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such a manifestation, at once of high spirit sad of grati-
tude, . to giving this intimation vie are far from wishing
to advise It tiegmdt tif fesideri Cousefmtive andi-
dates. We trust that wlielever fitithful tcesident Cop=
servative can be found to contest his cotintY, that ill
claims of such an one will be promptly acknowledged
and vigorously supported, Our suggestion only con-
templates the cases where no residents can be prevailed
upon to come forward, and where, therefore, there is
danger of the Conservative cause being sacrificed for
Want of a candidate: We should not indeed suppose
suci cases passible, wileic it ha for the number of letters
we, receive daily, assuring us that such cases there are:

LAMBETH. ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)

Mr. L. D'EYItCOURT (In continuation from our First Edition)
said - Their opponents thought to find the great giant of Liberalism
in Lambeth sleeping ; they had found him partly slumbering, but
they had roused him, and he had given them a " back hander,"
such as it would be long before they would recover from or
forget.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Hawes had expressed to them
much better than he could, the principles on which
his (Mr. L. D'Eyncourt's) father had acted and meant to act.
He (Mr. L. D'Eyncourt) had always acted upon those principles,
which had first recommended him to their notice.—(Cheers.) For
years he had advocated those measures which her Majesty's Minis.
ters now proposed to the country. From the first he had advocated the
repeal of the Corn.laws.—(Cheers.) And he need not assure them
his father's public character was a sufficient guarantee that he
would continue to act on the same principles —(Cheers.) So far
as his father was concerned no elector need call for
shortening the duration of Parliament, for he had desired
him (Mr. L. D'Eyncourt) to assure them that if any numerous
body of electors at any time should express a wish that be
should resign his trust into their hands, he would be ready to
do it.—(Cheers.) They had now responded to the call which their
truly patriotic. Queen—(Loud cheering)—had made to the
country to rally round her Ministers. The Tories, no doubt,
would obtain a majority in the next Parliament—(No, no)—but let
them await the result. They were now full of liberal professions,
and advocates of the extension of trade, of education, and, in
short-, for all the measures the Liberals themselves had so long ad.
vocated, but they were advocates in words only.—(Loud cheers.)
He dared say many of them had heard of a body of assassins in
India called Thugs, who would meet a man with professions of the
greatest respect, eat and drink with him, and insinuate themselves
into his confidewe in every possible way, but when he slept,
trustinf to their friendly protection, would strangle him as he slept.
The Tories were full of these liberal professions, but as soon as
corresponding mee ures were proposed in the House, their only
object would be to strangle them.—(Loud cheers.) The Corn_
law monopoly would be continued, that monopoly by which a class
was supported by the robbery of many.—(Cheers.) They would
have national education, but it must be taught by high church
schoolmasters—(Cheers)—and no p or man's child would be taught
to read and write until it had been first thoroughly imbued with
the 39 articles.—(Loud cheers.) These were the only liberal
measures they would receive from the Tories, and he
doubted not that before long such would become the
abhorrence of Tory misrule that our noble Queen would again
appeal to the people, and appeal with success.—(Loud cheers.)
Before he retired, he wished to mention one circumstance. During
the short time they had had to prepare for that struggle their
united Committees had placed their whole reliance on Mr. William
Hawes, and every thing that was not owing to the spirited con-
duct of the electors was owing to him.—(Cheers) He wished
therefore to say on behalf of his father's Committee who had now
for the first time united with that of Mr. Hawes, that they en-
tertained the highest sense of that gentleman's truly valuable ser.
vices, and also of. the manner in which Mr. Hawes himself had
advocated their cause.—(Cheers.) He would now only detain
them further by expressing to them again, on behalf of his father,
his most grateful thanks for their generous support.—(Cheers )
Mr. BARKF.R then came forward to propose a vote of thanks to
the Returning Officer for his conduct during that election. He

