The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-02 00:00:00

England were about to be sold to Jewish gold.— (Cries
of " Shame, shame " and " Oh, oh.") New,
the Bishop forgot: the Jewish commnrlmert—
" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh-
bour."—(Cheers) I am sure be cannot find any law in
the New Testament to prevent Jews sitting in the house
of Commons; but can he find a law in it to allow bishops
to live in palaces and to sit in the House of Lords. The
Earl of Winchilsea has said that one Jew would
unchristiauize the House of Commors.—(Loud cheers.)

Nostin;llala—pitiabie state must the Members of the
House of" Commons be if one Jew is to unchristianize
the whole of them.—(llcar, and uproar.) I hope silence
will be observtd—l ask it nut oily for myself
but for those who are opposed to us. I
hope you will listen to all parties upon
this occasion, for this is one of the most important ques-
tions which can come before the city of Londol.. I
have great respect for the Noble Lord (Lord John
Manners) in his personal and private capacity. He says
he comes here to defend the rights of the House of

Lords—(hear, and groans)—and to maintain the majesty
of the law.—(Groans.) Now, gentlemen, in my humble
capacity, I stand here to defend the House of Lords—
not to defend their rights or their wrongs, but to de-
fend their follies and absurdities.—(Cheers.) My Hon.
Friend, Rho proposed Baron Rothschild, read tin ex-
tract from the works of the Noble Lord who now
stands before you. I admire his talents—l admire
his poetry but, like other poetry, it is not
founded upon fact.—( sheers.) I put it to you whether
that passage quoted by my Hon. Friend does not dis-
qualify the Noble Lord to represent the city of London
in Parliament? _ _

" Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die,
But save us still our old nobility."—(Cheering.)
Are you prepared to forego all the rights you have ac-
quired, and rush into the embraces of our old nobility?
—(Laughter and cheers.) Let it not be supposed that
I spy alt in derogation of the House of Peers—that body
have maintained our rights in Parliament; remember
that I do not speak insultingly of them, for the
Peers of England have raised themselves from
the ranks of the people ; that very commerce which the
Noble Lord alludes to has established them in that
Hous,9, and the existence of those very laws has been the
foundation, if I mt.y so call it, of some of the most re-
vered characters which the House of Peers
contains. Therefore, I cannot be supposed
as deprecating the House of Lords, but let them not for-
get themselves.—(Cheers.) Let them remember that
the people of England have rights as well as themselves.
—(Cheers.) Let them not raise that awful question
between the people and the aristocracy; let them nut
raise up an awful bar between castes and distinctions
of society—let them remember their place, and we, the
citizens of London, will remember ours—(Cheers)—and
here I claim on the part of the citizens of London our
right to return wily m we please to represent us in Parlia-
ment.—(Loud cheers.) The time has now come, whatever
may have been the past, when we are prepared to main-
tain the broad and open principles of free trade, if
you please —. of opinion—(Continued cheering)—that
every man is qualified to sit in Parliament who is scut
there by the people, whateverimay be his religious creed
—and for that reason he must cordialiy seconded the
nomination of Baron Rothschild.—(Loud cheering.)
Mr. THOMAS BARING then presented himself in front
of the hustings to nominate Lord John Manners, and
was greeted with a terrific roar of hisses, hooting, and
yells. Of course what he said was perfectly inaudible,
although he spoke out lustily, and went through a good
deal of pantomime with his arms and legs. At length
he saw bow futile it was to struggle against the storm,
and retired to the back-ground, followed by renewed
yells, which if possible were increased in impetuosity,
when _ _

SiI•PETER LAURIE moved forward to second the no-
mination of the Noble Lord. The worthy Alderman

and Knight, however, put on a bolder face than his pre-
decessor, and amidst the lulls of the storm, our reporter's
pencil caught the following sentences from his speech :
Gentlemen, he said—brother citizens and brother elt c-
tors—Xries of "Go home")—l have been asked within
the last ten minutes to second the nomination of Lord

