The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

NORTH ESSEX.
BRAINT:tEE, MONDAY.--The return of Sir J. Tyrrell
and Mr. W. Bere.ford to represent the non hem division
of this county in Parliament was 'eelebenea to-day by a
procession sod triumphal entry into the town, succeeded
by u dinner at the White Hart Hotel.
The procession formed shortly after eleven o'clock at
a spot distant about a mile and a half from Braintree, in
the Loudon-road. The Members were mounted on mag-
einice.nt chargers, and were accompanied by Mr. Due
cane, the new Member for Malden, and from 80 to 100
of the principal yeomen and farmers of the district, pre-
ceded by a hand and numerous blue flags and streamers.
On entering- the town the procession was met by a num-
her of persons on foot belonging to the other party,
some of them displaying the orange colours. This at
once put a stop to the more triumphant portion of the
proceedings. Hideous yells and groans saluted the ears
of the Ministerialists, and expressions of a menacing
character, more especially levelled against Mr. Beresford,
were freely employed. Stronger methods of conveying
theta dislike :were even had recourse to by the crowd,
and stories and other missiles were flying in all clirece
times. We regret to add that one of these stones struck
Mr. Beresford a severe blow on the neck as he was dis-
mounting, and that almost immediately afterwards, when
standing at the window of the White Hart, which faces
the street, another stone was thrown, which shattered
the glass, and struck the Hon. Member on the forehead.
The shops iri the leading thoroughfares at this time
were closed, and there was every appearance of a riot.
The county constabulary and police, however, under
CAPatain It'llordY, were indefatigable in their exertions,
and t length succeeded in restoring something like
order, although the members of the Blue party were
saluted with , tremendous groans as they made their way
towards the hotel.
About 200 persons sat down to dinner. Mr. Saville
Ohtley occupied the chair, and on the right and left of
him were Sir W. B. Sadjth, MT . Mr T. J. Miller,
ALP., Mr. C. Dwane: MePee-Mr. Be.•resfor. d MP. ST
J. Tyrrell, 111. P., Mr. Bramsto Mr. Noltidge,, Mr.
tlltheajletnedv.iell.
.thAelaßiienva.
Rev. W. Rev. J. Wenham,
ieß,.thGee
The usual loyal and • Way,
8"
patriotic toasts were given and
drunk with enthusiasm.
The Rev. 11. Mik • the " Bishop and
CIGENDIE, in responding to the toast of
ehrg?..of the Diocess," said that his
order rejoiced at th
celebrate, for they had donerlumph which they had met to
and etability ,to the Minis; th'ir best
to
give firmness
There wits a charm which ?leo Lord Derby.—(Cheers.)
warm feeling which came over couldth not describe, and a
theca when the affairs of
this country were administered b
Government He could not describe a purely Conservative
crxbe that feeling; that
was beyond his power; but it was something
this—a consciousness that whatever changese iandng raler to
might be necessary, they were effected by a Conservative
Government in a manner congenial to them all. There
Wit 3 a courtesy and a kind spirit which attended a Con-
servative Government, and for that reason, if there was '
no other, they were attached to it.—(Cheers.) No one
rejoiced more than he at the glorious results of the last
few days—results which told of warm hopes fulfilled and
bright triumphs won.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the Members
for the northern division of the county of Essex,
which was drunk with three times three and great
applause.
Sir J. TYRRELL was loudly cheered. Ho said he re-
gretted that he had not at his command language suffi-
cient to explain his feelings of gratitude for the high '
honour and compliment which they had conferred upon
him. He could, however, with sincerity and from the
bottom of his heart congratulate them upon the splendid
victory rebieh they had obtained, not only in North Es-
sex, but in South Essex, in the boroughs of the county,
in Herts, in Cambridgeshire, in Suffolk, and in fact in
the whole of the eastern counties generally.—(Cheers.)
They had run their opponents close also in Middlesex,
for the clergy, the yeomanry, the tradesmen, and in fact
all classes of the community had combined for the one
common object of extracting from the late rulers of the
country justice. They asked no more, and by
Heavens they would be satisfied with no less.—
(Cheers.) That was the object which he and his Hon.
