The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-23 00:00:00

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REPRESENTATION OP STutiE-UPON-

TIENT.

THE NOMINATION.

The nomination of candidates for the representa-
tion of the parliamentary borough of Sioke-upon.Trent
(vacant by the death of the late Mr. J. L. Ricardo) took
place yesterday morning in the Market-equare, Hanley, the
central town of the Staffordshire Potteries. There were
three caodidates, Mr. H. R. Greefell (hbenl), Mr. A. J.
B. Beresford Hops (liberal conservative), and Mr. Serjeuit
Shoe (liberal). Au immense number of people, roughly
estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000, assembled from all parts
et the Puttenes. All the shops in the square and abn
adjoining streets were completely closed, but the windows'
of the upper rooms of the houses were tilled with ladies, sod
scores of pampa swarmed on the roofs of the houses. A
'Moog detachment of the county ooastabulary was sta-
tioned 41 the covered market, but with the exception of an
almost incessant accompaniment of groans and chasm, espe-
cially during Mr. Greafell's speech, there was little or no
disturbaoce. Mr. M. D. Hollins, of the firm of Main.
Mintou, Haim, and Co., was the returning officer. The
writ sod proclsmatios baying been read by Mr. Stoma-
SOD, borough clerk,
The retuning allow paid a tribute of respect to the
memory of the late Ms. Risirdo, and asked a fair hawing
for all the candidates, adding that they would be proposed

