The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

soCIII LANCASHIRE.
• •

The nominntiohfor the southern division of Lan-
▪ tool: place yesterday, at Newton-le-Willows. As
▪ ..14 110 C. 11104, the election had excited very little
"-mit,,„:. mid hut few persona attended the proceedings ca-
sual xi accompanied the candidates from Manthester
L-verpod he special trains engaged fur the occasion.
1,1.1 C.• ill trent of the Horse •ud Jockey
And the high sh.ritf, and the nominators, and Dom
• addre.s.il the tree:whit rs from a table upon the
at UPI .ttrl. sr
bcrw might be a thousand electors iu the
abde.
WIELD 111.1141)ELL, high sheriff, having opened
ferueettliegs,
Mr. I mows* Ds ~ of Manchester, proposed as aßt
sass ~,,p.r pers.,. Vim Drown. Esq., one of the late mem-
_ Mr, TU.I%IAO IMOKNELY, M.P., seconded this

a,gwMathis.
Mr. Its Asitwooscrit, of Turton, nominated John
Cherthans. Essq.—Mr. Wu. st memo seconded the no-
sued i-n.
N., ether candidates hiving been offered, the Sheriff de-
iernsi Mr. Brown and Mr. Cheetham elected, amidst loud
eheero.
yr w. BROWN, in thanking the freeholders for again
o„,e.reir.g this honour upon him. said he came before them
„, se Melon a limner occesion, a honest freetrader, deter-
we,' to support the supremo, yof the Queen, and to main-
t.vi the in'cgrity the House of Lords. He was equally
determined to support the independence of the people
ts.e.agh :Mir repro +swatters in the Wawa of Commons.
Is) It was ecrtaauly no little privilege to stand there
tor the toarth time. supported by the goodly array of the
• ,lthy sad reope ctable he saw about him. On former ors
/mom the sent lion to parhement unpledged, and
y..flt him unpledged now. Ile must honestly
"
(4, tats there was but one point on which he
Del chanted hs mind. Wheu they questioned hint before,
whether he would support a qualificetion fur members of
cono no, lie sotool Certainly, and lancer titan now exists...
tat when 4 m 111 saw his errors, it WAS hut fair to acknow-
-4,14e them 1., constituents—(" hear," aud a laugh)—
~e l soh, n h w. it into the House of Commons he found the
Am.!' tre nili r. who sat then' without qualifications as
rosl• ...We a feisty of men as auy who were the House of
oo•
C nunils—(applausel —awl under these circumstances he
net we why their representatives should have property
iniahruations. tHear, hear.l It was certainly our snis-
tottzne to have an admiuistration at present who, he
1, rrJ, IS laird to be retrograde in their movements. He did
trust and ley.. that the elections throughout the country
• present them from doing any, mischief. Ile
....a:3 nut believe. however, that the constituencies •
...a:J. through supineness. or fancied security, or
ass other came, refrain from godug to the poll, I
auhout the countiss whose elections bad yet to be de-
termined, in odder to return us good free trade members.
It was erentidly necessary they should do so, if they did
SA mean to reverse the policy which had been adopted. •
What dui the Secretary of State for the Colonies say when
be was questioned by Mr. Wilson with respect to the sugar
duties ? He said it was true he had withdraws his motion
ea the sugar dem for the preterit, hut when the new pur-
l:anent asiremhled it would be re introduced. Ilia wish was
to r store pro!, etion to the West Indies. What slid Mr.
Herne say Cie other day in his election speech He
u 2, Alt protect all .voting interests "—by the way, whe-
ther thee were for the good of the country or not. (Hear.)
Mr. Christopher, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
!radio:3 us from fir,t to last that he was a protectionist.
gone a some length into statistical illustrations of
etc hint tit conferred on the country by free trade, Mr.
to ea said he should nut trouble them any more ;
for so long a* we had freedom of the press and
the right of assembling to declare our sentiments—so
is we lived under a constitutional government—so long
as Entli•lnsan's house was his castle, which no man
could invade wilese some abuse was proved against it—so
eight hope to he the must independent nation upon
each: and he hoped Eng would never give up any
