The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Si.—Being in Hull on the day of the Coronation of
our dearly-beloved Sovereign William IV. I could not but
observe, with many thousands more, the conduct of the
Corporated Bodies—first, the Corporation of the town,
the next the Corporation of the Trinity-house, and also
the proceedings at the Custom-house, of which Mr,
Charles Lutwidge is the Collector, and of course under
his direction.
On that great and memorable day the inhabitants called
for the Mayor and Corporation of the town to shew marlss
of pleasure on so glorious an occasion, by giving an order
to illuminate. This had been the case for several days to-
gether, but no such order was given. The Corporations
went in the church to pi ay, but fir what is hest known
to themselves ; it cost them nothing ; they were hissed
and pelted with rubbish both on their going and return-
ing from church, sand 113(1 sworn in a great number of
special constables to protect themselves from the enraged
populace, who matched before the Mayor and Aldermen
with new brooms on their shoulders. At list the fol-
lowing order was issued ;—" That those who wished to
illuminate might (or words to that effect), and that special
constables were sworn in to keep the peace, but the
Mansion-house would not be illumin ited." These pro-
ceedings were c,pied into the Hull Advertiser of the 13th
instant. As soon as the order was made public the
people flew in all directions to their homes to illuminate
them, and spewed every letnonstration of joy.
Most of the Aldermen's houses were not illuminated,
showing a general feeling with the Mayor. The Corporation
of the Trinity-home (their Alansion) was also not illumi-
nated. The next public building that came under toy
notice was his Majesty's Custom-house, which was al-o in
darkness. Almost all his Majesty's surjects were rejoicing
on the occasion in the manner above stated, except the Cur-
mrated Bodies, and those attached to their cause.
I am, Sir,
A LOYAL SUBJECT.

Hull, Sept. 17.

The following appointments have taken place :
—Dr. WHATELEY, Archbishop of Dublin ; KNox, Dean
t Pe LtuhNaxt ET, e Deanship ofs
whichotvn
ojul:reisciKtConsul at Lisbon, despatches con-
iti(lioaels:seatta;ched to the Tagus convey to
(I:Glii.:rD,7\ie‘noirirg"ne:ntin'aie'nrNbresaEitsteßl:lll:sapt(bians of a very peremptory character.
Should the remonstrances of Mr. IIorPNER fail to procure
for British subjects an exemption from those cruelties
which MtouEL delights to practise, a declaration cf war,
or something tantamount, will be the consequence. The
most perfect unanimity prevails in our Cabinet as to the
of adopting rigorous measures in regard to
necessity
urr ~

THE LATE MARQUIS D'HARCOURT.—The
Marquis and family returned to their cottage, at St.
L on Tuesday night, from town, where the
Generalenar Leonard's
gone in order to attend the Di awing-room.
The and his Lady had been to p a visit to a
fri ia
friend, and
ay
were returning to their own residence : they
had scarcely passed the park paling, round Sir ROBERT
N'l'icn
esouse, when the approach of a cart caused the
hor,e on which the General was riding to start, while he
was is the act of looking at his hat, and being off his
guard Was thrown, and by a blow which he received
from the horso was killed on the spot. The Marquis was
a Peer of France.

Captain PoLiiiLL has secured the services of
MowroN and Btrxx, to aid him in the management of
Drilry-lane.
...ORTON is to read the phys, and BUNN to
manage the players ; but they are often more unmanage-
a'de creatures than the lions and the leopards imported
from Paris and in conjunction with which they are to
rrform. WALLACK continues to direct on the stage, and
to be the mouth-piece of the company—lions included.
The introduction of these animals upon the stage in
modern times is not new. The experiment was recently
wade at Rochester with two from WOMBWELL'S esta-
blishment, in the play of Alexander the Great. When
the lions approached the loot-lights they set up a roar
which dispersed the whole pit in an instant, and the hero
himself fled from the chariot in dismay, leaving the wild
I.easts to their own discretion. 'The Paris lions are said to
more poli•heil in their rminn,A..

