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

ABINGDON.

The elect Ton of a Member to represent this borough
in the next Parliament to,k place yesterday. General
Cau was the only candidate, his return being unop-
posed by tho late Member, Sir F. Tbesiger, in couse-
quenca of a mutual arrangement, at the time of the ac-
cession to office of the present Ministry. A second can-
didate, in the person of G. W. Elope, issued an address
to the electors, bat without any serions intention to
contest the borough, as he withdrew early this morning.
The proceedings occupied a very short time, and the
town presented but little deviation from its accustomed
tranquillity. After the usual preliminaries had been
gone through, the rlayor called upon those electors who
had candidates to propo!,e.
Mr. GABRIEL DAVIES proposed, and Mr. EDWIN
PAYNE seconded, General Caulfield as a fit and proper
person to represent the borough.
After asking if there was any other candidatp, the
Mayor declared General Caulfield duty elected.

MIDDLESEX.
A cssting of the electors was held yesterday at the
public rooms, Uxbridge, to hear addresses from Lord
Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Osborne. As the announce-
ment had been put forward that morning or the intention
to start a Tory candidate, an additional interest was im-
parted to the preceedinge, and there was a crowded
attendance. It was market day in Uxbridge, and this
usually quiet little place displayed all the bustle indica-
tive of an approaching election. Placards were posted
in all directions, as well in the interest of the late Mem-
bers as in that of the expected candidate, the " dark
horse," of whom all that seems to be known is, that he is
an anti-1 aynooth man. His bills dwell emphatically
on the blessings of our " Protestant Constitution," and
wind up with a strong recommendation to the electors
to " beworA of Osborne."
Mr. T. N. Riches prid.A.
Lord R. GROSVENOR w,ss received with great cheering.
He refereed to his kind receptiou on former °cc...tit-ins is
that room, and expressed a hope that he had not lost
their confi it nc but diet ho old fsithtully and cells-
scientiously ells :barged the obligations conferred or. him
at the lest eleodon. There we're then three candidates;
flow there were but two; and though be was sorry for.
this on account of the electors, knowing how dull an
uncontested election was, be was not sorry for himself
and his colieague.—(Hear, hear.) The electors had been
asked to reeerve their vows; he knew not whether they
were to have a contest or not; but, contest or none, be
was exceedingly glad of that opportunity of appearing
before them. Re rejoiced in frequent personal inter-
courze wion his constituents, as a means of thoroughly
underso,ndi ng and appreciating their opinions; for it
was only while convinced that he represented a con-
siderable majority
of the electors that he wished to
trouble rheas,—(Hear hear.) It was his desire to re-
present tee electors, not to be brought in by influence.—
(Cheers.) His opinions were the same as he had held
daring a political life of thirty years; and be had no
reason to suppose that the electors of Middlesex had
changed their opinions any ;nor© than he had.--(deer,
hea-.) Great changes had occurred in the five years
niece he was formerly returned; but to these he woni'l
not allude in detail, Government was a
,abject which inter. The change of
ters came in nude c'"ed
most
persons. The new Ati.ni?
did not pos,use
hire peculiar circumstance; they certainty
his duty not to Offeafotence; but he had felt it to be
to allow them to carry it-eneanY factious opposition, but
of an appeal being made to the rY,ir..rastire then condition
at the earliest posiible periotl,-..%-'l7 on r principles
opposed the proposition to diaieToer,' hear-) He had
mentary seats, thinking that it '''Thtne. tour Perlia-
close the question of ParlimmentarY ref alit thereby to
had a claim to consiaeratioa on this "ort'r: Middlesex braced several large districts—ti.lnelsel—n, for it em-
bourhood—which were entitled to re and the nei
(Cheers.) He had opposed the Militia BitilriiMtati":B*--
thinking it a most absurd measure; and he opmadte,
framers now saw it to so inefficient that
never be brought into operation.—(Cheers.) As it would
appeal now made to the country, he should be gladtit
know who understood the Ministerial manifestoes that
had been put for warcl.—(Laughter.) If any one presen
did, he hoped they would explain theta before the meet-
jog separated. They had gone round the country agi-
wing against free trade; and now they dared not appeal
to the ctiurtry on that prineiple.—(Cheers.) But it wee
said the Ministers were a barrier egainst the
weves of
e were those waves coming from?_Wher
democracy.
