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He should be extremely sorry if the time should arrive when
his borough would be deprived of the services of the noble
rd, for he was decidedly of opinion that we should never
e his like again. (Great cheers.) lie begged to second
c nomination of Lord Sandon. (Loud cheers,)
Mr. RICHARD LEYLAND then rose and said that he had •
'eat pleasure in proposing Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., as a
and proper person as representative of this borough in
mrlitimeimt, but from the noise which prevailed, and the low
,ne of voice in which he spoke, we could scarcely catch a
ord of what he said. We understood him to observe that
Ir. Cresswell had executed the trust entrusted to him on a
irmer occasion with great justice to himself and satisfac-
ictiou to his constituents, and that his high standing at the
ar, and his commanding talents, eminently entitled bins to
le distinguished honour of being a member for Liverpool.
Great cheers.)
Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE next_ rose and said he would
of detain theist any longer than merely to second the nomi-
ation of Mr. Cresswell. (Renewed cheers.)
WILLIAst EARLS, Esq. then stood forward, amidst ap-
•lause and hisses, for the purpose of proposing Lord Pal-
aerston. He said that there was a general impression in this
own that, in consequence of the line of conduct which our
ate representatives had thought fit to take with respect to the
great measures which were so decidedly calculated to improve
he commerce of this port—(cheers, hisses, and cries of " Oh,
!")—they were unfit to represent Liverpool in parliament.
rhe reformers had long considered them unworthy, and that
'eeling had now extended to the tories. (" No, no," and
Yes, yes.") If the party whom he should have the honour
ind pleasure to nominate, and whom they were determined
D give the electors an opportunity of choosing, were returned
is the representative for this borough, he (Mr. Earle) was
:onfident that he (Lord Palmerston) would perform his du-
;les with zeal and ability, and represent the interests of cons-
nerce. One of the persons to be brought forward by the
Theral party was our own townsman, Sir Joshua Walmsley—
;cheering)—a man of untiring industry, a staunch friend of
free trade, and one who had often been called out in behalf of
the people. The second candidate to be called out by the
anti-monopolists—the noble lord whom he should have the
honour to propose—was one whose name would live in the
page of history, and be handed down to posterity. ' (Cries
of " where is he ? " and cheers.) He (Mr. Earle) had
waded through the addresses of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cress-
and if any one there had done the same, he was satis-
fied that he would come to the conclusion that he (Mr. E.)
lad arrived at—that he had wasted a great deal of valuable
ime. (" Oh, oh," and groans.) Never was there such a
issue of unmeaning words, and so great an absence of . any
entimnent which could arrest the attention of mercantile
nen. There was an angry and petulant attack upon the new
poor law ; but the conservative candidates seemed to have
forgotten that they had voted for every clause in it. (Cheers,
and cries cf " no, no.") There was also a declaration in
those addresses in favour of the corn laws, or rather of a
sliding scale, and this was followed up by an assertion that
the church was in danger, and ought to be protected. Now,
who wanted to injure the church ? (" No one," and cries
of " You and the whigs.") They (the whigs) wanted cheap
bread, and they were met by the cry that the church was in
danger, and clerical canvassers went forth to proclaim this to
the people. (Groans, hisses, cheers, and expressions of
dissent.) Yes, he could assure Mr. Sands that some few
clergymen had become political canvassers; but, to the ho-
nour of the clergy be it said, not many. (Cheers and groans.)
In the whole of the address of Lord Sandon, he (Mr. Earle)
had not found a single word about sugar. In a constituency
such as this, that question ought undoubtedly to have been
referred to; for it was one in which the town was much inter-
ested. (Much cheering and hisses.) No, the subject was
not a very sweet one. The abolitionists of Liverpool were
of opinion that the noble lord had full as much intention of
protecting the West India interests as the negroes, in the
course which he had adopted. In Liverpool, however, the
noble lord had dropped the question, and he had no doubt
shown good generalship in so doing. (Hear.) Contrast
with this the conduct of Lord Palmerston at Tiverton,
which was situated in an agricultural district, and had
amongst its voters many persons interested in the corn-
laws. Lord Palmerston, however, did not therefore blink
the question of the corn-laws. (Cheers.) He came for-
ward boldly and said that he considered he was doing the
electors good service by bringing forward the question of the
corn-laws. (Great cheering.) In consequence of that manly
!onduct, the honest enthusiasm of honest Englishmen were
nanifested in favour of an honest man. (Applause and
misses.) Another subject not alluded to in the addresses of
:he conservative candidates was the finances of the country.
