The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-22 00:00:00

a, from three to four millietts of their fellotv• men, Who
wee. e'ttitled to the franchises i f tliemst-lees, we're
denied a vote in the diotrioution of those funds
to wn" they hid eowrittutee. (Loud cheering.)
Ihe pe pie, howr ver, were now better instructed—(teet)
poss,tsed better kttowiedge of their own pow' R,
(Lea.)—and if they could but be united—if they will
not stiffer their oppottems to distract their councils,
they c-old not lung be denied their full sod,
lair participation of civil right..—(Bear, hear')
The maintenance of order was so necessary'
that it would almost seem a work of supererogation to
say a word in its defence, was it not that men were
either led away by their zeal rather than by. their
judgment, which gave occasion to the enemies of
reform and the supporters of things as theY,
were to confound a desire fur the removal
of abuses with sedition, and progressive reform
for revolution. They knew now that without ore
der the best intentions, the first principles, were
valueless. It was this conclusion that induced
the utmost caution and circumspection in any Pr °-
to
fessions for organic change; but in desiring
avoid Scylla they must be careful and not rush upon
Chary bdie.—(lLar, hear.) In advocating their rights
they must take care they did not perpztuate abuses
which destroyed all connexion between the governors
and the governed.—(Hear, hear.) There were few
amongst them who did not feel the extreme pressure
of taxation; they were, therefore, fully alive to the
abuses ttefore their eves; and there were few amongst
them who did not look with fear to that wide-spread eel
deep-rooted disaffection that pervaded a large asses °,
the unenfranchised classes. Whichever way they loolteu
the political and financial state of the conetri,
was most unsaisfactory.—(Cheers.) They saw a rapid
and continuous increase of expenditure, a thouglitle's
abuse of patronage, a sustentation of the army and nalc
totally disproportionate to their wants, a system °
colonial government which had as many hues Ite
the cameleon (Great laughter) which bed 0°
reference to the merits of the country nor the interest°
of the mother country, and they saw a dogged resoltv
tion on the part of their rulers to withhold the admix'
sion of the people within the portals of the coa=ti'
tution.—(Loud cheers.) Under such cirumstaneee
it was the duty of every good citiall
to seek that control over the public purse and of public
affairs which reason and common sense assured there
to he the basis of good government—(Cheers
enforce eccnomy and retrenchment in every department
of the State—to see property made to bear its proper
burden (Hear, hear) that education be placed
within the reach of all—economy and self-reliance---0"1
that the House of Commons be made the just reflex 05
the public mind, and that self-reliance, econons9s
and peace should take the place of discontent,
extravagance, and coercion. (Loud cheering')
They sought the accowpliahment of these thing,:
by the mot loyal and peaceful means—(Cheers)—aol"
strong in the justice of their cause, calling tor the Or
port of every class, 'creed, and party.—(Cheers.) she
then glanced again at the objects of the Associatt°s:
state d that each speaker would be limited to twat?,
minutes, and said they would soon call large evening
meetings.—(Cheers, and a cry of " Govent Garden. )
He was sure they would be excused, under existing eir,
cuenstences, in not having a larger building en the Pre.
sent o. casiou. On the next occasion of their meetill
please God, they would have a larger.—(Cheers, atin
cries of " We will have the House of Commons.") Sops
gentleman said they would have the House of Cominat,
He trusted that the House would be made truya
useful, and that it would, ere long, be testi
indeed the people's house.—(Great cheers.) The
resolution he was proud to say would be proposed Old
man, whom it Witt, almost unnecessary to name, ala
veteran Retormer, known to all tar better, he was 90"."
to say, than to himself, he meant Mr. Richard TN'
lor.—(Great cheering.) Arst
Mr. R. TAILOn then came forward to move the
resolution, and was received with the most enthusieeth'e-
, cheering. However ill he was qualified to discharge kn..
duty assigned to him, still, as the honour had been e?" 0
ferred upon him of moving the first resolutt°,
he did not hesitate to do so. As an old 111°;
Habitant of the metropolis, and one wee
adopted the principles set forth in the report a l'of
Council, he could not shriek from the performane°
the duty that had been placed upon him.—(Hear, hear',.
He still held the opinions of his youth, and every 7se
that was added to his life he felt more and more t,,,
importance of holding those opinions. He would 0°
move the
,fint resolution, which was as follows: tee
" That the present contest between the ad,oo a
of a searching reform in the national finances o°4
the Parliamentary representation on the one here
and the upholders of a system which favours the l,
at the expense of the millions, on the other, it is irePiu oa
tent to strengthen and give effect to public oPTiog
through the medium of an organised body, °°"- of
reformers of all grades; and that the establisher:l I°%o
the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary lie,„or
Association is therefore a matter not only of expedle"
but likewise of paramount necessity."—(Cheers:) detail
The resolution did not go into the question in
of the objects of this association, but only
meeting to agree in the establishment Of the ertlos
for giving Effect to those opinions. Be wotil hes*
detain the meeting further than to impress upon t
the necessity of such a mode of agitation as was viol
proposed.—(Hear.) What they wanted was to g
effect to the power of the.people in the Commons' 1100, •
called on tons
which they were now deprived of.—(Hear, bel":0
He believed that he had nut occupied more P';ii
five minutes of the twenty allowed to him, but be
Milting to give the other 15 minutes to some youtiv"
reformer, of whom he saw several present.—(Cheers.)
