The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-17 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Yesterday morning, a little before eleven o'clock, his Majesty
eft his Palace at Windsor for London, escorted by a party of the
2il Regiment of Life Guards who were relieved on the way by
two changes of Lancers. The King arrived at St. James's about
one o'clock, and held a Court.
Sir George Xavier (Genealogist, and Blanc Coursier Herald),
in his full robes, introduced Admiral Digby to the presence of
the King in the Royal closet, when his Majesty was graciously
pleased to invest the gallant Admiral with the order of a Knight
Commander of the Bath.

The Duke of Norfolk had an audience of his Majesty in the
Royal closet, and presented an address from the Master Cutlers
of 'Sheffield, and from the city of Chester, in favour of Reform.
Mr. Samuel Wilson was introduced to the King, and kissed
hands on his being appointed Gentleman Harbinger to his Ma-
jesty, and had the honour of receiving from the King the silver
stick of office.

The Earl of Gosford was introduced to the King, and kissed
hands on his being appointed a Lord of the King's Bedchamber.
Mr. Grosvenor kissed hands upon his being appointed Comp-
troller of the King's Household.
Count Moltke, the Danish Minister, hail an audience of the
King, when his Excellency delivered a letter to his Majesty
from his Sovereign.
The King then held a Levee.
At the entree levee were, the Dukes of Cumberland and Sus-
sex, Prince Leopold, the Prince of Orange ; the Russian, Aus-
trian, French, Netherlands, and Brazilian Ambassadors; the
Prussian, Swedish, Danish, Spanish, American, Neapolitasi, Sar—
dinian, and Wurtemberg Ministers; Monsieur C. Bourke,
Secretary to the Danish Embassy; the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord
Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretaries of State for the
Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the President of the Board of Control; the Secretary of
State for Ireland; the Judge Advocate-General; the Lord
Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse,
the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Captain of the Gentlemen
Pensioners, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Master-General of the Ordnance; Lord Hill, Gold
Stick in Waiting; Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick; the Lord
Mayor, and the Master of the Ceremonies.
At the General Levee were :
DUKES—Gordon, Wellington, Norfolk.
MA ROUlSSES—Winchester, Clanricarde.
EARLS—Belfast, Minto, Meath, Gosford, Tyrconnel, Oxford,
Ferrers' Chichester, Glengall, Denbigh, Amherst, Carlisle.
V ISCOUNTS—Strangford, Ennismore.
LORDS—RoIIe, Francis Osborne, Foley, Lovaine, J. O'Bryen.
RIGHT HONOURABLES—CharIes Grant, Robert Grant.
HONOUR ABLES—Henry Windsor, John Grey, Lieutenant-
Colonel Knox, M.P., Captain Keith, R. N., Cecil Forester, G.
J. Vernon.

SlRS—Richard Bulkeley Philipps, Peter Laurie, William
Guise, Bart., Robert Baker, Alexander Maki, George Nayler,
Mathew Ridley, James Langham, Francis Burdett, F. Omman-
nev, Philip Sidney.
glSHOPS—Winchester, Lichfield and Coventry, Chester.

REV. DOCTORS—Shepherd, Humphreys, Pole.
REV. MESSRS.—E. Sandvs, Lumsdaine, Courtney.
ALDERMEN—Sir Peter Laurie, Ansley.
DOCTORS—TayIor, Roget, Dodson, D.C.L., C. M. Clarke.
MESSRS.—Edward Foley, M.P., Dr. Coventry, Lubbock,
James Daly, Children, Hodgson, M.P., Bridgeman, Samuel
Wilson, Konig, W. Irby, William Smith, Kemp, R. C. Fer-
gusson, M.P., C. Kemys Tynte, J. E. Baillie, M.P., Edward
l'rotheroe, Stanley, Hume, ALP., Ross, Henry Smith, Scott,
Kennedy, Oliver Mason, Gulston, Aysford Sanford, Singleton,
Tudor, M.P., John Holmes, Henry Alexander, Monteith,
Jesse, Hobhouse, MP., Lyon Campbell, William Stuart, Chas.
Wood, M.P., James Gough, William Laurence, Barret Wad-
den, George Pearce, Marshall Purland, M. A. Taylor.
ADMIRALS—Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Tollemache,
Wolley, Lambert, Hall.

