The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-08 00:00:00

' neert)ed ovary aonio, to make themselves perfectly free luta severytning and everybody th,reita c,12 ained?— :Hear.) I may be told these are vaia apprehensi.na— appe,ls made to the fanciful fears of the country simply for the public o , x,)endi , ure. That reminds me of a story chic I remember having heard of an elderly lacy who lived 'tear Henley-on-Thames, and who, when an io vssi,t, was expected by Na i ..oleuu Bonaparte said she doi not believe it would ever come, because she had bo,n told in her youth the Pretender was coming, and, as he never came to Henley, she believed Napoleon Bo naparte never would come there either,—(l4aughter.) Now I don't quote this story, gentlemen, to throw any reflexion upon the intelligence of the eller portion of the fairer sex—(A laugh)—b cause I remember to have heard that the Duch,-ss of Gordon, in the time of Mr. Pitt, talking to an elderly statesman, was told by him, with regard to something in which he thought he had acted unwisely, " Really, Madam, I feel that I am grow ing an old woman;" upon which the Duchess replied, "I am glad to hear that that's ad, for I really th( ught your Grace was growing an old man, and that's a much worse thing."—(Great laughter.) Now I say that those men who tell you that because you have had no invasion since the Norman Conquest you never will have one. wad that you need not guard against it, are old men- —(A laugh.) Though they may not be old in years, they are old in imbecility of intellect. who are most able to judge of military . anpderfectly operations tell you that an invasion 't ever possible; that it is more possible now than . ' change All thoseial was before, mainly on account of the great t steam in which has been made by the application of you are naval and military operations; and to tell you ü ble to prevent safe from invasion now because you vaeFe it before, to tell you that you are safe from invasions now without pre cau ti ons , because h i t herto you have of all, pos prevented it by precautions, i 3 thegreates t nened it that you had Bible absurdities. Wily, how h h a _ P r t h e e good old lady at nginvasLon at the time of 'Henley spoke? Because wnic had then a large standing you had had your whole militia army within the kingdom; Y organised, enro ll e d, a nd on per manent pay; you had, besides, 400,000 volunteers, t he whole country was in could not not have made an effectual arms, and the enemy c" attempt; but even then, believe, and I have been mod on good authority' was only in consequence of navaloperation, by which the French t eta were to he failure o f a hsv formed a junction, that an at tempt to inv fle e d ° you was not made. The resul t w ou ld have b ee n such as it alway s w ill b e w h en Englishmen ar e armed and prepa re d ; b u t I sa y that, if r B lg 19 In h en are not armed, and are not prepare' d they are doing injusti ce t o themselves, and are not showing themselves worthy of those great and inestimable blessings whicth it has been the will of Providence to bestow upon them. Some of you may a y ' ho wever, " Oh, but w e m a y p oss ibly b e t a k en f or - eatltatilitia." Now, the Bill which was first brought in by the late Government, and which they said was thrown out by a vote to which the Rouse of Commons came at a ny suggestion, was founded on the Local Militia Arta, and that Bill had for its basis compulsory service by ballot. The exceptions were to be small; the general scope of the 13711 was service by ballot, and no power to serve by substitute. Now, the present Act, to which I Eattve my humble support in Parliament, and which some of those who object to me cast in my teeth as a reproach, is founded, on the contrary, upon voluntary service, arid Unless the number of men is not raised by bounty —as I am confident it will be—no recourse is to be had to the ballot, or to compulsory service. I feel, gentlemen, that in the part whicn it was my lot to take in furtherance of that measure I act©d upon a sense of duty to my country, and that I rendered a humble service to the whole the united kingdom.—(Cheers) There is one other question which has been the suhj. - ct of much pub lic dee uaeion—l mean the grant which win placed on the coneo:iclated fund for the Collette of Maynootb, by an Act of Parliament passed itt elle time of the late Sir Reboil Pee!. I know that many penens in England and l Scotland anxio us ly d es i re that the grant shoo d be re voked. I confess lan not one of those who are pre pared to join in that revocation. I lciok upon that as grant a part et a g enera l system, end I look upon it als es a peculiar arrangement arising out of the c , edition of the sister country. If a man tells me that he objects to the grant to Mtvnooto because he objects to any grant of public money to the mioiaters of any religion, or to any ecclesiastieat esta bli shment, I understand hi;argument; I respect hi s op i nion; I differ ro it, but at the same time I ac k nowledge that hisoojection is founded upon intelligible principles o f action.—(Hear, hear.) I have been born and bred in a country where th ere an established church; my opinion is that it is for the advantage of every country to have An est - ablished church, and that that church ought to be the: church of the majority. There are those who diffeo from me. I respect their difference, but I main tain my own opinion. This College of Maynooth, how ev=er, rests up 311 particular considerations It was granted to the Irish in order that their priesthood might be edu cated at home, instead of going to Spaip, to France, or to Rome to obtain an education. It was granted before the Union; and, though its maintenance was not a special stipulation of the Union, yet still I hold that the good faith of England was engaged, not without good reason, to deprive the Irish of the grant.--(Cheers.) Now I can quite und e r sta nd that th ose w h o w i s h t h e hi - sit:to be Protestants would propose to take away this grant, if, by withdrawing it, they could turn the Irish from being Catholics to become Protestants. But you would do no such thing if you took away the grant. You would, indeed, deprive the poor Irish scholar who is destined for the priesthood of a national education. You would send bite to Spain, or to Italy, or else where, to learn there the most objectionable doctrines of the church to which he belongs. He would come beck as complete a Catholic as if he had beeu eda nta cated at Maynooth; but ha would also come back a Spaniard, or an Italian, or a Frenchman, instead of being, as he now is, an Irishman to the very heart's core.--(Hear, hear.) I say, then, it would be an act'of great hardahip and injustice towards the humble Irish scholar it you were to deprive him of those means Of instruction; and it would also be an injury to the c mntry to fill the Irish parishes with priests, who, in stead of having been educated as Irishmen, would bring with totem political and foreign doctrines to contaminate the purity of their national faith.—(Hear, hear.) I say then, gentlemen, that I for one am nut prepared to vote fur taking away that grant, It is a part of a general question on watch I differ in opinion from many whose judgment I respect. It is a peculiar question between Euglaed and Ireland ; and both as an Englishman.. and as being interested in Ireland, I feel it would be an injustice and an injury to the country to with draw the grant.--(Hear, hear.) Now, gentlemen, I am not aware that there is any other topic of material ime,ortanee upon which it can be my duty to address :you, and to detain you longer under this burning sun. I can only say that I hold it to be the duty of those who govern the country, and of these who are sent into Parliament to deliberate upon the interests of the coun try, to consider that they are governing and deliberat ing for the interests of the wnole nation —not to allow thema'lvea to be biassed by the interests or the wishes of any one particular class, but to feel and to remember that every class must benefit sooner or later by the prosperity of the whole, and that it is a narrow and a short-sighted policy which endeavours to rear the t ate _ rests cf the few e upon the injury of the many.—(Cheers,) I a pp ea l, gentlemen, to the general prosperity of the country; I appeal to the progressive increase of the re venue, and more especially of the revenue drawn from an increased consumption by the poorer classes of all those articles in which their limited enjoyment consists; I appeal to that universal prosperity which no man can now deny as proofs that the successive Administrations which-of late years have been charged with the interests of the country, and that the Parliaments whicn have had to deliberate upon the measures proposed, h ave steered a wise and prudent course, and that that course has been rewarded by those results—the benefit of all—which were predicted by the men who proposed and who sane tiened the measures to which I advert.—(Cheers.) Gen tlemen, I nil° thank you for the distinguished honour you have this day conferred upon me. I trust that my future conduct will equally with my past merit the con tinuance of your favours, and as long as I enjoy the honour of representing you, I can assure you that there is no other distinction of that kind which any circum stances would induce ma to prefer.—(Cheem) Gentle men, I beer to return you my most sincere and cordial thanks.