The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-26 00:00:00

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RICHARD Asu, Esq., in proposing the second resolu-
tion said the Reform Bill was one on which the people had
set their hearts. While they respected the privileges of
the House of Lords, they (the people) had also the right to
send their own representatives to the Lower House, but
at present it was filled with the nominees of a faction.—
(Cheers.) He believed that the House of Lords would not
oppose themselves to the wishes of the King and the people,
but that they would pass that great modern charter of our
country into a law.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MANCHEE, in seconding the resolution, said that
he could not but congratulate the meeting on the flat con-
tradiction it now gave to the assertion of Sir Charles
Wetherell, their worthy Recorder and senior Alderman,
—(Laughter)—that the citizens of Bristol were growing
cool on the. Reform question. He, the senior Alderman
of Bristol—(Laughter)—said, that he had used his influ-
ence with the citizens to prevent a Reform meeting, but
what would the worthy Knight say to this numerous
meeting, which showed his influence was small indeed.
A question had been pertinently asked—What would the
Lords du? He would answer it in an Irish way, by ask-
ing another question—What will the people do if the
House
should be so unwise (for he emild call it by no
milder term) as to throw out the Bill ?—(Cheers.) There
were only two courses to be adopted—either the King must
increase the number of Peers, or thepresent Ministry must
resign. Who would then take office ? Would the Duke
of Newcastle ? and must they have his buffoon, their
Senior Alderman, for the Lord Chancellor ?—(lmmense
laughter.) Sir Charles Wetherell had made a great out-
cry about Corporation robbery ; but surely it could not
be robbery to take from them what they had no right to
possess. It was a satisfaction to reflect on the complete
downfall of tlse Tory party, and be for one should con-
sider it a great evil to the country if ever that fiction
came again into power, for then the sun of British liberty
would have set for ever.—(Cheers.)
JOHN HARE, jun., Esq , proposed the third resolution,
which was seconded by
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whom he owed much, and whom he should ever respect
(Sir A. Elton, the speaker's father) held strong opinions op-
posed to his.—(Cheers.) It hod been said of the great
Chatham that he foresaw the French revolution, but his
prescience extended beyond that—it reached to the present
moment, for he was reported to have said, that " unless
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the House of Commons reformed itself from within, it
would be reformed with a vengeance front it." That mo-
ment; has now arrived.—(Continued cheering.) Tile crisis
was now at hand, and no party, whatever may he its opi-
nions, has ever dared to give to the Earl of Chatham the
name of traitor.--(Tremendous cheering.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. HARMAN VISGER, Jun., the American Consul,
proposed the fourth resolution and the petition.
JOSEPH REYNOLDS, (a member of the Society of
Friends), seconded the resolution. Ile thought the Bill,
under all circumstances, the best we could have had ; and
he hoped that the House of Lords would not lose the cha-
racter they earned at the Revolution of 1655.
Mr. llmearaTH • sat. , he was deputed by the Council of
the Bri.tol Political Union,
to whom the resolutions had
been submitted, to give their support to them, and to sign
the petition on the behalf of the Union.
The resolution then passed unanimously.
Mr. I.lEnaPAzu then rose to propose the fifth resolu-
tion, which thanked the two City Membeis for theirsteady
support of the Bill, which h • been seconded
having was car.
ried unanimously.

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of an hour had several hundred signatures to it.
The hall Was very much crowded, and the people took
a lively interest in the proceedings.

MIDDLESEX.--The Sheriffs of Middlesex have ap-
pointcd a meeting of the freeholders of this county, to be
held at the ALL tnaid tavern, Hackney, to-morrow, at eleven
o'clock, to petition the House of Lords, praying their Lord-
ships to pass the Reform Bill withall reasonable despatch.
The chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely, and it
i, expected that a very large number of persons will as-
,euible on the occasion.

On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Broad-
.,treet Ward took place at the New York Coffee-house,
Alderman C?wan in the Chair, when resolutions and a
petition praying the House of Lords to pass the Bill with-

