The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-12 00:00:00

Guards in the four legations, and is orderedto disband
the corps of volunteers of Gregory XVI. The selec-
tion of a uniform for the National Guard has been a
matter of serious discussion among the Roman youth.'
The higher class desired the shako as the costume
for the head • the people preferred the helmet. The
Pope decided the question in the popular sense.
The costume will be a leather helmet, with
ornaments in metal and red horse-hair falling
on the neck and back, a blue jacket, black belt, and a
straight, short sword. The enaembk will present a
revival of the ancient Roman military costume.
The Duke of Lana has been oompelled to yield to
the popular voice, by disbanding the corps of carabi-
neers, which had rendered itself obnoxious. A body
of dragoons, horse and foot, will be organised in their
place.
At Ferrara, the anniversary of the execution of
the brothers Bandeira has been solemnised in the
very beards of the Austrian troops, which have been
withdrawn from the city into the fortress.
At Asiino, in the marches of Ancona. and several
other cities, the anniversary of the bull of Clement
XIV. (of 21st July, 1773), abolishing the Jesuits, has
been celebrated.
The Italia, a journal published at Pisa, says, " that
a pamphlet, entitled ' The King, his Ministers, and
Jesuit Confessor,' has been pat into circulation, and is
hawked by the Lazzaroni." These books were flung
into the royal carriage as it passed. Several persons'
suspected of being concerned in these books were
arrested.
. In Parma the greatest irritation prevails. Three
professors and others have been prosecuted, one of
the charges against them being that of having sub-
scribed for the poem on the anniversary of the ltith
of June.
Of the twenty-three deputies representing the
states of the church, Rome has five, four for the city,
and one for the suburbs; Bologna has two, and each
of the provinces one.

We learn by letters from Berne, of the Gth inst.,
that the committee on the hostile proceedings of the
separatist cantons presented its report to the Diet on
that day. The report, after giving the details of the
measures brought before the committee, recommends
that the cantons of the Sunderbund be immediately
required to suspend the measures which they are
taking, and that the authorities of Tesaico shall be
authorised to retain the munitions of war which they
stopped in their progress to the insurgent cantons.
One of these letters affirms that the Vorort, antici-
pating the decision of the Diet, are establishing
depots of arms and munitions on different parts of the
frontier.

ROME, Jtar 31.
On this day last year, Pius, following the example
of Gregory, went in state to the Jesnits'churcb, to com-
memorate the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola. On that
occasion the Roman people gave utterance to their
rooted dislike of the fathers by unmistakeable mur-
murs • and the significant cry of Santo Padre, taste
no chocolate!" revealed the popular suspicion of foul
play to be dreaded from that quarter. This was very
silly as far as the poison-cup was meant. The Pope,
disregarding the mob's displeasure, went and held
friendly intercourse with tho inmates of the Gun.
To-day he has not gone near them ; and his keeping a
civil distance is the subject of general comment.
That the order throughout Italy is looked on with
unpleasant feelings, as an obstacle to rational progress
and the- mere tool of Austrian ass ndancy, is clear
as the noon-clay sun. How far the Italian instinct is
correct in this matter is hardly a debateable subject
for strangers. In olden times, in the days of Tim-
boschi, &Band, Boscovich, Bellarmin, Kircher, Pe-
tutus, and Duhalde, no set of men were more
deeply seated in the affectionate esteem of the whole
peninsula. They are now considered iron handcuffs
on the political action of Italy, and brass esti'.
guisherspf her enlightenment A sad predicament
for is quondam scientific body to be placed in.
I mentioned in a former despatch how they had
lately done Lutuw's work in trying to sneer down
and disparage the funeral oration by Ventura in
sermons from their own pulpit. In this they not only
did Austrian duty, but gratified their personal anti-
pathy to the eloquent padre, who, daring some years,
was a member of their order, until he saw reason for
disconnecting himself with them. The society had
been similarly jilted by the now Cardinal Man who
was a member of their body in 1832, when appointed
librarian of the Brera at Milan. . .

Yet can they boast of both eminent and pious men
as times go. The General Roothaan, an honest
Fleming, is, according to Henry Drummond,* who
held much intercourse with him, " a truly christian
man." In theology, Perrone has European celebrity.
