The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-31 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

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and

The election for this borough is exciting great in-
terest, as it is believed that parties are now equally
matched.

Mr. Parnell proposed, and Dr. Martin seconded, Mr.
Christie; Admiral Ferris proposed, and Mr. W. Bally
seconded, Colonel Freestun; Sir Edward Johnson pro-
posed, and Captain Payne seconded, Mr. Butt; and Sir
orge Thomas proposed, and Mr.,Hodges seconded, the
Hon. Captain Villiers.
All the four candidates addressed the assemblage at
considerable length. Mr. Butt in his speech disclaiming
personalities, but taunting Mr. Christie with his absence
from the House during the divisions on the question of
grants to the Roman Catholics. He declared himself an
opponent of the ballot and of reckless and visionary free
trade, and both he and his honourable coadjutor pro-
mised, that if elected they would do all that in them
lay to increase the prosperity of the town.
The Melton called for a show of hands, and it was
considered by many among the Liberal party :that Mr.
Christie and Colonel Freestun had a decided majority.
His Worship, however, said the numbers were pretty
equal, but he thought Mr. Butt and Captain Villiers had
a majority.
A poll was then demanded for the two Liberals, and
appointed for to-day.
The announcement of Lord John Russell's success
reached here this morning, and created great enthusiasm
amongst the Liberal party, who immediately placarded
the gratifying news throughout the town.
WINCHESTER.

CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Carter (L) ... •.. ... ... 364
East (C) ... ... ... ... 310
Escott (C) ** . . ... . 250
WESTBURY.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Wilson
Higgins

••• ... ..• 170
6.111 ••• 000 149

Majority _ _ _-21
WORCESTER.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Ricardo ..• ... 1,164
Rufford
... 1,142
Hardy

WESTMINSTER.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
General Sir DE LACY Evaxs then proceeded to address
the assemblage, and was received with partial cheering
and hisses. In fact, the noise throughout the whole
of his address scarcely subsided for an instant ; and
some blackguards in th-e crowd threw a number of apples
up, some of which struck the Gallant General and his
colleague. The reporters, too, came in for their share.
The Gallant General said it now became his duty to repeat
to them the warm thanks which last evening he ventured
to express for their generous, zealous, and patriotic exer-
tions in his behalf, and which had led to his being elected
to represent the ancient city of Westminster in the en-
suing Parliament.—(Chet-rs.).He wished to congratulate
them upon the result of the contest. There was a certain
duty imposed on a candidate—but especially on a suc-
cessful one—namely, that he had no right to presume to
offer any opinion upon the choice of the electors of any
other candidate. He would not, therefore, depart from
this general rule—he should only repeat that, though
on this occasion the Liberal interest had been more di-
vided than on any former occasion, it was a source of
great gratification to him to find that, notwithstanding
this, the Conservative party had not reaped any advan
tage. He looked with great pleasure to the contest just
terminated in the city of London. Yesterday he spoke
thatthneociltoiznegnesr
of
with some uncertainty as to its result, but that uncer-
taintyexisted,Lon don ha andd whel' he
dischargedwas
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duty,
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as he was gratified to find that, however partial
the
citizens of London might b te o some of the candidates who
had local claims upon them; they had felt it their duty
to elect the Minister of the Cro Crown and of the people, and
his excellent old friend, Mr. ion.—(Cheers). He
was glad to find that they had justly appreciatedh that
the claims of the Prime Minister and the
the rights and liberties of the people were infinitely more
of
paramount to any local connexion which any one
might
have in them—to any individual pretensions which persons
amongst them might possess, however much they might
admire them individually.—(Cheers.) It was a good
augury, a good indication of the sound sense of the
citizens of London, that they had thus exercised a
sound discretion. He could not help repeating again
the great' satisfaction which he had derived from the
return for the first time in this kingdom of a
most distinguished merchant of the Jewish
persuasion as a member of Parliament. Through-
out the whole general election no more in.
teresting principle could be enunciated than the
election of this gentleman
—no more interesting princi-
ple as regarded religious liberty and civilisation in
general than that yesterday promulgated by the citizens
of London in the election of Baron Lionel Rothschild.
They had come to the glorions resolution to destroy the
religious distinction which had heretofore existed be-
tween themselves and their co-religionists of the Jewish
persuasien. He was also glad to find that there
was
ner* every probability of other members of the same
uasion being sent to Parliament. lie wished to
direct their attention to
the contest now going on in
Lambeth, one of the sister bot oughs. In that borough
an attempt had been made to oust
an old faithful ser-
vant—lair, tlawe (a
to affect his lion,
there was not a more Friend Mr,
e
the present Government, he simply held office under
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lattempt which was also likely
D'Enyncourt, than whom
al representative in the Com-
mons cf Parliament), because
hope that the attempt to Ho
did
sincerely
might utterly
of objection fail,
because reject Mr. Hawes
grounds could be urged no substantial
against him, except
that he had recently taken office. Those wh
wit-
nessed the impartial conduct of Mr- Hawes ohad
during his
wa
Parliamentary life were convinced that there 3. not a
more zealous, or a more intelligent, or dese,ry •
ing public
servant than he had shown himself to be ; and because
forsooth he had been invited by the Government to
render his talents and his ability still further to the ser-
vice of the public: this was to be taken as a ground of
objection to him by a great political constituency. ‘‘, hy,
if this came once to be pursued by great popular con
stituencies, all the most popular men in the kingdom
must avoid seeking the representation of these constitu-
encies, and instead of them they must turn to the
small and unimportant boroughs throughout the country,

