The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

ALEXANDE g DUMAS ON THE HUSTINGS

AT SOUTHWARK.

M. Dumas is writing in the Paris Presse a account
of our-Engii3ll elections—rather amusing, from the style
of pimpous penny-a-lining in which he describes every..
thiug. He was astonished at the silence and order of
the crowd before Guildhall. "That is on account of
their, new law of bribery," says he, "for it is not even
any knger allowed to make the electors drunk." They
-now must be worked uport exclusively, by eloquence,
which, be says, is not a much less laborious process. As
the City election did not provide him with enough of
extraordinary incident, he went afterwards to the South-
wark hustings, where he saw the several candidates,
whom be describes as he would the characters of a
novel

Already from a distance we heard something like the
roiling of thunder, which became the more majestic the
more we advanced.

Indeed, through the windows of our carriage we saw
the street filled with some three or four thousand per-
sons.

These persons it was, these artisans, these gentlemen,
as they were called by the candidates, who produced
the not-e, shouting with all the power of their lungs.
We were obliged to stop at some distance from
hustings, a large construction of timber. We the-

stopped and alighted, and, our hands in our po,'
as some figures among this honourable -socievz
114 with but little -confidence—we penetrate;
the entrance.
iner passed I , 1

Cie,like.
Dr. Cha!lice, member of the committee of 1V ,e_ T.-
came to 117:, and very courteously took me by th > ;";
and loudly calling out my name, he led me to c...e re-
served part, where he presented me to the three cal.
dates, who, in the midst of their occupations, still founu
time to shake hands with me, and to pay me their cam-
rn en ts.
The Admiral Napier added that he paid me his com-
pliments with all the more pleasure as I had been his
companion on some of his expeditions.
Which was all the more'kind on his part, as I had no
vote to give to him.
Mr. Pellatt is a man of from 45 to 50, meagre, small
nervous head, beard and eyes—everything dark. He was
seated, and took breath.
The Admiral,Napier is an old man, of from 65 to 70,
fat, short:, of robust build, with grey hair and black eyes,
and hairs all over the face ; Scotch head and Scotch
dialect.
Mr. Locke is a man of 48, the face covered with pock-
holes, vigorous; broad chest, made for the struggles of
the bar, and ready for the much more exhausting
struggles of the tribune, for, to all probability, Mr.
Locke will be eltie`,ed.
Mr. Locke is the advocate of the City.
We bad but just arrived, when the audience was
judged sufficietOy large, and Mr. Pellatt was called
upon to show himself. •
He advanced towards the railing of the hustings. •
I would feel sorry at rendering thyself disagreeable to
a gentleman who so cordially and so warmly shook hands
with me,.but I owe it to truth to say that his apparition
was greeted by groans, which were far from flattering.
The crowd seemed to owe a grudge to Mr. Pellatt for
having voted against the Chinese war, and reminded
him of the affairs of the British Bank, which must not
be confounded with the Bank of England.
He intended to speak, but the thunder of Heaven
would have struggled in vain against the human thunder

rrom below. -7
Among the cries that were hurled against him could
distinguish this—" You'll be smashed next Wednesday,
old fellow I
Indeed, • next Wednesday, the affair of the bank of
Mr. Pellatt will come before the Court of Bankruptcy.
Not less than ten times Mr. Pellatt attempted to
speak. Each time•the pound of his voice was rendered
inaudible by the cries of the gektlemen in the street.
Mr. Pellatt, unable to' speak, and having exhausted
three quarters of his power, made use of the remaining
quarter, and turning his back on the ungrateful public,
he addressed himself to the shorthand writers, to whom
he explained the reasons of the vote which rendered him
unpopular, and his moral pc,sition in relation to the
British Bank.
He spoke nearly a quarter of an hour, during which
time the groans from outside were never interrupted.
When his speech to the shorthand writers was finished
Admiral Napier advanced.
His reception was just as favourable arl that of Mr.
Pellatt had been hostile.
Hurrahs went forth, the hats were thrown into the
air, the arms described circles, which in England is a
sign of the greatest sympathy.
Though in plain clothes, the Admiral was covered
with decorat'ona.
After some seconds had been spent in acclamations,
silence was restored, and the Admiral began a speecb,
which lasted nearly half an hour.
He began by raising a complaint against his printer.
This is what he had to complain of :
The Admiral had ordered of his printer 12,000 to
15,000 cards, and the printer had undertaken for the
price of 201, not merely to print, but also to distribute
them to the houses. Unfortunately for the worthy
Admiral, his printer was, at the same Lime, that of Mr.
Pellatt.
lie distributed the cards .of both together, so that it
appeared as if the two enemies' had formed a coalition.
Mr„ Pellatt, who was in danger of being drowned, did,
in fact, lay hold of the Admiral.
The result might have been that Mr. Pellatt—with-
out being saved by the Admiral saving him—might have
drawn the Admiral after him, and drowned him too.
Happily the worthy Admiral had, in turn, became
aware of the trick. He went in haste to the printer,
took away those of his cards which had not yet been
sent away, ordered others, and then provided for a se-
parate distribution.
The only drawback was, that the rectification had cost
him 401., which, together with the 201. first paid down,
formed a typographical expense of 601.
This part of his speech was listened to with expres-
sions of hilarity, which proved that merry England is
still la joyeuse Avgleterre.
The rest of his speech was devoted to his behaviour
in Parliament.
The whole was received with hurrahs of approbation.
There is no duubt that the Admiral will be elected.
Now came Mr. Locke's turn. He advanced to the
railings. But though there were, perhaps, a thousand
of his adherents among the crowd, es shown by the
cards stuck on their hats, with the words "For Locke,"
the noise was even much greater thin that which Mr.
Pellatt's appearance produced.
The reason was, that in Mr. Pellatt's case there was
unanimity, while in that of Mr. Locke there was a
struggle of contending factions.
Mr. Pellatt became radiant with satisfaction, and
rubbed his bands.
He touched me with his elbow—" Ile bien ? " said he
tome. "E/e bless ?" said Ito him. He made his friends
groan at me—he said—l will make mine whistle \at
him.

But Mr. Locke's chest was of different make from that
of Mr. Pellatt.
Refu,ing to speak to the short-hand writers, he con-
tinued speaking to the crowd. Instead of a thunder
coming from below, it was a thunder coming from above.
Like A ndromache, when she encouraged Hector down
from the walls of Troy, Mrs. Locke encouraged her hus-
band down from a balcony.
From what I could understand of Mr. Locke's very
advanced speech—more advanced oven in a religious
than in a political sense—he indicated to the gentlemen
who listened to him what would be his conduct iu Par-
liament.
The clock struck three. I must send yon my first
letter immediately. I have no time to lase. I ran down
to the Thames ; I took a steamer, which, together with
30 or 40 others, plies on the river, and at halt-past three
I was at my hotel.

A. Dulles.

P.S.—Sudge of my disappointment, to sit up all the
night to write to you, and this morning I am told that
the post is not open on Sundays !

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