THE REFORM BILL AND HE HOUSE

OF LORDS.

tin Saturday a requisition, signe 1 by upwards of one
hundred Liverymen and irthshritates rif the Ward of F'ar-
ringdon Within, tvatt forwarded to Mr Alderman Kelly.
the Alderman of the Wadi of grighton ; such was the
unanimity of feeling amongst the ichslritants on the sub-
ject, thst the whole of these signatures were obtained io
five hours. _ _

(From the Observer GI yesterday.)
It would be difficult to describe the feel ng of the citizens
of London as the pe, iod approaches when the Reform Bill
will be sent to the House of Lo-ds. The few enernits of
el,. measure are industriously circulatin; rumours of the
determination of the Upper HOLM to rejec-. the Bill at all
li tails; and yesterday it was. stated by an Anti R4iroi.
jog Deputy :lint the Mai quis of Londonderry intended to
.once an amendment, ant:racing a new system of Reform,
and calculated to satisfy the natiettr, by giving the franchise
to a few of the populous towns.
In the course of the day, a number of merchants and
brokers of eminence waited upon the Lord Mayor, and
Pr,''ented to him the following requisition :
" We, the undersigned, teoitcrt that your Lordship will sum-
mon, on the earliest convenient day, a meeting of merchants,
banters, and traders of the city of London, to petition the House
of Lords in favoitr of the Reform Bill • to impress opon their
Lordships the ariKidtle Frond undiminished solicitude with which
the mercantile classes of London have watched the progress of
the Bill through the Commons • and to declare anew their heart-
felt conviction, that the tranquillity and happiness of the country
in general, and the security of commercial as well as other pro-
perty, are deeply and fearfully interested in the speedy passing of
this great national measure."
The Loan MAYOR eitressed the utmost gratification at
r..ceiving the requisition, and appointed Friday next, at
twelve for one o'clock, for taking the Chair upon the sub-
I ject in the Egyptian Hall.

At the Comtiton this day, Dr. Bowring and Mr.
Fearon will open tht blisittess of the day by proposing a,
very strong petition to the Howe of !Ands. Mr. Williams,
,f Watting-street, who had jus• dralvn op a requisition to
the Lord Mayor &I the alme subject, at the moment the
former gentlemen were flrts,nting theirs, will, it is ex-
pected, decribe the effect which the apprehended rejection
,f the Lords has had throughout the trading community ;
:Ind several Liter) men of great influence will follow. The
Member for Preston *11! certainly attend, for ilse purpose
of correcting some errors into which bis brothers of the
Livery have fallen with respect to the Bill and it is said,
that althotl4h he means to oppose everything, be will
agree to all. It is feported that a blockhead of a Com-
mon Councilman, who has been running his nose against
the pub'ic feeling for some time, means to beseech the at-
tention of the Hall to the last grasp of their privileges,
tnd to propose an amendment calculated to save not only
the Livery but the country from perishing.

In answer to the requisition transmitted by Mr. Fearon
to Alderman Waithtnan, to summon a meeting of the
Ward of Farringdon Without, Alderman Wai►bman wrote
as follows
" Ms. DEAR sta,-1 think the requisition a very proper one,
and I shall feel it to be my ditty to hold a Ward Meeting upon
any day they think best. I mentiont4 'Thursday; but, if Tues-
day or Wednesday would be more desirable, 1 !ball be at their
service.—l am, my dear Sir, yours truly,
" Sept. 17, " ROBT. WAITI4IdAK
" H. B. Fearon, Esq."

The following requisition s'an to Saturday transmitted
to the Churchwardens of the Parish of Oh, Andrew, Hol-
born
We, the undersigned inhabitants of the parish of St.
drew, Holborn, in the city of London, and county of Middle-
sex, tearfully impressed with the disastrous consequences that
must arise from the failure of the gfcat measure of Reform in
the House of Lords, do earnestly request that you will convene
an early meeting of the parish, to present an Addre!ss to the
House of Lords, imploring it, by the regard it ought tti !niter-
tain for the preservation of all the institutions of the county),
and not least, among the rest, that of its own order, at once to
pass a measure which has received the deliberative sanction and
interests of the people; and, at the same time, freely, but fear-
lessly, to point out to it the tremendous results Which a rejection
of the Bill must necessarily produce."

The following requisition was forwarded by the Ward
of Cheap to Wm Thompson, Esq., Alderman, M.P.:—
" We, the undersigned inhabitants of the Ward of Cheap, re-
quest you will, on an early day, convene a Wardmote, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning
the House of Lords to pass the Bill for a Reform in Patti:drain,
whereby alone a true and lasting union will be preserved of King,
Lords, and Commons."

