The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

CARLISLE.

The nomination for this city took place on Thursday in
front of the Town•hall. There were about 5,000 persons
present. Sir James Graham was met on Eden-bridge at 10
o'clock by a large number of the friends of the Liberal can-
didates, and be and Mr. Lawson were escorted to the Coffee-
house, whence they shortly afterwards proceeded to the
hustings. Mr. W. N.' Hodgson, the Conservative candidate,
was met by, his friends at the Atheniuum, and was accom-
panied from there to the hustings. The usual preliminaries
having been gone through,
Mr. T. DONALD, of Linstock, a freeman of the city, pro-
posed Sir James Graham as a fit and proper person to re-
present Carlisle in Parliament.
Mr. JOHN IRVING seconded the motion.

Mr. G. H. HEAD, banker, proposed Mr. W. N. Hodgson.
Mr. T. NASON, a new borough magistrate, seconded the
motion.

Mr. W. SUTTON, of Scotby, in an energetic speech, then
proposed Mr.' Wilfred Lawson as the Liberal candidate in
conjunction with Sir James Graham.
Mr. GEO. ROBINSON, miller, seconded the nomination.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who was received with cheers and
uproar, after some introductory remarks, said—Since I last
addressed you public affairs have assumed a much more
serious aspect. What has become of that peace-preserver,
Lord Derby ? Where is the peace of Europe ? What is the
account we have received to-day ? •Russia and France are in
close alliance. Since the peace of Tilsit in 1808, when
Russia and France were in mutual alliance, menacing the
liberties and independence of all Europe, no such crisis in
my memory has occurred as that of which we have re.
ceived information to-day. (Hear and applause.) Well,
Lord Derby on Friday last, advised her Majesty to dissolve
her Parliament, and on Monday he fowid it necessary to
explain the policy which he had indicated in his place in
the House of Lords only one week before ; and from whence
do you think he found it necessary in this great crisis to
address the people of the United Kingdom ? Why, from
the Lord Mayor's table at the Mansion-house, in the City
of London. (Hear, and laughter.) No longer able to ad-
dress the assembled Parliament, no longer able to take
counsel of the great council of the nation, he is driven by
an act of his own actually to explain his policy from the
Mansion-house in an after-dinner speech. (Laughter and
applause.) Now it was proposed m the House of Com-
mons to offer obstruction, when the difficulties of the state
were not nearly so great, to the exercise of the royal pre-
rogative in declaring a dissolution. lin my place objected
to any such obstruction. I said that it was the undoubted
prerogative of the Crown, acting under the advice of its
responsible ministers. to dissolve Parliament, and I would
not be a party to any obstruction. But I said this, and I
said it in the presence of the ministers—"A day of heavy
reckoning will come ; you will have to meet a new Parlia-
ment." No ministers in my memory ever incurred such
responsibility ; and I say it now, that day of reckoning will
be on the 31st of May, when this writ is returnable ; and I
tell yon that I shall anxiously join with those who willcall
Lord Derby .and the ministers to account for the great risk
and danger which they have incurred by counselling this
dissolution. (Applause.) Now, I hear also of the policy
of my Lord Malmesbury, the Foreign Secretary
of State—that he is the great mainstay of the ;peace
of Europe—and that it is necessary to sustain the
honour of England that h. shall continue to fill his
present office. Now, "maintaining the honour of Eng-
land I" You have heard something, I have no doubt,
of a quarrel between France and Portugal with regard to the
slave trade. Portugal had the strongest claim upon the
assistance and support of England, she having put down the
slave trade at the instance of England. France had been
trading in slaves upon the coast of Portugal. The Portu-
guese Government captured the French vessel so trading.
France sent a naval force to the Tagus to demand the re-
lease of that vessel. There is on these hustings the brother
of our Minister at Portugal, a man venerated by all here—
the brother of Mr. Howard, of Corby, He was not wanting,
I am sure, in the faithful discharge of his duty; but still,
acting under the orders of Lord Malmesbury, he sang more
small upon that occasion than any British Minister ever did
in my memory, and the honour of England upon that occa-
sion was sustained by Lord Malmesbury intimating to the
Portuguese Government that the French Government was
strong, and they were weak, and the sooner they submitted
the better. (Laughter and applause.) Well, now, " the
honour of England sustained by Lord Malmesbury." With
reference to this very same slave trade, a question arose
between the United States of America and England. The
slave trade cannot be put down upon the high seas unless
the flag supposed under suspicious circumstances to be car-
rying slaves is visited by the British cruisers. That right
of visit has from the very commencement of our efforts to
put down the slave trade been exercised upon the high seas ;
and what did this champion of the honour of England do ?
