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eburchmen. Their late conduct would increase, if it we're possible, the publi.: detestation to the system by whi..l, they throve, and the e•aiduct ti.ey pursued. This, tbeu, declared, and ht Inicveti the fceliug to be general, thee until a Bill, at least as eveusive as the one lately belle the House, shOuld have become law, he should not p y one farthing of taxes. A despotic Government, if such ventured to assume the reins of office, might imprison lb person or distrain his goods, but • they should not enslaVe hie mind. If any man ventured to purchase these goo; , a brand would be set on him like Cain, and be wonld marked for the execrationand detestation of.)tis countit ' men. His countrymen, as had been well remarked by its Honourable and Learned Friend the Member for Kerry, had dearly purchased the invaluable blessing of freedoin of conscience. Civil liberty was no less dearly valued I,y their descendants. Had the race degenerated—or hid they forgot the glorious deeds of their ancestors? ; they hated civil despotism as much as their ancestors d d priestly domination. He trusted they might not be driven to the same extremities to establish their freedom. Ti e petition just presented should have his most cordial coo ,:urrence and support, now being the season for the peop'e to speak out, and lie trusted their voice would not be cri attended to. Lord, W. LENNOX said, that no individual in the House was more anxious than himself that the measure cif Reform should pass into a law ; buf, he galled upon the people not to resist the payment of their taxes or act ille 7 gaily. He cared not what administration came in, so that they passed the Bill unmutilated. The people called fir Reform, and Reform they would have. Nu Goverement „iould stand unpledged to the measure, and it was TorY Ignorance to suppose they could. Aldermen WAITILMAN and VENABLES had been present at the Common Hall today, and could take it :pun them to say that the citizens of London regarded thi retirement of Ministers, particularly in relation to its merliato cause, as an event of deplcirahle comequencea-t-1 the country. Till the Bill was passed, there could be 4 a eurity for civil order. Lord STANLEY declared, that the. sentiments ex:- pressed in the Manchester petition were participated in by th,' great majority of the people of Lancashire and the northern counties. Mr W. ELLIS was one who also approved of the M mehester petition. Alderman WOOD would on Monday present the pe titi in atreed to to-day at the Common Hall. Air. O'CONNELL would also on Monday present the petition of the great Birmingham meeting of Monday last, which at a moment's summons, brought together at least It 0,000 men, determined to resell,' their rights from an c.surping oligarchy. Mr. CURTEIS wla anxious to take advantage of that aletipst opportunity, to stare that attendance in the country ap .n the illness of a rear relative prevented his having bears of the resignation of Ministers till ten o'clock, yes ten.ay morning, when he immediately posted off to town, arid travelled some ten miles an hour, with the hcpe that he might arrive in town so as to afford his vote in their faviaitr.—( Hear, hear.) He exceedingly regretted that he was not present last night, for they should ever—cost him shat it might—cotnniand his roost cordial support, as he seas cenfi 'eat they would of every honest reformer an well-wisher of his country. Mr. OTONOR sa;d ;few words to the same effect. S;s• F. BURDETT had been present at a wetting that .!ay at the Crown and Anchor, which would remove the oottlo o of the moat sceptical Anti. Reformer that the people of this country were so intensely fixed upon having their favourite measure, that nothing short of madness could dream of longer withholding it. They felt, too—such was Their well-deserved confidence in Lord Grey's Govetn onant,—that to :io other Administration could they !til: aolth mays rational confidence, for measures in harmony with the advancing intelligence and wants of the age ; and they , fee t :ly lamented that bad counsels should have obtained two:ivies sway over the mind of their hitherto pular Sovereign ; and, above all, they called upon .hot /loose to redeem its pledges—more than once solemnly repeated—of supporting no Administration ochii!li was likely to defraud the nation of any portion of the great measure of Reform to which they and their children's ch;hlren would owe a debt of gratitude to the honest real courageous Miniat:rs who had staked their all in its eolccels.—(Cheere.) He entirely agreed with them, and onuld not help hoping,—when he recollected the native goodneas of his AI :jesty's heart, and theta° person ventured en doubt, that, however mistaken, he acted from the purest intentions,—that when the " lep'rous distilment," which had been poured into hia Royal ear by falsehearted counsel tots, had worked its temporary mischievous effecf, and that ha had recovered from the momentary weakness into which the poison had led him, his Majesty would gee ehe wisdom and necessity of recalling his ill-judged de claration, and save his people from all the ills of civil aesovnlsion, by acting upon the advice of his honest 31i erintera —(Hear, hear.) But be that as it would, the -!.0.y of tbot House tem plain,—the duty it owed to the count: y, to its own ronsiatency, its own honour, namely, to onpput t no 3linistry not identical in principle with that o' Lord Grey.--(Cheers.) If any man were insane enough to persuade himself and his Sovereign that be could carry on a Government opposed to the present fur a single week, let him make the trial, and that House would disabuse him ;0 a tingle night.—(Continued cheers.) It was said the Doke of Welliogtoro—the bold Captain,—the pledged fate to all Reforin,—was about to prove his own me storable declaration, (one of the wisest in his political eireer), that " he should be mad to think of accepting •Ace."—(Cheers and great laughter.) Let him make the experiment.—(Hear.) It would soon be seen, that though be might be as brave, he would be as senseless as his sword, 7o think, tinder the present circumsta sec of the country, and with his Polignac vision of its wants and interests, to undortake the management of its affairs.—(Great cheer ing.) But there was hope fur the country ; it had re turned a majority alive to its feelings and interests, and that tn.jorito would not betray their sacred trust—(hear, hear,); but would, with unflincl.ing firmness, persist in ."orwarding that great measure of national regeneration, with less than which the country could not, ought not to I be oatiatied.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. WOOD next presented a petition from the Beth nal-green Political Union, to the same effect its that front Manchester, and urging the House to withhold the supplies till the Reform Bill has passed into a lo.v ; which, after a sew words in support Ou its prayer from Mr. HUNT, vitas ordered to be printed. STATE OF VIE NATION. Air. HUME gave r,otice, that on Monday next, he woad submit a motion to the House on the present state of the nation.—(Hear, hear.) As it was one of surpas,ing importance, under the extraordinary circumstances of the country, he would move that the House be ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE, M the motion of Lord ALTHORP, it was resolved that the House, on its rising, adjourn to Monday nest. The Irish Reform Bill was postponed till this day fortnight. ANATOMY BILL. )Jr. WARBURTON moved the third reading of this bill. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he had always opposed di., BM, and should %till oppose it. Mr. 14(5).:T and Mr. FA NE a'so expresses) their deterini lazt;ln to vote azainst the Bill. Lord W. LENNOX described the manner in which the Bill had been carried through the House as being most disgraceful. A full attendance of the House n,ver had been obtained when the measure was discussed, because it only affected the interest of the lower orders. Mr. TREVOR considered the Bill an insult to the poorer cl :ewes. and should vote against it. Mr. HUME tlened that the Bill was injurious to the lower orders. If Finn. Members would read the evidence taken before the Committee, they would find that the most emioent medical men had expressed their opinion, that the class which would be most benefited by such a measure as the present was the poorer description (.f p„ersons. Mr. WA SON objected to the Bill because it would create a tr..:ffic in human bodies; and he would divi.le th. Huuss on the question. Sir R. INGLIS thought it unnessary to press the House to a division at the present stage, se the Bill had already been fully discussed and sanctioned by the House. