The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-05 00:00:00

MONDAY .EVENING, JULY 5, 1'852. 1

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,-0a Wednesdey the 80 h of June, the most
interesting occurreece in the House was a motimi
of Lord Dudley Stuart on the sal ject of a Polish
refugee, au cificer of Horse Artillery, who had been
treated to a specimen of British hospitality at Ports-
mouth, in the shape of imprisonment with hard labour
for fourteen days, on the plea, which after all appears
to be contested, that he had asked relief. It would
be curious to know what a British officer of Horse
Artillery would do; if he found himself a political
refugee at Cronstadt or some other Russian naval
depat. The outpouring of personal violence in the
possessors of power, is the leading evil of the day, and
one that calls most loudly for the attention of the
public.
On Thursday the House was prorogued with the
usual forms. The Speech therefore is the last act of
Ministers, connected with the expiring Parliament.
There is something dishonouring to the Crown,
in the mention made of Rangoon ; an affair, by
the accounts which the concerned give of their
own objects and proceedings, conceived with a view to
the plunder of provinces, and conducted in a manner
revolting to honourable men. The probability is,
that it was introduced into the Speech with a view
to charging us " teeth-money" at some coming time.
As to the plea of insults and injuries to British sub-
jects, the public has no more confidence in the fact,
than if an old gentleman with his dividends in his
pocket, was found accused by the swell mob of having
hustled them.
The Speech is further made to contain a thinly dis-
guised admission, of the point much stood upon both
at home and abroad on the subject of the Militia
Bill ; namely, that the Militia is prepared in aid of
operations by the regular army. In proof of not being
solitary in this opinion, I refer to the Timm If such
preparation was necessary, the preparation was right ;
and if it was necessary to parade it in the Queen's
Speech, the parade was right. But to those who
think the preparation was unnecessary and still more
the parade, the fact will appear in the light of an
error either in judgment or in design. It
will not fail to play into the hands of the French
journalists (if journalists may be said to exist
ie France) who held out the arraying of the
Militia in England as a reason for increased military
establishments on the continent. It is part of the
general trade of war, to be carried on by mutual
consent.
In what was said in my last on the subject of the
Income-tax, I fear it was not made sufficiently clear,
that the assumption throughout was that the Income•
tax is to be perpetual. The very promoters of what
was put before the working classes as injustice, pro-
fess their desire and intention to be, that the Income-
tax shall be perpetual. Nobody but a few
avowed sticklers for avoiding their own share
of taxation, dreams of anything but the
Income- tax in one way or other being perpetual ;
the working classes may he congratulated on their
cause having got so far. It is virtually admitted, by
all but the remnant alluded to, that the taxation can-
not continue to be accumulated upon the poor and the
men of lower incomes, but that the rich must submit
to come forward, and out of their riches help to pay.
To bear this in mind, will possibly assist in avoiding
miespprehensions of the foregone.
At this time when the people have a sort of holi-
day of power, there mate use in noting a fallacy
considerably below par in the scale of intellectual
strength, which has been thrown out from influential
sources on the subject of the Duration of Parlia-
ments. The Parliaments since the Reform Bill have
been demonstrably shorter than before, and even the
last, though longer than its predecessors, has been
little more than two-thirds of the extreme term as-
signed. 2herefore what use can there be in asking
'to shorten the Duration of Parliaments? This is the
wisdom of the wise ; and I ask the electors all over
the country to sift it.
Suppose a whist-party to have played for money,
and that for several games in succession the honours
had all been found dealt to one side. Would it have
made no difference in all that is connected with the
subject, whether this had happened as it did, or whe-
ther the play had taken place under a provision that
one side was to have all the honours ? It seems to
me that there is the same difference between Parlia-
ments being limited by law to a short term, and Par-
liaments being for a short term by chance.
On the same evening the Dissolution of Parlia-
ment was announced ; so the balloon is launched, to
sink or swim, as the concerned may conduct the
business.

I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, sth July, 1852.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred,
the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince
Arthur, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in
Waiting, left Buckingham Palace at half-past two
o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Osborne, Isle of Wight.
The royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning,
Lady Caroline Barrington. Hon. Flora Macdonald, Col.
the Hon. Coarles Grey, Lieut.-Col. Francis Seymour.
the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, and the Master of
the Household. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
were conducted to their carriage by the Master of the
Horse, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Vice-Chamber-
lain, the Lord in Waiting, and the Groom in Waiting.
The august party lett the Palace in six carriages,
escorted by a detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons,
for the Nine Elms Station of the London and South-
Western Railway, and were conveyed to Gosport by
:.peeial train.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and Prince
Albert at Buckingham Palace previous to their depar-
ture from town.

