The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-10 00:00:00

MEETING AT MARYLEBONE.
Last night a very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of
Marylebone war held at the Media:nen; Institution, Circus-
street, New-road. Mr. Roebuck took the chair at half-past
seven o'clock.
The CHAIRMAN, in explaining, the (*.Pets of the meeting,
detailed at great length the circumstances that preceded the
revolt in Canada. He observed that the contest was entirely
owing to the efforts of the officials in that country to annoy
and plunder the people. The great object of those officials .
was to obtain a permanent Civil Lio, or at least a remunera-
tion equivalent in its nature to the Civil List of this country.
This the Canadians resisted, and justly resisted. They
adopted, when all redress was refused to them, the Constitu-
tional act of refusing the supplies. Their money was, never-
theless, illegally seized on and wrested from them without
the concurrence of their House of Commonse—the House of
Assembly. The Canadian people entened into the resolution
not to consume any article that yielded profit to Great Bri-
tain--they determined to use tfisir own wool, to weave their
own cloth—to gather their sugars from the trues which grow
in their own country ; and, in short. to held no commercial
intercourse with Great Britain.—( Hear.) He (Mr. Roe-
buck) had told Lord John Russell, at the time he was
introducing his Resolutions in the House of Commons, that
the Canadians would pursue the course which they afterwards
did adopt. He had predicted to the Noble. Lord that the
Canadians would cease to hold commercial intercourse with
this county. They fulfilled his prediction. The merchants
of Montreal saw the state of things that was before them.
They knew that bankruptcy was staring them in the face.—
( Hear, hear.) Public meetings bad been held thraorgh the
country of Canada, just such meetings as were held lie this
country before the-Reform Bill. The Government resuiied
to consider them treasonable, and issued warrants against the.
men who bore a suspicious part in them. The people there
well knew, that if those men were tried they would have only
the name and mockery of trial, as they would be convicted,
no matter how slight the evidence, by the packed juries that
would be get together to decide upon their lives —(Hear.)
The soldiers, in their search through the country, found two
men who were particularly respected and beloved in the
neighbourhood ; they seized on them, placed chains upon their
legs—(Shame)—a halter round their necks—( Shame)—
they set them in an open cart, and instead of bringing them
by the shortest road, took them round through the must excited
part of the country.—(Loud cries Of " Shame," and groans.)
Why, was not this conduct such as would be pursued by per-
sons most anxh..us to drive a nation to rebellion ?—( Clear.
It had the desired effect. The people would not allow their
leaders to be dragged to prison, and they rescued them.—
(Cheers.) It had been charged to the Canadian people that
they were no friends to emigration. No, nor ought they to
be friends to emigration such as that which has been going
on of late years.--( Hear, hear.) They were no friends to
that system of emigration by which miserable wretches were
transported from this country without food, without clothing,
coop. d up in narrow vessels, the victims cf eontagioua diseases,
to be thrown on the shores of Canada to disseminate their
pestilence and poverty.—( Hear.) This was done to benefit
no persons but the British American Land Compasey._
( Hear.) In order to increase a paltry dividend in the City.
—( Shame.) The Canadians objected, of course, to this.
But what disposition did they, who are so denounced, exhibit
at the time of the cholera, when it raged amongst our emi-
grants in Canada ? They formed a Committee for their pre-
servation. Of that Committee those very men, who are now
outcasts, exiles on whose heads a price has been set, were
members. They took care of our countrymen sinking under
a dreadful pestilence on their shore ; at a time, too, when our
own paid Commissioners kept away from them. And thus
they have been rewarded.—( Cheers. )
Mr. SAVAGE, of Circus-street, felt strongly in the cause of
the Canadians, Who had only asserted a great constitutional
principle, and such as we had often ourselves asserted in this
country. He maintained that they were perfectly justified
and right in proceeding to take arms, rather than suffer them-
selves to be coerced, and to have their Constitution wrested
from them ; for the Government had takes upon itself to at.
tempt to deprive them of the power of withholding supplies,
instead of remedying their grievances.—( Lord cheers.) He
derided the ardour of those who feigned to feel indignation
against the Canadians, and he strongly condemned ti.e mili-
tary efforts made to crush them. Howeve e the frost which
had set in might cool the fires of these champions, and he
would not be surprised if the whiskered gentry', who were de-
parting from St. James's-street and other fashionable quer era
for Canada, r- turne ti e'r carnpa g r shorn of their pr de.
laugh.) He concluded amidst the loudest cheers, with
moving a series of resolutions strongly in favour of the Cana-
dians, and condemnatory of the policy of the Government.
Mr. VINCENT seconded the resolutions. He said, it was
most unjust to say that the Canadians were rebels, esti at they
wire resisting the sovereignty, for their case was far d' rent.
S3lc,eignty, it was well known, re:hied in Engle d in the
Crown, the Lords,,and the constituencies, and thl Canadians
shared in that sovereignty like ourselves. It could he easily
seen that so far from the Canrdians acting against the sove-
reignly, they were ; cting in defence c f e saver-Liget:,
was theirs, and which was so dear to tie in ; and that it was
the Government who were the real rebels, for having attacked
the share of sovereignty which the Canadians possessed.—
(Tumultuous cheers.) He believed the press was actuated
by the basest motives. He hoped the country would show
their sense of the injustice of the war.—(Loud cheers.)
