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England pay threepence a pound more than they other-
wise would.—(Cheers.) One word now with respect to
corn—a neighbour of his, R. Ellis, told him that day that
he knew as much of the corn question as any other per=
son, and he said it was quite clear that when corn
vas at 725., they could get es touch foreign corn as they
required at Is. ditty, But he (Mr. Humphery) asked
him what were the people to do, while corn was getting
up to 725., far when it was at 68s. and 705., it was well
known that the people could not get it at all.-----(Reaf
and cheers.) If corn was three-, foil, fife .Ssekkis
lying in a warehouse) it Was het VC) fit ill:W. NM et if it
was consumed in a fresh stalm skitd that Was the result of
the landlords' policy, which wits to get corn up to a pro-
tecting price, and, %bang in a pertion of bad corn at
a low price, they managed to keep the averages at 68s.
or 705., AAA corn fit to eat was actually 100 s. per quar-
ter, before they were able to get foreign corn in at a low
duty.—(Much cheering.) In fact, there never was a
greater fallacy than the present system of Corn-laws.—
(Renewed cheering.) Another fallacy was, that this
country could grow enough of corn to support its popu-
lation, but they seemed to forget that the population had
doubled itself within the last five-and-twenty years.
In 1829 they had admitted 1,363,b00 quarters, and in
1830, they brought in 1,700,000 quarters, and for the last
four years the amount had increased to 2,700,000 quar-
ters, and had it not been for the high protecting duty,
they might have imported and consumed five millions of
quarters, and that at the average rate of 40s. would be
10,000,000/.—(Loud cheers.) The question was, how
that was to be paid ? Not with gold, certainly ; hut it
might be paid for with their national industry.—(Loud
cheering,) He believed the Almighty never intended
that that industry should be cramped or thwarted.—
(Cheers.) He believed the Almighty intended that every
man should have enough to eat---(Renewed cheering)—
and he understood that at Odessa, when the landlord
was paid, the corn was actually thrown away, there being
no one to consume it, and the people of England refusing
to' admit it,--(Loud cheers.) They were called on to
support. your Liberal candidates.—(A voice in the crowd,
"1./here's Lord John ?") He would tell them where
Lord John Russell would be the following day. He would
be with Prince Albert laying the foundation-stone of
almshouses at Norwood for the Fellowship Porters.—
(Tremendous cheering.) They must be aware that he
could not attend at every meeting, but this he would un-
dertake that his Lordship would not shirk the nomina-
tion on Monday next at the Guildhall.—(Vehement
cheering.) And he would undertake this also, that he
would be at the head of the poll.—(Loud and long con-
tinued cheering, and waving of hats for several minutes.)
He only wished Lord John Russell was present to wit-
ness the enthusiasm of their greeting, fbr he did not
believe that any description could convey an adequate
idea of it.—(Renewed cheering.) It was said—and they
had said everything they could invent against him—that
his Lordship could not attend to the interests of a large
constituency, but he believed he was so thorough a man
of business, that he would be able to do it as well, and a
hundred per cent. better than any other man.—
(Loud and long-continued cheering.) All he would
ask them was to go the poll with a friend
as early as they could on Tuesday evening. Let them
not wait in order to have their votes thought of impor-
tance, let them go all at the first momeht.—(Loud cheer-
ing, and cries of "We will.") There were many good
and honest electors of London in that borough who, he
was confident, would do so.—(Great cheers.) He would
say one word to the Fellowship Porters, many of whom,
he understood, were present.—(Cris of " Yes.") If they
had a free trade in corn, it would do that class an im-
mense deal of good.—(Hear, hear.) If they had the
privilege of unloading and measuring the- cargoes,
could just as easily unload five millions of o". carters
__steers as
two millions, and have double their Present wages.
All he would now do was to move t
which
was to the following effect:—"
":
resolution,
I:hat this meeting feels
the permanent importane:
e of a free and unrestricted trade
in corn and other e.,0113• Mollifies as essentially necessary to
promote the 'sommercial, agricultural, and shipping inte-
rests of
snis country, and to afford full employment to the
PP:er and industrious classes of the country." If the rest
of the tlYtultry did what he was sure the metropolis
I would do, return men who would support the resolution,
the result would be that the labouring classes of the coun-
try would be better paid and better fed.—(Great cheers.)
Mr. TEITLON seconded the resolution, which he consi-
dered one of immense importance, not only to the City of
London, but also -to the kingdom at large, because it
went to show that the measures her Majesty's Ministers
proposed were not for the benefit of the few but for the
whole country.—(Cheers.) The resolution was then
put to the meeting by the Chairman, and declared by
him to be carried unanimously.
Mr. B. WOOD then rose to propose the next resolu-
tion, which was to the following effect :—" That this
meeting highly approves of the measures lately intro-
duced to Parliament by her Majesty's Ministers as a
progressive means of fiscal reform, and feels assured
they will lighten the burden of taxation, increase the
revenue, and add to the prosperity of the coun-
try.—(Cries of, " Where's Lord John Russell ?")
His Hon. Colleague had already told them where Lord
John Russell would be to-morrow, and his only hope
was, that all present would meet him at Norwood, and
assist his Lordship's endeavours in the charitable
cause in which he was engaged on that day.—(Cheers.)
The great measures they were called together that day
to support were so essential to the well-being of the
country that he did not think there was a single person
present who did not fully and fairly understand them.—
(Cheers.) He believed those who opposed the Minis-
ters on the great questions they had brought forward
were angry and vexed and tormented, because they
were not the parties to bring them forward.—(Great
cheering.) Those very parties knew that if they came
into power, they would be driven to propose the
very measures they were now decrying.—(Cheers.)
But then it was said that the present Ministers had
brought these measures forward at an improper time ;
all admitted that some measures were necessary, and
why, he would ask, was the time improper ?--(Cheers.)
Was it ever too late to do good ?—(Cheers.) Why,
therefore, should those who opposed the present Minis-
ters object to the time ?—(Cheers.) All they wanted
was to foil Ministers, that they might some six or twelve
months hence bring. forward measures of a similar na-
ture.—(Great cheering.) What, he would ask, could
be said or thought of men who endeavoured to turn out
the present Ministers upon certain questions, and then,
when they got into power, to adopt those very
measures ?—(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel had done
this twice.—(Cheers.) He acted in this way on the ques-
tion of Catholic Emancipation—(Great cheering)—for
it was not until he saw that there was a probability
of a rebellion rising up in Ireland that he consented to
grant it. Why did he do so, he would ask ? For the
purpose of retaining office.—(Cheers.) With respect to
the Corn-laws, every one knew his opinion, and he felt
convinced that no person could be ignorant of what were
the effects of those laws. As to the statement that had
been put forth relative to this country being able, from
its own produce, to supply its inhabitants with corn, he
considered them complete fallacies.—(Loud cheers.)
