The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-28 00:00:00

.111E-NING SUN.

which was the basis of all protection, ought to be--answerable
for the debt tchi. h had been contracted for its protection. A
child unborn, ou_hr not to have his lebour taxed in order to pay
the 23 millions whets that could be provided for, by a reduction
on coffee, timber, &c.—(Cheers.) Why should they be taxed
in order to put money into the pockets of the landlords?—
(Hear, hear.) Supposing they had got rid of all these dif-
ficulties and pressures upon trade, then England would pros-
per, and would stand up the proudest of all nations in defi-
ance of all wrong.—(Cheers.) The electors of Southwark
had nobly done their duty—the borough had been consistent—
they had elected two men to represent them who had deter-
mined to• support the principles they entertained, and which
they bad now entertained for the last ten years. Having done
their duty, in the borough of Southwark, let every one now do
their utmost in the city of London, and in the borough of Lam-
beth. These places were contested, and if one Member for
either of the places upon the Tory interest should be success-
ful, it would be a serious injury to their cause. They ought
to be prepared to carry out the victory of last year in '
every place to which their influence extended.—( Cheers).
Their victory of to-day was the victory they had won last year,
—(Loud cheers.) Having won the victory in their own bo-
rough, let them do what they could for the same cause us other
places. Let them do what they could in London.—(Loud
cheers.) Let. them do what they could in Lambeth.— ( Loud
cheers.) The time for the London nomination was drawing
near. He entreated them nut only to attend the nomination,
but to be every man of them at the poll at eight o'clock to-
morrow.—(Loud cheers and cries of "We will.") Let them
remember that they had carried the Southwark election last
year by gaining the first minute, and by never losing their
ground afterwards.—(Loud cheers.) Let them do the same
thing in London and Lambeth, and they would be rewarded by
the same success.—(Loud cheers.) tie thanked them sin-
cerely for the honour they had conferred upon him,
and assured them that he would use the utmost exertions in his
power to merit a continuance of their confidence.—(Che'ers.)
If ever he differed from them they might be assured that he
would do so openly.—(Cheers.) He would be always ready to
account to them for his conduct—(Cheers)—he would never
retain his seat a moment longer than he could do so to their
satisfaction.—(Cheers.) lie would come there whenever they
should call upon him so to do; and whenever they should tell
him that he no longer represented their principles, that in-
stant he would resign. --(Loud and long continued cheering.)
Mr. Alderman i'itrAir_ilfiltv proposed a vote of thanks to the
High Bailiff amidst loud cheers.
Mr. B. WOOD, in seconding the metion, said he would take
that opportunity of stating one fact relating to the averages,
which would show the operation of the sliding scale. On the
11th June last the average price of corn for the United
Kingdom was 625. 2d. At Berwick and Bridport the
average price was only 555. 5d.; but how was the
average made up ? Why, at Ulverstone, in Lanca-
shire, the average price was 71s. 10d., so that although
if the average price throughout England had been 725., the
people of Lancashire might have foreign 'corn with a duty only
of Is. ; }et now, although they were actually themselves paying
that price in consequence of the sliding scale, they could not
obtain it under a duty of 245. tad ; and this was the operation
of the far famed sliding scale.--(Loud cheers.)
The vote of thanks was then carried by acclamation, end the
High Bailiff having acknowledged the compliment, the meeting
separated, after giving three cheers for the Liberal cause—three
times three for the Queen—and three groans for the Tories.

