The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

rnE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, iB4O

BIRMINGHAM ELECTION.

(BY EX PRESS.)

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING.
The nomination having been appointed to take place
this morning in the Town-hall, the town presented an

appearance of great bustle and animation, and no small
interest appeared to be excited to know the result of the
extraordinary contest between the two Reform Candi-
dates, Mr. Sturge and Mr. Muntz.
Up to eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the
nomination, no Conservative Candidate was named,
although a confident expectation prevailed that one
would be brought forward ; and Sir Charles Wetherell,
amongst a number of others, was spoken of. That.
some Tory would be nominated, no doubt existed
amongst the electors, from the silence maintained by
the party upon the subject, and the many
private meetings held during the week. That
they were encouraged in this determination by the
division of the Reformers, there could be no doubt, as
the state of the constituency (were the Liberals united)
would have prevented any man of Tory, or even ultra-
Whig principles, from coming in.
On Mr. Muntz presenting himself on the hustings,
he was assailed by a storm of yells and hisses from one
part of the assembly, and greeted by loud cheers from
another.

Proclamation was then made by the Town-crier, and
the Mayor, Mr. P. H. Muntz, Esq. (brotlper to the
candidate), desired the precept to be read. This being
done by Wm. Wills, Esq., who, with Clement Ingleby,
Esq., acted as assessors for the returning officers,
The High Bailiff, Rice Harris, Esq., having also
read the precept which had been addressed to him and
his colleague by the Sheriff, the Bribery Oath was
administered to the returning officers.
WM. REDFERN, Esq., the Town-Clerk, then pro-
ceeded to read the clause against bribery an'd eirrup-

tion on the part of voters, with the penalties for refus-
ing to put the same, as specified by the Act.
During the time these formalities were b Bing gone

through, which occupied considerable time, the body
and gallery of the hall became densely filled ; the meet-
ing occasionally exhibiting every indication of the storm
which was gathering,

