The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

VOtrti 12bition

LAMBETH ELECTION.
(THIS DAY.)

The various committees of the respective candidates
made their appearance on the hustings at Kennington-
common precisely at ten o'cl )ek. Shortly before that
hour struck bands of music and processions, belonging
to the three candidates, entered the ground, and by the
vele e chair was taken there were about 1,000 persons:
present.

- Mr. FL ONSLOW, the returning officer, read the pre-
cept, when the three candidates were duly introduced.
Was. CORRY, E q,, proposed Mr. D'Eyncourt, which
proposition was seconded by War. KNOTT, Esq.
Mr..lonN DouLTON proposed Mr. Williams, and Mr.
J. A. LYON sec,,nded the proposition.
BERINGTON. of Camberwell, proposed Mr. Wil-
kinson. and Mr. JOHN SEWELL, surgeon, seconded the
proposition.
The gentlemen who proposed and seconded the can-
didates were, as usual, greeted with cheers and hisses.
Loud cries of " No coolition, let Wiillarns and D'Eyn-
court stand alone," rent the air whist the friends of
the two firs►-named candidates were advocating their
respective claims.
Mr. D'EYNCOURT, on making his appearance in front
of the hustings. was received Witli loud cries Of " Shame

—turn him back," from one side, and cheers from the
other. After considerable trouble, order was to some
extent restored by Mr. D'Eyncourt giving way, when
Mr. SEWELL resumed his address in favour of Mr.
Wilkinson.

Mr. D'EYNCOURT again made bis appearance and
was received in the same manner as before. The noise
at length b.came so great that it was with difficulty
a single word could be heard from the Hon. Gentle-
man. " How much did you give to the sufferers by
the cholera in Lambeth?" was shouted by the crowd.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, however, continued to address the
meeting, denying the allegations that had been made
against him. Mr. D'Eyncourt for nearly an hour con-
tinued his address, amidst the most discordant sounds
of cries of " Mrs. Okey's bill," and " How about the
poor widow?"

-
Mr. WILKINSON claimed the indulgence of the meet-
ing, but without the least success. Cries of " U.P.
in place of M.P. will be your initials now," and other
similar expressions, were all that could be heard by the
persons on the hustings. At length
31r. WILLIAMS came forward, and was hailed with
criest r of
f "No coalition." As boon as silence was re-
eo
hadd , the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to remark that he
now served them two years, and at the end of his
first year's stewardship he came forward like an honest
man to give an accou
the House. They h ndsts,f eenvvphlae
ta
sheed
toh continue
ndtei
nnee hwhiisl ssteirn.
vices, end, with the a
exception of Mr. Hume, no one had
done more than he had to protect their pockets. He
meeting next laid before the
athe line of conduct he
had pursued in the
Houseadded, that if they
would do him the honour
of:aed gacionuirdeturning him to
Parliament, he would do all
t
important borough; but if they-thoughtbig benefit their
esowaie
rt would
at not
'';uld
'
de-
serving of their support, and they told tn
at once retire.—(Cries of " Why don t D Eyncou
)
At the conclusion of Mr. Williams's address loud cries
were raised of" Williams and Wilkinson f)r Lambeth."
Mr. WILKINSON, on coming to the front of the hust-
ings, was received most enthusiastically. He appeared
before them in that position that the electors of that bo-
rough might have a choice in appointing their own re-
presentative. If he should have the honour of represent-
ing them in Parliament, he should do all he could to ad-
vance the interests of such a great borough. He next
addressed the meeting in similar terms as he advanced
the previous evening at the Victoria Theatre, and con-
cluded by saying if he was returned he hoped his conduct
would never give them cause of regret for the choice they
had made.

Mr. ONsLow then called for a show of hands, and
declared the majority to be in favour of Mr. Williams
and Mr. Wilkinson.
A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr.
D'Eyncourt, which is to take place to-morrow.
Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. WILKINSON next addressed
the electors, and craved their support at the poll.
Mr. D'EYNCOURT next made an attempt to address
the meeting, but was received with shouts of disappro-
bation. He was sure the poll would tell a different tale
to-morrow.

A vote of thanks to the returning officer closed the
proceedings.

