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London, England, 1853-01-06 00:00:00

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and cordial spirit which actuated him—a firm devotion
to the liberties of his country, at the same time that he
respects the rights-and claims of those who, on the part
of this country, can put forward matters to him ; and I
am sure we can have no one more fitting to discharge
those duties than him whom you have honoured,
and who has honoured us, your guest this evening.
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The company separated a few minutes before twelve
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ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
SECOND DAY'S POLL.
The polling commenced at 10 o'clock, and although no
statement was given out at 11 o'clock, it was generally
understood that Mr. Perceval's friends had reduced his
minority of yesterday to five, the numbers being at that
hour,

Gladstone
85
Perceval ........................
In another hour, the friends of Mr. Gladstone had in-
creased his majority of 5 to 15, the numbers being at 12
o'clock,

Gladstone lO2
Perceval
At 1 o'clock, Mr. Perceval's friends reduced Mr.
Gladstone's majority from 15 to 10. The numbers then
were,

Gladstone.
Perceval...

108
98

The poll was adjourned from 1 until 2 o'clock, when
it re-commenced, and went on slowly and equally, for
at a quarter to 3 the numbers polled were,
Gladstone 142
Perceval 133

After this, Mr. Perceval's supporters proved to be
more numerous than those of his opponent's, for at the
close of the poll for the day, it was as follows
:
Gladstone l7l
Perceval l7O

Majority 1
The poll was opened at 9 o'clock this morning.
The number of members of Convocation, according
to the " Oxford Calendar," in January, 1852, was 3,352.
The number at the present time is supposed to be more
than it was then.

SOUTHAMPTON.

