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I', . lets and banners waving from the windows of every hetteL lilt. I livinnees head-quarters is the White Hart, from which a purple and orange flag hangs out. having as a motto, " Sumner, the old t udesendent 3lembcr for Surrey . Mr. I.lenison's flag, which is @ro uge owl light blue, appears at the window of the Crown, and b e ars the words, `. Denison and Independence." Mr. Polluter's (atom, wttich is purple and scarlet, if displayed from the window o f the ‘Viiite Lino, and bears the motto. " Polluter, the Friend of the Poor." The eolinirs of the Candidates seem pretty emially drawled; and from the processions which attended them to the Town Hail. we should say that the number of their partisans were noarly wens!. The state of the poll, however, at the end of three or *AO days. may be calculated upon as a niuch better criterion. Toe most interesting object of the day was the procession of Mr. Holm. Sumner's ftiends. It was preceded by a full band, after which came *bout thirty youths, in black velvet caps and white jackets, decked with osolog and purple ribbons • then followed shout the same number or *omen, also ornament:al with Mr. Simmer's colours, and bearing in their hands large garlands. After these followed a large body of Mr. Sumner's partisans, and in this o r der the procession paraded the town. At eleven o'clock this Jay the doom of the Town Hill were thrown open, when a violent rush took place, and the building was immediately tilled. 'The High Sheriff having with some difficulty rate ins way to the Bench, accompanied by the candidates, and such of their friends its had perseverance enough to make their way, proclamation was made, and the Precept, with the Bribery Act were read. . . II (n al' DKr St Mown. Esq. the High Sheriff, then said, that RS the freeholders had heard his aiejeste's Precept read for the election of the Members to serve in Penh invent, it became his duty to ;retard the right* of the freeholdere ; he was therefore determined to ;4.4411 every Elector and every Candidate in the lull, fair. and ; v .. ' ,ad.e of his privilege of openly and menterruptedly ex pivoting his opinion. He should therefore retie ire eider and de ...0wl to be preterite., in Court, particularly when any Freeholder or Candidate whin-weed the Zia - Mrs. s.r Ittensitti Fsentstoe then came fotl/11111, he said with vest embarrassment, to propose to hie brother freeholders George Dolree Sumner as a proper person to represent them in Parlia. teem. He thought the country had some asaursnen more than his were word that Mr. Sumner was a fit Representative, for that gen t:omen had served the county in four Parliaments, and was ready w.d. willing to serve it again. He hoped the county wauld nut totiebirge an old servant who had served it faithfully, but would :one milliard and support him warmly. (Applause). Mr. S .rsiner's character was known to them all ; he had been four times aeproved of. and his past conduct was now his best recommends. Ler. H. knew he was Incapable of doing justice to hit Honour &-de Friend's character, and should therefore refs tin front entering ups. it. This much he might - say, how wee, that the man who ...eked to represent this county ought to be an independent end rest. lets man these and sueli amen was his linnounible Friend. IA ressoe in the crowd here called out, " Who wanted to prove the Queens_.) Sir R. Frederick conthmed—Mr. Sumner had upheld am all occasions the religion of his country, its King, its laws, its ..`terties, in short, the Constitution. In his commerce with the c•estry be had done every thie. t s In his power to protect their pro. perty, to improve the* inurslit, and to root out vice. Thanking ;'tent for their kind attention, therefore, be should conclude by pro. Jong Mr. Sumner. `lr. Vass Les BARCLAY (of London) said. that screw years ago he seconded the nomination of his honoureble friend (Mr. tem:Pier), and in no instance had that gentlemen's public conduct g:ven him reason to regret the path he had taken. Thie great county was one of a very peculiar description. it united persons it igsged in commercial pursuits, and persons occupying land. It was necessary therefore that its representatives shouhl weigh well those circumstances which brought those great interest., into col. eisioti. this Hon. Friend, he knew well, had given great attention te the %object. He cos. , well acquainted with the dependence of tine of those greet interests upon the other, and that by doing ju t re or both, both must flourish. On this important point his Hon. I.r.end hail discharged his duty in a manner satisfactory to all inieues. He now came again before the electors to ask for a re. newel of the trust they before confided in him. The electors would he %Inherited by any other feeling but a political one. This county was never governed by rich, high, and noble families, es other court tree Lad been. No man could claim to represent the county of S.atey except on hie principles, his private virtuee, and his public teueluct. Let them search where they Veen, dthey would hnd no '.13.4 MINI independent than hie lion. riend. (Applause) lie was generally a supporter of .Ministers, but on various occasions he "Noosed ectravagent grant.' and unnecessary expenses. Ile d e . tied any freeholder to say that Mr. Sumner himself, or any one of r• a family. bad ever benefited by the power intrusted to him, thathe had ever sacrificed the rights or interest of his consti. teente for any pecuniary interest of Ms own. This be could boast, telegli it was well known he might have had almost any thing he w.eled. There were many questions exciting popular feeling, on ,etch h:s Hon. Friend was called upon to rote, and did he ever &mink (min the expression of hi* amnions or the reasons which g..uted him in forming those eminicnite This was the 111.111 to be ts.l4ted. (Applause.) As a Magistrate Mr. mitoner was al ways r • ely to leave the repose of his house to 'Recharge magisterial wetter. On every occasion he wag found at his post ; active, intel- Liggett...and independent. He felt lie was taking no time miaow/. earn/ bespeaking thug of a man known to the county for twenty years, and who had been returned four times. Ile hoped the t•runty would again retort their late Alembere--thuee two st em . hers whose condom was known to them ; anti although he differed with both those Hun. Gentlemen on many question, he might say, IswAtlle he did feel, that electors could safely tenet their interests or. those Hon. Gentlemen's hands. It appeared, however, that this was nut the universal feeling throughout the county. Sums persons had thought it to invite one, whom he was bound to cell a most respectable gentleman to stand forward. (Applause.) lie knew that gontleinune and would say that no man was more amiable in private ere. He had gained the esteem of all around him, and he believed no ere that knew him could fail to appreciate his talent for public bsulteasotnel his benevolence in private life. But whilst he ad. ratted all these qualifications, he could net avoid regretting ex treme:y that that most respectable gentleman had been induced to Wane forward. indeed he did not know on what grounds the Ron. Gentleman came forward. lie had not declared his senti ments on any great question of civil oe domestic polity, and this etiolate had never returned any Member on private interest. Ile waited with sonic anxiety to hear the grounds on which Mr. Pall iser was brought forward. It was well known the opposition was ro itt Hon. J.:nem! (Mr. Sumner), but he wished to know Isrecisely writ waathe difference of opinion between his Hon. Friend and e‘tr. Fullmer. There was a slight Sliatie of difference between the eolours of the candidates. a difference in the orange. it would seem —.a laugh)—but he had to learn what was the difference between tee diode of their pulitice. He (Mr. Barclay) had a seat in the mote of Cotninoitsciehen Air. Kilmer sat there, and he remember. to diet the Hon. Cent. supported Government. Every man was cued inlependent, and called 'lime& so when he came forward a, J Candidate. •Every Candidate. ton, talked of measures and not meet, but nevertheless. ever,/ Candidate had his bias; and it became u. r non who stood forward to represent a county to avow his opt openly and• manfully. If the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Pall t:. el, was a friend to Government, he could tell him diat lie Thad doers Government irreparable injury, by dividing she Government puree ha this county. lie understood it was whispered that Alr. eemseinet on some periicularcimumetance in the county, was die. s eo etived of ; be would nut enter upon this matter, but would ear -4.4 request them not to go into private matters with is Represon. tenet: who had served them for twenty years. In the course of esca a long service: having to decide upon to many public ques te let, a man must necessarily have offended many. Mr. Sumner t,erha?s lied done so, but it was not on particular cases, it was on his general conduct a man should be judged ; and could it be denied toga his Hon. Friend had performed his duty with credit to him. ae.f and benefit to his country. Ile trusted that the Freeholders cis usirrey would never desert their old and trim servant, and that ttt-y would not carry into public their private feelings and =liana. twa. He hoped to pee the old Members carried through triumph. Rutty. and if the lion. Gentleman, upon seeing this feeling roattifested, would withdraw from the contest, he would merit the regard of the county, in addition