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NDON, WED NES OA le EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1831.

THE THAMES TUNNEL.

REFORM MEETINGS.

NEAR ROTH ERHITHE CHURCH, AND OPPOSITE THE
END OF OLD GRAVEI-LANE,
ON THE WAPPING SIDE OF THE RIVER.
voTicE is hereby given, that the Public
11 may view the Tunnel every day, (Sundays excepted)
from Eight in the Morning unlit Six in the Evening,
upon payment of One Shilling for each Person. The
Tunnel is lighted with Gas, is dry and warm, and the
descent is by a safe and easy Staircase. By Order;
JAMES IIIRKETT, Clerk to the Company.
Walbrook .buildings, Oct. 20, 1831.

ADJOURNED MEF TJWG OF ST.
JOHN'S, S UTHIVARK.
A inee•ing of the inhabitants Of the parish of St. John,
Southwark, was held yesterday evening, pursuant to ad-
journment from the 17th instant, in the Vestry-ball, for
the put pose of ailoptine an address to his Majesty on the
present important crisis of politic affairs.
Soon after the hour appointed for the meeting (six
o'clock) the Vestry hall was crowded to excess, and the
passages were so tilled by an anxious auditory that ingress
or egress was impossible.
Mi. Nast', one of the churchwardens, was called to the
Chair.
The VESTRY CLERK than read the resolution which
had been adopted at the preceding meeting. The resolu-
tion• was to the effect that the meeting, struck with con-
sternation and dismay on reading the reported answer of
Earl Grey to Mr. Carpue and the deputation who had ac.
companied hint, and not daring to contemplate the dread.
fill consequences that must ensue to the country and the
cause of Reform, from the slightest abandonment of prin-
ciple on the part of Ministers, should adjourn to the 2Zath
instant.
Mr. BA teNgs then rose to move the first resolution. He
had been justified in moving the adjournment, because it
would have been premature to have expressed confidence in
the Ministry until it was ascertained that they would again
submit the great measure of Parliamentary Reform to his
Majesty for adoption.—(Hear.) The same statement
which had actuated him in moving the adjournment, hail
induced the people of Hull to move an amendment to the
address to Ministers proposed there. The meeting in this
parish had not gone so far, because they had always thought
favourably of the present Administration—(Cheers)—
and subsequent events bad justified the course pursued.
The people had been anxious that the Ministry should put.
sue a bolder course of policy, and let their friends know if
they might hope for their support. The country had,
since the last meeting, obtained the open declaration of
Earl Grey and the Lord Chancellor, that a Bill equally ef-
ficient with the one so lately rejected by the House of
Lords should be introduced into Parliament ; and more,
that it should be the liw of the land. This declaration
was confirmed by Lord Althurp ; and in addition, his
most gracious Majesty, in his speech from the throne, bad
manifested his determination to continue his exertions to
obtain for his people a due influence in the choice of their
representatives.—(Loud cheers.) Since the time when an
address had been unanimously voted by the parish, ex-
pressive of confidence in the present Ministers on their
entrance into office, every day and every hour teemed with
abundant proofs of the necessity of Reform ; yet the great
healing measure had been delayed by 199 spiritual and
lay Lords, who had boldly determined to oppose the un-
animous wishes of the peop'e, and td frustrate the desires
of a virtuous and patriotic Men trch.—(Loud cheers.) It
had been asked, what will the Lords do? but his inquiry
teas, what would the people do? God forbid that they
should submit to the chains an imperious oligarchy would
forge for them, nor could he suppose that the feelings of
Englishmen would ever submit to such dictation.—(Loud
cheers, arid cries of " Adjourn to the Church.") The
speaker, at considerable length, and with great ability,
alluded to what had been achieved by the Catholic Assa
ciation in Ireland, which had only consisted of 7,000,000
of an united people, and yet they had achieved the object
which combined them, and the Duke of Wellington ad-
mitted that it was impossible longer to resist their demands,
and was forced to crouch to this small portion of the people
—small indeed when compared with the unanimous cry of
20,000,004 of the people of England, Scotland, and of
Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) The speaker concluded a very
able and energetic address, by moving the first resolution,
which was to the effect, that the meeting having, since the
adjournment, sought for and obtained the best infortnati. n
with regard to the views of Ministers within their power,
feel it to be their duty to declare their renewed conviction
of the integrity of the Ministers, and of confidence in their
zeal to-carry into effect the great healing measure of Par-
liamentary Refortn.—(Loud ch: era.)
Mr. HEALY briefly seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. lhaey then rose for the purpose of moving the
second resolution, but after he had made a few prefatory
remarks, the cries of " Adjourn to the Church," became
so,loud'and general that it was impossible he could ob-
tain a hearing.
The greatest confusion prevailed, and with considerable
difficulty, and after a considerable lapse of time,
Mr. Ilniux, under existing circumstances, would not
detain the meeting longer than to propose the next rest-
lotion, which was—" That the meeting participated in
the general sorrow, disappointment, and indignation of
the country, by the uncourteous and illiberal rejection by
the House of Lords of the Reform Bill."—(Applause.)
Mr. HARDING seconded the resolution. The resolution
was then carried with only one dissenting voice.
The uproar and confusion which now prevailed, arising
from the renewal of the cries of " Adjourn to the Church,"
put a complete stop to the proceedings for a considerable
time, during which
Mr. BARNES moved an adjournment to Thursday
evening.
Mr. Srmatosts opposed an adjourninent.—(Loud cheers,
and crisis of " Proceed.")
Mr. Baarrics withdrew his motion.
Mr. BARNARD moved a resolution " That the meeting
felt assured that the country neither ought nor would be
satisfied with a less efficient measure of Reform than that
rejected by the House of Peers; and that they earnest!),
pray his Majesty to continue his confidence in the authors
of that measure, which would have rescued from the grasp
of a venal and corrupt oligarchy their undue influence, and
restored to the people their unalienable right to a full, fair,
and free choice of their representatives in Parliament."—
(Loud cheers.)
Dr. StatatoNs seconded the resolution, which was
carried.
Considerable laughter was here excited by a labouring
man expressing his dissent froth the resolution, because
the me tsure proposed would not give him, who rented
a room at 3s. a week, a vote fur a representative. He
was for annual Parliaments, vote by ballot, and universal
suffrage.
Mr. PEA KE, after a short but pithy address, in which
he pronounced a severe comment on the bench of Bishops,
moved " That an address, founded on the foregoing rest).
lotions, be presented to his Majesty, expressive of ardent
attachment to his Royal person, and of confidence in the
virtue, talent, and patriotism of his Ministers."—(Cheers.)
Mr. GODDARD seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried.

