The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-20 00:00:00

-~~~ .- - 2 •44 MIDDLESEX. • In the Middlesex election the conservatives have played at "double or quits," and have lost the game. They might have brought iu Mr. Wood without the least difficulty, but they con sidered that as only half the game. To attempt anything less than unseat Mr. Hume they deemed unworthy their efforts. They, therefore, gave Mr. Byng inure than thirteen hundred votes, lest he, instead of' Mr. Hume, should be the rejected can didate. Had they withheld this aid the veneruble whig would have been left at the bottom of the poll, and would have termi nated for ever his parliamentary career. • A comparison of the contests of 1832 and 1835 will be both interestiug and instructive. The constituency in 1832 was 6.972; in 1835 it is 8,005. The number of voters who came to the poll in 1832 was about 4,900. In 1833 it was as nearly as possible 6,000. But the distribution of the votes varied in this remarkable manner : 1 1835. &32. Hume (R.) 3 /38 Byng (W.) 3,472 Byng (W.) 3,033 Hume (R.) 3,102 Forbes (C.) 1 494 Wood (C.) 2,711 Thus we see that the whig candidate has scarcely obtained his fair proportion of the increase of the constituency, and, in deed, but for the aid of Mr. Wood's second votes he would have experienced a woful falling off. As for Mr. Hume, instead of obtaining 3,700 votes, which, to have maintained his former • place, he ought to have done, he has only reached 3,102; while the conservative canitidate has very nearly doubled the votes given on the same siert in 1832. Will the radical press tell us that there is "no re-action" here? Another view of the ques tion may be interesting. We mean that which distinguishes the votiug in the various districts of the county : Wood. Hume. London and Westminster, at King's-cr055..1,033 .. 1,008 E Hammersmith, Edgware, Infield, - 13edfont, and Uxbridge Brentford • Tower Hamlets 440 .. 818 A glance at these nerribers shoivi that Mr. litime is neither the choice of the freeholders of London and Westminster, nor vet of the agricultural parts of the county. Brentford and the 'rower Hamlets have furnished his whole majority—the Tower 'Hamlets, which is distinguished by the possession of Dr. Lush ington, and which now imposes urn the county perhaps the only English representative who is worthy of holding the same 'ma *ith that distinguished civilian. NORTHUMBERLAND —SOUTH Div tsiort.—Matthew Bell, Esq., Conservative. T. W. Beaumont, Esq., a Reformed Radical. NORTH DIVISION.—Lord Howick ; Lord Ossulstone, or mEssx.—This election closed on Friday evening, after a severe coutect. when the numbers were as follows: — George Byng, Esq. 3,461 Josepi Hume, Esq. 3,115 Thomas Wood, Esq 2,677 Hume and Byng were returned. At the last general election Sir Charles Forbes, the tory Candidate, did not poll more than ' about 1,400 votes, while Hume was at the head of the poll with a majority over 13yng of about 600. WORCESTERSHIRE—EASTERN DIVISION.-- Cookes, Esq.; Holland. Esq. WESTERN DIVISION.—First days poll— Honourable Colonel Lygon 1,515 conservative. C.iptain Winnington 1,44 whig. Mr. Fabington. 1,391 conservative. STIRI.INGSHIRE. — Chse of the poll— Mr. Forbes 779 conservative. Admiral Fbmticg 759 whig. Forbes returned. BEDFORD ELECTION. We notice this election for many reasons, but chiefly for the proofs of reaction in favour of conservative principles which is has afforded and for the achievement of the consummation so long devoutly wished fur by the honest and really independent men of the own, viz., the entire ejection of the houses of Rus sell and Whitbread from that absolute.dominion over the ho r.rugh which' they hid exercised for more than fifty years. Captain Polhill, aided by the zealous co operation of the conser vatives, has achieved this after a contest of more than four years. In 1830, when that immace/ate,patriot Lord John Rus sell, not condescending to address the electors, wrote to the mayor, (a whig.,) stating that it was his intention to represent the borough of Bedford, (he had been representing the free borough of Bandon Bridge !) Captain Polhill came forward, and after a struggle, which lasted ten days. (this was before the passing of the reform act,) defeated Lord John Russell by one vote only ! In 1832 Captain Polhill lost his election by three votes, his opponents, Messrs. Whitbread and Crawley, (in defi ance of the enactments of their own measure, the reform bill,) polling non-resident freemen, paupers, representatives of dead men, and a peer of the realm, whose votes were allowed by a committee of the House of Commons! Then it was that Cap tain Polhill told Mr. Whitbread—" I have turned the Russells out of Bedford, and now I will turn you out, which I would not have endeavoured to do had you acted fairly," The captain has kept his word. At the close of the poll on Saturday week the amount stood :—Polhill, 490; Crawley, 403; Whitbread, 383! Thts Mr. Whitbread (after representing Bedford for nearly '2O years) is ignominiously expelled the borough over which be thought to have tentinued the domineering rule which hereto fore he had shared with the Russells! Mr. Whitbread, too, polled 200 less than he did in 1832. Is this a proof of there being no reaction? Mr. Crawley is a good sort of fellow, and willing to give the ministers a "fair trial." We congratulate Captain Polhill on his victory; we congratulate the men of Bedford on their freedom; and we congratulate Mr. Whitbread on being released from expending about five pounds pet annum in the town which he represented! THE PENRYN ELECTION. We are sorry to rind by the election returns that Lord Tulle more has lost his seat for Falmouth and Penryn; and, with feelings of auger, in addition to that of sorrow, to hear that his lordship's defeat has been owing to the bad faith of one who professes to be a conservative. fhe case is peculiar, and may be summed up in the following manner 1831, Mr. Rolfe having been appointed Solicitor-General, a vacancy occurred in the representation. Lord l'ullamore's friends, anxious . to bring in a conservative against the Whig lawyer, communicated to Mr. Freshfield their willingness to give him their support, and signed a deduction to that effect, on the strength of which Mr. Freshfield made his appearance in Penrvn, and commenced a canvass. But a circumstance occurred which few had fore seen—the change of ministry and the dissolution of parliament. Mr. Freshfield was then requested to withdraw from the contest by Lord Tullamore's friends, who, in promising their votes to Mr. Freshfield, never contemplated the event of a general election, when, of course, his lordship womnd require their in terest. Mr. Freshfield, however, refused, and thereby nailing men to their word, destroyed many of his lordship's plumper's. Th.!, consequence was a split between the conservatives, and a coalition between Itolfe and Freshfield at a later period of the contest. Lord Tullamore indignantly rejected the overture for a coalition. We must say that Mr. Freshileid's conduct was nowise what we shouldcallfair play " towards Ws noble friend." In addition, if we bear true, Lord. l'ullamore was actually the medium, of recommending Freshfield, in November, to the support of his friends, the electors of Pefiryn. The feeling of the people of Falmouth is very loudly expressed in his lordship's favour, and we hear that he is to be invited to a grand dinner by the merchants and gentry shortly. Neither Freshfield or Rolfe have paid the cuitomary visits after the election to the constituency. Lord Tullamore is still residiug amongst. theirs. THE IRISH ELECTIONS. DUBLIN. ELECTION. Final close of the poll : Daniel Ituthven If awiltun West The two first returned. The following analysis of the political principles of the mem be 1 I elected to represent Ireland in the ensuing parliament can be depended upon for its correctness and autbentieity:-- FIRST CLAM—The avowed supporters of Sir Robert Peel's administration are 35, via.: J. O'Neill. Jones. Sir Robert Bateson. Emerson Tennant. D. Kirk. Meyuell. Colonel Conolly. Hayes. • Colonel Percival. Claude Hamilton. Lucas. Thomas. 1). Jackson. Brecon. Kavanagh. Brecon. Coate. Young. • SECOND CLASq.—Con.ervative or factious opposition. U. Lord Belfast. Knox. Ferguson. Alderman Copeland. Howard. THIRD CLAM—Pledged opp,is R. Fitzgibbon. Crawford. Westenra. Dobbin. Seri-ant O'Loughlin. Marlin (Galway.) Bodkin. O'Ferrall. Ponsonbv. FOURTH CLA3s.—llan. O'Cun D. O'Connell. O'Dwyer. M. O'Connell. Fitzsvmons. John O'Connell. Finn. O'Brien. Maxwell. Cole. Cole. Archdall, Lord Castlereagh. Lord Forbes. F. Shaw. Lefroy. Ker. f;tltples Matthews. Darner. Lescestet. Chatterton. Vesey. —Verner. who 'till offer uo syxteniitic Lord Clements. Martin (Sligo.) Lord Atcheson. Browne. ition members. 17. Lynr•li. Make. Browne (Mayo.) M'Canee. 'Wyse. Butler. Evans. James Grattan. :ell and his tail. 15. Roche. Roche. llorayne. Sullivan. Talbot. Barron. ltuthvor. SCOTCH , MEMBERS RETURNED. Captain Gordon, Aberdeenshire. Captain Fergusson, Banffshire. lion. James Abercromby, Edinburgh. Sir John Campbell, d o . Mr. Fergus Kirkalrtv, g:e. Mr. A. Johnston, St . . Andrew's, &c. Mr. Hope Johnstone, Dumfries-shire. Mr. R. C. Fergnsson, Kirkcudbright. Oswald and Dunlop. Glasgow. . John Fergus, Fife Burghs. Sir .1. hay, Peebles-shire. R. A. Oswald, Ayrshire. W. D. Gillon. Falkirk Burghs. Fox T.hide, Per; hshire. Sir G. Clerk, Edivilmrghshire. Dr. Bowring. Kilmarnock Bitr6hs. Chalmers Montrose Burghs. General Sharp, Dumfries. Geo. Arbuthnot, Kincardineshire. Admiral Adam, Clackmannan and Kinross. A. Dronistoun, Dumbartonshire. Captain Speirs, Paisley. Tho Duke of leuchtenberg and suite left Brighton on Friday morning and returned to town. The investiture of the Doke of Buccleuch as Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Garter will not take place until after the return of the Scottish Representative Peers at Holy. rood Palace on the 10th - of February. There is no vacancy in the Order hy the dernisa of the Duke of Gloucester. he, as a Prince of the Blood Royal, Wino a supernutuerary Knight. ~~`~ .