The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-02 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1831.

Chester—J:' Ellis, Chester, spirit dealer, April 9.2, at twelve, at
the Office of Messrs. 'Finchett, Maddock, and Son, Chester—.
I. Walton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; merchant, April 2.2, at twelve,
it the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

12A'W 1

Per Stone. s. El. to s. tt.
nest fleitars & Steen. 2 R 3 0
4 2 6

SHEEP
Long Wool ......... 4s. Cd. to 6s. (hi.
51icar1ing5,...........

PRICES OF

Per lb. (1. to d.
Butts 50 to 561 b..... 16 22
Ditto-60 to 661 b.— 17 23
Dressing 14 16
Fine Coach Hides i 6 18,1
Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 13 14-4,
Ditto --40 to 451 b 14 15i
'Ditto

PRICE OF TA LLOV
.fown Tallow 4Si. Od.
Yellow 50s. Od.
49i. (Id.
Soap Ditto 475. Od.
Melted Stuff..,,,.__ -365. Od.
Ditto Od.

RIDES.

Per Stone. s. d. to s. d.
Ordinary 110 2 0
Market Calf 6 6 each.

SKINS.
Short Wool-- 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d,
Os. Ott. to Os. 9J.

LEATHER.

l'er lb. d. to (I,
Tanned Horse Hides-. 15 ig
Spanish Ditto 18 22
l'er dozen.
If Skins...3o to 41 bb. 15 19
Ditto »50 to 701 b. 20 24
Ditto 70 to 80Ib. 19 21
Small Seals. Greenland 211

', SOAP, Ste. per 11211.
Yellow 70s. 00..
S2s
Whit Pis. 0(1.
Graces 14s. (td.
Good ss. Od.

REFORM MEETINGS IN SUPPORT OF
HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS.

S 0 MER SE T SHIRE.
(From the Bristol Mercury.)

A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the
reebilders and inhabitants of the county of Soinersetlon
he question of RetOrm, was held on Monday, in front of
the New Market-house, Cornbil, Bridgwater, where
spacious hustings were erected. From an early hour in
the morning equipages and vehicles of all descriptions can -
iinueil to arrive in rapid succession ; and long before the
hour of commencing proceedings, the town presented a
-cene of the highest animation. Sincerely do we wish that
the opponents of this great measure, those who contend
that the people have no desire that the Bill should pass,
could have witnessed the enthusiastic ardour and spirit
with which they were animated on this momentous oc-
casion.

Precisely at twelve o'clock, the Hieb Sheriff, Toostas
-S. BAILWARD, Esq. was call,l to the chair. He was
in poisession of communications from the Members of the
county, stating the reasons that prevented them from at-
tending there that day. That from Mr. Dickinson stated
that he was confined by a fit of the gout—(Oh dear)—
which rendered him unfit for joining in their discussions ;
but that, if it were otherwise, he must candidly state that
he could not conscientiously agree with the object apeeified
in the requisition, because be thought the principle of the
Reform Bill unjust, inasmuch as it would- deprive many
deserving constituents of their rights and privileget.—
Laughter.)—The letter from Sandfinal stated that it
was his intention to have done himself the honour to at-
tend the meeting, but, after the vote he had given, he
trusted that no reflection would be cast upon him, especi-
ally when the meeting were informed that he was pre-
vented solely by 1k Parliamentary duties. The question
of Negro Emancipation was to be brought forward by
his friend, Mr. Buxton, on the next day, and he felt
' anxious to b! in his place to give it his support.
• SANDFORD, sen. Esq., then came forward to ad-
dress the meeting. He said. among Englishmen there
was but (toe sentiment on the question of Reform. The
people of England were unanimous in their approval of
the measure now before Parliament; and if the Bill, the
whole Bill, passed into law, it
,would restore to them
the Constitution in its orieinal purity—a Constitution of.
King, Lords (not oligarchy), and Commons. The
Magna Charta of King John would be outshone in re-
splendency by the Magna Charta of King William, and
the name of our revered Monarch would be banded down
to posterity with a grateful remembrance. It was said
that the measure was the forerunner of a revolution.
No ! It was the forerunner of a staple Governmerst. He
was proud his son had vot.d in the majority ; they had
placed him in his present honourable situation, and they
might depend upon it he would serve them faithfully to
the best of his ability.—(Loud cheers.)—Mr. Sandford
concluded, by proposing a resolution to the effect that
the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to his Majesty's
Ministers for the plan of Reform pinposed by them, and
to the three hundred and two independent Members who
gave it their support on the second reading ; and that an
address be presented to the King, and petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, praying them to adopt a measure
so admirably calculated to add to the stability of the
Throne, and to the happines of the people.
Dr. KINGLAKE rose to second the resolution. He
might refer to ancient Greece and Rome—he might ran-
sack every page of history, but nowhere would be find
a parallel of the conduct of our patriot King. The
energies of the people were cramped by the borough
system, and they were visited by fiscal impositions in-
eopable of being endured. The people were borne down
by the borough faction. He would declare, in the face
of his country, that, for the last 50 years, Englishmen
had not been represented ; and that, for the same space
at least, they had been deprived of their freedom. They
were told this was a sweeping measure. Why who ever
heard- of moderate modesty? Would they take off the
upper part of a fungus and leave the rotten parts to fester
anew? He could not doubt the sincerity of his Majesty's
The Premier, occupied in his darling pur-
pose, be doubted not. would be found as true as the
needle to the pole. . He would endeavour to restore the
constitutional rights of the people, to which they were
entitled as rational and. free-born men_ The borough,
mongers called the measure ".revolutionary:" to them it
might be so; hut to the people would prevent -them'
take awayfrom taking money out of the pockets of the people and
puttingi
tisftlytlheiur,, 000uorn
libTelriteiyes.say
that the Bill will
Why, gent'emen,
they have been taken away a long time ago. He con-
tended, that it would rather restore them, and lay
the foundations of them 'anew. They say. moreover,
that it is an infringement of property. We say, it
will infringe no property that is not lawful spoil, and
which, for them to hold, is an outrage on the com-
mon justice of the land. Lord Grey had said that he
would stand or fill by the Bill. The King, also, in his
goodness, had said " Show me a way in which I may do
justice to my people, and I will adopt it." He called on
them not to let the present opportunity slip; if they did,
be would not be the prophet to say: when such a one
would recur again.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to put the resolution, when
J. A. Gonnoti, Esq. M.P. for Tregony, rose and said,
he confessed himself to be one of that borough faction.—
eug h
heres
tor him
answer
pa-
tiently—depend,e
rt
(Hisses, " If you like honesty, hear him," from the plat-
form. " Off, off," " Order," and much uproar.)
M.P.,HENIeY Hurl, Esq.,
ltere are
o n let u

Mr. GORDON continued. He was free to ennfess him-
self one of the borough faction, so called by an Honourable
Gentleman who preceded him. fle felt he had to address
them under unfavourable circumstances, but at the same
time he must say, as a conscientious man, desiring to see
the blessings of the Constitution perpetuated, he could not
but have voted in the minority on the present question.—
(Great uproar.) He hoped not to throw a slur on the
candour of the prevmus speakers. They might have their
opinion, but. as an Englishman, and as a Somersetshire
man, he hoped he might he permitted to have hk—(Great
clamour, during which the Chairman threatened to dis-
s,iive the meeting.) Hear, me. Don't turn me out just
yet.
He had heard in the House of Commons, a party,
designating itself
ulilpierreaalr,.t)isinfiethheaKppinegne'sdnatomeretii:rreusergnitnga
onramid:: iilli()Cna7n(wall, in which he had no less than 230
bc:nstituents who had returned him to Parliament.—
(Much interruption, " Last dying speech of a borough..
manger.
") He was anxious to protect their interests, and
:indeed the interests of many at the present meeting, from
what
he considered a great injustice. The Bill would
disfranchise many freemen.—(" You are no friend to
freemen.") He was much obliged to them. He saw they
were not disposed to hear him ; but he would have them
consider, whether clamour would give their opinions
weight. He stood up for the Constitution, and not for
the people.—(Great uproar, during which the speaker's
vnioe was inaudible.) Mr. G. then moved as an amend.
ment, that a petition should be presented to Parliament
praying it to reject the 13i11.—(Great clamour, during
which two or three voices called out, " Dissolve the
meeting.")

The- amendment was here r.ad, amid much interrup-
tion, Mr. Hunt observing, " they don't want to hear it."
Mr. Goituorr continued—The advocates of Reform
were deceiving the people by an illusion. How, if the
Bill pissed, • were the people to he better fe,l, or better
paid ? Can any Reform effect these things ?—(Yes, yes.)
He contended it was impossible.
Mr. Escon (a Barrister) rose to second the amend-
ment. From the day when the question had first been
agitated, there had been a most unwarrantable, a most un-
constitutional use made of the name of our revered
Monarch.—(Great uproar. )—He claimed, as a freeholder,
and as a citizen of a free state, his right to speak his sen-
timents; anti there he would stand until that right was
conceded to him.—(Much clamour, the Chairman threaten-
ing to dissolve the meeting.) He was p itient to hear
their arguments, and he would demand they should hear
his- He would ask whether the Bill now before Parlia-
ment was one that the interests of the country demanded?
—(Yes ) He would say no. It was one subversive of
the British Government. lie knew that the grand error
was, that they had not taken time to consider the merit
of the question.—("
Nonsense, we have quite made up
our minds.") yes, but you have made up your minds
without refle‘tion. (" No such thing, we have been think-
ing of it these thirty years.") He would nut disparage
their intellect, but he would tell them that that was not
the time and place—(4h, ob,j—where such a question