The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-18 00:00:00

OPPOSITION to THE CHARTISTS.

(From a Tory Paper.)
A effecting' of landed propr►etors and farmers, in the
county of Ann:oath, to oppose the Chartists, took
place at Newport on April 12. The meeting was one
of the most numerous and respectable that had how
held in this neighbourhood for many years, and amongst
fhtise imtiicdiately round the Chairman we observed Sir
Charles Salusbtfty, Bart., Thomas Prothern,
William Brewer, Esq., J. Jones, Esq., Thomas Phil-
lips, jun., Esq., William Williams, jun., Esq., T. J.
Eiq., Robert Hall, Esq., the Rae. A. A.
Isaacson, the Rev. R. A. Roberts, and numerous other

influentinl gentlemen and farmers.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Esq., of Whitcomb House,
having been unanimously called to the Chair, explained
the circumstances connected with the calling the meet-
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ing, and stated that he had received communications
from the Members for the county and borough, ',and
from Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., regretting their in-
ability to attend, but, expressing their full concurrence
al the objects of the meeting. The gallant Colonel
(Sir D. Mackworth) also expressed his readiness, should
it be found necessary to embody a yeomanry corps, to
lend tlic aid (f his military expericnec.—(Cheers.)
The Rev. A. Rot-taws-a rose to move the first reso-
lution, but the room being crowalad to suffocation, the
meeting adjourned to a meadow. the_
rsev. R. A. Ro-
berts said it afforded him unfeigned pleasure to address
so large and so respectable a meeting, and ti,.: more so,
as it had originated, not with the Magistrates, .11it•
in
the free and spontaneous motion of the farmers ann
other inhabitants.—( Hear.) They had met there that
day to oppose the proceedings of lawless men—to as•ure
their gracious Queen that her throne should not be me-
naced with impunity—(Cheers)—and that the laws and
institutions of the country, which had resulted from
ages of wisdom, should still be maintained inviolate.—
(Loud cheers.) They were met to declare that Eng-
land should not be revolutionised—that she should not
be brought down to the level of miserable Ireland—
( Hear)—that land of crime and misery, where intimi-
dation prevailed to an alarming extent, and theft and
assassination walked hand in hand.—( Hear.) The
Rev. Gentleman proposed a memorial to the Queen, the
reading of which was greeted with much applause.
S;r C. SALUSISUIIY, Bart., had very great pleasure
in seconding the adoption of the Memorial.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
T. PHILLIPS, Esq., moved the next resolution.
They desired nut to interfere with the opinions of others,
hut at the same time they would not allow others to
dictate to them—to tell them that unless they agreed
with them they must become the victims of their vio-
lence, or be doomed to live in a stste of continual ter-
ror and intimidation.—(Cheers.) The state of things
he had alluded to was not an imaginary one, it was
but too evident to all of them—(Hear)—and they bad
only to attend to what was passing around them to hear
active resistance to the law openly inculcated as a duty
—(Hear)—resistance by force of arms by which the
laws were to be changed and the settlement of property
disturbed.—(Cheers.) They bad assembled that day
to declare that they would no longer submit to this sys-
tem of terrorism.—(Prolonged cheering.) Life would
not be worth having under such a system, and he was
sure they would none of them be deterred from resisting
it by the fear of a pike at their breast or a halter round
their neck.—(Cheers.) He saw around him men who had
a stake in the country—men who had property to lose,
the fruits of honest industry, which he was assured they
would protect—(Cheers)—men who were deeply and
heartily attached to the Constitution, interwoven as it
was with the blessings of monarchy, and who were pre-
pared to manifest their attachment to it by defending, at
the hazard of all they possessed, the cherished institu-
tions of their country.—(Cheers.) Mr. Phillips moved
an address to the Lord Ucutenant of the county,
offering to " enrol tbernselveS in any form of which the
Government might approve, in defence of a Constitu-
tion which has obtained for the nation power and re-
nown, and has secured to the people the blessings of
civil and religious liberty, and of laws which afford to all
classes of the community equal security."
T. VENNOR, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted.
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, that Gentle-
man returned thanks.
An immense number of signatures were then appended
to both addresses, and the meeting separated.

WIGAN ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(YESTERDAY.)

The Committee met this day at one o'clock, Mr.
CJIILDERS in the Chair. _ _ .

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Mr. AUSTIN: and Mr. COCKBURN appeared for the sit-
ting Member, and Mr. THESIGER and Mr. BERE for the
petitioner.
The petition was read by the clerk of the Committee.
It alleged that the sitting Member's majority was colour-
able only, and that he had been guilty of bribery, and re-
moving voters from the place of election,
Mr. TIIESIGER addressed the Committee on behalf of
the petitioner, and stated that he would ground his claim
to the seat upon a scrutiny of votes. The election took
place on the 9th of March, and the Mayor of Wigan, Mr.
Alacneil, would have been the returning officer, but he had
been prevented by indisposition. and one of the aldermen,
Mr. R. Bevan, was appointed returning officer, and the
poll books would be produced to the Committee by him.
The petition contained charges of bribery, and also of
withdrawing electors from the scene of the contest, but to
these he would not now more particularly allude. The
candidates at the election were Mr. Ewart and Mr.
Kearsley, and at the close of, the poll the numbers were—
For Mr. Ewart, 261
For Mr. Kearsley 259
giving the former a majority of two votes. He would first
proceed with the class of voters, who had been disqualified
from voting by reason of removal.
Mr. Bevan was then called, and produced the poll books,
and the scrutiny was proceeded with.
At four o'clock, when it was announced that the
speaker was at prayers, three votes had been struck off
the sitting Members' list, and one off the petitioner's, hav-
ing the number on both sides equal.
The decision of the Committee on the vote under con-
sideration was postponed till to-morrow.