The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-12 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE
MONTROSE.

The nomination of Mr. Hume for the Forfar district
of burghs took place at Montrose on Friday. There
w as a very large assemblage of electors and non-electors,
wed lir. Hume was very cordially received.
Provost Potter, of Forfar, nominated Mr. Hume, and
Mr. D. Guthrie, of Brechin, seconded the nomination.
The SHERIFF then took a show of hands, and, there
being no other candidate, declared Mr. Hume duly
elected._

Mr. Hymn then stood forward, and was loudly cheered.
Ha said,—Brother townsmen and brother electors, it is
to me a matter of the highest gratification to be thus
received in the town of my nativity, and, after the
lengthened period for which I have occupied the proud
situation of representing my townsmen and the other
electors of these burghs, to be able to appear before you
-without being afrtid that any man will challenge me for i
having ever made a promise or given a pledge which I
have not fulfilled.—(Cheers.) This to me is a great
satisfaction. Thirty-four years ago I made certain pro-
fetsiens of political opiuions, and was sent.to Parliament
by you, on the strength of those profestions and
cpinions, a young man with many temptations to take
ambitious CJI1:30. To those principles I have nd-
lered, and I intend to adhere to them while I live.
•Wh?n, I gated my early upieions the times were of a
very ,'Parent character from those under which we live;
tanl by great numb- ra my opinions were considered to
t rather navel 'and sloth, g; but I have lived to see
some them partially espoused by men who then
awosed me, and others wholly embodied in measures
which are now the law of the Inn3.—(Cheers.) My
views were stated and my propositions advocated in
open day in the House of Commons, and without regard
.to the frowns of the Tory or the smiles of the Whig;
and, by the power which you gave rue in placing me in
that House an independent Member, I was enabled to
persevere until converts were made from the ranks of
ehe enemy, and support consolidated among those of my
friends. When I entered Parliament political parties
were stronger, and aarimonious feeling more bitter than
now, Abuses, too, were they more rank, complaints
more rife and well-founded; and the man who could set
himself to face these influences, and work out an inde-
pendent course of financial and political reform, re-
quired both a strong. nerve and a willing hand. And it
is no small ;Satisfaction to those who first sent me to the
House, and who have kept me there, to find that, without
attaching myself to the Tory party in power. or the
Whig; party seeking power, I have never flinched
from tho opinions I first expressed to them, and
waver departed from the rule which I laid down for
may own guidance—viz., to favour no one particular
class or body, however influential, and, while attend-
ing to the local interests of my constituents, always to
act on the principle that the House of Commons is for
the whole nation, and should legislate for the common
good.—(Cheors.) And I now stand here to-day to chal-
lenge any man to say if I have ever flinched in the hour
of trial, or truckled to gain a position, or been afraid at
any time to beard the Tory or face the Whig.—(Cheers.)
History will do me justice, and history is that to which,
as your representative, I proudly appeal. But let by-
gones be bygones. We shall look now to the future. For
40 years I have been a political agitator, endeavouring
to put down monopoly and to do away with sinecures;
and in this work I have good experience. I go to Par-
liament again, then, with a new lease of power, not
without a knowledge of what has been done, and what
has yet to be done; and, although we have achieved
much, I am greatly mistaken if we are not now about
to enter on an era when we shall achieve more. I have
an impression that we are about to enter on a momen-
-I,3us session of Parliament. I think I see things " loom-
ing in the distance," as the saying now is—(A laugh)
—which will soon be nearer at hand, and if I had
only a new lease of life, I should be delighted to
devote it to my country's good. My life • ls
always
not one of ease and indolence, nor is it
one of pleasure. My time is fully employed andM
duties are arduous. I have had my share of abuse, and
that is not a pleasant thing; and my share, too, of dis-
couragement, and that is yet more unpleasant, for I
have sometimes seen my friends, rted
19 tinses,turn round when
and they I went againstul them lathe 20th;
would Waeatkieked the old lion if they could.
—(Gheers and lauglaten)And no man was more ready
to do so than the late chief of her Majesty's Govern-
ment, and yet I have a warm feeling for Lord John
Russell. 'Tie true by his dilly-dallying and see-sawing
he lost the confidence ot myself and others, who turned
from him in disgust, but I cannot forget what he has
done; and, having willingly and cheerfully acted under
his banner for years, I should be a recreant to my prin-
ciples if I did not acknowledge his great services, and
say that no man can have rejoiced more on his return
for the city of Landon than I have done.—(Cheers.) And.
