The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-02 00:00:00

MORN LNG EDTTION,,,-
amounts paid to the several parties engaged ttereior .11,1
the names of the persons to whom these sums were pro
Mr. FOX MAULS gale notice of his inteutionE,
more t:-morrow for a Committee to consider of autlT'°!,l;a
ing any advance out of the Consolidat,_d Fund of the•
beurc
13 Kingdom of Gr at .itlin and Irelaid, which rraY fd
after be required for supplyirg arty ecLiency in ti e
primarily applicable to the espomes of County CourtF,.°,
regulated by any Act to be passed in the rose" Soo°
of Par.
The otherliament Orders of the Day we e than disposed, of. lit!
theiHouse adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve o'Clocs
ins TO
CONGRATULATORY DINNEF'Ong
MR. VINCENT UPON HIS RELEASE
CONFINEMENT.

Yesterday the Chartists of London entertained
Vincent, upon his release from gaol, in the great r°l
of the White Conduit-house. The dinner was sell%
about half-past four o'clock, at which time there were
present upwards of 400 persons, amongst whom ler,
several respectably-dressed females. A brass band ors

in attendance to amuse the company.
The cloth haing been cleared,
his ri#'
Mr. LOVETTv took the chair, supported, on -
by Messrs. Vincent and Moore, and on the left by

Wade and Mr. Cleave.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the first tes;',
said they had assembled there that evening for the act
P
pose of expressing their sympathies for a man who 13.03
suffered deeply in their cause, and to congratulits
But note?:
on escaping a prison death.—(Cheers.)
so far, they would also take that opportunity of expreglo,
their unabated love of justice and truth, and their
termination to pursue the straight path of dut.Yl3:;.
withstanding the suffering and imprisonment which to
elusive law-making put it in the power of one ele d
inflict upon another.—(Cheers.) 'Vincent bad suffer..„s
two trials—he had been imprisoned twenty melltbAsaa
yet he was before the assembled Chartists of Loo
to tell them that he stood before them the same 0'81„-rp
the same determined advocate of the People's Ch,Br-fid
which would alike protect the interests of ally
id
secure the happiness of the people upon the ooli 5°4.
basis. He came before them to show that the P, of
ment of the body did not estab:ish the conviction 'PIO
the mind.—(Cheers.) He would implore of all e
avoid any abatement of the principles of the Charteot
let them pursue their course with determination, 'of
let them show to the world that they i,erere„orl
opinion that their great cause was best 5e',...;„
beets)
by sober, temperate, and prudent conduct—( C
and so prove that democracy was as beneficial in. ,Proliji
tice as it was just in theory: Most. of the social
'of society arose from political causes. When 00 53
h thet
the vast productive power in this country, vc-5,11,1
saw the five hundred millions of wealth predurc"„" °hi
nually, they could see no reasonable necessity
poverty and degradation of so large a part of the no.
lation, caving a most fruitful soil, having more It°
I,at, tegetheloi
nical skill than ail the rest of the worn
and having the most industrious people on the fs,l.ees
earth—they could see no reasonable necessity for
foxedflr
of them being in rags aud misery, and starving ie„., s)
idleness, poverty, ignorance, and mee--0-luee-rils
They were agreed that the cause of these cuormetisZio.
was exclusive and corrupt legislation ; they were 1"-ait
fore anxious to have a Parliament which would reres'ie,
all classes of sociAy, and responsible t 3 the Pelt, (
Any piditical institution that W 43 based upon any thfee
foundation than the will of tile majority was not 3-ererr
institution but a despotic junta, and deserved the c-0
demnation of all who were excluded. The Presebl:o
House of Commons existed in defiance of the pa io
-
will. Upwards of six aelnous of persons were now of
this country above the age of 21, while tee Deihher
registered lectors was considerably under bac aulouse
nay, a majority of the Members of the presant Is
were returned by less than 150,000 persons. 11.5,:„8,- of
public opinion had yet been consulted, the DLitinae
Chartists greatly exceeded the number of eleetr.;bB
(Cuevas,) Their petition was signed by denh'e "of
number of electors in the country. The PrnPerlYitb
the labourer—his powers of production either Ivo;
head or hands—was never taken into account 13:o
he had no protection ; was that a system which °
to be allowed to continue ?—(Cries of " No, ni;eo
Even the middle classes, if they saw their °no Or
et
course, ought to join with them, for the prerit 5d,n9
was annually wasting their capital, and eventuallY
bt
reduce them to the level of the labourer. TueY O-Tue
to join the Chartists against the common enernY• nold
great danger lay in delay, and he trusted they W:6l
soon see their folly and join them, in order to 8'11;0
the peace, the happiness, and tile prosperity °` cOrl
country. With these prefatory remarks be heti/
leave to propose the toast, " The people, and tray

speedily obtain their political rights."
The toast was drunk amidst loud checricg•
<< Hod
TM: CHAIRMAN saki the next, toast was-- atof
Vincent, the eloquent advocate of the reoplo's ri° lot
health and prosperity to him.' It was unnecessad
him to say a word in favour_of that toast. iill3ll
'lle toast was drank eLthusiasticolly with are?'
three.
:b Pies'

