The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-07 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING, end RE-ESTABLISHMEN'

(f the POLITICAL UNION.
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From the fist announcement 61 an intention on the part :
the Lords to mutilate the Municipal Corporations Bill, ,
town has b: en in a continued state of political agitation.
classes of mars at once concurred in the necessity
making a vigorous nod. determined resistance. .Accordi"g...l
various meetings were held, and an almost general derna'it.
was made upon the members of the Political Council to le-
same
same ha. labours. In Compliance with this wish, the Cntit.te_l., I
met at the beginning of last week at the Town-hall, and Mg.
were almost immediately b„.sieged with entreaties to re-orgii
nize the Union, and proffers of money to enable them to carryt_
on their operations were liberally made. There was now
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alternative on the part of the Council, and they nceordicrn.ll,3
met every night, anxiously waiting the further progress of the
measure. '1 he post, announcing the final mutilations of th.o
Bill, at length arrived, and determined them on appealing' r
the town, for, the purpose of considering the
propsietyi;
setting the Union—this once-powerful body—in motion.
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Thursday morning a placard, signed by Air. B. Hadley,
Mr. George Edmonds, was issued, calling the meeting 1
Friday evening. The greatest interest was created throughout
the town and neighbourhood, and long before half-pasts'
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o'clock the immense building was crowded to seffocatt°lt.
Every inch of• ground upon which a foot could rest was °cat:,
pied, and the whole presented one of the most imposing sigl3:9t
in point of numbers and enthusiasm, ever witnessed in "
building. There could not have been less than 10,000 peso":
at one time within the walls of the building, rod we de
exaggerate when we say that from 6.000 to 8,000 came 'II,'
were unable to obtain admission. At seven o'clock the leadli.g
members of the Council entered, and were reccis-ed with a
tremendous burst of applause. Silence being restored.
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Mr. GEORGE Ensmisns proposed that their old acd
frisnd, Mr. Benjamin Hadley, should take the Chair.
Mr. HAZSLEY, on taking the Chair, said the question DI
was, were some two hundred Peers to govern this gres
country—(Cries of " No, no," and tremendous cheering 1--0,
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were the. people, through their Representatives, to Scocet
themselves? He did not go much too far whet he said, that
under all circumstances the present Alinistss•rs could have ecth.:
manded the- utmost energies of the nation.—(remerirle'
,:
sheering.) For his part he would say, that with such a w+s.-
play of public feeling as he then witnessed, and such wen 0
Would
back him as thoSe immediately around him, he never
desist until lee saw a better Bill become the law of the land."
(Great chMering.)
Mr. GEORGE. EDMONDS next presented himself, and was re;
ceived with great cheering. It the Lords thought proper
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• resist the of the people, the people's representatives OP.
to have stopped the supplies.---( Cheers.) It appeared, 11,.
ever, they had made concessions ; and the question now iefai„
what were the people to do? Were they to condemn 141,
sters?—(Cries• of " No, no.) Were they to condemn tat
House of Commons?—(Cries of " No, no.") Well, gren-f
as was his disappointment, he was pleased at this expressiell",
the meeting. Were they, he would ask, to impute to ancl'oe
man as O'Connell dishonest motives, or a voluntary desert' •
of the people's cause? Would it not be presumption, aoa
the House was sanctioned by this well-known and tried
este of liberty, to say that the Commons, in the concesiv:,
they were making, had been disposed to favour the factio
the House of Lords, or betray their trust ?—( Cries of ,11;
bP
no.") He would propose three cheers for O'Connell. ( ' ~t
call washnstantaneously responded to, and kept up with gaud
enthusiasm for some time.) There were also other great
good men in the House, whom he believed nothing conic' !on
duce to desert the people.—(Cheers.) Then the conninslis
to which they must come was, that there was a cause fcrLil
concession.—( Hear, hear.) The Ministry had deserved ing
of. the country.—(Cheers.) He "would now ask esse raeet-
one most important question, and that was, whetvder the Lords' of
with all the concessions which Ministers p;nd the Notice
Commons had made, would pass the Muni zipal Bill ?--(l4,ei3s
hear.) This was beyond all doubt a ~post---
and he asked it with perfect sincerity Cheers.) He
solemn cillesl°Lil
—(
it, because he felt convinced in bi 3 ee-
nscience that the I.B` ;
their Lordships was, involved
in the answer.—(Tremen°°,
cheers.) Mr. Edmonds concluded by proposing the first ,
solution.
