The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

2 had been exeitilia . the minds of a large portion •of the electors at thh temprontise, and they asked him whether be would stead for this division of the county. He (Mr. Astley) felt the same indignation at the attempt which had been made to palm two members on the constituency of North Cheshire, without asking their opinion about the matter. The result was a numerously signed requisition to Mr. AsTLEY, and his appearance as a candidate. Now, what has been done in North Cheshire has been done elsewhere. A few great landowners ensemble and decide who shall be the members for the county, and the electors, in most cases helpless, await the determination of the landed magnates. So lamentable are the effects of this local oligarchical rule, that the constituencies are but too glad if out of three or four of the nominees of the aristocracy one should prove to be a whig, or otherwise liberal. Yet, in numberless cases, there is plenty of electoral power to resist this domination; organisation and prepara tion are alone wanting. The landocracy is always organised. In most counties the tory landowners have an election fund, to which the acred magnates of the county contribute largely, and are thus always prepared to coerce the industrious sections of the electors, and often to impose upon them as members men of the most ridiculous incapacity. At the present moment Hertfordshire presents • pitiable spectacle of this sort. A compact has been made between the tory and whig gentry, by which Mr. BRAN I), a whig, is to be elected without opposi tion, in company with Mr. HALSEY and Sir HENRY Metz, as tory members. Even now, late as it is, there is not the slightest doubt that any known liberal of station and leaf connexion, who, untrammelled by such compact, would offer himself, would be trium- Oantl7 elected. During the protectionist mania, when Lord Wu e STOW became Earl SIVERULAII, Mr. HALSEY was brought in, and his incapacity is so ludicrous and notorious that he is never spoken of as a member by friend or foe without a smile of contempt. Mr. HAL SEY, however, or his mamma, was found willing to contribute a modicum to the tory fund at a time when no man of political character would march through the country with the falling protectionists, and he became the equirearchal nonunee for the county of Herter Sir HENRY ?deux, the other selection of the tory landlords, as positively aa his colleague, is nega tively offensive to the constituency. Not that Sir HENRY is less incapable than hie fellow tory, but he has more mischievous propensities, which he; wealth enables him to indulge. Amongst the local grievances of Hertfordshire Same-preserving ranks high, and Sir HENRY MEM( is notorious for the eagerness with which he preserves game, to the serious inry of his tenantry, and the annoyance of all who hold land near his property. Except as a game-preserver, a more complete per sonal nonentity than Sir HENRY MEUX does not exist ; but his game-preserving propensities have ren dered him so unpopular with the farmers of the county, that one universal feeling of disgust exists amongst them that such a man should be forced upon the county, in direct opposition to the wishes of four fifths of the electors. But the Hatfield-house clique has its stock purse and its secret organisation, while the electoral body remains supine. Hence the county is to be, for this time at all events, thus insulted with impunity. What adds to the feeling against Sir HENRI' MEUX, as a nominee of the Marquis of SALISBURY, is the fact that, as a brewer, he is connected with trade, and gains from the industry of the people that wealth, which has enabled him to pay a large contribution to the tory fund, and attain the equivocal honour of being one of the nominees of Hatfield-house. One good effect melting from this flagrant exertion of landlord domination will probably be, a determi natiee on the part of the electors to guard against the recurrence of such insult and injury. If tory land owners conspire, liberal electors may combine, and the very wantonness of the wrong inflicted on the constituency by the landocracy may arouse to action the liberal electors, who might have borne to be represented by two members of Noodledom, bet will not bear an incapable who preserves game. UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. The Britannia, Captain Lott, arrived yesterday at Liverpool, at 12 noon, bringing dates from New Orleans to the 7th, New York to the 15th, Boston to the 16th, and Halifax to the 18th inst. The latest Mexican dates are: Vera Cruz, June 25; Mexico, June 22 ; Tampico, June 27; California, March 6. The latest date from Cuba is June 29. The Britann'a was entering Boston harbour as the Caledonia was coming out. The Chinese j unk Keying and the French steam-ship Union had arrived at New York. The Britannia saw nothing of the Sarah Sands or the Washington steams r. General Taylor was still at Monterey, and unable to move. General Scott was still awaiting the arri val of reinforcements at Puebla. As regards the annoyance from Mexican guerillas, the posi tion of the American army had b een decidedly improved. A detachment of fifteen hundred men, under General Cadwallader, had fallen in with a strong guerilla party, 30 miles from Jalapa, and killed thirty of them without losing a man. General Pillow left Vera Cruz on the 18th of Jane, with 1,800 men ; on the 23rd he metand routed a guerilla corps. When the detachments of Generals Cadwallader and Pillow reached Puebla, General Scott would have an efficient force of 8,500. It was understood that he still resolved to transfer the head-quarters of the force left to main tain the positions of the American army on the coast of Tuspan, and to keep open communications from that town with Puebla and Mexico. The camp at Jalapa had been broken up. General Scott had put a veto on the attempt to supersede him by giving Mr. Trist power to conclude an armistice with Mexico. The conduct of the nego elation had, in consequence, been transferred to the general himself. From the time of his arrival in Mexico he has been in close and frequent communi cation with some of the leading men of the republic ; and at one time the formation of an influential peace party seemed far advanced. The bitter remarks upon Santa Anea, however, in General Scott's proclama tion are understood to have caused a revulsion in the public feeling of Mexico in favour of that chieftain, and the prospect of a pacific arrangement is again indefinitely postponed. Santa Anna has withdrawn his resignation of the presidency, and has again been invested with almost dictatorial powers, although the congrese has with held the power to treat for peace. He has im prisoned, or otherwise removed from command, many of the most conspicuous generals. He is said to have drawn together under arms about 20,000 men, for the most part, however, entirely undis ciplined. Defences are said to be constructing at various points between Puebla and the capital. There is, all things considered, little reason to look for either a vigorous prosecution of hostilities, or a speedy peace. The Washington Union announces that their government intend to place as soon as pos sible 20,000 men at the disposal of Gen. Scott, and half that number at the disposal of Gen. Taylor. Little faith, however, appears to be placed in America in the declaration. The report of the Vera Cruz board of health is cal culated to establish a considerable degree of ex - UN' in the reports which have been circulated u to the amount of sickness there. It appears that from the Ist of May to the 18th of Jane, 51 soldiers fell victims to the vomit°, and 293 to other diseases. Dr. Barton fearlessly expresses the opinion that,if he could regulate the habits and mode of living of his country men, few would take the disease, and still fewer die. The Rio Grande continued low, and unfavourable to movements between Matamoros and Monterey. The news from California add nothing to what we received rid Hong Kong, by the last overland mail, and pub lished on the day of its arrival. From the United States we learn that the 4th of July bad, as usual, been celebrated throughout the union much in the same style that the 4th of June need to be celebrated in this country about the be ginning of the present century. There had been accidents and riots in abundance. The recal of Mr. Lisboa, the Brazilian minister at Washington, had been confirmed. It was, however, confidently expected that no serious quarrel between the countries would arise out of the unfortunate misunderstanding. The great event of the fortnight bad been the Harbour and River Convention at Chicago. Fifteen