The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-25 00:00:00

TIVIEN ING EDITION

supply a)1 tbed brought to market, t t for several miles
routa". 'Sheffield, the flour-mills are limiting short time.
et, doessthis mean but short commons for every poor
me et in Sheffield—short commons for every man's wife
aad children, as well as for himself ? What does this
prove, but that our fatal commercial policy is at the
present time working, its natural and necessary
-results on distant markets, that, one by one,
your foreign customers are dropping off—the mer-
chants around me, are seeing that orders dwindle away
in their hands, till they are forced to dismiss deservirg
and intelligent workmen, with whom it has been their
pride to maintain a connection, during a long lite of
useful industry ? Unless we can put a period to this
unhappy and unwholesome state, of thin" ruin and de-
cay menace this most deserving and intelligent commu-
nity.(Cheers.) I have had pleasure in finding here
our Chartist opponents, meet us, as they have ever done,
gallantly in the field, and fought their opinions like'men.
They are not the men to desert their own friends be-
cause they aye falling, but manfully, and honestly, and
stoutly stretch out the hand of fellowship to those in
distress. It matters not now on what minor points we
may differ. There are certain great practical points on
which we may honestly concur, and on which concur-
rence is . necessary to our safety.—(Cheers) You see
what we have come to. I told you in my address, that I
consider the Reform Bill to be on its trial, as much as
the Ministry or the House of Commons. What-
ever we may come to, two years hence,- we must
try first whether we have the power to carry
good and useful measures with the machinery
now at our disposal. If we have not that power, you
will have an additional right to call upon these gen-
tlemen who represent the middle class, and who hold in
their hands the elective power—you will have an addi-
tional right to call upon them to concur with you in
,clemandieu such a change in our institutions, as may
give thwer to carry good measures, whatever party
'Amy introduce them into the Legislature.—(Loud
cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, Mr. Parkes said, very
justly,—and I heard his observations with great plea-
surta—what credit could be given for good faith to
the measures of the Ministers, after the absurd decla-
re:thin -which Lord Melbourne had made some time ago?
My honourable Friend says, if Lord Melbourne were
here he would give an ingenious answer. I believe he
woul I be puzzled to give a good one.—(Laughter.)
apprehend he could only tell you that he finds him-
self a wiser man this year than he was last, and that
he is convinced it is necessary, seeing our diminished
markets and the increase of financial incumbrances, to
gevercome his original repugnance to those measures.
Be has, however, given way entirely to the growing
al.ecessities of the country ; and that, I apprehend, is
'the only reasonable explanation of Lcrd Melbourne's
conduct. You have the conduct of the Government be-
fore you. It is that of men risking office and place, and
all you are accustomed to consider valuable, by bringing
forward a budget which has arrayed against them all the
protected interests of this country. It is, therefore, the
duty of those who may be called the unprotected interests,
to rally round any parte, that brings forward such honest
measures, and to give tit-el a support in their endeavours to
tarry them. lam as little interested as any man can be
iin the preponderance of any party in the-House of Com-
-eaons. I have nothing—l say it distinctly—to ask or
seek, or hope, or wish, from any Government that may
come in. Bat when I see good measures brought forward,
I do not care what distrust of the Government I may have
had before, I take the measures, if reason, and inquiry,
and common sense tell me those measures are good
honest measures, measures that may conduce to the wel-
-I%re of the people. I take the measures, caring nothing
!Tor the man, if they do not stand honestly by them.—
(Cheerer) Now, Gentlemen, as I went_ into that part of
the subject largely yesterday, I do not intend to trouble
yea to-night with statistics or figures of any kind. But
I wish to introduce, on these husting,g, to the largest
assembly he will ever get in Sheffield to listen to him, a
eeesv Conservative candidate. The name, I suppose, by
a misprint, appears as " William Sheppard ;" but, as a
'gentleman said below, the .right name must be " Jack
Slieppanl."--(Laughter.) I'll tell you why.. This Jack
Sheppard means to take your purse, if you put him into
Parliament.—(Cheers.) I do not mean to say that he
