The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HAMPSHIRE (NORTH). The re-election of the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Le fevre. Speaker of the late House of Commons, and Mel ville Portal, Eaq., took place at the County-hall, Win chester, on Tuesday at ten o'clock. There were few electors present beyond those residing in the city of Winchester, there not being certainly a score of tenant farmers in the hall. The High Sheriff of the county (F. NeJervoice, Esq.) having opened the proceedings. Mr. SCOTT, of Rotherfield Park, near Alton, pro posed the Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre as a fit and proper person to represent the county in Parliament. Mr. Scott said he had had the pleasure of doing so before; but this would be probably the last time. It had been said that, in sending the Speaker to the House of Com mons, they were practically disfranchising the country but such an argument was double-edged. In the House of Commons he must be harmless to the party whose policy he was opposed to, and the moment he left it he would enter the House of Lords, where he may become mischievous. It was a credit to the county that it sent to the House of Commons a man so capable of control ling a body of between 600 and 700 gentlemen, many of them of the first-rate ability, end whose respect and esteern his Right non. Friend so eminently commanded. He (11r. Scott) was proud of the honour of proposing a men who was an honour to the county that returned him. Ms. H. J. MULCOCE, of Bramdean, seconded the no mination of hit. Lsfev.-re. of Etrosley Park , 1333' Sir WILLIAM HEATHCoTR, "li e E proposed the late Member, rta s;r again represent them in elegant tribute after paying a very eloquent l Pariastunsti to the talents and position o f the Speaker, said it was most necessary that public art in this country should or other in the State attach themselves to some Py not to be a blind followe r of any man or party; but a British statesman could not maintain a neutral position. He believed Mr. Portal would support the Government of Lord Derby (C heer s and hisses.) That Noble Lord -- sss ume i d the reins of power i n times of great difficulty. He was at the head of the strongest of the four parties into which the House of Commons was at present di vided, though he (Sir W. H.) would certainly prefer to have seen his Government placed on a more extended basis, and some names of great weight and importance added to it. But he hoped the Government would receive fa i r p l a y. Mr. Portal was well qualified to serve them as a alember. He resided among them, was a holder of large landed property in the county, and would bring his best abilities to the consideration of the subjects that must necessarily come before him, and which his `education and judgment would enable him to master. The Hon. T. GAGE seconded the nomination of Mr. Portal. The Henn SHERIFF having inquired if any elector had another candidate to propose. and no reply being made, he declared the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre and Melville Portal, Esq., to be duly elected for the northern division of the county of Hants. Mr. LEFEVRE, in returning thanks, said he was grateful for the honour they had again conferred on him. He had spent twenty years in the public service, but he would not enlarge on the duties of the office he had filled, which had been so well described by his Hen. Friend Sir William Heathcote. He had endeavoured to fulfil the duties of that office faithfully and impartially, but they were quite aware thst he had thereby been withdrawn from the ordinary duties of a representative. He could, however, recal their attention to the time whoa he had sought their support as an independent county member, when he had ventured to give his opinion on that agitatiag topic the corn-laws. Had the plan he then proposed (an Bs. fixed duty), coupled with the repeal of half the malt tax, been adopted, much f the distress and loss whi c h t h e agr i cu l tural body had sustained would have been spared them, and the adop tion of the present policy have been gradually brought about without any injury to the community at large or to the farmer. With respectthe to f u t ure mea surest_hat recommend he would na me the abolitio n Or the law of settlement. He thought that every county should be compelled to adopt a rural police, and that the cost o f such f orce shou ld be borne by the public at large. The whole expense of the public pri sons and of prosecuting and punishing offenders should be defrayed by the Government; bat the most important Of all was the promotion of education, whish he should wish to see placed on a permanent basis by which the rising generation of this country may procure a sound moral Qthif...ation. The duties of a Member of Parliament must, he believed, in future be laborious and responsible, bat to whatever duty he may be called, he would endea vour to give a good acconnt of his stewardship.—(Cheers.) MExermer. PORTAL, Esq., asked their forbearance while he thanked them for the high honour of again re turning him—a strong proof of the confidence they re posed in him. He should have shrank from the task of representing them had he not felt a strong desire to exert what talents he possessed in their cause. He had presented himself to them three years ago, a compara tive stranger, when he had told them the strongest security he could give for his honest intention was, that he and his ancestors had lived upwards of two cen turies among them, that his interests were their in terests, and they possessed in common everything that could bind man to man. He could fearlessly ask them to point to one question by which their interests had been affected on which he had been absent, and from the first day on which he entered the House of Commons to this time he had endeavoured honestly and impar tially to do his duty. He could not expect that they would go with him en every question, and he had had the misfortune to diffsr from taetn on one, and, indeed, with some or his warmest friends, whose opinions he highly valued. With respect to that question, it ap peared to him that the great principles Of civil and reli gions liberty were endangered by the measure of the Go vernrneet, however thet measure may have been neces sary be the insult offered by the Pap.sl emissaries to the Crown of this country. The vote he had given on that peeasion was the only one he had incurred displeasure by. but if he lost his suit through it that vote would tsiwa,t's be a source of pleasure to him. His attachment to the Church of England was as warm and devoted as Was that of eny of his necusere. His attachment to the Protnstant Church of his forefathers was unabated. He desired to see bar more Useftil and her inatitutioue re forared.—(Cheers.) They had that day given a verdict upon his eeaerict, and he was proud to say it was in his favour, and he • trusted that they would not at a future time regret the choice they had made. A rote of thanks to the High Sheriff hay' g been dirtily given, the ne w ly- e l ec t e d Members &c., terminated.invieregirdred wtth swords, and the proceedings SHROPSHIRE (NO RT H). Yesterday morning the friends of Mr. W. Ormsby Gory, and Mr. J. W. Dad, the former representatives for the Northern Division of the county of Salop, were met at the railway terminus, Shrewsbury, by a large number of their supporters, who had arrived at half-past nine o'clock by a special train from Oswestry. *laving formed a proces , 3ion, they proceeded, headed by a bond, and accompanied by flags and banners, to the hustings, near St. Chld's Church, the Court having been previously ad jougnod to the place from the Town-hall, which was not larg , 3 enough to hold the number of persons who had as sembled. The usual preliminaries having been gone tb.rough, Sir R. Mu, in a highly eugolistie speech,proppeorssoed Mr.n William Omasby Gore as a fit and proper to represent the northern division of the county in Par liament. Mr. O. K. MAINWARING seconded the nomination. air A. V. CORR= then proposed, and Sir B. L E/GR . Toti seconded, Mr. J. Whitehall Dod. No other candidate having been proposed, The HIGH SHERIIF declared the above-named gentle se'. elected. W. ORHSBY Goaz then returned thanks, de elari.74 himself. strongly in favour of Protection and Pro testantism. -111 r. DOD addressed the electors inn similar strain. After a vote of thanks to the Sheriff, the procession re turned in the same order as it came, and the Members entertained their friends respectively et the Lion and the Raven, UTH. Captain Somerse MONMO t, who is now HIRECA t the Cape of 0 7 . 1 . C c oPe, e_ngaged in b a t t l e w i t h the Kars . and Mr. u taring Siwinnerton Horgan, brother of Sir Charles M0r r.1.,..t ""r ee Tredeg ar P ork, both of whom represented t hi s tin the lat e P arliament us Protectionists, will be without opposition. WESTMORELAN D COUNTY . the cxurnt APPLICDY, MONDA.Y.