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the BX, because, in his opinion, it was calculated to put a stop to those outrages against decency which were at present com mitted for the purpose of supplying the schools of anatomy with subjects; and he hoped whatever might t•ecowe of the present Parliament, that it would not separate until it had co,sed the present Bill. Mr. Bunivzx and Sir It. 8ar1:024 expressed their objection to the Bill. Mr. SADLER disapproved of the clause that legalized the sale of dead bodies, which he thought was calculated to outrage the feelings of the people. Mr. ROBINSON also opposed the Bill, and moved as an amendment that it be reid a third tin.e this day six months. Mr. WARBURTON said, that as the qumtion bad b.en %o often discussed, he did not feel it necessary to offer any observations to the House upoe the present oc anion —(Elear.) The House then div:ded, and the numbers were --• i-or the amendment ,Ngairbit it Majority The 1301 Wa. then read a third time. Oh die yuegtion that the Bill do pass, WASON moved an amendment, the object of which was to amend the clanas iti%the Bill which permit dead human bcxlita to be sold, and which permit surge.ins not keeping schools of anatomy to have dead bodies at th, it private residence., for the purpose of dissection. Mr. HUNT seconded th . e. amendment. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority _ne The bill was then passed. On the question that this be the title of the bill, " A bill for regulating [schools of anatomy," Mr. R. WASON objected to this being the tit'e of tile bill, o❑ the ground that it was a delusion on the public. He should therefore move, as an amendment, that this be the title ef the bill—" A bill for permitting individuals to have dead bodies in their possession, for the purposes of dissection, and for permitting dead human bodies to be bought and sold." After some discussion the amendment was withdrawn, and the title of the bill remained unaltered. INSOLVENT DEBTORS ACT. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL moved for leave to being in a. Bill to continue the Insolvent Debtors Act. As the Act expired at the end of the present Session, or within a certain time after the commencement of the next Session of Parliament, and as it was now uncertain how long the present Session would last, he deemed it necessary to bring in a temporary act to continue this very salutary law for some time longer. He proposed to continue it for three years. Leave was given to bring in the Bill ; it was reads first time, and ordered to he read a second en Monday next. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. Dr. LUSHINGTON wished to know whether hie Ma jesty's Government had taken that subject into their con sideration, and especially whether they intended to abolish the punishment of death in eases of forgery. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had prepared a Bill which would remove the punishment of death fur forgery in cases of every description. As the laws regarding forgery had been recently consolidated into one Bill, a short clause added to that Bill would do to abolish the punishment of -death for that crime. He had prepared a clause to that effect, and was ready to bring it in whenever a new ad ministration should be formed. CALL OF THE HOUSE. Mr. H LYME gave notice of a call of the Howse on Mon day next. Me should certainty enforce the call, as Fe wi.hed to have in attendance a sufficient number of Mem bers to he prepared for whatever might occur upon that day. The other orders of the day were then dispoted of, and the House adjourned at half-past nine o'clock till Monday. LORD EBRINGTON'S MOTION. LIST OF TH OF TWO HUNDRED A? VOTED FOR AN ADDR CALL TO HIS COUNCIL: CARRY THE ENTIRE B ENGLAND. 'E MAJORITY ND EIGHTY-EIGHT, WHO LESS TO HIS MAJESTY TO S ONLY MEN WHO WOULD Althorp, Vis.—Northamptonsh. Anson, Sir G.—Lichfield Anson, Hon. G.—Gt. Yarmouth Astley, Sir J. D.—Wilt , hire Baillie, J. E.—Bristol Bainbridge, 'F. E.—Taunton Baring, Sir T. B.—Chipping- Wycomb Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth Barnett, C. J.—Maidstone Bayntun, S. A.—York Beaumont, T. W.—Northumb. Benett, J.—Wiltshire Berkeley, Captain—Gloucester Blake, Sir F.—Berwick Blamire, W.—Cumberland Blount, E.—Steyning Blunt, Sir C.—Lewes Bouverie, Hon. r.—llownton Briscoe, J. I.—Surrey Brougham, W. —Southwark Brougham, J.—Winchilsea Buller, J. W.—Exeter Bulwer, K, L.—St. Ives Bulwer, H. L—Coventry Bunbury, Sir H. E.—Suffolk Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Buxton, T. F.—Weymouth, &c. Byng, Sir John—Poole Byng, Geo.—Middlesex Byng, G. S.—Milbourne Port Caleraft, G. H.—Wareham Calvert, C.--Southwark Calvert, N.—Hertfordshire Campbell, J.—Stafford Carter, J. B.—Portsmouth Cavendish, H F. C.—Derby Cavendish, C. C.—Yarmouth. Isle of Wight Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Clive, Edward B.—Hereford Cesckerell,SlrC.—Evesham Celborne, N. W. R.—Horsham Crac•lock, S.—Camelford Crampton,P.C.—MilbournePort Creevey, T.—Downton Currie, J.—Hertford Davies, Colonel—Worcester Denman, Sir T—Nottinghamsh. Duncombe, T. S.—Hertford Duudas, J. C.—Richmond 'Dundas, T.—York Easthope, J.—Banbury Ebrington, Visc.—sDevonshire Ellice, E.—Coventry Ellis, W.—Leicester Etwall, R. jun.—Andover Evans, W.—Leicester Evans, Col. De Lacy—Rye Beam, W. B —Leominster Ewart, \V.—Liverpool Fazakerley, J. N.—Peterboro' Ferguson, Sir R.—Nottingham Fitzroy, Lord J.—Thetford Foley, T. H.—Worcestershire Foley, J. H. H.—Droitwich Folkes, Sir W.—Norfolk Fordwich, Lord—Canterbury Fox, Lieut.-Col.—Caine Glynne, Sir S.—Flintshire Godson, Richard—St. Alban's Gordon, R.—Cricklade Graham, Sir J. R. G.—Cumberl. Grant, Rt. Hon. R.—Norwich Greene, T. G.—Lancaster Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester Guise, Sir B. W.—Gloucestersh. Handley, W. F.—Newark Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawkins, J. H.—Tavistock Heneage, G. F.—Lincoln Heywood, B.—Lancashire Hobhouse, Sir J. C.—Westmin. Hodges, T. L.—Kent Hodgson, J.—Newcastle-on-Ty. Horne, Sir W.—Newtown Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Howick, lA.—Northumberland Hudson, Thoinas—Evesham Hughes, Colonel—Grantham Hughes, Ald. W. H.—Oxford. I ngi lby, Sir W.— Lincolnsh i re James, W.—Carlisle Jerningharn, It. V.—Pontefract' Jones, J.—Carmarthen Kemp, 'l. R.—Lewes Knight, R.—Wallingford Knight, H. G.—Malton Labouchere, H.—Taunton Langston, J. IL—Oxford Langton, W. G.—Somersetshire Lawley, F.—Warwickshire --Lee, J. L.—Wells Lefevre, C. S.—Hampshire Leigh, T. C.—Wallingford Lemon, Sir C.—Cornwall I,ennard, T. B.—Maldon Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Lennox, Lord W.—King'sLynn Lester, B. L.—Poole Littleton, E. J.--tal,fordshire Loch, J.—llythe Lopez, Sir R. F.—Westbury Lumley, J. S.—Nottinghamsh. larphington, Dr.—llchester Moberly, W. L.—Shaftesbury Macaulay, T. B.—Caine Macdonald, Sir J.—Hampshire Mangles, J.—Guildford Marjoribanks, S.—Hythe Marryatt, J.—Sandwich Marshall, W.—Beverley mayhew. W.—Colchester Milton, Visc.—Northanitonsh. Moreton, H.—Gloucestershire • Morpeth, Viscount_yorkshire. • Morison, J.— Ipswich- K M. L.—Flintshirc ys'.e‘vark, Lord—East Retford North, E.—Hastings •Nortoo, C. F.--Guildford Nugent, Lord—Aylesburi Ord, W.—Morpeth Owen, Sir J. B.—Pembrokesh. Paget, Sir C.—Caernarvon Paget, T.—Leicestershire Palmer, C—Bath Palmer, C. F.—Reading i-air, r erston, Vis.-131etchingley Pelham, L. A.—Lincolnshire Pendarvcat, E, W.—Cornwall Penleaze, J. S.—Soni4repton Penrlivn, E—Shaftesbury Peel, E.—Newcastle-on. Fyne Pepys, C. C.—Malton tit, L. H.—Ripon Pare, E.-11cheiter Phillips, Sir P. 8.,-Haverford w Phillips, C. M.--i4ocestershire Philips, G. ll.—Steysting Pomonby, Hon. J.—Higham, ` Ferrero ~"'ortn- i an, E. K—Dorsetshire Powell, Colon:A—Cardiganshire Poyntz, W. S.—Ashburton Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Protheroe, K —Bristol Itimsbottom, J.— Windsor 13-4rasden, J. C.—Yorkshire 4!eXford, W.—Aylesbury aier,7l.—Kent) Ridley, *r —Newcastle , upon-Tyne Robarts, A. W.—Maidstone Robinson, Sir G.—Northampton Robinson, G. R.—Worcester it ooper, J. B.—Huntingdonshire Rumbold, C. E.—G. Yarmouth Russell, Lord J.—Devonshire Russell, Sir R. G.—Thirsk Russell, Lieut..Col.—Tavistock Russell, C.—Reading Sanford, E. A.—Somersetshire Schonswar, G.—Hull 'Scott, Sir 11 D.—Lichfield I . r bright, Sir J.—H ert f or d s hi re mith, G. 11.-3lidh urst Sthith, Hon. R.—Wycorr.he Smith, J.—Buckinghamshire Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, M. T.—Midhurst Smith, V.