The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1835.

of their men and their measures--(Cheers.) An Hon.
friend of his (Mr. Sloane Stanley), in seconding Mr. Fleming,
called upon him (Lord Palmerston) to state what course of
conduct he should follow if again returned to parliament ; an.
nonnelog to him, at the smile time, that the Tories Would het
have him. That was very true ; the Tories would not have
him, because they should not have him--(Loud cheers.) His
answer to the insinuation of his Hon. Friend was, that in

1628 he quitted the Tory government, because he differed in
opinion with them.—(Loud cheers.) He left them of his own
accord, and whilst out of office propositions were made to him,
at three distinct periods, to return, accompanied with an offer
of bringing into the Cabinet any two of his political friends
that he chose.—(Loud cheers.) Three scats in the Ca-
binet were offered to him, and urged upon him. Thrice
did they offer this; thrice did he decline—(Loud cheers) ;
and his reason for so declining, was, that he did not see a fair
chance of being able to act upon his own opinions, and gave
a practical effect to his political principles.—(Cheers.) 1
told them their Cabinet was so constituted that I could not,
as an honest man, accede to it ; but I said, that if they
would secure the services of Earl Grey and the Marquis of
Lansdowne, then I would join them, because I could do so
with honour, the presence of those two great men. in the
Cabinet being a full guarantee to me that my principles
would be acted upon.—( Great cheering.) He hoped his
friend, his kind friend, would be gratified by this informa-
tion.—( Laughter.) Then, as to his future conduct. If
the electors of South Hants again honoured him with a
renewal of the trust reposed in him, his course would be
plain and simple. He could have no confidence in the Go-
vernment which then existed.—(Loud cheers.) He could
have no confidence in them as political men : and, there-
fore, if he went again to Parliament, it would be with the
determination of giving them every proper constitutional and
Parliamentary opposition.—( Loud cheering.)

feelings, and declining to re-enter the service of the King.
Had we consented, for the purpose of strengthening the Go-
vernment in, those liberal measures which I yet believe they
will and must carry into'effect—had we joined the Govern-
ment with such at view--ato what misconstruction, to what ca-
lumny, would our motives have been subjected—how the noun.
try would have looked back to our late resignation of office in
order to rise,upon the wreck of the Administration we had left
—how it would have been said, that all our past conduct was
the result of a mere intrigue, for the purpose of re-entering
office under different auspices ! But, standing as we do—as
I hope we do stand, with our motives unsuspectrd, our con-
duct unimpeached, we stand with the full power, either by
supporting or opposing the present Administration, as we find
it necessary, to give effect so our own principles, and uphold
our honest and consistent opinions.—( Cheers.) lam not at
liberty, of course, to reveal the nature of the communication
made to me and my friends, because that is a question which
involves other men's conduct, and not our own ; and, frankly
as I wish to deal with you upon all questions which relate to
my own conduct, I know you will feel, with respect to that of
others, I can only say this, that the offer made was such an one
as I expected to be made by one honourable man to another.
—( Cheers.) It was what, I must do Sir Robert Peel the
justice thus publicly to say of him—it was like everything I
have seen of his public conduct, frank and open and manly,
and that I have no reason to believe he intended the smallest
insincerity or evasion.—( Cheers.) But, Gentlemen, having
felt it my duty to decline that offer, what is the course which
it is incumbent on us, as public men, to pursue ? We are told
that these are times in which it is necessary for all Reformers
to co-operate—to merge all shades of difference in political
opinion, and coalesce in one great effort for the overthrow of
the present Government. I take no such course, and I ac-
knowledge no such necessity.—( Cheers and Hear.) I will
coalesce with no men and no body of men of whose objects, of
whose intentions, and of whose principles I am not satisfied that
they are in entire and complete accordance with my own ; and
I will not admit of those who class themselves under the name
of Reformers, that their principles or that their objects arc
the same with mine or the same with the Administration of
Lord Grey ; and I will join no effort for the overthrow of any
Government, unless I see a fair and legitimate prospect
of the construction of another Government who will more
readily carry into effect the principles to which I am attached.
From me, therefore, gentlemen, at least, the present Ministry
will meet no factious opposition, though I cannot promise to
give them any pledge of support. I have nothing to do with
the motives of this or of that man. I cannot say that on look-
ing at the composition of the present Government—looking at
the individuals of whom it is composed—l cannot say that I
see reasonable ground of confidence in them on the part of
those who entertain the liberal opinions which I profess.—
( Cheers.) Apart from all hasty considerations—aloof from
every consideration, but how I can best discharge my duty at a
period which, with all deference to my Hon. Friend who pro-
posed Mr. Patten, I do consider a crisis of fear, and anxiety, and
danger ; I say it is my duty to look forward at such a crisis,
not with the eye of a partisan, not with the view of placing
this man or that man in power, but with the view of placing
my country in a situation of safety, of rational, temperate, and
extensive reform—( Applause,)—and to place my confidence,
not in this man or that man of an Administration, but
to place my confidence in that to which my Honourable Friend
admits we must look—namely, the spirit of the times, and
the power which the Reform Bill has placed in the con-
stituency of this country.—( Cheers.) I know refork., must
go on—wide and extensive, but I hope constitutional. I know
it is impossible that the abuses of Municipal Corporations can
long be overlooked.—(Hear.) I know some results must
come from the Commission issued by the late Government to
inquire into the prevalence and nature of those abuses. I
know that the Commission has been adopted by the present
Government, at least by the Prime Minister; and lam satisfied
that it is necessary for any Government to give to the report
of that Commission such full effect as will secure the real and
effectual control of the funds vested in the hands of Corpora-
tions to the inhabitants of the great towns. I know, also, that
Ecclesiastical Reform must come, and that it is certain with
regard to two branches, namely, both as to the temporalities of
the Church, and also as to her internal discipline. I, too, like
my Hon. Friend, would not be a consenting party to abstract-
ing one farthing from the revenues of the clergy, and who, I
believe in my conscience, are not overpaid, but as a body are
hardly adequate to supply the religious wants of the people.
But I do say that it is absolutely necessary, in order to a dif-
ferent distribution of the revenues of the Church, to afford a
more equal distribution of the means of religious instruction,
that the abuses of non-residence, the abuses of pluralities,
and the abuses of the present appropriation of chapter and
cathedral property, should be got rid of—( Hear, hear)—
and that the revenues of the Church should be so disposed
of as to give the people of England the greatest amount of
benefit from the division of competently but not overpaid
Ministers.—( Cheers.) I look, also, with anxiety to see some
measure which may give to the superior clergy a more effectual
control and a more real superintendence over the inferior
clergy of their dioceses—( Hear)—and give them more ef-
fectual means of removing those cases of scandal which occa-
sionally arise, and for which the present law gives no remedy.
( Applause.) These are the grounds upon which I venture
again to claim your support. ( The Noble Lord concluded,
amidst loud cheers, a speech which was listened to with the
deepest attention.)
The High Sheriff then, in due form, declared Mr. Patten
and Lord Stanley duly elected. The very numerous concourse
of freeholders and others shortly dispersed.

