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JULY 8 1654.

himself to tne electors as a candidate to represent the ,and unattainable modes of redress.—(Cheers) He i the holds of yachts-- (A laugh)—having even gone, an
borough of Finsbury in Parliament, he was desirous of ' would, therefore, state c.tt,ddlY that he was not for ; was hinted, to the very masthead—(Renewed laughter)
answering an objection that in so doing he was dividing , universal or manhood suffrage nor for annual Pali% ' —1)
devoteyet been unable to find any man who weula
the Liberal interest. When first requested to become a . ments—(Clacers ,and histcs)—b'ut he wo !du ell 'me; k.indalvye himsett to the amusement of a email pin-
gn t regarded tton of the inhabitauts.--(Ceeers.) There is, gendsmen,
candidate, he declined on the ground that there was no : present) • the extent CO whielt he would
vacancy. His frith& assured him that the onerous those pc),ints. He was for Mr. Huinen. oat a•s-
RiOn,TII as ro- one matter only which mtegtes feelings of regret s. nh
nature of Mr. Wakley's onisial engagements and the specter! the borough, and for Mr. Locke fs as re- the satisfaction and enjoyment which I should othervose
failure of his health would must likely prevent his be- ; riled the county frandhise ; but supposin that suchl experience on the present occasion. I allude to the ab-
as ho tool sence of my worthy, most esteemed, and most res . ted
anteing a candidate at this election; they Gwen that on an extension of the suffneee were conceded, as
0.1)::.
these grounds, at all events, if he did, he would not be no doubt it would be, it next became a quettton how to colleague—(Hear, hear)—hut lam sure you, who, his
returned. The requisition, signed by between 4,000 and secure its fair exercise, and for that purpose he was do- fellow-townsmen, know well, by long experience, all the
ballot.—(Loud cheers.) public and private qualities and v -
5,000 electors, appeared to remove any doubt on the cidedly in favour of vote by
must him, and who would deeply regret tiortbneesdewprhilvnehd adorn
fohtins
subject. The course the election had taken seemed to Then, heviog voted fcr their representative,
I
they
leave the vacant seat to be contested between him and next consider-- how long he wan to be trusted on the services in Parliament, must teel glad that under his
Mr. Wyld, During the canvass some placards had promises which he had made, before again coming be- temporarhy. indisposition he has not retarded his rEco-
been issued which had given pain to the gentlemen en- fore them to give an account of the fulfilment of those very—w. ich I trust May be early and complete—by ex-
Posing himself to the heat and bustle consequent on this
geged in the contest. He begged to assure them the promises. Atter full consideration upon this point, he Placards were printed withouthisknowledge and wasdecidedly in favour of triennial Parliaments,. 43-
'
ohe_asion.—(Hear, hear.) It would ill become me to
against his repeated desire that nothing might he done cause he conceived that no one could object to come be- tell you of the merits of y.ourmost distinguished towns-
by any friend of his that should make a political. fore his constituents once in three years.—(Loud
pmeaonp-in
nWrhirthtishth, horaosudgohnyeetan
khins;)wpriwvaetiel.
naaupdanbietyatel7thtahne
contest the occasion of producing acrimony and bad cheers ) ale deemed it almost unnecessary to
feeling.