THE LAMBETH ELECTION.

We are in a position not only to state, but to prove,
that certain gentlemen on the committee of Messrs.
D'Eyncourt and Williams have, . within the last few
days, resorted to an act which surpasses in the
qutlity of disgracefulness anything which has yet
occurred in the Lambeth contest, which, on
she side of the late Members, has been con-
ducted in a manner the most inhuman and in-
decent to Mr. Harvey, of any el, ction which ever
took place in this c. entry. The persona to whom we
refer, taking advantage of the state of high nervousness
iuto which that g-ntleman has been thrown by the
dastardly conduct of his opponents, actually snught,
towards the close of last week, to intimidate Mr. Har-
vey into a gning a paper, requesting all his
triends to support Mr. Tennyson D'E)ncourt
and Mr. Williams, by the threat of exposing
some private transactions which took place thirty-five
years ago. Considering that Mr. Harvey's life is
certified by four distinguished medical gentlemen to be
in danger through the cruel treatment he has received
at the hands of the supporters of his opponents, the fact
we have stated exceeds in atrocity anything ever bet .re
recorded in the annals of elections. Surely, no friend of
Mr. Harvey, surely, no man who has any respect for the
principles of justice, humanity,, or even decency, can,af,er thii, vote fur either Mr. D.Epleourt or Mr. Wil-
liams, but will express his deep indignation at such con-
duct by voting for Mr. Vir ilk ins/in.—Morning Advertiser.

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MARLBRO'-STREE T—(THIS DAY.)
ATTEMPTED FRAUD.—Richard Williams, a respect-
ably-dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Bing-
ham on the following charge:—
3, Halfmoon-street
Mr. Thomas Peregrine, M.D.
stated that about a month ago the prisoner called upon
risoner ss.
him and asked him to lend him (p ) ,at the
same time stating that he wanted that amount to enable
him to join his regiment at Uxbridge at night, he being
an officer, and a On of Captain Williams, who
had • been a patient of his some time previous.
Witness declined to lend it him, when he (prisoner)
offered to leave his cane as a deposit for the plyment of
the loan. Witness told the prisoner he did not know
such a person as Captain Williams; when the defendant
apologised for intruding at so late an hour, giving as a
reason that he was a gentleman, and felt sure that wit-
ness could sympathise with him. Defendant then left
the house, and witness afterwards regretted not having
lent him the amount, and subsequently mea
his,
the
circumstance to Dr. Walsh, a neighbour of
Mr. Charles Robert Walsh, M.D., 42, Half lf Moon-
street, said, last night, about nine o'clock' the defendant
called at his house, apologised for having disturbed him,
and said he was very slightly known to
him, but better
to his brother; he also said it was
wanted to go to Kensington, and very hot, and he
was
would not refuse to lend him 2s. sure witness
Witness said he had
not the pleasure of knowing him, when defendant re-
plied "Oh, yes, you do; you
cards some time ago, in the gave me one of your
presence
and invited me to visit you, esence of your brother,
Defendant added that
Sir John Sykes was a friend of
his..
him that defendant was the It then occurred to
person
spoken to him (witness) about,Dr. Peregrine had
to take a note to that gentl and he called his servant
became much • eman. On hearing this de-
fendantagitated and said "Oh it is of no
consequence, don t trouble . ,
strengthened his sasni
c. yourself." This rather
otte, and he took the defendant
to Dr. Peregrine, who ' ul
was then sat once identified him. A con-
stableent for, and prisoner was given in
charge.

inspector Monekton, C division, said he wished to
have the prisoner remanded, and no doubt if due pub-
licity was given to the case, many other charges would
be preferred against the prisoner, whom he understood
had been in custody before.
The dete.ndant, who made a very lame defend; wee
remanded until Monday next.

