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London, England, 1831-03-12 00:00:00

KINGDOIki.

" With confidence I oPenihlsSession, and expect to
meet the same confidence in your Assembly. I feel my-
self exalted at the thought that I am King of Bavaria,
which in all its provinces has honourably maintained its
ancient loyalty, while insurrections were breaking out in
various other countries, both near and at a distance
from us."

(His Majesty then expresses his satisfaction at beinc,
able to state, that by the reductions he Isad made in the
Administration, not only the great deficiency in the pre-
ceding budget had been made good, but it was practicable
to repeal various taxes, and yet retain a larger surplus for
important public works.)
The Sinking Fund assures the expectations that were
conceived of it. lam convinced that my faithful Estates
of the kingdom will maintain dr+ order in the economy of
the State, which has been attained with so much difficulty.
" I know nothing more soothing than to be loved by
my people ; but then; is also a false popularity. It is not
allowable to acquire popularity at the expence of the 1%111-
bling of the State. _

`The Treaties of Commerce between Prussia and
Wurtemburg have proved very advantageous. Besides
the accounts of the public revenue and expenditure for
the second financial period, and the budget for the third,
my Ministers will present to the States, for their
consideration, a code of the regulations of the civil courts,
which has been long desired, founded on the publicity of
the proceedings, a penal code, a law relative to the free-
dom of the Press, and a penal forest code. Egotism,
ander whatever form it may disguise itself, will, I doubt
riot, be banished from this Assembly, and the welfare of
Bavaria will be its sole object.
" What in many countries still rem sins a deside-
iatum, Bavaria already possesses in its constitutional
and commercial organization. Thanks to our late
King, and my beloved and revered father. This
1 '``l 'ay, nobody observes the Constitution more con-
scientiously than I do. I would not he an absolute sove-
reign. I have sworn not only to observe the Constitution
myself, but to cause it to be observed. By this oath I shall
immoveably abide, and unshaken will be the loyalty of the
Bavarians."

At the conclusion of this
acclamation•
.his Majesty was saluted
with loud and repeated azt!ons from the brilliant
thent reeadt.wtohechoaamth:
assembly. The Minister of
which was taken by all the Members
Cham-
bers. After which the Minister of thel
Session of
in the King's name the opening of the

MR. VAN HOMRIGH.—A letter was re-
ceived in Dublin, stating that Mr. VAN HOMAIGII, the
Recorder of Drogheda, and the late representative for
that town, was in the News- room of Drogheda, on Satur-
day, when he fell down and suddenly expire-I.—Dublin
Morning iyiwpoLcekr.

ItEFOItt%I MEETINGS IN StIPPORT OF

HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS.

134.CROUGH OF LANCASTER.
Independent and Worthy freemen 'of this borough are on
the qui vipe in consequence of the Plection which is to take place
on Monday next. Tileonl'y 'candidate who has yet appeared on
the field is Mr, ;ste‘t"l're, who stands upon the interest of the
Duke of, tiat'ailton. On Tuesday a 'handbill, bearing the Ova-
tore I.)f H. P, Carpenter, was generally Oscaried thiough the
town, stating that it was the intention tlnt.t gentleman to con-
test the election with Mr. Stev,att, and that his (Mr. C.'s) politi-
cal principles were tire a-Afite as those of Mr. Cawthorn°, the late
Member fe.tha isirough ; but as Wednesday, the day on which
Mr. CsEftenter had announced his intention to appear t'erson-
at,_Y to solicit the suffrages of the freemen, has elapsed Without that
gentleman making his appearance, anti r..S many anxious inqui-
ries have been made without stiede'ss to ascertain who Mr. H. P.
Carpenter is, the tnest I‘,,enient suspicions are entertained that
the placard is a h*Oix. Although it is very
.probable that Mr.
Stewart rX iil Walk over the course without any substantial oppo-
sitidn, It IS generally understood that some of the independent
freenten are determined to put up a 'candidate of some kind or
other, with a view to establish a precedent for future elections,
which must be very des:rabic as " the good old town," is about
to lose the proilts of 'the Assizes, which it is said are to be trans-
ferred to Lt7erpool and Manchester. Although, there is not any
substantial opposition expected, Mr. Stewart co+o..d not obtain the
promise of several resident freeii 'without having given a
pledge to support the RegArtt. Ineasure brought forward by Lord
John Russell, a pledge which he gave (when required) without
the least he,itaidOn.

