The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-12 00:00:00

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to preserve the country these reform
ceded. Mr. Wood will
concede them whess, eenessoey,_( s. :ewe be liberally cons
.e thefts timely consideretiore arid
Another Laughter, afid cries of
'eighty years.) He will, on the other hand, de-
fend niarifully all the institutions of our country.—(Loud
Vaughter, and cries of 0 Hear.".) Perhaps lam too
ain for you, but when I wss'in Parliament I voted for the
t.seforin, Bill, when it was not only not the feeling but not the
"'mien to support Reform.—( Cries of " Then you have turned
Your coat") Another reason why I should be heard is, that
übe'rill abstain from all personalities. Nick-names should never
n,used, nor party distinctions. I would rather that all should
unite under one sacred banner, calling themselves liberal Con-
aervatives.—(Laughter and cries of "No Conservatives.")
are the best measures which improve the state of the country.
Hear)—and that Government is the best which attends
not only to the wishes but to the wants of the people.—( A
i'Lee—" Certainly ; but was that the case at Rathcormac ?")
mention this merely to recommend Mr. Wood.—( Hisses.)
thc'u all hate tyranny ;sodo I : but what-can be greater tyranny
an to say the Kin; shall only chose his Ministers from one
eft
"cif people. Let the Ministers only have a fair trial.—( Cries
No, no, they have been tried and found guilty.") Have
Pin ever known a Gnvernment that was peieect, and had not
damnin; faults ? I tell you, " from Middlesex to Mist
kl
and u Groats, I'd pick a hole in all their coats."—( Greet laughter
i'seproar.) Gentlemen, for your own spy -hear me, for if
do not, Mr. Hume, who will e'rSeak after me, cannot be
r,,„eard in fairness.--(Latslete-r and groaning.) The Gallant
7ilight who addressed yol; has read to you from his book a
t:° which be. has very well conned. But ,when he told you
the late Government had taken off so much taxes. why
did he not tell you what the present Government had done
hot
leaughter and groaning.) They, from the oar 1815, reduced
less then 30 millions of taxation.—( Gies of " Oh, oh,"
Rend much laughter.) And it has been ae' nowledged by their
ernies that they had done so reach, that the late? Govern-
gent had very little left inem to do,—(" Hear," and loud
easning' ikfentieen has also been made about a priest and a
fott,"Y murder at Retheormac—(Groans for the Tories.)
re.en, I beg to say that that horrid scene took place be-
ttle the present Government came
)nitt power—( Vonifetous
ethBi fg
" no," and great uproar. Gentlemen, a pleasing
11tY.now devolves on me (for I have stated that I would say
personal, and have resisted the opportunity, although
e field was wide for me, of saying any thing upon the tneelts
ofe field
of the other candidates) ; but the duty now devolves
hiss.
of seconding the nomination of Mr. Wood--( Hear,
1 and great uproar.) I voted last year in favour of Mr.
Yngi and I believe a more honourable and censistent gentle-
-411 does not exist in the kingdom—( Great applause.) My
vote
s., stands on record, and Ido not therefore state it now to
vote Popularity. I shall, on the present occasion, split my
t;lste with Mr. Bynss. One word more—( No, no.) trust
oft, r. Wood will give you—( Uproar, hissing, a.nd " Off,
t"' 1 I trust he will give you no pledge, but that if you
t re-
urn him to Parliament, he will go in free and unshackled,
aid
onVhat he will do his duty honestly, fairly, and consistently
sneers
Is country and his constituents—( Uproar, hisses, and some
. )
Sir Jotter BYNG then came forward and said—Mr. Sheriff,
jeferdienion, and Brother Electors,—l believe the cause of
BYng's absence is generally known, and requires no ex-
'
ft:, rnation from me • I trust therefore to your indulgence to
and me, his brother, to address you on his behalf.—( Hear
beti:d cheers.) Gentlemen, I must first express
my gratification
Mr. Byng has been again proposed to you by a gentleman
Whitbread_
the honourable and respectable name of Samuel
been
Cheers)--and it also delights use that he has
Who seconded by the e'en of that respectable gentleman by
shvra he Was proposed so far back at 1807.—( Cheers.) [Mr.
