The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-25 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1831.

. -
tr ROBERT PEEL'S idea that the spirits of
departed would, if permitted, view with delight his
continued connection with the bozough of Tamworth, is
a
-:peeimen of bad taste, of which we should not have SUR-
li,ertZeitt. mind to well cultivated as that of the Honourable

ISLE OF WIGHT.

BRADING, MAY 21.
(From the Portsmouth Herald.)

A requisition was presented to the Bailiffs of the
ancient anti loyal town of Brading, on Saturday last,
Signed by 27 of the most respectable inhabitants of
the town and parish of Beading and vicinity, request-
ing them to call a meeting at the Town-hall for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
of framing a dutiful, loyal, and affectionate address
to his Majesty, expressive of their gratitude for his
patriotic firmness in having dissolved the late Par-
liament with a view of appealing to the sense of his
people on the great subject of Reform. The Bailiff,
agreeably to the request, appointed a meeting to be
held on Thursday last, at twelve o'clock at noon,
when the Town-hall was soon filled by the inhabi-
tants, and the business of the day commenced by
Mr. RICHARD SMITH, of Languard, proposing, and
Mr. JOHN COOPER, seconding the-proposal that Mr.
William Duke, the Bailiff, should take the Chair,
which was carried by acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN then explained, that the object
of the meeting was to agree to an address expressive
of their affectionate attachment to his Majesty, and
gratitude for his late exercise of the royal preroga-
tive, and he hoped that every person who might
wish to address them, might have an impartial hear-
ing, and that the whole proceedings would be charac-
terized by decorum and order.
Mr. SIME then rose and said, Mr. Chairman and
Gentlemen, the pleasing duty has devolved on me
to move that an address be voted by this meeting to
his Majesty agreeably to the sense of the requisi-
tion. In making this proposal, gentlemen, give me
leave to congratulate you and my fellow-townsmen,
that as Brading was the first place in the Isle of
Wight to come forward in the year 1817, to advo-
cate and promote the great cause of Reform, so it is
now the first to propose an address to his Majesty,
thanking him for the resolute and determined tone
in which he has lately expressed himself in appeal-
ing to the sense of his people, on this great and im-
portant question. Little, Sir, could we, at the time
to which I have alluded, wheii Brading and Reform
were almost synonimous terms in this island, and
both equally obnoxious; little, I say, could we then
hope, that we should have had occasion to meet
here for the present purpose. But times are
changed, the King, his Ministers, and all that are
great, good, and honest, are now ranged on the side
of the people to promote the good cause. Shall we
hesitate then, Sir, a moment to express our thanks
in a firm and respectful manner to his Majesty ?
No, I trust, you will unanimously join with me in
this sentiment, and I trust also that the time is not
far distant, when we shall again meet here to cele-
brate the perfect triumph " of the Bill, the whole
Bill, and nothing but the Bill." Mr. Sime then
proposed that the following address be adopted by
the meeting :
The dutiful, affectionate, and loyal address, from
the Bailiffs and inhabitants of the town and parish
of Beading and vicinity thereof, in the Isle of Wight,
to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
" MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,

" We, the Bailiffs and inhabitants of the town and
parish of Brading, and vicinity thereof, in the Isle of
Wight, humbly beg leave to address your Majesty expres-
sive of our sincere and lasting admiration and gratitude, in
common with the rest of your Majesty's most faithful and
dutiful subjects, for the inestimable boon conferred on us
by your Majesty's firm and decisive exertion of the
Kingly prerogative, in dissolving the late Parliament,
whereby your Majesty has made a just and generous ap-
peal to the sense of your people, on the long called for and
momentous measure of Parliamentary Reform, we, your
Majesty's subjects, being fully satisfied of its necessity, and
convinced that the wishes of your people are not to de-
stroy, but to restore the Constitution of your forefathers.
" And we rejoice and congratulate your Majesty, that
so glorious an opportunity has been given to Englishmen
to transmit to posterity the British Constitution improved
and invigorated in one of its most essential parts. And
that your Majesty may long live to witness the happy and
beneficial effects, which we hope will ensue from the
adoption of a new Parliament, of those measures which
were proposed by your Majesty's Ministers, is our fervent
prayer.
" Signed by the Chairman and Churchwardens in
behalf of the meeting."