at least, I may be. allowed
char e
the Tho eltetors were called upon this day to dis- state the other principles which he most ho- I can tell you; but this,
',1::::_g
adu most important duty known to the constitu- newly professed, because, with those objects at- Say—that there is no Member of the Lie of Co to
myself I would say, that if I wanted a rso...u)nd and justr
duty important to themselves and to their count tained, that retrenchment would follow which any coons who is more esteemed and r
try. It
ter thAanhay 0;017
their strength, lilt elections the people learnt the secret of reasonable men could wish or expect.—(Cheers.) He representative, Mr. Heatheette.—(Cestipeene e
,and, if the power acquired were rightly was strenuously opposed to the income-tax—at lewd
used, it COt not fail to serve the cause of freedom under the present regulations,. because he believed it, to opinion upon any matter wbatever, whether of a pulic
throughout the world The government of a mighty be, as at resent levied, unjust
p and inquisitorial. But `or a litiv'tc naturfn should it turn upon judge
nation like England, •
is no man whose
apt :tun of Mr. Llsatheoat.—(Cheers.) We have been
Pon feehon, there
was a
greatfant, selected by a popular constituency, he would unhesitatingly vote for a continuance of the meat or u
general election in which this
and must have an influence upon every property-tax, because he believed that the best mode of opinion would more guide my conduct than the
otherL,.A__.d.eclaration of principles, embodying all the securing property was to make it bear its due proportion
great ti iessions of the day, carefully prepared by the of the burdens of the State, by which course means told that the
greatest men in the country, was. addressed to every might be afforded for a redaction of that taxation which country is now engsged is to determine
finally
elector; discussions nn. every point took place in every bore more heavily upon the parer classes.—(Cheerst) and for ever one great question—l mean the
borough end count in the United Kingdom; and thus. He was also favourable to a revision of the present Nyi- question of protection or no protectiont—pcne„o
the political elucatii
wh, n I bed the pleasure of
and
many
yon of the eole was constantly pro- tom of levying Customs' duties, and he would vote for It is my humble opinion that that question has been
grossing,
an industrious. mechanic was made the gradual abolition of all Excise duties. He was for 'long since tettled.—(flear, hear.) I took the liborty of
familiar with the principles of government which a die übolition of all taxes which pressed upon the dist telling you. last autumn,
century ago were confined to the schools. On such semination of knOwledge; bat ho would begin by being here, tbvt when you saw the river Exe running
occasions the liberty of speech and of the press was abolishing the duty on paper, because ho believed up from the sea to Tiverton, instead of running down
vindicated; the enemies of liberty were confronted, and that to be the great burlier in the way of fleet trolls Tiverton to the sea, you might then, and not till
the sophistries and delusions of the advocates of arbi- spreading of knowledge which he should wish to see then, consider certainly that the revival of protection
trary power and imonop,;l
was ,y were exposed; but, above all, more universal than it was.—(Cheers.) With re- was near at hand.—(Laughter and cheers.) Ise„ no
good government shown to be the right of the ferenco to poor-rates, which be knew was an interesting change in the current of the Exe. I don't even see that
people, It was of great importance that on all these question to some of them, he was most an pions that in the conetrnenon of t our bridges you have taken any
questions the appeal should not be made to force or they should fall as lightly as proper vigilance could precautions to secure them against a turn of the stream.
faction, bet to reason; for, toren as might be the make them; and he hoped to live to see the day when —(lean hear.) What, gentlemen, after all, is this
convictions of those he addressed g
and valuable as might church-rates would be entirely abolished.—(cheers.) great question which is called protection? Why, pro-
be the truths involved therein,
like that
they should reedit - con. He said this in no hostile spirit to the Established tection is a single word, which represents a not vtl'nt
to their °PP:merits the same liberty to form aYjudg- Church, of which he was a sincere member, but because complex idea. Protection is a term something
eeednet-nethey claimed for themselves,The man that he believed it to be the best safeguard of that union of of " independent principles," to which I before referred
w-created disorder at an election was an enemy to liberty: Church and State, for the severance of which he was not —(A laugh)—but protection, stripped of its generality,
intimidation, or in any way, obstructed prepared to record his vote. He was beyond all doubt means practically taxing the food of the many
rho man that by
exercise of a freeman'
the free s vote, committed a crime
opposed to any restrictions which forbade a' man, on an- sake of the interests of the few.—(Loud cheese.) I
people; and such
against the pe
romholding any office in the have that notion of the judgment, the good sense. and
as seeking to bring popular election '
and exposed, _ into State; and he should, therefore, be prepared to sup- the good feeling of theneople of En Id(d I do not
England—(and an an
contempt. In this way a free people choosing their port any measure which favoured the admission of use the expression "the peeple of England" in the narreiw
for the
future Government, and determining upon what princi- Je 'ws Into Parliamet. He was likewise opposed to and restricted sense ia which it is sometimes employed,
i • should be guided, was a sublime spectacle d
Ines it ,an all endowments fo nary religion whatever, and he as denoting only one class of the nation, but askicluding
be power to vote as the bounda •by extending t boundaries of should certainly vote against any future endowments the whole nation, from the highest to the lowest)—l have
among the people were enlarged, they would f
knowledge auto .
