The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SAI,,

the * existence of a Liberal CI eere.) If the
people* only roused therriiel‘es, add did the r duty, that Mi-
nistry would be strengthened in the r ext Parliament; if they
were not, it would be woe to the country. He was sure, how-
ever, that this independent borough would set a good es-
amp'e.—(Loud cheers.)
and was 'oudly cheered.
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tiaipepdeuatryed,
which had devolved upon
him, but he was sorry for the cause of his being put forward so
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prominently--that cause was the withdrawal of Mr. Davis from
Borough. Having on the last occasion had the pleasure of
seconding the 'nomination of Mr. Harvey, he felt it to be his
duty to himself, his neighbours, and the cause of Reform, to
stand forward in a position for which he was not well fitted.—
( Cheers.) He, then, had to propose that Mr. D. W. Harvey
was a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament.—
Harvey they were supporting
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throughout the country. Every one was
aware of his transcendent abilities, all of which had been ex-
erted in the cause of liberty.—(Cheers.) He hoped they
would support him, and not be caught in a Tory trap, which
was laid for them at the last hour,—(Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. Richards attempted to gain popularity, and probably some
stray votes, by saying he was for the total repeal of the Poor-
law Bill. Now, there was not a man in England who was
more strongly opposed to some parts of that Bill than he (Mr.
A.) was, but there were some path td' It Whith,Nyre very rod,
and it would be impossible to repeal them. He did not Ln.." that
Mr. Richards was sincere in his declaration. Mr. Harvey
had not deceived the borough Once he had been. col-elected
with it.—( Cheers.) He had come forward upon independent
principles, and had fairly acted upon them up to the present
time.—( Cheers ) At a time like that, when the enemy was
in the field, he hoped the electors would not only support sup.
port Mr, Harvey, but also the worthy Alderman.—( Loud
cheers.) Since he had been on the hustings, he had been
taken aside by Mr. Curling, who on former occasions was
their friend. lie was solicited for Richards, and was told
that if he would give his support to Hervey and. Richards, it
would be made worth his while.—(Loud greens; and cries of
" That's like the blasted Tories !") If Mr. Richards. were to
give him all he had in his store, and his carriage to take him
home, he would FlPt sqpport him.,.s(Cheersl and if Well done,
Charlie 1") He was sure they were anxious to bear Mr.
Harvey. He would therefore only propose D. W. Harvey,
Fsq. as a fit and proper person to represent the borough.
Mr. WVOU seconded the nomination, as a duty be gyred not
only to himself bet to his neighbours. No man in the country
deserved well of it more than the lion. Gentleman, who had
acted in Parliament with the utmost independence, and had
never turned his coat. He was sure the borough of South-
wark would never return a turn-coat—one who could be pur-
chased by tho highest bidder.
Mr. C. BAIA-may, the late Member for West Surrey, then
came forward to propose Mr. Richards, and was met by hoot-
ing and hissing from every quarter. It was several minutes
before he could be hoard ; and it was in consequence of the
request of Mr. Anderson, the proposer of Mr. Harvey, that
silenne was obtained. " Hear this eentleman," said Mr.
Anllerson, " it is Mr. Barclay, of Corn-billb notoriety."—
( Great uproar.) Silence being having been obtained, Mr.
Barclay proceeded. When he formerly addressed the consti•
tuency of the Borough, though he was then unfortunate
enough to held opinions that were not approvcd'by the majo-
rity of the constituency—( Cries of " And never will")—at
that time the electors gave him a patient hearing, because
they believed that whatever opinions he professed, they
were honest ; and that, profrsQing• them. he would never
fear to maintain them.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh ! you
won't make us believe that.") Upon the present occasion
he came forward to give the electors of Southwark an oppor-
tunity of exercising their elective franchise, and he was asto-
nished to hear the gentleman who proposed Mr. Humphrey
complain that such an opportunity was to be given. lie had
complained that the party which he represented had thought
fit to disturb the peace of the borough,where there was a strong
feeling foreign to the opinions entertained by the late Members.
—( Cries of " No, there is not.") Those who had preceded
him had said that this was a most important pet iod, and that it
was of the utmost consequence to consider who should repre-
sent the borough of Southwark.—( Cries of " We won't have
rats.") The electors said they would not have Tories.—
( Cries of " No turn-coats.") Well, they .would, by the pro-
posing of Mr. Richards have an opportunity of returning two
gentlemen of opposite principles to those entertained by that
gentleman, and greater consequence and weight would be given
them in the Senate if they were returned by a majority of
the votes of the electors, than if they had been returned
without a struggle. Those who were of a different way of '
thinking to himself were placing the Queen at their head.—
( Cries of " Your party wish to place her at your head, but its
no go ;" great confusion.) He was sure the electors wished to
hear what was said on his side.--(Cries of " No, no, we
dont ; you have said enough already.") If he spoke un-
wisely, he should be only injuring the cause he attempted to
support.—(Cries of " You had better be quiet, or you will".)
The first cry on the other side was the Queen and her Minis-
ters. Now he would just ask the electors, and in that he
should have one of their former Members with him, what the
Ministry had done ? (Cries of " More than you have, or ever
will ; you would not permit them to do more ; they have not
given us all vinegar.") First of all, they turned against the
man they had formerly elected as Speaker, and elected ano-
ther for the purpose of trying how many votes they could get.
Now what had the country got by that job? They had to pay a
pension of four thousands pounds a-year for that.—(Great
ups oar, and loud cries of '‘ Put him among his own grain.)
