The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

GREENWICH.
Last evening a numerously-attended meeting of
electors was held at the Queen's Arms Tavern,
Douglas-street, Deptford, to take into consideration
the announcement of General Codrington of his in-
tended resignation of his seat as a member for the
borough of Greenwich.
The chair was occupied by Mr. T. SOLE, who ex-
plained the objects of the meeting, and expressed
an opinion that no time should be lost in securing
a candidate of advanced Liberal opinions. He then
alluded to the past services of Mr. M. Chambers,
and warmly advocated the propriety of requesting
that gentleman to enter the field as a candidate.
Mr. WEEKS proposed a resolution approving of
the former services of Mr. Chambers as a member
for the borough.
Mr. O'DWYER, in seconding, alluded to the
fact, that although Mr. Chambers had been
rejected at the last election, he had not lost
sigfit of the local interests of the borough, as
a proof of which he was one of the first pro-
moters of the contemplated new docks at East
Greenwich, which, if carried out, would vastly add
to the trading prosperity of the district.
After various addresses, on the motion of Mr.
COOPER, seconded by Mr. WILSON, a committee
was appointed to prepare a requisition to Mr.
Chambers, and the meeting was adjourned until
Friday evening next.

MEETING OF THE SUPPORTERS OF MR. ALDER•

MAN SALOMONS.
Last evening a densely-crowded pablic meeting
of electors was held at the Lecture-hall, Royal-hill,
Grtenwich, to hear an address from Mr. Alderman
Salomons, explanatory of his political views as a
candidate for the representation of the borough.
The chair was occupied by Dr. PRIOR PURVIS,
who briefly alluded to the objects of the meeting,
and strongly urged upon the electors the "witty and
justice of returning Alderman Salomons, now that
-he was enabled to occupy a seat in the House of
Commons by the abolition of Jewish disabilities.
Alderman SALOMONS was received with repeated
applause. He observed that he had at once. to
communicate to the meeting that the time for im-
mediate action had arrived. Notwithstanding
various legal opinions that the Chiltern Hundreds
would not be granted to Mr. Townsend, and that
an election could not consequently take place until
April next, it was a fact that Mr: Townsend had
accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds,
and a new writ for Greenwich had been issued on
that afternoon. and was now in the hands of the
returning officer. (This announcement evidently,
surprised the meeting, and was received with re-
peated cheers.) Alderman Salomons then proceeded
to recapitulate his political principles as an advo-
cate of a large extension of the suffrage, the vote
by ballot, a more equal apportionment of members
to electors, and other measures of reform. He
could appeal with the utmost confidence to
his antecedents —as a magistrate of the
county
.of Kent for twenty-two years—and to his
connection with the- Corporation of London since
1835. He had received the thanks of a large body
of the merchants and other citizens for his conduct
during the period that he occupied the civic chair,
and as he was largely interested in :trade and
commerce he felt a laudable wish to enter the House
of Commons as the representative of the borough
.of Greenwich, situated as it was on the banks of
the Thames, and populated with those whose in-
terests were bound up with commercial and trading
prosperity. -Whilst upon this subject he would
refer to a question which had been put to him re-
specting the coal-tax. This was a tax upon trade,
and he was prepared to support its diminution, as
he considered that the city of London ought not to
levy a heavy tax upon all coals within 20 miles of
the metropolis. Another important local question
was the conservancy of the river Thames. He be-
lieved that during the present session of Parlia-
ment a bill would be introduced to amend the
existing law on this subject, and they might rely
on him, as their representative, to see that in any
such amendment the interests of the inhabitants of
Greenwich was not lost sight of. (Cheers.) After
referring to the justice of rating 'the Government
establishments in the borough, Alderman Salomons
advocated the policy of keeping up a large and
efficient navy—which was a power of which Eng-
land had ever been justly proud. He would not
iaterfere without urgent cause with the affairs of
other nations, but would have this country at all
times prepared for any emergency. In conclusion,
he would only appeal to his friends to commence
work in earnest. Words would not do—committees
would not alone do. There must be heart-work ;
they must feel the importance of the contest ; and
as only a brief period of five days would intervene
before the election, ho entreated them to work like
Trojans, and the victory would be gained. (Loud
cries of "We will," and "All right, Alderman.")
He could tell them that he was as plucky as ever,
and fully prepared for the combat. (Cheers.) He
should now be happy to reply to any questions that
might be put to him.
FYFE—How long has Alderman Salomons been
an advocate of the ballot ?
Alderman SALOMONS—Ever since I was a candi-
date on this occasion. I do not see why a man can-
not change a former opinion, and I shall be found
a warm supporter of the ballot. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. FYFE—I will ask Alderman Salomons if he
did not promise, when formerly elected, that he
would resign his seat if he could not retain it ?
Alderman SALOMONS—I did, and I kept the pro-
mise. I convened meetings at Greenwich, Woolwich
and Deptford, and put the question whether I
should resign my seat, and the answer was unani-
mously no. (Cheers.)
In reply to other quesions,

Alderman SALOMONS stated that he highly ap
proved, as a whole, of Mr. Bright's Reform Bill,
and considered that the rating qualification for the
franchise was a reasonable one. He would not vote
for the Maine Liquor Law.
On the motion of Mr. Bass, seconded by Mr. IV.
Jones, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted :—" That the declaration of his political
opinions by Mr. Alderman Salomons, viewed in
conjunction with his experience in commerce and
public business, and his estimable public and pri-
vate character, entitles him to the support of the
electors of Greenwich." _

A resolution pledging the meeting to vote for
Alderman Salomons was then adopted, and the
meeting separated.

