The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-14 00:00:00

ROCHDkLE ILECTION.

The nomination of aasdil►tiS
for
the represents-
*, at Mie Immesh, in the room of the late Mr. Clehdes,
test imes, s. brkdly assonseed by telegram in yesterday's
10111111, mends& at tea o'elock, re hastiep
We epee spate in front ci the Wellington Hotel.
Ito __...Naas appeared to excite great interest. Not
11-S um named, but all the streets which converge
."' *Aram, were densely crowded with people to the die-
so
iased elioat 100 yards is each directioo, and it was esti-
sod mat from 16,000 to 10,000 were collected within
wash certainly not within hearing, d what took
'
the hustings. Although in other respects very
oTisi— :sod good.tempsried, the crowd we., from the begin-
ism as may as is customary in the contests of LIIO-
3, " lavish% and the dismal uproar of groaning and
liss, mesa to Increase as the mornieg pod The noise
one sentinnons to allow of any speaker being well heard
mere than a few rude from the hustings the cheers
sad master cheers, therefore, could have little significance
s MMe 'Masi expressions of the speakers they inter-
sod, re mast rather have been provoked by ejaculations
Me midst of the crowd, or welly from men
eirstom of the kegs, by the partial opposed Pow=
sme. le the wham portion of the crowd the favourite cry
_„..g to he "Three cheers for Bright," for which, when-
;;Tooded, every speaker had to pause in the midst of
is shoeM happened to be tittering. Before the nowise-
Nsalo. there were also " three cheers for John Bright's
ssv mid three for 11: Potter's eon, when those youthful
came os the hostinp. In the numerous mwe of
=lsflceillag • view of the seem, the windows had
Isis id kw high. OW" and all were filled, only with
imea and I oestr number of spectators looked down
hes lb, roofs. The candidates were vigorously cheered
is of respective partite when they made their appearance
moths halliart•
ins
Me open Tatham), who presided as returning
bm st Me opening of the promediags gave expression
wool mese el the ken mertaised by the condi-
oils the lamented death of Mr. Cobden.
& Earwtai4 of Fox Holes, then_proorieded to
smote ties conservative candidate, Mr. William Baliol
go, Q.O. In doing so he took cocoon to comment upon
• WO* speech in favour of the liberal candidate, in
shim Lard Derby bad been referred to as the advocate of a
• ssim pokey which condemned millions of people to
Crimrkr. &Oriels, on the other band, claimed for
hy the recognition of his efforts during the cotton
heirs ter the relief of the Lancashire operatives, and he
shot, where wee Kr. Bright during all that time, and why
me be set at the groat county meeting is Manchester when
Lig Derby's donation of 6,0007.—(A Voice—" Not a day's
sio!)—end hie eloquent and convincing speech, pro-
dwedthe limed subscription that ever was raised in one