These were plain, simple, straightforward facts, and it
needed no sophistry to understand them ; and he hoped
they would never remain satisfied until all their objects
should be accomplished.—(Cheers.) Their candidates
had spoken plainly and simply, and had plainly told
them what were their objects and opinions with regard
to the three great measures. There were many of his
own former constituents in the room, and he trusted
that they would excuse him if he confined himself solely
to the consideration of those objects. With regard to
other points he would only appeal to his conduct in Par-
liament since he had been their representative, and he
trusted that they were satisfied with it.—(Loud cheers.)
The four candidates for the City, Russell, Wood, Patti-
son, and Crawford—(Loud cheers)—had spoken plainly
with regard to all those great measures, and what had
their opponents said ? Why, they had said nothing.—
(Cheers.) Would they support such men as these ?
(Cries of " No.") Did they wish to see those three great
measures carried ?—Cries of " Yes, yes," and cheers.)
Then let them be at the poll early on Tuesday morn-
ing, and vote for Wood, Russell, Pattison, and Craw-
ford.—(Loud cheers.) He would advise them to club
together among themselves, and go to the poll to'
ocher
not wait to be sent for. Let them r'
.seellect that
the poll commenced on Tuesday ms- •
closed at four.—(Cries of "We -ening at eight and
will be at the Guildhall
at six in the morning.")
they did so and took a lead
in the beginning of t'
--se day, they would keep it through-
out, and the v:_
story
would be certain. Let them not
think of -6iving plumpers, but vote for all
the four.—
(Lou "1.. cheers.) They should recollect that City
;section would be the first contest decided, and it was
their duty to set a good example to the country, and the
moral effect of their victory would be incalculable.—
(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then proposed the
resolution amidst loud cheers.
Mr. MAYHEW seconded the resolution. Ile had been
a manufacturer for some years. It had been said in the
House of Commons that the hatters wanted protection.
Now he, as one, said they wanted no protection—
what they wanted was open trade—(Loud cheers)—so
as to give to the laborious workmen better wages and
fewer hours of labour.—(Loud cheers.) He trusted they
would be at the Guildhall door by six o'clock, and set
the electors of the kingdom a good example.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then put and carried with one
dissentient only, amidst loud cheers.
Mr. APSLEI PELLATT then came forward and was re-
ceived with loud cheering, He said the questions they
were called upon to consider were entirely of a practical
nature. Did they want a cheap loaf ?—(Loud cheers,
and cries of "Yes, yes.") In France they had a loaf
at half the price it could be procured in England, and in
Poland at one-third. The question was, would they
have free trade or restricted trade ?—(Cries •of "Free
trade.") They were now called upon to reap the first
fruits of the Reform Bill. It was for them to show if
they could work the grand machinery of that Bill, so as
to attain great practical results.—(Cheers.) The
Bill itself was but a means to an end. They
were called upon to return to the House of Commons
four representatives who would attain that end. Thal,
had four candidates pledged to do Crawfor,
so—wood,
Pattison, and Russell.—(Loud Let return
m
those four, and by so doing the-- •i ght rest assured they
them
-d
were promoting the '—
Loud
cheers.) interests of the country.—(
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fi
....02n millions of taxation, while the Whigs had reduced
Tories had boasted that they had reduced
I orilr fiVe illilliotis Ibut It was easy work to turn the first
I ikftv'Mi. ZRNWe Or machine while it required a skilful
—(Loud
and energetic workman to turn the last -
cheers.) The four Liberai candidates were an p;47(1.
to promote and support those principles of commercial
reform on which the Queen and her Ministers had ap-
pealed to the country.—(Cheers.) It was for them to
say whether they would support those principles.—
(Loud cheers, and cries of "We will, we will.") On
those great principles what had the Tory candidates
5014 ? Nothing.—(Cries of " They will do nothing," and
cheers,) Would they support such say-nothing.
nothing men ?—(pries of " Nr‘ "‘
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day .mornin ' - pollmr;.-vi-aer‘ early on Tues-
g, and vote for AV
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would not detain them longer, but would at once propose
the following resolution :—" That this meeting pledges
itself to support at the ensuing election for the City of
London, the four advocates liar Commercial Reform.
Wood, Crawford, Pattison, and Russell, being assured
that in so doing they are serving the best interests of the
country."—(Loud cheers.)
Mt\ GfI.AVTIr seconded the resolution: He had often
hid the honour of addressing thbiii i l ilitit room before,
but he littrar klt it sbhigh an honour as on the present
Uksiell. They had then amongst them gentlemen who
had, early and late, while they (the electors) were en-
joying balmy sleep, been engaged in protecting and up-
holding their interests. Would they then have the To=
ries ?—(No, no.) If they would have the Tories--(Loud
cries of " No, no")—if they wanted a large standing
army in Ireland—if they wanted taxation to its height—
then they would have the Tories.—(Cheers.) They
would then have Sir R. 11. Inglis asking for so many
millions ; for what ? Why, for Church extension.—
(Laughter.) And what was this Church extension for ?
—(A voice in the crowd, " Why, for you to go to, to
be sure."—Laughter.) Now if they were determined
that these men should be kept in their proper position,
which was, where they were at present—(A laugh)—let
them rush to the poll, remembering that " he who would
be free, himself must strike the blow."—(Loud cheers.)
There was a paper which was called the " Great
Big Thundering Press."—(Laughter.) It had been
trying to prove that two and two made three instead of
four.—(A laugh.) He held in his hand a tax-paper.—
(Oh, oh, oh.) They were not to be frightened, it was
his own. That paper was for the year 1830, when the
Tories were in rule. When they were out of office they
said "We have left the Treasury in such a nice state
that you cannot take off a single shilling more of taxa-
tion. He would come to the present year.—(A voice in
the crowd "Read the year 1830.") He begged pardon
for the omission. The amount that he paid for taxes in
1830, and he would tell them as a plain man who lived
in a plain residence—(Laughter)—the amount of the
taxes he then paid was 10/. 15s. 71d. Now that was
when the Tories had taken off everything. What did
he pay now ? Why, he paid certainly 10 per cent.
more than he did last year, but the full amount now
was 5/. 15s. ld. Let the Tories look to that. He hoped
to have the honour of seeing the whole of that gentle-
men around him at the Guildhall on Tuesday. He him-
self would be there at seven o'clock in the morning.—
(Loud laughter.) He would tell all he knew to take
their breakfasts over night—(Renewed laughter)—and
he trusted that at four o'clock on the day of election they
would all throw up their hats and shout " the victory is
won."—(Louti cheers.)
