The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-29 00:00:00

MEETING AT NEWCASTLE-UPONi'

(From our own Correspondent.) , sre
A public meeting was told on the Town Moor
owe
the castle,
c° conduct
c,ltluomfdahyi as
fternoon, the
Ali
n2Jtetrh,,3oloadY,otfu
tr:etiase:
formed Parliament. It was not so numerously atteooli,
might reasonably have been expected : there were, Iv
supposed, from 3,000 to 4,000 persons presentottya
meeting was called by order of the Council of the
Political I 1
two CO"
About o'clock the chair was taken by
etGf
ATTWOOD, Rol., of Whickhziiii, batithet of the Meow
Birmingham.
cee"
The CHAIRMAN, amid great cheering, P'°_iperfl
address the meeting. They weae assembled, beut:td
on an occasion fraught with disappointment, frau,g_linef
every circumstance calculated to embitter the yew"
an unhappy and disappointed multitude, but fur eorie
with a degree of foititurie and resolution which to is
of wronas could subdue.—(Great applause.) 11' o
bib
that sufficient ground of confidence that the objects
tt
they sought should yet be finally obtained. t
more than a year ago they had met arse
place, apparently under more flattering circuit,' iro
They could tl en little anticipate, from ine°lolll
lad introduced and carried the Reform Dili,
their bra
mockery as they had experienced is answer to tu,rivo toe ;
and reasonable expectations. Those men whom tu_rt'oett
placed in power, had been telling them for the I" 00=1
years, as he now told them, that they were au !PPoOret
and injured people, yet since they had gone in° them'
they had forfeited ail the pledges they had given g
They had engaged with the Tortes in a confedertcYlg:et!
the peopr's right, and the people must lraflue fro°
their insolent oppression. 'What did they "14rdoe(
reform? Was it not to be relieved from their l'udfre!'
intolerable taxation, from sinecures and perodous, asauts'
the atrocious corn laws? Did they not look for the
then or diminution of the standing army, which the
atitution repudiated, hut which was kept up t° r° seal'
submission to the burdens by which they were uPPot is
Did they not expect a thorough ref"r".l,lo'
the church, instead of a measure which seemed p° hap
tendedto perpetuate and cloke its abuses ? flodt"ereest
reisters done anything towards the equeitable a 1)1": ,01
of the debt, either by reducing its nominal alt,"l!t'aii
returning to the depreciated currency in which "luei
bon owe.i ? Had they not refused all relief to the °Je for
and denied them even an inquiry ? It retnairneoe fat
them to determine the course they oueht "ea.
their reli4.—(A voice in the crowd cried " gaarcll/
der.") The people haul heftier been di iven to that reuiesse
raenndlatilneeed, yfiieutnt,as found it
nutstic a Bondcessful,l:uat
Cashrlitsciiigan,aaoorthserpr.oele,rol
course. If the people would unite and express '11,,4e11t
energetically, they would have no need gunP"W",e-risse
was proud and happy to see them assembled hi sue" obi
b-rs, pugged, as they were, of the mode rerortne"!,. je•
formerly awehed their ranks without adding t" their
al
fluence. The course he recommended to those -ire'
dressed was union, and by that means they would arituoiolf
strength sufficient to secure their rights, without eibe
recourse to any unconstitutional means. Let them Intisio°
their names in the book- of the Not them Politic,' eci (10
before they were three d older. He bad call ve for
them thus to unite repeated y: he called on them u°,eerio
the last time : if they would not unite, why sliouldr"
others continue to earn themselves fruiticaslY ? s 'ited
elusion he observed, that documents would be eu-o'a:reilt'
for their adopuion which were unanswerable in arl49-f tbt
and justly set forth the condition and grievance' a
people,
„0 tatb:
Mr. T. DOUBLEDAY rose to propose the petotne wbe-
Heuse of C1)11111/Ons, which had been prepared.
they lase assembled on the Town Moor, it waleetel 'the,
observed, with a view that stin- of them might eo" in
privilege of voting for Members of Parliatnent, hut sub'
by Reform they might have the means of obtaioogtheat
stantial relief from uhe burdens which were pretotiagapit
a is
only
fit:,
al
ymt tireielieosressai
crsuitnliele.l
citilfi.NerVehl(i)aertf
yisei
of
hnandha
had
do ttblie:veyansoaothint
)heet"ad? The
r:bici
ha
which he dealt—soap. Lord Atthorp deviated thaa
would take half the duty off it, but, as if he vii'r:st6
prove that a Whig could do nothing straight I%d
instead of taking off 14s. lie had only taken IP' eferi
fraction. Yet while so little was done for them rod'
er
class of the community was in a state of uo
lea
dented suffering. He had taken care to ascerial°olot
condition of ten of the principal agricultural c°l) tea
in England, and he could say, without besitati°;oo,o,
population was in greater distress than ever wo' uotio°
There was another subject upon which, from his :'Lso
in business, he could speak with, certainty. It
of
fact that some years ago the whole supply of candies
in the country were made txclusively from tella%b
be
fsaucrtp al plus
thefa rprtehseenstopaeprimode;ufaTchtuereqr;antßituyt
obfow s'°°' bad
home production, leaving at the same time a considedt e
n
voy
decreasud to the amsunt of 8,000 tons. Nov' eOO
butcher would tell them that the proportion of sale is
meat and refuse f,t was as ten to one, 51""
tea
some way or other there had been a falling off t°l; so t
consumption of meat in Great Britain atnoulttinpitit
80,000 tons.—(Hear, hear.) The reason vial„P,Ass
'The pour man was no longer able to buy meat, "'pod'
obliged to resort to potatoes an other unsuitaOle
ejo
In the manufacturing d stricts many men were thh4peelf
subsist upon 4d. per day. Yet when Mr. Cobbedttioao
proposed that Sir Robert Peel, whoseßill had caoseo., ale'
of the distress now kit, should be removed front saelt
jeaty's councils, what reception had ire met with?, once 00
a one as satisfied him that they could place no 400
the present House of Commons; they must deP4u,t, et;
ohsil
isht
ithta,eiaihhstd,rki'
eom_leric.
