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      H^Uf Ax Election. ., :^;; The Nomination...

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      _^ ' _*» , _d bishop upon their lips . ( Applause and _*** w f t **) There must have been many of the _sup-^ V _* _jZ d ( he noble lord who entreated him not to f _& e l _^ flmn in such a foolish position . ( Applause . ) * _£ _* j _£ _* _£ one thing , howerer , which the Whigs do not *? *? » nd that is coolness and effrontery . Theycome «** _**'„* tell us that it is quite unnecessary to de-* a * ' ao 5 edge- ( laughter ) -thattheydonotentertain _^ h * B idea upon the subject ofthe endowment . _^ _t _^ ink voafornothing , gentlemen , ' as ths Irishman a ' a f Laag hter and loud cheera . ) 1 have ne donbt ~ _tu _flSt the p rinciples wbicb I hold will be unpopular in a _» I to Hook of Commons , and probably may be scouted -, h -, h derision and scorn . ( A Toice— « Never mind . ' ) tltle _robMe that the \ Yhigs . and our respected _rt _^ JUedlor of the Exchequer _nimself . may give that _^ J _^ jjp le his decided condemnation , ind may speak t lu cilcuu _uiubu iu tue ian

      ftb fthe > ' _«* " * " * 'J _- _jLrlLge that was employed by I _^ rd Melbourne seven rt » rt _« s » 2 0 » iareferenee to the question of Free Trade ; _CjC it is astonishing how fast gentlemen ripen , and Zr Zv w ' aenthe season of maturity comes and the _top-Htsintst _J _*» r _** "P e _» * _" P _* "P 608 abo - _fLa « _ghter Iter ) _The _kktory ° _^ _^ conversations that took dwijKe when the question of the repeal of the corn Lnkw was brought forward , induces ns to hope that Lj _jwe Kill be other conversions , if not so suddenly , at jl jj ] events _egnallj sincere . By enlightening the _rtfll tfople—hv instructing the masses , we shall be able ta h ta bear awav all Whig obstruction and opposition—if « it « dt should be presented—before the universal march oft' of that St 83 * P « ncipl _« which has avowed its _determi-Tfio & on to emancipate religion from the fetters and _hJi _{^ interference of statesmen . Mr MMiesnmed his & « eit amid enthusiastic cheering .

      1 The _REnmsiso Officee then called for the show _efl ofhands . For Sir Charles Wood not a hundred wa fere held np . fer Mr Ernest Jones nearly the whole _sfl _jfihat magnificent _maeting . Indeed sueh a Bight Its l $ s rarely been witnessed . For Mr Edwards about £ ti £ re hundred ( according to the local Tory paper , ) and f _. i ft Mr Miall the sameas Mr Jones . The Returning Of QiEcer having declared the show of hands to be in _feifsvourof Mr Jones and Mr Miall , ( an _anuounceo m ent hailed with thundering acclamations . ) Mr § 1 stocks demanded a poll on behalf of Sir Charles Vi _Vloou . _And Mr Nicholson on behalf of Mr Edwards , ti which was granted , and was fixed to commenee at e eight o ' clock the next morning . Sir Charles Wood then proposed a vote of thanks

      t to the Returning Officer , for the manner in which 1 jehad discharged his duty open that occasion . _ Mr £ Josks seconded " the motion , in a highly , J _joaipliraentary speech , and upon its being pnt it was i tarried by acclamation . Mr _AraxASBEB haying briefly acknowledged the , _funpliment , the proceedings connected with the rumination terminated , and the immense concourse of peeple which had assembled dispersed peaceably . The proceedings lasted from ten o'clock till ten _minites past three in the afternoon . An immense _isoltitude escorted Mr Jones back to his committee room , from the window of wbich he subsequently _ad-Ct'CiJIlIUIEUV , CUE ( I 1 UKCU 1 UKO _UWUWV . U .. _»»— . rumination terminated , and the immense concourse of peeple which had assembled dispersed peaceably . The proceedings lasted from ten o'clock till ten _minites past three in the afternoon . An immense isoltitude escorted Mr Jones back to his committee room , from the window of wbich he subsequently

      addressed them . Thchsdat . —Result of the poll : — Edwards - _* > ll Wood 50 ' Miall 348 Jones 282 * iucbresnlfc was obtained by the Whig and Tory _aalition , there being 352 splits between Wood and Edwards !! After the poll was declared , Mr Ernest Jones addressed an immense assemblage from the steps ofthe 0 dd-FeDow 3 * Hall , and was greeted with the utmost _aitbusiasm , since aU present felt defeat was only

      occasioned by an unprincipled coalition , and that a _soral victory bad been obtained by the champioH 3 of tke people . Oa _Fkidat , the declaration day , the Piece-Ball was filled with numbers scarcely inferior to those _jitecding the nomination . Wood and Edwards were received with one general groan ; Jones and Miall with applause that almost baffle description . The two members briefly thanked the meetiHg for taeir election , amid continued disapprobation , and then left on the plea of attending the funeral of the late lamented Mr Ackroyd . Mr Miall and Mr Jones then addressed the congregated thousands , nobly encouraged by the warm cheers of all present , when they too left , fully in time to attend the melancholy eeremooy-

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      Tiverton. On Tuesday Evening, July 37th,...

      TIVERTON . On Tuesday evening , July 37 th , Mr Julian Ear . uer , the Chartist candidate , arrived in Tiverton . Mr ilarney was met at the entrance of the town bj aa immense assemblage of his friends , wbo escorted him , with loud cheers , to _Fore-street ( the main street of ihe town ) . Arrived at the house oi Mr Norman , draper , Mr Harney speedily presented himself at one of the first floor windows of tbat gentleman ' s house , and his appearance was the _signal fer renewed bursts of enthusiastic cheering .

      " Mr _RnwclifFe , an elector , briefly introduced Mr _u ., _tao _. afier seme preliminary observations , proceeded _todiseuss the merits of Lord Palmerston ' s address to the electors . Mr Ilarney commented npon 'his lordship ' s' declaration that , a 3 ' he had acted in Parliament during the past twelve years , so would he continue to act if again elected ; ' and showed that 'hislordship's' acts had been almost invariably opposed to the best interests of the people , both at bone and abroad . At the conclusion of his speech , Mr Harney was again enthusiastically cheered .

      On Wednesday evening Mr Harney again addressed a splendid gathering of his friends , at the same place . Mr Harney stated his views at length , on the questions of' Education , ' the' State Church , ' 'Ireland , ' the 'New Poor Law , * and several other subjects . Mr Ilflrney _' s address produced tbe best possible effect and elicited thunders of applause . Oa Thursday afternoon , Mr Wilkinson , ex-Mayor of Exeter , arrived in the town , and continued his stay until Sunday evening- At the meeting on Thursday evening , which was attended by some thousands , held _asain in Fore-street . Mr Wilkinson

      _delivered an excellent and lengthy address , in sup * port of the claims of Mr Harney , and was loudly cheered . Mr Harney followed , taking for his subject , Lord _Palmerston ' s Foreign Policy , and the several' points' of the People ' s Charter . The utmost enthusiasm prevailed throughout the delivery of his address . Mr U , concluded an energetic appeal to electors and non-electors to do tbeir dnty on the morrow , in these words : — _'To-nisht we sleep upon oar arms ; to-morrow we march to battle and to victory ! ' Tho effect was electrical ; one mighty roar of applause showed the _delight and determination of the people .