—Th e election of Members for y of W estmoreland took M. A. W. LlA.sm.x, pro posed th e Eton. Colonel Low place t o -d ay . ther, s econ d ed by Mr, Hr:LL. Mr. H• WI LSON of Kendal, prop osed Colonel Thomp son. Mr. GANDY,seconded. The proceedings were very orderly. The two Members were retern as suwithout o p position p porters of the Derby Ministry. WORCESTERSHIRE EST Yesterday (T ues d ay) the elec tio n Hon, csf A the e astern divi sion of the county of Worcestero. to o k place at Droit wich. The candid a t es were theoteT,Captainr. Libe ra l . II Ministerialist, and M r . J. H. H.l4' Captain Rnshout was nom i nated by Mr. J A ra xis TAY LOR, of Moseley Hall, and s econ d e d b y Mr. C. NOEL, of Bell Hall. Mr. Foley was nominated by Mr. E • H OLLAND, of Dumbletoa, and seconded by Mr. J. CHANCE. Mr. F. WOODWARD said before it was decided to pro pose a thEd candidate, he would ask Mr. Foley whether he woule, vote for any compensative measures to the afgrice.ural interest? FoLEY declined to make any pledge. L'ae titan SHERIFF having declared Captain Mahout and` Mr. Foley d u ly elected, the two candidates respec *".felY addressed the electors, thanking them for th e Lonour whiula had been done them. The no SOMERSE l' (WEST). r ninntion f two Vt ights to serve in Parliament o for the stern took Division kni of the County of Somerset, Plac'a y es terday, und er th e presidency of the High Eheriff r)f the coun t y.hera Vfg3 no opposition. Mr. J. WOOD proposed M r . Ch ar l e s xl.:,tron Moos - 3y T 'who was svcJa e d by Mr. G. Tr .t.nniN. Arr. F. Poeu43l propood for re-election Mr. William 11wary Powell Gore Langton, whi c h W 33 seconded by Nr. llosxrN3. = No other candidate was proposed, and The Lima SHERIFF declared Ileaars. C. A. NfoodY and W. 13. F. Gore Langton duly elected to represent the Western Division of the cbunty of Somerset in Parliament. Both candidates returned thanks. NORTHUMBERLAND (SOUTH). The nomination took place yesterday in a field near fleabag!), in the presence of seyeral thousand purSolll4 THE SUN, The High-Sheriff; (Mr. T. W. Crastey,) presided. Mr. W. Ord, late Member for Newcastle, nominated Mr. W. B. Beaumont, and was seconded by Mr. J. Limb; Sir M. W. Ridley nominated Mr. G. Liddell, and was seconded by Captain 13. Coultort ; Mr. J. B. Blackett, M. '., nomi nated Mr. G. Ridley, and was seconded by the Rev. E. Ogle. Tne show of hands was in favour of the two Liberals, Messrs. Beaumont and Ridley. A poll was de manded for Mr. Liddell. BERKSHIRE. Mr. Pusey has determined upon resigning. His ad dress to the electors is as follows: " Gentlemen, —I am unable further to prolong the contest, but, though I am defeated, the cause which I have defended has won. " The farmers have latel received advice fom two oppo site parties, the one pointi n g backward to the n flesh pots of Protection, the other urging them to struggle forw and through their difficulties on the path of improvement. " Protection has this year fallen ridiculously, not by the assault of its enemies, but the desertion of its supporters. Whether the dreams of other relief will be realised, a few weeks will show; but in any case the farmers will soon dis cover what blind guides they have followed. " Improvement, on the other hand, has more resources than ever to offer; and its loudest opponents, stooping from the heights of their eloquence, must soon pay to it a silent tri bute by consenting to purchase new manures and less uncouth implements. Chemistry and mechanism have beaten politics and Protection. " When I made a stand against those who wore leading the farmer by the wrong road, I knew what I risked, and had counted the cost. In all struggles many must fall, but these too, are satisfied if they it am that victory is on their side. " Deeply feeling the imperfection of my own service 3, and your former kindness, thanking, too, most warmly those friends who have aided me to the last. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obliged faith ful servant, " Pusey, July 12. " PHILIP PUSEY." YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING), A meeting of the Central Liberal Committee for con ducting the re-election of Mr. Cobden was held yester day at the Normanton Hotel, Leeds, Mr. Alderman Car butt presiding. The object of the meeting was to con solidate and perfect all arrangements tor the forth coming election, it baying been rumoured that the Conservatives were on the alert, and that it was probable opposition to Mr. Cobden's return might be offered at the last hour. The meeting was a strictly harmonious one, and sat some hours. LONDON, WEDNESDAY carry my e l e ction, I felt myself bound to l a y as ide ever y ! private consideration , and to place myselt unreservedly in your hands. — (Cheer s .) I have avowed distinctly, in m- addree , , that it is my intention to support Lord Derby in tae measures which be prepores which I may believe general good.—(Ch eers .) G ent l emen , i t r the e eared to me to be a quest i on w h et h er L or d other man should b e th e P r i me Mi n i ster , but w to be' r bny fto or tin ho it was possible for her Majesty to call to her cm ncils in the difficulties of the countr y, i n or d er b est councils o administer its affairs for the good of her people; and I believe that her Majesty could not have fixed upon any ma n more fitting thin the Noble Lord at the head of th e Government.—( ent —( Hear, hear„ and applause.) It has been m y fortune to pass a large part of my life w ithi n th e rea ch of the Noble .Lord's .paternal ho me , an d I am o sell n equainted with his habits, and with his character. I believe him to be a high-minded, chivalrous man, far above the temptation .of place, or patronage, or power— one who will devote himself to the service of his coun try with all the ardour of a generous heart.—(Enthusi astio cheering.) I reserve to myself the right of exer th, h"s my own judgment on t h e measures the Noble Lord may bring forward; . but I have a firm convic tion that be will propound only such as shall be for the general good, and such as will meet your appro. b ition. declare to .you, that I would neither bind myself to follow the Noble Lord, nor any other man, in the views which he might enunciate at the pre sent moment on the question of free trade; because I believe that that measure, changing as it has done the reciprocal • relations .of so .many interests in society, must be its own experiment, and until that experiment has been further worked out that no man can decide upon its • • success —that itc any event the burdens of the country should be more equally divided. T hat t he agriculturist, who has suffered so largely. should be freed, as far as justice will allow him to be freed, from the unequal imposts that he has been made to bear, is, Ido think, a matter to be dealt with • without loss of time. But when we speak of free trade, may I ask; is it free trade, in the ordinary sense of the weeds, when the freedom is on one side only. on our part, and not on that of the nations of the world? —(Hear, hear.) Da those keen and clever men on the other sideof the Atlantic, whose cotton and whose corn we are importing freeof daty—do -they receive our iron or our manufactures on similar terms? Gentlemen,so long as I see a. great and progressing nation like the United States of America • refusing to adopt the principles of free trade, I shall think, that we have something yet to learn as to its results. lam most anxious that every branch of 'the industry of this country should be encou raged, and so far as possible that it should be protected. My opinion is, that heretofore there were so many re strictions thrown upon trade that the natural consequence was, an outburst of indignation against antiquated and obnoxious sumptuary laws, tied that it is possible that that outburst has carried changes further than it may hereafter be proved • Wisdom would have carried them.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have 'announced myself hostile to Po pery in every form and phase which it can assume, and youf unanimous apprdbation of my views and expected - Services, this day, proies to me that on that head we are of one mind. It is the glory of our country that 'we have a scriptural and spiritual Church with so much truth in it, and scripture so fairly and so fully laid open by it to the people, that no Man can be • voluntarily • led astray by it, and, it is our hoast, too, 'that every man is allowed to differ from the doctrines of that Church, and to worship God according to his viewi of teriptural truth and the light that is in him, unmolested, 'under his own vine and under his own fig -tree. So long as I can raise my voice, or as I hare any influence, 'I will endeavour* to oppose the venom of Popery, and to keep its influence out of your homes and families.—(Applause.) Yes, gentlemen, I will s every energy I possess to keep fully open before the people that great charter of their liberty, that clear exponent of the duty of man to man—the Sacred Scriptures, That, giatlemen, is . the Protestant faith— and by that f a ith I w ill a bid e —which secures to the poor inau the sympathy of all at nand him, a sympathy which hates a right.to claim.—(Applause.) If I cannot appeal, as the Noble Lord on my right hand can do, with whom 1.. am protri. to serve, to a long and illustrious descent,—l can boast that lam one of the people, and that every. sympathy. of mice is in unison with them. The Noble Lord said in his address that he was no orator, but if his be not eloquence, I am unacquainted with itultogether. I felt that. he spoke from his heart, and what he says he means, and will endeavour to carry out. Nothing can be more flittering than the honour that you have con ferred upon me,—nothing shall be more faithful than my service to you.. If I fail, it can only be for want of power or ability,—it shall not be from want of will wish . to do. you. service: Time has made ite impossible that. I could pay my duties to the electors individually ; you know that I am' much, indebted, to pay noble colleague, who is personally known to each of you,. that he has laboured among you, and that I have benefited by his labour. I prOmise you that healiall find in me a zealous colleague, its endeavouring to promote every object of benefit to you, and I once more thank you for the honour that you have conferred upon me, and for.the kindness and the appro bation with which you have listened to this imperfect address.---(Loud applause.) . A voted thanks to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair was then pissed by acclamation, and the business at the hustings coneluded,•• The successful candidates then paraded the town in-procession, and afterwards dined at their respective hotels. GENERAL ELECTION. NOMINATION AND POLLING DAYS. ANGLESEL-Wednesday, July 14. A R M A Gif . (COENTY) - •• - • - Friday, July 16. AYR BURGHS-=Thursday,July 15. BEDFORDSHIR E-MDRday ; July .19. Wednesday, BERKSHIRE -Thursday, J u l y 15. BECKS--,zFriday, July 16 (probably). , July BUTESHIRE-Wednesday, July 14. • C AMB sarGEsEIRE -,- Thursday, J u l y 15. CARLOW (COUNTY) - Mon d ay, J u l y 19. yl n -TlO Y nda j y ti . ly July, 19. 