—(Cheers.) He ventured to say, that his opinion on
the-. salaject was pee. coy iyeeer ,et e t, i never
ee!ti ~ice.--s, he feel u• :v r !• "i
might probaOly Lever hold effice—hut, c. rtearey,
it invite d to take office he should net consitit r hilt self
mere dissntitled to the confidence of the people than he
thought Mr. Hawes was disqualified for the service of
his old constituency.—(Cheers, and continued uproar.)
He endeavoured yesterday, and on the day of nomina-
tion, to explain to them his conduct during the past
session, bat he had omitted some topics to which he
wished now to advert. He had voted in favour of
the Ten Hours Bill, and the Ten Years Enlist-
ment Bill—(Cheers, and noise)—and these, they
would not deny, were questions of the utmost
importance to them.—(Continued noise and uproar). He
took leave to tell them that he was a strenuous supporter
of both those Bills.—(Noise.) I think, continued the
Gallant General, you ought nor to regard the duty
of your representative as a light one, and I think, there-
fore, that you should listen to those who seek your
suffrages, and, if they have formerly represented you, to
hear them account for their conduct during the past,
and what it will be during the future. You ought
not, by senseless clamour, to refuse a hearing
to them, because you are injuring your cause, and
indicating by your conduct that you are not sufficiently
aware of the importance of the functions you have to
exercise.—(The clamour however continued with und,
minished force.) He was reminded by their conduct of
an aphorism of the celebrated Montesquieu, who, in
passing a high eulogium on the English Government,
and in pointing it out to to the admiration and imitation
of the other nations of Europe, said, " How lament-
able it would be if this great constitution, which
now presents so admirable a law and an example,
should fall as did the republic of Rome and those
celebrated republics of the ancient world."—(Cheers.)
It would fail, he said, when the constituent body began
to decay, and when they became forgetful or unmindful
of their duty with respect to the election of the Members
of the Senate. He had always openly stated his senti-
ments, and he would never seek for their suffrages by
flattery, or by unbecoming condescension.—(Loud
cheers.) With candour he expressed himself, and he
hoped with candour and indulgence to his opponents.
He appealed to the result as a source of pride, as he had
not attended one public meeting before the election.
He had not gone to cajole and seduce
the inclinations of one voter.—(Cheers and laughter.)
After saying that the battle had been vigorously fought,
the Gallant General concluded by thanking the electors
for their exertions in his behalf, and by hoping that all
feelings of irritation would end with the contest.
Mr. CHARLES LurinniciTort then proceeded to address
the assemblage, and was received with cheers and
hisses. The uproar during his brief address was
perfectly deafening. He said he had to express his
strongest and heartfelt obligations to them for the high
and honourable position in which he had been placed by
a large majority of the electors of Westminster. The in
defatigable exertions of his friends had placed him in
this flattering position, and he begged to tender his
most cordial thanks to them. The contest was unex-
ampled in its nature, as he had been the
" stricken deer " which both Tory and Radical
had sought to vanquish, especially towards the
close of the polling. An unnatural coalition had been
sedulously directed against him ; but the efforts of bis
opponents had been signally defeated—nevertheless, the
bitterness of those who were opposed to him, should
not cause him to swerve from his duty, as he should
perform it equally towards all.—(Cheers.) Even to
those who had shown the utmost bitterness of feeling
towards him he should be happy to do service in his
public situation. From the beginning to the end of the
contest he had never joined in sanctioning any bitter-
ness of feeling ; and though he might be unpopular at
the present moment—('- No, no ")—he should endeavour
by his conduct in the future to show his present one
mien that he was deserving of the confidence of the
constituency. He congratulated them upon the election
of their old and tried friend, Sir De Lacy Evans.
He was well pleased to stand second, and
he should alway s be • ready to coalesce with
him in rendering them service.—(Loud cheers.) He
assured them that he should faithfully adhere to, and
unflinchingly prosecute, the principles on which he had
sought their suffrages.—(Cleers.) And when he should
find it necessary to withdraw from the representation,
either from infirmity or from some other cause, he
trusted it might be said of him—" He did his duty."
Mr. CHARLES COCHRANE then stood up on an elevated
place on the hustings, and, supported by the legs and by
