The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-23 00:00:00

MEETING AT LIVERPOOL.

On Monday, at two o'clock, a meeting (convened by
private circulars) was held at the Clarendon-rooms, for
the purpose of voting an Address to the King on the pre-
sent state of the country. At two o'clock there were
about twenty individuals present, but before the Chair
was taken the number increased to upwards of fifty.
Sir THostas BRANCKER, Knt. (the late Mayor) was
voted into the Chair. He said he attended agreeably to a
note which he had received, for the purpose of sending an
Address to the King on the present state of public affairs.
He understood that some gentlemen now present were
prepared with certain resolutions, and he should be very
happy to hear any gentleman on the subject. The Chair-
man then read a note which lay on the desk before him,
from the Editor of the Times Liverpool paper, inquiring,
whether he would be permitted to take notes of their pro-
ceedings. He could not see what necessity existed for
that note, as the Editor of the Times was now seated at
the table.
Jous GLADSTONE, Esq. said that there was, he be-
lieved, no objection to allow Mr. Baines, the Editor of the
Times, to commence taking notes when the regular busi-
ness of the day came before the meeting ; but he had ob-
served that gentleman actively employed taking notes of
the conversation which had occurred previous to the Chair-
man being appointed.
Mr. BAINES inquired whether it was a public meeting ?
Mr. GLADSTONE replied no, a private one, which had
been called by note.
A Gentleman inquired, whether Mr. Baines had received
a note ?—He replied lie had not—but having heard that
it was intended to hold a meeting, he addressed the note
to the Chairman, with a view to distinctly understand
whether he would be refused admittance or not. A de-
sultory conversation now took place on the point, whether
as this was a private meeting Mr. Baines should be allowed
to take notes of their proceedings, when
JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq., said that he could not object to
the presence of Mr. Baines, if he would commence with
the proceedings and not publish private conversation,
which was not intended to be published ; they were met
to discharge an important duty—they had no secrets to
suppress, no feelings to conceal.
Alderman WaIOHT—" Do we understand that you will
only publish the proceedings from the period of the chair
being occupied ?"—Mr. Baines here hesitated for a shot t
time, but at length consented to the arrangement.

Mr. MOSES BENSON said " why did you come into the
room ? Why did you not wait outside for an answer ?"
A general cry was here raised of " its settled, its settled."
JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq., then rose and said that in the
present state of the times several gentlemen hail deemed it
their duty to call this meeting, that some public declara-
tion of their sentiments should be conveyed to the throne.
We live in times when it behoves every friend of the Con-
stitution fearlessly to express his sentiments. We
are surrounded with tumult and disorder, riot, and
discord, and see a total defiance of the laws.
We have seen property unprotected, lives sacrificed ;
we see large bodies of individuals forming them-
.elves into clubs and political unions, and who sow are
about toconvert themselves into an armed force, all because
the Peers had manfully and fearlessly performed their
duty; these were times which he was sorry to see exist,
and under these circumstances he hoped gentlemen would
unite and adopt the address which he would have the ho-
nour to propose, and which would embody the sentiments
of those by whom he was surrounded, in their determina-
tion to support the Constitution and the three estates
of the realm, for which be was afraid there was little safety
in the present state of public feeling; he by no means ap-
proved of the sweeping measure of Reform which the
Peers had so nobly overthrown—and which would ulti-
mately have caused the overthrow of both Church and
State; but he wished it to he understood, that he believed
we were arrived at such a state when some change was neces-
sary; he was willing that large towns should be represented
in the House of Commons, and that the franchise should be
taken from boroughs fallen into decay, and be conferred
on large towns. He objected most decidedly to the low
qualification of voters. He was not averse to the extension
of the privilege, which he conceived ought to be settled i❑
such a way that not merely population should be looked
to, but the influence of property throughout the country.
In place of oue general qualification, he would have it low
in small towns and increased in large ones—a proper scale
ought to be adopted. These were his views, and the
views of those be had the honour to consult. He would
not detain them any longer, but begged to move the ad-
dress, which Mr. Thomas Foster would read.