Mr. GILES second the resolution. He was of 0001
that they ought 'o look with a friendly feeling to the Prey r.
Ministry.-4 Loud cheers.) They were placed in difficult "0
cunicat'ances. He firmly believed that if Ministers, and thei,l.llo,
'Whom he had mentioned, had not strong reasons for concel.he
they never would have given up what they had done.
resolution was put from the chair, and carried unanimousbr'
Mr. SALT moved the second resolution. „ot
Mr. DARE rose to second the resolution, and said tbeee't-bc
conduct of the Lords led men very naturally to reflect en,
generally mischievous character of that august assembOhis
( Hear.) No material change for the benefit of the pelpi
could be had until the constitution. of the House of Lords
undergone a thorough remodelling.—(Treinendous checlibe
After a few remarks from Mr. BLAXLAND support 0;
resolution, it was put to the meeting and carried unaninifelts p
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Mr. P. H. MUNTz then moved the third resolution. it ota
thj Political Unions which compelled the House of Lordstbe
pass the Bill for reforming the House of Commons, and The
same means would snake them bend now.—(Cheers.) f re.
resolution he had to. propose declared the expediency °dos
organising the Union.—(Several distinct and trernon,
rounds of applause were here given.) Mr. Muntz conc`t.(l'
by moving the third resolution.
Mr. BOULTBEE seconded the resolution.
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The CHAIRMAN had great pleasure in introducing to 'sod
notice the Rev. Hugh Hutton, the respected elergYlna9
accompanied them to Newhall.hill on the occasion of the t-1,0
morable victory over the Lords during the agitation °f
Reform Bill.—(Loud cheers.)
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The' Rev. HUGH fluTToN'then presented himself, an iv
hailed with much applause. He had seen them, and 3 g
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rious sight it was, assembled under the canopy of heuve3oss
almost countless thousands, armed with no weapons but t''crs
which truth afforded them.—(Great applause.) Ise t
as
exhibit the same moral strength and determinas:son ,}i"
then, and the Lords must womb to the voie,n
—( Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then read the resolutism to the Ine,etitilbii
and before putting it, inquired if there was any one 111 ne
immense assembly who thought it vs-
inexpedient to re'
ganise the Union? the pe°s
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A short pause, during which tll.O strictest silence was r
tamed, here ensued, and no ow, offering ri
,
The CHAIRMAN put the Tr,solution in the affirmative, `tbei•
the building seemed to slit,
lite again with one loud and trctl'.'vent
dons shout of " Ay f;
motion being put in the negatj
not a single " No !" wr,s to be heard.
Mr. SHEARMAN :oved the fourth resolution.
Mr. Asu NlOll reconded the resolution.
the re'
After a -words from the Rev. T. M'DoNNELL,
solittioP-I:vas put and carried unanimously.
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HEAP.MAN then moved the fifth resolution, for g the
instruction to the conncil respecting obtaining a reform 1113,0
House of Lords, which having been seconded, was Put
Carried unanimously.
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The usual thanks were then given to the Cliairrnitcrb
after giving three cheers for that gentleman, three'
°r hid
borough Members, and three for the Commissioners wl,'.°ost
granted the use of the Hall, the meeting separated at Ira
ten o'clock.

