The Sun. — London, England, 1832-04-27 00:00:00

EDIMALP.triI REFORNI NIEtTING. (Frera the New North Briton of Wednesday.) Yesterday, in compliance with a requisition of the Re form Committee, a pulaite meeting was eosemhled in leis King's Park. The business of the !tenting was opened by Mr. Seurat., who said—Frietels and fellow-citizens, ws are met here to perform a -great and pleasing taslsepleas ' ( 1 , when the citizens of Edinburgh seen meet in such a M e splendid area, to give support to the beset of Kings, a o‘i the best of Ministers.—(Cheers.) That the busies may be conducted with propriety, you must have a Chairman to keep order, and I propose a gentlemac of splendid talents, one of the greatest friends to liberty of which this city can boast-1 mean John Archibald Murray, Esq. Mr. Meetter—(Upon his rising the vast asseniblel,-e took off their hats.) Friends and Isllowscitizeree s unless you put on your hats, I must keep eff mine; and, on such st day as this, I think we had better all begin the busieras by putting on our hats.—(Gnat cheering.) There is still, I hear, a procession advancing ; they are still coming, and I think there is no ens! to them. Should they so proceed at this rate, me will have them eu day and all night teo.—(Laughter.) We must, however, pro ceed with the business of the day. Gentlemen and fellow. citizens, I return you my best thanks for the honour you done me by , desiring me to preside et this, I believe, the most numerous meeting tilt ever was held in the city of Edinburgh. will he in vain the me to attempt to preseree order unless you give rere your unanimous aid sad support.—(Great clesetlng.) I know it has been said that Scotsmen cannot aisein• ble in numbers without riot and bloodeheal being the con sequence.—(No, no.) I beg to sty that this is a foul calumny.--(Cheers.) I de wet feel the smallest appre hension of any riot or disturbance, unless such persoese as those who have said an should endeavour to tesaliee their oera predictions.—(lmmense cheerios) But if it were true—which it is not—that Seetemen could not assemble without riot and bloodshed, who are known to be the retest orderly individuals in Europe.—(Cheers)—to whet tSsould it be owing tint to their not being accustomed to meet to gether in the exercise of the volitieel franchise—l say, therefore, that if the falsehoods and calumnies of our ad versaries were just, it would only afford a stronger ate-I ntent for passing the Bill that is now in Parliament. Will Any person say that Scotsmen arc unworthy to hold and exercise those privileges which Englishmen have exercised ? —(Great cheering.) I know, realemen, and we all know, that hitherto the trust of voting for Members of Perlia rinent has, in Scotland, been confided to a ;IT individuals. I call it a trust, because, I say, that in executing it, a man is bound to act for the good of his coentry,and not for his own private advantage or emolument:. loud cheers.) But how is that trust exercised at, pwoent? We may judge bee our own city. Thirty-three men choose a ISleteeet of Par liament for the whole of us.—(Greet tonghter.) Is it not teo heavy a burden for their shoulders ?—(Laughter and cheers ) Ought they net to be thankful to have them selves relieved of it—to have themselves lightened of it and to have that trent shared with them by their fellow citizens ? I knew it is frequently asked, wbtt better will a man be by holding this political fraewhist ? I say, if any man expects, by gaining a vote, to put one. shilling in his pocket by it, he is as bad as the 'worst of those who at pre sent vote for Members of Parlianient in Scotland. It is a trust, a sacred trust, and whether it is held by one or another, every one who holds it ought elWeys to con sider that he holds it for tl , c good of the country. — (Cheers.) It is not private emelnment, it is not private eain, that any man can expect to have by Reform in Par liament. lam sure that there is no honest nan The has ever attempted to support that delusion. It is the cause of the country—it is the cause of good government—it is to prevent bad government that it is desirable—and that it is necessary that the Parliament of the country should Ire reformed—(lmmense cheering)—and there cannot be a baser falsehood, there cannot he a fouler calumny, Co throw out against Reformers, than to say that they had ever said that any other advantage was to he derived from Reform but the benefit and the advantage of the whole empire. We are told, however, by our adversaries, that this is something new—that it is a new ids—and that the people have been deluded into it. C say, that for the last half century, no man who has been well acquainted with, and who has calmly cotlt , idered, the constitution of Great Britain, will hesitate in avowing the necessity of Parliamentary Relhem.—(Cheering.) I, on every occa sion, when I hear tl at said, and I call on all of you to do the same__] task our adve rsar i es w h at opinion did their own oracle, the late Mr. Pitt, give on this question at the end of the American war? Did he not say, that the state of the representation was the great disease of the country? , --(Great cheering.) lie stated that all the loses and disgraces of that war were owing to the want of Reform in Parliament. Is that a delusion ? If it is, it is not a new one ; it is not one created by us, the Reformers of the present day ; it is not one created by the present Minis ters ; it is a declaration made 47 . years ago, by the very person whom they declared to be the best and wisest cf men. But it derives its authority from a higher source. Mr. Pitt was the son of the Earl of Chaiham, and he must be held to have communicated at that time the sentiments of his experienced father.--(lmmense cheering.) Re ;oral, he said, was necessary ; and lie attributed the evils of the American war to the want of that Re form. And he said more; he said if you have not Reform, you will soon have a new war. And have we not had a new war ? He tried to obtain Referm in va rious ways—justice must be done him for that—again and again he endeavoured to sweeten the cup to the borough mongers, but one drop of it they would not swallow.— (Cheering.) He brought forward plan after plan of Re form ; hut they said, we are glad to have you as a Mini ster, but we will give you no Reform. He told them, un less you have reform, you can have no safety against bad Ministers, and even good Ministers will be of no use. He told them this honestly, but still they would give him no Reform. And what did they get ? They had what he predicted —a new war, and you all know what was the re sult. We have another instance in Earl Grey, who, in the year 1797, while he was a Member of the House of Commons, declared Reform to be necessary—to this de claration he has been steady ever since he has brought for ward this Bill, which will place the elective franchise within the reach of all, for there is no person who may not expect to obtain that franchise ; and I can only add, that I trust that this great measure, being so far advanced, will be carried, and that being carried, it will produce good government. And when this ha s b een ac hi eve d, a ll t h ose animositi e s to which it has given rise will cease, and that it will promote the happiness and the prospects of the British empire. The Learned Gentleman concluded amidst long and continued cheering. Sir DAVID Barran—Although he was certainly not an inhabitant of the city, or of the vicinity ; and, therefore, according to the literal acceptation of the terms of the re quisition, it might appear to some individuals that he had scarcely a right even to be present, much less to take any pat t of the proceedings of this day ; yet, when it is consi dered that any property which he