The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

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pared to defend every vote he had given. He did
intend to tell them the profligacy of the4it no
Govern
merit, orhat he was the only honest man in
Pan
liament, but he 6i,1 intend to say that the Governmen
had ar.ted right in reference to China, and the news re-
ceived this morning confirmed that asserti n, the Ern-
per,r. of China having disowned the acts of Commissioner
Yeh. (Cheers ) After some further remarks from the
hon. gentleman in defence of his conduct, he desisted
from adtlreesirg the meeting in consequence of the
clamour that prevailed from a certain section of the
crowd.
Mr. Roureee, then came forward and was loudly
cheered. In the course of his address be stated that be
had come forward at the earnest solicitation of his
frieeds as a local and independent candidate, and it was
in
so'i ci thet stron
theirgest and fullest sense of the word that he
ed suffrages. He was happy to find that
the principles he entertained bad been sanctioned
at crowd:d meetings of the electors. (Rear, bear )
Connected as he was with the bereugh, be felt that be
could not better devote his means and position than in advancing !he interests of the borough, and he asked for
no higher honour than being its representative. Ile
was a supporter of Parliamentary reform, and he Would
la'mur hard to get rid of the anomaly that but one roam
out of eevtn should be entitled to vote. He was
an administrative reformer, and as regarded social
questions he was anxious to see the working classes cared
fur—(cheers)—and their hours of toil lessened without
at the same time lessening their wages. (Loud cheers.)
He wished to see the working c'asses properly repre-
eeeted. They were the bone and sinew of the country,
without whom our national greatness would eoon
decay. (Loud cheers.) He wished to see the horrid
truck system abolished. He wished also to see
the factory children and women properly cared
for, and he called on the men of England to stand up and
protect these defenceless persons. (Cheers.) He was
prepared to support Lord Palmerston in all liberal mea-
sures, bu', not otherwise. He had an inestimable advan-
tage there over the other candidate, for, not having been
in Parliament, he had no bad votes to account for. He,
however, now pledged them that he would support mea-
sures of reform and progress if returned, and he should
be happy at all times to render them an account
of his conduct as a pulite man. Two objections had
been made to him. The first was his age. It was true
he did not offer them the last days of a used-up man or
a hackneyed statesman, but years that were valuable to
himself and friends, and which he bad no doubt would be
found valuable to he electors. The other objection was
that be was wealthy. So far from that being an objec-
tion it should be a recommendation, because in such a
nopuleus borough as Lambeth, containing 250,000
inhabitants, there would be ample opportunity afforded
him of devoting it to the advantage of his poorer
brethren.

A show of hands was then taken, which was in favour
of Mr. R.iupill and Mr. Williams.
Mr. Wilkinson demanded a poll, which was granted.
The polling will commence on Monday.
A vote of thanks to the returning officer then termi-
nated the proceedings.