OSBORNE, SUNDAY.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert. and the Royal Family,
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the household
in waiting, arrived at Osborne at a quarter past six
o'clock yesterday afternoon, having crossed Over from
Gosport in tee Royal yacht, Fairy, commanded by Lord
Adolphus Fitzelarence.
The Duchess of Kent and the Ductless of Gloucester
attended divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor
Chapel, South Audley-street.
The Duke of Cambridge rttended Divine service
yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's;
the Rev. Mr. Haden officiated. The Duke of Wellington
attended the early service iu the Chapel Royal
yes-
terday ; the service was preached by the Hon. and Rev.
W. Cape], and the sacrament was administered by the
Rev. Dr. Wesley.
The Duchess of Kent visted the Duchess of Glou-
cester on Swurday, at Gloucester House.
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar visited the Duchess
of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
The Lord Chancellor, by the " Master in Chancery
Abolition Act," being empowered to nominate convey-
ancing counsel to be the standing conveyancing counsel
to the court, according to one of the provisions of this
Act enabling the Court of Chancery, or a
judge of the
court at chambers, to act upon the opinion of convey-
ancing counsel in cases in which it has been
usual for the Master to take such an opinion for his as;
eistance on questions of title or on the settlement
_C!
drafts, has appointed the following gentlemen to fill
those positions in the first instance:—Mr. Brodie, Mr-
Coote, Mr. Christie, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Jarman, and Mr.
Lewin.
The Marquis Camden, Sir Benjamin Hall, and Lord
D. Stuart, accompanied by a deputation from Gamlen-
town, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, on
Saturday, at the Home-office.
Viscount Cranley had en interview with Mr. Secre-
tary Walpole, at the Home-office, on Saturday.
Sir Robert Stamford and Mr. W. Lamb Arrowsmith
had interviews on Saturday with Sir John Pakiegton at
the Colonial-office. M. de Schroeter had an interview
on Friday with the Right Hon. Baronet.
A deputation of the Groat. Extramural Cemetery
Association, consisting of Sir Sibbald D. Scott, Bart.,
Mr. W. Fairlie, and Mr. G. H, Corfield (solicitor), and
Mr. Frederick Corfiekl (secretary), had an interview on
Saturdi with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-
office.

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MARYLEBONE THEATRE.—MR. Co-RMAC'S BENE-
Fir.---Mr. Cormack, the celebrated Harlequin of the Prin-
cess's, and the best Harlequin since Eller on the boards, has
announced his benefit at this house for Thursday evening
next, the Bth inst. The admirable manner in which he has
conducted the ballet department there during the present
season, as well as his peculiar merits as a dancer, cannot fail
to be properly appreciated by those who have derived so
much entertainment from his exertions, and we consequently
y ;
trust there will be an overflow on the occasion. The bill of
fare is of a most attractive character. Tom Matthews the
Grimaldi of the da bladlle. Palser,
the Tdglioni of Drury-
lane ; Miss E. Terre anti several artists of celebrity, con-
tribute their valuabley, aid. The entertainments are to con-
sist of the grand spectacle of Cherry andlair Star, a farce, a
powerful melodrama, a sketch from the renowned panto-
mimes of Jack the Giant Killer and A/other Goose, end 'va-
rious dances by a most efficient troupe.
p
The theatre will be
right well worth visiting on Thursday evening'
SIR W2111,11%1 MoLEswowrii.4*--Sir William Moles.
worth supports the same poll ical opinions which find favour
iu all the electoral divisiona of the capital; but, with the
single excep. ion of Lord John Russell, he alone of all the
Metropolitan Members c,.n make any pretension to the cha- 1
ratter of a statesman. Ills earnest and i fficient Ldvocacy of
the rights and interests of the culonies, and of the true prin-
ciples of colonial policy, has given the electors of Southwark 1
reason to be proud of their choice; and the most intelligent
of their number will ccrteiuiy not respect a candidate the
less for his bold and distinct refusal to secure his election by
candidate. however popular and respectable.—Morning
any compliance with vulgar prejudices. Local knowledge
and personal preference may fairly influence the decision of
the constitueboy in selecting a colleague for their former
representative; but Parliament would be deprived of a valu-
able bleinher, and the borough of an honourable distinction,
If Sir \\'illi.m Iflolesworth were supplanted by any untried
Chronicle.
EXI.k.DITIOU3 COMMUNICATION.—An instence of
expeditious communication with the Continent occurred on
Friday morning at the Stock Exchange, where a reply was
received at twenty minutes before twelve, to an inquiry re-
garding prices which bad been dispatched to Antwerp
at
ten minutes to eleven o'clock.

