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London, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

they to contend with ? A powerful majority in the
House of Peers and a strong opposition in the House of
Commons, and the Radicals said they were not going
fast enough. During the short time the Whigs had
been in power, they had given to the country more
relief than ever the Tories had done.—(Hear, hear.)
If the people could not get all they wanted, they ought
to be thankful to those who aided and assisted in giving
a portion of what they wanted till they could get all
their demands.--(Hear, and cries of " We shall wait a
long time.")
Mr. CARTER had waited with some anxiety to hear
the purport of the meeting, and he must confess that
never heard speeches so little to the purpose. He had
no doubt, as Mr. Day had said, that the meeting was
got up for some other purpose, but it was clear that Mr.
Day had got the weather-guage of them, and they
would lose their resolutions.--(Cries of " Yo
You're a
Tory.") The explanations which had been given in
Parliament ought to have satisfied every honourable
mind, and the amount of them was, that the Queen
was not to be dictated to—(Hear)—that it never was
the intention of Sir Robert Peel to dictate.—
(Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") The only object
was to remove two or three political ladies, and
he was surprised how gentleman could have
the effrontery:to make the assertion,hich hadibeen made
in spite of common sense and reason.—(Disapprobation.)
Of the resolutions which had been proposed, he should
prefer that of Mr. Day.—(Hear hear.) He had a strong
feeling on the subject of the Poor-laws, and thought the
borough was greatly indebted to Mr. Day for the exer-
tions which he had made on this subject.—(Hear hear.)
A great deal had been said about contending factions,
but there wnre two contending factions here—(Uproar)—
and if he could move an amendment, he would say " Let
us hire two steam boats and ga off to Greenwich fair.'
—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. GOOD thought the meeting greatly indebted to
the Radicals who had voted against the Government, for
they had done more good than all the meetings which
could be held. He should have been glad to see the
Members for Southwark amongst those who had voted
for getting rid
-of these no-measure men.—(Cheers and
laughter.)
Mr. BENJAMIN WOOD had a resolution to propose
to the effect, that in tendering to her Majesty our
warmest thanks for her spirited rejection of the
injurious proposal which was made to her, the
inhabitants of this borough desire to assure her Ma-
jesty that such conduct on her part cannot but justify
and increase the confidence and affectien of the people ;
and that we embrace this opportunity of expressing our
earnest hope and confidence, that the Ministers whom
her Majesty shall think fit to call to her councils will
recommend to her Majesty, and that they will
pursue such a decided and uncompromising course of
liberal and enlightened policy as shall the most
speedily remedy all the abuses of which the people
justly complain, and thus give satisfaction to the great
nation over which her Majesty has been called to reign.
—(Applause.) No man living felt the necessity of a
change more than he did from the policy which had been
pursued by the present Ministers for the last three or
four years, and it would have been a great gratification
to him, if, instead of Lord Melbourne recommending
the Duke of Wellington to be sent for, he had recom-
mended some other nobleman of great talents and weight
in the country—he alluded particularlyito the Earl of Dur-
ham.—(Cheers.) If such an individual had been sent for
and other corresponding charges had been made in the
Cabinet, it would have been satisfactory to almost all
classes. With respect to the amendment of Mr. Day,
it ought to be remembered by all parties that no body
of men was more strenuous in support of the Poor-laws
than the Tories, and it was rather disheartening to the
men who wished to do that which was right that they
should bear all the odium of that law.—(Hear, hear.)
Now with respect to the particular object for which
the meeting had been called. After all that had taken
place, it was quite evident that the Queen was a Re-
former. That in itself was a great gain to this country
—to the liberties of the country—because it proved that
the Queen was not a Tory, and he trusted she never
would become one.—(Cheers.) He was inclined to
believe that if the Tories once came into power and got
well seated, it would not be in the power of borough or
any other meetings to get rid of them. He did not
agree with those Radical friends who had said "throw out
the Ministry upon any terms."—(Hear, hear.) He
hoped what had occurred would make them better, and
that they would be convinced that they might as well
try to ride upon needles as continue the Government
without making some great changes.—(Cheers.) He
hoped the country was now on the eve of some great
changes, and trusted the address proposed would be
agreed to.

