The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-08 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.

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• (We gave the proceedings_ at this .etection up.to
the close ofthe Poll, yesterday, and shaltdo, so till
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Sir R. WzLsoN said—As I told you before, Gentlemen, I will
vote only as I shall be, instructed by. you; , but when I am not in-
structed by my constituents, then I will act according to my own
judgment. But,
oto Parliamentflementlexecne pt must,on the ly
understanding ygthat
thatcannot I am
to be permitted
sense,to a
support
extending to al
thecuse of civil
Why,iltsand
religiousliberly
in the broadest Gentlemen,
thiS clamour against admitting the Roman Catholics to a partici-
pation in the rites and privileges of the constitution, is raised for
the purpose of preventing us from acquiring the suffrages 'of six.
millions of our fellow-subjects for the cause of Reform in the re-
ihdaviee beeniiin
conceded to°ftltile
irc"bjust
Catholics, When this
thenciaoinilysilawlill
mar-
riage between the two countries of England and Ireland be a real
one ; and then, it will, be earlier than a nine months'. child, the
cherub Reform will spring into the world.—(Loud and
con-
tinued applause.)---I am with rdereuce 'to this subject,
of civil and religious liberty, like the King of Holland,
who, of all the Sovereigns of the Continent, makes laws the best
adapted to the welfare and happiness of all deem.; of his subjeCts;
and who renders his dominion an asylum fer"the unfortunate of
all`descriptions, from whatever quarter they come. Why, Gen-
denten, what did he do? His subjects consisted of much *bowl
the same numbers of Catholics and l'rotestanta, end when he pro- i
posed to appoint a Commission to frame a Constitution for his
States, it came to be a question who should be nominated for that
.Cenunission, and it was determined, that as the numbers of Pro-
testants and Catholic% in the kingdom were about equal, the Com-
mission should consist of twelve Protestants and twelve Catholics.
Rut then another question arose—who was to be the Secretary?
which was he to be? Catholic or Protestant? He was told
that there was a person remarkably well qualified to be Secre-
tary to such a Commission, but that that person was a Jew.
,Well, said his Majesty, and what then ? If the person be
well mialitied for the situation, let that Jew be my Secre-
tary. Now, observe, Gentlemen, 'Mat although his Majesty
of Holland was so very liberal 'and impartial in his sentiments,
ho had no particular predeliction for Jews ; while other Sove-
-1 reigns, not quite so liberal,.were very fond of Jews. The King'
of Holland wanted no loans from them, while 'other Soiereigns
did ; and he had seen an historical picture in which these So-
vereigns were represented with a splendid dinner before them,
and upon the entrance of a certain very rich Jew with a heap of
• money-bags, all rise up in raptures, throwing down plates, knives
and forks, spoons, and other things; but all this while the King of
Holland sat calmly and contentedly eating a Dutch herring, and
said that he would have nothing to with the Jew.—(Loud cheers
anal a laugh. ).—After the example of. his 'Majesty of Holland, I
would extend the blessings of civil and religious liberty to all sects
whatever, and of course to Roman Catholics among the rest. I
tiaiv the Pope on his return to Italy, and how did he return ?.
Not by means of Roman Catholics, but with the help of 10,0001.
given him by Protestants. But, Gentletnen, whatever may be
the opinions as to the existence of the Papal nosier, either as a
Spiritual Superior, or as an independent Temporal Prince, I
certainly think, that the best plan would have been to' have'
made Rome the capital of Italy, and to have given the Italians
a free and independent representative Government, and then
all woithlhave been sensible that they might defy the Pope and
tlte Devil, and all their works..--(Chaers.)—Gentlemen, there are
skies% in all Churches, and I will tell you plainly my own
opinion about the manner in which she Clergymen in the ser-
vice of every Chureh ought to he Maintained and . supported.—,
I think that no Church aught' to' have a territorial revenue—
tended h}•
at
thingthat no Churchlinit uo"iutghnt• ete: "th
IvYe bettuti t.yhaet
ha tblephlaise:te Ll°. tThhiClergyniak,
of any Church ought to' receive stipends or salaries' from Go-
his etas
vernment; but that, as is the case in the United States of
America, every sheep should
Gentlemen, is my opinion: But I have had an infallible secret
for dissipating' the ' apprehensions of those who entertain, as
they pretend, such a dread of the Pope and of Papists ; for,
if, the principle upon which I acted when I went last to
Spain had been adopted by our Government, and deeidedly
maintained, I believe all might have dismisaed their fears,- of
Pope or Inquisition. Gentlemen, Whether I 'Vote for or
against 'the Ministersy my only object •is the' good of my reruin.'.
try ; I never vote for the Government- as -a -,Government, but
vote for them when they do that which 1, in my conscience,
believe to be for the advantage of the Country, merely on the
ground that the measure is`of that beneficial iltscrifition.—
Gentlemen, If Mr. Canning were here, and' you were called•
npon to give hint three cheers for his having abandoned the
Holy Alliance, 1 would certainly recommend it to you to give
these three cheers, and I believe you would, be well disposed to
give them. In like manner, if Mr. Peel wire here, and you
were called upon to give him three timers for his amendment of
the Criminal Law and his abandonment of the Alien Bill, I
would be anxious that you should give the cheers, and I think
you would not refuse them. Now, Gentlemen, with respect to
the questions which have been put to us, I believe I have, in
the course of my statement, fully answered them already. 1
have osly again, Gentlemen, to return you my hearty thanks.
—You have done honour to yourselves, as well as• to me,
by the manner in which you 'have countenanced the just and
liberal principles of Government
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trililelt
on at it
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opposite
m y;
you
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has
while thank
salvytao nsequal
you, Gentlemen, for the patience and favour with which you have
s
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alitstetenntedionttoilwttlthbeegealneialvideatteo
I am very anxious that.you would do so, beeause the party may so
Commit himself by what he says,
in my canvass. Gentleinen, you know me and my causes and
that cause is the same with that of my worthy Colleague, for I
never would consent to coma ;into Parliament by a compromise
with any one, of 'objects and views different from those *hi& I
think conducive to the real interests of my country. In con
elusion, I request- that you will give three shouts! that 'may, rend
the skies, and prove like the sounds of *met music to your
friends, and the voice of thunder to your enemies—(Immense
cheering;)

