The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-03 00:00:00

TAMWORTH On Wednesday the election of two members to serve for the borough of Tamworth took place, when Sir R. Peel and Wm. Y. Peel were proposed. Sir R. PEEL, who was most hiudly cheered on present ing himself, then spoke as follows :—I have seen this town torn by conflicts during elections ; I have seen great divisions of party ; I have seen the most strenuous efforts made in favour of this and that candidate ; but can any man say that a voter at Tamworth had his vote influenced by a bribe ? What, gentlemen, have been my public principles, and have I departed from them ? When I ad dressed you before I have said I am a loyal and devoted subject of the Queen ; T wish to see every prerogative of the monarchy preserved—have I done anything to trench on the just prerogative of the monarch? I have wished to see the power of the Crown maintained by the just ad ministration of the law—to see the power of the Crown resting upon general contentment, upon loyalty, upon the affectionate devotion towards their sovereign which this country would be base and ungrateful indeed if they did not - manif es t t owar d s th a t Q ueen w ho now rules over our destinies. . Well, have wished that the Church should be maintained in its legitimate influence. I wished to see the Church gaining upon dissent ; but I wished to see it gain upon dissent by extending its ministrations among the people. Idop't wa n t t o see t h e Ch urc h su pp or t e d by unjust laws, injuriously affecting those who dissent from her doctri nes. These are th e o bj ec t s o f t r ue Conserva tive policy which I wished to uphold. I have wished to see the House of Lords in the possession of all its just authority. I attach the utmost importance to the main tenance, in this country, of all hereditary nobility. I be- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ELECTIONS, 4-c LIVERPOOL. THE NOMINATION On Wednesday forenoon, the nomination of the can didates for the representation of our borough in Parlia anent, took place at the hustings erected in front of the Town-hall. The attendance was large in and about the temporary erection, but not so -very numerous outside as on former occasions. The 'usual preliminaries having been gone through, the Mayor stated the object, and Mr. W. EARLE appeared to propose Sir Thomas Birch. By this time the electors must be tired of speech making, and there was the .less means for him to de tain them long, as he had a good man to propose, one who was advantageously known to them. The two can didates to whom he was most opposed were strangers to , us. (No, no.) One of them was an avowed protec tionist, and could the electorswate for him ? Free-trade was not a theory, but a matter of positive experiment. He wanted protection from unjust laws that interfered with the comforts of life. The gallant baronet claimed their votes as a Protestant, but this did not qualify him for the representation of such a town, for he knew nothing of commerce, and scarcely knew the difference between a truss and a bale. He admitted that both these men were of excellent character, but this did not qualify them to represent this town. He greatly admired Sir Thomas Birch. He had never blinked a question put to him, but had answered plainly and straightforwardly. He stated that 'his opinions were honest, and he would maintain them. He did not come to bamboozle the people—saying he would do this sind that, when it was utterly out of his power. After speaking in terms of respect to Mr. Card well, he proposed his friend Sir T. Birch. (Cheers.) Mr. HORNBY seconded the nomination, expressing his concurrence in what had been said by Mr. Earle. Some questions had been put during - the canvas, of importance in themselves, but little affecting the interests of Liver pool. The question of the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy would not be brought forward at all. As plain sensible men of business they ought to look to the fitness of the candidates, whose duties were snore arduous than those who represented most other towns. He re ferred to the free-trade measures of last session, and trusted they would not so far stultify themselves as to elicit the most dangerous enemies of any measures of im provement. He trusted that hy electing Sir T. B. Birch they would proclaim to the world that the first commer cial city in the world gave its sanction to the principles of free-trade. Mr. T. B. 11c......„ ate Sir D. Mackworth. Cold must that man be who did not feel the great loss they had sustained in the retirement of their old members. He (in reply to Mr. Earle) would nay that he supported Sir D. Mackworth because he would legislate upon principle and not upon expediency. He (Sir D. Mackworth) would oppose the system of expedi ency which would turn the national wealth into national poverty, and our great national religion into national infi delity. (Some uproar.) He supported bim because he would do justice to the ships and commerce of the country, and ably support the great principles of commercial legis lation. (Great applause.) Mr. SAMUEL HOLME seconded the nomination of Sir Digby. The worthy baronet would maintain the rights and liberties of the people. Two antagonistic principles were now developing themselves and struggling for ascen dency, and it remained with the electors of England t _ _ mil forward to nomin- say whether the British constitution should remain in all its integrity, in all its elements, and in all its moral gran deur; or whether a system of sapping and mining should go on, destroying the roots of the constitution, and de priving the tree of all its boasted glories? The great and essential basis of the navigation laws must be sustained, otherwise thousands of industrious artisans would be thrown out of employment, and the shock would be felt by the whole country. He dissented from Peel's currency bill, and said that the sunniest spots on the globe were those where Protestantis mmost flourished. (Loud cheers.) Mr NAYLOR briefly proposed Lord J. MANNERS, but was not well heard by the reporters, from his being dis- Cant from them Mr. W. POTTER, in a long and eloquent speech, se conded the nomination. The shipping interests, he was confident, would require the best support that could be given to them, for he was firmly convinced that there would