The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-14 00:00:00

FR 0 ME.

Extract of -a letter from Frome, `dated March 12 :
" Your
Paper, :The Sun, having taken 'such a promi-
nent part in support of Reform, and for that reason hav-
ing obtained the greatest circulation here, being taken in
also at all the principal inns and reading-rooms, I am in-
duced to acquaint you with the active proceedings which
have taken place here on the subject, in hopes of your
giving it a place in your intelligent and liberal Paper
among other places :—A requisition having been signed
by many highly respectable inhabitants of this town for a
public meeting on the subject of a Reform in Parliament,
as introduced by his Majeaty's Ministers, a meeting was
accordingly convened by the churchwardens and overseers
of the town, which took place this day
mbly-roomp at the George Inn
asse James Anthony Wickham, Esq., in the
Chair. Resolutions were then proposed by Wm. Shep-
pard, Esq., seconded by T. Bunn, Esq., expressive of the
great necessity of a Reform in the Commons hlouse of Par-
liament, and the great pleasure and hearty concurrence
with which the proposed measures now before time House
were viewed, and a deep sense of the benefits likely to re-
sult to the manufacturing and commercial interests of this
country, in the vigorous and decisive plan of Reform
brought forward by Lord John Rus,ell, in the extension
of the elective franchise to those large towns and counties
which are now so inadequately represented in Parliament,
and of the disqualifying those rotten boroughs which are
an anomaly with the spirit of the British Constitution.
An humble and loyal address to his most gracious Ma-
jesty was then proposed by H. Miller, Esq., seconded by
Robert , Meares, Esq., expressive of the very loyal and
grateful feelings entertained by the meeting for the wise
and liberal Reform measure which his most gracious Ma-
jesty had suffered to be introduced for the good and wel-
-1 fire of his devoted and grateful subjects, which they can-
not view without expressing sentiments not to be ex-
ceeded by any portion of his Majesty's subjects. It was,
after having received the unanimous consent of all present,
(for there was not a dissenting voice), proposed that the
andpetitiontoour countythatto the House of Lords by Lord Brougham ; and
that to our gracious Sovereign by the Home Secretary,
Lord Melbourne. A vete of thanks having been given to
our worthy and respected chairman, for his readiness in
presiding on this occasion, the meeting separated. It
was aptly remarked by a gentleman present, that the next
petition we might instruct our own representative to do is."

Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, dated March 11 :
f, it is quite impossible to give you any idea of the grateful
sensationthat is universally spread over the whole of Scot~
land in regard to Reform. Meetings are taking place daily
of incorporations and public bodies, in order to address his
Majesty, and to petition Parliament in support of this
measure. It must be truly gratifying for you to know that
The Sun is daily gaining ground in this pat of the
United Kingdom."

j can Extractha f
i4' a letter from Boston, dated 11,1 arch 13
- describe, in adequate terms, the enthusiasm
which prevails her: all classes unite in favour of the
o d
who decry the Ministers as traitors. The feeling of una-
nimity displayed at the meeting was really gratifying int.ne,.
Cgrpo-iation, who are Ultra Tories, and
hEig'lll:ese:d7grtele;.'e'

Extract from a private letter; dated Carlisle,March 10 :-.-
4 i AS you take co much interest in the Reform question,
it may be interesting to you to be made acquainted with
die proceedings of this place upon that subject. Th..,
Ministerial measure has given very general satisfaz,tion. QT.
Tuesday last a number of the most respectable inhabitants
of Carlisle met and . agreed to send a requisition to the
Mayor, to petition Parliainent to pais the Reform Bill.
The requisition Was signed by 160 persons, amongst whom
were the principal
manufacturers, hankers, householders,
&c. in the city ;
yet his Worship, the `Rev. Dr. Lowry,
proper
thought i to refi;eto call the meeting. The re-
visilionista met
again to-day (John Dixon, Esq. in the
chair), when it was unanimously resolved to call a public
meeting, to be held on Monday next, and as there is no

room in the town sufficiently large to contain such a num-
ber of people as may be expected to attend, it was agreed
to hold the meeting upon the race-course. A requisition
is also in progresd of signature to be presented to the High
Sheriff this evening, to call a county meeting, which is
expected to be held at Wigton on Tuesday next."