states were represented —Ohio, Massachusetts, ares,- • - Whoa, New York, Missouri, Pennsylva nia, • Wisconsin, Connecticut, Maine, Florida, lowa, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and New Letters expressive of concurrence in the of the convention were received from Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Martin Van Buren, Silas NVright, General Cam, Colonel Benton, and other distinguished statesmen. A declaration of sentiments disavowing any intention to promote the views of any political party recognising the principle that the constitution conferred upon the Central Congress the power to legislate for the whole union in all matters relating to commerce, and the necessity of this power being exerted for the promotion of internal communi cation between state and state, was adopted. And finally it was resolved," That for the purpose of mak ing known to congress the principles and views of the convention, and the important facts connected with the subject of its deliberation, a committee of two from each state and territory be appointed by the president to transmit the proceedings of this convention to the president of the United 3States and to both houses of congress, and to communicate to them such information as the committee may be able to collect, to guide intelligent and just legislation. And that such committee be requested to collect accurate information of the nature and extent of the trade and commerce on our lakes and navigable rivers, and the amount of the loos of lives, property and vessels by storms, from the want of adequate harbours, or in consequence of obstructions in navigable rivers; and an account of the present condition of the harbours of the United States. And that such committee be au- thorised to appoint such sub-committees ea may be deemed necessary to carry out the objects of this reso lution." The business of the country continued to be flourish ing. The grain harvests promised unprecedented abundance. In the Southern States the harvests were completed, and the crops had proved above the average. CANADA.—MONTRrAL, Jct.'s 15.—Ministers have maintained a majority varying from 2 to 7. They have introduced a College bill, by which it is pro posed to distribute an endowment amounting to 10,0001. a year among four colleges—one for each of these sects—episcopalians, presbyterians, Wes 'gaup, and Roman catholics. It was also proposed to distribute 2,5001. annually among grammar schools. Sickness among the emigrants continued unabated, and the means of grappling with it were, with the beet will, inadequate. For markets, see page 4. OE Court. The Queen and Prince Albert returned to Osborne from their marine excursion in the Fairy, at air o'clock on Tuesday evening. The Queen Dowager, attended by her Lady in Waiting and the Vioe Chamberlain, arrived at Osborne in the afternoon, on a visit to the Queen, from her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. THE ELECTIONS. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday having been appointed by the returning officers for the nomination of the oririrent candidates for the representation of the City of London. The proceedings were commenced by the sheriff's directing Mr. Harker, the chief crier, to make the usual proclamation for opening the election. These preliminaries had scarcely been concluded before the shouts outside the hall proclaimed the arrival of Lord John Russell and the rest of the liberal candidate*, all of whom passed on to the Chamberlain's office.] The Sheriff then directed the hall to be thrown open to the general body of electors. The order was obeyed, and the rush which followed was tremendous. In a few seconds the vast chamber was densely crowded in every part ; but the centre area, immediately in front of the hustings, was usurped, to th e exclusion of electors, by an unwashed mass of claqueters, comprising coal porters, dustmen, venders of old clothes, and others, id genus omne, whose noisy vocife ration. throughout the day served only to protract the pro ceedinm, and to prevent all those who addressed the electors from being perfectly heard, even by those who occupied posi tions patient° the speakers. In the midat of great confusion in the body of the hall, Lord J.Russell, Mr. Pattison,Baron Roths child, and Sir G. Larpent presented themselves amidst the most enthusiastic and general plaudits. Amongst the body of gentlemen by whom they were attended, we noticed Mr. D. Solomon, Mr. Samuel Jones Loyd, Mr. W. H. Pres cott, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. Ingram Travers, Sir Moses Mon tefiore, Mr. Aid. Humphery, - Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun., &c. &c. Silence having been partially obtained, Mr. LOYD then came forward to the front of the hustings, and wee received with mingled cheers and hisses the former, however, strongly predominated. The hon. gentleman said that be returned to the hustings on which he now stood for the third time, with a growing sense of the responsibility which rested upon any person who ventured to propose a candidate for the representation in parliament of his fellow citizens ; hot the name he had to introduce was that of a man who at this moment stood in the foremost rank of the statesmen of his own age, and who would stand honoured in the future annals of the country's history. (Cheers and partial hisses.) That name was greedy surrounded by grand recollections of the put, and was encircled with bright anticipation for the future. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Loyd) was aware that he ought not on this occasion to venture to trespass long upon the attention of the electors, but fortunately the steady consistency of Lord John Russell, the undeviating fidelity with which that noble lord had fulfilled every anticipation he had ever raised, and especially during the six eventful yearn during which he had been in close and honourable connexion with this great constituency, served to render his (Mr. Loyd's) task simple and short. (Cheers.) In the address in which the noble lord had solicited their suffrages on the present occasion, the noble lord stated that on the day of nomination he would appear upon the hustings, and be ready to defend the principles upon which he had acted, and upon which he would continue to act ; and, in redemption of that pledge the noble lord now appeared before them for the purpose of discharging that engagement, as he had discharged every engagement into which he had entered. (Cheers.) But the best explanation of the principles upon which the noble lord bad hitherto acted was to be found in a retrospection of his past life, and of those great measures which that life bad been devoted to advance. As to the defence of those prin ciples, on these hustings, and In that venerable hall under which they were now assembled, and which had been the scene of many events connected with liberty and justice in all their forme, the liberal con rituency of the City of London could themselves defend them, and there it was unnecessary to tax the energies, the &muss, and the ability of the noble lord ; but there was another assembly in which he feared it would be neces. eery again and again to explain and defend those principles, and into which the constituency meld only enter in the person, and be heard by the voice, of their representatives. (Applause.) Therefore it was most important that they should send back the noble lord to that usembly, armed wit all the influence and authority which the approbation and confidence of the first constituency in England were calculated to confer upon him, so that he might there maintain, with his well-known firmness, the success which be bad already secured for those principles, and by his talent and wisdom mum to them and to their children's children the legitimate benefit of them. (Loud cheers.) That they would need in that assembly all the exertions and great powers of the noble lord, there was but too much reason to apprehend. As to past services he would take the question of free trade. (Cheers.) But a few short years had elapsed since those parties who now stood in the hustings arrayed against the noble lord, denounced the great and glorious principles of free trade on the walls of their committee rooms as a humbug, but now, in order to obtain the support of a small portion of the constitueacy, they profess adhesion to that cause. And, therefore, under the professions and pledges now put forth, oould any reasonable man contemplate these things without seeing that religions liberty was at present in real danger? (Applause.) Could any man doubt but that there was a spirit afloat to inflict diaabilities upon men not on account of acts done and