Mr. W. J. HALL seconded the resolution. beueeits
that the Reform Bill had been inoperative in a fir=s'
measule.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The `Lis
toms, and many other things, required refertsf,
tam ; they were the feeding places of the aristoer oot
When he saw his fellow countryman confined lnagore
through the prosecution of a Christian Bishop-o'ooa
hear, and sheers)—he could not but ask the gees!,
how long would a reform Parliament sanction sue,
course? He did not blame the Bishop, but if the Pra `lO
were properly represented, all these things W°ll'
put an end to. He thought the time was now !ad.
when such a society as the present should be fora
He concluded by seconding the resolution. the
Mr. ELLIOT moved, us an amendment, t 0 rae
effect that the Association should be called tee'
Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial 100
term Association, instead of the Metrolniste
Financial and Parliamentary Reform Aesool'‘,;toil
and he did so b, cause he was quite convinced th°t,., e - to
us they had Peril eentary reform they could not hyrhetoe
°Leah, financial reform. He wanted to see asystensot
culonizatien and manhood representation carried °°,,,t.eort
Mr. B. OSBORNK said he had been selected to Support
the first resolution, but as there was so slight adiffe-to it
betweee the title of this association and that gi"-ncea,"
by the Gentleman who last addressed them, he Wet'
have no heeitatiou in seconding the amendmente--( save
hear.) He saw no difference betwixt tweedleda°3:ol4
tweedledee—(Hear, and laughter)—and be
reachly secouu it, :hough he must at the same tloenv
form the meeting and the mover of the amen ill!t
that the council had already come to the conclude cede
agitation tor Parliamentary reform ought to rosin
financial reform.—(Cheers.) He came now to thehe 106
business of the meeting. He could not forget that t 3
time he stood in that room it was to ad,9/85 tbe/I
suffrages of the electors of Middlesex. Since elf'
he had not been so much amongst them as the the
tors bad a right to expect, simply f°roetitli
reason given by the mover of the sin,/
ment—that he was essentially a working„t
(Cheers, and laughter.) He did not work by
he gloried in this, that he attended to the inter'," Is'
his constituents by night.—(Hear, and cheer"*!lede,,'
had not yet arrived at that state of political leibe 1341'
main in which a man was said to lawai',i'rline:
opinions.—(Hear, hear.) He had not °I at
those opinions on which they returned tn:
to the Commons House of Parliament, and fi.,°"007,
constitution of that House he was not likely tO wof./
them while he sat for the county of Middlesex.--4'sooll
It would hardly be believed that there was now 1000
thing as a popular party existing in the cut'
,
of Commons.—(Loud cheers.) There were be.;
tainly true and good men in that Housi,e; 110:
he grieved to say, that among them siekaestriore
disease had been busy. The great Psorri
of Reform, Mr. Hume—(Loud cheers)—he Was
Fi =bees'
n.
say was grievously ill; the two Members for t al
those honest and independent men, were 11„,°400,1
to take their seats; and the Honourable I°' OP
iTohrereM4and distrust 1)04
repeated
reformers themeelvete and he
wryaslebognreeat
apathyunderstood 'lO.OOl
that at the present
no leader, and no poP h bee
the Houee of Coinmous.—( ear, ear, and c „ere
timuelatrhperrienewipalessnwoelploepxuplaoranciPeDdri.iel
He who was behind the scenes knew that nog
eighty
lroinemebveersry occasion in ectlpsd
nliebscrasndwhhoe who had been re- eef'
utpon Liberal princip , did not hesitate t
voted- with Mr. C:iired
it they had thought that the vote would hare t° shot
out the Government, would have stayed h°,
H satisfiede ar, he hear.) Tt
hheeyr •
b.. 1 70:1-• gotp
hot
wasgaatil ethert
:hrtee vueet ghdhei
votedffity( Li.
at all.—(
il
they should never rest
said
tied that gentle pressure from without which ue lye
only influenced individual Members, but efAee pet
Ministers of this country.—(Hear, hear, and oil:
cheers.) He had been much amused by af,,-; ho-
in the newspapers that a Member had sat 27..A.7 :to 0
the House of Commons who turned out art- reval",
a woman.—(Laughter.) He would not repent
god
name, but although he did not know the gentl,e°3sooe9j
had not the honour of sitting with him in the tedto
he understood he was a good Conservative Old is ttl
(Laughter)—and he had strong suspicions that
table fly
not a singular case.—(Laughter.) Most respects d oitt
amiehle old ladies held seats in that assembly. °food:.
ieeliug eatural to the weaker sex, they were for '-4
rank, and mistook the principles of taxationud
principles of the Constitution.—(Laughter, argil
cheers.) It was their duty, however, to 1),.°t0 th°„ri
House of those old ladies, and send them bae'ciore
places which they were more qualified to eer it fib/
represent.—(Laughter.) He would ask whetb siver
fair that the Government, who had climbed to, rbeir o,eo
a popular cry, and who, as it were, had total°
_f cob°,o(
into Buckinham Palace, on the shoulders
..10
arid Bright, should throw cold water, upon a w.", C.i!of
financial retertn?—(Cheers.) How teas it that_o'm f,rop;.,
see ho wisdom except in a Lord, ' 000 C
except in an estated gentleman I—(Crie pre ot
h. ar In fact, he thought the tendency 01_1' st bar.r:ca
day was to make the House of Commons a gr,e,,or ev050%
for died rabbits.—(Laughter and cheers.) but aoti.ed
wile celled the People's House was nothing De! too ti_vd
ever been done under the most despotic we of
petiott. In the year 1830, when the Duke Ofd who
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machines which raised a greater amountoinf tot_e_rs,lllloiit;olo
turned out on the score of economy, b"
Was
got a majority, the public expenditure 5
Whigs canvassed the population
.of thweire°s°Zotorlo:ool