The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-07 00:00:00

DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.

On this subject the Committee came to the following reso-

lution :
" Resolved,—That the petitioners declare in writing a list
of such allegations, matters, and things contained in the peti-
tion and statement, as they contend ought to be determined
by the Committee, and excluded from the reference to the
Commission this day appointed."
The Committee then adjourned in order to receive the
sanction of the House to the steps they had taken previous to a
termination of their proceedings.

HOLE AND CORNER MEETING AT

WILLIS'S ROOMS.

Yesterday, at one o'clock, pursuant to notice, the great
room at Willis's was thrown open to the Conservatives of
Westminster, to afford them an opportunity of signing an Ad-
dress to his Majesty, begging him not to withdraw his confi-
dence from the present Administration. At about a quarter
past two proceedings commenced, when JOSEPH CARTER WOOD,
Esq., was called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said it had become the duty of every man
who had any stake in the interests of his country, or any regard
for its welfare, to come forward and express himself as inimical
to that reckless display of party spirit which had lately been
manifested by the House of Commons, to the great danger,
and perhaps to the ultimate destruction, of our most valuable
institutions.—( Cheers.) The wish of the noblemen and gen-
tlemen who had been instrumental in convening the meeting
was, that the great body of the electors of Westminster should
on this occasion set aside all party feeling, in fearlessly ex-
pressing their sentiments to the King. It would be well for
them if the apathy so long manifested in Westminster were
now to have an end—that apathy which had been carried to
such an extent, that the exercise of their most valued right,
the elective franchise, had been suffered to remain so long a
time in a very few hands.—( Hear.) If any question had ever
come fairly before the public in all its bearings, it was that of
the Church. Every person who had perused the debates in
Parliament during the present Session, and who had posses-
sion of his reasoning faculties, must condemn the course
adopted by the party of which Lord John Russell avowed him-
self the leader.
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, in rising to read the A.. -
dress, entirely concurred in the observations which fallen
from their worthy Chairman. His Lordship then read the
Address.

General GASCOYNE rose to second the Address. He
would call upon every Protestant in England to come forward
and express his sentiments at this critical juncture. Did any
gentleman suppose that this innovation would terminate with
the Irish Church ? No ! before one year it would extend to
the English Church. Now was the time to stern it, or it
would increase monthly and daily—( Cheers. )—and would
form a precedent for further and more destructive,measures.
The CHAIRMAN then put it to the meeting and the Address
was carried unanimously.
Some person present proposed three cheers for the King,
And amid the huzzaing which ensued, the meeting proceeded
to sign the Address.
Amongst the persons present besides those who spoke on
the occasion, we noticed R. A. Dundas, Esq., M. P. ;
Horace Twiss, Esq., M. P. ; the Knight of Kerry, Viscount
Decrhurst, Sir G. W. Milman, Bart., and Wyndham Lewis,
Esq.
At the commencement of the proceedings those persons
only were admitted who had received special notice to attend,
and notwithstanding all the exertions of the Tories, the meet-
ing was one of the most scanty we ever witnessed. Without
wishing to abate one single iota from its numerical importance,
we can safely say that there were not more than 250 persons
present.