The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-09 00:00:00

"TO THE INHABITANTS 01' WARNyICK.

"The High Sheriff of th© county has called a meeting forTues_
day next, at the request of one hundred and fifty respectable,
and many of them the most influential and opulent gentry and
freeholders of this county, including nearly thirty Magistrates,
with the late and present Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, lbr
the legal and constitutional purpose of addressing the King npOn
the all-engrossing subject of Reform.
" Upon a similar occasion the largest County Meeting ever
known here was held, and since then one at Ilirtningharn, at-
tended by one hundred and fifty thousand people, in the most
peaceable and orderly manner, and yet the Magistrates of this
borough have attempted to cast a slur Upon the intentions of the
present requisitionists,who they wostM have you believe are about
to meet to break the peace, and they call upon you to be sworn
as special constables, to protect yourselves from the fatal eflbcts
of some visionary dream that" has entered into their wild and
timid imaginations.
" The yeomanry Are to be called out to protect you from the
suachinations of these county Magistrates and freeholders,
Have these borough Magistrates then raised a shadow and
frighted themselves ? or are they trying to create that disorder
which they pretend to fear P I tell you, and I tell them, that
they have no grounds for what they are doing, and they know
they have not, and if one grain of sense is left in the whole body
they will recall their insulting request, and leave you to enjoy
your meeting in that peace and good order, which nothing but
the foolish interference of an imbecile, weak, and inefficient
body can destroy.
"Fellow Townsmen,--)le peaceable, suffer not yourselves to be
thrown off your guard by the impertinent interference of those
who, truckling to slaves in office, will try to distract your atten-
tion, and by every means they can devise endeavour to pro-
mote disorder—for nothing on earth can now prevent that Re-
form which we are all anxious to obtain, while peace and good
order is your motto, and union is your strength ;—by peace you
will defeat the machination of your enemies,—by peace you will
show your loyalty to your King,—and by peace you will pre-
serve the honour and reputation of your country.—God save
the King.
" Nov. 7, 1531."
Among the other placards posted about the town were
the following

" RWICKSHIRE COUNTY REFORM MEETING.
" Freeholders and Inhabitant HoUseholders of the County of
Warwick,---Your petitions, the claims and rights of the whole
nation, have been grossly and blindly rejected by the House of
turd. Spiritual and Temporal. The Anti-Reformers falselj
assert that a re-action has taken place—a re-action has taken
place. You are now determined to overcome an oligarchy which
nas usurped the constitutional rights of the people in the Corm
mons House of Parliament. Do your duty, for a great crisis is
at hand. Your liberties, your rights, your property, your labour.
your industry, are involved in the peaceful success of this great
national cause. Suppon. the King, his Ministers, yourselves.
Freeholders, householders, attend the county meeting on Tues-
day next.

Fellow-countrymen, Lovers of Freedom, Justice, Truth,
and Humanity,—Matifest your warm attachment to vour
King and his Ministers—your ardent desire for the fran-
quillitr, safety, and happiness of your native country—your
love for posterity, and your abhorrence of that foul faction
that would rob your gracious Sovereign of his prerogative,
and withhold from you your rights, by attending the great county
meeting on Tuesday next; and let your numbers and the pro-
priety of your conduct on that day prove that the friends of Re-
!win have not relapsed into indifference that they are the true
lovers of peace."
" The Warwick Political Society, and all other friends of Re.
form, are respectfully requested to meet at the Grand Stand, at
half-past nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, to welcome their
brethren who are corning from other places, and with them to
march in procession to the place of meeting.—God save the
King?"