      THE NOMINATION . Friday , Jnly SO , was the day appointed for the _nomination . At eleven o ' clock , the usual preliminaries ¦ * ere gone through at the Guildhall , before J . W . T . Tueker , Esq ,, the Mayor , who adjourned the further proceedings to the hustings , which had been erected in frcnt of that magnificent edifice , St Peter ' s Church . The three candidates , who had been seated together—daring the preliminary formalities—in tbe Cnildball , arrived at tk _« hustings , attended by numerous bodies of tbeir respective supporters . Mr lleathcoate and Lord Palmeraton took up their _positions on the right , and Mr Harney on the Mt ef the _Mayor . The appearance of Mr Harney on the hustings was the signal for repoated rounds of cheering . After a short address from the Mayor , Mr lleathcoate was pnt in nomination by Dr & _£ nut , the proposition being seconded by Mr Gums .

      Mr W . Rots proposed , and Mr W . Assist seconded . Lord Palmerston . MrRowcLiFFE proposed Mr Julian Hsrney . He OQ & unented , in severe terms , on the New Poor Law , and asked , * How would Lord Palmerston like to be separated from Lady Palmerston ? ' He rather Bettied ' his Lordship'by some allusions to his salary , and his 'eharitable contributions' to the local necessities of Tiverton . Mr Roweliffo ' a address produced an excellent impression , and was deservedly aad loudly cheered . Mr _BratKss briefly seconded Mr Harney ' s _nominatifin .

      Mr _HsAZHCOiTS , who was cordially received , then briefly addressed the electors , expressing his adherence to the principles by whieh he had been Htiided during the time he had held a seat in Parliament . He declared his anxiety to support * ny measures tbat he believed would tend to improve the condition of the working classes , and also his desire to promote tha diffusion of education , which might pave the way for an extension of the suffrage . De pointed to the Repeal of tbe Corn Laws , the _fwnt for _Education , the Ten Hours' Bill , and the ir ' tsh Poor Law , as measures which sufficiently disprored tbe charge of'class legislation' brought by _& tain at

      _c parties _against the Parliament as present constituted . Lord _PAuiiHatojr . who was _receired with slight _^ nug from his friends , and very strong _manifes-» _aoia of disapprobation from the great body ofthe _eembly , said thathe _understoodtisopponentiwted _"jsuaims , not merely npon his own _merits bnt also _S _^ _MLwdPalmentotfs ) demerits . He would _Were waive his right to speak now . He would « 5 t hear the attack intended to he made by Mr _* _W , aad tben make his speech ia reply _, _afK _^ _Mtuion followed _thisannonnoement , niany _ _,-r" » niey * sfriends urging him not to foregoii » 3 »** _f _peaking last , he being the candidate pro-SwL . j !* * 8 _J - _iowerer , addressing the _"W _. aid he only wanted fair play ; he would ,

      Tiverton. On Tuesday Evening, July 37th,...

      therefore , agree to speak first and state the whole o his charges against _Lwd Palmerston . His lordfv should then make his speech in rep " ; - Sd he , _& _Htmtey ) would finally- _makeaaeeond _^ _Ce tS , forth his views on the reforms h « _li _««« llv i necessary for the welfare of _Count" * ° t _>« and order was once more restored « nB « » B _^ in ? fi £ « , _fSS _^ 1 4 a _Pronged _cheermerf _^ Jf 6882 _?* L 8 bouW _afcte at thecommence-£ ve _Jo « n _^ _-M that ' _* to Tiverton I _IlMib _^ S n _) Wlth j ° » f respected townsman , Mr St *; ( _Helr « _hear- _» I & ave listened to that gentleman a speech with pleasure , not because Tan . fore « m . _„; »» . „„„ , c _* . _ j .. . _x 7 , i

      prove ot tbe whole of _hlsTiews , but because I think _K-l _^ lnd , catea b _* food tone the real lin « _rality of the speaker . Unhappily , men who call themselves " Liberals" very seldom exhibit liberality in their acts . With the exctption of Mr Heathcote , the only Whig I ever knew who proved himself •• Liberal" by the work of his hands , was . the late Joseph Strutt of Derby ; a man whoso memory Will go down to posterity justly honoured for _thepnre _righteoraness of his works . But such Whigs are 'like angeh ' visits few and far between . ' ( Laughter . ) I would that 1 could meet Lord Palmerston in the spirit ic which 1 meet Mr Heathcote . I have no desire to make this a personal contest , but in assailthe policy of which Lord Palmerston is the

      representative , it is impossible to separate the noble lord from that policy . ( At this moment a slight crash occurred on the hustings occasioned by the breaking of a beam- ) Teu hear that ! that ' s indicative ofthe break-down of the noble lord . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Gentlemen , Lord Palmerston will no doubt take credit to himself for his long services as a public man . I remember havins iately seen an extract from a pamphlet entitled 'The Claims of Intellect / in which the several members ofthe Whig ministry were set forth as the purest , wisest , best of statesmen ; and the writer urged , in behalf of Lord Palmerston , that he bad served in the ministries , and enjoyed the confidence of , Perceval , Canning , Weilington , and Melbourne . As we may judge a man

      by the company he keeps , we may come to speedy conclusions respecting Lord Palmerston , who in the course of his political life has been like St Paul , ' all things to all men . ' ( Laughter . ) To give you an idea ot Percival , it will suffice to say that the night he was shot by Bellingh & m in the lobby of the House of Commons , that very night he was to have brought forward a measure for tbe purpose of forming , in the neighbourhood of London , apermanent camp of thirty thousand troops . These troops were to overawe the metropolis , and stifle the just discontent ofthe people in blood . ( Hear , hear . ) That scheme died with its projector , but no donbt the noble lord can inform ns as to his share its preparation . ( Hear , hear . ) Canning _vtas a clever jester , a brilliant buffoon , a

      tax-eater almost the entire of bis life , and the determined enemy of all reform . Will the noble lord tell ns if he was in the house when Canning excited roars of laughter by his _disgu <> ting ribaldry in relation to an unhappy , persecuted victim , whom he denominated « the revered and ruptured _Ogden V Will tbe noble lord tell us if he joined in that ribald roar ? ( Hear , hear . ) He will remember that Canning called the Reformers ' a low , degraded crew , ' and that that same CaBning declared he would oppose every scheme of reform to the last hour of bis life . ( Hear , __ hear . ) As regards Wellington , the duke hasunquestionab ' e merits as a scientific director of war , but bis name is everywhere linked with despotism : — " The' saviour of the nations' not yet sated . And' Europe's Liberator' still enslaved . "

