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'WaI l- Seraiertiative, John Cum Hobhonso , Esq. fee the
peranseance, poi, and sibitity with sleigh he has urged the rents-
-Won of the Assessed twee., as also for Ms uniform exertions to
lA(&ft ion Itibeeties of the People."
Mieola& be k! Wea assent to Me first Reolintion, but he
WadW themecond. He pospoeed to take dieir Representatives
010,010 Will diarimmisinng the new Member front the ol.t.
I'll propoodon not seenthig to receive the support of the
Itsalltirg,
*Min le MIMI. BURDETT advanced to the front of the hustings,
..let 1... waiatd. with loud cheers. When rskawe was restored,
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seemed
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nil& kh many wish. Indeed, na the petitions had fallen
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koollidisollisew that he was called upon to address
at ailiglestlielt 111101011111arn his thanks for the lomoar of their
lade tioewhhatandirg the business for which they
be thus unexpectedly concluded, as they had
*IWO iltalared they did pot concur with those who had
IL 'llsteetisqo to petition the Government...for, as Mt.
ant truly and justly said, it was the Government—as they
die of 'fact Determined that they would not petition the
(Chars) for the repeal of the Assooed Taxes unless
whitedhed a Resolution which the Committee had there
0/At time, he felt himself milled upon to offer a few
Audi the ea" unhandsome pr,ceedtrigs of the person
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)iimlobstiom to their consideration. (Chem.)
TIMM - . : impsepibie to procure that unanimity
. , of the kind for which they had assembled,
who intended to offer their suggestions would comic-
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to:» demen who laboured—aye, and with no
o
the views of those whom they represented.
a ININISOMPIIia into a room, takes a past in the discus.
' of aCoramitseN converses with its members, and yet does not
' sal to gin the slightest inhalation of his intentions, to say
_, io• upcm the of &Resolution by far the most important
or .'"'". had thai day been drought under their consideration, he must
illitAlet A was, nut tole; any thing worse, a kind of conduct he had
r=4lll,‘• Stela ; CND it was calculated to destroy all concord and
7..•114 that it well deserved the appellation which Mr. Hunt
skthaandsall to a proceeding to which it *Nano kind of resemblance
-tai ey.bwee and onwotthy trick. (Cheem) °fume men it had
been aid that it was safer to be their enemies than their friends.
Meilkhent in his I Sir Frinciesi eyes, stood exactly in that light; and
S Mold sal* in answer to the approbation Mr. Hunt had thought
Volpe. hp haw, upon him, that he repelled and rejected it with
0011111.. ibid suntan at/ (Caren) Prouder far of the censure than
Ilheinialt of that in&sittualo whenever or to whatsoever he might ap-
Op ob (Loud chanisig.)' With respect to the observations of
Oblat puma epos the subject of the sources to which the people were
.• kink for relief, he (fir Frarcis) In a great measure concurred
nib all that bad fallen from him, but Mr. Hunt had asked why
Chino who brought fantod this petition had not pointed them out
to thonotico of Par:ion:est Look, Mr. Hunt ha.' said, at the pen-
non and the sinecures; look at the numberless offices which swal-
low up the public money, and which if abolished would bring into
the *offers of the Treasury more than sufficient to relieve the pub-
ic from this odious and oppressive taxation. He (Sir Francis)
did look at them; he desired their abolition as mach and
a sincerely as 'Mr. Hunt; and he would declare most solemnly
thee if the Lather of his lion. Friend and Colleague, if Sir Benito
olio Hoblsouse was pro so he the holder of a sinecure—onto:ugh
he did not mean to aunut the fact, on the contrary he believed it
was notao—but if was it proved to be as was asserted, he would no
inns spare him than any other Individual ; for he thought, as he be-
haved he bad always both here and else Where maintained, that the
ma who received the pubic money in a public office, where he