possessed lies in the im mediate neighbourhood of the town, he hoped to be allowed that he had not obtruded himself upon the meet ing, without posseesieg some small claim to its attention— not that he ever thought of taking advantage of any such adventitious claim, being, he lisped, too well aware of his own demerits, in comparison with many of the talented assemblage which now surrcunded him, who, he was well aware, were much more capable of engaging their atten tion; and he would, much rather, therefore, have preferred, along with some friends from his own part of the country, to have been a listening spectator of the meeting, bad it not been for a request made by some too partial friends, to whom he felt too much indebted to think of refusing to gra tify their request, even though the affording them this grati cation has been the means of placing hint in a situation, which lie feels well satisfied, in his own mind, he was by no means worthy of occupying. When he considered 'be exclusive nature of the system of representation which ails hitherto existed in this country, and when it is consi dered that the direct effects of the Ministerial measure of Reform, which is now in progress of being carried, will be to abolish this most unjest system, and grant to those classes in this country, the same/ lights which the same classes in the other parts of the kingdom would consider worthy of being intrusted with, cannot be a matter of wonder to him or any one else—the present spectacle which this field presents to the view—it cannot be won derful that this city, which has often been distinguished by the proud title of Modern Athens, but which, if it were to be described by a certain Noble Peer, who lately took an active part in opposition to this measure for tile ad vancement of which we are now met, would probably have been designated as the chief receptacle of all that remains of bigotry throughout the land ; can it be surprising that this city should have in a manner disgorged itself of al most the whole of her male population? And when he looked round he was happy to see, arid proud ought they all to be, that there is even a sprinkling of the softer six giving to the proceedings the countenances of their fair faces. Is it wonderful, that this city has thus poured forth to afford a tnanifestation throughouthichprevails among a of that unanimity of opinion w a vast majority of her inhabitantsonthis most mong important subject ? It was impossible for any man not to have observed the rapid strides which the questiohof o Par liamentary Reform has made of late, in the mind, even f those who were formerly most opposed to it. So where now do we ever hear of an out-and-out Anti-Reformer, — even in certain resolutions which were passed at a mect;i held in this city some three or four mouths ago by a pun:. her of gentlemen, who fityled theini,elves the conservative party, to agree to a reform and corretrtion of any practical abuses or grievances th-A r..'raulil be proved to exit. Ilut he did not recolto;:t that in any one of the resolution ‘.vhich were thte:':. - Pasted, or in any one of the spee:her; wnich were tl-sin delivered, was there any eatp!atlation or pointing out of what the gentlemen ooh posing the meeting would have allowed to he = 'practical abuse or grievance; nor de I think trace was even so much as an admission of the pos srodity of discovering such, wero one to look fur them. Was it necessary for then to have searched far to have found a specimen? '.‘,"ri the contrary, they had one in a manner at their . 7ery elbows. It was only eoessary for those gettletnen to remember *lit 'Last election for this city. It was onlyneces'ts'ily for them to have recalled to their recollectitilt the circumstances attending thst w:'rrifi, notwithstanding the fact that nl'oeteen twirl tiolhs, or at all events a very ltirge majority, of the in habitants of the city, Wee in favour of the return of their talented and ',..tighly gifted fellow-citizen, the present Loill Advt-'sle—(lnatnense and continued silioering)—wh, n a petition signed by, if I recolitett 'right, 17,000 of respect able inhabitants of ti.to 'town, was forwarded in his favour to that entn2.ave of thirty-three individuals—higliry te spertable he admitted—when nottvithStnolib'g this, if he might call it, universality of opinion in his favour, another individeql-2 most highly respectable and honour able s - entlescalft:.--but who, he would comparatively spea.l-71.1k.g, was scarcely known to them, and who, in 'ether respects, on account of his opinions on this lile&tion of Parliamentary Reform being objeetionable.; when that in. dividual was returned, ecu9. there have been a more into- lerable grievance to the ,tthabitants of the city of Edin. burgle, at 'watt as far as the election of a Alesntiee to serve them in Parliament could go, then they could not support the cause of the ea.r.d::ate of their choice in any other way than an•rting him their inoperative wishes? What could Lave been snore mortifying or more humiliat ine-:l'6 'those 17,000 individuals who signed that peti tion, thin that not one of them all ttentii tender a single vote in his favour ? Put may it be necessary for him (Sir D. li.' t- confine himself to this one election ? On the cuo t tary, he contended that the circuMstant•e.swh;els attended all the elections that toot: rlaze in this country last year were felt, and naturally felt, to be an in tolerable grievance 13y the whole people of Scotland ; when, after,• tle appeal which, by the dissolution of Par. liasteenl, was made to the whole nation for the express pUrpose of ascertaining its real opinion on the question of Parliamentary Reform ? and when, in consequence of that appeal, the inhabitants ti every county and of every burgh where they hazi the power, were responding to that appeal by the rr.t`±:n of those candidates whose opinions coincided with own, was it not a grievance, and one scarcely to be en dured, and although equally alive to the importance of the question, tLough equill" intions for its success, that in no one place bad the people of Scotland the power of following hit example? It is such grievances as these has caused the present unanimity of feeling amongst us ; it is such grievances as these that has made the representation in Scotland more to resemble the close and rotten burgh system of England than any thin.; e l se . I t i s these abuses, which we require to be abolished ; and he Or . would follow tut rn. And after that 'r it has been ears 'rtained whether he had already a, \s—that the reprete _ L iresent. atiees of ' 4 nr any other qui --Terfect convictio of them al as was ex, House of ting the now proceei Cot one bigotry pres-nt forget lierefore was so far easy as that ha could anticipate no opposition or objec tion being made—it being simply that he proposed a reso lution for their adoption expressive of their satisfaction and acknowledgments at the triumph which the nation's cause has lately achieved in the House of Lords—(Laud applause,)—a triumph which, in his opinion, is the more satisfactory, and the more va luable, from its having been reaped without the benefit of any extraneous act—without, in fact, any aid whatever, excepting it be the necessary consequence of the natural progress of the cause of jusrice and truth, since the former period of the question's being brought under the consider. ation of their Lordships' as , embly,-•a progress which has effected a difference in their decision upon the very same question, of no fewer than fifty votes, - during the short period of xis months.