- t°Pro
ictect ion with the landholders ? Take, for instance, the sub-
e grewest
Jetth 1 railroads. Every one would admit that they were of
Awl. d,_ possible aelvantage to the couritte, but they had
the,. many. hundreds of mast deserving pereons. Many of
nnerelnsed victuallers living on the former lines of traffic had
talked
. of
in consequence of the railroads, and yet no one
dej,, n. f any protection for, or of aoy compensation to that
oervine hod •of '
t° protection
e persons. Why had the landholders any claim
They
more than the licensed victuallers?—(Cheers.)
"ey had ti ied and proved Mr. Wood, and he felt convinced
that if th
would d eY aeaia returned that gentleman to Parliament, he
° every thing in his power to put an end to the present
'lllot_t,ent and corrupt system.—( Cheers.) tie had great pleasure
, °rling the nomination.—(Loud cheers. )
The_ Eholi• Baum' then asked if any elector wished to pro-
Poseseany.other candidate, and receiving no answer, he proposed
iuit..eutiv,ely the names of Mr. Alderman Humphery, and
&e1...Q.11. M ood, and took the show of hands on each. Every
eZttivr present held up his hand in favour of each of the two
a.., and, after waiting a short time, the High Sheriff
edareet el .
'wily sr. Alderman Humphery and Mr. Benjamin Wood
two returned to serve in the ensuing Parliament for the
ugh of Southwark.
eeriezglle aeromneernent was received with the mast enthusiastic
from all parts of the Hall.
14;,rree•se-MOUSELEY put it to the High Bailiff whether, for the
Ihtetoild notof securin the regularity of their proceedings, he
Whether there wee any
have waged for an hour, after putting the question
other candidate, Lefere he declared Mr.
bereer_mati Humphery and Mr. Wood Members for the
,',ugh•—(Cries of " No, to.")
~:tre objection was not further noticed. •
~,`_ll.•Alderman HleMPHEttee then came forward amidst loud
C. et 'sated cheers, to address the meeting. He hardly knew
that
tto give expression to she feelings which animated him, for
retait_eenewed mark of their confidence.—(Cheers.) When he
az: ListPd that after a connection of nine years between him
t,`.l,,friends areund him, they had again placed the same
grati-
tude, s Lefore in him, no language could express his grati-
eat t He would go to Parliament with a determination
was to represent his own interests but theirs.—(Cheer:.) It
clear that every elector could not be personally repre-
'th"itedin the Council of the nation, and he believed that in
• haeip(reserit instance the electors of the borough of Southwark
~....,(Heeaolleague,
20,, ho;;. confided the duty of representing them to himself andhis
merely because they held their own opinions.
tilos ''' hear.) He should like to say a word or Iwo upon
G_vee questions which 'brouolit them there that day. The
~ o rnrnent had of late felt that the taxes now toned upon
leteouotry were inadequate to its expenses, and when the
ncellcr of the Exchequer had introduced his budget, the
oseet4ate's.o' anxiety was felt as to the means by which he pro-
;7no t increase the revenue. The Ministry had announced.
Zose that occasion their determination not to add to the .as
d taxes, which had already been raised 10 per cent., or
;too:de to the direct burdens of the country. They proposed,
„,
.. ime, for
• cooorevere that foreign sugar should be introduced .into this
interest" not in such a way as to annihilate the West India
an increased duty of 50 per cent. was to be
M by
upon foreign sugar. The community at large would
", ~iti that means, he believed, be enabled to purchase sugar at
'ittethehe•
attepound less' than at present. They were also to have
an from Canada ;
it „ fro Per timber. It was said that they had now cheap timber
now, for his part, lie had never used thattimber,
of eery
never should, for he found that it lasted only from
of
inotY to thirty years, when it became unfit in the building
uses. He always used Baltic timber, and the Govern-
sentoproproed to reduce the duty upon that timber. The.
tool vas immediately o posed. Next came the great ques-
ref the Corn-laws. '1 he Ministry found that we had, '
duringtete the last year, imported nearly 3,000,000 of quarters of
of viten corn, the greater part of which was admitted at a duty
3: They were anxious that wheat should be introduced at
andeLY or Bs. per quarter, which they thought would be a fair
an. !moderate arrangement. For his part he was opposed to
reile_untY at all; but it was supposed that a proposal to that
bohTruould have raised too oreat an opposition. The land-
ger : ' of the House took the alarm at the Itlinisterial mea-
' ax!d upon their entire policy the Government had three
'prrelinfluential bodies opposed to them—they had the West India
prietore, and the shipowners and the landowners.
an parties combined together, and called upon Sir R. Peel,
be (Mr. Humphery) believed much against his will, and
.. rosevi,aiined lip.on the Right Hon. Baronet to bring forwards pre-
- meas"et which would prevent the discussion of the Ministerial
ei '• bee u 's• Sir Robert Peel accordingly brought forward his
~,, , Let_e_slefidence motion for the purpose of suppressing discussion,
'te: eigi7tihe discussion was really valuable and c dculated to en-
tsZe, thou" the public mind. Sir Robert Peel said in effect that
,tt':,. tr.. ii the Governrnent might dissolve the Parliament,the coon-
.), - That should not understand what they meant.—( Hear, hear.)
.at 5,5
'II. as the drift of the motion. and upon that motion the op-
, the.
Position.,, succeeded • for unfortunately there wererVllllNYfetesein
te LI use, who, although returned by liberal constituencies,
t'oeught proper not to vote at all.—(Cries of " Shame.") The
confluent was thus compelled to diesolve the late House of
de,'lnotts for the purpose of calling another ; and they bad that
1174.,n°b1y responded to the call, andhe hoped the constituencies
• lie arug )ho the empire would imitate their example.—( Hear,
sont; t. With respect to the Corn-laws lie felt that he knew
me, te'ings although he was not acquainted with all the bear-
legs ''' the subject. Wheat could not now be admitted into this
to leerymOt until the averages reached 725. per quarter, which would
n,.
eth price of the quartern loaf amount to about 10d.
.:
11_11, at was then introduced at a duty of one shilling. But the
ti;eh'iv,e was got by reckoning the prices paid in various parts of
e! .. to e. '''gdoni; so that the price of good wheat should be raised
it t. least 9Us. per quarter before foreign wheat was admitted
toe *e shf3ing duty. Hew was that? There was no part of this
etantry in which there were not bad lands, and bad wheat sold
0,4, "MlPareiTely low pricethat in Order to make up the
een'age of 725.,. the good wheat should be sold at 905., or even
that
per quarter It was therefore a perfect fallacy to suppose
794 t ttley could have. good wheat with the shilling duty for
o-s; Per quarter The monopolists crowded their store-houses
ihtnf.ooreign rain, but was it to he supposed that the people
litel le got their wheat .
at a low price ? No such thing.
nee corn merchants, for year after year, waited to get their
the
admitted at the low duty, and they never could tell it at
`uee price at which it had originally been bought ; but the people
‘' this county were obliged to pay for warehouses and turn:ng,
Cad all the other expences, which amounted in a few years to
LerY nearly 20s. per quarter. Under this state of things the
V, Tnerel-,.ant s could never furnish the people with new and
l'oc'o
wheat at a low price.—(Hear,' hear.) Much had,
iintee`tt said of the prudence of Sir Robert Peel. The Right
been 13aronet was no doubt a man of great dexterity, as had
atod he Lord Stanley upon the occasion of a late divi-
'tr' in the House of' Commoni, upon 'a Railway Bill. Lord
hs`'lev, i 0 was opposed to the Right Hon. Baronet
te'ret the subject,s and who was never a very well tempered man,
sat that there was no man in that House who could dress up
'list4tenietit so dexter •ouely as his,Right Hon. Friend. Now, if
ne't,were the case, tight it not he supposed that Si
11.
Ta:' would use the set tee address upon subjects on which the
101 Party were agreed
1. equalise the duty upon
.? When the Government proposed
East, Indian and West Indian Rurn,
tabortdi Stanley, with a largo portion of his party, opposed the
ee, il, but the speech of Sir Robert Peel upon that occasion
o "erved • •o 'don. He said that he held no
. rive, an attentive consi eras
tlierertO either in the East Indies \Pr in the West Indies, and,
Nis-e're, he had no interest or feeng, but for the consumer.
iiiilvs what could be better than that? Upon that occasion the
co vaa carried. But what wound Sir R. Peel say upon the
' tl, rile 'llvt question? Would he say That he held property, and
caul'
would therefore support the Covn-laws ?
But then he
ca not consult for tbe interest of thee consumer merely be-
oi, '
ve it interfered with his own. Upon alt those questions he
ere:. Alderman Humphrey) coup e deepes.e. interest ; he was
eate,tous that every man in the ry should .lov.e enough ?,
en and abundance of work, and he would give e:tm food at so
in e,4l' ° rate as it could be obtained, nor would he e
I,,t,itiarter they
14 'tire by whirls the mass of the community cou_td suffer.
-upport any
4 might be told that by reducing the duty upon wheat to 8.5.!
It
would reduce the landlords to beggary,
nest s'4l that most of the estates upon which corn was grolyin
Vitt', Tu°tte aged, and that if men who had 10,000 acres of lan!..,
reert,.." rental of 10,0001., were obliged to pay 5,0001. a year in
reehoages, a reduction in the price of corn would then leave
15,1ng for themselves. But should the people be taxed merely
eert • I Icl their grandfathers thought fit to
yi„ am am. or s or
4 th 'ter their estates ?—(Hear, hear.) He had been told that
~,,e : landlords were to spend 1,000,0001. of money upon the
it,:„nt elections, they would, if they could thereby secure
ther,'-‘l4ity of 100 members in the ensuing Parliament, save to
eve-,','el,vee 10,000,0001. by staving off the evil day. At all
111:`', 'le could say that in that borough the electors Lad shown
Weeis,ehene and he was sure the Government and the country
teen " acknowledge it, they had shown themselves noble
' that (Laughter and cheers.) He said that because he felt
s'e to ''PPosition to the Liberal candidates would be useless
ete 'Meng° thcould purchase their votes.
- ,_ ,irn, arid that no money _
'-. tole.' "d that day returned two men who would support the
‘e . r, e. i rft, 4 rci a 1 measures of the Government, and answer the ex-
, Peacn'i'"ms of the Queen. Her Majesty had called upon her
""' raret-,r, tO enable her to provide for the expenees of her Govern-
s' the.' 'n the manner least hurthensome to the country, and
it, LirtYl had realised her expectations. They would never find
-"; to tr acting in the House of Commons in a manner contrary
le, ten 'e principles which he then professed.—(Cheers.) The
''' totere't he felt that he had lost their confidence that mo-
h 'ne would which they had placed in his
ems , restore the trust .
:mkt es-e Cheers.) He hail only in conclusion to thank them
Ihit„ tte artily and candidly for the honour which they had done
urnt
a,&,(Loud aud lonee-continued cheers.)
Plat h on was received with greet c. .
heering. In the first
had
hf e had to return thanks for the honour which they .
ey.erred upon him. It was only eighteen months ago since
to nitd sent h• • t Th I d clrececl tom not
be m im to Parliamen • ey sa i.
only,mindful of the politics of eat ty or of men ; but to think
to •of principles. They lied long been advocates os' an exten-
totem,, .
- - Leen LI tee suffrage—of an extension of civil and religious
' . . do,. Y. Long had they been advocates of economy, and
a re-
; V e '" of taxation—lono the friends of free trade, toed the
- e ish •
- In"; being of the labouring classes of the community ; and
to ~..ng that these were their sentiments, he had endeavctired
drry them Parliament—(Checrs)
es-to the
out in his place in e
ti e utmost of hispower. The beneficent into.:-
'
' "B of the G
theyproposed for the
tublie o Government—the measures
• for a, tn•°°ds had been frustrated for a time—( Cheers)—he said
' Pies 11-nes because he felt certain that ultimately those princi-
o tallet trum b f • the sot exist as a pros-
e porous e, '1) . for countyy could 1
The
- • opeo_untry without they were agreed to.—(Cheers.)
s a" nents
with tints of the Ministry, in a political sense, had combined
throw, ° monopolists of all:classes, for the purpose of over-
Queen ug, the Government for their own purposes. But the
olisted, that y irown hersel upon the co . s
'• • in ail all places would respond to that call in the manner
1 'eh the b • Southwark o era,
e, oiough of ba had done—he did not wish
-, of ie L idler of his Hon. Colleague or hiuiself,but the electors
- • "ion. er;:°_ilgh of Southwark had acted nobly on such an occa-
' terthe eovreY had shown that they were determined that they
elunters. ntry would not be crushed by monopolists or place
bear no ene asked, was it consistent with common sense that a
ewt, neighbour should lee able to purchase his sugar at et2s. per
• wilt. -
Etstent . e were obliged to pay 60s. for it? Was it con-
more
than
common sense that we should be obliged to pay
teilt'..._ n double price for-our corn?—(Cheers)—or that our
whieh 'urs might have the best timber al one-fifth of the price
an inorh\ a were obliged to pay for it ?--( Cheers.) There was
that lea's !t1 price for all those articles, but that was not all—
the zna,2_il. mallesi: ortin of the evil. Let them look at
• It was ;ler in which trade was affected by those monopolies.
the whol:
of
that we sent as many goods to Brazil as we scut to
t
o take , f the West India Islands. Now suppose we were
e th s
butoe increasede ugar and coffee, how much might on: e opens
might rig they would not, as now, be confined to 5,6'00,000,
to take their'e t°
ten,
aye, fifteen millions ; in fact, if we oe:e
(Clcers.,
.IFodute, who would put a limit :o the trade ?-
- feet e,‘t,!10,,..1,he ',Tot-es:ion afforded to the West Indies, in
~
.. goods which .'d
up the whole amount of the manufactured
plain Point
of we sent to them ; in fact, to put the matter in a.
of the 1,,,nu.,,_‘.1ew, this country actually gave them the whole
, country to h.lnelered goods they imported at present. Was this
of " No, „,,:',ePt ill this trammelled state for ever ?—(Ct les
- ' Ie were lxortie they said it was an °lst country, and that
. or the syste out. But how was this ?It was because
It sestet, °I f legislation which had heen pursued—
. _.0,11 . which tied
1. using the up their hands, and prevented them
s t Placed in their common and every-day means of prosperity.
ks ksk, who eeriiPuwer. We had a large debt. Now, he would.
te• vho refined non rauted it? Why, the I ories,—the very teen
1, Prien, i and to give the country free trade. His Hon.
(. wholo.of thel Colleague_j had stated that the whole, or nearly the
woeld ask, stall" was morteweed. That might be so ; hut, he
roortgag e the I t right the Tories, when in power, had to
-4. no atevoca to fur extinguishing of the penile ?—( Hear, hear.) He was
'hi, *ere thous ends extinguishing the debt with a sponge ; there
L` 4eht for ti'-te who were dependent upon the interest of the
ts: consent that that of living and Ise, for one, would never
• lAA t debt Whichl d been improperly contracted,
not by te, e .
met, Ho e rues now holding the stock, should be wiped
t tot _ o toe strongly in favour of the property tax.—
d and it ontioued cheering.) In his opinion, property,

