The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-26 00:00:00

MR. ROEBUCK AT SHEFFIELD.

On Wednesday, Mr. Roebuck visited Sheffield, for
the purpose of addressing his constituents, and a numerous
meeting was held at the Towe-hall.
The Mayor took the chair.
In the curse of his speech, Mr. ROEBUCK said—l am
ready, as 1 have hitherto been, to support a liberal adult-
niatration. But I shall in no ease link myself to them when
I think them wrong, but shell sky so, even though it should
lead to putting them out of office. (Hear.) For I must say,
that of all the seta that have given me offence on the part of
the present admlnistratiso, that of calling together a body of
members of the House of Commons, and threatening them
with resignation unless they did that of which their con-
science did not approve—of all the are that gave me off-nee,
the proceeding of Lord John Russell did so. I thought it
most unjust to those who were addressed, ascot unwise as
ded his own influence with the community, and most
dangerous as a precedent for the future. (Cheers,) Such,
then, is my view of the future. I may now, gentlemen,
with your permission, touch upon some of the conduct of
the House of Commons and the administration during the
present session. I believe that in the present administration,
as I have already stated, there is not a he.rty feeling tow.rds
the advancement of liberal opinions, and that they have, by
thresting a multitude of walnuts upon the table of the
hkuse, prevented themselves from doing anything like what
they ought to have done during the last session. Day by
day, fresh measures were brought in, and at the end of the
session they were all lumped together, and then came what
has been facetiously called " the massacre of the innocents."
C-releu of the enormous expcnses to which the couutry
was put—earelesa of the constant disappointment created in
the public mind by the feet ol their went of order, energy,
and ardour in the cause, they are absolutely doing mischief
than if they did not pretena or attempt to do anything, And
I do hops that in the coming recess, there will be such a
lesson read by the various tn. ass of tellies the administration

what we desire, that when the next year comes, they will
rest their principles on some great measure, bring that for-
ward, carrying it on from day to day, and not waste their
time, and your time and money, and their energies and ouri,
by unworthy peddling, pettifogging legislation, which occu-
pies our time, spoils our temper, and does no gocd.
(Cheers.) It they will next session bring forward what
they will cot pus this, namely an Irish Franctass Bill; if
they will make it a bill fur England and for Ireland, a
really united measure—a measure for the United Kingdom
—we shall beat our opponents. But if they merely in.
&ego, as they did last recess, in a sort of ambiguous pro-
mises, by which great expectations may be raised, which
expectations are only disappointed by the ministerial answer
on the first night of the session—their doom is sealed; and
we shall have to go through, what I believe sincerely we
shall have to go through, in spite of aaything—a protec-
tionist sainisery, with Lord &witty at the head, and a pro-
real to put on a certain duty upon corn. (" No, no.") That
*ill be proposed. I believe, as sure as we are now in ex
irenc," ; and it will depend upon the strength of feeling out
of doors whether or not this will be auccesful.

At the conclusion of the meeting the following resolution
wu passed unsnimesely : "That the warm thanks of this
meeting are hereby given to John Arthur Roebuck, for his
independent congest in pediment, run his attendance hire
this day."