aanls'lßlT of the PUBLIC 30U It.NALS.
TIMES.—The only danger to which the country is
exposed during the forthcoming election lies in this—
that it is well nigh impossible to inspire soy body of men
with an opinion of the serious nature of the impending
Contest. We all know whit the eoefliet would he if
once the people of England believed that the law of 1846
was in danger. But no one believes it. Lord Derby
does not believe it. Messrs. Bright and Cobden do not
believe it. Sir Charles Keightley and Mr. Back do not
believe it. We are condemned to play out a weary farce in
the dog-days in order that the leaders of the Protection
Rump may be able to prate about their " consistency" to
their immediate supporters. There is not a shadow of
troth or reality in• the whole business. " Give me a
majority," says Lord Derby with one breath, "and I will
tax the people's food." But in the next sentence ho de-
clares his own convinction that the opinion of the comae
try has set so completely in the other direction that it
will be impossible for any Government in future to carry
out such a policy. Is this the way in which a British
statesman appeals to the country upon a great princi-
ple? " I know the opinion of the country is dead
against me, and I know my late opinions were in per-
fect antagonism with the convictions of the majority. I
know we
have not a chance of success, but to the coun-
try let us appeal, for the fashion's sake. I have to
copsider my own supporters and my own political
character first, and the public interests next. It is very
true there may be a certain disadvantage in rousing up
political animosities over the grave, of a mistakes
principle ;
,but what will the world say to
Lord Derby s character for prescience if he yields
without a struggle in 1852 the ground he never should
have contested in 1846? How shall he be able
to insure the support of his followers upon other ques-
tionshehas led them so ridiculously
when they
astray upon the onlys,hne, which they thought of any
importanhee And. upon. such grounds as
practical
inaaeds.onkee
these the countrf, li_i to be divided into opposite camps,
and we are more to join in a struggle
which has already ~.. en the whole framework of
English society, political and social to its foundations.
Now, however annoying it may be to the industri-
ous classes of th
nation
.to be taken from their usual
occupations and plungedinto the reckless Saturnalia of
a July general election upon such a question, there is
nothingfor it but to make one last vigorous effort for
heap and untaxed
the old cause of c food. The question
must be treated
as
a serious one in every constituency.
r should act as though the in every electo commercial
present policy
ogeesdeded
single vote. l'et there be no upon his
with a serious d t
eurity—no trifling
of
the strength u y—no con-
temptuous estimate of our opponents.
trade be
Lot the triumph offree
may besetloud,nt clear, and deci-
sive, so that the question s fro he co d rest for ever.
n uct of the present
It is sufficiently obviou . hatye n .
that they either the discretion
holders of office
the country safely through the cri-
ticalnor the will to steer
opportunity for mischief should by any
pass, if an oppoery
-Th would risk everything—tor there
accident occur.
: etetion iu the country which would
is not a single 'DS-- b
' 3—tor the sake of the
e success—tor imperilled by t
not be their
utotaa. We are very firmly eon-
most . momentary
tri blie misfortune as that Lord
vinced teat sodire apu
Derby and his clique
should not he thoroughly beaten
upon the great
-o:lent, not of the day. but of six
argument,
out of the question. Were
this otherwise, t
y ears ago, is shiTer most hypochondriacal politician
the future sufficiently gloom
could scarcely o
• 'int r discussionin upon the meras of they
eelours. Any further
ere insult to the understanding of
question would be a m .en
fa have grown gray trade for a
any reasonable man. ,
they have insisted upon halt-a- de sin
long course of years
.subjects of thought tan or twelve
powits which were Edit subjects
I, become indurated into truisms.
years! rige, but new have
nothing There is really to be done for it but to whistle
" Lillibullero" in the bee
of any hard-hearted disputant
discussion upo-
the old
n your un
who attempts to inflict
is right—as warmth, and
willing ears. Free
trade
'4l
cheerfulness and has" faces are
wholesome air, and
to be talked about any longer,
but to be enjoyed.
right.. It is not a
Therething to
might have been a difficulty
of us now of middle age were
youths, and others,
some years ag°'when "Dl
old men, were ot middle age, in
throwing off a parcel of
now fallacies and self-deceptions in
red; but we have elk, and
which we had all been nurtured;
argued, and written upon this and other similar matters,
accessible' to reason has made up his
until every man t ,
revolve round the earth, and
mind that the sun does no.
policy of nations All '
that Free-trade is the fitting
by '.
a
been confirmed subsequent ex-
periment.priori arguments have ,
the course of the last six
seen la
We haye
prosperity substituted for narrow
years abundance and P We
have seen the size of the
and uncertain supplies.
amount of the oor•rate diminish.
loaf increase, and the amo P
its
We have seen that land has maintained value to the
advantage and in the teeth of the very men who sought
• investment.
We and to decry it as an t
to defile their own nest
We have not seen that land go out of cultivation, as had
been fOretold. We know, on the contrary, by every test
that can be possibly applied to a sulject on which no
certain result is attainable, that the agricultural
"yield" of England is steadily improving, despite of
the outcry of those who live by the land. We see the
construction of ships advancing in every shipwright's
yard, and the entries outwards and inwards vastly in-
creased, although we are told all the while of imminent
ruin. We know that the trade and commerce of the
country were never in so elastic and prosperous a con-
dition us at present. Whether all this with reference to
the great legislative settlement of 1846 is to be consi-
dered a poet hoe or a propter hoc we leave it to the
constituencies to determine. London, the capital of the
empire; as of right, has taken the lead. If we are to
judge from the information we have yet received, the
present Liberal Members will be again returned to give
a very emphatic "No I" to all propositions for
restoring the old system. There is but one Protec-
tionist , who seems inclined to face a metropolitan
constituency, and that one is Lord Maidstone. It will
be the duty of the constituency to which he addresses
himself: to deal with him according to his merits. Mean-
whila, nothing is more clear than that London is secure.
We trust that the example of the metropolitan electors
will soon be followed by others, and that we shall have
every morning for the next fortnight to set. forth the
particulars of the majority with which Lord Derby will
be called upon to settle accounts at the meeting of Par-
liament. Meanwhile it must not be lost sight of for a
moment that Lord Derby really appears to the country
on the question of free trade or protection. All other
considerations must be lost sight of, that this important
point may be definitively set at rest.
DAILY NEWS.—It is within the memory of many
Of us that Kew Gardens wero the only place in England
--England so renowned for centuries for her gardening
—wherb foreign plants were found in any variety; and
the curious plants in Kew Gardens, at the beginning of
the century, were chiefly from New Holland. By the
courtesy which often redeems the brutalities of war, the
botanists and florists of Europe maintained an
(libelee°
where all others were foes; but though they sharsd one
ano'herts knowledge, they could do little in the way of
exchange of plants. In the midst of the storms of the
Fri-nch revolutionary war, a solitary dahlia was che-
rished in the greenhouse of a MArchioness; and Lady
Holland brought more from Spain in the beginning of
the century . but the acquisition was an aristocratic
marvel. The China rose was another such marvel ;
and it was not till the sunshine of pace spread
through the land, that it took firm root in the cottager's
garden and began to peep into his lattice. It is very
different now. At hundreds of flower-shows cotta-
gas exhibit thousands of dahlias far more splendid
than the Marchioness of the last century dreamed of;
and when Cleopatra gave 2001 for the roses for a single
feast, it is pretty certain that her expensive luxury was
less brilliant than the children of many an English vil
loge could now exhibit. If peace carries her horn of
plenty, she bears also her cornucopia of beauty. We
have reason to say so; for in our islands she has shed
abroad flowers from all the lands that the sun shines
upon. It "was not that the taste for this innocent charm
was ever wanting among our people. In the most dreary
days of the war, when taxes were most abundant, and
food was mcst scarce, there were thousands of the poor,
who, hoping nothing else, hoped for the blooming of
their flowers. The Spitalfields weaver fed Iris tulips,
while he himself was hungering. Many who had
nothing else had a geranium, in a bottle, in the window.
We remember seeing, in those dismal days, a starve-
hng child poking with rusty scissors between the flints
in a paved yard to plant a daisy. The taste was there
inextinguishable, and now it seems to be finding its
gratification more and more abundantly with every added
year of peace. Witness the annual increase of flower
shows through the length and breadth of the land.
There is, perhaps, no popular indication more cheering
than this. It is an instance of the true working of na-
tural laws which we seldom see in so unquestionanblet. 0
shape. It may be always true, that the rich shed
.11
wise are eventually the servants of the poor and tig-
norant; but we do not often see this great truth. so _ clearly
' HIV. in France
illustrated. The Arabs in Spain, Louis a • f
the nobles of Italy, the monks of Germany, our,,,e own
Bacon and Evelyn, our dukes and peeresses, were those_
who sowed our cottage gardens with the flowers bt all
climes, and grafted fruits for our peasant
,chil children to
deal 4) their time
gather. They loitered away a good 1
in cultivating echoes
instead of orchards, and laying
out shellwork instead of flower beds, and con; riving
bowers of water instead of blossoms; but they did good
permanent work too, as our flower and fruit
festivals now show. The work will not stop here. Our
generation will be the servants of a future one, as the
past has been of ours. The present euuntrj is working
fur the future town. If scienoe has prepared the way
For production, present production will preface the way
for future science. The mese acceptance of bootee of this
virtuous kind is an offering of a new boon to an unborn
time. To secure this, hoe ever, sea must not make too
sure of the benefit. There are instances before our eyes
which show that barbarism m-iy return upon this most
innocent development of civilisetion. It, the country
where Cleopatra so regaled her guests with roses, the
wretched women of the Paella's harem know
'no better than to romp among the flewer-betis, in the
garden at It de, and trami.le, down the choice,t plants.
lii Persia and Tue key, which once hsd more
flower-wh,dom and beauty than all ether countries in
she world, an Eurepsan gardener can only break hie
heart, for want of sympathy. We must keep up the
ss. mpas by, now that it is awakened through all iheranh-es!
If not among nil the el ,s,es, of our populetion.as.f,4:
ths re eennot really be any feet. of a cif cline in aiet t '
weich
n fined. Meatein.e. how pleasant is the .protBcucti more
our summer months present to us! There c'"Xwick and
then the array of beauty and fashion at 1 y
of blooms
the Regent's-park, and the exquisite '34 I, is pleasant
and fruitage which they meet to critic.i2et•he
flushed boy
to see the owner of Chatsworth, a
°brie same interest. It
who hugs his flower-pot, sharing t
V,' g, and e table
is pleasaut to think of the orderly rush of the Notting-
bum their new ham lace workers and stockirsgei qualifiedrs
to
bear
ar-
boretum, where they are to became ,
their part in future flower-shows. s'
It is pleasant to s
the first humble beginning of a flower
•
' , show, in a single tent, in come country town, and hear 5
I