—Northampton Spence, t4.—Ripon Stanhope, It. H.—Dover Stanley, Lord—Lancashire Stanley, E. G. S.—Windsor Stanley, E. J.—Hindon „ _-...—.. Stephenson, H. F.—Westbury Stewart, P. M.--Lancaster Strickland, G„—Yorkshire Stuart, LOrd D. C.—Arundel Stuart, Lord P. J.—Cardiff Surrey, Earl of—Horsham Tavistock, Marq.of—Bedfordsh, Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Stamford Thicknes,e, R.—Wigan Thomson, Rt. Hon.C. P.—Dover Thompson, P. B.—Wenlock Alderman—Lonaon rriittickinortho, IL—Berkshire ITome, J. = Warwick Torren's, R.—Ashburton Townley, R. G.—Cambridgesh, Tracy, Charles—Tewkesbury Tynte, C. K. K.—Bridgewater Tyrrell, Ch.irles--Suffolk Uxbridge, Earl of—Anglesey Venableg, Ald.—London Vere, J. H.—Newport, I. of W. Vernon, G. H.—Derbyshire F.—Saltash Villiers, T. 11.—Bletchingly Vincent, Sir F. St. Alban's Waithman, Alf.—London Walrend,Rash Warburton, H.—Bridport Warre, J. A.—Hastings Wason, R.—lt swich Watson, Hon. R.—Canterbury Webb, E.—Glouctter Wellesley, W. T. L.—Essex Wryland, Major IL—Oxfordzh Whitmore, W.—Bridgenorth Wilbrah G.—Cheshire Wilde, T.—Newark Wilks, J.—Boston Williams, Sir J. H.—Carruarth. Williams,John, Winehelsea Williamson, Sir IL—Durham Winnington; Sir 'l'. E.—Droit wich Wood, C.—Wareham Wood, John—Preston Wood, Alderman—London Wrightson, W. B.—Hull Wroitealey, Sir J.—Statfbritsli, SCOTLAND. Adam, C.—Kinross, &c. Ferguson, R.—Dysart, &c. Fergusson, R. C.—Kircudbrighl Gillon, V. D.—Selkirk, Sze. Grant, Rt. lion. C.—lnverncx shire Haliburton, Hon—Forfarshire . Jeffrey, lit. Hon. F.—Perth, &c. Johnston, A.—Crail, &c. . Johnston, J.—lnverkeithing (Kennedy, 'l'. F.—ltothsay, &c. Loch, J.—Tain, &c. Mackenzie, J. A. S.—Ross-shire llM'Leod, R.—Sutherlandshire Morrison, Joh n—BantShire Sinclair, G., jun.—Caithriess.3h. (Stewart, Sir M. S.—Rentiewsk. iStewart, E.—Wigton, &c. (Train, G.—Orkneyshire I RELAND. Acheson, Lord—Co. of Armagh Belfast, Earl of—Co. of Antrim Bellew, Sir P.—Louth County Boyle, Lord—Co. of Cork Boyle, Hon. J.—Cork, City of !Brabazon, Visc.—Dublin Co. Browne, J.—Co. of Mayo Browne, D.—Co. of Mayo Burke, Sir J.—Galway Co. Callaghan, D.--Cork, City o f !Cliftbrd, Sir A.—Bandon-bridge Doyle, Sir J. M.—Carlow Co. Duncannon,Vis.—Kilkenny Co. Ferguson, Sir R—Londonderry French, A.—Roscommon Co. Hill, Lord Arthur—Co. of Down Howard, R —Wicklow Co. Sing, R.--County of Cork Lamb, U.—Dungarvon Lambert, H.-,-Wextbrd Co. Lambert, J. S.—Galway Co. , Leader, N. P.—Kilkenny Co. M‘Namara, W. N.—Clare Co. Mullins, F. W.—Co. of Kerry O'Connell, D.—Co. of Kerry 0 'Ferrall, It. M.—Co. of Kildare Ossory, Earl of Co. Oxmantown, Lord,-King's Co. Ponsonby, G.—Youghall Power, R.—Watertord County Rice, Itt. Hon T. S.—Limerick Russell; 1.. Illuthven, E. S.—llownpatrick Sheil, R. L.—Co. of Louth VaTker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Drogheda Wemtenra, H.—Monaghan Co. White, Col. II —Dublin Co. Hume, Joseph- Alidtge:xx Strutt, E.—Derby PAIRED OPP. Biddulph, R. 3 1.—Denbigh Bouverie, D. P.—New Sarum Burdett, Sir F.—Westminster lO'Connell, 3L of Clare Fitig44.?p, R.—Limerick Co. Newport, Itigii4; 71,0 n. Sir Waterford Wyee, T., jun.—Tipperary Co. LEFT THE HOUSE WITHOLT VOTING Agnew, Sir A.—Wigtonshire Adeane, H. J.—Cambridgesh. Rentinck,Ld. G.—King's Lynn Huck, L W.-Exeter Copeland, Alderman—Coleraine Gilbert, D. G..—Bodinin Hunt, Henry—Preston Mills, J.—Rochester San ion, Viscount—Liverpool ;taunton Sir K—Heytesbury \'illeughby,Sir H.—Yarmouth, 11.-I(annoutb, Isle of Wight tgRA'SNT. 2 ••••••• NIEMBE - liB For the Motion ".640 $ Paired off ......,....w......••••• Went away ~.. 310 1 i . EMBERS WHO USUALLY VOTE WITH MINISTERS. the Motion 3 ead 1 absent, to be accounted for, supposed chiefly out of London 78 Total '92 i op l2 w THE SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESS. (F roue the Bury awl Norw!'ch PO3l, 01 Wednesday, May, The die is cast By the liberality and extraordinary ex:r. ',ions of the Proprietors of The Sun Evening Paper, we hal c received (within ten hours after its occurrence) the intelligence of the defeat of the Ministers, on a direct trial of strength (From the Glasgow Courier, of Thursday, May 10.) Parliament resumed its important labours on Monday, and we are indebted to an Express Edition of '!'he Sun, for the long and interesting debate on the Reform Bill in the House of Lords. (From the Freeman's Journal, of Thursday, May 10.) Both Houses of Parliament met on Monday evening; and by another great effort of The San, we are enabled this day to publish the proceedings in the Lords and Commons up the the hour of adjournment at twelve o'clock on that night. (From the Coventry Herald, of Friday, May 11.) We arc enabled with satisfaction to lay before our readers the result of the above motion, extracted from an Express Edition of The Sun Newspaper, just arrived at our office. We have on several former occasions had to notice the extraordinary despatch used by this Journal, and which in this respect i. un rivalled. (From the Carlow Morning Post, of Thursday, May 10.) By an Express Edition of The Sun, received a short time previous to our going to press, and for which we are indebted to our active agents, Messrs. J. K. Johnson and Co. weare informed that, on the motion of Earl Grey, the first debate in the com mittee on the Reform Bill in the House of Lords, took place on Monday last. .. • ,• • (From the Shrewsbury Chronicle, of Friday, May IL) EARLY INTELLIGENCE.--The fatal division in the House of Lords, on Monday's debate, did not take place till half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning; yet The Sun newspaper, containing a full report of that debate, arrived in this town by the Irish Express, and was delivered by the Post-offlee to this newspaper by half-past two o'clock on the same day, (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant, Thursday, May 10.) By the extraordinary exertions of the proprietors of The Sun, we received (by express) a third edition of that paper yes. terday afternoon, about five o'clock, bringing the conclusion of the first debate in the Committee of the House of Lords, on the Reform Bill, in which Ministers were left in a minority et 35, the numbErs being 151 to 116. From the Stockport Adrertiser, Friday, ?Jay 11.) An express from The Sues newspaper-office, with the whole of the important proceeding in the House of Lords on Monday night, reached this town at four o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, having performed the journey in sixteen hours, and though the news was immediately put forth by our post. master, nothing of disappointment was expressed in any quarter. (From the Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday, May la.) By one of those extraordinary exertions for which The Sun newspaper is celebrated, we received the debate in the House of Lords on Monday evening, and the division of 35 majority against Ministers, many hours before any other communica tion. This is not the first occasion we have had to acknow ledge the courtesy acid liberality of the proprietors of The Son in forwarding us an express edition. (From the Doncaster Gazette, Friday, May 11.) THE REFORM BILL—The news of the result of the division in the House of Lords, on Lord Lyndhurst's motion, reached Doncaster by au express from The Sun office, at half_ past four o'clock on Tuesday afternon. The rapidity with which this intelligence has been disseminated, has never been excelled, and the merit and the thanks of the public rest with, as they are justly acceded to, the spirited Proprietor➢ of The Sun (From Jackson's Oxford Journal, of Saturday, May 12.) EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—We are indebted to the spirited exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun newspaper, for the report of the debate on Lord Ebrington's motion, in the House of Commons, on Thursday evening, which appears in this page. The House did not divide until two o'clock in the morning, notwithstanding which (incredible as it may arpear) The Sun paper, with nearly thirteen columns of the debate, was in Oxford by nine o'clock of the same morning. (From the Ipswich Journal, Saturday, May la.) We are indebted to the spirited Editor of The Sun fcr a copy of his Paper, received, by express, through Mr. R. Root, newsvendor, and containing an accurate and well-reported account- of the debate on Lord Ebrington's motion, with the division of the Members in the House of Commons, on Friday morning. The division took place at half-past two in the morning; in seven hours and three-quarters we received the Paper. The distance is seventy miles. READING MERCURY OFFICE. Eight o'clock, n.m. Friday, May 