CITY ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

The nomination of candidates to represent the City of Lon-
don took place this day in the Guildhall, and the interest ex-
cited surpassed anything we remember to have witnessed at
any previous election. From an early hour the neighbourhood
of the Guildhall presented an appearance of much bustle and
excitement, crowds being congregated in King-street and all
the avenues leading thereto, and in front a the Guildhall a
splendid brass band, wearing the colours of the Liberal candi-
dates, entertained those who, regardless of the " pelting of the
pitiless shower," maintained their posts close to the entrance
gates. A strong body of the metropolitan police, under the
personal superintendence of Mr. D. W. Harvey, were stationed
at the doors, and around the hustings, and by their exertions
contributed not a little to the preservation of order during the
day. The Sheriffs, Messrs. Farneombe and Gibbs were in at-
tendance at halt-past ten o'clock, and at eleven the doors were
thrown open to the public. In a very few minutes the Hall
was crowded in every part, and it was a universal subject of
complaint that the greater portion of those oho obtained places
in the neighbourhood of the platform, to the exclusion of the
Liverymen, were " long shore men," and hired ruffians, who
certainly earned their wages by the uproarious and turbulent
manner in which they conducted themselves during the day.
On the platform we observed the veteran Reformer George
Byng, Esq., the late Member for Middlesex, who was cor-
dially congratulated by many of the gentlemen around .him.
Alderman Ilurnshery and Benjamin Wood, Esq., the newly
elected Members for Southwark, arrived shortly after the
commencement of the proceedings, and on being recognised
by the vast assemblage in the body of the hall, were bailed
with thunders of applause.
The galleries were filled with ladies, and the platform,
which was reserved for the candidates and their friends was
densely crowded in every part.
At half-past eleven o'clock Lord John Russell presented
himself in front of the platform, leaning on the arm of Mr.
Samuel Gurney. The Noble Lord was loidly and enthusi-
astically cheered, as was also Sir Matthew Wood and other_of
the candidates on being recognised by the crowd.
On the left of the hall the celebrated Capt. Atcherley ob-
tained possession of one of the raised benches, and amused the
electors by haranguing them at some length previously to the
commencement of the proceedings. He held a paper in each
hand, which he flourished with 'ereat vigour, and amidst the
cheering and laughter with which his address was received, we
understood him to >ay that they ought not to allow any elec-
tion to take place there that day—that they ought to hoot and
hiss the Sheriffs and the candidates off the platform as soon as
they appeared—that there should be a partition of the national
property throughout the country among all her Majesty's sub-
jects—and that nothing would benefit the people but universal
suffrage.
The uproar and confusion in the body of the hail continued
increasing up to twelve .o'clock, the mob amusing themselves
occasionally by hooting or cheering the several candidates,
while Mr. Atcherley at interval', as recovered breath, gave
vent to SOME' sally which convuleed those in his immediate
neighbourhood with laughter.
At twelve o'clock proclamation having been made in the
usual form, Mr. Putter came forward and read the writ.of elec-
tion and the Act for the prevention of bribery and corruption,
but it was all a scene of dumb-show, in consequence of the up-
roar which prevailed.
Mr. Peoxiass came forward, and was received with loud
cheers, mingled with hooting and hissing, which lasted for
some minutes. He said—Gentlemen, we are met together
for the purpose of exercising the great privilege we enjoy of
returning four Members to Parham( nt.—( Cheers.) By the
proper exercise of that right we secure to ourselves the purity
of our constitution—the liberty of our own persons, and the
enactment of salutary laws.—( Cheers and uproar.) We must
not forget, Gentlemen, that a great many of our countrymen
have not got the same privileges we have, and therefore we
must exercise it as a sacred trust, with a view to benefit them
as well as ourselves.—(Loud cheers.) 'We must not surren-
der our votes to any trifling solicitation, and least of all must
we surrender it to authority or intimidation.—(Vehement
cheering.) Gentlemen, the business of this day is necesarily
of a formal nature—you will be occupied a long time, and
therefore I shall not attempt to detain you further than by re-
minding you that the battle we have to tight is that of free Trade
—(Tremendous cheering)—and the exemption of taxation of
the many for the benefit of the few.—( Renewed cheering.)
Gentlemen, the watchword of these two parties is "Mono-
poly," and " No monopoly."—(Cheers and great uproar.)
Gentlemen, on the free trade side—on the anti-monopoly side,
I beg leave to propose the true, tried, and trusty veteran, Sir
Matthew Wood.—( Enthusiastic cheering.) Gentlemen, I
have a right to call him true and tried, for on this very day he
terminates the services of a quarter of a century. in soliciting,
promoting, and advancing the interests, political civil, and
commercial, of his fellow-citizens —( Loud cheers.) Gentle-
men, the last time I proposed him here, he told you what he
would do, and it is because he has faithfully kept his word that
I propose him again.—(Tremendous cheering and uproar.)
Mr. Meow; came forward to second the nomination. He
said—Gentlemen, the two Members for the borough of South-
wark are here—they have been already returned to the Reform
Parliament.—(Vehement cheering.) You are now called on
to add four to their number, and choose those who will truly
represent you.—(Cries of " We will," and much cheering.)
Vete for all the four Liberal candidates—no split votes—the
man who in such a contest as this splits his vote splits his prin-
ciples.—(Great cheering and much uproar.) Remember
this is a great contest a contest between pri-
ciples. Remember you are called upon to choose
between two systems—one of which shall increase your taxa-
tion, and the other, which shall unchain your interests, and
make this country what she ought to be, " Great, glorious,
and free," and the mistress of toe civilised world. Gentle.
men, there are four candidates before you on the one side—
there are only three on the other. W here's Alderman Pirie ?
-_(Great cheering and laughter, and a voice in the crowd,
" He has got the gout.") Let the other three retire with
him with the gout also, or without it.—(Laughter and cheer-
ing.) No doubt they are respectable, worthy, and honour-
able men, but we want more than that. We want men who
will do as Sir Matthew Wood has done ; who will support
Lord J. Russell and the Administration. Alderman Wood has
represented you in nine Parliaments, and I now call on you to
return him for the tenth thne—(Mucls cheering.) beg
leave to second his nomination.
JoHN TRAvans, Esq., then came forward to propose
Mr. Crawford, and was most enthusiastically cheered. He
said—Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in proposing to you as
one of your representatives in the ensuing Parliament, William
Crawford, Esq. I need not tell you he has been on of your
most faithful representatives hitherto.—(Cheering.) Ile is a
man of large cominet cial experience. He is one of our first
commerefal authorities.—(Cheers.) He is an advocate of free
and unrestricted trade, and has been so during the whole of his
life.— (Cheri s.) He is, therefore, from principle, consistency,
and humanity, the advocate of that proposition which has been
brought forward by her Majesty's Ministers— ( Gr eat
cheering)—a measure, upon the carrying out of which de-
pends very much the safety of our country from internal com-
motion.—(Cheers and confusion.) Gentlemen, I see you are
oat in:ahumour to hear me, and I will therefore simply content
myself with nominating William Crawford, Esq., as a fit and
proper person to represent the City in Parliament.
Mr. Gnecosote seconded the nomivation of Mr. Crawford,
and said—Gentlemen, in Mr. Craw ford you will find an able
fellow-citizen and an excellent Member.—( Cheers.) He is the
advocate of all measures that are calculated to increase com-
merce and create free trade. He is also in favour of providing
abundance of food for the people.—(Cheers.) I hope, there-
fore, the citizens of London will support him with their vetes.—
( Cheers, and cries of " We will.') I recommend himipeculiarly
to you gentlemen as the commercial candidate for tl.e city.
Mr. PRESCOTT then came forward to propose Mr. Pattison
as a fit and proper person to represent the City of London in
Parliament. -I strongly recommend him for your suffrages. He
does not come before you for the Bret time.—(Cheers.) I can
therefore refer you to his votes as the best reason for supporting
hira.—( Cheers.) He iris tithe
advocate for free trade.—
(Great cheering. ) He is the staunch supporter of the
rights of the people. (Renewed cheering.) He has
given his votes for the extension of the suffrage, and he
is - favour of the Ballot.—(Great cheering.) These, Gen-
ts
are the reasons why you should look upon him with
favour
denten
( Cheers.) Upon these considerations I gladly avail
.
ortunity of proposing Mr. Pattison, a gentle-
myself of 111,' °PI)
m„ whom I ;save known the greater part of my life ; he is a
Liberal in sentim,lnt and action, and he has weatth sufficient to
repro the city of London.—(Checre )
in seconding the nomination of Mr. Pattison,
enablei‘i gist
Ito
ire,
have the greatest satisfaction in coming
;Or the purpose of seconding the no-
sfaoirc,l4--arßdr
on
nthtehr
iesleocteocrass,
join
mination of Mr. PattiSoll. Gentlemen, Mr. Pattison does not
come here for the first time—he has already represented the
and his rincileg there-
city of London in two Parliaments, e
stanch andp tried friend
fore are well known to you ; he is th
of reform, the advocate of civil and religious liberty, and of free
trade.—( Cheers.) Gentlemen, if you look to his votes you
will on every occasion find that he has advocated measure
which were calculated to improve the condition
of
the
che peoers.ple
and to promote the interests of the country.—(Ld )
I feel quite convinced that you will on this occasion do as
you did on the last, return Mr. Pattison to Parliament as one ot
your representatives.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you are met
here this day in consequence of a factious opposition to certain
measures proposed to Parliament by her Majesty's Ministers,

