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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1847.

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Anson, Lord—Lichfield
Arkwright G.—Leominster
Ashley, Lord—Bath •••
Baring, F. T.—Portsmouth
Baring, H. B.—Marlborough
Baring, Hon. W. B.—Thetford ...
Barkly, H.—Leominster
Beckett, W.—Leeds ••• •••
Benhi,w, J.—Dudley ••• •••
Berkeley, Maurice—Gloucester (city)
Birch, Sir T.—Liverpool
Blandford, Marquis of—Woodstock
Boldero, H. G.—Chippenham
Bright, John—Manchester
Broad wood—Bridgewater •••
Bruce, Lord E —Marlborough • ...
Aruges, W. H. L.—Devizes •••
Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham •••
Byng, Right Hon. G. S.—Chatham
Cardwell, E.—Liverpool
Childers, J. W.—Halton
Christy, S.—Newcastle-under-Lyme
Cocks, T. S.—Reigate
Collins, W.—Warwick
Cooper, 0. E.—Yarmouth •••
Coles, Andover ...
Copeland, W. T.—Stoke-on-Trent...
Cowper, Hon W.— Hertford ...
Cripps, W.—Cirencester
Currie, H.—Guildford
Cubitt, W.—Andover ...
Currie, R.—Northampton
Dashwood, G. ll.—Wvcombe
Da ner, Colonel D.—borchester
Deering, J. P.—Aylesbury
Denison, J. E.—Malton
Divett, E.—Exeter
Dodd, G.—Maidstone
Douglass, Sir C.—Warwick
Douro, Marquis of—Norwich
Duncan, Lord—Bath ••• •••
Duncombe, Hon. A.—East Retford
Duckworth, Sir J.—Exeter... ...
Duncombe, T. S.—Finsbury ...
Edwards, Il.—Halifax
Ellice, Right Hon. E.—Coventry ..
Euston, Earl of—Thetford ...
Fitzroy, Hun. H.—Lewes ..••
Forester, Hon. G. C. W.—Wenlock 0
Galway, Viscount.—East Retford 0
Gardner, Richard.—Leicester (borough) ... I
Gaskell, J. M.— Wenlock 0
Gibson, Right Hon. T. M.—Manchester ... 1
Godson, R.—Kidderminster... 0
Goring, C.—Shoreham
Graham, Sir J. R.—Ripon
Greenal, G.—Warrington
Grey, R.—Tynemouth
Grosvenor, Earl—Chester
Harris, E. A. J.—Christchurch ...
Hay, Lord J.—Windsor
Heneage, G. H. W.—Devizes •••
Hildyard, hitchaven
Hill, Lord M.—Evesham
Hindley, C.—Ashton -under-Lyne...
Hogg, Sir J. W.—Honiton...
Hope, A. J. B —Maidstone ...
Hope, 1-I.:l'.—Gloucester (City) •••
Hornby—Blackburne
Hutt, W.—Gatesbead
Jackson, W.—Newcastle-under-Lyme ... 1
Jervis, Sir J.—Chester 1
Jervis, J.—Horsham ••• •••
Johnstone, Sir J. B. V.—Scarborough
Langston, J. 11.—Oxford (City) ...
Lascelles, Hon. E.—Ripon.
Lennox, Lord A.—Yarmouth
Lindsay, Colonel—Wigan ...
Littleton, Hon. E. R.—Walsall
Locke, J.—Honiton
Mahon, Lord—Hertford
Mangles, R. D.—Guildford... ...
Marshall, J. G.—Leeds
Mitchell, T. A.—Brid port ...
Moffatt, G.—Dartmouth ...
Mulgrave, Earl of--Scarborough
NE eld, Joseph—Chippenham
Nugent, Lord—Aylesbury ...
O'Connor, F.—Nottingham •••
Paget, Lord A.—Lichfield
Parker, J.—Sheffield
Peel, Sir R.—Tamworth
Peel, W. Yates—Tamworth •••
Perfect, R.—Lewes ...
Peto, S. M.—Norwich _
Petre, Hon. E.—Bridport
Pilkington—Blackburne
Pigot, Sir R.—Bridgenorth •••
Raphael, A.—St. Alban's
Reid, Colonel—Windsor ...
Repton,.U. W. J.—St. Alban's ...
Ricardo, J. L.—Stoke-on-Trent
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Saunders—Wakefield ••• •••
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Smith, Right Hon. A. V.—Northampton ... 1
Smith, M. T.—Wycombe ..
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Staunton, Sir G.—Portsmouth ...
Sturt, H. G.—Dorchester
Thesiger, Sir F.—Abingdon • •
Thicknesse, R. A.—Wigan ...
Thornely, T.—Wolverhampton ...
Turner—Coventry
Tvnte— Bridgewater ...
Villiers, Hon. C. P.—Wolverhampton
Villiers, Lord—Cirencester
Wakley, T.—Finsbury
Wslinsley, Sir J.—Leicester (borough) ... 1
Walter, J.—Nottingham 0
Ward, .—Strffield 1
West, F. R.—Denbigh (district) .. 1
Whitmore, T. C —Bridgenorth 0
Willoughby, Sir I-I.—Evesham 0
Wood, Sir C.—Halifax .•• I
Wood, W. P.—Oxford (city) 1
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CONQUEST OF SIND:C.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " TIMES:
your report of Sir John Hobhov rse's speech
on Sinde, in reply to Mr. Hume, there is a pa st:age which
must be an error of the reporter, viz., " The re bad been
but one disturbance, which had been quelled 'by General
Napier with his usual rapidity in fiftg four he trs "
This must refer to Sir C. Napier's camps s ign in the
hills, against the independent tribes who Ilc 10:1 ravaged
the frontier of Sinde. Disturbance! It vvt is a war!
against twenty thousand of the bravest wa n "ors of all.
Asia, the Seikhs not excepted, posted in one .of the most
difficult countries of the world!

