The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1835.

THE BRIGHTON FISHERY.

SCOTLAND.

Captain Pechell has done much for 'the 'fliheraten on
this coast by affording them protection froth vessels under
the French flag ; we have pleisure in subjoining the fol-
lowing correspondence

DINNER TO THE HON. FOX MAULE.

On Friday, the Reformers of Perthshire met in the
County-buildings, to celebrate the return of the Hon. Faux
Maule as Member for the County, in opposition to the ce-
lebrated pledge-breaker, Sir George Murray.
Lord Viscount Duncan took the chair at half-past four
o'clock, supported on the right by the Honourable Fox
Maule, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir Alexander Ramsay,
of Fasque, Mr. Oliphant, of Condie, M.P., Mr. Chalmers,
of Auldbar, M.P., the Hon. D. G. Hallyburton, M.P.,
the Rey. Mr. Tullocb, &c. ; and on the left by the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, Lord Kinnaird, Colonel Abercromby,
Captain Gordon, Mr. Macdonald, of Craig-ruie, &c. The
Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Mr. Nairne, of Dunsinane, Capt.
Aytoun, the Provost of Perth, and Mr. Condie, officiated
as croupiers.

COPY OF A LETTER FROM CAPT. PECIIELL, M.P. FOR THE BO-
ROUGH OF BRIGHTON. i
" Castle Goring, Feb. 1, 1835.
_ _

" DEAR SIR,—As the fishing season will clow commence, I
lost no time in applying to the new Board of Admiralty for the
protection of a cruiser off Brightcin, and which was found so
necessary last year; and I am happy to say that their Lord-
ships have forwarded to me a letter, a copy of which I now en-
close, announcing their intention of complying with the request
made to them, and of affording the necessary protection.
I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours,
"-G. R. PECHELL.
" To Thos. Dant Rudiock, 73, Church-street, Brighton."
.

" SlR,—Earl De Grey having laid before the Board your
letter of the 27th of January, inst., on the subject of protection
being afforded to the Brighton fishermen against molestation
by vessels under the French flag, I am commanded by my
Lords Commissioners to acquaint you that the Admiral at
Portsmouth has been directed to send a cruiser occasionally
to cruise off Brighton during the fishing season to give coun-
tenance to the English fishermen.
" I am, Sir, you most obedient humble servant,
" G. R. DAWSON.
" To Capt. G. 11. Pechell, M.P., Castle Goring."

Mr. Matrix, on his health being proposed, rose to re-
turn thanks, and was received with the oTeatest enthusiasm.
He said—We must. all look back with the utmost satisfac-
tion to the recollection of what occurred here two years
ago, when we congratulated ourselves on the liberty of
Perthshire %being, as we thought, established, after the
passing of the Reform Bill, by the election of my Noble and
Gallant Friend. \--(Cheers.) Our prospects since that time
have been somewhat overcast, and the laurels which he as-
sisted us in gathering at such immense exertion had, by the
exertions of the enemy, and our own remissness, been
snatched from us.—(Cheers.) On this occasion, therefore,
we had a double duty to perform. We had to re-assert
our opinions, which I knew only slept for a time, and to
regain our laurels ; and you have nobly regained them,
although the individual through whom you have done this
is not fully worthy of so high a distinction.—(Appluse.)
However, gentlemen, I congratulate the county of Perth on
again taking her station among Reformers. The Reform
Bill put it in your poWer to be free if you willed it. That
will you have exerted on this occasion ; and if you con-
tinue to do so in a similar manner, defeat will never again
come among us..—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have now
honoured me with your confidence. You selected me as-a
candidate for representing you in Parliament, and by your
own exertions you have placed me in the proudest situation,
which the most ambitious of mankind 'mild covet.—
(Great cheering.) Durinc, my canvass I explained at
length the opinions I held on the present state of public
matters, and I will not detain you with going over the same
ground again. _ I sum them all up in one word. I have
little confidence, or I should rather say, no confidence at all
in the present Ministry ; so that I will enter Parliament as,
their decided opponent.—(Loud cheers.) I do not say that
I am factiously opposed to them, but I have no confidence
in them ; because I am satisfied that they will not carry
through measures conducive to the present benefit, and
the ultimate delivery of the country from ruin and anarchy.
-(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Sir Robert Peel, the nominal
head of the present Ministry—(A laugh)—took an oppor-
tunity of denying any knowledge of what took place in his -
absence. Supposing that he knew nothing of the Tory
intrigues, he should remember the unconstitutional usurpa-
tion by one individual of all the powers of the State.—
(Hear, hear.) He should remember also, that, by the law,
the King never dies, and for the same reason, he must *al-
ways have responsible advisers ; and, by accepting the Pre-
miership under such circumstances, Sir Robert took upon
himself the responsibility of all the acts of the Executive,
from the dismissal of the Melbourne Administration till his
accession to office.—(Loud cheering.) Therefore every
friend to the Constitution will say that he is a particeps
criminis in one of the greatest violations of that Constitu-
tion imaginable. On this account, also, I can have no
confidence in Sir Robert Peel.—(Loud cheers.) But Sir
Robert, it appears, now calls himself a Reformer.—{Hear.)
But to what extent ? It is impossible not to admire the
occasions for which Sir Robert has composed his recent
public documents—their ingenious vagueness—(Laughter)
—the absence of a single tangible point on which an honest
Minister would be desirous of addressing an expectant
people. No such example of ambiguity has occurred in
my reading, and I certainly give him credit for it, 'but
such credit does him no honour.—(Great cheering.) We
all know that the Reform Bill was brought about by the
country becoming tired of the monopoly of power which
the oligarchy had in their hands. Amongst the highest
classes, however, there are many who have ever been the
foremost to defend the constitutional liberties of the people,
and some of the oldest and noblest familiesthe Howards,
the Russells, and the Campbells—never swerved from
this ; because they knew that all classes hang together by
getting their proper share of power. For this the fami-
lies I have named have been admired in past ages ; and if
they continue, as I believe they will, the same career, they
will be admired. to the latest posterity. But the majority
are chiefly solicitous about those in their own sphere.
They think there is a great gulf of respect between them
and the middle classes, but it is a gulf which, if not
speedily closed up, will exist only for their own reception—
(Cheers)—and lead to their utter ruin.—( Loud cheering.)
What occasioned misrule in the country but the gulf
which was made and 'permitted to continue between the
higher and middle classes? The Reform Bill was passed
to fill it up,. and bring all classes together under a bond of
reconciliation ; but the oligarchy are doing their uttermost
to turn it from its natural channel for their own purposes—
for the preservation of their power, places, and beloved pen-
sions---(Cheers)—which they must be content to give up
and that, too, at at a very early period.—(Loud laughter.)
The Reform Bill has given to the middle classes a power
to assert the rights to which they are entitled in the go-
vernment of the country. No truer expression on this sub-
ject than lately came from the lips of Lord Stanley was
ever uttered. Whoever would dare, said his Lordship, to
stem the torrent of public opinion, would involve themselves
in irretrievable ruin ; but glory would attend the man who
should guide it aright, and work out its true spirit.--(Great
cheering.) I will not detain you longer on this subject,
but shall speak to one of a more pleasing nature, and then
give a toast with which lam entrusted. It is of a body of
men whom I have the high honour of representing in Par-
liament. That is but a small part of the honour ; for
the constituency of this great county have set an example
to the constituencies of other places, and disarmed the go-
vernment of one of its members in whom the electors had
no confidence, but one . who was looked upon, I must do
him the justice to say, as its ablest and best supporter. It
is impossible sufficiently to express my feelings of gratitude
to the constituency for the kindness I received from them
in the course of my canvas.

