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

ORDERS OF THE DAY

1. Pontefract Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three.
2. Petersfield Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at five mi-
nutes after three.
3. Maidstone Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at ten
minutes after three.
4. Names of Members absent to be set aside.
5. House to be called over.
6. Frauds on Creditors Bill—Second reading.
7, Suits in Common Law Courts —Second reading.
8. Roman Catholic Charities Bill—Second reading.
9. Dean Forest Boundaries Bill—Second reading.
10. Waterloo Bridge New Street Bill—Second reading.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, NOTICES OF MOTIONS.
1. Mr. Sykes—Bill to alter the Law of Settlement, as far as re-
spects apprenticeship to the Sea Service.
2. MrFrankland Lewis—Bill to alter and amend the Laws af-
fecting the importation and sale of Coal in London and the
districts adjoining.
3. Mr. Stuart Wortley—Bill to regulate the fees and emoluments
of Officers of the Supreme Courts in India.
4. Sir John Newport—To report to a Select Committee, Report
of Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry in Ireland, on the
subject of the Prerogative Court.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.

BOSTON.

Pursuant to advertisement in our last number, a
public meeting took place at the Guildhall in this town,
tc petition Parliament to pass the Reform Bill, The
meeting was exceedingly respectable.
Upon the motion of Mr. CHARLES WRIGHT, Mr. Isaac
Reckitt was called to the Chair, by acclamation. On taking
the Chair,

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These 487 are chiefly employed in voting the people's
money into their Own pockets.—(Loud cries of " Shame,
shame.") It is impossible this state of things could go
on.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. THOMAS SMITH, in seconding the resolution, said
that any individual who had paid attention to the subject
I must be convinced of the necessity of a 'Reform in Parlia-
ment. Look at history : go back to any period, however
remote, of the records of our Parliament, you will there
find the necessity of a Reform in the present representa-
tion. I need only state the excessive extravagance of Go-
vernment, the enormous burden of taxes, the contempt
with which the petitions of the people have been treated
—all these testify the necessity of an important change in
the representation. Bat passing by all these I will only
glance at the present Session, and from that show that
Reform, and Reform alone, can give stability to the
Throne, firmness to Parliament, and happiness to the
people.—(Loud cheers.) Look, I entreat you, gentle-
men, at the measure brought forward by Ministers for the
purpose of transferring a portion of the taxes from the
people generally to the fundholder; but the fat and lazy ho-
roughmongers became alarmed, and by their threats and
intimidations bullied the Ministers out of their equitable
plan.—(Loud cheers, and laughter.) Therefore, gentle-
men, seeing who the opponents are, let us exert every
nerve to support his Majesty's Ministers in the glorious,
patriotic, and noble course they are now pursuing.--
(Loud plaudits, and cries of, " We will.")
The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which was car-
ried unanimously.
The Rev. Dr. PZRRRY said—l consider this one of the
proudest and happiest moments of my life, because I see
around me so many of my countrymen alive to the impor-
tant privileges of a free Constitution. The necessity of
Reform appears from the present state of the representa-
tion ; you have heard the details of the case, but the traf-
ficking in rotten boroughs can scarcely be detailed in all
its enormity. Is it not notorious that men buy and sell
the inhabitants of certain districts for so much money and
influence ? If there be any thing calculated to fix the
odious stigma of slave' y upon men who fancy themselves free,
it is this foul blot upon the representation of the country.
Owing to this, numbers of laws have been passed contrary
to the wishes and prejudicial to the interests of the people.
Taxes were increased by hundreds of thousands, and the
national debt bad been fearfully increased to support the
horrid system of war ; the blood of thousands had been
shed without the justification of reason and sound policy.
This was effected by a corrupt and venal aristocracy.—
(Loud cheers.) We find that the country is taxed, and
taxed and taxed from day to day, and those articles which
are absolutely necessary for the existence of the poor,
strange to say, are most taxed of all.—(Loud cries of
" Shame.") Yet, notwithstanding these glaring facts,
a Nobleman had got up in the House of Peers lately and
asserted that the Constitution was a paragon of beauty,
on which he could gaze with increasing rapture ; he could
admire it, and I believe bow down his knee and adore it.
(Loud laughter.) We have heard that the King has been
designated a madman, but I would retort the charge of
madness upon that Nobleman, who in the face of day had
the impudence to declare that the country did not stand- in
need of Reform.—(Loud and general cheers.) Oh, it is
a melancholy proof of the blinding influence of wealth,
that while these men retain their hundreds of thousands of
pounds, they care not for the poor man, who may starve
without coals in his grate, or a loaf of bread upon his table.
Sir Robert Peel, in opposing the Reform measure, founded
his principal arguments upon the prosperity of the coun-
try. That argument can be answered by yourselves; by
the melancholy looks of the poor, as we pass along the
streets; answered by the cries of the poor children anxious
for bread which they cannot obtain ; answered by the tears
and lamentations of affectionate parents over their chil-
dren, for they can neither give their offspring intellectual
culture or physical nourishment.—(Loud cheers.) An-
swered by the fact that we have been on the verge of a
national bankruptcy; answered by the violent deeds of despe-
rate men, answered by the flames of the incendiary.__
(Loud amreusptrohoafvse that the tehfoeunco_unatrvitiasdincoati
p osp e
oc hu es,e r
as
n.
)d
Reform, which will root up every thing'corrupt in prin-
ciple and pernicious in practice.—(Enthusiastic cheering.)
Dr. Perrey concluded by proposing the second resolution.
M. STANILAND, Esq., solicitor, cordially seconded the
proposed resolution, which was
put and carried unani-
mously.