Mr. SANDS rose to second the proposal, and traced
the causes which had led to the propitious slate of
the public mind, on the question of Reform. He
then dilated on the probable consequences of the
rising generation and to the nation at large. He
stated that a reaction had certainly been produced
among the lower classes; a reaction the most event-
ful in the history of our country. The lower classes
being now sufficiently enlightened to detect that the
benevolence sometimes displayed by their superiors
was wrung from them in the first place in the shape
of taxes. The spirit of these times had detected
that there was a great deal more sentimertal titan
real benevolence, and that their's is a new species of
practical hypocrisy—that the influential classes were
led more to relieve than remove the causes of dis-
tress in the operatives' ranks of life. " Look,"
said Mr. Sands, " at the various national charities,
many of them would not be required, were it not
for the abuses and corruptions of the State. The
schools established throughout the kingdom have led
to this knowledge, and many who have contributed
to their formation, would gladly retrace their steps
if they could, they would gladly obscure the little
light that has burst upon the nation. Mr. Sands
then expatiated further upon the gratifying circum-
stances which had caused the meeting, and begged
to second the address. Carried with the greatest
applause.
Mr. R. SMlTll—Gentlemen, I will take the
liberty of making a few observations on the labourers,
for they feel gratitude to the King for his patriotic
conduct. It is generally supposed that this class is
but little if at all acquainted with the subject of
politics, but I can assure the meeting, from my
knowledge of the labouring classes, that they too can
feel grateful to his Majesty for the attempt made by
him and his Ministers to better their condition.
The schoolmaster has been abroad amongst them.
The iniquitous system has pressed them completely
down to the lowest stage of miseiy, but the proposed
alterations will have the effect of restoring them, in
the course of time, to their former comforts and
privileges. I beg to propose that the address be
signed by the Bailiffs and Churchwardens on behalf
of the meeting.

motion, and
i
Mr.JAMES COOPER rote to second the ni
observed that he believed it was the addressfirst
Royalty ever sent from the town of Bradi g to
n-
he considered the meeting in August lastt:and the
starting point of Reform in the island. There were
persons who had attended that meeting from
various parts, and he believed an impulse had been
given by the Beading meeting, which had proved
advantageous to the cause; and that, which ap-
peared at first but a weak plant, had now grown
and prospered into a flourishing tree. The feeling
evinced by the ReEriners of Newport had produced
a great effect upon the country. lie then combated
the absurd notion of those who pretended to be
Reformers, and yet opposed the Bill. " Our King,"
said Mr, C'., " set us a noble example of firmness
and determination, when he dared to dissolve that
House of Commons which had so long misrepre-
sented the people." Mr. C. concluded by second-
ing the resolution, which was carried unanimously.
Mr. EIDDICK-1 Will make one or two observa-
tions. Though a never before me. in this place to
perform the pleasing duly of addressing his Majesty,
we did on a former occa,,ion agree to an address to

