The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-05 00:00:00

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aee'.ed candid in the rooll of Mr. Wilsherke, the accepted
c'anflidare to repre3calt this borougiy."
MC. R. IlammoNb said that he had great pleasure in second-
ing the resolution, which WAS carried unanimously.
The CllAlP..m.is—dt there be no ofbiar resolutions to propose,
a conclusion is to be cortle t t raspeetine• Colonel Thompson.
For my own part, I have heel:, more than delighted by hear-
ing his name menticaed by our worthy friend, :Mr. Northhousc.
There are few here that don't knot; as far as his Parlia-
mentary conduct goes, what Colonel Thomason is. and when
we put it to the meeting whether or not you wsllsup,oort Colonel
l'!lempaon, I trust you will be unanimous, but I shall give the
most Cernplete means of discovering any dissentient.
CEIAIIIMAN—TIIOSe rho are desirous that Colonel
Thotepten shall be our candidate to oppose Mr. Baring, and
who will pledge thomselves to support him, let them hold up
their hands. Every band appeared to beheld up.
Trite CHAIRMAN
_Tjaase who would prefer any other candi-
date let them held up their" halide. Not one. It is carried
unanimously.—( Protracted aaheeriage )
Mr. NonTintousE—Colonel Thompson being now your
elected and selected candidate, I ,may mention, one or two eir-
cuinstarces•l could not before. As the Reprea.entative of his
and my native town ( Hull), he knows much of maritime busi-
ness, and can be of great service to your port.—( Hear.) In
the next place he is one of the most assialuous Mea'llaers that
ever sat in Parliament. A list has been published o f the 653
Members who voted on all the important questions, aa id Col.
Thompson's name stands, I believe, the third in that list—
placing him in point of attendance above 664 Mmnbers., and
thus showing that whatever his opinions may he; hie dora not
keep thew in his pocket, or parade them only upon field elsays.
—(:scud cl3eeers ) The last thing I have to remark upon is
his conduct during the late Marylebone election. I disap..
proved of it until i heard the facts from himself. He wasi
elem.!), in the field when Mr. Evart, a gentleman of sinilar
opinioes, a most excelleat patriot, the friend of education- •
of science, and .of humanity, was breught forward by a
gentleman whose public services have ver v properly given
to his opinions immense weight. Colo:lel Thompson
was asked to withdraw, but lie could not—ho had given a
pledge to stand.to the last, which pledge I am ass aired he was
not permitted to recall—three times before had he withdrawn
to make room for others, and he would always with: draw for
the public good whenever he could do so consistently with his
personal honoue, thanking God I presume, with the Attaeljan
rejected candidate that there were 300 better men in Athens
than himself.—(Cheers.) He has offered various eon
stituences, among which I can mention Glasgow, Dundee,
and Dunfermline, but he would not consent to oppose Reform-
ers, though only Whigs. Being a Radical, be is the best mans
to fight your battles—had lie been a mere Government sup-
porter, he might have injured your cause, as I have heard that
more distinguished individuals than those who entered into the

compromisewherehyyou were to be transferred like cattle to Mr.
Baring were privy and consenting parties to it, and possibly
might be charged, though not chargeah!e, with bad faith ire
the transaction.—(Hear.) I have reason to believe that
Colonel Thompson is not looked upon as an enemy by the
Government, thouel they know that he goes muci: farther
than they in his opinions, and will oppose them upon almost
all subjects on which they will get the support of the Tories.
—(Cheers.) Such are his views; but he is willing to be
governed entirely by his constituents. Vote against his
opinions he will not, but he never will vote. against thew's.—
( Loud cheers, and cries of " That's the man.")
The DEPUTY RECORDER—I think what I ton now about to•
say is almost as important as having the Candißtesimr It
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was with great pleasure I heard the name of Colonel Thomp-
son announced. He is a gentleman to whom no h.-)neectionst
Re-
former can have any objection ; therefore I had no ()Al
to withdraw Mr. Nurse, —( Muir, and cheers.) Sha.l
have Colonel Thompson come down at once, or wait to see
the operations of Mr. Baring-?—(Cries of " Come at once.'
Mr. NORTIMOUSE said he should -go at once to Mr. Wil-
there, and ask him to mention the time when they should come
down and fight the battle. He would go to London imme-
diately, and come-back with Colonel Thompson as speedily as
poFsiblc.,., and as so n as a 'decision can be obtained.—( Cheers. )
Three cheers were then proposed for 't Colonel Thompson
and no compromise," which were extended into nine times.
nine, and tumultuous applause.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting
rated in high enthusiasm.