The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

STIRLING BURGHS.

STIRLING, FRIDAY.—The nomination of candidates
for these burghs took place this day, in the market
place, Stirling, when the following gentlemen were
brought forward, viz.:—Mr. A. Alison, Mr. J. B. Smith,
and Mr. A. G. Maitland. The proceedings were ex-
ceedingly tame and common place, so that a lengthened
notice would be anything but interesting. The show of
hands was declared by the Sheriff to be in favour of Mr.
Alison, and a poll was demanded.
The polling takes place to-day.
TIVERTON.
_ _

Lord Palmerston and Mr. Heathcote have been re-
turned, Mr. G. Julian Harney, the Chartist candidate,
having declined to go to the poll.
TOTNESS.

Lord Seymour
Barry Baldwin
S. Ricardo ...

TRURO,

John E. Vivian, Esq., Edinund Turner, Esq. ; elected.
TJEIIRSK.
_ . _ _

John Bell, Esq., elected..

WALLINGFORD.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Blackstone
Morrison

... ... ... 166 .
... ... 144
... •• • ... -12

Majority

- WAREHAM.
J. S. Drax, Esq. elected ; no opposition.
WEYMOUTH.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
W. D. Christie, Esq.
Colonel Freestun
G. M. Butt, Esq.
Hon. F. Villiers

... 280
... ... 280
... ... 270
... ... 272

WHITBY.
R. Stephenson returned without opposition.

WILTON.
Lord Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton,
was returned on Saturday for this borough, there being
no other candidate.

WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST).
DROITWICH, SATURDAY.—To-day it has been cur-
rently rumoured here that after all there will certainly
be a contest for East Worcestershire, and that the' third
man" is no other than Mr. Spooner, who was yesterday
rejected at Birmingham. A good deal of excitement
prevails here and at Worcester on the subject; the Con-
servative party being in exstacies at the prospect of an
opposition to the Liberal candidate, Mr. Foley, and the
Liberals 'declaring that, after the " agreement" made
last Christmas on the occasion of the election of Captain
Rushout, the nomination of a second Conservative can-
didate will be a breach of faith. Mr. Spooner has a re-
sidence near Worcester, and possesses considerable pro-
perty and some personal influence in the county.

- YORKSHIRE.
There is still no opposition expected at the election
for either of the Ridings—on Thursday at Beverley
(East Riding), on Friday at York (North Riding), or on
Saturday at Wakefield (West Riding). It was thought
that Mr. B. Denison's seat would be contested, but the
Yorkshire Liberals are at present too sorely divided
upon the subject of Government aid for the education of
the children of the poor.

TOWER HAMLETS.
OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL.

The poll was declared on Saturday at one o'clock, from
the hustings on Stepney-green, by the returning officer,
Mr. Child. The crowd was not quite so great as on
the day of the nomination. The appearance of Mr.
George Thompson on the hustings was the signal for
one loud burst of enthusiastic cheering, and the waving
of thousands of hats, both being repeated again and
again for several minutes. The Hon. Gentleman re-
peatedly and warmly acknowledged the plaudits of the
crowd. He introduced Mrs. Thompson and his family, two
daughters and a boy, to the assemblage, who applauded
them warmly. The reception of Sir William Clay pre•
seated a marked contrast, for the cheers were few, and
the marks of disapprobation many. General Fox did
not appear. Silence having been proclaimed,
The RETURNING OFFICER then came forward, and
declared the numbers for the respective candidates to be
as follow:

Thompson
Clay
Fux

... 6,268
... 3,839
... 2,622

He consequently declared that Mr. George Thompson
and Sir William Clay had been duly elected to repre-
sent the Tower Hamlets in the next Parliament. He
complimented them on their good humour, and trusted
that all animosity would end with the contest. It will
be seen that Mr. Thompson has a majority of 2,429 over
Sir William Clay, and of 3,646 over General Fox, and
that the Hon. Baronet polled but 1,217 more than the
Gallant General.
The announcement was received with cheers.