The resolution was then put and eaMtlat
Mr. CRAWFORD then carat rorward, and was received
with loud and long-eOntinued cheering. He would first
offer to them his grateful thanks for the reception they
had given him. Such kindness was the highest etlhatiltie
he could receive in furtherance 9f tkae, 04t10 ii
their kindness had imposed ertl hilt. But when he had
thanked them, he fait that there was little room for him
to say much upon that occasion. The object of their
meeting had been so able, so perspicuously brought eat
ttoo
haitstemmtpotd,tothfaotlltohwath‘it
tholautut ilwrhirott
by their eloquent Chairman, that it would be stipefillibilis
for
in
how however,
their opponent's first meetin4 tot place on last Friday
week. Messrs.
He (Mr. C.) iVlasterman were then there.
kneve not what they said further than what
the Times tad infornaai
him.—(Groans.) In that paper
he readjust wh_:;,
he would have expected as Ml\ LyalPs
speech, (::-..,nsidering that he came from atx establisletnetit
me
-.e celebrated for its feelings of monopoly than any
other that existed in the city of London. But that esta-
blishment had been reduced under a Liberal Government.
Mr. Lyall, in language sufficiently intelligible to him
(Mr. C.), had told them that they had nothing to expect
from him in furtherance of the object for which the Queen
had dissolved the late Parliament. He (Mr. C.) did not
want language more plain to satisfy his mind as to the
truth of that; and if, unfortunately, he (Mr. Lyall) should
have a place in the House of Commons, he would
be the supporters of all those monopolies of which
they were then trying to get rid.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. Masterman was more cautious ; he prudently told
them nothing.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He said
that was not the time to discuss the corn question.
That question would be brought on for discussion in the
House of Commons. Now, if he meant anything, he
must mean one of two things—either he has never con-
sidered the subject, or he is opposed to any alteration in
the Corn-law. And then with regard to the Alder-
man's views, as expressed since he has been announced
as a candidate for the City of London. Not many days
before his name was found attached to a petition to the
House of Commons, praying for the adoption of all those
measures for which he (Mr.. Crawford) asked their sup.
port in returning him to the House of Commons. Now,
there was another gentleman, whose patriotic spirit in-
duced him to come forward for the City of London,—
(A laugh.) That Hon. Gentleman had given his former
constituents a kind of parting advice. He recommended
them to put up two Tories, but he (Mr. Crawford) was
very much mistaken if they had found one yet,
and if they did find one, he would certainly meet the
fate that awaited Mr. W. Attwood if he had ventured to
have stood for Greenwich. He (Mr. C.) had said all
that was necessary as to the language of his opponents ;
and with the liberal views which the constituency of
London had hitherto maintained, and which he believed
they never would desert—he hoped—he believed, they
had nothing to fear in the coming result, encouraged as
they had been wherever he and his colleagues had
met their constituents. He believed that the prin-
ciples of free trade had been assisted through the
instrumentality of the Report of the Committee on
the Import Duties in the House of Commons. He
would assure them that if he were again returned it
would be the fourth time—as the representative
of the city of London, he would- work out
those principles which he always professed. Those prin-
ciples were the result of experience and close observa-
tion, and, for the good of the country, required to be
speedily carried into effect. He had feared that the
time was more distant when the principles of free trade
would be recognised, as it has been in the present day ;
he really did not expect to see Ministers prepared to
propound these great doctrines in the manner in which
Lord Melbourne had so lately done. He feared that
those great measures would have been deferred until
some national calamity, like famine, or the total decay of
our manufactures, or the demands of the people could no
longer be deferred, without risking the safety of the na-
tional institutions.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. PATTISON said his first duty would be to give
them some account of the stewardship with which his
constituents had entrusted him. On all occasions hw had
worked steadily for the people, and he trusted that he
had shown by his votes in the House of Commons that
their interests and their prosperity had been his first ob-
ject,. He had given his steadiest support to the Ballot,
(Loud and long continued cheers)—to the Extension of
the Suffrage—(Loud cheers)—and he had Voted for the
abolition of Church-rates (Loud cheers)—and he
trusted from the manner in which they received that brief
enumeration of some of his votes in Parliament, they still
-considered him entitled to ask them to return him
again as their representative.—(Cheers,) Re did not
flinch from those opinions now, bitt would still support
them ; and, above all, he was determined to support
those principles of free trade and the abolition of mono--
polies which had been brought forward by her Mt eetsy'e
present Ministers—(Loud cheers)—and which, unless
fully carried into effect, would cause our trade and ma-
nufactures to retrograde in a manner that was frightful to
contemplate. One of England's best customers, America,
gave comparatively few orders now to our manufacturers,
for although England imported American cotton and
American tobacco she refused to receive American corns
—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and cheers.) On all
occasions he would be found at the side of the nrenVie,
and when he saw the highest and most exalt:-,'
in the empire—their gracious and in
individual
Queen—on
their side—(Tremendous cheer:-, which lasted several
minutes)—he little dour-The highest a" •
-.ea of their ultimate success.
-1
hands of - most glorious cause was in the
- the electors of London, and upon the
-,uit of Tuesday's- poll depended in a great mea-
sure the fate of England. It was not his own
MIN he pleaded, it was the cause of their fellow-
countrymen ; and trusting they would support
that character for patriotism and liberality which
tilvtitys characterized the city of London, he would con-
clude by thanking them for the attention and kindness
with which they had heard him.
Sir M. WOOD (who only arrived a short time previ-
ously) said he hoped that although he was late to the
meeting, he should not be late at the Guildhall on Tues-
day next.—(Loud cheers.) He was detained at a dinner
given by the Guild, to which he had the honour to be-
long, and the moment the toast of the Royal Family was
drunk, he then turned his thoughts to the people. As
his Hon. Colleagues had previously addressed them,
but little remained for him to say, however,
he should briefly observe, that with respect to free
trade he had always been its warmest advocate, and he
considered the measures proposed by the present Mi-
nistry as the greatest boon that could be offered to the
English nation. When the Corn-laws were first enacted
he witnessed violent tumults as the consequence in his
native town, and then he was convinced they should be
repealed ; and repealed they would be, if the electors
fearlessly and manfully did their duty. The Hon. Ba-.
ronet concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the
Chairman for his conduct in the chair, and his invariable
and consistent efforts in promoting the good of the
people,
Mr. PELLA= seconded the motion. He observed that
upon the result of next Tuesday's election depended the
welfare of England, and he might indeed say of the world
at large. Ile hoped the electors would act, not as men
engaged in a personal conflict, but'as men supporting the
cause of universal humanity. As a member of the Ge-
neral Committee he had an opportunity of observing the
base and scandalous means resorted to by their oppo-
nents. They had been guilty of forgery ; and, as in the
case of Mr. Alderman Humphery, of the most disgrace-
ful falsehoods. They were in favour of what they called
a sliding scale in the importation of corn, but he also be-
lieved they were in favour of a sliding scale in politics.
