become very loud, Mr. WELLESLEY said, that this House ought to sit day by day till they knew that there was a responsible Govern ment. He must say, that he had had doubts, and still had doubts, as to there being any Government in existence at that moment, and therefore he wished that House to sit till there should be a Government able to acquaint them and the country with the facts of the various rumours that had been spread about. He said this, because he wished his constituents to know that nothing would deter him from doing his duty. He should receive in forty-eight.hours a petition from his constituency to that House, which would enable him to go into that great question whether they were to have the Duke of Wellington at the head of a Reform Government. During his connexion with Essex, he had never known any event that had made so great a sensation as the statement that the Duke of Wellington was again in office. If he (Mr. W.) were actuated by personal feelings alone, he should speak against the present, or the late Government; but he was not, and indeed he thought that the best friend of the Duke of Wellington would be those who most strongly advised him to pause before he took the Go vernment of the country under present circumstances.--(Hear, hear.) He could assure them that on that subject the feeling of the county of Essex was strong, and that the feelings of the Tories were more strong than even those of the Whigs. There was no man who had the blood of the Duke of Wellington in his veins who would not say that the Duke of Wellington would not stain his honour if he took office under present circumstances. The Duke of Wellington was but a man ; but he trusted that the Duke would not fall into that feebleness of mind, sometimes the unhappy lot of great men, that lie be again deluded as before in doing that which would lower his estimation among the people. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON , i n re f erence to what the H on . Member for Preston had stated with regard to the run on the Bank, observed, that the calls made on the Bank had not been by any means equal to the amount which the Bank was frequently called on to pay. It was true, that for the last th r ee or four days a considerable number of persons had go re 0. 01 with 52. and 101. to get them cashed, but that if it was supposed that the demand for gold was to be compared with that which took place in 1826, it was perfectly erroneous. The Bank Director' had no apprehension of inconvenience, much more of the safety and security of the establishment being en. dangered.—(Hear.) Mr. HUNT, in explanation, repeated that he had been kept there three quarters of an hour in getting a 104 note changed. Mr. J. CAMPBELL proposed that the House should adjourn to Thurday.—(No, no.) By that time his Majesty's answci to the Address of that House would have arrived, and he hops d that answer would be, that in accordance with the wishes of that House, his Majesty had restored his late Ministers to his Councils. Mr. HODGES strongly opposed adjourning over to-morrow. Mr. CURTEIS was also opposed to it. He had received: by express, a petition from Brighton, agreed to at a very large and respectable meeting there held this day. That petition vowed the most determined hostility to every Government op. posed to Reform. Sir C. BURRELL was opposed to adjourning over to.mor_ row. He thought that the difficulties in the way of carrying the Reform Bill were smoothed down; for the chief difficulty was in the necessity for the creation of Peers, and that diffi culty now appeared, from the declarations made on the other side of the House, to be removed, since it seemed from them that the Government now about to be formed were no longer opposed to the Bill. Mr. I). BROWN objected to adjourning over to-morrow. The state of Ireland imperiously called on the Duke of Wel lington to give when out of office the same support to the Reform Bill which it appeared, from the declaration of the other side, he intended to give it when he came into power.—jfear, hear.) Such conduct would show him to be the best friend of his country. Mr. PRAEI) had not understood any declaration to have been made by that side of the House, that they understood the temper of the House of Lords to be, that they were prepared to pass the whole Reform Bill, or to give up that freedom which, if it did not belong to the deliberations of the House of Peers, that House was, in his opinion, worse than useless. What they said was, that the House of Lords were likely to agree to Ow leading principles of the Bill. That had been said over and over again, and long before that vote on which the late Ministry had thought fit to retire from office. The Petition was laid on the Table. The other Orders wer• then disposed of, and the House ad. journed at Half-past Eleven to this day. PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF REFORM. (Abridged from the Glasgow Erening Post of Saturday.) The news of the resignation of the Reforming Ministry, in consequence of the refusal of the King to create Peers, has cre ated the utmost alarm and consternation among all classes in the city. Immediately on the receipt of the intelligence, mea snres were taken in every quarter of the city to get up meetings, and in the evening the delegates from the Trades, the Council of the Political Union, and the general committee of the citi zens and other bodies, all convened in their respective places of meeting to take the necessary steps for a public demonstra tion. At the general committee of the citizens, a proposal was made by Mr. Colin Dunlop to delay having a meeting till fur ther information on the subject of the resignation of Minister, was received, and he moved the adjournment of the Committee till Monday evening, then to fix a day for the public meeting. Considerable discussion followed; during which the desire for a meeting to-day was very generally expressed. Mr. William Gardner eventually moved, as an amendment, that the public meeting of the inhabitants should take place in the public Green to-day, at four o'clock, the hour at which it was under stood the public works would cease working. The amendment and motinn having been put, the former was carried by a very great majority. The Committee of Trades, in their plare of meeting, acquiesced in the resolution, as did also the Committee of the Political Union, and all classes immetiiately sat about making preparations for the demonstration. The utmost en thusiasrn is felt by all—and, as the hour of meeting approached, immense crowds were repairing to the Green, in procession, with flags and bands of music. The people are now thronging into the Green. There arc many flags ; and those of another colour are covered with crape. Wherever any praise had been inscribed to William IV. there was an erasure. The majorty of the fags were hung round with crane; and about 30 of them were entirely black. One of them bore the inscription, " Trust not in Princes." Another—" Place not your confidence in Kings." A third, entirely black, had a death's head figured distinctly upon it in white. Several of the flags, bearing representations of King William the used at former meetings, were reserved ; and in others his Ma jesty's name was erased; while the representations of the Crown were in Numerous instances hung with crape. The multitude was immense, and could not amount, on the lowest calculation, to less than from 60,000 to 70,000. It was univer sally acknowledged to be the largest meeting ever held in the Green of Glasgow: On the motion of Mr. Thos. Atkinson, jun. Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, Baronet, was called to the chair amid the mos deaf ing cheers and waving of hats. _ _ Mr. M AY WELL, yr., of Pollock, in proposing the first re. solution, alluded to the melancholy result which they had last night heard of, and the rejection in the quarter in which they had placed their greatest confidence of that which they proudly hoped to have triumphantly realized.—(Shame.) The ad dressers of the King had made him believe he would make Earl Grey his master if he created Peers.—( Away with the rogues.) But when lie found that the people would have Earl Grey and Reform, and on account of Reform would continue to support him—that they would have no other to govern the country but Earl Grey--the King would see the necessity of dismissing his evil counsellors.—(lmmense cheering.) Were they again forced to ask for liberty to breathe the air of Freedom ?—(Shouts of applause.) They would yet have the Reform Bill.—(immense applause.) Mr. M`GOWAN, in seconding the resolution, said, the madness of the House of Lords had not disorganised, but united the people—that all classes of society had now joined in the great cause. 100,000 operatives, whose sentiments he spoke, were determined to support the higher and middle classes to recover their rights.—(Tremendous cheering.) They would be loyal—wavering as his Majesty was—but they would tell him in tirm and strong language, that they would not yield one iota of the BilL—(Loud applause.) They would have the Bill —the whole Bill—but nothing less than the Bill. Suppose the Tories should offer Glasgow ten members, or even universal suffrage, we will reject it. They trusted the late Administra. tion only because it was true, and because it had been tried and not found wanting.—(Tremendous cheering.) Mr. ATKINSON proposed the next resolution. Those who had opposed Earl Grey have shrunk from the danger they themselves have caused: they trembled on the brink of the precipice to which they had brought themselves and the coun try, and started at the apectre they had conjured up, unable to face the dangers and the difficulties they had gathered around the throne.—(Cheers.) If the King returned to the advice of the Counsellori who had led him on to unprecedented popu. larity, and prepares us for the enjoyment of the brightest re sults, the ark of the Constitution would still be safe, and the cause of Reform would still triumph. Ile read the resolution, which was seconded by Mr, Dykes. Sir D. K. SANDFORD moved the next resolution. He re. marked that this was not the time to use many words, but to give a great and signal demonstration of public feeling. If they were loud in the demonstration of their satisfaction, when all was going on favourably with their favourite measure, now was not the time for men, who had a particle of principle, or a drop of British blood, to draw back from the cause which they had em braced in the sunshine of its prosperity.--(Cheers.) Sir Dan. after some other remarks, proceeded to say that no Minister but Earl Guy could take the reins of Government in his hands, and hope to conduct them. Like Phaeton, who undertook to guide the chariot of the sun, the Duke of Wellington would only strive it into the midst of a conflagration, Granting that he or Ilarrowby undertook the task, he would ask the plain but puzzling question, how were they to get on ?—(Cheers.) They no doubt would have the support of the Peers to go on, who had deceived many, and himself most of all, by not granting concession to the people. They were determined to support the hero of Waterloo, and the Waverers, as either of them might require it. But, besides the King and the Peers, there was another branch of the legislature—the Commons__ which had yet some power in the State. They were not like the Government of Turkey in Europe, when asked for a Parlia ment, to send them Janissaries; or when asked for the Bill, to send them a bow-string yet. They had one little power— that of keeping the purse ; and they would call upon that House to keep the strings of that purse as close drawn as possi. hie ; not to allow any Minister to put his fingers there unless the money was applied for the benefit of the people. He had no doubt the Commons would address his Majesty to place confidence in the late Ministry. Their hearts were still with us. Sir Daniel then read the resolution. j Mr. I). M'AULAY seconded it. Mr. WALKER proposed the next resolution. The Peers had shortened their existence by 100 years, and tl.ey should have some token of their displeasure.—(Cheers) He would not say what should be done with the Lords, but he knew that the banners before him could face both the battle and the breeze. —(Thunders of applause.) In three ways only could a House of Lords succeed, either by superstition—which the press and the intelligence of thepeople prevented ; by force—which would be repelled by force, or by reason—which was the only way they could succeed.—(Cheers.) New blood must be infused before they could be of any use. Would they present another petition till the Reform Bill was passed P—(No, no, never.) It was well said that the broadswords of Scotland had achieved religious li berty, and they could yet achieve political liberty. Mr. TURNER seconded the resolution. Mr. WM. GARDNER, jun., moved the next resolution. The greatest proof of a determination for Reform was the vast meeting assembled there that day. The nature of the flags alone showed their determination to have the whole Bill. Mr. GRAHAM seconded it. Mr. LAMONT proposed an address to the King, an d a petition to the House of Commons founded on the R m a ti _ tions Mr. DOUGLAS, of Barloch, moved the thanks of the meet. ing to Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, the Chairman, one of the oldest, and most firm, and consistent friends of Reform, who was always ready to come forward in support of the liberties of the people.—(Great applause.) This meeting, so vast in manber, and sublime as its waving living sea, was composed of the industrious classes, who had little hope of voting tin. der the Bill—but spontaneously responded in a tone of indig_ nation, without leaders or tutors, neither needed nor wanted, to the insult and the injury to every one of them in the rejection of the Reform, to which they had agreed to sacrifice their cherished notions of suftlage. He proposed three cheers for each—to the Chairman—Earl Grey—and the Bill, which were given with the greatest enthusiasm. Loud cheers were then given for the Bill, Earl Grey, and Sir John Maxwell. The meeting then began to theme.