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

YARMOUTH ELECTION.

MR. 7'. BARING and Col,. THOMPSON

- - -•- A short time ago a petition was presented from Mr. T.
Baring, the unsuccessful candidate at the last Yarmouth Elec-
tion, against the return of Messrs. Rumbold and Wilshere
on the ground of bribery. A Committee was struck, which
consisted of eight Tory members and three Whigs. The
sitting members thinking there was little chance of success
with a Committee so composed, agreed to a compromise, which
was that one of them should retire ; and eight Yarmouth
gentlemen, then in London, bound themselves to remain neu-
tral on Mr. Baring offering himself to supply the vacancy.
It was understood that Mr. Wilshere should be the gentleman
to vacate, and Mr. Baring pressed him to do so instantly, that
he might at once walk over the course before any opposition
could be organised against him. Mr. Wilshere refused to do
this, preferring to run the risk of all that could be proved
against the Reform Members before such an adverse Commit-
tee. Mr. Baring, with Mr. Praed, had set the example of
bribery in the Borough far beyond the usual, headmoney to
the freemen, which was two guineas per man, but as the
petition did not pray that he should be seated, but only that
the Reform Members should be unseated, the Committee
would allow no evidence of this fact. Under this state
of things, the arrangement was effected that Mr. Wil-
t,here should retire at the end of the Session—that the
eight gentlemen should remain neutral when Mr. Baring
again offered himself, and that the Committee should, in the
mean time, report that the sitting Members were duly elected,
and that the petition against their return was not frivolous or
vexatious.

As soon as this arrangement became known at Yarmouth it
produced a great sensation. The electors found that Mr.
Baring, whom they had rejected by a majority of eighty, in-
tended to slip in by a trick, and that they were to be coolly
transferred from the one candidate to the other. In the midst
of this indignation a gentleman arrived from London, and it
was soon whispered about the town that his business was to
bring forward another candidate. He acknowledged that it
was so, hut as he stubbornly refused to state the name, except
at a pul.lic meeting of the electors, the greatest curiosity was
manifeqed. In the mean time an article appeared in the
Norwich Mercury of S sturdily last, describing the political
opinions of the unknown candidate, which were ultra-liberal.
On this various speculations arose : some said . it was Captain
Deans Dundas, others Captain Napier, others Mr. Ewart,
others one of the O'Cennells, and many, that it was a hoax
altogether. The result, however, proved that it was not.
A standing Committee of the Liberal interest, composed of
about 150 gentlemen, was summoned, by a circular without a
name, to meet on Saturday evening, at the great room in the
Crown and Ancleor, on " important business." At the hour
appointed the rosin was crowded, and George Steward, Esq.,
of the H. E. I. C. S., was called to the chair, who briefly ad-
dressed the meeting, declaring his ignorance of the subject on
which they had been summoned, and his willingness to listen
to any proposition that might be made to promote the cause
of reform.
Mr. E. R. PALMER (the Deputy Recorder of Yarmouth),
said—lf lam not misinformed, Mr. Chairman, I believe
there is a gentleman among us who is a stranger to us, who
has the power of nominating or proposing a gentleman to us
to represent us at the next coming contest. I arn, Sir, like
yourself, perfectly ignorant who called us together, or with
the cause of that gentleman 'a coming among us; but still, Sir,
'from the communication I have had with that gentleman this
evening, lam happy to state that lie comes down on purely
constitutional principles ; a man who will not go between the
bat Is and the tree, but who will fight straightforward and con-
scientiously. That is the nom we want for Yarmouth. We
want a man who will not be like Mr. Baring, wearing one
face, and fighting another way. We want a straightforward
man, and that straightforward man is to be proposed this
evening; therefore, without further preface, I shall call upon
that gentleman to announce to us the name of his candidate.
Mr. C. BARNES said that before they had the stranger in-
troduced, he thought they ought to make up their minds whe-
ther they would oppose Mr. Baring.—(lmmense cheering,
and cries of " Yes, yes.") Therefore, without entering into
details, he should move " that it is the decision of this meeting
that it is essentially desirable to oppose Mr. Baring,"—(Tre-
mendous cheering.)
