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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 , bo it soon or be it late , close his political career . ( Great cheering . )" Mr- Wyld then rose , but a great row commenced , and he was with difficulty heard . He was understood to profess the political doctrines of Mr . Hume , and to attack Lord Derb y * 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 , hut making no profession of principles less vaguely than in the words that he made " truth the basis of his decision , and the happiness of the people his object . " A sho of h ands was then taken , and the returning officer declared that it was in favour of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Alderman Challis . The show of hands in favour of Mr . Duncombe appeared to he universal . The result of the poll was as follows : — Chains 7315 Duncombe 6683 Wyld 1984 LAMBETH . Me . Harvey ' 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'Eyucourt was proposed by Mr . Corry , and seconded by Mr . Knott ; Mr . William W illiams was proposed by Mr . J . Doulton , and seconded by Mr . Lyon ; and Mr . A . Wilkinson was proposed by Mr . Brotherton , and seconded by Mr . Sewell . The whole of the opposition was directed
against Mr . D'Eyncourt ; 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 faithfully 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 who had done more than he had to raise them up to the 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 warmly received . He made no statement of his political views , but commented mainly on the peculiar fact , that as there was no
difference of opinion between the candidates , it was one simply of the fitness of the men—in short , a personal contest . For his part , he only came forward to give 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 of Wilkinson . A poll was demanded by Mr . D'Eyncourt ; and on Wednesday the poll was taken . The Returning Officer declared the state of the poll on Thursday to bo uh follows : — Wilkinson 4732
Williams 4022 D'Eyncourt 3829 Up to twelve o ' clock Mr . Wilkinson wan last on the liBt , but between twelve and owe tho workmen came up , iind in overwhelming numbers voted for Wilkinson .
MAIIY . L . NH 0 NE . Escorted by a groat crowd , headed by flags , banners , and music , Lord budley Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hull , reached the huntings , on Tuesday , erected at , the head of Por tland Place . Hero they wero nominated , and , as there was no opposition , declared by the returning officer duly elected . Both the Honourable Gentlemen then addressed their constituents . Lord Dudley made Home pertinent remarks < m foreign a / litii'K .
"With reference lo other countries , his desire was Unit , England should cultivate relations of peace wilh all the world , hut , at ( . he miine time lie hoped ( hut ( he . sympathies oi the ( Jovernincnt of this great mid free country the only country that remained free now in Kurope would always he for those who were in favour of freedom throughout Mm World , and that their sympathies and predilections would never he exhibited on ( lie side of despotism . ( Cheers . )
'J'Iuh country by all ineann ought to maintain pen re wilh other nat ions , and the first country with which we ought to endeavour to ally ourselves more and moro in the bonds of friendship was the free republic of the United State's . ( Cheers . ) Ho hoped there would always he a good undcr-Hfandirig with our noble brethren on the othor side of the Atlantic . ( Cheers . ) Let us also , by all means , maintain pence with our neighbour in France . That people look very different viowa of whut wuu right lor their country
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 the mode in which they chose to be governed . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted to see national independence ¦ ; but when he looked round Europe he saw Russia ruling over Poland , though the people of Poland had never acquiesced in the iron rule of the Kussian autocrat . ( Hear , hear . ) Did the people of Hungary acquiesce in the rule of Austria ? Did the people of Italy contentedly submit to be governed by Germans , with foreign customs and habits imported from the other side of the Alps P ( 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 the 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 his claims — who could see an inoffensive youth cut down by the sword of a cowardly and brutal Austrian officer 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 foreign affairs Englishmen were protected all over the world . ( Cheers . ) But so soon as he left it , there was a marked alteration in 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 ; but 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 he a Minister in England . The proceedings finished with the usual vote of thanks to the Returning Officer . SOUTHWAEK . The contest here was between Sir WiHiam 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 the Leader must be already familiar . He was a stanch Radicalan 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 fervently received . He is a liberal of much the same stamp as Sir William , but an 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 . Southwurk seemed to like all its candidates , and to behave respectfully to each . Mr . Seovell was not for universal suffrage , but for Mr . Hume ' s motion for the boroughs , and Mr . Locke King ' s for tho counties . He was for a revision of taxation , and the abolition of taxes on knowledge ; but he was opposed to a severance of ' Church and State , and was not willing to disturb the grant to Maynootli . A show of hands was then taken , which was declared to be in favour of Sir W . MoloHworth and Mr . Apnley Pellatt , and a poll having been demanded on behalf of Mr . Sc . ovell , and a vole of thanks passed to the high bailiir , the proceedings terminated . The poll was as