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himself to the electorsasacandidate to represent the
borough of Finsbury in Parliament, he was desirous of
answering an objection that in ' so doing he was dividing
the Liberal interest. When first requested to become a
candidate, he declined on the ground that there was no
vacancy. His friends assured him that the onerous
nature of Mr. Wakley's official engagements and the
failure of his health would most likely prevent his be-
eaining a candidate
all
eal evttehuist election; they stated that on
a
these grounds, s, if he did, he would not be
' signed returned. The requisition, by between 4,000 and
5,000 electors, appeared to
remove any doubt on the
subject. The course the election had taken seemed to
leave the vacant seat
eat to be contested between him and
During Mr. Wyld.the canvass some placards had
been issued
the which had given pain to the gentlemen en-
gaged incontest. He begged to assure them the
Were
placards printed without his knowledge and
against his repeated
by any friend()i
desire that nothing might be done
his that should make a political
contest the occasion
mostimportant
of producing acrimony and bad
feeling. The
electors were called upon this day to dis-
charge the portant duty known to the constitu-
tion—a dutyimportant to themselves and to their coun-
try. It Was at elections the people learnt the secret of
if
their strength, and,the power acquired were rightly
used, it could not
world.fai fail to serve the cause of freedom
throughout the Tho government of a mighty
nation like England, selected by a popular constituency,
must was a great fact, and
of have an inluence upon every
other. A declarationprinciples, embodying all the
great questions of the day, carefully
prepared by the
greatest men in the country, was addressed to every
on e
elector; discussions very point took place in every
United borough and county in
the
and thus
the political education of peoplethe
Kingdom;was
pro-
gressing, and many an industrious mechanic was made
familiar with the principles of government which a
century ago were confined to the schools. On such
occasions the liberty of
speechliberty and of the press was
vindicated; the enemies o
the sophistries and delusions of the were confronted, and
the advocates of arbi-
trary power and monopoly were
toexposed; but, above all,
good government was show':be the right of the
people. It was of great importance
questions the appeal should not be that on all these
made to force or
faction, but to reason; for, strong
convictions of those h© addressed, and as might be the
valuable as might
be the truths involved therein, the
cede to their opponents the same libertythey readily con-
went as they claimed for themselves. to forma judg-
The man that
created disorder at an election was an
the man that by intimidation, or in any way,
to liberty;
123' way, obstructed
the free exercise of a freeman', vote, m mitted a crime
against the people; and such Persons should
and exposed, as seeking to bring popularelection into
be watched
contempt. In this way a free people
choosing their h
future Government, and determining upon princi-
ples it should be guided, was a sublime t
what
sa spectacle, and
by extending the power to vote as the boundaries of
knowledge among the people were enlarged, they would
see a nation progressing in everything that t
him to Par-
uld molde
them great and free. If the electors sen
liament with those principles he should be perfectly
free to exercise his own judgment, unpledged to any
party, and opposed to an class leislation. By makin
truth the basis of his decision, and the happiness of the
people his object, he hoped to merit the approbation and
secure the confidence of the electors of Finsbury.
A show of hands was then taken, and the Returning
Officer declared that it was in favour of Mr.
.Duncombe
and Mr. Alderman Challis. The show of hands in favour
of Mr. Duncombe appeared to be universal.
A poll was then demanded on behalf of
to-morrow (this
day), polling was appointed to take plac©
day), commencing at eight A.m., and l c (ming at four P.M.
The proceedings then terminated.

SOUTHWARK.
The nomination of two burgesses to represent this
took place yesterday in front of
borough in Parliament
the Town-hall.
i h-Bailiff r , ,
Mr. Pritchard, the Hg p elided and we are
happy to have to express our acknowledgments of the
very complete arrangements for the accommodation of
The utmost good-nature per-
all persons concerned.
vaded the whole proceedings, and there can be no doubt
that this was owing in a great degree to the excellence
of the arrangements.
Dr. CHALLICE proposed, and Mr. T. MARTIN se-
conded the nomination of Sir W. Molesworth ; Mr. J.
THWAITES proposed, and Dr. EvANs seconded Mr.
Apsley Pellatt; and Mr. ELSINGTON Proposed, and Mr.
PUTLEY seconded, Mr. G. Scovell as fit and proper per-
sonsognh ipnrePsaenrltiianmgenhti.toself;
was
to represent the borough
Sir W. MOLESWORTH,
greeted with unanimous plaudits. He said, he came
before them to ask them to choose him to be one of
their representatives. A similar request would be
made by two very honourable and very estimable gen-
tlemen. He was very sorry they could not return all
three; but as by the constitution of the country they
could only gratify the wishes of two of them, they could
only decide between their conflicting claims by rejecting
one. Now, he was happy to think that ho lead claims
to submit hich must be regarded as superior to those
of his opponents.—(Cheers.) Not only had a Member
duties to perform to his constituency, but ho contended
that constituents were also under obligations to their
representatives if they did their duty. In order to
persuade them that he deserved the reward of con-
fidence at their hands, he would very brit fie
remind them what were the promises which, in 1843
and 1847, ho had made, and it would be for them
to determine whether he had carried out what he had
professed.—(Cheers.) Ho had spoken and voted in fa-
vour of all measures which had had for their object the
freedom of trade and the removal of all restrictions
upon commerce.—(Cheers,) He had voted for the abo-
lition of the navigation-laws, and for the reduction and
equalisation of the duties on sugar. Ho was in favour
also of direct taxation, and be thought that there should
be a gradual reduction of all those taxes which press
heavily on the industry of the country. He had there-
fore supported the income-tax, and generally the finan-
cial policy of the late Government, which, in many
respects, was identical with that of the late Sir Robert
Peel.—(Cheers.) He had always advocated economy
in every branch of the public service, and having been
a member of the Committee which had sat for a long
time on that subject, he had endeavoured to give
a practical effect to his opinions.—(ilear, hear.)