The address was ther. read. It embodied the ob3erva-
tions of Mr. Gladstone, alluded to popular commotion,
contempt of the laws, the peril of the Throne, threatened
innovation of the Established Church, and the dangeF of
the monarchy itself, &c.
Alderman JOHN BOURNE, took great pleasure in
seconding the address, in the sentiments of which he fully
concurred. _ _

A Gentleman here objected to an expression in the ad-
dress which stated that the Peers had " ever" been the
conservators of the Constitution. He said they had net
ever been so; as, during the reign of Charles 1., their
conduct had been the reverse. Ile thought the word
ought to be struck out.
THOMAS TOBIN, Esq. said " would the word always'
de."—(A general laugh.)
Mr. EDEN, a solicitor, then addressed the meeting. He
could not approve of the suggestion of the preceding
speaker, because he felt that some Reform was necessary.—
(Loud cries of " No, no.") He possessed the same prin-
ciples as those by whom he was surrounded, and thought
if they had done their duty they ought to have attended
the late Reform meetings held in the town, and by their
respectability and influence have softened down the meeting;
but in consequence of no gentleman having endeavoured
to convince the crowds, assembled on those occasions, of
the evident tendency of their proceedings, he was afraid that
the matter had proceeded so far that something must be
conceded.
Alderman Nirnic.trr here said aloud, that he was sorry to
differ for the first time in his life with his friend Mr. Eden,
for although he was never found wanting when his duty
called him, yet he had refrained from attending the meeting
in Clayton-square because he conceived it was not his duty
to attend there.

Mr. EDEN here said there were a few sentences which

he should wish to see altered, as it was possible the altera-
tion to which he alluded might prevent something from the
opposite side.
JOHN GLADsToNx, Esq. was anxious the address should
be adopted as it then stood, they had better say nothing at
all than too little. We implored the King not
to be influenced by any party whatever—not to be in-
fluenced by his present Ministry—net to have recourse
to that most unconstitutional of proceedings—he meant
an increase in the number of Peers—that measure which
had been so loudly recommended by the Press from one
end of the kingdom to the other. He hoped his Majesty
would abstain from violating the independence of the House
of Peers. Government had not yet given any indication of such
intentions, and we had whilst there was yet time deemed
it nor duty to warn the King of his impending danger.
Gentlemen must be aware that there were conflicting opi-

nions on this subject ; some thought they had not gone
far enough, others too far. Ile lamented there should
be two opinions on the subject—he lamented the
language of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons ;
be considered those to be no friends who would confine
theragelyca to general oh ervations, nothing specific. He
had dune his duty boldly, honestly, and fairly ; and if any
gentleman present thought they had gone too far, or not
far enough, he hoped he woul4. speak. They had better
not adopt an address at all if it were not to the point.
A. long conversation here took place whether the address
should he ~;ut to the vote as it stood, when
Mr. Chansaotie fin continuation) said if gentlemen
differed they would not saga it. He thought it had better
remain as it was, rather than provoke t;onOicting opinions.
It w041.d shew that they valued the manly de laration of
the House of r.ords.
The CHAIR:MA.4 then put the address which was carried,
he said, unanimously.
Mr, EnzN—No ; although I would Rot vote against it,
don't eay 0F unanimously."
It was then erranged that the individual selected to pig-
ment the address should be of such rank as would entitle
hip: to the privilege of presenting it to the King personally.
WRlGHTAldernia proposed that each individual should
sign not only his mune but his profession and place of rg,
sideisee.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meet-
ing dispersed.

