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of Commons nothing bat objections to that measure ; aad we were told that if it had been a larger measure the objections -would have been stronger and more decisive . But , as soon as there was a question of the dissolution of Parliament , it was discovered that they were in favour of that measure , only it sesmed that there were in Mr . Locke King ' s Bill—which they had never seen , and which I ana told Mr . Locke King had never communicated to them—certain faults and defects which bad alone prevented them from supporting it . If that be tie case , they "will have an opportunity in the new Parliament of bringing in measures of their own , in which tley can put all the guards and securities which they can desire , and in which they can insert all the guards and
securities that I inserted in a bill which I introduced two years ago , and then they can no doubt carry it through both Houses of Parliament . It is in this way that the dissolution of Parliament will be of real use to this country . I trust , as I have formerly said , to see the edifice of religious liberty p&rfected . I trust to see free trade completed by the abolition of some obnoxious duties . I trust that by economy and retrenchment we shall be able to spare those additional duties on sugar aad tea which tend so much to diminish the enjoyments of the people . ( Cheers . ) I trust , - also , that by exlendiag the franchise to the enlightened , the respectable , and the honest classes who have not had hitherto the benefit cf . exercising that privilege , we may extend still further the basis of our representation , and give an additional
security to our institutions . ( CJieers . ) Such may be , I trust , the result of this dissolution . The good sense of the nation has seen the advantage which might be taken of it in having a new Parliament , fresh from communicating with the people a . t large . Gentlemen , I trust that you will in the future see supported by the four members for the City of London measures of economy , measures of reform , measures conducive to the prosperity of this great empire . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , again 1 thank you for tie honour you Lave done me . I have been exposed for some years to much obloquy , to much misrepresentation , to much misconstruction "' of my motives j but , whatever I may have suffered in this respect , the generous manner in which you have come forward to support me at this election affords me full compensation . " ( Muck cheering . )
Mr . Crawford then thanked the electors for havingrecorded nearly six thousand votes in his favour . Mr . Howe next came forward to propose a vote of thanks to their late member , Mr . Masterman , upon whose efficient and faithful services as the representative of the City of London for sixteen years he passed a high eulogium . Dr . Sparke seconded the resolution , which was cai-ried by acclamation . During the proceedings , M . Alexandre Dumas ( accompanied by M . Delille , of the City of London Schools ) , and other foreigners , were on the hustings .
SOUTHWARK . The nomination took place on Saturday , wlien Mr . Apsley Pellatt was very * roughly received , being greeted with such exclamations as — " How about the British Bank ? " " Who was laughed at in the House of Commons ? " cl "Who put out the gas ? " &c . He defended his Parliamentary conduct , expressed confidence a 3 to his being again elected , and then gave place to Sir Charles Napier , who wore the riband and collar of the Bath and numerous foreign decorations . Ho was received with great favour , and began by eulogising Lord Palmerston for his conduct in connexion with the
China business . His fame had spread to the uttermost corners of the world , and even the Emperor of China supported him , as he had sent despatches to Commissioner You , disapproving his conduct in the affair of the lorcha . Yet , in many instances , he ( Sir Charles Napier ) disapproved of . Lord Paltnerston ' s policy , and in those cases he would heartily oppose him . Reform , also , must be firmly pressed upon him when the new session begins . —Mr . Locke then spoke to similar effect ; and , a show of hands being taken , an immense majority was exhibited in favour of Sir Charles Napier and Mr . Locke . A . poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr . Pellatt . The official declaration of the close of the poll showed —Napier , 3991 ; Locke , 3647 ; Pellatt , 2499 .
system ; to provide for their proper recreation ; and to see them properly represented . " The show of flands was argely in favour of Mr . lloupell and Mr . Williams . A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . Wilkinson . The poll terminated thus : —Roupe ] l , 9318 ; Williams , 70-18 ; Wilkinson , 3234 . Mr . Wilkinson , the defeated candidate , brought forward accusations against Mr . Roupell of having resorted to bribery—a charge which Mr . lioupell warmly denied , and retorted them upon the accuser .