      As to Melbourne , he superintended that atrocity , the Calthorpe-street riot , and it was under his rule that a persecution was waged against the press , more vindictive than at any previous period . The Whigs have always been great sticklers for the liberty of the press , their constant sentiment being— 'The liberty ofthe press is like the air we breathe , if we have it not , we politically die ; ' yet , when in power , they persecuted the advocates of a cheap and free press , and filled the orisons with hundreds ef

      victims . ( Hear , hear . ) Finally , Lord Melbourne ' s government , of which Lord Palmerston was a member , passed an act to fetter the press more stringent than anything contained in tbe odious six acts of Sidmouth and Castlereagh . I was a sufferer from the persecution instituted by Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston . The noble lord belongs ta the ' second estate , ' but I belong to the' fourth estate , ' and I tell the noble lord that the time is coming when that estate—like Aaron ' s rod—shall swallow up the

      otbers" Bight , not might , shall be the lord , The pen shall rule , aud not the sword , ln the good time coining !" ( Lond cheering . ) Gentlemen , I ask you to remember the conduct of these- Peace , Reform and Retrenchment Whigs . Of the 'peace' I shall speak presently . Yon got tho Reform Bill— ' The bill , the whole bill , and nothing but the bill . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing in tbe way of good , nothing in the way of reformation , though plenty in the way of _Reformation . ( Cheers . ) The bitter fruits of the Reform Bill were many , but three stand out prominently : — A Coercion Bill for Ireland , and a Rural Police , and a New Poor Law for England . Gentlemen , far be it from me to attempt to excite vindictive feelings against my noble

      opponent , bnt I cannot refrain from reminding you that Lord Palmerston bas ever been the supporter of the execrable law I have last named . ( Groans for ' his lordship . ' ) Since I came to this town I have heard something of tbe working of that measure . Men have come to me with tears in their eyes and detailed the horrors they have suffered in tho abominable bastile . ( Cheers and groans . ) They have told me heart-rending tales of the cruel separations of husband from wife , and parents frem their children . I have been told of the felon dresses the hapless poor are compelled to wear , and tbe detestable , poisonous skill v allotted to them for food . Those who nave

      suffered the worse than dungeon discipline of your union-bastile , have declared to me that rather than again encounter its horrors they would commit some pettyoffenceand get themselves committed to the gaol , where the felon meets . with kinder treatment than tbe honest man wbose only crime is his poverty . ( Cries of' true' and great cheering . ) The New Poor Law was passed by the Whigs , chiefly at the instigation of tbat political renegade Harry Brougham , who begged and entreated of the House of Lords to pass the bill that they might save their estates from being eaten np by the poor ! He declared that nnle _& q that bill was made law he had

      reason to apprehend that he would become a Westmoreland pauper . Bathe had already taken care to provide for himself by increasing the salary of the Lord Chancellor from four to five thousand a year . Teu are insolently told that you ought to be thrown upon your own resources , yet these statesmen take good care not to practise what they preach . ( Cheers . ) My Lord Palmerston , when he retires to private life , and the sooner he does so the better—( _cheers > _y wi ) l take care to have , in some shape or other , his finger in the public purse as long as he lives . It is notorious ' . that thousands have perished through the operation of tbe New Poor Law . Infants have been murdered , and people have committed suicide , or died of starvation , rather

      than seek the sort of relief offered tbem nnder this atrocious law . While I am on this subject I may re- j mind you that , recently , when Mr Peter Borthwick proposed to allow aged couples , sixty years of age and upwards , to lire together in the workhouses , the Whiggovernraent _. toa man _. opposed that humane provision . It was carried , however , in spite of tbem . ( Great cheering- ) The Lords threw out that amendment . Fit work for such an assembly . Fit work to make the people ask themselves of what < _-se are lords at all ? ( Hear , hear . ) I suppose , my _Lerd _Palmerstoae would call that house the noblest assembly in the world , but one of their order , the celebrated Lord Chesterfield , who knew them better than I know tbem , described that house as 'the Hospital of

      Hereditarv Incurables . ' ( Great laughter and cheers . ) " When the bill returned to the house of Commons , Lord John Russell , in spite of what he had said and done to defeat Mr Borth wick ' s clause , proposed the reintroduction of that clause . Why ? _Not from any sympathy with the poor , but because he knew the feeling of the House of Commons was against Mm . aud determinedly in favour of the clause . Besides , he had an eye to the coming elections ! ( Hear , hear . ) But the Whigs deserve no credit for the passing of that clause . Indeed , in the House of Lords , Brougham complimented Lord Palmerston and itis colleagues oa the _gsdfant stand they had made against the clause > Ky the by , it ia not often the Whigs get anv compliments from

      their old friend , Brougham . It is the best fun in the world to see Harry poking at the Whigs . ( Laughter . ) He was one of them , and so is acquainted with all their artful dodging ; he knows the way to their sore places , and be takes care there to torment them . ( Laughter . ) You may imagine yon see Brougham in the character of the keeper ot a menagerie ; there he stands , _stirripg the Whigs up with a long pole , and they growland grumble ; but the more they grow ) , the more Harry pokes attbem . ( Roars of laughter . ) Gentlemen , I pass to osher subjects . 1 will not weary yea by detailing all the extravagance ef the Whigs , by which they their

      proved retrenching propensities ; suffice it to say , that whereas they found , on coming into office , a surplus of two millions of maney at their disposal , they left office with a deficiency of eight millions , which Sir Robert Peel had to provide for . Mr Heathcote has given the House of Commons credit for adopting the Income Tax , which , bo has told you , was adopted for the purpose of taxing the rich , and sparing tue poor . I will here say , that tha Income Tax is an unjust tax , and ought to be abolished , and a Property Tax substituted . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Heathcote is . " mistaken ia his view of the reasons for the imposition of the Income Tax . The feet was , that tiie old system of _indirect taxation had failed-failed , at least , in _producing _auffi . _cieut to meet the extravagant _eawnmtaw of

      Tiverton. On Tuesday Evening, July 37th,...

      the Whiga . His Lordship has not forgotten the bitter taunt thrown by Sir Robert Peel in tbe teeth of poor _Franky Baring , whom he described as ' _apennyless Exchequer Chancellor , seated on an empty treasury-chest , fishing for a budget ia a bottomless sea of deficiency . ' ( Great laughter and cheering , ) This state of things produced the general election of 1841 . At that election his lordship indulged in a Joke which many ofyeu will remember . A horae within sight of the noble lord was kicking and rearing , when the noble lord happily remarked that ' s the last kick of the Tories . ' ( ' True' and laughter . ) That kick , if last it was , wa » at any rate strong enough to kick his lordship out of office . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I think _tn-dnv wa ahull see

      the last kick of the Whigs . ( Renewed cheering . ) A few words on the doings of the Whigs during the session Of Parliament just closed . As regards Ireland , I quarrel not with the expenditure of one penny ofthe _enormoussum spent by the Whigs . My quarrel is with the manner of its _application . Ratber than one . , human being should have perished , I would have said double the national debt , if need a \ V . _«'» bear . ) But . gentlemen , while the Whigs doled ont charity to the starving Irish , they allowed thein to become the _victimB ot speculators in grain _, and boarders up ef the people ' s food . Free trade was to give ns ' cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do . Instead of which you have had thus far dear bread , lower wagesand less employment . The

      land-, lord is no longer permitted to rob the poor man of a portion of his loaf , but the robbery is still earned on by another party . The corn-dealers have taken tbe place 01 the landlords , and the poor are more plundered than ever . This is free trade J ( Hear , hear . ) His lordship calls himself a free trader ; but ho is but a new convert . It is not ? o very long since that he was the advocate of an eight-shilling fixed duty ; at the very time , too , that the real duty paid on corn was some shilling * lower . ( A voiceon _thehustings : The duty was 5 s . 7 d . ' ) But to return to Ireland , lsay it was the duty ofthe government to have seen that not one human . being perished for Jack of food . ( Hear . ) I tay it wits the duty of thegovernment to nave established depots of food , from which to have

