Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1 57.

orders for him, and got paid so much a ton ; he did not
authorise him to collect money, although he did so once, but
witness was very angry with him, and peremptorily desired
he would never dare do so again. Mr. Goodere applied for a
remand until Campbell could be arrested, but he pranced
the captain of a ship cslled the Jane Henderson, who
prcved that he owed Mr. IVlorgan a sum of money, and
that the prisoner presented a bill, saying he called from
that house, and witness paid him some on acoonnt, and
took his receipt for it (now produced). The prisoner was
remanded for week.

A NOVEL PURSW.-Mr. Joseph Cheerer, a mercantile
young man, charged a female named Catharine Kearns
with having robbed him, in a house of bad repute, of £9.
The only feature in the case worth noticing was the fact
that bridewell-keeper Henry sail he got £4 concealed in
her month, and she said that was part of the money. Mr,
tuck was fir the prisoner, and a learned grammatical
discussion took place between him and Mr. Clough on
the artic:e and personal pronoun, in whilh the latter proved
that Lindley Murray was a regular jackass, so far as
English grammar is concerned —(he was not much wrong
in that)—and that the three letters by no means
represent or resemble the three letters T.H E The
magistrate considered this a settler, and sent the woman
fir trial

CHARGE OP ROBBERY IN A STREET ROW.— A respectable
looking person, named John _Atkinson, who lives at Orms•
kirk, but at pre.ent stopping with his brother at 3,
Rodney street, Toreth Park. was charged with hav:ng
stolen a vetch from Joseph Elliott, in a street row. 111 r.
Pemberton was for the prisoner. The complainant is a
shipwright, living at 109, Grafton street, Toxteth Park.
Be was going home on Saturday night, and when near
Dr Raffles chapel, he met the prisoner and some others,
and a quarrel took place; daring which, the complainant
lost his watch, and he charged the prisoner with stealing
it. he watci wai f ,und in a garden near the place. The
prisoner was discharged, the evidence not being Eufficient

BIRE N HEAD.

BEFORE J. S. JACKSON AND R. BRYANS, EINRg.

RUFFIANLY ASSAULT—Henry Swanw:ck, a labourer in
the employ of Me Walker, a builder, in Birkenhead, was
brought up, charged with the fellowing outrageous assault.
It appeared from the statement of a respectably dressed
girl, re,iding iu Oxton, that she and another girl were
returning from chapel on Sunday evening, and on their
way up G. angs-lane, the prisoner and another man came
up to them, and conducted themselves in an improper man•
ner, which they resented. This being observed by a
man named Thomas 0 wens, he desired them to
desist, and let the girls alone. They, however,
still c ntinued their conduct, and he (Owens)
went in search of a pelicaman, and had got
but a short d etaace when the girls came running up to him
for protection, en account of farther insults since he had
left them. The prisoner and his c enpanion came up, and
Owens to protect the girls, stood before them, when he was
immediately knocked down, and shamefully beaten. Hav-
ing obtained assistance, the prisoner was secured, but his
companion got away. Prisoner, in h:s defence, said one
of the girls had struck him in the face with her parasol.
This was denied by both the girls and Owens. The Magis-
trate said it was a very bad case, and as he was a known
character for assaults, he must now pay 40s. and costs,
amounting in the whole to £2 16s. 61 , or two months im-
prisonment. Prisoner's companion immediately paid the
money, and he was discharged.
ATTEMPTID POBB MT —George Tooley, and Daniel
Hogan, two strong-looking navvies, in the employ of
Messrs. Thernpson, at the dock works, were charged with
stopping William cones in .Cleveland-street, for the pur-
p,se of robbing him. Mr. Jones, who resides in Cleveland-
street, stated that he was returning from a friend's house
bout 12 o'clock on Sunday night, and when iu Cleveland-
street, near his own • house, the two prisoners came up
to him and a-ked the way to Birkenhead. Upon his telling
them they were in Birkenhead, one of them said he wanted
to go to the landing stage, and would he (Hr. Jones) give
him, a penny. Mr. Jones put his hand to his pocket to do
so, when he was immediately seized by both of them, bat
by great exertion he managed to free himself from their
g-sap, and ran away. Shortly after he heard some one
shout murder and police, upon which he turned back, and
saw the prisoners running after a gentleman, who con-
tinued shouting. When the prisoners saw him coming,
they stopped, thinkirg, no doubt, it was a policeman,
and upon his getting near them, they thre ttened
to split his skull. Ere then went for a constable, and gave
them in charge. The prisoners were remanded, in the hope
that, t.h t gentleman who ran away may see the particulars
of the case, and appear aga,nst them. They will be
brought up at eleven o'clock to-morrow, (this day.)
SEIITING FAMILY.—John Bryden, a French
polisher, and who said his wages were 24s per week, was
brought by warrant, at the instance of Mr. 111'Nerney. the
relieving officer charged with deserting his wife and four
children, so that they became chargeable to Tratmere.
Prisoner was apprehended in Manchester. Committed to
the House of Correction, at Kantsford, for one calendar
month.

