The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-09 00:00:00

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EVENING SUN.

Reform which had done the same good to the pork sw
I s country as that Reform, if they had been allkwed
carry it.—(Cheers.) And what was till* FL%
posal ? Great expense had been incurred, and
how was it to be met ? Common Ministers would
have met it by additional taxation, but they found out a
much better method, which, instead of adding to taxa.
don, would add to the revenue, and at the same tine
open the trade of the country to the whole universe.—
(t_leers.) He (Mr. Byng) believed that there never
was such distress as that which existed at the present
moment ; and if they eould have given employment to
our manufacturing labourers, they would have made
them not only happy but useful subjects.—(Hear, hear.)
If employed, they would have added to the wealth and
stability of the country ; but as it was, their poor fellow-
countrymen were absolutely in a state of starvation.—
(Hear, and cries of" Shame.") They had heard of such
scenes of misery as had never before been experienced in
this country. They had heard of them from a person
well informed, and much to be believed in everything he
said, that men were willing to give not only their labour
but their skill ; and lie had always reckoned that in ad-
dition to their labour men should be paid fur their skill ;
and yet men of that description had been known to
pawn their clothes at night to obtain bedding, and again
to pawn their bedding in the morning to obtain clothes.
—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") The aristocracy of the
country had overpowered them.(Hear, hear.) He had
always hoped to live under a Government of King,
Lords, and Commons, but he found himself living under
an aristocracy—(Cheers)—the worst of all Governments,
because, with some few exceptions, he believed they had
less feeling for their fellow-countrymen than any
other aten.—(Cheers.) They indulged in their lore of
power; of wealth, and luxury ; not caring for. the suf-
ferings of their fellow creatures. Now, he contended,
that if they knew their real interests, they would think
of their fellow countrymen, and not think otJy of them.
selves.—(Hear, hear.) He was certain that if they opened
thd trade of this country to all the world, and made ell
the corn and food of the world one common stock, they
would be able to Send out additional mantifecteres to the
amount of many millions, and would be repaid in food
by those who could not aflbrd to repay in any other way.
He was certain that if all the corn in the world wag
made into one common stock, it would raise the price
of corn all over the world, and would also, of' coarse,
raise the price of food, which, with the addition
of Bs. duty, which the manufacturers willingly offered,
would certainly' be a fair compensation to the agricultu-
rist.—(Cheers.) They never ought to hear of the agri-
cultural interest, and the landed interest, and the manto.
fracturing interest ; there should be but one common ;R,.
terest—(Cheers)—and then the population of thin', coun-
try, which had increased so wonderfully, -wotaid add to
their strength instead of adding to their weakness._.,..
(Loud Cheers.) At that moment corn was selling itt
nearly los. a bushel. He had known the same corn uz.l-
- the present law, which he was now convinced wad
thoroughly injurious, selling at 4s. 3d., and yet they
were told that one great excellence of the law was, that
it afforded bread at a certain fixed price. Another effect
that would result from the proposed alteration would be
that it would reduce rents ; and if every thing becaLoe
cheaper they could afford to do it ; and if they could s:ot
afford it, they were bound to do it. if they did not
think of their fellow-creatures, how could they think.
that Almighty God would think of them.—,(Cheeri...)
There ought to be unanimity among them in flick seve-
ral stations of landlord, tenant, and,-labourer. Tho
landlord should feel for his tenants as for his own family.
He should render them every sort of assistance in his
power, and lie would then have a right to call upon
the tenant to love and cherish his labourers. It wa.*
most satisfactory to him (Mr. B.) to know that those
whom he was best acquainted with, were most kind and
liberal to those employed under them. But that was
not the case in the greater part of England. In the
greater part of England the agricultural labourer was
treated almost as badly as the inanucacturing labourer.
And What folly it was. How was it possible that a man
who was not well fed and taken care of could give a
farmer a good day's work.—(Hear, hear.) It was
possible. He was sorry fur an instant to compare his
fellow man to a horse, or a cow; but where was the man
who expected a cow to give milk, or a horse to work, if
it was not then taken care of?—(Hear, hear.) It was
shocking to compare the two things together, but he was
obliged to do so to express his feelings on the subject.
He begged pardon for detaining them so long. It was
impossible he could ever be too anxious to stand well in
their good opinion, and when their connexion ceased, he
should wish that they might all say, " We might have
had a more eminent representative, but- one of more
honesty, consistency, and principle, we (raid not have
had." (The Hon. Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers.)
Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE then rose to propose
" The rights of the people, and may they have the zeal
to protect, and the firmness to defend them." Tho Hon.
Gentleman, in the course of an able speech, which we re-
gret we have not room to insert, said that the majority
in the present House of Commons had been obtained by
the grossest bribery ; that it was the spawn of corrup-
tion and intimidation which was encouraged by that
clause in the Reform Bill, called the Chanties clause,
and no wonder therefore they had a Chandos Parlia-
ment.—(Cheers.) Persons went about saying, " Give the
Tories a fair trial," but it could result only in one thing,
foul play to the people.—(Hear, hear.) The time was
come when they must meet monopoly and oppression.
and fight them hand to hand and foot to foot. The people
must not only meet, but speak out, on occasions like the
present. Not only intolerance, but ignorance was dis-
played by the present Cabinet. Let them look to the
late speech of the Duke of Wellington. He (Mr. I).)
was sorry that he was not better acquainted with the
condition of the people to whom he was as) much in-
debted ; for he had stated that this was the only 'coun-
try he had visited where the pour man, so long as he
was sober and industrious, was quite certain of
()wining
a competency.—(oll, oh.) Could any thing display
greater ignorance than that ? It could only be equalled
by the declaration of the same initividnal, that
the old boroughtnongering Parliament was the perfec-
tion of the Constitution.—(Cheers.) They had now
an " expediency" Cabinet, but expediency meant only
that men's conduct could be influenced by their fears,
and when they knew this to be 90 it was fiir the millions
in the country to speak out and to extort from the fears
of a Tory Parliament that which they could never obtain
from their sense of justice.— (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Army and
Navy."

