The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-24 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Intelligrner of Saturday.)
TRADE or LEEDS.—thving to an improved demand for
goods for the Portugal trade, the first of any extent from
that country since the late change in the tariff, there were
rather more goods sold in the cloth halls at Leeds on Satur-
day than for some market. days past ; but prices remained
pretty much the same. The electioneering proceedings at
the Cokitred Hall, on Tuesday, prevented any one from
formie; a correct judgment us to the state of the market on
that day.

BRADFORD MARKET.—There was rather more business
done at this market on Thursday, particularly in four.quar-
ters-•.tide pieces, and the advance in the price of Hog
Wools, which took place last %reek, was fully maintained,
though some of the spinners were of opinion that that firm-
ness of price was more attributable to the diminished supply
of the article than the actual cOnsumptive demand.
Hu DDERSFIELD MARKET on Tuesday was fully as good
as for several weeks past, and prices rather improved.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JULY 17.—The market
to-day has been rather slacker, and fewer pieces have been
sold than in the two previous weeks ; prices have under-
gone no variation, being already extremely low. Wool is
rather looking up, and the dealers are asking somewhat
more fur it ; but in very few instances has an advance been
obtained.

YORK Woof. MARKET, JULY 20.—\Vu have to.day had
an increas.Nl supply of about 1.50 Sheets over and above
this th.y su'unight, and a very (rood attendance of buyers ;
slid, however the businm of the day has been but but lan-
guid, and, towards its close more so ; consequently price*
have had a downward tendency. About one-fourth of the
Wools shown arc left over until next week, unsold. Good
bred Hog, 11d. to 19.1 d. ; half Hog and Ewe, 9 I. to 101 d. ;
ail Ewe, 71d. to 9d. ; Locks (with Cuts), Gd. to 6-Id. ;
ditto (without Cots), .sd. to ; Moor Wool, sd. per lb.
DONCASTER WOOL MARKET, JI7LY 15.—The supply of
Wool at Market this day exceeded that of last week, and
was by far the largest this seaFon. The attendance of pur-
chasers was again good, the sale was brisk, and all was sold
up at a small advance on the prices of last week. Hog, 15s. ;
liog and Ewe, 13s. 6J. ; Ewe, 122. per stone ; Locks, Gd.
per lb.
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• CHESTS nnEr.D.—The Wool trade continues in a languid
state ; the only quality in request is fine Hug Wool. Other
sorts must still 5e quoted low, and no animation in purchasers.
BLAcKnuarq.—l'Veek after week, we have to report the
miserable II a state of the Cotton trade in this town, and
catch time eve so report, it is under the expectation that
next n•cek we shall have to speak in more cheering terms.
Bat ne r•rc always disappointed, and no less so this week
tilau 11,-retofore. We believe things are just as dull as ever.

The Queen Dowager gave directions to her suite
aid houichold to attend the Drawing-room in her state car-
nagcs. The Noblemen and Gentlemen were presented at the
Levu, and the Ladies of the Bedchamber and Maids of Ho-
nour at the Draxing.room.
To-morrow Mr. O'Connell leaves town for Lime-
where he will rein: in on Saturday, should agitation be
tound necessary to put an extinguisher upon the Orange at-
tempts upon the county and city. From thence he will pro-
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coed to the county of Cork. After mass, MilcAe_itown, on
Sunday, he will proceed to the bloml-stsined field of Gortrop,
where he is to address one hundred thousand men, who are to
congregate from the surrounding- country. lie will subse.
quently proceed to Middle•on, where he is to met the people
(-f that district on Sunday evening. On Monday morning
Mr. O'Connell will enter the city of Cori:, and be purposes
torning to Dublin by Thursday next. Evening( Post
of Thursday.

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Cap:ain llerlicley,
the late member and present can-
d d Lie for Gloucester, has been appointed to succeed Admiral
Eiliot as Lord of the Admiralty. Adinii-al Elliot has been :--p.
pi ;.4.-i: to 4 naval comi-narid.

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MA-stYLEBONI.:.-(THIS DAY.)