The nomination for this borough took place yesterday
in the Town-hall, Southampton. As there was some
opposition to the re-election of Sir A. J. E. Cockburn,
on his acceptance of office under the new Ministry, the
proceedings were chararterised by considerable anima-
tion. Mr. A. B. Cochrane, who was defeated at the
last general election, contests the borough with the At-
torney-General, but his opposition is not of an active
character, as the hon. gentleman relies upon the peti•
tion presented against Sir A.. Cockburn for bribery and
treating, and will, in the event of his re-election to-day,
present a petition and pray for the seat. After the
usual formalities,
-Mr. R. ANDREWS, ex-Mayor, proposed Sir A. J. E.
Cockburn. The Derby Government, he said, had had a
fair trial, and now we had a new Ministry, in which
were Radicals, Whigs, Conservatives, and Tories. He
was very glad to see the mixture. It had all the talents,
all the power, all the desire, and he believed all the
ability to carry out measures beneficial to the mass of the
people. As to the petition which had been presented
against the late election of the hon. Gentleman, Sir A.
Cockburn, he believed, would sooner give 1,0001. than
that this petition should be withdrawn, andAhe present
Attorney-General would come out of the inquiry a spot-
less and honest man. (Cheers.)
Captain BOWYER seconded the motion.
Colonel CRABBE proposed Mr. A. B. Cochrane as a
fit and proper person to represent the borough of South-
ampton. Mr. Cochrane was before the electors some
four or five months ago ; and, 'although he was not suc-
cessful, he had polled a very large number of votes.
The lion. gentleman's opinions were, he believed, the
same now as they were when he last presented himself
before them, and he was still anxious, as he had always
been to carry out measures for the benefit of the work-
ing classes, as well as for the rich. (Cheers and disap-
probation.)
Mr. KING seconded the nomination. With regard to
the malt-tax, he was, of course, as a brewer, in favour
of beer—(laughter)—but he doubted whether it would
be for the benefit of the working classes to take off the
malt-tax ; for ho believed the greater part of the proposed
remission would come into the pockets of the brewers.
This was a personal question, and he did not think it
ought to have been put to him, but, as it had been put,
he had answered it candidly. (Cheers and laughter.)
Sir A. J. E..COCKBURN, on presenting himself to the
electors, was received with great enthusiasm. He asked
for the indulgence of those present, as he had been suf-
fering for some days from severe indisposition, which had
not been improved by the exertions he had gone through'
within that period. After alluding to the career of the
Derby Ministry, and exposing the defects of their finan-
cial and commercial ..measures, he went on. to_ say that
the new Ministry had been formed of men of various
shades of opinion, and no one would dispute that it em-
braced an amount of ability such as no Government
which had been seen in this country within the last half-
century had been enabled to bring to the administration
of public affairs. (Cheers.) On the same bench in the
House of Commons would now sit Lord. John Russell,
Lord Palmerston, Sir James Graham, Mr. Gladstone,
Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William
Molesworth—(cheers)—in the Cabinet ; out of the Cabi-
net, besides„ there would be such men as Mr. C. Villiers
and Mr. Bernal Osborne ; and if her Majesty's principal
law advisers should be less efficient than might be desired,
lie could say that his colleague and coadjutor was one of
the ablest men who ever raised a voice in Westminster-
hall, and he would add that two more sincere and zeal-
ous reformers of the law could not be found than his
colleague and himself. (Cheers. The present Govern-
ment was one which, if you looked at the various mem-
bers of the Cabinet as politicians, as orators, as states-
men, and as administrators, might challenge comparison
with any Administration ever formed. (Hear, hear.)
But they were told it was a coalition • and England, the
late Chancellor of the Exchequer had told us, did not
" love coalitions." No, England did not love coalitions,
if by coalitions was meant a combination of men who
sacrificed principle for the sake of power and place ; but
if they found men forgetting their own personal claims—
(hear)—if they found men uniting where there was no
sacrifice of principle, and for the interest of the public
service, to form an Administration which could carry on
the Government of the country efficiently and well, the
people of England, who loved to be well served, who
loved to be served by men of ability, and talent, and
experience, would not object to a coalition, which, while
it involved no sacrifice of principle, brought into the pub-
lic service the greatest possible amount of talent and
ability. But was there any sacrifice of principle on the
part of any of the new Ministers ? Don't let tnem blink
the question. He had been charged with having sacrificed
his principles and his political honour to a desire of plaoo,
and with never having had any other motive than that
which actuated the adventurer and the place-hunter.
These were serious charges, and ought not to be want-
only or recklessly made. His principles had been known
to them from the time he first came forward to contest
the borough, and if he believed that in joining this Ad-
ministration he should sacrifice aught of those principles
—if he believed the government wished to go backward
ec
nt st
sti which he had atthihnekarht,hinnsecifornmunownewirthtyh heist.
instead of forward, or that they were less likely to attain
before them if, under such circumstances, he
had
principles he had always main_
hid joined this or any other Government (Chers!)
were likely to be compro-
But, in the first place, he would ask the electors to
rtaemineemd,bearnd whathwere tthheey
mised by association with the present Administration.
It was true that the Prime Minister
hwas Lord Aber-
deen, with whom as
acted in common. But
a no onencou d deny that Lord
Aberdeen and the members
l ad not hitherto
nioaf the party who had
hitherto acknowledged • him as their head were at least
men as to whose hon
our,probity,and integrity, there
could be no question.
Sir R. Peel, They were the men who, with
out that gave. up place and power in order to carry
just, wise, and beneficial " measure— (loud
cheers just,
the' p •
rings of industry were light-
ened and the food ,of sththe people cheapened. For that
y scattered personal and party considerations to the
winds ; for that they forewent place and power, and
submitted for six years, as it were, to remain a com-
paratively small and insignificant party in Parliament.
(Hear, hear.) But their political honesty was only made
the more apparent and manifest by this. What had
been the first object of Lord Derby when called ontc!
form a Ministry at the first resignation of Lola o
,i_
Russell ? Why, the first person to whom be addressed
himself was was Mr. Gladstone and his party ; but 3fr. •
power
stone refused to unite himself with Lord Derby I,l_[olitical
of a
—another proof of the right hon. gentleman political
honesty, and of his superiority to all considerations
this Feat discus-
personal character. Then there came
every one would
sion upon the budget—a question,
the country. By a
admit, of most vital importancee
aooe
of_
Parliament the
union, which took place in
eth f
peelite party and
of the nation, between th
of the late Governmen t
Liberals, the financial scheme
was defeated. Previousconcert,
as
Mr. Gladstone
had already publicly declared, there was none. Th e
union of parties against the late Government arose out
of the nature of f the circumstances'resulted and it
defeat to the Ministry. It then
became necessaryto form acknowledged
a new without re-
serve that he did not believe any Government cool
have stood against that serried phalanx which ree-
ted the agriculturists and the greatportion re-
sented er oft he
aristocracy, unless composed of the remnantof Sir R
0- bert Peel's party and the Liberals. (Hear hear.) It
„as necessary for the pub se •
the financial schemes of _ lic service--nay, more, deemin g
not
with danger, ifthe late Ministry to be fraugh
with
believed not only thedestruction, to the empire, he
p
required that that Adl. lc service, but tbe public safety,
to return to Power. nistration should not be suffered
(Hear.) It was necessary, there-

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