The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-10 00:00:00

Mr. ROEDUCK—(Cheering)—The circumstances
were these—there was a small party of Whigs in
Bath and a large party of Radicals. The Radicals
were my friends, but we were not enough alone, to
return a member ; but if the Whigs joined us we
might return two Liberal members. Therefore I
went to Mr. Stanley and said, " If you will give us
a Whig to suit my friends, we can bring in two Li-
beral members instead of one Radical and one Tory
or two Tories," That is all I had to do with Mr.
Stanley. He sent us Lord Duncan, who was about
nearly as liberal a member as I am, but he was a
lord. After that my friends sent me 3001. for my
expenses. That had nothing on earth to do with
sending down Lord Duncan. He bore his share of
the expenses, and this 3001. went to the general ex-
penses—Government had nothing to do with it.
Mr. HARVEY—I beg leave to propose., as an
amendment to Mr. Ironside's motion, "That John
Arthur Roebuck, Esq., is a fit and proper person to
represent this large and important town in Parlia-
ment."—(Vehement applause.)
Mr. FISHER was received with applause. He said
he had great pleasure in seconding the amendment.
Mr. G. BOLER vehemently called out from the
body of the meeting that Mr. Parker ought to stand
on his own merits, and that Mr. Roebuck should not
be allied with him. They were dragging Mr. Par-
ker in with Mr. Roebuck.—(Cheers.)
The Mivox—The amendment is that John Arthur
Roebuck, Esq., alone is a fit and proper person to re-
present this borough in Parliament. The gentlemen
who think so will hold up their hands.
A complete forest of hands was held up in favour
of the amendment, and only a few against it. The
result was hailed with cheers.
Mr. DUNN was received with cheers and hisses.
The amendment he had now to move, which, but for
Mr. Ironside's motion, would have been a substantive
motion, was " That John Parker, Esq., is a fit and
proper person to represent this borough in Parlia-
ment."

Mr. BARKER said he had great pleasure in second-
ing the nomination of Mr. Parker as a fit and proper
person to represent this borough in Parliament.
The MAYOR—Those gentlemen who are of opinion
that Mr. Parker is a fit and proper person to repre-
sent this borough in Parliament will signify the
same by holidng up their hands.—(A show of hands
was taken for and against.) Gentlemen, Mr. Roe-
buck's resolution was carried by a lare majority. Mr.
Parker's is lost by a large majority. Mr. Ironside's
resolution falls to the ground. I consider, therefore,
that the business is at an end.

Mr. PARKER then moved a vote of thanks to the
Mayor for his able and impartial conduct in the
chair. . .

Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the motion, observing that
nothing could be more fair than the conduct of the
Mayor.
_The
returned thanks, the meeting broke
motion was carried unanimously'',
."139
orslaip having his
up at ten minutes before five o'clock.

YARMOUTH.
The following address has been issued by Admiral
Sir Charles Napier:—
" TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT YARMOCTIL.
" Gentlemen,—Cailed upon by a numerous and re-
snectable body of the electors of the borough of Great
Yarmouth, I have come amongst you, and at two meet-
ings have clearly and distinctly explained my opinions,
and for the information of the electors who were not pre-
sent I shall shcrtly state them in writing.
" 1. I am en uncompromising opponent of any tax on
food, whether for protection or revenue.
" 0. With regard to the Navigation Laws, I will use
my utmost exertion to relieve the shipping interest from
unjust burdens, and should any nation refuse us the ad-
vantages we have given then, after a reasonable time I
would withdraw the concessions we have made them.
"3. I will vote for the ballot, because I believe it is
the only means of protecting the poor voter. I approve
of the extension of the suffrage to all ratepayers, and
ending county and borough voters on the same footing.
lam for shortening the duration of Parliament, and
abolishing the property qualification.
" 4. I think the small boroughs sending one Member
to Parliament should be disfranchised, and one Member
taken from those who have two, and the whole divided
between the large towns and the counties that are not
prorrly represented.
" 5. I am for c-;rrecting all abuses, and reducicg the
expenditure as low as the safety of the country will admit.
" G. I am for keeping up a respectable navy for the
defence of the country, and giving every encouragement
to the seamen to induce them to come forward when
their services aro required, without having recourse to
that infamous and tyrannical system—impressment.
" 7. It will be my duty and also my inclination to pay
the strictest attention to your local interests.
" The above, gentlemen, are my fixed opinions. If
you approve of them, and think I am worthy to occupy
the same position with regard to you that the gallant
Jervis and Troubridge did, you will gin) me your cordial
support, and justify my standing for the representation
of the borough of Yarmouth.
" Before Parliament is dissolved I shall take an op-
portunity of paying my respects to you individually."