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. ROWCLIFF then came forward and put several questions to Lwd Palmerston, the nature of which will be fully apparent from the Noble Lord's reply. Lord PALMERSToN said,—My good friend, Mr. Row cliff,. has repro ac h e d me f or not comi ng often enough among y ou . I must say that be does not appear disposed to make my visits here oarticul irl agreeable to met— (Laeghter and manner cheer s Ic' ao sa that the an t Y y in whicn he received ' ) e n n o. t . _ lO cultivate the society o ' (Rena wed lauahter twe affords much encouraaem persons of his way of th . inki cal, a Chartilt, or a rosyW liff is a Rath hether Mr. B 'vac. that all p trties may have so me iert:4llY cannot say. I believe ing him.—(w laugh.) bar. Re g reason or other for claim- zon of the good that Govern—rae told cliff sap; that I only done, and that, have myself't a 'lad Parliaments have told yon of the bad. Why, G o d h i and that I have not unnecessary for me to do that ; a s (Lead laug - hter.) If there was a b 'Y a. the, it was quite he was here.— corded, to be invented, or to b 3 imagietPi'ig to be re tllltoYwriiifofctd 1 tell quite su re Mr. Rowcliff w ou ld b e the first man t o " (Laughter, which was i ncreased when Inr out .a Question.") Well, Mr. Row c liff is ira this castigation. I w ill bi t lower or high e: ti ent under pleases—(Laughter) —b u t h o must allow we to hwhere. Mr. Ro wc liff h as asked me what Gove"e I mean to j An. Now, t h at i s a question that must dep end upon the ftwure—(A laugh) —b ut I will tell him what eed Governmcent Ido not mean to join him. I can assure you and him that I never will j o i n a Government called a Rowcliff Administration.—(Great laughter and cheer ing.) Now, gentlemen, don't you imagine, because you de, .m it very absurd that there should be such an Ad ministration, that my friend Mr. Rowcliff is at all of that way of thinking; for I believe I am not far mistaken in the opinion that he will consider everythin g goir wrong in this world, and in this country, until th Row. cliff Admibintration shall govern the land —(Loud laughter,) Mr. Rowcliff has raked up old and bygone e nrnmeuplaces about pensions. He ought to know— lecause h a has nu right to talk upon the subject with out informing himself about it—that pensions are ex trernelY limited in amount, and that they are only given tar acknowledged public services. All those abuses of sinecuree, of inordinate pensions, and of zni3bestew ed pensions, which existed in former times, have been corrected, and the pension list has been enormously reduced. It is true that pensions have not bean tekett away from those to whom they were granted for Hie, because that would have been a breach of faith, but future pensions are n o t granted except upon grounds which Parliament itself acknowledges to be ust.—(llear, bear.) hlr. Rowcliff says I voted for the AJilitia Rill. As I have already explained to you, the material difference between the Militia Bill which I op posed and the Militia Bill which I supported was that ' the former was founded upon compulsory service se the rule, admitting voluntary service as the exception, while the Bill of the present Geverament, which I supported was founded upon voluntary service' as the rule, and admits of compulsory service as only the remote and e ntingeat exce p t i on .—(Cheers.) Toe mil it ia ow to be raised will he raised by b and, if I have any tault to fia:l with the act, it is that I think the bounty is rather too hieh. That, however, I presume, can be no ground of objection to young men woo may be disposed t enlist.—(A laugh.) My belief is that you will have o no gain all your men from the spontaneous patriotismh the people, sided by the in ducement y w ducenaent of the bounty. i of I do not think se ill of the E ng l a nd as to believe that they will be ayioeuanidgemfeent ofd eye' service during the year in the militia. I commanded a regiment of local militia, which used to assemble for 28 days' training, and I knew only one instance of a man who wished to go home before the 28 days were over. He was one of the privates who carne to me and said, " My Lord, I wish you would let me go home," I replied, " Why? you have only a week to serve now?" Well," said he, " the fact is that before I comed here I promised A young woman in my parish that I'd marry her, if so be as I survived the campaign " _(Laughter.) I replied, " Eleaysn forbid that the young woman should be disappointed. Go home and marry her, and tell her the campaign has not been so dangerous as she may have thought it."—(Laughter.) I am convinced that the young men of England won't be afraid of three weeks' campaign in a militia regiment.— (Cneers.) Mr. Roweliff has asked me my notions of Parliamentary reform—whether I did not vote against Mr. Locke King's motion? whether 'should be prepared to vote for the ballot, for the repeal of the Septennial Act * and for the substitution of triennial, or, as they are sometimes called, triangular Parliaments?—(Laughter.) Now, Mr, itoweliff is a Chartist, and is for the five or six or any other number of points of the Charter. lam not a Chartist, and I am too old to become a Chartist. I am quite satisfied with the constitution of the coun try under which I have been born, under which I have lived, and under which I hope to die.—(Loud cheers.) I sin for a limited and constitutional monarchy; I sin not for a republic. I have seen what republics are in other countries. I have seen that they cannot maintain their ground, and that when you try to establish them you in variably lead the way to a military despotism.—(Hear.) lam for septennial Parliaments. A septennial Parlia ment, practically, is not a Parliament that lasts for seven years, for we all know that the average duration of the Parliaments during the last 30 or 40 year has not been more than three or four years. It you establish annual Parliaments you will have the country in a per. petual commotion. Your Members of Parliament will not have time to learn their duties, and your business will be ill done. In the same way, if you have trien nial Parlis.ments,during the tirstyear the Members will be learning their business, in the second year they will just be beginning useful measures, and in the third year they will be thinking of the Rowchffs of their respective constituencies—(Laughter)—and endeavouting to shape their course, not fur the goof of their country, but in order t o conci li a t e t h e must noisy of their consti tuents.—(Cheers and laughter.) With regard to vote by ballot — s ecret vo ti ng —l oh j ect to it, because I think e m or l ita n c h ip a l t e es o d f o o j u n r g Constitution. atiiingi thoirnkina t th rue d Englisthhe t at variance w ith t h e nat i onel character and with n secret I do not believ e th a t a ma j ority of Englishmen the ark. I would consent to give their votes in secret, even if the law per mitted them to do ' so; and I think if the law compelled them to do so it would be a debasement of the natit nal character.—(Hear, hear.) But I have ahi her objec eon. I boll that the right of voting is a trust reposed in the elector fur the • public good. I don't think that a vote is given for the benefit of the man who possesses ie, ,rid that he can take it to the beat bidder arid get 51., 101., or 204 as the ease may be. The vote is given as a crust fur the public and for the nation; and I atty. that .soy trust reposed in a man for the public good he ought to perfot ea in public —(Hear, hear.) I say, that for min who are charg d with the high and important duty ,f choosing the best men to represent the country in Parliament to go sneaking to the ballot-box, and, l i poking in a piece of paper, looking round to see that no one could read it, is a course which is unconstitutional and unworthy the character of straightforward and honest Englishmen. lam for improvement. lam for a gradual and steady improvement, where improvement can a rop,rly be made; but I am not for rashly and hastily overturning those ancient iustitutions under which this country has long flourished and prospered, which have contributed to the contentment of the nation, and which have rendered our country stable amid convulsions which have shaken to their centre many other States of Europe.