The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-27 00:00:00

nisters were a filthy, infamous, seditious, traitorous
set ; and 0-let they had got up and abetted every out-
breirk and riot, and deserved the elevation
of the scaffold. They had admitted into their columns
letters from parties, urging the people to arm and driii,
and put down by violence the authority of the Court—
and now that the people had learned, add were prac-
tising the lessons which the brickbat reasoning Times
had taught them, with the true spirit of what. Cobhett
justiy called, " the Brood} o,d Times," they were now
calling for the people's blood, and gloating over the ex-
pected least of a hanging day. If he had been the
Attorney-General, he would have prosecuted the Times
for every article of the kind he had mentioned, for the
last three years—but, since he was not, he only hoped
that such papers would henceforth never be permitted
to enter the house of an honest man.
The meeting was then addressed by Nlr. Hor .tio
Cutler in an excellent speech, and was followed by Mr.
Salt, Mr. Blatland, M.'. Porter, Mr. Small oad, Mr.
Empson, and several others ; and the resolutions having
ben earned, Mr. Eemouds was called to the Chair, and
a vote of thanks was carried with acclamation to the
Mayor, who returned thanks, and succeeded without
any compromise of tither dignity, principle, or duty in
s.o satisfactorily explaining his conduct as to call forth
from the meeting the most enthusiastic applause. Never
was there perhaps a more striking instance of the un-
certainty of popular resentment or app'ause. Mr. Mon:z
called the meeting under circumstances which would have
deterred most men. When he entered the hall he was
received with the most discordant yeliing, and he re-
tired from it amidst applause. The multitude then
dispersed in the most orderly manner. The troops and
police were under orders all day, but the day and night
passed off without a single breach of the peace.

ARRIVAL OF THE SOLICITOR.

GENERAL AT NEWARK.

(From the Lincoln Gazette.)
On Saturday, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, as her ilflrjesty's
Solicitor- General, accompanied by M. D. Hill, Esq., one
of her Majesty's Counsel, arrived in his carriage and tour
at the Castle and Falcon. The news soon spread around,
,ind both blues and reds were quickly on the move.
Congratulation upon congratulation awaited the Sergeant,
.Lnd his frien.ls felt proud that at length justice had been
4:one to the talents of their Member, and that a proper
mink of honour had been conferred upon them as a consti-
tuency. Every face was marked with a determination to
buckle on the armour of warfare should it be required, and
all telt that the battle was their own. In a few minutes
the press was set to work, and an advertisement was
quickly circulated.

Sca-reely had the announcement been issued than the
Red Committee assembled, and Thomas Spragging God-
frey, Esq., was requested to attend, and the offer of sup-
port was tendered, but by him judiciously refused. A
messenger to E. V. P. Burnell, Esq., of Winkburne was
despatched, but that failed. At tiao o'clock on Sunday
morning Mr. 13ranston and Mr. Burnaby set out fur Lon-
don to the Carbon Club; and on Sunday forenoon the town
was posted with the following pink handbill :
" To THE ELECTORS OF NEWARK.-Mr. Sergeant Wilde
having accepted the office of Solicitor-General, and there-
by vacated his seat for the borough, the electors are as-
sured that a Conservative candidate of high respectability
and acquirements will on Monday offer himself, to solicit
the electors' suffrages ; they are therefore particularly re-
quested not to promise their votes."
In the course of Monday the Deputation to London re-
turned, having been successful in procuring Mr. Thesiger,
Queen's Counst 1, as a candidate. The following judicious
address was ssued in the afternoon :
" Brother Electurs,—ls Newark to be again a close bo.
rough ? Are the labours and sacrifices of ten years to go
for nothing ? Are you to lose your friend and protector ?
Is Newark to discard him because the Queen has chosen
him ? Even Tories disclaim the insults, which at Canter-
bury
and elsewhere have been showered on her Royal
head. Until the Queen stamped your choice with her
approbation, the To ies of Newark were satisfied with Ser-
jeant Wilde; the insult is, therefore, not to him, but to his
Royal Mistre,s I Will Newark stand below Canterbury ?
Never !! Electors, be active ! Be firm! and you must
triumph."—AN ELECIOR.