be an onslaught on the navigation laws in the next greatest importance to the country, and the sustenance of those laws in all their pristine power should have their most decided support (hear.) But it was not on this ground alone that he was anxious to see Lord John Man ners returned. It was his high moral and mental qualifi cation—(cheers)—for he endeavoured, as far as in him lay, to promote the improvement of the intellectual con dition of the people, and to raise them in the scale of so ciety, socially and physically, by the spread of more gene ral education founded on Christian principles. (Loud cheers.) Sir T. BRANCKER then proposed Mr. Cardwell. It was their duty to return such men only as understood the great mercantile interests of the town. The candidate he proposed was in every respect, he believed, a fit successor to Lord Sandon. and the noble lord himself had told him (Sir T. B.) that he would prove himself a most able repre sentative. If the opportunity were afforded to him (Mr. Cardwell) he would soon prove himself the most rising statesman of the present day, and he did not despair of seeing him the prime minister of the country. (Cheers.) Alderman BRAMLEY-MOORS, in an excellent speech seconded the nomination of Mr. Cardwell. /age had no fear on his own part of Mr. Cardwell's doingMlything to - affect the usefulness of theaavigatiort laws 4 •vfhieh -consti tuted the glory and prosperity of the nation. As a ship owner, he gave them the assurance that he firmly believed Mr. Cardwell would never do anything to oppose the in terests of the great body of the electors of Liverpool on that score. With regard to another very important ques tion—he alluded to the poor laws—Mr. Cardwell had voted manfully against the oppressive clauses of that bill, and had supported, in connexion with it, the most lenient measures. Our local interests required great and vigilant attention. We could depend on Mr. Cardwell, for in him we had a man of energy and alacrity, one who would do all that man could do to protect our rights and advance our interests. Mr. Cardwell was, he believed, the man most likely to tread in Lord Sandon's steps—(hear, hear, and cheers)—so as to advance the interests of the town of Liverpool. No other candidates being proposed, . . . . Sir Taos. BIRCH proceeded to address the electors. He looked with confidence to the result of the coming election, in placing him in the proud position to which he aspired. He belonged to what was called the liberal party, whose object was to extend commercial intercourse, to reduce taxation, to ameliorate the criminal code, to effect a reform in Parliament, and to introduce a good system of education amongst the people. (Applause). No one could visit our docks and witness the foreign intercourse which was going on, and the employment given to our artizans, from distant climes, without acknowledgment of the policy of the .measures which had been adopted, and without acknowledging that the opening of trade had been of the greatest possible advantage to all, and been product ive of great, signal, and progressive advantage to the whole community. ,Cheers.) He next alluded to the system of taxation, mentioning many obnoxious duties which he wished to see repealed, or altered. He objected to the excise laws, as harassing, vexatious, and embarrassing the ingenuity, enterprise, and ability of the people. He would support a property in preference to an income tax, though it would injure him personally. He did not ad mire the cry of no-Popery at election times, gave his former opinion on the question of Roman Catholic endow ment, and on the navigation laws, and retired amidst con siderable applause. Sir D. MACKWORTH next stood forward, was received with very much approbation. With allusion to the extension of our trade, he said he should favour the making of a railway through the centre of all India, which excited cheers and laughter. Notwithstanding what had been said of his not being versed in commercial transac tions, he would not have presented himself had he not had some knowledge of such pursuits ; and though he put religion in the van, he would not put commerce in the rear. With regard to the Roman Catholics, they had not a more firm friend than himself. He wished to see them educated in a proper manner, but he denounced the es tablishment of popery in this kingdom. (Great cheering.) Lord J. MANNERS then spoke amidst considerable cheering, mingled with uproar. The bill-stickers of Liverpool had given his demerits some notoriety. He was said to have published bad poems, and that he had not passed the grand climacteric,. which was perhaps true. Older men had written indifferent poetry. He came to vindicate great public principles, and wished them to decide upon public interests alone. (Cheers.) Were they prepared to support the national party of England, and a national policy, or to adhere to a policy that knew not a distinction between Prussia and England ? Would they support a system of legislation which has promoted the social, physical, and intellectual improvement of the people of England, or would they give in their adhesion to the sys tem which is founded on the dogmas of an experimental philosophy ? He was for a reduction of duties on tea and tobacco, and for repealing those anomalous laws which obliged 2d. a pot more for beer to be paid than ought to be paid. There was in the vast assemblage he then ad dressed none more attached to the Church of England, her formularies, doctrines, and disciplines, than himself. (Cheers and disapprobation.) He would not endow the Roman Catholic Church out of the funds of the Church of Ireland, or out of the consolidated fund, or out of a compulsory tax o I the land of Ireland, He contested Liverpool not to gratify personal feeling, but if the electors thought the system he had submitted was the best, and if they were not disposed to place everything at the feet of a set of political economists, then, though he admitted his deficiency, he hoped to receive their suffrages. (Loud tr. CARDWELL next presented himself, and was re xd with great applanse. They had now come to the of the canvas, and no word had fallen to wound the delicate feeling of any one present. They had been to a beautiful picture, in which they were told of Ohio was on the one side of the water, and , ster on the other, rejoicing in the e