!though
trust, A
We have much pleasure in announcing
at Exeter Hall to-morrow, July 7, and we
____ have a
the first benefit of Miss Rose Braham, that shew".'
bumper. a Concert
STATIQTICS or AUSTRALIAN GOLD Flu,- rarlsll;Ts--creehe
k,
western diggings are Ballarat, Br".„nd Wardiyallock. At
t
Sailors't-creed
re, Cisiunaesp,
oMpuouitinttiois lo e
u 900; at Brown-
i,ertirk:
. about 150 ; at
Coghill
bill about 150; at h clunes-field was the first
Sailors' Creek, 50. Tiled before the proper mode of
opened, and was abanej
might, therefore, he advanta-
workiog was adopted,er
ifitormation respecting Mount Cole
geously reopened- ny from the Portland people, the Mount
isderived PrinciPa
of diggers from the Luddon to that town.
lying in the track
000unt of the number at work, but all the
ptiWareheritZ: tat Purtland intend to proceed thither. The
field is nearly abandoned, but as gold is found
. , discovery of the more prolific
over a
surface area,
Lave no; included Cape
spots the above list, because,
Ow*. ID although there are several
. s.still out there, they must be considered as merely
Wardiisyjassiricat., e
Partleeeting.—Geoling Advertiser.
prop
Arr IRISH GRACE.—Sorne years ego, when the
Duke of Devonshire paid a visit to his estates in Ireland, the
steward of the mansion at which his Grace intended to
sojourn, called all the domestics together to tell them how to
demean themselves, saying among other things, that their
master was much higher than a Lord—he was a Duke;
"and," said he quaintly, " whenever he speaks to you, you
must say your grace.'' This made a deep impression on a
housemaid whose province it was to conduct the Duke to his
sleeping apartments. When on the stairs the Duke said,
good humouredly, "Well, my girl, what is your name?"
The girl, thinking of the steward's injunction, put up her
hands, and began, " For what I am going to receive, the
Lord make me truly thankful."
THE Pops.—A correspondent of the New York
Tribune at Rome, finds the geography of Pio Nono some-
what at fault, in a brief iuterview.—" He took snuff con-
stantly, dropping it on his white dress; and, after informing
me. that steamers could go from New York to Liverpool in
fifteen days, inquired whether they stopped for cookon their
. .. . , .. . . . .