committed—not because they were bad citizens or failed in the duties due from man to man and from citizen to his country, but because they entertain an opinion differing from others on a emotion repeating which no human being bad any right to interfere; a question purely and entirely between man and his Creator. (Loud cheers.) Could any man approach the question of civil and religious liberty without feeling that if there was an individual now living who bad a right to appropriate that great principle to him self—if ever there was a statesman who had a right to sub scribe it on his banner and cell upon his fellow-subjects to rally round it, it was the noble lord whore nomination he (Mr. Loyd) was about to propose ? (Cheer.). The great principle of civil and religious liberty circulated in the very blood which had flowed to the noble lord from his ancestors ,• it constituted the life and soul of the noble lord's political existence ; for that principle his family had suffered, and for it through life the noble lord had struggled, fought, and conquered. (Load cheers). Was, then, the noble lord the man whom the citizens of London would on the present occasion abase and reject? (Cries of " No, no.") Would they turn parricidal hands against the author and father of their political powers and privileges ? (Renewed cries of " No, no.") Should they do so they would bring about their own derradatioa and disgraes in the eyes of the whole community. He could not believe they would be guilty of ingratitude which was repudiated ley the best feelings of human nature and by common sense. He felt satisfied that when the question was fairly put to all classes, the result would be that which 'astice, wisdom, gratitude, patriotism, all =allg e , and that the noblo lord would by their where he ought to be, viz., at the heed of the essesear i ommons of the realm. (Loud desire end min of "Time.") lie would now conclude— twice the electors of the city of London had plued the civic erown upon the brow of the noble lord. The noble lord hod restored it without age= disturbed—undiminished in its splendour with its purity untarnished. That crown now lay before them, and the uncovered brow of the noble lord was sgsin ready to receive it. (Loud cheers.) la the name of all thine great principles with which the namo of the noble lord was associated—in the name anvil and religious liberty, justly understood and impartially curled out—ln the name of public education extended equilly to all claws of the community, without reference to religious opinions— in the name of electoral reform, by which the masses of this country had been raised to the privileges of self go vernment—in the name of the great charter of reform, under which they were now assembled to exercise the fran chise, and of which the noble lord was the father—in the name of free trade, and of those principles which had just carried this country through a period of emergency and difficulty of an extreme character, with the revenue on , injured—ln the name of all these great principles, he (Mr. Loyd) called upon his fellow citizens to restore the noble lord again tolls, place in the Commons House of Parliament. (Loud sheen.) It is, said Mr. Loyd, in conclusion, now my proud privilege to state in form, that I nominate the Right Hon. John Russell, commonly called Lord John ' Russell, of Citeshamploce, in the county of Middlesex, as a fit and proper person to represent the city of London in the ensuing _parliament. (Tremendous cheers, withpartial hisses.) Mr. WILLIAM ll•wits seconded the nomination. Mr. T. BARING, in coming forward to propose Mr. Master man, was saluted with a perfect storm of groans and hooting. He was understood to say, that though Mr. Masterman occupied a humbler position than the noble lord who had just been proposed, he bad always discharged his duty to his constituents, and wee esteemed by all who knew him. He hoped, whatever the nature of the contest, that the citizens of London would not be forgetful of past services. Mr. Ruson.t. Eboen seconded the nomination, in a very brief speech. Mr. W. H. Paxecorr proposed James Pattisoa, Esq., whose claims, he said, were well-founded. Mr. Joxx DILLON seconded the nomination. Mr. T. Witisox proposed Mr. Freshfield. Sir C. MARSHALL seconded the nomination. Mr. Titomeox HANISSY, jinx, proposed Sir George Lat.- , pent, whose high character and standing as a merchant, he said, eminently qualified him to represent this city in parlia• meat. Mr. W. J. HALL seconded the nomination. Mr. HORSLEY PALMER proposed Mr. Aid. Johnson, in a short speech, not a word of which was heard, even by those close to him. . . . . Mr. Deputy BROWN seconded the nomination. Mr. PETER TAYLOR proposed Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild. (Cheers.) He was a sound and conscientious liberal, who would carry his principles into action in the Rouse of Commons. Ilia enormous capital and influence, which extended all over Europe,were sufficient to recommend him to the electors of this commercial city. By choosing him they would declare the reign of bigotry and intolerance at an end, and that a man's religious opinions should no longer be a barrier to his serving hie country in any capacity. (Cheers.) By his election, Greet Britain would show the example to Europe of discountenancing bigotry and intolerance, and soon we might hope to see the human conscience entirely free. (Cheers.) Mr. J. INGRAM Taxvisaa seconded the nomination. Mr. Anti. Slurs proposed Mr. Bevan Mr. JOHN BRADBURY seconded the nomination. Mr. J. B. HEELaiI proposed Mr. Payne, but was not heard ; nor was Mr. JAN. MELLOR, who seconded the nomination. Lord J. RUSSELL then came forward, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner by the great body of the hall. During the whole of his address, however, such • noise and uproar prevailed, that though we sat next to the noble lord it was frequently impossible to hear distinctly what he said. He commenced by paying, I trumise, if you be silent for a short time, that I will not detain you long. I have been returned as your representative before, and I now come before you, the greatest and most numerous body of electors in the metropolis of the country and of the em pire, to ask you whether I am worthy again to represent you. (Loud cries of " You are' you are !) Gentlemen,when on a former occadon , six years ago,l solicited your suffrages, I had to contend with these who stood by the principle of protection to native industry. In the next year the Minister of the Crown proposed great relaxations of duties. The leedmakers and others who were interested in those relaxations came to me to represent the injury they would suffer by admitting, duty free, those articles which they manufactured, while corn was prohibited. But I said , them, they might depend upon it, that if the 'Principle of free trade wiz edmitted with respect to them, earn could not long be excluded, and that the whole system would become so odious that it no.:: break down. (Cheery.) Gentlemen, I find that this assurance of mine us: been con firmed, in the first place, by the event; in the next place it is confirmed by the recent address of Sir R. Peel to his constituents, in which he affirms that after the change of 1842 the corn laws became so odious that they could not be maintained ; and, lastly, it is confirmed by an address which I read in the newspapers to day, in which the candidates opposed to us have abjured the name of protectionists, thus altogether giving up that cause for which they contended in 1841. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, with re gard to other questions I will not detain you now, because haviog very lately explained my sentiments to a very large body of electors, I think the time is now come for action—(eheers)—and it will bo for you to decide, to morrow, whether I am again worthy to represent you. There are persons who affect • great alarm for prottnitantiam, and endeavour to frighten you with vain terrors. Gentle men, protestantism is in no danger; but while we hold fast to protestantism, let us not forget our christianity. (Loud cheer ing.) With great respect for that body of protestant dissent ers who have opposed me on the question of education, I do say that it is a matter of national importance to pro mote the education of the people. (Cheers.) If the protes tant dissenters come to me and complain of any grievance or any hardship which they unjustly suffer, I will use my beat efforts to relieve them from it; but if they any that we ought to abstain from promoting education, I declare that on this point I cannot yield to them. (Cheers.) I am in favour of education in connexion with civil and religious liberty, and to that cause I mean to adhere. I will now finish by declaring that se a minister of the crown I am not afraid of facing this great body of my fellow-sub jecte, and that I shall deem it the highest honour should I again become your representative. (Loud cheers.) Mr. MASTERMAN then came forward, and was received with a perfect storm of yells and hooting, and cries of " Off, off ;we don't want you." The hon. gentleman was under stood to say—" Electors of London, the dissolution of parlia ment having again placed the elective franchise in your hand', I once more come forward to solicit the high honour of being one of your representatives in parliament. You confided this trust to me on a former occasion, and having ever acted with an earliest desire to discharge the Important duties attached to that situation, I look forward with ardent hopes of a renewal of your confidence. Gentlemen, the principles upon which I solicited your suffrages in 1811 were those of a conservative, and to which I adhere at the present moment, under the firm conviction that • government administered upon those principles is most likely to conduce to the general welfare of the people. I am warmly attached to our protestant church, and am prepared to resist any further endowments to the Roman catholies—not, how ever, with any unkind feeling towards the members of that establishment, but under the conviction of it being improper to raise funds in support of • religion against whose princi ples we protest. I am a supporter of the many valuable important public Institutions of this country, but, at the same time, am ready, where abuses may have crept into their management, to lend a helping hand for their improvement, but not for their destruction. The poor law is so frequently alluded to, that I have no hesi tation in saying my desire has been to render it less offensive to those who come under its provisions, and my future endeavour will be to join in promoting any ameliora tion that may be brought under the consideration of parlia ment. The currency question is one in which I feel a deep interest, and strongly object to the restrictive regulations in the Bank Charter Bill, considering there should be a power of expanding the circulation in times of pressure under pro per regulations, and believing the inconvenience lately sub feud by the commercial community arose entirely from there being no such power. The Navigation Laws I consider are so mixed up, not only with the commercial inte rests, but with that grand arm of national prosperity, the navy, that I should feel very jealous ef altering their provisions. Taxation is a subject to which it has often been remarked we all object; but so the national faith cannot be preserved without taxes, I will only say my wish is to levy those borthens in • manner to lean as lightly as possible upon the middling and lower classes, considering they should fall most heavily upon those who have income from realised property. Gentlemen, I will only add that it has been my first desire to retain your good opinion, and If re-elected to the honourable situation to which I aspire, it will be my constant endeavour to deserve a continuance of your confidence, by promoting those measures which appear to me most likely to conduce to the general welfare of the country and the important interests of this great city. Mr. Femisoo next came forward, and said that the pre sent was the fifth time that he appeared before them. In 1836 they returned him by • larp majority, and again in 1837. Ile was defeated in 1841, because be was • supporter of free teede and advocated a repeal of the corn laws. Since be had the honour of becoming their representative he stood true to his flag. (Cheers.) He always supported. and would, it orbs elected, support, voteby ballot, triennial par liaments, and an increase of the suffrage. (Cheer.) Mr. FREIRFIELD, whose address was interrupted by whistling, hissing, and uproar, was understood to say The noble lord, her Majesty's Prime Minister, and two other gentlemen who preceded me, have appealed to their services as your representatives in parliament. I cannot prefer the same claims under circumstances equally direct, but having served my country in four parliaments, in periods of no ordinary character, taking • full share in the political discus , sions, and a still larger portion of the general business of the House of Commons, I may hope that my consistency and my industry have not been without their use to this great me tropolis of the kingdom: my votes were generally in support of the views of Bir Robert Peel, as the leader of the conser vative party, but not so dependent as to compromise the claims of civil liberty ; and I may remind you that when an arbitrary House of Commons, bold, because irresponsible, asserted its right to create an offence—to decide upon the guilt of the party proceeded against—and to carry into effect its own sentence ; and, ultimately, when the illegality of the proceeding had been established by legal authority, ac tally committed to custody your officers, the sheriffs of London, for obeying the Queen's writ, to enforce the penalty of that illegality, I had the honour, in conjonetion with your learned and excellent recorder, and the present Lord Chief Baron, and Sir William Follett, and others, to heave the displessure of our leaders, to pursue the independent and the just course of defeading the weak against the dangerous and oppressive conduct of those who were strong in power, though weak in argument and in justice. Gentlemen, need I say that if my course was then straightforward and independent, it would have been still more bold if it had been my fate at that time to represent a constituency as large and respectable as that of the city of London ? It is not my intention on this busy day to weary you with a detailed reference to my parliamentary career ; bat I may be permitted to say generally, that my course was free from prejudice, and when I felt it right to oppose great changes, toe of the specific dangers which they appeared to in volve, I was ever ready to give theme fair and liberal trial, if adopted by parliament, and to carry not what has always appeared to me a sound conservative principle, by disclaim ing any indirect mode of frustrating a meuure delibeutely ' adopted; and in all matters directly MT, cting the local in. terests of my constituents, my time and my la"our were zealously devoted to the various matters which it became my THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1847. duty to submit to the consideration of parliament ; and I re spectfully appeal to those services as a pledge of the faithful. nese with which I shall discharge the responsibilities which I msy incur if I have the honour to become one of your repre sentatives. Gentlemen, the parliamentary career to which I have referred followed upon 30 years of active professional em ployment within your city. The particular character of that employment gave me an intimate knowledge of the interests and details of trade and commerce, and the means of making myself acquainted with the higher principles of finance. To what extent I may have improved those op portunities, it is neither necessary, nor would be seemly, or me to assert. Suffice it to say, that with these circum stances before the conservative committee, and wholly un sought by me, I was invited to assume the position which I this day occupy. My valued friend, Mr. Thomas Wilson, formerly your representative in parliament, bas stated to you, in terms too flattering to to quoted by me, that I am a fit and proper person to be one of your repro mutative'; can I doubt then that I am well and fully sanctioned in submitting my claims to your judgment ? I presume not to speak of the claims of any other candi date. I never have, in public or in private, named or alluded to any other candidate, and I feel for ell and each of them entire respect; they, as well as myeel f and my colleagues, are competitors for your favour. We cannot all succeed, although each desires to do so, but with you and the rest of the constituency will rest the decision. My determina tion to resist any further concession to the Roman ca tholics, whether in the endowment of their clergy, in grants to Maynooth, or in sty other form, has been ex, licitly stated in the course of my canvass, and I now confirm it. I repeat, also, my opinion that the income tax, if renewed in the next year, or at any subsequent period, ought to be so modified as to exclude Schedule I), that is, the profits of trade; Schedule B, the assumed pro fits of the frrmer, to bear more justly upon life income, and to income for a limited period, or dependent upon health, as in