~~, NOMINATION FOR THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF •THE COUNTY . OF LANCASTER. • On Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, the nomination of the candidates for the representation . of the southern division of the county took place at Newton. The little town front an early hour presented a most anim tted appearance, exhibiting all 'the bustle consequent upon a spirited contest. .This, was increased on the arrival of the railway carriages from Liverpool, Man chester, Warrington, and 1 Atop, which conveyed an immense -number of electors, the far greater portion of whom wore the favours of the constitutional candidates. From the windows of various houses in the town, as well public-houses as c. taxes, were displayed ribbons of the colours of the several candidates. About half-past nine a procession of several hundreds of the tenantry of Lord Francis Egerton marched into the village, each bearing in his left breast a fa vour of blue ribbon with a white rosette in the centre, the sym bol adopted by his lordship and the other conservative candi date, Richard Bootle Wilbraham, Esq. In halran hour after wards the steam trains from Liverpool and Manchester arrived with from two to three hundred conservative electors, most of whom bore, either in their bats or the left breast, the colours of Egerton and Wilbraham. The friends of these candidates had arrauged to meet at the Oak Tree, at the upper end of the vil lage, and from thence to proceed to the hustings which were erected atthe Horse and. Jockey, Mr. G. W. Wood's commit tee-room, near 'the church; accordingly, at about a quarter past ten, the electors in the popular interest, who had arrived from Liverpool and Manchester, walked in procession towards, and about mid-way to the Oak Tree met their country friends, who advanced, preceded by about a dozen or twenty silk flags, and a band of music, playing a lively air. Upon their meeting the whole filed into column two.a-breast and advanced to the hustings, where the electors took their stand opposite that por tion which had been set apart for the conservative candidates, the band halting at the extreme left, and . playiug "God save the King" in excellent std le. In a few ininntes Lord Francis made his aptiearance in a travelling carriage from, we believe, the seat of Sir J. Gerard, where he slept on Friday night. The drawing up of the carriage was the signal for a general burst of applause from his friends and supporters both upon anti before the hustings. The electors at this time amounted to from between 2000 to 30W, four-fifths of whom, judging (ruin the space they_occupied, were the supporters of the conservative candidates. Upon Loki Francis reaching the hustings, the cheering was renewed, upon a signal from the crowd. 'three times three were given for Egerton and Wilbrahain, the band playing the national au them. Lord Francis respectfully bowed to the electnre and .acknow ledged the complirneuts he received from a considerable number of fashionable ladies, who were placed in booths opposite the hustings, every one of whom was decorated either with a favour or a scarf of the conservative colours. Amongst the most dis tinguished present we noticed "Lady Francis Egerton, Lady Gerard, Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. Ireland Blackburne, Miss 'Hutton, Miss Brooke, Mrs. Blackburne, of Eccles, and the two Misses Blackburne. Every lady on the booth wore the " True'Brue" rosette. Mr. Wilbraham mounted the hustings in a few minutes, and was most favourably received. Lord Molyneux and Mr. George William Wood, accompanied by their respective friends, arrived half an hour after the timo appoiuted by the high sheriff fur the noininatiou ; and their non appearance at the proper hour, coupled with the meagre num ber present wearing their colours, led to the supposition amongst many that they hail given up the contest in despair. T heir arrival, however, dissipated tho fears of the few whigs present, one of whom, with more sincerity than gout, accounted for the non-appearance of one of the candidates at the proper time by stating, that a cock fight took place at Eccles at ten o'clock, which was literally the fact; but whether any of the candidates attended it remains a matter of opinion. At half-past ten, or nearer eleven, they arrived, when a cheer was faintly given by their few partisans, who were placed exactly opposite to the situation appointed for their hipourable candidates. No sooner, however, was the first cheer given, than a tremendous laugh burst forth. In less than five minutes from that time the High Sheriff, accompanied by Captein White and several other gen tleraeu, and attended by the Under Sheriff, J. Birdsall, Esq., and the usual officers, arrived, and was received by Joseph Ad dison. Esq., the assessor , ' who had been some time waiting his arrival. On the left of the sheriff's compartment Lord Francis Egerton was located, and beyond him, at the extremity of the hustings, Mr. Wilbraham and his friends took their stand. On the immediate right of the High Sheriff Lord Molyneux and his friends were placed, and beyond him on the same side Mr. G. W. Wood and his supporters ranged themselves. Among those who accompanied the conservative candidates we noticed Ireland Blackburne, Esq., Sir 'rhos. D. Hesketh, Henry Bold Houghton, Esq., Sir John Gerard, Bart., Captain Gerard, 'l'attou Egerton. sen., Esq., Tattou Egerton, Jun., Esq., M.P.,-: John Entwisle, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Horton, William Hutton, Esq., Colonel Plumbe Tempest, Samuel Taylor, Parker, Esq., Sir Richard Brooke, Richard Harrison, Esq., John Moss, Esq., Henry Trafford, Esq., W. Hutton, jun., Esq., Rev. Thomas Moss, Joseph Birley, Esq., Wm. Cririe, Esq. ( Sir Thos. Brancker, Sir George Drinkwater, J. S. Leigh, Esq., Richard B. 13. Hollinshead, Esq., Orrell, Esq., the Rev. 'l'. Blackburne, John Greaves, Esq., Joseph Brierley, Esq., Thomas Lyon, Esq., Thomas Parr, Esq., Jos. Sanders, Esq., John Wright, Esq., William Hutton, jun:, Esq., Wilbraham Egerton Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., Geo. Cottingham, Esq., of Manchester, Robert C. Sharpe, Esq., of do., Clement Roy - des, Esq., of do., J. Beattey, Esq. of do., H. ChritchloylEsq., of do., Edmund Kearslev, Esq., of Wigan, John Clare, Esq., of Warrington, Capt. White, J. Simpson, Esq., of Marple, the Rev. F. Ashworth, incumbent of Merple, Henry Tempest, Esq., J. J. Norreys, Esq., and J. Lord, Esq., the mayor of Wigan. The Whig candidates were accompanied by Charles Tayleur, Esq.,.Witliam Wallace Currie, Esq., Wm. Earle, jun., Esq., Hardman Earle, Esq., Richard Earle, Esq., Joseph Hornby, ' Esq Wm. Blundell, Esq., Edward Loyd, Esq., Charles Gren fell, Esq., Daniel Broadhurst, Esq., and Colonel Berkeley Molyneux. The crowd immediately round the places set apart for the candidates was very dense, so much so as to render the duty of reporting the proceedings extremely difficult, more especially as no provision whatever had been made for the gentlemen of the press. This duty, never a light one, becomes vastly more onerous when the reporters have to contend against the fluc tuating movements of a crowded auditory, besides the cheers, snouts, laughter, and hisses which are the usual concomitants of electioneering contention, and the general resource of a no mination assembly. No placards whatever were exhibited, nor, with the exception of the display of a branch of laurel before Lord Francis by a jocose fellow in the crowd, did we observe anything but the fun generally attendant upon that peaceable and good humoured rivalry which all along seemed to exist between the partisans of the several candidates. The colours adopted by Lord Francis Egerton and Mr. Wilbraham were, as we have already observed, similar, namely, light blue and white, whilst the friends of Lord Molyneux sported green and pink cockades, and the adherents of Mr. G. W. Wood wore crimson favours. Neither of the two latter candidates were attended by either music or banners, nor did the voters in their interest form any procession to the hustings. Between two and three hundred carriages were drawn up in different parts of the village, the devices of which, with but two or three exceptions, were Ware and white cockades. The great majority ofthose who attended to support Lord Molyneux were (min Liverpool, where they arrived by the steam-carriage train ; and most of those who favoured Mr. Geo. Wood's pretensions fol lowed in the Manchester train, next after that which carried Lord Francis Egerton's supporters. The snow, which conti nued to fall at intervals during the whole proceedings, did nut have the efiect of thinning the number of the attendants. Immediately after silence had been restored, after the arrive of the High Sheriff, the Assessor explained to the meeting the object for which they were met, and said that that high func tionary would regularly proceed to all those - formalities which were required by the laWs and constitution of England. Then the Iligh Sheriff would call upon each of the candidates in turn to state his sentiments, and, it he willed, to avow his principles and vindicate his views; and, whilst he begged that all might be fairly conducted, he by no means wished to prevent the ex pression of applause at the sentiments which they (the meeting) approved, (cheers,) nor the utterance of dissent against those which they disliked. (Cheers.) But be did expect with coral deuce that such approval and disapprobation would be so ut tered as not to interrupt the proceedings, or disturb the good feeling of the assembled electors. (Great cheering.) The Under Sheriff then read the writ of election and the act against bribery and corruption ; after which the oath was admi metered to the High Sheriff. Mr. W. BLum DEL t. then stepped forward, and said that he re quested the attention of the high sheriff and freeholders for a few moments, whilst he put in umnination a tit and proper per son to represent their interests in parliament. (Cheers and hisses.) lie much regretted that the task had not falli4l to abler hands, as so good a cause, he was sure, deserved a better advocate. He did not come prepared to introduce to their no tice a stranger, but a gentleman whose public services were well known to them all (laughter, and cries of " What are they?") and who had enjoyed their confidence before as their representative—he meant Lord Molyneux. ( Hit ses arid cheers.) The merits of his lordship he was sure would be appreciated by them ; he had, in a time of much political difficulty, when by the passing of the great measure of reform the foundation of every reform was laid, advocated their cairee. (Hisses and cheering.) They had before elected him lii a triumphant tna jertty, and throughout two sessions of parliament he had been the faithful guardian of their intarasti,, and in no instance had departed from those principles which first introduced him to their notice. (Oh, oh.) Ile invariably supported mea sures of reform, wisely judging that by so doing he was serving the best interests of his country. (Hisses and cheers.) In the ranks of the reformers lie had lent his aid to the late administration, to whom time country was indebted for so many benefits.