11. Thia morning about seven o'clock we were favoured with a copy of The Sun sent down by a Special Express by the Editor. We lose no time in presenting the public with an abstract of the very important debate on Lord Ebrington's motion, 8,000 copies of which were circulated throughout the surrounding country. The glorious majority of Eighty will prove a great triumph for the cause of Reform, and will, in all probability, lead to the resumption of office by Lord Grey and his friends. (From the Oxford University Herald, Saturday, May l 2) By an express ft, m The Sun office on Tuesday morning, we were in possession, at seven o'clock, of the whole of the debate in the House of Lords, in Committee on the Reform Bill, with the division; and yesterday morning, The Sun newspaper was at our office by nine o'clock, with the whole of the debate on Lord Ebrington's motion in the House of Commons, with the division, which did not take place till a quarter past two. Such exertions cannot be too much known to be duly ap. preciated, CFront the Colchester Gazette of Saturday, May 12.) We beg to express our warmest acknowledgments to Mr. Murdo Young, Editor of The Sun, through whose extraordinary exertions we were this morning put in possession of the result of the division in the House of Commons on Lord Ebrington's motion. The division was announced in the House at a Quarter -past Two o'clock on Friday Morning, and an Express reached our office precisely at Nine o'clock, with copies of The Sun Newspaper containing thirteen columns of the debate on that important occasion. On questions of such vital im portance to the country, the facilities afforded by the Proprietors of The Sun will, we trust, be duly appreciated by a discerning public. (From the Glasgow Chronicle, Wednesday, May 9 .) The exertions of The Sun Newspaper to give the earliest in telligence of all that affects the Reform Bill, seem to be un remitting. The debate on the Earl of Stanhope's amendment did not finish till about twelve o'clock, but the debate and the division were printed at length, and expresses sent out so as to overtake the mails, which were live hours in advance ; and this evening Mr. Atkinson, the agent, received a number of copies, which he instantly in person delivered at the different Coffee-rooms and Newspaper-offices, and sent off express to Greenock, Paisley, and Kilmarnock. The public certainly owe a deep debt of gratitude to Mr. Young, who seems to spare no expense for their information. (From the Wak<field:Journal, Friday, May 11.) THE SUN NEWSPAPEIL—The public are greatly in. debted to the conductors of this journal for the unparalleled ex. ertions they continue to make. On Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock, Mr. Young, the proprietor, arrived at Wakefield in a chaise and four with copies of The Sun newspaper, containing the important debates in the House of Lord► of the preceding night. He left London at one o'c:ock in the morning, and had distributed copies of his paper in all the principal towns. From Wakefield branch expresses were forwarded to Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford. Mr. Young himself proceeded forwards to Leeds, and from thence to Carlisle. But for the kind attention thus shown, the intelligence would riot have been received at Wakefield until 19 hours after. (From the Sln:fflekt Courant, Friday, May 11.) THE SUN EXPRESS.—On Tuesday afternoon, before three o'clock, an express from The Sun office reached this town, bringing theintelligence of Ministers having been defeated by a rnrjority of Thirty.tive, on a motion of Lord Lyndhurse. Mr. Young, the spirited proprietor of The Son paper, left Lon don on Tuesday morning, at a quarter past one, in a carriage and four, and having reached Norton Woodseats, near this place, the carriage broke down. Hence he was obliged to mount one of the horses, and yet in spite of this hindrance, he got to Sheffield in less than fourteen hours, from whence he immedi ately proceeded norteward, in the hope of overtaking the Glas gow mail. Mr. Wiley, of this town, the agent for The Sun newspaper, forwarded a branch express to Rotherham and Doncaster, and from the managers of one of the newsrooms at the former place, Mr. W. has received a vote of thanks for his polite attention. (From the Norwich Mercury of Saturday May Ill) An eXpre.:. - 8 from the office of The Sun Newspaper, which reached us about itaif-pot pike p. m. on Tuesday enabled us to communicate to the inhabitants of i UT city the spirit-stirring fact that Ministers were out-voted in the House of Peers 4t the very outset of the Committee on the Bill, by a m a j or i ty of Thirty-five. We notice the circumstance here merely to award the due praise to its rightful ow ners—the proprietors of that Journal, who, with unequalled enterprise, adventure upon every tnomentcms kccasion the loss of a large sum in communicating to every corner of toe ki e wdoin the earliest possible informs. tion. The end of this is, that eery brother journalist is de sirous to reciprocate the obligation by a simiLr izterchange of intelligence, and thus The Sus probably enjoys, from its libera. lily, the earliest information from all parts of England and Scot. land and Ireland—a prodigious advantage above the other evening papers of the metropolis. ;From the ;s"tittinghpro Reuiete, Friday, May 11.) The all-pervading feeling in Nottingham, during th e l ast three days, has been on the subject of the defeat of Mi n i sters opinthatati while itnm e un the Reform Bill. Between eleven and twelve o'clo c k on Tuesday forenoon, two or three aepies of Me Sun. express paper were received by the Mayor, who immediately sent a copy to our otlice, and placards were immediately exhibi te d date creation of sixty Peers would take place. T he intelli outside, stating the gence was arirkopred reosnulßt, u a l: d. e a ll ls k o 'or t es he t, to the io n yeomanry training, and appeared X.: h;' , : , ' e a very visibl e e ff ect on the countenances of many. Great anxiety prevailed amon g th e people, but the hope was eagerly clung to, that an immediate and extensive creation of Peers would save the Bill from de struction. On Thursday morning, however, the early coaches b7aught the intelligence that the Ministers had resigned, and a settled gloom appears on the fags of all : even the partisvl. of the anti-Reformers seem to fear the consequences cf th: treacherous act. (Front the Bath Herald, Z)atutday, May II.) We are again indebted to the uuparalled exertions, liberality, and courtesy of the Proprietor of The SLIAI, Evening News paper, for a private express addressed to ourselves con taining two copies of his Paper which included the whole of the important debate in the Lords on Monday, together with that stunning majority against the Ministers which ,prrad such consternation throughout the country. The express reached us shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon of Tues day. We are sure that the public spirit and liberality which invariably actuate this Gentleman, have called forth but one feeling from the Press of Great Britain, that of deep acknow. leigment. (From the S'ujli,lk Chronicle, (Ipswich) May 12 ) THE CRISIS AT IPSWICH.—A Second Edition of The Sun evening newspaper (which invariably contains the latest news; brought the intelligence to this town on Tuesday last, that the Ministers had been out-voted the preceding evening in the House of Lords in the Committee on the Reform Bill. On Thursday morning, the resignation of Ministers was made known, but so paralysed were the friends to Reform at the news, that although they saw the danger which threatened the State, no steps were taken to call a general consultation as to the measures to be adopted. The Anti-Reformers, on the other hand, doubtful of the truth of this consummation of their dearest wishes, displayed no tokens of gratulation until the arrival of the morning papers confirmed the report. Then, indeed, they gave vent their exultation—the bells of St. Mary Tower struck up merry peals, cannon were fired, and such ex travagant shaking of hands was to be observed in the streets, that any, but those acquainted with the real cause, would have supposed that some national good fortune, instead of calamity, had happened. What supreme folly !! I These wiseacres be. liege a nation will remain contented to be cheated out of their rights by a faction, the chief of whom would be beggars were it not for the pensions and sinecures which they have so long and so immoderately drawn from the public purse. They de. serve our pity, but from our hearts we cannot give it. Elated by their temporary success, they will feel their impending fall with greater bitterness, and then, and not till then, will they meet with their deserts. An Extraordinary Express, from The Sues newspaper, brought a full report, at ten o'clock yes terday morning, of the debate on Lord Ebrington'a motion, and the glorious result has effected so great a change, that the gloomy countenances have brightened, and the bright hare be. come gloomy. Alas I how mutable are human affairs fII (From the Caledonian Mercury, Thursday, May 10.) By the extraordinary exertions and enterprise of The &via Newspaper, we are enabled to lay before our readers this day intelligence of the most important and ominous kind. The Bill is in danger : This is an unexpected, but, thank God, not a fatal or irremediable blow. Before the House divided, Earl Grey declared that " If this amendment were carried, the dif ficulties, which were not few, would be so much increased that he could have no hope of carrying the Bill to a successful conclusion, and it would therefore become hi duty to consider of the course which it would be necessary for him to take.