The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-08 00:00:00

bly who offers the least violence to any individual, I entreat of
my friends to regard that man as my bitterest foe. I ask of you
then,without swearing-you-in, to be my peace- officers-4 Cheers)
and assist the police if need be, in the discharge of their duty.
—( Continued laughter.) Let us Gentlemen, while we have
such a duty as this to discharge, be all good friends ; and I do
assure you, I do not regret the King has exercised his preroga-
tive.—( Laughter.) lam heartily rejoiced that he has done
so ; for now I shall be in Parliament about five years earlier
than I expected.--( Continued laughter.) I can assure you,
it is a remarkable good prerogative ; and in this instance at least
it has been uncommonly well exercisea.—( Roars of laughter.)
Gentlemen, in the execution of the King's prerogative—that is
in the choice of his Ministers, and in the dissolution of the
House of Commons, which is the act of the Ministry—be kind
enough to remember that his Majesty's Ministers say unto you,
" Electors of Finsbury, what are you for—short Parliaments ?
—( Hear, hear.) Vote by ballot ?—( Hear, hear.) A just
commutation of tithes ?—( Hear, hear.) Repeal of the corn
laws ?—( Hear, hear.) Do you wish to relieve the grievances
of the Dissenters ?—( Hear.) Remember that those questions
are now before you, and the men whom you return to Parliament
are to echo in the House of Commons those opinions which you
now utter in the borough of Finsbury.—( Cheers.) After then
you have elected your men, if you fail to discharge your duty
in making a proper selection, do not taunt those men hereafter
with a neglect of your interests.—( Hear, hear.) Remember,
the neglect will be attributable to you, and if calamity befall
your choice, you yourselves are the authors of the misdoing.—
( Hear, hear.) Now then, Gentlemen, it is unnecessary for
me to explain to you what my political principles are. They
have been undeviating, and I was fifteen years ago what I am
now, with the single exception of being fifteen year older—
( Great laughter)—and that you know is my misfortune, and not
my fault. But Mr. Sergeant Spankie—( Groans and laughter)
considers lam an honest Reformer. lam very glad to hear
an enemy say this—that is a political enemy. The Learned
Sergeant has stated that he believes we all like him very well.
Ido not dislike the man—l do not entertain any personal dis-
like to Mr. Sergeant Spankie —svhy should I? He has not
done me an injury, or any of the other candidates here. It
is not personal enmity—the man is a fool who entertains such
a notion ; but I hate, from the bottom of my heart, Sergeant
Spankie's political principles ; and rather than I would see his
principles found in the Government of the country, va-
luable as my life is to my family, that life should be
most willingly sacrificed.—( Loud cheering). In saying this,
however, do not believe, gentlemen, if I go into the House of
Commons, that I should go there with any factious views—it
is not my object to take care of the Whigs, or take care of
the Tories. I look to the interests of the People, and I care
not one straw whether Whigs or Tories are the servants of the
people ; for the Ministers, you know, are not your Masters.
Bat Sir Robert Peel writes as though he could dispense with
the House of Lords and Commons, for in the address he pub-
lished, he says his Majesty's Government WILL do certain things.
His Majesty's Government will do this, and his Majesty's Go-
vernment will do that; and, by and bye, he makes the relative
pronoun his apply to himself—his government are to do cer-
tain things. Why, gentlemen, he ought to be impeached for
that address—[Hear.] It is the most flagrant insult that was
ever offered to any independent assembly, and I cannot believe
the members whom you return to Parliament will endure
such an address as that with impunity—( Cheers, and Hear.)
As to a Tory Ministry, I will vote against them most cordially;
and as to trusting them I have not the slightest confidence, •
nor will I ever repose the slightest confidence in one of them.
