The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-10 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES.

It may he remembered, that at the last meeting on the
subject of Reform in this pariah, a Committee was ap-
pointed to watch the progress of " the Bill," and to take
such steps, by calling a general meeting of the inhabitants,
or otherwise, a, circumstances align demand. The de-
feat of the Minister on Monday night, and the resignation
of yesterday, necessarily called the Committee to the ez-r-
-cise of their functions, and a meeting was convened at
the Vestry•roorn lest night, which was very numerously
and respectably attended. Mr. Cardell was called to the
Chair, and after some preliminary observations on the pre-
sent important crisis, it was moved by Mr. Prout, and.
unanimously agreed to, that a requisition should be sent
to the chuicbwardens, requesting them to call a vestry on
the earliest possible day, to take into consideration the pre-
sent posture of public affairs, more particularly as regards
the question of Parliamentary Reform. To this meeting
all the inhabitant householders will he admitted, and it is
expected it will held on Thursday next.

ST. BRIDE'S, FLEET-STREET.....The parish of St. Bride,
Fleet-street, is about to meet on the subject of the defeat
of Ministers. A requisition has been carried round,
among a few of the inhabitants, by Messrs. Swain and
Low, of Fleet-street, to which requisition they, in less
than half an hour, obtained the signatures of shout fifty
of the most wealthy and reap ct.tble persons of the parish.
The consent of the churchwardens (Messrs. Sangster and
Devey) was promptly and handsomely given for the meet-
ing to be held in the vestry-room of St. Bride's church,
to-morrow evening at six o'clock.

At a preliminary meeting held for calling a general
meeting of the Marylebone district, it was resolved unani-
mously that a resolution should be submitted to the general
district meeting, to the effect ti st if the pregeat Adminis-
tration resign in consequence of nut being empowered to
carry the Reform Bill into effect, a petition be presented
to the House of Commons praying them to stop the sup-
plies until the present or a more efficient Reform shall be
passed into law ; and declaring, that if the House refuse
to grant this prayer, the meeti•ig will feel them elves bound
to refuse the payment of all taxes, rates, or tithes whatever.

A requisition numerouly signed has been presented to
the churchwardens of the parish of Sr. Luke, Middlesex;
for a meeting to consider the propriety of presenting a
petition t• the King to create such an additional number
of Peers as will insure the success of the Reform Bill.

A deputation of the Ward of Castle-Blynard waited
yesterday on Mr. Alderman Wilson, with a requisition for
a wardmote, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the present state of Reform, &e., and on the resignation of
Ministers, and Alderman Wilson has promptly named
Saturday, eleven o'clock, at St. Gregory's church, Knight-
Rider-street, Doctors'-commons.

SOUTHWARK.-The following requisition, signed by
200 inhabitant householders, has been transmitted to the
High Biiliff:—

" To John Holmes, E:q , High IMO of the town and
borough of Southwark.

" We, the undersigned inhabitant householders of the
town and borough cf Southwark, do request you to con-
vene an early meeting of the inhabitant householders of
the said town and borough, to consider of and adopt ouch
measures as may appear to be necessary or expedient fur
promoting the success of the Reform Bill, in consequence
of the recent division in the House of Lords.
" Southwark, May 9."

Immediately on the intelligence of the defect of Mini-
sters on the Reform Bill being received in Banbury, the
Reform Committee met, and an address to the King, call-
ing on his Majesty to create Peers, was drawn up for the
signature of the inhabitants.
The following placard has been posted at Canterbury :

" TO THE RZFORMERS OT CANTTRBUAY.

" Reformers, to your post ! Again the Lords have
shown themselves in their true light ! They they de-
feated the Ministry, on an important particular of the
Bill, by a m tjority of 33 ! The Committee is adjourned
, to Thursday next, and in the interim we In ty expect to
hear that Earl Grey has resigned, or that a sufficient num-
ber of new Peers has been made to insure the success of
the great, the inestimable measure. In either case the
crisis will hare arrived, and every Reformer must be in
readiness to adopt such a course of proceeding as may he
necessary to secure the liberties of the country. On the
spirit and policy now displayed by Englishmen will de-
pend the fate of the Government and the nation. The
Reformers of Canterbury will not be behind on this great
and soul-animating occasion !

DETERMINED REFORMER.
" Canterbury, Miy 8."

KINGILOAN.-At a meeting of the Town Council of
Kinghorn, held on Saturday, a petition to the House of
Lords in favour of the English Reform Bill was speed
upon, and also a petition in favour of the Government mea-
sure for education in Ireland. The liberal views and
policy of this re•pecttble body of men, both berore and
since the introduction of the Reform Bill, has fur many
years been the admiration of the public.— Caledonian
Mercury.

CHELTENH•M.—On Saturday, the 28th ult., an at•
tempt was made to establish a Political Union, to be called,
par excellence, " The Chtltenham True Blue Club." The
slightest computation of numbers on each side of the
question might have convinced the " Conservatives" that
the advocates of Constitutional Reform in Cheltenham are
as one hundred to one, competed with the adversaries of
the measure. A society is now formed, called " The
Cheltenham Loyal and Patriotic Association, for the
purpose of obtaining, by lawful and constitutional means,
a full, fair, and free representation of the people in Farlia•
ment."— Cheltenham Journal.

