The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-26 00:00:00

KILBARCHAN.

thr Monday morning, as early as nine o'clock, notwirh-
tanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a consider-
able number of the Reformers of this place turned out fu.
the purpose of proceeding in a body to the county meeting
to he held in Paisley that day. The instrumental band
offered their gratuitous services to honour the day with
their musical performances, This offer being compli,d
with, the band appeared on the spot of meeting, when it
was agreed that exactly at half-past nine o'clock the com-
pany would, if p..ssible, move towards Paisley. At a
preliminary Committee meeting, held during the former
week, addresses to the King and Rail Grey, as well as a
yerition to the House of Commons, were prepared and ap-
proved of, and it was intended to move anti pass the same
either before going to Paisley, or after the me ting had ar-
rived from that place, After some discussion it was settleds
by the Committee that the public documents should im-
mediately he presented for the approbation of the meeting
there assembled, as it might be late before the county
sleeting separated, and as the people present might then
be fatigued and scattered, which, under such c:reum-
stances, would render the duty to tr, performed more dis-
agreeable and less effectual. Mr. Wm. Miller was then
unanimously elected to officiate as Chairman, who was
lewdly cheered into his situation. He addresser' the
audience in a short, neat speech.
Mr. Jonas Maccar:Gon., acting as Secretary for the
Committee, next came forward.—The brightest virtue
the most exalted patriotism, and the most eminent council,
combined with an unprecedented slisp'ay of nationalheel-
ing, have all with unspeakable energy been called into
action for our deliverance ; but in vain, it would appear,
eta we plead with the guilty, reason with the scoffer, or
attempt the conversion and obedience of that Hydra of
corruption—the Oligarchy—supported by the aff ction
and patronage of their distinguished brothers in vice—the
Right Rev. Prelates. We must therefore repel their un
generous scorn, and demonstrate to the world that we pos-
sess more intellectual merit, and higher notions of moral
worth, than these our very singular and pi'iful instructors.
Their lamentable decision may he consistent with their
supposed duty—it may be in accordance with their invete-
rate and unalterable prejuhices ; but, unhappily fur the
peace anti comfort of society, it is at war with our welfare,
and sadly at variance with the bright improvement's we
have in view. It was their duty, and it ought to have
been their pleasure, to mark and bail the wonderful in-
crease of human know'edge which the spirit of the age
has brought into operation, and which, if properly di-
rected, would unquestionably ameliorate the condition of
our race ! But sinful men ! as their deeds are evil, they
prefer darkness to light—they glory in the uncertain fleet-
ing reign of selfishness—and they would with narrow soul
and violent means obstruct the path of science, that they
may for a transitory period enjoy exclusive privileges. Im-
purity of thought ! inglorious career ! and, must we add ?
incorrigible withal. Their course, however, as stubborn
oppressors of the people, will we hope be of short duration.
Uwe stand to our post, the clouds that hang over the des-
tinyof our country will soon be dispelled by the sun of free •
dean. In forming the constitution of a.Country, if we desire
strength and harmony, it is our province to attend to the
same rules. The governors must he tatieht to do as they
would be done by—to obey the well- understood maxims
of simple justice, while the governed would require to '
establish, to know and value their rights, and to learn the
important art of &If-defence. Negligence on the one
side•begets rapacity on the other—hence adverse move-
ments, bloodshed, misery, and unbounded crime. Care-
lessness of interest and character on the part of the people
is the source of immeasurable, iudiscribable woe. We
would say to those who have been working in the garden,
come forward and take your station in the field. We, the
Reformers, are still enlisting men in our brave army, and
though we give no bounty, we promise a handsome ihsta-
sion. Thee will be high commissions, noble rewards for
faithful services, and to put down despotism and establish
freedom, who, possessing the mind of a ruin, would not
engage in the cause?
The two addresses and the petition were then severally
read, moved, anti carried with acclamation. The meet-
ing thereafter moved off in a body to the county fleeting,
headed by the band, playing national airs. In going
through Johnstone, Elderslie, and Paisley, the party were
met by other bodies of men, on their way, or preparing to
join, the grand general assembly. These respectively
cheered each other, and from the affectionate manner by
which the e ill was made and the answer given, it was in-
dicative of earnestness in the cause, and made the settle
more interesting. Having arrived at Paisley, the band,
agreeably to a private arrangement, went down to the
county buildings, to conduct the Justices,
with the political
council and their numerous friends, to the place of meeting.
In an hour after the county meeting was over, the ap-
pointed time fixed for departure, the party again met,
formed themselves into a procession: and marched quietly
home. Arriving at the village of Uderslie, the band were
instructed to halt and stand below the huge tree, called
«Wallace tree," and play the fine inspiring air of " Scots
wha has wi' Wallace bled." This was done, the company
having followed the music with a loud cheer. Having
gained the journey's end, a circle was formed at the cross,
when three cheers were given for the King—three for his
Adnsinistration—and three for the people.
The petition to the House of Commons was forwarded
to Sir M, Shaw Stewart, M,P.

STA PPO RD
GREAT 'COUNTY REFORM MEETING.

(BY EXPRESS.)