—(Cheers ) Tares cheers were then given for Lord Palmerston; and Mr. F. HOLE moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which way carried by acclamation. The MAYOR, ia acknowledging the compliment, ex pressed ❑is pride at holding for tne third time the office of chief magistrate of the borough, and his satisfaction at the order and decoram with which the proceedings had been conducted. At the last general election for the borough the pro ceedings lasted for nearly eight hours, and during the whole of that time, in constquence of the scanty cover ing provided for the hustings, the candidates and the greater proportion of their friends were exposed to the scorching rays of the sun. On this occasion, however, thanks to the forethought of the Mayor, the arrange. ments were materially changed, and ample protection was afforded by a projecting roof to the occupants of the hustings, on what Lurd Palmerston justly described as one of " the hottest of hot days." SHEFFIELD. The nomination took place at three &flock on Tues day. at the Curn Exchange, there being from 14,000 to 15,000 electors and non-electors present. The eandidAtes were—Mr. Parker, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Hadfield, and Mr. W. Overend. Mr. PARKER addressed the electors, and said that he had supported a free trade throughout the realm before Mr. Cobden was in Parliament. He had sat up many nights, and laboured many days, More it was attained. Having been a Reformer all his life, he should continue a Reformer. He was a friend to progress and to edu cation. Mr. Rom:rex said—l want to know why we are here :o night. Ttie reason is this, that Lord Derby and his friends have got into power by false pretences. They pretended to be anti-Free-traders, in favour of the impo sition of the corn-laws, and against the free-trade due trines of the lace Sir Robert Peel. That being their pretence, they got into po wer. The y want to retain power. You are here because Lord Derby wants to do away with tree trade. You have a right to ask what ray opinions are. I will tell you them. For the Government at home the widest liberty, civil and religious. I want to see the people trusted, because in them I have faith. I want our colonies to be trusted, because in them I have faith. In our foreign relations lam tor p „ ee —p eace by s h ow i ng th at we are not , afraid of anybody. I would not crawl to any human being nor to any nation. We are England-- dominant, great, powerful, and we must maintain our position a ll t h e wor ld over. These _are my principles. I want you to h ave power and I want you to be eduea.ed. These being my opinions, you may wish to ask why I sin by the side of a Whig, and not by the side of a Radical? I should have liked to have had a Radical along w i t h me . F irs t and foremost, I want you to re turn two Libe r als to Parliament. There was upon a time that harmless animal celled a roebuck, and he was trotting along as he thought, in the path of duty, when all on a sudden he heard a cry of hounds upon his haunches, fierce, and loud, and terrifying. They wanted to bound him off. They want.' to catch him and tear him to pi ee „ . Th e day went on, and there was a bright fairy who told this flock of houndsithat they were on the sv, R !ofig scent ; t h at the ro ebuck would beat the m . A n d a l of a su dd en these hounds were changed into ,ehmeks. I l thos e facts want t o know if that allegory does not illustrate the to the present fief ? Let there be no mi sta k e . theoesel°vB° Who call themselves my friends today prove ) ut I j; e ituY friend s to-morrow; and that ther e ma y ope to Twill boeun:a.,iltto do, misund erstanding, I will tell you what I thi n k c out, It may be a thing very vain to s a y, not forget to vote for m e . It i s a ll very well " Hadfield and Roebuck," but to hope there may b e be as the sue sh n i o morrow the seye must for Roebuctc.—(Cheers.) I that there may be no mistake; and that to-morrow, brigh t l y the other. I appeal io and what you have donemista's in what you have said and ee ' a r, your sun may be bright: opinions as expre,aed off.'" that one may coincide with I hope to-morrow pat life—l app-al to esy "ti to You d I a cou_f_ently say you will vote f o ' r an ( - 4„ .1 have done.—(Leud and repeae e i -- nu " N — --tlemen, t and unwritten pledges as those of the great body Mr. HADFIELD said that hil cheering.) had received from the of statistics o r in cipl .l es ee w t e o c r e s, t a he nd sam he e , and of rn write., tar exceeding the rn.jority of register- fie stood there ingfrao,,urcit:ociesftti°rpser.ijinarnete. tart' reform. which was the thy. He was a Financial R , tortner, the of peace. He went into an elaboration the friend with the design of proving the unequal distribution c o l the elective franchise with reference to the whole lation. He said that p arties in the H ouse of pops. Commons system, w hi ch the l were as evenly balanced . under the present s bras not the of re presentationn nouldn p o c t .op eoonflEngland, that lie affairs of this countryo the people of of long upon the present constituency t" of a chart e r. NT ,,g ead. -- - (Cheers.) He had six points_ —e, 1, the "trengP ; No. 2, the ballot; No. 3, no property eprilia., cation for Mem oers of Parliam ent ; No. 4, revision of h. electoral districts, the so that property and people may : - „,, r ',orefifented; No. 5, the shortening of Parliaments; -- " m ' o - 6, 4 better mode of couduciag elections. , n '7, r. ° vEitEmrs then spoke amid shouts, yells, and i' i r ye r -i v "- lie eeid he Was there because the Conserva the time had liamen oi t ce of Sileffieiti had never yet peen heard in Par , and a.l large body of the constituency thought aorived it be heard. He stood there the happiest, the hee l) : ? Isle when ought to so He believed a s the supporter of no Government. addressed to be And he wanted eo noblest lest people on the face of the earth by realjelthe the exigencies as d requiremenr4 t l d o s t n o r f o vi o l:: never into o a preserve them valuable institutions. Cla e ss balance of power en tirely intact, fitting them to the s h of the times. He would th p e art h y al Pree-trader as Isfr. Hadfie, a n d , lie was as g" a principles of free trade intohwould carry out the every Government, but of the couerry. in4rn(ei, not only of give the most perVect tolerance. lie ahou"igiun he would to see the grant withdrawn from Mayne I d h b° verY glad The show of blinds was declared in favo ur °— of m . g . r. George Hadfield, —roh,n Arthur Roebuck and Mand, Parker, was demanded f o r M essrs. O verend and Park Po" The polling t t , o k pl ace yester d ay, and the the closing of th e , p o ll were— " mb ers at Roebuck Hadfield Parker •. Overend ... ••• ... .. 1,553 ... ... ... ... 1,240 ••• ... ••• ... 1,039 ... 1,030 Messm Roebuck and Hadfield are therefore elected for She LUDLu The nomination of candidates for this borough took Place yesterday at eleven o'clock, the candidates being Colonel S /fey, the late Member, a Radical; Mr. Clive, a , u of the r for South Shropshire, Tory; and Lord William Vane Powlett, brother of the Duke of Cleveland, Tory. Colonel Salwey was proposed by Mr. Anderson, and seconded by Hr. W. Harding; Mr. Clive. by Mr. James Davies and Mr. R. Marston; and Lord Powlett, by Major Lowe and Mr. G. R. Hookey. Colonel SALWEY was received with loud cheering from all parts of the hall. He declared himself as an uncompromising Freetrader, determined to oppose the reimposition of the corn-tax by every means. Lord POWLETT avowed himself a supporter of Lord Derby's Government, but did not think that there would be any attempt to reimpose a duty on corn. Mr. CLIVE also was a supporter of Lord Derby, though claiming for himself a right to vote independently. A show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Clive and Colonel Salwey. A poll was demanded for Lord Powlett, which was decided to be taken next day at eight o'clock. A spirited contest is anticipated. ARUNDEL. The election to return a Membii to the ensuing Par liament for Arundel took place yesterday, Lord Edward Howard (son of the Duke of Norfolk) walking over the coursp. The town p reserved its usual qu i e t, and but for the hustin gs w hi ch had been erec t e d in the market place, no s i gns o f an election were dis played. The Mayor of Arundel (M r. R. Holmes) pres id e d as returning officer, and a ft er t h e usual formalities, Mr. W. SHAFT pr o p ose d , and Mr. MARSHALL se conded. the nominati on o f L ord Edward Howard._ _ Captain HOLMES wi s h e d to ask the Noble L o rd a question. At the last election Mr. Strutt took the of the Earl of Surrey, and he should like to know , whe ther his Lordship (the present candidate) b a d re eeiveu h a carte blanche for the whole of the session or whetter and entered on a week's notice to quit.-:(Laughter a ofd cheers.) He c3nsidered the Noble Lord the nominee other deola r ed candidate Lord Edward the Duke of Norfo lk. -- (Applause.) the p o l h ac e ! Ma N y o or being R p o u w t ar in d duly n(n 3 elected. HAVEIZFORDWEST. The nomination for the united boroughs of Haver were the old Members, Mr. J. Evans, Q a 9 ford west, Narbeth, and Ftshz rd took place at the Town-hall, Haverfordwest, yesterday. The candidates Mr. J. H. Phillips, of,Wdii, mston Derivite. After the candidates had addressed the ele'atl)rs, much confusion be i❑ favour of Mr. Evan n s -' ensued, amidst which the Mayor took a show of hands, Liberal, and which, in the noise prevaili g we believe be declared to A poll was which was appointed to take. n. the following day place o (Thursday). demanded, took place yesterd ay (W e d nes d a y), MALUESBUItY• The nomination o f can did ates f o r this ancient borough a nd a good deal of excitement and noi se p re v a il e d. ma Lovell, s trates for the Mr. R. H. PULLER, one of the of Cole county, proposed Mr. Peter Audley park, Malmesbury. The nomination was second e d by Captain MILES, of tha Royal Dragoon Guards. better fitted to tak e a part in pu blic Malmesbury, as a gentl eman w h o m they a ll knew, and Mr. H. J. SMITH pr o p ose d Mr. Th om as Luce, of who, having bean th e architect o f his own fortune, was business, tnau a gentleman who was ru vre i y a pet m ember of hia famil y . Mr. LovELL then addressed the a ssembled elect.ors.i . He said this was a t i me when, question, and since the establishm Lord Derby, theywould support Mr. Cobden. have to —(Hear, hear.) agriculturists had been t He considered the corn laws a settled it they did not support poor appeared to he hatter fed and more contented arid happy—ertt of free rated rid (Cheers);—but he could not forget that the and great talk of decapitating and to them ho would gireajustice.