The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-31 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX NOMINATION.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY EXPRESS.)
The Nomination. cf Candidates for the representation cf the
°County of Middlesex, took place this morning at Brentford.
At half-past nine the Tory Candidates entered the town, with
a numerous and showy procession of horsemen and barouclies,
and a profusion of banners, ribbons, ee.c. In the mean time a
mob of labourers, decor:Aral with the Tory colours, had t a I
possession of the front of the hustings, and the horsemen who
• accompanied this procession, formed a semicircle round this
body, so as completely to exclude ail of the opposite party who
had not yet arrived, and were completely shut out. We should say
that in the carriage with Messrs. Wood and Pownal, were Sir
Henry Hardinge, Colonel Clitheroe, and Sir John Gibbon.
At ten o'clock precisely the Sheriffs opened the proceedings
with the usual forms, and the preliminaries had been gone
through before the procession attending Messrs. Hume and
Byng arrived, and found the ground, and even the hustings
pre-occupied by their opponents. Immediately upon the ap-
pearance of the late Members upon the hustings, the most
deafening -yells were raised from the mob in Tory colours.
In the meantime an effigy of the King of Hanover was
elevated in a cart at the verge of the crowd, and being made
to bow taccasionallv towards the hustings, was actually greeted
with considerable cheers, although from the more distant part
of the meting we heard vehement groaning.
Mr. Sheriff DUKE trusted that the assembled elector,
world egive to every person who addressed them a fair and im-
parfiel hearing. He trusted that they would not allow any
differences of opinion in the conduct of public men to
Pr treat them from doing that for which Englishmen,
reeve proverbial—giving justice to all. He trusted they would
"tea it be said that every one at the election had had fair play ;
fhat the battle had been fairly fought and the
victoryfairly
uvon.—( Cheers. )
kr. SAMUEL. WITITBEEAD then came forward amid cheers
and confusion to propose Mr. Byng. It was now seven
years since he had retired from the public situation which,
through the confidence of the electors of Middlesex he had so
long held as their represeatative.—( Cheers and confusion.)
It was with the truest pleasure that he met on this occasion so
many of his old constituents and supporters—the supporters, he
did not hesitate to say, of right principles.—( Cheers.) As
Jore_oa as Mr Byng remained the Representative of the County
sef l'iliddleaex, so long were the electors sure to see him
(Mr. Whitbread), as he should always claim the right to the
honene of proposing. He called it an honour, not in flattery
to Ma. Byng ; but his creed was, that whenever a man pro-
pos ed another he identified himself with the opinions of the
pr.rson he proposed.—( Cheers, and confusion.) The long.
:services cf Mr. Byng, which extended over a period of forty-
seven years, was a sufficient guarantee for his future conduct.
Ile (Mr. W.) always considered it an honour to be identified
with so independent a man, and so consistent a politician. A
man who had proved himself a friend of the country both
publicly and privately.—.(Greet laughter. considered
that Mr. Byng stood in a situation far different from that of
any other man who could be proposed to the electors that day.
The highest compliment he could pay him would have been
to have sad,Gentlemen, I propose Mr. Byng.—( Greet cheering
And confusion.)—He was, however, unwilling not to give
those gentlemen, who through bad advice had come forward
in opposition to the two old representatives of the county, an
opportunity of cavilling at anything he might say out of the
usual course.—(Cheers and confusien)—and therefore it was
that he had said so much of Mr. Byng as a candidate.
Wit), respect to' the era at which this country had
arr'.ved in politics, he would take this first op-
Partunity of pressing upon the electors the neces-
mity_tbe great necessity of returning men as their Re-
:presentatives who were the uncompromising supporters of her
Majesty's Government. —( Great cheering and much confusion,
and cries of " No, no," from several persons on the hustings.)
Mr. Sheriff Duke here stated to the mob around the hustines,
who wore the Tory colours, that if they did not conduct them-
selves differently he would have them removed. Mr. Wood,
one of the candidates, begged of them to be quiet. Several
of the constables cried out " Why did you hire them ?"
Order baying been in some measure restored, Mr. Whit-
bread immediately proceeded. There had been some
disapprobation, even on the hustings.—( Cries of " Out with
it.") So be would, if they would give him an opportunity.
The Traies must intend to do one of two things—they must
either wish to regain power for the sake of holding it, intend.
log ao carry the measures which they now deprecated ; or they
ineended to gain power for the purpose of withholding jus-
nice to the' country.—( Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.")
in his conscience he believed that upon the decision of the
electors of England depended whether they should have a
peaceful or a turbulent reign.—(Great cheering.) With re-
she pect to the opposition that had been got the country,
up in
had seen enough of oppositions not to treat them with in-
as
significance, but he treated the present opposition without fear
to s result. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by propos-
ing Mr. Byng
HENRY T UF.
VELL. ESC/.
came ferward to second the noMi-
tatiea of his Hon. Priend'Mr. 13vng. It was now near for
ya! since his (Mr, '
at, ading forth aell father had the honour of
Friend, endseiete-nagdsiiin:_eh.e advocate and sueporter of his Hon.
honnur of him unfeigned pleasure to have the
tsion. He begged thbe his nomination on the present occa_
electors to bear in mind that Mr. Byng
Was not an untried man—he was a man who had never
swerved from his
:svittipegpoesr:eda_t_io the. bpesrtincoifplleisi; but had upon all occasions
abiiity their rights and pri-
nu endeavoured to advance their interests.