A PROMISING Yourn.—James Lee, a young urchin, nine
years of age, was brought up as a swpicious person, from
one of the Wu :Aside ferry boats. It apparel than on
Saturday afternoon, the prisoner came across from Liver-
pool, and on the way he threw himself down on the deck of
the vessel, and began making a gr..at noise, as if he had
been hurt, which gathered a crowd round him In the
twinkticg of an eye, a female pasr,er,ger had her pocket
picked of I3s 6d. The dodge was seen in a moment, and
the prisoner was g:ven into custody. While in the dock,
he did nothing but laugh, and treated the matter as a good
bit of fun, Itemarded till Thurtda:, far inquiries.

• POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.

Last evening the members of this society held their
second periodical meeting at the Royal Institution, Colquit t-
street. Mr. Boult, the president, occupied the chair.
There was a good attendance of th> members. The usual
routine business having been disposed of, Mr. Hazard
read the, paper of the evening, which explained the best
means of obtaining artificial peat. In the course of his
introductory remarks he detailed the various hot-
air apparatus that had been introduced for a
a number of years, and then proceeded to give a detailed
explanation of a " heat extractor," on which he had lately
taken out a patent, being an improvement on that taken
out by his father some years since. This he explained by
a model and a number of diagrams, and also quoted the
opinions of several eminent practical persons on thie
apparatus, erected by the reader of the paper, at
the Victoria Rooms, Bristol. The heat extractor
might be used for a variety of purposes, particu-
larly for agricultural purposes, drying grain, or
heti* kg chive-les and public buildings; and for drying
&c , for horticultural purposes, it was also very
adap`eble ; and as a proor of that he reed a testimonial
from Mr. Griffith, and concluded by recommending the
use, cf the apparatus as a great imnrovement on any now
in exiNtence. He als) explained that he could fit one of
his apparatus up for about £lO, while those at pzesent in
me, which were copper, could not be fixed fir less t',an
£2O. In the course of the cativo? setion that followed the
reading of the paper, Mr. Haz ird recommended
the ute of coke, instead of coal. as a be ,ting
power. A gentleman said that the apparatus was
very similar to ,that of Walker's, of Manchester, which
had been f ,und to act well where they had bsen tried. Mr.
Abrahams thought that the heat to the tubes must be
great, without being surrounded by water, that they would
soon be destroyed, but this was denied by 51r. Hazard,
who ssid the heat rarely reached more than 300 degrees,
and where the' heat was the greatest, there it was
that the cool air first . entered the tubes and
counterbalanced the effects; He . had never found
one of the tubes injured. from the hest . Mr. Boult
recommended all premises to be properly and scientifically
heated throughout, and not partially, as was sometimes
done, as it was, from. his own experience, very conducive to
health. He expressed some doubt as to the desirability of
the works, but that time would explain. A vote of thanks
to Mr. Hazard conclnded the business of the meeting.

A+ LrWI3 & CO IPANY'S, Renelazh-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Yesrs

Tin RATLWAY3 AND Sl4' lE7 'PRETZNI'ION 01 Friday,
at the petty sessions held at Bury, the Migistrates gave
their dec'sion in 'a case which was argued on the previous
Fritliy, and penalty of £5 and c-sts was it- again st
the East Lancashire Railway Company for pernitins., the
em'ssion of large voluthes of smoltc from di-) loc-,Motiv s
on the line, to the annoyanc?, and dettinient :of passengers
and ether rersonl. Mr. John Grandy; 'h) solicitor of the
company, expressed his great astonishmEnt at the decision
of the b .nch. Mr. Whicehni, one of the cle'rks to the
stidlhat an ordinary advocatr- should not be
o.rmitled,to address the bench 'Alter decision had been
‘giv,,n' and. that Mr. Grundy's prreeed.nis• were of an
irregular character. Mr Grundy desired-that an cxplanl-
eon might be:given. es it appeare I there had been some
deluder); for the chairman had said' that the 4.ci ian hAd
'seen given on the 338th section .of the act, whereas there
was no.slichact as that which had been referred to. Mr.
Whits:head sad the decision had been given under the
360th secti n of the 7.h and 8 h Vic.; and that a written
c-py of the decision would be supplied to Mr. Grundy.
Ortindy expressed his concurrence and retired. ,