The necessity of an early attendance at the Guildhall on
Tuesday next could not be too frequently impressed
their breakfast the night before,
that •
upon the minds of the electors. Let them, as it had
been before observed, eat t
shall soon have no breakfast
crowd, We must, or we
for their la-
vote for their wives,
that they might be early at the poll.—(A voice in the
to eat.") Let them
and
nig ewers.)
tx~iart having returned thanks, the meeting
!--;ng three cheers for the Queen and
milies—let them vote for their Queen for posterity.
broke up, after
free trade.

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been told not to commit himself, at least not to commit
himself against the sliding scale. He now attempts to per-
suade you that the sliding scale will give you cheaper
bread than the fixed duty proposed by the Government.
Now I say at once with regard to the fixed duty, that I
am not a finality man, on this or any other subject.—
(Loud cheers.) You are aware that I am not a
man given to sudden and frequent changes, and some
of you, I believe, have had reason to complain
that I have not gone fast enough for you ; but I
assure you that I can see no reason why a measure
passed in one year, should be held final against the expe-
rience of all its future workings, and though when this
measure now proposed, is arranged, I should not wish to
see it disturbed at an early period, yet it would be en-
tremely absurd to say that corn shall never be intro-
duced into this country except at a rate of duty fixed
now under circumstances which may not exist when we
meet again.—(Loud cheers.) It appears from the Re-
port I have read of my Hon. Opponent's speech, that he
has endeavoured to persuade you that you will really
get cheaper bread under the sliding scale than under a
fixed duty. Then if this is the case wherefore is all this
outcry on the part of the agriculturists ? In the House
of Commons it was not stated that the apprehensions of
the agriculturists, which I think are very much exagge-
rated, or the evils they apprehended arose from this
cause; their cry is not that the fixed duty will raise the
price of bread so as to ruin the poor of this country, but
that it will cause corn to be sold so cheap as to ruin the
agricultural interest who will not find a market for their
produce. Then in what way (I speak only from the re-
port of the speech of the Hon. Gentleman) does he
make out his proposition? He says that the average
duty on corn has been ,ss. 3d. though this is too
low, and I believe it has been ss. 9d., and that the
amount of the fixed duty proposed by the Govern-
ment is Bs. But did the Honourable Gentleman
tell you what was the price of corn when the duty
was ls., did he tell you the quantity of foreign corn in
bond and not entered for sale at all, but which would have
been brought into the market had there been a fixed
duty. Did he tell you that the price of corn will not be
increased but diminished under a fixed duty ? Did he •
tell you that foreign countries, knowing that there would
be a certain market, would grow a greater quantity of
corn for importation to this country, and so prevent the
price rising to a famine price, and keep it steady and
even, preventing those fluctuations which you know have
taken place in the price of corn, while you also know
that no such fluctuation has taken place in the rates of
your wages?—Cheers.) You are told by others—l do
not know whether the Hon. Gentleman has said ao or
not—that we ought to be independent of foreign coun-
tries, Was there ever such an absurdity ? What is
there itt which we are independent of other countries,
or in which they are independent of us ?—(Cheers.)
To be so would cut at the very roots of all our com-
merce ; our ports would be blocked up, our ships sold,
and
~ our manufactures destroyed.—(Hear, hear.) If
we Erre independent of others for the necessaries of
life, *liy should not other countries be independent
of us If 'w did not take their corn, how can we
expect that they will take the manufactures we pro-
duce?—(Continued cheering.) I really do not know that
npon this subject of the Corn-laws I need address you
!mother word ; all I can say in addition is that as I
pittie4 to seine of you the other night, from the first
moment tdaly entering the House of Commons by their
support, and icy no other support have I ever entered it
than that of this popular constituency, I have known
that your sentiments and my own are in accordance on
this point, and ever since I have sat in the House of
Ccjmitions, I have voted for an alteration of the existing
system.—(Cheers,) There are other measures of a si-
milar kind, on which it is not necessary for me to enter,
as they are of minor importance, though they are all
based on the same principle, namely, that of the gradual
but certain abolition of monopolies unduly restrictive of
our commerce principle which you yourselves have
affirmed in a petition signed by nine thousand of the in-
habitants of this borough, and which I had lately the
honour of presenting to the House of Commons.—
E rom those principles I know that you will
(Cheer., nor do I believe that you will suffer
not directly Swot.' •. !- your characteristic to be cajoled.
the good sense whien Onponent, when he
My Honourable •-le you that
affifed flefe; tidisititstired to -1 that
the hattiO till Well' dttlg Alfehl, won,
those who akiodate the pilkiplti of fiefisior TOW
Iniantnably iirere . Oki* fill
I *ill fib it 11:11181i slit• afid,. endrrierafr; the lung
stilt* of piuts frdiii i liiefi tir ate OM
the face of the constituencies ; am lid Pidthiet;
I indulge in any sanguine expectations or predietithi4
excepting as to the contest in which we are personally
Ptigaqed: iind of which
,you have forbidden me to enter-
tain the Snelltait clOilihs---Yatottst cheers,) But, Gentle-
Men, this point; I amrid "de&lS'e fort 1 I
ridt y©u to elect nie if Ydili ides detkiA titv
4a4COUthitiatio'n the cbiriz
Adentud office, which, 133; 04 114614
as your representative I have been piaC6d *le leaVe
of the struggle, the present and immediate issue, may 08
one way or the other ; it is not a contest of the kind
iritie.d. by the Hon, Geutlppan, but of those princi-
pies Which at ari early pe lod 1 thlivdatt*, and which I
naafi still tt3 advticitte; dhd efeii those 0%410 sligpkt
nieet Cheek; if it gibnld be troiied that eltga
illtdefis hi& iteeii tad gifirtiiii triffbe ,
occasion, yet those principles once filiflY li6fbfe
the people, once fairly discussed at such meetings WO
this, after they have been debated at the. hustings in a
manner that will triumphantly refute the calumny that it
ie it dthlgtrcrttS,thittP, to appeal to the people on an ex-
ti o §tthi6Cf;iti a fitaiiii6f that earry conviction to I
theddis S 8f tile ettilidigiq; iktici 3 Aldo. pitteirlps, are
approved by the people, then at a limited hild OW* 14
period those principles will prevail. There is one sun;
ject, on which though it is thrown comparatively into
shade by the great principles now in question, and which
form the itninedinto subject of the appeal to you, I feel
That I ought to address yon, in consequence of an altered
vote Which I hat.e.glyeti on the subject since I last ad-
-41'6,11 =it' it i# due w offer you some explanation.
