The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-24 00:00:00

I
anticipate a change from bad to good go:penmen% I an a i•
.le the sincurists, who hitherto have weed on public income,
that they shalt cease henceteoth, oi as soon as possible, to e'.
my any public money for which their services do not entitle
then[.—(Cheers.) 1 anticipate further a reduction of almost
every establishment in the country, front the Crown downward,.
There is room for reduction, and with reduction I hope we
shall have relaxation and repeal of taxes. We shall have ti t.
advantages of h tying a reduction of taxation. It is of no use
for Govtrnment to repeal taxes, none whatever, if you do not
lessen your expenditure. It is only by lessening your expen.
diture, and consequently by reducing your taxation that you
cin make this country to prosper, or happiness to prevail in
the land.—(Loud Cheers.) That, therefore, is a primary object
in my view, which the new Parliament will have to consider,
and I have not the least doubt you will see the most sweeping
reductions and most sweeping changes, for it is utterly impo:.
sible—l have now declared it for the last fourteen years—to
proceed in the system of extravagance and profusion which, up
to this moment, has prevailed. It is impossible for the millions
who live by their industry to support so largely as they have
hitherto done the expenditure of the Government. I anticipate
from the Reform Bill all those economical changes which 1
am sure the Reform Parliament will bring about. For in.
stance, I hope the taxes on knowledge will soon be removed.—
(Cheers—yes, yes.) I hope the window tax, the most abomi-
nable tax that I know of in the country, will also soon cease.
—(Cheers.) I anticipate, and lam not speaking out of Ism
and without having considered the subject—l tell you
candidly great room for reduction now exists, and I
anticipate front an honest Parliament tho.e reductim a
what I state to you will be so beneficial to the community at
large.—(Cheers.) Further, I trust we shall see that which
every man has a right to expect, the wheels of justice cleared
of all the clogs which fees and taxes impose on them—(Cheers)
—and we shall have that justice which, I am sorry to say, i,
only a luxury to the rich, and which the poor have little chance
of reaping. The expenses are such, the delays such, and
altogether the impediments are so great, that t
have only to appeal to you, and I am sure yen
gill agree with me in saying, that up the present moment
j.istice, which ought to be obtained by all classes as regards the
poor, has been most miserably supplied.—'Loud cheering.)—
Thss way justice is given in this country is a disgrace to it.
From the Reform Bill, however, cheap and speedy justice mill
be provided for every man at his own door, so that one and at t
may have protection for himself and property. I anticipate
also a very great alteration in the monopolies that have existed
I am quite certain, one of the most mischievous that ever
cursed any country has been the Corn Laws.--(Loud cheering,
and cries of " Old Byng won't like that.; They have been alike
injurious to the landowner, ruinous to the farmer, and have beets
highly instrumental in bringing ruin upon the lower classes
1 have not, Gentlemen, expressed this opinion now for the first
time; it has been my deliberate conviction for years ; and l hope
a Reformed Parliament will take the subject of the Corn Laws
into their most serious consideration. All were interested in
an alteration of the Corn Laws.—(Cheers.( The farmers have
been led to believe that the high price of corn was of service to
them, but I say that it has led the way to their destruction.—
The greater portion of the farmers of this country during
the last 5 or 6 years have been driven to penury and ruin
by the existence of the present corn laws.—(Cheers.s It also
has not worked well for the landed propriety, who have had a
great portion of the income taken front them in the shape at
Poor Rates.—(Cheers.) The Corn Laws, as they at present
exist, contain nothing but destruction to every class of
the community. I anticipate from a Reformed Parliament
their repeal. I have beets told that the laws are alike to
a'l classes. Now, I cannot so we've that it can be so white
such a system of legislation exists—a system which gives
alvatitages to ore and ruin to mother. It has been mair..
twined that the country gentlemen—the landed in-
t rest—should be properly proti cted.—(Loud cheering.)
Why, I would ask, should they be protected more than the poor
man ?—(Loud cheers.) If there are individuals who can afford
to be taxed, it is the landed proprietors, but the
whole work of the Legislature has been to protect them,
and to give them an advantage over the poor men. (Great
cheering, and continued cries of " Mr. Byng won't
like that." The poor man, in my opinion, has much right to
facility of law and justice as the man who rides. in his
carriage and enjoys his 10,0004 a year.--(Loud Cheers.'
that is not palatable language, but it is nevertheless true,
the rich has been protected against the poor, instead of the
rich protecting the poor, and nothing has aided that so
much as the Corn Laws, which haye brought ruin
upon the people. I will not merely advocate the
removal of that monopoly, but of all other mono.
polies which off-ct those general rights which we are
all entitled to possess. If any one subject can be
considered of more importance than another, it is
one which I had almost forgot ; I mean the
question of education. 1 wish the franchise to be extended,
and that every man having a house, should be en-
titled te vote for a Member !of Parliaments I shall
quote a passage from Lord John Russell's speech,
on the Ist of March, 1831, when he introduced the Reform
Rill, and I concur in it; what did that Noble Lord
say I He said that the ancient constitution of the country
declared that no man should be taxed for the support of the
State, who had not by himself, or his representatives, con.
rented to the imposition of taxes."
(We shall give the conclusion in our Second
Edition.)