The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

TILE SUN,

Mr. DISRAELI—The poor-rates being a branch of
local taxation, I cannot give a general opinion on the
subject, or make any statement upon the poor-rates
without reference to all other rates. It is a part of the
local taxation we shall consider. I cannot give any
opinion now on the course we shall take upon a question
like that.
The SHERIFF then called for a show of hands for the
several candidates. For Mr. Dupri the hands of the
majority were held up; for Mr. Cavendish there were
not so many; for Mr. Disraeli the show was almost
universal; but for Dr. Lee there were very few. The
Sheriff declared the election by the show of hands to be
in favour—first, of Mr. B. Disraeli; secondly, of Mr.
Dupr6; and thirdly, of Mr. Cavendish; upon which a
poll was demanded on behalf of Dr. Lee, to be taken on
Monday, the 19th inst.
A vote of thanks to the Sheriff for his impartial con-
duct of the proceedings was proposed by Mr. DUPRE,
seconded by Mr. DISRAELI, and carried unanimously;
and after several rounds of cheers for Mr. Disraeli, the
proceedings terminated and the crowd left the hall.

DMIDLESEX.
A very crowded, hot, and turbulent meeting was held last
night, at half-past seven, in the spacious room of the Com-
mercial-ball, Chelsea, ostensibly fcr the purpose of promoting
the return of Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. R. Osborne.
On the platform were Mr. M'Gregor, M.P., Mr. Mowatt, ex
MP., Mr. Hume, M.P., and Baron Rothschild, M.P., ap-
peared towards the close of the proceedings, which were of a
very unhisineselike and disorderly character.
Mr. Hume, M.P., on taking the chair, said he was anxious
to address the meeting, because, having been one of those
who had recommended Mr. Osborne to the Middlesex elec-
tors, he hoped they were not now prepared to take a retro-
grade step after so many years of progress. Lord Blandford
complained of the
with strong Church and
Mr. Osborne.
—(C
conduct of Mr. Osborne.—("e
hoped
Shame!")
seehisown
sHteatheadrenfoormerhe w
hesitation in saying that, as a
was
Perfectly satisfied
one voice, "I am not.") H
reform eventually carried, and on all of
on past occasions, given his sup-
po,
points
ad
of
them Mr. Osborne had, ,
port. They were told Mr. Osborne was of ultra-demo-
cratic opinions, but if he (Mr. Hume) had any credit
he might tell them that all the
approved of were his (Mr. Hume's),
and if there was eter/gee in those doctrines it
The Reformers did not wish to destroy
prroints
Hume), and not Mr. Osborne, who was the
was he (Mr.
tuner.zmusuueetng :
but
institutions. Those to purify our _ who formerly opposed him
now admitted he had done a great deal of good, and the dangerous man.
~.etest enemies. Let hot the electors' of
re-
form already adopted had been of the greatest service ac-
e'c'e desert their tried friend, but judge of him by his
ac-
cording
acts. What had Mr. Osborne done? To his certain know-
ledge Mr. Osborne had refused place under the late Govern-
ment, in order that he might serve his constituency with all
his energy.—(Cheers.) He considered himself the greatest
Conservative living—(Cheers and laughter}—and he told
them not to believe those who said Mr. Osborne, who was
one of his supporters,- would destroy our institutions.—
(Cheers.) They had a cry raised about " Protestantism,"
but it was an attempt to return to and to increase the abuses
of the Church.— (Hisses, cries of " No," and cheers.) Mr.
Osborne belonged to the party who had set free the Dissen-
ptoporvtotteheforMtahrqeiuris two of
oßlldanclford. candidates— His
Dissen-
ters, and he regretted that some of those Dissenters had no
advicecom e f forward to
wassu
(Cheers)—and toput those tried men, Lord R. Grosvenor and
Mr. Osborne, once more into Parliament.—(Cheers.)
Mr. OssoaNE was received with loud Cheers. which were
mingled with hisses from a knot of persons at the end of the
room, and some disturbance took place, which was repressed
for the time, but which was renewed at intervals through-
out his address. When he could be heard Mr. Osborne was
calling on his fellow-citizens, in the words of the Athenian
of old, to " Strike bat hear him."—(A Voice—`• Say what
you mean, and keep your word !"—Cheers and hisses.) His
friend and late colleague, Lord R. Grosvenor, was prevented
from attending by indisposition (" He was ashamed of being
seen with you !"), for, though the stronger candidate, he was
physically the weaker vessel ; but he was glad to say the
best understanding existed between them, and that Lord R.
