The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-10 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON.

The nomination of four citizens to serve in Par-
liament took place in the Guildhall. The attendance
of the Livery was very numerous, but the Lyall
element seemed to be greatly in the ascendant, as
throughout the entire proceedings the name of that
gentleman was heard proceeding from all parts of
the hall.
The writ having been read,

Ur. Alderman BESLEY came forward and said,
the city of London had always been renowned for
their love of fair play, and he hoped they would be
true to that principle to-day, and give a fair hearing
to every gentleman that would address them.
(Cheers.) By doing so they would set an example
to the whole of the electors in the kingdom.

Mr. BUXTON came forward and nominated Baron
Rothschild, who, he said, had faithfully discharged
the duties of their representative for many years.
(Cries of " He's always voted right.") He felt that
a question of civil and religious liberty was involved
in Baron Rothschild's return, and as the citizens had
so long supported him, he felt they would not
desert him now. He was a supporter of Lord Pal-
merston, whose policy had tended to increase the
reputation and prosperity of Great Britain.
W. LEAF, Esq., seconded the nomination .of
Baron Rothschild.

Mr. SMITH, of the firm of Smith, Payne, and
Smith, proposed Mr. Crawford, who, he said, had
secured the gratitude of the citizens of London by
his conduct in the past Parliament.. Mr. Crawford
had been a consistent supporter of the great Liberal
party, whose exertions had secured to them the
priceless blessing of peace. (Cries of " Oh! What
about Denmark ?) He felt the gentleman who had
so faithfully represented them had a right to ask,
with the greatest confidence, for a renewal of his
trust. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. G. MOORE seconded the noniinatiou.

Mr. HA.NKEY, of the firm of Thomson, llankey,
and Co., nominated Mr. Goschen, who, he said,
would, as he had hitherto done, fearlessly and firmly
represent the citizens in the new Parliament. He
had fully come up to the expectations that had been
formed of him, and he showed him to be fully alive
to the duties of a representative of such a great and
important city as that of London.
Mr. G-ASSIOTT seconded Mr. Goschen, but the free
and independent electors were disinclined to listen
to the worthy citizen.

Mr. BARING, of the firm of Baring Brothers, pro-
posed Mr. Lyall amidst the most vociferous cheer-
ing. The cheering, yelling, hissing, and shouting
became so uproarious that but very few of the ob-
servations of the hon. gentleman could be heard ; he
said he was convinced that Mr. Lyall Would prove
a useful and energetic representative, and he pro-
posed him to the citizens with the greatest
confidence.
Mr. MAsTEßMAN,seconded Mr. Lyall.

Mr. FIGGINS proposed Mr. Alderman Lawrence.

Mr. BUCKS GIBBS proposed, and Mr. WOLVER-
LEY ATTWOOD seconded, Mr. Fowler amidst much
confusion.

The respected candidates then came forward and
addressed the Livery, but the confusion, shouting,
whistling, and other discordant noises became so
great that beyond four or five feet from the speaker
all was dumbshow. Mr. Goschen seemed to be the
Liberal candidate mostly in favour, and although
the supporters of Mr. Crawford evidenced by their
applause that they were neither few nor
indisposed to loudly cheer their candidate, the
Conservatives struggled hard to obtain for their
candidate a hearing, but the shouts of " silence"
proceeding from their own partisans entirely pre-
cluded such a proceeding.

The Sheriff then came forward and called for a
show of hands, which he declared to be in favour
of the four Liberals.

A poll was demanded, and it was ordered to com-
mence to-morrow morning at eight o'clock, and to
finally close at four. A vote of thanks to the
Sheriff terminated the day's proceedings at Guild-
hall.