The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

Yesterday morning having been fixed for the nomination
of candidates to represent the city of Westminster, Mr.
Cochrane was the first to arrive at the scene of action,
which he reached in an open sort of coach, smiling and
bowing in the midst of his friends. The flags which accom •
paniad the procession were very numerous, and quite in
keeping with Mr.Coehrene's character and position as a can-
didate. Amongst the inscriptions wereobserved the following
"The Queen, the Ladies, Mr. Coehrime, and Westminster;"
" Cochrane, the poor man's guardian ;" " We despise dicta-
tion," &o. General Evans, Mr. Lushington, and Lord
Mandeville having severally taken up a position, with their
friends, on the hustings,
Mr. SMIDLIT, the high bailiff, opened the proceedings.
Dr. RAII4IIIIIOOII came forward, but was met with such
deafening noises (continued thenceforward up to the
close of the proceedings) that those who were within
a yard of his person could scarcely catch any complete
sentence. He said he appeared before them to propose their
long-tried and faithful representative, Sir De Lacy Evans, as
• fit and proper person again to represent them in parlia-
ment—a gentleman who, since they last elected him. had
been indefatigable in the discharge of his duties in the House
of C• 01121011.1; who had never been absent when either his
voice or his vote was required to promote their interests, or
those of the country at large; and who, during his continuance
in parliament, had given one bad vote. (Cheers.)
Mr. IL Exus seconded the nomination.
Mr. 1110111LOT.'0F1 proposed, and
Mr. Haxxirrr briefly seconded the nomination of Mr.
Cochrane._ _ _

Mr. H. G. ROBIKSON said he felt grrat pleasure in pro-
posing, as one of the representatives of that constituency,
Mr. Charles Lushington.
Mr. Paotrr seconded the nomination, and eulogised Mr.
Lushiugton as a thorough radical reformer in two parlia-
ments, and an unblemished private gentleman.
Mr. LorrooM ELLtorr then came forward to propose Lord
Mandeville as a fit and proper person to represent the city in
parliament.
Lord thermic said he came there to second the nomina-
tion, not of the paitisan of this or that minister, but of one
who was determined to do his duty without fear or favour,
and to give his support to the ancient institutions of the
country, while he was also ready to consider what were
the best remedies for any defects which might be
found in them.

Sir De Lary Evaws, having been proposed first in order,
then came forward to address the electors. He commenced
by speaking of the shortness of the period which hat elapsed
since the electors did him the honour of restoring him to the
situation of their representative by a majority of nearly 1000
over a distinguished and popular candidate,— a member of the

