The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-07 00:00:00

FINSBURY.

A meeting of Mr. Wyld'a supporters was held last
nig,l4 in the school-room, Cowper- street,.City-road, Mr.
Justin in .the chair. The numbers present were estimated
at from 800 to 900.

The CHAIRMAN stated that a placard had been put
forth containing a libel on Mr. Wyld and the committee.
It was headed " Lios, lies, lies!" and charged them with
making a series of calumnious statements affecting the
character of Mr. Alderman Challis. As chairman of
the committee, he declared, upon his honour, that the
committee had issued no placard reflecting on the cha-
racter of Mr. Alderman Challis, and the only thing of
the kind that had appeared emanated from a gentleman
on the committee, who, the moment the placard was
traced to his authorship, was requested to resign; and
he did resign.—(Cheers.)
Mr. WIELD, who was received with great cheering,
then addressed the meeting. Referring to the placards
to which the chairman had alluded, he raid he could .
assort that, during the whole contest, he had not
authorised the publication of a single word calum-
nious towards his opponents, nor had he at
any public meeting used a single word to their diva-
regoment.—(Cheers.) lie felt it to be a point of prac-
tical Christianity no: to bear false witness aghinst his
neighbour, and if any man directly or indirectly con-
nected with hive had presumed to write the statements
which bad appeared in placards, he would thank that
man never more to bo ofdecr of his. Finding a bill
which stated that Mr. Alderman Challis had employed
a clerk on a Sunday posted in his committee-room, he -
indignantly tore it from the walls. He had received a
letter from a son of Mr. Alderman Challis, asking whe-
ther he was a party to that bill. He replied that he was
not, and that he did not believe any one connected with
him was so. The moment it became known to the mem-
bers of the committee that an individual acting on it had
some hand in it, that man ceased to be a member of the
committee. Referring further, to the mode in which
the contest had been conducted;abe Hon. Gentleman re-
marked, that they had had tax-gatherers,
k;rminegnining office, of
power and position, soliciting vat's their in-
fluence to bear on the humble electors. IF
-- any man had
reason to feel the necessity
of the ballot, he would have
had it if he had stood in.the position ho Wyld)
occupied. It bed been charged upon him that he
bad had the audacity to present himself before the elec-
t() be their representative, and
tars of Finsbury as fit
that his coming forward was to displace an old and tried
servant. Was that true or not? When the annals of
the election were written it would be seen who was the
delinquent. Had be known that the late representatives
for the borough bad still the intention to sit he should
have been the hist to come forward. It was said there
was a vacancy. 110 was asked in 1851, having had a
connexion locally with parts of the borough, whether he
would allow himself to be nominated a candidate. What
was his reply." You have two men who have done good
suit and service in time past, and I will not come for-
ward; but, should other circumstances arise, and you re-
quire an individual energetically to advocate your cause,
command my services." When the election of 1852doteo-
curred a requisition numerously signed was Pr""t'st ho
him. lie said, before he undertook that greatrthrs
o_i.
would go through the borough, and ask whoiebce
elector®. P
aliens were in censonanco with those of the
candidate. held 15 or 16 meetings, and it was not until severale
weeks
clawed that ho presented himself tough
was to be
He asked the electors whether their boorows
s to manage
made a pocket-borough, whether a cliclbuy
an independent
it? As he had been brought forward.
body of the people, he had been
d i forcible terms to ra.
interruption heiri
en _cif: the butt of calumny
and scandal. He then proceed
capitulate his political views: (802 me
Hof bills relating to
occasioned by the distribution
thtedbilrs
Gentleman on oh
Alderman Challis, the
whob
u tt nhga d
them, Put
their character begged thilatoenttiissetri
ceaosna of his committee hada into circulation wouldt
ex-
pressed his hope that cone his any-
thing to do with theta. 6 statement of

I.J 11,1 tivor:w--,t himsclf opposed tr.) smte
Pay• for any r eliglOrn it • A g.rant to
Ft,e;,,,ed. qte madc the clieval de. bataille.
1.11() ;-e-: 1%11 principle 5110112 bo laid down that,r3o creed
onnh.t be aupporccql by tba State. A fiim in
thtt of thel Mtahlisboi Church; ho had aim,3.:.;
rep•, i:r.,::tho anion between Church and Sta'e v.,a3