Mr. CeLvarer said, with respect to the questions that had
been put, that it had not occurred to him to give them any direct
gnawer ; they must be aware, 'that no such answer wee required ;
for they all knew that he 'was now, as be always had been, the
advocate of Parliamentary Reform, and of Civil and Religious
Liberty.
Mr. POLHILL came forward next to address the electors. He
said he would proceed to. 'give answers to the questions which
had been pot to him. He was naked if he would support a re-
vision of the Cern Laws? Hie reply to that %yes, he would...—
Although he might be a sufferer himself by doing so, as he had,
date for arty of these counties, or far another place, had he thought
freehold property in four counties.
iww.puwiw.efleire
ostaurriodfasreapCanresendt.i-
proper to do -so; Ina the
ing Southwark; to that of representing any other place in the
kingdoin.—(llear, hear !)--As to lessening the public expenditure
it was not ori going into Parli:fmaven9tolh.aehliteadtotriagirvede :hicteifionratopfrtthioef
otift.ehilsasdtesit'wire,
ytoearelesseeni'iothtee burdens' of tdbiemPineoishple::tathese fo
and r
the, reduction, of duties.. It was unnecessary for him
tproeure
would he ,voto for a Reform in Parliament. To that his
ant/wet..wilt, that he would vote fora ' Der.
e
a-arliament,---
I)oursr4leya'sthoferetrheereiliettpalte.h The next question put to him was,
hear, hrar!)—end he Was alert favourable to fa full
~sta, complete aholitiOU of the Slave Trade. . lfe was tressed of
being e Tory. The word Tory had two meanings; the one Ws.
derived from an Irish word which signified savage. He trusted
of a ravage after him in his canvass,.
the favourable -reeeption he had
in that meaniagof 'the word. It also had another meaning, a
synthinoedtho:intenikotgollineat,hvlesentaoeurcvbilipsimprzotrioiftlf.rei
ttrie.
frienA th 6 tpostolical ehurch of England as' by law established.
that he wait not a Tory
Now, that friend heesvowed himself toll*. • Geothmtn in
the course oftheir, addreeseel looked across the, Atlantic, and re-
ferred to distant countries. He would follakt; their exitniple, end,
point Theie'attention 'to Poland, whieb'enjoyed happiness and free-
dam, whilst it enjoyed a Protestant religion; hut 48 6q°ll the and the Jesuitsintefferetb -that freedom anti ha_ppinese
were lost,- and the -pattition'of the 'kingdom followed. He 'load

‘-,S4\-YA,

now made an avowal of his sentiments: He would go to the poll

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with confidence. knew that thete.wes—

a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."
That tide was running TIOW in his favour, and he hoped it would

bear him on to final esiccein.
The Honourable Candidate was but very imperfectly audible,
from the frequent interruptions he met with in every sentence of
his address; from the crowd surrounding the hustings.
The HIGH Ramer proceeded to , call for a show of bands,
which were held up almost unanimously in favour of Sit Robert
Wilson and Mr. Calvert. A poll was demanded by Mr.
Polhill, however, on the High 'Witt declaring Mt. Calvert and
Sir Robert Wilson duly elected: •
Mr. CALVERT and Sir R. WILSON briefly returned thank
the thasct for
*trauma' tha high' trust conferred upon them by eleois
of Southwark. . ,
Thanks were then voted to the High Sheriff, for the impar-
tiality of his conduct in presiding over the proceedings of the
ark
and it was arranged that the poll should commence at two, ,
close at four, in the afternoon. •
At four o'clock, the books were closed, and a few minutes sec
the numbers were announced to be--. •
For Sir Robert Wilson ..4. 175