The
Nereination t,f the Cl/elide:es for the borough of Mary-
lac 'oink place :hi; morni:.g. Lord Teigemouth's party
(5 Jae') werie the first who took up their station in font ~f the
it,sti,,gs, and. to tio them justice, they were most voriferens
terreerhout tae d.iv. Sir ....2aireel Whalley ai.d Mr. 'feting's
f.iends arrveil shortly afterwards; they were preceded by P.
var'.ety of flags and banners, with appropriate devices and
scriptions. Atter a hearty cheer had been given by Lord
Teig,nmouth's supporters (who were composed principally of
coal-heavers) for his Lordship, in which the Noble Lord
jollied with great good humour, a loud and pretty general
groan was given " the paid rgent of the Duke of Cunt-
tsertand. e Air. II was the nest arrival. The Hon. Can-
cedate was preceded by a baud of music and a variciy of f 1 egs
his earl ia;ate Lying decorated with pink ribbons. and IA4-•
11AS I lion ed by a numerous body of his supporters,
rearehing tan and two. Sir William Horne came teem the
'hustings without any of the usual parade of music or bat::
tiers. At this time the scene was tiettsually animated, severe.
thenaands having cone-;gated in front of the hustings,—the
windows, balconies, ae.d every availaele spot which commanded
filled with ladies. At about
a view of the proeeodings,
tett minutes !iast eleven Alderman Leinson, the returning
tdfeer, having taken his place, tue precept was read, cad the
haying been di-posed of,
Messrs. rl.otiesoN and GREEN demanded that the qualifica-
tio., oath should be adminii,tered to all the cat:debars, which
,RS ar.;ort:ingly done by Sir Peter Laurie as the several can-
dida ,es were put in nomination.
,Vhile the oaths against bribery and corruption were being
administered to the Returning Officer, a party of the " Blues"
who had been excluded from the hustings made a tremendous
rush through the dense crowd, and the result was a conflict of
a Awry deter-reined nature, in which several heavy blows were
inflicted. The savage and brutal conduct of the Blue party
was the theme of general execration. When order had been
in some degree restored,
Alderman Latesom said they were now assembled to exer-
cise one of the most important privileges with which the Con-
stitution invested them ; and he trusted that they would give
every Candidate a fair and impartial hearing, or otherwise it
would be impossible for them to know whom they should
select, or who was best fittel to represent them in Par-
liament.—(Cheers and great uproar.) He trusted that
they would so conduct themselves that day, as to set
an example to all the other towns And boroughs in the king-
dom. There were five candidates soliciting their suffrages,
who would be presented to them in turn, and he once more
begged as a personal favour that they would give each of the
Gentlemen who addressed them a fair, candid, and impartial
hearing.—(Cheers.)
„foes Hose, Esq., then came forward to propose Sir
Samuel Whalley, but the uproar was so loud that we were
unable to catch more than a detached senteuce occasionally. We
understood him to say that he presented himself as an old
friend with an old face, unchanged in the opinions he had
always maintained. When he hed first the honour of pro-
posing Sir Samuel Whalley to tnc electors of Marylebone, he
bad done so because he thnugbt him a man well calculated
to protect the nights and privileges of every grade and
class of his Majesty's subjects—( Hear, hear hear)—that
lie would exert himself on all occasions to obtain
those improvements in our institutions which the exigencies of
the times required, and to purge those abuses which it was
admitted on all henries existed. He believed the borough of
Marylebone owes; much to the exertions of the Hon. Baro-
net, and he 7.es satisfied that if he were again returned, he
would disenarge his duty as their representative with zeal and
fidelity, and be always found the advocate of those measures
which were best calculated to promote their interests.
Mr. DRUMMOND then came forward, and was received with
vehemei.t cheering from one part of the vast crowd, and
tremendous yelling from the other. He said it was with great
pleasure he obeyed the call that had been made upon him to
second the proposition now made by his friend Mr. Hope, that
Sir Samuel Whalley was a fit and proper person to represent
this borough in Parliament.—[ Here the uproar in front of the
hustings became such that it was impossible to hear a word
uttered by Mr. D. At the extremity of the crowd, in Port-
land-place, a fight commenced, apparently among the opposing
placard bearers. The body cf the Blues again rushed from
their position in front of the hustings, and forcing their
way to the scene of the battle amongst the placard
men, they seized nil the placards, and having broken
up their own as well as those of the Liberals,
made use of them as bludgeons with extraordinary, awl, as it
would appear, indiscriminate ferocity, scattering the crowd in
every direction, down Portland-place and Devonshire-street,
right and left. They, after some minutes, made their way
back to the front of the hustings shouting in triumph, and
each brandishing a large fragment of some demolished pla
card.') Sir Samuel Whalley was a manly and independent
Reformer, and would honour them if he was chosen Repre-
sentative of their Borough. To-morrow afternoon they would
go to the poll, and he was certain of Sir Samuel's success;
and he hoped so, since he had already represented that great
and populous borough so much to their satisfaction. If
some of the other candidates who had least chance of
success did not retire there would be a chance for the success
of the Tory candidate, Lord Teignmouth, which event every
liberal man in the borough must deplore.—(Cheers.) Mr.
