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--- reenenteneestee . and unattainable modes of redress.—(Cheers) He
i,
the holds of yachts-.-(4. laatte)tnneteitig elniA fettneiset tna • nt t t
would, therefore, state candidly that he was not for was hinted, ttfthe very masthead—(Renew a latig'at4j T. t•
universal or- manhood suffrage, nor for annual Perlis- ; —have yeteleven. unable to &d any man 1(0 would
means—(Cheers
iLlsai
mee—(Cheers and hisses)—but he would tell them i kindly devote himself to the amusement of a ellkor-
presently the extent to which he would go as regarded ; tion of the inhabitants.—(Checre ) There is, t -1,, vel:nettl -1,- --
'—
those points. He was for Mr. Hume'e motion as re- one matter only which miegies feelings of re et nvutt t
.:tit,rdtn.,
spected the borough, and for Mr. Locke Ring', as re_ the sadsfacdon and enjoyment which I should otherwise
garded the county trenchite ; but eupposing that such experience on the present cecasion. I allude to the ab-
an extension of the suffrage were conceded, as ho had secce of my worthy, most esteemed, and most respected
no doubt it weld(' he, it next became a question how to colleague—(hear, hear)—but lam sure you, who, tie his
secure its fair exercise, and for that purpose be was de- fellow-townsmen, know well, by long experience, all the
cioeely in favour of vote by ballot.— (Loud cheers.) public and private qualities and virtues which adorn
Then, having voted for their representative, they roust him, and who Would deeply regret to be deprived of hie
next consider how long he was to be trusted on the services in Parliament, must feel glad that under his
promises which he had made, before again coming be- temporary indisposition he has not retarded his retie-
fore them to give an account of the fulfilment of those very--which I trust may be early and complete—by ext.,
promises. Atter full consideration upon this point, he posing himself to the heat and bustle consequent on this
was decidedly in favour of triennial Parliaments, be- occasion.—(Hear, hear.) It would ill become me to
cause he conceived that no one could object to come be- tell you of tee merits of your most distinguished towns..
fore his constituents once in three years.—(Loud man. What he has done in his private capacity for the
cheers.) He deemed it almost unnecessary to people of this borough you know well, and better than
state the other principles which he most ho- I can tell you; but this, at least, I may be allowed to
nestly professed, because, with there objects at- saY—that there is no Member of the House of Corn'
tained, that retrenchment would follow which -any mons who is more esteemed and respected than your
lie representative, Mr. Ileathcoet.—(C'neers.) And for
reasonable man could wish or expect.—(Cheers.)
myself I would say,
was strenuously opposed to the income-tax—at least t
that if I wanted a sound and just
under the present regulations, because he believed it to; opinion upon any matter whatever, whether of a putelt.
be, as at present levied, unjust and inquisitorial. Bat or a private nature, should it turn upon judge
he would unhesitatingly vote for a continuance of the ment or upon feeling, there is no man whose
property-tax, because he believed that the best mode of opinion would more guide my conduct than the
securing property was to make it bear its due proportion opinion of Mr. Hea.thcoat.—(Cheers.) We have bean
of the burdens of the State, by which course means told that the general election in which this
might be afforded for a reduction -of that taxation which country is now engaged is to determine finally
bore more heavily upon the poorer classes.—(Cheers.) and for ever one great question—l mean the
He was also favourable to a revision of the present sys- question of protection or no protection.—(Cheers.)
