The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

vote against their consciences, in order to secure their
ownliving. Now he would enumerate about six of
those men, who, if they thus had a majority, would
be on their side—(Hear, hear)—and these six men
would reduce the majority of 47 to that of 35.—
(Cheers.) Then he would observe, that it was not
only these men, but there were sextons, bell-ringers,
and others, to whom the-same remarks were applica-
ble, so that it was for them to carry out their system,
and finally they would obtain a majority for Members
to serve in Parliament. Ile wished to impress on
them, that they wanted nothing but honest men on
their side; they wanted, as it had been before said,
at the election, no sneaking, shirking, or- snivelling
fellows among them, for such characters he detested.
—(Hear, hear.) And if they had none
of that character among them, then they
would soon be enabled to discover who were their
real friends. They would have no battledore and
shuttlecock men, who could be tossed first to one side
and then to the other, backwards and forwards con-
tinually—(Laughter)—for if they were not honest
and firm to their cause, let them go on the opposite
side, and God speed them. So if there was any man
in the opposite ranks that was not firm to their
cause, let him come to their side, and they would
receive him. And if they established -themselves on
a good basis, on the principles of truth and justice,
they must at length prevail.—(Cheers.) With regard
to the forthcoming contest, he would repeat that he
had strong hopes of success—(Reiterated cheering)
—if they properly exerted themselves, and which they
appeared most determined to do. He would now
thank them for their very kind attention, and re-
gretted that he could not remain longer with them.
In conclusion, he most sincerely trusted that success
might attend their honest endeavours.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Lambert then retired, amidst great cheering,
after which his health was responded to with deafen-
ing applause. -
EDWARD VANDENIIOFF next addressed the
meeting at some length, in the course of which he
alluded to the qualifications of Mr. Lambert as being
very eminent for the office to which he aspired, whe-
ther they viewed him as a man of property, of great
attainments, moral rectitude, goodness of heart, and
charitable in all his views, constructions, and actions.
The speaker then eloquently pointed out the great
good that could and had been effected by the instru•
mentality of non-electors, and sat down amid great
applause.
Several other gentlemen followed at great length,
till a late hour had arrived, when the meeting broke
up in a peaceable and orderly manner.

LIGHT GOLD.
TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Observing that a paragraph has being going
the round of the papers, to the effect that but a trifling
quantity of light gold is finding its way into the Bank
of England, allow me, through the medium of your
columns, to account for its slow progress towards its
proper destination—the Mint.
As is stated, it is but too true that amongst tradesmen
and shopkeepers no objection is made to any gold, how-
ever light, which is offered to them in the way of busi-
ness, for their means of disposing of it is simply thus :
All the light sovereigns are laid aside, in many instances,
and with a slight sprinkling of heavy ones amongst
them—say one in ten—kept until the first commercial
traveller, who has an account to receive, calls ; these
sovereigns are then offered to him in payment of his
account—perhaps sometimes overdue—and he has the
option of either taking them at their full value of 20s.
each, or leaving the account unsettled, his customer
coolly telling` him that he has taken these at their full
value himself, and therefore must pass them at the same.
What is now the position of the traveller ? Sooner
than leave his account unsettled or offend his customer,
by insisting on an allowance on the gold, he consents to
take it, and in a few days finds himself burdened with
such a quantity, that it becomes both dangerous and
troublesome to carry it longer with him. And how, Mr.
Editor, is he to rid himself of it ? The private banks
will not, in any instance that I am aware of, take it at
less than six pence the whole and four pence the half
sovereign allowance ; and the branches of the Bank of
England are, " like angels' visits," so " few and far be-
tween," that a traveller is not unfrequently, for weeks
together, without visiting any town in which one is
situated ; he is thus compelled to sacrifice TWO AND A
HALF PER CENT. to get his light gold changed ; but
what guarantee has he that this very gold is not the
next, hour again put into circulation, and again paid to
himself or another traveller, to be once more exchanged
at the Bank at the ruinous premium above named, and
again and again put into circulation.
That this system is carried on to an enormous extent,

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I can with confidence appeal to all my brother-travellers,
'and that nothing is more common than country private
banks paying over their counters light gold, any person
who will take the trouble of weighing what they may
receive at the majority of them, will be fully convinced.
To remedy this evil, then, something should be done,
and done at once. In my opinion the Bank of England
should establish agents in all the principal towns in the
United Kingdom, or even in every county town, whose
duty it should be to take in all light gold, and in any
quantity it may be offered—allowing a fixed price by weight
for it. That they should be obliged to cut or deface all
gold so taken by them, in the presence of the parties so
changing it ; and this will guard against any system of
fraud being carried on. But, until some means be
adopted more stringent than those now established, I can
fearlessly assert that all hope of calling in the light gold
is futile, and that trade and manufactures are now
saddled with an additional import in the shape of this
nefarious.traffic in light gold. _ _ .

Trusting you will the length of this letter,
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Knutsford, Feb. 8, 1844