and the manufactures of each 3 less truly than of mercy, it blessed--its quality was not aid him who re- vrative ofMancl Of commerce ith him who gay lie thought er, the picture was not eonr- , it in this part of the wo r ld, tird person of considerable im -y wou ld have placed the farmer .uu the operative of Manchester on --- merchant, the shipowner, the ship xrtisan of Liverpool in the centre, —they mns of transferring the corn of Ohio to )perativc of Manchester, and who trans ce of Manchester to the families of Ohio, maintenance and wealth by reasonable aso (a nclause). We laboured under an If they hac there wot of Ohio on one side the other, with the who w the in( (erred lustria payment tor (.1 unprecedented scarcity of corn and of cotton—two of the direst visitations to which a country like ours could be aabjected• Yet much as we had suffered, no other country had been so greatly blessed in commanding the graniries of the western world (hear, hear, and applause). Our exports had indeed fallen off, but only very slightly,; and most-of the falling-off was due to the impoverish ment 'df other countries like ourselves. The case was. conclusive—to substitute the cloth of England for the coned Ammica. He meditated -no change in the Navi; gation Laws prejudicial to their interests. Would they be blinded by a cry, or be led by facts.? He reposed in, their judgment with the most perfect confidence ; and felt assured they would look with pleasure upon the adep... tion of the measures which bad tended to increase their commercial prosperity (hear, and applause). He would ask them plainly whether they were for going backwards or forwards ?—(Cries of " Forwardsl") Gentlemen (said Mr. Cardwell), the vessel of the state rides upon a stormy .element, and has to conflict with much danger ; by the blesslog di Cod upon the skill that guides her, and the energetic - hands that man her, give her sea room, and she must be safe (loud applause). There are 'two things she must not 110, she must not be allowed to make stern wav—(hear, hear and great applausel—or suffered to take ground upon any of the shoals of prejudice (hear, hear, and applause). In reply to a question from Mr. Hardy, Sir D. MACK WORTH said he would not vote for the removal of the re maining:disabilities under which the Romanists laboured. Mr. CARDWELL, in reply to the same question, said he had already voted, and should again vote for the removal of obsolete and offensive penalties. Many other questions were put, but neither these nor the-replies-were very distinctly heard. Sir Digby Mack worth said emphatically that he should vote for the repeal of the Roman Catholic emancipation bill. The show of hands•was declared to be in favor of Sir T. B. Birth and Sir Digby Mackworth, and, a poll being demanded, the meeting adjourned. _ _ THE'' Pi;LLING.—The polling commenced at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and was carried en with considerable.animation until the close, four in the ,after noon. The town was divided into five districts—Evertou, Kirkdale, Lwerpool, Toxteth Park, and West Derby. Liverpool had twelve polling booths, Toxteth Park two, and the others one each. The dividing of the voters• tended greatly to reduce the excitement that might other wise have been manifested by antagonist parties. 'Coin paratively few recorded their votes during the first hour. 'Mr. Cardwell took the lead from the beginning, Sir T. Birch second, Sir D. Mackworth third, and Lord John Manners. rather far behind. At one o'clock the numbers (according to Mr. Cardwell's committee) were, for Mr. .Cardwell, 2309,; Sir Thos Birch, 2100; Sir Digby Mack worth, 1601; and for Lord John Manners, 1076. This relative position the parties maintained during the day, and, as four o'clock approached, Mr. Cardwell and Sir Thomas Birch gradually increased their majorities. No music, flags, or processions, being allowed, and the voting places being at different points, there was little of the stir and commotion of a general election some years ago. There suss, however, considerable bye-play and fun in the background, though general good humour prevailed. The number of voters who polled was, and still is variously stated, on account of the difficulty of ascertaining it owing to the split votes, and a large num ber of plumpers. The votes as declared by the Mayor as the result of the election,, (declared by the Mayor on Fri day) were as follows : Mr. Cardwell 5581 Sir Thomas Birch Sir Digby Mackworth It is generally calculated that about 9,000 to 9 ,500 electors polled. There are on the register about 14,000 ares, especial. .y near tht 3ecame much thronged, and great was the anxiety to see the re turns hourly sent out from the respective committee- rooms and newspaper offices. Shortly after one o'clock, or at least by two, it became quite clear that Lord J. Mappers had little chance of success. The gross total of votes (including splits) was about 16,900. After the close of the poll, Sir T. B. Birch, accompa nied by many of his friends, went to Eastwood's Hotel, Dale-street. He was enthusiastically received by some thousands of spectators Mr. WM. EARLE addressed the assemblage, announcing the state of the poll, and passing some reflections on Sir Digby Mackworth, through whose defeat commerce was to be supported, and religious bigotry for ever extin guished in the town. Sir T. BIRCH followed, thanking the electors, and re iterating many of his sentiments as before expressed. (He wab received with great cheers.) Mr. W. RATHBONE 'followed, pointing out the advan tages he conceived the town would achieve by selecting such a candidate. Mr. CARDWELL, at the same time, addressed a vast body of the electors from his committee-room, corner of Castle-street and Derby-square. We have but room to quote the following passage from his speech, which was received throughout with the most enthusiastic plaudits : —" You have been asked, in substance, what is the policy by which you wish future parliaments to be governed. They have been holding an election in London to-day ; but I believe the issue of that election will scarcely be regarded as weighing so heavily in the balance as the elec tion in which you have taken a part. (Cheers.) Gentle men, commercial questions have occupied a great portion of your attention, and, as yours is the first port in the world, so it is more important to you than to any body that sound commercial principles should prevail. It is to you, more than to any body else, that such countries as America will look for the purpose of ascertaining what is the policy by which England wishes to be governed in roapect• of commercial matters. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have emphatically said that you will have commerce free. (Loud cheers.) You have said that you will allow that no unnecessary barrier shall be raised to prohibit the intercourse of one nation with another, and that you will never allow the products of foreign countries to be ex cluded from the consumption of the industrial classes at home. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I 'personally owe you the deepest gratitude, and I am sure that you believe that I do, from my heart, feel conscious of the great extent of that obligation ; but 1 should be trifling with this great occasion if I occupied your time by speaking much of my self. The exponent of your opinions cannot fail to acquire some authority in the aggregate representation of Eng land, and I will venture to say that I was returned by the constituency of Liverpool fettered by no pledge—(cheers) —and I believe returned the more surely because I man fully resisted the imposition of every fetter—because I said that the man who would represent in par liament four hundred thousand persons, had no right whatever to enter into obligations with any particular section of that constituency—great applause—and said it was his duty to leave himself perfectly free to com municate with all, to consult with all, and then, go. verned by no fear and guided by no pledge, to give his honest and independent vote far the general good. (Ap plause.) On other than commercial questions I have re frained from troubling you on almost all occasions, and it is the singular distinction of the contest in which we have been engaged, that the subjects brought before our notice, whilst they required the calmest exercise of judgment, did not lead to any party animosity—did not contribute to any excited feelings. (Cheers.) Mr. Cardwell concluded, All I can say is, that if the duties of the office you kindly have placed me in are not effectively discharged by me, it is because I have not been gifted with higher powers, but it will not be because I am wanting in assiduity, or be cause I fail to show in my condnct the gratitude I feel in my heart, I have no doubt your representatives will act together in all measures in which your interests are in volved. (Great cheering.) Mr. B. MooRE, being called upon, congratulated the electors on the victory they had achieved. Sir T. BRANCKER was also called for, and the meeting broke up amidst loud cheers. The town, soon after the close of the polling, became as quiet as usual, and the church bells rang a merry peal in honour of the occasion. _ _ M . ....—..—. On Friday, the 14IAYon declared the official return from the steps of the Town-hall. Mr. Cardwell, Lord J. Manners, and Sir T. B. Birch were present, and the an nouncement was hailed with loud cheers. This termi nated the proceedings. MANCHESTER. On Thursday, the nomination and election both took place. The hustings were in St. Anne's-square, and about 10,000 persons were present. The only candidates proposed and seconded were, the Right Honourable T. Milner Gibson, and Mr. J. Bright. They were accord ingly declared to be duly elected, amidst some hisses and cheers Mr. GIBSON then addressed the electors on the usual topics upon which he had before expatiated. He stated that he was not favourable to the creation of more bishops. The Bishop of Manchester had, however, been already appointed. (He was well received.) Mr. J. BRIGHT then spoke, amidst considerable uproar. lie should represent, not only the electors of Manchester, but the vast majority of the working population. He was several times interrupted in his address, and the barrichde round the hustings was broken down, but the police pre vented further damage. He concluded by thanking them, and trusted their confidence would not be deemed to be misplaced. Mr. M. PHILIPS, who has retired to make way for Mr. Bright, next spoke, and was well received—alleging his reason for retiring, after 15 years' service, was to give place to younger and more active men. A vote of thanks was passed to him, and one to the Mayor, and the meet ing dispersed soon after noon. lievelhe aristocracy of this country have done at least as much to vindicate the liberties of Englishmen as any other class that exist in it, and I believe that it would be utterly destructive of that mixed form of government under which we live, if the House of Lords refused to exercise its just 'authority. I will tell you what I have done, or rather what has been done by the government with which I have been connected, and then you will tell me whether you disapprove of it. You are, I know, connected with agri culture. You are not a manufacturing or commercial body. Your prosperity depends upon agriculture. I ap peal to you whether, as men whose prosperity depends on agriculture, you disapprove of what has been done ? I found, in 1841, high duties upon flour ; I found meat prohibited : I found cattle prohibited ; I found this state of things,—that if there was a disorder among the cattle or sheep, and the supply here was deficient (and I was told it was deficient in London to the amount of 216,000 sheep sent to Smithfield market in the course of half a year), it was illegal for you to import a single sheep, or bullock, or pig, or calf, or any one of the animalsthat con tribute to human subsistence ; you could not import meat ; you could not import salt provisions ; you could not im port bacon ; there was a high duty on rice, nay, there was a high duty even on lard. But now, all thee articles are duty free ; and if your own supply of cattle should fail, you can import—it must be a limited quantity—from .abroad. I ask you, have you found the price of meat so low that it has been ruinous ? Well, then, you don't dis approve of the removal of those prohibitions. But there have been other duties reduced more than one half. There were duties upon butter, there were duties upon cheese, there were duties upon coffee, there were duties upon sugar, and these duties have been reduced one half. I ask you to look at the working people of this