14. July 14. ce C C I NLA I TA : ti t a rt tv T cou t i sA E ; ; ( _ci( (COUNTY) -N u u T r i rys T (I) Friday,y .....y , 0. uJuly i 16..5. i a daY vvednesd,y, July CHES HIRE (SOUTH)-Wednesday, July 14. CLAR E (CouNTY) -- : - Monday, July 19 . 14:' :::::::::: :01uyT2403. July 16. DERBY§iiIRE 0 1 °Rn)-Polling, - Friday, July 16. DEVONSHIRE (Souru)-At Exeter, Friday, July 16. DoNEoit (CoUNTY).-Tanday, July 20. DORsETsUIRE-Friday, duly 16. 20. C gs L ist 3. o: 3s n ii i NG , c r ; (00s - cy: ONI W NRTu:Ny, T:y_F) Tr td2ml le ysod, t ii i. dy a, y j.alJuly yl y 19. DumnanToNsnlnE ii id 7, 2 _r--aY, July 16. DURHAM COUNTY. I(NOUTIIERN . DIVISION) - Friday, July 18 • EDINBOuoIIsHIRE-Thursday, July 15. ESSEX (50u111) -July 15 and 16: niEsn ißE-Thursday, July 15. ( W EST)-Wednesday, July 14. FoRFA.RSDIRE-Friday, J u l y 16. . GALWAY (COUNTY) - Thursday, July 22. GLa moitaarismauWediii:sdaY; 'July 14. GaTesE;;EURTsUIIr-EWednesday, July 14. LIERTFORDsUIRE-Thursility, July 15. Polling to COM (GpON?'X)-Nfonday,'July 19. e ou the 19th. t one KmI y(COUNTO - Fridiy, Jury . 16. KILDARE (COUNTY)-Tuesday, July 20. KINCA E ft.D i3 I Y NESELI REFri dELY , July 16. LarrcAS.i.lllls (SOUTH)-At 'Newton-in-the•Willowe, Wednesday, JOY 14. LEICEP:EI IsIIIRE -Thursday, July 15. (NORTH)-Wednesday, July 14. LEICES".I. LEITRIM-"" 2' l - 9 ., , Ju l y 2 0 . LiNc _..., suin g:(N9rtTßEN DIVISION ) -Friday, July 16. u"' LINCOLNSHIRE (SOUTH)-Thursday, July 15. (COUNTY)--Friday,LINLITO G°WSrIIRE- 14. July 16. LONDONDE RRY LOUTH (COUNTY) -Friday, July 16. Mayo.(Co ETN TY)-7gueslAy, July 20. 0-Monday, July la MEATIi.(CotTNT., . , , l9. MONAGHAN (COUNTY) -Tuesday, July 20. MoNToomEnis July 14. a / R E- Po Ili g, Thursday, July 15. NoRTH).-,..Wednegday, NEwRy-Thursday, July 15. NoREOLE. (WrsT).--Sa.turday, July 17. MIDDLEsEx•---SaturdaY, July 1.7. o n- Thursday, the 22d, and Friday, 23d. (NORTH)-Monday, July 19; and pelting days NoTTINGUADISIIIIM (NORTH).--At Mansfield, Saturday . N ;s jootTrgurraPßTEO:far (( July 17. ORIMET AND SHETLexud-Monday, July 19. PERTneuiRE---Ftidah J.OIY 16: QUEEN'S COUNTY --Monday, July 19. RENFREWSHIRE--Thu rs day, July 15. Ross AND CROIRARTV-Saturday, July-17. ROSCOMMON -NlOnclay, July 26. SELKIRIEsuIRE-W e dnesday, July 14. So°2(ERsNT,(EAST)--Thursclay, July 15. oTIRLINGSUIRE-Thursday, July 15. Sun , L 0 (EAST) --Wednesday, July 14. •SuRREY (WEST) -At Guildford, Saturday, July 17. StissEx (WEST) ---.Friday, July 16. S n YTHEnEaNusuirtE - F rida y , July 16 . .t/PPERARY-Tuesday, July 20. TYR ONE fr . 1/41,0IINTY)--"Wednesday, July 21. WEsT fr. y)-Thuraday, July 15. tii , MEATH k vOUNT '"EXFORD (COUNTY) -Tuesday, July 20. WIcKLoW-Saturday, July 17. WILTsti tEE fXI yAonTs)-Suturday, July 17. Wu:l , Bv , )-Friday July 16. y,., -aE ( S OUT H ) -Fri d ay, ~-aasuraz (EAST RIDING) -Thursday, July 15. ," 11 KsittnE (NORTH RIDING) -'Wednesday , Wednesday, July 14. Jou ) S t d J I MIRE (WEST BIDING - aur ay, a y 17. [ADvERTiss NT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills have cured many person s afflicted with Scurvy, Scorbuti c Hum ours, and Diseases - of the Skin. — Scurvy, Ringworms, and oth er cutaneous disor d ers are e n gend ere d b y t h e i mpur it y of the bl o od , and the only sure means to era di cate such cons. plaints intounder go a course of Holloway's Pills, and at the same time a p p l y by the se wonderful medicines are d a i ly attested, proving rheir e x t ern ally his invaluable Ointm en t. Cures astonishing effic ac y i n purifying the blood, strengthening the constitution, and re-establishing health. They are equally certain in the cure of cancerous sores, ulcerated mounds, and glandular swellings, and persons so afflicted should have recourse to these excellent medicines.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. in a saw pit, EXTRAORDI NARY A CCIDENT .—On Sdurday morn ing, Ch ar l es Western, a sawyer, was kill e d u p on th e pre mises of hi s emp l oyer, Mr. O ppen h e im, a cabinet-manufac turer, in Wil son - street, Fi ns b ury . The deceased was d own ti mber, and w as in the act of stooping with the downward motion of th e saw , w h en a h eav y pine log fell from a b ove, Oti engaged with another man in sawing a piece of and striking him upon the back, fractured the 'spine; and killed him. upon the spot. Letters from Rotten state that in the market for manufactures some descriptions of goods had further ad vanced, the demand having increase., I EVENING-, JULY 14, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. iloiviE, CIRCUIT. Hertford. July 13. CIVIL SIDE . . . . Chief Justice Jervis gut through the whole of th e civil hu,,iness on Monday. The following ease was dis posed of late in the afiArnooni— OLDAKER Y. DAVIS. This was an action to recover daniages for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 5001. Mr. E. James, Q C., and Mr. Hawkins were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q C., was for the de fendant. The parties in this action were Emma Louisa Oldaker, the daughter of a publican at Harpenden, who was the plaintiff, and the defendant was a farmer, who was said to have considerable expectations, living in the same neighbourhood. It appeared that the defendant had been in the habit of going to the house of the plaintiff's father " to smoke his cigar," and he commenced paying attention to the plaintiff in 1848, and from that period a considerable intimacy sprung up between them, and at length, with the consent of thy- plaintiff's parents, the wedding-day was fixed for the 15th of February, 1851, A few days before the 15th the defendant sent the fol lowing litter to the plaintiff:— "My dear Emma,—l am very sorry I said to you what I did this morning, but I cannot. make it convenient to marry now, 0 Yours truly, " GEORGE DAVIS. And a very short time after this he married another young woman. It appeared that on the evening of the same day the letter was sent, the defendant went to the house of the plaintiff's father, a scene took place, and the defendant was represented to have fainted away in the bed-room of the plaintiff, there being a suggestion that he was a little the worse for liquor at the time. In the course of the case it was stated. that after the defend ant sent the letter referred. to, a second letter was sent by him renewing his promise, but this letter was not prof:laced, and there was some evidence to show that after the original letter the psrents of the plaintiff ap peared to consider the match as broken off. Mr. CHAMBERS, on behalf of the defendant, contended that this match had been broken off with the consent of both parties, and that the plaintiff, in point of fact, had not sustained any injury, and was not entitled to damages. . The LORD CHIEF Jusrica• said that the question the learned counsel had suggested was the one the jury had to decide; and, after a short deliberation, they're turned a verdict for the defendant. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, July 13. (Before. Air. Baron ALDEWN and a Special Jury.) Hoyi tr..SAVAQE. This was an action for a breach of promise of mar riage, to wbich the defendant had, pleaded that he did not make the promise, and that the plaintiff had re leased and discharged. him . from ;he performance of it. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Hayes_appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Wilkins (specially retained), Mr. Sergeant Miller, and Mr. Brewer for the defendant. The plaintiff, - Miss .Eliz?,.Smit . h . Hoff, is about 40 years of age, and the sister of a draper and grocer at Holbeach, the defendant a widower, with nine children, and 56 years of age. Her father died in 1841, and the brother then succeeded to the business, in the manage ment of which he was assisted by the plaintiff. She also, after the death of his first wife, took care of his childrenoted in March, 1848, agreed to take of her brother the drapery and grocery business at a valuation of 4001. The draper's shop was also the Rost office of. the town ; and the defendant, who was a substantial . farmer. in . Marsh, near Hol beach, and owner of a considerable quantity of land there; had been acquainted. , with the family for years, and was in. the habit of calling when he came to Hol beach. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's brother that in the beginning of August, 1848, the de fendant expressed to him hisintention of marrying the plaintiff ; and that at first her family were averse to the match, doubting whether she had sufficient affection for him, and fearing, as the brother said, that sbe might be induced to.marry him for his money. In October, 1848, however, she wrote to the defendant refusing his offer of marriage, at Whi c h h e was very angry and wrote letters complaining of her inconsiatency and want of straight forwardness. A reconciliation soon took place, and the defendant was introduced at the end of the year 1848 to the plaintiff's family as her accepted suitor, and it was ar ranged that the marriage should take place in February, 1849, at St, G eo r ge's,•Hanover-square, in London . I n th e b eginning ot 1849 the.defenditnt wished that the marriage should be Postponed, and he had a fit of illness which interrupted the intercourse between them. About that time the plaintiff wrote several letters to the defen dant, complaining that she-could neither see nor hear from him; and that she had almost-forgotten what sort of person he was. In the meantime, the defendant had lent money to the' plaintiff's brother to the amount of 300/., the-fi rs t loan of 1001. being made on the 31st of August, 1848, the second, of 501., in December of' the game year; and the last, of 150/., in the January of 1849. Upon the' latter occasion,' a promissory note for 3001., signed