The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-26 00:00:00

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people, for since he first entered the Houle of Commons he I
never entertained the slightest hope of pErsonal aggrandize-
ment.—(Loud cheers, and some confusion, occasioned by
some remark addressed to the Hon. Baronet, which we could
not catch.) If there were any gentleman in the meeting who
wished to put any question to him concerning his Parliamen-
tary career, he should feel happy to answer him.—(Loud
cheers.) He had no doubt but that ultimate success would
crown the cause, and they were that evening met to forward,
and this influential and eatensve Ward of Farringdon Without
would still be found acting with its usual liberality and pa.
triotism.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.)
Mr. CRAWFORD should only shortly allude to the fallacies
of those who said that the effect of a repeal of the Corn-laws
would be to throw the land out of cultivation. But he con-
tended that the effect would be, that corn would be grown only
upon those lands which nature fitted to produce it. Mr. Wol-
verly Attwood had said that the repeal would reduce wages.
He (Mr. Crawford) would not enter into that discussion now,
but he would stake all the little reputation he had, and say that
a greater fallacy was never broached than that made in this
assertion. (The Hon. Gentleman then read the memorable
document from certain Noble Lords in 1815 in favour of the
Corn-laws, which was received with the strongest and mose
marked disapprobation.) He could assure the meeting that
the subjects now brought forward by her Majesty's Govern-
ment were not new to him ; but he had long considered them,
and the more he did so, the more deeply did he feel their all-
important influence in supporting their commerce with foreign
countries, and insuring their national prosperity.
Mr. PATTISON said he was well aware that he was address-
ing the largest, and consequently the most influential Ward, in
the City of London—a Ward which had been ever foremost in
the cause of liberality, and which he was sure would ever
maintain its high reputation. He was convinced their feel-
ir.gs went along with the measures propounded by the Govern-
ment, and with the feelings of the whole country. He consi-
dered himself only as an humble instrument to forward the
e of the Government in their liberal policy, and as such, he
trusted, he would be acceptable to them. It was nonsense to
say that the present Ministerial measures would endanger the
agriculture of the country. A friend of his of large landed
possessions had, through his steward, been infotmed
of the views of his tenantry concerning the repeal of the Corn-
laws, and to a man they said that when its operation was pro-
perly explained to them, they were perfectly satisfied they
would be as much benefited by the repeal as any other class of
the community, and he (Mr. Pattison) entertained no doubt
but the same answers would be given to similar inquiries. He
would warn the Tories as to what they were about, for if they
refused a protecting duty of Bs., they might soon be satis-
fied with one of ls.—( Tremendous cheering.) With respect
to sugar, a friend of his, a large West India proprietor, said he
could not justify compelling people paying 9d. for what they
could purchase for 6d., although he confessed he wished to see
the happy consummation deferred for awhile.—(Cheers and
laughter.) Again, tLe people should be allowed to seek the best
-markets in procuring timber. The Hon. Gentleman, alter a
f w further observations, sat down amidst loud and long-con-
inued cheering.
On the motion of Sir M. Woon, thanks having been voted
t ) to Chairman, the meeting separated, after giving three
Hearty cheers for Lord John Russell.

MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF ALDERSGATE,
CRIPPLEGATE, AND THE DISTRICT OF ST.
LUKE'S, IN SUPPORT OF THE LIBERAL CAN-
DIDATES.
A public meeting of the electors of the wards of Alders-
gate, Cripplecate Within and Without, and the district of St.
Luke's. was held last evening at the George Hall, Alderman-
bury, for the purpose of adopting measures to secure the re-
wen of the four Liberal candidates for the City of London.
Tkel e,dvertisers.ent stated that the proceedings would commence
at eigh; o'clock precisely, but long before that hour the hall
was craraneed ro suffocation.
Thomas r,hallis, Esq., was unanimously called to the Chair,
and was received with loud applause.