.or such purposes; but he was not prepared to disturb that notion of the good sense and the good feeling
see a nation progressing in everything that could make the grant t
o Muyncoth, because he considered it de or the British nation, that lam convinced they never
them arest and tree. If the electors sent him to Par- facto an educational grant, and not strictly a grant for will consent to revert to a system which is founded
-those principles he should be perfectly religious liament with . Purls:nes.— Chons ) He had been called is upon injustice and mistake.--(Cheers.) If you wished
• los Own judgment, unpledged to any Prorectlonitit and (
free to exercise
a Der byite, but so far from being a to know what has been accomplished by the liberal
opposed to all class legislation. By making Protectionist be had
party, and oPP his been a subscriber to the Anti-Corn commercial measures which have marked for soma years
" a decision, and the happiness of the law League.—(Cheers.) truth the basiseers.) He now placed himself in past
their the course of legislation, I should give you an
Wet, he hoped to merit the approbation and hendr, and having reality responded to the invitation answer similar to that inscribed upon the tablet which
the confideoce of the electors of Finsbury. which had b en so lib
secure era Jy tendered to him, having records the barna lace ' titgreat architect who built
p .e of tie a,
of hands was then taken, and the Returning frankly explained his political principles
A show
and his opinices the magnificent cathedral of St. Paul's. You know very
declared that it was in favour of Mr. Dunconabe upon the various questions or the, day,t -
Officer
Y. lie called upon well that it usual to adorn the placeof sepulture tf
woonan Challis. The show of hands in favour them to verify the support that had boon ''''
, is
and Mr. A
promned him eminent persons with marble statues, or groups repro-
ba appeared to be universal. by recording their votes in his favour at the •
of Mr. Duncom
earliest pus- seating different ideas connected with them. The burial-
hen demanded on behalf of Mr. Wyld, stele moment.—(Loud cheers.)
A poll was t
place of the architect of S. Paul's has no such orna-
The polling was appointed to take place to'morrov (this A show of hands was then taken, which was declared meats. You find akml .•
• • of le* and
pst insortption is name, day), commencing at eight A.m., and closing at four P.m. to be in favour of Sir W. Molesworth and Mr. A__,l , •
tis added "If
p E,y I
a then terminated. Pellett; and a poll having been demanded on behaif of yoe
The proceeding
1 k
—oo around at that magnificent structure which
Mr. Scovell, and a vote of thanks passed to the High bears witness to the skill attained • •
he had in Ins pro-
Bailiff, the proceedings terminated. feasion. Well, gentlemen, if I am asked what is the
been
of those commercial measures which have of late
formed into law. I answer, "Look around you."
Look around you, be " a giinsning wit the prosperity of the
'
princely merchant ,
peasant
h counting-house, and descending
to the humble p reposingiae in his cottage. Ask the
mother who carries he
er
lather whose children are clinging
an h
round hairm7;asakskthtehme
what has been the benefit of the commercial relaxations
of late years. They will tell you the benefit is felt both
physically and morally, and they will entreat you not to
revert to a system which would deprive them of the
enjoyments with which they have been blessed.
(Cheers.) We are, nevertheless, told that there is one
class which, amid this general prosperity, has suffered in
some degree—namely 9 the owners and occupiers of land.
If I am asked what is the real protection for them, I say
their protection lies mainly in the happiness and Con-
tentmeat of the rest of their fellow-countrymen.--
(Cheers.) Is that a vain assertion?—(Cries of " No!")
Why, look what happened only three or four years ago.