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' out delay, were agreed to. Mr. Geo. Grote (tie banker),
Mr. French, Mr. Keppell, Mr. Jupp, Mr. Jones (of
Princes-street), and other gentlemen, addressed the meting.
BRIGHTON.—A requisition, most numerous'y and
respectably sii:ned, has been presented to the High
Constable, requesting him to conveue a public meeting of
the inhabitants of this town, for :he purpose of taking
into consideration the propriety of expressing their senti-
ments to the House of Lords, on the subject of the Reform
Bill. The High Constable has named Monday next.
CANTERBURY.—A general meeting of the freemen
and inhabitants of Canterbury was held on Friday in the
Guildhall of that city, in compliance with a requisition to
the Mayor from a numerous and highly-re.pectable portion
of the ettizenS, for the purpose of petitioning the House of
Lords to give their legislative sanction to the important
Rill which has just passed the House of Commons. At
twelve o'cl,,ck the Hall was crowded to an unusual degree,
and the business opened by the Mayor (H. Cooper, Esq.)
in an able and appropriate manner. An energetic petition
to the House of Lords was proposed, and unanimously
adopted, and is already most numerously signed.
CHELTENHAM.—A public meeting, convened by the
Magistrates, at, which T. Gray, Esq•, was called to the
chair, was held on Thursday, to petition the Lords to pass
the Reform Bill. The meeting, which was numerously
and respectably attended, was addressed in a spirited and
animated manner by Captain Gray, Dr. Fosbroke, Mr.
Winterbothatn, Mr. S. Evans, R✓v. J. Thomas, and Mr.
W. H. Cox. The resolutions and a peition were unani-
mously agreed to.— Gloucester Journal.

CHESTEIL—A public meeting was held in this city
on Thursday, to address their Majesties on the occasion of
their Coronatian, and to petition the Lords in favour of
the Reform Bill. The Mayor, Titus Cha!run, Esq., in
the chair. Mr. Alderman Francis moved the first resolu-
tion, expressive of the loyal and dutiful congratulations of
the meeting to their Majez..ies. It was passed amidst loud
applause. Dr. Thackeray moved the resolution, which
declared the opinion of the meeting unchanged with re-
spect to the great measure of Reform, and prayed their
Lordships that it might be passed with all convenient
despatch. The Rev. T. Aspland, on moving the next re
solution, which requested the Marquis of Westminster to
present the petition to the House of Lords, dwelt particu-
larly on the maananimous conduct of those Peers who had
declared themselves ready to sacrifice their borough patron-
age to the good of their country. Mr. Hostage proposed
a resolution expressive of the strongest confidence of the
present Ministers. All the resolutions, as well as the pe-
tition, were adopted unanimously, and a spirit of enthusiasm
was manifested throughout, such as no one remembered to
have witnessed at any former meeting.
CORNWALL—A requisition to the High Sheriff to
call a county meeting to petition the House of Lords to
pass the Reform Bill, has been signed and will be pre-
sented to him. The meeting is expected to be held the
latter end of this week. The most intense anxiety pre-
vails throughout tie counfy on this important question.
The parishes comprising the district called Roseland, in
the county, met on Saturday and agreed to a petition,
which was immediately forwarded to Lendon.

DEVON.—The requisition to the High Sheriff, Sir
Bourchier P. Wrey, Bart., was sent to that gen-
tleman by the Under-Sheriff, 11 Ford, Esq., on Friday
last, signed by upwards of 300 names, comprising nearly
the whole of the leading men of the county. Sir Bout chier
immediately issued orders for calling a county meeting on
Friday next, the 30th inst.
EXETER.--On Friday last a most numerous and re-
spectable meeting was held at the Guildhall of this city, to
petition the House of Lords for the passing of the Reform
Bill. The Mayor, Paul Meason, Esq., in the chair. Mr.
T. W. Buller, a county Magistrate, opened the business by
a spirited address to the meeting, in which he appealed to
the conduct of the whole kingdom at the period of the
dissolution of Parliament, as a proof of the unanimity that
prevailed. Out of eighty-two county Members, seventy-
six had been returned for Reform.—(Loud cheers.) He
indignantly repelled the calumny that the people has
changed their opinion, and concluded by proposing a peti•
tion, approving of the Reform Bill, and praying the
of Lords to pass it with all convenient despatch. Tio.
petition was received with three cheers. Mr. J. Tyrrell
(the barrister) seconded the petition in a powerful speech,
in which lie answered the objections of the Anti-Reformers
to the Bill. They talked of anomalies in the new measure,
but it was no anomaly in their judgments that Tiverton,
for instance, with its 10,000 inhabitants, was represented
by two Members, sent down to the Corporation by Lord
Harrowby._(Loud cheering.) After a vote of thanks to
the Mayor, and a high eulogium on his conduct, the meet-
, ing separated, but not before they had given three cheers
for the Mayor, three times three for the King, and the like
number for the majority of 109.
GLOUCESTER.—Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Bart
High Sheriff for this county, having refused to convene a
meeting of the inhabitants and freeholders, to take into
consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of
Lords that the present Reform Bill may pass into a law,
the undersigned Magistrates of the county of Gloucester, in
compliance with the requisition presented to the high
Sheriff, have appointed a meeting to be held for
the purpose in the Shire-ball, on Wednesday next,
at twelve o'clock,—viz., J. Pyrke, James Coinmeline,
Richard Harward, J. W. Walters, Robert Fitzhardinge
Jenner, Thomas Wallis, Maynard Colchester, David
Ricardo, W. H. Hyett, Robert Canning. In compliance
with a requisition from the freemen and householders of
the city of Gloucester, David Mowbray Walker, Esq., the
Mayor, has convened a meeting for the same purpose, to
be held in the Shire-hall at twelve o'clock, on Tuesday next.
GLASGOW.—Extract of a letter dated Thursday,
" Glasgow meets to-morrow to petition the Peers—the
Lord Provost in the chair. All ranks are looking forward
with the most intense anxiety for the result of the Bill in
the House of Lords—l may add with rather a dark, lurking
suspicion, and a fearful determination."

