The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EiENING, JULY 18. 11015.

now, and we should hear no more about it '
He was rather surprisedt bad lasted so long.
As • Lancashire man hi was not afraid of I
gulag his vote opsaly. It was so extraordinary thing to
hear amen prig* themselves upon their open speaking, sad
adds( for the ballot all the time. What did they not
the ballot for? Moe yes shan't "Make fee farmers vote."
and laughter.) A paper had been handed up to him, the
edema which he did not like (wasp). It was only allot
of the divisions and the attendance of himself and sot-
=He did not ease twopence for it. If saybody
non that be had neglected the istereate of the
county, Its should be prep tred to my he was aorry he tem
not is the bouts oftener. But as for sitting eight after night
listeming to the stupid e that were wide. be did not
go to parliament to that. Be was nth boned to sit
there amity night in the session. It would ban bees mu
good either lad seemed, for the goverment did see bring
in a bill worth looking at. Why, thee, should be p sad
sit on those benches night after night for nothing. On
word to the opposite candidates. Two of them had ap-
peased, but where was the third? Afraid to come, he map-
le ocuudusion the hoe. candidate promised to study
the bdest intermits of the electors should he be again 'skived
le parliament.
Hr. G. TUBMIR, who read his speedi, and could not be beard
eves by the hall-dean reporters who clustered round him,
was node/stood to appeal to his four years' Barrios., sod to
remind hie bearers that in 1161 he cams before them as •
. commercial man, holding commercial principles, and at-
I tachod to the °method= and to church and state. His
conduct woe to be judged of by his votes. The question for
the electors to decide as Thursday at the poll was whether
, they would have representatives attached to church and
state, or advocates of extreme dews in a contrary
direction. including vote by ballot. Two of his opponents
had issued their addresses, avowing extreme measures, but
where was Mr. Gladstone? Referring to the United &ate%
be mainlined our government cam and favourably with
that in America; sad with respect to the foreign policy, he
said the government did wrong on the Po ish and Danish
Oaks, and deserved the vote of censure they had. He
would support a reform measure dealing with the question
in a liberal emu, but in a conservative meaner. The
• franchise ought to be extended. but the utmost care mud
be mken that all dimes be fairly represented. trader the
circumstances he thought it wise to oppose the Oaths Bill,
but he would prefer an oath that could be taken by all
I niembeis. The Roma catholic., had nun, nodoebt, to
complain that the Prisons Bill had not been prowly
carried out. In conclusion he said the choice of candidates
meant either democratic) doctrines or the safety and droop!'
of the ooestitation.

Mr. ikons HEYWOOD, who was greatly cheered, said he l'
very touch regretted that on this occasion his right hoe.
friend, Mr. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer—
(reeewed cheep)—was not able to be preterit. Mr. Med-
stone was uesvoidably prevented Irons coining this day be-
fore the oonetituency, but he took the deepest interest in
this cooked, and he (Mr. Heywood) was in Mat hops
that to-morrow (Tuesday) Mr.Gladatene would be able to
present himself to • large meeting in the town of Liver.
pool, sod on the following day to attend a similar meeting
in the city of Mancheater. (Cheers.) There was not mow
time to do more than visit the great capitals of the
county, but it was hoped that he would be able to pay
this compliment to the electors. Every man is this
assemblage, whether liberal or conservative, was
under de obligations to Mr. Gladstone—(cheep)--on cc- I
count of his improvements is the assegai of this country.
He had reduced taxation materially, and in • way that
every member of the community could appreciate. He had
lowered the tea duties, which affected almost everybody, I
sod had also reduced the income tax. He was the most
excellent Chancellor of the Exchequer the country bad Wadi
for many years. (Cheers.) The question now before the .
electors of South Lancashire was whether they would choose
the three liberal caodidates—(cheers)—or the conserve.
tires, sad whether they would have • liberal administratrou
or • conservative. (Cheers and continued uproar, which
made Mr. Heywood's next observation partly
inaudible.) He recollected in the year 1847 •
young tory squireand ALP. (A Voice—Was it Legh?) No,
it was nut Mr. Legh —(lataghter)--saying he hoped we were
going to have a war with Frame, and that he was very glad
of it, because the pries of corn was sure to ries. (Laughter.)
That young quire bad no bitter fueling mantel the Preach
any more than this meeting had, but he was a great oorn
grower, acid he knew if there was • war the price of corn
would rise. Now, Doe of the merits of the liberal govern-
ment was that they had kept the peace—(chum)—and tried
to improve the prosperity of the country. He (Mr. Hey-
wood) was in favour of pesos and ems-intervention. (Cheers.)
Lit foreigners unease their own affairs their own way ;
and if unhappily there should he oases of dispute
between this country god another, he should be very sled
to submit them to arbitration. (Cheers.) We should try
every pacific means to be on good terms with our neigh-
bours. It was only occasionally an accidental depute
arose. Is that way he believed we should be a much greater
nation than we now were. He had confidence in a liberal
government that they would keep the peace as much as
pourable with foreign countries ; and if be was returned
to parliament it was his intention to give an independent
support to a liberal government. ((beers.) Mr. Thomp-
son and he had made a very large canvass,
and everywhere they found • very deep ham-
eat in the *abject of a new reform bill. Ie the
lest semioo of parliament some gentlemen seemed to think
that the country was indifferent about reform, hut in his
experience the publics of South Lancashire took a very great
interest in it. The public' opinion of this part of the coun-
try was decidedly in favour of a good bill. Further than
that, he believed that the tenant farmers had a different
interest on this subject from the interest of their landlords.
The landlords wished to keep up the monopoly of what was
called the territorial aristocracy. (Cheers.) It wig the
interet of the tenant farmers to have as large se *ipso.
41011 of the suffrage as they could get. He wee io favour of au
extension which would go as far as 101. motels in counties.
A considerable number of tenant farmers, both conserve.
lives mud liberals, would thereby be admitted to the franchise,
sod also • large number of most respectable people who
lived in villages and towns that were nos now repreaseted
as boroughs. (Applause.) With regard to the boroughs,
if he had been is perliament he should have given his vote
for Mr. BliDtell bill for a 6/. suffrage. He deemed it •
very fair claim. He thought we should also try to get the
class of lodgers enfranchised. There were a great somber
of worthy people who were ledgers and not householdera
He would else allow • vote to any queen who paid income
tax. Generally speakinr, he was in favour of a good, sound
extension of the suffrage, with • moderate basis
of property at tlie bottom. (Applause.) He had seen also
in his progress round the county, that the protection of the
ballot was wanted. (Cheers.) He thought it was needed
. _ .