persecuted and injured Queen. Now from what
-e know of our Sailor Monarch, lie having thrown
'limself on his people, and driven from his presence
lie base faction, by whose infamous cabals the last
King's mind was poisoned against his consort, there
;s no cause of fear that his happiness will be inter-
rupted. lie has proved himself a just, a generous,
old a manly King. Ile has set every thing at de-
fiance, but the just wishes of his people. Let us,
then, act the part of freemen, and never allow our-
Selves to be enslaved. The people will always
;trove their devotion to their King by their deter-
!nination to support the Constitution. I therefore
beg to propose that the Chairman be. requested to
transmit a copy of the address to Lord Viscount
Ntelbourne, with a request to present the same to
his Majesty.
Mr. EDWARD WILKINS said he always felt plea-
sure in meeting his Brading friends on all occasions,
but to-day to join them in expressing their gratitude
and attachment to their King, who had so'well de-
served their thanks, filled his bosom with the most
overwhelming sensations of delight. His Majesty
had, in the words of his gracious speech, which he
held in his hand, stated that lie was induced to re-
sort to the measure of dissolving the Parliament,
that the sense of his people might be ascertained in
the way in which it could be most constitutionally
and authentically expressed ; and lie (Mr. W.)
would ask how had that opinion been expressed ?
Was it possible there could be any mistake on the
subject ? Wherever the people possessed a voice,
it had been loudly and unequivocally expressed. At
Liverpool, the hereditary Member for that borough,
although he went to his late constituents with all
the confidence imaginable, looking on Liverpool as
his freehold, was left in such a minority as must
have convinced him of the folly of opposing a na-
tion's wish. Even in Cornwall, where rotten bo-
roughs were as thick as hail-stones in a storm, and
where, of course, many were interested in support-
ing the system, Sir H. Vyvyan met with a signal
defeat. 'lndeed, the whole of the elections must
have convinced the most bigotted and ignorant, that
the people had made up their minds to have Re-
form. But, said Mr. W., when they obtain that
boon, that blessing, let them be careful whom they
elect as their representatives, and let them not give
their votes to any who will not give strong pledges
to support economy and retrenchment in every de-
partment of the State, for unless they do this, Re-
form will not give to the nation the advantages pro-
mised by its advocates. Mr. W. then dilated, in a
very able manner, on the subjects under discussion,
and concluded by seconding the motion.
Mr. J. COOPER—Sir, in consequence of the re.
solution which I now hold in my hands, I beg to say
a few words on the merits of the different journals
which will be proposed for the insertion of the ad-
dress. The first I will mention is The Sun, as being
a powerful and uncompromising advocate for Re-
form. The Brighton Guardian has also been par-
ticularly useful to the inhabitants of this island, in
their late struggle against the boroughmongers, by
its ready insertion of articles, exposing the corrupt
system which at a former period could not find ad-
mission into any of the local Papers. The Hamp-
shire Telegraph has lately evinced some spirit in
the cause of Reform, but of that Paper I cannot say
more than propose its advertising the Address, to-
gether with The Sun and Brighton Guardian. This
was seconded by Mr. STONE, and carried una-
nimously.

Mr. E. WILKINS then made some few obser-
vations on the comparative merits of the different
newspapers, and eulogised The Sun Paper; and ob-
served, that to the Press might be attributed the
emancipation of the tongues of the Isle of Wight
Reformers.

Mr. R. SMITH bore testimony to the usefulness
of the Press, and spoke at some length on its
powerful labours in the cause. He also spoke in
the highest terms of praise of Mr. Cohbett and his
efforts, for advancing the spread of knowledge
among the people.

Mr—. ErioNsaid, that though he could not agree
in every particular with Mr. Cobbett, he acknow-
ledged that his publications had given a great deal
of political information to the poor.
Mr. J. MIDLANE then proposed that the thanks
of the meeting should be given to the Chairman, for
his able-spirited and impartial conduct, which was
seconded by Mr. Exton, who observed that it de-
volved on him to second a vote of thanks to the
Chairman, as much of their comfort depended on
the person who was appointed to fill that situation.
He therefore conceived it to be their duty to express
their thanks for the very able and excellent manner
in which the business of the day had been con-
ducted, and said " I remember attending the meet.
ing which was called at the Guildhall, when the
poor were excited to acts of violence in many parts
of the country. At this said meeting, the avowed
principles of which were to maintain and keep the
peace of the island, a deaf chairman was appointed,
and folly was never more completely displayed than
by the appointment of a person to that situation so
totally deficient in that necessary qualification." Mr.
Exton continued for some length of time on the ne-
cessity of returning thanks to his most Gracious
Majesty for his patriotic conduct, and concluded by
seconding the motion, which was carried by uni-
versal acclamation.

At the conclusion of the business of the meeting,
the party adjourned to the Wheat Sheaf Inn, where,
having been joined by several gentlemen from New-
port, they partook of an excellent and well-served
dinner by Mr. W, Welburn, the landlord, whose
polite and unceasing attention to the wants of the
company deserve our warmest thanks.

Mr. Smith was appointed Chairman during the
evening, Mr. Sime acted as Vice, and several very
excellent toasts were given. A good band of music
was in attendance, who paraded the streets during
part of the evening, and an immense number of the
population having assembled near the Wheat Sheaf,
they were addressed from the windows of the Inn
by Messrs. Wilkins and Smith, and we are happy in
saying the day pass:-d.off with the greatest propriety.