to the esteem of his own neigh. too -184.4. which be. already immeteneed. Mr. Barclay concluded amidst loud applause, by seconding the nomination of dlr. Sumner. Ilesrae Per in rising to propose alr.leenbion, observed cost bar Hon. Friend had not been so long in the service of the county as Mr. Sumner, but he heel been long enough to prove that he r:::.seal arid ability which was never summed. and that if :Limit'. he woubl discharge his parliamentary ditties as lie he had lutheno done, to the satisfaction of ell parties. He was not accustomed to public speaking, sad eitould therefore. without Nether obeerystion, pmpoes al T. Denison as a tit and proper per son to serve In Parliament. Mr. JOIIN LEACH said that Mr. Denison was web known 'to the comity, and a inure honourable and independent man that (ensue/ pM nm produce. (Applause.) He had always supported dues prpossie foe the reduction of tsars which pressed so heavily ti-at the Administration found it impoesible to carry fully into edect those 111011141tif which were necessary for the advancement of ti e country. .Such were the measures of free troeie, which every bberal man taus approve, but which the Ministry could not carry fulls into effect because we were shackled by taxes. As to Air. omaner, he believed him to be perfectly honest and independent, trnagh he differed from him on many important question*. Ile tecught he was deserving of thanks for his conduct on ihe (torn Leas. Ile nimirted the gonnal principle that the trade in corn ought to he free like all other trades, but farmers ought to have eame profit, and poor rate. and tithes pressed especially on them. lie would ask the occupiers of land whether, with the present high riots as they were called, their pockets were overflosingl He wwbed to see corn low, but before it fell he wished to see the taxes smith pressed on the agriculturist reduced. ( A pplautte.) in con deltas, he believed in hit conscience that dir. Denison was a man MONS nothing could induce to do wrorg, or to vote fur what le conceived would he dieadventageoue. On this principle he nip ported hunt, and he hoped his (needs who were present would give Irian the appearance of what they meant to do in reality, by hold. leg up their hands for hum when invited to do so by the High Bailiff. (Applause.) BataCOV. then role to propene air. Pallmer, and in doing so earnestly disclaimed all private motives In the part lie had Wirt. (The Hon. Gentlemen here stretched out his hands both to Mr. Sumner and Mr. Denison, end shook them most heartily.) (Meek !sus/leer.) As private motives were alluded to, he t h oug h t it necessary thus torn his heart to disclaim them. But it had been wad that t he two Members who were before returned should be again returned. Now he did not see the principle of such a doe vies. Ilis Hon. Frieswl (Mr. Pallmer) did not stand torth in op. poNnem to either of else lion. Gentlemen, but the course was clear, grid alt etoed on equal grounds. Surely it would not be said then Lamest a Gentleman was resumed once. he should be returned to every future occasion, or that the representation of a great county should descend as an heir-loom in particular families. (Applause and hisses.) At present the cnunty of Surrey wee • nonentity in Parliament. One or its Members voted one way on all er at pub lic questions, and the other another way ; their votes destroyed each other ; and surely such a system should not be perpetuated. ' The present occasion was mint important. and in exercieing the privilege which now devolved on she freeholders, it was their duty to consider well the part which their late Members had taken on all public question's. Foe hie own part, he was determined to take notes of the votes and speeches of she County Members in the Commons. Mr. Palmer was no well known to the Electors of Surrey that it was unnecessary to enter into his elutrarter. His ability. as well as his principles., peculiarly qualified him to represent this great county. He considered his property arid his personal services a trust confided in him for the benefit of his constituent+. Eli, votes in Parliament would be perfectly independent. ll e would support Ministers if he believed the measures they proposed beneficial to the country. A ruetic Meteor here demanded whether Mr. Palliner would vote for the revision of the Corn Laws? Mr. lintscor said he would advert to that subject presently. The Hintz Su re:ire said that every Elector should have an opportunity of being heard, but that no one could be permitted to ,interrupt the speaker. Mr. Batseoe resumed. He thought that the country could not go on without some alteration being made in the Corn Laws. If the taxes pressed peculiarly on the agriculturist, the agriculturist should be protected to that extent, but no farther; but lie was yet at a loss to know what taxes reseed on the agricultural interest tbm o dial not also press, either directly or indirectly, on the other int • rests. If it could .se proved, however, that any imposts bore especially on the farmer, the principle was most clear that be elionld be allowed a fair protecting duty. After entering upon various subjects of general policy at sonic length, the Hon. Gen lemon concluded by recommending Mr. Palmer as a fit and proper person to represent thew in Parliament. Mr. Elyse ear seconded the nomination of Mr. Palmer, without observation. Mr. TROW cps then addrcs.eil the freeholders. He said they were called upon to abandon their painciples—to abandon the Representatives of whose conduct they bail esperienee, without any case being made out against them, and all for a new friend_ When speaking of this new friend, he mutt say. that bad there been a vacancy in the county, there was no man to whom lie would hare sooner even his ardent support, but be saw no reason for preferring him to the late Members. He supposed that some mysterious enigma would come out, bat there was nettling stated to show the superiority of Mr. Pallater's claim!, although Mr. Driseoe had DITIU•Wit the freeholders with a very glare andleagthy dissertation on the (am haws. But was this a reason why, after a long and stormy life, they should shipwreck their old Representa tives on the ocean? They had two honest and hearty Represents tires, and there was therefore nu vacancy. It wu said the two late Members were of different poliikal principles ; so much the betters the manly was not unanimous, and by this glorious com runilee erery man in the con sty might be said to be represented. It wan said that Mr. Palmer was atainst further concessions to the Catholics ; so W4lluue of the old Members (Mr. H. Sumner). Again, it was said that Mr. Palltner was in favour of an alteration of the Corer taws; so was the other of the late Members, Mr. Denison. Where then were the grounds upon which Mr. Palmer was to he preferred? If the late Member,. voted together, it was said the County would hare greater a:rength, but what would be strengli in Parliament would he weakness to their own hearts. tie trusted this day would be an epoch In the eleetions of the minty. On public principle he should vote fur the two late Members. Mr. Hot.ler SUMNER then presented himself, and was received with mixed applause and disapprobation. He said, that after the obligations which tie lay under for so many years to the freeholders of the county of Surrey, it was not to be wondered at that he felt the most grateful sensations when he came forward to address them. They thought him for twenty long years a person worthy of the most sacred and important trust which a body of men could confide in an individual. Their properties, and even their lives, as Yawed by the laws, depended in a great degree on those per sons they sent into Parliament. Whatever should be the issue of that contest in which he found himself so unexpectedly involved, the confidence placed in him by the electors of Surrey would fur ever Impress on his mind the deepest feeling of gratitude. (The Honourable Gentleman was here affected almost to tears.) Ile had been six times returned from that hall to Parliament, and on many occasions his conduct had met with the moat flattering acquiescence in all parts of the county. Hut flat tering as this was, he confessed he never felt more pride than he had this day, when he observed the appearance which the town of Guildford presented. That town was used to be divided, but now he saw it united in his favour. When the contest ceased to be local the inhabitants of Guildford espoused his cause. His lion. Friend (Mr. Barclay), who watched the proceedings in the House of Cum. mons, and had an opportuniu of observing his (Mr. Stunner's) conduct to private life, recommended him to the electors as an hafiest man. He wished no higher eulogy, for "to be honest as this world went, was to be one man picked out of ten thousand." When he first presented himself to the electors of Surrey, he re. fused to pledge himself to any particular line of politics. It was a practice, but he always thought it an unconstitutional practice, to ask candidates to pledge themselves to any particular line of con duct. He had always said, " I will not go into Parliament with my hands tied-1 will go perfectly free, or I will not go at all." Well, there were many occasions on which he differed from a por tion of his constituents, and their disapprobation was expressed it, no very measured terms. A another person, with different princi ples, would In these instances have yielded to clamours. He would have said, " This is clamour, but If Ido not comply with it I shall be turned out." lie (Mt. H. Sumner) had