The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-11 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAi,AITGUST 11, 1847.

Wherever a Liberal candidate has appeared upon
the county hustings remarkable evidence has been
afforded of the progress of those principles which tend
to the perfect emancipation of commerce, and the
furtherance of constitutional reform. Almost, with-
out an exception, the county elections which have
been contested have terminated in the triumphant
return of men devoted to the popular progression, as
well as of men devoted to the Protectionist retrogres-
sion. In consequence of those successes the Conser-
vative influence has been nullified in several of its old
strongholds ; for the balance of the Free-trade Mem-
ber and the Protectionist Member for one and the
same shire will materially lessen the force of the
latter upon the division lists of the approaching Par-
liament. Thus, for North Durham there are Suarro,
a Liberal, and SEAHAM, a Conservative ; for South
Durham there are VANE, a Liberal, and FARRER, a
Conservative; for the Southern Division of Northum-
berland there are OGLE, a Liberal, and BELL, a Con-
servative; for East Somerseishire there are PINNEY,
a Liberal, andMßiLuexst,
oari,CaonsLeirvatalive ; fdor
BRAM•
South
Essex there are e
ETON, a Conservative.
; for Northr Liberal, and
there
are STANLEY, a Liberal, and EGERTON, a Conserva-
tive ; for Bedfordshire there are Russma., a Liberal,
and ALFORD, a Conservative ; for North Lancashire
there are lizywoon, a Liberal, and PATTER, a Con-
servative ; for West Kent there are HoDoes, a
Liberal, and FILMER, a Conservative ; fer North
Hampshire there are LEFEVRE, a Liberal, and HEATH..
COTE, a Conservative ; for West Gloucestershire there
are BERKELEY, a Liberal, and HALE, a Conservative;
for South Staffordshire there are ANsoN, a Liberal,
And INGEBTaE, a Conservative ; for West Surrey
there are DENISON, a Liberal, and DRUMMOND, a
Conservative; and for East Worcestershire there
are FOLEY, a .Liberal, and RUSHOUT, a Con-
servative. In England alone, therefore, there
are already fourteen important county con-
stituencies where the Protectionist influence is ,
nullified by the coupling of Liberal candidates
with those who are staunch adherents to the
Party. these
Country Besidesthere are five
other county constituencies of immense interest, either
by their numerical strength, ortheir
their position, which have re magnitnde, or
Pose their confidence
ofd the most liberal
opinions : these five constituencies being North Der-
byshire, South Lancashire, East Cumberland, the
West Riding of Yorkshire, and Middlesex.
The decision recorded yesterday at the polling_
booths by the electors of the metropolitan shire is
one of no ordinary importance. It recalls to our re-
collection the days when Middlesex was satisfied only
with representatives pledged in the most decisive
manner to the furtherance of constitutional reforms.
It reminds us, moreover, not only of the historical
triumphs,_ of JOHN WILKES in 1768 and 1769, and of
L,..."" equally memorable return of the then glorious Sir
Eaaacis BURDETT, in 1802, but it revives a retro-
spection of the reception given by the Middlesex
constituents to the late Father of the House of Com-
mons during the contest of that memorable election.
It reminds us, too, of 1820, when GEORGE BYNG was
again associated with
a\Vhig,
in
the person of
SAMUEL CHARLES WHITBREAD;
afterwards of
n
the successive elections of 1830,
aofdlB3l, of 1832,
and of 1835, when GEORGE
the Radical, llt3G)
the
Whig,
and Joszru HUME,
were sent to Parlia-
ment together as the representativesof
the electors
of Middlesex. It must still be in the recollection of
some thousands that, in 1837, Mr. HumE was thrown
cut, and Colonel (then Captain) TRODIAS WOOD,