The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-06 00:00:00

had done him, and shortly stated his political opinicax,
*lath ytreed in the main with those expressed b Lord
Rendle. Orr repartee mys Lord Rea
though supposed to be in the ranks of the conserratives,
gave the gremest satisfaction to the whip and the radicals,
from the iecidedly liberal views his lordship expressed."

SHROPSHIRE (SOUTH).
The election for this division of the county of Sslop took
piece at Church Stretton, on Wednesday. The only candi-
dates were the Hon. it. H. Clive and Viscount Newport.
It was expected that Mr. Bottleld, the defeated candidate
for Ludlow, would have been put in nomination, but he was
not. Mr. Penton Corbett proposed, and Mr. P. Monlo, of
the Hurst, seconded the nomination of Mr. Clive.—Mr.
St. John C. Charlton proposed Viscount Newport, and Mr.
W. Pinches seconded the nomination.—The members ad-
dressed their constituents at some length on the principal
topics interesting to farmers, such as protection and tenant-
rights.

SUSSEX (WEST).
Yesterday the election of two members for West Sussex
took place at the Guildhall, Chichester. Mr. C. S. Dickens
proposed the Earl of March. Capt. Shirley seconded.—Mr.
George Bartlett proposed Mr. Richard Prime, of Walberton.
Mr. W. T. Mitford seconded, and no other candidate being
proposed, the Earl of March and Mr. Prime were do-
dared duly elected.—Mr. A. H. Cox, a chemist, of
Brighton, addressed the electors, saying, they all knew
it was of no use opposing the nominee of the
Duke of Richmond for West Sussex. The only re-1
medy the electors had war the ballot. He did not think
either of the gentlemen they had just elected was likely to
vote for it, but he would a'k them. There was another
question he wished to put. Protectionists now said free
trade should have a fair trial. He wished the Earl
of March, as the repreeentaties of his father, to state
how long a trial he considered a fair trial would be.—The
Earl of March said he was not en advocate for the
ballot. In 1841 he appeared before them as the advocate of
protection and as en upholder of the established church.
The opinions that he then held be held to-day. He
regretted that he bad voted for the corn bill of 1842.
He voted for it as a fair setlement of the clues-
tior. That law ought to have had a fair trial, but
at the end of three years they were called upon to
rep, al it. He thought still that protection ought to be
maintained ; without it they could not cultivate the land ;
for though political economists said the English farmer
could compete with the foreigner, they forgot the rates arid
taxes the farmer had to pay. He thought that what they
had seen in the last eight months ought to have convinced
them that it was dangerous to depend in times of scarcity on
foreign corn for the bread the people had to eat. He thought
excise duties, in preference to any *then should be taken
off' and that, to make up the deficiency in the revenue
li duties on articles imported ought to be substituted. He was
in favour of a system of national education, provided it were
based on sound religious principles.—Mr. Prime then ad-
dressed the electors. lie referred to the large imports of grain
now taking place. The quantity imported in the week ending
July 17, was 167,000 quarters, which was at the rate of eight
or nine millions a year. From this he augured that, with
an abundant harvest at home, prices would be lower than
for many years, and it would then become a question
whether the farmers were to have some protection restored
to them, or they were to have taken off some of the taxes
which bad been laid on the soil.—A vote of thanks was then
given to the sheriff, and the aasemblage separated.