by the plaintiff and her brother, was given to the defendant as 0. - • . security for - that debt, and in the month of April 1849; be began to apply for the interest, and about the same time expressed his intention of not marrying'the plaintiff. She; on the other hand, insisted upon the fulfilment of his promise, and refused to pay any part 'of the 3001. unless he did so. Ultimately an action on the promissory note was commenced by the present defendant, and within three days the writ was issued in the present action. Such is a brief outline of the facts of the case, and the following are a few of the letters which were given in evidence in support of the plaintiff'S Case:— The fi..rst letter Proved was dated in October, 1848, and was from the plaintiff to the defendant in these terms:— . . " Dear Sir,—You will be surprised at receiving a letter from me, and, I fear, will justly accuse me of having trifled With you; but the more I consider the matter the more am I convinced how utterly unfit I am to discharge the duties which would devolve upon me in the important situation in which you would place me. Believe me, it is no idle caprice which induces me to refuse your great kind ness, and it is not because I do not highly value the compliment you paid me,- but • I find - I had mis understood m .own feelings. I am quite certain, I sho u ld not be happy, in the married life. .I believe am now just in the right place, andl am determined not to move unless obliged. I feel grieved and ashamed when I think bow I have led you on to suppose I was favourable to your vie*i, but I trust you Will give me cr e dit for sincerity when I assure you It was lin feeling of 'vanity, but from i g no rance of my own feelings. I am sure lam only doing you justi ce in candidly • telling you that while I do, and alwaysshall, s hall, highly respect you as my father's and brother's, and, may I add, my own friend, I do not feel that affection for you which would induce me to •become.your wife. May I beg your f org i veness f o r not in the first instance giving you a decidecl.answer • but,, had ypu then put the question to me more explicitly, f-should have done so. While I should la ment this loss of your friendship, I cannot help e ntreatin g that you will not attempt a renewal of your attentions. Indeed r -am quite determined to remain as I am. I have no wish for matrimony, but 'a deCided objection to it. I need not assure you I shall not mention the affair to any one, and I sal:quite c er t a i n • Edward will not. Therefo re I tru st , at some A ltura period,' we may meetas friends ; for the pre sent I should be glad to avoid it. • "I am, dear Sir, yours vary respectfully, "E. S. HOFF." • I n answer to note ; . whi c h the defendant wrote t he follo wing • • "Dear E liza—l cannot say that I admire your straight forwardness. Tour little inconsistency does not at all lessen mY opinion of you. Yerinps, after a little time , with a little reflection you will be able to see m e a g ain in a few day s; if 40, _ " treinain, yours the same, " T. E. S. di .-., . . ~, Tv ailing your reply after' your 'recovery." The defend almost immediately afterwards wrote as f o p ... ant iow s: __ • • Miss Eliza Hoff,—ln considering yotir past, present, and future, I am not much surprised at - receiving a note from ,y o u,. and res t assure d I shall never accuse you of having `rdied with me. Giving publicity to my note, and to your brother, contrary to my wishes, rarely proved you did not understand my, views, and answering questions I never had su fficient courage to ask in earnest, plainly shows you did not understand your own feeling, which you have acknowledged. h .,, er tlaps, this little wildness may arise from never having „. 4 , 4 prdper ofar from any respectable man (G. IL ex vanity If so; it is' excusable; forgive me when I ask, is It vanitv mixed up with methodistical principals which ca used yo u to get so forward? And I am pleased to hear l i n ,IL L. are 'happy and content in your present situation, - r ,""ough at the same time, I think figuring behind a y - Z a ter, waiting on the evil. and the good, and not knowing to hear own. feelings is a situation not very enviable. Hoping a _lear soon of your recovery by finding your right feelings w ''' standing on good ground, .. . ." I remain,. yours respectfellYl .. T. h S." T E. 1848 he Answer to Is was. a etter, tails 1 dated October 24, e a , ' ill which the plaintiff. wrote, "I am sure yott e r were the author of so unmanly a production;" and tee n followed one from the defe ndant to her, complain. ; ' n g ( if her con d uc t towards him in giving publicity to the off. -- r which he.had made, and in. not sooner making him y a cleainted with the state of.her fedings; adding— pia",;en tell you, Eliza, I looked upon you once as a very d goo d yoniag woman from the ac count pions, religious, ._tin different things of I•had_ heard of . you quite • youoind tbought After but I fear 1 have been deceived in you." som e explanation, .on both sides, the letters as illiteed:amore friendly tope, and.on the I st o f Novem ber, the defendant wrote th e following let d ter:— " Dear Eliza—l can as sure you tbetgeoo present ion I e in t time, and for merly had o f d i s fully maintained at h nothing on any time'ety, therefore I hope you earth o could give me So much p pleasure at as th e enjoyment of your soci will slime me that pleasure,. by not denying me your com pany oirWede -y evening, or any other time, when you have a leisure l:osura, d believe me ever to remain, a . n , yours. affectiona tely, .. Dios. I;DwAnD SAVAGE." In answer to a letter, a ga • •ng for payment of the 3001., the following w as written:— itiL E. S. Hovi,:la":: "Holbeach, Dec. 31, 1849. " Sir • • 1 , u reply t o - yoars of this morning, I hasten to answer that what I bgee told . you I now repeat, that I will never principalndor interest until you perform Pay you either as the year you requested your promise of marriage ;• a me to wait has now elapsed, d I am quite ready to fulfil En engagement, and request immediat e answer from you as to your intention& . 6 , fours, am, ngolbeaeh, Jan. 9, 1851. to told tale, of this morning, I "Dear. Sir,-Lle roo f ren-told tale, that with regard to th e only to reiterate 37 nderstand each other —we need LA° a subject. . 1 should scarcely have money we perfectly' more on so disegre -3t.oous'a v b e u you t a f v r i o n m g considered it necessarToutoasatnoswweisrh thankful foe SS opportuni ty f referring asntihiloyso assuring you much regard left for ance, and I am had not the' slighteSt idea 1 erring to you that Mr: Pooleht, With regard to myself 9 var y small matter to be judgecdaNwoilymseany,s, on Sunday n 's h t g with me it I ‘ say own Master I stand or fall.' I conclude judgment. I should sin against in the wordsloof Scripture —' God forbid to pray for you.' the Lord in ceasing ~. "Tours truly, " • "Did it str ike y ou on Sunda y night E. S. IIoFF. , that under the mask of friendship for a deceased father, you obtained the confidence of an orphan, and that, in the e i g h t of God, you promise d her to be a husband and father to her, and that you then de liberately broke that vow, and in every way tried to injure OXFORDSHIRE. OXFORD, TUESDAY. — LatelTsieTening rord Norreys arrived in Oxford, and met the committee who had been taking such liberties with his name, by putting him in nomination for the representation of the county. His Lordship repudiated their acts, and declared if elected he would vacate his seat on the assembling of the new Parliament. In spite of this, the committee expressed their determination to carry on the contest; and, in con sequence of this, his Lordship was obliged to issue the following handbill:— " TO TUE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD. "Gentlemen,—l have just received intelligence that I was placed in nomination for the representation of the county this morning. " I most respectfully but earnestly request those gentlemen who have so kindly interested themselves on my behalf to desist from any further proceedings ; and I trust that all my friends will abstain from recording their votes in my favour, far, if elected, circumstances will compel me to vacate my seat on the assembling of the new Parliament. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, "Your obliged and faithful servr , NORREYS. "Oxford, Monday evening, July 12." Thia was followed by another from the committee, who stated that the contest would be continued, and that if Lord Norreys was elected and vacated his seat they had another Liberal ready to supply the vacancy. LANARKSHIRE. The nomination and election for the county of Lanark took place yesterday. No opposition. Mr. Lockhart was proposed by Sir William Maxwell, of Calderwood, and seconded by Mr. William Stirling, of Kenmure, and declared duly elected. ABERDEENSHIRE. The nomination and election for the county of Aber deen took place at Aberdeen yesterday, when Admiral Gordon, the old Member, was returned without oppo sition. IRELAND. CORK (CI r 3C). This contest has terminated in the defeat of the Der byites by a very decisive majority, and in the gain of one Member to the Opposition ranks. The polling commenced at eight o'clock yesterday morning, and from that hour up to the close electors continued to flock to the booths. Crowds of women and boys, headed by a band of music, paraded the city, bearing aloft huge branches of trees, green banners, and placards, on which were inscribed, in large capital letters, " Civil and reli gious liberty," " The outrages and sacrileges of Stockport." " Protection for our nuns," and cheer ing enthusiastically for the popular candidates. Con siderable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the booths, and several persons have been severely injured. The windows of Colonel Chatterton's com mittee-rooms in George-street have also been completely shattered, and it was seriously feared that a riot would take place before the close of the proceedings. For the preservation of peace, however, several troops of soldiers, cavalry and infantry, and police were drawn up in the vicinity of the polling place. Some of the cavalry (7th Dragoon Guards), who were continually moving through tie city, had their swords drawn, others had their car. bines unslung, and everything betrayed a readiness on their part to act at a moment's warning. At the close of the poll the final numbers were de clared as follows: Mr. William F,igan ... 