The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-25 00:00:00

They would never return a Tory, otherwise they would strike
a blow against the liberties of the people, and put an end to
the progress of all improvement in the institutions of the
country. The only good the Tory party had ever done was in
passing ,the Catholic Relief Bill, and that was forced from
them by the fear of a civil war. The present Government
had done much for the good of the borough, by opening up
the trade to India and China. They had also proposed many
measures which would be for the good of the country, and if the
electors sent Mr. Barnard into Parliament he would give them
all the support in his power.

W. F.. VOWLEIL, Esq., had great pleasure in seconding the
nomination of his friend Mr. Barnard, who while in Parliament
had been most assiduous in his attention to the interests of
the Borough. The representatives of Greenwich had to take
care of the interests of 70,000 persons, and therefore it was
the duty of the elector to take care that those they chose were
men of liberal and sound views. He would ask whether
the Tories would have given the electors of Greenwich the
franchise ?—( No.) Then how could they support a Tory, who
no doubt, if the times would allow him, would repeal the Re-
form Bill ? His Hon. Friend ( Mr. Barnard) would afford all
the support in his power to the Government of the Queen in
those measures which they proposed for the amelioration of
the condition of the people. He, with great pleasure, se-
conded the nomination of Mr. Barnard.—( Cheers.)
Colonel FORMAN proposed, and Captain RIDOUT seconded
that Mr. Attwood was a fit and proper person to represent the
borough of Greenwich in Parliament amidst such a storm of
hissing and hooting that it was impossible for us to hear a word.
Captain FEADE then came forward to propose Admiral
Napier, and was received with much cheering. After eulo-
gizing the bravery of the Gallant Admiral both in the service
of his country, and while fighting for the cause of liberty in
Portugal, he pointed to the flags under which the gallant can- '
didate had fought on the sth June, 1835, and trusted that as
he was again fighting under them, he would give the Tories
as good a thrashing as he then did the fleet of the tyrant
Miguel.—(Loud cheers.)
G. SMITH, Esq., seconded the nomination of the gallant
Admiral amidst applause.
Mr. BARNARD then came forward, but could not proceed in
his address for some time, in consequence of the uproar of the
Crimsonites, who had taken up the whole space in the front
of the hustings. Order being partially restored, he said he
stood before them to give them an account of his conduct while
be had the honout of being their representative—(Cheers)—
and, anxious to answer any questions which might be put to
him, by-any bf the electors. After enumerating the great
measures which had occupied the attention of Parliament
—(Heer, hear)—Since he last stood as a candidate, he
said he had done all in his power for the benefit
of the constituency, and for the protection of the interests of
the borough. As the Poor Law Bill now much agitated the
public mind, he might say that he had voted for it, but still
he was opposed to the immense power which was placed in
the hands of the Commissioners.—( Cheers.) He would like
to give more local power. If they did him the honour of re-
turning him again as their Member, he would do all in his power
to carry forward those great and healing measures which
were called for by the country.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ATTWOOD then came forward, which was the signal
for a tremendous uproar, and many fights, which rendered our
position a very dangerous one, and made it impossible for us
to take a single note of even the small portion of the
address which we were allowed to hear. The Hon. Gentleman
said he did not come to disturb the peace of the borough
without having been invited by a very numerous body of the
electors, and he was delighted to see that so many were deter-
mined to rescue the borough from its present degraded
state.—(Hear, hear.) He disliked the Poor-law Bill,
and thought the able-bodied pauper, who was without
work, was entitled to relief, and he would like to see
all the Hostiles in the country put on the same footing as
the Hospital, which was so noble an ornament to their town.—
( Much confusion.)
Captain NA PIER then appeared, and was most loudly cheered.
Those wearing the crimson badge, however, would not alloiv
him to speak in quiet. He said there had been great
intimidation used in the neighbourhood of the Hospital,
and amongst ladies too ; but he had no doubt that to-
morrow would show that the labour had been thrown
away. The Honourable Tory had not said one word re-
specting the wrongs under which poor Ireland suffered. A
poor-law was much wanted by that unfortunate country ; and
if he was supported so as to be returned as their Member, he
would support such a measure, which, he supposed, Mr. Att-
wood would oppose, if they should unfortunately return him.
The Tories were the supporters of all the tyrants of Europe,
He had been grieved to the heart at seeing the sufferings in-
flicted upon the Liberals of Portugal when their dungeons
were opened. They were immured there for their liberal
opinions by the tyrant of Portugal, the detested Miguel, yet
the Tories were his firm supporters. He complained
very bitterly of the Editor of the Greenwich Gazette, who
had deceived him, and after being his friend and supporter
was now his foul and false calumniator. He had no doubt
but that to-morrow, he would stand in the proud situation of
their Member.

The Returning Officer then called for a show of hands, and
declared that the election had falleh upon Messrs. Attwood
and Barnard, %%Lich declaration again caused innumerable
tights. A poll was demanded, which was fixed for to-morrow.
Immediately after the close of the proceedings, Mr. Att-
wood and his long train of carriages went in procession to
Deptford, which in some measure restored order to the town.

CITY OF LONDON.

DECLARATION OF THE NUMBERS.

The utmost anxiety prevailed in the City this morning to
ascertain the real state of the poll—so many contradictory ac-
counts having been circulated in tho course of yesterday after-
noon. The Hall was densely crowded with the friends of both
par , ties • and at one o'clock, the Sheriffs having taken their
places, and the poll-books having been opened, the usual for-
malities were gone through, and the numbers announced as
follows :
For Alderman Wood 6,517
For Mr. Crawford 6,071
For Mr. Paulson .... 6,070
For Mr. Grote
For Mr. Palmer 5,873
Majority for the Reformers --6
The announcement was received with loud and vehement
cheering.
The new Members then severally returned thanks, and the
meeting separated.