The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

BLBC7ION INTBLLIGENCE.

ELECTION MEETINGS.

LAMBETH.
A crowded meeting of electors was held yesterday
evening at the Horns, to bear Mr. Wri.mettes ohm on the
greatefthalagigaßesamti°nAreelgnah unomig.f thettr.adErllianses""nainerithwalkais frireceassPlamendtewiweimde":ovcasdi-
firouslycheered as they entered the room.
Mr. J. W. SvaerroN, late ohurchwarden of Lambeth, took
the chair. This meeting, he said, would probably be the
meet important election woollen that had for some years
bean held in the borough of Lambeth. He believed that the
elector. had be en tempered with, and therefore should de-
tain them for a few moments with • brief explanation of
what had occurred to himself. Immediately the dtheolution
wee announced Mr. Frederick Duulton called on him, and
asked him for his support. He (Mr. Stratton) replied that
if his old friend Mr. Williams stood, no other man should
have his Ruppert. Mr. Doulton informed him that Mr.
Williams was indisposed, having had • slight attack of
mistake, he (Mr. Stratton) wee happy to my ;
Lut*lL =spaces of that statement wee that he waited
personally on Mr. William,, and ties oonsequenee was the re-
appairmee et that pattern= as &candidata for their suffrages.
Mr. WILLIAMS, who was loudly cheered, said that he op-
peeredunet them under peculiar cirounsataxece, and with
meo. considerable pain, for he found that in consequence
of coming ea late into the field be had lost • groat number of
valued supporters. (" Only • few.") He now came forward
in consequence of a requisition the most numerously signed
that (he believed) bad aver been got up on so short • mei=
A deputation, bearing that requbdtion, waited on him and
assured hint that It was the general wish of the borough that
he should again come forward. The first step he teak in
oonsequemoe was to emeolt his medical =Time, and that
gentleman mama him that by avoiding late home in the
house he =gill go in age= man= the slightest danger.
There had been innumerable rumours circulated in the bo-
rough as to the canoes which led to his resignation.
it had teen said that no opposition to him wee threat=
previous to his resignation. But • great deal of underhend
work bad been nacre on. (Heat, hem.) Mr. Dwelt= had
made him the theme of all hie speeches, and had declared that
no attempt HIS being made to disturb him (Mr. Williams) ;
but he (Mr. Williams) bad fee different information.
From the moment the government were defeated he leered
that Mr. Dealt= commenced feeliog his way in the borough.
(An Elector " Mr. 'Melton denies that.") lie was
Informed that Mr. Doulton had ham entertaining
his (Mr. Williams's) friends with unwonted hospitality
long before he (Mr. Williams) bad glum say Intimation of
intended resignation. (Hear, bear.) In fact, there wes
every symptom of a contest, and &she had remmtly sustained
a most arduous one, and as elm he did not ext.= the proad.
parliament to last long, be then made up him mind not to
contest the borough. (Interruption.)
The CHAIRMAN called On the meeting to recollect that
the candidate was not • young man, and that he had spent
his best days in their service.
Mr. Wriareme—Among other things which had been
advanced mail= him, he believed, it had been circulated in
the boroogh that he was= old, worn-out man. All that he
could my en reply to his cake was, that he wee prepared to
mats= with any of them either with the strength of his
arm or the clearame of hi. head. (Loud cheers, and
laughter) Having alluded to • letter which had appeared
nforning dhotis 's., Mr. Williams emceed= to say
that be had been accused even of selling the boron h, and
that the sumo( two thomand pounds bad been received. Now.
humid inform them that be was happily so circumstanced
as to have gaits as much mosey es be wanted, and he could
assure them the merchant was not alive who could purchase
his independence. But even if It were so, was the inde-
pendent borough of Lambeth to be purchued fur
two thousand or two hundred thorned meads? (Cheers.)
No, all he Gould say we, that he came &free sad independent
oandidate before them, and itwas for the electors to choose the
best man. (Hear, hem.) Ha had bets accused of having
made • promise to Mr. Doukas in 1867, not again to cutest
the borough. He had never done anything of the kind, nor
bed he ever known until now that Mr. Doulton bad any in-
tention of seeking • seat in parliament. He might have mid
la p.seing that the tomcat and trouble of that election were
ste great, that he did not think be should encounter them spin,
Eat be had thought ao more of it until now, when he Mad
it brought up circumstantially epithet him. He had beard
that Mr. Retinas wealth and inticiance were to be threw*
into the =ale 'garnet him, but he did not believe it.
itenar4hear) Mr. Hempell and he bad always been the best
bed always consulted together on political queeticee,
and bad always voted in the same lobby. (Chore) With
respect to the Reform Bill, that of next =aloe would be •
most important measure. It would hardly be brought for-
ward by the present nose:meat, but by whoever brought
forward it would not meet probably be such • me
as should satisfy them, and it was therefore
asoemary to have a stung fora of real reformers
In the Ma= Lord J. Russell was an honest reformer
as as he went, but ha tlid sot go far enough, sod it would
be nenessmy that they should mac= him up. (Cheers.)
Lord John had given them his programme-101. for counties
and 61. for boroughs. He (Mr. Williams) thought the sum
named for counties low enough, but fcr the towns be should
prefer the old English franchise, household suffrage. lie
thought that every householder and every ledger oceupying
a room should have • vote. With respect to the ballot he
had always voted for it, and should centime to do or, bemuse
he believed it to be absolutely mammy for the voter, not in
towns, but in the coun'ry. In Lambeth the employers did
not interfere with their workmen, but in the country a land-
lord oansidered it an insult if • man canvassed Ins tenants
without having in the first instance obtained his permission.
He should, therefore do all he could to obtain for them a
good reform bill, and could wears them that in such a
work the old experienced members would have great ad-
, vantage. Mr. Williams here quoted • pump from one of
Kr. Dachas 's sperebet, to the affect that little mental malt-
' Benicia was necessary for the House of Commons. He (Mr.
Williams) could assure them that Mr. Doulton was quite
mistaken in his eotimate, for it required much more
skill and ability to be a member of the Hones
of Commons than to manage the most intricate
bantam either in trade or commove. Then were the esti-
mat= for instance, respecting which be bad taken mom
trouble than soy member of the House of Common.. These
estimates consisted of thousands of particular votes, and he
was neaps able to confront the winner with the toner
pending vote in the old boroughmougering parliament. They
got over it, it was tree, by blustering, as he seldom got any
one to back him, but if the public. press would only publish
their =muses the people would not stand them much longer.
He was for giving the largest possible extension of that fran-
chise to the work.ng claims. Some people said they were
venal and not to be trotted, but his belief was that they were
as honest and independent es say other dam of their fellow
countrymen. (Cheers.) Mr. Williams ooncluded iteuid loud
cheering by telling the meeting that his muse was their
rause, sad that he left it confidently in their bands.
Mr. GODDARD proposed • resolution pledgms the meet-
ing to Mr. Williams's support, and related one or two loci-
dents to chow flat Mr. Dodson bed long contemplated
steading for the borough. He touted, however, that ell
their underhand attempt. spinet Mr. Williams would be
mencassfol, teeing that the requisition to him had in a few
hours received 2,000 signatures.
Mr. Oita, in seconding the resolution, reminded the
meeting that one of Mr. Williams's last peiliamentery
acts was to cell the attention of the Chancellor if the Exche-
quer to the fact that his Foreign. Secretary had held his
=lce for some time without having is the first hansom paid
for the proper stamp on his admission. (Lend cheers.) Mr.
Giles proceeded to complain that Mesta. Roman and Mot-
tos bat secured ell the publiothouses in the borough, but
they bad, he said, • remedy for that, for tie electors had
offered them their private houses for committee rocete.
The resolution war put and carried by acclamation, and the
proceedings terminated with& voteof thanks to the chairman.
In answer to gumbo= Mr. Williams declined to vote foe
the opeties of the Crystal Poises sad other publk places on
Sunday'', the half-holiday movement being, in bee opinion,
the teat thing to meet that cam. He was also °peered to
Sunday trading, and had himself brousht in a bill for ice
abolition. He ma willing to vote agaitot the income-tux
ender • huaered • year, and would afro nee hie b, at endea-
vours to hove a clearer distinction between the income
wrung from labour and that which was derived ham pro-
perty. In scary to questions it Mr. Knight, Mr.
reiterated his denial of any previous arrangement with
Mr. Melton.
A tumerous meeting was addressed on the same ereting at
the Viet .ria Theetre, and Mr. Emmett met his fricreis at the
Schcol-room, Flint-street, Walwoeth.

