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disapprobation.) He knew that suspicion had been cat
upon his intentions, but it appeared to him that his Ma
jesty had never shrunk from the pledge which he ha'
given to his people; nor did he believe that he had yield
eil, as had been supposed, to fer.iale influence. The Be
form Bill was introduced with the approbasion of th
King, who dismissed the House of Commons which we
hostile to it ; and when the measure was rejected by a
Upper House of Parliament, the King stood firm t,
the Bill and to his Ministers. So far the conduct o
the King was unquestionably in accordance with th
wishes of the people. It was true, that when th.
Reform Bill was in effect defeated i❑ the House p
Lords by an amendment which on the face of
purported to be only a matter of form, his M.,jest,
did not at once agree to the adoption of those measure
which the Ministers thought necessary to enable them t
carry the Bill, but that difficulty was now removed, ant
he trusted that the right of representation would be take,
away from those places whose celebrity was their cerrop
tion—(Cheers)—and which he trusted would lie for eve.
buried in one comprehensive sepulchre, with this sinspl
incription—" Schedule A."—(Cheers.) If the vessel e
the State required Reform—and what work of man di,
not require Reform ?—what honesty or wisdom was Cheri
in opposing the good work ? Supposing in this vesse•
there were one hundred rotten planks, and that there wer
only sixty sound ones to repair them with, and the car
penters insisted on morticing the rotten wood with th,
sound wood. Nothing less than this was the object whicl
the House if Lords had in view in the amendment moved
by Lord Lyndhurst. But the Captain was not to be hum
bugged, and he gave up the command.—(Load cheerin_
and laughter.) Mr. Hardy was nut surprised that the
King should manifest reluctance to create Peers, that
was a step which should only be resorted to in the mos
urgent necessity, but that necessity he (Mr. Hardy) was
convinced had arrived. Mr. Hardy now read an extras•
from a speech of Lord Lyndhurst, lately delivered in tie
House of Lords :—" The waters are out," said Lord Lynd-
hurst, and so far he ageeed with his Lordship ; but Lord
Lyndhurst proceeded to say—" that the work of destruc-
tion was about to begin." Now there he differed front
Lord Lyndhurst, if his Lordship meant, which doubtless
he did, the destruction of that which ought not to be de-
stroyed ; but if he meant there would be an end to the
existence of corruption, he agreed with his Lordship. The
time was now arrived when men would not sell their
birthright for " so much trash as may be grasped thus,"
nor for the privilege of regaling or revelling in the ale-
barrel or gin cask. Anti now that the waters were out,
he was convinced they would flow in the channels pre-
pared for them—that they would not inundate, but fertilize
the land through which they flowed.—(Tremendous
cheering.) He was a friend to the Bill, and he though•
that the 101. franchise would concentrate the mor
strength and energy of the nation.—(Cheers, and some
cries of " No, no ; labour ought to be represented.") Mr.
Hardy said he knew there were some friends to Reform
who thought the elective franchise not sufficieutly exten-
sive; but he would put it to them, as men of common
sense, if any of them felt jealously in intrusting his
life to a 201. juryman.—(Interruptions and cheers.)
Surely, then, they might depend more upon a 10/.
householder, who approached nearer to the station
of the labouring classes. Again, he would ask,
if an elector of 101. could gain any advantage
which would not be shared by a householder of 91.,
seeing that every benefit the former would gain would
equally benefit his neighbours. He, the 101. elector,
could not help himself without helping others. It was
necessary a line should be drawn somewhere, and he
thought a more unexceptionable one could not have been
hit upon.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hardy would have no hesita-
tion in calling for a large measure of Reform, if on trial it
was found that the present measure was inadequate to the
end proposed to be attained, viz. a full, fair, and adequate
representation of the people. He, however, hoped, that
the reformed House of Commons would remove many of
the taxes which now pressed on the labouring classes, and
if taxes were necessary, to lay them upon luxuries.—
(Loud cheers.) Mr. Hardy concluded by moving the
first resolution, which was—" That this meeting hails
with heartfelt satisfaction the return of Earl Grey and his
colleagues to his Majesty's Councils,—a satisfaction height•
coed by being contrasted with the grief and indignation
we had previously felt on hearing that this patriotic and
high-minded Administration had b,en compelled to resign
office, on account of their inability to carry their great
measure of Reform through the House of Lords, and that
the Duke of Wellington and the Anti-Reformers were

