The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-25 00:00:00

SLATE OF PUBLIC OPINION

AND
lOYE►MENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
11"/3nWard still rolls the tide of public opinions gathering
? strength every hour, and rising triumphantly superior
n y obstacle presented to its current. Confidence is
41 eginning to supersede alarm—c'.;ntidence in the firm-
ael_good sense, and union or
:11.. Neiall classes of Reformers in
"gdwnt rot our own part, we never doubted
".:ne threats nor the sneers of our contem-
the Tcilesther
shake our firm opinion. We cared not for
of " The Weathercock," the twaddling cre-
st:4l:l" Grandmamma," nor the sneers of the Standard
tdori: °it' The people have answered for us. What a
Wl, 88 Spectacle does this country present at this moment !
has Pm! what wisdom ! what union • How generously
every minor difference been discarded! How bravely
thtiei Isle people asserted the principle that no Alinister
eeefiPid Power in this country who possesses not their
trey "Lence! How have they scouted the Duke's proffered
oe,i-eetY I how ridiculed the idea of placing confidence in
fstii"se first step to gain it must proclaim him utterly
ess!
kwe are compelled to omit reports of the meeting of the
kit antral; Vestry, and of the Marylebone Parochial Com-
e,l which latter has agreed to meet daily every evening.
Are Parish of St. Marylebone will meet to-morrow.
ilyeurangements for a meeting at Westminster, have been
isorossie, to-night, and will, finally, be made known to-
.Cei
14 • c°ll Evans is, we are informed, preparing an address to
tent.

It (From the Weekly Dispatch.)
•
111,. i impossible to conceive any thing more-dastardly than
attack which was made on the Lord Chancellor
Thunderer of Thursday last. It is now clear that
Brougham is not a traitor—that he will not join the
Perhaps this is the reason why be is still thus bit-
4481tiled : but whatever mistakes his Lordship may
dki %remitted, nothing short of private bitter malignity—
e i
tPointment of an expected baronetcy, for instance—or
thtter feeling of a degraded apostate, could have induced
the t." 3, and false, and cowardly attack in question. Even
°l'er i(e of Wellington, when the battle of Waterloo was
41,1' could not have found pleasure in riding over " the
tratel blood and mud " trampling on the faces of his pro!-
Ns.,:". With men of honourable minds political ant-
towards a Minister ends with the fall of that
‘1
hat Ben my old hero, is this your renown ?
this the new go, kick a man when he's down !
Wil en the foe has kndck'd under, to tread on him then—
BY the fist of my father, I blush for thee Ben !"
It4rt "te bye, if any thing were wanting to prove the in-
the f3' °f the public feeling against the Tories, would not
pre~aof Hunt declaring that no agitation or excitement
kitisi 1
lisvand of the apostate Times confirming the falsehood,
toe most sceptical.

BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.
tek, pitneral meet'ing which we stated yesterday would
4ttiri" Tnursday, is not to be held till Monday. The
° °ll 'Thursday is a preliminary one.

k ST. PANCRAS.
,410i.ro'elleral meeting of the inhabitants is to be held to-
IN Munster-street, Regent's Park, pursuant to the
rY resolution of last week : the churchwarden is
In the meantime meetings have taken.place in
erftl districts of this very extensive parish for the
;°ll of the present crisis, to which a general feeling
Net: to prevail of more than distrust of a Wellington
41y meat, and of the necessity to be prepared to resist
4441111 as to arrest the progress of reform.--/Iforning
ser

*h ilt al
'3or BOROUGH OF LAMBhETH.
B,° affords us great satisfaction to state that the po-
'ave ough of Lamboli is also up and stirring. We
tilitasoli to believe that a great meeting will be held
tion:eek, in consequence of a numerously-signed requisi-
:l44o'l4 that in the end the inhabitants will invite their
;I),Aortts to a great dinner,at which they will have a better
"41111,"41tY of expressing their opinion on the great crisis
tii-48 agitated the feelings and roused the indignation
144 s')lintry, than they have hitherto enjoyed.-11forn-
Deqiser,