Pursuant to the ttpriblibe'n't otf "Orb nigh sheriff of
this great tninirog, tublittfacttie'ine,i'dd 'eothmercial county,
a meeting, 'little infeoi- numbers to any Reform
meetings thht h"dot;rtir taken place, of 'the
Itn&`vnees, Ail inhabitants, was held at Coth':-. fields yes-
.terday, for the purpose of addres-4:=4 the King upon the
critical situation in whi'-J; the rejection of the Rt.form Bill
by the House of Lords had placed his Majesty's Governs
melt Kingdom, and to implore his Majesty lc)
time the services of his present Ministerr, :vh'lF:je 'Wisdom
and integrity the min of hisireop!e had Ontire confidence,
and to adopt stscloneAsiii6 ;is iinght be necessary to secure
a full, fret, Grill IniAlbrupt representation of the people.
The "C:Thal place of meeting fixed upon by the Hith
thrlia was the Market-place ; but it being•seYkritlly 'Un-
derstood on Monday that it was On, intention of the inha-
bitants of the different' tfri'V'fis in the county to march to
Stafford in 111 its, it was thought advisable that the Meet-
ing shohlid take place at Coton-fields, aUr r-..! open space
At The back of the county gap), witbia a mile of Stafttrd,
where hustings wet e_erected for the accommodation of the
High Sheriff, tlfe different speakers, and those who were
fortunan enough to obtain a place upon them Th' I'7:-
luisition calling upon the High 6heriff to 'Convene the
meeting was perhaps unelwilled As to the numbers and
respectability of the nathea attached to it, being signed by
' upwards of th`tee thousand persons, among whom were
some 'O7 the roost staunch supporters of Reform xl'tie
present day, for instance, the Earl of. ilkbridge, Lord G.
J. Vernon, Sir J. Wrottednr, Sir Francis Burdett, Sir
Oswald Moseley, V. 47: Lyttleton, Esq., Foster Cunliffe
Of Esq , Thomas Gisborne, Esq., James Foster, Esq,
and ntlier gentlemen friendly to the great measure;
tail the names of whom it would be necessary to increase
our paper to twice its present siiei Such requisitions as
these speak volumes, and strike a deadly blow to the falls.
cions assertions that have been made—that the people are
getting Nit-mann about Reform. From an early hour lb
the morning to the time at which the meeting was ap-
pointed ti take place, crowds or pirsona were to be seen
flocking from all ratts of the county to the place of
meeting, rind such was the anxiety evinced by every class
of persons to he ',resent at this great and important meet-
ing, for the purpose of joining hand and heat in the ob-
jects it had in view, that many hthdreds of persons from
the Potteries actually cattle in boats to Stafford in order to
be present..

The High Sheriff arrived at the hustings at half-past
twelve o'clock, accompanied by the Eat'. of Shrewsbury,
the Earl of Lichfield, Sir John ‘Vrottesley, Mr. Lyttleton,
Sit Oswald Mo-ele.r, the Earl of Uxbridge, Mr. Rolfe of
Wolverhampton, George Keen, Esq., the Under-Sheriff,
and numberless persons of eminence and distinction ton-,
fleeted with the county. At thin Fetid(' Vve should
suppose at least upwards of 6te thousand persons were
present, and crowds stilt continued to flack in from ail
quarters. But the bulk of the assembled multitude was
considerably increased by at least one thousand persons
coming from Haywood, a parish about eight miles distant
from Stafford, in procession, attended with flags and a
band of music. One of the flags caused considerable men
riment in consequence of its having a drawing upon it in-
tended to represent the Duke of Wellington, with the
following inscription :—" Maik what convulsinna heave
this martyred breast !" also the representation of a Bishop
in hid lawn sleeves, with his mitre on his head, underneath
which was ".Serious consideration for us—dreadlul in-
terval of time." On the reverse side of the flag was in-
scribed " Why, our batalia trebles that amount—besides
the King's name is a tower of strength, which they upon
the adverse faction want." Other of the flags bore the
emblematic St iffurdshire knot, inscribed with " Stafford-
shire expects every man to du his duty." " The King,
Government, and Reform." The Black List was also not
wanting.
The Hicrr SHERIFF, on taking the Chair, observed
that he had felt the greatest pleasure in calling the present
very numerous and highly respectable meeting, in conse-
quence of having received a requisition unexampled with
respect to its signatures, requesting him to do so. With
the purpose fur which the meeting was held he most
heartily concurred—(Cheers)—and he had no hesitation
in saying the day was not fur distant when the wishes of
the people would be completely satisfied by that great
measure to which all eyes were turned being part and
parcel of the law of the land.—(Cheers.) With the per-
mission of the meeting he would read one or two letters
which he had received from Noblemen and Gentle Men
who were unavoidably ahsent.—(Cheers.) The worthy
Sheriff then read the following le:ter from Lord Gower:—
Trentham, Oct. 9A, 1831.

My DEAE Sia,—Having had the honour of attending, and
of taking a part in the proceedings of the last county meeting,
in favour of the Reform Bill, and having uniformly supported
it, I trust that my absence on Tuesday will not leave room for
any doubt of my earnest desire for the full attainment of the
great object of the meeting. I need hardly assure yoti that my
opinions remain unchanged : I consider the accomplishment of
a real Reform to be most just, and right, and necessary; the
Bill seemed to present the most likely means ever proposed to
Parliament for obtaining that most desirable result, and I place
implicit confidence in Lord Grey, and the assurance of his firm
determination to persevere, and to vindicate the honour of our
Constitution by measures equally effective.

The late unfortunate decision of the House of Lords having
occasioned the necessity for this meeting, I, as a Member of
that House, am unwilling to say much on that subject; but I
look forward with the hope, ere long, of again voting on this
most important question, with better success. I cannot believe
that many can so fatally mistake their true interest as to con-
ceive it to founded on a continuance of abuses and corruptions.
It cannot be expected that a great and comprehensive measure,
extending widely, and afl'ecting a vast variety of interests,
should give entire satisfaction, even to all the friends of Re-
form ; yet, though seasonable suggestions should meet with due
attention, minor and partial objections must give way to the
general feeling for the public good.

No doubt can be entertained of the desire of a great majo-
rity of the country : our county has come forward, as befits
her rank and importance, to declare and confirm the general
wish, with which it gives me extreme satisfaction to know
that my father, as well as myself, most fully and entirely con-
cur.—l have the honour to be, my dear Sir,
Your faithful servant,

'l'. Fitzherbert, Esq. GOWER.
And also the following letter from T. Swinnerton,

MY Dr.AR Sig,—You have received before this time a requi-
sition from many respectable and influential individuals to call
a county meeting, for the purpose of expressing our unshaken
confidence in his Majesty's love for his people, and the unbend-
ing constitutional endeavours of his Ministers to pass the Re-
form Bill, with the view to restore the purity and independence
of the elective franchise, to establish public economy by the
extinction of unnecessary places and pensions, and also to cm._
rect the present arbitrary and unjust system in the collection of
tithes.