The following were the resolutions : etnil
1. That this meeting has viewed, with the greatest re:ys•- °
dissatisfaction, the consent given by the Ministry and the ri°-ilftv
Commons to the destructive amendments introduced into the is
nicipal Reform Bill by the Lords ; and considering all atteelf the
conciliate the House of Peers—short of the abandon:sleet °one!
principles of Reform—to ho vain and hopeless, this meetiegvedto
believe that the/yielding, in this instance, of principles ad"'' /jet.l4'
be just and necessary, can have any other effect than that of e coo'
ening the public confidence in the Ministry and the House °I
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That the determined opposition of the House of Pecrs,-,, sit/
Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, coupled with the 10'01
contemptuous manner in which that House has rei,;:eted the tea
Church Bill, and otherliberal measures during the sr:ssiorn h'' 51-110
to recall to the recollection of this meeting the hostility ‘,ll'clore°
almost uniformly beck shown by their. Lordsh;ips to all I°`-'4ftl
having for their object the peace, welfare. and happiness r°o"
people ; and to convince us of the utter r,diitity of expecti4
searehiwz reforms of abuses, and those etneliorations of our le
re'
lions, which justice, and the increased knowledge of the Peqpre'
quire and demand, whilst the II
sent irrespons:ble state, comr_,,„(l, as it is on the one hand, °Lege'
who, for the most part, '
?*..e. totally unfitted, by their want of
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rience, political know;,.dge, rotlSe of Lords shall remain in
and wisdom, to legislate for thin rt'heto
country, and who
separate intere:,;(s from those of the people generally ;jai °!lt the
other hand. men education and habits tend to create i°, the
mereo who have been raised to the Pecran'e t° 5-thcse.
t. That, for
par,cy purposes of the Minister of the day
and, ':frier reasons, it appears to this meeting absolutely o",;ter',„.
t.r.aal: the constitution of the House of Lords should be "° °cork
stud amended as in some way to be made responsible to theil.
for the exercise of its functions, and to bring it into liarinittYire,
the altered circumstances of the other branch of the Ltgil3l, to rei
3. That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is expeclieli to arl(t.
organize the Political Union, and bring it into ilolalt;(
vigorous exercise, for the purpose of obtaining a full anuianci a°
measure for the Reform of Municipal Corporations of Eng
Ireland. a tile
4. That the gentlemen at present forming the Co'" I
Union be, and are hereby, re-elected for the ensuing year:,entioo;`,,
5. That the. Council be iequested to urge upon the 3" ising
the House of Commons, the necessity of, in future, exer.`, has °";
constitutional right of withholding the supplies,
tamed full security for the redress of grievances ; also, to!.frectiog
its immediate and serious consideration, the best mode 0t,'33.,4
until 1:31.., int
such a Reform of the I-louse of Lords as shall bring it iOtotlegi,l''''
with the a:.tered circumstances of the other branch of (1' pre"
tore ; aad further, to take such stqs as may be necz,ssar.7
yea any compromise of the cause of the people. tiie Bird
G. That the Resolutions of this day be published
uJ„ an
mingham Journal, the Reformer, The Sun, True 'S
Morning Chronicle.
7. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to 'vening•
jamin Haolky, for his excellent conduct in the Chair this e
Goieral
The Duke de Nemours, attended by for poro-
Baudrand end Colonel Boyer, left town yesterdaY one3s..
mouth, Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol, Manchester, an 0. 'prior('
ter, where he will be present at the races on the 15X•d
Ernest of Philipstlial, MarquiS Conyngham, tior:sitod
biy
Vane, Lcrd Marcus Hill, and Colonel TCnySf,ll
Royal Highness on Saturday, • a 0
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The Lymington Regatta. and Archery nicetioT
place this week, and the Portsmouth and Portsea BegBo-fe
fixed for Thursday and Friday next. under the Patro Rear'
Loid Yarborowrb, Admir 11 Sir 'Thomas -14
Admiral Maitlanql, Hon. Captain Byng, T. F. liar b'
M. P., and other persons of distinction.
The Duke of Buceleuch, Lord Kinnaird, and
John Scott, have taken the Duke of Athol's forest
shooting season. It contains 53,000 acres.

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