MIDDLESEX.
MEETING OF MR. HUME'S FRIENDS.

A numerous assembly of the electors of Middlesex took
place at the Guildhall Coffee-house last night.
Ald. WOOD, M.P., took the chair

Mr. BENJAMIN WOOD proposed a resolution to the effect of
the necessity of returning to Parliament men who were
known to be opponents of corruption, and tried friends of the
people.
Mr. STEVENS seconded it. _ _

Mr. D. W. HARVEY, M. P., said that the present Govern-
ment was playing its last card with desperation, and it would
be a shadow cast over the triumph of the metropolis if they
lost their best man, for it truly would be a consolation to the
Tories if they could take away the only numeral amongst their
opponents. If the heart was sound the extremities would not
prove unhealthy, but if the disease of Toryism was permitted
to infect the core and centre of the kingdom, a putrefaction
of the entire would be the inevitable result. With regard
to Mr. Byng he deserved their most zealous support, for
though now compelled comparatively to stand still, yet he was
running hard in the Constitutional pursuit when many of them
were unable to walk. He did not know how to enforce pro-
perly the resolution which he held regarding Mr. Hume ; it
was a fact that the longer men laboured the less they were re-
garded, and the sluggard of half a session who awakened at
the latter end of it, was always greeted with applause. Take
up, however, any reports of the proceedings of Parliament,
and Mr. Hume's sentiments will be found recorded in every
page ; and if not always wisely, yet ever the results of good
intention.—( Cheers.) He would with great pleasure pro-
pose the resolution, that Mr. Hume's public life entitled him
to the gratitude of the people, and that the electors of Mid-
dlesex would use every means to secure his election.
Mr. GALLOWAY seconded the resolution.
Mr. Fox moved that a Committee should be appointed to
adopt means to secure Mr. Hume's election.
Mr. LAIN SON seconded the resolution, and a Committee was
appointed.
Mr. FaARON remarked, that although it was not embodied
in a resolution, yet money was requisite to carry their object,
and there was a subscription list open to which several names
had been already attached.
Mr. HUME at this period came into the room, and was re-
ceived with loud applause. He addressed the meeting, and
said that from the promises of support he received, he was
sure they would be able to give a good account of the Tory
candidate before the end of the week. He had done his duty
in the House, and it was now for his constituents to perform
their's out of it. He was as zealous as any man, and if he was
backed upon the present occasion, he would, as far as in his
power, represent his constituents adequately--( Loud cheers.)
The meeting then separated, a vote of thanks to Alderman
Wood having been passed.

The Tories are at their old tricks. Sion House, the seat
of the Tory Duke of Northumberland, is not far from Houns-
low. The following is a circular from that Tory Duke's pri-
vate Secretary, addressed to John Poulton, Esq., Hounslow-
heath, and by that gentleman properly refused. We thought
that by the Constitution Peers were not to interfere in elec-
tions. But the distinction between the act of a Peer and the
official act of his private secretary is a very new one :

" MIDDDESEX ELECTION.
" Six—May I request the favour of your vote and interest
at the ensuing election, in favour of Thomas Wood, jun.,
Esq., of Littleton, in whose success I feel extremely interested.
" I remain, sir, your obedient humble servant,
" F. MORRIS.
" Northumberland House, Jan. 2, 1835."