In archeology, Padre Marchi rivals Muratori, and
alone hods the mystic cue of the labyrinthic cata-
comb.. In astronomy, Padre de Vico is known to
every observatory in the world. The fountain of
brilliant elocution, if not eloquence, is still scaturient
in their time-honoured pulpit. Merits such as these
are not denied. The men are individually prized.
They suffer from the odium attached to the general
tendencies and tenets of their Italian colleagues. " The
trail of the serpent is over them all."
Look at them elsewhere. In America they arc
democrats, and in full harmony with the go-a-headism
of Jonathan. In Ireland they hold a dignified posi-
tion among the clergy, the foremost in literature and
enlightened views of national progress. In France
they are legitimists to the backbone, and foes to libe-
ral participation of the middle classes in government.
In Switzerland they stand in a most equivocal light,
if the good of their fellow-men be their object; tor-
rents of bloodshed are risked by their further sojourn
in Lucerne. In England they are the assiduous cour-
tiers and brains-earners of that feeble race the Roman
catholic aristocracy, whom they manage moat adroitly.
Seek for them wherever there is a " select" and fashion-
able congregation. Don't look ter them in Saffron-hill,
or the purlieus of poverty. But in Cochin China and
the far east, as the far west, they shine in all their
pristine glory of missionaries.
Corporations are often obstinate when in the wrong :
but now that the wretched and anti-national coterie,
ea which the Jesuits pinned their faith, is broken up,
they must either disband themselves or go fully with
the public.
A topic of subordinate interest to the above is the
new helmet and frock-coat which are to form the
accoutrement of the nationals. A whole column of
to-day's Cotemporaneo is devoted to abase of the
French shacko (or pot-en-tele, as he calls it) on pic-
turesque, utilitarian, and hygienic grounds, proclaim-
ing " the old legionary helmet of our ancestors as
what best becomes that glorious facial profile which
we still preserve in testimony of our origin," and
longing for the moment when our Roman youth can
show themselves collo daga roniana al font.° e
lelnio in testa." In soots 4 our old men are just as
much bitten with military mania as their juniors, to
judge by some samples of armed septuagenarians :
Candies. 'aye prtaufai..
Even the parochial priesthood is smitten ; and
though they cannot shoulder a musket in person,
the majority have entered their names as monthly
eontributors to the military chest.

• We prewar, ern eorrespendent means blm of Albert' Park, so
welt Inseam In the religious 'world, and whom we find Jost Maned
for Net Bang without ementlon.

PRUSSIA. BERLIN, ArG. 6.—TRIAL OF THI
Ponce PHISONZILS.—The promediugs commenced at the
usual hour. The whole of the sitting was occupied with
the speethee of the several counsel for the defence, and the
reply of the public proseeutor. The court then adjourned to
Monday, the 7th. It was probable that on that day judgment
would be delivered in the case of the accused kliroalawski,
Easinaki, and Dabrovraki.
MONTE VIDEO.—By the Faurette, arrived at
St. Melo, we have arm from the Rio de la Plata to the
29th May. In minesquemee of a report that Hoses led
put in exorbitant denim* which could not be acceded to
by Lord Hoyden and Omni Worth', trade in the Uru-
guayan capital was dell. isilmige ruled at 411.
FREN CH COLONIES. OuanALotrE. —The
Anneal des Data. pahllime the reel) of the council of this
aim to the governor's spank (ass Daily N,tri, of Aug. 6),
hi excellency's rejttheder, an address voted by the
essish to the Lis& That Isigaiss et the reply is bitter,
timelt istbdassl. The soma skis lid the colony mien
from the arsaraposas a of the imillhipasuat7 y's distress; that
their produce ommet be alma, all height having bon
engaged to carry core to Frame. Thsy would not complain
of being involved in the dune of the metropolitan dohs,
V they were allowed to share it its Guadeloupe
squid is have its ebamslsr viweadvd by government ; the
sopesillsa bin aih. It is a duty the eoloatete
IMILtIon at such treatment. In.
