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uron occasions like the present addressee, .made to the peo-
ple, appealing only to their understandings, ;and not endea-
vouring to inflame their passions. He confeu-sed that he
had never heard two speeches which appearet; to him to
contain more sound argument, or to be more in-esistibly
convincing, than those delivered to the meeting by the gen-
tlemen who had already addressed it. One of those gen-
tlemen had justly remarked that one of the cries put for-
ward in support of the new Administration (if, indeed, a
new Administration was to be formed, which at present ap-
peared to be far from certain) was, that the people should
support measures, not men. Now, it was the constant
practice of those who had not an honest or straight-forward
course to pursue, to put forward some abstract principle,
which appeared good in itself, and thus to beguile and deceive
the people as to their real intentions. There could be no
doubt but that measures were preferable to men ; but tlw•
reason why he did not in this instance yield to that other-
wise irresistible abstract principle, was because he did not
believe that the men by whom the principle was put for-
ward were determined to give the country that series of
good and wholesome measures which its situation required.
In his opinion, no measure could emanate from that quar-
ter except with sinister purposes.—(Cheers.) It bad also
beenjustly observed by the first speaker, that the objent of
their assembling on that occasion was to express their sen-
tiroezts both to the throne and to their fellow-countrymen,
and to res..-4-, by every means in their power, the re-esta-
blishment of a Tory and anti-Reform Administration in this
country. To the ai).l observations of that gentleman he
(Colonel Evans) could onii add that, having pledged him-
self on a variety of occasions i.-: the principle of reform, it
would be quite impossible but that lie should oppose to the
utmost of his power the formation of any cabinet with
which the Duke of Wellington should either be directly or
indirectly connected.--{Cheers.) He (Colonel Evans)
also completely shared with the last speaker in the ap-
prehensions which he expressed for the continuance of the
peace of Europe, in case of the accession of a Tory Ca-
binet to power ; and he was not sorry that the pre-
sent occasion presented him with an opportunity of bear-
ing his testimony of admiration to the course of fo-
reign policy pursued by Earl Grey and Lord Mel-
bourne. His testimony upon that subject he hoped would
be. received with the less doubt, because he had oppose-1
those Noble Lords on a variety of other subjects which
were.aftVAnced under their. Administration. But he thought
that they were entitled to the gratitudentotWalisit-
country, but of the whole of Europe. With these obser-
vations he begged leave to move the second resolution,

namely :

