The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-16 00:00:00

CITY OF COVENTRY.

AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS
of the COUNTY and CITY of COVENTRY,
convened by the AIAYOR of COVENTRY, attended by
upwards of 10,000 Pe-ple, assembled on Grey Friars'
Gre,'n, on the 14th day of May, 18:32, and at which the
greatest order and unanimity prevailed, the following Re-
solutions were agreed to.
Resolved--That this Meeting, in common with an immense
portion of the people of England, entertained the most confident
hopes that a Bill which had received the sanction of a vast ma-
jority of the House of Commons, and earnestly desired by the
almost unanimous voice of the Nation, would have been passed
through the Upper House of Parliament by means familiar to
and sanctioned by, the Constitution of England.
That this Meeting has learnt with mortification, regret, and
disappointment that his Majesty has refused to Earl Grev the
only mode of forwarding the just wishes of the people of 'Eng-
land through a House of Peers, the majority of which is com-
posed of recent creations by Governments opposed to the resti-
tution of the inalienable rights of the people of England. That
this disappointment is rendered still more acute by the hope uni.
versally entertained that his Majesty's motive for dissolving the
late and assembling the present House of Commons was to take
the sense of the nation as far as it could be gathered under a sys-
tem of representation that leaves so little choice to the people.
That at the present crisis this Meeting considers the House of
Commons as the great remaining link in the chain of social or-
der, and the surest defence against anarchy on one hand, and the
establishment of tyranny by a Government determined to rule
by the sword on the other.
That an Address be presented to the House of Commons, ex-
pressing our gratitude for their exertions in the cause of liberty,
and our confidence in their future proceedings, should they be
allowed to remain together, and assuring them of our determina-
tion to stand by them with our lives and our properties so long
as them continue to advocate the cause of liberty and retrench-
ment against tyranny and corruption.
That the cordial and g•ateful thanks of this Meeting be given
to Earl Grey and his Majesty's late Ministers for having intro.
duced into Parliament a comprehensive and efficient measure of
Reform ; for their persevering endeavours to carry the same into
effect ; and for their consistency in resigning office when they
found their eflbrts unavailing for carrying the Reform Bill with-
out mutilation and curtailment. _

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1 hat the thanks of this Meeting be given to our worthy and
zealous Representatives, Edward Ellice and Henry Lytton Bul.
wer, Esqrs. for their firm, constant and persevering support to
the great measure of Reform.
T. MORRIS, Mayor, Chairman.
The MAyf‘r having left t',

Resolved-LThat the thanks of this Meeting he given to the
Mayor for his promptitude in calling the Meeting, and for his
conduct in the Chair.

BATH.—PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL.
MAY 14, 1g32. -
AT a very numerous and highly respectable
IMEETINGIif the Owners and Occupiers of Houses
within the Parish,
Mr. HENRY GODWIN in the Chair.

The follfmine Resolutions Were unanimously adopted :
1. That this Meeting has heard, with the deepest regret that
the Reform Bill, which has received the cordial and almost
unanimous support of the people of England, and has twice been
passed by large majorities of their representatives in the House of
Commons, has been again virtually defeated in the House of
Lords, and that the upright and patriotic administration of Earl
trey, who had the full confidence of the nation, had in conse-
quence teen compelled to retire from office, thus leaving the
great measure of Reform so essential to the maintenance of the
rights and interests of the nation, and to the preservation of public
tranquillity, at the mercy of those who are interested in upholding
the present system of corruption and misgovernment.
2. That in the danger which now threatens the country, of the
total loss or the very gre t curtailment of the Reform Bill, and of
the appointment of a Ministry, dependent on the support of the
borough faction, and destitute of public confidence, it is highly
expedient to petition the House of Commons, as the guardians of.
the rights of the people, not to grant any further Supplies until
that hill, without any mutilation in its grand principles, shall
have received the Royal assent.
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3. That the gratitude of this Meeting is due in a pre-eminent
degree to the Right Hon. Earl Grey and his colleagues for their
noble conduct in refusing to sacrifice the great measure of Par-
liamentary Reform, and that this Meeting admires the consistency
and dignity which led them to resign their official station, rather
than abandon their personal honour or disappoint the just hopes
of the nation.

4. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Colonel
Gore Langton and Edward Ayshford Sanford, Esq., and General
Palmer, for their support of Lord Ebrington's motion on the loth
instant, expressive of confidence in the Administration of Earl
Gray, and praying that his Majesty would not call to his Coun-
cils any persons who were not The known friends to the great
measure of Reform now before the House of Lords.
5. That the petition now read be adopted by this meeting, and
that it be sent to General Palmer for presentation.
6. That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Norrison,
for the use of his large room on this and on previous occasions.
H. GODWIN, Chairman.
That this meeting do most gratefully present their thanks to
Mr. H. Godwin, for his judicious conduct in the chair.

THE PETITION
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE-
LAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
THE PETITION OF THE OWNERS AND OCCU-
PIERS OF HOUSES WITHIN THE PARISH OF
ST. MICHAEL, IN THE CITY OF BATH,
litmacv SIIEWETII,—That your petitioners approach your
Honourable House at this appalling crisis to give vent to that in-
dignation which cruelly blighted hopes in the virtual rejection of
the Reform Bill are calculated to excite. The House of Lords
having defied the united voices of the people, and daringly re-
jected the salutary measure of Reform which was tw ce sanc-
tioned by large majorities in your Honourable House; your pe-
titioners feel it their imperative duty to call on your Honourable
House to make a decided and uncompromising stand against the
inroads of that flag tious Borough-oligarchy which has so long
swayed the destinies of this distracted country, and battened on
the toils of an impoverished people.
Your petitioners considering the proceedings of the House of
Lords (in the rejection of the Reform Bill) of an extreme nature,
respectfully but tinily call on your Honourable House to pursue
measures suited to the extreme occasion ; and therefore implore
your Honourable House to vote no further supplies, or permit
any portion of the public money to be expended, and use every
other constitutional means, till the Reform Bill in all its essential
provisions be passed unmutilated, into law.