The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

What for ?" " Why half your income." Why you
would find them meeting on Lexden Heath, as conspira-
toes did in former times on Blackheath, and devising
means to resist the power of the tax-gatherer.—(Cheers.)
They would be the first to do it; but they do not consi-
der that out of your 12s. you pay 6s. Id.; while out of
his 1,200/. he only pays 361. This is not attempting to
bewilder you with sophistry—it is merely a matter of
pounds, shillings, and pence. If then you went to your
master for your wages he were to stop 6s. out of them,
would you not knock him down? Yet the tax-gatherer
is going about plundering you to that extent. Is it not
therefore important that you should know how those
who are to be your representatives for six years mean to
act in respect to the duty on tea, on tobacco, on soap,
and other articles essential to your daily comfort.—
(Cheers.) Now if I were a candidate, I should be
urging these things on your attention. Then I should
take church-rates. If any of you have conscientious
scruples and refuse to pay church-rates, you aro told
by one of your two Members, " Are you not ashamed
of yourselves? Is it not a tax regularly imposed
by law, and are you to set up your scruples against the
Church?" The answer to that is, " Why should I sup-
port your church any more than you support my meet-
ing-house?"—(Cheers.) Therefore I should ask the can-
didate what he proposed to do with church-rates? Then
there is another question dear to all Christian men—the
separation of Church and State. I think there is not
one man, not one candidate in fifty, that can tell you
what is meant by that.—(Hear, hear.) I take the Church
to be Christianity; it is an easy way to talk of it as being
1,800 years old, but it is one of the greatest beauties and
blessings of Christianity that it is ever new and ever
old, with a vivifying power about it that no time can
destroy ; and, I say, nothing is so much against
Christianity and its example, as to find the bishops sit-
ting in the House of Lords. I want to know whether
the Honourable Baronet would vote for the removal of
the bishops from the House of Lords?—(Cries of " No,
no.") No ! Then perhaps you will say we don't agree.
(Laughter.) These are points you ought to press on
these gentlemen ; and I will hazard any consequences
that belong to the declaration, and say, that if you find
the worthy Baronet or the bill-broker come at all up
to the mark on any of the points to which I have al-
luded—for if a man agrees with you on nine points,
I will not say reject him because he does not agree on
the tenth—if you find he is a Reformer, that he is not
going backward, that he is for adapting the state of
government to the matured mind, the growing intelli-
gence, and the active industry of the people, then, I say,
support him. There may be some differences—there are
some sluggish intellects—some that are cautious, but not
less secure ; but if you find them ready to carry out
those measures that their judgment approves, and that
the people approve, then I say you have got useful re-
presentatives, be they who they may.—(Cheers.) It is
not for me, circumstanced as I am, to trespass longer
on your attention. I hope you will bear iu mind that I
have asked a vote for no man ; I have spoken for all
and against all ; and so anxious am I to see my friend
here in Parliament that I should like to see all three re-
turned.—(Cheers and laughter.) But this I wish you
distinctly to recollect, and bear in mind, that whatever
may have been my impres,don, r trust you will not any
one of you be deterred from giving a vote to any candi-
date under a belief that you are pleasing me ; I trust
there is not one man who, fancying that I consider my-
self ill-treated, will think that he is showing his respect
to me by withholding his vote from that candidate with
whose views he may agree, and whose principles he may
approve.—(Cheers.)
After some cheering for Mr. Hardcastle, the honour-
able gentleman and his friends retired.—Essex Herald of
this day (Tuesday).

contented with that gentleman's conduct during the late
session, a circumstance which, of course, tells greatly in
favour of Colonel Keppell.

PONTEFRACT.

MONDAY, JULY 26.—The parties at present in the
field are Mr. M. Milnes, the sitting Member; Mr. Martin,
QC., a Liberal ; and Mr. Preston, of Moreby Hall, a
Conservative.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, 1847.

On Sunday morning very heavy rain set in at
Paris, and confirmed without intermission during the
whole of Sunday night, and up to the hour of post on
Monday. It was greatly apprehended that the crops
would be injured if it should continue for any time.