(Mr. B.) was truly grateful to him for the disinterested assistance
that he had given him yesterday, but having said
that, he feared he must stop time, for, to his own
knowledge, there was not a single metropolitan borough so
badly registered or arranged for polling purposes.—(Loud cheers.)
Would they believe it, the very hustings he stood on, and beneath
which they had to transact their business, was only of an elevation
of five feet six inches or five feet- seven inches ? Moreover he
(Mr. B.), who lived in the Kent-road, was obliged to come there
to vote and pass a polling-booth on his way.—(Shame, shame.) He
thought, however, Mr. M'Lean and the body who had acted under
him were entitled to their best thanks for their ab!e services.
He would now give them a parody, he thought at that mo
ment might be fitly applied to the Tory Candidates. They all re.
membered the old school verses called the "Beggar's Petition.''
He thought he might say of them—
' Pity the sorrows of two poor old men,
Whose trembling limbs have borne them to your door,
Whose cause has swindled to the shortest span,
Pay their expenses and they'll come no more.
—(Loud cheers and laughter.)
Mr. Wst. HAWES came forward and said he should protest
against any vote of thanks being given to the Returning Officer.—
(Cheers and uproar.) From the first moment he was in possession
of the writ, every obstacle that one man could throw in the way of
the proceedings of this election, had been used by him.—
(Cries of shame.) The returning officer denied that.
When the writ was issued there was no opposition thought of, and
the nomination might have taken place on Monday, if he had acted
as the High Bailiff of Southwark had done.—(Cheers.) He was
applied to on the night he received the writ, to appoint a day for
the nomination, but he would not do so.—(Shame, shame.) And
during this delay an opposition was formed. Every other arrange-
ment of the election was in accordance with this. He (Mr.
Hawes) resided at Denmark-hill, and he had to pass
by that place (Kennington) and go to Stangate to give his vote.—
(Hear, hear, and cries of "Shame.") Gentlemen living at Den-
mark-hill and Brixton, and its neighbourhood, almost all kept their
carriages, and were mostly Tories, and it was no matter where
they went. (Cheers and laughter.) But the hardship was thrown
on the poor man, who was called from his work to poll at booths
several miles distant. By the arrangements of the returning officer,
all sorts rf difficulty was thrown in the way.—(Shame.) With re-
gard to the vote of thanks, he would not propose an amendment to
that motion ; but as chairman of Mr. Hawes' Committee, on be.
half of them he would protest against that vote.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Hoer (the Returning Officer) then came forward, and said
he could not see why they should throw blame on him, as he had
nothing whatever to do with the distance parties had to come to vote,
as he was obliged to put 300 voters to each booth, and he took them
numerically as they appeared on the register, and not with regard to
the residences of the parties ; therefore, he thought that the
charge against him with regard to the residences of the voters was
not made out. With respect to the construction of the booths,
he would refer them to the time that was
:given for their erection,
and let that speak for itself.—(Uproar.) It would have been quite
impossible to have constructed them in any other way in the time
allowed. Had he not ordered the booths to be built as they were,
tile electors would have had no place to have given their votes in.
—(Hear, hear.) He had endeas oured to throw as little
delay in the way of the proceedings as possible, and in the
arrangements, politics were never considered. He was not even a
voter on the register. He would scorn to use any influence, if he
possessed any, to the prejudice of any one.—(Loud cheers.) He
would tell them that he was not a paid officer.—(A voice in the
crowd—f 4 Who gets the Is. for registering ?'') He did not—he
got no payment whatever—his services and his trouble were unre-
quited. The poll.clerks were paid, but he was not.—(Uproar.)
He had also been charged with delaying the Proclamation. He
could not have issued it early, as he had previous engagements
which prevented him.—(Cries of " Name them.") He made the
Proclamation within the time limited by law. Here great contu-
siod arose, and Mr. Hope became quite inaudible, and at length
retired.

Mr. Cox said he wished to put a question to the Retiirning
Officer ; he would ask him if the arrangements were the same as
at the last election ? We understood Mr. Hope to say that they
were not.

Mr. Cox then came forward amidst great noise and confusion.
He said he was one of those who liked to hear both sides of the
question. He had done so on the present occasion, and he would
say that a mote lame defence than that of the returning officer he
had never heard in the whole course of his life.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. Cox) was one of the parties who had felt the inconvenience of
Mr. Hope's arrangements. Mr, Cox proceeded amidst great up-
roar, and concluded by moving, That the censure of this meet.
ing be given to the returning officer for his conduct on this occa-
sion.''— (Cheers and uproar. )

Mr, SELL, a gentleman .in front of the hustings in the crowd,
said he wonid second the motion.

Mr. PALMER came forward, and said he thought they
were rather bard upon Mr. Hope. He (Mr. Palmer) would
take it for granted that the lesson they had given him (Mr. Hope)
would be all sufficient.—(Cries of " Put the amendment.'') He
(Mr. Palmer) hoped the gentleman would withdraw his amend.

ment.—(Great uproae.)
Mr' Cox said he should not do so, as he saw no reason for it.
Mr. Cox then put the amendment himself, which he declared to be
carried ; but the meeting did not seem to understand the ques-
tion, and very few hands were held up.
A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried unanimously
for Mr. Wm. Hawes.
Three cheers were given for the Queen, and three groans for
the Tories, and the meeting separated.

TOWER HAMLETS ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)
CLOSE OF THE POLL.

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