MANCHESTER.
It is impossible to describe the desire which has
spread over every part 9r this tohit to give support to the Ad-
ministration in itt,inaturcs of Reform. In this south-east cor-
ner we have tCO3°/N,710 people in a circle of which we are the centre,
atyl the i•aliis of which does not exceed a dozen miles, who seem
actuated by only one mind. All difttrences of opiniOn,are
the present suspended, to secure the undoubted goS.I; and the
unanimity exists not merely amongst thON' rvil will enjoy the
franchise if Ministers carry 1'11(0 hveY.l..ire, but even amongst
the excluded, The pZor Ylen s'rho do not rent houses rated at
101. say, that tholtlifi lq'eY, think they also have a right to be re-
presented, It no doubt that their interests will be better
atteridtd to by Members elected by their neighbours and friepds
igsreuit of by a few slaves at Boroughbridge or Nptclii; Ashton
rind Oldham have already declared in favoui'!of tt:c measure, al-
though they had confidently hoprt, to fut`; had Members ; and
the country manufactuxers, tiro 'come to town on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, have brOugtt aco3unts of meetings to be held in
every town, and•nrost in every village of the county. Our
meeting yts-,.'et‘tay (Thursday), in the Town-hall, was one of the
Most riumein'us we have ever had, and all the rertutipps were
liag.lol. 'Unanimously. The address to the King ,ot6:1 amidst
TOUd acclamations. The petition to less t!'.aii two hours received
upwards of 2,000 signatures, luer,i?lng names of the greatest re-
spectability in the towys 10-uay the peodle have been crowding
to every place wl!eli 'sheets are placed for signature, and I should
think the sot fewer than 6,000 names are already appended. and
thei, `e.re the week is gone, the number will exceed 20,000

WIGAN.
This day (Thursday) a piddle }heeling loolc'place, called by re.
quisition, for the purpose, of voting a "humble Address to his
Majesty, exptesst.ve,cd: tth. gratitude of the inhabitants of this
borough and iieighbohtuood, for the plan of Reform which he
has sa'ileti?no'd,
A, 'petition to the House of Commons was also House,
to,
the present important measure before, the`House, and
thanking his Majesty's Ministers for th't 'seine, as well as Lord
John Russell, for the able mahnet in which he has brought it
forward.
The meeting V•atk tailed at twelve o'clock. In the early part of
the forthe, 4.,. the town presented the animating scene of a con.
stae t tuetession of arrivals from the country in all, manter of
cnnteyancrs. The unanimity of the meeting was anticipated by
all parties in politics, agreeing that Retbrm was highly necessary
for the happiness and tranquilitg• or the country. Shortly after
twelve, the chair was talCei by Ralph Thicknesse, Esq., banker,
in the area of the if.A% Cloth Hall. The assemblage was addressed
by the Messrs. Alston, Dutton, Lord, Shaw, Wigan,
Actot% Thihant, and Messrs. Potter and Gill, of Manchester.
Tfitse speakers all urged the great necessity of lleform, and
expressed a firm and pledged determination' by every means they
possessed, to support his gracious Ma!, esty and his liberal Ministers.
Before the close of tts proceedings a youth from the crowd
obtained leave from tne Chairman to address the meeting. His
garb and appearance gave not outward indication of his ability as
a pubrit ipeaker, which he subsequently displayed. His address
`Nu bold and fluent, and principally directed in a speech of great
humour against the baneful influence of the porotighinongers,
and a high encomium which he bestowed oil Messrs. Wood and
Hunt, of Preston, for their censisteriby and indefatigable labours
in the cause of Reform. Oh inquiry, he was ascertained to be a
journeyman elogsa, and his first debut before the public as
an °rata.

