The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

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the

atTRN OF MR. W. J. FOX TO
LIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF
OthitAm.
w 4 Public entertainment Mr.
was last night given t o
loft Fox, at the Hall of the National Associati▪
on,
to 1., '''„n) to celebrate the return of that gentleman
meat, of
T nruaent as one of the Members for the borough
viclhanl
ea •
of the was roided at six 'clock, but in consequence
*or numbpery o
of persons present the wholes of them
11(4 supplied with the good things prepared for
eta
rL Until nearly eight o'clock ; at which hour,
144 • t. • W. LOVETT was voted to the chair, and, in a
Proitddress, congratulated the assembly on the im.
allow Prospects of the cause of " democracy," as
113011: by the results of the late general election, and
402 the movement then being made in the Papal
if; and other portions of the Continent.
I`Thrloicts BEGGS then proposed as a sentiment,
of oil true source of all wealth, and solid foundati▪
on
tior, Povver, a free, moral, and enlightened popula-
follZlnaY the growing desire for improving our
4ifrieountryrnen mentally, morally, and politically,
likttselta'las recently been shown in the return to Par-
Colobcti such true radical Reformers as W. J. Fox,
q)oe,FIL Thompson, George Thompson, and others,
cireetliY become as universal as it is sure to become
Miiehaaki for good." He rejoiced to see the progress
frier had been made, but regretted that to these
Itiehs'• of the people he could not add the names of
stali„ta,, en as Sturge, Alexander, Parry, Vincent, and
ergs other recognised friends of popular pro-
h:
,40i04,*," • liowrrr supported the sentiment, and in so
been `nelc occasion to review the progress which had
tot), .Inade during the past centuries of English his-
Peopl the cause of the rights and liberties of the
tierce' ;hand lamented that the triumph which they
kilo en met to celebrate had been so long delayed.
turil 4ItY congratulated the meeting on the re-
tioß Mr. Fox for the borough of Oldham, as set-
the 47 Memorable example of successful resistance to
lt..'etation of a wealthy and powerful individual.
"
atok4B
net the electors of Oldham who were gone
qa mad," as was lately said by a popular
idMember
11'110 h:.`3ropolitan borough, but it was Mr.. Fie eln
the telto,', gone mad, in supposing that his universal y
w-Wedged services for a long period on behalf of
Sltictiraing classes of the people, or his enormous
tleeta and influence, enabled him to dictate to the
tprnr4_B of Oldham as to whom they should re-
lit ~..14) Parliament as their representative. He
0 efeat pleasure in proposing as a sentiment,
Oldhilre invited guest, Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P.for
100141 al, but one of the true representatives of the
)414 ,aud political progress of Great Britain—a man
11%4 44 nearly half a century, has devoted head an
Rent the general enlightenment of the people upon
ea e,.subject connected with their true interests,
work?ally on all those relating to the welfare of the
q44,/Pg classes ; one whose eloquence in the cause
IpcidLional rights has only been surpassed by his own
Se,reaanscrhing in behalf of universal freedom, know-
'own h• -aPPiness. May health bless, and success
Parliaraentary career."
Which
TATLort, jun., supported the sentiment,
kr was received with great applause.
y. J. Fox, M.P., then presented himself, and
for ;'"t''ved with most deafening cheers, which lasted
11,e w".°llBiderable time. Upon silence being obtained
,41NZ---I feel oppressed beyond the power of
Nikr-,46,! to convey, not merely by the personal
atoa goo,
of kindness which might shake the
Nets' nerve, but by the character, the intelli-
get,' and the principles of those who make that
to tlstr t• . .
toe a ion, conveying into it so much more of
,ketvie:," grandeur by the generous estimate of past
b,4l,eees4.-1 and the generous anticipation of future
hNity 4) Which teach me the extent of my responsi-
L'ado;LM Would make me tremble, recoil, and sink
Lierer: Weight, were it not that I have been made
qtattVe, and feel so strongly, that in your generous
ah~etr:l and in your generous anticipation, you ask
f7rt, r„'et of me only this—that my mind and my
Ttoi4.--Y time and my faculties, should be devoted in
Iflotild° Years, as they have been in past years—that I
eontinUe to be that which 1 am, and to do as
lltith deedone; and thus construed, I accept the
Motions my responsibility, and go on my way
`"tutre and hearty man, full of hope, and if disap-
toostbeents are thrown upon me, assured that they
efr,„,,?nlY those which, in looking to the results of
„"mtich you have identified me with principles
roltaet sure to prevail, but whose triumph may be
441,1tee7c1 beyond the date of mine or your mortal
"see`e(Loud represented being placed in my
lylie ha Position has been by one of those
,kt:ktalatv.e addressed you as being a late topic of con.
ii°n• It does not seem so, and, to my own
it it..W,ould rather that this era should be reserved
7vioe— been till had been somewhat tried in the
tetklor°4 the people, and then it comes as a good re-
14444Vatatutrti in your cause, and calls to more ex-
a higher sphere of existence. I. am
c:ollsi that it should have happened at such a time.
election 4 der the remarks made upon the results of the
