The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING JULY, 19, 1851

REPRESENTATION OF SCARBOROUGH.
THE NOMINATION.
SCIRIROUOVOIT, FRIDAY KOILXIWO.
This morning, at 10 o'clock, the proceedings in
connexion with the nomination of a candidate fur the repre-
sentation of this borough took place on hustings erected in
front of the Town-hall. The two candidates, Lord Mel-
grave and 0. F. Young, Esq., arrived at that hour at the
hustings, escorted by a large number of their friends,
wearing orange and blue :avours, and preceded by bands of

The usual formularies having been disposed of,
Sir WM. LOWTHROP proposed the Right Hon. Lord
Mulgrave. He advised them not to be misled by Mr.
Young's interminable calculations, and, if they wished to
be efgeisntly represented, let them elect Lord Mulgrave.
(Loud cheers.)
T. WEDDALL, Esq., seconded the nomination. He had
hoped Lord Mu*rave would have been elected without this
I unseemly contest. (Cheers.) A cry had been got up that
Lord Mulgrave opposed the shipping interest. He denied
the fact. (Cheers.) Ile thought the shipping interest ought
to be an exception to the free-trade policy of the day, and,
as his lordship bad not opposed that interest, he asked them
to return him by a triumphant majority.
G. F. BROWN, Esq. proposed G. F. Young, Esq.
JONATHAN HARRISON, Esq., of Pocklingtoo, se-
conded the nomination. Mr. Young was burn with an
anchor ore cable in his mouth. (Laughter and cheers.)
Was not he, then, the man to be elected, who knew the
wants of the port? Their opposition was not to Lord
Mulgrave's private character, but to his political creed.
(Cheers.)
There being no other candidate to propose,
Lod ILULORAVE came forward to address the electors,
and was received with loud cheers. He had resigned to
them that trust which they kindly gave him when
he last had the honour of addressing them 'from
that place; and in looking back to that time, he
could not accuse himself of having deserted may one of
those principles which he then professed. (Loud cheers )
His lordship adverted to the important subject of free trade,
for it was upon that subject, and that alone, that this oppo-
sition had been brought against him—(hear, hear)—and
upon which a stranger had been brought amongst them, to
rob him of the houour which had been formerly conferred
upon him. (Hear, hear.) Upon one subject there was no
difference between his opponent and himself. Mr. Young
hail said, " his object was to promote the welfare ofhis coun-
trymen." So said he (Lord Mulgrave) ; _ but their means
of doing it were widely different. Mr. Young would pro-
tect everything and everybody against everything and
everybody. (Cheers, and a shout of " Let us have good
bread and cheap.") Ho (Lord Mialgrave) would
only give encouragement to those who produced
articles with a desire to exchange with those who
have not the natural advantage of producing •
similar article. (Cheers.) Mr. Young had lately told some
of his countrymen that protection is not dead. He would
tell them that free trade is neither dead nor likely to die.
(Cheers.) If he had to write the epitaph of free trade, he
should follow the example of the person who wrote the
epitaph on Sir Christopher Wren's tuutb—" If you seek fur
his monument look around you." (Cheers.) Did they not
see that whilst there were convulsicas in other countries
there is peace, and happiness, and prosperity in this country?
His conduct on the navigation laws, he contended, had been
that which was right ; fur knowing the strong feeling enter-
tained by some of his constituency so that subject, he had
always voted against it, except once, and then he paired off
with a gentleman who would have voted for the repeal.
lie entreated them, if they valued the principles about
which he had been speaking, to return him by a triumphant
majority, and thus set an example to the country. (Loud
and prolonged cheering.)
G. F. YOUNG, Esq., then proceeded to address the
electors, and maintained that the only true policy the
country, as an agricultural country, should follow, was to
carry out moderate protection, because it was utterly
impossible that the land could be cultivated with wheat at
38s. 3d.

On a show of hands being taken, there appeared the
largest show for Mr. Young ; and a poll was demanded for
Lord Mulgrave.
The contest will be a close one.