The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-27 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.,
:suy OFFICE, .Six o'Clock,

REFORM.

BOOM N-YE STERDAY
TIALF-PAST FOUR, P.M.

BY EXTRAORDINATtY EXPRESS.

FULL REPORT OF THE VROCEEDINGS

THE GREAT REFORM
COUNTY OF CORNWALL

MEETING,
HELD YESTERDAY, AT BORMIN.

'Yesterday, the day'appointed by Jorrx titatttE TAE-
Etai., High Sheriff of the Comity, for holding the
meeting, agree.ible to a requieltiOn presented to him, mut
numerous!? and Enghty re!Teetably signed, 4, to conefoie
meeting of t'he Camay !'or the fi4rprae.of taking into conzide-
ration' the pinplidy of sAltvosing his Maietty on foe frelent
fearfol,stme v_s.t affairs, and of adopting such other nistErrea
• in furtherence of the great -ted gurui cause -oftnastitutiocal
Tternrrtvaa- the law warrantt., and the e-Xigency and peril of
the r%isie tiernend," avast coa,:eaurss of the moat highly
respectable and influential r...e'tietnen and yeoman ry of •the
county of 'Cornwall assembled opposite the4.ssizegtali, at
rplarter to one ~.bielzek, where commodious noNtinge had
' been previoosly 'erected. Notwithbtanding that the rain
fell in tomato both durir±gtbe former ni.gbt and the greater
part *of yesterday morning, gentlemen were seen flocking
into the town at every entrance fr.ln an early hour, aod up to
the period at which the proxrdings were going on, The
twee or Podrniu was in b en-ap!tte :?Gai;tl toe whole
vi the day and previous night; nothing but Reform en-
grossed attention, and the greatest order and harmony pre-

The following is a copy oF the notice of the meeting
• which was posted throughout the town :--" A meeting of
the freemen and inhahitants-of the county of Cornwall will
be held at Flodmin, on Wednesday, the 26th Oct. for the
purpose of addressing his Majesty on the rr sent awful st to
of public affairs, and of adopting such other measures in
furtherance of the great and good, cause of Constitutional
Reform as the law warrants, and the exigency and peril of
the crisis may demand.....' England expects erery man to
d t his duty.' "
The following is a copy of another placard that was
circulated :
FREEHOLDERS O
to F' CORNWALL.
As an attempt is again made draw oft' your attention from
the question of Reform, by an appeal as to What the electors of
Dorset have lately done, do you intend to be instilled and derided
by the infamous borough flz-.tiou by Comparing you to the
paupers—parish clerks—,:exttms_atitl inhabitants of alms-houses
—who have been dtteen to the poll, in that priest ridden county?
No, my brother ‘;orrilshmen, you will reject the insidious ad- i
vice with cell:empt, an lbe prepared at the next opportunity of I
nobly asse-.cing rut independence, as you did in the month of
May 17.1, The cloven foot of the boroughmonger is exhibited
tio'77 and then—as you will perceive on reacting the following
speech, made in the Home ofCommorA On Wednesday night last :
"Sir Richard Vyvyan stated that he would rather see riots in
sonic parts of the country than have the peace kept by means of
Union.
Freeholders of Cornwall ! You are now enabled to discern
friends from foes

