The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1865.

the Liberal party would be gone. He doubted not that
when reform was obtained we should have a better Govern-
ment in power than we had now, and a Government which
would not nail its flag to the bloody mast of the Southern
States. (Applause, hisses, and interruption.)
The motion was also supported by Mr. E. BEALES, of
London.

Dr. J. WATTS said that the title of a Working Man's
Conservative Association, like that inaugurated the other
evening at Oldham, was to him a very non-understandable
thing, for he wanted to know what there was in our
constitution that they wished to conserve. He believed
that if the whole of the people were admitted to power it
would be attended with great advantage even to Conserva-
tism. Was it prudent that the country should allow this
agitation to go on as the Anti-corn Law agitation went on
for seven years, at the cost of a million of money, before
the landlords would allow their rent rolls to be improved ?
The present state of things worked well for the family
of such a one—the Hon. Algernon Egerton—who
addressed the meeting at Oldham. It worked well
for the gentleman who was vacating his seat for Salford
the gentleman who sent the last Reform Bill upstairs—
(laughter)—and who now, in order to avoid being turned
out, got into a permanent and well-paid situation. He
might earn his money. He (Dr. Watts) should not grudge
it him. He hoped he would deserve it, and if he serve India
as well as Mr. Laing had done during his short term of
office, and was not wheedled by Sir C. Wood, who did not
work well, they should have no reason to regret his absence
from Salford, and would welcome his accession to the
India Board. (Laughter.) He believed that if 50 mem-
bers of Parliament pledged themselves to wait on Lord
Palmerston and tell him they were determined to have a £6
franchise for boroughs and a £lO franchise for counties,
they would get them.

Mr. S. PoPE, who was called for by the meeting, said he
did not know how he could add to the proceedings of that
meeting.—[A Voice : Put yourself up for Salford.] (Ap-
plause.) He thought that meeting had been somewhat too
hard on the Government, for it would have been impossible
for the Government to have broken its pledges if the
Liberal members had not betrayed their trust. (Applause.)
Let, then, the Liberal party be purged of those who had
got into its ranks by false pretences, and professions of
Liberalism, with the view of obtaining the sweets of power.
(Hear.) He hoped that the people, in an opportunity which
would shortly be given in an adjoining borough, would
speak with no uncerfain sound as to their convictions on
reform, and take care that the place of the gentleman who
was going to India should be supplied by some one who
would better represent reform sentiments than the late
member, though perhaps he might not make so graceful a
chairman of committees. (Applause and laughter.)
The meeting was also addressed by Mr. R. CoorEn, and
the motion was adopted.
A vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding closed
the proceedings.
In consequence of the crowded state of the large room
another meeting was held in the Assembly-room, which
was presided over by Mr. Richard Wilson. The meeting
was addressed by Mr. Alderman Heywood, Mr. J. B.
Cooper, and other speakers.

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