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the former was founded upon compulsory service se the
rule, admitting voluntary service as the exception, while
the Bill of the present Geverament, which I supported
was founded upon voluntary service' as the rule, and
admits of
compulsory service as only the remote and
e ntingeat exception.—(Cheers.) Toe militia ow to
be raised will he raised by b and, if I have any
tault to fia:l with the act, it is that I think the bounty is
rather too hieh. That, however, I presume, can be no
ground of objection to young men woo may be disposed
t enlist.—(A laugh.) My belief is that you will have
o
no gain all your men from the
spontaneous
patriotismh
the people, sided by the in-
ducement y w
ducenaent of the bounty. i
of I
do not think se ill of the
England as to believe that they will be
ayioeuanidgemfeent ofd eye' service during the year in the militia.
I commanded a regiment of local militia, which used
to assemble for 28 days' training, and I knew only one
instance of a man who wished to go home before the
28 days were over. He was one of the privates who
carne to me and said, " My Lord, I wish you would let
me go home," I replied, " Why? you have only a week
to serve now?" Well," said he, " the fact is that before
I comed here I promised A young woman in my parish
that I'd marry her, if so be as I survived the campaign "
_(Laughter.) I replied, " Eleaysn forbid that the
young woman should be disappointed. Go home and
marry her, and tell her the campaign has not been so
dangerous as she may have thought it."—(Laughter.) I
am convinced that the young men of England won't be
afraid of three weeks' campaign in a militia regiment.—
(Cneers.) Mr. Roweliff has asked me my notions of
Parliamentary reform—whether I did not vote against
Mr. Locke King's motion? whether 'should be prepared
to vote for the ballot, for the repeal of the Septennial
Act* and for the substitution of triennial, or, as they are
sometimes called, triangular Parliaments?—(Laughter.)
Now, Mr, itoweliff is a Chartist, and is for the five or
six or any other number of points of the Charter. lam
not a Chartist, and I am too old to become a Chartist.
I am quite satisfied with the constitution of the coun-
try under which I have been born, under which I have
lived, and under which I hope to die.—(Loud cheers.) I
sin for a limited and constitutional monarchy; I sin not
for a republic. I have seen what republics are in other
countries. I have seen that they cannot maintain their
ground, and that when you try to establish them you in-
variably lead the way to a military despotism.—(Hear.)
lam for septennial Parliaments. A septennial Parlia-
ment, practically, is not a Parliament that lasts for
seven years, for we all know that the average duration
of the Parliaments during the last 30 or 40 year has not
been more than three or four years. It you establish
annual Parliaments you will have the country in a per.
petual commotion. Your Members of Parliament will
not have time to learn their duties, and your business
will be ill done. In the same way, if you have trien-
nial Parlis.ments,during the tirstyear the Members will be
learning their business, in the second year they will
just be beginning useful measures, and in the third year
they will be thinking of the Rowchffs of their respective
constituencies—(Laughter)—and endeavouting to shape
their course, not fur the goof of their country, but
in order to conciliate the must noisy of their consti-
tuents.—(Cheers and laughter.) With regard to vote
by ballot—secret voting—l ohject to it, because I
think
e
morlitanchipalteesodf
oo
junrg Constitution.atiiingi
thoirnkina tthrue dEnglisthhe
t at variance with the nationel character and
with
n secret I
do not believe that a majority of Englishmen the
ark.
I
would
consent to give their votes in secret, even if the law per-
mitted them to do '
so; and I think if the law compelled
them to do so it would be a debasement of the natit nal
character.—(Hear, hear.) But I have ahi her objec-
eon. I boll that the right of voting is a trust reposed
in the elector fur the • public good. I don't think that a
vote is given for the benefit of the man who possesses ie,
,rid that he can take it to the beat bidder arid get 51.,
101., or 204 as the ease may be. The vote is given as a
crust fur the public and for the nation; and I atty. that
.soy trust reposed in a man for the public good he ought
to perfot ea in public —(Hear, hear.) I say, that for
min who are charg-
d with the high and important duty
,f choosing the best men to represent the country in
Parliament to go sneaking to the ballot-box, and, li
poking in a piece of paper, looking round to see that no
one could read it, is a course which is unconstitutional
and unworthy the character of straightforward and
honest Englishmen. lam for improvement. lam for a
gradual and steady improvement, where improvement can
arop,rly be made; but I am not for rashly and hastily
overturning those ancient iustitutions under which this
country has long flourished and prospered, which have
contributed to the contentment of the nation, and which
have rendered our country stable amid convulsions
which have shaken to their centre many other States of
Europe.—(Cheers )
Tares cheers were then given for Lord Palmerston;
and

Mr. F. HOLE moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor,
which way carried by acclamation.

The MAYOR, ia acknowledging the compliment, ex-
pressed ❑is pride at holding for tne third time the office
of chief magistrate of the borough, and his satisfaction
at the order and decoram with which the proceedings
had been conducted.

At the last general election for the borough the pro-
ceedings lasted for nearly eight hours, and during the
whole of that time, in constquence of the scanty cover-
ing provided for the hustings, the candidates and the
greater proportion of their friends were exposed to the
scorching rays of the sun. On this occasion, however,
thanks to the forethought of the Mayor, the arrange.
ments were materially changed, and ample protection
was afforded by a projecting roof to the occupants of the
hustings, on what Lurd Palmerston justly described as
one of " the hottest of hot days."