Colleague had at heart, and he should be ashamed to
look them in the fete if it were not so. It was perfect)y
true that he had elsewhere described the opposition
that they hod met with as a frivolous and contemptible
opposition. He had nothing to explain upon that
head, but ho bad a right to complain, after the promises
made by the heads of the party, that an opposition had
been started at all. The tail of the party, however, be-
gan to wag, and the head soon followed it.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Double-X. Hardcastle had alluded to him in a man-
ner that was not very flattering, and had said that he
was sometimes in the habit of amusing the House of
Commons. He regretted that he could not return the
compliment; but he would tell them what Mr. Hayden
said of his friend Mr. Hardcastle. Why, he said that
his conversation always sent him to sleep, and that his
speeches gave him the stomach-ache.—(Laughter.)
During the neat five years Mr. Hardcastle's time would
be spent to great advantage if he occupied it in improv-
ing the beverage which ho called upon the people to
consume; for he was sure that many of those who heard
him, if they experienced a pain in the inside, would
know the quarter whence it proceeded, and would know
how to obviate it for the future —(Great laughter.) '
After some allusions to the offence which he had given
the Quakers, and the course he bad pursued on the Mi-
litia Bill, the Hon. Baronet, proceeded to observe that be
deeply felt that in all the recent legislation r
andso
class of
hardly
the community had been so n
dealt with,
cultivators of
contetuptuottsly used as the yeomen
the soil.—(Lcud cheers.) Mr. Disraeli had in his
opinion shown the House of Commons and the country
that the agricultural party had a stronger case, on the
ground of justice, if possible, than they had upon pro.
tedtion. He know it had been the pohey of the enemy.
to force the cry
of
own upon them while they kept
the names of otecti
men, on
Russell and Cobden, en.
tirely in tho dark. He (Sir Tyrrell) retained his
opinion that a duty on corn afforded j.
the readiest means
of raising the revenue of the country;but a snare had
observed), and he
at
been eet (es Sir J. Pakington had
would not r into it, but on one side. The Darbyite
Government had no other object in view
than to do them
justice. They should not, then,
of the country split straws among
themselves, and it did the yeomanry .
in-
finite credit that they had not fallen Into the trap that
bad been laid for them.—(Cheers.) It was a greatea
knew that the
triumph that they had achieved. Ei
leaders of the Whig party deeply regretted the course
which had been forced upon them,
and if there were any
enemy to take it
course which he could have wished his
was exactly that which they had taken.__ (Loud cheers.)
Ho would not detain them longer, as, no doubt, they were
anxious to hear whist his colleague, who was a member
of the Government, had to say.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. BERESFORD, M.P., on presenting ..--. himself, wase
said—l
received with enthusiastic demonstrations. n
bones ly tell you that I came here to-day in a feeling of
the
of kindness and goodwill towards the whole electors.
I came hero desirous to testify that I am completely for-
getful of every unkindness and every insult which I have
met with, and that I am a friend to all classes of the
community.—(Cheers.) I did not consider, after the
easy victory we have gained, and after the triumphant
return which has been obtained, that it would be noble
or proper to trample on those whom we had beaten. I
was not desirous to triumph over those who were van.
quished. and I came here with the desire to endeavour
to reconcile differences, and to throw myself on the
kindness even .of the very lowest classes. Whether
those intentions and feelings have been fairly and pro-
perly met by the lowest classes in this town I leave those
present to judge.—(Cheers.) If I Nava used a harsh
I
word, if have made use of a tingle opprobrious
epithet, every justification has been made for my having
done so, by the conduct of those to whom that epithet
was applied.—(Loud cheers.) If the lower - he
Braintree wished to justify me in ht",ibß called classesli "la
rabble," certainly they have been the- opl tbuytutheir
condnet to-day, who have given
a plea and jee:tiscetich.
