The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-12 00:00:00

SUFFOLK COUNTY MEETING.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
A meeting convened by John Read, Esq., High She-
riff of this county, took place yesterday at Stowmarket, the
object of which was to express the regret felt by the free-
holders and inhabitants of the county at the rejection of the
Reform Bill by the House of Lords, and their earnest de-
sire that his Majesty will afford his Ministers all the neces-
sary powers to ensure the speedy passing of the measure.
Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a
vast body of the nobility and yeomanry of the county
flocked from all points during the morning to the little
town of Stowmarket, which is situated in the centre of the
county, and it was observed that the town had never been
so full upon any former occasion. Indeed so many per-
sons arrived the night previously, or remained atter the
market was over (Thursday being market-day), that
scarcely a bed in the town was unoccupied.
In the morning, at an early hour, the bells rang a merry
peal. The Magistrates, as a precautionary measure, swore
in a number of special constables, but we are happy to
state that nothing occurred which could, in the slightest
degree, disturb the unanimity of the meeting, nor were
their services at all required.
The meeting was appointed to be held in the market
place ; several waggons were placed in a semi-circular
form, the centre of which was appropriated for the use of
the High Sheriff, and the principal speakers, and very
excellent arrangements were made for the accommodation
of the reporters for the public Press.
At half-past twelve o'clock the High Sheriff and the
Committee, proceeded from the King's Head Inn to the
stations assigned them, and were received with loud
cheers. There were about 3,000 persons assembled at
that time.
Surrounding the High Sheriff we observed the follow-
ing among other noblemen and gentlemen—The Dukes
of Grafton (Lord Lieutenant of the county) and Norfolk,
the Earl of Gosford, Lord Huntingfield, General Fitzroy,
Sir H. Bunbury, Bart., and Charles Tyrell, Esq-, the
two Members for the county, Sir W. Rowley, Bart., Sir
R. Harland, Bart., Major Moore, Captain Rowley, Rev.
D. Pettiward, Rev. C. Green, Rev. A. Steward, Rev.
—, Eyre, Rev. 11. Cleed, Andrew Arcedeckne, John
Morely, Roger Pettiward, John E. Rust, Wm. W. Page,
Frederick White, A. H. Steward, Charles Steward, Geo.
Browne, J. B. Smyth, Shafto Adair, F. K. Eagle, J.
H. Powell, R. N. Shawe, John Garnham, T. Robinson,
S. S. Quilter, Robt. E. Lofft, Esqrs.
At the request of the High Sheriff, the Under Sheriff
read the following requisition
We, the undersigned, do hereby request you to call a meet-
ing of the freeholders and inhabitants of the county of Suffolk,
for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted for
the support of his Majesty's Ministers in their exertions to ac-
complish a full and effectual Reform in the representation of the
people in Parliament."
The HIGH SHERIFF then stated, that in consequence of
the requisition which had just been read, he had convened
a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the county,
for the purpose of devising the heat means fur supporting
his Majesty's Ministers in their exertions to accomplish a
full and effective Reform in the representation of the
people in Parliament. When he called them together in
March last, to petition the two Houses of Parliament upon
the subject of Reform, the requisition, which had been ad-
dressed to him, was signed by 600 respectable freeholders,
whereas that under which the present meeting was held
was not only signed by the two Noble Dukes near him
(Grafton and Norfolk), but by other patriotic Noblemen
and gentlemen to the number of 2,ooo—(Loud cheers)
—men of the first respectability, talent, and understanding
that the county of Suffolk could produce.—(Cheers.) The
former meeting was also attended by a vast number of in-
dividuals, but upon looking round him he found the pre-
sent meeting four times as numerous as the former one.—
Friendly as he was to Reform, from a conviction of the ne-