the case of professional men, and, as in Mr. Pitt's bill, to relieve persons of small income, and with families. I am desirous of seeing the whole, or a considerable part of the window-tax repealed, and a considerable relaxation of several obnoxious parts of the poor law, opposed alike to the claims of humanity and the inte rests of the ratepayers. I should be desirous of having the currency question considered, that it may be ucertamed, taking into account the late pressure and" the extravagant value of money, how far the restrictions in what is termed the Bank Charter are consistent with the national interest ; and I em unwilling to contemplate any change in the principle of the navigation laws, although I should cor dially adapt it to improvements in the progress of com merce, and desire to provide the power of relaxing those laws whenever an urgent necessity exists—to pro mote the importation of food, and which might be ef fected by Rising authority to the Privy Council, under the responsibility of the ministers of the crown. Gentle men, if I have the honour to become one of your repre sentatives, to these, and to every other subject affecting the interest of the City of London, and of the country:at large, I will give my honest and unprejudiced consideration. Gentlemen, I have but one other matter upon which to trou ble you, and that shall be despatched with much brevity. It has been supposed that your fourth conservative candidate should have been a commercial man, and not a member of the English bar. Gentlemen, there is no foundation for that objection. Liverpool has freqently been represented by lawyers and by statesmen who have not been connected with commerce. Bristol has been similarly circumstanced—Mr. Gibson sits for Manchester. Edinburgh is now represented by lawyers—and, still more in point, London was re presented during • period of 200 years by the Re corder for the time being ; in more recent time by private gentlemen not engaged in commerce, and latterly by the noble lord ; and it may reasonably be doubted whether a barrister familiar with the principles of trade and commerce may not more independently and usefully represent the City of London than u commercial man, whose interests most be more immediately affected by some one branch of trade, and which would occasionally clash with other claims upon the consideration of the executive. But not to press this point further, I hope I have satisfactorily shown that a barrister, as such, is not an unfit representative for this most important city ;:s. parliament; and thanking you meet sincerely for the hearing you hare afforded me, I shall look forward with confidence to the remit of your exertions, to place me not lower than fourth upon the pcil. Sir G. LAUPENT next presented hiti::elf, amidst loud cheers. lie said, that though he could boast of no parliamen tary experience, or of services rendered them in parllament, he did not feel that to be any disadvantage, when he consi dered that he was one of themselves. (Cheers.) They were traders of the City of London, and be was one of its mer chants. His interests were, theref,re, identified with theirs, and he would do everything in his power to promote the trade and commerce of the City. (Cheers.) lie stood for ward as an advocate of free trade. (Cheers.) He would endeavour to maintain what they had acquired, and to pro cure what they had not yet obtained. (Cheers.) His object was to improve their social institutions; to promote civil and religious liberty. He belonged to a party that bad made these the objects of their policy, and from that party he never swerved. (Cheers.) They had done more than anyother party in the state to increase the civil and political rights of the people. (Cheers.) He therefore looked with confidence to the result of to-morrow's poll. Mr. Alderman JORNEO?f, amidst mach confusion, was un derstood to say: Were I to offer excuses of any kind for presenting myself upon this occasion as a candidate for your suffrages, I must fall back upon a host of men who have known both my public and private character. But no flat tering sentiments of theirs alone would have induced me to place myself before you, claiming your confidence, and ask ing you to elect me as one of your representatives in parliament. Gentlemen, I feel that from my long ser vices in the performance of my civic duties I had com pletely identified myself with your welfare, and that from the very feet of my long acquaintance with your rights and privilege., I might be enabled to render to you further public service, upon your electing me one of your repre sentatives; not then being alone in the position of an administrator of the laws, but as a legislator, unending them where I might have found them defective. I felt that it waft with honour I had attained the civic chair, and that when I left it I did an, conscious of having faithfully discharged those duties that had de volved upon me, acquitting myself, it is to be hoped, with some credit to myself as well as advautage to the public. It has been my endeavour through life, and more psrticulsrly in my mayoralty, to show respect to all parties, whether on the one side of polities or upon the other; and in the dispensation of the hospitedities of the Mansion house, I hod the singular good fortune to receive under its roof the most celebrated literary and scientific men of the age; foreigners as well as Englishmen, mingling themselves with my fellow-citizens. Bat, gentlemen, I will not now further trespass en your time, except to give you my fullest assur ance, that if it be your pleasure to entrust me with the im portant duties which I now seek, you shall ever find me ready to guard your interests; and I pledge myself to you in one matter especially, that so long as I may be entrusted with the sacred charge, I will not permit any of the public funds to be applied to the endowment of the Ronaish church, or in any way to impair our protestant establishment. Baron ROTH,CRILD then came forward, and was greeted with loud cheers and a general waving of hats. He said that, after the many addressee they had just heard, he was sensible of the disadvantage he was under in coming for ward then to solicit the honour of their suffrages, and to state upon what grounds he offered himself as a candidate to represent them in the next parliament; but the friendly feeling and the kind reception he bad experienced at the numerous meetings of the electors at which he had lately had the honour of addressing them, emboldened him to ex. pest the same indulgence from them and to he listened to with the same favour. He came forward to claim their sup port as a free trader, to ask for their votes as a firm advo cate of civil and religious liberty, and a zealous reformer of all abuses. These opiniens were now more prevalent than when he first espoused them ; but he trusted that he had also personal claims upon their support. The long connexion of his family with their great city had given him every opportunity of beeeming acquainted with the sources of its prosperity, and his extensive intercourse with the continental states had enabled him to obtain an intimate knowledge of their foreign trade, now more than ever an ob ject of the greatest importance. He did not, however, wish to lay any stress upon his personal merits, and he would only add that all his interests were connected with those of the electors, and that on every occasion in his private capacity he had contributed to the utmeed of his power to the attainment of those great measures of reform and improvement which had lately been passed: In assisting to the full development of the principles of free trade, and in securing perfect free dom of commerce, he should be still more anxious to secure perfect liberty in religion. On all occasions he had ex pressed himself hostile to grants of money from the public funds for religious purposes; and he thought every pos sible extension ought to be given to eduction without the interference of the stare in public religious instruc tion. The honourable candidate continued My opponents say I cannot take my seat. I might answer that this is rather my affair than theirs ; for, after having taken the best advice, I am content to ran the risk, and feel well assured that as your representative—as the represent.