The Deputy RECORDER would cordially second the resole-,
tion.—Carried unanimously.
On the question being put if any perasn in that meeting were
of a contrary opinion, there were loud cries of " No."
Mr. Noe Ft-mouse, of London, then rose amid loud cheering.
It is my duty to mention to you the cause of my visiting Yar-
mouth. A gentleman of rank in her Majesty's service, who
has already been in Parlinnent, is desirous of being again re-
turned, and engaged me to act for him. I heard that Yar-
mouth was to be' vacant at the end of this session, and I men-
tioned that circumstance to my Gallant Friend, who desired
me instantly to take the field on his behalf, and light against
any Tory who might be brought forward to oppose hiin. I
have several letters from him authorizing me to declare his
name ; but as I shall have the responsibility of the arrange-
ment of tbi; election, and as I have heard some whispers of
another gentleman being to be brought forward, I am deter-
mined that the Reform interest shall not be divided, and that
the name of the gentleman for whom I act shall not be men-
tioned at all. I will withdraw him altogether, unless he alone
is to fight Mr. Baring, as I am snre uo personal ambition
exists in his mind that could induce him to risk by division
the success of your cause.—(Cheers.) I have heard that
there are private feelings .and little cliques in this borough, as
in truth there are in all boroughs,—hence I determined to
mix myself up with none, but appeal openly and pub-
licly to the whole body of the electors. A small clique
of eight gentlemen, men I believe of the highest honour,
the most liberal principles, and the most undoubted.
patriotism, actuated no doubt by the most honest intentions,
have been induced by circumstances to make a bargain—an
unjust, illegal, and unconstitutional bargain—the object of
which was to transfer you, like cattle, to Mr. Baring,
without your own knowledge or consent, and to shut up
this borough by a compromise and coalition now and for ever.
I knew one of theSe Gentlemen, Mr. Barth, your late Mayor,
when he and the late amiable, intellectual, patriotic, and ever
to be lamented Mr. Shelley—( Loud cheers)overe acting
as deputies from Yarmouth, to sit upon and promote the pass-
ing of the Municipal Reform Bill. I was sent from Lincoln
es the deputy of that city, and in the many debates on the
clauses of the Bill which took place in our little Parliament,
I had reason to see that Mr. Barth, as well as Mr. Shelley,
was a sincere Reformer, and a true friend to the cause of the
people. I determined, therefore, to go to him alone, and tell
him, as he was one of those who made the bargain, the object
of my visit to Yarmouth. I did so, and told him that the
bargain was most illegal, unconstitutional, and disgraceful ;
and that I was instructed to bring forward a candidate who
would contest the borough to the last, and prevent a rejected
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Tory forcing himself in by so paltry a manoeuvre. He said he was
the lest and the worst man to whom I could apply, as he him-
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was not another individual in the town who did not detest and
repudiate the contract. I told him my chief object in waiting
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the language of the law, be " bargained, sold, transferred, and
set over"—( Laughter)—in the teeth of their own votes and
opinions, to a candid, ate they had tried and rejected ; nor be
compelled to receive Mr. Baring again as their re-
p a by a trice
sentative.—(Great cheering.) Besides Mr. Barth, I have
calledr' upon no one, as I had seen the evil of small cliques
acting for large bodies without their own consent—the few for
the many, and the many often sacrificed to the interests of the
few.—("True, true," and cheers.) I refused to mix myself
up with any man, or set of men. I told ail that I would ex-
plain all, but it should be before the whole body of the free-
men and electors in public meeting assembled ; it would not
be for the honour of any individual or individuals, with the
example of the disgraceful compact before them, to
know or seek ,to know any thing which was not at
the same time told to tl:e whole body, who were equally
interested with themselves, and who were sought to be de-
frauded of their rights by this most infamous compromise.
I said to them, I'll meet yowall and explain to you every thing.
: ut, I will put it to you whether it would not be better to get
he whole body of freemen and electors together, and to say
ere is the man—here are his principles—will you fight with him
at your head or not ? I will tell you if you come to that deci-
sion, that I will state this gentleman's name. I will do it; but
it shall be upon the distinct pledge, that provided he be to
your mind you shall support him, and not bring forward another
to divide the ground among the Reformers, and so allow Mr.