The MAYOR said he would now explain the course
of the proceedings marked out by the returning officer.
A burgess would propose and second the nomination
of each candidate who was brought forward ; the
candidates themselves would then come foiward, in
the order in which they were proposed, and ex plain their
views; and after such explanation, any 'burgess would
be at liberty to pu such questions as he thought proper.
He trusted every honest man, whatever might be his
sentiments, would assist the returning-officers in keep-
ing order, and in giving every man a. fair mid full op-
portunity of expressing his opinions.
The High and Low Bailiffs also expressed them-
selves in similar terms, upon which the Mayor called
upon some burgess to propose a candidate. .
GEORGE EDMONDS, Clerk of the Peace, presented
himself amidst loud cheers, and said he appeared on the
present occasion with a conflict of feelings.. He be-
lieved that every true Reformer would agree with him,
that a more fatal blow could not have been struck at
the Liberal cause, than the unhappy division that now
existed. It was such divisions that had given triumphs
to their enemies when they had not deserved them.—
(Loud cheering.) He had risen fnr the purpose
of moving that Joseph Sturge, Esq., is a fit and proper
parson to represent this borough in Parliament.—(lm-
mense cheering.) Ha should have berm happy, under
different circumstances, to have proposed Mr. Mintz
for their choice.—(Cheers, and " We von% have him.")
And it was necessary that he should n ow explain some
of those circumstances which inducei I him to become
the honest and determined advocate sof the gentleman
whose name he had mentioned. Th ree years ago, it
would be recollected, that Mr. Attwr od had some in-
tention of retiring from the represents tion of Birming-
ham, and the friends of Mr. Sturge then thought of
bringing him forward. Application isas made to Mr.
Attwood, but he declined to retire 'unless his friend
Mr. Muntz consented to come fiorwaril.—(Hear.)
Mr. Muntz, however, refused to do ;so. Three years
rolled by ; Mr. Muntz bad time to ;make up his mind
upon the subject, when Mr. Attwood, without apprising.
his constituents of his intention, made private applica-
tion for the Chiltern Hundreds. A genaletnan in London
becoming acquainted with the fact, ca me down to Bir-
mingham, and instantly called together the leading Re-
formers of the town.--(Cries of "•No, ino.") Well,
some of them.—(" Just half a dozen.") He could name
'some of those gentlemen who were now conspicuous
characters on Mr. Muntz's Committe e. At that time
it was understood by every one that: Mr. Muntz had
declined to come forward.—(" No me 3h thing.") Well,
all he could say was, that he had see n a private letter
from Mr. Attwood himself, in which . be stated that he
had applied to Mr. Muntz, who had refused to come
forward.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) This Mr. Salt
could confirm. At the meeting to wh Lich he referred, it
being understood that Mr. Muntz woruld not come for-
ward, he (Mr. Edmonds) announced: his intention of
nominating Mr. Sturge ; but one imps irtant point was
discussed and unanimously agreed up e n, and that was,
that there was to be no division among st the Reformers
of the borough.—(Hear, hear.) ;, iteps were then
taken to bring Mr. Sturge fore ard, when an
individual, connected now with Mr. Muntz's
Committee threw difficulties in the way, saying that
Mr. Attwood was still in the field, a .lthough they had
it from incontestible evidence that he ?had made applica-
tion for the Chiltern Hundreds.--(IL car.) AN ere they
then, to wait until the application : had been made to
other parties by the gentleman to sea cceed him in the
representation ?—(" No, no.") Me tc h as he (Mr. E.)
respected Mr. Attwood, he would never become a party
to the making of Birmingham a no enination borough,
even to serve Mr. Attwood.—(Loud cheers.) At this
period much delay was occasioned b) r a correspondence
which was entered into by certain p zalies, of whom he
would not now speak disrespectfully , with the view of
inducing Mr. Muntz to come form Muntz
—" No, it is not true.") Well, Mr. Munt:e states him-
self that he came forward in consequence of a requisi-
tion, and by private letters addressed to him by many
of the electors, and he has stated that his only reason
for offering himself as a candidate was with the view of
keeping out a Tory.---(Hear, hear..:) He (Mr. Ed-
monds) had endeavoured when he re .and that things
had proceeded thus far, to effect an arrangement
between the parties, by proposing tha it the case should
be submitted to the decision of a ire e sting of the elec-
tors, an offer made in perfect good fai tl e, and in the most
amicable spirit, but the party whose ix sterests he repre-
sented were proudly referred to the day of nomination.—
(Cheers from the friends of Mr. Mal ntz.) Whatever
might be th 3 result of this contest, he • was quite sure the
meeting would give him a patient hear ing while he enu-
merated a few of the qualifications sir f Mr. Sturge.—
(Cheers.) He should not attempt to 'institute a compa-
rison between the merits of the two c andidates—that he
would leave to others ; but he would simply speak of
those qualities in Mr. Sturge, which, without reference
to the failings of any man, must, in . the &pinions of all
men, entitle him to the confidence an AL admiration of all
who know him.—(Loud cheers.) In reply first to the
insinuation that Mr. Sturge was a ni rut man, and that
he had not gone through the labours i sf an old reformer,
he would state that Mr. Sturge was a member of the
Old Political Union, and not only a c:o nsistent but a li-
beral member of that body.—(Cries of " When did
he join it ?") In the year 1832,.—e(" Yes, he came
down with the Whigs," from the .; Jews-room.) He
thought his friends on the left had l setter say nothing
about the Whigs, as if the Whig pill° ws. on which they
were seated, were taken from under them, they might
find themselves in a very uneasy po si tion.—( Laughter
and cheers.) Mr. Sturge did not be long to the Whigs
—nor yet to the Tories, who had e adeavoured to cut
discontent out of the hearts of the p eople by the sword
--nor did he belong to that other class., who would beat
Universal Suffrage out of the heads of the people by the
liberal use of the bludgeon.—(Choe rs.) He (Mr.
Sturge) was of opinion that the fair ar id certain way of
putting an end to discontent was by c, )needing the just
rights of the people, instead of exam). !rating them into
acts of violence, which no one cook I deprecate more
strongly than hintself.—(Cheers.) What, he asked,
were the present electors of Birmingheim but the non.
electors of 1839., who at that tine shook the country
•
to its centre? And what, he asked., was the reasol,
they were quiet now ? Simply becreuse they had got
their rights.—( Chet:rs.) Chen he would say, give the peo-
ple their rights, and they would be quiet too.—(Cheers.)
But he appealed to those who hear 1 him, and espe-
cially to the gentlemen around him, Iced:ming the great
distress in the country, and knowing that that distress
might be and was traced to want of wisdom in their
legislators, whether the people were not fairly justified
in claiming a share in the representation.—(Cheers.)
They might depend upon it, until they removed the
cause of the distress of the working elasees, the coun-
try would continue to be disturbed, and the public
safety endangered by the rash and insane efforts of
, those who expected to set matters right by an appeal
to physical force.—(Hear, hear.)
Give them their
' rights," says Mr. Sturge ; " give thorn their riehts," say
I, and I defy the devil himself to stir them up to sedi-
, lion or violence.—(Loud applause.) Others, he be-
ieved, took a different view of the cause of their dis

