The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-02 00:00:00

THE NOMINATION

The friends of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell arrived at
the hustings about ten o'clock, and in about half an hour
afterwards they were followed by the friends of Sir Joshua
Walmsley.
The Town-elerk having read the writ and precept for the
election, as well as the act of parliament for the prevention
of bribery and corruption,
The MAYOR said the time had now arrived for the propo-
sal of candidates for the representation of this borough. If
any burgess or freemen had any gentleman to propose to
serve this borough in parliament, they would now have the
goodness to put them in nomination.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then rose amidst loud cheers to
nominate Lord Viscount Sandon. He said, if the duty which
devolved upon him had been to propose a new candidate to
the electors of Liverpool, he should have felt considerable
hesitation in undertaking the office ; but he felt greatly re-
lieved when he knew that he was about to propose to their
notice a noble lord who had served them for the last ten
years, whom they had triumphanely returned to time suc-
cessive parliaments, and who had discharged the important
duties confided to his care in a manner second to none.
(Loud cheers.) The noble lord had discharged his parlia-
mentary duties, whether of a public or a private nature, with
a zeal, diligence, and integrity becoming that high moral
character which he so eminently adorned ; and he came
forward to claim the suffrages of his former constituents with
a confidence that very few representatives of the burgesses
of England could produce and claim. (Laughter, drowned
in cheers from the conservatives.) This borough had
numbered among its representatives some very distinguished
statesmen ; but without wishing to detract from the merits
of those great names, this borough had every reason to be
proud of numbering araong its representatives the noble lord.
(Cheers.) He was quite sure that if the burgesses once more
returned him to the House of Commons, he would discharge
his duties with the same zeal and integrity that he had al-
ready displayed. (Cheers.) He would not take up the time
of the meeting longer, but at once proceed to nominate the
Right Hon. Dudley Ryder, Lord Viscount Sandon, as a fit
and proper person to represent the borough of Liverpool in
parliament. (Tremendous cheers, mingled with some dis-
approbation.)
NICHOLAS ROBINSON, Esq. seconded the nomination.
Lord Sandon had discharged his duties as one of the
crepre-
sentatives of this borough with zeal and assiduity, and he had
uniformly endeavoured to promote to the utmost of his
power the interests of this country. (Loud cheers.) His
kindness and courtesy to all who had any business to transact
with him had always been such, that it would not be neces-
sary for him to make any observrtions upon them. (Cheers.)

