The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-28 00:00:00

iIIANCHESTER ELECTION.

BY EXPRESS.

''MANCHESTER (YESTERDAY), MONDAY.

NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES.
This day having been appointed by the Returning Officer
I:o4sritlienet, in
nomination of a Member to serve this borough in Par-
the room of the Right Hon. P. Thomson, who
bed accepted the office of the President of the Board of Trade.
,
all early hour the whole town was in commotion. The
tilaughreeve appointed nine o'clock for the commencement
pertly
611 sine as, but long before that period St. Anne-square was
ad with people, whose numbers continued gradually
,lai_incre.ase, and shortly after ten o'clock the square was peo-
I'ea with one dense mass. In the course of Saturday and
Sunday Placards were plentifully distributed about the town
olio e friends'of the two candidates, among which were the
dersing, which we have selected for the perusal of our rea-
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heythe bear more materially upon the election and qua-
cations the candidates :
411. BRAIDLEY'S RAT TRAPS AND PETERLOO

SUPPORTERS.
ELECTORS OF MANCHESTER! '
ittne Tory Ministry has had the " fair trial" which it demanded ;
417,1ekery and
hypocrisy have been exposed ; and the Reformed
li'araent has just decreed its overthrow.
whir' You are called upon to put your seal to the good cause for
l'eapie,YTl.have so long struggled, by the support of your own,. the
tboli, , Ministry. They who brought forward the Reform Bill—
e(laed Slavery-reduced Taxation Six Millions a year--abo-
-411% ati24l°Cid ten Bishoprics
Law Reform—abolished Church
Bishoprics in Ireland—planted Education in Ireland
r!opoliorporation Reform in Scotland—destroyed Commercial Mo-
lautteL'and• in place of the despotic principles of the Holy Al-
-144 'Pursued by the Tories in our foreign policy, substituted con-
kekr,e and union for distrust and hatred, by which Peace has been
Nirfleki,4' Commerce has been extended, and Constitutional Go-.
It' ,s have been established in Spain and Portugal.
tive k,:for You, now, to choose between Tory Misrule, and progres-
aep 4110. Of the political character of our late Right Hon.
lite% :eritative, Mr. THOMSON, you have already had expe-
Nee. Re has never flattered your prejudices to obtain your
14,.,--but let every dispassionate man judge of his Commercial
"*.ttres,
The REDUCTION of the DUTY on RAW COTTON;
loe ABOLITION of the DUTY on PRINTED SILKS
and CALICOES;
The REPEAL or REDUCTION of the DUTIES on
upward of 400 Articles used in Manufactures, by which
Industry has been relieved from the restraints of Mo-
,.topoly and vexatious regulations
kinallv : That great measure, the ABOLITION of the
Cazi EAST INDIA and CHINA MONOPOLIES.
ttard,„•l Parallel be found in our commercial history to the ex-
alt,f„-arZ effects which have resulted from these wise measures of
taltraH4e tr:B Ministry? Notwithstanding the Tory predictions of the
•,, which would follow from the partial adoption of the
e. p. 'Jade princi les advocated by our late Representative,
I'll'atiti,'„lSONP, could the most sanguine have anticipated the
:cress;" ~l'aieli have followed the abolition of Monopolies, the
7ata• te)°' employment, and consequent comfort of our industrious
Itlti-,,..,' Is it not, therefore, an act of folly, as well as of base
.', "Let,e, in those who have participated in these benefits, to
lie re-election of him to whose exertions they are mainly
Thudfor them ?
11441:ries' however, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas
sahoeup, ' of Pitt Club and Peterloo notoriety, forgetting
.their
oPyitag.ainst those who factiously opposed the King's choice of
tekk 'lusters, are endeavouring to deprive this great Trading
iketestellitY of the eminent services of the Minister of Trade, solely
kat," happens also to be the tried friend of freedom and good
' Fi'lt• They have found a willing instrument of this absurd
'IN: Mr. BRAIDLEY, an ignorant, uneducated bigot, hold-
°W
,'"Meant arid exploded opinions on questioni of Trade, occupying
71ii,'"Meant station in society, and recommended to them solely
Soi.zeal and activity in getting up Hole-and-corner Meetings. for
