The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-09 00:00:00

•,very occasion that presented itself, and had submitted to
• very exan-ination, in order that that opinion and those
principles might be fully known, and he hsd stern
hunself attached to those Liberal principles which
would make the House of Commons the true
prosentatives of the reople, which would improve the con-
nection berween the constituencies and the Parliament,
and give full elf:et to the principles of the Reform Bill.
There was one question to which some t f the gentlemen
opposite bad alluded, and he most heartily rejoiced
that Mr. Alcock had stated his opinions openly and fairly
upon that question. He had been attacked tor those
pinions, but he did rejoice that on the subject of the
Corn-laws, Mr. Alcock had frankly stated his opinions, in
the full conviction that•those opinions were thoroughlylcon-
sleeted with the interests of the whole nation.
(Cries of "We want cheap bread.") Mr. Alcock had an
yqual interest with gentlemen opposite in the prosperity
of the agricultural interest—(Crigs of " More, more")--
and had tecod forward for the county, openly stating, as
indeed every man who stood for so large a constituency
must. do, what his opinions were. lie (Sir Edward)
had personally an equal interest with any of them in the
promoti.es and prosperity of agriculture, and he would
never advocate any change in • that system unless he
were ecnivirced it was for the real interest of the farmer,
--(Cheers.) No person could stand for the county of
Surrey without being the friend of all classes, and the
present controversy was not merely agricultural but it
was also commercial.—(Cheers.) The whole consti-
tueney must feel that their interests were bound up
together—that no person could stand there upon
some cxc!usive or partial legislation, but that he
who wished to represent the county of Surrey, must
advocate the interests of all.—(Hear, hear.) Mr.
Alcock would, no doubt, explain to them more fully
his sentiments upon the various questions that agitated
the public mind, but upon the subject cf civil and re-
ligious liberty, he had openly and avowedly announced
his sentiments, and he (Sir Edward) had no doubt
they would be most honestly acted upon. For these
reasons, he begged to second the nomination of Mr.
Alcock, and he had no doubt, that that gentlemen
would meet with the cordial support of the intelli-
gent and independent electors of Surrey.—(Loud
and continued cheering.)
Mr. ANTROBUS then attempted to address the elec-
tors, but from the noise and uproar created by the par-
tisans of each candidate he was unable for some time
to make himself heard. The tumult having in some
degree subsided we heard the lion. Gentleman declare
that he came before the electors of Surrey upon Con-
servative principles.—(Cheers, groans, and laugh-
ter)—and that he wished to see the connection between
Church and State preserved—(Cheers and hisses)—
under which the country bad so long flourished and
prospered.—(Continued uproar and chering.) He be-
lieved the Church was the bulwark of the Throne, and
that it would not only make us good subjects here, but
that it would lead us to happiness hereafter.—(Hear.)
Ile would never encourage or support any plan of
education that was not based upon the religion of the
Church of England. Unless education was based
upon religion it led to evil rather than good.
He was not one who would interfere at all with reli-
gious liberty, but he objected to that religion which
sanctioned intolerance. He should always encourage
education as long as it was based upon religion. He
would always be found as the advocate of the
commercial and agricultural interests of the county,
believing them to be bound up in each other, and added
to this, he would invariably support every measure which
had for its object the improvement of the condi ion of
the country. In conclusion, he had only to say that, if
the electors returned him to Parliament, they would
always find him a sincere and zealous servant.