for that term.—(Renewed cheers.) I came with the inten-
tion of telling them that I firmly believed that the great
mass of those who so misbehaved themselves at the
hustings the week before last wore not natives of this
place, but were brought from a distance to insult the
Members. I stn sorry to say, though there we?" 'l'Y present at the hustings who were not Essex neen,2::-'
m
from what I have seen to-day, there were u,'
iiitquirye'
(Cheers.) I know, and I have certainly Insde ibe vary
into the case, that at the nomination that
day but ,were
worst of the rabble were not Braintree P
°°heeen hired at
men whom I have found out to have
ve been brought
distant anti different places, and to
he
she electors.—
here to drown the fair and true ofvoiceoo,oy paid to
(Loud cheers.) I know the amounts
Imild name where,
sortie of those individuals, and if who has occurred
tittle amounts, were from;
and made the subject of
at Braintree, having beens.sers,
should be ann.
comment in the public papers,
List be in the House of
tioned, as it probably
will
from, telling who hired
Commons, I shall not
Dun not afraid of standing by
those men.--(Cheehh.:ex,
,0 and if any set of men are
the freeholders of E their voices and insult them, to drown
brought forward
the
freeholders in placing the real truth
I will to
use of Commons, and showing, though it
before the licoomewn parlance, a " respectable" place
may be in oroy proceeded, whenco it really did flow
whence the Tao_
and, pm haps, if that line of conduct
_(Load ch _
pursued once or twice,but '
to url" every time the
is not
county is congregated together at Braintree, it will
bring about this inevitable result, that the clergy, the
gentry, and the great body of the freeholders, will not
desire to come all this distance out of their way to be
insulted; and petitions will flow into the Legislature,
praying that a decent and respectable piece may be
found where the Members of the northern division may be nominated to meet the real freeholders of the division. Then, if there is any advantage gained from Braintree
being the place of nomination, those who are so ready to
make a riot,
to break the windows, and tho heads also,
of their friends, will find those advantages taken from
Brainti 00 and transferred to acme other plaee which can
behave itself in a decent find respectable manner.—
(Cheers.) Now, it is very certain that neither Sir J.
Tyrrell nor myself was prei.ent at the declaration last
week. Wo had good reasons for not being there. Mine
was that I went to record my vote in favour of the Con-
servatives in other counties.' 'But the candidate 'who
was not returned was preheat. Mr. Lennard, who would

CUTTlNGTheflrststop
was Ot.froTH:6"--KOH-I-NO OR.
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afternodo in the
progress of an operationtlindnt.eariFderdidatYo bring forth the
beauties of this celebratedilitiamond into e greater ro-
orto exhibited. This minence than they have
the multitules who last
pre-
cious stone, which wail the
ofitBiof disappointreent at the
hibition of 1851, attracted, Vonesure of the World's'Ex-
mthoilightrignii flewn.dceeripticins
not fulfilling the
year gazed upon it, expressions'
uutain of Light—a title
esnxnPeCitahtaiotnisialentreardtaiainneedn frtohtno
Which had been given of
tnisnomer. This which many beholders beLtiotot,bee. a
dis-
appointment having coma .
the abiAiond dtieTteatie
go of those into
if practical, Of effecting such alteration in
the desirability,
whose posse:iewn it had paseed,ustmknolvt. led - , .
'and
of va-
, the diamond as would remove
oriental cutting, to which it had aopf et
the
original proprietors: With this vieir,nthsa,ubjected by its
rime; scientific gentlemen were taken, an me doubts
having been ,expressed as to the 'possiilits?
the gent without incurring a groat risk oe its 7d (if cutting
estruotion.
Professor. Tennant and M. afitchen
we
re nested to.: CXBMille and report upon the .!3Peeiall'Y
1
Witty of the'suggesteid,.tmprovement. These IcTecnltiintia- I
gentlemen according., prepared a report,whereto3
they admitted
the improvement which ,
the proposed
alteration in •.shape would Effect upon the icoh_i_Noo
but expressed fears that any lateral cutting would
endanger its' integrity. It was then determined to sub-
mit the matter to the opinions of practical lapidaries;
and with that view the Crown jeeialicrs, mem,.
