The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

MR. LOCKE.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Locke addreeacd • large body of
the electors in front of the Leather-market Tavern, New
Weaten-street, Bermondsey. The hon. candidate, after
speaking of parliamentary reform, offered soots remarks on
the Chinese question, end Impressed his approval of Lord
Palmerston. policy. After a few remarks from Mr. Paget,
• working man, three cheers were given for Mr. Locke, and
the 'netting diepereed. Mr. Locke also met the electors in
the evening at the Bell and the Chins 11211, Rotheritithe,
where resolutions of support were agreed to.

SIR CHARLES NAPIER.
Sir Marks Napier addressed a tneetin* yesterday
at the Bricklayer** Arms station of the South Eastern Rail-
way. He rid that Lind Palnwreton wait perfectly juditied
In supporting those who were charged to protect the British
lag In China. If a man, he amid, oG•rrd as insult and re-
fused to apologise, it was then the duty of the party insulted
to knock Elm- down. (Cheer.) Ile would rapport Led
Pabnereton'• policy with respect to Chins, boesnee-he knew he
(Nerd Palmerston) was • plucky follow—(laughter),—and a
NM
who would not en the tag of England hauled down to
Eis power in the known world As to Mr. Cobden, he was
sure that gentlemen wadi wet have brought forward
motionon the Cidnaqssetins It he thought it would prove
wwweadul, and be the arm of upsetting Lunt Palicriton,
sad thereby eallesger the wiesseement of general meiwures of
rearm, by introducing a eery government. But he hoped
there waa no drew, ter be bad little doubt but Lord Pal-
merston would eons Ito parliament with a large majority.
He then alluded to Ids own serritew, saying he had Nerved
M 114esty far the lest IS in ell parted the world, and
W bees drew timeswoWM, and was ready to go into w-
eirspinwhen called spew (Cheers.) He said he weer
net say an admiral, bet lead also the honour of being a
Ow nl he coowndsd 10,000 Turks in the Batt.
Cheers
ersre and laughter.) A resolution was adopted priduisiag
m support.

FINSBURY.
XR. COX.

Lad night Mr. Caiiieltirththel a large meeting at
the London Mechanic.' Inaitute, Suuthantron-buildings ;
Bedenthr in the chair. lie began by saying that doubts
bold bon met en the genuinenees of the regulation which
W bon resented to him by more than 2,00 a electors of the
In reply to that statement he would only say,
Ilibmonetotitiaa might be wen at hie committee-room, la
Ile Aimpi. soy elector or non-elector of the borough who
ibokod Mon It (Cheers.) The political principles as
ortitit be meted to the conatitheney were, he thought, IN
demly sloW tbst they weld not be misunderameL It wan
theadß ttowenoe, by mom prom deg he had not stated
Ma ii ea dr waive or lato embiaaion of the Jews to
podbmott ad* mailleloot toptleftwoo. He told them in by
eildome that be woe Is favour at satire religions liberty tee
ell dolls, without thalnetion of wood or country. But to
dew what he thought on thin thmakth it wee hie intention
le vote fee Baron Rothschild in tee City. (Cheer.) He
was fur ateaV the benefits ot education to ell
CiGNINI, and yto the woeking chew. It hail been ob-
jected to him he was • net man, end that he wan going
to buy the electors of Finsbury. Whatever wealth he had
he owed to the Ishour of his bruin, and to talk of bribing the
20,600 electors of Finsbury wee amply ridietdons. (Hem,
hear.) If be bed money to spend in thee way he would
much natter loth ont for one of the mall bieiuglie in the
country which would enable him to write M.P. after Ida
name for 7301. or 1,5001. And be had an offer of that kill.
((Cries of "Name, nanie.-) NO, hews not going to do tai.
Ho did not suppeee they were tallith enough to think that
the offer wan mode in • direct and From form. It wee put In
this way "Will you name down and stand for the borouh.,
the expenses will he 7501. ;" and for that nioney he amid re-
present so many tree and independent elector,. (laughter.)
Then it waa objected to him that be wee • lawyer. He wee
only • elicitor, and nut a barrister, and theta-
fore was not eligible for an attorney-generalship or
solicitor-prenerelehip, or • county court judgethip,
or any of (thee good things which fell to the
lot of Wenders. (Cheers, sad eaten of "ferry for
ever.')) He had addressed twenty meetings in the borough
crone the dimehalon of whitened, OD that his opinions on the
prineirl gestations of the day were petty well known by
this thise, bat it any elector wished to ask him any qua'
tithe, he wee ready to sneerer them. (Cheers_)
An Ettetou—Did you answer the queetiona in thin papti
(handing up • bill) an anted therein?
Mr. Con (reeding them)—No. What I said wan that
with regent to the ttheilognal sera of the Sabbath questiot
I thought • meeting like this we not the place to deekb
such a question ; but that es long IN the Queen and the erie•
tot-racy had their sources of amthement en the Sunday tin
yeople ought to have theirs. (Cheers and Wee.) With re-
gard to the Maynnoth Grant, hie view was this. He vas
opposed to all state endowments, but being of opinion that a
compact had been entered into between this earth and
Ireland with regard to Meynootb, be coneklered that m
keg es the people of Ireland observed their part of the eon-
teeth, the peers of this country ought to olaerve their put
of it. (" Hear, bear," and marlin of dissent.)
A Votes—Will you vote 70,0001. for the Frineese Royal?
Mr Con—Too moth. (Chem.)
Rome other questions having been asked which Mr. Col
therwered to the seandection of the meeting,
Kr. J. B. TATI.O4I mewed a rtholution pled'
- to support the readideture of Mr. C
'4 by • lege majority.