The original place of meeting fixed upon by the High
Sheriff was the Shire-hall, but in consequence of the ex-
pected largeness of the meeting, it was determined that
it should take place in the Market-place, and hustings
were accordingly erected for that purpose. The High
Sheriff, attended by Viscount Hood, Sir George Philips,
Sir George Chetwynd, Sir E. Eardley Wilmot, the Rev.
A. G. Wade, D.D., Sir C. T. Throckinorton, Thomas
Attwood, Esq., Thomas Cotton, Esq., G. F. Aluntz,
Esq., Sir J. Skipwith, F. Lawley, Esq., M.P., Bolton
King, Esq., 11. C. Adams, Esq., Hon. C. T. Clifford,
Arthur F. Gregory, Esq., W. F. Wratislaw, Esq., John
Shuckburgli, E-q., Joseph Parkes, Esq., R. Gee, Esq.,
F. Holyoake, Esq., J. West, Esq., and most of the influ-
ential and wealthy landowners of the county, proceeded
shortly after twelve o'clock to the Shire-ball, and after
reading the requisition, immediately proceeded to the
Market-place, where upwards of 5,000 persons bad col-
lected. The members of the Birmingham Union did not
attend, considering that it was better to leave the free-
holders of the county to their own independent expression
of public opinion. The Leamington, Stratford-on-Avon,
Coventry, Kenilworth, and other neighbouring Unions,
marched in with banners and music, imparting a most
lively character to the scene. Many of them also wore
medals made for the occasion, having on one side likenesses
of the King, Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, and Lord John
Russell, with the motto—" The Confidence of the People,"
and on the reverse—" The Desire of the People—the Re-
form Bill—No Ministerial Pensions—No Tithes—No Corn
Laws—No Game Laws--No Stamp Taxes—No East In-
dia Monopoly—No Colonial Slavery."
On Mr. LAWLET mounting the hustings he was re-
ceived with three rounds of applause. On the High
Sheriff taking the Chair three cheers were given for the
King, three for the county Members, three for the High
Sheriff, three for Lord Hood, and three for J. 'fames, Esq.
The HIGH SHERIFF' then rose to address the meeting.
He had convened it in consequence of having received from
many highly respectable freeholders the requisition which
had just been read in the County Hall. He trusted that
the meeting would prove themselves attached to the old
English principle, offering all parties an attentive hear-
ing.—(Loud cheers.)
A. GREGORY, Esq. have received the following letter
from Lord Dormer, felt it his duty to read it to the
meeting :
" My DeAR regret that my absence from home will
prevent me having the honour of attending the county meeting.
" Had I been present I would have voted for the support of
his Majesty's Ministers, and in testimony of my gratitude for
their measure of Reform.

" Should you have an opportunity of expressing these my
opinions, you would very much oblige,
" Your's faithfully,

" DORMER."
Lord HOOD also pleaded an apology for the non-attendance
of Chandoa Leigh, Esq. of Stoneleigh, who had met with an
accident in consequence of being thrown from leis gig; but
he had directed bins to assure the meeting that it had his
best wishes, that he always had been, and should be, a
supporter of Reform.—(Loud cheers.)
Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS then rose for the purpose of
moving the first resolution, which, on being requested to
do, he did not think be should have acted as became biiii
if he had not complied with, but could not but wish it had
been put in abler hands.—(Cheers.) If it bad not been
repeatedly asserted by Parliament, that a re-action had
taken place with respect to Reform in the public mind,
and that it was becoming quite indifferent upon
the question, he should not have thought it ne-
cessary to have said a word, or have ben of
the body to request the High Sheriff to convene the
present meeting, the sentiments of the freeholders and in-
habitants of the county upon the great question having
been so fully declared on former occasions.—(Loud cheers.)
Though he had been doubtful as to what would have been
the fate of the Reform Bill in the House of Loris, he
never could have persuaded himself to believe the reports
that were current that the Lords would reject the Bill
upon the second reading. lie did not conceive it possible
that that assembly would have refused to take into consi-
deration the provisions of the Bill recommended to
the Commons by his :Majesty, passed by the Commons,
with a great majority, after a most patient and deliberate
consideration of the subject.—(Cheers.) He could not
bring himself to believe that the Lords would refuse to
take into consideration a Bill introduced to them under
ouch circumstances--a Bill that had been received by a
treat majority Of the people, and a measure that would
eal all their woe* and give happiness and prosperity t-
W• the country..—(Lcittid cheery.) When he looked to the
4 etspeeches of the opponents to that great measure, be
must acknowledge that he could not see a single
sl/4" reasonable ground urged for their having acted so
ungracione a part.—(Loud cheers.) The principle
j -woo. we

