The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-17 00:00:00

zurerloN INTMLLIOZNCIL

TOWER H.41111T8.

Lest night a meeting of liberal *more we. held
mato theunting Royalres Hotuiel, Mile-mod-read,
:,emetts ye,
• sition to kb. . , torso
Meng base *Wed to the chair, W.
._
The 811032,417 Lee
.„.„1,) reed the knowing
addrms :
roam err-TM ae meastrignlgligsheidedinare.
,4,,lriaiii°l/ naps,
te forward as • eseiffi&M for •
the vie-
ae4l-7—= this borough in parliament en liberal
ettePtreave principle', have non the plea-
:ern lie presume the regineltion te rut- 11eto the Femmes= have Demi
=Ty refine= who have voluntarily and disinte-
restedly solicited their nsighboars and friends in your M-
r Unit, and whom laberims,tbey hope, will be ecesidered
by you to be isilistestory. There has wet beetle aim=
canvaeser employed, and the requidtioe may
be relied upon as a perfectly genuine eal upon you
to boson= • emedidate at the election. (Chearal
The proseedinp of the committee ve been promphei
by • desire to have at lame one repeesentative fir the
loreugh who, being • readied anmegst se, and baring
bad large experience in all that relates to he saga and
physical welfare, wadi be able Weave • mare direst
representation of our interests in lie House of Commons.
Toe, have been selected for that purpose, because it
Was-felt that the interest* of ell.eiesesa hew the hemelest
wip
Tar teen 'to the weeMent" asanuTeleigarrwoulie be
eetula mew
a • ey0u,..410) y evidence of would be de-
voted to the interest GI the borough as our representative
ka parliament. The committee have .the • hearer to tiot
seat the requisition, 'segued by 6088 of the ateliers
of the bowkou They lents you "Mcome ice-
waftl, kn to be an advocate id vehgione
and political Maurits,, 'and of • liberal Mir progressive
r They have well moldered the seep they bar
04Piall:d feel, from the deekidtdo nature of the requisi-
tion, and from the veil number of promises of votes from
persons who preferred not to sign the requisition, that
your sham* of =eons is • good one ; and they pledge
themselves to do their utmost to support you to the and of
the contest" (Loud ebsers.l
Mr. Newest having bristly expressed his acemowledg-
meats to the committee, said be felt that the recounts=
offered a Mir chance of and that he should there-
fore comply with the request that bad been made to him.
(Cheer %) -Me largest
_number ever polled in the Tower
Hamlets, when the borough was twice its present size, was
8,000 ; and he thought that the requisition represented at
least that number of votes. (Cheers.) Rom/thin" had
been mid about the multiplication of candidates or the
Tower Hamlet", and the risk they were running of letting
in • conservative member. But as them was fairly •
vacancy, he thowht, and his friendithought, that he had a
right to takehis awes. (Cheers„) Hs wadi led to this course
by the reflection that the 16,000 or 16,000 new electors
belated in • great amour, to Use working dames, and
that if there were no candidates but professional gentle-
men and employers of ,labour, the working chows would
not obtain any more direct representation than they
already possessed. He believed there was no one that
knew more of those classes, or that could better represent
them. (Cheers.) As arded his prospects, he could
only say that while be had 6,000 signatures to his requisi-
tion, he understood that Mr. Cooper had but 6,000, and
Mr. &made only 1,000. He felt sure that no candidate
would receive so much disinterested support. (Cheers.)
He was willing to defray all legitimate expenses of the
election, but he would not enter into competition with
gentlemen who were scattering money broadcast about
the Hamlets, a system which he regarded as nothing but
corruption iu another form and as cue that, if conti-
nued till the election, would have the effect of deterring
good men from ever again offering themselves as candi-
dates for the borough. (Cheers.) He should throw him-
self upon the hearts of the people, and he pledged
himself to go to the poll. (Loud cheers.)
A vote of thank" to the chairman concluded the. pro-
ceedings ; but it was announced that additional signa-
tures to the requisition had been received, bringing the
total up to about 7,600.

Cnziata.—Lent night Mr. C. W. Dake, one of
the candidates for the representation of (Arleen, eel.
dressed a deneely crowded in the ?entry-hall,
Kthee.reetd. Menne. • About persons, belonging
chiefly to the bitter edam of run, werepreeent.
The chair wu takes by Mr._ 4. Boy Mr. DiMie, who
was loudly cheered, ha the meeting, upon
the motion of Dr. the following remiutace wee
onapinionely carried :—" niee having heard Mr.
C. W. Dilkeezpreer hie. political
_ ftts, ire resolved
that the electors present hereby pledge themselves to use
their utmost endeavours to secure his return at the forth-
=election as one of the members to represent this
in parliament."
Run:R.—The manes on behalf of the liberal
noidielates has been nearly completed in this city sad the
mutt is to give a decided majority to Maus. 6oieridz
end' Elciwring among the old electors, and a majority
113010 decided among the new constituency, who have
taken grave offence at an attms at compromise made by
the tones "to preserve," se y call it, "the peace of
the city," by **Wm, the Attorney-General and Mr.
Coleridge to walk over the cow"' bir John KAnlak.
Will, it la confidently stated, ha:le to seek • mat ,2
—"'"-
Pk.
part
.baye thrown their Weight
into the sale with Memel. I,Adr, and Hoorn.
GREAT MARLOW.—Captain Verney, the eon of
bir H. Verney, Y.P. for Buckingham, is the liberal can-
didate for Great Marlow.