ST. GEORGE IN THE EAST.--This morning a
numerously and highly-respectably attended meeting of
the inhabitants of St. George in the East, was held in the
parochial National School, Charles-street, Old Gravel-
lane, to take into consideration the most expedient course
to adopt to effect the enactment of Lord John Russell's
plan of Parliamentary Reform as a law. Mr. Cole, the
senior churchwarden, was unanimously called to the
chair. The meeting was addressed by several able
speakers, who proposed and seconded resolutions expres-
sive of the imperative necessity of a Reform in the Com-
mons House of Parliament to avert the most lamentable
evils, approval of the plan of Reform proposed by Lord
John Russell, under the sanction of Ministers, and con-
fidence in the King and the present Administration, which
were carried unanimously, amid acclamations. It was
then agreed to, that an address of gratitude be presented
to his Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament,
imploring the Legislature to pass the Government plan
of Reform into a law. Thanks were voted to the chair-
man, and the meeting dispersed.

ISLINGTON.—The inhabitants of St. Mary, Isling-
ton, are to have a meeting, we understand, this evening,
at Canonbury Tavern, to petition in favour of the Bill
brought into the House of Commons by Lord John Rus-
sell, for. Parliamentary Reform.

LUMBER TROOP.—Among other popular bodies we
perceive, from an advertisement in this day's paper, that
the Ancient and Honourable Lumber Troop are to have a
special meeting to petition for Parliamentary Reform.
The Troop muster for the purpose at their head-quarters,
New-street, in the Ward of Farrmgdou Without, on Wed-
nesday evening next.

CALLINGTON AND THETFORD.—Callington
was sold by Lord Clinton to Mr. Alexander Baring. who
also purchased a large estate in Suffolk of Lord Petre,
which enable him to return a Member for the borough of
Thetford. The Duke of Grafton and Mr. Baring ami-
cably divide Thetford between them. By the new Re-
form Bill Callington will be wholly, and Thetford half, dis-
franchised. No wonder, then, that Mr. Alexander Baring
utters such loud complaints for having paid so " deafly
for his whistle "

GREENWICH.—On Saturday forenoon, pursuant to
a requisition sent to the churchwardens, a numerous and
highly respectable meeting of -the householders of Green-
wich, took place in the vestry room at the church, to take
into consideration the necessity of forwarding a petition to
the Commons House of Parliament iu favour of Lord
John Russell's motion of Reform. The senior church-
warden, B. Smith, Esq. presided ; and after several
speakers had been beard, resolutions were agreed to, and
a petition framed, which is in the course of signature, and
will in a few days be presented. On the same day a similar
meeting took place of the inhabitants of Deptford, whet e
a petition is also lying for signature.

LYMINGTON.—The inhabitants of this borough and
neighbourhood have expressed themselves in terms of the
most unqualified approval of the Ministerial Reform mea-
sure, and a petition to the House of Commons is now in
course of signature.

HUDDERSFIELD.—The Huddersfield petitions in
favour of Lord John Russell's Reform Bill have been sent
off, with no less than 7,500 signatures, including men of
all parties, whose unanimity and zeal in favour of this mea-
sure are without a parallel in former times.
ROCHDALE.—A public meeting was held at Roch-
dale yesterday (Friday), in the Town Hall, to petition
Parliament in favour of the Ministerial measure of Reform,
which has given the highest satisfaction in that town.—

. .
John Elliot, Esq. was in the chair. The petition prayed
that Rochdale might be included among the places to
whom representatives were to be given, baying 20,000
inhabitants.

NEWPORT.—At a meeting held at the Green Dragon
Inn, Newport (Isle of Wight), on Wednesday, the 9th
inst. Charles Day, Esq. of Cowes, in the Chair, it was
unanimously resolved, by one of the'most numerous and
respectable meetings that ever assembled in the Isle of
Wight, to address the King arid both Houses of Parlia-
ment, expressive of their high satisfaction at the plan of
Reform proposed by Lord John Russell, and of their de-
termination to support his Majesty's Ministers in their
object by all the constitutional means in their power.
UXBRIDGE.—In the course of Wednesday notice was
given that a meeting of the inhabitants of Uxbridge and
its vicinity would be held on the fallowing day, at the
King's Arms Inn, for the purpose of sanctioning a petition
to Parliament, approving of the plan of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters for Reform in Parliament. Thursday being mar-
ket-day, the meeting was very numerously attended, not-
withstanding the shortness of the notice. John Chippen-
dale, Esq. was called to the Chair, and various resolu-
tions approving of the plan of Ministers were proposed and
carried.