praised the wonderful roots and fruits, till the cottagers
begin to dream of beating all Engtared. It is pleasant to
thank oldie intere,et about the wetither7hitherto I he stand-
ing joke against the farmers—extending to many who
have WI now bad but few interests at all. There are
many who once 1e: cloud and sunshine pass over them
unobserved, end cared for frost and drought only us
they were in want of fire and water—many who grow
quick and observant about the atmosphere and the
hours, and luso their listlessness in those innocent soli-
citudes about vegetation which are one of the charms of
rural hie. It is pleasant to think of the new tie estab-
lished between town and country, when the country
people strive for the verdict of the town, and the
townspeople owe a new pleasure to their humble
neighbours of the lanes and fitlie. It is pleasant to
see how the dwellers in dim streets and narrow attics
become eager about allotments, and handle the spade
in the evenings instead of the pint pot. It is pleasant
to see the ycung gaining knowledge, even science,
through the channel which overflows at the same
time with health and pleasure. It is all pleasant—every
aspect of the fact of the growth of horticulture, shown
in the increasing popularity of flower-shows—from that
of Chiswick and the Royal Botanical to—where is the
bottom of the scale ? There is an end of the scale; for
there are too many places in England still where there
are no popular pursuits or interests at all—still nothing
better than the public-house. There is no suitable
ground for cricket—the people have forgotten how to
wrestle—they never hear any music—there is no theatre,
good or bad—there is no reading-room. One sober
youth tries to understand geometry, and another makes
a little museum of mineralogy: bat there is no common
interest, and no amusement out of the public-house. A
siray lecturer, perhaps comes, makes a few of them un-
easy, and goes away where he does not see them drop
back into drink, simply from having nothing else to do.
Why have these people no .gardens? AO why? Ask
gentry why. Press the landowners for a reason why
there should not be, in all their wide neighbourhood, a
garden for every man who can pay rent for it, and
flower-shows, the whole summer through, for all who
love to look at flowers, and all who would be proud to
grow them.