slaves was premised by ministers,
of the mother country ; it was
d England. And now the right
rlhe holsmolty is disputed. The colonists
.1.11110 rod thin attempt to violate national
as= „ywi these mid...it 111 Frasue. They do
itl , bat limy demand that its abolition be

his num,. awl. according the. of the circular Of
invitation, " the victory rasedto. feeterms sound sad enlightened
lilserallem," by &dinner at the New Glebe Tavern, Mile-
end-read. Mr. Fry, the ehairman of Mr. Thempeon's com-
mittee, prneded, end, beside. the chief gust, there were
seehedl ai the prinidpil table Mr. Peeress, the new seembee
for Lambeth, Maier Onsham, Mr. B. it[ Mr. H. Vincent,
Dr. Epps, Mr. D. W. Wire, and some others of the advocates of
chartist principles end popular provers. Some 300 of the
electors were also present. Alter-the toasts of " The Queen"
and " Prince Albert," Mr. H. Vincent proposed " The
People, the only legitimate mums of sovereign autho
pity. This tout, at all times applicable, was more
especially so on the consummation of the great demo
erode victory which had just been achieved in that
borough. He condemned a blind subeervienoe to the
ruling powers under all circumstances ; governments were
made for men and teat men for governments, and when the
government neglected the popular interest the people were
justified in opposing it and effecting the necessary reform by
all peaceful means. The middle classes were now beginning
to fee that it was more useful and more honourable to unite
with the working classes than with the aristocracy, and that
it was better to go to the poll hand in hand with John Jones,
the nonfonader or the labourer, than to be driven there as
the slave of Lord Grizzle. Thin union had been evinced in
the Tower Hamlets at the late election, and it would
do more national geed, and effect a more useful and complete
education, than any that emanated from state influence. In
advocating the separation of church and state, he congratu-
lated the meeting that many liberal churchmen, who had
been strenuous advocates of church rates, had sow aban-
doned their opinions, and at the late election had plumped
for Thompson.—The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.—Mr.
D. W. Wire gave the 6268 electors of the borough who had
placed the popular candidate at the head of the poll ; and re-
ferred to the services of the new member in procuring the abo-
lition of slavery, and in favour of free trade.—The Chairman
proposed the health of Mr. G. Thompsoo,M.P.—Tkehon.
member, in acknowledging the compliment, congratulated
himself and the constituency on the unparalleled majority
by which he had been retuned. This result had bean
achieved by the cordial union for the first time of all parties
—of dissenters, nonconformist*, chartists, free-trader, suf-
fraeista, liberal churchmen, and perhaps some few repentant
whigs. He regretted that Mr. Miall had not been returned
for Halifax—at-Mho thought a moral good would Inuit even
from kis defeat. The result of the recent elections must eon- I
since Lord J. Russell that the doctrine of finality could
never again prevail. But that the signs of the times
had been read we. clear from the angry articles
which had appeared in one whip journal, the super-
cilious sneers of a second, and the lugubrious effusions
of a third, at the defeat of some of the cabinet ministers. The
principles which had been asserted at the late election for
that borough were those of religious, political, and commer-
cial freedom. With those principles he was identified, and
he would alao exert himself to put the unenfranchioed many
in possession of political rights. Ile thanked them now in
words for their confidence he honed hereafter to thank them
in deeds.—The health of Mr. Miall having been given, that
gentleman acknowledged the compliment in a long speech,
in the course of which he congratulated himself upon having,
by the enunciation of the principles he had proclaimed at Wake-
field , compelled the friend of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to withdraw from the election, and the right hon. gentleman
to throw himself into the arms of his enemies ; and boasted
that Exeter-hall had at length "had its bray," and brayed
Mr. Macaulay out of his scat for Edinburgh. He denounced
the whip radical press generally as corrupt, and described
Lord J. Russell as bold only when opposed to thwepeople,
but cowardly when contending with the aristecracy.—Mr.
C. Pearson, whose health was also drunk, said that
his chief object in entering parliament was to effect certain
social reforms—especially to place crime and punishment on
their proper relative foundatioae, and to make better pro-
vision for juvenile offenders.
ANTI-SANITARIANS.—The united perishes of St.
Andrew, Holborn-above-Bars, and St. George-the-Martyr,
containing a population of 43,600 souls, have determined to
i resist the nt oduction of public baths and washhouses for
the labouring poor. A proposition for their establishment
was brought before the parishioners assembled at a public
meeting held in the board-room, Little Gray'ainn-lane, on
Monday evening, and rejected by a large majority. Mr. John
Robert Taylor, the proposer, then demanded a poll, in com-
pliance with the recent act of parliament, which was fixed
by the churchwardens to commence on Tuesday, at nine
o'clock in the morniog, and terminate at five o'clock on
Wednesday evening. Accordingly, at five o'clock yester-
day afternoon Mr. Charles Boydell, the clerk to the governor
and directors of the union, announced the state of the gross
poll to be is follows : First day—For Mr. Taylor's motion,
62 ; against it, 270. Second day—For Mr. Teyloe'smotion,
127 ; against it, 184. Gross majority against, 36d.
