The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY_ MORNING, JULY 9, 1846.

good-heartedness pervades the entire address ; it is
peculiarly and essentially accordant with the digni-
fied bearing always preserved by the Anti-Corn-law
League. Nor is it indeed the least remarkable cir-
cumstance, in connexion with the history of that re-
markable association, that, whereas it was composed
of a vast multitude of persons of all varieties of reli-
gious creeds, of all varieties of pursuits, and of all
varieties of temperament, it avoided, throughout its
existence, not only all turbulence and insubordination,
but any single difference or squabble amongst its mem-
bers. Battling against the pecuniary interests of
many, the prejudices of habit, and the misconceptions
of the mass, the originators of this extraordinary body
quietly gained ground amongst their assailants; by
cogency of argument and force 'of honest speaking,
they tore the sophistries of the monopolists to very
tatters, and moved forward to the accomplishment
of their intentions upon a solid foundation of
fact. Much has been said about the
eloquence of the League orators, but the peculiarity
of that eloquence has never been sufficiently noticed.
It was an eloquence altogether contradistinguished
from the eloquence of the schools ; it discarded all
the meretricious adornments of diction ; it strove not
to embellish by similitudes, or to adorn by the useless
interpolation of striking phrases. There was some-
thing in it peculiarly unostentatious : it was to the
last degree homespun. What it wanted in adven-
titious decorations it made up for in an array
of facts altogether irresistible. These are the
qualities which have tended more than any
other to facilitate the dissemination of the
influence, and to secure the ulterior victory, of
this wonderful association. It has done infinitely
more than achieving freedom of commerce ; it has
afforded an example to mankind of how inevitably a
great advantage may be realised by peaceful, legal,
and constitutional efforts.

Mr. O'CONNELL re-appeared in the Concili-
ation Hall, in Dublin, on Monday. From the
vast power which he wields in his native land—a
power which has shaken to the foundation every
Government that has been formed since he first

quitted his lucrative profession, to become the public
champion of an oppressed and suffering nation—
any speech made by Mr. O'CONNELL is sure
to be read with the deepest interest. Apart
from the commanding influence he exer-
cises in Ireland, his untiring energy,
acknowledged talents, and moving eloquence,
never fail to rivet the attention of his
audience, or to afford matter for serious reflection
throughout the length and breadth of the United
Empire. The present posture of affairs imparts an
additional interest to the public addresses of the great
leader of the Irish people. 'We are arrived at
a juncture in which, it is not to be doubted,
the popular power vested in Mr. O'CON.•
NELL can be rendered conducive to the stability
or enervation of the Government, according to
the views he may embrace and the advice he may
tender to the Association, of which he h the govern-
ing head. Looking to the unexampled wrongs
inflicted upon Ireland by the bigoted narrow-minded-
ness, which has so tediously characterised successive
administrations in their treatment of that country, we
were not surprised when the desire for repeal as-
sumed the organised shape it has done for some years
past. Neither are we insensible to the fact, that it is
owing to the agitation which has been kept on foot,
that some salutary changes have been already ef-
fected, and that a spirit of searching reformation has
been at last evoked, calculated to confer the greatest
benefits on Ireland. Had this agitation never been
summoned into existence, the Commission, for in-
stance, of which Lord DEVON was at the head, would
never have been appointed ; and without the im-
portant information, thus elicited, we should
have been, to this hour, deprived of the
advantages likely to be attained by the
schemes, modelled by Sir ROBERT PEEL, and
recently introduced to Parliament by the Earl of

Lip:coils'. We have no doubt these measures, warmly
eulogised as they were by Mr. O'Cost-NELL, will be
taken in hand by the new Government., and that, by
their operation; we shall be ere long,gratified with a
sensible diminution of the agrarian 'Outrages, which
have so painfully compromised the social peace of
Ireland. Repeal itself we have ever regarded as a
chimera. The English, however, are too generous to
he unmindful of the services of the Irish Member,,,
who have supported of late years, from the Reform
Bill downwards, all the great liberal measures which,
to the marked contentment of the English and
Scotch, now grace our statute-book ; and we are also
too humane not to urge our Government to remove the
gross inequalities which prevail between our own in-
stitutions and those of the Emerald Isle. We have
a fair promise that this will now be undertaken in a
masterly spirit, and that, hen accomplished, the
desire of a separate Legislature will be buried in
oblivion.