— Three flags on which there were representations of his Me jesty, partly covered with crape, were at this moment set fir to, and consumed as they left the field, and the bare pol, borne aloft. The bodies walked out of the Green in proces sion, accompanied by Sir John Maxwell and the Committet The utmost order prevailed in the vast assemblage during th whole meeting. MEETING AT THE HALL, NORWIC MAY 14. (Abridged from tilt- Norwich 2lfereury.) The city exhibited that general tone of vivacity from an early hour of the morning, which displays itself rather in the universal air of interest than in any particular circumstances capable of description. Towards ten o'clock numbers might be observed gradually to gather towards the Castle Meadow, and other points of meeting. At a quarter before eleven a large body of Reformers arrived in procession from Wymondham, and joined their Norwich friends on the Castle Meadow ; and at eleven the procession was marshalled and put in motion to_ wards St. Andrew's Hall. There were about three thousand persons, who marched in a most orderly train to several bands of music, bearing amidst many other placards and banners, those at foot : TO OUR PATRIOT. Peace to the Nation, Plenty to the Poor. Lord Chancellor Brougham, the Friend of the People. Gurney and Grant. Reform. Union is Strength. Taxation withont Representation is Tyranny. Knowledge is Power. Britons, be no longer Slaves. God armeth the Patriot. Reformation throughout the Nation, And for Old Peers a New Creation. Power u , urped is weakness when opposed. Be free, but firm. Reform, and Confusion to Bishops and Boroughmongers. The banner of " The King's covered with black crape. Scarlet flag--Britons be free. At Freedom's burst, Tremble, Lyndhurst. Reform not Constitution. Let Tax-eaters pay the Taxes. Be firm and united, hut peaceable. The Constitution—Nothing more, nothing less. It our opponents could divide us, they would conquer us. Large blue and white banner, inscribed—the Men of Liberty and the Men of Principle. Lord John Russell, the worthy descendant of an illustrious race. Reform, Retrenchment, and no mistake. New Catton Union. NVY MONDIL A M. Pay no Taxes PrOilierity to the City of Norwich. We would rather fall with Grey than stand with Wellington, Britons be free. The Hall, an area of fifty by thirty yards, which, assigning six to a square yard, would contain 9,000 persons, was crowded to suffocation. The MAYOR, on coming upon the hustings, was received with the loudest cheers, and placed in the chair. J. W. ROBBERDS, Esq. Jun. was received with cheers. He said, " In the present advanced stage of this important question on which we are now met, it would be idle in me to at tempt to move your feelings or minds by arguments on the general merits of Reform. On that point we are all come to the same irreversible conclusion—a conclusion which no sophistry can shake, no reason can alter or strengthen the conviction we feel of the necessity of this measure for the peace, prosperity, welfare, and safety of the country. In your minds Reform is identified with all that is dearest, most sacred, with all that is connected with national redemption and universal good, and at a crisis so awful, so tremendous as the present, it would be unfitting were I to trouble you with a set speech, or an harrangue of considerable length. Brother Reformers, this is• the season for action, for stern, resolute, ener getic action.—;Tremendous cheering.) All that we most value upon earth is at stake. Unless we are true to ourselves, as Englishmen have hitherto ever been —the reign of terror, of war, of bloodshed, of despotism, is at hand.—(Cheers, and a cry of " we'll fight for it.") It is unnecessary for me to dwell on the melancholy events which have happened during the last week, which have alike disappointed your hopes and a nation's wishes.—(Cheers.) In those events, however, I see no reason for despondency. You know now whom you have to contend with, and knowing that, you will be victorious—you know that the situation which your Dest friends lately occupied is now filled by those whom you have reason to know are your greatest enemies. At the head of these stands the individual who but a few short months ago made the public declaration, that the present state of the representation was the most perfect that human ingenuity could possibly devise. It is the same indivi dual who but a few short months ago promulgated to this rea soning country a protest, supporting the falsest views of the Constitution, in which it was asserted that the Monarchy was the leading feature of the Constitution, while the people were put far distant in the back ground.—(Cheers.) Then, again, remember, that this is the same individual who by his habits of military command, as well as by his close connexion with the despots of the Holy Alliance, has contracted those ideas and those sentiments of the Government which are the least palatable to Britons.—(Che,rs.) But what can he do against a united nation ? We have lately heard a violent outcry against swamping the House of Peers, and we arc told that if a new creation be made it would be a most unconsti tutional act. Is it not because the hereditary Peerage is already swamped that we are now suffering ?—(Cheers.) Were they not swamped by the foul and fuitid tide of political chicanery during the reign of stupid bigotry of George the Third ? Were they not further swamped by the degenerate stream which flowed in during the reign of finical finery and selfish exclusive.. ness of George the Fourth ?—(Cheers.) Did not this stream carry in the degenerate race of your Lonsdales and Lowthers, your Ellenboroughs, your Wharncliffi,s, your Lyndhursts, and your Wyndfords—(Cheers)—then the vilest spawn of Toryism, the refuse brood of boroughmongers ?--(Cheers ) Why was this stream let in : in order that it might form a stagnant pool, fronts the effects of whose malaria the Constitution might pine, wither, and decay. Yes, and true to the cause they were brought in to support, they have supported slavery wherever they could find it, and opposed enfranchisement and liberty when ever and wherever it existed.—(Cheers.) T. ey have emulated the supercilious haughtiness of the old grandees of Spain—in their code of morals the nobility of France—in their mode of govern. ing the vilely treacherous and bloody Venice.—( Cheers.) Such is the true character of the part of the House of Lords, by whom your wishes are set at defiance.—(Loud cheering.) This party, although by every act they have weakened and endeavoured to destroy the English principles, still have they the audacity to call themselves the conservative party. Do you know what con servative means?—(Yes, though we are weavers.) It means that they are the guardians of the Constitution. You know that there are two leading prin c ipl es i n the Constitution. The first is, that no Eng•ishmen shall be taxed by those who are not his Repre sentatives ; and, secondly, that no Peer has any right to interfere with the election of the representatives of the people. l'hese are the two principles which the conservative party profess to protect, yet they openly declare that they have the power to send their no_ minces to Parliament by whom the people have been taxed be. yond endurance.—(Load cheers.) Yet do they call themselves the conservative party. I suppose in the next Murray manifesto we shall have a new dictionary, in which it will be declared, that the dry rot is the conservative principle of ship-building, that moss and lichen are the conservativejirinciple in trees and forests, that murrain is the conservative principle in cattle, and that rats and mice are the conservative principles in granaries.—(Cheers.) Such are the enemies with whom you have to contend—do you not feel that for the preservation of your Constitutional rights and immunities they must be overcome P Hitherto you, the people, have acted peaceably but energetically, by which means you have made the progress you have done. We have seen that hundreds of thousands have met together in solemn deliberation, with order and in peace. We have seen that they have recorded their sentiments boldly but have re turned home quietly. The taunts of their opponents they have answered by silelice, while the fallacious sophistry of hereditary advocates, and audacious scribes have been answered by a tri. umphant appeal to history, reason, and fact.