Why, in a single personal communication with the Minister
of the United States, he remonstrating against this accus-
tomed right of visit, it was renounced and abandoned by
Lord Malmesbury ; and this champion of the honour of
England did on that occasion renounce a right, a maritime
right, on the part of England, which every Foreign Minister
for the last 30 years has not hesitated to uphold. Now, so
much for this champion of the honour of England. Well,
now, there is the First Lord of the Admiralty. What
has he done ? He has boasted that he was about to
re-construct the British navy. What is his re-construc-
tion ? His reconstruction of the British navy has been
the introduction into the Board of Admiralty of a principle
never known there before, converting it into an electioneer-
ing machine. Sir Joha Pakington, too, made a speech at
the Mansion-house on Monday last, and what did he say ?
With very great cruelty he commented upon the character
of the Parliament that was dead'. He kicked the dead lion.
He said the Parliament which has just expired was a China
Parliament, and deserved only to be broken. (Laughter.)
He treated it like a potter's vessel, like a china utensil, that
you might break at pleasure. But again, I say, on the 31st
of May a new Parliament will be returned—a Parliament of
rougher and stronger materials, I hope, than the last; and
woe betide that Minister on whom that Parliament shall
fall—woe betide him, for I tell you that this Parliament
about to be assembled, if it fall upon any Minister, will
grind him to powder. ( A Voice—" Jemmy, you would
like to be in the new Parliament I" and laughter.) Yes • I
am a candidate here to be in the new Parliament; and I
seek no object of my own by obtaining a seat there. Often
have I relinquished personal advantages in your service.
I am ready to do so again, and if you send me to Parlia-
ment, I again repeat that an account shall be given for this
dissolution; and though the last Parliament was broken
like china, I am mistaken if the next Parliament does not
break something else. (Cheers.) Well now, I see, at the
Red Lion it is said that t am a factious opponent of the pre-
sent Government, and some surprise has been expressed at
the course taken by me. Now you will remember that at
the last general election I was not friendly to Lord Pal-
merston. I stated my-objections frankly and candidly on
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under undue dictation from the French Government. I
was opposed to that bill. Others on the other side of
the hustings were not opposed on principle to. that
bill; and yet, when it came to the point of turning
out Lord Palmerston, they joined with me in the
vote which condemned the bill. But having turned Lord
Palmerston out of office, it did appear to me absolutely ne-
cessary to give a fair trial to the Government which suc-
ceeded him ; and on that ground, on public grounds, I did
during last session give a fair trial to Lord Derby's Govern-
ment. They introduced, to be sure, an India Bill so fla-
grantly absurd that they had to withdraw it without even
bringing it under discussion. That was their first India
Bill ; but looking at the difficulties of their position, I as-
sisted them to the best of my power to pass the second bill.
I agreed in the opinion expressed on Lord Canning's Oude
proclamation, and during last session I gave them a candid
and independent support. Something I see is made of the
trifling circumstance of the side of the house on which I
happen to sit. lam sorry to say that I am among the
oldest members of the house ; and having occupied one
place, without reference to change of parties—l occupied it
in Lord Palmerston's time—l occupied it in Lord Derby's;
but I have always made it understood, so occupying it, I
was not to be included among Lord Derby's supporters.
That I think was distinctly understood. Now, have I al-
ways given an unqualified support to Lord Derby's admi-
nistration ? What was my conduct in respect to the Church
Rate Bill? Did I support Lord Derby's measure in respect
to church rates ? Having given an explanation in refer-
ence to a statement he had made on the subject of Mr.
Hodgson's support of the Jew Bill, the hon. crentleman
continued :—Now, let us come to the Reform Bill. I find
that Mr. Hodgson says that " Able
and honest statesman,
unconnected save by a desire to discharge the onerous
duties which the British nation and Queen have imposed
upon them, undertook to bring in a Reform Bill." Now,
I shall '
pot stand here to say that notwithstanding all the
antecedents of that Government it was not competent
to them to deal with this question ; but dealing with it
their mode of dealing with it must necessarily be viewed
with suspicion. Now, " able- and honest statesmen,
unconnected, save by a desire to discharge their oner-
ous duties." Have these able and honest statesmen
been of one mind with respect to this Reform Bill ? Are
not Mr. Walpole and Mr. Henley honest statesmen ?