It has not been customary with Mr. O'CONNELL to
praise Sir R. PEEL. The latter was highly and fre-
quently extolled by the former in Parliament during
the present session, for the wise and benevolent steps
he had taken to stay the hand of pestilence and arrest
the march of famine, which last year threatened to
engulph in misery millions of the Irish. In his speech
of Monday last, Mr. O'CONNELL honourably renewed
his eulogium, and stated that " eternal credit was due

to Sir R. PEEL for having lost power in a struggle
to feed the hungry, and to give wages to the artisan.
Let every good and wise man rejoice that so much
virtue was exhibited by one of the statesmen of their
day."
Mr. O'CONNELL endeavoured to impress on his
hearers that repeal would be ultimately carried, be-
cau-e Mr. COBDEN, by a moral agitation, had succeeded
in abolishing • the corn•laws. Mr. COBDEN accom-
plished his mission, in consequence of the complete
hold which he gained over the minds of the people
from the entire reasonableness of his project.
Mr. O'CONNELL will fail in his struggle, as the
English will never yield to the imputation (whatever
be the amount of painful truth with which it has
hitherto been made) that they are incompetent, or
unwilling, to mete out justice to Ireland. Until every
effort shall have been exhausted, the reproach to the
Imperial Legislature, that would he involved by a
repeal of the union, will never be submitted to. The
happy and thriving condition of Scotland, since her
union with England, will animate us with the hope
that we shall yet find the means of rendering Ireland
in spirit, as well as in name, an integral portion of the
United Empire.
Mr. O'CONNELL informed the meeting of his deter-
mination, at the earliest period of the next session of
Parliament, to bring forward the que*tion of repeal. We
trust that he will be induced to forbear bringing this
subject under the notice of the Legislature, by the
enunciation that will be previously made of " the
most comprehensive measures," which Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, in his address to the electors of the City of
London, has stated to be requisite for the effectual
governance of Ireland. And ardently as Mr.
O'CoNNELL may entertain the hope fbr rcpeal, "he
admitted that if the English did but justice,
they would have a right to call on the Irish people to
pause." Our conviction is, that Ireland will be no
longer made a political foot-ball, that justice to her
will be no longer withheld, that, in an enlarged and
philanthropical spirit, all her grievances will be
righteously removed, and that then, with its hopes
fulfilled, the Repeal Association, like the Anti-Corn-
law League, will die a natural death.

The Augsburgli Gazette publishes a letter from Vienna,
dated 26th June, which states that Lieutenant WAG-
HORN had for some time been zealously tmployed in
establishing a line of communication through Germany'
between the port of Dwino, on the coast of the Adriatic
and the North Sea. The route will be by way of
Saltzbourg, but it is doubtful whether the direct com-
munication between Salt zbourg and Dwino will be by
the railway through Styria, or by a new railway through
the Tyrol. England would, it is said, prefer the route
by Tyrol.

Letters from Constantinople state that M. OCSTINOFF,
hO, a few :!ears ago was Russian Com cillor of Em
busy at the Porte, is about to replace M. DE TITOW as
Ambassador at the Court of the SULTAN.

Madrid papers to the 30th have been received.

They contain accounts from Lisbon of the 24th ult.,
at which time that city was perfectly tranquil. The
organisation of the National Guard was progressing.
It was rumoured in Madrid on the 29th that the Portu-
guese Government had addressed a note to that of Spain

complaining 'of the friendly reception given to the two
ex-Ministers of Portugal, the CennALs.

The reports of the al!eged Miguelite excesses were not
credited in Madrid. These rumours, however, had inspired
the SI anish Carlists on the Portuguese frontier with
hope, and the Captain-General of Galicia had published
a bando, declaring that the Government would punish with
the utmost severity any attempt of the Carlists to
disturb public order. Apprehensions were also enter-
tained ( f a Carlist outbreak in Catalonia.
The Gtmernrnent Lad accepted the resignation, by the
Marquis of PENA FLORIDA, of the office of Corregidor
of Madrid. Differences between the ex-Corregidor and
the Political Chief occasioned this resignation.
Prior to his departure from Bayonne, the Infante Don
ENRIQUE addressed a letter to M. ISTURITZ and the
members of his Cabinet, complaining bitterly of the
treatment which he had received from the Spanish Go-
v, rnment.

The Archbishop of BORDEAUX arrived in Madrid on
the 29th. Ostensibly the object of his visit is to inspect
a French convent„ of which he was the founder. It was
suspected, however, that he was charged with a secret
negotiation on the subject of the marriage of the QUEEN.
There is to be an illumination of Madrid for three
nights, in honour of the accession of the POPE.

MADRID Bots,t, JUNE 30.—Three per Cents. 33% for
cash, 34 paper ; Five per Cents., 20% paper ; Debt without
Interest, 6% for cash. Exchange on London, 36%.

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.