will do so by putting.a pistol to your head, but he means
to do so by his votes in the House of Commons ; and, on
my honour, if you can read English, he tells you so pretty
plainly. In the first place, he says, " I avow myself a
Conservative, in the spirit of true Conserva-
tism." You ought to know this William
Sheppard belongs to that small Urquhart* party
that I told you, yesterday, you might put into a
lbandebox. lie is one of those Conservative gentlemen
who etc about the country with Mr. Urquhart, and, not
being liked at other places, haring tried Bewdley and
trot succeeded, he comes to Sheffield, because anything is
~etexl enough for Sheffield, you know.—(Cheers sad
laughter.) He says, he " looks with intense anxiety at
oar commercial relations ; but he insults your common
:sense, by telling you, in a previous paragraph, that lie is
^' opposed to the budget of the day—that he is opposed to
an alteration in the Corn-laws, unaccompanied by any
nnndote for the destruction of vested rights." What
vestal right can there possibly be in the Corn-laws ? It
dates only from 1829. When we talk of vested rights,
we mean something of long, ancient, and venerable exist-
eine: whether it lime any basis of right or not. But in
this law there is nothing ancient or venerable. It is but
a mischievous Act of Parliament, ten years of age, and
it may be repealed, and will be repealed, the moment
ou command a. majority in the !louse of Commons.
This anxiaus gentleman says, that " if placed in the
proud pcaition of being elected one of your Members,"
_--" it will -be his constant aim to enlarge the sphere of
war cr)nuwacial revenzes„ and to remove impediments,
-whether fia)al errors or abuses, that enchain its powers."
I la)!I the greatest legislative error in this country to be
act that restricts the food of the British people—
(Cheers)--and if he wishes to extend the sphere of in-
dustry, that must be the first to fall. I tell you that the
unia who comet forward with these two ,paragraphs in
one aidress, either does not know his own mind—has no
clear idea of is hat he puts forth, or else he has the most '
complete contempt for your intelligence, and means de-
eignedly end wiltaliy to mislead you. . But I know the
peeele O!Sheilield too well to suppose they will be misled
far the trash in this paper.—(Loud cheering.)
'dint extending markets can you have, if you
. shit: out the produce of three-fifths of the world
from your own market ? What can the Govern-
ment do under such circumstanee.4? Go where you will
—to GeFiiilany, to the United ate tes, to any part of tee
world, and talk or their a:le:eine; duties—of extending
their intercourse with Vale:at-el, and their first answer
will be, " Look at home, Gentlemen. Practise what
you preach. Look at your own Corn-laws. What have
we to give you for your goods, if you will not allow us
to send you the produce of our soil ?" Atid we refuse
to do that, at the time when our people are stinted for
tread—when in Manchester and Bolton, as I saw stated
in the papers to-day, the children of the operatives are
. following the carts of grain from the brewliouses, to pick
up the few scattered grains for their subsistence.—
(- Shame !" "Look to the Government for that.") Look
v) the Gt,vernment 1 When have I ever vot©d for the
Coro-laws ? Do not come to me with these abstract no-
tions again, to disturb the unanimous feeling of this meet-
ing.--;Cheers.) Look to practical things. If, with the
present rua.thiaery, you cannot carry what is essential to
the well-being of every industrious man, then look
farther. But I say now that .I believe these changes
can be tiade. We arc engaged in a great struggle with
all the protected interests. If the unprotected are disor-
ganised—if they do.not choose to act well together—if
they permit abstract opinions to separate thom—if they
are divided among themselves, the protected interests will
put their feet on your necks for seven years, and keep
eon down till you are steeped in poverty, and they in-
../
volved with you in one common ruin.—(Cheers.)
A Fe-reon inquired Mr. Ward's opinion about permit-
ting the export of the raw material of manufactures, such
as steel ?
Mr. Waun replied—You cannot put on prohibitions
if y(),! claim free trade with other countries.
youreelves,
You cannot have prohibitions in your own favour, and
claim exemption from
those in favour of others.y
you can
fair play, take off every unfair pressure,
ltr slid
my intelligent
for ,
stand competition with any other
country. and
in the world ;
and I should be very much ashamed
and industrious countrymen, it
e u not know that to be
the fact-
separation of Church and
" Will you vote for the.