ile d, iVr, Catholic Emancipation ; for indecently ordering into
L•egrODY of a POLICE OFFICER, a CATHO-
Zti 11'1-8 S T, who dared to rebut calumnies uttered against his
l:
at one of these meetings • and for his opposition to Edu-
-1;,1 toto Ireland, and the wicked 'purpose of Reformers to give no
fl'atteh dlose Protestant Parsons in Ireland, who, having no
‘aeoli„" ov Protestant Congregations, have no occupation but
hfr 'eaing of Tithes.
Lit'llsa„,7„AlDLEY'S addresses are fine specimens of ignorance
~.".1111,.',"tY ; but evince no deficient} of Tory cunning. He says
Nle„,3"*" address, " I will not repeat at length the principles which
h."'tly tte my political conduct, because they have been so re-
-8,.148.0;',wed by me." Why, then, did he think it necessary to
X teaZitenyth that he would support the repeal of the Malt Tax,
''at '''‘a
.lof the Poor-Law Bill, and the " frequency" of Flog-
e Army ? Mr. Braidley may, for electioneering pur-
aloser,• r,,_eside at Methodist Missionary Meetings, and may thus
I;`4 (f;vun a few weak minds.; but does he think that this Ra.di-
,.../1)oo.i' whom these baits are intended) are so blind to his canting.
''''lesap'Y' as to be caught by rat-traps like these? No ; the ex-
kee- °f the Tories, who have assumed Radical clothing for the
I. of betraying 1.1:c.i. dupes, has opened their eyes. Mr.
el'ilatlD,a'nvis that had he been clios:m your Representative at
74 ~..lectio'n he would have supported the Tory Ministry.
tp-7 one then doubt, that, like another Sir Roger Uresley,
ti°'ll(l,log himself to vote for a repeal of the Malt Tax, he
7e, b.l a momentinspiration," to keep that Ministry in
Or. BRA
voted against it ?
"'"AIDLEIr may, for electioneering purposes, pander to
tait Nadiees
to what
... of the ignOr'ant by railing against the Poor-Law Bill ;
t a th; light to he said of him, who, for such purposes, resorts
allidlo'sraPresentation of its principles, which are not, as Mr.
IltPaal says, to take away the management and expenditure of
,ZYPa,,-r:!rom the Ley-Payers. Mr. Braidley's cant about Mill-
Nteet-'shments is not less disgusting ;—he wishes to establish a
klieg for humanity, by conveying the idea that he disapproves
it, tary Flogging 'Why, then, does he not say he will vote
heaoll.tbolition, instead of its being " considerably abated?" It
ttie,T_ l'reverb—" A Friar's hood does not make a holy man."
N. l'oe,-71.' Put not your trust in Tories. "As the dog returns to
jth -. 3'''' so do Tories return to their former ways. Notwithstand-
Zt4-dlateetion and exposure of the Spy System, they have corn-
t again. Is there anything but the power wanting, to re-
lli --' to the palmy days of their idol—Castlereagh?
No re-
The
of Tory Spies being planted in the Committee
418,0 the Reform Candidates for the last County Election,
led to increased vigilance, on Monday last a Spy was de-
'4• 41 Mr• Th ' Committee Room, in the person of a Sal-
iit taseetigYn;yi ; urusuu
althoughs disguised, was compelled, before
e elected, to who,pubish his own disgrace and infamy, by giving
A tale and Address.Zsaitlerable part of Mr. BRAIDLEY'S Address is artfully
N't for the admirers of the late HENRY HUNT. I too
V °tie I,
„ i• ord for them. Have they already forgotten the " reign
Agtitah terror ?" The minions, the supporters, the encouragers
Zaidi„„ereagh despotism ? Let them look at the supporters of Mr.
'eet 3' and whom do they recognise? If those who are about to
pia to the Victim of Peterloo be still determined to
ti ", persecutors ; then, in justice, let the same marble
Zik4eeords his fate, record also, that they who raised it to his
bitta' endeavoured by their votes to raise to honour and power
"pi
:eat Oppressors.
iteitexertllry Elector who loves Peace, Ecaonomy
triumphant, and
mßaefoo:ltmy:
tte
oeftuilluoutnistf at this crisis to secure, by
by h admission of his opponents-
44aiiht:he Most disv'tinugui!--eished and efficient members of the Reform
the eNohltation,
the Right Hon. C. POULETT THOMSON, is
keaZerit expectation of
, Shn,.," eater, April 23, 1835. AN HONEST MAN.
..lieZtY after nine o'clock Mr. Thomson and Mr. Braidley
lved-Lthe hustings ; the former on coming forward was re-
-1,l TTII tremendous cheering, but no notice whatever was
