The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-08 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY E

" No, no:'') Again, he had the barefacedness to complain that
the Bill would disfranchise many persons who ought not to be so
treated ; and yet, would it he believed, that this was the same
man who robbed the innocent forty-shilling freeholders of Ire-
land to serve his purpose.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and
" Shame'") This was the man who had also robbed the middle
and working classes, by the nefarious Bill bearing his name, and
then turned round upon them, and denied, in spite of their de-
clarations to the contrary, that they were in distress.--(Hear,
hear, hear.) The Reform Bill had been called revolutionary,
and that it was so 'he certainly was not disposed to deny ;
but be it remembered, that it was a moral revolution which
was intended to prevent a physical revolution.—(Cheers.) There
had been great revolutions in society in all its bearings, and it
was necessary to alter the franchise and other matters, in order
to meet this change which time had introduced, and if this al-
teration was net made, all the ties of society would be speedily
broken.
Mr. HIPKISS said, he had often been present at meetings
called to address Kings, but he was sorry to say that they were
adopted for the purpose of supporting the Aristocracy in unjust
wars to put down liberty.---(Hear.) If the oligarchy had com-
mon sense, they would perceive that the time had come when
they could no longer tyrannize over the people of this country,
and they would see the utter inutility of forming themselves into
a phalanx against the King, his Ministers, and the people.—
(Applause.) If they dared, however, to resist the will of the
nation, it would tbrebode their own destruction. The political
temple which they had reared was quaking to its foundation,
and it they heeded not it would quickly fall, and crush them in
its smoking ruins.—(Loud and animated cheers.)
The second resolution, pledging the Meeting to support the
King and his Ministers was now put by the Chairman, and passed
amid three times three deafening cheers. The full and beautiful
band of the Union immediately after, struck up the National
Anthem, and the immense assembly uncovered, and enthusias-
tically joined in the chorus. The scene altogether was one of
, the most magnificent and spirit stirring which it has fallen to
our lot to witness.

The Ilev. T. M. WDONNELL next addressed the meeting at
great length, and in very eloquent terms. He considered that
day was the birth-day of English liberty. The Ministers had
shook the walls of St. Stephen's with their reforming voice.
Be assured, however, that the battle was not yet ended;
the people had to make another, and yet another charge.
Their enemies seemed determined to die in the last
ditch, though that ditch be Gatton, but die they must.—
(Loud applause.) Some of the boroughmongers had talked of
compensation ; he thought they merited the compensation of
the highwayman, which was a shilling to buy a rope to dispatch
him hence to the next world ; he, however, did not like to be
vindictive, and he would therefore leave them to die in peace,
anu the Lord have mercy on on their souls.—(Peals of laughter
and applause.) Others had talked of the new Constitution, and
endeavouredio frighten the people by;this. If, however, the old
Constitution had, by ill treatment, be ome rotten and decayed, it
was fit that a new one should, if possible, be giver. —(Cheers.)
The fact was, instead of giving the franchise to old walls, stones,
pig-sties, and ditches—(Lotul laughter) it was proposed by
Ministers to give it to rational men.—(Cries of" Hear, hear.")
—Sir Robert Peel had quoted Tacitus, to show that a Govern-
ment composed of King, Lords, and Commons, was the best
possible. lie it so, and he thanked Sir R. Peel for bringing so
high an authority. The people of England were disposed to have
a King, particularly if like the present he was a patriot King.—
(Applause) They also would have no objection to an Aristo-
cracy, but they would take care to keep them in their proper
sphere—(Hear, hear.)—And last, though not least, they would
have a House of Commons, a real House of Commons, and not
a mock one, such as we now had composed of the nominees of
Peers.—Loud cheers.) He delighted that the Prince of the
Aristocracy—the Duke of Norfolk—had acted so patriotic a part.
With such assistance, he looked forward with confidence to the
results of the present struggle.—(Applause.)
Mr. FREDERICK HILL, in a most excellent speech, pro-
posed one of the resolutions. He observed that every thing was
being done by the enemy to defeat the Bill. Sir Charles Wethe-
rell and others taunted the Government by telling them that it
was a remission of taxes which the people called for, and they
(the Ministers) proposed to give them a Reformed Parliament.
Now it must not be forgotton that these were the very men who
opposed the wise alteration suggested by Ministers, when the
Budget was presented, by substituting a tax on the transfer of
funded property for the tax on glass, tobacco, and other things
of general consumption.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. THOMAS WESTON proposed the petition to the House
of Commons, not because any attention had been paid to the
petitions of the people in that House, for it was notorious that
when presented they were looked upon in the same manner as a
cow looks upon a bastard calf. They Chad, however, a great
and good influence; they had gone from end to end of the kingdom
and at last they had reached and induces eel the Throne.—(Loud
cheers.) The people had had a call from their gracious Sove-
reign—he had the right of making peace or war, and thank
Heaven he has made war against theboroughmongers, and called
on his people not to kill the French, but to storm the citadel of
the borough faction, which was the House of Commons, so
called.—(Great applause.) If it should come to pass that the
King should want our physical assistance let me say, that at the
sound of the first bugle we arc ready to march to his assistance.
. .