—(Cheers.) But this is not sufficient. When they petition they are told that their actions and language are seditious. When silent, their tran quillity is called reaction—their quietude, indifference.— (Cheers.) I say to you, persevere in the constitutional course you have already followed. Keep within the bounds of the law, abstain from all shew of violence, and victory will, must be yours.—(Loud cheers.) After having tried every constitutional means, the last must be resorted to. You know that the places and pensions are paid by the taxes drawn from you ; the sup-. plies which furnish th ose means must be withheld.—(Loud cheers.) If you call on the House of Commons they must obey you, and this is the constitutional course which you must pursue —(Cheers, and turn the rascals out)--and it is for that I trust you are here this clay.—(slr. Robberds then briefly stated the substance of the resolutions.) I say again pursue this course, and you must proceed. Look at history—the people of England never were successfully opposed when they bravely and ener getically and constitutiolially resisted. They have overcome despotic Kings, they will conquer a degenerate race of degenerate Lords.—(Cheers.) Mr. Robberds then moved th e following resolutions : " That the inhabitants and electors of this city have on many occasions, and more especially during the last two years, zealously cooperated with their fellow-countrymen in endeavouring to ob tain a Reform in the Commons' House of Parliament, for the purpose of restoring to the people of these realms that full measure of political influence, .hich has been surreptitiously curtailed by an encroaching aristocracy, but which they now re claim, alike by virtue of their inalienable rights as men, and under the sanction of the first principles and fundamental jaws of the British Constitution. " That this vitally important and ardently desired object has been pursue with an energy, perseverance, firmness, temper, and moderation, of which no parallel instances can be found in the progress of any other great popular cause, and the only means employed for asserting an d giv i ng e ffe c t t o th e national will have been those which the national institutions furnish, and which ancient usage or legislative enactments still protect. " That at the last general election, every county, populous city, and open bor oug h, did, w i t h a ew inconsiderabie excep tions, and almost with one accordant voice, return no other re presentatives to Parliament but such as were known heartily to support the great cause of a full and efficient Reform—and that the House of Commons thus composed, and speaking in the name of ;he people, h as t w i ce passed, by most decidedmajori ties, a measure proposed for the attainment of that object by an enlightened, uncorrupt, and honest administration. " That the people having thus far done their duty and ex. pressed their will, have al,o, by means of petition, address, and remonstrance, endeavoured to make known their grievances and their wishes to the other branches of the Legislature—but notwithstanding these peaceable and con stitutional efforts, the measures framed for their relief have been defeated by a handful of nobles, arraying them. selves in obstinate opposition to the wishes of united millions,. and tenaciously clinging to the possession of a power which pub lic opinion has denounced in a voice of thunder as unjust and usurped. " ihat having ineffectnally tried every other Constitutional means of accomplishing the object, in which it is our fixed and irre vocable determination to succeed, it is the decided opinion of this meeting that the only course now left for the people to pursue is to petition the House of Commons to withhold all further sup plies until the House of Lords shall have assented to and passed the Reform Bill n w before them, without any alterations de trimental to its leading principles, or calculated to impede its be neficial operation. " That the following petition, founded on these resolutions, be signed by the Chairman in the name and on behalf of this meet ing, and he immediately transmitted to the Members for this City, to be forthwith presented by them to the House of Commons. " That the warmest thanks of this meeting be given to R. H. Gurney, Esq., and the Right Hon. H. Grant, or representatives in Parliament, for their uniform exertions in favour of the it e form.l3lll ; that they be requested to promote with equal con stancy the prayer of the'petition now adopted; and if, in the pre sent crisis a dissolution of Parliament should t a k e p l ace, t h e strongest assurances are hereby given them of their continuing to receive the same energetic support as on former occasions. " That this meeting is deeply sensible of the debt of gratitude which the whole country owes to Lord Grey and his able, ur -ight, and independent colleagues, for having adopted while Afire that enlarged an•t liberal policy which they had before s: .trenuotnly recommended during a long course of patriotic oppe. itlon ; and that while we regret the event we cannot but approv, heir noble and high-minded resolution to abandon office, whe: hey found that it could no longer be honourably or usefully re That these resolutions be published in the three Norwich • wipers, and that a printed copy of them be transmitted to each Member of both Houses of Parliament. ."Fhat the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Worshipful the tlayor for haviiig called and presided at the same, and for his unswerving attachment to the great cause of Civil and Religious Liberty." The Hon. Gentleman was greeted with the loudest cheers at the termination, particularly at the stopping the supplies. Alderman SPRINGFIELD seconded the resolutions. The MAYOR then put the resolutions, which were carried !iv such a forest of hands as never was seen before in that hall Not a single hand was held up on the other side, and loud cheer, were immediately given. T. BIG SOLI), jun Esq. after sonic prefatory remarks upon a request to b!.., short, said he must throw himself on the people, and play the part of Lord Lyndhurst, and request that the dif_ franchisement should be postponed. He trjoiced to see such forest of hands—it was a scene he should like the borough mongers to get a peep at. He had divided his long sp eec h i nto d if . ferent chapters. He had one for Europe, for Britain, Kings, Queens, Peers, People, Liberty, Slavery, and Reform ; and the meeting was at liberty to choose any one, two, or three, or all ; cry fir Reform.) Well, I'll take you at your word ; but recol lect that when " A lady's is in the case ' All other things give place." First then of the Queens. First there was Henrie c t t t e a xrtou Maria, who by meddling in politics an d i n supportit tl ig t h d N high Tory prin. T t 7 , Antoinette, her who husband's the ea , ( c i a t i, o ie the t, e s coof conduct b rought then t not only her husband's head but her own to the scaffold; and thirdly (and here I find some difficulty to ex press myself, because she, as the consort •of William the Fourth, is entitled to my respectful homage)--there is Ade laide. Having said thus much he should not go further. Mr. B. then alluded to her Majesty being called the patroness of the Norwich manufacture, and to having given the use of