The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING OF THE BOROUGH OF

A large and inflorted body of the Toter* and other
ineseitants of this borough, assembled last evening at the
Horn. Tavern, Inseicaton, at the Larne* of the drops
titan and Fressiel Rehm Asseeladon, kw the mores e-giving thrower to the sealing ot the borough of Lambeth
les to the object, of the associatioa, and to assist in cruise
those °Meets labs offset
The chair woe taken by Sir JoshaaWabseley, M.P., the pre
edent of the seriation, ere °. titles teacher the metre,
wee retested with the mostentheratiedmaratrationsof erd-
or and by Hewed—Genfiemen, this neer( lege
been renvened by the Mropuli Parliamentary set ll-
nancial Reform Aweeistio. eider to give enterisdirate
linty to the rewires mid Mere of that associati
seeVrease
heart—sad to gamete with our beet energies
loot an
✓efereedWa
oar representetive system. (Some
hero reek dam in consequence of nth great revere raler
the
grisly of erg one to hear. Gee poem revoked gendar
able MA' dity by refusing to wke ott nil tut.) The chairman
said goodausamredly—dy friend wilt, I am sere, take of
his bat to obl.ye me and save trouble. I remember ore a
remarkable diSsrna of opinion occurring is few
e ranee of the 'rocking off of a hat. That dif•
ference led to good rules, bet even for good
resues, I should not wish to use any rterruptien to
our harm my here. firer chefs aod laughter, amid which
he obnoxious hat was removed.) Tae speaker then read
the following latter:
" 36, Pail-mall, June 8.1849.
" Der Sir —I received the esti:mien to attend your
Lambeth mailing on Monday next, but lam circum-
atanoed at this time with some of my conatithents, that my
prewar "eight only disturb the meeting, which ought not
to be engaged in any personal affairs. At the same time, it
et odd net be satisfactory to me to at sad any genera meet-
iug at Lambeth at present, unless I had. an opportunity for
hid explanation and discus:ion, which would be unsuited to
your object. Accordiegly, I think it better to decline
attending this meeting.
" I am, dear sir, sincerely yours,
"C. TENNINON D'EYNCOURT.
"To Sir Jahr Wal edgy, M.P."
Gentler*, I appear before yoa this evening as the rpm-
eenrive of the erril—indeed, of the e hole body of the me-
tropolitan Perliseart cry and Financial Reform As elation
—and in doing so it is my duty to inform you that the object
of that astociaties is to ober an eVIiaOSNOU ofd staffer,
the vow by ballot, triennial parments, a more
equal apportiment of rememnitatives to population.
(" hear,"
and load cheers.) In that declaration of
principle the association bee forgotten a moat important
item; but I trust I shall be permitted to rawly the oms
sion, and in dreg so I can star that I speak the sense of the
whole enure We have emitted the striking off of the pro-
perty qualification. (lest and protracted cheering. A
voice, " read mart ef members.") I dare say those who
ars now members would be glad if that arrangement com-
mented to-morrow. (Leerier.) Gentlemen, the are
Memo, after garret delibera ion and great ears, have coma
to the sonclusioa that the resolutions I have name 1 to
you are shoes rest likely to receive favour at present
In the seer of those who have it in their power to give or
to writ ,14. Many araget us—and shall never appear
before a publis meeting without emphatically declaring
that I am one of the number—many of us trek that we
might, with great safety and great propriety, go further.
(Loud ere of " Hear, hear.") Such, however, is not the
opinion of the mej Arty, and to the opinion of that issjority
I hope we shall how. Hear, bear.) Bat, gentlemen we
bow to that rearfty under the hope that by the pmeihil-
lien of our conduct, by our earnest desire to pre-
serve order and good feeling among all dames of so-
osty, we shall weever those who now dot
not
trait r with the froaries to the croft that
some wood go, that we shell convince even the most
sceptical that we deserve ft. (Cheers.) In the meantime
our object—your object—is, to obtain the greatest possible
'rens on of the suffrage ; in fact, to got as near to principle
es we can. (Hear.) We acknowledge that that which we now
ask is not principle—(hear)—but we believe that it is the
nearest appeedasation to principle that we cian hope for mosso
time to attain. (Hear, hear.) And, geneemen, if I eight
advise—es a moat earnest, siacere, and I must honest, re-
ran., or that has been tried tor some years, at Imit—
(lting! chews)—if I might advise, I should my to all chums,
Unite who this movement, which I believe is an honest,
ter:ous, and dstermiaed movement for the extension of the
franchise to the grea rot possible limit," The oppreeion of ace
class affects all cern, except one, and that is the toe-sating
cleis over which the people have at present no control. (Hear,
h-ar.) Geetlemen, I say then that it is usathemary
to
speak to you of the necessity of reform; you are all alive to
it. (Hmr, hear.) Every men who bears me kn iws it;
sod the only question is bow we shall ebtein it. (Hear,
he tr.) You are also all alive to the exerive taxation and
tae unequal mode in which is is levied. There is not a poor
man who, when purchasing his tea and tobacco, does not
know how much he pays for value and bow much
he pays for tax. It was well said at a meeting which I re-
cently attended that it there was is the shop one till to con-
trim payment for the goods, and =oleo for the duty, the
effect would be surprising on the purchaser, who of the 3d.
he paid for his ounce of tobacco would then find that one
halfpenny was for the tobacco and the rat all for taxation.