rue tory accusation that ministers had injured the finances
vas an unfounded one. (Cheers.) That ministry had taken
Ai a large amount of taxes, and a deficiency would never
Save been felt had it not been for the expeditions to China
and to Canada ; and it was very fortunate for the country
that there was a liberal ministry in power when those expe-
ditions were going forward. (Cheers.) Judging from
past events, he should say that had there been a tory govern
went, we should have had in addition a war with France,
and, perhaps, a general war. (Applause mingled with hisses.)
Instead of this, however, we are now on a good footing
with the European Powers, and by next advices he hoped .
:o hear that peace had been established in every quarter.
:Cheers.) With respect to
.the commercial measures pro-
posed by her Majesty's ministers, he must state, that if those
measures were not adopted, new taxes must undoubtedly be
imposed upon the country. (Cheers and hisses.) The con-
servatives objected to the policy of government, but they
themselves proposed no remedy—nothing in lieu of the mea-
sures which they opposed. (Cheers and groans.) As far as
regarded the West India proprietors—and he himself was
one, as well as others around him—it was his opinion that
the protective duties were of no benefit to them whatever.
But suppose they were, was it not a monstrous evil that the
whole community should pay so enormously for the advan-
tage of a few, and that the interests of those few should be
consulted in preference to that of the great multitude, who
had scarcely means of subsistence ? Those protective duties
were, under the circumstances, a crying evil ; and he did not
thank Lord Sandon for having protected him, or the in-
terests with which he was connected. (Applause and hisses.)
As the gentlemen on the other side were very impatient, he
should not occupy their time much longer. He should con-
clude by proposing Henry John Temple, Lord Viscount
Palmerston, as a fit and proper person to represent Liverpool
in Parliament. (Tremendous cheering, mixed with groans
and hisses from the Conservatives.
THOMAS BROCKLEBANK, Esq., seconded the nomination
of Lord Palmerston, and in so oing, spoke highly of the
character and abilities of the noble lord, of the free-trade
measures introduced by ministers, and of their general policy.
A more able and trustworthy administration this country had
not had for a long period. The noise was so great during the
whole of the time that Mr. Brocklebank was speaking, and
he spoke in so low a tone, that we were unable to give more
than this brief outline of what he said. At the conclusion of
Isis remarks, a most vociferous and animated round of ap-
plause was given for Lord Palmerston, and it was immediately
answered by a counter cheer for Lord Sandon and Mr.
Creswell.
Colonel WILLIAMS rose, amid mingled cheers and hisses,
to nominate Sir Joshua Walmsley as a fit and proper person
to represent this borough in parliament. When he had for-
merly attended meetings in that place, the friends of social
order used to be extremely noisy. He found that the friends
of social order were present on this occasion, and that they
were as noisy as ever ; but he hoped the mayor would order
his policemen to have an eye on them. (Hisses.) If his
observations could not be heard within doors, he would ad-
dress the crowd without. When the corn-laws had passed
the legislature, the people outside the doors of the House
of Commons vastly exceeded in numbers and intelligence the
collective wisdom within. So it was on the present occasion.
(Great laughter.) Where was Sir Thomas Brancker ? Oh !
he (time colonel) observed him close by his side. • (Renewed
laughter.) Sir Thomas had said that lie was under no em-
barrassment in not meeting the noble lord, because that
geetleman had been a faithful and honest representative of
the borough. Sir Thomas was a religious man ; but was
he aware of the gospel the noble lord had preached ?