her name to one or two individuals. He denied she had given any support to the weavers of Norwich, and said that the Right Honourable Robert Grant and Colonel Harvey had, by obtaining the small East India order, done more good than ever her Majesty had done. He next adverted to Re:onn. For some years there had been a most extraordinary family that had made a great stir in Europe—that had made the aristocrat of all the Russias quail before the Poles—that had made the Switzers buzzlike bees upon their hills—that had given Belgium her independe ce, and had clipped the wings of the House of Nassau—that family's name was Reform. In Great Britain this family had worked wonders —in I rel.ind and in Scotland. In England he would go further into details. Thy-re was a swarm of wriggling tadpoles begotten in corruption, who were anxious to prove that they belonged to this noble stock, and wished to supplant it in Englishmen's hearts, to deprive them of their rights. The names of this fry were Mr. Conservative Reform, Mr. Moderate, Mr. Bit-by.bit, and Sir Robert Half-and-half, Mr. Safest Possible, and as little as possible,and lastly came Mr. Consioerahle Reform. But there was one of the family who had shown himself a matyr to his constancy, Mr. Efficient Grey Hamm —(Cheers.) This last has been called up for trial—nay, many trials—before the Constitu tion, the Lords and the King. ie, however, said he would be tried by the forms of the Constitution, but he has been turned back by the King. Finding himself in error, he now says he will be tried by the people, and by God and his country ; and I ask you if your heart does not, and your tongue has not declared " God send you a good deliverance."— ((heers.) Mr. Efficiency Grey, having gone to the Castle in Windsor in vain, looks to the New-hall-hill, at Birmingham. —(Tremendous cheering.) I will conclude by this appeal—who, of all this assembly, is not ready, body and soul, heart and hand, to unite fearl ssly yet lawfully, to resist the efforts of a faction against the liberties of the world ?—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Big_ nold then moved the Address, which was an echo of the Reso lutions. Mr. KITTON seconded the petition, which was carried by acclamation. A. HUDSON, Esq. said after the resolutions and petitions had been so triumphantly carried, he could not suffer the meet ing to separate without moving a vote of thanks to their two Representatives who had so nobly done their duty in supporting the great cause of Reform. He was requested by Mr. Grant to say that he should certainly have attended the meeting had it not been that a call of the House for that evening upon a very mo mentous question compelled him to remain in London. N ith respect to Mr. Gurney not being in London, he was fortunately able to attend, and would address them. Mr. H. then moved a resolution of thanks. Mr. MILLS seconded the resolution. He hoped it would be distinctly understood that the supplies should be withheld till the Bill waf carried in all its integrity. It. H. GURNEY', Esq, then presented him se lf, apparent l y suffering considerable bo dily pain from the goat. He was re ceived wish tremendous cheering, and spoke nearly as follows : Gentlemen, if it was with dilliailty I addressed you on a former occasion, it is with much more difficulty that I do so now, not only because I am unwell, but because on thepreent momentous occasion I scarcely know how to express my - feelings. When I last had the honour of addressing you, I expected the Bill would have been carried, because upon it the sa.vation if the country depended. The granting equal rights to all is the only means by which this kingdom edi be saved from convulsion. 1 had then hoped that the next Parli ment would have been chosen on the principles of the Reform Bill by which your condition would have been ameliorated, and the liberties not only of England but of other nations would have been secured and ss.i.porteci. If the assertion of all the leading men of the late athninistration is to be believed, then we had reason to hope the measure would hate been carried, but in that assurance we have been disappointed. Where the blame lies it is not for me to guess. Time will show, and I have no doubt thecountry will be satisfied with the conduct of the late Ministers. The course which we have to pursue is an arauoris one, and it is only by withholding the supplies that the end in view can be obtained. As to pedges, I have been with you thirty years, I have fought by your side, advocating the principles of the people, and have you ever found me treacherous to your cause ?—(No, no, and cheers.) When I can no longer screw my courage to the stwking place, I will resign my trust into your hands. Gentlemen, lam anxious to carry this ques. hot' peaceably, because if convulsion should come ' see must ad of us stiffer great privations and troubles ; if, on the other hand, it is carried quietly by the force of public opinion alone, it will bring peace to England and peace to the world.—(Great cheering.) I'. BRIGHTW ELL, Esq. said there was not a duty which they ought to perform more readily than that of thauking Lord Grey and the late Administration. Lord Grey had acted nobly by the people ; he would not in any way sub mit to a jesuitical tinkering with the Pill, and therefore he had gone out. The course lie had pursued, the perse verance he had shown, were only to be equalled by the wisdom of the Bill itself. He had drawn from its bitterest enemies strong concessions in its favour. Sir Robert Peel himself had admitted that the true principle 01 representation was population, and Lord Ellenborough had become an ad vocate for scot and lot Reform. The Reformers had been assailed as revolutionists, but he would appeal to the authority of Blackstone and De Loline its support of the principles of the Reformers, and Mr. B cited some strong passages. It is a'snockery of the very word Parliament to find its Members returned by stone walls, and not by such places as Birmingham. The Learned Gentlemen then contended against the folly of asserting that there was no reaction. He had no chapter of Kings or Queens —he looked to the Commons—he looked to the people—let them take the constitutional r. sans in their power for securing that to which they were entitled. So great was the distress, that it be. hoved all men to relinquish all minor differences, and to unite in one common cause—the poor were in a state of star vation, the middling classes in the deepest distress, and the country was altogether arrived at that condition that the Government must submit to the voice of the people. The Whig party will have nothing greater to boast of than the firm and decisive conduct of Earl Grey on this occasion. He would have no tinkering with the principles of the Bill, and rather than have one stone touched of the building which he had raised, lie had nobly resigned. His name would go down to posterity with the blessings of the people, and his monument would be, that standing with his feet on I schedules A and 13. he had shown his desire to pull down the strong hold of corruption, anti to build up the interests of the people. Mr. BRIGHTWELL seconded Mr. Birkbeck's motion, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. PURLANI) then presented himself, and said he had been requested by the Committee to move a resolution, be fore which he would take the liberty of saying a word or two. The members of the Political Unions had