The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-03 00:00:00

LORD SANDON'S SPEECH.

After the meeting Lord Salado!), accompanied by
A. Hodgson, Esq , J. Moss, Esq., and other highly
respectable gentlemen, went on 'Change, and met
with a warm and hearty reception, which was mani-
fested by the cheers of the assembled multitudes.
They then walked to Clayton-square, where, from
the balcony in front of the Bull inn, his Lordship
delivered the following speech :
" Gentlemen,—l must remark, before I come to
the immediate objects of my observations, that you
have nothing of a practised orator to expect from
me. lam not accustomed to address large assem-
blies, and, therefore, can pretend to nothing but to
tell a plain, straight-forward tale.—(Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, you have, no doubt, all seen the general out-
line of my opinions, as embodied in my printed ad-
dress to the electors of Liverpool. I have since
been informed, and, indeed, have seen upon the
wislls, that there are some points in my address, •
which have appeared, not to my friends, but to my
opponents, open to some animadversion on the
score of ambiguity. lam very happy, therefore,
to have this opportunity of explaining distinctly
the meaning and intent of the suspected words.
am perfectly aware that it would gratify many
gentlemen to hear me utter those magic words
The Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the
Bill.'—(Cheers.) That cry, by the way, was not
put forth by his Majesty's Ministers themselves;
bat if by it is only meant as firm an attach-
ment to the great measure of Reform as IS
entertained by those Ministers themselves—as firm,
a determination to resist any thing which can fritter
away its efficiency or defeat its great objects, I
should have no objection to join in that cry, and
give utterance to those words. But if it is to be a
fetter and a snare, a pledge that no deliberation or
discussion shall induce me to alter any part of the
shaping of the Bill, I must adhere strictly to the
expressions of my address, and throw myself upon
your confidence for the interpretation. Gentlemen,
you have now before you one who has given you no
reason to suspect the honesty of his intentions,
whom you can have no reason for suspecting to be an
aisidious foe or a pretended friend, one who has
supported undeviatingly the great measure of Reform,
and adhered to it through good report and through
evil report, to the sacrifice of many private and do-
mestic feelings, of much that is valuable in public
life, of an old Parliamentary connection of my
family's, which has existed for neatly a century, and
one which had given me a seat in the Legislature
for above eleven years.—(Applause.) Is it then to be
suspected that I who have fought the battle when it
was doubtful, am come here to play you a trick, and
to desert the cause when it is triumphant ? Ti"
battle has been fought and won upon the hustings
of three kingdoms, and the great principle of the
measure I cannot but look upon as virtually the law
of England.--(Cheers.) But, in the discussion of
the Bill in detail, in the re-constructing the consti-
tuency of the empire, and re-arranging the whole
system, arise points of deliberation on .be
.vould be an unwise man who would pledge himself
to choose between the one side and the other b?"
fore he has had every information and every consi-
derati'm before him.—(Checrs.) My limner con-.

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