eapements of the Measure had adithitted themselves to be
advocates for some tkeform, but they would not tell the
people what,—'(Chters.) They admitted that some change
was necessary . Why, therefore, shOnld they not take
Into consideratiou the change proeose,l to them by his Ma-
jesty's Government, a Change which had been sanctioned
by the rinse of Cdanmons, and was approied of by the
people. He did not mean to say that tha measure, as
sent from the House of CommoWa was so complete and
perfect that it might ant be improved in the House of
Lords.—(Cheers.) The House of Lords ought to have
set them-~elves to work upon the Bill to make improve-
ments if they were necessary, and by doing that they would
conferred upon themselves he gteatest
(Cheers. ) But their Lordship's had delerMined hot to
act that parts 'I here was a want of accordance between
the Lorda and the people of Englanal on this great question.
What was the reason of that Why the people had been
governed for the last halt century by a Ministry totally de-
void of libere4.l-',rinciples—a Ministry who threw every
impedireint in the way of an admission into the House of
Morals, or into any of the honours of the State.—(Loud
and long-continued cheers.) In several counties that
principle had been carried to such an extent, that the most
trifling thinta had been caught hold of to withhold
from men of high rank and station, and known liberal
principles, the honours of even a Lord-Lieutenancy.—
(Cries of " That was done to Earl Fitzwilliam.") When
Lord Grey came into the Ministry such petty feelings were
done away with, and honours were conferred on the most
deserving.—(Cheers.) When such things as he had been
referring to were done by a late Ministry, how could the
meeting be surprised at the conduct of the Bench of Bi-
shops ?—(Cheers.) But to use the language of the
Lord Chancellor he would say that the Government
was not to be tripped up by such conduct—that its
stability wonld be increased by the firmness of the
King, and the conduct of the people.—(Loud cheers.)
He did not wish the meeting to suppose that by the obser-
vations be had made, he wished to prejudice them against
the Lords, Spiritual and Temporal. He knew there were
many on the Bench of Bishops of high exemplary conduct
in private life ; the Bishop of London, for instance, was
a men of most extraordinary attainments, but the contrast
between the course that he had pursued, and that which
had been followed by the Bishop of Norwich and the
'l;shop of Chichester,,must be apparent to the meeting.
—(Cheers.) The observations which he had addressed to
the meeting was for the purpose of leading them to the
conclusion, that if the obvious expedient for passing the
Reform Bill, by creating Peers of liberal principles, was
resorted to, it was an expedient which might be adopted
with great public advantage.—(Loud and continued
cheering.) The infusion of a body of liberal Peers,
Spiritual and Temporal, into the House of Lords,
would have a most beneficial effect on the House of Lords
itself, as it would bring them more in accordance with the
feelings of the community, and of restoring that confidence
between it and tl em, of which its late conduct had de-
prived it.—(Cheers.) lie could not for a moment enter-
tain a doubt that a great and fficacious measure of Reform
would soon be carried into affect, as it was impossible to
resist the united wishes of the King, the Government, and
the people. The time had now gone by when any man
could stand up and vindicate a state of things which would
give a right to return two Metall ers for a place like Old
Sarum, but deny it to such great and influential towns as
Manchester and Birmingham.—(Continued cheering.)
Nothing could resist the attainment of that great measure,
on which the King and his Ministers had set their hearts,
but any thing like intemperance in their resolutions or
violence in their conduct.—(Loud cheering.) He was
persuaded, however, that nothing was to be apprehended
from the county of Warwick. It had set an example to
the community at large,—it had been firm in its prin-
ciples, but peaceable in retaining them. That conduct,
he had no doubt, they would continue to-day, and show
to those who feared that the meeting would produce
dis-
order, riot, and confusion, the fallacy of their apprehen-
sions.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " We will, we will.")
He had had a paper put into his hand, showing that some
parties entertained great alarms for the peace of the
country.—(Loud laughter.) That the military had been
placed at short distances, ready to act, and that most of
the inhabitants had been sworn in special constables.—
(Loud laughter.) Of such nonsensical conduct he would
say that if it were possible to exc'te the people to mischief
the course pursued by certain persons was the very way to
do it.—(Loud cheers.) He would not say that the per-
sons issuing the placard alluded to had that object in view,
but he would say that if they wished such results to ensue
they could not have adopted a better course for the attain-
ment of their object.—(Loud cheers.) He had no doubt
that the great measure would soon be carried. In