Baring to walk in and take possession of his seat against your
wills. I have his full permission to publish his name, but as
I have the responsibility of managing this matter as his agent,
I will not place him in the invidious position of withdrawing
before another candidate of perhaps much intellectual and
political inferiority. If you have a man to bring forward
more likely to promote the great object you have in view ;
if there are gentlemen in the neighbourhood more likely
to please the electors ; if you will say this is the ease, and that
you have entered into the battle under another leader, I will
withdraw at once, and you shall never know the name.—
(Tremendous cheering.) Let us take a short view of the cir-
cumstances that have rendered this meeting necessary. Mr.
Baring has been pleased to tax Mr. Rumbold and Mr. Wa-
sher° with bribery. Mr. Baring came here, as I understand,
for the purpose of being elected a Member of Parliament. His
object, it appears, was to be elected for any place, and on any
principles. He did not care much on which side, he merely
wanted to get into the House. What does he do? He first
comes under a sort of half-tory, half-whig principle ; he then
offers himself to Mr. Rumbold, and the Hon. Colonel Anson,
with a wish that one of them would retire to save expense ; he
said, "if one of you will go out, I will come in as the colleague
of the other; lam a Whig." lie first proposes, that he is a
proper man to coalesce with a Whig, but when he found that
they would have nothing to do with him, he goes round, turns
Tory,and coalesces with that immaculate patriet and astonishing
orator, Mr. Praed.—( Laughter and cheers.) You know who
commenced the system of debauching, and tempting, and
alienating the feelings of the poor freemen.—( Cries
of " Hear, hear.") You know who set the example
to the poor in saying to them, " We will depart
from the usual customs, and give you more." You know how
warmly, how affectionately those poor freemen loved their old
Members—you know how often they uttered the exclamation
that two blue guineas were worth ten red ones—you know
how many years their old Members had represented them
without a whisper, without the most remote hint, without
the shadow of a shade of anything like a charge of
bribery; yet here, when all was pure, when all was
honest, when all were faithful, in comes Mr. Baring and his
immaculate companion, and with their gold and their drink

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1838.

introduce a new system—debauch, pollute, tempt, and torture
the poor fellows by practices contrary to the law of the land
and the constitution of Parliament. You saw how these poor
men came, with the tears in their eyes and the bribes in their
hands, to give their votes against their old champions and
benefactors.--(Great cheering.) You sew all this, and you
saw the success that attended those hellish devices—you saw
them seated in Parliament, the profligate representatives of a
prostituted people. At the next election it might have been
thought necessary to use similar means. Ido not say it was
—it has not been proved that it was ; but supposing, it was_
supposing they did meet bribery to a large extent by bribery to
a small extent, was it for Mr. Baring to cast the first stone ?
Was it for the Hon. Mr. Baring to turn King's evidence?
Was it for one of the merchant princes of London to go and
peach against practices of which he bad set the example ?
And how does he prefer his charge ? What issue does he
take ? Does he say to his own well-whipped up Tory Com-
mittee—does he dare to say even to these judges who would—
" Be to his virtues very kind ;
But to his vices very, very ()had ?"
Does he yenturs to say to them, " Try us both, and see which
is the most, or which is the least worthy of the seat ?" No,
no—he prays to unseat the Members—he does not pray to seat
himself. Had he done the latter, he knew right well that his
own practices would be proved, and he knew that these practices
were such as could not with safety come before even aTory Com-
mittee. He says I can prove you guilty of what I taught you, but
you cannot prove me guilty bhause I don't mean to petition
to seat mte,elf, but only to unseat you. Is there any honour-
able man that can help having any ether feeling than the
profoundest contempt, and the highest in-lignation' towards
such conduct ?—( Graat cheering.) Then just look at the
next thing. He says I can unseat them, but as I don't
petition to seat myself I'll try a trick or two ; I'll get in by
a stratagem ; I know they don't like me ; I know the people
of Yarmouth don't like yoursoapy-faced, mealy-mouthed, Cha-
meleon-coloured politicians : but as I can dishonour the names
of those men who supported the freedom of their country,
and who would devote their lives and their money to sup-
poet the freedom of their country again, I have get such a
capital trick of law in my favour that I can compel them
to let me come in. What does ha do ? Hear him sav-
ing to the gentlemen who came to fight him-_I can
turn out both your members ; I don't care who comes 1
in—you'll never more see Mr. Rumbold arid Mr.
