The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-27 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

and anxious for England's weakness to triumph over
England's pride. Look to the Continent, and you will see
that a trifling error, a political mistake, may light up a
same that will extend from the palace of the crowned
head to the cottage of the humblest peasant--or stir up
that state of thine°s which should be contemplated with
horror by all. Look beyond the Atlantic, and see
whether affairs appear more promising for Britain on
the wide continent of America. There is England
claiming the right of search, a claim which America
will not yield ; and there are other points of differ-
ence between the two countries,_ which do not appear to
present an early settlement. You must admit that to
meet the exigencies of the times, experienced and ta-
lented 'statesmen are required • yhey cannot be accom-
modated by boys—(Cheers)—they may be men in age,
but boys in ideas, having some property at their back,
and some 5,000/.—(Laugter). It is not to such repre-
sentatives the affairs of the State ought to be intrusted.
—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Recollect that this state of
things will be attempted to be provided for by additional
taxation, and although British bayonets and Irish arms
are occupied in seizing towns and storminggastnesses in
Asia, money is required to pay the expense, and where
is that money to come from ? There never was a pe-
riod that required so much sagacity, talent, and good
temper, in order to avert the dangers that threatened the
country, as the present.—(Hear.) In England we find
manufactures diminishing, and the people losing the
means of subsistence. Commerce is reducing—foreign
competition is driving English produce from every mar-
ket on the Continent—the cry of the starving operative
is heard in Paisley, it is re-echoed in Manchester, and
extending over the length and breadth of the land. At
such a time will it be said that a youth should be sent
into the British Legislature in preference to a Statesman
of tried experience, consummate talent, and wisdom.—
(Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) We should comply
with the terms of her Majesty's writ, and send her a
councillor capable of giving her that advice which she
requires at this crisis.—(Cheers.) A kind of revolution
has taken place since last I addressed a meeting in this
Court-house. At that period 1 could have been a free-
man of this city—the law allowed me to be so, but you
(the Conservatives) prevented me from obtaining my
right. For fifty years party feeling and bigotry excluded
me—and this is my reward.—(Great applause.) We,
who are now enjoying our triumphant success, will take
care to avoid your faults, as we know what we should
do.—(Cheers.) Since the new Corporation was formed
no man could accuse us of showing a disposition to adopt
exclusion or exhibit bigotry.
A Voice from the Conservative side—You bronzed
the statue of King William.—(Great cheers and laugh-
ter from the Liberals.)
The LORD MAYOR—I thank you, my friend ; and
that is " the head and front of our offending.—(Renewed
applause.) We found that statue with party colours
upon it. We decided upon painting it a colour not of
any party ; and, as we were in no hurry, there it is for
you still in your pet colour.—(Cheers and laughter.)
I rejoice to find that the most determined hostility can
only find this one fault in the new corporation, that of
intending to bronze a hitherto party-painted statue.—
(Cheers.) I appeal to you—is Mr. Gregory the fitter
person to represent this City 2—(Cries of " No, no," and
" Yes, yes.") Mind, I do not say one word in reference
to his private character; every thing I have heard of him
tells me he is an amiable young gentleman—liked by his
friends—has no enemy—and is very fit for ladies' so-
ciety—in short, a very worthy young gentleman—very
fit to stay at home and Mind his papa.—(Laughter.)
The Rev. Mr. GREIG—He is faithful to the British
Constitution.
The Loan MAYOR—What a boast he makes. That is
all that can be said for him by my friend Thresham.—
.(Laughter.) I regret that he appeared at Fishamble-
street Theatre on Tuesday evening last, when he lis-
tened without remonstrance to the drunken Orangemen
shouting " To hell with the Pope," and other expres-
sions insulting to the great bulk of the Irish people.
Rev. T. D. GREIG—They were faithful men at that
meeting.
The Loan MAYOR—And no tailors.—(Laughter.)l have
assailed Mr. Gregory as a political man, or boy, for, what-
ever his age is, his political history is in its infancy; he
has not got over the pap and lollypops yet.—(Laugh-
ter.) We never heard a word about him until the shuf-
fling of the cards between the Carlton Club and the Paw-
son-street Society turned him up, after Alderman Boyce
and Paddy Carey returned from their bunt for a "candi-
date in England, and then we were told of Mr. Gregory
and 5,0001. You might as well send a lamp-post into
Parliament, only it could not say " Aye" and " No," ar
this young man. Is that the case with Lord Morpeth ?