—(Cries of "Name them.") Some persons remarked that little had been .dune by that administration, but he would ask them did nut the late ministers take off 5 uliilions of taxes?—(A voice, " Yes, and they put 20 millions on.") Mr. B. continued. They had swept away about 2000 places, im proved the legal institutions of the country, amid abolished neer() slavery, and did they call that nothing,—(Laughter.) Was it nothing to have abolished the East India charter ? Was it nothing to have preserved the peace of Europe ?—(Loud laughter.) Had not the late ministers also used all their efforts to bring Ireland to a state of quietude and happiness?—(Cries of " What do you think of O'Connell ") Ile (Mr. Blundell) was quite, confident that in this district of the county, which was distinguished for its liberality, industry, and intelligence, to such an extent as to encroach upon and rival the metropolis itself, they would see the necessity of sending to parliament a representative of Lord M.'s political sentiments, which were op posed to all monoply. He would support and bad supported mea sures conducive to their interests, both as manufacturers and agriculturists. He was one who advocated the abolition o f monopoly in the Eastern empire,and who opened the tr a d e w ith China to the enterprise of British merchants. It was on the ground of entertaining such political opinions that Lord Moly neux came forward to solicit their suffrages, iu obedien ce t o th e call of a numerously signed requisition of freeholders, and his (the speaker's) motive for proposing his lordship was, that he be lieved his sentiments to Le in accordance with the wishes of the country at large. Mr. Blundell concluded by stating, th at as his lordship h a d a l arge l an d e d esta t e i n th e c ounty, his advo cacy of the interests of the agriculturist was insured. Mr. WI Leta xi EARLE amidst considerable confusion and hoot ing, proceeded to second the nomination of Lord Molyneux. He said be felt great pleasure in doing so, because he thought he had a right as a commercial man- 2 -(cries of "And a leveller,")— to interfere in th e nomination of a member for this division of this great commercial county. (hooting and cheers.) He had the honour of p ro p os in g 'Mr. Morris as a fit individual to represent the interests of Liverpool, a town with which be was intimately connected. lie had there been hailed with hisses. and called a leveller and destructive by individuals who he had considered were gentlemen of that town. He was proud that the noble lord, whose nomination he now seconded, had allowed the honour to such an humble individual as himself; but the cause was a good one, and if a good one, it could not be in jured by being entrusted to his hands. lle hoped he was too independent in principle to pay court to any individual, however high his rank, unless he found those men ready to support the rights of every class of his fellow-subjects. In this light lie viewed Lord Molyneux, and therefore supported his being agaiu brought forward to the electors on this important occasion. The noble lord, he believed, bad agreed to be put in nomination a second time, considerable against his inclination, and he did so merely with a view of promoting the general welfare and i nterests of this vast cowuaercial county. lie had no doubt of '~ . ~ ~~~ his being'honoured with as proud a victory as had favoured his last election. Mr. J. LLern then came forward to propose Mr. Wood. Re saint he performed a similar duty four years ago, on the one hand from a conviction that this division of the county required, as one of its representatives, a gentleman who was acquainted with trade; and, on the other because the reform bill having passed, ho felt that it was the duty of fhe electors to send repre sentatives to parliament willing to forward the farther reforms which was necessary, and for the attainment of which the bill was intended to be the means. On these grounds the freehold •• ers theu returned Mr. Wood as one of their representatives, He (Mr. Lloyd) now again proposed him for their confidence. Though he was addressing in great part as agricultural body, he knew also that' there was before non a very numerous and respectable mercantile class, and to them lie appealed' whether - it was not of importance to take care that the commercial and manufacturing interests should lie duly represented in parlia ment It might be said, indeed, that this was already done, — that the, boroughs returned such members; but he would have his he.rrers to recollect in what the coustituency of this division of Lancashire consisted. It was made up . not merely of agri culturists, but a great part —perhaps a majority of the county constituency, excluiive of those of the boroughs—was engaged in trade; and it was necessary, therefore, to protect their in terests by returning one county member, not only'of liberal and enlightened views in commercial affairs, but one also who was practically acquainted with them. He was justified in laying peculiar stress upon this point, because he knew it to be one which the great body of mercantile and commercial men valued most highly; but at the same time he, was quite aware that some of the country gentlemen were strongly opposed to the return of a commercial man for the county, the representation of which they were very desirous to keep in their own body. Ile called upon the commercial class, then, to bear this fact strongly in• mind and not to lose the present opportunity of ratifying t[leir claim. He called upon them, whatever were their feelings in other respects under the present political excitement, to remem ber that if the return of a commercial member were now given up, they would never again, or at ail events with very great difficulty, recover their power. He would not detain them with any statement of Mr. Wood's -political opinions, which were already known to them. ( A cry of •"coo well.") A declara tion ha'd recently been put forward by the right hon. baronet at the head of his Majesty's government professing a fair, honest, and sincere desire for reform of such abuses as existed, and if it were really an honest avowal of the intention of government to do away with abuses, that government, should they return Mr. Wood as one of their representatives, would find in him a zeal ous, though not a rash, advocate of reform wherever necessary; but if it ware merely delusion, if the present ministers continued to be the steady opponents of ref irm, which their conduct had hitherto proved them to be, then lie called upon the electors to prove that if his Majesty's ministers were not changed, neither were the electors of Lancashire. Mr. SitakseE rnE Pit r ries briefly seconded the nomination. Sir JOHN GERA. H p then came for;vard, amidst bind and re,- iterated cheers from the electors and the waving of harkiker- , chiefs from the ladies opposite the hustings, to propose Lord Francis Egerton as a fit and proper person to represent this di- • vision of the county in parliament. l'he time had now arrived, he said, when it behoved every man to act up to his feelings— when every loyal subject should, to the best of his ability, sup port his king anti constitution. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord whom he was about to propose, from Ns high rank—his fortune, which was immediately bound up in both the landed and,the commercial interests of the county—from his con nexion also with the illustrious house of Bridgewater, (cheers,) and his exalted talents—(cheers)—was a man than whom: one more fit to represent South Lancashire in parliament could not be selected. (Cheers.) His lordship had already addressed the electors in various towns of the division—(hear)—he had ex plained to them his principles—he had told them that Sir It. Peel's address to the electors of Tamworth was his political creed (loud cheers). he had told them that though he could go unfettered to parliament, yet, so long as the minister acted tip to those principles, he should have his support. (Cheers.) It was unnecessary, therefore, for him (the speaker) to trespass longer upon them, (hear,) and he had only further to propose Lord Francis Egerton as a fit and proper person to serve the county in parliament. (Loud cheers.) JOSEPH Bratue, Esq , seconded the nomination. He did so because he knew the noble lord totbe a man of pre-eminent ta lents, of highly cultivated mind, and alight principles. (Cheers.) And he did it also because the connexion of the noble lord with the county was such, that in-looking to his own interests he was looking to those of the county. But it was said by some that the noble lord was not a reformer; that he was a supporter of the present achninistration; and that, therefore, he would not do for South Lancashire. They declared that,. if he were elect ed, the consequence would he ruin to the county and ruin to religion; hut, if they would leave their religion to Mr. Wood, he would take care of it, (laughter;) if they would leave their eommerce to Mr. Wood, he would take care of it also; and that, if they would leave their agriculture to Mr. Wood, he would take care of it too. (Laughter.) Then, again, , it eas said that Mr. Wood was a member of the Manchester Agricultural So- ciety, and he could, therefore, advocate the cause of agriculture. ( Laughter.) And, to crown all, it was declared that, unless Mr. Wood were sent to Parliament to protect it, our commerce would go to the dogs. (Cries of "What a idea r• ) lie did not believe one word of all this; but it was not his intention further to allude to religion, to the commerce, to the agriculture of this country. This, however, he would declare, that he was one of those who remembered with gratitude the heroes and statesmen whose conduct and whose valour