—(Cheers.) He did not know what their feelings might he, but for his own part, lie could scarcely find language to express the feelings of ad miratio❑ which he entertained with regard to the nu in which Earl Grey had conducted this measure. Neither on the one hand, conceding, in consequence of the overture of Reform enemies, one tittle or iota of those main principles which constitute the efficiency of his measure; nor, on the other, allowing himself to be hurried on by too zealous friends, to the exercise of that undoubtedly constitu tional prerogative vested in his Majesty, for the purpose of aiding any permanent or apparently otherwise hopeless collision between the two Houses of Parliament. He Ir;s pursued the even tenour of his way. and has at length suc ceeded in proving to that same House of Lords who for merly rejected the measure, the absolute necessity of their adopting the principles of his Bill, and of their taking the whole measure into their most serious consideration. And now that they were about to do so, he sincerely trusted they would go into Committee with an upright and honest intention, to simplify and amend the Bill if they can, but by no means to mutilate or destroy it.—(C-eat cheering.) Sir David concluded by readin4 the first resolution, which was acceded to amidst loud and continued shouts, waving of bats, &e. The resolutions, petition, and memorial, were severally put, and unanimously carried. Mr. AYTOUN, Advocate—Fellow -townsmen, this is a proud, a glorious day fir Edinburgh.—(Cheers.) Here I see around me at least 50,000 of my fellow-citizens, brother Reformers, united together by one common bond, the desire to obtain our common rights.—(Tremendous cheering.) We are here men of all classes, from the great landlord to the honest and intelligent artizan, who obtains his livelihood, in the most honourable of al! ways, by his own industry.—(Cheers.) No false distinction of rank does there exist amongst us—we are all here upon a per fect footing of equality—the rich here hold out the right hand of fellowship to the poor, and the only object of am bition is, which amongst us will evince the greatest zeal to serve the good cause—which will do most to render suc cessful the people's Bill, that charter of our libertics.— (Loud cheering.) This immense assemblage is composed, I repeat, gentlemen, of Reformers of all classes. The Honourable Baronet who has just addressed you, and whose speech was received with such applause, is the representative of one of the old aristocratic families of the land, hut he is, at the same time, what we all know hint to be, a true and sincere friend of the people.— (Cheers.) I again, who have now the honour to solicit your attention, avow myself a radical Reformer—(Cheers) —and a political unionist—(Continued cheering)—but one who is ready to wave all difference of opinion to pro mote that great measure upon which we are all united.— (Loud cheering.) This is indted a glorious meeting, this is a sight which makes the heart of the patriot beat high with triumph and joy, but which, at the same time, must throw a withering blight upon the prospects of the bo roughinonger—(Laughter and cheers)—and prove to him that his reign of corruption is over for ever. This is not one of your hole-and .corner meetings. Here we are assembled in the open face of day, challenging open discussion.—(Loud cheering.) What will those dege nerate Scotehmen now say, who declared in Parliament, a short time ago, that the people of this country could not meet in large bodies without tumult and disorder ? Fellow-countrymen, your peaceful, orderly, but, at the same time, enthusiastic demeanour upon this and former occasions, has given the lie to the calumniators of their native land.—(Cheers.) But I am afraid my feelings of pride ;as a Scotchman, and as a citizen of Edi n b urg h , are carrying me away from the subject of the resolution which I have the honour to second. This resolution expresses the satisfaction we all feel at the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords. Need I inquire of you, my friends, if this is the case?—(lt is, it is, from many voices.) Need I ask you are you satisfied with the result of tile late vote of the House of Lords?—(Tremendous cheering.) I take those cheers for my answer. We meet now, fellow-citi zens, under very different circumstances from those under which the meeting last October was held upon this ground. A great part of you will have that meeting fresh in your recollections. Then the people had been cruelly disap pointed, their dearest hopes had been postponed, a gloom was depicted upon every countenance, a sullen determina tion expressed in every face. But now, whilst I look around me, 1 see triumph sparkling in every eye.—(Loud cheers.) Nut a man amongst you but has the proud erect bearing of freemen ; who feel that we have gained a recent victory over our oppressors ; who fed con fident that but a short time must elapse before we have obtained our ri.thts ; before, in short, we can ! boast of being perfectly free.—(Great cheering.) Yes, my friends, we have indeed gained a great victory. And to whom, I ask you, is our triumph to he at tributed ? Why, to the people themselves._-(Loud che,rs. ) The !inn, determined, persevering attitude of the Blitisl, nation ; has at last succeeded in cvnvincin4 the House of Lords that it will nut du to trifle longer with a milted and unanimous people.—(Long and continued cheering.) I shall now conclude with seconding the resolution which you have heard read.—(Greit cheering.) Sir Join.; DALRYMPLE said—This was the first time he had been upon or had seen htettings is Scotland. He re collected, berzeseer, that an Hon. and Learned Friend of his had said, at a public meeting held not many month s ago, that he hoped, ere long, to iiee a httstings erected at the Cross of Edinbl'irgh.—(Hurra ! burra!) This was a tpeelinen of what might be expected, and, Le begged to observe, was not very far from the spot named by his lion. F r i er ,d, sit,..s .t . te,:s 'part, he re joiced in the scene ber3re him. He liked to speak from under the cation of heaven fully as well as in a hot, citric, and crowded room.—(Cheers.) He felt to breathe Mere freely, and he, besides, liked to meet vailtee all may come, and where every !elan riay speak his sentiments withoet resent. tie was no friend to packed and hole-and•coener meetings.—(Laughter.) He presumed there was not much danger of the present being so ternied.—(;) 7 c, no.; All that was dune the re yeas (...ohe in open d a y. All were welcetrei, and were invited to a general attendance; so that should a reaction exist, it might be seen. Sir John said, lie might then mention, that he bail been named, through the partiality of his friends, as the person who was to have the honour of submitting the .ecotail resolution for the can sideratiun ttf th'e nieeting ; and in no way could his friend s have done a thing more agreeable to his feelingS, or more in accordance with his wishes, than in calling upon him to bring forward a resolution for Maintaining tile purity of the Reform Bill, by which lie meant, that in its principle it thould pot be altered.—(Great cheering.) The resolu tion which he held in his hand, expressed the satisfaction of the meeting relative to the second reading of the Bill in the House of Lords, and prays their Lordships to pass it without rai ing the qualification.—(Surely; surely.) 1 - 1 e could conceive nothing more reasonable; and, in his view of the case, Ministers could accept of nothing less. Thee were pledged to the principie of the Bill. B. sides, to alter the 101. franchise in England, he esteemed impos sible.