The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-22 00:00:00

,„. (Prom theCITY OF GLASGOW.
'Ester% Glasgow Chronicle of Wednesday.)
respectable
tneeti afternoon a crowded and most
as of the Central Committee, with others friendly
Itto the return to Parliament of the Lord Provost and Mr.
Aattcgregor, Was held in the Assembly Rooms, for the
purpose f
gentlemen hearing the candidates. Amongst other
present we observed John Henderson. Esq .
.Park; Jellies Richardson Esq. of Ralston;
dills, Esq; David Chapman,' ' j Scott, E-q ;
jg
Esq.; titres .
William
ems Lutasden, E
sq_,, of Yoker Lodg ; John Hamilton,
Duncan t, cl, of Dunfillan; Henry Brock. Esq.; A. Eccles, E.,q.;
filrouyn,terE
sEq s; q.; Bailie Anderson, Bailie Orr,
k`Gregor Esq.• I` Duncan M'Phail, Esq.; J. W.
, ',avid Dreghorn, E. 1.; Wm. Allan,
Xsq.; Alex. A.nderson, Esq.; John Srenhouse, Esq.;
I, Harvey' Esq.
. lackwood, Esq ; Robert Aikinan, Esq.; Alex.
; George Henderson Esq.. Wm. Leckie
"mg', Esq; Wm. M`Ewan, Esq' ; Alex. liPDowall,
Yuille, Es, Esq'' James 1313c1c. Esq ; Dr. Watson, Joseph Reid,
-sq.; Samuel lkown, Esq. ; John Mitchell, Esq.; David
; David Robertson, Esq.; Hugh Wilson,
licl.; Thomas Davidson, Esq ; Wm. Steele, jun„ E-q.;
--- Campbell, Esq.; W. ilav„E'sq„ &c.Oti the Lord Provost °and Mr. Macgregor making
their appearance they were loudly applauded. 1,1114" Y BROOK, Esq., moved, and DAVID CHAPMAN,
444(1., seconded, the appointment of William Mills, Etq.,
to the chair, which was carried by acclamation.
On taking the chair, Mr. MILLS spoke as follows :
Gentlemen, I beg to thank you sincerely for the honour
You have conferred upon me in appointing me your chair-
Ulan. In opening the business of the meeting, permit
me to say that our friend Mr. Maegregor—(eheers)-
I,4ving arrived in town, that gentleman and the Lord
4-royou—(Cheers)—o.s candidates for the representation
rof this city, were desirous of meeting you, the members
tha general committee, and any others that were
.riendy to. the cause as soon as possible, and you have
that°e en invited here for that purpose. We may calculate
within the space of three short weeks we shall have
an election for members for this city. Now, gentlemen,
that is a short space to work in, and we must therefore
9 'vigilant, active, and industrious.—(Applause.) I am
most happy to state thats by a partial canvass or ascer-
tainment that has already taken place, our 'prospects
for The friends on my right and on my left hand are
roost cheering and encouraging—(Cheers)—and if each
°f us, tho members of the general committee, bestir
(2rselves and use a little activity along with our other
laiiiiends that are with us in the canse, I have not the
14,GIst hesitation in saying that we shall place Mr.
of thee
g"
woerntienien,
and Provost Hastie triumphantly at the head
Otl
it viould be
Po. on the day of the election.—(Cheers.`

