The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-18 00:00:00

CH UHCH.

That the Marquess of Lansdowne be requested to present the
Address to the King, and the Members for the County the Peti-
tion to the House of Commons.

Moved by Mr. INA LL, seconded by NIT'. HEARD,
That the Resolutions now passed be insertde in the Devizes
Gaxette.
It was subsequently resolved that the Resolutions be also in-
serted in The Sun London Newspaper.
.Movt.ti by Mr. RANDALL, ,econdeci by Mr. KNIGHT,
That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Wadham
Locke, Esq., who has so ably presided on this occasion, and for
his kindness in taking the ch'air.

BRISTOL REFORM MEETING.
AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the IN-
HABITANTS of BRISTOL and its Vicinity,
held on Monday, the 14th day of 1114 y, 1832, for the pur-
pose of Addres,.ing his Majesty and Petitioning the House
of Commons on the present Momentous Crisis of Public
Affairs.
W. P. TAUNTON, Esq. in the Chair ;
1. Resolved (with only one dissentient)—That this meeting
views with the utmost anxiety and alarm the recent deci-
sion of a majority of the House of Lords, as it clearly ma-
nifests their unchanged hostility to the principles and extent
of that Reform Bill brought in under the sanction of his
most gracious Majesty, which has received the almost universal
approbation of the nation, and has bean passed by an immense
majority of those Members of the Howe of Commons who have
any claim to be the representatives of the people, and which Bill
alone the people of England can be expected to accept as a satis-
factory and conclusive measure. _ _ _

2. Resolved unanimously—That the welfare of the country
imperatively demands a speedy settlement of the Reform
Question, which it is most preposterous to expect from any
measure, conducted by those who have done all that was in
their power to mutilate the Bill now before the House
of Lords, and have protested against it as most revolu-
tionary ill its character ; and that no Bill is likely to be efficient
and satisfactory to the country which is not carried under the
auspices of Earl Grey and his patriotic colleagues.
3. Resolved unanimously—That, with these views, this meeting
deeply laments that, after a special appeal to his people,. on_ the
question of Reform, by the dissolution of Parliament, and the firm-
ness displayed on the late prorogation, his Majesty should have
refused to take those constitutional steps which his responsible
advisers recommended, and which the present unprecedented crisis
of national affkirs demands, in order to reconcile the two Houses
cf Parliament, and to restore tranquillity to the country.
4. Resolved (with only one dissentient)—That the following
Andreas, founded on the foregoing resolutions, be signed by the
Chairman on behalf of the meeting ; and that his Royal Highness
the Dukeof Sussex be respectfully requested to present the same.—
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
" We, your Majesty's most loyal and faithful subjects, inha-
bitants of the city of Bristol and its neighbourhood, in public
meeting assembled, beg permission again to approach your Ma.
jesty's throne, with affection to your Majesty's person and loyalty
to your Government.
i The welfare of your Majesty's kingdom imperatively de-
mands a speedy settlement of the question of Parliamentary Re.
form; and your Majesty's faithful subjects were congratulating
themselves that, under the firmness displayed by your Majesty,
and the talents and integrity of your Government, a question
which has agitated the country for snore than half a century,
Was on the eve of being terminated in accordance with the wishes
and expectations of a great majority of your people.
But, we were filled with the utmost astonishment and
dismay on learning that your Majesty had been induced to re-
tuse compliance with the counsels of your responsibles advisers,
which could alone enable them to carry the great measure of Re-
form inuu suchios
the of
. uninutilated shape as would justify the reasonable
exua
e people,
public and and secure them a continuance of the
We humbly represent to your Majesty our conviction that no
nsealure of Reform less full and of than that sow ih pro-
gress through Parliament will be isatisfactory ; and as we
cannot trust the conducting such a measure to those who have,
notwithstanding their hollow profession, proved themselves the
undiscriminating enemies of any real Reform, and have protested
against the present Bill as of a most revolutionary character, we
earnestly implore your Majesty to recal to your Councils Earl Grey
and his colleagues, than whom no set of Ministers ever enjoyed
more entirely the confidence of the people."
[After an amendment put for omitting the clause rela-
tive to the Mutiny Bill, which was supported by six gen-
tlemen only, with one dissentient voice on the original
question,]
he. 11"'Iven—That the House of Commons are bound, both by
nourand consistency, not to give their support to any Ministers
which will not carry into a law, unimpaired in any of its essential
clauses, the Reform Bill to which they have given their sanction
by such overwhelming jo *ties • and that as the most constitu-
tional means of securinn,,lathirsi great' object, it is the duty of all real
p esentatives of the pelt' ple, strenuously to refuse supplies to any
raelinr ist r not
ears legally bei'dolsiese,sceodrroif the public confidence, to appoint, if it
and to withhold the renewalm of theer
'scion tom ruectieniyveutilre already voted,
Resolved unanimously, That the following petition, signed
by the hairmitn on behalf of the Meeting, be addressed to the