—(Cheers.) And lie could not even picture to himself any thing so impolitic, any thing so grossly unjust, as that of giving one species of franchise to England and another to Scotland—(lmmense cheering)—and that, he felt confident, would never ;happen. They may thoroughly confide in his Majesty's Government. Their general management of the Reform Bill had been admirable. The best thanks of the country, their hearty support, and their unlimited confidence, were due to Government, for having, he might say, secured Parlia mentary Reform to the empire in general, and to Scotland a representation, where hardly a shadow of it existed before. He knew that certain misgivings existed in this country relative to the 10/. franchise; he esteemed them quite groundless; he, therefore, recommended peace, pa tience, and firmness ; and he then repeated what he had said from the chair at their last meeting, that they were as certain of Reform, and, he would add, with a 10/. franchise, as they were certain that he then addressed them.—(Great cheering.) Sir John then read the second resolution. Ale. HUNTER, Advocate, said, that in seconding the re solution now proposed for adoption, and more especially after the observations with which the Hon. Baronet had prefaced the proposal, he felt confident of the unanimous and heartfelt concurrence of this large assembly of the zealous and decided friends of Reform. They certainly did feel the highest a ltisfaction that the Reform Bill hail so far received the sanction of the House of Lords that its principle had been admitted—(Lond cheers)—and that their Lordships had conceded the necessity of giving to its details a full and deliberate examination. .But, for the future, they must, as true and consistent Reformers, still feel deep anxiety. For the success of the disfranchise- went and enfranchisement clauses, there was little reason fur entertaining doubt ; but, for the success of that clause, by which the elective franchise was extended, he did fcar that there was some ground for apprehension. The Hon. Baronet had said that this clause must undoubtedly form a part of the Bid, and he (Mr. Hunter) eirnestly hoped, that his predictions might be fulfilled.—(Cheers.) But still it was their duty Co use the must strenuous and un remitting efforts to insure its success, and to defeat every attempt which may be made to impair its efficacy.— (Loud Cheer 3.) By that cliuse the measure must stand or fall. He trusted that it would not be rejected ; but it was indispensable that they should make it known, th4t as free men they valued their just rights, and that they would law fully hut firmly assert them.—(Great cheering.) The 101. qualification was chosen because it was already known— because it agreed with the large and liberal principles upon which the measure was founded—and because it was suit ed to the wants and condition of the country.—(Cheers.) This qualification was no novelty, but what was that which even a Tory Ministry had adopted as the lowest which could he justly riven to the electors of Ireland ? Who then would venture to say that a qualification which To ries thought fitted fur the people of Ireland, could not be sagely intrusted to the better educated, the more steady, and, he trusted he might say, without offence, the more orderly inhabitants of Britain . ? The rapid but steady ad vances of the working classes of this country, in intelli gence and iu the practical management of business, had, confessedly, qualified them to make the best use of the elective franchise; and, by the qualificatio❑ which had been chosen, the acquisition of that sight is placed within the reach of every honest and industrious man.—(Cheers.) They had the best reasons for hoping that the highly raised expectations of the people would not be disap pointed.—(Cheers.) For their fulfilment, they had the sanction of a King, who, while other princes shall have seen forgotten, or remembered but for evil, will thus have secured an unperishable name.—(Tremendous cheer ing.) They had the repeated votes of a House of Com mons, which, though elected undir the present pernicious system, had manfully spoken the sentiments of the nation. —(Cheers.) And he trusted, that the Peers would, for their own honour, and from considerations of prudence, not mangle in detail what they had admitted in principle. —(Loud cheers.) They had the solemn pledge of a Mi nister of high and powerful mind, and of unquestioned firmness, who had never tampered with his word..__ (Great cheering.) These were some of reasons for which he steadfastly hoped that the success of this great and righteous cause would he secured. It was a measure which, while fraught with the highest immediate benefits, must confer the richest blessings upon future generations. Nor was it limited to the country alone, but must insure the immediate peace and prosperity, and, ultimately, the liberties of Europe.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. ROBERT TIIOMSON, merchant—Gentlemen, I have been requested to submit to you a petition to the House of Lords, and I am exceedingly sorry that it has not been committed to abler hands. It will be quite unnecessary for me, after what has been said here and elsewhere on this great national question, to trouble you with many words. I shall merely take the liberty of answering an objection of those who are hostile to the measure. I have looked over the whole of the speeches, pro and con, and have been anxious to find out a single argument, if it could be found, against this measure; but I have looked and looked in vain, fur I have not found the shadow of an argument against its justice. All that has been said is against its expediency. Of late we hare had a few noble prophets, who came for ward to prognosticate evil from its adoption. Now, the worst wish I entertain to these Noble Lords is, that they may live long enough to see the falsity of their pro phecies. From the orderly and decent conduct of this meeting, I think I am warranted in anticipating, that when this great measure is carried into a law, the people will use the privileges which it conveys to them with dis cretion and propriety.—(Cheers, and cries of , g We will, we will.") 'We are all of us rich as well as poor, concerned in supporting Government, for with ou t a G overnmen t there can be no security. And, therefore, I anticipate that the good sense and the principles of the people of this country will give the lie to all the prognostications of the enemies of this great measure. Considering what has been said, I really feel disinclined to take up your time any longer. I am a reformer on this ground, that I think Reform necessary for the stability of the Government itself ; bscause, unless there be a wholesome change, there will be a violent one, and the latter no man can deprecate more than I do. Allow me then, gentlemen, to read ts you the petition.—(Great cheering.). Mr. BIGGAR, in a forcible speech, seconded the motion. Sir JAMES GIBSON CRAIG, Baronet —Gentlemen, I have the honour of being appointed by committee to move a resolution that a memorial be presented to Earl Grey, expressive of the entire confidence of this meeting that his Majesty's Ministers will see the necessity of all constitu tional means being used to secure the complete success of a measure so ess e nti a l t o t h e welfare of the people. In proposing to address this memorial to Earl Grey, I am sure I am speaking the opi n i on o f every person here pre sent, that no minister has m ore ent i re l y d eserved the gra titude and admiration of his countrymen, and no man hies exerted himself in his public life as strenuously as he has done. Forty years ago he brought forward a measure of o iteforni, to which be has ever since most steadily adhered.