Star.
London, England, 1831-01-11 00:00:00

PART OF N:R. HUNT'S SPEECH AT HIS HOUSE IN

STA M FORD-STH LET LAST NIGHT.

My friends and fellow-countrymen, I must request, if you please, that
during the short address I make to you, that ycu will occasion no inter-
ruption by calls of "silence" and " order." Pray do net call silence
and order, and then we shall have both order and silence. I have
to thank you, which I do most sincerely, fur the honour ycu have
done me in accompanying me into Los. don, and through the Cities
of London and Westminster. We have proved one fact, and I wish
that fact to go forth to the world, that though the Duke of IWelling.
ton, " the bravest of the brave," was afraid to go through the city of
London, I was not afraid. (Loud cheering sad laughter.) But, my
friends, there was some difference between us and the ercon.sta. ce%
--(A laugh.) When the Dukc of Wellington and the King
were going into the City, there was about to be spent some
ten thousand pounds of the Citizens' Funds to purchase for
them and those shout them a grand guttle. (Loud laughter, and
cheering.) Nor was that all. I dare say that the paraphernalia, and
the rest of the set-out attendant upon the guttle, would have COW the
people--(Here there was a violent agitation amongst the crowd assent.
bled directly in Iron of Alf. Hunt, the cause of which for a time was
not very dear; but at last it appeared that a pickpocket had been detected
and secured in punt:hot* his calling. His detention occasioned much mer-
riment amongst the crowd ; some called out that " he was only a pen.
' sifter •"—othas asked " what was the &attune of his pension • —then
they declared that he belonged to the Transport Board, elec.)-L3lr. H.
was at length enabled to resume -706 ! you have got a pickpocket,
have you ? well, now you have got him keep him—it is your bus Me-s
to take care of the little pickpockets ; you do that, and I will take care
of the great ones. (Much cheering and laughter.) If I continue
to be backed by the people, if supported by the working. classes.
my efforts cannot be useless; at all events, in the House I will make el e
attempt to du something for the peopk—l will do that which was never
done before. However, all depends on the people. )(they support me,
my efforts Inuit: be Powerful, if not. ,then, with all my grid wishes
and best exertions, all must be powerless. Then I shall only run the
risk of lessening my days without achieving any thing tor the
people. But it is not for me to boast of what I will do. I have
often said what ought to be done, and I will now go and endeavour
to ace that it is done. For the last fitteen years I have been con-
stantly telling them that all the laws passed by them appeared to
ha...e only one object—to screw the nudity cut of the pockets of
the poor, in order that it might be conveyed into the coffers of the
rich. That, I .repeat, is the character of the Corn Laws. How
often have I said, that the Corn Laws took more money horn the
poor, and gave mote to the rich, than those rich landloeds • paid
bask towards the public service in the shape of taxation. 11. at I
have said over and over again of the landed aristocracy, and ti at
now repeat es my deliberate opinion. 1 will not go to the House
canting and crying, and whining upon the subject, raying. " Let
us inquire into the question ! Let us have a Cow rnitle !"-_(A
laughs) No, not I--on the contrary, 1w ll declare it to be premed
that the Coin Laws arc most atrocious and tyrannical, and, the tefeie,
ought to be forthwith repealed. I will tell them that those laws
have caused the starvation of thousands mid the ruin of s,
and therefore demand their immediate repeal. Then, if their he any cum
to second; nty motion, you soil be able tone who are for ycu and who
are against you. Ido not know that I shall have one Englishman to se.
coed my motion for the repeal—l shall, nevertheless, rely on ore sinned
my motion, I mean Daniel O'ConnelL (The boo. member then went on
to speak of the silence of London papers regarding the pewee).
logs at Preston, and of the remarks made by them on the result
of the ,election as well. as on yesterday's contemplated procession,
naming the tinnier, Ileraid, Standard, Age, kr..—but, as those
were present by proxy, they cannot report the remarks, if so
disponi.] One of these papers (continued Mr. Hunt) hoped, now that
have got into the House, all the Members will have " clean shoes ;"
to quote the language of a friend nest me, I shall be quite as well pleased
If they will also have "glean hands."
To conclude, If yolk please, we will We give nine cheers for the
brave people of Prestos.—(There were nind good rounds of clue" ac,
cordingly, which cheers were resound on Mr. Hunt bowing and re.
tiring.)