is the fullowhig order—ar. lierjeant Blss. ILc. Gireasils.
and Mr. Hops.
Mr. Co /HMIS COCHION, as earthenware manufacturer,
and • Roman catholic, proposed Mr. Serjeant Shea, bat he
remarks were inaudible beyond the heats of the Wattage,
im consequence of a large body of colliers and forgesses,
supporters of Mr. Oreufell, having from as early hour is
the morning taken op a position where, by groaning aid
shouting, they soccesded in a great measure, for a ow.
sideridde tints, in et/vesting Serjeant Shoe or his friends
beaus heard. Mr. Cookson considered that as • liberal of
long &Lauding, as • man of energy, industry, sod intelligence,
ass man who had attained almost the highest rank is his
prdession, as, in short, • roan of world-wide fame, the
learned seryeant was eurineutly • tit and proper mimeo to
succeed the late Mr. Ricardo. (Loud applause and counter
cheers.)
Mr. THOMAS BOOTH, metal mounter, and lately one of
Mr. Pope's supporters, seconded the Domilistiola.
Mr. Witt.thit BacrWertxua, maimfactiuvr, nominated Mr.
Oradell WI said Mr. Greaten was s commercial man, and
that was what the Pollan wanted, and more, he was •
thorough freetzader. (Load applause.) He came of a vary
good stack. His father bad been is parliament for twenty
year., and had voted fur the repeal of the core laws. (Hear,
bear.) If la were returned parliauaeut—aod be would
be returned by a large majority—(great uproar)—he would
support all measures toadies to elevate UM political sad
social condition of the peat roam of the people. (Loud
applause.)
Mr. J. S. Hu.y of the firm of Sir James Duke and
Nephews), seconded the Domination of Mr. (keelson. He
believed Mr. Gnafell would be tuned the advocate of every
prudent, pthenced, and progressive reform—the advocated
eoouomy, as far as was cossatent with etticieucy—the warm
supporter of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy. (load
cheers and bromine by lieryeant Shee's supporters.) Trey
all admired the bervimii of the Southern States of America,
but laird Valuierston's policy of non-intarventrun must be
maistaiued. (Hear, hear.) Coustitutemal freedom was
the glory of Fatglistemea ; and surely the *Acetate of Stoke.
upon-Trent would never seed a man to parliament who
would encourage in any way the foreign policy et Lord
Derby—sympathy with despotic governments and
ididir-
eace to the struggles of oppressed peoples for liberty.
(Great cheering on all sades.) Mr. Oradell was interested
in the cuinnieroe of the country ; and fur the and, for the
other &aeons be hadgeven, be had great pleasure is second.
I iug his ummuatioo. (Loud applause.)
Mr. C. M. Cabers= (of the erns of Mantra Minton and
Co.), proposed Mr. lieresford Hope. He coinpluneoted
Serjeaut She. on his legal positiuu—(shouts of derisive
I laughter from Mr. Greefell's frieuds)—but seal his political
opinions were not those of the maionty of the constituency.
; (Cheers and uproar.) As for Mr. Greeted, he would ask
whether either his correspondence or Ms speeches had
shown tuft he was a geutletuau whose voice was likely to
; have much weight in the councils of the ratios. (Loud
I cheers.) He believed the result of the polling would show
that the electors of the Potteries were of opinion that they
had nut. (Cheers and groans.)
Mr. G. Heim, brewer, seconded the nomination. He
thought the electors did Dot want a party Mau, but a man
who would be useful to his constituesicy and to his country.
I Such a men was Mr. Hope. (Chests.)
There being no other candidate,
Mr. Serjeant Sulk presented himself. He was received
with mutated cheer* and epees:, and at tunes had great
difficulty to making himself beard. He anuplimeutal Mr.
Hope and his committee on the way in which they bad
Ouudixted their proceedings, and then cautiotied the elec-
tors against butteries rumours on the day of election that
he heed resigned. (Loud cheers, and cries from Mr. Gren-
fell's (rived., " There's no fear of that." " How about the
bred for Hope ?") He next referred to his rank at the bar
as entitling him to present himself before an iudepeudent
constituency, and declared he was there that the borough
of Stoke-upon•Treart might escape the disgrace of being a
tionunaum, borough. (Loud applause and laughter.) He
had not coins dose to Stoke with either the money of
the Reform Club or the Treasury is has pocket. He did
nut know that either of the eaudeleuse Led. He was
sure two had not. (laughter.) He would not say that
the third had, but he hoped that when be came to
address the electors be would declare on his honour
that he also was free from that stigma. But that sort of
thing was done, sod hence men were returned to parliament
who became the obsequious tools ad slaves of the ministry
of the day. (Watt uproar.) Would a greet coiatituancy
like Stoke-upou-Trent be dictated to by a small clique of
gestleuieu c fling themselves the liberal committee, who
wasted to thrust upon the electors • *iodide.* who bad
bees sent, reedy pecked sad marked, " With care," by an-
other small clique is Loudon ? (Shouts of ' Nu, so, we
enanna.") The learned serjenut thee declared himself to be
in favour of entire freedoui of trade , of the ebolition of
church rates ; of perfect religious equality . • of • system of
ratioual education free trout sectarian control ; and of the
ballot. While speaking on the latter subject, he said
everybody knew there had been • vast amount of lotilnide-
tiee at this election, amid that there were so-celled liberal
employers of labour who had ordered their servants
to vote as they were told. (Protracted andesion, and
shouts of "Name, mime.") The seejeast gave no name,
bat said intimidation had been practiced by Yr. tlreidell's
Metals, who canvassed ten or twelve together, and thus
overawed many of the shopkeepers. (Mr. Greutell's friends
on the 'mattese having repeatedly interrupted the *errant.
the returning officer warmly called them to order at this
point, and asked them bow they supposed be was to keep
the erowd quiet if they set so bed as exempla.) During his
elliM•11111 people had repeatedly complained to him of this
sort of thing, which rendered it utterly impossible for more
then a few of the electors to vote in perfect freedom.
(" Hear, beer." ad shouts of It is so," " quite
right.") The serjeaut thee declared himself to be is favour
of the foreign policy of the present government, but said it
was no more right to rob the Pope than it was
anybody else. He read an extract front • despatch sent
many years ago by Lord Palmentou to Lord Normanby,
in which Lord Palmerston, then Foreign Secretary, insisted
ou the importance of the territorial iodepeodeuta of the
Pope being maintained. He (Seriseot Wee) oouteuded that
the Pope ought not to be reduced to the cootlitiou of a
emend of Francs or of any obsequious ally of Preece. The
extent of his territory was a matter of secondary import-
Mee (excepting, as he bad said before, that it was not right
to rob the Pope any more than anybody else), but English.
wee were bound by solemn treaty under the had of that
protestant Lord Eldon to respect it. The great seal of the
realm was affixed to that treaty. It might easily be torn
off, but if it were it would be to the eternal disgrace of
Englishmen. Serjeant Sus then charged Mr. Greutell and
his friends with raising against him the bale "Nu popery "
cry, but this charge was vehemently denied. He disavowed
all totention of taking the oaths, if returned, other than is
their simplest and most neural sense, and then mud he had
•few words of remonstrance and expostulation to Address
to Mr. Greaten. whom he called upon either to retract,
peove, or apologies for tie statement that he was is the pay
of Mr. Hope, and was only a sham candidate. (Great ap-
rimul) He indignantly denied that there was the slightest
oancratisin of truth for such • Watement 'Renewed ap-
plause.) If Mr. Greaten did not take one of the courses be
had pointed out, he was not worthy to represent the con-
stitueecy. (Great uproar.) Again, Mr. Greaten had bad
the coolness to &area the whole Irish nation, and him in
!articular, with the crime of mendacity. [Mr. CliflereLl.—
I est so now.] (Loud aware and protracted interruption.)
He said that he was mendacious, and he now had the Mao-
lean and the impertinence to repeat the charge. (Comae)
The alleged ground of the charge was that he bad given a
pledge to the Roman can:what that be would not support
the foreign policy of lord Paltnerston ; but the truth was
that be had never done anything of the kind. (Great
cheering.) (Mr. ORMITILL—That haul cabin at all to do
with it.] The learned serjeaat retired, after expressing his
belief that be should be at the head of the poll.
Mt. GraWratt next addressed the assembly, but for a
considerable time every attempt he made to speak was
drowned by the groans of Serjeant Shin's supporters. He
said he should neither retract nor apolugise fur the state-
ment to which Serjeant Shoe referred, but which he had
not correctly repeated. What he said was, that Serimot
Shoe having deliberately broken • primers which be made
to him, he believed be was capable d holding • brief for
Mr. Hope, and of being a she. easdidate.
Seriesat Sent —Yoe arm said that.
Mr. 01121 MILL —lf 1 aid rot say that, I retract what I
did say, sod my it now. (Great eprosr.) Serjeant Rhin
easset dewy that he leeks his word to toe.