morrow.—( Here the Hen. Baronet became quite inaudible,
for several minutes.) I -ask you not not on my own account
to return me, but on your's.—( Cheers.) I will stay out late
and rise early to serve you—( Great cheering.) I will always
be fee you and the people, for their rights, and privileges and
comforts. We are opposed by those who are pledged to forward.
eertain interests, but we are for the interests of the people.—
(Cheers). It is not for me now to detain you after you hare had
sixteen speeches—(Laughter)—but I will state to you—l again
repeat that, whenever yon call on me to render you any ser-
vice, be you rich or not, I win be your friend—to serve you is
a reward to me. I know you will be at sour post to-morrow..
The Hon. Baronet then retired amidst the most enthusiastic
cheering).
Mr. CRAWFORD theh came forward, and was received with
great cheering. Gentlemen; lam here on these hustings for
the fourth time ; you have elected me on three various occa-
sioas in a manner most triumphant. ( Cheers.) I am sure the
present`' eontest will be equally so--not only fur
my.elfolant my honourable colleagues also; we are opposed to
four determined Tories in every respect. if you want proof,
read their advertisement of this inorning, they are Tories and
nothing , but Tories.—(Great cheering.) The flimsy veil
that covered their declarations at their various meetings is
in accordance with that advertisement, but do not he deceived
by such pretences.—,(Cheers and- uproar.) It is true they
have called in the aid of the Poor-law Amendment Bin. Is
there one of theM, who, if he takes my place, will dare to
tell you—( The conclusion of the sentence was lust in cheers
and uproar which. followed.) No; he will .not dare to tell
Sou so.—(Loud cheers.) Thentalk to-day of defending the
corporation) of this city.—(Uproar) The prinniele is want-
ing, and I would desire no better proof than the flimsy mani-
festo they have issued forth this rrorning. It is now eight
years ago since I was first ineturne 1 to the House of Com-
mons.—(Cheers.) I need not repeat to
.you my particular
principles, I trust they have been consistent—(Loud
cheers) and I hare never for one instant swerved
from them.—(Loud cheering and uproar.) I will not give
way to any one.—(Great cheering.) You have been
told this MOlning that the measures proposed by her Maie,tY's
Ministers, had they been carried would have brought different
tradesinto collision—(uproar)—and they mean to talk that
nonsense to you.--(Cheere end uproar.) What they say is
monopoly.—(Uproar.) Gentlemen, I have tried to teunt my
opponents into something like an expression of their political
opinions. I have tried to make them speak the language of
plain truth, and you will presently hear whether they can ,do so
or not.—(Cheers.) I thank you for having so well heard me.
I look forward to the issue of this contest with confidence, and
I feel assured that you win judge me for the future by what I
have done in the past.—(Much cheering.)
Mr. PATTIS&N next presented himself, and was loudly and
enthusiastically cheered. The applause was, as in almost
every other instance, mingled with cheering, hooting, and hiss-
ing, and it was only by cur immediate soutiguity to the lion.
Gentleman and the candidate.; who followed him that we were
able to catch their observations, the none continuing without
intermission, and the uproar at times being absolutely deafen-
ing. He said, Gentlemen, I fearlessly ask you again to return
me to Parliament.l Gentlemen, 1 never made a profes-
sion that I have not fulfilled, End when - I recollect the nume-.
rous meetings we have attended during the last week, and the
enthusiasm with whicht he advocates of the Liberal cause were
received, I feel perfect confidence as to the result.—( Tremen-
dous cheering.) I feel confident that the constituency of the
City of London will never return Tories.—( Great cheering,
and cries of " Never.") No, you never will.—(Renewal
cheering.) I am satisfied, Gentlemen, that the Tories will
find themselves to be monstrously minaken.—(Laughter.)
Gentlemen, my public conduct is before you. I have voted
for the Extenston of the Suffrage. I have voted for the Ban
lot.—(Loud cheers.) I have voted for the abolition of Church •
rates, and for the repeal of the Septennial Act ; and if you
return me to Parliament, I shall at all times advocate the same
measures.—( Great cheering and uproar.) Gentlemen, I shall
give my best support to the great measures brought forward
by her Majesty's Government—measures which are calculated
to do great good to the country at large.—(Much cheering. )
I am convinced that the country will ultimately carry them, and
that they will no longer allow themselves to be taxed in order
to pay for dear bread.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) The coun-
try will no longer submit to that state -of things—(Cries of
" No, no,")—and I feel satisfied that the measures of the Go-
vernment will ultimately succeed. Gentlemen, I hall con-
clude by requesting that you will be early at the poll to-
morrow morning.—( Great cheering.)
Mr. G. Lyesoo then came forward, and the uproar was re-
newed. We understood him to say that with regard to the
measures brought forward by her Majesty's Ministers, he deeply
regretted that they should have been made the instruments of
agitation and pclitical warfare. He said-1 have been charged
with being a monopolist, but I am very much surprised that
such an accusation should have been made against me in the
City of London, it having been my chief business in my public
life and conduct to counteract the progress of Monopoly, and
the removal of all vexatious restrictions and obstacles to free
and unrestrained commercial intercourse. On the subject of
the Cern-laws 1 can only Fay that I have been always
an advocate for a modification of the duty.—(Hear,
hear.) As to the extent to which that modification
should he carried, generally speaking, my views coincide with
tho eof the late lamented Mr. Huskisson. With respect to
our colonial and other interests, it is impossible to enter into
details connected with these subjects at a meeting like the pre-
sent, but I pledge myself, if returned to Parliament, to devote
my best attention to such measures as may be conducive to the
interests of the country.—( Great cheers, and uproar. )
Mr. W. ATTIVOOD then came forward to address the elec-
tors, and to describe the scene of confusion that ensued, would
be almost impossible. Many minutes elapsed before he could
sayn word. D urine; the whole of the El on. G e ntleman's speech such
was the noise and confusion that not half of it could ibe heard.
We understood him to say that he was prou 1 of having the op-
portunity of presenting himself to the Livery of London that
day as a candidate for thehonour of representing the-metropolis
of England in Parliament.—(Great noise and confusion.) He
appealed to the Livery whether such conduct was falr. Was it
candid or was it English to interrupt a man when
in a public meeting he was enxiou; to expla'n his opinions ?
What were the circumstances under which he, and those with
whom he was associated, presented themselves as candidates for
the representation of the City of London? Those circumstances
mere of ros ordinary description, because they took place at
a time when the people were called upon to determine whether
they would support one or other of the great parties in
the State.—( Great confusion.) Who placed them in that
position ? Why, the Government of the country, who had been
de:eated in the House of Commons—(Cries of '• Yes, but only
by a majority of one")—they had lost the confidence and re-
spect of the people, and under 'those circumstances they had
appealed to them for their suffrages. (Great uproar.) Could
the Ministers in the present contest appeal to their past con-
duct ?—(Cries of" Yes, they can.") lie would unhesitatingly
assert that they could not. They had no chance of remaining
much longer as a Government, and they were determined to re •
sort to every- expedient they could to retain power, but it would
not do.— ( Great -uproar and confusion.) They had raised the
cry of cheap bread and free trade, but they would not find the
object they had in view advanced by their appeal.
The promises which Ministers have made you are only in-
tended for election purposes. They ask your support, not for
your sake, but for ther own, and that too under false pretences.
(Mr. A ttwood continuedno address the tumultuous assemblage,
amidst groans, hisses, and the emission of sounds of every kind,
such as at times meet one's ears in a menagerie. He was, in
consequence quite inaudible during the greater portion of his
speech.) To-morrow the great contest would take place, and if
they did their duty he had no fear for the result. He was sa-
tisfied the intelligent citizens of London were not to be deluded
by the fallacies of their opponents. The lion. Gentleman was
understood to conclude by complaining of the differeut reception
he had nut with to the other candidates, and of the want of
free discussion.--n(Cries of " Look at your hired mob.") He
would only further say, that he knew to-morrow the result
would be different, and that the Conservative candidates would
then achieve a triumph.—(Cheers, and great confusion.)
J. MASTERMAN, Esq., then came forward, but was also
quite inaudible. We understood bins to say that he ap-
peared before them:to solicit the honour of beingplaced in the
dignified situation of ooe of their representatives. He
had done so at the request of numerous influen-
tial individuals, or otherwise be should have shrunk
rom the important duties that would devolve upon ham in such
a crisis. He assured them he should lend his best aid in sup-
porting Conservative principles, feeling assured that a Go-
vernment conducted on those principles would be most condu-
cive to the happiness of the people and the prosperity of the
country. (The remainder of the Hon. Gentleman's observa-
tions were altogether lost in the tumult that prevailed in
the hall.)
Lord Jotter RUSSELL then came forward, and was received
with the most deafening cheers. The Noble Lord said—l ,
come here at the request of a numerous body of the electors of
the City of London, to ask for the honour of representing it in
Parliament; and I trust that my inability to do so as
regards my acquaintance with its local interests will
be compensated by my advocacy of those great
principles, of which I am here as the representative.
Allow me to allude shortly to the question upon whicn the elec-
tors of the city of London are called on to decide. Yon are
called upon to express your opinions by your repreeentativesne
Parliament respecting matters deeply important to the trade
and industry of the country.—(Prodigious cheers.) Her Ma-
jesty's Ministers have proposed a plan to diminish the restric-
tions upon trade and Industry, and to lighten the burdens of
the people, at the same time that they provide( for the public
service of the country—( Hisses and yelling, replied to by the
most prodigious cheering, which was kept up throughout the
Noble Lord's Address, and rendeaed him for the most part in-
audible. That proposition is one which, there can be no doubt,
will be the plan ultimately adopted.—( Renewed cheers and
uproar.) It is for you now to say that you wish for its adop-
tion—(Cheering)—or you may give another answer
to the appeal which is made to you this day, '
and say that you able to bear additional burdens to suppoit
those monopolies by which a few a-e benefited at the expense
of the comtnnnity.—(Cheering and grest interruption still
continued, with the loudest possible tumult.) There is another
answer which you may give, and that is, that you are so favour-
able to those monopolies that you are ready to support them at
the expense of great additional burdens—(Continued tumult,
and most enthusiastic cheering)—if you are prepared to give
that answer then you will elect the persons who till give your
Sovereign this advice—for it is this alone you have to decide
here, whether you will consider it right to approximate to the
principles of free trade, or endure your present burdens,
with a great adnitien to them.—(Continued tumult, in
which the cheering vastly predominated, completely drown-
ing all the yells of the' Tories, and, we must say;
also the Noble Lord's voice.) If you do so you will
show that the city of London on this subject has no opinion,
and that the trade and industry of the country is of no import-
ance to you—or else that you hare such confidence in our op-
ponents that you will leave the question to them to be decided.
But they only shake their heads and tell you that you
will see bye and bye what good things they will do.
There are many other political questions which have nothing
whatever to do with the present contest, because upon these
questions, we are agreed with our political opponents, and upon
which the sentiments of Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham,
and Lord Stanley, are the same as our own. Therefore, as re-
gards these questions, whether you elect our opponents or the four
Reform candidates, the result will be the same. For instance,
with regard to the Poor-law Bill, it was introduced and advo-
cated by Lord Althorpe, by Lord Stanley, and by Sir James
Graham, and it was supported in Parliament by the Duke of
Wellington and Sir Robert Peel.--(Cheers.) Therefore,
;aansfodr,,t‘v
whether
with regard to that question, there is scarcely any distinction
between the candidates who are offered to your choice. :With
regard to the question of the privileges of Parliament,
eelrleforbey, Genotulremenpo,laitsicrea..l
.ds these questions, and others of a similar character, they
are not those upon which the two contending parties now be-
forey
privileges of Parliament, our opponents take
theygopa
you
not-
opponents
differwere s
bi supportedyano
yourselves;
rrsee ri
ii
eat
the same line as ourselves, and they are ready to maintain and to
with regard to the
modify them as we are; there:ore, there is no question in
this election with respect to laws of that nature. You are
Peor-laws, or the
therefore, to turn your attention to those questions upon which
we have appealed to the people, and upon which you are called
upon to decide. It has been said and made a subject of grave
complaint, that these measures have been brought forward in
order to prop up and preserve in office a falling Minis-
try. The same statement was made against the Reform
Bill. It was rejected by the House of Commons,
and an appeal was made to the people, and it was
said then, as it is said now, that it was in order to
prevent the Ministry from being turned out of office that Lord
Grey, Lord Althorpe (now Lord Spencer), Lord' Durhem,
Lord Palmerston, and myself, made that appeal to the people.
I have been many years in Parliament, and have had my full
41are of tower ; and having had that share of power, et has