Gar-
rard, of Penton street, Haymarket, were instructed to
obtain a report from competent persons versed
in diamond . cutting. These gentlemen thereupon
consulted Messrs. ad, and E. Custer, of Amsterdam
(the diamond cutting tr.Eid6-hailug been entirely lost to
whileadmitting
this couittry)f who,
fears expressed in the, report of Profeesor Tennant and
Mr. M
were itehsl4 neVerthelesS were of opinion that the
dang
' not- so formidable as to prevent the e
in-
tended operation from being safely effected,
provided the; necessary skill of superior artists was
opinion was
employed, -This _ sufficiently encourag-
ing to ludo° an order for the preparation of the
requisite machinery to be erected upon the premises of
Messrs. Garrard, and accordingly a small steamengine
of from two to four,horse power was erected, under the
direction of Mr. Joshua Field, of the firm of
Maudslay, Field, and Sons, which was on Friday after-
noon for the first time put into practical operation. His
Grace the Duke efWellington having manifested great
interest in the precious gem, so associated with the land
of the East, Where his first, and not least glorious, lau-
rels were won, attended several times during the pro-
gress of the preparations, and on Friday honoured the
estahlishmeetia question with his presence, to personally
assist in the ICOLllMencement of the delicate operation
about to take place, this being the largest diamond
cat in Europe for at least ono century. His Grace
was received by the Messrs. Garrard, and the Rob_i_
Noor baying been embedded in lead, with the excep-
tion of one Small salient angle intended to be first
submitted to the cutting operation, his Grace placed
the (sem upon the solife—an horizontal wheel revolving
with b almost incalcule.ble velocity—whereby the ex.
posed angle was "removed by the friction, and the
first facet of the new cutting was effected. Tbis,
the first step in the operation, forms but a small
item of progress, as it, is expected that the work, under
the hands of the two Dutch artists to whom it has been
entrusted, will occupy a period of some months, it be-
' ink;, es may be conceivedva work Of great delicacy, in-
volving an sqaal amount of skill and Care. The Keh.e.
Noor is intended to be converted into an oval brilliant,
and the two ;Mailer diamonds which accompany it are
to be similarly treated as pendants. The present weight
of the principal gem is 186 carats, and the process now
in course of progress will not, it is anticipated, diminish
in any material degree its weight, while it will largely
increase its value, and developo its beauties. Some con-
versation took place respecting the doubts imputed to
have been cast by Sir D. Brewster upon the identity of
the beet
but the general opinion amongst those
best seciainted with the subjeJt appeared to be, that it
was impossible for Dhuleep Singh to have palmed off a
fictitious diamond, when his constantly wearing it on
state occasions must have rendered it perfectly familiar
to thousands who would instantly have detected any
attempt at subsitution. The more probable assumption
was stated to be, that the weight of the Moun an
t, • of
Light had been more Orientale somewhat exaggerated.
We regret to add, that Mr. Sebastian Garrard,
in anperintending the erection of the
machinery, had
the misfortune to fail through an aperture in the floor,
thereby re a,. h /A
-.ng one of h t e small bones of his leg ; an
meident which ' dhis • prevent° being present on Fridaylast.

The brief historical sketch of this celebrated diamond
is as follovv3:—The Koh-i-Noor wee found in the Mines
of Golconda, and was pre4onted by the Viceroy of.the
Deccan to the„Great Mogul, from whose, successors it
was taken by Nadir Shah. On the assassination of
Nadir Shah, it was seized, with his treasury, .by
his general, Ahmeed Shah, the abdalee, who took it
to his native country, Affghanistau, of which he,became
the sovereign. Ilis descendant, Shah Souja, when
obliged to fly his country, took it with him, and thrOW-
ing himself upon the protection of Runjeot'Singh, was,
by a little torture skilfully applied to the mind and body,
made to surrender it to his generous host. On Runjeet's
death it was inherited by Dhuleep Singh, and on the late
revolt and defeat of the Seikhs was yielded to the
British Crown by special clause in the treaty then con-
cluded.

A SCENE OF HORROR OFF BRIGHTON.