- 'tire of the most w ealthy , the moist important, the meet iatelligent constituency of the world, I shall not be refused admission to parliament on account of any form of words whatever. He (the hon. candidate) therefore called upon them for their assistance in defence of the great prin ciple that political rights should not be dependent upon re ligious opinion. Haying stated his opinions on freedom of religion, freedom of trade, extension of knowledge, and, consequently, extension of suffrage, he bad only to ask the electors of the City of London to place him in such a position as to be able to give efficacy to those opinions which were not only his, but ho believed to be theirs also. The hon. candidate, who was frequently interrupted by bursts of cheering and counter-cheering, sat down amidst loud ap plause. Mr. BE AN next addressed the meeting, and was un derstood to say—Gentlemen, at this late hour of the meeting it would show little judgment on my part to attempt to de tain you with a apeeeh; nor is there any occasion that I should ask for your attention, for I have already, with suffi cient plainness I trust, repeatedly declared my sentiments upon the main point, restiog on which I seek to be your representative. If you do not in any numbers feel with me the importance of preserving what remains of Protestantism in our constitution, and of the paramount duty of seeking the favour and blessing of the true God upon all our ways as a nation—if, en the contrary, you think these things are only flt subjects , for the reveries and disquiaitions of No Popery fanatics, and utterly unworthy the attention of enlightened and liberal minds, in that cue I can scarcely expect that you will return me to parliament. But I do trust that there is a deeper religious and protestant feeling in the bosoms of my fellow citizens than some give them credit for, and that there will be found a large body who will at least not reject me for ray protestantiens, but rather will think that I am on this ground the more eligible, and that will think further that, though I am not a statesman yet, I am so far a man of business as to eonstitute me a fit and proper person to occupy the high and honourable post of representative of their intereas in parliament. Whether this be so or not, I can assure you that I shall ever look back upon the short period during which I have been engaged in this contest as one of some labour truly, but sweetened by many most gratifying tokens of friendship and kindness hom a gre►t number of my fellow citizens, with many of whom I have been thus brought into contact for the first time; and I gratefully include in this number not a few of those who have been my opponents on the ocaaion. To all, then, especially to the honourable and independent electors here present, I return my most sincere thanks for their forbearance and courtesy, and will sit down without troubling you any longer, only praying that the result of the present election m■y be such as will promote the best interests of this city and nation. Mr. PATNA next presented himself, sad was received with shoats of " Sham! Payne," ":(o! Payne," which continued during the whole period of his address. He said that he was the poor man's friend. He wanted to see the poor pro tected, and a humane system of poor laws in force. He was a friend of civil and religious liberty, and was opposed to all religious endowments. The nand show of hands was then taken. At least nine• tenths of the hall held up their hands in favour of the four liberal candidates. Scarcely ti ty were held up for the con servative candidata. Mr Sheriff CHALLIS accordingly de clared, amidst vociferous cheering, that the show of hands was in favour of Lord J. Russell ; J. Pattisns, Req. ; Sir 0. Larpent, and Baron Rothschild. A poll was then demanded on behalf of the other candidates. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed a vote of thanks to the Sheriff', for their fair ►nd impartial conduct.—Mr. MASTERNIAN seconded the motion. . . . . . Mr. Sheriff KENNARD retnm , d thanks, and hoped that the election would tall on those who would best promote the interests of the country.—The Crier then read the proclama- tion, naming the different places where the polling wee to take place, and stating that it was to continue from eight o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock in the afternoon, when the polling books were to be closed. The proceedings then terminated. FINSBUItti. This election took pl;;;;•erterisi. Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT, on behalf of Mr. Duncombe, rose to propose that gentleman as a fit and proper candidate to represent the electors of Finibufy in parliament. Mr. C. STURGEON seconded the nomination Mr. J. TIDMAISH nominated Mr. Waltley. Mr. J. M'CLAREN MCOttcled the nomination. Mr. Benign' then asked if there were any other candi dates to be proposed, and none appearing, the returning officer proposed Mr. T. S. Duncombe to the electors as a GI and proper person to represent them in parliament. The show of hands having bzen unanimously in favour of the candidate, he was proaounced to have been duly elected. The same ceremonial was observed with respect to Mr. Wakley, who was also in like manner pronounced to have been duly elected. • Mr. WAKLIT then rose sad said, that he was again under the necessity of discharging a duty which theretofore he bed invariably performed with pleasure, but which on the present occasion he fulfilled with pain. He ought not to have been the first to return thanks to the electors of Finsbury, but his hon. colleague and friend was labouring under so severe an illness, that he could not venture to appear before them, as it would be at the hazard of his life if he were to speak on the present occasion. His friend, Mr. Duncombe, had suffered extremely in his health of late, and it had excited the observation and strongest sy mpath ies of all those who knew and respected him to witness how very much his bodily health had . given way of late ; and what was the cause of his indis ponuon ? Because he had been indefatigable in the CUM of the people. (Cheers.) He was the most gallant and per severing member in the House of Commons. He (Mr.Wak ley) respected Mr. Duncombe more than he could describe. If he were any man's enemy, ho was his own solely. (Cheers.) He was filled with love and affection for the when of the human race ; and he (Mr. Wakley) hoped that as lo ig a- ha had the honour of a seat in the Home of Commons he should have the happiness of possessing Mr. Duncombe for a col league. His hon. friend was deeply pained by not being able to appear before his constituents ; but with great care and attention his health would ultimately be restored, and he would return to his poet like a lion refreshed, and serve them with zeal correspondent to the satisfaction which they all felt at being so well represented in el i z Commons House of Parliament as they were in the person of Mr. Duzeombe. (Cheers.) Their proceedings on the present occasion were semeeihet flat, although they were not entirely without some good speeches. If, however, there had been • fight, they would have been more eine. and animats d, for they would have been sure of victory. They had no oppoaition to contend with. The man who was to oppose them had fled. The Sam Warren who had announced himself was not to be found. Who was this Warren ? Some soft Sam, he would warrant. His friend Mr. Tidmarsh had referred to a letter from him, stating it was not his intention to be a candidite. Well, and who wanted to know that ? He (Mr. Wakley) challenged Mr. Sam Warren to come forward after his vaunt, and if he did not come, he would pronounce hint to be a coward. He was a barrister, going the Northern Circuit, where, doubtless, he picked op the pence from poor devils shut up in York Castle. He was a trashy writer of a book called the " Diary of a Physician." Why did he not write about law, if he must needs writs books? He (Mr. Wakley) would be bound he did not know a dose of salts from a dose of rhubarb. Bat there was more than met the eye in his address ti the Finsbury electors. He seemed to have an idea of injuring him (Mr. Wakley) by becoming a candidate ; and he must be supposed to do so from motives of private resentment. The hon. gentleman here entered into a detail of the proceedings in the Queen's Bench, arising out of the inquest on White, the soldier, who died atter being flogged last year at Hounslow ; and imputed to Mr. Warren, the surgeon of the regiment, and to Mr. Warren, the barrister, a desire to ii.jure and defame his character for the manly and intelligent part he bad taken as coroner throughout the inquiry. Mr. Wakley then pro ceeded to Lay that he would detain his friends the electors no longer noon this point, but would enable them to proceed to the discharge of other duties of great importance which many of them had to perform that day. There was a pla card before him containing four names (one of the boards of the four liberal candidates was stuck in front of the hustings). The first of those names was Russell. (Cheers