Star.
London, England, 1830-08-18 00:00:00

alleviate the seil'erirg widows and orphans of those who so nobly
discharged their pa:tita ic duties; and that the following Bankers
be requested to receive subscriptions :—Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
Glyn, Halifax, and Co. ; Grote, Prescott, and Co. ; Harks,
Farquhar, and Co. ; Roberts, Curtis, and Co. ; Sansom, Posde-
thwaite, and Co. So' ith,Payne, and Co. and Rogers,Towgood, and Co.
Mr. R. TAYLOR seconded the resolution, well knowing how va-
luable was the sympathy of others towards those who were engaged
in struggles for liberty. The course pursued by the French was
beyond all praise ; wise, heroic, and firm in the battle, and the most
unexampled forbearance, after victory had been accomplished. To-
wards such men their sympathy ought to be expressed, and in the way
proposed ; and he would take the liberty of saying, that the amount
of subscriptions was not of so much consequence as the number of
subscribers.—(Cheers.) To show the sentiments of those who were
on the spot, who had been eye-witnesses of the glorious conflict, he
would take the liberty of reading an extract or two of a letter whick
he had received from his brother, then and now resident in
Paris—(Hear.) " Never," said the writer, " was a righteous end
more righteously obtained !—(Cheers.) The praises bestowed on the
people in the newspapers are not more than they richly deserve. In
the letter which I wrote just after the elections, I said that these
people knew their rights, and would defend them—the French army,
i. e. the line, could not be depended upon in any attack on the people.
I never doubted as to the tenth, if such a conflict was commenced ;
but I certainly did not calculate on such fools as those who brought
all this about. (Hear and a laugh.) I have often expressed
to you my opinion as to the sobriety, prudence, and honesty
of the lower classes in France; but I did not expect ;to see the
most undaunted valour united with such moderation and for-
bearance. I myself have seen what by some would be called
the rabble, performing acts of most generous kindness, even to the
Swiss who had been firing incessantly on them ! The instant they
struck the banners of despotism, every angry feeling seemed to
vanish. The last body of troops were driven from l'Ecole
lilili-
taite. I was among them and the people on the plain of Grenelle.
They were dreadfully cut up and exhausted. Wine and food were
liberally given to them while their arms remained in their hands.
During this conflict every sort of restraint was at an end, yet was
every description of property most religiously respected. After the
fight was won, I had a multitude of poor fellows all around me
in the Champ de Mars, &c. absolutely in want of food. I ex-
pected they would come and help themselves in my potatoe
field, which was open to them. Nothing was touched—and
when I and my man dug up a load and sent to them, a person
instantly begged my name, and put it down, stating the gift Those
who bore the brunt of the battle were chiefly the working men—
( Hear, bear, hear.) and a vast proportion of theme were little more
than boys. Still they all appeared to know and feel why they
ought to fight. (Hear.) It was not for the sake of a row, nor had
personal animosity any thing to do with it. All appeared anxious
to give their lives for their country." He afterwards remarked,
that " this glorious battle was fought during three of the hottest
days I ever remember. The quays were covered with casks of
I wine and brandy ; none was pillaged, nor did I see a drunken
man during the fray. They certainly have triumphed most
gloriously, and they appear delighted with their victory : still
they can enjoy all this without getting drunk, and making a
tumult." (Loud and continued cheering.) In a subsequent
part of his letter, and with that quotation he would conclude the
extracts--" I am glad to see that you have started a subscription
among the working classes. Nothing is more important for the
peace and welfare of both countries than a friendly feeling, and
nothing will do more to bring this about than the very thing you
propose. The number of subscribers is far more important than
the sum subscribed : I almost wish a portion of this money could
be employed in placing some lasting memorial of the English feeling
on this occasion," (Cheers.) lie (Mr. R. T.) trusted they might
now behold more courage and less timidity on the part of our coun-
trymen, as to coining forward on these public occasions; that they
would not wait till merchants and bankers came forward, but that they
would come forward like men, only anxious to meet their fellow
men. Ile felt assured that what had passed would materially aid
the restoration of our own liberties.—((;lteers.)
The second resolution was put and carries' unanimously.
The Rev. Mr. Fox then stepped forward, and said he did so for
the purpose of moving an address to the French people. The
proceeding might be unprecedented—but so were the transac-
tions that had called it forth ; and it was to be hoped that
it would have the effect of uniting two nations that had been
so long kept separated, only, however, by the most iniqui-
tous means. France must now be known by her admirable con-
duct, and for her liberal principles and institutions, and had
nobles and princes stood where he did, to perform the task he was
attempting, they would only have added becoming grace and dig-
nity to their characters. (Cheers.) But, perhaps, It was moat appro-
priate and just that the people only should have to applaud what had
been achieved by the people—the deeds which they were assembled
to celebrate were wrought by the community of Paris, and it was
right that the celebration should be left to the people of London.
