The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

18 7

MONEY MARKET

A
REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY v
LONDON.

MEETING THIS DAY. tb
d e
This afternoon the adjourned general meeting 0 at
London Liberal Registration Association was hsid
tee
the London Tavern, Bishopegate-streer, relative
_t;'
representea ion of the city of London ; to receive fast,
aas
Currie's answer to an invitation to become a
ciloo
for the representation of the city of London; as- de
to receive Sir J. Duke's explanation relative to b'eelec.
dining to support the Liberal candidate at the late
tion for Weet Kent. Mr. Travers, M.P., Preleici'cl.
ail
There were present Sir J. Duke, Bart., Mol),:
derman Satomous, Sergeant Parry, Mr. F. .°e.o"--,:cetf
Mr. a. Bateman, Mr. F. A. Do Lane, Mr.
Dakin, Mr. Gedye, Mr. Cobbett, M.P., Mr,' efr.
cher, Alderman Lawrance, Mr. Crawford, alee'a,',' via
Puiching, high bailiff of South wark ; Mr. it'. If
M.P. ; Alderman Humphreys, Baron Rothschill,
Mr. S. Morley, Mr. J. Foster, M.P. ; Mr. W. jibe at'
Mr. Kirk, and other gentlemen of influence. roent
tendance of members was rather thin ; the largemesee'
was not more than three-parts full at the cord
m of the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN proposed, first, to call on Sir j•iorote
the sitting candidates who was ahsent on the 'if cat,
occasion, and Mr. Raikes Currie, one of the as
didates, to address the meeting. ,greed
After a short discuesion the proposition ga
te. . 10'
Sir J. Dug; on rising, was received with sPreekete
He said that Mr. Ledger Lad kindly declinedila;elnerel
of admission for his friends, but he av'arie
therm') and preferred throwing himself for OPP; meet
the electors. (Cheers.) He had been in rar"3s,
about 20 years, and he new appeared before tbea3Cable
culprit, to give an account for an act of omiesi°loo for
part in reference to his not supporting Mr. De Orel
West Kent, who, be said; was a gentleman of to gel
political principles, and whose only desire tte 'pod
into Parliament to support the Government. °td
that Mr. Dodson entertained principles at Tadao% se
his (Sir J. Duke's). He had alwaysebeeed
enemy to voting money for Church endowment"' etrea
was opreeed to the grant to Maynooth, on the+grof the
that it might lead to an extensive endownlaTa Lan
Roman Catholic Church. (Hear, hear.) lie'lue;l ail'
ing with Mr. Dodson on those two points, ha—bsitele
fered with him on the balet, he (Sir J. Pules/ he
rem ,h
strenuous supporter of that measure. (e.---rted
complained of Alderman Salm-none bringing folc -Leer
matter without notice to him, especially after °a
te
given him an explanation of his conduct in refereatli
the West Kent election at the Reform Club. C.th
reference to the West Kent election, Atotr'efera
den came to him the other day at the '';'-fieee
club and addressing him said, " Well, Sir Jante"isiag
are you getting on in the city, they appear to be foe
you badly. Tell them from me that I was 134°1 tltat o
for Mr. Dodson, but I refused on the grennu
would not go across the street to support a DI- 0001
will not support the ballot." (Cheers.) Afte'As ear'
further remarks of a general character Sir Jarsie eer
that although he could not support Mr. Dodson d elf°
va sed a gentleman to support him. (Hisses aarea .