I hope I shall get some good out of him yet. I owe
him much for what be has already done—for the public,
nn fur myself, fur he never did me a favour.—(llear,
hear.) And I never asked him for a favour. You know
my principles on that point. If any of my constituents
demand a right, I am ready to support that demand; but
if any one asks a favour, I have none for him. To ask a fa-
vour in the forenoon and thee vote against the Ministry
who grants it in the afternoon would never do. But it
it is no easy matter to be in Parliament and to act thus
independently. Nor is it an easy matter to get into
Parliament and act thus, independently. Yet such has
been my happiness, and such is to your honour. I
would not be in the House of Commune a month to
be tied and pestered as many Members there are. I
never would tie myself up, and never will ge there lest
as an independent Member.—(Cheers.) But I hare
said that I believe most momentous events will show
themselves during the next few years. They loem
strangely in the future. We have a Government that
hss no opinion of ice own, but one which holds opi-
nions in abeyance which, if it can only get the power,
will soon act on them, cred attempt to impose new
tax - s on those hest able to boar thom.—(Bear.) lly
alai. shall be to oppose all oppressions. And now let nee
refer 'to soma of them, I shall h %in with the pounds,
shillings, and peace, because they tare tier more power
in swaying men's actions than reason or common sense.
—(A laugh.) Talk of the pounds, shillings, and pence,
and moat men will listen to you with interest, but talk
to them of reason and common sense, and especially in
the House of Commons, and you will dud
that what you say goes in at one ear and
out at tho other.—(Lend laughter.) Well, on
the pounds, shillings, and pence subject I have spoken
to some advantage, for I find that during the time I
have been in Parliament I have had the good fortune to
get three Committees of Inquiry appointed on financial
sitters, and resolutions, based on the re arts of those
Coaamitteas, carried effecting a reduction ofP si,t:iecurt
the annual value of 300,000/. I have had mfr ttitiffisultien
in labouring far those financial reforms, but the
feeling supported me, and now the nation has eglutti9
ug
far, that no man is paid a salary without doing duty for
it, excepting always those pensionere whose sinecure
comes were spared to terminate with their lives. Aye
and I must except another class of sinccuriets with whom
I have always had the greatest difficulty to contend when
lab wiring for a redress of grievances—I mesa the Church.
—(Laughter and c'neers.) But I have not been altogether
unsuccessful in the department of sinecures. Thirteen
years ago I proposed to Lord Dorhy, then Lord Stan-
ley, to abolish twenty bishops---(A laugh)—that was a
bold paaposal; but there is nothing like deing thines
boldly, for then only can you expect to succeed. I did
not succeed in getting twenty bishops put aside as
useless, bat we abolished tea.—(Load cheers.) That
was in connexion with the Irish Establisnnsent, and
if I had the opportunity I should like to try my
hand at a few morn—(A: laugh.) I hope the
limo is no; far distant when neither in the Irish Church
nor in the EngliAi Church will there be any sinecures,
and that no longer will that Church be open to the re.
proaeh that there are many in it who do duty and arc
not paid for it, and many who do no duty, and aro over-
PaiLL—(Cheers.) I will now say a few words on our
naval and military establishments. They are onlargen
beyond all legitimate bounds. You know that, a kind of
Paulo infa,tua.tiou took posaession of !teeny people
this in
country a short time since, and that a large increase
to our militate, establishments has been the resultn--
(Hear.) Now, I am prepared to show that that pania
was really du infatuation, and that our c°ll3t'r'Y had never
more armed men to defend it than it had at the time
when. the Duke of Wellington and others wrote PamPh,
let.; to clew that the FNnch might be expected to cross
the Channel some fine day, bre%kfaat at Canterbury,
and (Hoein London.—(Laughter.) The French are no
such fobla.. The President of the French has quite
enough to doeatt hew, _t(ilelL) But, while I can
account for the-wean f Welling-
ton noelothe imeat',ot ,'. the 11le-d)
r 3 his claite"inti connexiOns, I really
am aetonished at tliAs-non
has puraued., -orse which Lord Pelonerston
examined backlre, -• when the Noble Lard W 3?
reaght Ma:grade iteltio7.lr!re which lior Lord Cast,lo
then we &tilt 11,40 t, "` '.tha war dt • e whet
favour ooreeti. he (W:43 in
'M1;1144'116; reduee-n„.. o ;won.