..ie presumption in me to say one
n re nrnTh
c---“eitiation of either of the gentlemen now
Pirifsenif. Their comtrreial intelligence and mercantile
1 Formation on every st6ject connected with the trade
of
country is well knovin to every present.
one now
Thethsee gentlemen come forward soliciting the votes of
the electors of Glasgow on bilad, open, honest and
liberal principles, and again I sa:r with perfect confi-
dence, if these gentlemen are returned to Parliament, or
which I have not a doubt that they will be as our
Itembers, I have no hesitation in saying that no other
City, burgh, or community in the United Kingdom will
be better, if so well, represented as our own native city.
--",. (Loud cheeripg.) On this point I svai.go no farther.
A feel now a little delicacy as to introductnz our friends
to ion, As a stranger, I would, from co our
eour
"3, call upon our friend Mr. Macgregor first to make
any remarks he may thank proper to you on tce oc-
casion; but, on the other hand, out of etiquette tow•rds
cur worthy chief magiitrate, I must take leave to intri...
duce to you first his Lordship.—(Cheers.)
The LoRD PROVoIT, on rising. was loudly applauded.
Ile apologised for not being able to prepare himself in
lillY manner for speaking at the present meeting. The
four candidates before you profess, apparently, nearly
the same principles. The a all in favour of free
trade—all of them wish to seersendowments put upon a
better and different tooting than at present. In fact,
upon all the leading questions of the day the candidates
are very much at one. The most just test, therefore, to
Patake of their fitness for the office is to refer you to their
st history, and with respect to the manner in which
ey have conducted themselves in the offices which they
have held.—(Cheers.) Mr. Dixon, being the oldest, is
entitled to come first. Ile has, perhaps, been longer a
public man than either of the others. Mr.pro
believe, has all his life been generally forward in pmoting those great measures for advancing the condition
of the people at large. Whether in these respects
he has been superior to mv, -

yself it is not for me
to say. Ho has had at least twenty or thirty
years to act his pint in society, which I cannot re-
fer to for myself, but although my ten years cannot be
placed in the balance against his twenty or thirty in
regard to time, I trust thAt, without presumption, I may
hope I have done my duty in the several situations I
have occupied, and that the manner in which I have
di2eh a r g e d these duties may have some weight with you
In ray favour.—(Cheers.) Mr. Macgregor in point of
seniority comes next into view. He is not only known
to m.---
.oy of the citizens of Glasgow, to the country at
large, but also by his labours to Europe and the world.
---(Cheers.) Mr. Macgregor has been in connexion with
rue or other of the G

_.-overnments of this country for a
Period of fifteen years. The manner in which he has
nit discharged the important duties appertaining Co his
uation has not been for the interests of the citizens
°f Glasgow merely, but for the advantage of every
country with which we have entered into commercial and
. mercantile arrangements. Mr. Denuistoun and myself,
i believe, entered upon public life very much about the
a4nie time. He has had the advantage over me of being
tl4
e.eity Member of the National Legislature, and in that ca-
has served for about ten years. I, on the other
1
• and, in the more humble capacity of a town councillor,
4 the Same period, or nearly so, have filled all the ina-
Portant offices connected with our civic Legislature.
The.... manner in which I have discharged my duties there
may be best indicated, I think, by reference to the respect
Which has been shown me, by those with whom I have
11330eiated and by my brother magistrates, and who were
'e Partial as to elect me to the high and important office
occupied
I at present fill.—(Cheers.) I intended to have
other your attention at this time with a number of
er questions, such as the subject of free-trade, the
curer
wad asoney, church and school endowments, the v or-lows,
to the on, but I fancy that my explanations in regard
marls e-roatter3 have already in ditreta nt modes been
wishes Known to the pubic. If any gentleman, however,
you
tee to speak up) ) them, I will do so, but I think
fi:n . will be better and more profitably occupied in
lonaring Mr. Macgregor, than fir me to detain you any
le r• llis Lordship resumed his scat amid applause.
roar • AlAcoriEcon was next introduced by the Chair-
Chi. i and on rising was loudly cheered. He said—Mr.
a 111943. and Gentlemen, in cAning among you on. the.
-of ro.
or eh of a general election in the honourable position
I, of
for the representation of this great city, it
malts duel
You—it is obligatory on me—that I should.
q,
Olpoo.„ 819:1PIe statement, partly relative to mys..-lf, and.
"Y deClaring a- coaeasion of my political faith,