The CHAIRMAN said he had frequently before been called
on to adJeess them on former occasions, but never had there
'seen one more important than the present.— (Cheers. ) Her
Majesty had appealed from the Parliament to the people.—
( Cheers.) tier Majesty had been actuated by a generous
purity of motive in so doing, and trusted to them for th proper
xercise of the franchise.—( Cheers.) What a glorious spec-
ter le was this of a Sovereign calling a whole people to her
couesels ?—(loed cheers.) It was not to extend her own
-sower or preregatires that this appeal was made. 'She hart
seen her pc }plc petitioning that Parliament to alleviate their
slistressol, and the answer was a vote of no conlidence.—( Cries
of " Shame, shame.") And why was that? To prevent the
etiscursion of measures for the relief of the people, and to vote
flat monopoly was one of the ancient institutions of the court-
try—(Cries of " Dawn with monopoly")—and that every
omen Tory was b3und to support i..—(Cr jai of "Where will
Tina hint," cheers, and laughter.) The Queen appp.cal.ed
ro theci to know if they were fur increased taxatian—
if they were is turning a deaf car to the compiain's or their
stara.ng, fellOw-canntrymen. If they were of that opinion
the., eiould vote aeanst thofour Liberal candidates.—(('rice of
;Ostr.r.") if they believed that this equal division in the
Hons. of Commons ought to remain in such a s ate as to I ave
Ministers powerless for good, and the Opposition so powerful
floe evil,they would support the Tories—( Cries of" Na")—but
If they believed it wag for the advantage of the country that
trade should be free, and industry be permitted to have its
proper courae. then they would support the four Liberal can-
idates.—( Loud cheer,E.. )
of tHe
he firm would
of Whitbread conclude by candalling
Co.,
on
illartinQou, q.,
t , move the first resolution.— (Loud cheers. )
Mr. MA arrtNea u, who w:,s received with loud'cheers, asked
who it v: a; the Tories would substitute for the present Secre-
tary for the Colonies, their Noble candidate? It was 'ir Robert
Peel.—( Cries of ‘‘ We won't have him.") Had thee read his
sioixe'spontlence ith the President of the Chamber of C.nt-
!nerve of Manchester? If they hail, they would know how
in appreciate the character of such a man. Mr. Martineau
Esoncluded an eloquent speech by proposing the forowing reso-
lution ;
" Tnat this Meeting being strongly of opinion that the is ue
of the present contest will involve results deeply affecting the
welfare of the electors of London, is determined to support only
such candidates as will aid the present Government in their pa-
triotic intentions, as stated to the electors by Lord John Iles-
sell, of lightening that kind of taxation which, while it yields
nothing to the Exchequer, presses heavily upon the people.' "
Mr. Nonitts seconded the resolution. The question was
briefly Russell and bread. or Peel and taxation.—(Cheers. )
Every effort had been made by the Tories to pare down the
franchise in order to enable the landed aristocracy to wring
from the industry of the people a sum larger in amount than
that required to pay the interest of the national debt.
At this period of the proceedings Sir M. Wood, accompanied
by Mr. Crawford and Mr. Pattison, entered the room, and
were greeted with loud and long-continued cheering.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried
unanimously.
Mr. Dur.oN", Li proposing the next resolution, said that the
question submitted by the Government to the
,people was one
of hu,iness, of trade, of commerce, and therefore one peculiarly
belonging to the City of London to consider.—( Cheers.) It
was a question affecting not themselves only, but their families,
their posterity, and more or less affecting all the countries of
the world. —( Loud cheers.) Fifty years of Tory domination
had saddled the country with debt, to pay the interest of which
required twenty-seven millions annually, and in addition to
that amount all the expenses of the Government had to be pro-
vided for. Taxation had now been carried to its utmost pos-
sible pitch; as long as they had had no fo:eign com-
mercial rivals, they had been enabled to support these
burdens —they could do so no longer. 'f here were two
lane proposed to enable the country to make up these
amounts, the one was by increasing taxation, the other by re-
moving restrictions, so that being richer they might be better
enabled to bear the burdens imposed upon them. Lord John
Russell had preferred the latter plan—(Loud cheers)—and had
very properly said that there were taxes paid to classes and
monopolists, which were not the less taxes, because they did
not go into the Exchequer—(Cheers)—those taxes he pro-
posed to take off.--(Loud cheers.) Lord John Russell was
pledged to that, and it was rather curious that a petition in
support of some such plan which had been presented to the
House of Commons bore the signatures of Mr. Alderman
Pixie and Mr. Horsley Palmer. lord John Russell had not
shrunk frcm the assertion of his principles, he had placed
himself in the front of the battle, and had called upon the con-
stituency of London to decide.—(Loud cheers.) Of their other
three Liberal candidates, it was unnecessary to say
anything ; he would merely refer to their votes,
and on that ground claim the support of the meeting.—(Loud
cheers.) Could Mr. Alderman Pixie claim credit for con-
sistency ? No ! And so conscious was he of this that he held
hack, and had never even attended those private meetings at
which the ether Tory candidates had been present. He was
afraid the Alderman's serious friends were about to play him a
shabby trick, and leave him in the lurch. The Tories now
felt the less cautious of them, and spoke of their imprudence in
proposing four candidates. Some said they ought to have
proposed only three, and others that theythoey wereughtto
pbleedged
content
t to
with twn.—( C'ries of "None.") But
four. They coultkpot drop two now ;it intact be four or none.
