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

THE SUN; LON DON. MONDAY EVEN ING, , AUGUST 2, 1847.

THE GENERAL ELECTION

BAN Ls L RY.

Tancred ... 226
Macgreger
Majority ... -62
BOSTON.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Sir J. Duke ... ... 590
B. B. Cabbell ..,. 466
Wier ... 239
BRIDPORT.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Cochrane . . ... 276
Mitchell ... ••• ... 267
Petre
Montgomery Martin ... 11
BURY ST, EDMUND'S.
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Earl Jermyn ..• ... 390
Bunbury ••• ... 327
Twiss

CARDIFF.
.Dr. J. Nicholl elected.
CARNARVON BURGHS.
Hughes elected. No opposition.
CHICHESTER.
IMPORTANT DECLARATION OF THE SON OF
THE DUKE OF RICHMOND.
The election of two burgesses, to represent the city of
Chichester in Parliament in the next session, took place
on Saturday, when the two former Members—J. A.
Smith, Esq., and Lord Henry Lennox—were elected
without opposition. In the course of the proceedings
Lord Henry Lennox stated that he wished the principles
of free trade to have a full and fair trial; and, in answer
to a question from the Rev. Mr. Malden, an Indepen-
dent, who complained loudly of Lord John Russell's
education scheme, as involving an injustice on Dis-
senters, and wished the candidates, therefore, to pledge
themselves to oppose the present Government, his Lord.
ship stated further, that, when first elected, he had not
been sent to support Lord John Russell, but that his
Lordship's conduct had been so praiseworthy that he
was inclined to give him his support.
DERBY.

laughter)—because he thought that the electors would
not have placed a new candidate over those who had served
them faithfully in Parliament. He had also thought
that some of the Nonconformists who had voted for his
friend Mr. Thompson would have also voted for him.—
(Cries of " Oh," and cheers.) Still he did not think
that the state of the poll could be locked upon as a con-
demnation of him.—(Cries of " Yes" and " No.") As had
been well said by his Hon. Opponent, the result of the
poll aas a sufficient sign of the times—of that great en-
thusiasm for which the Nonconformists had been ever so
remarkable, and which had led them in dark and doubt-
ful times to strenuously uphold their cause—it was a sign
of the times which no Legislature could afford to disregard.
tie had now to thank them for the fifth time for re-
turning him to Parliament; that they had first affi,rded
him the gratification of his earliest ambition—of giving
him their unbought and earnest suffrages. If be had
thought that he could not serve them for the future, he
would not have come forward, but he felt that he could
discharge his duty to them. He should go back to the
Rouse of Commons to follow his former course.—(Cries
of No, no; be a better boy, or else you won't get in
again; go forward!")— but he would be both independent
and liberal. His Hon. Friend had laid much stress on
his being a good Conversative:; he might differ with him
on some points, but they generally agreed, and he
prided himself on being a thorough Reformer.—(Hear.)
He wished to proceed cautiously—(oh ;,h!)—but do not
let them underrate the advantages which they had de-
rived from the Parliament during the fifteen years he
had represented them. His friends might think that he
proceeded slowly—(Yes)—but the progress of reform
had be( n onward, and in the Tight direction. He would
advance by cautious and well-considered steps; he would
not forget the object for which their institutions were
established, but he would never peril the right of a man
to enjoy the fruits of his toil, for which all Governments
were formed. His Hon. Friend would be, no doubt, a good
working Member of the House of Commons—he would
be a great acquisition to the talent of the House.
and he believed they would seldom
sit on separate
benches or be found in different lobbies. Even the most
industrious Members sometimes required relaxation.
Not long ago, when the House was in Committee on the
Sunday Trading Bill, two Members were
writing in the
lobby ; the division bells rang, when, as they bad
not heard a word of the discussion, or what the subject
was before the House, they agreed to vote in the diffe-
rent lobbies, as they could do no harm ; and on inquiring
the subject on which they had voted, they found it had
reference to the insertion of the word "pop" in one of
the clauses, with respect to the selling of " imperial."
The Hun. Baronet concluded by thanking the electors
for the honour they had conferred upon him.
General Fox next came forward, and was received
with loud cheers. He begged to thank his supporters
most cordially, and from the bottom of his heart. He
had never deserted his principles, and he could only re-
gret the day when the Dissenters, whom for seven years
he had served most faithfully, could desert a Russell or
a Fox after the great services they had rendered them.
—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He was satisfied to
lose his election, rather than desert the great principles
he had ever supported. He believed the opposition he
had met with arose from the part he had taken with re-
spect to the Government system of education—(Yes,
yes)—though he believed that that measure was not
intended to interfere with religious opinions on the part of
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(Loud cheers.)
Mr. SCOBEL, a Dissenter, congratulated the electors on
the result of the election.
A vote of thanks having been given to the returning
officer, Mr. Child, the meeting separated, at three
o'clock.
Mr. OSBORNE subsequently addressed the electors
from the balcony of the Royal Oak.

