The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

AT a Public MEETING of the Inhabitants
of Greenock, field in the Town Hall on Wednesday,
the 27th day of April, 1831, the following Address to
the King was, on the motion of JAMES RAMSAY, Esq.,
seconded by Thos. Tu ftNE it, Esq., unanimously agreed to.
"'l'O THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

:iosT caukcious sovuitLlGN,
" 'We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the inha-
bitants of the town of Greenock, in public meeting assem-
bled, beg to approach your Majesty with the expression of
our heart-felt and ir.creased devotion to your Majesty's
person, and of our continued attachment to your Govern •
tnent.

" When we contemplate the disastrous consequences
which would inevitably result from the rejection of the
plan of Reform, lately brought forward by your Majesty's
Ministers, we, in common with the great majority of your
Majesty's subjects, hail with gratitude the constitutional
measure of dissolving Parliament which your Majesty has
been graciously pleased to adopt for the special purpose of
ascertaining the sense of the country on this question : a
step eminently calculated to tranquillize the minds of the
people on a subject to which their attention has been
directed with great and increasing anxiety.
" While the proposed Reform will confer the most im-
portant and substantial benefits on your Majesty's subjects,
the dissolution of that Parliament by which it was rejected
will, we confidently anticipate, insure its ultimate success ;
and the promptitude with which your Majeity has exer
cised your undoubted prerogative, not only evinces your
eineere and paternal solicitude for the best interests, and
your considerate regard for the just demands of your
people, but will serve to exalt the high opinion heretofore
entertained of the wisdom by which your Councils are
governed.
" While we humbly tender our dutiful thanks to your
Majesty for your wise, liberal, and patriotic conduct on this
important occasion, we continue to pray that your Ma-
jesty's reign may, by the blessing of God, be long and
prosperous, over a free, devoted, and a happy people.
" Signed by the Chief Magistrate of Greenock, in name
and by appointment of the Public Meeting, this twenty-
seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one years.

" JOHN FAIRRIE."

On the motion of Mr. TURNER it was then unanimously
agreed that as John Fairrie, Esq., the Chief Magistrate,
was about to proceed to London, the , Address should he
confided to him, in order that it might be presented by
him in person to his Majesty.

AT a MEETING of the Town Council
of Greenock, held within the . Council Cham-
bers, on Tuesday, the 3d day of May, 1831, the fol.
lowing Address was, on the motion of ROBERT BALNE,
E.q., Junior Magistrate, unanimou.ly adopted, and or-
dered to be transmitted to the Chief Magistrate, now in
London, to be by him presented to his Majesty :
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,
" It is with the most lively feelings of loyalty and at •
tachment, that we, your Majesty's dutiful subjects, the
Magistrates and Town Council of Greenock, most res
apectfully beg leave, at this eventful crisis, to address your
Majesty.
" We humbly offer to your Majesty the tribute of our
heartfelt gratitude for the inestimable benefit you have
conferred upon the country, by promptly dissolving a Par-
liament which, on the important question of Reform, had
shewn a determination to oppose the enlightened views of
your Majesty's Ministers, and to disregard the just claims
and expectations of the people.
" We hail with unfeigned joy this patriotic and well-
timed exercise of your Royal Prerogative, regarding it as
a signal proof of your Majesty's anxiety to promote the
freedom and happiness of your subjects, as an unequi-
vocal testimony of your• continued confidence in the able
and enlightened men who now direct your Majesty's
Councils, and as a sure presage of the speedy restoration
to the people of those just rights which a powerful and
corrupt Oligarchy have so long withheld from them.
" That your Majesty, by the blessing of Almighty God,
may be long spared to witness the happy results of your
wise and liberal policy, and to enjoy the affections of a free
and devoted people" to whom you have justly endeared
yourself, is our most sincere and heartfelt prayer.
" Signed in name and by appointment of the Council,
by the Junior Magistrate of Greenock, in the ab-
sence of the Chief Magistrate, this 3d day of
May, 1831.
"ROBERT BAINE, Junior Magistrate."

AA'l'a MEETING of the Trades and other
Inhabitants of the Town of Greenock and its Vi-
cinity, assembled in Procession on Thursday, the 13th
of May, 1831,
ROBERT BAINE, Esq., Junior Magistrate of Greenock,