The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-30 00:00:00

LA.IVIIIET H.

The Returning Officer ( Hope, Esq.) for this borough had
fixed the nomination of Members to take place on Kennington
common, yesterday. at eleven o'clock. Long previous to that
hour, a band of coalheavers, with Tory cards in their hats took up
a position right in front of the hustings, and, as was their busi.
ness, interrupted the whole proceedings of the day. The usual
preliminaries having been gone through.
LAURENCE REDHEAD, Esq., came forward to propose Benjamin
Hawes, jun., Esq., as a fit and proper person to reprfsent the bo-
rough of Lambeth in Parliament. Some few years ago he had
asked them to accept the services of that gentleman, upon his
promise—he was then untried, but he openly stated his princi-
ples and opinions they, the electors of Lambeth, had
adol ted them ; they had triumphantly returned him to represent
them, and he had pei formed his duty most zealously ; no man in
the House had done more, nor was it possible for any one to hav:.
been more attentive to the local interests of the borough. He was
a commercial man of unwearied industry, and a most fit man to
represent such a constituency as that inhabiting the borough of
Lambeth. He had much pleasure in nominating B. Hawes, jun.,
Esq., as a candidate for their suffrages.
W. CORRY, Esq., had much pleasure in seconding the no-
mination of his Honourable Friend Mr. Hawes for the
fourth time. The merits of that gentleman were well knoWn
—his usefulness was appreciated—his conduct had given
perfect satisfaction to the borough, therefore, he would merely call
upon the electors to respond to the call of the Queen, andby sending
him as their representative, 'do all in their power to ensure to the
country cheap corn, cheap sugar, and cheap timber.
Mr. YARNLIN proposed the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson
D'Eyncourt. That gentleman had been known to them as a Mem-
ber of Parliament for 23 years, and they could not find a stronger
advocate for the interests of the people. He had sacrificed much
for the people, and was a warm advocate for the extension of the
Suffrage, the Ballot, and Triennial Parliaments.
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T. M`LEoo, Esq., the brewer of Camberwell, seconded the nomi-
nation. All who were in favour of cheap bread and plenty of
work—all who were opposed to the accursed Tories—all who did
not wish to see Ireland coerced and enslaved—all who were opposed
to the imposition of new taxes, would vote for his Right Hon.
Friend, and keep out the Tories.
Mr. JAMES GODING stepped forward for the purpose of proposing
Charles Baldwin, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the
borough of Lambeth in Parliament. The name of Mr. Baldwin
was the signal for the most vociferous cheering from a litt'e knot of
coalheavers who had taken up their stations immediately in front of
the hustiiiks from an early hour, and whose flap hats were adorned
with Baldwin and Cabbell cards, and for hisses, groans, hootings,
and loud cries of "Off, off," from the supporters of the other candi-
dates. Amidst the confusion which prevailed it was impossible to
catch a syllable that fell from Mr. Goding, who, after a short time.
withdrew.
Mr. STAIILSCNNIDT seconded the nomination.

Mr. J. E. JOHNSON then proposed Thomas Cabbell, Esq., as a
fit and proper person to represent the borough of Lambeth in the
ensuing Parliament.— (Cheers and hisses) Her Majesty's Minis-
ters had not the confidence of the people.— (Cheers, hissesiand cries
of "They have, they have.") And they were to decide whether they
were to conduct the affairs of the nation or not. The candidate
he proposed would support the true principles of the Constitution.
The Poor.laws were most unconstitutional, inasmuch as they
gave to at! Commissioners powers of legislation which ought only
to be exercised by Parliament itself, and which Parliament had no
power to delegate to other hands.—(Cheers and hisses.) With re-
spect to the Corn.laws, he thought that when every other interest
was protected,. agriculture ought to be also. Hats, cloth, shoes,
and every article of manufacture, was protected by a duty, and so
ought corn.—(Cheers, hisses, and great confusion.) He concluded
by proposing Thomas Cabbel, Esq., amidst great confusion.
Mr. hum seconded the nomination amidst loud uproar, which
prevented a syllable of his speech being heard.
Mr. HAWES then prepared to address the meeting, which was
the signal for immense uproar on the part of the " Red" coal .
heavers. He said, friim the first moment he had bad the honour
of appearing before the great borough of Lambeth, he had
the satisfaction of saying that he had never shrunk from
openly stating his opinions. He had never held meetings in holes
and corners. He had never attended meetings at which his frieuds
were admitted by tickets, and his opponents excluded. He had
that day met his Hon. Friend and opponent for the first time, on
the present occasion. How was that ? Because he (Mr. Hawes)
bad met the electors on many occasions, but he had never met either
of his opponents. How was that ? He would answer for theni. With
the words of liberty upon their lips they still feared the people_.
they called themselves the friends of the poor, but the people were
well aware of the hollowness of the cry, and they stood as much
chance •f being Members for the borough of Lambeth as
they had of being made Archbishops of Canterbury. They
said they were friends of the poor. Would they repeal the Corn-
laws, so as to make bread cheap ?—would they extend the suffrage?
—no, they would not, for they feared and hated the people—they
b?longed to a party which would put its hands into the poc-
kets of the poor in order to keep up the luxuries of the
rich—(Cheers)—they were of the party which supported Church
rates, which upheld the Corn-laws, and so violated the first prin.
elides of Christianity. On every occasion they had returned him
with increasing majorities—were they changed ?—(Cries of " No,
no.") Neither was he. Were they the friends of liberty?—
(Cries of " Yes, yes,") So was he—why then should they return
eit her of his Hon. Opponents? All who were in favour of free trade—all
who were the friends of cheap corn, all who were against in-
creased taxation, would vote fur him and his Honourable Friend
Mr. D'Eyncourt.

Mr. D'EYNCOURT said, he came before the electors with the
same views, holding the same principles, as he did when their kind..
ness had sent hlm into the House of Commons as their representative.
He stood before them, conscious that he had not violated a single
promise he had ever made them. The Queen had referred to them
the decision of a most important question. She had left it
to tl.e electors of the empire to say whether the people
would have ch ap food and plenty of work, or whether.
the people should starve while the landlords revelled in luxury—
the question now to be decided was; whether they were to have
a good and beneficent Governmen't, or one composed of Tales, the
enemies of the people. There was adeficiency Of revenue, but although
the Tories tiled to keep it the background, the people well
knew that the Reform Government had repealed the house-tax,
the postage-tax, the coal-tax, and the duty upon candles; they
were now anxious to renovate their Exchequer without
putting any increased burdens upon the people ; they were anxious
to extend the commerce of the country, but the Tories stepped in
and said IQ4 Would the electors of Lambeth old such a faction ?
He felt certain they would not; but that they would renew their
confidence in him and his Hon. Friend Mr. Hawes. The issue
was in their hands, and he fearlessly trusted that thor would set an
example to the country.
Mr. BALDWIN stoood forward to address the electors, and was
received with cheering from his own party, and hooting and hissing
and• cries of " Off off," from the supporters of his opponents. Mr.
Tennyson D'Eyncourt and Mr. Hawes both endeavoured for a