The Paella of EGYPT, when visiting one of
his miltary schools, exhorting the young officers to zea
and perseverance, the first difficulties being already over-
come, said, ." if I had any influence in heaven, I should
work miracles in your behalf; but I am nothing more
than a man, and can only give you salaries."
APPLE BLIGHT.—The accounts which have
just been received from Herefordshire and other "apple
counties" contain most gloomy information. It appears
that the late north-easterly winds, which have been so ge-
neral during the past six weeks, have so materially in-
jured the bloom that the crop of apples is expected to fall
short of "an average harvest." Cider is expected to
maintain a " maximum price" as the season a‘lvances ;
the price has already advanced upwards of 20 per cent.
Bad news for the cider-bibbers.

PAINTERS' PRICES.—III the recent life of
Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, his biographer informs us that
up to the year 1802 his prices had been, for a three-
qulrters, 30 guineas ; for a half length, 60 guineas ; and
for a whole length, 120 guineas. In 1802 he raised the
charge for the smallest size to 35 guineas, quadrupling it
for the whole length. At these rates he continued to paint
till 1806, when lie raised his charge fur the smallest size
to 50 guineas, and so on in proportion. In 1808 be raised
his prices to 80 guineas for the smallest size, and 320 for
the whole length ; and in 1810 advanced them to 100
guineas for small heads, and 400 guineas for full lengths. At
these latter prices he continued to paint for ten years, and iu
1820 made cite more advance, which he never exceeded.

GENERAL ELECTION.

NORTHAMPTON, MA r 23.

