The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-03 00:00:00

Opulent and respectable int abitante. It states, " that it is
,• .. tiptWir wifi in. every cottage. throughout the empire,
furs
~of the opponents to the Bill, that a
. -...". -TafAr. , ,thiltembers of the House of. Commons
r
...., awed` „retained by obscure, small, and decayed
.r 1: ' -: . 00ills ; ki4r:tht•::freedom of election is almost
' ' utei'llY 11.trOYMsst!by unconstitutional influence,
'." trAeng bribery,..;an'et'intimidation' or sapped by other
t'k (" illegal arts- and: aPPlia'nees, whereby the confidence of the
\ people ,in seppsentatiVes so elected is greatly impaired."
''--Whe- =
,k'itip4ners further state, that they " are sincere
f'ri'ends to ori4r, deeply attached to the laws and insti-
tutions of the country, and have a great stake in its in-
ternal peace and prosperity ; but they are solemnly con-
vinced that the maintenance of the abuses referred to, the
rejection of the above measure for their Reform, can only
be persevered in at a price your petitioners are unwilling
to pay,—the impatience of the masses of the people preci-
pitating the nation into illegal, violent, and unreasonable
courses." A kind of Anti-Reform petition has been got
up in this county, under the auspices of the Duke of
Newcastle ; a copy of which has been confided to two or
three of the Duke's minions at this place. A few signa-
tures have been obtained to it, and as the hawkers of it
are not very particular as to character, they may probably
raise some fifty or sixty names to it in the town and neigh-
bourhood.
FAREHAM.—A Reform meeting, most respectably '
arid numerously attended, was held on Tuesday last, when
a petition was resolved to he sent to the Lords, praying
their Lordships to pass the Bill as sent to their House by
the Commons. Captain Borlase was called to the chair
on the occasion ; and several gentlemen and officers ad-
dressed the assembly in support of the cause.
GLASGOW.—The petition to the House of Peers,
adopted at the public meeting at the town-hall, has now
received nearly 20,000 signatures. A good deal of disap-
pointment seems to be felt by those signing the petition,
that there is not also a petition to his Majesty to create
new Peers lying for signature.
GOSPORT.—A meeting to petition the House of
Lords in behalf of the Reform Bill, was held on Tuesday,
at the Beneficial Society's Hall, North-street, when Wil-
liam Grant, E•q. was called to the chair with universal
acclamations. The room was crowded.
HIGH WYCOMBE —On Friday a general meeting
was held in the Town-hall, in consequence of a requisition
to the Mayor, when a petition to the House of Lords in
favour of the Reform Bill was unanimously voted.
SHEFFIELD.—The petition to the Peers, agreed on
at the meeting in Paradise-square, on Monday last, bad,
on Thursday, received upwards of 12,000 signatures.
SALFORD.—A public meeting of the inhabitants was
held in the Town-hall on Wednesday, pursuant to requi-
sition, " For the purpose of petitioning the House of
Lords to pass the Reform Bill without unnecessary delay."
The attendance was not very numerous, but the auditory,
which comprised nearly 200 persons, considerably exceeded
in number that at the public meeting held iu Salford a few
months ago on the subject of Reform.
ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.—This morning,
at ten o'clock, a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish
was held in the Vestry-room, Mr. Smith, churchwarden,
in the chair, when resolutions, and a petition to the House
of Lords, praying their Lordships to pass the Reform Bill
without delay, were unanimously agreed to.
YORKSHIRE PETITIONS TO THE LORDS.—
The gratifying details of the Reform meetings in York-
shire have accumulated so largely upon our hands, that we
could have filled two papers instead of one with the pr o-
eedings ; we are therefore obligedto be extremely brief, and
by no means able to do justice to the subject. The grand
fact is, however, sufficient, that so far are the people of
Yorkshire from having become indifferent to the success of
the Reform, their zeal has greatly increased since its first
introduction to Parliament ; and should that Bill be re-
jected by the Lords, the difficulty would not consist in in-
flaming their zeal, but in keeping it within those bounds
which law and sound policy alike prescribe.—Leeds
Mercury.
YORK.—The Leeds Mercury of Saturday contains
a requisition for a county meeting, and the address of Mr.
Fawkes to the freeholders of Yorkshire. The former,
says the Mercury, " boasts of names, which, for number
and respectability, has never, within our long experience
of county meetings, been surpassed ; and the latter states
the grounds on which this county is now convened, and
that with a power and spirit-stirring eloquence seldom
equalled, except, indeed, by some of those former patriotic
appeals with which the name of Fawkes has been asso-
ciated, and which can never die away from the memories
of those who heard them."