t tress ; but he believed both candidates concurred in
opinion that there was a most iniquitous tax on the poor.
It was, he knew, objected that the repeal of the Corn-
laws would have the effect of ruining the landlords, un-
less there was a repeal of the money laws ; but let the
landowners join in procuring reform in the House of
Commons, and the men who repeal the Corn-laws will
be first to alter the currency.—(Cheers.) This was
Mr. Sturge's view of the question, and he rejoiced to
find that they agreed with him in opinion. Mr. Sturge
was also opposed to any connection between the Church
and State, while he would be the last man to damage
the religion of the Church of England ; but he was
firmly convinced that its political connection had been
the source of a thousand evils.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Mr. Sturge was also opposed to Sabbath Legisla-
tion ; Sir A. Agnew had been mentioned as though
he (Mr. S.) had any connection with him. What was
the Church Establishment but a system of political
Sabbath Legislation ? Mr. Sturge then left all men to
exercise their own considerations and opinions respect-
ing it—(Cheers.) Mr. Sturge and Mr. Muntz Agreed on
the subject of Church-rates, and as Mr. Muntz came
nobly forward and vindicated his principles by great
personal sacrifices too, he should leave that subject,
and proceed to the next topic touched upon in Mr.
Sturge's address—namely, Mr. Sturge's views upon the
subject of war. He asked, what had they gained by
war ? He asked them, was it strange that Mr. Sturge
should be opposed to war, for where was it to be found
in the New Testament ? What was the American
war ? What was the French war, but attempts
made to establish tyranny, and suppress, as far as pos-
sible, the voice of liberty ? However Mr. Muntz might
defend war, he could not defend those wars which his-
tory records.—(Hear.) He would come to another
subject—the exertions Mr. Sturge had made to effect
the emancipation of the Negroes. He was then taunted
with looking to the blacks, and neglecting the interests
of the poor at home ; but when he had liberated the
slave, and now used his best efforts to achieve the liber-
ties of his fellow-countrymen, they turned round upon
him and refused their support.—( Hear, hear.) On the
subject of education his views were well known, and it
would be enough to refer to his splendid contributions
to every benevolent effort to educate and improve the
character of the people. Again, it was stated that
Mr. Sturge had not the talent of making long speeches,
and would therefore be useless in the House of Corn-
mons.—(Hear.) In reply to this, he would point to
those men who had been notorious for making long-
spun speeches, and he would ask what had they ef-
fected ? Mr, Sturge was a business man—he was a
man who carried weight with him out of doors, and whose
influence in the House had already been exercised and
acknowledged by the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. Ed-
monds next referred to the opinions of the Liberal press
of the country, respecting the claims of Mr. Sturge,
and adverted to the fact of Mr. S.'s opinions respect-
ing the cause of temperance being attempted to be
turned against him by his opponents. Mr. Sturge had
been charged with being an ambitious man, and pur-
suing his own happiness. He was charged with being a
selfish man too, and all men were selfish, but there was
some difference between the selfishness of an angel, and
the selfishness of a devil ; and if he gratified his selfish-
ness by the exercise of benevolence, and by doing good
to his fellow-creatures, he (Mr. E.) only wished they
had more selfish men of his stamp in the world.
Mr. Edmonds concluded amidst lotul cheers, by pro-
posing Mr. Sturge as a fit and proper person to repre-
sent the electors of Birmingham.
Wm. BOULTBEE, Esq., would second the nomination
of Mr. Sturge. Mr. Edmonds had occupied nearly ail
the topics he intended to touch upon, but had left him
one. He had declined drawing a comparison between
the merits of the two candidates. Mr. Boultbee here
entered into a brief analysis of their respective claims.
He differed with many in the estimate of Mr. Muntz's
talents. Mr. Muntz's talents are rather of the violent
and dictatorial order.—(Cheers and hisses.) And his
own experience in life was, thet every great man was
characterised by the opposite quality ; and he believed
Mr. Muntz himself would not attempt to lay claim to
these.—(Cheers and groans.) Whatever his opinions,
however, were, he (Mr. Boultbce) had often declared
that he would never attempt to oppose him, if he wished
to represent the borough ; but Mr. Muntz having re-
fused to come forward, Mr. Sturge had strong claims
on the suffrages of the people. He wished to show
what good Mr. Muntz had achieved for the town.—
(" All the town knows it," " Church-rates," and great
uproar.) He wished to have entered into a comparison
between the two candidates, but, as Mr. Muntz's friends
did not seem to relish it, he would desist.
Mr. MUNTZ—Go on, Mr. Boultbee ; the more you
say about me, the better I will be pleased.—(Great
hissing and cheers.)
Mr. BOULTBEE proceeded—He would do Mr. Muntz
the justice to say, he had shown more good taste than
his supporters, he was not afraid of the comparison,
He (Mr. Boultbee) had been told that Mr. Attwood
had made it an express condition of his resignation,
that he should be succeeded by Mr. Muntz.—( Hear,
hear.) Now, much as he esteemed Mr. Attwood, he
felt that his conduct in this respect had thrown a shade
over his brilliant political career.—(Disapprobation.)
Mr. MuNTz—Produce the correspondence on that
subject. Until you do I shall not believe a word of it.
Mr. BOULTBEE, amidst much confusion, proceeded
to anirnsdvert on the address of Mr. Muntz, particu-
larly that portion of it which referred to the necessity of
an alteratioa in the currency as a primary and pa-
ramount object. He (Mr. B.) did not see Mr. Muntz
was likely to be more successful in advocating this ques-
tion than their late representative. Mr. Muntz con-
sidered that the repeal of the Corn-laws without an
alteration of the currency, would do more harm than
good ; but he put it to him whether they were to re-
main seven years longer under these atrocious laws,
which paralyzed their trade, unless the currency of our
country was altered ? The speaker here proceeded to
analyze Mr. Muntz's currency views, and continued.
Mr. Muntz had stated that he could only attend in
Parliament on questions of vital importance.
Mr. MuNrz—l never did.—(Great uproar.)