never bent to Government within doors, nor to tumult without. When a Mem ' bee did 1.9 his seat ceased to be an honour, and became a degrada tion. (Applause.) No man would dare to say he had ever prostituted himself in this way. There were three great questions now agitating the public mind, upon which, in his opinion. every Candidate had a right to declare himself. These were the Catholic Question. the Can Laws, and Negro Slavery. As to the first, it wax a wide field, and he did not mean to enter far into it. He leemed it most manly at once summarily to state that he could never vote for an extension of privilege to the Roman Catholics, because the Protestant religion was made a part of the Constitution by the glorious revolution of 1688. To re. neat the language of the brightest luminary of the law at the Pitt dinner, he did not want to make religion political, but to render the civil institutions of the country religious. This was his creed— the Church and State were united, and he could never consent to any thing which would sever than, no more than he should con sent to give up the trial by jury, the Habeas Corpus Act, or any of the most sacred guards of the Constitution. He understood that his conduct on the Cern Laws had excited much displeasure in the cistern part of the county, where large capitals were invested in manufactures and commerce. He was 'sorry to have brought upon himself the displeasure of any part of his constituents, but no honest man could hope to please ever ybody. (Applause.) At this end of the county, where the inhabitants were chiefly engaged in agriculture, his conduct was very generally appmvett; but if he Onl not believe the measures he supported Fenetallv beneficial, he would nut advocate them, whatever the opinion of his consul turnip might be. Hie opinion Iris, that the arguments in favour of a free trade in c urn were erne, as arguments ; but the question was, whether they were applicable? If he wet, the Chief Ma gistrate of a new country, be should consider those arguments extremely well worth attention, but circumstances militated against the operation of such doctrines in this country. This question was brought to the notice of the House of Commons when the shipping interest was under discussion. Ministry' then said to the Hon. Member for Taunton, who opposed them, " Why this is . all your doing, you asked us fur a tree trade." " Yes," said the Hon. 31ember, " 1 asked fora free trade, but I said you should first take off the taxes." Now he (Mr. Sumner) coincided • - with this argument. If the country was brought to something like an original state, by taking off the taxes, he would say, by all means let us have a free trade in corn. Until this was effected, however, he did not perceive that the country generally would gain much by a fall in the price of grain. When grain was high the ecuntry was prosperous ; but in 1818 awl 1917, when the price of corn fell, the shopkeepers were standing idle at their doors, and when the farmers' waggons were passing through they went without taking back any thing to the mistress, a phrase which his Surrey friends well knew to be synonimous with that of wife. When this was the effect of low prices, he could not help reprobating the idiotism (so he must call it) of those who refused to be guided by experience. The country had risen to a state of unexampled prosperity under the old system, and yet theorists and philosophers succeeded in persuading many that we were going wrung, and ought to commence a new system. He hoped, However, that the country would hot be led away by such idle theories, but that it would long continue to enjoy the prospe rity it had attained under the old system. As to Negro niavery, he :bought it was an indelible dis gra ce th a t s uc h a system should be reared in this country. However. that was the fault of the logislatori, widen had encouraged the investment of capi tal to a prodigious amount and it ass not justice to destroy that capital, which was invesied by individuals on the faith of Go vernment. Rut moat as he regretted the existence of this system, brighter days lie believed had dawned, and that the ultimate moan eipation of the negroes was obstructed by the anxious solicitude of the abolitionists. lie saw his lion. Friend the High Sheriff shook his head at this, but it was nevertheless the fact. Precipitate mea sures for the abolition of slavery, lie thought, must be attended with the loss of life to all the whites in the 'll'est Indies. and then what would be the state of the negroes ? One half of the slaves would rise and destroy the other half, and then what a state would the sur vivors be left in, without clothes or maintenance, or the protection of a master. His opirdon was, that the negvoes should be prepared for emancipation by the acquirement of !whits of industry, and by the effect* of motel culture. This opinion he held upon perfectly independent grounds. lie I had no connexion wh a tever with th e West Indies, and his sentiments on this suliject were only diested he his general views. On all occasions of his public life, whether in the relation of a Magistrate or a Member of Parliament, lie de-' lied any one tosay that he ever allowed anything to stand In the' way ut his public duty. AR a public servant, therefore, lie thought what every lust men exercised in Ilia own family was due to him. Vu man tamed off a groom boy without having some charge against and ifan old and tried servant was diseltaried without a reasonable cause, the disgrace 'Wrote). enact reeniled front die ser vant anti tell upon his master. Now, he claimed the sane measure of _pumice fur the public steward which every man dealt out In pi. vale life. if his conduct rendered him unworthy of confidence lie deserved to be turned off, and he slinuld submit to the censure of his constituents; but if he did not deserve censure, let him not be , turned away. The Hon. Gent. concluded his speech amidst mingled THE BRITISH PRESS. applause and Nimes. Ile was interrupted frequently in the mune of it by cries of " No Corn hews," " No treed.utill," " No red. herrings." l'. DEN:sox then came forward, and was received with loud acelatnations. He returned thank, for the kind feeling displayed towards hint, and said, if lie did not sufficiently express his grail. rude, it must be from went of utterance rather than want of heart. He now came forward to return to the county the trust with which he ass honoured. This was to him an awful occasion ; to the free- holders it was an opportunity for increasing the greatest privtlite that could be exercised by the people of a free country. These privileges, which the freeholders insseaxed, were won in menysi stormy debate, and many a sanguine fielti, and the manner in which the freeholders of Surrey had that day exercised their privi lsge, and the nuention with which they heard every one that att. dressed them, showed them worthy of their privileges, and made . I feel pride, in being a British subject and a freeholder o f Surrey. (Applause.) Ile had originally come forward to demand the suffrages of the freeholder% of Surrey on the ground of public principles. He now came forward on precisely the same ground ; by his principles he was determined to stand or fall. He defied any freeholder to say that he had ever deceived him. He hail openly avowed his principles, whether they were right or wrong, and had always acted upon them. The lion. Gentleman (Mr. Briscoe) said he resolved to keep a register of the votes of his Representatives. He (Mr. Denison) had kept such a register of hit own votes. (A laugh.) Ile could give an account of his votes, and would willingly allow the Hon. Gentleman to see his register. (Applause and laughter.) Ile was perfectly serious lie had hie register about him. (Mr. Donlan here drew forth a large manu script book.) In ;bin book, he said, was inserted every vote which he bad given front taking his seat ill Parliament. • The first vote he gave was on his Noble Friend ( [Aril J. Russell's) motion for an in quiry into the state of the Civil List, and the last was on his [lon. and hemmed Friend's (Mr. Brougham) motion upon slavery. He was prevented from attending the House by a severe fit of the gout subsequently during the Session. But he had the register, and would chew his list and explain his votes to Mr. Briscoe, or any other freeholder that did hint the honour of coming to him. He came forward, therefore, to the present' of the freeholders, saying, if he had beached any pledge, or failed in any promise, and did not stand firmly to his principles, lie ought not to be returned. As to the ques tion of the Corn Laws, his opinion was that the manufacturer should not be relieved at the expense of the agriculturist. The interests of both classes were inseparable. If the manufacturer failed, who would buy the produce of the land ? and, on the other hand, if the farmer did not pay for the labour of the manufacturer, who would con.. acme his labours ? In fact the two clams were joined by the links of nature and of Providence, and all the efforts of man would fail to sever those links. To go through his votes. In all measures for the repeal of taxes, his name would be found in the minority. Ile al ways advocated retrenchment, when it could be effected without breaking faith with the public creditor. He had voted on man subjects for Ministers . It was well known that Mr. Canning , with his great eloquence and splendid talents, would never have broken the shackles of the Holy Alliance, but for the support he received at that side of the House at which he (Mr. Denison) sat. The principles he supported were those which made England a refuge for the afflicted, and the polar star of every; country to look to for refuge and protection. These it WA' that brought back England to what it was in the palmy days of Elizabeth, when the Low Countries revolted from the tyranny of Spain, or to the times of the third %Villiain. when embattled Europe fought against the power of Louis XIV'. of France. Ile had always voted for moderate re nnin, and for 30 years he had been the uniform friend of the aboli tion of slavery. Ile attributed the little progress which was made towards this derirahle object, not like his lien. Friend (Mr.:Sumner) to the over.seal of the abolitionists, but to the unnecessary opposl. don which the Brest India Legislatures had given to the resolutions of the Howled Commons. Ile admitted, however, that an imme diate emancipation of the negroes was not desirable. Mr. Canning had said that it would give power to those who already possessed the force of giants and the minds of infants. He agreed with his lion. Friend, that the emancipation should begin with the mind, and that respect should be paid to private property. As to Clt tho;ic Emancipation, he knew that it was a question which hail lost hint the good opinion of many of his constituents in some parts of the county. This he sincerely regretted; but he had acted conscientiously. Ile had voted within the last year on two questions connected with this subject. The first vote was a proposal to pay the Catholic Clergy, to which he had given ! a decided negative. Ile was willing to tolerate all re ligions, but he could not consent to pay any other church but one, and that one was the Established Church. (Applause.) But though a friend to toleration, and an enemy to exclusion, if any one thought he approved of the doctrines of Catholicism, he had been mistaken. If he approved of auricular confession and transub stantiation, or of many of the political principles which the Catho. tics had exercised, and which stained their annals with blood, he would be fitter for a cell in Bedlam than to represent the county of Surety in Parliament. What he voted for was to admit, at the out. able. from 10 to 12 Catholic Peers, and from 20 to 30 Catholic Commoners into Parliament, if so many could get in. This vote he had given, that every British subject had a right to worship God in his own way. He thought this measure would tranquillize Ire land, and add to the security of England. So far from believing it to he an injury to the Established Church, he thought it would diminish its enemies. lie was always an ardent supporter of the rights of the Established Church ; that Church he thought steered clear of both extremes. It was alike free front the tinsel of Catho licism and the gloom of Calvinism. (Applause.) No power should ever induce him to support any measure which he conceived would injure this venerable establishment. If he had erred in his vote On this great question, it was an error of the head rather than the heart, and he had erred in einnumn whit some of the most eminent indi viduals in the country. Of these he 'need only mention the names of Mr. Canning, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Burke, who wire all in favour of Catholic Emancipation. Now, with respect to the Corn haws, he was of opinion that there should be a revision of them. At time same time he admitted that the farmer was fairly entitled to protection, as tithes, poors' tatea, and parochial assessments, pressed peculiarly on him. He thought, therefore, that there should be a free impor tation of corn, with a duty sufficient to leave the farmer harmless, and compensate him for the burdens he bore front which other classes were exempt. As to his late colleague, although he differed with him on public measures, when they came together to consult on local matters. all tliffertnce ceased, and the only emulation between them had been who could best Of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Sumner) he might be allowed to say' , in sincerity, that he was a man who on no occasion would bow to people nor to Ministera. In conclusion, if they again did him the honour of electing him, his attention to their interests should be unremitting. lie would follow no man's standard—he would consult his constituents' interest and his own understanding, and give his best attention to all questions of importance. Ile could not conclude without contradicting, in the most unqualified manner, the report which had gone abroad, that a coalition was entered into between him and his Hon. Friend. For his own part, he had never presumed to ask any of his friends for their second votes : he only said, " (live me one of your votes," and left thechoice of their second Representative entirely to themselves. This was his feeling; for, with every respect for the other Candidates, on public grounds, and on public grounds alone, lie was averse to a coalition with either of them, and would never consent to it. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst very general applause, which lasted for several minutes, Dl r. PAII.C.HER then presehtedbitneelf, and was received with's!). plsuse. He said he felt overwhelmed and oppressed with the (lA culty of his situation. If he imagined the course lie thought it his duty to pursue was calculated to disturb the peace of the county, and that it was so considered, even it he was returned he s ho u ld regret his success. If he had broken clown the fence of confidence which surrounded the late Member', he did so at the risk of break ing down a scheme of retirement which lie fondly planned, and of leaving the happiest private circle in which a scan had ever the blessing of moving. (Applause.) He was willing to admit that the other candidates were his superiors in talent, wealth, and conse quence, and he went still further, and conceded that lie had no pre tension to represent the county. In fact his heart recoiled front the task he had undertaken. When he solicited the votes of the elec tors, he was not stimulated by ambition, either by that honest ambition which some had called " the glorious faults of angels and of gods," or that vicious species which some had perhaps more justly characterized as the offspring of pride and folly. Ile had no ambitious views : he came forward solely on what he conceived to be grounds of public duty. He left the enjoyment* of his home to obey the call of his fellow freeholders. He was proud, he coideased, of the praises lavished on Lim by others, but his conscience obliged him to say, that lie had no pretensions to those praises, Again, he repeated, he only came forward In obedience to a public call, because he thought no loan had a right to continue enjoy ing his private comforts, when called upon to perform a public service. l'his sentiment he had kept in his breast, and had never before uttered. Had he publicly aoriounced this opinion, it would he a solicited solicitation, a call for a call. He was as wil ling as any other Gentleman to War testimony to the conduct ofthe late Members. But if those Genttlemen's conduct was so generally approved ofas they scented to imagine, he must consider that though lie had given them some trouble lie had done them good services. They would return in greater triumph to resume their places, than if no opposition had taken place, and they had been permitted to walk over the course without opposition. (Applause.) It had been insinuated that the requisition presented to him had been got up by his Kingston Committee. It was true, that requisition was signed by niftily persons who lived in that neighbourhood, and could any thing be more natural than that a mail should be called upon by those whe were around him? If the roquisition bad only ensnared from Kingston, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sumner) ould have two sources of satisfaction. In the first place, he would obtain his seat; and, secondly, he would have the satisfaction of knowing that his conduct was disapprovel of only in one portion of the county. But lie ( Mr. Pallmer) visited all parts of the county, and he cautioned the Hon. (lent. " not to lay that flattering unction to his soul," that the disapprobation which existed was confined to any one part of tito county, Ile respected the Hon. Gentleman's manly forwardness on many subjects of local policy on which it was his misfortune to differ from him. He did not any whether the Hon. Gentleman was right or wrong ; he only knew that he could not sympathize with him. However, if the Hon. Gentleman was returned, he was the first who would shake blunts with him, and wish him the lung enjoyment of his honours. He wished every candidate to be catechised aster him public nrinciplea, but, alter the investigation which had already taken place on all great questions of domestic policy. he should touch but slightly on politics. He was said by one gentle. man to be a Government man, and by another to be against the Catholiat. Now the fact was, he had never proresseti himself a Government man, nor did he ever give an opinion for or aga i nst the Catholics. Upon the Catholic Question he should take time to deliberate. The electors would not be SO inconsistt nt as to send him to a deliberative body, and tell him not to deliberate. They would not send hint with his hands tied, and his ears stopped, when he wanted to hear. (Applause and disapproba ion.) He de termined to give the question of Catholic Emancipation the most mature censideration, becsuse he believes it to be is question of vital importance. The