Mr. STEW&RT, whose Narrative of his 's Visit
to the South Seas," is just published, performed part of
his Voyage in the Guerrier, commanded by Cornin.;dt.ve
TIIO3IFSON. In at course of the voyage he visited Rio
de Janeiro, where he witnessed the opening of the Cortez
by Dos PEolto, and inspected the Palace of the EstrEnoa,
&cc. Valparaiso, Callao, Lima, where he was present at
the fete of the Amancaise, &c., the Washington Islands,
Nukohiva, Tahiti, the Sandwich Islands, of which he gives
a most entertaining account, Macao and Canton, Manilla,
Cape Town, and St. FLalena. All who have felt in-
' teroted in the Narratives of BEECH EY and KoTzEktiX
will be delighted with this new visit to the South Sol,

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

OFFICE of the VICE-CHAMBERLAIN to the QUEEN,
QUEEN'S HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S, N0v.21, 1831.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Hud-
son, Faq, to be Resident Gentleman Usher to her Majesty.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be Passed
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, granting unto Ralph Bigland, Esq. Clarenceux
King of Arms, the office of Garter Principal King of Arms,
with the name of Garter, and the style, liberties, and pre-emi-
nences belonging to the said office, void by the decease of Sir
George Nayler, Knight, late Garter.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting unto William Woods, Esq., Blue_
mantle Pursuivant of Arms, the office of Clarenceux King of
Arms, and Principal Herald of the south-east and west parts of
England, vacant by the promotion of Ralph Bigland, Esq. to the
office of Garter Principal King of Arms.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The King has also been placed to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, granting unto George Harrison Rogers Har-
rison, Blanch Lyon Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary, the
office of Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms, vacant by the promo-
tion of William Woods, Esq., to the office of Clarenceux King of
Arms.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Berks.
William Earl Craven ;Sir J. L. Dukinfield, Bart. ; Major-Gen.
H. W. Rooke, C.B. ; D. Wakefield, Esq.; W. F. Riley, Esq. ;
T. Greenwood, Esq.; I. Pocock, Esq. ; R. Tull, Esq. ; and B.
Doyne, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenants.

CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 2:2.
DAYS AND PLACES APPOINTED FOR HOLDING THE WINTER HOME
CIRCUIT, 1831.
Mr. Justice ALDERSON, Mr. Justice PATTERSON.
Hertfordshire—Monday, Nov. 28, at Hertford.
Essex—Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Chelmsford.
Kent—Monday, Dec. 5, at Maidstone.
Sussex—Saturday, Dec. 10, at Lewes.
Surrey—Monday, Dec. 19, at Kingston-Upon-Thames.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN GUNTON, Cheltenham, confectioner.
THOMAS WRIGHT, Chaddesley Corbel, Worcestershire
blacksmith

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOSHUA WOOD, Manchester, manganese dealer.
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN JONES, Liverpool, joiner, to surrender, Dec. 9 10, and
Jan. 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Vincent,
King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Bartley and Roberts,
Liverpool.
TH 0 NI A S LOVELL, North Petherton, Somersetshire, draper,
Dec. 13, 14, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Duke of Wellington
Inn, Bruton, Somersetshire. King and Whittaker, Gray's Inn-
square, London ; Phipps and Hyatt, Shepton Mallet.
J A MES TWEEDALE and JOHN TWEEDALE, Rochdale,
cotton-spinners, Dec. 8, at four, 9, and Jan. 3, at nine, at the
Roebuck Inn, Rochdale. Elliott, Rochdale; Walmsley, Keigh.
ley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London.
DAVID HOLT, Manchester, cotton-spinner, Dec. t 3, S, at
nine, and Jan. 5, at two, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Heron,
Manchester ; Walmaley, Keighlcy, and Parkin, Chancery-lane,
London.
THOMAS HELSBY, sen., JAMES GOODEN HELSBY,
and THOMAS HELSBY, jun., Liverpool, watch-case-manufac-
turers, Dec. 5,6, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms,
Liverpool. Topham and Son, Liverpool; Adlington, Gregory,
and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London.
JOHN REES, Shrewsbury, wharfinger, Dec. 15, 16, and Jan.
3, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury. Blackstock and
Bunce, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Watson, Shrews-
bury.
ELLEN JONES, Welch Pool, Montgomeryshire, wine and
spirit-merchant, Dec. 6,7, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Talbot
Inn, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Philpot and Stone, Southampton-
street, Bloomsbury, London ; Kough, Shrewsbury.
JAMES SI MISTER, Oldham, cotton-spinner, Dec. 5,9, and
Jan. 3, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Johnson and Wea-
therall, Temple, London ; Seddon, Manchester.
FREDERICK BINDER, Leeds, butcher, Dec. 13, at three,
15, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Dunning
and Kenyon, Leeds; Smithson, Dunn, and Hawdon, New Inn,
London.

