The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-07 00:00:00

Representation of Finsbury.

Yesterday evening a public meeting of electors of Fins-
bury residing in. the Holborn district was held at the Glot 0
Tavern, Hatton-garden, for the purpose of hearing from
Mr W. T. M. Torrens, a candidate for the representation
of the borough, an exposition of his political view
Sandland, who was called to the chair, adverted totshe Mrin-
' tended retirement of Sir S. M. Peto, and introduo ed Mr Tor-
retie to the meeting. The learned gentle
warmly received, said his address was before the
and he had not heard complaints from any quarter of a want
of directness and candour on his part.great dreesgiraerhdatdu
been to be straightforward and aboveboairsd with ' principles, to measures, and to men, for a man must be a fool
or something worse who supposed that such a place as Fins-
, bury could be won by finesse or cajolery of any kind. Ad-
verting to local topics, he
theandto various Acts of Parliament
which had been passed with regard to it. The duty of
Parliament when they
uprooted a vast population such as
dwelt in that district ought
*.o have been to take care that
the people were housed
means provided for and that they should have had
carrying on their industry ; but such
considerations -were
was that n entirely ignored, and the consequence
(I,w vast numbers of persons were huddled into
and, indeed, into single rooms, to the cle-
f the people so treated, and to the great in-
jsmein°evrg.dleolifs3-.4a°11
the parishioners. The City of London Corporation,
who
its now held the interest in this vast tract, had neglected
- duty and had perpetrated a great injustice. He thought
the
lions° of Commons would redress this great evil if a
ofpractical scheme were laid before it. The general question
/dwellings for the labouring classes was one of great
importance, and he hoped that the people of London would
take it into consideration in electing members at the next
election, for it was idle to expect that any scheme could be
adopted for providing the working people of London with
dwellings out of town. With regard to personal matters,
he begged to say that he should be happy to come before
the electors as often as possible to give an account of his
stewardship, and he only regretted that constituencies had
not an opportunity of more frequently calling their mem-
bers to account. He strongly advised a division of the
large reetropolitan boroughs, and he should strive to bring
about that object. He knew that in the House of Commons
tnere was a feeling that metropolitanism had gone far
enough; but that difficulty might be easily got over if the
metropolitan constituencies would send to Parliament men
who would command respect. In reference to church rates,
he said he had always voted for the abolition of church
rates, not from hostility to the Church, of which he was a
member, but because it was a dishonour to a rich establish-
ment to put its hand into the pockets of Nonconformists.
110 thought the Church would be more effectually kept up
by voluntary contributions. He believed that with regard to
opening museums and public places on Sundays, public
feeling was not ripe for any change, and he thought it
would be a suicidal policy to go in antagonism to the reli-
gious feelings of the great hulk of the people. Ho did not
wish, however, to pledge himself to any decided course on
ttis matter, because ho admitted that there were many of
the arguments which were used , against the opening of
these places on Sundays with which he did not sympathise.
After Mr Torrens had answered several questions on poli-
tical topics Mr Hopwood moved —" That this meeting hav-
ing the very clear and lucid statements of Mr Torrens
upon the duties of a representative, feels that he is emi-
nently qualified to represent this borough in Parliament,
and pledges itself to use all legitimate means to secure his
return at the zest election." Mr Goodwin seconded the
motion, which was unanimously adopted. Mr Torrens
acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated
after appointing a committee to carry out the resolution.

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