The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-04 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORDSHIRE.
OXFORD, MONDAY.
The official declaration of the poll took place at
the County-hall this morning by Mr. B. H. Rey-
nardson, the High Sheriff of the county. Among
other gentlemen present wore the newly-elected
member (Colonel Fane), the defeated Liberal can-
didate (Sir Henry Dashwood), and the Right Hon.
Mr. Henley, M.P.
The casting-up of the poll-book occupied up-
wards of an hour.

The HIGH SHERIFF declared the state of the
poll as follows _ _ _

For Colonel Fane .. ..
For Sir H. Dashwood .. ..

.. 1,909
.. 1,722

Majority for Fane

.. -187

The formal declaration of the Sheriff that the
choice of the electors had fallen upon Col. Fane
was received with mingled cheers and disappro-

bation.

The following arc the numbers polled at each
polling-place :

Fano. Dashwood.
Oxford .. .. .. 408 .. 537
Banbury .. .. .. 219 .. 243
Bicester .. .. .. 171 .. 112
Chipping-Norton .. 142 .. 184
Pitney .. .. .. 312 .. 240
Nettlebed.. .. .. 224 .. 134
Tetsworth .. .. 309 .. 83
Deddington .. .. 121 .. 189

1,909

1,722

Colonel FANE, who was unfavourably received by
a portion of the audience in the body of the hall,
said that if they could only give him a few mo-
ments' indulgence he promised to detain them no
longer. The declaration which had just been made
by the Sheriff had informed them that he had a
majority over his opponent, and it became his
pleasing duty, therefore, to return them his sincere
and grateful thanks for the position in which they
had placed him as their representative. That would,
indeed, be a honour to any man, but he was himself
most proud of it, because he had been born and bred,
and had lived all his life in the county, and belonged
to the third generation of Fanes, who had been
elected to servo that county in Parliament.
(Cheers.) He was sure that contest had been an
example to every county in England for the quiet
manner in which a very struggle had been carried
on. Whenever his hon. opponent and himself :iad
met in the course of their canvass it had been upon
the best terms, and not only his opponent, but those
by whom that gentleman was supported, and who
in Toting against him (Colonel Fane) according to
their own convictions had induced him to think the
better of them for doing so. (Laughter.) If during
the excitement of that election a single word had
been said offensive to any individual he hoped it
would be attributed to the excited feelings which
had prevailed for the last month, and all remem-
brance of it buried with the opposition which had
called it forth. He would not detain them further.
His political opinions were contained in his address
to the electors, and in the speeches which ho had
made in the several market towns in the county he
had plainly and fairly told them his opinions upon
various political questions which he thought would
be submitted to the consideration of Parliament.
From those opinions nothing shouli induce him to
flinch, because, as he thought, he had come forward
in a manly manner, and in a manly manner he was
determined to act. (Cries of Bravo! Time.)
He was glad to hear the hon. gentleman
below say "Time." It was one way of telling
him (Colonel Fane) that he had been address-
ing them long enough. He would, therefore
only add that he returned his hearty thanks to all
for placing him in the proud position of represent-
ing them in Parliament, and wished them all a
very good day. (Laughter, and cries of " Throw
up the sponge.")
Sir H. DasiiwooD said that although he had not
been successful in the present election,ho would not
refrain from thanking the electors for the support
which they had given him ; and, considering the
very effective organization of the Conservative
party, he felt that he had little reason to be dis-
satisfied with the position which he then occupied.
(Cheers.) When he came forward as a candidate,
he was unaware of the organization which existed
among the Conservative part y—(Cries of " the
Duke!" "Marlborough !" and " S hame !")—of the
combination of two political associations, and the
large body of paid agents whom they had retained
in their service. In spite of all that, they had not
obtained a majority of 200, and he hoped and be-
lieved that on some future occasion the Liberal
party would be more successful. (Cheers, and cries
of " You're a turncoat !") He was accused by
some gentleman standing below him of changing
his opinions. (Hisses, and cries of " He's a liar I")
He did not think that any one who had read his
first address could conscientiously say that he (Sir
Henry) had changed the opinions which he ad-
vanced in the first instance ; for he then stated that
ho approved of Lord Palmerston ; and he defied
any man to prove that he had ever shrunk from
that avowal. He thanked the electors for their
support, and those of the Oxford district especially,
and he was proud to say that among his supporters
were many distinguished clerical members of the
University. (Cheers.) Ho thanked the Liberal
electors of the city of Oxford,iree h
not only oantlythfeorpothlle,
support vs hick they had g
but fur the kind manner in which they had re-
ceived him throughout the contest. When he
first met them he told them then ho was not suffi-
ciently advanced in his opinions for them, and
that he was against many measures which they ad-
vocated strongly—(cries of " Ballot !")--but, in
spite of that, they begged him to go forward, and
did not ask him for a single pledge. (Cheers,
and three deep groans for " the Duke.") The
greater proportion of the constituency was agricul-
tural, and he thought that he knew the wants of the
tenant farmers as well as most men, but he admitted
that he had not, in this instance, gained the support
of that part of the constituency so largely as he had
anticipated, although he hoped, when he again came
forward, that he should be considered entitled to
receive it. (Cheers.) He trusted that any ani-
mosity that had arisen during the last few days
would be buried in the past, and, as far as 1161 was
concerned, he did not believe that he had lost a
single friend by the contest in which himself and
his opponent had been engaged. (Cheers.)
A vote of thanks was passed to the Hi h Sheriff,
I on the proposition of Colonel
Sir HENRY DASIIWOOD. FANE, secgonded by

Alderman SADLER, of Oxford, said that although
the election had not been declared in their favour
they had, thank God, only been beaten, and not
disgraced. (Cheers.) They would fight the Liberal
blttle again and again, notwithstanding the threats
and intimidations of noble dukes and lords. The
honest freeholders of Oxfordshire who earned their