The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-27 00:00:00

TIM SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JULY' 27, 1835.

' ment, threw overboard his previously expressed opinion ti pon
this subject, declared that great abuses existed in Corpo-
rations, that they were no longer competent for the good
government of the towns over which they exercised Municipal
control, that they ought to be remodelled and placed under
vigilant popular control.—( Hear, hear.) This extraordinary
conduct is called by his friends statesmanlike; it is highly
offensive to the old Tories ; and it appears to the. Reformers
to be a sacrifice of principle at the shrine of power, to be a
bidding in the Auction Room of popularity,—in fact, a step
rail in the ladder of his ambition; and however we may be
gratified that we are so strong in public opinion upon this
question, that even the leader of the Opposition to the King's
Ministers has been compelled to bow down before it, we can-
not but entertain a feeling of disgust, and an apprehension
that if such an example be followed, a sort of moral earth-
quake will ensue, which shall overturn all confidence in the
professed opinions of public men.—( Hear, hear.) The Mu-
nicipal Corporations Bill was read a first time in the House of
Lords on Tuesday last—it will be read a second time on
Tuesday evening next, when it is intended that the petition
which you have just adopted shall be presented by the first
Minister of the Crown, and it will be necessary that it
should be expeditiously and numerously signed. There are
various opinions afloat respecting the ultimate fate of this
Bill. Some say that it will be rejected altogether : others
that it will undergo much mutilation • and others (amongst
whom I am one) think it will pass with but little alteration ;
but in any event we shall speedily bid adieu to the irrespon-
sible and exclusive spirit of the old Corporations. We may
now address them in the language of the poet, and say--
Haste thee, haste thee, to be gone !
Earth flits fast, and time draws on—
Gasp thy gasp, and groan thy groan,
Day is near the breaking.
(Loud cheers.) And when the memory of the past—when the
remembrance of these days, in which we have fought and
conquered amid the conflict of principle—when the recollec-
tion of these things shall appear like a phantom or a dream, I
would say to those who have been unjustly excluded from the
Municipal Government, but who have now a proposal of re-
presenting their fellow-townsmen, " Show to the world by
your actions that you scorn to do that in power which, when
out of power, you condemned in your opponents—prove to
them that you have not professed principles for the sake of
power, but that you have sought power that you might give
effect to your principles"—( Applause.)
The resolution was seconded by Mr. WINKS, and adopted.
Mr. STONE said he agreed with the other gentlemen as to
the value and efficiency of the Bill, as it was sound in prin-
ciple, simple in its details. It was founded on the principle of
representation, based on the destruction of that of self-elec-
tion ; and would furnish an effectual protection against the
misappropriation of the town money, the improper alienation
of town property, and the perversion of charitable institutions.
—( Cheers.) It would render the administration of justice
more pure and unsuspected, from its dispensers possessing the
respect and confidence of the public.—( Cheers. ) The ab-
sence of a property qualification for councillors bad alarmed
the Conservatives, but if electors, were not qualified to judge of
the fitness of individuals without any restriction, they ought not
to be entrusted with the franchise. Mr. S., after ridiculing the
idea of Corporations raising such an objection to the Bill, as the
members of Corporations were neither distinguished by birth
education, intelligence, or fortune, concluded by moving the
insertion of the Resolutions in the Leicester Chronicle, The
Sun, and Morning Chronicle newspapers. He observed that
The Sun paper, from the ability and public spirit of the
editor, and the rapid communication of intelligence on im-
portant occasions, by means of expresses, was entitled to the
support of all Reformers.—( Cheers.)
Mr. RICHARD HARRIS having seconded the resolution, it was
agreed to; and the sixth was then proposed by Mr. BABING-
TON, seconded by Mr. TIIRTIUS PAGET, and adopted.
Thanks wire thengiven to the Chairman, who,in reply, said
that it was a source of great pleasure to him that notwithstand-
ing a difference of opinion prevailed amongst some of the free-
men respecting the future extinction of their privileges, all the
resolutions of the meeting had been carried without a single
dissentient voice.—The meeting then separated.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The King gave audiences on Saturday morning, at St.
James's, to the Marquis Camden and Lord Saltoun.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and
the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the King and
Queen on Saturday morning.
Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe
Weimar, left town twenty minutes before twelve o'clock on
Saturday, for Windsor Castle.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the
Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne,
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, Mr.
Spring Rice, Lord Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Hol-
land, Air. Poulett Thomson, and Viscount Howick. The
Council sat near three hours.

Mr. Twining arid a Deputation of the Tea Trade had an
interview on Saturday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town on Saturday morning,
for his seat, at Bowood, Wilts.
Lord Sandon, Mr. Ewart, Mr. J. H. Talbot, and a deputa-
tion had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday.
Several of the Cabinet Ministers dined on Saturday, at
Greenwich.

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley, Miss
Howley, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the Bishop
of Rochester, and a select party, dined with the Marquis
Camden, on Friday evening, in Arlington-street.