—(Loud cheers.) And now he has brought forward a measure, which again chews the strength of his mind ; he is about to con f er b ene fi ts upon you, greater than any Minister has y et b een a b le to ach i eve. —(Cneers. ) Atter so much has been al rea d y said, it were idle for me to waste your time m go i ng over topics hat have already been so ably illustrated, but on e thin g I wculd observe, in regard to the 101. franchise, that it does Ep vac to me to be of the very essence of the Bill, ten ling to increase the moral ..trtngtb of the country. To put it in the passer of any man of couunou iuclusti y to obtain an object which must be a subject of ambition to all, is surely a benefit worthy of contending for. And, gentle men, when this object is gained, observe what the cen sequences will be. He who has gained thiS high pre eminence is entitled to look beyond entitled to be intrusted to ell tto lionoirds of the State, and to that political franchise from which he has been so lung excluded. He is, in fact, entitled, to look to every thins that can interest the feelings of a man, anxious to pro mote hinnelf, and, at the sat* tinie anxious to benefit his c i onittry.—(Loud cheers.) You will observe that the re• solution I have proposed is couched in general terms. There is no allusion to any partictilar measure being adopt ed—there is no allusion to any particular time or place—hat there is a confidence expressed that when the time does come, all means, he what they may, necessary to carry this measure shall be adopted. Gentlemen, you may have en tire confilence in Ear l Grey.--(cheers.) The salvation of the country is in his hands.—(Ch eers .) Th e ,„„ B „ re must be carried, or consequences the most unfortunate must ensue. Trust to him. Look to the manner in which he has carried this measure hitherto. Look to what has be opposed lately in the House of Lords, where, without any adOntitious aid, lie has triumphed, and in his proceedings he has out.generallcd the great hero or Waterloo.—(Loud cheers.) You cannot doubt that in trusting to him, you repose your trust in a tower of strength, which can never be overcome, and which will most indubitably carry your wishes into speedy execution. Now, gentlemen, while I congratulate you on possessing the confidence of a statesman of Earl Grey's unflinching integrity, and while I heartily approve of your appear ance and conduct this day, will you allow me, one of the oldest Reformers i.t the country—(Great cheering)—one who has never swerved from the cause of the neople— (Loud and continued cheerhag)—to entreat every one of you, and to impress upon you individually, to observe the same regularity of conduct upon every future occasion which I now see before me, as your enemies are only anxious for that violence and tumult that will disgrace the great cause in which you are engaged. If you only ad here to your present conduct, I cannot doubt that at no distant period of time you will be in possession of those privileges for which you are now so anxious. You will be enabled to achieve a triumph worthy of the conduct you have now shown.—(Sir James concluded amidst loud and continued cheering.) Mr. WEIR, Advocate—l come forward to second this motion with sentiments of peculiar satisfaction. Can I doubt the pledge of adherence to the measure which the long-consistent life of Earl Grey gives ute ? He and his colleagues are sensible that they dare not desert the mea sure.-.--(Loud cheers.) They know as well as we do, that upon this measure, upon its success, depends the wel fare and existence of the country.—(Cheers. ) They know that, under the old system of misrule, we can no longer go on. Under the shuffling system hitherto adopted our opponents have got thumselves.into such a condition that they can carry on their old system no longer. They dare not look the doctrines of free trade manfully in the face— (cheers)—while, at the same time, they cannot hold their old restrictions. These have withered before the breath of a half emancipated people. The confidence of the people is no longer with them or their system. The spirit of Reform is not of yesterday, it is not of mushroom growth—it goes back for well nigh a century. It is like the growth of the oak, slow, but waging war with the tempest of ages. Defeated in its attack upon one nuisance, it is turned to lay huh! of another. Put down in one district, it has reared its head in another quarter. Trampled down in Nottingham it appeared in Manchester, and no sooner is it put down there than it raises its head here in the north. The lambent glow of this genial flame here and th; re appeared above the dark inert mass, amid every attempt to crush it. This is not a spirit that can be put down. If that system can work no longer, we need not fear that Ministers will see the necessity of mend ing it. —(Cheers.) They know as well as we, that by the success of this measure is to be kept up that confidence which is necessary between the governed and the govern ing, nay, the very existence of the Government it-elf. We there!ore memorialize Earl Grey, because, circumstanced as he now is, be will be bettered by this cheerful unanimous expression of adherence to him,—(Great cheering.) We have been long at sea, and our pilot must be aware that, to reach the land, he must steer the vessel boldly among the breakers. If ever there was a time, when ;ill depended on the strong arm awl strenuous assiduity of our pi lot, now is that moment. Let us cheer him on by the expression of our synipathy—(Cheers)—let us uphold him by the expression of our admiration.—(Continued cheer ing.) For this purpose we meet in the free air, in the bright light of day, beneath the broad eye of heaven, where all may see. —(Applause.)—We meet the blood and lives of the 36,000 individuals, whose existence has been politi cally denied to give our corporeal assent to what our hands before subscribed.—(Applause.) We met to tes tify that we adhere to this measure in all its details, that we look on it as the ark of God to Great Britain, which, like that of old, carries death to the profane hand which shall dare to touch it. —(Loud cheering.) Mr. Tnomsoes, Advocate—lt is now my duty to submit to you the memorial proposed to be addressed to Earl Grey and his Majesty's Ministers ; and, after the elo quent statements that have already been made on this sub ject, it is not necessary for me to occupy much of your time in stating the general import of this address. It is proposed, first of all, to express our satisfaction in conse quence of the trend triumph which the Reform Bill has obtained in the House of Commons, and the persevering exertions by which that triumph has been achieved. On this subject I shall say nothing, because the exertions of those distinguished men who have carried this measure through the House of Commons are deeply engraven in the hearts of their countrymen.—(Cheers.) But it is also pro posed to express our approbation of the exertions by which that great measure has been read a second time in the House of Lords ; and in this I am sure you will agree with mein saying, that it is matter of delight that to this veteran statesman, whose political consistency, by the confession of his greatest antagonists, is without a stain, has been reserved the achievement of obtaining, for the first time, from the House of Lords, their assent to any measure of Reform. And to what measure of Reform has their assent been thus partly obtained? Not to a measure which keeps the word of promise to the ear, and breaks it to the hopes— not to a measure by which enough is-given merely to feed our appetite for more —no, no, my friends, it is not ob tained to a measure which has been described, one would almost think prophetically, by an old poet, as that sort of Reform Which always must be going on, And, still by doing, never done, As if the Commons were intended For nothing but to be amended. Cheers.) No, the assent of the House has been obtained to a straight-forward and efficient, and, I hope, a durable measure of Reform.