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

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—(Cheers.) But I do not think I ought to enter into
any 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 electors.
We have here two most honourable gentlemen who
fixed the day of election—your Sheriffs.—(Ht ar, hear.)
Well, it has been left to their decision, and I have on
this occasion to thank them, not only for their kindness
and for their impartiality, hut for their great
trouble, and more trouble than any other sheriffs
have taken an 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
bhow. The other party knew they had a losing game,
and 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 when we
began to prepare ourselves for the contest.
There was a meeting of our committeemen,
and it was then decided what course we should adopt,
and we all pledged ourselves to do anything in our power
to pin the cause.—(Cheers.) My Noble Friend Lord
John Manners generously informed me that he intended
to come forward. This was a very generous intimationh
on his part, since he had no right to cemmunicetel in-
tention to us. This was on Saturday. He had s
on y
from Saturday till Monday to prepare for the contest,
and our opponents had as much time as we had. I am
afraid, gentlemen, that I have detained you longer than
I ought.— (Loud cries of " No, no,' , and a cry
" We like the look of you.") I have, itis 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.—
(A voice, "Don't go yet.") I beg, in conclusion, to
thank you for the honour you 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, citizens, 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-
lished some rather absurd poetry.—(Laughter.) Now,
gentlemen, I should have thought that the
votes, the speeches, and the conduct of a man, who for
six, not eventful, years, had taken a fair share in pub•
lie 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 —e 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 snore cordially coin-
cide in it than I do. If it was indifferent in sen-
timent, the meaning which it conveyed was
still worse. 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
forwardf and blamed the writer. Gentlemen, I now take
You—
and laugh (A voice' " Get thee to a nunnery—go,"
ter)—l believe without having given the least
cause of offence to
anycontaeta of y the gentlemen with whom I
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of goodwill
I have experienced at his hands. The sentiments
andgoodwill which be has expressed I most cordially
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
me- 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 anti supporters, for the gene-
l'otts, cordial, and magnanimous manner in which
You have tendered your support I heartily
thank you, and my Honourable Friend and
oPeonent, for the good humour, moderation and courtesy
with which they have exercised their opposition; and its
now retiring from this hall, and relinquishing this con-
test, sure I am that the principles that are down to-day
will be up to-morrow—(Groans and hisses)—tbat at the
next general election come when it may, those great
principles—this great cause—the Church, the Queen,
and
vindicated, not
will be vindicated—(Uproar)—they will
not perhaps in my person, but in the
persons of the great and intelligent constituencies of
this empire. (The Noble Lord then retired amidst
partial cheering.)
Baron RoTHSCHILD then came forward and proposed
a vote of that ks to the
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MANNERS seconded the motion amidst
Mr. DILLON then came forward and put the motion to
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Mr. Sheriff FINNIS advancsd to return thanks, and
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findeceived with loud cheers. He told the meeting
tha,t it. was highly gratifying to the Sheriffs to
that the arrangements which they had
made for conducting the election bed given
satisfaction to both parties.—(Cheers.) They had only
done what they considered to be their duty, viz., acted
in an impartial manner throughout the whole proceed-
ings--(Cheers.) He had no hesitation in saying that
immediately on receiving the writ they felt
that it was their bounden duty to fix a day for
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 ' th
at
while t.at
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.)
Mr. 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
would prepare themselves fur 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 concede
to them their rights and privileges, we will at the
Ranee time maintain our own.—(Continued cheers.) Let
then understand most distinctly that the rights of the
people are the security of their property, the safety
f
on_ the Church, and the safety of the younger branches
f their families.—(Cheers.) He thought they had
acted very billy in sending this ill-advised young man among them there.—(Laughter and cries of " A boy.")
Re entirely admitted his right to come forward, but he
had no doubt that he had been most shamefully advised
by those who professed to have the confidence of the
citizens of London.—(Laughter and cheers.) A gross
pasult hed been offered to them in the House of Lords
by the Bishop of Oxford, who said that they had been
sold to Jewish
h gold.—(Laughter and hisses.) Now, he
souorwld not be at all surprised that Bishop brought
fard the ballot in the House of Lords, to screen them
from, it,
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cry of money of the Jews.—(Laughter, and a
" The Bishops have no business in the
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disturbance, o t e to follow the example of their
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would have threitro bring about any revolution, but they
Mr. H
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formally dissolved the crier, then came forward, and
assemblage.