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co int,' •Id be hel;er for each to main sit, 0,,n
• Thnre was rt-IntgeUm,,tr.A of pritron4;3 in 'the
harzds if tr Lord Chstuceller. Slch i;0 !h01.14:11',
h 3 bkter adtniniottrid 11.7 the C+-.t'.ch it4dL
171rit iitur!lly Occurred ct present? When the Whigs
• in pow:4. the patrona:;e was distributed to Whigs;
be Tories were in pow, r, to Tories;and i!..Cratr
own party 'tv,rt, in power, thou would probably .
isiri
huts tie patronage to Itadicals.—(Laughter.) That
was an improper state of things, to which tin end aeald
he,put, for tile interests neither of the State nor of true
relignn wez.e advanced. by ;he present systeT. The
tiOn. G.,-ntlnzeari then cxpres.v.a his view In aveur of
free trAe E:-,n,1 a redaction Of taXa'ien. lie thought a°
,);1:,;l1f. to be allowed to govern ary:l de'ene them-
se•
lves.--(Loud checrr.) It was tic ebaracteristic cf
this rintion to loVo. f6ir play; and they should give t )
the colonists what they had themselVesself-govern
reent.—(itenewed ' cheering.) Ile vindicated himself
from the charge with which ho had dealt at preview
meetings' rir:pectirg the number of his votes, and also
from a charge which had been made, that he had been
a member of. the Coeservative Club. At the time
he had been stated to be a member of the Conser-
vative Cltib he was a member of the Free-trade Club;
within throb months after Parliament mot he at-
tended 'a meeting, over which Sir J. Walnisley pre-
sided, for extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot,
&c. ; he had all his life had the happiness to bold liberal
opinions ; he was the son of a man who held the same
opinions, who was a Dissenter, and took a great part in
promoting' the removal of the Teat and Corporation
Acts. In further confirmation of his long-continued ad-
herence to liberal principles, the Hon. Gentleman
stated that he had been a member of the Birmingham
Political Union, and adverted to the exertions he had
Made on behalf of the Poles, many of whom he had em-
ployed in his own occupation. In 1847 he was ii member
of Lord D.- Stuart's and Sir B. Hall's election committee;
he was also a member of the Westminster Reform Asso-
ciation, and had always voted for the Liberal candidates
in Westminster. Middlesex, and the City. Daring the
whole of his Parlianientary career he had acted from no
personal motives, but with the honourable ambition of
taking a share in the management of the affairs of this
great country.—(Cheers.) .
Mr. FOSTER moved,
That this- meeting, approving of the political senti-
ments of James Wyld, Esq., pledge themselves to use
every possible exertion to secure his return to the ensu-
ing Parliament."
Ho urged the electors to return Mr. Dancombe and Mr.
Wald.—(Laud cheers.)
Dr. SEATON seconded the resolution.
In reply to questens
Mr. WYLD stated thCßtohmeiworosuld support the repeal of
the law for billetting
no
had
always
licensed victuallers
efforts
torted Sir G.
and beer-shop keepers.
Pechell and Captain Bolder() thaeT;
fitting accommodation for assistant-surgeons thein t cecure
vy.
With respect to persons subjected to punishment for
political offences, he thought the Crown „gin at
once
to condone those offences and allow those individuals to
return to their families.
The resolution was adopted all but unanimously, two
or three hands only being held up against it.
Mr. NEHAISI drew a contrast between Mr. Wyld and
Mr. Alderman Challis very much to the disadvantage of
the latter, but concluded by declaring his intention to
plump for Mr. Duncomhe.
Mr. WYLD tendered the expression of his admiration
and esteem for one who adhered to an old friend,
though he might himself suffer, and repeated his discla-
mation of having come forward with any intention to
interfere with Mr. Dancombe's re-election. He enter-
tained very little doubt that before Friday he would be
honoured with the trust of being one of their repre-
sentatives.
After three cheers for Mr. Wyld, three cheers for Mr.
Duneombe, end a vote of thanks to the chairman, the
meeting separated.

• NOTTINGHAM.
The electors of this important manufacturing commu-
nity assembled yesterday in their Town Hall to chooso
representatives for the new Parliament. There were uo
flags, bands of music, processions, or other party mani-
festations, white the retirement of Mr. Gieborne, one of
the Whig candidates, at the last moment, has tended
equally to knock down any excitement which the pro-
spect of a severe contest might have excited. Mr. Wal-
ter's friends mustered in great force in front of his h0..e1,
the George IV., shortly before ten o'clock, end accom-
panisd him to the hustings. The other candidates—Mr.
Strutt and Mr. Sturgeon—were also accompanied by
their supporters; end, singular to state, the usual pre-
liminary term?, which are generally in the most retired
constituencies gono through in dumb show, were com-
plied with by Mr. Ball, the sheriff, amid perfect order
and silence. As the proceedings advanced the conduct
of the assemblage became noisy and tumultuous, but all
the candidates were listened to very patiently.
Mr. HEHMING proposed Mr. Walter as a fit and pro-
per person to represent Nottingham in Parliament.
Mr. G. NEWHAN seconded the nomination.
Mr. PAGET proposed Mr. Strutt.
Alderman BORIS seconded the nomination of Mr.
Strutt.
Mr. HENN proposed Mr. Sturgeon.
Mr. BIILLoCIC seconded the nomination of Mr. S.ur-
goon.
Mr. HURST proposed, and Mr. JAMES seconded, the
nomination of Sir G. Larpent.
Mr. WALTER addressed the electors at great length,
and was listened to with much attention.
The other candidates having addressed the electors,
The SHERIFF' took the show of hands for each candi-
date successively, and declared it to be in favour of Mr.
Walter and Mr. Sturgeon. Scarcely any
bands were
shown for Sir George. Larpent., and this
in
much
laughter, which was increas.„,ed. by a m,andradth
here."
The of
the hall exclaiming. " n ggery s
followed by great cheering.
The announcement was
A poll was demanded o.n bl3iherdfraofwMn rfr.o tStruhe con-
tt, Sir
George Larpent'a name
m being w