had won for us all those bless ings we enjoyed—(cheers)- blessin g s which were the property, nut of the present generation alone,but which we had been the instruments of diffusing over the world. (Cheers.) He was not unmindful of the sufferings through which this country had passed at more than one period of her existence; but, notwith standing them all, he believed that no other nation on the face of the earth had enjoyed so large a share of generally diffused prosperity as our own, or had been the means of scattering so many comforts over the wide world. (Cheers.) To these corn forts—to their permanency and existence he believed the county would be conducing by their return of the noble lord to parlia ment (Cheers.) It was not fit or right that the vast and varied interests of this important district should be intrusted to any intemperate political partizan. (Hear, cheers, and hoot ings.) lie neither denied, nor was he disposed to undervalue the boasted ,commercial knowledge and experience of .Mr, Wood; but, saying this, he must add, that he believed these qualities to be valued too highly. and he further declared that, with all his boasted talent, he would not pay the price at which they must be estimated, it, after his late factious declaration of hostility to Sir Robert Peel's government, Mr. Wood were elected. With regard to the noble lord, his sleeping partner, (laughter,) he might perhaps be allowed to say, merely that hr. talents were much more fitted to Clayton-square than to the House of Commons. (Cheers and laughter.) Colonel P. TEMPEST then proceeded to put in nomination the Hun. R. Bootle Wilbraham, a gentleman whose family had long been known, and whose father, the more he was known, the more was he respected and esteemed. (Cheers.) Mr. Wilbraham professed the true old English constitutional prin ciples (cheers), and he was is stanch supporter of thd constitu tion in church and state. (Cheers.) 'Whilst, however, he sup ported them, he would with a friendly and judicious hand re move any imperfections which time or circumstances might have introduced into our institutions, ever opposing any mea sure which might tend to endanger our matchless and unrivalled constitution, or the integrity of the British empire. (Loud cheers.) He was most - happy to find that they had another good conservative in the field—a noble lord who, from his_ varied talents, his sound constitutional principles, and his large possessions in this county, connected as they were with every branch of industry, was without exception one of the best men that could have been proposed to represent them in insrlianient. (Cheers.) These candidates professed the principles under which the country had prospered and been pre-eminently blessed—principles under which our commerce and manufata tures bad been extended beyond example—principles under which men had risen from crumble stattims . by their talents, their industry, their integrity, and their honourable ambition, to the highest and most important offices in the state. (Cheers.) Let it be recollected that at the present moment the country numbered such a man among our brightest and most influential public characters—a man from their own divisiou of the county. (Loud cheers.) It had been urged that one of the represen tatives for the county ought to be the chosen guardian of the commercial and manufacturing interests ("So he ought.") It was the duty of every member on enterinc , the House of Commons, to attend to the general interests' (loud cheers); but he also begged to point to the state of the representation in this county. The legislature had given them sixteen representatives; fourteen of whom were apportioned to the manufacturing and commercial towns (eleven to new ones) leaving two as the representatives of the landed interest. And be did not think it was presumptuous or ayergrasping to ask for two out of sixteen to represent the interest and the poli tical opinions of the agricultural body. (Hear.) For, let it be remembered, that the opinions which he professed were predo minant rat this county up to ,a very late period, and if he.might jadge from the signs of the times they were likely very soon to be so again. (Cheers.) The address of Sir Robert Peel (groans and loud cheers) must be taken as a public declaration of the system upon which the present ministers proposed to carry ou the government, and he would say that they were en• titled to the public confidence of every man who wished for the happiness, the , prosperity, and the repose of England, (cheers,) for Englisboen were tired Of agitation. (Continued cheers and groans.) Of the late administration, however, another View must be taken. When they quitted office all the nations of Eirropeolook.ed up to this as ibe-butwarb--of their liberties. • They looked to the people of England with confidence—he might say with affection, remembering who it was that relieved them from the iron grasp of France and Buonaparte. (Cheers.) But mark the difference! When that administration went out of office, every nation which had hitherto looked up to us with respect regarded us with jealousy, suspicion, and, he might say, with distrust. (Hear.) Then, again, let them look to Ireland. (Cheers, and much confusion.) The whigs had told the English people that the state of that country was owing, to the misgovernment of this ; but they had been four years in office, truckling to the agitators, with the bitterest enemies that this country ever bad, and degrading and insulting The hest friends of the connexion between the two, and the end of all was that they had placed affairs in a more dangerous and critical situa tion than was ever kmaysi within the last half century. (Cheers.) A stru g gle was now going on in England which ought not to be regarded as a contest between tories and whigs; it was a strug gle for the life or death of the. constitution. (Cheers.) The future destinies of England, her constitution and empire. were now in the hands of the electors; the nation confidently looked to the men of Lancashire, nobly and manfully to do their duty to their country, (" We will!") and to show that they were un awed by the influence of any power. They looked to them man fully and loyally to answer the appeal which their good—their patriot king had made to his people (cheers) for their protec tion and support in this awful crisis ; and lie trusted that by re turning conservative candidates they might be able to uphold our matchless censtititution and the independence of the British empire. (Loud cheers.) • Mr. Moss (the banker) said that concurring as he did en timely with the sentiments of the last speaker, he had but few words to add. Mr. Bootle Wilbraham was a gentleman highly respected and esteemed in private life, and he thought that a as the best criterion by which to judge of the purity of a man's principles. (Cheers.) If he was a good husband, and a good son, he was sure he would discharge honestly the duties; of a member o f parliament.—lle maintained that the lauded inte rest of this country ought not to be disregarded, and he could riot see the propriety of 3.lanchester, which had already three members, - being allowed to return four. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by seconding . the nomination of Mr. Withrahain. The High Sheriff having deniended whether there was any other candidate to propose, and no persona responding, Lord Mtir.v preemited himself. He was proud, because having heen called forward by influential persons of the commu nity (`• No." and cheers) he again offered himself as a candi date for their suffrages ; and be was proud, also, because he had been nominated and seconded by two of the most respectable men in the county of Lancaster—(laughter and cheers)—two menet* unblemished character, (hear,) the one respected, as he always had been, in the capacity of a land-owner; the other, a man whose name iu the commercial town of Liverpool had for many years been connected with every thing mosty worthy and moat respectable. (renewed laughter,) on 'Charle or in society. ( Increased laughter.) It was the duty of every person coming again before his constituents to explain to them his past con duct, to declare boldly and fearlessly the principles upon which he intends to act for the future. (Cheers.) When last he had the honour of appearing before the electors of South Lancashire it was iu consequence of the dissolution of Parliament caused ME LIVERPOOL STANDARD. - :THE GENERAL ELECTION. by the passing 'of the rehrin bill, the men by whom that great charter of our liberties was secured not choosing to carry any further measures through a Parliament which according:to their declaration had been unduly and improperly elected. (Cheers.) This was the motive for the former dissolution—but he asked them as platn 'Englishmen was there any motive for the present dissolution? (Cheers and cries of " Yes.") The difference was indeed vastly wide. The object of the present dissolution was to crush and counteract the effect of that wise and just measure. (!,,` No," and cheers.) The sudden change which had lately taken place had astonished ail England, (laughter,) and no one could assign any probable cause for it. (Renewed laughter.) They had been told, indeed, that the late Ministry was incapable and imbecile, (loud laughter,) that it was divided within itself (cries ofl" True!") by div isionsovei which it could not get—that it was going too far—that it was going to plunge the nation into destruction—and that it was leading the way by what their opponents were pleased to call clanitatr, but what they would now very gladly call public opinion. (Cheers and laughter.) Great boons had however been granted to English men by this Ministry—of their dissentions no man knew any thing. (Loud laughter.) But. every. Englishmen knew that they were united and persevering . in one object—the good of this country. His Majesty, however, in the exercise of his undoubted prerogative, had dismissed these servants in whom the people had confiikenee,andin as summary a manner had dissolved parliament. Having done so his first act Was not to choose men whose tno delete principles might have brought about a happy medium, hut he sent for the great enemy of all reform (Hisses) that great and noble miloary chief, the Duke of , Wellington.-- (Cheers.) No man present would join in cheers to that great man more heartily , than himself, but not iu his civil character. He thought he had deserved the titles he had gained and the emoluments be had received at the hands of the nation, but he did not think that he was fit to take in hand the government of the rational people of England. So convinced was the Duke himself of this, that he did not attempt such a task. He knew that his drill.serjeant notions were too much for the people,' (hisses and laughter,) and therefore he looked about him for the cleverest man he could see in the country, (loud cheers,) and who he thought would go down best with the people of Eng land. (Cries of "We wonder he didn't look for you.") Witn all' the haste that post horses could carry him, he brought that great man, Sir Robert Peel, to undertake the government (loud cheers,) and no sooner had he arrived than he informed the people in what way he intended fo govern them, by publishing to the electors of I'amworth an address, which had been al luded to at the other end of the lusting—ably written and ad mirably constructed—but meant nothing. (Cries of " Oh!" and laughter.) It was acknowledged, indeed, to be one of the cleverest, but, at the same time, one of the most vague pieces of sophistry. (Laughter and cheers.) It professed to be the manifesto of a reformer. (Cries of "So it is.") It talked of reform, end the writer took credit to hiouelf for having sup ported reform measures. It professed a willingness to reform acknowledged abuses, and its object was to put the electors in such a good humour as would insince them to support the abet tors of that manifesto. But for fear this deception should be carried on too long, out came at last the list of enderstrappers, (laughter,) and such a list of deterininei anti-reformers, of intolerant high churchmen, (hisses and cheers,) •of • promoters of public expense, of abetters of every thing that was corrupt in sinecure governments, lie had thought it would have been ditliciilt to find in England. (A cry, "They never were in Bow-street") For himself he would say that he never would bust such men. To defeat reform in this county every possible mancestvie would be put in play, and every trick would be tried to cajole the electors to believe in the reforming spirit of one of his opponents,.., and to give their votes to the other. He himself having de clared at rather a late moment that it was no longer his wish to sit in parliament (cry of " what a calf,") the canvassers of Lord Francis Egerton had taken an opportunity of saying that he was to fill his (the speaker's) place in parliament and iu poli tics. (No. no.) The minds of the people were to doubt easily persuaded that one lord would do as well as another (Laughter, and cries of " You are the Lord knows who,") but these gen tlemen had also endeavoured to persuade the simple that Lord Francis 'Egerton was a refortner. Now he thought, as a man of honour, that every one who had promised his vote under such a view, was released from his liability. A handle had also been made of words which fell from him at one of the meetings in Clayton-square, which an hon. gentleman had been pleased to ' say le ought not to have presided at. lie there said that at this crisis all reformers ought to merge their differences and unite in one common cause. He added that heaves a radical refor rner,—a radical reformer such as the term meant twelve Years ago, the men who in that day were so styled (Cry of " tart wright!") being now merely moderate wings ; and the measures, the advocacy of which was enough to hang or transport a man, being now adopted. But he would appeal to his conduct and his votes in parliament whether he was a man who in thi ; day would be designated a radical reformer. He ha i been atta:nsed in another way by his excellent friend Mr. ..Vilorana tt, woo had been pleased to say in pelts: that his opponents were men oue of whom was opposed to the church, and the other of whom he believed cared nothing at all about it. (Laughter.) Now, conversation upon religious subjects was a thing he had always avoided. ( Loud laughter.) He did not believe that in the whsle course of his life he had ever had six words upon the subject (renewed laughter) with the honourable gentleman. He wished the church to be distinguished by the good it did, and not by the pelf it pocketed. (Cheers.) His lordship then alluded to a disagreement which was reported to have occurred between him and his late colleague. lie declared that no such difference existed and that the rumour arose front the simple circumstance of his not having canvassed a portion of the county in company with Mr. Wood, and not being present at the recent dinner at Liverpool, at which Mr. Wood attended. He concluded by asking whether the electors had forgotten the conduct of the tortes for the fifty years dorm;; which they were in power—whether they had forgotten the ;truggle they had had, and the victory they had recently obtained over them— whether they intended after all, humbly and blindly to lay them selves down at their feet, anti say, " We are not fit to think for ourselves, much less to act,"—whether they were prepared basely to give back the power which they had wrested from • them ? . ....... Mr. G. W. Noon next presented himself to the electors. We regret to state that, owing to the distance at which we were placed, and the low tone in which Mr. Wood spoke, we aro able to make only a very imperfect report of his speech. As soon as we could obtain a hearing. we understood him to say that. his object was to remove fiv - liat was useless, to improve what was de fective, and to retain all that was valuable in our institutions. He had seen nothing . that auproached to revolution in the country since the passing of the reform act. The tendency to extreme opinions was much abated, and men were now junking for the redress of practical grievances, and which they were de termined to have redressed. (Cheers.) They had seen the, whig ministry replaced by an oligarchy, and the question for the electors was, would they or would they not have confidence in the new ministry? For tis . paet he did not expect from their hands those reforms which the country expected. A friend of his had asked them whether they would confifle in Sir It. Peel. (Cries of "No," from the Whigs, and three cheers from the to ries.) He distrusted the men whose character was before them, and since they had assembled there he had found another ground far his opinion. He had observed, what he considered one of the signs of the times, that every observation i fi no praise of the reform bill was met with a sneer by the geurfewien decorated with blue ribbons. From what Sir It. Peel had done he could not believe that he was a siuceie reformer, and he was strength ened in this opinion by the fact that Lord Stanley would net take office, because he had no ground to sunpose that ministers would carry into effect those principles of reform which lie sup ported. Nevertheless he should not refuse good measures, either from factious or any other motives, from men with whom he did not agree in opinion. He had been represented as op posed to the agricultural interest; but no man regretted the present agricultural distress more than he did ; and, in his opi nion, a fixed duty upon corn was a better security for the corn grower than the preseut system. One of the honourable can didates had represented bun as hostile to the church, but this was on unfounded assertion, for he was in uu respect opposed to it. When the House of Commons had beets called rip e. to de clare that the revenues of the church were larger than they ought to be, and that they should be devoted to other purposes, he gave his support to the opponents of that motion. He had also given his vote for the grant of a million of money to the clergy of Ireland, and the only.pretext which could be alleged against him of want of respect for the church arose from the bill brought into parliament to admit dissenters to the universi ties.. Would that meeting maintain that dissenters were not entitled to enjoy a university education? And this was all that he sought to accomplish by his bill, and what he believed to be doe to that great body. 'I he interests of the professors in the universities, their rights, their privileges, and their emoluments, were all secured by his bill; and he was perfectly willing to abide by the question, whether that bill was a disgrace to him or not. Au attempt had been made by a gentleman whom he wished to have heard on this occasion, to injure him at the last election, by throwing doubts on his religious principles. The reception which those remarks met with was a. rebuke which might not to have been forgotten. He had told him then that such matters were between himself and his anaker, and if there was nothing against his character as an honest men and a . good citizen, it was an affair in which no man had a right to inter fere. Since that time he had seen in the columns of a news paper a letter, in which he was charged with not being a chriS non, a thing of which the gentlemuu who charged him could know nothing. Mr. Woou then went into some detail respbct ing his religious opinions, in which he disclaimed being either a follower of Calvin or Socinus. In reference to the support afforded him by the Derby family, he said that he was surprised at being.taunted with it, fur if he was dot very much Mistaken. Lord Francis Egertou had paid a visit on the sane errand. He concluded by expressing his determination, if elected, of devoting all his energies to the service of the county. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON then came forward, and was re ceived by the most general and enthusiastic manifestations of feeling which it ever was our lot to witness. As soon as silence was secured, the noble lord addressed the assembled 'throng to the following effect:—lf at any time since he accepted the in vitation which had brought him here on the present occasion, if he had ever felt the difficulties and the labours of the task which he had undertaken, the present was that moment, and the occasion when he was called upon to follow as be had dune, in the course of his canvass of the county, the gentlemen with whom he had the misfortune to enter into competition for the favours and suffrages of the electors of the southern division of the county of Lancaster—gentlemen whom he was sensible had the advantage of more general personal acquaintance, and a longer connection with the county than himself—a comparative stranger. (Cheers.) To one of those gentlemen, indeed to the lion. gentleman who had last addressed the meeting, and who had spoken of him (Lord F.. Egerton)' in terms siAlattering, he felt bound to return his heartfelt acknowledgments.. lie should have lunch preferred, however, to have owed his intro duction to the county (which he termed this day's proceedings to be) to some incident of his conduct with reference to com mercial pursuits, in which (merchant as that hon. gentleman was) he claimed a common interest, if not an intimate con uexion. (I.oud cheers.) In the noble lord who had addressed hint by the title of friend--a title which he most cordially re turned to the•noble lord, assuring him that it was a privilege which he (Lord F. Egerton) should proudly retain until the noble lord should find reason to withdraw it from him, and which privilege also the noble lord might keep-sin that noble lord he saw the representative of a family whose territorial possessions were (if he might use the expression) interlaced with the commercial capital of this great county, and thereby possessed of many opportunities of winning that esteem and regard which was only to I;e acquired by means of neighbour hood and intimacy. (Cheers.) Stranger as he t Lord Eger on) presented himself, he could not but feel the full force of tall these disadvantages—strongly he felt them, but fearlessly he would lace them (cheers), for he was here on the present occasion with nu sinister motive—not actuated by personal or ambitious feelings, but in the completion of an act of duty con sequent upon the invitation which, with satisfaction to his conscience, he could no more refuse to obey than could the sol dier refuse the trumpet's call to battle ; for the diSohedieuce of which infamy and disgrace was the penalty. (Loud cheers.) In the course of his visits to various parts and districts of the county, the performance of which had been, owing to indisposi tion, less adequate than he had hoped to have discharged his task, be had been afforded so many opportunities of explaining the political principles which he sought to Support in parlia ment. that he thought it unnecessary fur him to enter into a further detail of these principles on the present occasion. Ou all questions which had been put to him he had fully, freely, and fairly . responded in the course of his canvass—he had re pelted no inquiry — nay, he had st.bniitted to be catechised, and he believed his examiners, whether they did or did not differ from him in sentiment, admitted that he had responded with honesty to every elector or non-elector who had been pleased to 'examine him. He had endeavoured to meet, certainiy not always with the same success, those general questions the dis cussion of which usually folioed a portion of the business of an election. (Cheers.) He, therefore, would dismiss them on the present occasion. He had seen posted on the walls iu different parts of the county which he had visited placards stamping him with names, ensue of which he was witting to accept, while there were others which lie felt bound to reject. There had been ap plied to .him the name of " tory, bigot" and other terms of ordinary election attack. If he could believe that these epi thets and imputations were confirmed by his past conduct,—if he could believe that they would he confirmed by the voice of the county, then he owned he should feel some surprise and compunction at the situation iu which he had now the honour to stand. (Cheers.) He should feel some compunction when he looked round, not to his opponents, but to his friends,—to the gentlemen who had done him the honour to nominate and to second his nomination ; and he should ask whether it was that because he was the inflexible advocate of religious intoler ance he was introduced to this division of the county of Lancaster? (Cries of" No, no.") He would point to a.strong justification of one great measure in the person of the hon. gentleman who pre sided this day—a gentleman well known by many now present, standing as they respectively did in the relations of landlord and tenant—(loud cheers)—a measure of which it mi n iiht be presumed, from what the electors had heard of him, that he had been the unflinching opponent, whilst on the contrary he had been, whether mistakenly or otherwise, its honest though feeble supporter. Was it then to his advocacy of commercial intoler ance, (as it was called,) restriction, and monopoly that he owed this his introduction to the county. Certainly not. With regard to personal recommendations, it was not for him now to discuss; those were considerations which he should leave to the unpre judiced opinions and decision of the electors of the county. But the electors had been told upon authority, which he should not now stoop to question, that of the noble lord to whom he had the misfortune now to be opposed, that his (Lord F. Eger ton's) political opinions personally Elisquaiitied him for the re presentation of this county in Parliament. If that attack were personal to himself, if that sentence of exclusion Irons Parlia ment was to be endeavoured to be enforced against him indivi dually, he could submit to it with little regret; but he viewed in that indictment framed by the noble lord the application of a principle put forward by one party with a view to effect the ex clusion of another party from the councils of the nation, and as such he would venture to try the question by the voice of the county, and to put it to the test of a poll, only regretting that it could not be tried in the 'person of an abler advocate than him self. (Loud cheers.) lie considered the enforcement of that principle involved the defeat of the exercise of the king's un questionable prerogative—a prerogative recently exercised with- out any pretence or a shadow of ground for saying that it was influenced by faction and intrigue. (Renewed cheers.) That principle would exclude from power those very men whom the voice of the .country acknowledged in every respect to be able, proper, and fit to wield it: (Cheers, and souse disapprobation.) He did not acknowledge the justice - of such a call on'the part of those who, with impotence to do good, had forgotten their impotence to avoid mischief. (Continued eheering.) Such. however, was the claim of thepartv who sought to.effect his re jection, ou the ground of the political conduct and opinions which he had ever followed, and which he still entertained. It was true that this might be accomplished by the application of that oft-tried. nostrum, reform; that Shibboleth, by which every man, forsooth, was to be admitted into, or excluded from, the councils of his country. (Renewed cheering.) Upon such _grounds rested the claims of these self-constituted Levites, who sought the exclusive service and right of transport of the ark of the constitution ; of those who told them, " Stand by, we are holier than you!—we number in our ranks "nen who have served on that vessel, have borne it through fire and flood, and saved it from the host of surrounding Philistines." In turn, he however demanded the right for himself in connexion with every other member of the community, to . canvass and question the claims of those parties to the exclusive management and protection of the state. Aud he also demanded the, right to look to whom and to what parties that responsible task was now con fided, (loud cheers,) and to inquire how far they had endea voured to soothe the apprehensions which it was easy to trace depicted in almost every countenance, and whose return to power was met by the admission, that every class and every body of reformers iu this kingdom were knit together more closely than ever by that event. Did those who made this ad mission reflect upon, or had they ascertained to what extent other reforiners besides themselves went in their demands? Had they considered that this union, having for its object the over throw of the government of the. Sovereign's choice, might include christian dissenters and professed atheists, (cheers;) had they considered that in such an union might be found in those ranks the best of men and citizens in combination with such charac- ters as Messrs. Robert Taylor and Richard Carlile. (Tre mendous cheers.) Hence it was that bethought recourse had been had to means and, agencies which those who had sought for and adopted them would be unable to control. Let this party be assured that, if they should succeed in their attempt to affect the return to power of those now in the councils of the crown, the loss of many acres would follow to those now in pos session, who must then take rank, not beside, but beneath the levelers whose assistance they sought. (Cheers and partial hisses.) It was in vain tu thiuk that they could benefit by such assistance, or that, having used it, they , cowd get rid of those whose aid they had sought and attained by cajollery or menace, reward or presecution; on the contrary, he believed they would find that the dissolution of the partnership they had - formed would not be so easily and suddenly effected, (cheers;) they would discover that the facility by which these, like the minis ters of forbidden arts, could be dismissed when once aroused was very far from perfect. (Continued cheers.) These were the dangers to which he looked forward; and if he knew the length (of which he was anything but certain) that the other candi dates who had addressed the meeting would go, if the power was committed to their hands, he should feel less disposition to come forward on the present occasion. It was in contemplation of such dangers that he owned that he clung with increased attach ment to the essence of the institutions of the country ; and, while he acknowledged the necessity of change, repair, or reno vation in their forms, he wished rather to confide the change or repair to men who see and acknowledge these dangers than to those who would do it by ill-timed attempts. It had been ob served, with what truth he knew not, that he who dwells amidst the storm and in the neighbourhood of the avalanche clings with double affection to the home endeared to him by the visible ap prehension of danger, and possible impending ruin, than he manifests whose abode is in the peaceful valley. • Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms; And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms, And, as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings (lose and closer to the mother's hreast, So the losid torrents and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more. So the feelings which are peculiar to this state of nature are those which impress me. I cling to the institutions of my country, which have stood many a blast ; and white I hear the demon of democracy at the door, I consider this no time to cower at the earth in indolence, while the attack may doom its social fire to extinction. (Great cheering) But, gentlemen, I would not neglect the task to strengthen, to improve, and to repair ; but on the contrary, loving that hearth as I do, I see the more reason for that repair or reform, or call it what you will; and I may be but a feeble instrument, but I assure you that I am not blind to its necessity. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, some ob servations have been made by an hon. gentleman at the other end of the hustings, to which - I feel called upon to reply. The question has been asked, it . I understoOd it rightly, whether we were prepared to disallow the claims of the dissenters to a uni versity education. Now, 1 for one would disallow no dissenter from procuring the best education that be could obtain ; but I would disallow his claim to an entrance into the universities — (hisses from the whigs, which were overpowered by cheers from the conservatives,) which I believe would not only be iucom patible with, but destroy that system of religious instruction which is there established. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, these are no new views of mine, for I have explained them in almost every town I have visited during my canvass (loud cheers ;) and 1 would ask the hon. gentleman who has alluded to this subject, and who is well acquainted with the progress of an institution to which I am a subscriber, I mean the London University— whether it has not been found impossible to connect any system of religious instruction with that institution ? Gentiemen, I believe that there are few other differences between rue and the dissenters on this subject; en that ground only I object to their admission to the universities. The principal difficulty with re gard to dissenters appears to be their subsequent advancement in lay professions ; but I trust these difficulties may be removed; and 1 shall use my best endeavours in assisting to removethern. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there is another observation which ap pears necessary for me to make, and I thank my hon. opponent for giving me the opportunity of making it. It has been said. and I have seen it repeated in newspaper paragraphs, that I have spoken with disrespect of a certain class of opposition that I have met with. 1 admit, that from some remarks in a Loudon newspaper my spirit dill rise, and that I .expressed myself warmly to thd effect that the representation of this division should not be left in the hands of two or three fainiies. Gen tlemen, if in those remarks that I made, and I cannot recollect every word I said on the subject, I should have said anything discourteous to the noble family alluded to, I hope that this will be taken as a recantat ion, if necessary, or at all events as an apology. But, gentlemen, the subject has b - een aggravated by an allusion to a visit that I paid to that family on my first arrival in this country. I had thought that my connexion with the family, and my personal acquaintance with a distinguished member of it, g ave me a right-to enpiain to. them 'thy- eireemetetteee iu which I stood; and, without asking fur their support, of stating the grounds on which, yrobably, I should conic forwaid as a candidate fur this division. Gentlemen, the allusion that has been made to this circumstance has made this explanation per haps necessary, but it requires no apology from use. Exhaust ed as, no doubt, you. must be, gentlemen, and exhausted as is my own strength, I shall not detain you longer. You all know the circumstances under which I have come forward as a candi date for your suffrages. My opinion of my own abilities is such as would never have induced ine'to put myself forward on these hustings, unless I had been invited so tuedri (Loud cheers.) If the success which we anticipate (treinendoes cheering, which lasted several minutes) amid the prospect of which could only have justified me in disturbing the peace of the county, should attend our efforts, you will find in me a willing instrument in promoting all your local interests in parliament, seciug that with them my own interests are so entirely bound tip. The noble lord concluded by thanking the electors for the patience and good feeling with which they had listened to hiin.—The conclusion of the speech was followed by three loud cheers. Mr. WILBRAHAM then came forward and said, Mr. High- Sheriff and gentlemen, it is with extreme diffidence that I conic forward to address you. for never in my lire did I in the open air address so numerous and so respectable an assembly. But new as 1 am iu politics, and stranger as I comparatively ant to the county, it is necessary that I should state the grounds on which I solicit your suffrages. Gentlemen, the reason that induced me to come forward was the coalition, avowed or dis avowed, between the noble lord and the 'inn. gentleman who has addressed you. I was called forward not by my own wish, but at the earnest request of a numerous. and respect able body of the constituency of the county ; amid yet, though politically opposed to Lord Molynetix and dr. Wood, I enter tain for the one feelings of friendship, and for time other those sentiments of resrect to which he is entitled for his good sense as a commercial man. My political priticiples are those of a con servative—(cheers)—arid, gentlemen, 1 stand, here as the diem pion of the church and the constitution. (Cheers.) Whilst speaking of the church, I would say, that I atn sorry in any way to have offended the two gentlemen who are opposed to by what fell from me in the beat of argument at a meeting at St. Helen's. I bad no wish to interfere between themselves and their God; but with respect to Mr. Wood, I wished it to Le be lieved that the bill which he introduced for the admission of dissenters into the universities was an indirect way of under mining the church. ( Loud cheers.) And with respect tim the noble lord, (Molyneux,) what I said was, that he had no p?iti cuter care about the elm rch. lam glad that those observat emus have given him the opportunity of explaining his attachment to the church—(laughter)—an attachment which 1 presume to think was rather equivocal. ( Laughter and cheers.) Geutle men, it is scarcely necessary for me to take up vour time in explaining the priuciples upon which I come before ; but there are one or two points upon which it is perhaps necessat y that I should speak. The first is the grievances of the dis senters. I entertain a sincere respect for them as a body, but while I would nut go so far us Mr. Wood, I would join uny measures which would give them the same advantages in lay professions as churchmen : and I will consent to the removal of everything - that is objectionable to their relieious sciuples, tape- JANUARY 20, cially in matters of registration and the performance 'eft the marriage ceremony. (Loud and continued cheers.) With respect to taxation, gentlemen, I am a tax-payer, and should be glad to see taxes reduced ; and I assure you that I should be willing to aid in their reduction, more especially those *Web bear upon the labouring classes. (Cheers.) Of these I think that the malt tax is one that ought to be removed. With re= spect to tithes and church rates, 1 should be glad to support any meaFuro which may allay the irritati o n in the country respect... ing them ; but I beg to state that I will never consent to the revenues of the church being applied to any other than strictly ecclesiastical purposes. (Cheers, and hisses from the whigs.) I do nut know, gentlemen, that it is necessary for me to detain you longer, ail that I can say is, if you do me the honour to elect ine—(Loud cries of "We will,")—I will endeavour to do my duty, and to gain a better acquaintance with the interests of the country;' and I assure you that, whether my opponents or my friends require my services in parliament, - I shall do my duty impartially to both. Gentlemen, I thank you for the patience with which you have listened to me, and 1 hope that, through your exertions, I shall be returned your representative; Mr. HALSALL solicitor, of Middleton, stepped forward, and claimed the privilege, us an elector, of putting several questio' to the various candidates. upon subjects n, to which they did not seem to have alluded during their speeches. The first question was—" In case you should be returned, will you vote fur the repeal of the septennial act." The candidate's returned answers that they would not pledge :hemselves. Mr. liatsAtt then put a second question to each of the candidates, which was—.' Will you vote for a tax on the fluid owner, adequate to the injury which the land-owner may sus tain by a repeal of the corn law act?"—which was answered in a similar manner. Mr. HALSALL still persisted in putting another question,. which was—" In case of a repeal of the poor law bill, will yon vote for a secularization of tithes, and an appropriation of one fourth of those tithes for the use of the poor ?" Lord MoLrms.ux made sotne observation, and was about to speak further, but the patience of the meeting was exhausted, and a simultaneous cry of " Off ! off l"—" Throw- him over," &c. stopped Mr. Halsall's interrogatories. The High-sheriff politely handed him his hat, upon which the noble lord retir e d. The HIGH Summit , then put the question-on each of the candidates to a show of hands, which was declared to be in favour of the conservatives, whereupon a poll was demanded on behalf of Lord Molyneux and Mr. Wood by E. J. Lloyd, Esq., and William Blundell, Esq., and the same was tiar...it to take place on this day and to-morrow. A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff having bean proposed by Lord Molyneux, and carried unanimously, the meeting separated at half-past two o'clock in a most orderly manner, WEST INDIA RUIN. Week after week we have the melancholy duty imposed upon us of confirming all the foreboding prophecies- of ruin to our West India possessions which we uttered nearly a year ago; for week after week intelligence arrives which makes the dark accounts of former news still more gloomy. Amidst all this, when we would have the utmost harinony suosisting between the legislatures and the governors Of the islands, when firmness and union are most imperatively necessary, we find in Jamaica, the most important of all our colonies, the Marquis of Sligo at is sue with the house of representatives on a question of vital im portance—viz., the appointment of an additiOnal number of stipendiary magistrates. The negroes—we beg their pardon. the apprentices—refuse to do any sort of work, and, not content with leaving the crops to rot, are committing every species of depredation and crime. In this state of things the appoint ment of a sufficient number of magistrates ought to be made without one moment's delay;—but the Marquis of Sligo states in reply to a request to that effect, made most earnestly by the house of representatives, that he cannot do so with o ut sending home for permission and instruction, the slavery abolition act not allowing him to make any more special magistrates ; al though in the very same breath, in the very same reply, the marquis says that he has appointed some! Now if he could ap point any, why not appoint a sufficient number? If the crea tion of special magistrates is against the act of parliament, wlierefore did he create any? However; we are not so much disposed to blame the Marquis of Sligo as those humanity mongers who, heedless of misery at home, kept parading with • the diligence and cant of so many Matowornts, the wretched con dition of the blacks—that condition being one of po e sitive com fort, their proprietor being compelled to furnish them with it house, food, clothing, medicine, a garden-plot, and a support in old age ! All this the negroes have lost, and our beautiful .island-empire of the west is doomed to fall into the desolation and misery of St. Domingo! All they want is a Toussaint.— Age. CHURCH REFORM. We can state upon what we consider unquestionable authority that. a Committee of Bishops has been appointed to consider of a plan of church reform, including a commutation of tithes, preparatory to the subject being submitted to parliament by hie Maj esty's ministers.— War cester Journal. We learn that a measure of large, and we trust of enlighten ed; church reform is to be immediately brought forward by Sir Robert Peel en the opening of parliament. We are also in formed that the Rev. Dr. Pye Smith and the Rev. John Clayton have bad an interview with the premier by his desire, with the view of making some arrangements as to what are called dis senters' grievances. Both of these gentlemen have stood aloof from the mere political agitators calling themselves dissenters, and have little communion of sentiment with those who are capable of penning the low and intemperate resolutions to which the name of Mr. Timothy East was appended. We believe Sir R. Peel is disposed to go as far as any reasonable non-conform ist ought to desire, in removing the few remaining civil die. abilities of the dissenters, and we trust that the respectable portion of that body will not suffer the intentions of the govern ment to be defeated by men who have no stake in the country, and who derive more than half their importance from the bustle nod excitement of troublous times Record, THE SPRING ASSIZES. Ttie judgei theft •did not enter espective courts until ncarll eleven o'clock on Friday morning,' in consequence of being en gaged in the exchequer chamber in choosing their circuits, and which are as follonr-7. ' Home.—Lord Denman and Mr. Justice Gaselee. Midland.—Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice Lit tledale. Norfolk.—Lord Ahinger and Mr. Justice Vaughan. Oxford.—Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Justice Patte'nu. Northern.—Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Baron Aldersun. North Wales.—Mr. Baron Bolland. South Wales.—Mr. Justice Williams. Western.—Mr. Baron Gurney. [ADVERTISEMENT.] CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MESSRS. THOMAS BOOTH AND CO. AND MR. JOSEPH MARTIN. DBAR Sia,—We are sorry to say that we find our business so far diminished, with the prospect of its being still further curtailed during the present year, that after you have balanced the books up to the 31st December, we shall not have further occasion for your attendance. We wish you to suit your own convenience as to the time of leaving, two, or even three months being uo object. We wish to express our perfect satisfaction as to the correctness and regularity with which ou have conducted your department, and shall be happy, should we find sufficient employment, to have again recourse to your services. In the meantime it will afford us great pieasure to forward your views in any way in our power.—We are,eyours very respectfully, Mr. Joseph Martin., THOMAS BOOTH and Co. 28. Slater-street, 19th December, 1834. CiRNTLtML'N,—I received your note of this day, / presume, it being without date, but I found it on my desk. Th policy it approves, like a verbal one I received from a like squatter xis years ago, is indicative of the liberal sentiment.) ur the house from which both have enia.uaterl; and yet that bousa professes itself to be imbued with liberal sentiments. I repu diate them from my creed. As I found yourlooks many years behindhand before I took charge of them, and at least forty years without their showing a► regular balance, is it likely, on a second peremptory dismissal, that I should balance them for the last sir months of lost year— up to which period I had balanced them ?—I am genV..men, your obedient servant, JOSEPH IKAIITIN. Messrs. Thomas Booth and Co. LONDON GAZETTE.—FnIDAY, JAN. 15. CROWN-OFFICE, JeNueter 15. Members returned to servo in the new Parliament. . County of Gloucester—F.a.stern Divisioe—Christopher William t Codrington, Es.. ; the Ho:letter'le Augustus Henry Moreton. Wese- 1 ern Division—The lionournbie George Charles Grantley Fiteherdi age 1 Berkeley ; Henry Somerset, commonly called the 31arquia of Wore 1 tester. 1 Borough of Tewkesbury—William Dowdeswell, Esq. ; Charles Hanhury Tracy, Esq. . • . Borough of Cirencester—Joseph Cripps, Tleq. ; Lieutenant-General the Right honourable Sir Robert Edward henry Somerset, G.C.8., commonly called Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset. I Bot of of Stroud—lieol le Poulett Scrope, Esq. ; Charles Richard. .i Borough of CheitenliamL-The Honourable Craven Fitzhardinge ' I Berkeley. . I Town of Cerrickfergus- e -Peter Kirk, of Thorntielti, in the county if the town of Gerric.kfereueeFsq, . County of Cardigan—William Edward Powell, of Nanteos, in the county of Cardigan, Esq. t Borough of Cardigan—Pryse Pr; SP, of Gogertham e in the county of t Cardigan, Esq, City of Limerick—William Roche, of Genges-street e in the courtly of the said citr, Esq. ; David Roche, of Caress-house, in the gouuty of Limerick, ECq. . ST. JAMES'S PALACE.. Dr. - Teener' 22.1834. The K ing has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood ripest William Webb Ft)llet, Esq.. his Majesty's Solicitor-General. FOREIGN OFFICE, JANUARY 13, 123:e ' I The King has berm graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Peter Quartin, as Consul at Gibraltar for the ttowan States. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edmund Sandell, Bristol, Staymaker. BANKRUPT.A, George Joshua, itrownlow-street, Drury-lane, eutrler. John Marston, Warwickshire, grocer. William Inglis, Hounds.litch, currier. Bothell Norris, Oxford-street, chemist and druvist. George Barley and John Evans, Lad-lane, wareltoosetatere William Richardson, Godstotte, Surrey, innkeeper; e . John Carnley, Kingston-upon-Hull, upholster. r. Francis Moore, jere, Old Kent-road, Surrey, vinegar moveletut. William Stivensou, Princess-street, Westminster, dealer La Lueltoe gany. John Nevatt, Petworth, Sussex, tailor. Walter Raymond, Streatham, Surrey shipowner James Wigan, Pine Apple-place. Kilburn, music-eviler. , • DIVIDENDS. ! Feb. O. J. Millett, sen., Fulham, Middlesex, market-geedener—Feb. 9, J. Z. Pulbrook, Great Surrey-street, Black friars-roan, bootmeker— Feb. 12, J. Talbot and 11. 1 , reeds, Threadneedle-street. broken:— Feb. 12, W. Nicholson, Bradford, Yorkshire, scrivener—Feb. 7, T. Mitten, Neweate-street, fringe-manufacturer—Feb. 9. R. M. "talkie. London-wail, merchant—Feb. le R. Parker, Rupert-street, Ilaytnar ket, harness-maker—Feb. 13, 0. Cr.bitt, North Walshain. Norfolk. lime-hurner—feh. 6, B. Tummote Sheffield, Yorkshire painter— March 19, S. Bennett, Bath, grocer. CERTIFICATES.—FetterArte 6. 0. B. Sawyer, Leicester-square, build( r—R. Bailey Wotton-under- Edge, Gloucestershire. bookbinder—A. Bray, ReeLion-yant, Hol born, horsedealer—J. Wyld, Itathbone- plaee, Oxford-street, hosit r-- 11. Dukin, High-street, Southwark. cheesemonger— A. Shears, Fri dav-street, Chief ps i de, silk- warehouse tTlan—G. Upton, Borough- ~ bridge. Yorkshire, scrivener--M. Tiley, bath, hatter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. It, T. Kent and C. Muriel. Southwark, feureyons—W. Neale and S. Rails, Yeovil, Somersetshire, pawnbrokers—J. Smith and Alfred Smith, Ilastinge, bakers—W. Robinson and E. Hall, Shaleld coop ers—T. Coupe and Co.. Pendleton, Lancashire, I.leachers—W.ithollett and Co.. Coal-Hole Tavern, Strand, victuallers—L. Evans anti C, Lvens, Oxford, paper-makers.--T. ClCo.,owton sad Co. Norwich, mautifacturers—W. J. Hebert and G. Archer, Camherwell, station ers—J. Givens and Co., Durham, shipwrights—H'. F. Mellin and T. !Lorne. jun., Great Tnwer-street—T. Carder and J. Skinner, Rateliti, coal-inerehants—T. Caldwell and W. King. Bristol, the mists—.l. B. Miller and B. 0, Miller, 'tangent, Essex, millers—J, Alexander and W. Alexander, Bromley, Kt - a, butchers—F. Cocks, sou., E. Banks. anti F. Cocks, jun., Birmingham, button-makers. so for as concerns F, , Cocks, jun.—C. II ittson and J. Lawrence, Bristol, hat-mabufeeturent G. Allender and H. Allender, Chestvrehatters—H. King, A. Kite:, and J. Pettier, Prude Canal, merchants. ns far a regards J. Pullere-C. J, hall and C0.,1 Romany, Seuthatnpton, brewers—C. J. Ball and T. ball, Romney, Southaunpten, malstere.