They all contain articles on the construction of the
new English Cabinet, which seems to be regarded with
a favourable eye by all parties. The Journal des Dthats
attaches great importance to the adhesion of Earl GREY
to the new Ministry. " This fact," says our Contem-
porary, "proves that the differences in the Whig party
have been removed, and gives to the new Cabinet much
more solidity and chance of durability. Considered in
each of its members, the Administration of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL is more than equal to all Parliamentary neces-
sities. It would be difficult to find in so restricted a
number so many men of talent."
The Constitutionnel expresses its good wishes towards
the new English Cabinet, and even the National no longer
sees cau'e of offence in the advent of Lord PALMEnSTON
to office. It pays, "Neither peac.• nor war, neither god
nor evil relations, depend on the existence of such or
such a Minister, or the triumph of such or such a party
in England. Let Lord PALMERSTON succeed Lord
ABERDEEN, or Lord J. RUSSELL Sir R. PEEL, the reci-
procal dispositions of the two nations, the relations o
the two Governments, will not be better or worse for it.
Whether Whigs or Tories, the English Ministers are
above all things English. They are well or ill-inclined
towards us, according as the interest 'of their country
demands it."

The ordonnance dissolving the Chamber of Deputies
was signed by the KING on Monday.
The society of Libre Echaryistes has put forth its pro-
gramme. Its object is to procure the removal of all re-
strictive and prohibitory duties. It expressly declares
that " it excludes all political partisanship ; that it does
not place itself at the service of any particular branch o
industry, of any class or of any portion of the territory.
It embraces the cause of eternal justice; peace, union,
and free intercourse, the fraternity of all mankind, and
the cause of the general interest, which is, on all points
and under all circumstances. identified ssith that of the
public consumption."
The Duke DE BROGLIE has gone to the north of
Europe for the, purpose, it is said, of makimx arrange-
ments for the reception of a French umba-sailor at the
Court of St. Petersburgh.
The Moniteur Aigerien of the 20th says, that ABD EL-
KADER has retired to Figuiz, an oasis in the Sahara of
Morocco.

It appears that in the chastisement inflicted on the
tribe of Msirda, on the 17th, by General CAVAIGNAC,
several of the victims wero females ; but this, says the
,lkbar, is inevitable in such melees, as the dress of the
females so closely resembles that of the men that a dis-
tinction cannot be made.

Until nearly the close of business on the Paris Bourse
on Monday public securities-stocks and shares- eon •
tinued to improve. The Three per Cents. rose to
83r. 45c. ; the Five per Cents. to 121 f. 90c. ; Northern
Shares to 733 i. Suddenly, and without any obvious
cause, for no pretended fall in the London market on the
preceding day could be adduced, a violent reaction took
place.
The Three per Cents. finally closed at 831 30c. ; the Five
per Cents. 121 f. 65e.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ;'
Rouen, 1,007 f. We.; Havrc, 727 f. 50e.,; Great Northern,
723 t. 75c.; Avignon; 880 E-41 IT-Wrein,•632f:'soc.;. Bordeauxi
-57,2 f. 50c. ; 13oulogrw 472 f. •40c-;,• Fatrtlibux, -407 f. -50 c.;
Dieppe,' 407 f. 50c._.; Paris and Strasburg, 485 E ; Tours and
Nantes, 505 t. ; Paris and I.yims, 5271 50e.
The following are the quotations tnr the new lines:-
Lyons and Avignon, detinitives, 4971. 50c. ; Bordeaux arid
Cette, 4821. 50c.
MartshiLLEs, Jl7l.ir 2.-Marseilles and Avignon, 862 f.;
Northern, 7i st. ; Paris and Lyons, 530 f.
Lvolis, JULY 4. -Mars.--ilies and Avignon, 878 f. 75c.;
Paris and Orleans, 1,258 f. 75e.; Lyons, 527 f. 50c.; Vicrzon,
628 f. 75e.; Great Northern, 725.
BITSINESr, DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDI ,N STOCK EXCHANGE, JETLT 7.
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and C,tte (Espeletx), 1%--Central of Spain,
1M -1 •utch Rhenish, 7 /.2-East Indian, 14,- Louvain and Jemappe,
%- Lyons and Avignon, Ir, --Northern of France Constituted,
13-78 --Orleans and Bordeaux, 9% -Paris and Strasbourg Consti-
tuted, 4%-Sambre and Meuse, 4.

EDINBURGH ELECTION.—An opposition has been
started to re-election of Mr. Macaulay, in the person
of Mr. Dunlop. who is to be supported by the Anti-
Maynooth and Free Kirk party. The re-election of Mr.
Gibson Craig will not be opposed.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

(From the Times.)