—(Applause.) Had any other class been ,oghvaredly pressed as the agricultn their forefathers had gained wit h —(Cheers, and' lists. ho b lieved they would have sufferers by the ataange, had riots before now, the constitution, but the farmers had hardly complained. loud cries of ' , t he Queen and overturning .Oh oh. ") The rights of King Aihelstace, he would stick to ( n Ch t e he ers,) He would vote for —(Cheer s .) blood to in the the last.— time no more grants to May ooMr. LUCE then came forward, and was received with mingled cheers and hisses. He said, fourteen or fifteen years ago it was said that if reform principles prevailed, the Church would be in danger, the throne would be in danger, the peerage would be in danger, and the country rev olationiz,d.—Wear. hear.) But reform principles had prevailed ; and what ware the result ? Wh y , t h at the Church, th e Throne, andlie country was in a better position than ever before.—_Cheers.) Although the Roman Catholics were trying to obtain the ascendency in this country, be believed that no ascendency would ever be gained over the people of England except it was through th e Tories.—(Ch eers and hisses.) If he went to Parliament he should support any measure, without respect to the party who proposed it, which he considered for the good of the country.—(Hear, hear.) The show of hands was tken taken, and declared to be in favour of Mr. Lover]: A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Luce; and will take place this day (Thursday). The Hon. JAMES HOWARD, the late Member who, has resigned, then addressed the meeting in favour of by M the opponentsr.Luc e,theLiboet that actangdeindtalotem,anbuptrethveenntood his beingisecre created heard. Tho contest is likely to be very close; but the proba. bilities are in favour of the Liberal, Mr. Luce. SOUTHAMPTON. The nomitiation of candidates to represent the borough in Parliament took place yesterday morning at the Guildhall, the Mayor presiding, The hall was densely crowded, and considerable excitement existed, but each candidate, from the firmness of the Mayor, obtained a fair hearing. Mr. F. L. HARMAN proposed Sir A. E. Cockburn as a tic person to represent the borough, which was seconded by Captain BOWYER, R.N. Mr. EDWARD PALK unposed, and Mr. JOSEPH CLARK seconded Mr. B. M. Willcox as a fit person to represent the town. Colonel CRA DBE proposed Mr. A. B. Cochrane as a fit a nd proper person to represent the borough, which was seconded by Mr. J R. KING. Mr. J. W. LE FEUVRE proposed Mr. A. A Vansittart, Which was seconded by Mr. GEORGE HUNT. The candidates then addressed the electors, after which a show of hands was taken, and declared to he in favour of Sir A. E. Cockburn and Ilan B. M. Willcox, the Liberal candidates, upon which Colonel Crabbe de manded a pull on behalf of Mr. A. B. Cochrane and Mr. A. A. Vansittart, the Conservative candidates. Tne pulling will commence this morning at eight o'clock. PETERSFIELD. The election for this buroi4. , ,b took placo on Virednes day at the Town-hall. Sir William Jolliffe, Bat, the on Member, also patron of the borough. was proposed, after the usual preliminaries, by J. H. Waddington. Esq ,of Langrish, in a very brief speech. Mr. Cook, of Frox field, having seconded the nomination, and no other cuididate being proposed, the Hon. Baronet was de clared duly elected. TEWKESBURY. The nomination to .k place yesterday. The strongest political excitement prevailed. At the nomination the several candidates were escorted to the hustings by their p-rsoaal friends, bands of music preceding each proces sion. and large numbers of me❑ accompanying each candid Ate, hearing with them the most splendid banners. Mr. HEALING proposed, and Mr. THOMAS seconded, the nomi❑neon of Mr. Martin. _ Mr. PR , )BSER nominated, and Mr. CHANDLER seconded, Mr. Humphrey Brown. Dr. DOWDES WELL proposed, and Mr. BANNISTER se conded, the ni,mtnatton of Mr. Cox. The t everal candidates then addressed the vast con gregation that had assembled. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Marti❑ and Mr. Brown, the old Members. A poll waa demanded for Mr. Cox, and fixed for this day. GLOUCESTER CITY. Yesterday the nomination of candidates took place at the Shire Hall. On the whole the affair went off quietly, but there were a couple of fights in the ball, by I wa y of dieersifying the proceedings of the occasion. There were no exhibitions of colours nor bands of music. Mr. INNELL, the sheriff, opened the proceedings with the usual legal forms; atter which Mr. KENDALL, merchant, proposed Admiral Frederick Fi zna,rdinge Berkeley us a fit and proper person to re present the borough in Parliament. Mr. GUESS. barrister, seconded the nomination. Mr. J. WINTLE put is nomination Mr. H. Thomas Rope to represent the city . ' Mr. WoonsonsE seconded the nomination. Mr. CLurrrEEnuck, Mayor of Gloucester, then pro ' posed a new candidate, Mr. Nathan Philip Price, of Tibberton and Gloucester. T r • W T • WAsiinoußNE seconded the nomination. . J. G . PRAN C ILLON, merchant, then rose to pro- Mr. C. r pose hims e lf, but de.isted. platform, and e 4,, ,i name to come forwaur-dp COTTER gentleman also appeared on the o a n ud cer p t u a t in h e i l m ecto ( r u s r o . f . nomination,this but Trotter) th e city b i y n the gentlemen declined. He then said, in tho midst of not nominate him he some confusion, that if they would did not care for would do it :'or himself, for " he man nor ', to ears polite.- a personage not named Admiral BERICELEY then addressed the electors. He avowed the existence of tween himself and M r. surn ething l like a coalition be , on the Militia Bill. He d Price.did not He explained his Bil conductbut the second Bill was not the snamotelikse the ee (first. t st It had been mended for the wors e . Who: the first Militia Bill was brought before the House, he had not a petition sent up to him for presentation against it, but no less tha n eight peritions wero sent up t o him from Gloucester against the Derby amended Bill. He had been charged with being a place-hunter. Now, there must be a Go vernment, and if he, as a naval officer, was offered the government of the naval affairs of the country, and if he Was fitted for the office, he could not see why he should not accept it. He did not mean to say that any Go vernment e , iuld always be right, but if they wore always to be following their own crotchets, and not supporting libtralisin in it% true guise, they might lose it altoge ther. They were all Free-traders now, but, free trade being an infant, he would put it to them whether they 'Quid trust tha t infant • of Lord John R . " sell ) who would cherish i 4 and bring it up in the right path, or to the other nurse , Lord Derby, who wield strangle the child if he coul!.—(Laughter.) He was for an extension of the franchise and vo;e by when Admiral he e compared lrarl been her takingm an old woman. He showed not necessitate any ballot at all, ia free enlistment, and he did Ma jesty's leafsalt thaty r o t, s . h u :PE HOPE J i P in Ifp:oet Billn°i on c this did cri b dt t o t h o oa k int ' t s h the friendscrowd but Was i f il 'or the compulsory clauses in the Bill. (Here which havingby one beenof t h M r ro. thrown Price's on a lo t w caused a great commotion, but after a fight of about five minutes peace was restored.) It was pretty clear after this exhibition that if fighting men were wanting they bad them in Gloucester, but as he was a of race himself, he hoped there would be no man naohtav h4 b p ei l l a i tf w or a m s dis turbance of it again either in that hall or in Europe. The Whigs claimed the merit of having effected the alte ration in the corn-laws, but this was a fallacy; the alte ration was caused by the conviction of the late Sir Robert Peel. He (Hr. Hope) had studied Adam Smith early in life, and had adopted the principles of that great man, and he denied that he had ever been ought else than a free-trader. As soon as the corn-laws had been repealed, almost the first vote which he had given had been for the repeal of the naviga tion-laws, which he always looked upon as following on in the policy of the late Sir Robert Peel. He believed that before the repeal of the corn-laws the labouring classes were not convinced of the policy of that step; they thought their wages would be reduced in propor tion as the price of bread was reduced; but in this they had found their mistake, and they were now fully satis• fled of the advantages which they reaped under free trade. The agricultural labourers, too, were also in a much better c. , ndition than they were before the repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) He had told the new ,Mi nistry that if they went for any reversal of the free trade policy they must not calculate upon his support, for he should vote against any such reversal. H e did not think taxation could be much reduced, and as to the suggestion for making the poor -rates a national impost, he thought that plan most pernicious. Mr. PRICE avowed himself a Liberal, with an inclina tion to R-eiicalism, and a tree trader. The show of hands wig declared to be in favour of Mr. Price and Admiral Berkeley. A poll was demanded, and fixed for to•day. HULL. The nomination took place yesterday morning. Mr. H. BLUNDELL nominated Mr. James Clay, their old and tried Member, and a staunch Reformer. Mr. Alderman THoMPSON seconded the nomination. Mr. S. T. HASSELL nominated Mr. Bramley Moore as a person who, by supporting the Ministry of Lord Derby, would help to procure that reciprocal free trade which could alone be advantageous to the country. Mr. R. HARDEY seconded the nomination. Mr. T. W. PALNER proposed George Samuel Frede rick Robinson, commonly called Viscount Goderich. Mr. N. H. PEARSON, shipowner, seconded Viscount Godericla's nomination. Mr. T. WARD, ship iwner, nominated the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler, a staunch Conservative, and one who would serve the town well. Mr. C. HANFORD, wine merchant, seconded the nomi nation of Mr. Butler. No other gentleman having a candidate to propose, the Sheriff called upon Mr. CLAY, who said the two old factions of Whigs and Tories who had so long governed, or rather misgo verned this country, were nearly worn out, and had no strength for the commission of further mischief. An other party was rising up to perform these duties which the old factions were no longer capable of performing. The time had arrived when the people should return to Parliament men pledged to support the people's rights, to replace in the House of Commons those two old worn out factions, and to form a people's party.