The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-02 00:00:00

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Plymouth, Monday Evening, June 29.
This day a general meeting of the inhabitants, householders
of this borough, rated to the relief of the poor, was held at
the Guildhall, pursuant to an announcement issued on Satur-
day
evening last by the Mayor thereof, for the purpose of con-
sidering the subject of Mr. Miles' intended motion in the
House of Commons, which contemplates the union of the
adjoining town of Stonehouse with this borough, for the pur-
poses of the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, and to de-
termine on the measures proper to be adopted in reference
thereto. Shortly before the hour appointed for the meeting
(one o'clock), persons began to assemble, and soon after the
Hall was crowded to excess. The meeting may therefore be
said to have been numerously as well as respectably attended.
Its business was commenced by the Mayor as the party
who had signed the requisition for it, stating the objects for
which it had been convened—it was that which we have before
mentioned. As it was a meeting of the inhabitants, and not
of the Corporation, lie said it was for them to choose a
Chairman.
On the motion of Mr. E. NETTLETON, seconded. by Mr.
G. Harper, the Mayor was duly voted into the Chair.
Mr. THOMAS TAYLOR then said he was of opinion that the
notice for the meeting was too short. He then moved that
it be adjourned to to-morrow week, then to meet in the Hall.
The MAYOR replied that it had been thought that the
earlier the meeting was held the better it would be—there
was no time to lose, as the motion of Mr. Miles would come
on this week. He only knew of the necessity of the meeting
on Friday evening last, and the motion was expected to be
brought on about Thursday next.
Mr. TAYLOR thought there would be time enough to send
their opinions to the Government though the meeting was
adjourned for a week.
Mr. JOSEPH WHITEFORD—The Corporation and the Mayor's
Committee leave the matter now entirely in the hands of the
inhabitants. It was remarkable that the notice of motion
was so worded as to extend the union of the two towns to
Corporate purposes only. The union between Devonport and
Stonehouse as regarded the election of Members of Parlia-
ment would still remain.
Mr. TAYLOR pressed for an adjournment—there were many
persons, he said, who were not aware of the meeting.
Mr. TREFFRY thought it would be useless to adjourn for a
week, as the measure would then be decided.
The MAYOR said he could not allow any further discussion
on the question of adjournment, unless the motion for it was
seconded.
Mr. SAUNDERS seconded the motion.
Mr. G. HARPER moved as an amendment, that the business
be proceeded with forthwith, agreeably to the notice of
meeting.
Mr. P. REVELL seconded the motion.
The amendment was than put and carried, with six dissen.
tients only
Mr. E. NETTLETON begged to ask the Mayor if be bad
sanctioned the crier of the town going round that day to sum.
mon none but Reformers to attend the meeting ?
The MAYOR said he had not.
Mr. P. REVELL said he had sanctioned it.
The MAYOR said he had done wrong in so doing.
Mr. PRIDFAUX wished to know whether notice had been
sent officially to Stonehouse, and whether a deputation from
that town was present ?
A Gentleman (of Stonehouse) would have wished if some
notice had been sent. He was anxious for a continuance of
the unanimity of feeling which existed between the two towns.
Mr. P. Revenn thought Stonehouse was as much interested
in the matter as Plymouth.
Mr. H. M. GIBSON had been in Stonehouse that morning,
and thought there was no danger of the unanimity which ex-
isted between that place and Plymouth being broken.
Mr. M‘Kesvett—ln his opinion, as an individual, the
union of Plymouth and Stonehouse for the purposes of the
Corporation Bill, would be rather an anomaly, for the latter
place was joined to Dcvonport by the Reform Bill, for the
purposes of electing Members of Parliament. Plymouth was
a large place, and needed not the junction of any other place ;
besides Plymouth had revenues, and Stonehouse bad none.
Their revenue last year was 700/., and ere long it would be
sufficient to defray all their expenses without any borough rate.
He therefore thought it would be better for them to remain as
they were. He would move—" That it is the opinion of this
meeting that it will be highly inexpedient to unite the parish
of East Stonehouse to this borough by a clause in the Muni.
cipal Corporation j,3i11."
Mr. Wm. Moone seconded the motion.
Mr. D. DERRY concurred in the spirit of the 'resolution,
though not in its form. It should, he conceived, at once ex-
press a determination on their part to petition the House of
Commons, and afterwards contain a request to the borough
Members to present and support it. That would be the best
course. He did not like the idea of instructing their Mem-
bers—he conceived they had gone up to the senate as free
and independent men. They might request them to do any
thing, but not instruct them.
Mr. AP KEEVER would be the last man to instruct any Mem-
bers, and he had. no intention by his motion of any thing of the
kind being done. He only intended that the wishes of the
meeting should be communicated to them.
Mr. E. NETTLETON—They would be more in order if
the sense of the present meeting was taken as to whether
or not Stonehouse should be added to Plymouth. He moved
that that be done.