GENERAL ELECTION.
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES.
ANCLESEA-Wednesday, July 14.
ASHTON- UNDER-LYNE-Tuesday, July 6.
ASHBURTON-Tuesday, July 6.
AYLESBURY-Tuesday, July 6.
BARNSTAPLE-ThUrsday, July 8.
BEWDLEY-Tuesday, July 6.
BEDFORDSHIRE-Monday, July 19.
BIRMINGHAM-Wednesday, July 7.
BnionToN-Wednesday. July 7.
BRISTOL-Thursday, July 8.
BRIDGEWATER- Wednesday, July 7.
BEDFoRD- wednesday, July 7.
BOLTON-Wednesday, July 7.
&WAIN- Wednes,day, July 7.
BRADFORD-ruesday, July 6.
BuRY-Thursday, Jul 8.
COVENrity-Tuesday, July
CIRENCESTER-- Wedn'esda;
6.
CA MBRIDG EaIIIRK--Thursday uly
July 7. s
CAMBRIDGE - Wedne--•
CANTERBUR -Thursday , Jul 3. ;
87:
CARLISLE-Wednesday, July 7.
CHESTER-Wednesday. July 7.
CHESHIRE (SOUTH)- W ednesd ay, July 14.
CHATHAM--Wednesday, July 7.
Ca-CHESTER-Wednesday, July 7.
DARTMOUTH-Friday, July 9.
DEVIZES-Tuesday, July 6.
DEVONSHIRE (NORTII)-At south Melton, Tuesday,
July 13
DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH)-At 13xeter, Friday, July 16,
DEVoNP. RT- Tuesday, July 6.
DOVER-Wednesday, July 7,
EAST HETFORD -Tuesday , July 6.
EVESHAM-Tuesday, July 6,
EXETER-Wednesday, July 7.
GATESHEAD-Thursday, July 8.
GLASGOW-Wednesday. July 7.
GLOUCESTER (WEST)-Wed,lLSdqy, July 14.
GREAT YARMOUTH -Tuesday, July 6.
GLOUCESTER CITY--Thursday, July 8.
GLOUCESTERAIIIIE (EAST)-Tuesday, .1.121. Y ]3*
GREENWICH-Tuesday, July 6.
HALIFAX-Tuesday, July 6.
HUNTINGDON (BOROUGH)-Wednesilay, .July 7.
LIUNTINGDuNSHIRE-Tuesday, July 13.
HULL-Wednesday, July 7.
HALIFAx-Tuesday, July 6.
HEREFORD-Wednesday, July 7.
iIEuTr3RD-Tuesday, July 6.
HERTFORDSHIRE-Thursday, July 15.
HANTS (SouTH)-Wednesday, July 14.
HONITON-Tuesday, July 6.
IPSWICH-Wednesday, July 7.
LEOMINSTER-Tuesday, July 6.
LAMBETH-Tuesday, July G.
LAUNCESTON-Wedllea,lay, July 7,
LANCASTER-Wedn, aday, July 7.
LANCASHIRE (NORTH)-At Lancaster, Ti r ashy, July 13.
LANCASHIRE (SOUTH)-At Newton, Wed, ; esday, July 14.
LEEDS-Thursday, July 8.
LICHFIELD-Wednesday, July 7.
LIVERPOOL-Tuesday July 6.
LISKEARD-Thursday, July 8.
LONDON, CITY or-Tuesday, July 6.
LYNN-Wednesday, July 7.
LYMINGTON-Tuesday, July 6.
MANCHESTER-Wednesday, July 7.
MIDDLEsEz-Saturday, July 17.
NEWARK-Thursday, July 8.
NOTTINGHAM-Tuesday, July 6.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (SOUTH)-At News Wrk, Thursday,
July 15.
I NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (NORTH)-At Marisa old, Saturday,
July 17.
NORWICH-Wednesday, July 7.
NORTHUMBERLAND (SOUTH)-Saturday.. July 13.
NOTTS (NORTH)-Saturday, July 17.
NOTTS (SOUTH)-Monday, July 19.
k
NEWPORT (ISLE or WIGHT)-Thursday,. July 8,
NEWCASTLE- UNDER-LYME -TUeSdaY, JLIAY 6.
NORTHAMPTON- Weenesday, July 7.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (SOUTH)-Tuesday's July n
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH)-
Wedne.&day, July 14.
NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE-Tuesday, July 6.
NORFOLK (EAsT)-Monday, July 12.
NORFOLK (WEST)-Saturday, July 17.
OLDHAM-Wednesday, July 7.
\
OXFORD UNIVERSITY-(Polling),to:day, July 10,
--
Sa
Mouthy, July 12, and fullowi,,g dap:.
OXFORD CITY-Tuesday, July 6.
OXFORD COUNTY-Monday, July 12.
PLYM ,UTH-Tnursday, Jul‘ 8.
PORTSMoUTH-Tuesday, July G.
PREST N -Tuesday, July 6.
READING-Tuesday, July 6.
It cuoiLE-Thursday, July S.
H CHESTER-Thursday. July 8.
SALFORD-Tuesday, July 6.
SHEFFIELD-Tuesday, July 6.
SHREWSBURY-Tuesday, July 6. 1
slut, PSHIRE (NORTH)--Tuesday, Julyl2
SUR. PSDIRE (SOUTH)-Monday, July
STOCKPORT-Thursday, July 8.
STROUD-Tuesday, July 6.
UTHAMPTON-Wednesday, July •
STAFF, RDSIIIRE-(SOUTH)-Tuesday, JOY 13.
STAFFaBDSHIRE (NORTH)-Monday, Jul, 12.
STAFFORD-Wednesday, July 7.
STeRE-oN-TRENT-Weunssdsy, July 7.
SUFFOLK (EAsT)---Wcdnesday, July 14.
SURREY (EAST)-Monday, July 12.
TAMWORTH-Tuesday, July 6.
TAvisTocK-Wednesday, July 7.
TAUNTON-Wednesday, July 7.
TIVERTON-Wednesday, July 7.
TOWER HAMLETS-Tuesday, July C.
WAKEFIELD-Wednesday, July 7,
WALSALL-Thursday, July 8.
WARWICK-Wednesday, July 7,
WARWICK (NORTH)--Tuesday, July 13.
WALLINGFJRD-Tuesday, duly 6.
WELLS-Thursday, July 8,
WINDSOR_ Tuesday,
yJ,
Julyuly6.
6.
WINCHESTER-Tuesday, July 6.
WOLVERHAMPTON -Thursday, July 8.
YORK-TUesaaY.*Tnly G.
YORKSHIRE (Nona RIDING)-Wednesday, July 14,.
YORKSHIBS; (EAST RIDING)-Thursday, July 15.
Yons.autuE RIDING)-Saturday, July 17.