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GENERAL ELECTION.
NOMINATION OF CANDIDAT3.
ANGLESEL-Wedneaday, July 14.
ASLITON-UNDEA-LyNE--Tuesday, July 6.
ASHBURTON-Tuesday, July 6.
AYLESBURY-Tuesday, July 6.
BARNSTAPLE-Wednesday, July 7.
BATH-Thursday. July 8.
BELFORDSHIRE-Monday, July 19.
BEVERLEY-Tuesday, July 6.
BEWDLEY-Wednesday, July 7.
BIRMINGHAM-Wednesday, July 7.
BRECON-Thursday, July B.
BRIDGNORTH- Wednesday, July 7.
BRIGHTON-Wednesday, July 7.
BRISTOL-Tbursday. July 8.
BRIDGEWATER-Wednesday, July 7.
BEDFORD-Wednesday, July 7.
BOLTON-Wednesday, July 7.
Bouanzi-Wednesday, July 7.
BRADFoRD-Tuesday, July 6.
BURY_Thursday, July- 8.
CALNa-Tue,:day, July 6.
CAmBRiDGESHIRE-Thursday, July 15. •
CAMBRIDGE__ Wednesday, July 7.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY-Saturday, July 10.
CANTERBURY-Thursday. July 8.
CAumsLE-Wednesday, July 7.
CARDIFF-Tuesday, July 6.
RuoNtirarn-slfewdneedandes,yd,ay,
CCAARRNNAIRRvi;ONN, COUNTY-Wednesday,
CHATHAM-Wednesday, July 7. 1Jyu113747.
CHELTENHAM-Thursday, July 15.
CHICHESTER, CITY-Thursday, July 8.
CHIPPENRAM, Tuesday, July a.
CuusrEa-Weduesday, July 7.
CHESHIRE (SOUTH)- Wednesday. July 14.
CHRISTCHURCH-Wednesday, July 7,
CIRENCESTER-Wednesday, July 7.
CocKERMoUTH-Thursday, July 8.
COLCHESTER-Thursday, July 8.
COVENTRY-Tuesday, July 6.
CRICKLADE-Friday, July 9.
CUMBERLAND ( W EST)-Tursclay, July la.
DARTMOUTH-Friday July f.
DEVIZES-Tuesday, July 6.
DEVONSHIRE (NORTH)-At South Molton, Tuesday,
July 13.
DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH)-.At Exeter, Friday, July 16.
DEVoNP_RT- Tuesday, July 6.
DORCHESTER-Wednesday, July 7.
DORSETSHIRE-Friday, July 16.
DOVER-Wednesday, July 7.
DROITWICH-Thursday, July 8.
DUBLIN COUNTY- Mouthy, July 12.
DUDLEY-Wednesday, July 7.
DURHAM-Wednesday, July 7.
DURHAM COUNTY (NORTHERN DIVISION) ...Friday
July 16.
EDINBURGH-Monday, July 12.
EAST RETFORD-Tuesday, July 6.
EVESHAM-Tuesday, July 6.
EXETER-Wednesday, July 7.
FINSBURY-Wednesday, July 7.
FRoma-Wednesday, July 7.
GATESHEAD-Thursday. July 8.
GLAMORGANSHIRE-W eclnesday, July 14.
GLASGOW-Wednesday, July 7.
GLOUCESTER (WEST)-Wednesday, July 14.
GLOUCESTER CITY-Wednesday, July 7.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (EAST)-Tuesday, July 18.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE (WEST)-Wednesday, July 14.
GREAT GRIMSBY-Wednesday, July 7.
GREAT YARMOUTH-Tuesday, July 6.
GREENWICH-Tuesday, July 6.
HALIFAX-Tuesday, July 6.
HANTS (SouTu)-Wednesday, July 14.
HARWICH-Tuesday, July 6.
HEREFORD COUNTY-Tuesday, July 18.
HEREFORD-Wednesday, July 7.
LIERTFoRD-Tuesday, July 6.
HERTFORDSHIRE-Thursday, July 16.
NoNIToN-Tuesday, July 6.
lINTINGDON (BOROUGH)-Wednesday,July 7.
HUNTINaDONBHIRE-Tuesday, July 13.
W d e neaday July 7.
Irawrcrr--WednesdBY LJ
uly 7.
LANBETH--Tuesday,Jul 6.
JuIyLANARKsHIRE-Tuesday!, 13.
LANCASTER-Friday, July 9.
LANCASHIRE (NORTH)-41
Lancaster, Tuesday, July is.
LANCASHIRE (SOUTH)-Atriewton W d e neaday, July 14.
LAUNCESTON-Wednesday, July 7.
LEEDS-Thursday, July 8.
LEICESTER-Wednesday, July .
LEITH-Thursday, July 11.
LEOMINSTER-Tuesday, July 6.
LICHFIELD-Wednesday, July 7.
LIMERICK CITY-Thursday, July 8.
LINCOLNSHIRE(NORTHERNDIVIIIION)-4101MIMAJdly111.
LIVERPOOL-Tuesday, July 6.
LISKEARD-Thursday, July 8.
LONDON, CITY OF-Tuesday, July 6.
LUDLOW-Wednesday, July 7.
LYNN-Wednesday, July 7.
LYMINGTON-Tuesday, July 6.
MALDON-Friday, July 9.
MALMESBURY-Wednesday, July 7.
MALTON-Thursday, July 8.
MANCHESTER-Wednesday, July 7.
MARYLEBoNE-Tuesday, July 6.
MERTHYR-Wednesday, July 7.
MIDDLESEX-Saturday, July 17.
MIDLOTHIAN (COUNTY)-Thursday, July la.
MONMOUTHSHIRE BoROUGHS-Tue.day, July 6.
MonrEni-Tbursday. July 8.
NEWCASTLE-UNDRR-LYME-Tuesday, July 6.
NEWCASTLE 02,1-TYNE-Tuesday, July 6.
NEWPORT ( ISLE OF WIGHT)-Thursday, July 8.
NEWARK-Friday. July 9.
NORTHUMBERLAND (N,,arri)-Wfdneaday, July 14.
NORTHUMBERLAND (SOUTH)-Tuesday, July 13.
NonTuAmproN-Wedi e.d..y. July 7.
NoRTFIAMPTON SHIRE (SOUTH)-Tufsclay, July 13.
NORTIIA NUT .NSHIRE (N.RTH)-Wednesday, July 14.
NORWICH- W ri,sd,,y, July 7.
NOTTINGHAM -TupsdHy, July 6.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (SOUTH)-At Newark, Thursday,
Jule 15.
NoTTINGLIANSTURE (NORTH)-At Mansfield, Saturday,