likely again to come into power."—(Loud eering.)
J. MARSHALL, jun. Esq., in seconding the resolution,
said— A few days ago we were threatened with a Tory
Administration ; but now we have got Lord Grey's Ad-
ministration again at the head of affairs, the only one cer-
tainly that can carry through the Bill of Reform to tl e
satisfaction of the country, in its full integrity. Any
measure of Reform, brought forward by an Administra-
tion of Anti-Reform principles, would also have been con •
sidered by the country as granted on compulsion. It
would not only have been disgusting, but almost insulting
to the country to have had a considerable Bill of Re
form supported by men who, only a year or two ago, de-
nied that Birmingham and the other large towns were
either entitled or qualified to send members to Parliament,
—men who, up to the present moment, still call the dis-
franchisement of the nomination boroughs nothing less
than spoliation and robbery. It would have been igno-
minious in our opponents to have offered a Bill of Reform
to the nation, and it would have been insulting to the
nation to have received it from such hands. Most fortu-
nately, indeed, we are now spared such an event, and
though I never can cast anxiety from my mind until this
great measure has received the Royal assent, yet I do hope
we have now every fair prospect of the realization of our
wishes. Our opponents have endeavoured to divide us,
and to sow dissensions among us, hoping by such means
to weaken our force, and to curtail or mutilate our Bill.
Hitherto they have failed, and I have no doubt that their
further attempts will be fruitless. Be united, persevere a
little longer, and the Bill of Reform will be the law of
England.

The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and on calling
for a show of hands, such an exhibition took place as
would appal the heart of every anti-Reformer. So far as
the eye could see, one continued forest of hands was dis••
played, accompanied by immense cheering. The Chair-
man, for form's sake, then called for a show of hands in
the negative, when not more than six hands could be
counted. The Chairman declared the motion to be car-
ried, and the welkin rang with deafening shouts.
Sir F. L. Woon, Bart. had been requested to move an
address of congratulation to the King on the recall to the
administration of Earl Grey. Ten days ago the prospects
of the country were most appalling : the country had ap •
proached nearer to the brink of revolution than during
any period of the last one hundred years, and people could
not help referring to the unhappy reign of Charles I. when
the country was afflicted with the horrors of civil wat.
Some of the gentlemen who bad preceded him, bad stated
that the Reform Bill was safe, and called upon them to re-
joice ; hut he warned them not to consider the Bill as safe
until it had received the Royal assent. He had been in-
formed that the hustings were to stand until the Reform

Bill was cat ried ; but whether the hustings stood or not,
he trusted that the determinations and resolves of York-
shire wound stand, and that they would be instant in sea-
son and out of season, whether the thunder atom darkened
the sky, or sunshine gilded their prospects. The worthy
Baronet concluded, amidst the loud cheering of the meet-
ing, by moving, " that the address of congratulation to
his Majesty he' adopted by this meeting—(Cheers)—and
that the Lord Chancellor be respectfully requested to pre-
sent the same :"
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
" We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the inha-
bitants of the West Riding of the county of York, assembled in
public meeting at Wakefield, this 23d of May, 183'2, beg leave
humbly to approach your Majesty to express the intense anxiety
which we, in common with the great body of your Majesty's
faithful and loyal people, have felt during the recent fearful
crisis of the national affairs. We tender to your Majesty our
grateful thanks and ardent congratulations upon the restoration,
to your Majesty's councils of those patriotic statesmen, who,
with your Majesty's gracious approbation, have originated the
Bill to amend the representation, which has been hailed with

joy and gratitude by the nation at large; and we humbly but
earnestly implore your Majesty to continue to your Ministers
your entire confidence, and to support them by all the constitu-
tional means with which your Majesty is invested, and espe-
cially by such an addition to the peerage as shall secure the
passing or this Bill in all its integrity and efficiency,—a bill cal.
culated above every measure hitherto brought before Parlia-
ment to effect a redress of grievances—to cause the enactment
of just and wise laws—to lessen and equalize the national bur-
dens—to secure the just application of the national resources,
and at the same time to give stability to the throne—to confirm
the just authority of both Houses of Parliament—to secure the
rights and liberties of the people—and to add immeasurably to
the greatness, the power, and the glory of the empire."
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JOSHUA BOWER, Esq. President of the Leeds Poli
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them.—(Cheers.) He was in London when Ministers
tendered their resignation, and it might be said that thi
whole city was in a blaze. He was among all ranks, from
the highest to the lowest, and every one said, " It is th,
Bill we want, and will bate nothing." Though the B.
form Bill did not grant every thing he wished for, yet ii
laid the foundation for future improvements. The
House of Commons had given them satisfaction for th.
manner in which they had stood by the people.—(Cheers.,