H. L. Bulwer had been returned under false pretences, and
he trusted that the electors would not return Mr. Hall un-
der similar ones.--( Cries of " No, no.") Lord Nugent
himself had once stood for that borough, anti had lost his
election on account of there being too many candidates in
the field. They would secure the triumph of Refurm in
its fullest extent if Mr. Hall retired in time, and left the
field open to those Reformers who had a real chance of sue-
c'ss. Sir S. Whalley was not a man to bow to the decision of
any section—he relied upon the general opinion of the voters,
and would stand or fall by it.—( Cheers and groans.)
Mr. ALtrots rose to propose Sir William Horne, and was
received with much hissing, and with cries of " He has been
an Attorney_ General." He would not exhaust himself or
try their patience by along speech—( Cries of " Don't, that's
a good fellow")—but he would merely nominate Sir William
Horne.—(Cries of " That's enough ; youti candidate won't
do for us.") He hoped the electors would remember the
services of Sir William Horne, who had so ably represented
them upon a former occasion, when he was in Parliament un-
der Lord Grey's Government—when he so ably advocated and
contributed so powerfully to the plating of the Reform
Bill, he hoped they would recollect, that Sir William voted
for the abolition or that most odious measure, the Test and Corporation Acts, and for the abolition of various othe'r mea-
sures that hamper the liberties of the people. Unless he were
fully ee.eident that Sir William Horne would represent them
prop _rlv, he would not have consented to nominate him.
Mr. iletues merely seconded the nomination.
Mr. KINGSETT proposed Mr. Young, amidst much hissing.
He said their cause was a good one, if they would Lut support
it, and that Mr. Young was a man alto invariably voted e . the
side of liberty, and for all measures tending to the public weal
and to put an end to the domination of the Torics. He wished
to know whether they would allow the borough to be disgraced
by such a Reioresentative es Lord Teignmouth ?—( Cric* of
" No, no, nor by Sir William Home either.") He begged
them to recollect that Sir S. Whalley and Mr. Young were,
besides other measures, staunch supports of the Ballot. With
regard to Sir Samuel's particular opponent, Mr. Hall, he
contended (amidst much confusion) that that gentlernaii's
opinions would be detrimental to the cause of freedom is, the
borough.
11r. Cure seconded the nomination of Mr. Young. Vie
complained that a party, who had selected Mr. Hall as the ob-
ject of their choice, were sowing. the seeds of discord in the
borough, and dividing the Liberal' interest. Who, he would
ask, was Mr. Hall ? He was merely the nominee of Mr. S varre, of Circus street. lle hoped tk electors of Marylebone
would not allow themselves to lie made the teals of such
men, and be felt satisfied that _he result of the polling to-mor-
row would satisfy Mr. Hall ',Ant he was neither fit to represent
the borough of Nlaryleoone or the borough of Monmouth.
Mr. Hoveenee inen presented himself to the meeting, ;led
vests sheeted. He had very often addressel there Etkt
it had been always uncalled for and unsolicited en leis
part. He had never been urged by hi; own vanity to come
ti'-,card, but was on all occasions solicited by a 17.rge body of
his feilow-electors.—(Cheers.) He had never come to ask
any favour for himself, and be never intended to do SI, Bat
there was one rernalkeble rircumatance, OW on CI the occa-
aeons when he nddresaed them, the point which he had a.teo_
cater' wee earried.—( Cheers.) He now (Mlle before them
not on any influence of his own, for he possessed notteeettet
presurnag upon any pewers of elocrence, for he only intended
to address plain arguments, in plain worde Its men or plain
understandines.—( Cheers.) He awe! there to propose to
them Mr. Ilenjatnie Hall, who weuld do foa them e hat he heti
previously done for the borough of Meornouth—te lthin.ate
them from the dictation rr a few indi. Litiala. tie was not the
nominee of any little clique in the toorektgh. He (Mr. Hoven-
'len) had never t; Lidded to patty or any set of men ; anti
upon these grounds he ateott anyferward to support Mr. Hall.
