The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-05 00:00:00

EAST CUMBERLAND ELECTION.

(Abridged from the Carlisle Journal of Saturday.)
The election of a Member for the Eastern Division of
this county, in the room of Mr. Blamire, who has accepted
the ofEce of Chief Commissioner under the new Tithe Act,
took place yesterday at Carlisle.
Mr. James, of Barrock Lodge, formerly M.P. for Car-
lisle, as art old and tried Reformer, was invited by a requi-
sition signed by nearly 1,000 electors, to allow himself to
be put in nomination, free of expense; and accepted the
flattering compliment. As no other candidate offered him-
sal, the election excited comparatively little interest.
On the hustings we observed• H. Howard, Esq., of Corby
Castle ; H. Howard, Esq., Greystoke Castle ; F. Aglionby,
• Esq., Nunnery ; P. H. Howard, 'Esq., M.P. ; W. Mar-
shall, Esq., M.P. ; W. Crakenthorpe, Esq.; Thomas Sal-
keld, Esq., of Holm Hill; C. S. Featherstonhaugh, Esq.,
Kirkoswald ; John Dixon, Esq., of Knells ; G. G. Moun-
Bey, Esq. ; Joseph Ferguson, Esq., of Fisher-street ; John
Connell, Esq. ; James Connell, .Esq. ; Joseph Salkeld,
Esq. ; George Ferguson, Esq., and numerous other gentle-
men of the first respectability.
The usual formalities having been gone through, the
High Sheriff requested that a candid hearing might be given
to each gentleman who wished to address the meeting.
FRANCIS AGLIONEY, of Nunnery, then stepped forward,
and said—ln proposing Mr. James, of Barrock, I am pro-
/ osing a man who is anxious that you should derive all
the benefits which were expected to arise from the Re-
fon u I. think, for my own part, that

it is high ou'lllPNe 1111 Possession of them
The blessing of cheap government is still withheld from
us.—(Hear, hear.) I should be sorry to say anything
to lower the authority of the second 'branch of the le-
gislature ; but when I sec them forgetting that the ob-
ject of all laws is the happiness of the people, I must
enter my protest against their proceedings.—(Cheers.)
It would have been more consonant with their high cha-
racter, to endeavour to gain the affections of the people,
instead of struggling to gain that power which they have
lost, and which they ought never to have possessed.—
(Hear, hear.) They may think that bit by bit reforms will
satisfy the nation ; but they are greatly mistaken. It is im-
possible for the nation to be satisfied until it gets relief,
from the burdens of which it complains. The people
grudge that more is bestowed on the Church than they
deem necessary ; they grudge the Pension List, which they
look upon as a waste of their means for the aggrandisement
of Courtiers, their wives, their daughters, their sons,
and sons-in-law. And above all they begrudge an over-
grown Colonial establishment, intended only for the benefit
of the aristocracy and their connections : an estaVishment
adding military to clerical burthens. It is our duty to en-
deavour to obtain relief from those things of which we
complain, and to do so we must send to Parliament as
our representative an unflinching Reformer ; and such a
man I look upon Mr. James to be.(Applause.) Having
lived for some time in Ireland, I have been an eye-witness
to the working of the system, and can speak from personal
experience of its effects. i resided for some time in the
Archiepiscopal city of Tuam, where the population is as
distinctly Catholic as the population of Spain ; and-- yet
there is a Protestant Cathedral, with all the appendages of
such an establishment—except a congregation.—(Cheers.)
I have always been the humble friend and advocate of re-
ligious freedom. What I claim for myself is, freedom to
worship God in my own way. I beg now, brother elec-
tors, to propose William James as our representative ;
because, throughout his public life he has ever been found
faithful amongst the faithless ; and because I believe that
he will represent the feelings and the wishes of a large
majority of enlightened constituency.
fIENRY HOWARD, Esq., of Greystoke Castle, seconded
the nomination of Mr. James. _ _ _

