The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-20 00:00:00

Yesterday evening a very numerous meeting of the
friends of Messrs. Hump and Byng, electors of the Tower
Hamlets.district, took pjaee the
.Court of Requests, Os.
borne-street.
Mr. Offer was called to the chair.
Mr. CLAY then rose to address the meeting. With re-
gard to their long respected and long tried public servant
Mr. Byng, he said that never'did the weight of honoured
years prevent him from attending on every public question,
in which the rights and interests of the people were con-
cerned—and never when he did attend did he give a vote
against the people.—(Cheers.) With regard to Mr. Hume,
there never was a job attempted to be passed through Par-
liament whilst he had a seat in the House which he did not
oppose.—(Hear.) It would be a disgrace to the county
not to return them, and then he should say that public gra-
titude was but a name. •
Dr. LUSIIINGTON had for thirty-four years a freehold in
the very neighbourhood in which they then were. It be-
hoved the people to support the Queen, as she had declared
she was favourable to the march of Reform and the in-
crease of Liberal institutions.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped
that his old friends, the electors of Middlesex, would vindi-
cate their old character and support their long-tried and
valued representatives, and rally for the Queen, for Eng-
land, and Reform.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. BYNG then prese.nted himself to the meeting, and
was .warmly received. He had entered into public life
when' Reform was not so popular as it now was, and when
the religious liberties of his fellow-subjects were trampled
in the dust. He found his dissenting brethren suffering in
a most disgraceful manner, although none were more anxious
for supporting the prerogatives of the Crown and the privi-
leges of the Peerage.—(Cheers.) He had, therefore, felt
himself called upon to take a part in public life, long la-
bouring in vain, and in so small a minority, that he re-
membered Mr. Pitt once sneeringly telling them that they
all might go home in two hackney-coaches.—(Cheers.) He
had lived, however, to see the day when the Dissenters were
emancipated, and, as far as his vote went, he would con-
tinue to exert 'himself to have them placed upon a footing
with the people of the Church of England.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HUME appeared, when one or two persons in the
body of the Court attempted to create an uproar, which
was speedily repressed. He wished to have an opportunity
of rebutting the calumnies which had been so industriously
circulated to his disadvantage.—(Cheers.) Every step which
he had taken had been prompted by only one object, that of
removing the abuses from their Constitution, and endowing
them with the privileges which as Englishmen they were en-
titled to enjoy. He had found the Government conducted
by an Aristocratic few, managing all things for their own
advantage, but at the people's expense. Therefore, when
he exerted himself to reduce millions of taxation it was
naturally to be expected that those who lived by it should
oppose him ; but it was ton bad that when he appealed to
the multitude he should experience those disgraceful inter-
ruptions.—(Great cheering.) The last Parliament had
been a short one, and he never wished to see one longer.—
(Cheers.) It had done much less than he could have
wished. For his own part he would have galloped if he
had got any one to gallop with him ; but he would have
run the risk of getting a-head of his company and separating
himself from his friends.—(Hear, hear.) It was only by
union they could prevail against the strong and powerful
phalanx of Church and Tories, and though he was always
willing to apply the spurs, yet he managed to run his steed
so as to attain the desired goal.—(Much cheering.) The
Hon. Gentleman then went into a detail of the many bene-
ficial measures which had been carried by the present Go-
vernment, dwelling at considerable length on the Reform
hill. The Hon. Gentleman afterwards referred to certain
documents, in proof of the dangerous conspiracy which had
existed with regard to the Duke of Cumberland, on the
part of the Orangemen, which gave rise to considerable
confusion.

Thanks being afterwards voted to the Chairman, the
meeting separated with cheers for Messrs. Ilyng and Hume.

REPRESENTATION OF EAST

SURREY.

Yesterday evening a very numerous and respectable
meeting was held at the White Swan Inn, Wandsworth, for
the purpose of returning the Hon: Locke King and Mr.
A ngerstein for this division of the County of Surrey. The
Chair was taken by J. T. LEADER, Esq., the candidate for
the representation of the City of Westminster.
The HOD. LOCKS KING and JULIUS ANGERSTEIN, Esq.,
separately delivered their sentiments, and replied to several
questions put to them by the electors.