-- (Immense cheering.) He was afraid Noble Lords deceived themselves very grossly if they thought the people were indif ferent to the success of the measure. He was convinced that they were now, as they had always been, fully alive to the ne cessity of the Bill or something as extensive. He therefore would conclude by giving the amendment the most determined hostility.—(Clieering." This was spoken like Earl Grey. The time for decision and energy has now come; and we feel the most assured confidence that his Lordship will not suffer the hopes of the nation to be shipwrecked. He has listened too long already, though from the best motives and the most generous views, to those " fiends who palter in a double sense." He must henceforth think only of what is due to him self, his Government, and the country. Let him give us at one fell swoop a hundred Peers, and all will be right. We look or sixty to begin withaL (From the same Paper.) The expresa edition of The Sun, bringing the debate of Monday on the Reform Bill, was accorapanied to Edinburgh by Mr. Young, the spirited Proprietor of that excellent Journal. He arrived here yesterday at twenty minutespast four o'clock, afternoon, having left London at one o'clock on Tues• day morning, and come round by Sheffield, &a. WINCHESTER, MAY 12. The population of the city and the surrounding country are highly indebted to the Proprietors of The Sure for the extraor. dinary rapidity with which the recent important intelligence has been conveyed. An express reached this city on Tuesday morning by eight o'clock, with the result of the debate on Lord Lyndhurst's motion, and the division which took place early that morning. On Friday morning, by nine o'clock, another express reached the county Newspaper-office, Winchester, with the division on Lord Ebrington's motion, which did not take place until two o'clock that morning, and the whole of the debate. By these extraordinary exertions the interesting and important events were made known in this district at an early hour in the forenoon, which could not have been communicated by the ordinary modes of conveyance until the arrival of the evening coaches, or by the mail on the following morning. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11. One of the largest and most respectable meetings ever held in this town took place at the New Town Hall this day. Long before the time appointed the hall was crowded to excess, and loud crica of Adjourn, adjourn, to the Grand Parade," from those outside, showed the extent of the reaction in their minds and wishes of the Reformers of Portsmouth. The Mayor of Portsmouth, James Carter, Esq. took the chair about twelve o'clock, when several resolutions (for which see the advertisement) were submitted to the meeting, most strenuously and eloquently supported by numerous speakers. An humble, but firm and constitutional address, was also approved of, and sent off to our county and borough Mem bers for presentation. The whole of the resolutions were car. ries unanimously, and amidst the most fervent and enthusiastic display of popular feeling and patriotism. The spirit of Reform, rather than stifled or subdued, has increased ten-fold in these towns. BUNGAY. REFOR)4—The following address to Sir Henry Sunbury Bart., and Charles Tyrell, Esq., M. P. for Suffolk, has been this day signed by nearly all the freeholders in the town of Bungay, and forwarded to thoe gentlemen : " Gentlemen—We, the undersigned freeholders of the county of Suffolk, inhabitants of Bungay, having, at the last election, tendered you our votes on the express pledge of your active support of the Reform Bill brought into Parliament by Lord Grey's administration, beg earnestly to request that you will, by the refusal of supplies, and by every other constitu. tional means in your power, oppose your mast strenuous ex ertions to any Ministry which may not off e r `the Bill, the whole Bill; and nothing but the Bill.' Bungay, May 10." CANTERBURY, MAY 11. The news of the defeat of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords, and conseqUent resignation of Ministers, was received in Canterbury with the utmost indignation and astonishment, and the political pulse has continued ever since considerably above fever heat. Numerous bills have been issued ; and a Reform Union established to watch the progress of events. A public meeting was held this evening in the Court Hall, in consequence of a requisition to that etrect to the Mayor, (.1. Brent, Esq,), who took the chair on the occasion. The meet. ing was most numerous, and but one feeling seemed to animate the whole. Very strong resolutions were passed as to the re. :,istance of the payment of taxes, stopping the supplies, &c., and petitions to the King and Commons unanimously agreed to, —To his Majesty, praying him to reinstate those liberal and en_ lightened Ministers, who introduced the Reform Bill, and to take such immediate and necessary measures as can alone rescue the country from anarchy. The petition to the House of Commons strongly urges the necessity of refusing to grant Birther suppies to any Administration not pledged to carry Reform to an equal extent to that recently proposed by Earl Grey and his colleagues. The freedom of the City, it was re. solved, should be purchased, and presented to the Lord Chan cellor and Earl Grey. Many of the most respectable inhabitants addressed the AssfErn4ly in forcible language suitable to the signs of the times. After which the meeting adjourned to the King's Head, to enter their names as members of the Canterbury Reform Union. • TO HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY WILLIAM TILE FOVRTH, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE LAND, THE hump, AND LOYAL ADDRESS OF THE FREEMEN AND OTHER INABITANrs OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF CANTERBURY. We your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects of the City of Canterbury, hasten to address the throne at this awful crisis, when the base intrigues of interested men have succeeded in arresting the progress of that great measure on which the hopes of the nation have long been fixed, and we earnestly implore your Ma;esty to restore your confidence to these liberal and enlightened illnisieg: 1,4 p introduced the Bill, and under whose administration the country May yet ti r e frcrn ',.ts ' , resent d-pression to the enjoyment of all those blessings' which a continuance of peace ought to bestow on the most industrious nation upon earth. We implore your Majesty, by that love which you have ever manifested towards the people of these realms, by your hopes that the British Throne may long be filled from the House of Brunswick, c.J - id try x.ll that we hold dear as men and Britons, to take without delay; thosfi meai;;:rgs which alone can rascue our country from the verge of anarchy, veserve it: ;nternal peace, and restore prosperity to the British empire. On behalf of the meeting, J. BRENT, Mayor. The Petition of the Freemen and Inhabitants of the City of Canterbury, assembled in guildhall, llth 3fay, lEO'4, "TO TIIE lIONOIJR44LE THE COMMONS IN PA R. LIA M ENT ASSEMBLEP. the Freemen and inhabitants of the City of Canterbury, viewing, as we do, the lac rejection of the Beform Bill as the ~ct of a faction inimical to the best interestj• of the community, d at variance with the true principle of constitutional lE erly; do i mp l ore your Honourable House to exeit its legal and con. ,titutional authority to prevent the catastrophe