The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-14 00:00:00

pledge itself to g;ee the people full, perfect, and undisputed
liberty, by extending the benefit of the representation to all classes
of the cAnmunity.
Mr. FINDLEY FRASER seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously. Mr. Fraser said that at the last
meeting he exhorted the people to support the King with their
tongues and their sticks, in consequence of his being thought
a stanch Reformer. He now came forward to recant what he
had said, as it had been proved that the King's Radicalism was
all his "eye and Peggy Martin."—(Laughter.) He regretted
that he was compelled to think as a republican. In the people's
cause he would venture his life, and they might sell the King
for a groat any time for what he cared.--(Laughter and cheers.)
Mr. JOHN MACQUIRK said that he would advise the peo.
pie to refrain from paying rent as well as taxes—(Cheers)—for
If the landlords could not get their rents, they would not pay
taxes. By those means they would let the country know
that they were men, and determined to be free.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr..T. THORNELY said, that the question now was, whether
the people would be slaves, and crouch to despots, or whether
they would be free. For his part, he must confess that he
would rather see six months convulsion in the country, than
undergo six months more tyranny. Bishop Hurd had said
that you may purchase liberty too dear. He was aware of
the truth of the observation, but the people could not submit
to be trampled upon—the -- had betrayed them—and he
would ask the people if they would again lick the dust and crouch
to tyrants ? No; he was sure they would be no longer slaves.
The Ministers had done their duty; they knew they could do
more, and very properly they resigned. He said that sixteen
Bishops and four Archbishops had voted against the Mi-
nisters, therefore what did any man see of good in the Church
to suffer it to exist any longer ? (Loud cheers.) He would call
the people a nation of slaves if they suffered the Bishops to
feed their pampered bellies any longer.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. SMITH said that the King, the Duke of Wellington,
and Sir Charles Wetherell, had all tampered with the people.
But they must be put in mind that Englishmen were the sons
of men who had wrested from the King in former times Magna
Charta, and if the Duke of Wellington put his threat into exe.
Lion of putting them down with the sword, they could also
take swords in hand.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GREENHALGH proposed that the petition, which was
unanimously agreed to, should be presented to the House of
Commons by Colonel Robert Torrens, and that Mr. Hume,
Mr. R. Thicknesse, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. O'Connell, should be re.
quested to support its prayer, which was resolved upon.
Mr. HAMILTON, Mr HARDY, and others, afterwards ad.
dressed the meeting.

Thanks were voted to the Editor of the Bolton Chronicle for
taking the chair.
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged that compliment, and took
occasion to advert to the spirited conduct evinced by the pro-
prietors of The Sun newspaper in forwarding the intelligence of
the defeat of Ministers, which had roused all Reformers to their
posts; and stated that The Sun, containing the debate and di.
vision on Lord Ebrington's motion on Friday morning, which
could not have left London before three o'clock, he received at
the Chronicle office at half-past nine on the Friday night—a
distance of 200 miles from London; for which enterprising en-
deavours to furnish the public with the first intelligence of the
two Houses, he thought the paper deserved the thanks of all
true Reformers.—(Loud cheers.)
The meeting quietly separated about half-past eight.