The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-11 00:00:00

respectability, attended Mr. Cartwright ; and could su
an anomalous affair be called a victory ?—(No, no.) I
call it a most discreditable business from beginning to end.
One of the Noble'LOrdi (Milton) was not-present, but ad-
dressed the freehaiders sander a disgusting affectation of ex-
treme sensibility and sorrow for a domestic bereavement,
whilst at the very moment he was penning malignant and
unfounded calumnies against his opponent.—( Hear, hear.)
Yet these are the Gentlemen who talk about honourable
and liberal feelings ! Gentlemen, I would rather be in
my Hon. Friend's situation than in theirs with such vic-
tories.—(Cheers.) Before I sit down let me shortly rentino
von of the extraordinary circumstances under which the
late Parliament was dissolved ; under such astounding cir
cumstances as have not occurred since the Revolution, in
way which declared unequivocally his Majesty's disappro-
bttion of their conduct. What could induce them t ()suggest
to the King to go down to the Muse of Lords and in an angry
tone to dissolve them? What had the Lord Chancellor de
Glared ? Why, that his Majesty had done so because they had
refused the supplies ! lie hoped it would reach the ears
of that Noble Lord, that a more false and malignant state-
ment was never made.—(Hear, hear.) That assertion,
he (the Lord Chancellor) will no doubt have to explain
in his place in Parliament—but that will not satisfy the
country. The supplies were not refused to his Majesty ;
the report on the Ordnance Estimates was merely post.
poned till the following day, and every one knows that
there is a vast difference between postponing and re-
fusing.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, those very sup-
pli s would have been granted the following day, only
that Ministers themselves prevented them b dissolving
the Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Such postponements as
I have alluded to the Whigs have adopted 50 or 60 times.
Gentlemen, we know there is but one person who can •
not enter the house of Commons; that person is his Ma-
jesty. Of this fact Ministers availed themselves, and
poured into his confiding ear the poison which operated
to induce the King hastily and angrily to dissolve the Le-
gislature. Another Cabinet Minister hail stated, in his ad-
dress to his constituents, that the refusal of the supplies
was the reason of the dissolution ; but if such was the fact, it
is altogether at issue with what Lord 'Althorp said to his
friends at Northampton, for his Lordship actually wrote
to them the day before the King went to the House, dis-
tinctly teling them that Ministers intended to dissolve
Parliament.—(Loud cries of " hear," and " shame.")
This fact ought to show the people of England the true
character of their Whiggish Governors. But it is the
first time, I believe, that a Government ever attempted to
support itself by falsehood—(Cheering)—and maintain
their elective influence by an appeal to brute physical
force.—( Hear.) Gentlemen,_ the Reform Bill is sup-
ported by spoliators ; and the reform in the Church by
those who wish to share its wealth.—( Hear, hear.) The
whole policy of this country, for the last twelve years, I
am sorry to say, is change—not of a moderate description,
but a complete overthrow of established institutions.—
( Hear, hear.) Let us then adhere to the ancient institu-
tions of the country ; their very antiquity is a proof of
their utility, and let us hand them unimpaired to posterity.
The Right Hun. Gentleman sat down cheered by the
united voices of the company, and greeted by long-con-
tinued clapping of hands.