—(Cheers.) It is farther proposed to express our earnest hope, that this measure will be finally passed by the House of Lords without any thing that can impair its efficiency ; and, in particular, that no attempt will be made to raise the qualification of electors, to de prive the measure of that which, I humbly think, is the most valuable part of it, viz. that which places the right of voting within the reach of enterprise and industry among the humblest classes. And what may Scotch industry and enterprise not achieve ? By connecting the highest with the lowest classes of the community, provision is made for the expression of the opinions and wishes of all. Gentlemen, we express our hopes that the measure thus unmutilaied will be carried through the House of Lords by the use of constitutional means, and in this we may safely trust Earl Grey. 1 do trust that illustrious man will have the satisfaction of carrying this measure into eEct ; and I am quite sure you will concur with me in the expression of your confidence, that he will use all con stitutional exertions for this purpose. I. shall read the memorial which it is proposed to present. Mr. Thogasou then read the memorial. Sir THOMAS DICK LADDER—The knowledge that there are in this assemblage many individuals yet unheard, who have much stronger claims on your attention than I can possibly have, inclines me to wish that the duty I have undertaken might have devolved upon souse one else. In the cause of Reform I never have shrunk, and I a m determined that I never will shrink Irons the fulfil ment of any such task that may be put upon me ; and I have come the mere readily to this determination, because in considering the stirring question which has assembled together this immense multitude of the intelligent inhabi tants of Edinburgh, I am persuaded, that even the eloquent orations of practised speakers are frequently of less actual importance in support of it, than a few plain and honest sentiments proceeding from some sound-headed mechanic— (Cheering)—or sense straight-forward country gentleman --(Cheers)—who may have been urged to break silence by the magical influence of Reform itself. I think, that, perhaps, one of the most marvellous effects of this question of Reform has been to open the mouths of our young dumb Scotch country lairds, which is a miracle more wonderful than the unknown tongues which we have heard so much about in Mr. Irving's chapel and elsewhere ; but, as it will be admitted that we of the present day are many degrees better than the immortal Dumbiedykes of the last century—(Cheers) —as, I think, has been pretty well proved by the speeches of this day, so we may reason ably expect that our comparatively fertile voicss will be much surpassed by those of our successors ; and, at all events, we may be satisfied of this fact, t'aat our sons and our grandsons, to the latest generation, Will Seel the impe riuus nccessaa of acquiring the art of epeaking truth err sense to their 'fellow-men. The Ist refob t o meet lug I h a d the honour of addressing in this city, was held In the large Waterloo-room. Large as that room is, it was filled to aa overflowing bumper ; and, overflowing as that bumper Was, it was but as a drop in the bucket compared to this vast sea of citizens which now covers the field before mc. And, truly, to carry the metaphor a little farther, if such an ocean of reformers does not satisfy the thirst of the Antis, they arc most unreasonable. On this last occasion, the heat was oppressive, sufficiently so, in deed, to be very inconvenient to any one who, like me, has been more accustomed, for a good many years back, or scetrt the breezes of the Grampians, than to be stewed up in any such frying-pan. But the influence of a much worse evil was then upon up, for at that time we had no small risk of being turned out of the frying-pan into the fire. Our best hopes, which had been raise' to the tiptop of expectation, bad then experienced a disap pointment requiring the fullest exertion of that rationa' philosophy, and moral feeling so remarkably characterising Scotsmen of all ranks. But, gentlemen, we stand in very different circumstances at the present monnent—here we breathe the free and pure air of heaven, and, what is still better, we breathe it in the happy conviction that we and our children shall continue to iebale it under the protec tion of a renovated and healthful constitution. I would s..y a great deal more ; but, at this late period, I find that I must curtail my remarks. I shall only say, that, on the occasion of our meeting in the Waterloo Rooms, our object was to deplore our disappointment, and to express our most sincere confidence that Earl Grey and his Majesty's Ministers would persevere in prosecuting the great work, until they had carried it to a consumma tion. Locking to their conduct, Ido not see that we have any reason to regret that we should have placed cur con fidence in them. They have been surrounded with diffi culties of no ordinary description, which hose met them in every part of their path ; and of these, not the least dis tressing- are the false remarks that have been propagated by their entnii,s, for the malicious purpose of rendering them suspected and unpopular. Gentlemen, I will ask, is it likely that Lord Grey, wishing to erect a monument to his fame on some such elevated summit as that before us, should carry up the column to within a few feet of the top, and being there met by certain well-disposed Peers, who say to him, "My dear Lord, we really cannot permit you to pass with so great a load as that—why, it will bring down the very hill itself. Our advice will be just to roll it down, not in the least minding friend or foe, and let it take its course along the plain. But if you will be p'eased with this pretty little pebble of ours, we shall, with great cheerfulness, lend you our aid to place it on the very pinnacle." Is it likely, I say, that Lord Grey would submit to any such condition as this, a condition that would destroy the very identity of his Bill ? I re member a story of a certain Irish baronet, who, when he returned home from his travels, was followed to his mansion by his nurse, who threw her arms around his neck with the tenderest expressions of endearment. " Ocb, get along wid ye! " exclaimed he, shoving her from him, " bad luck to ye for an ugly ould woman—sure I was once as pretty a boy as ever was born in a long summer's day, and when I was at nurse you changed me."—(Laughter.) Now, Lord Grey has put his Bill into the nursery of the Peers' Committee, and do you think he will allow the noble nurses there to• change its provisions, and so to destroy its identity ? Depend upon it, not even Lord Elden himself, though he has worn a coif, and twirled a distaff,—l mean the distaff of our destinies in the Court of Coancery,—shall be permitted to do that which the old Irish woman was accused of doing. No, it is my firm conviction that his Majety's Mini,ters will succeed in planting the column entire and unimpaired on that eminence to which they have been so long toiling to carry it ; and that they will not cnly be rewarded by the blessings of all good men, aye, even of those who have hitherto conscientiously opposed them, but that they will receive that deathless fame which embalms the memory of statesmen, who devwe their lives to secure the best in terests of their country. No man, lam sure, can deserve such a reward more than the Lord High Chancellor of England. I might very easily pronunce a long panegyric on his Lordship for his services to his country; for his virtues are as numerous as the heads which I see around me ; but I will merely recal to your recollection his ex ertions in the cause of education, and his many