On Monday evening, na twilight was slowly deep-
into night, the idlers upon our cliffs were saint! deep-
ening
livliest emotions of tear and terror. Every-
where they might be seen gathering in groups, con-
versing in anxious and hurried tones, and all directing
their gaze, with painful intensity, towards an ob-
ject just visible on the verge of the horizon westward.
In that direction were dimly to be discerned rising clouds
of smulte, and a red glare reflected'on the still waters.
At first this appearance was scarcely perceptible ; but
it became momentarily more vivid, the smoke thicker,
the flame brighter, and then there ran from one end
of the cliff to the other the exciting intellie
germ that there was " a ship on fire in the
offing." All was now confusion. Ladies were running
to and fro on the Esplanade, demanding why some•
thing was not done—why somebody was not sent out?
Gentleman poised their telescopes, and, nautically astute,
were heard to declare that "there was a fire in her hold,
—a terrific fire in her hold:" " But why are there no
flames ? " asked the bewildered crowd. "She's
smouldering," answered they with the glasses; "shll
burst out directly. Now, now. - No, that's a signal
of distress run up the mast. See, they're an.
swering it at Worthing. " The crowd could
see anything. They were answering at Worthing.
The flames were bursting out; they could see them nOw,
and see the coast-guara rieshing down tn the beach, put
off their boat, and make for her, while other boats were
following. Oh, shocking, shocking! In the midst of the
excitement the red glare'. suddenly vanished. ."Slee'a
gone dowel' shrieked some excited spectator. " She's
gone down," re-echoed far and wide, and the ex-
pressions of sympathy and alarm were piteous.
Bat suddenly the red light re-appeared. "She's come
up agin," cried some irrevent jester; but no one
laughed, the scene was too exciting, too awful, for
laughter. " She's tnekiag.for the pier," was the sudden
cry. Instantly everybody made for the pier. But,
between the ;Esplanade and the pier stands the
Cuitorn-house, and there to the general indigna-
tion, the ituperturable " watch" leant against the
railing unmoved. " What—what ship is that?" asked
everybody at once. " Thee?" replied the guard, slowly
heaving round and pointing. " Yes, yea; that out
there. " Oh, that? Why, that's Captain Bullock's
revenue boat a surveyin' the coast, and she's signallin'
to smile of our men to go out to her; that's all. There
was a general expression of thankfulness and relief, a
curets or two muttered against the system of signalling
at night, " just to frighten people," and the crowd dis-
persed.—l3righton Guardian.

11OTkito N nx r- . ' •,..- • ,
EFFECT OF THE EARTH'S - - -- -'4,000e10..,
Troii.—Mr. Uriali Clarke, of Leicester," has called our at.;
tention to an article in the Meehatiies' ittagaZbialylitti..'
'OW
self:en the influence of the earth's Makin locomotion.tion.
It iii)well knowir:that as the earth revolves 06 itS- axle once,
in twenty-four holm!), f_1141137F-8t tir east,:the
Telo9ity or. any
point on its surface Is
greaper nearer the equator- and leda
farther from it; in the ratio of the cosine of . the lati-;
tad& Mr.' Clarke says: --:;,".-§erna
~,,rather important conclu-:
sions in relationto-railway travelling arise 018.0 . the- v=iew
novr;.taken. The difference between the ratative velocity of
the earth in surface MQ4OR.Rt. 4onclon and at Liverpool is
about twenty-eight miles-perbottr • and this amount
,of la-
teral movement is to be gained or lost; 'as respects the loco"
motive in each journey,' according to the direction we are
travelling in from the one splice toy the other; and in prePer"
tion'to the, speed' will be the pressure against the side of the
railS; which, at a high..velocity, will give the engine e„t:i
ten-
dency to climb the right band rail in each direction. d Li
°and
the journey be performed in two hours between Lon
t Pof the
Liverpool,, this lateral movement or rotative veloci v.
t the
a
locomotive would have to be increased or diminished
nd that en-
ratenf nearly one-quarter of a milaperpinute,tasucient to
tirely by side pressure on the rail, which
if
" nice sufficient
cause the' ngine-to leave the line, would be gt
Inas,
be
ob.