. .4 anovltnot wwilitery conrAsT7lll-114
viz., that 4cieBna,p,' a • mason, 1:14.3ng othi therefore hett.ool4truteatit ahoul 1
conquest, dint &Mt nteceenata to ht nli"tar*
me-trightenad
Cealtaereiel,and mime:Let -Tl4 her rag.,
that Noble Lordii, the, rig, pow". But
now
and got the Gereiiinetete areetP- People,
crease of arms ! Btin
tthiiiwnirysnZ: rai)ttrion fo,imi in.
itchiri
in this direction. and have at litretenaga ahcitaolni
disgraceful and discreditable state et things,
Duke of Wellieg,ton was at the head 'of tha.egGs.ovSlnce taht?
oar military expenditure has been increase," CO
as
and tto°
quire-6,000,0001. a-year of additional income,
quire all that you' raise by the property-taa to. meet
this expenditure alone. Lord John Russell atefirat pro
posed to raise a militia of 150,000 men—that lost hire
his party and his place. The next Government was cod
wise to retain all, but too mining tot to take a larger
share, Hence they proposed to raise 80,009; :,0,00,)
. to be drawn ibis year, and 30,000 the next, with
power to raiJe 20,000 morn if required; an o
whew have to be armed, drilled, clothed, and paid out of
the publicfunda. IntdB32, on the principle, I suppose,
that " a new broom sweeps clean," the Whigs reduced
the estimates and but the other year, when the financial
reform reeve/neat neeeeed on them, they made another
attempt at reduction, and did some good; hut the broad
fact stands out on the public records of the nation, that
at the very time they were stirring up this military peace
they had alargi,,r military force et command than Pre.ncei
and morn solriiers arid seilora to defend 27,000,000 of et-
snhjecta than ware required to goVern in fudia
more than 100,000-,000 of semi-l)arbarians.---=(Clicas.) I
shall mai"' this plain In 1835 we had 81,271 infantry,
cavalry, and regular militia; 8,319 ordnance carps,
artillery,- engineers, :4,
—c.; 27,000 seamen aud marines;
reeking, a total of 116,590 men. Now, in 1832, wo
had 101,937 infantry, cavalry, and regular militia;
15,582 orris C 0 corps, artillery, engineers., &c.;
39,00 Q seamen and marines—total 156,519; showing
an excess of ,39,929 menet in these departments
alone. Silt to Janne must be added, as available de-
militia staff, via.,
• fensived forces, the; 18,500 eurolled
en3imere P,,`,T(! lc
-A.414 b•atf4lionadl4.4tee rietnateey
eisimits, 5;717 Ce...l4AtgUArd "f""1 12,321 Irish police=

constables, 13,202 police in England and Wales, and
8,442 Channel Islands police—being a total of 11,982
men; and if to these again you add those who are to be
raised under the new Bill, you have a total force of
above 318,000 men, to which may also be added 40,000,
which the Bill gives power to raise, if still mor be re-
quired—making in all above 350,000 men.—(Hear.)
Now, was it fair, was it just, to say that this country
was in a weak and defenceless state, when such facts
were known to the panicmongers thernselvers? But
this is not all. We have the naval forces in commission.
