The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-05 00:00:00

fIIIMINGHAM.

GRAND MEETING of the BIRMINGHAM
AND OTHER
POLITICAL UNIONS of the MIDLAND DISTRICTS.
On Monday, in
pursuance of advertk*Sernents issued by the
Coilncil of the Birmingham Union., public Meeting of the in:
habitants of that tmen and neighbourhood took
hall Hill, for the place oh Nete.
that the public enthusiasm ienmta 's Ura ot ihe Reform tin is hot
PurPoSe of d on demonstrating to the Ilouge of Ltirde
abated, and in order to petition thveu Ri ht Holt. House to give
Withotheir final sanction in carryig that greatg measure into a law
prenout delay. There
never Was; we may safely asSert, any
us oeessicid upat
itch SUCH a deep dud thilVerSal hitciite,.
P:sae„ll.l2etl-atled site public': mind of Birmingham and its neighs
able .. Notwithstanding the numerous and highly respect
ts"."`er-ting which took place for a similar purpose under the
ett
.peiees of the High Itailiff'so late as Friday last, the inhabitants
molt et4reePttioegi;
dmeeeeetiienpeg of Monday as the one *high
' ' • ' and in this
they w
triumph, would
the state of public feeling ;.
were not mistaken The diy was ushered in like a day of
ithh,,e,in,tb_i-tasY the rin.ini of the 'church bells, and br ten" o'clock
nts were' upon a general move to the place or
17( Frst hNere i" ies-thr'elt fi'sed oPon for the scene of this antapn iii he
Hill-a large !a ant spot ofgroun.d situatedlntne
Purpose 1 urhs Of the town, and peculiarly Well forme( for. such
forniofo. It Consists of about twelve acres of rising land, were raneialillPhi theatre. In the Valley a ntimher of
rwoaff:te,";
in Ole
to tho e
hal ii a half eirele i the centre one beln
the_ meeting riEn4n
and the various speakers wghpap. padSressed
Union h.,_ ; Abotit halfpast eleven o'clock the Birmingham
&,e,. aila c•,uF,l by IVlessrs. Attwood, Scholefield, Muntz, Jones,d
but such ;::r•-:(1,,e4, by the band, began to arrive on the ground before all h,,,i;!o",Ftr numbeis, that a considerable
The scene
elapsed
ti ; nioinent
wazen i heir stations on theround,
sThoe
At
ferent points of th Perteet
IY
altirriated p.q scelle at
LiTiled, on whi„,, e Proeetision, various splendid banners 7.e.
::ter we hoti ,irt Were as varied dericps arid mdttos .;ati.t? g T!
arl gre„ eteci, " Williain the Fourth, the POOPIe 8 HPI'C'.
a",by his'..--rnd lust tights Of Iti doveed, we will then
and
,the r•,;; "Mel% The device of a with an olive bough,
and ,the
with the motto, " Attwood, Union, Liberty
" 'aWiee.
.` raX.ation without pi is tyranny.. '
let
vcotd rn"_Skipwith and the independent Representatives
let it he ‘orttform." ' " Let it be impressed upon your minds,
Press is rh instilled into your children that the liberty 9f the
}tights,. e, P„alladititn 01' all ' ell ' Political, and Religious
"Ur
1V
'
Ittr,vta, „l_o,nton, tintll England is regenerated,
t:lratig ofizirtogigrtland redressed." " The best security for the
asseQl t° deseribtel,ThPeople's love.
PlatfortZ •et?n the Hof I istitiiitster
myert pr:sasgiribliteaednet-
eouanplcTlarlludeetalcen their stations on the,
thoosao,i upon toe lowest cotnputation, not less than eighty
hl.the e%Persons
half an
within the range Of vision ; and
"'ee 1.1o?'"-se of half an hottr after Wards, When the Staffbrd-
,_
.ealculate,Thas grrivea upon the ground,
"'oder. - ''Y some t
oo on,
,110,.. dtei3, 5,,,..... a considerably above.lUtViutteMi ininineh
he number present was:
kind' of thatV4.lllg, the numbers could not posa iy
Mount The spectacle was the Most splebdid Of the
hill- we ever
4hotiiheh cr remember to have witnessed. On the ridge of the
fili t twe6i.
,orvlied the amphitheatre, the banners, in number
1, ' finish "‘l i Were placed at equal distances, and gave a beauti-
erh,e„, to the
_...
sity lIL on the rvutlective. Among otherdistinguished persons
Itoti Ut ms_ occasion, drawn to the spot by motives of curio-
ere Prince
sou einohe (the"took no part in the proceedings,
Nr_ the Cl
i brother' of the elebrated Prophet ofwthat name).
;itt,w'o'a nberlain to the King of Prussia. They accompanied
of '`' for thy, ,to 1-.
woorn they had been introduced by Mr yothes-n
..irroin4..purpose of witnessing the progre.ss and perfec r
_,,
rit4ressio€s"ans manufactures-they had likewise the fortune O_I
gt aAtter 4,1'„ 4Paralleled exhibition of Birmingham publicsi
a4re.raoltire-ualotiinegsa considerable time Par the arrival ofthe
thbrirev,tio'ol•)„ I‘,Or:ls DSat length rose, and after a
_few introductory
et.e .11141,..„1x)5ed, " That Thomas Attwoed,
lire„„
hair,„ Posat was received With three ea
buithen rose and
Es three.k e the
sehiatea hib...9,,T. HOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq,
amidst the most
',o,n'itit'pit vh-eoserlt_tn the immense assemblage,
lin h.?a thottsaol . Iht. gave him great
i.leszerritorat eneuresiwes
great:,et;hathere Imsieenht.ed se ol e
ews i, t
dn
eeys se l tehpe.
, and it gave. him more
p 1-e aSt huerme
roleical fiji.ikntnv lists °f
me at the call of the Birmingham
tutinettieneewiirP--of that n patriotic body, wh
t,
..
hto
.. telt not 'ti - - onlythroughout all the towns of that dine
t4,4„t,ed he 4448in:tut every part of England-(Cheers)-he
tio,'"4hk he,-•r•gr;ithsanhreughOut every part. of the world where
~the orah°W th "
strell the
qualm e strict legality By the geace,
i ngtish feelings dwelt. He (Mr. A.) woulo
were ,r, and ti 7 nad aequlred that strength ? .
.iese
their giant
Wotilril' and rl' by which they had gathered p
of all their proceeding . i
uf
which they
aria
.. nse th„t
strength
were the qlialities by ni
_a
lustialness o'`rie:gth lir the recovery otltehusriughts_,_ liberties,
s Wheen the Union was
eTt iT•tler.....,(ithaley, wereto&4itefriends that they woulhddhtraet
slilje;ec.f)ee:bnl7°?ditigaZhYwvaefne tuuVotiligisfpeorrtihedemef
Mr.
.A.,,,
band: -rom ,as,hil -errupted by the arrival of an immense assererir-
gri,o...,.bao,or.. eof the Staffbrdshire Political Unions., w_iton
the
ti kie,7atr) as e(7,:zpett? the number wpich had
receivedthenarriv_ed., nthrnreen
8' '?,Hotta trettleVotur lause and
000. 'They were
apw with
agre4e4,,Nl r. ttrilsing front tf%eaecrscession of numbers had sub-
that;;TrY inter",,_ Proceeded.) He was about to say, when so
able when h, 0,11,e01 by the arrival of these Staffordshire f
tnillic?„Q.°"tronldthb.e,e informed that the .IT
get two
istro„. . Strjh,_!- Oblgarchy., he had saio ‘
.... ni,on
willwould rniot be
we
en
the hand of
ilk,ou4s4ainad lir,,',.Zotl we will place each sting
0 !tvill twistthole strings int? a
thet'h'e„..eablet.ge„,e2Pes, andewwill twist those ropes into one nfo-
--(ei;e (4 f.e;'.l. by Means of that cable we will put a hook
in th 'erso)b,
oft4ltimh, and guide and govern him at our pleasure,
,an the l'ose I
__( 'ow?" s d M A., " have we not put a h.o k
‘tcl-,•erot.„
,ai r.h
ve we owe tot
the strings
aillB fr,-,l' and the cable:nwdell ?a-have we not thwarted that
ittro,‘;‘aS stroo4el'ee behind the Throne which Lord Cahiantl:naamt
th, ioe, in...erthan the Throne itself? He would e 1
edxtphe King,
Lohjes rds,47..ce ofthe Oligarchy that had
.g
p ed of an Aria-
t4erae--that it "he People. He did not say It was the House of
‘-,-h tit i' assoe.°P. and Illustrious House,
ere Nt was
aled with so many great andegemloriecisusrecoalflecwthirms
a''rl f. ehlber • 44' of about 150 individuals, and
d Conn-
,lek,ohtisr4'tlui.e.,,'4f that Right Hon House, and N 5 some
had secretly
, h usurped the powers of King, Lords, an
..e., 'ailed -Way.....4(1 In fact governed everything in England with._d_y
'''
I( l'eliga'rephbee.es.) These were the men who were,rigohtloo
„._' hy ohn ae.eo--,S,''. and whose dominion now comrhegotired.
...'utitroi,%eYihg thPu,shing this great work no violence l2net;'` the is,e, /sv," said 'Mr. A., " we
two millions
thegeen t!)l.treeably: as-oAlieeirs.) They nal
andtdetermined asso-
beeomew. poaswecil•ful to
...14,12rtnry-elve the libeelty!'tTeohnaepgYnaesn s, and the prosperity ef
lgest;'.ki thtand he should like to know what power there was in
513,?, til)°,;(tro,eriaitirlidtresist a power like this.-(Cheers) foTrthyeymerrst
hass.-,(hh ‘1;(1. a nationstir°rc; kafFeayette., had told
as fa ientethat she wills
i'ithreoct'ui.a.geeerh „Looaround rate thisitw immense and magnificent
si,odigi:s pore '"e Very heart of England, where the Englishi
~s.'ilport 'ttiS iriss:onp,.tlncontaminated with foreign allotye-see h
1-1,2.840 r 130,„,,or_av_e and.upright men.ass.em_bliedog-g
King-and who,
the,.ets_h h2,osiiee-iTo,_aOrl
_gracious, and patriotic K ether to
pass, and
tlii: fo,e-i...4 o.wiii4
to:fore them, could possibly doubt that the
i',11,0ji1('n1(..4.1,. Must pass
at
,the Bill of Reform should
And did they not see at
Lirdet,rs, ,i;,i-oat the ? ( e )
Briti-sh enhatieorisi..was lifting up its mighty
eerol,l, z,th 'eeftill and legally shaking off the oppressive feedttureeie heetr.lr wet
productive energies and happiness of her
The Holy
gai, the4(l said te.;l,tPed down.-(Loud cheeers.
f srael that do
11.,,,,t; thr-rves 4,1 %, oe unto the h
neglect theirs
thi' '. It Shhhertt
h flock at their
an` I'eoi, ws, th„,_ a., and I will require t e
fleopehke.rdsTherefore I am
ho, hat .of tn retore, said Mr. Attwood, that we removed
lie ',t) ''',,..t I,Lep.ritland from the care of the Oligarehy, but ,'le. thec,.` tnern in the hands of eleven huitared
the k"e ki ,tttro,,,-, own next.door neighbours and friends.
oarpi seeted-o) knew that the " system worked well,
v„,,) h0,,,,es hip
dand affirmed that it worked well only for
v -re holt Irian -,,,r6ne,s of soclity. He defied them to point out
niCh' rot a'hie ',-,,e' "ad beenebenefitted by it. Now the Lords
hteltrted;en. :. i,--ey were, he believed honourable and
.up-
tlo
~theiralkt npril-:lleved they were the' most humane, kind-
niell',`" lariatli gre t. Men, generally speaking, in the count? ;
hh„ Ilreil rh isfortune was, that they were born in .
.he
~\r'erets, ,' , Ili,: ekhouds., and never touched the earth on which
run - gro ' oesn. J. "ad been d 'ed by flatterers and syco-
, ila
t; wo 1 sines, ro_ eceiv
`-. ins, In th tikelyz. been
and given to believe that the people
When they
Ati,, tee to e troth rnl in the cause of Reform.
~ oerar the
t„,_, no
d to
Tnen in England would be more rea y
ed
apt 61. tfce7Ple than the ancient and universally respect.
'-'llt , Lhey :: a shoau,fid- :Prey would not wish to :t fob offt
tastethe -,.1,9 ht.'44rtise"rotirld tit;
torlreihtety which yet thehnoueseer mu
of humbug,s
tt,'":4,o4t, the itireo! rePreseunetativiesl:aablmeearned willing to restore
ago end t'e wish -ests of the people As soon as the. Lords uh-
ere4earl°ti_hero.es,,,f the people, they would be quite certain
i"hroi„l)l,6,„le who' ne meeting would recollect that tw.o years
41 , -"ghsh,', to he
,Of the more affluent classes in Birmingham
LiLet,t'ett..-Zfrapine„terM• Now they saw that the whole of
el'. it -8 act
-ill the '.e.! and employed-had all come feorwmamr e
;;,,,Wt..1,1,
~,,,,,,„,0 a
eptt.,,, tt':;locuasteisec,,f avr.,,,1,? sh(ocuireerns:t th
) Undoubt-
,lt ,eerz, Pi, an;
~,,and if the Lords should possibly err to-day,
:sri,is, ih,, kr, 4.ean certain that they would err to-morrow.
P"4 s 4 ht? kin,
~'wood concluded in the following rsttoi'releht %in tV P,,efsonallY, that we owe more in this greatgr
"t4ling ii)()saii, '•° anY other human being in existence.
:reticii.;ink !nil atl__ er. has said, that to see an honest man
;era,t't 4 ,;. 'a9,,, Geir_ersltY and preserving his integrity, was. a
4% IN iiis 4 till.; thernselves might contemplate with
.satis-
,eqn,,°/ hi °%ting X°llbtedly true; but it is equally true, that to
rrlipki, th4rPeopi own from his throne, and feeling for the mi-
jaali hjed to Wro4and deterrriining to relieve their miseries and
t,e2rhihititet,,,,,_. a sight Which Providence might well h
4k4,1 hjenct 0,1; a
~,r-'4lle..ilveith satisfaction. I will now uponcallleheof
thee of 'os theelton, /I'l,
.and that spectacle shall be
oti, Just (iur liat‘,, nig., in_pout to desire to allah words,
111‘,,.ith ,(11.41 , 504
rh_,Lnerefere that you will
e , oil, h 08 both ," YOU
and look up to the heavens, w_he_re
I,ll444nitrrieewsrt
;,nowneatl.,:ri and earth., and thatu,oitciihwi.l!g_ry
,4440n4litei:Itly stliii,neh wit
h here Presented .it6sielif blesswas beautiful, and
4. resvorce, l',1) to he:•.i. Every head was uncovered-everY face
dirtl.4 i),,,,,,,40--and at one moment a hundred thou-
-1
1..„K4 hd.l.;ll(yeat noilV..he cry, " God bless the King.' q. 't
he.' he stdie:lE.Li..):7,pe Most deafening cheers.)
resolution,
teltehlle.use t'etlieeed thretsiktto. mPve the r
theirlate;Zfroirt a,;°e,..(ls, and
t 'rese thereby, would
!hrotasseht ?tad the lt,,Y" Of rinser '
Y. w'rl'untiotuwas awful to con-
LI its p hntststate, would
tradie alholn ;),4 Meas-r-pu-se Of Lords be sole ill-advised as to refuse
yt?:aptio,`..s threeuki alTroved
„s'foh.,,thst ;If petiiinerciars• concluded by movirr,g
r-rie, .orth '.'err Lordsh• I 4 every disinterested person
to the House of Lords, earnestly
Nit, Dies a
~with, unini„,,l„Ps, will be Pleased_ to pass the Bill of
tisoi Eb4Li provision's' --" and mutilated in any of its great
',41)1c ‘;',. a st.'„Nl)- 3 second the resolution. The King-whose'Nl ~.ertre.Wer of strenedt
i-tner,ie.hte,in i stron n 11111-now stood forward as an impreg-
,le (...I,_ ) 1,,,.15 the lost? ri 0 people's cause, and determined
ii`nne st"n4%,` wheo hep? and liberties of his subjects.-
~,nt,,i;..ntitoei„ the h 005.„.; no
in addition to the power of
;>,,trii,),
07 they 'IZ,, he conktooompre him, all animated woh the
th etr Us setsits ofssesed, the h elp connecting with the moral
•,,,,,%.aodeticio. the coo„tryi; Ysical power which, in any heed,emer-
might be called into instatl-
b, , e Co,' Of t, 19r, Sorry a 8
, 4Ck,,,, hQh WI, iglishinen . , sould
',"C.IN ,`•._Y ph,..in loos,
i_,iiteehould not be concealedthat there
hluir,
it,`?.•sec ..%1 Power"! 1111,._,Fe:Asilloit wort,h ah straw unless
,tl4,,ia, ;iitpe
orlos;,(ituir. I....)"tartlrdeyotecz
seiemnemhemr e
onside-
deotteadnorex-
,le ~ot ti,.hand at J.__tion of.the House of Lords, and he then
p`- ver,;"‘nt, sod"7.atrer. of the Morning Chronicle-a Journal
ink,, vthn laent___in "wil,s_7(!red in sorne degree connected with
I\':ltoti al4l"athW adcrned eh
was.containect a list of the Noble
.„iphil---(o roans)
,),„__
0., e British Peerage. There were 23
i r gto„ ,,....... t ours, his Grace the Duke of Wel-
or, Ot h '. a. , d mucb as he respec.ed and admired the Dukeof
''fit e ranked Peral, yet, as a Minister, a Statesman, or a
1,4r.1..re ~,,,..ee.ess4ri
troll as an imbecile, destitute of that common
rriniss'er.e io the qathe PrOper conducting of a nation's affairs.
rvotys, Os i, No p,,Pae of Lords, in addition to the Dukes, 26
tenchth„rd ,d, rlsh pe-e7:18! 23 Viscounts, 143 Barons 16 Scotch
l.° is-4Y, thst iord 39 Fathers in God. Of the latter he
it'tl'l'lliclet*s'if Ihey"e
. y really were what their titles pronounced
thirli 7 _
tiederoanateaPiarticie in that philanthropic benevo-
noti t 14vere the real possessors of that • ••rt of
rhht great Master whom they served
(4 et,Dt the so gracious a title--they
41e ,'O oil 4''lnned
grace, in IA 9e
iti,e; 'e Of tkliNsenr ~,c,a,i,„ f
4':etioll .) of wi "err fellow-cou t' • °I.
would, by their pa-
ever entitle themselves to
~.. re the appointed guardians he af-
vnristian people.-
abo,: of aw; heir
they we h rDnen, and firmly establish the
‘,
a,
nowlll,llit
them great and r
t'lleif how e'Yal and
041, to
„.devoived
p enr!_t nothing Would SatiSfy
eSpo(CShibeelerB.d)utc; UponTndthhee
:he i'., t` zin n active
the people of
f'.e woo/' Ito
Prettr I'
_ e.rton. anee of their duty. The balance
.itai ei.. or kis.... ir, al
p';',,,tl.lATtoiseAbetween the two parties of
~I,'en s.hettthst:,,Z Pre Itev. " I-!
tfm Erlich erfre, the victory was to
da, will tletertintiss quiescence open neu‘tar r 'ysh°l. tinder such
the Bish led °PPostion. The qaultstiwounuhl be as fatal as
oirs desert the ple ? --.r,, ,
the COMblneHouse

of Lords were not infinitely more reckless of their own fate or
their country's peace than he conceived they were, they would
pass the BiU ; but itthey rejected it (which God•forbid) let them
pay the penalty they will incur by thus tearing the seal from their
constitutional bond. Such conduct would make him (Mr. E.) for
one, play the part of Shylock. But the Bill must and will be passed.