LoNooN.—So anxious were the Livery of London to
meet for the purpose of petitioning the Lords to pass the
Bill, that two or three parties were on the point of pre-
p ring requisitions to the Lw d Mayor on the subject. Had
the one which has teceived the Lord Mayor's assent not
been presented to him, another requisition would have
been handed to him, in less probably than twenty-four
hours from the time at which that came before him.
Mium.esEx.—The following requisition has received

the signatures of a nometous portion of the freeholders of
Middlesex, and will be forthwith pr• rented to the Sheriff:—
" We, the undersigned freeholders of the county of
Middlesex, request you will calf a public meeting of the free
holders of the said county, to consider the propriety of petition-
ing the Lords in Parliament assembled, that they will be pleased
to pass the Bill now before the Legislature, for a Reform of the
!louse of Commons, and that with as little delay as their Lord-
ships may find possible."
WESTAII !, STE R. —ln compliance with a requisition ft mil
the electors of Westminver to the High Bailiff to call a
public meeting for the purpose of petitioning the House of
Peers to pass the Reform Bill, he has al painted Wed-
nesday for that purpose. The Chair will be taken at one
precisely.
K ENT. —A requisition to the High Sheriff of Kent for
a county meeting, to petition the House of Lords to pass
the Reform Bill, is in the course of signature.
BosTox.—A requisition to the Mayor of this town is
nom in course of sign iture, calling upon him to convene a
public meeting to petition the House of Lords to pass the
Bill. We understand also, on the authority of a respect-
able correspondent, that petitions to the same effect are in
progress from all the neighbouring towns.
EDINBURG u.—A requisition for a public meeting is now
signing here to petition the Peers in favour of the Beim in
13,11.—Scotsman.

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SHEFFUCLIL—A requisition for a public meeting to the
Master Cutler, is in progress of signature.
DUMFRIES.—A public meeting is to be held in the
Court Huse, on Saturday, for the purpo,e of peti-
tioning the Hous(! of Lords speedily to pass the Reform
Bill, as sent up by the Commons, into a law. The
inhabitants of Maxwelltown, on the other side of the Nith,
are also to have an early meeting for a similar purpse.
111ANctresTp:s., San. 16.—The re ports which prcvlil

in this town, to the effect that the Reform Bill is in jeo-
pardy, and is likely to be rejected by the House of Lords,
have produced a powerful sensation among all ranks and
conditions of the people. The Political Union, consisting
of about 1,000 members, from the wealthy merchant and
manufacturer to the poor weaver, convened a meeting of
its Council on Wednesday night, at which an address to
Earl Gri was unanimously agreed to, and transmitted to
his Lordship the same night. Toe inhabitants of Man-
chester will not be content with a mere expression of opi-
nion from the Political Union, respectable as many of its
members are. A requisition is now in course of signature
for calling a public meeting on an early day in the ensuing
week, at which a petition is intended to be adopted, praying
the House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill in its present
shape, or at least without affecting its principle. It ie
satisfactory to the friends of Reform to know that " the
game's a-foot" here, and that the requisition is already
signed by upwards of one hundred individuals, comprising
in the list a number of the leading merchants and manu-
facturers of the town and neighbourhood. It is thought
that the meeting ‘t ill be held on Wednesday next.
LEEDS.-We have been favoured with a copy of

the requisition to the boroughreeve and constabulary of
Manchester, now in a course of signature, and which is ex-
pressed in the following terms :—" Gentlemen,—We, the
undersigned, request that you will call a public meeting of
the inhabitants of Manchester, to consider the propriety of
presenting a petition to the House of Lords, praying that
the Reform Bill may pass the House without any unneces-
sary delay." This document is already numerously and
respectably signed, and there is no doubt but the example
will immediately be followed by other towns in the imme-
diate district. On Wednesday a prelimintry meeting,
most respectably and numerously attended, was held in
Liverp,!ol, W. W. Currie, Esq. in the Chair, at which
it
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REFORM MEETING AT BARNSTAPLE.
(From the Nora Devon Times.)
The Worshipful the Mayor having declined calling a
public meeting, in compliance with a requisition sub-
mitted to him to that effect, but having tendered the re-
quisitionist the use of the Guildhall, a meeting of the in-
habitants of the town and vicinity was this day convcned
by public advertisement, for the purpose of expressing their
sentiments, by pelition to the Ilouse of Lords, on the
Reform Bill ; and the number and respectability of the
attendants falsified the assertion that has been in ide by
Hon. Gentlemen in another place that the country had be-
come indifferent to the success of the Bib.
JOHN GRIBBLII, Esq. was voted to the Chair.
RICHARD THORNE, Esq. moved the first resolution,
" That from the events which have occurred since the
dissolution of Pal hament, we are more tl.an ever con-
d
111 ‘.'ti''eaactne::,.:offp It e
preservinglg alourselveste u
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collectively
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and individu Ily to do

ill in out power by constitutional means to aecompitsb
Oat desirable end."