They had elected a man for Speaker who had not a leg to
stand on. He was going to give it up, and the country would
have to give him a pension. What did the present Ministry
next do? Why they brought forward measures which they
had opposed two or three years before with respect to Ireland.
'[hey had been deluding the Radicals by professions while they
were looking to the Tories for support. They say the Queen
is a Reformer.—(Cries of So she is, God bless her.")
Them we had been denounced for opposing Universal Suffrage.
Wily, universal suffrage would be for their own individual in-
terest, because every man they employed would vote for thorn,
—(Cheers.) The electors would derive no benefit from the
introduction of the Ballot, because it would only be giving
an opportunity to some sneaking snivelling scoundrel
to lie or tell the truth at his own convenience.—( Cheers an
hooting.) He (,Mr. Barclay) had had twenty years' exP esi
ence in Parliament, and he had never belonged to any extreme
-
party ; he had never been that is called an ultra-T
sy
(Laughter.) He had got nothing for the course he hatiti---
sued ;he wanted nothing, and expected nothing. He would
tell the electors throughout the country to look well to the
men at present in power, and who their late representatives
had supported. Look to their practices—look at Bynea
nephew and his brother, the one with a peerage and the other
with a place.—( Uproar and cheers.) In coming forward to
nominate Mr. Richards, he (Mr. Barclay) had no interests at
heart but the interests of the borough. He had no political
object in view, as he bad retired from Parliament. —( Laueh-
ter. ) It had been said that the electors had been taken by
surprise by the introduction of Mr. Richards. So much the
better. They could not be canvassed by Mr. Richards's
friends, but could vote as they pleased.—( Hear, hear.)
Every man would now come to the poll unsolicited,
because there had been no time to canvass or to exercise any
influence whatever. If the electors wished for a shifting,-
shuffling Government, let them support their two late Repre-
sentatives.—( Uproar, and a cry of " You made them shift.")
They were Whigs one day, Radicals another, and Conserva-
tives another.—(Laughter and hissing.) It was true that in
1832 Mr. Richards supported the Rform Bill. But what
had the constituency throughout the country done ? Why, in
the first reformed Parliament they had returned one half fte_
formers and one half Conservatives, representing fairly and
honestly the opinions of tile people. The opinions of half the
people of England had changed, and Mr. Richards had only
done the same as half the constituency of England had. He
saw the danger of those principles he first advocated, and, like
an honest and upright man, seeing the danger of those
principles he had cast them off, and was now sup_
porting the Conservative principles of Reform.—(hear.)
A person in the crowd got up, and having roared out with
all his might created great confusion. He said he was an
ultra-Radical, he was an ont.and-out Teatotaller—away with
Toryism from the Borough
Mr. Barclay, after having failed to obtain a further bearing,
retired amidst groans and hisses.
Mr. NTT, the vinegar-merchant, seconded the nomination.
He had great pleasure in giving Mr. Richards his fervent sup-
port, us he really believed him to be a man who would sup-
port the interests of his constituents, and uphold the Constitu-
tion in all its branches. These were times in which it behoved
every man to speak out his sentiments, and he was happy to
embrace that opportunity of declaring them, as they were
such as he would maintain until the day of his death. He and
his fam.ly were residents in the borough for upwards of half a
century—( Question, question)—and he was a friend to the
Constitution in Church and State.—( Hisses and Groans.) All
he would say on the present occasion was, let every candidate
have a fair and impartial hearing, and if they disliked the sen-
timents of Mr. Richards they had a right to reject them ; but
he was justly entitled to a patient hearing.
Mr. HUNIPHREY presented himself amidst loud cheering.
He felt much delight in addressing them, particularly after the
splendid display made by Mr. Barclay, who had the hardihood
to say that if there was no excitement in the Borough, the
returned Members would be too much at the disposal of the
Government. He had also said that he (Mr. Humphrey)
could do nothing for his constituents. He said the Ministers
were sometimes Whigs, sometimes Tories, and, when it served
their purpose, staunch Radicals; forgetting that they never
commanded his vote, unless for the benefit of the community
at large. Ile said the Whigs had created a batch of Peers,
but what did the Tories do? Their first act, alien they got
into office, was to raise Mr. Baring to the title of Ashburton,
and Mr. Scarlett they made Lord Abinger ; and if they lost
the present election, they would also lose the power of rais-
ing others to the House of Lords. He wanted nothing from
the Government; and if the borough of Southwark would
return Liberal Members to Parliament, it would give them
the opportunity of bringing useful measures to maturity.—
( Cheers.) He was asked, was he for Universal Suffrage?
His answer was, yes, and for an extension of that suffrage.—
(Tremendous cheering.) That would give Mr. Barclay, who
had now only six votes, no less than 600.—( Cheers.) He was
charged at a meeting by Mr. Richards, that he could not sup-
port his constituents, btv put his stake in the borough against
that of Mr. Richards, and it would appear that his only
stake was his counting house. He hoped they never would be so
debasedas to allow a man of illibetal principles to represent them.
It had been asked what had Mr. Humpliery done? He bad
voted for the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, and he must say the
efee;itiqtl of Mr. Richards was the most factious that he bad eye!'
s'ilne&scd. Ile had r,ernaifiect 1.1.9714 o.Vtqr night 1444 0-1
bad been completely mutilated,' an 4 at last: the dgatla qf the
nut
a step to 44 progress.. jf Nir. Richards Wag;Wag;so
great a friend to tit e' people, why should he wish to put them In
prison . Perhaps he considered it the best way to get rid of
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those who opposed him. It bad been said the resent Minis.