The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-17 00:00:00

BRISTOL, Nov. 16.

We are all agitation here. An enquiry is expected to
commence forthwith to-morrow, it is reported, into the
conduct of Colonel Brereton, and two levers have been
received to-day from the city Members, promising good.
The following is a copy of Mr. Bailie's :
" Seymour-place, Nov. 15, 1831.

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" DEAR have had the hot.ottr of receiving your
letter of yesterday, inclosing further resolutions of the Com-
mittee appointed to procure an invoitigition nto the
disasters at Bristol, and also subsidiary resolutions of the
paroclail bodies upon the same subject.
" I met Mr. Protheroe as soon afterwards as possible, and
we proceeded to the Home Office to deliver the documents
to Lord Melbourne, who desired us to call at five o'clock,
when he would be prepared with an answer. We attended
accordingly at the api ointed timo, hut his Lordship wa•
detained at a Cabinet Council till a late hour, and stated
to us that his communication should be sent to-morrow
morning, in writing. _ _

" Beine too late for the poq, I send this letter
in a parcel by the mail coach, and I hope by to-morrow
to be able to transmit a full and explicit answer to the ap-
plication.—l have the honour to be, dear Sir,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,
" JAS. E. BAILIE."
" J. F. Manchee, Esq., Bristol."
The receipt of this letter has caused great interest, and
to-morrow letter is anxiously looked for.

A meeting of the coffee-house proprietors
was held at Mr. MARSHALL'S, 403, Strand, this morning,
when it was unanimously resolved to call upon the trade
generally to petition the Legislature for an Act to autho-
r•ze them to open at four o'clock all the year round. Also
that another meeting of the trade be held on Thursday
next at the above place, to take into consideration the ne-
cessary steps for forwarding that object.
COUNTY MEETING.—Among the persons
present at the Warwick county meeting, on Tuesday last,
we observed the Hon. C. P. P.7.R.4. v, of Guy's Cliff. He
was on horseback in front of the hustings. What the
object of this gentleman's visit could be was a mystery, as
he is a violent Tory. We understand that he left his house
under a strong guard...-Birmingham Midland Repre-
sentative.

REFORM COUNTY MEETING.—In com-
pliance with a requisition, most numerously and respect-
ably sign, d, the High Sheriff of Lincolnshire has con-
vened a meeting for Friday next, on the all important
subject of Parliamentary Reform. We learn that most
of the patriotic gentlemen of the county will be present ;
and have no doubt that it will he the largest meeting ever
assembled in this county. A very numerous party will pro-
ceed from Boston by the packets ; arrangements being made
for going and returning the same day. Every lover of
his country within this our fruitful ani once happy dis-
trict ought to attend : the times demand a few person.]
sacrifices. Let the husbandman :cave his toil in the fields;
let the tradesman forget Lie ledger ; let the people gene-
rally determine to yie.i; one day to their cauxtry : and the
consequences must be glorious. Let us have no paltry
excuses,—no trimming,—na haltiug,-..he who is not for
us is against us z and despicable indeed must he be, who,
without some~ urgent reason, would not sacrifice one day
:or the welfare of his native land. Never forget that the
cry of re-action has gone abroad; the r,,nemies of the
people taunt them with indifference. Prove how false the
trai'ors are : let the watchword spread from the cast to
the West, and from, the North to the South, “our KING,
our emi.otry, and Beform."—Bostea C7axette.
We hear that the frieridly societies of the
metropolis are likely ;o petition the House of Lords in
favou‘r of Befnrm, upon the ground that they aad their
brethren similarly connected in the country have very
large AUDIS in the funds, the security of which will, they
conceive, be shaken tly soy violent change in the Govern-
ment of thi. c.;multry, such as they anticip.,,te it, the Lords
eont,ilue to refuse to permit the Hoe of Commons to re-
I form themselves.

We understand LordkiDyAui:AttgotßuhisTl:cfroiDUTH felt (70411--
siderable trepidation in consequence of the meeti,:ngs:cojasuutet:Wi
ygwiicenae;.
Bromwich, on Monday last, to
afin:triTipaitl)oed laitnicaatltaUcnkio,nm.
It woulil seem that his Lordsl4,
his mansion in the ty,er.i4g, having summoned his servtws
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reason for his doing so it ii,-,iad to be his taking in dt4aiiii
some obiervattml of Lirnt Alanour on do: zauduct of
the :71, 4,4i4trates on 'hat In aide 0c,•1•4%,:m.
A large party of the ,14allnieli smiths, %rho
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appear to deindoil ,n increase 4:i w iges, we arc ao:ry to
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BRI