Grosvenor expected that those who voted for him would
support his former colleague also.
i They had seen that an ad-
vertisement had been inserted n the papers calling on the
Roman Catholics
“ You're a Roman,"to plump for him.—(" Oh ! We did 1"
&c.) He saw a gentleman there—a re-
lative of Mr. Spooner —he remembered his face—(Cheers
and laughter)—who started up to his feet the
moment he heard the word Roman Catholic.—
(Shouts for and against.) The instant he saw the
advertisement, he called on the gentleman whose
name appeared at the foot of it, and, said if he had issued it;
he (Mr. Osborne) would at once retire, whereupon that per-
son had assured him, on the honour of a gentleman, that he
had had nothing to do with it.--(. yes, the honour of a
Romish priest.") He supposed they would admit that even
a itomish priest had the feelings of a Christian.—(" Oh!
you're half a Catholic.") He particularly owed an explana-
tion of his past conduct to this district, because he had re-
ceived from them on former occasions a cordial support, and
there was no question he would shrink from and no vote he
was nut prepared to defend. He was not a wolf in sheep's
clothing, nor should he, under the specious guise of a Pro-
testant champion, show the cloven hoof and long tail of
bigotry and intolerance. [Confusion, which was not at all
allayed by several temporary orators addressing select bat
agitated circles, and by all the persons who were not ad-
dressing audiences shouting silence and cheers in chorus.
Mr. Hume several times appealed for order in vain, but
no order was forthcoming, and Mr. Osborne was obliged
to get in a sentence now and then at intervals as well as
he could.] He suspected there were certain persons there
who knew they could not face him, and that he could
tear the veil from the visage of their false prophet.
They endeavoured to drown his voice, but all who were
not the slaves of magistrates would listen to him,
and have some sparks of conviction brought to their under-
standings. [Here a stout gentleman rose up in the gallery
at the end of the room, and commenced to gesticulate most
violently and eccentrically, so that Mr. Osborne confessed
"he was alarmed for tho otato of his health." Wo could not
hear what he said, but we understood he was a county ma-
gistrate, under the influence of political excitement. When
lie was tired he sat down, but soon started up again, and re-
peated the performance several times during the speech.
Mr. Osborne sat down, and Mr. Hume threatened to vacate
the chair.] After a lapse of ten minutes or more Mr. Os-
borne proceeded to comment on the pretensions of Lord
Blandford, who had avoided meeting his constituents, except
at some hole-and-corner meeting —(Keep to the truth, sir.)
Ile recognised the well-known accents of his friend Harry
Tovey, and, well knowing his sporting propensities, was satis-
fied he would run well after the drag ot a young Marquis
with a " No-Popery" cry and well rubbed with aniseed.—
(Laughter and confusion.) Amid interruptions of this charac-
ter the speaker proceeded to review the votes of the Marquis
of Blandford in Parliament and his pretensions to liberality
of opinion. Lord Blandford wore a No-Popery mask, but
under it were the hideous lineaments of Protection. While
he was leading themaway with the cry of "Down with the
Pope," let them beware of the promises of the Pretender. It
would be impossible to give a report of his speech on the
had
as understoodvot
ed for t
hteior call
permanence,
present occasion, but
anhdeparticular
Lord Blandford had su o
attention to the fact that p rted the
grants to Maynooth,
had ever been opposed them on
while he (Mr. Osborne)
of Blandford came forward principle. The
andMarg
yet his votes were in favowuarrdofasha
Protestant champion,_
Talk of the Pope's brass band! If everta
Maynooth grant.
performer in that celebrated or-
chestra,
there was an unblushing
.fter trying in vain to play on the cracked
who, a
.protection, had taken refuge in beating the big
trumpet ofnen- " it was Lord Blandford.l-
- en-
deavoureddrum of " NnsP°r--, ' falseand • s
sneak in on acry with false pre-
to
bad not voted for Mr. Villiers' free-trade
tenceS. He
motion, and he gave whybu,t_foevTiess,breacheswasdpocket.' ) No ;
the Duke had no breeches p would be very much
obliged to the speaker to show m he had.—(Laughter.)
Ile voted for Maynooth.—(A man in the crowd—"l deny
that statement.")
Then ,he begged that gentleman to come
up on the platform and make the statement openly.—(Cheers,
amid which the person addressed came up on the platform
and remained till Mr. Osborne concluded.) On his reputa-
tion as antlema
n he affirmed that the Marquis of Bland-
fordge was one of the 216 Members who carried Sir R. Peel's
motion to make the endowment of Maynooth permanent on
April 3, 1845, and that on several distinct motions, made
subsequently to deduct the repairs of the college from the
vote on the estimates, the Marquis of Blandford did not vote
at all. It was not till 1852, when Mr. Spooner, changing his
threatened motion, moved for an inquiry, that Lord Bland-
ford, on the eve of a general election, came out as a Pro-
testant champion, and seconded the motion for an inquiry
which he well knew could not take place. He (Mr. Os-
borne) had never voted to put Maynooth on the taxes
of the tpeop le, but was ready to
of pl
Ireland. ace its c
Lor haes on the
iroate d Church rd Derby's
nenunent professed moderation, but how had they
_u
treated the
_people? At Stamford, where there was
an promisee' meeting, there being, he supposed, several
magistrates
Teesiger whgesent—(Laughter)—Mr. Herries and Sir F.