The campaign lasted fifty-four days, and for general-
ship, perseverance, boldness, and the sur o counting of
difficulties, not to be surpassed.

I am, Sir, your obedienrservant,
W. NAPIER, Majol

Guernsey, July 24th, 1847.
P.S. John's speech was an honourable, frank, and
manly one, but I utterly deny the correctne Ls of the as-
sertion, that the Conquest of Sinde ineree pied the ex-
penses of the Indian Government; the orig final occupa-
tion may have done so.

SHAKSPERE'S HODS
TO THE EDITOR OF THE S
Stu,—l am requested by the Royal Shake sperian Club
Birth Place Committee, to state, that since rthe proceed-
ings of the 22d instant, reported by the pre: is, they have
been assiduous in their labours, but partic 'clar reasons
still prevent their issuing their general add Mess till next
week.
This will contains all the details relativ a- to the pur-
chase of the house of Shakspere. which it 'is the object
of the Committee to preserve. In the mean ladle, it may
be as well to mention, that the Commissi loners of the
Woods and Forests have signified their a hillingness to
become conservators of the property, and the it the Com-
mittee has already received the promise of • very distin-
guished patronage.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant i
C. H. BRACEBRIDGE, E [on. Sec.,
Stratford Commit to
Stratford-upon-Avon, July 29. 1547.

Mr. William Ellice, nephew to the Right I It in. E. Ellice
of _
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The I A arriage 1
and Mr. Russell Ellice, with Lady J ine Pleydell
Bouverie, second surviving daughter of the Earl and
Countess of Radnor, was celebrated on W.f. odnesday last,
at St. George's Church, Hanover-squat: t. The Hon.
and Rev. F. Bouverie officiated. The brit le was accom-
panied to the church by her father, L: Ply Catherine
Buckley, Lady Mary Pleydell Bouverie, i and the -Hon.
Mrs. E. Bouverie. Viscount Folkestone, I )rother to the
bride, and Mr. Russell Ellice, were also present. At
the conclusion of the ceremony
the happy pair left town
for Bromley Hill, Kent, there to pass the b
ieneymoon.
L
MODE I oDG '
4 ING HOUSES FOR LAIR oURING MEN.
—The mod 1 lodging-house of the Socief
OT for the Im-
prow merit of the Condition of the Lebow ing Classes
in
now completed and ready for reception. ) it is situate n
George-stceet, St. Giles's, and has been er. meted at a cost
of between five and six thousand pounds, :and contains
accommodation for one hundred and fou r individuals,
each of whom will occupy a separate sl 'eeping place.
There are also bathing places plentifully supplied with
water, a large living room, store room, kitchen, with
every utensil for cooking. The sum to bt t
charged will
be be fourpence per night, less in some i miitances than
the rate now charged in low localities for Inds crowded
togs her in miserable and unventilated rot Ins.
JFNF.Ir LIND AT NORWICH.—MdIIe. bind has been
hniVi '..a by the Bi-hop of Norwich to stay . at his palace
du :tug the approaching concerts, to he gm % oen on the 20th
an i 22d of September, by Mr. C. F. Hul' I, lute leader of
th , Theatre Royal Drury-lane. Signor and Madame
F. Lablache and Mr. W. Balte are, amon. g other artists,
e ,aged
to support her in this her last I appearance in
B joknd this season.