[TWOPENCE

tracead hilerjaaat do. It's an ineolent tabbabood. (Pas.
übbub.)

Gaatimu—There Si, 'Marano who beard you.
I thunder* neither rofsaei DOC apologias, but rr
peat what I said. (Renewed uproar, rsr Use midst of
which &rigout Shee's (needs made • great effort
to sweep away Mr. Gresfell's friends from the pumices they
had takes. The immense mass of people singed barkwartk
and forwards repeatedly, but the Greuthiliths held their
and at length something like order was restored.)
C. 711. reofell inquired whet was herjasnt Ithee if he were
mot • share csadidata? The poll should be the test. He
bad sot the slightest chaise of wiamug, but if be
only 200 votes. then he (Mr. Gressfelii would apologies.il
("Hear, bear," sod cheers.) He would now leave the
dirty subject which tierjeast Shea had introduced.
He would leave bun to wallow in the mud which
was natural to hini—(great confusion and cries of
" Oh, oh," " Shame, sioune")—autl go on to the
public subjects which were the business of the day.
Serjesst Ries said he had wale down Were with Treasury
gold in his pocket.. Berjeaut She. had had more Treasury
rld. than he had ever had, sod ths wily object in trying to
get into puller:neat was to put mere of that Treasury gold
' into his pocket. (Oonlusiou4 He wasted to get • seat on
the booth • that was what be wasted. (If and loud
chain.) Urenfell then vindicated the independeece of
his owe politics, Lad stated that he differed materially
from the purest government on many home and colonial
qanticies. Its foreign policy, however, he was prepared to
maintain ; and in that respect, se ha every other, he coo-
sakeitiotaly differed from the opinions conacieetiously held
by Mr. Hope. Tn. bar. caothdete thew declared
Wolf fa favour el • total •ataikiiaa choral

