The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-13 00:00:00

lIEREFORD.

The nomination took place at the old Town-ball yester-
day, the Mayor, Mr. Wm. George presiding. There was
a large attendance of electors and non-electors.
Mr. C. T. BODENHAISI, of Rotherwas, proposed, and Mr.
Alderman A FTHONY seconded, the nomination of Mr.
George Clive, the Liberal candidate.
Mr. F. H. THOMAS and Mr. EDWARD WEMYSS per-
formed the like office for Mr. Kevill Davies, the candidate
brought forward by the Tory party.
Mr. CLIVE first addressed the electors at considerable
length. He stated that he sought the suffrages of the elec-
tors as a genuine Liberal, and an independent supporter of
the Palmerston Government, because in his opinion that Go-
vernment comprised the legitimate successors of the men who
carried the Reform Bill, and in fact all liberal measures,from
the time when the Tories were .first dispossessed of office
down to the present period. It was true that the credit of
passing liberal measures was claimed on all sides, and that
eminent Conservative statesman, Sir J. Pakington—for
whom he prophesied the post. of Secretary of State in the
event of his party obtaining power—had been recommend-
ing "perseverance" as the only way to secure an exten-
sion of education, showing that the Reform Bill, Catholic
Emancipation, and the repeal of the corn laws had been
carried by perseverance ; in fact, claiming for Conser-
vative statesmen the parentage of all those great
measures. He was also prepared to support Lord Palmer-
ston's Government, because they had brought the Russian
war to a satisfactory termination. " Oh, oh," from the
Tories.) No doubt, many thought a better peace might
have been made, and would not have been unwilling for
Russia to have had another year of the war; but, for his
own part, he thought the Government had made the best
peace they could. Austria was unwilling to go on longer,
France had had quite enough, and England was left in the
position that she must have continued the contest alone.
And no one, he felt, would wish England to meddle with
European politics, and fight the battle of freedom there by
herself. He dissented from the supposition that the power
of Russia had not been weakened, and, having given some
facts in reference to her great loss of men, he came next
to the question of the income tax. His belief was that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had no intention to continue
the impost of what was called the " war 9d.," unless it was
necessary to do so for the purpose of paying debts already
contracted. If this were not clearly shown to be the fact,
ho was prepared to vote for the abolition of that part of
the tax in April next. He professed himself anxious for a
reform of the law, particularly referring to the law affect-
ing the transfer of land, and the system of ecclesiastical
tenures as requiring amelioration. On the question of
dealing with our criminal population, he was opposed to
the ticket-of leave system, and said it was quite clear that
our homes must be kept sacred from men who, after a year
or two's imprisonment, are enabled to get a remission of
their sentences by making a number of civil speeches to
the chaplain. But then, what are we to do with these men,
some of whom were no doubt sincere in their professions of
repentance, and would, if they could surmount the obsta-
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cles that beset them, return to the paths of honesty?
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sentence, in such works as the construction of harbours
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question of education he contended
being
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franchise,otherwise
it would be more prudent to prepare the people for the
exercise of that power by educational mean.sthan by ex-
tending the franchise without the accompaniment of educa-
tion. He was therefore in favour of
the general extension
of education, and thought no ono could object
good school in every parish. The h • to
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a
oe. candidate next
touched upon the ballot question, and after expressing
himself very strongly on the necessity for the adoptionxprfssin/
some measure to secure the voter in the rightful eecerc
of his trust, he said ho was prepared to vote for the ballot,°
or any other measure which would secure the desired ob-
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ject, if it wore at all reasonable and likely to command
public approbation. Coming to the subject of church
' rates, Mr, Clive said lie was willing to support Sir Wm,