The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-19 00:00:00

PARISH OF LAMBETH.

ST. MARY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the above
parish was held this morning at 10 o'clock, in consequence of
a requisition which was numerously signed. Neither of the
Churchwardens (four), though they called the Meeting, at-
tended. Mr. Hawes, one of the Members for the Borough,
was present.
A discussion ensued relative to the general meeting of the
borough, called for that evening, and Mr. Roffey suggested
that it would be better to adjourn that meeting, and amal-
gate it with that intended to be held in the evening. That
proposition was opposed, and eventually Mr. O'Grady moved
that, in the absence of any of the churchwardens, Mr. Martin
should take the chair. The motion was seconded and carried.
Mr. MARTIN having taken the chair,
Mr. G. FoLL, after eulogizing the political conduct of Mr.
Hawes, proposed a vote of thanks to that gentleman for his
attendance upon that occosion.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. HAWES said he was bound to offer his sincere thanks
for the high honour which the meeting had done him.
He thought he had a little reason to complain of the manner
in which notice of that meeting had been given to him. He
received one of the large placards inclosed in a blank sheet of
paper, so that he had no opportunity of knowing whether his
presence was required or not. Had his Hon. Colleagn: been
served in the same manner, his absence might he easily ac-
counted for, because to his (Mr. H.'s) knowledge the Hon.
Gentleman had been out of town.—( Cheers.) He was in-
clined to think that as an aggregate meeting was to bo held at
the Horns that evening, and as it was most likely that the
greater number of those then present would attend at it, he
really was of opinion that it would be better to take the ad-
vice of Roffey and Mr. Nicholson, and adjourn that meeting
without proceeding with any business, which would only
have a tendency to weaken the cause they had so much
at heart ; he could see no distinction between the two
meetings : it had been said that that one was to consider
the conduct of his Majesty in the dismissal of the late Minis-
try—as he understood the object of the other meeting, which
was to be held in the evening, was the same and then they
would have that further advantage of considering the conduct
of their representatives.—(Mr. Tennyson here entered the
room, and was received with great cheering.)
Mr. HAWES again stated the reasons which induced him to
think that it would be more conducive to the end they all had
in view, to adjourn the meeting, till the evening. He again
returned thanks, and sat down amidst much cheering.
Mr. FoLL, after animadverting upon the insulting conduct
of the churchwardens to the two members, said, as Mr. Ten-
nyson had come into the room, it would be but right for
the meeting to pay him the same compliment that they
had rendered to his honourable colleague. The constituents
of both honourable members had great reason to be satisfied
with their conduct since the election ; and he trusted that the
Reformers of the Borough would form a strong and irre-
sistible union, so that the two honourable gentlemen might be
triumphantly returned, and Lord Farebrother (the late Lord
Mayor, candidate for the Borough) might be left in a miser-
able minority. He then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Tennyson, which was seconded and carried unanimously.
Mr. TENNYSON rose and returned thanks. He owed
an apology to the meeting for his late attendance, but be had
understood that the meeting was called as usual at 10 for 11
o'clock. He was not very punctilious ; and though he had re-
ceived notice of the meeting in the same manner as his hon.
colleague, yet he considered it at once his duty to attend. He
would always do so whenever called upon by any of his con-
stituents, whatever their politics might be.---( Hear, hear.)
The consequence of his non-attendance earlier was, that he was
unable to give any opinion about the adjournment of the meet-
ing; he came there to hear their sentiments and to be instructed
in the line he should pursue in the conflict that had been com-
menced. He would not presume to offer any opinion, but
hating been at a convivial meeting last night, where he stayed
late—( Laughter)—and spoke at a considerable length, and as
he would most likely have to do so again that evening, he
doubted whether his powers of endurance were enough to
allow him to do so there—however, it must be as they pleased.
His arrangements were all completed, and he was now en-
tirely ready for the approach of the conflict—he was quite
ready for action, and so, no doubt, was his Hon. Colleague,
which they would commence as soon as Sir Robert Peel gave
the order. The speech was received throughout with much
cheering, and the Han. Gentleman sat down amidst consider-
able applause.
Mr. ROFFEY rose for the purpose of moving an ad-
journment of the meeting till the evening. He trusted
his motives would not be misunderstood, for he did
so with a desire to forward the good cause. He would join
heart and hand with those present in order to secure the return
of the two honourable gentlemen. He made the motion, which
having been seconded amidst considerable confusion—
. Mr. O'GRADY rose to move an amendment. He would
ask the gentleman who had moved the adjournment what right
that meeting had to intrude themselves upon the one called for
that evening at the Horne. He was glad to hear that
gentleman declare himself to be a liberal, for he had
always found him acting upon good Tory principles—he was
not so good as the worthy candidate Farebrother, for he al-
ways called himself a thorough Tory, and acted accordingly.
Mr. Roffey, on the other hand, professed to be a liberal, but
his actions were as thorough Tory as those of Mr. Farebrother.