:HE MINISTRY.—Most Of the members of the ( 3u-
vernment who belong to the Lower House of Parliament are
already busy in their elections. The Chancellor of the lEi-
chequer is perhaps the exception, for, being certain of D,o
opposition, he has not thought it necessary yet to take 1.ti1.3.,
active measures for his return. but this
Walpole,reitt f_
remains in town for the present ; but this Right Hosno.o
rr.
Gentleman sits for a very safe borough, Midi2nu!'_..t„,calls
Henley left town on Saturday, though official buies; 7. sy,est.
him to London this day. Sir John Pakington
_oLwatunlers
wood Park, Droitwich, on Se,turday, and Loorrd.?:w"eek p. ost,
has been running to and from Colchestrer f tn
Herries is as sitfe
his re-election being very doubtful. 81. -.
_s, The Earl of
Premier
i edru
floesring
for Stamford as Mr. Walpole is for
basßlidtsd,"!-en a place at St.
Derby does not go to Knowsley,
the eventful struggle about to take place.
Lord Colchester, the Vice-
Leonards, near Windsor, in order to
not leave town till to-morrow. d,,,
left town on Saturday for
It
itsheelPpreeemteide r that,will
President of the Board of
his
thoughse at
niotiudibnrat' er'eDsiedl!ril Eja9tyrtaSGt it'll Leopards,ntshtead. elections
b© closTehaet
visit the metropolis every
or
RAPE AND ROBBERY.—Oue
SHOCKING
gAssa;tici revolting of those crimes was peepe-
last, at Oakcnshaw, near Wakefield, ,
of
fatthede oinnoWstedAanrt,Pid e in the broad open daylight, on the
ll":1,-:fifteen years of age. The tame of the
: stakes. She was walking along the road girl is Jilla
r field about twelve o'clock at noon, when she
to-
wards ‘lske '
ved three men approaching her, two of whom spoke to
(I),ei. and passed on, but the third seizod her, and at the same
opnersao public
uobfl i c ;-.
„me, making use, of threatening language, threw her in to a
ditch by the road side, where he succeeded in violating her
person, his comrades in the mean time looking on .at a dis-
tance of only a few yards off. When the villain had accom-
pl shed his purpose he robbed and
,bed the girl of half-a-crown,
ran away, but as a pursuit was instituted, he and his com-
panions were short's- atter captured and brought to the
police-station at W a ketield. 0,1 Eiday the three prisoners,
whose names are Laitc Marsden, Solomon Tankaid, and
Richard Tankard, coal miners, were brought before the
mayor, Mr. B. Walker, Sir T. Pilkington, Bart., Nr. C. D.
Charlesworth, and Mr. Tew, at the Wakefield Col art-house.
Marsden was charged with rape and robbery, and his t:om-
panions with having aided and abetted him in the commis-
sion of the offerice. They were all committed to Y ork Castle
to take their trial at the ensuing assizes.

THE NEW AFRICAN MAIL STEAMER, S/ERVICE.-
The Forerunner, an iron screw steamer (in connexion with
Mr. Maegregor Laird's Government contract), was launched
on Saturday morning at Birkenhead, from the yard oiF Mr-
John Laird. The new vessel is 165 feet in. length, wi th 22
beam. Her engines are on the direct acting prineipl.o, by
Fawcett, and the model is exceedingly grac lefuL

GREEN WICFI ELECTION.