country,— take the labouring class, and consider what articles enter Most into the consumption of a man and his, family. Won't you find flour, or meat, or salt provisions, or ba con, or rice, or lard. or butter, or cheese, or coffee, or sugar,—won't you find some of these articles—l wish they all did—enter into his consumption ? Upon some of these articles the duties have been entirely repealed, and upon others they have been reduced at least one half. After a full explanation of his free-trade measures, their • effects on the revenue and on the increase of consumption, the right honourable baronet proceeded. We are trying these measures of free trade, I admit, under circumstances which make it difficult to form a judgment. It would be absurd for me to say to a farmer, ".Don't have any ap prehension of prices—corn is at 90s. ; it has been at 100 s. per. quarter—there is no danger to be apprehended of any fall in prices." We are living under the influence of .a great calamity, and the price of food is unduly increased by failure of the potato crop, and therefore no safe infer ence can be drawn from the present as to future prices. But neither is it just to form a judgment as to the influ ence of free trade from the present state of things. The one inference would be just as unfair as the other. No doubt the exports of this country have not increased; there has not been the same demand for manufactures as on former occasions. If you look to the high price of cotton, you must not be surprised if the high price of cotton has not increased the demand for that portion of your manufactures. But is the high price of cotton any reason why we should impose a tax on cotton ? The pre sent state of affairs affords no means of judging what will be the effect of the removal of commercial restrictions. Has Ireland been enabled to make her usual demand for your' manufactures ? You have been obliged to send over to her £10,000,000 of your own money ; I wish heartily you may get one half of it back ; I would advise you to compound for one half. While you have been obliged to send £10,000,000 of your money to rescue a people from starvation, do you think -it likely they could have made a great demand for cotton, silts goods, and hardware ? Of course not. Then again comes the high price of food dimi nishing the demand for manufactures. Look again at the state of France. She has been suffering from the same cause that you have suffered from. The government of France has been watching with the utmost anxiety the state of Paris, and sending off to the United States for supplies of corn. Holland .has removed all restriction ; Belgium has removed all restriction ; the people of all western Europe, those countries on which you used to depend for supplies of corn, have been suffering from the same ca lamity. Do you think it possible that where people are obliged to pay prices to which they have not been accus tomed for food, they can be consuming luxuries ? It would have been most disinterested in me, if I had wished to sacrifice the landed interest, all my prosperity being connected with land, I don't know why I should wish to injure the landed interest ; but in the present position of this country, and the present temper of the public mind on the corn-laws, I declare, as a landed proprietor, I do rejoice that that source of discord has been dried up. I think it is a positive benefit, and I greatly doubt whether many of those who are the loudest in their abuse of me for repealing the corn-laws do not heartily rejoice that, upon the whole, that very troublesome question is settled. After the suspension of the corn-laws, on acccount of the disease in Ireland, with the prospect we have now being realised of a double suspension, I do not believe it would have been possible to re-enact the pre-existing law with out a state of affairs in this country for which any increase in the value of corn would have been a most inadequate compensation. As a landed proprietor, having all my in terests in land, having no concern with the monied in terests ; respecting manufactories, respecting trade, but my interests being in land, I rejoice; as a landed proprie tor, that I did not commit myself to the maintenance of that terrible conflict. I could have augmented party con nexions I could have combated the Anti-Corn-law League, I have no doubt, for four or five years to come— I could have remained in office administering the patron age and power of this country ; and if I have lost -power, it is because I conscientiously believed that the mode by which I could have retained it was injurious to the public weal and compromised the interests of the empire. The same change of opinion has taken place with Lord John Russell and Mr. Huskisson. If you send me back to the House of Commons I cannot promise you, as heretofore, to give effect to my. opinions by the influence of a large party willing to accept my opinions. I have now been nearly forty years in public life ; sixty summers have passed over my head. I freely admit to you that even if I were desirous of doing so, I should find it utterly im possible to bear that strain on the intellectual faculties which 1 did before for five years, while I was at the head of the government, and also the leader of the House of Commons. lam not, therefore, aiming at any political object whatsoever, 1 don't want to conciliate the favour of any party, I would not, to regain the confidence of those who formerly honoured me with their support (for which I feel grateful, because it was an honourahle and disinterested support)-1 would not, to regain their good opinion, make sacrifice of the truth—(loud cheers),—or offer one one word of apology for what I have done. I have no political object to serve. lam not seeking to re turn to office, or the resumption of power by a party, but I shall go to the. House of Commons honoured by your confidence on public grounds. I shall go back not altogether without power. I will support that which I believe to be right. I will support those principles of free trade which I believe to be founded in justice. Gen tlemen, I shall try to give effect to these. principles. I shall try, under possibly many discouragements, to abate restrictions upon commerce,—to take from other coun tries, even if other countries are foolish enough not to take from us. • They won't give us their produce for nothing ; if they do, I advise you to accept it. (A laugh.) When they do send it to you depend upon it they will ask for an equivalent, and that equivalent will be nothing but the result of your industry and your la bour. You will have the produce which their climate favours : they will have the results of your industry. And if some military tyrant shall again try to make false appeals to military glory, and to disturb the peace of the world for the gratification of his own corrupt ambition, then I hope an enlightened people, flourishing by an in terchange of their products of those countries seeing that war will be the discouragement of civilisation, the inter ruption of industry, the destruction of kindly feeling,—l hope that a rational, an intelligent, and powerful people will rebuke that military tyrant—(cheers),—and refuse to see the wives made widows, the fathers left without their children having to mourn their f."