PARIS, JULY 7.—The /1/,,niteur publishes a Royal
Ordinance, tinted Neuilly, 6th instant, declaring the
Chamber of Peers to be dissolved, and ordering the
various electoral colleg,s to meet on the Ist of August.
to elect each a Deputy. The Chamber of Peers and the
Chamber of Deputies are convokA fir the 17th of

August.
The Moniteur publishes the law which coice&Al
the Bordeaux and Cette Railroad to the compatiy
represented by Mos rs. ii•e!eta 2nd Barry, and a
Royal Ordinance sanctioning the convention entered
into on the ad ult. by the Minister of Public Works,
with the Company for the construction and working of
that line and the branch to Castres. The duration of
the lease was fixed fir 66i years, and the Company is
to receive a subvention of 15,000,0001.
Letters from Madrid, to the 2d instant, state
that the Gazette of the preceding day, publi,hed a
cash ex div.; the Five per
Passive, 6i cash.
Royal Decree suppressing the 47th provincial battalion,
and incorporating the corporals and privates in the re-
giments of the line.
32
Cents.,
Threets. , per a
t2oiCnpeaptes. , r ;

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 7. The Ori-
enta ichartered ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, arrived
at the Motherbank at four o'clock, A. 31., and landed the
Bombay mails of the Ist of June, which were forwarded to
London by the nine o'clock train. Theo mails were for-
warded from Alexandria to Malta by the Iberia. The Corn-
wall left Malta June 25, and Gibraltar Ist of July. She has
a very full cargo of goats' wool, silks, &c. ; also 104 pas-
sengers, principally soldiers, their wives and children. The
Achilles goes into dock to-morrow to undergo repairs pre-
vious to her leaving for Constantinople anti Trebizonde on the
3d of August. The Oriental Company's new ship At iel takes
out the Indian and China mails cu the 20th inst. The Gib-
raltar packet left to-day with the mails and 17 passengers.
The passengers by the-Duke of Cornwall are expected to be
released from quarantine to-morrow. The Royal West India
mail packet Thames, Captain Haste, will be ready for sea on
the 17th to take out the West India mails.
NEW BRITISH IRON /West India
first half-yearly
meeting was held on Tuesday at the South &at House. 20s.
di‘idendNV
HORTICULTURALzis declared upon
SOCIETY.—thTh, last meeting for thee capital.
summer was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the rooms of the
society in Regent-street, Mr. Soli!, 14'.11:5., in the chair.
The exhibition included a collection of interesting varieties
of fruit and plants from China, recently brought over by Mr.
Fortune, the Society's collector. An interesting object was
a clove tree in good-bloom and perfect fruit, from the gardens
of the Duke of Northumberland at Sion-house, bearing this
condiment in high perfection, for which the society awarded
the Silver Knightian Medal to Mr. Carter, gardener to the
Duke.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM.-011 Tuesday after-
noun the half-annual meeting of the governors and supporters
of this incorporated society, which is under the patronage of
Prince Albert, and afford, to upwards of 100 licensed victual-
lers and their widows in decayed circumstances a home, coals
and candles, with weekly sums varying from 6s. to 7s 6d.,
was held in the Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. Charles Kempt in
the chair. Mr. Jones, solicitor and secretary to the Society,
read the domestic and financial reports, which stated that
the late festival realised 2.500/., including 52/. 10s. from
Prince Albert ; ditto, from Mr. Seager ; and 21/. from Captain
Pechell. The funded property figured 7,315/., and the general
finance of the Society exceeded by 6001. that of the preceding
year. Upon the motion of Mr. Pierce, seconded by Mr.
Marley, the report was adopted. After which, the different
vacancies amongst the governors and trustees were filled up,
and thanks voted to the chairman.
THE SALMON FISIIING.—The grilse season has not
as yet produced the usual quantities in any of our northern
rivers. Some fine salmon have been caught, however. There
was one of 271bs. got on the Conon, a few days ag •, and one
of 301ba. at Kihnuir. The price has no' been less than Bd.
per lb. here yet for salmon, and 6d. for
grilse.—Bois-shire
Advertiser.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP or TSE THAMES.— Chtrle
Campbell, many years champion of the Thames, having
recently disputed Robert Coombes's claim to that honorary
distinction until beaten by him, challenged him, and the
latter having immediately accepted it, the parties and their
friends met on Monday evening, at Messrs. Cownd ,n and
Wentzell's,
of agreement were entered into between them, to row for
the Ship. Fox-street, Lambert], when articles
100/. aside, on Wednesday, the lath of August, a clear right
away wager (no fouling), from Putney-wide to a WO Vff
he Ship at Mortlake.

CITY OF LONDO
ELECTION.

RETURN OF LORD J. RUSSELL.