Wilshere—l'll convict them of bribery, and then they
cannot be returned for Yarmouth or any other place—
I'll be the dog in the manger for you—l cannot eat the bay
myself, but I'll take especial care your favourite Members shall
not. The Yarmouth Gentlemen seeing all this, seeing that
no justice could be hoped for, entered into this most flagitious
and unconstitutional compromise, but I marvel that it never
entered into Mr. Baring's head, or his agent's head, for he
bad an able one—the doctrine, the old Tory doctrine, much-
talked of at the time of the Reform Bill—much-talked of at
the time of the Municipal Bill--much-talked of whenever bri-
bery is to be perpetuated, or roguery sealed and sanctioned,
that in all bargains the rights of third parties are to be repre-
sented and respected.—(lmmense cheering.) What would
Lord Shaftesbury do, do you think, with a Private Bill, in
which he found the rights of third parties compromised
without their knowledge or consent ?—( Hear.) Why, he
would strike out the clause with an indignant dash, and send
the Bill and its abettors to a lower house—l shall not say
what.—( Laughter and cheers.) Here are certain parties met
together—eight gentlemen on one side, and Mr. Baring on
the other side—they make a compromise, of which your right
of returning you; own Members is the subject. The eight
gentlemen might, or might not, think that they had a right
to make such a compromise; perhaps they might so far con-
cede to Mr. Baring's views, as to imagine that the abstraction
of their names would gain his election, and that the party
would be powerless without them, Ido not believe it. Such
is the feeling of the eown, that I believe you have gained
eighty, by the loss of eight. —( Great cheering.) It is your
duty, it is your interest--nay, more, it is due to your own
honour, and to your character with your children, to show
that you can net for
yourselves, and that you will not
have this man forced upon you.—(Great cheering.) Mr.
Baring hugged himself with the ideee that with those eight
gentlemen he had gained all Yarmouth. He began first with
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and t lie
times the better horse—(Laughter)—he secured the grey!
Mayor—he would have put a halter about his neck, but the
mare was restive, and so he contented himself with a bit in the
mouth, and tying up in the stable.—(Laughter.) lie next
secured arid tied up Mr. Brightwen the banker ; what can
they do without a banker ? said he—what can I do without a
banker? My, banking book has always been my hest canvass-
big book. Who will take me from any favour or affection ? I
who am neither fish, nor flesh, nor fowl, nor good red herring ?
a-......(R0ars of laughter.) I who can listen with complacency to s
any Jack Falstaff who may say " Thou art neither fish nor
il
flesh, and no man knows where to have thee." They do '•
know where to have me they have me at my
bankers, and there I am impregnable, but I will take
especial care these Yarmouth Blues shall have no banker.
—(Laughter and cheers. ) Then came the third gentleman—
the lawyer—this trick of walking in without petitioning to be
seated smells of some cunning attorney's office. Mr. Baring
sew the advantage of a clever lawyer—saw how much he was
indebted to trick and quirk himself, and so he ties up Mr.
Worship—the Blues must worship at another chapel.—
( Roars cf laughter.) The next was an awkward customer—
a rogue in grain ; so he secured Mr. Hammond, the miller,
and was determined to starve the rogues out.—(Laughter, and
cheers.) Four more completed the number of tied gentlemen ;
and neutralizing those eight, he considered himself safe.
There were no other persons in Yarmouth who bad either
intellectuality, or energy, or patriotism, or a sense of insulted
honour, about whose opposition he cared one farthing. What
1 cared he for the 311 householders, and the 468 freemen, who
voted against him ? He had secured the grey mare, and the
' grey mare was a good horse, which he imagined must carry
his tail along with him.—( Great laughter.) This was
his trick to seat himself ; and because you oppose
it, some of his Tory friends turn round and say_
u are not acting honourably—you are not acting honourably
or black cattle!
