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London, England, 1831-10-27 00:00:00

arguments of this kind. One word more as to delusion—
the Noble Lord had attempted to delude himself by sup-
! posing or trying to suppose that this was but
a small meeting.—(Roars of laughter.) For his
comfort his ideas of a great respectable imposing meeting,
Were fully realised in what was then before his eyes.—
(Hear.) But he (Sir Charles) admired the invincible
good humour of the Noble Lord; and further, he (the
)Noble Lord) ought to be cherished, because he was the
Only Tory present--(Heat)—and. should he live to be the
last of his valiant but mistaken Tory race, perhaps he
might yet be stuffed and stuck up in the institution at
Truro.—(Peals of laughter.) Our expectations had for
the present been disappointed, but circumstances would
force themselves on that would cause the realization of
our hopes. It was a question of time. There
was no statute of limitations, however, limiting the
Claims of the nation—it might be delayed, but the time of pay-
ment would come, and a time when payment would be de-
manded with interest.—(Hear, hear.) When he (Sir Charles)
was there before, the freemen of Cornwall had accepted of him
for their representative, in the confidence which they had
formerly put in his worthy father—(Hear, hear)—and without
being asked for any Isiedge as to how he would vote on the sub-
ject of the Bill. He highly appreciated all this. He had a
great objection to engagements of the nature lie had
alluded to, and if a pledge had been demanded of him
he confessed he would have been put into a very em-
barrassing situation, inasmuch as the Bill, that was then
before Parliament, was very different to the one that
had afterwards been brought forward. He had done his
best, and he trusted that both what he had done and
would do was, and would be, satisfactory to his con-
stituents.—(Loud cheering.)

The HMI SHERIFF then read the terms of the ad-
dress, and put the carrying of it to a show of hands.
There were only four hands held up against it; those
were the hands of Lord Valletort, Lord Elliott, Captain
Hext, and Captain Boilase. The High Sheriff declared it
to be carried by a great majority.
Mr. TititvANiorr moved

That the heartfelt thanks, the most grateful acknowledgments
of this meeting be presented to Earl Grey and the other Mem-
bers of his Majesty's Administration, for their zealous, able, and
judicious exertions in the cause of Constitutional Reform, with
our earnest prayers and entreaties that they will persevere in
those exertions, and adopt such measures as may be found ne-
cessary for the accomplishment of the great and good work
which they have so ably began.
In submitting this resolution, he was quite sure it would not
be necessary to take up much time, as there could be but few,
if any, present who would be hardy enough to hold up a
hand against it. It was but seldom he intruded himself on the
notice of thepublic ; and on his doing so on this occasion, he
could not avoid expressing great indignation at the recollection
of the dishonourable assertion that had been made, that re-action
had taken place, and that the people felt not now as they
had /formerly done en the subject of :Reform,—(Hear.)
If the present meeting only had been almost the exclusive
meeting that had taken place in England, the appearance
of it was s niugh to satisfy any set of persons that the
statement was a vile calumny. He felt proud in having
had this opportunity of meeting so respectable a body of
the freemen and inhabitants of Cornwall, and of asserting
fore them that the Bill of the people's rights—the
governing charter of our liberties—a charter approved of and
sanctioned by our gracious King, had been stifled by the veto
of the Peers. (Hear, hear.) And was it not now incumbent
on the people of England to examine into the constitution of
that assembly that had come forward against the King and
disappointed the dearest wishes of his subjects ?—(Bravo.)
And if it should be found that the Bill was defeated in the
House of Lords by persons sitting both as judges and jurors,
and who had the most palpable interest in deciding against the
feelings of the public—persons with proxies in their pockets,
and Bishops at their elbows, who had never given votes in or
out of Parliament that savoured of the slightest desire to be.
nefit the people—would it be right that such persons should be
permitted to continue to deprive the people of the nation of
their just and most sacred rights.—(Loud cheering.) He had,
perhaps, alluded with greater warmth and anger to the Bishops
than he ought to have done—(Cries of " No, no, no")—
but he der,ared that in his conscience he believed the
Bishops' time would be much better employed, if they were
to be released from all, political affairs, and left to the atten-
tion of those more sacred functions which God knew, by
their immense revenue, t' ey were amply paid for the due
discharge of.—(Loud applause.) The question of Reform
appeared before the nation under very different circurn•
stances to those under which it had been heretofore ex-
hibited. The mantle of indecency had been torn asunder
—the mark of hypocrisy bad been thrown aside, and the
Peers and Bishops of England now came forward, and
claimed as an inherent right in them, the privilege of electing
Members to sit in Parliament, and to act for them, not the
people.—( Hear, hear.) The cause however was the peo-
ple's, and to use plain Cornish language he would say to
those assemliled around him, the enemy was within their
reach, let them give him a Cornish hug, a fair fall, and
victory was their own.—(Cries of bravo, bravo, and much
cheering.)
Mr. J. P. PETERS seconded the resolution, which was
unanimously carried by a chew of hands.

