The Sun. — 1831-10-19 (London, England)

BOLTON, OCT. 17. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) As the time approached for commencing the business of the meeting, considerable crowds of people began to assemble in the immediate vicinity of Bradford-square. About half-past ten o'clock a tolerable large number of the residents on Bolton Moor came in a body, having some flags and banners, with mottos, and headed by a drum and fife. Among the mottos were the follovving :—" United and be firm."—" Thou shalt do no murder."—" England expects every man to do his duty."—" Britons be united, and who dare oppose us."—" To the memory of the massacre at Matto:hinter, on the 16th of Aug. 1819." —And under this was also the following—" What Last thou done, thy brother's blood crieth out to me from the eartb."—On a black flag were the following inscriptions: —" Moro, but no Peers."—" No parson legislators."— " Dowa with the boroughtnongers."—" Radical Reform."—There were also two tri-coloured flogs, and several others containing various devices emblematic of liberty. The party, who were led with the drum and fife, accompanied by the banners, then proceeded through the principal streets of the town to Little Bolton, to conduct their brother Reformers resident there to the meeting, and did not return until just before the business of the day commenced, which was a few minutes before twelve o'clock. The number of spectators gradually increased, and at halfpast twelve o'clock, on a moderate computation, there were 6,000 present, and it was obvious, that had an arrangement been made to stop the various workshops in the town for a few hours, that the assemblage would have been homense. The Committee had interested themselves to procure for the workmen such a favemr, and waited upon several owners of the large cotton• mills and other em ployers of great bodies of workmen, but we cannot learn that in any one single instance was the request acceded to. The business of the meeting was opened by Mr. Brown proposing that Mr. Peter Staton be appointed Chairman, which was seconded, and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting in an appropriate speech ; after which he read the following resolutions, and while reading them he was interrupted with cries of " Down with the Bishops." " Down with the  Peersthisls..ll—t a n IdAalocyesalfual,lidconfidence i is 1 Majesty, lac., essitnyc,erfiottymatniedd patriotism of their beloved Sovereign, and pledges itself to support his Majesty by every means in its power, in his endeavours to extend civil liberty to all classes of his subjects. 2. That in order to secure peace and contentment amongst the great body of the people, to maintain public credit, and to revive national prosperity, a Reform Bill (more. extensive in its details and provisions than that recently submitted to Parliament by his Majesty's Ministers, and rejected by a majority of the House of Peers) ought to be immediately submitted to the Legislature for adoption. 3. That as the principles of the Constitution declare every individual who contributes to the maintenance of the State should have a vote in the choice of his representatives, this meeting is of opinion that this right can only be fully secured by a House of Commons, chosen on the broad basis of annual Parliaments, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot. 4. That this meeting views with indignation and abhorence, the unchristian conduct of the Lords spiritual in voting for the Reform Bill, and cannot but express its astonishment that the professed Ministers of peace should so far forget their sacred character as to sow the seeds of discord throughout the nation, thereby placing the lives and property of his Majesty's subjects in extreme jeopardy. upon these resolutions, be presented to our most gracious Matesty, by Lord King. Mr-