The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

FIN Sii U.RY BLEG2ION.

NOMINATION (THIS DAY).
The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in
the representation of Finsbury in the House of Commons,
caused by the death of T. S. buncombe, Esq., took place
this day at the hustings erected in Clerkenwell-green.
Th- attendance of the electors and non-electors in front
of the hustings was very numerous, and although the
crowd was a very noisy one the greatest good humour
seemed to prevail.

The two gentlemen contending for the honour, vim., Mr.
Cox and Mr. Remington Mills, having arrived,
The RETURNING OFFICER (Mr. W. B. James) came
forward and read the precept commanding the election of a
burgess to represent Finsbury in Parliament. 11 e said he
trusted that the electors would give to each gentleman a
patient hearing, because it was impossible to arrive at a
satisfactory conclusion as to the merits of either candidate
without they heard what they had to say.
Mr. BARTLETT, in proposing Mr. William Cox as a fit
and proper person to represent the borough, was received
with loud cheers by the supporters of that gentle-
man. He said he hoped that they would grant him
a few minutes attention while he performed the duty that
had devolved upon him. (Cheers.) He did not ask them
to send to Parliament an untried man. (Laughter.) Mr.
Cox had had before the honour of a seat in the House of
Commons—(laughter)—where he had shown himself a
perfectly competent man to represent Finsbury. (Laughter
and cries of " No, no.") He maintained that he had, and
he hoped Mr. Cox would be again elected to that honour as
he knew for certain that if the electors made a long pull
and a strong pull they would succeed in sending him there.
Dr. WILKINSON seconded the nomination of Mr, Cox.
Mr. S. Mo LET next came forward to nominate Mr.
Remington Mills, but he was received with great uproar.
Mr. Cox here made his appearance, and asked all his
friends to give a patient hearing to Mr. Morley, and a few
minutes after the appeal something like quietness was
restored.

Mr. MORLEY then proceeded to remark that he well knew
the responsibility that devolved upon any man who came
forward to propose a gentleman to succeed their late valued
and esteemed member, Mr. Thomas Duncombe. (Cheers.)
Having a true sense of the responsibility he was there to
nominate Mr. Remington Mills. (Hisses.) He was not
there to say one word against Mr. Cox, who was
a personal friend of his, but the present was not a question
of private friendship. (Hear.) Mr. Mills was a man who
he felt satisfied would ably represent them in Parliament,
and for that reason he nominated him. (No, no.) He did not
look upon the present contest as one of money bags—
(laughter)—but one for the selection of the best man to re-
present Finsbury in the House of Commons, and that being
the case, he thought Mr. Mills was well calculated to fill
that honourable position. (Hear.) The people's cause had
made but little, if any, progress in Parliament, but if they
had a few such men as Mr. Mills in the house complaints
of that kind would be no longer made (Hear.)
Mr. SPICER seconded the nomination of Mr. Mills.
Mr, Cox then came forward, and was received with great
cheering. After waiving his handkerchief in a triumphant
manner, he said he came before them for the third time, to
test the feelings of the electors of Finsbury, of whom it had
been said that they had gone to sleep, and were only to be
awoke by the expenditure of £3,000. (Laughter and cheers.)
He could not say the people's cause had not made pro-
gress. He knew it had; when he was in Parliament it
did. (Laughter and cheers.) He knew that the property
qualification for members was abolished, and various other
great questions had been passed in which the people's cause
had largely benefitted. (Hear, hear.) He had never given
a single pledge that he had not faithfully redeemed, and if
they again returned him to Parliament he would use his
utmost endeavour to justify their choice of him. He need
not detain them with an a ,cour t of his poli ical creed, as
that was perfectly well known t) nearly everybody in Fins-
bury—(cheers)—and on former occasions it had received
the honour of their approval. It had been said he did not
intend to keep the poll open to the close, but he pledged
himself that whatever amount of support he received he
would continue the contest to the last moment, and he
should do so with the greatest confidence, believing that he
should again be elected to represent Finsbury in Parlia-
ment. He trusted his friends would not be content with
attending there that day, but that they would on Monday
poll early, and thus triumphantly bring the present struggle
to a successful close. (Cheers.)

Mr. MILLS, in addressing the electors, said he had long
laboured far the benefit of the borough of Finsbury, in which
he had been resident all his life. When the great cause of
civil and religious liberty was first before the House of
Commons, the benefits of which the electors of Finsbury
were experiencing that very day, he was in tho field and
was instrumental in obtaining many of the principal pri-
vileges that measure conferred upon the people at large.
He was in favour of the ballot, an extension of the suffrage
and every measure that would benefit his fellow man.
(Loud cheers.) With respect to the American
question the honour of our rights must be maintained,
and the Americans must be made to know that the honour
of the British flag should be vindicated even though we
drifted into war. (Cheers.) He was not in favour of open-
ing the British Museum on Sunday; he did not think the

Maine Liquor Law would ever pass the legislature of this
country ; and he objected to the admission of Roman Ca-
tholic chaplains in workhouses. Re confidently believed
he should be their member by four o'clock on Monday
evening.

An ELECTOR asked Mr. Mills if, in the event of a com-
p! omise being made on the question of church-rates, he
would vote for it ?

Mr. MILLS said he was in favour of the abolition of
church rates, but, as he could not tell what the compromise
would be, he could not say whether he would vote for it.
The Returning Officer then called for a show of hands,
which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Cox.
Mr. Cox then came forward amidst much cheering, and
said, after such an exhibition of feeling he thought his op-
ponent would not be so confident about his return. The
men of Finsbury, he knew, would come forward early on
Monday next and consolidate the victory they had achieved
that day.

The Returning Officer then announced a poll had been
demanded, which would commence on Monday morning at
8 o'clock.

The proceedings then terminated.

THIS DA I'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; strong breeze, with fine weather.
KINGROAD, Dec. 13.—Wind S.AV.—Put back—Lord
Dun,an, for West Africa.

CARDIFF, Dec. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived Immanuel,
from Bilboa. Sailed—Samuel Lindsay, for Havannah.
DAnTmouT c-r, Dec. 12. Arrived NVinconsin, from
Havre for New York, whilst coming in fouled the Snake
(schooner, of Jersey), when the latter had her bowsprit
carried away, and other damage.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived---
Indus, from New York ; Surprise, and Theresa, from Bal-
timore. Dee 13.—Arrived —tier Majesty's ships Orpheus
and Melbourne, from Plymouth.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning.

The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A. Cum-
ming, which sailed hence on Monday last for the American
station, put back to the Sound this morning.
The Belgian brigantine La Meuse, C Royden,
nine days from Antwerp, with 80 emigrants for Rio Grande,
and the Belgian schooner Anna, Captain Beakman, nino
days from Antwerp, with iron for Tarrrogana, put back to
the Sound last evening.

The French Minister of Marine has announced,
in a recent circular, that the written examinations of such
persons as wish to obtain certificates qualifying them for the
command of merchant vessels for long voyages, w;11 hence-
forth begin with a composition in the French language,and
all who fail in that respect will not be allowed to proceed
with the other parts of the examination,