There was no man more worthy of the confidence of the
ehetors
or more entitled to their respect than
his Hon. Friend. He was the soldier who had fought their
thousand battles in the field, but his victories were bloodless
ones ; his only trophies were the manacles struck from the
limbs of the slave, and the disgraceful laws which he has as-
sisted in repealing..—(Applause and disapprobation.) He
trusted then, that the people of this county would not again
solunit to Tory domination, by allowing too Tory Candidates
to be forced upon them, nor agree that Englend should ever
look to Hanover for the principles which should direct its
Government.

Mr. H. WARBURTON, M. P., then came forward to
prerose the nomination of Joseph Hume, Esq., and was
received with a mixture of cheers and yells. Ho bad stood
forward as the supporter of his friend, Mr. Hume, who had
been himself the friend of Reform and retrenchment in the
Douse of Commons, and he was determined to stand by
tine on these hustings on the same grounds. His Hon-
ourable Friend had, by his unceasing exertions exposed
the nefarious rnismanasse-ment and extravagance of the Tory
chief eho had so long held domination over the destinies of
this eountry.—(Cheers.) The electors of the county of Mid-
dlesex had seven years ago testified their approbation of his
Hon. friend's conduct by returning him as their representative,
and he now came forward with additional claims for their con-
Edence and support. He (Mr. Hume) had since that period
shaL upported the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts ; he
been a zealous supporter of the Bill for securing Parliansen-
,tarY Reform; he had assisted in the Municipal Corporation Re-
the Act ;he had exposed the iniquities of Orange Lodges and
reprehensible conduct of the Duke of Cumberland with
reference to them. Surely for these beneficial acts he ( Mr.
ittnle) deserved the support of the electors, and therefore he
%(Mr, Warburton) begged leave to call upon them for that
Tort which they had given him on former occasions._
iCia"r, and uproar.) They were the more called upon to do
arc' ''etause, if ever there was a period which required a firm
ste,Pdaunted champion of the people's rights, who would
ise.ot., forward in opposition to the Tories, who, it ap-
to :8) Were determined not to permit the Liberal party
ape,- upon their well-earned laurels, but seemed intent
whic'h
Pulling, them down, and again resuming that power
At sh Lthey had so long ahused.—( leproer and cheers.)
eze„,"en a period it required the advocacy and support of a
th,l7-"Y, he proved.) would say of many men—possessing
of !on heart, ntegrity, and unflinching perseverance
IHon. Friend Mr. flume. Upon these grounds it was
;e begged leave to nominate him as a fit and proper person to
I:present the county of Middlesex in Parliament.—(Cheers
thenT( Mr. Hume's friends, mingled with groans and hisses from
ory party.)
MlOnrs TRAVERS, Esq., begged to second the nomination of
r. Hume. He said it was his first appearance before the
electors of that great county, and if they would be pleased
to give him a fair hearing, he promised not to detain them
long. He need hardly inform the meeting that he felt it not
only a duty but a pleasure to stand forward in support of a
gentleman who had rendered such essential services to his
country, and who had in addition conferred individual benefit
an each individual in the realm. It was with this feeling
that he came forward to second the nomination of Mr.
Ilurne•--(Cheers and confusion.) It should be borne in mind
that Mr. flume was no ordinary mar,. Let them bear in mind
bis straightforward and consistent career since he entered Par-
liament. Did they not remember that he stood up singly and
almost without support to rage war against that nest of abuses
Which the thieves of borough mongers had been instrumental in
tsupporting, and that for doing so he had met with every re-
oads, and had every stigma cast upon him ? But Mr.
zelame's spirit was unbroken ; and in was to the honest and in-
dependent purpose of his life to extend, to consolidate, and
strengthen the liberties of the peoiele.—(Cheers.) They all
otOwed to him a deep debt of gratitude, as he was the man who
?od up in the worst of times to oppose the aggressions of the
val gerehy, and who, when corruption was in its greatest pre-
ne, applied all his energies to procure the retrenchment
of the public expenditure, and by his watchful attention had
Succeededn_ at length in controlling and limiting it.—( Cheers
d uproar.) Who wait but Mr. Hume that presented so
sorree •
!ttelable a front, so impassible a barrier, to the encroach-
nts of the Aristocracy ?—(ilar and ciWho
bad shown himself the best friened of religion rand of the
Church,.e by endeavouring to correct those abuses which
atened to overturn it.—(Great cheering and groaning.)
"a 0 was it that on a recent occasion detected and exposed,
and frustrated that most infamous of all
Travers)
Orange
bejsePir!cY, which was intended, as he (Mr. Travers) honestly
LoLoveu, to alter the succession to the throne ?—(" No, no."
wFlleering from the friends of the Tories on the hustings,
ien Inch the mob in front responded with the most discordant
farsilier The figure of the Duke of Cumberland was advanced
eanrec
, to the crowd,. and was repeatedly elevated, and
nnot st to bow towards the hustings amidst indescribable tu-
ilis
e)o Mr. Hume, of all other men, deserved the support of
of NrintrY, and it was especially the duty of the electors
this er."B!"eacx to return him upon this occasion, and at
bigtiel No man in the House of Commons was more
guted with that rarest of all human endowments—
allommon
sen
the othe se.--( Cheers, laughter, and groans.) He possessed
the pews, r qualities that were most adapted to the service of
rage_
,P,'.as a representative. Look to his undaentcd
te inficeibP'scou-
neY and hi; 1r Y fixedness of purpose—his con.,,is-
public man 1;41t'"u" industry. Was there any quality in a
er the% political consistency, which was never