He should he extremely sorry If the time should arrive when
this borough would be deprived of the servtees of the noble
lord, for he was decidedly of opinion that we should never
see his like again. (Great cheers.) he begged to second
the nomination of Lord Sandon. (Loud cheers,)
Mr. RICHARD LEYLAND then rose and said that he had •
great pleasure in proposing Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., awe
fit and proper person as representative of this borough in
Parliament, but from the noise which prevailed, and the low
tone of voice in which he spoke, we could scarcely catch a
word of what he said. We understood him to observe that
Al r. Cresswell had executed the trust entrusted to him on a
former occasion with great justice to himself and satisfac-
faction to his constituents, and that his high standing at the
bar, and his commanding talents, eminently entitled him to
the distinguished honour of being a member for Liverpool.
(Great cheers.)
Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE next rose and said he would
not detain them any longer than merely to second the nomi-
nation of Mr. Cresswell. (Renewed cheers.)
WILLIAM EARLE, Esq. then stood forward, amidst ap-
plause and hisses, for the purpose of proposing Lord Pal-
merston. He said that there was a general impression in this
town that, in consequence of the line of conduct which our
late representatives had thought fit to take with respect to the
great measures which were so decidedly calculated to improve
the commerce of this port—(cheers, hisses, and cries of " Oh,
oh !")—they were unfit to represent Liverpool in parliament.
The 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
and pleasure to nominate, and whom they were determined
to give the electors an opportunity of choosing, were returned
as the representative for this borough, he (Mr. Earle) was
confident that he (Lord Palmerston) would perform his du-
ties with zeal and ability, and represent the interests of com-
merce. One of the persons to be brought forward by the
liberal 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 the?" and cheers.) He (Mr. Earle) had
waded through the addresses of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cress-
well, and if any one there had done the same, he was satis-
fied that he would come to the conclusion that he (Mr. E.)
had arrived at—that lie had wasted a great deal of valuable
time. (" Oh, oh," and groans.) Never was there such a
tissue of unmeaning words, and so great an absence of any
sentiment which could arrest the attention of mercantile
men. There was an angryand 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 bad 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 be was doing the
electors good service by bringing forward the question of the
corn-laws. (Great cheering.) In consequence of that manly
conduct, the honest enthusiasm of honest Englishmen were
manifested in favour of an honest man. (Applause and
hisses.) Another subject not alluded to in the addresses of
the conservative candidates was the finances of the country.
The tory accusation that ministers had injured the finances
was an unfounded one. (Cheers.) That ministry had taken
off a large amount of taxes, and a deficiency would never
have 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.) Judgine from
past events, he should say that had there been a tory govern
ment, 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
to 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 Eoverninent, but they
themselves proposed no remedy—nothing is 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
his 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 1 Oh !
he (the colonel) observed him close by his side. (Renewed
laughter.) Sir Thomas had said that he was under no em-
barrassment in not meeting the noble lord, because that
gentleman 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 that occasion, 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 (the 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 he had the 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 originatitg 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 thP 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 " Go em.")
He was fearful of exhausting himself; but he had another
ground of want of confidence to the noble lord on the
ground of his tribe and his family. (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 it was the
burden of that debt and tire necessity the people were under
of paying the interest of it, which had been the ground-
work of the liberal measures of the present adreinistration ;
and when the noble lord observed in his address—he haa
got that address in his pocket and he would read a few ex.,
tracts from it—that the present was an unprincipled agita-
tion on the part of the government,
he would say that this
was an unprincipled assumption on the Part of the noble
lord. He (tire colonel) called them the wisel and liberal
measures of the present government, Y honest the on
go-
vernment which had ruled the country for many years.
(Loud groans and hisses.) It was the only honest govern-
ment that lie remembered during the course of his long
life ; because it should not be forgotten that the present
inpany of rough
enormous debt had been contaratchteedwibloyltehecoPitts the Jenkin-
sons, the Dudley Ryders, an-
(Loud groans.) The
only way to relieve the pressure upon the people was-..-to
riders who held the helm of the state.
hadPo
raise up a more equal revenue. He mild like to know the
when irewftaawz e ministry, bad given it as
grounds on which a levy on the
beene ple in the shape of pro-
imposed. The " "in th
tective rates on the corn
illus-
trious duke,"
his opinion that the corn 1
(C were necessary to enable the
rt
r a d ries of " the tenants, you
mean." Much Haug 1 e n continued groans.) That
ce ? Wh •
was the statesmanlike argument of the Duke of Wellington
landlords to pay their, ents.
(Groans.) And what had
• the corn laws f
for supporting
landlord, which had been taken
been the conseqhueen overgrown 1. they put fifty millions into
the pockets of t
out of the pockets of teniiserable consumers ; and, there-
lordlitlnhaonrewhen he said that the conduct
unjust or election-like declar-
overnment was an • •
unprincipled agitation. (Hisses
and groans.) He must repeat that
borough, and that
t of
fge
there never
noble
he was a freeman
for being one o it• he had the noble lord's guaran-
tees best friends. (Ironical
laughter.)
He had vainly atte, t d
p e to read the address of the
noble lord, when it
ooaf there-
fore,
ir
oe
then,
the
the walls of the appeared in large characters on
town, but he read it in one of the
Tory newspapers, and he could safely say that he had never
" met with such a tissue of absurdity. (Groans, and cries of
Except your own.") He did not mean to go into a re-
view of that address,
but lie thought it showed upon its
face that the noble l
or knew he was wrong when he was
writing it, and that
h i
np
it bore evidence of what had been pass-
ing within him.
gColonel concluded by moving
that Sir jashu
a Walmsley was a fit and proper person toorou
represent this b
parliament.
mliaents.
Mr. WILLIAM BROWN seconded the nomination.
The MAYOR then asked if any other burgess or freeman
had any other
his candidate to propose? No answer being re-
turned,worship called upon
A.N
Lord SnoN
, 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