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Lot lII.—No. 3,4, and 7, CASTLE-STREET, cITy-ROAD, Three excellent EIGHT-ROOMED HOUSES, in the several occupations of Mr. Geo. Davies, ales. Rowe, and Mr. John Ryan, as tenants at will, at r est , amounti ng to 751. a year. N. 13: This property is leasehold, and is held upon base, fur an unexpired term of sixteen years, at 121. 12s. Per annum. Particulars may be had at the Auction Mart ; of the tenant s on the several premise s ; at the King's Arms, Ilolh orn-bridge, London; and of Win. Abbott, Eynesbury, near St. Neot's, Hunt. `WORCESTER HOP INIARKET Little doinply. , APRIL 18.-- e, pri ces stea d y an d demand fully equal to the SupSu The th row i ng down of the hills has commenced ; e plant s do not look as strong and healthy as usual. Prices 60s. to 90s may , be stated :-1831's 100 s. to 115 5.; 1830 ' s, 40% to 651. ; old 1 '. ' 828 '89 40s. to 70s. ; 1827's and 1826' 5, Old s;2os. to 351. A Gentl em an, who is j us t arr i ve d f rom France, has mall infurnied us that, near Brest, a good cottage, for a % family, consisting of several rootns, and a garden, es ti be rented for 100 livres, or 41. 3s. 4d. British, per estrum ; a coupl e of fowls and ducks may be bought at Gd. ; Good beefy .2 1 ,-d. ; veal, lid.; and bread, 14. d. per lb. ; '4s, li-d. per thiz en ; common wine, white and red, 255. Per hogshead ; and every other article at proportionate low Prier.—Jenny Patriot, (No. 12,3.58.) CREATION OF PEERS-MEETING OF THE BOROUGH OF LL•'E[)S. The second reading of the Reform Bill, carried as it was by a majority of nine in the House of Lords, has produced great joy in this and the other towns of Yorkshire. But the Reformers cannot be in sensible to the danger which awaits this measure in its details, though its principle has now been admitted by all the three branches of the Legislature, —King, Lords, and Commons. The people of Leeds, with that devotion to the cause of Reform, and that anxiety for the great object of their soli citude, which has characterized their proceedings in every stage of the Reform Bill, determined to hold a meeting without delay for the purpose of ad dressing the King, praying his Majesty, by the ex ercise of his Royal prerogative, to consummate this great renovation of the institution of Parliament. Accordingly, on Monday morning a requisition to the Mayor was drawn up, requesting his worship to call a meeting, expressed in the following terms:— "TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF LEEDS. We, the undersigned, respectfully request your worship to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds, on Thursday next, the 19th instant, to censider the propriety of presenting an address to his Ma jesty, earnestly entreating him to exercise his constitu tional prerogative in a creation of Peers, which shall pre vent a collision betwixt the two Houses of Parliament, and insure the passing of the Reform Bill in all its efficiency," In the course of a few hours about I'2o names of respectable inhabitants were affixed to this docu ment, and a deputation, consisting of George Wailes, E•q , John Clapham, Esq , and Edward Baines, Esq., was appointed to wait upon his Worship with the requisition that evening at six o'clock. Unfor tunately the Mayor's professional engagements at a distance prevented him from receiving the applica tion till Wednesday morning, when he requested some hours to consider the matter before lie re turned an answer. At one o'clock the answer ar rived, and communicated a refusal to call the meet ing, on the ground that, according to his 'Worship's view, the measure contemplated would be destruc tive of the independence of Parliament, and sub versive of the undoubted right of each branch of the Legislature to deal with every question accord ing to its own judgment, free from control by either or both of the other branches of it. Notwithstand ing this refusal, the requisitors persevered in their intention to hold the meeting on Thursday, and at twelve o'clock on that day, though the notices were not issued till near the evening of Wednesday, the meeting assembled in the Court-house, when JOHN MARSHALL, jun., Esq., was, by an unanimous vote, called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the meeting by reading the requisition and the Mayor's answer. The latter was as follows : " Gentlemen,— I regret that the avowed object of your proposed meeting is such a• to preclude me from comply ing with the requisition you have done me the honour to pres,..nr. " Claiming for myself the same freedom of judgtnent as I most willingly accord to others, I cannot consent to use the authority of my office for the furtherance of a proceed ing destructive, as it appears to me, of the independent.* of Parliament, and subversive of the undoubted right of each branch of the Legislature to deal with every question ac cording to its own judgment, free from control by both or either of the other branches of it. " I have the less hesitation in withholding my official sanction on this occasion, from a feeling that the want of it will be no impediment to your preceeding in such a way as you may think right. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, " Leeds, April 18. WM. HEY, Mayor. " To Messrs. Wailes, Clapham, and Baines." As soon as these documents were read, a loud cry was raised of " Adjourn, adjourn, the people cannot get in." The weather was at this time very unsea sonable for an out-door meeting, and a kind of close packing, which admitted a number of those who had been excluded, restored some degree of tranquillity. The CHAIR3fAN then said—" We are once more met together to render whatever assistance it may be in our power to give in furtherance of the great measure of reform. I hope it may be the last time, and that on the next occasion we may have to cele brate its success. (Applause.) It may appear to require some explanation why we are again so hastily called together, after the bill has just passed a se cond reading in the House of Lords. But I think it must be evident to all, that though many peers have voted for the second reading, it is with the in tention of making important alterations in its provi sions in committee,—such alterations, it is to be feared, as will lead to a collision between the two houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) If such alter ations were made, the consequences would be most injurious to the country, in either case, n hether the Commons accepted or rejected the altered bill. If it were accepted by the Commons, we should not arrive at a satisfactory settlement of the question, and we should have a continual excitement and agi tation of it. If the Commons should refuse the bill so altered, as I have supposed, we should have a still greater degree of excitement, accompanied with so much of public anxiety as would be most injurious when added to that we have already suffered from; we should have an intense animosity against the House of Peers, and an alienation of that respect and regard which ought to attach to that branch of the Legis lature.—(Hear, hear.) Even if this course were taken, it would soon become more than ever mani fest that the Bill, in all its efficiency, must again be offered to Parliament, and must eventually be passed by the Peers. But it would come with a worse grace, and with a greater loss of respect and in fluence by that body. It remains with the Crown to prevent both the House of Peers and the country from being placed in such a dangerous position by a creation of new Peers. We must all feel that a creation of Peers, for the purpose of carrying a particular measure, is an exercise of the Royal pre rogative that should not be ra , hly used. It requires peculiar circumstances to warrant it, which should be clearly and distinctly made out.—(Hear, hear.) I do maintain that those circumstances are, in the pre sent instance, fully made out to the satisfaction of the most doubting.—(Applause.) The measure in question has been three times before the House of Commons; the two last times before a House called expressly after an appeal to the people for their opinion on it. The measure has been long before the public, and still the same general and fa vourable opinion is entertained of it. It is a mea sure of the most vital importance to the nation, and has received the most careful consideration and exa mination. Its mutilation by the Peers, so as to cause its rejection by the Commons, would produce a state of things extremely dangerous to the coun try. The Crown acquiesces in the propriety of the measure. Any material alteration of the 13111 in the House of Peers would, in my opinion, after all these circumstances, not only warrant, but would louldly and most forcibly call upon the Crown to exercise that prerogative with which it has so wisely been invested.—(Applause.) There are some, however, and among the rest our worthy Mayor, who entertain different opinions ; and it is therefore the more necessary that the question should be discussed now, when the emergency, if not ac tually arrived, i s so near at hand.—(Hear, hear.) It should not be forgotten either, that one alteration which is most certain to be proposed its the Com mittee of the Peers, is that of raising the 10/. fran chise still higher in such large towns as this. One of the most determined opponents of the Bill stated in the House of Lords, his opinion that the 10/. franchise would, in large towns, approach very nearly to universal suffrage. 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Respect for he House of Peers would not he impaired, either by ad tition to its numbers, or by alteration of its political sen timent, which indeed has become necessary to the pure ad ministration of public kfLirs, " We, therefore, most humbly implore that your Ma• jesty, in this emergency, will, at the proper moment, by a tearless and liberal exercise of your Royal prerogative (in the creation of Peers) at once protect us from an oligar -by, and with the aid of your present Ministers, who alone uos..ess the confidence of the public, secure the safety of the Bill, and the conservation of the Constitution." Mr. JOSHUA BOWER, the President of the Leeds Political Union, said,—l stand forward to second 'he address which has bee moved by Mr. Baines for the adoption of this meeting. There has been so much said already on the subject on this occasion Ind also at former meetings, that nothing new can be said upon it, and I should have contented myself .vith merely seconding the motion, if it were not for the fear that my townsmen should say, Joshua Bower has grown cold in the cause of Reform, and that a reaction has taken place. I shall therefore say a few words. In the fist place, then, I say that so far from any reaction