The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-19 00:00:00

iSOUTIIIVARK ELECTION•

FIRST DAY-TARTE ER PARTICULARS.)

Yesterday 'morning, at -half-past nine o'clock.
the Eleethn of Members for the Borough of
Southwark commenced on the Hustings, in fron►
of the Town Flail.

At eight o'clock, as Sir Roaaai Wit.sotl was
proceeding in his Landau to the Election, be was
tort at the Asylum, Westmiuster-road, by a large
holy of ElectoN, tight blue and ptirple
cockades {the colours of Sir Robert and Mr.
Calvert), preceded by a b'and of MiisiC, and two
itten carrying; large purple banners,'on which were
pliut4d, " Wilson, the Friend of the l'eofile,"
and " Wilson and the Independence of South-
%vatic" He was received with loud cheers. The
cavalcade then moved .ou, leading Sir Robert Wil-
son (who was here joined in his landau by Messrs.
Hall and Wetherstone) by a circuitous route -tO
the hustings, amid the acclamations of the peopk,
the bands striking up, " See the conquering H ero
comes."

Mr. BARCLAY bad privately arrived.. on the
hustings a few minutes earlier. A friend of his
immediately introduced Sir Robert
,to Mr. Bar-
clay ; the rival Candidates mutually expressed
great personal respect for each other, and exprcssed
an earnest desire that the contest should be con,
ducted "on public grounds: Sir R. Wilson assured
Barclay that both hitntell and adherents
would do all- in their power to guard against any
thing like the introduction 'of personality, and
to conduct..the Election with the uUnost de-

comm.

Mr..CALvEuT arrived shortly ,alte,r, and was
received with great applause. •
At half past nine o'clock, the High Bailiff, at-
tended by Alderman Sir J. Eamaa, ordered the
Precept tor holding the Election to be read, and
took the usual oaths for his impartiality, &c.
Barclay and Mr. Calvert were 'on his right hand,
and Sir R. Wilson on his left.-
The Hton listuni then earnestly exhorted
the Electors to conduct the business they were
about to enter upon with decency, impartiality,
and decorum.
Mr. SOLOMON DAVIRS proposed Mr. C. Calvert.
as a fit and proper person to be, one of their Re-
presentatives. In the discharge of this . most
pleasant duty be should occupy only a few mi,
wites of their time, because he was confident there,
existed but one opinion 'roman.. the electors re-
specting the character and quarlifications.of Mr.
Calvert. When that Gentleman was, proposed in
1807, be (Mr. D.) was told that. it was the
greatest folly in the world to propose him; as
there was no probability of polling more. titan
4600 voters-, but though the poll began, as be
might say, at the ninth' hour, 1694 votes had
been polled, and Mr. Calvert's election- copse.
fluently was lost by only a small majority .against
Lim. • His last election had, however, given
,the
death blow to
.the aristocracy at that time existing
'in the borough—(Applauses)—tor his. votes were
in 1812 no fewer than 2 ISO. Returned thus by
the electors, Mr. Calvert manfully and decidedly
declared his independent principles,: and hehad
ever since acted a eonatatency honnorahla to
'himself and them. Among; ins first acts in the
house might he placed Lia opposition to the Corn
Sill ; in. alluding to which he (Mr. D.) would
decline giving it those epithets which had been
thrown tip' on it in the public papers. He opposed
the Bill when it_ was first proposed to be brought
in, and he never desisted in his opposition to it
Abrough.all its stages Certainly .that could
not be too much reprobated which went to de-
prive,-an Englishman of the, luxury of eating a
quart ern-loaf at a cheap rate—(Loud
The next public act which Mr. Calvert opposed
was the Suspensioh of the Habeas Corpus Act,'
and in oppOsing it be acted on the conscentions
principle-of: its having been introduced into the
House -on the most flimsy pretexts ; and of the'
violence, of some foolish melt, having .been made
use of as a reason to suspend the bulwark of the
Constitution. Equally determined were his efforts.
against the Indemnity Bill, where the objects of
tyranny were refused redress against. their hard-
hearted and cruel persecutors. Never, in fact,
had he been absent fram his 'post" on a question
where either the rights, the property, privileges,
or liberties of Englishmen were concerned.--=
Having in these few words merely reminded them
of what Mr. Calvert was; and of what they might
hope him to be, he should now conclude by pro-
posing Lim as a fit and proper person to represent
the Borough.
-Mr. NV. D. CILARKI; never discharged a more
pleasing duty in his, life than in seconding the no-
ruination of Mr. Barclay.--(Loud laughter.)—
He really begged
,pardon for this mistake, for
though his tongue pronounced Ahe.name of Bar-
clay, yet Calvert had the fullest possession of his
heart—(Cheerings.)—Who was to support the
former lie did not know, but certainly he never
would vote fur a man, who, at the dicta of a,Mi7
nister, could vote away the people's liberty.,,
.It
was for them to..say, whether a Gentleman who
had acted in that way was a fit person to be their
Representative--(some hisses and applauses.)--He
heard some groans behind him, which he hoped-
were the expiring groans of that faction.. He
would remind them of the high duty they had nosy
to discharge, of the eyes of the country being on
them, and lie trusted they would sitel.v• they were
Englishmen, and would act as such. After what
they had heard and what, they knew of Mr. Cal-
. services and principles, he would not de-
tain them longer than by, with pleasure, second-
ing the nomination of that most respectable Gen-
tleman.
Mr. FLORENCE YOUNG then came forward,
amid mingled expressions of applause and disap-
probation, to propose Mr. Barclay. He said,
- that when he had first the honour of proposing
Me. Barclay to their notice, be had told them he
'would act in Parliament Fhe part of au,independ-
ent man, uninfluenced by. Ministers and tmawed
by faction. This character, he had sustained with-
out turning to the'vight or the left, and he would
Still continue to pursue the same track.—(Cries of
• ,‘ Aye,,if he gets in he: may'!")--He'll never he
influenced by the noise of a crowd,
.who Corm no
part of the Eke ors of the Borough. He was the
fit man. for .a Representative, for his mind 411111
property placed him above temptation," The lithei.