The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-17 00:00:00

BRIUHTON.

The nomination took place yesterday on a
basing. erected in front of the Town-hall—Aldermen T.
Lana (the mayor) presiding as the returning °Soar.
There were five candidate', viz., Mr. White and Protease(
Faweett, the late members; Mr. Coninghant, who eat for
tie boroueth in one or two previous parliaments; Mr.
H. Moor. who was thecrilsed by hie mover and seconder
as an Mee) endent and resident candidate, who weal not
fellow Mr. Gladstone in hi. Irish church policy; and Mr.
J. Ashbury, who professes to represent.the conservative
interest with that of the working men. The proposers
and eeconders were—of Mr. White, Messrs. Tarn. n and
!levees; of Professor Fawcett, Messrs. C. Benutowe and
WeLlas; of Mr. Coningham, Messrs. Alderman Cox ant
J. : of Mr. Moor. Messrs. (3. DIIDDSLL 8,1111
AM roman IRT7LAND and of Mr. Ashbury, Dr. PI.7ILP.)IID
aced h r. HtreLocx.
After the tested preliminary formalitiee,
Mr. Warm. who was very warmly received, T'n:l%-k
that this was the third time be had had the Lottear of ups
peare g before them es a candidate for their suffrage., and
hem the cordial reception they accorded him, hii bid
fall coulidenee in being aguin creche I. (Cheers.) Taere
were two great i aims, to Le decided by the present
gine; al election—the first the fate of the Disraeli g
varnment which would be determsned when the new par-
ka-atilt met in the second or third week in December ;
the I mind the fate of the Irich church, and what that
=said be all who had eyes te see and observe what was
going on around them must know. (Cheers.) The
hone raid the man wete both come ; the bend-
writing was trim the wall, the mate, mane,
nplarsin" was written in unmistakable client stem
(Hear, heir.) That church had been weighed in the
lake= and found wanting. It bad fulfilled none of the
objects rif a clutch. but had fillet the rich with good
thuzes. white the poor it had sent empty away. (Hear,
brae) Ile congratulated the people of Brighten and
the comely geumally that at this momentous 1.11414 the
lfl real ;arty bud for a leader not a blind follower of tra-
ditiuu- but a cold formal theorist—but a bold and prisctisail
stattemati ; a man who poeterwe d thegift of elogisenuet in an
extraerdinarydegtee, and who would unswervingly promote
eve ry mem are that could con. bier to the people's pail
tided cheering.) Ile called upon them thou to return
these candishites who Lad proved thernaelves earnest and
'Mitre not merely professing or skin-deep
laterals, la t n.. 0 who would conlially ceopmata with
Mr. Glailstime in h's great and arduous work. (Cheers,
and c;ies of •• We wi•l.") His would remind ft, sa who
wee Low al cut fur the first time to exercise the -TO
yt;iv.n., a vote fir the hoe-vigil that th• y *west t'..11
Jinvtlege tc Mr. Olud-true and Mr. Balite el., oh."
abe wet el 1.3 loud cheers, aid cries of •• re,. ye •• ; Yea,
it aas ds thi• unit laity, led by those two states-
men, that they really wc: e indehte.l for the
E.,14101 ; and with the respees ibdity of
DOI dem 1, was situ the newly crifi tehhed
wculd illy exercise the duties of fr cram -(••
will ") which thi y would do by vothig for men whose
'art conduct afforded the hest guarantee La their tut arc
sunset of Mr. 6:11114 41C .allll his policy. (Cheers.) Re-
membering that ever since Brighton hal had th 3 pri-
vdege n• returning members to parhament it had bra
ler proud lard glorieus boast that she had
returned those only who she believed repro-
-04 pied 1 er he neat, earnest convicroas. an 1 riot the extolls
dates who 1 ad the longest purse, he had full masa lence
that ha and his late colleague, Mr. Fawcett, would head
the poll. (Loud cheers.)
