The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE,

WEST WORCESTERSHIRE.
The election of a knight of the shire in the room
of the late member, Viscount Elmley, now Earl
Beauchamp, took place at Worcester yesterday. The
Hen. Frederick Lygon, brother of the present and
second son of the late Earl Beauchamp, was the
only candidate, and the Liberal party in the county
put forth an announcement some weeks ago that
they should not oppose the election of Mr. Lygon
out of respect to his father. The hon. candidate
was met at the outskirts of the City by a strong
body of mounted freeholders, who escorted him to
the Grand Stand at Pitchcroft where the election
took place.
(Mr.Th eiiviremriitnhga)vingbeen read, and the High Sheriff
having briefly addressed the electors
on the business of the day, and asked for each
speaker a fair hearing,
The Hon. WILLIAM COVENTRY shortly addressed
the electors, and nominated Mr. Lygon as a fit and
proper person to represent the Western Division in
Parliament. He observed that Mr. Lygon did not
come before them as an untried man, having been
for some years member for the neighbouring bo-
rough of Tewkesbury. Mr. Coventry paid a tribute
of respect to the late Earl Beauchamp.
Mr. T. G. CIIRTLER, in secondingthe nomination,
alluded to the fact that the county of Worcester, or
the Western Division, had been represented for 70
years by a member of the Lygon family, and he
added that that fact was not so much owing to their
territorial possession and influence as to the politi-
cal principles which they maintained, and the re-
spect-in which they were held in the county. Mr.
Lygon also stood before the electors on the present
occasion not in the character of a novice, but as one
who had had large Parliamentary experience.
(Cheers.)
No other candidate being nominated, the High
Sheriff declared the Hon. Frederick Lygon duly
elected, amid much cheering,
The Hon. F. LYGON then addreased the electors,
and after acknowledging in feeling terms the kind
remarks which had been made by the previous
speakers with regard to his father, said he
should
so endeavour to follow his good example as to gain
for himself at least a portion of that esteem and re-
spect which had been paid to the memory
of his late
father. He went on to say that this was not a time
for entering into a disquisition on Conservative prin-
ciples, but he would say that he would continue to
follow the course which be had adopted in public
life hitherto. (Hear, hear.) He might also on this
occasion be permitted to touch briefly on some of
the public questions of the day. It bad latterly
become greatly the fashion to say that there was no
difference nowadays between Whig and Tory. He
believed that was a great fundamental mistake:—
(hear, hear)—and. when he heard people say ths.t
politicalear, differences were now melted away lie an-
swered that no persons who made that assertion
could have closely observed what was going on
either at home or abroad. There would always be
with
a difference of opinion regard to both our fo-
reign and our domestic polities,
and there would be
always those who were
unwilling to change and
those who would be
always changing. He wished
it to be understood that
No unprejudiced could
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averset a v e r s et
ot o
cautious
man
and wire changer, but it was another thing to go on
recklessly changing for the mere sake of change—
(cheers)—and getting into • '
getting into such a state of confusion
as that Which th •
ey were unfortunately in la Alpe-