2,184 Mr. Sergeant hlurPhY ••• 1.205 Colonel James Chatterton... ... 1,005 Mr. William L. Perrier 19U LI ‘IE RICK (CITY). LIMERICK, MONDAY FIGHT.—The occurrences of this day will never be forgotten. Anything to equal the awful results are not upon record, and, as time presses, I will merely mention that the 3d Dragoons and Infantry w e re pelted with stones, and severely injured by the female portion of the mob, which amounted to at least 20,000 persons, favourable to the Roman Catholic candidates, Sergeant O' Brien and Mr. Potter. ' Five of the Dragoons were unhorsed, and two officers wounded i r a in t g h t e on fa ,s ce il b oita by miss iles hurled at t hem . conflict. when The court w a s often There are thirteen persons u nder treatment at Bar oonesdeqautenhtaluf-ppoans tthe teno ,c the candidates and their friends were admitted to the galleries. To depict the scene at this moment would be impossible. Benches, bars, and seats were torn up by the mob in the Liberal interest, and burled with tremen dous violence at Mr. Russel l and his friends, several of s whom e : o seconded were d ercutt and woun ded. A DUD was flung from the gallery, and spiked on th e rails ben eath. ib e Mr. R usse ll was pr oposed by Mr. W. HOWLEY, and R. ROGER. Sergeanty M r. - O'Brien was proposed by Mr. MONSELL, late M.P. for this county, and seconded by the Rev. J. BEA. HAN, parish priest, St. Mary's. Mr. Potter was proposed by Counsellor DEVITT, and seconded by Mr. RALEIGH, tobacconist. seconders, one word could be heard from either proposers or al lowed ere, and the candidates at either side were not shivered to atoms Tili lo speak a word. are in requisition by in Limerick, the windows of every Roman Catholic promised to support Mr. Russell, were the mob, and military and police ( ain all quarters. The nomination for the A b L or K oUgh of Dundalk took place on Monday Mr. J. TURNER that town. a t tell o'clock, in the Court-house of nomination. LENNON seconded the The Rev. Dr. Kittann( proposed Mr. Peter Gartlan, and Mr. for the Irish Prima n : Bowyer, dwelt at great lenlgthixio of the Pope's rejected can didatespassing of the Ecclesiastical Titles proposing Mr. George the introduction and Russell, and said that he for one ;I BM by Lord John ; nev er would wish to see that man back in power again was doing; as he was, he would not do what Lord Derby * ( Ze in to i y rd ei perby for into every wound that Lord John Russell m was planting the sting of the scorpion,- s and groan%) The restorative that Lord Derby woul d give theca. after their wounds, was a dose of prussic acid. (che , rs an d hisses.) He then alluded to the ana of this country—the P r "" - and Catholic, and contended that Instant, Presbyterian, bishops of the former paid was as much as one of the condition of the churches mobaus the State; they educated the nothing fro m latter got reward that was proposed for their bens the whole of the C at holic clergy put together. The poor; and the beg Yby Lord Derby was to put volent exertions to g® then alluded to the ) fuoting of a lunatic asylum. e pro c essions , and said that crime, their_ (G roeasntasbfloisrhinLeonrtdee.7ll Derby.) proclamation against proe . drunkenness but their clergy could the land without let or hindrance, f' 3 church in their might stalk abroad through not even attend and itn2her"coransileYcration o religious habits without subjecting not paid they secution and a fine, and if the fine was would be dragged to prison like felons. a fit and proper person to represent them in Mr. R. Mu then • Jocelyn as G proposed Captain . themselves to . _a pro- Mr. CARAHER , a RomanCatholie gentlema n, seconded the nomination of Captain Jocelyn. The candidates having addressed the electors. The SHERIFF called for a show of h ands , which he declared to be in favour of Mr. B o wyer. A poll was then demanded beh alf of Captain o w n yer. Jocelyn. Mr. Gartlan has retired, so there of Mr. Bowy er ' s re t urn . is scarcely a doubt GALWAY (BOROUGH). th Whiggery hag sustained a repulse i n the rejeciion by e " City of the Tribes" of the claims of Lord Due kellin, backed though they were by all the influence of the house of Clanricarde. The two late Members have carried the day, and the Cullenites keep their ground in Galway. The numbers at the close Were— Mr. Anthony O'Flaherty 640 Mr. Martin J. Blake ... 462 Lord Dunkellin 284 ATHLONE. The numbers polled yesterday were as follows: — Keogh Lewes 10 At half-past ntne o'clock Mr. Lawes refused to poll any more until Mr. Keogh should produce his qualifica tion. Mr. Keogh refusing to do so , a protest was for mally made by Mr. Lewes's agen t, and the polling on the part of Mr. lames was d i scont inued. BELFAST. The Ministerial loss in the c.ty. of Cork has been covered by a victory in the Irish Manchester, the Liberal having been routed from the field and two Derby itea triumphantly returned. The final state of the poll stood thus: — Mr. Richard Davison 1,259 Mr. Hugh M'Caltnent Cairns 1,202 Mr. Robert James Tennant 904 CARRICKF,ERGUS. The attempt of Colonel Frith to open the borough has proved a failure. The Hon. Mr. Cotton has been re-elected. The numbers were— Hon. W. S. Cotton ... 288 Mr. Warren H. L. Frith ... ... 268 DROGHEDA. Sir W. Somerville having withdrawn, Mr. James M'Cann was returned without opposition. Nevertheless the polling went on, and 256 votes were recorded for the new Member. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. ADssrs. Napit-r and Hamilton were yesterday elected , without opposition. DU - GANNON. The Ministerialist has triumphed. The !lumbers were— Hon. Mr. Knox ... 100 Mr. Holmes... 22 ENNIS. The Papal brigade havo gained an able recruit in the person of Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, the eminent Que en 5 Counsel. The final state of the poll was as folloAs Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Q,C. •• 59 • The O'Gorman M a h on ... 46 SANDWICH ELECTION. (From the Kentish Gazette of yesterday.) Two o'clock on Thursday was the hear appointed for the nomination of two Ba rons f or the borou g h o f S a ndwich, De al, and Weimer. At th a t h our the Mayor, arrived on the hustings, and the formalities preparatory to the nomination were forthwith commenced. No had been to the returns of Lords Clinton and Paget "' been anticipated, or was known but a few hours t pre viously; and the surprise excited by an announcelne that a third candidate was in the field may be more readily James Wood, Esq., imagined than described. The new.candidate was J Eni e l e . Macgregor, Eiq , chairman of the South way Company ; and though that gentlernanEti A hade °tors, his advantage of canvassing the freemen and - Whigemeth appearance had the effect of inducing the e time of date, Lord Paget, to retire shortly before t undisputed nomination, and leave the Conservatives in a contest — possession. Such a victory—and without has been gratifying beyond conception. South-Eastern the for the representation, appropriate, but On the assembly being called to nominate WILLIAM MOCKETT, Esq., in a very Clinton; Y. p. in , brief speech, proposed Lord Charles .ee,.,.,,,. who was seconded by Captain v • INCENT, ee i , Esq., as a candidates W. LEE, Esq., proposed James Macgr ego r, seconded by F. in the ensuing Parliament, which was seo° l3 CARTER, Esq., of Deal. proper person to represent the interestsolthe borough The MAYOR then inquired if any time other gentleman to propose, and after waiting g somethat Lord and no one responding thereto, he declaredMaceregor, Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton and Jame s ' Esq., were duly elected. v•CLINTON then Lord CHARLES _PELHAM PELHA.-- C • cha racter. He said—Gentlemen , it is came forward amidst plaudits of a most greatestflattering freeman had any emen, i nresentative satisfaction that I find myse lf aga i n your roe.. was in a , I am doubly so upon the present occasion ; I. to be un able state of health at the last election, as sincere able to address you, or to return you had my conferred thanks the next day for the honour you d o I will. upon me, and now that I am able to° on ' that oc casion, which it is needful for rive There were one or two observations made up l to ; I with the . di y sturb the do not wish to rip up old grievances, I nor r b ermitted to quiet and peace of the town, but must a ! P r an invite say, I came down here five years eg o ' 'te as free tion I had received, which I accepted. I came t this t o t r o e p_ and independent as any mau could come . in o boron b er boroughtnongering as any borough could e I Chee rs)e —and since that time, five years ago, ceived many invitations to be put in nomina tionh. I found it as free from whet is termed to represent other towns, bat I preferred yours. — (Hear, hear.) I can only say, when I first came down, I did not know a single person; but during my canvass and residence amongst you I had made and found so many f r i en ds, th a t I felt determined to come back to them— ( Hear ) — and as you did not desert me at r the last contest, I will not desert you.