the meantime he trusted that those who professed them-
selves the possessors of liberal principles would be careful
not to give cause for any man to say they cast reflections
upon others because they differed in opinion from them.—
(Cheers.) Allowances must be made for the differences
of opinion entertained by men on the same subject.—
(Cheets.) There were no doubt men who believed
danger would ensue from so extensive a measure
as that which had been brought forward, and that
it would be much easier to carry a more li-
mited measure through the House of Commons.—
(Cheers.) He thought, however, such men would soon
find out their mistake, and that that measure which had
been adopted. by the King, and received by the people, was
the only eff.ctive measure that could be brought forward.
—(Loud cheering.) All differences would then be for-
gotten, in the anxiety of all to promote the welfare of the
community, and all would join heart and hand in sup-
porting a good Government.—(Loud cheering.) The
worthy Baronet concluded by moving the first resolution:—
"That this meeting, sincerely attached to the Constitution of
these realms, deeply deplore the ref-asal of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal to take into consideration the Bill for amending
the representation of the people in England and Wales, which
was recommended by his Majesty, had passed the House of Com-
mons, and would have secured the rights of the people."
—(Loud and long continued cheering.)
BOLTON KING, Esq., in rising to second the resolution,
which had just been read, observed that it was not his
intention to occupy much of the time of the meeting, as
on another occasion he had had an opportunity of stating
his opinions in favour of Reform.—(Loud cries of
" Bravo.") It was not necessary, therefore, for him to
state his own individual opinions on the subject ; but that
as the Bill had been rejected by the House of Lords, he
thought it the duty of all men in the country to shew
a determination to support Ministers, who were de-
termined to support them.—(Loud and continued
cheering.) The Bill, he was happy to say, though
thrown out for a season, was not lost. That the House of
Lords had a right to reject it he did not mean for one mo-
ment to question, but he lamented that they had thought
proper to put their negative to a Bill which had
received the assent of the whole nation, was
patronised by the King, and which had been sent up
to them by a great majority of the representatives of the
nation.—(Tremendous cheering.) That this Bill would
be carried, be had no doubt, and it was by meetings of
this sort, firmly expressing the opinions of the people, that
they would be successful. If, however, that should not be
the case, it would then become the duty of the King, in his
opinion, naexercise those high prerogatives with which he
was invested, in creating a sufficient number of Peers to
pass the Bill.—(Cheers.) He trusted the meeting would
allow him to say, that no greater injury could be
done to the cause than by attempting to carry it by uncon-
constitutional means—by riot and confusion.—(Loud
cheering.) He was sure that rotten boroughs could not
any longer be represented, and that it would be impossible
any longer to deny the great towns representation.—(Cries
in the crowd " Where is the 101. suffrage.'') Great Reform
in the representation was absolutely necessary. He should,
therefore, continue his support to the measure
introduced by his Majesty's Ministers, and feel it
his duty to oppose all those who would take ad-
vantage of the state of public excitement to produce
riot and disturbance. Let the present meeting do their
duty as Warwickshire men and Englishmen, and they
mould soon have a Bill passed which would render this
country one of the happiest on the earth.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GEORGE EDMUNDS, of Birmingham, wished to
make a few observations with the permission of the High
Sheriff, before the question of the passing of the resolution
was put to the meeting.—(Mr. Edmunds was received
with the most enthusiastic applause.) In his opinion the
country was now in a most critical state.—(Loud
cheers.) It was now impossible that it could avoid the
alternative either of an effectual Reform or a convul-
sion and subversion of the foundation of society.
—(Load and continued cheering.) Upon this great
question, a numerical majority of every sect or society in
England had declared itself favourable to the great mea-
sure of Rerorm. Iu England—in Old England—a majo-
rity of the Nobility had proved themselves favourable to
the Bill brought forward by his Majesty's Ministers, and
it was to the Scotch and Irish Peers, and to their Lord-
ships the Bishops, who had chosen to repudiate the Bill,
that the people of this country were indebted for all the
privations they were labouring under.—(Cheers.) fle
would say to every Englishman, if they wished to see real
English sentiments expressed, they should look. to what
had been said by the Old English Aristocracy.—(Tre-
tnendons cheering.) Another circumstance,
.as a guaran-
tee 9f the passing of the measure brought forward by. his
Majesty's Ministers, was that the people—he did

