The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-17 00:00:00

has proposed my health. I can assure you it has always
been my most anxious endeavour b fulfil to the utmost of
my power and ability the duty reposed in me, and I only
regret that the result of that industry has not been more
satisfactory to our desires. Our motto has always been
Fair Play,' and I need not say that if our opponents
had also adopted that motto, the result of the late contest
would have been very different from what it now is—
(Loud cheers)—but truth will always ultimately prevail,
and I fearlessly say that our appeal to a higher tribunal,
the honourable the House of Commons, will remove that
stain in the borough, and again render it truly indepen-
dent, and that we shall have the gratification of again
seeing that lion. Gentleman, whom we have the high
pleasure of meeting here this day, placed in that situation
which he has filled so honourably to himself, and so satis-
factory to us all."—(Great cheering.)

Messrs. Winner, Bullen, Oxenhain, and Payne, the
other professional agents severally returned thanks for the
great respect shown them, in neat and appropriate Speeches.
Air, " Hearts of Oak."

Mr. Jasss then proposed the health of " the Bailiff► of
the Borough, and thanks to them for their honourable
and impartial conduct during the late severe contest."

Mr. &tam returned thanks on the behalf of his lion.
Colleague and himself, whom he lamented was absent
from Taunton, and expressed it to have been their anxious
desire to do their duty impartially and honourably to all
parties--(Cheers)—they had the satisfaction to under-
stand that they had succeeded in that endeavour, and bad
received the assurance from the several candidates, that
'in a contest of so unusual a character, their conduct had
met with approbation, which could not fail to be highly
gratifying to them.