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LONDON WAREHOUSE, 2, Top of CHEAPSIDE.

MONTHLY REPORT OF CORN,
BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.

An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grain, Meal,
and Flour, imported into the United Kingdom in the
Month ended Ist Oe!ober, IS3I, the Quantities upon
which Duties have been paid for Home Consumption
during the same Month, and the Quantities remaining
in Warehouse at the close thereof.
(Published in conformity to the 6th sec. of the Act Rh Geo. IV.
c. 60.)

Quantities Imported in the United Kingdom
in the Month ended Oct. 1, 1831.
•
The Produce
id ot, and lin-
Imported from ported from,
Foreign British Posses. Total.
Countries. sinus out of
Europe.
Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
95,7 t 7 32,600 1 12-4,367 0
8,092 0 5 4 8,097 4
106,963 4 1,025 1 107,985 5
23,315 5 25,315 5
1,763 3 1,763 3
676 6 676 6
.111
1,710 3 1,710 3
20 2 0
!id
210,t30 4 33,630 6 273,861 2
Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb.
or
173,654 3 5 22,968 1 20 196,623 0 95
17 3 19 17 3 19
--.----
.1.d.1172,654 3 5_22,986 1 111196,91 0 1.6
Quantities charged with Duty for Home Con- '
sumption in the United Kingdom in the
Month ended Oct. 1, 1831.
1 I
The Produce
or, and Im.
Imported from ported from,
Foreign British Posses- Total.
Countries. sinus out of
Europe.
Qrs. Bus. Ors. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
1,062 0 6,83•13 2 7,925 2
363 7 85 7 449 6
192,492 6 1,025 1 193,517 7
26 6 26 6
581 4 16 6 598 2Y,
866 4 866 4
ul
20 2 0
id
195,395 33. 7,991 0 203,386 3y,
Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb.
.. 472 0 18 15,984 3 4 16,456 3 2'2
•• I 3 13 1 :3 13
472 0 18 15,986 2 17 16,458 3 7
Quantities remaining in Warehouse in the
United Kingdom on Oct. 1, 183!.
r--- 1
The Produce
of, and Ira-
Imported fromr ported from,
Foreign British Posses- Total.
Countries. sinus out of
Europe.
Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
.. 545,507 0!A 97,205 4 64.2,712 414
.. 14,201 4 129 2 14,330 6
.. 257,177 '2 257,177 2
4.1,053 2 40,05.3 2
18,777 01 18,777 013
.. 9,630 1 9,660 1
1,999 6 1,999 6
.. 887,375 714 97,334 6 984,710 574
Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb. Cwts. qrs. lb.
621,350 3 20 19,ii05 2 10 640,957 2 2
92 2 4 9-2 2 4
i3O 1 3 o
621,352 2 20 19,699 0 14 611,051 3 6

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat
Barley
Oats

Rye
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian
Corn
Buck Wheat

Beer or Iligg

Total of Corn and
Grain

Wheat Meal, orl

Flour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

Total of Meal and)
Flour

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
I• lour.

Wheat
Barley
tats
Rye
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian

Corn
Buck Wheat
Beer or Bigg

Total of Corn and
Grain

Wheat Meal, or
Hour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

Total of Meal and
Flour

Species of Corn,
Grain, Meal, and
Flour.

Wheat
Barley
Oats

Rye .............
Pease
Beans
Maize or Indian
Corn
Buck Wheat

.....
Beer or Bigg ,

Total of Corn andl
Grain

Wheat Meal, orl

Flour
Barley Flour
Oatmeal
Rye Meal
Indian Meal

Total of Meal and
F10ur......

By order of the

T. NJ
Custom-House, London, Oe.

;ommissioners,
'HITAIORE, Secretary.
,tr. 22, 1881.

A short time since, as some workmen were
sawing up an elm tree, at Mr. W. LEWIN'S, joiner, Cot-
grave, they found a bird's nest, containing eight eggs, in
the very heart of the tree. The eggs were whole, and the
moss, hair, &c., looked quite fresh. No bole was vi-
sible, and there was a solid mass of wood sixteen inches
round the pest.

At the conclusion of the evening service at a
church not many miles from Oldham, on Sunday last,
such was the soothing influence of the Rev. Divine's dis-
course o❑ his worthy coadjutor in the box below him, that
his respectable functionary, instead of bring ready to pro-
nounce the accustomed " Amen" at the conclusion of the
service, was discovered fast locked in the arms of Mor-
pheus.—Mrincherter Advertiser.

PENRITIL—We regret to state that an
epidemic fever has been raging in Penrith for the last two
or three week, to such a degree as to excite considerable
alarm. A public notice has been issued this week, signed
by three of the medical practitioners of that town, and we
are glad to find from it that the daalady is not of so seri-
MN a nature as was apprehended.

GLOUCESTER, OCT. 24.—Two troops of
the 14th Dragoons left Gloucester this morning for Sod-
bury (eleven miles from Bristol) to be ready to protect
Sir C. WETHERELL on his entrance into Bristol, on Wed-
nesday, as Recorder of that city.

On Tuesday week a serious accident occurred
at Clunibt,r ; the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S tenantry, to the
number of two hundred, are nightly keeping watch : on
the evening in vestion a pistol accidentally went off,
which killed upon the spot Mr. BAINES, wheelwright, of
Bothainsal, who has left a wife and four children.—Liu-
coin Times.

CAUTION.--A gentleman in Nottingham
this week received a 50/. note, which on being remitted
to London, and paid in at the Bank, :vas discovered to be
only a 10/. note ; the original amount having been most
dextrously cut out, and 50/. inierted in its plae,. —Not -
fihnm Met cury. .

