The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-29 00:00:00

MILE-END OLD TOWN.

Last night a numerous and respectable meeting of the
inhabitants of the hamlet of Mile-End Old Town assembled
at the Town-house, Mile-End-road, for the purpose, as the
requisition stated, of considering the propriety of petition
ing his Majesty to appoint only such individuals to his,
councils se by their knotor. principlA 164 aciopi, rerral,
measures of reform, as the only means tf allaying th 6 pre
sent excited state of the country, and to adopt such resolu-
tions thereon as may be deemed expedient.
William MALTBY, Esq., the senior churchwarden, in
the chair.

Mr. G. Jackson, Mr. Halland, Mr. Little, Mr. Sims,
Mr. 'Williams, and several other gentlemen, took part in
the proceeding. An opposition had been organized, but it
could only muster six votes, and the resolutions were passed
almost unanimously. The resolutions strongly deprecate
the re-appointment of Tory Ministds; and an address to
the King was agreed to, praying his Majesty to call to his
councils such men only whose declared principles and knoWn
integrity would guarantee the benefits contemplated by the
Reform Bill.

STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION

IN THE COUNTRY.

We call particular attention to the proceedings at Man-
chester. The friends and disciples of Cobbett are, it is
well known, very numerous in that town, and they have so
far prevailed at the public meeting as to carry a vote of
censure on the lath Ministry, or, we ought rather to say,
the Ministries which immediately preceded it. We do not
think they acted wisely in declaring war against a party
not now in the field: The real question which the people of
England have now to decide on relates not to the Whigs,
but to the Tories. Yet the blame which is cast upon the
Whigs can afford but very little satisfaction to the Tories,
for it is because the measures of the Whigs have smacked
too much of Toryism, that they have fallen under the dis-
pleasure of the Radical Reformers of Manchester. With
relation, however, to the Duke of Wellington and the Tory
party generally, it is gratifying to observe the unanimous
hostility of this great meeting. On
and 1111COlt.:"Mising
this subject ti, re is no difference of opinion.
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mANciZSTER, Nor. 27.

GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF REFORMERS.

On Thursday morning a meeting of the inhabitants of
Manchester, was held in the Manor Court-room, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of addri'ssing the King
on the present crisis of affairs. The sudden communication
of the fact that his Majesty had dismissed Lord Melbourne,
produced the utmost amazement among all classes. A meet-
ing of Reformers was held on the following Tuesday even-
ing, at which a requisition to the boroughreeve and con-
stables was drawn up, calling upon them to convene a meet-
ing of the inhabitants at the earliest possible moment, to
deliberate on the present crisis of affairs. To this docu
ment were appended the names of our representative, Mr.
M. Philipps, of Mr. Brotherton, M.P. for Salford, and of
.G. W. Wood, Esq., M.P. for the southern division of Lan-
cashire ; ail(' in the course of two days it received the sig-
natures of 350 of the most respectable inhabitants and
Oee,te,rs of the tmvn. The requisitiovwAtarespnted on
Thursday, and the authorities having, t, ter sme Pibera-
tion deciined to call the meeting, on the ground that it
would be an interference with the prerogative of the Sove-
reign, it was determined that the inhabitants should be con-
voked upon the authority of the requisitionists themselves.
Thursday, at eleven o'clock, was the appointed time, and
the Manor Court-room, in Brown-street, the largest room
in the town which could be procured, was selected as the
place of meeting. The doors were opened about half-past
ten, and by eleven o'clock a large and respectable concourse
of persons had assembled, among whom were G. W. Wood,
Esq., M.P. ; Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. ; Joseph Brother-
ton, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Harbottle, Esq., chairman of
the United Dissenters' Committee ; W. Johns, Esq., M.D.,
&c. &c. Shortly before the proceedings were opened,
Mr. Cobbett, who was on his route to visit his constituents
at Oldham, after his tour in Ireland, entered the room, and
made his way to the platform. He was attended by his
colleague, John Fielden, Esq., M.P. for Oldham, and Mr.
Croft, the Chairman of Cobbett's committee at the last
election for this borough, and was loudly cheered by his
friends. _ _

Upon the motion of Mr. THOMAS POTTER, Mr.
CHARLES WALKER, of Longford, was voted to the Chair.
They were told they had no right to interfere in this mat-
ter, for that the King had an undoubted right to dismiss
his Ministers. So indeed he had ; but the people had an
equal right to expreSs their disapprobation, and, in his.opi-
nion they were imperatively called upon to tell his Majesty
their sentiments. They had been told to wait until they
saw what the Duke of Wellington intended to do. But
they had seen what be had already done, and, in his opi-
nion, that was quite sufficient reason for their now interfe-
ring. He knew that upon the hustings the great conflict
would eventually take place. He trusted the people of
England would never send to Parliament any but those
who were of known integrity and political consistency--
men whom no temptation or place could possibly bias.—
(Hear, hear, hear 1) It was certainly possible that a tem-
porary stop might be put to the progress of reform ; but
he had too high an opinion of the people of England to
suppose that after having wrung the Reform Bill from an
unwilling Oligarchy, they would rest satisfied without oh-
'aining its fruits.—(Cheering.) It was indeed impossible
that ttrt; could rest-where they were.—(Hear, hear
Mr. WvAr-;,.. .)
at the close of the Chairman's address,
moved that the -met...
-ling do adjourn to St. Stephenson's-
full, and many persons being
square, the room being alre,:.4Y
unable to obtain access to it.
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The CHAIRMAN conceived that adjournment was at pre-
sent unnecessary, the room being not over-%;.7wded ; and,
as no arrangement for hustings, or other neetim.::' odation,
had been made at the place referred to, he conceived that
it would be better, if possible, to avoid an adjournment.
Mr. WYATT, therefore, withdrew his motion ; but in e
short time the cry to adjourn became so general, that two
persons were appointed to ascertain whether the number of
persons who were unable to gain admission was such as to
render adjournment necessary. In the meantime, the
Chairman called upon Mr. Mark Phillips, M.P., to move
the first resolution. That gentleman was frequently inter-
rupted in the course of his address, but he was allowed to
close his observations before the motion for adjournment,
which was ultimately carried, was proposed to the meeting.
The proceedings were adjourned, about twelve o'clock,
to a large open spot of ground known as St. Stephenson's-
square. A temporary platform was hastily erected ; and,
though some interruption was occasioned by the passage of
vehicles, the business was conducted in a very orderly and
quiet manner. The concourse of persons was estimated at
about 8,000, although at the hour appointed for the meet-
ing (eleven o'clock), the great mass of the working popula-
tion are confined in the mills and other large manufactories
of the town. In order to preserve the thread of Mr.
Phillips's argument, we have stated these particulors in
; but it should be understood that the motion with
which the speaker concluded his address was not ..read to
the meeting until after the adjournment had been agreed to,
and the Chairman was • reinstated in his office on the °pill
air platform.
MARK PHILLIPS, Esq., M.P., had been requested to
move the first resolution. It was impossible, at the pre-
sent crisis, for those who took a deep interest in the wel-
fare of the country, to,remain altogether silent, though he
did not come before the meeting to address to it anything
in the shape of a funeral address for the departed Admi-
nistration ; but this he could say, that, as regarded thn
Administration which had held office during the last two
years, he did sincerely believe they had difficulties to en-
counter which were of no small moment.—( Hear and ap-
plause.) He was candidly compelled to avow, that recent;
circumstances bad convinced him that those difficulties:
were infinitely greater than he had previously con-