(Hear, hear!) Next they were advocating a greater
_
share of representation tor the people in the House of
Commons. Theirpretens lona were utterly inconsistent.
Protection was now to be abandoned for revsion of taxa
tion, whereby the poor agriculturists were to be com-
pensated for the loss of the corn-laws. Still the Go-
vernratnt stubbornly refused to state what their pro-
posal was to be. had they proposed such a redac-
tion of expenditure, r tohten the burdens of the
people generally, they would have commanded his
respect.—('?oar, hear.) He had always acted with the
party, who, duriag the last sesetrteen years, had car-
ried into effect the greatest measures of reform that
ever were passed. Btiil, he was not a party man. Ha
had always acted as the rqresentativo of a party. If
the PresaPt 2,s4ie.era brought in good measures they
would receive his support. Though speaking in the
midst ofaaagricalturiat district, h moat express,bis hope
that the old corn-laws were gene for ever.—(Cheers.)
It might have b.,en better had they been leas abruptly
repeeted, for tlitotenanvfareacre had undoubtedly se_
fered-ratich. Prices -
been yraised,
()win; re the fezninm' in e.ed land' erds were us,-

Wally unwilling to lower their rents. He hoped, how-
ever, that they would come to a fair understanding, so
that " Live and let live" might be the order of the diy.
—(Cheers.) But what was to be said of those who had
gone round the country preaching to the fermiers that
they could not live without protection; and then, When
protection was removed, bad refused to lower their rents?
—(Hear, hear.) He found that day that the price of the
best wheat in Uxbridge market was 525. or 535. the
quarter; the quartern loaf was sid. to 60.; and was
there a Protectionist who would say that the poor man
ought to pay more? Since the last election there had
been a reduction of taxation to the extent of five or
six millions; and not only,had the revenue not suffered,
but the eight millions borrowed during the Irish
famine cad been paid off. He was anxious for
further redactions of duty, especially on the articles of
tea, tobacco, and spirits. At present a labourer who,
with his feraily, consumed 261bs. of tea annually, paid a
tax of about 60s. a year. Were this sum levied on him
as a direct tax, it would be much more than 7d. in the
pound on his income, probably three times as much. He
believed that the tea duty might be reduced by is. 2d.
per pound without injury to the revenue, provided it
were done at the rate of 4d. a year. He was also favour-
able to the repeal of the malt-tax.—(Cheers.) That
was the relief he would give to the agricultural interest.
He believed all excise duties to be prejudicial, as tend-
ing to promote fraud. The malt-tax might be got rid of
by a small addition of direct taxation. The question of
Parliamentary reform was cno of great interest. He
was opposed to frequent changes. He approved of
Mr. Locke King's proposal to give the 10/. franchise
in counties.—(Cheers.) The time was also come for an
extension of the suffrage, and above all for an equalize=
tion of electoral districni—(Cheers)—for it was impos-
sible longer to defend a system where 300 voters had the
same power as 300,000.—(Llear.)
A GENTLEMIN—What will you do with the West
India colonies?

Lord R. GROSVENOR said he was desirous to see them
represented, or at least governed by their own represen-
tatives, as New Zealand and Australia would be.—
(Cheers.) Along with an extension of the suffrage, and
a rearrangement of the electoral districts, he should
vote for the abolition of the property qualification, de-
siring to extend the basis of the choice of the electors,
--(Hear, hear.) He also thought that Members ought
to be returned free of expsnse. (Hear, hear, and
laughter.) He would extend the number of polling
places, and limit the poll to one day.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. OSBORNE was greeted with much enthusiaw. Ho
said he agreed entirely with his Noble Colleague on most
of the subjects to which ho bad adverted. It had beta
said in certain quarters, " Why should we have Mr.