The defeat of the late Government on the Irish Coercion
Bill, and their consequent resignation, having led to the
formation of a new ➢linistry by Lord John Russell, yesterd.ly

was fixed for the nomination, and, in the absence of all op-

position, re-election of the Noble Lord, on his accepting
office as First Lord of the Treasury. The Liverymen of
London were t.stir at an early hour, and the neighbourhood

of the Guildhall presented, therefore, an appearance at once

interesting and impressive—interesting from the number of

persons assembled, and most impressive, because of the great
moral purpose which had called them together. The dis-
tinctive features of the day were widely different from any

previous election that we can remember: then men looked
grave, as if the`• had to struggle fur a great right; now they
seemed as if they congratulated each other that that right

had been obtained. There were not the usual number of

placards to be seen, nor was the Hall adorned with the diver-
city of colours that had been exhibited heretofore ; Lord

John Russell was the "burden" of all the bills, with one

solitary exception, one proposing a penny national testimo-

nial to Sir Robert Peel, to which were attached the names of

Colonel Thompson and Captain Polhill, M.P.
At a quarter past eleven Lord John Russell arrived in the

Hall, accompanied by the members of his committee, and
was enthusiastically greeted by the Liverymen assembled.
There were upwards of three thousand persons present

in Guildhall when business commenced. The side galleries

were filled with ladies. Among the persons on the platform
we observed A. Smith, Esq., M.P., A. W. Robarts, Esq.,
D. Salomons, E-q., S. J. Loyd, Esq., Jamcs Morrison, Esq.,
M.P., Prevost, Esq, Sir R. B. Phillips, William Hawes,
Esq., J. J. Travers, Esq., 11. L. Keeling, Esq., B. Colvin,
Esq., S. S. Whitbread, EQq., Sir G. Larpent, Sir E. N. Bux-
ton, Bart., Alderman Sir J. Duke, Baron L. Rothschild,
Alderman Humphery, M.P., Foster, Esq., M.P., J. A.
Hankey, Esq., T. A. Hankey, Esq., G. F. Prescott, Esq., J.

Pattison, Esq., M.P., Alderman Thomas Wood, and William
Wilkinson, Esq.
At twelve o'clock precisely the Sheriffs, the Under-Sheriffs,
and several of the Aldermen, entered the Hall.
The proclamation, the writ, and the oaths of bribery and
corruption having been read in the usual form,

Mr. Sheriff CHAPI.LN came forward and said—Gentlemen
and brother electors, public notice having been given of a
writ being issued for a representative for the City of London,
in consequence of Lord John Russell's having accepted the

office of Prime ➢linister of the empire, I now call on you to
fulfil your duties as electors in that gentlemanly and proper
manner which has always distinguished the '-citizens o

London.
'SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Esq., came forward to propose the
re-election of Lord John Russell, and was received with loud

and general cheering. He said he felt great satisfaction in
coming before them on the present occasion, wile',
they had been called together for the purpose of

discharging a great and important duty.—(Hear, hear, )
He felt that a solemn duty devolved on them as ea.
citizens of a free country, but at the same time he telt. the
utmost confidence that that duty would be performed in a
swi,factory and dignified manner. Ile should not detai.,
them at. any great length, as it would be more appropriate
and satisfactory that they should hear from the Noble Lord,
whom he had the hcnour to propose, an explanation or

the circumstances that ha I led him to accept of
office, and the views that he entertained on the
measures which he thought would prove advantageous to
the country. But there was one question to which he would
shortly call their attention—a topic of great and paramount
importance, with the triumph of which the Noble Lord was
intimately idntifie•d. He alluded to the question of free
trade. When they last met in that Hall that great principle
was in a different position. They then met under very dit-
ferent feelings and circumstances. The country had then mad:,
up its mind upon the question, and was preparing to put