" That whop the people so° the confidence of the Crown
withdrawn from those who were known for their attachment to
public liberty, and who were endeavouring, though with less
promptitude than the public voice and interests required, to
use the Reform Act for purposes of ulterior improvement in
the political and ecclesiastical institutions of that kingdom, arc'
that confidence given to those who were the avowed and bitter
enemies of the Reform Bill itself—who have uniformly opposed
the removal of those abuses which that Act was intended to
remedy, and which the increased and increasing knowledge of
the people imperiously demands—we cannot but feel the
deepest concern at the perilous crisis to which such a measure
leads, and if not vigorously opposed and timely prevented by
constitutional means, must ultimately terminate in national
calamity."
Mr. YOUNG, in a short speech, seconded the resolution.
Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY then presented himself, and was
received with cheers. This was, indeed, a most eventful
crisis in the history of our country ; and proud he was to
see the importance of that crisis so duly appreciated, and
that the people were again rising as one man to fight the
good battle (the battle they had fought before), and to
crown it again with a success as signal as that which had
before attended it. (Cheers.)—They well remembered by
•what unparalleled sacrifices—by what great exertions in
the teeth of that very party which was then struggling to
defraud them of the fruits—they had accomplished the
passing of the Reform *Bill, and recorded it on the Statute
book.—(Cheers.) They well knew with what fond expecta-
tions, with what feelings of delight, from one end of the
kingdom to the other, the people saw assembled in Parlia-
ment the first reformed House of Commons—the first
assembly of men who could, in any respect, pretend to
be the real representatives of the people. He would not
recur to old complaints, but would briefly touch upon the
manner in which he conceived the expectations of the
people had beer_ grievously disappointed. The Ho-
nourable Member then rapidly referred to the want of
firmness evinced by the late Ministers in resisting the
intrigues of the Tories, and the unfortunate divisions that
had taken place amongst themselves upon several of the
questions which were most vitally important to the welfare
arid well-being of the country. To these circumstances, he
conceived, their fall was to be attributed. The Tories,
careful to lose no opportunity of pouring poison into the
royal ear, did not fail to take advantage of the vacillations
and dissentions of the last sessions ; but, had the People's
Parliament been assembled, this new November Plot had
been prevented.--(Cheers.) The Honourable Member
extended his remarks to considerable length, which we re-
gret the pressure of other matter compels us to omit. He
concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the reso-
lution that had just been moved.
Mr. SavanE also supported the resolution, deprecated
the Tories, and declared that the manner in which the Duke
of Wellington intended to govern the country, was plainly
manifested by the circumstance of his having filled all the .
arsenals in the neighbourhood of the metropolis.
The resolution was then agreed to.
Mr. ROBINSON, in a speech of some length, in which he
repeated most of the arguments of the preceding speakers,
moved the third resolution, which was in these terms :
" That, in order to assist in preserving public order, and en.
lightening the royal mind on the real sentiments of the people
upon the present eventful posture of affairs, an humble address
be presented to the King, in conformity with the spirit of thes,
resolutions, imploring his Majesty to admit only such persons
into his councils as will cordially co-operate in preserving trar..•
quillity at home, and peace and harmon" with foreign nations ;
in giving vital efficacy to the Reform Act,- and in proceeding
with all those important reforms in Church and State, which
have long been considered necessary for the preservation of
our form of Government, and the prosperity and happiness of
the country."
Captain BEETIIAM seconded the resolution, which was
agreed to without a dissentient voice.
Mr. HUME then came forward, apidst loud and long-
continued cheering. He called upon the people to recol-
lect the noble efforts which they; made in the year 183t',
and again in 1832, to defeat the endeavous of the Duke of
Wellington, and to keep a reforming Ministry in power.
When the late unexpected chango toot place in his Ma-
jesty's councils, it happened that he (Mr. Hume) was
abroad, and he feared that he should be too late ; but
he hurried home for the purpose of taking nart in that
struggle which he was sure ivould take place. Axel
here he called upon any one who doubted (and he heard
that there was upon the hustings behind one unfortunate
person who doubted) the truth of the observations whica
had been made in reference to the re-establishment of a
Tory Administration, to come forward and state upon whet
grounds his doubts were founded. He was too great it
friend to the freedom of discussion, he was too anxious for
the freedom of the press, to wish that any man, whatever
his opinions should be, should be precluded from expressing
them. On the contrary, if there were then present any
person whose opinions differed from those which had been
advanced by the gentlemen who had hitherto addressed al
meeting, he should be glad to hear them. A great. dial
had been said against the *Duke of Wellington as a Mini. •
ter ; but he begged to state that lie did not believe that t
was intended to place that noble Duke at the head of it..
new administration. The Tories knew better how to ple.y
their game—they knew that' they must not place the Dui-e
at their head, and therefore, as the French say, they
about to try a coup d'etat. They intended to put fotwat
Sir Robert Peel, whose persuasive eloquence and winning;
manners it was supposed would enable them to gain a ina-
jority in the House of Commons. But the Tories would be
egregiously deceived—the honesty of the Reformed Holm:
of Commons would be proof against the eloquence even of
so accomplished and ,plausible a statesman as Sir Robet t
Peel. Great mischief had already resulted from the ill-advise 1
course which his Majesty bad been induced to purse.
Would the meeting believe, that during the last fifteca
clays all criminal jurisdiction in Scotland had ceased ? He
.could assure them that such was the fact ; and, until t
successor to the late Lord Advocate was appointed, the
same inconvenience would continue. He concurred with
the gallant officer, the Member for Westminster, and wit
the preceding speakers, in the eulogium which they had
passed upon the foreign policy of the late Administratiot. ;
and he joined with them also in deprecating the line
policy which it was most probable the Tories would purs;,,
As for • any promises of reform or improvement that ti .3
Tories might put forward, not the slightest reliance was to.
be placed on them. Entertaining these opinions with r.
spect to the Duke of Wellington and his political comrade
he was happy to have the opportunity of proposing to the
meeting the Address to the Crown.
The Address, which merely embodied the sentimete
contained in the resolutions, was then read by the clerk.
Mr. WILSON seconded the Address, whit') was agreed to
amidst loud acclamations.
The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the
Chairman, who briefly returned thanks.
Three cheers having been given for Reform—tln.:)
cheers for Mr. Hume, and three groans (at Mr. litum'a
suggestion) for the Tories, the meeting separated.