INFLUX OF FLOUR.—There are now in the St.
Katherine's Docks (which are filled with vessels of all
nations) the great quantity of 60,000 barrels of wheaten
flour afloat, awaiting quay-room to discharge; besides& large
quantity of Indian cornmeal and corn.
PUNCTI FOR PARLIAMENT.—We have been honoured
by several requisitions from various places, calling upon us
to allow ourselves to be put in nomination ; and we had pre-
pared the fallowing address, which, however, on second
thoughts we declined to issue, as we feared the late hourreand
irregular habits of the House of Commons would not have
agreed with us:—" To the electors of so-and-so.—Gentle-
men : In coming forward RI a candidate for your suffrages,
I think it right to state my opinions on one or two subjects of
importance ; though I fancy my sentiments must be already
known to moat of you. Though strongly opposed to the pre-
sent position of public affairs, and particularly that very
public affair, the Wellington statue, I shall not vote for its
repeal, hut shall submit to the infliction, rather than place
myself in direct opposition to the party of which the statue is
the representative. I shall not relax in my endeavours, from
time to time, to wipe out the Trafalgar Fountains, which are
only calculated to throw cold water on one of our finest pro-
spects. I shall not oppose a free trade in jokes, for I am sun
that the unlimited importation of the poorest kind of wit is cal-
, culated to show, by comparison, the value of my own superior
article. My sentiments on the Exeter Arcade are well
known. I shall continue to agitate for the total repeal or
serious modification of that insignificant thoroughfare. It
will be my aim to demolish all pluralities, and I shall en- '
deavour to limit the occupation of the Beadle of Golden- ,
square to pure beadledom, by prohibiting him from waiting
, at the evening parties of the trustees, end beating the door-
, mats of the inhabitants. I shall earnestly oppose the crea-
tion of any additional seats on the outside of any omnibus,
and I shall insist oa the property qualification of at least
two pounds—of flesh—on every horse standing in a cab
profeering to be the vehicle of progress.. I shall RIOTS for a
return of the dimensions of all meatotnes sold in the streets
SillOS the year 1840, with the view of proposing a consider.
able extension, arid going back, as nearly as possible, to the
old standard ; and I shall be ready every week to meet my
constituents, in print upon my receiving the fee of three-
pence, by way of indemnity„._—(Signed)—Puseit."
THE CONTEST FOR WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—
Sir,—l beg leave to say that rumours have gone abroad
stating that the Duke of Beaufort had ordered his tenants
to vote for the castle nominee, Grenville Berkeley, but with-
out any foundation. The cry was raised by the Berkeley-
! castle party, to carry their nominee ; and so far nom its
being correct, I can positively state that the duke's tenants
plumped for the tory candidate, Hale. The duke was ap-
plied to by both the contending parties for his support, but
he declined to give It to either. Respecting the =test fir
Monineathahire, ionic before the duke had expressed his
views, a requisition by the leading men of the county
to return a protection member (in the place of Lord Gran-
ville Somerset) was framed, and their names are a sufficient
warrant that it was not through the Duke of Beaufort's in-
fluence. It is true the duke supports Captain Somerset,
but surely be can do so without prejudice to his noble and I
upright chareeter.—l em, &c., As ELECTOR or WEST
GLOUCESTER.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE BRISTOL AND
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-THE VERDICT.

KINOSNORTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The inquiry
into the coon of this accident has been resumed here to-day,
befArslplt Dekker, Ye 4.. the coroner. Captain Codring.
ton, the itsmosemat seettaissioner, was in attendance. The
tint wittier exesehemli was

who • Mr. William Wynn, said, lam inspector and super-
intendent of the line, and reside at Gloucester. It is my duty
to inspect the line every six weeks, in order to see that it is
safe. I have two enb-inspectore ; one of them, Mr. Sullivan,
made a report to me on Monday ; in it there was no special
reference to the part of the has when the aseident oneured.
I should therefore consider this a proof that It was safe.