having taken place, into whatever company I go, whether it be of those who have leen politicians 30 or 40 years, or those who have only just begun to inquire, I fiod that they ~re all more and more in favour of the Reform Bill, and that Tories are coming round more than ever, and that nothing can now prevent the measure from being carried. Rd of the House of Lords are now in favour of it,—nay, more than half; but then the Bill has to go into Committee, and there an attempt may be made to raise the franchise above the 101. householders, and it is our duty to do all we can to prevent this. I, for one, think that the franchise is now low enough; but I am willing to take what I can get. Aftey adverting to the shortness of the notice convening the meeting, which had brought together more persons than could have been expect ed, he concluded with expressing his hearty concur , rence in the address. The CHAIRMAN then put the address, which was carried with only three dissentient voices. After the address to the King had beers agreed to, Mr. WittLEs presented himself, and proposed that three times three cheers should be given, which was immediately complied with, amidst hearty cheering and the waving of hats. Mr. R. HOWARD spoke in favour of the address. After stating that when this Bill was first intro duced be had advised the people not to be carried away by their feelings in its favour, but to look at it with an eye of patience, he said he did not intend to rescind what he then said, for he still thought the elective franchise ought to have been given to all householders; but being convinced that the present Bill was as large a measure as the Mini. sters could Parry, he was desirous of giving it all the support in his power. Mr. SMITHSON said that as in cases of partner ship, where one partner was fraudulent, the other filed a bill against him in Chancery, and he was made to give up that portion which was improperly gained, so, in this case, the Bill was filed against the boroughmongers, who must soon render up their spoils.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He should advise tile non-payment of taxes in case the Bill were not passed, and concluded by declaring that the proceedings of the day had his cordial ap proval.—(Cheers.) Mr. CLAPHAM, in moving a vote of thanks to the reformers of both Houses of Parliament, said, they were deserving the approbation of the country, for the talent, perseverance, and zeal they had displayed in support of the measure which had excited such intense feeling throughout the country. The more they contemplated the objects designed to be effected by the Reform Bill, the more would they be con vinced that its success was intimately connected with their best interests. Mr. Clapham concluded by moving— " 3. Th,it the thanks of this meeting are due to his Majesty's Ministers, and to the friends of Reform in both Houses of Parliament, for their persevering efforts in sup. port of the Reform Bill." Mr Lus, in seconding the vote of thanks to his Majesty's Alinisters, and the friends of Reform, for their exertions in the great cause, and its happy and successful issue on the second reading, observed, that he attributed that success mainly to the gene ralship of Earl Grey. It e had displayed great tactic arid finesse ; he had, in fact, obtained the second reading, not by the friends of the Bill, but by its avowed enemies. —(Hear, hear.) By the manage ment of Earl Grey, the " wavererb" had voted far the Bill, with the avowed intention of frittering it down to nothing in the Committee. How did the case really stand ? There were but a majority present of two, and that majority included Lord Wham cliffe and many of his followers, who go into the Committee with the intention of destroying the very vitals of the Bill. It is said that Earl Grey can se cure it at once by a creation of Peers; but it should be recollected that to exercise this prerogative to a great extent, good and sufficient reasons should be assigned, and Earl Grey had so placed the matter that by the small majority it was self-evident it could not be carried without a new creation of Peers. That he had never been solicited to do, and it was for the people of this country to declare their convic tion that it was necessary to be done, and by that means justifying Earl Grey in advising the King to exercise his prerogative in this great and awful emergency.—(Applause.) The motion was then agreed to. Mr. T. PUNT, Jun., in proposing a motion to carry the resolutions of the meeting into effect, .aid—" At this late hour, Mr. Chairman, I shall not trouble you with many observations; indeed, the resolution which I have to propose does not call for any extended remarks. I cannot, however, resist an inclination to comment upon the subjeet of the resolution just carried, which the importance of that resolution fully justifies. You have been called upon to tender your thanks to the Ministers and those aletnbers of the Legislature who have supported the Bill of Reform.