The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-02 00:00:00

pledged to Reform, and nobly had they redeemed their

pledge.
G. ToI.LETT, Esq. thought Government by King,
Lords, and Commons, the noblest work of the human
understanding. But the Government .by King, Lords,
and People, had been enslaved, for the last forty years
by a little oligarchy—hut thank God that oligarchy
would soon be destroyed. —(Lou) applause.)—Mr. Tol-
led then expressed his warm approbation of the principles
of the Bill, and after noticing some objection., said that as
an old reformer he must find some fault, and that fault
was that a population of 40 or 60,000 persons in the pot-
teries had been overlooked ; but still he felt gratified that
Ministers had brought forward the measure on the Ist cf
March, so perfect as they had done —(Loud cheering.)
The Rev. W. Lamar trusted the freeholder's of Staffurd-
shire would not restrain themselves to the sacrifice of the
lips—but be ready to support their Gracious Monarch in
promoting Reform.—(Yes, yes, and loud applause.)
G. Wutetuoia, Esq. proposed the fourth resolution,
and congratul ited the meeting that the question of Reform
was no longer brought forward as a party question. Whigs
and Tories had amalgamated and sacrificed party distinc-
tions on the altar of their country.
STUBBS WIIITWICK, Esq. is seconding the resolution.
wiabed to see the measure pass as it stood—not " curtailed of
its fair proportions"—but to descend a splendid gift to future
generations and become the Magna Charta of the land,
ensering to us a perfect government and liberty and peace.
The Rev. J. CLARE would lose two votes by the mea-
sure, but if he had twenty votes, he would he happy to
sacrifice them. The Rev. Gentleman. then went on to ob-
serve that it was impossible for the plan to fail of success
when supported by the King and Ministry, and people
united.—(Applause.)
ALEXANDER. lloansast, Esq.—as it had been fre-
quently asserted that the meaure was a breach of the Con •
stitution, wished to know what constitution was meant.
Was it meant to he said our Government had been, or
ought to he stationary ? It could not be. We had gone
on fr in, improvement to improvement—and must con-
tinue to do so.
Mr. T.,MLINSON, of Cliffe Ville, next addressed the
meeting. and said the Bill might fairly be divided into
three parts : of the extension of the franchise he heartily
approved; and also of the regulations for conducting elec-
tions ; though he would make bribery more difficult by
obliging every Member and his agents to take an oath that
bribery had not been practised. Gaming to the third division
of the Bill, that which disfranchised freemen, he should
think himself wanting to his neighbours, if he did not lift
up his voice to proclaim it unjust and unnecessary.—
(Loud hissing.)—" I repeat," said Mr. Tomlinaon. with
considerable vehemence excited probably by the hissing,
" I repeat, th it it is unjust and unnecessary." This
earnest repetition was the signal for renewed uproar. At
ist the High Sheriff interfered—when Mr. Tomlinson
after stating that he stood there as a freeholder—again ut-
tered at the utmost extent of his voice the obnoxious sen-
tence. From this period it became impossible to collect
what he said—further than that for about ten minutes,
its the midst of great uproar.
Mr. Gemara—lt is a duty of every freeborn English-
man boldly to stand forth and to raise his voice in support
of his beloved King and his counsellors, and to throw his
mite of assistance, however small, into the scale of justice
and of right. Gentlemen, a new sera is opening upon
the world ; the spirit of Reform and renovation is abroad;
it has taken its flight from the towers of St. Cloud, and
the chartered abuses of ages are rapidly being brushed
away by the onward sweep of its wings.—(Applause )
France has roused herself from her lethargy, and shaken
from around her the tratnmels of absolutism ; Belgium
has vindicated her national rights, and the flag of inde-
nendeece waves free to the winds on the walls of Brussels;
Italy has caught the general flame ; and perhaps at the
very moment that I am speaking, thousands of high.
minded and self-devoting Poles are pouring out their
hearts'-blood under the walls of Warsaw, and resiat-
ing, inch by inch, the overwhelming myriads of the bar-
barian of the nnrth—(Loud cheers)—and, gentlemen,
shall it be said that England—proverbially the wise, the
enlightened, and the free—shall it he said that England
halts behind in the march of reformation, and is content
to follow at an humble distance in the wake of nations ?
(Cries of " No, no.") And—to bring the matter mote
home to ourselves —at a time when a measure of Reform
is proposed, worthy of the men who framed it and of the
times in which it is broached-; when the whole country
is inrnotion from north to south, and petitions in favour
of the Bill are pouring in from every county, town, and
bariac. :o the kingdom, shall it be said that the'county of
Stafford, pre-eminent for the ounsb,e., the wealth, and the
intelligence of its freeholders, refuses to join the general
cry for redress, and remain in sluggish apathy and indif-
ference when all the world is in action around it ?
(" Cries of " No, no, no.") No, Gentlemen, I feel
convinced that your conduct this day will refute a suppo-
iition at -nee so unworthy of the times and of you. The
speaker retired amidst shouts of applause from a highly
gratified auditory.
Sir E. D. Scour in moving that the High Sheriff
should present the address to his Majesty, shortly ad-
dressed the freeholders, observing that a‘ti r signing the
requisition, though unused to public speaking be should
think he dill not show the proper spirit of an English
gentleman, if he did not come forward and avow himself
a supporter of the present measure.—(Cheers.)—lt was
high time that towns distinguished for the wealth, intel-
ligence, and activity of their inhabitants should be repre-
sented, and close boroughs deprived of their abused privi-
lege.—(Cheers.)
EATE}Ijoi, Esq., (the late High Sheriff) then ad-
dressed the meeting. but was inaudible where we stood.
The remaining motions were then moved and seconded ;
and aftrr thanks as ate voted to the High Sheriff, and he
had expreeaed his acknowledgments, the meeting broke up
with three times three cheers for the King, and a com-
pliment of three cheers fur Earl Gower.

