The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-27 00:00:00

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gency; fie-wouldTvote- for any measure having for its
object theseduction of taxation on the necessaries of life.
Mr. ;BERT WEIGHT having remarked or the con-
sistency of the General's political conduct, moved a re-
solution, which was seconded by Mr. John Humphreys,
to the effect—
" That the meeting, fully Cons lEced -that Major-Gen.
Fox is a firm and consistent friend of civil and religious
liberty, do hereby pledge themselves to use their best
exertions to procure his re-election to Parliament as one
of the representatives for the Tower Hamlets."
Mr. CHARLES BUXTON then, on behalf of his brother,
Mr. Fowell Buxton, expressed his regret at not being
able to attend the present meeting, to which he had been
specially invited, and, after a high encomium, on the
Gallant General, stated his cordial concurrence in the
proposition which had just been proposed.
A Mr. GREEN attempted, amidst great tumult, to ad-
dress the meeting, but the uproar was so great that he
was compelled at length to sit down.
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COLCIIESTEPeLVISIT OF MR. D. W. HARVEY.
On Saturday evening, the borough was all excitement
and bustle in consequence of the announcement that Mr.
Hardeastle, accompanied by Mr. D. W. Harvey, would
committee
what mno ma t
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tthatoeidwse
pi
and
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passed
mdsi c
many
entryont nyy o f Marylebonet ihnet
addedofr ttehone
eat
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ceo. borough,
eaotditnhgxeahi
Liberale,
anxiety
strongnfdo
t thoughscandi-
date feelingg
and hearing the latter gentleman. At six o'clock the
mustered at the mile-stone on the Leiden-road,
where Mr. Harvey, who posted from was re-
ceived, and being Joined by Mr iardi c‘hVasittlhea,mt4e horses
were taken from the carriapgaer,ti.acand
ic
waving, the
hretee n or .fifteen
andacoctohavaniedb
werewt drawnmues into
crowdedt playingh e
tahnwdal:afnhun banners a
dw abvyi
vehicles. Greeted by their friends,
a continually gathering mass, the procession passed downy
the High-street to the George Inn, in front of which
thousands had collected, filling the wfuide space in the
front with one dense crowd. The Hon. Gentlemen pro-
ceeded to the balcony, to address the electors :
Mr. HARDCASTLE said—What I have to say to you
at the present moment will be stated in a very few words.
Some evenings ago, when I had the honour of addressing
many of you who are now here, I had the satisfaction of
telling you that an old friend of yours would before long
be present amongst you, and you would once more have
the pleasure of hearing his voice. From the attachment
you then expressed to that old friend, I augured favour-
ably as to the consistency of your attachment to new
friends. I offered myself, or rather I was called on to
offer my:-.elf, on the advice of certain people dear to you
all, and, from the manner in which you have received
me, and from the success I have experienced in my can-
vass in the last week, I am able to say you welcome me
as a new friend with far greater confidence and enthu-
siasm than I had any reason to expect. I know you are
desirous of hearing another voice than mine, and you
shall hear it immediately: and I Will only notice a report
put forward by those who would have been very glad if
that voice were not heard here, for it was industriously
circulated that we should not see Mr. Harvey here ; but
here he is now to speak for himself, arid he will explain
to you the reasons for his conduct both here and else-
where.—(Cheers).
Mr. D. W. HARVEY then came forward and said:—lt
is with places as with persons, that each ind.vidudlises
itself, and whatever takes place beyond the immetUate
circle of its being, is a matter of comparative insigni-
ficance. I very much doubt if you were called at this
moment to contemplate the horrid flames at Moscow,
whether it would have one hall the interest with you as
if it were announced Viet there was a haystack burning
in one of the lanes of your immediate neighbourhood.—
(Laughter.) It is by this process of the mind that each
lean is led to care and think for himself. Yet I cannot
lismiss it from my mind, alter an association which has
more or less existed between us for well nigh forty years,
without believing that you do feel an interest in what
concerns myself, even though it shou'd be beyond the
precincts of your own borough. Therefore, as your
excellent candidate has said, you may be naturally, and
I will say justly, anxious to know whence it is that an
individual of whom you have in pa-t years thought
something, and for whom at different times you
have done so much, whence it is that that
individual, who on Monday night last appeared
in all probability the destined representative of one of
the largest and most important constituencies
is this country, should have ceased to hold that ex-
pectation within the last few hourS.—(Hear, hear.) It is
due to you as old friends, it is due to ou as part of the
vast British empire, whose attention was directed to
chat event, to know, in a few words, whence it is that I
have ceased to be a candidate fur Marylebone. From
,ny first connexion with this town,
.beginning with the
year 1812 down to the yt ar 1834, in which long space
of time I contested this borough seven times, there was
apparent, from my earliest career, a strong feeling of
party and political hostility, which strengtheeed as my
services and fidelity to you became stronger ; and when
I. became, and before I became a candidate for the coca-
missionership of police, and when it was known I was a
candidate for that office, and not until it was known, the
two great parties in the state to whom, more or less, I
have always been opposed, and whose pernicious com-
bination I have ever denounced, inserted in the new
Police Act a clause enacting that the commissioner, so
long as he continued commissioner, should not only
be incapable of sitting in Parliament, but incapable
of being elected to Parliament. Therefore, as
you will perceive, as a necessary preliminary of
my becoming a candidate for Marylebone, or for
any other borough, I must resign the office ; and
though the emolument of it is not large, it is not des-
picable. You are aware that myself, Lord Dudley
Stuart, and a Learned Sergeant, who comes this circuit,
Mr. Sergeant Shee, were candidates for Mar) lebone
and we consented to submit our respective pretension
to the ballot. That ballot, as you well know, and were
informed on the following morning—for it was placarded
over the walls of this borough—was largely in my fa-
vour ; and I must assert that no one was ever more de-
termined than myself to abide by that ballot. But on
Thursday morning last I was informed that Sir James
Hamilton, who in the intermediate time had declared
himself a candidate, was not so anxious, nor could he
justly expect it, that he should succeed on the poll, as
to give me notice on the morning of the election that he
should dispute my qualification. Such of you as are
oNledllerneomugemh
he:o carur,hryatyiosumr
emanemt ohryies ba
dispuctikagto 82mlyq0, qualifi-
cation. .
