The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-25 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE.

LORD MORPETH AND SIR G. STRICKLAND AT HUDDERS.
PlRLD.—After having addressed the electors at Leeds, Lord
Morpeth and Sir G. Strickland proceeded to Huddersfield.
It had been announced by placards that they would address the
electors from the Rose and Crown Inn, at three o'clock, and
the streets were consequently filled with people previously to
that time. The same mob who so recently broke open the
workhouse to get the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner into
their power were assembled with a fixed determination to in-
sult the candidates, and to prevent them from being heard.
The sole ground of this excitation and violence was the new
Poor-law, concerning which the most infamous misrepresenta-
tions have been propagated in the neighbourhood of Hudders-
field, by paid and unpaid agitators, and by which the lower
classes have been deluded and inflamed.

T. STARKIE, Esq., came forward, and after many ineffec-
tual trials to get a hearing, said, Gentlemen, I beg to intro-
duce to you Lord Morpeth.
Lord NIORPETN then came forward. The tumult was per-
fectly indescribable. His Lordship, in the most good-natured
manner, laboured for about a quarter of an hour to obtain a
hearing, during which time, amidst the hooting and yelling,
the bread and cheese were handed up to him. He took
off the cheese, examined it and threw it down, when with a
great shout, it was replaced on the fork. Seeing them de-
termined not to hear a word, his Lordship then turned toward
the reporters, and said, " I shall make my speech to the re-
porters. As you do not seem disposed to hear, I will ad-
dress a few words to those who will have patience to read,
and a disposition to consider what is thus addressed to them.
I am sorry that so different a reception awaits us this time
from that which we last experienced at your hands ; be-
cause I am at a loss to know what part of my conduct has
merited the withdrawal of your confidence. The votes
which I gave on the Poor-law Amendment Act were
prior to the two last occasions on which I appeared be-
fore you. To all the charges upon this subject which
can be brought against the portions of the Act—to all the
hardships which are alleged to have arisen under it—l for
one am willing, nay, am anxious to give the fullest consi-
deration, and to advise the completest remedy. I believe
that a very different state of society has long existed here
with reference to this subject from that which has existed in
other parts of England, and the abuses of the old system were
here comparatively unknown. In that case, I have no wish
to force the remedies here that were found necessary there.
The effect the Poor•law Amendment Act has in view is to
raise the condition, to increase the wages, and to protect the
welfare of the industrious and independent labourer; and
along with that object to surround the really necessitous, the
sick, and the impotent, with increased comforts, and to tend
their helplessness and sickness with more efficient care.— [ A
large stone was here thrown up at the window, which Sir G.
Strickland was fortunate enough to catch in his hand, and to
prevent doing any mischief.] Lord Morpeth did not appear to
notice this circumstance, but continued speaking ; but from the
momentary confusion which it created in the window, the next
sentence of his Lordship's speech was lost. He then proceeded.
I will not enlarge further on this subject, as there seems so
little inclination to hear candidly what is said, and give fair play
to the honest expression of opinion. lam not aware that the
course proposed b) my opponent differs as to any practical result
from that which I should have in view. He is anxious, I
believe, to do that which would be the best for his poor fellow-
s iuntrymen, as lam positive I am. Even amidst all this
noise and bustle, I perceive a great number who remain true to
their own principles. To you, gentlemen, I return my most
unfeigned thanks; the noisy gentlemen all around I make a
present to the Blues, and much good may they do them.
Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND then came forward, and was re-
ceived in precisely the same manner. Ile said, I am quite
aware that you accuse me of having voted in favour of the new
Poor-late. I should like now fully to explain the nature of
that vote, and that speech which has been quoted. I have
voted in favour of the extension of the Suffrage, because I
voted for a measure for extending the time fur paying rates.
I have always been an advocate for Vote by Ballot. Such,
gentlemen, are the principles which I have all along main-
tained, and as long as I live I hope al iays to continue in
them. Gentlemen, lam happy to inform you that at Leeds
we had a splendid reception ; there seemed to be no difference
of opinion—all seemed hearty in our cause—so hearty, that I
have not the slightest doubt that our old friends will stick to
their colours, and again return Lord Morpeth and myself as
the Members for the West Riding.
The candidates then retired with their friends into the Com-
mittee-i oom, while the assemblage outside continued to myrii-
f_st their displeasure by sundry unearthly kinds of noises
%Illich cannot be well described. In the course of a little
while afterwards a few of the friends of the candidates having
assembled in the back yard and closed the gates, the candi-
dates addressed them from the back window. The speeches
were very similar to those which are given above. About
half-past six his Lordship and the Hon. Baronet left Hud-
dersfield, and we understand that they were subjected to con-
siderable annoyance on going out of town.

