The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-16 00:00:00

CRIPPLEGATE WARD.-(THIS DAY.)

THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE
REFORM BILL.

This morning a meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward
Cripplegate was held at the Baptist's Head Tavern
Aldermanbury, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass
the Reform Bill. _ _

Mr. Alderman Woon took the Chair, and stated the
objects of the meeting. Having bee❑ called upon to con-
vene this meetine he had considered it his duty to assemble
the inhabitants of the Ward to express their opinion on the
Qubject of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Re-
form Bill.

Mr. RICHARDSON wished to know if this meeting wLs
a legitimate Ward meeting.
The CHAIRMAN answered that it was a meeting of tl e
inhabitants of the Ward.

Mr. KNAPP rose to propose the first resolution, which
was to the effect, that it was expedient to petition th.
House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill. As the Bill, ii
appeared, was in some risk of passing through the Uppet
House, it was desirable that all minor points should be
given up, in order to secure unanimity, in calling upcn
the House to pass the ~deform Bill. The motives and al-
guments to induce the House of Lords to do this act 01
justice lay in a very small compass. They were not met
to disunite any party, hut to call upon the House of Lords
to pass the' Reform B',ll upon public grounds alone. He
asked what might he the possible state of the country
should the House of Lords reject the Bill?—(Cheers.)
He felt convinced that rut one there would wish the Bill
thrown out by the Lords. The Hon. Gentleman then re-
ferred to the inevitable change in the Administration
should the Bill be rejected, and the fearful consequent-• s
that would result from such an event. The value of pro-
perty and the interests of trade and commerce would be
endangered. The value of the measure had been consi-
derably enhanced since it first went into the House of
Commons. After some other remarks the Hon. Gentle-
man concluded by moving the first resolution.
The motion having been seconded,

Mr. RICHARDSON denied that he had, as has been re-
presented, done all in his power to impede the passage of
the Reform Bill through Parliament. He had, on the
decision of the struggle for liberty in France, declared that
that measure would tend to hasten the period when Re
form would be carried in this country. He contended that
O! Reform Bill would seriously injure the Livery of Lon-
don, but he thought attempts should be made to maintain
the right of the city of returning two Members of Parlia•
ment, by which the property of the Corporation alone
could be protected. Rather than the Bill should be thrown
out, he would throw overboard those interests, feeling
convince) that if the Reform Bill did not pass a revolu-
tion would be the consequence. He knew something of
the feelings of the people in the north of England, and he
was convinced that the rejection of the Bill by the House
of Lords would have the effect he had stated. He would
not move any amendment on the petition, which he con-
sidered contained obj.ctionable matter—the Bill would dis-
fianchise the Livery.—(A voice so much the better.) He
would only say, notwithstanding all that had been said to
the contrary, that he was a firm friend to Reform.
The resolution was put and carried, and a petition was
adopted. The petition begged their Lordships to give
their sanction to the important and essential measure of
Parliamentary Reform, and to accord their sanction to
those principles of improvement which the circumstances
of the times and the present state of our political institu-
tions render imperatively necessary for the necurity of the
Constitution.

It was then resolved that the Duke of Sussex should be
intrusted With the petition, to present it to the House of
Lords.

Alderman WOOD, in returning his acknowledgments
for the thanks of the meeting bring voted to him, said, that
though the Livery of London were about to give up an
important privilege to secure the Bill, they would secure
adequate advantages. The midole cltsses would he much
benetitted by the passing of this Bill. The rich merchants
of the city would by it be entitled to vote for the Mem-
bers for London. It must be gratifying to the friends
of Reform to know that there was little doubt that
the Bill would be carried. He had that morning seen
some families connected with the Church, and be had
ascertained that many of the Bishops would vote for the
hear)-4thile others would go at least as far
as the second reading, and hear the arguments that were
to he adduced in support of the measure.—(Hear, hear.)
This was gratifying intelligence. It was pleasing to know
that without any gre,t augmentation of the Peerage the
measure was likely to be carried.—(Cheers.)
The petition, it was then agreed, should lie for signa-
tore until Thursday next ; after which the meeting ad-
journed.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

Mr. Serjeant ARABIN, as Deputy Recorder, took his
Seat) as usual, at nine o'clock this morning, when several
Fast, were called on, but the prosecutors and witnesses
in most of the cases were not in attendance. The Learned
Serjeant directed that every person who was not in at-
tendance when his name was called should he refused his

expenses.
Thomas Barnett, aged 20, and Joseph. Miller, aged
17, were indicted for stealing three sheets and a table-
cloth, the property of Thomas Tribe.—The Jury found
them Guilty,,and the COURT sentenced them to be trans-
ported for seven years.
Thomas Smith, aged 20, was indicted for breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of %I'm. Brown, and steal-
ing therein a silk handkerchief and 51. 125., his property.
--The prisoner was found Guilty.
James Sullivan, aged 17, was indicted for feloniously
assaulting Thomas Cox, and stealing from his person 55.,
two loaves of br,ad, arid a piece of butter.—Verdict, Guilty.
William Hough and Elizabeth Hopkins were indicted
for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William
Heaton, and stealing therein 14 silver permic., a pair of
bracelets, a cross, a rencil case, a shawl, and veil, and va-
rinus other articles. _

The Jlll.y found William Hough Guilty, and Eizsbeth
Hopkins Not Guilty.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.

By the Dutch mail, arrived this morning, we
have ac-
counts three days later from Cracow, and from Berlin one
day later, of the 9,13 September. The information from
the theatre of war in Poland is still mysterious, and nothing
of importance has taken place between the Poles and Rus-
sians. At Berlin, up to the Bth instant, 113 persons were
ill of the cholera, of whom 74 had died, 5 were cured, and
31 remained sick. The accounts from Cracow, of 3d
September, state that 200 Russian Cossacks had crossed
the Vistula; on being obliged to return, they found the
bridge broken down, when part of them swam over, the rest
entered the Prussian territory, and were disarmed. The
Berlin Paper contradicts the defeat of General Rudiger.
From Vienna, to the 2d Sept., they write that Warsaw
was well provisioned, and had plenty in its magazines for
the support of the Polish army for several months, and
could sustain a long siege.
The express from Paris states that the whole of the
French army will be withdrawn from Belgium.