The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-17 00:00:00

ROTUNDA PETITION

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from per--
sena arkstribled at the " Rotunda' in Blackfriars.
road, The petition stated it was with surprise
and astonishment toy heard that his Majesty"
Prime Minis.er lied stated that the country way
satisfied with the present state of the representation, and
they logged of the House not to believe one word of what
the Puke stated.—cLaughter.)—They prayed for radical
tartan, h Wish prays? he (Mr. O'Connell) heartilycon.
marred. Tho lion, igetriber Oleo moved for returns of the
amount of duty Maid on Patton And lipep cloth, sugar, tee,
coffee, malt, and several other grtielee imported into Ire-
land within the lest eight years......(eilee#4.
WARIIHRTON presented a petition, but from the
noise preyliling in the House we were unable to catch the
purport of it tiLa gallery..
Mr. HUME, in sperd‘ipe on the petition, said that the
House would never be constiiutrel'uotii Ministers had no
pleep there, nr were not allowed to vOte.—opr, hear.)
He had 414 01),:4atiOn that they should have a seat for the
purpose of attewerior; any ritite,tiorts that might be put to
them, but hut cower-4(14i that they ought not to be
allowed to vote there; it was the Gas* i hitil:teountries,and
ha ,tini not see why it should not be so in (Ma, ne)
cio;;Id not stop here; be would say that no
Minister, that no naval or military officer, or any
one holding a civil appointment under the OM-
etitittion, should have a 'se et dot Huttee.—(llear,
be.tr, and great laughter.) It was only natural
that they sheet& look forward to protuotiopi and
therefore the gotat could not , fairly reptesent O*

country until it had purged itself of every place_
man. lie would even go further and say: that
no East India Director, or II ink Director, shout,
have a plaCe within its walla.--(Hear, hear, hear, aO4I
laughter.) It must come to that, and he hoped the day
was not far distant when no Minkter of the Crown would
be allowed to vote, even if he had a place in it.
LONDON BRIDGE.

The Sheriff of London appeared at the bar and present
a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common.
Council of London, praying fa leave to bring in a Bill to
amend the-London Bridge Aet.—Referred to a Committee
The Sheriff then presented another petition from the
Lord Mayor,' Aldermen, and Common Council, praying
for Parliamentary Reform.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said the Corporation of London
had assembled to consider the great subj, et of Parliamen-
tary Reform, and he was convinced if the great body of
the Liverymen had been assembled, ninety-nine out of
every hundred of them would have been in favour of
that measure. Notwithstanding the declaration of the
Prime Minister, he could assure his Majesty's Ministers
that no change had takes place in the feeling of the
country. Honourable Members roust be aware bow
their constituents were suffering under the present
state of things, and until a reform in Parliament had been
effected the country would never be able to obtain those
changes to which they were entitled. He hoped front
what took place last night, that a change was about to take
Owe, and he hoped on this night that their consti►uents
would bear that Ministers cook' not much longer hithl
their places. He regretted much that illness prevented
his voting in the majority last night. The Worthy Alderman
was about proceeding into a statement respecting Ministers
advising the King not to visit the city, when he was inter-
rupted by loud cries of "•Question, question," from the
Ministerial benches. He had no doubt it was a disagreeable
thing for Ministers to reflect on the advice they had given
the Sovereign, founded as it was on the declaration of two
such persons as those from whom they received it. He
was sure his Muj•sty might have gone safe, and he would
have done all in his power to have preserved the public
peace.—(Hear, and Laughter.).—Several Withers took
the oaths and their seats.
RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS! !!

Shortly after Four o'clock Mr. Secretary PEEL Uddressell
the Speaker as follows : —lt is, Sir, with the most un-

feigned respect to the House, that I take the earliest op-
portunity of publicly stating, in consequence of what oc-
curred last night, that I felt it my duty this morning to
wait upon the King, and humbly and respectfully to in-
form his Majesty, that I could no longer undertake, as far
as I was cone reed, the administration of public affairs
with satisfaction to myself, or advantage to the country;
and I have further to acquaint the House that his Ma-
jrsty was 'graciously pleased to accept of my yesignation..
I therefore now only hold office in the Home Department
until such time al my successor can be appointed. It
only remains for me now to state, that every other Mem-
ber of his Majesty's Government have also tendered their
resignations, which resignations have been accepted, and
they, too, only hold office until such timeas their succes-
sors may be appointed.
The address of the Right Hon. Gentleman was listened
to with the most profound silence from all parts of the
House, which was exceedingly crowded before three
o'clock.

Lord ALTHORP rose, but spoke in so low a tone
as to be inaudible. The Noble Lord observed, after the
declaration of the Right lion. Secretary, the House was
placed in such circumstances that he thought it
would be impossible fur his lion, and Learned Friend,
Mr. Brougham, to bring forward his important motion
for Reform on that night. He never remembered when
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there was a &Meng-in the Administration that
ques-
tion of such vital importance was discussed. He theref.re
put it to h!s Hon. Friend whether ha bad not better post-
pone it.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, with the greatest respect for
the House, he mint say that he felt the greatest repugnance
in putting off his motion ; it was, however, a question of
such vital importance, that the Noble Lord had sod
it ought not to be discussed whilst there was a deficiency
in the Cabinet. lie concurred with the sentiments of the
Noble Lord. He must, however, trke that opportunity to
say, that a question of such importance,in his opinion, had
never been discussed within the walls of that House, he
therefore felt great responsibility and fear in taking any
step to retard its being discussed. lie would, however,
bow with deference to the opinion of the House.
Although a change in the administration was about to
take place, that was a measure that could not by by pos-
sibility affect him. He might, therefore, take this oppor-
tunity of stating that if he did not proceed in making his
motion for Reform pursuant to his notice this evening, be
should put it off only to the With of this month, and no
longer, for he was determined, let who would be his Ma.
jesty's Ministers, to bring forward the question of Parlia-
►r►entary Reform.--(Loud cheering.)
Sir It. PEEL trusted the House would excuse him
for one moment. The Noble Lord opposite (A►thorp)
bad stated that in consequence of the resignation of Mi-
nisters, the country would be in a most precarious state,
as there was then no administration existing. As this might
be very much misunderstood in some parts of the country,
he thought it ought to be generally known that as long as
a Minister held the seals of his office he was competent
virtually to act.---( Hear, bear. )—And, for himself, until
he bad delivered up the seals of his office t► his Sovereign
---(Hear, hear)—he should feel called upon, if necessity re-
quired it, to exercise those functions just the same, as if he
had not resigned--(Hear, hear)—and he trusted he should
have the support of the House—(Heer, bear)—in any
measure which the public welfare of the country required.
—(Loud cheering.)
Lord ALTHORP observed, that the explanation given
by Sir Robert Peel was not exactly in accordance with
his sentiments. lie had been misunderstood by the Right
Hon. Baronet, whst he said was that in consequence of

the resign►►tion of Ministers, the country was placed under
circumstances in which a motion of the nature of that of
the Hon. Member for Yorkshire never had been made.
Mr. Alderman WAITIBIAN rose, hut the confusion
in the House was so great, as to render it impossible for

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the worthy Alderman to make h►mself heard. We under•
stood him, however, to deprecate the petition which had
been presented, and to observe, that he was determined
not to he cried down. Ile could not abandon his duty
though Ministers had abandoned theirs.