The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

14AT FREE-TRADE MEETINGS.

1418 t e HAMMERSMITH.
keno 'ening a very nu:nerous and highly respectable
~,g of the inhabitants of Hammersmith and its
1;11:oo_tirhood was heid at the Albion Hall, of that
(1 tor the purpose of hf aring the Hon. C. P. Vll-
tealsti,)`l,n:l3., deliver his sentiments upon the corn-law
hort] 3 .
iettin after the hour appointed for holding the
kii g the room was full, and a very large number of
ces occupied the reserved seats.
b the COGAN having been ealled unanimously
toolci beehair, he said he trusted. the meeting
1444 to kind as to wait patiently for the
lac ti c't‘ the Hon. Mr. Villiers, who was ex-
„tall) ,eter3r moment.—(hear, hear.) He (the chair-
at; el°llld be sorry if they did not, as he felt assured
titill-,` who admired free trade would be desirous of
Aitoile the reception he deserved.—(Hear, hear.)
, Th r a short pause,
iii4eCtlarastAar again addressed the meeting, and
t:v.itiFgretted very- much to find that by that time
his had not arrived, but he hoped he would
1,,f-'5 his bef•)re the meeting separated, and
w,..`l° °re
aliS speech would be (Here a loud cry issued
allalliieene:room that Mr. Villiers had arrived, which
lit d with loud cheers.)
C'lt. It
h,ted, kria • li- MoonE said that Mr.. Villiers had ar-
il' u::,would enter the meeting in a few moments,
,470 a ~,-;!")re he (Mr Moore) would defer addressing
loessNg-:kaig until then,. as he would be very sorry to
,re Wean bcore Mr. Villiers.—(Cheers.)
I.7tiredew illinutesg mere Mr. Villiers arrived, and was
Nati; with prolonged applause. When the cheering
111 Bitled ecb
're 'Ai,iN said it. was only twelve months ago
illeetheYh Id
then ,! a meeting in that place upon this subject.
ilop--le had great pleasure in congratulating this
iii,h-:rqvaldth,_ all his- heart that their exertions. in the
N. bean the means of securing them many
laeistrZ 8„; and the very resignation of the present
eta 'iu,allat diy—(Cheers)—had proved that the
l'fl et ltoZtuaious zeal of the people in this cause were
•t'onki.j'„eroWned with success.—(Cheers.) He had
b.,_lier"-Ztliale the meeting upon the arrival of Mr.
14""111'4,"17se zeal and exertions in opposition to the
had ati always been prominent, although by them
164)NetwParated himself from his own class—the
Ohs ii.. but he cared not for that when be knew
4r ttes,t;;,sekine• for the greatest amount of good for
04e the ' llitrnar —(Cheers.) He would now 1.14-
%e e keeti • d
Pore eve of lig, an congratulate them upon being
le !114 pub:. carrin out the greatest and most im-
-1 fhgtslats 'le measure that had come from the British
the Iforne.BLnee the passing of the Reform Bill.
to.. was r k;: P• VILLIERS, M.P., then came_foorwnoarrnd.,.
th-144d b veeived with renewed cheering. H _
ve
tb4t. 6 YhBaYing he was exceedingly sorry to observe
wt(l4 h•-11 entered the room nearly half-an hour
lkimtist 01,8, t:113e; but it was not owing to any neglect
liiiite b;,, LO any want of respect for that meeiting ;
lII,' sodi been misled in his endeavours to fine. this
tttet7 f -14 tilling so he had lost nearly half-an-hour.
~.1, tpa°- is attended a great many meetings in dif-
V1141,,te of the country on the subject of the cbyn-
tliti)teve"44e Others had been held which indisposition
41 wertited him from being present at ; however,.
1111:41teeer the fewer number. The Chairman. of
hiidtg tiling, knowing that he (Mr. Villiers) was
thle!leeinktgh that town to-night on his way to his
Vie ?„- the neighbourhood, requested him to address
.litp,'"eeting of the people of Hammersmith on the
tNlehettid that accounted for his presence here to,-
;
litr 41% •"eers.) Howver, that alone would hardly t
a he
llete‘ieleilt to have e
induced him to do so ; bu e
td" that the minds of the people must now be
Ns It from what they had seen in the public
\ftitow c'' that day, with the fact that the moment
c:tic°o:3le When those corn-laws should cease to exist.
t'kti,l 411 tnee,rts.) He thought he might now fairly con-
lev,,,:•;:dnepeople upon the happy event that the
1t,., abou, the enormous evils attendant upon them,
Nt i.., to be removed ; and that events were now
lillltliti %,41., the political world, in reference to those
11,,t0 '4„ °Piciressive laws, which the people would take
qtt ~,.,,..,4 t 0 good account.—(Cheers.) For l the
i()(1 (1 thirty years, during which those
,aws.
