The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-24 00:00:00

RYE.

TO THE BARONS AND FREEMEN OF TILE
PORT OF EVE.
GENTLEIIO4,—I have this moment heard of the public
meeting yesterday held in your town—of the resolutions
adopted, and the indignation and astonishment evinced by
it. For that excitement there is but too much cause. '
Without the remotest misconduct being attributable or at-
tributed—you are DISFRA NCHISED
Against your oppontlits the most flagrant and no-
torious usurpation and corruption were offered to be proved.
The Committee thought proper (whether legally, it is not
for tse to say) to refuse to hear these proofs. In short,
your rights may now again, as heretofore, ho bartered
in the political market without shame or hindrance.
Two Committers of the House of Commons are now
at issue. One—that of May last, decl iring. your house.
holder-tax-payers eontriliuting to rates and burthens, to be
entitled to the e:ective franchise.
The other—that an individual with a few self-elected
relatives and dependants ought to his the eels and exclusive
depositories of this great constitutional right.
• • The Mayor of your town in August last disobeyed with
impunity the former of these decisions. I should like to
know why you have not an equal right to disobey the
latter.

Decrees emanating from authority have no title that I
know of, to be held indiscriminately sacred. Good laws
deserve respect. Cruel and unjust ones, execration. They
are a thousand times more to be deprecated than individual
delinquency ; fair what are unjust edicts, in fact, but a pro.
vision for the impunity and perpetuation of crime ? Of
this perversion of legislation our Stande Books unfortu-
nately afford but too many examples.
But the true way to view the outrage thus committed
on you, is in its connexion with general Reform. Great
events and changes have originated in lesser incidents.
Your town may not be of the largest class, but the firm-
ness it displays, and the aggravations of the case, will
procure for you the sympathy of the whole country. I
recommend you to communicate with, and state your
grievances to, the enlightened and populous manufacturing,
as well as the surrounding towns. Union is above all
things necessary. Maritime and inland, trader and a?ri-
culturist,should all concert, as they now seem disposed to
do, in this one great common and Constitutional object'.
Isolated' efforts may be dealt with as in yours and Po
many other instances, by ordinary intrigue or manage-
ment, or instruments in themselves contemptible. But
such are not the 111e411,1 by which the sense of a whole
people can be represse.l. Nor, are these the times, let us
hope, for the successful maintenance of such wrongs, when
almost every breeze brings fresh tidings of the triumphs of
Continental Liberty.
One more observation I must make—that those who
indulge the hope of a real and effectual liejimn being pro-
posed to Parliament without the co-operation of the
people—without a loud and peremptory expression of the
public determination —such persons I do not hesitate to
say, so anticipating, will be deceived.
That some measure., bearing a semblance of what is re-
quired is in contemplation there can be no doubt. lint
Vxsan alone, I apprehend, will afford a sufficient motive
for causing its provisions to be such as justice and the
Nation demand.
At this moment I need only add, that whatever course
you may adopt, mine shall be iu unison with it. Nor is
there any sacrifice, personal or pecuniary, which I shall
not be ready to incur her you, and with you.
1 leave the honour to remain, Gentlemen, your
faithful and devoted servant,
D. L. ,EVANS.
12, Itegent-street, London, Dec. 23, 1830,

LITERATURE,

THE HORSEMAN'S MANUAL„—LoKnox, 1830,

By those who are interested in the subject, anA
bow numerous and wealthy is this class in England,
the present treatise on the soundness of horses, as
well as on the law of warranty respecting them,
will be perused with avidity. Mr. Surtees, of Lin-
coin's Inn, to whom we are indebted for it, has
treated his subject with considerable skill and judg-
ment. He has collected in a small compass, and in
a practical, and what is still better, intelligible form,
the various decisions relating to horses which lie
scattered through the whole body of the law reports.
To the majority of these decisions he has appended
remarks of his own, for the purpose of clearing up all
that may appear doubtful and perplexing to the unin-
itiated render. In addition to this Mr. Surtees has en-
tered into a brief but pertinent epitome of the various
disorders to which horses are subject, end points out
how they may be detected, and by what means they
may be remedied. A few observations are also
added respecting the degree of responsibility that
attaches to Veterinary Surgeons, so that in every
respect the treatise is really and truly what it pro-
fesses to be, a " Horseman's Manual"--and the
best " Manual" it is of the sort we have aver read.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

Very little was done either on the Derby or Oaks yesterday;
the trials at Paris evidently exciting more speculation than, the
trials at Newmarket; very few bets were made, and those of in-
ferior interest. The subjoined statement comprirres the. .0 en.
tirejy!' of the afternoon's business :

TIIE DERRY.
13 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's liras do Fer (taken)
14 to 1 agst Mr. ileardssvorth's CoAvick
14 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder
IS to 1 apt Lord Jersey's Filagree colt
17 to 1 agst Mr. W. I:Willey's Caleb
'23 to 1 agst Lord Vertilain's Villl.lllle% colt
.2S to 1 ogst Doke of Grafton's Pastille colt (taken)
1010 to 15 agst Laud Verolam's Trottele colt (taken)

oa►:a•
11 to ti apt :tlr. H0n1.16%1401's Circassian
l to I agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen
10 to 1 apt Mr. tiatilet's Delight
NI to 1U agat Colwl k winning the Derby. and Delight fur
the Oaks (taken)

HUNTING INTI4I,LIGENCE.