forth its utmoit strength for the mortal struggle. But the
battle had been fought and won—all they then sought had
been achieved, and the triumph was cemplete.—(Cheers.) The
question of free trade had passed through the ordeal of public
discussion, arid the measure had become the law of the land
Where, he would ask, had ever such a momentous and important
question received such support from the public opinion, the
intelligence, the virtue, and integrity of the country ?
(Hear, hear.) Had that measure not been successful he
emsidered a severe and discouraging blow would have been
struck at the trade and commerce of the country, though
then he had such faith in the energy of Englishmen that he
would not have despaired, as he believed they would have
righted themselves. But it had been otherwise,—
success had attended their efforts.—(Loud cheers.)'
The'-' system of protection . had. been tried anu
found -to be . a great legislative error—,(Hear, hear)—an
error the cause incalculable` mischief. Who now did not
",sea-that. and ,feel that protection bad been hijtirhiqe?eit.-
perience had fairly shown that in every respect it had proved.
injurious to the glorious industry of England.—(Cheers. )
The truth of this was now generally admitted, but the
battle had been bravely and resolutely fought, and
he banner of free trade now floated over both Houses of the
Legislature; it bad been sanctioned by their most gracious
Sovereign, and it only remained to them to extend its bene-
ficial influence everywhere.— (Hear.) To them remained
the solemn duty to carry out fairly and to the fullest
extent this great and salutary measure of free trade. The
triumph had been completed, but the fruits remained to be
gathered, and it was for them to do justice to the
intelligence and energy of those who had been instrumental
in settling the question.—(Hear, hear.) High honour
was due to these men who had bestowed their time, their
skill, and their great industry to work out this
result.—;Hear, hear.) They owed much to the firm•
nes., and determination of the tifferent classes of society, who
had co-operated to realise the triumph of the principle of
tree trade, which lie was certain would be fidlowed by great
reciprocal benefits, by the union of all classes of the com-
munity in the bond of friendship, and by the sacred sympathy
,if Christian charity and love.—(Cheers.) Ilonour, he again
said, to the great principle which had just triumphed, and
to those great moral qualities by which that triumph had
been brought about—honour to those who, to establish thi
principle, had male great per,onal sacrifices and given unre-
mitting labour, and especially should they give honour t.
the Noble Lord, who, during the ,truggle, had shown all
those ;,eat an] ti•aliseeti?ent qualities for which he kol
been ever tlis They w;;,r. under deep oblig
thin
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trespass so long on their attention, be would be dlepoeed to
refer to the exertions of the numerous cite; cry of distin-
guished men who had contributed to these results; but, on
the present occasion, there was one among them who wee
peculiarly entitled to their consideration—he meant the
Noble Lord who came again before the constituency of Len-
don to solicit its confidence.—(Lotel cheers.) When lie last
appeared on these boards, he had the pleasure of proposing
the Noble Lord as a Member for the City of LT,ndon ; and
when he did so, it gave him great satisfaction to say that he
proposed him as a minister of free trade.—(Cheers.) He
would now ask, did the Noble Lord redeem that character?
—(Cheers.) Did he discharge the trust then reposed in him?
Were the results which he (Mr. Loyd) then predicted
would ensue if they would elect the Noble Lord, realised? Let
them look at the career of the Noble Lord. In his address
to the electors of London he told his tale in all simplicity,
and in few words. He told them that the principles then
triumphant would be by him fully developed He told them
that though the results of the last general elecion had dis-
appointed him, and had not fully carried out the principles
which had been asserted at the last election of London, still
that perseverance and energy displayed in the advocacy of
principles had produced a reaction which now ended in their
triumph. The Noble Lord, however, had too much modesty
to tell the part he took in these struggles for free trade
and though he fell in the struggle, he placed the question in
such a position as to secure their ultimate triumph, and to
make it impossible fer any man to govern this country hi
may other capacity than as all advocate in some measure or
other of these principles.—(Cheers.) The condo the
Noble Lord put him in mind of a classical ete.e
which he read in his younger days, where Ulyssee
in order to discover the real character of Achilles, who ap-
peared before him in female attire, threw down before him a
helmet and sword, and at once discovered hid disgetleeee Tliste
hero tlien went forth and performed those deeds of valour
which displayed his prowess - and his magnanithity.
The sword anti the helmet were the greet budgets
of the Noble Lord. Tee Noble Lord threw Ahem
down before a Tory Minister, and every hour that
has elapsed since they were taken up has been marked
with an increasing devotion on the part of the Tory Minister
to the principles of free trade. Let him now turn to the
Noble Lord. How did he act when the measures he proposed
had not met with the encouragement and countenance which
they had of late received? He gave them a support truly
English. (Cheer.".) A support as generous as
it was noble because given under the suppres-
sion of many of those feelings which were
common to human nature.—(Cheers.) They were now
arrived at those circumstances which he would not further
refer to, when they found the Noble Lord placed at the head
of the councils of his Sovereign, and called upon to develop
the great principles which had recently obtained the highest
sanction. Let them mark with what clearness
and distinctness the Noble Lord rererred in his
address to the principles of free trade.—( Hear.)
It was the application of that great but simple principle to
all its just and legitimate consequences which constituted
his noble mission. One point to which he called the atten-
tion of the electors was the question connected with the go-
vernment of helmet. It. was not for him to dilate upon that
subject. But is there any man who has the heart of a Chas-
Lien, or the pM rietic feelings of an Englishman, who does
not feel that that is a topic paitiful and distressing in the last
degree, and the statesman who proposes to call attention to
that subject for the purpose of raising the moral condition of
thsi people of that country, and.to bring it into closer ana-
logy, physically and morally, with that part of the
United Kingdom with which it was constitutionally
bound, underteek a task of the greatest. difficulty
but a task in which he gill have th(i'dnidiar syrnpattirba of

the people of this country.—(Cheers.) Next to that, his
Noble Friend called attention t. a question still more impor-
tant—the serious question of national education.—(Cheers.)