Ia 1848, when all Europe was convulsed, when thrones
were overturned, when constitutions, ancient and mo-
dern, were alike levelled in the dust, what was the ex-
ample shown by this great country. There were a few
men who, unjustly and unwisely dissatisfied with the
condition of this country, wished for a violent change;
but the moment that change was threatened you saw
every man in the great city of London, from the highest
peer down to the humblest labourer, mingling in honour-
able fellowship, and stepping forward to defend the laws
and institutions of their country, in an array
so formidable that it prevented even the slight-
est manifestation of disorder. Now, I believe
that could not have happened if the people of this country
had not felt that the course of legislation had been di-
rected towards the general good.—(Hear, hear.) I say,
then, that Protection is gone, and I trust and hope that
the result of this general election will be to give the final
seal and sanction of the country to the doom of that mis-
taken and bygone principle.—(Cheers.) It is perfectly
true, as was stated by my proposer, that in the early pe-
riod of the discussion there were many—and I was one of
them—who thought that, in order to make the transition
less rapid and less injurious to men who were not easily
to be convinced, a small fixed duty miens be the best
measure to begin with, and that that arrangement might
have lasted for some considerable time. It belief is
that such a small duty would not have raised in any per-
ceptible degree the price of rood, and it might, to a cer-
tain extent, have consulted the feelings of the agricul-
tural class.—(Cheers.) But that suggestion was rejected
by those in whose favour it was proposed, and the boon,
once refused, you may ',depend upon it will never again
be submitted to their choice.—(Cheers.) Now, gentle-
men, I say that th© course of Government has, for a con-
siderable period of time, been directed by the principle
of steady and progressive improvement. Those per-
sons and those parties who wish to improve the institu-
tions of a great country like this are bound to go slowly
and deliberately, and they are sure to meet with great
resistance at every step which they take. I, for one, do
not complain of that resistance. It belongs to the cha-
racter of the country, and it has this advantage, that it
prevents sudden and ill-considered alterations, and that
measures proposed as improvements receive that due
consideration and discussion which renders them ulti-
mately better adapted to the condition of the people to
whom they apply.—(Hear, hear.) A love and affection
for ancient practices and institutions is an honourable
and peculiar characteristic of the people of this country
—(Cheers)—and I am the loot to wish that that ho-
nourable and useful sentiment should ever be discarded
from their minds. There are some of the rations of
the continent .who are more volatile and more apt to
change—and national character is
often evinced by
'
circumstances apparently trifling in themselves. Now,
in many parts of the continent if an innkeeper wishes
n of •• The
to recommend his inn, he hangs up a sigt
"
New White Horse," or " The New Golden Urosts. t The
last novelty is that which is considered the mro-c-aeadtraacd-.
tive. Here, gentlemen, a contrary
courissebeiss pursued,
draw n
if the owner of a country alehouse,l'hwe Old Plough
cus-
tom he hangs up the sign of '
.New
a place called
Hesived."—(Laughter.) There is,. at
Loudon, an inn to which gentle-
menHanwell, not far from , .
n-shootine used to resort
pigeon-shooting . e to
who were fond of
practise their skill. Well, wbaht 'sr thethign of that inn?
”.._(Laug te .) isiot that anybody
It is " The Old Hats.
was thought to prefer an old hat to a new one, but it
was expected that gentlemen would come to " The Old.
nee to " The New Hats."—(Renewect
Hats" in pr_e_faTa
rival inn was set up, and what was
laughter.)
lay, o The Old Old Hata"—(Laughter)--
its
dign? it profited by that superlative designation.
and mach__(., gear,
bear, and a laugh.) I was looking, as
I came down here, at the railway time table book, and I
the advertisemeete that a firm inthe
Poultry
saw among • nas the "Old King's Head,"and •
. in order
announce an in
lo• the •
,may oom me attractions of national feel..
that they
with the attractions of good living, they add that it
ing wi
oldest turtle house in London,—(Lau h )
is the g ter. The
le of this country, too, when they wish to express
pop bovnt to the land
their attae _ they live in call it, with
affectionate
endearment, "Old England "—(Loud cheers)
but that does not prevent them from repairing what
fliaytjpre h
ave got into decay,
or from
o„,ataertting, or embellishing9 improving, or
that which is still good,
bat may he made better.—(Cheers.) There are, gen-
tlemen, Borne topics
which have much agitated the
public mind of late, and which, no doubt, will form the
subject of discussi
people of this
coon at the various hustings at which the
am country are now assembling, or are about to
I
assemble, not afraid of encountering those topics,. although upon two of them especially I may find that.
ray Opinions do not coincide with those of others who
I highly respect. The first topic is the Militia Bill.
