The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-02 00:00:00

LAMBETH ELECTION.

Yesterday evening, a meeting of the Walworth electors
was hrld at the Montpelier Tavern. The well-known
great room of the Tavern was completely filled.
SAMUEL PALMER, Esq. took the chair, and said this
was one of a series of meetings held for the purpose of
making Mr. Tennyson better known to the electors of
Lambeth, and be was confident that the more that Right
Hon. Gentleman was known, the more they would ap-
prove of him for their representative in Parliament.--
(Hear, hear.) At all the other meetings that had been
held, resolutions were unanimously agreed to, by which
they pledged themselves for the return of Mr. Tennyson, as
would prove at once their sense of the importance of the
elective franchise, and of the high merits of their represen-
tative, and to return him, as all virtuous candidates ought
to be returned by virtuous electors, free of expense.
Mr. Tennyson's long parliamentary career proved how
worthy he was of their confidence. He had always
proved himself the zealous and able supporter of civil and
religions liberty ; and on the question of prohibiting land-
owners from setting spring-guns to protect their g tme, by
the destruction, it might be, of innocent people, Mr. Ten-
nyson made one of the most manly and able speeches he
had ever read.—(Hear, hear.) He and Mr. Tennyson'',
Committee did not ask their support for a wolf in sheep%
clothing, but for a man of a long consistent life, who had
always proved himself the friend of liberty. Mr. Tenny-
son's objects were--cheap Government, and the greatest
happiness of the greatest number. With respect to the
profligate expenditure of the country he (the Chairman)
had hopes that when the present men got into power, oo
the very principle of opposition to that profligate expendi-
ture, that they would have redeemed their pledges ; but
they had not done so.—(Hear, hear.) It then became
the duty of the electors to send in men who, without re-
gard to Whig or Tory, would do their duty faithfully and
fearlessly, and such a man they had in Mr. Tennyson.—
( A pplause. )
Mr HATTON said Mr. Calvert had stated that the
Marquis of Salisbury's house at Hatfield was assessed at
1001. a year, and he had a house near it not one-eighth of
the size that was assessed at 1501. a year.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Coke's house at Holkham also was assessed at 1001. a
year; the case was the same with Whigs and Tories, while
a tradesman's house was often assessed at 1501. or even
2001. a year.—( Hear, hear.) Noblemen liked taxes that
bore on the people, and enabled them to give all them,
estates to their eldest sons, and quarter their youngest sons
on the taxes, and when they married their daughters to
parsons, if they could not make them Bishops they mutt
at least get half a dozen livings and do nothing.—(Hear,
hear.) Mr. Tennyson bad made a grand stand against
the Marquis of Salisbury, and that and his whole parlia•
mentary conduct should recommend him to the people
(Hear.) There were two hundred electors in that parish
who would not support any candidate who would not vote
for the repeal of the window and house tax. He wished
to know whether Mr. Tennyson would do so ?—(Hear )
Mr. ARPTHORPE thought it would be unwise in a
public body to pledge their representative to the repeal of
a particular tax.--(Hear.) In the great struggle for Re-
form they obtained their signal triumph by sinking all
minor differences.—(Hear, hear.) He knew Mr. Ten
nyson was a friend to the Church of England : for himself
be was no friend to the Church of England, and thought
America had done right to get rid of all state religion.—
(L•ong continued applause.) If the Right Hon. Gentle-
man wished to have Bishops, Deans, Prebends, and other
church dignitaries, he had no objection, only let those who
wanted them pay for them.—(lmmense applause.) Still
the Established Church had been so long a part of the law
of the land, that he thought it would be difficult to ask
for a pledge even on that point. Mr. Tennyson had shown
himself an able and consistent Reformer, and therefore
worthy of the confidence of the people.—(Hear, hear.)
He moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting do
concur in the resolutions passed by the other districts of
the borough of Lambeth, to support the election of the
Right Hon. Charles Tennyson as one of their representa-
tives in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STEVENS, in seconding the resolution, said it would
be a shocking thing to give the maiden borough of Lam
beth to two old Tories.—(Applause and laughter). Mr.
Tennyson's conduct proved him worthy of their confidence.

