The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

TAVISTOCII ELECTION.

A meeting was held on Wednesday at TaMstock,
at whisk Mr. Wall announced himself u a candidate. Be
addreseed the electors as follow

Gatfibman, let me first of all dispose, as briefly as I
can, of ell that is personal in relation to my appearing
before you this evening. I have not the slightest misgiving
as to the propriety of the step which I have taken—(bear,
how)--bat I cannot enamel from myself that there are cer-
tain sewn of my position which are unpleuent to my own
feelings, sad which I could bora aseneatly wished had been
absent on this ocoadon. I do not his, is a general rule,
being in apparent sertagosimn, sun for a moment, with
those who profess pretty nearly the same political principles
as myself. lam a believer in the old English proverb that
"dog should not eat dog." (" Hear, hear," and applause.)
I confess that it is with coniderable reluctance, and my
friends mound will testify to the truth of the obeirration,
that it was with couldasuble Mutate that I at length
consented to the earnest solicitetices sun to Woes
you this evening, much less to lune ma adder to the
elector. saMag far their messy& I have been soma-
toured to hold in high respect ths character and con-
duct of his Grace the Duke of Bedford. (Haar, hew.) I
think that, in relation even to this borough, considering the
large amount of property which he pores's. here, and the
influence which he could exercise, if he chose to do so, I
think he has behaved with the utmost nobility and honour
in mto ad the shalom tithe borough, by refuting to inter-
fere even la the or of those wbo had • claim upon his
sympathy, sad allowing theist° exercise their political rights
acuseflag to the dictates of their coaseignose Hs has est a
proud nod a noble example to the esistormey of this country—
en example which I with from my heart was followed by those
who are nobly called. (Loud cheers.) To the regret which
I naturally feel in appeasing before you In seeming antago-
akar with any one connected with the family of the Duke of
Bedford, I have to add that upon the platform I observe an
hon. friend with whom it wen my good fortune to make
acquaintance in the House of Commons. I might my that
the votes which he gave whilst I was there, the support
which he rendered me in some matters which, perhaps, may
be regarded by the liberal party as too Bar in advance of the
questions of the day, end the general Madness I raperienoed
at hie own hands were such, es bad he been the candidate
on the present ocionaion nothing on earth would have induced
me to oopppeenr his return. (Applause.) lem only sorry that
the cesdidde who sesks_you suffrages with myself is so
:Btisland to him. Well, then, gentlemen, how was it
etli came bins At twelve o'cledt yeeterday, I was
prayattaading upon my ordinary duties. I had no
more idea of preeenting myeeHthie memo, or any other Wan-
thg,
_Wire the electors of the borough of Tavbtock than
I bed of gob( up to the balloon which to-morrow evening
emends from themorniniardme. I was waited upon by a de- '
hum this borough, and circum.tances were explained
Ctedgawkdeth imbued me to think that I, se s public man, '
should COM Reward sad ask for your support., and which
enexprivate friendship should not make me shrink from. If
the Seen es Mated to me, ere comsat, and I have no rums
to donit thus, it sum to me drat who ever may be the
culpable prey'--the eieetore—that Is, the independent elector'
—have been Made the subject of somewhat sharp practkis.
(Hear, hear.) when the resignation of one of the mats of
this borough ooeeesed, sad the writ foe thiselection of another
member in place of As smsber who bad retired, sad the
candidate appearing for @rapport came down upon the very
same day, it mese to me that the Maim were ceneidered ea
having no right to choose a meelidate for theimeslue • aid
if the electors did not stead im sasellbestiblihts: they
might afterwards ke told that they mass to resort
to Hubeon's choice. (. Hear," and laughter
°lnt
It appeared to me that the pr: dent was • dam ntrere,ablaov:l2
1 others in myrecoUection, it behoved as carefony to discharge
that duty which had been thrown upon us by the constint-
: lion of our country without fear end without Amur • sad
knowing that the all great and powerful question width' wig
have to to settled probably by the ensuing parliament, emi
remembering, as I do, that Tavinock has usually token a
high place as au independent borough in the choice of her re-
presentatives, it appeared to my mind that I could not eon-
rateolloosly, with the public position I have before filled,
shrink from again advocating those sound principles in which
I take se great an interest—(cheer)—sad on that account,
and that account alone, let it be understood, I present
mud( before you this evening. I may here say that It Is
at counderablo sacrifice that I appear before you, and that I
protest, from the Bret to the last, that I do not appear per-
sonally antagonistic to any man, but limply as the advocate
of great political principles, and in endeavouring to carry
them oat by the bat method which momenta knell to my
own mind. (Applause.) After these preparatory observa-
tions, the bon. gentleman proceeded to ash what were the
great guanacos that offered themselves to the public mind,
to the parliament, and to the government for practical solu-
tion? The first were constitutional questions; the second
may come under the clams that may be called questions
of religious liberty, end the third those question that
bad arisen out of our connexion with our ineign
dependencies, and the recent lamentable exhibition
of depravity ever chronicled is hietory, which had moray
occurred in the great province of India. In regard
to this question he said that it was impossible to
forbear entering upon the ocenderation of that la-
mentable occurrence which had recently taken plate in
the East—the military mutiny of the Sepoys in India, by
which our fellow-countrymen, who were thinly scattered over
that mainly, had been exposed to horrors unspeakable.
They had endured; suffering and privation with admirable
firmness, and opposed with a Arm and determined front the
efforts of the mutineers, which were evidently directed to
the pulling down of the power of this country in India.
The firtunems. patriotism, and determination which they
had displayed to resist the mutineers—to do or die—had
never been exceeded in the annals of this or any other
cocatry. (Hear.) With r'l his heart and soul he expressed
his detestation end abhorrence of the crimes which had been
committed by the native soldiery of the East upon our
countrymen end countrywomen; and with all his heart and
soul he expressed hie deep end fervent sympathy for those
who had been exposed to wrong end butchery. With the
relatives of those who had thus 'Mien, and who ware now left
to deplore their untimely end, he also begged to express his
deep and earnest sympathy : and whatever might be Deco.-
ury for the government to do is order to muter this rebel-
lion, to crush it out, to diesipitto all the elements of it to ths
wind, though it should be by the sacrifice of much pro-
perty, and each individual in this country should be called
upon to contribute fir more largely than his circumstances
would allow, yet would be render to the government all the
aid he could afford to eider to procure the re-establish-
ment of order, law, and British supremacy in India; because
he believed that the interest. of the two hundred millions
committed to us by God's providence to govern in that
empire were identical with the maintenance of that kw,
order, end British supremacy. (Hear, hear.) Bat whilst he
said thus much, be did not think that our duty to that country
would be fully and adequately performed when we put down
the parties who were now struggling against our authority.
lie took a deep interest in the measure which was pawed
some time Mice for the government of that country, and he
was then, RS Dow, and os he had Morays been, impressed with
the fact that tor a commercial company to govern two hun-
dred millions of people, in order to make them pay, was im-
politic and unjust in the highest degree. He believed that
that meter', must all be put an end to. The native say of
Bengal had been utterly destroyed. It was °monied sad
maintained for the purpnen of 'gearing to this company its
min teats. It sever had any interest for the country over
which it was scattered; but now that this army was no
more, be thought it behoved us, and this was one of the
solemn questions that members of parliament would be called
upon to centiliter in the next or ensuing seenona, moody,
the I...organisation of the government of our Indian
possenions. For his own prat, le was firmly persuaded
that them poneseions should be placed under the govern-
ment of the Crown. and that the ministry of the day
should be responsible to the country for the proper
administration of the affair. of our Eastern puma-
none. Whatever might be the coat, and they must take
care that Individual interest did not suffer by our general
Itignslation, the East India Company ought to tem., and
ought no longer to be permitted to have anything to do with
the government of the East. Let the management of affairs
be transferred to the responsible °Meets of the Crown—let
them maintain such a military forco as was neteenry to keep
in order the population of that melon—let them divert the
taxes from the maintenance of a large native army to the
development of the resources of me of the most magnificent
provinces on o.ls earth—try to mete out those measures of
punka to which they were entitled, and we might depend
upon It that la thie Instance we Mould find that the rule d
right was the role of profit, end that, so far all our commer-
cial hamlets were concerned, they would never hem pros-
perms es when the people of England deter-
mined that justice should be done to India. (Loud
cheers. These were the principles by which he should
be guided, if it should be his good fortune to be rim
turned as a member for that borough, They were the prin-
ciples by which he had been guided hitherto. If they
derided, in the exercise of three qualities, that he was
not the man to t them, be would most contentedly
bnw to their decia n ; but if they decided that hems wcathy
of their suffrages, then he should endeavour, moat earnestly
and honestly, to perform the duties wtch they had entrusted
to him. In whatever way the decision might be
whether they chose him, or the 'cleave of his hen. Blend
behind him (Mr. Remelt), be would ray this, that they de-
served to have en opportunity of exercising their filmdom,
and he appeared there almost exclusively with view of a/lord-
ing them that opportunity. The hon. caadidate then retired
amidst loud theme.

