The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-10 00:00:00

SOUTH WA r li ELECTW""
(THIS DAY.)

NOMINATION OF CAND— —IOA' doe!
f on
Thisrepresent
h the
tohofirxOndg
the late Benjamin Wood, Esq., the hustin. 7,
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' front ot is
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at an early hour in Iligh.street, in ..,_iiiff terrfi,f
hall. The hour appointed by the High Da Lortly 6,
ing the proceedings was ten o'clock, but s;_, "„tall!
nine o'clock the wide area was densely crolac_uside fro!,
choice a multitude of non-electors as the er
Torth lberr.
Blackfriars to Bermondsey could send_
iv,_arfle:o
with
rest
ose a large pordon of coalheavers and
wearing in their hats huge labels !a.,
~esnecto,
" Pitcher and Ourselves." '1 his powertt:ol,hl
erb
and most orderly, body of men came L,‘„,, ,
, persea-oe al
headed by an eioC.rlY -pifeaer for etrool
dishing a broom, and ~„liouting ' , ,_ io ,
ImmediatelY abl
bravo-lookin,
" Filcher and a cheap loaf.' a „entire •01,
the hustings, and close to the desk (.1,- :330,1511,.
kindness of the High Bailiff for the ace° wa of° '
the public press) there was stationed a erlool9o
voured, ragged, and ruffianly boys, of agesfeetit),,,
whokept up an incessant uproar, quite drowli the v:
jarring trebles the boisterous fledbellowing' to 0
heavers. A gentleman on the hustings oetess.
those urchins, asking him to carry a Ili.° opis,igfl
way ; but the young specimen of 66 plibiles
wee ,
plied, "I can't go, I am one of Pitcher' Aeot elegy
request was made to one of the indeper'.go is,
comrades, but a score or two of the ragalnun',. he
squad shouted out, "You musn't go, Bill 'cile€o
go—we're Pitcher's men—huzza ! three, toe
Pilcher. Ha ! Miall—ha ! ha 1 ha t" an uah foil
•
hisses and groans for Miall and Molesi, or,
„Ora-
Whereupon the negotiation between the lilt is
Pitcher's young "men" fell to the ground. '' thesec
necessary to say, now, what sort of recenti°_°,o the,
candidates met with on their appearance lot 01,,
tings. But it must bo mentioned as S 0 ~r fil,',.
teristic of the assemblage, that one of ll'ho's.tigg,.;
agents having presented himself on the their , e
gently rebuked the " men " for e , Wel',,,
was answered with cheers and a cry Ole:t d rfri
some beer, master," a reply which el., ,eect9ble:
cheers and prodigious laughter. In die the le',
geny of " Young England ' here collected, osoje
tinguished was a ferocious-lookieg
bulence the whole morning was most ll'gf 110
who was occasionally termed by sonic °,, kl'l,
facetious associates the " Barbadoes pilchard' ooel)cp
negro, of more decent appearance, het e
decent conduct, also signalised himself by the
his voice and the violence of his deineolvtir'oal,
negro,.
irt,vg,r
At ten o'clock the High Bailiff, Mr. prated iir,,
panied by the Deputy Bailiff, Mr. Jones, ,(j veri
Pixie, Alderman, came upon the busting, %jet 00
tainly received in a more orderly and 4 oious
than could have been expected from the Pt
bition of the morning. 01
The usual preliminaries having been gnineossi.,„
The HIGH BAILIFF then came forward tieser',,„.