      supplied the people , independent of the grasping robbers , who trafficking in the staff of Ufa condemn nations to perish tbat they may become rich . ( Interruption from the Whigs and loud cheering from the people . ) As regards Ireland ' s future , all the maney that the Whigs have spent , might just as well have been thrown into the sea . Unless other measures are adopted than they have hitherto brought forward , Ireland will still be . the desolate land she is , her standing army of two millions and a half of paupers will continue embodied constantly , pouring out its instalments of wretched beings whom this country compete with _thaworkingmenfor labour andfor food , every year dragging the working classes ofthis countrylower and lower , and bringing Englishmen nearer and

      nearer to the dead level of Irish misery . ( Load cheers . ) His lordship has read in the Madrid papers the taunts flung at himby the _Spainards in answer to his silly threat of going to war against Spain in behalf of the Spanish bondholders . The Spainards bid him look at home , and feel , ii he can feel , that the state of Ireland is a thousandfold more disgraceful to this country than it is for Spain to refuse , to pay ber debts . ( Hear , benr . ) Almost the only partially good measure brought forward by the Whigs for Ireland . —the Waste Lands' Improvement Bill—they abandoned as they have abandoned every other measure containing a particle ef good . Even the Whigs progress . They have progressed from being positively bad to being tho men of

      ' good intentions . ' Bnt you know that ' good intentions , ' are said U > form the paving stones of a nameless place ; and you may depend upon it that the Whigs have contributed to make go _^ lhe highwaysand thc _byeways of that _unmentior-isle locality . ( Laughter . ) The Health of Towns' Bill was another of the abandoned measures of the session . See tho consistency of these men ; they appoint commissioners and print horrifying reports , in which they make it appear tbat owing to the noxious influence of filth nnd stench , owing to the bad drainage and bad ventilation ofthe hovels , cellars and garrets of the poor , more people die from typhus and other diseases ia one year , and every year , than were slain at Waterloo . —

      That crowning carnage , Waterloo . On these representations they bring ia a bill , and after dawdling with it all through the session finally abandon it , though they know that , on their own statements , forty or sixty thousand people will perish before such a measure can be passed and be brought into operation next year . ( Cheers . ) Poor Lord Morpeth , how I pity him ; compelled to eat his own words and throw overboard his own bantling- I have some little respect for Lord Morpeth . I think him the best of the lot . ( Laughter . ) i remember that six years ago I had the pleasure of opposing that noble lord at the West Riding Election , and remember the unaffected courtesy of that nobleman ' s manner throughout

      the contest . I am about to ask Lsrd Palmerston a favour , most likely the only fevour I shall ever ask of him . It is this _. tbat onhis return te town that he will be good enough to give my compliments to Lord Morpeth . [ Lord Palmerston here took off his hat and bowed in token of his _seceptance of the mission confided in him by Mr H . The people meanwhile laughing and cheering . " ! I must now congratulate the Whigs en two things _^ hey did do last session . First , they passed the Manchester Bishopric Bill . Although Duneombe —glorious Duneombe . the people ' s representative—( loud cheers )—did all he could with a small band of others , to defeat that measure , Lord John stuck to it , and fought tooth and nail to give the country the blessing of ' more bishops . ' ( Laughter and groaning )

      When Lord Jobn is in earnest be can fight , not like a mastiff , but like a moat determined little cur—for little he is , little in heart and soul as well as in body . Peel ' s a statesman , but Lord John Russell is a nobody . ( Hear , hear . ) The next matter of congratulation is the continuance of the Duke of Wellington ' s statue on the arch . It is my misfortune to live at the west end of London ; at least , there is one misfortune attached to livingthero . Twice a day I have to pass that monstrosity , the Duke ' s statue . Do you _TivertoniansseePttnefc ? ( 'Yes , yes . ' ) Well , then , you ' ve Been this celebrated statue , fer I assure you that Punch's caricatures hardly exaggerate tbat hideous deformity . Gentlemen , I will candidly confess that I have no great admiration for warriors ,

      whether called emperors or dukes , and it is not to such that I would raise statues . But here was a statue , good or bad , I pretend not to be a judge of these matters , but men of great repute , as judges of art , had condemned the site chosen for this monsterstatue by that precious squad , the committee of Competent persons . ' Well , the Whigs concurred in that condemnation , aud declared that down the statue should come . After ail , howerer , the Whigs , as usual , turned round and declared the statue should not comedown , but should remain upon the arch , I suppose for the purpose of exciting home disgust and foreign ridicule . I would have had the statue taken down , put into the melting pot , nnd the then worth of it sent to Ireland

      to buy food for the starving poor . ( Great cheering . ) Now , gentlemen , I come to the real business ofthe day . Hitherto I have condemned Lord Palmerston in conjunction with the Whig party generally , for the acts of that patty , but I have now to _^ speak of matters which more particularly concern the noble lord personally . -I speak of tbat foreign policy of which the noble lord is the representative . I have said the Whigs came into power in 1830 , pledged to a peace policy . Well , tbey were hardly seated in council when they involved tbc country in what the _Dnke of Wellington would call * little wars , ' in connection with the troubles in Spain and Portugal , Thanks to Lord Palmerston , that system called ' liberalism' triumphed in those countries much to

      the disadvantage of tbe people . In Spain , for instance , the taxes raised before . the ascendancy of ' liberalism' amounted to but eight or nine millions annually ; the taxes now amouiit't o thirteen or fourteen millions every year . That is , the peoplo arc plundered of the fruits of theirindustry to the extent of several _millions . ofmoney more than tbey ever paid before Lord Palmerston established 'liberalism . ' As regards the liberties ofthe people , it is notorious tbatthe moat sanguinary despotism has been established in Spain by Donna Christina and her confederate !! in the name of the liberal Queen Donna Isabella . Another 'little war' was the driving of the Dutch out of Antwerp for the purpose of establishing ; on the Belgian throne , a minion

      of Louis Philippe . 'By the bye , the French people know something of the sweets of' liberalism . ' They were not content with King Log , they must needs havo King Stork ; they turned away Charles the Tenth aud set up Lord Palmerston ' s particular friend , Louis Philippe , under whose reign the taxes have been enormously increased , corruption hasbeen made the organised means of ruling the eountry . aided by overwhelming physical force and laws of the most despotic character . Indeed , you may take this for granted , that wherever Lord Palmerston s friendB , the * liberals * are in power , there the people are more oppresed and plundered tban they ever wereinthewoTst and the darkest times . ( Cbeers . ) The Whigs next showed their peace and libertyloving character by goading tbe people of Canada into rebellion . The Canadians wished to have full and entire control over their own taxation ; they

      wished to have perfect representation aod , therefore , demanded certain organic reforms wbich the Whig government refused to concede . The Canadians then stopped the supplies , and on this , these libertyloving Whigs seized upon the taxes and took possession ofthe public funds , in violation of the then existing constitution . These and similar acts drove the Canadians to armed resistance . As the Americans had done before tbem , they proclained the great principle , that _"JaratUm without Representation is tyranny and ought to ba resisted . 1 also am here to-day to proclaim that principle . ( Cheers . ) You all remember what followed ; a frightful insurrection which was _onfc quelled by the shedding of much blood , for which these peace-loving Whigs were wholly _responsible . ( _Oheera . ) The noble lord next helped us into that infamous contest the war with China . Our merchants were anxious to supply tbe l _Chinm witb ppiuo ( nn article forbidden by the go *

