The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-02 00:00:00

longer confined to the few, they are ready enough to
throw mud into the -fountain, and to poison the
waters of which they are no longer likely to be the
sole partakers. We trust that the hottest friend; of
Reform will, every where, have more good sense
and good humour than to retaliate upon these des-
perate throes of an expiring faction. One of their,
objects is to exasperate the people. Of this let the
people be aware. Let angry feelings be confined to
those who lose the game, and unknown to those who
are every where winning it. But above all, let tie-
King see, in every act of the people, the love and
gratitude which they bear him for having surmounted
difficulties for them greater, we-will venrure to say,
than have ever fallen to the lot of a British Mo-
narch ; the real extent of which will never, from
the vet), nature of them, be fully known to his
stihjects,—Morning Herald.
The cause of Reform—the glorious cause,—con-
tinues to prosper, or rather to triumph, in all qua--
ters. The impulse given by the men of Dover—
the men of Southwark, and the men of this vast me-
tropolis, is daily communicating itself to the smaller
masses throughout the coutrtiy, and pro ducing,where
the right of election is not virtually in the hands of
Peers—or in rotten corporations, and uninhabited
beroughs, the ejection of all but those who have
&ready voted for the Bill, or who pledge themselves
to vote fur it in the ensuing Session of Parliament.
But the returns which have been already made tore
in favour of the Bill ; and it is calculated that, in-
stead of a majority of sixty or severity, there will
be a majeritv in favour of Ministers of between
100 and 120 Davies has been thrown out
of Bristol ; and Bristol, be it temembered, was
almost the only place from which ten Anti-
Reform petition could be procured ! Nobly
has it given the lie ta_ the. raisetable party which
had the impudence to calumniate it by calling
their hole-end-corner petition tile petition of the
people of Bristol ; and nobly also, we have no doubt,
will other places, which were considered to be snug
and safe for their former enslavers, either achieve,
or struggle for, their freedom. In Scotland, which,
more than any other part 1r the empire, has suffered,
through the medium of corporations end paper free-
holders, from the enslavement of the Oligarchy, the
most active and judicious measures are in the course
_of being taken to return Members pledeed to vote
for the Bill, and nothing but the Bill. Committees
are formed wherever there is the slightest probability
of their being productive of any good, to watch
over the measure, and aid in the election of Re-
forming Members. Lists are handed • about of
those of the late Members who voted for and
against the Bill, printed in• red and black; and
preparations are making to inform them, by word
of mouth at least, when they make their appearance
to claim their suffrages, that rights do belong to
them, and that they will have them—that they are
not indfferent to Reform, as falsely represented,
but, on the contrary, as unanimous as as their
brethren in the south. Of Ireland we have still
higher hopes. Reform Members being there a'so,
even to a greater extent, than either England or
Scotland the e rder of the day; and, on the whole,
turn to what quarter of the United Kingdom we
may, we see nothing but that glorious unanimity of
spirit and feeling which must be triumphant, if
carried into practical effect. But in order to
accomplish this glorious end there must be no
relaxation of purpose or exertion—no saving of
toil or money. The boroughmongers are strong
in purse, though they are few of number; and
when it is considered to what extent of expense cne
candidate may drive another, before he can obtain
a majority, it must be evident to all, that those
who are not ab'e themselves to bear those expensr s,
must be aided by others in their glorious struggle?
And who should aid them but that public which, by
aiding them, may buy its liberty for a twentieth
part of the price which, in the shape of pensions,
sinecures, and enormous national establishments,
for the benefit of persons of whom the State ought
to know nothing, the antisßeformers would inflict,
if they should succeed in ousting his Majesty's
Minister*? We say, therefore, up every one who
values his freedom, and open his purse freely. The
subscriptions already made, are large, but they are
not large enough; fiT the whole has already been
expended, and more is wanting. The struggle will
bea brief one, and the more brief that it is
begun on our part with spirit, and carried
on with und'minished exertion. Several pa-
rishes in the • metropolis have already met and
subscribed fiberefly, and another is announced
to hold a meeting this evening; but in the
list we do not find the great district of Lambeth !
Why is it, to which a representative is to be given,
so backward in coming forward in support of the
great cause, we might elmost say, Its cause ? Does
his Reverence the Archbishop hold it in thraldom,
or is there no one of sufficient influence and spirit
to call a public meeting of the inhabitants ? Is
there no place,—no tavern—sufficiently large to as-
comroodate such a meeting, or what is the reason
that a meeting has not been called ? People of
Lambeth,—we know of your petition and address ;
but the petition and address are nothing,—it ie
money that ip wanted, and if ye do not now stir in
this rnatrer, ye are likely to be disgraced as the last
who came forward in the cause of freedom ! As
your King observed to his Ministers oil the day of
the prorogation of Parliament, " what is to be done,
must be done quickly !" It is, indeed, •now or
never, both with you, and with the whole of the
kingdom.— illornin,g Advertiser.