tem of levying Customs' duties, audit° would vote for it is my humble opinion that that question has been
the gradual abolition of all Excise duties. He was for long since settled.—(Hear, hear.) I took the liberty ti
the abolition of all taxes which pressed upon the dis- telling you last autumn, when I had the pleasure of
semination of knowledge; but he would begin by being here, that when you saw the river Exe running
abolishing the duty on paper, because he believed up from the sea to Tiverton, instead of running down
that to be the great barrier in the way of that from Tiverton to the sea, yea might then, and not till
spreading of knowledge which he should wish to see then, consider certainly that the revival - of protection
more universal than it was.—(Cheers.) With re- was near at hand.—(Laughter and cheers.) I see no
ference to poor-rates, which he knew was an interesting change in the current of the Exe. I donhtaveevensee that
question to some of them, he was most anxious that in the construction of your bridges youof thetakenany
they should fall as lightly as proper vigilance could precautions to secure them against a turn
all, stream.a
make them; and he hoped to live to see the day when —(Hear, hear.) What, gentlemen, after
Why,is t
church-rates would be entirely abOlished.—(Cheers,) great question which is called protectionr
a not very
Pro-
He said this in no hostile spirit to tho Established tection is a single word, which represents
Church, of which he was a sincere member, but because complex idea. Protection is a term something
like that
he believed it to be the best safeguard of that union of of " independent principles," to which I before referred
Church and State, for the severance of which he was not —(A laugh)—but protection, stripped of its generality,
prepared to record his vote. He was beyond all doubt means practically taxing the food of the many for the
opposed to any restrictions which forbade a man, on ac- sake of the interests of the few.—(Loud cheers.) I,
count of his religion, from holding any office in the have that notion of the judgment, the good sense, and
State; and be should, therefore, be prepared to sup- the good feeling of the people of England—(and Ido not
port any measure which favoured the admission of use the expression " the people of England" in the narrowt
Jews into Parliament. He was likewise opposed to and restricted sense in which it is sometimes employed,
all endowments for any religion whatever, and he as denoting only one class of the nation, but as including
should certainly vote against any future endowments the whole nation, from the highest to the lowest)—I have
for such purposes; but he was not prepared to disturb that notion of the good sense and the good feeling
the grant to Maynooth, because ho considered it de of the British nation, that lam convinced they never
facto an educational grant, and not strictly a grant for will consent to revert to a system which is founded
religious purposes.—(Cheers.) He had been called a upon injustice and mistake.—(Cheers.) If you wished
Protectionist and a Derbyite, but so far from being a to know what has been accomplished by the liberal
Protectionist he had been a subscriber to the Anti-Corn commercial measures which have marked for some years
law League.—(Cheers.) He now placed himself in their past the course of legislation, I should give you an
hands, and having readily responded to the invitation answer similar to that inscribed upon the tablet which
which had
been so liberally tendered to him, having records the bnrialplace of the great architect who built
frankly explained his political principles and his opinions the magnificent cathedral of St. Paul's. You know very
upon the various questions of the d he tailedwell that it is usual to
ay, . upon . adorn the place of sepulture of
them to verify the support that had been promised him eminent persons with marble statues, or groups
_rep.re-.:
by recording their votes in his favour ' '
at the earliest pus- sentine differentideas connected with them. The burled
sible moment.—(Loud cheers.) place of' the architect of St. Paul's has no such orna-
A show of hands was then taken which -
Sir W.
to be in favour of . Molesworth and Mr. Apsley it is added, "If you seek for his monument, look around
Pellatt; and a poll having been demanded on behalf of you"—look around at that magnificent structure which
Mr. Scovell, and a vote of thanks passed to the High bears witness the skill had attained in his pro-
to he
Bailiff, the proceedings terminated.
fession. Well, gentlemen, if I am asked what is the
merit of those commercial measures which have of late
been formed into laws, I answer, "Look around you."
Look around you, beginning with the prosperity of the
princely merchant in his counting-house, and descending
'to the humble peasant reposing in his cottage. Ask the
in-other-who- carries her babe in her arms; ask the
father whose children are clinging around him; ask them
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,E.
some degree—namely, the
owners and occupiers of lance.
If I am asked what is the real protection for them, I say
their protection lies mainly in the happiness
and con-
tentment of the rest of their fellow-countrymen.--
(Cheers.) Is that a vain assertion?—(Cries of " Not")
Why, look what happened only three or four years ago.