to produce violent and -dangernua oscillation. 1
bove alluded to will
served, in conclusion, that as-the cause a
rallels of latitude,
be inoperative while we travel along theo Paf ,peed may be sit,
it clearly follows thiLit higher.degre.eng east and west than
tamed with safety en a railway ruri ,
~ There is no-:dtubt of
on (Hle which rude north end soutlo.n
the right-band rail, .but
•
the tendency Mr. Clarke spealts:otto
be Bo dangerous as he
we do not think it will be found
Great Northern and Berwick •
say& It will be greatest on the...e_,0rn..... lierapaili.
.. .
lines, and least on the Great ll' Sk

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t e not come to the nomination, came the
tieelerstl ' (7,------\,,
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~ '-'''' , and though Mr. Leonard has bee o kind as to attack
--e" -Gs's-6-er) me a little, but not very much, I shall not attack hies:
I'' len ,
and Ido not intend to do so. I should not add to ti •
laurels I have won by throwing stores at a man I have
known for years.. But I must make a remark upon wink
Mr. Lonnord said; and I should not be doing my duty T
I did not.' He said that if he chose he could upset the
election for the northern division of Essex. Now, I
should have no hesitation in telling Mr. Lennard, if be
Were here present, that never in the whole course of his
existence did he make a statement so utterly unfounded,
or so utterly unsupported by one scintilla of truth.—
(Cheers.) I defy Mr. Lennard—l defy all the lawyers
Mr. Lennard can bring—I defy all the pettifogging
tricks he may attempt, to adduce one single unfair step
from first to last which has been taken upon our part.
Then it is neither straightforward nor manly, nor worthy
of a gentleman, to say, under such circumstances, that he
could upset this election—(Cheers)--"Spargere vocea in
vulgum arnbiguas." I ask him to name a single thing
that he can fled wrong in our election; • let him state it
like a man, and I will answer himNesen he likes.—
(Cheers.) The other day I saw Mr. Leonard in the
streets of Colchester, and ho told me it was a pity that
I was su;:li a strong Protectionist in Baintree and a strong
I asked him to show me the
Free-trader in Colchester.
difference. n Why," he said, " you say here if the poor
man has his loaf cheap you would be sorry to make it
dear." Well, I say an still, in God's name; but I say
also, let the men who produced it hove a fair remunera-
tion to.—(Loud cheers.) The cheaper bread is, so leug
as the man that produces it is properly remunerated, the
better pleased I am. Why, lam a consumer myself. I
don't grow a single quarter of wheat, but I do eat
one, and it is natural that as a consumer I Oa, old like
to see it cheap. But there is a feeling of justice in
Imy mind. I have a feeling that those who provide the
great source of food for the health and nourisnment
of the people should, at least, have the means of pro-
ducing it cheaply, and at a remunerating price. If they
are not remunerated how can they pay the labourer
and those taxes which are necessary to carry on the ma-
chinery of the country? It is impossible for men who
have those taxes to pay to compete on equal terms with
those who have no taxes to pay.—(Cheers.) I am a Pro-
tectionist; I was a Protectionist, and believing in the
truth of it. I hope I shall continue to be a Protectionist
until the last, day of my life.—(Applause.) Never since
1847, however, did I upheld the old sliding scale. Since
the hour that it was excommunicated by Sir 11. Peel, I
knew that it was impossible to re-impose it, and I never
held that doctrine. But this I do maintain—though I
have not the power, I am sorry to say, to carry it—that
a small fixed duty would be a fairer way of reimbursing
out of the pockets of the foreigner these sums which we
ourselves are exporting to pay for foreign grain.—
(Cheers.) That would hardly be felt on the price of the
loaf, but I woad assist to relieve the burdens of the pro-
ducers; end I do not wish to see the poor man's loaf
dear.—(Cheers.) If we cannot carry out protection,
then, I say, let us try to do that which is next—to do
justice to the farmers in other ways; and
I am perfectly confident that the present Government
will be found not only desirous, but ca-
pable of re-adjusting the burden of taxation
which unduly depresses the agricultural interest beyond
all others.—(Cheers.) Well, then, having taken off one
heavy wrapper, as it were, from the clothes of the agri-
ell tural party, will they not be able to work better, to
act better, and probably to produce at a cheaper rate?—
(Cheers.) When Mr. Lennard was proposed the other
day I heard a good deal said with regard to his being
the friend of civil and religious liberty, and therefore,
having a great claim upon your votes. Now there is
not a man in this room, or perhaps out of it, who has a bigher affection for those two words than myself. Civil
lainbedrraellmigoionuastelbib,elirktye i‘sva sacred term. In the lips of a
lipsas am v
enlightened
of
fs a fnr o
honestPopery,
statesman,
pa
atetsrmioatal,ikbleiikEebdolLoobrdd
.CBhautrhkaem,
ethehelirpes to
of Charles Fox, it is sounding and beautiful
term; but when it is brought forward- ;orinevtehne
manufacturer or a Radical ex-Member
by a Dissenting
am apt to think the real meavio_ mof
ietr
jot! Parliament, I
the Church and let's do as We g.