I am, brother Cornishmen,
AN INHABITANT OF A ROTTEN BOROUGH.
IRodmin, Oct. 25, 1831.
The following gentlemen we observed on the hustings,
and is attendance :
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., Sir John Colman Rashle!gh,
. E. W. W. Pendarvee, Esq., William Peter, Esq., J. B.
Trevanion, Esq., R. G. Bennet, Esq., Rev. Robt. Walker,
Rev. William Hocker, Robert Rous Peter, Esq., Salisbury
Trelan-ny, Esq., Sir William Pratt Cales, Bart., George
Call, Esq., P. L. Gwatkin, Esq., Sir William Moles-
worth, Bart., William Laker, Esq., James Bull, Esq.,
Charles Buller, Esq., C. Harvey, Esq., J. P. Magor,
Esq., J. Taylor, Esq., M. Anstis, Egg , Edward Goode,
Esq., F. C. Paynter, Esq., Thomas Coode, Esq., John
Thomas Phillips, Esq., David Howell, Esq , and Francis
Pinder, Eeq.
At a quarter to one the High Sheriff entered a large room
in Oliver's Hotel, and announced to leading parties assem
bled there, that he ,meant immediately to' proceed to the
Anise Hall to hold the meeting, because of the heavy rain
that was then falling. All who were present accom-
panied him thither, but the proceedings had scarcely
cemmenced when it cleard up, and they were in-
terrupted by loud cries of " Adjourn, adjourn, to the
outside, where there are hundreds and hundreds who cannot
get admittance."
The HIGH SHERIFF sent the Under Sheriff to ascertain
and report upon appearances. That gentleman returned
and said it was quite fine, and that there were at least 300
or 400 who could not get within the door of the Hall.
The adjournment instantly took place to the hustings, and
the proceedings were resumed.
The Man Simon, (who exhibited the most
exemplary attention to the accommodation of the
Press, and, indeed, all who were present), opened the bu-
siness at one o'clock, by stating the terms of the requisition,
and that he had called the meeting in consequence thereof. i
He trusted that indulgence would be shown to every gen-
tlemanwho wished to speak, so that be might have a
patient bearing, and he hoped that the business
.4 the day would be discussed with great moderation
If he had to advocate or to oppose any course, he would
feel that a contrary course would be the most likely to
frustrate his Efforts —(Cheers.)
Mr. Plrrin presented himself amidst universal plaudits.
The meeting (he said) had just heard the object for which
it bad taken place. When he last addressed the freeholders
of the county of Cornwall, he certainly had hoped it would
have two on the occavion of coneratulating each other on the
passing of the Reform Bill. He had hoped that the expres-
aions which they had uttered last year would have had their
effect with the blouse of Lords. In this, however, he had
herrn disappointed, The House of Lords had rejected the
Reform Bill, and rejected it almost without inquiry, with-
out consideration, and without even the form of going into
a Committee!—(Hear, hear, hear.)—The wishes and
the interests of ninety millions of people had been con-
temptuously defeated by 199 persons, Members of the
House of Lords.—(Shame, shame.) But great as was the
astonishment excited by the rejection, still greater
was the cause of the alleged reason for the rejection.
He meant, however, not at this time to enter
into an argument upon the necessity of bringing
forward and of carrying this Bill, for that to
almost a babe at the breast must now be totally uncalled
for—(Hear, hear)--...but there was an observation which
had been made by the opponents of Reform which he would
hsg to make a few observations upon. It had been sa;d
that the measure of Reform brought forward by Earl Grey
was hostile to the Constitution. Then, from the remotest
period down to the present day, our Constitution had gone
on changing, varying, and adapting itself to the ever-
varying circumatsncts and opinions of the times:--(Hear,
hear.) Our Constitution, to use the words of Fox,
was not made in a d iv, it was the result of gradual
and progressive wisdom.--(Hear, hear, hear.) Never
yet had the genius of England been at a stand still—(Cheers)—
and were we now to be paralised ? was there to be now no im.,
provement in the Legislation or in the Government of the
country.—(Hear, hear.) When we spoke of any change, we
were directed to look to the French, and to their revolutions.
lie, too, said look to the French and to the Irish revolutions—
and he would ask what the cause of those revolutions had
been.—(Hear, hear.) Had it been reform? Had it been
agranting of the people's wishes? Ne, it had been the
very reverse. It had been solely an obstinate and mad
refusal to listen to the petitions end to the voices of
the people of that country by those placed at the
head of its Government.—(Loud cheers.) He called
upon the House of Lords of England to reflect on these
things, and to remember that the power which they
were invested with, they possessed not for themselves, but
as trustees.—(Loud and continued sheering.) That they
were like every other person holding power in the com-
munity, • trustees fur the community. Therefore he
called upon them to remember, that on one occasion
their services had been dispensed with, and that it would be
well for the Members of that blouse not to provoke a repetition
of that event.—(Tremendous cheering.) The voices of the
King, the House of Commons, the people from one end of
the empire to the other, had been raised in favour of
Reform. He believed that if all England over was to be
polled nineteen out of every twenty intelligent individuals in
it—out of those who fought our battles—who were prepared
to fight our battles, and who paid our taxes, would be found on
the side of Reform ; and was the King, the House of Com-
mons, the nation en masse, to submit to the House of Peers ?
--(Loud cries of hear, hear, hear.) Not to the decision of
the old
but to that of an oligarchy—a junta, whose
ar
loiiica a efacY'
consequence, compared with those on the other
siskiNceste Oftor 414ent to be put in the balance.—(Con-
ought not to vote,. as
incites.) As regarded the Bishops,
~,,...,tlnbed cheering OA
-. he was not the iladivicikCl)4C
, to say they
'," they thought t proper— ; .bitt he came forward to find
,k ,fault with their iitippor
.44 on all occasions, Ministers
they
when
~.. list; tong, and i " ably opposing them when weres
ic: ' t `ear, hear,L; Look back to the passing of the Six
\ 04W .ep ithlift -side were the Bishops found voting?
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