The address, which was an echo of the resolutions, was
then recd and agreed to.
Mr. SIMMONS moved a similar address to Earl Grey,
the Lord Chancellor, and the rest of the Ministers, which
was agreed to.
It was also resolved that the address to his Majesty
should be presented by the Members for the borough of
Southwark, and that to Earl Grey and the Ministers by
the parish-oflicers and a deputation of the meeting.
After passing a resolution for the insertion of the reso-
lutions in the Times, Morniny Chronicle, and Morning
Advertiser newspapers, and a vote of thanks to the
churchwardens for calling the meeting, and to Mr. Nash
for his conduct in the chair, the meeting concluded its
proceedings by giving nine-times-nine hearty cheers for
the great and good King William IV.

TRURO.
(Abridged from the West Briton of Friday.)
On Monday a meeting of Truro and its neighbourhood
took place at the Town-hall. Shortly after twelve o'clock,
Mr. Daniell, of Tre:issick ; Mr. Peter, of Chiverton ; Mr.
Turner, of Polgwynne, and other gentlemen, entered the
Hall, and sfcr received with loud cheers by the persons
present ; the same compliment was subsequently paid to
Mr.
Wness had commenced.il
Yams, of Carnanton, who arrived after the busi-
Ai Ir. DANIELL was called to the Chair.
PETlilt proposed the first resolution and the ad-
dress. 'Though it had frequently been his lot to appear
as the advocate of Reform—though he had often come
forward in defrnce of the rights and liberties of the
people,—yet never had he come forward at a more fear-
ful crisis. There were two contending factions to which
the friends of rational liberty stood opposed—those who,
under pretext of Reform, would at once sweep away all
existing institutions,—and those who would uphold every
abuse of the representation, and who, though for the sake
of a little present profit and power, pretending to be Re-
formers, were still bent on preventing- all effectual rep.
of the Constitution.—(Applause.) These were the fast