Seconded by Mr. LINNINGTON.
Mr. W. GRIENLE directed the attention of the meeting
to the situation in which the country was at present
pl iced—a situation, he said, perfectly unique and un-
paralle!ed in its history ; an opposition subsisting between
t',e king and his people, and the House of Lords;
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He proposell that a petition be presented to the House of
Lords.
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ns sec-4n. moveddedth theemotion.
sirE EN BENCRAYT, third
riolu-
" That our thanks are offered, though any eulogium of
ours would fall short of the merits due to that virtuous
and high minded Administration, which, scorning to
govern by the base acts of influence and corruptions has
reposed its claims to confi fence on the boils of right, and
justice, and which (unatved by a desperate faction, mad-
dened at seeing the people about to escape from its grasp)
has proceeded to put an end to the abuses in the represen-
tation so long deplored by the people."
Seconded by J. S. CLAY, Esq.
Mr. W. GRIBELE felt great pleasure in proposing the
resolution he was about to submit, That our best
thanks are also due to J. P. B. Chichester, Esq. for his
excellent conduct in Parliament, and that we beg to assure
him that he is also entitled to and has our esteem and
thanks for the manly and honourable manner in which he
sought to maintain the franchises of the freemen of this
borough, according to his promise."
Seconded by Mr. JOHN BowaN.
The fifth resolution—" That though we believe Re-
form to be inevitable and unavoidable, yet the evils of long
protracted struggles may be prevented by that demonstra-
tion of the national feeling which exists, and which can-
not eventually be repressed. We therefore exhort the
inhabitants of cities, towns, and boroughs, in this
most critical period of the nation's hi-tory, to make a
prompt and authentic expression of their wants on the
subject of Reform to the House of Lords, to whom it may
be •of inestimable value,"—was moved by Mr. R. Lin-
NINGTon. In seconding which,
Mr. MELiss called upon them as men, as Britons, but
above all as Christians, to unite in forwarding their senti-
ments in a firm but respectful manner to the House of
Lords, who, he trusted, would not turn a deaf ear to the
wishes of a " King of Hearts," who reigned in the
affections of his people and a whole imploring country.
The whole of the above resolutions passed the meeting,
without a single dissentient voice.
Mr. W. Getattut proposed the presentation of the
petition to Earl Radnor; but the preference being given by
a large majority to our neighbour, " Lord Poltimork:," it
was resolved to commit the presentation of it to his
Lordship.
On the motion of Mr. Meuss, seconded by Mr. Bats-
CRAFT, the thanks of the meeting were voted to John
Grihblo, E.g. for bin disinterested, firm, and manly con-
duct in the Chair.

The thanks of the meeting wrre also voted to the
Mayor for the use of the Hall.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Portsmouth Herald of Sunday.)
PoRTSMOUTII, SErr. 17.—The Catherine Sterv:r
'Poshest transport, Lieut. Gordon, agent, arrived at Malta
from Plymouth, on the 21st August, with Naval stores
for that Dock-yard.
His Majesty's brig Onyx, 10, Lieut. Dawson. sailed on
Friday for the river, to be dismantled, &c., and her crew
t nrned over• to the Pantaloon yacht, late the property of
the Doke of Portland, which vessel, having been pur-
chased by Government, is to be attached as a tender to
the Royal George yacht, at this port, in the room of the
onyx.
Ms Majesty's steam-vessel Pluto, Lieut. Buchanan,
carne in on Sunday from the eastward. with 100 volunteer
seamen l'r the }lest, under Sir E. Codrirtpton, and re-
turned on the following day with supernumeraries for
ships fitting out in the river, preparatory to proceeding to
the western coast of Africa. Mr. T. S. Taylor, Assistant-
Surgeon, appointed to the Conflict gun-brig, will go out
passenger in the Pinto.
his Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120, Capt. E. Curaon
(bearing the fig of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codring-
tim), dropped down to St. Helens an Sunday morning
last, whither the remainder of the fleet had proceeded on
the previous day, and about noon put to is-a with the fol.-
lowine ships and vessels, viz.—Caledonia, 120, Britannia,
120, Revenge, 76. Talavera, 74, Wellesley, '74, Barham,
50, Galatea, 42, Tweed, 20, Recruit, 10, Brisk, 10.
Charybdis, 10, and Viper schooner. The Victor IS, and
Royalist, 10, parted company with the squadron, and pro-
ceeded on a special service.
The William Harris, transport, Lieut. Stereos, agent,
arrived on Wednesday, with a detachment of the 7th Fu-
sileers, who were diseanbaiked on the same day, and pro-
ceeded to the Cambridge barracks. She received on board
yesterday, detachments of the 12th, 75th, and Ssth, and
It fl • Brigade (which latter arrived in his Majesty's ship
Melville from the Mediterranean) for Chatham. She
I sailed the same afternoon. _ _ _

