The Express.
London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

THE Bars, MCMDAY EVENING, 26. 1849.

Lord Howie* bad mule it ma erpiana tioadition
with his cantinas that ha ohoubi ha elartaliellisst
taint of bribery or oonupt practice. The tetin.4
sue, had been corrupted oa p.evious oceteime, sad
it was not ouy to break down the bad system which
flu election bad tended to utabllsh. Mrs Attwood's
potty commenced a system of treating, and *ere*
no..doubt that game of the ie./ discreet of Lord
Howick's friends acted on the example. Ups, this
ground a petition @seiset the nob!. lord'a return was
prepared and wet up to Loudon. Untimately, bow-
evotr:lttwas withdrawn, the pr why or wherefore
nheows. The hwah in Sunderland soy the
Maimed "no ease tits Wed my that the petition
WAS the subieet of negotiation by skilful Mr. Joseph
Parkes, and that it was withdrawn on payment 41 a
great propytion. of Mr. Attwood's expresses. We do
not prttoad to (beide on these conflicting statements.
During tits four years which followed—front 1841
to 1845-Banderisa may be said to have been fee the
first time represented. In the parliament of 1832
Sir William Omutae was writing, and Ald. Thomp-
son was a waverer. Front 1835 to 1841 the vote of
the town was neutralised. Now. at lest, there were
two liberal representatives.
In Jaly, 1845, died Charley Earl Griy, and Via-.
count Norwich succeeded to the perforce. A vacancy
was thus assetrea:ad lathe representation of the be- I
rough. It ed ibet not very long before Col.
Thompson Imitating at Sunderland en the
subject of the corn law. Crowded sad attentive au-
diences beard hm in the theatre; sad applauded him
to the •echn. • Whet his lecturer were concluded,

some one who moved a *ots of thanks ouggistot that
" this was the sort of man for Sunderland."

The expires ion was hailed witk exams-
tions of approval, and the gallant Colonel told
them that whenever they wanted him he was at their
service, or words of that sort, which might mean any-
thing or nothing.
When the vacancy °conned by Bari Orey's death.,
some peek* in the town reverted to these expressional
and Col. Thempeon was brought dowel without delay.,
He appeared in the 'field as the avowed champion
of free trade. There cam., however, Omit the same
that saoluelty Mr. lagehaw, whom we have
before meatior.ed in as Betide on • Harwich.
We style Mr. Smilax " unlucky," become;
no doubt with • the best intentions, be has
been so unfortunate u to try a great many cone&
tuencits without succeeding, and " to stop the way"
ea various (cessions when others possibly mght
have won had he rot been in the field. At Sudbury.
he 1832.'34, and '3B, at Kidderminster in 1837, at
Herrick in 1841, in Muylebouse once or twice, and
is IN isn't know how many towns besides, this (oe-
demas. Me bleu an unsoceessful candidate, though
se one certain' ly could have waked Ueda.
4814 his point. On the excision we are
rldirtbg to he appeared in the field •at Sun-
derland. His pretensions there were litho
known, and how he came there seems a mystery.
However, there he was, and these who did not go so
far SS Colonel Tboroprm seed they would support
him. The two lamella worked against each other
and no very plod feels( was engendered. Mr.
Bagsbaw propmed an appeal to the electors, but this,
Cd. Thompson rejected. At length, finding, we sup-
pose, more difficulty than he bad anticipated, Mr.
Bagelmw said he would not divide the party, and re-
tired from the scene.