that such re. jection, without the timely intervention of must inevitably create. your Hon. House We, therefore, implore your Hon. House to carry the wishec of the people into effect, by refusing to gran' furkber t, any administration not pledged to carry Reforneto at least as equal extent to that recently proposed by Earl Grey and liii colleagues, and which has received the complete sanction of nation. [Signed by the Mayor on behalf of the wadiug.,) PUBLIC MEETING OF THE BRISTOL GENERAL UNION. (From the Bristol Mercury of this day. The Council of the Bristol General Uniin, at their meeting on Thursday se'nnight, having considered the near approach of he consideration of the Reform Bill in a Committee of the tHouse of Lor.'s, and also of the danger ether of the Pleasure being so altered as to render it inethcient,or of its being alto gether rejected, resolved on a public meeting for the purpose of addressing the .King to hasten the final accomplishment of their wishes. It was at grit intended that the meeting should take place on Monday next, but the intelligence of the defeat of the Ministry and their subsequent resignation deterfnined the Council in taking the opinions of their fellow members and fellow-citizens, with respect to the prescre crisis, at the earliest possible moment, and the meeting, therefore, took place on Thursday morning, notice of the same laving been given on the day preceding, by. placards posted aganst the walls. . The Mayor having declined to grant the use of the Guildhall, which a deputation from the Union had respectfully solicited, the Assembly-Room, Prince's-street, was especially engaged for the meeting, and the hour appointed for the chair to be taken was one o'clock. Oa no former occasion have we witnessed a greater display of intense feeling than was visible throughout the proceedings of this meeting. An hour before the appointed time of business hundreds had assembled around the door of the room waiting admission ; and, before one o'clock, the room was crowded to suffocation, and thousands were in the streets unable to pro cure admission. Previous to the chair being taken, a strong desire for an adjournment was manifested, and which, though momentarily checked, was ultimately conceded to. Just before the chair was taken, a deputation from the Bath Political Union arrived at the meeting, and, on reaching the platform, one of the gen tlemen composing it said they were come to their brethren of Bristol to offer the right hand of fellowship.--(lmmense Zheer_ lug, which lasted several minutes." The cry of " adjourn" was here again raised, when Mr. Herepath, President of the Union, observed, that if such a measure should be determined on, it was not advisable for the meeting to adjourn to the Square, for, were they to do so, their enemies would say that it was for the purpose of having missiles to use. He had strong reasons for believing that the military had been served with supplies of ammunition, and it was necessary for them to act with caution. He thought that it would be better for them, on the present occasion, to remain where they were; especially as another opportunity would be given to the Reformers of Bristol in a few days of expressing their sentiments.---(Cheers.) Mr. HEREPATH was then, on the motion of Mr. G. Powell, called to the chair. It had been announced that two gentle men, well known patriots and reformers, had been invited to attend, and he would read a letter from one of them, which would explain the reason of his absence, and, he trusted, pre vent any feelings of disappointment. It was from Daniel O'Connell. Esq.—(lmmense cheering.) The Chairman then read as follows : London, May 9, 182. had the honour to receive the invitation which you were authorized by the Bristol General Union to transmit to me to attend their next meeting. I sin much gratified by the kind and flattering terms in which you have been pleased to commu nicate to me that invitation. lam exceedingly proud of the in vitation itself; and I should be most happy to chew my sense of the compliment thus paid me, by attending the meeting ; but you and my brother Reformers of Bristol will do me the justice to recollect, that, as the real representative of one of the most populous counties in Ireland, I have important duties imposed on :ne, not admit of my absence from Parliament at the present most avid crisis. —(Cheers.) Every hour may make the single vote and humble voice of so ungifted an individual as myself of value to the liberty and peace of the people of these realms. The question is now, thanks to the intrigues and follies as w,ll as the vices, of the Tory faction, brought to an issue. It is now to be decided whether Englishmen and Scotchmen will tamely submit to be trod under foot, plundered, and insulted by a sordid aristocracy of boroughmongers, who have already loaded the country with a debt of one thousand millions, and inflicted pauperism and decay upon the most industrious, the most eco nomic, and the most skilful people on the face of the globe.— (Immense cheering.) These are the times to try nien's souls. Britons! will you be the slaves of an untalented and peculating f iction ?—(No, to; never, and cheers )—creatures whose stunted intellects would disable them from earning an honest livelihood at any ordinary trade, and therefore deem themselves entitled to riot on the treasure, and indeed in the blood, of the British peo ple. I repeat my question—Britons! will you be slaves, and slaves to the most degraded faction that ever dared to trifle with human liberty ?—(No, never.) I can answer for the sympathy and support of the people of Ireland—the insulted and long calumniated, hut the moral, the patient, and the brave people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) Brave as you are yonrselves—they could not be more so--but trained in the school of lengthened oppression, they have been taught, and they easily learned the lesson, that there is no prospect of political amelioration through the paths of turbulence and violence ; nor any other route to freedom save through the road of constitu. ' tional, legal, moral, and persevering exertion.—(Cheers.) Chilled ' by no defeat--subdued by no resistance—they (the Irish people) persevered in their legal course until they obtained the triumph of the principle.of freedom of conscience—powerfully contributed to obtain civil rights for the Protestant Dissenters of England, before they achieved political equality (it was all they desired) for themselves. Allow me then to recommend the example, as I respectfully do, of the people of Ireland to you. Let your conduct be legal— but let it be determined ' • let it be peaceable—but let it a l so b e bold and resolute ; let the display of your natural strength be tranquil—but let it be Irresistible. Combine Every good and ho nest man with you in the present glorious struggle for the res. cuing of the rights of Englishmen from the fangs of the corrupt, sordid, peculating, boroughmongering aristocracy.--L (Cheers ) Shame on them and on their supporters ! Leta civil excommu nication surround the slaves—let no man salute them—let no virtuous woman speak to them—may they become the outcasts of their own sex and the contempt of the other.—(lmmense cheer ing.) But let every honest Reformer now rally round the con stitutional standard of just and salutary Reform. I have the ho. nour to be, Sir, your obedient Servant, Mr. 'l'. W. liawle, Bristol. DANIEL O'CONNELL. At the conclusion of the letter, the meeting gave three times three cheers in honour of the writer, after which the cry of " adjourn" was again vociferated. Several voices.—" There are thousands waiting outside." Mr. F. CLARKE then moved an adjournment to Brandon HilL—(lmmense applause.) The Chairman then quitted his place, and the assembly re tired into I'rince's-street, where the Council of the Union having placed themselves at their head, they proceeded in the most orderly and peaceable manner to BRANDON HILL. _ . . . On arriving at the summit of this hill, the Chairman and the Members of the Council took their station on that part of the old wall which looks towards the Hotwells, and the multi. tude (in number certainly not less than 7000), arranged them_ selves in the most orderly manner around and beneath. It was then suggested that, as there were many persons present who had not the opportunity of hearing Mr. O'Connell's letter read to them at the Assembly Ronnie, it should be again read : this suggestion was complied with, and the reading of the letter was greeted with the cheers of the meeting. Upon their sub siding the Chairman proceeded to say that the letter which they had just heard offered a very justifiable reason for the absence, not only of Mr. O'Connell from the meeting, but also of Mr, Hume; it was their imperative duty to be elsewhere. CA voice—" Why are not our own representatives here P"] The CHAIRMAN hoped the same excuse might be offered and accepted for them also ; they were more wanted where they were .