History had shown that the Tories had been invariably the
enemies of the rights, interests, and liberties of the people.—
( Loud cheers.) They had never failed to do injustice when
they had an opportunity of doing it. But it is said that the
are improved-4 A laugh)—where is the evidence ?—( Loud
cheers, and a cry of " Rathcormac.") During the two Ses-
sions that the Reformed Parliament had sat, there was no good
measure which the Whigs had proposed that the Tories did not
oppose, and no bad measure which the Tories did not support,
( Loud cheers.) When then did this change take place ? It
was almost as sudden as the change in his lion. Friend on
his right, Mr. Hobhouse.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) They
had Mr. Sergeant Spankie for their representative—or rather
misrepresentative—for the two last sessions. It was their busi-
ness to inquire what the conduct of their representatives had
been; it was their business to ascertain whether his votes
were in accordance with his professions. The Learned Ser-
. geant has been rather hard upon us, Reformers ; he has likened
us to the gathering in the Cave of Edolin ; but if we are poor
and distressed, as he has represented us, I am sure the Learned
Sergeant is too benevolently disposed to object to our endea-
vouring to better our condition. But the Learned Sergeant
has forgotten who was the Captain of the gathering, and what.
became of the Philistines to whom that Captain was opposed.
David was the slayer of the Philistines, and though the Learned
Sergeant is three cubits and a span in height—( A laugh. )
I have a firm conviction that he will be politically slain without
the assistance of a fling of a stone._( A laugh.) The Learned
Sergeant objected to public meetings, but he does not object
to private meetings. I find the Learned Sergeant had been
attending a snug meeting at Stoke Newington. I wonder
what he said there; for I am afraid posterity will labour under
a sad calamity from the iron-publication of the Hon. Gentle-
man's speeches. He was like a poor old blind fiddler, with but
one string, and that not altogether sound. He only referred to
one good action, viz., his vote for the repeal of the House Tax—
that vote had been placarded every where. He recollected a
character in an excellent play, where a man being told that
he had done a good action, he said, " For God's sake, do not
mention it—if you do, I will lose my character."—( A laugh. )
His friends would caution the Learned Sergeant against doing
any more good actions, or repealing any more taxes,: or they
would send him packing, and instead of a Sergeant, he would
be a Corporal Trim. He had hitherto spoken pleasantly and
in good humour, but he would now say a few words which
might not be so pleasant. He had a duty to discharge. He
had made statements at certain meetings relative to one of
• the candidates, whom he never before hail the pleasure of
seeing or catching till that moment. Mr. Hobhouse lead been
brought into Finsbury, they had been told, as a Reformer; and
he should just notice the conduct of the gentleman who was
• his proposer. No sooner were the Whigs out of office than
that gentleman perambulated London, crying, " Let there be
no disturbance, let us sink all minor differences, and unite in
one glorious band for the good of our country."—( Cheers.)
But did he promote this by bringing forward three candidates
• in the Reform interest, in order to split the Reformers into
three parties ? He ought to have recollected the fable of the
" Old Man and the Bundle of Sticks." Mr. Hobhouse may
he an excellent and honest man, and a sincere friead of Re-
form ; but why should he be brought here to divide the
Reform interest 9 At the last election, sergeaat ` pinkie
' was brought forward to keep Wakley out I I suppose
Hobhouse is now brought forward to keep me out also. They
should consider what his conduct had been, and whether he
was a man of talent capable of exhibiting his views, or whether
his opinions varied to all points of the con-11)4%7,-4 Loud
ti4abr''sebryde)andithwy4t4hast'llit Virt%ll:4Q`"He spoke from chap-
' ter and verse. —( Cheers.) The proceeding had been so arranged
' that Mr. Hobhouse would speak after him, and he was sure
that no person would do that gentleman the injustice of c;Qn.