general principle which he hell van, that the Constitution of England was essentially tolerant and essentially free, and that all classes should lie admitted to share hs its blessings in as great a degree as was consistent with the safety of the CODllll tution. If it entLingered the safety of the Protestant Hierarchy wed of the Protestant succession, he would say at one, however, that the Catholic Question should be dismissed on every occasion that it was brought forward. He loved the Established Church, and when ever that Messed hierarchy was attscked, he hoped he would he found not only fighting but dying b l its side. As to the question of the Corn Laws he thought it wa. intimately blended with that of the currency. It was impossible toconsider that inultiCirious subject (the Corn Laws), except on general principles, but he would maintain that the poor ought to be cheap fed, and that the happiness and comfort of the poor was the best wealth. As to the Slave Trade, be came before the county as a proprietcr of slarea and a West India planter. He could state, however , that Ike had the pleasure of in , troducing one thousand s laves to the Protestant religion ; and that he deserved no particular credit for this, as many planters had done as muds. There was no part of the expense of link West India es. tates which he paid with more satisfaction than the large sum he was charged annually for wattling rings. Slaughter.) On the subject of the Slave Trade generally, he might way that he was anxious to support the Resolutions of the House of Commons, in their spirit and 'nestling. Having thus briefly adverted to his poll. tieal principles, it only remained fur him to say, that if the Electors wished hint to go into Parliament he was ready. As to the names of %Vhig and 'tory, these distinctions were greater in Hanle than in reality. There were now liberal Tories and loyal Whigs. and he hoped the distinction would anon disappear altogether. Ile was 1 1 called upon by four hundred individuals, who stated they were dis. satisfied with the conduct of their late Representatives. lie did not ray he was dissatisfied with the late Representatives; but he did not think there ought to be 400 dissatisfied freeholders in a county without their having an opportunity of expressing that diasstisfar, (ion, and giving an opportunity to the rest of the county of display ing its feelings. On these grounds he came forward. If the free holders were satisfied with the conduct of their late !Remixes, let them be elected again. If they were dissatisfied, he had attended their call, and wan ready to serve them. Whatever may be the issue of the contest, he had not wilfully forfeited their esteem, and hoped he would be able to take it away with him when he retired 1 from the Hall. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst mixed disapprobation and applause. tilence having been restored, Mr. li. SuMs,F.R again rose. Ile said the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pallmer) had expressed a desire that the freeholders should catechise him. Now there were two points on which he wished to address the Hon. Gentleman. A charge as long as his arm had been drawn up against him. On a former occasion he had been catechised by 3lr. Leach, and lie did not see why he might not take the same liberty with a new candidate. (Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had said a great deal upon the Catholic Question, but if any one could make out his opinion from what lie said, that per son must have a better comprehension than he (Mr. Sumner) had; for, on his soul, he knew not what the Hon. Gentleman's opinion was. It was impossible that the Hon. Gentleman had not turned this great question in his mind, and come to something like an opinion upon it, but, if he had not, he thought his friends could not deny that he had come there prematurely. (Applause and hisses, with cries of " Spoke.") Yes, he had spoke, but was not an old servant to be allowed an opportunity of confessing himself, and adverting to the charges made againt him ? The lion. Gent.'s party did not possess a man with manliness enough to tell hint when his conduct had given offence. It was said his cone duct was disapproved of at Kingston, but those gentlemen who die .pproved of it had a right to come forward and make the charge openly against him before they dated to impeach or impugn his conduct when in Parliament. If there was not a man with manliness enough in Mr. Pailmer's interest, let 31r. Palliner himself come forward as the organ of his party, and state the cause of reproach against him. Ilere he had come. here he stood ; the whole town or Kingston was there in a body, and he defied any one to say that he had ever acted otherwise than independently. (Some one here called out " Keep your temper," an injunction which seemed to have a contrary effect on the speaker.) He pro ceeded. It was here any cause for dissatisfaction should be stated, and not in a sneaking advertisement, insinuating that the county was not satisfied. (Hisses.) He now asked any of the Kingston men to come forward and speak. An old gentleman, whose name we did not learn, said the poll will speak for us. Mr. buxtent continued, with much warmth—Yes, you want something to speak for you. for you have not the manliness to speak for yourself. Addressing the old gentleman with some ap pearance of asperity, he maid, " Is your name amongst the 400 that signed the requiaiti iiii ." The Oentleinan before alluded to said it was, and that he was proud of it. Mr. Sussattit—Then why have you not the manliness to speak out? Mr. PALLMER said he rose, lest the Honourable Gentleman should conceive he was one of those who did no; dare speak out. (Hear, from Mr. Sumner.) He admitted that he had not spoken out on many occasions, because he wished to continue to esteem Mr. Sumner, and if he spoke out in the same plain way and in the same warm manner as the Honourable Gentleman had done, it would cause more asperity thou he wished to see. He should pro ceed, therefore, to advert temperately to what had been a d vance d. He was charged with not giving a decided opinion on the Catholic Question. He meant to deliberate on that question, and until he had deliberated he should give no opMion. It was impossible for any one to come to the fair oonsiderstion of that question, without reading the mass of evidence taken teat year before the Lords' Committee. and which he confessed he had not been able to get through. He would not pledge himself to any course on this question, but lie would willingly pledge himself, if he voted averse in the opinion of his constituents, to surrender them back their trust. In conclusion, lie hoped the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sumner) would not again use the word dare. (Great tumult.) He said the freeholders should not dare impeach, but this word was not at all applicable. All met there on an equality, to exercise • great public duty, and they should not be addressed in such lan gu age. Mr. SUMNER denied that he had used the words imputed to him. Ile would state what he said, when the Hon. Gentleman concluded. Mr. PALLKER said he was done, and that he begged the Hon. Gentleman's pardon if lie had misquoted his words. Mr. Surat/Ex again presented himself, amidst cheers and hisses. He said, if he had intended to express himself with warmth on this subject, the lion. Gentleman had disarmed him of his warmth. He had begged his pardon, and no Gentleman could require more. What he really said was, that Mr. Pallmer's friends ought to have come forward to a fair and manly manner before they impugned an old public servant, and that they should not have dared to impeach his character without exhibiting their charges against him. lle could not help thinking that the inhabitants of Kingston were de graded and disgraced by embodying themselves in an opposition of this kind. The latter part of the lion. Gentleman's observations, in which he appeared by his gestures to speak with great warmth, were totally unintelligible from the confusion which prevailed. The HIGH SHERIFF now called for a show of hands for the several candidates, cauthoning those who were not f ree h o ld ers f rom holding up their h ands.i He decided that the show of hands was in favour of Mr. Sumner and Mr. Denison. A poll was then demanded for Mr. Pallmer, by Mr. Briscoe and poll clerks having been sworn, the poll continued open until live o'clock. At that hour the lligh Sheriff returned into Court to announce the state of the poll, which was as follows : For Mr. H. Sumner . 2501 Fur hit. Pannier . 