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
CITY OP LONDON.
yesterday evening a meetin of the electors or the
wards cf Aldersgate and Farringg don Within was held at
the Bull and Mouth Aldersgate-street, "to promote
the return of the four Liberal candidates for the City."
having been found desirable for the mutual comfort of
speakers and auditors, the former ascended a temporary
Platform shortly after seven o'cicck, and Mr. J. T. Nor-
ris (in the unavoidable absence of Mr. W. Leaf, from
whom a respectful apology was read to the meeting) oc-
cupied the chair.
The first speaker who presented himself was Sir G.
LARPENT, to whom a most cordial greeting was given.
Re said, he appeared before them as a merchant of the
city of London, who, having pledged himself to the
advocacy of free-trade measures, had aspired to a seat
in Parliament as the representative of those principles.
"--(Cheers.) It was true they had witnessed the triumph
of free trade, but there was a strong party in the country
still persevering;iu their hostility to the measures lately
conceded by Parliament, and therefore it was the
bounden duty of every constituency to see that the
candidates of their choice were prepared to sustain those
great principles which had been recognised by the Le-
gislature.—(Cheers.) To the removal of all unjust
taxes on food, on labour, or on income, he pledged his
warmest exertions ; and with regard to intermural
burials and the health of towns, he should be always
ready to give such Bills his hearty support. National
education, without regard to religious Opinions, should
command his advocacy, and he would never sanction the
endowment by the State of any sect of religion what-
ever.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then referred
to the claims of Lord 'John Rus3ell, and in allusion to
the question often discussed, as to the eligibility of
Baron. Rothschild, he observed, that it was one which
affected the people more than the individual, for the real
point at issue was, the right of electors to send whom
they liked to Parliament—(Cheers)—and be trusted the
eleetors of London would show, by the triumphant re-
turn of the four Liberal candidates, that they would
exercise that right rnanfully.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. PAT-rums, jun. (the son of the Hon. Member),
next addressed the meeting, and in the course of a long
speech on behalf of the four Liberal candidates, made
some humorous allusions to the proceedings of the Con•
servative electors, as compared with the brilliant and
frequent demonstrations of the Reformers. Why, he
had heard that a meeting was held the other evening at
Which the
so Tory candidates were called upon to address
ma 12 or 14 persams, including those '• recording
a_hgels," the reporters of the public press.—(Laughter.)
Of course this circumstance gave them (the Liberals) no
concern, bnt it that awaited thern.— was a glorious indication of the victory
(Cheers.)
Sir W. DIOLESITORTH, M.P., apologised for the ab
sence of Baron Rothschild, who, like Mr. Pattison, was
ttecinfeeaevitvi oerildsalboly absent The HOD. Baronet called upon the
Roth return of Baron
h.nddett9nstrate to the nation at large their love
religious liberty by the .
dates,sc inid, in conjunction with the other Liberal candi
--le Passed a hi h eulogium on the public cha-
racter of Lord J. Rus llgwhom ne hoped would be first
claim°Tt the poll
—first - rst of thes 'four Liberal candidates, whose
claims had been so cordially and generally recognised
s had bee so cordially and generally recognised
Y the constituency(fea)
Some amusement and not a little confusion were
created by the remarkable perseverance of a plebeian
orator, who claimed rather more than his share of that equal right of speech" which the meeting seemed
good-humouredly inclined to sanction, until thoroughly
Wearied by its absurdities.
", Two or three questions touching on corporation re-
andn the Thames Conservancy Bill—to each of
which the candidates or their representatives promised
their attention—having been put by the electors,
The usual resolution, expressive of confidence in the
candidates__e, &c., was then proposed by Mr. PHILLIPS, se-
ußci d by Mr' CLow, and carried with only a few dis-
sentients.
After a vote of thanks to the chair, the meeting
(which
hearty cheers a Y cheers for the very large one) separated with three
Queen.