The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-09 00:00:00

CLOSE OF THE POLL,

Bass ... ... 1,352
Horifall ... 1,025
Heywortlx 1,018

• PRINISEir.
The Tories have triumphed here by a majority of 56
upon a poll. Out of a constituency of 800 only 600
voted. The old cry of Protestantism in the country
districts was revived on this occasion; and although the
late Member (Mr. Heneage) declared his adherence to
Protestantism during the whole of his life, and his deter-
mination to oppose the Maynoeth grant, should he find,
upon examination, its proceeds and its diffusion applied
to purposes alien to the intention of the grantees, he was
defeated on going to a poll by 56. Party pique is sup-
posed to have a great deal to do with this re:urn, but
there is no doubt it will act as a salutary caution to the
Liberal interest to be more careful in future.

CARLISLE.
CARLISLE, THURSDAY.—Yesterday the mayor opened
his court for the election of two Members to serve in
parliament for this city. The hustings were erected in
the Market-piece, in front of the Town. hall.
The usual formalities having been gone through, a
d situation" of a novel and whimsical character presented
itself, and seemed likely to have the effect of postponing
the election, which many thousands in front of the hust-
togs had ambled to witness and take part in. It is
usual for the ex-Members to be nominated first, but
from some cae--perhaps to avoid the disadvantage of
being followed by two opponents in succession—the
Itiends of Mr. Hodgson were not desirous that the cus-
tomary course should be followed on this occasion. Au
unlooked-for pause therefore occurred, and when at
length the supporters of Sir James Graham and Mr.
Ferguson called upon their opponents to
proceed, the
latter politely intimated that Sir James Graham
having held high office, and being a Privy Councillor,
was entitled to precedence. In vain did Sir J. Graham's
friends waive the proffered distinction; his punctilions
opponents could not on any account be guilty of a
breach of etiquette. The two parties, therefore,
stood looking at each other like opposing armies, with
arms grounded during a temporary truce. The conver-
sation on the hustings being carried on in a low tone, the
crowd in front of the hustings were quite ignorant of the
state of affairs above, and, talthoug'h wondering at the
phrootlit;ehlaicing elapsed,
ofp sed, the
a day.:
man After
inthe aboutcro crowd
caused delay, bore it with great
.patience and good humour—
qualities which characterised their demeanour through-
ehnofiliederable merriment by addressing to the
, erg, through-
out
srtth.ja. • : whole
as
e
mayor, in the tone .and dialect or Cumberland, " Mr.
, Mat-oasis there no •candidates?" Time worn
on, bat
still no sign was given by either party. When nearly
half an hour badpassed inethis strange faahion the town
clerk intimated that he would advice the mayor to ad-
journ the court. The Conservatives seemed prepared to
endure even this instil: with indifference. At length it
began to be whispered that any elector might nominate
Mr. Hodgson if the gentleman who had been selected by
his own party to perform that service did not think pro-
per to do so. This reaching the ears of the other party
brought matters to a crisis, for, amid much merriment
and some disapprobation on the part of the people in
front of the hustings who could not at once understand
how matters stood,
Mr. Boucle, the Conservative agent, and Mr. PER.
RING, the editor of the Patriot, the Conservative news-
paper, at corm stepped for ward and proposed nod sr.
conded Sir J. Graham as it fit and proper person to
represent the city of Carlisle in Parliament.
Mr. G. N. HEAD then proposed Mr. Hodgson and
Mr. J. NAUSON seconded the nominetion' in doing which
he alluded to the many places which Sir J. Graham heti
represented, and said that if Carlisle elected him it
would be caned the city of ro'nze.
Mr. J. Ducar and Mr. J. Invite°, disregarding the
previous nonuaation of Sir J. Graham by his opponents,
new "gide proposed arid seconded his nomination es a
eanclidate.
Mr. CIOtJNSEY proposed, and Mr. CARTWELL seconded
the nomieation of 2,1 r. Ferguson, the other candidate in
the Liberal interest.
A p AUSO of some minutes now ensued, and some per-
sons began to anticipete a repetition of the scene which
had already occurred, when
Sir J. GRARA,M stepped forward and said—Gentle.
men, my respect for you is so sincere, and my sense of
the gravity of this occasion is so deep, that I am not pre-
pared to make the proceedings of this day ridiculous.—
(Applause.) I waited, according to the ordinary cour-
tesy observed at elections, to give the friends of the late
sitting Member, who again solicits your suffrages, the
oppattunity of proposing him. I and my friends waited
for a long time, but waited in vain. Even now, I again
waited to give my opponent the opportunity of expres-
sing his opinions before me, but since I perceive that he
wishe sh
s Ishould speak first, I will not 14 stand on the
order of oue going," and, not being afraid of appealing
to you, without hesitation I proceed to address you, al-
though in doing so I take precedence of your former
Member. I have great encouragement in doing so,
because, although sudden conversions are now the
order of the day, I certainly was not prepared to
hear myself proposed and seconded by the two
gentlemen who have done me that honour from the
other sides.—(Cheers and laughter.) One of these
gentlemen, who I think is intimately connected
with Mr. Hodgson, paid me a compliment which I
certainly was not, prepared for. Mr. Peering declared
that in his opinion I was the most fit person to repre-
sent the city of Carlisle.—(Much cheering.) I think the
expression used by Mr. Head was that I was the right
man, and ought to have the precedence.—(Cheers.) Mr.
Head likewise said he had reed history. I also have
read history, and I will tell you the result of my read-