Canine Madness Bill—Committee.
Evesham Disfranchisement Bill—Second reading; Witnesses
to attend.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

1. Colonel Davies—select ComMittee on the best mode of giving
Efficiency to Secondary Punishments.
'2. Mr. Curteis—Bill to repeal the Duty on Malt.
3. Sir William Rae—Bill to facilitate the transference of He-
ritable Securities for Debt in Scotland.
4. Mr. Sadler—Bill for bettering the condition of the Labouring
Poor of England connected with certain improvements in
the administration of the Poor Laws.
ORDERS OR THE DAY.

Mr. Rncxtrr said, this meeting is convened to afford
the inhabitants of Boston an opportunity of expressing
their sentiments upon the great measure of Reform which
has been proposed to the House of Commons by Govern-
rnent.—(Mr. Reckitt then read the requisition.)—A
factious opposition has been raised against the great mea-
sure in the House, and it is therefore probable that there
may be some individuals of the same party in this meet-
ing, and if so I claim for that person, if he think proper
to express his sentiments, a full, free, and impartial
hearing.—(Loud cheers.) I have ventured to term
the opposition in the House of Commons a factious
opposition, and I think it will be evident to every
one who has perused the speeches of this opposi_
ton party, that there is scarcely anything in them
which can be called argument. Who are those opposed to
the people ? They are the recipients and expectants of that
system of places and pensions which has so long borne
down this nation. But, Gentlemen, the time is coming
when the industrious mechanic and labourer shall be left
in possession of the fruits of their toil, and not be robbed
to support splendid paupers.—(Loud cheers.) The times
are changed : how often we have been taunted with the
terms of levellers, radicals, jacobins, and revolutionists,
by a party who arrogated to themselves exclusive loyalty,
but who, now the loaves and fishes are gone, boldly de-
dare the King a madman, and his Ministers revolutionists.
--(Loud cheers.) When such sentiments are avowed by
those pure loyalists, it is proper that we should assemble
to support the King on his throne, and his Ministers in
the noble measure they propose for the good of the
country.--(Loud cheers.)
F. SNArrst, Esq. proposed the first resolution, as fol-
lows That in the opinion of this meeting the present
state of the representation in the Commons House of Par-
liament loudly and imperatively demands Reform." The
Ministers had brought forward a very bold and extensive
measure; and by that fully redeemed their pledge, a pledge
founded in honour and in justice, for it was the undoubted
right of Englishmen to be represented in Parliament. To
show the present state of the representation, he made the
following statement :