Mr. Aecoefe then came forward amid great cheer-
ing to address the electors. He stood forward as the
hold friend to the repeal of the Corn-laps.—(Ghee s.)
Having certain opinions upon the subject of corn, he
came forward before the county and before the electors
especially on that occasion as the friend to the abolition
of the bread-tax.—(Great cheering.) He had an opi-
nion of his own that the benefit of the country at large
would be best considered by totally repealing the exist•
ing laws on the importation of foreign corn.—(Cheers.)
He did not say that with a view of raising one parti-
cular interest, and damaging another, but he said it
boldly, unequivocally, and fearlessly—(Cheering)—
before any man as his decided opinion.—(Great cheer-
ing.) He did not expect to please them all.—
(Cheers.) He desired the repeal of the existing
laws on corn on the one hand, for the benefit of the
agricultural interest, and on the other hand for the
purpose of doing common justice to the great mass
of the community.—(Cheers.) He was desirous of
doing away with the existing laws on corn for the pur-
pose not only of doing common justice to all, but to do
away with the famine prices of bread that had existed
during the last two years. It had been said by some
that he had said one thing in the county to please the
agricultural population, and another thing in the me-
tropolitan parts of the county to please another set of
men ; be that how it might, this he would say that he
never expected to please the whole of the Eastern
division of the County of Surrey.—(Cheers.) What
he had principally cared for was that in all his state-
ments there should be reason and truth. Ile Wes
determined to take that mealy part which he was sure
every one would say was the proper course. That was
the part he had always taken, and that was the part he
was prepared to fight for. Now, what he would do
with respect to the Corn-laws was this ; he would re-
peal all the existing laws entirely, and he would then
put a duty of ten shillings a quarter on wheat, to fall
off half yearly, and so to let the. matter drop. If
they could get a better or a more straightforward man
than himself they were at perfect liberty to do so.—
(Cheers.) In the next place he came boldly forward,
and in the same candid manner, as a decided advocate
for the liallot.—(Great cheering.) He considered it
a mockery to give a man a vote unless he also had
the power of exercising it as he thought proper. He
was, and always had been, a friend to free trade of all
kinds. He was also a friend to a better system of tax-
ation than at present existed.—(Hear, hear.) He
would support the present Government when he
thought them right, but not when be thought them
wrong. Upon the stibject of taxation, his clear opinion
was that those who had most ought to pay most.—
(Cheers.) He would say one word with respect to a
subject that was interesting to some—he meant the
Poor-law ; and with respect to that, he would say, put
the Corn-!arcs upon such a footing as he recommended,
and there would be an end to the Poor-law, the unions,
and the whole system.—(Cheers.) He also, as well as
his opponent, was a sincere supporter of the Constitu-
tion as in Church and State established ; he was a
friend to the Church, but, at the same time, as he
would promote freedom of conscience, he would give to
all the world liberty of conscience. He was a friend to
religious freedom ; and though he was a friend to the
Church, he was an enemy to its abuses.—(Cheers.)
He was anxious to do away with the abuse of Church-
rates, arid to reform the Church in any other way that
might be wise, discreet, or proper. If the electors
thought he was their champion, ho trusted they would
stand by- him, and fight with him ; and this lie would
say, that he thought they might go farther and fare
worse.—(Clieers.) He should continue to fight for
the elect ars as long as they would stand by him.
Mr. COATES then came forward, and on his being
asked if he was a freeholder, said that he was a lease-
holder, and that his name would be found in the regis-
try. If there were any bigots present, they would
endeavour to stifle the truth, and by clamour to put it
doh n

Mr. WESTMACOTT presented himself at the same
moment in front of Mr. Antrobus's brother. He made
some observations to the meeting, which, from the up-
roar that prevailed, and our being at some distance
from him, we were unable to catch with any accuracy.
We understood him to say, that Mr. Alcock professed
himself a friend to the repeal of the Corn-laws, and a
supporter of the agricultural interests ; but he wished
to .know when their wages averaged only eight shil-
lings a week, whether that was the time to take off the
protecting duty ou corn. He was astonished that so
respectable a man, and one possesseu of large landed
property, could seek to destroy the rural population.
Ile hoped to hear Mr. Alcock's opinion upon one
subject which was a grievance in the heart of every
human being in the country—he meant the Poor-law,
and how he proposed to mitigate the severity of its
enactments. His universal panacea of the repeal of
the Corn laws would not do es a substitute—(Cheering
and uproar)—
Mr. COATES again came forward, and begged to be
heard for a few minutes. In an assembly of freemen
he trusted they would have free discussion. At length
he had been permitted to behold the representative of
all the Conservative patriotism, religion, freedom, states-
manship
of East Surcey.—(Cheers and laughter.) The
case of the Hon. your, Gentleman was this—that the
Whigs had brought the country into the greatest pos-
sible difficulties ; and in these perilous and difficult
times the Hon. Gentleman was desirous in his own per-
son to add to the collective wisdom of the House of
Commons.—(Cncers and laughter.) He admitted that
the House of Commons had need of more enlightened
statesmanship and greater political ability, but whether
it was to be derived from that quarter deponent sayeth
not.--(Much laughter.) Time was when they fought
, for Whig and Tory candidates—time was when the
question lay between a Reformer and an Anti-Reformer,
but they were now called on to decide on a higher
and more important practical question—whether they'
would have an adult or an infant.—(Roars of laughter,
loud cheering, and hisses.) If the election had hap-
pened three months ago, the Hon. Gentleman would
not have been of ago.—(Great laughter.) Now, what
was their defence ?—(Great noise and uproar.) He
heard, towering above the storm, the Herculean lungs
of a gentleman on his left, who said something about
Charles Fox. Was Mr. Antrobus then, or would he ever
be, a Charles Fox ?—(Laughter.) The Tories had said, in
defence of the young gentleman, that William Pitt went
into Parliament quite a youth. Why, they all knew
that Mr. Pitt was a heaven-born Minister, but whether
Mr. Antrobus was a heaven-born Member of Parliament
or not time alone would show.—(Greta laughter.) Au
experiment was being made to disgrace the Beitisn Par-
liament. It had been tried with success at Reigate—it
was now to be tried in East Surrey, and he supposed