''n refusing to be transferred like black slaves .
you
offers to coalesce with the Whigs—he then turns roue;
and coalesces with the Tories—he begins a wholesale syste
of bribery, and, supposing he is met by, the same weapons, be
turns round and " peaches." Pe refuses to be tried by the
same standard himself, and only prays to unseat others who
never dreamt of such practices till he rendered them almost
necessary Had
in self-defence, and then he talks about " honour."
not
Mr.
Baring better, as Lady Teazle said to an-
other Joseph Surface, "heave honour out of the question ?"
(Great cheering.) What is honour? Addison answers the
question—
o The noble mind's distinguishing perfection,
That aids and strengthens Virtue where she meets her,
And imitates her actions where she is not :
at ought not to be sported with."
—( Cheers.) Where is Mr. Baring's honour to you in try-
Hear. ) Honour indeed ! Talk of chastit in a
y
ing to force himself upon you by an electioneering
brothel; talk of honesty among pick-packets ; but talk not
of honour in this transaction !—( Rapturous cheering.) Ido
So far as the sitting Members are concerned,
not so much complain of those eight gentlemen who made the
bargain ; I know what the tender inergiee of Tore Committees
Rumbold and Wilshere, it may be a good bargain for
are, with the exciting desire to pick a hole he the coat of a Re-
them ; but besides usurping your rights, what does Baring say
Why, that taking those eight gentlemen away, the
to you ?
fiiolems serrs..
wholeof the inhabitants of Yarmouth are nothing and
nobody ; without there gentlemen you can do nothing ; be
will ride over you—you cannot stir—you must.be placed in
the position of slaves. You arc to have no earthly means of
I say it is a personal insult to every man in Yar-
a(%Lo‘hidoienrgothe trickery and the treachery of this conduct.
Were I a Yarmouth men, and Mr. Baring were to
Yar-
mouth.
eight gentlemen carried with them all the
say that Yarmouth could not stir without those eight gentle-
ehlaens'd'it a personal insult. It is not for me
place, I should
public spirit of the
to tell you what indignation ought to exist in your own bo-
some at an attempt like this. A more gross, a more flagitious,
unconstitutional attempt WPa never recorded in the
a inore
annals of Parliament; when one of the merchant Princes of
London, as they are called, would do a thing of that sort, be
t to be held up to the disgust and contempt of every ci-
vilized man, every patriot, and every Christian. -4 Loud
cheers.) If he had any delicacy would lie attempt such a
thing? Would any of you force yourselves upon a man to
he his executor against his wish ? Would any of you force
yourselves upon a man to be the trustee of his estate when he
did not desire you- to be so ? He had a majority of the free-
men who might be operated upon, but he had not a majority of
those who could not he operated upon. Yet this man, who
had only' this species of majority, comes and says, " I'll force
your wishes; I'll force myself on you, and
I'll give votes to the Tories when you wish
me to support the Reformers ; I'll support Carlism in
misrepresent
ro t ri
se
i againstlt
you ;
Spain ; I'll
support black ,:lavery in the West Indies ;
I'll support Tory misrule in Ireland ; I'll support
flogging in the army and impressment in the navy ;
I'll oppose free trade, which can alone make Yarmouth great
and flourishing. I scorn you and spurn you, and will ruin
you if I like, but I will be your Member in spite of your
teeth—l'll get returned by a trick.—( Immense cheering.)
Will you let him ?—( No, no. ) Well, then, who is to fight
the battle ?—( Hear, hear.) Before I enter upon this sub-
ject, let me tell you that I have had some experience in elec.
ti"ecring• I have been asked what can - you do against Mr.