world, the liberal party bad had a difficulty to cooteod with
through its being died._ It wee men now is different
parts of the ematrv—unfortunately us the city of Man.
chaster; but they did not seed in the southern division of
Leannthirs. Berea dem Wye wee drawn between the two
peat parties la the country. Oa the one aide we had three
Cl the rank and file of %hel tarp party. (Chews.) Oa
re the other side the ware a -tn-chief of the liberal
amp. ono veterea , anal one recruit.
(Mean. One of his agrioaltoral Meads not loeg
ago told) him that toe) had on the liberal
rade a capital teem (laughter); be was very sorry that that
day their shaft horse was aboard. Just as at the battle of
Waterloo, when the Bestir& troops, having fought all day.
were getting the worst oPtt, the Prussians cams up, end the
two marched together to victory, so whiles be sod Mr. Hey.
woad bed borne the brunt of the conflict, neat de) they
might look for Mr. Gladstone like a thuoderbolt. (Loud
°beers.) la his address be took strong ground oe
perlla-
wtery reform. He timed that the tories were also in
favour of reform. They were all reformers; at least
their candidates said so ; but he did not believe
them when they said so. They were for new-
faegkd *Mims which they called, forsooth, lateral reform;
but the liberals were reformers of the old English lino, aad
in the next parliament they hoped to march to victory
under the banner of Berl Hearth with the issistarses, he
ho of Lord Stas, whom they had *early converted
—Daugped,
hter and cheers—and with the farther help, as all
would agree, of Mr. John Bright. (Cheers.) It would
take, perhaps, those three great men to make up • reform
bith end he hoped they would do it yet. They would follow
Earl Russell in lowering the francbias, at it was lowered in
1831 ; they would follow Lord Stanley in redistributing
*este ; sad they would look to Mr. John Bright to give
consistency to the whole measure. They had seen the
tory voters come in lines sod files like soldiers ; they must
learned that sort of thing by the ballot. They had been told
that in the Salford hundred they would not find much en-
' conragement, but he called all to witness the strength of the
Mend party as shown in front of the hustings. (Cheers.)
!They did not flaunt our ribbons me drive their omnibuses
through a orowd—(loud cheers) —but they had liberal prin-
ciples at their hearts ; these were odours width did not fade
—(cheep)—and would carry them to victory. He had not
got his soti on paper before him. (laughter and ohm's,
the gentlemen on the hustings turning mood to look at Mt.
Turner.) They bad spoken at Manohester and Liverpool,
sod sow in the emirs of the division they declared that
the liberal party wee in favour of pesos, retrenoltroeot,
I and reform, the good old cry of their fathers. He did not
Intend to fill his speech with extracts from foreign papers
or views about distant countries. Let Englishmen study
their own coostitutioo, and look to what they had to amend
in their own affairs. Thanks to a good liberal government
the country was in a high state of prosperity : we had seen
through the isatrumentality Tot Mr. Gladstone, taxes
reduced. Those ladies he saw in that rart knew Mr. Glad-
stom through their teapot. (Laughter and cheers.) Not-
withstanding the cotton famine, so part of the country
had advanced as bad the southern division of Lancashire.
This advance was owing to pesos, non-intervention,
and free trade • and it there was one man to whom
we were indebted for these it wee Richard Cobden.
(Ohms.) It was under to cheer Cobden now ' • he bad
goo' 'myriad the thanks of this great nation ; but he was
enshrined in the hearts of all men, sod of all parties, and
now perhaps none would praise him more than would their
oppouenta. The great ory against them was that they
! were democrats ; they wore sot ; they were mode-
rate, conateteut, liberal reformers, and they would terry
reform if they fought it to the end. Although their ad-
, ramie' pretended that they were reformeraa pretended
' Lest they admired free trade, they bad not the hum to say
that they were for religions equality. (Chews.) Do what
I they would the old man mine up in them. (Cheers.) They
said that Mr. Moosell's Roman Catholic Oath Bill, was an
eleatimeering dodge ; if it was, the toriee rueat it like
! minnows. (Laughter.) Lord Derby made an intemperate
'speech, and had been .slog his words ever since.
lOn all these subjects they would find bite a true Maud of
the church, and a tree enemy of all intolerance. The issue
before the country was not 000 of minor measures, but it
was whether liberals or tories should govern the country.
The torias praised Mr. Gladstone, bat the first thing they
I would do would be to hurl him from office, and to pat to
his place that man whose political career was a diagram to
the tory party, Mr. Disreeli. Be wee unfit to represset
this country ; he had changed his politics too often, and be
bad changed them in the wrong direction. He had been
given to understand that the show of hands would be against
them, but he believed they would see the contrary. if they
were for liberal government, for good measures, and
against shame, they would vote for the liberal condi.
dates ; they would remove the stain that they had suffered
themselves to become the monopoly of a few tory landlords,
and the laughing stork of the liberal party. There WAR IL back
bone of liberalism in that divieioa of the county that had
stood already the shack of defeat, sod, under the leadership
of Mr. Gladstone, it would again secure their victory.
(Loud chews.)
The lion Riositin then took • show hands. He declared
it to be in favour of Mr. Egerton, Mr. Leah, and Mr. Thomp-
son, and a poll was then &mended on one side, on behalf of
Mr. Gladstone soil Mr. Heywood, and, on the other side, on
behalf of Mr. C. Turner.