These were the great objects of the Reform Bill.
It is with extreme concern I find that a majority of 41 British
Peers could be found capable of resisting such salutary provi-
sions, insensible to his 'Majesty's paternal love for his people, the
declared sense of an overwhelming majority of Members ix the
House of Commons, and the approval of nine-tenths of the nation.
Such a combination of circumstances is unknown in the his-
tory of the country, and which calls, in my humble opinion,
upon every friend to the Constitution, to give his solemn pledge
to his Majesty, that it is our fixed and irrevocable determination
to exert every legal measure to support his present Majesty's
Ministers to carry into effect the Reform Bill, with its other
salutary measures, for the restoration of the purity of election
privileges which have been silently and clandestinly undermined '
by undue aristocratical influence.
I lament 1 cannot attend the meeting, but I request, in ad-
dition to the many favours I have received from you, that you
will cause this letter to he read to the meeting, containing the
full expression of my feelings on this vital subject.
I remain, my dear Sir, your faithful friend, &c.
THOMAS SWINNERTON.
Batterton Hall, Oct. 18, 15:31.
The HIGH SHERIFF then called upon the Earl of
Litchfield to move the first resolution.
The Eirl of LICHFIELD then came forward in front of
the hustings, amidst the most tremendous applause, which
lasted for several minutes. He could assure the gentle-
men of the county of Stafford that it was not his inten-
tion, when lie came into this part of the country, to have
attended this highly respectable and numerous meeting for
the purpose of introducing himself on their notice. He
should have remained satisfied with merely at-
tending the meeting, and in allowing the vote
which he had given in the House of Lords to be the gua-
rantee of the pi inciplt s he should always adopt ; those
principles which had been brought forward by the pre-
sent Prime Minister of the country, to which he as an
humble individual would always firmly adhere.—(Cheer-
big.) Upon his arrival this morning, he had however
been requested to move a resolution; as it was the duty of
Englishmen to do every thing in their power to tranquillize
the mind of the people at the present awful crisis, he would
he one of the last to flinch from doing his duty. On the
rejection of the Bill which had occupied so great a portion
of the time of both Houses of Parliament, and which hail
been so long before the people of England, he confessed
he experienced bitter disappointment and mortification, fur
he could not conceive it possible that a Bill that had received
the approbation of nine-tenths of the people of England,
and the sanction of his Majesty expressed in a speech at
• the opening of the sessions—he did not conceive, he could
riot anticipate the possibility of such n measure being rel
j cted from the Home of Lords.—(Tremendous cheerio )
That, however, had been unfortunately the ease, and gire
therefore, trespass for one moment on the attention

of the meeting, for the purpose of analyzing if he• could,
what induced the House of Peers, to re;ect the Ml,
(Loud and comstinte'd 'lmeeling.) ft was f;mr from him to
:atteltmt to argue that it klims
not the ,undisputed
right of that House to yeject any measure they might
think proper, a change considered by them not cOndutive to
the interests of the country at !at*,;'e ; but he confessed that
on the Oceiesio adverting to he did not see any
.r.'t.'.:."-.sen whatever for the House exercising its great prero-
gative.—(Loud cheers.) How was the Reform 811 re-
jected by the House of Lords ? pid it receive that calth and
deliberate consideratiot (Ph to i as having been sent up to
the,Houee of ree'rs by a large majority of the representatives
of toe people—did it receive that calm deliberation—(Loud
cries of " No, no")—which was due to the dignity of the
House of Peers itself?—(Loud cheering) I-ke could not
say that such was the fact, fol.' after a Must laborious Ses-
sions, after We l';'most 'thrive tried labours of your rePresenta-
tiVs, and after a most Unexamged majority of the House
,of Cartmons in h'ta favour—(Loud cheers)---a Noble
Lord got up in the House of !rentals, awl after a speech in
favoirr of the prlheiples of Reform, ended by a motion
that the 8.11 should be immediately rejected.—(Herr,
hear.) Was that the way to treat the people of England
and their representatives ?—(Lood tries of. " tin, no.")
He maintained that Wier nor, but he would tell the
meeting tte Motives that induces!, or rather the reasons
that induced the Peers to reject the Bill.—(Loud cheers.)
The reason was that the very persons who were so instru-
mental in rejecting the Bill, bitterly regretted that they
themselves whet! ib °tee had not been the originators of
Refertia-(Tremendous cheering)—they bitterly regretted
that they had been induced by the statement of the Prime
Minister to resist the wishes of the people.--(Loud cheer P. )
They found that it was no !magi r to he resisted, and when
they left office determined to Vote against the Bill. What
did they tteh do. Why they put forth that a reaction had
tatters place in the minds of the people with respect to
this important subject. It was impos•ible that a reaction
could have take n place in the minds of the people, on a
question for which they bad be. n struggling for the, last
thirty ytars.z--(theers.) The late Ministers willingly
listened to this because they thought when they were.able
to throw out this Bill they would throw out his Majesty's
present Ministers—get into power themselves, and then
bring in a Bill founded on the safne principles. That he
(Lord Imitehneld) had no doubt was their intention. His
firm belief was that the Anti-Reformers who had thrown
out the Bill more bitterly regretted that it had not gone
into Cernmittee, than he did who advocated the success' of
it. The very few who did nut admit the necessity of
Reform, %ib spoke in favour of Reform, but who voted
against the second reading of the Bill, knew that
the same power which would reject the Bill could in
every clause have so mutilated it as to have altered its
complete character. But that step they thought would not
have the effect they Wished, namely, that of overturning
the Government, that it was likely to have a contrary
effect, as it might give greater facilities to the Bill being
carried through both Houses of Parliament in a more effi•
ci-nt state than it even then was.—(Cheers.) Was it nut
rather extraordinary th .t out of 300 Lay Peers there should
he only 20 of a different opinion, while out of 24 Right
Rev. Prelates there were 19 different opinions.—(Cheers
and loud cries of "We don't want the Bishops.")
God forbid that he should say any thing to detract
from the Church. No man had more affection
for the established religion than himself. But that
would not prevent him from observing on the conduct of
those who were its props—(Cries of " No, they are not")
—and who ought to have done every thing for the comfort
and happiness of those under their charge.—(Cries of
" they never will.") It was rather extraordinary that
this Right Reverend Bench, who bad hitherto stood by
and supported the Government when it was trifling with
the rights of the people—it was rather extraordinary that
they should set their faces against a proposal of Govern-
ment whose only wish and study was to reinstate the
people into the possession of those liberties and rights of
which they had been so unjustly deprived.—(Loud cries
of " Down with the Bishops, we can do without them.")
What was the argument of the Anti-Reformers against a
full, free, and fair representation of the people? Why, they
maintain the absurd proposition that the Members for
Gatton and Old Sarum fully represented the county or
St.fford.—(Loud laughter.) Why; gentlemen, continued
his Lordship, you have two of the most efficient repre-
sentatives of any county in the kingdom. No persons
had been more actively engaged than had' those two
Hon. Gentlemen in the service of the country. But
still he must be allowed to maintain that however great
their abilities and 'talents were, and however goOd their
inclinations might be, that the people of Wo verhampton,the "
Potteries., and so on, were not sufficiently represented by the
representatives of the county.—(Loud cheers.) He had
heard it repeatedly observed that it was not the question
of Reform that was the consequence of the late Govern-
ment losing office. Was it not in consequence of the state.
ments of the late Premier himself with respect to Reform,
that he was defeated on the Civil List. He bail come
down to the House of Lords and stated that he would give
no Reform, thinking the representation of the country
coinpletely perfect. The country then said, if you will
not give us Reform we will look and see how you are dis-
posing of our money.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
An i the very vote of the House of Commons
on the Civil List, proved to the Duke of 'Wellington that
the people of England were determined to have Reform.
—(Tremendous cheering.) The Duke of Wellington
knew that he dare not face the question that was to be
brought forward by the present Lord Chancellor, then Mr.
Brougham, and the consequence was he lost his situation.
—(Lotul cheers.) In conclusion be would exhort the
present meeting in every legal and constitutional manner to
press forward this great and important measure. If they
did so, they might depend upon it that they would be
successful. He would beg of them to let their voices be
heard through their representatives at the foot of the throne:
The country had a Monarch upon its throne whose only
wish and desire was to consult time interests of his people.
That King had also Ministers who were determined
to carry forward this great measure, assisted by their
Royal Master. Nothing therefore could prevent the
country possessing that great boon, they were lookiug
forward to bat riot and disturbance.—(Cries of "we
have been quiet and will be quiet ") Titer e was one good
which had been derived from the fate of the Bill in the
House of Lords, namely, that it proved most satisfactorily
that it was no longer a struggle between the people and
aristocracy, because the recent division which had taken
plaee,proved that many of the aristocracy were the warmest
advocates and supporters of the rights, the liberties,
and the interest of the people.—( Great cheering.) It was
not a struggle between the aristocracy and the people, but
between the people and a sordid oligarchy, who would not
give up that which they had no right to, but which ere
many months have elapsed, the people would compel them
to give up.—(Great cheering.) The Noble Earl con-
cluded by moving, that an humble Address be presented to
his Majesty, in pursuance of the terms of the said requi-
sition.

