The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-17 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD-SATURDAY.

(PROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Enclosed I send you Mr. Thornley's, the Tory candi-
dates speech and proceedings this day, Saturday ; and, not-
withstanding the unholy alliance of the Church and some
of the more furious bigotted Wesleyans, Messrs. Parker and
Ward's return is certain, by a triumphant majority of Re-
formers ; and an example set to the boroughs of Leeds,
Bradford, Halifax, &c., as well as the West Riding, where
there is no doubt but Reform principles will be equally suc-
cessful. In the West Riding we shall not be satisfied with
merely returning Lord Morpeth and Sir George Strickland,
but we must increase the majority of 2,807 which the Re-
formers had in 1835.

SPEECH OF MR. THORNELY.
On Saturday noon, a considerable number of the people
of Sheffield assembled in Angel-street, to hear Mr. Thornely
speak from his committee-room. The entrance of Mr.
Thornely into the room was announced by the cheers of his
friends, answered by the hootings of the people in the street.
C. BROW NELL, Esq., amid laughter and hootings, intro-
duced Mr. Thornely.
Comparative quiet being restored, though Mr. Thornely
spoke so feebly that he could not be heard across the street,
he proceeded to recite a sentence or two from his address,
about upholding the authority of the Crown, and the insti-
tutions of the country. He said he had been opposed to
the Poor•law ever since its enactment ; that it was subver-
sive of the poor man's rights, repugnant to the principles
of humanity, and that it never could be worked in the ma-
nufacturing districts. If he went to Parliament, it must
be under no prescribed rule of action. With respect to
Sunday legislation, lie declared himself friendly to any mea-
sure by which the Legislature could increase the due ob-
servance of the Sabbath.

Mr. JAMES IRONSIDE being elevated on the shoulders of
the people, wished to ask whether Mr. Thornely thought it
right that eight millions of the people of Ireland should be
taxed to support a clergy whom less than one million of the
people acknowledged ? Was it justice to Ireland to con-
tinue the present Establishment ?—(" Aye, answer that.")
Mr. THORNELY (hesitatingly)—l understand your ques-
tion.—(A pause.) You mean to ask, whether, when the
numbers of the Catholics are the greatest, they ought to be
called on to support the Protestant Church ? I will never
consent that the Establishment in Ireland shall be sacrificed
on that account.

Mr. IRONSIDE-will you vote for the Irish Municipal
Bill ?

Mr. THORNELY—I will not object to give the Irish
municipal rights, provided it be based on a principle that
will not militato against the Protestant Church.—( Hooting
and confusion.)
Mr. IRON SIDE put another question :—Do you approve
of clerical magistrates ?
Mr. THORNELY—When the L:Tislature of my country
has decided, it ill becomes me to say a word.—(Laughter.)
I know many clergymen who act as magistrates, and ren-
der service to the country.
Mr. IRONSIDE—I wish to know your opinion on the
Corn Laws ?
Mr. THORNELY—My general impression is that a pro-
tecting duty for British corn is necessaiy in this country,.--
(Disapprobation.)
Mr. IRONSIDE—WouId you pass a law to prevent my
having a bottle of ginger beer or a glass of porter when I
take a walk on a Sunday ?

Mr. THoaNELY—I should never dictate to the constitu-
ency of Sheffield, and I do not know the bearing of the mea-
sures that have been proposed.—(Derision.)
Mr. lIIONSIDE—Townsmen, here is a man come to
ask your votes, and says he does not know the bearing of
Sir Andrew Agnew's hill!—(Laughter and hooting.)
Another person here asked—Are you willing to extend
the suffrage ?

Mr. THORNELY—(LoudIy)—No.
Another person asked, Will you vote sgainst the pro-
perty qualification for Members of Parliament ?
Mr. THORNELY (angrily)--No.
Arn't you for flogging in the army ?
Mr. THORNELY (savagely)—No. (" Moi ois, he is get-
ting mad.")
Are you an advocate for Sir Andrew Agnew's Sabbath
Bill ?

Mr. THORNELY—I can give no pledge, for I don't know
its general scope.—(" Then you ought to know.")
Mr. BRAMLEY—WiII you vote for the abolition of
Church-rates ?—(Cheers.)
Mr. THORNELY-1. shall be glad to relieve those who dis-
sent from the Church from the payment of the Poor-rates
—(A voice behind, " Church-rates, Church-rates")—I
mean Church-rates—(Loud laughter)—provided such an
arrangement can be made as will not trench on the general
principle of an Establishment.—(Hooting.)
Mr. BRAMLEY-Will you vote for the Ballot ?
Mr. THORNELY (sharply)—No.
Mr. BRAMLEY—W ill you vote for shortening the dura-
tion of Parliaments ?

Mr. THORNELY—No.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BitAMLEY—As you profess to be the friend of the
poor man, will you vote to extend to him the electoral
franchise ?

Mr. THORNELY (pausing. " Say no, at once, man.")—
The franchise was settled and adjusted, and made perma-
nent, by the Reform Bill, and I stand upon the principle
of the franchise.—(Laughter.)
[The candidate and Mr. Brownell then retired from the
window.]
Mr. BRAMLEY said, at every meeting the Reform can-
didates had attended, it had been put to the vote whether,
they were proper persons to represent the town in Parlia-
ment. As Mr. Thornely's Committee, in their haste to
retire, had omitted to do the same, he would take the liberty
of doing it for them.—(Cheers.) He called for a show of
hands in favour of Mr. Thornely, when a very small num-
ber were held up. He then called on those of a contrary
opinion to raise their hands, when almost every hand in the
street was exhibited, amid loud cheering.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF
Loxes.—The very sudden prorogation of Parliament has
caused no small share of business, both public and private,
to be cast aside. The following Bills all stand in the list
" waiting for second reading:"—Pluralities •Prevention Bill,
Local Courts Bill, Education and Charities Bill (these three
were introduced at an early period of the Session by Lord
Brougham), Court of Sessions (Scotland) Bill, Judges' Opi-
nions Bill, Imprisonment for Debt Bill (a measure
ought not to have been delayed, as there is an imperious
necessity for its passing), Jewish Marriages Bill, Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway Bill, and Lethbridge's Divorce Bill.
The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill, as well as the
Courts in China Bill, after being read a second time, no
further progress in them has been made. The Bill for Com-
missions for taking Affidavits in Scotland and Ireland, in-
troduced by the Lord Chancellor, went no further than the
Committee, from which no report was presented. The Im-
provement of Lands in Ireland Bill made no further progress
after the second reading beyond being referred to a Select
Committee. As regards the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly
Drainage Bill, the Committee is fixed for again meeting at
12 o'clock on Wednesday—a mode of getting rid of the Bill
for the Session without actually rejecting it. When the Com-
mittee met last week the adjournment took place. All these
measures-are left in this unfinished state.