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SOUTH WARK ELECTIO.N.

(Continued from our impression of yesterday.)

Sir C. NAPIER then came forward to address the dee- I
tors, and was received with loud cheering. He said that
he did not think the day of nomination should follow so
closely upon the vacancy ; but he did not' think it right
that a Cabinet Minister should walk over the course
without having some observations made upon his Par-
liamentary conduct, and therefore he had come forward
to remark upOn the conduct of 'the right hon. baronet
and his colleagues in the Ministry. The proposer of the
right hon. baronet had rather unfortunately said that be
had been a very ill-used Mari ; but he must have for-
gotten that one of those men who had ill need him was
the right hon. baronet himself. (Cheers.) He said that
he bad begun the war perfectly unprepared. (Cheers.)
Ha fleet and army had been got together when the Em-
peror of Russia first declared that Turkey was a sick
man he verily, believed that there would have been no
war at all. (elieers.) He would say that the country
had been shatikefully neglected for some years previous
to tbe commencement of the present war. At an unfor-
tunate moment he had been appointed to the command
'of a fleet whia bad been grossly manned. Our Govern.
ment were sitting in their offices, knowing nothing what-
ever of what was necessary for their fleets and armies.
SCheers.) The Battle of the Alma was a gallant fight,
but he questioned whether it was conducted with judg-
ment, although he would not say a word against Lord
Raglan ; still. no army.ever fought with greater gallantry.
There had been no less than five commanders-in-chief
and two admirals ; and he would defy any army to pro-
gress satisfactorily under the divided command of five
commanders. He had gone to• the Baltic with as fine
a fleet as ever left this country, but it was entirly disor
ganised ; the seamen had not been properly encouraged,
but were much neglected. Tire.tightemea had not .been
in the right places, so far as the navy was concerned.
(" Well done, Charley !") His fleet bad been a mag-
nificent one. He had first gone to Sweaborg—but he
thought it was perfectly possible to attack it ; and he
had sent a 'letter to Sir James Graham to show him
how that place could be attacked. He then went to
Cronstadt, but he found. it quite impregnable. He had.
proposed to fit out a 'number of gun-boats -and other
small vessels for the use of the Baltic during the present
year. He then attacked Bomareund, with the assistance
of 10,000 French troops, which they took quite easily.
They then wished to take Sweaborg, but a council of
war determined that it could not be taken. They then
received orders to take two or three other places ; but
in the meantime he had arranged two plans for the pur-
pose of attacking Sweaborg, and ho sent his report to
Government, who received his letters and perverted
them most disgracefully and perfidiously. This was done
by Sir James Graham. (Hisses.) Had he followed the
orders of the Government he should have been a mad-
man, and left the British fleet upon the rocks and shoals
of the Baltic. (Cheers.) He would maintain this
whenever the government granted him his papers,
which they had hitherto withheld from him. On the
2d of October—the very day that it was reported in
London that Sebastopol had been taken— the Govern-
ment sent him orders to take Sweaborg ; but on the 9th
of the same month—the day that they learnt that Se-
bastopol had not been taken—they sent him an order
not to take Sweaborg. (Laughter.) Sir Charles then
read extracts from some of the letters which he had re-
ceived from the Admiralty, entirely approving his con-
duct in the Baltic. Was it possible that the same man
who bad said he was a consummate commander—that
that very man should charge. him with conduct very
little short of cowardice ? (Shame !) He had, how-
ever, at length brought home the Baltic fleet in safety ;
but he should not be a man, a gentleman, or a British
admiral, if he did not resent the conduct which he.
had experienced from Sir James Graham. (Cheers.)
Admiral Chada and Admiral Plureridge—two as gal-
lant admirals as could be found in the British navy
—had also been treated very improperly by the heads
of the Admiralty. (Shame !) He wished the war
to be carried on vigorously ; but he would tell the elec-
tors that the present Ministry were not the men to carry
on the war vigorously. War ought to be carried on to
the death, which would cost the people many millions
of money ; hut, cost what it would, the more vigorously
it was carried on the less money would it cost. It had
been said that Sebastopol must be taken, hut he would
take the liberty of saying that he very much doubted if
Sebastopol could be taken, although he knew that our
men would march up to anything, and do all that it was
in the power of men to effect. (Cheers.) He concluded
by saying that a riband bad been offered him ; but he
thought that, under the circumstances, that riband would
be a disgrace to him, and he would therefore much rather
cut his right arm off than hang that riband round his
neck. (Cheers.) He was a reformer ; but he would
plainly and honestly state at once that he did not mean
to trouble the electors any further upon the present oc-
casion. (Cheers.) However, if the electors would return
him •he would endeavour to do his duty ; but he would
not take any further trouble upon the matter, and would
not lay out a single sixpence to secure his election • bUt
he certainly would serve if they elected him free Of ex-
pense. (Cheers.) •