the electors of Southwark were now met t° ,(C'i
rights vested in them by the Constitution•oe 001(4,
They were met in consequence of the dens al
late lamented representative, Mr. Benjan3l°„ the,,,
without presuming to offer any opinion °';,st of
merits of that gentleman, he thought it VII,
mitted that during the period he had sete oas 0`
presentative, he had sustained, in the Conildept)
of Parliament, the character of an indePeicil by li,:
useful, and trustworthy servant. Deprive oa''',
those services, they were now met to elect a eeJc,
his place in that House—(Cheers)—and he l'the'fr'
dress the constituents of that borough uP°cillay II;
ante of the trust they were that roos
ercise.—(Loud cheers.) He was stir old
the influential and wealthy elect°,llboril
wark, and he was sure that they woula s orto,
conduct that they estimated aright the .inl,lf, lo',
they were met to discharge.—(Cheers) tines Ili,
where there were so many antagonistic fee' Pi'
be impossible that some ebullition of feelingotss
take place, and he only hoped that they welipt 01
in discharging their duty in such a inat°' 30
reflect credit upon all. a •
The proper officer then read the writ, st
a f
of
tered the oaths against bribery, &c. ,r
Mr. W. HAWES then came forward, "Pot
minutes the noise was so great thavtiodi'Afi
could be heard in his immediate neighbointli
silence was somewhat restored, he proceedeoe ri
he was there present to nominate Sir Wi'.l fert
to ,
worth as a fit and proper person dos di
them in Parliament.—(Cheers, groans, an a e0,0}6
was a person who would use his uto3,,°„-ge PPri '
to procure to the electors of Southwark t"-(Clicsjle
of which they were that day deprived'higor
confusion)—he meant the elective frati,e' 05`-,4
not indeed promise them universal suffrse,,,oa V' ft,
but that extension which was based t'r „ e lid
He supported Sir William Molesworth beo-ro' 47
seated the commercial interest of the h 0 tieV
himself extensively connected with it by the 0119
y
perty.—(Cheers and hisses.) He was an At,
advocate for the repeal of the corn-laws',7.
He had advocated this opinion when it was 11'A• ',
do so, and he had recorded that opinion in
Commons.—(Cheers.) He supported Sir itir)
worth also because he represented the civil
opinions and feelings of the majority i° ]:grocer
important important borough, and he advocated relit°. Iry
with a zeal and an earnestness vvhilad '
honour to their choice.—(Cheers.) Be ~iecto,'
every man justice in the course of that 05
while maintaining his own principles. he di" ol'i
tise those of the other candidates.—(Clieers rail,
He did net resort to the disgraceful Oteffideliik
He did not tax the other candidates with 1e,,105.,
he had, at least, sought their suffrages !i0101;
fairly. Who did Mr. Filcher represent? 51$!!;,
mercial interests of the borough, as had b,en
the bigotry and exclusiveness of Toryisito
and hisses.) And who were the friends of o.of/
What were the parties by whom he was stie','
Certainly not thosewho were interested in ,'l le;
cial prosperity of the borough, or knew an,,,, r',
trading affairs. He was surrounded by ti, racs,
this and that, but not by the commercia',,ee,
of the borough.—(Hear, hear.) His frien° lilli
to be advocates of civil and religious fot)
but their civil and religious liberty was ovildor,
selves, and not for any one else.—(Cheers *teat
He saw none of the old and staunch suPP°rafiry
Liberal interest in the borough around NintreZte,"
was supported by the bigotted and the dis,e•sfo '
among others by Feargus O'Connor and Ple theili
(Loud cheers and hisses.) While these weria'o
porters of Mr. Miall, Mr. Pilcher was brang,so,
by the rank Tories.—(Uproar by Mr. Pitcher te„
As they were impatient of hearing hitn.,„(P
not longer occupy their time, but only sc';',.'
morrow would, he had no doubt, see P" afy
Molesworth returned to Parliament as theirr
tative.—(Loud cheers and confusion.) He C' 100
moving that gentleman as a fit and proper Per f
present the borough in Parliament. Dirg 05 i
Mr. MARTIN seconded the nomination. .I'.atei
in being able to bring such a candidate rtA
He had been for many years working witu,a 7};
Liberal interest, and before that time be Ph„';.).4
the present hustings leading them on to view the ii
cheers and uproar.) He hoped to do so en ?.