CoL Thompson was thus left with every prospect
of mows% for wider ordinary circumstances, so
tory could have touched hist, sad after
Mr. Bagslaw's resignation them was no pros-
pect of another liberal appearing: To give
deist to his 'Whoa some Mends esenected with
She /ages ern* down to Suodrebuid. They thought
as await to promote their eaue by thus sanding in
the return of one of their swat able champions. But
just when everything seemed most favourable to Col.
Thompson, the state of drabs took a course which
resulted in his signal roar. • The story is so carious
that it must be given at fall length.
It has been already mentioned that the Great
Menkwasessonth deck, which was ands at such ex-
gense, tamed out a signal failure ; and that Mr.
Hudson purchased-it for the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick Railway, which has a branch running to
Monkwearmouth bridge. At the time of this election
the Railway King wenn thasenith of his glory. AI
Sunderland solicitor darted the ides of getting
him to s mid. Now, merely as a torv, Mr. Rehm
would have bad no chance, and that the whole town
knew. The qoaition was could he bring to bear a
railway interett sufficient to influence this great con-
stituency ?
Among the many speculation of the good folks
at Sunderland there bad been one called the Son-
derland and Durham Rawer, a rope line or some-
thing like it, ranniag through the coal country, which
had been commenced as a great enterprise, and bad
resulted in a total failure. Upon the shares some SOL
had nominally been paid up, and you might have got
the 801. for next to. nothiog in .the market, with
many thanks to you for taking them TM eihir,
in het, was es rot'en as could be, and it peculiarly
affected Sunderland, for nearly all the shared were
held there.
" If Mr. Hudson is returned," said the bales, a he
will bay up the Sunderland and Durham f" The very
idea of such a mewl from their difficulties was to
gloriegis that all the main stead in Sunderland was
on the old give in an instant. The radicals tried to
-pooh the idea. " How can be buy them up r
""Oh I bring him down hire, and you will see." Mr.
Hudson would only come upon requisition. A requi-
silica was very speedily prepared, bat he did not
think it quite strong enough. It was brought back,
and mon signatures were obtained. Mr.-11eon came
down forthwith. He declared his- principles. They
were—it was not veryclear whet—bat conservative, of
coarse. But what be should nudely attend to if they
returned him was the local interest of the town.
saw many ways of promoting their interests. He
really thought that the Suedrrhuad and Durham
Railway, hr example, might be very advantageously
made a branch line of the York, Beyond., and Bee.
wick. (Loud cheering.) And of Munn the digital
promoters ought to be dealt with upon liberal min-
,eiples. (Renewed and very protracted cheering.)
And if the Sunderland and Durham Railway was par-
ehmed, it ins obvious that that old scheme 4 the
Beath Dock, which bed so bug limbered, Unit
'be revived, and he had no doubt bet that
and the railway together would beams a atoll
Mg meows. (Hem the sethasienn of the a •
knew no botanic, andsheddieg tsars many
°fl en insolvent seri
WM observed op. .
The whips, who had shares in the Sunderland and
Durham, speedily discovered that Chl. Thospeoh had
"used poor Mr. Beenrcy iv* 1102.... bey edged
themselves without diMatty to his
tables were *ow bound ea CoL . He
=
gallant drunk, bit it warn 1321-.
one for *ea the day of election,'
" Hedsee, the ehareplaii of our local latsreatat was
returned by a majority ed room than 80. The elec.:.
ticia wet him a great dad of money, for he had gam
to work after a truly regal fashion. Bat money was
no object ; 4,000 L was stated to be the flgare. Cal.
Thompson's expenses were More than %OM, but of
this the Leave bore sec).part is was misled, had
fide, in the advancement of-the muss el opeo-ldw re-
peal, es that, personally,- be was nut auk
Speabing °files Leaves, it is worth recalling to ro-
collation tbat Mr. Cobden made, at Sunderland, ens
el Me most brilliant speeches. Ths honourable
lestlssess, and the body. he represented, were
'ineseely abused, when the contest wee over, for
" Wei n Mr. Hudson, and throwing into tier ranks
et the prise a man whose inclination would nedraiht
have be liberal had be not been forced into assona-
dogma ersedier party.' We ressinber a vorpreinark-
able enlists appearing in ass of the Lemke papers
to this effsot—en article which made &profound me-
altime. It flee timeated to which -Ih.. 'Bledsoe
was as gristly. lusted as he bmtllol.by
the sins writers km ratbkor,7 atbplisol These
'emulamiti, however, were made in *sigma of the.
feldk Mr. Hudson wee a thorough-going tar* long
law Ise swop Sunderland. That is on ridord in,
gee perry reports, relative toT#L. ISt that
dbreastanos, the* salia_partsat.fistimiii
body ea Vika keit. The Logos lids/tips' 'to
Mr. Hudson at all. Mr. Hahne
=dertirrodtLF the Lieges, whitirerl in tones-
dna: 'the weeks Defies. bib Mb 'lds . appeir-
nun To talk, therefore. d the Legge
keel Mr. Headmen into the arms of the terns is so
absurdity. . .
~ce
It is right4awa to say, tbat at the earliest
4 .
Ifica leYork,w
ITte-ling
dies
booed tip ths Dien" aid .Alinderhued sat
001; and raids it a branch hue. A bell wag • d