—(Hear, hear.) There is an opinion on this subject which I never could bring my mind to approve. It is said by many "We want measures, not men." Now it is true that the measures attempted or effected by parti- cular public men, are those things by which we de termine upon their claims to our respect and grati tude; but it is a cold and selfish policy to accept all which such men effect for their country and for mankind, without returning them our ardent affec tion and esteem. I never could separate in my mind men from their actions, nor consider that whilst I praised and admired the latter, it was right to withhold my per,onal affection from the former ; and when we have before us the example of ,a man who commenced his political career as a Reformer nearly 40 years ago (fur it was in 1793 that Earl, then the Hon. Charles Grey, presented his memo,- able petition for Reform), who has consistently and perseveringly supported all great measures, who long refused office and power, rather than compromise his principles ; and when, more especially we see that individual crowning his labours by bringing into Parliament, and so far successfully carrying forward a measure of Reform ; I say, Sir, that such a man is entitled, not merely to the praise of his actions, but to our warmest and most fervent affection, and to our most profound veneration.—(Cheers.) It has been said by a preceding speaker that the Minis ters have succeeded in carrying the second reading of the Bill by great generalship, skill, and finesse. Sir, I infer from the result of the second reading that a great change has taken place in the opinions of the House of Peers, relative to the neoessity for Reform ate e ll , V I i s u r 7 . .: :: '4. l_,. 441 1:7- d 'l.l . :I; ' , Ut t . '1 :: I4"-' - - - 1&-' ~.? ...N. Ilk 4 . • been .. • ~. wiihinit icily/ . •ogative 1 the creation:i l l great many of those who, If ind the unanimity of the Sure of reform which is tit augurs well for the ultimat that the second reading has -xercise of the royal prert Peers. It indicates that a _ , vhen the Bill was thrown out in the last session o. Parliament, voted against it, have become convinrel that the national desire for Reform must he cnn ii p'ied with, and will indeed be satisfied only with the whole unmutilated MIL It is neverihelesa Tote true that there vet exists a strong and urgent twee,- airy to create Peers, either to carry the 8 , 11 safely through the Committee, or, on the third reading, VI oorreet the inutilationg it rt,y under- R s,' 1., the Commo t . , tee. Without such a creation, although the great print ciples of the Bill may be preserved in the Committee, yet will the provisions of the Bill, by which i, s prinri pies are to be carried into effect, he so altered that it will be sent back to the Commons, shorn of its honours, and no longer worthy of that ardent attachment which is now felt for it by the Commons and the nation. The will of the King s of his Ministers, and of the people, cannot be set at dffan'ee, and all which Earl Grey has hitherto done indieiroft to my mind ch arly and arttisfactotily, that the IS II tritts . i pass soon, and pass in all its inte g ri t y an d eM;i.i.: , -ncy.--=-(Che , r..) It is to strengthen the Nlinistef in his determination to carry the Ili' by the means which he is known to possess, that the address which has been approved by this meeting is to be corwarded to him for presents io?t to his Mijes y$ The influence of the address will be in proper ion to the number of signatures which may b- d , rached to It ; and I would beg, in conclusion, that erk•fr indi vidual now present would sign the address -ri /don' as it shall be laid for public signature, and intittrt it l / 4 :' many as he may pos-e-s influence with to do thd same." Mr. Pint moved the f‘illotvirn! resolution :-... 4. That the gentlemen who formed the Su'.-G•mmit tee for preparing these rreolu'inne he a C inmate , : t.r carrying them into efftet, and that they have power to add to their number. Which motion being seconded, was carried unani mously. Mr. Marshall having vacated the was taken by John Clapham, El., Mr. WHITE. HEAD moved, and Mr. BENJAMIN WALKER •ecoudrd the motion, that the thank, of this meetin4 are due to John Mundial!, E,q., for hie aide acrd impartial conduct in the Chair, which eras put and carried by acclamation. The meeting, cons sting of about 4,000 persons, and which had been convened at a fitliiee little ex , seeding 12 hours, then dispersed in tho uttips harmony. ~~~. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1832 far this is from being the case, and we know how ungracious and even how dangerous it would be to take a higher standard in such towns as these. It such alterations as these are carried in the Com mittee, I cannot but entertain the opinion that all the circumstances will be made out and completed that are required to authorise the Crown to make an addition to the Peerage. The question ought and must be speedily settled. It is in these large ma nufacturing towns that we feel more than in other parts of the country the bad effects of the publ.c anxiety on this great measure, by the loss or dimi nution of our usual trade. It is the more necessary for us to urge that all those constitutional steps should be taken by the King and by his Adminis tration which are necessary to bring this measure to a speedy and satisfactory termination.