government of the day—and mentioned the fact that he had
entered just at . period when the corn-law question war yet
unsettled. One of the principal consequences of the repeal of
the corn-laws, was the total disorganisation of that great mo-
nopolising party which had from time immemorial opposed
itself to the extension of the public liberties. The great
conservative party had fallen into fragments before the voice
of a determined people; and the title " conservative " had
now become so distasteful that gentlemen were disposed to
get rid of it as they had formerly wished to get rid of the
name " tory." A candid conservative, if asked what he Ina
now-a-days, would honestly declare that he scarcely knew
himself, and that he was not sure that he might not be a
whig. (Laughter.) He would ask the noble lord
at the other end of the hustings to explain, if he could, the
nice distinction between tory and conservative, between
Peelites and Bentinckites. (Laughter.) That noble lord
had been presented to the electors under the title of " con-
servative," and they undoubtedly had a right to know what
a conservative was. (Laughter.) Among the important
measures which had been passed during the short period
which had elapsed since he was last elected, one of the went
important was the government measure of education. What
had been done was, he trusted, only a commence-
meut. He was extremely sorry that the measure had
not met with that unanimous appr..val which was so
desirable. He would not deny that, as regarded
the measure itself, the government had been guilty of serious
errors; hut he must say that, within the last two or three
weeks, they bad made considerable progress in repairing the
errors committed in the first instance. It was their duty to
scad representatives to parliament who would see that the
grants for education • ere placed on an equal, just, and en-
lightened footing in relation to all classes. Amongst
the measures which he should feel it his tiuty to support
hereafter was a measure for securing the health of towns.
Another related to the excise 66661 another to the placing
of the income-tax on a more just and equal footing
With regard to the probate duty, considering it as a relic of
territorial despotism under which land obtained exemption,
and persons of moterate fortune were obliged to pay heavily
to the rate, he desired to see a complete change of the sys-
tem ; and, speaking generally, he advocated a general revi-
sion of the present system of taxation, with a view to planing
the burdens of the state more squally tapes fixed
and real property, and relieving the industry, energy,
and enterprise of the people kern the unjust burthen
which was now thrown upon them. Church reform had
already been commenced ; 300,0901. • year had been actually
abstracted from the revenues of the bishops and of the cathe-
dral establishments. He had opposed, in all its stages, the
hill for the creation of a Bishop of Manchester, and although
that bill was carried, he rej eiced that there would be one
bishop at least without a seat in the House of Lords.
Mr. C. COCH RA NE, on coming forward, said he wished for
nothing but fair play for the other candidates and fur him-
self. The interests, the privileges, and the happiness of the
electors were involved in that struggle, and he asked them
to act as befitted such an occasion. He had invited his
opponents to meet him at public meetings to substan-
tiate their charges, but they had declined. Ile was
delighted to say that the only charge which they
could bring against hint was, that when a young.
ster, 19 or 20 years of age, he urns fond of the girls.
(Great laughter.) That man was no man Mall who was not
fond of the women. (Laughter.) His opponents well knew
that he was the popular candidate ; and the only accusation
which they could make against him was the frivolous one which
he had stated. Yes, there was one other charge ; viz., that
he went under an assumed name—that his real name was
not Cochrane. Lct the two opposing candidates tell him
that to his face, and they knew full well what would
be his reply. Their committees circulated the most scan-
dalous and infamous charges,and they profited by the scandal,
declaring, when called upon fur explanation, that they were
not responsible for what a committee had done. It was a
characteristic of Englishmen to do nothing covertly, or in a
dastardly manner, and to tell an enemy to his face what you
had to say against him. (Hear, hear.) His name was ths
name which he bore ; that was the name which he had.
his infancy, the name which he had at his znarriage,.. t
name to which he was entitled by law. Why did not his
opponents call upon the Earl of Dundonald and ask him if
he were a relation of his (Mr. Cochrane's, or not ? His (Mr.
Cochrane's) father "was the uncle of the present Earl of
Dundonald, and the relationship between himself and the
earl was just the same as that between the children of the
earl and his father. (Hear, hear.) Before he set up as a
candidate for Westminster he was everything that was good
and excellent ; hut the instant he put up for that city, and
interfered with the Reform Society, he was everything that
was bad and infamous. _