ST. JAMES, CLEIIKENWEIL--PARLIA-

AIENTATtY REFORM.

A meeting was held yesterday in the church of
St. James's parish, Clerken well, at which Mr. KEY,
Churchwarden, presided, fur the purpose of passing
resolutions towards framing a petition to be pre-
sented to Parliament, praying for Reform. The
meeting was not very numerously attended.
The CHAIRMAN, in the usual manner, on taking
the Chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting.
Mr.Timmt, rose to propose the first resolution,
in doing which he remarked, that there were many
petitions front similar meetings that had embraced a
variety of complaints, such IHk the abrogation of the
assessed taxes, and other things ; but in this case
Parliamentary Reform had been deemed of pare-
mount importance, and on that account the prayer
of the petition had been confined to that point alone.
Ile strongly urged the necessity of unity among the

people.
Mr. Muntmv, in rising, said, he was convinced
that this country could never return to a healthy
state till an alteration was made in the mode of its
representation. He preferred the Constitution of
England to any that he had ever heard or read of—
as it should by, to consist of King, Lords, and Com-
mons, where there were to be one House of Lords,
mid one House of Commons; but instead of that,
we had now two Houses of Lords, and no House
of Commons, because the influence of the Peers was
so strong in the House of Commons, it could not
he said that the people were represented. He al-
luded to the present state of the country, and ex-
pressed a great feeling of sympathy for the people
who had from distress been driven to commit out-
rages; but he did not blame them so much, nor
hold them so culpable, as these who had ground
them to the dust, and driven them to desperation.
Ile adverted to the professions of the present
Ministry, end all they had to encounter in their pre-
sent situations, and added, that the Ministry could
not possibly stand for six months unless the people
strengthened their hand, one means of which was by
petitions for Reform.
Mr. IIEwITT rose to move the second resolution.
He said that it bad been urged by some, that it was
no time now to petition for Parliamentary Reform,
since the Government had pledged themselves on
the subject ; but he contended that it was necessary
to petition, or else those whose interest it was to
oppose it would immediately turn round, and say
that the people did not complain, and that they did
not want any thing.
Mr. Com;onv moved the third resolution, which
prayed for Vote by Ballot.—(Loud applause.) lie
did not anticipate that the resolution would encoun-
ter opposition at this meeting, but he was afraid
that it would. not give satisfaction elsewhere.

The House of Cominons had always been be-
hind the people in progress of sentiment, but
the House of Lords were an immeasurable dis-
tance behind them. Ile thought it a great mis-

chief to a country to have an hereditary Senate. lie
drew a ridiculous picture of the inefficiency of the
Aristocracy as members of society. Ile attributed
the cause of the evi► to the existence of the law of
primogeniture. With regard to the vote by ballot,
the aristocracy ought object to it. The Duke of

Newcastle would perhaps say, " I cannot do what
I like with my own." Now it was proper that the
people should tell the Commons of their wants, and
let the Commons represent it to the Lords. He
urged the advantage of vote by ballot that it would
do away with the practice of canvassing for votes,
it would then be only necessary to look to the merits
of the man, He concluded with saying, that" they
might as well attempt to sail a ship into port with-
out water, as to get themselves properly repre-
sented, unloss they obtained vote by ballot."—
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Timm supported you by ballot, because
it would do away with that bribery and perjury that
now existed, at elections. If he knew of any better
mode of election he would have advocated it, but
ballot seemed to him to be the best.

Mr. CoNat, in a 1011 g speech, dissented. from pa
titioning for ballot, althoUgh he approved of that
mode of voting 'he argued as the more pru-
dent step to confine the petition to Reform with-
out any dictation.:
Mr. TnompsoN at great length replied to him,
and argued that no dependence was to be placed
upon the promises of the Ministry.
A number of gentlemen present spoke in support
of vote by ballot.
Mr. COTRIII.I, moved an amendment to the re-
solution, to exclude from the prayer of the petition
vote by ballot.
Mr. MASON seconded the amendment,

Mr. SOLOMON, in support of the original reso-
lution, instanced the good effects that vote by ballot
had had in France, in frustrating the machinations
of its late Government.

The amendment was put from the chair, and lost
by a majority overwhelming, only two having held
up their hands for the amendment.
Mr. SoLoam moved another resolution.
After which the meeting adjourned.