Yesterday their 11;
owing to the unfavoi
The KING gave a
Her Royal Highi
Duchess of GLOCCE!

four, with one mit,
Hove, and returned

The Queens have
The c4lla at the Palace yesterday were exceedingly nu-
merous, including.—The Marquis and Marchioness of Car-
marthen, Gount-ss of Dy-art, Lady Juba Petre,
Countess of Surr,y, Lord and Lady Southwell, Earl and
Countess of Listowell, Lady Catherine Bracknell, Lady
Faulkner, Sir Robert and Lady Grace Gore, Sir F. and
L-idy E. Ponsonby, Caprain and H.m. Mrs. Pechell,
Lieut.-Colonel Sibthorp-, Mrs. George Wyndham. Vice-
Admiral and Mrs. Rolles, Mrs. and Miss D iwmm, an .1 the
Dean of Chichester.

The Royal dinner party last evening included—Their
Royal Highnesses the Princess Aunista, the Duchess of
Gloucester, and Prince George of Cami.eolge, 'he Princess
Louise, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl and
Countess of Surrey, Lord and Lady Petre, Lady Julia and
Aliss Petre, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford Jerningliam,
Earl and Countess of Mayo, Earl and Countess of Errol,
Lord A. Fitzclarence, Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, Lady
Mary Taylor, Lady Bedingfield, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir
Frederick Watson, Midlle. d'Este, Sir Philip and Lady
Sydney, and Sir Herbert Taylor.
A ball will take place on Friday next at the Old Ship
Assembly Rooms, in aid of the funds of the County Hos-
pital, under the immediate patronage of their MAJEmEg.
The arrivals continue. Among the latest avers Lord
and Lady BURCHERSII. Sir P. and Lady EMILY PONSON..
EV and Mr. OTWAY CAVE.

The Earl of COVENTRY, Baron OMPTEDA, Lord TEr N-
[JAM, Hon. Mr. ROPER, and Hon. Mrs. PELHAm, are in
he departure list.

The Master of the Ceremonies' ball takes place on Mon-
dßy next; it is expected to be numerously and fasijonahly
a.tteutied.

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ME-

TROPOLITAN POLITICAL UNION.

A meeting of the Council took place at the Crown and
Anchor Tavern )esterday evening, Mr. Cu vac HI LL having
been voted to the Chair. Previous to our entering, it had
been moved and seconded, that " The Laws relating to
Political Unions (inserted in the Chronicle of yest, relay)
should be adopted and primed," and on our entering, Mr.
ROGERS was debating their propriety.
Mr. WAKEFIELD held in his hand four resolutions,
prepared by the Business Committee, and entrusted to
him to propose. These resolutions I shall now, he said,
beg leave to read :

" Resolved, 1. That all true Reformers ought to rally round
the Throne, at the present crisis, and support the King in his at-
tempt to wrest the liberties of the people from the borough_
mongers' grasp.
" 2. That the increasing stagnation of trade, and the nearly-
exhausted patience of the nation, occasion ed by the rejection of
the Reform Bill, convince this Council that it is m,re than ever
imperative to support his Majesty's Ministers in effecting the
great measure by which they have pledged themselves to stand
or fall.

" 3. That if the arts of faction should triumph over a patriot
King and his present Ministry, this Council will not listen to any
illusory promises of Reform that a Tory or any other Ministry
may proffer to a disappointed people.
"4. That if the enemies of the people shoukt succeed in
producing anarchy and confusion, this Council will devise means
by which the members of the Union may efll•ctmdly protect
their own lives and properties, and establish the liberties of the
country•"

Having read the resolutions, Mr WAKEFIELD mov.d
'hat they be adopted by the Council. This being
seconded,

Mr. ROGERS said I must object to ti,e third resolution
now read, which says, that this Council will not listen to
any promises of illusory Reform which a Tory Ministry
may proffer to the people. Now lam willing to receive
~;ood political or moral ii, forin in any shape from any
source. I would not hind myself to any men. a. Ministry.
.leasures, not men, is, or should be, our mom,.
The Rev. Mr. Fox cordially concurred in the spirit of
the resolutions now proposed for the sanction of the Com-
mittee.

After some sensible observations from Mr. ITurphx., Mr.
Wakefield, Mr. Witrord, Mr. Place, and Mr. P01v..1, it
was unanimously agreed that the resolutions should be
adoi.ted.