BOYS' CLOTHING WADE WITH GREAT TAStE, at LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Ranelazh-street.

THE GREAT LANDING STAGE.

TO 2118 EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMM

Sir,—" Humanity," to-day, favours us with his
estimate of my last letter on the above subject, as
follows :—" I must admit I never saw a po )rer
vindication than he attempts therein." What
admirable and gracious condecension !

He next combats my charge, of his making a
selfish use of the stage, with the following whole-
sale repa nation : —" I am no smoker, nor am I
Rre si en t of tha town, nor am I a frequenter of the
stage." What interest, then, can he have in main-
taining the respectability .of the stage, by the
suppression of the " smokers" and the `• women of
a certain class ?' None. He will never be
annoyed. But are respectable decent townspeople
to be deterred from using it, because of the
objectionable presence of a degraded clas3 of
women ?

" Humanity" assumes that I am only " a
visitor" to the town, (a grave mistakt), and endea-
vours to make some would-be facetious propositions
for my benefit as f• ue h , when, alas! for his fun, I
am a resident, an Ihe is wily a visitor ! Therefore
is he witty at his own expense.
Your correspondent assures us that " for years
the small stage has been resorted to by those
classes, (he is ashamed to employ a more definee
term), and has always been a favourable (favourite,
I presume he means) promenade for smokers, and
no complaints have been made by the towns
people." Indeed ! have there not ? How does a
mere visitor know ?

If " Humanity" be an "observant stranger," he
will find that I am correct in my statement of the
restrictions placed npon the.o,females of a certain
class" parading same of our more select streets—
for there are such. Let him watch the operations
of the police in confirmation of the same.
1 conclusion, let me say that it is most de-
sirable, then, that the "smoll-ers"and the " females
of a certain class" should confine their perambu-
latory visits to the small stage, where they have
latitude enough, one would think, so that the
respectable and well-behaved youth of both sexes,
and heals of fatnlies with the'r sons and danelters
may avail themselves of the other without being
subjec4.ed to the uncourteous, not to say un-
gentlemanly conduct of the former, or the worse
conduct of the latter.

If " Humanity" be wlt too Greedy a philanthro-
pist. be will concede that the respectable public —in
the largest sense of word; should have one (say
the largest) Of the stages conserved for their
special use —Yours, &3., A Visfroa,

Sept. 28, 1857. •
[We have had enough of this , correspondence.
Any future communications must be paid for as
advertisements.]

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—Through your medium we beg to put the
public on their guard, against a person who is pre-
tending to solicit alias on behalf of a poor widow
and [lvo _children, he showing one of our business
cards,- and representing himself 'as being in our
employment. .
Mr Fulton; of the -,Dis'rict Provident Society,
has kindly brought the matter under. our notice.
We have only to add that the fellow is an in-ipostor7
Your inserting this will oblige yours, &e.,
THInMPSON, BROTHERS.
5, Elliot-stteet, September 26, 1857.

VIKT TO THE IVIOTIMON TEMPLE, GREAT

GEORGE'S-STREET.

T 1 THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTEERN TIME..