Mr. ARROWSMITU thought the present opportunity
ought to be taken of touching on the internal state of
the country, and he therefore suggested a resolution of
the following nature :—That this meeting has observed
with pain and regret the persevering efforts which have
been made, and which still appear to be in operation in
some parts of the country, to excite the people to dis-
turbance and to insurrectionary resistance to the law,
and to recommend dangerous and illegal practices: to
counteract these designs, this meeting humbly relies
upon the efficacy of the law, founded on the principles
of the British Constitution—laws made by the three
branches of the Legislature, and laws not emanating
from a delegated and unconstitutional power—upon the
firmness of the Executive Government in administering
the law with justice and humanity, and the general ab-
horrence of her Majesty's subjects of violence and dis-
order.—(Disapprobation.)

Mr. WEATHERLEY was surprised that a meeting had
been called on the simple question of addressing her
Majesty on the change of her housemaids.—(oh, oh.)
He thought it was contemptible, and that this was a
most simple proceeding, because there were co facts to
show that an attempt had been made to dictate to the
Queen.—(Oh, oh.) The party into whose hands the

task-of forming a Ministry had been placed had alright to
see thatthe Royalear should not be polluted.—(Confu-
sion, during which the speaker was asked if he was an
elector. Having replied in the negative, the High Bai-
liff decided that he could not be heard.)
Mr. GRAFTY then replied.
Mr. Day's amendment was then put, and about 20
hands were held up in its favour ; the original resolu-
tion was then put and carried by a large majority. The
Address to the Queen, which embodied the resolutions
was then read from the chair.

On the question being put for the adoption of the
Address,

Mr. DAY rose amid loud cries of " Spoke ! spoke !"
mingled with cheers and hisses, and said that he ap-
proved of the Address, with the exception of one part
of it in which a party name was mentioned. He
thought it was important that the present opportunity
should not be allowed to escape without some allusion to
the Poor-law Question, as they would not have ano-
ther opportunity of expressing their sentiments on that
point. He was sorry something had not been said on
that question in the Address.
The address was then put and carried, without a
dissentient.
Mr. ARROWSMITH here endeavoured to propose his
resolution, which he read amidst much noise and con-
fusion, but which riot being seconded, of course fell to
the ground.
Mr. WOOD said he had a short resolution to pro-
pose, which he was convinced would be carried unani-
mously, he therefore proposed that the thanks of this
meeting be returned to J. Humphery, Esq., and D. W.
Harvey, Esq., for their attendance this day, and for
their support of liberal measures in the House of Corn-
mons.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. TOULON seconded the resolution, and trusted

that in the formation of the Ministry, it would be recol-
lected that the Metropolitan population amounted to a
million and a half, and that among the representatives
of that population there was to be found as much talent
and ability as could be found anywhere else,—(Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman HUMPTIERY said he would not detain

the meeeting long, as he was quite satisfied they must
be nearly exhausted, but he felt it to be his duty to
explain his motives for the vote he had given in the
House of Commons on the question which, in its results.
had bren so important. He had always felt that it was
bad policy to run any risk of calling the Tories to power.
—(Cheers.) If he could have been satisfied that out of
evil would come good, he might have done so, but he
was not satisfied that such had been the case. The
address congratulated her Majesty on her firmness
in dismissing a Tory Ministry, and after having
exhibited the firmness necessary to get rid of
Sir Robert Peel, she had called in men more
liberal than he. No doubt could exist in any man's
breast that these men must pursue a liberal course of
policy or that they must resign. He was astonished
that a man of the craft and subtilty of Sir Robert Peel
should have refused to take office on account of the
Ladies of the Bechamber, because he was sure if he had
done se, that he would within one week have had no
difficulty. The Ladies would have gone out of their
own accord—but Peel knew that there was some other
power by which he could regulate his course in the
House of Commons, besides the Ladies of the Bed-
chamber. He recollected the minority he was in on
the Jamaica Bill—and he (Mr. Humphery) recollected
that in his explanation in the House, he (Sir R. Peel)
had said that he could not always reckon on the support
of the ten Gentlemen who had voted with him on that
question. In fact, he was in minority of 22, therefore
he must have dissolved the Parliament. He had said
that if he had received support on the question of
Speaker, he should not dissolve. This was a boon
thrown out to men who would twist in their votes—but
be knew that if he dissolved the Parliament, the Ladies
of the Bedchamber would not be the only un-
derming power he should have to contend with.
He (Mr. Humphery) did not think he was deserving of
the blame which Mr. Day had cast upon him. It was
true he had not attended the meeting en the Poor-law
question.—(A voice in the crowd—" No more did no-
, body else.".—Roars of laughter.) No one could go
further in support of the poor than he had done. He
was almost the only metropolitan Member who had
voted against the Bill, he had voted against every
clause of it, and he was one of nine who had voted
against the clause giving a plurality of votes—(Cries