The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

Charles Tune r voted against that motion. (Cheers and
h;sses.) Now, he tells you that his political creed is the
same now as it was then. (Hear, hear.) Do you
wish to send a man to the House of Commons to
promote the Commerce of Liverpool ? (Hear and cheers.)
Then why should you send a man who would by his acts
virtually build a dam across the mouth of the Mersey,
and prevent the commerce of the port from coming, in and
going out ? (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the next motion which
was submittee to the House of Commons was the imposition
of the income tax upon Ireland. Where were the members
fir Liverpool then, Mr. Turner and Mr. Mickenzie.
(Maser.) Where were they when the Theed Kingdom
was about to be treated as one kingdom? Where were they ?
Not in the house.
A Voice : " At Mayonotb." (Loud laughter and cheers.)
Mr. Jeffery : They did not vote upon that question.
Now, gentlemen, the papers of the day will, show you,
that Lord Derby complained against the present- gown-
ment, mainly !iecause of their.appointuaent of bishops.
(Hear, hear.) iee;w, I ask those who profess the religion
of the established chu:•ch, whether or not they 'approve of
the appointment of such ,•-aen to the bishoprics which have
fallen vacant, as Villiers, Haring, Bickersteth, and
Tate ? I ask you whet:2"r the aleeeintneent
of those industrious and hat' d working gospel
, you
preaching men ley Lord Palmerston' de....'"es 'to he 'llene
dem ied or applauded ? (Hear.) ,
have something like a sample of what Mr. gi:ntlernen Turner "tie-
You have something like a sample of what Lord Darby
would do if be were in power. I ask you, then, do yo.'4
epprovo of his sen'iments or disapprove of them ? (Cries of
" approve," " disapprove.") If you approve of these sen-
tirnents, send Mr. Charles Turner to represent you by 11):!
means. (No, no.)• But if you approve of the converse,
send your esteemed and respected representative at present,
Mr. Joseph Christopher Ewart. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The motion was then pet, and carried by acclamation.
Mr. George Melly came forward to propose; the..next
resolution. Mr. Melly spoke amid iccessant interruption,
and was very imperfectly h..ard. So far as could be
collected amid the confusion prevailing, he said: If we
had not been liberal long ago those wretched, drunken
freemen who are now disturbing us from: the
lery would have been thrown into pit. - (Rear,
heir, rs hisses, laughter, and renewed, inter-
r .pti,)n.) Tl:9se are the fellows who have "been sent
here by Mr. Tom Bold to shout out " Maynooth..". (Great
clamour and uproar.) If you will not hear me,-.I will
appeal to the press. (Cries of " hear, hear," and "A:MO-,
We did not crowd to their meeting yesterday to disturb
their proceedings. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) They lout
crowded into our meeting to disturb us. (Cries of hear,
hear, no, no, cheers, and counter cheers.) Gentlemen,
my friend Mr. John Buck Lloyd (hisses) said they, Meld
their meeting in the day time because one day me big
was worth three night meetings. 'Now sir, we, the
liberal party, appeal to the honest hard ''Viorking
population of this great town ; and when they
have done their work nobly and honestly in the day, then
we invite them to come here to sit quietly in their seats in
this huildiege where, as honest and industrious workers,
thee: shall heir tLeir feelings expressed from this platform
by men who, like there, have worked all the day. Hear,
hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen Mr. Lloyd went on to say
that they had nothing to hide under a bushel., We
have nothing, indeed, to hide, but the Tory :party
will have something to hide under a bushel
—they will have to bide ;Vie, Charles Turner.
(Cheers, hisses, uproar, and confusion.) Gentlemen, I
Liverpool
as through the press, to the whole ueop.te of Liverpool
as to the noble,
.the candid, the grand manner in which
Mr. Ewart answered every question which was put !43 him*
(Great cheering).
A Voice :" He did not answer the Maynooth' gaesfh n."
(Hear, hear, order, order, hisses and groans.)
Mr. Melly : Why, sir, although Mr. Tom Bold did send
Berne drunken nib ins to disturb this meeting— (Great
laughter, cheers, hisses, groans, and immense uproar.) But,
sir, every single question which was asked of him this
noble, honese, truthful, and intelligent Radical answered.
(Rear, hear, and cheers). What then, sir ? The
last time I stood here was at the end of a similar meeting,
two days before Mr. Ewart's last return. (Loud cheers.)
I told you then that Mr. Ewart would be at the head of'
tt e poll. (Renewed cheers.) The Liverpool Mail next day
said I had the gift of the gab—(great laughter)—but, sir
it forgot to say, after the election was over, that I had the
gift ,of foresight. (Cheers.) It forgot, sir, to tell that it
who worked at that election with numerotle friend',
around me, was right when I said that Mr. Ewart
would be at the head of the poll. (Great eheerini.)
I throw them out again, and 1 challenge them again—he
will be at the head of the poll again I (Loud cheers,
mingled with hisses.) Many thousands of new house.
holders have been added to the register, and of these the
majority are for the Liberal,—the people's party.. ,It is
the prejudiced of the upper classes, and the ignorant of the
low who vote against us. .(Great confusion )
A Voice: " Throw him into the pit." .
Mr. Melly: Yount. as I am I will speak—(renewed cone
fusion)—but there is such a wretched lot of Turnerites in
that gallery—(great uproar)—l have to congratulate the
chairman for tho ability he has displayed in
presiding over this meeting. (11uch noise.) Go td
the Amphitheatre when your party paid for it. (Laurhterj
hisses, and cheers) When I tell you that Mr. Ewart
will be at the head of the poll, I am not deceiving you. It
is the truth. He is at the head of the register, and it' you
don't put him at the head of the poll, it, is your fault.
(Cheers and groans.) Let every man, regardless of every
screw that may be put upon him, on the day of election
hold up his hand, not in favour of the drunken freemen, bat
in favour of the independent electors, in Mr. Ewart'sbehalf.
(Cheers.) Let there be no split votes. if the Tory party
believe in their candidate, good God. let them carry him.
(Cheers, and cries of "oh!oh !" and confusion.) Let your
watchword be "plump for Ewart," and you will be
successful. I beg to propose a vote of thanks to the worthy
chairman. (Cheers )
Mr. C. E. Rawlins There is not one of you, gentlemen.
who will vote against the proposition just made. I
appear to second the resolution that the thanks of this
great meeting be given to Thomas Brocklebanc. Esq.. for
his able and impartial conduct in the chair this evening.
Let me remind you as I am here as an elector, standing
face to face with my brother electors, that the election
which we are now approaching ought to be one of peace
principles.
The resolution was then put, and carried by acclamation;
after which, three cheers were gic;?tt for Mr. Ewart, and
the meeting separated.