Taking the same years as before, I find that while in
1835 we had 167 ships afloat, and 20,287, out of the
27,000 marines, in 1851 we had 235 pennants flying,
with 39,124 oat of 42,000 marines in the service. Now,
the total number of all the armed forces in France, in-
cluding the gendarmes and every kind of available force,
did not number so hieh as this, and was it not, there-
fore, a monstrous injustice of this country to try and
raise the panic that we were defenceless?—(Cheers.) In
India the total number of the Queen's troops was only
25,500 with 269,000 of native troops, and, as I have
already said, these are all that are required to protect
100,000,000 of semi-barbarians, while we need 350,000
men to protect and govern 27,000,000 of Christians!—
(Shame.) Oh, but it is said, we must have troops to
govern our colonies. Well, but Lord Grey tells us that
we now give the eclonies free representative Govern-
ment, they must provide for their own defence. If so,
then surely we require but few troops for the coast of
Africa and other services in which we are neither very
creditably nor very profitably engaged. I ask you, then,
in the face of these facts, if such an oppression be not
sufficient to ruin any country, and how can we expect to
get taxation reduced when we go at this rate adding to
our expenditure? Mr. Hume then read a number of
calculations to show that the expenditure of our naval
and military forces had increased 6,000,0001. in ten years,
and contended that one of the first questions which
would force itself on the re-consideration of the
new Parliament would be that of reducing these
establishments. He then enlarged on the subject of
taxation, using the same facts and arguments which
he employed on Wednesday, and spoke warmly
in support of free trade. He had obtained a Parlia-
mentary return showing, that although the late Sir
Robert Peel had abolished protective duties that were on
700 or 800 articles, there were yet 233 articles of
foreign manufacture paying duty to the amount of
434,1341.; also 42 articles
wsofhiefoh h
foreign
hagoripecdulttuorasleeprroe:
dace, producing 1 1 3
pealed before long. And then, with a redaction of bur-
dens by which various interests were yet oppressed, an
equitable system of taxation, and economy, and re-
trenchment in every department of the public service,
they would have free trade in the proper senprslrnede.esoeffnßtthauist
tTt term,
They
imeny,s.
uaarnl
el and
thisba ee wabhl
theyei s tos
mustche
m ecompetefo haver w
amending
mtrheanradl
Parliamentary
ethetnht
the
wrryoe
orm.
tion, and therefore he would not so minutely enter into
it. How could any man defend the present state of
things? and yet, because he was for a new arrangement,
he had been charged with a design to cut up the coun-
try into squares!—(A laugh.) In conclusion Mr. Hume,
thanked the electors, and told them that he quite ex-
pected soon to be among them again, for, to all appear-
anTceh,ethuesnueawl
tPhazrlkiasmwenetrewothueldn notlast long.
separated. voted, and the meeting

Actsn
1 STAMFORD.
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againstSa turdbaryi ,b
bribery
earn
dthe
rrretiapdtini
ogn ,of the precept and
The MAYOR (Mr. J. Hanson) stated the object of
their assembling that day was to choose two fit and
proper persons to represent the ancient borough of
Stamford, in the new House of Commons. He hoped
that those present would give every one wishing to ad-
dress them a patient hearing.
Mr. Wiz. LANDEN HOPKINSON proposed the Right
Honourable J. Herries, a gentleman they all knew, this
being the third time he had appeared before the elec-
tors of Stamford to ask for their suffrages. He need not
expatiate on his abilities or fitness for the duties of that
important trust, which he felt confident would be con-
fided to the Honourable Gentleman. Ho would not de-
tain them longer in the extreme heat, but would make
way for others, who would, no doubt, better explain the
various points generally urged at elections.
Mr. C. HAYCOCK seconded the nomination of Mr.
J. C. Herries, feeling assured all present would ex-
cuse him making a long speech. He would make room
for others.

Mr. E. CAYLEY, banker then came forward to pro-
pose Sir Frederick Thesigcr, a gentleman who would do
honour to the borough of Stamford if returned to re-
represent them in the next House of Commons.
Mr. J. PHILIP, brewer, seconded the nomination of
Sir Frederick Thesiger.
The MAYOR then asked if there was any other voter
present who wished to propose a candidate?
After a pause of a few minutes, and none being named,
The MAYOR declared the Right Hon. J. C. Herries
and Sir Frederick Thesiger as duly elected Members for
the borough of Stamford.
Mr. HERRIES then addressed those present, having
been listened to throughout with the greatest good
humour, not a dozen persons in the crowd showing any
interruption. He said—Gentlemen, I have a special in-
dulgence to ask of you, and feel sure you will extend
it to me. That is, to listen to what I have to say (which
shall be es brief as possible), with as little interruption
as possible. Labouring under indisposition, perhaps I
shall be but indistinctly heard, yet, with your kind in-
dulgence, I will do my best to state to you in part what
I feel it my duty to do. Firstly, I have to thank you for
the kind manner I was received in Stamford by all
classes, when paying my personal address to you.