Mr. CALVERT,
C. Calvert, - Esq. ----, ' 170
- Polhill,.Env, • .
.Ott
in reitlfding thanks, oliseilted that they had
given him ft decided proof of their opinions of his conduct It,
their representative, by placing him in such a conspicumis 'aims-
lion upon the poll. ' He regretted that it lout not been °pool
earlier or continued later, as many of his friends had- been dis-
appointed in not voting on that day; but tomorrow they would
have an opportunity of doubling the expression of their feeling.
and his debt of gratitude. They had kept faith with him, end he
would keep faith with them to the day of hie death. The result
of their exertions was not, in his opinion, the leitot to he doubted;
and while he returned theta his sincere thanks for the kindness .
manifested to him on that occasion, he had only to entreat a con-
tinuance of their favours.--(Loud cheers).
Sir R. %mos: then presented himself in front of the busting,
amidst enthusiastic cheerinF. Although he mild not but be high(t
gratified by the position in which lit hail been plated by th".
exertions, yet be did tint feel ambitious to enjoy even the Aittiut-
of
lion it conferred, if it marked any thing like disapprobetion
the conduct of his former colleague.--(Cheers).--He esold ii°,tl
believe, however, that they held any such opinions, hid,
their conduct that day was a proof of it. They. I's"'
indeed, taken time by the forelock, and taught their diem?
hut to the party—Their--Their enemy,,he repeated,
what he had to expect in the contest.—(Some disapprobation)....
When he said enemy, he did not apply the phrase is the,.rf -
out
he could take them by „ surprise, but he forgot phi
wle 1) t
soldiers, who were not to be caught sbunberieg upon thar
—men witlt always slept with one eye open.—(Cheers)ii 111
had givenlim one lesson, and they..had yet to give hint our
on
that the energies of English freemen always rose in
the demand upon.their duty—(Applause).—He 'snouted that he
did not hear all the questions propmed.to the new Candidate, o°l
the answers which he gave to them, and he lamented that his
constituent, did not hear them either; for it was their duty i'
know what he bad to promise or to propose. 000- quilitin
however, he did hear, and that was—Will you vote a rep are
0
taxation ? The answer to that was Yes' I will: and I b4ve
given, a proof of it already. Now what was that 014? • rOti"
people should know it ; for although it was not to be outwit
'that private interest might not sometimes be very prop' °milli
bind with public interests, it was very odd that the mar proof
of the desire of the new Candidate to procure a rePest (4 t$111"1,-6
was to be found in his having entered into negoelations with, t.,4
Minister, fora renifseion of the tai- on tobacco. (Laughter) II d'i
not say the Hon. Gentleman did' not do right, for the flak!l
those who might happen to like
to chew that weed ; but they
were not to infer from each an answer that the new Cillididett fa:
proportion to
a man disposed to make all the sacrifices required from their tie:,
presentative; and even if he had answered all the questions tti'
posed to him; the question for them would he, not whether till_
rotten
should elect him, but whether they were disposed to dismiss tliebr,,
long tried and practised -servants, who come to them IVO !_t
strength of "what' 'they had done, and return a man who , ntig",
nothing to offer them but hare and unsupported pat-sill t_,
There was once tin Athenian General, who thought his setrfo7
had been ill repaid by hie Country. This man -took 'his font 0_
youth, into the /trams! at Athens, and pointing out to him sr,
long tried servants. No-man could, however, he WO Ore), .71
complain-like the Athenian; that he had been treated ill 1 y :::,
fish E., lecters.—(Cheere,)—No man could ever say he had
true
abandoned if he could only say more, that he had been but
itt .
galleys, said, thus the Athenians treat and riegleet heir
to himself ; their conduct that day Wei a proof that the nor
de (101.
Southwark had advanced in the march Of intelfigence instes
iwit,
having retrograded, as their enemies niitst have supposed w w ,
they presented themselves on such principles. He had only
pan-
to return theM his sincere thanks, to express again' hie
note, and to assure them, that if, they mute 'early, and. !as!
Mr. POLHILL then attempted to 1114 a few Wind''
applause:)his voice
strongly, they could have 'little more up-bill work.----(Leu"
was completely drOWned by the clamour and hooting' of the or.
We underst6od him to say, that perseverance wow .Ipm ptte'-;
grey,
him at the head of the poll, and enable him to Mt g.° even
gratitude than he felt et that moment. erne°
A Mr. Pntt.t.res said I few wont.- in Praise of the ophiev 1
luit
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' of Sir Robert Wilson, ,and for the purpose of exhorting the vor "
No accommoditioni `were
to vote for him. ii or'
After which, the Crier proclaimed the opening of the l''-
i; o ed.
morrow morning at 9 o'clock, and the assembly was ("'''''-vi with
the press, and it was only at the risk of personal injurr du le
sr-
were enabled to approach Hie Hinting,. Irtilesst indeed' th,-`,,,e so
rangements ire altered, it must be altogether impotiCibls to t'''''.'
accurate report of the proceedings. .
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