The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-22 00:00:00

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would ever continue to do so. (Cheers.) iie did

not claim their suffrage' upon any narrow personal grounds,
ut on the great principles of liberty and the sound policy of
the country. It was said that he was merely a nominee of
Lord John Russell and the government, but he denied it,
and he would tell them what lie really was. He was identi-
fied with the great and growing party in this country, which
had brought forward and carried all the great improvements
in their social system during the last thirty years, beginning
with catholic emancipation and ending with free trade.
(Cheers.) He was, however, of no party. lie came before
them as a candidate should come. lie desired no person to
Rive him his vote for any personal consideration or hopes.
He avowed the same principles last year. He was then
apposed by a gentlemen of whose private character he
would not say one disrespectful word, but he was a
supporter of the then government, and all the
influence of the government was brought to bear to secure
his election Ile told that gentleman on those hustings
that the election bad been conducted in such a manner that
it could not stand, and when the return was made, he en-
tered his protest against it, and declared it to be illegal.
A committee of the House of Commons had declared it was
not a legal election, and this showed that he was right, and
he believed that the resolution of the committee, three-
fifths of whom were friendly to Sir F. Smythe, that the
election was void, was regarded by the country to be both
mild and just. With regard to the present election, he
assured them that neither he nor his friends would do any-
thing in secret, or anything they were ashamed of, and it
was for the electors to decide whether the right of election
should be free and unbiassed, or whether it should be sub-
jected to such unfair and improper influences as had re-
cently been exposed.
Captain VER.:os next addressed the electors, but he was
received with a good deal of noise and interruption, the
greater part of which, strange to say, appeared to proceed
from those who wore his colours, and appeared to be his
supporters. After stating that although there was a dif-
ference between his colour and that of bis gallant oppo-
nent, he said he believed there was really very little differ-
ence in their political opinions, but be would tell them why
it was that he appeared before them on the present occa-
sion. He had told them that he was an independent
conservative, and he would explain what that meant.
Some people pretended that conservatism meant toryism ;
but he wished them to understand that it was his opinion
that toryism was dead and buried, and that out of the ashes
of toryism had arisen the glorious phocoix con ism ,
and to that class of conservatism, which was perfectly inde-
pendent, he especially belonged. His opponents especially
arrogated to themselves the term liberal ; but he could only
say that, as an independent conservative, he was
prepared to support the widest and most exten-
sively liberal measures. lie was independent by position,
independent in principle, and he had no hesitation in saying
that be was, to the extreme meaning of the word, a free-
trader. (Hear, hear.) The class to which he belonged
had suffered all they could already from free trade, and he
was now prepared to carry out the progressive advance of
that system. In a word, he was a supporter of the princi-
ples of Sir Robert Peel. (Cheers.)
A show of hands was then taken, which was declared to
be in favour of Admiral Stirling. A poll was demanded on.
behalf of Captain Vernon, which will commence this
morning at 8, and finally close at 4 o'clock.