The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1865.

place yesterday. Mr. Swann Murrell, the Mayer, presided ;
and after the usual formalities

Mr. Balls nominated Mr. F. S. Powell, who has repre-
sented the borough in Parliament for the last three years.
Dr. Adams seconded this nomination.
Alderman Harris, chairman of the Liberal committee,
proposed the senior candidate, Mr. Christie.

Mr. P. Beales seconded this nomination.
Mr. G. E. Foster, banker, of Cambridge, proposed Mr.
R. R. Torrens.

Mf Alderman H. Smith seconded the nomination.

Dr. Fawcett proposed Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., whose opinions,
Dr. Fawcett said, were identical with those of Mr. Macau-
lay.

Eventually the Mayor declared the show of hands to be
in favour of Messrs. Christie and Torrens. A poll was
demanded, and fixed for to-day.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

In the Senate House, yesterday morning, Mr. Vice--
Chancellor presiding, the elections of the members for the
University were proceeded with. Both the late members
—Mr. Walpole and Mr. Selwyn—were unanimously re-
elected.

in carrying measures for the benefit of the people. It was
by the votes of the party he had always supported that
measures of general improvement had been carried, the
restrictions taken off trading, the necessaries of life freed
from taxes, and luxuries made cheaper. They had been
told that agriculture would be ruined by the admission of
foreign goods, but they had seen, on the contrary, that
agriculture had been benefited. It had been by the mea-
sures which the present Government had carried that food
had been cheapened, employment increased, and wages
raised. Were not those measures for which they were
entitled to the support of the working classes ? For those
principles they were prepared to go, and he asked them to
send him to Parliament to further measures based upon
such principles. Since he addressed them last, he had en-
deavoured to pay his respects to every elector, and he had
to return thanks for the kindness and courtesy which he
had received. In consequence of the disturbance, the re-
mainder of the hon. gentleman's remarks could not be heard.
Alderman KEARSLEY afterwards addressed the electors.
The MAYOR declared the show of hands in favour of
Alderman Searsley and Mr. Greenwood.
A poll was demanded on behalf of Sir C. Wood.

vious to the commencement of his speech two effigies were
brought amongst the crowd, which caused great amuse-
ment and no inconsiderable amount of tumult. Ono was a
head representing Mr. Horsman's, one-half painted blue
(the Tory colour) and one-half yellow (the Whig colour).
The other was a weathercock; ono side was painted yel-
low inscribed "Mr. Horsman in 1853 ;" the other was
painted blue, and inscribed "Mr. Herman in 1865." When
the right hon. gentleman succeeded in obtaining a hearing,
he said he would tell them the meaning of the hat and the
bird. The hat was like his own (a white one), but under
it there was a block of wood without any brains and with a
shut mouth. Now he interpreted that to mean Mr. Pon-
sonby's head. (Tremendous uproar.) The bird with the
side of 1865 represented a gamecock, and that of 1853 very
like a goose. (Laughter.) After another long interval of
uproar, Mr. Horsman asked why it was that this opposi-
tion had been got up and this contest brought about, and
he proceeded to criticise most severely, and with great per-
sonality, the conduct of his opponents and of their candi-
date. He accused the advanced liberal party of having
been hawking themselves about for a candidate, of having
gone to London and to Gloucester and been snubbed, and
at last having had Mr. Ponsonby palmed upon them, be-
cause he had been got rid of at Cirencester, and his friends
wanted to get another place for him. He was not good
enough for a small and insignificant place like Cirencester,
but ho was good enough for the important commercial
town of Stroud. It had been said in the praise of Mr.
Scropo that when ho first went to Parliament he had to
assist in the abolition of those sinecures and pensions
which existed previous to the time of the Reform Bill.
Those groat abuses were of four classes, and provided pen-
sions and places for the families and members of the aris-
tocracy. A black book containing a list of thorn was pub-
lished, and he saw that the name of Ponsonby appeared in
all these classes ; and oven one Sarah Ponsonby—(" Aunt
Sally")—was provided for out of the public purse. (Great
confusion, and cries of "Read.") A man who had come of
a family who had been so largely pampered out of the
public taxes was now the accepted candidate of these ad-
vanced liberals. Mr. Ponsonby's friends had said that ho
was a stranger to them. Ho had been eleven years in Par-
liament, and what sort of a member must he have been to
be a stranger? It had been said that he was an indepen-
dent man, but he never gave a vote but at the instigation of
the Ministerial whips. If he was a reformer why did he
not, in 1861, vote with Mr. White on his amendment
to the address condemning the Government for their aban-
mont of reform ? Now ho (Mr. Horsman) was not a
sinecurist nor a pledge-breaker; and though he would hare
been happy to have met on the hustings an opponent of
earnest and honest opinions, with a ragged coat or without
a coat at all, ho did say that this contest was not one of
principle, but was merely personal —a contest founded upon
a contempt of all principle—a contest which every man of
honour and character, and who valued the reputation of his
town, every man of morality or conscience should set his
face against, whatever his political opinion's, as an unprin-
cipled alliance. He concluded a speech of two and a quar-
ter hours, most of which time had been spent in endea-
vouring to conciliate the crowd, by an anticipation of
victory on the morrow.

Mr. Ponsonby, who was received with great applause,
and was evidently the "popular" candidate, then briefly
addressed the crowd, but was indistinctly heard. He said
Mr. Horsman's speech consisted solely of an attack upon
himself ; he had not stated anything of what were his own
principles. Some members of his (Mr. Ponsonby's) family
had undoubtedly received pensions, but they were for
services rendered ; the last ho knew of was for services at
Waterloo. He, at least, had never received a penny of the
public money—(loud applause)—and his family had always
been reformers. He briefly touched upon some of Mr.
Horsman's departures from his own party, particularly the
French treaty and the question of reform ; and with regard
to his own votes, said ho had voted with Mr. Scrope more
than 300 times during the last Parliament. (Cheers.)
Where was Mr. Iforsman ? (Various cries.) Ho was not
a more Ministerial supporter, and had voted against them
in favour of the reduction of the fire insurance duties, and
had not voted for them on the fortification scheme ; but he
had supported the Government generally, because it was a
liberal, a good, and a popular government. He concluded
by expressing his intention to vote for a good reform bill.
A show of hands was then taken, and was largely in
favour of Messrs. Ponsonby and Scrope. A poll was de-
manded on the part of Mr. Horsman, and will take place
this day ( Wendesday).