The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-20 00:00:00

HACKNEY.

On Monday evening a meeting of the friends of reform
took place at the Green Man, in the parish of Hackney, to
consider the steps necessary to be taken at the present mo-
mentous crisis, when it was unanimously resolved to send a
requisition to the churchwardens, to induce them to call a
public meeting of the parishioners, in order that the inha-
bitants may be prepared for coming events.

LAMBETH.
We have just heard that a requisition is in preparation
for calling a meeting for the borough of Lambeth.

STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION

IN THE COUNTRY.

DUMFRIES.
(From the Dumfries Courier.)
The burning of the Houses of Parliament has been followed
by an event which will excite an equal degree of surprise ;
viz., the dissolution—not by resignation, but dismissal--of
Lord Melbourne's short-lived Administration. Such a possi-
bility, so far as we know, was never hinted at publicly or pri-
vately, and on lifting the London papers of Saturday we
could hardly credit the evidence of, our senses; and, in one
word, felt as much astounded as if Criffel had disappeared, or
the Nith, tired of its present channel, was beginning to flow
in an opposite direction. Lord Melbourne's lease of office has
been exceedingly brief, particularly as regards the sittings of
Parliament ; and as no one can allege that he has been tried
in the balance, and found wanting, the British public will
be apt to infer, that in becoming a martyr to the intrigues
of others, he has been condemned without a fair trial, and
treated more cavalierly than, perhaps, ever Minister was treated
before.

GLASGOW.
(From the Scots Times.)
We scarcely remember an event of the last few years--
striking and important as these certainly have been, that caused
greater astonishment than is likely to be excited through the
whole breadth of the land, by the dissolution of our liberal
Whig Ministry. The surprise of the nation, also, will be no-
thing diminished on learning the fact, that this dissolution has
irt been caused by any dissension or misunderstanding among
the Members of the Cabinet itself, but that it is the immediate
and irremediable result of a direct fiat of the Crown—his Ma-
jesty having signified to Lord Melbourne that, in consequence
of the death of Earl Spencer, and the removal of Lord Althorp
from the House of Commons, it would be necessary to form a
new Administration. It thus actually appears that the Mi-
nistry have been dismissed—but what is perhaps of still more
consequence to the country, it also appears, if we may credit
the London papers, that their dismissal has been produced by
a system of deep Tory intrigue, which leaves us no room to
doubt, for a moment, that the monstrous experiment is to be
tried—whether the British people may not be brought to
forego the fair prospect of a complete political amelioration,
held out by the passing of the Reform Bill, and be, at
the same time, compelled to sink back into hopeless
despondency, under another iron age of Tory profligacy and
misrule. We shall not insult our countrymen by supposing,
for a moment, that such an experiment is practicable ; but
looking to the position of parties, and knowing that the wild
halucinations of the Tory faction will draw it into the most
frantic excesses, we would counsel the people to be prepared
for the worst that may happen. We would urge upon reform-
ers of every grade, the necessity of being. instantly on the
alert, and the importance of resolving to sink all their diffe-
rences for the moment, at the sight of the danger with which
they and their cause is thus threatened by the common enemy.
The King, it is said, has sent for the Duke of Wellington,
and has committed to his Grace the task of forming a Ministry,
and this, too, by the advice of. her Majesty. Need we say a
single word more 'to prove how important it is for reformers to

anticipate the coming storm. Fortunately in so far as regards
our own city, the means of union, co-operation, and strength,
are already in a great measure prepared. The Durham Com-
mittee is still undissolved—they are men of tried metal in the
ranks of reformers. Should to-morrow's news confirm those
of to-day in all their extent, we trust that this body will in-
stantly put itself in motion. Reformers, be ye ready. Coute
qui coute, we must not have Tory rulers--the faction of pub-
lic plunderers must have their final mittimus from the people.
A Tory Administration means Tory measures and Tory prin-
ciples ; and the fruits of these will be the laying upon our backs
—a load scarcely to be borne. Reformers of Glasgow, ye who
gave the right hand of fellowship to Lord Durham on the
Green, and in the Pavilion, remember his motto—" The day
will come." It is your part now to realize the prophecy—the
day of the people ; or, the long black night of their enemies.