SHEFFIELD.
The nomination took place at three &flock on Tues-
day. at the Curn Exchange, there being from 14,000 to
15,000 electors and non-electors present. The eandidAtes
were—Mr. Parker, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Hadfield, and Mr.
W. Overend.
Mr. PARKER addressed the electors, and said that he
had supported a free trade throughout the realm before
Mr. Cobden was in Parliament. He had sat up many
nights, and laboured many days, More it was attained.
Having been a Reformer all his life, he should continue
a Reformer. He was a friend to progress and to edu-
cation.

Mr. Rom:rex said—l want to know why we are here
:o night. Ttie reason is this, that Lord Derby and his
friends have got into power by false pretences. They
pretended to be anti-Free-traders, in favour of the impo-
sition of the corn-laws, and against the free-trade due-
trines of the lace Sir Robert Peel. That being their
pretence, they got into power. They want to retain
power. You are here because Lord Derby wants to
do away with tree trade. You have a right to ask
what ray opinions are. I will tell you them. For the
Government at home the widest liberty, civil and
religious. I want to see the people trusted, because
in them I have faith. I want our colonies to be
trusted, because in them I have faith. In our foreign
relations lam tor p„ee—peace by showing that we
are not ,
afraid of anybody. I would not crawl to any
human being nor to any nation. We are England--
dominant, great, powerful, and we must maintain our
position all the world over. These
_are my principles.
I want you to have
power and I want you to be eduea.ed.
These being my opinions, you may wish to ask why I
sin by the side of a Whig, and not by the side of a
Radical? I should have liked to have had a Radical
along with me. First and foremost, I want you to re-
turn two Liberals to Parliament. There was upon a
time that harmless animal celled a roebuck, and he was
trotting
along as he thought, in the path of duty, when
all on a sudden he heard a cry of hounds upon his
haunches, fierce, and loud, and terrifying. They wanted
to bound him off. They want.' to catch him and tear
him to piee„. The day went on, and there was a bright
fairy who told this flock of houndsithat they were on the
sv, R
!ofig scent; that the roebuck would beat them. And
a l of a sudden these hounds were changed into
,ehmeks.
Il
those factswant to know if that allegory does not illustrate the
to the present fief
? Let there be no mistake.
theoesel°vB° Who call themselves my friends today prove
)ut I
j;
eituY friends to-morrow; and that there may
ope
to Twill boeun:a.,iltto do, misunderstanding, I will tell you what I think
c out,
It may be a thing very vain to say,
not forget to vote for me. It is all very well
" Hadfield and Roebuck," but to-
hope there may be be
as the sue shnio
morrow the seye must for Roebuctc.—(Cheers.) I
that there may be no mistake; and that to-morrow,
brightly
the other. I appeal ioand
what you have donemista's in what you have said and
ee'ar, your sun may be bright:
opinions as expre,aed off.'" that one may coincide with
I hope to-morrow pat life—l app-al to esy
"ti to You d I a
cou_f_ently say
you will vote fo'ran (-4„ .1
have done.—(Leud and repeaeei -- nu" N— --tlemen,
t
and unwritten pledges
as those of the great body
Mr. HADFIELD said that hil cheering.)
had received from the
of statistics
orincipl.leseewteocres,tahendsamhee
, and of
rn write.,
tar exceeding the rn.jority of
register- fie stood there ingfrao,,urcit:ociesftti°rpser.ijinarnete.
tart' reform. which was the
thy. He was a Financial R,tortner, the
of peace. He went into an elaboration the friend
with the design of proving the unequal distribution col
the elective franchise with reference to the whole
lation. He said that parties in the House of pops.
Commons
system, which
the l
were as evenly balanced. under the present s
bras not the ofrepresentationnnouldnpoct.op eoonflEngland, that
lie affairs of this countryo the
people of of long upon
the
present constituency t"
of a charter. NT,,g ead.---
(Cheers.) He had six points_
—e, 1, the
"trengP ; No. 2, the ballot; No. 3, no property eprilia.,
cation for Mem oers of Parliament; No. 4, revision of
h. electoral districts,
the so that property and people may
:-„,,r',orefifented; No. 5, the shortening of Parliaments;
--"m'o- 6, 4 better mode of couduciag elections.
, n'7,r. °vEitEmrs then spoke amid shouts, yells, and
i'iryer-iv"- lie eeid he Was there because the Conserva-
the time had
liamenoitce of Sileffieiti had never yet peen heard in Par-
, and a.l large body of the constituency thought
aorived it be heard.
He stood there
the happiest, the heel): ?Isle
when ought to so
He believed as the supporter of no Government.
addressed to be
And he wanted eo noblest lest people on the face
of the earth by realjelthe
the exigencies as d requiremenr4
tl
do
st nor
fo viol::
never
into
oa preserve them
valuable institutions.
Claess balance of power en-
tirely
intact, fitting them to
the
shof the times. He would
thpearthyal
Pree-trader as Isfr. Hadfie, and, lie was as g" a
principles of free trade intohwould carry out the every
Government, but of the couerry. in4rn(ei, not only of
give the most perVect tolerance. lie ahou"igiun he would
to see the grant withdrawn from Mayne Idh b° verY glad
The show of blinds was declared in favour°— of m .g.
r. George Hadfield, —roh,n
Arthur Roebuck and Mand,
Parker, was demanded fo r Messrs. Overend and Park
Po"
The polling tt ,ok place yesterday, and the
the closing of the , poll were— "mbers at
Roebuck
Hadfield
Parker •.
Overend ...

••• ... .. 1,553

...
... ... ... 1,240
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... ••• ... 1,039
... 1,030