—( Great cheering.) Gentlemen, the object of thosesmeasures
is to remove from the commerce of the country the trammels
that now fetter it, and thus give free scope to British industry
and capital.—(Cheers.) The question now lies between free
trade on the one side, and monopoly on the other.—(Cheers).
Gentlemen, electors of this great metropolis, give on the pre-
sent occasion a solemn proof of your faith in the constitutional
principles -which her Majesty's Government have advanced.
Support them, and give them the means of advancing civil and
religious liberty and cheap government.—(Loud cheers).
Mr. T. BARING next came forward, and spoke as follows—
(the cheers and tremendous uproar that prevailed through the
Ball, rendered him, as almost all the other speakers, very
frequently quite inaudible) :—Fellow-citizens,_ I propose to
you, as a fit and proper representative for the City of London,
George Lyall, Essi.—(Cheers, mingled with hisses, and cries
of " No, no, we won't have him," and great confusion, which
lasted for come minutes.) At last Mr. Baring was for a mo-
ment audible, when he said—l put it to the constituency of
London, what faith can they have, in a Government, which
presses like an incubus upon the resources of the nation?—
(The rest of Mr. Baring's speech was unheard, amidst the
shouts, hisses, and partial cheers that met him from all sides of
the Hell.)
Sir CHARLES Peter. was received on his coming forward
with the same tumult as his predecessor. lie 'said—l am
happy to have an opportunity of seconding the nomination of
George Lyall, Esq.—(Cries of " No, no," and " We won't
have him.") In the latter part of Sir Charles's speech we
understood him to be eulogizing Mr. Lyall as a commercial
man, but we could only conjecture at best what were the senti-
ments delivered by the speaker, so loud and continuous were
the cries of " No monopoly, no monopoly."
Mr. WILSON next appeared in front of the hustings, and
said—l propose Mr. Wolverly Attwood as a fit and proper Re-
presentative for this great city. He is an honest, an upright,
and an able man.—(Here the uproar became so gloat that
Mr. \V. retired. )
Mr. ROBINSON' said--. Gentlemen, I second the nomination
of Mr. Attwood.—( Hisses. and cries of " Down with mono-
poly.") Mr. Attwood is kiiown to you by the faithful and
zealous discharge of his Parliamentary duties.—(Cries of
" Turn him cut.") I believe the result of the City election
will be the return of four Conservative Members. And looking
at the immense interest that this election will exercise on the
other elections of the country, I exhort you to use your utmost.
exertions to return the Conservative candidates.—(Cries cf
" Cheap sugar.") Why did not the Government bring forward
those measures of which they talk so much last year. They
brought them forward a few short days before.—(The rest of
the sentence was lost in the uproar.) Air. Robinson went on to
say, I wont occupy your time.—(Cries of "it's no manner of
use ;" " sit down," &c.)
Mr. Eados then came forward to propose John Masterman,
Esq, as a fit and proper person to represent the City in Par-
liament, but the confusion that prevailed was such, that not a
word that was uttered by either the prOposer or seconder Of the
Hon. Gentleman was audible.
Mr. HIBBARD seconded the nomination.
S. J. LLOYD, Esq. then came forward, and was received
with enthusiastic cheers, which lasted for several minutes, and
which being continued at interval; with .considerable confusion
throughout his speech, rendered him frequently inaudible even
to those immediately around him. The Hon. Gentleman
said he would not long trespass on their attention. The pur-
pose for which be was there before them, was to propose as a
fit and proper person to represent them in the ensuing
Parliament, one of the most distinguished patriots that
this country or any age ever produced.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) His name was that of a true Englishman,
Lord John Russell—(Loud cheers)—a man whose strength
and dignity of character Was an honour and blessing to his
country.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman was then
supposed to advert to the measures of the Government which
had led to the dissolution of Parliament, and said his only
anxiety was that the nature of the question should be under-
stood. The Tories had endeavoured to mislead their judg-
ments on this subject, at which he was not much surprised, but
lie was satisfied the people would not be misled to the detri-
ment of their best interests.—(Cheers.) An important crisis
had now arisen, both commercial and financial, a crisis which,
if properly improved, would relieve them from grievous oe-
pression and hateful monopoly—(Cheers)—and substitute in
their stead legitimate taxation. He asked them whether this
should be the ease, or whether they would further countenance
unjust imposts, unequally imposed for the purpose of
giving an unfair benefit to particular classes at the
sacrifice of the public aDd the general good, at a
sacrifice necessarily involving that of the flee industry of the
people.—(Cheers.) That was the question, asd he challenged
any one of the candidates that day to meet him and deny it.—
(Cheers.) That was alone the question on which Parliament
was dissolved, and en which they we; e called to decide. They
had three candidates already propoard to theM, and those can-
didates eppealed to them on tie ground of long connection and
valued services.—( Cheers.) It was his (Mr. L.'s) high and
honourable province to propose in conjunction with teem a
fourth individual, who carne there recommended by his inte-
grity, talents, public services, and public character, to the gra-
titude arid support of every class of his countryincin—(Loud
cheers.) He (Lord J. Russell) came amongst them that day
bringing with him, as his great and honoured credentials, those
just, and good, and righteous measures, which were abso-
lutely necessary for the safety of the country.—( Chet rs. )
He rejoiced to hear their shouts of approbation, for he was mire
they were prophetic, that they should send the Noble Lordback
in triumph to St. Stephen's.—(Loud sheers.) Gentlemen,
Lord John Russell comes here, having passed a long life in
arduous exertions and in splendid efforts, to establish, on a
firm basis, the civil and religious liberties of this country.
He comes here at the end of ten years, spent in developing the
just and holy fruits of that great constitutional measure, hey
which you possess your privileges, and which he proposed to
the country. Ile comes now, proposing to carry the true and
wise principles of gradual reform into all the regulations of
tomrnerce and of finance. It was not to be supposed that, in
undertaking this great task, we should not be opposed by a
host of arrayed interests—it was not to be supposed that we
should not have to fight the hard and anxious battle of truth
against error, of good against evil.—( cheers.) We knew that
we should have, what I here on the present occasion, mo-
nopolists of every description, individuals profiting by particular
protections of class interest, however contradictory to each
other, combining to resist the onward march of the public good
and of their country's welfare. But in what, Gentlemen, do
we trust? We trust in upright intentions—we trust in the
innate strength and gigantic resources of a good cause—we
trust, above all—and if that trust fails us our country's fate is
sealed—we trust in the intelligence and in the public spirit, and
in the self devotion of a free and an intelligent community.
I propose Lord John Russell, not as our opponents have most
unjustly and unfairly insinuated in their public documents, be-
cause he is the dispenser of place and patronage, but because he
is the proposer and promoter of just and goad and. wise mea-
sures—measures upon which it is my solemn and deep convic-
tion that the future fate of this country as a great, as a power-
ful, and as a happy nation depends. Gentlemen, the cause
which is now entrusted to your hands is one of momentous
importance. Now never let this great truth be lost sight or,
that a commercial and manufacturing country cannot, like an
agricultural one, remain stationary.—(Loud cheers.) The
moment when we cease to advance we begin to retrograde ;
and in proportion as our progress in wealth, in prosperity and
in happiness has been great and wonderful, so when once that
progress stops will our onward career be fearfully disastrous.
This is a consideration to make every thinking man reflect
deeply ; to surrender his party interests, and devote himself to
the support of measures essential, and undenied by our oppo-
nents to be essential, to the public welfare.—( Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, I will detain you no longer. I have dis-
charged my duty in this most important crisis of
public affairs in proposing to you Lord John Russell,
and I now call upon you as public men and as citizens to grant
to ham your support, for the purpose of giving him that weight,
that influence, that authority and that power, by which alone
corrupt interests, and a combination of class monopolists, can
be brought down ; and the barriers, formidable and strong,
which are raised to the progress of this country, can be broken
down. I firmly believe that in the measures now proposed the
fate of this country is indissolubly bound up, and that it rests.
with the constituencies now to decide whether the feature fate
of England shall be one of gradual decay, or of glorious and
augmented prosperity. May Heaven preside over your deci-
sions, and may they tend to realize that which is the object of
our daily prayers, that " peace and happiness," that " truth,"
and, above all, that " justice," may be established throughout
the land.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. SAMUEL GURNEY then came forward and said, we are
met this day to elect representatives for the ensuing Parlia-
ment ; and i esteem it to be a great privilege for this city that
I am permitted on the present occasion to second the nomina-
tion of Lord John Russell.—( Cheers.) Fellow citizens,—On
looking back upon the few past years of my life, 1 am quite
certain that the prosperity of this great metropolis has been
essentially promoted by-the enlightened policy in which Lord
John Russell has taken so prominent a part.-4 Cheers.) This
is the true basis of our electing representatives on the present
occasion. Genial prosperity has been the result of that policy.
If this metropolis be the heart of this empire, and if this em-
pire be the heart of the world, that prosperity has extended not
only to the metropolis, but all over the world. There are some
points in that pol;cy to which I would particularly allude. I
allude to matters of the most enlightened philosophy, coupled
with the most enlighted philanthropy. Such objects have always
received the powerful support of Lord J. Russell. If I take the
subject of the education of the pourer classes of this country
I find in Lord John Russell one who has undeviatingly sup-
ported the education and improvement of those classes. If I
take the poor oppressed black, there again we have in Lord
John Russell a
.powerful and consistent friend•of the negro.—
In all matters of enlightened philanthropy, Lord John Russell
has always held the most distinguished place.—(Tremendous
cheering, with yellug and hooting for some minutes.) I know
that gentleman who are proposed to your suffrages, on the
opposite side, are men of great integrity and respectability—
(Hisses, cheers, and renewed tumult.) But 1 believe that
the policy which has been promoted by that party would not
tend so much to the advantage, wealth, and prosperity of this
great metropolis.—(lnterruption). I can never believe
that the great principles of enlightened policy would have re-
ceived the same support if the party supported by the four gen-
tlemen who are offered on the other side were in power, as they
have received from the Government of which Lord John Rus.
sell has been for the last ten years so distinguished a member.—
(Vehement cheering.) It is for that reason I now come for-
ward to recommend Lord John Russell to your suffrages, and.
to second the motion.—(Tremendous cheering.)
Mr. Alderman Lucas, who was greeted with an astounding
volley of groans, yells, laughter, and hisses, mingled with
cheers, said—l come forward to offer to your consideration my
worthy friend Mr. Alderman Pirie, as the most fit and proper
person to represent you in Parliament. -(Renewed uproar.)
The commercial knowledge and long experience of my worthy
friend are well known, and it is unnecessary for me to trespass
on your time by dwelling on that subject.—(Laughter, groans,
hisses, and cries of " Capt. 'Puckett.") You will best consult
your own interests by electing my worthy friend.—(Renewed
tumult)—and I hope you will do yonrselves justice, and credit
to the city of London by returning him to Parliament.—( Re-
peated yells and shouts of laughter followed the worthy Alder-
man front the hustings, and continued for several minutes after.)
Mr. PIERCE came forward to second the nomination. Al-
though we stood close by the side of this gentleman, and he
seemed to exert his voice to the utmost, we could not for some
time hear a word he uttered amidst the din of yells and hooting
with which he was saluted. We understood him to say that Mr.
Alderman Pirie was presented by illness from presenting him-
self on that occasion to the electors, and he hoped that his teis-
ortune in that respect would not damage him in the estimation
of the constituency. It would be gratifying to him at any time
o second the nomination of such a mar, as a candidate for the
-epresentatisn of the City of London, but on the present occa-
sion that gratification (as we understood) was enhanced by the
,nature of the contest, and the principles which were involved
it. [Bete the tumult of groans, hooting, cheers, whistling,
and of every noise of which the human voice is capable, 'com-
pletely drowned every word which the Honourable Gentleman's
utmost force of lungs could attain, and atter some time spent in
dumb show, he retired from the hustings.]
Sir Mairrnew WOOD then came forward, and was received
with tremendous cheering, which lasted for several minutes.
As soon as silence had in some measure been restored; the
Hon. Baronet spoke as follows :—Brother Electors, herel am
again, for the tenth time.—(Loud cheering.) Is it your wish
that I should again be returned e—(Loud cries of " Yes, yes,"
and great cheering. ) I have no professions to make to you.
I will do as I have done for the last quarter of a century that
have been in your service—(Loud cheering)—l wilt defend
your rights.—( Cheers.) The questions which have interested
you all, are those which I have always promoted and sup-
ported. Freedom of trade, freedom of conscience I have al-
ways upheld, let the person be of what religion he might; and
lam ready to do so egatn.—( A faint hiss.) You may hiss,
but I ant.--(Loud cheers.) You will tell a different story to.