(Several voices—" True, true; they are doing their duty.") If was his most anxious wish to urge on them all the necessity of conforming to the spirit of Mr. O'Cohnell's advice in their conduct of that day. Let them be at once firm, con_ ciliatory, and determined ;—(.4 wc will") —let them show their strength, but not use it; —(Applause)—and they would ultimately triumph ; but in triumphing they must remember the duties they owed to their neighbours and friends, and not outrage social rights. Upon that day, perhaps, upon that very hour of their meeting, depended the question of whether they should be free; or continue the slaves of a boroughmongering faction.—(Tremendous and long continued coeeFitit) Mr. J. G. PO WELL said, they had met to deliberate on one of the most awful occasions that had ever called them together—on a crisis yet unparalleled.—(Cheers.,) The coun try now stood on the edge of a precipice; they were called on to save it, but it must be done by order, and not by riot—by those means against which brpte force weighed but as a feather in the scale.—(Cheers.) The House of Lords had twice set itself up as a barrier between the people and their liberties. —(" Down with it.") Was that fitting for those who had de nominated themselves the noblest aristocracy in the world ? (" Turn them out.") But to whom did they owe .their disappointment ? Not to the ancient aristocracy of the country, for they, with five exceptions, were favour able to the measure. No : they owed it to the poli tical Peers of Mr.. Pitt—the creations of the reign of George the Third—the great augrnentators of the debt. They owed it to those who now say, " We have taken what we have by might, and by might we will keep it." There was one circumstance which Pained him deeply—one man had coin. mitted an error; a man whom till that day lie had loved, ho. noured, anti revered—he :Boded to William the Fourth. (A marked silence attended tioe ‘'innott:icement,) Ile was sorry that the Kinghad not acceeded to the wishes of his 'Ministers, by creating Peers ; he would not, however, impute unworthy mo tives to his Sovereign ; he would hope that he had been badly counselled; he trusted that the veil would 50011 be removed from his eyes. With regard to the Lords, lie was not surprised at their conduct; he was only surprised that they had not thrown off the mask much sooner. In reference to their con duct, he ovoid 4pea'f: 4rongly and boldly—he was disgusted with it. He would tharefCre move ti.e fol,owidg resolution : That this meeting considers it would be affeettiOss to assert its surprise at the course pursued by the majority of the Lords : their Lordships' know n i gnorance and contempt of public feeling having justified an expectation of such a course of proceeding; but, at the same time, it declares its deep disgust at the conduct which so comparatively insignificant a portion of the Legislature has thought fit in its wi s d om t o pursue, and it is determined to refuse its confidence and support to any Ministry which may be formed from such materials. Mr. POIA LLL ttion :e1:! ; he had one snore observation to make; 'Earr Grey I;adresigiiCd.—CWe'll have bim its again.) - - - If the country did but shotv that rte was their' choice they would have him in again in less than a fortnight.--(Cheers.) Mr. J. W. HALL, in seconding the motion, said—One of the Peers who was violmtly opposed t 0 the Bill was Lord Eldon. Now, Lord Eldon, when plain Mr. Scott, was employed as one of the counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of Horn Tooke, Hardy, and others, for making the same attempt which they were now making for the recovery of the rights of the people ; the consequence was that he soon became Lord Eldon _(A laugh.) • Thi;;:s t/iC;7: 7 9 the Duke of Newcastle, and everybody knows that he had a illtht to do what he 1;1c , :d with his own.— (A laugh.) But, then he had no right to d: a w l h ,: t c h h e e l e i r k s ed .) with their own.—(Cries of " We won ' t let him," He had his nominee in the House of Corrnnont—one for whom the eitiaens of Bristol would ev e r have cadge to mourn---;"Sif Charles Wetherell," and groans; —sod having voted through him by proxy in the Lower House, he had no right to vote again in the Upper. Another opposition Member to whom be would allude was Lord Ellenborougb ; lie, too, wss a lawyer (Laughter)--and his reasons Alight be sought in the Court iu which he enjoyed a sinecure worth 10,0001. a-year.---e(Shame,) A very important resolution had been come to at a meeting in Westminster, and it had been adopted prior to the resignationot Earl Grey; it pledged the meeting to pay no taxes until the Re. form Bill had passed. Now there was one description of tales which they could very easily refuse to pay—the indirect taxes : . they amounted to:15,000,0001; the direct taxes only to 4,(00,000/. By refraining altogether from the use of exciseable articles for t'nreeinonths, any Governmeot might be brought to its senses. —(Cheers.) It had been said that the tories would then rule . them by the army; but.where would they get it from, and who would command it—the Duke of Wellington ? His barricaded house showed what little confidence he had in the people. Be. sides; he must have an army in Bristol, another in Glasgow, another in Edinburgh, another in Birmingham, another if, Ireland, and in many other places. It was easy to talk of putting the people down, but they knew too much to be intimi. dated by that threat.—(Let them try it.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. J. P. VENN regretted that it had fallen to the lot of so very indifferent a speaker to move a resolution at that meeting; the subject, however, of the resolution was a very indifferent one, in which opinion he had no doubt they would concur when he told them that it concerned the Bishops.—(Hear hear, he: r.) It contained a strong censure of their conduct, and was to this effect : That as a great majority of the Bishops have pertinaciously placed themselves in opposition to the people, supporting the Lords in their injustice, it becomes necessary that the people shout,' use every constitutional means to confine them to the performance of religious duties, and thereby to reduce ther power of doing such mischief in future. He (the Speaker) need not inform them that the Bill had been previously lost almost wholly in consequence of these mmi who were found invariably supporting that party which pm. mised them the greatest share of loaves and flshes.—(Hear.) It might be asked how this evil could be avoided ? The answer was, by compelling them to attend to their religious duties alone.—(Cheers.) There was an old saying, that no man could serve two masters —one of the Bishops' masters was Mammon; the other Him, whom they ought especially to serve, but a Bishop would never be found to shrink from any thing by which money could be obtained.—(Cheers and " True, true.") The party which had been so long in power had filled up the bench of Bishops, from among their own creatures, with such as were most willing to do their dirty work.--(True, true.) He should not enlarge further against them, because he did not consider that any thing could be said in their favour. He was no admirer of Bishops, and, at all events, he would much rather wish them to feed their flocks than to shear them.—(lmmense cheering.) Mr. F. CLARKE thought that the Bishops should not be allowed to legislate in temporal concerns.—(" They ought not.") They had been invariably found to apportion to themselves and their connexions a very large part of the good things of this life, and he should like to see them brought a step lower, and sent neck and crop from the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) They had no business there, and the best way was to thrust them out altogether. Hewould be one of the first supporters of such a measure.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. YOUNG, one of the Deputation from Bath, then came forward to propose the third resolution. Should Englishmen, who had driven from their shores the common enemy, be branded with cowardice ?