The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-04 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM REFORM MEETING.

A very numerous meeting was held at the Bell Tavern,
on Monday last, of the brass and iron-founders, amounting
to about 2,000, for the purpose of entering into a sub-
scription for erecting a monument to the memory of our
patriotic King William the Fourth, in honour of the dis-
tinguished conduct of that Sovereign, who may now be
called the Great, and the people's friend.
SAMUEL BUTLER, Esq., an extensive iron-founder, of
Cheapside, in this town, took the Chair, and delivered a
most elaborate speech on the great benefit our beloved So-
vereign and his enlightened Ministers had conferred upon
the nation by doing away with that infamous corruption,
the boroughmongering system, which has too long dis-
graced the free representation of Englishmen in the flousi
of Commons, as hitherto the Aristocracy have bad the
whole power in their hands , but with a King such a-
we now possess (and may he live for years !) England
will flourish, and the people enjoy their rights and be free.
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CARDIFF, MAY 2.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-Your insertion in your Paper of the advice of
g Cymro" to the electors of the Glamorganshire boroughs,
induces me again to trouble you with the remarks of
Cymro's Friend on Lord James Stuart's denunciations
against the unfortunate Taffy, whose love of Reform and
hatred of corruption led him to recommend so impudent a
thing as to ask a Lord a civil question. From time fin
memorial these boroughs had been the heir-loom of tbe
family in whose possession they now remain, and when We
consider that the elective franchise of Cardiff can be con'
ferred only by the Marquis of Bute, it can hardly be
wondered at that independent spirits are so rarely met with
here ; indeed, the appearance of a solitary one who has
the temerity to risk the frowns and malignant glances of
his Lordship—(glances which, although they were di-
rected with less than Arab hospitality at his own guest,
arid at his own table, fell innocuous to the ground)—even
That one, the sum total of whose prowess is a grey goose
quill, sets the Aristocratic ingredients of this independent
and liberal Nobleman in the most alarming effervescence.
Sir, your unparalleled advocacy of the cause of the
people will, I doubt not, incline you to insert this letter,
together with the trilitreis to the freemen which accom-
panies it, in your admirable and patriotic Paper.
The effect of Cymro's placard, whiith will draw down
upon him tho vengeance of the irritated Lord—for there was
annihilation in his eye—has been to elicit from his Lord-
ship a declaration, from which, in all his preceding elec-
tion sp.eches, he abstained. That being the case, Cyniro
is careless as to any personal consequences which may re-
:t to himself, lam, Sir, your obliged servant,
ANOTHER FRIEND OF CYMRO'S.

FREEMEN OF CARDIFF.
Our representative has dimmed the lustre of his speech
from the hustings, by expressing in terms unwarrantably
severe, his anger at the question recommended by "Cymro."
Now, my brother freemen, without for a moment ques-
tioning the t ight of any man to put himielf in a passion
about ❑othing., it does appear to me strange, that Lord
James Stuart should have chosen to exhibit his wrath at
the plain question of an inoffensive 'Welshman, put as re-
spectfully as may be; and one for which so many prece-
dents are, at the present time, to be met with. Surely
after the political tergiversation which recent proceedings
have developed, it could not be deemed a crime of so
heinous a nature as is represented, for Cymro to endeavour
to prevent the possibility of similar delinquency in this
borough by obtaining a pledge, and the method suggested
to him as the most efficient, was that he adopted. With-
out presuming for a moment to impugn the motives by
which the Parliamentary conduct of our honourable re-
presentative has been directed ; I ask you whether we
were not justified in anticipating something analogous to
ratting, when we perceived that his Lordship, in his
address, omitted to allude in the remotest manner to the
all• absorbing question which now agitates the kingdom
fr.on one end to the other ;—an omission observable in no
other candidate, however well known his sentiments--and
if to that circumstance we add the notorious fact, that his
Noble Brother, the Patron of this borough, is decidedly
hostile to the popular measure of Reform ; surely I say,
we had a right, without subjecting ourselves to the potent
influence of Lord James Stuart's ire, to satisfy ourselves on
the question. It cannot be denied by his Lordship's
warmest adrairers,—and I am proud to rank myself,
amongst them,—that doubts existed whether his Lord-
ship's principles of Refirat were sufficiently strong to
oppose the wishes of a brother to whom be is bound by
every tie, save that of polities ; and I am hound to con-
fess, that I was agreeably surprised (and my feelings were
participated by the majority of the burgesses of this town),
at the open, manly, and unequivocal manner in which his
Lordship's sentiments were declared ; and I only ask in
the name of the Junto by whom Cyairo's question was
recommended, the same justice which his Lordship at the
close of his speech asked fur himself—a belief in the pu-
rity of the motives by which they were guided.
Cardiff, Mty 2. A FRIEND OF CYAIRO'S.

