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

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

! SUNDERLAYD, Aram 13, —This day G. Hudson,
. ; al. M P., addressed a vaasaautisercus company in
' the Cramsaaission•room, - Exchange-buildings. The
large room- wasaio crowded the` stnany 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 present, but many of the same rank were
outside, being unable to gain nilini;sion. ,The Chair.:
i&n having formally introduces .sy.:-luclOn 'with at_
atsfesi a appropriate remarks, 'Mr. Hudsnn then canoe for-
Ward, amidst loud 06r-ea:and :staid' he "Wished-the
electors to understand the views he entertained on
several matters that 'now occupied public attention;
and the course he.intended to pursue if again returned
as a repreaenaatjye:,fOr Sunderland, for which he had
been twig ::elected; as their- representative. He
erintended that ,iie *.,-;at the Present crisis, an
important question, whether-the existing Govern--
nient should have a fair trial, or ar,'hethet, in the event
of its not being supported, that a clique, consisting
lo'-a great degree of family connexions, .and a few
other individual; bangers-on of ,Lord John Ruisell,.
should be theperpetual goYeroora of this country ?
He ,considered that Lord Derba'S' Government ought
in justice to have a fair Arial. He also considered
that—co-incident with the late important changes
that had been Made in,,, the--corn-laws, which some
people ihdlight to be' an allabsorbing question, and
which he and many more persons expected would
tend to drain the stock of bullion . from out of the
bank—a supply of the preCious metals wes provided
for incthfiteCent diScOveries in Australia. On that
point he now entertained nofear. : He, however, con-
sidered that all persons who were occupiers of lands
or tenements were subjected In a proportion of poor
rates and other ties, while the rich fundholder might
live in'a garret and-evade all thosenssesiments. Mr.
Hudson then'referred the meeting to Mansard'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 be 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 theybeen leisurely dealt with, it-Would
have been miele.better for the landed interests and
.
tor the country generally. Howeaer, as it was done
he could not See that it would be wisdom to re-enact
those laws. The measure, however, was in his opinion
premature, - :but it .Was '&M6,7 and the people would
have Wad ; and to return' to protection row he consi-
dered would be impolitic,„if not iMpossible. He con-
sidered that another premature , measure was the
repeal of the navigation laws,; which ought not to
have taken place until the duties! on timber for ship-
building 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 competevvith the ships of foreign nations. He
-was opposed to the ballot, considering that the franchise
was not for 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
would extend thelianchise; but he-did not define to what
limit. He vias`avourable -to national education, pro-
s? -tied 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
Maynooth grant, but would not vote for its disconti•
nuance, unless it should be fotind to be requisite by
misapplication; and after ati 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 promote religious- morals and truth. If any
means could berdevised to' preside 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:alLdue 'oonsideration ' • but until some other
proviseor ,wasa devised he' ecruid not consent to the
church-rates beinudiscontinued. During his re-
marks the Hon. Gentleinati was repeatedly cheered
most enthusiastically ; there were some hisses occa-
sionally at some remarks, such as church-rates, Ste.,
but all parties gave 'him sahearty welcome. -
A vote.ef thanks to the., chairman terminated the
proceedings. '— , _ :
TAVISTOCaas—aaA fourthcandidate for the represen-
tation of this borough in Parliament has appeared in
the person of Mr. IL J. Phillimore, of Doctors'
Commons. In addreasing".the-constituents on Tues-
day evening, he depredated all unnecessary tampering
with theinatitutions of the country. He spoke in
commendation of the liberal commercial system which
bad been broPght 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 ho would be no
party to taxing the poor man's loaf. If the agricul-
turists could be relieved by a re-adjustment of taxa-
tiOra then he should:be ready to consider any plan for
that purpose. He would . ratheracall out the militia
than maintain a large standing army, but considered
that there was no ground, td fear. ~an invasion. He
would oppose any giant 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
ths Irish people. He did not object to the admission
of Jews into ParliaMent, it being uiderstood 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 lsy Lord Derby in his offer of the Secretaryship
of the Board of Control to his Government. This
statement gives some importance to the views which
the Hon. Member avows relative to protective
duties :

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`4 TO THE FREEHOLDERS AND ELECTORS OE 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 :fort 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.
constittiencrot,Thigllshmen _in- Parliament to state my
own intentions.
" I took the earliest, indeed the only, opportunity
offering itself to Fie during therreeess, to avow at Burton,
openly and disthicily, that,- thongh had not in the
slightest degree abandoned 'thy opinion that the agri-
cultural interest bad a right to protective duties, as, an
equivalent to their extra share_ia national burdens, yell
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
.longeri even if it could
be obtained. _ .

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" Whatever other modesthere-niay be foran adjustment
of unequal taxation, it appears tome that those, at least,
must be abandoned which have 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-
fering class of the commttnity, whieh would only more
deeply injure them.
" Some say that it ,is necessary to postpone the deci-
sion of this opinion till the approaching appeal to the
country has more clearly,tested the national feeling. For
my own' flirt,. i ' Consider' ' that the national feeliffg is
already amply ;tested. I believe that the earlier this de-
cision is avowed the better,-and I 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
ittlicuoreanitcr.liaviedin itself, so imperfectly conceded
1 as to do them ; little,- good, could not long be retained,
acceptedtrufhaiircgleh::oeiks. at the sacrifice of all other and more
attainable demands, and excluding the last chance of a
.Ih,itAthsebanuit,agiriculturiat myself I give, an, and as the re-
presentatth of a great body of agriculturists I recom-
mend them to givenP',l that mode of compensation for
'ash9o7u"td ejaV"ati°ll"bear which we cannot receive
, w,ithbu't- „merited - ,
OCIIOOI attaditAl
,to` it. I, then, de-
cwriohliYSol3. r°ctenrcbeidalesf°ai Irtsighlotveto°fitfsaiwr ill);
of hwhich
et,ndnecessaries will iil
that,con-
sequencei
o thef
principle
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(it relieved
bbepeo
established
freerttes
mhthose'
uncompensated;tha burdens
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o a e
partially carried oaux:l4. that that principle may be im-
have supposed to edic
ileti6d its fulLexte" Such views I
viguniltdeZ the main with the opinions
hpealrdtyb,yanLjoridibthyo,
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Agricultural
d..obntaol.;iotus coati
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