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The proceediap terminated wi'h • 'of* of thanks to the
High Sheriff, moved by Mr. EGERTON, and seconded/by Mr.
Hat WOOD.

water, should he exempt frost taxa while the man who
drinks his quart pot of beer should have his kept on.
((trews.) The texetioe affects the growers sad the oon-
aninem, and I think the meta who takes his quart pot should
have a portico of the tax takes off. That is any
opinion, and that is the lies I ladled to take
when the question next mass under oossideration.
(" How about the Upton Chargeability Bill?") My expo-
Timm bat been this the poor niaa has not always
had less regular support in large putties thee is small
come ; the effect of the ehsop is the law is to make
salon one largo parish. I Wise* there will be more people
cut of work by that change than there used to he, and I
think it is better that the poor ease should have employ-
ment than be met to the maim for relief. (Cheers.) With
regard to the change, 300 yews ago the eonstry was divided
baftwgperisabes, but by the present tOOIIIIII, I knew that the
would have the effect of taking the money out of
the pocket of one and of putting it into the pockets of
three. (Hear, bear.) I proposed that no mac should be
seat away, but that be should have relief from
where be wee livieg, sad that the only reason given for
not peening it wee became it wee proposed by
me. They admitted it wail good end right, but be-
muse I proposed it they would not take it, although I have
taken pains to put measures in shape. sod so pale them if
they were good; whether they came from one side of the
house or the other, whether by Dick or Tom, is of no odds
to me. (Hear, hear.)i The right host. gentleman, after again
thanking them for returning him, retired amidst loud
cheering.
Colonel Norm. 11. P., also thanked the electors for
retaining their confidence in him for the past thirteen vear
and briefly alluded to the interest he had taken in all
questions affecting the effidency and welters of the army.
Colonel PANE also briefly retuned thanks. and
A vote of thanks to the high sheriff terminated the pro-
oeedinp, which ended as peaceably as they were conducted