The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-18 00:00:00

AT a MEETING of the INHABITANT
HOUSEHOLDERS of the WARD of BROAD-
STREET, in the City of London, held at the New York
Coffee-house, Sweetines-rents, on MONDAY, the 17th day
of October, 1831, in compliance of a Requisition nu-
merously signed, the Worshipful JOHN CO WAN,
Esq., Alderman of the Ward, in the Chair,
Resolved unanimously—That the Householders of this Ward
received with deep and anxious disappointment the decision of
the House of Lords, by which they have for a time defeated the
just expectations of the nation, that by a Reform in the Com-
mons House of Parliament, the voice of the people would be
allowed to have its due weight in the Legislature of the country ;
and that while they are impressed with the fullest conviction
that by uniting temperance with firmness, and prudence with
energy, the people must eventually obtain a measure of Reform
no less ample and effectual than that which lately received the
sanction of the House of Commons, they cannot but express
their sense of the danger to which the public tranquillity has
been exposed by their Lordships' decision.
Resolved unanimously—That the Householders of this Ward,
grateful to his Majesty for the repeated manifestations of his
solicitude for the welfare of his people, and to his Ministers for
the unwearied zeal and great ability with which they have advo-
cated the cause of Constitutional Reform, consider that they
cannot, at the present time, more effectually contribute to pro-
mote that highly beneficial object, and to preserve the peace of
the community, than by expressing to his Majesty their sincere
feelinrrs of loyal and dutiful attachment to his Majesty's person,
and their full confidence that his Majesty will employ the best
means which the Constitution admits, to secure the speedy
success 01 the great measure of Reform without abridgment or
modification.

Resolved unanimously—That the greatest confidence has
hitherto been reposed in the present Ministers, and the gi eatest
patience has been evinced, from a conviction that if the Reform
Bill should be negatived in the House of Lords, they, the Mini-
sters, relying upon the unanimous support of the people, would
display firmness and courage in adopting the most efficient mea-
sures to secure its success. That this Meeting, therefore, cannot
feel otherwise than dismayed at the rumour of a delay of three
months, a delay calculated to produce disturbances and the most
distressing embarrassment among all classes of his Majesty's
subjects; and they cannot but express their fear that the Bill
must lose much of its efficiency unless such an addition be made
to the Upper House, as will overcome the determined opposition
of that faction whose interest it is to maintain the present system.
That it is therefore the earnest hope of this Meeting that Mini-
sters will advise his Majesty to prorogue Parliament for the
shortest possible period, and that they will rely upon the people's
support rather than the conciliation of those who have so often
deceived, and whose interest it still is to deceive.
Resolved unanimously That the Address, founded on the
foregoing Resolutions, now read be adopted, and signed by Mr.
Alderman Cowan on' the part of the Meeting, and that he be
requested to present it to his Majesty through the usual channel.
Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Meeting are
justly due, and are hereby offered to Mr. Alderman Cowan, for
his readiness in complying with the wishes of the requisitionists
in calling this Meeting, and for his urbanity in the chair.
Resolved unanimously—That the foregoing Resolutions, signed
by the Ward Clerk, be published in three Morning and two
Evening Papers. 11. C. GIBBS, Ward Clerk.