Those who were backward on this occasion, by their backward-
ness, taught this lesson, and he thanked them for it, that the
people must act for themselves. (Loud cheers.) America might
have gone on petitioning till the present hour; but had nothing
more been ;lone never would she have got a representative Government,
and become the great and important country she now was—threats and
promises would have marked her career—nothing more. Again;
the Roman Catholics of Ireland had emancipated themselves--tired
of being bandied about, and cajoled between Whigs and Tories, and
Ins and Outs, they took their own work into their own hands, and
performed it in a workmanlike manner, leaving to the Legislature only
the task of registering the emancipation that had been achieved.—
(Cheering.) And when the hour of need arrived, the Parisians had
shown that they could vindicate their rights ; and ought they not then,
to forward to Paris their sympathies in her sufferings, and rejoicings
in her victories. (Hear, hear.) How nobly had the press acted
there, though surrounded and threatened by soldiers, and how valuable
had its power proved ? And how nobly had the people acted ; and
would they do nothing to stanch the wounds resulting from
such brilliant and successful efforts? (Cheers.) And those efforts
would continue; and they ought to have the cheering approvals of
the people of this country, so loud and so decided, that if there
were one man amongst us who could harbour the black thought
of a crusade agiinst those liberties, the thunders of the pub-
lic voice would so wail within him as to make that one man, for
the sake of his character, never dare to give utterance to the
thought. (Ttemendous cheering, followed by several rounds of
huzzas.) Despots, and those with despotic thoughts, could not
bear the neighbouthood of freedom ; they did not like to see the
tree of liberty planted, with its branches spreading and flying to a
height that defied assault ; but he would proclaim that, however
politic it might be in the British Government to remain neutral,
the British people were not, and would not be, neutral on such a
subject. (Cheers.) It was said that if the Lord's Prayer were read
backwards, it would allay unholy spirits. Be that at it may,
that would occur which would make despots read backwards the
page of Leipsie. (Hear, and a laugh.) He trusted that henceforth
there would be an end of all party and national distinctions ; sod
that thro. ghout the world there would be only two great parties—
' the oppressors and the oppressed. (Cheers.) It had been observed
that the French character was a mixture of the tiger and monkey;
but, if ever it were true, it no longer held true as regarded the
French people. If the mixture were to be found, it was in the
clergy-league—it was not emblazoned on the tri-colour. (Ad-
phase.) lie had great pride in his country ; he gloried in hog-
land : but for what ? Not for its military renown, because he
thought one shot fired in the cause of freedom was worth moss
than all the victories that had ever been achieved by all the
hireling generals that ever existed, The glory of England was
not in its church ; because, if glory consistal in the size of a
church, Rome outdid England, for St. Paul's was a shrimp cons-
pared to St. Peter's. (Immense laughter.) He gloried in England,
because in England had lived the men whose principles and
writings had taught the world that " the interests of the many
were to be preferred to those of the few ;" that " taxation went hand
in hand with representatives;" that " to enforce true allegiance to
laws, they must be consented to by representatives of the people's
own choice:" he gloried in England, because it had given birth to
the Alfrels', the Miltons, and the Lockes', those splendid bene-
factors of mankind. (Cheers.) He gloried in England, because
hence had proceeded the seals of national liberty. Her principles
were seen in the American Revolution, in the formation of the
Comes, and in the first French National Assembly ; and they
were still more visible in what bad recently taken place in Paris.
All:was English—(cheers, mingled with laughter). They had esta-
blished limited monarch', the social compact as taught by Mr.
Locke ; they had practised what England had set the example of,
the doctrine of cashiering kings ; and they had adopted our prim.
elides, that laws to warrant the enforcerr.ent of them must be ap-
proved by representatives chosen by the people (laughter). Well they
had practised the principles we had taught ; and thank Gon they had
bettered their instructions ; and surely the sturdiest John Bull in the
room would not complain that the French were more English than
we are. (Cheers and laughter.) With &press freed from the licens-
ing trammels with which it was encumbered, and the liberty of vot-
ing at elections freely—(boisterous applause)--secured, England
would have no reason to envy the successes of France. (Hear.) He
would say to the despots of all countries, " Look at France !" and
to the selfish aristocracies of all countries, " Look at France I"
(Loud cheers.) He hoped they would grow wiser, and in good
time ; and with that hope he would conclude with moving the
following
ADDRESS FROM THE INHABITANTS OF LONDON
TO THE CITIZENS OF PARIS.

" OZIITLIMIN,—YOU bare bravely fought the fight ti freedom.
You hays nobly woo its victories. We bras you eV heartiest
coogratulatioos.
" History has but few pages of untarnished glory. She has none
brighter than that of your " glorious revelation" to convey to