--TA A children, the cu..— .inners, n. for the defence of a nation against aggression, but for the satisfaction of those currupt feelings which are engen dered by mere military ambition. The way to give that power, that influence to public opinion, is to remove re strictions upon commercial intercourse, to encourage that interchange of commodities which is the soul and founda '9n of - to att- ---".• commerce, .Lain ne political and social good of increased revenue, and with it the inestimable moral good of peace confirmed, morals promoted, the prejudices of rival nations abated, the absurd doctrine of hereditary animosities scattered to the winds—to see a happy people and contented under equal laws, enjoying the benefits of their industry, and see other nations dealing and-traf ficking with them in the equal enjoyment of those bles sings which we ourselves know how to estimate. (Cheers. The Returning Officer declared Sir Robeii and M Y. Peel duly elected. PRESTON.-At the close the numbers were, Strickland (r) 1402, Grenfell (r) 1380, Parker (c) 1351, The first railway engineer elected into parliament, is Mr. Locke, for Honiton. The Election returns up to this date show an increase to the liberal party, deducting the tory accession, of about twenty members. BOLTON.—CIose of poll, Bolling (c) 715; Bowring (r) 650, and Brooks (r) 644. WARRINGTON.IMr. Greenall, conservative, has been returned. The polling was Greenall 336, Allcard 278. LEEDS.—Beckett (c) 2526, Marshall (r) 2181, Sturge (anti-state-educationist) 1986. BIRMINGHAM. — At the close the following were the numbers :—for Mr. Scholefield (r) 2792, Mr. Muntz (r) 2777, Mr. Spooner (c) 2295. _ _ _ _ WHITEHAVEN.—The election for this boroug place on Wednesday, and Mr. R. C. Hildyard (c) was re turned without opposition. _ _ CHESTER (2).-The election took p. when Sir John Jervis (the attorney-genera Grosvenor were re-elected without opposition Lace on Colonel Beckwith, a radical, has retired from North Durham, and Lord Seaham and Mr. Shafto will be re turned without a contest. _ DURHAM, ClTY.—Close of the poll—Grainger (L), 598 Spearman (L), 523; Wood (C), 450. SrocKporm—The numbers at the close were Cobden, 643 ; Heald, 570 ; Kershaw, 538. Mr. Heald is a Peelite. MACCLESFIELD. —This election closed on Saturday afternoon, when the numbers were, Brocklehurst, 638 ; Williams, 535 ; Grimsditch, 450. 7 7 GLASGOW .—State of the poll at the close—The Prc vast (L), 2084; Mr. Macgregor (L), 2196; Mr. Dixon (L 1812 ; Mr. Dennistoun. EDINBURGH.—CIi. Cowan (L), 2063; Gibson Cra4, 1477 ; Blackburn (C), 981. GREENOCK ELECTION.- se of the ,pOl at four o'clo L), 1855; Macaulay (I .t the close of the poll, a' Lord Melgund, 456 the numbers were,. Mr. J. Talbot from contesting North Lancashire, and it is therefore probable that Mr. J. Wil son Patten and Mr. James Heywood, a liberal of Man• Chester, will be returned. Imoppoged t . THE NEXT PARLIAMENT.—LiverpooI talent will 'be extensively represented in the next parliament, no less than a dozen of the members elected this week, being connected with the " good old town." LINCOLN.—The polling took place on Thursday, and at the close of the poll, the numbers were.:—Colonel .Sib thorpe (c), 623; Mr. Sheeley (L), 507 ; Sir Edward Bul wer Lytton (L), 398 ; Mr. Collett (c), 307. ELECTION. FOR THE COUNTY.—The High Sheriff has fixed the election for North Lancashire at Lancaster, on Tuesday, the 3d of August ; and for South Lancaster at Newton, on Wednesday, the 4th of August. RIPON.—The election for this borough was held on Wednesday, and there being no opposition to the return of Sir James Graham and the Hon. Edward Lascelles (c), those two gentlemen were declared to be duly elected. BATH.—The polling for this city began on Thursday, and at the close the numbers were ;—Lord Ashley (c), 1,287 ; Lord Duncan (L), 1,268 ; Mr. Roebuck (L), 1,120. Lord Ashley thus replaces Mr. Roebuck. OXFORD UNIVERSITY.—The polling was continued on Saturday, but not with the animation of the former days. At the close of Saturday, the numbers were, according to Mr. Gladstone's announcement ,—lnglis,l6oo ; Gladstone, 950; Round, 757. _ _ _ NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE (2).—The polling for this borough opened on Thursday, and at the close the mem bers were :—Mr. Jackson (L), 566 ; Mr. Christie (doubt ful), 565 ; Lord Brackley (L), 220; Mr. Greig (L), The liberals gain at least one seat here. _ _ The Anti-state Educationists have been everywhere tho roughly beaten at the late election ; even in their strongest holds, such as Leeds, Wakefield, and Halifax, their can didates were at the bottom of the poll in miserable mi norities. WESTMINSTER.—The polling for this city took place on Thursday, and at the close the result was declared to be :—Sir De Lacy Evans (L), 3.389 ; Mr. C. Lushington (L), 3,117 ; Mr. C. Cochrane CO, 3,089 ; Viscount Man deville (c), 2,067. LANCASTER.—The nomination took place on Wednes day. The candidates were Mr. Gregson (L), Mr. Greene (p), and Mr. Salisbury (c). The polling took place on Thursday, and the numbers at the close were :—Mr. Gregson, 724 ; Mr. Greene, 716 ' - Mr. Salisbury, 613. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (2).--At the close of the polling on Thur,day, the numbers were :—Mr. Orde (L), 2,194.; Mr. Headlam (L), 2,068 ; Mr. R. Hodgson (c) 1,680. A liberal member thus replaces the late conserva tive member, Mr. Hinde. YARMOUTH ELECTION.—After a most tremendous fight between the different parties, in which first one party and then another had the majority, the poll finally closed, the Conservatives being a-head. The numbers were,—Lennox, 832 ; Cooper, 811; Rumbold, 739 ; Gold smid 700. SHREWSBURY.—One of the hardest battles ever fought in the borough took place at Shrewsbury, on Thursday, .and terminated in the return of Mr. Slaney, a Liberal, and Mr. Baldock, a Protectionist. At the close of the poll the numbers were--for Mr. Baldock, 768 ; Mr. Slaney, 744 ; Mr. Tomline, a Conservative 739. LONDON. — The Conservatives have succeeded in return ing one member, Mr. Masterman. The following was the state of the poll at the close :—Lord John Russell, 7,137 ; James Pattison, Esq., 7,030; Baron Lionel de ' Rothschild, 6,792 • John Masterman, Esq., 6,722 ; Sir G. Larpent, 6,719, B. C. L. Bevan, Esq., 5,268 ; Alderman Johnson, 5,069 ; J. W. Freshfield, 4,704 ; W. Payne, 513. ABINGDON.—The poll for this borough took place on Thursday, and at the close the numbers were—Sir F. Thesiger (c) 153, General Caulfield (I) 151. It is probable, however, that the return will be disputed, as a voter who intended to vote for General Caulfield, answered by mis take that he wished to vote for Sir F. Thesiger, who refused to allow the mistake to be corrected. LEICESTER.-The nomination took place on Wednesday, the poll on Thursday. The following are the numbers at the close (four o'clock) :—Sir Joshua Walmsley (1) 1653 ; Richard Gardner (1) 1618 ; Parker (c) 1406. It will be seen that the electors of Leicester have chosen for their representatives a Liverpool man (Sir Joshua Walmsley), and a Manchester man,—Mr. Gardner being the son of Mr. Robert Gardner of that town. NOTTINGHAM.—The nomination took place on Wed nesday. The old members, Sir J. C. Hobhouse and Mr. Gisborne, were opposed by Mr. John Walter, the son of the late proprietor of the Times, and Feargus O'Connor, of chartist notoriety. At the close of the poll, on Thursday, the numbers were :—Walter (c), 1,683 ; O'Connor (chartist), 1,257; Mr. ,Gisborne (L). 999; Hobhouse (L). 893. Early on Thursday morning, a most brutal attack was made on Mr. Gisborne, who is in a very weak state of health ; and but for the assistance of a few friends, he would probably have suffered most severely at the hands of the ruffians. The following members of the last House of Commons have already missed their way into the next—not by re tiring, but by trying either their former constituencies, or seeking to ingratiate themselves with new ones :—Mr. Gisborne and Sir John Cam Hobhouse—Nottingham ; Lord J. Manners—Liverpool ; Mr. Roebuck—. Bath ; Mr. Collett—Lincoln ; Sir J. Easthope—Bridgenorth ; Mr. Williams—Coventry ;= Mr. Hawes—Lambeth ; General Fox—Tower Hamlets ' • Mr. Gladstone—lpswich ; Mr. Escott—Winchester ; Mr. Stewart—Lymington ; Mr. Fielden—Oldham ; Mr. Spooner—Birmingham ; Sir T. Spry—Bodmin ; and Mr : Macaulay—Edinburgh. PROCESSION OF A NON-CANDIDATE.—Great excite ment prevailed at Colchester on Saturday week, when Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey made a public entry into the town and announced—what does the reader think ?—that it was not his intention to solicit a vote! He is in the receipt of a thousand a year as Chief Commissioner of •Police, and without this sum, which he must resign if he become a Member, he had not a sufficient pecuniary qualification. It was this which caused him to decline the flattering re quisition from Marylebone, and which now prevented him from becoming a candidate for Colchester. In the course of his speech he stated that he had lost a great deal of money which he embarked in a newspaper long ago dis continued, viz., the True Sun. BARON ROTHSCHILD'S ELECTION.—Lord John Rus sell, in his thanksgiving speech, prepares us for another inroad upon the constitution. Baron Rothschild is to take his seat. He said—" He looked upon the present re turn as a triumph in another respect—a triumph of the principles of religious liberty. iGreat cheering.) Years ago considerable progress was made in the cause of reli gious liberty by the removal of the disabilities which fet tered the Roman Catholics ; and he rejoiced to think that the citizens of London had declared, by the election of Baron Rothschild (immense cheering), that the day had at length arrived for the removal of the last vestiges of religious intolerance (continued cheers), and that here after the privileges of the free people of this United King dom, the privilege to serve the Crown, the privilege to repre-ent the people in parliament were to be enjoyed by all the subjects of her majesty without distinction of reli gious persuasion. (Renewed cheers.) No one could doubt that such a decision on the part of the electors of the City of London would have its prevailing weight on the deliberations of parliament, and that the next parlia ment would have the glory of establishing and proclaiming at once the completion of the great social edifice of civil, of commercial, and of religious freedom." (Prolonged cheering.) Undismayed by this confident prediction of the noble lord, Mr. Alderman Johnson said—" I cannot take my departure from this platform without expressing my regret that the powerful interests of a Prime Minister and a Rothschild should have been combined to bring about so unfortunate a result in this election as to make it imperative upon us, at no distant period, to be again involved in another political conflict, by reason of the disability which the noble baron labours under in the present state of the law." The " noble baron" was ju bilant. He was "at a loss to find words" to express his delight at " a victory which would find an echo in every corner of the world." ELECTION RETURNS ABINGDON (1) Sir F. Thesiger ANDOVER (2) Coles • Cubit ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE (1) Charles Hindley .. . &SHBURTON (1) Col. Matheson ..... AYLESBURY (2) Deering Prot. Peel. Ref. 0 .. 1 .. 0 ARUNDEL The Earl of Arundel and Surrey . 0 - H. NV. Tancred. BARNSTAPLE (2) Hon. J. W. Fort Bremridge . BERWICK (2) J. C. Renton BEVERLEY (2) J. Townele . BIRMINGHAM (2) W. Scholfield G. F. Muntz. 2) 3LACKBURN J. Hornliy J. Pilkington 30DMIN (2 James Wyld Lacy .... BOLTON (2' W. Bolling BOSTON (2 Fir J. Duke B. B. Cabto BRADFORD (2) BRIGHTON (2, BRISTOL RIDGED T. Berkeley A. Mitch& Hon. I BEWDLEY (1) Ireland BURY, LANCASHIRE (I) R. Walker CALNE (1) Sherborne.. CHATHAM (1) G. S. Byng CHRISTCHURCH (1) E. A. J. Harris COCKERMOUTH (2) Mr. Aglionby Mr. Horsman COVENTRY (2) Mr. E. Ellice 0 .. 