The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-13 00:00:00

ELECTION IN
OXFORD (COUNTY.)
_

The Sheriff oit Oxfordshire, Mr. J. EL Ashbaatt, ap-
pointed yesterday for the election of three keighte to
serve for this county in the next Parliament. The
Members foi- Oxfordshire in the lent Parliament were
Mr."Havcsourt, Lord Norreys, and Mr. Henley. The two
lamer, have represented this county for these 20 years;
Mr. Henley, since 1941. All three voted evilest the
repetai pf the corn-laws in 1846. Lord Norreys, how-
ever; in 1830, voted against a return to the system of
protdction.
In nticipation of the present election, Mr. Henley
dtteds ;Harcourt had issued addresses vgaih asking the
.offda es of the constituency, but Lord Norreys had in-
‘ busted that he did not propose to offer himself for re-
election. In his place Colonel North announced himself
a candidate in an address in which he said—
"l have every reliance upon the Administration of the
Earl of Derby. It will, lam confident, uphold our free
constitution in Church and State, and will do all in its
power to give relief to the agricultural interest; and
any measures which may be proposed for that object
shall receive my bast and most cordial support."
At a meeting of electors held in Oxford on Thursday
night to consider measures for " securing the return of
a gentleman of Liberal principles," it was resolved that,
if no eligible Liberal candidate could be found, Lord
Norreys should be put in nomination; and it was thence
forth generally considered that there would be a con-
test upon the question whether Lord Norreys was to be
superseded by a " Derbyite."
• soon after 10 o'clock yesterday morning the doors of
the County hall were thrown open, and a crowd of per-
sons rushed in, a large proportion of them in the dress
of labouring rum It was evident that there would be a
very noisy meeting; and the mass set to work at once in
groaning Mr. Henley and Colonel North the moment
they were observed upon the hustings, as well as in
cheering for Lord Norreye,
A large loaf
who was not present or re-
presented. Mr. Harcourt was cheered.
labelled " fourpence," and with Lord Norrey's name at-
tached to it, Wan occasionally waved about at the top of
a pole, the cheers of the multitude adopting it as an em-
blematic expression of their opinions.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, M.P., stepped forward as soon
as the preliminary proceedings were over, and proposed
his friend and mighbour, the representative of the
county in the last Parliament—Mr. G.Herccurt, of Nune-
ham—as a fit and proper person to servo for Oxfordshire
again.—(Cheers.) Mr. Harcouree course in Parliament
had been honest, upright, and independent.—(llear)
he had never been the strong adherent of any
particular Government, bat had kept in a
position in which he could do what he thought to be
best for the good of the empire.—(Hear, hear.) He had
shown himself to be attached to the constitution of the
count7y, but ready to support necessary amendments
and improvements with a view to developing its power;
he gave his support to the principle of the Reform Bill
—(Hear, hear)—as he would to all reforms conceived in
a spirit of justice and moderation.—(Hear, hear.) We
were attached to our Protestant institutions; and when
they were assailed Mr. Harcourt would ba one to de-
fend them, as in the case of the recent proceedings of
Pope.—(" Oh, never mind him.") From whatever
quarter attacks might come, from Rome or from any
other quarter, Mr. Harcourt would be a zealous defender
of the independence of our Protestant institutions,
krtowing that thereby he should best secure the bless-
/nes of civil and religious liberty to all classes of the
community.—(Hear, hear.) H 3 was never backward in
supporting, measures of just economy, or the repeal of
taxes; and the last Parliament had the credit of re-
sisting the increase of the income-tax end repealing the
window-tax.—(" Uow about the breed-tax?' Cheers.)
