The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. LUSHINGTON said, from the noise and clamour
which had prevailed throughout the whole proceedings,
it would be utterly impossible for him to answer any
statements made by those who opposed him. The High
Bailiff had expressed a wish that personal mention of
any candidate ought to be avoided, and therefore he
should only express his own sentiments for the in
formation of the electors. It was his firm con-
viction that the great majority of the electors
of Westminster were desirous of being represented
by staunch Reformers.—(Cheers.) The elections which
took place between 1807 aid 1840 bore him out in this
impression. But it was only in 1846 that, after a short
interruption, they resumed their Reform principle, and
elected two Reformers to represent them.—(Cheers.)
He professed himself a staunch Radical Reformer. He
stood before them as the advocate of civil and religious
liberty.—(Cheers.) The principles which he wished to
see carried out were those which would secure to the
people equal rights, and which would enable them to ex-
ercise the rights of conscience wholly unfettered. Wren
he was in Parliament, from 1835 to 1841, he supported
measures for the extension of the suffrage, and
for the abridgment of the duration of Parlia-
ment.—(Cheers.) He constantly voted for the in-
troduction of the ballot, and for the abolition of the
qualification for Members of Parliament. He had always
voted against church-rates, and when any measure of
a liberal character was discussed in Parliament he was
never absent. He, therefore, could give them better pledges
than those which consisted of mere words, because he
offered to them his Parliamentary career in the years to
which he had adverted, as a guarantee that his conduct
was not adopted for the mere purpose of pro
curing a few votes.—(Loud cheers.) He reminded
them that when Mr. Duncombe brought forward his
strong resolutions in respect to the unredressed grievances
.if the people, he voted in a small minority with him.
—(Cheers.) He supported the Chartist petition, signed
ny 2,000,000 of the people, because, though he did not
agree in the whole of it, he considered that it deserved
the most serious and deliberate attention of the Legis-
lature. With respect to the union of Church and State
h.. entertained very strong opinions, but he was not a
lestructive.—(Applause.) He was of opinion that their
relations were neither beneficial to the State nor to the
Church, because they encumbered the State and weak-
ened the Church. No doubt in the vex! Parliament.many
;rave and important measures would come under con-
sideration; for instance, the extension of education
and the modification of the taxes, so that the
rich might pay more and the peer less.—(Cheers.)
l'he poor-law, in spite of the modification it had received,
still pressed heavily on the people, end he should sup-
port any measure which pr. .posed to effect the requited
modification. It, however, the Legislature did not do
its nuty, the people must do theirs.—(Cheers.) lago
.% hiipered to Othello, " Beware, my lord, of jealousy;"
and the people would be justified in calling in the ears
of Lord John Russell, " Beware, my Lord, of finality."
—(Laughter.) If it shoal please them to elect him as
their representative, it should be his earnest task to
fulfil the duties which would devolve upon him as their
representative. His health and all his strength and ener-
gies should be devoted to their service, and he should be
satisfied with the honour of representing them without
seeking any employment. Objection had been made to
him on account of his age, but in regard to that objec-
tion he might say, that he should not have been so un-
prineipli d as to ask for their suffrages if h. had felt that
he was incompetent to discharge satisfactorily the duties
which devolved on a Member of Parliament; but when
Ise was unable to do so he would cheerfully return the
trust they hail reposed in him into their hands, and
whenever they should think proper to call upon him to
surrender that trust he would cheerfully act in accord-
ance with their wishes.
WEYMOUTH.

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The nomination is on Friday, and polling on Satur-
day. The Tory gentry are using every means of inti-
midation and bribery, and have brought Mr. Crowther
down from Westminster to assist them; but all their
efforts will be fruitless. Mr. Christie and Colonel
Freestun will be returned by a large majority.
WHITEHAVEN.

Mr. R. C. Hildyard was elected without opposition.

WIGAN.

WIGAN, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—We have had no
contest here. Until yesterday it was expected that Mr.
Crosse, one of the Conservative candidates, would go to
the poll, but on that day he retired from the contest.
Accordingly, our proceedings to-day were only formal,
terminating in the unopposed return of Culonel Lindsay
and Mr. R. Thickness°.
WINDSOR.

The nomination for this borough took place yesterday,
and there being no opposition, Colonel Reid and Lord
John Hay were declaredßM duOUTH.Iy elected.
YA

YARMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. - The nomination took
place this morning. The candidates are C. E. Rumbold,
E,q., Lord Arthur Lennox, F. H. Go!timid, Esq., and
E. 0. Coupe, Esq.
The show of hands was so equal, the Mayor could not
decide. A poll was consequently demanded, and fixed
for Thursday (this day).
YORK CITY.
Mr. Redhead Yorke and Mr. J. G. Smythe have been
returned.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE NEW KENT-ROAD.—
Last night, about eleven o'clock, a very alarming and
destructive fire broke out upon the premises in the oc-
cupation of Mr. Prince, toy and fancy workbox-dealer,
carrying on business at No. 8, Providence-buildings, New
Kent-road. The discovery was made by police constable
107. Smoke, which he saw issuing from the shop front,
made him acquainted with the alarming fact. The
officer raised an instant alarm, and after some time he
succeeded in arousing from their slumbers the whole of
the inmates. Br the period, however, that he had ac-
complished his object, the whole of the lower portion of
the premises was completely enveloped in flame. By
great perseverance, however, the residents succeeded in
effecting a safe retreat from the blazing pile, some by
leaping out of the back windows, others by precipitating
themselves from the front of the house. Fortunately no
one was injured, but the frames continued to progress
with unusual rapidity, seizing upon everything of a
combustible nature, so that in the space of a few minutes,
the building from the ground floor to the roof; pre-
sented one wide sheet of flame. With us little delay
as possible, the engines of the London brigade from
Southwark Bridge-road, Waterloo-road, Ch arid os-street,
and Farringdon-street stations arrived, closely fol-
lowed by that belonging to the County Office from
Regent's Quadrant. The mains of the Water Company
yielded an abundance of the antagonistic element,
which being thrown over the flames, happily got them
extinguished before twelve o'clock, but not until the
premises were burned out, and the whole of the stock in
trade, furniture, wearing apparel, and other effects were
reduced to ashes. The origin of the calamity is un-
known. The police, under Superintendents Evans and
Robinson, of the M and P divisions, rendered essential
service to the firemen, by keeping the immense crowd
out of danger.
THE NEW BOTTLE CONJURER. -- The Patriot
Harvey—having slunk from Marylebone—has not only
eaten his own words, but jumped down his own throat.
He says in his letter, that the election might " well be
coveted by the highest and purest pretensions." It is
then no wonder that Ur. Harvey sliould have retired.—
Punch,