Osborne for Middlesex?"—(Hear, and " Why should rte
not ?") He admitted that he was not qualified be for-
tune or influence for Euch a post; bat ho had co: thrust
himself en the constituency. le had been brought for-
ward five years ago by a distinguished: inhabitant' of
that town, Mr. Henry Hull.—(Cheers,) That gentleman
was now est more, and he had pride in referring to the
not influencebeth
the
epehtacadnthdei
tni
tuesoe ed. . n
pparty—notHe r.
noOt sborne) might
the megister!al
candidate.—(Hear, hear.) But he had pandered to no
Government he bad no: Middlesex acres —(Cheers.)He
aed opposed and still meant to
oppose Lord Derby's
Government.—(flsar, telt.) Ho would
into
Parliament by any beck door, hut not
slink
would come boldly
hefore the electors ie •• all parts of ties county.—(Cheers.)
It was
for these reasons that a csrtaia peddling
requisition isition had been hatched abut
eistees._(aoar, hear.)
He w by magistrates and
as no leveller, and ad-
mitted that the representstfye of that county ought to
pus :9s a certain rank: Ira resident couns.ry gentleman,
holding the same principles,-could. he induced to stand,
'
he would retire• for he could haeo a quiet seat else-
where.e-Uear, hear.) Put he felt,
.having been re-
turned by the middle anti working classes of the electors,
tnat be was bound to stand by them.—(Cheers.) He
bad bp;tt accused of Popish teedtnci,a in a bill of rain-
bow hues, which reminded hioa of the present Govern-
ment—l rovernment conatructed, like the kaleiJoicope-,
of little bits of coloured teals which might be tamed
so aS• to please all oyez.—(Cheers and laughter.) Ho
had been returned at the last election on free-trade prin-
ciples when those principles were less in feshion;
end ho rjoieed that the corn-laws had been totally
and at tsetse repealed, and that the working classes had
thereby ls:•en enabled to consume fifty million quarters of
grain additional.—(Cheers.)- Ile had always voted for
tree-trade In its fullest sense, and he therefore claimed
the sunort of all who held those prineiples.—(Hear,
hear.) He had never attempted to gull those singularly
confiding men, the farmers, with promises of protection;
-nor had he ever denounced the greatest minister this
country had seen for two hundred years as the leader of
an "organized hypecrisy," and then turned round and
adopted his principles. Had he done so, the electors
Might well be exhorted to " beware of Osborne."-
- (Ceeere.) He would say—" Beware of Lord Dsrby," or
tile Protestantism of 1852 would be left in the same
position as the Protection of 1847.—(Cheers.) A new
.dodge was about to be tried on the constituency. Farmers
Wen-) now told to exercise a temperate forbearance,
and to look only for a modification of taxation.—(Hear,
hear.) They were much in the position of the man who
supposed he had been promised an elephant by a friend
in India, but which in reality was an equivalent, and
turned out to be a Japan tea-tray.—(Laughter.)
They were promised an inquiry into the burdens on
land. What were they? It would never be dis-
covered in the House that they were any other
than Sir John Tyrrel, and Mr. Newdegate, and one
of their neighbours, who was hawking about the requisi-
tion against him—(Cheers and laughter.) As to the
malt tax, he considered that its abolition would be a
relief to the consumer. Ho would vote for its repeal if
any substitute could be found. Ho believed that the
alleged burdens on land were a mere sham and delusion,
got up by that accomplished juggler, the Chancellor of
' the Exchequer, who was a quibbler and a political Pu-
seyite—(Cteers.) Along with his Noble Colleague, he
was favourable to removing the duties from tea and to-
bacco as soon as the condition of the revenue would
allow. He had been charged with holding extreme
politics' principles. He was a man of small but hide-
pendent fortune, and had everything to lose by violence.
He saw no danger in admitting the people to the suffrage,
convinced that if England ever fell, it would be by the
vices of the upper, not of the. lower tresses.—(Cheers.)