not' mean the rabble—the rioting rabble—he did not
mean the labouring man or the master manufacturer,

he theant all the community of every class, were nosh, one
and all, determined to carry this gr'eat measure, and it had
been very properly observed that Where the wealth and
strength of the country were determined on a me Imre
that wait beneficial to the country, it was impossible to
reset it.—(Loud cheers.) As well might the Government
of Algiers be imposed on the people, or a Russian
Autocrat placed upon the throne, as to attempt to
resist it.—(Tremendous cheering.) Another circumstance
in its favour was its obvious justice. The welfare of such
a nation had produced in the nilnd of every Englishman
the deepen anStiety for its ultimate success, and the worst
of consequences might he expected to ensue if the reason-
able wishes of the people were again refused. Another cir-
cumstance in its favour was the nature of the boroughmong-
ering Constitution. It had been contended by an Oligarchy
that i t was impossible to place the representation of the
country upon a better foundation.—(Cheers.) The real
property of the country, however, had stated their
opinion otherwise. They were favourable to the mea-
sures and were of opinion unless they got a Reformed
Parliament they were as badly off as during the time of
' Charles the First, when he chose to reign for twelve years
without a Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) Without Reform
the country might as well have the Russian Autocrat and
the Great Turk planted upon them in the shape of Lords
who were determined to make them slaves.--(Loud
&leers.) Many persons who had engaged in the prosecu-
tion of Reform, doubted the propriety of it; but when the
House of Commons had rejected the assertion so long
made, that the constitution of the House was bad, it was
impossible for public opinion to recede in that important
point.—(Loud cheers.) The public mind was as surely
nailed to the glorious cause of Reform, as that the King
had patronised it, and that the great Peers of the country
had stated that it was necessary.—(Loud cheers.) No
man would now recede from the cause on account of
being considered disloyal, and it was because his Ma-
jesty was endeavoured to be led by a faction to a
precipice, that the people of England now stepped fora and
to save him from destruction, and prove their loyalty and
sincere attachment to the Constitution of the country.—
(Loud cheers.) Another circumstance that caused at-
tachment to the great cause was the bitter fruits that had
grown upon the boroughmongering tree.—(Loud cheers.)
Those bitter fruits presented themselves in the shape of
wars, taxation, and the cramping of the liberties of
the lower classes, by which they were reedered
available. He would ask the meeting to look to
the fruits of that tree, and then inquire of the
faction who advocated it whether they could ever plead
that the thing works well.—(Cheers.) Who would dare
to say that the country, almost reduced to rebellion on
account of bad laws?--(Cheers)—who would dare to
say that the boroughmongering Government had been a
goad one? It was an insult to the people of England to
sty so.--(Loud cheers.) He had made these few ob-
servations with a view to convince the meeting, that
although the cause of Reform might be retarded for a
season, it must ultimately succeed.—(Loud cheering.)—
The complete exposure that had now been made in the
boroughmongering system, carried conviction to the minds
of ever,/ man that the cause of Reform was a righteous
one, and mast be successful.—(Loud cheers.) A few of
the obstacles that lay in the way of that cause was, that
the ex-Ministers, anxious again to get into power, were
its most deadly opponents. If the meeting looked at their
conduct, however, they would find that they were
setting at nought the peace and tranquillity of the
people, and that some of them were openly declaring
that they would rather see rioting and confusion
than peace and good order.—.(Cheers.) The Duke of
Wellington had admitted that some Reform was necessary.
Ile knew that the cause of the people was a righteous one,
and he also knew, that if it was supported by righteous
and legal means, that such was the confidence of the people
in the present Government, that they knew they had no
cause for despair. —(Loud cheers ) He would now make a
few observatims upon the conduct of their Lordships the
Bishops. If they had only given their votes in favour
of the Bill, instead of against it, they would have
secured the passing of that measure.—(Loud cheers, and
cries of " Down with them, down with them.") They
had, by their votes, rejected this measure, they had intro-
duced more enmity against religion amongst the people than
Mr. Taylor and all the deists and athiests of the present
day had.—(Cheers.) In the reign of Charles I. the Bishops
