The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

Sutonitur,AND, Aram 13.—This day G. Hudson,
RA., M.P.,- addressed a very numerous company in
the Cornmissioa.room, Exchange-buildings. The
large room was so crowded that many hundreds of
persons could not be admitted for want of room. C.
Bramwell, Esq.,- was called to the chair. Many of
the principal gentlemen of the town and neighbour-
`hood" were preiint, many Of the, same rank were
outside, being,unahle-to'gairaadmissiona -The Chair-
man having formally intriqinded Huason, with a
few appropriate remarks, Mr;liudson then came for-
ward, amidst loud cheers, and said he wished -the
electors to understand the views he entertained on
several matters -that now occupied public attention,
mal,,:the course he-intended-to pursue if again returned
ikrepresentative for 'Sunderland; for_ which he had
heen ."-twice elected -as their representative. -He
contended than it was,- at_ the present crisis, an
important question, whether the existing Govern-
ment should have,ll fair trial, or whether, in the event
of its not being supported, that a clique, consisting
in a'great degree of family connexions, and a few
ether individual liangers.on of Lord John Russell,
ehotild be the perpetual governors of this country ?
He considered that Lord Derby's Government ought
in justice to have a fair trial. He also considered
thataco-incident-with the late important changes
that: iad been made in the corn-laws, which some
people thought to-be an all-absorbing question, and
which be and many more persons expected would
tend to drain the stock of bullion from out of the
kh.'ank-.-4:supply :of the precious metals wes provided
for hi the recent discoveries in Australia. On that
point, be now entertained no fear. He, however, con-
sidered that all-persons who were occupiers of lands
or tenements- were subjected to a proportion of poor
fated and other taxes, while the rich fundholder might
livein-a garret and evade all those assessments. Mr.
Hudson then. referred the meeting to Kansard's re-
ports of what he had said in the House of Commons
relative to the repeal of the corn-laws, viz., that the
said laws ought to- he relaxed progressively, not vio-
lently, but that he then anticipated the time when they
might be totally discontinued. He thought they had
been too hastily discontinued, and his firm conviction
-was that, had they been leisurely dealt with, it would
have been much better for the landed interests and
for. the country generally. However, as it was done
be could not see that it would be wisdom to re-enact
those laws. The measure, however, was in his opinion
premature,. hilt -it was done, and the people would
have it so ; and to return to protection now he consi-
deredwould beimpolitic, if not impossible. He con-
sidered that another 'premature: measure was the
repeal of the navigation-laws,, which ought not to
have stakgn place until the duties •on timber for ship.
bUilOing purposes had been remitted, and the light
dues and numerous other imposts which pressed
heavily on shipbuilders were reduced or discontinued,
and if again returned to Parliament those imposts
should have his strenuous opposition, so as to put the
British shipowner in as favourable a position as pos-
sible to compete with the ships of foreign nations. He
was opposed to the ballot, considering that the franchise
was not fur the sole individual benefit of the electors,
but that it was a trust for the good of society at large,
who Ought to know how that trust was discharged. He
wouldextend thefranchise, but he did not define to what
limit. He was favourable to national education, pro-
vded that religious instruction was also provided for,
founded on the Bible as a class-book. He would not
confine-it to the _Church of England or to any sect,
but to the broad principles of Christianity. He was
willing to support an inquiry as to the working of the
alaynooth grant, but would not vote for its disconti-
nuance, unless it should be found to be requisite by
misapplication, and after an inquiry. Its object was
to promote education amongst the Irish Catholic
clergy, and the more any body of teachers were edu-
cated the more they were likely to become useful,
and to J promote religious morals and truth. If any
means could be devised to provide for the Church of
England efficiently to relieve those who paid church-
rates who were -not of that church, he would be happy
'to 'give it all due consideration; but until some other
provision was devised, he could not consent to the
church-rates being -discontinued. During his re-
marks the Hon. Gentleman was repeatedly cheered
most enthusiastically-; there were some hisses occa-
sionally at some remarks, such as church-rates, Ste.,
,lout, all,parties gave him a hearty welcome.
A vote `of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings. , ---
TAVISTOCK.—A fourth candidate for the represen-
tation of this borough in Parliament has appeared in
the person .of,Mr.._ R. J. Phillimore, of Doctors'
Commons. In addressing the constituents on Tues-
da'yf.evening, he' eprecated all unnecessary tampering
with- theinstitirtions of - the country. He spoke in
commendation of the liberal commercial system which
had'i)eiiti—brought into operation, and observed that
one of the effects of free trade 'was, that the poor man
who had one, loaf of bread before, now- had two
loaves. The system, which had been much opposed,
he was prepared to uphold in every way. He was in
favour of law reform, and of an extension of suffrage
to all who could understand and appreciate the privi-
lege He did not approve of the ballot, in respect to
which he had heard no arguments to convince him

