The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-30 00:00:00

TAUN lON.

Mr. Labouchere and Sir 'F. Colebrooke (Liberals)
the old Members, and Mr. Mills (Tory), are the eandi.
dates. The show of hands yesterday was in favour o
Labouchere and Mills.

TEWKESBURY.

M tr tin .
Brown

Laseelies retired.
TO PNES.

THURSDAY.—The nomination of candidates for the
representation of the borough of Tomes commenced this

morning.

Lord-Seymour (Liberal) and Mr. C. B. Baldwin (Con-
servative), the late Members, again solicited a rPnewal
of the confidence of th-i Constituency; and Mr. S.
Ricardo came forward to contest the borough on Liberal
principles, in opposition to Mr. Baldwin, Lord Seymour's
return being beyond doubt.
_ _

Mr. Ricardo has pledged himself to go to the poll,
and Mr. Baldwin's return seems to be placed in some
jeopardy.

TOWER HAMLETS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
General Fox came forward, and was received
with mingled cheers and hisses. lie had not been long
connected with them, but he defied any one to say that
he had betrayed the electors with respect to any one
measure. He regretted that some of those who sup-
ported him at the last election had withdrawn their sup-
port. He was proud of his connexion with the Govern-
ment, and believed that the time would come when Lord
.John Russell would be appreciated as he deserved to be.—
(" He has seen his day.") He agreed in all that had
been said by his friend Sir W. Clay. He bad not the
gift of the gab—(Laughter)—as many had; but his
principles were not the less sincere.—(A copy of the
caricature in Punch of this week was here held up by a per-
sonlin the crowd.) He could not conscientiously vote for
the Bishop of Manchester Bill, and he did not do so.—
(Cheers.) He would vote for any measure which had
for its object the cheapening of the food of the people,
and he had always voted for the repeal of the corn-laws,
and for all liberal measures. He could not vote for uni-
versal suffrage— (On, oh)—though he admitted that in
his progress through the borough he had met with many
operatives of great intelligence and discretion. He was
inclined to vote for annual Parliaments, but he would
not give any pledge on the subject. Many measures of
this kind were brought into the House tor the mere pur-
pose of obtaining pocular applause.—(Cheers.) He
might at once state that he could not vote for the ballot
—(Hisses)--because be considered that a man
should exercise the franchise manly and openly.
He asked those who had seen it in operation in Ame-
rica, and in recent cases, if it would prove effectual for
the election of INiembers of Parliament. If he bad
thought that the Government measure of education
would interfere with the religious convictions of the
people he would have at once resigned. He considered
the game-laws oppressive, and wished they had never
been introduced into this country.—(Cheers. " What
about flogging in the army ?") What he said was,
deal mercifully with offenders in the army, but reserve
the power of punishment in the hands their superiors
—(Cheers, nod uproar)—tor how would they like soldiers
to do what they liked in their houses with their wives,
sisters, and daughters?—(Cheers and great noise.) 'lle
allant tient ral concluded aalidst considerable noise
and uproar.

Mr. GEOIIGE THOMPSON then presented himself; and
was recetveu with loud cheers. Ile disclaimed any in-
tention of entering int.) the contest with bitterness eitlict
to one candidate or the other. If he were elected he
sh:Juld look trum one of his opponents to the other, anu
say—

" How happy could I be with either.
Were t'other dear charmer away."
-(Roars of laughter.) He had met that morning regi•
merits of men in placard., asking before and behind,
" Whu was Mr. George Thompson?" and ne had to.
reply to that. he nt ver was a place-holder, and that lit
never would be a place-hunter.—(Cheers.) He %%emit-,
not floe soldiers.—((Jheers.) Ask Sir Edward Nerd:
Buxton, their late representative l)r.Lushington, Richare
Cobden, the bond slaves of America, and the friends o
India who he was.—(Loud cheers.) He would remove
out of the path of the people every incumbrance upon
their industry—he would sweep away all lingering mono-
polies on their industry, and in the Tower Hamlets, if
there were any, he would apply the axe at once to them.
He did not deal in generalities, and he would tell them
at once intelligibly that he would give all the franchise.
—(Cheers.) Do not let them support those who come
there condescendingly to tell them that they would give
them a bit of this and a bit of that. Thank them for
nothing—let them assert their inherent right to all.—
(Immense cheering.) He would vote for the ballot--for
the shortening of Parliaments with all his heart—
tor the abolition of death punishments—and against the
lasceration of the flesh of the British soldier.
Great God ! it was monstrous that mere man should
cause the flesh of his fellowman to quiver.—(lmmense
cheering) He was the earnest advocate of civil and
religious liberty. By religious freedom he meant reli-
gious equality. It was an insult to his understanding to
tell him that he was civilly free when he was made the
victim of religious disabilities. Hands off, he said, from
the rights of conscience ; he claimed the right to exer-
cise that conscience untramelled, and to be accountable
only to his Maker.—(Cheers.) General Fox had said
he did not support the Bishopric Bill, and that was a
recommendation to the electors ; but he wished to have
bishops without seats in the [louse of Lords, elected by a
free people, and ordained by God. Why, the Bishops of
Jerusalem performed their offices in rags, and had not
a country or town residence, and 18,000/. a year.—
(Cheers.) Ho was opposed to the union of Church and
State, because he wished to see the separation of things
sacred- from things secular. He, therefore, asked his
honourable opponents if the majority of the electors of
the borough entertaining the opinions he professi d, as
he did, were not entitled to have their opinions repre-
sented by him in the House of Commons? lie would
abolish the navigation and all the other laws which re-
stricted trade. General Fox's central committee had
issued a placard imputing a speech to him which stated
that in his (Mr. Thompson's) opinion the trade of a li
ceased victualler was " dangerous, immoral, and
wicked," that ho would shut them on Sun
days, stop travelling on railways, and close
the Victoria Park on the Sabbath. He called upon
General Fox to deny it or to substantiate it. Also, how
many thousand copies of a letter copied from the Adver-
tiser,zigned a Working Mau—(Shame)—had been issued
by his csnimittee.
General Fox said the letter was issued by his com-
mittee, but he was not responsible for all that hie friends
might do for him. He consented to its issue if his com-
mittee thought it would be beneficial to his service.
Mr. 'THOMPSON said the statement was an unadul-
terated falsehood.
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the placard, an:du(tiChsethhadniitr!insastioen
at ilscfcsGeneral
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had denied its truth. The letter in the Advertiser was
printed without the connivance or consent of the com-
mittee, who did not see it until it was in print. At a
the
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wHay facokney, be asked Mr. Thompson it he-
would carry his free trade principles so far as to vote for
doing
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Mr. J. J. HoiettEn corroborated this statement of Mr.
Greene.
biro Tigemiox said, what he stated was this, that if