The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Dunfermline, March 8, 1831.
IN consequence of a Requisition addressed to
Provost Mehlrum, a Meeting of the Provost, Magis-
trates, and Inhabitants of the Burgh of Dunfermline, which
was very numerously attended, was held this day in Queen
Anne-street Church, when the following Resolutions were
unanimously agreed to,
Provost MELDRUM in the Chair;

1. That the House of Commons, under the present form
in which its Members are elected, does not represent the
people; and, in consequence, does not possess their confi-
dence, and that these evils can only be removed by a great
extension to the Elective Franchise.

t?. That we contemplate with great satisfaction the very
full and efficient Plan of Reform which has been submitted
by his Majesty's Ministers to the House of Commons, and
feel that our deepest gratitude is due to them for having
so faithfully redeemed their pledge to the country.
3. That as we highly value the Constitution of our
country, and are convinced that its stability, and the pros-
perity of the people, will he effectually promoted by the
Plan of Reform which has been proposed, it is our most
anxious wish that it be carried into full effect.

4. That a Petition, founded on the foregoing Resolu-
tions, a draught of which is now read over, he adopted by
the Meeting, and that the Chairman be requested to for-
ward the same to be presented to the House of Lords by
the Lord Chancellor, and to the House of Commons by
Mr. James Johnston.

5. That the Chairman be also requested to forward our
Address to his Majesty, a draught of which is now read over.

6. That these Resolutions be published in the Edinburgh
Evening Courant and London Sun Newspapers.
7. That the Thanks of the Meeting be given to Provost
Meldrum for his liberal and impartial conduct in the Chair.

BANK OF ENGLAND, MARCH 8, 1831,
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England
give Notice,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the BANK
on THURSDAY, the 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock in
the forenoon, to consider of a DIVIDEND; and also that
another General Court will be held at the Bank on Tues-
day, the sth of April next, from Ten o'clock in the fore-
noon till Four in the afternoon, for the Election of a Go-
vernor and Deputy-Governor for the year ensuing (which
will be declared that evening); and the same Court will
be continued, by adjournment, and held at the same place,
and during the same hours, on Wednesday, the 6th of
April next, for the Election of Twenty-four Directors
(which will also be one of the Quarterly General Courts
appointed by the Charter), and the Election of the Twenty-
four Directors will be declared as soon as the scrutiny is
over.

Printed Lists of the Proprietors having Votes will be
ready to he delivered at the Bank, on Tuesday, the 22(1
March. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.
N.B. By an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the
Reign of Geo. 111., no person will be entitled to vote at
the said Election who shall not have been six calendar
months possessed, in his own right, of the Stock for which
he shall then give his vote, unless the said Stock shall have
been acquired, or shall have become by bequest, or by
marriage, or by succession to an intestate's estate, or
by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed of
settlement after the death of any person who shall have
been entitled for life to the Dividends of such Stock.