They miDht not like Mr. Hall's political prietlples ; but if
they were the ad ocates of Raiorm. lie Came forward as its
tried friend, and tot as enc whe had "nerely promises to rely
linlo,tore—(Cher;,) It ha 3 bean stated that Mr. Hall was
friewl to the ballet he' that -vas a paltry lie put forward
bY his opponents
Hall had always been the tried friend
of that measure *abut' erdvantege had been taken of Mr. Hall's
absence throueh,
elm that he was not ivtere frienddestic calamity, to urge against
,
Hal! hal availed eensellf
if.,; 'nal been stated that ldr,
no man who had a beset •. elms)• eXCU.IO to be absent ; but
was a hu3band r
Ctllimsoo,mii—thT:to
ili honestmsy errixacnu 0
(Lou') Chee:;o,) l.ir. Hall had
onuort altered his principles
—he b.ati spoken well in fav the ballot—he
had, lavr,cated the extension of the Ohm/need the rate-paying clause, which halidificroangvee'rtearcid'n
measure what should have been a great constituitiotonaal
He had voted for the repeal of the Septennial Act,
And upon every question affecting their interests Mr. Hall had
not to make them promises, but to point to his recorded votes.
It had b;;en said that, he (Mr. Hovenden) was turning round
fro—.-, his former principles. He denied that he had stood
there on a former occasion to oppose Sir Win. Horne, and he
flow did so again. HO was a friend to the Ballot, but not
;,;uolt a ballot as was performed in the Riding_school over the
way, when packed committees and packed meetings took
pl;ee, That ballot would be the most vile tyranny to which
Iles people could be subjected.—(year, hear, and cheers.)
i--tivate feeling had never induced him to give a vote for any
man• fin had always voted on public grounds alone. On a
former ereasice he had opposed Sir William
Horne,
Williamtsar
whom
Petteerealiaet.. much respect. nl
Offleec ore - wn, and the obiiga't Sir
tiori of his public situation
iriterferettasertie. b wishes, as a friend of the people. tie
(Mreeld.). kmetf-Alt Sir William Horne wan a mdn, of honour
audit
jr
alidit9nntarii,4l, ough every vote that was pen for
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W. would be one taken from the gentleman whose interests
ho Mr. H. nppearrd there to support, yet (as we ttederstood
M. Fluvenden )he could not find fault with those *le gave
such vote. He would conclude, by declaring his opinion that
every man who wished to exercise an independent Votes, and
to resist the dictation of a bare! of detest:lo4li% weuld Volt
for the gentleman, fieej Min Hail, Ertl , whom he had now
the }nwer to propt;v. 55 5 tit and proper representative fur the
her-tel.:li.
Mr. !tenets-0e seconded the nomination.—[The lownees wf
the tnne in which this gentleman spoke, and the (if po.-sible)
increased uproar whichprevsiled duritig his netlress peevented
us from hearing inure thstt ti telv detached Words-. Ike Ws§
asssiled from the " eetrenye left" with inket VeVpißllng his
nrefession, which seemed to excite tooth ardrth in the quarter
from which they came, thoegh W.-t could not collect their
meaning.] He had we et quaintanee with Mr. Hall. lie
supported hirnaelele upon I.rinciple, as a consistees. eeitk i.iWe]-
lent Rerermer. If the Tory were el lee-e 4 I:a ileMe iii, how-
ever hnesst might be hie inteetiseol, lin would throw every im-
pediniest in his power Ott this way of Reform.
Mr. S. PiktNftli eOttNwau, then came forward to prorcew
Lord I'opin-sou:le The tumult now reetitesl !,..".. ',lli:lost
height. an] was kept up in a mete that beessars de-
scription. Fights took pine.. itt VAlious parts of ther crowd,
especially in the teetettifts. The Hallites, who bad now
-collected in 6 "ride and deep mass, seem-d to tiiiek
it Was their turn to interrupt, arid they ciente:need yel-
ling vneiferously, retaliating at the 'seine time upon the
Blues, whom by their mere weight and derßity, and without
s blow, they p„shoe out of the ground which the latter had
taken posserzion of in the morning. The result w..e thet
not one word could be heard from Mr. Pointer Ceemenn.
Mr. GREENWnon seconded the nomination, end notwith-
standing the efforts of the coal heavers in the pay of Lord
Teignmouth, he would net hear a single word of what he said,
and the only thing that reached our ears were loud cries of
" Take Sway the nominee of the Duke of Cumberland."