GENERALS—Sir John Malcolm, Sir George Anson, Sir John
Lambert, Sir Colin Halkett, Poyntz, Egerton.
COLONELS—Sir Charles NV. Thornton, Cavendish, Sir
Robert Gardiner,Sir Alexander Dickson, Douglas, Lord G. Len.
nix, J. M. F. Smith, Tempest, Sir Octavius Carey, Cruise,
Tynte, B. Comae.
MAJORS—Lord William Pawlett, Trevor, Hartley.
COMMANDERS—YuIe, R.N., N. Poyntz, R.N.
CAPTAINS—CockeII, Bruce, R.N., Sir N. J. Willoughby,
R.N., A. P. Green, KN., Price Blackwood, R.N., Rous,
R.N., Sir T. Troubridge, R.N., William Hay Baker, Gresley
Stone.
LIEUTENANTS—Stanford, Coulson, R.N., Auldjo, Henry
Ogle, R.N., Romilly, Oldmixon, R.N., T. I'. Clarke, R.N.,
Quintus Vivian.
The following were presented :
The Lord Chancellor, with the following addresses approving
of the Bill before Parliament for Parlilimentary Reform—viz.—
From the Students of the Inns of Court.
From the Mayor, Aldermen, and others of the town of Not-
tingham.
From the four Trading Incorporations of Leith.
From the Incorporation of Glovers at Perth.
From the Incorporation of Caulkers of Cupar, Fife.
From the parish of All Saints, Poplar.
From the inhabitants of theborough of Leeds, in public meeting,
Earl Grey, with the following addresses to the King, on the
introduction of the Reform Bill into Parliament:—
From the inhabitants of Hastings.
From the Incorporation of Merchants of Leith.
From the Wrights' Incorporation, Perth.
From the Hammermen Incorporation, Perth.
From the Inhabitants of the town of Rye.
From the Guildry Incorporation of Perth.
From the Merchants' House of Glasgow.
From the Inhabitants of Bilston.
From the Inhabitants of Belfast.
From the Inhabitants and Burgesses of Nottingham.
From the Incorporation of Cordiners, Edinburgh.
From the Seven incorporated Trades of Easter and Wester
Pertsburgh, Edinburgh.
From the Inhabitants of Leith.

From the Incorporation of Weavers, Glasgow.
From the Operatives of Glasgow.
From the Inhabitants of Christchurch.
From the Incorporation of Hammerrnen, of Easter and Wester
Portsburgh, Edinburgh.
From the Magistrates, Town Council, Incorporated Trades,
Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Burgh of Irvine.
From the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Rape of Hast-
ings, Sussex.
Lord Durham, with an Address from the Inhabitants of Sun-
derland and the Wearmouths, thanking his Majesty for the mea-
sure of Parliamentary Reform, &c.
Mr. James Gough, Mr. William 'Lawrence, Mr. Barrett Wad-
den, Mr. George Pearce, and Mr. Marshall Purland, a Deputation
from the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, with an Address to
his Majesty, praying the adoption of the Reform Bill as brought
forward by Lord John Russell, by Viscount Melbourne.
The Lord Mayor, with an address from the Ward of Langbourn.
Mr. Oliver Mason, High Bailiff of Birmingham, and Mr.
Henry Smith, Low Bailiff of Birmingham, with an address to
his Majesty, by Viscount Melbourne.
Sir Peter Laurie, with an address from Aldersgate Ward.
Alderman Ansley, with an address from the Ward of Bread.
street.

Mr. Kemp, with an address from the borough of Lewes.
Mr. Edward Protheroe and Mr. T. E. Baillie, M.P., with an
address from Bristol, in favour of the Reform Bill, by Viscount
Melbourne.

Dr. Taylor (late Physician to his Majesty,) with a loyal and con-
gratulatory address from the town and county of Poole, by Vis-
count Melbourne.
Sir Alexander ;Valet, with an humble and loyal address from
the inhabitants of Marlborough and its vicinity, expressing their
satisfaction at the plan of Reform introduced by his Majesty's
Ministers.

The Earl of Tyrconnel, on receiving the Grand Cross of the
Royal Hanoverlan Guelphic Order.
sir Francis Burdett, with a loyal address from the city of West-
minster.