--( None.) He considered Mr. Attwoodavery t-used young man.
The Tory canvassers,
when they found they could not get per-
Cons to vote for four, asked for the votes for two, and requested
them to vote for Lyall and Masterman. He therefore thought
Mr. Attwood an ill-used young man. He earnestly besought
them to be early at the poll to vote for all four candidates, and
trout the return of the canvasses there
Hcould be noed b doubt
oof
e conclud-
theirtriumphant success.—(Cheers.) y pr
posing the following resolution
TEs hat the Parliamentary conduct of Sir Matthew Wood
Bart., W. Crawford, Esq., and J. Pattison, q.,n_htaitsubnetermeineen,d
such as to deserve the warmest approbation of th
and their claims are further strengthened by the determined
advocacy, at this crisis, of free trade principles; and that
of
in
Lord John Russell, the enlightened and talented ad. voeate
civil, religious, and commercial freedom, this meettng reocrtok,
nises a future colleague for those gentlemen every way w worth
of the most enthusiastic support of the electors of London.. _
Mr. E. Tny Low, in seconding the resolution, would remind
the householders that it was to Lord John Russell's exertions
that they owed the possession of the franchise.—( Cheers. )
Mr:G. PA tus u. said the landholders had robbed thepeopleof
their rights—had laid their foul hands on the bounties of Pro-
vidence, and prohibited the people from eating the bread of
Heaven.—(Cheers.) The people had borne this tyranny until
it had become insupportable. At length the House of Com-
mons hail been forced to move a Committee to inquire into
the operation of the import duties ; and the measures proposed
by the Government, and rejected by the House of Commons,
had been the result.—(Hear, hear, and continued cheers.)
fle would show them there was no occasion for direct taxation
if
these measures were fairly carried into execution.—( Cheers. )
Corn was the first consideration. Something about forty-two
millions of quarters was grown by the country, let them then
take the protecting duty laid upon it, and then see what was
paid by way of protection. If the prohibition was 20s. the
quarter, and every individual consumed one quarter per year,
they would find they paid a tax on corn of 42 millions. Now this
might be saved from direct taxation. Take the article
of sugar. If there was a fair tariff duty of 10 or lb per cent.
they would derive from it not less than five or six millions a
year more than they now derived, and instead of paying Bd.
or 9d. for that black sandy looking rubbish they were obliged
to eat—(Cheers)—they would have good sugar at 4d. or sd.
per lb.—(Cheers.) This item proved that their measures
would provide against the necessity for direct taxation.—
( Loud cheers.) Take fresh meat.—lf every man in the
country could eat but the portion allowed in the workhouse—
but meat wan out of the question, and bread too was out of
the qoestion fit it was not now to be discussed whether bread
should be this or that price, but whether they should have
bread or no bread?—(Cheers.) And though they talked
against the Chartist and so forth, yet he said that if any apology
could be made for mistaken men, their apology was very
strong.--( Hear, hear.) But to return to the fresh meat—
( Laugh:er)—lf every man could eat but the no, khouse por-
tion at tlitit time they would not bit able to buy meat under
2s. 6d. per It,. Infor:Lalit:n was wanted on the subjee,. They
were too apt to cons.der the eorn question everything; hut
then: Wore other taxes not less oppressive and injurious. They
could n3t imprrt4dhams bacon, at less than 18s. per cwt.
they could haven
al per leb do even German sausages, before
Eri've(eycn 21;ph imposed tax tliem.—
on them,
oafnrldl.aupgehr
hay maid be ii,Tphcb,Lnd'''.'t l'av Us. 6d. a load, before al •I of
would notbear .prmittieliveo stock
to be imported at and-th"
upon the sooaau).,, 11,1" (Rear,
as but a small ventilating 'L.
ut d
iGn
to; e ran lookedern te,
Larrel.—(Lout cheers.)
Ss. per quarter, but how long wooled no: a fixed dutygof
Let. them th rend upon it, it would sli
wished them to remember that the question was not 'on% about