of "That's inconsistent.") Sir James then refer/4001
his past Parliamentary career, to his votes in Far 'jot'
in favour of all popular measures, and his desire to 00,
he possibly could for the benefit of the City of 'l6'heseer
If re-elected his services would be a!waye at
mend of his constituents. (Cheers.) VI Si:
Mr. Alderman SALOMON explained the. bethat
personal feeling against Sir James Duke, bait lot et
considered it was his duty to ask Sir James fey 0,
planation of hie conduct at the West Kent eleetlalie re'
Mr. EAMES CORRIR, who ,was enthusiastieed.', fat
ceived, thanked the electors of the City of Idyl; be
inviting him to stand as a candidate for that ellie'oel
on a former occasion he could not accept "jeberi
until he had made himself sure that a
0p
tee'
tee'
candidate could be returned for
nf 11icp
That he understood was certain in the pereOn ;00 ee
Gilpin, and ho had therefore no }recitation la {erred
cepting their offer. The hoe. gentleman thenbe frA
to the advantage it was to the City of London teaderey
presented by commercial men, and defended his ineite4ll
to the electors from the charge of being* " too eelecre etey
Palinerstonian"—(hear, hear)—but his Paneeesty,
conduct was so well known that a lenthened sets onset'
from him was unnecessary. As a proof of °Zoe
t
ency of his conduct, he referred to the first a". eger',i
issued to the electors of Northamton 20 year 'de
which he pledged himself to the tallot, free tra 010.1
fullest sense a large extension of the suffrage by bee:
household suffrage, and the abolition of the grea,3 fro"
rs/.cb be
,
then existing in the Cnurch Ireland—(chee
which he separated the Church of &Timid' in "ID
ger
regarded the soundness of endowments, Tbe hr;piel
ileman pointed to all his votes (many given indeect.
majrrities) in support of big consistency of con -didat-
asked them where they could get a man for can be pfr
with a bettor character frern his last owe that;
votoia
malted to them. (Cheers.) He theWieterred to his
_OO
Parliament, saying, by way of prelude, that he coulaillied
forget the great services Lord John Russell had re life
to the Liberal cause—(l)ud cheers)—hut 11013'404
gretted the course the noble lord had taken on. oiloccasions. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord bad addP
the electors in an able and ingenious address, IQs OP/
he said he supported peace, reform—[A vat)
has Lord Palmerston done for reform n--(hear',ol
—and retrenchment, and he (Mr. Carrie) was a",1,0r
to know that Liberals had sunk that cry, and t"; get
J. Russell was entitled to monope lice it. The
tletnan then entered into many of the questions a"°,l,ole
between the Liberals and L,:eo John, and in pawl': the
he believed Lord Palmerston was the man to preBer.lo4'
pcav of Europe—(loud cheers)—and defended hie,
ehip. s conduct from the charges that had been beet
against him to the contrary. Had Lord Thelnierstlefete
Primo Minister sense years since, they wou'telf
have had the Russian war, for it was the idea ante bat be
by the late Emperor Nicholas that ho could do -top
liked with Lord Aberdeen that led him on steP
till he could not retrace his steps. (Hear, heereotea
reply to the question, what reform Lordralalreel,e°
would give the country, the bon. gentleman referslr;
the address of the Attorney-General to the e.. 100.
of Aylesbury, in which he stated that the Gover'' Ott
were prepared to introduce and support, arnoais tbete:,
measures, an extension of the frenchiee, sane • tt,
tuoval of inequaiities from the electoral sis'eJe'ea
extinction of church rates ; the removal of the poi
disabilities ; abolition of ecclesiastical courts ; a efpuo",
suppress dishonesty in trustees ann the directeri oft"
lie confiderce sic., &c, and an enlarged opts?, 1();
education of' the people. (a. Voice—"':.rale d!sne'
quoting from Puncit.) (Laughter.) .No, he gee' o_looTio
from the Attorney General's address. °ailed tie,'
the lion, gentleman said that the electors had as-A 111)
to come forward, and leave one of the safest at-a, elect
ciples seats in the country. He had laid clef;
ciples before them, and on that he asked thent
him, assuring them that be should not canvas for a epee;
vote. He should esteem it a high honour to be theif atto
sentative, and he confidently left the iesueiu the
ref-efie,ei°
tlos electors. In conclusion, the bon. gentleman re's",,
Lord Palmerston, who he said was feared and retitregor
abroad, and called upon the Liberals to suPPser.estd
men to assist Lord Palmerston in governing the "c 1
satisfactorily.
na
Baron ROTHSCHILD addressed the meeting, a bee-,
loudly cheered. He denied a statement that bailee!
publ:shed in a morning paper that a coalition ed
that
between himself and Lord John Russell, an I°'
at the last hour he would resign de.