What did they say to this measure ? They said that the
refusal to reduce the franchise below £lO was fatal to the
measure, was dangerous in their opinion, and inconsistent
with the content sought to be attained by passing a Reform
Bill. And like honest men, entertaining that opinion, they
withdrew from Lord Derby's Government, and withdrew

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admission of -their esty-aud virtue.-'
hon. gentleman proceeded to comment
his objections- to the bill, the principal of whic# wgie,thib7Ns7
disfranchisement of the 40s. freeholder s
with votes in the counties, and the non-lower/444f thid.
baimigh-fritnailse beleir LIO. In commenting apdn the
fancy franchises proposed in the 1.411, ho .denominated them-
pudding before meat. (Laughter.) ;her w?4-0.-t .)Acriiis,- • •• •
of the dish without the joint—the.cfab ' a. .7,1"3"i6.04.
without the round of beef; 'watt
for the round Of beef. (Cheere_ancr e'ias for
a large reduction of the franchise--for admission of
' working men. When he was last there he told. them that
on the whole he was of opinion that the munieipal. franchise-
might be made the Parliamentary franchise. Ile retained
that opinion now. If a man occupies a house for three
years in the city—if for two years and a half ho pays his
rates and all the taxes that come against him—he gives the
security of an abiding interest in the place which he in-
habits ;• and his solvency, the regular payment of his rates,
is a security for his thrift and his general character. Now,
continued the hon. gentleman, I should not deal frankly
with you if I blinked the question of the ballot. I cannot
give you any pledge that I shall support the ballot. My
opinions at present are hostile to it. I think that for any
great act of public virtue something like personal sacrifice is
necessary. Truth and honesty and plain dealing are the
characteristics of my countrymen. I do not believe that
when. it comes to a pinch. any man in his own person will
fail to give effect to his honest opinions in the face of day.
Truth and honesty, again I say, are the characteristics of
the people of this country; and unhappy indeed will be the
day for England when those who are entrusted with the
franchise shall not exercise it manfully and openly. (Cheers.)
I think a large extension of the•franchise is the best security
against bribery and intimidation. Again, I think that
bribery and intimidation are more exercised in small bo-
roughs than in large ones. That is a reason for the dis-
franchisement of a considerable number of small boroughs,
and for that disfranchisement lam quite prepared. In
conclusion, the hon. gentleman, adverting to some remarks
that had been made relative to a change in his opinions,
said that, frail in his judoment,i but honest in his purpose,
he had changed many opinions. To say that a man dealing
with state affairs is not to change his opinions under any cir-
cumstances might be a recommendation fora lunatic asylum
—it was not a recommendation for any deliberative assembly.
in the world. (Loud cheers.) He confidently looked for-
ward to the result of the poll as offering him again the
honour of being one of their representatives. '
'''';',..,H2ODOSOI.I and Mr. LAwSON then addressed
Tun AtAI tin wen demanded a show of hands for the re-
spective candidates. There was a considerable majority in
favour of Sir James Graham and Mr. Lawson. Mr. Head
then demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Hodgson, afterwhich
the proceedings closed, having lasted nearly four hours.
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SHEFFIELD, .
The nomination of candidates for the borough Sheinelcrit
took place yesterday.
W. FISHER, sen., Esq., proposed john Arthur Roebuck!
Esq.
Mr. Alderman Duxx seconded the nomination.

Mr. Alderman H. E. HOOLE proposed Geo. Hadfield, Esq.
Mr. R. LEADER, jun., seconded the nomination of Mr.
Eladfield.

No other candidate being proposed, Mr. Roebuck and Mr.
Hadfield were declared by the Mayor to be duly elected.
The proceedings were at this point adjourned to the Tem-
perance-hall, when the Mayor again took the chair.