(Hear, hear.) I need not pursue this sulemt further. as
time ts passing eerily. You will appreciate the whole
scope of my argument, for it applies to the great m ,jnrity of
article' you consume. But, gentlemen, I may be allowed to
refer shortly to the inerinahues in the representative system
in this very borough. Yon have, as lam informed by your
able representative near me, shout 13,001/ electors ;
but I can tell you that there are eighty-ex
members returned to the Hors of Commons by very few
m ire electors than T 48.1 to return my hen. friend and his
colleadue. (" Her, hear," and cries of " Shame.") Tha"
is re of the inequalities, bet there are worse than that.
Sixty-nine boroughs are wholly beyond the control of public
opinion or popular infin-nee. (Hear, hear.) Such of you
as have taken the trouble to look into the debates withia
the lest few days will have seen the remarkable speech, sup-
rang in some degree the rotten borough system, of our
prime minister, Lord John Russell. I cannot but 'era-
Lail, regret that that speech should have been made. I
eaanot bat regret that the pyre minister in hie place should
few one moment so far forest himself as to support the
Kra& ee Raster's sending in two members for the
besenek d likgreed. (Shame, shame.) But then we ate
told some population alone is not sufficient—that property
mast be represented. That is to say, bricks against brains
(Caters.) Bat I say we will take them at their word and
slow them that property is more unequally represented than
pnpulaiion. Oae half of the annul income of Ragland and
Wales is repreeented by nine county renter and 161 re-
presentatives, while the other half has 31 county members
and 310 representative'. (Hear, hear.) So that whether
e take property or population the same result is apparent.
(Hear, hear.) But we will go further. One halt ot the
House of Commons represents property of the I value of
6,200,00 W., and the other half seventy-eleht millions, showing
inequality in another point of view, Our object 4 a full, fair,
and free expression of the opinions of the men of Bneland, of
all men capable of givior an honest vote, of all who bad
attained to manhood. That is what he should wish to
wo for, but that being beyond our reach we meat
take the next bast step ; and if you believe that
the essoratioa of which I have the honour to be
rarest Is honest and mincer in faiths, log year objects, I
cell upon you, Men of Lambeth, to suppnrt us by every
means in year power, as the beet scheme that has yet been
devised to rite every section of popular su I have
before stated that our resent proprieties' do note ntain all
that we could desire, but they comprise all that we could
possibly bops to obtain in the first instance ; and I maintain
that if the middle and working dare hearty unite, there
never was a fairer opportunity. There are means by
which you may help yourselves. By prance sad thermy
math may be done, but do not mistake me; I mean no
offence to the working man who Is unable to save, but there
are many who out save, and every man who ear may have
a freehold in a short time. Bach man may soon stand wee
ea a county freeholder—and remember that it is in the
mantles that oar first battles must be wen. I should,
therefore, recommend you all to join the smoriation for the
purchase of freeholds. which I believe lies now its armee.
manta as complete as to make the expenses not to exceed in
all 201 or 261. (Hear.)
The SRCERTARY then read the following letter from
Mr. Home:
Bryanstoriesquare, llth June, 1640.
tt Sir.—l requiters will errs to the artier my regret
in sot being able to armed this wring es I bed intended. I
have long been tionviseed that there is me hope of the eountry
obtaining effectual esenemy and miteensbatent from the pre-
sent House of Commanktiefrem any esturbeeseconteitsted
as this house is. The &Adana in relleseentary reform, and
in every vote for the redooden of Worm or expenditure in
the past, as well min therm* mar must force on the
most unwfang puler the esaddien thee. urn them be a
change in the messeitatir of disbar, end the power of the
people be established these, we mart ors& equiltsation of
taxation or reduction of espentlitre. It was my intention,
thereon, urgently toi=ion the ,series the union of the
middle and working to dead an alteration in the
consilleatien of the Hare golf Genmars, a. the beet end only
mire of obtaining ruff rierament. But. a. three who
sow have the mearelyofpaha power will not wilenely
grant gay of the peepWs Jest rights, an effort should be
made by grey member of the Financial and Reform Mee-
elatio• to obtain, by Mil means as I think are within their
reach the derive suffrage, to suable them to assist the
middle aloes &arm lobo will, by areseity, be own com-
pelled to attend be theesmetitern of the House of Comment.
I would repeat, what I have already so often
ill=dab& that the resat of reform, m
i 1 by mw en the de Inst to the Reese of Cos-
ner appear to be reemeny to der three important
ridges whir the water el this eratry damends. If
gash seder of the Firmed sad Reform Aesseirlen eta
he Wake to bane Shot COMM depend cu Ids la&
esdali
vidami aarelas, easome 1=1:s Mr raged dastion,
be n. yrs N abs' servent.
" JOSEPH HUME.
" To the eheinsen of the Limber Sabra aorre."
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