The contractor is bound by his contract to see that the
" ganger " goes over his length not less than twice a day, in
order to as. that all the Farts are perfect. He should try
the " keys " with his hammer. In order to see that the fast-
enings are secure. The caduceus are Mews. Peters and
Puns. I have been on the line three years and a half. I
visited the spot where the accident occurred about half-put
nine the following morning. From an examination of the
line I should thick that the engine had broken the chair by
• lateral blow. There was en indentation at the end of the
rail; but I could not see the precise spot where the engine
ran on the road. There is a curve commencing near the
place of the accident of 140 chains radius; that is oho an
incline of lin 300. I should think that with such a radius
an elevation of the outer rail was ItatleCtialt7. I should
treat that curve as though it were a straight. If an
elevation were necessary, I should try it, as inspector
of the line. I have not done so for a year. I
did not think it necessary. I never received instruction
to do so. If It is necessary to have the outer rail elevated, it
is my duty to see it done. Ido not now know whether the
outer rail is elevated or not. I know by report that the
engine is 21 tons in eeight. It would depend on the con-
struction of the engine, whether it could safely be run on
the line at a spud of 40 miles an hour. Ido not think it
was safe for this engine to do eo.—lty a juror: Are the
makers of the engine here ?—Mr. Sanders, the company's
secretary, replied that he had not given them notice that
their attendance would be necessary.—Examination of wit-
ness continued I do not think that such an engine as
this should run more than thirty miles an hour.
As to the cause of the accident, I am of opinion
that the engine must have been oscillating very violently ;
that the chair would consequently by broken, and the finish-
ing of ace end of the rail would be forced out of its place
and cause the engine to mount. —By Capt. Codrington ; You
say that an engine of this construction could not bo run on
this line safely at a speed of 40 miles an hour. Is it owing
to a defect of the engine altogether, or is it not suited to the
road 7—Witness : I have seen these engines working, and
have formed my opinion accordingly. They oscillate ex-
ceedingly, and their construction is such, that I think they
ought not to be used on any line of railway.--Examination
continued : The principle of these engines has been in
use for three years; the boiler is longer than is must. Other
engines of this description have been used on this line; there
are two others now in work; I don't think than sale; me

coca-law which would have tended to reconcile contlietiag
interceto, and which even the free traders themselves would
have been delighted a few years ago to adopt; and which,
but for the obstinacy of the protectionists, would have
been adopted without violent change. (Hear, hear.)
On the same principles he opposed the income tax, as 4
new and inquisitorial system. He was not opposed to a pro-
perty tax, levied under fair circumstances; but to such a tan
as that now in operation. (Cheers.) There is another point
to which I wish to allude, more particularly as there may
exist in the minds of some of my moot respected supporters,
feelings in relation thereto which may polibly lead to some
diffirence of opinion between us. I allude to the currency
question, My father was a strong supporter of Sir Robert
Peel's currency bill, and I confess not only to have inherited
kis views upon that question, but to entertain a very strong
opinion myself. I always entertained the strongest possible
prejudice an favour of a metallic currency. (Hear.) I con-
sider no system of currency secure which is not based spun
that. Bank notes are all very well in their way; bat they
are only good so far as they are convertible into that which
i they represent. it has been said that " credit is the life of
commerce ;" but, like too much meat and drink, it may destroy
that life which it is intended to cherish. (Cheers.) I bare
now touched upon general topics as far as my relationship
with my fath, r has enabled me to ascertain his opinions.
(Mr. Bradshaw: "The church—the church !") Whenever
new and different circumstances arise, I shall be guided, u
far as my humble abilities will enable me to Judge, by
analogy, and act as I conceive he would have acted under
similar circumstances. (Loud cheers.) I am fully aware
that, when much confidence is reposed inan individual, much
is expected in return. I assure you that I feel the respon-
sibility of tha deities to which you have called me under
these unfettered circumstances. (Cheers.) I have no doubt
that for a long period I shall stead in need of your patience,
and also of your indulgence. Should Ibe so fortunate as to
please you on any question, it will fall far short of my ardent
desires; if I fail, I still have that entire confidence in your
generosity, as to think that you will never regret paying this
tribute to one whom you so much revere. Next to those pub-
lic questions which concern the general welfare of the
country, and to which I consider every member is hound to
give his attention, you may be assured that the local
interests of this town, whether as to measures of a sanitary
nature, or more particularly affecting the welfare of the in-
dustrial claws, shall receive my most earnest attention.