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tions—n, w united in unholy alliance—with which we had
to contend ;—and let which will overreach the other—
equally fatal would be the result to the liberty and happi-
ness of England. And who have plunged us into this
Aye.? Let the one hundred and ninety-nine Noble
Lords who rejected the Bill, reply; let the majority, who
without inquiry, without even the form or ceremony of a
Committee, so contemptuously rejected that measure, de-
clare. Let them look at what they have done; let them
see is hat is taking place on every side—at Derby, Not-
tinghatn, Manchester, and even in the House of Com-
mons ; let them ponder well on these things,--and then,
if they have hearts to feel,—let them bow down their de-
graded faces, with shame and sorrow to the dust.—(Loud
cheers.) Ater the gracious appeal from the Sovereign to
his people—after the unequivocal acceptance and approval
by the people of the great measure brought forward by
Ministers—when, day after day—week after week—month
after month—the whole people had been watching, in Si-
lent but trembling anxiety, its progress through the Home
of Commons,—and when they had at length seen it.—ser.
mounting, every difficulty,—pass up with so great, so de
cities!, so triumphant, a majority to the House of Lords,—
what must have been their disappontment and alarm,—
what the disappointment and alarm of the whole na ion,
when they saw it at once rejected ? In proportion to the
elevation of their former hopes was the depth of their sub-
sequent disappointment and despair.—(Cheers.) With
respect to the great measure just lost, be retained the same
opinion be had always held of its merits. If it war nst
'be very best Bill that could be framed, it was, at least,
the best Bill, which, under existing circumstances, could
be brought forward with any prospect of success. It sv,s
a wise, beneficent, and constitutional measure,—equ il'y
becoming a liberal and enlightene I Administration to
offer, and a free and generous people to receive. It dis-
franchised at once nearly sixty boroughs. It threw open
forty or fifty more. It gave representation to the large,
towns, and additional Members to the more populous
counties. It extended the right of suffrage to house-
holders, copyholders, and leaseholders. Were not these
essential benefits,—were not these practical blessings for
the country ?—(Cheers.) Arid by whom bad the people
been detranded of th-in? By who:n, but the borough-
mongers, and their allies, the Bishops?—(Loud applause.:
And what a time they Ir id chosen for toeir wise and
moral purpose ! A time when the Bishops were any thiag
but popolar throughout the kingdom, and when th.
Chamber of Deputies in a neighbouring c•iuntry, wets
actually debating the propriety of dispensing with an he-
redirary legislature altogether.—(Hear, bear.) By
conduct—by this blind and contemptuous disregard of
public opinion, the Molise of Lords had dealt a deeper,
deadlier blow at its own privileges and order than it wa-
in the power of their bitterest enemies to inflict.—(Cheers.)
The people of England will nat trust the Tories. 1% e
Tories (as the people well know) are Reformers, not frenm
principle,—tint from honest conviction, but from self-
intereet,—from a mean and selfish wish to sneak back
into pl mce.—(Hear.) The people of England, there-
fore, will not trust them. They know them to I e
a mean faction—the very rump of that faction to which
England owes all her troubles and all her grief,—whieli
plunged her into unjust and unnecessary wars,—which
has overwhelmed her with a burthen of debt and tax,
that bow her to the dust.—(Hear, hear.) But oh! (sues
the Duke of Wellington) " I am now a Reformer ; when
I made my celebrated declaration against Reform, I spoke
not as a min, but as a Minister of the Crown !" Mise-
rable sophistry ! As if there ought to be any difference
between a Minister and an honest man ! As if the per-
son who raised such distinctions was worthy of being
trusted in either capacity !—(Applause.) But it is said
that the House of Lords had a right to act as they have
done. It would be better, perhaps, to say tnat they had
the power ofdoing se ; but call it right or call it power,
were they to be guided by no discretion in the exercise of
it ? Were they to ruts riot, without curb or rein, int,'
headlong collision with the King, Common., and people ?
was there no remedy to be found for their wanton violence
mind indiscretion ?—(Hear, hear.) Were they alone to be
considered as holding power only for their own benefit ?
If the Ministers of the Crown ,acted in contempt of the
Lords and Commons, they might he removed or impeached
—if the House of Commons insulted the King or House
of Peers, they might be dissolved. And was there no-
thing to protect us against the House of Lords ? Yes, the
King might create new Peers ; and though this was a
prerogative rarely to be resorted to--yet, desperate cases
required desperate remedies. As fur the degradation of
that body, after the swarms created by George the Third
after scores lied been made by Mr. Pitt, for anything, or
nothing, or worse than nothing, it was absurd to talk of it.
—(Hear, hear.) Peers had often been made for bad pur-
poses; let them for once be made for some useful purpoie .
There had been borough Peers, Ministerial Pee's, Pitt
Peers ; let us for once have Peers of the People.—(Loud
cheers.) Mr. Peter then passed a deserved eulogium upon
our patriotic King and his enlightened Ministers, and con-
cluded by recommending the people to have patience un-
der their disappointment—to be firm but temperate. He
then read the first resolution and the address, and eat down
amidst the loudest cheers of the meeting.
Mr. TURNER seconded the resolution and address. It
was painful to speak of any particular body of men, hat
lie must say that the c.induct of the Bench of Bishops re-
lative to the Bill, had all the appearance of a combination,
against that and the Administration. The phrase
" Church and King," so long used as the sign of a party
claiming almost exclusive loyalty, must now be changed,
and " King and Constitution" be substituted in its stead.
But the conduct of the Bishops turned people's eyes on the
Church, where the working Clergy were too generally but
scantily paid, whilst souse of the dignitaries enjoyed
princely incomes.—(Cheers.) The Bishops may be as-
sured that a snore equal distribution would be made; in
fact, they were forcing these things on the attention of
the public. They had far better he quiet, and not unite
in defeating the great object the people had at heart.
The resolution and address were put by the CHAIRMAN,
and were carried unanimously.
Mr. WILLIAMS, in proposing the second resolution,
said reason and justice were at length triumphant through-
out Great Britain ; controversy was at an end, and from
Caithness to Cornwall the necessity of Reform was every
where admitted, despite the majority of forty-one. in the
House of Incurables.—(Cheers.) The temporary check
the great cause had sustained, by the rejection of time Re-
form Bill in the House of Lords, had been met by the
most prompt measures on the part of the people, who had
shown that they would not allow their just expectations
to be frustrated by the decision of the Peers.—(" Never,
never.") But the adverse decision of the Lords only
roused the people to more determined efforts.—(Cheers.)
It was now said that my Lords the Bishops—he was aware
he trod on holy ground—(Laughter)—but it was saint that
the Bishops and some of those called moderate Tory Peers
were willing to concede a measure of Reform. He con-
fessed he greatly doubted the sincerity of these new con-
verts ; he feared they were too wily to be honest.—
" When the devil was sick, the devil a monk woul 1 be,"
was an assertion not the less true fur being old. The
liberal Tories, he strongly suspected, would prove to be
wolves in sheep's clothing.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CARPENTER. seconded the resolution.