We find in the Country Papers received on Saturday
notices of meetings in the following places :
Wymondharn (Norfolk) petition, with 1,068 signatutes.
Bungay, petition.
Brighton Political Union, meeting on Monday.
Chichester, petition.
The Convenery of Edinburgh, an address to his Majesty,
of which the following is an important portion :—" Con-
vinced that no measure can he conceived which is more
essential to the tranquillity of the country and to the pro-
sperity and happiness of all classes of your Majesty's sub-
jects, we cannot contemplate without the most serious an-
xiety and alarm the attempts recently made to delay or de-
feat that measure, by representing the people of this country
as indifferent to its success ; and we beg leave to assure
your Majesty, that all such attempts must proceed either
from utter ignorance, or wilful misrepresentation of the
unequivocal wishes of the people. 'We trust that these
sentiments will appear to your Majesty the more deserving
of consideration, because we constitute sixteen out thirty-
three electors who at present return the Member of Parlia-
ment for this metropolis. Satisfied that this restricted
franchise is hostile to the interests of our fellow-citizens, we
shall gladly exchange it for that just and liberal system of
election which we trust will soon have received the sanc-
tion of all the branches of the Legislature."
The Master, Assistants, and Members of the Trinity-
house of Leith, meeting on Wednesday, and petition.
The working classes of Edinburgh, meeting on Wed-
nesday in the open air, to the amount of 1,000 ; a petition.
Henley, meeting on Thursday, and a petition unani-
mously adopted.
High Wycombe, meeting on Thursday, and petition.
Inhabitants of the hundreds of Desborough and Burn-
ham, on Tuesday next, at High Wycombe.
Kettering, unanimous petition at a public meeting.

Bothwell parish.
Int abitants of Ayr, 1,700 signatures.
Kilmarnock, 3,300 signatures.
Cumbernauld.
Saltcoats.
Large'.
The Board of Police, Paisley.
The inhabitants of East Linton, the Magistrates, Ship-
owners, feuars, and inhabitants of Thurso, the inhabitants
of Jedburgh, and the inhabitants of Denny.
Yorkshire county meeting called for Wednesday Iveek ;
among the names to the requisition are those of Lord Mor-
peth, Hon. E. Petre, Hon. T. Dundas, Sir J. V. B.
Johnstone, Bart., Sir W. A. Ingilby, Bart. Sir E, Va-
vasoor, Bart., Sir William Milner, Bart., Hon. and Rev.
W. Herbert, Sir F. Wood, Bart., Sir W. Strickland, Bart.,
Archdeacon Wrangham, Hon. C. Langdale, Mr. Beverley
of Beverley, Captain Harcourt, R. N., of Bishopthorpe;
Mr. :Milbank, M.P., Colonel Croft, Sir G. Cayley, Bart.,
Hon. Rev. H. Howard, Rev. R. Ellis, Hon. J. Monson,
Rev. J. Monson, Rev. P. Ewart, Rev. E. Wyvill.
Maldon, ou Monday (this (lay.)
Coleman-street Ward, on Friday last.
Parishioners of Woolwich, ditto.
St. Mary-le-Strand, ditto.
Islington parish ditto.
And about 40 places in Scotland, which we have not
rove even to enumerate.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANTI-REFORMERS.
No, 1 O.—Hole and corner petition hawking about the
county of Oxford for signature.
No. I.—The petition of Renfrewslaire to the Peers
was transmitted to Port Glasgow, and other places in the
county, to receive the signatures of the inhabitants. The
council of the Political Union there sent through the
town-crier to notify to the citizens the places at which the
petition lay, but this humble functionary was interdicted
Uy the Magistrates.—Scoesniun.

LOUT H ELECT ios.-I.'esterday (Wednes-
day) an election of a Member for the county of Louth, in
the room of the lamented Mr.DA ' took place in Dun-
dalk, when Sir PATRICK BE1.1,:s"
opposition,--Dublin Morning Rev wasgister elected without
A meeting of Anti-Reformers
took place to-
day at the City of London Tavern.
It was convened by
private circular, and its professed object was to make knower
to the House of Lords the sentiments of the " London
merchants and bankers" on the subject of the Reform Bill.
The meeting was attended by about seventy persons, several
of whom were attracted by mere curiosity. Mr. NA an
took the chair, and after some remarks from him and Mr.
li°"",
Y PALMER,ALmEn, (the Governor of the Bank of Eng-
lend), on the subject for which the meeting was called,
resolutions, and a petition framed on them, were pr
posed by those gentlemen, and agreed to without much
observation. The proceedings did not tike up more than
an hour's time. Several gentlemen from the Stock Ex-
change were present.-- Times