BRISTOL ELECTION.—NOMINATION.
(Abridged from the Bristol Mercury.)
The nomination of the candidates to represent this city in
the ensuing Parliament, took place this morning (Saturday,
July 22), at nine o'clock, at the Guildhall. The candidates,
Messrs. Berkeley and Tripp, with a limited number of their
friends, and friends of the absent candidate, Mr. Miles, were
admitted to the Hall by the private entrance in Small-street.
The lligh Sheriff, T. Kington, Esq., occupied the Chair on
the Bench. The Under Sheriff (W. 0. Hare, Esq.) prn-
ceeded to read the writ--the Bribery Act (during which the
cry was raised, " No blue beef")—and the Queen's proclama.
tion for the suppression of vice and immorality. After these
forms had been ended, three times three cheers were given
for Lord Durham.

T. DANIEL, Esq., proposed William Skinner Miles as a fit
and proper person to be one of the Representatives. The Al-
derman attempted to address the electors, but we were unable
to catch a single word. lie was followed by J. S. HartFoao,
who was received in a similar manner.

WILLIAII MILES, Esq., then came forward to return thanks
on behalf of his brother : it is useless to attempt a report of
his speech, as he too was almost wholly inaudible, owing to
the continuance of the uproar consequent on the Tory party
usurping the right of precedence.
JOSEPH COOK,SON, Esq. then proceeded to nominate Wm.
Fripp, Esq.
Mr. Fripp's nomination was briefly seconded by Immo
COOKE, Esq.
Mr. FRIPP came forward to address the electors. lie would
support religious toleration, and do his best to maintain the
rights of both Houses of Parliament, the prerogatives of the
Crown, and the rights of all classes of her Majesty's subjects.
T. STOCK, Esq. rose to nominate the Hon. F. H. F. Ber-
keley, and was received with loud cheers, mingled with some
few hisses. I believe Mr. Berkeley to be a man of honour,
as he is of rank; of vigorous mind, and strong capacity, and
that he will uphold the principles he has avowed ; he told you,
at your first meeting, that he had embraced the views of Lord
Durham, and of those views Lord Durham has since made an
exposition, and my friends the Tories (for I have no enemies)
have espoused those principles. Those principles Mr. B. is
still prepared to adhere to.—( Cheers.)
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, Esq., rose to second the nomination,
and said—Gentlemen, as Chairman of the Committee, I can
assure you that it is beyond doubt that Mr. Fitzharding
Berkeley will be at the top of the poll.—( Great cheering.)
The lion. F. H. F. BERKELEY then arose, amidst the most
enthusiastic cheering, and addressed the meeting as follows :
—Gentlemen, You, as electors, have a right to know what
the principles of the different candidates are; and I ask you,
gentlemen, what Tory candidate will stand the test ? What
reform will they promise you ? for they are now become Re-
formers, although all must admit they are but very moderate
Reformers.—( Laughter.) It is now become very fashionable
theirwith
them
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rus Queen, and t heydiffboeracaest ofe
shown to the Princess Victoria.—(Cheers.) No, gentlemen,
hers were not the principles to command Tory respect—.
( Cheers)—but there are members of the Royal Family that
can command their adoration.—( Cheers.) I will not sup-
pose that any Tory subject would be rude enough to wish our
beloved Queen at Hanover—(Laughter)—but I will say that
they would have no objection to see the King of Hanover in
her place.—(Cries of " No.") Gentlemen, is this an un-
founded assertion ?—(" No.") Can any one come for-
ward and say it is? Look at every Conservative dinner that
has taken place during the last four years ; see if they do
not rally round the Duke of Cumberland as the standard of
their loyalty ; see if his constitutional principles are not lauded
to the skies. Was there ever any member of the Royal Fa-
mily received such adoration as the Duke of Cumberland ?
Look at the Tory dinners in your own city—has not his name
been received upon all occasions with acclamations and
cheers?—(Mr. Blissett—" Of course it has.") Oh I I thank
that powerful organ of the Tory party for giving me the
word. I thank you, Sir; and I trust the King of Hanover
will ever remain the idol of the Tories, and that his de-
claration will be imprinted on the hearts of Englishmen.—
(Great cheering.) Now, gentlemen, I believe that the edu-
cation our gracious Queen has received from her illustrious
mother has eminently fitted her to rule over freemen. Her
choice of Ministers is the first proof of this, and I am proud to
tell you that they have her unbounded confidence.—(Three
cheers for Lord Melbourne and the Ministry.)
The thou-SHERIFF then proceeded to take the show of
hands, when he declared the election to have fallen on Messrs.
Berkeley and Fripp, and that those gentlemen were duly
elected.—( Cries of " No, 'twas Berkeley and Miles," " A
party sheriff," " Shame," and confusion.)
Mr. Under-Sheriff HARE then announced that a poll had
been demanded, and would be taken on Monday next.