questions of t,. they were elected had refused to answer the
electgrs, and i people on the ground that they were non-
they were a. e ;saecretary-at-War told the people of Essex
crisy,” ot wniciArbble. ' True to the " organized hypo-
General had gone flowas the legal exponent, the Solicitor-
return. Would they 7 to his constituents with a cooked
they not mark their defttthe men of this party ? Would
the great Minister whoi°
n of the man who had hunted
with the poor man's best 4kra
oh e would ever be associated
then reject this Noble Lord,4"•er, to death? Let them
one who was not the nomineeond return to Parliament
county magistracy. He suspected a Wiseman or of a
alike,' and he was as. little inclineck
Ale. intelligence of both
stockings of a Wiseman as to bend t .c. bow to the red
of a pownall. ' He implored them 'nom.
Protestantism
great Liberal party by any small factiole, to split up the
compromise small matters in order nu a but to
to carry en g ,
When Lord J. Russell offered If their prin-
ciples.
drefused to take • him plate 1 -
est No-
bar he had
• flight
the . versa No-
constituents, though he was bound to declare thatlvo his
constituen ,
conjunction with the equally his
Lord's name, in .
connected great name
of
„Jame, was indissolublywith the history
Josep" d progress. If dissatisfied with his conduct r;
of reform
an
better man • but he, at all events, should rlet
them choose a
tisfaction of knowing he had done his duty,
tire with the shae
consciousness of having endeavoared to
and proud in t.
constituents with faith and honesty.-.7(Cheers.)
serve his
The confusion, which
had indeed never thoroughly ceased,
wieehere raised to its climax by the person (whose name we
understood to be Mason) on the platform coming forward to
make a speech. '
with him, and the gentlemen on
blr.'Henstx expostulated
the platform used all persuaeitre and minacious arts with him
in vain, till
d in a temporary lull, said,
Mr. Ceasonerz, coming forward
it is all a mistake ;
Gentlemen, I am happy to tell you
but he has
the ge'atlensau misu d stood what I said, _
I
withdrawn his contradiction,nerahas made an apology, and
have accepted it."
Mr. MASON protested, in
frantic pantomime, that he had
not apologized, but, after airn was
t , tired out, and retired.
A vote of confidence having time
passed in the late mem-
bers in vary disorder,little-to-be-adnaired the stormy as"
, sernblage broke up, and rushed out into the rain and lightning.
LINCOLNSHIRE NT
(- ORTII).
The nomination for the northern division of the county
.of
.
Lincoln took place yesterday in the C - d Lincoln, in
presence of a large number of spectator? tie
yar ,
By mutual agree-
ment
no flags or banners were displayed the occasion, and,
generally speaking, the supporters of the various candidates
took up their positions in front of th
quiet arid unostentatious manner. e"stings in a very
Shortly before th h
of nomination about 500 of the Su e our
supporters of Sir M. Cholme-
ley entered the Castle-yard .
in procession, but th •
ance eau their appear-
sedno excitement whatever. Precisely , theer. at 11 o'clock
three candidates, viz., the Right Hon. R. A. Christo-
pher,
the hunter, rnheley, and Mr. J. B. Stanhope, appeared
followed, not waine at no manifestations of popular feeling
The usual protmeheer or groan having been given.
through, Mr. G. To 1 Y Proceedings having been gone
a fair and impartial !' M•P., the High Sheriff, called for
sir
R. sfiEr_______ hearing to all parties.
1' PrqwPd. Ur
gentleman who had alyray&been a distinguished advocate

I of the agricultural interest, and who was now a member of
a Government pledged to promote their interests to the
utmost.
Mr. SHIPWORTH, of Moretown, seconded the nomination.
Mr. W. Burrow, of Gate Burton, proposed Sir M.
Cholmeley, and denied that he was a Free-trader. He was
in favour of a moderate fixed duty on corn.—(" Look at the
company he keeps."—Laughter.) But if they were to have
free trade—as no doubt they would have—then, he thought,
thew ought to go further, and relieve the farmer by a great
reduction of taxes.—(Cheers.)
Mr. W. CaACROFT, of Hackthorne, seconded the nomina-
tion. This was not a contest between Sir M. Cholmeley and
Mr. Stanhope, but between Toryism and Liberal principles
in the district of Lindsey.—(Cheers and disapprobation.)