LONDON.—The Reform petition of the mer-
chants and hankers lying at the Mansion-house, received
a vast number of signatures on Thursday. Several gen-
tlemen were obliged to wait for some minutes before they
could get to the tables to attach their signatures. The
Lord Mayor. anxious that the hulk of the petitions
should bear a fair proportion to their merit and import-
ance, has determined that they shall lie fur signatures in
the lower ball of the Mansion-house for some days longer.
it is believed that no petitions have ever been presented to
Parliament signed by so great a number of affluent, re-
spectable, and influential men.
GLASTONBURY.—The result of the second reading
of the Reiman (or rather Regeneration) Bill, so soon
as the mail reached Glastonbury and Street, was joyfully
announced by the merry and lengthened peals of our ex-
cellent bells. What say the slave holders and borough-
mongers now? and where is now the pseudo loyalty and
public. spirit ? Country Paver.
DUMFRIES.--The important tidings that the Reform
Bill had passed, even by the narrow majority of one, dif-
fused the greatest joy in Dumfries. At eight o'clock,
a.m., on Friday lase, the guard of the Independent com-
municated the fact to all and sundry, on the authority of
an express, which bad reached Carlisle before he left that
city. and shortly after the arrival of the mail confirmed
she intelligence. At this time nearly a hundred eager
petitici ins were assembled in the Commercial Reading
Rooms, on the very tiptoe of expectation, and the moment
the newspapers were opened the cheering was so loud and
enthusiastic, that those stationed below actually felt the
walls of the building shaking. Anon the Magistrates set
the bells a ringing, the Incorporations displayed their
flags from the windows of the Trades' Hall, and every
thing betokened a complete holiday..--Durnfries Courier.
BRUTON.—The intelligence of the Ilefirm Bill
having sucee,aftilly passed the second stage, its ita comae
through the House of Commons, reached this town at
late hour on Wednesday evening. A party of commer-
cial gentlemen happened to be collected for the night at
the Blue Batt inn in this town, and they suggested the
propriety of an instant and consequently it midnight peal,
and subscribed a necessary sum for the remuneration of the
ringers. The ringers, though they had retired to rest,
cheerfully obeyed the summons, emerged from their dor-
mitories, and, in less than half-an-hour from the first
arrival of the news, this little loyal town presented a vivid
scene of patriotic rejoicing, and the hells were pouring
north as loud, merry, anti melodious a peal as ever re-
founded from the ancient and beantifal tower of our church

EASTER MONDAY'S HUNT.—Otif LAti friend
Toat BOUNDING has been preparing an extra treat f r the
annual hunters, and something fit for your regular Derby
and King's men. The tarn-out will take place at twelve
precisely, and if the first deer does not afford sport
enough, a second one will, one that has already given two
excellent chases of three hours each
; and although not
quite so long nor yet so brilliant as the splendid chase
with the Derby last Tuesday, yet quite sufficient to in-
duce some of those who were there and thereabouts, to
put on their bit o' pink to support old Ton on Easter
Monday. Alexander, an uncommon capital deer, gave
those well-appointed hunters a run of four bours and a
halt across a deep hunting country tipwards of lot ty
from home-