test.
a vote of thans was accorded to the
On the proposition of Dir. WALTER, seconded by Mr.
STURGEON,
at. the temporag booths in the
sheriff, and the proceedingsterminated
at eight o'clock this day (WedneQ.
The poll will ope❑
greet market-place,
day).

TAM WORTH.
bang no opposition to Sir Robert Peel
The election for this borough passed off very quietly
ye,t(rday, them
and Captain Townshend.
The usual formalities having been gone through,
Mr. E. B. HANEL proposed Captain Townshend.
Mr. INGLE, of
an eminent agriculturist,
Vlliggin ton,
seconded the nomination.
Mr. BRAMALL, in proposing Sir Robert Peel, said ho
was proposing the son of one of
the greatest statesmen
that the world ever produced, and at the same time one
of the greatest benefactors with which this country was
ever blessed.

Mr. W. Roamer; seconded the nomination, and ex-
pressed a hope that the commercial policy of the late Sir
Robert Peel might long be continued.
No other candidate being proposed, Captain Town-
shend and Sir Robert Peel were declared duly elected.
Captain TOWNSHEND acknowledged the honour con-
ferred upon him. He (Captain Townshend) was, and
ever had been, a free-trader. Ile wished that every
Catholic should enjoy all thoToliwbenrath,yentdo)
supported s.hiclihe
(Captain
the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill without hesitation.—
(Cheers.) Ile thought the franchise might be
and that a man who held a 51. house was a!
eXt
markti ndeenCit
Itled to the franchise as the man who occupied
a 101. house. The Gallant Captain expressed his' oPP,e
""
sitien to any Militia Bill whatever. An increase ofatn
army would, in his opinion, be preferable to any militia
force. Ile (Captain Townsend) had the highest opinion
of Lord John Russell, and es he believed he wooulds,bwouitldh
b
Lord Palmerston, be carried back to power, ,
as before.
rapport him if he pursued the same policy as le
Ho (Captain Townsend) agreed with Sirof Win.
worth Derby,
worth in his description of the characterboven
he 000-
and as for his Chancellor of the E
sidered him entirely destitute of
cheers; and
fact—a political Mawworm.
__:th loud .
Sir ROBERT PEEL WaS receivetiiiow.
peculiar position In
in the l first place alluded tioaaors _
el the scene before
which, as ono of the princapa eionourable Baronet
polixtiecal
him, he was then plardoich
of the last Parliament,
proceeded to give ". !aa mania. which during that
and to the revolutione
Continent of Europe, and de-
period overswepi 410_ Louis Napoleon in France,
fended the usurpiditi7as
elected by
the voice of the
who he eeetVadhe he (Sir R. Peel) considered to be the
people, saddwaeu(labears and disapprobation.) But in the
voice of Le
ene revolutions to which he had referred, ano-
midst tion had occurred—he meant the discovery of
fields California—and which must ulti-
g believed, produce great social eff,cte in this
witel,,e lie defended the amendment of the naviga-
coupa. .
the winter of 1851 he supported the Ec-
tt
bh e r toldo fehleb
etre
Titles Bill of Lord John Russell; and that
brought him (Ste R. Peel) to the Maynooth grant. He
believed that grant intended by the late Sir Robert to
be permanent, and he believed it would be harsh, unjust,
end impolitic, because of the intolerance of some eceie-
siaqics to deny to Ireland the benefit of that par'ea-
mentary prevision; and, moreover, to long as the Pro•
testaetChurch of that country was in receipt of its pre-
sent 'urge endowments, it would not be generous or just
to deprive the Roman Catholic people of the i'ylaynooth
grant. lie (Sir Robert) next advocated free trade, end
it Lord Derby attempted to re.impoas a corn duty, he
would shortly find himself in a very different position
to that which ho now occupied.—(Cheers.) The pre-
sent Government, ho admitted, had done some good.
They had introduced a Bill for the Government of
New Zealand, which had mot with approbation,
and law reforms, which had promised much geed.
• As regarded education, he admitted that he was in
. favour of a national system of secular education, free,
f enlightened, and liberal.—(Cheers.) By this means to