I'HE GENERAL ELECTION

Al3l "
•
or TliE FOLL.
Si: F. Thesiger ••• •••
General Caulfield ••• •••

Majority for Sir F. Thesiger 2
The official declaration will be made to-morrow
Friday).

ANDOVER.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.

Coles ... 134
••• •••
Cubitt 121
••• ••• ..• •••
Fellowes „. 107
Smith „. 61
Thus two Conservative Members have been returned
in the place of two Liberals. There are loud complaints
on all sides of bribery and treating, tending, of course,
to secure the Tory triumph.
ASHTON UNDER-LYNE.
The nomination of a Member for this borough took
place yesterday (Thursday). After the usual proclama•
lion had been read, Abel Buckley, Esq., proposed as a
fit and pi oper person to represent the borough in Par-
liament, Charles Hindley, Esq. William Sunderland,
Esq., seconded the nomination. No other candidate
appearing, C. Hindley, Esq. was declared duly elected.

AYLESBURY.
GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF LIBERALS.
AYLESBURY, THURSDAY NIGRT.—The polling Com-
menced at eight o'clock this morning. It was evident
that each of the candidates' friends were determined to
act briskly.
At the final close of the poll the numbers stood thus:
Mr. Deering "• ... 655
Lord Nugent ••• . 599
••• ••• .•
Mr. Clayton ••• 544
• •• •••
Lord Nugent and Mr. Deering were declared duly
elected, and afterwards chaired round the town.