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      «™ _S & A J - ! Krourd _<> f tke injurious and destruooJr _trZ t _? _Us V ' _^ K of course , did not suit the 2 _S _™ ' ? ho _« al times broke tbe law of _emVeroJ ' * _* _»« warnings and threats ofthe _SMlf _?' , Their _inaolenceat last roused _SifSK _?* _* _ofr"ta'iation , whicb _wereimmedir _eus _onslaui PWte f t on wl » ch to found a _mur-S rf ? Sht 1 n tho people of that country . troy d "S TthoZ _^ _arded , their shipping _des-S imiZhZ K ! u mn > ff 0 , hen ' chjIdren 2 _dE _2 , _£ thB 8 e Christ 5 an _civ'l i 8 ere the _SesmZftS S" ? untry ' We played the part of S » n / ; tbroate t 0 raake tbe Chinese swallow nf Z _' wJl n 0 tC 0 _^ tent _w > th that , _attheconclusion " urn as tribZ ma the Chinese pay an immense £ _? h _™ . ™ * " _* .. T _£ e aofc was Precisely that of a highwayman who places a _piatol at the head of bis victim , and says ' your money or your life . ' / Great

      cneering . j next came the fatal interference in _Affihamsten . Without having any business there we invaded that country , deposed a popular monarch and seta dirty tool ofour own on the throne-Shah Soojah , I think , was hia name . If 1 do dot give the exact . Indian pronounciation of the names of persons and places , I hope bis lordship will remember that i have not had suoh an intimate acquaintance with either as he has had . Some day I may be in his lordship s phee , and then I may know as much about them as he does . ( Sneering laughter from his lordship and the Whigs , and great cbeerin » from the people . ; I have said * we placed * and

      we did so and so . ' but unhappily we hare nothing to do with it . Lord Palmerston having got Dost Mohammed safe as a prisoner , and put Shah Soojah on the throne , thought to maintain this arrangement by keeping a large army of British troops in that country , but behold one diy the _Affiihans placing themselves under the command of Akhbar Khan , rose against the British and destroyed every one of them . Then was seen thi mournful realisation of Campbell ' s lines ;—" Pew , few shall part where many meet , The snow shalt be their winding-sheet , And every sod beneath their feet

      Shall be a soldier ' s sepulchre . " G _< id knows while 1 detest the warriors trade , my heart bleeds at the recollection of the fate Of these Hnhappy men , of whom but one escaped to tell the tale of their destruction . Think of the misery that was brought home to hundreds of fathers , mothers , sisters , wives , and others , when the tiding reached them that the bones of those they loved were whitening the passes of Cabul _, their flash having been first the prey of the ravenous vultures and jackals of Asia . I charge upon his lordship and his colleagues the blood of these wretched victims of the noble lord ' s policy . ( These words , and the manner of _thespeaker , who looking directly at Lord Palmerston , _semed to hurl his accusations at the ' noble lord , ' produced

      extraordinary sensation and excitement in the crowd . Tne Whigs were silenced , and Lord Palmerston bit hia lip , and turned whiter even than usual . ) Gentlemen , much as I may deplore tbe destruction of those unhappy troops , I am bound by every _ssntiment ofjustice to say , that the act of the Affghans was perfectly justifiable . Mr Heathcote has spoken disparagingly ofthe Americans , and lam free to confess that there are many things about the American ? that I do not admire . There is just now in that country an atrocious sentiment very current—* Oar country right or wrong . ' I say my country when right , but the right always , and may the right triumph though mv country perish . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) ' The Afghans had not only been deprived of their

      independence , but also were subjected to numberless insults and cruel outrages . For instance , it is a well ascertained fact , that no man ' s wife or daughter was safe from the intrigues or violence of men calling themselves Britisb | officers ; , ' and this worst of outrages , did more than anything else to excite the inextinguishable hatred of the Affghans . Under Buch circumstances , Akhbar Khan was justified in doing as Bruce and Tell bad done before him . ( Loud cheers . ) Suppose this country had its monarch deposed by the French government , and eome tool of Louis Philippe appointed to rule over us . Suppose a French army lodged in the capital , for the purpose of overawing the country . Suppose Englishmen subjected to the insults and outrages that the Affghans

      were , should we not be justified in doing as they did ? ( Cheers . ) Well then , does not the right exist for them as well as for us ? ( Cheers . ) They but did whatynrery nation is justified in doing , and what ever / nation has done , or tried to do , when assailed by foreign tyrants . __ ( Great cheering . ) I suppose Lord Palmerston will attempt to show that his interference in the affairs of Affghanistan , was necessary for the interests of our Indian empire . ' Our Indian empire Vv Poor fellows { speakingto the working men present ) , ' what a farce it is to talk to you ofour Indian empire r and our colonial possessions , when you have not one foot of soil in your own country you can call your own . How applicable to your condition are the _wordsofLammenais : — 'Go to the east and tothe west ,

      and to tbe north and tothe south , and wherever ye shall go , ye shall ijnd some one who will drive you hence , saying * _thla : fieid is mine . ' And when you have gone _througbnhe length _atid breadth of your fatherland , no where will you find a spot of earth where your wife may bring forth your first born , or your children bury your bones in a place that may be yours . ' -Yet such men as my Lord Palmerston have the assurance to tax you for wars for tbe maintenance of that Indian empire , and those colonial possessions , which may be theirs , but whicb practically is none ot yours . ( Great cheorin-. ) When I say this , I wish it to be understood thut lam not insensible tothe greatness of my country . 1 am not one of those reformers who desire to see a separation between this

      country and the colonies . I am for making tbat connexion stronger and more certain that ever . I am for binding the whole to us with the link ofjustice . . I have no desire to seerival empires growing up in India , America and Australia . Let the people nf the whole of these dependencies be invested with their natural rights , let them be relieved from tbe withering supremacy of our aristocracy ,-let them learn to love our government because that government's acts are just , and the world will then see Anglo-Indians , Anglo-Americans , and Anglo-Australians , floating with us down the stream of time , one happy , one free , ono triumphant British nation . ( Immense cheering . ) It has been said that our interference in _Afghanistan was necessaiy for the purpose of

      erecting a barrier _against Russia . If that was Lord Palmerston ' s design , he showed himself miserably deficient in foresight . Instead of erecting a barrier against Russia , he literally opened the gates of that country for the admission of thc Russians . Lord Palmerston found the _Afghans comparatively indifferent towards us , but he left them in a state of excitement against us , which no time can efface . After one army had been ' sacrificed , another waB sent , not forthe purpose of conquering the country , but for the purpose of avenging the degradation which had fallen on the English name ; and this _aimy went through the country , robbing , spoiling , and destroying both life and property , for thepititul ourno 3 e of revenge . Armed and unarmed were

      massacred , cities were fired , and even tbecrops and fruit trees were ruthlessly destroyed , trampled down , cut down and given to the fUnieB , that so those who escaped the sword might perish of . hunger . After these Christian acts the British army decamped , with the curses of the _Aflfchan people following in their train . Seethe result of Lord Palmerston ' s policy . Whenever the struggle comes tbat must come some day between England and Russia , and when Calmuck hordes march to at least the attempted conquest of India , then , instead of finding any barrier in their way in Affghanistan , they will find in the Affghans enthusiastic allies , inspired by one all-absorbing thirst of vengeance , eager to drencb their swords in the blood of the British ,