that it was the most desirable way of voting. He
did not look upon the church-rates as essential to the
Church, which would prosper if deprived of all pro-
perty support from the State; but, as a national es-
tablishment, she was entitled to national support. He
was in favour of a re-arrangement of the income and
property-tax. He thought Lord Derby's Government
deserving general confidence, but he would be no
party to taxing the poor man's loaf. If the agricul-
turists could be relieved by a re-adjustment of taxa-
tion, then he should be ready to consider any plan for
that purpose. He would rather call out the militia
than maintain a large standing army, but considered
that there was no ground to fear an invasion. He
would oppose any grant to the Church, but would not
be a party to the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant,
believing that it would involve a breach of faith with
the Irish people. He did not object to the admission
of Jews into Parliament, it being understood that the
functions of that House were only of a secular cha-
racter. ,A discussion took place, but there was not
much show of opposition.
NoRTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—Mr. Adderley has pub-
lished a long and elaborate address to the freeholders
and electors,. in the course of which he states that his
attention to the subject of colonization was recog-
nised by Lord Derby in his offer of the Secretaryship
of the Board of Control to his Government. This

atement gives some impartancs to the views which
,he Hon. Member avows relative to protective
duties :
"TO THE FREEHOLDERS AND ELECTORS OF NORTH

STAFFORDSHIRE.
" Gentlemen,—As an election approaches, and both
friends and opponents among the constituency of our di-
vision of Staffordshire begin to call upon me for more
explicit avowals of the views with which I shall again
appeal to you for a continuance of your confidence, I
think it becoming the frank and open understanding
upon. which alone I have any desire to represent a great
constituency of Englishmen in Parliament to state my
own intentions.

" I took the earliest, indeed the only, opportunity
offering itself to me during the recess, to avow at Burton,
openly and distinctly, that, though I had not in the
slightest ..degree abandoned my opinion that the agri-
cultural interest had a right to protective duties, as an
equivalent to their extra share in national burdens, yetl
considered that the nature of that particular equivalent
had become, whether rightly or wrongly, so odious in
the eyes of the general body of the nation that it
would be unwise to accept it any longer, even if it could
be obtained. .

" Whatever other modes there may be for an adjustment
of unequal taxation, it appears to me that those, at least,
must be abandoned which have the tendency in any de-
gree (and the less the degree the less reason for ad-
hering to them) to raise the price of food. At all
events, until the nation changes its mind on the subject
and ceases to retain its present repugnance to protective
duties, I for one, will not seek that kind of boon to a suf-
fiaring claii of the community, which would only more
deeply injure them.

I "Sonat; say that it is necessary to postpone the deci-
sion of this opinion till the approaching appeal to the
1 Ountry hag more clearly tested the national feeling. For
-my own part, I consider that the national feeling is
already amply tested. I believe that the earlier this de-
cision_is avowed the better, and 1 deprecate such a ques-
tion
being needlessly repeated on the part of the landed
gentry after the national feeling, be it right or be it
wrong, is so fully known. The very repetition of the
question, after such unmistakable manifestation of strong
repugnance, would only excite a bitter and unprofitable
strife, during which the agricultural party would have to
reduce its claims to their minimum, while incurring the
odium attaching to those claims to their very maxi-
mum ; and the claim itself, so imperfectly conceded
as to do them little good, could not long be retained,
withoPu
though accepted at the sacrifice of all other and more
attainable demands, and excluding the last chance of a
mend ftroun
fair redress.
As BR agriculturist myself I give up, and as the re-
presentative of a great body of agriculturists I recom-
that the
should be relliew-v
rendo thura to give u thatmode of
any s
,e
.. 1 g p,
special taxation we bear which we cannot receive
tnerited odium attached to it. I, then, de-
emiaset country proverbial fc,r its love of fair play
h so concedes a right to its wishes
hedi°
sequeoce rebt u 0 from those burdens which will in con.
the principle hoPe:t II there uncompensated; and that, if
of life should be taxed, ablished that none of the necessaries
partially carried out t> that that principle may be im-
have supposed to coincide in full extent. Such views I
held by Lord Derby, and cicirttrank)!nain with the opinions
, ty and I have thought it _ !n!Y prevalent among his
par , right,-therefore, to add no
more to my Burton statement hitherto
liweel.l agreed with him. At an
events,
than that I be-
-of doubt that I should follow him, as tI had, no sort
leader of the Conservative y arty, though submitting
the de facto commercial system, Yet favourable to the
• Rural interest, the sole possible great agricultural e refuge from
coalition -
Vie dangerous and obnoxious which the late
Ministry has contrived to present to us as the only alter-
native in oppositioe.
" Passieg from the great question of Agricultural
.
go.,erft. politics of the
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