GREEN° CE.
(From the Greenock Advertiser.)
We had prepared an outline of the current speculations re-
garding the manner in which Lord Melbourne would be likely
to fill the place of Lord Althorp, now Earl Spencer, conse-
quent upon his removal from the House of Commons. This
did not, on the face of it, appear a difficult matter, or one
which called for any change beyond transposition in the Mem-
bers of the Cabinet, and, therefore, the public were totally un-
prepared for any arrangement which would involve a material
change in the policy of Government. The London journals
of Friday did not convey the remotest suspicion that a crisis
was at hand ; yet the papers of Saturday render all their spe-
culations nugatory by, the announcement of the astounding
fact, that the Whig Cabinet is dissolved, and that
the Duke of Wellington, with such adherents as he
may draw together, is to replace the Melbourne Administration.
If such an occurrence has come upon us with the startling
abruptness of a thunder-peal, our feelings of astonishment are
not mitigated by the relation of the circumstances which have
led to it. Will it be credited that " William the Reformer "

has reposed his confidence in one who, whatever his qualities
as a hero and a statesman may be, unequivocally declared his
hostility to reform ; and that for no better reason than because
he deemed the Whig Cabinet virtually dissolved by the death
of Earl Spencer, and the consequent removal of Lord Althorp
to the House of Peers ? Yet such is the asserted fact. Still
more, will it be believed, that a change so fraught with im-
portant, and it may be fatal consequences, is not so much his
own act as that of the Queen, by whom, it is said, he has been
successfully urged to the step, and to have been wound up to
the resolution to such a degree that no entreaties of Lord
Melbourne, who had spent nearly two days at Brighton in con-
ferences on the business, had been able to move him from his
purpose. A few days must be necessary to unravel the more
hidden mysteries of this strange proceeding.

DUBLIN.
(From the Dublin Morning Register.)

The public heard yesterday,with some amazement, and no
little disgust, that the death of Lord Spencer has been seized
upon as a pretext for the dissolution of the Melbourne govern-
ment, and the introduction of the Tories once more to their
long-abused power. It is to insult the public understandinc,
to allege that any rational cause for a change was supplied by
that incident. Though Lord Althorp had ceased to be a
commoner, he had not necessarily ceased to be a member of
the government ; and if even he had ceased to exist, his loss,
though it might be considered great, could not be deemed ir-
reparable. It should have been left for parliament to declare
how far his removal from the position he lately held affected
the efficiency of the administration. In council it was indif-
ferent by what name he was called, or what executive duty
he fulfilled. In the routine of parliamentary business it
could only be accurately ascertained how far his presence
in the Lower House was actually necessary to the work.
ing of the government machine. There would have
been some colour of decency in suffering the practical effect
of his removal to be tried by that test. Such an indication,
however, of respect for public opinion, or attention to these
appearances, which back-stairs audacity had not on former
occasions dared to set at defiance, was thought too much, and
with a mere declaration of the Royal will (sic volo, sic jubeo)
was it announced to Lord Melbourne that his Government is
at an end, and that his assistance in constructing a new Admi-
nistration is not required ! ! The last account is that the
Duke of Wellington was closeted with the King. He may,
we should suppose, be regarded as the new Premier—that is,
if he be again "mad" enough to take the office. The Con-
servatives here announce him as the head of the new Govern-
ment, and promise in his name an iron rule. For Ireland is
that fate most assuredly destined, if they be correct in their
calculations. We believe there is no extremity even of
Polish despotism and barbarity for which Ireland may not
be prepared if this frantic attempt to re-establish Toryism
have the success which is anticipated !!! There is, then,
but one duty for Irishmen of all classes, who do not
wish to see their country Polandised. Enmity with
the Whigs must be at an end. We must bury in oblivion all
recollection of their faults, their follies, and their crimes. They
did some good—they intended more—and we believe the
country was about to receive its most substantial benefits at
their hands. On the other side there is nothing to be remem-
bered but persecution—nothing to be expected but tyranny,
plunder, and bloodshed. There is thee, we repeat, no choice
left. All who do not repudiate reform of all kirwls—who do
not wish to give permanency to tithes—who would not cherish
the worst corruption of the corporations—who would not make
a mockery of justice—who would not re-arm the yeomanry_
re- establish the murderous processions—and revive all sorts of
Orange jobbing and malversation—will unite in a vigorous,
determined, and continuous exertion to frustrate this audacious
attempt to deliver up this country once again as a prey and a
spoil to the fell monster of ascendancy.

