The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-27 00:00:00

first *ism which atm* Ids r imperteat was
the question el public restry ; sad his seism woo this
—hard writ rid pod psy ; me v. rk sod so pity st all.
He did set wish it to he suppred th►t ha was ring to
vets her s Curries et the pay of these pares who
were et molt from morals* to bight, and who brought
to the series of the state the application of greet and ex-
tended abilities ; bat, on the ether band, taws he weld
find that se work, or little west, we to be dos*, and re-
trateinest amid properly be 'Meted, se sr would be
IWO reedy tissa himself te any eat that retreschment
And whim by retresehment end as ingress of the rearms
we had the mesas of apply's, a remedy to the agricultural
irons; that remedy sherd he applied to it. Agriculturists

most, bngo., reminder soststlait min thin this. Thtsi
wen sow brought into annestitios with ransom of distriets
when the boildi.iss, the draining, and the farmi..g, were
good; and they might depend upon it that If they did not
adopt a better system of farming any mast be defined.
Mr. Cairn' then alluded to the window duty. He
viewed that is the light of • groat limitary questios,
and 011 this ground he was anxious to haste the duty re-
dean ; bat first he would gee that the public debt was
paid and the difreent otiose of state properly supported.
("Oh," groans, sad yells.) Before resonsiat his Digt,:there
was o.'• other stablest to whisk he requested their suntan.
He had been anion that the nomination of Ms. Boatilas
eh. old take precedes.* of his own, and for this vans : ho
came down to canvass the borough on the 3rd of Danaher;
he continued the canyon in tin 4th, and on the 6th he wee
informed that Mr. lionlatos had retired. Mr. Boothias
the• cane to his (Hr. Calvert's) ootnuittmeroon, aid
°Bend to propose or neon his nominatiou, or to go oat of
the way altogether If he wished,—is short, to do tee thing
in his power to support his (Mr. Calrert'•)elsoties. (Uproar,
• Voice—" That was before &risen% Hyde retired.") Now
his full conviction was that this statement, made without
any resonation SI to whether Mr. Satinet Blies was in the
field or not, would not be last sight of, sad he did expect. that
Mr. Houghton would have informed them that, sa • mater of
good faith, baying inn promised to give him his support, he
would not new allow himself to be put in nomination as an
opponent. (Greet none )
As ELECTOR—What do you soy about • Rational poor
rate

Mr. CALVERT apprehended evil from any such measure,
Humph he saw no reason why a certain portion of the rate
for the relief of the poor should not be paid by the state. (A
Voice : The income tam.) With regard to the mods is
whieb the tenant farmer should be rated to the thecae
tax, he held it to b the duty of the legislature to find
oat some means by which. if the farmer was to pay income
tax, he should do so in proportion to his rent, sad act his
supposed orate-
Mr.IIOUORTON was reeeived with loud cheers by his
friends and supporters. If (*aid be) Weds:slime had been the
motto of his opposenta, would they is as beginning of their
canvass have putout an address which stated that they bed
nine-tenths of the property of the borough with them. and that
It was impossible for an bumble individual like himself to re-
sist the aristocratic Moues that was to be brought to bear
spinet him ? (Cheers.) That inflames was very great,
sad whoa it was put bite the scale ageless tlerjeant Ryles. •
protectionat, be (Kr. Houghton) felt that he should have
been a traitor in the camp if, by dividing the lot , he
had allowed • candidate who professed protest& ',mist prieeiples
to carry the borough. (Ohetirel—lt ether than do tba..—
rather than suffer his brother farmers to be again bass-
bocsiml by that word "protection,' he retired immedi-
ately from the field, sad went to Mr. Calvert, and seid,
"Rather than I will be in your way, I as not only ready
to retire, but to support you in carrying out the principles
of free trade." When he saw the two candidates, the two
lawyers, and the host of syeophante by whom they were
surrounded, he felt that it was impossible for him to se-
care the unbought and untrammelled suffrages of the
electors. (Creme) There was not • man who knew how he
had been treated with regard to the borough of Aylesbury.