—(" No.") As Englishmen, then, living, as he trusted he did, in the fear of God—in a conscious ness of a superior Being, which elevated his feelings, and put metal in him, he could not refrain from coming forward to im plore them not to relax in their endeavours to obtain an ame lioration of their condition, but to be firm and diligent in the prosecution of every honest purpse. Mr. Young then moved— That his Majesty's patriotic brother, the Duke of Sussex, be requested to present the following address, signed by the Chair man in behalf of the meeting, to his Most Gracious Majesty the King We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, re,ident in Bristol and its vicinity in public meeting assembled, are de sirous of obtaining, by constitutional means alone, a restitution of those rights so long unjustly usurped and withheld from us by a portion of the aristocracy. Although we are aware that the power of a Monarch, a Government, and a united People, is sufficient to crush a party, so insignitic int in number and mental power, into dust from whence they sprang, we are painfully alive to the dangerous situation in which all social relations have been placed by the continued obstinacy of this factious portion of your Majesty's subjects, and the consequent resignation of your Ministers ; and we most humbly, b ut i n the most energetic lan. ;;cage we are capable of, implore your Majesty to reinstate your Patriotic Ministers, and to exercise your royal prerogative, and create as many Peers as may be necessary to ensure the passing of the Reform Bill, which has been twice approsel of by the Com. mons House of Parliament • upon which Bill alone we d e p e nd for preservation from th e evils of anarchy and civ.l war, usually the last resource of an injured and insulted people." Mr. 3IATTIIIAS seconded the resolution and address. in reflecting on the conduct of the Lords, he had been led to in. quire what was the difference between the Peers and the people, Were they patterns of honesty, of integrity, of virtue ?—(No.) Were their wives patterns of modesty and chastity ?—(A laugh, and " No.") Seeing, then, that there was nothing In the Peers to distinguish them from the commonalty, and see ing that their conduct tended wholly to prejudice the interests of the people, he had come to the conclusion that the Peers were altogether au useless body, and that it was high time for the nation to do without them. The CHAIRMAN, in putting the resolution and address to the meeting, asked if there was any individual present who dissented from them, and would come forward and endeavour to enlighten 10,000 poor deluded people ?—No one answering, they were carried unanimously. , Mr. HAM then moved the next resolution. At a crisis like the present, no one could hold himself excused if he remained neuter. Our Reform Bill is the sybil's leaves. We would have been content for the Lords to pass it on the terms pro. posed; but, if they refuse to do so, we must withdraw its most objectionable clauses, and, if they will not at least cone to oi?I' terms, we must withdraw them all in favour of a more ex, tended suffrage.—(Cheers.) He had always been for universal suffrage, tut he differed froM many in the mode in which it was to be obtained. Ile had contended privately, and in the public prints, that poverty ought not to exist. He thought every man in this country ought tb be in a condition to pay'a rent of 10/. a year. He could wish to see the mass of the people raised to that state in which universal suffrage would be ob. tamed under the Bill. The Government was alway s behind the people. He should wish to see universal suffrage preceded by universal education, which would enable the people to ap preciate universal liberty. Mr. Ham then moved the following resolution : That this meeting declares solemnly, that the House of Peers having virtually rejected the Bill upon which has been based the hopes of the prosperity and happiness of the people of these king doms, it will use every legal and constitutional means in its power to obtain a more extensive restoration of the rights of the people, than the present Bill is calculated to give. Mr. HAM regretted that the King of yesterday yeas the King of today. It was evident, from what bad ifanspirod, that the King of England was ruled by a power behind the throne greater than that of the throne itself, and which prevented him from proving that he was the King of his people. _ . . The resolution was seconded by Mr. RA WLE ; after which ' Mr. LOWE addressed the meeting. The moment, he had arrived, when not only the gentle, but als4 the simple pea. sessed of tbonght, should begin to think. The present moment was big with important events. Their King—their patriotic King, as they were tempted to believe him,--had now deserted his loyal and suffering people. Let the people join heart and hand ; and let them, in giving utterance to th e i r sentiments; speak with a voice of thunder that should scare away those snakes and serpents which coiled themselves around the throne. And who were these reptiles ? Could they suppose any portion of them to be the high-minded aristocracy, the representatives of the people, the honest country gentry, or the great merchants of the nation ? : that could not be. Were they dis. senters ? No: for they could not get there. Who were they then ? They were the Bishops of the Church of England.— (Groans, hisses, and cheers mingled.) This was the scarlet whore—Lthese the false prOphets-L:who, while millions of t?eir countrymen were pining in silent want, were living in luxtgy drawn from their necessities. How should they root them out Ile would give them his humble opinion ; never while jargon and discord reigned in the land—it must be done by a union of hand and heart. Mr. 6. rowELL observed that Mr. Hail ih.d tecola mended them to refrain from contributing to th'e eXigericies'of the state, by refusing to ' Pay indirect taxes ; the resolution which he held, offered a much more efficient means of de fending their rights. The Duke of Wellington had said, that, . give him the army, and, its two months he would put down the people; but, if the people - ceased to pay the army, cc:" cartridge would sleep in Their cs.rtouhh affcr th,eir swords rest in their • Sheatlfs';"foilhe soldiers would' not be found to fight for the mere pleasure and gratification of so doing. It was in their power to deprive the army of its sting, by witholding their support from it; and it was his opinun that, turning the arms of that body against the people who supported it, was not an act of duty, but a piece of deliberate murder.—(Cheers.) The time was now come for them to say whether they would sit down by the Rivers of Babylon, end weep for their hist fre: - .dorn, coni.inue the,strufigle. it.—( We will not.) It was no small gratification to find that, in the midst of it all, they had an honest House of Commons, which had registered its devotion to the cause of liberty. It was in the power of that House, not only to ptomote, but also to enforce, the measure of Reform. That House had the power of stopping the supplies, and he would hope that it would stop them. It was true the supplies were voted for the present year, but the authority of the House was almost unlimite , l money inati.cn, 2,n4 it 4a4 poveT te;cindi2g - ii;s-y4'ic , ifi • pleased. Supposing it did "not he' sup Pissed they (the meeting) were none of them very rich, and, if the tax gatherer came, they might tell hint to call after the Reform Bill was passed.—(Great Laughter.) He did not recommend them to adopt this course—(" No, no," and a laugh)--but if they found it inconvenient to pay of course they could not be ex. Pected to put themselves to any inconvenience.—(" To be sure not," and renewed laughter.) Besides the Mutiny Bill wan • not passed, :aid unless that INi were nafeed :n a :LW days, Chi army would 'be virtualky disbanded, Mr,-Powell then read the following resolution " Th.e in the present unparalled state of the country, on the rsignation of :Nrinisters, this meeting is desirous of expressing its entire confidence in the CoOmons House of Parliament; and that it most earnestly and decidedly intreats that House to die. c:nitinue all supplies, of whatever nature or description, and to refuse the passing of the Mutiny Bill ; and that instructions be• transmitted to our Members to this effect. Mr. NOTT, in seconding the resolution, said that all wealth c one from the productive classes; a sovereign, on an uninha bited island, possesses no value of itself, but the industry of the working man gave value to it. — (Cheers.) It appeared to him that the cholera had pitched in 'the brains of the aristocracy, instead of in their bowels-- !Exceisivelaughter—they appeared