R. G. HEATIICOTEj Esq. felt great pleasure in second-
ing the resolution which has been so ably, so satisfactorily,
and so constitutionally supported by the Noble Earl. In
doing this, the meeting would allow him to congratulate
them on the splendid display of respectability and public
eFirit which he had now the pleasure of witnessing. He
could not forget the last meeting that had taken place in this
county not many months ago, on the same subject as that
which they were now called together upon. Shortly after
that meeting, that hole and corner declaration folloWeds
that it was the intention of the boroughmongering nomi-
nees to bring forward Sir Robert Peel, as a Member for
this great and important county.—(Cries of " Lethim come
forward if he dare,we will have no Sit Robert Half-way.")
That declaration, however, had not been fulfilled. Sir
Robert Peel knew too well what the f:eling of the county of
Stafford was upon the subject, and he thought it better to
sit fur the close borough of Tainworth, than attempt a
contest for the great county of Stafford.--(Loud cheers.)
The *reefing was aware that since they last met circum-
stances had taken place almost unparalleled in the history
of the country. Those circumstances had been described
by the Noble Earl much better than he could describe
them.—a measure recommended by the King, introduced
to Parliament by Ministers, supported a'ter a direct ap-
peal to them by the great mass of the people, triumphantly
cart ied through the House of Commons, bad been re-
jected—contumeliously rejected—by the House of Loids.
--(Loud cheers.) In vain did the most eloquent and able
men this country ever produced, entreat their Lordships
on bended knees not to reject the Bill—not to offer so
great an indignity to the people of England as to
dismiss them without a hearing.--(Loud cheers.) Such
a Bill as would have had its effects on any other assembly
of civilized men was of no weight, it seemed, when put in
the opposite scale against their Lordships' own ideas of
legitimate influence. Against privileges held as they ap-
peared to thick not for the good of the country, but for
their own especial benefit—(Loud cheers)— mil more than
all against that system of public pillage by which so
many of them had been propped for years, he might say
for ages, and which they justly believed a Reformed House
of Commons would wrest from their hands.—(Loud
cheers.) He bad no wish t make indelicate a•tacks on
the House of Lords. He admitted their perfect right to
exercise their free judgment upon all matters that might
come before them.—(Lord cries of " And so have
we.") But he did not admit that the country was