I;neti i°,l kr. Braidley. Among those on the hustings we no-
, 'olonel Pell Grosvenor, Dr. Bardsley, B. Heywood,
110,n' Ge„,orge Handfield, Esq., Colonel Shaw Kennedy, J.
4 V'sq., Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P., Mr. Brotherton,
kt;',„,'davard Baxter Esq., and J. T. Foster, Esq.
‘ttatia-'413 BUCKLEY:Esq., Boroughreeve, arrived on the
.Ikedetr at half-past nine o'clock, and immediately pro-
Llifeiv,_l° state that the electors had again met to return
(11 fZr for Parliament. After going through the neces-
trllttid.", he should then proceed to the nomination of the
j:t ti7tes ; and all that he requested from the Electors was,
'lt 0c.,,--eY 'would carry on the Election as they did on the
1441.1 1;114°n, when their conduct was so peaceable, quiet, and
'At " that persons passing through the town, did not know
144:,,.11 election was going forward. He was confident the
444, °°ed conduct would be followed on the present occa-
(„ QIIIIIIEI that the Electors would condemn no person unheard.
'44 etts.)
b, itad _ He saw many persons among the vast concourse
ire i,e_assembled, whose presence he was sure would en-
"nti 1t..4,e and tranquillity.—( Cheers.) The Precept, the
Itt/hro.." Bribery Act having been read, and the other neces-
it ,Ws gone through,
i.‘'lt ti..°RouonaEays again came forward, and requested
itlr.%;goruelseuentors wuolduldbegive all parties an impartial hearing.
proposed by Mr. Hayward, and
11,kidetlf,bY Mr.wGore g and Mr. Braidley would be proposed
et' ~,`Tardner and seconded by Mr. Haynes.
'4.r.""`l'wA ' amid great cheers, proposed the Right
l'ots°lllett Tillason as a fit and proper person to serve the
ti, h
, etor oft
tan in Parliament, and addressed the
i'24 b 8 as follows:—Gentlemen, it is not more than three
'llt L'rai, sine I had the pleasure from this place of proposing
-vt.taixorns:n as a fit and proper person to represent this
kt, th,°. in Parliament, and since you placed him triumphantly
"operad of the poll.—( Cheers.) I was not then without the
t.i''uilid'aat no long time would elapse before Mr. Thomson
LletiCgalli come before you to solicit a renewal of your con-
V t.,.-7( Cheers. ) I rejoice to say that the months agog
;11 No "'l'ed when the Administration which three months ago,
ittittopYlab'er last, was so abruptly dismissed, has happily been.
Llkjefiefbci ,to the country.—( Great cheering.) Gentlemen, his
N; 'I ',,i'i has beer! pleased to call Mr. Thomson to the high
,I:;:elYtillel34°trittlaelith him office
before held, with this additional dis-
R 1 -"' Which Mr. Thomg9n's talents and public services so
ea
seat in the Cabinet.—(Tremendous
41111,.aja') It is for you now Gentlemen, to give (Criesct w 1 ' 4,11,,(1 sFiction to Mr. Thomson's return.— of
NI Will. hope and expectations are, that
I'll Will d) My. earnest
owl
os 0 co in a manner not only to show Mr.
4,4 tha; the high estimation he is held in among you,
11-,W he-"a,,,wi1l show his Majesty's present Government
i,,1 'a t -"V this vast community welcomes their. re-
irti .4° Power—( Cheers, which lasted for some minutes)--
s'encle !Is Tanner that will show to the country that your con&
41 1-
di tilen who throughout their lives, through good and
tl/41' telP°rt, have been the steady and consistent friends and
‘lltl4;.es of reform, and not in men who are only the re-
ileeeBs4b of yesterday—( Great cheering)—reformers from
les I,„'-'-( Cheers)—reformers, the greater part of whose
v-`1: r er,-le,heen spent in resisting reform.—( Cheers.) I have
''etie -IltlY stated to the reasons that led me to the con-
At. an that Mr you
fleas to _ • Thomson stands without equal in his
;Ilhav them you, that I need not repeat the.m.—( Hear.)
law b e them On your own experience. Mr. 1 hompson 1105
a.ethit:elsn Your representative twice for more than two years, and
t‘ittrlteltuceilesitelrd.gued alonle byll his conduct and public services-.
upon you on this occasion to bear
~..(Nl,l Inindi,ga*nd to rememberca what he has done for you—
Zind -ti, and cries of " What has he done ?")--and bear also in
"hieli is at Mr. Thomson is now placed in circumstances in
theran-e will have the power of acting more effectually in fur.-
ee of those measures of reform so important to the best