There is not a single quality in private life . that Lord
Morpeth does not possess—in kindliness of manner—in
benevolence—charity, that ever has an open 'hand—and
the highest accomplishments he is distinguished for in
an eminent degree. His very last act before leaving
this country was to give the princely donation of 1,0001.
for educating the people, without reference to sect or
party.—(Cheers.) Now as to his qualifications as a
public man—as a speaker it will be admitted he has
few superiors. Any man that reads those gems of speeches
which he lately delivered in America, would admit
his exquisite address. I have heard it said that Moore
excelled all other men in short speeches, but I will say
that the brief speeches of Lord Morpeth are superior to
any I ever heard or read. I think it a most fortunate
circumstance for these countries that his Lordship visited
America. The sentiments thrown out by him with all
the kindliness of his heart will act like oil upon the
troubled waters, and will go far toward reconciling the
differences which exist between England and America.
Lord Morpeth has every reason to desire the peace and
prosperity of the British empire, connected as he is with
the Howards, one of the most honourable families in the
land—he himself the lineal descendant of " belted Will
Howard."—(Great applause.) In voting for Lord Mor-
peth you support the principle of giving the large loaf to
the mechanic—you support the principle of reduced tax-
ation—of education and of liberty to all.—(Cheers.) His
Lordship concluded an eloquent and most effective ad-
dress by calling upon the friends of goed Government to
rally round the standard of Lord Morpeth.
Sir J. KINGSTON JAMES rose to propose Mr. Gregory,
the Tory candidate. After referring to the eloquent and
powerful speech of the Lord Mayor, he stated that he
stood there to vindicate a principle in political affairs to
which he should ever adhere, in proposing his worthy friend
Wm. Henry Gregory (Tory cheers and hisses from the
Liberals)—a gentleman whose manly and straightforward
address entitled him to the support of every friend of the
Constitution. Mr. Gregory was an Irishman by birth,
and connected with some of the highest families in the
country; and if he was a fox-hunter so much the better,
as he would win the race at this election.—(Tory cheers.)
At the school of Harrow Mr. Gregor), obtained every
honour,- including the Peel medal, which had been con-
ferred upon him by that eminent statesman now at the
head of affairs.—(Tory cheers.)
Mr. GEo. OGLE MOORE (formerly Orange member for
Dublin, and now principal in the Irish Registry-office,
a sinecure of 2,0001. a year) rose to second the nomina-
tion of Mr. Gregory. In regard to the late Mr. West,
be cordially adopted all the expressions of sympathy that
had so generously tome from the other side. They were
asked what were the claims of Mr. Gregory to re-
present Dublin ? In answer, he would say, young as
he was, he had displayed talents—he had manfully
avowed his opinions in his canvass and these
entitled him to support. He (Mr, Moore) agreed
with the Lord Mayor in all his alarming pictures of
our foreign and domestic relations—the danger of fo-
reign war—the terrible state of England—the menacing
state of Ireland—but he would ask, was it not during
the late administration that all those dangers had arisen?
—(Tory cheers.) The answer should be in the affirma-
tive.—(Loud cries of "No, no.") The Repeaters (Mr.
O'Connell bowed) now sent their bugbear, lest it might
scare away, not Lord Morpeth, but that timid being,
Lord Morpeth's name.—(Laughter.) But how could
the Anti-Repealers vote for Lord Morpeth, who had
the support of the Repealers?—(Continued laughter, and
Tory cheers.) The Conservatives had their actual and
beau fide candidate, and they would return him trium-
phantly.—(Tory cheers and Kentish fire.)
Sheriff PORTER inquired if there were any other can-
didate, when , •
The Hon. FREDERICK PONSONBY arose, and an-
nounced that the Hon. C. Howard was here, having ar-
rived that morning to represent his brother, Lord
Morpeth.
ESo tremendous a burst of applause was never witnessed.
Seven-eighths of the audience arose, and cheer after cheer
pealed through the Court during a period of ten minutes.]