INNIIIO

July 17.
Noßi LK (EAST)-Monday, July 12
NORFOLK (WEST)-Saturday, July 17.
OLDHAM- rborbday, July 8.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY-(Polling) Saturday, July 10,
Monday, July 12, and following days.
OXFORD CITY-Tuesday, July 6.
OXFORD COUNTY-Monday, July 12.
PETERROW_IUGH-Tccesday, July 6.
PLYsinTu-Thursday, July 8.
PONTEFRACT-Thursday, July 8.
PORTSMOUTH-Tuesday, July 6.
PRESTON-Tuesday, July 6.
READING-Tuesday, July 6.
RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE)-Tuesday, July 6.
RIPON-Tuesday, July 6.
ROCHDALE-Thursday, July 8.
R,CHESTER-Thursday, July 8.
SALFORD-Tuesday, July 6.
SHEFFIELD-Tuesday, July 6.
SHREWSBURY-Tuesday, July 6.
SHE PSHIRE (NORTH)-Tuesday, July 13.
SHR,PSHIRK(SoUTH)-Monday, July 12.
..
SOUTHWARK, Wedn,thday, July 7.
STuCKPuRT-Friday, July 9.
STRoUD-Wednesday, July 7.
SuUTHAMPToN-Wednesday, July 7.
STAFFORDSHIRE-(SOUTH)-Tuesday, July 13.
STAFFORDSHIRE (NORTH)-Monday, July 12.
STAFFoRD-Wednesday, July 7.
STAMFORD-Saturday, July 10.
STALE-oN-TRENT-Wednesday, July 7.
d July 12.
SURREY (EAST)-Monday,
;Jr d Saturday, J I
SURREY (WEST)-AC Gux1...0r., n y 10.
SUFFOLK (EAST)-Wednesday, July 14.
SUNDERLAND-Wednesday, July
SWANSEA-Thursday, July 8.
TAmWoRTH-Tuesday, July 6._.
TATISTOCE-Wednesday, quly.7
TAuraor;--Wednesday, .1.'111.7
TuiasK-Wednesday, July 7.
7.
TIVERTON-VlTednelay,
_t, y J l
TOWER HAMLETS- UeSd y, ay 6.
A:....lNTBTruEebsday,
(NORTH)
-Saturday, July 17.
WALSALL-Thursday,
July 7.
Weawfor.-
sat) Monday July 12
WWAIEFICIEKLu(TN-ho
ry_ j a i y
8. ,
12.
WARRINGTON-Wednesday, July 7.
ALLINOFoRD-Tuesday, July;u6l.y
7.
July 16.
1111:1_.a8sEwednesday, July, 7.
wurralt-
W WELL st. Lao -ci 1:11( uTsr
Los, ' uredursbaTia
Ha r,
y 8)
ns:Jel
uus
:::
•
wiNpa Olt-Tuesday, July 6.
WINCHESTER-Tuesday, July 6.
woLvEaktAmProN--Thursday, July e.
WORCESTER (e/Ty-),--
wWwILIILLTovTSB
Wednesday July 7
WORCESTERSHIRE (WES ) M ' '
T - onday, July It
WORCESTETSHIRE (EAST)-Tuesday, July 13.
YORK-Tuehday, July 6.
YORKSHIRE (NORTH RIDING)-Wednesday, July 14.
YORKSHIRE (EAST RIDING)-Tbursday, July 15.
YORKSHIRE (WEST AIDING)-Saturday, July 17.
118.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON, BRIGHTON,' AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.
Traffic—Week ending July 3, 1852 - £12096 19
rraffic- Week ending July 5, 1851 ... 13 097 12 la
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 12,096 19
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 13,097 12 10
Total number of Passengers—Week ending
July 3, 1812 ... 91,613
Passengers ... £9.717 19
Goods
"' **- -• • ... 2,379 0 2

Total £12,096 19 2
Total miles open, 1852, 17314; ditto, 1801, 173%.
Landon Terminus. July 5, 1852.
SOUTLI-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending July 3,
1852 £16,342 1 8
Ditto, July 5,1851 ••• ••• —• 17,708 5 7

Decrease in 1852
London Terminus. July 5. 1852.
solTrir-W ESTERN RAILWAY.—TThfIIC for
;
Passengers (23,494). goods and
.areeis, illorses and carriages.. £4,105 16 7
corrooponding week in last year 4,082 7, 0
theGw"eser esyndiAnrigi)July 3, 1852 :
Glasgow, July 5.

