The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-19 00:00:00

BAKEWELL MEETING.

(Abridged from the Derbyshire Courier.)
On Tuesday, in pursu ince of a requisition numerously
and respecably signed, a public meeting was held at
Bakewell, to address the King and the House of C,m-
mons, on the suhjeet of the retirement from office of Lord
Grey's Administration.
Convenient hustings were erected in the Market-place,
whereon were accommodated the Chirman, speakers,
tcc., as the Town-hall was not large enough to contain
the whole assembly. The BAewell hind played various
national airs previous to the commencement of the pro.
ceedings of the meeting.
WILLIAM POLE THORNHILL (of Stanton), Esq., was
unanimously called to preside.
PETER WALTHSLL (of Darley), Esq., rose to propose
the first resolution. He trusted that the energy and firm-
() as of the country would bear it triumphant above all
danger. The nation ought to be influenced by no in-
trigues—no trickery-no bickstairs' influence.—(Ap-
plause.) He would remind all who heard him that it was
their intetest, as well as their duty, to be obedient to the
laws. Violence was f,e characteristic of weakness,—peace,
its strength.—(Applause.) This was the bisis whereon
to rest their expectations. He concluded by moving the
first resolution.

T. BATEMA N (of Middleton), Esq., seconded it.
Mr. WALTERS said, that not having signed the requisi-
tion, he wa* anxious to state his reasons. Hr conceived it
was quite unnecessary to a !dress the King at all.—(Great
applause.) The dissolution of Pdtliament was his ()sten-
4ihle act—in his speeches to Parliam• nt he bad recom•

mended the measure of Reform—he had chosen a Reform
Ministry—every act of his had given rise to the presump-
tion that he was a warm fri, nd of Reform, When he ap-
peared in public, and had been hailed as " William the
Reformer," " William the Patriot King," he had taken
off his hat, in acknowledgment, and thus, also, confirmed
the belief that he deserved these appellations. lie had
apparently favoured the Ministerial measure, he now has
been " fonnd wanting," and he (Mr. W.) did not see
what the people had to expect from him hereafter,—
(Great cheering.) The confidence of the nation rested in
the Heuse of Commons and in the late Ministry, and the
Commons alone should be addressed. They had so.ne-
thing to do besides preaching ; the time had come when
it was necessary to act. Every man should do his duty.
Fle concluded by moving that no address be sent to the King.
Mr. BRUNT seconded the motion.

Mr. WALTHALL said that they had not met to com-
pliment William IV.—they were to sound their remons-
trance in his ears. He has deserted tiA, shall we not tell
him so?—(Great applause.)
Mr. WALTERS having withdrawn his motion,
P. WALTHALL, Esq., moved that the address to the
King, now read, he adopted by the meeting.
Mr. JAMES TAYLOR seconded the motion The people

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had believed, until now, that the King was friendly to
their Bill. He had allowcd its introduction to Parliament
—the Commons had rejected it, he dissolved Parliament,
and after they had reassembled, and passed the Bill in
oh. dience to his commands, the Lords took upon them to
reject it : the Bill had again been passed through the
Commons, and, after the indefatigable labour of that
House and the Ministry, it had again been carried to the
Lords, the country entertained the expectation that his
Majesty would finally make the measure triumphant by
a creation of Peers. They had been grievously disap-
pointed—cruelly so, as one of the resolutions of this meet-
ing originally expressed it.—(Cheers.) It was an ex-
pression not too strong.—(Cries of "not a bit.") He
would discharge his they to God and his country, by hi 4
willingness to act on an emergenry like the present. When
the Royal William struck his flag, when the barge of Anti-
Reform was freighted with the fate of the country, he was
not afraid, he was not dismayed at the reverse. But he
was dismayed, not personally, for fear of loss of property
. .