The Hon. Mr. nowArtn, when the protracted cheer-
ing ceased, stated that he had come there Co; a specific
purpose. In consequence of certain statements that bad
appeared in the Conservative papers regarding Lord
Morpeth's family, he had come personally to contradict
those statements. It was alleged that his Lordship's
relatives had repudiated what is termed " the unworthy
trick" of putting him in nomination. At the desire of
those relatives, he came expressly to state that they did
not interfere one way or another in this election. On
the part of his absent brother, he would express the
conviction of his heart—the firm impression of bis
mind—that nothing could give Lord Morpeth greater
happiness and delight than in accepting the representa-
tion of Dublin, if they thought proper to elect him.—
(Long-continued and enthusiastic cheering.) Standing
there, with hosts of friends about him—(Cheers)—
it was with pride he gave expression to this his con-
viction of what would be the course of Lord Mor-
peth, on his return to this country. The bravery. of
Irishmen constituted the best safeguard of British
liberties ; and with the spread of education in' Ire-
land, and the well-regulated attachment to freedom
which- education would secure. He had but one
brief sentence to add, that, in addition to the views
he expressed, the same sentiments prevailed amongst
the steady friends of Lord Morpeth in York-
sh're. And other members of Lord Morpeth a family
besides himself participated in the sentiments of grati-
tude he had endeavoured to express. The Honourable
Mr. Howard resumed his seat amidst protracted and en-
thusiastic cheerinw
Mr. GREGORY next rose to address the electors. It
was said
,tliat he had joined in a cry of " To hell with
the Pope-" But he had passed too long a time in " the
Eternal City!' he too much venerated the grey hairs of
the venerable Pontiff, to participate in such an expres-
sion ; and Go forbid that he should so degrade himself
as to use or to applaud -such language.—(Tory cheers.
He came fbrward as the representative of the landed pro-
prietary, the mercantile interest, the Church, and the
bar. These four divisions of th_e__, igr _eat Conservative party
were united in his support. th regard to his oppo_
nent, Lord Morpeth, there had been no more consistent
and decided opponent of repeal than he had beeu. Ring
William the Fourth had denounced repeal in the Royal
Speech. Lord Morpeth voted for the address,
_ in reply
to that speech ; and it was in the debate on that address
Mutt the Whigs were, for the first time, called, "base,
blos,aY, and brutal." Next, the Coercion Bill, Lord
Morpeth had voted for it ; andthe had also spoken in
5uPP"t of it. It was, then, in the character of an exter-
minator that Lord Morpeth appeared before them, for
the supporters of the Coercion Bill had been denounced
as exterminators.—{Tory cheers.) These were the parties

who now were united, showing the truth of the proverb
that "lovers' quarrels were but the. renewal of !ove.
How could Lord Morpeth, coming from Yorkshire, turn
his back upon English interests, and endeavour to pro-
mote manufactures in Ireland ?—(Tory cheers.) He
should now conclude by thanking them for the patience
with which he had been heard.—(Tory cheers.)
Mr. O'ComiELL said that Mr. Gregory had denied the
report about "to hell with the Pope." He believed now
no such expression had been used by him, and he begged
to withdraw the assertion.
Sheriff PORTER then proceeded to call for a show of
hands. For Lord Morpeth a forest of hands appeared,
and the cheering was tremendous. For Mr. Gregory very
few hands were held up, whereupon the Sheriff declared
that the show of hands was in favour of Lord Morpeth.
Sir JoUN KINGSTON JAMES —I demand a ballot—l
mean a poll, on the part of Mr. Gregory.
The SHERIFF then fixed the polling for to-morrow
morning, at nine o'clock, and proceeded to swear in the
deputies and other officers.