Mr. J. Holmes, High Bailiff of the Borough of Southwark, ac-
companied by Mr. Calvert and Sir it. Wilson, with a dutiful and
loyal address from the inhabitants of Southwark:.
Mr. It. C. Fergusson, M.P., with a petition from the West
India Proprietors, and those connected with the West India Co-

lonics, now• residi4 in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scot-
land.
Mr. Hume, to present addresses from the inhabitants of Mary-
lebone.

From the Magistrates, Council, and inhabitants of the Royal
Burgh of Forfar; and—
From the inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, 650.
From the inhabitants of the Royal Burgh of Berrie.
Sir M. Ridley, with an address from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mr. Hobhouse, M.P., with an address of thanks from the city
of Westminster.

Sir William Guise, Bart., commanding the East Gloucester
Militia, by Lord Edward Somerset.
Mr. Monteith, M.P., by the Duke of Montrose.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys, on his presentation by the King to the
Rectory of Tenby, by Sir John Owen, Bart.
Earl Minto, by the I.ord in Waiting.
Mr. Jesse, by Colonel Fitzclarence.
Rev. Edwin Sandys Lumsdaine, by the Duke of Gordon.
Lord Lovaine, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. Children, Secretary to the Royal Society, by the Duke of
Sussex.

Mr. Henry Alexander, by Colonel George Fitzclarence.
Dr. Roget, by the Duke of Sussex.
Mr. James Daly, to present a Memorial, by the Duke of Wel-
lington.
Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Knox, M.P., by the Adjutant-General.
Mr. Lubbock, by the Duke of Sussex.
M. D. Coventry, by the Marquis of Chandos
Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.8., Aide-de-Camp to his
Majesty, on his marriage, by Sir James Kempt.
Rev. Dr. Shepherd, by Lieutenant—General Hodgson, Colonel of
the e3d Regiment
Lord Francis Osborne, by the Earl of Chichester
Hon. Captain Keith, R.N., by the Duke of Gordon
Hon. John Gray, by the Duke of Gordon
Mr. Konig, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, by the Duke
of Sussex

Colonel Tempest, Ist Royal Lancashire Militia, hy Lord Stanley
Major-Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G. C. 8., on his return from India
Rev. Mr. Courtney, by the Bishop of Winchester
Mr. Lyon Campbell, 16th, Queen's Lancers, by Sir G. Murray
Viscount Ennismore, by Lord Byron
Mr. Feodor, with an Address from Barnstaple
Captain Bruce, RN., by Sir A. Barnard, K.C.B.
Lieutenant Stanford, on his return from India, by the Earl of
Ox ford
Lieutenant Coulson R.N., on appointment to his Majesty's ship
.11Jred, by Sir G. Hardy
Captain Cockell, on his return from India, by Sir W. Gordon
Major Hartley, by Earl Tyrconnel
Captain G. Stone, by Lieutenant-General Hodgson
Commander Yule, by Sir T. Hardy
Capt. Sir T. Troubridge, on his appointment to his Majesty's
ship Stag, by Sir J. Graham
Captain W. Baker, by Sir R. Baker
Major Trevor, by Lieutenant-General Sir C. Halkett.
Major Lord W. Pawlett, by the Marquis of Winchester,
Lieutenant H. Ogle, RN., by General the Hon. Sir H. Grey,
K.C.B.
Lieutenant Oldmixon, by Sir J. Graham
Lieutenant Auldjo, by Lieutenant-Colonel Fox.
Lieutenant T.P. Clarke, by Sir T. Hardy.
Mr. Hodgson, M.P., by Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart.
Lieutenant Romilly, by Lieutenant-Colonel Fox.
The King gave audiences to the Field Officer in Waiting and
the Colonel of the Guard, and received the report of the effec-
tive state of the three regiments of Foot Guards. His Majesty
gave the military pass-word for the day.
His Majesty also gave audiences to the Marquis of Winchester,
Lord Foley, Sir G. Nayler, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Grey,
Viscount Althorp, the Marquis Clanricarde, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Prince of Orange, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord
Hill, Sir James Kempt, Sir J. Graham, Sir W. Freemantle, Vis-
count Strangford, and Lord James O'Bryen.
Lord Amherst and Sir Henry Blackwood were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
Soon after five firclock his Majesty left the Palace in his travel.
ling carriage, on his return to Windsor.
The King has issued orders of invitation for a very numerous
dinner party on the `23d inst., to the members of the Hanove-
rian Order.