SPEECH OF THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL, MR.
SERGEANT WILDE, TO HIS CONSTITU-
ENTS AT NEWARK.

kiVENTING EDITION
attBll,,
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seectise parties, and the plan which had l
subsisted ought not. to be disturbed. Our most restp.'oeir.
able (ippon :es, and among them I e illeene the late
Tafleets, an open and an heirourable foe, and alwa),iare
arduous and an able ere.,wa uric of the first to de'''_sd
dist the division of the representation was satisfactory,
cught not to be disturbed. Has not England been
dis
gusted enough with the exercise of dictation in Nola.,sed
nave net the rigtes of power and property been used
rave not
here, that it has passed into a bye-word
Have
rs.)
rigor to do what I will with my own?"—(Ctwe
Newark by her sufferings has aided the cause of Reform is
the great question of Ballot is now afleat—(Hear)ory
Newark destined to be the means of reforming i
as .e tha
o,t
abuse ? Is this election to manifest to all the world
there is no freedom without the Ballot ? I say it is b,
esceinvi4
possble for them to defeat me in this election,
tee exercise of unjustifiable coercion, and where men,
re,
be out ers,ible
compiled to sacrifice their own feelings
Bart} to the support of their families—it is as imP the
to remove me from Neeark,
(True,
,trcuoni,
mountains from the surface of ihe earth.—(True, it is to remove -0.1
But it is said by our opponents that this is to he of
test of principle"—l say it is to be a contest of tva,7t_ of
principle ; I am content to stand or fall on the questriunie
Principle-_I ask no more. Is it a question of paritlicegred
that men should be coerced to give their vote.
It
a trust;
as an argument against the Ballot 'hat the vote is
secs et
I agree with it. It is said that if a man votes in 59,,
and r his neighbours cannot see how he exercises that
0"_",„
he may be eiduced to give his vote for base or on
hatriil
purposes. I agree that on principle every man who I
trust for public purposes, should exercise it openlY, f the
lament in the ,:xtrerne that the honest exerei'e 'jived
tru,t should need protection, because it is not porn; his
that a man should enjoy his own judgment an; On
own feelings, but is oppressed on their account ;sr
this account is it insisted that the Ballot is neeessvi.
To those who say, this is to be a contest of Porelding
plc," I reply, " Will you let your men vote ace who
ts, their principles and their consciences ?"
drive away every temptation from them, except that little
is bound up in the welfare of their wives and their but
ones—men who for themselves could bear anything' so.
cannot suffer their families to be thstreesed. I cannot
the
coed on my canvass among these men, without
seeiigthat
tearful esc, without being met by the appreuensa
they may be deprived of the means of s
families, if they pledge themselves to me. To suppoS.ee
England is to be deceived with representing this t he_,ent
contest of principle," is most absurd ; I should be Coonnisn,
to take it on those terms, to meet the contest
ro4
public principle that can be stated. Let lll'ottat
that our opponents have formerly been s neees" that
we have been beaten; indeed, we have been toldwfl
the Blues never should obtain a representative, Ye
sists
have had it, and so hopeless was the attempt at r;teet,
supporting t
thatllcir
ing you, that twice have I been returned as your
her without opp pposition. It was supposed that this per
sence of hostility arose out of generout and Propeltb
feelings, and a due respect for the rights of otheresci, aed
you were entitled to have your opinions represent 'to-
ad felt that the representation had been placed.oos° eat
nourable basis. But this contest gives a different asp it
to the affair; the blues are not permitted to reselectbetr to
representative, because the reds have not also a 3111 ;seed
choose ; when there were two votes to give, they 3OW
one vote, and permitted you to give the other, hot.
that
they claim your single vote, although the vacaini
of yonr representative. Is this, then, to be the chahre-atea
cter
of the contest? You who have been so often " deft,
in former times well how that when they talk loue
so
they have most occasion to despair. If they ar,oud.