The resolution was put and carried amidst loud cheering.
Mr. WILLIAM MICHELL, Of Comprigney, proposed the
third resolution, which was carried unanimously.
Captain WIGHTMAN moved and Mr. BASTIA N seconded
the fourth resolution, which was carried by acclamation.
Mr. ROBERT MICHELL moved' and Mr. MAttriN
MA-
cox seconded the fifth resolution, which was carried una-
nimously.

Mr. baniell having left the Chair, it was taken by Mr.
Wlllyanis.
Mr. BUDD moved the sixth resolution—thanks to the
Chairman.

Mr. DANULL briefly returned thank., and dissolved
the meeting, which separated after giving, on the propo.
sition of Mr. Willyams, three cheers for the King, the
Ministry, and the people.

rejection of its favourite. measure, he aympathised; but
tut in the manner in which it had been evinced. For the
muffling itnd tolling of hells,.• the closing the shops, and
putting the papers in mourning, as though some awful
catastrophe hail !leaden the nation, there was no sufficient
reason ; their cause was not desperate; the Kng was
staunch to the interests of the people; the Ministry would.
not resign ; the nation was nniied and determined, and
" The Bill" was not lost—hut merely delayed.—(Cheers.)
With respect to the opposition ; good had already resulted
from it. It had braced up and marshalled tke whole
nation against its authors—the boroughmongers, ;it
had cr .ed even these to admit that Reform was neces-
sary. There was one feature, however, of this opposition,
which, from " John o'Groat's to the Land's-entl," had
excited loathing and disgust ; it was the part taken by
the Bishops.—(Cheets.) Yes ! bat for the Bishops,
•‘ the Bill would have passed into a I .w, and before
.ve bad met to celebrate our triumph. Afor this he ex-
p-cted to hear no more about " the glorious union of
Church and State !"_(A laugh.) For it was a fact, that
the Bishops, by their late conduct, had drawn up, *inc.!,
anti sealed, the Bill of their divorce.—(Continued el:errs.)
Never wets a pair more unnaturally anti unequally yoked
—never did man and wife quarrel more about pin-
money, and marriage settlements—than these about tithes
and " imprescriptible rights."—(Cheers ) But what, he
would ask, could have been expected from an order of men
who, from the time of their creation, front Me hour that
they exchanged the pastoral staff for the mirrr_?i.thg sfa
cottages of the poor, for seats in the Legislative Asseirl?,iita"
—their spiritual functions for wordly office, agrandiz,
ment, and power,---and their flocks for the fleece ; had
always been the advocates of arbitrary measures, oppressive
taxa ion, and despotic governments ?—(Cheering.) It
would probably lie asked, what interest big Ate in the
Bill ?—What shall we gain by it? To this, he would reply
in the words of Lord Brougham to a similar qt.eafAtqz
" Gain, why all the boroughmongers lose !"—(Cite. rad
—And this, we all know. is something ponsiderahL.—
(Cries of " Yes, yes.") When the principle of the Bid
came fully into operation, he anticipated, among the
benefits, a real, not a mock and nominal. representation
—the destruction of monopolies—the revision of our san-
guinary code.. the repeal, or lessening, of the stamp duties,
and all taxes on knowledge—with the game laws—the re-
duction or total destruction of tithes.—(Tremendous cheer-
ing.) These were some of the abuses of the old system
" the Bill" sought to correct ; these were some of the
benefits it proposed to confer. Was it worth their ac-
ceptance ?—(Loud cries of " Yes, yes, we must have it !
—we will have it !") Yes, we must have it.—(Loud
cheers)—we will have it!—(Continued cheers.) How
can it be otherwise, when the Lord Chancellor himself has
said " it roust, will, and shall pass ?"—(Tremendous apa
plause.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving the
following resolution, and sat down amidst enthusiastic
cheering.