Me. WAKEFIELD hoped that the-e re,olutii•ris would
disabuse the public mind coneei ring the stigmas end a-
vourrd to he cast upon the Political Unions—that they
endeavoured to coerce public opiiii,•n by animal or nume-
rical power, rather than by moral fiirce. Tie Committee
felt it their duty to declare that the basis of their Union
was political concord, as well as determination to obtain
the ends for which their Unions had ostensibly hien w.ta-
blimhed. He then moved that the resolutions formerly
sanctioned should be printed.
Mr. AIURPHY was happy to second the motion on the
present opportunity, from the peculiar necessity now af-
forded by the wavering aspects of the political world.
A desultory conversation then took place concernin.e the
propriety of prepai ing an address to the public, founded on
those resolutions, in which

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Mr. RoGERs considered it more prudent to wait for
some time, and content thems.lves with the reselunons
alone; that they might shortly have reasons—from the
rumoured changes in the Ministry anticipated by some,
Ind apprehended by more-..for founding a different Ad-
dress, if not en different principles, at least supp,,rted by
different arguments,

Mr. PLACE was afraid Mr. Rogers, with others, was
too sanguine in anticipating the expected meeting of Par-
liament soon ; and though such a c!reetosrance " was a
consummation devoutly to be wished," he was afraid that
he could miserably undeceive all with regard to that point:
for he had heard, from soure,s whose intelligence or vera-
city he could not doubt, that the time for the meeting of
Pa, liament was not fixed or detertnined—that t he AI inisters
Intended to bold a meeting this week, for the purpose of
resolving upon or appointing the time when the Parlia-
ment would again be convoked ; but he was sorry to say,
~e had every reason to believe or be assured tt at the Mi.
nisters ardently and anxiously expected or longed for a
long day. Be did not want to add address to address, or
to declaration or resolution, unnecessarily, but thought it
indispensable that they should he vigilant and active; and
that however they might hope for the best, they should be
provided against the worst.

Mr. BOWYER seemed anxious that an address should be
prepered from the resolutions, and printed in the most
convenient form, for the benefit of the workiug cla••es.
Atter a few observations from Mr. Itoi;eis, Mr. Powel,
Mr. Fox, and Mr. Murphy,
Mr. Fox SMITH begged 'cave to propose for the con-
sideration of the people, two or three addresses, which had
been printed and partly prepared.
Mr. DEraosica read the first ad4lress.
Mr. Fox SMITH moved that the address now read be
adopted by the Council, and ordered to be printed in the
most convenient form.

This having been seconded by Mr. Warily, the reso:
lutiFn of ita being adopted and printed was unanimously

It :vas then suggested, for the greater facility of com-
munication between the different Unions, wherever esta-
idished, that these papers should be numbered, and there-
by afford a more easy reference. It wds also resolved that
the Uniou should imitate the practice of the Religious
Tre,ct, and other Societie,:, of printing on both sides of the
paper, so that their resources would be Equally well ap-
plied, and be more extended.

The Council of the Birmingham Political
Union have declared that they have no intention to arm
their members.

It is reported that M. BERANGEit, speaking
of the late pamphlet of M. CIIATEAUIRIAND, said to one
of his friends, " But 1 did not request M. DE CHATEAV-
BRIAND to return to France to write such a pamphlet a;
that."—Le Temps.
The lines most difficult to fill up in a theatre,
Sap CHARLES KEMALE, are juvenile tragedy and walking
gentlemen.

We hear that the friendly societies of the tne-
trovlis are likely to petition the House of Lords it, favour
of Reform, upon the wound that they and their htethren
country,
similarly omsnected in the country have very larße sums in
the Funds, the security of which will, they conc,ive, be
such .a they anticipate if the Lords continue to re-
shaken by any violent change in the Govenan la of the
0 reform themselves.
i"
Vit‘l'el-eunnuijetrh.se6iffiar tiulia?Nr(i"estileral Officer has
been send d‘ven to Brtstol ttl p esitic at a 51t,itzay Coot
of Ilii,tu'y, which to be Aehl as to the conduct of
BKEKETON fur ny t t loot. disturbarte-s in that cty.
The Toxy Lords Lieutenant are appointing
11 the Oerical Magistrates they can. Lord ARDEN has
.1" aPP..inted them to L b‘,.th. A rhort thtic slime the
a e Noble Lord refuted to appoint on- of t!.e ni at :e..
pc •„1.)1,- Welk iu Th. 1104.1. Ugh (A, PA"!"). M it ate
..;•111.-v. because he w to b. a

The out tie RECII3ERG, a seiou o the
.1)1, Austrian t.J Name, and un, ot the 1,,,at
iticient of that couatFy, Lady arrived in town, and i* at-
tached to the Auttnian Exnl;a,s,, ;
the ntu it,on vaa
'cated, by the retireturnt vt Prince

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