Mr. D. W. WIRE assemblage, answer to vociferous calls, then
presented himsgealfinteod th. e electors. He said. the victory
having been
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the House of Corn-
(Hear, hear.) Much they gi:anif
Lords, he hoped passed the Bill.—
beforepewehted the Ileuee of
that Noble at„,e6eters,
to the question put by a Right wow givehe Bill got
be asked—" Where are the Iteveretti,ran answer
Bill?" Let the Bishops ande Ptttioners in
faVate, when
by the number of petitions, yea Rouse or ,
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Ho saw a gentleman pointing t"--(tlear, hear.)
on the board—as if to say thattb" number
petition. Well, he agreed with him; it wag
the best
satisfactory petition to the House of Lords to be a
the. House disregard the voice of the peo 1 ; but should
the course they had lately followed,pe, au Pur"l:e
reject the Bill, he trusted and again
child came back to , if
Baron 11(yh
, them again,
be returned by a much laer . he
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neqority, and that they
would never cease
seat iagitatinguntil they saw him tak •
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e his
n the House of Commons, without fear ulterior
eonsequences.—(Hear, hear, andloud
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not
let them misunderstand each rs.) Do
in any way in. , . other. They were
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bons of the j ing with the established institu-
„_ country. They wished rather to preserve
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but at the same time they asked the House of Lords to
respect the privileges of the people. It was the un
doubted right of the people to elect whom they chose to
be their representative; and although, in spite of bigotry
and intolerance, they had elected a man whose faith
differed from their own, he hoped they would not rest
satisfied until they saw him seated in the House of Cone
mons.—(Cheers.) He told them yesterday that they
should use their victory with moderation, as he did not
think that they could carry any great cause by abusing
other people. They might respect their prejudices and
pity the errors of their judgments, but still they would
endeavour to carry conviction to their under-
standings. The Noble Lord who had just
parted from them, in a manner characterised
by his usual good feelings and gentlemanly
politeness, had, he trusted, learned a lesson from this
contest, namely, that the people of England were not
what he designated them in the House of Commons, " an
abstract something or nothing"—(A laugh)—but the
only source of legitimate power.—(Cheers.) The Noble
Lord, he trusted, would find that theirs was a power
wielded and exercised for the good of all classes of his
fellow-subjects, and that when, therefore, the voice of
the people was heard, it was paramount and ought to be
obeyed.—(Cheers.) There were two principles
involved in this contest, one to choose their own repre-
sentatives, which the House of Lords had set aside, and
denied to them, but they bad ratified their forrnei
choice—they had vindicated their former decision. The
next principle was the great principle of civil and reli-
gious liberty, and he felt assured that in this the nine-
teenth century, though they could not say that they had
got rid of all, they would soon have abolished the re-
maining records of bigotry and intollerance,
and that they would be as free to act and think
for themselves without reference to religion. The prin-
ciple involved here was simply this, not whether they
should choose a man of wealth, a man of commercial
standing, and a citizen baron, but whether they should
choose that man with all those attributes because
he happened to differ with them in religious views
(Cheers, and a Voice, " He's a man for all that.") Yes
he was, and they had chosen him, and they would choose
him again and again, till they taught the bigots and in.
tolerants in this country that their principles were
abhorrent alike to Christianity, to freedom, and good sense
—(Cheers.) He was glad they had vindicated their
rights by a large majority, but large as it was he was
satisfied it would have been more than doubled
had not many of their friends felt at ease when they saw
the Baron upwards of 3,000 ahead, and refrained from
voting.—(Hear, hear.) If, however, the necessity
had been demonstrated to them, he wag convinced the
majority would have been double what it was, since the
whole City of London and the household electors almost
to a man would have vindicated the great and glorious
principle upon which this contest had been conducted.
It must be gratifying to the electors of London to know
that the present contest bad been conducted without
asperity on either side—(Cheers)—and that the Noble
Lord,-for whom no one felt greater respect than he did
for his private virtues, and no one hated more than he
did his political opinions, had come down, as he
said, to advocate the rights of the people,
but, in reality, as their most bitter opponent,
hsd contented himself with declaring his principles on a
printed address, and a speech that no one could hear.—
(Cheers.) He trusted that the whole Livery of London
would consider that they had performed their duty, but let
them not rest satisfied with that.—(Cheers.) He would
not say to them agitate, agitate, agitate—(Great
cheering)—but he would say to them, petition, petition,
petition—(Great cheering)—till the Bill became a law,
b, cause if they did so there could be no doubt that they
would ultimately succeed.—(Cheers.) He had now said
enough on the subject of the election, but he could not
allow the freeholders of London to leave that
hall, the assemblages in which had ever been
noted for their affection to the Sovereign, without
testifying their loyalty to the Queen.—(Great cheering,
and cries of "God bless her, she's one of the right
sort.") He asked them to give three hearty cheers for
the great Queen of England.—(Cheers, and cries of
" Who will not do it?" " God bless the Queen, and down
with the Bishops.") The Hon. Gentleman concluded
amid much cheering.
The hull was then dissolved.