:col our fate to ipropose and carry measures which ware not
palateable at the time. That is not the case at the present
occasion. lam asking the opinion of the citizens of London,
upon the great principles of free trade, to which her Ma-
jesty's Itßoisters arc at present engaged. We have
been the advocates first of .civil and religious liberty. In yur-
suance of that object, backed by the Reformers of the United
Kingdom, we carried the repal of the Test and Corporation
Acts ; afterwards, by means of the same spirit, we effected
the repeal of the Catholic, Disabilities; and I am quite pre •
pared to destroy . ail persecutions _which .now remain.
—(Hear hear.) With respect :te. civil and political free-
dom, I have been On advocate--a successful advocate
for exter.ding the franel 'ae of the people and the 101. house-
holders throughout the '' 'dual, and obtained the franchise
through our successful e oils in passing the Reform MI. Still
there remains the most important question, the question of com-
mercial freedom. It is our purpose to carry out that freedom as
1 far as it can be done with safety and with prudence.
cur object is to set free as far as possible the commerce and
industry of the country--(Continued cheering)—so that Eng-
land map become, as she ought to be, the greatest amour.,
the nations of the world. I will ask the electors of Lmlen,
whether you are prepared for the imposition of new taxes, in
order to meet the exigencies of the State, or on the contrary,
are you prepared to see the navy of this count' y inferior at
sea to the other nations of the world? lam sure you are not.
We must maintain oar supremacy, because it is absolutely
necessary. I feel that ourprinciples are sound, and however much
they may be at present caballed against, I feel (Fite certain that
whoever may Le 11Iinister those principles mutt be carried.
These are principles which were introduced into legislation
long ago by Mr. Huskisson, they are sound principles, and it
now remains for the electors of the United Empire to carry
them into effect.— ( Hear, hear.) Itlonopoly is Hain-
tallied merely because monopoly is ga'n to the few.
but hurtful to the many. It is upon these principles that we
a k the suffrages of the electors of London. If you are pre,
pared to carry them out, these principles must now he predo-
minant; if not, I feel perfectly certain that this must lecome
law at a very early period. Upon these principles I stand, and
fearlessly 1 leave the result in your hands.
Alderman Lucas appeared for Alderman Pirio; and apolo-
gised for the absence of the Hon. Alderman, on the score of
ill health. lie would do kis duty, if he was elected for the
City of London, with honour and integrity. -
. ....