cessity and justice of the great measure, he was anxious
that the present meeting would be marked by that propriety
of conduct which alone could ensure its success, and
which would prove to the world that they had only a love
of their country atheart.—(Cheers, and cries of" Bravo.")
Their efforts should be, and he knew they were directed,
towards obtaining a restoration of the rights and privi-
leges cf the people, and no riot or plunder, for those scenes
would at once compromise their noble efforts.—(Hear.)
Kindness and impartiality were the characteristics of Eng-
lishmen, and fair play was their motto. Should, there-
fore, any gentlerusn, with sentiments opposed to theirs,
wish to address them, it was only by fairly and candidly
hearing hi r that they would disarm their enemies of the
power of misreprezenting them. He would trespass
no further upon their attention, but at once call upon his
Grace the Duke of Norfolk to propose the first resolution.
The Duke of NORFOLK was received with the most en-
thusiastic cheers, In offering himself, he said, to that
numerous and respectable meeting of the freeholders of the
county of Suffolk, he did so as one of the Aristocracy—
(Cheers)--but, although belonging to that class, he was
pot the less attached to the people, and to that popular
repreaeptation which was the basis of our Constitution—
(Loud cheera)---and which was the admiration of the
world, because it spria.g from the people ; but it was un-
fortunately encroached upoia by one branch of the State—
the Peers and the Aristocracy.—( Cheers.) They were
met to support his Majesty in a measure which had been
rejected by the House of Lords, and he trusted that by the
firm support given by the people, the Ministers would ac-
complish their object, and thereby establish the Constitu-
tion on its original and en a firm basis.—(Cheers.) He
had always understood that the Aristocracy was to operate
as a safeguard between the people and the Crown, and to
protect the people against the encroachment of the Crown.
That was not now their situation ; there was now no en-
rp,toachment by the Crown—(Loud cheers)—they had a
lienOcerst and patriotic Monarch, the great object of whose
life was .to ,-,opport the people in obtaining their just
rights.—(Applati:c.c.) The Noble Duke then begged to
move that the following add,r.eas to his Majesty be adopted :
" TO THE KING'S MOST KKa.,1!.:1,.17‘ MAJESTY.
" SIRESWe, your Majesty's most dutiful and 10)
41 s4bjects,
tl4 Vohility, Gentry, Freeholders, and Householders the,
'assembled a county meeting duly convened by Hi h g
Sheriff, beg leave .;;:;.?pproach your Majesty with an assurance
of our most devoted ittacil-nr4nt to your Royal Person and Go-
kveipp,ept.
" We fee:, in common with a numerous body of our fellow
subjects, the deepest regret at the rejection of the Refoca:
811 l
t'Y the House of Lords ; :nit we place the most unbounded con-
fidence::: your Majesty's wisdom aii4 firmness, and in the en_
lightened views wpd liberaloptinions of your Majesty's Ministers.
We therefore pray that your Majesty will be graciously
pleased 1.0 continue the Aciministration of the affairs of thv
country under their guidance, and tn.:: your Majesty Will afford
thcm aal the necessary powers to promote the success of this
great tneas4re pf Reform, so 11-ot it may pass into a law, unim-
paired in any of its essential principles.
" We thus most respectfully submit these our anxious wishes
to your Majesty's gracious consideration, in file Arm Fonviction
that, by this measure alone, can the peace, the happiracW,
tad
;tic 4,7.-perity of the kingdom, be permanently and effectually
The reading of emir ral.dress was received with rapturous
applause. His. Grace added, that he would add to his
rriat;on, that the address which he nail 'cast read be pre-
sented to Majesty by his Grace'the bake of ir...'rafton.
Lord Husratrirc;l;i",n, in seconding the'resotution;
served, that he Was not astia4.-,ed to declare that he was one of
the first who signed the requisition ioa High Sheriff.
He had been told that the Reform Bill bad lost gro;anct in
the cpupty of Suffolk„.-c. cis? of " Nu"?.—.43 whoa ht