Stn,—M, self, and three others, were invited by two
Mormons, to attend their meeting on Sunday evening last
We consented to go, on the distinct understanding that we
might put questions in writing to the speaker, as the
placatd announced in the windows of their establishment
in Islington,
The address delivered on the occasion consisted of a
tirade against the American goverament, charging Judge
Drummond with falsehood in imputing several murders to
Brigham Young's Danite band, which the speaker said
had ben committee by the Indians; and the Engli,h
press with being more immoral, in not repuOiating the
crimes attributed to Mormonism by the American govern-
ment; then polygamy As to polygamy, added the speaker,
Mormons teach and practice it (though the Rev. Mr. Lowe
in 1852 was 6a/tad with calumniating Mormonism, in
imputing that abominable practice to Mormons), because
Jesus Christ was the descendant of polygamists.
On this bold and, daring announcement, I ventured to
give a paper to one of the attendants to be handed to the
speaker, offering to controvert the absurdities advanced,
The man, however, pocketed the paper. I wrote another,
and was in the act of sending one of my friends with it to
the speaker, but he was immediately assailed by a ruffianly
fellow who charged him with being po.sessed of twenty-
seven devils. So, that, although the placard announced,
and the two Mormons informed us, that we might put
questions to the speaker, 'we had to listen in silence to the
most bl sphemoue di.gusting, and demoralising statements
that could possibly poltite the oar. After listening to the
abominable statements I did, on Sunday evening, I can-
didly confess that, having three daughters, I could as
soon consent for them to go to the very worst casino in
the town.as to.a Mormon meeting.
The authorities ought at once to interpose, and put
Mormonism drwn ; 1,500 American soldiers are now on
their :gay to Utah, to bring Brigham Young into obedience
to American laws.

Mormonism is, unqnestionab/y, the most shameful system
that has ever defiled the precincts of any Christian country;
in all printed history, we have never read of so much
beastliness, villainny, and crime, as characterise the
-.9alt Lake s. ttlement ; the doctrines of Mormons insult
alike the fe-lings of common sense and religion. There-
fore, the Mormon apostles, and ,their deluded followers,
cught to be compelled immediately to make tracks for the
desert of the Far West —far from the abodes cf civilisa-
tion, where the wild buffalo loves to roam—and there
preach Mormon doctrines and practine M rmon= laws acd
morals, where no objection will be taken against impostors,
murderers, polygamists, robbers, God-defying ruffians, and
every other ab,-)mination that the wicked heart of fallen
man can cpnceive.

I do hope whenever theFe deceivers stand forward' in
our public str+,ets, professing to preach from the Word of
God, while their hearts are influenced by the abomina
tions of the Book of Mormons, the it habitants will
banish them "at onee.—l remain yours truly,
Liverpool, Sept. 23, 1857. • Jour BENNETT.

BOYS' CLOTHING MA-7:E Willi GREAT TRITE AT LEWIS ani
COBIPANY'S, Raue!agh-street.

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LEwIS & OAAN Y'S. Ranelagh-street.
BOYS areAt C CLOTHED ,in tPhe Ages of Six to Twenty Yew.

THE REV. DR. BELLOWS 'S LECTURE ON " THE
PULPIT AND THE STAGE."

The following correspondence, on the above
subject, has passed between the Rev. Dr—Bell .)ws
and the Liverpool Garlick Club :
Address from the Members of the Liverpool Garrick Club

to the Rev. Dr. Bellows, New York, U.S.A.

Liverpool, 17th July, 1857,

Ray. Sia,—We, the president, officers, and members of
the Liverpool Garrick Club, desire, most respectfully, to
tender yon our hearty thank; for the very admirable
lecture, on "the Pulpit and the Stage," delivered by you
at the Academy of Music, in the city of New York.
As n society established for the p-omotion and further-
ance of the best interests of the legitimate drama, we
cannot fail, in your address, to recognise, and hail with
delight, the advent of a wide extension of Christian
sympathy towatis the poor player, whose time, health,
and talent is sMat in unfolding to us the beauties. of the
drama—that drama, which should rank among the noblest
institutions of the Old and New World. The instances of
men in any sphere of life, who, in the face of almost
overwhelming cant and prejudice, have had the moral
courage openly to profess any one of the many liberal
sentiments that charac'erise your ahle address, ale few
and far between ; sach sentiments, however, when or
wherever uttered, have never failed to call forth the
applause and admiration of every right thinking man ; bit
when there sentiments are maufully, nobly—we would
almost say boldly—upheld, and by a man 6f your high and
sacred •calling, we feel that a mine than double meed of
admiration and gratitude is due.
Such, Rev. Sir, are the feelings that prompt us to pen
this address to yon; hoping that it will be received by
you, with the same spirit cf frankness, and brotherly
affection, in which it is offe:ed. heartily wishing that
you may long be spwe 1 to tread your filmy, paths of use-
falues4, and humbly hoping that it may give you pleasure
to know that, your pure and honest exertions, in the
cause of the drama and its children. are appreciated and
respected by many who are thousand; of miles away,
We have the honour to remain, Rev. Sir, your obliged
servants, (Signed) •

Gaonon IlsYntcx, President
DA NI ut, HAaVmr, Vice• President.
ANEURIN D. POOLES, Hon. Secretary.