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BARNSTAPLE.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Bremridge (T) ••• ••• ••• 468
Fortescue (L) ... ••• 390
Hodgson (T), 352
A very close contest. The first two elected.
BATH.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Lord Ashley • •1,287
Lord Duncan „, ~.. 1,268
Mr. Roebuck •
... 1,120
Shortly after four o'clock Mr. Roebuck repaired to the
hustings, and addressed an immense assemblage.
Mr. RoEnucx said—l am not to be the Member for
Bath.—(" Shame.") I want to say to you two or three
things that I wish you to hear and to remember, as the
words of a friend about to leave you, without considera-
tions of personal regard, favour, or affection, but as the
legacy of one who, after fifteen years of faithful service,
has met with this strange reward.—(" Shame, shame.")
I wish to say something to you which you may remem-
ber, and something which you may apply. Now, listen
to the words which I utter. Why have I been defeated?
—(" Bribery, bribery.") Why, not by bribery, but by
bigotry. Now, understand me when I say these last
words which you will hear from me.—C' We hope not.")
They will be—but understand them and apply them.
Why have I been defeated ? I have been the friend—
(Cries of " Silence")—don't cry silence ; he who does sa
makes a noise, and only prevents me from being
heard. Now, understand why it is that I
have been defeated—why I wish to leave you
a legacy which shall explain the causes of
my defeat. Things have occurred within the last
few years affecting the religious prejudices of certain
particular communities. or those certain persons have
sent me letters of approval and satisfaction and grateful
thanks; and amongst the foremost of them Wat- the head
and pastor of the Unitarians of this town, Mr. Mureb.
Not long since that gentleman sent me letters of ap-
proval and thanks for all that I had done in that remark-
able case, the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. (" He does not
represent a e Unitari-ins.") Never mind that. He is
the head of the Unitarians; he is the pastor of the Uni-
tarians of this town. Let me tell you the history of his
doings. Some months ago he wrote a letter to me—and
I have that letter by me now—thanking me for my ser-
vices in this matter.—(Great excitement.) Silence, my
friends. Now list, nto me, I beseech you. You are all
m 7 friends here. I entreat you to be silent, for my
voice is not as,a speaking trumpet; and, as a personal
favour, I ask yen not to interrupt me. M. Mureh,
months ago, sent me a letter of thanks, and I have that
letter by me now; for that •I had braved, and coura-
geously braved, the feelings of the great body of the
Dissenters on behalf of that small body composing the
Unitarians. Now, when I came the other day to Bath,
in what is called the Liberal association, I there found
Mr. Murch, with pencil in hand, noting down and talk-
ing of offences which I had committed against him, Mr.
Murch. Nuw, what were these' offences? That I had
not kept my temper. My temper! My temper is not
moved by the backwardness of the Dissenters; and I
appeal to all who hear me now most par-
ticularly, whether there is anything in my personal con-
duct which can give offence to any human being?—(No,
no.) Well, then, Mr. Murch, the Unitarian preacher and
head of the (congregation chose to take offence at my
personal conduct; and he and Mr. Wilson Brown and
Mr. Norman are the three persons who have contributed
to my defeat—a Whig, a Dissenter, and a waiter upon
Providence—Mr. Norman the Whig; Mr. Murch, the
Dissenter; and Mr. Wilson Brown, the waiter upon
Providence.—(Loud cheers.) Now understand what I
am about to say. My voice is failing me; and when I
see so many thousand friends around me, and feel that I
am unable to make myself heard, I have that within my
heart and spirit which I wish I could communicate to
you. Understand me when I tell you that the Liberals
have been defeated by the Town-hall. I was returned
many years ago because I was the tried enemy of the
Tories of Bath.—(Cheers.) But you will no longer
have a free representative; formy Hon. and Noble Friend
Lord Duncan, is too honest to represent you long.—
(No, no.) I and he have upheld the Liberal party here.
I—and I speak it not in vanity—have been its principal
support; and now I am removed, he who has been its
second pillar will soon be crushed. I now, gentlemen,
bid you adieu. (No, no.) Again I shall not appear
here. Many constituencies will ask and demand and
require such a representative as I have been to you.
And they who, after 15 years of service, have rejected
me in their hearts, let theirs be the shame and the
scandal which will be rendered by others asking me
again to appear in the House of Commons. But, gen.
tlemen, I have no ambition to appear there. I want—
and I hope the reporters will take this—to be released
from attendance in the House of Commons. My only
hope is in quiet—my desire is literally for ease—my
pleasure is in my family—my hope is in contentment and
quiet. Fare you well.—(Strong expressions of sympathy.)
BEVERLEY.
The nomination of candidates took place this day
(Thursday), at eleven o'clock. The usual forms having
teen gone through, Mr. P. Figar nominated, and Mr.
Hodgson seconded, Mr. J. Towneley as a representative.
Alderman Tuke nominated, and Mr. Crosskill seconded,
Sir Isaac Lionel Goldsrnid (L); Dr. Williams nomi-
nated Mr. S. L. Fox (C), who was seconded by Mr. W.
Brigham. On a show of bands being taken Mr. Sand-
with, mayor, declared the numbers to be in favour of
Mr. J. Towneley (L), and Sir I. L. Goldsmid (L). A
poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. S. L.
Fox (C).

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED.
THURSDAY I.vErmic.--The poll commenced this
morning at eight o'clock, and at four &cluck, at the close,
the numbers were—
M- Forster (Liberal) ••• ••• 484
J. C. Renton (Conservative) ... 462
W. H. Miller (Conservative) ... 151
The Sheriff has fixed to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, for
declaring the poll.