I nail etO the Bdlldt.•-s•--(olteers:) may remember
that in the contest of 1834, a conticilbil *its ctiffied to
my own mind that some protection for the voter tilt§ fee
quired in many cases where he wished conscientiously
ftt otereise the franchise given him by the Reform Act, and
itaS Compelled to exercise it in a way that left him fet-
tered alid obliged to vote against his conscience. At
he sonic pure I abstained from voting on the question,
13eeallia I wits fibt dbllfitited of the expediency of
the Ballot, but anxious that every, other means
should be tried for the protection of the voter,
I stated on the last occasion that I was anxious to
see other measures tried, yet no other had been pro
pounded to Parliament that seemed likely to be effectual;
that being the case, and in deference to your wishes, as
that question was made an open question by the Go-
vernment, I, though still dubious of the efficiency of the
Ballot, have given my vote in favour of the trial of the
Ballot.—(Loud cheers.) There is one other question on
which I know that I differ from a great many around
me, but I shall not therefore be deterred—(Hear, hear)—
notwithstanding the cordial unanimity—(Hear, hear)—
that has prevailed on other subjects, from alluding to it,
because I wish to shrink from nothing in which the
people feel an interest, and because I know that a large
body of this constituency feel a deep interest in it ; I
mean the question of Church- rates. On that question I
have riot voted, nor am I now prepared to vote for a
total abolition of all compulsory payment towards the
maintenance of the fabrics of the Church, which are an
ornament to the country, but I am ready to abolish that
criminal jurisdiction which is exercised in a most ob-
jectionable, manner by the Ecclesiastical Courts—(Loud
cheers)—and to prevent any man from suffering in
his person by imprisonment for the non-payment of
Church-rates.—(Cheers.) Lord John Russell has com-
municated with me on the subject, and a measure
was prepared which, but • for the termination of the
Session that has taken place, would have been sub-
mitted to Parliament : another has been proposed by
Mr. Easthope, for which I was fully prepared to vote,
but not for the complete abolition of all compulsory pay-
ment. I have stated these views on the subject, because
I do not wish to be accused of any concealment of any
information that may be desired by you of my past con-
duct, and which lam ready to answer. The ground I
stand on is the great principle of freedom against mono-
poly,- the principles I am ready to maintain are those
which tend to the advancement of the prosperity of this
country, which I believe at a limited and no distant pe-
riod, if not immediately, will have a signal and distin-
guished triumph. I feel bound to tell you that in conse-
quence of being summoned to attend a Council of her
Majesty on Wednesday next, I shall be obliged to return
to London to-morrow, with the intention at the earliest
possible moment to come back to you ; I mention it now,
because though my interest is as nothing in tha balance,
yet I am anxious the interest of our common cause should
not suffer in my absence.—(Continued cheering.) I feel
that I ought to be here among you unless some Ora-
mount and compelling duty requires my absence, and I
mention it in the face of the constituency in order to put
,to silence every voice of misrepresentation. On Friday
I shall appear among you again, and from that time till
the victory is won, till the triumph is achieved, I shall
be found fighting cordially, heartily, and I know success-
fully, by the side of my honourable colleague.
Sir G. Grey was loudly cheered at the close of his
speech, and the applause continued for some minutes after
he resumed his seat.

SPEECH OF SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M.P.,
At a meeting of the Electors on Monday, June 21, 1841.
• (From the Devonport Independent.)
Sir GriORGE Gitte on coming forward to address the
meeting; was received with loud and enthusiastic cheers
from all parts of the assembly, Which etmtinned for some
time. When silence had been restored, he said, " Gen-
tlemen, when I last had the pleasure of addressing you
on Saturday evening, it was at so late an hour, an hour
rendered late by the protraction of that splendid exhibi-
tion,with which you gretked the arrival of myself and
illy Honourable Colleague into this borough, that I could
do little more at that time than express the feelings of
great gratification with which I had witnessed that
splendid spectacle---,-a gratification, gentlemen, increased
to a high degree by the sense which I felt that not to do
honour to us, individuals in ourselves, was that splendid
demonstration prepared, but to do honour to the princi-
ples of which we are humble, though I trust sincere sup-
porters.--a(Lmed cheers) When I look around me, at
the scene that is exhibited, I am foreibli:carried back
to a period now nearly nine years ago, vithen I stood
here for the first time surrounded by many persons whom
I now see around me ; when I entered your town per-
ranAn4 unknown, and stated before you then, as I state
acted,uet and
ore you
when you
tiota, principlestlldratified ho
those
which I had previously
approbation and by the voice of a resioirliuntcioirni€,e s by
niatgrurgood
me to become a candidate for your representation.—
(Loud cheers.) Those were the days in which a Go-
vernment existed, that has lately been traduced among
you as ClaVettitric,,nt that had .cursed this country for
ten years ; a Government which I may any without
taking greater credit to it than it deserves, had; by the
help of the people, gentlemen, by whose help alone good
measures can be carried out, called you as a borough
into political eAloteneeffilimid eheqrs.) I stand here
to state the political prittelpie6 ell Wiligh I have acted,
and to render you an account of that stewardship; which
halite tWd (lets have elapsed I shall have resigned into
your hands ; I stand Ilea to ask you to renew your con-
fidence in me if you approte of the principles I have
alvocated; an if ydu apprere; in the main Of the poli-
ai edilfat .I-Ye iltifsiltld.-=(ollters:, At is Impossible
for me, it would be vanity in the ottrethe in flee i t' think
that I could please every-individual elector, by oferY
individual vote .I have given, but this I do ask you to do ;
I ask you to iioiliptlfd toy eonduct; not only as an indi-
vidual
but as a Member of a patty; for 1 tliti a member
of that G.overnment Whiol has endeitonted to carry out
01.0
the 440 Oil Whieli 04• Eattib tried ofileg•A ash you
tz compare my conduct, in the main, With that tit' Most;
who now ask you for your confidence against us—(Loild
cheers)—and by your decision, by your verdict, I will be
bound, and to that opinior; I will bow with the greatest
datefeil4 it4cl SithiiiSsiote--(Clieefa;) . The Govern
plan iii: iililol iliii ? iiViiiii bag, been, attaeked
in very harsh language.; it is true i..».04 hive
appealed to the people, and that appeal has Well
described to you as exciting and unconstitutional ! What,
tell me thfit It is it Ist 114. litiittional to appeal to the people
oit iiiestiiiii iii,ii,' ' b ' i e people are die party'_ moat 1
deq,l4, iiiteigißo ,gll hie tjiat theykeisioat Of Pella.