Mr. ROEBTCK then addressed the meeting. In the course
of his address he said—We are now upon a time of greater
danger and doubt than I ever remember during my political
life. (Hear, hear.) And upon the• conduct of the men
sent to Parliament—the Parliament of England—upon
this occasion, will depend the peace and the happiness of
mankind. (Hear, hear.) If we be.wise, if we be prudent,
if we be honest—(hear, hear)—then I think we may face
the danger that is before us, and steer the vessel through all
the rocks and shallows which she will have to thread. But,
if it should so happen that you should send to Parlia-
ment to .represent you men who are unworthy of you, who
are not prepared either with the honesty or intelligence re-
quisite, then indeed dire may be the misfortune which may
befal England. We have before us two great matters—one
relating to our internal concerns, the other relating to the
peace and happiness of the world at large. Upon the sub-
ject, sir, of home importance—viz., the Reform Bill, I
think you all know my opinions, and the opinions of my
hon. friend. (Hear, hear.) We are here because we would
not give our sanction to a sham. (Cheers.) The late Par-
liament was dissolved for no great public purpose—(hear,
hear)—but to suit private advantages. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) At this time, when the world's happiness is
trembling in the balance, ought you not to have had a
stable and a powerful government acting in your name ?
(Hear, hear.) But, notwithstanding we all saw the danger
which threatened, Lord Derby and our administration dis-
solved the Parliament, and England is now without a go-
vernment. (Hear, hear.) And what does take place, sir ?
Why, it was clear to every man who knew anything of poli-
tics that, when last Saturday arrived, the despots of Eu-
rope would know that they were to act according to their
desires, and we all predicted that war would be the imme- •
diate result. And what has happened. ? (Hear, hear.) Why,
upon that very day, we are told, the ultimatum of Austria
went to Sardinia. War has happened, and though the mys-
tifications of the telegraph are now taking place, be you
sure that war has happened, and that the fields of Italy will
be deluged with blood. . For what has this taken place ?
Under the guise of being a friend of freedom, the despot of
France—(loud cheers)—is determined, for his own personal
purposes, to break the peace of the world. It is he who has
done the evil deed, and though Austria has no sympathy
of mine—(hear, hear)—though I think she has put her
armed heel upon the poor Italian, though misery has
been the result of her dominion there, still for this war she
is not answerable. (Cheers.) It is Louis Napoleon, the
tyrant of France. (Hear, hear, and much applause.) Of
that man I have spoken before—(hear, hear)—and I recol-
lect when I spoken upon the Conspiracy Bill my friends
came to me and said, " You're mad, Roebuck." And what
did one of those very men say to me two days ago ? " I
thought you mad upon that occasion ; I now see you were
the only man that was right." You cannet get good from
bad men. (Hear, hear.) The tyrant gives. no. man liberty;
(Hear, hear.) He who has cloven down all that was good -
in the government cf his own country will not liberate
others. (Hear, hear.) He who has broken every oath, who
has steeped himself in perjury up to the very lips ; he who
has stricken down men,_ women, and children in Paris, will
not be the friend of freedom in Italy. (Hear, hear.) There-
fore my friends—constituents now I call you—l go to Par-
liament in your name, determined to protect England
against the machinations of that man. (Cheers.) Friends
of mine, friend of freedom, friends of peace, often have said
to me, "Have faith in the good sense of mankind, don't
arm yourself; don't prepare for mischief; have faith in ne-
gotiations ; mankind are wise, and they will seek out their
own interests." My answer has always been, "My good
friends, I wish as well to mankind as you do, but I've not
that great faith in their good sense. ' (Cheers.) How has
the result proved at the very present time ? Why, with
England, and with all Europe pretty nearly, desirous o f
peace, we have been unable by negotiation to put the curb
upon the tyrants' rule. They have gone to war ; and what
has England now to do ? Why, my friends, we shall be
obliged to call upon you for the produce of your labour to
protect yourselves, to protect your wives and children, to
protect the great name of England. (Loud applause.) I
know not what my colleague may say to this, for he is one
of those easy-fated men who have great reliance upon the
good sense of our fellow-countrymen—(" Hear, hear," and
laughter)--rand I believe he is what is called a friend of
peace. (Hear, hear.) lam also a friend of peace—(loud
cheers)—but the difference between my friend and my-
self is this. I say that amongst the nations
of the world, if England wishes to maintain
peace she should show herself dangerous if she is meddled
with. (Hear, hear.) The time has not yet arrived when,
smitten on one cheek, it is wise to offer the other. (Hear.)
If a man smite me I smite him. (Cries of " Hear, hear,"
and vehement cheering.) And if England wishes to be the
arbitress of peace let her be prepared for war. (Hear, hear.)
