The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-14 00:00:00

(No. 12,377.)

REFORM MEETINGS!!!

SOUTHWARK MEETING.

(Continued from The Sun of Saturday.)
The fourth resolution, proposed by Mr. Thomas, and se-
conded by Mr. Longman, was cirried by acclamation, a,
were the other resolutions which were copied into The Sul;
of Saturday.

The petition was then read, approved of, and adopted,
and a resolution carried, that Mr. Calvert be requested to
present the same to the House of Commons, and that li
and Mr. Brougham be requested to support the prayer
thereof, and to vote against all supplies, &c., until an effi-
cient Reform Bill shall be passed.
A resolution, expressive of confidence in the Members
of Southwark, having been carried, Mr. Calvert begged
to assure the electors that he would always be found at he,
post in advoca.ing liberal principles.
Mr. W. BROUGHAM begged to assure them it was his
opinion, and he was convinced that it was the opinion of
all present, that a case of more urgent necessity, or one of
greater import 'nee in a domestic and political point of
view, had never before caused them to assemble together.
From all that he had lately witnessed he perceived that
the people of Great Britain were at length determined to
take some share in the government of the country.
If a Tory Administration brought in a measure of Reform,
it would be done because they could not help themselves
—(laughter) ; but would you accept of such a Reform as the
Tories would give you?—(Loud cries of " No, no," from
all parts of the Meeting.) As well might you expect to ga-
ther figs from thorns, and grapes from thistles, as such a
measure of Reform from them as would satisfy the coun
try. The Duke of Wellington a very good soldier,
but a very bail statesman, was expected to take office
The Duke had made a very strong declarati.,n in the
House of Lords against the principle and the necessity
of Reform. Now, if he brought in a Bill, containing
schedule A and schedule B of the Bill which had been
rejected, what, lie would ask, would the people
think of his protest? If such persons say black is
white one day, and white is black the next, what confidence
could be placed in them ? He could assure the meeting
that the Duke of Wellington would be the future Premier
of this country. (" Nu, no, we won't have him, we'll
Burke him.") He could assure them he would be Pre-
mier for a time. A report had been very prevalent that the
Lord Chancellor was to continue in office, and form a part
of a Government, but not Earl Grey's Government. This
report he bad authority to contradict. His brother would
ever continue to support the cause of the people by every
means within his power ; and with no other cause would
he identify himself.—(Loud cheers.) Something had
been said about the people not paying tarts, and a reso-
lution to that effect would be highly illegal. People
might individually refuse without rendering themselves
amenable to the law. Now this was an affair easily to be
arranged. If a tax gatherer were to call upon him, and
ask him to settle hie little bill for taxes, he might say to
him in reply--" I have got a little Bill of my own, Sir,
which I shou'd like tc have settled by the gentlemen down
at Westminster, who owe it me, and unless that little Bill
of mine be satisfactorily settled, you must never expect me
to settle yours."—(Cheering.) The non-payment of
taxes would seriously inconvenience an anti-Reforming
admini-tration, but he would recommend to them a mea-
sure which would inconvenience them still mote—drink
no gin—(Cries of We won't tax ourselves !)—drink all
the beer you can (said the Hon. Member, patting Mr.
Calvert upon the hack, who was standing by his aide) but
no gin.—(Loud laughter.) Before he concluded, he beg-
ged to state to the meeting that his brother, the Lord
Chancellor, was at that period iu better health than ever.
He was in good fighting order, as the sham Reformers
would discover, to their cost —(This announcement was
received with thunders of applause.) He would prove a
sharp thorn in their sides—he would never desert the
cause of the people.
The meeting broke up in an orderly manner.