The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL NOMINATIONS.

BIRMINGHAM.
The eddiction of two members for this borough
Usk piss ye day, in as Town-hall, at sem ; Mr.
WIDGUI, the Mare, officiating as returniag officer.
Although there um as oppadtion to the mhos of Mr.
ashadellaW and Mr. Brisk*. the Ulnas's' was very brge,
l solieliation—is ebb* the maims* ,was oat &of'
pointhi—of an oration from Mr. Bright Both the hoe.
candidates wow ascompuied to the Tows-ball by
a athabor at Melds, sad on within their appear-
sue on the platform they wars mosivad with
aasb sleserisg. Arasog the gentlemen who were
as the platform were Ablornies Stone, Hawks, Turner,
Palstar, tad Omar, Maws. G. Dieu, J. Jaffrey,
C. Itatatiff, aad many of the members of the tome imunaL
Almost every hand of course being held up for the ma-
Make, the Mayor declared them to be duly elected.
Mr. SCEOLINIZID, as sealer member, was the fuel to re-
Sum dumb; to the anion for the honour due him.
Mr. Beware as author forward, was received with several
thuds of cheering. Is the course of his address he
dwelt mach co the subject of parliassatary reform, nom-
nesting ea the overwhelming isthmus of great leaded pro
Cr:the aunties. The county represuitedon was,
L. ue
like a dead body tied to the living one of the
borough representation, and almost of no avail in proud-
lag them great liberal measures on which the present* of
the eountry depends. The hon. member *has p to
thatch some of the reform changes which would be
brought about by a fair representation of the people.
IPS* as the ostabliehroent of • solvievalpaztaileof national
admintioa, the abolition of the law of iture, the
abolition of the Irish state aharok, a saving o 10,000,0001.
in taxatica, to. Coormiotiog ine the outage bask hoe-
case proposed by Lord Stanley, the hoe. member 'bowed
that this would exclude every man with large families who
were ednostiog thew children or supporting aged relatives ;
20,000,000 of mu, WOOl4O, and ohmic* had so direct re-
presentatioe in the Howe of Commons—that was
the complaint. What is the answer (continued
the honourable gentleman) which in made to
this claim? It is this. Ths Prime Minister WINGS It by a
seetestptuom gluon He has not referred to it in that long
sad carefully -writhes address which be made, not to the
einem of Tivertos only, but to the electors of the United
IDatidorn. What says Lord Derby, sprains through the
mouth of his prophet Denali ? (Laughter.) He says—
Lateral extension. (Renewed laughter.) He say" to the
great body of the working mu, to the 5.000.000—" It is
teas that you are shut out. The Reform Bill was not a ram-
fasten ono and may be amended, your complaint is fin
and —we will admit somebody ass." (Load laughter.
Now Mr. Disraeli is the mu who does what may be eat
the imajoriag work for his party. (Cheers had laughter.)
Hs is what among a tribe of Red Wiens woad be called
"the mystery man." (Bears of laughter.) He invests
for his party, and au of these phrases, the
erred sewed, is—lateral extension of the franchise.
Mr. Disraeli is a man of brains. of genius.
of great capacity for action, of a wonderful tenacity of
purpose, and of ram courage. He might bare hem %states-
man it his powers bad bees directed by any ennobling psi.-
ciaes or ideas ; but unhappily be prefers a temporary sod
worthless distinction as the head of a decaying party, tight-
* for impoliible soda, to the prioslom bosun which ace
du for 'orrice" rendered to his country sod to freedom,
upon which only. in our age. au enduring fame ear he built
up. (Cheers.) What is meant by lateral extessioo? It
mamas this, that all below 10/. householders are sot to be
admitted, while the present law admits all above 101.
bensetholders ; therefore it can only in thou sot sow
inalnded—a few men, incousiclerable as compared with the
whole number.wbo are lodgers, and the brothers and sons of
litorsekeepsre whose names ere already os ths register. It is
trite clear then that this is a miserable prelim*. a de/u•
moo, and an insult of the most glaring kind to the great
body of the people. (Cheers.) But they have used
another word to which I must ask your attantioo for a
soonment. They say they are for lateral extension of the
franchise, but &afar degrading the suffrage. lam sot sure
whether or not Mr. Disraeli used that phrase, "&-
ttits suffrage." but it is used every day
his followers, and is adopted in an article
which has just been oubliette' in the Quarterly
Benne. I want to aak you what is wont by the tutu "de-
grading the suffrage." You, the working men of England,
who have built all the towns and cities, have fur.