IRON M&STERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS.
BIRMINGHAM, TRURBDAY.—The first of these
periodical assemblages, at which the resolutions of the
trade, adopted at the preliminary meeting held a
fortnight ago, are to be ratified or rejected, was held
at Walsall on Tuesday, and the second at Wolver•
hampton yesterday. That of the latter town is usually
considered one of the most important, if not the moat
important of the series, convened throughout the iron
districts of South Staffordshire and Shropshire ; and
on this occasion was most numerously attended by
the principals or representatives of the chief firms of
both counties. Although
i the iron trade was repre-
sented to be by no means n a flourishing condition as
compared with its condition two years ago, appear-
ances were much better, and the market decidedly
firmer than it was a fortnight since. The prices
adopted at the preliminary meeting were of conse-
quence fully maintained, and the tendency of the
market, if any was observable, upwards. Some of
the first makers, as we were given to understand,
obtained better prices than, from the state of the mar-
ket a few weeks back, could reasonably have been ex-
pected. The fact is that the first-rate houses, the
quality of whose iron has obtained for them a pre-
eminence in all parts of the world, can at all
times command, as compared with inferior
makers, a high and remunerative price; and thus
it is that while some ironmasters, from the in-
feriority of their make, are compelled to undersell
and give a character of depression to the trade, the
best makers are carrying on an extensive and success-
ful business. South Staffordshire affords abun-
dant evidence in support of this truth. The
manufacture of the article of pig iron, upon
the quality and prices of which the prices
of superior descriptions of iron are based, is
more particularly open to this observation. It has
of late years been wretchedly deteriorated in South
Staffordshire, and the consequence is that according to
make it varies in price at the present time from 2/. ss.
to 3/. 103. per ton; while some few years ago, when
the snake was uniformly excellent, one price fixed at
Gloucester invariably ruled the whole district. The
newly-discovered ironstone in Northamptonshire was
the subject of considerable discussion at 'Wolver-
hampton, and elicited various opinions. From
the peculiar circumstances in which many of the
ironmasters of South Staffordshire are placed in
consequence of existing royalties, opposition to the
Northamptonshire ore might naturally be expected,
and in some instances it is consequently much depre-
ciated; but there are other ironmasters who appear to
concur in the opinions expressed by Mr. Blackwell,
of Dudley, in his lecture delivered in London, on
Wednesday evening, that the ironstone of Northamp-
tonshire, from its valuable qualities, will ultimately
prove of great advantage to the iron manufacture of
those districts. It is now being used to some extent,
and those who have tried it in their blast furnaces
commend it.

The attendance at our Town-hall to-day was not so
numerous as we have seen on former occasions ; but
the feeling manifested by the trade was rather hopeful
than otherwise. The reports from Wales were good.
There was a demand particularly for rails, which
were advancing from ss. to 103. per ton. The
accounts from Scotland were dull. A merchant in
the hall purchased 200 tons of Scotch bars on Monday
at ss. reduction. The payments for the quarter's
accounts were generally considered highly satisfac-
tory. The failure of the Williams's in Wales has
produced no effect here. The following are about
the rates at which prices ranged to-day :—Bars from
sheets from 61. 2s. 61. to 61. 7s. 6d. ; rods
from 61. 6d. to 61. Is. 6d.; and hoops from Si. 15s.
tiol. 67. 61.
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