Should the Lords reject the Bill, and should the King refuse the
Creatidn of Peers, then it remained for the people to put In ac-
tido :I lA*o' *if w fen all eon/titutiodal writers admittedadmitted theyhad
a right to ettercise When, Govertirdent. Was tyranficitisl; opposett
to the great majority of the nation. The power to which he al-
luded had driven an anointed King from the Throne of England,
and was equally competent to drive an unanointed Peerage from
the „House of Lords. They were oil acquainted with a peaceful,
orderly, and most respectable body of men called Quakers, to
whose example he wished specially to call the attention of the
meeting. This respectable sect of Christian&refu.ed to support
a parson, but in their opposition they did not knock out the
jibint of the tithe-eollector—they simply kuffered a distraint to
tie le titd Upon their goods. Now, if the guakefs refused ttil Vey
the tithes, the people generally might refuse to pay. the taxes ;
and if the bailiff came, he should like to know where they
would find the auctioneer who would dare to sell, or the people
Who would dare to buy.(Cheers.) The voice of the auctioneer,
he conceived, would be passive, not active; mid rather than
knocking down, he would be himself knocked down.—(Cheers
and laughter.) He (Mr. E.) declared before God, that if all con-
iltibitional modes of obtaining the success of the Reform measure
failed, he should and would be the first man to refuse the pay-
tnent of taxes, except by a levy upon his goods.—(Tremendo • s
cheering for some mintites.) " I no* call upon all who hear me,
And Who are prepared to join me In this step, to hold up their
hands."—(An immense forest of hands was immediately elevated,
accompanied by loud cheering.) now call upon you who
are not prepared to adopt this course, to hold up your hands and
signify, your dissent—(not a single hand appearing, loud shouts
and cheers were repeated.)'.' " Mark my words-rfailing all other
more constitutional means." Mr. Edniorfds concluded a long
and eloquent speech by calling upon the meeting to proceed le-
gally for the attainment of their object. They it was who had
most to fear frOrn force or violence ; but if the crisis should ar-
rive when force was necessary, lie did suit fear the result. Much
as he dreaded revolution—sanguinary si was the French Revo-
lution—he could not but recollect that in wars of despotism more
lives had been lost in one battle than in all the conflicts of a re-
volutionary contest

The CHAIRMAN put the motion to the meeting, which was
carried unanimously with loud applause.
G. F. MUNTZ, Esq. moved an Addres's to his Majesty. '
The Rev. T. M. M.DONNELL, in seconding the resolution,
said he knew the Bill must pass, or, as Mr. Turner said at the
late meeting at the Royal Hotel, it shalt Pass. The Rev. Gen-
tleman concluded by seconding the motiorf which was carried
with loud applause.__ . ' .. •

Mr. W. WESTON proposed the adoption of a memorial to
Lord Grey, declari,,g that the Memorialists wfll never despair of
carrying the Bill of Reform into a law, peicefully and constitu-
tionally, so long as his Lordship continues atthe head of his Ma-
jesty's Councils; but should his Lordship be induced to resign,
either from the difficulties and supposed 'dangers which sur.
round him,. or from distrust of the efficient•support of the people,
the memorialists would, in that case, altogether despair of the
safety of their country, and respectfully but' rnost earnestly in_
treating that his Lordship will, under no circhmstances what-
soever' be induced to resign the • high and important station
which he holds, so long as his Lordship retains the confidence of
his Majesty.
Mr. P. HAYNES—As you are aware, my countrymen, we are
met to the number of 150,000, to petition the Lords to pass the
BilL—(Hear.) The question has been frequently asked, " Will
the Lords pass the Bill ?" . I answer the question by proposing
another—dare they refuse it ? (Loud cheers.) Supposing the
English people were foolish enough to co sent to pay taxes for
the supply of an army, where would it be found ?—(Hear.)
