The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-28 00:00:00

LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1831.

This day was published,
SER MON, preached on Sunday, the
30th of January, 1531
By CLERICUS SUBRIENSIS.

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and General Health ; and as these increase, the disease
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persuaded of none other, and when the strength is not itn-
mediately improved, is of disservice.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Abraham Salmons, a young man of the Jewish
persuasicin, appeared on a charge of assault, made
against him by his wife, Rosina, who stated that,
seven weeks since, her hu'band left her without
as•igning any cause, but on Friday night returned
in company with his. brithet-is:-law, Mr. Cohen, and
s•rock her several times.

In explanation of the cause of the assault, it was
said that the young Jewess had broken her oath,
inasmuch as she had sworn upon her marriage that
she was perfectly pure. A short time after her
marriage, however, she was delivered of a full-
grown child. In consequence of this she had been
excommunicated by the High Priest, or, at least, all
p. rsons had been forbidden to keep company with
her, and the husband had been commanded to leave
her. lie had, on going to get his clothes, met with
great resistance from her, and he accordingly
pushed her rather violently.
The iNlagistrates inquired if he had been divor..ed
from her ?—To this it was t'eplied that such a
course was greatly desired by the defendant and the
family, but it could not be done consistently with
the Mosaical law, as the proof of her sin was not in
existence, the child being dead.
After this expose., Ivhich excited some interest,
the defendant was adjudged to pay the expellees of
the warr int, and fine to the King of Is.
The complainant strong!), denied this statement,
but it was made out by the defendant and his bro-
ther-in-law.

Extract of a letter from Evesham, dated Feb.
26, 1831 :—" I regret to inform you that the spirit of
incendiarism is again stirring in this neighbourhood. On
Thursday night the ricks in Mr. HottaNn's rick-yard,
near this town, were discovered to he on fire; one loge
clover rick and a waggon and a load of straw were con-
sumed, but, by great exertions, the remainder of the pro-
perty was saved. The premises biong to Lady Et cno.
We have hopes that the examples which will be made at
the approaching Assizes may have the effect of subduing
this spirt. The indulgence in this crime can only b:r mas
tered by the utmost severity of the law."
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH.—On Sunday fore-
noon the Rev. Dr. CHALMERS preached a funeral sermon
in this church on the death of Dr. ANDREW THOMSON.
From the celebrity of the preacher, joined to the deep regret
felt by all classes for the death of Dr. TisoatsoN, the church
was crowded to exceis long before the commencement Of
public worship. The Loan PROVOST, Magistrates, and
Ctuncil, attended in their robes. A great number of people
having collected round the d,tors, the rush was tremendous,
and for a few minutes excited a great sensation of alarm
from the screams of the females who were in the crowd.
Dr. CHALMERS took for his text the fourth verse of the

11 th chapter of Hebrews, and, -in eloquent terms, gave a
sketch of the character of Dr. THOMSON, as a clergyman
and as a man. In the of &noon the pulpit was filled by
Dr. DICKSON, who enlarged with equal energy, and scarcely
less ability, on the qu liities of the deceased.—Edinburgh
Observer.

A ploughman, named CAMLEY, passing
through a field near Raheny, on Sunday last, about one
o'clock, saw the body of a young gentleman lying on the
ground, 'and a large horse pistol near him. It was'evi-
dent he had but a shot t time before committed suicide ; in
his pockets sere found 16 pistol balls; and a powder-
flask, also a note requesting that his body might be
brought to the house of his uncle, Mr. RUSSEL, 52,
Capel-street. This wretched young man's name was JOHN
WADE—he lived at Elliot-place, and was not more than
17 years of age. Ills mind became distracted on ac-
count of an affection he conceived for a person greatly his
inferior in life. A relative to the deceased, we are in-
formed, drowned himself not twelve months since, near
this city.—,S'annders's News Letter

An affecting accident happend on the 7th
instant, in the parish of Vainwr, near Merthyr-Tydfil. A
poor woman and her daughter were going to Grawen,
where the latter had been four years a servant ; they were
crossing, t n the same horse, a brook called Natr-y.Glaish,
which, nine months out of the year is scarcely ankle deep ;
owing to the sudden melting of the snow, it was at this
time a rapid torrent, and it' is supposed that the horse
stumbled, and mother and daughter were plunged into the
stream. The horse was seta returning without his un-
fortunate riders. The body of the mother was found at a
short distance from Or ford, and before the brotl fulls
into the lesser Taff. The body of the daughter was found
on the 9th, near Pont-yr-yn, below the Plymouth Works,
Merthyr, having been washed by the violence of the water
through three different rivets. It is but a short time since
that the father of this girl was killed at Dowlais, by a large
mass of limestone rock, which had been blown up, and
falling on his head, destroyed him in an instant—Shrews •
bury Chronicle.

MUYIDEII.—MATTIIEW LYNCII, the watch-
man, who on last Friday morning, cut the throats of his
two infant children, was On Monday evening so far re-
covered as to be enabled to be removed, on the Coroner's
warrant, from 11:chmond Hospital to the gaol of Newgate,
where he is to remain for trial.—
.Dublin Morning
Register.

HEIGHT OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE.-
The height of the Peak, according to Captain PEAEcE's
barometrical observations, Is 12,326 feet. Its height was
considered by HUMBOLDT to be 12,358 feet, the meat be-
tween his observations and those of DE BortDA and an-
other. The hypothienusal distance,- from the base tro the
•nrnmit, was reckoned, by Captain REAR F. to be .i.bout
eight miles.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

BRIGHT ON.
(From the .Brighton Gazette.) •
On Friday last a meeting of the inhabitants took
place at the Old Ship, for the purpose of netitionino-
Parliament for Reform. Soon after twelve o'ciccri
the High Constable was called to the chair., Flaying
taken his seat he expressed his wish to chair.,
under-
stood as neither opposed to nor advocating the mea-
sures which would be brought forward; but he
should endervour to procure for e cry man a fair
hearing. The requisition being read,
Mr. R. WIGNEY, in rising to propose the first
resolution, expressed his satisfaction at seeing so
large and respectable a meeting. Tie present
Ministers must stand or fall by Reform; and he
hopel the aristocracy would now :2,e that nothing
less than Reform would satisfy the country. It
was necessaq the country should now come forward
to support Ministers in their measures of Reform ;
if the people permitted this opportunity to pass, the
luaroughmonge s would gain a great victory, and
things would go on till a frightful contest took place
between the corruptionists and the people. But he
hoped the meeting wound not ask too much. The
only object at pre•ent was to strengthen the hands
of Government. That there was a corrupt Parlia-
ment could not be doubted, but how that corrup-
tion was to be cleated out must be left to the Mini-
sters to decide. The only mode in his opinion was
voting by ballot.---(A burst of applause.)
Mr. WIIITMARSII, in t econding the resolution,
said the advantage of the ballot was so manifest that
it required no arguments to support it.—(Hear.)
Tl.e resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. RICARDO said since he came into the room a
resolution wai put into his hands, which he would
submit to the meeting.—(The resolution embodied
a petition praying for Reform, but not specifying
ally particular measure*.)—The ballot was not in-
cluded in the petition, but he hoped the meeting
would express their opinion in favour of it ; for
without a ballot a Reform would be only the shadow
without the substance.—(Applause.) A few years
ago people shuddered at the mention of Reform,
which they regarded Ile the fabulous upas tree—
loaded with every evil; yet at a time when it was
thus unpopular, and when few men ventured to name

it in the House, he was proud to sky that a relative
of his own had brought ferwaril the question. It
had been cr:red in opposition to the ballot that it
was un--English, and that secret voting was bar]; but
was it English—was it not bad to send men to vote
openly with a bribe in their pockets?—(Applause.)
W4Vibery, was corruption English ? Others said
that-If the extension of the franchise was made very
large, no man could purchase all the votes. This
was a bad argument; for if an e'ection was closely
con tes• e .1, the purchase of a few voters towards its
close might answer the purpose as effectually as the
present mode. As elections were now conducted
me►► would look to their individual interests before

that of others; but with a Reform the interests of
the people and of the Government would be one
am! the same. It could not be expected, however,
that great savings could be effected; the legacy left
us of the national debt and other great expences pre-
vented that from being done; but there were other
ways in which the people might be relieved. Im-
mense sums of money were taken out of the people's
pockets by the monopoly of the East India Com-
pany, by the monopoly of sugar and timber, but
mote parieulatly by that of corn; for if the pr'ce
of a quarter of wheat was only .ss. mere than it
ought to be, the people were annually saddled with
12 million pounds per annum. Upon the whole
of theie monopolies he was convinced the people
might be relieved to the amount of I 5 millions a
ye tr, which was the same thing as if that sum ►vcre
!emitted in tuxes. .Mr. Ricardo then moved the
resolution.

Mr. G.Fat rurumet- had often addr, ssed the people
of Brighton, but never upon a mote important occa-
sion than at present. All must perceive that a se-
rious reduction of taxis cannot take place without
a great reduction of the debt; but this cannot be
sloattie—
etil: all sinecures, all useless places, and all un-
merited pensions are abolished, till the army is Its-
sated, and the property, commonly called church
property, is appropriated towards the exigency of the
Great applause)—and till a vote by ballot is
secured to every payer of s-ot and lot.—(Cheers.)
Air. F. then dwelt upon the foimer happy g rte of
the nation, and said that now poverty was spread
over the face of the country, as a proof of which he
instanced the late tumults—the results, as he con-
tended, of distress. All had heard of the fires, but
why, (he asked with great vehemence) why have
Ouse tires taken place? He knew that nothing can
fully excusa them,• that nothing ought to shield
the perpetrators entirely from punishment ; but will
any one say that the offenders were not goaded on
by being reduced to a state little better than abso-
lute slarvation ?—(Great applaus.3.)—And what hi s
been held forth us a remedy ? A genteel fast !—(A
laugh.) A general fast_ ! when one half of the po-
pulation are slaving ! No; let us have no genet al
fast, but let those who have feasted so long refrain,
and let these who have so long suffered putake of a
few of the good things. The d'seress of the coun-
try (continued Mr. F.) is owing to taxation.
know that the currency has had something to do
with it; and I know that there never was a worse
step taken than that of Mr. Peel's Bill, without at
he sante tine having tan equitable adjus•ment. But
what has reduced this country to such great distress ?
Lt+ll:ii
at America.
Yes, a great deal.") A man may
a.. Is her sail better than ours?—
(live there better upon 1001. a year than here upon
3001. Are her resources grewer than ours ? No.
should we be more distressed than Ame-
it'?" why
Yls all owing to taxation ; and nothing but
a reduction of taxation can relieve us. We hear of
pds nn; gt
IF).ut
et
It ma
txsi
tentsle.er
choaltnaevotouldhavbee
doonye aotnitehx
Pexe:
sisinOt to us whether money be
taken from our breeches or wu'stcoat pocket. The
great Lord Chatham, in speaking of the debt, said
The maim; m'ght perhaps contrive to struggle along
under a debt of 500 millions; but we have gone far
beyond that point. The debt is now 800 millions,
and probably exceeds the value of the whole nation
itself. But was it for the benefit of the nation that
the debt was incurred ?—(No, no.) No, but to
compel, in the first place, others to submit to taxa=
tion without representation. The other portion was
toprevent progrtsi of the French revolution,
nd to prevent
the
free representation here.—(Loud
cheers.) lam sAislied the taxes ought to be reduced
to 20 millions a year; and if they are not reduced to
that amount, the people will still be restless and d s-
satisfied. But the interest of the debt is upwards
of 30 millions. How then are the taxes to be re-
duced to 20 millions, without a reduction of the
debt ? Yet one farthing of the debt cannot, ought
not to be toue!ted, till all useless places and pen-

The following is a copy :—" Resolved, that the fol-
lowing form of petition hi adopted :—To the llonourab!e
the House of Commons of Gteat Britain and Ireland, in
Parliament assembled. The petition of the u,alersigned in
habitants of Brighton, in the county of Suss x, humbly
showeth,—That your petitioners most cordially rejoice,
that his Majesty's Ministers have taken up the subject of
Parliamentary Reform,
and they implore your Honourable
House that such Reform may be full and efficient, so as to
be a fair I epresentation of the people."
fi Although Mr. Faithfull's name has frequently ap-
peared in our Paper, some of our distant readers may be
reminded that he is a Dissenting Ministtr, and also an
attorney.

PRICE 7D.

sions are reduced, all sinecures abolished, and a sale
made of all church property.—(Cheers.) Let the
meritorious be rewarded for his labour; but upon
what principle are we called upon to dole out :noney
to those who have never done anything to benefit
the nation ? Lard Althorp himself said that many
of the pensions ought never to have been granted.
Then, I ask, why, aa they fell in on the demise of the
late King, were they renewed ? His Lordship said
else that some were granted in charity. But to
whome
trs of eayre..iab theyon grantedday-labourers
j
? To the sons and daugh-
daughters of those who, to relieve their own pockets,
saddle them upon the public. The sons of poor
persons may be compelled by the law to support
their parents. Then why, I ask, are the relatives
of the rich aristocracy to ba thrown for support
upon the public ?—(Great applause.) Why were
numerous offices created ? Why ? but that the
friends of the Ministers might be poked into them,
instead of living by their own industry, and be
fed upon the flesh and blood, and bones of the poor.
—(Cheers.) Some years ago the salaries of the
Judges and others were raised, because it was said
every article of life was raised in price. Then why,
by a parity of reasoning, now that provisions are
cheaper, ere the salaries not reduced again ? And
why is not the army reduced ? The Constitution
knew of no standing army in time of peace, and yet
Government has now more troops than they had'
formerly, when engaged with three-fourths of ail
Europe. We are, moreover, given to uncle: stand
that the army is to be further augmented, arid the
militia to be called out. Why was this ? Was it
to enforce the laws ? If so (and there could be no
doubt of it) must it not carry conviction to the
mind of every man that the state is in a bad condi-
tion indeed. The church property passed under a
wrong name: it was public property. They had
been told that great revenues were necessary for re-
ligious services; but could any man be!ieve that
great revenues were necessary to religion ?—(No.)
There was no doubt they were a great clog to reli-
gion, and that if the clergy were stripped of three-
fourths of their property they would be greater orna-
ments of their church. But, as things now are,
the man sits at his ease receives abundance, while
he who labours incessantly, who does the duty, who
visits the poor, has a bare subsistence. The poor
curate, who performs all the duties, gets perhaps
only 1001. a year; whilst the rector, who never sees
his par;shieners, receives 1000/.—( Immense cheers.)
He believed that the clergy were in possession of
full one-fourth of the whole kingdom. If the rental
of a parish was 4000/., the rector's titles were
worth 1000/.; and this was, lie believed, under,
rather than above the mark. But, besides the
tithe,, look at the college lands; add them to the
tithes, and the meeting would not hesitate to say
that the clergy held a fourth part of the nation.
Would any one say that such wealth was necessary
to the support of religion? But some said the
church was the support of the State. He would
say, in reply, that if the State required such support,
the sooner the prop gave way the better.—(Great
cheers.) If the nation was prosperous, would it
require propping by the church ? When a person
said this, he said virtually, that the State stands in
need of great influence, and that it could not be car-
ried on without it. But how came the clergy by
their possessions ? Did not Henry VIII. take the
property from the Catholics, hand some of it over
to his parasites, and give the rest to the Established
Church ? If, then, the property could be taken
from one church and given to another, cannot it be
again taken, and differently applied ? But he wisle
not the working clergy to be deprived of a decent
maintenance. No ! He wished them to be pro-
perly paid out of the tithes and church property,
and that the remainder should be paid into the Ex-
chequer. He did not join 'in the cry of landlords
and tenants against tithes, the landlord knew when
he bought-, and the tenant when he hired land, that
it was subject to the tithes. He would, therefore,
keep the tithes, and appropriate them to the benefit
of the nation, instead of giving them up for the sole
benefit of the agriculturists. But there was Ito
chance of any of these things being done, till the
people were fairly and fully represented. What (it
is said) have you no confidence in the Ministers ?
INone in the Whigs,—in those who leave been so
long out of place? Who.have said so much about
re.renchment and Reform ? None.—He had no
confidence in them : he believed they would do jus'
as the last had done.—(Cheers.) Talk to him of
Whigs ! Did they not treat us to a tax of ten per
cent., instead of live, on income ? Had thsy nor
even now, taken care of their friends and relations ?
D d they not bawl when out of office, till they were
hoarse about the Six Acts ? Have they said one
word about them since in office?—(Cheers.) No.
What broke up the old Ministry, but the cry for re-
due,ion ? Have the Whigs reduced the army?
No. Did any. Man believe they would reduce
taxes ? Mr. Ricardo had said they must not expect
much reduction ; and thi.se who did, would find
they had grossly miscalculated. These men, when
out of office, were great brawlers for liberty. But
how did they act, the enie nent they got in i) Did
they not despatch Special Commissions, of which
lee would not venture to speak in a public assembly;
—but if the country was to be thus governed,
things would go on till the nation was dashed to
pieces like a ship upon a rock. Now was the time
to avoid such a fate. Mr. F. then argued on the
necessity of short Parliaments, by which Members
would appear often before their constituents, which
would have a great effect both upon their speeches
and their votes. He thought, as the Constitution
said that no man should be taxed but by hie own
cone ant, the vote could not be refused to any person
paying scot and 10,. The House was now com-
posed, as Lord they (v. hen, Me'. Grey) stated, of
the nominees of the aristocracy and great com-
moners; and he considered the extension of the
franch'se to large towns would by no means be a re-
medy for the defects of representation. lie believed
the Government had no intention of abolishing the
rotten boroWs. He regretted that some in the
House, who, when there was no chance of Reform
heing obtained, professed to be reformers, now, op-
posed, more than others, the ballot. Suah men, he
had no hesitation in saying, wet. hypocrites. The
aristocracy had two creates, one in land and one in
taxes; and there were some, he believed, who, it
they possessed 2,000/. in land, possessed 12,000/. in
the taxe3. Such landholders won't' like a reduc-
tion of taxes, as far as their land was uncerned; but
they felt that themselves and titer relations would
suffer more by such reduction, which they accord-
ingly opposed ; and no effectual reduction would ever
be made till the people mere fully represented in
Parliament. This would never be done till they
were protected in their vote by the ballot ; arid it
the choice were left with him whether a partial
Reform should take place without the ballot, or
every thing remain as it is, the ballot only being
established,—he would say " Let every thing eke
remain as it is : give us the ballot."—(Applause.)
It might not be sefe to say much on the corruption
of Parliament; but that corruption prevailed among
the people to a fearful extent, was known to every
one. The landlord said to his tenant, " you shall
vote for so and so ;" and thus men were driven to
violate their consciences. How was this to be re-
medied ? Suppose a man with a wife and children
dependent upon him,— suppose such a man depen•
dent for his means of existenceee---for his very bread,
on a nobleman. Suppose the nobleman told him to
vote for a certain person. The poor man wished to

vote for another. His interest points one way, and
his conscience the other. His desire is to vote con-
scientiously, but be sees that by so doing, ruin must
fall upon himself,his wife, and children. He drops,
in silence, the tear over their fate, and goes and vio-
lates his conscience. Without the ballot there is
no s afety. He had then proved that there was great
distress in the country; that this distress arose from
the taxes; that the taxes cannot be reduced without
the interest of the debt being reduced; that it would
be grossly unjust to reduce this interest one farthing
till all sinecures, useless places, and unmerited per-
sious were first reduced; that none of these things
could be done without a Reform in Parliament; and
that without a Reform the country would go to
pieces. But there would be many other Reforms
introduced by a Reformed Parliament, one of which
would be a Law Reform.—(Applause..) Though a
Member of that profession himself, he had no hesi-
tation in s tying that the public wr.s annually robbed,
under the colour of law, of thousands upon thousands.
(Applause.) All pleadings were mere fictioDs; and
Justice was defeated by abominable technicalities.—
(Applause.) Let pleadings merely state what the
plaintiff required of the defendant; and then no more
pleadings, but let the parties proceed at once to trial.
Mr. WILLIAM WIGNEY, sen., although he op-
proved of much that Mr. Faithful! had advanced,
could not go all lengths with him. He understood
thhi toimeNtlirol o
: Fsif the dyrrllpL
thereu could be no Reform without a re-
tebLexplained that he did not say
there could be no Reform without a reduction of the
debt. He said there could be no effectual reduction
of the taxes without a reduction of the debt.
Mr. WIGNEY resumed.—He (Mr. W.) came there
to support the Minis,ers in their efforts to obtain
Reform, but without any intention of pointing out
what kind of Reform. He thought the meeting
should wait until they slw what Reform Minis era in-
tended to propose before fault was found with them.
If the people did not then approve of the Reform,
they might meet and express what their wishes were;
Mr. FAITHFULL again exp'ained that if the church
property were sold, the army reduced, and s:neeur. s,
tie. abol.shed, the tax: s would be thereby sf) much
reduced, that the widow lady, with 401. or even 351.
year, would be as well off as she is now wi:h 501.
Mr. T. COOPER sa'd there ought to be a uroper y
tax instead of the kat y assessed taxes.—(Applause )
Mr. DADLEY fully r,greed with the amendment,
Without the ballot all air( ra'ion would be nugatory.
We talked a!tout independence; but no mat was
really independent. " I am, (said Mr. D.) a church-
ma7t ; but I >av, that the wealth of the church has
undermined the f ssence of Christianity. "--(A laugh )
Mr. BUSBY agreed in the truth of Mr. Eaithfull's
sfatentent, but thought it impolitic to embody it in
the petition; for the MembNs of Parliament would
thereby be reminded that if Reform took place, they
would lose their pensions, &c.—( A laugh.)
Mr. SLIGHT—Oh ! they know that well enough.
Mr. Bustif—As to the ballot, be could speak
from ha o knowleog, on the rubjecr, having
lived for three years in the United Staves-of Amer'ca,
where almost every eflieer wai chosen by ballot.
There wet: no conf: sign cr ruin urbanco. The ad-
vantages of the Mot were tl hint mist apparent.
Mr. SLIGHT could not but expr,s; his satisfaction
on the prese-nt occas'on. He was, as most of thos,
'•s •ent knew, an old r.,fermtr; and he was happy
to see, at length, the tun s ion taken tip and advo-
cated by all parties. twig satisfied that, as time
rolled on, the r .t.ks of the Reformers would continue
to be incr.

Mr. RICARDO ex[r,,,sti, a wish that the ballot
might be added to the rrs3lutiou and petition he
had himself moved.
Mr. SLIGHT objected to this; Mr. Ricardo havinz
r.-plied no addition could be made to the original
motion.

Mr. HoLDEN (we believe) wlslica to move,
anWec amendmen,,T but the Chairman decided,
that it was then too late.

Mr. RicAßno obinved that he thought it would,
be better a petition should be sent up from the town
fully signed. He was convinced that if the resolu-
tion of Mr. Faithful! was adopted, many persors'
would decline signing the petition; he himself, for
one, would certainly not sign it.—(A voice " The
clergy won't."—(A laugh.)
At this time the room was very full. The Chair-
man then put the amendment (Mr. Faithfull's reso-
lution), which was carried by ail immense majority
with great cheering. A Committee was then ap.
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Slight, R. Wignev,
Hilton, H. Faithfull, T. Cooper, Hallett, and Dad-
ley. As soon as they had retired into another room.
to draw up a petition consonant with the resolutions
the people began to draw off, and not half the
number were in the room when they returned and
presented the petition to the Chairman, who, hay-
ing r,:ceived it, asked if any one proposed its adop.'
tion. A coesiderable pause ensued. The question
was repeated, when a gentleman near the Chairman
!.aid he would propose-its adoption. He wes asked
whether he was a p.ir sliioner; he replied that he
was an inhabitant. Some one said this was a town, ,
and not a vestry meeting. The name of the pro-
poser was then asked, but he seemed to have some
repugnance to give it, saving that he was an inhabi-
tant. He at length said his name was Orchard.((
It was then asked by the Chairman who seconded
the motion for the adoption of a petition which had
been carried so unanimously. At last Mr. James .
seconded the motion.

Mr. W. W'IGNEY then rose and repeated that he
came there. to strengthen the hands of his Majes y's
Minis sri, and not to support such measures as
had now been brought forward. He objected to
them altogether, and he would now move that the
petition brought forward by Mr. Ricardo be adopted
with the addition of the ballot.—(No, no.)
Mr. BAss observed to Mr. Wigney that it would
be betttr Inertly to negative the petition proposed
by the Committee.