We all knew that there were the varied interests of
trade, and manufactures, and of agriculture, and they
were more o: less bocad together, and all sooner or later
affected if one failed.—(" Oh, that's a lie." Much
shouting and confusion.) Mr. Harcourt was of opinion
that these interests were not antagonistie, and
should not be put one against another, liut should' be
taken care of together.—(N dos and disturbarce ) i''
was doetratee that rem material should be cheap,-:1 it
that WO shond have a free impeinaf',on of and
'
agriculturist._( soh
jauestilicsehoshlotiunld !...).ie done
ion.)
tchl,lllß,..ft'totrnt :
'4
bard
upon nay grade
burden, any tax, let any one
lie was for large and cheap shy plies oirtif braearde,ach°e was not
to do juttha) to this Seitish aerteulturist.—(Great uproar
and noise, which cempleteijdrowned the few sentences
that Sir H. Willoughby added.)
Dr. PRILLIMORE seconded the nomination of Mr.
Harcourt, and called upon the constituency to maintain
their own ground by returning a man who had long
served them faithfully and independently.—(Cheers.)
There ware many shades of opinions, and no one could
expect to find as a representative a man who agreed
with his constituency in every point ; we must be con-
tent with a general agreement.—(Hear, hear.) He (Dr.
Phillimore) was a friend to free trade, and opposed to
any tax upon corn.—(Loud cheers) He concurred in
commending Mr. Harcourt to the constituency as an in-
dependent man—(Cheers)—fit and proper to be re-
turned as heretofore unfettered by pledges to take his
seat in the deliberative council of the country.
Mr. VINCENT, of Oxford, proposed Lord Norreys,
whose name was received with great applause, followed
by hooting from some partizans of other candidates.
Mr. Vincent proceeded, amid much tumult, to maintain
that Lord Norreys had supported good measures, and
Oxfordshire ought not to turn round upon him because
a section of the constituency had brought forward an-
other candidate. It had been determined, therefore, to
nominate him, and to bring him in without putting him
to a shilling expense.—(Much cheering.)
Mr. J. TOWLE seconded the nomination of Lord
Norreys, who, he said, had been wise enough to see
what Mr. Henley had found out two years afterwards.—
(Cheers.) Sir H. Willoughby talked about " the insti-
tutions of the country." Who made an inroad upon
them to support the corn law? Who psesed the poor-
law?—(Uproar.) How could they get over this fact,
that since corn bad been allowed to come in free, there
had been 10,000,000 quarters admitted is one year?
(" Ay, and we swallowed them too."—Laughter and
cheers.) The men of Oxfordshire would defend Lord
Norreys from the attack that the Protectionist gentry
had made upon him for voting for that measure.—
(Caen's.) He sacrificed his popularity among the agri-
culturists because be was for people having liberty to
work and plenty to eat; he could not go into a wool
fair, or an agricultural meeting, without being groaned
at—(llear4tear)—lao had to withdraw from these meet-
ings—(flan; hear)—and now at length he was obliged
to withdraw from tOe representation, because he found a
fourth man in the field, and he felt that he himself had
lost Lis friends.—(" No, no," " He shall come in at the
top of the poll.") Did gentlemen think they could re-
store a bread tax, dear sugar, and dear bread, ;+r
had had them cheap? or did they think we did we
not
" know the reason why ?"—(Cheers.)--(" Where is
candidate ?") Lord Norrens would not be there, h711°',7
was not necessary to atk his content. If a letter to the
Sheriff was produced, saying that ho would not serve, he
should be elected notwith stancling..(Cheers, and cries of
" Oh, oh," " You've g,-)t his letter.")
Sir H. LANIIERT briefly, and amid much noise nomi-
nated Mr. Houloy. ,

Mr. LECIIMERE seconded the nomination, but the
groans and shouts made it almost ic.epossible to hear
anything that he said. A pole was brought in with two
loaves stack upon it; a small one, to which Mr. Henley's
name was afrixed, and a large loaf'with Lord Norreya's
name. Tire pole was waved smid tumultuous applause.
Mr. Lechmere said a few 'nerds at intervals, wed, we
believe, stated his opinion to be that the youngest man
present would not live to sea again a tax upon corn, and
that nine people out of ten were opposed to such a tax.