bound in Inlnuit to their decisions when op-;
posed to tie sense of the cotintry itself. Still less did he
admit that 199 indivichial;, howeoever privileged, had a
ight to say to the Houie of Comitions, you shall not cor-
rect those abuses and corruptions against which the public
voice has been raised and which had been decried by every
honest Statesman for the last 50 years.—(Loud cheers.)
When the meting reviewed the lwe proceedings in the
House of Lords, he thilight that there .11/4s brit
few of theM t;:t world nit conic to the con-
clusion that the Heiise of Lords stood as much in
need of Reform as the House of Commons.—(Loud
cries of " All of us, all of us ") Many questions
of scarcely leis interest than that which engaged the atten-
tion of the Meeting'; earttestly demanded the consi-
deration of a Reformed Parliament. He would riot take
up the time of the Meeiiiig by etatiiig whit those questions
were. Many of theni would be suf2ciently obiriutis, and
could no more be delayed with safety to the country than
the great question of Reform itself—(Loud cheers.) He
was quite sure that no Minister, even with a refointed
House of Commons, could hope to, biing those questionseven to a eatiifactory result *bile a majority ef the
House of Peers rentained as it at present did so
little on a level with the national feelings, and so
determined to oppose itself to the general Voice of
the country: For this reasoli he wottld say that
seniething in the form of schedilles A and fl would be
no improper nostrum to be given to some Peers that he
could name.—(Cheers.) But he thanked God that no
such cauterising application was necessary.—(Laughter.)
The Constitution had lodged in the hands of a gracious
Sovereign powers amply sufficient to melt every difficulty:
How or in *hat mariner that prerogative might be called
into operation, whether by the creation of Peers—which,
for the reasons he bad given must be sooner or later
expected—or wheilier by any course less strictly constitu-
tional, but justified by ovetrulin; necessity—or Whether by
process of time, producing its effects slowly but surely, like
the drop of water which wore away the stone, nut by its
weight or force, but by its frequ-nt attacks—are questions
which may be safely left to the present Government.—
(Tremendous cheering.) His Majesty had told the people
from the throne that a measure of Parliamentary Reform
should be again brought under the consideration of Parlia-
ment, and his patriotic Ministers had added their assurance
that they would not be the men to bring before the House
ofParliatnent any measure less efficient than the one which
had been rejected by the House of Lords, and with that
declaration the people ought to be satistied.—(Long and
continued cheeriug, and cries of "We are, we are.") If
he was not greatly mistaken, when the measure
of Reform was again agitated the point of contention
would be the nomination boroughs—those boroughs which
a portion of their Lordships were anxious to preserve, in
order that they might retain that influence and controul
over the House of Comm.,tis which they hal been auda-
cious enough to tell the country they had a right to exer-
cise.—(Loud cheering. ) It was those boroughs which
ought to be got rid of, in order that the House of Com-
mons might he placed beyond the reach of any controul
but that of the people.—(Loud cheers.) If any man was
to tell him that he was a Reformer, he should ask him but
one question, as a test of the certainty of his being so.
That question would b', " Are you or are you
not prepared to go the whole length of schedules
A and B?—(Cries of "We are ; we are.") If he was
not he should reject him as an alien, and no true Re-
former,
and he would say to the pr. sent meeting
that if they permitted one single letter of schedule
A or B to be be touched, they would be traitors to them-
selves and to their posterity.—(Great cheering, and cries
of " No, no.") Those schedulis were not only es,ential
to the Bill, but they were the life and soul of it. With-
out them there coul ibe no Reform worth having. With
them, any minor alterations might be made without per.
manen inconvenience. It was remarkable that in the
course of the-last few mouths, almost all the world ba
become Reforiners.—(Loud cries of " Yes, all except tire
Bishops and old women.") Even the Duke of We'lington
himself admitted chat some Reform was necessary, and so
did every Lord that took part of the late discussion ; but
not one had ventured to state what degree of Ileortu he
would admit of ; but be (Mr. Heathcote) thought that
it would be that sort of Re'orin which, in the
vanity of their imaginations they might hope that
the people would be deluded with, whereas in fact it would
leave every thing just where it was.—(Loud cries of " That
won't do; we won't have such a Reform as that.") Mi-
nisters, on the other hand, had laid before the country a
pl in extensive and comprehensive, which had the singular
merit of pleasing every body. It was true there were
some few who thought it might exceed or fall short of
what they could wish ; but no plan, he would venture to
say, could have been proposed which could have given more
universal _satisfaction than the oue.proposed by his Ma-
jesty's Ministers. By that plan they had distinctly told
the country that they would stand or fall, and he begged
of the meeting that it might be their determination
to do the same. The meeting might be assured that no-
thing could prevent the full accomplishment of their just
expectation, but that disposition to tumult and disorder
which he regretted to say had taken place in some parts of
the country.—(Cries of " Not in Staffordshire.") No, he
knew the men of Staffordshire too well to believe they
would be guilty of such acts. It was not the physical
force but the moral force that would secure for them those
invaluable privileges, which future ages would never be able
to wrest from them. Under the defeat recently sustained,
he trusted it would be a consolation of every Englishman
to know that the King and his Ministers were in the
same vessel with theoPelves. The King and these
Ministers had shewn that they had confidence in their
crew; let, therefore, that crew strew to the King and his
Ministers that they had confidence in them. The port
was before them, and nothing but imprudence or impa-
tience, or, what is worse, far more fatal, any attempt to
rush and snatch the helm from their hands, would render
the voyage perilous and uncertain.—(Long and continued
cheering.) If the House of Lords, admonished by
the Pens,: of the times, and meetings like the present,
which he trusted would be general, should see their
errors, and should determine to pass the Bill with
such amendments as might seem rational, and consist-
ent with its principles, be was sure that those who wished
well to the House of Lords would wish that their
tights might be preserved entire, and that the country
would hail with satisfaction such a glorious result.—
(Cheers.) I , however, they were determined to be ob-
stinate, and to place themselves in opposition to their fel-
low-subjects and the interests of each other—interests
which ought to be united. If they imagined that the will
of 199 persons was to overrule the voice of a great and
mighty nation ; they must take the consequences ; and if
any infringement of their privileges should follow, they,
and they alone, will be to blame. The course of the
people was plain and simple. They had now an honest
Government—perhaps the only holiest one the country
had been blest with for the last fifty years. Let the country
beware how it parted with it. Let it beware how it
filled to support it. It was now blessed With a King,
thanks to Providence, who, unlike some of his predecessors,
was disposed to live not for himself, but for his people.—
(Loud cheers.) To him, therefore, let the present meet-
ing address themselves, reposing in him that trust and
confidence which his noble and patriotic conduct so richly
merited at their hands. Mr. Heathcore concluded a most
eloquent address amidst !mid cheers, by seconding the
resolution, which was carried unanimously.
The Eirl of SHREWSBURY presented himself to the
meeting, and was received with the most deafening ap-
plause. He had been honoured with the proposal of the
address, for which he felt extremely grateful. He was
sure that it was perfectly unnecessary to trouble the meet-
ing with many observations, for the cause of Reform, in his
opinion, was cart ied.—(Cheers. ) No obstacles were now
to be contended except as had been emphatically stated
by his Noble Friend (the Earl of Lichfielil,) a sordid oli-
garchy. A trifling majority of the creatures of that rya
tem which he was happy to say the present Reform Bill
was about to destroy.--(Cheers.) The Peerage as it ex-
isted previous to the accession of George the Third, or be-
fore what he might term the reign of Pitt, hail already carried
the measure by a majority of 49 against 36• It was, therefore,
preposterous to suppose that such men could proceed in
placing themselves above the ancient Peers of the kingdom,
and between the just rights, desires awl expectations of the
country.—(Cheers.) These men had said, the people were
ind iffereut to Reform—(Cries of "No, no")—that they cared
not by what system they were governed that they were
reckless of that; the present meeting would at once refute
so fallacious an argument, But what. completed the
climax was, that when the excitement had obtained its
heighth, when the people had become irritated under the
aspersions cast upon them, that then they said, we will
not yield to intimidatiou. They stated that they would
brave , the
threatse
eh themofthe
a peoplean
and defy their power, hut
if they would sympathetic
whisper, they
would then listen to them. That could never be. They
never could enchain the minds of Englishnien
to hug their paltry pittance. How was he
would ask, with the Catholic question? Wily,- the
persons opposing Reform were the very. 'nose L•ene.,
who then told us the Catholics, were not, snd.cotild
not have their rights•—(Cheers,) And yet before two
short years had elapsed, all opposition was over-ruled: and
their cause was gained.—(Cheers.) Ministers then made.
a virtue of necessity, they knew that fear was the begin-
ning of wisdom..—(Cheere, and cries of " so it is,