COUNTY OF LANARK.—SIR. AIURRAY'S
CANVASS.
(Abridged from the Greenock Advertiser.)
On Friday, the Hon. Charles A. Murray addressed a public
meeting of the constituents of the Middle Ward of the county,
and ryas most enthusiastically received. The Hon. Gentle-
man, accompanied by W. F. Campbell, Esq., M. P. for the
county of Argyll, arrived at Holytown in the morning, and
addressed a numerous meeting in the school-house; from
thence he proceeded to Bellshill, and met a large assembly of
electors and non-electors in the church. After repeated
cheers had been given for Mr. Murray, on his entrance, Mr.
Campbell was called to the chair amidst loud applause.
M. MURRAY then came forward amidst enthusiastic ap-
plause. In the present state of things he thought the most
important declaration that a person who appeared before a
constituency to ask their suffrages could make was, whether
ho should support or oppose the present Administration, and
he could not better express his political opinions than by de-
claring his intention of supporting the present Administra-
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could do until there should be some improvement in the upper
branch of the Legislature.—( Cheers.) They had made a
faithful struggle—they had made honest endeavours, but
these had been checked in the bud by the opposition of the
Lords,—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) They would ask
him what was the purport of these remarks. Did he want to
stir up the people of this country against the House of Lords ?
He did not. It was to let them know of whom the House of
Lords was composed—of the partizans of those Tories who
had ruled the House of Commons for fifty years.—(Cheers.)
It was to let them know that her Majesty, if they were suc-
cessful in returning a larger majority to the House of Com-
mons, would probably add to the number of liberal Members
in the Lords, making it, instead of what it was, a Board of
Reformers.—(Great cheering.) It was by that means that the
House of Lords should become regenerated. If they strength-
ened the hands of the administration, the Lords dared not
resist the measures which they had brought forward any more
than they dared in the end to resist the Reform Bill.—(Great
cheering.) There were rash individuals—men who would stir
up ill blood among reformers, by contending that the House
of Lords must be pulled down and destroyed. This was the
language of men who were not their friends.—(Cries of
" hear, hear," and cheers.) He had a letter put into his
hands a few minutes ago which might amuse them. They
knew that it was said by the Tory party that her Majesty
was a child—had no will of her own—was a puppet and moved
as the strings were drawn—that all she did was through
trickery and intrigue,—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") An
amusing trifle with which ne would acquaint them would
lead them to suppose that she was a lady who had a will
of her own, and that the strings of a puppet cannot be
drawn in her Court. She herself chose on her own part faith-
ful servants of the people, uncontrolled by any of those sinis-
ter influences to which allusion had been made. In the choos-
ing of her Ladies of Honour—whom no Ministry would pre-
sume to press upon her if she did not sympathise with them—
she had placed around her some of the most respectable ladies
among the wives and relatives of liberal gentlemen. The
letter he had spoken of was from one of these ladies. She
mentioned as a curious fact which he thought worthy of notice,
that tlaere was to be a levee on Friday, and on the Thursday
following a grand review of the troops. Her Majesty had put
all the ladies in a great fright. She was to review her troops
on horseback—in consequence, all the ladies must be eques-
trians on the occasion. Few of them were adepts at riding ;
and, from the noise of the crowd and the drums and the
trumpeting, they anticipated that Majesty itself would
come down.—( Laughter and cheers.) This, continued Mr.
Murray, did not look like a person who had not a will of her
own, or like a puppet, the strings of which were to be pulled
by AB or C.—( Laughter and cheers.) She was a Queen
who would do justice to the people, if the people did justice
to her. The Hon. Gentleman then sat down amidst great
applause.
A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Campbell for his con-
duct in the chair, and to the Rev. Mr. Wilson for the use of
the chapel. The meeting then separated.