NORTIICOTE'S LIFE OF TITIAN.---Tlll5
work does honour to the taste and research of the veteran
artist to whom the public is indebted for its production.
The incidents which marked the life of the great Venetian
painter are carefully recorded, and the biographer has suc-
ceeded in tracing the history of nearly all TITIAN's pie.
tures. The interest of the memoir is greatly increased by
the correspondence of TITIAN with the illustrious of his
day, and by the criticisms of his contemporaries on his
work. This last feature is one of singular curiosity.

REFORM MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF

IllS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS.

BERKSHIRE.

A public meeting of the gentry, clergy, and freeholders
of this county, was held yesterday at Abingdon, pursuant to
a requisition addressed to the High Sheriff, C. Eyston, Esq.
The meeting was very numerously, and most respect-
ably attended.
A little after twelve o'clock, the High Sheriff, accom-
panied by several gentlemen of the county, entered the
Shire-ball, and were received with loud cheers. There
were many ladies present. At half-past twelve,
The HIGH SHERIFF having read the requisition, felt

himself called upon to explain the grounds why he had
called the meeting for that d,y. The second reading of
the Bill was appointed for Monday next. He therefore
felt that be should meet the wishes of the requisitionists
by calling a meeting of the county previous to that day.
For himself, he was a friend to free, fair, and open discus.
sion ; and if the requisition had been of an opposite cha-
racter, and had prayed that the measure of Reform pro-
posed by Lord John Russell should not pass into a law, he
should have been equally ready to have called the meeting.
He did not wish,—and indeed if he did he could not
—to conceal his political sentiments from the meeting.
He had taken a great part—some might think too great a
part—in discussing the question of Reform in that county;
but be could assure them that no preconceived opinions of
his, no party feelings, no political predilections, would pre-
vent him from an impartial discharge of his duty upon
this occasion. It was not for him to anticipate the de-
cision of the meeting, but, be it what it might, he hoped
that it would tend to the prosperity of that country' which
they all loved.—(Great cheering. )—The High Sheriff
concluded by reading some letters, apologizing for nen-at-
tendance, from the Earl of Radnor, Mr. C. Dundas, and
Mr. Pusey, of Pusey.

Mr. MoNcK moved and Mr. lIALLETT seconded the
motion, that the High Sheriff do take the chair. The
High Sheriff having taken it,
Mr. HALLETT rose, amid cheering, to address the
meeting, and, after reading the address to the King and
the petition to Parliament, ohs, rved that this Bill Would
give a voice to half a million of persons now unrepresented,
and would operate not merely on those who received the
suffrage, but also on millions connected with them. He
hoped that some of these half million were married. He
hoped that their ladies would have over them that influence
which ladies generally exercised over their lords ; and sure
he was that if ladies had been sent to Parliament for the