performed no duty, was nothing short of a public plunderer. (Loud
cheers.) Mr. Hunt too had proposed other sources from which the
did fee which they prayed might be aftlirdcd, and had mentioned
the Sinking Fund to appropriate to the purpose; but while he (Otr
Francis) agr.:.ed as to the propriety of many of these suggestions,
be rout contend that it ass not the bushiest of a public meeting
bite the preach to point on: to Government the means they were
to adopt. That duty beltomcd to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
He itwaswho should find out lace ohjectionable metllnds of providing
for the public expenditure. The public have a right to demand re-
bel from taxes which thsy think oppressive ; it was for the Chan-
reeltor to see how it was to be granted : ang he (Sir Francis) would
repeat, it was not the ditty of the public to point out the meth° o
la e. wad the lion. Baronet, state our grievances; it is for them to i
Ilioh•out die redress. (Loud and continued cheering). Mr. Hunt
huallided to Ireland. There, in his (Sir Francis') opinion, he had
pawl out by far the most fertile source of relief; and if 1
.ed toxin the state of Ireland at el, m
l, they should p
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111atli justiu and free .tonn—the benefit of the air of hea-
ven—die privilege of ernecience—liberty, civil and religious,
should be granted to its oppressed inhabitants, and by those
.fans they would obtain a saving of nearly four millions of
nosey to England, which was now applied in supporting an army
• * 'misgovern aad tyrannise over Ireland, and to subdue the religious
Hooey of its people (Cheers). Mr. Hunt condemned the application
eta sea of money to pay the Catholic Priesthood. In this present
wedancholy and moprested state of that country, he (Sir Francis)
llPProinoded they mutt either pay priests or soldiers—they must
*that coodnue to give thee or four millions annually to support a
military despotism, 9r they novo have recourse to other means.
clisentastissi is, snifter they will pay 230,001. to a _Catholic priest-
hoedwho can control their minds, or three or four millitins to a
military establisoment,who may tyrannise over their spiritstchenca
and If that question was put to him he should have tm hesitation in
saying which be would prt.fer. Mr. Hunt has added, however,
soother question with respect to this proposition—that this money
wit to procare the us'ent of the Catholic priesthood to the diti-
f,allthisemell! of the 40E freeholders. The proposition would bear
notch interpretation. Would they disfrahchise Old Sarum, or
say other room, borough ? Would he (Sir Foincis) be liable to a
charge of wishing to thofranchise his countrymen of their birth-
right, If Ito proposed to take away from corrupt voters the means
which made them corru if lie proposed to deprive them of some
pore which nee...verily ledpt, to corrupt on ? No ; they would unite
nth him in his desire to disfranchise all thmuoliout the country,
to Ws Isiah to put the representation of the coontry on a sourd and
stable footing. The des. freeholders of Ireland bore no resemblance
to the same class in England—there was nothing like them in Eng-
land—noth'ng to wbicb they could be compared, but the corrupt
voters he had pointed out ; and when they considered the variety of
opinior.s, of prejudices. of religious and party differences—when
they looked at the conflicting private and political interests which
sosy alteratioo in such a system was eilculated to create, he was
acre that althimoS they were told it would restore the peace. add to
the representative i n t cresr,s art i cn prove the moral condition of the peo-
ple, trill they Gould rot e.xpeet it to be a measure in which aU men
would concur. (Cheers.) That meeting was not, however,* place in
Arch such questions could be discussed. They had acted ; they
bed pat an end to their petition • and by adopttng a Resolution not
ihe contemplation of those who; had framed it, lost the opportu- I d
recording their sentiments 'mho* a most oppressive and.
imposition. And why had they lost that opportunity?