SUNDERLAND.—( From the Sunderland fierald.)—The writs
have arrived, and Wednesday next is the day appointed for the
election of two Members for the representation of this po-
pulous and wealthy borough, when the constituency will be
called upon to exercise the most important and responsible
privilege with which the citizens of a free state can be in-
vested. We need not inform the constituency that Mr. Bar-
clay and Mr. White are men that can be confidently relied upon
at an equivocal crisis like the present. Should these trust-
worthy and universally respected gentlemen be returned to
Parliament, they will be found in the van of the Opposition, if
Toryism should unhappily prevail in the House of Commons :
and should there, as we firmly trust there will, be a majority of
Liberal and Reforming Members in the representative assem-
bly, these gentlemen will be found amongst the most active
and indefatigable for the public good, both in a national and in
a local point of view. Hasten to the poll, therefore, on Wed-
nesday- next, and by voting for Barclay and White, identify
yourselves with the Queen, the Constitution, and all the in-
estimable blessings that are involved in their support and
maintenance. _

SHEFFIELD. - ( From the Derbyshire Chronicle.)— On
Tuesday last Messrs. Cavendish and Evans attended at the
Tontine Inn, in Sheffield, to pay their respects to the nume-
rous body of North Derbyshire electors resident in that town
and neighbourhood. The honourable candidates were re-
c,ived, on entering the room, with loud cheers. Miley Shore,
Esq., introduced Mr. Cavendish ; and John Barker, Esq.,
introduced Mr. Evans. Both candidates then delivered their
political opinions. They were loudly cheered at the termina-
tion, and met with decided encouragement, notwithstanding
the many attempts that have been made to win the resident
electors of Sheffield to the Tory side. Mr. Cavendish and
Mr. Evans have been canvassing in other parts with the
greatest success.
BLACKBERN.—( Abridged from the Preston Observer. )
Our borough, hitherto so quiet amid the electioneering turmoil
of surrounding boroughs, was roused from its seeming stillness
by the arrival on Wednesday evening, of John Benjam►n Smith,
Esq., a merchant and magistrate of Manchester, who offers
himself as a candidate on the Reform interest. Early on
Thursday morning he issued a spirited and liberal address to
the electors, and at ten o'clock was introduced to about one
hundred friends, electors and non-electors, in the Music-hall.
At seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, Mr. Smith
addressed several thousand of the inhabitants front a window in
the hotel, in King-street, elucidating at length, and in a clear
an.] convincing manner, the topics alluded to in his printed
address. With respect to Mr. S.nith we are quite satisfied
with him as a candidate, and feel assured that he is just such a
man as a large manufacturing district like Blackburn ought to
be represented by. He is an intelligent, intelligible, and a
graceful speaker. Of his success in conjunction with our hi-
therto worthy and highly-respected reforming representative,
Mr. Turner, we entertain not a doubt. The nomination takes
place on Tuesday next, and the poll is to be taken on Wed-
nesday. All is bustle, zeal, and a determination to beat the
'Tories.