Mr. A. BoucuEriErr nominated Mr. J. B. Stanhope. The
issue which the electors had to try was, whether two stanch
Protectionists and Protestants were to be returned, or whe-
ther the nominee of Lord Yarborough was to represent them
in Parliament.—(Cheers and confusion.) Sir M. Cholmeley
was a Protestant for whom all the Catholics of the county
would vote, and he was a Protectionist for whom all the Free-
traders would vote.
Mr. W. LOFT, a tenant-farmer, seconded the nomination.
No other candidates being proposed,
Mr. R. A. CHRISTOPHER then addressed the electors, and
• though frequently interrupted, received, on the whole, a
' fair hearing. He said be again appeared before them that
day as a candidate to represent them in Parliament. It
would be much more agreeable to him, and more consonant
with his own feelings, were he merely called upon to lay be-
fore them a statement of the political principles that should
actuate him in his future career rather than enter into those
personalities of which he had been the object, or upon any
comparison of his own humble merits with those of any
other candidates. Bat before he gave them a short, clear,e
and intelligible explanation of his political principles,
re-
ferencehmust briefly allude to the position which he held with
the
suf-
frages.—(Hear, hear.) It had fallen to his lot to be, by
eyears in
to the, other two gentlemen who sought their
electors, associated with Sir M. Cholmeley for some
was
he had always
sure, would bear him oat in saying that
t he had never
the representation of Lindsey. The Hon. Baronet, he
shown to him the greatest courtesy, and
he bad ever
the constituency—(Hear,. hear) because .
udges of his
thought that the constituency were the bestt J
on any occasion attempted to misrepresent his opinions to
con-
public and political conduct. He was no par
fs, I had be
test in which they were now engaged, and r" • e
the county the
been more active in maintaining throughout sysihtyo the
ascendancy of those principles which he profesded. , be might
(Cheers.)
have now stood in a better position than he di
But he thought it more consistent with
more respectful
associated him with Sir M. Cholmeley, and
from the
to their independence, to hold himself entirely aloof
of contest; and when insinuations were thrown out
only say that
under-
hand combinations and conspiracies, he could
n to him on
his duty, as they had
there were no combinations or conspiracies knoys
to hnn, and when
pro-
. the present occasion.-(Cheers.) Certain portions, however,
of the electors of Lindsey, unknown he
was abroad, had formed themselves into committees to
professed
the same political principles with himself.—(Cheers mote his return along with another gentleman who
on his return from
fusion..) He was the first person who, heers and con-
fusion..)
formed without
any instructions from him. It was too
much, therefore, to
& the Hon. Baronet.
abroad, announced to Sir M. Cholmeley the formation 'of
these committees, and that they had
say that he had acted unworthily towards
—(Cheers.) exceedingly
but he reg
—(Cheers.) At every election they must
a great deal of party feeling; netted look for
after the last elec.
misrepresented to the electors.
Even after
consisted of gentle-
tion, the only committee he appointed
them all, not one of
that on this occasion his conduct should have been so much
men highly respected and known (2
e as much as he did
whom had signed the requisition
hear.) • He valued his Own independenc
he thought it unworthy
to tMr. Stanhope.—(Hear,
the independence of any elector, and
covert or
.
him with having
underhand.— (Cheers •• and interruption.)
einnfthpenliecyoutnhtnyt tnonulcdh airr
considered
Having said so
adopted ouputyedpaaritiny
much with regard to himself, appealed to them again to
return him to Parliament as .their representative—(Cheers;.
and " No, no")—to return him entirely with reference to
an
those political opinions, which he had always professeda
nun 14 years ago.—
acted uPon since they first elected •
d •
principles
.tiring
(Cheers.) He had never deserted his
he thought it might have,
the whole of his public career, and
been acknowledged even by those gentlemen opposed to him
in this conflict that in the whole course of that career he had
been, at least, an honest and consistent politician.—(Cheers.)
he
He declared himself without reserve a Conservative poli-
tician.—(Cheers
principles, not from any
tician.--(Cheers and confusion.)
o the
He supported Conserve-
desire.atothicsontrol
tor
bat'
barrass barrass the free expression of
because he believed that they lay ePiniun the foundationeunri
at
under its Monarchy,
constitution of ibis country, and that
ad a f I
House of Commons the
its ancient hereditary House of Lords, n ree y-e ected
this country were able to
' get a larger share Of liberty than had !sverusefallen to the lot
of any people.-(Cheers.) it was beca he wished to
maintain the nicely-balanced constitution under which this
hed that he was in favour of a
country had so long Nourished .
accordancewiththis
principle, • policy, :and it was in
this principle,
.
maintain this principle that he
principle, and the desire to m
people of
Noble Earl did himy.—
the
(Oh, oh, and cheers.) When that
•
honour to offer him office, he equally understood with him-
. had accepted office in the Administration of Lord ,Derb •
self the principles on which he accepted It was then
' also well understood that whenever Lord Derby should be
able to strengthen his Government by any new arrange-
ment, he would he ready to resign the office he held into his
hands, in order that he might be enabled to fortify and
He
strengthen the Conservative constitution of the country.
maintained that it was mean for any person to declare
that he was in a more dependent position before them as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster than he would have
been as simply the representative of Lindsey.—( Hear.).