He did not see why because another set of requisitionists had
called a meeting quite distinct from the parish of Lambeth,
that the inhabitants of that parish had not a perfect right to
pass resolutions in which their sentiments were embodied. He
moved as an amendment a resolution to the effect that, " The
interests of the people of the united kingdom were diametri-
cally opposed to the interests of the two factions, Whig and
Tory—that-the object of those factions while in authority was
to usurp the political power of the State for their own pur-
poses, and that whatever might be the result of the
recent changes in the Government, they had been brought
about by a power (the Oligarchy) designedly left by the
Whigs for the coercion of the people. After a violent tirade
against both parties he concluded by moving his resolution,
which having been seconded--
Mr. ROFFEY rose to rebut the charges which had been
brought against him by a mushroom orator--a renegade Irish-
man. He (Mr. Roffey) had been a Reformer before the last
speaker was born ; it would be proved whether he was a Tory
or not when the meeting knew how he had voted in different
places. At the last election in Middlesex he voted for Hume
and Byng. In East Surrey for Briscoe and Beauclerc, and in
that borough for Hawes and Moore ; be would now support
most cordially Messrs. Tennyson and Hawes.
After a few words from Mr. FoLL the resolution was put
and carried.
Mr. COURTENAY proposed a resolution deprecating the
conduct of the King in dismissing the late Administration.
He considered the Duke of Wellington the most unfit man in
existence to rule the destinies of the country.--( Cheers.)
Mr. Fol.!. seconded the resolution.
Upon putting the resolution to the meeting,
Mr. TENNYSON rose. Observations had been made both by
the mover and seconder of the resolution, which, he very much
regretted. He was sure that no man, who had the least wish
to be called an Englishman, could concur in the observations
that had been made, he concurred as much as any man could
do in the essence of the resolution which had been prepared;
but he was sure that the gentleman who had made the obser-
vations he adverted to had made them without thinking of
their purport; no one could doubt the right of the people to
address the Crown upon any change in the Administration ;
but he thought it was too much to say to the Sovereign,
that in the course he had adopted, he had not con-
sulted the interests of his people. He thought it desirable
when the people were about to send representatives to Parlia-
ment in whom they could place confidence, that the opinion of
those representatives should be fully and perfectly known. He
could not but express regret that the resolution had not been
more judiciously worded. The King had exercised one of his
most undoubted prerogatives, besieged and tortured as he
had been on all sides. The Duke of Wellington and Sir
Robert Peel have now been called on to exercise the
duties of the State. He called upon the meeting to reflect, be-
fore they gave their sanction to the appointment of such men
—men who had shown themselves adverse to everything that
was for the good of their country. The King, by calling these
men into office, had done so, not because he admired persons
who entertain Tory opinions, but for the purpose of appealing
to a reformed constituency. He trusted that the people would
not sleep at their posts, and that Sir Robert Peel, when he
came into the House of Commons the next Session, would find
that he had taken that upon himself which he never could ac-
complish. He apprehended that the very first vote in that House
would have the effect of removing the Right Hon. Gentleman and
his colleagues from office.—( Great cheering.) No confidence
could be placed in such an Administration.—( Cheers.)
What was the declaration of Sir Robert Peel? Why, that
be was determined not to stir one jot from the dogmas and
the principles that he had adopted during the whole course of
his political life. Such were his (Mr. T.'s) opinions, and
entertaining them he could not concur in the observations that
had been made by the mover and seconder of the resolutions.
He had great respect for many of the present advisers of the
Crown ; but he considered the opinions that had been promul-
gated through their head, were so indefinite and uncertain, as
to be totally unworthy of credit.—(Cheering.)
Mr. HAWES could not assent to the observations that had
been made in proposing the resolutions ; he entreated the
meeting, in discussing the questions that had been proposed to
them, that their objects would be much better attained by lan-
guage suitable to the occasion, than by any thing attended
with violent expressions. Could any man for one moment sup-
pose that the whole management of the country could be placed
for any lengthened period in the hands in which it was at
present entrusted?—( Cheers, and cries of " No : not for ten
days 1") Certainly not. He would venture to say farther,
that if the people only acted as it became them, they would
have everything they could desire. He wished that part of the
resolution respecting the not granting of the supplies to be
modified, as he could not concur in the sentiments it expressed
literally.—( Cheers. )
After some observations from Mr. COURTENAY, the resolu-
tion was modified in that respect, and carried unanimously.
Mr. HAWES contended that the address was something more
than a mere echo of the resolution, and in his opinion it went a
little too far. It stated "that this meeting would repudiate
men of either faction." That was to say, that all the public
men who had supported and advocated Reform—( Loud
cheers)—that they were to condemn all the Ministers and
others by whose exertions the Reform Bill had been carried.
Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) could not consistently do
so—he could not say that Lord Grey, Lord Althorp, Lord
John Russell, and all those who had ever been on the liberal
side in politics should be repudiated.—( Cheers.) He for one
(and he begged to be understood as expressing merely his in-