The MAYOR suggested whether putting Mr. M'Keever's
resolution would not have that effect.
Mr. P. lIEVELL—They need not be afraid of instructing
their Members, for they were anxious to know the wishes
and general feelings of the town on the subject. lie had
received a letter from one of them ( Mr. Collier) to that effect.
Mr. J. \VIIITEFORD—The Government had not intended
by the Corporatimi Bill to alter the boroughs' boundaries,
as settled by the Reform Bill, except only in Coventry and
Plymouth. Commissioners were intended to be appointed to
fix the boundaries at these two places, and he had, there-
fore, taken some trouble to endeavour to find out their reason
for this. Ile had learned it to be in order that the borough
bounds should be extended by the water side, but not by land.
Mr. JOHN EDMONDS would ask them who the gentleman
was that bad given notice of the intended motion ?—Mr.
Miles.
Is he connected with the towns ?—No.
Is he connected with any parties having interest at Stone-
house ?—Yes.
I look at the matter, said he, as a sidewind attempt to
form an alliance for corrupt purposes. Look at the incon-
venience which would result from the -union. A person. at
Stonehouse would have to attend the Mayor's summons at
Plymouth. The tenure of property at Stonehouse was far
different from that at Plymouth. At the former place the
Earl of Mount-Edgecombe was the Lord of the Fee. It
is said that a person holding a situation under the Earl has
been in correspondence with Mr. Miles. This person, be-
fore doirg so, ought to have asked their opinions on the
proposed alliance. They should now look well to the
matter. They knew not what clauses might be introduced
into the Earl of Mount-Edgecombe's leases in future if the
union took place which might affect their interests. The
anxiety on the intelligence of the notice of motion having
been received here was so great, that a gentleman, a mer-
chant, had left for London to see Lord John Russell and
others on the subject. He thought the best course for them
to adopt was to petition the House of Commons.
Mr. BATTEN— Instructions to the borough Members would
be sufficient without any petition. All that had yet been done
was a mere notice of motion.
The Mayon then put Mr. M'Keever's motion, which was
carried unanimously, amidst the cheers of the meeting.
11Ir. JOHN EDMONDS then moved that a petition to the
House of Commons,. founded on the above resolution, be forth-
with prepared, and that thirteen gentlemen (naming them)
be a committee for that purpose.
Dr. Bannv with much pleasure seconded the motion.
It was then put from the chair, and carried non. con.
Mr. IL REVELL moved that the petition do lie on the
Guildhall table, and at such other places as the Committee
may appoint to receive signatures until Wednesday evening,
when it is to be forwarded to the Members of the borough,
with a request that they present it to the House of Com-
mons, and support the prayer thereof.
Mr. J. SKAI:DON seconded the motion.
A gentlei.:an proposed that their county :Members should
also be reqoested to support the petition.
Dr. BALDY objected to it, as they could not trust them.—
(Loud and continued cheering.)
Mr. W. Moues: hoped they would add the country Mem-
bers.—( Hisses.) Ile was sorry at what Dr. Baldy had said.
Did he think that, as men of honour, the county Members
would not attend to their interests?
After some further discussion hereon,
Dr. BALDY said that the person who had given notice of
the motion was a Tory, and he had been, he believed, in-
structed by Tories.
Mr. Ilieorm. hoped it would be put to a show of hands;
lie had no good blood for the Members for South Devon.
The amendment was here withdrawn, it being evident the
majority present were hostile to the county Members being
communicated with on the occasion.
'The original motion was then put and carried.
The Mayor having left the chair,
It was moved by :11,-. IL Revell, and seconded by Mr. W.
Burnell, and carried unanimously, that the thanks of the
meeting be given to the Mayor for his impartial conduct in
;hair.

"14ORTII WILTS.--A meeting of the Reformers of
this district was held on the 20th, at The Bear Inn, Devizes,
to consider the necessity of organizing a North Wilts Reform
Association as a branch, in connection with the grand asso-
ciation for that purpose recently formed in London. The
1i0n... Captain Bouverte was unardmouzly called to the chair.
A series of resolutions were then carried by acclamation.
liouGti Mustc.—At the Marylebone
Police-
office, yesterday, three men were charged with creating a dis-
turbance before the house of a Mr. Dawsln, in Camdeman, en-tow
has
just married a very young lady, and some of the rapscallions of
the neighbourhood determined to give hint a concert on the
happy occasion. For that purpose they assembled round his
door with tin kettles, marrow-bones and cleavers, and created
so " horrid a row," that the inmates, to get rid of the nuisance,
commenced emptying their slop-pails upon the heads of the
musicians. A crowd soon collected round the house and broke
several of the windows, and the police being called took the
prisoners into custody as among the most active of the m9h.
They were ordered to find bail,