The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-16 00:00:00

oowith ked elsewhere, have seen a real collision
these so;ieties ; for while there are as-
sociations for all these purposes, there is also an
association for leaving the poor needlewornan unable
to buy more than three-fourths of the bread which
the !night purchase—there is an association for mak-
Ing a poor man spend so much for fhod, that he can-
tnaa,etreb?s, a stock of linen to go to wash !—(Cheers)—
a society that so interferes with the rights
and wants of the poor, that they lose all
habit
Qnd desire to put themselves into better
l‘labitations—there is a society that has a direct ten-
leney to diminish the amount of work for the poor,
to curtail their employment, and to deteriorate the
worth of that employment—there is an antagonist so-
aciety to all these professed benevolent institutions,
:al that
taxation i 3 the Central Society for keeping up the
on bread ! They are the parties who
Ought to be accused of those who are so much
14
-hoed to these special charities. On their heads
heir ia the
l, not the leaders of the League. The
1
'Nue on its trial, indee 1 ! Why Providence has
given it aitr,ial, trial, and they have stood' it bravely and
tri.timphantly.—(Chcers.) They have summered and
and it ;in the season of heaviest suffering
have 1 in times of comparative prosperity they
pleaded the cause before the Legislature ;
nalu_ulltibtuadvesP;leaLdheeyd it before assemblages of tremendous
Phrase, " have been, to use an apostolic
instant in season and out of season ;" every
„Itnehas been to them a time and season for advancing
_e great cause of justice and charity. They stand
:V ,of merely aquitted, bat deserving of all honour
prejtpraise. It is the other party that is
s trial—it is the moral courage.. of the
. liner that is on trial ; it is his disposition to carry
le to practice his own professed principles ; it is the
(Institution
whether it of the country that is on trial, to see
can furnish the means of redressing this
great
:,, and pervading wrong; it is the spirit, and
,--ergY, and determination of the British people that
4,,e °II trial, to see whether they will hold
11t till they do themselves right by putting down
t,e .°llPression of a class. They call themselves pro-
sneetilcm societies ! Why, we are the true protection
anieties• They are a protection society for the rich
the. P°Wer fill —we are a society for the protection of
p,,needy and helpless. They are a society for the
for the of high prices of food—we are a society
(Loudthe protection of the highest worth of wages.
cheers
Rote: ‘, t 4211
) They are a society for the
.
tinn of indolence and rent—we for the protec-
f 5 the
Industry and enterprise. They are a society
4t--e Protection of a demoralising; degrading, and
r.- ructive systein—vve for the protection of universal
aitt justice, and charity !—(The conclusion of the
ehe'ee.ss w'as received with loud and long-continued
ring)
The
for the
gOO CRAIRMAN then thanked the meeting
d ec,ediorder that had been kept throughout the pro-
da "Rnth and announced the next meeting for that
Mo.
After separatedgiving three cheers, the immense assembly

I The shrewd
(Prom the Morning Chronicle. 4..
Coro-law
est opponents of the An . . l
4eague have been apt to think that its chief trial
Would‘,,o he found in a season of commercial prosperity.
~.t a fel,v of its friends have been of the same cpinion.
:11If the influence of the League depended on
.temporary
,eses, or if it were merely an expression of that
l
patient . discontent
would have been well founded ;
f;lLsatl.4nsgsi:l:tsPh.aet*Opitndin'n ntleonvte which arises from physical
plitical agitatian for its
r t
11 hmen do not
°,_%va sake; and with comparatively cheap food and a
tnviving trade, they would have cared little for the
Most eloquent philippicsmonopoly. The
against .
event has not only not borne out, but has sig-
tlailY and totally falsified these anticipations. The
posPower of the League has been tested by a season of
peritv ; and for the result look to the meeting of
aSt nighi. Never since the metropolitan assemblages
emnmenced was the vast area in which they are held
crowded by a larger or more enthusiastic mass of
nhuttlari beings. Never did the agitation present an
4-selinect of more resolute or more triumphant confi-
12ce. This remarkable organisation displays
t.4e of the fitfulness—none of the alterna-
"oos of success and adversity which are corn-
011.1y said to mark popular movements. Nulla
that has once gained ; but moves steadily onward
With sagacity and courage—never hesitating to look
difficulties in the face, or failing to take practical
measures to overcome them. A body like this will
do something more than repeal the corn-lavvs, if that
repeal be delayed much longer. Surely Sir Robert
Feel and others professing Conservative principles
s_hould meditate on the position taken by the League
?r_i opening the campaign for the new year. They
i,',3' it down as an axiom that nothing is to be hoped
4ril')..al the present House of Commons. The repeal of
teti!rn-lavv is to he carried out of doors. How ?
tp,ttuly any revolutionary change, nor yet by mere
Letuuses, but simply by acting on the constituencies.
ealik,u,,'.3' Mr.Cobden, use the means at our disposal for
:RtN:„R and securing the constituencies of the three
,!k•-•.th-Aallties, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Middleto-
tleirpi; three counties which have been raisedbany
lottoki eminence, not by the aristocracy or y
6' tt,e Y sYetem, but by the indomitablelvinhda-irthry,
Pro Peo l
1 ;Poses .1' e. Mr. Cobden is. right.
in b ais undoubtedly practicable, and if done
A-"„ l'e,,C; eeigive. The day which sees free-tradersand
i""411:-'lnerit for Yorkshire, Lancashire,
ltitheeeslrixe'awritiilini
eb,e the last of the corn-laws.
nßaeu.t
what are the indirect. °lle iti (.4 the agitation having taken this c_t:uoruns:
pf conlevitable consequence is, to bring the ll
__,-
~,e'edit wlit?tis, as now constituted, into increased di
-4°t. a ,ho a the people. Is it worth while, merel3,
awaits 0,4 Postponement of the inevitable fate which
alive oh.'" corn-law, to keep discussion constantlyf
fare °u the discordancy between the opinions_o
'lldest
cheernnd the opinions of the people. The
t'illt f of those that greeted Mr. Cobden last
lasi ,r6'n an immense assemblage of the middle
tioe 'tic 0s that which was called forth by his declare-
to thaatt,t,he constituencies required to be enlarged,
''l tie itilidme sooner the power was really transferred
in„sgbflea bi..(11,e and working classes the better. Mr.
nt no ",Tcl at no organic change, and evidently
"e efreet
„other extension of the franchise than could.
