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London, England, 1849-07-04 00:00:00

so you all can rely on my feeble and humble assistance.
~Cheers.) But Ido n t thi k I ought to enter into
Piny further details, or answer any of the remarks about
our committee having taken a due advantage of the
organization of our forces in bringing up the eh eters.
We have here two Iciest honourable gentlemen who
fixed the day of election—your Sheriffs.—(H. ar, hear.)
Well, it has been left to their decision, and I have on
this occasion to thank them, not only for their kindness
end for their impartiality, but for their great
trouble, and more trouble than any other sheriffs
have taken on similar occasions, in seeing that
,everything was fairly and properly conducted.
These gentlemen fixed the day, and they are here to see
that everything is done constitutionally, and according
to the law. Gentlemen, it has been said that we had
our forces better organized than those of the other party.
Now that is not the case. Our friends have made more
show. The other party knew they had a losing game,
end did not come forward with much zeal, for they
knew that right and justice was on our side.—(Loud
"cheers.) Thursday night was the period whenwe
began to prepare ourselves for the contest.
Tro was a meeting of our committeemen,
and it was then decided what course we should
adopt,e
;
he
and we all pledged ourselves to do any
thing
in
nrineur
Friend
wLord
to gain t cause.—(Cheers.) M
John Manners generously informedymenthat he intended
to come forward. This was a very generous intimation
on his part, since he had no right to communcatehis in-
tention to us. This was on Saturday. Ho i
had o
from Saturday till Monday to prepare for the contest,
and our opponents had as much time as we had. lam
afraid, gentlemen, that I have detained yeti longer than
1 ought.—(Loud cries of " No, no," and a cry
aWe like the look of you.") I have, #is true, entered
into these details to set myself right. I trust it will be
a long time before we shall have another contest. I
could not, on such an occasion as this, have a thought in
my heart which I did not communicate to you. I beg to
thank you for listening to me with so much patience.—
elk voice, "Don't go yet.") I beg, in conclusion, to
thank you for the honour yea have conferred upon me.
Lord J. MANNERS then came forward, and was re-
ceived with general cheers and waving of hats. He
spoke nearly as follows:—Gentlemen, citizsns, and elec-
tors of the City of London, I come forward to thank those
who have unsolicited and uncanvassed registered their
votes in my favour. Not, indeed, for me alone,
but in behalf of those principles of which I fear I have
been but an inefficient defender. I stand here, gentle-
men, to express my own satisfaction, and the satisfac-
tion of the gentlemen at whose request I consented to
come forward, at the number of votes which have been
registered in support of those principles—and I stand
here to return my heartfelt and cordial acknowledge-
ments to those electors who have registered their votes
in my favour; but still more do I come forward
now to assure the electors of the city of London that on
future occasions there would be no shrinking, but a firm
determination again to maintain those principles, and to
defend this cause which has now suffered a temporary
defeat.—(Groans and hisses.) I have said that I would
apologise—and perhaps you will allow me to do so—for
having been the individual that was raised to defend
them. It was charged against me by the Hon. Gentle-
man who proposed my Hon. Friend and opponent, that
eight years ago—being then a very young man—l pub-
li,hed some rather absurd poetry.—(Laughter.) Now,
gentlemen, .I should have thought that the
votes, the speeches, and the conduct of a man, who fur
six, not eventful, years, had taken a fair share in pub-
lic debate in the House of Commons, would have been
a fair criterion by which to test my qualifications to re-
present this great and important city; but it seemed to
some Hon. Gentlemen that it was a safer test to select
the words of some poems, written when almost a boy,
for the purpose of showing that he was disqualified, and
for the purpose of vilifying him.—(A Voice—" Then
you must go home to your mother—we don't want a
poet.") I have not the least wish to dissent from that
qualification, since no one can more cordially coin-
ctide in it than I do. If it was indifferent in sen•
zent, the meaning which it conveyed was
8 alterse. And now in taking leave of
the subject I would heartily assure him that if
the sentiment was bad, and the poetry still worse, I
would rather be the boy that penned it than the
grey-headed man who the day before yesterday came
forward and bl(aAmedthe writer. Gentlemen, I now take
leave of you—
and laughter) voice, " Get thee to a nunnery—go,"
—I believe without having given the least
cause of offence to any of the gentlemen with whom I
have come in contact. Sure am I that I have
friendrec•eived none from my honourable opponent and
os ; and I teke this public opportunity
a_ thanking him for the uniform courtesy and kindness
inch I have experienced at his hands. The sentiments
of goodwill which he has expressed I most cordially
and heartily reciprocate, and I hope that nothing that
has fallen from me will diminish in the least degree the
respect which he has been kind enough to express for
the- The Romans had but one word for poet and
for prophet. Now, gentlemen, you have decided that in
the former capacity I am not likely to achieve much re-
Putation, but allow me, in taking leave to say, that in the
latter capacity I may have more success.—(Loud cries
of " No, no.") Friends and supporters, for the gene-
r°h,, cordial, and magnanimous manner in which
You have tendered your support I heartily-
thank you, and my Honourable Friend and
opponent, for the good humour, moderation and courtesy
with which they have exercised their opposition; and in
w
retiring from this hall, and relinquishing this con-
test,no sure I am that the principles that are down to-day
will be up to-morrow_(eGrooansandhisses)—that at the
next general election, come when
it may, those great
principles—this great
be
eat cause—the Church, the Queen,
will and the people,
vindicated—(Uproar)—they will
be vindicated, not
persons of the great Perhaps in my person, but in the
The
and intelligent constituencies of
this empire. (.') e Noble Lord then retired amidst
partial cheering
Baron ROTHSCHILD then came forward and proposed
a vote of thaeks to the Sheriffs for the way in which
they had performedtheir services.