The proceedings terminated before two o'clock.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROIVI THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—Religion, with all its hallowed inspira-
tions—the domestic and social affections, equally essential
to the substantial happiness of the monarch and the pea-
sant—loyalty, comprising ardent affection to the Sove-
reign, attachment to the laws, and devotion to the Throne
—these were present at the scene which was yesterday
exhibited at the palace of Britain's Queen—on an occa-
sion no less enteresting to her as a parent than a sove-
reign. Without their presence, that occasion, instead of
being, as it doubtless was, pregnant with delightful anti-
cipations, would have been shrouded with gloom, the
precursor of still more bitter sorrows. With them in
active operation, the Queen of England blended the
connubial and parental affections with the gratitude of
a Christian Sovereign, and the delights of a constitu-
tional, hereditary Monarch. She beheld the child of her
heart and the Heir of her Throne received, with the
solemn rites prescribed by its ritual, within the bosom
of the Church, to be henceforth the subject of its
prayers, and especially interested in its blessings. She
listened to the demonstrations of heartfelt loyalty with
which the Nobles assembled within the spacious ban-
quet-hall hailed the infant Prince, the Heir Apparent to
the Throne; assured that from the highest Peer to the
lowliest peasant in her dominions, through the several
descending grades into which society is divided, there is
found no heart which does not respond to those demon-
strations—no voice, however rough its tones and homely
its expressions, which does not join in the fervent hope,
that Heaven will establish her throne in peace—that in
health and wealth" she may long live and reign ; and
that, when gathered to her fathers, her Son, now the object
of a nation's hopes, may ascend the throne, and that the line
of succession may be perpetuated through her to many ge-
nerations. These were the associations which gave substan-
tial interest to the scene. The mere externals, imposingly
grand and even gorgeous as they were, combining wealth
almost beyond the power of computation, with splendour
wrought up into the multifarious forms which art the
most refined could cause them to assume, would have
been worthless : the merely rich ornamented casket ;
the jewels which would have given to the casket real in-
terest and solid worth having departed from its keeping.
STANDARD.—Let none think slightly of the
pomp and magnificence of the solemnity of yesterday.
It was the duty of the Sovereign and the nation to ren-
der both; for if a proper religious sense tells, that po-
verty may not excuse from such humble worship as
poverty can render, wealth and greatness may not plead
the duty of such humble worship, or the acceptance of
the poor man's prayer, as an apology for offering only a
niggard adoration. Tue ceremonial of the Prince's bill-
tism was indeed grand and imposing, but no more than it
ought to be, in whatever aspect the occasion is contem-
plated. It was the admission into the Christian Church

of the descendant and representative of a hundred kings,
immediately the representative of a family, blessed by
Providence, and blessing our nation for almost a century
and a half ; the heir of the greatest empire, the most en-
lightened, and the most truly Christian that the world has
ever seen ; and wisely and piously was the Sovereign of
the most powerful and truly Christian nation, beyond
the limits of this great empire, invited to take the
principal part in the august solemnity. Again,
it was, for the nation represented by our Sovereign
and her heir, a renewal of the covenant with that
Divine Being, who has so signally protected and
prospered this nation above ail the nations of the
earth. The millions whose prayers ascended, and will
continue to ascend, accompanying those poured forth at
Windsor, be it they proceed from the castle or -cottage,
from church or chapel, or closet, make us all partakers in
the great act of worship and praise, as much as if we were
present at it. To appreciate justly the solemnity of
which we speak, to awaken the feeling which it ought to
suggest, we have but to carry back. our recollection
to any other age of the Church. We may choose any
epoch, and, comparing it with the present, we must, in
contemplating such a scene as passed yesterday—we must,
if we are Christians, be filled with joy and gratitude be-
yond expression. This is the Christian Church, once the
object of relentless persecution ; this is the Christian
Church, so long the tool of crafty priests and politicians,
and otherwise the object of indifference to both : this is
the Church into which the Sovereign of the most
mighty empire upon which the sun has shone since its
creation— herself an example of Christian grace, in
youth and loveliness, and worldly prosperity, solicits
admission for her infant child—solicits humbly before
God, but manifesting that humility more evidently by
prostrating before his throne herself and all the
worldly grandeur with which she is invested. This is
the Church in which the millions of this great empire
join in their Sovereign's act of heart worship. IS
not such an advance a pledge to the fulfilment of
His promise who said, " lam with you to the end of
the world ?" Once again, we say, compare the state of
the Christian Church as it exists in England, and as it
was illustrated yesterday_ by the court and the nation,
and compare that state with the condition. of the Church
in any other nation, and at any other time, and then
you will feel how much reason you have to be grateful
for the period and the country in which it ,is your inesti-
mable privilege to live.