He was an advocate for our representative system being
made a reality, and not p, sham; and he was no true
Conservative who refused to throw open the portals of
the constitution end admit the people to power.
As to civil and religious liberty, he had ulwayt voted
with Lord John Russell for the admission of the Jews to
Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) He asked no man his re-
ligious principles; that was a matter between him and
his Maker.—(Cheers.) Though a member of the Estab-
lishtnent, he had voted for the abolition of church-rates,
believing that this paltry tax was an injury to the Church.
—(Hear, hear.) Bat it was said that he had voted for
the grant to Maynooth. This was a m p
isre resentation.
He had never done so. Ile had voted for Mr. Ward's
amendment that the additional money for Maynooth
should be taken from the Church property of Ireland.
—(Cheers.) Lord Darby himself was the very man
who, on the 3d of April, 1845, had proposed in the
House of Lords the additional 14,Q001.—(Hear, hear.)
Was not this of a piece with ail the other trickery that
was going on? In Ireland the Derbyite candidates said
they would maintain the Maynooth grant, just as in
those benighted counties where Mr. Christopher pre-
sided, they were still taught to believe in Protection.—
(Hear, near.) But it was said that he was a member of
" the brass-band."—(Laughter.) Ho had aer-
tainly taken no part in the Ecclesiastical Titles Bat, ex-
cept on the third reading, believing that Lord John
Mitten had taken the wrong course. He thought it a
ditgraeefnl concession to a cry.—(Cheers.) If they
vtiahtd to confront ignorance—and he often thought Po-
pery and ignorance convertible terms—it must be done
by education, not by persecution.—(Cheers.) Ho had
re
resisted the Militia Bill in all its stages. Raving thus
given an aCCOallt of his stewardship, he asked for a re-
newal of th • eir confidence. It a man of like liberal prin-
ciples and of higher •
stendteg could be found ha was
ready to retire; but b
bitter Protectionist beneath
the electors aware of golfing a
Marco
to h
t beneath the cloak of opposition to
hrourable to the ballot and After avowing himself fe-
nt down. ot and reform generally, Mr. Osborne
Mr. ,Swainey moved
obert Grosvenor and Mra resolution declaring Lord
of the electors Mt. Osborne entitled to the ofsup-
portMiddlesex.
Mr. Mown:tamale. s
unanimously agreed toe.conded the resolution, which was
The thanks of the meeting
w
chairman.eertt then voted to the

SHEEFIELD.
DECLARATION or THE poly.
~
__, - --"' There was a second monster meeting,e4,....-eetwolock
on Wednesday evening,.inahe Nap.- ~.yeaarket, ou the
the ,o...tnation meeting of the previous day,
occasion of the declaratiort was decidedly
generally estimated at a ' •••
near apprext-
TO
20,000. Mr.
Hadfield was loudly cheeredl on
-ration
largenornbtrr thanwas
Mr. William Overeat), who arrived next, wee
his arrivtaol on the hustings, about a quarter before seven
&Clock' trh.f, greatest amount of hooting. Mr. Parker
about five minutes to seven.
Roebuck came
and Mr. amount of cheering for Iktr.
_ considerable .
honour of Mr. Roebuck
There was a
plaudits in
Parker, bat
assailed by
2 ' Honourable Member acknowledged
The
simulta-
neously raise.
were such as otahley 0 000 pairs of lungs can simulta-
rit bows.
thftgreeting by frequent
on the
The MAYOR took his place
ele'clg- He said—Gen d I must have as much emen, hustings at seven
si-
lence
~,,eci its You canpossibly give 113e-* I am now about to
"ere-the state Pof the poll.
oeSvotes,
Mr. John Arthur Roebuck has received 2,
Mr. George Eine
_e.
ved ...... 1,863 votes,
Mr. johto,..._i__ field has received.
..
1,530 votes, and
I therefore, gentlemen I have to inform you that
Mr. witeiuroeev:raa received .. ! ..
di.
1,180 votes.
