The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-18 00:00:00

MR. HUNT.

The following letters in reply to the Member for Pres-
ton's late observations upon Reform, have been addressed
to Mr. Hume, by gentlemen of the very first influence
and respectability in Manchester and its neighbourhood :

TO J. HOME, ESQ., M.P.
DEAR SIR,--I take the liberty of writing you, in consequence of
the extraordinary statement of Mr. Hunt on Tuesday night, re.
lative to the feeling of the Lancashire peopleon the Reform Bill.
He says, that during his late visit ihto Lancashire, he found
the people generally opposed to the Ministerial Reform B 11, note
.1 beg to say there never was so infamous a falsehood uttered in the
House or any where else. The opinions of the inhabitants are
most decidedly in favour of it; in proof of which I might mention
that public meetings have been held in every principal town in
the country, and in nearly all the villages, at all which the most
tinqUalifled approbation was given to the measure. I have been
invited to attend several of those meetings, and can testify as to
the disposition of the people.
I will venture to say, that if the inhabitants of Manchester were
to meet to-morrow, the same feeling would prevail, and it is a
shameful libel on the Lancashire people for Hunt to have stated
what he did ; but his speech at Peterloo was in the most extrava-
gant style imaginable, he said all he could to set the people against
the Reform Bill, but without effect.
We think he must be sanctioned by some of the Ultra Tories,
and that they are making use of him to revile the Bill, but I do
hope he will be put down, and not allowed to stand up and so
grossly insult the people of England.
I remain, with great respect, your's, &c.
RICHARD POTTER.

TO 7, HUME, ESQ., M.P.
wish to trouble yoti with a remark or two on the ob-
servations which Mr. Hunt is reported to have made respecting
the feelings of the working classes on the Reform Bill. I took
part with the electors of Preston in the return of Mr. Hunt, and
warmly supported them in their struggle on that occasion. • In
the paper which I conduct I have advocated unequivocally the
doctrines of Radical Reform ; and Ido not find that my advo-
cacy of Lord John Russell's Bill has detracted in the slightest
degree from my popularity with the radical reformers. Besides,
we have a paper published in this toWn as you, Sir, are, I believe,
aware, which is not only the organ, but the property, of an asso-
ciation of working men, the Trades' Union ; and this paper,
which has wide circulation throUghout this 'radical district, has
also been the advocate of the Bill, and continues to be so. Mr.
Hunt, therefore, is completely in error respecting the feelings of
the people in this part of the country; as indeed he might have
learned from the meeting qj radical reformers, who met to drink
political toasts with him on the evening which he spent last week
In Manchester • on which occasion the Chairman, and every
other individual who addressed the meeting, with the exception
of the Hon. Member for Preston himself, expressed a cordial
wish that the Bill introduced by Lord John Russell might be-
come a law.
If these facts can be applied to counteract the effects which
the boroughutongers seem to anticipate with so much glee from
the peedi of Mr. Hunt, you may make what use you please
of them.
Manchester, April 14,

W. J.

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Reform, are now the most strenuous advocates for it: to
trates and Town Councillors, who were hitherto as averse lag -
to it as
they would be to put their feet into boiling water, now do
not
only yield to the necessity and expediency of it, but really, with
a candour and honesty which is creditable, embrace it heartily,
from a conviction of the general good which will attend it. Lairds
and ladies wear new aspects. Verily you would suppose their
faces to have been metamorphosed, having, instead of their for-
mer' domineering visages, assumed placid and benevolent looks.
Now really this is pleasant. it tends to inspire confidence and
mutual good will, and utterly destroy animosities, jealousies, and
causes of ill will.
The generality of the people take a calm view of the question
—view it in all its bearings and, like wise men, pursue that
course which tends best to the common weal. A few busy, in.
termeddling, carpish vermin there are, whose sentiments are as
little attended to as the buzzing of the common Mr. These indi-
viduals startle at the measure as an innovation; but what does
Bacon say, " Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that
will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is
the greatest innovator. And, if time of course alter things to
the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter thingsion to
and
the
better, what shall be the end ?" This is a serious quest,
difficult to nswer.
Should Isis Majesty's Ministers be defeated, which God forbid !
the tocsin has only to be sounded, and thousands will pour from
the heath-clad hills and fertile valleys of the north, with the clay-
more unsheathed, ready, willing, and able to march in defence of
their King, Constitution, and their own just rights. God avert
the necessity'. I am,
Sir, your most obedient servant,
Inverness, April 14. VER A.X.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TMS DA Y

t'rto!if LL t'4.

DEAL, APRIL I 6 AN'n 17.)—Wind modefite:•?4 Affitedi And
sailed for the river, the Pelatbpd, Cl,yton„ from thi Marit!tine;
and the Providence, O'Brien, from London ,or Madras. ,
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL In ,ven 17 —Wind N.N.W. light and
variable.—Sailed his Majesty's ihipi Arladtfi; Natitilus, Savage,
and Despatch, with sealed orders, to be opened otr the Lizard.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16.—Arrived the CollingwoOL Snipe,
from Bengal, sailed,Ditli November- Thornas Naylor, Hannah,
from Has annah ; Highlander, 31'Kenzie, from St. Michael's ;
and the Mars, Hickson, from Marseilles.
HOLYHEAD, APRIL 16.—Arrived offport the Kelsick, Wood,
from Singapore.
DOVER, APRIL 17.—Arrived off port the Eagle, Greaves,
from Colombia river and St. Helena.
LONDONDERRY, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Leander, Gill,
from Philadelphia.

The Dryad, Miners, fcoC-ii tdridori ha* arrived at Colombia
River.

The Isabella, Ryan, from London, was wrecked at the en-
tnnce of Colombia river on the 2d May; crew and part of the
cargo saved.

REFORM IN PARLiAMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sta,—A most respectable meeting took place yesterday at the
King's Arms, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. About 300 of the most
resp2etable gentry and landholders were present, and upwards
of a hundred tenants of Chandos Leigh, Esq. Their venerable
townsman, Richard Sinai'bone, Esq., filled the chair, and deli_
vered one of the most eloquent and forcible speeches in favour of
the grand measure of Reform I have eve'r heard: Many other
gentlemen addressed the meeting, and all returned thanks to his
Majesty's Ministers for their perseverance in endeavouring to do
away with the borouglimongering traffic. After which a congra-
tulatory address to our gracious King was numerously signed, and
a subscription entered into, which, when I left, amounted to
Z4l. 15s. lid. for the purpose of erecting a monument to the ho-
nour of King William the Fourth, and to our present Ministers.
You will oblige me, Mr. Editor, by inserting the above in your
Paper i and remain, your very humble and obedient servant,
April 17. SAMUEL BUTLER.

RADICAL .AND THE HON. W. 11. PERCY,

COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE.