The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-15 00:00:00

people.—(Laughter.) That was tle time that Lord
Eldon said to these praters about consistency that he
had heard a great deal of the march of mind, but he
never expected to see it march into the House of Lords
with the Duke of Wellington and the bishops at its
head.—(Laughter.) When Sir R. Peel changed his
opinions he continued to hold office, and did not allow
the party to pass those measures which they had all
their life advocated, and he had all his life opposed.
And now he was to be told that great men might do
these things—they may be inconsistent—but that little
men move within a very limited scope, and must not
venture to think otherwise than Mr. Holmes, or some
other whipper-in thinks proper that they should--are
bound to obey the behests of those who say " Do not
vote against your party, but pray vote against your prin-
ciples ; never mind principles if we can turn these men
out.--(Loud cheers.) Mr. Gibson then proceeded to
say that his honourable opponent put forward his
claims upon several grounds. His honourable opponent
called himself the sailors' friend. Did he mean to say
that he had any measure of particular benefit to propose
for the sailors—for we are all sailors' friends in
keieral here—that, for insfalco, would he put an
end to flogging in the navy—to put an end
to the system of pressing, or raising' their wages?
—(Cheers.) If he did not mean this or any thing
of this sort, it was a delusion, for they were all the
friends of the sailors. Perhaps his honourable oppo-
nent was not so much their friend as he was, for he was
against pressing in the navy, which he thought an atro-
cious tyranny. He too was against flogging in the navy.
--(Cheers.) They ought to call upon his honourable
opponent to know, as he talked of vindicating the ho-
nour of England abroad, if he were prepared to vote
against the infamous robbery committed by the King of
Hanover• upon every British ship going up the Elbc, al-
though that King had done nothing to improve the ap-
proach to Hamburg. He had the right of the robber
on the high seas—he did not make the Elbe, and yet he
imposed those restrictions upon the nation which paid
him an enormous salary out of the British taxes. The
Ipswich merchants felt this, and let them know that the

King of Hanover did not put them on the footing of a
favoured nation. This was done by him who lived
out of the taxes of the people of England.—(Cheers.)
It bad been decided by some of the best jurists of all
countries that the Stadt duties were in violation of the
Congress of Vienna. The King of Hanover called
upon the assistance of his friends, who expected SOODI to
be in office. Was his honourable opponent prepared to
resist tins obnoxious tribute ? Would he also resist the
Sound luties ? The Whigs were disposed, if driven,
fnr perhaps they would not go on quite fast enough
otherwise, to resist the Stacit, as well as the amount of
the Sound duties. But would his Hon. Friend in those
matters support the honour of the British flag ? He
was for freedom of commerce, and he was sure that
they cued dispense soon with expensive war establish-
ments. The trade in cotton had preserved peace be-
tween America and England. His honourable opponent
claimed their suffrages on account of the virtues of his
father ; there was no doubt that his venerable an-
cestor vnis a perfect specimen of fallible humanity.—
(Cries of " Shame, shame.") He respected his father
as an excellent man ; but it was put forward as a chain on
the part of the honourable candidate. He should take
a different course than that of appealing to his fither.
No doubt the friends of his honourable opponent, he
did not dispute, had a hesitation as to the candidate's
own claims, and therefore called in the assistance of
those of his father. This might be gcod argument if
the candidate were seeking a seat in the House of
Peers, alatough not suited to his looking for a scat in
the Conisuons. He concluded by expressing his hope
that they would hear his honourable opponent with at-
teation. He hoped they would pledge him not to have
any opinion of his own, and to consult Mr. Billy Holmes
or Sir Roher Peel upon every political step he should
take. If they did not do this they would treat him un-
justly•. He hoped they would also ask him if he were
prepoxcd with a copy of " the adulterated-Scriptures ;"

or whether he thought a man's vote ought to be his
own or his landlord's ; or whether he should vote for

the Ballot, and for cheap bread for the labouring popu-
lation ; and whether Sir Robert Peel was a consistent
politician, and whether he agreed with Sir Robert Peel
....

Or the ultra section of his own supporters.—[Mr. Gib.

soil retired amid loud cheers:l

IPSWICH ELECTION.

On Saturday last the election of a Member of Par-
liameat for the above Lorough took place, es it had
previously been fixed. The polling commenced at eight
o'clock, and the votes were taken at six different booths,
which, had been prepared for the occasion in different
parts of the borough. Many of the friends of both can-
didates had paraded the streets during a great part of
the previous night, and each one seemed determined to
leave ;no means unemployed to return his favourite
candidate.

