The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-09 00:00:00

MORNING SUIsl.

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ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
EAST SURREY NOMINATION.
A County Court was held yesterday morning at ten, at
the Town Hall, Croydon, before John Leveson Gower, Esq.,
the High Sheriff of the County, for the purpose of nominating
two St and proper persons to serve as Knights of the Shire for
the Eastern Division of the Comity of Surrey in the ensuing
Parliament.
There being no opposition to the return of the two late
Members, H. Kemble, Esq., and E. Antrobus, Esq., there
was but little of the bustle usually attendant upon a county
election, and persons passing through the quiet little town
of Croydon, unless previously aware of the fact, would never
have imagined that any thing extraordinary was going on. A
quasi procession, unattended by bands or banners, was formed,
for the purpose of escorting the candidates to the Town Hall,
and on their arrival, shortly after ten o'clock, the proceedings
commenced. The usual preliminaries having been gone
through,
DANIEL R. WARRINGTON, Esq., came forward to propose
Henry Kemble, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent
the Eastern Division of the County of Surrey in the ensuing
Parliament.—(Cheers and uproar ) He congratulated the
electors of East Surrey on being of the same opinion with the
county at large, as had been shown by there being no opposi-
tion to the return of the two gentlemen who had so lately re-
presented them. Mr. Kemble had been for many years their
representative, and had always by his conduct given the utmost
satisfaction. He had great pleasure, then efore, in proposing
that gentleman.—(Cheers and uproar.)
Sir C. Perez had great pleasure in seconding the nomina-
tion, because Mr. Kemble had been a friend of his of thirty
years' standing, and he had always found him through life a
man of honour, industry, and of the strictest integrity._
(Cheers. ) He was glad to find that his past conduct in Par.
liament had been such as to lead to his re-election without op-
position.—(Cheers.)
A. K. BA RCLAY, Esq., proposed Edward Antrobus, Esq.
He had formerly proposed that gentleman as a fit and proper
person to repro smt them in Parliament, and he was happy to
find from the result of the present proceedings, that they had
been satisfied with his conduct. He now again proposed him,
and the knowledge they all had of that gentleman's abilities
and conduct, rendered any eulogium from him (Mr. B.) un-
necessary. The Hon. Gentleman then commenced a vehe-
ment attack upon the )Ministry and their measures in the usual
strain, and concluded by saying that although the Ministers
had appealed to the country that appeal had not been responded
to, and the public had clearly shown that they were of opinion
that the Ministers had brought forward the recent measures
only to serve the most contemptible party purposes.—(Cheers
and uproar.) He was glad there was no opposition on the
presaut occasion, because he hoped that the absence of opposi-
tien would lead to the social harmony of the county.
PAYNTER, Esq., seconded the nomination, and felt re-
joieed at the result of the election, because it would strengthen
that majority which would hurl the Ministers from their places.
—( Cheers and disapprobation.)
A show of hands was then taken, and there being no other
candidate, the Sheriff declared H. Kemble, Esq. and E.
Antrobus, Esq. duly elected.—(Cheers and uproar.)