Mr. C. LESHINOTON said, be appeared before the con-
eeituents professing himself a staunch radical reformer, end
an adrocaic of the principles of civil and religious liberty.
When in parliament, from 18.15 to 18t1, he supported
measures fur the extee,ion of the suffrage, the abridg-
ment of the duration of parliaments, vote by ballot, and
the abolition of the property qualification for a seat
in parliament ; he also constantly voted agaior. church-
rates. lie now confidently appealed to his parliamentary
career, as an index to his principles.
Lord MANDEVILLE then came forward and said : Gentle-
men, I have the honour to appear before you as the repre-
sentative of principles which are not unknown in this city.
(Cheers.) lam not the first conservative candidate who
has appealed to this constituency upon conservative prin-
ciples. I come before you not only with the disadvantage of
youth (a fault which will every day improve), but also that
of not having a parliamentary career to speak for me by way
of character. But I will deal with you honestly, and if I
cannot inform you of what I have done, I will tell you in
the fewest possible words what you may expect from me if
you do me the honour of electing me. I shall enter parlia-
ment, if sent there by a majority of your vote., acquainted
with one great consummation. I shall behold established
by law a measure concerning which much agitation took
place before it became the law of the land: and I shall feel
bound to consider that measure finally settled, as long as no
harm results from it to the community. I consider that it
would not only be impolitic, but highly indecorous and un-
fair, to interfere with the practical working of a law which,
up to the present moment, has had no fair chance either for
good or ill. Should the working produce those happy re-
sults which the instigators of the law believe must follow
from free-trade legislation, I shall hail such efficts with a
grateful heart. But, on the contrary, should its advocates
be disappointed in the working of the law, by its
creating havoc instead of prosperity, I shall do just
what any one of you would do in my position, and
will do, no doubt, in whatever position you may be
found—viz , all that may be in my power to prevent mis-
chief and sorrow, and think it high time to retrace our
steps. Gentlemen, I have told you in my address that lAM
a warm friend of the established church of this country,
and that I will not consent to any enactments which are
likely to aggrieve her. I reiterate that statement here. I
have been educated and brought up as a member of the
Church of England, and I have too lively • recollection of
all the blessings which have proceeded from that institution
to hesitate for one instant in declaring, as emphatically as
possible, all that I feel upon this interesting subject. I be-
lieve there is no greater security for general freedom of con-
science than the eliatence of the establishment, and I am
sure the dissenter would have deeper cause for sor-
row and complaint than any other class of the
community if the church unfortunately should at
any time fall • prey to that eggrerion which in more
quarters than one has so recently been threatened. I can-
not acquiesce in the endowment of popery on the part of
the state ; nor, in fact, in the endowment of popery at all,
whether by the state or otherwise. I have told you lam
protestant; and as a protestant I cannot consent to the en-
dowment of what, in my heart, I believe to be error. I trust
I shall not to accused of speaking disrespectfully of any
class of religionists whatsoever. No doubt the catholic,
entertain their opinions as conscientiously as Ido mine. I
would be the last to punish any man on account of his re-
ligious belief, which is a matter between his Maker and him-
self ; but I would do by him as he would do by me, and
much less than Romanists in the possession of power have
done, and, as we have recently been told, would do. I
would not encourage what I believe to be wrung; least of
all would I, by any act of mine, give the slightest help to •
system which, as far as I can judge, is in direct contradiction
to the revealed word of heaven. I am an advocate for a
scheme of education as extensive as it can be devised. lam
of opinion that the time has gone by when it was the fashion
to think that an ignorant people must necessarily be the
meet moral and well.bebaved. Experience has shown that
proposition to be a fallacy, and I am sorry the discovery was
not made at an earlier period of our history. But I believe
that education to be of use must not be merely secular. I
have but one limit to put to it, and that is, that I should
exact the introduction of the scriptures, and more, of the
authorised version, as a seminary part of the 'lateen. II I
will not pay the adult for the propagation of what I believe
to be error, you will hardly expect me to pay money for in-
stilling the same error into the minds of the helpless and
inexperienced. I cannot prevent the Roman Catholics, if
they think proper, from introducing a mutilated version of
the Scriptures into their infant schools, but I can refuse to
pay for what I conceive so unwarranted a proceeding; and
I believe I am bound to refuse, as I believe I sin bound to
do all in my power to prevent my fellow-ereatures from
falling int+ error. Gentlemen, if you return me te parlia-
ment, I will endeavour to attend to your interests, and to
the best of my ability to watch over the welfare of this
Important city in the Rouse of Commons. As I have
already said, I can give you no account of nay past
stewardship; but if I know myself rightly. I think I may
promise to you that when we meet again, I shall have no
fear to show my fat* amongst you. I acknowledge that I
am very desirous indeed not to see the Conservative cause
utterly swamped in this city of Westminster. The triumphs
we have had in the past induce me to hope that you also have
the same desire, and the exertions which, at the last moment,
all classes have made on my behalf, convince me that an in-
telligent and thoughtful people have not yet been persuaded
that all political virtue is embalmed in Whiggery, and that
all philanthropy and high motives are locked up in the
bosoms of those who hold what are popularly called liberal
opinions. Gentlemen, I retire from you in the full =VlC-
tion that what you have manfully done before, you will as
manfully do again, and that I shall be placed by your suf-
frages in that proud position which it is now my greatest
ambition to achieve, and which it will aesuredly be my con-
stant desire, hope. and trust, lung to deserve. (Applause.)
The high bailiff then took • show of hands on behalf of
each of the candidates, and declared that the choice had
fallen upon General Evans and Mr. Cochrane. A poll was
demanded on behalf of the other candidates, which will
take place this day.