. end has .receive _ _ John Arthur
Roebuck end hiroaen;ge Hadfield are duly chosen
of Sheffield. serve
cheering elected Members to serve i P the borough
proclaim that Mr.
and
Parliament far .
0f,..,....)
[A Voice_ ' Two Rad' a" forering and wavingg u""
—.,Here'a one, at any rate."
Lc is Sheffield!" Mr. Roebuck
Ilear and ghter.lause, J
Mr. PARKER, Who was weloolued' withlau-
mingled with slight hooting, efiiaaltnaPlP am
beaten and defeated candidate.—(That's aia-Z) I ad-
mit the fact. The poll is a matter from wbicch e of
us can appeal; and I am the first man in tha wn:rrild to
recognise and acknowledge what has happened.—(l.lear
hear.) It is not for me to say how and by what means
and course of events has taken place.—(t pair pi v ',
of this meeting.—(Elear,
and slight hooting.) Now I am not going tO say a word
that can disturb th© tmanimit
You will
' hear.) I better know my obligation to the whole popu-
lation of this borough.—(Hear, and cheers.)
never find that from me, however much I may regret the
severanca of.a tie which has existed for twenty years.--
(Hear.) And, gentlemep, though it may be "a matter of
honourable, if you please, ezalton, that you have . '
ati
at-
tained what appears to you a proper and a constitutional
victory, I assure you I do not grudge any man, the
free triumph of an honourable and an uprightly-con- i

tested election,—(Cheers.) The poll of England is a
fair poll. The elections of England are free elections.. I
have hitherto been elected by great majorities, and I
never heard those who were not so fortunate complain
that they were left improperly in the minority. I make
no complaiat. I have fought whatl consider a good
fioht.—(Hear, hear.) I have this ample consolation,
that I retire into private life having been oupported by
those gentlemenatt this poll and on all occasions who
originally did me the honour of introducing me to the
favour of the borough, And, though Ido not ask you
at all to feel otherwise with regard to try successfal
competitors than becomes the honourable position they
have attained, I believe that, when you come to consider
to-morrow my course of conduct for twenty years, you
will not feel otherwise towards me than as a person who
may have occasionally had the misfortune, from a sense
of duty, to take a course which you might not approve.
But we part, I hope I may go away from you thinking,
good friends. Nobody can say that I have endeavoured
in any respect to do otherwise, I think, than what was the
conscientious result of my conviction. I accept your deci-
siOn. . You have a right to give it. I accept it moat re-
spectfully as to what has token place, and I feel most
grateful to the friends by whom I am supported. Seven-
teen hundred good and true men at the poll have stood
by me from the first to- the last.—(Cheera and unman)
I don't allude to gentlemen offensively. Far from. that.
But I may fairly, Lam sure, expect the right of a do-
feated candidate, to thank my friends.
- And
think worse of me if I say that I hope this borough
you won't
wilt prosper—(Cheers)—and that its trade and oom-
therce may attain that perfect* and that progression
which it-has ever been my object to assist and to endea-
vour to attain-for Yon.—(Loud cheers.)
After a few . words from Mr. W. OVEREND, the
other unsuccessful candidate,
Mr. Roxnucu, who was received. with loud cheers,
said—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen—(Speak up)--I con',
't
speak loader, and you must be silent. It is impossible
in a meanieo like this to make a speech. I cannot. I
have thoughts and feelings in my
enunciate to a multitude like this. Impossible I find it;
have wish
ato t
thesa yThe only
bduestirledlo
ex-
plain here a word I uttered yesterday. Speaking of my
friend Mr. Overend, I said he was a supporter of
Lord Derby's Government.—(Cheers.) I want tecje ex-
plain to him why I said so. So soon as we ulcer ill
risroemseentthimr.gooTen(ctbhir:esirsfsto
the present Administration,—(Hear, —one in fa-
Westminster-hall two motions will be made
your of the principles of free trade, the other against
a In favour
of the first I should expect the vote of my honourah o
friend.—(Hear, hear.) lam sure he would be against
the second; therefore Isay he would be a friend of LordT
Derby's Goyernment.—(Cheeist and Mr. Overend, "• o,
no.") My friend says •` No, no." I will tell you how
I put it. The second motion about to be made :won.