The Hiatt SHERIFF then asked if any one had another
candidate to propose ; and there being no answer, he de-
clared Mr. James duly elected amidst general cheering.
W. JAMES, Esq., then presented himself, and was re-
ceived with a hearty cheer. He said, I thank you for that
gratifying and welcome cheer, upon making my appearance
once-more as a public man. I need hardly tell you the
high sense I entertain of the honour you have just been
pleased to confer upon me,- by appointing me one of the
Representatives of the Eastern Division of this County.
agree most fully with my friends who have preceded me,
that we never shall obtain our rights—that we never shall
obtain justice, until the House of Lords be reformed,
and in some way made responsible to the nation.—(Great
cheering.) The whole of the mischief 2.ppears to have
arisen from the excessive creation of Peers
,during the
latter reigns—especially during the reigns of George the
Third and Fourth ; for it should never be forgotten, in con-
sidering this point, that the real, the ancient nobility of Elie--
land—the Russels, the Howards, the Cavendishes, and'
others—(Hear, hear)—these are the friends to liberal
principles—these were the supporters of Earl Grey in car-
rying the Reform Bill ; these arc the supporters of the
present liberal Government.—( Hear, hear.) During the
Session of Parliament just ended, the Government intro-
duced and passed through the Commons various measures
of improvement, which no sooner reached the Lords than
they were immediately barked—( Laughter and chcers)—
or mangled in such a degree as not to be recognised by their
original authors.—(Haar, hear.) Some of these were of a
conciliators' character towards that most ill-fated country,
Ireland.—(Hear, bear, hear.) I never had the good for-
tune, like my friend Major Aglionby to visit that fine
country ; bUt I a ree id every word he hums said svith
regard to the Irish Protestant Church Establishment.
I meant to see ;he hard-working clergyman receive something
more than the wages of a mechanic, and I think the Bishops
and dignitaries might be very well content with something-
less than the incomes of Princes. I am as warmly attached
as any man to the Protestant religion ; and it is because I
am so, that I wish to see those abuses abolished. I ought
not, also, to forget the evils of non-residence and pluralities ;
these ought to form part of every plan of a satisfactory cha-
racter with respect to Church Reform.—(llear, hear.) But
really, the great question now for consideration before the
country is', not so piuch what reforms are desirable, but
what impediments must be removed in order to obtain
them. No doubt the object of the factious conduct of the
Tory Peers is to drive the present Ministers from office, in
order to bring about their own selfish purposes.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) You have been pleased to send me to
Parliament ; and I shall go there resolved to do all in my
power to support the present liberal Government ; and I
ask you, the electors of East Cumberland, if you arc not also
disposed to go along with that Government in advancing
the cause of steady reform ?—if you will not also support an
administration acting on the principles of liberty—shaping
its course in accordance with the feelings of the nation—
anxious to consider your wants and redress your wrongs—
\ willing to throw open to all who require them, equal rights
and privileges ?—or will you suffer yourselves to be governed
by an irresponsible faction, actuated by views directly op-
posite to those of Reform, defending every abuse, resisting
every measure conducive to the national welfare, and re-
solved, as far as they have the power, to make the Reform
Bill valueless ?—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you may rely
upon it, so long as the Peers possess irresponsible power,
so long will abuses be nurtured and cherished—their object
evidently being to thwart every good measure which the
Commons, after days and nights of the severest toil for
months together, have sent up for their consideration, and
one half of them not even being at the trouble to attend
to perform this office. It is their privilege to decide ques-
tions which they do not know, and to give their opinions
upon subjects affecting the interests, not only of this na-
tion and of civilized Europe, but of mankind, without
having been present, and, of course, not having heard
one single word of the debate. What would you
say of twelve jurymen who should take upon them-
selves to decide a cause of importance, nine of the number
not having heard one word of the evidence ? Would you
be satisfied with their verdict ?—(No, no.) I ask the most
yellow man amongst you, would you be satisfied with their
verdict ?—(Loud cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The first
thing to he done, then, in my judgment, towards a Reform
of the House of Lords, is to abolish the right of voting by
proxy. It is a disgrace, in my opinion, to any legislative
assembly. This and more must be accomplished, unless we
be prepared to give up all pretensions to the character of a
free people, and submit at once to be the'slaves of a domi-
neering and haughty oligarchy.—(Applause.) Talk of the
tyranny of a democracy, indeed ! What tyranny can be
greater, or more galling, than that 170 individuals, placed
in power by the mere accident of birth, should possess the
power of thwarting every good measure, and opposing every
improvement.—(Hear, hear.) I observe the reporter of
the Patriot newspaper near me. I hope he will take a
note of these words—what tyranny can be greater than this?
But I beg pardon for this digression. I was proceeding to
comment on the shameless conduct of the Peers, in stopping
all legislation ; and as not satisfied with this, but finally adding
insult to injustice through the mouth of their leader,—the
Noble Baron Lyndhurst, who was likened with great jus-
tice, by Lord Melbourne, to King Charles's Minister, the
Earl of Strafford. You all know what became of him.—
(Applause.) lam willing to hope that this gross insult to
the nation was spoken in heat of debate, unpremeditatedly,
unadvisedly. If so, the English people, who are of a for-
givin& nature, may pardon and overlook it ; but should this
Noble Lord pursue the same unconciliatory and reckless
course, during the next Session, thereby endangering the
Constitution, and even the Monarchy, I hope that the po-
pular cry for justice against Lyndhurst will become as loud
and prove as effective, as it was against Strafford in the
time of Charles. Sure I am, that in such a case he will de-
serve a similar fate to that of his great prototype before
him.—(Applause.) These are my sentiments at the pre-
sent crisis.=(Mr. James then retired amidst loud cheering.)
On account of the unfavourable state of the weather, it
was agreed to dispense with the usual ceremony of chairing,

One of the most valuable mineral properties, as it
regards iron and coal, which has been in the market for some
years, appears in our columns this evening. The coal is of
that valuable kind called Anthracite, which is considered
stronger than coals in general use by more than 25 per Cent.—
that coming into great use in American general steam navi-
gation.
Two young men of good families of Brussels, having
quarrelled about a young and pretty milliner, who had be-
stowed her favours equally on both, met on the 27th in the
Bois de la Chambre, and exchanged a case of pistols each,
without effect. The hot-blooded youths wished to renew their
shots, but their seconds, being cooler and wiser, interfered,
and recommended, that as they had placed their lives at the
risk of chance, they should do the • same with regard to their
mistress, and toss up for her. This was done, but the winner,
after a moment's reflection, ardently embraced his late anta-
gonist, who had been till then his bosom friend, and said, " I
swear by my honour I will never see her again, and thus she
will not belong to either of us."—Belge.
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observes the Literary Gazette, " is obviously a first produc-
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which even the most successful author regrets ; it is the first
love, and the whole heart is in it. Violet' is a most remark-
vigour, and truth, set forth by a sin-
able work, full of feeling,
gularly dramatic style. The heroine is conceived in a spirit of
exquisite poetry ; she is a lady of nature's making.' Her
story is of intense interest, and there are scenes whose pathos
is unrivalled."

Paganini is not ill, as has been stated, but has
been. passing some months in a comparative state of seclusion
at his country house, near Geneva.