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

PLYMOUTH.

FRIDAY.—The nomination for the borough of Ply-
mouth took place to day, when the two candidates—
Lord Ebrington and Mr. Vincent—were proposed. Lord
Ebrington entered into a lengthened exposition of his
principles, in the course of which he adverted to the part
he had taken 'eith respect to free trade, and the policy
which he considered ought to be adopted with respect to
Ireland. Mr. Vincent also addressed the meeting, advo-
cating the entire abrogation of Church establishments—
an exten,don of suffrage—the vote by bAlut—and the
extension of the civil and religious liberties of the peo-
ple. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of
Mr. Vincent. The greatest excitement prevails.

TIVERTON.
RETURN OF LORD PALMERSTON.

FRIDAY.—The election for the borough 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. HoLL, Esq., then proposed Lord Palmerston as a fit
and proper person again to represent the borough in Parlia-
ment.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ANSTEY seconded the nomination.
No other candidate having been proposed, the Mayor de-
clared Lord Viscount Palmerston duly elected.
had
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Lord PALMERSTON proceeded to address the electors. He
returned them his earnest and heartfelt thanks for the high
honour they had done him in again confiding to him the
the cheering attendant upon this announcement
important trust which he had now filled" in their behalf for
the past eleven years. He appeared before them in conse-
quence of having accepted an office which the grace and
esau'elillelatar, hear)—and if the
confidence of his Sovereign had been pleased to confer upon
him. After commenting at some length upon recent occur-
rences, his Lordship concluded
_by observing there was one
peculiar circumstance connected with the existing state of
things, that, for the present, there did not seem to be any
other Government that could be substituted in their stead ;
but this was not a ground on which any rational or honour-
ableGovernment would
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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,
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however, one or two subjects Which occupied 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 oeeP interest. Ireland would
suggest itself at once to the minds of all men as a subject
which required the best energies of those who were entrusted
with the administration of this
empire,e which required not
only enlarged. views of public .
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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 be sure that there existed, not only in the mind of his
Noble Friend at the head of the Government—a great and dis-
tinguished statesman, noble by nature as well as by rank—
(Cheers)—but also, in the minds of all thoie who were asso-
ciated with him in office, a deep sense of their duties Worm-4
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