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confidence and asked for their support in vindication of those principles he ever had advocated , and in which , if a man knew himself , he should , be it soon or be it late , close his political career . ( Great cheering . )" Mr . Wy ld then rose , hut a great row commenced , nnd he was with difficulty heard . He was understood to profess the political doctrines of Mr . Hume , and to attack Lord Rerby . ¦ Mr . Alderman Challis vindicated himself from the _charge of dividing the -Liberal interest . He then delivered what reads like an essay on the sublime spectacle of a people choosing their future government , but making no profession of principles less vaguely than in tbe words that he made " truth the basis of his decision , and the happiness of the people his object . "
A show of hands was then taken , and the returning offieer declared that it was in favour of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Alderman Challis . The show of hands in favour of Mr . Duncombe appeared to be universal . The result of the poll was as follows : — Challis 7315 Duncombe 6683
W y ld 1984 LAMBETH . Mr . Harve ' s resignation did not prevent the reformers who are dissatisfied with Mr . D'Eyncourt , from bringing forward another man . According , on Tuesday ,
THE _NOMINATION DAT , Mr . Wilkinson , a well-known reformer , was , in due course , put in nomination . Mr . D'Eyncourt was proposed by Mr . Corry , and seconded by Mr . Knott ; Mr . William Williams was proposed by Mr . J . Doulton , and seconded by Mr . Lyon ; and Mr . A . Wilkinson was proposed by Mr . Brothertou , and seconded by Mr . Sewcll . The whole of the opposition was directed
against Mr . D'E y ncourt ; who , when he attempted to address the electors , could not get a hearing , until Mr . Wilkinson begged one for him . His whole speech , however , amounted simply to a defence , on the ground that he had been a very long time their representative ; that his age—he is seventy-four—was no hindrance to the exercise of his judgment and his tongue ; and that as he had faithfull y served them , they ought not to reject him .
He was followed by Mr . William Williams , who , loudly applauded , asked the electors and non-electors where they would find the man wdio had done more than he bad to raise them up to tbe enjoyment of the rights of Englishmen ? He then gave a lengthy recital of his great services . He declared that he had not said anything against Mr . Harvey , and he thought Mr . Wilkinson had better have gone elsewhere . Mr . Wilkinson was most warml y received . He made no statement of his political views , but commented mainly on tbe peculiar fact , that as tbere was no
difference off opinion between tbe candidates , it wa . s one simply of thi ; fitness of the men—in short , a personal contest . For his part , he only came forward to g ive the electors a choice of representatives which they required . When the show of hands was taken , Mr . D'Eyncourt had very few , Mr . William Williams a large number , but a perfect forest of hands followed the name ot Wilkinson . A poll was demanded b y Mr . D'Eyncourt ; and on Wednesday tbe poll was taken . The Returning Officer declared the state of the poll en Thursday to be as follows : — Wilkinson 4732
Williams _dtrZ _' i D'Eyncourt 382 !) l " p to twelve o ' clock Mr . Wilkinson was last on the list , but between twelve and one the workmen came up , and hi _overwhelming numbers voted for Wilkinson .
MAUYLKUONK . Escorted b y a great crowd , headed by ihigs , banners , and music , Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hall , reached the hustings , ou Tuesday , erected at the head of Portland Place . Here they wen ; nominated , and , us there was no opposition , declared b y the returning oflicer duly elected . Both the Honourable Gentlemen then addressed their coiisl . il iients . Lord Dudley made Home pertinent , remarks on foreign n ( fairs .