(Cheering.) And I feel further convinced that on topics
which fall under the latter head, if not on those under the
head of general politics, I shell enjoy the able assistance of
the honourable gentleman whom you have been pleased to
elect as my colleague. (Loud and prolonged applause.) 1
don't know that I need detain you any longer. Mr.
Bradshaw : " The church—you've not said anything a ut
that."] I can only ray that feeling, as I do, that however
long the memory of the past may be cherished by you, as it
will ever he by me, I must strive to satisfy- your expectations
for the future ; and I assure you that my earnest endeavours
shall be to serve and please you to the utmost of my ability.
(Loud chef rs.) Thanking you for the cordial reception you
bare given me, I beg to drink all your geoid healths.

SOMERSET (WEST).
The nomination of members to serve in parliament for the
western division of Somerset took place yesterday morning
at Taunton. Soon after ten o'clock the high-sheriff, Mr. J.
N. Guantock, opened the proceedings with the usual for-
malities of his office. The candidates were Sir A. Hood,
Mr G. A. Moody (conservatives), and the Hon. P P. Bou-
verie and Mr. B. Eaton (liberals).—Sir T. B. Lethbridge,
Bart, proposed the Hon. P. P. Bouverie, and was reconded
by Mr. E. A. Sanford.—Sir A. Hood was proposed by Mr.
F. Popham, and seconded by Mr. T. Hoskins.—Mr. G. A.
Moody was proposed by Mr. Wood, and seconded by Capt.
Harbin.—Mr. B. Emott was proposed by Mr. A. CrOffe,
and seconded by Col. Hamilton. The show of heads was
declared in favour of Escott and Bourcrie. A poll was
demanded, and the election is to take pace on Monday and
Tuesday neat.

SURREY (EAST).
The nomination for the eastern division of the county of
Surrey took place yesterday at Croydon. Up to the previous
evening it was very currently reported that a conservative
candidate would make his appearance on the lusting*, and
even this morning it was expected that the liberal candislatcr
would not be allowed to walk over the course. The pre-
liminary forms wore gone through in the Town-ball by Mr.
C. Abbott, the undereheriff, and the court was then ad-
journed to the market-place, at the back of the Greyhound
Inn. The High Sheriff briefly addressed the electors, and
requested them to give each gentleman who might desire to
address them a patient hearing.
Sir W. Mott/worms then stood forth, and proposed
the Right Honourable Peter John Locke King. He
said it was unaecemery for him to remind them that
they were entrusted with the elective franchise, not
for their own benefit, but that they might exercise
it in returning members to parliament who would act for the
general good ; and it wee; of the utmost importance that they
should exercise a sound judgment and discretion in the
choice of their representatives, because not only their
own individual interests were ooncerceJ, but those of
I succeeding generation.. The next parliament would be
called upon to decide whether the great principle of free-
trade was to go on progressing. and whether it was not ad-
visable that the industry oldie country should be still fur-
ther relieved from the impediments that surrounded it.
(liear, hear.) A r.umber of other equally important ques-
tions, and among them that of religious liberty, and the pro-
tection of the voter in the independent discharge of his duty,
must alsocome under the consideration of the ensuing parlia-
ment. It was very clear that the popular current was in favour
of liberal principles, and the results of the elections in the City
of London, in Middlesex, and above all the return of the
illustrious Cobden, clearly established that fact. (Cheers.)
There could be no doubt that liberal pinciples were in the
ascendant, and he called upon the electors of East Surrey
to aid in obtaining the victory u speedily as passible, hy
returning liberal instead of tory r.presentatiees. Mr. 11.
Palmer seconded the nomination. He said he bad no great
veneration for hereditary rank ; but when he recollected the
political opinions avowed by Lord King, the father of the
hon. gentleman whom nomination he had seconded, and
that a quarter of a century ago that nobleman had
propounded the same opinions with regard to free
trade which had since been carried out by Mr.
Cobden, he could not help feeling that they had a
guarantee as to the conduct likely tote pursued by his de-
scendant. (Cheers.) He considered that they owed a deep
debt of gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for carrying the repeal
of the corn laws, but they were under an equal obligation to
him for breaking down that party—for having effectually
split and crushed to pieces that band of partisans who for
such a long period of years had been opposed to the popular
rights.