looked around, and saw himself so surrounded, and by men
of such an exalted station in society, he was convinced that
such was not the case. He would refer them to some re-
cent events. Look at Cambridgeshire, where the Re-
formers had lately triumphed over the heavy purses
of their enemies.—(Cheers.) He regretted most
deeply the rejection of the Bill by the Peers—(A cry of
" Ah ! the Bishops")—but he hoped that in a short time
they would come to their senses and perceive that they had
acted wrongly , the Bill had only been delayed a litttle,
and when Parliament met he hoped the Bishops, as well
as the Peers, would be convinced they had acted impro-
perly.—(A cry, " Oh, not a word about the Bishops,"
laughter.) The great aim of all true and honest Refor-
mers should be to unite all opinions, all species of Re-
fermers, in order to support and obtain that species of Re-
form which had been introduced by Ministers, and ap-
proved of by his Majesty.—(Cheers.) He could con-
scientiously declare that he looked forward to that mea-
sure as being an equitable adjustment of all the rights and
privileges of Englishmen.—(Loud cheers.) He had only
one other topic to touch upon, but it was one which came
home to the freeholders of the county, and he hoped
to satisfy them with regard to the course pursued
by his Majesty's Ministers. There was a strong
feeling amongst some of the yeomanry and agriculturists
in the county that the Reform Bill was inimical to their
interests, and that if it passed they would have new corn
laws. He bad the most undoubted authority to say, that
it would have no such effect. He pledged his word to
that, for which he had the authority of an individual at
the head of the affairs of the State. He therefore begged
them to be satisfied with and place confidence in the Mi-
nisters.—(Cheers.)
The address was then put and carried unanimously,
upon which three cheers were given.
The Earl of GOSFORD then addressed the meeting. He
felt great gratification in meeting his brother freeholders
upon the great question which had so agitated the
country, for he bad no hesitation in declaring that it was
the only measure which could give security, order, and
tranquillity to the country.--(Cheers.) It had been
said that those who advocated the Bill were revolutionists;
he cast back the charge upon those who uttered it—
(Cheers)—for they were the only revolutionists. He
asked those persons to look at the state the country was
reduced to by the present system of representation. He
was conscientiously devoted to a full, fair, and free repre-
sentation of the people in the House of Commons.—
(Cheers.) That county had upon all occasions hitherto
been among the most forward in supporting the King and
the Constitution, and when could they better do so than
on the present occasion ? They had a patriotic King and
his Ministers devoted to their interests, and those Mini-
sters stood pledged only to keep their situations so long as
they could be serviceable to their country.—(Applause.)
lie hoped, therefore, that that county would not be back-
ward in supporting those measures which were to give
security and prosperity to the country at large.—(Cheers.)
The call for the Reform Bill it had been said was only a
" mob" cry, and was confined to large towns ; would that
those who said so were present, and they would be soon
satisfied of the folly and the madness of such a declara-
tion. The people wanted Reform, not revolution ; they
wanted to obtain their proper share in the representation
which could alone identify them with the best institutions
of the country.—(Cheers.) But some people thought
they could defeat that object by means of creating a riot—
(A cry, " That's it.") The Noble Lord however earnestly
trusted that the inhabitants of Suffolk would not only be
loyal by name, but that they would show that loyalty by
a strict observance of the laws.—(Cries of " We will.")
That obedience should not only be personally observed by
those present, but they should use their influence with all
their neighbours to value and esteem good order. In
uniting the great mass of the genius and wealth of a
country in one common cause, the community be-
came harmonised, and all would aid in supporting the
best interests of the country. Exclusive systems and exclu-
sive interests generated jealousy and hatred, but united they
gave a strength to the Crown, to the aristocracy, and to
the people.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord begged to move
a resolution which he hoped the meeting would adopt, for
never were a Ministry more devoted to the people than
those who now presided at the head of affairs.--(Loud
cheers.) He concluded by moving—
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to Earl Grey, and
to the rest of his Majesty's Ministers, for the firmness, integrity,
and ability they have displayed in the promotion of Parliamen-
tary Reform, and that this resolution be communicated to them
by the Members for this county."—(Cheers.)
R. A. SHAWE, Esq. seconded the resolution. After
an Address had been voted to his Majesty on this most
important subject, it seemed a most natural step to return
their thanks to that enlightened Administration, who had
endeavoured by all the means in their power to pro-