occasion.—(Loud cheers, and much uproar.),b
there to support Sir William Moles''
cheers.) He supported him because he cons irOi
to be an honest man, and an honest ins°lllefi
noblest work of God. Sir W. Molesworth 1,111/01
cate of religious liberty. He supported the 0$0,1,41)
should do unto others as they would that 0,`"0"les;
do unto them.—(Loud cheers and hisses.) ,libelif
,an honest Tory, but he could not understand 5110,g1
of Mr. Miall. The only course left to thate '/
he had refined to adopt—the submitting 'MS et i
ballot of the electors. He would not long iro
their attention, but conclude byf,seconding $n o„,,
tion of Sir W. Molesworth, feeling assOnael
morrow evening the poll would place him 1047
position of Member of Parliament for the pis'
Southwark.—(Loud cheers and much inter r
uproar.) aleto
Mr. EDWARD PALMER then came forwar.
Mr. Pilcher. (He was greeted with imnien,.
by the multitude who surrounded the lesaei slit
" broom," and who now occupied the front e es,'
ings ; but the supporters of Molesworth et/gei
and Miall on the other had by this time Iv betr
in, and it was difficult to determine ilvjefl
friendly centre or the hostile right and of '
buted most to the mingled tumult eV k
and groans, which rendered the Conservativ.ao k
for the most part inaudible, even to those rcesq,
close by his side.)—He was understood to lneeir
the electors the importance of the duty whie'„oo:7o,l:
this day called upon to perform as
men.Englislonea• o'l
000
He strongly recommended to the el I/
Southwark a man whom they all knew, I,l'interioi
acqua:nted with and devoted to their locals ;f i f`(Cheers and uproar of every kind.) He vcsb aerosa,
our glorious Protestant constitution in Chore (00,(!:,
to which, as it was established in the Befnr;iePe 6
owed the most valuable of our civil liheroo6l4
roar.) Mr. Pitcher would go into Parlia.nientf to sill
by party bonds. He would be the supporter t/nci 0e0(101
not men—of principle, not party. Heunderst%oo, to
wants of the borough and the commercial W-sescal,
country, and (as we understood) he was opeole a,'
landed interest, so far as that was to be elicl 0,: ft
exclusive one. But Sir Wm. Molesworth 9°,.;"l,oo,oJ'tji
sympathy with the electors at a commerce 1',0,1
he could have no knowledge of their pectl,;ll,,,
(Great uproar.) Mr. Filcher was wei1,0t,,„,,
the people of Southwark as a friend to the rtattlij ,)
liberal supporter of their charitable ine-foe,eiti I'.
(Cheers and groans.) He would always be,' pi,' I ,
cessible to his constituents, and he would O,T feri,
promise which he had made, that he woni.:,(Aopetl.,,,,
consult them on all important occasiona Ai
and uproar.) Mr. Palmer then proceeded r't eieiot),)
the pretensions of the other candidates, be et ' i
gather but little of what he said. With rtelael,e Pli
Willioin Molesworth, he referred to the toatli'ioc'd
Britannica" article, " Hobbes" (as we unders.o eilik`'
which he argued that Sir W. Molesworth, as ; te,i'..)4
of that writer, was unworthy to represent p-elle to*
constitaency.—(Confusion.) Hobbes's beat
tl'e• yie'll
Leviathan," was condemned by Parliament idA ft,,
of Charles 11., in a Bill against profaneness %no theyo 01
in the year 1661.—(Uproar continued.) ait'd eb°,ll
1683, the Convocation ordered his work a:. leaSode,
burnt. And when his physician told him. ",4'. 0 "o_6:
to die, he said that he should be " lad 6:1e9
last a hole to creep out of the world.:o,-eii As
confusion, cheers, groans, and yells of ,0 eslna Prt,
Moreover, Hobbes was utterly opposed I W+''''
religious liberty.—(Confusion indescribtOto
" broom " leader vainly laboured to con -
next adverted to the poor-laws, and go II"