The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-14 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

A highly respectable company dined last evening at the
White Hart, Kennington, to celebrate the return of
Messrs. Tennyson D'Eyncourt and Hawes as Representa-
tives for the Borough ; J. Anew), Esq. in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN had the honour, at the request of the
Stewards, to propose as the first toast—" The people, the
only legitimate source of power."
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to propose
was the health of her most gracious Majesty the Queen.—
(Hear, hear.) The toast was drunk with great applause.
The CHAIRMAN would propose the next toast, which he
was sure would be well received by the company—" The
Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the
Royal Family now resident in England."—(Great cheer-
ing—the words " now resident in England" being taken
up by the company and repeated with cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN regretted that Lord John Russell had
thought proper to declare against any further improvement
of the Reform Bill, and also against the vote by Ballot
and extension of the Suffrage. He thought that his Lord-
ship would have been the last man in the country to make
a declaration against those measures. His Lordship had
admitted that bribery and coercion had prevailed to a
great extent, and yet by his declaration against the Ballot
he had refused to give protection against those evils. They
should not depend upon any Ministry, but upon themselves.
He had great pleasure in proposing " The Extension of
the Franchise, Vote by Ballot, and a shorter duration of
Parliameets ;" which was drunk with three times three and
one cheer more.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of the two
Members for the borough—(Cheers)—Messrs. Hawes
and D'Eyncourt." He begged to say they could not have
a better or abler representative than his Hon. Friend on
his right (Mr. Hawes.) His Right Hon. Friend on his
left he had been long a consistent Reformer ; they owed
him a debt of gratitude for his services. He knew that
their representatives were placed in a position of some diffi-
culty, exposed to the solicitations of the Ministry, but he
was convinced that he had sufficient courage in aiding
to overthrow any Ministry adverse to the rights of the
people.-:-(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Mr. HAWES then came forward amidst much applause.
His Hon. Friend (the Chairman) had been always an ac-
tive, now he proved himself to be an eloquent Reformer.
His friend had said that he was a thoroughgoing Radical,
and he would assure them that he would neither say or
do anything to repudiate that character ; but when his
Hon. Friend intimated a desire that the present Ministry
should be removed from power, he must candidly tell them
that he could not respond to that sentiment. He could
not be brought to throw nut the present Administration
until he eras satisfied that he could replace them with a
better. He regretted the declaration of Lord John Rus-
sell. He perceived that the next toast was Justice to Ire-
land—a change of Administraticn would endanger the
peace of that country, if by talking against the present Mi-
nistry they should go over to their ancient enemies. Other
persons might dissent from his opinion, but he was free to
entertain his own.
Mr. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT cared not what Lord
might declare against the Ballot, for he felt convinced that
he would see reason to alter his opinion. The Noble Lord
had, to his honour, altered his opinion upon the subject of
Reform : and it would be equally to his credit to yield to
the public sentiment, in favour of the Ballot.—(Cbeers.)
Ile hoped to see that Noble Lord drawn to their opinions,
and the organ of introducing it to the House of Commons.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Sit John
Scott Lillie as a Reformer and independent Magistrate.
Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE returned thanks, and proposed
" Justice to Ireland ;" which was drunk with great enthu-
siasm.
Mr. HAWES then proposed the health of the Chairman--
, which that Gentleman acknowledged in an appropriate
• speech ; after which the meeting separated.

VOTE BY BALLOT.