—(Cheers.) To this party he would be found adhering. Mi-. JOHN BRANLEY MOORE was not not a thick and thin suppor , er of Lord Derby, but he should give him his support generally. He would not re-impose a duty on corn, but he would take such steps as would afford relief to the suffering interests of the country. Lord Viscount GoDERICH entered into an explanation of his political principles, expressing himself strongly in favour of tree trade, an extension of the franchise, vote by ballot, and trikiinial Parliaments. The Hon. CHARLES LENNOX BUTLER claimed the votes of the electors on the ground that he was a Con servative, and as such one of tho real friends of the people. The Sheriff then called for a show of hands, when those held up for Mr. Clay and Lord Goderich were vastly more than those for their opponents, probably fifty to one. The Sheriff declared the show to be in favour of Mr. Clay and Lord Goderich, whereupon the proposers of the other two candidates demanded a poll, and it was fixed for to-day. BEDFORD. The nomination of candidates for the borough of Bed ford took place yesterday. Mr. Nasil nominated Mr. Henry Stuart. Mr. ROBERTSON seconded the nomination. Mr. STuenT reminded the electors that it was the fourth time he had solicited their support, and the fourth time he had spoken to them from that green. Respect ing the question of free trade, it was a settled question, as the country was now in a greater state of prosperity than it was before.—(Cheers.) The Maynooth endow ment would meet with his most decided opposition. Mr. GIssERD, a solicitor, then rose and nominated Mr. Anstey. Mr. RUTHERFORD seconded the nomination. Mr. ANSTEY stood there upon the great principles of purity of election and radtesl reform, enjoying the sa , isfaction of knowin g t h at an extension of the suffrage and the ballot were indisp , risably necessary to secure the full liberty and happiness of the people. He was for short Parliaments. Tne property qualification was unjust. He said he declined all religious controversy, the Church of Rome was established upon a narrow basis, and h e had brought upon himself the hatred of bigoted men in that Church in the course he had taken upon ttie Maynooth question. Ile would advise them not to be deceived by such promises as, we shall vote for an inquiry, for no inquiry can take place except by a visi tation conducted by the Roman Catholic bishops into the relig i o n and discipline of the establishment, as the iuris tbetion was left in the hands of the visitors, who wore Roman Catholic bishop s . I t was a pure sectarian in stitution, and a Wretched one. Mr. BARNARD, a banker, then nominated Mr. Whit bread. Mr. LEVINS seconded the nomination. Mr. W rarsaEAD, Upon attempting to speak, was re ceived with marks of disapprobation. We could only no w and then catch a sentence. He was understood to sa y ho would endeavour to do away with the damnablu. doctrines of Popery. lie would vote apiest flit d trustees.—(Loud cries of " You said you would not.") n e confessed when he first came before them he nad not } ti dy c onsidered the questi on . —(C r i es of " You ought then. ”) He said he had told every elector he would vote against it.—(Laud cries of " You have not.") The mayor, declaring the show of bauds in favour of Messrs. Stuart and Anstey, a poll was demanded on be half of Mr. Whitbread, clockt m i on n t e o ikn o t k otha p e l uf a o c ir e ienn n eos e o r n e . this day (Wednes- PONTEFRACT. was proposed by Mr. d v a v TAlY : h sll :ai o ntt x ioct o emi ll nai , nro a da' nd seconded by Mr. Jorn CARTER. C a tt a ll d d id s hi e t c e o , n w d e a ds prop proposed . by Dr. d Mr ktE w a l T s' B th tr e cu lD s 4 fi r A. b rr, Y WRIGHT. Mr. AloomnusE, Knottingly, proposed, and Mr. G. Gtlt " / . 1 seconded, Mr. Oliveira. Mr. MILNES first addressed the electors, declaring him. self to be IA firm and unflinching friend to free trade. He had been accused of paying too much attention to foreign affairs, but it was necessary th a t th e y s h ou ld be atten ded to by some one, and why not he do so as well as an,dher ?—(Cheers.) He consid, red there ought to be an -extension of the franchise, at least to those who from the i r acq uirements were justly entitled t o it. Mr. LEWIS stated that he was as mucn a Free-trader and as much opposed to the re-imposition of an y d uty wh i c h would lead to the price of bread being raised a s tiny of the other candidates. Still he considered we ought proceed too rapidly, and that we should reme m b er legislate for the men of Manchester alon e was nut t t bJ to t not to legislate for England at large. Mr. OLIVEIRA. declared himself not to be a sup_ porter of t h e Derby Ministry. He had learned hi s the goorl.old Whig school—th e r e h e h ad named principles miiedhis h colloors, and there they would ever remain. In regard to free trade, so far as lay in his power, .h e would oppos e every effort to mike any change in that policy. f hands for the different candidates was then the Mayor, and a great majority havin g f,r Mr. t!slilnes and Mr. Olivoira, a poll b• - •en hold LIP ' ..d on the part of Mr. Lewis, which will take was demand , : called for by o da • . morrow Ohis 3) place to- NORWICH. itits were gone through am id city s from the crowd of working.On Wednesd a y the nomi nati t o o n o_ l, place at the Guild of the candidate s f or represent the city et ah t h itti e l il; r i a u p dr r s e h s eo e nfutseauxt !let formaof rat i oa this n, men. The sheriff (Mr. IL W. Blake) presided. Lieutenant Ge neral Sir IL J. HARVEY, K ..C.B , rose prer rd pe % r V s e o l n le t s o ley, the Marq u i s o f atnid loud noise , and said I have the honour to nominate to nominate Douro t hell r a . s s A fi r t t h ts u o r d R o ich p s Norwich in Parlia tue nt.—(Cheers and groans.) Mr. S. BIGNoLD---i beg leave to second the nomination of the MaNlis of D , ur o as a fit and p ro p er p ers on to re present this city in Parliament.—(Co era and groan s .) Mr. W. J. UTTEN BROWNE SUPPerred the nominati on . Mr. J 11. G URNEY said Samuel Murton Yet°, Eq., as a fit and proper person to represent this c it y in Ptar.l4l7l3ollt. —I beg leave Mr. E. WILLETT seconded the nomination. Mr. EDWARD STEWARD, acid groat noise, proposed Lieutenant-Colonel Sotheran Sheffield Dickson as a fit and proper person to represent this city in Parlia. ment.—(Cheers mingle d with groans.) Mr. EL S. PATTEsoN seconded the nomination. Mr. Springfield proposed, Mr. J. S. Beare seconded, and Mr. Celman supported Mr. Edward Warner. The candidates having addressed the electors, The SIIERIFF then put ihe questions—Those who are for Lord Douro and Colonel Dickson—those who are in favour of Mr. Pew and Warner; to the first not more than thirty or forty answered the appeal; for Mr. Pew mid Mr. Warner hundreds arose with one loud and long acclamation. A poll w as d e manded on behalf of the other candi dates. Soper, mayor TO INES. The nomination took place yesterday; Mr. Rich a rd Lord l3cymour was prop osed b y Lieutenan t BOARD "I'Ir and gecon ded by the Ito'. JAMES SUogE, or, in the chair. Mr. Charles Barry Baldwin was proposed by Mr. J. .Ir, P. PHILLIP 3, and PAGE. Mr. Thomas Mills wits propnsPd by Mr. C. W EBBER , and seconded by Mr. JOHN DERBY. There being no other candidate, Lord SEYMOUR came forward and said that he was unable to understand what the opinions of Lord DArby were. Bat whatevrr they were, he (Lord Seytnr,u r ) felt confident that bona fide Free-traders would have a ma jority in the ensuing Parliament. He would not vote for the repeal of the Maynooth grant, so long as other sects received money from the State. He should be glad to see an extension of the franchise, bat it must not be done by a mere popular movement. He was against clerical despotism, whether at Exeter or Rome, and would oppose it whenever he had the opportunity. Mr. BALDWIN was received amidst loud cheers. He contended for free trade, bat not one-handed free trade. If foreigners brought goods to this country they ought to take English goods in exchange. He had given up his own principles for the benefit of the people, and should he now be returned he should continue to advocate the public good. Mr. MILLS then said he appeared before the assembly at the present time as a candidate, but he was confident that to-morrow afterno on h e should be their second re presentative. He had not deserted his principles as his honourable opponent had, but he would maintain the principle of free trade, which, he believed, tended to the benefit of all classes of the people. Show of hands in favour of Lord Seymour and Mr. Mills. A poll was demanded. PETERBOROLTGH (CITY.) TUESDAY, JULY 6.