STAMFORD, MAY 3.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

The election terminated at one o'clock, by the triumph
of the independent electors in the return of Mr. Tennyson,
Colonel Chaplin having resigned at that hour. The burst
of enthusiasm which followed this acknowledged defeat of
the Marquis of Exeter, may be well conceived by every
British bosom in which the spirit of liberty beats.
The poll opened at nine o'clock by Mr. Tennyson re-
suming, as usual, his daily demand on the Mayor for a
list of the special constables, to whom the conservation of
the public peace was committed. Mr. Tennyson repeated
his dethand for thin list, and bow their cost was to be de-
frayed.

The Maroa, who is poH;essed of few patts of speech,
was dumb.

Mr. HI LYA RD, the assemor, then appeared, and stated
that he, on behalf of the Mayor, took the responsibility
of refusing the list and the desired information.
The question was then put by Mr. TENNYSON to the
Assessor, who appointed him to his office?

The ASSESSOR replied. the Town-clerk, by a regular
retainer, and that he was proud of his connection with the
Corporation of Stamford, and " would not foul his own
nest."

Mr. PARKES warned the Assessor of the respansibility
of refusing the list of constables, the Mayor being ame-
nable to a criminal information in the Court of King's
Bench this term for swearing-in such a gang of scamps,
pugilists, and pick-pockets from the metropolis ; and he
(Mr. Parkes) pledged himself that thcse who hired and
employed these wretches—be they noble or of civic autho-
rity in Stamford—should be pub'icly exposed and brought
to justice.

Mr. TENNYSON then animadverted on a printed bill,
issued the over night by Lord Cecil and Colonel Chaplin,
complaining that force on Monday prevented the approach
of their voters to the hustings.
Mr. TENNYSON denied the allegation, and alledgtd
that they had no voters to poll.
At one o'clock, with a majority of upwards of fifty in
favour of Mr. Tennyson, and only thirty votes on each
side being undetermined in the assessor's booth, Col.
Chaplin intimated his intention of declining the contest.
It was then arranged to close the poll, recording the unde-
termined votes on each side as tendered. The final poll
was as follows :

Lord Cecil 390
Mr. Tennyson 356
Colonel Chaplin 302
On the close of the poll and the completion of the return,
Lord CECIL addressed the electors. He was audibly
heard till he appealed to his majority, as a proof that the
electors of Stamford were opposed to the Reform
(Here a most furious gust of indignation burst forth, and
his Lordship concluded his discourse.)
Colonel CHAPLIN very handsomely stated his reasons for
not protracting the contest.
Mr. TENNYSON addressed the electors under the excite-
ment of strong feeling, and eloquently pourtrayed the
moral effect of the issue of this memorable contest on the
whole nation. He paid a high eulogium to the personal
character of Colonel Chaplin, whom he regarded as a
friend, but opposed on public grounds.--The feelings of the
Hon. Member and of Colonel Chaplin were here quite
overcome.

The successful candidates were then chaired ; Lord Cecil
accompanied exclusively by the special constables and agri-
cultural retainers of Burleigh House, Mr. Tennyson amidst
the whole population of the borough, the lath( s of almost
every house in the principal streets of the town demonstrat-
ing their feelings and triumph by streams of blue ribbons
floating from the windows.

Mr. Tennyson's Committee consisted of upwards of 100
of the most opulent and respectable tradesmen of the town.
All the clergy, all the attornies (one gentleman, Mr. Clay,
only excepted), and most of the other professional inhabi-
tants of this " Little (Mord," were in the interest of the
Marquis of Exeter, and a more signal victory never was
gained by perseverance and patriotic disinterestedness. To
the honour of many coerced electors, they refused in
several instances to vote for the boroughrnonger's candi-
d ite, although they could not cast off his fetters and vote
Mr Reform.
The professional agents of Lord Cecil and Colonel
Chaplin were Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Balguy as coutsel, •
and all the local attornies as agents. For Mr. Tennyson,
Mr. Raine as counsel, Mr. Parkes, of Birmingham, and
Mr. Lee, of Newark, as solicitors. On Friday Mr. Ten.
nyson, on his return from Cambridge, where he is going
t vote for the liberal candidate, will be again chaired, and
a public illumination of the whole town will take place.
No Member has ever been returned for this borough against
the interest of the Exeter family for upwards of 100 years.
Great numbers of the yeomen and farmers of the adjoin-
ing parts of Lincolnshire came into the town to assist the
cause ; and the crowds from all parts assembled in the
borough to witness the result was unexampled .
NV

e are requested to contradict the report of
Prince TALLEYIAND having purchase I a house in Londou
and a residence in one of the counties of England, with a
view to a permanent mtlement in that kingdom. Jour-
seal des Debats.

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