The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

STOCKPORT ELECTION.

STOCKPORT, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of can-
didates for the representation of this borough took place
this morning. The assemblage was very numerous,
there being from 8,000 to 10 000 persons present.
At ten o'clock the Mayor, Edward Marsland, Esq.,
son of the candidate of the same name, accompanied by
the friends of the candidates, ascended the hustings.
After the usual preliminaries had been gone through,
Mr. Alderman BARER came forward to propose Mr.
Kershaw as a fit and proper person to represent the bo-
rough in Parliament.

The nomination was seconded by Mr. Alderman
JOHN RAYNER.

Dr. TURNER then proposed Major Marsland, in a shot.
speech.

. JAMES GRAHAM, Esq., surgeon, seconded the nom:
nation.

There being no other candidates to propose,
Mr. KERSHAW came forward to address the electors.
After a few preliminary observations he referred to a
number of the leading incidents of the last election,
and dwelt at some length on the various pretensions
which his opponents had assumed at the present and the
late election, and inflicted a severe castigation on them,
for at one moment professing to be free traders, and in
the next giving their best support to tho3o men who had
invariably resisted all attempts to introduce even a re-
peal of the corn laws.--(Cheers.) He then proceeded
at great length to detail his political opinions. He is as
favourable to a considerable extension of the suffrage,
the introduction of the ballot, a shortening of the dura-
tion of Parliaments, and a general revision of our
system of taxation, so as to cause the pres-
sure on the working classes to be much less
severe and oppressive, and more equitable than at
present.—(Cheers.) lie would also repeal, at all
events to a very great extent, the navigation laws, so
far as to promote the free interchange with all
the world.—(Applause.) He then professed himself to
be the staunch friend of the fustian jackets and the
smockfrocks, and again avowed himself the friend of
not only free trade, but of those great principles on
which the amelioration of the mass of the working
classes so obviously depended, and concluded by ob-
serving, that if they were only true to their own prin-
ciples and professions on Saturday next he would be their
representative. Mr. Kershaw then retired amid loud
and repeated cheers.
Major MARBLAND then came forward, and was received
with loud cheers by his friends. They knew him well,
as he had always been among them, and had before
served them in Parliament for nine years. Ho did not
see that much talk mended things. One thing, how-
ever,
he never did. He never tried to run another man
down to raise himself.—(Cheers.) After a few more
observations to the same effect, ho concluded by saying
that ho would pledge himself to nothing. He had been
a free-trader before his Hon. Opponent was known to
them. He was a free-trader with Huskisson—(Cheers)
—and rather than go into Parliament shackled he would
lose his election.

A Mr. DANIELS then came forward, and put a number
of questions to Mr. Kershaw on the suffrage, the ballot,
the taxation, church-rates, and a few other matters, to
all which questions which Mr. Kershaw gave direct and
satisfactory answers.
Mr. MARSLAND declined to answer any of the ques-
tions.

The ArA.TOlt then called for a show of hands, which,
on being taken, he declared himself unable to decide on
horn the election had fallen, so nicely were the num-
bers balanced. On calling for a second show of hands,
however, ho gave the decision in favour of Mr. Kershaw,
amidst loud cheers.

Mr. W. CRUTTENDEN then demanded a poll on the
part of Mr. Marsiand, which was fixed to commence at
eight o'clock to-morrow morning.

Mr. KERSHAW, in a very laudatory speech, proposed
the thanks of the electors to the Mayor, for his very
handsome and impartial conduct, which was seconded
by Mr. MARSLAND, and put amidst loud cheers, and the
proceedings were adjourned until to-morrow.