187 Mr. Denison - 200 Mr. SUMNER then proceeded to return thanks amidst a scene of the most deafening contusion, in which ties of " Down Sumner," and no Corn Laws," were distinctly heard. As soon as the Hon. Gent. became intelligible, we understood him to say that persons might call out" Down Sumner"aa long as they lived, but the state of the poll showed he was not down. H e h a d k nown t h e freehol ders of Surrey for 20 years, and they had often before manifested the same decided spirit in his favour. A few more such days us this, and the flea. Gent. (Mr. P.) would find that the town of Kingston was not the county of Surrey. (A person here called out, •• why do you vote for the Corn Lamar) Mr. S. said if the meeting was in a state more disposed to hear him, he would enter fully into the question of the Corn Laws. At present he could only express his decided satisfaction at the state of the poll. The cla mour, during the close of the Hon. (lent's address.which the Sheriff' tried in vain to quell, rendered it impossible for us to hear distinctly what fell from the speaker. Mr. DENISON said he felt some reason to congratulate his friends also on the state of the poll. In tact, he hail been taken by surprise, and intimated to his friends that he should not cant them until Wednesday. However, as they had placed him in such& situation, he hoped they would persevere in their efforts in his favour, and he felt confident that lie would ultimately he successful. (Applause.) Mr. PALL:e'en said that when the Hon. (lent. (Mr. Sumner) mentioned the pride and pleasure he felt at his situation on the poll, after being known to the freeholders for 20 years, he Mr. P. had some cause to feel pride and pleasure, when lie retketed on the numhcr of votes given for him, although he was known in the coun ty so much a shorter time than Mr. Sumner. The 187 freeholders who polled for him that day proved to his own satisfaction that his situation on the poll would soon equal his warmest expectations. (Applause.) The Court was then ailjourned to nine o'clock on Wedanday(this) morning. QUEENBOROUGH, JUNE 12. The contest for this borough terminated out Saturday, in the re. turn of .john Capel, Esq. and hard Dowues ; Lord Frederick C. Dentittek being the unsuccessful Candidate. From what transpired during the election, the objection to Lord F. tlentinck appeared to be, that he had not attendtd to the application mule to him by a large hotly of the electors, respecting what they deemed an infringe. meat of their rights by the Corporation ; and hence it was that the electors were determined to return a gentleman of the same politi cal principles as Lord Frederick, in order to chew the Government that it was not done in limtdity to them, butt in order that the differ ences between them and the Corporation, as to right of fishery and other grievances, should, if possible, be arranged. Lord Downes, in a short speech, assured the electors that he would gladly lend his assistance to mediate between them and the Corporation. The Noble Lords took their departure at five o'clock yesterday morning, and 31r.C.Iptl takes his to-morrow; on which occasion great preps. ations Arc making by the freemen, in order to escort bun, with all possible respect, to the King's Ferry. Mr. Capel this tily the Dock-yard, where he was received with every damn:sir:o-A, cal respect. both by the Commiulo:ter as well as AIL Timinab tnc re. cadentEmtini•er. After viewin g t h e i m p rovements at 01'; 14;k 'an' and of th , ! ships in ordinary, Mr. Copel returned by miter to Queenburougli. LIVERPOOL ELECTION. I 11.1 .v A. l il latll - - MR. 1117SRISSON . S VISIT TO THE CANNING CLUB In the evening the Right Honourable Gentleman visited the C s n. nina Club, which was arsembled to receive bim in the large roo m of the York it tel. fie arrived at about nitte o'elack..and wee re ceived with loud and long-continued sheeting. Mr. JOHN Ecccrs, the Vice-President of the Club, roset o propose at a tout, " Our Patron Saint, the Right Honourahla G, Canning.; The tout was received with thunders of applause, and dunk with thegreatcst enthusiasm. _ Mr. ilitsa minx then env!, sled spoke to the foll ate i n , , f 144 ll r. Presideut and Gentlemen : No genikinan in ehia m e can possibly wish more sincerely than I do that my Right Hon. F r i eed was present, to return to you, in person, his thank s f ir the levee; which you have just conferred on him, instead of th at duty tie.waiving on myseit because, I em sure. if he were present at th is moment, that he would be here in that chara c t er in whitsrat have so often received him with delight and eet ee y, a eandidite far your suffrages and the eloquent advocate of those principle which form the bond of union of this Society, When I l e ft my Right Hon. Friend late on Thurday night, it was his pailieular request. a n pn ti d r t e u n n t i tyymonf kindnessm ee ting would afford d(ais me snout after opportu n i ty n iwr t h y lic a bi rr 'ad i l va) wail l as th cl at I should express to you the unalterable Jethr o or affection and regard which he enterttilas titwarde a Society whi c h has so strenuously supported. not himself only, but the principle s for which he and you had to amend, at every successive eleetine, from the hour of his being Inviied to represent c !. tal community. Per. haps I may be permitted to state what was the occasion on which my Right lion. Friend charged me with the commission which y have now so imperfectly executed. On the evening to which have alluded, he received a f.ccon 1 deputation (for one had med. ed him on tiro day preceding) from the electors of Worn:i ntr ., strongly urging him tn becomes candidate for the h onour of tepee. senting that city in Parliament. This honour was offered to hies on terms the most Bettering to a putilic man : but it was one which he did not hesitate one moment to decline. The same reeeons which had induced him, however reluctantly, to solicit your acquiescence to hit retiring from the representation of Liverpool, wood nee permit him to form a connexion with any other plate, which, from its importance and population, might devolve upon him an extent of local duties, to which it would be impossible for him satisfactorily to attend, consistently with those higher and more general dudes which belong to his situation In the Government of the country, f my Right Hon. Friend, by an effort of diligence and exertion, could have continued a connexion of that sort, holding at the Beale time his present office, the wish nearest kis heart would have been to have remained in a situation endeared to him be a recullectio• of the circumstances under which he was first invited to Liverpool, and by all the struggles in which he had been, in your hands, the instrument of asserting those principles, by a steady adherence to which this country 9/14.4 preserved from revolution, and t h e ssr brought to an honourable and successful termination. Having ie. linquisited the representation of Liverpool, my Right Hun. Friend could not ricknowledge In any other place, however important, of however distinguished by the great men li whom it hut been re. presented, an equal right to that w hi c h the freemen of this twe e had to his service. As a public man, he owes his time and his te. lents to his Sovereign and hie country, but, next to that paramount claim, he acbnowledgee none which could have come in comptiti. titan with the claim which you had to the continuance of his service as one of your Representatives. For myself, I ant sure it is unne cessary for me, on this occasion, to repeat that which I had the honour to state to you when your kindness first invited me to come among you—that no person can feel the privation which you have sustained in losing the services of my Right Hononrable Friend more than tht individual of whom you made choice to succeed him. The CHAIRMAN, after pronouncing an eloquent eulogium on the character and services of Mr. Huskisson, and alluding to the clamour which had been ignorantly raised against the Right Ho nourable Gentleman on the subject of the Combination Laws, pro. posed the health of Mr. fluskisson. The tout was received with acclamation, the applause cont P-u. jog for several minutes. As anon as silence was obtained, Mr. uskis.on rose and spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen :—Notwithstanding some degree of fatigue under which I now labour, after a rapid journey in this sultry weather, I feel that I should not only be greatly wanting in my sense of duty to this Society, but doing great violence tom, own inclination, if I could have been in Liverpool many hours, without seeking an opportunity of making to you my aeknowlede. inents for the kind reception which I had the honour to teems: from you in 1823, when I first became a candidate for the reoresen. nation of this town. There is no impulse of a well-constituted mind which it obeys with more promptitude and alacrity, titan the desire to return thanks for kindnesses for which it is not in nu: power to render arty other requital. But, certainly, the manner, the most distinguished manner in which you have received me tls evening, will add greatly to the obligations which I had already in. cured to the Canning Club. lam fully sensible that I can have no title to the partiality which I have experienced from you, except a steady adherence on my part, under all circumstances, and in all vicissitudes of the country, to those principles, f o r the ma i n . tenanee of which this Club was first united and fornitid. It inion possible to recall to our recollection the distinguished name under which this Club was first embodied, without also bearing in mind the principles which led to its formation. Those principles, Gen tlemen, whether they have reference to the foreign policy of the country, or to our internal situation. are not likely, perhaps, to be called into active and vigorous display at an early period. Abroad there is nothing which seems to threaten a renewal of the evils and hazards of war; and at home there exists no spirit of combinstian against the laws which is likely to disturb those institutions which form the strength and the pride of this country. But, however much we may feel ourselves relieved from the necessity of now con tending against those who opposed your principle., either at the. hustings or any other place still our principles remain the sante. It is our duty to avow and cherish them at all times, and to he ready again to calf them into action whenever the occasion shah' render it necessary. This Club was formed, I