Would the gallant men who have reaped immortal honours in
foreign lands, consent to tarni,h those honours, by murdering
their wives, their friends, and relatives ?—(Loud cries of " No,
no.") To support the tyranny of 400 men over 16,000,000, would
they imbrue their swords in the blood of their countrymen ?
There is not a town, nor village, nor even a hamlet, which had
not contributed one or more brave men to fill up the ranks of our
army ; and will these men, at the call of the boroughmongers,
come forth to shed the blood of their relatives upon their fathers'
graves ? The supposition is ridiculous.—(Cheers.) The feeling
of the people Cannot longer be trifled with ; they are already so
fettered, so degraded, so :.bused, that life has no charm but in
the hope of returning freedom.—(Loud cheers.) Therefore
delay must not, cannot be indulged. The Peers will learn, to
their unavailing sorrow, that if the ILords will not pass the
Bill, the people will pass the Lords—(Cheers) —they will find,
that though the King can make Peers, the people can un-
make them—(Cheersl—they will find, in fact, that we can
spare Peers infinitely better than we can spare our hearts'
blood.— (Tremendous cheering) God forbid that our country
should be illumined wit,, the fires of general conflagration, or
that our native plains should be wet with the blood of massacre.
—(Loud cheers.) But do not let us tamely submit to be branded
by theboroughmongers as slaves. But even upon revolution, I
would observe that revolutions in England, unlike revolutions in
other countries—in Greece, Rome, France, Sweden, and Den.
mark—have always ended in favour of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
Revolution gave us the Great Charter ; other revolutions gave
us boons nearly as great ; the revolution of 1688 gave us the Bill
of Rights, and may the genius of the British Constitution direct
that the bloodless revo ution of 1831 will emancipate us from the
thraldom of the boroughmongers, and give us the Bill of Reform.
—(Loud cheers.) The House of Peers is not the representative
of the real English Nobility ; it is the representative of upstart
boroughmongers. The old Peers who led our fathers on to con-
quest and liberty—the Norfolks who swept with the besom of
destruction the Spanish Armada from the ocean, and the other
illustrious individuals, the descendants of those who wrested
Magna Charta from the tyrant John—these men, I say, behold
with indignation, the warfare which the new creations carry on
against the liberty of the people under the sanction of their once
respected names.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They saw with re-
gret the vagaries o f such men as the Marquis of Cracked Win-
dows (who, by the bye, may be cracked elsewhere), and they call
upon the King and the people to rise and rescue them from their
unwilling degradation.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. O'BRIEN, the Editor of the Midland Representative, said,
that so long as he was Editor of that Newspaper, the columns of
that publication should be open for the redress of all just griev-
ances, and the exposure of local abuses.
Mr. B. HADLEY moved the fourth resolution, and hoped
that the meeting would pass that resolution, which was expressive
of its gratitude to Lords Althorp and Russell, with a long and
h efftyAye

Mr. HIPKISS seconded the resolution. He knew that they
would, with a unanimous voice, send to that House a gentleman
who was now before them, as one who would represent their in-
terests—and that gentleman was Mr. T. Attwood.
The resolution was then passed unanimously.
Mr. JENNINGS proposed the next resolution, and said thee,
the Lords, had been told, that on the question of Reform, the
people of England had declined in spirit; it was needless for
him to say that the report was false, and that the Lords had
been the victims of delusion. He would recommend that House
not to go too far, for even the patience of Englishmen might be
worn out.•

Mr. BETTS seconded the resolution, which was then passed.