The received account of the present state of the repre
sentatien is as follows:
Returned by
87 Peers in England and Wales .
21 Ditto in Scotland

218

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36 Ditto in Ireland 5l
Total number of Peers —3oo
90 Commoners in England and Wales 137
14 Commoners in Scotland
19 Commoners in Ireland 2O
Nominated by Government l6
Total returned by Commoners and Government --187

Total returned by nomination
Independent of nomination ..

487

I. Colchester Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three.
2. Galway Town and Borough Election Petition—. Ballot for Com
mittee at five minutes after three.
3. Liverpool Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at ten mi.

ntites after three.
4. Money Payment of Wages Bill—Committee.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. Statute of Frauds Amendment Bill—Second reading.
/. Attestation of Instruments Bill—Second reading.
3. Stamp Duties Acts—Committee thereupon.
4. Oaths before Lord Steward Bill—Committee.
5. Tobacco Growth Prohibition Bill—Second reading.

Dr. FRANK Swarm rose, and was received with a
loud cheer, which continued several minutes. He said
my heart feels warm and my tongue anxious to declare
that here, in the place of my birth, all my efforts shall
be directed for your benefit and approval; and if fetters
are forged for you, every exertion in my power shall be
used to prevent them being rivetted.—(Cheers. )—We
are assembled here, my friends, for a great, good, just,
noble, and honourable purpose; to offer a tribute to our
Icing and Ministers for the services they are about to ren-
der to our country. Banners of allegiance to the Throne
should be every where unfurled; let us, Sir, erect the
standard of loyalty, which will show our admiration of the
aristocracy
King and his Ministers, and express our contempt for an
and honest
with the completion or relienge; preyi
t'Nrope, the world loudly
itghnaotrainnteritasndthedeceaxyeicnrgationarisotfocra•alciy,;oadn
men—an aristocracy more hateful than the Vampire,
ndsaliyt
niicsofitiiehndi'laltion nogfiatllltda't power, which has bowed
down nations to the earth. The aristocracy of England
cowi whis o,
for nd
an
is now endeavouring to thwart the measures of his Ma-
jesty's Government—the aristocracy has crippled our ener-
gies by legal enactments—the aristocracy has impoverished
us by taxation—the aristocracy has restricted our rights
as citizens, and rendered England, once so
" Great, glorions, and free,
First flower of the earth, first gem of the sea,"
a mere non-entity in the consideration of Europe. They
have trafficked wi:h our country, and brought it to a state
of unparalleled degradation. Thank Heaven ! their
power
is now at an end. We have a Ding
who ~•tiows neVfear,
a Ministry whom corruption cannot reach. I wish not
for the dpstruction of the aristocracy, but I do wish them
to reform themselves, and if they do not alter their Course
they will draw down the vengeance of an insulted and

REFORM MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF oppressed people.--(Cheers.)—The Ministers have ho-
HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS: neatly discharged their duties, but of all the members in
the Cabinet, I cannot help distinguishing Brougham. 1
feel grateful to Providence that we have such a man to
wield the Senate with his eloquence. He is our safeguard
—alone he can keep the aristocracy at bay. He is a
lawyer whose incorruptibility cannot he impeached, and
a statesman whose honesty dare not be questioned. In
him genius has found a fit tenement : combining the elo-
quence of Curran with the strength of Grattan ; the learn-
ing of Coke with the glory of Montesquieu ; he would
have graced the senate of Rome, and received plaudits
from her proudest denizens. Brougham's views are in
England ; and upon her splendour he will elevate his own.
We live in eventful times, and know not how or when our
zeal and union may be required : we cannot tell how
long this calm may last ; we have lately seen empires
overthrown, and establishments apparently the most dur-
able crumbling into dust. The whole political world
has been shaken, which has produced dreadful convul-
sions. England, I trust, will survive the shock.
Mr. W. SMALL, surgeon, after some caustic remarks
upon the opponents of the Bill, concluded by seconding
the resolution, which was unanimously adopted ; and an
addresso mo n tso, his y, and petition to the House of
Com
mons, were
laje
re adopted,st and the meeting, to show their
entire concurrence, gave nine hearty cheers.
Mr. JOHN NOBLE, bookseller, in an able speech, moved
" That the address and petition read should be trans-
mitted to John Wilke, Esq., one of the Members for the
borough, and N. Malcolm, Esq., the other Member, should
be requested to support the prayer of the petition." This
was carried unanimously,