      and ready , to . follow any power capable of leading ' thera to the gratification of their revenge . This will be the certain consequence of the noble Lord ' s most wise policy ! { Great cheering ) The Sikh war was no doubt mainly attributable to the noble lord ' s _policy in _Afghanistan . The Sikhs had seen the British driven out of Cabul , and deeming themselves even Letter soldiers than the _Affghans , they thought they could not fail to beat the British . Gentlemen , I ara not a member ofthe peace society , I dont believe tbat as yet we are very hear that millenium , when the lion and thc lamb shall lie down together , aBd , therefore , as regards the Sikh war , I don't say that our soldiers could do otherwise than defend themselves when

      attacked . . But I charge Lord Palmerston , that by his meddling intrigues , interventions and wars , followed by disaster and defeat , he excited the Sikhs to the aggression they made upon British India . 1 now come , Gentlemen , to the war in Syria . That war was undertaken in assertion of legitimacy and the divine right of the Turkish Sultan , __ I have no great veneration for Mehemet All ; he is certainly a wonderful man , a man of great mind , but he has done nvtny atrocious things in his time , the infamy of which will cling to his name . It is said he tyrannised over Syria , perhaps he did . but tbere was at least order in that country under hia rule , aud per _. sons and property were safe . But Lord Palmerston did away with all that . He restored the nominal rule of the Sultan ; but , _asev-ryone knows , there has been nothing but auarchv and miser ; in

      that land ever since . The most horrible excesses have Rowed Irom the sanguinary contests of rival religious parties , who have not been content to employ firo and sword in the usual way twtween combatants , tbey must needB torture _eaoh other to death in the most frightful way . Thisi is the result of my Lord Palmerston s policy . ( Cheers ) The noble lord would , if questioned , no doubt profess ereat anxiety to preserve the integrity of the ! urkish Emuite ; but in crippling the power of Mehemet Alibehalfdisannedtbeonly man capable ol rally . _iue the _MahwwwlMt ww _ftjwnBt ttw vm \ m , Lord Palmerston ' s policy has rendered the _dumemberment of the Turkish empire more likoly than ever . It might have been otherwise had . the Egyptian Prince been permitted to . march te Constantinople . There ia a person well known by name to bis lordship , a Mr _Urquhart , wbo has very laboriously tried te show that in Lord Palmerston ' s foreign policy be has constantly done tho work of _Rtuua , and _hw beei _* bribed to do that work , F «

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      mysolf , Inever believed anything of thc sort . I do not believe a fellow-countryman would noil his hand with a dirty bribe to do the traitor ' s work for a foreigR despot . I trust the noble lord will not be offended , because I have called bim my fellow-countryman . 1 know not if he is an Irishman , or only an Irish landlord , but be what he may by birth , I call him fellow-countryman , for 1 would that all those distinctions of English and Irish were effaced , and that we could all be realty , brethren of a common country . ( Cheers . ) For my part , I never believed Lord Palmerston to be any worse than the rest of his order . He everywhere allies himself with despotism , and does the work of despotism , though sometimes in the name of

      Liberalism ; ' but in so doing , ho does the work natural to an aristocrat . There is no need to se , ek for Russian influence to account for the noble lord ' s conduct j , he acts neither better nor worse than the rest of his class , who are always opposed to true liberty and the progress of nations . ( Great cheering . ) I now come to the noble lord ' s policy since his return to office , and passing several questions , I shall confine myself to three . Some time before the noble lord resumed his old place , an _insurrection had occurred at Cracow , the ancient capital of Poland . The original partition of Poland—the foulest wrong in historywas certainly not directly shared in by this country , but it is also certain that the _dcspoilers of Poland , had at that very time England for an ally ; the

      object of the alliance being the suppresssion of liberty on the continent . The intolerable _wrongB endured by the Polish people have several times eaused frightful struggles in that unhappy land ; and one of these outbursts took place on the month ol February , 184 C . _fbe luissian , Austrian , and Prussian despots combined their forces , and once more tho cause of Poland was lost , and the insurreotion suffocated in blood . I pass by tbe horrid crimes committed bv the despots and come at once to the question of Cracow . According to the treaty of Vienna , _Cweow was to be , and to remain 'for ever' a free and independent state , and ' on no account whatever' was tberepubJic to be invaded or occupied by foreign troops . This part of the treaty had several times been violated , and after the

      suppression of the last insurrection , first Russian and Austrian , and then _Austrion troops only , continued to occupy the city . Lord Palmerston was questioned on this in the House of Commons , and , in reply , said that he believed the occupation of Cracow by the Austrianswas only temporary , at the same time he delivered himself of a very valorous warning to the triune despots to the effect that if they did not respect the treaty of Vienna on the banks ofthe Vistula , other parties mi { _ihtshow as little respect for that treaty on the banks of the Rhine . Early in November it became generally reported that the confiscators ot Poland had completed the measure of their crimes by annexing Cracow to Austria . On this , my Lord

      Palmerston _manutactured a ' protest , ' in which he ar &« cd the question on hypothetical grounds . He had heard a rumdur but couldn't credit it . He put it to the three governments , whether so small a state as Cracow could seriously menace the security of such powerful empires . He hoped that what had been ihe work of ei » ht powers would not be undone by three , and so on . Now , I have good reason to believe , when Lord Palmerston wrote this cringing rubbish , he knew for certain , that the confiscation of Cracow was an accomplished fact . Governments know these matters before we know them , and I strongly suspect my noble opponent was _thoroughly well acquainted with the truth of whnt he professed to disbelieve . If so , then , I say , that , instead ot

      calling his argument hypothetical I should call it hypocritical . ( Cheers ) Well , his . lordship sent his waste paper to the three courts , and the despots received it and grinned contemptuous defiance as their answer ; and England , this mighty England , _sovereign of the ocean , and conqueror of Napoleon , crouched before them . ( Hear , hear . ) Oh , shame ! shame !' . But am I asked what would I have done , would I have sanctioned a war 1 I ? ay' No , ' not tO restore Cracow , Poland , entire , must be restored , but the time is not yet . ( Cheers . ) But this I would have done , I would have withdrawn _ourambaesadors from Berlin , Vienna , and St _Petersburg and said to those governments , ' We will have no part with crowned faith-breakers and royal perjurers . '

      Henceforth there is a line of demarcation betivixfc you and us . You are on the side of injustice , tyranny and falsehood ; we are on the side of justice , freedom and truth . ( Great cheering . ) And this is all that the nations waat us to do . 1 would dissolve the alliance of this country with despotic governments , and seek to establish an alliance with the peoples of the world . ( Renewed cheering . ) Hitherto our government has acted invariably with the _oppressors and against the oppressed . I . beg you to remember that horrible treachery brought to light by Mr Duneombe , thc opening of the letters of Mr Mazzini and Captain Stolzman . I _bes you to remember that in _consequence of that act , so dishonourable to the name ot our country ,

      several Italian patriots were butehered in cold blood . It was well done to make the British lion play the part of jackal to the blood-lapping wolf of Austria . [ Loud cheers . ) But Poland will not perish , even though the tyrants shed oceans of blood in addition to those already shed ; even though England should for a time longer have the misfortune to be represented by sueh as the noble lord . ( Cheers . ) No , there is a vitality in Poland , a pain and death-defying devotion in her sens that will ensure her restoration to the life oii perl ' eot liberty . The hour is coming when Poland shall again be free . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) How different was the nart played by my Lord _Palmeroion in the affairs of Portugal . Donna Maria i _* oneof tbe noble lord ' s liberal pets , She swore to abide by thc Charter of