But tiot4e they laugh at their own conduct. They tell us
that olisiihatiy is wisdom—(Loud laughter)—that reels.
ness is snagnanitnity—(Continued laughter)—and that to
drive the people into revolution is a inirk of high wisdom
and superior greatness.—(Loud cheers, and cries of
" They have deceived themselves.") He (Lord Shrews-
bury) thought that the events of the list fortnight had be-
tun to work their effects upon them. The voice of the
eotinery bad ices* in their the, and they had begun to
"see their errors, and thought even now it was not
too late to do so.—(Cheers.) In a few short weeks lie
had no hesitation in saying, the just desires and wishes of
the country would be accomplished.—(Great cheering.)
The Noble Earl concluded by moving the address.—
(For which see advertisement.)
EDWARD BurLxn, E rj. seconded the resolution. The
dieeppointment of the public at the rejection df the Reform
Bill he Wes happier to say was Only tenipdrary. The re-
sistance which had been made to this great measure, though
it was a cause of 'regret to him, was not one of astonish-
ment: The country had been eoveined for half a century
by the followers of Fitt, who had carried the sys.ein of
patronage and corruption to its greatest height. No person
knew better than him whom to advance, or whom to
degrade; The principles, however, of the present
Ministry were totally different from that of their
predecessors.—(Cries of hear, hear.) That system of
corruption which had been founded by Pitt and con-
tinued by his shcceseorsi they were endeavouring to rec-
tify, doing away with that system of patronage which
was a disgrace to the Enlists nation. The present Mi-
nisters were laying the corner stone of Reform, in obedi-
ence to the voite of the people, and that they
Would be succcetsful in raising the beautiful fabric no
rational man could entertain a doubt. It was
true that the late Ministers had granted that great boon,
Catholic Emancipation. They had flattered with Tories
and coquetted with Whir, but had formed no strong al-
Hence with either. They could bring forward no great
measure without clogging it with something that took away
from it its alticacy. They could not grant Catholic Eman-
cipation without immolating the 40s. freeholders on the
altars of intolerance. They could not give the franchise
from East Retford to Birmingham, without giving a sop
to Cerberus.—(Loed and continued cheers.) Happily,
however, for the country, through the firmness of a
patriotic King, accompanied by the unanimous voice of
the Ministers and the people, that system hail closed for
ever. A Government now stood forward, based on the
most opposite principles, with retrenchment iu one hand
and Reform in the other. They had cast aside the trim
meta of party, and had thrown themselves on their country.
—(Louil,cheers.) E irl Grey would not merely consent to
manage the House of Commons, but lie would satisfy the
nation. The question was, would the present meeting have
Reform or not ?—(Cries of " We will.") Would they
support his Majesty's present Ministers or would they nut?
—(Cries of " We will.") The present Ministers were
anxious to find out remedies for the diseases that exists d
in the Constitution. Such remedies they had found.
Those remedies were consonant with the voice of the
people, and the present address had for one of its objects,
the begging of his Majesty to retain his most efficient
and patriotic Ministers.—(Loud cheers.) The coun-
try was a tremendous body of artillery, frightening the
Anti-Reformers who now said you bad better, if you can,
give up your artillery, and we will produce our pocket
pistols—(Loud laughter)—and discharge them at the
holes of corruption.—(Cheers ) Would the present meet-
ing trust to such statements ? No, let the Anti-Reformers
hear the thunders of their artillery, and let them ke p their
pocket pistols in their pockets fur sonic other purpose.—
(Loud cheers.) Objections had been stated to this great
measure, because it was said it would overthrow the
Aristocracy of the country. He would say that the real
Aristocracy of the country were decidedly in favour of the
treasure.—(Loud cheers.) Much had been s .iri also of
the revolutionary tendency of it. It had been said if you
get Reform, where was the hand that could stay revolu
Lion; that if once the flood gates were open, the hand was
n ,t in existence that could close them.—(Cheers and
cries of " Yes it is.") He would say that the same hand
that had power to open them would have strength enough
to shut them. The sense and the good intelligence of the
people was in favour of the Bill. If the people of Eng-
land had no attachment to their Constitution, he knew net
where to look for the strength and security of the Goverment.
He thanked God, however, that the people had that at-
tachment, that it prevailed over the whole kingdom, and
that their good sense would chew them where to pause.
If there were some who had borne prosperity with hu-
mility, there were thousands who had borne distress with-
out a murmur. If the people had but patience they would
carry their cause, for it was good order that had disarmed
their opponents and strengthened their friends.—(Loud
sheets.) Mr. B. concluded by seconding the address.
which was carried unanimously amidst loud acclamations,
JOSIAH WEDGWOOD, Esq rose to propose the third re-
solution. The question of Reform hail been so thoroughly
discussed in all its bearings, that it would be quite incon-
sistent on his part to attempt to offer any arguments in
favour of its necessity. The present meeting was afiSeM-
bled for the purpose of exercising its Constitutional privi-
lege of addressing the King, in order to lay at his feet the
expressions and opinions which it entertained.—(Cheers.)
He was a . firm and staunch friend to Reform, and he
looked forward with great pleasure to the day, which
could not be long, when a Bill on the amendment of the
representation of the people in Parliament woulelapecome
the law of the land. Mr. W. concluded by ma im; that
the address be signed by the High Sheriff on behalf of the
meeting, and forwarded by him to Earl Grey, to be pre-
sented to his Majesty.
H. BRADBURN, Esq. seconded the resolution with
heartfelt gratification, after passing a high encomium on
his Majesty's Ministers.
Captain CIIETWYND, in rising to propose that the ad
dress be inserted in the Times, Morning Chronicle, Sun,
Courier, anti Globe, London Newspapers, and in the
country ones, observed that an extinguisher had not been
put upon Refortn ; that it had been delayed only for a
few months, and that it would shortly burst forth again
with renewed brilliancy.—(Cheers.) He was no Radical,
but he had no wish to class himself among those who cilled
themselves moderate Reformers. He looked upon them es
Reformers, not from conviction, but from compulsion.
He had never witnessed men so devoted to the interests of
their country, and so devoted to consult its good, as the
present Ministers.—(Cheers.)
Captain JOHNSON seconded the resolution. It had been
said there was more joy over one sinner that repented than
over ninety-nine that needed no repentance. He hoped
that repentant sinner would be the Duke of Wellington,
and that the flote•e of Lords would be saved.—(Cheers.)
He recollected an argument once used by an Irishman,
that nothing was perfect in life but death and taxes, for
the one sewed up your purse, tool the other sewed up
your windpipe. He thought the meeting would
consider him remiss if he did not say something about
their worships the Bench of Bishops. He thought it
would have been much better for them to have abstained
from voting at all upon this important question. He
was an advocate for not allowing Bishops to vote on
temporal questions, thinking they had sufficient to do
to:attend to those that related to their own order.—(Cheers. )
Who was it that supported them in their magnificence ?
Why, the middling and lower classes:, and yet those were
the very peisans whose rights they had sacrificed by their
vote on this Bill.
" Hope had for a season bid the world farewell,
" But freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell."
--(Loud cheers.)
Sir OswALn MOSELEY rose to propose the thinks of
the meeting te the county Members, with mingled feelings
of satisfaction and regret—regret that the great measure of
Reform had been delayed for a season, but much satisfac-
tion, because the country had a King on the Throne, and
a Government attached to the people who had deter-
' mined to secure their just rights in the represen-
tation of the House of Commons. The victory on this
great and important question was more than half carried ;
and lie added from authority, that before Christmas was
turned, it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to
bring forward and carry through the House of Commons
a similar measure to the one just thrown out, and that be-
fore February it was to be carried through the Lords, and
would be the law of the land. It would ill become him
to pay any voluntary compliment to the two worthy
and most zealous representatives of this gre it and im-
portant county sentiments, of respect and venervion
he was sure would be entertained by all present towards
them. Though he himself had had the honour of having
a seat in the House of Commons, the fatigues
he had to undergo in that honourable place were nothing
compared with those which latterly they had to encoun-
ter. They had zotended night after night in the House
of Commons for the purpose of supporting Ministers,
in carrying forward those great and important questions
which were entrusted to them. He was sure that he did
not address any persons who could at all appreciate
whit the exertions of those gentlemen had been, without
having their cordial concurrence in the sentiments le
hod just uttered.—(Loud cries of " All.") His friend
Mr. Lyttleton had been nominated to the high and
important office of one of the Commissioners under
the new Reform Law, and his attendance in London was
required at the present inomens, but such was his anxiet)
to attend at the present meeting that immediately alto
the meeting was concluded, he would be obliged to underg'
the fatigues of travelling all night in order to be ip attend-