infineanit,anadiedeeiteicslvreri,edwi
of all political power, an opportunity of expressing their
.It)hYouat nigitniPt:heepeteliltd !Itttdeltilitt
neefnee-41:oud cheers:) I Peall
opinion on a great euestioe, in which their
that vitalthere,
interests
are eiat
lAA, I h6ea.tidi defedd the,GOiefnment trim the charge
broptht i*lil4 4, WO it iliW iliiiiii it for. the perpese of
Oidieffient, and that they liaVe east a Afebfelid aliftatid
into the country; it is a calumny on the whole of the
people to make such a charge, and you, Gentlemen, you
have refuted it —(lminntnit eheetiti) A proper degree
of political excitement is an inherent principle of
the Constitution, and those men read the Constitu-
tion but badly who say, heetttiSc the people feel
strongly, and when they feel strongly, it is a reason
why they ought tn.:, to be Ogled hit td V:prese their
opinion.—(Cheers.)• I have said that they 041 great
principles which are now called in question, and 1 asx
you not to take this merely on my statement, or as my
opinion, if you are not already convinced, I ask you to
permit me to read an opinion,. not of one petson only,
but from many of the first eminence, lit the first &Mil
mercial city of the world--tateitiOll.—(Cheeta.) in all
address, which has lately appeared itt the pollee lea gets,
and which some of you have perhaps reads and addressed
to the electors of Lend," istgeect by the first merchalits
of the City, they state that " * great crisis in our titian=
cial and commercial affairs has arrived i of this tact lid
reflecting man Can entertain it doubt. Our commerce
requires the kiinst itoSteting care to maintain a progres-
sive prosperity commensurate with the continuous end
fearful increase of our manufacturitit- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Flit
reign nations; profitit* t* thin tappoinniiities Or &Ade;
are becomitt Wilt t'ivals in the markets of the world
and, Jealous of our protections and restrictions; they are
driven, in self-defence, to retallett4 illellailf4l4 of OW iiitin6
character. The atialailiV of tintmonetary system is endan-
gered by the alt den and violent convulsions of our foreign
teade, engendered by a false system of artificial interfe-
rence and partial protection, whilst our manufactures are
pining under an insufficient demand and Ming entices ftit~
their productions, and blif industrious population is sub-
jected tall the evils of irregular and insufficient wages, ag-
gravated by an artificially high price of thg,neeessariea
of life." The address goal on tai a* a TIW issue ii
now in the hate& Of I teleelers—the question before
ou is plitlre simple, and distinct. You have to decide
between monopoly on the one baud, and freedom on
the other ; that monopoly which had been justly de-
scribed the parent of scarcity, of detifilesS; hiifl IA nth:
certainty, and that tree Nnainitittl ;A4401.146 4,
which alone t 4 getilifflty Or nations can be perma-
nently sustained?' I say distinctly, said Sir George,
on concluding the quotation, that I do not ask you to
take any of these conclusions from me only, as I may
considered interested and biassed, but feat thos#
who have an Interest and an important stake in that
country, and they tell you that the
the
you bait
to decide, is that of monopoly die,the Bile
* handi, al
freedom on the other , lattiVedi that itiotidPiili; hie
has been juatl,y deeqiiied aa Ito parcel' or scarcity,
detuateta, ant uncertainty, and that free commercial
Intercourse by which alone can the commercial
prosperity of this great, nation be
question
sustained. (Cheerei) Tnat is the question Yard
now We lti decide, between monopoly on the one
hand, and freedom on the other, and if, as a member
of the Government, I stand here eelled dri td nitilt6 tin
excuse for that everemetit liif illi4 eettaut on this
questions It it "nail i< now submitting it to Parliament,
latt fo'f having appealed to the good sense and reason of
the people, but it is for their not having brought it for-
ward sooner, and that they had not sooner had recourse
to the measure they nun,' at vdeate.—(Tremendous cheer-
ing.) Eitlill'ernen, you are all aware that the expendi-
ture Of the country having increased—though perhaps you
are not all aware, there has heeti gfeat tnisrepreeetita-
tion
beenont ttirei y
hissullittec t nimadi that &teen millions of taxes
have
Pcdueed-------inereaied by the reduction of
the Post-trifle e l'eVellile by the Ministry that, it has been
stated, tins been a curse to the country—it became ne-
Cessary that from some other source* the revenue
should be made up to ineet the necessary expenditure of
the countil, an ekvelidittle neeessary to maintain the
navy—anti who is there; I lisii. ih this the fittest sea port
of the wt 41111; iifi deity that t& navy ought to be main-
tailieduht!ers)—on a high footing? and to maintain
the British flag and the efficiency of the British navy,
they had never shrank from appealing to the people ;
but for these reasons it became neeessary to see in what
way a sufficient revenue could be raised in order to
tiaintain the establishments of the country in that
state of efficiency which every lover of his country
would wish to Sod them maintained in ; and
the ettfilment having last year failed in having re-
course to an increase in direct taxation, he meant
the addition of ten per cent. to some of the existing taxes,
and having carefully considered the evidence, which per-
haps most of them had read, given before the Committee
on the Import Duties in the House of Commons ; they
resolved to submit to Parliament measures based on the
principle not of increasing taxation but of diminishing it,
and of increasing the revenue, not by increasing the tax-
ation, but by increasing the consumption of fhe neces-
saries and luxuries of life on the part of the great body
of the people, and by that means, as Lord J. Russell had
emphatically observed, unchaining and developing the re-
sources of the country, and increasing the revenue of the
nation, not by drawing on the enjoyment of the people,
but by increasing it by a system, of which every indi-
vidual in the country, however humble, should sensibly
feel the benefit.—(Cheers.) It is on this principle that
the alteration in the sugar duties was proposed, and what-
ever may be the sophistry put forth in newspapers and
placards, it is impossible to deny that the price of this
commodity has been raised to such a degree, by the undue
protection given to some favoured Class interests as to deny
its use to a great part of the population of this country.
On this question many have tried to get up the public
indignation,
which —the righteous feeling of public
which I know animated this place as much as any other
place in the kingdom, against the former accursed system
of slavery, and have endeavoured to enlist them in their
favour and interest. They, now denounce slavery with
uplifted eyes, as a deadly sin, though when you were all
assisting to give the slave his freedom, they, with the
same unlifted eyes, protested against the injury that
would be done, not to themselves, to be sure, but to the
emteyouo
negr o, by emancipating .him from the 'parental and
fostering
cheers.) I
carene theed ,
not, stGeresntl exerciseden, was over liimr.— time (Loud
byd
expatiating on the hollownessH of these pretexts, which
have been exploded in the House of Commons where
they were broached, which had been exploded by
the good sense and reason of nearly all the Anti Sla-
very Societies throughout the kingdom, and which have
ma
community: I need not, I say,
been exploded by the good sense and reason of every
thinking man in the
waste your time by going over again the arguments by
which those who put forward those pretexts were
abashed and put to silence—(Hear and eheere,—
and convicted, in connection with the Anti-Slavery cry,
and while raising it in the House of Commons, of sharing
in the profits of slave labour themselves.—(Cheers.) Now
with regard to the Corn-laws, let me ask, " Where is my
Honourable Opponent ?" (Tremendous el:ening-)
Up to last week I should have supposed that not only
no opponent on this question could be found. as appears
to be the case, within these walls, but that none breathed
in Devonport, even in the person of my Right Hon. Op-
ponent.—(Cheers.) You may have heard that last year
I had the honour of putting face to race with the Hon.