—(Applause.) G. WAILEs, Esq. said, before he made any ob servations to the Meeting, he would read the resolu tion which he was about to submit to the consi deration of the Meeting, and which was expressed in the following terms : " Resolved-1. That though this meeting views with satisfaction the recognition by the House of Lords of the great principles on which the Bill of Reform is grounded. it cannot avoid feeling the deepest anxiety at the snail majority by which it has passed the second reading, com bined with the declared intention of attempting most im portant alterations in its provisions. That it is therefore expedient to present an address to the King, praying his Majesty, by the constitutional exercise of the royal prero gative in the creation of Peers, to secure the passing of the Reform Bill in all its efficiency, and thereby to prevent a collision between the two Houses of Parliament." The Leaned Gentleman then proceeded to com ment at considerable length on the argumentative refusal of the Mayor to call the meeting, 'and to show that the reasons he had assigned why the King should not create additional Peers were futile and inconclusive; and he endeavoured to show, from the premises admitted by the Mayor, that it would be art exercise of the Royal prerogative not only highly expedient but absolutely necessary to preserve the real independence of Parliament, and to give to each branch of the Legislature a right to deal with every question according to its own judgment. [The Learned Gentleman was here interrupted by loud and repeated cries of " Adjourn ! there are great numbers of persons who cannot get in."] After some delay the mee'ing adjourned into the spacious area of the Cloth-hall. When the bustle produced by this movement had subsided, Mr. Watt,Es resumed his observations, and, in illustration of his argument, he put the following case :—Suppose the House of Commons, in whom originate all bills of supply, should pass a bill to impose a tax, and that when it came to the House of Lords, they should insert a clause , xempting their own body from its operation. Well, the bill so altered is returned to the Commons, who refuse to consent to the alteration. Let us also suppose that the great body of the people are in favour of this impost, and that it bath also the concurrence of the Crown. Both Houses, let us further suppose, per. sist in their own measure : now would not the King, in such a juncture as this, be justified in making such an augmentation to the House of Peers as should carry into effect the wishes of the people ? But the present case was much more favourable to his argument, because the Reform Bill had been the subject of discussion for fifty years; twice it had passed the House of Commons, and the principle of the Bill had at length received the sanction of the House of Lords. It could not, therefore, be con sidered as a sudden ill-considered movement, but the deliberate opinion of the great body of the nation, expressed in the most solemn and authentic manner by a House of Commons elected with a particular reference to the very question, and since then by every other mode in which the opinion of the people can be ascertained. This measure has also the ap proval of the King. If under these circumstances the House of Lords could be permitted to defeat the wishes of the House of Commons, the people, and the King, we should no longer live under a limited Monarchy, consisting of Kings, Lords, and Commons, but of an oligarchy, consisting of a majority of the House of Peers. The Constitution, to remedy such a collision, has given the King the power to add to the number of peers. The crisis foreseen has arrived, and if ever there existed a great ismer gency which called for the exercise of the Royal prt rogative, it is on the present occasion, and he was convinced that an infusion of new and better blood into that ancient House was a consummation most devoutly to be wished. He had said on a former occasion that the House of Lords could not consti- tutionally reject that Bill ; that was still his opi nion, though he did not mean to repeat the expres sion which had given rise to some controversy, and the assertion was treated as if he had said that the House of Lords had not the power of giving it a negative,--that they could not say " no." I did not mean to say any thing so foolish; what I said was this, that it was necessary and expedient, and that they ought to have said "ay." The Learned Gen tleman, after putting this argument in a striking point of view, by supposing the abolition of colonial slavery to be the subject matter in dispute between the two Hauses, or rather between the whole coun- try, including the King and the House of Peers, paid a just tribute to the manly consistency of Lord Grey, who,from his first introduction into the House of Commons, to the present hour, had always been the steady advocate of Parliamentary Re form. After reading an extract from the Edin burge Review, in answer to the question, " What will the Lords do ?" which, after de scribing the state into which the country would be thrown by the two Houses differing upon the Re form Bill, says, that the i ncrease o f P eers is the re medy which the Constitution has provided for this state of things, and which is a necessary check to prevent the Government degenerating into an oh garchy, and making some observations on a recent speech of the Doke of Wellington, the Learned Gentleman concluded with proposing the resolution which he had read at the commencement of his speech._ - Mr. RICHARDSON, in seconding the first revolu tion, said, that the meeting was under great obliga tions to the worthy chief magistrate of Leeds, for though he had declined to call the meeting, he had favoured theta with the most powerful argument in favour of the object they had in view,—viz. the , support of " th e i n d epen d ence o f P ar li ament , , which would be impaired if the House of Lords should su ccee d i n t h row i ng out or in maiming the Keform Bill, the main object of which was to restore the independence of the House of Commons. In conclusion, he exhorted the people not to allow any adverse decision of the Reform Bill to induce them to commit any breach of the peace ; but by firm, peaceful, energetic, and constitutional efforts con tinue to further that great cause, being assured that a measure patronized by the King, the Ministers, the House of Commons, and the people, can never be defeated by a faction in the House of Peers. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, when im mediately a forest of hands was held up in its favour; on putting the negative there appeared three dissentients, by which a pretty fair calculation may be made between the Reformers and the Anti-Re formers in the borough of Leeds. Mr. BAINES presented himself, and was received with loud plaudits. He said, our next proceeding will be to determine upon an address to be presented to his Majesty, to express the opinions that we entertain upon this subject. It affords me great pleasure to see here so many of the faces which I have been accustomed to see upon former occasions, when we have met for the purpose of soliciting for Reform.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, we shall as suredly accomplish our object. It may be attendet with some difficulty in the attainment, but we shal not value it the less because of that difficulty.— ( No, no.) It has long been a mater of considera tion with us; we have pressed it forward by ever means in our power, and if the people of England continue to urge their suit, the Bill will undoubted! ) be carried without being materially altered. Th, Duke of Wellington and his compeers have, as you have already heard, put forth an address in the form of a protest ; and in that protest he advances several propositions which I have no hesitation in declaring unfounded, and directly contrary to the truth.— (Hear, hear, hear.) Ido not mean to say that the- Duke has deliberately uttered a falsehood, but I de say t h a t he and those who have acted with him, we utterly unacquainted with the state of the country a t() this great question. The Duke has said the British Government is a Monarchy. I do not deny it ; but I say it has popular branches as well as a monarchical principle, and therefore it is more than a monarchy It is a Government consisting of three estates, and the estates of which this Government is constituted are, King, Lords, and Commons.—(Hear, hear.) But it is unfortunately constituted of more than three, and the four h e•tate is an usurpation,—an oligarchy, that rules over and controls both King, Lords, and Cornmons.—(Hear.) It is to put an end to this oligarchy that we are labouring, and therefore, when the Duke of Wellington asserts that the kingly power is every thing, he asserts that which is not true in fact, and which I hope will never be true in this country.—(Cheering.) But he goes on, and says " that no change, however specious, should be adopted, which would strike at the principle of the monarchy, or deprive the King of the free and independent exercise of his lawful prerogative." Nothing is more distant from us than to assail the monarchy. The Duke says, we are not to assail the King's prerogative ; certainly not, we are met to support it,—that is the principal object we have in view. —(Hear, hear.) Well, then, if that be our purpose, I suppose the Duke will hardly think we are acting in violation of the great principle that he has laid down ; on the contrary, he will think that we are acting in support of that principle; because, how is this prerogative to be more fitly employed than when it is for the benefit of the people for which the prerogative was conferred? —(Hear.) Then Duke then goes on and says, " that the Reform Bill will give a preponderating influence in the election of the House of Commons to the lowest classes of inhabitants in towns, and close the door of the House of Commons against the monied and the colonial interest, and against the heads of the great commercial body." Is this true ?—(No, no.) Is it true that this Reform Bill will give to the lower classes an undue influence? - no.) My opinion is, that it will not give them sufficient influence.—(Hear, hear.) It deprives a great many men, who are exceedingly fit to exercise the elective franchise, of that influence which they ought to possess.—(Hear, hear.) Gen tlemen, I will prove this to you, and I will prove it, not by goin g to a great distance, but at home.— (Hear, hear.) We happen to have in the borough of Leeds no fewer than 120,000 souls. To how many of these persons will this Bill, as at present constituted,give votes? Will it give votes to half that number?—(No.) Will it give votes to one-third of that number ? No ; out of 120,000 souls it will only give votes to about from 5,000 to 6,000. Haw, then, is it possible that the Duke of Welling ton could stand up and assert that the consequence of this 811 will be to give undue influence to the lower classes of the people ? The Bill itself is as large in its grant as Ministers can carry, but it is the lower classes only that it deprives of influence.