Most sincerely. I now do it, for the universal courtesy,
the unqualified support from every quarter, .those
qualified to vote and those not ; that cour-
tesy, that civility, that kindness never before ex-
tended to me when asking for your suffrages. This
being the third time of tny presenting- myself to ask to
be elected as one of your Members, I feel that not only
the constituency, but also the inhabitants of Stemrerd in
a body, are entitled to my most sincere regard.—
(Cheers.) As I shall be followed by a gentleman who is
eminently qualified to speak, not only for himself, but
I feel sure he will say something also for his colleague,
I ask him for that assistance I now stand so much in
need of, Yet before I receive that I must ask your at-
tentioe while I explain the reason and circumstances
which brought us hero this day, and why we are now
assembled for you to confer upon us the honour of being
your representatives-
It is au important trust, particu-
larly at this critical juncture, both of us being members
is some degree of sa-
tisfaction to reflect that our being here this day was not
the seeking of the present Administration, but of our
ohpapreohn,enitese.onWsidereaartee rest advocates of new dogmas, oe
changes; but we fearlessly appeal
to the country. c canieg forward, and feeling that this
decision is to set at rest 3 great, a momentous, and all-
important question, the great orgen of the Whigs tells us
that that question is whether we are to have free trade or
protec'ion, and that all the other great measures must be
put on one side for that, and that alone; but I can tell you
that is not our judgment, but we are ready to accept it,
and that this contest shell decide whethbr this great
country shall progress in all that's good and great, or be
again under the government of the Whigs or Radicals
for some
years to come—whether we shall continue
recklessly to trample down the agricultural, the commer-
cial, and other institutions of the country. We have un-
folded our views most fully. We desire to have protec-
tion to existing interests; and on looking at the elections
so far as they are gone, it is responded to from most
parts of the country. Our side are already considerable
gainers; although we have lost sixteen, we are gainers of
hthirty-two:v seats, in the boroughs already declared. In
Prot
ablestrpool the
Free-trade party have lost two of their
advocates, who heve been replaced by two staunch
tive opinions
ettonists. At Cambridge Free-trade. had received
another great shock
by choosing two holding Conserva-
tive
ha 3 follorens in
andt defeating two staunch Whigs. In other
boroughs at'.l
this neighbourhood a similar re-
-(" Confine yourself at Grimsby, at 'lAt Grantham we have succeeded;
the crowd in front of tth'etbe
the challenge and abide the issue.
may -Willingly Boston,accei at Lincoln also; therefore we
truth," was called out from
inability. I will no lo
Stamford, and for the honou
hustings.) There's my physical
merely praying fur thedetain you, but conclude,
prosperity of the borough of
(Cheere.)
M I CHARDSON a vo roof 11
vancer.nsimint of this great etoetirnr;th.: welfare, and the ad-
Mr,
what were his intentions e borough, asked Mr.
Mr.. HEitaies replied—Sir,
the suffrage? al to the extension of
I do not hold you to be
particularly qualified to ask me suet' or any other ques-
data I will therefore answer
Yeettnlyb dealer() that you
uestion. Did you not once
Would shoot a nobleman connected -with this borough be•
q op y ("king another
oan;r. R heiarhctd.ariev:OnNYgiplBiumed—e slresahllall not offence?rtract what' t
thoir 'raid'
answer your
question.
This r.tah.tehnersaifdan—nled shalt not
disco
ntent
r. ic ar on eing a strong
amongst the M R. h d b •
mobility,
Radical. It appears that
gat the last general election, in
the heat o
in moves, he incautiously de-
dared that he ec
eeeleceetine
l°d shoot the Marquis of Exeter if he
persisted in doing something which did not please him.
Many of Mr. Richardeon's friends blame him; others
r'euee him, as such expression was uttered under excited
feelings.
Sir p.,,,—DERICK THESIGER then came forward, and
,
'.2,'
--,1--„ -
nearly as follows :—Gentlemen—lt may seem a
:paradox .1.1,,,, I state that as my Right Hon. Friend,
'who has -now a your representative,
titmle for ti shacks and gra-
titude to he
-feels it ineutnbeeen thijee chosen
e honour
oh him to express his .