WILLIAM GLEN hIATTHIE, Liverpool, merchant, Dec.
19, 20, and Jan. 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Brabner, Liverpool; Blackstock and Bunce, Temple, London.
WILLIAM HALL, Hanley, Staffordshire, maltster, Dec. 11,
15, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Roebuck Inn, Newcastle-under-
Lyme, Staffordshire. Wilson, King's Bench-walk, Temple,
London; Hyatt and Harvey, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
EDWARD PALMER, Bath, ironmonger, Dec. 5,6, and
Jan. 3, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Bath. Mackey,
Bath ; Williams and Bethell, Lincoln's Inn-tieldsLondon.
GEORGE THORNTON, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, com-
mon-carrier, Dec. 6, at six, 7, and Jan. 3, at ten, at the office of
Mr. J. E. Norris, Italifax. Williamson, Gray's Inn-square,
London ; Norris, Halifax.
RICHARD ALLEN and EDWARD FRANCIS MAIT-
LAN D, Watford, Hertfordshire, chemists, Nov. 29, at three,
Dec. 6, and Jan. 3, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Bol-
ton, Austin friars, London.
JOHN THORNE, Shirley-common, Surrey, baker, Nov. 29,
at one, Dec. 9, at twelve, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court of
Commissioners. Long, Croydon, Surrey.
DANIEL HENRY RUCKER, JOHN ANTHONY RUCK-
ER, and HENRY JOHNY RUCKER, Wormwood-street,
West India merchants, Nov. 30, Dec. 5, and Jan. 3, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners. Freshfield and Son, Bank-
buildings.
JAMES FORBES and DAVID RUSSEL, Mark-lane, wine-
merchants, Nov. 29, at nine, Dec. 6, at twelve, and Jan. 3, at ten,
at the Court of Commissioners. Clarke, Basinghall-street.
CHARLES ANDREW and WILLIAM BAI LES, Comp-
ton-street, Clerkenwell, iron-warehousemen, Nov. 25, Dec. 2,
and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Tilson,
Son, and Squance, Coleman-street.
EORGE WILLIAM HARRIS, City Hotel, Cheapside,
hotel-keeper, Dec. 6, at eleven, 9, at twelve, and Jan 3 at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Tribe, Lincoln's Inn-
fields.
JOHN D ITCH M AN,Goldsmith-place, Hackney-road, builder,
Dec. 2, at one, 9, at two, and Jan. 3, at three, at the Court of
Commissioners. Stratton and Overton, Shoreditch.
CHARLES CHALLINOIt, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 5,6,
and Jan. 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool, Taylor,
Roscoe, and Turner, Temple, London; Clare, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
J. Williams, sen., and J. Williams, jun., Houndsditch, copper-
smiths, Dec. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners-R.
Sharpe, Budge-row, ironmonger, Dec. 30, at nine, at the Court
of Commissioners-T. and I. Phillips, Fenchurch-street,boot and
shoe-makers, Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners
W. and J. Fry, and J. Chapman, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry,
bankers, 1)ec.16, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-J,
and P. Beddall, High Holborn, carpenters, Dec. 16, at eleven, at
the Court of Commissioners-J. Jones, Newington, hosier,
Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners--W. A.
Hankey, jun., Mincing-lane, 'West India broker, Dec. 16,
at one, at the Court of Commissioners-'l'. T. Harington, Corn_
hill, merchant, Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners-J. P. Luke, Finsbury-place, shoe-maker, Dec. 13, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-T. Hubert, jun., Com-
mercial-wharf, Regent's Canal, coal-merchant, Dec. 13, at one,
at the Court of Commissioners-C. W. Tittensor, Little Love-
lane, City, button-seller, Dec. 13, at one, at the Court of Com-
missioners-T. Mair, Broad-street-buildings, merchant, Dec.
13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-T. Fox and J. D.
Brodribb, Bristol, tallow-chandlers, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Commissioners-J. J. Thomas, Blandford, Dorsetshire,
wine-merchant, Dec. '2O, at twelve, at the Court of Commis-