— (Hear, hear.) Very well, then, I say that the persons who have made this assertion have made it, not in the spirit of truth, but in the spirit of error and of falsehood.—(lt is.) linen there is another consideration, and it is of considerable importance, and that is, what the consequence will be if Parlia ment should advance the qualification of the elective franchise from 101. to 151. ? Why, instead of the numbers that at present constitute the electors, they will very likely be reduced to 3,000 in Leeds, and in the same proportion in other places ; and is it a firting thing that you should have 3.000 people to elect Members to represent 120,000 ?—(No, no.) My opinion is, that the franchise ought not to have been at 101., but at 7/.—(Cries of " 51.," and " Householders.") I hear a cry of " house holders," and I don't mean to enter upon that point now, but I do mean to say, that if the fran chise is to be altered at all, it ought to be made lower, and not higher.—(Hear.) That is my decided opinion upon this subject, and I am sure you will giv e me credit that I don't say it to please or dis please any body. It is my practice to speak what I consider to be the truth, and every honest man ought to pursue that line of conduct.—(Hear.) But there is a situation in which two branches of the legislature are likely to be brought, and that is a very curious one. It has been glanced at by Mr. Wailes in his elaborate speech, and with great spirit. We will suppose the Bill having now passed the House of Commons, it comes next to pass the House of Lords; they have read it twice, and many of them have said in pretty intelligible terms that they will reduce it in its efficiency. Suppose, then, that when this Bill comes to be passed they say the qualification for the elective franchise shall be 151. instead of 10/., and that thirty boroughs in stead of sixty shall be disfranchised, or that they re sort to any other manceuvre to destroy its efficiency, how would the matter between them stand ? The Commons have passed one Bill and the Lords ano ther, and they each of them are determined to sup port their own Bill. A conference is then proposed. At that conference they both remain inflexible, and in this way a collision arises. The consequence is, that the wheels of Government would be suspended. To remedy this evil the King is applied to as the arbitrator. H e cannot by his own voice settle the point at issue, but there is a mode prescribed by the constitution, and that is, the power vested in him of creating Peers; by the exercise of which power on behalf of men of right principles the collision is ter minated, and the two conflicting branches of the le gislature will be reconciled. (Applause.) The ob ject of the address which I shall have the honour to submit for your approbation is at once to produce this happy reconciliation, arid to secure to the coun try the advantages of the Reform Bill in all its effi ciency--(Hear.)and this p rayer we have no d ou b t h i s Ma j esty w i ll, atutt the prope r tim e , of which he and hi s Mi n ist ers m I n N then read the following address, and noYer b et This is our prayer to the King; he bestj u d ges , gran t t o a l o y a l an d d ut if u l people. Mr. B o a f i h n a e n s d c s o . ncluded amidst loud applause andi‘e d Es that aßppAig it should be forwarded to Earl Grey for presentation to his Majesty : " TO THE XING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. t , The humble Address of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds, in the county of York, in public meeting as sembled, on the 19th of April, 1832. " Sire--You are our sheet-anchor—our refuge in the storm. The last necessity appears to be at hand. Resis tance to reform and the consequent delay, have unhappily produced deep injury to the most important national inter ests; our commerce and manufactures are already in an alarming state of stagnation ; and the mutilation of the Bill would issue in great public dissatisfaction, indignation and perhaps tumult. Your Majesty fears nothing, and has nothing to fear. You wisely identify yourself will. the interests of your people. We know and venerate your Majesty's piternal solicitude for the peace and happiness of your subjects. Some of the Lords of Parliament know but little of the people; they imperfectly spprusiate their LONDON MAILS. We understand that a light mail coach, with two horses, has been contracted for to run between Glasgow and Carli , le, at the rate of eleven miles an hour, which will bring rite London letters there three hours earlier. We also hear that it is in con templation to attempt a similar conveyance on our line of road, from Newcastle to Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Spears and Peacock have offered to lon a similar coach at the same rate, by which we will re ceive our newspapers and letters nearly two houre earlier than at present by the curricle. Besides the accommodation of such a conveyance to that perk of the country, we hope the Post-office will adopt such an offer at once. We copy the above pa ragraph from the Weekly Journal ; in reference to which, we m.y remark, as somewhat sin gular, that among the various modes suggested for accele:•ating the mail, the plan of running between London and Edinburgh, a light curtiele with two horses, such as that which now brings in the mail from Morpeth, was never before proposed. The