The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-06 00:00:00

torial chair in the language of the unhappy poet to the Muses,
Descend ye nine," in order that their places may be filled
by 'non who are willing to follow out the spirit of the Reform
nated, **the seej'ild great charter of the liberties of this
Act! and ma.lle it realize in practice what it has been denomi-
country."
alteration in the political state of
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this Tory-ridden district, ass.."'
,-.-nong other liberal ends in
all parts of the county, having,
view the obtaining of Vote by Ballot: Resolutions have been
passed at several public meetings expres.cive of the same, and
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jority of the same body, who, from the easy circumstances in
which they are placed, maybe supposed to be superior to thoso
acts of influence and intimidation, which are often exercised
with such undoubted effect upon the poorer electors.
GREAT BAL T.OT MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)
One of the largest meetings ever held in this city took
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place this day in the Guiln.f:all, pursuant to a highly respect-
able requisition tc the Mayor, on behalf of the Ballot.
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as i , and stated his deliberate
and overflowing eloquence, moved the First Re:olution. The
speaker detailed the infamous plans resorted to b) the Tories
at the late election for West Worcestershire, in ordur to ob-
tain a majority. On that occasion many LiberaLgentlemeu,
when exercis'ng their constitutional right of propagating their
opinions, were directly and grossly insulted ; and he himself,
whdn he went abroad, was almost obliged to keep a brace of
pistols at his saddlebow.—( Cries of " Shame ! shame I") if
any man among his audience had, previously to the late elec-
tion, been in doubt as tothe necessity of the Ballot, that elec-
tion, and the profligate conduct of the Tories, must have
banished his waverings, and impressed conviction where doubt
previously existed.—( Great Cheering.) The speaker then
went through a portion of the arguments against the Ballot,
particularly the notorious one promulgated by Fraser, to the
effect that it would not destroy canvassing. "It may not de-
stroy canvassing," said Mr. Acton, " but it will destroy that
your vote or your life sort of canvassing which has lately been
so unsparingly used by the Tories."—( Hear, hear.)_lt would
destroy that sort of canvassing which said to the county elector
Ay, my lad, take care how you vote; you know where the
tit:le deeds are.'—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The motion
was 0 the effect that the meeting considered that the Re-
form Bit; was nugatory, or worse than nugatory, so long as
the elector was not allowed to exercise his suffrage fearlessly
and conscientiou:ly.
Mr. ARROWSMITII seconded the motion, which being put
from the chair,] a forest of h.:_nds was held up for it.
On the Chairman asking if there was any against the
motion, the meeting was thrown into lz.:aghter by the appear-
ance of one limb (of the law, I believe).
Mr. F. ELME, at considerable length, ,`Let the objections
of the opponents of the Ballot, and summed u 0 all by trium-
phantly producing the Ballot-box, the effective cliaracter of
which he explained to the meeting amidst unqualified accla-
mation. He concluded by proposing a resolution to the effect
that the Vote by Ballot was a safe, effective, and the only
means of protecting the elective franchise.
Mr. WALL seconded the resolution.

ei9eg being put by the Chair to the meeting, a gentle-
man made a most impotent attempt by the knowledge he had
acquired of the ;yorking of the Ballot in America, to prove
that that measure would not do for this country.
The resolution was carded unanimously.
C. E. HANPER, Esq., said :Nut he was a recent convert to
the Ballot. The time had not 3ong passed when he was
fully opposed to that measure; and he had been confirmed in
that opposition by the testimony of the greatest genius
that perhaps ever adorned this or any other country
—Lord Brougham. That Noble Lord (fron conscien-
tious motives, he believed, had spoke and t.; rote with
great effect on the public mind against the Ballot. But now
Lord Brougham was a convert to the Ballot—( Tremendous
cheers)--indeed the experience of the late general election was
enough to make every honest man support the measure. He
concluded by reading the petjtion put into his hands, which
was expressive of the foregoing resolutions.
It was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, that the
petition to the House of Commons be presentei by Colonel
Davies, M. P., for the City of Worcester.
Colonel DAVIES, M. P.,then came forward and said, he was
most happy to accept the trust which bad just bee. committed
to him; and he would do all in his power to support the pe-
tition in Parliament. Among the questions which agii..ated
the political world, none was worthy of such attention as 01.0
Ballot. It was absorbing the attention of every politician ;
and if the Reform Bill was to do any good to the people, the
Ballot must go hand-in-hand with it. The shade of secrecy
was thrown over grand jurors and petty jurors, and why not
over the honest and conoieutious elector?—(Cheers). The
Ballot was the grand panacea fur the evils of the representa-
tive system; and before it was ILn,g in operation the House of
Commons would be such that it cou:.4 stem the torrent of cor-
ruption sanctioned by the House of J4ords, hacked as that
House was by all the Tory squirearchy arkj oligarchy of the
country. The Gallant Colonel said, that lad was labouring
under the effects of severe indisposition, but thoug'l his medi-
cal. adviser hal cautioned him not to attend his parli,:mentary
duties before two months elapsed, be had determined lit One
week to proceed to the House.—(Great cheers.)
J. TURTON, Esq., in a powerful address, moved the text
resolution, which was a vote of thanks to the Chairman. The
speaker, in the course of his observations, read the opinion of
the American President (Jackson) against that of the gentle-
man who had this day addressed the meeting in opposition to

the Ballot.
Three cheers were given for the Ballot, three for Colore]
Davies, three for the Chairman, and the Jneeting separated
after 3 o'clock.