the ,8 T. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN.
of
the 4.,4t rl.,lht, a most numerous and respectable meeting .
t:;.eoners of St. Paul, Covent-garden, was be d in
i°tA,,-PY-roore, ‘‘ To consider what steps. advisable
(11 at the present crisis of public affairs." The meet-
etls, called, pursuant to requisition, by the churchwar-
41six "1,14 it was announced that the chair would.be taken
sell4for°el°ek precisely. At half-past six o'clock, as the
'tElb churchwarden (Mr. Gustard) was not present, Mr.
le was called to the chair.
bile tethei°nsequence of the crowded state of the room, the
(:11:tas adjourned from the vestry-room to the vesti-
-11,. the church.
CRAutuwoon said that it would be unnecessary for
much in support of the motion which he should
4,ri4umevvlvithspropoiln.g-, as he was addressing an assembly
'ktesetlh,...'° Were determined to think and act for them-
-4'4, who were not afraid to express the opinions they
th:'?„"•---(Hear.) He regretted that many attempts..
-",lntlde to prevent the expression of public opinion,
il'ailbia.sa?joot of the late changes in the Administration.d
L'abt -I,7tton had been resorted to in many instances, an .
th pa ton
had imputed the most corrupt and. base motives,h
t7ctlletwho had attended the public meetings which had
to consider what was to be done in the presen
rtveelfear.) He would tell those who had endeavoured to
lasithe expression of public feeling on the present
ar, iken, that he did not fear their threats, and he was
Andean} the meeting would agree with him in declaring,
1114,'7). and explicitly, their views respecting -the newt.
(Chers.) He - wished the people
_o
60," would not forget that they possessed in a gredatthdae-t
1,-e Powe controlling the Government, anht
0t
te,.°Uld notfail to exercise that power ; they ou?
~.,414,"feit that those whom they elected to serve
7 a-.' 41'1 the purse-strings, which were in fact
its cons
It had been said that no evil was without ctohe
Good ; he trusted that it would be found so in
jil'ldto
t,!;e• Indeed he had little doubt that recent. events.
ad to their getting rid of two or three constitutional
iti't kin It bad hitherto been asserted as a maxim, that
keg colild do no wrong ; but when it appeared that
t4ttif trf_ Possessed and exercised the power of. turning
gl'Acleti'Ll,,e Administration those persons. who enjoyed the
0411,-e of the people and substituted in their places
whom the- people almost regarded as their ene-
thtitideq was time to consider whether the maxim_
whom
h.t ni truth. The people ought not to forget of
to, 4,4'; Uovern t as to be constituted. They ought
to °rget that the had called around him such
Pi A ten Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Gloucester,
4,41, IViure.rdeon, Lord Rosslyn, Lord Ellenborough, SFr R.
4)ris Croker, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, and other
it1(11. entertaining similar 'opinions. The people had
111,114'„8,e,0 these men in power, and recollected the man-
t';' to t,"'lnch they exercised it, and they knew what they
t,'"At bs.Deet from their return to power.—( Hear.)
to'll:es,jeft told that the Duke of Wellington had made some
th'4ll"crns Previous to 1830 ; but he (Mr. Charlewood)
ht deitiej.d
,that he did so because he could no longer resist
`ll ,:11`18 of the conic of Ireland. They had recently
41,Nt40 ',:squinade in the newspapers, in which a celebrated
made the representative of a number of cliarac-
th'44 -;44lnY of those present recollected the admirable
t,k4kt which the late Mr. Elliston performed three
in one piece ; but they had now a much more
1:410/ tkrnarY performer on the political stage, in the per-
t" ea char Duke,attempted to fill no less than
"440 Ziarwneitters at.onCe.o—(Laughter and cheers.) He
4:4at h
impvincr—
'4"-4t of tiZ rneetinghas viewed with regret and alarm, the
rep,a„Duke of Welling.ton to his N je y's councils,
:lg ,'en declarations against all reform, and whose per-
titt-gsa factious opposition to every useful measure,
..renin-
of ik Ad 71Y hot
ess t-at any permanent
part."gor flow from
Co,,(ation of which he may form a
vit -411.1. seconded the resolution. was the duty
411c1,414etZPle at once to come forward and showt that they
tPhi ,QY go -",,ined not to submit to arbitrary Government ;
the:n oriii,",nlg, they would get rid for ever of the faction
_
tlitl;g to domineer over them.—(Hear, hear.) If
The et do so, they might rest satisfied that they would
e re slaves of the Tories for ever.
ih,4411 W ntion was then put and carried.
ir°ls w.L'l.l'ta said, that the resolution which he had to
titit;Let ,:"• to the following effect :
hittLeritrel ia the deliberate opinion of this Meeting, that an_
‘,1111,, Zrrn in the Church is necessary, and that .no Mi
44,,g0t 4,,tivserve the support or confidence of the nation, that
44•404
.ertake to introduce measures for shortening the
I,l,teur`il Parliaments, extending the suffrages of the people,
he freedom of election by vote by ballot."
411; ',Part of the resolution referred to the reform in
and the Whole history of the Establishment
to Oie% at was founded in corruption. Under the
hQ po'ct) third of the income of the Church was given
tlith cnother third towards the maintenance of
ktki „devot% and the remainder to the clergy, who in those
he i'ttpr. e' themselves to the promotion of the welfare t ui Cncsa or
Zlkti op, . . the people. They now, however, saw
eti MI rithog about in carriages, clothed like the
aNIY of the Revelations.—(Hear, and a laugh.)
"It t-b seen dressed in purple and lawn sleeves, and
114'1' Ifie ter airs of rulers of the earth, that they might
aw •,nes-
1-sle "of Peers. Would any
se one deny that
land gentry who sat in the Hou of Peers de-
ect like locusts, and sat in that House that