The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

TIVERTON.
RETURN OF LORD PALMERSTON.

FRIDAY.-The election for the borbugh of Tiverton took
place to-day, when Lord Palmerston was returned without
opposition. At half-past eleven o'clock, the precept having
been previously read at the Town-hall, Lord Palmerston ap-
peared on the hustings, accompanied by a large body of his
friends. The first thing done was a hearty three. times-three
for the Queen, and the Mayor, Tucker, Esq., opened the
proceedings of the day.
W. Hoi,L, Esq., then proposed Lord Palmerston asi a fit
eon duly elected,
and proper person again to represent the borough in Parlia-
ment.— (Cheers.)
Mr. ANSTET seconded the nomination.
No other candidate having been proposed, the Mayor de-
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Lord PAVMERSTON proceeded to address the elector& He
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returned them his earnest and heartfelt thanks for the high
honour they hail done him in again confiding to him the
important trust which be had now filled in their behalf for
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the past eleven years. Be
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rences, his Lordship concluded by observing there was one
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but this was not a ground on which any rational or honour.
able men would rely in their proceedings—<Cheers)—that
was not a ground on which the present Government would
attempt to base its existence ; it WPS a shifting quicksand,
which would soon sink under foot—( Hear, hear
)—and if the
Government, however it might appear for the moment to be
without a competitor, were so far to forget itself as not to
bear in mind that it was on the approbation and consent of
the people of this country that it must rely for the con-
tinuance of its power, it would soon be hurled from its seat.—
(Cheers.) He was sure that the electors would not expect
him, that, on the contrary, they would think it highly im-
proper in him to enter into any explanation of the mea-
sures which the Government to which he belonged intended
to propose to the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) There were,
however, one or two subjects which occupiel too promi-
nent
a place in public attention to allow him to pass them
by without a remark. They were questions in which the
present Government took a deep interest, Ireland would
euogest itself at loupe to the 11'0" of all men as a iqbject
which required 'OO hest energies of those Who were entrusted
with the administration of this empire, which required not
only enlarged views of public policy, but a deep and un-
swerving desire to do justice, and on the part of those who
supported the Government, zealous and determined co-ope-
ration.—(Hear, hear.) He would abstain from going into
the details of that complicated question, but the electors
might bq sutp that there existed, not 9nly to the mitici of h;s
Noble Firiend at the head of*the'Gbviniment—a great and dis-
tinguished statesman, noble by nature as well as by rank—
(Cheers)—but also, in the minds of all those who were asso •
ciated with him in office, a deep sense of their duties towards
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