Mr Fa'ecrrr, who was even more cnthnsiasti ....ay le-
cened than Mr. White, expressed hisconfideneethat when
en the felliwing day at four o'clock a great liberal
triumph would bavehuen ischievei, it would bi tte 1
by the conservatives themselves that the tiontea hal been
eoaducted by the liberal party in a vigorous hat honest
and ittaiehtforward manner. Efforts Lad been
mate to introduce matters into the contest which
sided have made it little better thane perennal wrangle ;...1
and bad tluy been successful they would have lost sight
el the gnat blues to be decided, sm., whether the present
gominumut should continue in office, and what should be
the future policy of this vast empire. He had himself
bant() anxious that the contest should he kept as far as
potable het from personalities that he had allowed ac.-
aticns to be repeated again and again against hint
without replying to them. (Cries of "Oh, oh," and
interruption.) It had been stated aestin and
spa n that he was a stipendiary candidate. But
what was the facts At the last election
not Gee shilling of his ideition exnemies had Len paid Sy
anyone but himself—(cheers)—and on the present occoeien
but eue shiliing of his expen-es would be paid by anyone
but herself. (Owens.) His political (pinions were too
wail known to the electors, that it was unsocessery to
veer term; hut be da ired to addre,s a f,w worts of
siln.oLitiee to the hhesal doctors. NCT. r was there &I
tine in our prettied history when the lines of demon:a-
line betwcen the two great parties were mem bees lly
ma led or mere distincey dehnee. lie was n goinr to
say awo d that any conservative cold object t,. ("(Nh,"
laughter, an-1 theirs.) The CATlsWvative candid/at:A., like
' Ike. Ashbary and haltered*, wished to seethe trial, ehur
a moan and the present government continue in office,
wine pohtiee candidate, like bin: self and Mr. White &-
sited to cee, et the earnest reaLle umeneut, the Irish
shunt& dire stuldi bed end diseridowel, and the present go-
veteniesit red they longed foe the time when
11r. G u.istorus would be Prime Minister of England.
(('Leer) Betweeu the two petite there was as great a
echt kat iliecti um es them peesibly could he. He did not
say that the erasers &ever hail me we um= right 1.0 their
Wjaltibee am the liberate -all be wanted to reriert
was, that there was the greatest divergence be-
twee!, the two poetise, and that no eineprornise
no middle remise was pi-usable. (Cbeen.) The 10) jettt. of
the • net pars' awl of the other wow as wide as tire poles
saunter. How could gentlemen lie so rishr rind reckless
as to as =erste Mr. Disisali's name with that of probe.
taut.: in, eh, n they ought to know that every time the
replehien a that cry it must remind then of the fact that
/Ir. 1;1 rash and his ColleigUen WIT., tie persons who h a 1
sndeevound to curry eut OW views of the ultraruont ine
psty to endow a Itemise meiotic university (Hear,
eer.) Mr. Dirdneli wee a consummate motor, but all
lis lilt was not euflicient M renewal his secret sneer at
the igeoranre of those who relied on the cry of Denali
sod the protestant church. (Cheers.) His (Mr. Fawcett's)
religious views were summed up in a tow words. He
&seated priestly supremacy. !mg =mealy desired
religious °weedily uud C'bratian unity. (Cheers.)
He would muke a soggeition to Mr. Millbury,'
vit., that be should apoluglan for thennfounded Cai.llllllied
he had uttered against Mr. Gladstone. He was satisfied
that when, on Friday night, Mr. &Limey maid that Mr.
Gladirtooc attended mans. idelthot his daughter wart ut the
head of sarenmery, that he had Nen grossly isnewe .1 upon
by mooed his friends, and having dise.overud the impo-
sition, he wooed, no doubt, make a proper apology.
Bet he ...aid understand how it happened. Mr. Ashbury
earl bee ire them as a reinservative eanilidete. Ten slays
ago he wane liberal. (Chun:'., read " Oh.") Teri slays
aro 1 e g•st st ',end to peewee hire as a mender of
LI. rsl chili in Miumbeeter. His cow /ere hid been so
rapid that Le had only had ten days to get up
boatenyism. No deeht, therefore, he was in
• difficulty, and was 'laterally turning to
kill ainr Meads for heitzediee, was decayed by the

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THE n,
iktelealinnsies they bad invented sealant • god and
~.f
• great statesmen:and repeed them. It Mr. Ashb bed
iota to his old friends, "cir his new friends had boil to
Ide, le would not have made such mistakes. Hear,
hear.) If he me manneed. he should sontimete give
his best 'tippet to Mr. Gladstone and tbe presider he
reepieeided: He timid oppsei taryism and My gu-
mmier Wis with mediated seal. The tceies WI "always
resisted the extesthe of popular riglite and free-
dom isi every shape sad in every eientry.