'4144 47411M:1er existing laws. But his audience
504
Is LO Put a larger meaning in
%how. e'lPonded to the with earnestness which
his words,
14 "no • m an • b the pre-
81,s ordinary discontent with who - telo
re-
these read
d ' We cannot think it wise for those
1 ese dis orBanic change to drive men into
e biic cussios. The idea of free trade has
tetion
which
by the public with a strength of eon-
rod le'vioteh will not now stop at any obstacle. A
t 3 Pr,,,,a nlaY be sacrificed in the attempt to check
NI eress but , s.sai no object can possibly be gained to
Ilk i 6 NA the sacrifice. Sir Robert Peel has all his
14 }:°fle. ,
._, rra
tea 1., de the mistake of looking more to what
tsh„lig..hgtt;t in the House of Commons than to what is
ri!Y of tbne /be country. lle judges only from hear-
-1)44'. It most vigorous expressions of public opi-
'3' a visi:k4ould really do him a great deal of good to
,1-,,,(' Covent: arden.
t !the tet,.'voln the Tforning Advertiser.)
ti4.Polists e met last night, and afforded the mo-
Nozmoo. 1 ar'other proof of its vitality. It looked any-
rnit a e(1,1
le. e
N ver did it manifest greater
vc.i. ' Xever did it seem more resolved to live—
co- re .-., .
fcpbsh, ,
toetermined not to die, until it has ac.•
..e gre,tmission which it was formed to
•'
RII,It. I. the h c.
ti le, atm f peakers were, as usual, eloquent, ener-
p'asittti, 1.1,. of hope. The audience was most en-
'ves. - lb.
vi •.Y Par - nlirriber present was immense.
die sibl tof the house was crowded. There was a
(tie:.B3lll\ Pathy between the speakers and the au-
%:,,bd, eo, iii°,_tera sentiment was uttered by Messrs.
.„."tts asae_T,e Gibson, and Pox,. which the thou-
Vtie......in"'vv_."!
,',I did not greet with a cordial re-
Eh e Progr(, 'truly felt where not audibly expressed.
N.1%1 rineipartof.the county. registratiiins was one of
t`i!!r t, .p, ot the evening. It is an impor-
-I.light);:_4ll. the more so, because:, before a brief
Illelt,Mti e,31144 _
,I...pFed, the door of the county regis-
-114;04. Thows€lllbe shut against forty shilling free-
ll (:,,the conitnerefore, who mean to qualify for
unties by purchasing a property which
111,:r9—t°114,11ireei_t.heevo, forty shillings per annum, must
wilierireat
nolettrntion.s into effect without delay. As
.otpolitan county is one of the places
t%tli or(tibi!_. fr.ree rad.ers feel confident of being able,
f:I. ta,noo4ii3s.exertions, to wrest from the gr of
1.\,,,e exteq I±B:,and as our paper circulates to asps vy
re_ (:)I,,erv_,u tat euunty, we whh to make one or
o"ellise, Li."l:os o the subject of a forty-shilling
40the League
thenview of enforcing the exhortations
~.. oth: hood goe to qualify without delay. Our
'NI not be tl i
-...
Nti. (sex not be 0 ( that a free-trade triumph in
Nl,,tnOriopoi would oe of inestimable service to the
14,,'''cted „cs,;?",_ cause. There is a moral influence
10re,At' of tvili :,'"
.the metropolitan counts' the great-
441eerlt cn it `would be impossible 'to overrate.
IJ, arli , , Middlesex is represented by a rank mono-
fati`,)Y an advocate of 3 fixed duty 'she vene-
'44lf "' qthe House of Commons, who identifies
t!'11, `vith tl
hie 11, 'sibs the corn-law views of Lord John Itus-
ilti.rro, .plerobabl3: be induced, did he see a
tit,4,,J4 .' tt Fonstituency avowedly favourable to
1,4ti1,
of immediate corn-lew re - 1 t
htNr, the IN_ l . pa ,
.0 desert the
f 5 ewer, and enlist under the
~)Ist- e'tl.t,,ti,l,j; fti,‘,.4ismarvg.. Cobden and Bright. We hope
Z, /%, 'lle eon . 11 nig, for more than half a century
h110f,,,
), sis.en and uncompromising representawl
1,411ge 41 Aar principles and popular interests in the
11v
ee,s(llTionti?ns, it would cause us a Pang were
Illiotenist b„P,ened to Part with him. The national
let x'tl 111,e to see Mr. Byng die in harness. We
1...4...tk1d1e5e° tit'e him close his life as the Member
Se*,7jiive(l,.:*‘,Pd we doubt not he will die as
Vot Ye fth friend of the people, and the repie-
-leskY4 j'ollefr e great metropolitan county. Of his
.;`Api.bee we must speak in fferent
are no hallowed associations, con
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