exertions to establish, on the best footing some of the noblest insti tutions of the country, and his glorious ackievements in the law, and especially in the Court of Chancery. We may call him our townsman, of whom we have so much reason to be proud; and therefore, at once to show our re spect for him arid to give full weight to our petition, I beg to recommend to you that he be requested to present it to the House of Peers. Mr. PuzsincE—l beg to second the resolution, that the Lord Chancellor be requested to present the petition to the House of Loid:. The times are changed, fellow citizens, since I had the pleasure of seeing you on this field before. Then we were full of sorrow, disappoint ment, and indignation ; but now we have joy for our sorrow, hope for our disappointment, and for our indigna tion, let it perish with the cause of it. I have 110 fears for the success of the Bill ; but certain expressions in a certain house has created fears, and impudent assertions have been made, that we had grown careless of the mea sure, and it has therefore been thought proper to meet as we have done to petition ; and I have no doubt, that our meeting this day will contradict the base assertion.— (Great cheering.) The principle of the Bill is disfranchis ment and enfranchisement—it lops off the rotten burghs, and creates a constituency numerous, respectable, and in• dependent—takes the representation out of the hands of those who have used it for party purposes, and places it e n o where it ought to be, i n th e b an d s o f the people. It country.—(Cheers.) whoAndendeavoured may we t call o for destroy the the Bi ul the t ex tracts the venom from th ose w h o h ave h i therto endea voured to poison our i ns ti tut i ons , aid i t pulls the tooth out of C whole the h monster ers. Bill, and nothing but the Bill. I have to re turn you my thanks for the attention and good humour with which you always listen to what I have to say. I have always felt proud of it, and I am sure that you will achieve the victory completely by going home quietly. I stand here in as particular a situation as any one upon the hustings. I have been a member of the Inhabitants Com mittee, and a member of the Council of the Political Union, and a member also of the Working Classes Com mittee, all at one time, and I feel proud that my consitu ents have gathered:together this day with one voiee to de mand their rights. I beg leave to second the tnotion. Sir 'WEER". DICK moved the thanks of the meeting to their distinguished Chairman, who had so long and elo quently advocated the cause of Reform.—(Loud Sir ALEXANDER MAITLAND seconded the motion. Mr. MuRRAY said, I return you my best thanks for the honour you have done me ; but the good order you have preserved during all the difficulties of the meeting, entitles you far more to the thanks, and to the gratitude of your country.—(Great cheering.) Three cheers were afterward; given to King William the Fourth, the father of his country, three cheers for Earl Grey, and three cheers for Reform. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL.—A General Meeting is advertised to be holden on the 10th of May, previous to which a report of the Managing Committee will be issued, and to which we will draw the attention of our naval friends. In the meantime we know that the spirit of conciliation, having un tnimity for its object, is abroad, and that the institution bids fair to prosper, and to be of great utility. The flag officers of the United Service Club, who have not yet subscribed, have expressed their determination to attend the above meeting, to offer their advice, countenance, and subscriptions.— 'lamp. Tcley. A further sum of 20,0001. has been granted by Government to complete the Welhsley BriJge in Lime rick.—Dublin Morning Register. PAGANINI has given a concert at Paris for the benefit of the poor cholera patients. It produced 9,750 francs. FLIGHT AND DISGRACEFUL. CONDUCT Or TWO MEMBERS 01' THE CA LVA!sTISTIC C111.11tC11•••• Considerable sensation has been excited in Manchester in consequence of disclosures of a most horribly disgusting nature, which have recently taken place in a respectable ttached to tl e parish in the immediate neighbourhood. The parties charged with committing offences of the d y e dye, are two hypocrites, who have hitherto borne respect able characters, one as a merchant, and the other as an accountant, and of whose piety the members of the church to which they belonged never e ntertained the slightest . sus picion. The wretches alluded to were placed in the volun tary at the ecxbtaep extensive situation e a,nid from lecturers rr t respectable statements andsu Sunday instructors t a r d u s e bh t o yo r o s l ofa some of the got s to their parents, and to a worthy clergyman of the santc persuasion, belonging to another chapel, an enquiry was immediately instituted by the heads of the chapel, when facts were detailed of time most _ built d escr i pt i on, and the result of the investigation left no doubt o f the ouilt i the parties. Upon t he first ntnnation of the disclosure. the fallen saints absconded issued. but w arrants f or the i r ap prehension are about being 'We are in p. B , B S i of the names and the whole of the facts implicating th• n in Man c h es t e r, a nd it sindelinquents,erely hopedw b o t a h r a c t w e e re l ILn n o g w they may be brought In justice ; and we regret that the disgusting nature of ti., particulars prelude our giving publicity to them. THE REFORM BILL To the EDITOR or" tilt MOIIMNG CHRONCLE. have seen a printed circular addressed by Mr. Cobbett to the people of Birmingham, and to the Be formers in all the rent towns, inserted also in the Morn ing Chronicle of yesterday, which requires from me a public and immediate reply. Mr. Cobbett, on the authority of some person, imputes to me conversation with a stranger in some bookseller's shop in Loridor: 7 ; on Wednesday, the 18th ult., in suby stance as follows : 1. That I would accept any comprtyrch T of the Reform Bill. That I would consent to (or not opposa) the raisins of the 10!. town qualification. S. That the ardour of the people was abated, CI 6414 they would not " keep together." 4. An inference by Mi. Cobbett, that, assuming the re port of this convt , rsation to he correct, the Ministry intend to raise the 101. franebite. That a conversation on the nnbiect of the Reform Silt may have been held by me with a stranger, Mr. Cobbett't informant, is probable ; but I have no recolit'etior: of suelt person or conversation, and I assert that the report of it sent to Mr. Cobbett in incorrect; and either that his in.; form tnt misunderstood any rernarhs of mine, or that they were so brief that my sentiment.; on the subject-matter were not fully expressed. My opinions on the Reform Bill have been so fre quently and publicly stated, and to the present moment arc so fully and unreservedly Icnown to most of the leading Reformers of London and the country, that I need not de tail then, on this occasion. I supported the measure as a whole, although I always did, and do consider it too aristocratic in the prepondering influence given to the Londoners, in the division of counties and in the franchise. On the means ta: . carrying the Reform Bill, I have, on every public opportunity (and recently, as the author of the pamphlet on the l'reragative of Creating Peers), ex pressed my personal opinion that the essentials caul(' only he secured ley an addition to the present Peerage. Corn , mon sense now tells me, that if no Peers are made, the essentials of the English Reform Bill will he modified and injured ; but I have no knowledge of the power or inten tion of the Ministry with respect to new Peers, and I know of no intention of the Ministers to alter the Reform