The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1835.

muchpower in England, but that power is fast declining
_(!fear, hear.) We have upon the throne a beautiful young
creature who loves her people, and is determined to do them
justice. I thank his Lordship, who has often seen her, for
',is idea about her bright eye and her elegant gesture, which
throw around her greatness a feminine softness and loveliness,
that make her as much adored as she is admired.—(Hear,
'rear, and cheers.) 'Whatever may be the loyalty of her sub-
.ecis in the other portions of the Empire, in Ireland she will
always be safe.—(Tremendous cheering.) I know there is
a calumny against me that I abandoned the 40s, freeholders
en condition of obtaining emancipation. Nothing cnn be more
.abominably false. No one calumny of the many that are
spread concerning me is more unfounded than that. I trll
you bete, my Lords and Gentlemen, that I consider exten-
sion of the franchise as necessary as was Catholic, Empanci-
tion, or as is Municipal Reform. Municipal Reforrit is Abs
:olutely necessary—our Corporations now are rotten.
Where is the Corporator present who will stand up to de-
c'end his beloved body ? By the bye, the old watchmen are
;,Tone, and their friends, the Corporators, please God, will
soon follow.—( Cheers.) Oh, for ono theatrical exhibition
of the corporators and the watchmen.—(Laughter.) It would
be worth laughing at. My Lord, I beg pardon for occupy-
ing you so long with such a worthless set as the Corporators;
but the last and most importont measure which we require is
the final and total extinction of titbes.—(Loud and long-
continued cheering.) Nothing less—nothing but that will do.
Russian tyranny in Poland and Prussian tyranny in Cologne,
and the oppression of the Grand Seignior in Turkey in Asia
dwindle into nothing, and cease to be considered great, when
compared with British tyranny exercised in this unfortunate
country.—( Hear, bear.) We will no longer bear this oppres-
ive burden.—( Hear, hear.) Tithes must be abolished.—
( Cheers.) Let no man mistake me. I am quite ready to
admit that the present possessors of tithes, upon their aboli-
tion, are entitled to compensation. I say, let not vested
rights be taken away without some compensation being given
in their stead. Let the nation give such compensation, and
let us thus show that we are entitled to and seek for the good
will of our Protestant brethren.--( Hear, hoar.) My Lord,
whatever may have been my political conduct in other respects,
I do claim my meed of approbation for my constant support of
the Queen's present Ministry.—( Hear, hear.) I may be as-
sailed by the Radicals of England for my determination in this
respect. They may differ from me as far as England is con-
cerned, but as for Ireland they are totally mistaken. But, by the
bye, these Radicals are not so ardent in Irish affairs as could
be desired. They think it proper to accuse me of insincerity.
They may accuse me, perhaps, of being mistaken, and their
accusation may be true, but they cannot say I am insincere.—
( Hear, and cheers.) Though I differ frora them on this one
question, I agree with them in every other.—(Hear.) I am
for Vote by Ballot---( Hear, hear)—the honest Ballot, that
will protect every one in the exercise of that right which the
law has vested in him, which will protect the poor man frora
the persecution of the rich, and will enable the honestly-in-
clined voter to return to Parliament the man whom he may
think best qualified to represent his wants and wishes.—
(Hear.) Yes, the Ballot will do all this, and for that reason
lam in favour of it. lam likewise in favour of an extension
of the franchise. I think it absolutely necessary, and I think
it unjust and impolitic to refuse it.—( Hear, hear.) Yes, I
am certainly for an extension of the suffrage.—(Cheers.)
My own opinion is in favour of universal suffrage ; but then I
will not quarrel with the man or set of men who will give us
even the smallest extension.---(Hear.) As long as we have
a good Government, that will give us good and liberal laws,
I am content ; but if a bad Ministry should come again into
office, here I am still ready and willing to return again to the
old system of agitation, and I will never desist from it until I
shall he triumphant.--( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) As
for the other question which has lately arisen, and which
now occupies a great deal of public attention, the hour is too
late, and this perhaps is not a proper place nor a .rood op-
portunity for discussing it. I will always be found uniting
loyalty and allegiance to the throne with a firm and uncom-
promising determination to support the liberty of my country.
will yield to none in zealous attachment and unbroken alle-
giance to the Sovereign ; nor will I ever desist from exerting
every moral influence to procure the political amelioration of
Ireland.—( Loud cheers.) It is a glorious struggle we are
engaged in. I will not allude to the moral force that is
added to our endeavours by their being identified by the
name of Charlemont.—( Loud cheers.) It is not surprising
to see your Lordship supporting the cause of liberty.—( Hear,
hear.) It is impossible that Irishmen ever should forget the
magic name of Charlemont. No, they never will. It lives, and
will continue to live, in the hearts of Irishmen—( Hear.) Long
as liberty is dear to us, as long as we remember it, so long will
we remember what Charlemont was, and so long will it be im-
possible for us to forget what Charlemont is.--( Loud cheers.)