Baring and our eight tied leaders? why, beat him,—(lm-
mense cheering.) While yet a clerk, I never went to my bed
for fourteen nights in fighting the battle at Hull, when Mr.,
now Sir James Graham was returned, after a scrutiny, by a
majority of one. I divided Cumberland, and hoisted the
blue flag against the plague-coloured banner of the
Lowthers, and all their yellow mushrooms, nominally on
the election of a Coroner, but really to try the strength
of the county ; and I beat them, at a cost to myself
of about 30/., costing them upwards of 1,2001., and
retired with a majority. Skiddaw in its snowy glory, and the
Lakes in their silvery beauty echoed the shouts of freedom,
and from that day Cumberland was emancipated—again I
without a lawyer or a doctor, or a parson, fought the battle of
Stamford and won it—l bearded the lion in his lair—the Mar-
quis of Exeter in his stronghold—and with the hearty and
determined feeling of men who risqued their homes and were
turned out in the dead of winter • ;of men—
" Who knew their rights and knowing dar'd maintain"
I won a much more difficult battle than this of Yarmouth.—
( Great cheerin,
q.) At the last general election, I had the sole
management of Mr. D'Eyncourt's election for Lambeth, and
was engaged for Mr. Leader at Westminster, Locke King,
and Angersteirt in East Surrey, and Lord Milton in North-
amptonshire. I ,peak to you from my experience, and that ex-
perience emboldens me to point out to you the path which I
think you ought to pursue. You are divided into many parties

here. Some are but inclined to be Whigs ; ceber§ake Stafficii
Whigs; others are half Radicals ; and ethers whole Radlei:RA
Now, in the choice of your candidate you must give and take..
Each of you cannot expect to find a man exactly of, his own
shade of opinions—nor is it necesasry he should. From the
half Whig to the full-grown Radical there is no difference in
principle, but only in degree.. The cause 077 each is the same,
and that cause is the cause of THE PE'WLE—(Cheers)—the
greatest happiness of the people—( Renewed cheers)---to save
the plundered many from the plundering few.—(Cheers re-
peated.) The difference among all Reformers is only as to
the pace—we all go the 'same roe-i. Some may, with the
immortal Bacon, think that political changes ought to be like
those of time, ime,erceptible in their progress, but felt in their
effects; others, again, that you cannot too soon get rid of
fallacies and usurpations. In this instance.you must not per-
mit those differences to influence you :—whether the candidate
to be proposed be a brave man, and wish to go fast, or a pru-
dent man, and wish to go safe ; that he does wish to go at all
should be sufficient for you—the first and the paramount con-
sideration in your minds being, will he wipe out this stain and
insult ?_will he save you from this threatened transfer ?—will
he nail his colours to the mast, and never dcscrt them while
one man is left in the ship ? The character of the man I
have to propose will be his best guarantee. (Great
cheering.) But I am not going to bring this gentleman
forward, unless you arc united in his favour—l will not consent
that he shall be placed in the invidious position of being
obliged to give way before another nand:date in the same in-
terest, or to divide and to destroy that interest. Ile never
did willingly divide the Reformers, and never will. He is a
highly honourable, a highly philosophical, and a highly pa-
triotic man—staunch to the backbone. He was appointed the
Governor of a Colony after the Slave Trade Abolition Act
had passed ; and it became his duty to free the captured
slaves, and put down the system. He did so in spite of nods
and winks from those higher in office that he need not be so
strict. He cared for none of their nods and winks—he
carried the spirit and the letter of the law into effect, and
being found inconveniently honest, most perversely straight-
forward, he was recalled, and some more flexible Governor
sent in his place.—( Great cheering.) Another point in his
character of the greatest importance to you is that he
is a determined enemy to the Corn-law, and as de-
termined a friend to Free Trade.-_(" Quite right.") His
writings on this subject have had a greater sale than those of
any other author now alive ; and consider you how important
it would be to Yarmouth, with her excellent local position
towards the northern countries of Europe, towards the
countries of the Elbe and the Weser, the Hans Towns,
Prussia and Russia, were the Corn Laws repealed.—( Great
cheering.) The next point is, that he is an unflinching
Radical Reformer.—(Great cheering.) I may not go so far,
and perhaps some of you may not. What then ? His Radi-
calism can do no harm, while it will keep the Tories out just
as well as the most flexible Whiggism. He trill support the
Government when they arc right, and only oppose them when
they are wrong—such as in the Slave Question._(Cheers.)