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Admiral G • _ _ WIDUY proposed Lord Viscount Duncan as • fit
a roper priori to represent the electors in parliament
and
Hr, P, Aerie semaded the nomination, and called upon
the rectors act to desert • tried and faithful servant.
Ma W. HUNT proposed Mr. J. A. Roebuck.
R TiCillaollt4l seconded the nomination.
Mr. W. SUTCLIFTI nominated Lord Ashley, and was
rtce'Ted with mingled sheen and hisses.
Mr. Goes seconded the nomination.
Lord DVNCAN then presented himself, and was received
wick load cheers. He rid be bad ?remised to do everything
his power to effect an alteration in the window-tar, suss
be had brought the matter before parliament. There was one
ortioa of the greatest importance to the people of that
loge city, among whom were many members of the church,
for which he had the greatest reverence, and others who
members of different dissenting congregations. He re-
ferred to the question of church-rates. Ile always had voted,
nod always should vote, that those rates ought not to be im-
posed upon those who differed from the church. (Cheers.)
lie thought it a disgrace that the members of the church did
net 'lppon their own churches, as the dissenters did.
Kr. ROLBITI. came forward amidst much cheering. After
Teeming to tha cirturastances connected with his first intro-
dunce to thin constituency, he said he had for 15 years
served them faithfully, and had kept every pledge he had
made to them. Mr. (lore asked what he hack done, and talked
of gnat professions and no performances. He had told
Them, upon the carrying of the Reform Bill, that they ought
to have a reform of their corporations—he had voted for that
reform, and one of the most venomous shafts that rankled in
the hearts of their opponents was the throwing down of the
dose corporations. He told them that they would
have the Book of England reformed ; and had they
not got it? (Cheers.) He told them that he would vote
for removing one by one all the restrictions on trade and
commerce ; and bad he not done it ? (Cheers, and " Yes,
thanks to Peel.") Yes—thanks to Peel—the fact was, they
ked secreted their old opponents, the Tories, and there
sons net one of them of the old sort now alive in Bath—they
sB ppowd to be of their opinions, and they disliked their
ram (Laughter.) Had they not given them • cheap
Wass press, and such a cheap mean, of commuuieation
by Mtn as the world had never known ? What reform had
ever been brought forward in parliament which lie
bad not supported ? He told them he was in
favour of the education of the people. lie Caw
the dafieuit part of the question—the existence of various
sects holding different religious opinions. He had endea-
voured to get schools established to which any conscientious
parent might send his children. For that he had been called
an infidel. and had been accused of being • foe to every
man's faith. He would divide the noble lord's (Ashley's)
political life into two parts; the first before his leaving Dor-
seakire, and the second after that. Up to the period
et his leaving Dirserhire, he was, with • single excel,-
fina, a strong adherent of what were called conservative
preiples. There was one point upon which he changed his
Mind, end, as he bad told him before, he told him now,
filanged it suddenly and at the will of the minister —(cheers
asd" No, no.")—and having given • pledge to his
Mastitnents be retained his power and voted against his
=(Cheers, and " No.") He was returned to the
as an opponent of the catholic claims, and gave a
Osage so support church and state as by law estab:ished.
The'Dake of Wellington happened to change his opinion, and
so did Sir R. Peel. Sir R. Peel was then member for the
University ofOxford, and he gave up his trust when Ire
changed his views, and again stood for election. The old uni-
versity, however, told him that it had no further occasion for
hie serrieee. The noble lord did notdo the same, but he broke
his pledge. 1 Hear.) In 1811 the liberal ministry went to
the country, and appealed to them upon the question of free
trade in ooru. The noble lord went down into Dorsetshire,
and was returned as the opponent of free trade, and as " the
farmers' friend." He gave a pledge—newest to parliament
—he ousted the liberal ministry—but time went on : the
great leader of his party changed his opinion ; and, by a
singular coincidence, Lord Ashley changed his also. (A
laugh.) But, on that occasion, he followed the example of
Peel, and returned his trust—and, further, did not find
it desirable to go to the poll. An insinuation had
been thrown out about the " suspicious unanimity of the
London pre-." What was meant by that? Was it meant that,
he had bought that which could not be purchased—the
peer of Engiand ? The London press expressed the voice of
the pebple of England, and it felt that when a min had
acted for fifteen years with indefatigable industry, with in-
tegrity, and with unswerving fidelity, he ought not to be
rewarded with disgrace and contumely. (Cheers.) The
hon. and learned gentleman went on to refer to the efforts he
had used in the cause of humanity, to unshackle the slave,
to give relief to poverty, for the just rights of the people,
and the proper security of society. He did not believe they
would desert him. If they rejected him, they would cast a
stigma on his character, and on that of the people at large.
They would not do that, he knew, and to-morrow, under
that blue and yellow Hag, he would lead them to victory.
(Cheering long continued.)
Lord Asauty then came forward, and was meted with
partial cheering and some disapprobation. He said he
would, in the first place, answer a question which had been
std it placards and insinuated in !speeches "What
brought you here ? " His reply would be the same, no
doubt, so Mr. Roebuck's, when ne first went to Bath—be-
cause he hail been invited by a number of respectable elec-
tors. It was the right of the constituencies of the British
empire to invite any one to represent them whose character
might recommend him to them. He attended there in com-
pliance with a numeronelysigned requisition, and in fulfil-
ment of it he should, he believed, be returned es their repre-
sentative. (Cheers, groans, and cries of "?lever.") It .
would not have been necessary for him to have occupied
much of their time, bat that he had to be a kind of
scavenger to clear away the rubbish which had been rut be-
fore him. lie had been asked if he still retained the force of
a sentiment which he had uttered in the House of Commons,
that that which was morally wrong could not be politically
right. He did maintain it still ; he avowed it now. It wan
applicable to all the relations of life, end not least of all to
elections. (Hear, hear.) Something had been said about
tesercion ; but he never had been, and never would be, a
party to the coercion of a conservative voter. He had been
sawed of having been influenced by the will of the minister
fa the course he had seen it right to take in regard to the
corn-laws. It was quits true that in 1841 he was elected to
represent an agricultural constituency, and that he did state
upon the hustings his opinion that the corn-laws should
be maintained; but he gave no pledge. Circumstances
arose—there was the famine in Ireland and other matter',
which indeced an alteratiou in his views. He never in any
way communicated with the minister or the minister with
him. He took that course which he thought beat for the
interest, of the country, and especially the working classes.
He differed from Ur. Roebuck on great public principles,
and therefore it was that he was there to oppose him that
day. (Cheers.) Upon the window-tax, he was of opinion
that it was an injurious tax, and ought to be repealed ; and
when Lord Duncan asked his advice upon the introduction
of his motion, he told hint so, and that he was glad he was
going to bring it forward.
Lord DCSCAN said he asked Lord Ashley to be in the
house when he brought it on. He believed that was all he
said.