(Great and continued laughter.) It was very odd how the
same matter operated on different people. He stood there
as an ancient freeman, and as a representative of the
most virtuous body in all England. (A pause, followed
by a cry of " Give him a chew of tobacco.") If they
' allowed him to take his own time, he would proceed. (Ironi-
cal laughter.) He recollected having been interrupted by
the friends of social order when Canning stood on the hust-
ings; but Mr. Canning said, on thatoccasion, that everything
might be brought forward at an election in the same way as
if they were debating a question on the state of the nation
in the House of Commons ; and, therefore, he (time colonel)
would make himself heard. (Ironical laughter.) At the
present era, when want of confidence was the Order of the
day, he was specially filled with that want of confidence with
regard to the noble lord and his double—(cheers and hisses)
—Mr. Cresswell, to whom lie had time honour of introducing
himself. There were many objections on the ground of want of
confidence, to the vote of those very honourable men in their
way no doubt—(great cheers)—but not men that he thought
qualified to represent the borough of Liverpool. (Hisses.)
His principal objection to the noble lord was, that he was
one of that order—an order originating in the darkest times
of ignorance and barbarism. (Loud cries of " Oh, oh !"
groans and hisses.) He thought he had a very good ground
of objection against the noble lord, therefore. (Renewed
groans, and cries of " What is Lord Palmerston ?") Yes,
they had some liberal lords, and the more honour was due to
them. (" Where is he ?") But the nature of the order was
to be hostile to the people. (Loud groans and hisses.)
They had never known them to be in favour of the
people, and, as a proof of it, they were getting their
means of superfluity by adding to their rents on those in-
fernal questions of corn restrictions. (Loud groans and
hisses.) Aye, this was the character of those men who
were overrun with wealth, that they still extracted ad-
ditions to their income from the miserable bread-eater.
(Renewed groans, followed by a pause, and cries of " Goon.")
He was fearful of e-xhausting himself ; but he had another
ground of want of confidence to the noble lord on the
ground of his tribe and his fe mils,. (Renewed groans.) The
whole of the present questions had arisen by reason of the
profligacy, the cruelty and the extravagance of the men who
had heretofore governed the country. They had imposed on
the country by means of their sanguinary wars an addition
of five hundred millions of the national debt, and iP VMS the
burden of that debt and the necessity the people were under
of paying the interest of it, which had been the ground,
work of the liberal pleasures of the present administration ;
and when the noble lord observed in his address—he had
got that address in his packet and be would read a few ex-
tracts from it—thet .the present was an unprincipled agita-
tion on the part of the government, be would say that this
was an unprincipled assumption on the part of the noble
lord. He (the ,colonel) called them the wise and liberal
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enormous debt had been contracted by the pit,
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sons, the Dudley Raelers, and the whole company of rough
riders who held the helm of the state. (Loud groans.) The
only way to relieve time pressure upon the people was to
raise up a more equal revenue. Ile should like to know the
grounds on which a levy on the people in. the shape of pro=
tective rates on the corn lawshad been imposed. The 66 illus.
trious duke," when hewasin time ministry, had given it as
his opinion that the corn lawst were necessary to enable the
landlords to pay their rten s. (Cries of " the tenants, you
mean." muds laughter and continued groans.) That
was the statesmanlike
corn argument of the Duke of Wellington
for supporting- the laws ! (Groans.) And what had
been the consequence 1 Why. they put fifty millions into
the pockets of the ov
fergrown landlord, which had been taken
out of the pockets o the miserable consumers ; and, there-
fore, there never was a more unjust or election-like declar-
ation of the noble lord than when he said that the conduct
of time government was an unprincipled • • (Hisses
and agitation.
and groans.) He must repeat that he was a freeman
of the borough, and that he had the noble lord's guaran.
tee for being one of his best friends. (lronical laughter,)
Be had vainly attempted to read time address of the
noble lord, when it d appeare in large characters on
the walls of the town, but he read it in one of the
Tory newspapers, and he could
met with such a tissue safely say that he had never
of absurdity. (Groans, and cries of
" Except your own,") He did not mean to go into a re-
view of that address, but he thought it showed upon its
face that the noble lord knew ha was wrong when be was
writing it, and that it
ine within hi bore evidence of what had been pass-
in Williams concluded by moving
thate Sir Joshuam
represent this borough in Walmsleyfit and proper person to
was a
g in parliament.
Mr. WILLIAN
t B Rows seconded the nomination.
The IVlAvort. then asked
had any other candidate to propose ? No answer being re-
turned, his worship called upon
Lord SANDON, who was received with tremendous ap-
plause. I believe, said the noble lord, it has usually been
the custom, at least for the last three elections, for those who