The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

IPSWICH ELECTION.

The nomination of candidates to represent the borough of
Ipswich in parliament took place on Thursday last, on the
Cornhill. After the usual electioneering greetings had taken
place, Lord Desart and Mr. Gladstone were nominated on
the conservative interest, and Mr. Gisborne and Mr. Moffatt
were put forward by the liberals.
Lord Desart, in addressing the electors, said he came for-
ward as the zealous supporter of those principles which he
believed every Englishman wished to support. (Loud cheers.)
It had been remarked that he had been proposed by a whig ;
he gloried in the nomination, as it showed a return to right-
mindedness. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) His principles
were a firm and entire determination to support the interests
of the church and state. (Cheers.) It was the constitution
of our forefathers, and he hoped it would not fail to be
cherished by their children. (Cheers.) He hoped the elec-
tors of Ipswich would not support innovation and revolution.
(" No, no.") For his own part, he would support the pros-
perity of all classes of the cornmyity. (Cheers.) He felt
assured the present government was formed of men deter-
mined to support those principles, and he would also throw
in his support, if they returned him as their representative.
(Cries of "We will, we will.") He had witnessed the inef-
fectiveness of the late government, and he had seen what was
the conduct of the present government. They determined to
relieve the country from the many difficulties created by their
predecessors. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) The present
measures before parliament were the income tax and the
tariff. (Cries of " cheap bread.") The whigs promised
cheap bread, but what did they give them ? The rural police
and the poor law. (Hisses and groans.) It was well known
it was the wish of the tories to lower the price of provisions,
and he believed that the measures now before the house had
received the best consideration possible. (Hear.) He ac-
knowledged agriculture as a paramount interest, and would
support it in connection with commercial and other interests.
(Cheers.) With respect to the poor law, he would support it
in that way which he conceived to be most conducive to the
benefit of the people. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl con-
cluded by observing he was opposed to universal suffrage and
vote by ballot. (Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.")
Mr. Moffatt then presented himself amidst groans and
hisses mingled with cheers. He said he was opposed to fi-
nality, and was favourable to a more equitable arrangement
of the representation. (Cheers.) He would give his support
to any measure which would put down bribery and corruption.
(Cheers.) He would support the proposition that the man
who receives a bribe should be struck off the register,—(hear,
hear)—and that any candidate who was guilty of giving a
bribe should be disqualified for ever from sitting in parlia-
ment. (Hrar, hear.) He was for a larger extension of the
suffrage and vote by ballot, and in favour of shortening the
duration of parliaments. (Cheers, and " hear.") He would
lend his hand to an efficient church reform, and a modifica-
tion of the law respecting church rates,—(hear, hear)—and
he would be glad to see the poor law carried out with a more
leniegt spirit. (".11ears hear," and cheers.) _ -

Mr. Gladstone then Janie fOrward and addressed the elec-
tors. He had heard it said that her Majesty would never
bestow her confidence on a conservative government, but the
fact was it had her most implicit confidence, experiencing as
she did the loyalty and attachment of their feelings. (Cheers.)
He had no doubt they would continue possessed of that con-
fidence as long as they pursued an honest and straightfor-
ward course of duty. (`. Hear, hear," and cheers.) He
had witnessed the whig party, which no longer merited the
name, gradually giving up their ground, and approaching
radical opinions,- one day advocating the corn laws and
another a low fixed duty, catching at a straw like drowning
men. (Cheers,) He was decidedly hostile to the altera-
tions in the constitution of the country advocated by Mr.
Moffatt. He denied the efficacy of the ballot ; he believed
that if he were disposed, notwithstanding the existence of
the ballot—if he were disposed to bribe, he should have a
pretty good hold on his friends if he told them they would
❑ot be paid unless they elected him. Englishmen disliked
any thing that was not fair and above board. (Cheers.) A
London newspaper the other day stated that he had been a
proprietor of slaves. That was utterly false. (Cheers.)
His family were holders of West India property, but who
made them so ? The legislature of the country. He had
the honour of voting with Mr. Gisborne for the extinction
of slavery in the British dominions. (Loud cheering.) He
never was an advocate for slavery, and be felt surprised that
such a charge had been brought against him. He referred
them to his past conduct as a guarantee for his future be-
haviour in Parliament if he were returned. (Cheers.)
Mr. Gisborne presented himself, but the feeling was so
much against hearing him, that after several unsuccessful
attempts to be heard he retired amidst great uproar.
On Friday, at an early hour, the greatest activity was
manifested in getting up voters to the poll. Mr. Wason was
most indefatigable in his exertions for the reform party,
although every effort proved ineffectual.
At ten o'clock the conservatives had obtained a majority
of 18 over their opponents, and in defiance of all endeavours
continued to increase it until the close of the poll.
About one o'clock the whig-radicals found their case a
hopeless one, and in several instances had the bribery oath
put to several of the conservative freemen, but no elector
was deprived of giving his vote on those grounds.
The official declaration took place on the hustings at six
o'clock by the returning officer, when the numbers were—
for

Desart ..
Gladstone
Gisborne
Moffatt ..

680
673
543
541

The successful candidates addressed the electors, and
thanked them for their having returned them to represent
their interests in Parliament.