LAM ASHLEY reiterated that Lord Duncan naked his ad-
vice—very likely he asked him to be present, but he did not
remember it. (Oh, oh.) The noble lord went on to state
the course he had pursued, and denied having been privy to
a placard put out, imputing infidelity to Mr. Roebuck.
Mr. EDWARDS said he could prove that a chief member
of Lord Ashley's committee had so stated.
Lord ASHLEY said he was not privy to it, and, aPer some
further remarks, said, if they elected him to-morrow, he
should attain the object of his wishes: if they did net, he
should only look blue, and that was the best colour after all.
(Cheers and kiwi.)
A show of hands was then taken, and was immensely in
favour of Roebuck and Duncan. A poll was demanded on
the part of Lord Ashley.

LEEDS.
The election for this borough commenced yesterday,
Mr. JOHN Gorr stood forward and proposed the re-
election of William Beckett, Esq., as one of their future
representaires in parliament. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. JOSEPH RonEHT Atm MN seconded the nomination.
Mr. BAINES, in proposing Mr. Joseph Sturge, said that
they were met to discharge an important public duty. On
this occasion all present were entitled to the franchise ; every
man was entitled to hold up his hand for the candidate of his
choice. The candidate that he had to propase for their ac-
e e was one in every respect worthy of their choice—
ct
(ge:sc
)—the friend of his country and of the human raze.
Mr. PETER FMK/lAA/AN seconded the nomination of Mr.
Sturge.
Mr. Taos. W. Tome proposed Mr. James Giith Mar-
shall as a tit person to represent the borough in the next
parliament.
Mr. lIANER STANSFELD seconded the nomination.
Mr. Bactirrr, who was loudly cheered, said, shortly after
his election in 1841, when seconding the address to the
throne, he had to describe the paralysis under which trade
was then suffering. His statements were confirmed, and
that state of things led to that extensive system of fiscal
reform which led to the retirement of the minister of the
day. In the removal of those restrictions he bore his part,
because lie thought that the removal of many of those re.
striations would give an impulse to trade and commerce ; and
believing that a larger area than England presented was
required to produce sufficient food for the people, he had
not hesitated to vote for the free importation of articles of
foot, and of the staple product of trade. But the attention
of parliament had not been confined to that; it had
entered the mines and bleach-works, the mills and
factories, nail had made regulations which would
relieve the half-formed child and its maternal parent
from those toils to which they had previously been
liable. Parliament had also given its attention to the pre-
vention of crime ; and is the extension of religious establish-
ments and the promotion of national education. Upon this
last point he mutt be permitted tosay that he was delighted
with the ability with which that question had been sup.
rtsd in Leeds, his own mind having been from the first
hrmly made up to support the education of the people by
the aid of the state. He could not at all see the force of
those objections which were made against the ministerial
plan.