11/4'llsa IP eXistence, no moment of their history haa_ei7o
Ilit,,the leil was of greater importance to the public
itlj.e tio,resent.—(Cheers.) The people
.had at all
klimtie, 'e their enactment been complaining of . the
t,,,i; butr'f.,these laws, sometimes more and sometimes
lkk, fop,Ting the last few years an association ha
Ntittik-1," or leagued together—(Hear, hear)—the
S ti i - its`a,r4t, influential, and intelligent that had ever
!Ot Nip f.43 country or any other—(Hear, hear)—with
Itit4e b°;l3llking manifest to the meanest understand-
tkl,stiee,,44), and mischiefs of this law, and so great an
lierople-,l'ad been created by those complaints, thatto
,h,eitose "ad the gratification to witness accessions
an
IkStpllo • ?t. men who had yielded to conviction, and
44 :bon
in society made their accession of great
of 44si---,(Cheers.) Well the results of that day
Illii4ll ;,.tne good effects produced upon the minds
h '", Power by the additional information
Ilittiettlllacie been all along acquiring . about the
t4Att),,V,_ Pernicious operation of those laws upon
tilt el' ueers)—and it was now beyond all question
16 No34„te, first Minister of the Crown would not hold
qh.haes" Power unless he also had conceded to him
vsepillt to repeal totally and entirely the corn-laws.—
tk.tsag.,),. The eople, then, had the leaders of the
qtr,*eret "'ties it the State against those laws, and
el the l'esolved not to accept the seals of the Crown
tit,,ltittilt:PLenPle now supported them in removing from
14,91N-uook a law which imposed a tax upon the
itol tutaries of life.—(Cheers.) Meetings had been
qt or taken r the country in order to consider the best
Ntitt iRg this subject into consideration. They
itsoe))l4th triumphed over the laeded aristocracy,
(11,„...4llibea"eved they would not allow that party again
ettl;p4,4—trer them.—(Ch ers ) Canning and Hus-
kid 14 me
years ago inteended to alter this law in
ki,llleo r measure to meet the wants of the people,
114%446:Pe great men entered the lists for that pur-
Vi'audZed aristocracy used every nerve to defeat
hl the a I.""eY left nothing undone to secure success.
VLit f.,"..0ad secured it.—(Hear, hear.) In later times,
(filetio Years ago, Lord Melbourne also proposed an
V, ittC,''r modification of the corn-laws, in the shape.
Itia. ne, tr,`'ed duty upon the prime necessaries of life,
tth-14iialf:' and his colleagues were hurled from
accomplish
Near, i; tlian the preservation of their own monopoly.ht
Ntlakn-caar.) Well, what was the result ? A. short
`te dale", and they had now, not a modification .
.ie, st i'LPropesed but the real thing, and every ves
/.4.,:t11.) -Vse laws should now be repealed.—(Loud
Nt)tlit'oth Peel and Russell had now agreed on this_n
44 01041 all further obstruction to a free commerce in
Veow(l cease to exist.—(Renewed cheers.). Were.?
tkilidee-et.to he defeated now, for the third time
Sh ie, it),' " No, no.")
•Would they not now be
ttitltti,`"e novel position of supporting those two
lilitothi",,4t a ftion ?—(Cheers.) In fact the. peop et
tlio--g more to do now than to consider in what
10th 114 Would render that support and at the samed
ttl,,itik ire themselves.—(Cheers.) The people had
b,‘ut, fe-„tio with the controversies, or the differences,
SIIZI4 1,-"4 that had hitherto existed between these two
110411- they might have heretofore been what they
is :nsistent ;" but they now said that if they. were
t
K 4 wit,laistent any longer they would be consisttheen
ilti,,i 110;t4ig--(Cheers)-•••and that in the
.course
great
ti,14;1 ter,,,,about to pursue they were doing a
Ittt tcu '1 in opposition to the will of that few only
tik,itthe aged to their own station and order.—. (Cheers.)