The triumph of the Reformers of Northampton-1
shire was celebrated to-day.
The HIGH SHERIFF having declared Lord Althorp
and Lord Milton duly elected to serve as knights of
,he shire _for the county of Northampton, in the en-
suing Parliament,
Lord Ammon' (who was received with the most
enthusiastic cheering) said, it was now 25 years ago
since he first appeared before them as a candidate
for their suffrages. There was then a contest for
fie honour of representing them in Parliament, and
it the time he, as well as others, thought a very
severe contest ; but all must agree, that it was a
Very trifling affair when compared with that contest
which they had now brought to so happy a conclu-
sion. He was then honoured with their choice, and
he was further honoured by being placed at the head
of the poll. Mr• Cartwright was then, as he had
been lately, one of the candidates, and they then
raised him above Mr. Cartwright by a majority of
95 votes. After 25 years' experience of his conduct
and his character, both public and private, they had
given him a majority over Mr. Cartwright of 457.
—(Loud cheering.) Allow him to say that he must
consider this as no mean triumph ; for Mr. Cart-
wright was a man most deservedly estimated in the
highest degree in every relation of life, who had at-
tended to the business of his constituents with the
greatest attention and diligence, and who, more-
over, by his general manners and deportment, had
rendered himself highly popular in the county.
Grateful as he was for all the repeated and past
favours he had received at their hands, still, on this
occasion he had much more reason to be gratified
than on any other occasion of the kind. He had
presented himself before them on this occasion as a
Minister of the Crown--as one of those Ministers
of the Crown who had introduced a measure for
amending the representation of the people.—(Loud
cheering.) That measure, however, had been re-
jected by the House of Commons, and against that
decision an appeal had been made to the people,
" and bow," continued the Noble Lord, " have the
people decided that appeal ? Why, the people have
stood by us—those Ministers of the Crown—in the
most decisive and most unanimous manner. We
have had the gratification of finding our views con-
firmed by the approbation of the people; we, de-
siring to effect that which was beneficial to our
country, have had the happiness to find our country-
men applauding our desires and sanctioning the
mode in which we manifested those desires; we
have ascertained that we and the people have
thought alike; and we have experienced, therefore,
what all Ministers so actuated by such motives, and
resolved upon measures for public good, will ever
find, the firmest and the most noble support from
the country.—(Loud cheering.) This contest, he
assured them, notwithstanding what they had heard
upon the hustings, had been fought under great
disadvantages on their part. It was a decided and
well-known disadvantage in a contested election that
one of the candidates should be absent, and yet,
notwithstanding that disadvantage—notwithstand-
ing the popularity of the opponents—notwithstand-
ing those opponents bore the highest character, and
were well known in the county—notwithstanding
these things, and notwithstanding that Lord Milton
was known to them only as a public man—
yet, so great had been their energy and
zeal in the cause they had espoused, that al-
though Lord Milton was to be only the instrument
by means of which they were to fight in support of
that cause, they had viewed the matter as became
Englishmen,—they had selected their course of con-
duct with as much good sense as good feeling, and,
knowing that it was the cause, not the individual,
in behalf of which their exertions were to be
strained, they had, by their admirable perseverance,
brought that cause to a triumphant issue, and
the glory of the victory was theirs, for they alone
had gained it.—(Loud cheering.)—He could not
1)14 his own case quite upon the same footing
with that on which his Noble Friend's rested. He
had been known to them now for a very long time,
and it would be affectation in him if he pretended
not to know, that in addition to their approbation
of his political principles, he had the advantage of
personal popularity among them.—(Cries of " So
you ought to have.")—He would detain them no
longer than to thank them most sincerely for having
once more intrusted their ihterests to his care, and
particularly for the manner and the circumstances
which had attended that honour on the present oc-
casion.—(The Noble Lord sat down amidst uni-
versal applause, and " three cheers for Althorp"
were given as soon as the burst of approbation had
subsided.)
The thanks of the meeting having been given to
the High Sheriff, and to Mr. Clarke, the assessor,
for their able and impartial conduct during the elec-
tion, the meeting separated.
Lord ALTHORP was chaired through the town
with more than the pomp that ordinarily accom-
panies the ceremony of chairing a county Member.
Upon the occasion of his election in December last,
when be was appointed Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, a triumphal car had been prepared for him by
his constituents. This car, decorated anew, and
now adorned with the colours of himself and Lord
for his companion the Rev. Mr. Dundas,
Milton, was pat in requisition to-day. Lord Al-
thorp had
the brother-in-law of Lord Milton ; and who, in
the absence of Mr. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, repre-
sented Lord Milton, girded with a sword, as a
Kniaht of the Shire. The procession which went
before the car was composed of many hundreds of
the electors : the streets of Northampton were
thronged almost to suffocation; and the windows,
nd yea the tops of the houses, were crowded with
asbyhe sllvitotsuts
the
eidtetwhne
of handkerchiefs and flags, greeted the hero
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by his rejoicing, friends.
THE DINNER.
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Between three and four hundred of the electors
dined together at the George tan, in a room which
is said to be the longest of the kind in England.
Lord Althorp presided.
After the usual toasts,
Sir NV. WAIVE rose to propose the health of Lord
uFh cheering.) They had had so
much speechifying of late that he was sure they
mist be •heartily sick of it ; and he therefore should
not detain them with many words.--(Cheers.) He
„rave them the health of their long tried and highly-
valued representative, " Lord Althorp."—(Drank
ups
tanding: with three times three, and " one
cheer more.")
Lord AurnoßP said, the last tima he had dined
that room, it had been in the company of a much
smaller number than usual. But he had not
been disheartened at that, for he was aware of the
cause of it. He was aware that they thought, that
instead of laying dime too much to give them a
contest for the county, he had done rather too
tomuch p
did.") avow, although he did not care much about
the opinions of his opponents, yet he did care a
'
de
al,,rabout
t
ood
tiniee.o—(Cheers, and cries of " You
pinions of his friends; and to
them he must put forward as an excuse for his dis-
inclination to 4 contest, the state of the poll. They
would all admit_ indeed most of them had admitted
—that if they had been beaten, the blow would
have been a very great one, indeed; and knowing,
as be did, the feelings of that county, he had been
inclined to err on the side of prudence, if he erred

it all. He would tell them, however, freely and
fairly, that he heartily rejoiced that the contest had
peen entered into.—(Loud cheers.) He was glad
t hat the spirit of the freeholders had been greater
than his spirit; he was glad that they had seen the
result of this contest more clearly than he had seen
it. The opinion pronounced by that county in
favour of Reform was most decisive ; and most
cheering and most pleasing was it to him to find his
constituents so entirely concurring with his views
upon that important subject. This would encourage
him to persevere in that course which had won, and
increased, and secured their confidence, their favour,
and their approbation,—it would encourage him to
redoubled exertions in defending and forwarding
those principles, by which alone, he was persuaded,
the happiness of this country would be permanently
and effectually secured.—(Loud cheering.)
Lord ALTIIOISP again rose for the purpose of
proposing the health of one whom he had always
been proud to call his friend, and whom he had the
additional pride and gratification of being able to
call his colleague. He had to propose to them the
health of" Lord Milton."—(Cheers,) Drank with
three times three.