The Hope, transport, passed through Spithead, from
Havre de Grace on Wednesday, with the whole of the
efl'cts of Lord Stuart de Rothsay, late British Ambassa-
dor to the French Court, for Southampton.
The Cygnet, transport, Lieut. Lester, agent, passed
through Spithead yesterday, for Cowes, with the second
division of the 14th Regiment from Chatham, under corn-
mnat•.d of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Bishop. They disem-
barked on the came day for Albany barracks. She will
return immediately for the remainder of the regiment.
His Majesty's ship Nautilus, 10, Commander Right
Hon. Lord George Paulet, left the river Shannon on the
morning of Wednesday, the 7th inst. and arrived on the
following morning, at the Cove of Cork, whence she
would sail in a few days for Plymouth with stores from
his Majesty's Duck-yard at Haulbowline. She left his
Majesty's sh:p Nimrod, 20, Commander Sam. Redford, at
anchor at Foyn's Island. His Majesty's ship Orestes, IS,
Commando. W. N. Glascork, and Savage, 10, Com-
mander Right Hon. Lord Edward Russell, were at the
Co,e, the former having arrived on Sunday, the 4th inst.
from Plymouth, and the latter on the evening of the 7th
from a cruise.
His Majesty's ship Curacoa, 26, Captain D. Dunn,
is come into harbour, to be smoked, in order to rid
her of the inordinate number of rats by which she is in-
fested.

At Spithead—Stag.
Harbour—Spartiate, Melville, Royal George, Cara-
c,a, Alligator, Imogene, (Etna, and Columbia.
A Court-martial will shortly be kid at this port, to
try Mr. Backhouse, a Midshipman of his Majesty's ship
-Etna, surveying ve•sel, on charges of disrespect and con—
tempt toward 1114 Commander (Captain Beicher,) and
for absenting himself without leave from his duty. Two
other Courts-martial, on officers of that ship, are also
talked of.

His Majesty,* ship Victory, with which associations or
mingkd regret and pride are blended, from her being the
ship in which the immortal Nelson was killed, is, we are
happy to say, destined even to a more honourable post than
that of a depot fur the Captains of the Ordinary. She is
to he fitted up as the flag•ship at this port. In COnst..
quence of this arrangement, Captain Ldlicrap will still
occupy the Prince.
The squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir
Edward Codrington, G.C.8., which sailed from Spithead
on Sunday morning last, appeared off Plj month on Wed-
nesday morning, and made sail for the westward in the
t yen ng of the same day.
His Majesty's ship Melville, 74, Capt. Nesham, and
Alhgator, 28, Lieut. R. Morgan (which arrived last week
from the Mediterranean) were towed into harbour on
Monday by the Pluto steatmvessel, under orders to be paid
off and recommissioned, the former for the East India
station, to hoist the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore,
appointed to succeed Sir Edward Owen.
Commander J. R. Carnac, of his Majesty's ship Welles-
ley, has assumed the temporary command of that ship,
during the unavoidable absence of Captain S. C. Rowley.
His Majesty's ship Stag, 48, Capt. Sir E. Troubridge,
Bart. is now ready for sea at Spithead, and is expected in
a few days to proceed to Cork.

A disgraceful exhibition was made last week
at Strood fair. An itinerant showman produced for the
gratification of his visitors, and for the small charge of
" only one penny," a wax figure, intended to represent
the poor boy TAYLOR, who was recently murdered by
Jonr AMY BIRD BELL, in a wood near Rochester, and
employed JAMES BELL, the accomplice and brother of the
murderer, to explain, with the assistance of the figure, the
whole process of the murder. The cold and unfeeling
say in which the boy related the particulars filled many
trypet sons w
riet,
mh horror
,t.endandd
a,nv
,indignation,soanied.
the penny," etnhdtg hhe
fight to
tthahte showman,hheand a da
n being
hired the hal of his parents for five shillings a day, and
they had also consented to his travelling with him a' out
the country to attend the renews fair,.