HULL.
(From the Hull Observer.)
An event has occurred which probably at this hour has agi-
tated the remotest sections, of the United Kingdom. The
King has declared to Lord Melbourne that he has no further
occasion for the services of himself or his colleagues. A Whig
party does not now exist in England. But two divisions are
henceforth to occupy the field of political contention—the
Conservatives, who are determined to retard the progress of
Reform, and the Liberals, who are equally determined to
promote it. But will the change brought about by the
immediate interference of the Court be supported in its
consequences by the tranquil acquiescence so essential to
the prosperity of a commercial country ? From all that
we can learn, we have alarming apprehensions to the
contrary. The Duke of Wellington has been sent for by
the King. Giving the Duke credit for honesty of pur-
pose, let us ask what was he able to effect when armed
with the power of the old system, against the popular will—
and what can he effect now against that general resolve,
backed by the force acquired through the instrumentality of
Earl Grey's measure of Parliamentary Reform ? Private let-
ters from London announce to us that it is the purpose of the
Tory party to govern the country—if they can. We have also
other information, stating that public meetings are everywhere
summoned to consider the course best to be adopted at the pre-
sent emergency in the affairs of the nation. We sincerely
and fervently hope that the Duke will not again mistake the
feelings of his countrymen. In the meantime, we await with
the greatest anxiety intelligence of the effect produced by the
Royal determination in Scotland, Ireland, and the Continent
of Europe.
MEETING OF THE BURGESSES OF HULL.
A meeting of the Committee of the Burgesses' Association
was held yesterday evening, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the course to be adopted in the present crisis.
Mr. Loft was called to the chair.
Mr. WOOLLY said he should offer no apology for present-
ing himself to their notice on the present occasion ; the
circumstances of the times were such as to render it
necessary that every Reformer should step forward in dis-
charge of the duty which he owed to his country. The
Crown was now without responsible advisers--the Whigs
were no more ; the King had suddenly dismissed the
short-lived Melbourne Administration, at a period, and
under circumstances which rendered it more than pro-
bable that it was a demonstration in favour of the ene-
mies of reform—there was reason to fear that the King was
under the influence of wicked and evil- councillors, and it be-
hoved every true and loyal subject to convey his sentiments to
the foot of the throne—to make the King acquainted with the
wishes and feelings of the people, and to counteract the de-
signs of that selfish and despotic party which, if not controlled
by the people, would put in jeopardy both the stability of the
crown and the prosperity of the empire. Who shall advise
the King, when surrounded by evil councillors, but his faithful
and loyal subjects ? The truckling Whigs, who have pro-
fessed so much, and done so little, are gone for ever as a po-
litical party. There are now but two parties, reformers and
the enemies of reform. Will the people advise that the King
should call to his councils the man who was selected at an
eventful crisis, by corrupt intriguers, to stay the progress of
all reform ? The people will never submit to a system by
means of which impressment will be continued—(Cheers)
military flogging perpetuated—a system which will keep
up the pension list and its abuses.—( Loud cheers.) Will
the people bear the present inequality of taxation ?
Will
the Dissenters support a system of government which will
not abate their grievances ? and can an overgrows
Church establishment be any longer tolerated by the
people? and last, though not least, will not the people
with one accord raise up their voices against the Govern-
ment and those men whose creed is " The continued preva-
lence of a rotten corporate system? "—( Cheers.) Gentle-
men, will the Duke of Wellington dare to be a Reformer on
the scale which you desire ? Can he be so if he be an honest
man S' He said the old system " worked well ; " can he
work well with the new ?—lmpossible. To whom then are
the people to look in this emergency—in this crisis of the
affairs of the nation and of Europe ; for not England alone,
but the fate of the struggling nations of western Europe,
perhaps of other states, may depend upon the efforts of the
English people to destroy the selfish and despotic influence of
the Court party which now surrounds the Monarch. To
whom can the people look but to that statesman who was the
object of the choice of the burgesses of Hull, at the period
when he nobly resigned his seat in the Cabinet rather than be
a party to that odious and tyrannical measure, the Irish Coer-
bion Bill—(Cheers.) On that occasion we felt that this no-
bleman, the Earl of Durham—(Cheers)—had the ability and
honesty to serve our cause. Though he had just retired from
the Ministry, we felt that the day would come when he would
be carried back to the councils of the King on the shoulders of
the people. It is now nearly two years since we addressed the
Crown, praying for the appointment of that enlightened Noble-
man to the office of high steward of this borough, then vacant
in consequence of the death of the venerable Earl Fitz-
william ; and I appeal to all who hear me, if every
hour has not added fresh proofs of the high-minded
liberality of the consistency, aad political faith of that
right-hearted English Nobleman. Well has this Noble Lord
been called the " People's Peer."—The People's Peer he has