National education he regarded as a matter of
primary importance. It formed one of the most
sacred and solemn duties of society, and by properly
discharging it the State best consulted both the moral
and material interests of its subjects. He had, there-
fore, supported grants for education, and for its exten-
sion to all religious sects equally. He had also sup-
ported the repeal of all taxes upon knowledge.—
(Cheers.) He adopted the broad principle that all men,
to whatever sect or creed they might belong, were en-
titled to equal rights and privileges under the law, and
in carrying out this principle he had both spoken' and
voted for the admission of Jews into Parliament. He
was an advocate for the extension of the suffrage in
boroughs to the extent proposed by Mr. flume, and in
counties to that proposed by Mr. Locke King. He was
in favour of the ballot to protect the voter, and of the
abolition of the property qualification, in order that his
choice might be unfettered and unrestricted.—(Cheers.)
To the foreign policy of the country he had devoted a
considerable share of attention; and he had constantly
and perseveringly advocated a complete reform in the
system of colonial government, in order to strengthen
and render permanent the connexion between the colo-
nies and the mother country, and to reduce the expen-
diture on their account, which at this time amounted
to about 4,000,0001. per annum. (Loud cheers.)
Permit him to tell them that the election of a represen-
tative in Parliament was at all times a grave and serious
duty. At the present moment it was particularly a
grave and serious one, because everywhere in Europe,
except in this favoured country, free institutions had
been suppressed, despotism was in the ascendant, and
liberty dwelt among us alone. We were not justified,
indeed, in forcing our institutions upon other countries;
but it was our solemn and bounden duty, as natives of
this free country, to set a good example to the rest of
Europe—to show how excellent the institutions of this
country were, how precious our liberty was, how it con-
duced to good government, and how it tended towards
the steady progress of civilization and the permanent
benefit of mankind.—(Loud cheers.) They should bear
in mind that in giving their votes they were responsible
for their choice to their fellow-men, and that they formed
no mean item, and were playing no subordinate part, in
support of that constitution which had survived every
political storm, and which justly continued to be the
wonder and admiration of the surrounding nations.
Mr. AFSLEY PELLA.TT next presented himself, and
was received with the utmost fervour and enthusiasm.
Having enumerated his leading political principles,
he
ob-
served that he had been most anxious in dthe limited
sphere to which his exertions had hitherto been re-
stricted to prove himself a patriot and a philanthropist,
and he was now seeking that more extended sphere of
usefulness which as their representative and th_e. expo-
neat of their feelings any man must occupy.—(Cheers.)
The present system of prison discipline he regarded as
most defective, and he inclined to the adoption of the plan
recommended by Mr. C. Pearson and the Rev. Sydney
Turner.—(Hear.) He was for the entire abolition of
ecclesiastical and canon law—remnants of a dark and
bad age, fit only for the owls and bats of iniquity, He
was opinion that happiness would be confered more es-
pecially upon the working and middle classes if the con-
nexion between Church and State were severed, and the
Church was left to the purity of the Scriptures, the
holiness of her doctrines, the activity of her members,
the kind providence of an all-seeing and omnipotent
Deity,—(Cheers.) He was anxious that the working
classes and the new names upon the register should have
some voice in the great Senate of the country, and upon
the principles which he had so often enunciated, and
with which they must be all familiar, he sought with
confidence the approbation and support of his brother
electors of the borough of Southwark.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. ScOVELL was also received with much applause.-
He said that in the course of his various addresses to
the electors he had been asked why he came forward to
divide the Liberal interest. The best mode, probably,
of replying to such a question was,
to state that, al-
though other candidates had had the advantage of a
canvass of no less than four we ks before the retiremen
of Alderman Humphery, there were found in th
bo-
rough from 1,400 to 1,500 gentlemen who in a few hours
hour
signed a requisition to him to come forward as
candi-
date for the representation of their interests.—Cheer s.)
He thought he had a right to take that as a ear testi-
monial that he at least was not an unfit person
to repre-
sent them in the Legislature, and be also
mtheenevrgherte the
inference arose that those numerous not
perfectly satisfied with the political si
gseenctticasent.s of both
those Liberal candidates who had preceded
cveleodhrh,)l7 tln he
s
canvass.—(Cheers, and cries of
,
opinion the true Reformer was he who aimed only at
that which was attainable, and who sought to
bring within the reach of the people the greatest
jUntslularies
b° of
unsubstantial
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exaggerated evils, and p
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