—Tttis morning the three candi dates, with their friends, after makin g p rocess i ons through the town, proceeded to the Town. hall at eleven o'clock.. After the oaths and other formalities had been read, THOMAS A. COOKE, Esq.. proposed, and T. WALKER, Esq., second.-d. the Lion. George Fitz william. WM. PALEY, Esq , M.D , proposed, and Mr. R. HEAD seconded, the Bon. Richard Watson. J. G. ATKINSON, EN , proposed, and Mr. A. PERCI TAL seconded, Mr. John Talbot Clifton. A Mr. b'eHOLEY said the preceding gentlemen had ad dress the electors; he would also addressed non-electors. He knew of a working man who would look to the in terest of his class; he begged to put in nomination John Bonnor, of Halifax. No one seconding the proposition, the nomination fe to the ground. The Hon. G. FITZWILLIAM, upon presenting himself, apologised for not having been able, on account of ill health, to pay his respects personally before this day. The Hon. Gentleman explained the object of the May nooth grant and its results and benefits. He thought it much better to educate Catholics amongst Protestants than to allow them to go to the continent and be edu cated there. He thought uniting the two religions, or bringing the two classes together, might act as a means of drawing over Catholics to Protestantism. The Hon. R. VirsTs irr said—l shall strenuously sup port free trade. I have been accuse iof being a Papist, but am far from such. I am prepared to extend the franchise. Mr. Watson spoke so feebly as to be partly unintelligible. a Mr. J. T. CLIFTON said—Whatever Lord Derby brings forward for the support of free trade I will sup port; and I will support Lord Derby's Government as it is at present. I was influenced by the late Sir R. Peel when I voted for Maynooth, and believed him to be a good example to follow. A show of hands was taken, and was in favour, by a large majority, of Clifton. The proceedings were adjourned till to-morrow (this day), at eight o'clock A.M. JULY e l 1852. OLDEAM. The nomination took place yesterday. Mr. J. CELEETHANI, of Firwood, proposed Mr. W. J Fox. Mr. JoRN HEAP, of Royton, seconded Mr. Fox's no urination. Mr. N. WORTHINGTON proposed the re-election of Mr. John Duncuft, which was seconded by Mr. EDWARD A. WRIGHT. Mr. John Morgan Cobbett was proposed by Mr- JoNATBAN MELLOR, and seconded by Mr. ALEXANDER TAYLOR —the latter declaring that Mr. Cobbett's sup porters were prepared to coalesce this time with those of Mr. Duncuft (as Mr. Fox's had done in 1847), to put Mr. Cobbett in Mr. Fox's place. Mr. Fox made an elo h to the quent speec . c • 'fig to belong consistent party of decided Parliamentary and financial Reformers and anti-Derbyite Free-traders. He was still opposed to all grants for re ligions endowments o f any description. He was a friend to the most unli mited extension of the suffrage, which, under Joseph Reuse's Bill, would give Oldham 13,650 voters instead of 1,000 an d odd. Mr. DUNCIINT was a supporter of the Protestant re ligion of the miuntry and the Established Church. He had opposed his colleague, and would continue to oppose him, in regard to the separation of religion and secular instruction. He concluded by an emphatic denunciation of the domination of the Anti-Corn law League, which was interfering everywhere, and domineering over the electors in the different towns.—(Loud laughter by the Fox party) - Mr. CORBETT then came forward, avowing himself a friend to the repeal of the corn-laws, but contendnig that it should not have been carried until very great re duction of taxation had taken place, to make up the fall in the price of grain. He was a .friend to the &its, blished Church, and no friend to the voluntary system. In regard to education he entirely agreed with his trien.l Mr. Duncutt, and was opposed to the views of Mr. Fox. He said if the quiesti,n of the Factory Bill again came before the House of Commons, be would support the original ten hours' proposition, and take away the half hour. A show of Ands was then taken, which was decidedly in favour of Messrs. Duncuft and Cobbett, whose sup porters united and held up both hands, whilst Mr. Fox's supporters only held up one. The MAYOR accordingly declared Mr. Duncuft and Mr. Cobbett had the election by show of hands, bya very large majority. Mr. J. CREETHAM, on behalf of Mr. Fox, demanded a poll. EXETER. The nomination of cauclidate; took place yesterday morning at the Guildhall. Mr. Divett, the late Liberal 13 inber, entered the hall very q iietly at half- past nine oclock, accompan ied by a sm e ll b u t i n fl uent i a l p ar ty o f his friends. Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Buck, with their friends, arrived a few minutes berore ten. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Divert and Sir J. Duckvvorth and a poll was demanded on the part of Mr. Buck. WORCESTER. The show of hands yesterday was declared to be in favour of Messrs. Ricardo and Lasslett, and a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Huddleston, which was fixed for this day (Thursday). IPSWICH. The nomination took place yesterday morning. The Dorbyite candidates, Messrs. Cobbold and Bateson, first made their appearance upon the hustings, accompanied by about fifty of their friends and supporters, preceded by a mob of about as many bullies, one of whom was Playing on a fife. The Free-trade candidates, Messrs. Adair and Hobhousa, soon after came upon the hustings, with from 100 to 150 persons, who, if one might judge from their personal appearance, were members of the constituency of the borough. The MAYOR having called for a show of hands, One-third of those present held up their hands in f avour of Messrs. Cobbold and Bateson, and two-thirds were held up in favour of Messrs. Adair and Llobhouse. The MAYOR then declared that the show of hands was in favour of M r . Hugh Edward Adair and Mr. Thomas Benjami❑ Hobnouse. Mr. W. RODWELL demanded a poll in favour of Messrs Cobbold and Bateson The contest will, in all probability, be a severe one; and if we wore to give an opinion as to who are to be the successful candidates, we should say Mr. Hugh Ed. ward Adair and Mr. J. C. Cobbold. It any unfair means are called in, then, i❑ such a case, the issue is uncertain. EAS r RETFORD AND BASSETLAW. The nomination took place at the Guildhall at eleven o'clock, There was no opposition to the hate Members, and so little interest did the proceedings excite in ford that at the time the proceedings commenced there , v,ire not a dez,n electors in the hall, and not above a hundred afterwards. Mr. H. EDDIiON, of Gateford, proposed, and Mr. 82 NnTa, of It !ford, seconded, the nomination of the R 'Rh , f, El , n. Vhc.iunt G alway. Sir T. WRITE proposed, and Mr. J. WALKER, Of Niallerson, seconded, that of the Hon. W. G. Dun cett,t)„. Mr. J. NIEE, the returning officer, in the absence of , I , e Mayor, having declared bath' candidates duly elected, "° Proceedings terminated. DORCHESTER, The nomination of candidates for the representation of this borough, took place yesterday. Conformably w ith an old established custom peculiar to this borough, proposers and seconders were dispensed with, and the respective candidates of themselves to the electors for the honour of being returned to Parliament. They were the Right Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, and H. P"Vd St ar r, Esq. (the old Members and Fr , 'e-trade Con servatives), and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, E,q. (Liberal.) The Ma.rou (Charles Criswick, Esq.) having formally dea:lattt.d to kuovi , whether any gentleman offdred him self to represent this borough in Parliament, The Right Hon. Colonel DANION DAMER r e pli e d t h at he did: Ha v i ng offered his congratulations on the pros perous state of the country, he added that those benefits 1 were the resu l t o f f r ee trade, and he wa s f u ll y prepared to follow out that policy into all its legitimate circum stances. As to the general principles of Government, he ryas of opinion that what the country most stood in that need of Was a strong united Conservative Government Air. STURT followed. He said he was th friend. e of were • real naional reform; but locked with distrust on tampering with our political system which Bso ready to engage grant fie would vote for . into the Mayuouth g, and was favourablein t q o u i . ry repeal. - its Mr. SIIERIDAN laid great stress upon the fact of his having been earnestly solicited to act the party who thought that the free trade r cau s stael i z d 'as in danger. With respect to the Maynnoth riot., to inquiry, but considerel a tb ot, he had no obj,c justifisble and Politic' Maynooth would be by no means e disend•tweeFaic of A show of hands W4B then ti ed for by the Mayor, which was found to be f • I avowable to Alr. Sheridan and Colonel Darner. A poll was then dPuuandPd for Mr, Sturt, and the polling appointed to t place the next day. WAKEFIELD. The 11,Isynr, Mr VilZT:,;;Vnifixed the nomination for WI daesday in 'ruing. at the Corn Exchange, there wai en immense as.emblage; and in c , msPqnenco of srri Us anticipations of outrage, a detachment of the 6:h Dragqous were sent for, and k-pt under arms darn g the proceedings. Mr. John Barff proposed the late