Au extremely numerous meeting of the inhabitants
the borough of Finsbury was held last evening at White
Conduit House, to take into consideration the late declara-
tion of Lord John Russell respecting Vote by Ballot, ex-
tension of Suffrage, and the shortening of the duration of
Parliament. The meeting was called for seven o'clock, and
at that time the large room was crowded to excess. Mr.
Roebuck entered at half past seven, and was called to the
chair amidst loud cheers. After letters had been read
from Mr. J. Fielden, M.P., Mr. Grote, M.P., Mr. Leader,
M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P., and Mr. Tooke, expressing
their concurrence in the object of the meeting, and re-
gretting their inability to attend,
The CHAIRNati rose and said, that they were met there
that evening for the purpose of expressing their opinion re-
specting the men who now possessed the confidence of the
Crown. They were met there to express their opinions
that in that confidence they did not participate.—(Loud
cheers.) As far as he himself was concerned, this was his
feeling, his belief—if it were not theirs also, they would
signify so by negativing the resolutions that would be put.
—(Cheers.) Some time since he was present at a meet-
ing of the electors of Westminster--(Cheers)—one more
hostile to the existing Ministry he had never witnessed, and
yet her Majesty's Ministers bad so great a confidence in
themselves, and in what was told them, that they would
not believe in the hostility of the meeting to them. In
order to put the matter entirely out of doubt, a resolution
would be proposed to the effect of non-confidence in her
Majesty's Ministers.—(Loud cheers.) On the present oc-
casion they had to express their opinions respecting the
conduct of the present Government in declaring to the
people of England that the Reform Bill should be a final
measures—(Loud cheers.) But they were told, not simply
that the measure passed for the Reform of the old borough-
mongering Parliament should be a final measure, but they
were also told by her Majesty's Ministers what was the
principle on which that final measure was based, namely,
that it was intended to give the agricultural interest a
preponderance in Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) Let the
townsmen of Scotland, England, aed Ireland recollect that
Lord John Russell, himself an offshoot of the Aristocracy,
connected with the large Whig Aristocracy, openly
avowed that the object of the Reform Bill was to
throw a preponderating influence into the hands of the
large agriculturists.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
When the words " agricultural interest" were used
they all knew what they meant ; they meant the land-
holders, who in reality nominated the old boroughmon-
goring Parliament ; therefore the Reform of Parliament
was a miserable pretence, if in destroying the borough in-
fluence they created another just as bad.—(Loud cheers.)
Some boroughs were destroyed, it is true, but what were
the counties now ? There was not a county in England,
with the exception of Cumberland, that had sent a Liberal
Member to Parliament. This was giving power to the po-
pular interest, and this was the intention of her Majesty's
Ministers, and of the final Reform Bill. But the people
of England had declared that in their opinion the Reform
Bill had failed, and why ? What had the Reformed Par-
liament done ? Had they reduced the expenditure of the
country ?—(No, no.) No, indeed. Had they reformed the
lhw ? No. Had they in any way improved the adminis-
tration of the Colonies ? No, but they had made them
much worse. Had they instructed the people ? No. Had
they done anything for the good of Ireland excepting send-
ing Lord Mulgrave there? No. The answer to every
question respecting good Government as proceeding from
the Reformed Parliament, must be that they had done
nothing.—(Loud cheering.) It might, indeed, be said,
that, in spite of this no-doing, they had performed the
enormous benefit of keeping out the Tot ies.—(Loud cheers
and a laugh.) This was the sum and substance of every
person who defended the Government.—[Mr. T. S. Dun-
combe here entered, and was received with cheers.] It was
rather with the absence of good than the presence of posi-
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England were so instructed, so intelligent—information per-
vaded so completely the masses, and travelled so rapidly,
from one end of the kingdom to the other—that it was im-
possible
for any Government to perpetrate any direct and
great villainy, without exciting general indignation.—(Loud
cheers.) He might instance the feeling which had been
lately excited amongst a large class of the community re-
specting the case of the cotton-manufacturers of Glas-
gow. Without expressing any opinion on the conduct
of these men, be would ask what had been the con-
duct of the people of England ? Was not the voice
of the people raised from one end of the kingdom to the
other in order to obtain for these five poor men a fair
trial ?—(Cheers.) This showed how dangerous it would
be on the part of any Government to perpetrate any great
and positive evil. If, therefore, the Tories were in power
he confessed that he believed that the same guardian angel
that now watched over them would continue to watch over
them.—(Cheers.) He believed that with a strong Whig
opposition—for the Whigs were always Liberal when in
opposition—(A laugh)—backed by some Radicals, a Tory
Government would not be able to perpetrate more atrocities
than a Whig Government. He complained of the apathy
of the Radicals, and expressed a hope that the time was
come when that apathy would cease, and they would no
longer wait with abated breath upon the Whigs. 'lie
interests of the people which ought to be paramount, had
been too long sacrificed to the sinister views of a faction.—
(Loud cheers.) It was time now that the affairs of the
country should be administered so as to consult the wel-
fare and the happiness of the many, and not the gain of
the few.—(Cheers.) At present the Government wus a
jol', and they had an admirable instrument in a Reformed
Parliament.—(Cheers.) If the Tories were in power
to-morrow, they would have a burning band of patriots,
calling themselves Whigs, ranged on the Opposition