Ms. J.sllA3lleioN then came forward amid the greatest
tumult and uproar. He said the electors did not know
who he was. ("Nor do we want to know"—" Does your
mother know you're out ?") He came there to put some
questions to Sir W. Molesworth. He would ask him
whether he agreed in the appointment of a nc,ble vis-
count, who had never seen one inch of India, to he the
ruler of 150,000,000 of people ? Was that placing the
right man in the right place. (Cheers.) He also asked
Sir William whether he was in favour of universal suf-
frage ? Would Sir 'William tell the people upon what
principle the war now raging with Russia was carried on?
What terms of peace would he accept (Laughter.) Why
were they continuing the siege of Sebastopol, which Sir
Charles Napier said he did not think could be taken I
They were carrying on the war in order to support a
tyrant upon the throne—he meant Louis Napoleon.
(Loud cries of " Off ! off !" " Send him home !"
" Shame ! shame !" "Go to dinner !" " He's a Rus-
sian spy !" " Turn him out !" " Turn out the Red Re-
publican!" &c.)
Not one word more could be heard, and amid the most
demonstrative proofs of dissent from every person in the
meeting, be was compelled reluctantly to sit down, al-
though Sir W. Molesworth and Sir O. Napier bad soli-
cited a hearing for the speaker. At length the proposer
and seconder of Mr. Hamilton withdrew his nomination,
when

The HIGH BAILIFF said that, as one of the candidates
had been withdrawn by his proposer and seconder, there
remained only two candidates before the electors, one of
whom it would be their duty and privilege to select. He
then put the name of Sir William Molesworth, and took
the show of hands, for whom there was a large number
held up ; after which the name of Admiral Sir Charles
Napier was put, for whom also a g, eat number was hi ld up
—in fact, the High Bailiff seemed to have some difficulty
in determining which gentleman had the larger number,
but at length he said that, according to the best opinion
which ho could form, he believed that Sir William
Moles north had the majority, and he. therefore, de-
clared that Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., bad been . duly
elected as the representative of the borough of South-
wark. (Cheers.) If, however, any gentleman differed
from him in the opinion that he had formed, he then had
an opportunity of demanding a poll, if he should think
fit, for Admiral Sir Charles Napier. (cirsers.)
Sir W. MOLESWORTH then returned thanks for the
honour which had again been conferred upon him by his
election, but such was the noise and uproar continually
Ikept up that it was impossible to hear one word that fell
from the lips of the rigat hon. Baronet.
A vote of thanks was then passed unanimously to. the
High Bailiff, upon theproposition of Sir W. Molesworth
and Admiral Sir C. Napier, for the strictly impartial
manner in which he had presided over the business of
the day, and the meeting broke up.

NEWSA
would be injurious in splitting the peritt*euko.
districts. In that instance the giOt ;AIL
bill had been completely destroyed lky.4pd.,,A
interferenee in it. (Hear, hear.) t
Mr. JACOB BELL gave his cordiiit'sigitisit-;
solutions which he had no doubt w0414,*0.V_,
mously. (Hear.) ,That any me4e,,,.-;:1034:14
should be entitled to a resolution,
whole, of his past career had been sstisfeisi3ry,Atts inS
deed a great triumph -t,) him, and he believed that it
was 'a triumph which the right hon. 'baronet (Sir.B.
Hall) well deserved. (Hear, hesr.) Mr. Bell proceeded
to show that where such members of Parliament. as Sir
B. Hall, were offered appointments in the Government
the advantages considerably outweighed the disadvan-
tages. That fact had been exhibited by the way in which
the right hon. baronet' had been enabled to carry his
Metropolis Bill, which he had no doubt would give
general satisfaction if passed in its present form. (Hear,
'hear.) It had been objected that a member of the Go-
vernment must vote with a Government, and properly
so, because the strength of a Government, like the
strength of the people, depended upon their unity.
Mr. DOTTING also supported the resolution, which
was carried unanimously, amid loud applause.
Mr. FERRY moved the second resolution:—
"That the cordial thanks of this meeting are hereby
presented to Sir B. Hall, Bart., for his very valuable
measure for prompting the better local government of
tke metropolis."
Paddington was deeply indebted to Sir. B. Hall for the
abolition by his bill of that. disgraceful and un-English
system of plurality of voting adopted by Sturges Bourne's
Act, and for the upright manner in which he had repre-
sented that borough for so many years.
Mr. KYSER seconded the resolution, and alluded to
the noble exertions of Sir B. Hall in the cause of the
Jews. •

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The resolution was carried rein. con.
Mr. DYKE, of St. Pancras, in moving a vote of thanks
to the chairman, expressed his regret that attempts were
being made in the House of Lords, to destroy Sir B.
Hall's bill by nuking it permissive to introduce Sturges
Bourne's Act into the par►shes. (Shame.) As to Sir
B. Hall, there was no doubt that in his new office he
would secure the social comforts of the people in opening
public gardens and extending privileges to every class ;
and if he ever reached the Home-office—(hear, hear)—
the people might be quite sure that there would be no
breaking of heads by the police in Hyde-park—(cheers)
-or any unconstitutional interference with the rights
and liberties of the people. (Loud applause.)
Mr: JONES having seconded the resolution,
Mr. G. H. WHALLEY (late M.P. for Peterborough)
supported the motion, and thanked the electors of Mary-
lebone for returning such a member as Sir B. Hall, for
•he was as well known among his own countrymen for
his liberality as in that borough. From North to South
Wales there was not a man who did not look up with
confidence to Sit B. Hall. (Cheers.)
The resolution having been carried enthusiastically,
Dr. THORN returned thanks, and the meeting separated.