believe, at the most awful crisis of the late protracted and then apparently desperate war. It was then that you manifested an unshaken confidence in the resources of the country; it was then that you declared yot.r conviction, that with those resources properly called forth, and pro: perly directed by steadiness, perseverance, and energy in the Cain ells of the State, we should not only vindicate our own honour and' maintain our own just rights, but should finally rescue the other countries of Europe from the state of slavery and degradation in which they were then held by France. The first principle of your club, therefore, was a fixed determination to meet boltily the diffi culties of the war. By adhering to that principle we became the liberators of the Continent ; and the name of England was placed nn the pinnacle of glory. IWhen peace was restored, difficulties in cidental to the sudden return to a state of peace, after such a long period of exertion, came upon the country. If, at the onset of your career, it became necessary to rouse and direct all the energies of the country against the pretensions of the foreign foe, at a later period (in the year 1819.) efforts of a different kind were ne cessary to uphold the institutions of this country, to protect indus try, property, and liberty itself, against the misguided doctrines of some, and the daring machinations of others, who would have de. strayed all those blessings. Then you were as true to sour prin. ciplea, with reference to internal danger, as you were magnanimoer and firm when you had to oppose the less disguised pretensions of a foreign enemy. And with what success ? Thank God the laws are now respected and obeyed. The measures of temporary legisla tion to which it was necessary to resort to secure the peaceable en joyment of the Constitution, have ceased to be requisite. and they nolonger form part of the Statute Book ; but they remain a beacon for our future guidance under similar dangers, and a warning to those who may, at any time hereafter, attempt to substitute violence. and faction, and revolution, for the well-regulated and temperate exercise of the rights which the law has secured to British sub. jecte. The policy of these measures became the subject of great contest both with parties out of doors, and between the greatest statesmen of our time in Parliament. Far different is cur employment now. We are frequently discussing subjects of less vital importance, and certainly of less excitement, though of great moment to the general improvement of the interests of the country. In the discussion of those subjects it was toy lot, as it was my duty, in the responsible situation in which the Conan:audit of my Sort. realm had placed me, to bring forward several measures connected with the commerce and induatry of the country. Of the policy of some of those measures individuals may form different opinions. All that I shall now say is, that I hare bretught them forward with the best intentions to p r o mote th e we lf are of .he country, with the moat entire conviction of their utility, and with the full concur rence of all my colleagues. I should detain you tun lung (and ibis is not a tit occasion), were I to refer more particularly to those mea sures: but there is one to which our worthy Chairman has adverted, and which 1 understand has caused a considerable degree of excite ment : and somewhat of an angry feeling, among is part of the free. men of this town. Gentlemen, 1 allude to the Combination Laws: but I trust that I shall find, even in those who arc now the most irritated on this subject —an irritation which I nmat attribute principally to insidious mimenreseniations, that feeling of justice which is natural to ovary Englishman, and that 1 shall be Nerd before lam condemned. This is not too much to ask from thou who had confided to me the exercise of • most important trust, of which it is now my duty to render an account. In tendering that account to the freemen, I hope to be able to convince even the mos prejudiced, that I could have no object in view, the attainment o which could neither injure their cause, or prejcdice their interests Grntlernen, on the subject of the Combination Laws, and of Wei bearing on the comforts and happiness of the labouring classes, own that I have a feeline of anxiety to set myself right in the eye of the public, not of Liverpool only, but generally of the who!, country. (Loud cheering.) Nothing would give me greater pait than to be supposed to be the persecutor and the oppressor of-' who are most entitled to the protection of the Legislature. At time of the first discussion in Parliament on the subject of the laws, in 1824, I did not hesitate to declare, that my objection these laws was, that, in their operation, they were unequal, and tie. they could not be impartially administered. In principle. chi unfairness ;did not appear ; because the laws meted out tl same punishment to the musters as to the workmen, in event of their being convicted of engaging in illegal combinati , But in practice they could not be equal; and for this remain.- it was very possible tor two or three toasters, without the bility of being detected, to combine Mr the vurpose of conditions on a thousand workmen, attd to refuse theno ern, if they did nix acquiesce in their coalitions; but that pain thoae ..,e IMpOsing employment - • tin ono i . ic yy t . moment - to the general =prevenient of the interval of the country. me praises iavisnett on min sty omen, Out Ms conscience meeting was in a state more dieposed to hear itim, he would enter l'll -fi • 0 sew and ability which wa..never cur assert, and that if I a r.n e ire c . returned. he woultl direharge his parliamentary dunce as he wife. When - this was the e ff ec t 0 - f it;;-Wc-es,----1-1; e . o - di . d . Wo ' i . °li ' ed him to say, that he lied no pretensions to those praises, fully into the question of the Corn haws. At present lie could only help reprobating the idiotism (so he 'met call it) of those tolls Again, lie repeated, he only MOO forward In obedience to a public express his decided satisfaction at the state of the poll. The cla- In the discussion of . those su . bjects . it seas my lot, as it sou my duty, in the responsible situation in which the commands of my Sore- l" '• • Ira had lutheeto done, to the satisfaction of ell parties. Ile was not refused to be guided by experience. The country had risen state of unexampled prioperity under the old system, and yet ing his privete comfort", when celled upon to perform a public tried in vain to quell, readered it impossible for us to hear distinctly with the commerce and industry of the country. Of the policy ei accustomed to public speaking, wet Amulet therefore. without m o i ler observation, preemic 31r. Denison as ahi and proper Per- theorists and philosophers etraceeded in persuading many that Hewe serv i ce . This sentiment he had kept in his breast, and had what fell from the speaker. sem to sieve in Parliament. were . going wrong, and ought to commence a new system. never before uttered. Had he emeilicly apootinced this opinion, Mr. DENtsort said hi felt some reason to congratulate his friends some of those measures individuals may form different opinions. All that I shall now say is, that I have breught diem forward Mt. dolor Istecie said that Me. Denison was well known to hope, however, that the country would not be led away by such it would be s solicited solicitation, a call fora call. He was as wile also on the state of the poll. In fact, he had been taken by surprise, with the best intentions to promote the welfare of .he country, welt s • 1 1 ; , • t o couaty, and a more honourable anO independent man that idle theories, but this it would long continue to enjoy the prospe- n og as a ny other Gentleman to be a r testimony to the conduct ofthe and intimated to his friends that he should not sent them until the moat entire conviction of their utility, and with the full concur- .. crestoy id not produce. (Applause.) He had always supported city it had attained under the old system. As to Negro Slavery, late Members. But if those Genttlernen's conduct was SO Merely Wednesday. However, as they had placed him in such* situation, rence of all my colleagues. 