Mr. BOULTBEE—He would now put a few questions
to Mr. Muntz as to those matters which he considered
of such vital importance as to command his attendance
in the House.
Mr. MuNTz—l won't answer your question. When
my turn comes I will answer any questions put to me.
(Uproar.)
Mr. BOULTBEE, amidst groat confusion, concluded
by seconding Mr. Sturge's nomination.
EYRE LEE, Esq. solicitor, rose amidst loud cheers
and hisses, accompanied by a din of uproar. He said
he appeared before them to nominate his respected
friend Mr. George Federick Muntz.—(General cheer-
ing and diserpprobation.) He should take no notice to
any great extent of the observations of the former
speakers, in reference to Mr. Muntz. Mr. Muntz was
able to defend himself, and he had no doubt he would
do it to their satisfaction.—(Cheers.) It was their
business on that occasion, to elect a man who
could best serve the interests of their town and country,
and he thought it would be difficult to find a man bet-
ter acquainted with their manufacturing and commer-
cial interests than Mr. Muntz.—(Cheers.) It was im-
possible for a man perhaps to agree with another in all
his political views, but when they found a man possess-
ing sterling qualities, and sound political opinions, he
thought they should waive any trifling differences that
might exist between them ; and all who knew Mr.
Muntz during his long connexion with their town; must
feel convinced that a man who had acted so honourable
a part as a merchant, and bore so high a character in
private life, would do nothing to cause them to repent
the confidence they reposed in him as their representative.
Mr. Lee here proceeded to animadvert on some of the
topics touched upon by Mr. Muntz in his address, and
observed, that as the question of the currency was to be
brought under the consideration of Parliament during
the present session, it was of the last importance that.
they should have a man to represent them who tho-
roughly understood it, and whose opinions would carry
weight in the House, for it was well known that
Mr. Muntz was looked up to as an authority upon the
subject.—(Hear and cheers.) Mr. Lee concluded by
calling upon the meeting to testify their high opinion of
Mr. Muntz by electing him as their representative in
Parliament.
Mr. T. C. SALT rose to second the nomination. He
was received after somewhat the same fashion as the
speakers that preceded hir.n. The uproar was tremen-
dous, and he in vain essay 9d to make himself heard.
The Returning Officer reps atedly endeavoured to ob-
tain for him a hearing, but in vain, and every endeavour
made by the seconder himseelf to obtain a hearing
was unsuccessful. He was obliged, at length, to
appeal to Mr. Edmonde, to im:erfere. Mr. Salt said a
question had been put to him, " "Where are Lovett and
Collins ?" He wished to answer that question.—(Re-
newed uproar.) He then requeste‘d the Mayor to put
it to the meeting whether they would bear him.
The MAYOR rose for this purpose, but the uproar
still continued. He put it to the meeting whether they
would bear Mr. Salt or not ?--(A shout of " No, we
will not.") It was ultimately nit to a show of hands,
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uproar.
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qu-ainted with their opinions and views, he was enabled,
on his cross-examination, to give the strongest testi-
mony in their favour, while he saved their friends the
expense they would otherwise have been put to. He ap-
pealed to Mr. Edmonds whether this was not the case ; and
Mr. Salt then proceeded to complain that they would
not hear an old friend, and that not a word had been
mentioned in testimony of the exertions of their former
honoured representative, Mr. Attwood. The reason
he alluded to these things was, that next to Thomas
Attwood in fighting their battles, in fidelity, wisdom,
and truth, was George Frederick Muntz.—(Cheers.)
If he thought Mr. Muntz had changed, and that he
were not an advocate for Universal Suffrage, he would
not second him. He (Mr. S.) was, and ever had been,
a Universal Suffrage man, and would be to the last.
He advocated this great principle side by side with
George Frederick Muntz. They advocated questions
that were to put forward the Suffrage, and were pre-
pared to do it again. But how could they successfully
do this, unless by the aid of the people, and they were
divided. He knew not how they could look at their
present condition but with regret., but he looked for-
ward to the day when they would be united again. He
now came to the question of the day, " Which of the two
candidates would they choose—GeorgeFrederick Muntz
or Joseph Sturge ?"—(Loud cries of " Sturge," and
" Muntz.") He would say nothing derogatory of that
excellent man, Joseph Sturge ; but in 1835, when the
whites were ground down with an oppression infinitely
worse than the blacks, Mr. Muntz was foremost in de-
fending and vindicating their rights. He thought at
this time that Mr. Sturge had acted strangely in run-
ning off at such a crisis to put the blacks—God forgive
him—in the condition of the whites.—(Loud hisses
and cheers.) He thought it a little wayward of him
at the time, and told him so.—( Hear.) Coming to
the Corn-laws, what was the use of having corn in their
granaries, if they had not money to get it out ? The
Chancellor of the Exchequer said the monetary laws
of the country would be one of the questions to be
discussed in the coming Session, yet Mr. Sturge had
acknowledged to him (Mr. Salt) that he did not under-
stand the question.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Mr.
Mentz, on the contrary, was known to the country, and
esteemed even by the members of the Government and
House of Commons as an authority upon these
important questions..—(Hear, hear, hear.) A
question of priority is claimed in favour of Mr.
Sturge coming forward, but that claim could not be
made, as at the meeting at which Mr. Sturge's name
was introduced there were only six electors—two only
being in favour of Mr. Sturge, the other four being de-
sirous that the question should be left open.—(Uproar.)
This he thought settled the question of priority. He
called upon them to banish all suspicion from their minds,
and to elect that man as their representative whom Mr.
Attwood had declared to be the right hand of their
strength. He called upon them to do this by the recol-
lection of former days, and of those patriots who had
fought for them, and when they did so had always con-
quered. Mr. Salt concluded by seconding the nomina-
tion of Mr. Muntz.