mote Reform.—(Cheers.) The county of Suffolk had
risen gradually and by slow degrees to its present position
in regard to Reform. For a considerable period the
county had been divided into two large masses, each of
which choosed a representative—the one neutralizing the
rote of the other.—(" Bravo," " so it was.") But in
1830, a determination was come to by the freeholders
that that practice should stand no longer, and two gentle-
men were returned to Parliament pledged to vote f r Re-
form.—(Loud cheers.) Those gentlemen had most ably
discharged their duty by a constant and laborious attend-
ance in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) It was im-
puted to the country by some individuals that there was
a re-action upon this subject—(Loud laughter and marks
of derision)—that was, they did not now entertain the
same opinions that they did in the year 1830---(Cii" of
" It grows stronger.") He begged those who made such an
assertion to look at the signatures to the requisition
and if that was not enough, to look at that meeting which
he had now the honour of addressing. The county of
Dorset having returned Lord Ashley—(A cry, Oh ! he
must go out !" Laughter)—was quoted in some degree
as a proof that a re-action had taken place ; so far from
that being the case, it was another proof of the necessity
of Parliamentary Reform ; for when the Sheriff was com-
pelled by law to close the poll, there were three or four
hundred voters for Mr. Ponsonby unpolled, because the
Assessor had come to no decision upon them. Under a
reformed Parliament such an occurrence would not take
place, and Mr. Ponsonhy, instead of Lord Ashley, would
be the representative. The Anti-Reformers had put forth
contradictory statements ; they stated that the Reform Bill
would be prejudicial to each class, but particularly to the
agricultural class. Agiculture was the bae of the political
column, and out of it sprung the mercantile interest ; one
could no more exist without the other, than could a co-
lumn without its base.—(Great cheers.) No one inte-
rest, in fact, of the community could be depressed or in-
jured, without involving the remaining classes.—(Cheers.)
As a proof of what he asserted, he would instance the late
meeting of the inhabitants of Bury: at that meeting a
resolution was adopted, and carried too by acclamation,
" That this meeting go to the county meeting at Stow-
market, and shake their friends, the farmers, by the band,
thereby to show that the two interests were united."--
He trusted there were some gentlemen present from Bury
to perform the object of that resolution.—(Applause.)
Now ae to the advantages to be derived from the Reform
Bill. He asked, was it no advantage in this great county
to have an extension of the elective franchise? Was
it no advantage that bOO,OOO persons in the country should
have political rights conferred upon them which they had not
before enjoyed ? Were schedules A and B of no advan-
tage? Was it no advantage that large towns like Sheffield,
Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester, should be enabled to
return men from their own body, who understood their
own business, and who were conversant with manufac-
tures? Was it, he asked, no advantage to be able to send
those practical men to the House of Commons, to resist
the visionary ideas of mere theorists ?.--(Loud cheers.) If
such things as these were of no advantage, they had better
employ tailors to build their houses, and carpenters to
make their clothes.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) Could
the meeting suppose when such men as he haul described
were brought together, to conduct the affairs of the nation,
that persons would be sent as Ambassadors to petty states,
arid be allowed to return at the end of nine or twelve
months, and retire upon large pensions ? Did the meeting not
believe that there would be a new system of taxation by
which many of the taws wonld be taken from the shoulders
of the labouring classes, and placed upon these of others
who were better able to support the burden ?—(Loud
cheers.) Then, how was all this to be obtained ? By
peaceable and orderly conduct.—(Cheers.) Even violent
or irritating worth] would do more injury to the cause of
Reform than he could possibly express.—(Cheers, and
cries of " We will be quiet.") They should show their
devotion to his Majesty, and their determination to sup-
port his Ministers, and he had no doubt that the cloud
which at present obscured the horizon of Reform would
very speedily be dispersed.—(Loud cheers.)
' The resolution was then put and carried unanimously,
amidst loud applause.
ANDREW 4RpEDECKNE, Esq., said it was a most
pleaou task for him to propose a vote of thanks to the
two Noble Dukes who ha 4 appeared before them to-day.—
(Loud cheers.) They had displayed a nGble instance of
integrity and patriotism in supporting a measure by which
they would most certainly be deprived of several seats in
Parliament.—(Cheers.) A vote of thanks was certainly
d:;e to them for such a sacrifice en the altar of their
country. Co.,trasting their conduct with that of others
of the aristocracy, and'partiza;larl the Bishops, those two
Noble individuals were peciiliarly .entitled to the patitude
of the people,—(Cheers.) lie (Mr. Arcedecisue) begged