___.
in those lalYgrcater than his ; he has
iiati,tlr conferred, that I conceive my
con-
tinuedgra
hint —you tea„ exPT,T9iPlea for which you
was able to confei-;
rie
while, I from him all the benefit he
credit for what I profess, from
me, you have taken
&Lee shall not be misplaced.'
this my pretensions on trnst—
abnudt appear willing to take my
as well as the country's welfare and first elected
been chosen by you to answer forand
rely upon it, that coral-
interest, having
watch over your's
great council of the nation. I am fully aware
borough in the
one of great difficulty, and of aware that the
A few months Since the
task is
asfearful moment. I
can safely any that I
feel
g.thiiiss
tghereahteluannede.,,glorious
‘B‘tatrteernobtl'in
Theyn fell
if the future
ei)entrY stands
administration of tho eflaire of this nation
frem the
feeble hands that then held them.
resigned
the preSent Administration was formed,
of . and
have the great honour to be one ofits members I
;
but those we followed refused to a 11 us to carry out
whet we considered useful and beneficial
nation at large. Their cry was, "Appeal A
pea mel
toa thesures to the
try—dissolve the Parliament.' ~"
Wep °pee-
rhfused u
for until we
had passed such Acts as were really requisite
ing on the business of the nation, eedafw
other
incarry-
Isures, in our opinion, much to be desired. eAtlengthewtto.
accepted the challoge. It was the Whigs who chal-
leoged, backed by others who usually supported them in

their downward policy. It was a novelty to me, and no
doubt you, that our adversaries should
e
only—demanding to meet us on
i iJao t7r will appear
ene thinkso to
on their views otliberal policy, yet they wish to confine
as to the narrowiquestion whether free trade or protec-
tion should in future be the guiding star to lead us on to
prosperity
and peace. The hackneyed or cant terms of
" the big loaf, or the taxation of the food of the poor," has I
been their war-cry, forgetting other great and essential
reforms which must strike every unprejudiced mind.. We
refused to meet them on the battle-field, without the
whole range of the constituency was considered, remo-
modelled, and improved, where such was found necessary;
on that, and that alone, we are ready to stand, and
we now look forward with confi fence as to the result,
relying fully in Lord Derby, that high-minded noble-
man who will not mislead nor deceive. Our rallying
cry is, " Have confidence in Lord Derby." I, for one,
ens willing to take him as our leader, and let the watch-
word on this occasion be " Lord Derby and all useful
reforms," the nobleman who is a stanch supporter of
our Protestant faith, with a high-mindedness and noble
spirit which cannot be drawn aside. Our cause is a
spirit-stirring one, and I now appeal to you before me,
and ask you to give us your confidence and support.
Trion will you find that none of your institutions will be
sacrificed, but increased prosperity reign throughout this
our beloved country. You know on what principles we
came into office, and how it was attained; we did not
seek the appointment; it was forced upon us through
the incapacity of those who held office too long. One
of the leading members of the late Government de-
clared to me that they had retained office twelve
months too long for their reputation. This self-
condemnation was established afterwards by facts.
We saw them in the last struggles, crying day by day
for the crumbs of assistance offered by any party, show•
ing that they were willing to put up with anything,
existing as they were by voluntary contributions, till at
length they were like a weary traveller, having to Pas 6
over a country covered with swarnos and quagmires—
last, exhausted, they lay down in perfect des
sometimes sinking, other times in great danger,, until at
night they were found concurring in measures strictly
constitutional and beneficial, the next night supporting
measures quite opposite. I once pointed out to the Nobleh
Lord then at the head of the Administration that such
pooceedings would bring discredit on the representative
body—that he would by them be dragged down the
steeps of democracy, and then be lost to all that was
par. One
noble and honourable, telling him in the most friendly
heard me with his usual kindness, and appeared spirit to look well to the consequences. His Lordshipconcur
in what I stated. On the Papal aggression attempts ht
Lordship carefully watched the signs of the times, courtingedththat
and catching at popular expression. Feeling
assufrully,in-t
the Roman Catholic bishops were acting
unlawfully,
Most
salting our religion, and endeavouring to deprives,.
then
Gracious Sovereign of some of her prerogatives, he
d publisher,
peered to s
came forward as defender of our faith,
ceived—they took for granted that they I
our Protestant
that famed Durham letter; by it the pevroaepuledwerreeeedives.