trs:ovoaieireisbbal
envaess
sederiwasnrtsi
yisitpst.iipnai.pBoiroelti
nc,iltreee,tshdatdriliitanuist;engmuiet ::.elettnrhoehAti
prguce
o.ceulout
aonr:sobsfbileertbeti s:etifiotroobthonh:faaihni
ibmiiaenwt
isetlwiuoiotAA:nohtel:Lethliu,.l6.tisobebCip:tijouneelieo,i,:jiisjeo:i.
toed:thiii:
pet
ioildS,eii
r
Lord Althorp's motion that Mr. Cobbett 8 r, e
should be expunged from the journals of the P°:g tits
Commons, Mr. Doubleday concluded with 0:10/10icli
adoption of the petition to the House of Cotrun°°'':erlill
called for a remission of taxes as the means of 't-frry
revo:ution, for the application of the church Prlo-oePtji
the aecessities of the state, and for annual par"-
universal suffrage, and election by ballot. b
Mr. WALSH, Jun., seconded the adoption of t,cosn'
tion, and, on the motion being put, it was carried
-
bn:l.l:l:rlY.siLcaonzardead,prwoapsoseeadrriethdautntahnei,pueotuitsiloyn. should each
carne wonted nAtierd.
jb.y
ri re.
thenA t t
era
much cheering. He said P
numbers in which the people had assembled, °ryes:Orli"
standing the extraordinary means which had bee%, Igt;
to by Whigs and Tories, and by the Pharisees of t"-tilior
century, to prevent their attending the meeting' the
persona whom be now saw before him corripri9e", (roll' 11
core and intelligent reformers.—reformers weecleu
those lukewarm supporters who had contributed °err°
their ranks on foe mner occasions. They nos' nieetd blip
peculiar circumstances. The Whig Ministers ".ecolioØ„'
found themselves obliged to shake off some
guilty of apostacy, and the people, on toe present °tiorltrib
pwraesjuulnicoews wiitnh
arespveecrty toextlatioasoerltdilnitaiiisyters..ta it!hgjaii'icekoti°tarai
other burdens, they had to pay eight tn,s" eo
poor-rates at the same time that they bad
rd to t",e
port a church whose property, when it be'o"ge nor.
Catholic church, was employed in the relief of rl'e
wasp, ger ertircae:fr'eb
(Applause.) More than one half of the labourer arty °
togs were paid by him in taxation, while the 10P9 on
wealthy aristocrats was almost untouched• Wheir prig o
bis
former occasion, the people met to peuition for the
steal
hey consented to abandon for a time the full e eotw,
their wishes, for the sake of advancing what sy: ueoc,
dereo a point of political expediency. But it, c°ll„egog
of the misconduct of those men who bad be6",„sl
Parliament, they now took their stand only on
c.nstittitional right. This was a change which "iiit'ipeoi,
09 cause to 'mien', for out of their present disapPeurootel,
•he future deliverance of the country w°uld. oe 16.0
&nee the Ministers had been made sure of CPC:
_bit tr.
was made very clear that they never itrend d
Reform Bill should work out for the people th°ll,e
changes which were proposed by it ; never ha'' antreriart,
liarnent acted in a more wicked and inconsistru:,
than the present. The Tories di not anticipate;]:,,,pili,
effects woulu have followed the passing of the R "%hie,
Had it not been for the gaulant conduct of the.: overt',
who determined that they wool.; nut turn thet.e,
0,0110,i
against the breasts of their countrymen, the Torrta,
have produced a civil war rather than the lir'
foro
should have been enacted. It could only be a,
..t 00
of
government having a democracy fur its basis
.tn.slot
, elea ale
Great Britain.—(Great applause.) It wag ore
f,,vo toe
great changes must soon take place—chai'grs
re ter° 1$
to the many but tent ode it, the few, and the tuoss,
.d. _
in propoetion to their being more obstinately!, 1 owse.
pros rye in peace and prosperity a nation like r :be
vo
yepled
listened to, disastrous consequences might be P' re
was the people who were acting the pant which wse
avor'
properly conservative, and if their warning
Air. F. theta shortly concluded by Moving a Pc