and hisses) Well, it was true Loud John Russell had commuted • great offence—(hear, hear); but the electors must net forget his past services. He (Mr. Wakley) had often had reason to complain of the con duct of the minister, and more particularly latterly, when he bad attempted to fasten three more bishops upon the people. (Cheers.) But still he was a reformer when all reformers were calumniate!.; and thirty yearn ago he had declared for the people. So that if he did not now go all the way they, the liberal party, wished him to go, they would still say, " Little Johnny, we won't forget you now." (Hines.) If they did they would be guilty of great ingratitude. Lord John Russell was the first man who moved the repeal of the test and corporation acts, and for twenty-five years he had mooted the extenzion of the suffrage. Well, then, they must give him another trial, and if they were not satisfied with his conduct call upon him to resign his seat. But he must remind the electors that he would rather take such men as were in favour of small reforms only, than those who were against all reform whatsoever. Much re. mained yet to be done. The income-tax must be abolished —(cheers), and property must be taxed even to the end of time. (Cheers.) They must ease industry from the bur then of taxation. Amongst other taxes to be abolished was the window-tax, which was alike injurious to health and ease. But there wars other taxes even more injurious, such as the malt-tax and the sugar duty. Let those taxes be removed, and impose taxation iustead on the property of the kingdom. But they were now going to have a new parliament, and as they had made a radical beginning—(cheers) —so he trusted they would be enabled to carry out the plans of re form he referred to. He begged to return them his deepest thanks, and he hoped they would always pursue the nine course of politics, resolved never to permit any abases to remain, and to promote the cause of and and religious liberty, and the welfare of all classes of the community. Ma. ARKEITRONO shortly returned thanks for Mr. Dun combe. Ms. Wei Lay proposed ■ vote of thanks to the returning officer, who h►rtng shortly returned thanks, the court WM dinolvcd, sad the proceedings terminated. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday morning having been fixed for the nomination of candidates to represent the city of Westminster, Mr. Cochrane was the first to arrive at the scene of action, which he reached in an open sort of coach, smiling and bowing in the midst of his friends. The flags which accom • paniad the procession were very numerous, and quite in keeping with Mr.Coehrene's character and position as a can didate. Amongst the inscriptions wereobserved the following "The Queen, the Ladies, Mr. Coehrime, and Westminster;" " Cochrane, the poor man's guardian ;" " We despise dicta tion," &o. General Evans, Mr. Lushington, and Lord Mandeville having severally taken up a position, with their friends, on the hustings, Mr. SMIDLIT, the high bailiff, opened the proceedings. Dr. RAII4IIIIIOOII came forward, but was met with such deafening noises (continued thenceforward up to the close of the proceedings) that those who were within a yard of his person could scarcely catch any complete sentence. He said he appeared before them to propose their long-tried and faithful representative, Sir De Lacy Evans, as • fit and proper person again to represent them in parlia ment—a gentleman who, since they last elected him. had been indefatigable in the discharge of his duties in the House of C• 01121011.1; who had never been absent when either his voice or his vote was required to promote their interests, or those of the country at large; and who, during his continuance in parliament, had given one bad vote. (Cheers.) Mr. IL Exus seconded the nomination. Mr. 1110111LOT.'0F1 proposed, and Mr. Haxxirrr briefly seconded the nomination of Mr. Cochrane._ _ _ Mr. H. G. ROBIKSON said he felt grrat pleasure in pro posing, as one of the representatives of that constituency, Mr. Charles Lushington. Mr. Paotrr seconded the nomination, and eulogised Mr. Lushiugton as a thorough radical reformer in two parlia ments, and an unblemished private gentleman. Mr. LorrooM ELLtorr then came forward to propose Lord Mandeville as a fit and proper person to represent the city in parliament. Lord thermic said he came there to second the nomina tion, not of the paitisan of this or that minister, but of one who was determined to do his duty without fear or favour, and to give his support to the ancient institutions of the country, while he was also ready to consider what were the best remedies for any defects which might be found in them. Sir De Lary Evaws, having been proposed first in order, then came forward to address the electors. He commenced by speaking of the shortness of the period which hat elapsed since the electors did him the honour of restoring him to the situation of their representative by a majority of nearly 1000 over a distinguished and popular candidate,— a member of the government of the day—and mentioned the fact that he had entered just at . period when the corn-law question war yet unsettled. One of the principal consequences of the repeal of the corn-laws, was the total disorganisation of that great mo nopolising party which had from time immemorial opposed itself to the extension of the public liberties. The great conservative party had fallen into fragments before the voice of a determined people; and the title " conservative " had now become so distasteful that gentlemen were disposed to get rid of it as they had formerly wished to get rid of the name " tory." A candid conservative, if asked what he Ina now-a-days, would honestly declare that he scarcely knew himself, and that he was not sure that he might not be a whig. (Laughter.) He would ask the noble lord at the other end of the hustings to explain, if he could, the nice distinction between tory and conservative, between Peelites and Bentinckites. (Laughter.) That noble lord had been presented to the electors under the title of " con servative," and they undoubtedly had a right to know what a conservative was. (Laughter.) Among the important measures which had been passed during the short period which had elapsed since he was last elected, one of the went important was the government measure of education. What had been done was, he trusted, only a commence meut. He was extremely sorry that the measure had not met with that unanimous appr..val which was so desirable. He would not deny that, as regarded the measure itself, the government had been guilty of serious errors; hut he must say that, within the last two or three weeks, they bad made considerable progress in repairing the errors committed in the first instance. It was their duty to scad representatives to parliament who would see that the grants for education • ere placed on an equal, just, and en lightened footing in relation to all classes. Amongst the measures which he should feel it his tiuty to support hereafter was a measure for securing the health of towns. Another related to the excise 66661 another to the placing of the income-tax on a more just and equal footing With regard to the probate duty, considering it as a relic of territorial despotism under which land obtained exemption, and persons of moterate fortune were obliged to pay heavily to the rate, he desired to see a complete change of the sys tem ; and, speaking generally, he advocated a general revi sion of the present system of taxation, with a view to planing the burdens of the state more squally tapes fixed and real property, and relieving the industry, energy, and enterprise of the people kern the unjust burthen which was now thrown upon them. Church reform had already been commenced ; 300,0901. • year had been actually abstracted from the revenues of the bishops and of the cathe dral establishments. He had opposed, in all its stages, the hill for the creation of a Bishop of Manchester, and although that bill was carried, he rej eiced that there would be one bishop at least without a seat in the House of Lords. Mr. C. COCH RA NE, on coming forward, said he wished for nothing but fair play for the other candidates and fur him self. The interests, the privileges, and the happiness of the electors were involved in that struggle, and he asked them to act as befitted such an occasion. He had invited his opponents to meet him at public meetings to substan tiate their charges, but they had declined. Ile was delighted to say that the only charge which they could bring against hint was, that when a young. ster, 19 or 20 years of age, he urns fond of the girls. (Great laughter.) That man was no man Mall who was not