The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Yesterday was the day appointed for his MAJESTY to
prorogue the Parliament in person.
The King's Guard (of Grenadiers) mounted guard,
with their state colours, on which are inscribed " Talavera,
Lancelles, Barrosa, Peninsula, Waterloo." The band of
the Scotch (Fusileer) Guards were in their state uniforms,
and also the band of the Lite Guards.

The Hon. Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners appeared in
the chaeos, or military caps, which have been presented to
them by the KING : in front is a very handsome gilt
plate, with the garter and crown encircled with laurel
leaves, with a silver portcullis, or the Westminster arms,
in the centre of the plate; a border of rich gold lace, of a
rose pattern, runs round the top of the cap, which is also
ornamented with a drooping white swan plume. The
Yeomen Guard appeared in their new dresses, as at the
Coronation, which completes the resemblance to the dress
of the times when the corps was established.

The Royal precession was formed from the principal
court-yard of the Palace about a quarter before two o'clock.
The first carriage was drawn by six greys, and contained
two Gentlemen Ushers, arid Messrs. SAMUEL HANCOCK
and CURTEIS, the Exons of tie Yeomanry Guard. The
second carriage was drawn by six bays, and contained
Lord FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, as Gentleman of the
the Horse, Admiral Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, as the
Groom in Waiting, the Page of Honour, and the Silver
Stick. The third carriage, drawn by six white horses,
contained the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, as Captain of the
Yeomen Guard, the Treasurer of the Household, and the
Comptroller of the Household. The fourth carriage,
drawn by six black horses, contained Lord HILL, Gold Stick
in Waiting, Sir HENRY WHEATLEY, Keeper of the Privy
Purse, the Lord in Waiting, and the Mastersof the Robes.

His MAJESTY entered the state coach at five minutes
before two o'clock, the band playing" God save the King."
The KING was habited in an Admiral's uniform, and wore
the stars of the different orders of Knighthood on his left
breast. The Marquis of WINCHESTER, as Groom of the
Stole, and the Earl of ALBESIARLE, as Master of the
Horse, sat opposite the KING. The Marshalmen and the
King's Footmen, two and two, and a party of the Yeomen
Guard, preceded the state coach. His MAJESTY returned
to the Palace at twenty minutes past three o'clock.
The Grand Duchess HELENE of Russia, accompanied
by the Princess LIEVEN, followed the Royal procession from
the House of Peers in one of the QUEEN'S cat riages. Prince
LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, followed in the suite of
her Serene Highness.
His MAJESTY held a Court, at four o'clock in the after-
noon, to receive the report of the Recorder of London.
There were present the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Presi-
dent, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of
State for the Home and Colonial Departments, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Earl
of CARLISLE, the Duke of RICHMOND, and the Lord Chief
Justice of England.
The Recorder of London was introduced into the pre-
sence of the King in Council, and made his report of the
convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hill, in the Old
Bailey, during the last September Sessions, when his
MAJESTY was graciously pleased to respite the whole of
them during his pleasure.
The KING gave audience to Viscount MELBOURNE.
Their MAJESTIES bad a grand dinner party in the even-
ing. Among the company were the Grand Duchess
lIELENE of Russia and suite, Prince PAUL of WtHtelll-
berg, l'rince FREDERICK of Wurtemberg, the Duke of
CIP.iIiERLAND, the Duke of SUSSEX, the Russian Ambas-
sador and Princess LIEVEN, Prince PAUL LiEvEN, Prince
GHANGARINE, the Hanoverian Minister and the Baroness
D'OsivrEna, the Wurtemberg Minister, Count MienEL
WoaoNzow, the Marchioness of STAFFORD, the Marquis
And Marl Maness of WESTMINSTER, the LORD CHANCEL •
LOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Marchioness of
WESTMEATH, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, Earl CLANWIL-
LAM, Viscount PALMERSTON, Lord HILL, Lord HOLLAND,
Lord NAPIER, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir
WILLIAM FREMANTLE, Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, Sir
FREDERICK WATSON, Sir GEORGE FALCEE, Sir HENRY