1 should detain you too long (at d dos , ' • draws preporials for the reduction of taxes which pressed so heavily he :bought it was an indelible disgrace list such a system should approved ofas they scented to imagine, he must consider that though he hoped they would persevere in their efforts in his favour, and lie is not a tit occesiono were Ito refer more perticularly to those nice- . U-at the Admiuistration bond it Impossible to carry fully into • 'tie reefed in this country. However, that was the fault of lie had given them some trouble lie had done them good services. felt confident that lie 'mild ultimately be successful. (Applause.) surest but there is one to which one worthy Cheirtnau has adverted. i dee a those measures which were necessary for the advancement of I 1 the Lelaturee whicn had en c o urage d t h e inve s t me nt of capi- They would return in greater triumph to resume theirthan Mr. Pe ee • said t hat when t , e country . Such were the me c ures of from trade, which every , te a l to g a prndigious amount and it wan not justice to destroy if no . plac es, to .t. n the Hon. Gent. (31e. Sumner) ppesition had taken place, and they had been permitted to menti•ined the pride and pleasure he felt at his situation stn the gr and which 1 understand has caused a considerable de ee of excite- ' 1 ' lo.reral nem mint approve, but which the Ministry could not carry that mow, fully into erect hecause we were shackled by taxer,. As to Mr. :smarter, be believed him to be perfectly 1 which wan inves4,l by individuals on the faith of Go. walk over the course witheitt opposition. (Applause.) It had poll, after being known to the freeholders for 20 years , he Mr P. verumene Hut much ae he regretted the existence of this system , been In s inuated that the reeeleition presented to him hail been got { had some cause to feel pride and pleasure, when he reflected on ,tir o e leant ;end somewhat of an angry feeling, :tieing a part of the free- men of this town. Gentlemen, 1 allude to the Combination Lsws: but I auto that I shall find, even in those who arc now the most Armen and independent. brighter dams he befitted had dawned, and that the ultimate eaten- up hy hie Kingston Committee. It wee true, thut requisition wee number of votes given fo r him, althou g h h e use s k n o wn i n th e co ml . irritated on this !interact—an irritation which I must attribute Mr. Sumner. The 187 freeholders PrinciPallY urn he differed from him on many Important question*. lie ciliation of the negroes was 01),IITIleted by the anxious solicitude of signed by many persona wile lived in that neighbourhood, and ty so much a shorter time than to ineitheue ne.renresientations, that feeling of justice tecught be was deeming of Bunke for his conduct on the ( arm the aholitionists. lie saw his Hon. Friend the High Sheriff shook could any thin be more natural than that a men should be called who polled for him that day proved to his Own satisfaction that his which is natural to every Engiielinian, and that 1 shall be heard his head at this, but it was nevertheless th e f ac e Precipitate men. upon by those wee were around him? If die roquimition bad only situation on the poll would soon equal his warmest expectations. before I sin condemned. This Is not too much to ask from those lease. He Admitted the general principle that the trade in torsi sure, for the abolition of slavery, lie thou g ht, must be attended with 'mistimed from Kingston, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Sumner) (Applause.) who had confided to me the exercise of a most important trust, of smget to he free like all other trades, but limners ought to have reorie profit, and poor noel and tithes pressed eepecially on them. the loss of life to all time whi t , i n th e ee' est ! m o m a nd then what is ould have two sources of sr istactloh. In the first place, he would The Court was then adjourned to nine o'clock on Wedeteday(thie) • which it is now my duty to render an account. In tendering that ler• would ask the °moil rs of land whether, with the present high would be the smite of the negroes ? One ballot' the slaves would rise obtain his seat ; and, secondly, he would have the satisfactiun morning. account to the freemen, I hope to be able to convince even the most and destroy the other half, and then whet a state would the sue- of knowing that his conduct was disapprovei Monty in one portion prejudiced, that I could have no object in view, the attainment of pricey as they were collet, their pockets were overflouing 1 Ile ____, .._ . views be left in. without clethe e or maintena n c e , or the protection of the county. But lie ( Mr. Pallmer) visited all parts of the which could neither injure their cause, or prejedice their interests. meshed to see corn low, but before it fell he wished to see the taxes steel , pressed on the agriculturist reduced. ►(Applaurien In con- of a master. His opinion was, that time negroes should be prepared county, and he cautioned the lion. Gent. " not to lay that QUEENBOIIOUGH, JUNE li. Gentlemen, on the subject of the Combinatien Laws.. and of their effusion, he believed in hie enoscience that Mr. Ihnison was a man for emancipation by the acquirement of iodine of industry, and by flattering unction to his Roue" that the disapprobation which ---onee— bearing on, the comforts and happiness of the labouring daises. I. the effecteuf motel culture. This opinion he held upon perfectly existed was confined to any one pert of Om county, Ile The contest for this borough terminated on Saturday, in the re. own that I have a feeline of anxiety to set myself right in the eyes moan nothing could induce to do wrorg, or to vote fur what e e c o nceived would he dieadvantagenue. On this Pr'"riPle he 'UP - independent grounds. lie had no connexion whatever with the respected the Hon. Gentleman' s manly forwardness on ninny turn of Mtn Capel, Esq. and Lord Dowues ; Lord Frederick C. of the public, not of Liverpool oilly, but generally of the whole Bentitick being the unsucceeslul Candidate. from what transpired West Indies, and his sentiments on this suliject were only thirsted subject s of local policy on which it was his misfortune to differ from , . . . . . . „ , . ed him, and lie hoped his friends who were . present would giv e 1 . , hy O m grneral views. On all °condone of his public life, whether film. He did tint say wheth e r the 800. Gentleman was right or noting the election, the oleleetion to Durd kF . llentinek appeared to th an t o be supposed to be the persecutor and the oppressor of those country. (Loud cheering.) Nothing would give me greater pain h•m the appearance of what they meant to do rea l ity, in the relation of a Magistrate or a Member of Parliament, he de . wrorg ; he only knew that lie could not eympathize with him. be, that ile hed not attended to the application made to him by a w h o are most entitled to the protection of the Legislature. At the me sip their hands for him when invited to do so by the Hig h Bailie. (Appla use .) bed any one tosay that he ever allowed anything to stand In the However, if the Hon. Gentlemen wax returned, he was the first who large hotly of the electors, respecting adult they deemed an infringe. ti me o f the first diecusaion in Parliament on the subject of these I ! Mr. Barscor. then rose to prinitera Mr. Pailmer, and in doing way of his public duty. As a public servant, therefore, bethought would shake bands with him, anti wish him the long enjoyment of merit of Meir rights by the Corporation ; and hence it washtat th e h oe , in Nee, I did not hesitate to declare, that my objection to what every lust man exercised in hill 0.1) faitiji7 w as c l u e wilily', his honours. lie wished every candidate to be cetechlsed as ti his elector,' were determined to return a •gentleman of the lame politi. these laws WAS, that, in their operation, they were unequal, end that so earnestly dieclaimed all private motives in the part lie had .No man turned off a groom boy without having some charge public Principle*, but, after the investigation which had cal principle* as Lord Frederick. in order to ishew the Government they cou ld net be impartially administered. In principle. this takers. Cne lion. Gentlemen here stretched out his hands both to Mr. Sumner and Mr. Denieon, and shook thena most heartily.) minima Mtn; slid it an old and tried servant waatlischaried without alrendi taken piece on all great questions of denraistic policy. he that it was not dime in host:lily to them, but in order that the differ. unf airn e ss :did not appear ; because the laws meted out tee • • (Much laughter.) As private motives were alluded to, he thought reasonable cause, the disgrace of such an act recoiled from the ser- shout touch but slightly on politics. He was said b one gentle- trice* between them and Ore Corporation, as to right of fish er y and same F o o l o hroror to the musters as to the workmen, in the ' k it accessary thus Nem his heart to disclaim them. Rut it had been be vent ansetell upon hi s master. Now, he cleinied the same measure Mall to be a Government man, and by another to be figainet the Other grievances, should, if possible, be arranged . Lord Downes, e v ent o f their being convicted of engaging in illegal combinations. i ' said th a t t h e two M e mbers who were before returrenl should of junrice fur the MOAT steward which evert , man dealt out in pri. Catholics. Now the fart was, he had never Protesseol himself a in c short s p eec h, assure d the electors that he would gladly lend his But in practice they could not bee qual; and for this remene--that vats life. If hi s conduct rendered him unworthy of confidence he Govnnment men, nor did he tow give an opinion for or spinet aesistance to mediate between them and the Corporation. The it was very possible tor two or three 'fluters, without the poa , i- again returned. Now ho did not Roe the principle of such a d oe . vier.. His Hon. Friend (Mr. Pallmeo did not stand forth in op- deserv e d to be turn e d A and he should submit to the censure of th e Catholics. Goon the Catholic Question he should take time Noble Lords took their departure at five o'clock yesterday morning, bility of being detected, to combine for the leurpose of imposing his erinstituente • but if lie did not deserve ensure, let him not be to deliberate. The electors would not be 10 inconelett nt as to "end and Mr•Celsel takes him to-morrow ;on which occasion great ;mita. conditions on a thousand workmen, und to refuse them employment I $ ' possums to either of she lion. Gentlemen, but the course was clear, turned away. The Mon. Gent. concluded his speech amidst min led ; him to a deliberative body, and tell him not to deliberate. They *lions arc making by the freemen, ill order W escort him, with all lif they did not acquiesce in their coalitions ; but that BM one • . .) .- 1 gee all amod on equal grounds. 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