BANBURY.
BANBURY,
Tuesday.—The nomination of candi-
dates for the representation of the borough of Ban-
bury, in the room of NI-. Tancred, who has re-
signed, took place this day. Contrary to general
expectation, last night Mr. Sergeant Pigott issued
a placard announcing
hs intention to retire from
the contest, which reduced the number of candidates
to three, viz., Mr. Samuelson, the well-known
agricultural implement maker; Mr. E. Miall, and
Mr. J. Hardy.
Last evening a meeting of Mr. Miall's supporters
took place in the Town Hall, which was densely. filled, but the proceedings were e
uprori-
ous character, Mr. Miall being f the most
unable to obtain a
hearing. The other candidates also held meetings
which were numerously attended. At nine o'clock
this morning the respective candidates, accompanied
by their leading supporters, went in procession to
the hustings, in front of which about 2,000 people
were collected. The mayor (Mr. IL Edmunds, jun.)
presided.
The usual preliminaries having been gone
through,
Mr. CUBITT (plush manufacturer) nominated and
Mr. H. AUSTIN (grocer) seconded Mr. Edward
Miall.
Mr. A. BRYDEN, Esq., (solicitor), proposed and.
Mr. R. KIRBY (grocer) seconded Mr. John Hardy,
of Dunstall Hall, Burton-upon-Trent.
Mr. H. STONE (bookseller) proposed and Mr. E.
WALL (ropemaker) seconded Mr. Bernhard Samuel-
son.
No other candidate being proposed,
• Mr. MIALL came forward to address the assembly,
and was received with mingled cheers and groans,
the latter predominating. He proceeded to re-
mark, amid the greatest confusion and uproar, that
there were a great many things connected with a
nomination day which were altogether unreal in
their character. The several candidates had been
listening to a great deal of praise from their pro-
to_se:fi and seconders, to much of which they could
hardly give their assent. The electors then as-
sembledholdup theirere called upon by the constitution to
dates;hands in favour of particular candi-
bet whateverhav might be their decision that
day would
totally differenet to be decided on the morrow by a
joice if thoseHe should earnestly re-
in some respects were done
away with. anon,rrheEie t and confusion which had
prevailed at the cotommaluiezement of Mr. Miall's ad-
dress increased
and concluded
it obliged to desist, that he was
it was not their intention to listen stating that, as
to him, he would
take his leave of them until to
p rrollw Would show
when he
doubted not that the result of the le
who was regarded as the most o ° p
candidate for Banbury. Per and efficient
Mr. JOHN HARDY was warmly received,
and
met with a patient hearing. He said he came fo
ward at the request of some influential gentlemen-
and in the absence of some one professing the ear„;
Principles, more immediately connected with the
town and neighbourhood. He came forward on
the most independent principles, and he could truly
gay that he had not put his principles in pawn nor
pledged his conscience. (Cheers.) If he went to

Parliament, he would go as a free man to represent
free men, and he would give his best consideration
and support to all good measures. He hoped the
electors of Banbury would follow the (.Sample set
them by the House of Commons, where the lovers
of order and safe government were content to sink
their differences and give their support to a Minis-
try from which they were likely to get good mea-
sures. He professed to be a Conservative, but his
Conservatism was leavened by a Liberalism which
made it wholesome and useful. It was the salt
which prevented corruption. (Cheers.) It would
be madness to say that he was not in favour of pro-
gress and reform. He was for that gradual and
peaceful reform which had brought this country to
its present pitch of greatness. When he looked at
the attempts which had been made to alter the
constitutions of other countries, he rejoiced at the
blessings which Englishmen enjoyed. They ought
not to look at its blots and forget all its blessings.
(Cheers.) He did not
i wish to be sent to Parlia-
ment to represent one interest, but the interest of
all. He did not wish to see one class of the com-
munity predominate over any other, whether it was
aristocracy or democracy. He was connected both
with the landed and the commercial interest, and
wished to see them go hand-in-hand, for they were
the wedded interests of England, and one could not
flourish without the other, for they were bound up
one with the other. (Cheers.)
Mr. SAMUELSON, who was received with a volley
of groans and hisses, mingled with cheers, then at-
tempted to address the meeting, but so great was
the confusion that very little was heard, except by
those on the hustings. He said he was aware that
he was opposed by two gentlemen, one of whom
was an eminent public writer, and the other a gen-
tleman possessing large property and means—a
gentleman in every sense of the word, and a neigh-
bour ; but, notwithstanding these recommendations,
he (Mr. Samuelson) believed he had claims superior
to both. He presented himself before them as a
townsman, a s one who sympathised with the feel-
ings and objects of the working classes, and who
was determined to do all in his power to secure for
them that just share of political power to which
they were fully entitled, but of which they had
been unjustly deprived. (Cheers and groans.) He
came before them as an independent man, like Mr.
Hardy, and if they returned him to Parliament
they would find him so. He hoped, too, that in
electing him as their representative, it would have
the effect of contributing to the re-union of the
liberal party, which, by the intrusion of Mr. Miall
and his friends, had been so unwarrantably broken
into ; and Mr. Miall would have done well if he had
followed the example of Mr. Sergeant Pigott, and
withdrawn from the contest. If they did him the
honour of electing him as their representative, he
would do his best to obtain justice for the working
men on all occasions, and should consider himself
not the representative of the Liberals or the Tories,
but of the entire constituency of Banbury. The
disorder and confusion which prevailed, and the
disinclination to hear him, induced Mr. Samuelson
to bring his speech to an abrupt conclusion.
The MAYOR then took a show of hands, which
he pronounced to be in favour of Mr. Samuelson,
an announcement which was received with much
cheering.
A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr.
Hardy and Mr. Miall, which is fixed to take place
tomorrow (this day).
A vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor, and
the meeting dispersed.
Great excitement prevails in the town, and a close
contest is expected.