The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-23 00:00:00

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they ought to adopt some steps to interest the
whole country in it. It must be remembered that
they were
.askine the Ministers to give up a certainty:
the excise and customs were
_not . certain, and
therefore a very strong ,case must be. made out to
induce Ministers to, give theM up. In public meet-
ings, extraneous subjects would. inevitably be intro-
duced, such as ballot and triennial Parliaments, as
was done at the city meeting of the preceding day,
which, in his opinion, was a decided failure. He
recommended them to pause arid consider well what
would he the effect of a defeat,
Mr. Crtußcustasi said that if they were defeated,
all they had to do was to try again. They must
boldly ask for the repeal of those taxes, and in no
measured terms ; for they were past all bearing, and
th - was the truth of the matter.—( Cheers.)
Mr. WYLD said, he did not obj-et to parochial
meetings, but rn a pubs c one ; bur he thought they
ought to look bey -nd Westminster, and try to in-
terest the whole coot tiy in their favour. They
heard of a certain Ex-M.P., who thought proper to
interfere at the city meeting yesterday. He hat
that day taken up a file of old Chester news-
papers, and there he saw that, in a speech made on
the celebrated Plain of Peterloo, teat notorious
person said the Whigs would attempt to reduce the
asse Red and window taxes for their own benefit,
because they had more houses, arid their houses
more vvittdowa than the poor men.
M... ADCOCK thought, that if they did not find
the parochial meetings si.fficienr, they would he ex-
cellent preliminaries to a great public meeting. He
also believed tha the taxes must come r ff, for it
not abolished they must be equalized, in which case
the country distric•s, finding themselves affected,
would join in the call for their repeal.
Mr. POuNCEY contended, that the object of the
meeting would not be promoted by the system of
agitation now proposed to be adopted. There
were some persons who, not content with exercis-
ing that fair constitutional jealousy which every
Englishman ()tight to entetrain, refused to give
them a moment's time to develop their plans, but
wished to persist in that injurious agitation which
they were not justified in resorting to, unless they
could not effect their object without it. He thought,
after the proceedings they had already adopted,
that the best plan would be to instruct their repre-
sentatives to speak their opinions in the moat con-
stitutional mariner, viz., in the House of Commons.
They must remember that this was not a general
measure, but a particular one—the taxes principally
affected the inhabitants of the metropolis.—(More
shame for it.) This would he urged against these
petitions in the House—it would he said that they
wanted to shift the burden from themselves—and it
would he said also that the middling classes exer-
ciQed their recently acquired powers in removing
taxation from their own shoulders without attempt-
ing to relieve the working classes.
Mr. EVEN, so far from thinking the city meet-
ing a failure, was quite of an opposite opinion.
Most of the gentlemen present there expressed their
full conviction that there would be little difficulty
in getting up public meetings in their respective
parishes.
Mr. FARRANT begged all present to bear in mind
that the repeal of these taxes would be beneficial
not alone to the middle classes, but to the humblest
classes of society.
The CHAIRMAN thought, that although nothing
was more desirable than to act through their re-
presentatives, yet the proper mode of doing that
was by public meetings; he was, therefore, a warm
advocate for the immediate holding of parochial
meetings throughout the whole city.
The resolution was then put and agreed to, and
the names of several persons were given in as Com-
mittees, to take measures in their respective parishes
for the purpose of carrying the objects of the pia-
sent meeting into effect, immediately after which an
adjouenment took place.

TACTICS OF MR. PEASE, M.P., IN THE

NEW PARLIAMENT.

On Tuesday last, a public breakfast was given by
Mr. Pease, to the Members of his different Com-
mittees, in the long room of the. Sun Inn, Darling-
ton. About 300 respectable gentlemen and yeomen
were present.
On the conclusion of the repast, Mr. PEASE rose,
and delivered a very long and animated address,
from which we select those important passages
whi-h relate to the peculiar situation in which the
Hon. Member is placed by his refusal to take the
oaths. The Hon. Member first read a letter from
Mr. Cuthbert Rippon, regretting his absence on
account of indisposition, arising from " election
colds," and containing the following passage :
" I remember that, within three weeks, we muss
bN found in the House of Commons. There I will
congratulate you as a sitting Member, or raise my
humble voice in assertion of your rights. •
!` Jr would be an event of the deepest regret if I
were prevented from taking part in any discussion
that might possibty arise. I have enjoyed the good
fortune to propose you. I hope to be permitted to
give my aid, if necessary, for securing your seat in
the National Assembly.'
The Honourable Gentleman then sa'cl—

With reuaid to hi% (Mr. P.'s) own pro-pests, as
the question connected with him had assumed some
political notoriety, he was anxious to •tate to them
the situation in which he apprehended he wa• placed,
under the peculiar circumstances of his case.
Having declined,on pure and conscientious grounds,
to he sworn, on any occasion whatsoever, he should
present himself to the Lord High Steward, as the
first (Aver in the King'. authority, and there ten-
der. nut his oath, hut the uledge that the Act of
parliament required, that he would be f4;tliful to
his King and country.— Loud cheers.) His hearers
were aware of the manner in which the question had
been noticed in the public prints—that, already, the
lawyers had been at work upon it.—(A laugh.) There
appeared to be great confidence on both w des. But he
had something more than an Act of Parliament to
rely upon. He rested his confidence upon the elec-
tors of South Durham—(Loud cheers)—on the
present ettliOtened state of public feeling—and
st);1 more strongly on the voices and feelings of
those who had been sent to the Reformed House
of Commons, since, having been sent there by the
people, they must be guided by the wishes, and must
pronounce the will of the people.—(Cheer.) He
shoidd, he repeated, present himself to the Lord
High Steward, or to his Commissioner; and if that
functionary should say he could not go into the
House to plead his own cause, he knew there
would be plenty of Rippons to take it up.—
(Cheers.) If the High Steward, having the in-
structions of Ministers, or relying upon his own
construction of the law, should refuse his affirmation
he should then advance to the table. If his affir-
mation should be objected to, and Ministers, in the
exercise of a wise discretion, should throw the
matter on the consideration of the House, he should
have an opportunity of being heard for himself; and
his broadest, strongest, and firmest ground of de-
fence would be, that 2,273 honest, intelligent, un-
biassed, and incorruptible electors had sent him
there.—(Loud cheers.) In the event of the
House deciding that he was unfit to represent
them, and to take part in its proceedings and del'-
berations, because he refused to bind his conscience
In the manner it required, he should then come
back to his constituents : and he trusted he would
never suffer in their hands.—(lmmense cheering,
and cries of " We'll return you again and again.")
That however, was a result which he did not an-
ticipate; for he could not believe that, in the pre-
sent enlightened state of public feeling in this coun-
try, it was impossible that the first act of the Re-
formed Parliament should be one of intolerance.
The .Honourable Member then noticed an article
against him in a contemporary print ; remarked at
considerable length upon a most able pamphlet re-
cently published by the Bev. George Townshend, a
prebend of Durham ; and having re-asserted his
welt-known opinions upon commercial questions and
polities, again adverted to his own case, and hi re-