If the world- around her should know that the least infringe-
ment of the territory of England shall be followed by an
instantaneous and terrible retribution, then I say England
will be safe. But if it should ever so happen that in the
British Channel a French and Russian fleet should ride
sshai Ipower,sha where
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triumphant, where would be your commerce, where would
be y u your safeotfym, whereak ind? would
triumphant in the Channel will be one of my first conside-
rations. (Tremendous plaudits.) There is nothing that I
would not do—there is no vote that I would not pass—to
maintain a triumphant fleet for England in the Channel.
(Cheers.) No man more than I can deprecate the horror,
the folly, the terrors of war; and everything that I can do
in your name shall be done to keep the people
.of England
out of the terrible struggle that is about to take place. Mr.
Roebuck concluded his address as follows :—What have we
to do when we go to Parliament ? We shall have first to
determine who shall govern this country ; and my belief is
that a month shall not have passed away after the next
meeting of Parliament before you will have a change of ad-
ministration. (Applause.) That will be the very first ques-
tion we shall have to decide. Then we shall have to decide
what power shall be conferred upon the working classes of
this country ; then we shall have to decide that great, that
terrible question. " What shall England do to maintain
herself free from the turmoil of war—safe amidst a contend-
ing world ?" That we shall have to decide. (Hear, hear.)
For the consideration of that great question, then, will be
required the greatest possible prudence, the greatest possible
calmness and long- sightedness. (Applause.) There must be
no consideration of self—no paltry, petty consideration of
party. (Cheers.) We shall have confided tons England's
safety—England's glory. And if at that great moment we
allow any base personal consideration to influence our mind
and our determination, we shall be unworthy of our posi-
tion—we shall be unworthy of you. (Cheers.) For be-
lieve me, I am not one who flatters, and am not one who
speaks to people that which I believe will tickle their ears ;
but I have ever said, because I always thought, that the
great interests of mankind are now confided to the people of
England. The interests of the people of England will be
confided to our coming Parliament, and to the House of
Commons of the spring of 18e '9 the world's regards will be
fixed for centuries to come. (Cheers.) Sir, on this theme,
I could dilate, but I must recollect that I have a colleague
who will speak at length to you —(go on, go on)—and I shall
be wearying you. (Go on, go on.) But let me make one
to England.At •
this time
appeal to you, and through youovernment. We have we are called upon to makeda" gour domestic
us the happiness of Eng" in
lof the concerns.
We
have before us the happmr
Upon the electoral body_ England_ now depends the for-
. tunes of mankind, and I entreat them, I trust to them, to
personal considerations. Let them
forget all pers not be won by
artifices. Let them not be studious of personal considera-
Let them think only of their own duty to England
tions.
and to mankind. (Applause.) So doing they will send a
Parliament that shall confer power upon the great body of
the working classes. They will send to Parliament men
• who will maintain peace. These are the two great objects
. we soon shall have to promote ; and in your name I promise
you that, so far as my power goes, power shall be confided
to you, and peace, under Providence, shall be maintained.
(Loud and prolonged cheering.)
Mr. HADFIELD afterwards addressed the meeting, and
the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
Mayer.

DOVER.
The nomination of two members of Parliament for the
borough of Dover took place yesterday at noon. The hust-
ings were erected in the marka-place, where a dense crowd
assembled, numbering four or five thousand persons. A
great deal of uproar and disorder prevailed throughout the
proceedings, which were repeatedly interrupted for half an
hour at a time ; and so much of the day was wasted in
senseless clamour and violence, that it was nearly four
o'clock before Mr. Bernal Osborne, the first candidate pro-
posed, could get a hearing.
The Mayor, Dr. ASTELL, having opened the prooeedingth
Mr. STERIKER, FINNIs proposed, and Mr. Muss seconded,
the nomination of Ralph Osborne, Esq.
Mr. WOUSFOLD proposed, and T
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auctioneer, seconded, the nomination ofpeut-Col. Sir W.
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Russell, Bart. during which the
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Conservative portion of the mob, the "Reds,' who occupied
the space in front of Sir H. Leeke's committee-roam, and to
the left hand of the platform, began the disturbance with
great fury.
Mr. OTTAWA; surgeon, proposed Rear-Admiral Sir H.
Leeke. He also spoke long, criticising the conduct and
speeches of Mr. Osborne, and entering into various personal
as well as public matters.
Alderman WOOD seconded the nomination.
Mr. SANKEY proposed the other Conservative candidate,
William Nicoll,-Esq., of an eminent mercantile house in
London and Liverpool.
Alderman BIRMINGHAM, who experienced in his turn a
great deal of interruption and noise from the " Blues," or
radical party, seconded the nomination.