With reference toother countries , his desire was that _f'higlund should cultivate relations of peace with all the _world , but at , ( he same time ho hoped that ( he _sympathies ot the ( _ioveriniieiil . of this great and free country tiie only country that remained free now in Kuropo would always I'i ' lor those who were in favour of freedom throughout , tiio World , and thai , their sympathies and predilections would never he exhibited on ( ho side of despotism . ( Cheers . )
11 ns country by all means ought , fo maintain pence with other nations , lind Iho first country with which wo ought ' <> endeavour to ally ourselves more and more in the bonds "I friendshi p was the fn ; t > republic of the CnitedHtat . es . ( Clw ; i _> rs . ) He hoped there wonld always bo a goodunder"' anding with our noble brethren on the other side of the ¦ Atl antic . ( Cheers . ) J . ol , us also , by all means , maintain peace with our neighbours in fiance . That people took v , 'i'y different _yiewa of what wiiu right for ( heir country
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from those which actuated the people of England . There existed at the present moment a state of things there which , thank God , we could not bear for a moment in this country . ( Cheers . ) But if the French people preferred a despotism under the name of a republic—if that was their taste , however much we might wonder at it , and however much we might suppose it was a state of things that could not last long—still we must , not dictate to them , as to tho mode in which they chose to be governed . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted to see national independence ; but wben he looked round Europe he saw Russia ruling over Poland , though the people of Poland had never acquiesced in the iron rule of the Russian autocrat . ( Hear , hear . ) Did tho
people of Hungary acquiesce in the rule of Austria ? Did the people of Italy contentedly submit to be governed b y Germans , with foreign customs and habits imported from the other side of the Alps ? ( Hear , hear . ) These things were against the laws of nations , and though he did not wish this country to interfere or engage in war with other powers , the sympathies of England would ever be with the oppressed , and her curses and execrations would ever be upon the despots who opposed them . ( Hear . ) Let there be no unworthy concessions to foreign Governments with regard to refugees in this country ; and when an Englishman was oppressed in any part of tho world let them not tolerate a Government like the present , with Lord
Malmesbury at the head of foreign affairs , who was unable or unwilling to vindicate bis claims — who could see an inoffensive youth cut down by the sword of a cowardl y and brutal Austrian oflicer at the head of his troops , and who did not insist upon proper reparation . ( Cheers . ) Or who could see ministers of the Gospel pursuing their pious undertaking of preaching the Gospel in Hungary , ruthlessly , and in the midst of winter , turned out of the country at the hazard of health , if not of life , and yet no interposition made to obtain sufficient redress ? ( Hear , hear . ) When Lord Palmerston was at the head , of foreien affairs
Englishmen were protected all over the world . ( Cheers . ) Bub so soon as he left it , there was a marked alteration hi the tone of foreign Governments . ( Hear , hear . ) He had heard some doubts expressed as to whether Lord Palmerston was Liberal in so far as regarded the internal affairs of this country ; hut he could not believe that a man whose sympathies were in favour of liberty abroad was not true to the heart as a friend of liberty in his own country . ( Hear , hear . ) If , however , he was not a true Liberal , then , of course , he was not the man to be a Minister in England .
The proceedings finished with the usual vote of thanks to the Returninsr Officer .
SOUTHWARK . The contest here was between Sir William Molesworth , Mr . Apsley Pellatt , and Mr . Scovell , who were nominated in the Townhall on Wednesday . Sir William Molesworth , who was universally cheered , spoke of his past . services , and gave that general exposition of his views with which the readers of tbe Leader must be already familiar . He was a stanch Radical— - an advocate of Free-trade , national education , financial reform , religious equality , colonial self-government and the abolition of the taxes on _knowledge .
Mr . Apsley Pellatt was ferventl y received . He is a liberal of much the same stamp as Sir William , bnt : in untried man . He put forward his exertions on behalf of Mr . Charles Pearson ' s system of prison discipline , his antagonism to the ecclesiastical courts , and his views on the separation of Church and State , among his other claims for support . Mr . Scovell was well received . Southwark seemed to like all its candidates , and to behave respectfully to each . Mr . Scovell was not for universal suffrage , . but for ATr . Hume ' s motion for the boroughs , and IV ! r .
Locke Kings for the counties . He was ior a revision of taxation , and the abolition of taxes on knowledge ; bnt he was opposed to a severance of Church and Slate , and was not willing to disturb the grant to Alayiiooth . A show of bauds was then taken , which was declared to be iu favour of Sir W . Alolesworth and Mr . Apsley Pellatt , and a poll _having boon _doitiiiudcd on hohidf ' of Mr . Scovell , and a vote of thanks passed to the hi gh _baililf , the proceedings terminated . Tbe poll was as fatal to Mr . Scovell as the show of hands .
Pellatt : 1 K 93 Molo . nvorth : is ; _5 . > Scovell ii 7 <» 7 > TO Willi HAM KKTS . "The largest constituency in Kngland" is ( he wooed of five _candidalos , and the result of the proceedings on Tuesday .
'I'll I . NOMINATION DAY , must have astonished some of them . On that day , a multitude comprising sonic 7 ( 100 , assembled on Stepney - green , under that scorching _aam which has prevailed during- the week . Tin ; scene here was one of the most , exciting which has occurred anywhere . Air . George Thompson was proposed and seconded b y Mr . F . Clarke and Air . I ' core , ( great cheering ;) Sir William Clay , af Ihe mention of whose name great was the uproar , found a proposer in Mr . Simpson , and a seconder in Mr . C . Muxlon , neither of whom were heard by anybody . Mr . Ayrfon was proposed b y Mr . VV . Hows , and supported by the Itcvorcnd Mr . ( 'hipehuse , timid applause . When Air . _lhitlel ' s name was put forward by Air . J . Tyssen
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and seconded by Mr . ITammack , there was huge up * roar ; but , at the mere uttering of the name of William Newton , by Mr . Ambrose , such tremendous and heart y cheers gushed forth as have been seldom heard even on Stepney-green . He was seconded b y Mr . Bloomfield . Mr . George Thompson spoke first , hut ho was heard only by a few near him . Sir William Clay was positively unheard by anybody , so stunning was tbe row . However , he adopted a novel expedient _s he ran along the hustings to the far-off hox wherein the reporters
were confined , and spoke at them , amid a perfect hurricane of all kinds of noises . His reported speech we find to have been a long essay on the Catholic question , and a declaration pendant to it in favour of the Alayiiooth grant . While he was speaking , there were constant cries of " Time , " when Sir William , grandly waving his hand to the mob , shouted , " I am not speaking to you . " Then lie wound up b y declaring that he would no longer waste his time b y talking to men whom he did not consider a fair specimen of the men of the Tower Hamlets .
