The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-23 00:00:00

REP.OIIM MEETINGS.

CLERKEN WELL.
Yesterday a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the
inhabitant householderg of the parish of ClerkenWell, was held
at St. James's Church,Clerkenwell„green, to take into' consldera.:
tion the propriety of petitioiing the House of Peers to pass the
Reform Bill ; and also to select a, person fat th'e appointineut Of
surveyor or surtevors of highways;
THOS. KEY, "F.sq.,. fThurchWarden,, in the Chair.
Mr. WAKELING rose acid said, that as he was the protector
of the meeting he had prepared several resofutiods, and an ad.,
dress or petition to the House Of PeerS, C: tech he would propose
should be read :friatim, and left for the consideration of the
meeting. No one won 1 doubt the propriety of pefithmsng the
House of Lords, after the sloth-:likes manner in which the
form Bill had been treated in the rlfinse of Commons • and if
they ti ere not to urge the Lords, there could not be a doubt but
they would he as dilatory. It was the duty of every parish of
the United Kingdoiii Cf England, Wales, and Ireland, tO hold
meetings to petition for the stv,aly passing of the Bill. He con..
chided by proposing the resoluti4, and hoping. that the Peers
would prigs the Bill, or he did not knoW -Oh^ would be the con.
sec Kier IeN4TRPHY _set:C:74od the tesolutimi.
Mr. HERSHNER would 1.-aye the Bill to the discretion of
the Peers themselves, as to' whether would pass or reject it.
—(Hisses at!C groans.) The majority of th' Peers were not
boroughmongers.---(l,..atiscliter and " Oh, oh, sit down,") There
w, re some parts of the Bid which required alteration, and he had
no doubt but the Peers would alter .them ; there were farts
which they would not reject. He could city say; if they were to
force any thine ifrpop the Peers, they, were dcina an injury to
their King, for whale. ~,t` the Peers did not voluntatiy do was
Sure* to injure the King.--'(Ctits Of " A second Sit
! tiowni" I laughter
Mr. TINDAL id'ses.and
proposed the
second resolutioni Which was corn- 1
plimentary b.; tile Bouse of Commons for having ga,feeff the Bill.
Mr. GREGORY Stl-fMAled the resolution.
Mr. FISHER spoke at greAf. )ength in. favour of the Bill, and
the danger attendant on its not passhig the Lords.
Mr. WAKF.I.ING read the petition.
Mr: T4NDAL proposed that it should be preset:lolM, Lord
Brougham, and a Committee appointed to make the request:
Mr. WAKELING proposedthat the proceedings of that day
should be advertised; which t#as Celled unanimously.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman; and the meeting separated.
At the above Vestry it wai decided that the Commissioners of
Paving should alter the Pentonville roads, which ate in a highly
dangerous condition, and Id be indemnified by the parish Vntil
the Commissioners apply for another Act of Parliament next
Session of Parliament.

HAMLET OF MILE-END, OLD-TOWN.
Last night a numerous and most respectable meeting of the
inhabitant householders of the hamlet of Mile-end, Old-town,
took place at the Town-house, in Mire-end-road, to consider
the propriety of adopting a petition to be pieoent,td to the House
of Lords, praying them to pass the Reform Bil 1; Mr: SNOW,
Churchwarden, in. the Chair.
Messrs. JA( JOON and NEWTON, in proposing a Stiles. 6f
resolutions for the consideraoon of the meeting, pointed out, In
most forcible and eloquent language, the absolute necessity of
passing the present Iteform Bill; and expre;:sed it as their decided
opinion, that its rejection would be productive of The Irma direful
conoquences, by endangering thepeace, happiness, and prosperity
of t‘W United Kingdom.
Mt: HILL Was opposed to the present measure ag Reforiti,
because he thought it Caletdated to produce anarchy and rero-
lution,—( Lang h ter. )
Mr. HAMMOCK, the late ChurciviValfienf observed, that with
respect to the fate of the Bill in the House a I.6'nt, he (Mr. H.)
had not those fears which many persons entertainedi al he had
still abetter opinion of the Aristocracy than to think thaetheywould
set up their judgment in opposition to the expressed opinions of
the country at large. Should they, however, unfortunately do so,
he (Mx. H.) had no scruple in saying that the consequence would
be the plunging the country Into a state of general convulsion
and anarchy.
A petition to the House of Lords was afterttards read and
adopted, after which, thanks being voted to the Chairtnan,
the meeting at a late hour separated.

