The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-21 00:00:00

THE NOMINATION FOR SOUTHWARK.

The London correspondent of the Elgin Couravt writes:—
" I was present at the nomination for Southwark, and
there heard language used by an ex-official of a Liberal
Government—Mr. Layard, to wit—which, for pure
disgusting lowness, I should think has never been
matched on any hustings. He and his colleague, Mr.
Locke, thought they were to have a walk over ; but,
at the eleventh hour, Alderman Cotton, who is one of
the sheriffs as well, started in the Constitutional in-
terest. Layard went mad at this, and these are some of
the euphuisms I heard him, frotWng and raging, and
shaking his fist, make use of on the hustings : I am a
believer in omens. Now, at the beginning of the meeting I
saw a hearse go by, and I am convinced that in that hearse
will be carried away the remains of Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Cotton. Mr. Cotton's appearance here is an in-
sult and affront to me personally. It is the grossest im-
pudence, the most unparalleled, the most monstrous. Mr.
Cotton's coming forward is a base and dishonouring
manceuvre, and he is doing his best to corrupt and dis-
grace the boroughs,'—and so on, for than a quarter of
an hour, till, foaming at the mouth and panting with
passion, he had to give it up. His opponent's reply was
as dignified a thing as I ever heard. I assert unhesi-
sitatingly,' said he, that no one with the smallest preten-
sion to be called a gentleman has ever used such language
as that Mr. Layard has employed. I hope that the press
will report it fully, in order that all England may under-
stand not only the great honour that Mr. Layard has by his
own argument conferred upon the constituency, but also
the moderate and gentlemanlike expressions which the ex-
Under-Secretary of State, and one who aspires to office in
the next Liberal Ministry, has thought it fit and decent
to employ. I will not follow Mr. Layard into his ribald
allusion to the sad funeral procession that has passed the
hustings. The last ceremonies of the dead are surely
worthy of respect, even by the savage, far more by him
who aspires to be an educated and refined Englishman.'
I don't think, somehow, Layard will be Mr. Gladstone':
Foreign Under-Secretary."

MR. GLADSTONE TNLIVERPOOL.—The Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone went to Liverpool on Friday, and
while in the town he paid a visit to the magnificent pile of
grain warehouses erected recently at the Waterloo Dock,
and said to be the finest building of the kind in the world.
Mr. Gladstone was accompanied by Mr. J. C. Ewart
(once M.P. for Liverpool), Mr. T. D. Hornby, the chair-
man of his election committee ; Messrs. Patterson and
Blood, chairman and secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce ; Mr. Brocklebank, chairman of the Mersey Docks
and Harbour Board ; and Mr. Lyster, the engine, r. Mr
Spence, the chairman of the Corn Warehouse Association,
and Mr. Proctor, the manager, conducted Mr. Gladstone
over the building,

INMATES OF A 117ORKLIOUSII VOTINO.—A, curiom
Mu!dant occurred on the polling day at Sunderland e/eotion,
Two Inmates of the workhouse recorded their votes in
favour of Mr, Thompson, the defeated caudlarteas More
are three paupers on the registrar, but only two of them
could vote, the third being an inmate of the Insane ward.
The explanation of this curious incident is this : the IMMO
of the three paupers in question were on the register hook
before they entered the workhouse, and of course, as ovay
vote counts, the supporter§ Tbetniloon were
determined not to loge them, Two women, whose lollies
are on the register, recorded their votes in AVM of Mr,
Uourley,