ST. PAUL, DEPTFORD.
Last night, at seven o'clock, a very numerous and highly.
respectable meeting of the inhabitant householders of Lt.
Paul, Deptford, was held at the Mechanic's Institutic;,,
High-street, Deptford, " for the purpose of adopting such
resolutions as may be deemed necessary; to appoint a ccin- ,
mittee to further the measures that hall thenlo*er.
mined upon, and to communii4with the c0mi06676f

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other towns an' places in the borough of Greenwich.-
The requisitiedn was signed by about 120 of the most re-
spectable (.1i the parishioners. Mr. WHITE was called to
the chair, at which time the large room was crowded to
excess, while there were numbers outside who could not
obtai•.l admission.
PAWLE moved, and Mr. BASS seconded, the first
revolution, declaring it to be the opinion of the meeting
that the unceremonious dismissal of the late Government
is an ihdication of an intention to resort to a Government
of misrule and extravagance.—Agreed to.
Mr. DANIEL PAINE moved, and Mr. PRESTON seconded
resolution for an address to the King, expressing regret
at the dismissal of the late Ministry, which was carried
unanimously.

Mr. Rose, Mr. Street, and Mr. John Wade, subsequently
addressed the meeting. A committee was formed to watch
passing events, and to co-operate with the other committees
of the borough of Greenwich. A vote of thanks was given
to the liberal portion of the Press, and the meeting sepa-
rated. The utmost unanimity prevailed throughout the
proceedings, and the speeches, for the insertion of which
we regret we cannot find space, were full of point, and were
delivered with much spirit.

TO DYER HAMLETS.
Last night a preliminary meeting of the elector!, of the
Tower Hamlets was held at the Kent and Fjssex Tavern,
Whitechapel, for the purpose of making rirrangements for
a general meeting of the inhabitants of that borough.
Jesse Cullam, Esq., took the chair at eight o'clock. A
number of resolutions were proposed and agreed to, to the
effect that it was necessary that. all Reformers should unite
for the purpose of preventing the accession to power of the
enemies of all reform, and for the furtherance of that ob-
ject, that a committee of the electors of the Tower Ham-
lets should at once be formed, to make arrangements for
calling a general meeting of the inhabitants of the district,
to consider what steps it was advisable to take at the pre-
sent crisis of affairs. In conformity with these resolutions
a committee was named, and a subscription was enterel
into for the purpose. of promoting the object of the meet-
ing. The resolutions were severally proposed by Mr. Owen,
of Bethnal-green ; Mr. Morris, of Wellclose-square ; the
Rev. Mr. Hatch, and Mr. Sutton, the Secretary of the
meeting.

BOROUGH- OF LAMBETH.
Yesterday evening, in consequence of a circular issued
by Mr. Tennyson, a very numerous body of electors as-
sembled at the Elephant and Castle, for the purpose of
consulting with that gentleman as to the best course to be
pursued by them in the present critical state of affairs.
• S. PA L.IIEII, Esq., having been called to the chair said,
the Duke of Wellington was again to be defeated ; and
thi mould be effected only by erecting a bulwark nainst
in the House of Commons—(Hcar, hear.) That the
borough of Lambeth would not fail in its duty was quite
evident from the manner in which they had at once again
rallied round Mr. Tennyson—(Cheers.) And well had
he deserved their conficence, by his ability and his
consistency. Not a vote had he given in the House
but had for its object the promotion of civil and reli-
gious liberty—(Cheers.) Not a sentiment had he uttered
which exhibited the slightest departure from the princi-
ples which be had avowed to them at his election. And
if anything more was wanting to attach that gentleman
to his constituents, it was afforded in the noble refusal he
had given but a few days ago to desert them for the bo-
rough of Stamford—a deputation from which had offered him
their support.—(Cheers.) The duty of the electors on the
Present occasion was clear—it was to carry out the great
principles of reform to tke extent which the people had a
right to expect ; and this was to be done only by return-.
ing such Members as their Honourable Representative.—
(Cheers.) They were told that the Tories at this eleventh
hour and three-quarters, saw the error of their ways, and
would amend—but let the people beware of trusting them.
If they die they richly deserved to feel the disastrous conse-
quences.