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say to him!! "You shall never have any share in directing
in any way the destinies of your country; that must be
left entirely to the mere nominees of rotten boroughs or
the heir to some splendid title, who has no service
to show for the high honour which Providence has
bestowed upon him?"—(Loud and continued cheering.)
You have said that in consequence of my taking office
I was deprived of the power of serving you, and I most
humbly beg of you to yeconsider that ground of opposi-
tion.—(A voice--" It is too late.") Was I not entitled
fairly to take that post of office, if that post were honour-
ably offered me. —(Cries of" No, n o," and cheers.) I should
very much like those gentlemen who say " no" to give
me some clear and good • reason why I should not. —(A
voice—" No, they can't.") No, they cannot. Was I not
fairly entitled to connect myself with Government, which
had always been, I say, if I look at the men composing it,
in the van of that progress of public liberty, which has
marked the history of the country during the last fifty
years?—(Loud cheers). Why, if I had given my ser-
v;ces to another Government, or turned my back upon
my principles, or left my party—if I had done that you
might have had some just cause of complaint. I joined
those, however, whom I had always joined in public life,
and that junction and political support which I have
always given to the Government you have at successive
contested elections given me the power to do—(Cheers.) I
fall back upon that power and sanction as my justifica-
tion for the course which I have adopted.—(Loud
cheers.) Upon those grounds to which I have already
alluded you have no true verdict to bring against me.—
(Renewed cheers.) Remember, lam not here to com-
plain of your verdict. I, of course, submit to it as I
should; you have a right to pronounce that verdict, and
that I cannot possibly escape.—(" No, you can't.")
I have a perfect right, however, to contest the grounds
upon which that verdict has been given. I have now
little more to say to' you, and that I am sure will be
agreeable to you all. I hope that my Right Hon. Friend
may retain that place in.your favour which he has so long
enjoyed; and I hope that the Hon. Gentleman who has
been placed in that distinguished position which he now
occupies will deserve to continue that favour and
that honour which you have conferred upon him.—
(Loud cheers.) I am not going to complain either of
him or my Hon. Friend, or enter into the squabbles
of the committee between the two parties—not I. I
treat that as the mere idle wind of an election day, that
may pass by and safely be forgotten. But I do hope
that you have obtained Hon. Members who will faith-
fully represent you in Parliament, and who will do one
thing more which at least I can claim the merit of doing.
if it be a merit in your eyes, viz., boldly to stand against
you if he thinks you wrong, and say so to your face, for
I never have and never will consent to become a panderer
to popular prejudices, nor slide simply along the surface
for the sake of floating along in your favour.—(Loud
cheers.) I hope, I say, that while you have men to
serve you in Parliament, they will be patriots in the best
sense of the word—friends of the people, ready
to assist you when you are right, to instruct you when
you are wrong, and.be preparen to lay down the honours
at any time when they do not conscientiously adhere to
them.—(Tremendous cheering.) My friends whisper to
me, " say something of the ingratitude of the electors of
Lambeth." I must be. permitted to say that that is a
topic—(A Voice—" Don't throw stones while you
live in a glass house, Hawes.") I am not
going to say a word about—ingratitude. The elec-
tors of Lambeth had a perfect right to choose
whoever they thought fit.—(cheers.):Your choice has not
fallen upon me, I bow to that decision, and here I tell
you still, that if there be any of the people of Lambeth
who desire at any time my aid or assistance, that aid
and assistance shall be as freely given in my private
station as it has ever been in my public career. I now
come to the conclusion. I have no desire to disturb
the seats of the sitting Members; while they retain your
confidence I have no desire whatever to disturb them.
I don't know how soon there may be another election—
my Right Hon. Friend hopes that it may be in three
years.—(Laughter and cheers.) I don't know whether
the " wish is father to the thought." This I do say, come
when it will, I shall be guided wholly and entirely by the
voice and advice of that great body of electors who
have on this occasion tendered me their honourable as-
sistance.—(Cheers.) I beg leave to say once more that
I heartily thank you for the just and candid hearing
which you have given me. I can assure you that I part
from this borough in no anger whatever against the
borough, or any individual members of it ; and in part
ing permit me to say, that I hope and trust the local in-
terests, the general prosperity, happiness, and welfare
of all of you will be as sedulously studied, and as
anxiously forwarded, as I, with all humility, say that I
have endeavoured to do. (The Hon. Gentlemen con-
eluded his speech amid loud cheers.)
Three cheers were then called for for Mr. Hawes, and
heartily responded to by 'the crowd.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Returning
Officer, for the ability and impartiality with which he
had performed his duty, and the crowd immediately
began to disperse.