0 .. 1 Mr. Turner CHESTER (2) Earl Grosvenor 0 .. 0 .. 1 Sir J. Jervis CHIPPENH AM (2) Joseph Neeld H. G. Boldero CIRENCESTER (2) Lord Villiers 0 .. 1 .. 0 J. Cripps CAMBRIDGE (2) A. S. Adair Hon. W. F. Campbell CANTERBURY (2) Lord A. Conyngham G. A. F. P. S. Smythe . 0 1 0 CARDIFF (1) Dr. J. Nicholl 0 1 .. 0 CARLISLE (2) W. N. Hodgson .. J. Dixon ......... . CARNARVON (1) W. B. Hughes CHELTENHAM (1) Sir W. Jones Hon. C. Berkeley CHICHESTER (2) Lord H. G. Lennox ..... 1 .. 0 0 J. A. Smith 0 0 .. 1 CLITHEROE (1) • M. Wilson COLCIIESTER (2) Sir G. H. Smyth J. A. Hardcastle CRICKLADE (2) J. Neeld .... A. Lethbridge ......... . DERBY (2) Rt. Hon. E. Strutt F. L. Gower DEVONPORT (2) H. Tufnell J. Romilly DOVER (2) E. R. Rice Sir George Clerk DROITWIC H (1) Sir J. Packington DURHAM—city (2) T. C. Granger R. J. Spearman DENBIGH. DISTRICT (1) F. R. West DORCHESTER (2) Colonel Dawson Darner H. S. Sturt DUDLEY (1) J. Benbow.... DARTMOUTH (1) G. Moffatt DEVIZES (2) Sir H. W. Heneage W. H. L. Bruges EAST RETFORD (2) Hon. A. Duncombe Lord Galway EXETER (2) E. Divett Sir J. T. Duckworth EVESHAM (2; Lord M. Hill Sir H. Willoughby EYE (1) Sir Edward Kerrison . EDINBURGH (2) W. G. Craig C. Cowan FLINT BOROUGHS (1) Sir John Hanmer FROME (1) Major Boyle FINSBURY (2) Thomas S. Duncombe Thomas Wakley GATESHEAD (1) W. Hutt GLOUCESTER, CITY (2) - Hon. M. F. Berkeley . H. T. Hope GUILDFORD (2) H. Currie R. D. Mangles GLASGOW (2) Macgregor Hastie GRANTHAM (2) F. Tollemache G. E. Welby GREENOCK (1) GREENWICH (2) Admiral Dundas E. J. Barnard GRIMSBY, GREAT (1) E. Heneage HALIFAX (2) Sir C. Wood ... H. Edwards HERTFORD (2) Hon. W. F. Cowper Viscount Mahon HELSTON (1) Sir R. R. Vyvyan HONITON (2) Joseph Locke Sir J. W. Hogg HORSHAM (1) Jervis HARWICII (2) Bagshaw e . J. Atwood HASTINGS (2) R. Holland M. Briscoe HEREFORD (2) Sir R. Price Clifford HUDDERSFIELD (1) W. C. R. Stansfield HULL (2) M. T. Baines James Clay . HUNTINGDON (2) J. Peel .. T. Baring HyTHE (1) E. D. Brookman IPSWICH (2) J. C. Cobbold H. E. Adair .... KIDDERMINSTER (1) R. Godson... KENDAL (1) R. C. Glynn KILMARNOCK (1) Hon. E.Y. Bouverie LEEDS (2) IV:Beckett .. J. G. Marshall LEICESTER (2 Sir J. Valmsley Richard Gardner LINCOLN (2) . Colonel Sibthorp C. Seely LEWES (2) HOti. 11. Fitzroy LEOMINSTER (2) G. Arkwright - H. Barkly LICHFIELD (2) Lord A. Paget Lord Anson . LIVERPOOL (2) E. Cardwell Sir T. Birch LONDON (4) Lord J. Russell Rothschild. Masterman LAMBETH (2) Pea - rson LANCASTER M. Gregson LAUNCESTON (1) Admiral Bowles LEITH BOROUGHS (1) A. Rutherford .. LISKEARD (2) C. Buller ..... LUDLOW (2) Colonel Salwey LYM INGTON (2) W. A. Mackinnon LYNN, KING'S ( 2 ) Lord G. Bentinck Ilyncourt.. 0 Lord Jocelyn MALTON J. . Denison J. W. Childers MARLBOROUGH (2) Lord Ernest Bruce Right Hon. B. Baring MAIDSTONE (2) A. J. B. Hope George Dodd MALMESBURY (1) J. K. Howard MANCHESTER . MALDON (2) D. Waddington T, B. Laniard MONMOUTH (1) R. Blewitt MARLOW (2) J. P. Williams Colonel B. Knox MARYLEBONE (2) • Lord Dudley Stuart . Sir Hall. MHRTHYR TYBVIL, (1) Sir J. J. Guest MIDHURST (1) S. H. Walpole MONMOUTH (1) R. J. Blewitt . MONTGOMERY (born') (1) Hon. H. Cholmondely.... MORPETH (1) Hon. E. G. Howard.... NEWARK (2) M. Sutton.... . ........ J. Stuart NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE (2) W. Ord T. E. Headlam NEWPORT (Isle of Wight) (2) W. H. Plowden C. W. Martin . NORTHALLERTON (1) W. B. Wrightson ..... NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME (2) W. Jackson S. Christy NORTHAMPTON (2) R. V. Smith R. Currie NORWICH (2) Marquis of Douro .... S. M. Peto NOTTINGHAM (2) J. Walter Feargus O'Connor OLDHAM (2) W. J. Fox Duneaft. .. ORFORD CITY (2) J. H. Langston W. Page Wood PERTH (1) Right Hon. Fox Maule PETERBOROUGH (2) lion. G. Fitzwilliam W. C. Cavendish Sir W. 6..11. Joliffe PLYMOUTH (2) Lord Ebrington R. Palmer.. PONTEFRACT (2) R. M. Milnes S. Martin POOLE (2) G. R. Robinson S. R. Phillips . PENRYN AND FALMOUTH (2) H. Gwynn F. Mo watt PORTSMOUTH (2) Right Hon. F. Baring Sir G. Staunton REIGATE (2) T. Somers Cocks Captain Parrott RICHMOND (2) H. Rich.. M. Wyvill READING (2) F. Pigott Sergeant Talfourd ROCHDALE (1) S. Crawford ROCHESTER (2) R. Bernal .... T. Hodges. RYE (1) H. B. Curteis RIPON (2) Hon. E. Lascelles Sir J. Graham ... SCARBOROUGH (2) Sir J. V. B. Johnstone Earl Afulgrave SHEFFIELD (2) J. Parker G. Ward SHOREHAM, NEW (2) Sir C. M. Burrell. C. Goring ST. ALBAN'S (2) Raphael Repton STOKE-ON-TRENT (2) W. T. Copeland J. L. Ricardo . SALFORD (1) J. BrOtherton SALISBURY (2) C. B. Wall W. J. Chaplin . SANDWICH (2) Lord . Paget . C. W. Grenfell. SHAFTESBURY (1) C. B. Sheridan R. A. Slaney ST. ANDREW'S (DISTRICT) (1) E. Ellice SOUTHAMPTON (2) A. J. E. Cockburn B. M. Wilcox SOUTHWARK (2) Alderman Humphery Sir W. Molesworth.. SOUTH,SHIELDS (1) J. T. Wawit STAFFORD (2) Urquhart .... Alderman Sidney STAMFORD (2) Marquis of Granby Right Hon. J. C. Herries STROUD (2) W. H. Staunton G. P. Scrope.... SWANSEA (1) J. H. Vivian .... TAMWORTH (2) Sir R. Peel .... W. Y. Peel .... TEWKESBURY (2) Martin Browne THETFORD (2) Hon. W. B. Baring Earl of Euston TRURO (2j J. F. Vivian E. Turner TYNEMOUTII (1) W. Grey . TAUNSON (2) H. Labouchere... _Sir T. Colebrooke THIRSK (1) TIVERTON (2) Viscount Palmerston J. Heathcoat .. TOTNESS (2) Lord Seymour C. B. Baldwin . TOWER HAMLETS (2) G. Thompson ...... Sir W. Clay WAKEFIELD (1) G. Sandars WHITEHAVEN (1) R. C. Hildyard WENLOCR (2) Hon. G. C. Forester J. M. Gaskell WIGAN (2) R. A. Thicknesse... Colonel Lindsay WINDSOR (2) Colonel Reid Lord John Hay WALSALL (2) Forster WARRINGTON (1) G. Greensll WARWICK (2) Sir C. Douglas WESTMINSTER (2) Evans Lushington WOLVERH AMPTON (2) C. Villiers WOODSTOCK (1) Marquis of Blandford WYCOMBE (2) G. H. Dashwood M. S. Smith WALLINGFORD (1) N. S. Blicistone WAREHAM (1) J. S. W. S. E. Dram WELLS (2) WESTBURY (1) G. Wilson WESTMINSTER Sir De Lacy E C. Lushington WEymouTn (2) W. D. Christie.. Colonel Freestun WHITBY (1 ) R. Stephenson WILTON (1) Viscount Somerton WINCHESTER (2) B. Carter Sir J. B. East WORCESTER (2) 0. Ricardo F. Rufford YARMOUTH (2) ' Lord A. Lennox 0. E. Cooper YORK CITY (2) H. R. lOrke.. J. G. Smyth „ Aug. 3, 1847. 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