Gentleman's distinguished relative in the House of Com-
mons, what he (Mr. Dawson) thought of the Corn-laws,
and his cordial adoption of their own principles, which
the Hon. Gentleman who now asks you to transfer your
confidence from us to him, had stated with a degree of
candour which made him almost suspect its sincerity, on
the ground that he found it utterly useless to canvass the
borough of Devonport except upon Anti-Corn-law p
eples.—(Loud cheers.) But at that time those prim-
-ioles were opposed, and all knowledge of and connexion
' a opinions expressed on the subject by the Hon.
-, disclaimed by the Hon. Baronet the
-41 ; and it seems as if the Hon.
' % little instruction, and has

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MEETING OF-J.-PARKER AND H.
G. WARD, ESQRS., WITH THE ELECTORS
OF SHEFFIELD.
On Tuesday evening, Mr. Parker having arrived in
the course of the day, an immense assemblage was col-
lected in the New Haymarket, where convenient hust-
ings had been erected, against the Canal warehouse. At
six o'clock, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ward, and a number of
gentlemen left the Tontine for the place of meeting,
preceded by the town band, who had volunteered their
services for the occasion. On the motion of John Sykes,
Esq., seconded by Thomas Dunn, Esq., William Fisher,
Esq., was called to the chair, there being only two hands
held up against the motion. Mr. Fisher then said—
Since your wish has been tolerably clearly expressed, on
this occasion, that I should take the chair, I consider it
my duty to comply. Mr. Parker will first address you,
and I hope you will hear with attention and patience all
who may wish to speak.
Mr. PARKER—(Cheers)—on rising, said, I understand
that this borough has been placarded with insinuations
and inuendos that we, the advocates of Liberal principles
in Sheffield, had absconded in dire alarm, having disco-
vered that we were entirely wrong in supposing that
cheap sugar, cheap corn, cheap timber, or any other of
the measures proposed by her Majesty's Government for
the augmentation of the revenue, were principles to which
we had devoted ourselves in Parliament, that you had no
sympathetic feelings for the national interests these mea-
sures were intended to promote, and that we were not
likely to abide your suffrages because gentlemen came
from foreign parts, from different quarters of the globe,
to tell us that our foreign policy had failed, and that the
budget of the Ministers was an illusion and a humbug.
Now, Gentlemen, I say, we have not seen a foreign po-
licy for the last 200 years, or at least since Chatham
wielded the destinies of England, so triumphant and sur-
passingly successful as that which is impugned at this
day. You have been asked to believe that the Minister
who advocates and conducts this policy is a traitor to his
country ?—(Cheers.) But if Lord Palmerston had re-
ceived the gold of Russia, can you suppose he would have
bearded Russia in the East ?—(Hear, hear.) Would he
have met her designs in India and in the Levant, and
achieved the successes which have renewed the glory of
our navy, without the presence of a Russian ship or a
Russian steamer ? What he has done, has indeed been
with the concurrence, the consent, and the good will of
Russia. But so far is Lord Palmerston from being the
instrument or the tool of Russia, that he carries out his
high policy in a manner more creditable to this country
and the empire at large than I have before known since
I had anything to do with politics.—(Loud cheers.) The
true reason why Lord Palmerston's policy is attacked is,
that lie wields his power at home and abroad in support
of liberal opinions. In Spain, he is for the people ; in
Portugal, he is for the people ; and wherever he has oc-
casion to regulate our affairs, he is for the many, and not
for the few.—(Cheers.) Therefore it is that Lord Palmer-
ston's policy is selected as the ground for particular at-
tack ; and therefore it is that, as in other cases so in this,
the answer is the success which has followed it, and which
makes all these attacks rebound upon his assailants.
But it really seems as if poor Sheffield, in this election,
is to be coquetted with by persons from every part of
her Majesty's dominions. I have scarcely been in the
town more than a couple of hours, and I have seen blue
addresses without number. Lovers approach you in
letters written in blue, from every end of the earth.
Some try to gain you, by showing the perfidy,,,,of your
foreign policy—others on the dreadful failures of our
home policy—others seek to win you 'by adulation. I
seek you with none of these. I feel that our great want
is relief for the commerce of the country, the want of
scope, and space enough ; to alter, or amend, or remove
the Corn-laws.—(Loud cheers.) Among an enlightened
community, my specific is the more likely to find favour;
for nothing can be clearer, that it is absolutely essential to
the prosperity of the country, that we get out of the nar-
row track—the miserable, narrow, and antiquated prin-
ciples on which our foreign trade has been conducted.
These are my principles, and I believe that they are cal-
culated to enrich individuals and aggrandize the nation.
The people of England will not fail to perceive their
own interests, and sooner or later the principles of the
budget must prevail.—(Hear, hear.) We want to raise
money, and we can have it if we reduce the duties,
because that would produce increased consumption. We
want to increase trade; and we can increase it if we
our ports to the produce of other countries, and
those eountries to receive ours. We can
our revenue, and increase our trade.
•-•inent were introduced in a
•rent as much as any,
-li to restore a
adop-

feiq entan.b
tiitt§ t etiesa angrae...
'he *WOW§ of the Gore.—
p'eriqf &eat clistre§s, which
Nevi* IS'ettieVe that nothing will tend so mu..
healthy Nolte beriefieid Mien of affairs, as h.. ,
tion of the viesifd uthich Minister's. &we induced. Wei.,
then rise up the three great monopolies---eolonisti, Ca-
nadian, and landed, banding together, and each Sri*
OAF .so. *era) reasons for themselves and the negroes.
ilto I siitik, here, as I stated in the House, that the Le-
gislaidre to kook as well to our companions and
c-ofintrymen abromi, so to our fellow subjects in other
p-1:44 61f Ate world, and that if I have any bias at all, it
must be iii favour of my countrymen, rather than of
those who live in aissant parts of the world. A dissolu-
tion has taken place on these questions, and you are the
parties who will have to decide.
A person named BUXTON inquired whether the peti-
tions from this town had been for a fixed duty or a total
Eli/41401er the Government was offering a total
Mr. PAtilititi fepliec trndotibtedly the petitions were
for total repeal ; litif * fixed duty was proposed.
PARKES, the Chartist chairman on NVhit-Monday,
after a few remarks, expressive of his want of confidence
in the gotd faith of the Ministers, inquired why they
iitoci not been in their place in the House of Commons
vi idt 16r, *holefield made his motion for a property
tax ?
Mr. PARKER replied nothing could be fairer than the
question, or more courteous than the manner in which
it was put. As far as he could remember, Mr. Labou-
chore, the President of the Board of Trade, was in the
House, and spoke upon the motion. Mr. Labouchere
stated, that on the eve of a dissolution, when the Mem-
bers were anticipating their appearance on the hustings,
Neel*. a measure could not be proposed with advantage,
and he declined entering largely into the subject. Mr.