been denominated rebels, the lawless mob; and Mr. Utten Browne had called them incendiaries. Now he (Mr. P.) was an u ionist, and if Mr. Browne knew that lie had either connived at incendiarism or beets guilty of it, assuredly he was bound to come forward and prove it; if he did not come forward and do so, then he was a common liar. Sonic persons were disappointed at the de. vision of the House of Lords, but he never con s id ere d th ey would pass the Bill in the present liaise, knowing that he had to con tend with the deadliest enemies 01 the people and a whole host of corruptionists. He hail been informed on the hustings, that the Duke of 'Wellington had refused to present the Birmingham petition—what would the meeting think if he refused to present a petition from Norwich —would they not be justified in resorting to other means ? They were satisfied with the Bill, but if resist ance became a duty, then they would have something more Our political enemies in Norwich had resorted to the expedient of giving a pint of beer to those who signed the petition against Reform; what had that meeting received for coming there, had they received threepence among them all's Earl Grey had been defeated by the paupers of the cAnintry, not those who were receiving Is. a week a head, but perhaps 11. an hour; these were the opponents of the Bill, and as they opposed us, it is our duty to oppose them. Let the whole world know what the people had done that day. We will be free, or perish in the attempt.— The men now in power were those who had suspended the Ha beas Corpus Act—had passed the dungeon and gagging Bills, and had taken poor men from their families, and locked them up in gaols, for no other reason but because they differed in political opinions. Mr. Purland concluded by urging those present to join in organizing the Politic..l Union, and informed the meeting that an assembly of the Union would be held that evening at five o'clock, to receive numbers. The time was come when it was necessary that melt should be narrowly watched, to see if their actions corresponded with their words. Mr. P. then moved that the re s ol u ti o nof th a t mee ti ng b e published in the three Norwich Papers; and that a printed copy o f th em b e sent to every Memb er o the two Houses of Parliament. Mr. G REEVES addressed the meeting. Mr. BURROWS, in a speech which, though brief, and pointed, we have not time to report at length, moved, " that the Right Hon. Robert Grant, as he willbecome a candidate for our votes, b e required to pledge himself, should he become our r e presentative, to vote no supply un til an e ffi c i ent R eform Bill be carried and b ecome the law of the land. Mr. 1' AI, MER replied to Mr. Burrows at great length, and contended that what Mr. Burrows desired was already accom plished—anti moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor. Mr. S. WISEMAN also spoke at some length, and seconded it. Mr. BIGNOLD took the sense of the meeting as to the last motion, and said he t rus t e d th a t the county of Norfolk would soon follow th e example of the metropo li s . The MAYOR sa id w hil e I en j o y the high and distinguish e d situation in whi c h you h ave plued me, I consider it to be my duty to att en d to your wishes in t hi s i ns t a n ce . I h ave on l y d one my duty, and for your approbation of my conduct this day I beg leave to thank you. Three cheers were then given for the Reformers of Wytriond ham, and for the Birmingham Union. M.. RICHARDSON addressed the meeting on the necessity of the Unions, and Mr. RUST also spoke after the Mayor had left the chair. Monday, May 14, half-past four o'clock. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT NORWICH.) A most respectable and numerous meeting was held at the Angel Inn, last night, Sir J. H. Gallop, Knt. in the Chair. Several gentlemen spoke, and the meeting came to the unani mous resolution to support R. H. Gurney, Esq. and the Hon. Robert Grant, our present Members, in the event of a dissolu. lion. The resolution has been to-day signed very numerously throughout the city. It is presumed that 2,000 signatures will be adixed. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties ent e rt a in e d the Duchess of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, an d a se l ec t pa r ty, at dinner on Sunday even. ing, at the Palace at St. James's. The King gave audiences yestercay to the Spei.ker of the House of Commons, the Earl of Mayo, the Earl of Albemarl e, Lord Hill, and Sir J: C. Hobhouse. The Queen took an airing yesterday in her carriage in the Parks. Earl Bathurst, the E ar l of Ab e rd ee n, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Ellenborough,.Mr. Goulburn. and Mr. Herries, visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at Apsley.house, in the course of the day Lord Brougham, Lord Holland, and the Duke of Richmond, visited Earl Grey yesterday at the Treasury. PRICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ilank Stock i per C:cnit. Red ...';234 4 India Stock ....... ..... 204 4.; t”.•:. i Per Cvnt•Cou , ' 37'l N. NI zi: 1 FY. tt. • Bends 3 4 die, 1.. i wr Cent... —l.s-ei,th sca Stock /ilto Red FV ) Ti% I Old A imuities... ......... ... New 3%per Cent. ... 91 !i 9t.;% i New Jitto •...•• --- 3 per Cent Ann. 172,', .... --- V 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 ... - I per Cent. 16'26 99 7 1', !Ex. Bill,i, £1,041 f; 5 00 dunk Long Ann. to expire r Ditto..-........ 500 7 5 pr: Jan 5, 'SIVA lfi 1-16 , Ditto Small Oct. 10, 18.59 ... 15 1-161 Ditto Commercial —pr. Jan. 5, ISM — j Dirto Advertised —-, Jan. 5, Itigo Bank for Account ...... .... :Old April 5, 1.9•90 — India for Account ... ...... Jan. 5, 1870.- Cona. fer May 23 54:311 4!y gf‘t , tet4tl-t , -;,-‘ *its, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. MAY 15, 1832. SUN-OFFICE, QUAATER PAST TI IltEl. Up to the moment we are going;to preps, it is folly expected that Lord GREY will be sent for by th, KING. The Duke of WELLINGTON had a short audience this morning, but left the Palace abruptly. NALF-PAST THREE, We hear on good authority—a high Tory quarter—that Lord GREY is again Prime NliniAer !—Success to Reform ! Long live the KING in the hearts of a grateful, a free, and a determined people ! If the people of three kingdoms be not altogether dead—utterly and hopeless'' , dead—io the dictates of justice, honour and common sense ; if public faith and political principle be not altogether a b). word and a mockery among them, something to prate about in theory, buy to repudiate in practice, they will not allow themselves to be cajoled—in sulted—degraded—kTked—spit upon—lax-ridden, and Bishop-ridden by a 'Wellington Administra tion, without protesting against the monstrous affront, in the very strongest spirit of which la►:- guac_re is capable. . A Wellington Administration .r That is to say, a Reform G.verritnent made up of Anti Reformers I A W/iig Government made up of Tories I A Li beral Governmen , made up of bigots and apostates ! Pshaw ! The bare idea of suet] an outrage on moral principle stinks in the novrils of every honest Englishman. Yet the Great Duke—the Prince of Wa►er!oo-- the hero of a hundred tights—nothing shamed, nothing daunted by these peculiar difficulties, still strives his utmost to make up his patchwork Cabi net, to lick his cub into something like the resem blance of a bear. The scampering of apostates to, and from, Apsley House still goes on as brisk as ever. The coquettings with the