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power ; for he need hardly observe, that at a general election
gentlemen's attentions were divided, and they had to look to
their own interests. Under the circumstances he had just al-
luded to Parliament had been returned, and there had been great
boasting that there would be an overwhelming majority for the
then Government. Calculations were made in the London Tory
journals, and while he and his Noble Friend, Lord Morpeth,
were put down as Radicals and unfair-trial men, a distinguished
political writer, Mr. Cobbett, was put down as a fair-trial man.
—(Laughter.) The Parliament then met, and he was deter-
mined to adhere to the course he stated on the hustings he in-
tended to pursue—namely, to give the measures of the Govern-
ment his support when he found them to be good. It might
be said that the late Opposition had not acted in conformity
with this principle—he denied it ; his friends and himself did
not seek for means of opposing them. Their own Secretary
for the Treasury was not more anxious to avert the crisis
which at last ended in the breaking up of the Government
than he was. He was most anxious to see them converts to
reform, and bringing forward measures founded on sound
principles of reform. He wished to see them in office so
that_ the career of reform might advance independent of all
opposition ; but, at the same time, it was impossible for him
to sacrifice principles to keep them in.—( Hear, hear.) In
the first place the House of Commons had a right to se-
lect their own Speaker ; and not from any disrespect to
the Right Hon. Gentleman, their late Speaker, who had
previously tendered his resignation, nor from party feel-
ings, they supported Mr. Abercrombie.---( Hear, hear.) The
next question was on the Address. Had he not a right on
their first meeting to ask the Parliament on what principles
they intended to act? whether it was prepared to act up to the
principles of reform to which the previous House of Com-
mons had been pledged? and therefore the opinion of
the new House was asked as to the propriety of the late disso-
lution. No question could be more favourable to the Govern-
ment, for many persons were in the present who were not in
the last Parliament. They, however, appealed to it on the
subject by which many of them had been gainers. The House
of Commons had been dissolved on one of two grounds—either
because it went too far in reforming, and that it became ne-
cessary to pull it up with a sharp bit, or that it did not go far
enough, and therefore it was necessary to give confidence to
the Reformers by a dissolution. It was natural that the people
of England should be anxious to have satisfaction on this point,
and the decision of the House on it was known. The next
question which came before the House was one which he re-
garded with great anxiety, namely—granting a charter to the
London University. He had long thought that unnecessary
obstacles were thrown in the way of the Dissenters as regarded
the ancient Universities, and at the same time a charter was
refused to a new University. He would appeal to any impar-
tial man of sense, whether there was any consistency in this
course, unless it was intended to shut out the Dissenters from
anything like a liberal education.—( Hear, hear.) Was not
this shutting the door against them, and at the same time
barring them out of the window? The question of the charter
of the London University was, therefore, brought forward,
and the Government was in a minority of 100.—( Hear, hear.)
He confessed that as far as the decision went, it did not
satisfy him, for he thought that it raised up a distinction be-
tween the Churchmen and Dissenters which ought not to ex-
ist.—(Hear. }Aar, hear.) He would refer them to what ex-
isted in Trinity College, Dublin. The statutes of that
establishment were founded on those of Vie distinguished in-
stitution in that town to which he belonged, 'and of which
could not speak but in terms of the highest respect—namely,
Trinity College—( Hear, hear, hear,) and yet in the former
college Dissenters and Catholics were educated arid allowed
to take degrees. It was said that if Dissenters were admit-
ted to our universities, an indifference would be created with
regard to religious instruction ; but he believed a suspicion of
the kind had never been thrown out, that the faith of young
men was endangered by mixing with Dissenters and Catho-
Hear, hear.) He believed that it was rather the other
way, and that the arrangement had been the means of bringing
many back to the Church. Another great question remained,
namely, the Irish Church. The subject had been brought
forward by the Government introducing a Bill, and it then be-
came necessary to declare the principle on which to act. Un-
der other circumstances they might have waited util they
were in possession of all the facts, but when called upon to
give a decision on a principle on which they could not agree,
they were bound to state how far they were prepared to go. He
had already, in another place, stated his opinions at length
on the subject, and therefore would not dwell on them, but
would merely observe, that the principle of Lord J. Russell's
resolution, which had been supported by the majority of the
House, was brought forward not with a view or belief, or
with any intention of overthrowing the Protestant Church of
Ireland, or with a view of leaving the Protestants there with-
out adequate means of religious instruction ; but only of get-
ting rid of the expense of the Church, when there were no
flock's or congregations, and which was one of the scandals
that endangered the Protestant Church, instead of serving it.
—(Cheers.) He would not take one stiver from the Church,
but only get rid of that which, so far from adding to the
splendour or usefulness of the Church, was only injurious to
it.—( Hear, hear.) He had never given a vote unless with
the view of promoting a safe and constitutional reform ; and
yet he had been designated a Destructive. When the Dis-
senters' Marriage Bill was formerly brought forward, he
bad been charged in that town with supporting it from
a wish to destroy the Established Church. Persons con-
nected with the late Government had done so.—(Hear,
hear.) He would appeal to any one whether the Lon-
don Tory papers would not have charged him with
Atheism if he had urged the adoption of a civil con-
tract in marriages.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He would have
been charged with entering into a conspiracy against the we-
men, and that by such a law a man might without difficulty
get rid of his wife. He might possibly be charged with wisl--
ing to take the wedding-rings off all the women to pay off the
National Debt—(Laughter)--and yet the late Government
had brought forward a measure for the purpose of allowing the
marriages of Dissenters to be a civil contract.,—( Hear, hear.)
Again, suppose that Lord Grey had brought forward a mea-
sure for equalizing the revenues of the bishoprics, of putting a
stop to pluralities and non-residence, would he not have been
charged with an attempt to destroy the Church—would he
not have been told that none but ecclesiastical persons should
deal with the Church. He would have been told that the Bi-
shop of Chester was known throughout his diocese, but that a
Bishop of Manchester was only a manufactured Bishop, and
should be sent back as a bale of damaged goods—( Laughter)
that the Archbishopric of York was as old as Christianity in
this country—and that equal influence and authority never
could be obtained by the Bishop of Ripon. He did not object
to their opponents bringing forward their measures--for all
that he wished for was, that the good cause should progress.—
(Cheers.) A cry had been raised that the Church was in
danger, in consequence of the support that the present Go-
vernment had received from men of extreme opinions—for
this support he thanked them, but he begged to be un-
derstood that this support was only given on those com-
mon points on which the parties agreed.—(Hear, hear.)
These gentlemen made no compromise, but, as honourable
men, gave their support to the Government, and neither his
colleagues nor himself had made any promises. As, however,
they had been taunted with the support of the Radicals and
the Repealers, he wished to mention a circumstance which
might tell equally against the Tories. All present he was
sure were most anxious that the public faith should be main-
tained and the interest of the debt paid ; now it was clear that
if the Malt-tax had been repealed when lately proposed, the
interest of the debt could not be paid, and thus the safety and
honour of the country would be sacrificed. Now Sir Robert
Peel was supported in his Government by many good Tories
who were pledged to vote for the repeal of the Malt-tax.—
(Hear, hear,) Admitting this, then, if the Radicals and Re-
pealers destroyed the Whigs by aiding them, a charge of
wishing to shake off the interest of -the debt might be brought
against Sir R. Peel's Government.—(Laughter.) Of course
he never intended to bring a charge against Sir R. Peel of
wishing to violate the public faith, although he might receive
the support of inspired Members.—(Laughter.) Therefore,
although Mr. O'Connell might support him, he was not more
a Repealer than he was formerly.—( Hear.) He should just
as soon wish for a repeal of the Union, as for a termination
of the kindly feeling existing between himself and constituents.
In conclusion he once more thanked them for the honour they
had done him.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Honourable
Gentleman then proposed "a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for
his impartial conduct in the chair. This motion was carried
unanimously, and the Mayor returned thanks.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then proceeded to the
house of Mr. Bridges in the market-place, from the window
of which he made a short address to a multitude of upwards
of a thousand persons assembled opposite.