they believe that these men who had been sent from Ireland I
tteadvocate the cause of their suffering countrymen, were traitors, 1
ode the mere word of Mr. Hurt ? that those who had spent lives of
undeviating rectitude and devotion to their country would forfeit
then vrell-emried ri.pntatieme now? No; they could not believe it,
they. hod been tincsioed ; short honest and ingenuous minds had
been imposed upon; and he was sure when they comet* consider,
they would feel worry for the imam's ticm. Ile would say no more at
present; he-ootr took triples:Ye of then., plc .lging himself, wherever
great .tneastun , of civil . and religious liberty came under hi. eon-
arciaatiurn ID the situation in which they had done hitt, the honour
tOplece him, that although he might not always sorer with them in
upinjon, hc would always act up to his conscientious see ne of duty,
aiways advocate the equality of men's constitutisnal rights_
cObeers)—idways advocate what would be most likely to promote
age happiness of his country. He hoped theybelieved he never
would desert his post; and even when he tool the misfortune not to
divantwitlithem in opinicm, he trusted they gave him credit for
rectitude of intention. .(Cheer,.)lle would vow take his leave,
*iog them-fir the attention they had bestowed on him; aril
aaniiiiig them, whether in good report or bad report—with
et without support—he wait! ai ways be found where the
interest led him. (Loud Chcorino )
wMr. ilownousr, in returring thanks for the distioguishe I
fanner expressed in the Resolution, declared hirrself es proud cf
their praise as of Mr. Hunt's censure. They had met, as lie said,
is days of hostility, and nothing had occurred to create forgetful-
ono: He could not rretend.• like his Hon. Colleague, to twenty
ram of service, but ne cord conscientiously !my, that during the
Sessions he had the honour to represent them in the House of
Et
moro, lie had never given a vote contrary to the principles he
ptor.• sod, or he trusted given them reason to iinaosio.e that in
hottest Intention their choice had bean iil-directed. (Cheers.) Mr.
Hunt had said, he was a young luau ; but ha was not
too youpx to distinguish hottesty from treachery—impndencc
iMok courage—the true laver of his country from the false friend
sad would seek by trickery and deceit to gain a moment's popu-
larity. t(:neers.)• Mr. Hunt bad talked of his father Sir B. Blob-
house ; was there ft:mercy or peopriety in the mettion cf his name ?
Bletiltatsf thing to do with the qmouon before them ? Were there
no. many families is which a diiihrence of political sentiment pre-
miled—on.: obrged to Naimoli one set of opinions, and another one
apposite? and even it he had a conscientious disagreement with
it father. he thought it was rather a case which deserved more the
sepportand applause than the condemnation of the public. But
ebe who', of Mr. Hunt's s.atensent, with regard to his father, was
false—tidos as. hiiroself-ofalso as his own conduct. (Cheers.) 'II iii
father had sever received one farthing fur which he had not lehourol.
TOsy had been told he received die prolits of a sinecure, dragget!
fiutwilic pockeboof the people; that was as false as every other pert
ol tie sormaent. He had. peeve taken one farthing of ere people's
areety : his Other was one of the Commissioners for the settlement
of the &Taira of the Nabob of Arcot—paid by a certain portion of
SEditors whose debts he was labouring to liquidate on the one
and by the East India Company. who were likewise Joie-
its the settlementapoa the other. He was, therefore, paid as
• Otountissioper by dime creditors ; whose cOaiins lie was called
upon to adjodose ' and Labouring as much as any common clerk in
the duties of hit' nee. The whole assertion was, therefore, if be
eirtiete audited; false—doubly false:—false in saying that the
moapy tame from their pockets—and false is rosintainlng that it
wit Wren without adequate duty. (Cheers.) Mier that spe-
cimen of Ma conduct towards him, Mr. Hobhouse, and isis
father. dill thq want any more of Hunt? (Cheem.)_.
Dol t4Ty want to be tricked cut of their petition ? Had hc
mit feteei than to quash it for the present, and would he not seLd
Item hoots with lion.iliation and d: grace, at being so grossly
douOso f (Won.) Mr. Hunt had bad hi. day; but he trusted
they would not again give hint an opportunity to play them such a
al*. • • But alttioneh they had determined that they would not pe-
=cries of is No, no !")--although they had determined not to
the Represenothees of the potpie for relief from
0.100- ePPTiIIe.Y.., ivies, he had );iron notice of a motioit, whiati