to inform the meeting that a re-action had taken place
amongst the Bishops—(Laughter)—several of them bad I
already signified their adhesion to the present measure, and
no doubt very soon the others would follow, for the whole
of the breed of geese would cackle with the gander.—
(Laughter.) He had now said enough of the Bishops.—
(Cries of " Oh, no; go on.") The Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded by proposing a resolution of thanks to the Dukes of
Grafton and Norfolk.—(Three deafening cheers were here
given.)
J. H. POWELL, Esq., said he most heartily, and with-
out comment or observation, seconded the resolution.
The resolution was carried unanimously, and three more
cheers given, on the proposition of the Sheriff.
The Duke of GRAFTON thanked the meeting most
heartily for the handsome compliment just paid to his
Noble Friend and himself. He tendered his best acknow-
ledgments to the mover and seconder of the resolution, and
said lie felt great pride in being considered as one who had
made some sacrifices in favour of Reform.—(Loud cheers.)
He did not come amongst them in the vain hope of throw-
ing any new light upon the subject of Reform, for it had
already been so canvassed in Parliament, at county meet-
ings, and by the public Press, that much comment upon
it from him was unnecessary. The great object was to
get the Bill that had been rejected passed, or one so nearly
allied to it as to be equally efficient.—(Cheers.) He ap-
peared amongst them also from having witnessed the zeal,
activity, and constant industry and perseverence of the
Administration in support of the measure, and he felt him-
self hound to give his testimony of their conduct as well as
to join with the meeting in returning his grateful thanks
to his Majesty for the appointment of Ministers whose
principles were so congenial to the country : he
also wished to join with the millions in praying his
Majesty to retain those Ministers in office until they
bad succeeded in establishing those principles by
which they held their offices, and put an end to the cor-
rupt and abominable system of borough property.—(Loud
and repeated cheers.) There were some persons who had
of late described themselves Reformers, who belonged to
that class who had hitherto been the most decided enemies
of Reform. The Noble Duke rejoiced that the blindness
of prejudice had been removed from before the eyes of those
individuals, but he cautioned the country against the sort
of Reform they would give. It might be, different from
what he expected, but he had a notion that the sort of
Reform they alluded to would fall far short of that pro-
posed by the Government of the country.—(Cheers and a
cry " Aye, that it will.") He believed it to be but a sha-
dow compared with the substance. He begged the meet-
ing to bear in mind, that those individuals were the greatest
enemies of the great object which was now sought to be
attained, who conducted themselves riotously and disor-
derly.—(Cheers.) Having again thanked the meeting for
Ithe honour they bad done him, the Noble Duke retired
amidst loud plaudits.

