The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-16 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS.

MIDDLESEX.

A meeting of electors to eseure the return of
Lord Robert Orosvenor mud Mr. Bernal Osborne for Msd-
dleses, was held at the Manor Room, Hackney, last even-
ing, which wa• pretty well filled. S. Mont.'s, Esq., was
eallad to the chair, and after some prefatory observations
from him,

Lord It. GROSVENOR said he was afraid he was at
present a somewhat uninteresting personage. He was not
the person attacked. Ile bad been in mutant conimunica-
ta with the electors, who be believed had watched his
votes, sad had done him the f of reading his speeches.
lie bad sever received any intimation from them of the loss
of their confidence, rind be could were them that he was
not changed. There was, therefore, no reason why he
should eater into any lengthened detail of the debates he
bail taken past in, or the votes ho heal given. As the chair-
man of the maitary committee he hod endeavoured to do
good to the poor man by trocuring him a more whetstones
dwelling. They produced a report which recommended the
repeal of the window tan, a reduction of the timber duties,
which bad been carried. H. had supported the ethnical..
tmtioa of Lord Julie Russell, and that was the party with
whom he had long acted, bat he never had been and never
would be the slave of party, and on many occasions he had
both voted and spoken against them. Ile could never
support the present guverament became. they had not ap-
pealed to the country on the principles they sup-
ported in oppositiuu. He thought not only should
free trade be supported, but that great reductions should
be made in the import duties no tea. tobacco,
and spirit., and he would have direct taxation as macs as
possible. lle would relieve the agricultural interest by
taking the tax off malt, which pressed bard both on the
producer and consumer. In conclusion the noble lord ea •
pressed a hope that the electors would give te his colleague
(Mr. Osborne) the same assistance which they gave him be-
Lore, and that they would bring him in as triuniphautly as
they did in 1847.
Mr. B. OSBORNE said if the past of danger was the
pest of honour, then it was consolatory to him to :retell
that he occupied that post, and that in coming to the district
of the Tower Hamlets, he should have st least their support
in carrying him through the contest which was shout to
ensue. They had heard it stated that he was the weaker
party, and that his late noble colleague was strong, as he
desern d to be, not only in their affections, but in the affec-
tions of all other die; rim in the county. Ile warned his
noble colleague aad his friends that the tories were wise in
their generation ; they only grasped at what they could at
first accomplish, and possibly the same hoot. might on this
occasion be conceded to the noble lord that was conceded to
llysees in the cave of Polyphemus,—that be should be the
last that wu devoured. lie represented a principle
in Middlesex, and if they were gniug to take another man
to represent the liberal party in Middlesex, he thought they
were at least bound not to have more than one branch of
the aristocracy to represent them. Least of all should they
take a scion of the house of Marlborough. The first duke.
who, though a gn at man in some respects, woe a very
mean man, cost the country a million, and his descen-
dants had cost the country 12 millions. And now as to the
marquis's "sound constitutional views." His lord-
ship did not tell them in his address what they
were, and he attended no meetings, but lie referred to has
conduct in parliament. His lordship entered parliament
in 1811, having been returned for the snug little borough
of Woodstock, and the first vote he gave was against taking
away the tests in the Scotch universi•ice, and he had al-
ways him the most narrow and sectarian views, escept
on ems mementhle CM-alit:lS—that occasion ha! been 'seised,
hs wine M cooks him the prow stant Bt. George. and him
(Wt. Osborne) the Dragon suffering by_his onslaught. The
ashiosnerquis voted, in 1844, against Mr. Villiers's motion
he a repeal of the corn lawn, lad he &due vote again that
peer. In 1846 he mend splines any alteration in the sugar
dada. He wen wry maim preseme in the bream , but when he
did vote, it was se the erne. ebbs. Nimble colleague had
Taof his liberal tendenehe. Where were they t In
r ahe voted against the emmelgolles of the Jews,
eel he Meted the other lay, et Woodstock, he in•
tooled to esetinue to de ow In 18.30 he voted
gloss Leal Joke Rube's preposition for an in.
emesed headtio M Irderel • and he supported
lik John Trolleys% motion eggilating the distress of the
M the repeal orthe um lows, the object of the mo-
des to mhos the on. lows. la 1862 Lord Bland-
fitel the Midi NIL lie (Mr. Osborne) opposed
kin every dame. (Chien.) His lordship was held up as
the ehamplen of prutestantisni ; but be did not vote against
the grant in 1844. In 1846, when Peel brought in • bill to
humus the grant and malts it permanent, his lordship
voted for the bill. And, by the bye, the Earl of Derby
proposed it in the House of Lords. Mr. Disraeli opposed
it in the Commons out of hatred to Sir Robert Peel, be-
cause they all knew that Mr. Disraeli, able as he was, was
not troubled with any convictions. He did not suppose
anybody suspected bun of it. (Laughter.) lie (Kr.
horse) gave a vote foe Peal's bill, but he voted for
Mr. Ward's motion that the grant should be paid,
wet out of the consolidated fund, but out of the
seeksiastical fund for Inland. He (Mr. Osborne) did
notsympathise with the aggressive spirit of the church of
Rome; hat he differed with some as to the means by which
SW spirit was to be resisted. He thought that laws of an
=we character would but unite the scattered members
llow catholic party. In conclusion, the bon. gen.
Hamm said, if they thought he had not de* ived them 'woe
14187-41 they thought he bad pursued a fair and honest and
Eugs% he would again ask for their support ; but :if
thought he bad failed, he trusted they would say it
mt
been from any lack or wish, but rather from the is-
Owed= or an over seal. (Cheers.)
Kr. ?teem then moved a resolusioa pledging the meet-
Mum support Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Osborne.
Mr. O. 01/111 seconded, and Mr. NUWATT (IMO M. P.)
@poke in its support; alter which the resolutiou was sawn.
incessly 'grind to, and the meeting separated.