BEWDLEY.
WEDNESDAY. The nomination took place to-day,
when Sir T. Winnington and Mr. Ireland were proposed
for the honour of our representation. The show of
hands was in favour of Mr. Ireland, when a poll was
demanded by the other candidate.
BIRMINGHAM.
At the nomination yesterday the show pf hands was
in favour of Mr. Muntz and Mr. W. Scholefield, and a
poll was demanded for Mr. Spoonier and Sergeant Alen.
The latter gentleman is a Li here .
BODMIN. •
BoDifllN, THURSDAY.—The nomination of candidates
to represent this borough in Parliament took place to-
day in the Market-house. The candidates are—Sir Sa-
muel Spry, who for several Parliaments has been one of
the representatives for the borough; Charles H. Lacy,
Esq., and James Wyld, Esq.
Esq., proposed, and Captain W.H.ast-
THOMPSoN,
BLEY seconded the nomination of Sir Samuel Spry, as a
fit and proper person to represent the borough of Bodmin
in Parliament, and added, that Sir Samuel, as a Cor-
Dishroau, appealed to Cornishmen, and he was led to
believe that the appeal would not be made in vain.
Mr. TONKIN proposed, and Mr. SARGENT seconded
the fitness of James Wyld,
Esq., of London, to be one
of the representatives of the borough.
car,t. Hsx,e, R.N., proposed Henry Chas. Lacy, Esq.
sirsAserTEL SPRY then rose, and was received with
mingled cheers and hisses. He said, that having been
alrey in four Parliaments the Member for that bo-
rough ad,
his political opinions were well known to them
bu the vows he had given in the House of Com-
oruns, and he had only to state that his opinions
were unalterable. Since his last election there had been
a questio, that of the Maynooth grant, canvassed in
he borough, and it had caused several of the electors to
the
a class or unite, resolving to give no candidate their
votes, unless they pledged themselves to resist any fur-
ther concession of any kind to the Roman Catholics.
For himself, he was in the minority on the reading of the
last Bill on this mater, and he was not a supporter of
the Catholic religion, else he should not have given his
vote against Sir Robert Peel's proposition; moreover, he
had been told in his canvass that he must pledge himself
to this and to that--in his opinion a course unworthy of
any electors to fetter thehe would not give
tral Cornwall and Devon Railway had been the source of
debatable ground in the borough. He was confident
that he had not taken any active part on either side for
the Cornwall or the Central line.—(Several electors re •
minded Sir Samuel that he had petitioned against it.)
Well, has not a man a right to support his own interests
and guard his own property? To argue this question
was unnecessary. He was quite ready to abide by his
former course and conduct, believing that the principles
he entertained were well formed, and which he had de-
termined to follow out.—(Considerable contusion was
creatt d throughout the speech, and at times it was en-
tirely interrupted.)
JANES W YLD, Esq., then rose, and was received with
tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time. He
thanked them for their kinl reception and for the kind
manner which they had individually
evidenced
pain during his canvass. Every Englishman's bot:swt a
wr da
ss
fair play ; therefore trusted that his frieuds would

allow any gentleman, to address the constituency, al-
though not of the same interest. He bad been for some i Law
17%1- !:-• -r-

.:( ctui..: improvement of the': opie. The coLi,iry
;,•,. , ,
was at this moment in a peculiar position, and required
men in the seriat,. of the highest intellectual powers.
For himself, he came amont, them as a man of the
people. He threw himself on' the people, and made
their cause his own. He was neither Whig,
common-
sense Radical ; but professed himself to be a plain,
man ; and he said this, because, from the views
he took, he might sometimes appear to lean to one
party and then to the other. He would first speak to
them of the atrocious Poor-law Bill. He could not
complain of its administration, such as the Bill would
allow of, in Cornwall ; but still it was too severe,
and remained a blot on the statute-book, and if not
altogether repealed it should be modified exten-
sively. Why, the poor man had as much right to obtain
relief as a gentleman had to receive his rents. The se-
paration of a man from his, wife was a blight on human
nature, and contrary to the law of God; besides, he did
not believe that the children brought up in the union
houses would make good members of society or a valu-
able class of agricultural labourers. Heaven only knew
their own fates—to-day we are rich, to-morrow poor;
the consideration of the poor-law, therefore, concerned
them all, and they all ought to look well into its opera=
tions. The Government shifted the odium of its work-
ing on three irresponsible Commissioners: that he ob-
jected to. Then came the Amendment Act, which
transferred it to a new board, of which the Home Secre-
tary was the head, and who, with tho new Commissioner
and his secretary, would have the handsome patronage
of disposing of from 2,000 to 3,000 places. He was a
practical man, and liked to examine matters in a prac-
tical way. The settlement question was another pretty-
looking thing ; the present Government, by coquetting
with the Irish Members, had got Englishmen to main-
tain from 500,000 to 800,000 Irish paupers annually. (" I
don't suppose they saw the consequences.") Then the
representatives of the people of England ought to have
foreseen the consequences. As to the property and in-
come- tax, he would say that a man ought not to be taxed
on the labour of his hands; his income ceased with his
life, but property was handed down to posterity. Sir
Robert Peel, however discreet, had been guilty of sad
blunders; among them was the Bank Act, which, be
verily believed, crippled the trade of the country, and
be was sure that every one wishing to see a town in
prosperity should labour to get it repealed. He was a
friend to education, and that in the most liberal manner.
It was better to spend thousands in education than in
gaols and the expenses of transportation. He objected
to the surveillance of the Government, but would place
place it under local management ; and although a
thorough Churchman, he would not interfere with the
religious faith of any one dissenting from him. As to
Maynooth, the Hon. Candidate who preceded him had
said that he would not pledge himself to any course in-
cluding the Maynuoth question. What, not pledge him-
self to maintain the faith for which their forefathers
fought. and bled, and died ? The spirit of this question
had driven two families from the throne of this kingdom,
and at this hour their own personal and mental liberties
were involved therein. He maintained that no Govern-
ment had a right to tax him for the, upholding of the
religion that he abhorred and detested, or for the en-
dowment of the Catholic priesthood, which had been re-
cently agitated. Lord Lincoln had been asked at Man•
chester if he knew what the cost to the country of this
projected-endowment would be, but he made no answer;
he was in a position to give them some idea of the cost.
Say for Ireland :
The endowment of archbishops, bishops, and