The Duke of NORFOLK also came forward to return
thanks, and was loudly cheered. He declared that, as far
as his abilities would allow him, he would always be found
amongst the foremost in support of the rights and liberties
of the people.—(Cheers.) He looked on the Reform Bill
as the foundation of those liberties. He trusted the
people would unite and afford support to each other in the
accomplishment of that great object.

On the Noble Duke retiring three cheers were given by
the meeting, and, at the request of the High Sheriff,
" one cheer more."

Lord HUNTINGFIELD came forward to move a vote o
thanks to the Members for the county, for their great ex.
ertions in the cause of Reform both in and out of the
House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Never had that county
had to boast of two more honourable characters, and as
long as God gave them life he trusted to see them their
representatives.—.(Loud cheers.) As those two gentle-
men were desirous of presenting themselves, he would
content himself with proposing the resolution.—(Cheers.)
--- REID, Esq. seconded it, as a just tribute to the
noble and manly conduct of those gentlemen in standing
at their post when the Anti• Reformers had been most
violent in their attacks. They had met that day for the
purpose of expressing their grateful thanks to his Ma-
jesty for approving of tote measure of Reform, and to his
Ministers in bringing it forward. Let no Anti- Reformer tell
him, when he saw the high respect shown to the two Noble
Dukes who had honoured them by their presence to-day,
that the people entertained no respect for the aristocracy.
—(Cries of " We do.") The people did respect them.
They respected aristocracy and rank when the good of the
people was studied.—(Cheers.) They also respected
their good King, who had shown that he knew the
wishes and the feelings of Englishmen, and that he felt
for his subjects.—(Loud cheers.) As to their county
Members, be could tell the meeting that it was no easy
matter for men to sit in the House of Commons from three
o'clock in the afternoon until two or three o'clock in the
morning, listening to such men as Sir Charles Wetherell,
who went to Bristol, although persuaded not to go there,
and excited the people.—(Cheers.)
Sir HENRY BUNRURY, Bart. came forward and was
most rapturously applauded. He felt most sensibly the
the kind manner with which the meeting had received the
proposition of his Nobie Friend Lord Huntingfield. He
had intended to trespass but a very short time upon their
attention—(Cries of " Go on")—for his business at the
meeting was rather to be a spectator than an actor; his
duty was to come there and learn their wishes and feeling.,
in order that he might be the better enabled to direct his
own conduct.—(Cheers.) It had been to his astonish-
ment lately to hear men assert with the most surprising
confidence—(A person—"and impudence")—that there was
a re-action respecting Reform, particularly in the agri-
cultural districts.—(Cries of " No, there is none.") He
had always ventured to declare that there was no percep-
tible re-action in the county of Suffolk ; and the
requisition to the High Sheriff, as well as that
meeting, placed that beyond all cavil.—(Cheers.)
He had now the opportunity of going to his place in
Parliament, and saying that the freeholders of Suffolk, in
common with those of other counties, were determined to
have an effectual and substantial Reform.—(Loud cheers.)
He would assert that the men of Suffolk loved and ho-
noured the King, who had proved himself to be the vindi-
cator of his subjects' tights.—the father and leader of his
people.—(Loud cheers.) He might venture to tell the
decaying nominees for decayed boroughs—(Laughter)—
that the neople of Suffolk had seen with indignation,
public rights baffled by private interests—(Cheers)—and
a majority of modern Peers and Bishops outvoting on a
question of the greatest national importance, and one in-
volving peculiarly the privileges of the House of Commons
—outvoting the ancient nobility of the land.—(Cheers.)
As the people were determined—as their resolution was
immoveable—he trusted they would pursue their course
with that calmness which became a high and fixed
rtso'ution.—(Loud cheers, and cries of" We will.")
It was gratifying for him to contemplate from that spot
the growing influence of Reform. Ten or twelve years
ago he ventured on that spot to advocate that great cause
which was now nearly brought to a conclusion ; but look-
ing back to those early days of Reform, be could nut forget
that he then had the pleasure of seeing the two Nobls
Dukes now present advocating Reform and the rights and
liberties of the people.—(Cheers.) It was very easy to
make courteous speeches from the hustings, and make pro.
muses; but the hour of trial had come, and they had seen
those Noble persons act en the same principles which they
declared ten years ago—(Loud cheers)--sacrificing private
interests on the altar of their country, and nobly winning
the confidence of the people.—(Applause.) It was un-
becoming in him (Sir H. Bunbury) to appear before his
constituents without rendering an account of the man-
ner in which he had performed that trust which
they had so generously reposed in him. In every stage
of the Reform Bill during which he could be present during
the last two Sessions, he had had the satisfaction of giving
his vote in favour of it. He would, however, state that
he voted against taking the little borough of Saltash from
Schedule A to Schedule B, and if he had not been pre-
vented by illness, he would have voted against two others;
one was the clause respecting the division of counties—
(Bravo)—and the other was that relating to the franchise
of tenants at will.—(Cheers.) He saw by their vote to-
day, that they respected his Majesty's Ministers. He
placed great confidence in them also, for he believed them
to be honest politicians and anxious only for the public
good ; but in Parliament be never would give his vote
for any measure which he might think was prejudicial to
the good of the country.—(Cheers.) He could not avoid
informing his constituents that the present Ministers had
paid him a very high compliment by offering him a most
important and honourable office under Government, but
even if his health had permitted him to undertake the
labourso f an office he should prefer a thousand times being
the independent representative of the county of Suffolk.—
(Loud cheers.) His health was never very strong, but it
bad been much shaken by the labours of the last Session,
and it might ultimately give way altogether if he had to
fight the boroughmongers again night after night; but if
he were obliged to retire, he trusted his constituents
would do him the justice to believe that he had served
them with honesty and integrity.—(Loud cheers.) There
was one great evil arising from the interminable debates
on the Reform Bill, and that was the postponanaezt of
many other great and important measures. He regretted
that that course prevented the condition of the labouring
classes from being considered. Until their condition was
improved this country never would become prosperous
and happy- #le WiSlltt..l to see a Ilappy and contented