WALBROOK.—YeStertlay morning a meeting of the friends
of Reform, inhabitants of Walbrook, was held in the School-
room, No. 16, to petition the House of Morris in favour of the
Bilh The room was fully attended, and sevetat resolutions, and
a petition upon those resolutions, were agreed to.
ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWA RK.—A meeting was held at
eleven o'clock yesterday of the inhabitants of this parish, scot
and lot payers, the Churchwarden in the chair, at which, after
some excellent speeches, apetitionto the Lords was unanimously
adopted.
SG ANDREW, HOLBORN.—Yestefday morning a highly
respectable and numerous meeting of the inhabitants of tins
Ward was held at the Inquest-room, Holborn, to petition the
House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill, as sent up by the House i
of Commons, James Mansfield, Esq., the Senior Churchwarden,
presided, and meeting was ably addressed by Dr. Bowring,
Mr. Taylor (of the Common Council), Mr. Bowman, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Roebuck, and other gentlemen. A petition praying the
House to pass the Bill with all possible despatch was adopted,
amidst loud cheering.
BATH.—The parish of St. Michael met on Monday,—Mr.
Godwin in the, chair, when resolutions were unanimously
adopted to petition the Lords in favour of the Bill. Ihe petition
was entrusted to Lord Radnor.—The parish of St. James met last
evening, and all the other parishes are following the example.
lIRIGHTON.—A town meeting will be held here immediately
for the purpose of petitioning the House of Lords to peas the
Reform BilL—Brighton Gazette.
BOLTON.—A meeting, at which the Borougbreeve of Great
Bolton and a number of gentlemen were present, was held on
Friday to petition, on behalf of the township, the House of Lords,
on the grounds of public necessity and safety, that the Reform
Bill, about to be sent by the Commons to their Lordships' House,
might meet with the concurrence of their Lordships. As it was
considered by the meeting that no time should belost, by the
slightest delay, in having such a petition under course-of imme-
diate signature, the meeting appointed a Committee for the pur.
pose of carrying_ the resolution into eflhct. The petition was
agreed ispon.—Maekburn Gazette.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—A meeting.of the Members
Of this body took place on Monday, when it was unanimously
resolvedto petition the House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill.
—Edinburgh Observer.
CUMBERLAND.—We are informed that, on the evening of
the day on which the intelligence arrives of the passing of the
Reform Bill, fires will to a certainty be lighted on the following
hills at half-past seven in the evening :—Bothell, Moots,
Tallan-
tite, Bassenthwaite, Lorton, Cockermouth,the Haigh and Clints.
We hope that the chain of tires will be continued unbroken
through Cumberland, and be visible'from the other side of the
Solway, where we expect the Scottish Reformers will show simi-
lar signs of rejoicing.—Whitehaven Herald.
CHELTENHAM.—The Magistrates have, pursuant to a re.
quisition signed by a number of the most respectable house-
holders of the town, convened a meeting to petition the Lords
for this day (Thursday).
RENFREWSHIRE—Saturday placards were posted up in
Greenock, announcing that signatures to the county of Renfrew
petition to the House of Peers in favour of the Reform Ili 1
would be received at the Town-hall (tire use of which was granted
by the Magistrates), and at two or three other places; and in the
course of five hours 1,700 signatures were obtained. This will be
one of the most numerously signed petitions that ever went from
Greenock.—Glasgow Chronicle.
EDlNBURGH.—Petitions to the House of Lords in favour
of the Reform Bill are either resolved upon, or in a state of pre-
paration, in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dumfries, Cupar, Lanark, and
various other places. A meeting is to be held at Edinburgh for
the same purpose on Thursday.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
LANCASHIRE—A requisition is in circulation, requesting
the High Sheriff to call a meeting of the county of Lancaster, to
petition the House of Lords in favour of the Reform Bill.
WHITBY.—A meeting was held on Friday, Richard Moor.
son, Esq., in the chair, when resolutions were unanimously
adopted. The meeting was most numerously attended; no op.
position was offered to the resolutions, the general feeling in
favour of the Reform Bill in that neighbourhood being so strong
as to overwhelm completely any designed opposition which
might have been anticipated. The Earl of Mulgrave, who hap-
pened to be accidentally present at his seat in the neighbour-
hood, addressed the meeting most ably after the resolution which
decided that the petition should be confided to him for presen-
tation. No petition ever sent from that part of the country ever
received so great a number of signatures. It was gratifying that
several Clergymen took an active part in the proceedings of the
day.
ABERDEEN.—We understand that a meeting of our towns-
men will be called, to petition the House of Lords in favour of
the Reform Bp, the moment that accounts are received of that
important measure having passed the House of Commons.—
Aberdeen Chronicle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES.

DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The settling for the St.
Leger took place this morning, or rather the betting-rooms were
crowded by speculators with that ostensible object. Settling,
however, there was none ; for although large sums passed to
and iro, we should imagine that not a single account was
actually closed. Money was short, and several gentlemen in-
terested in the race are detained in town by their Parliamentary
duties. It will therefore be impossible to say whether there will
be any Levanters until the next ,public day at Tattersall's : at
present no one is spoken of as likely to go. The winners are the
heavy betting men, who have betted round on the race, and are
confined to a few. The loosera are numerous, and from various
quarters. The Newmarket people lost upon Marcus ; the Man-
chester gentry bled very freely in the cause of Liverpool, who
turned out the moderate nag we always predicted; and the
Brummagems are a little on the wrong side, having again put
their trust in Colwick. Several of the speculators of the second
class have again been bit, but not to a very large ftuure. The
Saddler party, bower, are especial sufferers. The Marquis of
Cleveland is a great winner„after deducting a tolerable large
stun ventured upon that arch impostor Marcus. A few of his
Lordship's friends are also indebted to John Day for winning on
a horse that " did'nt ought to have
,won," as a south country
jockey observed after the race.
Ihe Gold Cup is the next event of importance, nor does it ap-
pear likely to lose any of the interest usually excited by it. Lord
Cleveland's beautiful mare Maria, and Mr. Riddell's Emancipa-
tion, are backed ; 5 to 2 was taken about the former this morn-
ing, and 4 to 1 about the other, his running on Monday making
it obvious that he is astonishingly improved. We are indebted to
the Doncaster Gazette for the following classical description of
this splendid prize :—" It is an elegantly-chased lotus bowl or
tazza, supported on a rich foliaged stem, resting on a chased tri-
angular plinth, on which are placed three rampant horses; and
although it is of a novelcharacter, the workmanship is masterly,
and the appearance superb. The boldness and correctness of the
chasing are remarkably apparent, and the contrast presented by
the dead and burnished gold very beautiful."
The Cleveland Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if de-
clared. &c., with 30 sovs. added. St. Leger course.
Mr. Houldsworth's Vanish walked over.
Four paid 15 soya. each, and 2 others only 5 sovs. each. Lord
Cleveland's Tamboff was engaged in it, but died on Sunday of
inflammation. Lord Cleveland gave 2,000 guineas for him when
a 2-year-old.
The Foal Stakes, of 100 s. sovs. each, h. ft. Mile and a half.
Mr. Houldsworth's l'iberius
Lord Fitzwilliam's Hamilcar 2
Tiberius the favourite, but very little betting. Won easy.
The All Age Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. The winner
to be sold for 250, &c. St. Leger Course.
Mr. Harrison's b. c. Braithwaite
Mr. Skipsey's b. h. Flambeau 2
Lord Scarborough's b. c. Chancellor 3
Rtoid, daeglsPtsTctoolmt,asintoo. 1 ags t
Mr. Singleton's b. c. Tremaine 4
Mr. Riddell's ch. c by Dr. Syntax fell.
• Won cleverly. Riddell's colt ran out near the Red House, and
the F iwy tooe
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• fell into a ditch. The jockey (ft. Johnson) was severely bruised.
,2aagndsts
Four Year Old Stakes, of 50 sovs. each. Four subs.
Lord Scarborough's Volage walked over.
• The Clarence Stakes, of 30 sovs. each.
Lord Cleveland's Stotforth walked over.

DONCASTER, TURSDAY MORNING.
Last night Mr. Skipsey sold The Saddler to Mr. Wagstaff for
300 guineas.

BETTING ON THE CUP.
7 to 4 agst Lord Cleveland's Maria.
5 to 1 agst Mi'. Wagstafrs The Saddler (taken).
4 to 1 agst Mr. Riddell's Emancipation.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rowton
6 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Birmingham.
9 to 1 agst Lord Kilburne's Retriever.
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Datioletta.
01; to 1 agst Dulcinea. ,
20 to 1 apt William the IN th

13 to 1 agst Margrave.
13 to 1 agst Folly. -
13 to 1 agst Beiram
19 to 1 apt Pastille.