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London, England, 1835-01-07 00:00:00

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Mr, BENJAMIN JOHN ARMSTROQPap-
peared before them a few months:sincerAiCafre:nomina-
tion of the candidate he was then about to proPdie, he had
told them that if that Hon. Candidate were sent to. Parlia-
ment he would realise every expectationNthat:an upright and
free constituency ought to demand.—(Cheers.) Ife was
emboldened to make that prediction in consequence .of the
way in which that Hon. Gentleman had fought the-battles of
the people for three Sessions, and by the contest 'which he
maintained at Hertford—(Loud cheers)---a contest against
Tory misrule, Tory gold, and‘Tory Administration.—(Loud
cheers.) Regardless of personal sacrifice, that Hon. Gentle-
man had thrown himself into the fight to redeern this
borough from the disgrace of returning a Tory,' he had fought
monfully, and they had received and hailed him as the victor,
and had twined the laurel wreath around his broW.—(Loud
cheers.) They did their duty then, and he had no doubt but
that they would now return him triumphantly at the head of
the poll—(Cheers)—and they would give the same suffrages
they had done on the last occasion to his hon. friend Thomas
Slingsby Duncombe.—(Loud cheers.) He challengeka re-
trospection of his (Mr. Duncombe's) past conduct in every
vote which he had given, and they would find. his votes,
from the beginning toi the .end, in favour of the :liber-
ties of the people for the enlargement of the popular
fraesthise, and for ensuring to the people their natural rights--
( Tremendons cheering.) He had other claims to their sup.
port and approbation. Since they had returned him, for this
Borough, be had been invariably the advocate of every local
interest and question which bad been submitted to him. He
had never been absent upon any division in which the interests
of the people were concerned, but had been always at his
post—( Loud cheers)—and his armour was now buckled on,
ready .o fight again and again. But there were other claims
to their support—the Borough of Finsbury was indebted to
him for the munificent support he had given to all the charitable
institutions of the Borough—Hear, hear.) If they wanted_a
• worthy an honest representative, they must elect such ,a'man
as the candidate he proposed. But then one thing more, he
wished them to recollect they must send in another man with
him who would vote as he did, and not by counter votes neu-
tralize his efforts, and render the Borough of Finsbury as if
the Reform Bill had never passed. He was awore that great
efforts had been made to keep his honourable feiend out of
the Borough by everymecies ofjTory misgovernment,
intimi-
dation, slander, and malice ; but the electoriwere too wise to
be led astray by such means. The constituency of Finsbury
hid investigated the charges made against his honourable
friend, and had found
._them groundless and '
and that they ought never to be brought
forward at the present moment. He was sure he might leave
the interests of his Hon. Friend in their hands, and he, would
therefore content himself with proposing as a candidateto re-
present them in the ensuing Parliament, Thomas Sligsby
Duncon-.be—(Tremendous cheering.)
Mr. HEWITT, Esq. came forward amidst loud cheers, and
said he was greatly delighted at the opportunity of'recoie-
mending to their notice the candidate whose name had just
been mentioned—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) When he stood
in that place to nominate . him at the last electioln, he
would only refer to his conduct when he represented a
borough, very dissimilar to that of Finsbury. But his con-
duct, as represented of him at Hertford, was sufficient,to in-
duce them to return him for Finsbury, and if these reasons
were then sufficient, they were doubly bound to return him at
the head of the poll now.—(Tremendous cheering.) Thee
ought to endeavour to distinguish between real and pretended
Reformers.—(Loud cheers ; and " Takc that, Hobhouse.")
He would not, however, have alluded to the subject, if tho
gentleman who seconded the Hon. Candidate (Spankie) had
not alluded to it. That gentleman had made a profes-
sion of Radical Reform, which bad been acceded to
by his gesture, and a bow from the Hon. Candidate.—(Loud
cheers.) The Hon. Candidate had given a silent assent to
the opinion of his seconder, which was sufficient to convince)
him (Mr. H.) that their cause was hopeless, since they were
obliged to come there in the disguise of reformers. At the
election two years ago, one thing had operated on his mind.
and had caused him to give a vote, and which he ever since
regretted. He had received the Hon. Candidate's (Spankie)
printed opinion upon the three objects they had then in view.
the shortening of the duration of Parliament, vote by
ballot, and the extension of the suffrage. These had been so
ably advocated by the Hon. Candidate, as to induce him to

give the vote to which he had alluded. Some friends of his
thought proper to dispute the propriety of his vote ; and
consequence of this he wrote to Mr. Sergeant Spankie for an
acknowledgment of the pamphlet. He received a letter from
the Hon. Gentleman, accompanying the pamphlet, and stating
that there was nothing in the pamphlet which an honest man
should disavow. But those opinions -and those sentiments
had been falsified by his conduct since he was in Parliament.
--(Loud cheers.) They now required something more than
professional assurance, or, perhaps, what some people might
call the impudence of the Learned Serjeant. The electors
would not be satisfied with his word—they would look back
to his actions; What did the honourable candidate call those!