State ?"

Mr. WARD—No.
ny Favor:. asked if Mr. Ward would Tote for the
Rei4,-41,0f the Union with Ireland ?
Mg.Waap replied he would not, he should as soon-
think of voting for the separation of Scotland, or Wales,
or Yorkshire.
Mr. PARKER concurred in the answer.
The CHAIRMAN then said, as it appeared no other.
persons had questions to ask, he declared the meeting
diwolved.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman was moved by Mr,
TunToN, and seconded by Mr. PARKER ; and after three
cheers. f‘or Fre<:. Trade, and three cheers for Parker and
Ward, the immense meeting quietly broke up.

BERLIN, JUNE 13.—Our King, who, two or
three years ago, derived so much benefit from the use of
the waters of Marienbad, did not follow the advice of his
physician to go there again last summer, because the
pressure of business was so great at the commencement
of his reign. This year he will refrain from visiting that
place, though it was partly resolved that he should ge.
The King will go this weeii. to Magdeburg, to be present
at a ceremony which is to take place in the neighbour-
hood, in honour of the late Field-Marshal Gnetsenau,
who was a Roman Catholic. His Majesty seems not yet
to have come to any resolution respecting his visit to the
Rhenish provinces this year.

CITY ELECTION.--Tlke following placard was
posted .at Guildhall yesterday :--" The Sheriffs of
London do make proclamation that in obedience to her
Majesty's writ for the electing four fit and discreet citi-
zens to serve for the City of London in the ensuing Par-
liament, to be holden in Westminster on Thursday the
19th day of August next, they the said Sheriff's will
proceed to the said election at the Guildhall of the said
City of London on Monday next, the 28th day of June
instant, at eleven for twelve o'clock."
A ROMANCE OF THE LAKES.—Most of us
who belong, to the present generation must remember
the extraordinary interest that was excited, some five-
and-twenty years ago, by the melancholy and romantic
history of the celebrated Beauty of Buttermere, who was
deluded into a mock marriage by that most gentlemanly
staid distingue of scoundrels, the notorious James Hatfield,
—the " Jack Sheppard" of the swell mob of his day.
This singular Romance of the Lakes has, we understand,
been taken as the leading subject
of a novel, called
" James Hatfield 'and the
Beauty of Buttermere," the li
ficenes of which are laid exclusively among those beau-
tiful locaes
Europe, by their connexion been rendered famous all over
..‘‘,..oraswoxch,
Southey, with our three great poets,
Ctoleridge. This alone must
give considerable interest
.the work, yarticularly as
we understand the three illusotrtous bards just named are
introdaced lea cling mom is Many of the scenes.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND
WORKS OF ART.
The following are the names of the Members on the
Committee :
Mr. Hume Sir De Lacy Evan 3
Mr. Goulbura Lord G ranville S merset
Mr. Ewart Mr. E. J. Stanley
NEI.. Mackinnon Mr. Henry Thom Is Hope
Mr. Gaily Knight Mr. Slaney
Mr. Thomas Duncombe Colonel Salwey
Mr. Broadwood Mr. Milnes
The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the pre-
sent state of the" National Monuments and Works of Art
in Westminster Abbey, in St. Paul's Cathedral, and
in other Public Edifices ; to consider the best means
for their Protection, and for affording facilities to the.
public for their inspection, as a means of moral and
intellectual improvement of the people ; and who were
empowered to report the minutes of the evidence
taken before them to the House ;"—have considered
the matters to them referred, and have agreed to
a Report, of which the following Is an abstract :
Your Committee, in proceeding to fulfil the duty com-
mitted to them by the House, have thought it advisable,
in the first instance, to ascertain what facilities had lat-
terly been afforded to the free admission of the public
to the several public institutions in the metropolis and
the neighbourhood, and the effects which have resulted
from them, have proceeded in the inquiry entrusted to
them, and made considerable progress ; and; although
prevented by the unexpected termination of the 'Session
from completing their investigation, your Committee are
desirous to lay before the House the evidence they have
taken, and the Report thereon agreed to, referring gene-
rally to the evidence taken with respect to each Institu
tion.

BRITISH MUSEUM.
At the British Museum, notwithstanding the fears of
some of the principal officers, expressed before the Se-
lect Committee in 1835-6, the great experiment has
been made of admitting the public on the annual holi-
days ; and the result has been very satisfactory. It ap-
pears from Sir Henry Ellis's evidence, that from 16,000
to upwards of 32,000 persons have passed through the
rooms of that Institution in one day without any acci-
dent or mischief ; and, it is gratifying to report, that
in the course of the three or four years that this
liberal system has continued, not a single case has re-
-1 quired the interference of the police, although the dis-
placement from the old. and the re-arrangement of the
collections in the new rooms, consequent to the re-
building of the premises, have been very unfavourable
to the free passage of large numbers of visitors. The
exclusion of children under eight years of age, though
under the care of their parents, has caused consider-
able inconvenience and disappointment, and prevented
many persons from visiting the Museum ; and that
exclusion is more complained of, as children are ad-
mitted to Hampton Court Palace and to the National
Gallery without any inconvenience. The days open to
the public are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
1 from ten to five in winter, and until seven in summer ;
and on Tuesdays and Thursdays the museum is visited
by parties on private admission ;—it may be a question
whether granting one or both of those slays to the public
would, in any great degree, increase the trouble to the
attendants, whilst, it would be a great convenience and
advantage to the public, especially in avoiding the
disappointment of visitors from the country. It is alsoa
matter worthy of the consideration of the Trustees, whe-
ther there be any necessity to require visitors, when they
proceed in parties to write their names in a book, whilst
entering separately, they are not required so to do. Delay
is the consequence of that rule, and no advantage whatever
seems to be derived from it. Your Committee consider
that it is most desirable that all obstables should be
removed consistently with the safety of the collection.
The evidence of Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Gray points out
the want of that convenience for visitors which your
Committee think ought to be afforded ; and they
trust that it will be only necessary to call the atten-
tion of the Trustees to that subject. Your Committee
call attention to the small number of visitors who enter
the Museum between the hours of six and seven
o'clock, and how far it may be advisable, consistent
with public convenience, to close the admission at six
o'clock.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY
Affords a still more gratifying instance of success
from free admission. The public are admitted on four
days a week ; viz., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, arid
Thursday, from ten o'clock to five in winter, and to
six in summer ; and men, women, and children are ad-
mitted without distinction. If Friday and Saturday he
really required for the convenience of students, the
only additional time that could be afforded would be on.
Sunday, after the time of Divine Service. The numb2r
of visitors has increased from 125,000 in 1837, to
397,649, in 1838, and in 1840 to upwards of 500,000.
The greatest propriety has been observed in the de-
meanor of the visitors, and no instance of misconduct
requiring the interference of the police authority, has
occurred. Children of every ago have been admitted,
with or without their parents ; and not one accident
has occurred, or any inconvenience been experienced.
It appears that the rooms in that Institution require
ventilation ; and your Committee consider it only ne-
cessary to call the attention of the House to the Evi-
dence of Mr. Wildsmith en that subject.