General PEACHY next rose, and soliaited the indulgence
of the worthy Chairman, to propose the health of a gentle.
man whose generous services had been so valuable, who
possessed a spirit of noble character, perseverance of un-
usual description, and ability seldom surpassed, he begged
to name Mr. Lyles White, as the surest method of pro-
during bumper glasses, and in naming that gentleman he
was reminded of another, whose energy, consistency, and
value to their cause had been equally conspicuous; he
begged to propose the health' of Mr. Bales White and Mr.
George Cox.—(Great applause.)
Mr. EALEs WHITt—" Mr. President and Gentlemen :
I should consider myself something worse than ungrateful
could I remain silent, after the highly flattering, yet
over-rated, manner in which the gallant General has pro-
posed my health, and the more gratifying expression in
which it has pleased you to second it. Sir, lam fully
conscious those marks of approbation are affixed to the
honourable cause to which I have had the satisfaction of
being attached rather than to any merits of my own; as
such I feel highly flattered ; the best proof that my
humble efforts have been in any degree useful, is by the
intemperate inquiry of some green ones of the Green party
" what business 1 had to interfere ?" I confess I am not
a resident within that suppositious line which nominally
encircles this contracted 'Borough ; but, Sir, whilst I
have a stake in this great country, whilst I know and feel
that I an an attached native of this town, and whilst I
can inhale its free atmosphere, so long will I openly And
fearlessly avow an opinion whenever I suspect the welfare
or comfort of either the one or the other is endangered,
without waiting to inquire whether I boil my pot inside
that circumscribed line or net.—(Great :applause.)—This
question I do not remember being asked at the last elec-
tion.---(Continued cheers.)—l was certainly the more
readily attracted to the eleims of the Gallant General, in
the Isuppnsition that some uuderhand and crooked tactics
were in active manoeuvre respecting him, and I am bound
to confess, notwithstanding so many floundering attempts
have been made at explanation, I have hitherto had no
reason to withdraw my auspieion.—(Cheers.)--.4otions
of this equivocal nature will ever meet my determined
opposition. Whilst I lows the indulgent hearing of this
large and must respectable assembly, I would take the
opportunity of condemning the partiality of the public
Press during the late contest; the speeches of the other
candidates and their friends have been scrupulously stated,
and garnished with a full portion of that license, to embellish
which, will introduce itself; where the reporter', feelings
are interested; one of those papers tells you, that at the
close of the poll s. there was so much noise, he could not
hear one word of General Persehy's speech;" and it was
accordingly altogether omitted. Gentlemen, I
appeal to
you, if amidst all the respect And decorum which General
Peachy has lied the gratification of receiving from his oit-
ponenta, there was one more prominent instance than in
the profound and respectful silence which attended the
whole of his lengthened and most generous address....
(Cries of no, no. )—This brings use to another misnamed
" organ of the country ;"—you have had distributed " an
extract" from the speeoll of a gentleman on the :minim
thin, who with characteristic benevolence in those matters,
is, perhaps, apprehensive that you were not sufficiently
enlightened by what you heard from him there, and he
has graciously indulged you with the oration on a largo
sheet of paper, ne copied froma vertain Journal, for
which his son was the reporter, and as It contains a mia-
statement of some importance to the electors, it would be
just to correct it. The printed speech says—" It was
strange that nothing was said by the gallant General
about reform, until Mr. Bainbridge's) sentiments were
found to meet the approbation of the people r then,
and not till then, did Cleur,ral Peachy adopt them." Now
this is really ti little too bad, when it is known that
the General, On the very onset, pledged himself to that
moderate and wholesome retrenchment, economy, and
reform, which the exigencies of the country demended)
and then only did rather a wholesale order for 1/tue
flags, motteed with " Bainbridge and brotherly Love,"
liberal measures, moderato reform, ko, Ne., spread through
the town. Without this pledge, which was so readily
given, I could not, consistently, lows assisted Gets. Peachy,
deeply es I felt the unwarranted treatment he had received.
—(Great applause.)—Gentlemen, I would ask, to what
has Mr. Bainbridge pledged himself that Gen. Peachy has
not ? We well know the latter gentlemen, the former is
an utter stranger. I asp attic it must be a matter of con-
sedation to, you to know that this curious party could not
have carried their Green by their own strength—(Cheers.)
—the Buffs have elected this gentleman who isle pledged
himself as a True Blue—(Applause)—and I hese yet to
learn, in what he has proved himself auteariar to the tried
and honourable General, pr fur What reason I too could
have deserted isms,-,e((;'outinued cheers.)..Cientlemen,
thank you for the patience you have exhibited ;
I assure you each day firings with it additional satisfactiou
to me in the course I have pursued ; and the nouvictiou
that a considerable majority of the ratie.ln4 portion of all
classes and all parties, have t;),IGn the same view of the
treatment of (.ien, l'Adry, as you and I have. The con-
test hay beets wore that of (Ming than of politics, nod
with this circumstance it is gratifying to whistle, thus gene.
roes observance of that good feeling among ail chases,
which as it beet evidences the preps:lt of truly liberal api.
nions, I fervently hope unty utwers never, be disturbed,.-.
(Cheers.)—l latneut the tempoeary issue of that contest,
hat I do nut envy tloa feelings of some individuals who
have been ,0 unexpectedly—(Cheers)—among the most
active opponents of the unolfending General. I have only
now to amp) yen, that to lie inetrutututal in urntooting
the prosperity of my native town, and the Iowa; of soy
fellow-townsmen will ever lief; consideration with me of
the proudest ch,areetera tad you have but to command my
eAgtior3 to eusure them.---(Cheers. )—By your perudiss
eion, Sir, I will ask for bumper glasses, and propose as
toilet " Truth and Fair-Play, may their geocrotte and
manly attributes never again be forgotten it; this borough."
(Great cheering.)—Air, tiev4 a health to right lemma
John

Alt, Q. Cox briefly returned thanks, thserving that he
was not aware of any Merit of his, connected with his rui
port of General Peachy, that deserved the pra•ao which
the meeting had been pleased to bestow; he had only done
his duty, he was one of thaw who brought the General
into this borougL, and he woul4 rather have died than do.
nested him—(cheers)—he could find out no reason -*to, he
'should either desert or turn round upon the general, con.
Sequently be gave him a plomper with 01 heart, he
heartily wished others init.! Mow the name; he was proud
to belong to knell 4 party, and still more prowl to have such
4 genera —(cheers. )

Tfit! Pli irhth ENT tint propoaal the health of Jr. Labon•
chere—(Much chat ritsy~---rvhea
General PrArliur rose and said—With your periniation,
pwidurit, l unlit not suffer thy tl4lllO of SW i•
dual to paid without adding to it my wannest trieeil uF nil-
mil-Minn. I heartily cougraittilßtO the borough in the
choice it has so tharreetly made iu the th,ctiun of tlikt truly
hottoUttthic and able 1;1(14411mi, and 1 trust hit huluytiy