The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-09 00:00:00

BROAD-STREET WARD, CITY.

Yesterday a very numerous meeting of the- inhabitants of
the Ward of Broad-street was held at the New York Tavern,
Royal Exchange, for the purpose of adopting petitions to both
HoUses of Parliament, praying that the measure for Reform
brought forWaill by Ministers May pass into a law,
rhe meeting in this Ward in support of Ministers isthe more
remarkable, as the inhabitants have not been called together but
once in forty years to discuss political subjects.
Mr. AWermati COWAN took the chair.
Mr. Ml' proposed a series of resolutions, which he prefaced
with an appropriate speech.
Mr. HEPPILL seconded the resolutions.
Mr. GROVE, the banker, said the gratitude of the country
was due to the King and the Ministry for the Reform measure,
which would gife a lasting benefit to the country. He hardly
dared contemplate the state things Would have been in if a Mi-
nistry were in office opposed to Reform.
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting.
The resolutions were carried, and the meeting adjourned.
cLERKENWELL.

A Vestry Meeting was holden yesterday in St. James's Church.
After a long and tedious discussion on the parochial expen-
diture—
Mr. TINDALL called the attention of the meeting to a ques-
tion Which he k,opsiti&ed to be of the greatest importance to the
whole country ; ne Meant the great titres' ion Of Parliamentary
Reform. After expatiating on the heeessity of the measure, and
eulogising the conduct of his Majesty and his Ministers on the
subject, he moved an address to the King, and resolutions iii
unison with his speech,_which was seconded by Mr. Hewitt.
After Mr. Wakley, Mr,Thompson, and Mr. Jones had spoken,
strongly in favour of the resolutions, they were unanimously car-
ried, and a petition founded thereon was voted to be presented to
the House of Peers by Lcird King, anti another to the House of
CommonS by Lend .hilin Russell, and the Vestry adjourned.
TOIVER 'iIAML.RTS.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of these Hamlets, held at the
Kent and Essex. Tavern, Witechapel, to consider the propriety
of petitioning Parliainent on the noble plan of Reform proposed
by Lord John Russell, it was reSOlved to hold a public meeting
of the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlet's for that purpose, at the
Mermaid, Hackney, on Monday next, the 14th March, at twelve
o'clock precisely:

ST. MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER.
This afternoon a numerously and respectably attended meeting
of the inhabitants of St. Margaret's parish, Westminster, was
held in the Committee-room of the workhouse, in Dean-street,
to take into cOnsideration the expediency of petitioning the Le-
gislature with a view of averting an awful crisis, to pass the plan
of Parliamentary Reform proposed by Ministers into a law.
The meeting was addressed by several able speakers, in moving
and secondihk the resolutions, which were expressive of approval
of the Government plan of RefOrnl, Confidence in his Majesty
and the present Administration, and the ihtlippehsable necessity
of supporting them in carrying their grand plan of ParliaMentary
Reform into a law, by showing the Legislature that the people of
England *ere ithaninious in seeking a Reform in the Commons
House of Parliament: These resolutions were carried unani-
mously with acclamations, and were afterwards embodied in the
petitions, addressed to both Houses of Parliament, praying the
Legislature to adopt the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Re.
form as a law, Whidti the meeting agreed to.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
dispersed.