BLACKWOOD.
The Yeomen Guard lined the Picture Gallery. The
Grand Duchess entered the Palace by the Garden-gate.
The party assembled in the Drawing-room, and on dinner
eing served proceeded to the Banqueting-room. The QUEEN
.inti the Duke uf CUMBERLAND first, the KING and the
Grand Duchess HELENE, the Duke of SUSSEX and Princess
LIEVEN, awl the general company followed. As then
MAJESTIES and party passed through the Ante-room leading
to the Banqueting-room, the band of the Royal Horse
Guards, who were in attendance, in their state uniforms,
played " God save the King." .
The Wurtemberg Minister presented Count Dyer:, Aide-
de•Camp to Prince FREDERICK of Wurtemberg, to his
MAJESTY at the Levee on Wednesday.

REFORM MEETINGS.

HULL.

(Abridged from the Hull Packet of Tuesday.)

Pursuant to a requisition addressed to the Mayor of this
town, and s'gned by 283 individuals, amongst whom were
the names of many persons of leading influence in political
matters, a meeting was convened to be held in the Guild-
hall, at eleven o'clock yesterday (Monday) morning.

The Rev. RIC;IARD SYKES took the chair.

A resolution that an address be transmitted to his Ma-
jesty, and the address, were then read by Mr. Johnson.
The reading of the address was several times inter
rupted by cries, proceeding chiefly from the gallery at the
back of the hall, of " Adjourn, adjourn."
The CHAIRMAN intimated at once his assent to the pro-
position for an adjournment, and the Hall was quickly
emptied of its occupants, who proceeded, without delay, to
the end of Wellington-street.
The street in front of the circus was soon filled a
dense concourse of persons, extending right and left some
distance in Queen-street, and also down Wellington-street.
The Rev. MILEs POPI'LE—In adverting to the business
of the Bill would not waste their time, by descanting on a
measure now as well known to all as their own profession,
but would mention one thing. It was said it was an im-
perfect Bill, and would requite further alterations. Why,
nothing was per'ect, all things were liable to change !
They knew it was not " the faultless monster nature
never made ;" but they did not want it to be licked into
form by those who now lifted up their voice against it.
They would not have it nibbled, and its bones picked till
it was nerveless and lifeless, by those who would grant no
Reform whatever, till compelled, and who would still en-
deavour to retain as much as possible in their grasp. it
was a question often asked, what good would Reform in
Parliament do ? One thing it would do, would be to make
the governors and the governed one, iu heart and mind.
It would put an end to bribery; it would give us more
equal laws ; make a House of representatives of the people,
of a House of nominees, and put an end to profligate ex-
penditure. These were mighty blessings, worth contend-
ing for. There was another blessing it would give ; it
would give the country patriot Ministers.—(Cheers )
Mr. T. J. BUCKTON seconded the resolution, which had
been proposed by Mr. Popple. If the present Bill could
be improved, so much the better ; but he would say, not
one atom less than the Bill now proposed—(Cheers)—and
if any Minister proposed to curtail the present Bill, it
would be an act of treachery to the nation. The country
was no longer to be governed by party ; and if any Ad-
ministration wished to make this nation respected abroad
they must support Reform in Parliament. It was said
the Lords had a right to reject the Bill, but he contended
they had no such right. Their office was to do their duty
to their country and nothing more. He would most cor-
dially second the resolution, and request the meeting would
honour his Majesty by giving hint three times three
cheers.—(ln compliance with Mr. B's suggestions, the
cheers were most enthusiastically given by the assembled
multitude.)
Mr. ACLANu concurred in the address of praise to the
Sovereign, who deserved all the gratitude expressed for
him. He must command the gratitude of his people. It
was not now the reb,l radicals opposed to the aristocracy
—(Cheers)—the aristocracy, the locusts of the state. He
was told by some one near him not to forget the Bishops.
He wished he could forget them—but he hoped, while
memory held her seat in his brain, he should remember
them, and repay, not with vengeance, but with justice,
men who were not Christian Ministers, but the agents
of Anti-Christ! In the address that had been moved, the
King is told of his patriot Ministers. Are they patriot
Ministers? (Several voices in the crowd, " yes.") He
said no, and should say so if ten thousand voices said "yes,"
and he stood there to prove the " no" he had asserted.
Last night, a London paper found its way into his band,
and he now produced it as evidence of the insincerity and
treachery of Lord Grey. It appeared that the parishes, or
wards, of the metropolis, sent a deputation to wait upon
Lord Grey, which he received and replied to,
and if they would permit him he would read the
result to the meeting.—(Mr. A. here read from The

