The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-11 00:00:00

SECOND- EDITION
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

WESTMINSTER MEETING.

,
(Concluded from our Fourth Page.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL said these Were the times to try men's
s cola, and soon, he bad no doubt, it would be proved what
Englishmen were made of. An alteration would soon
take place.—(Cheers, and a cry of "Republic.") He
i.cew there was not a man in the roonf who would be a
slave to the vile bornughmongers.—(Cheers.) The period
was come when Englishmen must be true to themselves.—
(We will.) The people could not longer be enslaved by
the Tory oligarchy, who had burdened the nation with a
debt of nearly a thousand millions.—(Groans.) The peo•
ple of England would see what had been done by the brave
Netherlanders.—(Cheers.) Would Englishmen be behind
those foreigners, when they were engaged in a glorious
struggle for their liberties ?—(No, no.) Would they not
do as our ancestors had done, when the Barons obtained
the Charter from a tyrant King?—(Cheers.) English
history proved the noble deeds Englishmen were capable of
of performing. They all remembered the fate of Charles
the First, for listening to the advice of a foreign wire.
—(lmmense cheers.) The fate of that Monarch ought
to operate as a warning to others. Englishmen in that
glorious contest against Charles, beat down his armed le-
gions, and brought him to the scaffold.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. O'C.) did not like to shed blood, and never on a
acArold.—(Cheers, and cries of " Hear an Irishman.")
Yew, hear an Irishman.—(Hissee and cheers.) He did
not frel it a disgrace, but an honour to be an Irishman.—
(Hear.) He (Mr. O'C.) next alluded to the conduct of
the people of England in the time of James 11. The
people groaned under despotism for a long time, but they
burst their bonds, and cashiered the despot.—(Cheers.)
'Fhe people of England would now, as they had done in
farmer times, do their duty to themselves and to their
country. A dreadful crisis had arrived, and the people
would show they were determined in the cause—the glo.
rious cause of Reform.—(Cheers.) Sons of freedom, hold
up your hande.—(All held up.) You will enforce your
rots at all haaarde.—(We will.) You have no un-
friendly ur disloyal feeling towards the King.—(Groans
and cheers.) You would support him in that splendour
which is consistent with kingly anthority, but you will
possess )our liberties.—(We will.) You will be free.
—(We will.)

" Then know
He who would be free himself must strike the blow."
He did not doubt that the glorious cause would yet be
triumphant—it was a just cause and must be carried.—
(Cheers.) He hoped they should be able to carry back
the Ministers on the shoulders of the people of Englaoii
to their places as Ministers of the King.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. O'Connell) had occasion to complain of the Minis-
ters, they had not treated him well, they had persecuted
him fur dssobeying a proclamation, and he would always
disobey a proclamation that was not founded on law.—
(Cheers.) He put the conduct regarding so humble an
individual as himself out of the question, he would bury
it in oblivion, knowing, as he did, that the time had
arrived, when of necessity the people of England and
lieland would Unite and rid themselves of despotism of
every kind, political or religious. Despotism and bigotry
would wither at the universal cries of the freemen of
England now resounding throughout the Empire.
A great revolution was about to take place.—(Hear.)—
Republics would rise up in every part of the world, and
the stones of Russia would rise up against its despotic
rider.—(Cheers.) The revolution in this country would
not be to depose a King, but to annihilate an infamous
band of oligarchs.—(Cheers.) The people would have
the Reform they universally desired, or they would not
pay tithes—(Cheers)—or taxes.—(Cheers.) They might
&strain the people's pods, but, as Pat says to his brother,
-• if the goods are sold, there must be somebody to buy."—
(Cheers.) And who would purchase ?—(No one.) The
whole nation, he hoped, would assemble that day in parish
meetings, and show that, unless the wishes of a whole
purple were attended to, they would refuse to support
G iverument by withholding all supplies.—(Cheers.)
Ile whole nation bad risen as one man, and he did not
despair of success, becau'e when Englishmen were so
united, and so resolved in a cause so sacred, they would
never sit down till they bad effected the dearest object of
their hearts.--(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman, after
a few more observations, concluded a very powerful and
energetic speech.