Lord John Russell. no totally denied the oriel
meat, and said that, however it emiekt &Alt
him to lose Lord J. Russel as a colleague, ha
not withdraw from the representation without 001'
wished it. He had never been able to render thaw,
zens of London any public service as a °epees!!
but as his name was associated with a ;;11 ,
principle he thought it would be a great arneoPi
weakness were he to flinch from the contest. 11,eele-bs:
to Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, he said the't"neef);
always approved of it, and had on many oeoae'°,i
pressed his readiness to endorse, blind-folded, Lord 01
ruerston's foreign policy. (Cheers.) He h°ll,aera'
Liberals would support only men of genuine ed•
principles, (" Hear, hear," and cheers ) earl
Mr. CRAWFORD addressed the electors, in the --reie'
of which he sad that he came forward as a comma for
man. Ho was iu Parliament on a former °col's, be
a short period, and although he only voted on''' 1
'l'o
could refer to it with pride, because it was gi
fora
favour of the ballot. (Cheers.) After some ge-ef.4.
remarks, Mr. Crawford said that he appeared-
them as an earnest and zealous reformer. te far
Mr. S. MORLEY said that he should refuse to 1° 00
Sir James Duke, on the ground of his absence 106°04
House, for he found that out of 198 divisions that.,
place last session, Sir James Dake had only voted 101 l
which showed a want of that earnest support aecort-ed°,
in a representative of the City of London. He cilia' tf°
Mr. Raikes Currie as being too Palmerstoniasloleet
shoull support Lord J. Russell for his great Prite'eori
and he was a man that would be remembered in ut.- del
when hundreds of the noisest mon of the preasin,;eoo'
were forgotten. Notwithstanding Lord J. Rttser'lAss
nection with the aristocracy and the Church, °r
still disposed to carry out great principles if Pr°r
supported, ofea,
Mr. F. BENNOCH denounced a resolution the L,
passed at the last meeting without the full knolvia'ffie'erar
the meeting, and whilst the press was excluded, $-3, V
ing that no candidates except commercial men Oct SP
invited to become candidates for the City. It veil",l:te'
rowing the area from which to choose their rePriali
tives. That area should be as wide as En land ;Bele!
which,b he said, was passed to give Lord J. Zuf'e;oo
throughoutthe h
jib.erßalusr!eelarsourpeass,t
seTrhveicpue.ople oug"
Mr.
DrAoKeereely smecoovneddeadnthaemmenodtimone.nt
s resolution
lfe of I.o"se,
nnel er
the me_eting pledge itsslt to suppo; et
Baro
bar,
ahsehild, Sir J. Duke, and Mr. Crawford. for
some
. STRODE seconded the amendment, which, as 0
discussion, was carried, and having been Pat
•
substan ti vefresOlution ec
tognofo k
frimgo,
reoswmtv
who had
on
hrtddhe
de
been rescinding
the
Mr. 'ADZE moved an amendment upon it, "en n•
effect that while the meeting deplored the the
to the recta-04
duet of Lord John Russell in connection wituitee
Russian war and Chinese question, in consequence °' of •
great service he had rendered to his country and the caneted
reform, he shout' not be displaced from the distinguisavof
poeition he bad for 16 years occupied in the 041
London. , wee
Dr. SPAREES seconded the amendment, which' -
negatived by a large majority, and the resolia,thieoo
ba7irg been adopted, thanks were voted to the cna
man, and the lyre: taia raieeraied.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lf‘citii
Augusta Powlett intend to remain at Baby Castle 121'•
week after Easter, when the noble duke and duchy"
will arrive in London for the season.