Member, Mr. George Sanders; and Mr. W. B. Naylor seconded the nomination. Mr. W. B. Holdsworth no minated Mr. Henry Leathern, and was seconded by Mr. James Micklethwaite. Mr. Sanders addressed the elec tors at very great length, declaring himself a Conserva tive free-trader, and was followed by Mr. Leatham, who spoke in favour of extension of the franchise, vote by ballot, free trade, and general political and commercial reforms. The show of hands was very largely in favour of Mr. Leatham. The polling was fixed for this morn ing. All went off quietly. LISKE AR D. Mr. Henry Thomas ft ) de, of Mecklenburgh-square, Louden, has come forward in opposition to Mr. Crow der, Q C., but he does not stand the slightest chance in a borough where there is the greatest unanimity of feeling amongst the electors in favour of their late re presentative. Mr. Ryde declares himself to be in favour of the maintenance of the Protestant reli g icn in all its integrity, and would support the present Government on all measures based on sound constitutional principles. Tne election is fixed for this day. LICHFIELD. The nomination of candidates for this city took place in the Toon•hall yesterday. The attendance was ex ceedingly numerous. The HMV. Trevor B. Floyer nomi. natEd Lord Allred Paget, and R. C. Chawney -econded the proposition. John Mott, E-q., proposed Viscount Anson. H. W. Hewitt, EA., seconded the nomination of Viscount Anson, observing that every chip off the same block has for the last fifty years used its influence to keep down the Tories, and to force open the cupboard door. Thomas Johns.m, E,q., proposed the nomination of Robert Bayley Follett. Thomas Hodson, E.q., mayor, seconded the nomination of Mr. Follett, and the candidates having addressed the meeting, the Sheriff proceeded to call for a show of bands. He declared Lord A. Paget and Viscount Anson had the largest number. A poll was dem4nded on behalf of Mr. Follett, to take place on Thursday. BLACKBURN. Yesterday the nomination fur this borough took place at the Market place. The candidates were Messrs. Pilk ington and Hornby, the late Members, and Mr. Eccles. These gentlemen are alt natives of Biackburn. Messrs. Pilkington and Eccles are thorough free•traders; and Mr. Hornby is looked upon as a Derbyite wishing to se cure his return under the cloak of free trade. At ten o'clock the candidates and their immediate friends took their place on the hustings, when the Mayor (Mr. Hornby (brother of the candidate of that name), opened the meeting, and the usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. R. Upwood, jun., proposed, and Mr. C. Livesey seconded, the nomination of Mr. Hornby; Mr. Thomas Dagdale proposed. and Mr. R. R. Jackson seconded, the nomination of Mr. Pilkington; and Mr. H. B. Hollinshed proposed, and Mr. Swift seconded, the nomination of Mr. Eccles, as fit and proper persons to represent the borough of Blackburn in the ensuing Parliament. The candidates having declared their sentiments, the Mayor called for a show of hands, when a few only were held up for Mr. Hornby, while, with loud cheers, the thousands assembled in front of the hustings responded to the calls respectively in favour of Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Eccles. A poll was demanded in favour of Mr. Ilt rnby. A vote of thanks to the Mayor was carried by accla mation, and three ebeers having been given for the Queen, the vast assemblage quietly dispersed. OLT The nominatio n tock B place O yes N. terday forenoon. The proceedings formed an almost uninterrupted scene of tumult. Mr. TH ,, MAS CROSS, bleacher, came forward to no minate Mr. Stet:out, Blair, the Conservative candidate, %Well was seconded by Mr. THOMAS LEVER RUSHTON, solicitor. Mr. JOHN BAYLEY, manufacturer, moved, and Mr. JOSEPH AINSWORTR cotton-spinner, seconded the no mination the of Mr. Pe ter Ainsworth, w h o presents hi mse lf to constituency as a Liberal and Free-trader. Mr. P. R. ARROWSMITH, cotton-spinner, proposed Mr. Thomas Barn es , manufacturer (Liberal), as a fit and proper person to represent the borough, which Mr. ROBERT HEYWOOD Seconded. The remaining Liberal candidate, Mr. Joseph Cook, cotton-spinner, was nominated by Mr. THOMAS THOMAS SON, cotton-spinner, a n d seconded by Mr. THOMAS CULLEN, cotton spi nner. On a show of hands being taken, there was a great majority in favour of Messrs, Barnes and Cook ; and Mr. T. L. Rushton, on behalf of Mr. Blair, and Mr. Joseph Ainsworth, on behalf of Mr. P. Ainsworth, demanded a poll, which was fixed for this day. DUDLEY. The nomination for this borough occurred yesterday. To the surprise of everybody, at the last hour, an oppo nent to the return of Mr. Benbow appeared in the per son of Mr. Alderman Baldwin, a Radical, from Birming• ham. Mr. Benbow and Mr. Baldwin having been pro • posed, the returning officer d• cided the chow of hand:, in favour of Alderman Baldwin. A poll was then de manded tor Mr. Benbow, and will be opened this morn. ing. There appears to be no doubt that Mr. Benbow will be returned. BRIGHTON. There were yesterday four candidates for the repre sentation of this borough —viz , the two old Members, Sir George Brooke Pechell (Liberal), and Lord Alfred Hervey (Conservative Free-trader), and two new candi dates/ Mr, Trelawny (formerly Liberal Member for Tavistock). and Mr. Ftooae, a Liberal, and an opponent of the Meynooth grant. The hustings were erected in the Usual place, the stone platform on the east side of the Town hall being extended in two directions, and the whole covered with tarpaulin awning, The proceed ings possessed little of the usual election excitement, one only of the candidates, Mr. Hooks, having either banners or hand. The candidates, having been nominated by thir prin cipal supporters, severally addressed the electors. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Trelawny and Sir George Pechell, whereupon a poll was demanded. HARWICH. The p o lli ng commence d h ere this morning at eight o'clock, and for the first hour or two the 'raters appeared at the booth in rapid succession ; so much so that at twelve o'clock the whole constituency, except about 40, had polled on one side or the other. Messrs. Waddington and Pesoocke took the lead from the commencement, and kept it. At two o'clock there remained some 20 votes nnpolled, so that at that time the contest was virtually decided in favour of Peacocks and Waddington. Shortly after four o'clock the MAYOR stated the result of the poll to be as followa: Peacocke . . ... 135 Waddington ... ~, ... 134 Bagshaw ••• .., 125 Warburton ... ••• 110 The Mayor thereupon (Iceland • that Mr. David Wad dington and Mr. George Montagu Warren Peacocke had been duly elec ed. Tee announcement was received with vociferous cheering by the " blues," answered by a counter cheer by the opposite interest. WINCHESTER. The nomination of two burgesses to serve in Parlia meat for this city took place 3 esterday. The candi d ates are Sir Jawes Bull,r E,st, Bart., Mr. Bulpett, of Carter (the late Al emb,rs), and Mr. whitterbaners, of the firm of Bulpett, Dunn, and Mulcc h c o k Liberal inte rest, who comes forward upon :r„„,p s E a t s t is a Conserve rest, as a no -party man. Sir James water. Bonham tily; Mr. Carter, a Whig The show of hands M ,, sts. Bulpett and Carter.eemanded a poll on behalf of Captain NEVILLE was of d t e li c e lared to be in favour of to-day. Sir James East, which tt' the Mayor erdered to take place opposition to Mr. Tollemache. The last contest was in 1837. ARMUTEI. The nomination to , O , k place yesterday. The °WA' dltes Were M. Rumbuid, Sir E. Lacon, Sir C. Napier , aad Mr. £. M'Cullagh. Mr Hudson, Mr.S Seymour, and UNDERLAND Mr. Fenwick were yesterday nomin.,ted. GENERAL ELECTION. NUALINATION OF CANDIDATES. ABERDEEN (CITY)-Thursday, July 8. ABERDEENSHIRE-Tuesday, July 13. ADINGDoN- I bursday, July 8. ANDOVER-Thursday, July 8. ANGLESEA-Wednesday, July 14. AYR bURGHS-Thursday, July 15. BARNSTAPLE-Thursday, July 8. BATH- Tnursday, July 8. ISEDFoRosaIRE-Mouday, July 19. BERKSHIRE-Thursday, July 15. BRECoN-Thursday, July 8. BRISTOL-Thursday, July 8. Dotty ST. EDMUNDS-Thursd a y, J u ly 8. BucKs-Friday, July 16 (pr o b a bly). BURY (LANCASHIRE)-Thursday, July 8. BUTESHIRE- Wednesday, July 14. CAMBRIDGESHIRE- Thursday, July 15. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY-Saturday, July 10 CARDIARTHEIS-Thursday, July 8. CARMARTHEN (COUNTY)-Wednesday, July 14. etLTaENAEnsvuoNA,m_ru COUNTY- July dnes 15. day, July 14. c CHICHESTER, CITY-Thursday, July 8. CHESHIRE (SOUTH)-Wednesday, July 14. C. ciitatmouTit-Thursday, July 8. UuLcHEsTER -Thursday, July 8. CRICKLADE -Tnuraday, July 8. CUMBERLAND (W EST)- Tuesday, July 13. DARTMOUTH-F, Ida ) , July 9. DEVONSHIRE (NORTH-At South Molton, Tueadalr July 13 DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH) 7 -At Exeter, Friday, July 16. DORSETSHIRE-Erlatty, July 16. DRo w ic c u o - uN T T la y tris za ay da o y n , d Ju? 8. DUBLIN July 12. DUMBARTONSHIRE-Friday, July 16. DUMFRIES Bußons--aturuay, July 10. DURHAM COUNTY (NORTHERN DIVISION) - Fridolt July 16. EDINBURGH -Monday, July 12. EDINBURGHSHIRE- thursuay, July 15. SSEX (NORTH)-At Braintree, Tuesday, July 13. 11,8sEX (JouTH)-At Chelmsford, Monday, July 12. FALKIRK BURGHS-Saturday, July 10. FIFEsHIRE-InursOtiy, July 15. EuRFARSHIRE-Inday, July 16. CiATEsHEAD-Thur.u4y, July 8. lihemoitoANsEtißE-W et:must:lay, July 14. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (EAST)-1 uesday, July 13. GEt..UCESTERSHIBE (1h EST)-WedLesthy, July 14. UREENuCK-Satutoay, July 10. HADDINGTON BURGHS -Monday, July 12. dADDINGToNSHIRE- Tuesday, July 13. HANTS (NORTH)-Tuesday, July 13. Li ANTS (SOUTH)-Wednesday, July 14. HEREFORD COUNTY-Tuesday, July 13. HERTFORDSHIRE -Thursday, July 15. IiUNTINGDu: SHIRE-Tuesday, July 13. KENT (EAST)- ' Tuesday, July 13. KENT ( EsT)-Mouday, July 12. KILMARNOCK BURGHS-s4curdity, July 10. KINCARDINESHIRE-Friday, July 16. KIRKCALDY BURGHS-Friday, J u ly 9. IiNAREsBoROUGH- Thursday, July 8. LANARKSHIRE-Tuesday, July 13. LANCASTER-Friday, July 9. LANCASHIRE (NORTH)-AL Lancaster, Tuesday,Jull!: LANCASHIRE (SOUTH) -At el, tOn, Wednesday,July l LEEDS - _Thursday, July 8. LEICESTERSHIRE (NORTH)-Wednesday, July 14. LEICESTERSHIRE (South)-Thursday, July 15. LEITH - Inurbaay, July 8. LIMERICK CITY-Thursday, July 8. LINCOLN SHIRE(N ORTHERN DIVISION)-Monday, LINLITHGoWSHIRE-Wedue.,asy, Jul ) . 14. LISKEARD-Thursoay, July 8. riALDON-Frivay, J al) , 9. seALTON-Tnutsday,July 8. MIDDLESEX-Saturday, July 17. ULDWTHIAN (COUNTY)-Thursday, July 15. MONTROSE ISURGIIS July 9. MORPETH-Tnursday, July 8. MUSSELBURGH-Thursday, July 8. NEWPORT (18LE_ or WiouT)---Thuraday, July 8. NEWARK-Friday, July 9. NORTHUMBERLAND (NuRTH)-Wednesday, July 1 4 . NoRTHUMBEREAND (SoUTH)Tuesday, July 13. NoRTHAMPToNSBIRE(s(OORoTURT)Hi-WTutedstrdeasyd,ayiuiJytillys. 14. A t Newark, Tuelgul t N N u o T E T T N A G m E pT Am o s N n s i n itE IRE (O (N ou o T R i z .. ) July 13. At Mansfield, Saturday NoTTINGUANS*RE July 17. Norts\a.s.(EAsT)-Monday, July 1 2 NORFOLK ( EST)-Saturday, July 1 . 7. ORNKEY AND SHETLAND-Monday, July 19. OLDHAM- 1b urbact ) , July 8. UXFoRD UNIVERSITY -(pulling) Saturday, July 1° in, nosy, July 12, and following days. ORFORD COUNTY-Monday, July 12. R N YEAIN AN SL I EY-Y, it, ay , my 9. FALMOUTH - Thursday, July 8. PERTH (I.ITr)-Nriday, July 9. PERT SHIRE-Fr/clay, July 16. YLYM UTH- thursd,y, July 8. euNTEFILA.CT- Thursday, July 8. PORToBELLo-Thursday, July 8. HENFREWSHIRE_Thursday, July 15. ROCHDALE- I hursday, July 8. R. CHESTER-Thursday, July 8. • ROSS AND CRoMARTY-Saturday, July 17. ItUTLA.ND --I:uestisy, July 13. I - az-Thursday, July 8. ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS-Thur.day, July 8. SALISBURY-Friday, July 9. SANDWICH-Tuursday, July 8. SELKIRKSHIRE-Wednesday, July 14. SHOREHAM AND BRANDER- Thursday, July 8. 'HR PSHIRE (N. RTH) - Tuesday, July 13. SHR FSHIRE (SOUTH)-Monday, July 12. STAFFORDSHIRE (N,,RTH)-Monday, July 12. STAFF.RDSHIRE-(SOUTH)--TUesday, July 13. ZTANFoRD-Saturday, July 10. STIRLING BURGHS-Frida), July 9. SIIRLINGSHIRE- Thursday, July 15. ST , CKP, , RT-Friday • July 9, SUFFOLK (EAST)-Weduesday, J u l y 14. SUFFOLK (WEST)-Tuesd a y, July 13. SURREY (EAST)-Monday Jul 12. SURREY ( W EST)-A, Gundlo,rdy , Saturda Jul 17 ' SusStx (EAST)-Monday, J u ly 12, y, y SussEx(VVEsT)--Friauy, July 16. SWANSEA-Thursday, July 8. WAKEFIELD -Thus eday, July 8. WALSALL- Thut sday, July 8. WARWICK (NORTH)-Monday, July 12. WELLS-Thursday, July 8. • WHITBY-Tburs.day, July 8. • WIGTOWN BURGHS-Cilouday, July 12. WILTSHIRE (NORTH)--Saturday, July 17. WILTSHIRE ( So uTH)-Saturday, July 17. WOLVERH AMPTON-Thursday, July 8. WORCESTERSHIRE ( W EsT)- Monday, July 12. W ORCESTETSHIRE (EAST) -Tuesday, July 13. YORKSHIRE (NORTH RIDING)- Wednesday, July 1 41 YORKSHIRE (EAST RIDING)-ThUrsday, July 15. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING)-Saturday, July 17. gar S ING ULAR BAPTlSM.—ContleCted with the g „ t • merits , Dr. Chalmers often told a favourite story ab° l 'o Highland baptism. A clergyman went to administer so it, d eep rite in the house of one of his hearers, near which there r it a small burn or river, which, when he reached was so and swollen with recent rains that he could not get acr II uijo In these circumstanc es ~ told th e f ather to bring down De child to the burn-sid e . F urn i s h ed with a wooden scoop' to clergyman stood on one side, and the father, holding ho p child as far out in his arms as he mild, stood upon the ° t "at, When the time come for sprinkling the babe, the mia' 6 's.o dipping the scoop into the water, flung its contents a c ,V, O % aiming at the baby's face. He failed more than once, ca' f iast out to the father after each new trial " Wed, hetet g v. for ony yet?" Dr. Chalmers wondered what the st i c klerl o , form and cerem ony i n the sacraments would think of a v .., tism by a burn-side, performed with a wooden vote Hunna's Memoir s of Chubners. nt i lfici l [ADVERTISEAtENT.] Holloway's a O n i d ote all kinds 4 Wound.. —The surprising Pills are sup riot , Remedies for 13 thesead L ' sales of world is the most nOnvinCif° Legs s valuable InediCia'; in every part of the civilised proof skin. Thousands of persons suffering — ft and diseases of the dreadful maladies have been cured by their use after efe,i of their efficacy in curing bad legs, old wounds, scro f f r i l ; o s ' these e r means had failed, and it is a fact beyond all doubt th o e t there is no case, however obstinate, bad, or long atm:ming. b_ ro ma y a ortly be cured by these wonderful medicines, therefu j the afflicted should immediately try Holloway's Ointment a tt E , o Pills.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Hollows) Establishment, 244, Strand, London. . THUNDER STORM AT ROSS. —On M on d ay night. about midnight, the lofty spire of Ross Church, Herafor i s mire, was dreadfully s h attered by lightning. It is °ft standing, but shakes in the wind; and the work of reV i o e will he one of much danger, requiring a large outlay. ~icl " height of the spire i s a b out 204 feet. The electric '",/ passed through the body o f t h e church, but did little illitt there. miti d Mr. Secretary W a lp o l e l eft town on burst, Tuesday, for .-- RIPON. The nomination for this city, whi c h returns two p Members to ,eri lament, took place on T uesday last. T 'lore wore three candidates: the Hon. Ed w i n Las 'oeties (one of the late representatives), Mr. W. B, ckett (late M.P. for Leeds), and Mr. Augustus New ristcr at-law, of Cu rzon - street, :Aay•fair ba - , ton, Thf, to former c ame to rwar d as Free -trade Conservatives, and the latt, ras a Free-trader and Liberal. Ripon has been considered a close hn-ough, there not haviug been a contest for its represent It ion since 1832, very long time, it ever, befor© that occasion. Mr. Newton has come forward avowedly for the purpose of and not for a freeing the city from political slavery. Mr. T. COLLING proposed and Mr. T. KENDALL se conded the lion. E. Lascelles. Mr. 11. GREENWOOD proposed and Mr. W. WILLIAM.. SON seconded Mr. Beckett, Mr. J. KENNADY proposed and Mr. B. HARTLEY se conded Mr. Newton. The show of hands Was in favour of Mr. Newton 3, a i n r d . i M oi r s . c l e 3 n e e c i k , e a t n t. d w A a o Et o p ll y w uj a n s te demanded on the part of 1 0 Lead ay. .It ace on We d Tne constitu ency amounts to about 34 was nerally b e li eved that Mr. Beckett and Mr. Laseelles would be elected. BIRTHS. _ _ OF A s 0;1 On the 4t On the 3d i inst. inst., the lady of Charles W. Beauclerk, Egl'o wi eof Joh n It .n h ,at Co ttinghatn-grange, Yorkshire, " prose, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER.. A e c # On the sth inst., in Charles -street, Westbourne-tetr a the wife of George Fraleriek, Esq. . 0 of On the 6th inst., at Manor -road, Stamford-hill, the W 1 Samuel Homan Fisher, Es The nomination toy place 3 estorday. Mr. J OHN Coot MACCLESFIELD. prop use d John Brocklehurst, Esq , one of the late Members. Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded the nomination. Mr. JOHN SMITH, of Langley, nominated John Wi:. li atnP, &(1 ,of London, the other late Member. Mr. JOHN WRIGHT seconded the proposition. Air. HENRY WARDLE proposed Edward Christopher Egerton, Eq. Mr. W. BARNETT seconded the Douai. DIED Of nation. On the sth i nst.. at P a -i s , G eorge N ugent, the only o°ll 'ill here being no other candidate, the Marquis of Westmeath, aged eigbt years. TLe MAYOR willed for a show of hands, which was in On the 3d inst., aged 86, the Right Hon. Sir Edwi l li f i favour of Mr. Brocklehurst and Mr. Williams by commence this day Thornton, G.C.8., many years Envoy Extraordinary g io , a teatg msjoriry. Mr. W.tdle, however, demanded a nil f Minister Plenipotentiary to the Courts of Stockholm , l' or and Lisbon. &c. Mr. Egerton, and it was fixed 50 coat r of Id at On the 4th inst., at Islimtm, Victoria, eldest daughte" eight o'clock. tht late Lieutenant W. D. Miller, R.N., aged 19. 0 4 On the 4th inst., at Arundel, aged 27. A rt h ur G u y, sec son of S W. Clarence, Esq., Matted, Essex. —, On the 3d inst.,Peter's MARRIED. , Eaton-squar, rb il t iP Francis, fourth son of the late Robert Heintz, e Egq•' O , only daughter of the late George Pringle, Esq. GRANTHAM. The nomination took 'Mice yes,terday, There wertitbree candidates; the late sitting Members (Mr. G. E. 'Welby and the Hon. F. J. Tollemacho) and Lord Graham, who has been brought forward by the Conriervative party in Lon d on: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNGiiSf, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Bun Office, N 0.,, 91 Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avo, , tu the oo h mi c huesex i Wllurulay, July 1,142. bt tek ▪ 'x, ke lp ds L, ,7▪ 1 Attnter PAIL 7 Garter, &c. —A her hig Youth-- Summt Ecole ; Master Varrn F light 4 t Achnj Al' Open Collet- Door, - '*.rtninE MD r • Fa that( land, Char Cad, , Tl igh l On Chan. tv, Pavili tars, bai 'Yrot blight) 'Cue ?rani Ma, On s §t B as h %titti; Italia for n