It was the steward in, and the steward out. Mr. Calvert
wad the stewud in ; he (Mr. Houghton) was the steward
Nth and he had been told that the power and isthmus of a
Owed& estate wee to he brought to bear upon the electors,
bulled up by Lord Carringtoo, by the Rotteachilds, and by
lip, Smith, of Wonderer, and that there wee no chases
whatever of anybody else lauding. It bad been again mad
moth stated that the borough of Aylesbury was ender
deed Intl:since, and it was h cause it had been so stated
that en a late occasion he (Mr. Hosglitoo) came forward,
altogether untwisted by any aristoevadc power, and brought
to the poll 34-5 good and true men is his support. (Cheers.)
What was Mr. Calvert's position is that hall to-day 1 Why
M was • poldisal bankrupt, aad the very rues be wee
media{ with belonged to hint (Mr. Hereglitea). He asked
the ben. gentleman, bed he any tree friends amongst them ?
Not one. (Cheers.) lie looked and saw aothiag but a set of
fawning sycophants round the bon. gentlemen—men who
sapported him for the sake of pelf—tad who at the last
suction told him (Mr. Houghton) they would never forsake
him, that be was a man of the people, and that upon the
people's "holdout he should be carried into the House of
Cammons. (Loud chews, and uproar.) With referees* to
what he termed opening the 'borough, it wee said over and
over again that it was under ducal intluenoe. Well he dig
fend from the noble duke upon the question of protection;
bat he respected the man, nevertheless; and now that he
wee down, now that hie sun was setting, he appealed to every
man then tamest whether the noble duke had ever fun
away from his professed mOisciples. (Cheery.) Had be not
through good sad through evil report, week true to his test!
And if they really owed, him any alleviates, they murt be
bees indeed to forseake him, simply b: sus, he no loose r
p.esested the "dirty nerve." (Clews and laughter.) Yet
what did he see now 1 Why the very Rea who had sucked
all they scud out of that noble individual, perceiving that
his sun was setting in the west, bad gone to wenktp the
sun of Memnon that was rising in the east. (Loud cheers.)
lie (Mr. Houghtor.) cared not whom be offew!ed It was
to emancipate the borough from all party domination that
he appeared b tore them and if Mr. Calvert's election was
list, it would be the :I suit of the ethane' in which the el. c.
tors had been canvassed. It be had it in his power, the first
act which should be pawed was an act for the sale of every
living in the patronage of the government; so that no poli-
tical parsons should ever be appointed to another. (Loud
cheers.) Mr. Houghton then eaplessed his disapprobation
of the recent proceedings of the "spear, *ad meat en to
observe that he k low he appeared there sager great diead-
ventage' in harm( bad brought against him all the talent
that was obtainable is Queen's Counsel:or Calvert. When
two lawyers were in the field it wee odd, "Let devil
I eat devil, I don't care who +Mei" but now the electors
said there were too many lawyers by belt in the House
of Consumes already, that they were eating op the people,
and that the people wanted to be represented by men
of their own class. (Cheers.) As one of themselves, he
(Mr. Iltughtor) presented himself before them. Many
• time had he cud the green grass for his table•eloth
when he work. d as • labourer, mad it was by pores aaaaa co
end industry alone, without education, that be was than
ecabled to stead before. them, not as the ecconsoliehmil
clues 's souneel, but as plain Former Haseletoo. (Cbeem)
Having espreseed his opinion that the Church of
land should be purged a order to make it what it ought
to be, Ind that the Impost of ehureh rates should
ebAisked, Mr. Houghton lest sluice of the "two of the
agricultural interest. Mr. Calvert had alluded to the dio
tree' of the farnsete, sad [admitted that when all the high
°facers of the state were well paid, he should then think et a
redaction of =silos. Hie (Mr. Houghton's) brother
Wove' and himself were new suffering severe distress—aye,
more than it was possible they eJuld meth bogs, endure.