confident of success, they have no call to talk soft
one
If you mean to resign Newark into the hands ° or-
party—if you are to wait till the Carlton Club bliffeod•-'
tied that the individual is eligible, well and bf you
the cause is as much yours as it is mine ; but if
mean to assert your independeuce, if you are "and
mined not to be again disgraced, you must be uPns of
stirr•iug. I have no fear, no apprehension of the ext's
ssaye
coercion talked of; I feel they are too generous
si„.
some few) and I dismiss the imputation with contumely
Without any cause, for upwards of a month, In alr°ildnay
ment was talked of, but it was nut until late on • p.
t
and the appointine
last that I saw Lord Alelbouree,
(which had been delayed on public grounds) was nrd'e
was then ready to meet you face to face. Ido nrit really
know what connection it can have with the Matter, but ,
hear it has been charged against me that I came at night
in this instance, as it all others, when I have felt it 0:YI
duty to present. m:;self before you, from that women' d
have let as fete nours pass as possible before I saw you, ani
that I hay 2 done now. It was late on Friday that
presented myself to receive the appointment ; hY
o'clock on Saturday morning I had an address pante
in London, ready to announce to you that by accepting
office I had resigned the trust again into your haati
I started at six o'clock by the railway to Nottingham, a%
I came from thence as fast as four horses would conve
,„y
me. It is a; complaint against me, I suppose, that I 8".
such a stranger, I ought to have slept at the last stage!
and presented myself in the morning,_( Laughter.)
only came as fast as I could, I eavae nearly all the by
"
way
steam, and I hope we shall get the st, am well up here.
When I arrived, I delayed not, for within one hour nIY
address wss dissersed as widely as possible, I came as
fast as I could, and why should 1 have delayed Do you
think it would have been prudeat or respectful that you
t vhpiolel aysobuc hraxdv.c elected
foure ted
and me
should have learnt from any other than myself that Ihad
the
va
Court
catedthe
ofs c aotin orn ca
o
in the afternoon, in the discharge: of my duty, and eug".,,-
have beee its my place age'est on Saturday morning; seyn
absence would by ten o'clock have told every law. Yfemrealt
of Solicitor. General, as fully as if St. Piles
Westminster-hall, that I had received the aOliegn`-bad
Buteg apsarwdeonarief bell
en,
fromh my duty, and I never delay when duty "nifFig;
never abs 1
announced it. It is well known that lam
tamlkyineg"noinngthsios sfuattlecth,nletgimveengl'a-ne-nnemeee3:t
the manner in which my honourable opponent has tom
As usual, there is a little mystery about the matte-t'he
sin Cot quite in the secret how the candidate and the
constituency found each other out. Ido not inclvv
fact, but it is reported and believed, that several gentle
men have been dealt with, have been solicited, and gel,
declined becoming candidate,. I know it not mY
and I cannot vouch for it, but it is reported and lye
it
lieved, on grounds worthy of credit, that several wee
n;
ago, they expressed a determination to oppose me,
yet it is a little singular that they should at last. have
been taken by surprise, and missions were sent °lli
the Lord knows where, to find candidates, whom I abt,
not venture to name, and to offer you as a present, but t"'"
gentlemen declined. I should very much like to know
when it was first that my Learned Friend Mr. Thesiger'
who is not like me so quick in his movement', heard of
invitetion to offer himself. On Sunday after dinner—and
it is „thought also, on Sunday before dinner —certain
absences from church were noticed, which, however 110'
justly or not I am not prepared to determine, were attri-
butedioLt
nea
assrenuatn,tdd
ai
Fyn r
inPei
nga
drhl
ti
,awmi
af
no
otfiirseta Ir
sl syebeoonun
Mindt iekle.
to errands of canvassing, not for a seat in church,
s
day
t knowfn whatni feig,my
to
hoursoli solicit a seat in Parliament I should Jik°
to know what hour
rthey were scampering here all night, and yet my Learnedriend complains of the speediness of my Learned
motions'
—(Laughter.) There is a striking difference in the
nature of our appearing here ; it is, urged against 07
that lam not independent. On what
