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PTIURgDAY EVENING, JULY 81 1852.

himself to the electors as a candidate to repreeent the
boronge of Finsbury in Parliemect, he was desirous of
answering an objection that in so dog be was dividing
the Liberal interest. 17 hen first requested to became a
-candidate, he declined on the ground that there was no
vacitecy. His friends assured him that the onerous
nature of Mr. Weide) 's offieial engagements and the
!ailure of his health would most likely prevent his he•
cltaing a candidate at this election; they stated teat on
these grounds, at all events, if he did, he would not be
returned. The requisition, signed by between 4,000 aad
5,000 electors, appeared to remove any doubt on the
subject. The course the election had taken seemed to
leave the vacant seat to be contested between him and
Mr- Wyld. Daring the canvass some placards had
been issued which had given pain to the gentlemen en-
gaged in the contest. He begged to assure them the
placards were printed without his knowledge and
against his repeated desire that nothing might be done
by any friend of his that should make a political
contest the occasion of producing acrimony and bad
feeling. The electors were called upon this day to dis-
charge the most important duty known to the constitu-
tion—a duty important to themselves and to their coun-
try. It watt at elections the people learnt the secret of
their strength, and, if the power acquired were rightly
used, it could not fail to serve the cause of freedom
throughout the world. The government of a mighty
nation like England, selected by a popular constituency,
was a great fact, and must have an influence upon every
other. A declaration of principles, embodying all the
the
o puogin i t
j andciti
education
ioin n 0
f theth e United
people
I C
wiansg
constantlydom ;
great questions of the day, carefully prepared by the
greatest men in the country, was addressed to every
elector; discussions on every point took place in every
I,:and thusp ro .
greSSlngt and many an industrious mechanic was made
familiar with the principles of government which a
century age were confined to the schools. On such
of speech and of the press was
the enemies of liberty were confronted, and
the sophistries and delusions of the advocates of arbi-
trary power and monopoly were exposed; but, above all,
good government was shown to be the right of the
clateeedanfdo rstuotchhepmesreslovne
people. It was of great importance that on all these
occasionsviodieated the liberty
questions the appeal should not be made to force or
faction, but to reason; for, strong as might be the
convictions of those he addressed, and valuable as might
intimidation, mwiadya thi ofnr,e
free
r pi in
people
anye weahyo,oschoosing
obstructed
their
be the truths involved therein, they should readily con-
cede to their opponents the same liberty to form aeudg-
antethheadt
ss.shouTldhebemwa
created disorder at an election was an enemy to liberty;
the free exercise of a freeman's vote, committed a crime
das seeking bring popular election into
meat as they
In thiscontempt.and
future Government,
Was determininganpon what princi-
ples it should be galled,oWer to vote as sublime
spectacle, and
by extending the p
the man that by
the boundaries of
the people were enlarged, they would
knowledge among
sing in everyth• ld
mg that cou make
see a nation progress gin everything that could make
them great and free. against the people;
If the electors sent him to Par-
them great and
free principles he should be perfectly
liament with thesis
own Judgment, unpledged to any
free to exercise 11
dto class legislation. By making
party, and Mose • • •
flits desision, and the happiness of the
truth the basis of
he hoped to merit the approbation and
people his Ace.,
nee of the electors of Finsbury.
secure the confides
WAS then taken, and the Returning
A show of handhst it was in favour of Mr. Duncombe
Officer declared t
Challis. The show of hands in favour
and Mr. Alderman
of Mr. Duncorabe appeared to be universal.
then demanded on behalf of Mr. Wyld.
A poll was „,pointed to take place to-morrow (this
The i
poll-ng was app eight A.lslandclosing at fear P.m.
~
day), commencing
The proceedings then terminated.

place yesterday in front of
SOUTHWARK.
for the accommodation of
The nomination of two burgesses to represent this
the Town-hall.
borough in Parliament
Mr. Pritchard, the High-Bailiff, presided, and we are
happy to have to express our acknowledgments of the
egnetmteonotks
all persons concerned. The utmost good-nature per-
vaded the whole proceedings, and there can be no doubt
very complete arrsn
that this was owing in great degree to the excellence
of the arrangements
need and Mr. T
DT. CHALLICE prop --- 9 ••• • MARTIN se-
conded the nomination of Sir W. Molesworth; Mr. J.
THWAITES proposed, and Dr. EVANS seconded Mr.
Aps'ey Pellatt; and Mr. ELKINGTON proposed, and Mr.
PUTLEY seconded, Mr. G. Scovell as fit and proper per-
sons to represent the borough in Parliament.
Sir W. MOLESWORTIL on presenting himself, was
greeted with unanimous plaudits. He said, he came
before them to ask them tomi choose him to be one of
their representatives. - A silar 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 he had 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 he contended
I chat 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 briefly
remind them what were the promises which, in 1843
and 1847, he had made, and it would be for them
to determine whether he had carried out what he had
professed.—(Cheers.) He 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. He was in favour
also of direct taxation, and he 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

apt' i
primary,National
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. Hume, 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 unlettered 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
eEauarhotpre—ywteor
es h,
ho wa
wh
po
rwe
eeixechesl l ea na tr
lti,
hh
ee r
ty w institutionsas,
how
iotf
etehai
..s
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. APSLEY PELIATT 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 the limited
sphere to which his exertions had hitherto been !et:l
arded as
stricted to prove himself a patriot and a plailanthreorpiso,,
and he was now seeking that more extendedd tspeh sphere
usefulness which as their representative an h
The present system of prison discipline
do tion of the plan
most defective, and he inclined to theE_
the e
Rev. Sydney
recommended by Mr. C. Pearson and.
heentireef aabodlaitrikonano-af
nent of their feelings any man must OCClrreCheers.)
Turner.—(Hear.) t
ecclesiastical and canon law—remnants . . .
owls and bats of iniquity. He
bad age, fit only for the
would be co f d n ere more
was opinion that happiness
es-
pecially upon the working and middle classes if the con-
, and the
then con-
nexion
was left to the purity of. e Scriptures, the
holiness of her doctrines, the activity of her members,
1 'n
the kind providence of an a' -seei g and omnipotent
He was for
Deity,—(Cheers.) He was
uponanxious that the working
ion between Church and State were severed
classes and the new names 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. Scovses, 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
canvass of no less than four weeks before the retirembeee!
of Alderman Humphery, there were found in
signed a requisition to him to come forward s,
a (Cheers.)
date for the representation of their intereati.—
a fair testi-
monial that he at least was not an unfitl
Poarthought the
sent them in the Legislature, and be
unsubstantial
perfectly satisfied with the political
eeede _
d him in the
inference arose that those numerous
those Liberal candidates who bad yr
13,
0 oh!") In his
canvass.—(Cheers, and cries of
be
who aimed only at
opinion the true Reformer
is,veas
end
who sought to
that which was attains
fl
the people the greatest
bring within the reach 0
owed shadowy theories of
good, and not he who adva gseeannilieinmenentswoefrebnootht
i exaggerated evils, and prop equally