last forty years, the country would not have been in the
state in which it was at present.—(Laughter.) It had
been said that this Bill militated with the spirit of the
British Constitution. He looked upon the Constitution
as a very fine building ; it wanted, however, repairs—it
had been injured by time: many of its timbers were rotten,
and what was worse, the under parts of it were troubled
with vermin.—(Cheers.) Now if any power were to give
the faculty of language to those rotten parts, and to the
rats which infested them, what did the meeting think they
would say ? They would cry out, " For God's sake don't
meddle with the building, for it will come down if you
do—it will disturb us particularly, and we shall be
obliged to seek shelter elsewhere."—(Laughter.) As to
the injury to the Constitution (and he had as great a
respect to the Constitution as any man), he would
only observe, that the Constitution, as he understood
it, consisted of King, Lords, and Commons, and not of
King, Lords, and Boroughmongers.—(Hear, hear.)—
He was sorry to hear the arguments which had been used
by the Hon. Member for Oxford. He had heard a good
deal in his younger days of the mode in which the mem-
bers for the University were elected, and of the expense
which it cost them. He knew from one of its represen-
tatives (Sir W. Dolben), who was a most amiable man,
though he differed from him (Mr. Hallett) in politics, a
good deal about it. A son of Sir William's had married
his (Mr. Hallett's) half sister, and therefore he was on
terms of intimacy in his family. Sir 'W. Dolben had told
him that he was not permitted to ask a vote or to can-
vass—that the election took place in his absence—that
when he was elected, the beadle called upon him to ac-
quaint him of his election—and that he then paid in fees
for his election the large sum of 11/.,—that he then went
round to the different common rooms, and thanked the
different members for the honour which they had conferred
upon him. He (Mr. Hallett) was sorry to see a gentle-
man thus elected opposing It eform. Such a person ought
rather to say, " Let us take care that all election be con-
ducted as cheaply as that of the University of Oxford."—
He ought to be desirous of giving the people an opportu-
nity to do to others what the electors in the University
did to him. The Hon. Member was not, however, cha-
ritable enough for that. The right of voting belonged to
every man, and never was intended to be confined to a few
individuals, who were to exercise it under the controul of
some great lord or private gentleman, who wished to turn
it into the means of provision for his family. It had been
said that a Noble Duke had given all his property to his
eldest son, but had left his younger sons to be provided
for out of his electioneering property. Look at the effect
of this rotten borough system on a Minister. They all
knew what Mr. Pitt had said on the subject. His language
was, that whilst the rotten boroughs lasted, no honest men
could be Ministers. And why was that ? He would
tell them. Suppose a boroughmonger should have a son
in the army, and should hear of the death of a General
who had a regiment. Well, he called on the Minister, and
said, " Have you heard the news ?" " No," says the
Minister. " Well," says the Member, " General So-and-
so is dead ; my son wants his regiment." Did the Minister
hesitate ? Then the Member opened his hand and showed
his fingers. That was enough, for the Minister knew
that it meant " I have five Members under my controul,
and unless you give my son the regiment, they will all
turn against you." Now was it possible that, under such
circumstances, a Minister, who had applications for every
situation in our diplomatic, military, and civil service, could
do his duty faithfully to his country with this burden hang-
ing over his head ? It was contrary to reason, to policy,
and to every consideration of the interests of the country.
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving, that the ad-
dress be presented to his Majesty, and the petition to
Parliament.

Mr. MONCK rose to second the motion. He congra-
tulated his Hon. Friend, Mr. Hallett, as a veteran re-
former, upon the success of this question, which was now
supported by the voice of the people, and from one end of
the country to the other. This measure, he would con-

tend, was a measure that would emancipate both the King
and the aristocracy from the pernicious power of a cor-
rupt oligarchy.—(Cheers.) The aristocracy ought certainly
to be the best judges of their own interests, and when he
saw the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, the
Duke of Bedford, and that excellent nobleman Lord
Radnor, all ready to sacrifice their private and personal
interests—when he found such distinguished Noblemen as
these coming forward in support of the measure—he did
think it was a little too much fur any one to tell them that
it was a measure destructive of the aristocracy.—(Hear.)
If it passed into a law—as he heartily hoped it would—it
would form a new era in our history ; that it would be
considered as the second great Charter of our liberties; and
as more valuable than the Bill of Rights or Magna Charta.
The address was then put by the HIGfI SItERIFF, and
•arried unanimously.
On the motion being put,
Mr. ALLNUTT said that he ,vas a native of Wallingford,
which was to lose one of its Members; and he was per-
suaded that he spoke the sentiments of every intelligent
voter in that borough, who was not contaminated by the
bainful influence of that system of corruption which he
blushed to say was so common at Wallingford ; he was
persuaded, he said, he spoke the sentiments of every voter
of that borough who was above corruption, when he pro-
nounced a very favourable opinion upon the measure of
Reform now before Parliament.—(Loud cheering.) He
had some objections to the details of the Bill, but to the
Bill generally,r.he gave his decided approbation.
The petition was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. HALLETT the❑ proposed that the thanks of the
meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor,
for the public spirit which he had displayed on all occa-
sions. The honourable gentleman accompanied this motion
with a high eulogium o❑ the Noble Earl, which was re-
ceived with loud cheers. The motion was then put and
carried unanimously.

