The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-13 00:00:00

I-PRICE SD.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

RE-ELECTION OP LORD PALMERSTON,

TIVERTON, Menday Night.—The election of a mem-
her to serve in Parliament far this borough, in the place
of Lord Palmerston, who has accepted the office of First
Lord of the Treasury, took place this morning, when the
:Aoble Lord was re-elected without opposition. It was
stated in The Sun of Saturday that Lord Palmereton's
committee had adopted a resolution expraising their
opinion that- in the present position of public affairs, and
considering no neces!,,ity which existed for the noble
lotd'S presence in London, his personal attendance at
the coining election should be dispensed with. This re-
solution ‘'S 24 communicated to Lord Patine:son; who
t•ransmitted the following reply to Major Hole, one of
his leading supporters in the borough :
"My dear Hole,—l am much obliged to my com-
mittee for the kind consideration which has led them to
suggest that my presence at the election may be dis-
pensed with.
" This will undoubted prevent some inconvenience to
the public service, which at the present moment would
have arisen from my absence from London.
"Pray thank fry friends for roe for this attention on
their part."
The nomination took place in the Town-hall, which
was crowded by townspeople and electors, and among
the lattm we observed many of Lord Palmerston's prin-
cipal supporters.
The Town-Clerk (sir. Porwood) having read the writ,
and gone through the usual prclim:uaries,
The Returning Officer (Mr. F. Hole, the Mayor)
briefly opened the proceeding,, and called upon any elec-
tor who wished to propose a candidate to come for-
ward.