Mr. WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM (who had arrived
during the dinner, and who was received in d tfianner
more enthusiastic than it is possible for worth to
describe) rose to return thanks in the behalf of his
father. They had heard it raid by their opponents,
that if this triumph were achieved, still they should
not consider it as a very great one. He, however,
took a very different estimate of the nature and the
extent of the triumph which they were now met to
celebrate. He did consider it as one of the very
greatest triumphs that it was possible to gain, not
because it was the triumph of persons who had or
who had not solicited their suffrages, but because it
was a triumph gained by principles 02at were
rooted in their hearts, over powerful men who
opposed, and thwarted, and spoke contemptuously
of those principles.—(Cheers.) It was a triumph
of free and independent yeomen over Tory des-
potism, and a Tory aristocracy,—it was a triumph
of liberality over narrow-mindedness,—it was
a triumph of freedom over usurpation,—it was a
triumph of good sense and good feeling over bigotry
and superstition.—(Loud cheering.) They had all
heard the forces of their opponents magnified and
arrayed in forMidable and almost insuperable strength,
they had heard of the strength of the peerage, and
of the great men of the county; but when► these
gentlemen were calling over their muster-roll, they
ought to have recollected that their opponents had
on their side that which was sufficient to ensure
victory at any time—the strength of the people.—
(Loud cheering.) That, and that alone,—the
strength of the people,—had conquered in this hard-
fought contest; the conquest had been achieved by
the people up—not in arms, but, as had been said in
another place, in all the panoply of reason.
Lord ALTHORY said, that they had drank the
health of the King, the Queen, and the Royal
Family, and he now had to propose to them that
they should drink " The People."—(Cheers.) One
advantage had at least resulted to the Tory gentlemen
of the county from this contest. It had introduced
those gentlemen to the people.—(Cheers.) If there
was any one thing which could prove more than
another the total ignorance in which the Tory
gentlemen were, with regard to the character of the
people, it was, that a gentleman should publicly, and
upon the hustings, have expresied his surprise that
he had not been insulted or outraged in the course
of a contested election.—(Cheers and laughter.)
The toast was drank with three times three.

Mr. C. HILL (of Wellingborough), in a neat and
complimentary speech, proposed the health of their
young friend, Mr. Wentworth Fitzwillium.

Mr. WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM returned thanks
in a wry neat and appropriate speech.
_ _

LordALTHORP said, that the next toast he had
to propose applied directly to the cause in hand,—it
was " A full, fair, and free representation of the
people in Parliament."—(Tremendous cheering.)—
The Constitution of this country was, or ought to be,
composed of King, Lords, and Commons. Give to
the King the prerogatives which were due to him,
for those prerogatives were for the advantage of the
people; give to the House of Lords the privileges
that were due to them, for an hereditary aristocracy
respected in the country was necessary for the se-
curity of our institutions, and essential to the steady
march of our Government.; but while we secured to
the King his prerogatives, and while we secured to
the House of Lords its privileges, let them not
withhold from the people those privileges which of
right and by the Constitution belonged to the people.
—(Cheer-.)—Let not the representation of the
people be controlled or interfered with; and let it
never be said, for it was not true, that a full, free,
and fair representation of the people was either
dangerous to property, or to any of our institutions.
The institutions of this country were as much
valued and as highly respected by the peasant as by
the peer; and while the humblest cottage in the land
was as valuable to the owner of it as any noble-
man's mansion was to him, nothing could he appre-
hended to property from a fair representation of the
people in Parliament; for no man, even the lowest,
was so ignorant as not to know that there was no other
way forhim to secure what little property he had, than
by upholding the rights of property in others. At-
tempts, they well knew, had been made to defend
the present system by saying that the power of the
Commons was so great, that it was expedient to
infuse into the lower House a confusion of Members,
chosen by all kinds of different and conflicting
modes, so as to unite there all interests. But what
had been the effect of this upon the House of Com-
mons, and upon the Government el' the country ?
Why, it had the effect of producing party, and fac-
tion, and selfish interests, where all men should be
united for one interest, and for one interest only,—
the interest of the public.—(Cheers.) Every man
in that House now fought for himself, and not for
his country. If they looked back upon the history
of the House of Commons, they would find that
for
strength, yearsengt h,
spastb ut thatthereheadvey
hreel‘nunnoistiVrlyi
liasatrydof
2!
intrinsic
pended upon faction for support, and neeesearily so
in the present constitution of the House. The ob-
ject of Ministers had been to unite two or three
factions, and to enlist them under the bannees of
Governments and thus Ministers had brought for,
weed measures which they thought would effect thet
object, not caring whether those measures were for
the good of the country oe not. This evil could
only be cured by giving to the people,—who had no
selfish or peivate views, who had and could have no
object but the general good,—that which by the
theory of the law they were supposed to have, but
had not, in practice,----the realaud efficient controul
of their own representation. The measure which he
and his colleagues had proposed would effect this.
--,--(Cheers.) Some might think that this measure
did riot go far enough, and others might think it
went too far. With regard to the letter,—to those
who said that the measure went too far,—they were
persons who in their hearts did not wish for any
Reform at all—(Cheers)—they were persons who
wished to stave off the evil day, as they thought it,
when corruption should h 3 at end, and when the
constitutional power of the House of CommQus
should enforce those measures in which they beheld
the destruction of a system which they were too
much interested in to part with easily.—(Cheers.)
Some there were, who, before this measure was in-
troduced, were inclined to have gone farther, but
who had now readily given their assent to this mea-