electors who b,ad not to express their opinions relative to the
abuse of the Crown. He said they were a discontented rabble.
Would the electors submit to this ? They had been called
upon to sign a declaration cf exclusive loyalty, as had
been done in the ci;"v. He was as loyal as any man,
but he would not sig:n that declaration:—(hear, hear)_...
for it was jesuitically itized up with matters with which
it had no concern. It was intended to serve a purpose, but it
was impossible that either the Sing or the Duke_conli be de-
ceived by it, or if they were they- would be undeceived now by
the glorious conduct of the electors of London. Let the
electors of Finsbury act as the citizen' of London had done
and he did not care whom they returned, provided they did not
return THAT man (pointing to Sergeant Spankie), he con-
cluded by seconding the nomination o Mr. Duncombe.
%lr. GEORGE ROGERS then came forward L'o propose Mr.
Wakley amid great cheering. The electors wzn-e assembled
there for the purpose of performing a most important duty, the
most important that could be performed by the free citizens of
a free country. It happened most singularly that the time
the electors were called upon to perform the most important
were probably one of the most critical that had ever occurred
in this country since the Revolution of l6BB.—(Great cheer-
ing.) Upon the conduct of the electors of Great Britain
during the present crisis depended probably the fate of the
country for many years.—(Loud cheering.) If the Alec.
tors performed their duty with integrity and deci-
sion, that domination which the popular cause had
had so long to struggle with, would be at once put down.—
( Great cheering)—and the rights of industry, liberty, and the
cause of the people generally, would be respected, and made
prominent, instead of the Government being carried on for
the corrupt purposes of the governing few-.—( Great cheer-.
ing.) He had said that it depended upon the electors who
should or who should not be returned to Parliament for the

borough. On the conduct of the electors depended theirs own
good. Formerly the Tory domination was violent ; they
called the people despots, and everything that was bad, ,The
method of attack was now changed ; the Tories had now taken
another mode altogether ; they came to .the people now
like wolves in sheep's clothing, for after being Tories for a
number of years, they came forward now and told the people
that they were Reformars.—( Cheers and hisses.) Every
body was a Reformer now, from the Duke of Welling-
ton and Sir R. Peel down to one of the candidates -who

appeared at the hustings that day for their suffrages.-.
(Cheers.) The Tories had now, as they said, all beeoma
Reformers, but lit trusted the people would not believe them ' -
if they did, they might depend on it they would be deceived,
unless they took especial care to detect them. He trusted
the electors would closely question every candidate and weigh
heir answers, and after they had made up their mind who they
wo,•ild vote for to wait for nothing, but come up to the poll,
and give their votes according to teir conscience.—( Cheers. )
lie hack' twice had the honour of proposing a gentleman to the
electors 0; the berough, whom he believed to be calculated to

do & grco.test good for his country.--( Cheers. )
conclusion in a Second Edition.

LAAIBETH.

The nomination of the e.J.ndidates for this borough wast,zed
tlock. The hustings were emitted
for this morning at eleven o'c
on Kennington-common, whici: was all alive with election
bustle at an early hour. Mr, lawes, accompanied by his
Committee, arrived about eleven 'clock, and was received
with loud cheering by one of the 1,-,ost respectable body
of electors we ever beheld at a nomination. He was fol-
lowed in a very short time by Mr. Te.nnyson, who was
likewise received with immense cheers. Th.lre were a num-
ber of flags belonging to the different candidate:.' on the Liberal
side—the Tory contented himself with sending- a number of
individuals bearing boards, upon which was writtcm, " FARE.'
BROTHER, THE FRIEND OF THE POOR." There wa_l a rumour
generally prevalent that tho worthy Alderman has' retired ;
and it was believed at the Committee-rooms of the othesv can.
clOates that such was actually the case.
Mr. HOPE, the returning officer, shortly after eleven, pro.
seeded to business, after having taken the customary oaths,
entreated silence for all parties while the nomination . was
going forward.
The precept and the Bribery Act having been read, !Vim
PALMER came ferward to pr-pose Mr. Tennyson, and was re.
ceived with immense cheering, and loud cries of " Keep on
your hat." He congratulated the electors of Lambeth on
their being called together to exercise one of the most valua.
ble constitutional privileges which an Englishman possesses.
The last time he had met them on such an occasion, he hal
congratulated them upon being admitted within the pale of
the Constitution—upon that occasion they had most nobly
done their duty by returning two men of Liberal principles as
their representatives in Parliament. He had a great and sin-
cere pleasnre in calling their attention to the victory which
had been so nobly won for their cause in Southwark, and he
most heartily congratulated them upon the noble manner iii
which the citizens of London were now doing their duty.—.
Hear, hear.) Let the example be followed up by them,
as he had no doubt it would be generally through.
out the country, and the voice of the people would be ae it
ought to be, most powerful in the House of Commons. From
the then state of the atmosphere, he would not detain them
longer than was absolutely necessary. (The fog was so dense
that those at the extremity of the meeting were not visible
from the hustings.) Ha begged the electors to consider
themselves at that time the trustees of a great and momentous
charge. There were thousands of their countrymen deprived of
the elective franchise ; and he trusted that the day was not far
distant when that privilege would be greatly extended. Bat
till that time they were called upon to look at 'their intereSts,
and act faithfully by them, by returning men to the House' of
Cemmons in whom they could trust. Unintended
pose his Right Hon. Friend, Mr. Tennyson. He would ask
any one present, whether that gentleman had not fulfilled
every promise he had made to his constituents when
Conclusion in a Second Edition.