WORCESTERSHIRE (WEST).
Yesterday the election for two "knights of the shire"
for the western division of this county took place at the
" grand stand" of the Worcester race course. Ever since
the result of the famous Bewdley and Stourport election on
Friday last was known this election has been looked forward
to with considerable interest, it being pretty generally
affirmed that the rejected candidate at Bewdley, Sir Thomas
Winnington, would be put in nomination for the county.
This rumour was industriously circulated and generally cre-
dited in the early part of the week ; but the result of yesterday's
proceedings has shown that if ever any such intention was
entertained by Sir Thomas it has been abandoned.
The only candidates who presented themselves were
the old members, General the Hon. H. B. Lynes,
and Mr. F. W. Knight, of Wolverly, in this county.—
Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart., of the Rbydd, put in nomina-
tion the Hon. General Henry Beauchamp Lygon. The
venerable baronet, in doing so, observed, that this was the
eleventh time that he had had the honour to nominate his
friend General Lygon as a candidate for the county, and on
every occasion the electors hail given his nomination their
approval.—The Hon. William Coventry, of Severn Stoke,
seconded the nomination, and observed, that the fact of the
hon. and gallant general having now sat in parliament for
the county for thirty years was a sufficient proof of the con-
fidence which the electors were disposed to place in him.—
Col. Bund proposed Mr. Frederick Wynn Knight; Mr.J. R.
Cookts of Glanhampton, seconded the nomination. No
other Candidate appearing, the sheriff declared the Hon.
General Henry Beauchamp typos, and Mr. Frederick Wynn
Knight duly elected.—Genud Lygon, in acknowledgment
of the honour conferred upon him, said, he had, during his
connexion with the county representation, followed the course
dictated by his conservative principles ; and he trusted
that in so acting he had been pursuing a path—
the phrase went—in the right direction. Acting up to those
principles which he had always professed, he had opposed
the recent important alteration in the laws affecting the
importation of corn ; but that alteration, haring now be-
come the law of the land, called for a fair trial at their hands.
If that altered law had the effect of increasing. the trade
and commerce of the country, no one would rejoice at the
fact more than he would, though he expressed some doubts
on the subject —Mr. Knight observed that recently, when
the party with which he had usually acted had been found
wavering, he had experienced great anxiety on the manner
in which he should act, but he had come to the determina-
tion which his conscience had dictated, and, judging from the
proceedings of to-day, he believed that those votes had met with
their approbation. It appeared to him that one of the chief
features in the polisy of the present government was en en-
couragement of the system of centralisation, which he con-
demned as unconstitutional. As a nation we heal always
adopted a system of self-government, but the system
which it was the object of some to introduce would set aside
all local authority and enrol, pplace the government
entirely in the hands of paid es,mi 'otters. the money, be
it remembered, coming oat el the ple'a pockets.—Sir J.
Pakington (M.P. for the bawgh of Droitwich) having
been loudly called far, addressed a few remarks to the meet-
ing ; and, after a Tete et tbsake to the sheriff, the proceed-
ings terminated with the tassel peosmico.
WILTSHIRE METH).
Yesterday the election for South Wilts took place at
Salisbury.—Mr. W. Wyndham, of Dinton, proposed Mr. J.
DIEM j Mr. S. Mills, of Blow, seconded the ismoutatiou.
--Mr. A. Powell, of Hordecitt, *so prapesed the shed
Hem B. Herbert ; Mr. J. H. Jacobs, of the Close, seeobasd
the sominatios,—Tbe High Sheriff, laving inquired if any
nibs had a End candidate to viscose declared Mr. J.
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bedew soy pledge, and that he should, without reference to
party, whin he declared to be entirely broken up, study
to remove this p cars of taxation from the lower dames,
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YORKSHIII (EAST),

The election for the Beet efueloldra took place
yesterday, at Bevedey. Thane Writ no sition, the pro-
ceedings wen emsemmatly very iMeols- handl
Death the /1104kgeMr. are& Lod Hotbox' and
Mr. miry Becedley, the ambers, being again nomi-
nated, they wen declared unenimously re-elected.

FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.
KIDDLESIX.—A meeting of the friends and supporters of
Col. T. Wood was held yesterday at Peele's Cofee-house,
Mr. Arthur Powell in the chair. The gallant candidate
attended, and was recede= amidst loud cheers. In stating
what his political principles were, be reiterated the declara-
tions which be made on the day of nomination, and
said that the issue which the electors of Middlesex were
now called on to try was whether they would maintain the
principles of a limited monarchy end a representative govern-
ment, or embark in • wide eft of revolutionary changes
which could end in nothing but
te a republic. He was
determined to support the esblished church, and
would resist the endowment of the Roman catholic
priesthood from the fends of that church; but at the same
time he thought that say person who would pledge himself
not to tike into °Doddered= some pomible 'measure that
government might at SODS future time think fit to
for improving the oesiditien of the Boman cathelie prTcr:e
so
that they ought be dependent on the encouragement of
early marriages and the creed= of extol evil for their sup-
port, was not fit to be entrusted by a free and enlightened
constituency. He had been most eacesufel in his canvass
throughout the county, and If the committees continued their
exertions he was eenvineed that he would be at the head of
the poll.—Mr. Russell ssed end Mr. Butterworth se-
cended a resolution, ple the owed= to use every exer-
tion to secure the re-elee Col T. Wood as one of the
members for the county of Middlesex his past conduct fully
entitling him to • continuance of their confidence and sup-
port. A vote of thanks was then pared to the chairman.
Napier. The polling commenced at half-pat throe, and the
confusion was so great that no =count of the actual state of
the poll could be had. The
.general belief was that the
majority was in favour of Hamilton end Napier.
EORESUME (WEST MIDINEI)..—The rumours of a con-
test at the coming election, which have prevailed for the last
day. or two in Leeds, and some other towns of the West
Ruling, have at length assumed a definite shape. Placards
were issued yesterday, announcing that Mr. R. Cobden will
be proposed at Wakefield on Saturdsy next, as the wend