'riff Raphael here observed that he had omitted to ask
iwthether there was any other candidate to be proposed, which
`Dwas his duty to have done. Cries of " No, no"; and
eereh is one too,many already.") Sir John Byng resumed
t detain ntlemyeo%
verya
s I have not the power of eloquence, I shall
long, but I shall do what will be more
elic_ri eptable to you, I shall be explicit and sincere. The worthy
ithas told you that you are called upon to exercise a most
_ t portant duty, that is to elect two gentlemen not only to re-
the interests of this county, but of the United King-
onmi;ein Parliament. Before I presume to ask a.single.vote
think behalf of my brother, I shall anticipate a question which I
might be very fairl put to me.--( Hear, hear. ) You
orYe beard that Mr. Byng has been afflicted with blindness
l,e time since, but I am happy to say that, by the blessing
to 7,1)(1, his sight has. been by a successful operation restored
elthmill•—:( Great cheering.) This you have heard, and
°ugh it is known to his intimate friends, it is not generally,
,Itho .
although it is most desirable that it should be known whether
'8 likely th at he will be able to appear in his place in Par-
inainaenti and to do his duty by you.—( Hear hear.) I don't
s: Whether he is likely to appear in the course of the
tess'ells but what is most important, will be fit to ap-
;par on the day Parliament meets.—( Hear, hear.) I am
iny to say, that so far as man can answer for himself,
~, se so distant a period, if he is returned by your kindness and
'Lie blessing of God, he will be there to do his duty to you
to his country.—(Tremendous cheering.).—And I hope,
Gent to
as I have had the good fortune to be returned by
--111 Y constituents, that I will be there to aid him.--( Shouts of
).—lt is not necessary for me to tell you that Mr.
Yng is as much as ever the advocate of reform.—( Hear,
elteers.)—His most earnest wish is, that those just expec-
reatons which the passing of that Bill raised should be rea-
tiled ; he does not wish that it should be a mere empty
:`,--,trm•--( Cheers. )—Mr. Bvng was a Reformer so far back as
e Year 1793, when that measure was first brought forward in
and a British House of Corr mons, by Earl Grey—(applause)—
: in the last Parliament he was the last Member of the
t:21511 hand of forty who voted for that Reform, when it was
• not °ray unfashionable, but dangerous for a man to state that
' was a Reformer.—( Loud cheering. Need I tell you,
VRetitlemen, that Mr. Byng is the sincere) friend of civil and
igious liberty, in the widest and most comprehensive sense
pthat word ; and the first vote that was ever given by him
i' in the year 1790, for the repeal of the Test and Corpora-
l:" A.ets—(great applause)—when that measure was first
to forward by Charles James Fox.—(Loud cheering.)
an Light
--e year 1805, when the question of Catholic Emancipation
'•
first brought forward, up till the time it was carried in
8•29, Mr. Byng was never absent on any one division, but
w'ls always present at his post, and voted in favour of the
fie y 9
Cheers.) Is t necessary that I should tell you
That i he
has at all times been the friend of reform—if so, I will
only say that in 1806, when the slave trade was abolished, he
elpad Lord Grey in that which was the forerunner of the
tf:seat
please re of measure of 1833, when again he had, by your favour, the
assisting that consistent and great man, Earl Grey.
Cheers.) I find by the attention you have paid me that
;Im'Y task is an easy one, and that you do riot need me to say
C! in favour of my brother: but this I will say, that even
Youngest member returned to the House was not more
kixious to nut on his armour and fight the good fight in the cause
qth.e
PeoPle.—( Cheers.) It was his intention to have re-
such Urea into private life at the last dissolution ; but he felt that at
an
importanti crisis it was not the hour—it was not the
tune for honourable man to leave his post—(cheers)—that
It was a time which called upon every one to be up and doing.
ah are his feelings, and such will be his conduct, if, as I
e not a doubt
(Cries e will, , you return him again to his old position.—
of " W ' we will 1" and great cheering.) Gen-
_
hlie.‘_"en, I will not trespass longer on your time. I can leave
of ease in your hands—in the hands of the kind feeling
the electors of Middlesex.—( Cheers.) I can assure you,
13:::uavginagin return him, you will confer on him the highest
,Ptinour he ever coveted.—( Cheers. ) Not one of you can say
the whole time he has been your servant, he has
Zer done one selfish act.—( Cheers.) He seeks no title or
hl/oh considers the title of your [representative as the
est one that could be conferred upon him.—( Cheering.)