coy, virgin innocence of the Ultras, the Waverers, and even with those paragons of moral and religious purity, the Bishops, is not in the slight,r!t degree abated. Yet, strange to say, all is vain. Notwithstanding protestations, promises, and menaces, the Duke cannot make up his Cabinet. The whole squad keep aloof from him, and from each other. The old adage of " honour among thieves," is re versed in their case. Not a man among them ail but would be glad to rat to the Whigs—by the Whigs we mean the people, for the terms are syno nymous—and even to impeach his old associates. Gracious God, what a spectacle of humiFa- tion does the Anti-Reform 'faction at this mo ment exhibit ! Covered with disgrace and ignominy—the subjects of curses and execrations wherever their names are mentioned—branded as surpassing rogues in the eyes of all Europe—they actually stand out on the forehead of the age its one transcendent, plague-spotted, moral deformity ! Who henceforth will believe one word these men say ? Who henceforth w,ll trust either the pledges of a Tory in Parliament, or of a Tory Bishop in t he pulpit? Who henceforth will even pronounce the word " Tory," without instantly conjuring up the recol lections of practices which it sickens the soul to think of ? Solemnly, most solemnly, do we protest in the face of GOD and man, that we never knetv of what extreme baseness, what incredible vil lany the human'. mind was capable, 'till we found baseness, apostacy, and villany exemplified, to their utmost extent, in the characters and conduct of an Anti-Reform Reform Administration I Shall such an Administration come into office ? Speak, countrymen—you who hold moral principle and political integrity in respect—who conceive that in order to become a statesman it is not wholly ne cessary to become a rogue ; say, shall this indeed be so ? Never, shouts England! Never, replies Ire land I Never, thunders Scotland in a tone that might stir the old Cameronians in their graves. On this point, then, we take for greeted, the public mind is made up. On this point three mighty kingdoms are united, and inexorable. And well, indeed, may they be so. It would be a stain on the national character, which no after penitence could wipe away, were the dee tinies of a great empire to be committed, for even a single instant, to the custody of men, who have proved themselves traitors and renegades to all that man holds most dear and sacred ! People of three kingdoms, but of " one heart," be of good cheer. Within the week your friends will he restored to you. 'Ere May be six days older, Earl Grey and his colleagues will be re-instated in office, and your moral principles be thereby saved from the greatest shock that has ever yet befallen them. Thank God, principle still prevails over perfidy' The glorious 288 have now on their side some of the best, and certainly the most independent men, in the House of Commons, and why are such men as DAVIES GILBERT now lending their assistance ? Because they prefer honour to dis honour, because they are men imbued with the purest religious feelings, and can sooner abjure their most sacred vows than for a moment countenance any Administration which was hatched by perfidy, which can be consummated only by endless dishonour, and which can be kept in existence but at the point of the bayonet. The people of these kingdoms a re a generous an d fr . . givlng people ; but they are also a religious people, and their united execrations would hurl front their seats arty Ministry who for the sake of place would . sacrifice the most beautiful, if not the first of Christian virtues—TßUTH. Let these men not deceive them selves. The nation will not be trifled with. The country is not to be convulsed with impunity, be cause persona who have broken the most solemn pledge choose to put themselves forward as candi dates for place. The people cannot forget that the country has been thrown into its present frightful state in order that a foreign faction and degraded, dishonest Englishmen may rule. No Reform from their hands will be received but with loathing and disgust. It will conic through a polluted source, — it will come stained with aspot, dishonour—which all the splendid services, all the military glory even of WELLINGTON can never effsce. Fur the sake of the peace of the country, for the sake of his own honour, and for the alike of the stability of the Throne, sod the Constitution of the country, we earnestly implore him to desist before it is too late. The nation will have Reform, and they wish it only at the hands of men who have sacrificed place to principle, and who may exultingly exclaim, with FRANCIS I. of France, " All is lost but our honour." That, however, is every thing. It will enthrone them in the hearts of the people of England; it has already made them the idol of the independent Members of the House of Commons; and the wishes of such a House have never been disregarded with impunity. Let that House do its duty as it has hitherto nobly dour, and the country is saved from Revolution. The devoted conduct of the 288 will never be forgotten; they have ennobled their character of E:iglishorien, and let a general election come when it will, they will not be forgotten by their grateful constituents. We request the earnest attention of our readers :0 the animated debate that took place last night n the lice3e of Commons, more especially to the lowly declaration of Sir B. INGLis, and the edmirahlc speeches of Mr. DUNCOmBE and Lord J. RUsSF2,L, On Saturday afternoon Lord Ilaountraar bade farewell to the Court of Chent-q----a :.port farewell it is to be hoped—but yet we grieve that even this should be so, and we will venture to say that 99 out of every 100 in these kingdoms will join us in this feeling. His enemies—his most dire political enemies !with the exception of those who are scrambling for the office) while they know and fear his trauscericiatit ;alt-nts must regret their loss to rhe crantry. We oope, however, this loss wi;l he t,ut of -.r.-ry siicrt duration, and that the humble and :a:sr:cello!, yet firm petitions and remona7raaa of e o f this mighty empire, cannot fail to c ovinee our hitherto must popular Matitaa.ii 07 . ti;t• errar he has committed, and consequently that lvfora m,ny hours shall hive elapsed be will recall thetse r.:en to his Councils who, it has heal unequivocal). proved, have so strong a hold of the affections and confidence of his subjects. In the hurryjof going to pres.; with a thin d edition, late on Saturday evening, some trifling inaccuracies occurred in our report of what fell from too LORD CHANCELLOR on leaving Court, but the errors wart corrected in our edition of yesterday. . Most sincerely do we join his Lordsbi? in hit wi , ll to see the equitable jurisdiciinn of t' at Cour severed from the political functions of the LOUD CHANCELLOR. While we regret the eircumstanets of his tem porary retirement, we think the country re 144•1ge mint feel proud in seeing a Chime -110 r nasining hig political principles pure arid unitnpe , chablp, and in his being so itnim:estirAiy altvw..! the reaeli of all sinister perswisicels—n c, v.ll t)_suse of the highest.—PrrAnn.de BUNRY BROU6:IAM it) desert his countrymen in their .: - r.,Eg'e fr•eduto !