Sir DE LACY EvANS briefly returned thanks, ad!, pro-
posed the health of their late Member, M. Hume, on
whom he pronounced a very high eulogium, and which
was drank with much cheering.
Mr. WARD, M.P., in an eloquent speech, proposed,
" Extension of the zuffrage, and vote by ballot," .which
was drank with loud cheers.
Mr. VILLIERS, M.P., in proposing " Peace and free
trade with all the world," said that the principles of
peace and free trade were intimately connected, since
every person engaged in commerce must be opposed to
the barbarous policy of war, which was too much in
favour among some of the rulers of this country. That
their honoured guest would live to see, the triumph of
both principles was not only his hope but his expectation'.
The opponents of free trade had been justly said to
stand between God's providence and man's necessities.
He did not expect to be defeated, but he saw no causer
for despair ; on the contrary, he believed that the pre-
sent crisis would end in a very general and decided
reaction in favour of the principles he advocated._
(Hear, hear.) With respect to the present Ministry,
he had .no reason to believe them faithless, and
he had therefore every reason to believe them
mischievous.—(Cheers.) A struggle between them there
must be, and the sooner they cleared the stage for it the
better. Let King Rent go on the one side, and the
Queen and the people on the other—the world would
look on, and God speed the right.—(Cheers.) Ile
would back the people against the Peers.—((;leers.)
They always had succeeded when they had been right
—and he said free-trade was the natural right of
man, and that it ought not to be controlled,
unless some great and general good was the consequeece-
No landholder had the right to deprive the industrious
people of the fruits of their industry, any more than he
had, in feudal times, to rub them of their property, or to
violate the honour of their homes. lie was not sufrinvi.
to inflict the one injury now, and he (Mr. V.) did aot,
see why he should be permitted to do the ()oder.—
(Hear, hear.) Free trade would be an antido•.,, to war,
and the best practical promotion of the (Thristian pur-
pose of peace and good will amongst men. D'''l4 therefore, with the monopolists, whr, were the foes of
the common weal, and who opposed every object which
reason and religion prompted them to pursue.—(Cheers')
Mr. lionuousE proposed "Lord John Russell and the
Liberal Members of the House of Commons,' Which "
drank with great enthusiasm.

' Sir TIIOIVAS WILDE, M.P., returned thanks in -. long
and able speech, in which he reviewed the ceAuct of
the Whig Ministry, and contrasted it with tlitit of their
opponents. They had done much, and if they had not
done more, it was because they. were not better sup-
ported by the people. The people had little to expect
from the present Government, tor, like the Gallant Candi-
date for a certain borough, who had been twice beroze a
Court-martial, Sir Robert Peel had been " twice tried".
and had been found wanting. The Honourable anti
Learned Gentleman then adverted to the conduct of the
Tories out of power, and asserted lliat they had no
right to force themselves into power, without makir,
known the principles on 11,,,,ich they were
about to.
govern. He hoped that the Opposition would be
conducted on the great principles they hadd
cated when in office, and that they would a v 4-
ouid persevere
in their support; and that whets their life political should
cease they might each receive the same • reward as was
that evening bestowed on their revered and honoureti
Member for his upright and consistent conduct--navaely
the grateful approbation of an enlightened people,
'
Mr. °TWAY CAVE proposed o .
The Liberal Adminis-
tration of Ireland."
Viscount EuR/NOTON, M.P., briefly: returned
thanks.
Sir JOHN EASTER:WE, in proposing the toast of "Civil
and religious liberty," said, that after
had heard that evening, it wasrot ithe eloquence they
iis intent:ion to oc-
cupy them at any length of time, but , he could not pro-
pose the toast without glancing
at the good fortunv which
fie had experienced in hav so practical an illus-
tration of its aim and meaning fopm their venerable
and respected representative,nwl. ho. had so lung been tine
uniform and steady advocate of
lie be I I govc, aoave to thant, 1,.. civil and religious liberty.
nrp.„l6„._,, ,„ „...... 0 % ":`a very sincerely for the ex-
hyl7wl
c`o;;l_,T,' vNia:" —in sympathy with his distressed
4" en, who were suffering under privations
far hev^. - •
. ~.t1 his power to describe, and which he wu
satisfied nothing but the exercise of the principles he
had SO well advocated that evening would be able to
alleviate.--.(Cheers.)

Mr. EWART, M.P., proposed, "Freedom of trades
commerce, and manufactures," which was drunk with
loud cheers. •

After several other appropriate toasts, which were re-
sponded to with enthusiasm, the meeting separated.