Pat, a,,,ontenance and approval and friendship of
~kiltr 4' to be withdrawn from them, because they
eim,rle4y being, the advocates of the community to the
tlattli,„ot a class. Well, he (Mr. Villiers) had no.
lilk"so -;e' Would be satisfied to bear with the loss if
SbllePih- ,11PPorted them ; and he had no doubt from
yo, ratdttLo Seen of Lord John Russell last year, who
kL thi,"its annual motion for the repeal of the corn-
-6 'tra.)- he would firmly adhere
.to . his purpose.—
`t pt,re'd h Lord John Russell in bringing this motion
stlite'tli fro4wed that his only object was not to prevent
Yi c''. tib.e ra becoming richer, but to prevent the poor
IkZtt)h4ling poorer.—(Cheers.) When he (Mr.
Vita j°lle.,ht forward his motion for the repeal on
,ttlest'pli,%ll,vvs he was opposed by Sir Robert Peel, but Ind
Ner-tik'ticm he did not say that the motion was a b.a
‘,l thaTt"at the corn-laws were good, but he said in.:
c,N j; the people ought to thank God that they had
kiLliow-et,tvest and that food was cheap.—(Laughter.)
. tte `4,,t fi:t had been discovered that they had haddascle:
4st'cobiltest, that the privations the people had uf
ih, *era' no longer be endured, and, therefore, it was
i,tqpZeirftil that the Prime Minister should propose
VW -lids.' of laves that perpetuated those privations.
IV Iv' Cheers.) lie (Mr. Villiers) had heard,
1N of Ithi e the last few hours that morn-
-4 4se }I Peel's colleagues having deserted. him
lob'
had expressed his opinion that it was only by
lob' kw of of the corn-laws that he could continue to re-
ki,,t 4. he
; but was it not rather astounding that,
hisso
NI 41,„" continued to assail minor monopolies,he
tikkilk ported him strenuously, but the moment
..
Ili Ytli ‘'ill" own, the greatest and worst of them all,
klin.,11.5(:11e01, tnedia'telydesert him?—(Hear, hear..). They
klibr4lsl. rink from the application of the principle in
!!Illited itmatters, but the moment it was proposed to be
A 4 ‘• manner to affect their own pockets, they
orer, °t Understand the application of it at all.—
ilittllsseit2._ laughter.) He had heard it said that some
!it Ilksieja""o7 kept Sir R. Peel in power declared that the
141.11'44 the free-trade principle was all very good. ;
tr•nte,. t it
in t I, Proposed to annihilate a great and dominant
the hith-eY differed from him entirely, and turned away
40tirt-;-(Laughter ) Well, he (Mr. Villiers) hoped
teed ilia ~ ere going• to form a Government of their
41:ed it,' a"Pon their own principles, and if they sue-
-I.'ts...„(c,'l),ing ao, the people had only to blame them-
tttillritetireert-) That that faction should form a GE:f-
lip, b4illPon their own principles depended upon the
, 4,1,410, he had very little fear that the people would
1 op here ~..'ools to themselves as to permit it.—(Cheers )
thPortlijas a time or an event which gave a favourable
1,54
erna f_
J or the people to demonstrate their:hatred of
4 law • - present.—(Cheers.)
Ith topless that moment was the
00 er t, were now called upon to say emphatically
lit!ttaer,e,"ey considered those laws of an objectionable
Nl(ll,\lple' of a character that was opposed to every
ctOe,t.°' justice, and of reason, and of common sense.
th ' to h 8') But the question now was, would the Queen
o '4'
iiihst nl, Councils those men only who would support
lir,"Port ttlittrot ? and if so, were the people prepared to
44'4. at 4-eln ?—(Hear, hear.) Ile (Mr. Villiers) had
to begatPeop many meetings, at every one of which
,th Lt 'unanimously declared they would not support
ltila„ e 0......,,,,
the goes . ‘e.neers)—and, therefore, he now put the
iir pe,,pi:ion to this meeting, and he would ask, were
call'Aid 'l.l-lamtnf-rsinith prepared to support them ?
tuPc)aetrhies of "No, no," and cheers.) He did not
u, elpj R i. PeOPI, to support men of anti-corn law
co" toet; ''Y any violent or unconstitutional conduct,
tOttith7Press their opinions and determination openly.
No ..10
~ PC/Opl naliY, and plainly.—(Cheers.) He wanted
-nartaiti e to look well to the state of the registry, to
Vrll9 thi, electors were, and how many there