There was a manifestation of dissatisfeetien among the crowd
on account of the presence of the coal-heavers, and Sir Peter
Laurie stood forward and said, "take no notice of them, they
are all my friends."
Mr. Yount, Sir S. Whalley, Sir W. Horne, Lord Teign-
mouth, and Mr. Hell, then presented themeclees, and at the
request of two gentlemen the oath of qualification was admi-
nistered to them amid deed tries of " don't any of you take a ,
false oath,"
Sir S. Wtteheev then came forward, and was received with
very general cheering. They were met for the most import-
ant duty that could devolve upon men and Britons.
—(Great cheering.) That great country was now in the
act of ehosing its legislative council, upon whose decision
hung the future wealth, prosperity, and happiness of the na-
tion, mid no portion of that great empire occupied a more pro-
minent station than the borough in which they were assembled.
Upon their decision that day would depend not only the inte-
rests and happiness of the smaller portions of the community,
but of that mighty empire of which they were a portico, hod
even of tire civilized world, vvhe.ever the power and
genius of the power and liberty of the British empire
extended.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) It became
them therefore to enter upon the discharge of those solemn
duties with caution, and sobriety, becoming their importance.
Reappeared before them in a position somewhat different forts
the other candidates, for he had to render an account to them
of the manner in which he had discharged his public duty as
their representative. He had in various parts of the borough
received the most gratifying marks of their approbatton, and
men upon whose judgment he could implicitly rely had ex-
pressed their satisfaction of his conduct in the discharge of
those duties. He now came before them to solicit a continu-
ance of their support and esteem, and at no period in the history
of that countay was their decision fraught with mere importance.
Of the candidates before them he was bound to speak with the
greatest respect, but none of them could exceed him in zeal
for their service, while he endeavoured humbly to follow out
those principles which had first recommended them to their
notice. He was proud to find that all classes and parties now
advocated reform in some shape or another, Even the Noble
Lord (Teignmouth) who stood beside him, and who had acted
throughout the contest in a highly honourable manner-- even
that Noble Lord told them that he was a constitutional Re-
former, and they differed only as to the extent, but that was a
most material difference.— ( Hear, and cheering.) When the
Reform Bill was first conferred he believed it to be only a
means to promote the happiness of the people, and he had en-
deavoured by all the means in his power to accomplish
that desirable end.—(Great cheering.) The glory of
that country was mainly owing to the popular cha-
racter of its institutions, and the more widely they wero
extended, the greater would be its power and respect among
foreign nations. It would be his great object to extend the
popularity of those institutions, because in his judgment, the
wider the foundations the stronger the superstructure.—(Ap-
plause.) He regretted to find that in a borough containing
twenty or thirty thousand householders, not one third of them
had a right to vote. He wished to see the franchise extended to
every householder, and to see them exercise it free from all
external trammels—either the dictation of landlords, or the
improper interference of customers. —( Hear, hear, and great
Cheers.) He need not say, therefore, he was anxious for the
protection of the Ballot—that he was the friend of triennial
Parliaments, and the advocate of tlieie,other popular measures
upon which he had been afforded so many opportunities of
stating his opinions to them. He regretted that there was
not more perfect unity among the Reformers of the borough ;
and so anxious had he been to prevent disenion, that he was
willing to have lost the honour of representing them, if his re-
tirement could have accomplished it. If returned again, he
would pursue the same course as before. Ile would suppert
the Queen's Government, as long as her Ministers brought
forward measures for the good of the people—(Cheers)—so,
long as they endeavoured to promote the welfare of the people,
the diffusion of education, and the extension of reform in all our
institutions.--(Great cheering.) So long he would support
the Government, and no longer.—(Cheers.) Our new So-
vereign was an Englishwomen—(Cheers)—brought up in
those principles which had placed her family on the throne.