TN Meeting, it is supposed, consisted of at least 5,000 persons,
And it is satisfactory to add, that during three hours and a half's
discussion, not one circumstance arising from ballot or Universal
suffrage was agitated, or interrupted the uttahimity and joy that
prevailed.
The announcement of the measure was received here with
loud and merry peals from the church bells, which have since
that period been constant and clamorous advocates for Reform.
All Al-ties hail the measure with satisfaction, and are deter-
mined to support it to the utmost of their power.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
(FRom A cOltitEsi.o.SmENT.)
The great measure Of Reform now before Parliament, received
this day (ThurstlaY) the unanimous sanction of one of the most
numerous and respectable meetings that ever took place in the
Cinildhall of this town, be the occasion what it might.
ARCHIBALD REED, Esq., the Mayor of Newcastle, was in
the Chair.

Several excellent speeches were delivered, particularly those
by Mr. J. Losh, Dr. Headlam, Mr. G. T. Dunn, and Mr. Irving
Wilkinson. But what renders the whole thing most complete
and satisfactory is the perfect unanimity that existed on all sides.
Some apprehensions were entertained that the corporation free
burgesses would thew a hostile feeling to the disfranchising clause
of the Bill. No such feeling, however, prevailed, consequently
the Newcastle meeting of the friends of Reform may be justly
considered as triumphant a manifestation of the sentiments of the
people, on the all engrossing question before the Legislature, as
any that have taken place in whatever part of the kingdom. On
the conclusion of the proceedings three times three cheers were
given in honour of his most excellent Majesty King William the
Fourth; three cheers fbr Lord Grey and the Ministers; and the
like number, of cheers for the Mayor of Newcastle, the Chairman.
The following were the acts of the meeting :
NEWCASTLE REFORM MEETING.

At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle, in Guild-
hall assembled, on Thursday, the Elth of March, IRII,
The Right Worshipful ARCHIBALD REED, Esq., Mayor of New-

castle, in the Chair,

The following resolutions were unanimously passed:-
1. Moved by James Losh, Esq., seconded by Alderman Bell.
That in the opinion of this meeting, a full and efficient Re-
form in Parliament can no longer be delayed, without imminent
and immediate danger to the country, to the throne itself, and
to those who rashly oppose such Reform, in short, without put-
tinglnto instant peril the whole Constitution as now established
in King',-Lords, and Commons.
2. Moved by T. E. Headlam, M.D., seconded by John Bowes
Wright, Esq.
That this meeting views with delight and gratitude the plan of
Reform in Parliament, efficient and constitutional, submitted to
the House of Commons by Lord John Russell, with the appro-
bation of his Majesty, and the unanimous consent of his Mini-
sters, being thoroughly persuaded that such a plan is well adapted
to meet the pressing exigencies of the times, the political situ.
ation of the country, and the just demands and expectations of
the people.
3. Moved by George Thomas Dunn, Eiq., seconded by Thomas
Doubleday, Esq.
That it is fit that this meeting record in such a crisis the ex-
pression of its cordial and unhesitating loyalty to our excellent
and patridtic Sovereign his Majesty King William the Fourth,
its thanks to his virtuous, zealous, and independent Ministers,
its assurances of continued and unflinching support through the
present eventful crisis, and until the cause of Constitutional Re-
form shall triumph.
4. Moved by Anthony Easterby, Esq., seconded by Robert
Ormston, jun. Esq.
That the address and petitions now read be adopted.
5. Moved by Mr. Emerson Charnley, seconded by Mr. William
Armstrong.
That the address to the King, and the petition to both Houses
of Parliament, be signed by the Mayor on behalf of the meeting.
6. Moved by James Irving Wilkinson, Esq„ seconded by An-
thony Clapham, Esq.
That the address to the King, and petition to the House of
Commons be presented by the Members of this town, and that
the Members for the county of Northumberland be earnestly re-
quested to support the prayer of the petition, and that Lord Grey
be requested to present the pet tion to the House of Lords,
On the motion of James Losh, Esq., seconded by T. E. Head-
lam, M.D., the thanks of the meeting were voted to the
Chairman