(Some hisses, met by cheers.) You see I take the bull
by the horns.—(Laughter and cheers.) I suppose that
no man in this country, except the few who think in.
agreement with the author of a pamphlet which I felt it
my duty to mention in the House of Commons, and who,
good man, recommended that we should quietly submit
to be invaded and conquered, in the hope that the 00,a"
queror would be so astonished at our submission that De'
would grow ashamed of himself, and would go away.
after having taken some 50,000,0001. of oar money.--
(Laughter and cheers.) I presume, with this exec" mitt,
that there is no man who has an English heart in his
-
bosom who does not feel that England is defend-
worth _
ing, and that he ought to make any sacrifice rather than
allow his country to be conquered.—(CUe ra•) Why, I
may say, gentlemen, that this country is the heart of
civil and political liberty, and that the conquest of this
country would not only be one of the greatest calamities
to the country itself, but would be a misfortune to the
whole of the civilized world.—(Hear, hear.) A poet,
Campbell, who died not long ago, says—in lines de-
scribing the fate of Poland—that
" Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
" send freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell;"
But hope would indeed for ever bid adieu to the world,
and freedom would die and not shriek, if England were
to be conquered.—(Cheers,) You have for the last two
days had bands of music parading your streets, followed
Cy all the healthy-looking children of the place, some
toddling along in the rttuks who were scarcely able to
keep their feet—(A laugh)—but that peaceful display
has only manifested the joy and contentment of all the
people of the town. What would you have said, how-
ever, if these hands had preceded a hostile force,—if the
armed hosts following the musicians had come to occupy
at free quarters every house of your town, and, having

SOUTHWARK.

The nomination of two burgesses to represent this
ent took piece yesterday in front of
borough in Purlieus
the Town-hall.
Mr. Pritchard, the High-Bailiff, presided, and we are
happy to have to express our acknowledgments of the
very complete arrangements for the accommodation of
all persons concerned. The utmost goodonature per-
vaded the whole proceedings, and there can be no doubt
that this was owing in a great degree to the excellence
of the arrangements.
Dr. CRALLICE proposed, and Mr. T. MARTIN se-
conded the nomination of Sir W. Molesworth;
THwAITEs proposed, and Dr. EVANS seconded Mr.
Aps'ey PeHatt; and Mr. ELRINGTON proposed, and Mr.
PUTLEY seconded, Mr. G. Scovell as fit and proper per-
sons to represent the borough in Parliament.
Sir W. MoLESWORTII, OR presenting himself, was
greeted with unanimous plaudits. He said, he came
before them to ask them to choose him to be one of
their representatives. A similar request would be
made by two very honourable and very estimable gen-
tlemen. He was very sorry they could not return all
three; but as by the constitution of the country they
could only gratify the wishes of two of them, they could
only decide between their conflicting claims by rejecting
one. Now, be was happy to think that he had claims
to submit which must be regarded as superior to those
of his opponents.—(Cheers.) Not only had a Member
duties to perform to his constituency, but he contended
that constituents were also under obligations to their
representatives if they did their duty. In order to
persuade them that he deserved the reward of con-
fidence at their hands, he would very briefly
remind them what were the promises which, in 1843
and 1847, he had made, and it would be for them
to determine whether he had carried out what he had
professed.—(Cheers.) He had spoken and voted in fa-
vour of all measures which had had for their object the
freedom of trade and the removal of all restrictions
upon commerce.—(Cheers,) He had voted for the abo-
lition of the navigation-laws, and for the reduction and
equalisation of the duties on sugar. He was in favour
also of direct taxation, and he thought that there should
be a gradual reduction of all those taxes which press
heavily on the industry of the country. He had there-
fore supported the income-tax, and generally the finan-
cial policy of the late Government, which, in many
respects, was identical with that of the late Sir Robert
Peel.—(Cheers.) He had always advocated economy
in every branch of the public service, and having been
a member of the Committee which had sat for a long
time on that subject, he had endeavoured to give
a practical effect to his opinions.—(Hear, hear.)