All Souls' Parsonage, New York, U. F. A., Sept. 9, 1857.
To the Mebera of the Liverpool Giulia Club.

Gentlenien —I am sincerely gratified by' the addiese
you have so Obligingly male me, on account of my recent
lecture on the theatre. It is one of the most valuable
among many cherished testimonials of sympathy which I
have rec&ved frcm friends cf the drama. That a voice.
unknown on your aide of the wales upon the sacred themes
customary to it, should make itself so distinctly heard there,
when raised, at this distance, upon the unfamiliar topic of
moral justice to the instincts for pleasure, and their best
servant, the player—proves how quick the ear of the world
is to every new accent of tenderness towards our frail
humanity, and how sensitive the public at home and
abroad are becoming to the obligation of redeeming public
amusements from fatse reprobation, as well as from open-
ness to honest censure
The reception my address has met with fr nn the so-
called " religious world," though far less chilling than
that bestowed on any previous effort to throw the mingled
sane ions and restraints of piety around the pleasures of
men, has been cool and cutting enough to discourage any
spirit not sanguine in the faith, that human nature ever
wins her case in the and, ag&nit conventional or ecclesias
tical prejudises. Unhappily for society, though firtunately
for me, the religious newspapers, my ocly bitter op-
ponents, d 3 not represent the best intelligence or the
soundest piety of Christendom. In our day, and on
both sides of the water, the ecclesiastical press
reflects less of the Christian candour, the good sense, and
the humane and progres ire feelings of the public, than
the secular press ; and that great organ of experienceE and
influence is distinctly with you and with me, in the con-
viction that the theatre may be, ought to be, and will be,
sustained, purified, and accepted as alegitimate institution.
More encouraging, and more grateful to me than the
support and co-operation of the public at large—because
more directly confirmatory of my, views, and auspicious of
their triumph—is the intelligent sympathy of the actors
themselves, and of the associations more particularly de-
voted to the encouragement of the drama. The grateful
sensibility which the theatrical profession, and, its imme-
diate friends, have shown to my humble endeavour to jus-
tify the player'aealling elevate his social standing, improve
his audio co, and purge his business, has confirmed my
assertion, that the stage does not, necessarily, harden the
conscience, or spoil the heart of its children ; and that
kindly rebuke, affectionate warning, honest exhortation,
and the application of the Christian spirit an law to human
character and pursuits, produce the same, and as abundant
fruits, whether the field be the market place or the theatre
—the world in little, which is the stage, or the stage in
large which is the world. I can rej ,icingly say. that in
the whole range of notices paid my address from dramatic
quarters, I have not seen the first attempt to pervert its
plainly moral and serious intention, to take advantage of its
lenity, or to throw a sneer or a scoff upon its religions tone.
On the contrary, actors and actressess wee piu g with mingled
hope and contrition in my study, managers c mmunicating
voluntary promises of moral amendment in their adrainis
tratien. associations formed e.mong players for the censor.
ship of plays, addresses from clubs like your own in the
elevated spirit of your present communication —all attest
the theughtful and bumble temper in which the dramatic
world has received the first formal attempt, on the part of
a Christian minister, to carry the Gospel—its charity as
well as its rebuke, but its sacred juitiee as well as its
gentle mercy —into the theatre. When I add, that
neither fee nor bribe, however ingeniously disguised,
whether in the shape of free admissions, or more substan-
tial forms; ha', in a single case, a tempted to conciliate
my good will for the ftnure or reward it for the past—that
no low a 'vantage of any.kind his been taken of my posi-
tion before the public, to turn my opinions to the pecuniary
profit of the theatres —you will agree with me, I am sure,
in saying, that no missionary enterprise, under similar
difficulties, ever had a more encouraging inauguration.
Gentlemen of the Garrick Club, let us resolve to con-
tinue what is so well 13.. Tun. If all dratnatid'associa-
tions are animated by the spirit you breathe; if the
theatrical brotherhood is so docile and grateful
for moral sympathy, why should we not hope,
that ef, er many failures -in the effort to bring
the theatre within the pile- of Christian charity.
and cansequeutly of Christian care, there should -at
last be a success ? The acknowledged difficulties of the
undertaking should not discourage our zeal, but rather
quicken it into heroism Though the tran%tlantic cord,
just parted, may snap again and again, the yearnit g of the
continents for each other will prompt new efforts to moor
the O'd and New World side by side, 'with one cable
tfforts certain to end in a victory more glorious the greater
the odds against it. A far more important, and en im-
mensely more difficult union remains to be consummated
between the instincts f happiness and the, obliga•ions of
duty—the republic of natural sensibilities and the realm
of supernatural requirements—the world and the church
--the human and the divine. One strand of the cord that
is to bind up the broken heart of our nature—to integrate
its scattered members, making pe ice among the conflict of
tastes and duties, propensities and obligetione, which now
divide our humanity —e e are spinning in the loom of the
controversy that draws forth your address. Other strands
are preparing in other workshop. God's Providence
will, in its own time twist them together to form that-
indis4oluhle bend which is destined to join pleasure and
use, .beauty and duty, reason and faith, time and eternity,
heaven and earth, man and his rualeue in a perfect and
eternal union. In that day, e hen " upon the bells of the
horses" shall be written " Holiness unto the Lord," the
drama will enjoy its final consecration ; and timid disciples,
with mistaken zeal, will no more hold back the more
courageous and believing apostles of humanity, as they did.
Paul at Ephesus, "desiring him," " when he would have
entered in, unto the people," "that he would not ad-
venture himself into the theatre." (Acts 19c. 30-31.)
—Gratefully and paternally your oLliged friend and
servant, HENRY W BELLOWS.

