The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-29 00:00:00

where not to give their enemies such a handle as an
exuberance of feeling, ill directed and ungovernert,
is likely to arm them with. When, therefore, we
hear of an anti-reform candidate's carriage at Dover
being broken to pieces, and, at another place, of a
person in a similar capacity having three coats loin
from his back, we do not hesitate to say either th,t
such acts must be committed by the enemies of
Reform themselves, or that 'those who commit
them are playing the game of their opponents
much more effectually than the latter can do with
such cards as they have in their own hands. We
do not deny that the people themselves have a
,
difficult task to perform—that en all subjects, and
upon all occasions, to temper zeal with discretion is
what individuals, and still more large bridles, cannot
easily accomplish. But the most formidable diffi-
culties are often overcome by a moral conviction of
the indispensable impor atice of their being conquered.
On this occasion we %you'd strongly impress upon
the people that conviction. The real friends of Re-
foim have two opposite descriptions of persons to
guard against—the first, the enemies of all Reform,
and the upholders of all abuses ; the second, those
who would avail themselves of moderate Reform
only asa step-ladder to the wild overthrow of all ex-
isting institutions. Against the machinations of
both these parties the honest Reformer should
steadily oppose himself. lie should define in his own
mind, as the Bill has defined, what the true prin-
ciples of Reform should be ; these he should pursue
with undeviating earnestness, but at the same time
cautiously guarding himself against beim, betrayed
into excesses, which, we have already said, will au-
swer any purpose but his own.—illorning Herald.
Again we beg most earnestly and solemnly to
impress upon the Gentry and Clergy of England
the stupendous importance of the struggle in which
we are now engaged. Our forturres, perhaps our
lives—the precious rights, far dearer than our lives,
which our ancestors died to obtain for us, and dying
bequeathed them to their children—are all staked
upon this eventful cast, and here await their final
sentence. If, at this crisis of their fate, one effort
is relaxed, one resolve unaccomplished, one duty to
our religion and our country unperformed—if all
our faculties, both physical and moral, arc not
tasked to the utmost stretch to meet fearlessly this
wild invasion of our best inheritance, then indeed
have our fathers bled in vain for us—then indeed
is the destiny we court our only worthy recompense.
On Wednesday night, the first of mob supremacy,
bands of the lowest ruffians, with the connivance of
our liberal Ministry, arid under the authority of
their still mere liberal Lord Mayor, paraded the
principal streets of the metropolis, destroying the
property of its most peaceful inhabitants. Strange
and unusual clamours re-echoed through our streets
—loud denunciations of vengeance rung within our
ears—joyous anticipations of the " three days of
July" seemed almost realized—life and property, un-
protected by our legitimate defenders, appeared to
be prostrate under the feet of a brutal rabble ! Such
are, the first fruits of our promised Reform ; this is
the calm and deliberate appeal to the reason and
judgment of the whole people of England, which, at
the dissolution of Parliament, his Majesty's Mi-
nisters solemnly promised to make, to obtain their
dispassionate opinion on this momeutous ques-
tion.). The chief Magistrate of the City, but yester-
day the whining deprecator of the people's indig-
nation—now, by the people's grace, the lordly
arbiter of our lives and property, thinks proper to
ordain a general illumination, and with the permis-
sion, or at least the tacit acquiescence, of the
Noble Secretary, places in imminent peril the lives
and property of those who are not content to obey
his shameful edict. Electors of England, is this to
be the protection to which, as peaceful and as loyal
subjects, whatever our opinions, we are for the
future to look forward ? Is this the calm dispas-
sionate appeal you have been so solemnly promised
Or is it part of one general system of intimidation
to prevent you from listening to the dictates o.

reason—to prevent you fromr soberly weighing,
and, justly appreciating those rights you are
now called upon to sacrifice—to dismay you from
the maintenance of those rights by the appall-
ing 'prospect of popular fury, instigated by the
wretched puppet in the City, and secretly connived
at for tit's purpose by his Majesty's Government ?
Judge for yourselves; be firm, be resolute, be
patient; above all things be unanimous in support-
ing the tried friends of peace and order against those
who seek to make their gain from tumult and inno-
vation. The best and noblest in the land are eager
to join cause with you : the University of Cam-
bridge, emulous of the fame of her sister University,
bursts asunder the yoke which has so long oppressed
her; the aggregate of learning, of science, and high
moral worth, dispersed through every province of
the empire, with ability calmly to consider the best
interests of the country, and courage to promote
them, even in a case where her own privileges are
specially protected—zealously espouses your cause.
Be firm then, and be victorious.—Morning Post.

GENERAL ELECTION.

DOVER.

Last night a numerous and highly-respectable
meeting of the out-dwelling freemen of this town
--and port was held at the Bee-hive Tavern, Leaden-
hall-market, to congratulate themselves and the
mutiny upon the return of the Right Hon. C. P.
Thomson, :Aid Captain Stanhope, R. N., as their
representatives in the ensuing Session of Parliament.
Mr. NrcoL, the Chairman of Captain Stanhope's
Committee, was unanimously called to the Chair,
and said that he congratulated himself upon the ho-
nour of presiding at a meeting of his brother fret,-
men on an occasion so extremely gratifying to the
reformers of England. Notwithstanding that the
Ministerial plan of Reform would, if carried, dis-
franchise the out-dwelling freemen, and the present
be the last time that they, as freemen of Dover,
would be privileged to vote, they had manfully and
gloriously stepped forward, at great personal sacri-
fices, without the slightest probability of any com-
pensation. This sacrifice was made for the public
good. Their conduct would doubtless be infectious,
arid the boroughmongering faction receive its.death-
blow. It was indeed a gratifying circumstance that
the first election ousted an enemy to Reform, and
returned two of its advocates. He concluded by
proposing that the Members be requested to dine
with them before the assembling of Parliament,which
was carried unanimously, amid the most rapturous
applause.
The healths of the Members were drank with
nine loud and long-continued cheers.
Thanks were voted to the chairmen of both Com-
mittees (the chairman and Mr. Luddington) and
Mr. (Tuthill, the secretary of the new Member's
Committee, which having been acknowledged, the
tnee:ing dispersed.
Many of the freemen had their houses splendidly