fatal to Mr . Scovell as the show of hands . Pellatt , 3803 Molesworth 3836 Scovell 27 ( 35 TOWKIt I 1 AMLKTS . " The largest constituency in Knghind" in the wooed of five candidates , and the result of the proceedings on Tuesday , Til K NOW I NATION DAY , musl . have astonished some of them . On that , day , a multitude comprising soine 7 (> 00 , assembled on Siepneygrecn , under that scorching huh whieh has prevailed during the week . The . scene here was one of the most , exciting which has occurred anywhere . Mr . ( Jeorge Thompson was proposed and seconded by Mr . I ' . Clarke and Mr . Poore , ( great cheering ;) Sir William Clity , at the mention of whose name great wan the uproar , found a proposer in Mr . Simpson , and a seconder in Mv . C . liuxton , neither of whom went heard by anybody . Mr . Ayrton was proposed by Mr . W . Hows , and supported by the Kevereud Mr . ChipehnHe , amid applause . When Mr . Butlor'a imiuo waa put forward by Mr . J . Tysscn ,
and seconded by Mr . Hammack , there was huge uproar ; but , at the mere uttering of the name of William Newton , by Mr . Ambrose , such tremendous and hearty cheers gushed forth as have been seldom heard even on Stepney-green . He was seconded by Mr . Bloomfield . Mr . George Thompson spoke first , but he was heard only by a few near him . Sir William Clay was positively unheard by anybody , so stunning was the row . However , he adopted a novel expedient ; he ran along the hustings to the far-oft * box 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 Maynooth 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 he wound up by declaring that he would no longer waste his time by talking to men whom he did not consider a fair specimen of the men of the Tower Hamlets . Mr . Ayrton spoke , unheard by the reporters , not because of any uproar , but by 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 .
But he was followed by Mr . 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 ears of the reporters . From these flying 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 Militia Bill , Protection , the Maynootli grant , but in favour of full religious equality . After 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 testifying to the honour of an opponent whom all are but too prone to calumniate : — " I believe I have now had a fair innings . ( Laughter . )
It will now be for you to hear Mr . Newton . ( Great cheering . ) I wish to give that gentleman my meed of praise for the gentlemanly way in which , he lias conducted his canvass . I have seen Mr . Newton to-day for the first time ; I have asked to have the pleasure of shaking hands with that gentleman , for be lias 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 . )
Mr . 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 them , all of whom expressed themselves confident that they would bo placed iirst on the poll . Not one had said he should be second . Now , he was indifferent for his part whether lie was Iirst or second ( a laugh ) , and he was glad he had no competitor for the second place . ( Cheers and laughter . ) A share in the representation was all that the working classes wanted . They did not dictate to the electors as to whom they should elect for his ( Mr . Newton ' s ) colleague ! . That they left to the consciences of the electors . But ho begged of tliem to remember that there , were ( 50 ' 000 non-electors ill
tho borough . ( Cheers . ) Would the electors have no consideration for them , and were they to remain as much misrepresented as they had been H Was it , sufficient to have men to represent them whom they never saw in tho borough except , when they came to he re-elected , and who , when they were asked to attend meetings in the borough , pleaded pro-engagement , indisposition , and other excuses ? What tho working-classes wanted was men to attend to the interests of the people , who would mix with the people , who would condescend to attend meoti ngs and liHten to their complaints , and who would assist ^ them to destroy those huge monopolies of different kin s which now oppressed them . The Commissioners of Tr sts , for example , took away from the borough a great , amount of money ; hut there was no one in the JTou . se of Commons to look to
those matters . The great , interests of labour must he represented in that ilouse , and hit asked them to wend him to represent them . ( Loud cheers . ) They had made ii , good deal of noise thai , day , no doubt , but it was it goodhumoured noise , which had nothing vindictive in it . ( Laughter . ) "My views ( continued Mr . Newton ) are , that a responnihility should rest upon the Legislature ol this country ! o find employment for the people . " ( Loud cheers . ) lie believed that the people of this country would enforce these views upon the (< ovcriiment ., not by II / I . . r , ilii ¦¦> .. !¦ I * ikilJ It II ll . / k ll II IWklll IJ > tlll If > lll . t it I I 1 ( l I * V 1 (*\\ H till noisy clamourbut by the announcement ol I heir vicwh at .
^ , meetings like the p ' reHent , and by the orderly conduct of the people . It was said at first , that he ( Mr . Newton ) had heeu pnid by the Cnrllon Cluh li > continue thiM contest , ; then it was said ho wan paid by a nohlennin ; and , lastly , that ho had received money from Mr . Hutler to split up the Liberal interest . They were now all face to face , and let any one who dared now repent these statements , and lie Mould show them that he challenged his itecuHcrH to the strictest scrutiny . He believed that to-morrow night would place him in ' tho nosition of one of thoir reprcHontatiyuM , and that when tiio iiowm of that victory wtw « ont
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July 10 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . 647
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 647, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1942/page/3/
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