... £1,364 3 11

DFATII OF THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—The Mon-
mouthshire Merlin announces that the " oldest inhabitant" or
the borough of Monmouth is at last dew:44or titttiniag the
patriarchal age of 104.

•••••••••••••---
THE EItaiCTIONS.
BERKSEIIRE AND MR. PUSEY.
Mr. Philip Pusey 'sprain offers his services as one of
the Members for 11, rkshire, and though he is a
lowled proprietor of old family, and one of the first,
if not the very first, of our agriculturists, the Tory
squires are opposing 'his re-election. Several years
ago Mr. Pusey introduced a Bill to give to
tenant farmers ample tenant rights ; and when
that was rejected by the landlord interest of
the House of Commons, he brought in various
modified Bills intended to effect as much of
the same desirable ol'jects as landlord prejudices
would admit. He was also the means of procuring
Lhe Select Committee of inquiry into the agricultural
ctestoms of England and Wales, by which a mass of
evidence has been collected which will hereafter be
used on behalf of the farmers whenever they shall
have any real representatives in Parliament. Mr,
Pusey has also introduced and promoted various
measures for enabling the owners of settled estates
to expend money in improvement and charge it on
their property. That be has not accomplished more
decisive good in this direction, is accounted for by
the fact, that he stood almost alone in the House of
Commons as the advocate of the farmer.' interests.
The votes, if not the goodwill of the farmers,
bave hitherto been given to the glib
professors
declining of "Protection," while Mr. Pusey last year of-
fended some of his constituents by lining to
join them in an agitation for the revival of
protection to agriculture, which be told them was
hopeless, and could only end, as it has ended, in
disappointment. And now the politicians who ex-
cited opposition to Mr. Pusey because he would not
join in a wild goose chase which they as well as he
knew to be hopeless, have abandoned Protection with
the greatest
It was because Mr. Pusey
.
would not march through Coventry with the loud-
lunged Protectionist crew, that Mr. Vansittart was
set up against him ; but if there be any power
hire farmers of distinguishing real
amongst the Berk,"
friends from false-41 practical improver in politics
a shallw
and in agriculture
from
of an impossibility,o thepre cannot to
bethe a
performance
will be re-elected by a decisive
doubt that Mr- 1311'Y
ripjority• . •
Thc, following circular, which bas been issued by
Mr. vansittert's committee, is a piece of the grossest
impertinence which has come under our notice :
Berkshire Election.—Maidenhead, 19th June, 1852.-
04,--The committee for conducting the election of
Vansittart, Esq., will feel particularly
George Henry
obliged by your signing one of the declarations on the
other side, and returning the same as addressed at your
„rhea: convenience, to enable the committee to complete
their returns.—.l am, sir, your very obedient servant,
FRED. T. WARD.
Appended to this is a fly-leaf, with Mr. Ward's
address printed at the back, which is in these terms :
Borkshire Election, 1852.—T0 the Committee for con-
ducting the electiond G. H. VANSITTART,
I intend to vote for Mr. VANSITTART.
Signed

I do not intend to vote at all.

