The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-15 00:00:00

Wren imagination, dwelt in a sort of Paradise of
his own--objects the most unpleasant anti die-
agreeable to others, presented -nothing to
him but images of Lope, and joy, and con-
solation—circumstances which would fill ordi-
nary minds with .despair, only buoyed him up
with the strongest assurances of success.—(Loud
laughter.)—He confessed he had till then looked
on the situation of that. Gentleman as onforto-
nate—unfortunate in his friends, in himself, and
in the electors. He had not very long since the
misfortune of being damned for a farce At the
theatre hard by.—(Laughter.)—He was unfor-
tunate in having his farce now rehearsed in the
open .air, on the stage of Coyote-garden ;, and
as his farce had beet' damned width' the walls
of the theatre, on the hustings he will meet
with a similar fate; in fact, he will be doubly
damned.—(Continued laughter.)—lt was pain-
ful to dwell on his situation, but he had with
satisfaction looked urn' himself to be in the
'height of prosperity. The present farce, how-
ever dull to others, seemed 'lithe entertaining to
himself. lie fearedeihat- the entertainment, com-
mencing with a fat ee, night end like a tragedy,
and thus invert the ordinary rules of the dettal.
In his last speech Mr. Limb had said, that he
(Sir Francis) " was for the Constitution, as
it is. The words "as it is" . were an 3dd 1..
6011 of Me. Lamb's, anti altered the whole
meaning which be intended to prod ice. The
Constitution he would support was the., Cousti.
totion which had been founded on the charter
of Eneslialt liberty—(Apolause)-e--the constitotion
whieh had been asserted by theiteaocestors when
they made a statid against having :heir propel ty
plundered flora them, by means ot the prerogative
Of the Crown, in the time of Chat les I —(Ap•
piatise)—that Constitution, the principles of which
had been asserted at the Revolution, when the
people expelled the last of the Stuarts—ex-
pelled him tor nut abiding by the Constitution
—that Corstitution every man echo heard hini,
except Mr. Lamb, perfectly well understood. The
Constitution meant a collection—it was like
a nosegay, where the most sweet and beautiful
flowers, tosea, lilies, and carnations were bound tip
together; but if those sweet Ho wei s were purloined,
and Mettles and briars, and faded anti poisonous
herbs n ere placed in their stead, would it be, very
wonderful it they were not so delighted with the
nmegay ? . The Constitution- was founded in
reason and in nature—no Legislatare could tale
away its_ pro; ection front the subject. - The
subject in every country, not a slave, had a
right to a property in his own goods—that was
a simple proposition; yet Mr. Lamb might call
it wild, viaienary, and unintelligible. The
maxim of the old common law was, that what-
ever was contrary to cortonoo sense was contrary
to the common law otEaglaud. By the COOSIi-
IlitibO, the people had a right to their property;
they bad a right to he tried first by a Grand July,
and for the gaeater protection of innocence, to Ise
afterwaids . tried before a Jury of their equals.
_Those grand principles of the Coostitotion, it was
true,. the .five wicked Bills, which Mr. Lamb had
asserted he (Sir Francis) defended, as being part
of the ..Coostiovion as it is, vitally attacked.—
(Laughter.)—Those Bills %vete .gross violas ions
of the Constitution, and ttse people of England
never should, never would he contented until
those lailfllOUS Bills should be repealed.—(Loud
applause, and cites of " (Ve never will be con•
tented until they are.")—Mr. Ladsb had told them,
that.if Mr. Hohhouse were returned to Parlia-
ment, he would immediately become a Whig ;
and also, that though he (Sir Francis) had been
abusing the Whigs, lie had bee" sopporting the
, Whigs. This surely proceeded from an untoitu-
nate misconception ou .the part of Mr. Lamb ;
he would not SW ely throw out SO unfair and so
gross a misconception. Ile did not support the
Whigs, because they were Whigs, but because
they were out of place—'7(Applense) because they
' opposed a corrupt Administrat issu.--(Anylause.),--
He was not a Whig—lee' was not P TorTee-he.be-
looged to no parteyelaut , the. people of, England.
He found die Whig, from their 'sitoation—froM
the opposing Benches of that House, opposiog
those measures which had brought the country
into its present perilous situation, and lie supported
them.—(Applaose.)—B'ot suppose by any accident
a change of peetics'tOok place; what would become
of him ?—he would rentaiti quite !tautly dandy,—
(A laugh.).-ePf • all things iii the world a Whig
in place is most like a Tory, and of all things on
.earth a Tory out Of. plaCe is most like a Whig.—
(r.ughw.)—Still„ however, a great body ot the
Whigs were as independent, honourable men as
England ever saw—Sthey were Men whose very
uatues were sufficient eto create public respect.
The charge was hidicrous—it would not go down
any where, save within the walls of the- House of.
Commons ;
.there, indeed, mystic language was
held, and sham arguments; in that pie-disposed
assembly, modes of talking were establashed,
which would not go down with any rational men
in any other part of the world. With respeet to
Reform, be was happy to say that it never
.cood
in Westminster so high as it did on the present
occasion. . No man now would attempt to stand
on that hustings without professing principles of
.Refrirm 'of some kind or ot her ; but complete Re-
form would alone satisfy the English mind ; that
cause had made a great progress ; it must gain
strength in the opinions of good men of all par-
' tiei ; hence it was that he abhorred the names of
Whig and Tory; they were idle names, which,
however, awakened absurd feelings of animosity,
it Was to be lamented. There were honest even
of.ell parties. If there were honest Whigs, there
Were honest Tories too ; and all honest men—all
men not interested in the system of scandalous
corruption should unite under the banners of Re-
torus ; then might the opinion of the country be
fairly collected. He would now take his leave,
leaving Mr. Lamb to those delightful delusions in
which he seemed to live, exist, and move.—
(Laughter and applause)—whilst he would leave
the more solid and hottest satisfaction of seeing
the result of that contest place the independence
of Westmioster on a rock front which it would be
impossible to remove it.
Mr. Lams commenced by assuring the. Electors
that •he did not consider himself by any Means so
unfortunate as the Hon. Baronet described him.
Passing, however, from himself, be would just al-
lude to another. They had no doubt heard of the