He valued his own independence ; be did not undervalue the
high position he held in her Majesty's councils, and he de-
spised the man who would undervalue it; but at the same
time he would not consent to occupy it at the sacrifice of his'
own independent principles, or of the principles which he be-
lieved animated the district of which he was the representa-
tive.—(Clieers and confusion.) He had invariably, in the
• - course of his public life, opposed Papal aggression, come
from- whstioTor quArtor it micsht_ Tn IR9R mud 18z9 tie op-
posed the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. He opposed it not
from any intolerant feeling towards his Roman Catholic
fellow-subjeets—the friendship of many whom he proudly
acknowledged—but he opposed it for the same reasons that
he supported our free and enlightened institutions, because
he thought that if they were to admit to the House of Lords
and the House of Commons a large portion of gentlemen pro-
thbeaetncomncalduesioun p.;
pro-
fessing the Roman Catholic faith, the result would be that
they would find it exceedingly difficult to carry on the go-
vernment of this country.—(Cheers.) Subsequent events
(Hear.)had shown s
ithatnce thathe wastini time
notfar
aggressionswron
g in
had
institutionsp te s e
nb
tye thet n
tPnoepme
nosf a Rmeimseer,ahalando,ldtmhoaunghwhhae
mightour
here
d held a small territory under the sufferance of '
10,000 or
20,000 French bayonets, yet, though he
did
not rule over a
great many people and had no armies
or navies, he
governed the feelings and wishes of a great portion of
the world opposed to civil and religious 1" .)
These were•the grounds on which he liberty.—(Cheese.)
grant for the endowment 'of the Roman CadthroeliucseCdhurch.
—(Cheers.) He had always opposed the vote to al ooth
ayn_
when it was an annual grant, and he did
the same when the
forward Bill of Sir R. Peel was brought in 1845. Consider-
ing the consistency of his former this
conduct, therefore, on
question, it was rather unfair at
election to placard the
county with blue bills containing a
garbled correspondence with an individual elector, who
never intended, he believed, to give him any support.—
(Hear, hear.) However influential that elector might be,
or however vain in his own conceit, he had no more right
to dictate to him the policy he ought to pursue than the
humblest individual now before them. (Mr. Christopher
was here understood as alluding to a correspondence with
Sir C. Eardley.) It was at variance with the British Con-
stitution to exact pledges from candidates about to repre.
sent them ; but at the same time it was right and proper
that representatives should state clearly what their course
of policy would be.—(Cheers and confusion.) In this coun-
try, from the Queen on the throne to the humblest free-
holder in the State, they were all attached to the institu-
tions of England—all equally bound to maintain them, and
all equally responsible to the public for the exercise of the
duties they had to discharge. In these circumstances, he
asked if they would not send him to Parliament, not as the
pledged delegate of any individual elector, but as the free
and unfettered representative of a great and intelligent con-
stituency.—(Cheers and cries of " No, no !") He need
hardly assure them that the principles which had actuated
him during the last 25 years of his public career, whether in
connexion with the civil policy or with the financial and
commercial policy of the country, remained entirely un-
changed.—(Cheers.) He held, in connexion with the Go-
vernment, the same opinions that he did in opposition, and
he should do his utmost to give effect in the Government to
those principles and opinions.—(Cheers, and " Oh, oh!")
He would now say a very few words as to the
position of Lord Derby's Government with regard
to protection to native industry and capita). On
every occasion on which he had addressed the electors of
that division of the county—on every occasion on which he
had addressed the House of Commons with reference to
those great interests—he had invariably maintained the duty
of a fair protection to native industry. But he never pre-
tended to deceive them that, after the fatal Act of 1816, at
which period they had a duty on foreign wheat varying
from ls. to 20s. the quarter, it would be an easy matter for
any Government to restore such a state of things.—(" You
never can.") Be remembered well that a chivalrous noble-
man, whose memory ought to instigate every honest Eng-
lishman to fresh exertions—Lord George Bentinck —( Cheers)
under whose banner he had so lung contended, told the elec-
tors at the last election, "This is the period at which you
must exert yourselves, for, depend upon it, if you return
again to Parliament a majority of representatives pledged
to' a free-trade policy., you will increase the difficulty of
every succeeding Administration to reverse that policy."--
(Hear, hear.) Unfortunately,.that Parliament did approve
of the free-trade policy. But now a plain question was put
to the electors of this kingdom, and that question was, whe-
ther they would return to Parliament a sufficient number of
representatives to enable the Government to attempt to at-
tack and reverse that policy.—(Loud cries of "No, no.s)
The question did not rest with the Administration—it rested
with the electors of this great country to say whether they
were prepared to maintain free-trade measures.—(Cries of
We are') Her Majesty's Prime Minister had declared
his views upon this question in language so clear that no per-
Sou could mistake them.—(Ohoh)—and it rested with the
to
elect
Say-(Chef n
-ether that policy was to be modified or continued.