EXETER.
(From the IVestern Times.)
THURSDAY, MARum 10.—The cause of Reform is daily
making most rapid advances in this our ancient and
hitherto antiquated city. Super fidelis is manifesting a
fidelity to truth, and the cross keys of the Cathedral are
becoming too weak for the straight line of truth. At the
Reform meeting, about a fortnight since, the anti-re-
formers dared not to show their faces, but afterwards got
up a-hole-and-corner petition. We thought it our dutyto
expose the absurdity of the proceedings ; and to-day the
party have mustered and screwed their little courage to the
sticking place, and showed fight, if fight it might be
called. It was indeed a most absurd display of numbers,
and rendered still more ridiculous by the weakness of their
arguments. But it is a misfortune of the Tories in this
county that they cannot avoid exposing their weakness. It
was so at the last election ; it was' the same to-day. We
contrive to draw them out—they are silly enough to obey
our twitting, when we expose their folly. We get a
double advantage of showing by discussion the weakness of
their arguments, and, by a division, their want of
strength. Mr. C. Brutton began. He said he was a
reformer, and we must take his word for it, but
objected to the time for the meeting. Mr. Mark
Kennavvay, another nominal reformer, professed igno-
rance of the measure of Reform intended. Mr.
Nation, one of the same party, professed himself also a re-
former, and requested no one to doubt it ; but he knew
all about the measure, and endeavoured to cavil at one or
two immaterial points, on which he tired the meeting,
but which rendered very doubtful his profession in favour
of Reform. Mr. Barnes, the Bishop's Secretary, said he
was a Reformer also !—( 0 tempora, 0 mores)—and be
raised some other objections, of which we are inclined to
excuse the weakness, as he said he had travelled 25 miles
that morning to attend the meeting, and we suppose he
might have been somewhat fatigued. All we could gather
from his speech was, that the measure proposed was not
radical enough for him. There is no pleasing the pseudo-
reformers. s There were upwards of 2,000 in the hall, and
the show of bands aeainst the petition were, the Secretary
to the Bishop, the Secretary to the defunct Constitutional
or Old Cause Association, about ten Parsons, and we ob-
served a little bunch of labourers together at the bottom of
the hall, about 20 in number, sent, we suppose, for the
purpose. On the whole there never was a more trium-
phant ♦ictory of the Reformers, and never so silly a defeat
of the Tories. On one division the Secretary to the
Bishop and the Secretary to the defunct Constitutional
Association bad no one to support them. On the question
being put again, four Parsons joined them. We think the
Tories have had their dose, and if they have any docility
to be taught by common sense, we think they will hence-
forward hide their diminished heads in Exeter.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,---Your laudable and most useful zeal in the cause
of Reform induces me to inform you that, throughout the
whole of Cornwall, the measure of Ministers has given the
most general and entire satisfaction to all classes with a very
trifling exception. Persons who have been hitherto
averse to Reform have now become eatisfied of ith neces-
sity, and of the wisdom and propriety of Lord John Rus-
sell's Bill. A requisition to the Sheriff for a county
meeting is now in circulation, and in this rotten borough,
one of the holdfasts of the enemy, we are going to address
the King, and petition Parliament to stand by Ministers
and the country.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
St. Mauves, Cornwall, L. S. BOYNE.

March 10, 1831.