SOUTHWARK.
Mr. Locke, yesterday, emulating the example of
Sir C. Diicr, addrested three sevr.ral meetings in various
tart, C the torough, to each of which he recapitulated his
ekorols.a. rd h
d ge. onerp%.i. upon Iconductinthethe
qllueouestiemooffeorompuiii.ons,
tuyand
rent, church Wes, and the other leading political topics of
thedsy. The arse of the.. westinge wee bid at the St.
decree's Tavern. St. George's-road, at ewe o'clock; the
second et the Southwark Muskoka % at three ; and the third
at eight o'clock is the wooing, at Rotherhithe, end in each
thee a p'edee woe given on the past of the electors present to
support the bon. gestilmnan at the hustings next week. Sir
C. Napier also tarened a large and enthoshistically favour-
alio meeting in the Leather Market, et Bermondsey ; and
Mr. A. Pellatt explained his pelitiw Views to a e meilershle
number of the electors gesembhd at the Red Voo, Homely-
down-lane.

FIN SBU RY.
Lest night Mr. Duncombe addressed a Tory
numerous !meting in Ifyddelten Hall. The hoe. rood. man
on presenting himself was mat an. lowfasticelty
.re ',teed. Ha
stated Oaths was about to rani. upon his cigl.• h grnerel
election contest, mud felt that he had strength enough to serve
the electors of Finsbury mobs bed hitherto dote. in meowing
the muse of reform. He had sot yet St9ll the Reform Bill
that pleased him. (Cheers.) L .rd Derby had tried his
Led for the filet and hot limo, but his bill was so bad that it
was ignominiou.ly kicked out of the house. Lord 4. Russell
produled two bills, but be KATO them up without proceeding
with throe, whilst Lord I'mlowntos, who promised a reform
Bill In the Queen', greed), declared that be bud not
prepared ray 611, and
al bee
l that bad n dote
that thc mat
erter had been talbei over la the C•biletwasp•
(Llegleer.) The wuntry was asked by the prompt ululates!
to return a ystliarasat that should enable them to rale :but
they did sot say awhat principles they wee tO rale.