PUBLIC MEETING ON THE FRIENDS OF

MR. CIiAMI3ERS.
Oe Friday evening
hat :sir. Mentegu Chambers ad-
dreeae a large an:l enthusiastic mcatiag of electors at
the Lecture Hall, Woolwich. Tlte chair was taken by
George Gubb, Esq.
Mr. CHAMBERS, on rising to address the meetinks;;was
received with rapturous applause. He observed that a
morning paper, which was cal ed a Liberal newspaper,
bad stated that he was the self-created candidate,
and
Ought to retire, as he was causing division in the
Liberal ranks.—(Cries of " Shame.") Now, he
would ask,
promises, oicsrmyepittrer
retire
Go, wes he a self-erected caudididate ?
—(Cries of ad No,
no. .
requisition,t
o
frao signed Greenwich,
") Did he not receive a
waArtca
li: forward?—(Cheers.)
had
vhdrl
eme,
nn
been
notwithstandingrl
nes3be.eydne l
tethmHocet requesting
oeoissrtothisac,astkruhdneetacoflmea:sohrstedhfeufeecls,irotarnae constitu-
ency ttiti advicemoi
these.f.
wnahlicchanywaaass
hg
the promises made Were acted up to, of which he had
no doubt, be must be at the head of tho poll.—(Loud
cheers.) his opponents had made use of several ma-
rouvres to injure his prospects; as an instance, about
a month since a publication imitating a newspaper was
brought out, and itgwatssutasatend copiesdthatfi thousandweveretobe d
copies
distri-
buted, -
were distributed "gratis." On that day No. 2 was
apub-
lished,lsuted,aonfd which which
heiht hocontained, as he had been informed, the
most unfounded calumnies against him. This was a mere
election squib, and it would go off like a squib. It was
not a heavy cannon, and therefore would not bring Mr.
Chambers down.—(Cheers.) Another manoeuvre was
the issuing of handbills reflecting upon the other candi-
dates, and which were said to emanate from his com-
mittee; but the fact was, his party bad nothing to do
with the printing of these offensive handbills. Another
manoeuvre was the assertion that because he was a
Liberal and a Reformer he wished to cause a great re-
duction, or, in fact, shut up those great public establish-
ments, the dockyard and arsenal at Woolwich and Dept-
f o r
—and
thereforeN ow , he e
hwea
hads a Reformer—and
desire
to
public establishments, but he was anxious to remove
the defects which existed, and place them in
a state of efficiency, so that it would be
ructe true
thßoseefo great
none-
cessery to have our large vessels built by private colts
tracters.—(Loud cheers.) He wished to diminish the
feebleness and not the strength of these establishments.
Ho felt satisfied that he could, by determination and
with the assistance of others, find out and remedy the
Idefects which existed in these establishments—nothing
should base him.—(Loud cheers.) He trusted that
those employed in the dockyards and arsenal would
not believe that they would injure their interests by
voting for him. He told them it would nut, it could
not, it should not.—(Cheers.) He had recently heard
some secrets with regard to certain under-scrappers.—
(Cheers ) He told them not to be influenced or cajoled
by Jacks-in-dfice—(Load cheers) These thought
they recommended themselves to those in power by
endeavouring to influence the voters., but thiy were mis-
taken. He bad political antagonists amongst the great
and noble of the land, but ho couid tell them that the
great had noble hearts, and would acorn to interfere
with the free exercise of the franchise. (A person
here stated that on the previous Saturday the men
employed in the storekeepers' department of the
matted were placed in ranks, end reque-ted by the
storekeeper to vote ler Mr. Rua, the Conservative
candidate.) He would again entreat them not to
be influenced by any of these transactions; he could
ttthhhwoulde:
franchise,;i
ecntiooth; findthe
but . himself
!Noeu l dw
st,sure them that every man who voted for him
afirnnidne dthae
themselves
boxt,.l_(!chhednaoredNto o
m interferean
had
a dwithright the itror. ode:tear:en: ofa
voter as to the way in which he worse position
Jacks
-in
nnw. after
:on
He was able and determinesdh-otuoldpdriospteocste of
fvehriys
vote.
voter from undue influence.
He had no fear of the
at ' L
undue influence utehne whole nation would revolt
it.—(L
which might be practised by under..
oud cheere.) The franchise was the inherent right of every
voter, and let those who wished to interfere with it go
to the Haymarket, and see the comedy of find your
own Business.—(Laughter wed cheers.) Ile was sorry
to find that a degree of unkindly feeling which he did not
expect had been introduced into the contest by other
candidates. Each of the other candidates appeared
to wish to bear him down, and this made
him sanguine of success, as it was an evidence that he
was the strong man.—(Cheers.) Mr. Chambers con-
cluded a most eloquent address by urging the electors
not to relax their exertions on his behalf. In reply to '
questions from electors, Mr. Chambers then avowed
nimself in favour of household suffrage, law reform, the
establishment of the representative system in all British
colonies, and other popular measures,
A resolution pledging the meeting to support Mr.
Chambers was then unanimously pissed, and the im-
mense assembly separated.