carrying of passengers has no necessary con. flexion with the forwarding of the mail; that part of the business could be managed with equal advantage to the public by the proprietors of the coaches; and in this case there is little doubt that in bringing the mail from London to Edinburgh three or four hours might still be saved. If, in addition to this obvious improvement of not clogging the progress of the mail with the encumbrance of the p , s,engers, the read was shortened, as it might be, by about 30 miles, letters and intelligence from London would arrive here five or six hours sooner, or about e'eht or nine o'clock in the morning. The late •a• pressea sen' by The Sun arrived in 36 hours Lotri the Metropolis, or in six hours less than the mail, and as the Post Office claims the exclusive privilege of sending letters, from which a large revenue is derived, the public have a right to expect the utmost possible despatch in this important branch of our domestic concerns.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. LIVERPOOL COTTON MA RKET,THURSDAY,! —The import of cotton having been extremely heavy to day, prices have shown a slight tendency to give way. The salee amount to 2.500 bags, at previous prices, which were, however, with difficulty maintained. PUBLIC MEETING OF INHABITANTS.-- Yesterday evening, a special meeting of the Inhabitants' Reform Committee was held in the Waterloo Rooms._. ROBERT HUNTER, Esq. advocate, in the ch.lir. It was resolved to convene a public meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, to draw up a petition to ti,e Ilou , e of Lords, praying that the Reform Bill may speedily piss into a law, without mutilation, or any departure fri-in the effective principles of the Bill. It was agreed, af'er some discus sion, that the meeting is to be held in the open air. This resolution havitus been adopted in a meting composed of members from the various committees appointed by dif ferent bodies of the inha itants who have separ,tely advo cated the cause of Reform, we rejoice to think that their union will insure the largest and most respectable meeting that ever took place in Edinburgh fur the purpose of strengthening the hands of the ministry. The tneeting is to be held on Tuesday; the place at , d hour will be duly advertised. We have beard that it is the general intention to shut up the shops for two hours during the meeting.._.. Scotsman of Wednesday. THUNDER-STORM.—On Friday, a sudden clap of thunder literally shook several dwellings in this town and its vicinity : a window was closed, and a door violently shut, in one house. The electric fluid and the thunder were simultaneous. We have not heard o f any losing Eves, but of much terror and providential escapes, A lady and gentleman, with their servants, were proceed ing from Ludlow to Worcester in a chariot. The two former were riding on the dickey, in order to enjoy the scenery, and the servants were riding in-ide. Shorly after •hey left Tenhury, a storm of thunder and lightning came on suddenly, and the lady and gentleman put up their umbrellas; the one held by the latter (in his left hand) had a metal stick ; this, it is suppo-ed, attract-d the .lectric fluid, which appears to have passed down it ; the left arm of the gentleman's great ceat was torn to shreds, and his arm much eeorched,—the other parts of his dress on that side were singed ; the lady was also much injured, and parts of her dries burnt. The fluid pamsed through the cushion, severed a large iron bolt, and struck dead the horse on which the postboy was sitting, the other horse being at the same time thrown to the ground ! The fluid entered the ground in four different places, making marks as if the earth had been forced up by an iron bar. The postboy escaped unhurt, as dirt also the persons in side the carriage, The lady and gentleman (who had been married a few days before) were conveyed hick to Ten 'nary, where they still remain under the care of Dr. Lewis, of Ludlow. They are doing well, but still unable to pursue their their journey.•.Slaretcsbstry chronicle. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIVES ON THE RIVER.— Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, a melancholy accident occurred in Limehouse reach, which terminated in the loss of eight lives. A party of ballast-heavers, seven in number, in the employ of the Trinity House Corporation, together with a boy and the mate of a ship lying in Limehonse-hole, where they had been at work, left the ,vessel to eo ashore in a very old and damaged skiff, and bad proceeded about half way, when the great weight of the passengers forced a plank out of the boat, which immediately filled with water and sunk, •mmersing the whole party in the stream. They raised loud cries for help, but there was no a.sistsnce near, and th e ballast•heavers and the boy, neither of whom could 'swim, were drowned. The mate swain ashore, which he reach e d in a very exhausted state, and gave information of .he sad fate of his companions. Several boats instantly put off to the spot where the boat was swamped, but no ha unfortunate vebmn yseutffefroeur found. u iTI The her b a n v , v in r e g ' j i g the ofthe bodies were tall athletic Irishmen, and a majority of them have left wives and families. This tne:ancholy dis•suer has •aused a painful sensation in Licaehouse, and ti e fate of the suffers is universally deptervi.