—'o abandnn his political consisteory I We have received acilnuuts vf Ref.):111 mee jugs from NVArwick, SrAnnaini t iimi, L'neoin, Wifi. id, Boston, Wolverhsmptim, Olunee%tsr, but must defer part:culsrs until We shall give in a STond &Won the Reports of the Great Reform •INlLetings at Liverpool and Mancliester yesterday. MEETING AT KENSINGTON THIS DAY. A meeting of the inhabitant; of :Nis oventire district took place today at the Kings Anns Tavern, Kensingten ' for the purpose of adopting measures this i.upoit - int Ainoog the gentlemen present were Lord Tryxharn. Mr. Hume, and Mr. Byng, the members for the county, Sir W. Brabarein, Capt. Williams, &c. CONFIRMATION of Dr. GW Y Its; BISHOP of HEREFORD.--(TillS DAY.) • This morning the Rev. Dr. Grey was coot:rated in the usual form as !Ls? ou of Hereford, at : . ow Chireti: His Grace, 20 - tar prayers had been read, took the custouu.ty oaths or allegiance. supremacy, &c. His 1 ordshlp Las aocampan!ed be the K... g's Adrocatws and other Proctors from tue Arches l'ourt. Po. ciarnation having Icing made, the Iwtter pahnit;s,u-ci by his Nip. jcvty wero read, an i Dr. Grey was forinallj confirmed at the Bishop of Hereford. There was a crow' of persons to witnw+a the departure of his Grace. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 14. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) At the meeting of the Council this otorniii t r several subscrip tions were handed in from J. Wi7cble, Eisi. of Berkshire, no/. ; from T. Eyre Lee, Esq. 5/. ; Matthew Hill, Esq. Parri•ter, 51. ; and Messrs. Jones, Si. Five others It each ; an4l T. .kilJep, Esq. Newton Mount, I.)Nty, It was also announced that Mr. Parkes had received 50/. from a person of distinction, and would forward it to the Council immediately atter his return from London. Several Deputations from distant Unions were in the room. Mr. MUNTZ was called to the Chair, until the arrival of Mr. Attwood. lie urged the people to get gel,: A report was brought up from the Committee appointed to draw up " A solemn league and covenant," which after sooso discussion was referred hack to the Cremnittee, to be reported upon to-morrow at two o'clock. If the discesaion in the House of Commons upon Mr. Hume's motion ee net satisfactury to the peg l at le, h,eu anotherhaigreat?ji i im m m e e t d i' ia g te o l f e to the enter M("3 i n e d to a !'leDistricts erin'l'ill be and covenant never t o res t , b ut ever to labour 'ay all ionesatitue tional means to secure Reform and prosperity. Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Green who have been to London on a deputation from the Union, were present at the Council, and were received with loud cheers. It appears that the Duke Or Wellington -has refused to let the Address of the Council Ls presented to his Majesty. 'Dais announcement was received with three groans for hie Grace. In the early part of the day Colodtil Bryan, of Jenkinitown, stopped at the Swan lintel, in Birmingham, and kept in durance rile, because he was taken for the Duke of Wellington. An explanation fleeing been givers to the crowd, the Gallant Colonel was set at liberty. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD spoke in gratifying terms of the recep tion with which the deputation had been reeeiveti in London, at the Westminster Meeting, by the Common Council, by the Lord Mayor, and in the House of Commons itself —Sheers ) They had worn their union ribbon wherever they went, amitold every person who inquired *hat it was ; that they had assumed it as a badge of their determination to be free.—(terud cheers.' Mr. S. also described an interview with Lord Grey, and he said it would have drawn tears from any men who saw the kindness with they were received by that fe.triotic Nobleman. Mr. S. declare,' that Earl Grey had been sacrificed solely to the vile treechery of his wily foes. He had learned from the highest authorities that no man had so much the confidence of all patties as Earl Grey. They had recommended thet the country should mienimously call for his restoration to office, and that no taxes should be pad to —. [Here three enthusiastic cheers were given for Earl Grey, followed by three hearty groans foe his reputed successor Mr. Scholefiekl conjured the members of the Union to be on their guard; the Castlereagh system was again to be acted uoon. Spies were then amonst them. He learned this whilst in Lon. don from persons of high station, upon wheel he could rely. He believed that on their return from London lie WIP accompanied by one in the mail —(Three groans were given for the spy.) The Rev. Mr. M'DONNELL wins come to present from two hundred Irishmen who had joined the tioion an Address to the Council. Sic (Mr. M.D.) was sorry that he was under the ne cessity of leaving town for a fortnight. The CHAIRMAN requested him lilt to go, and the people Vh exclaimed eßev he Gentm h e an a t n at go. length obtained ler:ve of abseaee, pledging himself to return as quickly as possible. They might rely upon his being at his lost in the hour of Jaeger, if it should arnve.—(Cheers.) The deputation spoke in terms of the highest eulogy of tha ception which was give to them by Mr. O'Connell, for whom three cheers were immediately given. Upon the whole, all is quiet ; but the excitement is hourly in. creasing. The streets are filled with groups of men, women. and children, who talk loudly of " arms," but, under the con. duct of the Council, which has the full confidence of the people, all will be right. The people have already commenced a run on the savings' Yank ; the drafts upon which were greater last week by 6001. than at any period during the panic. In all probabiity we shall have another Meeting of the Town on Tuesday or Wednes day. The placard " taxes paid here," are exhibited in many windows. To give in a few words a correct estimating putillc feeling—" it seems at all hazards not to tolerate the change whicls is reported to have taken place in the Administration. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Quarter pag Five. LUPE L :4 LIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE MINISTRY RESTORED. Mr. BARING stated, this afternoon, that the Commission for the formation of a Government by the Duke of WELLINGITc.)N was entirely and completely at an end.—(Loud cheering.) Lord ALTHORP observed that it had been his . intention, as soon as he conveniently could, to have stated to the House that Earl GRZY had received a command from his MA JESTY this day, and that he intended to hays suggested that the House at its rising should adjourn to Thursday next. THE FUNDS --(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLO or. As yet no authentic news of theforrnat:on of the new Ministry, and great doubt is entertained in the City if the Duke of Wel lington can bring his battalions to act. Ivery hour we may ex pect important events. The Funds continue firm this morning, Ls it is the general be lief that his Majesty will real his faithful ,rvants again into office. Consols opened at the same price they left of yesterdaY. at 8:1 - s'a for the Account. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. There appears to be a great demand this morning at the Bank for sovereigns. Numbers of persons arc selling out small quanti. ties of stock, for which they get gold but we understand that great deal of gold has bean brought aver in the Hamburg idea, ei . which will be more than adequate to the rt:mand on the Ilank. 7 BRICE 0' CL 0 CK. - Consols for Account 841 4. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account $4 Gierk , 182 b Brazilian Bonds 47 Nisaican, 102 b St, Buenos Ayres., -- Pornrita ..—•••• •• • Chilian Ditto.... Cohunbisa 11It4 Sploisis ..... 194 D :~.7 S+f ~