The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-14 00:00:00

No. 17,052, LONDON,

TO THE ELECTORS OF DIARYLEBONE.
GENTLEMEN,
WHE N I first solicited the honour of your re-
presentation, I distinctly stated that in the event of my
services being required I should at once consult your wishes, and
retain or resign my scat, as you might determine.

I beg now to inf,rm you that her Majesty's Government have
thought proper to order me to hoist my flag, and, although the term
of my absence may not be of long duration, I feel it my duty at once
to redeem my pledge.

My anxious desire is to continue your representative. I have held
that high situation for six years, and I think I have done my duty
fearlessly and conscientiously.

A dissolution of Parliament Is shortly expected, and I shall either
stand again or resign, as you may decide.—l have the honour to
rervin, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

CHARLES NAPIER,

8, Duke-street, St. James's, May 13, 1847,

( TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE
COUNTY OF SURREY.
GENTLEMEW,
-1-- ACCEP I! with pride and with pleasure the
AL invitation to become a Candidate for the Representation of
East Surrey, conveyed to me in a requisition from such a portion of
body, as leaves me no doubt of their ability to carry their wishes
into effect, by returning me to Parliament. I agree entirely with
the opinion expressed at the meeting, held at the Bridge-house
Hotel, that the Liberal Candidates should cordially co-operate, and
shall have great satisfaction in uniting my Interest with that of the
tientlemen whom you have invited to share with me the honour of
your support.

The irincip'as on which I offered myself as a Candidate for your
suffrages in 1837, and which I have seen no reason since to change
or modify, are now to a great degrea adopted by many who were
at that time strenuously opposed to them. Those principles were,
from my earliest youth, inculcated on me by the example and in-
structions of my father. From hum I learnt that as the legitimate
object of every Government is tke happiness and well-being of the
people, so the means of effecting that object in a free state like
ours, must emanate from the people themselves. I am therefore
anxious to extend to them as large a share of liberty and power as
they arc capable of enjoying and of exercising to their own ad-
vantage. To secure the benefits and prevent the-misuse of that
power, I wish to have the blessings of education diffused as exten-
sively as possible ; and for that purpose, I hope to see devised a
system of national instruction, unencumbered by tests or conditions,
by which the children of any class or sect could be excluded from its
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inestimable benefits.

lam opposed to all restrictions upon commerce. I hailed with
heartfelt joy the triumph of Free Trade principles in my own
country, and it affords me constant gratification to witness their at,
advance throughout the civilized world. But their yet remain more
to be done at horns ; those who have abandoned what they consi-
dered protection, claim, in turn, to be relieved from burdens
which press most heavily upon them. The agricultural body de-
mand the repeal of the Malt Tax, and I think some other and less
obnoxious impost should be substituted. Indeed there is scarcely
any branch of the excise, which is not a fruitful source of immorality,
vexation and fraud. It is surely the duty of the legislature to raise
the supplies for the public service with the least possible pressure on
the industrious classes, whose snore extended command of the com-
forts of life, is among the surest results of wise government and the
best pro of general prosperity.
My property and residence in the county of Surrey, give me a na-
tural interest in all questions affecting the local welfare of every por-
tion of its inhabitants, and you may rest assured my best attention,

and care, shall be devoted to such of those questions as may, from
time to time, come before Parliament.
I have the honour to be,
GENTLEMEX,
Your faithful Servant,
P. J. LOCKE KING.
Woburn Park, May 11, 1847.

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