h„amply warranted by its peculiar
'lll there is muchito distinguish it from all that
e ,
irittie4 acceded for many ages, perhaps ever since the
oreof the Commons House of Parliament.
More new Members in this House of
• sit,",s,, than there have ever been, with
I\i'ked•-ete exception of the election which
reikte,lY followed the passing of the Reform Bill.
tab?, eirTYare:there more new Members, but there is
4 beo-Nrit in the mode in which the choice of them
l'eieep,. of .41 exercised. This election has not, like its
i bttlie;,r, been a struggle of party ; it has been the
ii4IIAY rll all parties—it has been the trampling of
04.:",e dust, and which has shown the freedom
ucicur of a real popular choice.—(Cheers.)
l‘P
thjhiPer,s rs-up of returns, the calculations of
aew /PI the classification of our guide books to
447 444°113e—they seem all suddenly. to have failed,
lo man so many Protectionists, so many Whigs,
1:11 411 tt,l.Y Peelites, but they know nothing more
;4h'llite as classification of what the forthcoming
;01111%i; be. They overlook the great circumstance
tiv„s,r of thes its great characteristic—that there are
41: neap„ °se who have fought their way to legisla-
tio./sIC,B by military deeds—there are fewer of
te 41414: have been returned under the patronage of
11,Wer re,,, and great aristocratic families—there are
-
Part sect from The mere prestige of party ser-
hL4te that? Importance, and party connexions, in this
ollitlnt any which has ever yet been returned.
tie victory of Whig or Tory, or Conservative,
lietToe, or Protectionists, orof Liberals, but the late
1%711 ofwmith all its marked results, has been the
opp t '‘.le great mass of the people:determined no
be t4rorteoit.fettered, but with their present limited
to Caciesles to show their existence, to make their
Ar;` bear and Principles felt, and to cause their voice
0(1 40 ,within the walls of legislation.—(Cheers.,)
thus of p,olild it be. If it is more the people s
ktilittroe '°°lrnons than it has hitherto been, it is
4 uqefst
evidence that it will become more so
thselvi4,73
eutare occasions, until, whether with the
as geenietr the arithmetical ratio or the rapidity of
Irithdiatieitrical, the two things so long separated.
e ed will become one, and really identified
ggi/vfOl 4°l other , .
and then there will be seen " the
eolng the"s, of England" sitting, legislating,. an
C2trl; internal and foreign policy of the
this to thrd thus
it . true
sourcehe giving effect to the principle so
the hall) wbo are in the habit of assembling in
people, and the people only, are
la true of
(eerlved,all legitimate power ; from them.
Nip Nero and for them it should ever be exercised.
li4t ,and Who should govern England but its
1142 Who not its few separated and isolated fami-
VNoe" should govern England but those who
olal. the England what it is—have redeemed it
tce spiericiiEdlstes
, of barbarism— those who have erected
4,otgolden buildings, who have sown and reaped
pre narvests which adorn its fields, who mann-
el4rtttV 011'4_
name peaceful banners which
aqd 'and which
into the remotest regions of the
enrnotstoofa conquest,en c
RIATZieII make aare tributary the reaembl
ts cilhon, but to thatop mutuale interchange will:deb boernee-
tlver..all classes and races of mankind ? Who should
z-;ngland but those who are England ? For
oand is not a thing of pomp, of gaud, or state
•i 0,,)• ages of glittering robes, or tinsel adornments.
Mtpiand'is not the mere soil ; it is not its buildings,
elons or splendid though they be, but England is
►ll,l,toillions of human beings, who have nerves which
11411tte, minds which think, hearts which respond,
tk,., Which toil, souls which aspire, memories which
kor the past, hopes which anticipate the future,
Ivilitieloergies which work with the rich material
~!ttld to the past affords in order to build up the future,
tht accomplish that great and glorious work which
iNetteal creation of the people—its liberty, its inde-
t(th ", its enjoyments, and its continued progress.
,Ital :et 119 Why, parties, what are they ?
r`aY which make the people their tools—the
"tire (4. England—those
to whom these parties owe
neatness
tql/v/lotit tss and their grandeur—the people—
tbtre itseir intelligence. and toil society would re-
the•
re vfoup 0p
int its ristime elements—without whom
be gnat ~,,4 be no nation, no moral or social world,
14 conk chaos would come again, and all would
ilven /lea' disorder, and misery.— (Cheers.)
ai:e,5.11.4444e!de them more triumphs like those they
of „nonou„?`_, o. bravely won, and prepare those who
;444 „,,"ct like myself to be as it were the index
sttiadytttrelnrese, and to mark the rate at which they
th /ing..„,,./ng, and the objects for which they are
ro,.s Nut, (Cheers.) I look with satisfaction also to
41.4:11of °f the late election as showing how
of ti/lt tis Werwer the people even now possess..
lief° e the disappointments as to the working
the short., rill Bill, gross as were the absurdities
lio.distioe,,wnin of that Bill, preposterous as is
EN' oftk,ra''_Au_ n off reeman and slave, as shown by the
thi,sibtls ,o,ajcaation drawn by the rent of a man's house,
41„4! al being rendered contingent upon un-
"terials and the accumulation of bricks and
-14ohe e'at as are the difficulties which beset the
/ 4114 Per •
Plexing as are the sentences of the