(No. 12,381.)

House of Commons, and that James Evans Baillie and Edw arcs
Protheroe, jun. Esqs. our Representatives in Parliament, be re-
quested to present the same and to support the prayer thereof.
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMON'S OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE-
LAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
" THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE I 'HABITANTS OF
BIUSTOL AND ITS VICINITY, IN PUBLIC MEET-
ING ASSEMBLED,
SHEWITTII—That your petitioners are grateful for the sup-
port atibrded by such large majorities of your Honourable House
to the measure of Parliamentary Reform introduced by his Ma-
jesty's late Ministers ; but they view with the utmost dismay
the factious opposition it has met with, and they contemplate
with alarm the retirement from his Majesty's Councils of a
Ministry that so fully enjoyed the public confidence.
That as the speedy settlement of this important question is
essential to the peace and prosperity of the nation, your petition-
ers implore that your future conduct, in reference to it, may be
as consistent with your previous decision ; and that you will
strenuously refuse to grant supplies to any Ministry which does
not possess the public confidence, to appoint, if it may legally
be done, Commissioners to receive those already voted, and to
withhold the renewal of the Mutiny Bill."
7. Resolved unanimously—That Earl Grey and his colleagues
are deserving of our warmest gratitude for the noble stand which
they have made in defence of the people's rights, and for their
disinterested and unflinching constancy to the principles of the
Reform Bill.
S. Resolved unanimously—That the cordial thanks of this
Meeting be given to James Evan Baillie and Edward Protheroe,
jun. Esqs. our Representatives in Parliament, for the zealous
support they have given to his Majesty's Ministers on this most
important question, which has entitled them to the gratitude
and confidence of their Constituents.
9. Resolved unanimously—That if the resignation of Ministers
should be followed by a dissolution of Parliament, this meeting
stands pledged to use every exertion to return James Evan Baillie,
and Edward Protheroe, jun., Esquires, our present represents.
tives, they having proved themselves to be the true friends of the

people.
10. Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Meeting
be given to the Reform Committee and the other gentlemen who
signed the requisition to the Mayor, and afterwards called this
Meeting.
11. Resolved unanimously—That the thanks of this Meeting
be given to the Editors of the Bristol Mercury, the Bristol
Gazette, the Bristol Times, and of those London Papers, particu-
larly of The Sun, who have advocated the cause of Reform, and
consequently the rights of the people.
12. Resolved unanimously—That the foregoing resolutions be
inserted in the Globe and Sun London Newspapers, and in the
Bristol Gazette and Mercury.
(Signed) W. P. TAUNTON, Chairman.
The Chairman having quitted the Cnair, the thanks
of the Meeting were unanimouly voted to him for his con-
duct therein.