Captain Fitzroy then proposed Mr. Alcock, and Sir E.
Colebrooke seconded the nomination.—Mr. Froshfield was
then about to address the meeting, when some little opposi-
tion was manifested, and Mr. Jones Loyd, who was upon the
hustings, expressed an opinion that he had no right to do so
unless it was his intention to propose another candidate.
Mr. Freshfield said that as an elector of the county he had a
right to address the court. His only object was to state the
circumstances under which he appeared before them. His
name had been very freely mentioned in connexion with
this election, and it had been publicly stated that he was to
be proposed as a candidate, and he would tell them the rea-
son why he did not appear in that position before them. SO
long back as the Bth of last month, an application was made
to him to come forward ; but upon his making inquiries of
the parties who applied to him, he had reason to believe that
sufficient pains had not been taken to ascertain the feeling
of the county upon the subject, and he declined to sonde
to the request, because he considered it would be unfair to
the candidates already in the field, and to the county, and
also foolish in himself, to offer himself as a candidate, un-
less he had a fair prospect of moms. On the following day
he received a requisition to stand for the City of Loudest,
and he did so, and was beaten, and, he would add, fairly
beaten, in that contest. (Hear, hear.) After this he was
again urged to offer himself as a candidate for this: division
of the county, but haying been beaten in London he thought
it would be paying an ill compliment to the electors
of East Surrey if he complied with the request, and he
therefore again declined. Within the lost twelve hours
Ibe bad been assured that if he came forward ha
had a good chance of being elected, and having heard so
many doctrines propounded that day, with which he, as a
conservative, of course, could not agree, they must admit
that he had withstood a good deal of temptation. ('• Hear,"
and laughter.) Feeling, however, a doubt whether lie bad
toy substantial chance of success, he thought it right not to
offer himself, and if it Lad been his intention to de so, he
certainly should not have deferred it to the eleventh hour,
and his ihonourable opponents would have been tke fiat
persons whom he would have made acquainted with his
determination. (Chars.)—The High-Sheriff then inquired
whether any other elector was to be proposed ? and nor-
ing no answer, he declared the Hon. Peter John Locke King
and Thomas Alcock, &qrs., duly elected members to repre-
sent the eastern division of the county of Surrey in thenext
parliament. (Cheers.)
The Hon. Mr. Ktuo then addressed the electors, sisal,
after thanking them for the honour they had conferred upon
him, he said his political opinions were the same he pro-
fessed ten years ago, when he first offered himself as o can-
didate, and he had not changed them lijaihaiairespeet. Ho
came forward upon the principle u ing the com-
merce and trade of the country, and creating fresh markets
for their produce, and he was opposed by persons to whom
all concession upon these points was obnoxious. Hitherto East
Surrey had done nothing to advance the great principle of free
trade, and their late representatives had opposed—acting, he
would admit, up to the principles they had avowed—the
repeal of the corn laws. He was glad that thtse laws wen
at an end, but he was afraid that they had done very much
mischief, and had made almost enemies of thine who would
otherwise have been their bast customers. He had imbibed
the principles of free trade from his father, who, however,
when he brought them forward in former times, was not
listened to by any class of politicians, and he was gratified to
see that in a more advanced age those principles were now
fully carried out (Cheers.)
Mr. At-coo: next addressed the electors, and in the com-
mencement of his address said he begged to tender her
thanks to Mr. Freshfield for his gentlemanly conduct in re-
ference to this election. (Cheers.) The electors were ac-
quainted
onfteelfreewittnidh hise; parnidnetheiple;,wanerei
now
particularly upon uepo
so wthhee.m be
solicited their support in 1841. He expressed au opinion
that there should be an alteration in the customs and excise
laws, and that there should be a reduction of the taxes upon
all the necessaries of life ; and he said he hail no doubt the
revenue would not eventually sustain a loss by such
reductions. He was an advocate for a repeal of the
tax upon beer, which was the poor man's luxury; and,
if it was necessary, he would rather see an WCTOSIE
of the income tax not in its present shape, ee
affecting trades and professions, but more as a charge
upon the property of the country. lie expressed
,himself
favouroble am eamturion of the freoe.hise, and said that,
with regard to the KAMM iubiUt of religion, he was born