- •
Ir. HARKER then, undo- the direction of the Sheriff put the
question, r ailing upon the electors who were in favour of Sir
Matthew Wood, to hold up their hands. About three-fourths
of those present hekl up their hands amidst loud and vociferous
cheering. For Mr. Crawford and Mr. Pattison, the numbers
were nearly the same. For Mr. Lyall, Mr. Attn-ood,
and Mr.- Masterman, the numbers were about one-
third, and nearly _ one-half ; and for Lord John
Russell the whole assemblage appeared to be unanimous, every
hand being held up amidst the loudest and enthusiastic cheer-
ing, which lasted for some minutes, and, during which, Alder-
man Pirie's name was put up, arid passed over alniost
.without
observation. _ _ _ .

A p.II was then demanded on behalf of al the candidates,
which the Sheriff appointed to take place to•morrow- morning
at eight o'clock, and to close in the afternoon at four o'clock..
HARKER, the Crier of the Hall, then announced the
different places at which the poll would be taken, and the va t
assemblage then dispersed.
Lord J. Russell, on quitting the platform, was most enthu-
siastically cheered.

GENERAL ELECTIONS.
(FROM. A CORRESPONDENT. )
Mo !MITI!. -Day of election, June 29. Candidates-Hon
Captain Howard. Major Cadogan resigned.
MACCLESFIELD.-Nomination day, June 30. Candidates-
J. Brocklebank, T. Grimsditch, S. Stocks.
TOTNES.-Election day, July 1. Candidates-Lord Sey.
mour, C. B. Baldwin, Hon. E. Petre.
TAVISTOCK. -Election day, June 30.
Edward Russel!, John Rundle.
POOLE. -Nevi candidate started, G. R. Rose, Esq.
WEST MOREL A ND. -Election day, July IS. Candidates
Lord Viscount Lowther, Hon. Col. Lowther.
Wivrox.-Poll-day, June 28. Candidate - Lord Fitz.
Harris.
EVESHAM.-Poll-day, June 30. Candidates-Lord Mar,
C. Hill, Peter Borthwick, Gee. Rushout.
WAREHAM.-Poll-day, June 30. Candidates-John Hales
Caleraft, I. IV. S. Earle Deax.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE. -Election day, July 6. Candidate-
Sir W. W. Wynn. No opposition expected.
WALLINGFORD. -Election day, June 29. Car.didate -W.
L. Blackstone, Esq., only candidate.
STIR LIFG. ( Falkirk district of Burghs.) Election day,
,July 2.
STIRLING (DISTRICT OF BURGHS. )-Election day July 1.
STIRLING (COUNTY. )-Election day 12th and 13th of July.
JEDBU ROH. -( DISTRICT OF BURGHS.)-Nomination day
June 30. •Candidates-R. Stewart; Mr. Balfour, jun.
HADDINGTONSHIRE. -Nomination day Juno e 9 Cand
dates-Hen. J. E. Elliott; Hon. J. Scott.
FALKIRK DIST g wr.-Election day, July 2. Candidates-
W. D. (ham, Robert Baine.
OLDHAM.-Nomination day, Juno 30. Polling, July
Candidates-John Fielden, Wm. A. Johnson.
WHITEHAV is N. -Election day, July 2.
Attwood.
CUMBERLAND (WESTERN DIVISION ). -Nomination, da
July 10. Candidates-E. Stanley, S. Irton.
KENT (EasrEa-s DIVISION). Nomination day, July 5
Candidates-Sir E. Kuatchbull, J. P. Plumptre.
DEN BIG II VII RE. -Borough poll, July 1. Candidates-T.
N. Biddulph, Townsend Matnvvaring.
SUFFOLK ( WEST). -Poll day, July 9. Candidates-A. S.
Adair, Lord Henniker, Sir C. Broke Vere.
BA RNSTAPLE.- Election day, June 30. Candidates-Sir
B. Chichester, Hon. J. Fortescue, Fred. Hodgson, Montague
Gore.
RA DNOR.-Election day, July 1. Candidate-Richard
Price, Esq.
FALMOUTH AND PENRHY N. -Election day, July 1. Can-
didates-Capt. Vivian, Capt. Plumridge, Mr. Gwyn, 31r.
Sattoris.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (Soutk) -Nomination-day, July 5.
Candidates-Earl cf Lincoln, C. Rolleaton, Esq.
LauNcvSTON.-Elett ion-dq, June 30. Sir H. Hardinge,
R. P. Collier, Esq.
CORN WALL COUNTY, ( Eastern Division.)-Election cot
yet fixed. Candidates-Lord Eliot, William Rashleigh.
HELSTON. -Election clay, June 30. Candidates-Sir R.
Rawlinson Vivian ; W. R. Vigors.
PERTH.-Election day, July 1.
PERTH ( COUNTY ). -Election clay, July 6.
ANDOVER. -Lord liuntingtower resigned in favour of Lord
W. Paget.
H DDERSFIELD. -Nomination day, June 30. Candidate -
W. R. C. Stansfield.
KIDDERMINSTER.-Election day, June 30. Candidates-
R. Godson, J. Ricardo.
I ]GREENOCK.-Nomination day, July 5. Polling:day, July
6. Candidates-R. Wallace, Sir Thomas CoAranc.
SOUTH SHIELDS.-Election day, June 29. Candidates-R.
Ingham, Esq., G. Tyler, Esq., J. T. Wason, Esq,

Candidates—LA

HIGHWAY ROBBE4Y AND
ATTE \IPT ED MURDER.