Sun of Saturday a paragraph, which gave an account of
a deputation of seventeen gentlemen, headed by Mr.
Carpue, surgeon, the substance-of Earl Grey's answer to
whom was, that no new Peers would be created, and that
Parliament would he prorogued till after Christmas, to
give time for drawing up a Reform Bill, so modified from
the present Bill as to render it suitable to obtain the sanc-
tion of the Lords.) If a Bill was brought in which
would be carried by those who threw out Lord Russell's
Bid, could it be, he asked, one that would secure the
rights of the people and the Constitution of the country ?
When at the eleventh hour of this desperate struggle be-
tween the people and their persecutors, Ministers turned
round and said we will alter the Bill so as to satisfy you,
and yet those who oppose your constitutional rights will
approve of it, he would say there was no consistency, no
zeal, no truth in such Ministers. He remembered other
circumstances, which, indeed he was forced to remem-
ber; it was the present Ministers who persecuted the
Press. Lord Grey had not acted constitutionally to the
extent that was necessary; and he therefore begged re-
spectfully to dissent from the proposition submitted to the
meeting and to move an amendment to the address._
(After reading his amendment, Mr. Acland thanked the
meeting for their attention, and the close of his speech was
follgwedby loud cheering.)
Mr. Waeewoarit seconded the amendment in a speech
of some length.
Mr. CHAS. Wlextrzs (of Lincoln) next addressed the
meeting. He addressed them, he said, as an advecate for
universal suffrage. When all things were abundant, and
yet the people were starving for bread, it was obvious there
must be some powerful cause at work. That cause he
was informed was taxation. When he enquired what was
the object of this taxation, he was told it was to support
our religion, our laws, our army and navy, and our Mini-
sters. He then began to ask himself a few questions. If
the taxes were levied to support religion, he thought there
was no reason to repine ; real religion was one of the
greatest blessings that a country could enjoy ; it enabled
man to die with a smile on his countenanee, and to indulge
in a hope beyond the pave. But he could not mix up
nith religion the bloated and wicked clergy of this country.
He passed a parsonage-house, and while musing on the pro-
bability that its occupant was then engaged in some work
of charity, proving himself a husband to the widow, and
a father to the orphan, suddenly be heard a whoop and a
halloo, and forthwith beheld the parson on his hunter,
scampering over hedge and ditch at the tails of a pack of
foxhounds ! At Newtonbarry, in Ireland, lately, he had
seen a clergyman read the riot act, and moistening his sur-
plice with blood ! When a boy, the Latin he learned taught
him that sinecure meant without care, without trouble,
what was then his surprize to learn that several millions a
year were paid away in sinecures—paid to people for doing
nothing ! His young blood boiled with indignation when
he heard it. When he learned these things, he determined
that his country should be his all, and to this to give up
every other duty. We are paying ten millions a year to
support the army. For what? To keep down disaffec-
tion. To urge such a reason in favour of is standing army
was the height of all that was wicked and absurd. We
are told that only seven millions are expended on time
navy—the navy that is to protect us from the whole world
—and yet we are told that the coat is amore to protect us
from ourselves, by an army, than the expense of the navy
which is to defend us from all the world ! The national
debt, too—the debt contracted by the nation—why the
nation were never consulted, were never asked a question
about it. By the Constitution, no act is a law till the con-
sent of the people has been obtained to it. He could prove
the people had never been consulted. It was first con-
tracted to keep down the cause of freedom in America;
but the result shelved that nothing could overwhelm that
sacred cause. 'Who was it made Napoleon a despot ? Pitt
and the Ministers. It was they who made him an Em-
peror and a tyrant. The result of that bloody war has
recently been evinced in the revolution of the three days at
Paris, in the triumph of the tri-coloured flag, and in the
withered laurels of Wellington—in the Monarch who has
been driven from his throne, a wandering mark for the
finger-post of scorn. Sir Robert Peel says we ought to
pay this debt. Why do we not then ? Because
cannot. Go to the office at the Bank of England to re-
ceive your dividends ; you get a bit of a rag with I pro-
mise to pay" upon it, but you never do get paid ; the pro-
,osse t.to pay" is never kept. It is the duty of a private
it:abstain:ll, in adverse times, to exerci-e economy, anti to
put his house in order ;" but place his Majesty's Mini-
tcrs in that situations, and do they exercise economy ?
Never. They have contracted a debt they can never pay.