YORK COUNTY.—We are happy to find that the
county of York is about to meet, for the purpose of sup.
porting that great cause, which it may be said to have
cradled in its infancy, half a century ago. The Ministerial
Reform Bill has been welcomed by the Aristocracy of this
county, as well as by the middle and working classes; and
the gentry are now coming forward to support their own
consistency, the Government of his Majesty, and the safety
of the country. A requisition for a County Meeting has
been prepared, and having obtained a sufficient number of
signatures, it will probably be presented to the High Sheriff
this day. The list of requisitors might have been indefinitely
swelled, but it was altogether needless, and from the ur-
gency of the occasion it was necessary to present the requi-
sition without delay. It is hoped that the meeting will he
held towards the close of next week, possibly on Friday, or
at the latest in the course of the week following. We
trust that the reformers of the West Riding will muster
very strongly at York on this grand occasion. The voice
of the higher and middle classes of Yorkshire, and the tens
of thousands of names that would be attached to the pe-
titions, would produce a powerful effect in St. Stephen's
Chapel.

A requisition to the High Sheriff of the
county of Warwick is in course of numerous signature, to
convene an early meeting of freeholders "to address his
MAJESTY, and to petition Parliament in support of the
Ministerial measure of a Reform in tho representation of
the people." Also a county meeting will take place in
Worcestershire, on a similar requisition.—Aforn. Chro,u.
MURDER OF MR. BURKE.—On Montay
eleven fellows were in custody on suspicion, who, it was
said, were to be sent to Thurles for examination. Mr.
FlultxE was about fifty-six years of age, and an excellent
character. We hear the eldest of the children present at
the time of the murder is about twelve years old, and
would know, at least, one of the murderers. It is re•
ported that some middlemen had been driving the under-
tenants on some ground bold during the life of the de-
ceased, and that Mr, BURKE thus became the innocent
victim of the most atrocious guilt, in a case in which he
had no concern whatever.—Waterford Mail.
ALARMING DISTRESS IN Ini(AND.--011
Saturday last a meeting of genticaneninterested in the wel-
fare of Ireland, was held, 0 take into consideration statz-
ments relating to tha famine now prevalent in certain dis-
trictstbat country. The existence of this fearful visi-
being fully proved, and approhewlons being excited,
°n of
thati unless some relief be i,minediately applied, an ex-
tension of the calarniV is inevitable, it was deterrnineel
to put forth a requisition for a general meeting, to make
an urgent appeal to the sympathies of the public on the
behalf of their starving fellow-creatures, and to form a
Committee (into which .1-;-,ight merge the limited exertions
of benevolent individuals already engaged in thia work of
charity). far the purpose of receiving t3,-,e contributions of
the humane, and of applying the collective amount in the
most efficient manner for the support of the suffering and
patient people, until the measures contemplate by Go-
vcrnmetit can be carried into satisfactory operation. The
proposed meeting being of a pl:,;:ely charitable natnro, the
introduction of political and irrelevant matter will be care.
fully excluded,
TURF.—We understand that some per-
son has taken the.super....4”ous trouble of writing a key to
this sporting novel, as if any one familiar witL the gay
circles could hesitate a moment as to the originals of the
following characters, viz.— Loot Dalzel, nick-named " the
Pig ;" Jolly Reyna:4, a ci,-depant cornet ; Lady Blossom-
fled ; LAO 4terborougb; Hookey of Goldfitaoh-halil ; Sir
',joles Hazard; Pugil, the ex-Itaixer ; Sir Charles
Wheeler; Lord Stormer ; Lord Freely; Lord De Ville;
Tom Cornhill; Jerry m
; Cramp, the jockey; Lords
Letter6eld, Arden, Verity, Clan-];.rite, azd the Duke of
Atlpia ; the young Dukeof Deloraine, Captains
garleiuin ; Mr. Stultus; the Duke of
las'iligaiet°s‘vnecaa'u.thi;ndthe illegitimate Captain Bipatri; Rowley
Robinson, the banker; airs. Reynard Long; Lord
Jack Smith, the out-and-outer ; George Ber-
Shaft°, the gourmand; the Marquis of abygo ; George
Anguish;
rj(We; the Doke of Granby ; the Hon. Bulkeley Raven ;
and many others which are but too plainly indicated.

AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEBATE UPON
REFORM.

The following analysis will at one view exhibit the op-
ponents and speakers in favour of the Ministerial measure
of Reform, whether they are the representatives of the
people or the nominees of boroughmongers ; and also the
probable influence, when they are returned for free places,
which may have had its effect on their conduct in the
debate :

AGAINST THE MEASURE.
BIARCH 1 (TUESDAY)—FIEST NIGHT.
Sir ROBERT H. 'Nails, Member for the University of
Oxford, having ousted Sir Robert Peel, on the ultra spirit
of that University excited against him for his support of
the Catholic question.
Mr. HORACE Twiss, Member for Newport, Isle of
Wight, which is to be wholly disfranchise l ; a Treasury
borough, under the management of the Holmes family;
Ex-Secretary of State under the late Administration, and
without any retiring allowance ; a barrister and K. C.
without practice, and Ex-Commissioner of Bankrupts.
Lord F. L. GOWER, Member for Sutherlandshire (Scot-
land), the returning influence of which is in the hands of
his father, the Marquis of Stafford, and which the pro-
posed Bill will throw open ; Ex-Secretary for Ireland
under the late Administration. The number of voters at
present is only 26.

MARCH 2 (WFDNESDAY)—SECOND NIGHT.
Mr. J. V. SHELLEY, son of Sir John Shelley, Bart.,
Member for Lewes; and Member for Gotten, which is to
be wholly disfranchised. Patron, Lord Monson.
Mr. C. B. WALL, Member for Guildford, which, by
the operation of the new Bill, is to lose one Member.
The Earl of DARLINGTON, Member for Saltash, which
is to be wholly disfranchised by the operation of this Bill.
His Lordship is eldest son of the Marquis of Cleveland,
who is the proprietor of three boroughs, and returns six
Members—a right which the continuance of the present
system would, in the event of his father's death, become
his to exercise. The father, however, is for the Bill.
Lord STORMONT, Member for Aldborough, Yorkshire,
to be wholly disfranchised ; patron the Duke of Newcastle ;
eldest son of Earl Mansfield, the head of one section of the
Ultra Tories ; and the patron of two boroughs returning
three Members.

Sir JOHN WALatz, Akimbo. for Sudbury, which is by
the operation of the Bill to lose one of its Members.
Lord MaioN, Member for Wootton Bassett, which is to
be wholly disfranchised by the Bill ; eldest son of Earl
Stanhope ; patron, Mr. Pitt.

Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, Member for Borough.
bridge, one of the Duke of Newcastle's boroughs, which
it is intended wholly to disfranchise ; head in the Coin_
mans House of one section of the most Ultra Tories.
MARCH 3 (THURSDAT).—THIRD NIGHT.
Mr. GEORGE BANK: ES, Member for his father's bo-
rough of Corfe Castle, which it is proposed wholly to dis-
franchise.

Mr. HART DAVIS, Member for Bristol, on the Ultra-
interest.

Mr. BARING, Member for his own borough of Calling_
ton, for which he returns both the representatives, and
which is to be wholly disfranchised by the operation of the
Bill.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, Member for the borough of Tam,
worth, which is to lose one of its Members under the new
plan, and of which he is himself half patron, sharing it
with the Marquis Townshend ; Ex-Secretary of State
for the Home Department, and leader of an influential sec-
tion of the Tories.

MARCH 4 (FRIDAY)•--FOURTH NIGHT.
Mr. FRESHFIELD, Member for Penryn, which is to lose
one of its Members in the event of Lord John Russell's
Bill succeeding. The borough is under the patronage cf
Sir C. Lemon : he is also solicitor to the Bank of England.
Hon. Mr. Duiscones, Member for Yorkshire, and the
only one of its representatives returned on Ultra-Tory prin-
ciples; eldest son of the Earl of Feversham.
Mr. CALcitarr, Member for Wareham, his own
ilosotroougbelwt,
hfoorilywdliic
disfranchised
he
rlanchriseetdur;nsth
Ex-Paymaster of
soiled
it,v,ohriceelst
under the Duke of Wellington.
A MEMBER whose name is not given irrthe newspapers.
Mr. C. W. Wirsix, Member for Montgomershire, Ex-
Secretary at War. His relative, Sir W. W. Wynn, by
the operation of the proposed Bill, will lose much of his
influence in this county and that of Denbigh.
Mr. WILSON Caoxaa, Member for Aldeburgh (Sussex),
which is to be wholly disfranchised; Ex-Secretary of the
Admiralty, who has always sat for close boroughs, except
for a short time for the University of Dublin, which re-
jected him at the last election ; patron, the Marquis of
Hertford.