The Rev. Dr. WADE (Rector of St. Nicholas, Warwick), on
moving the sixth resolution, spoke as follows Chairman
and Gentlemen : Far be it from me to use the language of me-
nace, or intimidation, and still farther be it from me to conceal
my conviction, that unless the Lords do concur in carrying the
Bill into a law, what with financial embarrassments, commercial
and agricultural distress, oppressive taxation, brought on by unjust
wars and profligate expenditure, sooner or later, tumult and civil
commotion, and a change in our political institutions, must take
place, and God defend this once happy country from a breaking
up of the Constitution and all its accompanying horrors Our
beloved Monarch, and a great majority of the House of Commons,
have proved themselves faithful guardians of the British Consti-
tution, and honest trustees of the national welfare, by conscien-
tiously performing their duty—if the Lords refuse to do likewise
—if these political Sampsons add mental blindness to th'eir
strength, and disappoint the hopes of millions, they would for-
feit that public opinion and " attachment of the people by which
alone," as Lord Althorp recently observed, ' they are sup-
ported." Upon them, at this awful crisis, depends the dread al-
ternative of national weal or woe—of conservation or destruc.
tion. But I trust the Lords will not be mad enough to come to
extremities with the people. The Rev. Doctor then concluded
an eloquent speech by imploring that Providence would enlighten
the minds and hearts of the Lords of the United Empire.—
(Loud cheering.)
Mr. COOKE, of Dudley, seconded the resolution.
The whole of the resolutions having now been passed,
Mr. T. C. SALT proposed that Mr. Attwood should leave the
Chair, and that Joshua Scholefield, Esq. should occupy the place
of that gentleman. He would onl keep them for a moment to
give them a treat, which was, to offer to their notice a man who
had called forth the people of England by the spell of h is virtues and
his genius—that man was Mr. Attwood. Hisvoice had been heard
throughout England, and the people of the county were seen
that day flocking at his call from tooth under and over the earth.
(Mr. Salt alluded, by his expression, to the fact of many hundred
colliers having lett their work in the coal-pits to attend the meet-
ing.) Mr. S. concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Att-
wood for his conduct in the Chair.

Mr. REG A/4,WKidderminster, seconded the resolution.
Mr. ATTWOOD, in acknowledging the flattering approbation
which he had received, took occasion to explain his conduct in
consenting to assist at the formidable meetings which he had the
honour to promote. He had been much censured for exciting the
mass of the people upon subjects vital to their interests and to those
of the country. He was aware of the responsibility which lie had
thus incurred, and he could assure the meeting, that it was not
lightly or inconsiderately. For fifteen years together he had la-
boured incessantly in all other kinds of exertions to arrest the
merciless and remorseless course of the oligarchy. All his efforts
had been in vain. He saw the ship, as it were, running upon the
rocks,. he saw the Captain dead drunk (he meant by the Captain
the Duke of Wellington)—he saw the officers all playing at
cards, &c. In this dreadful position he had determined upon
appealing to the crew ! Had he not done right in so doing ?
(Cheers.) Remember the Rothsay Castle ! If the passengers
had there called upon the crew, the vessel might have been se.
cured, and a hundred valuable lives preserved to their families.
He (Mr. Attwood) would do the best in his power to prevent the
good ship Britannia from coming to the same fate as the Rothsay
Castle, It was with this good object that he had been induced to
assist in these great and formidable combinations, but be had not
moved until the last extremity.—(Loud cheers.)
At the conclusion of Mr. Attwood's speech, three cheers were
given for the King, three for the Reformßill, a farewell cheer
for the country visitors of the meeting, three cheers for Mr. G.
Edmonds, and a long discordant groan for the expiring borough-
mongers. The meeting then, in a peaceful and orderly manlier,
dispersed.ong e r.
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THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.

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The arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week are moderate,
owing to the contrary state of wind. The Wheat trade remains
excessively dull at Monday's prices. Barley also meets a heavy
sale. Beans and Pease unaltered. Oats find buyers slowly, but
are not cheaper than on Monday. The Flour trade remains
unsettled.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour.
English
Irish 1,848 qrs. 740 qrs. 1,376 qrs.l I,o9.ssacks
......... 273
Foreign ...
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95

-- brig.

Despatches were this morning brought to :the
Colonial-office,
Sir GEORGE HILL, Bart. the Governor and Vice Admiral
by Captain HOPE, from the Right Hon.
of the Island of St. Vincent's.

Despatches were also received this morning
at the Colonial-office, from Colonel F.•CocssURN the
Governor of Honduras.