The announcement of the numbers polled by General
Fox was received with partial laughter, and cries of
" Shame, shame."
Mr. GEORGE Tnomrscx then proceeded to ad-
dress the electors. After begging for silence on account
of a partial hoarseness, he proceeded to say that he felt
,no difficulty in contending with his opponents, but he-
must plead a total want of ability to 'give utterance to
the 'sentiments of his heart towards those who had sup-
ported him, whether electors or noti-electors.—(Cheers.)
He said he felt the utmost respect for his opponents.
lie felt truly that he was a Member of Parliament
for the Tower Hamlets because he was elected at a
numerous meeting of the electors held at the Eastern
Institution, Hackney, on the 30th of June and on the
day of the nomination also, when nearly all the hands of
the assemblage were held up in his behalf.—(Cheers.) [A
partial interruption took place owing to the arrival of
General Fox, who, considering his defeat, was enthusi-
astically received—there were but few hisses.] The
Hon. Gentleman proceeded to say, that his principles
were well known; but in Parliament he should endea-
vour to magnify the duties of his office, as he should pro-
mote commercial, ecclesiastical, and civil and religious
liberty. He had his own views of Conservatism. Although
he called himself a man of no party, be considered him-
self as good a guardian of the throne of our Lady the
Queen as any Conservative. He did not consider a man
a true Conservative if he failed to plant the name of the
Queen deep in the minds of the people, so that she might
not merely be enthroned in Westminster Abbey, but in
the affections of the people—that she might feed and
clothe the needy, and wear no higher robe than one of
righteousness. The majesty of the people o'ertopped the
domination of the State. He was nut an advocate for
vicious laws, but for conserving all that was good. Why,
if a woman of 80 had a cancer in her cheek, with
what truth could Conservatism say "it was one of the
ancient institutions"—(Laughter)—and push away the
doctor, and, perhaps, send him to the Tower. There
was a doctor once—Sir Robert Peel—who provided a
nostrum, but he was obliged to throw it down the sink,
and to give the people the measure required.—(Cheers.)
He would conserve all that was good ; he would extract
all that was good from the evil—(Cheers)—because he
believed sound Radicalism was good Conservatism.
There were many flies in the House; some bad been
unseated already, showing that the Government must
put their House in order, as the people were dissatisfied
with their proceedings. He had been invited to contest
twelve or fifteen different places. He was elected one
of the burgesses of Edinburgh, and his name was placed
after that of Lord John Russell; and he could promise
them the earnest sympathy of Plymouth, Leicester, and
of Lambeth, where he would, no doubt, have been
elected to the place now occupied by Mr. Pearson.
Did not the number he had polled show that the prin-
ciples he supported were making way? He wished to
get the numbers by heart, 6,268, according to Cocker.—
(Laughter.) Some of them might not be great
arithmeticians, but were not the numbers polled by his
adversaries most melancholy ? He would not say more,
on the numbers, as" comparisons were odious." Those

who had voted for him had votes for the county, and
they would do their duty..—(" We will have Osborne.")
Westminster was all right.—(Cheers.)

" The minstrel boy to the wars has gone,
In the ranks of death you'll find him."

—(Laughter and cheers). He hoped also that the
Noble Lord (Lord Grosvenor) who was recently
elected for Middlesex, would be re-elected. He hoped
they would not have " wooden" men in the House of
Commons for Middlesex. He trusted that Mr. Osborne
would be elected, because he had stated that he Apuld
vote for the stopping of the supplies until the claims of
the Raja of Sattara were redressed.—(Cheers.) Let
them do for Mr. Osborne what they had done for him—
come up to the poll. Three cheers for Osborne.—(The
three cheers were given with hearty goodwill.) He
pledged himself to go into the House of Commons as
hisfa
ii i
ng predilections
th eir
bei n
an independent man, not as a factious one. He would
give the Government an unasked support when their
gwebrreouwghitth
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measures were just and onward, for he confessed
support all good measures brought in by others,
Much had been - ;thebutGohveernwmoeuultd.
ecteont said in the Edinburgh and
Westminster Reviewsr the effect that parties must ever
Party continue to be formed. was the gain of the few
and the injury of the many No one knows that, old
boy, better than you.") After ("
some further observations
Mr. Thompson concluded
and
an amusing
.address, which
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was listened to with the
rm
by thanking , them for the honourest attention throughout,
they had conferred
upon him, and retired amidst loudeneral cheering.
Sir WILLIAM CLAY next addressed th
thanked the electors for again returning h'meetilnig,He
attri-
buted the smallness of the numbers whichl 'lll' ande
Gene-
ral Fox had polled to the want of an efficient g 'tion. He frankly confessed that he had that confidence
in the electors which he believed would have led to his
being returned at the top of the poll,.—(gear, and
cheers.) No doubt if he had coalesced with his Honour-
able Opponent he might have polled a greater
number of votes, but he had abstained from
doing so—it tact, placards had been issued by both 111 r.
Thompson and General Fox, calling upon the electors
to plump for each of them. He had abstained from
ns as to second
offering any suggestions votes, and his lode-
pendence had caused him to lose some votes. He con.
fessed, also, that the state of the poll had caused him to
feel some morlificatio o,lld surprise--(Cinere and