Mr. John Heathcoat Amory cab!, he had the plea-
sure and gratification of proposing Lord Palmerstbn
for re-election as member for Tiverton in the House of
Commons. Tile return of the noble lord on that occa-
sion would be no triumph of political party. (Cheers.)
He did not ask, on that coca ion, for the support of one
political party more than of anether, for, in proposing to
them Lord Palmerston, he felt he was asking them to
re-elect a representative whom men of every sh do of
political party cseld honestly and fairly support.
(" Heer," and cheers.) Lord Palmerston, as they were
well aware, had accepted the off' ,e of Prime Minister of
this country. Ile hal not only been selected for that
office by his Sovereign, but he had been pointed out as
a fitting man for the position by Parliament and by the
voice of the whole kingdom. (Cheers.) Lord Palmer-
ston was the man to whom the country looked at the
present moment to bring to a conclusion a war in which
the British arms had certainly not been defeated, for, on
the c mtrary, they had gained the highest credit, glory,
and renown (loud cheers), but which had not been car-
ried on in a manner satisfaotory to the British people.
(Hear, hear.) The late Government had been defeated
by no party faction, but had been destroyed by public
opinion, and it was public opinion that had pointed out
Lord Palmerston as the man most likely to carry on the
war with vigour, and t 3 bring it to a successful and
glorious issue. (Loud cheers.) Ho (Mr. Amory) need
say little to them on behalf of Lord Palmerston, for he
had so long represented the borough, and was known to
them so well, and they placed such confidence in him,
that he (NIL Amory) would be wasting his time if he
asked those who had supported the noble lord before to
support him on the present occasion. He turned to some
few among them—not a very large number—who, on
former occasions, had been inclined to oppose the noble
lord, or who, at all events, had not given him cordial and
hearty support, and he asked them ou the present occasion
to vote for the noble lord. The electors of Tiverton might
at any time have been proud of being rep resented by such
a man as Lord Palmerston ; but certainly they never had
more reason to be proud of such an honourthan they had
at that time. (Cheers.) There was one point open which
he (Mr. Amory) wished there should be no mistake, and
that was the reason which had prevented Lord Palmer-
ston's presence among them on that occasion. It must
not be supposed that there had been any want of atten-
tion on the part of the noble lord to his constituents,
although he was the Premier of the country ; for, at the
time that the writ was sent down, Lord Palmerston
wrote to say that he would, at any cost, come down to
the election. (Hear, hear.) Lord Palmerston's com-
mittee met on Thursday, and it appeared to them that
not only would the attendance of the noble lord, at such
an inclement season of the year, subject him to a great
deal of personal inconvenience, but that it might pro-
bably be for the interest of the public service, under ex-
isting circumstances, that the noblo lord should remain
in town, where his presence might be required in con-
nexion with the transaction of public business. On that
ground the committee passed the resolution which had
been published, and which was communicated to Lord
Palmerston, who thanked them for what they had done
and stated that they were perfectly right in supposing
that it would be for the interest of the public service that
he should remain in London. This, then, was the reason
why the noble lord had not presented himself before
them, as he would have done under other circumstances.
(Hear, hear.) He (Dir. Amory) was convinced the
electors would approve the conduct of the committee,
and that they would feel that the interests of the public
service at this moment were of far too great importance
to be risked in the slightest degree byLord Palmerston's
absence from his poet. (Cheers.) He thought, indeed,
that it was perhaps, the most graceful compliment they
could pay to the noble lord to re-elect him in his absence.
(Hear, hem., and cheers.)
Major HonE, in seconding the nomination, observed
that Mr. Amory had alluded to the circumstances under
which Lord Palmerston had been called upon to as-
sume the first position which could be bestowed upon
him by the Crown, as Premier of this mighty empire.
They knew that the Queen, finding from the opinions
of the people expressed by their representatives in Par-
liament, that it was necessary that a new Administration
should be formed, applied in the first place to Lord.
Derby, as the head of the great Conservative party which
had formed the larger proportion of the majority by
which the late Government had been driven from office.
Lord Derby, as ho had the candour to admit, signally
failed in his attempt, but ho had declared that the first,
and indeed the only statesman to whom he applied di-
rectly for aid beyond the ranks of his own party was
Lord Palmerston. (Hear, and cheers.) The Queen
then applied to Lord J. Russell, of whom they knew a
great deal, though whether for good or for evil remained
to be seen—(laughter)—but he also failed in his attempt
to form a Government, and eventually the duty was
confided to Lord Palmerston, who succeeded in forming
an Administration which he (Major Hole) hoped in God
would prove a good one. (Hear, and cheers.) He hoped
that, under the guidance of the noble Viscount, that
Government might succeed in placing limits to the ambi-
tion of that tyrant and despot the Emperor of Russia,
and in showing bins that England and France united were
too strong for him. (Cheers.) They must have faith in the
noble lord. They must put trust in him as they had
done for the last 20 years, and he challenged any elector
for that borough to say that the noble lord had not, dur-
ing the time he had occupied the position of their repre-
sentative, done his best to promote the general interests
of that country of which he was so bright an ornament.
(" Hear," and cheers.) He regretted that the noble
lord was not present among them, but at the same time
they could not lose sight of the fact that the noble lord's
time was much better and more profitably employed for
the interests of the country than it could have been at
Tiverton. He (Major Hole) had, however, no doubt
that during the summer, in the course of the many gay
fetes of which that town was to be scene, the noble vis-
count would take an opportunity of paying a visit to the
electors, who, he hoped—following the usual custom of
Englishmen when they were visited by their friends—
would invite the noble lord to a dinner. (Cheers and
laughter.) He hoped that on such an occasion, when-
ever it might occur, the noble lord would be able to tell
them that the prospects of the country were snore satis-
factory abroad than was the ense at present, as ho (Major
Hobo, had no doubt the policy of the Government would
be satisfactory at home. it would then be for the elec-
tors of Tiverton to say to the noble lord, " Well done,
you good and faithful servant—(laughter)—wo will keep
you among us as our representative as long as you like to
remain here ; and if you think proper you shall be re-
turned for Tiverton without the trouble of coming here,
whenever your time may be more profitably employed."
(Cheers.) The Czar of Russia had been the cause
of dreadful catastrophes. There were few families in
this country who were not suffering from the loss or
mutilation of friends in the present war, and it was a
dreadful thing that the love of power and the desire of
aggrandisement of one monster should have not only
caused so ranch personal suffering, but should also have
occasioned such serious injury to the trading and com-
mercial interests of this country. He was about to say
to all the interests of the country, but he believed the
agricultural interest was an exception, and had bene-
fitted by the war. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was
sure, however, that those who thus derived advantage
from the war, some of whom he observed were present,
most deeply regretted the individual miseries which it
occasioned, and the disasters with which it was fraught
to the general interests cf trade and commerce. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) He must pay the Conservative elec-
tors of Tiverton the compliment of saying that he had
heard a great many of them express their belief that if
there was a man in the United Kingdom who was able
to rescue this country from the position into which it
had been brought by the detectable war which was now
raging, that man was Viscount Palmerston. (Cheers.)
He called upon them, then, to give the noble lord a trial,
and he would answer for it that the noble lord would
pass through the ordeal successfully, mad that when he
next presented himself to the constituency of Tiverton
the Conservative electors would say to him, " My lord,
you have done your duty like a man, and we, as a
party, strong as we are, will not permit you to risk your
seat, so long as you remain—as you have been for 20
years—the true, and trusty, and faithful representative
of the borough of Tiverton." (Loud cheers.)
The MAYOR inquired whether any other elector had
a candidate to propose, but, as no one stood forward,
ho proceeded to take a show of hands on tho nomination
of Lord Palmerston. The show was unanimously it]
favour of the noble lord.
The MAYOR observed—l think Ido not err in saying
that this appears to me to be a national, and not a party
election. (Laud cheers.) I now declare Henry John
Temple, Viscount Palmerston, duly elected a burgess to