Please. ,z" pown with -
by civil end religious liberty; hut I ask wish to stand
Essex is it civil liberty that they should be pelterndewnheonf -
they corns here to eat a dinnrr? Is it liberty when
voters are hurried off by the priests, as they are in Ire-"
land, and confined in dungeons? Don't let us prostitute
civil and religious liberty, then, into mob rule and Dis-
senting arrogance.—(Loud cheers,) Now, lam facing
my constituents, and I think that they have a right to
know that which affects the honour, character, and cre-
dit of their Members.. I have seen within the last few
days statements in certain adverse journals that I have •
been tampering with the purity of the election of the
borough cf Derby. Ido consider, that if any set of
men have a right to ask of me an explanation on that
subject it is the electors of North Essex.—(Cheers.) I
shall give them but a very brief explanation under ex-
isting circumstances. I consider that though they are
the people alone who ought to ask me a question on the
subject, there is, nevertheless, but one real place where
it ought to be, and shall be discussed, and that is the
House of Commons—(Cheers.) I am not going to per-
mit these false accusations to go forward and not to no-
tice them. The proper place, however, is not the
dinner table here at Braintree, but the floor of the
House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Still, I am not going
to dismiss you quite so quickly. I tell you here that,
directly or indirectly, I have had no hand whatever in
any cate whatsoever of bribery in the borough of Derby.
—(Cheers.) Further as to the particulars 1 will not go,
because whenever Parliament meets, whether it is
mooted on the other side or not, I shall consider it my
duty, in my place, to state that these accusations have
been made against me, and I shall call on those who
made them to prove them.—(Cheers.) I shall endea-
vour to have an inquiry into the whole thing, which, I
have not the slightest hesitation in saying, will expose
bare and broad to the public view as gross a case of cone
spirac , y combined falsehood, and vile subornation, as
ever was brought before a committee of the House of
Commons.— (Loud cheers.) Under these circumstances
,it would be imprudent to say one word more, because
they that can bring false accusations and suborn
people to support them, would be ready to meet what
I know, if I allowed one scintilla to come out. I boat,
therefore, that the electors of North Essex will
not be deceived into believing those statements
which they read in the Daily News, which detests
me, and in the Morning Chronicle, which is continually
attacking me, though I have the pleasure occasionally
of sitting on the same sofa, in the same club, with the
editor of that paper. Such Is the state of society when
we are subjected to the intrusion of those who make use
of all our intimate associations, who come to the same
club as ourselves, and who write letters and leading arti-
cles impugning our conduct and blackening oar charac-
ters at the very same table at which we ourselves are en-
gaged in our honest avocations.—(Cheers.) Now, I
have looked over with care and I think I ought to know
something of the returns of Members made up to the
present time, and I think I may congratulate you that,
though we may not be so flourishing is every exact par-
ticular as we could hope, yet that Lord Derby's sup-
porters have been returned to Parliament in numbers
sufficiently strong to uphold his cause in the new House
of Commons; and, if there be not a large majority at
first, I do trust and hope that it will be swelled by .a few
more gentlemen whom we do not call our absolute friends,
but, who, being imbued with Conservative princi-
ples, and with a veneration for that constitution
under which we have lived fur so many years, will,
when it comes to be an open and avowed struggle be-
tween constitutional government and Radical innovation
t
—that these gentlemen, I say, though not strongly in
favour of a Derby Administration, will, et 1-11ItCeen-
not range themselves among the
opponents
of
decidedly
stitutiou.---(caeene) That the majority t,
is
e it ill one
a Derby majority I state plainly, but I believe
an
d when the
which, when the constitution is attacked,ene band to Throne i 3 shaken, will rally togethertiruhe-born de-
fendEnglish-
that which is most dear to everyvg.