' deming 11411 unheard ;it was that riot
Yes,no,' yes."
he would show t 4 oec.
bear ti4ts 4pftnlpe, He stio4l4 pause, and 1-4 whether they
would 9r not ?—(Cries of Yes, yes,") He would now
• come to facts in July, 1.33, only a comfortable two
years and a half ap,-,-..(I4QUd and continued laughter' )
• Mr. Hobhouse first appeared in Bath, and the Referinere of
that aristocratic city thought proper to Cateehi4O him with re-
ference to his political views,--( Great cheering.) He (Mr.
• Walker) bad copied the statement from the " Bath Chronicle,"
and the facts wore written in twill legible characters that he
had only to direct his attention to them to see what they were.
—( Cheers.) The Reformers began with this question_
Would you support a proposition for the repeal of the Siepten-
aiiiii ? ti9bli9l).aa c 9: lie §4ici, pit your
questions, and I wilt answer Mein by and layeeael will answer
them collectively.—( Great laughter.) He wished the elec-
tors only to fancy It witness going into the box, and being ques-
tioned by Mr. Serjeant Spankie saying, "goon Learned Ser-
joint, a will 44101, q4P§ii9qg over.
ing.) When the answer was given, of course all the points
that ought to have been remembered were forgotten.—
( Cheers.) After a good deal of bother Mr. Hobhouse stated
that he would answer the questions singly—( cheers)—and
what vr4a 41* 400700 P 44 the 44 question 9 why, he stated that
lie could not support an any:such scheme—that was the word.
—( Cheers and hisses.) What did Mr. Hobhouse say now,
why he had published a radical address, and what did he state
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that statement, lie (Mr. W.) supposed that Mr. Hobhouse, in
using the word " always," went back to the period when he was
born.—( Laughter.) He had no doubt the electors would be
contented if it only extended to July, N32,—( Laud
• cheer=s,) Mr, tfolanonso had stated..-in all the Addresses
lie had published, with the exception of the first, for that
was not sufficiently Radical, and he had, therefore, sent out
another hash. Mr. Hobhouse and his friends alleged that he
had always been a consistent Reformer Ow certainly had boon
consistent in qua thing, and that was in being inconsistent.
Now, what did Mr. Hobhouse say with reference to Reform ?
Why, according to the " Chronicle" of to-day, Mr. Hobhouse
was asked yesterday, at a meeting, whether he would vote for
a repeal of the Malt Tax--a tax that made the poor man pay
twice as much as he ought for the beverage which he
drank. Now, what did Mr. Hobhouse say to that ?
why he could not pledge himself to the repeal of that tax, un-
less some substitute was previously provided ; but at the male
time he begged it to be distinctly understepill that hp was de.
ci4p4iy opposed to Ow t 14., oppsi4PTirg it to be 4,1,11460ns to the
best interests of the community. The language of Mr. Hob-
house was literally frightful 1 he admitted that it was a tax de-
cidedly opposed to the interests of the country ; and, being so,
he would not vote for its repeal. Did the•electors believe that
such a man was a true Reformer ? If he was a Reformer, he we,g a
most extraordinary one. for he 7voilld ugt }gip fop 1,14 of
;hese 4.4 bad in pekOsaple and op-
posed to the best interests of the country: He (Mr. W.)
' supposed that Mr. Hobhouse's mode of reforming would be,
to reduce all good laws to that simple principle.—( Cheering
laaaieita.) iFtqtp4 th4t Ye: 149b119t.tv; I:yti.ll 4 aaTa-,
dressed-the electors, would'explaio how his conduct was to be
governed by the influence of his mind, for unless he got rid of
some of the principles he now professed, the electors never could
' support atioseaea eatetia eheerettga a if Ne. henhouse was a
reformer, why was he on the beatings ihA day ? Why had
he opposed Mr. Roebuck at Bath ? These facts spoke volurass
against him. But Mr. Cobbett contended that lie had always
ksao reformer. It was evident that he was not so let duly:
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Finsbury sent him th. Bath the leqq. Mr.
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had designa.ted Mr. H. as friend, Why he done so
Because hi) and Mr. were in India together, where he had