Mr. B. OSBORNE then presented himself to the electors,
and was received with great cheering, followed by an uproar
which lasted for a considerable time, without any apparent
prospect of cessation. The hon. gentleman made many fruit-
less efforts to obtain a hearing. He said : Fellow country-
men.—Are you afraid ? Are you cowards ? You are.
(Uproar.) I see a respectable butcher in spectacles disturb-
ing ysur meeting. (Laughter and confusion.) I call upon
Srou to turn that person out. (Uproar.) Won't you have
anything but medical men ? (Alluding to some of the pre-
vious speakers.) Well, we will make you pay for the
whistle. (Renewed uproar.) Where is the Mayor? (Great
uproar and cries of " Shame.") I believe he is a doctor too.
Has he been called out, or has he gone to bed ?
The Maxon called upon the meeting not to disgrace
themselves by refusing to hear the candidates. (Cheers.)
. The noise, however, was renewed more violently than
befee. After some time,
31r, OSBORNE again endeavoured to speak. He said—l
do not`assk silence on behalf of myself or my gallant friend,
Sir Wm. Russell. You know our principles but on behalfm
—(great contusion, in which the sentencewaslost). r.
Mayor, I call upon you to remove that mob on the opposite
side. (Cries of " How can he ?") Where is the mayor ?
Why don't he abdicate ? (Renewed outcries, in the midst
of which Mr. Osborne unrolled a placard with the following
appeal, written in large characters, " Englishmen, will you
not hear the truth ?")
The uproar, however, continuing,
Mr. SANKEY' a leading Conservative of the borough, ap-
peared on the Liberal side, and begged the crowd to be quiet.
- Sir H. Leeke and other gentlemen requested .the electors
to hear Mr. Osborne.
.At this moment a thin, but' compact line of "navvies"
forced their way through the crowd, and a scene of great-
riet ensued, ending in something like a general fight. The
tables of thereporters were invaded by non-combatants, and
" The Press" pursued their avocations during the rest of
the day under very considerable difficulties. At length there
was a lull, and a voice was heard to cry, " A show of hands
will settle it." --
Mr. OSBORNE—No! I first of all want a show of ears.
(Laughter.) . You cannot hear on what terms Mr. Nicol
intends to discount your bills unless you listen to me. You
cannot hear how he came to be essential to the town of
Dover. I want you to hear something of his principles, but
it does not necessarily follow that he has any. He may be
come to offer
.you interest without principal. (Laughter.)
Why is Sir Henry Lecke here ? (Cheers and uproar.) I'll
tell you. He is here because he is content to sail under
sealed orders ; he has no "option." (Confusion.) But it is
due to you as voters and as freemen, that he should ex-
plain his principles. The other gentleman, who we are
told is essential to your prosperity, has not appeared in
political life for twenty-one years. Mr. Birmingham, how-
ever has acted the part of a resurrection man, -and dug him
up—(cheers and hootings)—and brought him to Dover.
Now let us know something of the opinions of these gentle-
men. When you inquire their views on Reform don't let
them put you off with allusions to Britannia, a highly re-
pectable lady who has lately formed an affectionate connec-
tion with Sir J. Pakington. (Laughter.) When you ask
them about the ballot, don't let them reply by a reference
to the British lion, but let them come out and tell whether
they are fish, flesh, fowl, or good red herring. (Hear, hear,
and uproar.) I see many among you by whom lam re-
minded of a quotation. (Here the honourable gentleman
was interrupted by another fight in front of the hustings.)
The quotation was, " Him late I saw culling of simples."
(Much uproar.) I left my friend the accoucheur (Mr.
Ottasmay) culling of simples. As that gentleman's remarks
showed him to be fond of reading my speeches, I will send
him a copy, bound in calf, for his especial study. After some
further comment upon Mr. Ottaway's speech, Mr. Osborne
resumed—Dover seems to me to be very much in the posi-
tion of a certain young lady in apochryphal story who was
attempted to be seduced by two Liberal-Conservatives—l
mean Susannah and the Elders. (Laughter.) They very
probably, like Mr. Birmingham, told her that they were
essential to her prosperity; but they were found out, and I
hope that in the same manner that the Susannah of
Dover will escape a separation from hbr husband. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, when, not long ago, Lord Palmerston went to
the country, it was said that ho dissolved Parliament to
waste a year but I tell you that the present Government
dissolved to imperil an empire. (Loud cheers.) If you
are of opinion that I did wrong in voting against the dis-
franchisement of 40s. freeholders, if you think I did wrong
in voting for the abolition of church rates, then was Parlia-
ment rigtly dissolved. But if, as I think, you are of opi-
nion that the working classes, in spite of their own
wishes—(laughter)—ought to be admitted to vote, if you
think that church rates ought not to be maintained in order
to keep up the old fabric of the churches, where the parsons
are at once for place and pension, then, I say, you will not
allow that Parliament was rightly dissolved. (Cheers.) But,
gentlemen, at this eventful period in the history of the
world, when the first cannon fired may light up a general
conflagration in Europe—at such a time, I say, that the
Minisiiywhich dissolved Parliament ought to be impeached.