cation. You will remember that after engagtng in an
expensive contest with Mr. Raffles I was returned ; a pe-
tition was presented against me on the ground of detec-
tive qualification ; but well knowing that my qualifica-
tion was as good as that of any man's in Parliament,
I was quite content to abide the inquiry, and to
prove to you the validity of my qualification as well
as the one-sided character of a Parliamentary deci-
sion. Before the Committee, appointed to try the
petition went into the question, I was called out of the
committee-room by a gentleman who you well recollect
Mr. Hari i-
mtoe,withdraw the
sees ne d,
wtoh o appearo
herera e as“
Ic Osamu sae
al
tahgoari
ins se td
petition on the ground of your qualification, piovided
you v
proceedings you, have instituted
against
oef Colchester.' My answer was
s ili
the
withdraw
corporationdraw allt the
—" My qualification is good—your title as corporators
is bad; and I will enter into no such compromise--I will
abide the result." That committee, made up as it
was'of Whigs and Tories, and these both anxious to
drive me out of the House of Commons, came to a reso-
lution that mine was a defective qualification, and they
were just about not only to unseat me, as they did, but
to give the seat to Sir Henry Russell, when I seized the
brief from the hands of my counsel, Mr. Curwood, and
said I begged to address the committee myself before
they decided. I said—" You have been pleased to un-
seat the, but before you seat him hear me. He madehe
has asked you to unseat Mr.
only one prayer when he ought to have mdade,otuwoLve
him-
self." The consequenJo wasithta; gtoe3tstehaet
aeatcomplied; but he has forgottenaltiobaearl;
and I need not tell 35% nek:iygoanana Lion he de-
nounced what he culled
fer
having expended 10,000/.
ho was so disgustedd haei
petition, that he turned his
on the deetion an you
theit lconductdiodfnohis lawyers—
friend r. Henry aring with you
brought down I only trouble
you that I had good reason to know
back
modnsoChme:thvarn;tt
3on.md youff willß re.myeomubxerththatesle
the tender tender mercies of a Committee of the
Commons. Therefore on Thursday morning,
id:rv%el.eillitaeuauntisrleilloetrforeecBeived intimation that Sir James Hamilton,
not expecting that he had the slightest ground tor suc-
ceeding in the contest, for there was no doubt I should
be at the head of the poll by hundreds, would be con-
npt eganis, tti withaesxt
prin c
elstoerm.eenwfaerha Harvey's
hundred votes, and with protesting
shclaudaltioliceaxP°Ls,' recollectinglrererredto
whatfrom
is now called the new Qualification Act. Formerly a man
must have 300/. a year out of freehold property, at least, as
long as he lived. It he had 10,0001. from the funds that was
no qualification; but if he had 3001. a year on freehold
property lent him the day before, thatwasa good qualifica-
tion. But now if he has money in the funds, or lease-
hold property, that is a good qualification; and the
question was, whether the qualification I enjoy
would bear that test ; and I must tell you
that there has been no inquiry before a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons on the new law. Now,
of which is paid to me by the gentleman who eareieseac-
I possess 4001. a year on personal bonds,h 200 L
suc-
ceeded me in my profession;
dthweoUlid be a qualifi-
s reduced to the ne-
cessityher I would stand on that
qualifi-
cation. otah
.e r
haat is
consequencepersonale sotaatse,,a;ai,,dur.a
of determining whether
you just now, before I could be a
office, which, with
salary
and appurtenances, year; and
what I bad reason to apprehend would be the case
then,
cqaunaelltifidcaatetiolnm;
uasst vo.eladmuopunn'tyed to I ,000 L a
was, that a petition would certainly be presented against
icy return, and I should be compelled to defend my seat;
and I need not tell you what are the enormous expenses
of attacking or defending a seat in the House of Com-
mons. Therefore, with great reluctance, and with pain
I shall never cease to feel, I thought it more wise,
though at the last hour, to withdraw from the contest,
than to be returned and run the risk of being unseated
by a Committee of the llouao of Commons, paving the
way by the serious sacrifice to which I have alluded.
It is true I could have got half a dozen qualifications, but
I decline to go into the House of Commons wearing any
man's dress but my own, especially as the new Act en-
joins the obligation on the Member at the table of the
' House of Commons, not only to declare that he is justly
seized of a clear income of 3001. a year aver ull reprisals
and incumbrances, but if that declaration is known to be
untrue, he is exposed to all the consequences of a misde-
meanor; and I did not choose to incur the CODSt cpences
of saying I had 3001. a year, which had been lent me
with the understanding that I was to return it twenty-