Mr. VINCENT sad it Cettsiuly gave him 00°' p„ eat .
sureo to see so many of his friends after an impris°l3best
-
pto.
sw
be
healthro uthosn,
("I"athehlelig"hae'sthsappilrii).t.st—o
with increased love for their glorious cause, 1.•••
tbheeggietilidtiociitiharneckeptitiieomn
they
yt
hal:Tr:1%0.10 forhithe
ali He
j:Pariosit
lock upon the assembly he raw before him ai Pa"! ie
complimeirt to himself, but as a demonstration
ma
favour of liberty which he had strugg ed. for, au" wobibil
he stood hefoie hewn to advocate. It had bee •
fe or/•
fortune or misfortune to take part with his 1100 r.
workmen during a fearful agitation for the seciire
plishment of their political liberty, and in his, es
",
cucy he had fallen into a snare which b
purposely laid for him by the aria :crass who m's'ato•
the country, with the view of stopping him From a tie
eating those principles which were embodied i°
bad
People's Chatter, but he pledged himself tbeY at
totally deceived themselves. He had bun t
the bar at Monmouth—brought before a Jul, but ibe
a Jury of his Peers, as in the case of Cardigjkias
other day—he was not tried by a Jury of Or bad
men, but a Jury of men whose prejudices tr,
been excited by the paltering and insidious Itbloth
merts which had been constantly appearing in -biol
Whig and Tory newspapers ; they foam.
t die
guilty upon garbled evidence, and sent him o
wee
county gag'. He was not before them to wild.b°oot
his sufferings like a puling chill ; he was net,l,,hialf
to tell them of the rot-gut skilly and theLsPAkeyt
-
bread, for thanks to a good constitution be na": a ft
his word in outliving his persecutions trod !aught er
his persecutors ; but he would just tell them ee;000
two anecdotes of the manner in which thenui."'lrr.
parson_ of the prison attempted to break b" ',le be.
They were told tnat the gaol was too full, en-
and Edwards, and Dickenson were put in thello
dunned cells. This was too good for the parsogibed
was afraid they might not know it, and he asked
were they aware that they were in the roes:l2l.ol4'
which persons were takeu to Le hung.--(°"-„,- gke
From these cells they were taken in orde' 71-0:r
room for John Frost and his companions after ciso
illegal trial. Weil, after having been in goal formed"1 to
trauruhs, he was tried again for an offence alle e‘' .
have been committed in the same county--thelhodyr
petted to have sun him broken in spirit, weak jatrilt y
and pis in the face ; but, on the co a
they found him courageous, hale and heart,' ; io:
need
was however again found guilty, and setcted*
to further imprisonment, a thing almost unprecet- he
In consequence of the agitated state of the coorY,' or
was removed to the Penitcetiary, where he wa:
fined in an airy stone-room of tour feet 14
t9go~ deli'
half, and where they attempted to teach him the two
cite art of tailoring. He had only been there he.
1°
months when he was removed to Oakham, s'f,heraad
was allowed the litnrty of purcha-ing his owe °,1,, re'
again he lived like a Christ'ari. Now, what Was '-‘-toarl
suit of all this ; he went to prism) a detnoerat, be
there the same mar, and if he hdd not been
London siace his release, it was not because he beht he
come lukewarm in the cause, but because be the,a.g-tioo
was entitled to at least a few weeks' reralose
after an imprisonment of twenty months- „coo ,
ever, he was again before them to vuh-epree
the right of the wot king-classes to be r—tbs
sented in thl House of Commons. That'wy ip
a.O- oaelr;
cause of their meeting, for he would hold so
political contempt who could forget that great Pr°3 &bait
out of compliment to himself. lie contended 'O,O
every man should have a share in making la" b; the •
salted upon to obey ; that was the principle °fullest
Charter, and he would for ever advocate it to 0100'
extent, and he would denounce any ono a6,6,„Pgrest‘
eaemy who would compromise any one of thef,/logill
principes it contained. After going at considerable
int,) the five great points of the Cbarter;the °on ;
denied that he had ever been a pike and (lager the'
he had always been prepared to go along adopt'
people in any course they thought it proper to
but he had always been of opinion, and bad pewee'alwaJ.
vocated that no other means should be used do° tbei
"le":ttesd
ful ones. They would never obtain their end
became a sober and a moral people. Let them r
to their domestic duties—let them look to tie
Sir sriP,
families-4orsake the gin palace, and so show tutrtoci,
toeracy that they were a people worthy to beenfthey
with the power they claimed. If they did 11°,_t--1 public'
continued to frequent the beer-shop and I" s thef
house, they would be unworthy of the privilege. trite'
sought. After earnestly impressing ou the Gbellsobat
rerally to enjoy the blessings of temperance, °r ,ald
would not do of teetotalism, without which temperance`
never attain their Charter, he pledged himself to
.1.; for
tinue in the course he had hitherto purstista,;vl
although experience had sobered him, it had 1,10
that ardent love of liberty which filled his
was immensely cheered throughout.
mayM irt.
speedily
yE tbheeznompreoptobseedia‘w'
ohiethPeeolapnle'd.l.,Cbgaaret::loo.
urged upon all the friends of the Charter to giol_,.„r the
pot and the pipe, which formed a dead weight people
working man in this country. No friend to the
le ought
• h °
Charter would spend that upon poison, which
•
to devote to the regeneration of his country.