ADDRESS TO THE KING.
We the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in Guildhall
assembled, beg leave humbly to approach your Majesty with
our grateful congratulatious on the Bill for Reform in Parlia-
ment, brought into the House of Commons by your Majesty's
Ministers.

May we be permitted to express to your Majesty, our joyful
and unanimous assurances, that in the provisions of the Bill we
see safety to the country, happiness to the people, and satisfaction
to all cl4ses of your Majesty's subjects. May it please your Ma-
jesty, to support your excellent Ministers in these salutary
changes for which your people have long waited.
We beg your Majesty th believe, that amongst your subjects
there are none more attached to the Constitution of the King-
dom, to your Majesty's Royal House, and to the principles which
called your Majesty's ancestors to the Throne of this country
than are those who now venture to address your Majesty.
We pray that your Majesty may live many years the patriot
King of an admiring nation, to witness the effects of this great
and salutary measure, and to enjoy the consciousness so gratify-
ing to a heart like that of your Majesty, of having bestowed
upon your people a boon greater than ever Monarch gave, and
thereby give additional lustre to the royal name of William.

(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)
A public meeting, convened by the Right -Worshipful the
Mayor, was held here to-day (Thursday), to consider of the best
means of supporting the measure of Reform now before the
House of Commons. The meeting was very numerous, and
composed in a great measure of the burgesses, who had been led
to believe that their own rights and privileges were to be for-
feitvd by the Bill. Several hand-bills had been circulated, urging
the burgesses to attend and oppose the resolutions of the friends
of Reform. About three—hundred of the lower classes of free-
men took possession of the Hall an hour before the appointed
time of meeting, and without waiting the arrival of the Chief
Magistrate, proceeded to a discussion amongst themselves, in
which they were soon joined by some of the more influential
burgesses. The result was, that the enemies of the Bill found
themselves in so miserable a minority, even amongst the freemen,
that when the chair was taken and the business of the day pro-
ceeded in, they deemed it right to intimate to the meeting that no
amendment would be moved ! Resolutions were unanimously
and enthusiastically passed to petition Parliament in support of
the Bill, and also to address and thank his Majesty for the con-
sideration he had given to the wishes of his people. Thanks were
voted to the Mayor, and after nine hearty cheers for the King
the meeting broke up.
A meeting of the county of Northumberland, called by the
High Sheriff, is fixed for Wednesday, on the same subject.

ST. IVES, HUNTINGDONSHIRE.
A numerous and respectable meeting, convened by public no-
tice, was held at the Crown Inn, St. Ives, on Thursday evening
last to petition both Houses of Parliament to pass the measure
in full in all its parts, so nobly proposed by his Majesty's Mini-
sters for their adoption.
The Chair was taken by the Rev. J. K. HOLLAND, who in
an eloquent and impressive speech introduced the business of
the evening. He highly approved of the Bill introduced into the
House of Commons by Lord John Russell; he considered it
likely to give greater satisfaction to the country than any mea-
sure that had ever been brought under the consideration of the
House. He congratulated the country on their having a patriot
King, one of the best Kings that had ever sat on the throne since
the times of Alfred. Upon our having a talented Ministry, who
themselves had introduced the measure, and finally great and
cheeringprospectsof success presented themselves in consequence
ostefl(4tenhe and•
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st (;c., lheetetrhs e) people be t ru e to th em-
DAY, Esq. moved the adoption of the petition, and in a
aCorninoenxspowseedretlrieet,minaiendne.rdienprwechaiethed Atlheembersoftlie
House of unconstitu-
tional interference of Peers at elections ; exposed the borough
system, which he considered a great curse to the country, and
called upon all who loved their King and country to aid them in
fighting the great battle of Reform. The worthy gentleman

proceeded at great length, and in an able: manner to expose
the present system, which we regret our limits will not allow us
to insert.
Mr. J. B. RUPH, in seconding the motion, observed that he
had advocated
,Reform when it was unpopular ; he now had the
honour of advocating it when it was near its final and grand ac.
complishment ; for thii he would thank God take courage, and
...4
go forward. He proceed to prove that the House of Commons
did not represent the people; he condemned the system, and
was rejoiced to say the King was a Reformer. His Majesty's
Ministers were Reformers, the people were Reformers, and if
they were united, and exerted their strength, in spite of all the
boroughmongers,in the ickngdorn lleßtrrn would be triumphantly
carried. After some flil-tner observations he entreated the meet.
ing to roll!, ttitind the throne, to support the Ministers, and vie.
tory would be Certain. He wished to see all excrescences re.
moved from the Constitution, and the corruption andimperfec-
tions that deformed it done away ; and that it should be handed
down pure and unimpaired to the latest pOsterity.
The meeting was atverwards addressed by Mr. J. LEIGH, Mr.
J. ROBT'S.tdN, jun. &c.
On the motion of Mr. J. D. PAUL, seconded by Mr. A
ASHTON, the petition to the Commons was entrusted to Lord
John Russell.
On the motion of Mr. N. ROBINS, sen., seconded by Mr.
THOMAS RUPH, the petition to the Lt.'rda was entrusted to
Lord Brougha'oi.
The Liarucs of the meeting were voted to the Chairman for his
able conduct in the Chair, for which he returned thanks in a
luminous, forcible, and manly speeech, which was received with
repeated cheering by the numerous and respectable meeting,
who separated highly delighted with the occurrences of the
evening. •
The I).l:2lattentarY conduct of Mr. Adeane has disgusted his
constituents in this part of the country ;• and it is considered ex.
tremely probable that the first time of his being returned for
Cambridgeshire will be the last.

lIUDDXRSFLFLD.
(troni the liakefield Journal.)
On Monday afternoon a meeting of the inhabitants of the
town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield, was held in the Court-
House, Queen-street, "to take into consideration the propriety
of petitioning Parliament to pass into a law the measures
brought forward on the Ist instant, by his Majesty's Ministers,
for a Reform in the represeatatihn:"
Mr. JOSEPH BVAUMO'T; the constable, was called to the
chair. He hoped that every man would come forward and aid,
by its support, our beloved Monarch and his Ministers in purg.
ing a system of rottenness which had so long existed in the
Commons House of Parliament.—(Applause, and cries of "Ad-
journ, adjourn.")
Mr. JOHN SUTCLIFFE said that the cirfunistantes of the
times required thht the people shhhfd. be al led together to ex.
press their &rtinient't fully ad to whether they thought his Ma..
jetty's Ministers had done their duty or not. They had digested
a plan of Reform which it was desirable should meet with stre-
nuous support. The system was comprehensive, and appeared
to embrace every interest, from the highest aristocrat to the
lowest person who still had something to de end and to call his
own. Mr. Sutcliffe concluded by moving a resolution declaring
that the House of Commons; as at present constituted, did not
represent thepeoplesand, therefore, required an efiktual Reform:
Ali. THOMAS WRIGLEY seconded toe motion, which was
agreed to unanimonsly.
[lt was here resolved to adjourn to the market-place, where a
waggon had been prepared for the convenience of the speakers
and reporters. There were about 1,000 persons present.]
Mr. WM. WILLANS proposed a resolution to the effect,
that the meeting. wgs of opinion his Majesty's Ministers had
amply itdeeined their pledge to introduce a specific theasure of
Reform, and that they had thereby entitled themselves to the
gratitude and support of the country. He had determined that
he would never more have any thing to do with politics, be-
cause he felt anxious not to be connebted with any party ; but
when his Majesty's Ministers had .conie fbrward with that mea-
sure of which they had all heard, he was no longer at liberty to
choose between neutrality and activity ; for every man, whatever
his influence, however limited or extended, was now called upon
to exert himself to contribute towards carrying forward that
splendid measure to which he had adverted.—(Hear.)
Mr. JOSEPH BATLEY, of Armitage, spoke at some length
on the causes which he thought had led to the change in the
public opinion on the subject of Reform, which he attributed to
the distress consequent upon the ruinous wars Which arose out
of the French revolution, and the breaking up of the artificial
system of paper money that enabled a profligate minister, by
means of a corrupt Parliament, to bring upon this country an
overwhelming burden of debt and taxation. He concluded by
saying—" At length the growing intelligence, and yet sober-
mindedness-..the kindling patriotism, and yet calm moderation,
—the virtuous indighation, and yet magnanimous forbearance
the Klass of the people, Opens befbre us a cheering and a
boundless prospect, and cannot fail, under Providence to ensure
the restoration of the British constitution to its original purity.—
(Applause.) Ministers will need all the strength and support
which the people can give; and are we to be silent at this critical
moment?..-(No, no.) Are we to be idle spectators of a struggle
between the King and his Ministers on the one hand and a selfish
boroughmongering faction on the other ?:.--(Loud cries of" No.")
God forbid I If we do we may sigh in vain over the evils which
affect our country ; we may cry out against the corruption
of Parliament and lament the perpetration of abuses; but their
complaints are idle so long as the people are not stirred up to
exertion by patriotic motives. If the present Parliament should
reject the Bill, and compel the King to dissolve it, the people
of England must stand prepared to make some sacrifices both
of time and money to prevent the return of those men who may
vote agaihst the proposed Bill."---(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. STOCKS, Jun. hoped the meeting 'would support
Ministers as far as they had promised. They went much further,
taking all things together, than he supposed a Minister durst
propose. Let them take what was offered cheerfully, and show
that they were determined to have their rights ; let them not
flinch ; let them show that every man will be found at his post,
asserting his right and determined to maintain it.—(" That is
right, stick to that.") Mr. MOORE—" It will be stuck to."
—(Laughter.) The laws passed by the boroughrnongers were not
just ; if the people had been represented would the law of pri.
mogeniture have been passed? would the lately proposed duty on
transfers of property have been opposed ? Mr. Stocks expressed
the pleasure he felt at being surrounded by persons of all parties
—the Tory as well as the radical—(Hear)—and he hoped they
should that day solemnize a marriage between the parties. They
were all loyal—(Mr. MOORE—" And the only loyal")—and he
believed the reformer was the loyalest in the kingdom. He said
he was willing to forget all past bickerings, and he hoped that at
the close of the meeting they would give three cheers for the
King, and three cheers for the union of parties.—(Cheers.)
Mr. JOSEPH MILNER, cordially seconded the resolution.
S. DICKINSON, an operative, supported the measure.
Mr. SENIOR, of Dalton, moved, " That in consequence of
the determined opposition of the opponents of the Reform mea.
sure in the Commons' House of Parliament, this meeting feel it
their duty to express their determination to support his Majesty's
Ministers by every legal means within their power."
Mr. BRADLEY CLAY was glad to meet the people assem-
bled on such an occasion.
Mr. WM. MOORE (bookseller) moved that the petitions now
read be adopted by this meeting, and that the petition to the
House of Peers be presented by Lord Brougham, and that to
the House of Commons by Lord Morpeth, and that Mr. Bethell
and Sir J. V. B. Johnstone be requested to support the same.
Mr. SENIOR proposed that the meeting should not be dis-
solved, but adjourned from time to time, till the Reform now
proposed by Ministers be obtained.
The motion was not seconded, and the Constable left the chair.
It was taken by Mr. Stocks, when three cheers were given for
1 King William the Fourth, and three cheers for the people.—The
meeting separated about five o'clock.