;are, and received it with satisfadon. He had
ilways been a •Reformer, and •that to a very great
~.xtent ; and although he had been aware, as they
mmt i,e if they had consulted the debates upon
eferm, that the Reformers differed among them_
elves, yet he hail always entertained the opinion
and the expectation that, whenever any reasonable
aroposition of Reform should be brought forward,
all the real Reformers would uniteim support of it.
He had always been satisfied of this, though he cer-
tainly had not given them credit for that degree of
occspectacle that a
excellent conduct which they had displayed upon this
differences and
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%,,,,it,n}:adogn(imjinmfi catenii:yi ts
sh great question
—should, when a measure was brought forward which
they t bought was reasonable and satisfactory gene-
rrile, though it might not neet the particular views
of any individual or party.—it was a magnificent
spectacle he said, that a whole people should come
forward, and, laying aside individual anal peculiar
,cottons and prejudices, unite heart and hand in sup-
port of such a measure. This was a proof that tl e
people would ever unite and co•operate in support
of the welfare of the country; but it was a prcuf
which the depressors and the depreciators of the
people had seldom before allowed them to display.
A. spectacle more magnificent than this it was im-
possible to imagine; he should ever be proud of
having been one of the Ministers who had enabled
the country to display it—(Cheers)—and now that
they had a House of Commons which was really the
representative body of the people, he trusted that
there would be no difficulty in carrying this great
measure into effect.—(Cheers.) The measure was
a great, and necessarily a complicated measure, and
it was not surprising if many difficillties had occurred
in the details, t was not surprising if some anomalies
had been pointed out in it. But.he would ask of
those who talked so triumphantly of anomalies in
this Billsito compare those anomalies with the ano-
malies of the present system, and tell him whether
chose of the new system were either as numerous or
as prejudicial as those of the old. This was da; my
fair mode of reasoning with regard to this mtatriy-.-
They were not ta-expect perfection in a political mea-
sure, for perfection was inconsistent with humanity.
They hail, however, been as moderate as possible in
the change they had effected, and it was, perhaps,
in consequence of the moderation and care they had
exercised that some anomalies remained which ought
to have been removed. But they had been of opi-
nion that the less change they male tl c better, pro-
vided only that this great end, a free and fair repre-
sentation of the people, was obtained. " Upon one
thing," continued the Noble Lord, " you may de-
pend. You may depend upon it that the main prin-
ciples of this measure are what we are determined
to stand by.—(Loud cheering.) We brought it for-
ward after due consideration :—after clue considera-
tion do I say ? After the consideration of our whole
lives, for the principles of this measure are the prin-
ciples which we have entertained, which we have
supported, which we have contended for, and which
we have defended, during the whole of our lives.—
(Cheem s,) Having thus brought it forward, we have
been supported in it by the whole country, and it
would surely be absurd indeed to suppose that, so
supported, we should now turn round and abandon
principles which, without any support at all, we
have throughout our lives always advocated and
defended.—(Cheers.) No ; we have now a majority
in our favour, and shall we not use that majority for
the purpose of effecting an object which it has been
time aim of our political exertions throughout our
whole lives to carry ?"—(Cheers.)
" A full, free, and fair representation of the
People," was then drunk, with three times three.
Lord ALTHORP proposed severally the health; of
Sir William Wake, of Mr. Bouverie, and of Mr.
Dundas, of Mr. C. Hill, and of Mr. Lucas, who
returned thanks.

