The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-22 00:00:00

from rising as one man, and overturning the
throne of the contemptible despot who had dared
to disannul their privileges ? But we must have
done. The meeting at which these most im-
portant subjects were canvassed was highly re-
spectable—the speeches excellent in matter ac
well as in manner—and the resolutions such as
became the constituency of the greatest city in
the world. Let every county, city, and borough,
meet and imitate its example ; and then will not
only the lie be given to the unfounded assertion
that " a reaction against that plausible, but
hollow, novelty (the ballot), set in so strong as
to render unnecessary any further opposition to
it"—but the Parliament be compelled to follow
the voice of the country by the adoption of all
that is salutary as constitutional improvement or
practical Reform of abuse.—Morn. Advertiser.

It is with some reluctance that we bring our-
selves to any renewed notice of the meeting yes-
terday at Guildhall, which, both in its composi •
tion and its numbers, exhibited a more lamentable
failure than its most bitter enemies could have
desired. In mentioning yesterday morning the
busybodies who convoked it, we described, by
anticipation, its proceedings, its character, and
result. The old destructive Marplots and
pledge concoctors, who exerted all their might
to turn out the consistent Members for the city at.
the last election, got up yesterday's Guildhall
farce as an appropriate termination to their recent
intrigues and tnancauvres. The actors were the
same, the stage was the same ; the piece differed
only in name. They could not make all the can.
didates on the late hustings swallow the ballot
and triennial Parliaments, except upon better
evidence of their immediate necessity than they
could produce ; they therefore mixed up this ra-
dical treat with the question of the assessed
taxes, to the abolition of which they could
reckon on a general consent, and made a hash
of the whole in a petition to Parliament, which
they instructed their representatives to present
and support. By this means they think that
they have committed them more effectually than
by a pledge, as they not only insti uct them to
advocate the objects of the petition but to em-
body them in three separate Bills, on which the
House will be called on to pronounce a de-
cision. Three of the Members for the city
attended, as in duty bound, and engaged to
obey the instructions which they received
from a portion of their constituents. We
regret to learn that the fourth, Mr. Alderman
Waithman, who sent an excellent letter, was
aliment from severe illness. We have so often
expressed our own opinions respecting the bal-
lot, and the shortening of the duration of Par-
liaments, before, that it would be as superfluous
to enter into the subject now as it is ridiculous
to discuss such questions with the dialecticians
of the Common Hall. We observe that Mr.
Henry Hunt, who, being now excluded from Par-
liament, must act on a humbler stage, claims the
ballot as entirely his own, though the person
whom, we believe, he calls his " bull-dog"
made an ineffectual snatch to take it out of his
mouth. The Ex-Member for Preston is per-
fectly welcome to keep his prize. We need
scarcely again repeat, that we concur in that part
of the London petition which prays for the abo-
lition of the assessed taxes, particularly of tha.
part of them which falls upon the poorer classes.
—Times.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 21.

THE KING V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.

Is this case, which was nor concluded yesterday
when our reporter left, the Court, after hearing ar-
gumeNti pro and con, at length, postponed giving
judgment.