t., this, that Lord Derby and his friends, having in op
poiition always opposed free' trade, are unfit to. conduct_ee.—
the Government based on the principles or free
"tuthat
(Cheers.) Would my honourable friend supps)
a Itr its on
mo!ioa? I say he would not.—(hear, heaL,
Lord Derby's
teat ground that I caq blue a friend of lle
G ivernment. The practical result is as
'183.1m motion
'mid vote against that motion, and upon
that
ernrcent.—
dt•penth the existence of Lord Derby's
Ws I thank
(Loud cheers.) I cm's talk to you ro-niahavo done.-"
from my heart for what you I believe I shall
(17,,u're welcome I God bless yon!)
o —(Obeeirs.) I
maintain every principle I have exprean •
vo hitherto
hope to do so with all the efficiency that I liSt
And I do hope
done, whatever it may be.—(Cheers.) ,-- f ot.en—
th it all past differences 3n this torn will. be offir
l!ild'shall
(Loud cheers)—and that I as Member for She
.., ,
ad-
b: with my lion.
Colleague'htre (pointing to Jain 7 Liao.
field, which action was followed by loud cheering); a
friend and supporter of all great liberal advan.ces.--
(Cheers.) -And I hope to find in his vote at toast a
great euppera—(Chtera) Not at this hour will I forget
my will not
my friend. I hare lost him as a colleague--I
[A Voice—Lord
foi•get him as a man. —(Cheers.)
DatleSC•] 1 have not forgottenl"/nd Duncan- Bath has
rergottenchina as ivell its me. jut Ido believe that a
more thoroughly honeit—howeYer much I believe bin
—.politician does not
in many cases to be a mistaken
exist than Join Parker.—(Locd cheers.) 1 look upon
!ilia as a Personal friend.. I differ fr°mhim as
-a
politician, bat i, 4..n0t0n this day that I will
alliatice.—(Lond
forget our fripndsh or deny 'IIY
cheers.) But I
that. You
for Sheffield. I must think of
heve determined on a second Member. I will work
with him for your benefit and for all the interests of hu-
maaity.—(Cheer,.•) I hope, I trust, I believe, that I
shall not be deserted in my oarse, and that in his vote
at least SI shall have a firm supporter.—(Cheers.) He
in which Mr. can't go beyond me.—(Loud applause,
Had-
field heartily joined.) In civil and religious liberty I
hope be will be my
supporter. In that trust I accept
your addition. He is a Member for Sheffield—so am I.
;I accept hire cheerfully and in friendship as a colleague.
--(Ch"l7,-) I hope hereafter that the Liberal party in
Sheffield may not be divided—that we way go on with
in--so—so
the great business we are engaged
that the people will have the power of expressing in
the polling booth that which they aro expressing here.
--(Cheers.) In the belief that you have chosen a man
who will aid me in these matters, I say to you—l bow
to your decision, however much my personal feelings
may be wounded on the occasion.—(Cheers.) I bow,
and make my thanks to you.—(Cheers, and " God bless
y e ?..:)) hoar. : thatcan 'ltocau

- Mr: HADFIELD next returned thanks, and the pro.
csedings terminated.

CtNTERBITRY.

The pollinc, commenced yebterday morning at eight
o'clock. The following is the final state of the poll at
four o'clock:—
Gipps ••• ••• ••• ••• 767
Johnstone ... ••• ... 757
Somerville 569
,Romilly ... 532
Smythe ... 7
Mr. Smythe put out the following handbill in con-
firmation of his resignation yesterday morning. But,
nevertheless, half a dozen of his supporters voted for
him, in the belief that, if bribery was proved against
both the other parties, the seat would belong to Mr.
Smythe:—
"TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CANTERBURY.