deans ... ... ...
... ...
1,444 parish priests (at 2001. per annum)
2,888 curates (at 801.) ... ...
Decayed priests

... £31,700
... 288,800
... 231,040
... 15,000

And taking England at one:sixth the number

of the Catholics of Ireland

100,000

£666,540
Are you disposed to tax yourselves fair this endowment?
—(No, no.) As to free trade, he had been of free-trade
principles for corn all his days; yet to free trade there
were exceptions; for instance, they ought not to have
free trade in copper without having tree trade in smelting.
That great monopoly must first be levelled. There were
five or six large houses that bought ore at any price that
they were disposed to give, and extensively atli-cted the
prosperity of the county of Cornwall. He should in-
terest himself to obtain for the county a central railway
communication—without it, its harbours and ports were
next to useless, and the packets would not again be re-
stored to Falmouth. A vessel often takes as long a time

to get to London from the entrance of the Channel as
she would from the United States of America to the
Channel. The merchant, the shipowner, and the captain
would, therefore, avail himself of the harbours of the
county if they had a central railway, with branches on
either side. He would now repeat that he threw him-
self on the people, and he trusted they would return
him to Parliament as one of their representatives.—
(Cheers, and " We will.")
HENRY C. LACY, Esq., then addressed the electors ;
first, on the central railway question, which was to
Cornwall of vital consequence, and in case of war of
national importance, to connect on the narrow gauge the
entire coast. The Hon. Gentleman expatiated for some
time on the advantages of railway communication. If
they sent him back, but not as their representative, they
would do him the greatest injury he ever had received
because of the gauge question, being himself a director
of a narrow gauge line. He would not be bound to any
party, as one of a tail, and would not go to Parliament
to uphold one set of men or do up another. He approved
of progressive reform, not hasty legislation, which did a
thing and it had to be done over again. He thought
that there ought to be some distinction between a pro-
perty tax and the earnings of a man from day to day;
a man with 1501. a year was a poorer man than him with
149/. lie thought if the same principle was continued
as at present prevailed, if a man had 160/. the 101. might
be taxed. He would remove all Excise taxes, or-greatly
diminish them. The first step to remove the window
tax had been taken by the duty on glass having been
repealed. He objected to the pure air and light of
heaven being taxed. He abominated the poor law, and
thought that in its administration there ought to be a
grand distinction between the man who would work, and
had not got it to do, and the man who would not work
at all. The great bulk of the people were little better
off than those in the workhcuse. As a true Churchman
he was for liberty of conscience, whilst he would not lend,
his hand to injure the Church of which he was a member.
In a most solemn manner he would pray, that if he were
so fortunate as to obtain their suffrages, he should, as
their Member, be supported to resist every temptation.—
(The Hen. Gentleman sat duwn amidst loud and long-
continued cheering.)
Some of the electors followed, chiefly in condemnation
of Sir Samuel Spry's conduct.
The MAYOR then called for a show of hands, and
ultimately decided that the choice of the electors fell on
Messrs. Wyld and Lacy by a considerable majority.
A poll was then demanded on behalf of Sir Samuel
Spry. It is supposed that the late Member will give up
the contest.