The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-25 00:00:00

believed, extensively circulated ; and perhaps the
Hon. Baronet was tl:p only man in the country who
did not know of it.—(Hisses and laughter.)—The
Hon. Member then disclaimed all party feeling in
the course he had pursued in calling the meeting.
One simple statement was sufficient to disprove
such an insinuation. As soon as he had taken the
step which he originally did, he wrote to his Hon.
and Worthy Colleague, after lie had sent his ad-
dress to the printers, apprising him of what he had
done, and hoping that he and his friends would sup-
port the object which he had in view. To that let-
ter he received an answer, thanking him for his
communication, and stating that his Hon. Colleague
and such of his friends as he had consulted were
decidedly adverse to the measure, as they thought
it was uncalled for, and only calculated to create
an unnecessary ferment in the county. In the mean
time, however, his address had appeared in the news-
papers, and could not be recalled ; but he sat quiet,
and no further steps were taken i❑ the matter, until a
friend of his (Mr. Atkinson) called upon him and
asked him for the requisition ; to which he (Mr. L.)
replied that he had done his duty in calling the at-
' tention of the county to the subject, and that it
rested with them to do the rest. Mr. Atkinson,
however, represented to him that many of his friends
expected the requisition to come from him, and this
being urged upon him, he desired Mr. A. to take a
pen, and he dictated to him the requisition, which
they signed, and it was afterwards circulated through
the county. That was all he had to do with getting
up the requisition ; and how, therefore, could the
Meeting have been got up with any reference to
county politics?
Sir CHARLES MONCK said, he did not allude to
county politics.

Mr. LIDDELL begged the Hon. Baronet's pardon
—he had misunderstood him ; but if the Hon. Bart.
did not mean to allude to county politics, he (Mr.
L.) had nothing further to say OR that point. With
respect to his omission to notice the subject of Free
Trade—when gentlemen talked of Free Trade—he
would ask them, as he had often heard Mr. Hus-
kisson do his opponents, what do they mean by
Free Trade ? Do they want fettered trade?
Mr. RICHMOND, of Shields—" Yes, we do !"
Mr. LIDDELL proceeded—He had alluded to the
changes which had been made in the commercial
regulations of the country, when he referred to the
great and comprehensive system which had been
acted on by Government, of which free trade and
currency form component parts. It was argued
that by means of unrestricted commerce the country
would be enabled to struggle through the difficulties
created by returning, as he must think, hastily and
inconsiderately, to the ancient standard of value with
a metallic currency. By that means the wages of
labour, the price of all commodities, and the profits
of capital had been so ruinously depressed that we
can scarcely meet our pre-existing engagements, and
this system was still pertinaciously adhered to, in
order that by means of low prices and our skill in
manufactures of every kind, we might command a
foreign trade, and by keeping up the exchanges in
spite of risk, difficulty, and pressure, to create
a constant flow of the precious metals into this
kingdom. Such he believed to be the grounds on
which the defence of the present system rested, and
he doubted not that, exteris paribus, it was founded
on the true principles of trade. But in our present
artificial state of society, in this country, with our
enormous debt, it had always been a question with
many whether that system could be proceeded in :
and it was precisely because the present circumstance
of the country warrant increased doubt and suspi-
cion as to its success, that he was anxious that such
a petition as was proposed should be sent to Parlia-
ment by the meeting. And, surely, when be heard
the complaints of all those branches of trade, which
had been most decidedly effected by the change, and
when he saw other nations drawing the cords of re-
striction tighter in proportion as we relaxed them,
we might be permitted to feel some apprehensions as
to the results of our policy, and require a revision of
past measures.—" Si quieras argument= circum-
spice."—(Cheers.)
The question on the petition was then put, and
carried unanimously; and it having been resolved
that it should be signed by the High Sheriff on be-
half of the meeting, and be presented to the House
of Lords by Earl Grey, arid to the House of Com-
m ons by the Members for the County, thanks were
voted to the High Sheriff, and the meeting broke up.

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