On reaching the booths at nine o'clock, we found
them nil in a great state of bustle and activity, and were
informed that Sir Thomas Cochrane, the Conservative
candidate, was considerably ahead, a position which he
maintained up to near the hour of twelve o'clock. By
that tinae Mr. Gibson's friends began to rally in their
exertiorrs to bring up their voters to the poll, and in a
short sp ace afterwards both candidates were pretty nearly
equal. From that hour up to three o'clock each party
successively took the lead, the majority being alternately
between live and eleven in number. The hopes and
expectations of both candidates were kept up till
within a few minutes of the last hour, when the
freemen began to come up in great numbers, and it then
became evident that Mr. Gibson's chance of succeeding
against his rival candidate was exceedingly slight. The
hour of four having at length arrived, the Mayor de-
clared the poll to be closed ; and the Conservatives,
aware that they had a majority, paraded the greater
part of their supporters first round Cornhill, and after-
wards round the whole of the town. The usual de-
monstrations attendant upon electioneering matters
were then resorted to, but, by six o'clock, the town,
which before had been in a state of the greatest excite-
ment,was restored to the most perfect state of quietude.
The numbers polled at the present election, as far
as we could gather, were as follows--

For Sir Thomas Cochrane ...... 620
For Mr. Gibson

Majority ..

It is right, however, to state, that two or three state-
ments are made upon this subject, all of them, however,
giving the majority to the Conservatives.
Mr. Kelly, we have since learned, applied, as the
legal adviser of Sir Thomas Cochrane, for the declara-
tion of the poll on Saturday evening, but it will not, we
understand, be declared until nine o'clock on Mopday
morning.

ROCHDALE CHURCH-RATE.—After an unex-
ampled contest, which commenced on Monday, and was
continued until six o'clock last night, the rate is under-
stood to have been carried by a majority of eleven votes.
When our correspondent left the Church, Richard Car-
lile was at that time addressing a crowd of people, from
one of the tombstones ; it is, probable, however, that he
would not be suffered to go on at that particular place. All
was perfectly quiet, though a great crowd remained around
the Church.—Manchester Guardian, of Saturday.
SHORT TINIE AT ASHTON, STALYBRIDOE,
AND TETE NEIGHBOURILOOD.-The third agreement amongst
the spinners and manufacturers of Ashton, Stalybridge,
Hyde, and the neighbourhood, to work their n.ills not
more than four days per week for a period of four weeks
(from the 15th instant),has been signed by fifty-eight firms.
—Manchester Guardian.

PETITIONS IN FAVOUR OF A UNIFORM
PENNY POSTAGE.—On Thursday, a special board * the
Directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and
Manufacturers, was held at their office, J. B. Smith, Esq.
the President, in the chair, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of again petitioning the house of Commons
in favour of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan. A petition was
submitted, and unanimously adopted. Manchester has
promptly, vigorously, and nobly done its duty.—Manchester
Guardian.

PRISONERS FOR TRIAL.—A return has been
made to the House of Commons of the number of pri-
soners in the calendar for trial at the last Easter Quarter
Sessions in counties and towns in England and Wales,
who were committed for trial previously to holding the
last assizes for each county, and they amounted to upwards
of twelve hundred, exclusive of London and Middlesex ;
and also a return from each county of prisoners committed
for trial at sessions, but who were tried or discharged by
the Judge of Gaol Delivery at the Spring assizes for-want
of prosecutors, by which it appears that there were dis-
charged by proclamation from Derby County Gaol 39;
Poole County Gaol 1 ; Durham County Gaol 2; Staf-
ford County Gaol 1 ; Lewes House of Correction 4.
Thus it appears, that there were upwards of 1,200
prisoners who might have been discharged by the Judges
of Gaol Delivery, if they had all acted as Lord Abingcr
did at Lewes. It is observable that these discharged at
Deily, Poole, Durham, and Stafford, were all in county
gaols, over which the commission of gaol delivery gives
p)wer. Not so as to Lewes, it being only a House of
Correction. The practice of the Judges at the Lewes
Assizes has indeed been anomalous in the utmost degree;
for since prisoners have been committed to the Lewes
prison for trial at the Assizes, the Judges have refused to
try them while in the custody of the keeper of a House of
Correction, and it has been necessary at every gaol deli.
very to assign the prisoners over by a formal process to
the county gaoler during the assizes ; and yet prisoners
in the custody of the keeper of the House of Correction,
and moreover committed to another tribunal, were dis-
charged by the Judge at the last assizes. We are glad
to perceive, by the report of the county business done at
the sessions last week, that a Bill will be brought irf to
define the law upon this subject. —Sussex Advertiser.
NEW WAY OF SENDING A HORSE HOME.-
Returning to Utica, I fell in with a horse, bridled and
saddled, that was making his way home without his mas-
ter, every now and then cropping the grass at the road-
side, and then walking on in -a most independent manner.
His master had given him a certificate of leave, by chalk-
irg in large letters on the saddle flaps on each side " Let
hiniga.''Thiscvasav"yprimiti"pro"eding.but I am
not sure it could be ventured upon in Yorkshire, or in
Vir-
ginia either, where they know a good horse, and are par-
ticularly careful of it. It is a fact, that wherever they
breed horses, they invariably learn to, steal- them. .—CaPt•
Marryatt's "Diary in America."