The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-08 00:00:00

to keep peace.—( Hear! hoary
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my assistance, but peace has be6il pi'egerVe,, (1-Icame to
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till Christmas, 1834. Without entering into any details on
We have preserved peace, not only to Easter, 1831, but
the system of our policy, I may say, that the principle pur-
sued has been, to maintain the honour of the country, and
to truckle to none. We have been accused of truckling to
France,-but we have made France our friend instead of our
enemy. And this remarkable circumstance ought never to
forgotten, that while the Tories here have accused us of
truckling to France, the Republicans of France have ac-
cused her of truckling to England. Thus the two parties,
whose object it was to involve the two nations in war, have
each accused its own Government of sacrificing the national
:ionour for the purpose of maintaining peace. The re-
?roach is as unfounded in England as it is in Paris. At
the time we came into office, Belgium was struggling for
independence with great doubts of her success. Belgium
is now acknowledged as an independent country by the
five great powers of Europe. Don Miguel was then
oppressing Portugal ; he had subverted the constitution,
and was desolating the country. Now Donna Maria
reigns over a free people, the constitution is firmly
and irrevocably established. When we came in, Fcr-
linand was King of Spain, and there was no civil or
religious liberty. Isabella now reigns under an enlight•
med Government, and, in imitation of Great Britain, and
other liberal states, she has commenced her political ca-
eer. Thus we have preserved peace, not only without
any sacrifice of the national honour, but also by affording
to liberty the opportunity of making a progress that must
he congenial to the feelings of every Englishman, Upon
these grounds, gentlemen, I appeal to you for your Pup,
port at the ensuing election. I say, at the ensuing elec-
tion, because I feel confident that an election must take
place. We are told that the party opposed to all measures
of reform is now to be in office.—(Cries of " Ne, no I")
That, Gentlemen, h
.lars
anticipatea the opinion I was
going submit to you: iVai Pik; to iity that,
7.iin the present Honk of commons it would be perfectly
impossible such a Government could exist, because the pre-
sent House of Commons has- more than once expressed a
letermination not to support any Government but the one
that has recently quitted office. It is impossible that the
Government about to be formed eau kenture I 9 Meet the
House of Cetiimen§ dii it troi7V ekists.—.(fear, hear.)
Many persons have a notion, and they are misled by that
nation, that there is a re-action in the public mind. Be-
cause two or three elections have gone in favour of the
Tories, they are invested with the belief that an extensive
alteration has taken place hi publit.opinion: 1 nth satiS-
fied that the patty ag6
perate a ItiOaSiiii El§ iiiiStalfig the present House of Conn-
111011r aria appealing to the country. Gentlemen, I once
found myself connected in office with the persons now going
into administration. In •1828 Mr. Canning did me the
honour of placing me fur the first ttie Pabin6t
and when; aftet hi§ tWath; Dik) of Wellington took
office In hi:MA.l*y following, I, with Mr. Huskisson, Lord
Melbourne, and Mr. Grant, became members of his
administration, From January till May we remained,
and then retired, because on g npesti9n
,the Hoitße.
of Commons; teekneeted With the disiranchisethent of
BMA llettord, one party wished to tranfer the franchise
to a populous manufacturing town, and the other to the
hundred of Bassetlaw. Mr. - Huskisson and myself then
voted against our colleagues, and we resigned, as in duty
bound,. and quitted the G6i;eriiment. I cannot go into
particulars, but I feel at liberty to say, that from May,
1828, till November, 1830, I showed no • disposition to
.return to office with persons whom, however I may respect
them -individually—as I sincerely do—l differed from upon
political questions, More than that I cld not feel at liberty
to say; but I might, if I chose. I do not believe that
this Government can possibly stand, because 1 do not think
them congenial with the feelings of this country, and
because I do not believe that honourable men—whom I
know them to be—would come into office except to carry
out their own opinions. It is said, do not judge men until
they are tried ; but they have had their trial, as appears
by the daily debates in Parliament, which afford every
public man an opportunity of expressing his sentiments,
and the sentiments of all public men are known to the
people of this country. lam convinced this Government
cannot stand ; but I think it of the greatest importance
that the struggle should take place with liberals of all
shades. I hope the struggle be short.
His Lordship sat down amid loud cheers.

Sir GEORGE STAUNTON then rose, amidst loud cheering,
to address the meeting. The hon. member then went at
considerable length into a review of his political conduct,
and concluded by saying that it was, his determination to
carry on safe constitutional reforms, and on that he was
ready to stand or fall. If he had belied any of the profes-
sions made in his addresses, and had not acted honestly and
independently, he was content to be declared no longer
worthy of being their representative ; but if he had done
well, he trusted for a renewal of their favours.—(Cheers.)
After some further remarks, the hon. member sat down
amidst loud and enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. T. W. WILLIAMS then moved a resolution, pledging
the meeting to support Lord Palmerston and Sir George
Staunton, which was seconded by Mr. Samuel New, of
Fareham, and was passed with only three excepting voices.
Lord PALMERSTON and Sir GEORGE' STAUNTON having
returned thanks for the reception which they had received,
and thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting
dissolved.