The Honourable Chairman then called upon, Mr. TEN-
NYSON, who was received with loud applauses, and ad-
dressed the meeting in
.a long and eloquent speech, of
which we can give but sketch. He had on a former occa-
sion called them together, when the liberties of the country
were under the protection of a Liberal Administration—
he now addressed them on an occasion when those liberties,
deprived of such protection, were in danger of being de-
stroyed.—(Cheers.) Never had lie been more astonished
—to use no stronger term—than when he learnt that his
Majesty bad dismissed a Ministry whom he had called to-
gether but four months before—a Ministry which had just
become more respondent to public feeling from having.," 'rid
itself of those members who had been to it as a sort cfrag-
chain or night-mare—no sooner had the Cabinet rendered
itself worthy of public confidence than it wa; dismissed.—
(Hear.) No sooner (lid it seem likely o'..at the Ministry
would effect beneficial changes, than one result of a long
brewing and base intrigue burst forth , and it was dissolved,—
(" The Queen I") The whole of our history did not pre--
sent another so extraordinary, so abrupt, so absolute an ex-
ercise of the royal prerogateat..._(Hear, hear.) -The King
had, in all probability, been -grossly deluded by those around-
hint. It was, therefor.:,'for the nation to show him the ex-
tent of the deceptin ; and that they were prepared to- de-
fend their so lafo recovered rights, and to assert their right
to those fue.ner beneficial reforms in Church and State
which the late Ministry were about to bestow on them. It
was absurd to suppose that the Tories would give the
natiou reform. Let them have their way, and they would
reduce this country to the level of Russia and Austria. If
the people did allow the Duke to have his way, let them
not blame the King : his Majesty but named the Minister;
it was for the nation to sanction the appointment : if they
refused to do so, it was cancelled.(Cheers.)
Mr. c&NDY proposed the first resolution, which expressed
the high satisfaction felt by the meeting with Mr. Tenny-
son's parliamentary conduct. The resolution was carried
unanimously.
Mr. GaITTON, in a speech of much force, proposed the
second resolution, which expresied the resolution of the
meeting to support Mr. Tennyson as a candidate for the
borough in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. The
resolution was passed unanimously, and Mr. Tennyson re-
turned thanks.

Arrangements were theli organized for dividing the
borough into districts, and not divisions, as at the last elec-
tion, and local committees were appointed, and the electors
then separated.

STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION

IN THE COUNTRY.

G.REAT MEETING AT ROCHESTER.
A public meeting of the Reformers of Rochester, Chat-
ham, and Stroud, was held yesterday evening at the City
Repository, in Rochester, for the purpose of addressing the
King, and adopting any other measures which might appear
necessary in the present important crisis of public affairs.
The meeting was appointed for half-past six o'clock, but
long before that time arrived, it was found that the place
appointed was a great deal too small for the number who
attended. Great numbers were obliged to stand in the
street, and there were bud cries for an adjournment. At
length it was determined that all should adjourn to the
court-yard of the Bull Hotel, which was accordingly done,
and the speakers addressed the multitude from the windows
of the Assembly-room in that Hotel. It is difficult, from
the darkness, and the peculiarity of the situation in which
the meeting took place, to give even a guess at the number
present. We should say that there were certainly from
4,000 to 5,000. Among them we remarked Mr. Bernal,
M.P. for Rochester, Mr. Hodges and Mr. Rider, the two
Members for the western division of the county of Kent,
Mr. Erskine Perry, who, at the last election, contested the
borough of Chatham on the liberal interest, and a great
number of the most influential Reformers in those boroughs
and the neighbourhood.
THOMAS BENTLEY, Esq., was unanimously called to the
Chair, and his appearance was hailed with loud cheers.
Three cheers were then given successively for Mr. Ber-
nal, Mr. Hodges, and Mr. Rider.
The CrtatamaN, in opening the business of the meeting,
said that upon three former occasions he had had the
honour of addressing the Reformers of those towns upon
the subject of Parliamentary reform, and though much
excitement then prevailed, he could truly assert that at no
period was greater interest evinced than at present. The
struggle was then to obtain reform ; now it is to retain it,
and great indeed would be the dismay of Reformers should
the struggle prove unavailing.—(Hear, hear.) Believe
me, gentlemen, said the Chairman, the contest is now for
the preservation of reform. The Tories are attempting to
delude you by the specious cry of " Measures not men"—
(Hear, hear)—and also with the assurance that, as no Go-
vernment can exist a month which is not based upon re-
form, the Duke of Wellington must, as a sensible man, be
prepared to give the country a large measure of it. But if
you suffer yourselves to be duped by these sophisms, and
thereby induced to return a Tory Parliament, what sedu-
rity have you that in the next six years the Reform Bill
will not be mutilated or repealed—(Hear, and cheers)—
Old Sarum and Gatton restored to life, and the borough
mongering system of corruption again revived ?—(Loud
cheers.) The promises of the Duke of Wellington can
afford you no security ; for the utmost that his friends can
say in his favour is, that he is willing to forego all his poli-
tical pledges. The expediency of triennial Parliaments,
ballot, and household suffrage, is not now the question ;
these are doubtless, subjects of great moment, and well
worthy the most serious attention of Reformers upon suit-
able occasions, but still more important subjects now de-
mand your attention. You are to determine whether you
will consent to give up all reform, and be ruled by orders
issued from the Horse Guards, and, if necessary, perhaps
enforced by the bayonet ; or whether you desire to be go-