In 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 aed 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 mike the transition
less rapid and less injurious to men who were not easily
to be convinced, a small fixed duty might be the best
measure to begin with, and that that arrangement might
have lasted for some considerable time. Ay belief is
that such a small duty would not have raised in any per-
ceptible degree the price of food, 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 the 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 last to wish that that ho-
nourable and useful sentiment should ever be discarded
from their minds. There are some of the nations of
the continent who aro 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
to recommend his inn, he hangs up a sign of " The
New White Horse," or, " The New Golden Cross." The
last novelty is that which is considered the most attrac-
and
I tive. Here, gentlemen, a contrary course is pursued,
if the owner of a country alehouse wishes tooderatlyNcuesw-
The Old Place
cus-
tom he hangs up the sign of "
placeg called
Revived."—(Laughter.) There
is,,
atn to which Hanwell, not far from London, an tn
used to resort to
gentle-
men who were fond of pigeon-shooting
sign
of that inn?
practise their skill. Well, what is. h
It is " The Old Hats."—Not that an bod
o,Laughte) y 7
was thought to prefer an old hat to a new one, but it
en would come to " The Old
was expected that gentlemen
The New Hats."—(Renewed
Hats" in preference to
inn
was set up, and what was
laughter.) Nowht, !! The Old Old Hats' —(Laughter)—
its sign?
W-•• ' fited by that superlative designation.
and much it pro,,
and a laugh.) I wits looking, as
—(" Hear, hoar' at the railway
.e
saw among the a time table book, and I
I came down
here,
vertiseraeats that a firm in the Poultry
h " Old Kt '
one of, " d • d
It inn as t e mg s e , an in or er
announce a
combine the attractions of national feel-
that they gp
w a beattractions of good living, they add that it
ing ;o"oldest turtle house in London.—(Laughter.) The
is th
I of this country, too, when they wish to express
neoPd3 t
their attachment to the land they live in call it, with
affectionate endearment, "Old England "—(Loud cheese)
does not prevent them from repairing
__but that
got
into decay, what
Intl have have or from improving, or
or
ornamenting,
adebett embellishing
that which is still good,
but may be al . better.—(Cheers.) There are, gen-
_,orn en,some topics which have much agitated the
"00 mind of late, and which, no doubt, •ll form
publicof discussion will the
subject
peopleof this country are now assembling,
or are about to
:umble. lam not afraid
although upon two
of them
of encountering those topics,
especially I may find that
my opinions do not • coincide with those of others whom
I highly res t
(Some hissnpsee
•. The first topic is the Militia Bill.
, 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 con-
queror would be so astonished at our submission that ho
would grow ashamed of himself, and would go away
after having taken some 50,000,000/. of our money.--
(Laughter and cheers.) I presume, with this exception,
that there is no man who has an English heart in
his
bosom who does not feel that England is worth
defend-
ing, and that he ought to make any sacrifice rather than
Why, I
allow his country to be conquered._( Cheers.)
heart of
may say, gentlemen, that this country is
conquest of this
civil and political liberty, and that the th
country would not only be one of the greatest calamities
to the country itself, but would be a misfortune to the
says—in A. poet,
whole of the civilized world.—(Bear, hear.)
litres de-
Campbell, who died not longago,
scribing the fate of Poland—that
" Hope for a season bade the world farewell,
" And freedom shrieked when Kos • CM!le 0 fell;"
But hope would indeed for ever bid adieu to the world,
i 4 t England were
and freedom would die and not shriek,
to be conquered.—(Cheers.) You have for the last two
days had bands of music parading your streets, followed
by all the healthy-looking children of the place, some
toddling along in the ranks who were scarcely able to
keep tbeir feet—(A laugh)—but that peaceful display
has only manifested the joy and contentment of all the
people of the town. What would have said, how-
ever, if these bands had preceded a hostle force,--if the
d hosts following hoe musicians had come to occupy
acme
at free quarters every se of your town, and, having

TIVERTON.
TIvERTON, WEDNESDAY NIGELT.—The election of two
Members to serve in Parliament for this borough took
place to-day. The representatives of 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.