Lord Jlamas seconded the motion amidst
the utmost noise.
•
Air. DeLeon then came forward and put the motion to
the meeting. It was carried by great acclamation, and
was followed by three cheers fur the Sheriffs.
Mr. Sheriff FINNIS advanced to return thanks, and
was received with loud cheers. He told the meeting
that it was highly gratifying to the Sheriffs to
find that the arrangements which they had
made for conducting the election had given
satisfaction to both parties.—(Cheers.) They had only
d )ne what they considered to be their duty, viz., acted
in an impartial manner throughout the whole proceed-
ings.—(Cheers.) Ile had no hesitation in saying that
immediately on receiving the writ they felt
that it was their bounden duty to fix a day fur
the election.—(Cheers.) He was perfectly aware
that the business of this great city must be much im-
peded by the excitement of an election, and, therefore,
it was thought to be to the interest of all parties that
while no undue haste was shown in fixing the election,
it should take place with all convenient . speed.—
(Cheers.) He had much pleasure in returning thanks
for their unanimous vote to himself and his brother
Sheriff.—(Cheers.)
Air. HALL said he was glad that they had shown to
the Noble Lord and his supporters that they could be
generous as well as true.—(Cheers.) He trusted they
could prepare themselves for the next fight.—(Cheers.)
They were told by the Noble Lord who briefly ad-
dressed them, that on another occasion he would again
solicit their suffrages, and that he was confident
of being returned.—(Cries of " Never.") He
(Mr. Hall) would accept that challenge on the part of
the citizens, and would pledge himself that some one
would meet him on the hustings to take up the cause of
the people against the House of Lords.—(Loud cheers.)
Let their Lordships know that while we coecede
to them their rights and privileges', we will at the
sltne time maintain our own.— (Continued cheers.) Let
then understand most distinctly that the rights of the
Peelle are the security of their property, the safety
the Church, and the safety of the younger branches
of
acted very silly in sending this ill-advised young man
tzeong them there.—(Laughter and cries of " A boy.")
hadll. entirely admitted his right to come forward, but he
by no doubt that he had been most shamefully advised
citizens who professed to have the confidence of the'
e h,nBo.f London.—(Leughter and cheers.) A gross
insult
by the Bias h beenop f o offered to them in the House of Lords
Oxford, aho said that they had been
sold to Jewish gold.—(Laughter and hisses.) Now, he
should not b .at all surprised if that Bishop. brought
forward themboa let in the House ofLords, to screen them
from the I
yliistfoituihe Jews.—(Laughter, and a
-CEP' of he
The •
have no business in the
..eeuse ef Lordsne
mind thei
x business,we'll have them out.") Let them
not let them insult
take care of the ,
must
and we will mind ours; but do
us, for if they do they e
were not
neighboti.
They cans, quences.—(Laughter aud cheers.)
1 their
disturbance,' going to follow the example o
rs on the Continent; they wanted to create no
wlllit.i. hzittitta,
ohreitro hring about any revolution, but they
rights.
formally dissolved the —(Loud cheers.)
crier, then came forward, and
ms'.
D.
W.
w assemblage.
presented himself E• in answer to vociferous calls, then
h"inte bees
manner, and tghe el
4inteod the electors. He said. the victory
in a triumphant and successful
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who
had h ectors having dismissed the Noble
been deludt d into the City, to the sweets
Iteratur
wit, - e. he Was sure they would now be content
oi,aars3 victor
re couduct on atlii
. , they had 8 gained for the present.—
toYbetheir returnin
as to their i''t h- 'shed to a word to the electors
not settled
etcetera this qut 'llion. It was
would have
he celled upon the slat Boron Rothschild. It
in the fLo
, ehould be
u-e of Commons,
doing as soon. as the i London and
t o
introduced,be up and
meeting in every ward' and basis
mous with petitions until they the House of Com-
(Hear, hear.) Much as 1,,•' r",ti passed the Bill.—
Lords, he hoped the electorseaPeeeeteci the House of
4 give Bill got
tevereud Prelate
before that Noble House, Ne
_ answer
to the question a Right Innf.liell
wen%ords know
put by
he asked--" Where are the petitioners i , when
Bill?" Let the Bishops and the House in fret of the
by the number of petitions, that they
Ile paw a
and desirous that the Bill should pasa—ffieetenhined
to
ohohuell
gentlemen pointing to the (Hear, hear.
on the board—as if to say that wash Lumber
petition. pet.ition. Well, he agreed with him • it o
the
petition to the House of him; it
bt
the House disregard the voice of the people,' andut 6
the course they had lately followed, and Pugrnie
reject the Bill, he trusted, if Baron' Rao-ihaisn
Chile •
- came back •to them be returned by a much far aeeain, he would
ger and that
oul never c,,aso agitating until they majority,saw him teke theyhis
Wardn thellouse of Commune, without fear of ulterior
e'sllsequences.—(Hear, hear, ' and loud cheers.) Do
nit let them ' misunderstand each Other. They were
Hopis any way interfering with the established institu-
llot in .
thu4 of the country. They wished rather to preserve
to Well so all the privileges of the Rouse of Lords,