iwndcsenoonu!reisindputeieers,,inththeenmouesterooprolcisortno-mmor :IP
went, unless it was built on public olale,.i ' 't 4
the good-will of the people.—(Hear.) The OPP 7
-his great measure would shortly find out that to
true, and he had no doubt that they Vf°ll4
a different yore whCzi the qu6stion was rejiP ~,),
and they wilt then: vote fromeipedienee.--(u14; r
worthy Baronet concluded an eloquent 14aa p9S.-r" •, I
..1
ing a high compliment to the county ittertilleralc,„Hr,
GEORGE WEBB, Esq., in seconding the rr,
said that it not having before fallen to his ltt to dot"'
numerous, so influential, and so respectable an '1„-idar
he felt a little embarrassed, and must claim their }td
dulgence for a few moments. The cause of 1,/
having been so ably advocated in both Houses ofAr
ment, he should not tike up the time of that h"ci
spectable meeting by any r emarks of his own, but e'e:di
f
de
to confine himself to the motion he was about to
toriloi
He rook the liberty of recomrilending every on of
t!" °II , i
1
utmost endeavours to promote a continuance ,
order and peaceable conduct which had, to the
ed
that gre it and important county, hitherto Freeaii 0.
would prove the best and safest passport id iii. 0
ment of all their wishes.—(Hear.) fie 40P90ii
himself a sort of amphibious animal, equally °o
or
with agriculture and commerce, and therefore heheiff
ticular'y obst•rved the great attention paid by :7,000
lightened and consistent county Members to WO `;,,,Y
1 Their exertions had ben almost unparall,lerif ' ' 10
atrended to their complaints, they had suplaerteud
Administration, in whose wisdom and lateral"
great mass of the people had an entire 01300/
they had done their duty, and had proved 11'0.1
the hest possble guardians of what was --.44.
Englishmen—their pr,litical tights and PT 0/
He felt, and that in common with them all, tbstil
valuable services they were entitled to the gratituder
country, and the ent re confidence of their amino
He congratulated the county on having sciented:loll
presentatives, and begged leave to propose the .7_,.- 0
the meeting to the excellent county representato;4
Littleton and Sir J. Wrottesley. They had a litweeLt,
lightened Cabinet, headed by an honest, conaire, OA
able Premier, possessing the entire confidence ei•-, ofri
cellent and patriotic King, reigning in the beir'idel,
people. Let them, as dutiful and loyal 'sultiene*;dr
them by every means in their power, and in tbe
ef) d the
tice would prevail. Let them have patience,
il
exertions must be crowned with victory. k
eei
Mr. Lrrnrrost returned thanks. fie re--- i„lbich "ii
great pleasure the testimony of approbation " thst.,
just been offered. He was free to conile 11)11
was not one of those who looked urn :" 't
:„I
tion of the Bill as a gre it grievance, bees_:setrial,„' i
enabled the King to exhibit to the world th"—beeri,
character which would live in every English beertflasf''
To the Ministers it had been friendly, becain,ooo%
that was against it, clearly indicated that had it rit o,e
Committee it would have been so mutilated Illa pol.fthe'
have been withdrawn.—(Loud cheers.) It :1:11 Oros
cessary for him to enter into the merits of t''.. :01Lir
it did not need his humble aid, for the arguenep a rot
Anti Reformers themselves had completely I
„dr'
van•age groom! from under tdeir feet.—(CheeT, the'
was the main burtben of their cry ? WhYtt"ld "°"t 0"1
of the people of that enlightened country e"ifirbranna
fairly repr. sented without pulling down the C,0:1(
House of Lord., and the House of Conlin°l*tberfd
himself bad never uttered a fouler calumny ene- AO
of England.—(Cheers.) The people were n'iing,-,d
conservative party bath as it respected the Who
House of Lords, and the House of Commons'
men!o
the supporters of this great measure ? Such
Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Lichfield, tb(ei aoat,i
Uxbridge, the Earl Marshal of England, Lc° A
„
and all indeed that !night be tr lily called the aria.' . .t if
England.—(Cheers.) In the House of Colunl:lrd,
supported by such men as Lord John Russell; -itotioo
thorp, and others, whose attachment to thent
see
the people could not be doubted, but who badoe .
necessity of so great and extensive a meataure•
sod
sons composing his Majesty's Government wereo_eit
their zeal and determination, and for their hfrle 0
deavours for their country's good.—(cbee",,•? e J
as he h id stared in another place, met with ''S emirr
probation. The disfranchising of nominal boron
b!t ,
giving the franchi.e to large and wealthy tow":
measure well worthy of those who had broug e :!,‘
ward. The new Bill that was to be introduced h
0
doubt would be equally as effective, if not more net of
than the one just thrown out. Suffice it to sal ,
Grea
should vote for no measure less efficient._(
ing.) Success was certain if riot and conftll; b'
avoided. He felt exceedingly proud if his exerli, 01
merited the praise bestowed, and no exertion ih°
wanting on his part to deserve them.—(Cheers.):d,
Sir JOHNWHOTTESLEY also returned thanks u:l4
and appropriate speech, recommending to them et ,do
the country at large, patience and forbearanot !miss!violence, and then no doubt could be entertained r• 1
cess would crown their exertions. ,i,a e,
The Earl of UXBRIDGE moved the thanks of
the''"- f 4
ing to the High Sheriff. He had no doubt of Oi
mate success of that great and important measure, °d
the people had so lung looked for relief. He vi°sdii
pore V•etn to be peaceable, to be firm, to be trtieek
King and themselves, and success would Meer
theirs.--(Cheers )
Sir ED. Scorr seconded the resolution. ;toil'
The HIGH SHERIFF returned thanks in a neat
... ii
propriate speech. tliSi
Three cheers were then given fur the King' /ter )
the Queen, three for the Ministers, and three fc'flp
after which the immense assembly, consisting °IO
we should suppose, ten thousand persons' sit
peaceably. 111
Ti riJge'
The Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of .- tteed
Earl of Lichfield, and all persons of distinction earer
the meeting, shortly afterwards took their depart if
Stafford. 01
Our especial thanks are due to George Kell,' per
Under Sheriff, for the kind and gentlemanly ni"--
which he gave us information. '