      Dom Pedro , and of course broke her oath ; she wsa then compelled to accept the Constitution of 1838 , which she also swore to execute , and of course broke her oath . Dicers' oaths are of mote value than Donna Maria ' s . She will swear to any number of Charters or Constitutions nnder compulsion , and violate every pledge the moment she can safety do so , Under Costa Cabral s administration "Liberalism" attained its most perfect triumph , until at last , unprecedented taxation and tyranny drove the people to revolt , and the bold bad minister was forced to fly . Under tbe new ministry the country was quiet . But although the ministry ofth _& Buke of Palmella was not good for much , it was too good for the Qneen . A palace plot was formed , The

      Duko of Palmella , and the military commandant ot the capital , summoned to the palace , found themselves prisoners , and compelled to sign decrees dismissing the ministry of whicii they were members . Thu was on the night of the 6 th Oct . last . The next morning when the peoplo of Lisbon rose from their bed 9 , tliey were apprised of these proceedings by violent proclamations , and the assemblage of armed troops in all the principal thoroughfares . To make tho counter-revolution _sesure , decrees were issued forbidding the election of the Cortes , extinguishing tho press , _suspendisg the laws providing for the personal security of the _subjet-t , abolishing trial by jury , and proclaiming ; martial law , ( Hear , hear . ) Suppose some fine morning the English

      people ware to awake and hnd decrees posted at all public places announcing the assumption of absolute power by the court ; the entire press of London and the provinces , with the exception of the government Gazette , forcibly suppressed ; the Habeas Corpus Act suspended , and men < _Jr _» S 8 ew from their families and flung into dungeons without any charge being brought against them ; suppose the right of public meeting and free _speechjup * r . _seded by the rule of the sword ; suppose martial law proclaimed , and the Duke of _Wellington or that other field-marshal , Prince Albert , sent _sff to Manchester or Glasgow to overawe the _people-of the North by force , arriied with full power to wage a war of extermination against the people , should

      they exhibit any signs of resistance to tbe despotism of the court;—suppose th & state of things ; what would the English peeple do ? ( Cheers . ) They would do what thoir fathers did before tliem when in the days of Charles tho 1 ., they _tausht mankind tbo mortality of kings . ( Groat cheerin g ) , _'i'he natural _conse _, quence of Donna Maria ' s doings was that an _insus * rection blazed out from one end of the kingdom . _^ to the other . Whh the exception of tbe capital , and the encampment * of the Queen ' s troops ,, tbe entire country acknowledged the . Junta ; the _solonies , with I _brieve the exception , of Madeira , transferred their allegiance to thesanw authority ; more th 3 n half _tbs army did the _sat » e ; the stearja navy wns _pnuall- * zealous in joining the Junta , and , in

      short , _onW in Lisbon was Donaa Maria _qucwi . bhe was quesa there , because thecannon of th < J English fleet pointed against the people kept her on the the ttwone . Never was there a clearer ease of national pronouncement against a bad government . _. Yet the noble lord _inteifewd to _crtislj _. the patriots , at a moment too , when , in spite ot _« ar fleet m _fee _& gus , a last blow by t ' ae insurgents _^ ould cer aialy have sent Donna Ma * packing to Windsor Castle . The noble lord wili so doubt take , credit to hmself for having put an _ead to a cml war without Wapdshed . But ! ask if , even though without _shading blood you _condemned a nation to slavery , _& that nothing , is tha _& any slight _ofiestfe ? "'Tis _Itibwty alono _thai jives tbe flowyr 01 flestiag life it 6 lUBtrii and pertuine _,, And we arc weeds _witteut it . "

      ( Cheera . \ Itis true Donna Maria has entered into certain conditions , the vaiae of whtchtiitae will show . For the present only on _^ _of them-th _& amnesty—hag , been earned out . I will predict that there will vet be , aud before long , more _outbwaks ; the Queen wiU again be in danger , and what will the noble lord do then ? Are there to be _repwtod _intetventwns at the expense of thc people < tf this eountrv . tor no better puvpoae than to prevent another peatde being governed a 9 they may think best ? ( Great ohcering . ) I come now to the last point of Lord Palmerston ' s foreign polioy 2 shall at present discuss . Helately , in the House of Commons , indulged in something very lika _aboastfulthroat , that unless the Spaniards paid up the principal or interest of the debt owing to the parties called 'Spanish Bondholders / this country would go to war to compel payment . lew i upon you to protest against that threat , and to teu

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      Lord 1 ' almerstm that you will sanction no such war . ( Cheers . ) These Spanish bondholders are English capitalists , who lent some millions of money to the government of Spain , not , as haB been represented , because they were anxious to help the people of tbat country to obtain ' Liberal institutions , ' but because they were promised a higher rate of interest than they could get at home . That money had been derived from the labour of the English people . The holders of that money knew that there were thousands of their own countrymen in a state of starvation , they knew also that tbere were millions of acres of land in this country uncultivated , or capable of better cultivation , and that thousands of arms were- wanting employment , only the capital waa

      wanting . These men had the capital , and had they _invested their money at home , they might have turned thousands ef paupers and idlers into independent labourers , while at the same time their money would have been safe ,, and they might have acquired a handsome profit . But no ; they lusted after tbe seven , nine , and ten per cent _, held out _asa bait by the Spanish _gorerninent , and were anxious to fasten themselves upon the Spaniards , to suck from the fruits of their industry , in tho shape of interest , and tbis they hoped _tocontinue tor ever , as it is said we are to be sucked and taxed tor ever . They have been justly punished ; they have lost their money , and if Lord Palmerston _dnrea to

      carry out his threat of going to war in their behalf , _t hope you will do as I will in the event ofthe militia Being called out , refuse to serve , and let the rich protect the v own property , if they will sanction what tliey can prevent-so unjust and wieked a war . ( Immensecheering . ) Gentlemen , I have only one more subject , the last act of the noble lord in the parliament just dissolved . On the day of prorogation , Mr Bankes called tho attention ofthe house to the frauds committed on the poor by some of the London bakers , and moved for a committee of inquiry . The noble lord , by way of defeating the motion , rose to what is called * speak against time , ' and here is the account of his speech from the Times : —

      Lord _PitMfiEMON said , at the close _oet only of the session , but of the Parliament , it would not be seemly , but would cost , he thought , ridicule upon tbis bouse , if his hon . friend ( Mr Banks ) persisted in pressing bis motion to a division . His hon . friend proposed to appoint a committee to inquire into a complicated subject of political economy , connected with tbe ordinary transactions of life . It whs _exceedingly well for his hon . friend to make stub a motion , and to deliver a speech with Hie _vietvoSexpressing his opinion upon the _subject of political economy-to wbicb the motion related ; but it would be acting like a set of schoolboys if , when the Black Rod appeared , they were in the lobby instead of being ready to attend the speaker to the other house _. He hoped , tbere / ore , that his hon . friend would not put his motion to tbe test of a division , ( The noble lord then proceeded in a manner irtrich _cteotly indicated tbat he wns prolonging bis speech until the arrival of tbe

      summons to the House of Lords , to the apparent annoyance of Mr Hume , but to tbe great entertainment of other members . ) They had heard , indeed , of a combination amongst a certain body —( laughter } _i—and a committed was _askud for ts inquire into that subject , and not one argument had been urged that would justify such a motion , ( _daughter , every eye being turned to tbe door . _J ' Situated as we are , ' continued- the noble lord , 'instead of following you , sir , to _aaotber plaee—( laughter )—SS we go to a division , we should , when summoned , ba occupied with tellers counting ub in tho lobby and in the house—a situation in which the heuso would not at- such a moment , like to find itself placed , ( Laughter . Ho usher appearing the noble lord went on . ) Now , sir , I will not trouble the house by reading through the whole ofthis petition—( load laughter , and cries of 'Bead , read ; ' )—but the _icsfc paragraph is o ( great importance '—

