The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-12 00:00:00

LEI CESTER.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Leicester, to consider what
steps should be adopted, in consequence of the proceedings
of the House of Lords, respecting the Corporation Reform
Bill, was held on Monday evening last, at the New Hall in that
Town.
The Hall, which is caieulated to contain 2,000 persons, was
filled to excess. -
The chair was taken by T. PAGRT, Esq., the late Member
for the county.
The CHAIRMAN the Lords, of all men, shou'd be the
last to call for evidence of the corrupt workings of Corpora-
tions, for they, of all men, were the best acquainted with it.
How many of them had limbed the ladder of ambition by
means of those corrupt Corporations, and how few of them
would now be inclined to kick it down when they wished their
own progeny to rise by the same means ? The line of conduct
which they pursued added insult to injury.—(" Stop the sup-
plies," said a voice in the crowd.) Should they rest on their
oars and do nothing ?—( No.) Then what should they do ?
—(4 Stop the supplies," said several voices.) The Hon.
Gentleman then alluded to the attacks which bad been made
an the present Administration, and in a most most animated
manner said the Government had done a great deal for the
people, and therefore the people eould give tbam every sup-

port. They would not be robbed of their rights:—(Cheers.)
They were not slaves, nor owed allegiance to a Car-
narvon or a Winebilsea, nor were they :ccmpelled to pay ho-
mage to a Newcastle or a Rutland; nothing, therefore, should
induce them to allow those rights to be trampled on which they
knew to be their own.

Mr. lionosoN, the banker, proposed the first resolution.
The Lords would have to give way to the determination of the
people, who would have the whole Bill, and nothing hot the
13i11.—( Cheers.)
Mr. fluTcniNsoN (a member of the Society of Friends)
seonded the resolution.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. W. Blocs argued that the Lords were proceeding in
the quickest way to destroy the constitution of their House, by
setting themselves up against the wishes of twenty-five mil-
lions of people, and rejecting a measure which was so ardently
desired by all parties. He then observed, that during his
travels in America he observed every thing going on in the
most prosperous manner, and yet the people had no House of
Lords. lie entreated the meeting not to despair. Reform
might be put off for a quarter of a century, but it must be
granted at last.—( Hear.) They must agitate again and
again. They must revive the Unions. So far from ceasing
to petition, they should pour in petitions week after week, and
lay them at the foot of the Throne. _ _

The resolution was seconded by R. J. Smtrti, and carried
unanimously.
Mr. STONE (an attorney) proposed the third resolution.
The resolution having been seconded by Mr. PAGET, was
put and carried.
The Rev. C. BERRY proposed the next resolution. He ob-
served that no good would be gained to the people without
union and agitation. He did not say that the country should
be without a second House of Parliament; but he could con-
ceive the mischief that the House of Lords might create in
opposing certain popular measures. That House had done
great service to the country in arresting the course of some
measures ; but on such an occasion as the present, it was
iniquitous for the Lords to put themselves against the opinions
of twenty-five millions of their fellow-subjects.—( Cheers.)
Mr. A. BURGESS seconded the resolution, and it was carried.

Mr. al.'s (a member of tho Society of Friends), in pro-
posing the next resolution, said it was most important that
Corporation Reform should be carried, and without it the
Reform Bill was nothing.
It was seconded by Mr. PALMER, and carried unanimously.
Mr. HARRIS then proposed the next resolution, which was
also carried.
The Rev. JOHN TAYLOR (a Dissenting Minister), after ob-
serving that Government were entitled to the gratitude of the
people for the exertions they had used on their behalf, proposed
the seventh resolution, which was carried amidst loud cheering.
Mr. KIRBY, the banker, then moved the eighth, which was
also carried.

A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.

CHELTENHAM.

The following petition is in course of signature in this
town : _ _

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Par-
liament assembled.
The Humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants and House-
holders of the Borough of Cheltenham and its neighbour-
hood, _ . . . . .

Sheweth,—That your petitioners beg to express their great satis-
faction that a Bill " for the better regulation of Municipal Corpo-
rations, in England and Wales," has been passed in the House ol
Commons.

That your petitioners feel fully convinced that the greatest bene-
fits will arise to the community at large from a correction of the
many flagrant evils and notorious abuses of the present corporate
system.
That your petitioners therefore pray that the Bill may be passed
by your Right Honourable House with as little delay as possible,
and without material alteration of its provisions.
And your petitioners fear, if the Bill be not so passed, that the
respect of the people for your Lordships' Right Honourable House,
and for the institutions of the country, will be greatly diminished.
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.

LEWES, TUE:SDI r, AuausT
Last nighi a public meeting of the inhabitants of the bo-
rough of Lewes took place at the Public Temple, to consider
the propriety of addressing the House of Lords, praying them
to pass the Municipal Corporation Bill without mutilating it,
or destroying its efficiency.
Mr. NATHAN HAMMOND, in the Chair.
The following resolutions were severally put and carried
unanimously :-
1. That this meeting have seen with unmixed gratification a Bill
for regulating the Municipal Corporations of England and Wales,
pass the House of Commons, and feel themselves called upon to
second the exertions of that Honourable House in obtaining the
passing the said Bill unmutilated and unimpaired.
2. That this meeting have witnessed with great disappointment
and alarm, the attempts that have been made in the House of Lords,
by their determination to hear counsel and evidence at the bar of
their Lordships' House, with a view either to get rid of the Bill alto-
gether, or to waste the remainder of the session in useless discussion.
3. That this meeting therefore feels it incumbent on them to
manifest to their Lordships' House, their ardent desire to see the
Bill passed into a law, and have with that view determined to peti-
tion their Lordships to pass the same unmutilated.
4. That a petition, founded on the above resolutions, be now read.
5. That the petition now read be adopted by this meeting, en-
grossed on parchment, signed by the inhabitants of the town, and
forwarded to Lord Melbourne for presentation.
6. That this meeting express their entire satisfaction and appro-
bation of the conduct of the independent Members for this borough
during the present Session of Parliament, especially upon the
Municipal Corporation and Irish Church Bills.
Although there are a great many High Tories in this place,
not a single one, whether high, middling, or low, showed his
face at the meeting openly and publicly convened. There was
not a dissentient voice in the Temple.
The petition will be forwarded to Lord Melbourne this
evening.