! registration courts—many as are the little boroughs
which maintain their existence, and exercise that
power, against which the whole country so loudly
!protested a few years since—infinite as is the amount
of sinister influences, and direct intimidation of the
soul and character-corruping-power of bribery—still
with all these mischiefs, and all these defects, the
people are still making progress in their influence
upon the Government and the legislation of the day,
and showing that, like an infant Hercules, they can,
while only in their cradle of political being, strangle
the enemy which threatens to sting them to death,
and prey upon their very heart's blood.—(Cheers.)
Let us, then, not spend our strength in unavailing
regrets, but rather let us strive for the possession of
our liberties and rights by the means which are
already provided for us, and although the registra-
tion court is a low, dark, tortuous, and contemptible
thing, yet through this, as through the shed or the
workshop, the nation may yet advance till it enters
the magnificent temple of liberty and public justice.
—(Loud cheers.) Encouraged thus, let our motto
be still " Onwards, onwards," to their full realization
—" Onwards" with the extension of the suffrage, till
the right of its exercise, and the capacity forts wise
and just exercise, shall be universal throughout the
land. " Onwards" with the cause of eiucation, till
light shall be kindled up in the remotest district of
our land, and until upon all shall dawn the beaming
lustre of intelligence, and its rising sun, gladdening
with its beams the face of nature, shall show varied
objects of beauty, harmony, and gladness, which till
lately were shrouded in darkness. "Onwards" with
the cause of humanity, till every prison shall become
a reformatory school, and the gibbet be no longer the
strange symbol of civilization, but only a dark
memorial, a tradition of an existince linking us with
past ages of barbarism and vindictiveness. " On-
wards" with whatever tends to refine and exalt
humanity, till we find in equality of taxation the full
development of free-trade principles. " Onwards"
in the return of one after another of those who are
one with the people, till we find that not only the
barriers of the Legislative body are not insuperable
wherever there is talent, integrity, and appropriate
mental power, and free choice on the part of the
people, but till talent finds its way still further than
this, for the reformation of the Commons Ilouse of
Parliament will be incomplete till the people's work
is done by the people's men of business, and till
those who give their toil shall have the honour
and emolument as well as the labour.—(Cheers.)
Why the veriest showman who travels through the
street with his little theatre upon his shoulders, and
with his cabinet of curiosities in his pocket—the man
who sets up his theatre and gathers a troop of boys
around him, who moves the wires of his puppets and
pulls the strings which makes them squeak and
gibber and beat one another, and who conducts their
little wooden drama to its final catastrophe—why he
has the pennies, the halfpence, and the farthings
which his exertions call forth from the admiring
spectators—the money goes into his own pocket, and
the case is only altered when the occupation of the
travelling showman is exchanged for the government
of a great country.—(Laughter and cheers.) It was
a grand and encouraging instance for the people of
this country that that great ecclesiastical power which
had so often trodden down liberty in the dust, which
had so often waged a deadly warfare against the
freedom of mind and conscience, which had upon so
many occasions been the ally of tyrants—that that
power now gives the watchword of liberty, and that
the hearts of millions beat responsively to its sound;
and if we of this country are making a peaceful pro-
gress, if we can work our way by the fight, not
of the battle-field, but of opinion, let us not
judge too closely or sternly of those who may be dif-
ferently situated, let us not be ready, as some are, to
take up the cry, and say, " How these people damage
the cause of liberty by their violence ! Why are they
not quiet, why are they not as peaceful in one part
of Italy as in others ? Why are not the people of
Messina as quiet as the people of Turin ? Why do
they not keep their rage within bounds ?" Why,
they have endured the grinding yoke for ages, and
God grant them strength now to achieve their
triumph ; and if barbarism will enter the field with
civilization, if all that can be done to put down liberty
shall be done, why, then when they have an oppor-
tunity, let the people of Italy show that they have as
strong feelings in the cause of liberty, and those,
combined with the strong arm of material power,
shall succeed in obtaining for them the noblest
triumph—the triumph of freedom—and thus make
their country again " great, glorious and free, the
gem of the earth," the delight and glory of all
nations.—(Cheers.) Onwards may the spirit of
Italy yet drive ; though her chariot be the war car, it
is not the car of conquest, which drags after it the
mangled remains of the innocent and oppressed—it
is not the car of the idol Juggernaut, which more
completely crushes the votaries who pay it
their homage in the dust—their car is the
car of freedom followed in its course by
millions, and its journey is from bright to