Mr. frriAtor was also loudly applauded by his friends on
presenting himself. Ho began by thanking them for the
good feeling and temper with which they were appearing to
conduct the election, and for the courtesy that he had per.
senally received. Ho should speak of those who wero now
opposing him, bat with whom ht. had formerly acted, more in
sorrow than in anger, as it wes for principles rather than
=that they were contending. (Cheers.) Ho
ed to no party. It was no party consideration.
Ht repeated that he belonged to no party, unless it he the
party of pace and universal brotherhood; and he contended
that that principle could not be carried out without re-
cognising commercial, civil, and religious freedom. (Cheers.)
Mach remained yet to be done in the way of free trade.
They must have the navigation laws repealed, by which the
4.4,1 of one country had advantages ovor the ships of

another country. As to education, he contended
that the ministerial scheme was not to tax the rich to edu-
cate the poor, hut tax the poor to educate the comparatively
rich. Fur it wax only where two-thirds could he raised that
one third was to be given ; but, in places too poor to raise
anything, nothing would be given. Upon this question he
would much sooner trust to the legislation of the tories than
of the whist& He was strongly opposed to the principle of
centralisation which pervaded the scheme.
Mr. Idastanam. had ever given support to a large ex-
tension of the franchise of the people. In the spirit
or ;LIU !w the people he had never shrunk from
maintaining the duty of acting in accortt= with public
opinion ; and if he had looked fOrward hopefully to the come
when persons can have the franchise which they do not now
poetess, it was below., he looked forward to • vast improve-
ment in our social, moral, and political pre-eminence. (Loud
cheers.) He believed that hope to be as certain of realisa-
tion as it was delightful. He believed that the people of
England were in the way to obtain a large, a just, and a
greatly improved system of education. (Loud cheers.) If
rt was proper to make the property of the country responsible
in the first instance for the bodily wants of the country—to
say that no man Atoul I be left destitute, was it not also right
to say that the people should not be left in want of that
more delightful mental food which added so much to the
dignity of mankind? He was favourable to the mainte-
nance of the' union between church and state, but he was
desirous to see anything that was narrow and sectarian in
that union placed en • broad and general basis. In that
I view he was opposed to church-rates, and to any further en-
dowment of religious establishments. If slut to parliament,
he should make it his effort to carry out the great scheme
of commercial freedom which had been commenced.
At two o'clock, after the proceedings had occupied about
four hours, the Mayor was about to call for a show of hands,
when Mr. James Richardson, solicitor, stood forth, to put a
series of questions to the several candidates; but the
audience refused to hear him ; and after a contest of some
duration, Mr. Fairlaairn undertook the duty, but being
unable t t make himself heard in putting thequestiona which
the multitude had refused to hear from Mr. Richardson,
they were handed forward in writing, but elicited no an-
swer, the crowd being unwilling to allow anything to inter-
fere with the show of hands.
Mr. Richardson and Mr. Fairbairn attempted to pass
through tho mayor's compartment and that of Mr. Beckett's
friends towards Mr. Marshall's compartment; but that was
prevented, and the two gentlemen, amidst much confusion,
attempted to guilt, and to some extent euxteeded in g doing
admission to Mr. Marshall's compartment by its separate
entrance. They left the questions with Mr. Marshall, who
answered them seriatim. They related chiefly to the
negotiations which had passed between the committees of
Mr. Sturgis and Mr. Marshall, for • friendly ballot before
the nomination.

The mayor then called for a show of hands for each of
the candidates, which he declared to have been in favour
of Mr. Joseph Sturge and Mr. William Beckett. A
poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Marshall, which
the mayor anncunced would commence at eight o'clock on
Thursday morning, and the declaration of the result would
be made on Friday.
Mr. BECKETT then asked the araemblage to give three
cheers for the mayor, which was accorded, and his worship
having returned thanks, the several candidates and their
friends left the ground.