InteilytOTq;Sstion, the hon. candidate explained Itlns.
self in avow of voluntary education.
Mr. Nirnoun proposed, end Mr. Wit. HILL seeteded,
the Sollosing reeohnion— ' Ranh ad, that the peewee at-
tending due nseelios pledas thee... Sees to ea /pairArlaied
la Muni Edward MO, Esq., to Ai Comecon' Mem at
Parliament, es the representative oh We bosom:lt."
The rosolutles wan Daniel wralsaseslyt sad An • volt

of theatre to the abstruse, sad three chin for the hoe. as-
didste, the tatetiai ..periled.

The nomination took plus yesterday (Thureda7)
at eleven o'clock, on hustings erected in front of theltilit
hall, the Fortner) Dr. Hermes, being the returning officer.
Mr. Arthus Russell was proposed by Mr. Hill, banker,
and seconded by Mr. May.
Mr. Edward Miall was proposed by Mr. Nicoll, iron-
founder, and seconded by Dr. !Beeman.
Mr. Rural having shortly addremad the electors, Mr.
Mall was proesading to deliver his speech, when the boot-
legs, w were put together in haste, gave way, and
several persons were seriously injured and one lad elle&
The meedng was adjourned to the Bedford Hotel, where
the show of las& was in favour of Mr. Mall. The polling
takes plies to-day (Friday).

TONIC SOL-FA ASSOCIATION AND THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.