COURIER—We regard, and we are satisfied the en-

tire nation will so regard, the presence of his Prussian
Majesty, and the sacred character of sponsor for the
Royal Infant in which he appears, as not the least
auspicious circumstance attendant upon this happy
event. Not that we augur any immediate conse-
quence of striking political or national interest as
likely to flow from this signal demonstration of the
good will and the friendly disposition of the Monarch
of a State which, since its regal origin, has, almost
without a pause of interruption, been connected with the
British dominions by bonds of common interest and al-
liance. It can never, we hope, be forgotten in Prussia,
that in moments of utmost need, and in days of fearful
peril, when the Prussian monarchy was shaken to its
foundations, and crumbling into disjointed fragments—
when it was overrun by insolent, deadly, and victorious
foes—and its territories actually parcelled out, or threa-
tened to be, at the caprice of ruthless conquerors, as in
the times of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, Groat
Britain stretched out, magnanimously as disinterestedly,
the hand that never faltered in support of an ally, and
never failed to save ; and that what Prussia now is,
powerful, prosperous, and peaceful, respected abroad
and contented at home, we may, without tiny vain in-
dalaence of self-laudation, or the remotest desire of re-
calling the remembrance of benefits conferred, claim as
the peculiar work and the glorious achievement of Great
Britain. But, although we may not, as we ought not,
connect political consequences of instant import from the
Royal visit, for in no sense is it possible that the peculiar
and solemn occasion should be desecrated by the intru-

sion of political objects, yet we cannot help the internal
conviction that it is destined to exercise a kind influence
upon the mind, not of Prussia alone, but of the univer-
sal German nation, of which Prussia may now be re-
garded as the virtual, if not the constituted, head. The
German mind has been unhappily too much abused and
embittered of late years against us by the presumed clash
of material interests and commercial rivalries ; and
the incessant efforts of a portion of the German press
to promote disunion and inflame to alienation,
have only been too effectively seconded by the tourisms
of indiscreet and semi-official babblers like Dr.
Bowring. When, therefore, the German States shall
feel and comprehend in the popular reception of
their Chief and representative, the homage of ancient
friendship and unforgotten sympathies, spontaneously
tendered by the British nation to the Fatherland, as-
suredly it must tend to dispel delusions now too preva-
lent, to quench heartburnings artfully fomented, and
to revive more grateful reminiscences of former union
and more congenial sentiments of mutual regard and
good will.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 7per
-which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10. d,
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32,
and the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.50, it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 429
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3.175. 100.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.7,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13.93, it follows that gold is 1.17 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
Some attention has been drawn in the city to a state-
ment in a Morning Paper, that the West India Steam-
packet Company had engaged vessels from Bremen to
carry coals from Sunderland and Newcastle to their va-
rious depots or stations in the West. Indies, because
they would perform the voyage at less charge than Eng-
lish vessels ; but it turns out, on inquiry, that those
foreign vessels were engaged to carry coals to St.
Thomas's and to the Havannah, because no English
ships could be obtained for these particular ports, and
that no saving was effected by employing them.
POST.—In the very important letter from Madrid, in-
serted in this day's (Tuesday) paper, we have the long-
expected outline of Senor Surra y hull's financial budget
for the current year. A 3 the English public have been
amused by some of onr contemporaries with exaggerated
pictures of the means possessed by Spain of meeting
her public engagements, it is to be hoped that the figures
contained in the summary of our correspondent will be
dwelt upon with the requisite attention. The resump-
tion of full payment of interest on the active debt, on
the first day of the ensuing year, has been promised,
and the feasibility of the measure does not appear to ha.*
been questioned even by Mr. Thornton, who, after his in-
terview with General Sancho, made public his impressions
upon the subject ; but how completely must any dream or
expectation of this sort be dissipated by the immense de-
ficit admitted by Senor Kull to exist between the in-
come and expenditure of Spain He does -not attempt
to disguise the fact, that it amotints to between six and
seven millions sterling, including 2,750,0001. as the
year's interest on the principal of the general debt. We
estimated the latter item, in round numbers, at three