GLOPC'Es‘'''
....A.—One of }be largest political
Meeting, ever held in Gloucester took place on Tuesdev
night in support of Messrs. Price and Monk, tie liberal
members for that city. The thin-hall was crammed by •
standing audience, composed chiefly of members of the
old IS,. h ie constituency. The proceedings were most
enthusiastic, and extended over upwards of three hours.
The chief object of the meeting was to hearonFZlOS
from Mr. Price and Mr. Monk. A resolution
the meeting to support Messrs. Price and
coming efrtlit.% was mmoused by gir eriLiam. 0 !.ue
RV:000i- .y Hr. torii merchant, and unani-
'nimbly passed. Speeches in support of it were made by
Mr. Dickinson (the liberal candidate for Stroud), Sir Duvid
Wedderburn, and others.
Oklkawltll.—Laet night, at eight o'clock, at
densely crowded aggregate public meeting of the elec-
tors rending in the three &vitiate comprising the
borough of (Greenwich, was held at the Literary Institu-
tion, High-street, Deptford, to adopt measures for
securing the return of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone
as a representative of the borough at the next election.
The chair was occupied by Mr. W. Anersteiy one of
the candidates in the liberal interest fee West Kent,whose
zance on the platform, accompanied by Sir John
Lubbock,b Bart., the other liberal candidate for that
division of the county, was the signal for repeated ap-
plause, which was renewed on the entrance of Mr. J.
Baxter Langley, who intends to contest Greenwich in the
event of MeGladstone'n return for South-west Lancashire.
Mr. Dixon, secretary of the committee, read letters from
Mr. Alderman Salomon, M.P. for the borough, express-
inga
the highestepprooval of the movement and regrettin
his unavoidable bee ce. As his colleague Sir L Bright
was now absent on his profesaienal duties, and it was not
considered that he would again come forward, in that
case lie thought the present was a most appropriate time
to bring forward such a politician and eminent man as
Mr. Gladstone. He (Alderman Salomon) did not think
he was called upon to identify himself with the present
movement, and he intended to told his first meeting far
that purpose at Greenwich next week. He might say
that wherever he went he heard expressions of the utmost
admiration at the reread of the people of Greenwich.
Mr. John Stuart Mill replied that it was a great com-
pliment for any statesman to be elected by the spontaneous
free will of a large constituency ; and he was sorry that
the example had been dying out. It had been carried
out with respect to Mr. Cobden and Lord Brougham, and
it was an honour to the people of Greenwich that they
intended to revive this example by the election of such a
politician as Mr. Gladstone for Greenwich. The reply of
the Rev. Canon Miller, vicar of Greenwich, was reomved
with great enthusiasm. It was to the effect that he had
observed with much regret that clergymen in various
parts of the kingdom had recently been
.teking • ve
active part .as k was his nion, that this
was nor their proper vocation. Ho waked a c ergyman to
devote himself to their spiritual duties, and do all he
could for the spread of ospel truth, and the benefit of
the parishioners under his . At the mme time, he
had strong political feelings ; and be thought no
could blame him for giving effect to
person by according his vote to Mr. Gladatone—(cheers)—
and thus showing that he wished to do all he could to
remove the anomalies and injustice arising from the Irish
church. Mr. White, of Plumstead, moved a resolution,
pledging the meeting to secure the return of Mr. Gladstone
at the next election. Mr. Dixon seconded the motion.
Sir John Lubbock, Bart., contrasted the policy of Mr.
Gladstone with that of thepresent government, especially
with regard to economy and the rerniesion of taxation.
He referred to the meeting at the Crystal Palace, where
large numbers of the clergy attended. when Mr. CNA&
atone was contrasted with -hides Iseariat—this sentiment
being revolved with applause. There were in the county
of Kent about 260 cleraymen, and he should be very yid
satisfied if himself and Mr. Angeiretein obtained the votes
of 10 of them. After an address from Mr. J. B. Limos,
the resolution was unanimously adopted, and • vote ck
thanks to the chairman terminated the
HACZNIT.-lAst night, • riCsrlingeelng of
the inhabitaub of Bethnal-reea was bad in eU Of
tie candidature of Mr. Jahn HOWIII, at the
mehootrooms,Cembridge-hestli-mad. Bethnal-gesso. Kr.
Neer was cubed to the chair. A vote of was
unanimously agreed to.
MID fluastkY.—The conservative candidates.
Messrs. Brodrick and Peek, addressed the eleeton of
this divieon at the Market Hall, Red-hill, on Tuesday
evening ,• Mr. Wm. Ateyning At the coeds.
sion ore* speeches of the cent several questions
wore put to them, the answers to which were not anti&
factory. Ultimately a resolution, to the effect that Mesers.
grodrick and Peek were flt and proeer persona to twgin.
tent the constituency, was subratked. There was also a
counter resolution, moved by the liberal electors, stating
that the constituency had no ounfldenon in any candidate
whowhoa outil it4.l liinualf to en pport Mr. Mati.tonp.