still brighter scenes. It proceeds with the power of
our locomotives, and like them it drags its multitude
towards the peaceful delights of home, and the sojourn
of happiness amid friends and neighbours. May that
time be arrived fur Italy, and may England in sym-
pathy with her, make still further and still more rapid
advances in the career of liberty.—(Cheers.) What-
ever may be the occasions for other nations repelling
force by force, we have no such necessity, we have no
need of raising the song, " 0 give us death or liberty."
Die for liberty ! why you get a great deal more of it
by living for it! It was a wholesome rebuke con-
tained in the posthumous works of the late Rev.
Sidney Smith, when he said, " What trash to be
brawling in the stfeets about the bold anthem of
Erin go bragh,' a far better anthem would be
Erin go bread and cheese.' " Let us endeavour to
obtain some tangible good; to retain something within
our grasp. Let us aim at obtaining a system of
equalised taxation, at removing all causes of oppres-
sion, striking off the fetters from industry ; let us
strive to deal with the poor t, in charity and Christian
kindness, let wealth have its proper scope, and
by every possible means endeavour to improve
the condition of mankind and of society. With
respect to the recent election at Oldham, there
are one or two points upon which it would not be-
come me to be silent. Till within the last ten months
I had never set foot in that town, I had no personal
acquaintance with a single individual there ; some
copies of my lectures delivered at this hall had found
their way to that town, they made me known, and in
one district, that of Reyton, so much sympathy had
they produced, that out of 120 votes I received 90.
The persons who first introduced me were persons of
humble station, and at the first scarcely expected to
see their labours crowned with success. A commit-
tee was at length formed, with no external influences
to cheer them, with most powerful interference to
contend against, with nothing personally for them-
selves to gain or to hope for by the result ; they
struggled night and day, they canvassed the con-
stituency entirely themselves. I never asked a single
person for his vote, I never thanked a single person
for his vote, and I never expended a single shilling or
! sixpence throughout the whole contest.—(Loud
cheers.) They bore the whole brunt and burden of
of it, they did so most truly, most nobly, and at the
conclusion of the contest there is (pointing to a gen-
tleman standing near him on the platform) the honest
hand that gave me the railway ticket to bring me
home from Oldham.—(Loud cheers.) I do think,
therefore, that I have reason to be proud of the result
of an election which was thus begun, thus carried on,
and thus completed. I feel that the honour is the
greater, because tendered to me upon grounds so
pure, so simple, and so truly consistent. I would
not say anything disrespectful of the power against
which I had to contend, but this I will say, that it
conveys this lesson, that failure in such a case has no
claim for respect.—(Cheers.) For my future course
my object will be never to show myself unworthy of
the true-hearted sympathy which demonstrates itself
so strongly, so overpoweringly around me this even-
ing ; my aim will be till I die, as it has been through
my life, not to assume any position of leading or in-
fluence,but to do my duty as one of that band of
true-hearted men which has existed in all ages,
although it has borne different denominations at diffe-
rent times, and has apparently been devoting its
efforts
ttyo in
tdifferenthutb objects.aud
which I would
lii old e endeavour
times
In t
thisto do
our country took the Christian name, and endured
martyrdomtheyhel
us sooner
et painsvo e a
equivocate
e and penalties
abandonpenal ti es
whatof:)ol7 than
cheerfully to the dungeon, the scaffold, or the
and would not compromise what was dear teosthee
love of truth, which, in later times, we see in the
r
Barons of this country, asserting the principles which
were then limited in their application, but which, in
their nature, embraces the whole of the principles of
liberty, claiming from despotism " that justictshould
not be bought, sold, or delayed, to any ono'—that
band and spirit appearing again in the Protestant
Reformers, those who would not bow their con-
sciences to the yoke of priestly domination, who
boldly asserted their own individual right to think,
Nito,boreealdimeadnd
the liberty
libjeurdtg for hems
ye
to pray
ptrayees,
andlv and
who
nd
praise
according to the dictates of their own
11
re-
ligious opinions—that spirit which, in still
later times, showed itself in the Commons of Eng-
land, subjecting to legal responsibility even the
Crown itself, and erecting within a few years the
Commonwealth of England, which in the promulga-
tion of its first laws anticipated almost all the mighty
advances which have since been made from that period
to the present—that spirit which has obtained for this
country its bright crown of literature, and which
shines so splendid in the pages of Milton, of Alien-
side, and Burns, in the noble speculations of the
" Utopia" of More, that lofty eloquence of Godwin,
and other great writers, formed to advocate the rights
the priviliges of man—that spirit which became in-
carnate in Tooke, in Thelwall, and in Hardy, which
became incarnate in the spirit of awn who; 19t1 by

the banner of freedom, called upon the people of this
nation to assert their rights—that spirit which is now,
found in all who labour for man's good, whether they
struggle against the inequalties of political existence
whether they contemplate the amelioration of our sys-
tem of punishment, and the abrogation of the mode of
visiting offences, but which does nothing towards the
reformation of the offenders ; whether they seek for the
commercial freedom of the country and the extension
of its trade, or whether they turn their attention to
the present ecclesiastical establishments of the coun-
try, and endeavour to sever things now united which
have no natural relation to each other, but which
would best preserve their purity by being inde-
pendent ; whether they strive by speech or otherwise
to inculcate the great principles which have ever
actuated the great and wise of past ages—they are
all the same band, the same corps, arranged and
organized by Heaven, and with them I would ever
be found. Whatever might be the position among
them which nature and circumstances had deter-
mined I should hold, I would still strive to do my
duty, and share with them in their noble efforts, and
have, I trust, at last, this consolation on the bed of
death—that of leaving the world somewhat better
than we found it.—(Tremendous cheering-.)
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Dr.
Errs, who proposed the third sentiment.—" May the
Radical Members of the new Parliament prove
themselves the people's true representatives, by main-
taining an independent position in the midst of party
and faction—an honest band zealously labouring to
free their country from the grasp of monopoly and
privilege—introducing and supporting such measures
as shall tend to the elevation of the millions, and
whether supported by few or many, proving them-
selves true to the principles they hold ; by which
wise and prudent conduct they will again call forth
the hopes and energies of all classes of Reformers, in
a demand for right and justice that shall speedily
prove irresistible."
Mr. COOPER supported the sentiment.
Thanks were voted to the chair, and the meeting
broke up.