Mr. Hems then came forward, and was received most en-
orlisiastically. The cheering totally drowned the small party
pipthe " Woodites." He proceeded—Gentlemen, I have the
stsltSure, now of meeting aeain those who did me the honour,
Leese last election, to send me as their representative to the
itVl Reformed Parliament. I appear here sooner than I ex-
, leteled, considering the length of Parliaments as now Consti-
es:".—( Cheers.) I can assure you, gentlemen, that I have
Cat happiness—( Here there was some uproar, got up again
tit 'Wood's party. One man distinguished himself above the
; Mr. • Hume said to him, " If that gentleman will hold
see.(rsilgue now, he will have an opportunity of speaking after
sse Gentlemen, it affords me the greatest satisfaction to see
11'4 here, because I meet you with that confidence which an
honest man can meet those who deputed him to a duty which
st7,has well performed. When you sent me to Parliament to
teen that great fourth Charter of your rights, the Reform
sited I told you that that Bill would be useless, unless it was
all-"„sas a means to obtain all those reductions and reforms of
or
tit
f "'uses which you required, and which I consider necessary. s ,
suss Preservation of the peace of the country. I can as-
eseiuY?n, gentlemen, that there has not been a motion made,
81ve of those I made myself, for the purpose of effecting
tYtretronehment, or the reform of any abuse in Church and
a
fits
for which I have not voted—and I am perfectly ready
saY that I stand here unchanged. My opinions, gentle-
kel:4,ll%y be unknown to " Tom Wood's" men—(Loud
to the
" and cheering,)—but th are not unknown
country generally, and all that 1 ask is that they will
soiliet for a short time, so that they also may learn them.—
;,,.!teehter,) I stand here, gentlemen, unchanged in any
mot that I have ever expressed before you. My conduct does
et require explanation. As to what I have done, you and the
Bantry It large are to be my judges ; shall I arraign your con-
ereoo when yon called upon me to come forward—to come
glw Pt YOU ?..—( Cheers.) I came there as a Reformer—l had
hopa been a Reformer—l am a Reformer—and, Gentlemen,
toidi to die a Reformer.—( Great cheering.) Am I to be
thehave always, at all times—and in all places—opposed
. Tyr have
I to be told that that party is to stop me in
i'cporiner course ?---( Cheers, and cries of " No, they cannot
ene'ts) Gentlemen, I stand before you the uncompromising of Tories,—(Cheerine.)---of those men who ever since
esiends arelseen in public life—have shown themselves the great
of sinecures, pensions, and every other abuse. I wish
jesttis,,k° from their hands that power which they have so un-
itito' assumed.._( Cheers)—the power of putting their hands
(Lit Your Pocket and helping themselves at your expense.—
ha °u ughter• ) One of the gentleman who has addressed you
sre ,asked you only to give them a fair trial. Gentlemen,
varielive tried them for the last sixty years. and we have in-
pest.% found them anxious to uphold every sinecure,
-sion, and useless place—indeed every abuse which had •
I condemned by the people. (Loud cheering. )
szlY they have had their trial.—( Cheers.) The City of
Tr_tion has tried them and found them guilty.—( Cheers.)
ri
we metropolitan boroughs have tried them, and are they not
slc), suPon their trial in this county, and I do not for a moment
th 'lot what your verdict will be.—( Cheers.) Are you not
`palsn hold Reformers who forced Reform upon the Duke of
tee e—gt°ll—(Cheers)—and his squad ?—Cheers and laugh-
', And are you to be frightened ? No I—(Cheers.) I