The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-03 00:00:00

REFORM.

ADDRESS of the COUNCIL of the EDINBURGH POLL
TICAL UNION to the•PEOPLE of SCOTLAND.

FELLOW- COUNTRYMEN,-The People's Bill is a second
time in the House of Lords. A second time does it de-
pend upon the decision of that Assembly, whether the
country is to resound with the shouts of triumph and joy,
or whether it is to be again consigned to disappointment,
increased wretchedness, perhaps to revolution.
No meetings have yet been held to petition the Lords.
Does this prove apathy or re-action ? No The enthu.
siasm of the people in favour of the Ministerial p'an of
Reform has become, if possible, more intense ; but it has
settled down into a deep, quiet, concentrated spirit, which
disdains all display, and which is accompanied by a deter-
mination to obtain that measure which is deemed by them
absolutely necessary to recover their right and liberties, as
well as the prosperity of the empire.
Is it necessary to petition the Lords in order to make
them acquainted with the wishes of the people ? Can the
most se•ltish and bigotted boroughmonger amongst them
tlisgoise from himself, that ninety-nine out of every hun-
dred of the inhabitants of the British Empire are devot
edly attached to the Bill? The meetings and petitions of
last Session must have fully convinced the Anti-reformers
of this ; and when they talk of indifference and reaction in
the public feeling, they express what they do not believe.
We all recollect how our petitions were treated last
Session. Notwithstanding, a'most every town, village,
and hamlet in the empire, had its meetings, and united in
the general cry for Reform. Notwithstanding the table of
the House of Lords groaned under the weight of the ad-
dresses of the people, the Peers chose to throw out a Bill
supported by a patriotic Monarch, a great majority of the
House of Commons, and a unanimous nation.

We have thus learned, by experience, the little effect
which the petitions of the people produce upon the present
House of Peers. They have no sympathy with the
people—nothing but necessity will induce them to support
a measure, the obj• et of which is to overthrow a system
which so many of them have a selfish, interest in upholding.
The Conned of the Edinbuigh Political Union, upon
these considerations, has resolved to call a meeting at pre-
sent, for the purpose of petitioning the Lords. We are of
opinion that the people ought not to prostrate themselves
before that House which has already treated their prayers
with such indifference and contempt.
Upon the Ministry alone does it depend, whether the
Bill will be carried triumphantly, or whether it will be
frittered away in the Committee, or altogether rejected.
We know that Eatl Grey has been intrusted by the King
with the power of making Peers, and we also know, that
by timeously exercising this power he may insure the suc-
cess of the Reform measure.

With the Ministry, then, does the responsibility now
lie. Let us continue our confidence in them, until they
have proved themselves unworthy of it. But if they al-
low themselves to be defeated a second time, the people
must re-assemble. Such a display of popular feeling and
popular determination must then be made, as will convince
both Ministers and the House of Peers that a resolute and
united people are not to be trifled with.
By authority of the Council,
(Signed) J. AYTOUN, Chairman.
It. W. JAMIESON, Int. Secty.

The Speaker's last Parliamentary Levee, for
the present Session, will be on Saturday next, the 7th of April.
Lord Althorp's sudden departure for North.
amptonshire was at first said to be occasioned by the dangerous
illness of Earl Spencer ; but such was not the case, and it is
rather imagined that the object of the Noble Lord's journey
was to consult with his venerable father on the subject of his
proposed elevation to the Peerage.
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determination, the cause of which is not known, but which we
cannot believe will be of long duration."
The Glasgow Political Union are to have a
meeting next week to petition the Lords in favour of the Reform
Bill, at which Mr. Maxwell, of Pollock, is to preside. Having
been unable to procure sufficient accommodation in the city,
the meeting is to be fixed for the Green.—Glasgow' Chronicle.
Letters were received from Sir Walter Scott
last night from Naples, dated the sth instant. The Baronet is
in perfect health and spirits, and greatly delighted with the
beautiful country where he is at present residing. He was
about to undertake an excursion to the lonian Isles, to ✓isit
Sir F. Adam.—Caledonian Mercury of Saturday.
SIR W. SCOTT.S NISS.—The trustees of
the Advocates' Library in Edinburgh offered 1,0001. for the
MSS. of Sir W. Scott's published novels—several of them im-
perfect ; the proprietors demanded another one thousand pounds
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(as is already known). This was refused, and the MSS. were
brought to London, and sold at Evans's sale-rooms, where they
produced but 317/. 16s.—Bohn's Bibliophobia.
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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The Committee
of Proprietors of the Theatre Royal Dury-lane, taking into
consideration the depressed state of the drama, and the falling
off in the receipts of the house, have come to a determination
to reduce the rent of the Theatre 1,0001., the communication
of which kind and considerate act was received with gratitude
by Captain Polhill. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Phillips, have
thrown up their engagements, with the exception of the Ora-
torios, and Mr. Balls was discharged on Saturday night, in con-
sequence of his repeated refusals to play parts that were allotted
to him. Many other alterations in this establishment are talked
of in the theatrical world.

On Sunday afternoon a young man of the
name of William Torrent, a printer, residing in Wardour_
street, accompanied by two friends, proceeded up the river in a
skiff. Torrens sat at the head of the boat while his two com-
panions rowed, consequently their backs were towards him.
Upon arriving near Battersea-bridge the two young men were
astonished at seeing a hat floating along, and called to Torrens
to pick it up. Not receiving any answer they turned round,
when, to their horror and amazement, they found the spot
where Torrens had been sitting empty. It appeared that
the unfortunate young man had fallen into the water, but when
or in what manner the accident happened is unknown, as neither
of the survivors had the least knowledge of the occurrence.
An alarm was instantly given, and in the course of half an
hour the dead body of Torrens was found.
The body of a woman named Elizabeth Mar-
low was found on Tuesday last in a pool of stagnant water, near
Lane Delph, in the Staffordshire Potteries. An inquest was
held on the body the following day, when it was given in evi-
dence, that three men followed the deceased on her way home
tohnetrhe wells sontitiacyhesvues against one of them, George Bailey,ning, and, from the circumstances adduced
that a verdict of" Wilful Murder" was returned against him.
The other men were liberated.