Lucirrtios wished to ask Mr. Tennyson whe-
ther be would vote for Triennial Parliaments, for vote
by ballot, for the separation of the Church from the
State—(great applause)—for the expulsion of the Bishops
from the House of Lords—(long.continued cheering)—for
the repeal of the corn laws, and for the abolition of all
corporation monopolies—(Hear, hear)—for the repeal of
all taxes and restrictions on the press—(great cheering)—
that truth should not be a libel—and for a bill to enable
the people to elect their own magistrates—(Hear, hear,
hear)—and lie wished to know Mr. Tennyson's opinion
on the currency question—(a great laugh)---and what re-
lief he intended for Ireland.—(Great applause.)
Mr. WILLEY approved of the questions. He had no
hesitation in saying, that Mr. Tennyson must be their re-
presentative, because be was the most honest candidate.—
(Hear, hear).
Mr. TENNYSON was most anxious to make himself per-
fectly understood on all the questions asked him.—( Hear,
hear.) Of all the meetings of electors which he had at-
tended the present was most satisfactory to his feelings,
because they proved that they were fully aware of the im-
portance of the trust they had to confide, and determined
to call upon the candidate for their confidence fully to de-
clare his opinions.—(Hear, hear.) He had not flinched
from any questions ; but some of these now proposed did
not admit of a positive answer, because the answer mu.t
depend on other considerations. They would return him
to deliberate on the public weal—he spoke to them as his
future constituents, which he felt satisfied they would be—
(Great applause)—and he would tell them that constitu-
tionally he was bound not to give positive pledges. He
would state an instance. He had made up his mind, as
clearly as it was possible to do on any subject, in fa-
vour of the scot and lot franchise, but still he gave
no pledge. Suppose he had been asked at Stam-
ford to give such a pledge, and had given it ; he must
in that case have opposed the 101. franchise, of which he
certainly disapproved, though he took it as the best be could
get; and opposing that franchise would, in effect, be op-
posing the Reform Bill, which he strenuously supported,
though it disfranchised three rotten boroughs connecter:
with his family.—(Hear, hear, hear.) But though he
thought pledges unconstitutional, he would answer every
question, and declare his opinion upon every point.—
(Hear, hear.) The first question was, whether he would
vote for triennial Parliaments? He had repeatedly stat,tl
that he thought the duration of Parliaments too long, and
would vote to shorten it.—(Hear.) He thought that
three years was probably the best term, but if be could
not get a shorter period than four years, he would not re-
ject it.—(Hear, hear.) It was well known to the elec-
tors that he was decidedly in favour of the vote by ballet ;
he founded his opinion on his knowledge of the manner of
canvassing in the country, where the tyrannical landlord
was gaining an advantage over him that was mild and
good.—(Hear, hear.) He was asked whether he would
vote for the separation of the Church from the State. A
publication of his had excited the vengeance of the
Church against him ; for although a churchman, there
was no man snore disgusted with the present state of the
church, or more anxious to see its abuses corrected. Large
incomes were given to those who do no duty, while those
by whom the duty is performed, aro lett to starve.—
( Hear, hear.) In Ireland the state of the church was still
worse.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There the people were com-
pelled by law to pay the clergy of another church; these
were evils that demanded correction, and the people would
have them corrected.—(Applause.) If the public opi-
nion declared the Established Church does not administer
to the spiritual wants of the people, it could sot stand ;
but he hoped that the vigorous measure.* of a Reformed
Parliament might effect its porikation, if not its aboli-
tion was certain.—(treat applause.) With respect to
the expulsion of the Bishops from the House of Lords,
that was a measure of great State importance, not to be
decided without great deliberation; but he was of opinion
that the Bishops lay under great temptations to be cor-
rupt ; but hoped it might be ppesible ao far to remove
those temptations as to render their continuance in the
House of Lords more tolerable. The public opinion,
he knew, was against it, and in that opinion, to a
certain degree, he participated.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
With respect to the Corn Laws he was satisfied they do
' not produce the result expected from them ; and he
was disposed to repeal all the existing laws ; but
he was still of opinion that in the present state of this
country, corn must be considered one of its manufacture.,
and while the, other manufactures were protected, that corn
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All the liberty this country possessed was an emanation
from the liberty of the press, and every restriction on the
press was an attack on the liberty of the people.—(Long
continued applause.) Whether truth should in any case
be considered a libel, was a point on which he had ar-
rived at his conclusion with great difficulty ; but he
thought it should not.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The next
q.uestion respecting the election of magistrates by the
people. As far as corporations were concerned be had
repeatedly given his opinion that they required reforma-
tion. In ancient times the people elected the weathers of