FINSBUKY . The close of the poll was officially announced on Monday , when the numbers were dccLircd to be—Duncombe , " G 922 ; Cox , 4110 ; Parry , 3954 ; Reed , 2378 . Mr . Dimcombe , in returning thanks , said :- —" Suppose Lord ralmerston ' s Government had acquiesced in the decision of the Vehite Parliament , in what a humiliating position we should have been . " What a degradation it would have been to find that England approved those proceedings of Commissioner Yeh which his own Emperor disapproved ! But , ladies and gentlemen , we have avoided that disgrace , and the noble , magnanimous , and high-spirited people of England have scattered the Yelntes to the wind . ( Loud cheers . ") "Where are they
now to be found ? Will they appear again in-the' next Parliament ? ( Cries of' No , ho / ' ) I hope that some of them may , and that they will bring the question forward , and we shall tiien hear what they have to say in their defence . All that I can say is , that whenever they do bring it forward I shall repeat the vote which has " with your approbation—( cheers )—and , I believe , with that of the vast majority of the people of this country . (// ea > -, hear . ) But there Avas a sect springing up in the House of Commons ( whether it was the work of Kussia I knoTv not ) -which was constantly saying that whatever England and Englishmen do is wrong , and whatever any foreigner does is right . ( 'iVb , no . ) It is time that that feeling should be put down . I shall now go back to my place in the House of Commons , and resume my duties as an advocate of civil and religious liberty . ( Cheers . ) shall
I go back the same Keformer as I have ever been . I am tied to no Minister whatever . Lord Pahnerston ( we have it on the authority of Sir James Graham ) is . a Tory , of the deepest dye . (' Hear , hear , ' and laughter . ) I do not dispute that Sir James Graham is a very good judge of Toryism . ( Laughter . ) He has served in Cabinets with the rankest Tories—Q That he has ! ' )—and it must be recollected that he did not hesitate to form one of Lord Palmerston ' s Government . But I believe that Sir James Graham and Lord John Russell are now bidding for popularitj-, and calling themselves Reformers . ( Laughter . ) IN " eYertheless till within the last few hours they opposed every motion which ' ! brought forward for extension of the franchise and Parliamentary reform . They have changed . And why should not Lord Palmerston change too ? He is too good a tactician to be beaten by them in foreign or domestic policy . "
candidates had returned thanks , he said that he thanked his opponents" for having relieved him from a great weight of responsibility , from anxiety , from vexation , from misapprehension , and from misrepresentation . " At this , there were ironical cheers , laughter , aad cries of " Wliy did you come ?" Mr . Chamber ' s defeat is attributed bv his friends principally to his having supported the Sunday Trading Bill introduced by Lord Robert Grovesnor ; and partly , also , to his too frequent absence from divisions .
TIVERTON . After the nomination proceedings on Friday week , Lord Palmerston attended a banquet to celebrate the reopening of the . Athenaeum . In reply to the toast of " Her Majesty ' s Ministers , " the Premier made a long speech , in which he reviewed and explained his foreign policy , and vindicated the course Government had thought it necessary to take in connexion with the disagreement in China . He referred to the great assistance which he ami his colleagues had derivedfrom the almost unanimous approval of the nation in carrying on the Russian war , and in obtaining just and honourable terms of peace ; and he then passed on to the immediate question of the dav . " I have had the honour of
receiving addresses , ni great numbers from many of the largest cities and commercial communities —addresses which I have not the vanity to take to myself , but which were the expression of the national feeling upon subjects in which it was felt that tho national interest and the national honour were concerned ; but the other day , gentlemen , I had the honour to receive a deputation from Bristol , a similar one froni- Liverpool , and from Manchester , all expressing regret and surprise at what had happened iii the House of Commons to tho Government , and of their'determination to support Ministers . Cue of these gentleinen sukl , ' I am a Liberal , but my friend who combs With me is a Conservative ; and this address fro : n Bristol has received 2000 signatures , and includes every ' , <; lass of society and everv shade of political opinion . ' ( Cheers . ) The same
happened in Liverpool ; and-those . . who were kind enough to bring me an address said it was exhibited only for two or . ¦ -three' hours , but it contained 910 signatures , including all those largely concerned in the commercial and trading interests of the town , and-wlio have the greatest interest in avoiding what is calculated to interrupt the--peaceful ., relations of the country . " He then went tin to say , with reference to his foreign policy in general , that lie had been called " a firebrand , " a source of disturbance to Europe , an exciter to revolution , a " turbulent and aggressive" Minister , and , in the words of a Continental statesman , " a European calamity . " Such epithets were not applicable to him . " What I did , and what the Government of which I was the organ did , was to encourage and support , as far as we could with propriety , those nations who endeavoured to
mi-Mr . Cox next presented himself , but was received with loud shouts of " Paid canvassers ! " and " Bribery !" He admitted that he had paid his canvassers , and that , in the opinion of a legal gentleman consulted by his opponents , that fact constituted bribery ; " but what of that ? It was merely the opinion of one barrister , and he could obtain twenty opinions on tlie other side . Ho would meet liis opponents , if necessary , before a committee of the House of Commons . " Mi-. Serjeant Parry experienced a worse reception than
provfi th <> ir institutions ( cheers ) , and to obtain for themselves the blessings of that Parliamentary Government which we in England have so long enjoyed . I did not incite the people , or encourage the nations to seek for internal changes which could not be reasonably accomplished ; but , when they were possible of accomplishment , then wo said— ' Here is our hand ; we will lead you on , and we trust you may reach the goal which you were honourably striving to attain . '" As instances of the truth of these statements , he referred to his espousal of the popular cause in Belgium , Spain , and Portugal , in oil which countries some form of constitutional and Parliamentary Government , more or less perfect , had been established . With respect to China , he thought could not at form
even Mr . Cox . He complained that Mr . Cox had expended several thousand pounds in corruptly influencing the electors , and threatened to present a petition to the House of Commons against him for bribery . The constituency , lie said , had disgraced itself by returning Mr . Cox to the House of Commons . Tlie slandera winch had been uttered against him ( Mr . Serjeant Parry ) had been investigated by his committee , by whom they were found to be utterly false , lie had not employed a single paid canvasser , nor attempted to unduly influence the electors in any shape .