Colonel FANE nominated, and Colonel DAWKINS
seconded Colonel North, but entirely in (lamb show;
not a word could be heard above the uproar that pre-
vailed.
Ur. HARCOURT then came forward to address the as_
serahlage, ILIA was received with cheers. He said it
would be out of his power to speak amid such a noise as
bad been prevailing., and silence Was almost imesedistely
secured. He proceeded to state that ho offered his ser-
vices to the constituency as a men not connected with
sup Political party in Parliament. bat occupying the same
ground as ever since Oxfordshire had done him the
honour of sanding •him there.—(:heere.) Mr. Towle
had spceared to indicate an important difference between
Lerd Norraye sad h!:v.v3elf (Mr. Harcourt) with regard
to the corn-lews. Nov; matter of fact; without
going into the question whether they were rights to it'
I,vaa that Lard Sorre.ys eel himself hod never voted
tliTerently upon the sab•ect.—(Hear, hoer.) At the
enley, Lord
ti 6" of repeal j laws, Mr. II
Nerreys,and h,ienoeafLi7llcotronok the same view.—(je?r,
hear.) Thai
an spiedey.ian',.3.7'''s, Pzeeipitat2, hasty-, and too clecisiva
f a new B,Yatera to st.t'e of things Which
1815, for tha.-c, 1.-„rfabeetrbpa often represented) since
oi-Oixattea protection from the days
altie" a beni in fl-vof Rix own opinion had
hv
io4awr aalty
an
earlier tisurAl.interost hid taken that
wished the e, gnat
concession,
anti
he
the sublect now. ;great at It was nselese to dis la
against the renewal ofeellat majority of oho
of-that
-the qnestion that an at la,w, and it was
entirely
were
ne4sred in the apnroadam 013°n
corn
should bYe
re-
Christopher." much session.—(" trear,
tion ho had held the opintinot'l3lth".) at-tv... last ;14-
bl,en taking amorejudieteens et-Mrs IrrnY3 had
harceurt), ,rowie
would
surel thaiti (ur.
promoting' thar, disturbance' which 37
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assisted in
prevon!,:cl L,)rd Nor_
reys from sneaking.—(Hear,' hear.) He ow,. nr-
coOrt) cams flow before the constituency `—•
such as he h d
alWays been, and he had no occasion to melte a
skins of poLiticel principles as if ho,wero a
liticv profes-
He
was first electstl for the county just chieflyafter—audan
because—ho had g urea
eiven his support to, the R r .Bill.
Lord De~h --and So dal .uor y) whenever any reform
had since Weil proposed, which he considered reason-
able, he had assisted it to the utmost of his power.—
(Hear, hear.) He had supported municipal reform,
public educaon, the abolition of slavery.—(Hear,
hear.) To Sir Robert Peel's tariff reform he
gave his aseent—(Heer, hear)—and fur a time some of
the electors had thought him hasty in this, but now the
present Chancellor of the Exchequer bad termed these
" wise and beneficent measures," and they had obtained
(rather late, perhaps,) the sanction of the chiefs of that
PlrtY--(Hear, hear.) If re-elected, he should continue
in the coarse 40 had hitherto pareoed. He was not will-
ing to support hasty innovations in our Constitution,
and he had hoped that the reform of 1832 might have
sutheed during his lifetime—(No)—but if propositions
should be made which h 3 considered reesonable, just, end
not dangerous, he would never eat his face against alte-
ration because it was alteretiou.—(Hear, bear.,) He had
always been a reformer neon two grounds—ixesuse
aixises ought to be corrected, and because improvements
shbuld be cbtained where it could be SZfely done.—
(Hear, hear.)
He was one of those who took the title
of Conservative Reformers. To reform in time WSS to
preserve. Berke said that timely reorun were arrange-
-2/1011:11 with a friend, but reforms delir-
Jeu too long were