people-- people declaring themselves happy and contented,
and not only called so by contractors and loan job',?rs. The
meeting bad already by their proceedings that day decided
what course he should pursue, and that course entirely
coincided with his own views. He implored them to throw
in all their weight in support of the King and his Reform-
ing Ministers, and thus concluded—" be united and
peaceable, and avoid all violence ; be determined to per-
severe, and you will be sure of success."—(Loud cheers.)
CHARLES TYRELL, Esq., the other Member for the
county, then stepped forward amidst loud plaudits. In
appearing before his brother freeholders he was actuated
by two motives; first, to do a duty which, as one of their
representatives, he owed them, and next, to express his
general feeling in conjunction with them upon this all-
important and all-engrossing subject. During the dis-
cussions upon the measure in the House of Commons he
trusted that he might be allowed to say he had done his
duty to the utmost of his abilities.—(Loud and continued
cheers.) There might be some parts of it to which
be could not give his consent, hut in what he had done he
was only actuated by a conscientious desire to do his duty
to his country.—(Cheers.) From the first time that he
met his constituents on that spot, he had never deviated
one tittle from the professions he then made ; and when
the great question came forward again—and come it
would—he would do as be had done hitherto, and advo-
vate it to the best of his abilities.—(Applause.) In the
address to his Majesty, and in their approval of the con-
duct of his Ministers, he most cordially concurred, for he
was firmly persuaded there was no set of men more de-
voted to the King and the Constitution than were the pre-
sent Ministers.--(Cheers.) It was not his desire to
launch into all the details of that measnre which had so
long agitated the country, for his chief object in appearing
today was, to ascertain the wishes of his constituents, and
to be satisfied that be had hitherto consulted their best
interests. Since he arrived, however, an honour had been
conferred upon him for which he could not express suffi-
cient gratitude. He could only say, that he had but psr-
formed his duty in that place to which they sent him, and
when he should no longer perform it, he would be un-
worthy of being their representative.—(Cheers.)
The HIGH SHERIFF begged to take the present oppor-
tunity of stating, on the behalf of Lord Rendlesham, his
deep regret at not being able to be present at the meeting,
owing to indisposition ; and that Noble Lord bad in-
structed him to state that he most cordially approved of
the object for which they were called together, and to add
that there was no greater advocate of Reform than he was.
The HIGH SHERIFF then asked if any other gentleman
wished to address the meeting.

A very general cry was made for
F. K. EAGLE, Esq., who stepped forward amidst great
applause. He assured the meeting that he felt confident
he had done little for the last dozen or fourteen years to
please that class of gentry generally called Anti-Reformers,
but whom he called boroughmongers, for under that name
he included all who were not Reformers.—(Cheers.) He
did not merely mean those who dealt wholesale and retail
in borough property but every man who profitted in one
way or other by public abuses. He hoped, therefore, that
the only two classes to be recognised would be the Refor-
mers and the boroughmongers.—(Cheers.) He also knew
that the active part he had taken respecting the requisition
would go still less to please the boroughmongers. It gra-
tified him to see the aristocracy, the yeomanry, and the
people of Suffolk at that meeting, for it proved to him
that Suffolk had done its duty. He would refer them who
doubted it to the list of names to the requisition, and he
could inform them that it was intended to send the address
round the county to be signed ; he hoped, therefore, that
every one would take an active part—not in soliciting sig-
natures but—in affording the whole of the freeholders of
the county a full opportunity of signing it.—(Cheers,
and cries of "We will.") It was not long since that
he had the honour of voting for Mr. Townley in C im-
brideeshire. Dorsetshire bad been alluded to, but he bad
no doubt they would soon see Mr. Ponsonby seated for
that county.—(Cheers.) He could not tell what induced
the Sheriff to return Lord Ashley, but in Cambridge-
shire the people had acted fully up to the principle of
Reform. The election of Mr. Townley for Cambridge-
shire had been by some persons attributed to his not being
a Reformer; he (Mr. Eagle) however could assure the
meeting that some years ago he attended meetings in that
county, upon which occasions the hustings were deserted
by the aristocracy, but not only was Mr. Townley there,
but his father also. That pretext therefore not succeed-
ing, another was put forth, viz. that Captain Yorke was
late in his canvass of the county. That made no dif-
ference, for the freeholders had bad too much experience
in those matters to be caught either by the man who came

first, he who came last, er he who never came at all.—
(Laughter.) Now, he would mention one circumstance
as a proof of the feeling of the people on the sul ject of

Reform. Captain Yorke, in his Arivaea, applied to a
friend of his (Mr. Eagle), a worthy freeman ; he shook

him by the hand, was very civil, and all that sort of
thing, and said, " I hope I shall have the favour 01