THE MUTINY FUND.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN

Sir,—Many gentlemen in Birkenhead baring
suggested to me, that it will be desirable to affor,i
the inhlbitants an opportunity of:subscribing to
the fund for relieving the:suinrers by the Indian
mutinies, and Mr James E. Rae, manager of Alta
.Birkenhead Branch of the North and South Wales
Bank, having, kindly consented to receive-
.aoy
oontrlbutions, I have sent him a chccine for £so,.as
my donation, and shall have pleasurein forward,n, g
so desirable. art objeet by any means- in my potter.
.I- send this eommuni-nation to you, as the best
means of making it generally known by whom
contributions will he reeeivA at Birltenlicild.--I
am sir, your obedient servant, JouN LAIRD.
•
Bilkohliead I on Wollo, Birkenhead, .Bt.V. 28, .1857. ,

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LEWISAt Br. CONIPANY'S, Rane!agh-street.
BOYS are OW IHED from the Agee of Six to Twenty Years,

THE DUKE OF BEDFORD AND THE TAVISTOCK
ELECTION.

A correspondence ha 3 taken placl, relative to the
Tavistack election, between the Dake of Bedford,:
Mr. Miall, and M. •Sleman, the chairtnan of Mrs
Miall's Gmnrnittee. •
THE DUKE OF BEDFORD TO Ma. MLALL.

I have read a report of the speech delivered by you at
a meeting of you supporters at Tayistock on Wednesday
last, and cannot deny myself the pleasure of thanking you,
which Ido most truly, fm 'what you were so good as say
about me in that speech, and for the jnistice you do to my
sentiments and invariable lomat ce in contested eloctions.
It has ever been a rule with me to leave my tenants to the
free exercee of their opinions, feeling that whatever my
own wishes may be, I have no claim upon their political
consciences. Bat although abstaining from all interference
with their votes, I cannot admit that the circumstance of
my possessing property, and a stake in the welfiii of a
county or borJugh, is virtually to disqualify any member
of my family from offering himself to the free choice of the
electors—a doctrine that would lead to the arbitrary
exclusion of one clue only, and be incompatibla with true
liberty. When the late vacancy at Tavistock °courted, my
nephew was ambitious to fill the seat. I should not have
felt jnstifie t in discluraging him, on account, of the
property I have in the borough. A free expression 'of'
opinion, unfettered by the exercise of landlord iafluence,
was all I desired. That desire was fully acted on, and a
fair field for honourable c intest was left open to all.
Even my agent was absent during the whole of the time
occupied by the election, and did not therefore vita his,
vote But I have been sorry to ( bserve, in some of your
supporters, a disposition to deny to my nephew, or to me,
the same freedom they claim for themselves. having all
'my life felt warmly for the popular right., I avail myself
of this opportunity of stating to you my feelings without
reserve, encouraged by the candour and liberality of your
speech at Tavistock.