were turned out of the House of Lords, and voted a nui-
sance. This was sanctioned by Bishop Burnet, who gave
the character of the clergy in the following terms. He
lamented that during the whole of his life to see so
little true zeal among the clergy of the Church of Eng-
land. He saw much more zeal in the clergy of the Church
of Rome, though it was but ill-directed and ill-conducted,
and he saw likewise much more zeal throughout the
foreign churches and far greater than had been displayed
by the Church of England.—(Cheers.) Their Lordships
had treated the King and his Ministers with consummate
contempt, and had set themselves in open defiance to the
wishes and happiness of the people. But he trusted
now they saw that Ministers were likely to stick
to their posts, they would vote with them, and
by that means regain the respect which was before en-
tertained for them by the people. Most heartily did he
wish that every Noble Lord, either Spiritual or Temporal,
might be deposed that was an enemy to the people, and
refused to support the Bill. There were other enemies to
the Bill, those who injured this great cause by acts of
violence. Every Reformer was hound to preserve good
order. He could not but deplore the terrible disorders
that had taken place at Bristol, and he hoped those who
had caused it would be brought to condign punishment.—
(Cheers ) He detested the principles of Sir Charles
Wetherell, who had argued as a lawyer on behalf of a cor-
rupt client.—(Cheers.) The meeting would he surprised
to hear it stated that at Bristol one of the
persons who had been forward on setting fire to a house
in that city was actually a special constable.—(Loud
cheers.) Those who aimed at revolution were the avowed
and greatest enemies of the people, and those who wanted
to persuade them that the present Reform Bill was not
sufficient, and they ought to have universal suffrage,
annual Parliaments, and vote by I allot, were worse ene-
mies to the people still.—(Loud cries of " That's
Hunt, that's Hunt.") He (Mr. E.) would not deny that
he meant the Member for Preston. lie would take upon
himself to assert most positively, that if he was an honest
man he was a revolutionist—there was no alternative. He
either meant to tell the people that if the Government
did not grant them that, you must put down the Govern-
ment, or else the boroughmongers would be told to put
them down. Ile would say that for the Hon. Member to
vote for the Bill as gcod, and then to tell the people it
was a humbug, either proved him an arrant knave or a
great fool.—(Loud laughter.) If Mr. Hunt meant revo-
lution, why did he call upon him for proposing to the
people not to pay taxes, which, by-the. bye, he never did
do, or that he said if all other constitutional means fail, that
the people could not grapple with the boroughmongers by
any other means, that then they were to refuse to put
their hands into their pockets for the purpose of paying
taxes.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. E.) admired the conduct of
the present Ministry, and they should have his support as
long as they stuck to the cause of the country.--(Cheers.)
The conduct of Mr. Hunt in Lancashire, either proved
hint a knave or a fool. He lamented extremely that
Mr. Cobbett should have taken steps to undermine
the confidence of the people in Ministers. He
thought in doing so he had committed an overt act.—
(Cheers.) It was the great duty of all to continua to en-
lighten the public mind. He rejoiced to see the force of
truth—he rejoiced to see the High Sheriff, an avowed Re-
former, in the chair.—(Loud cheers.) The very gentle-
man who some years ago was foreman of a jury, who had
convicted him for his endeavour to establish this great and
glorious cause. Like the great persecution of the Chris.
tians, the light of Heaven had shone upon him and made
him a Reformer.—(Loud cheers.) He trusted that the
people would organize not with a view to employ physical
force against the laws of the country, but in order that the
boroughmongers might be able to count them. The
people of Birmingham were proceeding in such a course,
and the Union would be able shortly, not only to give
their names, but the places where they resided, in
order that the boroughmongers might, if they choose,
call upon them, for the purpose of ascertaining
their sentiments.—(Loud laughter.) The great ques-
tion before the meeting was one of more importance
than had ever been discussed, and he hoped the country
would imitate those noble Grecians who sacrificed them-
selves for the good of their country—(Loud cheers)—and
would retain the sentiments of the poet, who declared
" That it was delicious—it was heavenly to die for his
country."—(Cheers.) He implored every man at the
present meeting to consecrate himself to this great work,
and to act as though the cause depended upon his single
hand and arm.—(Loud cheering.)