" That this meeting heard with surprise and indignation of the
rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords ; a measure
patronized by our most benevolent and gracious King, calculated
to correct the abuses of our present corrupt system of repre-
sentation, imperiously demanded by the circumstances of the
country, and the unanimous wishes of the nation."
Mr. T. CouLsow very ably seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously, with three cheers.
Mr. WirAtaxtstssr said the long dormant British lion is
aroused; ire has shaken himself from his smoothers, and
unless his just claims are answered, his thunder may be
terrific. We have unfurled our banners—we have rallied
round the standard of liberty, and resolved that " Britons
never shall be slaves !"—(Continues! cheering.) By the
opponents of the Bill, by the enemies of improvernent,
the measure of Reform has been styled revolutionary
hut, Sir, if it be revolutionary, it is in accordance with
the principles which first gave to England its boasted Cares•
stitution, and secured to Englishmen their liberties under
it ; if it be revolutionary, it is in accord ince with the
principles which placed the House of Brunswick en the
throne of these realms. The King is on cur side ; the
country is on our side; truth and justice are on our side;
they are enlisted in the cause, and they shall reign
triumphant. —(Cheers. ) Mr. W. then moved as ful ant
" That it is the opinion of this mewing that an address should
be presented to his Majesty, eitpressiye of our loyalty and at-
tachment to his person and Uovernment, imploring him to re
tain in office his present Ministers, and to exercise his pi erogs.
tire to ensure the success of the Reform Bill lately rejected by
the House of Lords."
This resolution was set-waded by Capt. TREGARTFigN.
An address to the King was then read, and carried
unanimously.

Mr. T. PENGELLY moved the following resolution,
which was second,!‘i by. Mr. T. Cour.sox, jun.:—
" That this meeting hails with peculiar satisfaction the avowed
determination of his Majesty's Ministers not to abandon the
King, the Country, or the Bill ; expresses its cordial approba-
tion of the zeal, ability, and constancy with which they have ad-
vocated the principles of a paillc and liberal policy ; and en.
treats them to expedite the passing of 'the whole and entire,
with the least possible delay, to save the country from the hor-
rors of anarchy and convulsion." •
Mr. COLENSO cotsinivnteil on the conduct of the
shops, who were the cause of njecting the Bill. He said
it was evident to all that a revision of the institutions o
the political church was necessary..—(Cheers.) He could
wish the Bishops were prevented, by law, from sitting in
the House of Peers, and confined to their spiritualities.
It has'been said of them, that they reilice when the King
translates them from s.e to see, and are very fond of it.
I should rejoice to see them all translated by the King of
Kings to a higher see, where they may no longer trouble
or be troubled.—(lmmenso cheering, which lasted for
)ofagtahienstEsthtaebKlisitl
some time.) Mr. C haring moved the following resolu.
tion, sat down amidst sliouln of approbation:—
" That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the part taken
theb3 Churchtgovernment,he
utions." hitohl Universities,
vt
ehres people,es honourable,
an
ddeexmC2ea iepri srevision et its ins ti.

Mr. W. PENCELLY, Of Treneere, secondsd fiat reao.u.
ion, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. W. DAV/Y then moved.

" That the thanks of the meeting be presented to the Chair-
man, for presiding on the present occasion ; and likewise to all
those individuals who have kindly assisted in furthering the
objects of this meeting."

Seconded by Mr. ANGALL, of Polgoon, and carritd
with acclam►tione.

At the close of the businesp, the friends of Reform
walked, preceded by the royal standard and the band, to
the market-place, where " God save the King" having
been again played, and, success to his Majesty's Ministers
given, the multitude gave three times three true British
cheers, and quietly dispersed.

PENZANCE.
(Abridged from the Falmouth Packet.)
On Wednesday a highly interesting meeting in favour
of Reform was held on the We,tern-green, Penzance. At
eleven o'clock, several respectable tradesmen, with persons
from the adjoining parishes, assembled in the Market-place,
from whence (" God save the King" having been played)
they proceeded to the hustings, preceded by a band of
music. Mr. Vat. 31Aattaci: was called to the Chair,
and' opened the business of the meeting by several pertinent
and judicious remarks. He then called on the Rev. R.
MAY to move the first resolution, who spoke to the follow-
ing effect ; --In the disappointment of the nation by the

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