REFORM. MEETING AT NORTH SIIIELDS.-On Wed-
n-aday last, at seven in the evening, a public meeting
was tv-Id at the George Tavern, in North Shields, to
a lopt reso'utions, and a petition founded thereon, praying
the llottAe of Lords to pa.s the Reform Bill unmutilred
iu any of its essential features, more especially in tha
clause which secures the franchise to 101. householileis
Several members of the Council of the Northern Politi
cal Union attended. Mr. Turnbull wee cal!ed to the
chair, and delivered a long and able speech in support of
' ,he measure, and was followed by Messrs. Coates and
.Marshall. A petition was agreed to, and ordered to b.
forwarded to Earl Grey for preservation. Several of tb.
,nerobers of the Northern Political Union were pre,ent,
and of whom Messrs. Fife and Larkin addressed flit-
.netting. The former, at the conclusion of hi.
peed), observed, " We shill amp inert again. We
,hall speedily meet, either to shake hands arid con
gratulate each other on the success of this measure, or, if it
should unfortunately be rejected, and the Union ebobld be
irdled upon to put forth all the majestic strength of its
LlOO,OOO inete'ers, we shalt meet to add strength to our

uoios, and to take such measures as the necessity of dlr
daft may demand, in order to save ourselves from threatened
destruction."—(Loud cheers.) An apology was offered
for Mr. Attwood's ai,sence, which happened from hip
being away from home when the notice of the meeting
art ived.

BURY REFORM NIRETING.—A public meeting was hel •
it the Guildhall, Bury, on Monday last, to petition the
Lords on the subject of the Reform Bill, especially as re-
tarded the 101. franchise. The Alderman, R. M. Carsa,
Esq., said, that in compliance with the wishes of the re-
quisitionists, he had convened the meeting, but would
other decline presiding, as it was generally wished he
should do. Mr. Eagles was therefore called to the Chair,
and delivered an eloquent address to the assembly, at the
dose of which he observed, that it had been said, that the
people composing the various meetings could be stopped
with the bayonet ; and what the soldiery could not do,
the Duke of Wellington could. Such language came
from those who ought to have known better than to um
it. It had been also said by the Earl of Eldon, indict.
tnents could be framed to compel those who refused to pay
taxes; now if the Earl of Eldon, or Sir Charles Wetherell,
or any other lawyer, were ingenious enough to frame an
indictment, be should like to know where they would
find a Jury who would convict their countrymen of
a conspiracy against themselves.—(Cheers.) Mr.
Coates read the resolutions (three in number), the first
expressing the unalterable attachment of the meeting to
the Bill ; the secoed, directing a petition to by framed on
them, praying the Lords to pass the Reform Bill without
mutilation, more especially as regarded the 101. clause,
and that the petition be presented by the Duke of Grafton ;
and the third, expressive of the confidence of the meeting
in Lords Grey, Brougham, and Althorp, and his Majesty's
Ministers. After several other persons hail addressed the
meeting, thanks were moved to the Alderman for his
kindness in convening the meeting ; and to the county
Members for their support of the Reform Bill. After
which thanks having been given to Mr. Eagle, the meet-
ing then separated.—Bury Herald.

ROCLIESTIER. —On Thursday evening, a public meeting
of the working classes of Rochester, Chatham, and the
ne'ghbourlsood, was held at the Five Bells, St. Margaret's,
to agree upon a petition to the House of Lords, praying
their Lordships to pan the Reform Bill into a law.
About 300 persons were present, and Mr. Flack took the
chair. In moving the resolutions, very appropriate
speeches were delivered by Meagre. Cooper, Athway,
Elliott, and Wilson. A petition, in conformity with the ob-
ject of the meeting, was adopted without a dissentient voice.

PUBLIC REFORM MEETING AT HADDINGTON.-Fri-
day the inhabitants of Haddington and neighbourhood
made the finest turn-out ever witnessed in that quarter.
About four o'clock the trades and burgesses assembled, and
took their respective stations, according to the arrange-
ment previously entered into, at the West Port Toll,
and walked in procession, enlivened by two hands of
music, down the front street, through Nungate, and round
by the Waterloo-bridge to the East Mill Haugh, where the
hustings were erected. The weavers walked foremost in
the procession, followed by the skinners, shoemakers,
hammer men, burgesses, carters, gardeners, tailors,
bakers, wrights, and masons. The skinners carried two
large horns on a pole, and on another a stuffed
sheep, with a quantity of grass in its mouth. The shoe-
makers wore black aprons. Their banners bore the
words—" We stand to the last." The carters had
a sort of garland, with small models of a plough and
harrow suspended therefrom. The gardeners carried gar-
lands, and crowns composed of flowers. The tailors wore
green aprons and sashes. The bakers carried a sheaf of
wheat, and a small crown, with several biscuits hanging
round it. There were about 17 or 18 banner, in all.
After taking their station round the }rusting', the bands
played " God save the King," the multitude standing un-
covered. On the motion of Mr. Neale, senior bailie of
Haddington, R. Stuart, Esq., of Alderston, was called to
the chair. Mr. Stuart then addressed the meeting, and was
followed by several other gentlemen. The resolutions,
petition to the House of Lords, and memorial to Earl Grey,
and his colleagues in the ministry, were carried by accla-
mation ; and at the conclusico, three cheers were given to
the King, three cheers to Earl Grey, three cheers for Re-
form, and three cheers to Mr. Wilkie, the oldest Re-
former in Haddington. The band having played " God
save the King ;" the procession returned to the front street,
and, halting before Bailie Neale's door, gave three cheers.
They then went to the house of Provost Dunlop, and paid
him the same compliment, which he acknowledged in a
neat speech. By eight o'clock the streets were as quiet as
if nothing of the kind had taken place. There were not
less than 8,000 persons present at the meeting.-- Caledo-
nian Mercury.