or life, but for fear of acts of violence being committed.
He was dismayed at the chance of bloodsh• d. He
was dismayed at the chance of a civil contest, and
the military despotism that might be called in to
put it down : and he dreaded lest those who take
'he sword should perish by the sword.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. Taylor tur,her remarked, that England was greatly
indebted to the patriotic exerTions of the Birmingham Pte
itical Union. It was their " agitation" that had kept the
country quite.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. JAMES LON GSTONE, (of Longstone) complained
that the address was too tame. He would strike out the
last member of the sentence, and a iy, that the resignation
" might have been avoided if his Majesty had exercised the
Royal Prerogative of creating Peers."
THOMAS BATEMAN, Esq. seconded the amendment,
which was carried unanimously.
JOHN BARKER, Esq. proposed the next resolution, and
expressed his hope that the House of Commons would
withhold the supplies, until the Royal Assent was given to
the Bill..—(Cheers.)
WlLLtat PATEMAN, (of Middleton,) Esq., seconded the
motion. Mr. Barker had recommended them to be peace-
able; yet no man could sit quietly to have his throat cut
by a Tory force, probably headed by the Bishops!
Mr. JAMES TAYLOR read the Petition to the House of
Commons, and voted its adoption.
Mr. TEASDALE, (of Youlgrave,) proposed as an amend
ment, that the following words be added thereto : " And
that your Petitioners can have no confidence in any plan of
Reform emanating from any Administration formed by the
Duke of Wellington. who has 'shown such a factious oppo-
sition to that brought forward by the late Ministry."
Mr. WALTHA LL would second the address as it originally
stood.
Mr. TAYLOR said the people wanted their rights, and no
more. The House of Commons were with them, and
would be more so if they had moderation. The Duke of
Wellington was known to all for his hostility to the Reform
Bill.—(Cries of " We won't trust him.") Certainly not !`
We will not trust him. We instruct the House of Com-
mons to withhold the supplies until Reform be granted.
We trust them, and not him.—(Cheers.)
Mr BRUNT: Earl Gtey ne'er turn'd his coat ;the Duke
did, didn't he ?--( Laughter.)
Mr. KNOWLY 8, (nephew to the Recorder of London)
said that the amendment picked out only one man—why
particularise any? The whole set should be distrusted.
Mr. TEASDALE withdrew his amendment, and the ori-
ginal address was carried.
MICHAEL Arms:son, Esq., moved, and Jon): Ro-
HINSON, (Aldern House) Esq., seconded the fifth reso-

lution.
Jon?: BARKER, (B“rre House) Esq , proposed the
sixth resolution. We had witnessed surprising changes.
" Could such things be—
Nor overcome us like a summer cloud,
Without our special wonder ?"
'Re Reform Bill, which was to have been the salvation
of the country bad been checked—not defeated, in the
House of Lord. While the people remained stanch and
true to their own cause, there could be no defeat. The
aristocracy, the boroughmongering aristocracy, might
plume and clap their golden wings with pride, while the
people are checked and while they think to close the book
of knowledge against them.—(Loud cheers.) The Sove-
reign has forsaken the cause of the country.—(Cries of
"So he has.") If lie thus alluded to the King, what
should he say to the Bishops ? A few words of sound
advice from the Sovereign might have been of service to
that Reverend Bench. Tbe King, like one of his
predecessors, (Elizabeth) might have told each turbu-
lent bishop " I have frocked you, and by I'll
unfrock you if you oppo.e me."—(Cheers and laughter.)
That was the language they should have heard. The
House of Commons, which ought to be the representatives
of the people, were the representatives of the boroughmon-
gers. The aristocratical party had enslaved and robbed
the people fur years. We have the means of redress in
our own hands, and shall we he again enslaved ?—(The
multitude replied to this inquiry by three loud cheers.) I
trust, continued Mr. Barker, that the time has arrived

when the genius of Britain, aided by Divine Providence,
will hold a watchful guard over the destinies which the
despots would snatch from us; and that, at last, we shall
receive and enjoy those rights to which we are entitled, of

which we have so long been deprived..—(Three rounds o
cheering lollowed the conclusion of this speech.)
Mr. SAMUEL COCKER (of Hathersage), said, that the
nation was satisfied with the choice of the late Ministr).
especially when the King was pledged to grant, and tht
Ministers pledged to obtain Reform. We had been lifted
up with hope, and now were sadly disappointed. It
seemed as if they had placed us on a height that they might
lash us down. But, even though deserted by the King.
the people felt no alarm : they were satisfied that tia
triumph of the intriguing party would be but momentary,
for cunning is not wisdom, and honesty is the best policy.
L ud applause.) Political Unions hal been found fault
with—they had been visited with some odium and con•
tempt ; perhaps they were not faultless ; but ne of the
gentlemen who had this day [Taken had furnished him
with a valuable comment in their favour. They acted as
-afety-valves—they collected pubic opinion—were the
organs of spreading it over the country, and thus pre-
vented the explosion which otherwise might have taken
place. Only for this safety•valve, the people of England
would probably lie as the people of France during the
French revolution. Like the reservoir at the head of the
mill hard: by, they collected the stream, and led it in a
suer channel, to turn the mighty wheel which set
the whole in motion.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
Union was strength.—(Applause.) Let the counties be
divided into districts ;—let an Association be organiz-d in
every district, and representatives be sent from each to
the central Association in London. He seconded the re-
solution.

Mr. JAMES TAYLOR proposed (seconded by Mr.
BARKER) that the resolutions be advertised in the Derby-
shire Courier, the two Derby Papers, and The Sun.
The Chairman then left the Chair, which was take,' by
P. Walthall, Eq., when (on the motion ofJOIIN BARKER
Esq., seconded by CHARLES WORSLEY, of. Wors6l,
EN.,) the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr.
Thornhill. The motion was carried with three cheers

W. P. THORNHILL, Esq., prop,sed three eh' Erb fir
Reform. The meeting then broke up.

CORNWALL, MAY 16.