Mr. \VIGNEY had no objection to that course, and
he hoped the petition would be negatived. He
thought that, tit Ministers brought forward their
plan of Reform, they ought to have credit for one
which would be efficient, seconded as they were in
their efforts by the best Monarch that ever sat upon
the English Threne—(Applause)—who had set
the example of retrenchment by refusing 50,0001.
for the outfit on the Queen.—(Loud cheering.)---
He considered it not right to oppose the Govern-
ment, and such a Government, till it was known .
what they meant to do. He could not speak as he
once could, owing to his infirmities ; but he would
endeavour to explain his view..—(Mr. Wigney evi-
dently made considerable effort in continuing to
speak.)—Ttie country, he consithred, was formed
as it were of three classes—or three links of a chain;
and no longer than one link supported another could
the Constitution exist. The upper link alas the
nobility; the middle one the m ddle classes; and
the lower link the labourers and working classes.
He considered it was the duly of the middle classes,
—which he always considered the best,—to gi ee alt
the support possible to those below them, whilst
themselves were supported by the class above •
them, whose rights it was their duty al.() to main- •
min. He hoped nobody me.mt to advance (1,4 c.,
trines of Revolution instead of Reform, but to do
justice towards all. He had no doubt that the grand
aim of Government %%as, to relieve the lower classes.
—(No, no.)—HP would wish, at any rate, that'
Ministers should bring forward their motion before
any further steps than to iecommertd a Reform
were t .ken If the Alluisters did not go far enough,.
then call a rneeing, and express dissent front the r.
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which he did.
Some confusion here arose.
Mr. HALLETT said that now, when we had ['
King such as England had never seen before, wa".
the time to endeavour to obtain Reform, and be be
lieved that the King himself was as 'anxious for'a
!Morro as the people. if they went to Parliament.
t I.llr. Orchard is also a Dew
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at all, they ought to tell Parliament plainly what
they wanted. If Reform was wished for, they
ought to say what sort of Reform they required.
Mr. J. SMITH here handed up a petition of his
own to the chairman.
Mr. COHEN rose to order; the only question
before the meeting, was whether the Committee
had, according to their instructions, prepared a pe-
tition in accordance with the resolutions already
adopted.
Mr. T. COOPER said the petition of the Com-
mittee must be approved or rejected, unless any
reasonable objection could be taken as to its not
being an echo of the resolutions. If Mr. Wigney
was right in the view he had taken with regard to
Ministers, why should the meeting trouble them
at all ? Why call the meetincr? Why not have
waited till Ministers had brought forward their plan
of Reform ? Yet he found Mr. W. Wigney's
name among the requisitionists ! Ministers had
told the country they meant to bring forward a
Reform :—then why was the present meeting
called, if the inhabitants were not to express their
opinions of the kind of Reform necessary. It
seemed ridiculous to call them together to ask Go-
vernment to do what they had told us they meant
to do.
Mr. FAITHFULL said the petition must be carried,
as a mere matter of course.
Mr. SLIGHT was sorry to hear his friend, Mr. NV.
Wigney, make use of a phrase which had often
been used against Reformers, that they did not
want Reform but revolution.—(Mr. W. Wigney
dissented.)—The words of Mr. Wigney were that
lie hoped nobody wished for revolution instead of
Reform, which implied that there were such persons.
The CHAIRMAN put the question, when the peti-
tion was adopted by a large majority, there being
only two or three hands against it. At this time,
however, Mr. Ricardo and many other gentlemen
had left the room.
Mr. R. WIGNEY then moved that the petition be
presented to the House of Commons by the county
Members, and to the House of Lords by Lord Hol-
land.

Mr. SLIGHT asked if Mr. Wigney knew whether
those gentlemen would support it in the Howe ?
It would he of little use merely to lay the petition
on the table, unless its prayer was supported.
Mr. R. WIGNEY could not say whether the county
Members would support it or not.
Mr. SLIGHT had no objection to its being sent to
them, in order to ti y how far their sentiments agreed
with those of the petitioners.
Mr. J. SMITH said this was no time or subject to
make experiments as to the opinions of the county
Members; and he would move that Mr. Hume be
requested to present the petition in the Commons,
and Lord King to the Lords.—(Applause.)—This
was seconded by Mr. JAMES.
Mr. BUSBY moved that Mr. Kemp present it to
the Commons House, (Mr. Kemp having avowed
his advocacy of the ballot) and Lord King to the
Upper House. This was seconded by Mr. LANE.
The question being put, a large majority appeared
in favour of Mr. Hume and Lord King.
A motion was then made by Mr. HILTON that
the High Constable be requested to include the ex-
pellees attendant on this meeting, together with ad-
vertising the resolutions, in his accounts. Agreed to.
A Committee was then appointed to obtain sig-
natures to the petition, which Committee consisted
of the High Constable, Mr. R. Wigney, Mr. Hilton,
Mr. E. Thunder, Mr. T. Cooper, Mr. Busby, and
Mr. Hallett.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the High
Constable and the meeting broke up about four
o'clock.