His object will be not to make them go out, but to make them
go en.—(Great cheering.) He has supported civil and re-
ligious liberty in every shape, and in many climes; he is for
the abolition of the Church-rates, so far as regards the Dis-
senter, and for causing every man to " sit under his own vine
and his own fig tree, without any daring to make him afraid."
—(Cheers ) Ia distant fields, as a gallant Englishman,
he has—

Fought for the land his soul adored,
For happy homes and altars free ;
His only talisman, the sword ;
His only spell-word— LIBERTY.
I now put it to you, would you feel Yarmouth dishonoured by
being represented by such a man as this ?—( The Deputy Re-
corder—" Certainly not.") Well, then, I have nothing now
to do but to learn whether any other candidate is to be
brought forward ? If any other is to be brought forward, the
Gentleman for whom I act shall not come. The Reformers
shall never be divided by any matter in which I am concerned.
—(Great cheering.) Neither will I permit that any Gentle-
man for whom I act shall have his name put forward, and then
he compelled to retire to make way for Mr. A., Mr. 8., or
Mr. C. I will consent to no tricks and no intrigues—l have
no secrets—and I am bound to tell you that I have been asked
by Mr. Wilshere's legal agent to give a pledge that my
friend shall, if that Gentleman desire him, retire at the end of
the present Parliament. I have given that pledge.—(Great
cheering.) I have now oely to throw myself into your hands
as to the name. If you demand it, I will state it after I un-
derstand that no other candidate is to be brought forward; but
I had much rather do so before the whole body of the free-
men and electors, who are so deeply interested in -defeating
this unconstitutional compromise, and keeping the Borough
open.—( Great cheering. )
Mr. R. IdAmmoNn.—The most important thing- now is—is
any other-gentleman to be brought forward ?—( Hear, hear.)
If there be anything in the back ground, state it.—(Hear.)
.It is well known among a great many of my friends; that I
drad a communication from a gentleman in London. That in-
dividual has never been mentioned by me ; therefore I cannot
Say anything at this moment tkithout first knowing whether
-any other gentleman has any ether candidate to propose. If
there be not I shall then perhaps haye•an opportunity of stating
'any views after Mr. Northhouse names his candidate. Perhaps
he'll be kind enough to tell us who he is, and that will remove
all dissension and complaint. —( Hear, hear, and " Name.") I
know it has been intimated to me that Mr. Nurse will come
forward. Mr. Nurse is not the gentleman I had a communi-
cation with ; and if there is any gentleman who has bad any
communication with Mr. Nurse, his best way is, if he intends
to bring him forward and divide the Reform interest in this
town, to come forward and state it openly ; if not, perhaps
we can go on.
The DEPUTY RECORDER—I can assure you I feel in an
awkward predicament. I must tell you I believe Mr. Nurse
is inclined to come forward and fight the battle for us ; still I
do not intend. to propose Mr. Nurse to--night, though it has
been represented all over the town that I came here to pro-
pose him. I propose that Mr. Northheuse name his man. If
that gentleman be a man fit to represent us. I shall withdraw
my motion to propose Mr. Nurse. I have a letter in my
pocket, which states that Mr. Nurse is ready to come forward
to fight our battle, but Lshall not undertake to propose him
as a candidate to represent us in Parliament till Mr. Northhouse
name his friend. Perhaps he may be more proper. I call
on that gentleman to say whom does he represent ? Then we
come to the question—then we will decide who we shall have
—Mr. Nurse or Mr. Ewart, Mr. Nukes or Mr. Styles. I
think Mr. Northhouse should say to us whom he represents.
Mr. R.' HANIMOND said—a Gentlemen, I think there is one
important thing in Mr. Northhouse's friend, he gives us his
pledge that at the end of the Parliament he will retire to make
room for Mr. Wilshere. I believe Mr. Palmer has not that
authority.
The DEPUTY RECORDER—Yes, I have. My friends told
me, that if Mr. Nurse came to Yarmouth, at the end of the Par-
liament he is to go back and fight Norwich. I highly ap-
prove of Mr. Willshere ; his name is in every important divi-
sion on the right side ; I should be sorry to lose him, or to
propose any man who would not give way to him when he
could be again brought forward.