sioners-S. Backler, St. James's-street, tobacconist, Dec. 2'-3, at
ten, at the Court of Commissioners-J. J. Bardwell, King's
Arms-building, Wood-street, warehouseman, Dec. 2.0, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners-J. Sharpe, Duke-street, West-
minster, bookseller, Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners-R. 13uckland, jun., Shaftesbury, draper, Dec. 30, at
twelve, at the Court of Commissioners-J. Simon, Regent-street,
hosier, Dec. 16, at two, at the Court of Commissioners._
W. H. Smith, Kennington, calico-printer, Dec. 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners-A. Corbett, Friday-street, City,
merchant, Dec. 16, at two, at the Court of Commissioners-W.
Perryman, Windsor, stationer, Dec. 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Commissioners-H. W. Wilton and H. K. Creed, Crutched_
friars, merchants, Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners-G. Brown, Malden, Essex, merchant, Dec. 16, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners-W. K. Hodges, Minories,
draper, I)ec. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners-E.
and J. Giles, Steward-street, Spitalfields, silk-manutacturers,
Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-T. Christian,
Crown-street, Finsbury-square, woollen-draper, Dec. 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners-C. Robinson, sen., NOV Brent-
ford-wharf, wharfinger, Dec. 1:1, at eleven, at the Court of Coin.
missioners-J. Millard, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, pain-
ter, Dec. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners-M. Charles
and T. Burrows, Duke.street, St. James's, tailors, Dec. 13, at ten,
at the Court of Commissioners-A. Lanchester, St. James's-street,
milliner, Dec. 13, at twelve, at thy Court of Commissioners__
J. Greaves, Southwark, hop-merchant, Dec. 13, at twelve, at
the Court of Commissioners-J. Nowell and J. Burch, Jewry.
street, Aldgate, wholesale stationers, Dec. 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Commissioners-J. Rose, Church-court, Old Jewry,
auctioneer, Dec. 13, at one, at the Court of Commissioners-J.
Heshdon and H. Heddon,Westrninster-bridge-road, linen-drapers,
Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-H. Wylie,
Bank Chambers, merchant, Dcc. 13, at two, at the Court of
Commissioners-W. Tranter, Royal Hill, Greenwich, stone-
mason, Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners-W.
T. Rose, Dean-street, Park-lane, stock-agent, Dec. 30, at twelve,
at the Court of Commissioners-S. Phelps and 'l'. Barclay, Fore-
street, Limehouse, anchorsmiths, Dec. 30, at eleven, at the Court
of Commissioners-C. Tomes, Lincoln's Inn-fields, scrivener,
Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners-C. Chandler,
Polshot, Wiltshire, cattle-salesman, Dec. 14, at one, at the
Black Bear Inn, Devizes, Wiltshire-C. Smith, Bristol, boot-
manufacturer, Dec. 23, at one, at the Commercial-rooms,
Bristol-W. Sawbridge, Coventry, ribbon-manufacturer, Dec.
20, at twelve, at the Craven Arms Inn, Coventry-11. Rig-
maiden, Liverpool, wine-merchant, Dec. 15, at one, at the Cla-
re)ncd.oin4, .baut nilodiner
at
the office,Eivcrpool of G. (33‘ivril H. W.
soap boiler,
Dcc. ,
Fletcher, and A. Woodhead, Salford, Lancashire, common-
Lrewers, Dec. 14, at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester-I'.
Barlow, Manchester, publican, Dec. 15, at ten, at the Palace
Inn, Manchester-H. Pochin, Cosby, Leicestershire, maltster,
Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Leicester-J.
Wright, High Grove, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, woollen-manu-
factnrer, Dec. 14, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester-G.
Scott, Ne4c4.stie,upon-Tyne, hatter, Dec. 15, at twelve, at the
Albion Hotel, North Shields-J, M. and J. L. Sionlet, Austin-
friars, merchants, Dec. 13, at ten, at the Court of Conunissionel s.