we present any conjecture as to what the Emperor of that country would do ; for lie reminded his auditors that the quarrel is purely local , and that wo cannot projierly be said to be at war with Cliina at all . Tlie Emperor is in a critical position , the rebellion having gained tlie lieurt of his dominions , ami reached even to Nankin , the anciont capital of China ; and ' this will probably add to his doubt as to what course he will take . His Lordship was therefore inclined to think that , wImjii Lord Kl tf in reaches Hong-Kong , matters will not ba materially i-hangerl . Tho mission of thn Plenipotentiary is not intended as any disparagement to Sir John Howring ; it is simply founded on the established practice of the country in difficult cases . Lord Elgin is a man of high rank , conciliator y disposition , and great experience , who lms already distinguished himself in Canudii and the United States ; and lie will be backed
Major l £ ee < l was well received , and joined with Serjeant Parry in complaining of the return of Mr . Cox , which he attributed to bribery .
THE TOWEIt HAMLETS . Prom the official declaration of the poll on Monday we learn that , the numbers at the close stood—Ayrton , 7813 ; Butler , 7207 ; Sir William Clay , « GiH . The last named , therefore , was defeated . Mr . Ayrton then , in making his acknowledgments , withdrew , with many expressions of regret , some derogatory remarks ho had made on the previous Friday , during the nomination , with respect to the absence of Sir William Clay from the division on the question of reducing the retiring Bishops' pensions from six thousand to four thousand five hundred a . year . Mr . Butler then thanked the elector .- ) , and expressed his regret at parting from his old friend and colleague , Sir William Clay . That gentleman having taken leave of bin former constituents in a i ' cw graceful and cordially expressed words of farewell , the proceeding * terminated .
by a largo military force and a navnl force which is double that which , Sir William Parker hail in the late China war . It is necessary , continued tlie Premier , to stop beginnings with vigour . " We arc often told to look to our cousins in the United Statcn as models ot conduct , though there aro some thing * in which they might , jiitft as well look to us ( a laugh ); but what did thu United State * commander do in this -very dilliculty in Cliina in comparison with our officers civil and naval't A bout belonging to one of thesir ships of Avar wuh fired at . Woll , that was a great insult ; but an gxciiho might have been made for it ; it might have been mud that tlila American boat was taken for an Knglish boat . It is true the officers in that boat waved the American flag ; but the Chineso might have an id , ' That i « n well-known strategy of war ; you wavo tho American flag to docoivo us ; wo believed it was an English boat , und thoroforo
GKEKNWICII . The . oflicinl declaration givos tho numbers thus : — Codringlon , 21 * 85 ; Townsend , 2784 ; Chambers , 2 OG 5 . Tho last-named gentleman , therefore , has lost his election . In addressing tho elector * , after tho successful
LAMBETH . The nomina . tion last Saturday exhibited a accne of great confusion , noise , and " clmftmg . " Mr . Williams —" sweat Williams , " as one of the electors exclaimedlook credit to himself on the ground of his having looked after the national pocket , and prevented , or at any rate diminished , a wasteful expenditure of the public money . The present Government , he said , had been more extravagant , ovon since the war , than tho Ministries of Lords Derby and Aberdeen . Mr . Wilkinson then addressed the
electors , who , however , were greatly disinclined to hoar him . lie expressed his satisfaction with tho conduct of the Government in tho China allair , and accused Mr . Williams of voting with Mr . Cobdon because ho wished to bring hack the Government of Lord Derby . Mr . Uoupell , the third candidate , was enthusiastically received , and spoke in favour of reform and a butter and nioro popular administration « f public departments He was anxious to seo the working classes cared for ; to have their houra of toil lessened , without nt tho same lauo leadening their wages ; to abolish tlio horrible truck
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April 4 , 1857 ] T H E L E A P E R . 319
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Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2187/page/7/
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