Mr. NORTIIItoUSE—I will mention the name of the candi-
date if I am to understand he is to fight the battle, but not
otherwise. It will not do for a gentleman, a scholar, and a
philosopher, to be put aside for another, who, however es-
timable, does not hold the same intellectual and political rank.
Whoever is to be the candidate the borough is to go to
nurse till another Parliameot.—( Laughter.) If Mr. Nurse
be the gentlemen let no other be mentioned.
The DEPUTY RECORDER—I perfectly agree with Mr.
Northhouse; but how can we decide who is to he the can-•
didate unless we know who he is ? If the candidate were
Captain Diavolo—(Loud laughter)—he did not care, only
tell him to them, and he would tell them who he
would vote for.
Mr. J. L. CUPAUDE asked whether, if Mr. Northhouse men-
tioned the name of his Candidate, they would withdraw Mr.
Nurse?
Mr. R. HAMMOND said that in the event of Mr. Northhouse's
friend being proposed there that evening- and carried by a'
majority, would Mr. Palmer and his friends to come into'
the majority ?--(" Yea," from Mr. Palmer.) Then, Mr.
Northhouse, I think after your able address, there is not the
slightest fear of disunion. You may immediately mention the
gentleman's name. I will pledge myself we stand a fair and
excellent chance of a large majority.--( Hear, hear.)
The DEPUTY RECORDER-_I expressly say this, if Mr.
Northhouse will name his friend, and this meeting say his
friend is to be the Candidate at the next election, I'll support
him.—( Bravo.) I was silent at the last election ; but from
what I have seen take place since then, I have made up my
mind to do this. I was once a strong electioneering man.
I will be the same again.—(Loud cheers.) I will not bow
to Mr. Baring—l will not allow Mr. 'Baring to walk over the
course; I will oppose him. Only let us fight with the sub-
stance, not with the shadow. If you mention the name of
the gentleman, and the meeting- approve of him, I will fight for
him—whether he votes for the Ballot or not.
Mr. NORTIIMOUSE—Tnis looks like business. I have now
only to add, if, after I have named the gentleman, there are
in this large assembly a proportion of one in twenty against
him, he shall be withdrawn, as I am sure he will not consent to
divide the reformers. The honourable candidate is Colonel
Thompson.—(lmmense cheering, and shouts of " bravo.")
The DEPUTY-RECORDER—Is that Colonel Thompson, the
late Member for Hull ?—(" Yes," from Mr. Northhouse.")
I have no objection to him ; he is a good Radical. If Mr.
Hammond has any candidate to propose, he had better now
mention him—if not let us propose the resolution.
Mr. R. HaramoNo—l withdraw my friend; I am satisfied,
as I believe we all are, with Colonel Thompson.
The DEPUTY RECORDER-4 feel a difficulty in proposing
the resolution. I have heard from several quarters that our
opposing Mr. Baring is dishonourable ; that the eight gen-
tlemen who pledged themselves were the representatives of
the whole party.—( Cries of "No I") In that I differ. I
can tell you, I saw two or three of the gentlemen on their re-
turn from London ; my question was, "Do you consider,
from the compromise you entered into, that you pledged the
whole party, or only yourselves ?" The reply was, " Palmer,
we pledged only ourselves ; we expressly told Baring we
pledged ourselves only, we didn't pledge the party ; therefore
if they think proper to oppose you, you run the risk." I have
it from gentlemen of undoubted veracity ; I'll name them—
( Cries of " No, no 1")---I'd take their words sooner than
many men's oaths. They told Mr. Baring they were not
bound for the party. I put it to you, Gentlemen, are we
dishonest or dishonourable in opposing Mr. Baring ? We have
lost a few votes, but we must fight the harder ; we must go
into it like men, and not -sleep in our beds.---(" Bravo I")
I'll not fight for Mr. Baring, nor for a 'Tory.—(Cheers.) I
am sorry the resolution did not fall into abler hands. I pro-
pose with great pleasure—
" That this meeting repudiates as unjust, illegal, and un-
constitutional, any bargain or agreement affecting the votes or
rights of the freemen and" electors in this borough, without their
being consulted on the subject, in placing Mr, Baring, the re-