The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-09 00:00:00

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FRIDAY EVINING,

cLopu, uF 11.1 E POLL.

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Hoc-tall
Ileyworth

1,352
1,025
1,018

The T have mrn
triuphPi here by a .‘j,)ri y 56
:repill.l Out of a th,nstitapnoy or Buo ~nip 6UO
votpd. Th- old cry of Pr.itestantiam in tla- coutriy
districts wAs revived on this occasion; and alihougn the
late Member (Mr. Heneage) declared his adherence to
Protestantism during the whole of his life, and his deter-
mination to oppose the Maynooth grant, should he find,
upon examination, its proceeds and its diffusion applied
to purposes alien to the intention of the grantees, he was
defeated on going to a poll by 56. Party pique is sup-
posed to have a great deal to do with this return, but
there is no doubt it will act as a salutary caution to the
Liberal interest to be more careful in future,

CARLISLE.
CARLISLE, TElURSDAY.—Yesterday the mayor opened
his court for the elicuon of two Members to serve in
Parliement for this city. The hustings were erected in
the Market-place, iu Irons of the Town• hall.
The usual form tlities having been gone through, a
0 situation" of a novel and whimsical character presented
itself, and seemed likely to have the effect o' postponing
the election, which many thousands in front of the hust-
ings had assembled to witness and take part in. It is
usual for the ex-leathers to be nominated first, but
tram some cause—perhaps to avoid the disadvantage of
being followed by two opponents in succession--the
friends of Mr. Hodgson were not desirous that the cus-
tomary course should be followed on this occasion. An
unlooked-for pause therefore occurred, and when a'
length the supporters of Sir James Graham and Mr.
Ferguson called upon their opponents to proceed, the
latter politely intimated" that" Sir James Grand©
having held high office, and being a Privy Councillor,
was entitled to precedence. In vain did Sir J. Graham's
friends waive the proffered distinction; his punctilious
opponents conld not on any account be guilty of a
breach of etiquette. The two parties, therefore,
stood looking at each other like app, sing armies, with
arms grounded during a temporary truce. The conver-
sation on the hustings being carried on in a low tone, the
crowd in, front of the hustings were quite ignorant of the
state of affairs above, and, .although wondering at the
delay, bore it with great patience and good humour—
qualities which characterised their demeanour through-
out the whole proci elings of the day.; Atter about a
quarter of an hour had elapsed, a man in the crowd
caused considerable merriment by addressing to the
mayor, in the tone and dialect at Cumberland, " Mr•
Mayor, is there no candidates?" Time wore
on, but
still no sign was given by either party. When nearly
half an hour badpassed in this strange fashion the town
clerk intimred that he would advise the mayor to ad-
journ the court. The Conservatives seemed prepared to
endure even this insult with indifference. At length it
began to be whispered that any elector might nominate
Mr. Hodgson if the gentleman who had been selected by
his own party to perform that service did not think pro-
per to du so. This reaching the ears of the other party
brought matters to a crisis, for, amid ranch merriment
and some disapprobation on the part of the people in
front of the hustings who could not at once understand
how matters stood,
Mr. Rouou, the Conservative agent, and Mr. PER-
RING, the editor of the Patriot, the Conservative news.
paper, at once stepped forward and proposed and se-
conded Sir J. Graham as a fit and proper person to
represent the city of Carlisle in Parliament.
Mr. G. N. BEAD then proposed /Slr. Hodgson and
Mr. J. Nausosr seconded the nomination,in doing which
he alluded to the many places which Sir J. Graham had
represented, and said that if Carlisle elected him it
Would be called the city of refuge.
Mr. J. DIXON and Mr. J. IRvitia, disregarding the
previous nomination of Sir J. Graham by his opponents,
now nzain proposed and seconded his nomination as a
candidate.

Mr. MouNsET proposed, and Mr. CARTWELL seconded
the notnieation of Mr. Ferguson, the other candidate in
the Liberal inrerest.