JAMES TAYLOR, Esq., rose to propose a candidate
for the suffrages of the electors of Birmingham. He
should offer no apology for introducing to their notice
the claims of the gentleman whom he had the honour to
propose—(Great uproar, during which it was impossible
to hear a word that was uttered.) He said that one
of the advantages which they claimed from the Reform
Bill was that their representatives in Parliament should
be returned in one day's polling. If that was an object
of great importance, it was of equal importance that
when they were called together to decide whom they
should elect as their representative, they should hear
the opinions of those candidates to be proposed for their
selection. The friends with whom he had acted had
called upon him to propose a candidate that day—
(Uproar.) They were all conscious of the difficulties in
which they were placed with regard to the Government
' of the country, owing to the incapacity of her Majesty's
Ministers. (Cheers and hisses.) The gentlemen
with whom he acted were anxious that the can-
didate he was about to propose should be
able to assist in the conduct of the Government when
a change should take place.—(Uproar.) He dared
say that it was known to most of them that a notice
had been given by Sir .1. Y. Buller, in the House of
Commons, that on that day week he would move that
the Ministers who ruled the country at the present day
had forfeited the confidence of the people. Should the
motion be carried, it was essential to have men in Par-
liament competent to assist in the new Government.—
(" There is never a one yet," and loud laughter.) He
would tell them that the gentleman he was about to
propose was a tried man.—(Uproar.) He was an indi-
vidual whose public character was well known.—(" To
the Tories ;" and cries of " Name.") He was a man
of independence, but he was not a man who entertained
opinions adverse to those principles upon which the
English Constitution was based. It was known that
Republican principles were rife in this country—prin-
ciples which had not even the merit of those which
governed the States of America ; in proof of which,
he might refer to a passage in the Address of the Ame-
rican President, which had just arrived in this country.
The President lamented the distressed state of the
manufacturing interests of the country, but he con-
gratulated the people in these words, upon the flourish-
ing state of the agricultural interests :—" I cannot
omit declaring Cie great satisfaction I feel at the pros-
perous condition of the agricultural interest. Nothing can
compensate a people for the evils arising from a depen-
dance upon other nations for bread." These were the
sentiments of the President of America, and they dif-
fered very much indeed from those of the two candi-
dates before them. From the knowledge he himself
had of the benefits arising from agriculture, he knew
the trading interest derived more benefit from the
agriculture of our own country than they could by
possibility derive from foreign trade. They might
rely upon the honesty of the opinion he had given
them.—(A voice in the crowd—" Was not your
father a tradesman ?"—Cheers.) Yes, his grand-
father was a tradesman, and he felt proud of the origin.
He knew that it was under the present system of Corn
laws this country had arrived at its present state of proc-
parity. He was fully aware that very considerable dis-
tress now prevailed, but he was anxious that distress
should not be increased by throwing away the advan-
tages this country possessed and giving them to the fo-
reigners, who, notwithstanding the large quantity of
corn imported from them last year, had not given any
equivalent return by increased purchases of our ma-
nufactured goods. He knew they could not feel con-
fidence in that Government of which Lord Melbourne
was the head—(Tremendous uproar and groaning)—a
Government which did not dispense justice equally to
the people.—(Renewed hissing, and cries of " We know
what you are at," " No Tories," " Down with the To-
ries.") He would say he could not acquiesce in the
prosecution of Frost at Monmouth while O'Connell is
not prosecuted for greater violence of language in Ire-
land.—(Renewed hissing, and cries of " It won't do?)
The candidate whom he had the honour to propose was
a man of talent and independence, an independence
which he had evinced on the subject of the Catholic
Emancipation Bill.—(Cries of Name ! name !) It was
Sir Charles Wetherell.—(A tremendous burst of groans
and hisses followed this announcement, in which the sup-
porters of Messrs. Muntz and Sturge cordially joined.)
The remainder of Mr. Taylor's address was quite inau-
dible from the uproar that continued, during which he
was understood to expatiate on the many excellent
qualities of the Gentleman whom he had nominated.
The MAYOR inquired whether there was another can-
didate to be proposed ?
Some persons in the meeting having called for Mr.
Allen, that Gentleman then came forward, but it was
objected that he bad not been proposed, and therefore
-could not address the electors. The Mayor expressed
this opinion, and suggested that he should be proposed
in the first instance.