Air . Ayrton spoke , unheard b y the reporters , not because of any uproar , but b y reason of the distance between the candidate and their box . The cheers which greeted the speaker , alone formed some index to the popular nature of the speech . Rut he wa . s followed by Air . Butler , who shouted and gesticulated in vain for a long time . Not a word was heard . At length , he attempted to follow the example of Sir William Clay , and speak to the reporters . In vain ; only from time to time , as the storm of noisy dislike fell into a comparative calm- , he launched
sentences over the intervening distance , and they were caught by the quick cars of the reporters . Prom these fly ing sentences , we learn that Mr . Butler believes himself to be " a Reformer in all senses of the word ; but he has not freedom on his lips and insurrection in his heart . " He was for economy , against the Alilitia Bill , Protection , the Maynooth grant , but in favour of full relig ious equality . aVfter a gallant and protracted struggle , with confusion and clamour , he gave way . That he is a fair-spoken man , here are a few of the fugitive sentences testif ying to the honour of an opponent whom all are but too prone to calumniate : —
' ' I believe I have now had a lair innings . ( Laughter . ) It will now be for you to hoar Air . Newton . ( Croat cheering . ) I wish to give that gentleman my meed of praise for tho gentlemanly way in which he has conducted his canvass , i have seen Air . Newton to-day for the first time ; I have asked to have the pleasure of shaking hands with that gentleman , for he has borne himself in a fair and proper manner . He has put forth no calumnious placards , but has comported himself in a respectable and honourable way . " ( Cheers . ) Air . William Newton next came to the front of the hustings , and was received with vociferous cheering and waving of hats , followed by a general round of applause . He said : —
Four candidates had addressed thorn , all of whom expressed themselves confident that they would be placed first on ( he poll . Not one had said lie should be second . Now , be was indifferent for his part , whether he was tivst or second ( a laugh ) , and he was glad hi ; had no competitor for the second place . ( Cheers and laughter . ) A share in the representation was all ( hut . the working classes wanted . Thoy did not dictate to tho electors as to whom they should elect for his ( Mr . Nfwtoit ' _n ) colleague . Thai , they left to ( ho consciences of thi ; electors . Hut he begged oi thein to remember that , there were ( it ) ' 000 non-electors in
flic borough . ( Cheers . ) Would the electors have no consideration for them , and were they to remain as much misrepresented as they had been _P W as il , sufficient to have men to represent , them whom they never saw in the borough except when they came to be re-elected , and who , when they were asked to attend meetings in the borough , pleaded pro-engagement , indisposition , ami other excuses t What , the working-classes wanted was men to attend to the interests of t lu ; people , who would mix with the people , who would condescend fo attend meetings and listen to their complaints , and who would assist . _¦> them to destroy those huge ; monopolies of dillerenf kin _s which now oppressed them . The Commissioners of Tr sts , for example
I no I- away from ( he borough a great amount of money ; hut . there was no one in tho House of Commons to look to those matters . The great , interests of labour must , be represented in that House , and la ; asked them to send him to represent , them . ( l _. oud cheers . ) They had made a . good ileal of noise lhat , day , no doubt , but it . was a gui . dhuuiourcd uoi ; e , which had nothing vindictive in i ( . ( Laughter . ) "My views ( continued Mr . Newton ) in . ' , thai , a responsibility . should rest , upon ( he . Legislature of t his count ry to lind employ na ul for Ihe people . " ( l . oud cheers . ) lie believed that the people of this country would enforce I best ; views upon Ihe Ooveriuiienl , not by
noisy clamour , but , by I be announcement , of ( heir views at meetings like tht ; present ., and hy the orderly conduct of Ihe people . J I , was said a I first that he ( Mr . New Ion ) bail been paid by I he Carlton Club to continue this contest ; then it was Mild be was paid by a nobleman ; and , lastl y , that lie had received money from Mr . Hul . lor to split up the Liberal interest . They were now all face to face , and let any one _\\ ho dared now repeat these statements , and ho would show Ihem Hint he challenged his accusers lo the strictest scrutiny . Mo believed t hut , to-morrow night would place liiin in the position of out ; of their representatives , imd that when the news of that victory wua _sent
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071852/page/3/
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