For 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 expected 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'clock this morning, when Lord Pat-
reerston, accompanied by his own committee and that of
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.
The MAYOR (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. PARICHOUSE seconded the nomination.
Mr. W. HOLE said, before he nominated a candidate,
he wished to ask them it any of them could tell 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 load cheering.
Mr. H. AMORY briefly returned thanks on behalf of
his grandfather, stating that he had
butbn
had refrained
to present himself before them, 11
friends.is . Of Mr.
from doing so by the advice of
it was almost un-
Heethcoat's political . principles
They all knew Mr. Heath-
necessary for him to speak.
coat, and he had so long been their representative
in Parliament that they must be thoroughly
acquainted with his political opinions. He was 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.—(Cheers.)
As their representative in Parliament, Mr. Heathcoat
bad given a steady and unflinching support to all mea-
sures which he thought for the benefit of the country,
and he had always shown his desire to promote the in-
terests and welfare of his fellow-townsmen.—
(Cheers.)
It would be Mr. Heathcoat's pride to devote his best
energies to their service, and all he (Mr. Amory) would
add on his grandfather's behalf was that he would at-
tend to his duties in Parliament for the future as he
had done hitherto.—(Load cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON then came forward and
said,--Gentle
men, with three hearty cheers. He said
men, I beg to return to you, from the bottom
heart, my most sincere thanks for the honour whichef youmy
have now for the fifth time conferred upon me by elect-
ing me as one of your representatives in Parliament.
It must, at any time, and under any circum-
stances, be highly gratifying to e
has that honest ambition which eveeryy Englishman
ought ought to feel, to be chosen as on
tives of so honourable and indepe °deni the representa-
that of this borough
t a population as
(Cheers)—but-n still more gratify-
ing— must it be when that honour is conferred, not for
forthe third, nor even
the first, nor for the Second,
nor
When suchs
for the fourth time. —(Cheers.)
i tains
ahonour
f
is conferred on so many successive occasions so
that the public conduct of the man of your choice has
answered the expectations which you formed.—(Cheers.)
I can only assure you that it will be my most anxious
study that my future conduct may correspond with my
past ; and I trust it will equally deserve and obtain 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 ; but how-
ever hot the day is, and however auspici
• • it°
ous
fineness for the purpose for which you have assen'h
"
bled, I am gratified to think that the reception wh_ioew
I have met with is as warm as the weather we
r told
experience.—(Laughter and cheers.)
woenlea, have
when we came to this place that we should n°/
.oawerehot weather and a warm reception, Id n- glWe told

test.—(Renewed laughter and cheering.)
in mysterious language, in handbills
candidate would appear
circulated through,
out the town, that an unknownr! rinciples," I have
—a gentleman of " lad? pendent-nde fortune; I have
heard, gentlemen, °f an
duce; r have heard of inde-
heard of indepenuentui the handbill does tot condescend
pendent charactr;nibeact by “ independent principles."
to explain wbarte pisresaa,o the allusion is to principles
—(Cheers.)
enAdeot of common sense, of justice, and of
wholly indepLaug hter and Hear.) I eau glad, gentle-
liberulity.--C
Y of Tiverton, that
for the sake of the constituenc
nien,a man has not hven‘ fo.tad., I will not do the gen-
sueh who circulated tne handbill to which I ref
gentlemener—
tlemen who went about canvassing the electors
the dark horn," for an unknown man whose name
for a
they had promised not to reveal until votes had been
Promised bliudteld—l will 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.—(Llear, hear, and laughter.) I will not
suppose that those individuals were repeating the mis-
placed, and I may, perhaps, say vulgar joke, which has
sometimes been made, with some malignity and envy,
by the inhabitants of the eastern part of this island,
who have said that the further westward they went the
more convinced they were that the wise men came from
the east.—(Laughter.) I cannot believe th it any Elen
of Tiverton would have offered such an in-ult to their
fellow•townsmen. I am, therefore, comcelled to think
that a small portion of the electors of this borough,
I 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—
-1 (Laughter)—having ransacked houses and dived into