) Gentlemen, I
man.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
is to thank the
have one pleasing task remainus
gs splendid way in which
freeholders of North Essex for the I)
they have rallied roun
respected colleague
at this late contest.— (u
d me and my
_...n e
rs._
It is to you and to
e)
e this room a fortnight ago that the
those whom we 'm
c in
achieved is owing. YOU started
triumph which wo have
determined to canvass his own
from this room- each
up the voters. Every man per-
' and to bring
parish (Loud cheers.) The poll declares
formed his p
- winiseLieved proves the fidelity of the free-
that the victory Lex._
(Prolonged cheering.)
I have
holders of North those freeholders who so honoured me,
__ duty to .
to do my.
rd but in deed. But not only do I offer
not only in word
them—there I. not a roan who has in-
sultedcoy serriees
not one who has pursued me with inveteracy,
me, .
ho require my services in Parliament, shall not
who, if
w have: them.—(Load cheers.) If Mr. Connell wants pro-
tection—that— hated word—for his silkmills I'll give it
him if I can, though
he won't give me a fair hearing.
if sir J. P. Wood wants assistance, he has had it before,
and shall have it again.—(Cheers.) There is not a man
that has insulted me, even if he be one of the " rabble,"
whom I will not assist to save from any impost that
afflicts him.—(Cheers.) While I am your Member I
am the Member of all. The labourer, the artisan, the
peasant—ell, in my eyes, deserve the same respect as the
gentleman; but let them pay the same deference to fixed
authorities and to the principles of justice.—(Loud
cheers.) I trust I should be the last to use any ugly
terms to men with horny hands cr sunburnt brows.
They are worthy of respect if they behave themselves.
decently, but I think ir hard that the freeholders should
be prevented being heard by those who have no votes
themselves.—(Cheers.) I hope that this subject will be
buried from henceforth. I shall not recur to any ugly
terms if they will only let me alone, and I hope for the
future that I may be able to repress that Irish se!!
which is in mo of resistance to insult. Remember, if
have a warmth that will not stand to be bulliedil
also a warmth that can be
grateful, and the greatest
warmth I possess is embodied in my feeling: of gratitude
cx: (Loud
and affection to you, the electors of North E s
and prolonged cheering.) Electors
Sir J. TYRRELL then gave " the Conservativee ' ,c.
of North Essex," which was duly responded
Other toasts followed, which afforded an opportunity
company, of which
to the new Members to address tne
they availed themselves.
station at the close of the
proceedings the Member w
On their way to the railwayYere followed by a disorderly
crowd, who hooted nl
in a most discordant
ow
theira yelled
principally againel
manner, directing
Mr. Bercsford t but
3 ,they were accompanied by the
withAa
great forbearance and discrimina-
tion, no breach opolice, who acte,..fthe
peace fortunately occurred.

Duff/ LEATura.—A great trade in Irish leather
• gon with France. It is sent in the hide from
dressed in France,
is now going tanned, and
back in tbat beautifully mellow article called "French
The leather, if made up into boots or shoes► would
leather." and comes
a high duty; but there is little or no import duty on the
Dublin, is taived,
1,3 Y •
dressed skii3s.—Nort4 British Dail