The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-09 00:00:00

THE ,SUN,

?Wally nnwilling to lower their rents. He hoped. how-
ever, that they would come to a talc understending, so
that " Lye and let live" might be the order of the dsy.
—(Cheers.) But what was to he said of those who had
gohe round the ceuetry preaching to the tarn-es trim
they could not live without protectien; and then, wh-n
peeee.i.ee was removed, had refu.ed to loserr teetr ree,t• ?
—(Heer, hear.) He found ina, day that the price of the
best wneat in Uxbridge market rese 52, or 53.. tee
varter; th • qaertern loaf wa,s 5} t. to 6} 1 ; and was
there a Protectionist who would say that tee poor man
ought to pay more? Since the last election there had
been a reduction of taxation to the extent of five or
six millions; and not only had the revenue not suffered,
but the eight millions borrowed during the Irish
famine had been paid off. He was anxious for
further reductions of duty, especially on the articles of I
tea, tobacco, and spirits. At present a labourer who,
with his family, consumed 261bs. of tea annually, paid a
tax of about 60s. a year. Were this sum levied on him
as a direct tax, it would be much mare than 7d. in the
pound on his income, probably three times as much. He
believed that the tea duty might be reduced by Is. 21,
per pound without injury to the revenue, provided it
were done at the rate of 4d. a year. He was also favour-
able to the repeal of the malt-tax.—(Cheers.) That
was the relief he would give to the agricultural interest.
He believed all excise duties to be prejudicial, as tend-
ing to promote fraud. The malt-tax might be got rid of
by a small additiou of direct taxation. The question of
Parliamentary reform was one of great interest. He
was opposed to frequent changes. He approved of
Mr. Locke King's propo.al to give the 101. franchise
in counties.—(Cheers.) 'flee -time was also come for an
extension of the suffrage, and above all for an equalizs-
lion of electoral districts—(Cheers)—for it was impos-
sible longer to defend a system where 300 voters had the
same power as 300,000.—(11ear.)
A GENTLEMAN—What will you do with the West
India colonies?
Lord R. GRoSVENOR said he was desirous to see them
represented, or at least governed by their own represen-
tatives, as New Zealand and Australia would be.—
(Cheers.) Along with an extension of the suffrage, end
a re-arrangement of the electoral districts, he should
vote for the abolition of the property qualification, de-
siring to extend the basis of the choice of the electors.
—(Hear, hear.) He also thought that Members ought
to be returned free of expense. (Hear, hear, and
laughter.) He would extend the number of polling
places, and limit the poll to one day.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. OSBORNE was greeted with much euthusiam. He
said he agreed entirely with his Noble Colleague on most
of the subjects to which he had adverted. It had been
said in certain quarters, " Why should we have Mr.
Osborne for Middlesex?"—(Hear, and '• Why should we
not ?") He admitted that he was not qualified by for-
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was now no more, and he had pride is referring to the
influence he had then used. He (Mr. Osborne) might
not be the pet candidate of a party—not the magisterial
candidate.—(Hear, hear.) But he bad pandered to no
Government it he bad not Middlesex acres.—(Cheers.)Ele
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certain peddling
requisition had been hawked about by megistrates end
other.—(Haar, hear.) He was no leveller, and ad-
mitted that the representative of that county ought to
possess a certain rank. If a resident country gentleman,
holding the same principles, could be induced to stand,
he would retire; for he could have a quiet seat elite-
wbere.—(Hear, bear.) But he felt, having been re-
turned by the middle and working classes of tne electors,
tnat he was bound to stand by them.—(Cheers.) He
had been accused of Popish tendencies in a bill of rain-
bow hues, which reminded hire of the present Govern-
ment—a government constructed, like the kaleidoscope,
of little bite of coloured glass, which might be turned
so as to please all eyes.—(Cheers and laughter.) He
had been returned at the lest election on free-trade prin-
ciples when those principles were less in fashion;
and he rejoiced that the corn-laws bad been totally
and at once repealed, and that the working classes had
thereby been enabled to consume fifty millein qua, tees of
grain additional.--(Cbeers.) He had always voted for
ree trade in its fullest sense, and he therefore claimed