The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-28 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

The nomination of citizens to represent the city and
liberty of Westminster took place this morning. The only
candidates were the late members, Sir De Lacy Evans and
Sir J. Shelley.
The hosting were erected, as usual, in St. Paul's, Covent-
garden, and the proceedings commenced at twelve o'clock.
The returning officer having opened the proceedings by
reading the writ,
Dr. BAINBRIDGE said he appeared again to nominate
their long-tried and faithful servant, Sir De L. Evans.
(Cheers.) He defied any person to say that he had ever
truckled to any Government ; on the contrary, it would
be found that he had always advocated in a fearless and
prompt manner the rights of the electors. General Evans
had represented them faithfully for 25 years, and he thought
it could not for one moment be suspected that he would
fail them on the question of reform.
Mr. ROBINSON said he had great pleasure in seconding
the nomination of General Evans, and he concurred in the
opinion just given by his proposer that he never had, and
he felt he never would, deceive the electors. There was
a very serious state of affairs abroad, and he trusted that the
two gentlemen whom they had just elected, would say in the
House of Commons that the people of Westminster were fer
peace and non-interference. (Cheers.) If the two great
Powers at present at,loggerheads were determined to fight
he hoped they would be allowed to do so, like the Kilkenny
-cats, and eat themselves up. (Laughter and loud cheers.)
Mr. JOSEPH GEORGE nominated Sir J. Shelley. He
said Sir John was a staunch and steady reformer, but he
did not think he would go as far as he (Mr. George)
did. He thought that every man unstained by crime was
entitled to a vote, and however much the movement
might be delayed he felt convinced that the
time would arrive when every man would have a voice in
the making of laws he was compelled to obey. (Loud
cheers.) He now had the honour for the third time of
proposing Sir John Villiers Shelley as a fit and proper per-
son to represent Westminster in Parliament ; and was as
firm as ever in the opinion that he, with the gallant
General, - was well calculated to help on the progress of
reform, and well worthy to maintain the rights of the elec-
tors of Westminster. (Cheers.)
Mr. CLARKE said he had had great opportunities of
watching the acts, words, and deeds of Sir J. Shelley, and
he felt certain the electors of Westminster had every rea-
son' to be satisfied with both representatives, for in addition
to their many qualifications, they were both ardent sup-
porters of the Ballot, and both voted on the right side when-
ever the question was under discussion in the House of
Commons. (Cheers.) He had much pleasure in seconding
the nomination of Sir J. V. Shelley. (Loud cheers.):
Mr. TURNER having asked whether there was any other
candidate to be proposed, and no response being made,
declared Gen. De Lacy Evans and Sir J. V. Shelley duly
elected to represent Westminster in Parliament. (Loud
cheers.)
General EvANS, in returning thanks for his re •election,
said he was no stranger in that place, but he had never
appeared on the hustings with more satisfaction than he did
, on the present occasion, because he felt he still retained
the good opinion of the electors of Westminster. (Cheers.)
He could not deny one of the charges that had been laid
against him, that he was getting older—(hear, hear, and
theers)—but he felt, in comparison with what he did on
:the last occasionwhen he had the honoufof appearing before
them, at least 10 years youngerin constitution. (Cheers.) He
would just at that moment allude to a hallucination which
a public functionary appeared to labour under with-respect
to him. He seemed to want to hold an inquest on him as a
political defunct—(loud laughter)—but he felt certain he
(Sir De L. Evans) should survive that public functionary,
botb.politically and physically—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—
and on the next dissolution—(laughter and cheers)—he
would be found here asking for a renewal of the trust
that had that day been again confided -to his
care. (Loud cheers.) The present state of affairs
abroad was, he would not say alarming, but distressing,
and it was much to be regretted that Parliament had been
dismissed at such a moment. They all knew the last Par-
liament had been Etent about its business because it refused
to sanction what the Government thought fit to call a
Reform Bill. (Hear, hear.) But that measure, instead of
being what it represented, was an Act to disfranchise some
of the best boroughs in the country. He admitted the
difficulty under which the Government laboured in bring-
ing forward any such measure, because it was unconge-
nial to them, but if, on the re-assembling of Parliament,
gentlemen on the Treasury bench said they had been in
error, 'and were willing to retrace their steps, and also to
introduce a real measure of reform, he would readily give
them his support. The great body of the working classes
were now practically excluded from all participation in the
elective franchise— (hear, hear)-4-fihey were not treated
with that confidence which they ought to be—" hear,
hear," and cheers)—and he was sorry to see that, after they
had shown themselves worthy of reliance, they were not
treated with that strong confidence which they ought to be.
'He thought, on the score of safety, if not of propriety, a
greater portion of that body ought to partake of their just
rights, and he felt certain such a time would soon. arrive..
(Hear, hear.) He felt that the Conduct of. Government in
dissolving the Parliament was nothing less than a coup
d'etat. (Loud cheers.) Np throats had been cut, it
was true, - nor had anybody been sent to
Cayenne, but it was a coup d'etat for all that. (Hear, hear.)
He thought it was highly injudicious, that such observa-
tions as wei e made by the Prime Minister and another hon.
gentleman in the House of Commons on the last night,
of the session should have been mace ; and he
thought that the most ardent admirer of the Govern-
ment could not say with them that the conduct of Austria
had been, dignified and conciliatory. (Hear, hear.) The
gallant general then alluded in strong terms to the treaty
entered into between France and Russia, and insisted that
one of the first acts of the new Parliament should be to tell
the Goyernment that the people of this country were strongly
opposed to being drawn into a continental war. (Cheers.)
We had our sympathy for Sardinia and the down- trodden
liberties of Italy, but having that feeling it was not the
duty of Parliament to incur the risk and danger, and to put
the country to the enormous expense in carrying on a war
in which we were in no way concerned. (Loud cheers.)
He concluded by sincerely thanking the electors for the
honour they had done in re-electing him one of the repre-
sentatives of Westminster.

Sir J. SIIELLEY h.aving returned thanks, the proceedings
terminated.

MARYLEBONE.-STATE OF TIIE POLL.
TEN O'CLOCK.

James ..
Stanley

(322
..
608
.•
203

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

James
Stanley ..

1,616
1,608
536

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
„_ 2,214
James• 2,180
Stanley . . • • • • • 618
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
James .. • • • • •• , .3,213
Hall .. • . . • 3,017
Stanley .. 782
CLOSE OF THE POLL—FouR O'CLOCK.
James .. • •

Hall

Stanley... . .

4;698

1;083

(BY ELECTRIC TEX.EGRAIIi.)
ABERDEEN.
'Colonel Sykes has been returned.

' KENDAL.
Mr. G. C. Glyn, has been re-elected.

PERTH.
Nr, Kinnaird has been returned,

INCENDIARI SHELLS FOR WARFARE.