National education he regarded as a matter of
primary importance. It formed one of the most
sacred and solemn duties of society, and by properly
discharging it the State best consulted both the moral
and material interests of its subjects. He had, there-
fore, supported grants fur education, and for its exten-
sion to all religious sects equally. He had also sup-
ported the repeal of all taxes upon knowledge.—
(Cheers.) He adopted the broad principle that all men,
to whatever sect or creed they might belong, were en-
titled to equal rights and privileges under the law, and
in carrying out this principle he had both spoken and
voted for the admission of Jews into Parliament. Ho
was an advocate for the extension of the suffrage in
boroughs to tho extent proposed by Mr. Hume, and in
counties to that proposed by Mr. Locke King. He was
in favour of the ballot to protect the voter, and of the
abolition of the property qualification, in order that his
choice might be unfettered and unrestricted.—(Cheers.)
To the foreign policy of the country he had devoted a
considerable share of attention; and he had constantly
and perseveringly advocated a complete reform in the
system of colonial government, in order to strengthen
and render permanent the connexion between the colo-
nies and the mother country, and to redace the expen-
diture on their account, which at this time amounted
to about 4,000,0001. per annum. (Loud cheers.)
Permit him to tell them that the election of a represen-
tative in Parliament was at all times a grave and serious
duty. At the present moment it was particularly a
grave and serious one, because everywhere in Europe,
except in this favoured country, free institutions had
been suppressed, despotism was in the ascendant, and
liberty dwelt among us alone. We were not justified,
indeed, in forcing our institutions upon other countries;
but it was our solemn and bounden duty, as natives of
this free country, to set a good example to the rest of
Europe—to show how excellent the institutions of this
country were, how precious our liberty was, how it con-
duced to good government, and how it tended towards
the steady progress of civilization and the permanent
benefit of mankind.—(Loud cheers.) They should bear
in mind that in giving their votes they were responsible
for their choice to their fellow-men, and that they formed
no mean item, and were playing no subordinate part, in
support of that constitution which had survived every
political storm, and which justly continued to be the
wonder and admiration of the surrounding nations.
MT. APSLEY PELLATT next presented himself, and
was received with the utmost fervour and enthubsieas
Having enumerated his leading political principles,
ob-
served that he had been most anxious in hehmited
sphere to which his exertions had hithertot been re-
stricted to prove himself a patriot and a philanthropist,
and he was now seeking that more extended sphere of
usefulness which as their representative and the
ch.—(Cheers)
expo-
ventapye regarded
of their feelings any man must.
The present system of prison disciplule as
most defective,the
and he inclined to the adoption of the plan
recommended by Mr. C. Pearson and Rev. Sydney
Turner.—(Hear.) He was for the entire abolition of
ecclesiastical and canon law—remnants of a dark and
bad age, fit only for the owls and bats of iniquity. He
was opinion that happiness would be confered more es-
pecially upon the working and middle classes if the con-
nexion between Church and State were severed, and the
Church was left to
the parity of the Scriptures, the
holiness of her doctrines, the activity of her members,
the kind providence of an all-seeing and omnipotent
Deity,—(Cheers.) He was anxious that the working
classes and the new names upon the register should have
some voice in the great Senate of the country, and upon
the principles which he had so often enunciated, and
with which they must be all familiar, he sought with
confidence the approbation and support of his brother
electors of the borough of Southwark.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. SCOVELL was also received with much applause.