She appealed to the people to show now, whether they
wished the Government of the country to continue to be
carried on upon the same principles upon which It had been
carried on since the passing of the Reform Bill.—(Great
cheers.) He hoped that the electors of this borough would
respond to that appeal, and that it would be responded to
from one end of the country to the other. Her Majesty
could only carry on her Government upon those principles
by the support of a united people; It shits their duty, there-
fore, to look to the principle* of the candidates, and to dis-
regard all personal Considerations and private affections. Not
only that borough, or the whole metropolis, or even the whole
empire, but the whole of the civilised world, looked up
to the result of the pending elections, by which might be de-
cided the question whether liberal principles should prevail,
or despotism he trittltphant throughout the world. The Queen
was attached to the liberal institutions of the country. She
was desirous to uphold the liberties of the people, because she
kn!.:w that those liberties, atd her right to the throne, de-
pended on the Rattle pi ineiples. The liherti,s of the people of
England did not depend upon the will of any sovereign
They had not been granted by any charter which a king had
given, and a king might Woe aWay again.—(Great cheering
and groans, and cries. of " Hanover, down with Hanover 1")
The liberties of the people, and the prerogatives of the
Crr!WII, were alike supported by the Statute.law.—( Loud
and continued cheering.) The Severely was aware that
her rights, and British liberty, were i I ke founded in Il.itish
law, and in the lreests of the-people could not be overthrown.
Ile c9ncitsded b.; thanking the electors for their former sup-
port, and for the attention with which they had now heard him;
Sir Wm [loess% who was received with partial cheers a.d
great hootings, claimed the Intention of the electors, on the
ground that he had hired no party to interrupt their proceed-
hies, Ile had not abased himself nor inju-ed the electors by
adopting unworthy means of obtaining their favour—he had
come forward independently to ask their suffrage, and if they
would accept his services, he would faithfully discharge the
trust. It was now the fashion to be a Reformer ; but he was
a Reformer *hen en. such fashion existed. lie did not rest his
elaini to tlit!ii‘ SUppert merely on the ground of his being a
It ekiftller, but because whatever adyeetsge might have de-
elysd from the Reform Bill he was a party to the accomplish
merit of that measure, Ile was one of their first representa-
tires, end whale'ver he was then he still sass. He did not be-
lien that they were fickle and changeable, but he roust say
for himself that in him there had been no change. at
' the second election for the borough they had preferred
(
Mr. Bulwcr to him. That gentleman was not present on the
hustings, to als-e them an account of his stewardship. If lie
' e'er% and the electors were satisfied with his conduct, he ( Sir
William Horne) would net oppose him, but as Mr. Bulwer
was the only per son by +Ahem he was beaten on the former °ces-
sion, end as that OrtitleM2a had now retired from the represen-
tatiee) the lid not consider it arrogant in him to come f rearJ.
If he were allowed the means to attempt it, no one could de
them msre good th in he—no one would be found more zealous
in his efforts to promote the interests of the inhabitants of the
borough of Marylebene He stood before them as an honour-
able and honest man, and in that character he asked them for
their votes. With respect to his principles, he was still, as
ever, a Reformer ; and he was as anxious to secure as any
Hon. Candidate present, the rights and liberties of the
people.—( Cheers, and cries for " Hall ") He asked them
when they went home to coolly reflect on the different
principles of the divers candidates, and not to elect him if
they d:d not think that he would be a representative that
would support the liberty of the public generally, arid serve
the rights and interests of the electors of that borruiih.—
( Cheers and hissing.)
Mr. YoUNG next stood forward, and was received with
loud groans from Mr. Hall's party, and with pretty general
eheeritig from the mass of the meeting. He said that he
eitme forward jointly with Sir Samuel IVhallev, their late
representative, and that lie so of:en so fully explained his poltical
opinionethat hewould think it a task of supereroga•ion to explain
them that day, if it wcra not right to do on so important an
occasion when he presented himself to them as a candidate for
their votes.—(Cheers.) He was an advocate for the balLe,
because he believed that without that measure the electors

would never be duly protee!ed in the free exercise of their
franchise.—(Cheers.) He wished that the duration of Par-
liament should be limited to three years, and if he was asked
his reason, he would answer that it was founded on a careful

examination of the Triennial Act of 1692. He considered
that the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act should be re-
pealed, because they were both bad in principle an l vexatious
in practice. Ho believed that without those clauses, the
power of Government to levy poor-rates and assessed taxes
was already sufficient, and that it should have no further
power to vex the ratepayers.—( Hear,. hear, hear.) He was
for a total abolition of the Church-rates, according to the plan
proposed in Parliament last Session. He w:,"for Church Re-
form in its fullest extent, and he should wish that neither the
highest dignitary in the Church, nor the humblest curate,
should be allowed or induced to mix himself up with secular
affairs. He stood there conjointly with Sir S. Whalley—