Mr. JOIMIHAI Num, jun., seconded the nomination.
Mr. ROW SWUM. nominated Mr. Timone Bayley
peter, of Nisothester, as a fit and proper person to repro.
east the mostituency, an a liberal whom politica closely re.
awing them of Mr. Cobden.
Mr. G. L. Amniciern, in seconding the nomination, coca.
planed that personalities had been introduced in this enc.
gie by the conservatives, rod in reply to the observations
d Mr. !atingle said (alluding to his own eminexion with
the Gabel Relief Committee) that he ksew rather more
abet be abbe than that gentleman did, and could tell him
tint if Lord Derby sad the Lord Lieutenant of the county
(Lad Bilks) bad not been prompted by others, it wee
very doubtful whether the county meeting would ever have
ter celled at all. Mr. Bright had other duties to perform
at that time, bat it he did not ahead the romitio=
his (Mr. Ashworth) what no other gentleman in
M., the mlimited command of his purse from the very
sommmeement of the distress. And he asked, to
whom were the operatives indebted for the blew-
* they bad eejoysd for many years past in the general
meesnty of thin country, it not to the unparalleled L-
imn of Richard Cobden and John Bright?
There nisi so third candidate nominated,
Mr. RIM auk made hie speech to the assemblage, and it
nut be uodentood by the reader that the interruptions of
ell the speakers by the tumultuous shouting was so owe-
*et as to render it melon frequently to particularise the
MUM is which many of the utterances were reoeived.
Ile mid that now he had the pleasure of standing by the
id* of an hosourable end not unworthy opponent, he
mold invite him to explain himself on certain subjects, end
*teed of using merely the shibboleths of his party, to
the 1•100113 upon which his faith rested. With to
the demonic* of the Let speaker, he must tomer that
be lever before had the pleasure of seeing that gentleman,
tot of all the pereens be ever heard who were little entitled
to complain of personal allusion', he thought Mr. Ashworth
vea the lean He had told the conservatives daring this
week that he wee "disgusted," that they were ' auda-
cious," and that if be Mt met their party be would make
them not ally hear, but feel him. For his (Mr. Brett's)
pert, be meld only lay he would rather feel than
hear Mr. Ashworth. (Gnat laughter and applause.) With-
out the smallest particle of anger against that gentleman,
be mml tall him that he bad not the commonest rudiments
of elegemee—fcries of "oh," and Ironical ebeers)7for he
Wrt to lien that exaggerated adjectives spoil plain sub.
sludge& He would now turn to the speech of a really
pat motor who had addressed the constituency during
the het week. ("Three cheers for Bright ") They were
Mil be ens talent wherever they found it. (Hear,
ben) Bat no one who understood the art of speaking
mdi have failed to remark the skill with which Mr.
ftit bad tried to divert their attention to thiop peek
mi away from the questions to be decided at this
action Mr. Brieht's remark that his (Mr. Brett's)
mire bad not been heard in opposition to the
bee r 4 twenty years back would only be paralleled
nemesbiencee if it were answered that Mr. Brielit'a own
bile its not heard in public when Catholic Emancipation
sod the Reform Act were the questions under debate, and
*ln Bright never came forward in political life till his
OM FITS* interests were et stake. Mr. Bright had
lamilid him with wishing the population to be leis mne-
inee, because he had said they were too numerous for
menbaly to be enfranchised with fairness to all cleans.
Ad seteally those gentlemen who stood by Mr.
Peer put their intellects beneath the feet of
Ifs. Bright when be ventured upon a fallacy such es that.
Thatever Mr. Bright might my, he (Mr. Brett), though a
list of Lord Derby, wu not to be understood as bound
Islam whatever Lard Derby might do. He thanked his
Bed that he had the power of thinking for himself, and be
and slims upon that which he believed to be right sad
* for all. But he never could believe that in this county
of Lasseter Mr. Bright expressed the sentiments of the
Mtl;"three cheers for Bright")—wben be spoke of Lord
74s roe who would deprive the people of food. When
he thus spoke Mr. Bright pre room for the observation
penmen made upon him, that his heart was not so warm,
**sympathies with other people were not so strong,
they °opt to be. Coming now to the real business of
hie meeting, the tint question that must arise was the
inn* of the church. , 'Oh," end groans.) On this me,
ani both °Wide* were for perfect religions equality, but
vka. Mr. Potter wen a member of the Liberation Society,
be (Mr. Brett) wee for the maintenance of the union of the
date and the established church, of the supremacy of the
Qum, and of the bench of oiehops in the House of Lords,
Mime they eat for the benefit of the whole community ;
red he would eat agree to take from the clergy the
Ronny which bed been gives to them in order that
they might be set apart for the assistance in religion of
*pen* who wee willing to be under their ministration.
Be sand his opponent to say distinctly what he meant to
le with the establishment, or in what respect he meant to
leeway with it. Hit answer the other eight that " when
the MIS arose, he would consider it," was not enough. If
he me a favourite pupil of Mr. Cobden, he ought to have
aids up hie mind long ego. As to the question of reform,
ke(Er. Brett) had before now argued in the presence of the
electors that not every Englishman—he did not my no
ratlithman—had the right of voting for the election of his
npremetativee. (Great groaning and cheering.) The
rigkia of Englishmen were always those which were eon-
bar in some known law, and he invited Mr. Potter to
low, it he could, that at any time in England the whole
in•daties did exercise that right, or to point to any statute
• which it was given to them. But although they might
an have the right it might be very politic and expedient
int they should have it. That was the next question to
at, dimmed. This country was compand of various
▪ ; the working classes wen so numerous that if every
ere leaf a vole they would outnumber all the others toga
fifes : sad he had heard one of the speakers of this mou-
nt
lay that be desired them to have the right io order
Set they might have exclusive power in the country.
Oise of "No.") But was it not for something
kir ead forward if he (Mr. Brett) he was prepared to
Ow the franchise to as meey of the working class es
sold possibly be admitted, having regard to the safety of
the other cleanse? Most of them were taught to believe
*re was magic's a 6!. franchise. But what &Hereon could
it slake to them if a large mber—a fair end sufficient
ember—of them were admitted, what the line of Duane
• ? A uniform fermata, had never been known in Eng.
ked. He objected to a 61. franchise, because it would *-
*it ae unfair and predominating number of the working
m▪
sale this borough at prase* them were
att more than 1,260 electors ; • 61. truth*
Meld 'strode.* **ads of 2,000. And as Mr.
Patter talked of tbat ea an inetalment,end was in favour
sit manhood franchise, let them consider, looking at them
aft*, now filled as far as they could see mostly with one
db., whether there would be • Mir representation of '
*see M Rockdale (Or* of "Yea") Tiny the ht at
*est they would follow Mr. Bright, ad do whet he told
vies but ha knew that the ant time Mr. Bright himself
✓eld antradict them—(three theme for Bright}—they
ttlid take no more notice of what be said. He
(•r• Brett) would not give exclusive power
sty elms—to the aristocracy, or to the middle
n▪ me--(ft Vacs " Thirteen and foams*, !
nth", of that gentleman who had just mode that remark-
* obeervatioe. However unpalatable it might be to
;Z would not shrink from telling them that be
be
sot submit to put under their arms the heeds of all
Von Ohm classes. (Load laughter and cheers.) This wee
Nor *nod (parboil or the dey. em this "Iwo,
raising of which Mr. Bright bed said almost is ex-
lasta terms, although he was so •ngry that *BM&
tmeea Amid take *co upon obi desM al la antiseat
/Inca— l" three °beers for Bright").—be med his
MEM were eely awaiting the death of Lord Pal-
l**. (A Voie•—" I wish he was dead now.")