National education was to the mind what the cultivation of

,he soil was to their physical wants, the necessity of apply-

ing to the state of agriculture all the energies and the skill,

all the impulse of competition, and the desire of gain. If the f 1
people would but aptly all their energies and principles to
the great question of national education, much would be
done. At pre,ent they had done nothing; no person could
say, that as citizens and members of a free state they had
done that duty which they owed to each other, until they had
—in spite of every religious obstacle and every political
prejudice—insisted upon it that every human being born
under the auspices of Great Britain should be an educated
being.—(Cheers.) Again, subordinate to that question, his
Noble Friend had called the attention of the electors to the
sanatory condition of the people.—(Cheers.) The sanatory
condition of the people of England, they all knew, was defec-
tive; there were difficulties belonging to the subject they all
knew, but his Noble Friend, Lord J. Russell, declared that it
should have the serious attention of the Government of which
he was the head.—(Cheers.) He would not detain them with
any further remarks upon the subject. He had already
trespassed too long upon their attention. He appeared before
' them as an Englishman, with the feelings of an
Englishmen ; and when the just, the true, interests
of the country, were the subjects of discussion,
he felt his heart warmed, and they must, therefore, excuse
the length of his remarks.—(Cheers.) He must be permitted,
however, to draw their attention to the subject directly be-
fore them. The Noble Lord had, as he before said, under circum-
tances of great and momentous, but at the same time
under circumstances truly promising and elevating, been
called by the voice of Parliament, and with the con-
currence of our gracious Sovereign, to the highest station
which a subject of this empire ever held. By that act he
had ceased to be a Member for the City of London, and the
City of London had lost one of its Members. They were
then assembled to consider to whom they should confide
that trust. He needed not to call upon them by any argu
ments or by appeals to their moral feelings. But he pro-
posed to them cordially, unanimously, and triumphantly, to
replace in the hands of the Noble Lord that solemn
truct, which he had administered with so such ability, and
which he will again administer with as much true good faith
. to them as he had previously done, with such consistent and

beneficial results to the interests of all classes of this great
country. With those feelings, and with the most perfect,
confidence that he could not address to the constituency
of the city of London more arguments upon the subject,
he would propose that they should re-elect at once Lord
John Russell as the Member for the City of London.
S. nir, Esq., in rising, said that he felt great satis-
faction in seconding the nomination of his Noble Friend
Lord John Russell, and also hoped that they would re-elect
with entire unanimity his Honoured Friend to represent
the City of London in the present Parliament.

After the elequent 'address which they had heard, there was
not much room for him to add anything upon the subjects
which had been alluded to. There were, however, one or two
points on which be wished to say a few words—subjects
which were of great interest to his mind, and which had
always been supported with great talent, energy, and honesty
by his Noble Friend ; and he would state this as an
additional reason why that Noble Lord should
be returned as Member for the City of London. The great
cause of 'education had been admirably alluded to by his
rriend Mr. S. J. Loyd. When he had stood, year by
2.--ear, with his Noble Friend, to advocate the claims of
the British and Foreign School Society, he could but
cejoice that be had such a Nobleman to represent the
City of London. He had supported that cause when
it wanted popularity. Other causes he had also supported
when they wanted popularity with eve energy and power.
lie would also allude to one other point, and he knew his
feeling.; would be responded to by gentlemen present. He
alluded to the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.
There was no individual but rejoiced in the results of his
treat support in that noble cause. He admitted
tbat his support in that great cause alone gave
Min great claims on the electors of the City of London
and upon all communities of this great country, but espe-
cially on this Lreat mercantile community. The question of
free trade had been spoken to with great effect. He consi-
dered that every step which had been taken in that great
measure had been attended with great advantages to the
country. He perfectly agreed with the principle,
whether viewed upon the highest consideration, of
a beneficent Providence govet fling the world, or
upon political or financial considerations.—( Cheers.) He
did not wish to see the measure divested of this higher prin-
ciple—he wished it to be always tempered with that feeling
f moral rectitude. This feeling should be especially pre-
served on . a question to which he would briefly refer—the
sugar question. He desired that all his fellow-citizens should
have all things good and sweet, cheap and abundant..
But if ;that goodneis' and sweetness were to be produced by
the lives'of the poor, the oppressed and the ,wretched,.. was
his opinion that the people of England would be willing to
forego them.—(Cheers) Upon that principle alone he- de•
sired free trade to be. carried out to its fullest extent. But
• , ret the 'poor and the. oppressed be protected from
hardship, from misery, and destitution.—(Loud cheers.)
Upon this point there might be some difference between him
and his Noble Friend, but he was quite willing to leave the
matter (knowing that it would receive his most serious
attention) in the judicious hands of his Noble Friend.
He had very little more to say touching his Noble Friend,
except on one or two points. He would ask had the great
measures undertaken by the late Administration, and which
would have results most beneficial to the country—had they
been met with a narrow and paltry opposition ?—(Cheers.)
lie did not know a man more likely to carry out the great
measures of commercial reform than his Hon. Friend Lord
John Russell, and he considered that it would be a great
loss to the people of England if he did not receive their una-
nimous support. He had, therefore, great satisfaction
of seconding his nomination, and when the day of election
should come again, he felt sure they would receive the Noble
Lord with equal satisfaction as they bad done upon that
day.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CHAPLUsi than demanded if there was another candi-