BULLEll_said,. that though he had long prided

himself on being a Cornish man, yet he had never had
the opportunity before of coming forward to express to
those whom be then saw, his opinion on the subject of
Reform. He was exceedingly happy that the meeting
had given the Noble Lord who had addressed it a fair
hearing, as it was always pleasing and satisfactory
to know what the enemy could say or do; and
he hoped that the Noble Lord would have the
candour to state elsewhere, should he advert to this meet-
ing at all, not only that he had had a patient hearing,
but that (which wonl d certainly not be very recom-
mendatory of his oratorical powers) assuredly lie had seen
no symptoms of a reaction at the meeting of the
county of Cornwall—(Hear, bear)—notwithstanding he
had delivered one of the most inflammatory addresses to
that meeting which he could well have uttered.—(Cheers.)
He was unwilling to give the Noble Lord credit for the
delicacy which he seemed to manifest on the subject of
rotten boroughs.—(Laughter.) He awarded to him his due
share of appprehension as to the consequence that would follow
the throwing out of the Reform Bill a second time ; and the
Noble Lord had in plain terms said, that if the people
of England were ultimately deprived of what they
demanded by fair, moderate, and legitimate means
they would no doubt resort to means of a different charac-
ter fur the purpose of enforcing their claims.—(Hear,
hear, hear.) But the Noble Lord was wrong in sup-
posing, or rather in attempting to delude others with
the absurd notion, that a schism bad been created,
between the manufacturing and the agricultural parts of
society ; the fact was, that they had united in one voice
and one universal call, and it was in consequence,
and alone iu consequence of that important union
that the Tories had taken the alarm, and been throws
into confusion, and the adoption of the most miserable
shifts.—(Loud cheers.) He, for one, was not desirous
that Earl Grey should have such advisers as Lord Valle-
tort, because if he (Earl Grey) were to give satisfaction
to the Noble Lord, it would only' be by throwing the
Bill aside altogether, and thwarting the wishes of the
people.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord, and the few
who acted with him, bad taken advantage of the unfortu-
nate expression which had been used by Earl Grey, " As
efficient a measure." Unfortunate be certainly called
it; for nothing could have been more plain, and cer-
tainly more satisfactory than the unvarnished statement
that he would again bring forward the Bill, the whole
Bill, and nothing but the Bill, expressions which have
beets re-echoed from one corner of the empire to the other.
—(Great cheering.) A worthy old farmer met a friend
of his soon alter the rejection of the Reform Bill by the
Lords, and his friend inquired what the House of Lords
had done with the Bill? " Why, thrown it out," re-
plied the farmer. " Well, what's to he done now
rejoined the inquri,..r—" Why:drag it in again, to be sure,"
—(Hear, hear.) Now, he said, let the people come tor-
ward, and join heart and band, indeed, as they had done,
and drag that. Bill into Parliament again; drag it in by
such a power as to make it impossible for any force there
ever again to eject it.— (Loud cheers.) It was as im-
portant for the Ministers as it was for the people
to be firm ; without union and firmness, both
in and out of Parliament, the end was not to be
obtained. It had been said that Ministers were attempt-
ing to conciliate the Lords, but this, it was to be hoped,
was only a rumour sent forth from the enemy's camp. if
they did any thing to conciliate the Peers, the grand objects
of the Bill must be lost; because, why 'gad the Bill al-
ready been rejected by the Lords ? simply because it was too
popular a Bili—sitnply because it gave the people too much
power over their pockets—(Hear, hear)—therefore, it was ut-
terly impossible to suppose that the Lords could be conciliated
without the very essence of the Bill being abandoned. The
Bill must be brought in again, and that too, without any con-
cession to, or conciliation of the Lords.—(Loud cheers.)
To him it appeared, there was only ono way of carrying
the Bill, and that was, by the exercise of the King's
great prerogative in creating a sufficient number of new Peers
ie
so friendly to the people and so loyrl to their Sovereign, asto
meet and carry the wishes of both, and thereby overthrew the
old
be wholesome
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wholesome
ooagindrme le'aodnry occasions—yet the present was one on which a decision
was to be come to between the dignity of the House of
Lords and the rights and wishes of the whole community.
--(Great cheering.) And who would say that the title
of such a Per would not be a title the moat brilliant—
the most desirable to be handed down to his posterity
that human merit could acquire, or Kings confer, when
it was recollected and told that it bad been
granted to serve the people—to secure their
rights, and to preserve the nation from inevitable ruin ?
(Hear, hear, and cries of " Bravo.") The aubjeet of de-