"Gentlem2n,—As I understand, notwithstanding my
twice repeated resignation, by address and upon the
hustings, that it is the ill-advised; if vrell-meant, inten-
tion of certain gentlemen to vote for We, I feel it neees.
sary thus publicly to decline such support, not only as
nttaxly futile, unavailing, and absurd, but as personally
disadvaiatageous and displeasing to myself.
am, gentlemen, always your very faithful servant,
"GEORGE SIDNEY SMYTHE.

"Canterbury, July 8."

DEVONPORT.
The polling took plac.; on Wednesday, and from the
l
beginning to near its close the Conservatives took theead. The Mayor announced the state of the poll to be:
Mr. Tufnell
~• 1,079
Sir G. Berkeley 1,056
Sir J. ... 1.046
Sir
J.
ILL se amid
M
v arx
ow
e
l
l che..e. 1,032
nt
Sir J. RorLL an
oldrs, n
sailer with a Syrian medal to his breast, in a fury of ex-
citemenr, threw his cap towards the Right Honourable
Gentleman. I appear before you, said Sir John, in a
character quite diCsieet from that-which I expected—
that of a detested candidate, and I assure you that the
statement I made respcting the result of this election
was no other than that which I fully and sincerely be-
lieved it would turn out.—(Cheers.) But I am disep•
pointed, and I regret the result. I Submit to your deci-
sion and congratulate the Gallant General on his return,
and I trust be may serve you as faithfully as I have en-
deavoured to do.—(Cheers.) I trust he may even serve
you more to your advantage, and that these sentiments
ov free trade which he now professes to entertain may
be carried out in every stage of progressive reform for
the general advancement of the country.—(Cheers.)
Sir JOHN MAXWELL—T also appear before you to-day
a defeated candidate, but not a dispirited candideae.—
(Loud cheers, and a cry of " You will be returned nest
time.") The Right Hon. Gentleman has shown you
that ho has a.fluent tongue. I only asked for the votes
of honest men—(Laughter)—and I declare to you that
if we had got all the promises redeemed, you would have
seen me returned now instead of him.—(Oh, oh.) Let
me, in tilting farewell of you for the present, assure
you, that in any way in which 'my influence with the
Government can be of use to any one of you, it will give
me' the greatest liappjaeas.--(Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. TUFNELL -Then rose, and was received with a
he aatY -welcome by his friends. He said—Gentlemen,
rppear with mingled feelings of thankfulness on ac-
count of the proud position in which you have placed me
at the head of the poll, and of regret that my name as
your representative should be no longer associated with
that of Sir John Romilly. I will not now state by what
means the victory has been achieved—CA cry of
" Bribery upon th
been used. (Mr. Glencross here jumped. e. ")---undue influence and intimidation have
at first to catch what ho said. At
utterly impossible
plat-
form and vociferated with great indignation, but. it was
last we heard the words "Provo it! A pretty joke
that! you have had it for twenty years, and you cry out
because you have lost it."—Laughter.) That intimidation
shall be investigated.--(Tory groans.) I will take care
that the electors who have been intimidated or corrupted
this time shall have their rights asserted. Gentlemen, I
did hope that at this important crisis the intelligent con-
stituency of this borough would have returned those who
were determined to carry out to their full extent the
principles of commercial freedom, by which the whole
country is so much Benefited. Benefited.
I am disappointed at the
result, but I am not disheartened at the cause; though
it is defeated here it will be triumphant in the country.
We shall have in the next Parliament a majority which
will show the Derby Ministry that they have no chance
of retaining power.—(Load cheers.)
Sir GEORGE BERKELEY also briefly returned thanks,
but we had great difficulty in hearing what he said.
Having thanked them for returning him, he said, that
Devonport was no longer a close borough; it was now
free and open, and he hoped and trusted that it would
always be so. As they had done him the honour of
electing him, he would do what he could for Devonport.
On Thursday morning Mr. Tufnell issued an address
thanking the electors for his return, and deploring the
divisions which had been the means of the Liberals
losing one of their most able and staunch advocates in
John Romilly.
the person of Sir