The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-21 00:00:00

HAMMERSMITH REFORM CLUB.

The members of this Club having invited the advocates
of the Reform interest before the Revising Barristers to
dine with them after the revision, a numerous and highly
respectable party met last evening, at the City Arms,
Hammersmith. A most excellent dinner was placed upon
the table, and the members and their guests sat down soon
after five o'clock. ROBERT WATSON, Esq. in the chair.
The usual toasts having been given, the healths of Mr.
Coppock, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Davis, were drank with much
enthusiasm.

Mr. COPPOCK, in returning thanks on behalf of himself
and friends, said that he felt more pleasure than any mere
personal attention could give, in seeine, the prosperous state
of the Reform cause in Hammersmith.' By the efforts of the
gentlemen he saw around him, the list of voters had for the
two last years been purified, and the number of reformers
upon that list increased. A similar club in every parish
would produce similar results, and reform be triumphant.
Spite of all the boasts of the Tories, Middlesex was safe,
and the result of the present revision would show that the
two Members who now represented the county could not be
unseated by any Tory. Reformers might laugh at the
bullying of their opponents, and with a register of 12,431
names, 7,000 of whom have never voted at all, but the ma-
jority of whom are reformers, no Tory can yet sit for the
county. It had been said that Mr. Hume would not again
offer himself. It was a weak invention of the enemy, and
he was authorised to state, that no earthly consideration
would induce him to withdraw ; hut that come an election
when it might, this indefatigable Member would be found in
the field, hand in hand, he hoped, with their veteran Mr.
Byng. Mr. Coppock proposed the Hammersmith Reform
Club. _ _

Mr. WATSON in responding to the toast, detailed the
prosperous state of the Club, its increasing strength and
energy, and called upon the Members to exert themselves
still more, in the good cause.
Mr. PENDON, Vice President, and several other gentle-
men spoke earnestly in the work of Reform, and Mr.
Smallpiece, in commenting upon the change of public opi-
nion, which had taken place throughout the county, stated
that some years back he was almost the only Reformer in
Hammersmith, whilst now the great majority of the parish
were Reformers.

Mr. WiexENs, on his health as Treasurer being drank,
replied in a most animated speech. He was happy to see
the Club and its funds in so flourishing a condition, and he
had little doubt that the meeting of that evening would still
farther strengthen their hands. By union alone could Re-
formers carry their principles into full effect—the enemies
of Reform were united ; Reformers should be the same,
and he hoped that such clubs as theirs would be established
in every village in the country.
The health of the Chairman and many other sentiments
having been given, the meeting separated.
The dinner, wines, and dessert did great credit to Mr.
Hetherington, the worthy host of the City Arms, and th e
whole proceedings of the evening were most gratifying to
Reformers.

The Sherborne Journal states that the potatoes in
that neighbourhood are abundant, and will be sold cheap ;
but that the wheat crop is short, and that the barley, though
it yields well, has been greatly discoloured.

Each half-year's catalogue at Leipsic contains the
names of at least a thousand new writers, from which, and
from other circumstances, a recent traveller infers that
" there cannot be fewer than 50,000 persons living in Ger-
many who have written a book."
In England, towards the North, winter has prema-
turely appeared. On Friday last the road between Buxton
and Ashburn was covered with snow, to the depth of three
inches. Such a spectacle, at this period of the year, has
rarely been witnessed.

It is said that the fresh improvement of throwing,
open a view of the Park, on the Uxbridge-road, by substi-
tuting an open iron rail in lieu of the wall, is not effected
at the public expense, but at that of the spirited individual
who is erecting a handsome crescent on the opposite side.

The Mark-lane Express, in allusion to the wheat
crops in Norfolk, Sussex, Essex, and Kent, the four coun-
ties on which the metropolis mainly depends for its supply,
states that " the straw is decidedly short in bulk, but that
the sheaves in thrashing have yielded a larger return than
was anticipated."

A gang of sheep-stealers, who have long infested
Brentwood, Essex, and its vicinity, have been broken up,
and five of the party are in custody. One of the fellows
has given evidence against his accomplices.

The price of pig iron has just been reduced by the
Scotch ironmasters twenty shillings per ton. The example
is expected to be promptly and very generally followed in
England.
The north-west pinnacle of the tower of Pen church
was blown down by the high wind on Wednesday last, and
fell upon a tomb of the Dethick family, which it shattered
to pieces. Four of the large elm-trees on Tettenhall-green,
and several others in this neighbourhood, were also blown
down.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
One of the London Assurance Offices, boasts that
it assures the lives of members of yeomanry and volunteer
corps, without any extra premium.
According to accounts from St. Etienne, the silk
trade has become suddenly very active, purchases to the
amount of 1,800,000 f. having been made within a few days.
ELOPEMENT.—The main topic of conversation of
at Pontefract, during the last nine days, has been the ab-
sconding of Mr. Hawkins. He left that town in the
early part of last week, taking with him a sum of money
and portable goods, variously estimated at from 8001. to
1,5001. Not content with the above, he has taken with
him the wife of another man, who was absent on a sol-
diering expedition to Doncaster. They have been traced
to this town.—Halifax Express.
METTERNICII.-011 the first glimpse which I had
of the Austrian Prime Minister, I fancied I beheld the
Duke of Wellington ; but on a second look I discovered
that his face was fuller, and much less sharp and haggard
than that of the hero of Waterloo. There is, however,
a very
singular resemblance in the great lines and charac-
ter of their faces. The contour of the visage is the same
in each ; the expression about the mouth is not unlike,
while the self-complacence which plays on both counte-
nances, indicating a feeling of conscious superiority, is re-
markably similar. Prince Metternich is taller than his
English brother politician, and walks erect, with a cool and
deliberate step. The impression made by his appearance is
highly favourable, as be has altogether a handsome face
arid a graceful person. To those whom he addressed he
seemed particularly affable ; and although it struck me
that there was a constant under-current of thought going
on in his mind, he showed wonderful tact in the distribu-
tion of these personal courtesies, having a word in season
for all who crossed his path. The Prince was attired very
much like an Englishman. He sported a black coat and
nankeen trousers, a black silk stock, and a white hat.—
Strang's Germany in 1331.