Parker thought SOITIO ether Members of the Government
were also present.
Mr. PARKES thought it would have been better had
they all been there ; and he asked what was the reason
that at the eleventh hour Ministers should come forward
with measures which he, in common with many others,
believed would be productive of benefit to the people ?
(Hear. hear.) lie asked also for what reason, twelve
months ago, Lord Melbourne had opposed these mea-
sures ; and three or four years ago, when a deputation
from Glasgow waited upon him, said that the distress
was a common temporary occurrence, and would soon
disappear ? How was it that Ministers never thought of
proposing these measures till they were threatened with
a defeat on Lord Stanley's Bill ?
Mr. PARKER—As to that portion which relates to Lord
Melbourne, if the Noble Lord were here, I am sure he
would be most ready to answer it, but I cannot.—(Laugh-
ter and cheers.) I may remind you that, individually,
many of the members of the Government, especially those
in the House of Commons, have always voted on the subject
of the Corn-laws as they have done this year. I have voted
on questions of trade in favour of these principles, and
since I became a Member of the Government I have
voted upon them just as I did before. As to Lord Mel-
bourne, if he were here, he would be delighted with the
ability of the interrogator, who no doubt would get from
him a very clever answer.—(Laughter and cheers.) .
Mr. PARKES said, many persons in the country, of all
shades of politics, and both rich and poor, had felt a
great degree of sympathy with the situation of those un-
fortunate and misguided individuals, Frost, Williams,
and Jones— (Hear, hear)—and in common with the
Chartists, had been desirous that the case of those per-
sons, and others who were imprisoned for their political
opinions, should receive a merciful consideration. What
was the reason that he, as their representative, did not
participate in those feelings ; and when a petition was
presented to Parliament, praying that the House would
advise her Majesty not to release them, but to reconsider
their sentences, that he did not vote in its favour ?
Mr. PARKER said the question related to the motion
made by Mr. Duncombe, a few . weeks ago, to address
the Queen, praying for the liberation of certain parties
now under political imprisonment. He must first state
that the individuals whose names had been mentioned
were left out of the motion by Mr. Duncombe.
The true state of the case was—(" How did you vote ?")
Gentlemen, I am not going to shirk anything. the
shortest way is to hear what I did, and the reason why. I
did it. I voted against the motion, because, being in)
self a Member of the, Government, even supposing:l
agreed that the parties were proper subjects for Royal-
clemency, how could I say that the Secretary of State
for whose duty it is to attend
ttend to
Department,pointih offact,
not doingduty ?
thes thee
subjects, Home
was, I
believe, if there be any person in the countryhis
more
disposed to clemency than another, and who -has
suf-
fered more for his clement and merciful dispositionto
prisoners, it is the present Secretary of
statef
Home
Affairs, the Marquis of Normanby.—.(Hear, hear.) You
know how he was assailed for the liberation of prisoners
in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) The reason why I voted as I
did was, because I considered that the cases of these men
and of all other prisoners, were safein
the hands
of
Lord
Normanby, for lam sure he would rather recommend

the Queen to exercise a merciful in
he felt that- he could do
_soAvitlijteusrPe:icesiitieonlhe7lgeelineelr.earl.
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CHORAL FUND FESTIVAL —The jubilee to
peace and tranquillity of the country, than pursue a
morelir
. ,A rigorousßKhE course.s
celebrate the half centenary of this Institution, took place on
Wodnesday at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, the Presi-
dent of the Choral Fund in the Chair, supported by upwards
-expressed his hope that the demonstra-
of ninety well-known and justly appreciated professional vo-
wou_ would induce L
obrede been tion whichftoavoucornosfidtehrethperiirsocanesres,
calists. The organist of the Temple Church played several
madeormanbiny
pieces upon the t.F..olophon, and elicited great applause. Du-
ring the evening many.fine glees and cherasses were sung with and he believed that none would rejoice more in their
admirable effect. It is the intention of this Choral Fund to restoration to their ,families les than Mr. Parker and Mr.
have an annual dinner inf uture, and it is gratifying to learn Ward.—(Mr. Parker as '
sentea.)
that the funds are on the increase, and much good has been Ward.
effected during the period of its existence. Among the vi- . ARD—(Cheers)—Gentlemen I recollect that,
four years ago, when I ' into
sitors we noticed Messrs. Pheasant, E. D. Warrington, Pea- and fi • .this
come a stranger
cock, Notter, and several gentlemen of the Committee of first visited this spot, though things were not then
Exeter Hall. The company parted at a late hour, highly gra- feetso good as they had been two years before, it was a per-
Exeter
with the arrangements made by the Proprietors of the hive of industry. I saw nothing about me but the
above Tavern for their comfort. sins of busy men, well employed, for you had even then
Wednesday forenoon a grand military inspection and,
. a good dem. and by the sides of the canal were piles
Scrubs, in
took place on Wormwood the presence of Field of timber and iron, that seemed to promise employment
to 11
Marshal general Lord Hill, Commander of the Forces; Field Now I
a 'our population for five years to come. _
~
Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. C. 8.; ask, where are they ? I see now the signs of decaying
Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Lords Corn- trade, of sinking industry. There is the same fine spirit
bermere, Cardigan, Beresford, De Roos, &c., Sir C. Dal- which animatedyou then,—there are the same ands,
bias, K. C.B. ; Sir Hussey Vivian, Master- General of the with the same intelligence and power of mind, to guide
Ordnance, Colonel Clement Hill, and a large field of mili- and direct them in useful labours,—but all your efforts
tary officers of various grades, and a numerous attendance of are neutralized by the unhappy laws of our country.
the nobility and persoansof every class. The regiments in- Now, I want to inculcate the necessity of sinking some
spected were they oy IhHorse Guards (Blue) from Knights- ' minor differences of opinion on abstract po.ints, that pre-
bridge Barracks, dt e second Regiment of. Life Guard, , •1 We have in our town, in „our own posi-
from the Regent-park Barracks. -, vat among us.
in his own house, at his own door,
1 tion every man has,
THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—His Excellency about his own hearth—the outward and visible signs of
took his departure this afternoon, for Ilfracombe in A
i or...ertohe decaying, profit and trade. And even in that trade which
present at his father's funeral, on Thursday next, the 24th in- is the last to fill otf—that trade which may subsist for a
stant. His Excellency,
who was accompanied by Mr. Matthew while when others are gone to decay—the trade of pro-
Fortescue, jun., sailed on board the Sprightly "ste steamer. His viding absolutely necessary food, the first necessary of
Excellency returns to Dublin on Saturday..---Didgain Evening life for the people—in that trade the property is dete-
post, Tueodil, ' riorated to such a degree, in consequence of the small
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