The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

COROYERSHIP FOIL MIDiOLESEX.

The final state of the poll for the office of C,roncr for
theeras of Middlesex, is ycsterday declared Mr.
Sheriff JotiNsotf to be as follows
Mr..Wakley.
• • Air. Adey

2,015
582

I\'lr. Majority 1,433
Nl:7akley vas therefore declared duly ,letted. This
#44u.icei-leat was reccivc,l with loud cheers by the Ilrge
crowd assembled in fro:at of the Im..tinci on Clerk-env...ell-
green.

Mr. WAKLEI having been sworn in, proceeded
to address the crowd. who cheered him on coming
frnrward. He said he wls glad to recognise the
'4OO Of many f.icnds around him who bad long
stuck by bin, and he also recognised the faces of
natty who had formerly been enemies, but were now con-
verted into friends. His friends had gone on increasing'
from 3 ear to year. Why was this ? Because he had
'4Ver abused the confidence reposed in hint, but had always
socceutsd (.very peblic pr&eesion be had made. It was im-
Possible to please some eisrsens without ing as black-
heseed as themseves. Those persons were:ell' his ene-
mies he was happy to say ; he should be serry to have them
otherwise. For svese they ever to become his friends, he
should feel that he must have been guilty of some act for
ehich he ought to ferfeit the conlideece of all holes(
rase('' as it. was only on such tenses that the
friendship of such inert could be procured. Where
!rss old Grade now ? He hoped he should never
ilaye him fir his friend, and he supposed he should never
s'e him until he held an inquest on his filthy body.—
(Cheers. } He supposed that he was retired to his country
"otise, where he had concocted that admirable scheme fur
Splitting the Coronership into two, in order that he (Mr.
Wakiey) might be kept out entirely. The office of Cc.
leher was one possesseine very important privileges. He
n'ul sworn that day allegiance to the Queen, but he was
not indebted for Isis place either to the Queen cr her Minis-
ters-obtit to the free choice of the people ; and he should
never forget film whom he held that office. He would
ever he the -people's Coroner. The powerful could pro-
tect themselv es, but it is the poor labourer who stands in
!iced of the.. protection of the law.--( Cries of " Hear,
• There was an interruption, in consequence of a
.raggon attempting to pass through the crowd ) Mr.
;Ye; to drawing the attention of the police to the subject
" I do not wish to begin my work here this after-
: a°"." Why was it that this office of Coroner had never
bProved a protection to the people ? Because it had hitherto
500 held by those who would truckle to magistrates and
'se high in authority. The judge who presided in that
court should be capabie of testing the evidence of witnesses
by cross-examination and re-examination, so as to get at the
truth; and who could thus test medical evidence except a co-
toner? Some of those who opposed him had pretended they
could not see this, but none are so blind as those. who will not
lSee. The business of the Coroner's Court should no
onger be slurred over, he would see justice done to the
latives of those on whom an inquest might be held, and,
if he found that any one had rendered himself ansenable
th the laws, he should suffer if he (Mr. Wakley) could '
make him suffer. If thig were not to be the case, a Coro
per's inquest would be a useless mummery. He would
discharge his duty faithfully, and honestly, uninfluenced by
ees, not that he would have it inferred that he would
mare to be a olitician. No, he would still be a Radical on
.'itherson Green, he would still be a Radical in the House
Crn
ramous, but in the Coroner's Court he would be a
41411411 Judge, holding the balance of justice even, with-
cut k leaning on either side. All that the Radicals de-
sired was, to live and let live. Those who said they de-
thsired more, belied them. He had heard that there were
ose who desired the people should use torches and pikes.
sir any such propositiou were made to him, he should de-
the person who made it to take the torch and. pike
p'alscif, and lead the way • and when he saw bow his
Lrase took it, he should be better able to make
ip his mind as to following it.—(Cries of " Hear,
u3"hea") Changes should nut be sought by force;
at was gained by force was frequently lost either by
ree or fraud. It was only by peace and union that they
Could urge their claims upon the Legislature, in such a
anner as to be certain of obtaining what they desired.
"rh, question of the repeal of the Corn-laws was lost the
other night; and why? Because we were so foolish as to
suffer the landlords exclusively to legislate for us. The
t;-4'arrt was not up yet, but it would be soon ; and
I'eh the landlords would quietly submit, and say
thathad they did not know before that the public mind
Tbeen made up upon the subject. He had heard
at the Radicals were unmindful of this question, and
athought only of the extension of the suffrage. He wished
° see the suffrage extended as widely as possible • but
still he could not be indifferent to the sufferings Of his
starving fellow-countrymen in the north of England. He
could not bid them starve for three or four years more,
nhd be above the paltry consideration of the sufferings of
their wives and children. For be could not believe that
man who was careless of the well-being of his
'amity could he sincere in his professions of patriotism.
4e. would have them cif:mend justice, not for Ireland only,
for England and Fseotland also, and they might thank
intieir own supineness if they did not succeed in obtaining
Suppose a we',t of filthy water to be in the middle of
Joss green,
and I.V..ey were forced to purchase that filthy
water at sixpeoce a gallon when good sprin water could
be procured a.t. a halfpenny per gallon,
would tile House of
Commons, if a complaint were made to them on this sub-
jset, suffer such a monopoly to continue? Certainly,
Cot..( Hear, hear)—because they are not a Par-
liament of water-carriers. And why should Parliament
`litrer the monopoly of landholders to treat us in this
reitmer.
Mr. WAKLEY, retired amidst loud cheering, but imme-
!-“ately returned and said, " Dont let me have to hold an
4west on any of you."—(Cheers and laughter.)
rile crowd then quietly dispersed at five o'clock