The HIGH SHERIFF. then put the question to the meet-
ing, which was carried unanimously.

Lord Hoon came forward to move the second resolution
amidst the most enthusiastic applause. lie was in hopes
that the next meeting he should have attended of this
great county would have been for the purpose of congra-
tulating it on the passing of the Reform Bill.—(Cheers.)
That, howemr, he was sorry to say, had not taken place.
But he trusted the meeting would not despair, but re-
member that they had a patriotic King and an honest
Ministry who would support the people, and stick close
to their King in this greet elid glorious caase...-(Loud

cheers.) The Noble Lord concluded by reading the fol-
lowing resolution :
" That this meeting declares its unabated confidence in his Ma-
jesty's Ministers, and awaits with anxiety the re-introduction of
a measure of Parliamentary Reform equally efficacious in remov-
ing corruption ; whereby the Constitution will be preserved, and
the prosperity of every order of society be secured."
H. C. ADA:SIS, Esq., seconded the resolution winch had
been proposed by the Noble Lord. He had during his
whole life been a friend to Reform, and should always
be so.—(Cheers.)
A person calling himself a Birmingham mecha-
nic, here addressed the High Sheriff, but at so
great a distance from the Reporters as to be almost
inaudible to them. We, howeverl understood hint to say,
that the present system of representation was a violation of
all social compaCts, and had caused the sons and daugh-
ters of once happy England to be cursed with a load of
taxation.—(Cheers.) When the Reform Bill was intro-
duced, it was hailed with happiness by the people. With
respect to the conduct of the Bishops, he considered that
there was as much difference between the course pursued
by them and that of the other Peers who voted against
the measure, as there was between Judas Iscariot and
Jesus Christ.—(Loud laughter.) The time was now
approaching when the rights of man were to be recog-
nized, and the glorious Trinity of truth, liberty, and jus-
tice, was to he regarded.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Sir GEORGE CIIETWYND, in moving the address, stated
that it would not be necessary fur him to occupy the time
of the meeting, but at the present most awful and mo-
mentous crisis in which the country was placed, he con-
ceived it to be the duty of every individual who had any
thing to state, to come forward and to state his sentiments
in favour of this measure. He would therefore implore
the meeting to indulge him for a short time while he
made a few observations.—(Cheers.) Only a few months
had elapsed since he had the honour of addressing a meeting
01 this great and important county, and so much having
been written and said to prove the imminent necessity
of Reform in the House of Commons, he considered
he should only be occupying the time of the meeting, if he
attempted to enter into an argument in favour of that,
the necessity of which all were convinced of.---(Cheers.)
He had been told over and over again in the protracted
debates which had taken place on the question that the
advocates of Reform were in a state of delusion.—(Cheers.)
The fact was that the people had been too long delayed
by the boroughmongering faction—(Cheers)—and that
Parliament had been had after Parliament, and year after
year had passed away, sanctioning such corruptions; that
the period had at length arrived when forbearance was a
virtue.—(Cheers.) The people had been now told by
the Crown that the period had arrived when it was
no longer possible to delay Reform.—(Cheers.) He
would ask all present if they were not satisfied that an
effective and an efficient measure of Reform would soon
he the.law of the land. The rejection of the Reform
Bill had tilled the country with the deepest regret and
surprise.—(Cheers.) Regret not only for the country,
but for the individuals who had rejected the Bill.—
(Cheers.) A majority of 41 in the House of Lords bad
paid no attention whatever to the interests and wishes of
the people, and they could therefore not expect that the
people would pay any attention to them. Out
of that 41, 21 Spiritual Lords, who ought to be
the last to uphold a system of fraud, corruption, and per-
jury—(Loud cries of " Bravo !" and " That's a
good 'un !")—had voted in favour of it.—(Cheers.) In
the course of the discussions in the House of Lords, that
Right Reverend Bench had been told by one of their own
body that they possessed influence which they had no
right to retain, and which it was inconsistent with the
principles of the law of the land to attempt to
retain.—(Loud cheers.) He believed this to be almost
a solitary instance in which the Bench of Bishops had voted
against the existing Government. Whoever happened
to be the Minister of the country had always calculated
upon these Right Rev. Prelates as the court cards of the
pack.—(Loud cheers.) In former times, as the meeting
would probably remember, there was a Bishop a little un-
ruly, and Queen Elizabeth sat down and with her own
hand wrote a letter to the Prelate, which was in the fol-
lowing terms :

" Paoun PRELATB,—I understand you are backward in com.
plying with your calling; but I would have you to know that
I, who made you, can unmake you, and if you don't immedi-
ately fulfil your engagement, by G— I will unfrock you.
" Your's as you demean yourself,
" ELI Z A BETH."
(Loud and continu, d laughter, and cries of "That's the
way to do it.") He (Sir G. Chetwynd) considered that
a letter like that would have a material effect upon the
Bishops of the present day.—(Loud cheers.) The reso-
lution which he had the honour to propose was—
" That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, ex-
pressing our unqualified reliance on the wisdom and paternal in-
terest of his Majesty in the happiness and rights of the people;
and humbly pray ng his Majesty to use all those great preroga-
tives invested in him by the Constitution for the good of the na-
tion, to ensure the immediate success of the great measure of
Reform ; and that the address now read be adopted by the meet-
ing, and that his Majesty's Secretary of State be requested topre-
sent it."
The following is the address :