The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

A meeting of electors for Westminster, who are the friends
and supporters of Charles Lushington, Esq., one of the candi-
dates for the representation of that city in the ensuing Par-
liament, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand,
yesterday evening, for the purpose of adopting the prelimi.
nary measures necessary to ensure the election of that gen-
tleman.

JosEPH Pat:Kul, Eq., having been called to the chair,

observed that for many years pa<t it had been the practice
of the Liberal constituency of the city of Westminster to
initiate all election proceedings through the agency of the
Westminster Reform Society. That association having had
communicated to them that it was the intention of Mr.
Leader to withdraw from the reptesentati,m of tho city at
• the nest general election, they had submitted to several
well-known public men of tried talent certain questions,
with a view to ascertain the must tit and proper person
to fill the vacancy which Mr. Leaders retire-
ment would occasion. They !Jai received answers
from several gentlemen, and in the exercise of their
judgment their choice had devolved upon fir. Charles Lush-
ington.—(Cheers.) It was known tliot a very recent loss
had occurred in that gentleman's family, which prevented
his attendance this evening; but a letter had been received
from him explaining the cause of his absence, and requesting
that he (the Chairman) would notify to the meeting the
great disappointment he telt at being disabled from person-
ally acknowledging the kindnoss of those gentlemen who
might attend as being friendly to his election. Mr. Lushing-
ton would, however, hold himself in readiness to appear at
any future time when his presence. might be required.—
(Cheers.) The association had called the present meeting,
not for the purpose of monopolising the power of the electors,
but to adopt the ieitiatory steps that were necessary to a
more general meeting.
Mr. GEESIN proposed the first resolution, namely—" That
Charles Lushington, D,q., is a fit and proper person to re-
present the city of Westminster in Parliament." The
association of which the chairman had spoken had existed
upwards of thirty-five years, and it was well known that
before any candidate was entertained by that society, it was
necessary that he should pledge himself to act in accordance
with the views of the whole of the Liberal constituency of
the city of Westminster, and not come forwa-d, as it were,
on his own account, without possessing the confidence of the •
association, although he might happen to be a supporter of
the general principles put forth by them. lie admitted that
he had advocated the claim of Mr. George Thompson—
(Hear, hear)—and he should have been proud to have seen

that gentleman a candidate; but Mr. Thompson had been
rejected by the Reform Society, and having himself acqui-
esced in that decision, rather than split the Liberal interest
in Westminster, which he would have done to an amazing
extent, he (Mr. Geesin) had no hesitation in proposing that
Mr. C. Lushington was a fit and proper person to be their re-
presentative.-, (Cheers.) They were aware that meetings
had been held elsewhere in favour of another gentleman,
whose name it was not worth while to mention ; but it should
be observed that those meetings had not been attended by
electors. Their resolutions, indeed, ran a we, the electors,"
but the party forming the meetings were no electors at all.—
(Cheers and laughter.) The Reform Society had been com-
plained of, and they were accused of dictation ; but it was not
an exclusive society. Every elector was at liberty to join it
if he thought proper ; the charge of dictating, therefore, was
unfounded.

- Mr. Puoirr felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution,
because he found from several interviews be had had with
Mr. Lushington that that gentleman's political opinions were
of a very liberal nature, and that he was one of those re-
formers who, in the olden times of Westminster, would have
done great credit as the representative of that city.—
(Cheers.) There were ten principal measures which Mr.
Lushington was requested to give his opinion upon as to
whether he concurred with the Liberal electors in regard to
them or not, and his answer unequivocally was, that for
many of them he had already voted in Parliament, and that
for the whole of them he was prepared to vote on any occa-
sion.—(Cheers:) The points were-1. Vote by ballot. 2.
Extension of the suffrage. 3. The repeal of the 27th clause itt
the Reform Act, which made the payment of rates and taxes
before a particular day necessary to the obtaining the fran-
chise. 4. Trienial Parliaments. 5. A more extensive reform
of municipal corporations. 6. Repeal of the window and corn
tax : the corn-tax was gone to the tomb of all the Capulets,
and no doubt the window-tax would soon follow.—(Cheers.)
7. The abolition of all unmerited pensions. 8. The repeal of
all taxes which impede the diffuison of knowledge. 9. The
reform of the Church Establishment. And 10. The proper
application of the funds known to exist in the countryufso,rintghf
purposes of education. In all these measures Biwr.l, °
ould have
ton concurred; he therefore thought the meeting
_
be formation of a
no hesitation in adopting a proposition
committee to conduct the electionorti:h.rai
bring it to a successful issue--(Phr. gentleman, lie)ur :aunt, t
hane
ad
George Thompson, in
which that gentleman
read a letter addressed to him
ed')
declared
r thorough Reformer,
and tried inde-
Lfreadiness to support Mr.
a man of sound
Lushington, whoimudhgeradeesn
pendence. "—( tc,rirt7pe experience,
LEWIS, seconded
unanimously agreed to.
by Mr. AusTIN, a
n of well-known Liberal principles, be-
long
to the constituency of Westminster, was then ap-
pointed al
listt resolution of
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longing
pointed a committee, with power to add to their number.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

GAOL PERQUISITES.—It came out in the course of
proceedings at Lambeth Police-court yesterday, that the Go-
vernor of Horsemonger-lane Gaol makes a perquisite by giv-
ing copies of the commitments of the prisoners to their
friends, for which half-a-crown each is charged.
THE NEW HOUSE Cr LORDS.—We understand
that Mr. Barry, the architect of the new Houses of Parlia-
ments, has intimated to the Marquis of Lansdowne that the
House of Lords will be completed for the reception of their
Lordships after the Easter recess, with the exception of the
fresco paintings and the statues in the niches. 'rue new
Rouse of Commons is not expected to be ready for some
time. The Victoria Hall, at the south end, and the Peers'
Lobby, at the north end, and the corridors, are in a great state
of forwardness.

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