tg the abort-
which wat

MAJOR REED. a
Major Earn claimed en admit lot evening at llyaldel.
ton-hall, Islington. to • very nowise* and eighty nopeet•
able tooting. The chair was taken by D actor Bradford I
He again gave a ramose, ..f hie political opinions, and dwel
for some time on the conduct of one of Inc opponente, who
Noosed Dim of coming einnaget them as • wed in sheep's
clothing. regretting that the contest could not be carried on •
In
a gentlemanly spirit. For hie part he would feel happy
in meeting hie rival whether he wee miceseeful or pa, and
child shake hands with him with the utmost enediality ; but
when false accusations wore made wield him by an Old
Bailey brayer, he was bound to defend hitneelf. It wan said
that be contexted the borough or lAillteard on conservative
prirwiplee, but thin was not the fart, as the placard of bil. KS.
timente (a copy of which he produeod) would chow. Herr
he read from a large printed paper a declaration of him pall
theel opinic no at Unheard, which were an extension of civil an
religions liberty, free trade, reform in parliament, extension
the suffrage, he. If that wax being a conservative he wool'.
at-knowledge that he wee one. It wan den mid that he we
2,7,i:hi:in:lry et all ; but the beet anewer he mild give to that
wen thia—(Here Major Reed pox:Need bin eon.
[0141.11113, signed by her )(sleety, when he WAS lonic sal
loudly cheered.) He would snippety administretive reran,
hennas he thought it should not be necessau7 that a rand-
date for a government MNce, before he got an appointment,
should come to the Treasury with a ticket tent a led.
(Cheers.) He voted for Sir Clay's motion for tie
abolition of church ratite, believing that the enforcement of
then, canoed many swede,* from the Church of England.
With respect to education, he wan quite nue there woo 611 f.
litigant benevolence in Engband to amp the voluntony
principle. and he was therefore o to 'abate intertr-
car. He did not like faction. dims. and he was qkite
certain neither Mr. Disraeli nor Mr. Ohulidone eared wear-
thing about China. Lon' Palmerston wan entitled to alp-
pet on the China question. He had get them out of one
. mat war with honour to the country, and had just in-
eluded a pone with Pereis, and If he were suppeed belied
no doubt but he would bring the China question toe speedy
I settlement, and of curb a nature am to be an advantagt to
the Chinese themeelves ex well ex to the people 14 England.
I
Sane quotients having been put to, and satisfactorily SD-
I wend by Major Reed, the WWII vote of ronftdenee wax put,
. and there wee arereely • dissentient in the room, although it
wee filled to inconvenience.

THE TOWER HAMLETS.

MR. AYRTON.

Last evening a yen; croZiellneeting of &dors
was held at the Town.kall, I.iniehonar to hear bun Mr.
Arton an explanation of bit views. 'Mr. Churchwarden
Sir an Ea took the chair.
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Mr. ATIOToN, in the comae of his whines, mid, at the bud
=election ho had injunxt his cause by putting himself
in conjunction with mealier candidate; he nor
Mead alone. He was not there in opposition to either of the
aradidades, but he had steal his VICIVP to them fully in hls
alma sled if their views were the same, ho called
ns then le give him the opportunity of carrying them
into with their co-operating. Ho then referred
at some kegth to Sir M lumen Clay's conduct with
' repwl le Mr. Itoebea's modem for the inquiry into the
Msdllles M the awry beige Sebastopol ; and concluded by
mai Met if he wee elected he mead give theft every op-
perteaty 1 rewierrimg bie woad
Mr. JANIS Sktw p2meadi the following resolution :
. They in the spawn this ensuing, Mr. Arlon in ait
211=mr gam to represent the Waugh of the Tower
is pediment, because his principle* ore identical
Ida lbw et the majority of the electors thereof, and his
cepa, a emaciate aad supppoort them in the Howe of
Demarms maisalsemble; we 'h oofere pledge oureelson to
Make way mean to mare hie awn as one of onr re-
preoenteliveo
The remade. having bees defy seconded, wee caned by
welamagm. . . . . .

Mr. ATIMON afterwards attended meetsng. at tElaiwtil
and ftispensy, where his reception waa equity favourahle.
Mr. O. J. HOILTOIME, who had some dayy.s duke, Noted
Ms address tio Ms &elms of thin borough, addz, od a meet,
Isegatjtis wpb etwm et the White Hams Tavern, Ram-
ey., Miles After having urged his views at sane
slated list the short time which had elapsed kid
ask hem sallektit is am ebie him to issorrtsin the opining of
Os *dm lo is want which woald justify him in grin to
rl pd, owl be bad, lianfice, datinnined to retire. liehad
1 foal overibwo lar gamolot ihoaddatioa with the ooa-

duct of the late reprtesatatives. lie urged the peeplo
to insist as edema! suffrage, which would won
render milked education inevitable, end to Mishit on
the giversucent establishing home colonies on the waste
lands which would save the ehoplieeper bow the pour rate,
and Om mechanic from the pariah.
A resolution wee subsequently plowed, eammaing the re-
gret of the meeting at Mr. llolyoeken retirement; so, in
their opinion, the wineiples he !advocates ought to bo reps-
meted in the House of Comma., end pledging themselves
to we every effort to secure his return if ho should offer
himiclf one future occasion,

NOMINATIONS.-THIS DAY.

CITY OF LONDON.

Many years have pawed since so much excitement
has attmeded a City election as is seem in the present contest.
Itio scarcely memory, therefore to say that Guildhall at
theasomMatica to-day was crowded to olives. Long before
the hour appointed for commencing proceedings, the ap-
proaches to the ball were blocked up with people, but no one
obtained admission who was not an elector, or who
was not provided with a ticket, and although the
hail was full it was not ineonveniently packed. A
gallery was set apart for tidies, and another for die-
ting-idled otrangers ; both were well tenanted. Amongst
the moat conspicuous personages in the latter, were
Funky Khan, the Persian Ambassador, and his suite,'
whose extraordinarily shaped hate and whore singularity of
costume attracted almost as much curiosity us the candidate.
themselves. His Exeelitory was attended by his interpre-
ter, Captain Lyarh, and Mr. C. Wentworth Dilke. Mr.
Dallas, the American minister, who rarely omits an oppor-
tuaity of watching the working of our institutiose, was also
resent, and appeared to take a deep interest in the
proceedings. The gallery appropriated to the fair poli-
teens of the City was a relief to the eye.
Lady John Rumell and the Lady Mayoress were at the head
of the brilliantly dressed band of feminine politicians, and
were speedily recognised. Moot ,of the civic and ward eels.-
brines of the day were on the platform, but it wan impossible
to get a correct list of names. Amongst those we observed
were—The Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphrey, Mr.
Deputy Dukin, Mr. Deputy Anderton, Mr. Bennoch, Mr.
Dillon, Mr. T. A. Monkey, Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Alderman