The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

MEETING AT BRIGHTON.

BRIGIITON, SEPT. 13.—Last night, one of the largest
meetings, perhaps, that ever took place, was held at the
Town-hall, to petition Parliament for an extension of
the suffrage and vote by ballot. Upwards of 2,000 per-
sons were present. Amongst those on the platform were, !
Capt. Pechell, M.P., J. N. Wigney, Esq., M.l'., Colontl
Trickey, Major Allen, Mr. Hilton, and many of the
most respectable tradesmen of the town. Mr. Hilton
rose to propose the first resolution, to t'ae effect " That
it was the opinion of the meeting that a full, f dr. rril
free representation of the people is essential to good Go-
vernment ; and that, however well -intend3d, the Ref irm
Bill had failed in its object, as all the evils that ex-
isted
under the old and corrupt s stem of r: pre-
sentation have not only been perpetrates, but actual 'y
increased under that Bill ; that tie re:o sentiments of
the people are never expressed or known, a! d an
estrangement exists between the Gove nment and the
people. That to remedy the evils eff-ctuallv, it was
necessary to establish vote by Ballot." He (M... fli.ton)
was satisfied there must be an i-xten ion of the suf-
frage before the cf's of the country wero- remedied.—
(Hear, hear.) Gr3at distress pr.-vailed th:oaghout
the land, not only among the small sh )pkeepers, but
it was extending to so ne of the first mer hints of
the country.—(llear, he ir.) Something must be wrong
to cause such a state of things, and noth..nz bit an
extension of the suffrage, coupled with Vot3 by Ballot,
would set the affairs of this great nation in their proper
light.—(Loud cheers.) They a 1 kne,v that the r.sult of
the late general election was against the people's intere it,
but it would not have been so if every man who ought
to have had a vote had been able to rocord it. He
cared not how far the suffrage was extended, so that
it was accompanied with Vote by Ballot. Let the
people have both, and it would go a long way to re-
medy their distress.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Colonel
Trickey seconded the resolution. The Rev. Mr. Ed-
wards proposed the second resolution, to the effect that
a petition beiresented to Parliament, based on the re-
solution just passed, which was seconded by Mr. Cooper.
Captain Pechell rose to address the meeting, and was re-
ceived with much applause. He said it was very satisfac-
tory to be. present at such a meeting. He had always
been of opinion that the elective franchise was confined to
too narrow a basis, and they might be satisfied he would
seize every opportunity of recording his vote when its ex-
tension was sought. It had been proved in Brighton that
protection to the voter was indispensable. As elections
were now conducted, they were a mockery and insult to
the nation. The franchise was of little value without a
barrier was set up against the corruption and intimi-
dation which prevailed. This intimidation had been
carried onto a fearful extent, and many persons were
now suffering for exercising their independence.—(Hear,
hear.) It was on these grounds that he should do all in
his power to promote the object of so respectable a
meeting. J. N. Wigney, Esq., ALP , next addressed the
meeting amidst cheers and much uproar. He said that in
conjunction with his Hon. and Gallant Colleague, he
should have great pleasure in supporting the prayer of
the petition.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member went
into a long explanation about a recent vote he had given
in the House, which dissatisfied agreafnumber of his con-
stituents, and congratulated them upon the unanimity of
their proceedings. He hoped they would ultimately
obtain their object, which would be an ample reward for,
I all past privations and misery. After a vote of thanks
to the Chairman the meeting separated.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH.-- Yes
terday forenoon u party of the Royal Horse Artillerycer-
at-
tended for practice on the Common, principally to as
tain the speed and efficiency of some horses recently im-
ported for the service from Ireland, compared with the
horses recently employed. When charging across the
Common, one of the riding horses came down with his
rider, a fine young man, of No. 4, Rocket Troop, a
driver, of the name of Wilson, and before file other
horses could be pulled up he was dragged about ten
yards, and the wheel of the gun carriage went over his
head and killed him on the spot, the skull being literally
crushed in. Driver Wilson, who has thus met with an
untimely end, was unmarried, and highly respected in
the regiment.