(Hear, and uproar.) Will you support a Government in
which, at the head of the Admiralty is Sir J. Pakington,
who dismissed Capt. Carnegie for being an honest man ?
(Hear.) You ask for reform at home, and you get dissolu-
tion. You ask for peace abroad, and you get a general con-
flict. I should like to ask Mr. Nicol his opinion.upon church
rates. I shoidd like to know the views of Sir H. Leeke on
extension of the suffrage. He will tell you, no doubt, that
he is a Liberal I-Conservative. That is an amphibious sort
of animal, and comes, I think, near the crocodile species.
(Oh ! and cheers.) These Liberal •Conservatives, like a
gentleman who shall be nameless, when ill-designed are
well designed—" when'the devil was sick"—you know
the rest. (Laughter.) They are liberal only in pro-
fessions on the hustings ; in practice they are re-
trogressive. (Hear, hear.) They dressed in borrowed
plumage. When a great pressure is applied, they will
filch afew measures from Liberal Governments ; but with-
out pressure they will not stir an inch. Like the high-
trotting Flemish horses they are all action and no go.
(Laughter.) When a gentleman tells you he is a Liberal-
Conservative, you may always see the old Tory hoof peep-
ing out from under his masquerade dress. (Cheers and
confusion.) What's in a name? A Leeke by any other
name would smell as sweet—(oh, and laughter)—but I feel
inclined I o say to the ancient Pistol of Dover, Mr. Ottaway,
""W by wear you that leek ? Saint Derby's day is past."
(Much laughter.) Yes, gentlemen, Lord Derby's day is
-past. His home policy no longer meets the wants of the
age, and his foreign policy, what has it been? The duped
of Russia, and the despised of France. I shall be much
surprised if you do not soon see Lord Derby coming to the
Liberals for assistance, and in the hour of danger they, like
true Englishmen' will give him that assistance, but when
they have pulled him out of the mire I think they will be
inclined to send him back to Knowsley. (Hear, and
uproar.) After some further remarks, Mr. Osborne ex-
pressed his confidence in the result of the poll, and sat
down amidst mingled cheers and disapprobation.
Sir WILLIAM RUSSELL then rose and was received with
great cheering. After alluding to his career in India, he
said he firmly adhered to those principles of progress on
which he had first solicited the votes of the electors, and he
should carry them out if returned once more as the repre-
sentative of the borough. (Loud cheers.)
Sir HENRY LEEKE then rose amidst loud cheering and
said that when he came to Dover he was told that no one
could stand against Mr. Osborne, but he (Sir Henry Leeke)
was not to be deterred by such statements, nor by the im-
feunded charges brought against him. (Cheers.) About
eight months ago he went to Devonport, his house and
family were there, and he was asked if he would stand in
the event of a dissolution. He readily consented to do so.
Well, a dissolution came, and he was made a Lord of the
Admiralty, without any stipulation whatever. (Oh, oh,
and cheers.) A gentleman had said the other night that
he had a letter in his pocket in which he (Sir H. Leeke)
had offered to bribe the outfitters of Devonport. He never
wrote that letter. (Cheers.) The letter now handed to
him (by Mr. Osborne) was got up by Mr. Latimer, secretary
to the Reform Association at Plymouth. There was not a
word of truth in it. [The hon. candidate read the letter,
and severally denied the statements it contained, and, after
csohmeeerifnuAher observations, resumed his seat amidsti much
Mr. NIcoL then roses and was very warmly received,
but at this time our parcel was despatched.
The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr.
Osborne and Sir W. Russell. A poll was then demanded
on behalf of Sir Henri Lecke and Mr. Nicol, and the pro
ceedings terminated