EDINBURGH REFORNI PUBLIC MEETING.
AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS
of EDINBURGH and its VICINITY, held in the
KING'S PARK, on the 15th May, 1832, Sir THOS.
RIADICK LAUDER, Bart. of Fountain Hall, in the
Chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :
I. :That this meeting has heard, with feelings of the deepest-re_
gret and indignation, of the late vote of one branch of the Le.
gislature, destructive of the leading principles of the Bill for Re.
forming the representation of the empire.
2. That the representation of rotten burghs is a pollution of
the Commons' House of Parliament, and a degradation of the
Constitution of Great Britain—equally inconsistent with its
strength, purity, and vigour; while the power of nomination ap-
pears, with some distinguished exceptions, (which the couutry
duly appreciate,) to corrupt the hearts, and debase the under-
standings of those who pretend to consider it their property.
3. That, in these circumstances, it is the undoubted right of
the Commons of Great Britain to withhold ail future supplies,
and to exercise the most rigid constitutional control over those
already voted, until a Ministry shall be formed, pledged and em-
powered to secure success to a Bill at least as efficient and ex-
tensive as that which was lately approved of by the Commons'
House of Parliament, in carrying into effect the great principles
of disfrachisement, enfranchisement, and the 101. qualification.
4, That the meeting continue their unabated confidence in
Earl Grey ; the early, the firm, and upright supporter of Re-
form ; and bitterly deplore that he and his colleagues have been
compelled, by insidious arts, to relinquish office at a time when
their services are absolutely necessary to avert the calamities
with which the country is threatened.
5. That the following petition be presented to the House of
Commons by Francis Jeffrey, Esq.
That the meeting earnestly recommend to all their brother
Reformers, prudence, firmness, and unwearied perseverance, ac.
companied with undeviating submission to the laws ; being con-
vinced that violence and intemperance, on their part, can alone
frustrate the just expectations of the nation.
7. That, in the event of a dissolution of Parliament taking
palce, the meeting call upon the electors of the United Kingdom,
not to give their votes to any candidate who shall not pledge
himself to vote for withholding all supplies, un it the measure of
Reform, already sanctioni d by the House of Commons, shall, in
its fullest extent, be conceded to the country.
S. That a I •ommitt ee be appointed, consisting of the members
of the last Reform Committee and the present one, with powers
to make such additions to the numbers as they shall find neces.
sary, for the purpose of getting the petition signed and forwarded
to the House of Commons.
9. Thanks to the Chairman.
T. DICK LAUDER, Chairman,
ROD. MACKENZIE, Secretary.
THE PETITION.
UNTO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND;
THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED
INHABITANTS OF EDINBURGH AND ITS VI.
CINITY,
Snr.wrw,—That your petitioners have learned, with affliction
and dismay, the second defeat of the measure of Reform which
has twice received the approbation of your Honourable House,
and which, from its first announcement by the late Ministers of
the Crown, was hailed with gratitude and exultation by the
people, as being that measure which, alone, in this season of un.
parrelleled difficulty and danger, could preserve in their integrity
the political institutions of the State,—repairing them against
the injuries of time,—adapting them to the new and increasing
exigencies of the country,—consolidating them in all their
parts,—and strengthening the constitution by deepening its
foundations, and extending its basis.
That, in this so cruel disapponitment of their best hopes, em-
bittered by the unavoidable resignation of the late Ministers,
who commanded, because they merited, the confidence of their
Countrymen, but relying for redress on the Law and Constitu-
tion, which they know to be sufficient, your petitioners still ap-
proach your Honourable House with their entreaties and their
prayers, that, in this momentous crisis,--presenting disorder,
violence, civil commo' ion, anarchy, on the one hand, but hold.
ing out peace, security, national union, and good government on
the other,—you will be pleased to exert for the achievement of
that great, and salutary, and necessary measure, all those powers
with which the Constitution has invested you, as more peculiarly
the guardians of the liberties of the people.
That, not doubting your zeal for the interests of the people.—
not distrusting, and with no presumptuous wish to counsel, your
wisdom by this measure approved,—but impelleded by feelings
too strong to be repressed,—your petitioners, in more especial
reference to the privilege of granting or refusing the supplies, do,
in all humility, beseech you,--as a remedy not beyond the occa-
sion,—to withhold all public supplies, till the Reform santioned
by your Honourable House on its own Constitution, shall, in
every essential principle and important provision, be conceded
to your resolves, and to the prayers of the country.
That your petitioners are confident that in these, as in other
past hours of peril, your Honourable House wilLbe found in the
front of the nation ; and while your petitior7iimplore you to
go on and finish the redeeming work you ha - Thegun, your pp_
titioners assure your Honourable House of the firm support of the
people in a cause which they have sworn on the altars of their
country, for themselves and their children's children, never to
desert, and of which they never will despair.
And your petitioners shall ever pray.