rs and confusion.) He held it to be a safe principle
in general terms, th t they ought to levy from the foreigner
the shape oecust
in a
oms duties as large a portion of revenue
as y Possibly could, without interfering with the com-
forts of the People, by which means the foreigner would '
.he
made to contribute Co the taxation of the country, and native
y would, airs, to that extent
be protected.—(Cheerse
and disapprobation.)
which he thought Those were the broad principles
the
based. He would not, policy of
this country ought to be
however '
attempt to deceive them
by any claptrap
electioneering argument. He would not
tell them that if they'
returned him to Parliament they
should have no duty on tobacco or tea, because he held
it to be the duty of the country, in looking at the
ques-
tion of taxation, to take care that the
public creditor
was
paid ; and in doing away with a revenue of 7,000,000a1e
or 8,000,0001., . one of two . things must arise—eth .
that they did not intend 10 - ler
pay the debt which,
mushnest men, they were hound to do, or that the
levy the i evenue by a system of taxation upon they
people far more onerous than the present.—(Hear, ) hear•,
As tea and tobacco
.were
articles of foreign produce, any one
professing t
Prot principles would come with a very
to Parliament, and ask that
bad grace we should be relieved
upon those articles while we retained of the duty
hops and barle a duty
di articles as 37.—( Hear, hear.) He
upon su be distinctly understood that he e
wished it to . . made no rash
be subject of taxation, further than to
pledge on t
would Hie to carry into effect if he had state the
views he Weil-
I " and confusion.) With r the power.
—(" You never can,
f government, and our financialerdd to gene-
ral principles 0. resolved to maintain to the bestwinmer-
cial policy, he was
all those principles which
of his
powers and
humble ability .
d invariably and constantlytv ich uon
professed to
those questions he had invariably
his professions, and
them. He had never deserted should he
on any future occaa°
• n form other convictions or from any

cause, feel it necessary to desert them, he would take the
first opportunity of resigning his seat into their hands, so as
to enable them to elect some one more worthy of their con-
fidence.—(Cheers, and " you won't get in.") The Right
Honourable Gentleman concluded by thanking the electors
for the fair hearing he had obtained, and assured them that
if there was truth in man he would be at the head of the
poll.— (Cheers and disapprobation.)
Sir M. CHOLMELEY next addressed the electors, and was
very favourably received. He said they had now come to
play the last act in the second edition of that old comedy,
All in the Wrong.—(A laugh.) They had been all in the
wrong. He was in the wrong when he believed that he had
the approbation of his Right Hon. Colleague. or of Mr.
Boncherett, who, after subjecting him to a severe examina-
tion, had expressed himself satisfied with his opinions.
Then they were all in the wrong when they thought they
would drive him from the field; and the farmers were all in
the wrong, because they believed when this Administration
came into power that they would obtain a return of the
corn-laws.—(A laugh.) He complained of the Government
that they were carrying on a double purpose—one for the
boroughs, and one for the country. They were acting upon
the advice of the old man to his son, " Jack, get money—
honestly, if you can; but get money."—(Cheers and
laughter.) The orders from Downing-street seemed to be
Get seats—honestly, if you can; but get seats."— (Hear.)
Ile must say he was exceedingly mortified, when the Go-
vernment came into power, to see the tergiversation and
truckling which they exhibited. He thought that they
would have gallantly nailed their colours to the mast, so
that, when defeated, they would have been able to exclaim,
like the old French King, " All is lost but our honour."
They had aced, however, in a manner very different, and he
believed that, in the end, they would receive from no party
whatever such galling reproaches as from the very
farmers who were now their great supporters.--(Cheers and
uproar.) He considered it unnecessary, after the many
meetings ho had held, to say much in explanation of his
sentinients, or to defend himself at any length from the
attacks 'which had been made upon him. But he thought it
too bad, after all he had said and done, to be told he was
neither a Protectionist nor a Protestant.—(Hear, hear.) He
had no hand in the publication of the correspondence with
Sir Culling Eardley; and the only inference to draw from
the letters was, that Sir C. Eardley, whose anxiety for Pro-
testantism almost amounted to a monomania, was convinced
that he was the most Protestant of the three candidates.—
( Hear, hear.) Lie could appeal to his Right Hon. Colleague in
the late Parliament to say if he had ever given a vote in op-
position to the interests of agriculture • and, as to his being a
supporter of Lord John Russell, no doubt he bad 'been so.