Tremendous cheering, which lasted some minutes.)
Ir. WILLIAM PARE, moved that a deputation be appointed

to carry the address to the King, consisting of Thomas Aitwood,
Joshua Scholefield, and G. F. Muntz, Esquires, and he was sure I
they would be a fair specimen of the stamina of the men of Bir-
mingham.—(Cheers.)—He would just take a view of the circum-
stances in which the people were now placed as regarded this
great Reform Bill. Who were their enemies ? At present nine-
teen Members had spoken against the Bill in the House, and of
these fifteen were the, representatives of close boroughs, whose
names, together with the number of constituents, he would read.
(Mr. Pare here read the statement alluded to, which excited
much interest in the meeting. The whole fifteen had a consti-
tuency amounting to 2'301 persons, averaging 153 each ; taking
away two, Sir R. Peel, and Sir .T. alsh, and the average to the
remaining thirteen Members would betel.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—
Was it to be supposed that the brave people of Englandiwould any
' longer suffer this petty, insignificant faction, like Vam-
pires, to stick their best blood ?—(Loud cries of No, no.")
It was a remarkable fact, and one which he believed in so
great a question was new in the history of Parliament, that since
the introduction of this great measure there had not been a
single petition, from a single individual against Reform.—(Hear.)
—He was himself a determined advocate for the ballot and uni.
versal sufttage, but he should think it extremely unwise to
hamper the Ministry with those questions now. It was evident
they would have enough to do as it was, and he (Mr. Pare) was
satisfied that the very first general election after this Bill should
pass would so clearly demonstrate the necessity for the ballot
that the people would call louder than ever for its adoption and
would be sure to obtain it, and as for universal suffrage, that
would come by degrees.—(Applause.)—Woe to the borough_
mongers if they :should in their madness defeat this Bill, and
compel the people to take up arms to wrest their liberties from
their grasp.—(Loud and repeated cheers.)—The expectations of
the people were raised to a high pitch, and disappointment would
be correspondingly great.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to see it
reported, that at the Westminster meeting held on Friday last,
Colonel Evans declared that he had just left Sussex, and that
there were '.10,000 men ready to march from that count}, to Lon.
don if necessary. In another Newspaper, he found it reported
that from the North '200,000 men were ready for the same pur.
pose, and if their Gracious Monarch should find it necessary to
have recourse to this dernier resort to protect himself and the
people, he was sure bespoke the sentiments of that great meeting
when he said that the men of Birmingham would by no means be
the last to render their assistance.—(Enthusiastic cheering, which
lasted some minutes.) They had already given much of their time
and property for the promotion of the great cause, and were williug
if needful, to lay down their lives to insure its completion, in
order that its benefits might descend to their children, and their
children's children.—(Cries of " We are," " we are," and loud
applause.) God forbid, however, that it should ever come to so
dreadful a state of things, nor did he think it would if the people
throughout the kingdom imitated their example that day. Let
the people stand firm, and the boroughmongers would not show
fight, the struggle would be but a moral one.—(Hear, hear, and
cheers.)
Several other speakers addressed the meeting, and after the
business was concluded, there were given successively three
cheers for the King—the Queen—Old England—His Majesty's
Ministers—and the cause of Reform. The band played " God
save the King," " Rule Britannia," " Scots wha hae," &c.,
and the people moved off about three o'clock in the greatest
order. The enthusiasm and unanimity displayed by this vast a,-
semblage was beyond all precedent, and utterly out of our power
to describe.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

Admiral Verheul is appointed French Ambassador at Berlin.
It is asserted that a treaty between France and Prussia is on the
carpet. This is considered as the only means of settling the at:
fairs of Poland, and of preservingpeace in Europe.
The King has appointed the Count de St. Aulaire a Peer of
France, to be his Ambassador at Rome, and the Count de Itu-
migny, now French Minister at Munich, to be his Minister at the
Germanic Confederation.

A report is current that last night Count Pozzo di Borgo re.
ceived intelligence of the Russians having entered Warsaw.
We have seen a letter from Frankfort, dated the 28th ult.,
which mentions a report of the sudden death of the Emperor
of Austria; but we have no direct intelligence confirming the
truth of the report.-Journal des Debats.
Accounts from Vienna state that an public rejoicings on the
occasion of the marriage of the King of Hungary is forbidden.
FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, MARCH 5.-Five per Cents., 89f. 25c.
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