This he called swindling—(Laughter)—and to carry on
an unjust war too. They acknowledge they cannot p.-ty
it. They ought, then, to get rid of the Lords and Ladies
in Waiting, the Grooms of the Stole, and all the other
Tom Fools of the Court. The Government was insol.
vent, and the sooner they took the benefit of the act the
better„. These were some of the results of taxation.—
Another grievous thing was the corn laws. Those laws,
he contended, were not made for the benefit of the mann-
facturets, but of the aristocracy—the Lords, the pillars of
the State. They saw that it was impossible for our ma-
nufacturers to cope with the foreign markets. The work-
men could not get wages, to enable them to buy meat, and
wool, for clothing. They told the farmer so. The farmer
told his landlord that under such circumstances he could
not pay his rent. What did the Lord do? Why, go to
the House of Peers, and get the corn laws enacted, to
grind the poor, and enable his tenant to pay him his rent.
To remedy all this, moral means were the only means to
be used, but if they failed it would be their duty to resist
such tyranny. Ile was the editor of the Newark and
Lincoln Times, in the pages of which Paper his senti-
ments would be found, and that he advocated universal
suffrage and vote by ballot. He hoped Mr. Arland would
see th propriety of giving way a little for the public good.
He had reason to believe that the report about Lord Grey
alluded to- by Mr. A. was a misrepresentation, and that it
had been contradicted in another Paper. He would say, if
Lord Grey or the King himself dared to detract one jot
from the Bill, he was a traitor to his country. His motto
had always been, the Bill, and a great deal more than the
cheering.)
Mr. T. J. Bectcrow was no party man, but he would
say they were bound to endeavour to obtain the object
they had in vieW, by every legal means ; and he contended
that, if they did not obtain it through the present Minis-
ters they would never get it at all.—(Hear.) If the Duke
of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, (Sir Robert Half-
way as some now call him,) returned to office, they would
perhips introduce some new measure of Reform, but he
need scarcely ask, would it be an efficient one ? He hoped
that Mr. Arland would now see the propriety of uniting
with him and others, in obtaining the great object in
which they were in pursuit. As regarded the Bishops, he
was not aware that there had been any wish intimated, as
had been alleged, to suffer them to pass free from remark.
He certainly was no party to any such arrangement, as he
had the intention of having a slap at them himself.—
(Laughter.) Ile saw no necessity to enter into mint)!
points, but he would remind theta that the party which
now favoured this measure were Whigs—Mr. Sykes was
a Whig—the gentleman here now, Mr. Wrightson, was a
Whig. He (Mr. Buckton) was no party man, but he
would say it was no disgrace to be a Whig. The Whigs
might have acted wrong, but was that a reason they were
not to he supported now?—(Cheers.)
Mr. ACLAND should persist in pressing his amendment.
The CHAIRMAN then put the question separately on
the motion and amendment, and the latter was carried,
on the show of hands, by a large majority.
The Chairman immediately upon this vacated the chair,
and accompanied by the leading requisitionists quitted the
platform.
Mr. ACLAND cattle forward, and moved a vote of
thanks to the chairman for his impartial conduct in the
chair ; although he thought he had acted improperly in
complying with the advice of his friends to leave the chair.
The thanks were unanimously voted, and the meeting
forthwith separated.