KEM BLE then addressed the meeting amidst applause
and slight hissing. He thanked them for placing him in his
present proud position, having been unanimously re-elected as
their representative, and under those circumstances he thought
he should be acting with very bad taste, and in a
wrong spirit if he en.ered much at large into the various
topics which now agitated the public mind, but having
been again returned to Parliament, he found it incumbent
upon him to explsin to them what were his sentiments upon
the present state of political affairs. When he appeared before
them in 1837 lie was but little known, and he had no great
influence in the county.—(A voice in the crowd, " and a good
job if you had none now," laughter.) He then openly and
candidly stated his principles, and he hoped the result had
been that the electors were satisfied that he had acted up to
them. He would venture to appeal to the bitterest political
opponent he had whether he had compromised one principle
he had announced on the hustings ? If he had erred it was
an error of judgment, not of the heart. He went into Par-
liameut a determined opponent of the present Government,
but at the same time he determined never to be a party to any
factious opposition. In proot of that he voted with them in
the very first division which took place after his return. So
long as they conducted themselves in a proper manner, so long
as they opposed themselves to revolutionary movements and
all unnecessary changes in the Constitution, he had stood by
them. But when they found their Whig supporters falling off,
and when they threw themselves into the arms of the Radicals,
he felt it his duty to abandon them. With regaru to the pre-
sent propositions, he was opposed to them, because they were
put forth merely for the purpose of agitating the country. In
his opinion, after the great change which was made by the Re-
form Bill, nothing
_ could be worse or more distressing to the
best interests of the country, than constant agitation andcbange,
which kept the country in a state of continual ferment. He
would ask what had the Whigs done for the people ? They had
now had the power in their hands for ten years,
and what measures had they brought forward for the benefit
of the people ? On the contrary, what could be more disgrace-
ful than the gross jobbing in the cases . of Sir John Newport
and Lord Campbell? Let them turn to the most palmy days
of Toryism, and they would not find any job to equal either of
those. —( A voice in the crowd " What do you say as to cheap
tea?") Why, that tea which when they entered office was at
9d. per pound, by their mismanagement was now selling at
2s. 2d. It was all very well to cry cut for cheap bread,
cheap sugar, and cheap timber ; but how was it that the Go-
vernment proposed to cheapen the timber? Why, by doubling
the duty upon the cheaper timber—upon that used by the
poorer classes ; 600,0001. was proposed to be added to the re-
venue, which must be taken out of the pockets of the poor. On
the subject of the Corn-laws he was wholly disinterested. He
had ever been an advocate of the cause of the people,
more especially of those engaged in agricultural pur-
suits, for while they were happy, so also must be the
great body of the people. He was unwilling to touch the pro-
tection enjoyed by agriculture, because he was unwilling to
teee his countrymen degraded to the station of the labouring
classes in foreign countries. He was unwilling to deny to the
labouring classes of this country the luxuries, he might call
them, enjoyed by them ( Much laughter) which
were not enjoyed by the labourinv, classes abroad. It was easy
to cry out for cheap bread. His experience as a merchant
enabled him to know that the cheapening of an article greatly
increased its consumption, but ultimately, in the case of corn,
it would prove to be a great evil. He had every confidence that
the agricultural skill and the capital employ sd in agricultural
pursuiis—he had a firm conviction, that this country was able
to maintain itself, except at times of extraordinary scarcity,
and then under our present laws we could obtain what
we wanted. He was unwilling to encourage the
foreigner in prefetence to our own countryman.—(Cheers.)
An elector of- Surrey had sent him a pamphlet, which he had
attentively read, in which lie stated that those duties taxed
the country to the amount of 49.000,0001. But such state-
ments were so preposterous that he was certain no elector of
Surrey would give credence to them for a single moment.
He congratulated them and the country generally upon the
vast and increasing majorities they had and were obtaining.
Why even in Glasgow when the Conservative candidate at the
last election had a majority of upwards of 600 against him ; upon
the present occasion he had reduced the majority to only 300.
Ile congratulated the electors of East Surrey and the coun-
try that they had sent two Members to Parliament
which would assist in expelling from her Majesty's Council 3
those men who had so incompetently reigned over the country
for so many years. Again thanking them for the honour con-
ferred upon him, he withdrew amiost loud cheers.
Mr. A NTROBUS begged to thank them for sending him to
Parliament for the second time. He came before them as a
sup: orter of the Throne, and of the Constitution in Church
and State, and a determined opponent of those persons now
in office who had proposed the destructive measures of abo-
lishing the present Corn-laws, and interfering with the duties
on Sugar and Timber. How could those measures be
beneficial, when they would be destructive to the whole agri-
cultural interests of the country ? Those measures were speci-
fied as cheap sugar, cheap timber, arid cheap corn. Was there
one amongst them who for one half-farthing per pound upon
their sugar, would run the hazard of reintroducing the ac-
cursed s 3 stem of silvery ?—( Cheers and uproar.) The
measure would not only have that result, but would go
far to ruin our own colonies, which were the best outlets
for our manufactures. The chief measure, however,
upon which the Government depended was the Corn question.