‘latP.---(l,ond cries of " No, no.") No other candidate having
been named, a ?how of hands was taken, and the Sher&
then declared that Lord John Russell bad been duly elected
to represent the City of London.
The announcement was received with loud and Ling-con

tinned cheering, which was again and apin repeated wl-,el:
he Noble Lord made his app,araucc upon The plal,
Lord .httiN Russma., when silence was in some degr,,
r, stored, s.lo,—Gentlotne:t-0:; Mond ty I tst her Alajesi
w:ts graci.atsly ple,s,kl desk, that I ska2l,l kiss ht:r !taw!
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same time imcpire me• with awe.—(Bear, .hear.)
cannot venture to say that I can adequately discharge

duties imposed upon me; but, at all events, I am deter.
mined to exert mys:4f to -the utmost of my ability. It

looking- back to the mea,urts which I have p-opoFett, tc

principles which I have asee. ted, to the votes which I have
given, I can sly that I stand here to carry into etlect those
inei,sures, to give life to ththe prissekies which 1 have ever ad-
vocated. Gentlemen, when you did use the honour to invite
me to become a candidate for this city, I stated at the first
meeting of the electors, that I conceived the principle of
levying duties for protection was injudicious and unwise ;
and I stated to you that having a great debt, of which we
had honestly to discharge the interest, and having great
establishments of navies and armies, which it was necessary
for this country to maintain, it was right and lawful to
impose taxes to discharge those exigencies. But that
-taxes which were imposed upon the produce of the land.
and of which the income was to go, not into the Ex-
chequer, but into the pockets of individuals—(Cheers)--
I then . said that these taxes were totally un-
just, and that they should be put an end te.
Such, gentlemen, were the principles which I came forward
to support, and which I am happy to congratulate you are
now triumphant.—(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I have•
never attempted, nor will I attempt now, to assume to
'mys.c!f, Or to assume to those who have acted
with me, all or any of the honour of currying out
these• great principles—l will not be.baeliware-sin accordieg it
fr,elN- to those.naea_who, headed by 3lr. Charles Villiers, ad-
vocated. them in the House of Commons—(Hear, hear)
b. ie:ought them under the consileristion, and urged
the attesnionof pa;..i.nie.n., in a manner the
Lie ansVerable. I will see either refuse that honour which
is Most jii•t ly due to those who, headed by Mr. Cobden, and
;nevi/ ed by the soundest philosophy, exhausted their strength
of body and the energies of their mind in instructing the
people of this country in the great truths which they had
made it their business to elucidate.—(Cheers.) Nor, gentle-
men, will I be churlish in refusing any particle of that ho-
nour. which is due to Sir Robert Peel for bringing
forward his great commercial measure, and for the
untiring . energy and ability with which he and
his colleagues persevered in carrying it through Pars
liament.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will not say what is due
to those who in 1839 and 1840, and, lastly, in the budget of
1841, endeavoured to embody these principles in an Act of
Parliament. I will leave it for others to recount their
exertions, and to say what proportion of the honour
is due to them, but there is one thing which I cannot omit
to say, and that is, that no efforts of statesmen
in Parliament, no efforts of orators at meetings of the people,
no exertions made in the Houses of Parliament, would have
been succecsful, had it not been that the intelligence of the
great hotly of the people of this country bad finally decided
the conflict.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, when I recollect what
was passieg six months and a year ago, the great
meetings that were held, the fervid speeches that were made
the excitement that prevailed, .the invectives that were
Used—when I remember, too, how quietly that great measure
• of a repeal of the corn-laws has been discussed in the House
of Commons and the House of Lords, and by a majority of
these two bodies has been carried into a law—l cannot but
admire that which has been supposed by some to be rather
a superstition than an wont ained truth, namely, the simplicity
and admirable working of the English Constitution.—.
(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, when I observe all that fervour,
it seems to use to resemble that which any one may seek the
great iron-works of this country, where you see large
cauldrons full of melted iron, apparently enoughtolestioy—
to set on fire the whole bitilding; hut-704:4)5, the.