The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-20 00:00:00

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE
ELECTION.

Yesterday the election of a member to supply the
vacancy in the representation of this county, caused by the
death of the late Ball Talbot, and the consequent elevation
of Lord Ingeetre to the House of Peers, took place at Lich-
field. The oily candidate who offered himself was Lord
Lewisham, eked son of the Bail of Dartmouth, a young
man about 26 years of age. Up to Saturday, it was the M-
I tendon of the Freehold Land Society at Birmingham to hare
nominated a gentleman in the independent interest; upon
mature c.neideration, however, it wee deemed inexpedient
to offer what must necessarily, in the present state of the re-
gister, have been only a show of opposition, and the purpose
was accordingly abandoned until the next vacancy, when a
decided effort will in all probability., be made to wrest one
of the mats from the two great families who at present divide
the representation between them.
Mr. O. 8. FORSTER, banker, at Walsall, proposed Lord
Lewisham. and was seconded by Mr. 0. B. Tnoalravonorr.
Lord LEWISHAM having been declared elected by the
sheriff, proceeded to address the assemblage. His lordship
said that he was a young and inexperienced man, without
any pretensions to the powers of oratory, but that in his new
pooch, would make himself useful, sad do his duty. In
plain, straightforward English (he rid), he thanked these
for the honour they had conferred upon hint. He had en-
deavoured in his address td Ist theta into the secret of his
private flaw on various public questions ; he had avowed
himself a emservatim, and Its treated that he should
never be shamed to own that; sad he was averse
to say system.o lftialadon that "gave me elms an ad.
veatige ems ms. The emote of the year 1848 had
attached him mem than ever to the crown, acrd made him
more then ever legal to the Queen ; he was attached to the
char* and weal* Mend to it through thick and thin ; at
the mum *est he did ad with rgsasentit others who
dillseed with him itt oplaioa. [Mr. ft is a Wm.
lama, and this Andes by the sebb feed caused a general
nails.] He Antler west on teb7irevitst ht we attached to
our venerated sennitadoa, that snider it the
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indiveirual hi the fitesdea wasleered
antics. He aswosnalry oppose
any proposition to endow Roman catholic clergy
re ay pan ef the realm ; on the principle that
such endowment would be injurious to the protestant ingre-
dients of the state. Again, avowing his present inexperi-
ence, the noble lad said that he hoped, in time, with their
baldpate and assistance, to become a fit and proper -
son to represent their iatmests in parliament. He would aid
in the promotion of etnaosny la every department of the
public service ; but would not be a party to the reduction of
our forms either by land or sea, let each reduction should
tarnish the honour of the country, and prevent her
VOlOll being heard when she chose to raise it.
Moreover, he looked upon our naval and military forces se
being essential to protect our colonies, which he regarded as
useful harbours of refuge at the time that trade was bad, for
each as were Whited to emigrate thereto. He did not wish
to set up his jadguent against that of other persons who had
had more experience than he had, but it appeared to him to
be nonsense to talk of arbitration instead of war; they could
not arbitrate with savages or with pirates, who were here
and every where in a moment. (Laughter.) Beow
honournational might be in jeopardy, and altho• he
had no wish for England to bully Its neighbours,
he would like that it should be always able to
take its own part when insetted. On the sub-
ject of free trade he said that Mr. Thorneyeroft had ma-
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Men in parlisassat at the time the mature was brought
forward. With tokenise to the burdens on land he bad little
to say; he was net • farmer; be wished he were;
but be would do his Calatioasuinderstand the questiol, and to
roam. the interests of the British farmer. Thereafter
the sable lord having avowed that there was no

peetry in him, matured a quotatiou from " Bam Slick," the
ef cable
was that a man who profiesed extremely
rb?ralertopialons had nothing te lose, and that • man w►e
talked mach on the subjtct of religion of no religion MAL
These two ideas he veed to impress upon his auditory.
Referring next to the subject of education, his lordahip mid
that he was in favour of education ca the best paucities, and
that he hoped to see the day when uothch would Its with-
out its school • but he wished of all to see social pri-
mes. eo that it were fa obedience to the w and authority.
The promodinga terminated with the usual rote of thanks
to the sheriff.