John-ninners.—(" We won't have him—send him back
to his poetry.") 1 was told that I would not be heard.—
(Mr. Wire, " You shall;" and continued noise and up-
roar.") I replied that it would give great saisfactien
to me not to be heard.----(" Then cut it short.") No,
gentlemen, I will not, because I consider this an attack
upon the House of Lords.—(" Oh, oh!" and groans.)
Gentlemen, we have heard a little of Lord John Man-
eers's poetry.—(" And pretty stuff it is.") I should
like to have some of Baron Rothchild's verses to read to
ou in answer to it. A Jew's poetry would, in my opi-
nion, be a. curiosity. lam afraid it is not to be found in
his library, but in his breeches pocket.—(Yells and
cries of " Shut up—go home," Sec.) You, gentlemn n,
have elected a lord—you have get your Lord
John, ard why should we not have our Lord
John? We have as much right to a Duke's
son as you have. You have got Lord John Russell, and
you ought in return to let us have Lord John Manners.
---(Crirs of "S you may, but take him home. We
won't have him.") The worthy Alderman and light
finding it useless to contend further against the evident
feeling of the " Common Hall," abruptly cut short his
address and retired, a mply seconding the nomination,
amidst derisive shouts.
Baron RoTnseneen was then introduced to the elec-
tors, and was received with the waving of hats, sticks, and
caps, and tremendous bursts of applause, which were re-
newed again and again. When silence was partially ob-
tained, the Baron proceeded to address the Hall to the
following effect:—Fellow citizens, when I bad the
honour of presenting myself to you at the last
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me you proved that you were above historical prejudices,
while you pronounced that religious sentiments do not
debar men from honestly discharging the duties of a Bri-
tish Legislature. And, gentlemen, it is with feelings
of still greater satisfaction that I again see you are pre-
pared on this occasion to defend me against bigotry and
intolerance, and that this great city and the free and
liberal House of Commons of this great country no
longer recognize any distinction between men on
account of their religious opinions.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, during the two years I have enjoyed
your confidence, it has been my most anxious desire to
fulfil your wishes, and in every way to carry out
,your
views. I consulted, on every occasion that I had to act,
the opinion of some of your best friends, and ell my pro-
ceedings were well considered before they were adopted.
But, gentlemen, this is not the time nor the place for
me to enter into the details of my conduct. We have
met here to assert and vindicate a great and glorious
principle, which you were the first to establish, and we
may proudly say now that the city of London
was the first to raise its arm and break down the last
barrier of intolerance.— (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen,
give me leave just to ask what are you called upon to do
today? Why, you are called upon to exercise a cherhhed
and time-honoured privilege in favour of a great principle,
and I can assure you, that in once more giving
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received the unanimous approbation of the country.
(Cheers.) It is stated thet on this question no sym-
pathy exists between the House of Commons and the
house of Lords, Doubtless that is so; but, gentlemen,
let us not forget that the boast of the latter institution
is, that it acts as a check to the hasty adoption
of popular mevemen:s on the part of the House of
Commons.—(llear, hear.) Well then, gentlemen, you
have now an opportunity of saying that this act
of the Commons was no hasty adoption of
popular opinion, and in supporting me with your
votes you will give a practical and irresistible proof that
this was a properly and well-considered movement
on the part of the House of Commons and the constitu-
ency of London.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I come for-
ward on this second occasion to solicit your suffrages,
believing that your cause, if properly persevered in,
must ultimately succeed—l come forward, believing that
I and you have acted in a constitutional manner—
I come forward believing that both justice and
truth are on your side. On these three grounds, n
tlernen, I confidently claim your votes, notwithstanding
that the House of Lords declares I am not qualified to
take a seat in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Gen-
tit men, at the last election you gave me an opportu
nay of defending myself against attacks characterised
by nothing but bigoiry and intolerance, a bile you after-
wards asserted and successfully vindicated the principle
of civil and religious liberty, and I now come forward
to ask you again to join me in another endeavour to carry
out that principle to the fullest possible extent. Once
more then I call upon you for your suffrages, and in
taking leave of you now let me still hope that you will
return me with a large majority.—(Cheers.)
Lord JOHN MANNERS next advanced to the front of
the platform hat in hand, ready to explain his
political views to the free and enlightened citizens
of London, but those of them who were assembled within
their ancient Guildhall treated his appearance as a joke,
and made his ,person and visage the subject of sarcastic
remarks. The Noble Lord, however unpopular his
creed may be, evinced no want of pluck, end
made repeated efforts to obtain the " car" of the
noisy multitude he was braving. Of course his patience
and determination met with no sympathy, and the up-
roar increasing as time advanced,
Mr. Sheriff Rams came to the rescue, and ap-
pealed to the constituency to respect themselves,
if it did not the pretensions of the Noble Lord
who stood before them. " Gentlemen," said he,
" you will only be doing an act of justice to yourselves
by hearing what each candidate has to say; but of this I
am convinced, that in doing so you will be acting more
in accordance with the spirit of Englishmen and the
principles of the Constitution."—(Cheers.)
This pathetic appeal proving of no avail,
Baron HGTHSCIIILD came forward and said—Fellow-
citizens, I have to ask from you a personal favour, and
being long acquainted with you, and living in the City,
I hope you will not refuse it. Gentlemen, I beg and
entreat of you to hear my noble opponent, for whose
private character and virtues I entertain the highest
respect.
Lord Janie MANNFRS, amid great confusion, said,
if alter the appeal that had been made by his
noble opponent, they would not hear him, he should en-
deavour to appeal to the votes of his fellow-cititzens.—
(Great uproar.) He would not hove crossed the path
of his Honourable opponent did he not feel that a
great principle was at stake. Bus Honourable
opponent had invited the citizens of Lon-
don to throw themselves into opposition to the
Legislature.—(Great uproar and confusion.) He called
upon them to exercise their franchise in a practical
manner.—(Confusion.) Let thern:think of the result of
the contest on which it was the wish of his Hon. oppo-
nent to force them.—(Great uproar and confusion.) Were
they prepared to deny that the House of Lords had tee
right of exercising its opinion upon a question of the
' greatest import? Could they doubt that the House of