He had been a Liberal for 30 years, and he gave the late Go-
vernment support when he thought it deserved it. But he had
been no servile supporter of that Administration, for he voted
against them on many questions—on the subject of the
malt-tax, on the amendments made by the present law ad-
visers of the Crown •on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill; also
against the proposed increase in the property-tax, and for its
continuance for one year only. He had also voted in favour
of Mr. Disraeli's motion for relief to agriculture, and against
the late Government on the navigation-laws.—(Hear, hear.)
Of twenty votes which he had given since the present Go-
vernment came into office only two had been opposed 'to
them, and one of those was in opposition to flogging in the
militia.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then went into an
explanation of various matters that had occurred during the
canvass, and complained of the course taken by Mr. Christoe
pher. He accused Mr. Stanhope of having told a voter that,
if he voted for Sir M. Cholmeley, be would be voting for a
Roman Catholic. (The voter, named Malcolm, who stood in
front of the hustings, was here appealed to as to the truth of
the statement, and without hesitation confirmed it, but Mr.
Stanhope asserted that it was not true.) There was no
doubt now that protection had been abandoned, though
they were told by their poetic Chancellor of the Exchequer
that something stilt "loomed in the distance." What
they wanted, however, was something tangible, something
they could lay their hands upon—not promises such as Mr.
Disraeli gave them, and which, like slippery eels, were ever
eluding their grasp.—(Laughter.) Protection was aban-
doned, and the only tangible thing that remained was a
stern reduction of taxation.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet
went on to say he wculd do all in his power to effect this
object, and also expressed himself in favour of an extension
of the franchise, and of universal education, though he
would be no party to handing over education entirely to the
clergy. In conclusion, he asked the- electors to pump for
Cholmeley. Whatever was the result of the contest, they
must have one Tory Member. He therefore asked the elec-
tors to secure one Liberal representative, and let their oppo-
nents choose among themselves which of the other two they
would have.—(Cheers 'and confusion.)
Mr. J. 'B. STAguorE, in addressing the electors, said he
did not come forward as a great landowner, but as the
tenant-farmers' • candidate.— (Cheers.) He appeared there
for no party purpose, but with the view of promoting
only their interests. He • came among them with
the name. of Protectionist, with the name of Pro-
testant, with the name of Conservative.—(Cheers,
and " Oh, oh Under those- colours he had lived,
and he hpped to live .under them to his dying day. He
wished to protect not only the farmer, but every kind of Bri-
tish industry. If they would not have a duty on wheat,
surely there was no reason in the world why they should
not give the farther the benefit of a duty on peas and beans,
so as to enable them to make a profit on some portion of their
produce, and thus 'be able to cultivate their land in such a
manner as -would' put it in their power to grow wheat cheaper
than they were now in a position to do. The whole taxa-
tion of thin country was virtually a bread-tax. The whole
taxation of the country • was laid on the land, and a great
part of every shilling they paid for the quarter of wheat'
went, therefore, to.pay the taxes, so that it became virtually
a bread-tax,—(Laughter and cheers.) If they wanted
cheap bread they must remove that portion of the burdens
that now pressed so peculiarly upon the farmers.—(Cheers
' and confusion.)l He was a true Protestant ; and he
would support Lord Derby, because, as a friend of agri-
culture, he believed that in him alone all their hopes
and expectations' were placed ; and he believed that in the
next Parliament'he would fulfil the pledge he had given to
introduce measures of relief for the suffering agricultural in-
. terest.—(Cheers and confusion.) He then denied the state-
ment of the elector Malcolm, that I. hen crrar called Sir M.
k,nottnerey.... Roman Ualhohc, and went on to show that
though the Hon. Baronet might be a Protestant in his pri-
vate character, he would not be entitled to the name of a
Protestant representative. In the same way he might be a
Protectionist in a private sense, yet not deserve the name of
a Protectionist representative.—(Cheers.)
After an explanation from Sir Culling Eardley as to the
correspondence already alluded to,
The Henn SHERIFF took a show of hands, which he de-
clared to be in favour of Sir M. Cholmeley and Mr. Chris-
topher.
A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Stanhope,
and a vote. of thanks having been given to the High'
Sheriff, the proceedings terminated in a very orderly
manner.
. The polling is fixed for Monday and Tuesday.

GENERAL
--
ELECTION-
NOMINATION AND POLLING DAYS.
BEDFORDSHIRE—Monday, July 19.
---%)l—onday, July 19.
Monday, July 19.
Monday, July 19.