rounds Is
that charge made ? Have I ever supported the
vernment in opposition to any opinion of my OZI/1
or :for which I was chosen ?—(No, no.)
will I ever do so. The office which I have the honour to
be appointed to i fill, is not one of profit to me •in my pro-
fession I have, abundance of ' • h I Sit'
occupation, for w
better pai'' than • in the service of the Crown ; the ofF,ce
ea?oh:anent to me, but I value it highly, as an exp.:easion°
ciliation in regard to my conduct both in Parliame.atand out.
lave expressed my approbation of the conduct of the that
u le, gran
vestment on public grounds, it was on ht. rounds,
the situation was offered to me, and in no other manner
have I accepted it. But how stands my Hon. °PP"elitl
he has no connection at Newark—l come to deliver it,
lie has come to enslave it again.....“ Cheers.)
•/".,-,t
respectable gentleman, Mr. Gladstone, retains his
Sc.'"?
as the red member for Newark, why claim a second so,'
Son,e have said, why do you have Members of opposite
opinions arid voting different ways ? But there is
Sir Rober
end to the inconsistency of some people.
Peel Las answered them, by mg' in lavour even
"girt to
much snialler places than Newer that there
be two representatives, and the opinions of the tni"riti
where there are two parties, also ought to be representee.
—( Hear, hear.) I shall stand up for
your sights, gar; trust
again to go baste to Parliament.—(Cheers.) IT•e Qleen
has affirmed your choice of me, I ask if you'. will
that of the Crown by choesing me again. The day •s'a
trust, far distant, though our opponents ti,op,• it is at hall;
when Newark shell be converted into -a
nowt! ation boroeg„
of the Carlton Club; on Suedes a it,rniu
the
!..abitaers
fro
are requested not to promise the.
er votes till they t-a• '
the Cerhen Club, arid oe M little is
nclay orning, as . wield
known, but the electors , nee still requests .d to wit this
Club t•erne-
their votes tie tnea 1511()111 the Carlton • this
tit to send them • -e
, • ,d yet you btold that -
are. to c
btu a "contest of •
ptil ogle." m Tb •,r. r
band-bill, hair r. ese, by
isaoit himself to assume that Y
takeig, office, I lia
arproved all that toe Miiii-t y
done preciously. „oast
t, even where I have voted all_, tam? Doesh
e come here to approve of all the tur lab.
out, the oppre
B"nti, and the coercion that has been rico/
tied, and to adopt them as his own ? With much more
truth co
I hay
I say, that his association makes him adopt they'
adopted there measures d
of Government, an •
petreel
, them, which I deemed to be consistent ; halt
;.
pport their future measures which I may deem o°sl
s.itent; but also I shall not adopt those which
mach do nut deem to be consistent. I claim as muc"‘,";
depvtidence in every great principle as I have ever
done in my: life ; and should I find my offi 1
ee
inconsistent with those views, I shall resign it without
hesitation. It is now for you to judge whether
deserve a renewal of that confidence I have soli'
cited at your hands ; as far as this day's canvas has
gone, I see no more pretence for their loud talking
then on former occasions; but it is not for me, it is,_.f°;i
you to carry the election. If you elect me again, I ans
act, independently ; if my Honourable opponent is chosen,
lit :s only the nominee of a party, having no pretensions
to vote against anything that his patrons may approve.
Ie the year 1829, what was it that brought us first ac
q (tainted ? 411 Honourable Gentleman, the nominee of the
Duke of Nee castle and the reds, desired to vote on 31,
great public question according to his own conscience, and
they desired Isim to turn out ; the first intimation that you
had of this was the presence of Mr. Saddler, to become
your eepresentative—l beg pardon—as their nominee.
No sooner was the Duke's relative called upon to resign,
than he did resign—and is that independence? while I
am chosen independent, and would maintain your inde-
pendeace against such dictation. Whatever may be the
the merits of my Honourable opponent, you say that Ihave.
- .
never neglected your interests, then I have proved myself
by feet and in prectice, while he has only his professions
to plead. Judge inc fairly and candidly, I claim net
to be %vithr.ut imperfection, for that is not in the lot '