Mr. C. A TULK felt considerable difficulty in coming
forward to address the meeting after the eloquent speech of
tie Learned Gentleman who had just sat down. He, how.
ever, ♦entured to trespass on their patience for a few mo
went', and it was only the resolution he had to propose
that supported him in the difficulty he laboured under.—
I was an arduous duty they had now to perform, in
opposing these despots to society—the boroughmongers.—
( Hear, hear.) He called upen them to be arm, and act
logether in the great cause—the cause of freedom; and
the time would not be far distant when they would gain
that d. scription of Reform they had so long eagerly sought
for. He then proposed the address, which was seconded
by Mr. Dawson, and carried amid loud acclamations.

It was then proposed and seconded that the two Mern-
brrq, Sir F. Burdett, and Sir John Caw Hobbouse, pre-
sent the addre•s to the House.

Colonel JoN Es, in a long speech, proposed the fifth
.li~solntion.

At this moment s most in'eresting scene took place—
three eentlemen, Messrs. Scholefield, Parkes, and Gray,
terming a deputation from the Birmingham Union, entered
t! e room, bearing an address from that body to the House
of Commons, to the same t ffeet as the one now adopted.
Upon the names of the deputation being announced, im
mense cheering took place, which lasted several minutes.
Sir F. BcanErr (after order had been restored) intro-
duced Mr. Scholefield as the Deputy Chairman of the
Birmingham Union. The gentleman addressed the meet.
ing in a speech which appeared to afford the greatest
delight. He described the people of Birmingham as being
united to a man in the cause of freedom.

Sir F. BuanErr, in returning thanks, said be bad been
too long acquainted with his fellow-citiztna to render it
necessary to say anything of his past or future conduct.
He had always endeavoured to perform his dutv.—(CheerF.)
The people must now be firm and resolute in the steps they
take, and at the same time avoid any premature act that
may ti wart the great object for which they are contend-
ing. From accounts received from all parts of the
empire it appeared the people had exhibited an union sen-
timent and feeling unparalleled.—(Hear, and Cheers.)
And instead of desponding or having misgivings on the
subject, be thought they ought to adopt a tone of exulca
win of anticipated trittropb.—(lmmense cheers.) The
deputations from various parts of England, expressing the
sentiments of millions, had satisfied him that " the lion
was roused," but he was anxious the triumph should be
obtained at the least possible inconvenience to the people.
—(Cheers.) Instead of speaking of the Birmingham, the
Manchester, or London Unions, they would have to speak
of the Unions of England, Scotland, and Ireland. But it
was no use wasting words, though he must declare
that it was a piece of daring boldness on the
part of the boronghmongers to stand up against
the will of a nation.—(Loud cheers.) He however
treated them end their infamous efforts with contempt,
and they ought to think themselves well off if they
escaped without serious animadversion. In 1'795 he
first urged the necessity of union to carry Reform, and
that object having been effected, the result must
follow.—(Loud and long cheers.) By union they were
certain of success. The tyrant exclaimed, " Divide and
weaken ;" Englishmen exclaimed, " Unite and be free."...-
(Bursts of applause.) He would go down to the House
with feelings of triumph, and present the petition with
which the meeting had honoured hitn.—(Cheers.) He
again thanked the meeting, which gave him nine cheers
and separated.

IMPERIAL PA ULU M ENT

THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from the
county of Devon, signed by seventy Magistrates, two
hundred clergymen, and nine thousand inhabitants of that
county, against the new system of education in Ireland.
lie did no: believe that it expressed the opinion of the of his constituents, though it was numerously and
respectably signed; he differed in opinion from the yeti.
tioners ; he considered that the Government were entitled
to the thanks of the country for the introduction of the
measure.
Mr. PR AED was certain that the Noble Earl would
find he had been to,sinformed. He believed that this pe-
tition really spoke the opinion of a very large majority of
his constituents.
Mr. JOHN WOOD bad a petition to present to the
House, in the prayer of which he most cordially agreed. It
prayed that that House would atop the supplies until the
Reform Bill had passed into a law. The petition came
from the large and important town of Manchester.—
(Cheers.) It was adopted at a meeting, one oi
ote'gar assemblies of which the Hon. Member for
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. ,tioni had spoken so contemptuously. A copy of The
5 . -444:n:kKheen received in the town by express in
.a very
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