the coat tails by a body of his friends, proceeded in a
hoarse voice to address the vast assemblage, by whom he
was received in the most enthusiastic manner. His
spirits were not quite so mercurial as on the day of the
nomination, and we were displeased to find that his
demeanour towards the ladies, who lustily waved their
handkerchiefs out of the balcony, was not quite so
gallant as on the day of his debAt on the hustings. He
looked defeated Sand seemed keenly to feel that a seat in
the Legislature was not quite so near at hand as his
self-esteem and the over zeal of his friends had led him
to believe. After beseeching silence of the crowd, and
repeatedly complaining, until everybody on the
hustings laughed—even his own adherents—that
some parties were creating a noise and interrupting
him at the back of the hustings, he proceeded to say,
that he regretted the over-zeal of his friends had caused
him to interrupt the Gallant General in an unseemly
manner last evening, and that they had fought a glori-
ous battle, for the purpose of returning the man who, in
the true sense of the term, was the man of the people—
(Cheers and bravo)—the popular man in that great city.
—(Bravo.)Surelyhishenourable opponent swould not deny
that he was the popular man.—(Cries of " No, no," and
cheers.) Why, the fact that he could obtain silence and
that his opponents could not, satisfactorily proved this.—
(The crowd was far from quiet during his address.) It
was true they had lost the battle—(Loud cries from the
crowd of " No, no,")—but they had shown their strength
when they were bound together for the promotion
of one common purpose. According to the returns, the
Gallant General was at the head of the poll, and Mr.
Lushington second, and but twelve above him.—(lno-
manse cileering.) It was a remarkable circumstance that,
though elected, his opponents could not command a
hearing, and that they tried to silence him by causing;
an uproar at the back of the hustings.—(A. voice on the
hustings, "It is a Tory.") But it his opponents did
their duty, what he said was, long might they enjoy
their honours. It was the opinion of the gentlemen who
formed the Committee appointed for the purpose of
conducting his election that they should be enabled to
prove a satisfactory case against his opponents of false
returns, of corruption, of persons voting for those who
were at home sick in their beds, and that be had a ma-
jority over Mr. Lushington.—( Vociferous cheering.)
They had abundant evidence to prove this.—(Renewed
cheers, cries of " Oh! oh!" and groans.) It
was a curious circumstance with respect to the
interruption at the back of the hustings that
The Sun newspaper had stated on the day of the nomi-
nation, that his party had hired a large number of
persons to place themselves opposite the hustings for
the purpose of hooting his opponent; but The Sun
might now remark with truth, that several gentle-
men had made it their bwiness to take up
their places behind his Hon. Opponents at the back
of the hustings for the express purpose of interrupting
him. [We were correct in what we stated in The Sun
of Wednesday. A set of course ruffians each day occu
pied the :pace immediately in front of the hustings.
The same faces we saw each day—there was no mistak-
ing them—and they appeared to be " fugled" in their
groans and chef rs by Mr.Cochrane's adherents en the bust-
ngs, andwere doubtlesspaid for theiroisinterestedlab(st
He then went on to state that it was a base insinuation
to charge him with being a Tory—that he was an un-
compromising Liberal, independent of the Reform or
Carlton Clubs, but more especially of the Reform Asso-
ciation of Westminster ; that he had to-day voted for
Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hall ; that 2,600
votes of his were plumpers ; and that if he had split
votes with Lord Mandeville he should have been
elected, but he scorned to do so.—(Cheers.) He
attributed, principally, the unsuccessful result of the
contest to the inefficiency of his principal agent, and to
general want of experience in contests on th part of all
who had supported him, and on his own part. Many
of his supporters had not had pulling cards distributed
to them, and for the first three hours of the contest the
utmost confusion prevailed, as his friends did not know
where to poll, and the result was, that many did not
poll at all, and others polled for the other candidates.
In the opinion of the oldest electioneering agents, ni
similar triumph had attended the first contest of the
many distinguished individuals who had contested
Westminster. The Hon. Gentle man retired amidst loud
cheering, and waving of hats and handkerchiefs.
On the motion of Sir DE LACY Evaxs, seconded by
Mr. COCHRANE, a vote of thanks was awarded to the
High Constable, and the vast assemblage slowly sepa.
rated.