      Here the Speaker called Order , ' and _tfee _Oentleina » Usber of the-Black Rod ( Sir A , OliffotdJ _advaaced to tho table , 'hardly preserving his ' _gravi-y amidst the ii ' -suppressed mirth of the house , ' and , _addressing thi ; chide , said , ' Mr Speaker , the Queen conmBhit the _attcBdanro ofthis bon . house in tbe House of _A _' _cors . ' The _Sesakee , followed by a tumultuous orowd « S members , then left tbe house . Here we have the noble lord creating roars oflaugh . ter when such a subject was under discussion as that which concerns every poor man . The house , too , seemed bursting with laughter ,, it was such a comical subject ' . It reminds me of an old fable : —Some boys were pelting some frogs , and every time they

      knocked the brains out of any one of thc poor frogs , they shouted with laughter , it was such good fun . At last a wise old frog addressing the boys , said : — « It ' s all very well for jou my fine fellows ; but what is fun- to you ia death to us . ' ( Great laughter and cheering ) . The noble lord _is-sureofbis bread , and buttered on both sides too , but it ' s very different with many here ( cheers ); and what may be fun to his lordship is death to you . ( Great cheering ) . I now make way tor Lord Palmerston . If the noble lord can answer ray speech to your satisfaction , good ; then elect him and reject me . If not , and I know he cannot , then I call upon you to bid his lordship make way for a better man . ( Enthusiastic and longcontinued cheering ) .

      Lord Palmerston was received with mingled cheers and groans . He evidently was ill at ease , and foresaw the result of Mr Harney ' s speech . He commenced by indignantly denouncing the construction put upon his speech read from the Times , and explained , that if the committee moved for by Mr Bankes had been appointed , it must have dissolved as soon as formed , as it could not continue to sit after the house had dissolved . He then took up Mr Harney ' s speech , point by point . He justified tho measures of Percival , _eulogised the memory of Canning , lauded the Duke of Wellington , denounced tha making of the New Poor Law a topic to excite agitation , regretted the non-enactment of the Health of _Tojvns' Bill , vindicated the Wellington statue

      affair , showed tho blessings of Liberalism in Spam and Portugal , twitted Mr Harney with being a Tory in disguise , said thepeople of China were very fond of _apinm , aad that the war had taught thpm good manners ; defended the interference with the ' affairs of Affghanistan , the conduot of the British officers , and Baid that hb was in no way responsible for the catastrophe _> hich ensued ; the measures of vengeance were adopted by the Conservative party after he left power , but he approved of them ; considered he had done great good in driving Mehemet Alt out of Syria ; considered that it wa ? . undignified for nations to threaten what they could net perform , and-more eould not have been done for Cracow unless by provokinEan European war ; considered it agreat

      achievement to have put an end to the civil war in Portugal , as regards , future events , the future must take care _ofitsell ; lastly , he considered the claims of the Spanish bondholders just , and should be prepared to enforce them if need be . Mr Julian _Harnbt then again came forward , and delivered a second speech of nearly an hour's duration ,. He said that the explanation given by Lord Pa lmerston of his ( Lord P's ) speech on Mr Bankes _s motion , did somewhat alter the complexion of the ease , and ifbehad done the noble lord any injustice , h _* apologised . He put it , however , to Lord _t-al _mcrston _. wbether it wasin good taste for bim _tomako act

      _Sch a _speech , or tor the House' to as reported in the Times- when such a subject was under discussion Mr II .. next said that if Lord Palmeraton was satisfied with his own defence of bis own poliey , he ( Mr IL ) was satisfied—he _waasatssfied that the electors would condemn his lordship . on his own defence : he sliould , therefore , not waste time . by saying ono nwd id reply to the noble lord . Mir Harpey then explained-hia views on 'Education , ' the ' Poor-law , ' tho 'State Church , ' ' Ireland , ' and several other subjects , concluding with a triumphant defence of the principles of the Charter . His views called , forth the repeated and enthusiastic cheers of the vast majority ot _theassennbly .

      The Mavok then took the show ofhands . For M _Hsathcote a very large number ol hands was raised ; for Lord Pahr . crston ths show was much more select than numerous ; for Mr Julian Harney the show was a triumphant one , and called from hia supporters tremendous _cheering . When silence was restored , the Mayor _aaU : — # __ " I declare that the show of bands is in favour of John Heathcote , Esq ,, and Julian Harauy , E _* q . This most indescribable tumult of cheering immediately burst from the people , and waa continued for a long time . Lord Palmerston immediately demanded a poll , on whicii Mr _Juliaa Ilarney read a written paper , addressed to tbo Mayor , setting _foitth his reasons , for not , on this setasion _, going to the poll .

      Mr Julian _Subset then moved a vote ot thanks to the Mayor , which was _seconded by Lord Palmerston and adopted by acclamation . The Mayor having acknowledged the compliment ; the proceed _, _ings , which had continued smn honri , terminated . On Saturday the form of opening the poll was gone through , and in the course of the morning the declaration was made th & t Mr Heathcote and Lord Palmerston had been ' duly elected- ' His lordship then indulged himBelf with a speech , and repeated an oft-jefutcd string of fallacies respecting the Charter , apparently to tho great delight of himself . The ridiculous ceremony of ' chairing' followed , but notwithstanding the attraction of equipages _, banaen , ribbons , bands , & c . ' the members , could w 4 raise a solitary eheer !

      Onmoudaj Evening Mr Julian H.Rney Addr.»...

      OnMoudaj evening Mr Julian H _. _rney addr . » ed m very large meeting In tbe rery _largo space of ground , at the back of tbe White Ball Inn . Mr H / _i speeeh excited tbe greatest « nthu Bia . m .- On Tuesday morning Mr Harnev Quitted the town , accompanied by a number of _m 32 »» _to " _^* S ' » d . _t * b . vthebleMins » » ° _a « ooa-w , » hasof th 0 U 6 aBds , n TiT 8 r _' ton .

      Rfa» » Lord Palmewton 1 * Speech Occupie...

      rfa » » lord _Palmewton _* speech occupied five columns of _Mondsy ' i Times , while the speech of Mr Harney wm merely noticed . "We have not refused to give Lord Palmerston ' s speech through motives of ¥ eta 5 iatlw »» although such retaliation would bo only _justice we hare not given * hi « lordship _' _i ' speech only because we bavo notroom for it . Had we given his ip «« h "e mu 8 t ha ™ _vMttnM Mr Harney ' s . w _* i «& vvAi Wt have please *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07081847/page/7/