pported • They
Jul oppued tho emancipation of the dams, they had
su the meopely of the cent tare,
had
mewed at foreign nations is their
for freedow-led sealed at the mileamened the
to throw off their priedy dimities—had dersoinekted the
efforts of the Northern Betel of AZIOnOIII Is post sa end to
shin ry oo that matineat—bad bees ewer the Mende of
t iti romance—were oppeeed to religious equality, sad
emu mai regard to the Reform Bill, after oppothag year
after 3 ear the measure introduced by their op eats,
they at le agth, in order to beep saws pseud s hill whiob
they themselves detested. (Herr, bear.) This was sot
patriotism—it was net public spirit. The time had, hew-
ever, come when this kind of *Wary and seethe mod
cease, sad he believed the mud, weed le Mier, the
Teeple mereprespereue, Mee the ectereiseee of the
nation lea direct IC and bar pulley =
IX" the
earnest, straightforward, high-minded p of
Mr. Gladstone. (Laud sad protracted denting.).
Mr. Coentonset next assayed to address the Motors,
but notwithstanding the earnest remestranese of the
Meyer, his efforts wore for a longtime indlectual. Pte-
cards were exhibited in front of the briefings, beanie/
Varfolll inscriptions, as "Cuaingilma's last dying speech,"
••Cosisehans, the political "'tart" "C4llwer 18
ha last agony," and dead rate wereup,
the crowd singing "Rule Britannia," and other
Fernier songs in chorus, in the midst of
which the honourable candidate coolly took a cigar from
his care, lighted it, and comment smoking, remarking
that he could wait any true. In the short speeds whicS
he made to the reporters he spoke of former eurnoss to
the time and to the liberal cane when le formerly repre-
sented the borough—claimed to have been in aitMlooll of
Mr. Gladstone and his party on all the great liberal goes-
time of the time, and pointed to his Mee M tsvour of
economy in the public expenditure, and the eorreotiou of
various abuses, denouncing in strong terms, the attempt
II bid) he raid was being made to sacrifice him ky a toad
clique in favour of Mew. White and Fairest; and de-
clining that he was the Mad sod groat of the oppetion
to their melectiou.
Mr. Moons, who was met with «dye little more tolera-
te-a than Mr. Coninghaue observed that, altbongh tier
Lad rejected him in 1866,the alteradetate of the omits-
tut racy mice the Reform Bill justified him in again ask-
ing their suffrages. Upon the question of taxation he said
that unless they could effect a reduction iu the net o ial
expenditure it wag impeosibis to reduce taxation ; and as
showing that the expenditure was wasteful, he referred to
the returns relative to the Weymouth and eaIIiDgIF.XXI
shim, which had been sold by the We Adinissita for hell.
7 and .ocut. respectively. and afterwards the oopper dthe
one had to be bought leek for 1.6001., and mua portions
of the other for five times the amount at which they had
been sold.
Mr. A6Blllllll', who had evidently a large number of
friends in the crowd, was 'screwed with comicierably
more favour. Answering Professor Fawcetes &allows
he explained that as he was gene to the meeting referred
to. some one handed him two letter referring to Mr.
Gladstone, which he did not open at the time, bat read
them at the meeting. He was glad that Mr. Gladdens
had denied the truth of the statements they contained,
and regretted having referred to them. Hs had cane f 0..-
ward in ocesequeue of a requisition presented to bin fro:n
C(0 of the most influential electors of Brighton. He was
charged with having been • emmerwative within the Met
ten slays ; but in June last be deceived his political views,
sad his determination, if returned to parbammt, to sup-
port the present government, though he should go in
as an independent member. If retuned, it would be
• great petrifaction to him to know that he would °era
his rest to the working men so-operating with the con-
servative, who were not of themselves sufficiently nume-
rous in the borough to return • oudidate.
The show of heeds was then taken. the greatest number
being held up for Messrs. Fawcett, White, and Ashb icy;
only about a tenth of the electors present respindiu4 to
the appeal in favour of Mr. Moore, and scares a &you in
sup; ort of Mr. Coningham.
The Mayor declared the result to be in favour of Mr.
White and Pram or Fawcett. A poll was demon le tel Oil
behalf of the three other candidates, awl it was ivpointeel
to take place this day. A vote of thanks to tho mayor
concluded the proceeding'.