aelme, free Wade, sad ..garilionestery reform (that
is lie may, a redletritintioe of seats, an exterior, of the
mfrs., sad vote by ballot). He next said las did not
think the Mathias ought to be charged with the expense of
keeping the Pops at Hume, if they thought be ought to
seek some other plan to be iudeoendeut iu. He had beset
charged with raising the "Nu Popery" cry, but that had
Weil done in the deigustiog I:orrespuodeoce of the Rev. Mr.
Molloy, one of the se:joint's owe (needs. (Haar, hear.)
After a few further remarks Mr. Greefeil retired, 18
his friends there was no doubt at all of his sumess.B(
theirs.)
Yr. BZUSITIOas Hon next spoke, and be was listened to
in • more orderly meaner than either of the other candi-
date*. He said he would leave the "dirty subjects,"
riehtly so called, sad come at wen to the business
!of the day. lie was there as a perfectly inde-
pendent man, sad rested his claims solely upon
his public services. He had been 13 years in parliament,
he Mid served his country with pen and voice for 20 years,
amid he had too high • reputasion to sink to anything mesa
or dishonourable. (Loud applause.) Mr. Oreille& bad told
them that be had voted ageism the repeal of the cora laws.
The fact was be simplj gave his vote epithet 'Sir Robert
Peel, because be thought the country ought to have beta
appealed tOOO so momentous • question. Had that been
dose he believed the whole country would have be than.
measly in favour of Hit Robert Peel. (Oh, oh.) In the
divines on the Irish Arms Bill, which threwout &r Robert,
he voted on his side, because he considered the Anthem tae
of the abominations of political warfare. He would grant
be bad not dropt the word euuservative—Raugliter)
but he war a liberal, too, and be thought the the Mims
were synonymous, because there was uo preservatioo of
what was good without progress to what was better.
(Applause.) Had he chosen to drop either one word or the
other, he might have bsso returned by the adonis Club
or the Cerhou long ago. (Appleass.) He had always
ported the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, and he should
oostiaue to do so. (Loud cheers.) He was in favour of
allowing Heal to become a greet sad sailed kingdom.
wed applause.) Mr. Oradell had quoted weeds which
lie used in addressing the electors of Ilhathridge three yeses
ago, when he said that the object of the helm war wee to
satisfy the greed of • great power and the acquisitivethes
of a little one. That he said at the time of the infamous
convention of Villefreaca ; but the Italian people had tors
that convention to pines, and now Europe would zoos see
• great and united Italy, which from the time of Charle-
magne to that of Napoleon lIL the rulers of France had
exerted all their power to prevent. As to Rome, he thought
the trades of bishop mid kin; agreed very ill together.
(Loud cheers.) A Pops strati is temporal power was sow
as impossibility, sod the Pope would he all the stronger se
• bishop by being made sour* Ina from temporal autho-
rity. (Loud applause.) He might mad keep st Rome ; he
might still hold what was called the Lemnos city ; might
still have his body guard, sad everything else which every
limiest catholic could desire for the safety and dignity of
the head of his church ; but the administration of the
Roman states ought to be placed to the hands of
the parliament of Italy. (Loud cheers.) Ravin
uondeinued the ballot, sod olthltio..l his views ea the
subject of chunk-rates, Mr. Hops moored the electon that
he was that Quarrel Stonewall Jackson who would lad
them to victory. General Pope had already retired, sad
the Generals M'Dowell and who reins be-
hind, were safe to be beaten. (Laughter.) All he asked
was that they might have • fair light, so that victors and
vanquished might hare no canoe to blame each other.
(Loud applause.)
The show of hands was then taken, and the returning
officer said he had oo htsdatiou in tied/rang it tole in fa-
vour of iterjamit Shoe. (Tremendous applause.)
A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Grenfell
and hfr. Hope, and a vote of thank, haviug been paned
to the returning officer, the immense assemblage quietly
dispersal.

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