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were things which, he put it to the meeting, maid not have
been settled at once, to the satisfaction of every one, by the
Duke of Wellington. (Hear.) The noble lord then referred
to the acts of " the duke" while foreign minister, showing
that, in his day, no complaint from commercial men ever
went unredressed, and that his conduct was very opposite to
the neglect and procrastination which distinguished the ac-
tions in similar cases of the present ministry. Had any mem-
ber of that administration any grounds to appeal to a great
commercial constituency like this for support? He thought
not. (Cheers.) The noble lord concluded by some remarks
upon the general policy of ministers, which elicited great ap-
probation.
Mr. CRESSWELL then addressed the meeting, and after
some appropriate introductory observations, he said that mi-
nisters had appealed to the people for a renewal of that lease
of office which they had so unworthily held. They were now
in abeyance; the last lease was out, and they knew full well
they were holding over. Their term had expired; the House
of Commons had voted that they had no confidence in them,
and by refusing to quit office they had. been guilty of a
violation of the spirit of the constitution ; they were there-
fore holding over in violation of the law, and they must be
served with an ejectment. (Cheers.) Some one asked a
noble duke, after the want of confidence vote, whether that
division would not move them ? and the reply was, " No,
nothing will move them but a division of police." Great
laughter.) That would be serving a sort of Welsh ejectment
upon them ; but the question now to be considered was,
would the people renew their lease or not ? (Cries of "No.")
Well, but they would not refuse the renewal to a good
tenant ; and if the meeting pleased he would liken the
throne and the prerogatives of the crown to the capital
mansion. Was that in good repair? (Loud cries of " No.")
NV hen her most gracious majesty came to the throne,
she was hailed by the voices of all her people, and no
doubt she retained their affections undiminished, because,
in spite of all that evil councillors had done, they felt
that her majesty was attached to the principles which
seated her royal ancestors upon the throne. (Hear, and
cheers.) But had her prerogative been placed in no danger?
See to what condition it was reduced in the House of Com-
mons but a few nights ago, in the case of those chartists
who, having embarked in rebellion against her authority, had
been condeinneLl by law to the sentence of transportation for
their crime. A petition for their release was presented to
the house. It was the prerogative of the crown, and the
crown had the only right to dispense mercy when it was
desirable, but the prayer of that petition was considered by
the House of Commons, and the vote of the House of Com-
mons was carried in the negative by the voice of the speaker
alone. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Where were her
majesty's ministers to attend to the spirit of the constitution
at that time? They were gone. (Hear.) They knew they
were about to appeal to the public ; and whilst they charged
the conservatives most foully and falsely with a union with
the chartists, they basely absented themselves from the house
lest they themselves should have been compelled to reject
a chartist petition. (Hear, and cheers.) Another important
branch of the farm entrusted to the management and cultiva-
tion of her majesty's ministers was the finances of the coun-
try. In what repsir had they left them ? (Hear, hear.) Look
at the titres taken off by the preceding government. The
p3ople were relieved by them to the extent of fifteen millions.
(Hear, hear.) Look at the present government for the last
ten years ; the people had been relieved to the extent of only
three millions, and instead of a surplus of one million and a
halt, they had a deficiency of two millions. (Hear, hear.)
Were the finances of the country, then, in such repair that
they would desire a renewal of the lease upon the tenure on
which these men had held it ? (Loud cheers, and cries of
no, no.) Look at our foreign relations ; were they such as
the people could desire ? (Renewed cheers, and loud cries
of no, no.) France had become peaceable in her inclinations
—not so much by the course taken by the ministry, as by the
anxious desire for peace and harmony expressed by Sir It.
Peel and his conservative associates in the House of Com-
mons ; and he (Mr. Cresswell) believed that his opinion had
more weight in maintaining the peace of Europe than any-
thing done by the administration. (Hear, hear.) These
were the great features of the management of the constitu-
tion when entrusted to the present ministry ; and he did not
think, upon a careful review of them, that the country would
again place them in the same situation. He hoped they
would show their desire to entrust the management to better
hands—to more diligent, faithful, and skiltul husbandmen.
(Loud cheers.) The learned gentleman added a few other
remarks, and then concluded amidst universal cheers.
Mr. PAuxt:a. moved, and Mr. MOLYNEUX seconded, a
vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried by accla-
mation, and the meeting separated.

MEETING OF THE SAIL-MAKERS

After the meeting at the Queen's Arms had terminated,
the candidates proceeded to the sail-makers'-rooms, in Great
Crosshall-street, where they addressed about two hundred
of the electors belonging to that industrious and constitu-
tional body, in short but apposite speeches, in which they
touched upon the several fallacies, respecting cheap corn,
sugar, and timber. They were received throughout in a most
enthusiastic manner, and left for the Carpenters'-rooms, in
Bond• street, to address that indnstrious and constitutional
body, amid the loud and enthusiastic plaudits of the multi-
tude who had collected in the street, and who were unable to
obtain admittance, owing to the crowded state of the building.