Signed --.
A more impudent electioneering trick was never
perpetrated. Surely the people of Berkshire will not
allow themselves to be used in this way without re-
senting the insult. Going infinitely in advance of
Mr. Pusey in general politics, the sympathy of the
Daily News must yet be strongly in favour of his
re-etection—since be is an agricultural reformer ;
whilst his opponents are obstructives of the most in-
tolerant class.
No man deserves the support of the farmers as
much as Mr. Pusey, for the decisive blow he has
dealt at the system of
game preserving in the evi-
dence he gave before the Select Committee on the
Game-laws. Mr. Pusey told the Committee he once
preserved game, but that observation had satisfied him
that his tenants had suffered so much loss from his
game, that he gave up preserving, and discharged
his gamekeepers. The
gfollowingouht passage from his
evidence on that occasionto secure him the
rote of every Berkshire farmer who dares to call hie
vote his own. llr. Puce' said-6, One of the points
which made me come to the, determination of giving
up preserving was, finding that my own gamekeeper,
who had got three or four aores of land near his house
in the covers, after cultivating it for eight or ten years,
said at last he must give it up because it did not pay
him ; it would ruin, him ; and then it occurred to me
to consider what -was the case with my keepers'
neighbours round the covers."
That was a lesson to landlords, and the man who
read it deserves the grateful support of all the tenant
farmers.
Then who stands higher amongst the practical ime
provers of E:)glish husbandry than Mr. Pusey ? Who
has done so much by his sound and rational treatment
of agricultural literature, to disseminate, compare,
and elucidate the best practices of the various rural
districts ? Who has done more to vindicate the
tenant enviners from imputations of want of enterprise
or intelligence ?
Look at his report to the Royal Commission on
the agricultural implements of the Great Exhibition,
Whin is at once an exponent of the triumphal
progress of agricultural mechanics and a most
judicious lecture on improvements in husbandry.
He has tnarked how good implements enable the
farmer to perform his work more cheaply and
more effectively ; shown how rapidly the cost of
these implements has decreased, while they have be-
come more and more perfect every year; that the
rural implements in the Exhibition " afforded not
the least conspicuous testimony to the advance of
English skill in devi,ing mecbanical means for the
abridg-unit of Ishour ;" and, though last not least,
that modern machinery has given to farming what
it most wanted—comparative certainty. Truly may
it be said that Mr. Pusey is the most apt repre-
sentative of the progressive agriculture of the day ;
and though doutvl-ss Berkshire will, as she ought,
claim as her own his services in the next Parliament,
yet, if there be any man who can be said to be the
appropriate representative of the collective tenantry
of England, it is Mr. Pusey ; and for such men
there will be work to do in the next Parliament.
The law of landlord and tenant—the landlord power
of distraint—the want of security for the ten.nt
farmers' capital —the game- laws—and a variety of
similar topics, in which the farmers are deeply in-
terested, will all require the aid of such calm and
reflective minds as Mr. Pusey's to accomplish the
amendments so urgently needed. Surely, then, Mr.
Pussy Inuit bere-elected.—A PRACTICAL REFORMER.
—Daily News.

