The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-03 00:00:00

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( • sir—l am directed by the Provisional Committee to ac-
quaint you, that the public meeting, for originating a subscrip.
tion for erecting a monument to the memory of the late
William Cobbett, M.P., will be held at the Crown and An-
chor Tavern, on Monday, the 13th of June next; and that
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P., has promised to take the
Chair.
I am further directed to express the anxious hope of. the
Committee, that you will favour them with your presence an 4
powerful influence; and, as it is desirable to make proper tlP-
rangements for Members of Parliament and others who tn2y
attend Cie meeting, I shall feel obliged by a letter cspressivet
of your intentions.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
J. 01, DFI ELD, Secretary,
To Sir Francis Burdett. 11, 80lt-court, F1eet....,..--

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" 6ir—A letter from you, dated tho 16th of ii, la .
y, h ,SLr
aveetin
followed me here, I lose not a moment in rctur7;ing, accordingg
to your request, an answer,
" You invite me to a meeting to be
month, at the Crown and Aneltor., -
ne'l i 9 to preside, for the purpo•- -)'..e.ld on the 13th of the
at which Mr. D. O'Con-
. „ cof raising a subscription for
a monument to be ereoto-,,
Cobbett. The to- the memory or the late Mr.
4';;l;6''''.ion is unique, as the French say, see-
,ln„g,,Plat;Xla''''' attends that meeting becomes a ' public
i;:0-1'4,:‘,,'-`4.. :61. ine honesty, disinterestedness, and patriotism of
..,, Mr. Cobbett. New, as I.believe, or rather know, the -,-everse, and as all the world besides know my opinion and ,:ac..
perience thereon, it would be something worse than fool4.sh in
me to attend such a meeting, and I can only wonder at the
application. At the same time, I cannot but acknowledge
that the united empire could not furnish a more appropriate
chairman. Nor can I offer to the Committee any contribution
more appropriate than Mr. Cohbett's bonds now in my pos-
session, which, as considerably more than fourteen years have
elapsed since the money was lent, Ivill.amount to considerably
more than 8,000/. I trust the Committee will think this a
handsome afnl suitable offer.
" I remain, gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
" F. BURDETT.

" Leamington, June I,

T. 11. ESSEX ELECTION,

CHELMSFORD, jirNE 2.
This being the day appointed by the High Sheriff for the noltii-
nation of a candidate to serve in the present Parliameni:, in the
place of the late W. Hall Dare, Esq., deceased, at ail early hour
.the town of Chelmsford was a scene of bustle, in consequence of the
'!atli4akirmr.',P/tinzers: in the Conservative iiit-:rest, and those of
Branfill, in the Liberal, making prerliaLions to escort- Their
respective candidates to the hustings in grand procession.
After the several preliminaries,had been gone through, the High
Sheriff asked if any elector had any candidate to propose ?
JOSEPIE ROUND, Esq.,' of Dant...try-park, proposed Mr. Palmer.
W. COTTON, EN., of Layton, seconded the nomination.
T. B. LENNA RD, Esq., M.P., came forward to offer to their
notice a gentleman as a fit and proper person to represent them in
Parliament. Mr. Branfill eaine forward as a straight-forward Re-
former, pledged to the removal of all abuses. He, therefore,
begged to nominate him as a fit and proper person to represent
them.
Mr. TowElt seconded the nomination.
Mr. PA nmnlt then came forward; and wad received nith Owns
by his own party, and groans by that of Is r. Drantili. He was al-
. wass the advocate of the agricultural interest, and be had given
proof of it ; for at a period when raeasmes were about to be intro-
duced by whi:l the shipping interest was to be benefited by the im-
portation of foreign meal and biscuit for the use of shipping, free of
all duty, lie considered it would be a boon obtained at the expense
of the agricultural interest of this country.—(Cheers.) He did not
wish to receive relief at the expense of the agriculturist. Hewn de-
sirous to uphold the Established Church of this country, but did
not wish to deprive the Roman Catholic or the Disscnt,:e of the full
liberty of conscience. They should find him a firm e.':ivocate of their
rights. lie, however, -did not wish to take tl.le lille!away horn the
Chu .eh, and could not agree in the principle that every man shou!d
to the
eArry his tithe
room .to his own altar ; if so, rrost persons st,.uld carry it
ir tithe
o
Mr. 13a INFILL was received theers. He must attribute the
tie awl met with upon the present
great and favourable- receptioi!
occasion to! his political ring .e
not to any personal feeling.
Had was proud to see the rApular feeling. upon that day. The eyes
of the whole nation weraxed upon them. In the present contest
it was not a question, of who the electors should send to Parliament,
but whether they should have the power of sending a man they
chose, or be coK.ipelled to support one selected for them. At the
last contested election he never expected to succeed, but thought
that it m4l-it eventually open the way to relieve them from the
thraldom and bondage in which they were bound.—(Loud
cheers.) He had been told ti:at there had been no change of
, feeling throughout the county. He had been through it, and
could say that the public feeling was all in his favour. He
knew not by what influence that public feeling was to be
controlled, but he could venture to assert that were the electors al-
lowed to vote by ballot, there would be a majority of two to one in
his favour.—( Loud cheers. It had been said that he was a sup-
porter of Mr. O'Connell. So long as Mr. O'Connell supported
right principles, he (Mr. Branfill) should ever be by his side ; but
`could Mr. O'Connell attempt to reduce this country to the same
state that the Tories had reduced Ireland', he would be opposed to
him. He was a Member of the Established Church, which Ins
should ever support, but he was desirous of seeing it purified from
its iktillst'S.__The _Hon_
_.e
turned thanks, and the meeting was dissolved.