Colonel THOMPSON came forward amidst loud applause.
He said the Ministers, in taking the Canadian money against
the consent of the Canadian representatives, had committed
treason, and that if the people of this country were w se, they
would punish the Ministers for it when they were able.--
(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to warn
the assembly against the idea that England had any interest
in this struggle, and he argued that there was a policy be-
tween the Government and the colony, in the shape of timber
duties, which was in reality disastrous to the best interes.s of
the English people. He concluded by strongly deprecating
a ear which would ultimately recoil upon this country in the
shape of huge expenses, and which was based upon no consti-
tutional or justifiable principle.—( Loud cheers.)
Vecous, M. P. hoped that Canada would procure the
redress of the grievances as Ireland had done. Ireland had
wrung her emancipation from the fears, not the justice, of a
Tory Ministry. But it was said that Canada was conquered.
He regretted to be obliged to say, that th. s .me remark would
be applicable to Ireland. Ireland, like Canada, impatient
under her oppression, had demanded a separation, as some
call it, or in the words of others, a repeal of the Union. Eng-
lishmen did not at the time respond to that demand of Ire-
land. However, Ireland has obtained a redress of many of her
grievances. She has got a liberal Government, or at least
she had one. Justice is 3 for the first time impdrtially ad-
ministered. She may now be said to be n early as free as
England : before, all the officials in that country, as in
Canada, were foreigners ; still there is not even an Irish
Secretary in tire Government, as if Irishmen had neither
talent nor integrity to manage their own affairs. Ho locteed
that Canada, like Ireland, would procure its own redres.
He hated oppression in any shape.--( Cheers.) It Ind been
said that the revolt was confined entirely to the French'popu-
lotion. He knew that in Upper Canada, at least, there were
several countrymen of his own who never would side with op-
pression. He thought it possible that the people of Canada
may be now defeated, but he felt that a spirit had been
called forth in that country which would ultimately succeed.
Mr. CARPENTER, who spoke from amongst the body of the
people assembled, could never sufficiently admire the conduct
of the h. worthy Chairman (Mr. Roebuck), and of those few
independent senators with whom he acted in defence of the
wronged Canadians, and who exerted themselves so disinte-
restedly in those gloomy times, when the two great factions
appeared combined to oppress liberty.—(Loud cheers.) He
concluded by moving a vote of thanks to J. A. Roebuck. Esq ,
and to the Members of Parliament who were joined is the
same cause with him.—(Cheers.)
Mr. DUPFAY came forward to express his contempt for
the two factions of the \Vhigs and Tories, who quarrelled with
each other only when the spoil was to be divided, but who
were always united strongly together to effect the means of
extracting from the people their substance, and to prevent
them from obtaining their rights. He much lamented that,
under such circumstances, the Irish Radicals had not joined
the English Radicals in Parliament, and had not ousted both
the factions from their stools.—(Loud cheering.) The con-
duct of the Government towards Canada was most abomi-
nable, and showed what men they really were. This country
had no real interest in the war. It was only the aristo-
cracy who had an interest in it, for they would lose their
patronage in the Colonies, and the means of providing official
situations for their relations, menials, and every dependent
upon them of low degree, who now could go over to Canada
and lord it over that unfortunate people. Ha joined in the
sentiments of Mr. Leader, and he should be glad to hear the
Canadians wore successful, because he always took the part
of the wronged and the oppressed.
The resolutions were then put, and agreed to unanimously.
Mr. LANGIIAM moved that these resolutions should be ad-
vertised in the papers, and that petitions founded upon them
should be presented to the House of Commons by Mr. B. Hall
(to be supported by Sir S. Whalley), and to the House of
Peers by Lord Brougham.—Carried unanimously.
Mr. SAVAGE would now second Mr. Carpenter's motion for
a vote of thanks to Mr. Roebuck and his Parliamentary asso-
ciates ; and he expressed his conviction, io doing so, that the
more the majority in Parliament and the press attempted to
hear down Mr. Roebuck, the more he would rise in the esteem
and affections of tine people.--( Loud checrs.)
The motion of thanks was then carried, amidst six or seven
distinct rounds of applause.
Mr. ROEBUCK said he felt it deertly. He was peculiarly
willing to preside at such assemblies, because he felt he was
extremely competent to give an elucidation of the state of
affairs in Canada. He was happy in being able to say that if
the Metropolitan Press was against the views taken by the
assembly then present, the Provincial Press, on the contrary,
was generally in their favour.—( Hear. ) Ile felt there was a
strong responsibility upon him (Mr. Roebuck); but it a-as a
responsibility he was willing to bear in the face of the country
and of posterity—( Hear.)
Cheers were then giVen for the Canadians, and for Colonel
Thompson, and the meeting separated.
In the begiening of the evening, letters had been read from
Sir S, Whalley and IW. Hume. exeressing resemetively their
regret at not being able to attend, the Imams from being
01-erivise engaged, and the latter from being obliged to leave
town.
M.

.r. Slade, one of the revising barristers on the
western circuit, in a pamphlet which he has lately published
on the defects in the Reform Act, says,
" .11 some parts of
Devonshire it is the custom to erect a large stone in the
centre of a field for the sheep to rub themselves against. It
was gravely contended before me tint an erection of this kind
would be a building within the Act."