your vote ?" Oh, but Captain, what are you? are you

a Reformer?" " A Reformer ! Oh, yes ! We are all Re.
formers now-a-days. I am a Reformer, of course."
" Well, but Captain, I'm told there are different kinds of
Reformers. Now, what do you think of schedule A?"
" Why, as to schedule A," said Captain Yorke—and no
doubt he had Reigate in his eye at the moment—" to tell
you the truth, I can't go so far as that." "Oh I then,
you won't do for me, for you must go through A, B, C,
before I will vote for you."—(Cheers and laughter.) But
it was said that there was a re-action in the country on
the subject of Reform. lf, by re-action, they meant a
fresh feeling in its favour, he believed they were right;
but that was the only sense in which the term could be
properly applied. What re-action was there in that county,
for instance ? Was it supposed that those who had landed
property were utterly insensible of their own interests, in
supporting Reform, or that the Duke of Wellington's
smock-frock system was what would please the country?
Were there no burdens which might be transferred from
the poor to those who were better able to bear them?
There was the malt tax, for instance, which required to
be modified, and there was no doubt that a reformed Par-
liament would be more likely to relieve the people in this
way than the House of Commons as at present constituted.
He hoped that some change would be introduced by which
old curmudgeons, with 50,000/i a year, should contribute
as much to the burdens of the State as he who certainly
had not 501. a year. Did they not desire to ameliorate
the condition of the poor ? And yet they were powerless
to do so until their own condition was improved. The
people of England were now like birds escaped from a
cage. If they wished to be caught with chaff let them
walk into the cage of the Anti-Reformers ; but if they did
so the bars would be made so strong the next time, that
the devil a bit could they escape again.—(Cheers and
laughter.) It was said that they wished for revolution.
He said that the people of England wished for no such
thing. They could not forget the conduct of the Aristo-
cracy so far back as the time of Magna Charts. He could
appeal to those around him, whether they wished to get
rid of the sound part of the Aristocracy ?—(Cries of "No,
no.") They bad now, by unparalleled exertions, he con-
fessed, a House of Commons whom they could depend
upon; and as to the Ministry, he said, disinterestedly and
sincerely, that he believed they deserved the confidence
which the people placed in them. lie was convinced that
they were sincerely honest in their desire for the success of
this measure ; but they must have that assistance which
he was sure the county of Suffolk would be always ready
to render, as it did this day. The people wanted nothing
but confidence in themselves, and they should show their
enemies that they were determined to have Reform, but to
have it by legal and constitutional means. Much bad
been said of intimidation. The people had the cause of
reason, truth, and justice on their side, and they (the people
of England) ought not to be intimidated. They did not
want revolution, but were determined to have a speedy
and effectual Reform.—(Loud and general cheering.)
Sir ROBERT HARLAND proposed a vote of thanks to
the High Sheriff for his impartial conduct, not only upon
that occasion, but upon all others, and for the very prompt
manner in which he complied with the requisition.—
(Three hearty cheers were given by the meeting.)
JOHN MoitELs-, Esq., seconded the motion.
A Mr. EDMONDS presented himself to say a word er
two before the meeting separated, He wished the meet-
ing to agree to a resolution expressive of the abhorrence
with which they viewed the conduct of Sir Charles
Wetherell in entering Bristol.—(Loud murmurs here in-
terrupted the speaker, and cries of " Let him alone.")
The Hlctt SHERIFF said, that the conduct of Sir Charles
Wetherell had nothing to do with the purpose for which
the rneeting was called.—(Loud cheers, and a cry, " It
it was the Bishop we would listen to him.") The
High Sheriff proceeded, and stated that the gentleman
who had just wished to address the meeting had sent him
a pencilled note, stating his intention, but be returned the
note telling him that it formed no part of the proceedings
of the meeting, to pass a vote of censure on Sir C.
Wetherell's conduct.—(Cries of " No, it does not.")
Mr. EDAIONDS then begged to be allowed to say a few
words upon the subject of the meeting.—(The Sheriff gave
his assent,) In addressing his Majesty they ought not
only to show their determination to support hint, but to bid
defiance to his enemies.—(Murmurs.) The speaker then,
amidst much noise intermingled with laughter, proceeded
to speak of Sir C. Wetherell, the cholera morbus, and the
Quarterly Review, but he was at last compelled to drsist.
The HiGir SHEBIET then returned his sit:wets thanks

for the unanimous vote of approval which they had
upon his conduct. It was his duty, upon all
to demean himself with strict impartiality while
the duties of his office.—(Cheers.) The present
most eventful period in his life, and he could '
brother freeholders that the approbation of the

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his sole object.—(Cheers.) After such an ap,
conduct as had that day been displayed he sht.
with him into private life feelings of the most live
tude. IL begged, in conclusion, to thank the
for their peaceable conduct, and declared the

be dissolved.—(Loud cheers.)
Three loud cheers were then given for the 161
for the Ministers, and, at the request of the High
three for " the Eagle of Suffolk." The assembi
quietly dispersed.
As the various Noblemen and Gentlemen who had
part in the proceedings left the town they were:
cheered by the populace who had assembled in
the inns.

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