MARCH 7 (sioNDAY)--nrim NIGHT.
Colonel SIBTHORPE, Member for Linenln, said to be
Lord Monson's nominee for that city ; though, after the
strenuous denial put forth by the Hon. Member, we are
bound to suppose the rumour false.
Mr. TYRILL, Member for. Essex, on the Ultra-Tory
interest.

Sir G. CLERK, Member for Edinburghshire; returned
at present by the influence of the Duke of Buecleuch.
The new Bill will, however, throw open the representa-
tion of this, as well as of all the other Scottish counties.
The number of voters is 34.

Mr. HOPE, Member for Gatton ; to be wholly disfran-
chised. See " Mr. Shelley," first night's debate.
Sir G. WARRENDER, Member for Honiton, which,'
under the operation of the new Bill, is to lose one of its
Members; brother-in-law of Lord Falmouth (by whose
influence he is returned), who is patron of two boroughs,
returning three Members under the present system--all of
which his Lordship loses by the proposed Bill. The
boroughs are St. Michael and Truro, Cornwall.
Mr. W. PEEL, Member for Yarmouth, Isle of Wight,
which is to be wholly disfranchised : returned by the in-
fluence of Sir W. Holmes ; brother of the Ex- Secretary
of State for the Home Department.
Mr. NORTH, Member for Drogheda, returned by the
influence of the corporation, and obtained the office he
holds of Judge of the Irish Admiralty Court (a sinecure)
from the Duke of Wellington's Administration.

MARCH 8 (TURSDAY)—SIXTH;;;HT.
Mr. ATTWOOD, the Duke of Newcastle's other Member
for Boroughbridge. (See " Sir Charles Wetherell,"
second night). The Dukes borough influence used to be
Aldborough 2, Boroughbridge 2, Fast Retford 2, Newark
2—total, 8.
Mr. LzraoY, Member for Dublin University; an Ultra-
Orangeman, and just such a representative of the Irish
University as Sir Robert Inglis of Oxford.
Sir J. Yortra, Member for Reigate, which is to be
wholly disfranchised; patron, the Earl of Hardwicke,
half-brother of the Member.
Mr, 111ACYWORTH NASD, Member for St. Germain's,
Cornwall, which is to lose one of its Members under the
new system ; patron, the Duke of Northumberland, who
loses the nomination of six Members.-

MARCLI 9 (WEDNIESDAY)—•SEVINTH NIGHT.
Mr. PERCEVAL, Member for Newport, Isle of Wight,
on the influence of the Holmes family ; (see "Mr. H.
Twiss," fir,t night.) The Holmes family lore the no.
mination of six Members.

Mr. GouLimas, Member for Armagh, the borough of
the Primate of Ireland, who selects 12 burgesses, generally
ecclesiastics, and iu whom the right of election lies.
Hon. C. DOUGLAS, Member for Lanarkshire, which is
under the control of his relative the Duke of Hamilton, and
the number of voters is only 89.
Mr. GonnoN, Member for Seaford, a close borough,
which is to be wholly disfranchised ; patron, Lord Sea-
, cord. It, however, deserved a better fate, as, at the last
general election, the inhabitants succeeded in returning one
independent Member, Mr. Lyon, seated by the decision of
a Committee of the House of Commons last week. Mr.
Lyon's vote, as he will aupport the Reform Bill, neutra-
lizes that of Mr. Gordon; the rejected Member, Mr. Elli;,
would have voted against it too.
Air. T. P. COURTENAY, Member for the borouffts of
Tomos, which is deprived of the power of returning more
than one Member by the new plan.
Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS, Member for Dumfries, brother
to the Marquis of Queensberry, who is the patron of the
borough, and the number of voters is only five, all under
his influence. His Lordship is also patron of the county
of Dumfries.