The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-06 00:00:00

by repeated bursts of applause. On their subsiding be
proceed to say,—When I was listening to what was said
by our two friends who have moved and seconded this
resolution, I felt that I was quite enable to hide my
blushes—(Loud laughter and cheers)—for the very nn-
merited compliments which they heaped upon me. You
who have come here this evening, and attended this
crowded meeting, with all the discomforts attending the
crush and the close atmosphere, have done your part
well. You have done a good evening's work by thus
showing your zeal and your sympathy in the cause. I
do not admit that the working classes have not taken
their full share in the work. When the agitation in favour
of the repeal of the corn-laws was in full vigour there
certainly was a party among the working classes who
opposed them, but it was much more remarkable for its
great noise than:its numbers.—(Laughter and applause.)
I myself can bear witness that at all the numerous large
meetings which I at times attended, the great majority
of the audience was always composed of the working
classes.—(Loud applause.) I can very well remember
that when I went down into the agricultural districts, and
visited the farmers, I never could have succeeded with-
out the able and willing assistance I received from the
working classes. It always does me good to be present
at great gatherings like this for a few hours, and to find
everything conducted in such perfect order and pro-
priety, the meeting giving its own laws, and needing no
one to control it, having its own innate sense and feeling
of order. It is really a reward for a man to attend a
meeting of this kin'', though the atmosphere is close and
oppressive. It gives me 10,000 times greater gratifica-
tion to look on and witness such a sight than if I had
been looking upon the most wonderful equestrian exer-
cises that ever were seen. I have most sincerely to
thank you for the kind expression of feeling which you
have shown me this evening.—(Loud cheering.)
A vote of thanks having been given to Sir a Good-
man for the able manner in which he had conducted the
proceedings of the evening, the meeting was brought to
a close about 10 o'clock.

THE ELECTIONS.
BOLTON AND LEICESTER.
The great meeting on Monday night at Leicester has
resulted in the following declaration from Sir Joshua
Walmsley, by which it will be seen a vacancy at the
general election will occur at Bolton :
" 101, Westbourne-terrace, March 4, 1852.
My dear Hey wood,—The enclosed, which I intend
to send to Mr. John Biggs, of Leicester, will sufficiently
inform you of the conclusion at which I have arrived
since our recent conversation on the subject to which
it relates. I cannot part with you and my other poli-
tical friends in Bolton, without expressing my deep and
permanent gratitude, the result of the warm support
you have given me. The numerous assurances I have
received of continued attachment, and of that good feel-
ing which has been maintained during our connexion,
though should I re-enter Parliament I may owe my
seat to another constituency, I shall not feel the less in-
terest in all that concerns the welfare of your own,
and shall be happy by any services I may be able to
render, to show the sense of obligation I shall ever feel
for past confidence and kindness. Believe tae, nothing
but a previous, and as it appears to me, paramount
claim would have led me to be the cause of our poli-
tical separation. This event will not, lam sure, disturb
the many frieedshios I have formed in Bolton, and, least
of all, that which I trust will ever exist between you,
and, my dear Heywood, yours sincerely,
" JOSERTA WALMSLEY.
" R. Heywood, Esq., Chairman of the Reform
Committee of Bolton-le-Moors."
" 101, Westbourne-terrace, March 4, 1852.
" My dear Sir,—Your respected deputation, Messrs.
Harris and Billson, have placed in my hands your letter
of the 2d inst. It informs me that in the prospt ct of a
speedy dissolution, and the retirement of my esteemed
friends, your present excellent Members, the electors of
Leicester, in public meeting assembled, have asserted
their claim to my services as one of their future repre-
sentatives. On their behalf you require my decision in
reference to their demand. I comply with it, and will
be again a candidate for the suffrages of the electors and
the confidence of the non-electors of Leicester. The re-
solution necessitates my separation from another consti-
tuency—a constituency whose sympathies I have hitherto
had the happiness to possess—who would, I believe, re-
new the trust I now hold, and with whom I sever with
pain, lessened by a conviction that I have laboured to do
my duty. My preference for Leicester is easily ex-
plained. You had an antecedent title. By Leicester I
was first placed in the House of Commons, and the cir-
cumstances which suspended our political relations natu-
rally lead me to desire to sit again for your
borough as the representative of a self-regenerated,
noble, and an independent constituency. I will
state the principles by which my conduct for
the future as in the past, will be uniformly
governed. In matters of commercial policy I shall be
in the widest sense a Free-trader. In matters of
religious faith and popular education, I shall contend for
perfect freedom and absolute equality. In respect to
the improvement of our representative institutions, I shall
be the earnest advocate of the scheme of reform embodied
in the annual motion of Mr. Hume, which would secure
the representation of every class in the community. To
know how I should act upon any subject before the Le-
gislature, you have only to refer to these cardinal points
in my political creed. Never was the application of
these principles more urgently demanded than now, and
no one will more honestly uphold them than yours, my
dear Sir, faithfully, "JOSHUA WALMSLEY.
" To John Biggs, EN , Chairman of the
Public Meeting, Leicester."