SOUTLIAMP.TON, SATURDAY.
The Secretary to the Admiralty paid a visit of inspec-
tion to this port to-day, and, on arrival, was received by
Captain Austin, R.N., the Admiralty Superintendent of
Packets, Lieutenant d'Aranda, R.N., &c. After being
shown round the docks, tidal-basin, graving-dock, &c.,
by Captain Peacock, the doekmaster, Mr. Stafford
visited the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Bentinck and other vessels, and shortly afterwards
embarked on board the South-Western Company's
steamer Courier, Captain James Goodridge, jun. (one
of the Southampton and Jersey Royal Mail packets),
for a trip to Spithead and Cowes Roads. The Courier
is one of the almost unrivalled packets belonging to the
South-Western Steam Company, and, in common with
her consort, the Despatch, commanded by Captain
Bebop, attains the highest speed of any of the sea-
going Channel steamers that hare yet been built.
From 16 to 17 mites an boar in ordinary weather is
the average speed of these beautiful vessels. The
Curler having recently been thoroughly overhauled end
fir t d with Messrs, Lamb and Sommers's patent Mae
boijera (similar to many recently supplied to steam-
ships of the Peninsular and Oriental Company), con-
siderable interest was felt to ascertain the result of the
improv
ements. A Lumber of gentlemen eoenectsd with
steam navigation ecceenpanied the Secretary of the
Adwiralty •un this excursion, among whom w, re—
Captain Engledue, R N., the superintendent. and Mr.
Andrew Lamb, the engineer-in. chief of the Peninsular
Captain R. Barton, R.N., the
s3unpdeOrirniteenutdaelueum
t,arid coy
Nlr. George Mills, the engineer-in-
chief of the Roy al West India Mail Company;
Colonel Henderson, director, and Mr. William Green,
manager of the South Western Seam Navigation
Company; Mr. A. Baillie Cochrane, Capeain Jer-
ninghem, &e. The performances of the Courier
Were in every way eatistectcry. and fully
,justified the
expectations which were oats ruined, eliciting the praise
of till the gentlemen on beard, not only fur the great
speed at which the vessel was propelled through the
water, but also for the entire absence of unpleasant mo-
tion. The Courier will immediately commence carrying
tier Nit,j,-sty's mails to and from the Channel Islands in
conjunction with the Despatch, the passage from Jersey
and Guernsey to Southampton by these vessels occupy-
ing only nine to ten hours. The party returned to
Southampton about seven o'clock in the evening, after a
very pleasant trip, the creature comforts of the guests
having been well cared fur at a dejeuner provided on
board by Captain Goodridge. Many
matters of nauti-
cal interest were brought to the notice of the.
t bell buoy, Bertha spatent log,
r no fpt tanhn ei
epsacmk aeexpressyt
Secretary of ofpattheen Admiralty, among others,, Captain
boilers, patented by Messrs. Lam
and the advantages of the improvebd
smndarisneumsmteearms,
nstoewamillers
i ocean steam naviga-
a hope that the gigantic strides
ticketemany n t t
icre
proverbiallya l ty, whose effortsunfor-
tunate; ufo .
. successful
Nv e wmoaryk in gp
perhaps
aps. boardv.
tion now making by the great p.
notin t
hbies
-talisseto be regretted that none of
tunate; and, although it
belonging
to the West India
the new monster packets
v'b.riathnochutoeffftehcet
happened at the. moment to be lying at
naval
threviAcedamrire
the Admiralty hadabun-
dantSouthampton, the
r observation and example. Much is to be
scope .or
Mail Company
the Admiralty, and much practical infer.
learnt even by e.
Secretary or
packet companies, and in this
mation can be
.obtatonfetdhedurillg such visits as these to *the
permitted to an expectation a- be .
inspections indulge .
view we o 2 y
of which we under-
that the series of
t 10 be undertaken by the Secretary of
stand are about
will be productive of benefit to the public
the Admiralty
seat of operations
service. _

GLA NiitinKeetiAng
A EG
Bopictimi G
generalA Do
of
the lj 0 t D
shareholdersßlD GE RocAtt-s
---,,-=
wAr.— held on Wednesday, company was
of autborising the conversion of certain shares into stock.
N. Galbraith, Esq., occupied the chair. The resolutions
were to the effect that the shares of the company be con-
solidated into stock, said stock to be divided among the
present shareholders according to their respective interest
ert
therein ; that the documents and certificates held by the
shareholders be called in, and new certificates issued ; that in
the event of any shareholder being unable to produce his
certificate of shares, the meeting authorise the directors to
issue certificates in favour of such parties; and that the list
of shares produced, showing the number of shares and
quarter-shares held by each party, and the value and equi-
valent thereof in consolidated stock, be approved of, and the
seal of the company be ordered to he attached thereto. The
chairman moved the adoption of the resolutions, which
was seconded by /dark Sprott, Esq., and unanimously
agreed to.

THE LIVERPOOL ORANGIEMEN.—A second edition
of the Lirc'pool Journal, dated Saturday, three ..at., has
the foilowiug :---" At a quarter to two o'clock this after-
noon the police, from information they received, went to
the workshop of Mr. Jarvis, turner, Williamson-street, Wil-
liams wn-square, and there found prepared, and in the course
of preparation, 400 of the most formidable description of
weapons. These weapons were seized, and were brought to
the police-office. They filled a spring-cart. Each weapon
consisted of two pieces of seasoned ash of about two feet
lee; he
sil couldinto ebaec husoetdh other by
ct to n
st
thaeb
lhe
,asn d,
t. z
ff
Eissc hu s
codt , tbhuets e
long, turned like a constable's staff, so as to bare a firm hold.
as a
they
a screw, and when united constituted a pike. handle four
feet long. That they were intended as 2 PlkeStair is obvi-
ous, for one end fitted into a ring, and in that end was
an indent, into which a pike-blade or spike could be driven.
We are assured, and we have re doubt of the tact, that the
order for these weapons WdS given by an alderman of this
town, and we have no doubt wnatever that these weapons
were intended for defence or aggression, or both, at the
election. We are also told, and we have no doubt of the
tact, that weapons equally formidable, but on a different
principle, are bei,g manulactured in other rlaces. These
weapons are all made atter the model suggested by an Italian
refugee, some years ago, to the Chartists. The weapons
being at the police-office§ his worship the Mayor has the sub-
ject under consideration, and we have no doubt that he will
at once call the magistrates together, and take such effectual
measures to preserve the peace as the exigency of the case
urgently demnuas.
Lord Coicheater left town for his seat, idbroolte, near
Elia& Grinstead, on Saturday.