GRAVESEND.—At a meeting held pursuant to public
notice, o❑ Thursd my last, at the Town-hall (Samuel Man,
Esq., Mayor, in the chair), a petition to the House of
Lords, praying them to pass the Reform Bill, W4B unani-
mously agreed to, and has been very numerously signed by
the inhabitants.

LEEDS.—A requisition was presented, signed by
upwards of 200 persons, to the Mayor of this town, on
Thursday, to call a meeting of the inhabitants to petition
the House of Peers to pass the Bill ; but after some hours'
consideration his Worship, in the exercise of his discretion,
declined acceding to the request, on the ground " that
having rejected a similar application i❑ the Spring, he
could not consistently comply with that now made in the
Autumn." Notwithstanding this refusal, the people have
determined on calling a meeting, and have appointed this
day, at twelve o'clock, for that purpose.

ROMSEV.--A meeting of the inhabitants of this town
and neighbourhood was held at the Town-hall on Wednes-
day last, James Aldridge, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair, when
several resolutions were passed, and a petition was unani-
mously agreed t•,, to be presented to the House of Lords
the Marquis of Lansdowne, praying their Lordships'
concurrence in the Reform Bill.

SURREY.—The High Sheriff of this county, in pur•
nuance of a requisition pre,cnted to him requesting him to
convene a county meeting to petition the House of Lords to
pass the Reform Bill, has appointed twelve o'clock on Fri-
day next, at Epsom, for that purpose.
SOUTHAMPTON.—On We Inesday a public meeting
was held in the Guildhall, J. R. Kull, Esq., the Mayor,
in the chair, when a petition to the House of Lords was
agreed to, and forwarded to the Lord Chancellor for pre.
sentation. The thanks of the meeting were voted to A.
Atherley and J. J. Penleaze, Esq., the representatives of
the borough, for their persevering support to the Reform
Bill in the House of Commons.

TEWKESBURY.—A very large and respectable
meeting was held here on Saturday last, at which a petition
to the House of Lords in favour et the Reform Bill was
agreed to, and resolutions expressive of the unabated desire
of the inhabitants and electors of that ancient borough, for
the success of the Bill were unanimously adopted. A well
merited eulogium was passed on the public conduct of their
representative Mr. Martin, whose long and faithful services
has justly endeared him to his constituents. It we are to
judge of the inhabitants of Tewkesbury by the proceedings
of this meeting, Mr. Dowdeswell, the Anti-Refarni Member,
has but little chance of being returned at another election.
WAKEFIELD.—The Constable, on the requisition of
eighteen inhabi ants, has called a meeting to be held in
that town on Monday next, " to take into consideration
the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords in favour
of the Ministerial Reform Bill, and to pray that their
Lordships will, as speedily as they may deem it expedient,
pass the same into a law."

YARMOUTH.---A spirited petition to the Lords has
been unanimously agreed to at a highly respectable meeting,
convened at the Town-hall by the Mayor, who was pre-
vented by indisposition taking the chair, which was filled
by Mr. Birth, at the Mayor's request.
In addition to the above, we have received by the country
Papers accounts of an immense number of meetings held
for a similar purpose in various places throughout the
I United Kingdom. We subjoin a list of a portion of them,

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being obliged, from want of vase, to give merely the names
of the places. Every parish in Bath held separate me. tin=s,
Launceston, Darlington, Falmouth, Chippenharn, Tox!Cth
Park (adjoining Liverpool), Melksham, Oldham, Lees,
Royton, Kendall, Devonport, Plymouth, Barnard Castle,
Bishop Auckland, North Shields, Sunderland. In Scot—
land tneetings have been held in Edinburgh, Leith, Dundee,
Greenock, Glasgow•, Stirling, Cupar, Kinghorn, Kirkaldy,
Arbroath, Dumfermline, Kett:e, &,•,
We have also notices of a great many meetings whick
are intended to he held in the emirse of the ensuing week,
among which are the counties of Wilts, Lancaster, Devon,
and Northumberland, exclusive of Kent, Surrey, at.d Mid-
dlesex, as noticed above.