Neither Lord Mandeville nor his friends presented
themselves on the hustings.

YARMOUTH.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Lord A. C. Lennox (C)
Coope (C)
Rurnbold (L'
Goldsmid (L)

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fire broke out in Friar-street, innearalarming
to the
city gaol,, at about one o'clock this morniyng n origi-
nated in the lower rooms of the house of. a clothes-
dealer, named Ings, aLd quickly extended to the upper
floors, so that in less than half an hour atter the alarm
had been given the whole house was in thanes from top
to bottom, presenting a most frightful scene. The ad-
joining house, occupied by Mr. Alinnall, a druggist, on
the south, and a coach manufactory and residence, on
the north, also took fire, and the iLhabitants had barely
time to save the furniture. The Cross Keys Inn, also
adjoining, took fire, and was much damaged. The drugs
in Mr. 31innall's shop, and some of the furniture were
safely deposited in the gaol, but the whole of the furni-
ture in the house in which the fire originated was de-
stroyed, and nothing was left but the bare walls. Mr,.
Ings, the wife of the occupier of this house, had retiredto rest alone, her husband being occupied in elec-
tioneering matters, the poll for this city taking place to-
day, and being awoke by the smoke and fire, threw her-
self from her bedroom window, and was very seriously
hurt, her thigh arid some of her rib, having been frac-
tured, besides other injuries. The fire is supposed to
have originated in a spark from a candle falling unob-
served among some dry chips. It appears that Mrs.
Ings had, just before retiring to rest, placed some chips
in a lower room, and it is supposed that a spas k from
her candle must have fallen among them. The adjoin
tng houses were saved through the exertions of the
firemen ; and the fire was gut under by about three
o'clock.
We are happy to announce that the Marchioness of
Abercorn was lately delivered of a daughter on Thurs-
day, the 29th, at the priory,