vN
Mr. MoNcx moved that the High Sheriff, and any there
of .the freeholders who chose to accompany him, should
present the address to his Majesty at the next levee.
This was also carrief unanimously.
The HIGH SHERIFF said he should have very great
pleasure in presenting the address of the county to his
Majesty. It was impossible that all present could attend
him, but he hoped he should be accompanied by several
gentlemen of the county. In mentioning the pleasure he
should have in presenting this address, he must say, that
if he thought the effect of the measure to which it referred
could be to take one gem from his Majesty's throne, he
would be the last man to support it.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MONCK then moved, that the High Sheriff be re-
quested to sign the petition and address, in the name and
on behalf of the meeting.
The motion was put and carried.
Mr. MoNcx now moved that the petition be presented

to the House by the Hon. Members for the county, and
that they also be requested to give it their support.
Mr. R. PALAIER said, there were many parts of the
Bill with which he fully concurred, but for the present
he would confine himself to those points which prevented
him from giving the measure that general support which
the unanimous opinion of the meeting would incline him
to give. His (Mr. Palmer's) opinion was, that it was
much too sweeping in its nature to be approached with-
out the most serious deliberation. He was no friend to
the system of borough representation which might be sold
like any other commodity, or to seats in Parliament which
might be taken on lease, as one might take the lease of a
house. But if he had then before him the list of the
boroughs which it was proposed to disfranchise, lie could
show that many of them were wholly exempt from that
corrupt influence which it was sought to diminish by this
Bill. In some of them there were respectable bodies of
electors, who by this Bill, without any crime proved or
even alleged, were to be wholly disfranchised. If the
Noble Lord had said that there were many great towns
to which it was desirable to give the franchise, he would
have agreed with him. He would also have gone with
him in taking the franchise from the least populous and
most decayed of our boroughs, and transferred it to some
of those great towns. He would have concurred with the
Noble Lord in going on in the scale of the small or decayed
boroughs, until he got the required Members for the large
and unrepresented towns, but he owned he could not agree
in disfranchising at one blow so large a mass of the con-
stituency of the country. He had always been of opinion,
that the greatest evil under which we laboured was the
want of sufficient representation ; but this would aggra-
vate instead of removing that evil. With this feeling, it
was his intention, when the Bill went into a Committee—
for he would not oppose the Bill on the second reading--
(Hear, hear)—to take the opportunity of stating his ob-
jection to those details in which lie could not concur.
Having now stated his objections to some parts of the Bill,
he would state what were the parts of it in which he con-
curred. He fully approved of that pat of it which af-
fected close corporations, where the franchise existed only
in those to whom the Mayor and Aldermen might give the
franchise at their pleasure. It was high time that such a
system as this should be altered. Another part of the
Bill which he also approved of was that by which the right
of voting in counties was extended to copyholders and
leaseholders of 501. value. This would include a class of
men more respectable and intelligent than many of the
small freeholders. He was sorry to find that threats had
been held out to Members of a dissolution, if they did not
assent to the proposed plats. He would not say that this
had been done by Ministers with any intention of inducing
Members to violate what they considered their duty ; but
he could not say the same of the public press, in which
paragraphs had appeared from day to day, to the effect that
if they opposed the Bill, they should be sent back to their
constituents, and be made to pay the penalty of the oppo-
sition. He could assure those who heard him, that such
threats would not deter him from discharging what he
considered his conscientious duty.—(Some disapprobation.)
Mr. HALLETT said, that nothing could he more fair and
liberal than the conduct of their representative (Mr. Pal-
-1 met'.) Ile had promised to present their petition, to vote
for the second reading of the Bill, and to watch its pro-
great in the committee. He hoped that Mr. Palmer
would not be too nice in his observation of it. He (Mr.
Palmer) approved already of a great part of it, and if
there were any parts of it really objectionable, which lie
(Mr. Hallett) did not believe, there was no harm in his
(Mr. Palmer's) attempting to correct them.
Mr. GOODLAKE approved of the Bill in toto.
The motion that the two Members for the county be
requested to present the petition and to support ire prayer,
was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. ALLNUTT said, the Bill did not go too far : the
Aegean stable must be thoroughly cleansed, and it was ab-
surd to suppose that they could sweeten it by sprinkling a
little rose water over it.—(A laugh.)
Mr. HALLETT moved that the thanks of the meeting
be given to the High Sheriff, for the readiness with which
he had called them together, and for his impartiality in
the Chair. The motion was carried by acclamation, and
The Hunt SHERIFF returned thanks.

The meeting was then declared to be dissolved ; but
there was a general cry of " Three cheers for the King
and his Ministers." The cheers were given very heartily
and lustily, and the meeting separated.