tabbed our houses, have filled our warehouses with
Iles products of entry dime, who bats constructed our
side', our 'team-eagles', and our machinery, who have
tilled the load with industry and wealth, without whom
tiers could be DO English nation,
—these men
high in
rank in the tory party,both they and their followers through-
out the county. tall you that to extend the franchise even
odoror downward as from a 101. to a 61. rental would be a
raldom of the eater. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers )
I trope the working men of England. and the middle
alum, who are sprung from them and who are allied to
them, will never forgot the men and the party who thus
Inuit the meat mass of their fellow countrymen, con.
tompthously dinning them any share of rabies' power.
(Renewed cheering.) The fancy fronehlosa have failed, end
" lateral cabmen/a" will also fail. (Hear, hoar.) We who
advocate honestly and openly a clearly uoderetood sad de-
finite meurtra, we shall moored. (Choem) We stood is
thin matter on the practice of ancient times, we stand on
the soundest sad moat taunt promident—we stand oa rea-
son which no man can controvert.
Mr. Eva:is 'eked Mr. Bright whether be considered that
be was helping the liberal canes by advocating the sending
to parliament any mote adherests of Lord Palmerston and
the old whip. (Laughter.)
Mr. BRIGHT said that he could not very well understand
each &question addreeeed to him io hie position as one of
the members for Birmingham. It appeared to be rather a
sthestioo to be addressed to an elector when urging opoo
him the claims of some particular party to whom it was
desired he should give a vote. What his friend Mr. Even@
salad the old whip, somebody had called the old old whip
—thinghtearl—and be must say that they
_weft
rather out of favour at present with the great body of
the liberal party. He presumed the time would come when
soon of them would go over to the party of Mr. Evans sod
his friends, namely, the tones, while others would have to
revise their political tariff and oome over to the liberals.
(Laughter.) With regard to Lord Palmerston, he had sot
for the last two or three years mad* it his business, either
in or out of parliament. violently to assail the noble lord,
who was an octogenarian, sad who had lived a good deal
longer than most of those present probably would. He
roofesead that he bad rot much lac:imam° for euteriog the
lists with an old gentleman who was more than 80 years
of age. He had, great sympathy with old nu—lie thought
es much as anybody bad, end he should be very glad to me
Lord Palmerston speed several quiet and plesasat years in
that retirement for which be thought him eminently Iliad.
(laughter.) But there was another section of the Cabinet
to which they owed ration" measures, and the policy of
which had been described by his hon. colleague. His sym-
pathies went with that section. and he found that it war
every session getting more powerful in the CA:nut, and he
believed more powerful in the house, so that be dare say it
would by sod bye become the whole Cabinet—(hear)—and
that they might have abetter goveromeot than they bad had
for many rata He most, however, ramiod his boo. friend,
Ur. Brass, that the party which he repreliatod that day
the 000servativs party—was one which, apparently, ro-
body would have. (Laughter.) So far an he could learn,
be might say, as Lord Derby had sad at one time--
and be dare say the ooble lord thought he was say-
ing a very clever and off snit@ thing spinet him at the
time—there wan no reason to believe the Queen wanted
them—(anglitar) —it was obvious that the last House of
Goromou, though sleeted at their call, would not
have them, and he suspected that when the
prount general election wan over it would be
pored conclusively that the country would not have them.
(Continued larieblir.) He ventured to say that if the
present were a fair representation of the people, and every
constituency was large enough not to be bribed or cajoled,
or coerced, the tory party, which was no bettor united than
the liberals (them being in it at but as many men hostile
to Mr. Disraeli as there were men among the liberal party
hostile to Lord Palmerston), would shrink up into each
small dimenairais that very few benches in the Howe of
Commons would seat the whole of theca. (Lsughter and
sheens.)
A cordial vote of thanks to the mayor for the manner in
which he bad coaducted the bastions of the election having
been given on the motion of Mr. Scaoigneux, seconded
by Mr. BRIGHT. and his worship having briefly acknow-
isdpd the compliment, the vast masamb:7 separated.