from that nobleman that protection
religion which every loyal subject
imperatively
carry
msnded. But what followed? Did his •
his intention? No!
out what he at first expressed was - he saw the
he saw the danger he had embarked .
ter island
•n our sister fearful consequences likely to arise
was for
willing to
peratirely de-
(lreland); so to satisfy all parties he
accept the smallest modicum offered.
treated with
did not succeed; the adversaries of our faith
de• Insulted
scorn and indignation all the alterations
Ina
d. to abate
and derided from all quarters, he was bilged
John Russell at•
don his Government in despair, Lord Jc— I opposed
that measure, not from intolerance or
tempted to introduce Jews into Peril Yet with that he
Parliament.
but from
country,
and motives, knowing this was Christian
and
legislature
and ought to be governed by a Christian
that no Jew oueht
laws. Believing then, as Ido now,
to legislate for a Christian country---- able Member
Mr. RICHARDSON here asked the geeour
hen
as to his opinion on the extension of the franchise, whet:
Sir Frederick met him with the same indignant scllren
bigotry
as
Mr. Herries, telling Mr. Richardson that he was an
ass clothed in the lion's skin—he frightened every other
animal he teat, until his dection
till the finish of Sir
caused much clamour and hooting,
To one noisy fellow the
Frederick Thesiger's address.
loaf; I wish he had one in his throat."
speaker angrily said, " I -e that man wants a big.
suppos was discovered. This
creased the noise.
to
This remark in-
creased
FREDERICK THESIGEB, for some minutes stood
await silence being restored. At length ho proceeded:
greatest ineouyisteney when they proposed bringingd
I conside.r
_tlat the ,late Administration displayed the.
n
a Bill to give the right of voting to all rourting a witeeti
right it should be so. As it is, you
ing in boroughs at the annual charge ct.
will soon have to
cut your sticks from Stamford," was cried out from the
crowd.) They said that nearly all boroughs with lel.
voters were bribed. If so what would be the case if
it was fixed at SI.? T do not believe in the as-
sertion made in the House by the late Cabinet—
in the general bribery of boroughs. The Whigs
only proposed this to preserve themselves from inevitable
ruin. Then as to the Militia Bill proposed by them, it
was rejected with scorn after being framed and altered
to please various sections of their . supporters, till at
length the "last straw broke the camel's back." That
and the Government both fell together, and I sincerely
hope they may never rise again.—(No doubt you do.)
After their resignation a meeting was called of democrats
and other members of determined conduct to discuss
the destructive views of Messrs. Cobden and Bright—
jumping from bad to worse—advocating the most ex-
treme views and politics, destructive to the Constitution,
—No, no.) It now remains to be shown whether free.
trade, as propounded by the Radical school, or progres-
sive reform, which we profess, shall be triumphant? The
fatal issue awaits you—whether Conservatism, which
advocates all that is really useful—or. Radicalism, which
is for upholding destructive errors shall prevail;
whether we shall be suffered to carry out measures
adequate to new wants and new necessities —or
whether another party shall succeed us, who will rush
on heedlesly to destruction and democracy? A code
of laws was formed and reconstructed in 1638, which ro-
mains the guide and foundation of our present Govern-
ment, with such alterations frOm time to time as have
made this country great and powerful; let those be in
power who will guard that sacred edifice.—(Not Derby.)
Will you give it to those men who will well support it,
or to those who follow wicked devices—to those who will
endeavour to adapt it to the various wants of the people,
or to others who would see the structare crumble into
dust, without the least attempt to preserve the same?—
(Here an attempt was made to pull down the hustines,
which drove all from the balcony, and reporters from theb
box below; the learned speaker just having time to say,
" Evermore thanks to you for the honour you have done
me this day by electing me as one of your representa-
tives," when on came the throng—armed with iron bars,
axes, and other fearful tools—to destroy the woodwork,
carrying away the whole in the short space of seven
minutes, much to the danger of the crowd around. A
number of ruffians, working at a new building erecting
for a Mr. Knight, draper, were allowed to leave their
work to carry out this brutal act of demolition.)
The.two Members and their friends hastily retreated
to the George Hotel, in the borough, where a vote of
thanks to the mayor was proposed and carried.
A dinner given at the above hotel in the afternoon
terminated the day's business, altogether the greatest
election ever seen in Stamford.