But, my Lord, I must pass by—l must avoid this topic. It
'a, perhaps too overwhelming at the present period ; at least
it is overwhelming to me. Well, then, we are grateful to
the ministry for their determination and exertions to do good
for Ireland. We are grateful to the chivalrous Mulgrave and
the good Morpeth.—(Cheers.) We are gratefal to them, be-
cause in every act and every appointraent of theirs they seem
to he actuated but by one object—the benefit of the country
vhich they have been appointed to govern. But, above all,
we are grateful to our youthful Queen.—(Cheers.) Let
Irishmen rally one and all for old Ireland. Let Irish mothers
who have witnessed the spirit-stirring occurrences of this nie,sl,t
instil into the minds of their children the remembrance of the
eompact that has been made here this night—the pledge,
which I will again repeat, has been given never to desist from
eeaceful agitation until we place Ireland upon a perfect equality
with England and Scotland. The Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man sat down amidst enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. HUTTON next presented himself, and was received with
applause. The honour conferred on rne by being made
the representative of the Irish metropolis is doubly increased
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( Hear, hear)—and with regard to it, I think the Parliament
have made a wise and proper arrangement. It will not be as
it was of old. The inveterate enemies of the people, and of
every just measure of Reform, will not be the persons supported
at the public expense. In a word, pensions will not be granted
to the enemies of the people.—( Great cheering.) I will just
make one remark more upon this topic, and it is, that I could
have wished that the Government had placed the duchies of
Cornwall and Lancaster at the disposal of the House of Com-
mons. I have no doubt that the present Ministers are de-
termined, as far as in their power, to remedy every grievance
the people have to complain of.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
There are questions of foreign policy to which I need not now
advert. The disturbances in Canada are calculated to cause
some alarm and embarrassment ; but the facts connected with
them are not as yet rightly known to us, and as the materials
for judging of them are not now before me, I shall not touch
upon that subject.—( Hear, hear.) I will only say that lam
sure that Ministers, whilst they will concede every measure of
justice which the subjects of the crown in the colonies de-
mand,they will, at the same time, support that policy best
calculated to maintain the interest of Great Bt itain. The
cause of Toryism is in a hopeless condition. On a late
memorable occasion, when the Tories thought proper to
assail the Government, they were deserted and abandoned
except by the member for Bandon and the member for Cole-
raine,who made his maiden speech, and which shall long be
reme rn leered by all wllO heard it. Indeed it would he cha-
ritable to' try to forget it.—( The hon. gentleman sat down
amidst loud cheers.)
The Noble CHAIRMAN then rose, and said that he had
given the Members of the City of Dublin, and he would
then give the Members for the County—" Lord Brabazon
and George Evans, Esq., the county members."—( Loud
and long-continued applause.) _
When the applause had subsided,
Mr. G. Eveee, rose and was received with renewed cheer-
ing. Ile said, I join most heartily in every eulogium that has
been passed I zre our most
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Cheers.) I know they are determined to do us justice;
but, although in this ,respect their conduct is without blame,
I am sorry that on general principles I cannot give them the
full meed of my approbation.—( Hear, hear.) I was sorry to
ewith
hear that master-spirit, who was through life the champion of
Reform, declare that the Reform Bill was a final measure.—
( Loud cries of " hear, hear.") Now I cannot agree with that
sentiment ; for I believe that nothing can be final but that
which emanates from the Deity.—(Cheers.) I cannot think
that we should fear revolution ; for every great change made
in the destinies of mankind and of empires are revolutions.
The Reform Bill itself was a revolution ; every great and good
measure that e'er was passed for the benefit of society was a
revolution ; the power of the press was a revolution ; the
great march of civilisation was a continued revolution.—( Loud
cheers.) In the early ages of the world, when man was in
an uncivilized state, the fair sex were then considered no bet-
ter than slaves. They are now our sovereigns and queens
(looking over towards the splendid array of beauty and fashion
in the boxes), our solace and our happiness. —( Loud cheers. )
This was a revolution; and where is the man who will dare to
say that it is not a revolution advantageous to us.—Continued
cheering.) I have hopes that Ministers will accede to the just
demands of the people; and I trust at least they will give way
on the question of the Ballot.—( Loud cheers.) The Hon.
Gentleman sat down amidst great applause.
Lord Beenezoe—l do sincerely avow my heart and soul is
in the cause of Ireland.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I
do not appear before you now for the first time.--( Hear, hear. )
I am a tried and an Old friend of the people.—( Hear, hear.)
What I was found yesterday the fame shall I be found to-mor-
row.—( Cheers.) lam to some exteet a tried and uncompro-
mising friend and a political agitator—a denouncer of abuses,
assembly—in sseb l y
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not,in and an advocate of reform in all things in which reform is de-
manded. Great as is the unanimity which pervades every
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Ministers to realize for Ireland all our just desires. (Continued
cheers.) We deny that there should be any distinction nude
between subjects of the same Crown.—We have a right to
complain—lreland has a right to complain. In conclusion. I
thank you, ley Lords and Gentlemen, for the manner in which
my name has been received, and for the confidence which you
have always placed in me.—( Continued cheering. )
Mr. O'CoNxeree—Gerstlemen I must beg of you to fill a
bumper, and when I announce the subject for which that
bumper is to be filled, I am sure it will be unnecessary for me
to do Bear. ) Though now sixty winters have shed
their frosts upon my head, my heart bounds with juvenile
elasticity whets I remember whrt Charlemont was, and what
Ireland was made by him.—( Cheers.) England lost Ame-
rica; Charlemont preserved Ireland.—(Tremendous cheers )
And if a foreign colony was torn, disgracefully torn, from the