CARLOWCCOL
(FORK
KRE(e(
co (ouCuN ONT t Try Ny:_..)
DONEGAL (COUNT!)—Tuesday, July 20.
DOWN (COUNTY)—Tuesday, July 20.
DUBLIN (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (WEST)—Monday and Tuesday,
July 19 and 20. .
HEREFORDSHIRE—CIosing day, Saturday (this day).
HERTFORDSHIRE—PoIIing, Monday, July 19.
ISLE OF WlGHT—Monday, July 19.
KILDARE (CouNTr)—Tuesday, July 20.
KILKENNY (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19.
KING'S COUNTY—JuIy 20.
LEITRIM—Tuesday, July 20.
MAYO (COUNTY)-..Tuesday, July 20.
MEATS (COUNTY)—Monday, July 19.
MONAGHAN (COUNTY)--Tuesday, July 20.
MIDDLESEX—Saturday, July 17.
NORFOLK (WEST)—Saturday, July 17.
NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH)--Monday, July 19; and
polling days on Thursday, the 22d, and Friday, 23d.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH)—At Mansfield, Saturday,
July 17.
ORKNEY AND. SHETLAND—Monday, July 19.
QUEEN'S COUNTY—Monday, July 19.
ROSS AND CROMARTY—Saturday, July 17.
ROSCOMMON—Monday, July 26-
SURREY (WEST)—At Guildford, Saturday, July 17.
TIPPERARY—Tuesday, July 20.
WEXFORD (CouNTr)—Tuesday, July 20.
WICKLOW— y, July 17.
WILTSHIRE (Noßnt)—Saturday, July 17.
yolucs
HIRE (WEST RlDlNG)—Saturday, July 17.

acciioepa3rrPineese
COURT CIRCULAR.
gejesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred'Albert
OSBORNE, Far Do.
of Salerno, the Dacheis of Kent, and the
anied by the Prince of Wales and Prince ,
the
and Duchess d'Aumale, and attended by the
Duke
afternoon, at
pier yesterdays , a quarter-past five o'clock
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked at Osborne.
r i uise in the Royal yacht Fairy.
OT a c
The Royal party returned at half-past seven o'clock..
.The Earl of 'Derby arrived from London on a visit to
the Queen'

Emile Chevalier had an interview yesterday
jeleGureneral Board of Health, at their offices, Whit
witMhotnh
hail, on a mission of inquiry from the French Gover ,
as 0 the construction and operation of 11
went model
dwellings and. lodging-hoirses.
His Excellency M. Drouet had an interview yesterday
will the Earl-of Malmesbury at the Foreign-office.
Sir Gilliam Maxwell had an interview with Mr
• Sep
Dr Binney had an interview with Sir John
Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
cretary
Lird Colchester arrived in town yesterday, from hie
seat, Kidbrooke, Sussex.
Pakington
The
Rev.yesterd the Colonial;oflice.
Dispatches were received from'the Governors of Hong.
the Mauritius. and' the Falkland Islands;
Kong, Ceylon;
at the Colonial-office; dispatches were also
Indiani al-offi
Islandsce, yes.aod
yesterday,
ftrhoem
Westt hel Colo
reeeiyed from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian
Islands. .
Dispatches
terday to the
e North. American
the.Goveraors of th provinces.
•
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SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY COMPANY.—On Tuesday
an extraordinary.general meeting of the shareholders in this
the capital of the company, to be
company was held at the company's office at the Plymouth
station, when Mr. T. Woollcombe presided. It was de.
off the mortgage and bond debt of
termined at the meeting, without any discussion, to create
aanppdl
the The sum to be raised is 150,0001.,
company. part of
iiessduteo newward
sslii)aarye shares n
gf in
off
, the mortgage and bond debt, by the issuing of
30,000 shares of 5/ each, and there is to be attached to
these shares, and to the stock into which such shares shall
be converted, a •fixed dividend of 4 per cont. per annum to
be .appropriated, paid, and payable in perpetuity and in
Priority of any other dividend upon any other class of shares
or stock in the company. '
rheresolutions ordering the issue
of such shares were unanimously agreed to. This was all the
business. • • . • •
[ADvearnssmeNT.]-11olloway's Pills a most
general derange.
ex-
cellent remedy for a Disordered Liver and ge-
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near Carmarthen, had been troubled for years • h
wit a d
liver,which deranged her system that •
so ,?it produced severe
attacks of ague, combined with which she be
tible of colds that she was seldom or ever f came so suscep-
ree from them, and
thereby was a great sufferer. She tried
various remedies
without deriving relief, but ultimately
take Holloway', Pills which in a f she was persuaded to
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druggist, Carmatthen,
can
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raent.—Sold by
all Drub . certify to the truth of this state -
Est •
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