The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-21 00:00:00

TOWER HAMLETS.

A meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. CLAY
was held on Monday evening at the Fox Tavern, Paul-
street, in order to secure the return of that gentleman to
patliament as a representative for the newly-enfranchised
borough of the Tower Hamlets. The Chair was ably
filled by Mr. PURLAND, and there were present a very
numerous and respectable body of the electors. After the
.0,4,03.1 preliminary business of the evening bad been dis-
posed of, Mr. Clay came forward and stated the grounds
fapon which he offered himself to the notice of the new
constituency. Although he, in common with many other
persons, differed in opinion on some points with Mr.
Hume, and though he had no personal knowledge of that
gentleman, yet, when be considered the perseverance of
Mr. Hume in the cause of the people, and in the care of
the public purse, be thought it his duty to do every thing
in his power to secure his return to Parliament, and be
was happy to say, from what he knew of the county of
?Middlesex, he entertained no doubt of his success. With
regard to himself (Mr. Clay), he was distinctly, unequivo•
ieal:7, and conscientiously a Reformer; he was ready to
give ;4; explicit answer to any elector as to his sentiments
on any subject whatever. But Reform in Parliament was
gaily a means. It was necessary that the electors should
return representatives who were zealous, active, and prac-
tical. Ile would yield in those qualifications to no man.
He would follow no man as a dependent, but be would
march abreast of any man who should advance to the
attack of corruption and oppression. It was most essen-
tial to the interests of a commercial district, like the Tower
Hamlets, that a Member should be chosen who would
support the trading and the shipping interests, and not
allow them to be sacrificed to what were falsely assumed
to be the interests of the agricultural aristocracy. He
united to a commercial education and minute knowledge
of the interests of the Tower Hamlets sufficient leisure to
otkend to the duties of a Member of Parliament. The
,rlection would, in all probability, come on about the 10th
pf wit wonth, and though he entertained no doubt what-
ever pf the c.ontest terminating in his successful return to
the Howe of Commons, yet he must warn his friends by
o means to relsix. The exertions of a few days would
secure them the repose that they deserved ; but his labours
would) in point of fact, commence from the time he should
bare the honour of being their representative. The
speech of Mr. Clay, of which we have merely given the
outline, was received with long and loud applause.

LIVERPOOL.
(From the Liverpool Albion.)
Mr. Thornely having complied with the requisition to
offer himself a candidate for the honour of representing his
native town in Parliament, the question, whether the Re-
formers or the pseudo conservatives preponderate in this
great community, will be (gelded in the course of the en-
suing month. It was under the conviction that the deci-
sion, whenever it should take place, must be in favour of
liberal principles, that we have, on more than one occa•
sion, urged the Reformers to " place their all upon the
hazard of the die." Our advice has been followed. Two
or_ none ! is now their electioneering motto, as it is ours.
Mr. Ewart and Mr. Thornely are both in the field, and
their respective friends are exerting themselves to make
their election sure. Of the return of Mr. Ewart we never
had a doubt ; if, in a moment of despondency, we had

ever entertained a doubt of his success, the results of the
canvass of the last few days would have removed all our
fears. The canvass has been most triumphant. With
respect to Mr. Thornely's chance of success we did not,
we candidly confess, entertain any very sanguine hopes at
first. But the number and the respectability of the signa-
tures to the requisition presented to him—the decline of
the prejudices which were so artfully and so disgracefully,
yet so successfully, roused against him last year—
the spirit and the union which the Reformers have
exhibited within the last week—and, above all,
the present unpopularity of Lord Sandon, who twelve
months' ago was " the observed of all observers,"—
these circumstances Lave not only dissipated our fears, but
I inspired us with the most sanguine hopes of the ultimate
triumph of the popular cause. Mr. Thornely's friends,
both personal and political, must, however, notwithstand-
ing the promising aspect of the electioneering horizon, use
every exertion to insure success. Victory invariably fa-
vours those who woo her the most devotedly. The sup-
porters of the good cause must, therefore, be " up and
doing." If even a candidate better qualified than Mr.
Thornely should make his appearance on the stage, his
advent would now be too late to permit us to entertain the
slightest hope of success. Mr. Thornely would, were
even a third liberal candidate to make his appearanse, re-
ceive a large number of votes; a number which, if it did
not secure his own return, would, if the pseudo-conserva-
tives tried two men, endanger the return of both the other
reform candidates. Under these circumstances, the friends
of Mr. Evart and the friends of Mr. Thornely must ex-
ert themselves to render certain the triumph of both.
Every step taken by Mr. Thornely's party to promote his
election must, at the same time, promote the return of
Mr. Ewart, while nine out of every ten taken by Mr.
Ewart's party must promote the election of Mr. Theraely.
Their cause is the same, and union is strength.