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fm the coastenstisa otifie Beath D.
whisk efro
inow "an.Y aamidetei 6114 v.* to be of mho to
het Yea}' the lowa.
*il-.-- A-7 - emdlitis to add that Mr. Hudson's in-
tinop hetneakilli at all this, was paramount in
1647- NO se. A durum egai.et him, though
•Pelitioalky the qt Babger.sad erns at no
time WI tamatraltle the return of a protectionist.
lie Mom& Jidesd, - the' faePaif iasfavlr of
„._,Tr"
trade, thetas radical party is the town, aneettenon
withileAllorsayii votes open thosagar question, de-
' candidate et more decided views.
They eslooltd. Mt. Wm. Arthur Walkman, of Lone
doa,.whit alai well recommended to ibeir nolo,. A
coated enema which modal in Mr. Barclay's Johns'
chiefly throng% the inflames'of Mr; Hudson's hinds.
Bet a very few menthe after,, the monetary Millis
came,
came, 'ask* great house of Bartley, Brothers,
ME into serious dilicaltiesl, Mr.l). Bt Belay reigned
his 'seat, and Mr. Wilkinson again two forward.
The party who supported Mr. Bars my were not,
however. favourable to his pmienstons, And Sir Hed-
meg* Williamson saw in the election of Mr. Wilkie-
. soot the entire overthrow of his own inflorece in the
borough. Sir Hedwortb, who' had for slam time
relinquished public life, came forth from his retire-
ment end threw himself into the breach. He conci-
liated tbe ebipownere by expressiag himself opposed
ta any. skeleton of the navigation law, and he suc-
ceeded ha keeping Mr. Wilkinson out. The numbers
were—for Sir Hedworth, 705 ; fur Wilkinson, 676.
Such is the eintorel history of Sunderland. It is
nova little singular that,' town in which the prevail-
ing opinion should be so decidedly radical, should
have boss, dories so many regiments, represented
in the Hoene of C mesons by a tory member. Partly
this has arisen from the cluking of -cottfEctiag in-
terests. Bat Sunderland has also committed a peat
mistake. U has selfishly 'ought in its represent.-
lives men .who wooed promote the same local and
=linterests of the place : it has not borne in
et in rending a member to the great council
of tbo nation, a place of this importance had itxterst
duty to perform to the empire at large. As regards
the-system on which its elections are conducted, Sun-
derland is infinitely mere corrupt than most towns
of its class. The elections have bees unit:rally
expensive ; because treating, and banner bearing, end
the employment of legal agent. and runners, have
become established practices. We are glad to say,
however, that there is a growing feeling among the
thinking people of the town against these corrupt and
debasing customs. Very much depends upon the candi-
dates, but at another emotion it may be hoped and
expected that something will be dons to put a check
to sash abominations. _ _ _

With regard to the future represeatation of Sun-
derland, nothing at the present lament an be
more uncertain. Lest Christmas the people
would have told yon that Mr. Hudson held one seat
for Mr. How that may be now it is difficult to say.
With regard to Sir lledwarth Williamson, it is not
for many reasons easy to believe that either his in-
ling!** or representation will long continue. He
certainly does not express the feeling of the people,
bat this, as we have already shown, is no sum guide
to the result of * Sunderland election. Surdorland
stems principally. to require that which the nation
altogether requires at this juncture—Mire. Give
the town thoroughly Food sandidates, and there
is reason to hop that it would express by their re-
tarn itadesided feeling en the, subjects of the day.