--(Chee rs. ) You me as your representative with an over whelmin g majority, and I am satisfied that you gave a tone to the country at large which is being felt at the general elec tions—(Cheers)--for if, up to the piesent time, we have only received but few returns, we find the Conservative interest is gaining ground at railroad speed. The Noble Lord then referred to the circumstances of Mr. Grenfell's leaving them, and said this gave him an oppor tunity of coming back, and I thank you and those kind friends who conducted my election, for the attachment you then so very handsomely expressed. Gentlemen, I feel it my duty to give you some account of my steward• ship since that period. I hope I have given you every satisfaction by the votesl have given, and the attention I have paid to my Parliamentary duties. I have constantly attended the House, and well considered the subjects in discussion before I voted. Although I avow myself a general supporter of my Lord Derby's Government, I will not give my support to those measures he or any other member may introduce, unless I consider them calculated to promote the prosperity of this great country—(hear, hear)—and to prove to you that I are no party man, with respect to the Ramsgate Harbour Bill, I voted against the Governm e n., be "use I considered it beneficial to thi s borough ' so to do.—(Oheers.) I am not an orator, but if y ou will tear with toe a little while longer, I wish to make a remark or two about free trade. I bare always been opposed to it, for I do consider that it is not a system of free trade, but a partial measure for the bene fit of the foreigner and not for the English; if it were otnerwise, there is no man who would advocate it sooner than I would.—(Hear.) During my canvass, I found you all ware suffering from its ill effects upon your businesses; I have ascertained from you that under the old system, you were accustomed to go into the country with your goods, sell them, return with the money, and a fair profit, but now, you often return with those articles unsold, or if sold, on credit, for the farmers and their labourers are obliged to do this: then again, I have visited several shoemakers in this and neighbouring towns, and they too have com plained to me of the large importation of French boots into this country, and sold considerably under the price for which they can be manufactured by them; this all proves that the system of free trade is injurious in its effects, and requires an alteration, but at the same time I shall not advocate any attempts for an impoit duty on corn; I am glad to see the poor man enjoy a cheap loaf, but at the same time to remember the source from which that cheapness is obtained, viz., the land, and I ask, does the agriculturist receive .a remunerative return for the production of that cheap loaf? No, and, therefore, if my Lord Derby, or any other Noble Lord, introduces a measure to relieve this important class of society, without distressing the poor man, I shall give that measure my cordial support— (Applause)—for as I have said before, free trade, as it is at present, is not a free trade, and therefore requires the alteration and consideration of the Government.— (Hear.) I am perfectly free in my principles, am no party man, I hope never to change those principles, and whatever measures are brought forward by Ho nourable Members of the House of Commons, if they are calculated for the good of this country, I shall support them.—(Bear, hear.) The navigation and timber laws also require the attention of the Govern ment, for as at present constructed they are injurious to this country. Your worthy mayor is a timber merchant, , and I have learned from him, that no single vessel has been chartered in this river (Stour) since the passing of this Act. Russia and Norway are " receiving all benefits resulting from that Act instead of England; foreign timber is held in preference to our colonial, and why? On account of the injustice of those measures foreign vessels are obliged to be chartered to this coun try, and what benefit do the people of this country receive? Who mans those ships? foreigners; upon what do they subsist chiefly? grease and oil—(Laughter)— they do not visit our shopkeepers, but so soon as they obtain the amount of their freight, spend it in their own country.—(Hear, hear.) In my address, I made a re ference to Popery, a topic greatly ag itatin g the mind of the people—what I have there expressed I mean , and will advocate, it is the last thing in the world I should ever wish to see, viz.;—the Pope of Rome take the pre eminence of the Queen of England.—(Cheers.) In the annual grant of 30,0001. to the College of Maynooth, no Government was ever more gulled than that of Sir Robert Peel—(Hear, hear.) I wish to see a rigid in quiry made into the rac tices of those collegians, for I do consider i t a m oa t unjust measure to devote Protestant money to Roman C a th o lic purpo ses ,— (Applause.) In concl u sion, gentlemen, it is with the greatest pl easure that I see . on m y l e ft t h e gentleman who h as b een elected b y you as m y co ll eague —a man of undoubted talent, and influence in the commercial interests; I am proud to have such a colleague, to co-operate with me in promoting all that we can for the interests and good of this borough.—_ (Cheers.) I will now take my leave of you, again thanking you for the high honour you have conferred on me, and that when I return again amongst you, you will find I am a man of honour and integrity.—(The Noble Lord sac down amid much cheering.) JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., on rising was received with loud applause. He said—Freemen and electors, you h a ve not only conferred upon me the highest honour which a commoner can receive, but you have conferred that honour upon me in so distinguished, so flattering a I man ner, that I kno w not in what te rms to make my grateful acknowledg ments. I am we ll aware that I' h av e expected to have such an honour con- On personal grounds, but that in 1 Seliej m Y e you express your approbation of of t ho se 5,000 men whose capital has been employed enterprise iron roads of the en. could riot i:rst!,oi upon 1134:601 1 i n g employsd in County have been pleased to pl ace or Kent, and who • rce .—(Cheers.) Having for their confidence in • engaged in the management of th e r nue) , years been be idle for me to suppose myself of Kent, it would difficulty in finding m eltieg the offer myself as a candi applied to at an earlier period to date to represent your borough in Parliament, I declined . a stranger in any part of the county. When I was to come forward, because I fel; sure that you could have no an abler and a bett er man, and one less hardened with o ccupat i on than I am; but when I received your requisition yesterday, informing me that it was y our pleasure under all c i rcums t an ces to nominate me, and to' 1852„ her prospects? and did you not then feel, that among other charges brought against you at that bit from which there ihallhe no ;weal, this charge would be written against your name, and that the Judge would then say,—' Inasmuch as you did it unto the least 01 these, you did it unto me?"' Mr. NIA9 . A.IILAY, in opening the plAintiff 's co to the iury, commented upon the propriety and delicacy of the plaintiff's leners, end the coarse vulgarity displayed in those of the defendant, whoM ha described as a man of so hot and tyrannical a temper that he had acquired the tole of 6 ' ling of the Marsh." he charged the defend ant with having stated in an affidavit that the plaintiff had been actuated by mercenary motives; and he wanted to know what the defendant meant by making such an, imputation, when he knew that she had at first declined his addresses on the ground that at that time her affec tion for him was not sufficiently strong. He challenged the production of that affidavit, and also of the letter of the defendant, to which the plaintiff's first letter was an answer, and which had beeUreturned. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS objected to his Learned Friend swing any matter which he was not prepared to prove. The Learned JuDGE thought that Mr. MacAulay ought confine himself to matters which he could prove affirm ' Afr. MACAULA.Y then resumed his address. He knew what the object of his Learned Feiend was. If he could avoid the necessity of giving any evidence on the part of the defendant he would then, when he had made his speech, take the opportunity of rioting like a rhinoceros in a jungle—(Great laughter)—and what he (Mr. Macaulay) wanted was to compel him by evidence rather than by comment to explain the grounds upon which he justified the extraordinary conduct of his client. He was sure, however, that the jury would riot be diverted from the path of their duty, but would give to the plaintiff ample compensation for the serious injury which she had sustained at the hands of the defendant. The letters having been put in, and the facts proved as above stated, _ Mr. Sergeant Wriaritis addressed the jury for the de fendant. He commenced by observing that those who were not acquainted With his Learned Friend might also imagine, from the elegant language . which he had used, that his Learned Friend had conceived some personal pique against him. He had spoken . of his rioting like a rhinoceros in a jungle, or bull in a chins shop, and yet his Learned friend took upon himself to be hypercriti cal as to the language of the defendant's letter. He would not say that his friend reminded him of a rhino cerous in a jungle, or.a bull in a 'china shop, but when he thought of the havoc which he had made with the plaintiff's ,case he could not help thinking of the old adage, expressingit delicately to suit his Learned Friend, of a Jerusalem pony dancing among the chickens.— (Great laughter.) He. was certainly not surprised that his Learned Friend had got it into his head to suggest something about mercenary motives, for any one who read this correspondence must see. that the beginning. middle, and end of it was pounds, . shillings, and pence. Mere was certainly no Hibernian warmth about it... The letters generally began with the freezing monosyllable. " Sir," . and tended " Your respectfully." Once the defendant had gone so far as to begin " Dear Eliza," bat they never got to the superla tive; and great must have been the disappointment of the young ladies and gentlemen who had come there ex pecting tohear the warm expressions of youthful affec tion, " Light of my soul," " adorable charmer," or the glowing description of " an eye which would 'tice a cat from a herring."