THE LATE CITY CONTEST.
RETURN OF MR. MASTERMAN.

We hear that in the course of Friday the committee of
the Liberal candidates employed themselves in a careful
examination of the returns wade to them by their check
clerks a, the respective polling booths, with a view to
account for the surprise which the declaration of the
Sheriffs, placing Mr. Masterman above Sir George Lar-
pent on tho poll, haid or.atodl amongst-them.
The result of this investigation, we learn, has been
to convinca them that an error has crept into the return
made by the Sheriffs, and that Sir George Larpent has
a clear majority of nineteen over Mr. Masterman—a
gentleman to whose character, honour, liberality, and
ability we arc quite willing to pay the tribute of our
perfect unmitigated respect.
It is said, that from the Sheriff's poll books two sheets
are missing, and hence the error which has given that
gentleman an ascendancy—unexpected by him, as his
absence from the hustings at the commencement of the
proceedings at Guildhall on Friday indicates—over his
competitor, the Hon. Baronet already named. Confident
in the accuracy of their own check-books, the Liberal
committee contemplate, it is said, the presentation of a
petition to the new Parliament, on its assembling, to
have the return amended by the substitution of Sir
George Larpent's name for that of Mr. Masterman.
This procedure would incur a lengthened inquiry and
an enormous expense.
We give these on day as they have reached us, even
though Sir George Larpent's farewell address to the
electors is silent on the subject, and does not indicate any
such movement as that which rumour has suggested.

THE CITY ELECTION.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Allow me to say, that not only were several
Dissenters active canvassers of the Liberal committee of
the ward of Langbourne and Lime-street, but, to my
certain knowledge, many of them voted fur Lord John
Russell and the other Liberals. It would, therefore, be
unfair to stigmatise all with following the views of the
Nonconformists.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
July 31, 1847.

THOMAS SMI rl4,
Deputy Chairman.

BOLTON ELECTION.
CONDUCT OF THE MAYOR AT TIIE
HUSTINGS.
Friday morning, just before the time appointed for
declaring the poll at the hustings, a meeting of the
friends of Dr. Bowring and Mr. Brooks was held in the
Reform News-room, Fold-street, relative to the conduct
of the Mayor, at the hustings, on the day of nomination.
Mr. PARKINSON read the following , aragraph from a
leading article of The Sun, on the Tamworth election:—
" Matters are not, unfortunately, managed so com-
fortably elsewhere. While the Right Hon. Baronet is
quietly reinstalled as the representative of Tamworth,
an ugly trick is being performed upon the hustings of
Bolton. A word in the ear of the Mayor of Bolton !
A word in your ear, Mr. J. Seowcroft! You hays
branded yourselt on your forehead, and the brand can
never be obliterated or forgotten ; it was dune in the
face of the whole land; the people of England will
henceforth estimate your character as it deserves to
be estimated. What says Dr. Bowring? ' I have
seen,' he says, many dishonourable and disgraceful
nominations, but none equal to this!' The circum-
stances are simple enough. A forest of hands is held
up for Dr. Bowring, a similar number for Mr. John
Brooks, and a comparative few' (so says the re-
porter) for Mr. William Bolling. The reporter, in-
deed, goes further, calculating the number of hands
held up in favour of Dr. Bowring and Mr. Brooks as
not less than ten to one when compared with the num-
ber held up for Mr. Bolling.' Yet, in defiance of this,
and amidst a storm of indignant disapprobation, the
Mayor proclaims Mr. Bolling and Mr. Brooks to be the
successful candidates, the former gentleman being a
Conservative. The disgrace of this transaction cannot
speedily be erased from the character of Mr. J. Scow-
-1 croft, the conscientious Mayor of Bolton."

