The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

beg leave, through your widely-circulated
Journal (in contradiction to the statement made by Mr.
Hunt, that the working classes were unfavourable to his
Majesty's Ministers' plan of Reform), to state, that when
the news of Parliament being prorogued reached this town,
the workm-n in the employ of B. Boothby and Co., Rut-
land Foundry, raised a simultaneous cheer for the King
and his Ministers. Notwithstanding not one in ten of
them would be at present individually benefitted by the
measure, they are satisfied that by the elective franchise
being given to even a few of their number, that those few
would never give a vote prejudicial to their fellow work-
men. At five o'clock on Saturday evening above 100 of
the workmen assembled in the foundry-yard, and with a
barrel of the best Nottingham ale, drank " Health and
Long Life to our Reforming King," with four times four
cheers. Then followed "Earl Grey and his Majesty's
Ministers," three times three cheers, as loud and enthu-
siastic as ever were echoed form the walls of St. Stephen's.
Then followed a groan, so loud and deep, for Henry Hunt,
that, had he been within hearing, it would have gone near
to have scared from its seat the cowardly treacherous
heart of the imperial blacking manufacturer.
I am, Mr. Elitor, with the greatest respect, one of your
numerous subscrikre, and
ONE OF THE TRADUCED WORKMEN.
Nottingham, April 25, 1831.

Sir R. PEEL has declined all intention of
standing as a candidate for Dover. He has judged wisely
—he had no chance.

ALNWICK, APRIL 21.—The Duke of NOR-
THUMBERLAND'S birthday was celebrated at Alnwick yes-
terday as usual, by the tradesmen and others dining together.
Upwards of fifty sat down to dinner, provided by Mr. En-
DELL, of the Mack Swan.lnn. Mr. W. STROTH ER officiated
as chairman, and interdicted the introduction of politics.
Neither the health of the KING or of kis MAJESTY'S Mi-
nisters was drunk. -The Duke's health was drunk, as a
private individual, with three times three, and Earl
GREY'S with nine times nine. In the evening the popu-
lace kindled a bonfire in the Market-place, with timber
from his Grace's plantations, and his Grace's effigy was
paraded through the principal streets, on a pole twenty
feet long, and aftt•rwards burnt in the bonfire amidst the
hootings of the crowd.—Nerccastle Chronicle.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 23.—The hews of
the dissolution of 'Parliament reached this town, by ex-
press, about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and was
received with the most unbounded exaltation by all classes
of persons. At the time of its arrival, the Exchange was
crowded with the merchants and manufacturers of the
town and neighbourhood, and a copy of a newspaper con-
taining the welcome intelligence having been brought into
the room, a gentleman was requested to read it aloud.
When he came to the commencement of the KING'S speech,
where his MAJESTY states that he had de-ermined to pro-
rogue Parliament for the purpose of dissolving it, the most
enthusiastic cheering burst forth at once from the whole
asseoibla7e, and was continued for several minutes. At
the conclusion of the account, several voiees cried out
Three cheers for the Ktnic 1" which were given with a
degree of z-al and good will that has never been exceeded
on any other acclaim n whereon his MAJESTY'S conduct has
commanded the applause of his subjects. This feeling was
manifested not merely on the Exchange, but in the streets,
and in almost every assemblage of persons that collected in
any part of the town; and during the whole of the day
Manchester presented oRe general scene of gladness. Here
and there, indeed, a disconsolate face was seen-, but these
only served as foils to show off more strongly the general
rejoicing.

We have been favoured with a sight of a letter
from an Irish gentleman who was in tie House of Com-
mons on Friday last, to his friend on the other side of the
water. His description of the scene that took place there
previous to the prorogation, is singularly humorous and
amusing. 'We regret that we have nut room for more
than the following extract :—" From the moment I
entered- the House, the Opposition Members, one and all,
appeared to me to be in a high state of feveti h excitation
The spakers were evidently labouring under an amumu-
lttion of atra bilis, and making convulsive, and seemingly
expiring, efforts to rid themselves of the nauseous humour.
A inure copious discharge of the nigrce succus
has seldom been witnessed than what was ejected from the
stomachs of the Hon. Representatives for Cornwall and
Tatnworth. A Member from the Treasury Bench, very
unkindly and unnecessarily, as I thought, threw a Tennis
ball at the opposite side of the House, or rather fired an
ordnance-gun, by way of assisting nature in the progress
of disgorgement. Sir F. Bunorm rose with that calm,
senatorial dignity which characterises him. However,
the SPEAKER., who is slice potential, double as the
Duke, unfeelingly interrupted, and defeated the salutary
intentions of the Treasury Members. By the bye, lam
sorry to perceive that the SPEAKER. appears to have lost the
sight of his right eye. The tmhf forbearance and digni-
tied smiles of Lord ALTHORP, however, operated, as suc-
cessfully as any thing could possibly have done; it pro-
duced similar stimulating ett-cts with a dose of ipecac:us
anba, and speedily enabled the oppressed Hon. Members
to relieve their heavy bosoms of that 'perilous stuff' with
which they over flawed. 'This operation was materially aided
by the firing of the guns, announcing his MAJESTY'S ar-
rival at the House of Lords. Such terrific sounds,
sounds of fe tr, unwelcome to the Tory's ear,' gave
prodigious efficacy to anterior eructations"' of the
Member for Tamworth, while, during the discharges, the
mirth of the Ministerial Benches, gradually rising at each
successive discharge, produced a most ludicrous gamut
front low G up to C in alt, presenting a scene thatbaffies all
dessiption. As I looked on the death-like and convulsed
countenance of the Hon. Baronet, the mingled roars of the
cannon, and the laughter of the Reformers, sounded like
a most tragi-comical chanting of the De Profundis !!'
You have heard a steam -engine r pidly venting forth its
deck.fo°au ruse and respected Members of joyfully rushing front the
ll'os matter, and such the
useless superfluous accumulation of gas, on reaching shore,
and
sound
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Cornwall and Tamwo:th. i" a ~,
I have no time for more, adieu. Yours."
Vide Lexifones.

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REFORM EN THE CITY.

(From the Morning Herald )

The Royal Exchange was crowded to excess this after-
'eon (Monday) by the friends and partisans of the candi-
lates for the representation of the city. It is said, but
ye hope not truly, that Mr. Grote, of the house of Press
sitt and Grote, his declined to offer himself. We are
"Pty sorry for this, because we are quite satisfied that Mr.
Grote is the man, next to Mr. Smith, most likely to di-
vide the commercial and moneyed interest with Mr. Ward,
and thus prevent this bitter anti-reformer from again hav-
ing, it in his power to vote against the emancipation of 1114
izens—the freemen of the city of London. For
iur part, we shall very much distrust the sincerity of those,
liowever loud may be their professions, who, either as can-
didates, or as partisans in any way, risk the election of
our reformers, by preferring their own views of the policy
to be pursued to that of the majority of the friends of free.
dom. It should be recollected that, if the reformers are
not united among themselves, Mr. Ward is almost sure to
he returned. Any professed reformer, who gives a vote to
Mr. Ward, ought to be denounced as the worst traitor to the
cause which he professes to advocate. The Common Council
of the city of London have addressed the King upon the
subject of the Reform Bill, and Lave passed resolutions of
thanks to the Ministers for bringing forward that Bill.
It remains to be seen what measures this body will adopt
with a view to secure the election of Members for the city
who will pledge themselves to the support of the Bill. It
is said, and we are afraid correctly, that some of the M.en-
hers who call themselves Reformers, but who voted fir
Sir James Shaw as Chamb because the office is not
a political one, also intend to vote for Mr. Ward, because
he has acted, as they say, " iu a manly, straightforward
way"—that is, in fact, because he refused to be instructed
by his constituents with regard to the Reform:Bill—bscause,
on rectiving those instructions, he went into the House of
Commons and voted in direct opposition to the wishes of
thousands of his constituents, expressed in Common
Hall—because, in short, he allie I himself with the wors
enemies of his country, and did all he could to rivet the
chains by which the people are now bound, and by
which the freemen of London in particular are pre-
vented from exercising the elective franchise. Because,
forsooth, he has done these things, the self-called Reformers
in the Common Council intend to vote for him ! It is
difficult to believe that any man, having the slightest
regard for consistency of conduct, not to say for com-
mon honesty, can act in this minner. We say that
the worst enemies of Reform are its trimming friends, and
we hope and trust that means will be taken to denounce
all those who split their votes in favour of the Tory can—
didate. We earnestly recommend that the Committees of
the different Reform candidates do keep a watchful eye
upon the poll-books, so that a correct list may be made
oat of the Members of the Common Council, fur the pur-
pose of showing in what way they vote. If this be done,
we have no doubt that those Common Councilmen who
vote against the wishes of their constituents—who, in
fact, vote against those constituents becoming electors for
Members of Parliament—we have no doub., we repeat,
that they will be duly remembered, and be made to give
way to honest men, who will no- profess one thing and dq
another. It is monstrous to suppose that real reformers
can vote for Mr. Ward, because he has denounced the
cause, which they profess to support, in a bold and open
manner. Fellows like these must be the worst ensmies
of Reform, and, as such, ought to be publicly denounced.
It is said that the boroughmongers have already sub-
scribed no less a sum than one million and a half sterling
for the purpose of influencing the elections ; or, in other
words, for the purpose of bribing the electors to return
anti-reformers. It is added, th it a considerable portion of
this sum is to be applied in returning Mr. Ward fur the
city. We ask the people of England whether such things
are to he borne ? We ask whether they will thus suffer
themselves to be tyrannized over by the insolence of wealth
—of wealth wrung from their own pockets? We are told
that the Duke of Northumberland has subscribed no less
than 250,0001., and that Sir Robert Peel has put his
name down for 50,0001. A friend of our's, who has seen
a list of subscriptions, says that the highest sums down
are twenty-five thousand, twelve thousand, and ten thou-
sand pounds. But we understand that this is the public
list, ar.d that there is, in fact, another list, in which the
larger sums have been subscribed.
It appears that a club, self-sly led " The Conservative
Senate," is sitting daily at No. 10, Charles-street, St.
James's-squire. This society, is in fact, a club of borough-
mongers, and the object of its members is the same as the
Cato street conspirators—namely, to subdue the King's
Government. We say that every man who belongs to this
" Charles-street gang" is little better than a traitor, and
that the names of the parties, should they ever transpire,
will go down to posterity as the names of men guilty of
conspiring against the prerogatives of the Crown and the
liberties of the country. It is said, however, that should
the horonglimongers succeed, by bribery and threats, to
return a Parliament unfriendly to Reform, the King will
immediately dissolve it, and call a new one, withholding
the writs from the rott n boroughs. if his Majesty pos-
sesses the power of doing this, which we doubt, he would
be perfectly justified in pursuing such a comae. But, be
this as it may, the people ought now to put forth their
beet energies ;—if they do not, it is our firm opinion that
despotism or revolution will be the consequence.
We forgot to state that the members of the Stock
Exchange, before commencing business on Saturday morn-
ing, gave three hearty huzzts for " King William, the
Reformer."