R.A.ILWAY BILLS.
On the last day of the late 5,--eston the House of
Lords passed a resolution altering the. Standing Order
No. 185, known as " Lord Wharncliffe's," which re-
quired that incorporated companies promoting Bills in
Parliament should at a certain stage prove before the
Standing Order Committee of the Lords that such Bills
bad been approved by four-fifths of the proprietors,
present at a general meeting specially convened for that
purpose. ,The alterations in the standing orders referred
to are :to the effect that on giving the usual ten days'
notice by circular t, the preprie ors of such meeting
blank proxies are to be inclosed for the use of such
PmPtin:ors, and that on holding the meeting proof be
given that such Bill was submitted and approved of by
proprietors present in person, or by proxy, holding at
least three-fourths of the paid•up capital of the com-
pany represented. at such meeting by qualified pro-
prietors. The alteration was male with the view of
doing away with the practice of dividing stock among
numerous persons, so as to obtain the largest number of
votes out of a given amount of stock, and thus, by a
comparatively mill amount of stock, to enable adverse
parties to outvote the proprietors at a meeting. This
was alleged to be the cese in respect to the meetings of
the S.nrewsbury and Chester, and Shrewsbury and Bir-
-121 ugnem Railway Companies, and in consequence these
uowi)anies wire prevented complying with the standing
Order of the
the ce,nree Lords, after hieing that
the ordeal of
do Bill
was and the result was, that the Amalgatna-
cueing e'rtroJected, and the arrangement Bill tor se-
'Western) eetntnral'are by railway (said the Great
Liverpool, latrkeel;:°' 9.0 d the. South ot England to '
by steekieg cats etandatfued limaahester, was mutilated
partiee in eanseauence r„eciticd to the Shrewsbury cam-
standing order.' Greatl `l4b compliance with Lb"
greunds was felt with ediaerarninlinela Publi°
the litter Bill, and the the mutilation of
of Lords to suspend th std,--of the Howie
ease, particularly as this est:ndin'e-- order in this
required a majority of only
prtetors to approve of a three.litar-ur originally
Bill, end thluit of the pro-
the
Biqa,
as
thlzaat heedahip lay
withent proper investigation of inquiry, a,,,ah6equentlY
four-fifths. This was considered a It
el
majority in,eteces:
- mulled to
the parties promoting
ease was more than three-fifths of the proprietors,
sewed at the meeting. The alteration requires
repel.
three feurthe bf- the capital re
shall vote in favour of a Bill in order to pass ethineeCet.nB
PresePted at err" meeting
mitten, so that instead of 30,0001. or 40,0001. of eta-
k
divided among a large number of young men in thsetoce
sufficient to out-
vote of opposing interests, being
vote the boars fide proprietors at a meeting, it will re-
qtaire a much larger am not of capital to effect the same
°eject, and at the same time, it acted on, will enable
two or three persons to do at a meeting what would re-
quire 34 many handred persons to effect before the altera-
tion. k'crsoas seqesinted with the resources of large
,and powerful railway companies know that a very con-
siderable amount cL eepitel may be borrowed for a short
time to enable thderectors or officials, as the case may
be, to upset the votes of the proprietors of another cone.
paasing of a Bill on stand-
PanY, arid tines frustrate the
ing orders in a ne o.e complete manner than bsfure, and
less liable to deteeaiore •
Then with respect to the shareholders of the company
promoting
any Bill, the standing order, as anstuded,
will, by means of the proxies authorised thereby, com-
pletely take the power out of the hauds of the shareholders.
It is well known that in aloe ist every case where
the directors have the
paver apply to the great body
of shareholders for
-I'3-- ei;poort of coy measure,
good or bad, they are °piaci, to obtain tee majority of
votes at any_me:Aiag. .Tiaa standing order, as amended,
.4aee
just t-he
opposite elect to that originally in-
tended—vizi., to p-otect the minority and eneble them
prevent 0.9 'pasties of iajwi
measures, It
-TOM-41%ttle`difflt:111 terry eno 7e5. 112 -
e; 441 they tlesie

-deft/ince -of -the - active portion of the share-
holders. This will probably raise the whole ques-
tion with regard to the conduct of railway meetings
and the objectionable use of proxies belonging to
parties who are not only necessarily ignorant of the
arguments used at the meetings against the measures
which the proxies are sent to support, but they are fre-
quently ignorant of the nature of the measures they thus
vote for, and to this source may be traced the sanction
by the shareholders of improvident leases, guarantees,
and worthless branch lines, by which in many cases the
original capital has been rendered wholly unproductive.
It is believed that there is a large section of proprietors
in railway companies who never vote on any question,
either in person or by proxy, and it is calculated that
they amount
to one-third of the whole. These per-
sons it appears trust entirely to the directors, the Lords,
and the Commons, and many of them have suffered
wofully for their confidence. If proxies are to be
used in accordance with the standing order as altered,
the publication of the list of , shareholders repre-
sented at each meeting, with the amount of stock,
and its circulation among the shareholders, may
prevent misrepresentation and enable the Committee to
ascertain the correctness of the return. Then, again in
sending proxies to proprietors, officials will naturally
take care that those shareholders who invariably vote in
favour of the directors shall have proxies sent them, but
some of the other shareholders may not be fortunate
enough to receive either a notice or a proxy; they may
complain, but can have no redress unless they attend
the meeting, should they happen to know of it. The
chairmen of the Great Western, the Great Northern,
and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Compa-
nies, have represented to Lord Derby the propriety of
restoring the majority to three-fifths of the proprietors
present, and of rendering an investigation imperative in-
stead of permissive, as to the bond fides of the parties
voting, whenever complaints be made by petition from
either party to the House of Lords.