Mr. C. HILL proposed the health of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers.—Drank with three times three.
Lord ALTHORP returned thanks on the part of
his colleagues. After taking a rapid review of the
measures of the Government, the Noble Lord con-
cluded by proposing the health of " Sir G. Robin-
son," one of the Members for Northampton.
sm he
all
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ROBINSONn
o fhraettu boroughno o(n:gs, (wino
drank
thanks,ak
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seet.erst
eatddo with
fßtehde muchaftot
their
but never under -such auspices as now. Would a
relatives and families for %i'hole generations upon
the earnings of the people—would such a faction
withstand the King, the Government, and the
people ? It had been said that the old system
worked well, and so it did, but how ? It worked
well for those who would do no work for them-
selves—(Cheers and laughter)—for an indolent set,
who would live upon the work of others—for that
long list of titled and pensioned ladies and gentle-
men, whose sinecurist names were published by the
late House of Commons, and which no doubt they
had all read.—(" Oh yes, God help us," and
laughter.)—Thanks to the King and to the Govern-
ment those things would be all done away with.
Those eourt-flies who had sucked the blood of the
covintry so long would be swept away—those glitter-
ing vermin which infested corrupt courts, and were
pampered and fostered there, would be destroyed. Ile
begged to call to their recollection one fact in illus-
tration of the conduct of the present Ministry. Was
the Duke of Wellington afraid to humble Don
Miguel ? No. The Duke was not afraid,—but then
he did not do it, whereas the present Government
had.—(Cheers.) The present Government had
called Don Miguel to account,—made him give re-
paration to injured British subjects, and apologize
1 for the insults he had offered to the British fiag.—.
(Cheers.) The Duke of Wellington was not afraid
to do all this; but then he, in his wisdom, thought
it better to support a tyrant than to correct him, and
was more willing that the British flag should be in-
sulted than that a gentleman of hikli connexions like
Don Miguel should be brought to account.—(Cheers
and laughter.) Under the Duke's administration
the Earl of Aberdeen, too, was Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, and that Noble Lord, it was well known,
had been the pupil and friend of Metternich. It was
equally well known that Lord Aberdeen resembled
his master Metternich in every thing but his abilities.
—(Laughter.) He hoped that our home, as well
as our foreign polities, would be conducted very dif-
ferently for the time to come. For a century past
we had never taken up arms except against the
liberties of the people ; but he trusted they should
❑ever arm in such unjust quarrels again.—(Cheers.)
Lord ALTHORP then proposed the health of Mr.
Vernon Smith, whom he hoped he might call the
colleague of Sir George Robinson, for there was no
doubt that the scrutiny would terminate in Mr.
Smith's favour.

Mr. VERNON SAIITII returned thanks in a very
spirited and eloquent speech, which was received
with great applause ; and he concluded by proposing
" The health of the electors of the town of North-
ampton."
Mr. WHITWORTH returned thanks.

Lord ALTHORP proposed" The health of Mr. D.
gentleman from whose professional advice
and assistance he had derived very great advantagei
in this contest.—(Drank with three times three.)
Mr. D. HILL returned thanks in a speech so re-
plete with eloquence, as to justify even the tre-
mendous shouts of applause with which it was re-
ceived.

The healths of Mr. Lefevre and Mr. William
Shaw were also drank, on the proposition of Lord
ALTHORP, who expressed his obligations to them as
Counsel for him during the election, in a very hand-
some and flattering manner.
Mr. LEFEVRE and Mr. F;HAW returned thanks.

Then tywAeig.eenttbselioftoLasotredd, Aanl tdh otrhpe
caonmd
ptilii
mc
esnetv,evrausl
county Committees who had acted in various parts of the
acknowledged by Mr. Gotch, Mr. Rattleslaw, and
Mr. Beazeley, on behalf of the Agents and Com-
mittees.
Lord ALTIJORP then proposed " Civil and Roli -
glom Liberty all over the world," which was drank
with three times three ; as also was the next toa't
proposed by his Lordship, WiliCil was, " Tiie litiet al