fond of the women. (Laughter.) His opponents well knew that he was the popular candidate ; and the only accusation which they could make against him was the frivolous one which he had stated. Yes, there was one other charge ; viz., that he went under an assumed name—that his real name was not Cochrane. Lct the two opposing candidates tell him that to his face, and they knew full well what would be his reply. Their committees circulated the most scan dalous and infamous charges,and they profited by the scandal, declaring, when called upon fur explanation, that they were not responsible for what a committee had done. It was a characteristic of Englishmen to do nothing covertly, or in a dastardly manner, and to tell an enemy to his face what you had to say against him. (Hear, hear.) His name was ths name which he bore ; that was the name which he had. his infancy, the name which he had at his znarriage,.. t name to which he was entitled by law. Why did not his opponents call upon the Earl of Dundonald and ask him if he were a relation of his (Mr. Cochrane's, or not ? His (Mr. Cochrane's) father "was the uncle of the present Earl of Dundonald, and the relationship between himself and the earl was just the same as that between the children of the earl and his father. (Hear, hear.) Before he set up as a candidate for Westminster he was everything that was good and excellent ; hut the instant he put up for that city, and interfered with the Reform Society, he was everything that was bad and infamous. _ Mr. C. LESHINOTON said, be appeared before the con eeituents professing himself a staunch radical reformer, end an adrocaic of the principles of civil and religious liberty. When in parliament, from 18.15 to 18t1, he supported measures fur the extee,ion of the suffrage, the abridg ment of the duration of parliaments, vote by ballot, and the abolition of the property qualification for a seat in parliament ; he also constantly voted agaior. church rates. lie now confidently appealed to his parliamentary career, as an index to his principles. Lord MANDEVILLE then came forward and said : Gentle men, I have the honour to appear before you as the repre sentative of principles which are not unknown in this city. (Cheers.) lam not the first conservative candidate who has appealed to this constituency upon conservative prin ciples. I come before you not only with the disadvantage of youth (a fault which will every day improve), but also that of not having a parliamentary career to speak for me by way of character. But I will deal with you honestly, and if I cannot inform you of what I have done, I will tell you in the fewest possible words what you may expect from me if you do me the honour of electing me. I shall enter parlia ment, if sent there by a majority of your vote., acquainted with one great consummation. I shall behold established by law a measure concerning which much agitation took place before it became the law of the land: and I shall feel bound to consider that measure finally settled, as long as no harm results from it to the community. I consider that it would not only be impolitic, but highly indecorous and un fair, to interfere with the practical working of a law which, up to the present moment, has had no fair chance either for good or ill. Should the working produce those happy re sults which the instigators of the law believe must follow from free-trade legislation, I shall hail such efficts with a grateful heart. But, on the contrary, should its advocates be disappointed in the working of the law, by its creating havoc instead of prosperity, I shall do just what any one of you would do in my position, and will do, no doubt, in whatever position you may be found—viz , all that may be in my power to prevent mis chief and sorrow, and think it high time to retrace our steps. Gentlemen, I have told you in my address that lAM a warm friend of the established church of this country, and that I will not consent to any enactments which are likely to aggrieve her. I reiterate that statement here. I have been educated and brought up as a member of the Church of England, and I have too lively • recollection of all the blessings which have proceeded from that institution to hesitate for one instant in declaring, as emphatically as possible, all that I feel upon this interesting subject. I be lieve there is no greater security for general freedom of con science than the eliatence of the establishment, and I am sure the dissenter would have deeper cause for sor row and complaint than any other class of the community if the church unfortunately should at any time fall • prey to that eggrerion which in more quarters than one has so recently been threatened. I can not acquiesce in the endowment of popery on the part of the state ; nor, in fact, in the endowment of popery at all, whether by the state or otherwise. I have told you lam protestant; and as a protestant I cannot consent to the en dowment of what, in my heart, I believe to be error. I trust I shall not to accused of speaking disrespectfully of any class of religionists whatsoever. No doubt the catholic, entertain their opinions as conscientiously as Ido mine. I would be the last to punish any man on account of his re ligious belief, which is a matter between his Maker and him self ; but I would do by him as he would do by me, and much less than Romanists in the possession of power have done, and, as we have recently been told, would do. I would not encourage what I believe to be wrung; least of all would I, by any act of mine, give the slightest help to • system which, as far as I can judge, is in direct contradiction to the revealed word of heaven. I am an advocate for a scheme of education as extensive as it can be devised. lam of opinion that the time has gone by when it was the fashion to think that an ignorant people must necessarily be the meet moral and well.bebaved. Experience has shown that proposition to be a fallacy, and I am sorry the discovery was not made at an earlier period of our history. But I believe that education to be of use must not be merely secular. I have but one limit to put to it, and that is, that I should exact the introduction of the scriptures, and more, of the authorised version, as a seminary part of the 'lateen. II I will not pay the adult for the propagation of what I believe to be error, you will hardly expect me to pay money for in stilling the same error into the minds of the helpless and inexperienced. I cannot prevent the Roman Catholics, if they think proper, from introducing a mutilated version of the Scriptures into their infant schools, but I can refuse to pay for what I conceive so unwarranted a proceeding; and I believe I am bound to refuse, as I believe I sin bound to do all in my power to prevent my fellow-ereatures from falling int+ error. Gentlemen, if you return me te parlia ment, I will endeavour to attend to your interests, and to the best of my ability to watch over the welfare of this Important city in the Rouse of Commons. As I have already said, I can give you no account of nay past stewardship; but if I know myself rightly. I think I may promise to you that when we meet again, I shall have no fear to show my fat* amongst you. I acknowledge that I am very desirous indeed not to see the Conservative cause utterly swamped in this city of Westminster. The triumphs we have had in the past induce me to hope that you also have the same desire, and the exertions which, at the last moment, all classes have made on my behalf, convince me that an in telligent and thoughtful people have not yet been persuaded that all political virtue is embalmed in Whiggery, and that all philanthropy and high motives are locked up in the bosoms of those who hold what are popularly called liberal opinions. Gentlemen, I retire from you in the full =VlC tion that what you have manfully done before, you will as manfully do again, and that I shall be placed by your suf frages in that proud position which it is now my greatest ambition to achieve, and which it will aesuredly be my con stant desire, hope. and trust, lung to deserve. (Applause.) The high bailiff then took • show of hands on behalf of each of the candidates, and declared that the choice had fallen upon General Evans and Mr. Cochrane. A poll was demanded on behalf of the other candidates, which will take place this day. BATH. The nomination of candidates to represent this city in parliament took place yesterday. Party feeling ran very high, and the proceedings were characterised by an unusual amount of excitement and uproar. The nomination was held in the Orange-grove, where a hustings had been erected. and the friends of the several candidates muttered in great force. - 4~-