FROM LAST 'NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEE. 7, 1835.

The King has been this day pleased to appoint Thomas Clifton,
Esq., of Lytham-hall, to be Sheriff of the county palatine of Lan-
c-ster for the year ensuing.

ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB. 5

The King has been pleased, on the nomination of Viscount He-
reford, to appoint Benjamin Tomkins, Esq., one of kis Majesty's
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Howse, resigned.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 9.

The King has been pleased to present the Rev. John Henry
Hume, M.A., to the vicarage of Helmerton, in the county of Wilts
and diocese of Salisbury, void by the cession of the Rev. John
Guthrie, M.A.

Mr. NAIRNE of Dunsinane proposed " The Marquis
of Breadalbane, the patriotic and consistent leader of Re-
form in Perthshire."
The Marquis of BREADAiBANE returned thanks. After
adverting to the last election of Sir Geo. Murray, he said—
The election of Sir Geo. Murray was viewed by our oppo-
nerits as a victory. See, said they, the reaction which has
taken place in Perthshire; but I knew they deceived them.:
selves, and Sir George's election was owing entirely to local
circumstances. But, not to dwell on this, I congratulate
you on the glorious victory by which the principles of re-
form have been redeemed and vindicated, and the represen-
tation of this county again placed in a proper condition. I
congratulate you on the choice you have made of my most
excellent and honourable friend. This choice will make an
impression on the position of public matters, and it is pecu-
liarly fortunate, at a time when an appeal has been made to
the people, whether the country is tee be governed by an
ultra-Tory Administration ? That, gentlemen, is the real
question to be decided—( Tremendous cheering)—and I say
that the county has responded in language not to be misun-
derstood. I deplore the events which have led to this—the
excitement which has lately occurred, and the loss of the
Reform Administration ; and, I think, the whole has been
brought about by an injudicious, and I will say, an uncon-
stitutional exercise of the prerogative of the Crown.—
(Cheers.) But be this as it may, for myself I hold that
it can lead to nothing, but the re-establishment of the prin-
ciples of reform on a true basis.—(Great cheering.) The
weakness of our opponents is laid bare. They are in the
dying struggle ; and if the people and their representatives
remain firm a little longer, their triumph will be the result.
—(Cheers.) I lock upon it as a moral certainty that the
days of the present Administration are limited. Their
days are in the hand of your excellent representative, and a
band of determined spirits, sent by the people to transact
your affairs. Those affairs will be transacted in the spirit
of true reform. A man must be at the head with power to
exercise the prerogative of the King for the people, as it
has recently been exercised against them.—(Great cheer-
ing.) I blame not the Monarch—(Cheers)—but I blame
his advisers ; and on them the blame must rest and the re-
sponsibility, and the people will judge how far they have
acted correctly. But I was going to say, that there must
be a man to exercise the .prerogative of the Crown, not
against but for the people ; and, if need be, that preroga-
tive must be exercised in a calm way, or held in terror,
rather shall I say, over that house ót which I am a Mem-
ber.—(Cheers.) There the poison exists ; and, if possible,
a powerful antidote to counteract it must be applied. It is
with the greatest pleasure I propose the health of Lord
Viscount Duncan.
Lord DUNCAN returned thanks.

The Marquis of BREADALBANE proposed the health of
the father of Reform in Scotland.—(Drank amidst im-
mense applause.)
The Hon. Fox MAULE returned thanks, and proposed
" A full bumper to the Earl of Camperdown."—(Received
with immense applause.)
The Earl of CAMPERDOWN returned thanks. He had
been a conscientious friend to the cause of Reform. From
his station and connections he might have been expected
to follow a different course, but•from 1806, when he took
his seat in Parliament, he had on all occasions been the
humble advocate of popular rights. Nothing would please
him so well as to see his countrymen well educated and
acting on all occasions in the best manner. Of Sir George