Cornwall has not been idle. No sooner did the news of a
change of Ministry arrive, than a requisition for a county meet-
ing (for the purpose of " addressing his Majesty on the
present awful state of public affairs, and of petitioning the
House of Commons to withhold all supplies from the Govern-
ment until the Reform Bill, unmutilated and unimpaired, or
another, at the very least as extensive arid efficient, should be
passed into law") was circulated through the county by Mr.
Peter, and received, in the course of two days, upwards of
three thousand signatures. The Sheriff has, however, declined
to comply with it, and a meeting will, therefore, be held
under the sanction of magistrates. It is fixed for the
inst., and will, no doubt, be most respectably and numerously
attended, as the feeling in favour of the late Administration,
and their Reform Bill, is almost unanimous throughout Corn-
wall. Great as Earl Grey's popularity has always been there, it
is now greater than ever. His only opponents are four Peers
(viz., The Earls of Mount Edgcumbe, St. Germains, Falmouth,
and Lord De Dunstanville', one Baronet (Sir It. Vyvyan), half
a dozen Tory 'squires, and a few scores high priests and cor-
rupt burgesses! The universal cry is, "No taxes," "No sup-
plies," till " the Bill" is past.

now taken the cause into their own hands, and will not let
even slumber till they are assured of and achieved a victory.

BROMSGROVE, MAY 18.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SEW.

Sta,—At the request of the Birmingham Political Union,
beg leave to certify that 1,'2.50 signatures of the inhabitants of
this town and neighbourhood, from nine o'clock yesterday
morning till twelve at noon this day, have been obtained to tin
Solemn Declaration emanating from the Council of that Union,
of the unfitness and incapacity of the Duke of Wellington to
be placed at the head, or become a Member of, the Government
of the great and brave, (though calm even in the hour of im.
pending danger), generous and patriotic, British nation.
With respect to the Union formed here, I may add, that
owing to the very high pitch of public excitement at the disgust
almost universally felt to a man (for there are not more than
from fifteen to twenty Anti-Reformers residents of this town
and parish out of a population of at least 9,000; at the presume_

tion of the Duke of Wellington, as a senator, to accept
office again after his Grace's eery odd professions made
some time ago, that he should consider himself a madman if
ever he became a Prime Minister of England, or a Member of
its Government, again ; and the same universal feeling of dis-
gust and indignation prevailing against " the Duke" at the
bare mention of the reported assertion, that " the Duke," with
an army of 10,000 men could, in eight or ten days, " put down"
every Political Union organised from one end of this kingdom
to the other, I beg to state, that from Monday morning last to
last night, no fewer than 950 Individuals of this town and
neighbourhood, owing to the universal contempt and indigna-
tion of" the Duke" before named, enrolled themselves Mem-
bers of the Union formed in this town; so that the united
number of its present members is quintupled since Monday
morning last.
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I am Sir, yours, very obediently,
A MEMBER OF THE POLITICAL COUNCIL.

BRISTOL, MAY 18.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sift,—However unwilling I may be at other times to take
up your valuable services, I cannot let slip this opportunity to
inform you, that your readers may not be deceived, that a meet-
ing was called together this morning, by one Thomas Daniel,
Esq. for the purpose of thanking his Majesty for not creating
Peers, and for what other purposes I know not. I applied for
admittance, but was refused. This same gentleman called a
similar meeting against Reform some months back, and which
was one of the first in the kingdom presented to his Majesty. I
send you a copy of a bill, issued when this West India proprie.
tor was Mayor. That they do not speak the sentiments of the
citizens, the last election will answer. They are a body so
organised for electioneering purposes, they cats canvass the
whole city in two days with their select vestries; still the
freemen beat them completely out of the field, and will do so
again, if tried. Here is the copy of the Bill :
Council House, Feb. 19, 1798.
At a meeting of the Mayor and Churchwardens, and the
principal inhabitants of the several parishes and presincts of
this city, at the Council House, on Saturday, the 17th of Feb.,
instant,
It was resolved unanimously—That Mr. Mayor be requested
to call a general meeting of the inhabitans of this city and
ne ghbouiing, gentlemen, to consider of a proposal for pro-
moting a voluntary subscription for the defence of the kingdom,
and in aid of Government, at this important crisis. In conse-
quence thereof of that resolution, I appoint a general meeting to
be held at the Guildhall on Thursday next, the 22d inst., and
purpose to take the chair at twelve o'clock.
THOMAS DANIEL, Mayor.

If this bill does not speak volumes I know of no argument
.hat will show that the hole-and-corner meeting just held by
them is a proof that the public is not with them.

ONE OF THE REFORM COMMITTEE.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Re, 3T,', 4
3 nor Cent. Cons. 1,3 4%
3% per Cent. ,
Ditto Red q1.%1,4
New3y4 per Cent. ' 9'2%
3 per Cent Ann. 1728
4 per Cent. 1821'.... ..... 100%1,4%
RAnk Long Ann to expire
Jan. 5, 186, 16% 7-16
Oct. 10, 1659
Jan 5, 18611
Jan. 5, 18E4
April 5, 18811
Jan. 5, 1870

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