As a matter of form, Mr. Allen requested Mr. John
Ilebbert to propose him.
Mr. HERBERT accordingly proposed Mr. Robert Al-
ice, of Birmingham. Some time elapsed before a
seconder could be found, when Mr. ACKERMANN,
attorney's clerk, said he had no objection. He was
requested to state his Christian name and residence to
the returning officer, but it could not be ascertained.

The MAYOR then said that Mr. ALLEN could not be
permitted to address the electors.
Mr. J. ALLDAY—If no other person comes forward,
I will.

The Assessor inquired whether he was on the bur-
gess roll, and was answered in the affirmative.
The MAYOR then put the names of the four candi-
dates to the meeting, and ,asked whether there was any
other person who wished to propose another candidate.
Mr. BROWN (the Chartist leader)—Yes, I have a
candidate to propose.
The MAYOR—Are you a burgess, and on the bur-
gess roll?
Mr. BROWN-4 want to know whether the non-elec-
tors are to have a voice here. Have I a right to put
a question ? .

The MAYOR—You have.
Mr. BROWN—Can I make an observation on your
answer?
The MAYOR—Unquestionably not.
Mr. Brown, after complaining of what he termed
this injustice, retired.
The Rev. Mr. M‘DoNNELL here came forward as
the representative of Mr. Sturge, and proceeded to
read from that gentleman tlic following letter :--
" TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH