The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-17 00:00:00

CHESTER, ()LT. 12.

No sooner had the disasterous intelligence of the rejection of
the Reform Bill by the Lords, and the official letter from our
esteemed representatives to the Mayor confirming the fact,
reached this city, than a requisition was immediately set on foot
for a public meeting, to address his Majesty on the subject. In
the course of a few hours on Monday, nearly 200 names, com-
prising all the property and intelligence of the city, were sponta-
neously affixed to the requisition. The right worshipful chief
magistrate promptly responded to the call of his fellow-citizens,
and appointed this day for the meeting.
Although the time was so short, and the announcement. but
imperfectly distributed, the town-hall was crowded almost to suff_
fixation, and the staircase and pentiec court were filled with per-
sons, who in vain endeavoured to obtain admittance. Never, in
the recollection of that venerable personage " the oldest inha-
bitant," was such a meeting witnessed in Chester, either as to
numbers or unanimity. The right worshipful the Mayor (Titus
Chaloner, Esq.) took the chair. A series of resolutions, and an
address to his Majesty, were adopted.
The MAYOR, in opening the business of the meeting, said he
had always understood that the constitution consisted of King,
Lords, and Commons : but by the votes and conduct of the sip-
per House it would appear as if the nation was to be governed by
the Lords alone —(Loud applause.)
Mr. BROWN moved the first resolution, which was seconded
by Mr. Williamson :
" That we express, in the most decided manner, our deep re-
gret at the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords,
and our serious alarm at the probable consequence thereof—re-
gret that the reasonable and just wishes and expectations of the
people of England should have been so unceremoniously rejected
—and alarm at the danger of long-continued and increasing di-
visions in the State ; and that we, for the third time, declare
in the strongest terms that language admits of, our decided ap-
probation of the Ministerial measure of Reform, and our firm
determination never to restsatit:fied with a measureless extensive:.
The Rev. It. B. ASPLAND moved the second resolution,—
The resolution which I now have the honour to introduce to the
attention of this meeting, inculcates the importance and the
absolute necessity of order and moderation at this crisis.—(llear.)
We are too strong—too full of hopo—to give way to intemperance
or violence. We do not despair, and therefore we will not give way
to the madness of despair. The character of our patriotic King
is a tower of strength. I doubt not, he will be emphatically
styled in future history, William the Conqueror—the conqueror
of one •f the most selfish, bitter, unrelenting factions that ever
agitated a State.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded
by moving the following resolution

'"
That-as lovers of peace and order, we deem it imperative at
this fearful crisis strongly to deprecate all intemperance and vio-
lence, as tending to embarrass his' ajesty's Ministers, and to re-
tard the great cause of Reform', and to express our determina-
tion, both collectively and individually, to assist in every way in
preserving peace and tranquillity, and in strengthening the
hands of an Administration which possesses the confidence of
the nation."

Mr. S. J. ROBERTS, in seconding the resolution, begged to
except from the general censure upon the Right Rev. Bench,
the Bishops of Chichester and Norwich, who voted for the Bill.
Mr. J. H. LLOYD moved the next resolution :
t. That whilst we gratefully acknowledge our obligations to
the Ministers of the ('town for their past conduct, which, espe—
cially on their entrance into office, rescued the nation from
anarchy and terror, we also express our continued and increasing
confidence in their firmness, and patriotism ; that we repeat Out
fervent wish that his Most Gracious Majesty may continue his
confidence in them, and that they may intrepidly maintain their
ground ; and repeat our solemn determination never to desert
them, so long as they remain true to the Sovereign and his loyal
people. That an address to his Most Gracious Majesty be forth_
wits prepared by a Committee of the requisitionists, embodying
the above sentiments, and praying his Majesty to adopt such
constitutional Pleasures as may secure the passing of the Reform
Bill in the House of Lords."

~lr. JOHN LiME briefly seconded the resolution.
Mr. HOSTAGE proposed a resolution of thanks to the City
Representatives,which was warmly responded to by the meeting.
The remaining resolutions were then passed, scriathn ; and
after a vote of thanks to the Mayor (proposed in very handsome
terms by Mr. J. H. LLOYD), and giving three times three cheers
for the king and Ileform—the same, and one cheer more, for his
Ministers, the meeting separated.

•
BIRMINGHAM.
(Abridged from the Bimingham Journal, Oct. 15.)

The state of public feeling created in this town by the rejection
of the Reform Bill has been in the highest degree feverish and
excited, yet we are happy in saying that, up to the present time,
no material outrage or breaking of the public peace has been
committed. On Saturday evening, a long time before the hour
for the arrival of the morning papers, anxious crowds were con-
gregated around the newspaper offices in Union-street, evincing
the most intense interest in the fate of the measure. The rush
to procure papers on their arrival, and to obtain intelligence, was
terrific in the extreme; many people were thrown down, and in
the general bustle trampled upon, a general state of confusion
instantly taking place. Each individual who, by dint of main
force, had Contrived to make an entry into the office, and ob-
tain that Object of his most anxious desire, a newspaper,
on his return, was assailed upon all sides by qiiestions
asked Irons an hundred mouths at once, and pestered by the
Most beggar-like importunities to relate, as much as possible,
the particulars attending the division. The news spread
as if it had beers borne upon the pinions of a swift wind ;
in a few minutes the inhabitants of the most remote parts
of the town were acquainted with the signal rejection ;
the ringers hastened towards their several belfries, the bells were
muffled, and either a mourning peal was rung, o: the bell used on
funeral occasions tolled until day-break ; all was doubt as to the
consequence, dismay, and fear. The streets were filled with
groups of people engaged most anxiously in conversation upon
the fate of that measure upon which they had set their hopes.
Never in Birmingham has there been a hundredth part of the
excitement produced by any other political circumstance. Alt
shared in the general expression of highly irritated and disap-
pointed feelings. The public-houses and taverns swarmed with
guests, and the most vociferous conversation, mingled with no
small share of " ungentle exclamations," occupied the lips of the
whole of the company. In this state of things a few of the most
influential members of the Council of the Political Union met to..
gether, and drew up an Address.
(We have already given the Address, exhorting the people tti
patience.)
This being quickly printed, and posted in all parts of the town,
tended very materially to subdue or allay the excitation \chid,
was every where developing itself. On the morrow, although the
Sabbath, the town had not lulled itself into quiet ; the population
were not at all at rest. Much uneasint:s was app:srent, though
the expression of it was neither loud nor general,
On Monday, indeed, the popular feeling tan
.high, and many
individuals were robbed of their newsmen by idle and dis-
orderly vagabonds that infested Union-street for that purpose.
At night an outrag.eous mob broke the windows of several per-
sons iu High.steeet, Bull-street, and St. Mary's-square. At the
usual mmtius of the Political Council, on Tuesday night, at
the Glebe Tavern, the room was crowded to sulibeation, and
the passage and doors of the house, and the street to some con-
siderable distance, were surrounded and filled by a mob of highly
excited persons. They were addressed from the windows of the
Globe Tavern by Mr. Thomas Attwood and Mr. George Ed-
monds iii lurna, urging them to keep the peace, and not to af_
furs g handle to their enemies by committing outrage. Several
bands of men continued to parade the streets until a very late
hour, but with the exception of the destruction of a few win-
dows which we have before recorded, and the struggles with
the police, we have to relate the occurrence of no act of ag_
gression occasioned by political feelings—for which we are
thankful. But though the town has been free from riot, it must
not be supposed that the people arc less interested, or feel less
sensibly the rejection of the great measure of Reform, than the
communities of other places. tio castles have been burned to
the ground, or human blood shed in party affrays, but the feel,
ing is as high, and the indignation as great, as at those places;
Where the above lamentable occurrences have taken place.

(From a Correspondent.) •
BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 15.
There is in the course of signature a requisition to the High-
Bailiff requesting that he will convene a town's meeting for the
purpose of expressing to his Majesty, by address, the regret and
disappointment of the inhabitants of Birmingham at the rejec-
tion of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords; and of declaring
their unabated confidence in the patriotism, wisdom, and firm-
ness of his Majesty's Ministers. I have seen this requisition, and
it is already most numerously and respectably signed. I under-
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