SOLVENCY OF SANDERSON
AND CO.

A meeting of parties interested in the affairs of
Messrs. Sanderson and Co. was held yesterday, and
the following account of the proceedings will be read
with the highest satisfaction : ,
At a meeting of parties interested in the affairs of
Messrs. Sanderson and Co., held at their office this
day, the 20th of September, 1847,—Present, S.
Jones Loyd, Esq., in the chair ; Prescott and Co.,
per Mr. Prescott ; Masterman and Co., per Mr. John
Masterman ; London Joint Stock Bank, per Mr.
Pollard; Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., per Mr. Bar-
nard ; Lubbock and Co., per Mr. Forster ; Union
Bank of London, per Mr. Scrimgeour ; Coutts and
Co., per Mr. Robinson ; Dennison and Co., per Mr.
Kennard; Provincial Bank of Ireland, per Mr.
Hewat.

The following statement was submitted to the
meeting :
Total amount of bills running on the
evening of the 13th inst., for which £
Sanderson and Co. were responsible ... 1,725,000

Amount paid up to this evening, the 18th
of September .. 194,400
Still running ... 1,530,600

1,725,000
Money held at call, and for which se-
curities are lodged with the parties 622,569
Money at call, and for which the parties
have no security 168,420

790,989

Total amount owing by Sanderson and
Co. not covered by equivalent security 168,420
Against this uncovered debt, and also the
general responsibility on the bills run-
ning, the following assets are held by
Sanderson and Co. (as per schedule
submitted to the meeting), vis. ... 259,000
In addition to the above, the separate pro-
perty of the partners amounts (as per
schedule submitted to the meeting) to 188,000
After the above statement had been fully exa-
mined, it was resolved unanimously,—
" 1. That from the statements laid before this
meeting, and the explanations afforded by Mr.
Sanderson, it appears that there is sufficient ground
for confidence in the solvency of the concern, and that
the resumption of its operations may be practicable at
no distant period.
" 2. That, with the view of watching the pro-
gressive realization of the bills, and the collection of
the other assets of the partnership, and thus being
prepared to determine with more confidence in the
propriety of resuming the business, this meeting be
adjourned to Tuesday, the 28th inst., at one precisely,
at the office of Messrs. Sanderson and Co., 83, King
William - street .

" 3. That a copy of these resolutions be trans-
mitted to every creditor, accompanied with the as-
surance that the statements and explanations afforded
by Mr. Sanderson, as well as his general conduct in
the present emergency, so far as it has come under the
knowledge of this meeting, has been correct and highly
satisfactory in all respects."
Signed on behalf of the meeting,
S. JONES LOYD, Chairman.

It will be seen from the above that the total amount
of assets to meet the unsecured debts of the firm
(168,4201.) and the contingencies upon the bills bear-
ing their endorsements, is 447,0001. The valuation
of these assets, it is to be mentioned, has been made
with great care, and it is likewise stated that a
large proportion of the bills on which the house is
liable are of the most unquestionable description,
while at the same time the amount of those which
are bad is less than has been generally supposed.
Under these circumstances, there can be little doubt
of an early resumption.