The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-09 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, AUG UST 9, 1847.

Lord MORPETH has at length received a colleague.
in the representation of the West Riding of York.
shire eminently worthy of his -
racter as a liberal state man.
tiCielmgerY fo:
~Lockpor~, he tsr''iWdirn‘e‘a the acclamation uy the
most populous of all the constituencies of the United
Kingdom, and this not merely without his own per-
sonal interference, but without his own knowledge.
The prestige of his name has driven an adversary
from the field without even the show of resistance ; it
has proved more influential than the noisiest demon-
stration or the most brilliant eloquence. A similar
enthusiasm has almost simultaneously declared the
Hon. CHARLES VILLIERS a knight of South Lan-
cashire and Mr. COBDEN a Knight of the West
Riding of Yorkshire. These, we conceive, to be
nobler tokens of the gratitude entertained towards
the two most memorable of the champions of
free trade than statues of carrara marble
or pecuniary testimonials. And it is fitting that
Lord MORPETII should be associated with Mr. COB-
DEN in the representation of a county constituency
of thirty thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
voters, for it cannot be forgotten that that Noble Lord
was one of the first and one of the most earnest con-
verts to the generous doctrines of an Emancipated
Commerce. The promptitude and candour with
which Lord MorteETH acknowledged his submission
to the irresistible logic of the League, and for-
warded through the letter, in which he shrived
his political conscience, a five-pound note to-
wards the funds of that great association,
still remain vividly in the recollection of
a large portion of the community. It is a worthy
commemoration of that confession that his name
should now be coupled with that of the master-
orator and master-agitator of the illustrious League ;
and it is a fitting demonstration of regard to RICHARD
COBDEN himself, that he should have honours as
magnificent as these thrust upon him by his coun-
trymen. The circumstance proclaims at the least
that free trade is not a scheme adventured upon
with rashness and received with a timorous
conniv-
ance ; it shows that the principles of that gigantic
and beneficent system are as comprehensible to the
multitude as the rudiments of trigonometry are to
the mathematician, and that the commercial
reforms undertaken with such statesmanlike au-
dacity are welcomed by the people with no ordinary
sentiments of exultation.
If further evidence is required of the cordiality of
the reception of the free-trade advocates during the
progress of the Parliamentary elections, a splendid
catalogue of triumphs can be recorded. Protectionist
fanatics may be sceptical : we shall, therefore, enu-
merate some of the most prominent of the free-trade
successes: Not merely is Mr. COBDEN elected with
acclamation both by Stockport and the West Riding
of Yorkshire, not merely is Mr. VILLIERS received
with equal ardour at Wolverhampton.-.
and South.
Lancashire, but Mr. BLIGHT Is declared, by a decisive
majority, a candidatesucctesessfiudles,this
cat the hustings of
Manchester.
lonel PE
in . RRONET
THOMPSON—a pamphleteer as herculean
CA MILLE DESMOULINS, though with influence
a more
righteous conscience and in a moregri righteous cause.--
is accepted by the electors of Bradfgordet°lll::.
sake GEORGE THOMPSON, the orator of cOmmhiosonnnsaernnese.
and universal justice, is received with all at
t
the Tower Hamlets ; W. J. Fox, the eloquent
satirist of Protection, whose declamatory sentencesn
" Don't be dependent on foreigners !" form a perfect
epitome of the hypocrisies of all agricultural mono-
polists, is declared the Member for Oldham ; JOHN
BENJAMIN SMITH, the original chairman, and one of
the most strenuous upholders of the League, is re-
turned by the Stirling burghs ; Sir JOSHUA Wanals-
LET is proclaimed Member for Leicester, Mr. DIXON
for Carlisle, Mr. THORNELY for Wolverhampton,
Mr. SCROLEFIELD for Birmingham Mr. BROWNE
for
South Lanelsbire Afr. E WART for. Dumfries,
Dr. BOWRINO for
Bolton,the
n c
ies
te andr thseuelhil
AIILN ER GIBBON for
nestness with which gishttheneoan;-
population acquiesce in the
various truths promulgated;and,uneler the auspices of the
Anti-Corn-law Leagufurthermore,f numerous constituencies have solicite
WILsoN, the indefatigable chhaiirarmraoasTt of. that associa-
tion, the honour of deputing
jive to the Imperial Legislature. heir representa-

After these brilliant and, in man
vuvic y respects, re-
- able victories achieved by the free-trade candi-
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