He said that in the course of his various addresses to
the electors be had been asked why he came forward to
divide the Liberal interest. The best mode, probable:,
of replying to such a question was, to state thata.al"
though other candidates had had the advantageewete a_
at:. e
canvass of no less than four weeks before the r
got
of Alderman Humphery, there were found in hours
rough from 1,400 to 1,500 gentlemen who in s few
signed a requisition to him to come forward
as a cCheer s.andi-
date for the representation of their interests.—a r (
Lai)
He thought he had a right to takethat
testi-
monial that he at least was not an unfit thought the
person to repre-
sent them in the Legislature, and he also
inference arose that those numerous gentlemen
perfectly satisfied with the political were not
sentiments of both
those Liberal candidates who had preceded,
,) /a his him in the
canvass.—(Cheers, and cries of " Ob, on.v
who aimed only at
was be
opinion the true Reformer
that which was attainable, and who sought to
bring within the reach of the people the greatest
good, and not ho who advanced shadowy theories of
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exaggerated evils, and Pr q unsubstantial

TIVERTON.

TIVERTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT,—The election of two
Members to serve in Parliament for this borough took
place to-day. The representatives al the town in the
late Parliament were Mr. Heathcoat and Lord Palmer-
ston. Mr. Heathcoat, who is just recovering from se-
vere indisposition, was unable to canvass the electors
personally, or attend to the nomination, where he was
represented by his grandson, Mr. Heathcoat Amory.
Fur some days past a contest had been vaguely threatened,
handbills having been issued requesting the electors not
to promise their votes, as a gentleman of " independent
principles" would present himself to the constituency at
the hustings. It was rumoured that the gentleman who
was expectea to contest the representation was Captain
Stirling, but no " third man" made his appearance to-
day. The Chartists, who at the last general election
brought down their well-known lecturer Mr. Julian
Harney as the opponent of Lord Palmerston, offered no
opposition to the re-election of the late Members,
owing, it is said, to their having at the last election been
forced to a poll, and having consequently been saddled
with a portion of the expenses of the hustings
and polling-booths, which the leading representatives of
the party very reluctantly discharged. The proceedings
commenced at 10 o'cleck this morning, when Lord Pal-
merston, accompanied by his own committee and that cf
Mr. Heathcoat, proceeded to the Town-hall, where the
reading. of the Bribery Act and the other formal pro-
ceedings were gone through. An adjournment then
took place to the hustings, which had been erected, ac-
cording to custom, opposite the fine old church.

TheMAyort (Mr. John S. How), as returning officer,
having bespoken a fair hearing for all persons who might
address the meeting,
Mr. W. H. GAMLEN proposed Mr. John Heathcoat as
a fit and proper person to become their representative,
briefly alluding to the long residence of that gentleman
in the borough, the benefits he had conferred upon its
inhabitants, and the faithful services he had rendered
them for 20 years as their representative in Parliament.
He also expressed his regret that Mr. Heathcoat's
health was not yet sufficiently restored to enable him to
appear before them.
Mr. PARKHOUSE seconded the nomination.

Mr. W. HOLE said, before he nominated a candidate,
he wished to ask them if any of them could toll him what
had become of Captain Stirling?—(Cheers and laughter.)
He had been told the Gallant Captain had been mast-
headed—(A laugh)— but he did not know whether that
was the case or not. Mr. Hole nominated Henry John
Temple, Viscount Palmerston, after referring to the dis-
tinguished position held by the Noble Lord in political
life, to his long connexion—now of 15 years' duration—
with the borough, and to his firm adherence to Liberal
principles.
The nomination of Lord Palmerston having been se-
conded by Mr. JERVIS,
The MAYOR inquired whether any other person had
any candidate to propose. and, as no answer was given,
he at once declared Mr. John Heathcoat and Lord Pal-
merston duly elected to represent the borough. The
announcement was received with loud cheering.
Mr. H. A3IORY briefly returned thanks on behalf of
his grandfather, stating that he had been most anxious
to present himself before them, but had refrained
from doing so by the advice of his friends. Of Mr.
Heathcoat's political, principles it was almost un.
necessary for him to speak. They all knew Mr. Heath.
coat, and he had so long been their representative
in Parliament that they must be thoroughly
acquainted with his political opinions. He woe not, as
they well knew, in favour of rash or impracticable re-
forms, but was anxious to promote such moderate re-
forms as the spirit of the times demanded.—(Cheere.
As their representative in Parliament, her. Ileathe °a)
t
had given a steady and unflinching support to all
mea-
sures which ho thought for the benefit of the country,
and
in a..
and he had always shown his desire to promot(ec
terests and welfare of his fellow-townsmen.—(Cheers.) would be Mr. Heathcoat's pride to devote leniiesc'br:a)c
energies to their service, and all he (Mr, Awol7) would
add on his grandfather's behalf was that he would at-
tend to his duties in Parliament for the future as he
lie and was
had done hitherto.—(Loud cheers.)
the said,—Cientle-
bottom of my
Lord PALMERSTON then came forward
greeted with three hearty cheers,
honour which you
men, I beg to return to you, from
heart, my most sincere thanks for the
have now for the fifth time conferredupon me by elect-
Parliament.
ing me as one of your representantives in
gratifyin
Inn honest hal ym
bit i o n which
It must, at any time, and
bfeheel, to be chosen as oee of the representa-
shottjuavasgenhsetetohsf:aotso honourable and independent a population as
tn.-SCheers)—but still more gratify-
eat
_honour is conferred, not for
:the s(eccohned, nor for the third, nor even
itnhgat
monfetthiist to
the first, nor for
for the fourth time.—
aeufeecrae.hs)sive occasions it •
When such an honour
tishaertihe the epusti belhi c Se% nmdauncyt
answered th expectations thick
I can only assure you that' itailiman of your choice has
study that my future conduct may
be my most smximans
you formed.—(Cheers.)
past ; and I trust it will equally Ls
correspond sapnodn 0 ;,vtaatihn
the
approbation of my constituents.—(Hear and cheers.) I
am somewhat sorry that you should be detained under
a burning sun on this hottest of hot days
ever hot the day is, and however auspicious its
fineness for the purpose for which yon Woe au,ePl-
- I am gratified to think that the reception winch
_W_ a were told
alsow ea_hot oa
I have met with is as warm as the weathe°r•bwi 1 itehno Ovw-
experience,—(Laughter and
handbills circulated
when we came to this place thacthweeerl:l].)ould not only have
hot weather and a warm reeePtifene,rinbglit.)
teat.—(Renewed laughter and CI"
were
told
;clown candidate would through.
tibaant7juenn'dependen t principle "
ionutmtyh
setetoriwonu,s
appear
—a gentleman
w ,C) of an independent fuit s' I have
beard, g
- --entle- tient conduct; I dhav©f heard; I have
heard of i P
chnadreseeter; but the handbill does not of bade-
pendent.
what is meant by "independent condescend
to explain
I presume the allusion • principles."
—(Cheers.)
wholly independent of common Bence, of justice, and of
liberality.--(Laughter and Hear.) I
n for the sake of the am glad, gentle-
wee, constituency of Tiverton, that
such a man has not been found, I will not do the gen-
tlemen who circulated the handbill to
which I refer—
the gentlemen who went about canvassing the electors
for a " dark horn," for an unknown man whose name
they had promised not toi reveal until votes had been
promised blindfold—,
ve
not do them the injustice to
suppose that :this announced contest, and this myste-
rious candidate were, from beginning to end, nothing
but a hoax.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) I will not
suppose that these individuals were repeating the mis-
placed, and I may, perhaps, say vulgar joke, which has
sometimes been made, with some malignity and
by the inhabitants of the eastern part of this th envy,
island,
who have said that the further westward they went the
more convinced they were that the wise mencame from
the east.—(Laughter.) I cannot believe that
any
men
of Tiverton would have offered such an in•altte their
fellow townsmen. I am, therefore, compelled to thik
that a small portion of the electors of this borough,
anxious that a contest should take place for the sake of
the fun (for they could not have anticipated success),
having beat the land, and having searched the sea—
(Laughter)—having ransacked houses and dived into