The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-19 00:00:00

The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of Mr.
Easthope, the consistent friend of civil and religions
liberty, and the opponent of Church-rates."—(Cheers.)
Mr. EISTIIOPE came forward amidst cheers to acknow-
ledge the toast. He congratulated the electors of Lam-
beth on the triumph which they were then met to cele-
brate. He was delighted to find that they had sent to
Parliament men who were the determined supporters of
that civil and religious liberty which he was about to
propose as a toast to the meeting. Unfortunately it did
not always happen that the ministers of religion were
the friends of popular rights. He was, however, happy
to find among the order one splendid exception to that
principle—the exception of one, distinguished by birth,
genius. and learning—he meant the Rev. Baptist Noel
—(Cheers)—the eloquent author of the " Plea for the
Poor."—(Renewed cheers.) He was happy, too, to find that
her Most Gracious Majesty had been pleased to manifest
the interest which she felt in the same cause; by nomi-
nating the reverend gentleman as one of those from
whom she was to receive the rites and consolations of
religion.—(Cheers.) The great question now agitating.
England was the claims of the labouring poor to that
justice which would ensure to them the necessaries of
life ; such a cause must finally prevail. Men might
change, but principles remained fixed ; and numbers
must dwindle when opposed to truth and justice.—
(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentlemen concluded by proposing
the toast of " Civil and Religious Liberty."
The toast was drank with enthusiam. _

The CHAIRMAN, then propo,e.l:"Lord Fortesehe," and
" Justice to Ireland."—(Great cheering.)
Mr. HuTToN, the late Member for Dublin, responded
to the toast.

A vote of thanks was. then passed to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated at an early hour.

THAMES STEAMERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR.—Your eye rests on abuses for their correction,
and tempts me to place a few remarks before it, on the
delay and confusion consequent on several steamers
stopping at the Old Swan Pier, near London-bridge, on
Sunday evening last.
I bought a ticket for an iron-boat, and, on reaching it,
was infbrmed it had to call on the other side of the
river, and would return at its proper time. This was
was reasonable, and I waited, walking about, and look-
ing at the boat ; but when it reached the other side,
there it stayed ; and, on applying to the clerk, he said,
"If it had been only live minutes over its time, he
would return the money ; but as it had been seven, he
could not ; and could only account for its delay by
some part of the machinery being out of order."
This was not the worst. On, its arrival, twelve mi-
nutes after time, whilst waiting to take in passengers,
it became completely jammed in between four other ves-
sels—one small, and three Greenwich and Woolwich,
larger. Thus nearly another quarter of an hour was
consumed, making almost half an hour's delay, in which
time I could have walked leisurely enoagh to Waterloo-
bridge, without standing a very good chance indeed of
catching cold.
But the remedy—what is the remedy ? There should
be a distinct place for the larger, longer voyage boats,
to stop at ; and they should be in a tier—one only to
take in and let out passengers at a time, or forfeit
heavily; and when a small boat is over-time, the money-
taker should be compelled to return the money for not
fulfilling the agreement as to time, which is valuable
nearly to all, as well as your obedient servant,
A PASSENGER AGAINST HIS WILL,
AND NOT THE ONLY ONE.
Aug. 17, 1841.