SANDWICH.

RETURN OF SIR T. TROUBRIDGE WITHOUT
OPPOSITION.

SANDWICH, MONDAY NIGHT, HALF-PAST, SEVEN.
This day was appointed for the nomination of a candidate or
candidates to supply the vacancy occasioned by Sir T. Trou-
bridge having accepted the office of a Lord of the Admiralty.
Lord Villiers, a scion of the stock of Jersey, obtained a letter
of marque from the Conservative dynasty, London, and com-
menced a privateering excursion off Walmer, Deal, and Sand-
wich, and, encouraged by some Swiss cheers about the Walmer
shallows, he ventured to raise his colours of defiance, but
when the Captain began to near upon it, the privateer Villiers
suddenly sheered off, attending, however, very actively, down
to Sunday, to the canvass.
The flight of Lord Villiers very materially affected the
bustle of the scene. There being no longer an enemy to
fight, there was no occasion to continue the preparations for
action, and little more remained to be done than to announce
the continuation of undisputed strength and victory ; but that,
nevertheless, occasioned a gay and active assemblage in the
market-place, in front of the hustings, as well as on the
hustings.
The Mayor, RICHARD HARRISON, Esq., opened the busi-
ness, by stating that he had called them together to proceed
to the election of a Baron in the room of Sir T. Troubridge.
The oath having been administered, the Bribery Act read, and
the other preliminaries being disposed of,
H. W. HALNLY, Esq., proposed Sir T. Troubridge as a fit
and proper person to represent Deal, Weimer, and Sandwich,
in Parliament.

SLOUDDEN CASTLE seconded the nomination.
The MAYOR, after a short pause, said, " In the absence of
any other candidate, I now declare Sir T. Troubridge to be
unanimously returned to represent Sandwich in Parliament."
—(lmmense cheering, followed by many rounds of hnzzas. )
Sir THOMAS TROUBRIDGE then came forward to the front of
the hustings, and was received with loud and unanimous cheer-
ing, which lasted for several minutes. He then said : Gentle-
men and brother freemen—lt is but a short time since you re-
turned me, for the 4hird time, as your representative, and I
now feel confident of success in appealing to you again ; al-
though I may, indeed, say that the election is over, and that I
once more starul in the proud situation I held a few days since.