The CHAIRMAN observed that he had been much sur
prised at the conduct of the Mayor on Wednesday, and
thought it would he better not to go the hustings, but
leave the business altegether in his hands.
THOMAS CULLEN, Esq., expressed a similar opinion.
JOHN a
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s, Esq., had known the Mayor for many
years,
to a certain extent, acquainted with his
conduct previously; but was surprised that be should so
far have committed himself in the eyes of the public as
to act in the manner he had done. He therefore,
thought it advisable not to go near him at all.
Mr. T. W. HEATON recommended that a note be sent
to the Mayor, as Dr. Bowring had expressed a disincli-
nation to go to the hustings, in consequence of the
Mayor's conduct on Wednesday.
The CHAIRMAN said he had had a conversation with
many gentlemen, including a number of Mr. Bolling's
friends respecting the nomination, and all expressed their
surprise at the conduct of the Mayor.
Mr. PARKINSON suggested that a resolution, embody-
ing the opinion of this meeting in reference to the conduct
of the Mayor, should be passed, and published in the
Free Press.
After some further conversation, in which several
gentlemen present agreed with what had been advanced
by previous speakers,
Mr. DEAN moved a resolution, which will be found ad-
vertised in the first page. It was seconded by Mr.
JAMES KNOWLES, and carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN said that it remained fur the meeting t,
decide c
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Morning Chronicle, Sun, Times, [
Manchester Examiner,
Manchester Guardian, and the two Bolton papers.
Mr. CULLEN seconded the motion, watch was put and
carried.

Mr. Rumex then moved, and Mr. CHARLES SKELTON
seconded, a vote. of thanks to the Chairman, which was
carried unanimously.---. Bolton Free Press.

THE EDthBURGH ELECTION,
The,Edinburgh election has unexpectedly terminated
the defeat of Mr. Macaulay by Mr. Charles Cowan,
' a gentleman amiable, it is believed, in all the relations
of private life, and a 'respectable man of business,
but one who has hitherto been utterly unheard of in the
political world, and but partially known even iu
his native city. This extraordinary result has
been achieved, not by any one party fighting
for the maintenance of a great public principle
against -another, but by a heterogeneous combination
of parties, including the bulk of the old Dissenters,
and Free Churchmen, the Radicals, the Tories, and the
excise traders, whose bond of union was not so much
the superior admiration of any other candidate as a
determination to get rid of. Mr. Macaulay by what-
ever means.
.One very general objection entertained
to the latter gentleman was, that he was haughty
and contemptuous in his bearing towards the electors,
and had no sympathy with their local interests and
feelings. The Voluntaries, who are a numerous and
powerful body, felt that he had not been in the
habit of paying sufficient deference to their views
and opinions, while they, as well as the Free Church-
men and many of the Tories
.were jealous of his inten-
tions as regards the endowment of the Roman Ca-1
tholics. The Excise traders, also, who are understood
to have commanded about four or five hundred votes
alone, and who have been acting of late with singular
vigour and determination, with a view to throw off
the vexatious restrictions to which they are subjected,
thought, that neither Mr. Craig nor he were inclined
to go far enough to serve their interests ; and the re-
sult of all this accumulated and combined opposition has
been the defeat of the Secretary at War, and that by a
majority which has suprised even the victors themselves.
It was not imagined that they would do more than run
Mr. Macaulay pretty close, or at most defeat him by
a small majority; whereas they have obtained their
object' by a majority amounting to 586. Mr. Black-
burn only polled 980 in all, having come into
the field at too late 'a period to have any chance
even if his party had been stronger than it is in Edin-
burgh, and he a more suitable candidate. The Excise
traders in most instances split their votes between Mr.
Cowan and Mr. Blackburn; the Dissenters and Free
Churchmen, among whom Mr. Cowan's strength chiefly
lay, generally plumped for that gentleman ; and the
fories unconnected with the Excise Association either
plumped for Mr. Blackburn, or split their votes between
tom and Mr. Macaulay. A considerable number of this
party, however, did not vote at all. The Whig strength
was reserved for Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Craig, for whom
also the Catholics voted in a body. There was a great
excitement in town all day, and crowds continued to
surround the . doors of the different polling places,
watching the progress of the election from the cora-
mencement to its close.— Times.