GLAMORGANSIIIRE.-The Tory and recreant Whig subscri-
bers for Lord Adare arc looking ruefully at their boasted
purse, and still more ruefully at their subscription paper, which
exhibits sundry round sums affixed to as many names, but such
sums, it is shrewdly expected, will never make their appear-
ance in a more tangible shape. These clever tacticians will
need all their resources; for Guest is an opponent not to be
trifled with ; his popularity has been demonstrated by the re-
sult of his canvass, even in the districts most under Conserva-
tive dominion. In the town of Cardiff the reception of Mr.
Guest was enthusiatic, and a majority of the suffrages were
cordially engaged in his favour. At Cowbridge and Bridg-
end the same results were particularly striking. The whole
aspect of affairs in Glamorganshire is animating to the ftiends
of Reform. The men of Merthyr have secured the re-elec-
tion of Mr. Guest for their Borough, so that he stands the
best possible chance of a double return. His opponent there,
Mr. Bruce, has as much chance of becoming Dey of Algiers,
as Member for Merthyr.— Welshman.
MR. GUEST'S PririLlC ENTRY INTO SWANSR•.-On Wed-
nesday evening last, about seven o'clock, Mr. Guest arrived
Swansea in an open chariot, preceded by a band of music,
banners, &c., and about two hundred gentlemen on horse-
back, and followed by a numerous retinue of carriages. He.
was drawn in by the people, who went several miles out of
town to meet him for that purpose. The procession proceeded
to the Mackworth Arms, where Mr. Guest made an excellent
speech amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. Guest, with several
of his friends, then went into the Mackworth Arms, and the
people quietly dispersed. It is calculated that there were not
less than from fifteen to twenty thousand persons present.
Welshman.
PLruotyrit.—From all that we can learn here, the two ex-
cellent Reform Members, Mr. Collier and Mr. Beweg will be
again returned.
DEVONPORT.-In this borough there are no signs of opposi-
tion, and Sir Edward Codrington and Sir George Grey will
walk over the course.

ASIIIICRTON.—( From the Western Times.)—Tho Liberal
cause still prospers at Ashburton, but the Tories rendered
desperate by the certainty of defeat, keep the town in a con-
tinual state of agitation, and have been seen going about dis-
guised as beggars—but had they not desired to be known, they
should have disguised themselves as gentlemen. On the night
of Wednesday last, they amused themselves by removing the
laurel from the front of Mr. Bulteel's Committee-room, for
which they received a sound thrashing from the Roses. The
Carlists experienced a signal defeat, but with much loss of
blood and beauty on both sides. Mr. Lushington arrived on
Wednesday night, and immediately addressed the electors in en
able and patriotic speech. His reception was most enthusiastic
" all to astonish the Browns" to adopt the phrase of a comic
song now singing, and enjoying its day in the borough.
DARTMOUTH.—Mr. Gladstone, a son of a considerable mer-
chant of Liverpool, and brother to the Tory Member for
Newark, has made his appearance at Dartmouth, and under
the auspices of Mr. Holdsworth, and a Mr. Green, who has
built a ship for his father, commenced an active canvass. The
Liberals are in no fear of the result, that party being too
staunch and strong to be shaken. The election is fixed for
Tuesday, the 25th.
STROUD.—Mr. Sergeant Adams, the Chairman of the Mid-
dlesex Magistrates, has put on his armour against Lord John
Russell, and, anxious to get a still greater defeat than he did
at Warwick, has boldly rushed into a contest he will come
sadly out of.
Boaouau OF PLYMOUTH.—The canvass for the representa-
tion of this borough, which has been unexampled for its
severe and searching character, is now concluded, and both
the Liberals and Conservatives anxiously wait the issue,
which will be determined on Thursday next, the day fixed for
the election. That tke struggle will be a sharp one, calling
for the unflinching exertions of the Liberal party, must be
apparent when it is recollected that at the last contested elec-
tion Sir George Cockburn was defeated by a majority of 20
only. The Reformers, however, are strong in courage and
confidence, and will go to the poll in the full expectation of
achieving a triumph in behalf of popular rights, and in sup.
port of a Queen who desires to reign by the voice of her peo-
ple. From the near balance of parties, and the extraordinary
exertions made by both sides, the boroughs has been kept in the
highest state of excitement for several weeks past.
HAIIWICH ELECTION.—Captain Ellice, R. N., top of the
poll (some to spare); Mr. Tower next ; Mr. Herries sinking
us fast as he can ; Mr. Bonham astern, and nearly out of
sight ; Captain Verner a candidate. Nomination this day.
Polling at eight a.m. to-morrow.

An Englishman resident in Hamburg!! is said to
have laid a wager to pass an entire year in a floating-shed on
the Scheldt, subject of course, to be driven backwards and for-
wards by the ebb and flow of the tide ; and subsisting at his
own expense, on fish that he may be able to catch or procure
in the neighbourhood. A loaf of wheaten bread and • jug of
spring water are the only necessaries to be sent to him daily
from his friends on shore. The amount of the wager is about
700 dollars.