But did they (the electors) know that cheap corn meant nei-
ther more nor less than low wages ?—( Uproar and laughter. )
The one must follow the other—they could not have them
separate. In exchange for the present laws it was proposed that
they should have a fixed duty. Ile would ask, how was the dut
to be levied when corn was at 70s. ? '1 he farmer in this country
required protection because he was taxed fir higher than the
serf of Poland. The proposed duty was Si. and Mr. M'Cul-
loch, their greatest writer, had shown that that was actually
2s. 3d. more than corn had paid during a long series of years.
Such a duty would in bad seasons starve the artisan, and
in a year of plenty it would ruin the agriculturist.
For his (Mr. A's) part, he thought the measures proposed by
the Government would be most destructive to all the interests
of the country. Although young, he had seen the time when
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a Ministry commenced with a surplus of several milli
in a short time endcd with a deficit. - (Cheers andinutPirmcaer—of
A voice, " You are not old enough.")
to have seen that at any rate.—(
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peace and happiness, which,
'Whig Ministry, they had suffered a deficiency ofeouffna the
mil-
lions, lions, and how had it been caused? By taking fazes
rich and laying others on the poor. There was a million and a half
lost by the Postage Act, a tax which pressed entirely on the rich,
and they Low proposed the measures which had led to the dis-
solution of Parliament, and which, they told the people, would
increase the revenue and reduce taxation. He had ever op-
posed these measures, and he should oppose them again as
their representative in Parliament, because _ u
he believed that
With
they also were opposed to them.—(Cheers and p )
respect to other measures, he should conscientiously oppose
such as he considered would be prejudicial to the public good,
while he would as strenuous!), support others of a
different character.—( Hear, hear.) He had ow onsurely
to return thanks to them for their kindness, and n
to as
them that lie would give to the duties they had devolved upon
him all the attention they demanded; and with reference to
the private concerns of the county, they would ever find bim
ready to assist them, unbiassed by party feel ngs—( Cheers)--
and happy to act with them who had opposed him, if he should
consider the measures they proposed satisfactory, and likely to
be conducive to their interests.—(Cheers.) For the honour
they had done him he beeeeed once more to thank them ; and
still more Ur the good feeling which subsisted among them,
and which he trusted would ever cont inue. —( Loud cheers.)
Mr. KEMBLE then proposed a vote of thanks to the High
Sheriff for his impartial conduct, which was seconded by Mr.
Antrobus, and carried by acclamation.
The limn Stream briefly returned thanks, and the meet-
ing separated.
DINNER TO St It u. GREY AT -DEVONPORT.
lievots PORT, TUESDAY, JULY 6.--Last evening Sir George
Grey was entertained at a public dinner by his constituents
at the George Hotel, Stonehouse, when upwards of a hundred
of the most independent and consistent Reformers of the
neighbourhood assembled to do honour to the Right Hon.
Baronet on the occasion. Mr. Burrows presided.
The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts were
given and heartily responded to.
The next toast given was "Lord Melbourne and her Ma-
jesty's Ministers," which was received with repeated rounds of
applause.
Sir GEORGE G EY said, as one of her Majesty's Ministers,
he rose to thank them for the honour they had done him,
in the manner in which they had received the last toast. If
they looked back to the beginning of the present century, they
would find that the heads of the party which he felt a pride and
satisfaction to belong to, quitted office because they were
thwarted in their attempts to extend civil and religious
liberty, by extending to different sects and denominations
that franchise which they possessed themselves.—( Cheers. )
The first great step-of emancipation of the negroes was ef-
fected by men who had long advocated that measure out of
office, and who, when in office, made the power of that posi-
tion subservient to the abolition of the slave-trade.--( Cheers. )
Without making those principles instruments for maintain-
ing themselves in office, the great principles of civil and re-
ligious liberty had been; asserted by them. His Noble Friend
Lord John Russell, when sitting on the Opposition side of
the House, proposed
though a Tory
to
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tthat measure, which passed into a law,
was in power, and opposed it to the
last ; yielding
motion made by thatajc‘firsit'y of the House of Commons on a
principles Member of the Opposi-
tion. The great
with whom
had been advocated
for many years by the party whom he was connected,
and they were brought forward
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whenu_ that party obtained
d alone insure the sue.
e '.ender circumstances which