the corporation, and they had confilienee in them ; but
now the corporator. elect themselves, and have become the
base instruments of a patron, the corrupt tools of his op-
pression.—(Great applause.) These were his opinions on
corporatioas ; but he hoped he should not be asked to de-
clare an opinion respecting the whole magistracy of the
country ; but that he would lie alluwed to go to Parlia-
ment and hear the opinions of men wiser than himself,
and then act conscientiously according to the best of his
judgment.—(Hear. hear.) If they could not trust hint
they should not elect him. If they wanted a candidate
prepared to give positive opinions on all point!, they
might take a candle and lanthorn and look for a represen-
tative from one end of the kingdom to the other.—(Hear,
hear.) His life had been spent in support of civil and
religious liberty, and if he should ever deviate they knew
their remedy. If it should be made satisfactory to his
mind, that he was no longer acceptable to them, he felt
that it was impossible that he should retain the proud
elevation of their representative.—(Great applause.)—
On the subject of the currency be was certain if it were
put to the vote whether he should enter on it, ❑ine hands
out of ten would be held up against it.—(Hear, hear.)
He should now only say that a monstrous evil had been
inflicted by what had been done.—(Hear, hear.) With
respect to Ireland, the whole course of the Government of
that country must be changed before it could be satisfied.
—(Hear, hear.) Ireland had ever been oppressed, lie
hoped the sun would shine on her, and no man would lend
a hand for her deliverance more sincerely than himself...-.
(Hear, hear.) With respect to the repeal of the house
and window tax, a lone course of misgovernment had
brought on these oppressive taxes. In the window tax it
was not the necessaries of life that were attacked, but life
itself.—(Applause.) The house tax was most partial
and unjust, and he should certainly vote for the repeal of
both.—The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst the
loudest cheering.
Some persons at the bottom of the room called out to
know, would Mr. Tennyson pledge himself to vote for the
repeal of the Act for settling 100,000?. a-year on the
Queen in the event of her surviving the King?—.(Hear,
hear. )

The CHAIRMAN put the question on the resolution,
which was carried by an immense majority, there being a
few hands held up against it by those who had called for
repealing the settlement on the Queen.

The carrying the question was followed by long-con-
tinued cheering for Mr. Tennyson.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman by accla-
mation, after which the meeting was dissolved.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, OCT. I.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.—Arrived
the Mexican, Carew, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Jolla
Pink, Nixon, Ida, Burgess, and Sophia, Barclay, from.
Jamaica ; Mary, front Canada ; and Orontes, Baker, from
Bengal.

PORTsmount, OCT. I.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the
Julia, Grant, from Trieste; Borodino, Hobbs, from
Oporto, discharged out of Don Pedro's service. Sailed
the Marquis of Angleves, Morgan, and Ebenezer, Abbi-
nett, both for Oporto, with troops for Don Pedro.
FALMOUTH, SECT. 30.—Wind S. W. to W. S. W.,
strong breezes and squally.--Arrived the Sophia Pate,
Meadows, from Smyrna; Experiment, allot, from Gibral-
tar; Condor, Pyott, from Buenos Ayres; and Breehisi
Castle, Newlands, from Port-au-Prince. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Tyne, for Teneriffe and South America ; his
Majesty's ship Pantaloon, for Lisbon, with a mail ; and
Prince Regent transport, for Plymouth.
PENZANCE, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Robert Watt, VS-
?Art, from Rio Janeiro.

SCILLY, SEPT. SO.—Arrived the Cersdnn, 'Wigh.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Sir F. Burton.
Reid, from Bombay, sailed the Slat May; Ariel, Callow,
from Bahia; and Ivanhoe, M'Minn, from Charleston.
Off port the Forth, from Savannanella; and Manchester,
from Odessa.

COWES, Ocr. I.—Arrived the Sarah, Banks, and Vir-
ginia packet, Dicks, from Virginia.
COAX, Seer. 29.—Arrived the Matilda, Phillips, from
Leghorn.

bUNDKZ, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Dorothy, Davidson,
from Davis's Straits, with 320 tuns ; and Industry,
Chapman, from Quebec.

SraomwEss, Steer. SO.—Arrived the Phenix, from
Davisis Straits, full.

LEITH, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Mould, Morrison, and
Medway, Stark, from Archangel.
HULL, SEPT. So.—Arrived the Nile, Raxfield, and.
Variation, Patterson, from St. Petersburg h.
YARIIOUTII ROADS, OCT. 1.-Arrived the Douglas,
Rear, and William Read, Jortlivon, from Archangel.
LYNN, SEPT. SO.—Arrived the Felicity, Harndell,
from Archangel.

ALDBOROUQH, SEPT. SO.—Arrived off port the Donne
Castle, Chapman, from Memel.
MARGATE, OCT. I .-Arrived off port the Confidence,
Wilson, from Palermo.

Arrived at St. Peteraburgh the Charles William, Trot-
ter, and Corsenside, Pearson, from London ; Active,
Bowie, from Newcastle; and Newton, flathway, rum
Havannab.