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judge of men's tat she
dresses they wear, by the offices they fins or
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AND DISSENT.EII-00 sp
been often said, and by many who ought to
slid by many, too, who I think do know b'tt` '
b ere;ol
there was no Established Church in the land' s,,sf
soon be no religion. Men of sober miuds
and, perhaps, 1 have stated sufficient to satisfy Y°
that, so far as rest ects " our parish" at this
iittle truth in the statement. A portion of this --per/
dished Church, which derives an income in the
so 7.
use Vicar alone, say from 1,000/. to I,s°Cdno
has a church capable of containing Irvin 4u otiAi
nearers, an attend ince of about 200 at her or
al° 00/
a school at fifty children : the poverty-striclienboolai
pised Dissenters have fitteen chapels, sixteen 50,,
ibout 3,000 children. I do not say what be
ought to do ; but if the Dissenters, circutssceof
have stated them to be, can build so manyP
ship without Parliamentary grants to assist tb
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th°se
them. clean, and in repair, without rating Or
not attend them—and support their Ministergo,
tithing the property and industry of those whotioe
to hear them-1 think it 1, evident that, 10 45;it
dots that she possesses all the wealth and loaf
aeighbourhourhood, she ought to do a great des' ;oil!
she has yet done. If the Church be in dangerr.,is
who pretend to know more than 1 do, say '7bet°!r/
quite evident whence her danger arises..—from.
(was of her rulers, the covetousness 61 her 01°011
army other things which I need nut repeatLb Or
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