Bill now before the Lords. I hope and believe, that, if necessary, Peers will be made. But if any alteration of the Blil is meditated or p .seed by any party, I shall independently act, under the circumstances, in such way as I judge the interest of the people requires. Oa the subject of the ten pounds' franchise I have con sistently expressed my opinions. In public and in private, and wherever I had any political influence, I have advo cated the ancient constitutional franchise of scot and lot as an electoral qualification, more equal and extended, and as preferable to the ten-pound rent standard. The existing seat and lot franchises, not comprised in schedules A and B, are the best parts of the present representative system, and ought to have bten wholly preserved—especially when the rights of freemen are maintained. The scot and lot electors, who made the greatest exertions and sacrifices at the late general election, are, I think, unjustly treated ; and I trust that their rights will yet be respected. If that franchise had been continued, I should have considered that any new franchise for new places was a gain; but I would give no consent to any alteration of the present fran chise of the English Reform Bill which does not continue or increase the popular influei ce, and further reduce the usurpation of the Boroughtnor gers. On the state cf public opinion, I maintain that all classes of Reformers throughout the kingdom are more in tensely interested and determined on tl:e success of the full measure of Reform than at any previous period of the d'smssion ; but "assert, that the lapse of thirteen months, and the continued delay of the means (through new Peers) of attaining the end, have lessened the confidence of the people in the Ministry. They will not renew their Peti tions to the Legislature; there is a growing public feeling to demand and enforce a larger measure of Reform ; and I do fear that the Reformers wilt not again unanimously act with the moderation which has hitherto distinguished this memorable and peaceful contest : they will combine and unite to demand a larger, perhaps, too large a Reform! I must, notwithstanding, state may individual opinion, that Lord Grey and the Ministry have hitherto forfeited no claim to public confidence by any reduction of the mea sure ; and although I still advocate more strongly a creation of new Peers, I am nut insensible to the diffi culties of the Cabinet in the original agreement of tbc Reform Bills, anti in the practicable means of insuring success. I hope that the people will "keep together," and that the Ref anters will not be divided by differences among themselves. I am, Sir, &c. JOSEPH PARKES. Birmingham, April 25, 1832. PAROCHIAL REFORM AT HULL. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) A contest, unparalleled in the annals of churchwarden electioneering is now carrying on in Hull. On Easter Mon day (the day on which the election has from time imrce• morial commenced and terminated) the candidates, with their friends, and an immence concourse of the parishioners f Holy Trinity, assembled in the choir of the church ' , which was crammed to excess. The vicar took the char. The candidates were—Mr. Acland, who has for some time been successfully engaged in waging war against the many local abuses with which the corporate and other public bodies of the town of Hull have for years been infected; Mr. Edward Woolley, Shoemaker, Silver-street; and Mr. Henry King, Ironmonger, Mai ket-place. The latter gen t'eman was brought forward by a junto, who have for long time been in the hat it of ruling the roast ; but, thanks to the march of public opinion, have now a pretty fair chance of being turned to the right-about. Alter the candidates had been proposed and seconded, they addressed the Meeting. Mr. ACLAND, in a brilliant speech, which occupied nearly two hours in the delivery, went into a detail of the duties incumbent cm the office of churchwarden ; replied to and ridiculed the opinions of his opponents ; showed that he was neither a stranger nor an irresponsible person, as it had been alleged ; and confidently predicted a suc cessful result from his appeal to public opinion. The vicar then called for a show of hands, when siic were held up for Mr. Woolley, about 20 for Mr. King, and certainly not lees than 1500 for Mr. Acland, accompa nied with the most enthusiastic plaudits. A poll having been demand,d, and an assessor appoint ed, Mr. Carrick tendered three votes for Mr. King, for & warehouse situate in Grimsby-laue, for which he is as sessed at 90!. Mr. ACLAND objected to these three votes, and stated his grounds at considerable length. The only ground on which a party could claim a right to more than one vote was under the general Vestry Act, passed in ISIS, the 58th of Geo. 111., but ha contended that this me eting,. was not assembled under that act, but under the 13th of Chas. 11. (entituled "an Act for dividing Trinity Church in Kingston-upon-Hull from Heple,") by which the meeting was held on Easter Monday, for the purpose of electing churchwardens. He contended that the Vestry Act did not supersede any local act, and this act had not been superseded. He contended that by the 13th of Chase 11. Mr. Carrick had a right to one vote, as it was stated there, that two churchwardens were to be appointed, one by the vicar, and one by the inhabitants, and the inference was, that he was to be elected by the decision of a certain number of men against a certain number. Mr. FROST, (for Mr. King,) contended that they we re bound to decide that the meeting was held under the ge' neral Vestry Act, by which a part of the act of Charles had been repealed. Mr. ACLAND replied to Mr. Frost, denying that any part of the act had been repealed. Mr. Woom.Ev, (for his father,) followed, and argued that the meeting was held under the Statute of Charley' The assessor stated, that his opinion yeas, that the parisbef had met there under the statute of Charles 11., an d that the mode of voting there prescribed must be adopted' Mr. Woolley then said—and that is, that there is 0° p'urality of votes, and that every inhabitant or boug' holder has a right to vote. Three cheers were thin givtn, and after a vote ha d he n t en d ere d f or each of the cand id ates, the meet i ng ad journed. At the close of the poll on Tuesday, the numbers w ere-' Aciand 42:3 King 2-4383 6 At the close on Tuesday— Atiand 778 King l3O Woollev Majority .............................................. --648 , The poll was then adjourned to this d a y. The town 1 5 all excitement. It is not known when the election will terminate. The Society of Liberals have engaged an el" tective band, which parades the town with flags and bo ners, with appropriate device s . The members of the society are actively canvass'n; the parishoners, and they cansider the victory as certain, and parochial reform ac' camp fished. A decree has been passed by the Brazilian Government, authorizing the free circulation of gold du , t , as merchandise, to cny extent, after the payment of dui/ in those provinces whore mining is carried Vn. reedy I not to tell them that their abolition be ca '• in; of the ministerial Bill of Reform it Ateit.•.i . ! .i. 'as gassed into a law—and after Tied int% '...:./. on, it will then be aSCI'I • the 41 ; 1 • nobleman, to whom h alluded, tof ... : • nether it be libellous er.enntives p) :. , will be more the r e p• bigot w 4 es- -lo are returne• i iarter. lie OA d : -.Z, y e :.,• -s his on, that So (gpf,frogplithat to: 7 e case, 1 all will ever aftortiiii perk , 7, .. ample of I !xhibittd during tbArver '::-.. -, in ~liile 1 if Commons. But he eared `.. ~-;,- half task assigned at this meetitigoit. : _ o`ll th ieeed forthwith, and be was ha` ,'hat it e