At this moment they had • tree trade in sore, and the
poets were opened to all the aa'ioss of the world ; yet they
had aot been eased ewe iota of citation. (Cheers.) Was
the% fair 1 Wes that right ? Wee It hone.; and just to
theta as farmers? (Cries of " No," and cheers.) The
ben. gentleman then enumerated the various articles of
pditisal creed, including in the list the pro.
pedalos of • general rate tor the relief of the
peer and the 'maintenance of reeds, the repeal
ed the malt tam, Mr. Pussy's Tenant Hata Hill, and
thin vote by ballot. He also advocated an equalisation of
radio Modem, and seaclisted by selling upon the eon.
seeenarry to give him their firm, their independent, sad un
Imagist supp.rr, at the poll.
Me, CALVERT attempted to give or obtain an sapiens-
tWie In refs/ease to some statement contain d in Mr.
Houghton's south ; bet after withstanding toe Want of
a lomat eyed& kisses, and other 1110411 for several minable,
end finding all his attempts to be heard unavailing, he wee
compelled to retire.
A show of hands was then taken for the respective
candidates, the regal: of which was in favour of Mr. Hough-
ton by ,bout six to oste.
Mr. HANSON demanded • poll on behalf Mr. Calvert,
which having bees appointed to commend thi. morning
at eight o'clock and to aermiaate at four, the meeting sopa-

°alai SALE OF STULL—The sob by unction of
100,000 metres of silk, doubted in 1848 to be mob kilo eau*
sad odour, under the provisional severest's; beejuet takes
place a. Ly,ne. Only one part of the geode teas been sold ;
that intended for the seer* betas bonkt ia. The price ob-
tainsd for the other was 21. 40... the metre, the original pita
bolos s'. 60.. to 6f.
DItATil or Two Katona LADIES )T PHlL—Yeas
to/day Mr. Bedford, the essoner, rsesived Infonnaii,in of the
dorb by fire of two maiden ladies, of the mates respectively
Broeka, aged 85, mad of her nice, Miss U b Sway,
who is shoat 30 pate of age. They were residios at No. 3,
Arllnsuistran, Pimlico, where they had been living in
independrat CifCIIIIIMSDO•11 for 20 years pest. Lin Monday
mcri log, about tea o'clock. the ',tighteners oa the opposite
side of the Street were alarmed by wiles flames in the front
parlour. Mr. Moulds*, who occupies as adjoinini bouts,
jumped over hie garden well and entered the room, wb eh
who fall of smoke, and the carpet woe In flames. Another
neighbour followed, when, upon the fire being satin.
guished, the ?onager female was found crouched Ina corner
of the room, hating all her clothes burnt oft her bully.
She was enabled to intimate that her aunt wee In the adjoin-
ing room. Upon gulag there, the suit was found apse the
door, in greet agony, sad her clothes were also partially
bunt. Mr. WOGlO"surgoon, Victoria-squire, wee mat for,
sad discovered that Min Brooks had neared a di location of
her left hip and her right wrist. She wad put to bed, but,
is consecsanes of ber grist see, the medical gentleman
tkoseht she would not Hee many hours. Mimi Storey was
'weedily weeded to, after whisk she was oraveyed in a sib
toi fit. Giorgio liomitei where elm died about eix o'clock
the foliewsid menial. Um anal elled oboes, Ni beers
prelims*. The sine mated that she was aides bed:re the
tire in the parlour, when she put somegiarr ea ths male,
which was almost lastentafteouely lisbeed,"and blows by the
mod Into her lap. Mir clothes caught* Are, sad she wee
SOAR eavelopied in Siam in that state she rushed limo the
room where ler seat waste bed, who got oat to midst lar,
but is her hers fell dews. At Meet seaseeat esat's
clothes delight Are. Upon tellies she evalainied bas'i's
had hurt her hip. The gamed led* wee iamb reepeatedi
in the neighbourhood.