et these tleareot of privileges. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. CHEETHAMsaid his colleague had shown them, by
net. and Moore.. which he had bed the pleasure and the
ro,;(,ititig in samous places in this countv, the
advameni it of the interests ot tnis great county and of the
~.nutry at Sane by the extension of the principle.' of free
bode. Ile w..01d not go over those facts and figures
SZUSI. but he would ask what fee, trade had clone
for us? Ile said it hod built its own monument in
its remit. It was the boast of a Homan emperor that he
tad found it of brick and left it of marble; but free trade
ciuld with far greater truth point to the tftumphant re-
sults of its action, saying it holed England live years ago
m the depths °Cogitation, dismay, and discontent, and now
Lund it in the enjoyment of the highest prosperity, can-
t non. rat, and peace. It found the abode of the poor man,
then th. abode of drunkennen,scowline looks, dissatisfaction,
and unhappiness; and now we found it the abode ot peace and
to I sviiness, comfort and contentment. (A voice, " And
et the big loaf.") His friend was right, for that was the
secret cif the whole. The improvement showed that the
hoe trader was not a man ot one eye, looking at physical
e•or.e.rts alone ; they certainly were his ostensible objects,
bat the result was, that he opened a pathway of peace soil
ontrutmo nt, happiness, and abundance ; a pathway for the
esertiins of the philanthropist on the one hand and the
Chronan on the other. Ile claimed no mean distinction
So the friends of free trade ; he said they were not merely
advocating low principle., to supply the physical ants of
man . hut the eowntial to give stimulus to the benevolent
man and the Christian, in all his efforts to do good in
the generation in which he lived. He would go
further, and my that the throne of this country was
Sear on a wider and more substantial foundation than it
ems now. Ile knew that the noble virtues of the lady who
presidia there would entitle her to have a throne so sub-
stantial ; but when they spread contentment among all
dawn, regrow, d abuses and unrighteous laws, and aban-
toed monopolies of the few at the expense of the many,
then they had sound foundations for the institutions end the
throne of the country. (Cheers.) These were the results
rot free trade, and the monuments which free trade could
point to. His colleague had shown them by facts and
tames what result this policy had tended to up to last year.
Now, he had been enabled to look at the facts of the first
lout months of this year, and he found that the
power of consumption on the part of the com-
munity at large, which was the result of free trade,
merited employment, better wages, and more abundant
work—had steadily gone on increasing, in a still greater
ratio than last year. Ile was told that the jos
',menet would not go back to Falsities. Bat
they had to deal with men who Inn idler Imeases.
&hie or dishosest. If they wen begoelneffie, thee
Mentos, which was the only security ea aabty of
the country at Christmas, could not in six olitgitle have be-
come what they now said of it. Hague ma were
taaa.ts, then he trusted that the abet= of bath
Iwaoa-
shire sent him to say to those gentlemen that they wile ill.
worthy of the reins of power. But they sent haat ales as Baehr
a:wa.ata fur throe other important interests wadi whisk
hoc trade was connected, and various other qwwelmee is
which has worthy friends before him bad elude& First
and forearm was the question of tie repreawatellea of the
country. He perhaps differed siessiiiist bon the /sacral
leen of ref. omen on this quesnen. Immo& sle be held
that we should turn our attention in the bit phase to get-
Lir a more just and equal distribution of seats. He mains
Laid that the voter should also have the protection of the
be:.o. Ile cared not for the name which hi believed
is. considered vulgar, bat he wanted sere way by which
min should not be compelled to Fie lisprosies to Sellti•
I.*, not in neennlonce with his own honest and sincere
.n. (Cheers.) Mr. Cbeetheat easeladed by
the electors for the hied reception they had
,:e• n Lon.

Aft, ;;.ote of thanks to the High Sheriff, the proceed-
zip trroonated.