ing and of my experience. I think that the prosperity of
this country is to be traced to its constitution and its
trade, and that the lifeblood of both is freedom.—
ur representative system? It is that the
eei
rs .)Well, what is the rule of that freedom, as
shallem-
bodiedno
decide for the minority; and if the majo-
majority (C
majo-
rity of the electors of Carlisle are decidedly of opinion
Derbyite
candidate is not hi present circumstances
eligible, quite right that tie majority should have
tthheatoapP it is
ortunity of vindicating their opinions and return.
leg two Members both pledged ts freeitrade and reform.
_...(Cheers.) I perceive there is great unanimity among
u 3. I am proposed by the
Rent from the opposite
.aone of their principal supporters,
yappear that there is no real dif-
ference between us. As far as I can under-
stand, Mr. Hodgson is a Free-teader, a Reformer, and
a friend of economy and retrenclment. If so, I should
really like to know what is the matter in dispute
between us.—(Cheers and 'tinker.) Why am I so
little eligible, and be so much to be preferred? Mr.
Hodgson's seconder was soinewhtt severe upon me per-
sonally. He said I had perambultted England, and aytbesecomnadke b
re-
presented many places, and that Carlisle, if it should
now return me, might probably be called the asylum
for the destitute. Now, have I shown an unwilling-
ness to appear before popular assetablies? True, I have
represented other places, but it is equally true that,
twenty-six years ago, I had the honour of representing
Carlisle—(Cheers)—and now, after thirty-two years of
public service, I come' again before the electors of
Pachallenge an investigationof
'arlisle. I
L'ahlic conduct, and if, as you have been told, I have
public the favours of other constituencies, I have
come home at last, and it is in the city of Carlisle that
I woo, my appearance on a public hustings.--(Great
cheering.) 1 am very unwilling to speak of myself,
bat the course that has been pursued renders it abso-
lutely
necessary. Mr. Head, who proposed Mr. liodg-
ye°, stated, as one of the reasons for preferring that
gentleman to me, that many individuals here had re-
t
neleed favours from him. I can prefer no such claim to
man's vote.—(Applause.) I solicit no favour from
you.
any / COme here to vindicate a public principle. Iu
appearing on these hustings I obey the invitation of the
electors o
t Carlisle. I have canvassed no man.—(Ap.
please,e All that has fallen from me with reference to
this election has been spoken in public assembly of the
pcopte.
i It has been said—Lord Derby himself has said
—that danger, is to be apprehended from the increase of
democracy i
in this country. His Lordship has declared
that, dreading
din.. the inroads of democracy, he is prepared
d against:its farther incusions, and to
to wake a steancursions, r
n
Is
raise barriers to stay progress. My
experience
leads
me to this conclusion—that the utmost wisdom of policy
is, to know not only what concessions to make, but
when Timely make
.them.--(Cheers.)
• concessions
are to
amicable arrangements with friends, while tardy and
reluctant concessions are a dangerous triumph extorted
by fear from an unwilling adversary. Speaking only in
a conservative sense, timely concession is the greatest
proof of conservative wisdom in any statesman. With
your permission I will make one or two observations in
illustration of this point. I had the honour of being
the colleague of Lord Derby in 1832, when the
Reform Bill was introduced. Precisely the same
alarm which is now expressed regarding the increase
of democracy was manifested as to the result of
that measure.
we were then told that it would en-
danger the monarchy—that it would imperil the great
institutions of the country, and that it would invest
the democracy with overwhelming power. What has
been the experience of the last 20 years? Do facts sub-
stantiate theory?
Have we had no Conservative Go-
vernments? Have we not now 4 Government, over
which Lord Derby presides, composed of the old Tory
Party? Have not the aristocracy and the land due
weight in the country? Yet all the alarms and threats
of danger which were urged in 1832 are now repeated
with the view of preventing farther popular conces-
eions. I have no such apprehensions.—(Cheers.) I be-
lieve that further popular concessions may be made with-
out danger.—(Renewed cheering.) We are told that
Mr. Hodgson is a friend; to reform. I should like to
hear what measure; of Parliamentary reform he is pre-
pared to advocate.—(Laughter.) I ask you this ques-
tione—Was there an individual in England, on the morn-
ing of the 10th of April, 1848, when kings and emperors
were flying into exile, and thrones were tottering
throughout Europe—l say,
was there a person in Eng-
land, from the Queen on the throne to the humblest
yeoman in possession of his two acres of land, who did
not in heart rejoice that the Reform Act had been passed
and the corn-laws repealed before that day arrived?---
(Much cheering.) I put that question to any man bee
fore• me, or to any or 0 on the opposite side of the
.
hustings. (AVoico, "Church and State.")
and State! and they will be maintained by the people of
this country, if you give thorn fair play.—(Bravo.) It
is said there that
are many imperfections and flaws in
my public conduct. I will not deny that in the course
of 32 years of public service, I have committed many
errors, but I must say this, that into that eventful period
the revolutions of ages had been crowded, and it cannot
be expected of me that in the short space of half an
hour I should be able to vindicate all the decisions 1
have had to take under circumstances of difficulty—of
the most pressing difficulty.—(Applause.) To judge of
ou shouldfain know all the motives, all
the circumstances y y
which influenced my judgment in each
p articular ca d need I say that time would fail me
se; and
to ,
lay them open before you. This,
were I to
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