—(Laughter.) It was abundantly clear that from the early part of 1849 the intercourse between the plaintiff and defendant bad wholly ceased; and it was not until the defendant insisted upon the payment of the money which he had lent that the present action was dreamt of. The plaintiff herself had said that she had not that affection for the defendant which could induce her to marry him, and what. was• there since to alter that intention? According •to the account which his Learned Friend had given of the defendant, what was there in this " King of the • Marsh," this coarse vulgar tyrant, who chewed tobacco to win her affec tion? What evidence was there that he had done so? • • Where was the delicacy of the lady, who pointedly • refused to• 'pay . her debts until a man for whom she had no affection would fulfil a promise to marry her? She would, in his judgment, have exhibited more true religion by tho honest pay ment of her d e b ts than by the arrogant application of scriptural quotations to her own pretended Wrongs. Bat an appeal was made to the symputhi es of the j ury on behalf of this poor in jured " orphan—an orphan of 46 . years of age! It reminded him of a story current on this circuit of one of its former members, the late Mr. Clarke, who hap pened, when he was nearly 80, to be opposed to Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, who made a similar appeal on be half of his Client, a lady of the age of 42. When it came to Mr. Clarke's turn to address, he said, " Gen tlemen, an attempt has been made to excite your sym pathies on - the part of the plaintiff on the ground that she is an orphan; but - father's and 'mothers cannot live for ever. Gentlemen, lam myself an orphan."— (Laughteo Altogether, the preient case was one in which he was satisfied that the smallest amount of da mages was . sufficient to compensate the plaintiff for any loss which she had sustained. • The Learned JUDGE summed up, and The jury, hating retired for a short time, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Dainaees, 6001. EXTRAORDINARY AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF FOUR HUNDRED LA rfER.DAY SAINTS. NEWPORT, TUESDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday evening a most remarkable occurrence took place here, which, while it appeared to involve. the livcs of three or four hundred persons, did not inflict the slightest injury on a single individual. The Lifter-day Saints, or Mormonites, have of late years so greatly increased in the colliery districts in the neighbourhood of this place that an organised body now exists here, with elders and prophets at their head, and a regularly constituted government. to direct their spiri tual and temporal aftiirs. Annually thes e p eop l e hold a conference, at w hi c h t h e chiefs of th e b ody assemble, and communications w i th their brethren i n other qua rters are made. This y ear some o f t h e eld ers who had b een i n the camp on the borders of the. Great Salt Lake were ex pected at the Newport conference, and preparations on an extensive scale for. their reception, and for the general celebration of the festival, were being carried out. It was also.expected, or ambiguously hinted, that miracles would be performed; and the credulous Welsh, ever ready to follow any ." newfangled doctrine," gave ear thereto as.believers. • • Yesterday evening, after the conclusion of one of the services, the brethren, the saints, and the elders assem bled together in a large building .known as Sunderland hall, where it was intended to celebrated the occasion by a tea festival on a grand scale. About four hundred persons (men, women, and chil dren) were sitting down, after a blessing had been in voked by. the elders,.and a. pleasant festivity was anti cipated... Suddenly. a creaking noise was heard, fol lowed by a sound like a crash of thunder, and imme diately the lofty ceiling of.exactly. one-half of the hall, divided in the centre of a large beam, fell almost flat upon the multitude below. • • A terrific shrieking, and screaming, and groaning en sued. The residents in the neighbourhood, apprehend.. ing some frightful casualty, rushed out of their houses, and were almost paralysed by the continued screams and groans. Presently the windows were burst out, and the affrighted Mormons appeared, terrified, screaming for help, while some actually flung themielves into the street, and others, clinging to the bills and frames, made those below shudder' at their anticipated death or fright ful mutilation. A scene of indescribable horror ensued. The crowd of spectators rushed towards the doors of the hall, which , they burst in, as well'as they were able from the mass of rubbish,' &c., that had fallen inside; and here the spec tacle was frightful in the extreme. The people were huddled together in crowds beneath the some crowding to the themselves the doors, as many struggling to extricate a c among which from the heaps of broken rafters, lint, oi witidows;•some m r o u they were embedded. Assistance was after much difficulty the unfortunatecoudition. r . e n d en e ag re tt d o , w a and rds extricated from their' perilous condition. r s in hl onites were riot a single Latter-day supported It is most remarkable Quiteis accident, one-half of f although th e washe jail, While attached thereto were the the Saint ceiling eil ing received ceiling °Utile whole injur a y nd fro w m a4 th singular that-the portion of the ceiling be neath't lt is also n‘; which had previously prophets " sat 1 . which the l• elders or was per fectlywmiracle is supposed by the infa tuated heavy pieces of timber Nothing less than .a Latter-day Saints to have preserved so large a uninjured and sound. number of which app eare d persons from thniate of. death, n so u inevitable; and a great reaction in thir favour will be the result smong the half-converted disciples of Joe Smith 'who abound in this quarter, Th e rßplainder of .the evening's services was devoted to thanksgiving for the miracle which had been per formed .by the elders in..fivour of the true believers. This portion of the service, however , was carr i e d on in another hall, where ther e was not any risk of another miracle.belug worked. . . . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTsMuUTH, TUESDAY . — Yesterday morning her TtuhreueEdianto Cdoiwspeastchtoyabech Majesty's yachts Victoria and Albert and Fairy re- Balliston, goes to Osborne dailyAActing yacht,. iin attendance upon the Court. We are informed a new system • of ne with the a sengers, papers, &c. Master(foeemnm,sts332deesf en for the fleetwill be b roug h t into operation priy b Excellent in O ctober but no seaman will be allowed to take his seamen n the of the ship's books. . . . pay monthly until he has been six months on The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate Captain L. T. Jones, having . receiv e d an over h au l an d refit, came out of the steam•basin to-day and hauled alongside her bulk to receive her crew and prepare again for sea. She rebent sails this.evening. • The Conflict, 8, screw steam-sloop, has been taken from the steam-basin to-day under the shears to have her masts taken out, as they are reported rotten. The Fearless paddle steam-vessel sailed to-day for the eastward, with k.upernumerarics; SHEERNESS, JULY 13.—Her Majesty's ship Hawke, 72 (reduced Christian VII.), has been removed from her tpoorings in the harbour, and placed on the north side cf the fitting basin, preparatory to being docked, to have necessary repairs effected. • Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire, Mr. Brockman, second master,' cetanandirg, h ay i nc ,' completed her internal fittings. &e., got h., Stem : ypet7oert.dt.a.yti Having g p proceeded al ealongsireturnedde t t e h t h e her F or dr:eetruideeg,Cnon i d ! will forthwith resume her duties as tender to the Wa terloo, 120, Port-Admiral's flig-ship. I o e n , e h r a s friaje crossed stedhsehri ship V lower ei'2 yards C.; Captai n andtop topsail i e l y . B s r . .. ri s , el m and il- will be all ataut in a few d a y s . .n w g h o e f .fl thesteam l ot - h ve i s a s s e t l . t C e u e ek h o ft o tb L i a a , e e s n ty t i Lnl paddle er ni dis li pa e t r ch M ed ai and returned in the afteram. Some supernumerary boyof her Majesty's ship Waterloo have been fent to Chatham for service in the Meander, 44, Captain Charles Talbot, EXPERIMENTS ON ANCHORS. The preparations for the second series of anchor trials have been commit:need ozi the beach off Garrison Point The purchase for testing (with the exception of the use of the sheers) will be on the same principle as that used in the parade ground of the dockyard. The anchors are to be cast at low neap tides in about 12 fathoms water, and, having been placed in a proper position, be hove uP, the beach on an inclined plane. The soil is composed et clay, sand, and shingle. In consequence of the repre sentatives of the ship owner of Great Britain being tie able to be present on Friday next (the day fixed for the commencement of the experiments) the trials are post paned until the 23d inst. From an atteetive examination cf the results of the recent trials, it appears that Trotman's Improved Por- ter's Anchor was submitted to seven tests, proving itself to possess vastly superior holding qualities to four others of equil weight, as also to one 20 per cent• heavier. In two cases only—viz.. when placed in op. position to Admiralty anchors of 50 and 75 per ceat• greater weight than itself, could it be drawn out of the ground. _ Out of the three trials efforded Mr. Honiball, his anchor proved superior in two of them, yielding only to tts rival —Mr. Tr o t mau ' s . Mitcheson and Son a ' proved successful in five out of six trials. Rodger's in two out of five. /The Admiralty new anchor of 25 cwt. in one out of six, and that when opposed to Mr. G. W. Lennox's* Mr. Aylen's in two out of five, beating the Admiralty and American anchors. So far, then, as the have gone, the heel anchors, as iegards holding qualities, are, unquestioa• ably, Trotman's, 'lonicsles, and Mitcheson and Sons', in the order here given. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, JULY 13.—Commander George R. vitol dridge (1849), at present tho senior Admiralty agent:on board a contract mail steam-vessel, to command the In' flexible, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 378-horse power, at Portsmouth, vice Commander Pech6 H. Dyke, ill charge of that steam-sloop since July 12, 1850. Lieutenants Frederick G. C. Paget (1852), recently promoted to be additional lieutenant on board the Meander, 44, at Chatham; George D. Broad (1852), 1 0 the Megmra screw steam troop-ship, at Sheerness. Mate F. A. Hume (1851), from the Queen, 116, at Devonport, to the Meander. Naval Cadet C. C. Hassell to the Meander. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander W. H. Allen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday evening on her return trotn towing the Isabel, Commander Ingle' field, to Peterhead, on her way to the Arctid regions 10 search for Sir John Franklin and his long absent cool' panions. THE CO N Tit V MARKETS. IPSWICH, JULY 13. The supply of wheat at market is of the most trifling charact( r; but the splendid weather we are now exPe: vowing keeps the trade dull, and sales were made t about a shilling per quarter in favour of the buyer. The bean crop a pp ears to b e much injured and full price are maintained. PER. QUARTER. PER QUARTO Wheat, red ........ . 39s to 41s Peas 3ls to 3 20 Ditto, white 46s to 478 Oats oos to 000 Barley Ditto ..~... Beans ... 00s to (I `' AVERAGES FOR. TEE WEEK ENDING JULY 10, 1852. Wheat Barley Beans ...... 33 „ 318 9d Peas 'HULL, JULY 13. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states:—Th e weather during the whole of the past week has bees everything that the agriculturist could desire, and under its influence, combined with the excitement attendant upon the elections, business in grain has been W" ow suspended. There was on l y a moderate supply o f wheat from our farmer s t o• d ay; the market was dull at is be low the prices current l ast Tuesday, b at farmers w ere , very unwilli ng se ll ers at th i s reduction. We did not hear of a tr ansact i on i n f ore i gn wheat. Th e d eman d for barley is only s l ac k, an d t h e mar k e t rather ch ea per! Other descriptions of s p r i ng co rn are neglected, with the exception of beans, which meet a retail sal e a t fun prices. Only limit e d tran sactions in linse e d ; ca k e s are rather firmer, and rape cakes have recovered their de pres.ion. The present arrivals of bones go t o the yard. The following are the present prices of grai n s. s. Wheat, English, red 37 to 3P'" Peas, white ."' _.ite and yel. 3' 2 ...... s o Do. white — 4 l —43 D o . grey 28 46 Dantzic and Ko- Linseed, Black S ea . 44 -- 4 5 nigsberg 4O 44 Do. Petersburgh ... 42 -- 4 0 39 Do. Konigsberg Do. Riga & Archngl. 38 -- 4 0 ''" 36 p:to--- n • Pomeranian llamburgh and s 6 Danish, Holstein, & Friesland ...... 34 —3B Lins. c Hull 71 Os Od to 71 ,,t Russian and Odessa 34 —3B Do. fine for. ...71 Os Od to Of t o ; Oats, English Do. Danish.... Do. Friesland Do. Russ. & Odessa 15 —lB Tares, English 34s --' Zit Barley,malting 23 —3O Do. foreign 08 3 -- .7 ) , Do. grinding ........ 25 28 Guano Beans ............... .. 31 —33 Bones, do B7s 6d to ov -71 °I) Do., foreign 29 32 Rye Meal CORK, JULY 12. Barrels. earrencti• , ad e 0 White wheat 00e Od to 00s Od Od-2 0 0 Barley ......... Od to 00s Od o Ditto ......... 00s Od to 00. Od 00s do 0 Ditto .. ....,. 00 s Od t o 00s Od 0 Bere ........ ....001 Od to 00s Od Os Od 66 Oats. ......... ..10s 2d to 11s Od ) 0 Ditto ...... 00s Od to 00s Od 10. 6d—O do 0 Ditto ..... 00s Od to 00s Od ) 0 Pigs. ........ 00s Od to 00s Od 001 Od per evit Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 0 barley; 0 bere; 19 ostai 0 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last weeks...* Wheat, 1. Barley, 1. Oats, 700. Pigs, 0. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CUMLINCY. g m First quality Second quality Third quality 6ls Third quality 49; Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality ...... .... ..... 40. Sixth quality Coax.—Flour —First 121 6d to 13, 6d ; extra 141 : 5 0 4 9g i seconds, 10. 6d to 12s • households 9s to 10s 6d ; thirds, 70 1 , per cwt. Oatmeal 10. dd tolls Od; Indian meal tog 886 d; wh iP ,: a . meal, 108 to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 7115, 2e 6d per Lo Bran 8080 d to 00s per ton. Hay—Farmers 18s Od to 255; arels 00s; dealers ;28 to 38 8 Od ; average 03s per ton. Straw_ Faro ; 211 Od to 22s Od; average 00s; dealers 271 Od to 00s fi ; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to so household loaf 5d t o Od per 41b. Fresh butter, B°',., 10d per lb. Eggs -3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Co r igh Newport 14. Od ; Lydney 15s • Landore 001; Cw,i f t., 12a 6d per ton. Tallow 39 2 s Od to 40s per sat t Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 4 r "to —Beef 4d to 7d ; mutton 5d to 64d ; veal noPO 7d ; pork 44 to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb " en& 818 s to 910. per cwt. Bangor slates 2117 s 6d to 310 s pe' " i i - e . Bark, red 71 to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 14s to 15s per ste_..d Hemp 291 t0 341 per t on . Fi sh—Scotch h err i ngs 18 s t o 19 0; ditto, 24s to 00, per b arrel ; Newfoun dl an d, 10/ Os to 11/4f ditto,to n Timber—Memel, i n l b s e s r per 1 1 , I t e o ro n 71, deals, s hir 15 per ton to on; red pine, 315 1; T 0 , 181 per 100. HI s . ~.s Otes to9dll/t4pe Market 18, to 261; salted 20s to 22s per cwt • calf . „ 1 “ ) ; 3d to Od per - • ..... ' aro. 10d to 12d. Gtian° - -_ e , ru 1' 1' 14 1 1: V iii. Archangel, 19e per nerTe.- I h pPotaintanooll,,,vv:llli RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, JULY 13. sTocx EXCIIA.NGE.—The business to-day was very limited' but prices firm. The only tra nsact i ons reported were—Brist° and Exeter, 104 cash—Great Western, 10434. E xc cas i s t . g a uoT r I nwht a i:te E os . di transactionsaTi h ,i e . . . . . o s n h Ed a a s r share pricesmeL r a ea r na k cs e a t fsohll or z presentedgenerally:2_l had a an b_de r:d dte f e ei : LIVERPOOL, JULY 13. proved STOc appearanceK burtle u — g c Y E h a u a s n p t w d e r a n G r d l 31%—Edinburgh, Perth, and Pu r : 4 - 7 7 ,54 ' —6l3—ittGo,reFaitft\hVzs2tlrnd,isl.o_3l/2Liv—eLrpaonorhcirroesabnyd Yorkshire,- t. 207/B—London and North-Western, 135—Ditton,FdifSth°311,th6P71,,„7 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34%—lgicll'" ' 79 th — South-Eastern and Dover, 23%. MANCHESTER, JULY 13. 100 done STOCK to-day, o. d a E y x , EXCHANGE.—There Li without . —Th materialer e Ni transactions were as follow:—Blackburn (No. 1), 74 . • Chester and Holyhead, 23% —Eastern Counties,_ 14—EdS burgh and Glasgow, 3 , 1 , /,, —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 201. P .. alteration a s a fairan? ln oun pr tr s b . us i T . i . 3 8 Wilier" .. 0 Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 2% p. 33—Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34— Midland, 79. Shares, 1-16 p.—London and North-Western, N ew South-Eastern and Dover, 22 11-16. —Scottish Midland, 14—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), BIRMINGHAM, JULY 13. isToca EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was rather it mited, but prices were firm. The transactions were as f.,,c, low :—Alidland, 7734—Shrewsbury and Birmingham 0" . 6 3 4 —Shropshire Union, 2/. 16s. 3d. dis. half' LONDON AND GREBNWICII At ,_,The e yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday, at The office, in Coleman street. Air Shadbolt took the chair. . n a accounts showed that the receipts were 21,580/. 7s. 5d., - th e the balance in hand was 10,2951 15s. 6d., out of which re , directors proposed to pay a dividend of 4s. 9d. per shar e ' being ad. more than at the last half-yearly meeting. A A . some discussion the accounts and dividend were adopte d Mr. Levi moved, and Mr. M'Laren seconded, a vote of thg n s4 to the chairman and meeting adjou rne d . dir ectors, which was carried, when BiliTLlk On the 9th i nst. OF A SON. Henry Webb. ,at Peter's-bill, Doctors -commons, On the Bth inst., at the Collegiate School, Southarnllt °ll ' the wife of James Duncan, Esq., M.A. OF A OAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., at Victoria-road, Kensington, the Alfa L ll e o i s g li h y s n , /E s A ss b e r x a . hall, Esq. o o f f O L T. ttniti:hee 9 th inst., the wife of the Rev. John G reen , rectoC MARRIED. On th e B t h inst , at Hemingtord Abbotts, Alf re d Ric. - uar ti Cecil, the youngest son of the Rev. Townshead canon of Gloucester, and rector of Kilmington, to Mello.. Charlotte, the youngest daughter of th e R ev . E . S e lwr rector of ll6mingtord Abbotts. DIED On the Bth inst., at the Rectory, Welwyn, Herta, the S Johnes Knight, of Henley-hall, Shropshire, aged 97. , On the 9th inst., at Birdbrook, near Halstead, Dist Elizabeth, relict of John Simcocke s , E sq ., l a t e M a j or ill M sth Regiment of Infantry, On the 9th inst.. at Blackwater, I s l e o f Wi g ht, aged , . g :x. James Rutherford, Esq., of .Nottingham -place, Regent's P? On the 7th inst , at Hastings, J. Dutton, Esq., aged 70 .,0 On the 7th inst., at Crootn's-hill, Blackheath, Anni youngest daughter of the late F. A. Jefferie, Esq. London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG: 0, No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Offi ce , No. oi Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the govatf Middlettai Wedgooday, 1602, I , „r, I