shown himself to be; and in whom can the people repose so
much confidence as in him who, in the presence of thousands
of honest and industrious working men, as I myself witnessed,
assembled on the Green of Glasgow, avowed himself the un-
flinching advocate of those vital measures of constitutional re-
form, household suffrage, triennial parliaments, and vote by
ballot ?—( Cheers.) Gentlemen, it will be my duty to move
that we offer our humble suggestions to the chief magistrate of
the state—to that Sovereign who has hitherto been called the
" Reform King," to call to his councils the nobleman who pos-
sesses the largest share of the confidence of the people—the
Earl of Durham.
Mr. TIIISTLIZTON seconded the motion. He remarked that,
as the burgesses had long ago placed their confidence in the
Earl of Durham, on the occasion of the vacancies in the High
Stewardship of the borough, it became more especially their
duty on the present occasion again to express their sentiments
to the Sovereign. He was glad that the address was not con-
fined to burgesses, but was to be the address of the people,
and he hoped every reformer would forget minor shades of dif •
ference in opinion, and cordially unite in furtherance of the
common objects of all classes of Liberals.
The motion for the address was put from the chair, and car-
ried unanimously, as were the other propositions submitted to
the meeting. Thanks were then voted to the chairman for his
able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated.
The following is the address to his Majesty :
" SIRE,—We, the undersigned, your Majesty's loyal and dutitlil
subjects of Kingston-upon-Hull, have learned with feelings of
alarm that the dissolution of the Administration of Viscount Mel-
Inturne has been followed by an appeal to his Grace the Duke of
'Wellington for the formation of a new Administration.
" With every disposition to admit and give credit to the military
services of the Duke of Wellington, we, your Majesty's faithful
subjects of Kingston-upon-Hull, entertain the conviction that a
Government framed under the auspices of the Noble Duke will be
utterly opposed to the feelings and opinions of the British people,
and dangerous to the peace and prosperity of the country.
" Entertaining this conviction, and being also firmly persuaded
that in the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham alone will be found a
statesman calculated to afford confidence and secure tranquillity to
the country, we, your Majesty's faithful subjects, in deep respect
for your Majesty, and in firm attachment to the Crown, most hum-
bly pray that your Majesty, will be graciously pleased to intrust the
f )imation of an Administration to the Right Hon. the Earl of
Durham."