A correspondent has furnished us with the particulars of a
deed of intended murder, for the sake of plunder, scarcely se-
cond in villainy to that which occurred in Ludlow last August.
The scene of this new crime was at. the foot of Lilleshall Hill,
on the road from Newport to the Ironworks at Donnington
Word, in the county of Salop, close adjoining the village of
and the seat of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Lord
Lieutenant of Shropshire. Mr. Britain, a respectable grocer
at Newport, has been accustomed for Many years to supply
the chartermasters at Donnineton with the cash in silver and
copper received by him weekly, varying from 501. to 1001.,
for the purpose of paying the men employed in the ironworks.
This money was usually sent on the Friday, in a light
cart, in the custody of one of Mr. Britain's servants. Some
time ago a married man, named 'lhomas Simms, was en-
trusted with this charge, but having left Mr. Britain's ser-
vice he commenced the business of selling fruit in the town
and neighbsurhood of Newport. Latterly the charge was en-
traced to a young man, named Benjamin Nicholls, a servant
in the employ of Mr. Britain ; and with this fact the former
servant, Simms, MIS perfectly acquainted. On Friday week,
owing to some delay, the money was not forwarded as
usual ; hut about eight o'clock on Saturday morning Nicholls
was despatched to the ironworks on horseback, having 101.
copper slung across the saddle, and a lumber sum if 51.
in copper secured on the pommel of the saddle, on the Pop
of which was placed 501. in silver, tied up in a shot
bag. He arrived at Lilleshall Hill about nine o'clock, and
on passirg a stile which terminated a footpath leading from
the top he was accosted by Simms, who crossed over the
stile, 'and asked Nicholls where he was going ? He re-
plied tint he was going to Donnington works. Simms
then crossedthc road from left to right, behind the horse, say-
ing that he was going towards Wellington ; and placing his left
hand on the animal, walked side by side for a short time. On
a sudden Simms exclaimed," Look! what's oa the hill?" and
immediately drew forth a hammer, a pound weight, and inflicted
two tremendous blows on Nicholl's head. Fortunately for
the young man he did rot turn his head in the direction
of the bill, fearing that the money might fall from the saddle,
otherwise the blows must have fallen on his temple ; as it was,
the blows were received on his forehead, and be- became
powerleas and stunned, but (:1:1 not fall. The horse immedi-
ately sprang forward, and the hag cf silver, and the 51. in cop-
per placed on the s fell to the ground, stud the latter parcel
burst, and its contents were scattered on the road. As soon as
Nicholls recovered his senses hrgallegied on to Newport, raising
an alarm of " !" In the mean time Simms picked
up the bag of silver, aild ran up the hill, but meeting a person
who had heard the cries of distress, he turned back into the
roasl. and escaped. In a few minutes afterwards his wife, Har-
riet Simms, was seen by persons who had heard tire alarm to
descend from the monument at the summit of the bill, which
bad been eiected by a grateful tenantry to the memory of the
late Duke of Sutherland, and approach the hedge along which
her husband had been seen to run. She was observed to kick
the long, grass on the margin of the ditch, as if in search of
something which bad been dropped ; but notsucceeding, she de-
perted in the direction of Newport. The intended victim, how-
ever, succeeded in arriving first at Newport, and having raised a
hue and cry, the woman was taken on entering the town. Seve-
ral of theinhabitauts and police immediately commenced a pur-
suit I ftcr Simms, and about noon he was taken by .Mr.
Preston, a publican, within a few miles of Newport. In-
formation was then given. to Mr. Baxter, superintendent of
police, who made strict search in the vicinity of the place
where the outrage was committed ; and, after considerable
pains he discoverd the bag of silver concealed in the drain at
the foot of the hill. The hammer was also found near the
spot. Simms and his wife were then taken before Charles
Norris, Esq., a magistrate of the Newport district. In ad-
dition to the above facts, evidence was given to prove that the
prisoners were seen waiting on Lilleshall Hill nearly the whole
of Friday, the 'day on which the money was usually conveyed
to Donnington. Much astonishment was excited by the fact
el the outrage being. committed at such a time on the high-
way, particularly as it was Newport market day. The pri-
soners were fully committed for trial at the next assizes, on tie
capital charge of highway robbery, accompanied with violence.
We arc happy to stags that Nicholls is recovering . from his
wounds.—Shrewsbury Paper.

Candidate=34,

THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
Last week's arrivals were fair of Wheat, but small of other
Grain. The fresh supply was limited of all sorts of Corn.
Wheat sold freely at Is. to 2s. per quarter advance on our last
quotations. Barley, Beans, and Boiling Pease unaltered. Oats
met a rather better sale, and were a trifle dearer. Flour as
last reported, with a moderate sale.
PRICES 055 BOARD OF SIM'
Wheat,Red (old) —a. —s. Beans, Smali (new) ... 40s. 415.
----White (otd) ...... —s. —s. (old)
--- Red(1841) 545. 565. Tick (new) " 31•37,
Fine 'Bs. 645. - (old) a 5.
.------- Superfine 655. Giis. Harrow (new) 3;,.395.
----White (184).) ....555. 60s.
---- Fine 62s 68a. Brante
--Superfine ...... ;Os. 725. Oats, Feed
-----Foreienfree 52a. 725. New 175.225.
Rye 38s. 40s. Poland
Barley 255. 3is New 226.'24'.
—.—.. Grinding 'KGs. 30s. -- Potatoe —l.—s.
Malting .50.;.235.
Malt
.--- Fine New...m...625. 635. 1ri5h...... ...... Rio. 193.224.
Pease, Grey, New 'ISa. 335. Flour Town (per sack).— 54,5.5a5.
Maple Ncw . 40s. 425. Seconds 4Ss. t2s.
White 345. 365. -.....- North Country .... 48s. 80, ,
.--.- Boilers 375.38.. Bran 135. Ds
ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WFXR.
N% heat. Barley. 0 4tb. Flour.
English .. ...... 6,646 qrs. I 1,46 t qrs. I 2,398 qrs. 7,826 sat ES
Irish
Foreign 5,745 --- --- 8511 MS

- -
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
There was a moderate supply at market, the demand was
brisk at our quoted prices. beasts, 2,280; Sheep, 30,650;
P;gs, 413 ; Calves, 175. Beef, 3s. 81 to 4s. 10d ; Mutton,
4s. 2d. to 59. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s.
; Lamb, ss. to ss. Bd.
TEA MARKET.
There was a fair demand for Free Trade, and prices were
fully sustained. ComTA parry's
Con
MAgouRK produced 2s. Id. cash.
TALLOW .
The market firm, and the demand good. P.Y. Candle on
the spot 475. 3d. per cwt., and for delivery in last three mocriths
48s. was asked

HOP MARKET.
The market dull. The favourable accounts of the yi?ung
bine canted the trade to be cautious, but prices were firm.
WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET.
The abundant supply of all kinds of vegetation renders tales
very difficult at the following prices :—Devons, 755. ; Scotch,
red, 65's. to 70s. ; and Kent and Sussex, white, 625. to 655.
per ton.

LOSS
li,s
aantatheisvetirmy
LOSS OF THE FRENCH STEAMER • MALMAISON FOR SALE. •
POLLUX.
.....--edas—.
The Havre Journal publishes a letter from Leghorn, 20th green,PAß IBga.jy.tr, l'aind-‘lscie—ligPlaitrfius 7o no fe
'' yeare() n- -
instant, which states that the abave fine steamer, which was fesses to tile compliment of the Troubadour, who
lately sold with the Castor to a Genoese company, as we men- styled it "France the fair" (la belle France).
tioned, and went round from Havre to the Mediterranean, came For myself, I have been a prof use patroniaer of
in contact, on the night of the lith, with a Neapolitan strainer, the flower -girls, expending ... s,
little
the Montegibello, to the south of Porto Longano, and was sunk. 4
" The passengers," it adds, " except one individual, and the 's‘ 7-tt
,street-soubie e I have met. The button-hole
crew were taken on board the Itlontegibello. Eight French of -my coat has diurnally smiled with a tuft of
sailors formed part of the crew of the Pollux." Another at- bluet or immortelle ;- I have walked the Boule-
count in the Courrier de Lyon, states that the accident occurred yards with an inseparable nose-gay in my hand,
at 11 o'clock, when the two vessels were going at fill speed; and yesterday in the Palais Royal almost died .
about 12 knots, between Piombino and the island of Elba. - 4 "
The Pollux was of 200-horse power, • the Montegibello of oi aromaticpain" from a Versailles
aroman rose. It
250. : The former was takenamidships by the latter, and within was at this last-mentioned time and place that I
twelve minutes not a vestige of her remained on the surface. proposed to myself a journey for to-day, which
She hid previously taken are, and this added greatly to the clis-_ may. serve as a title of news. The occasion this.
tress and confusion of the scene. The passengers of the Pot- For same days past the streets here abaut town
lux were forty. five in number, and her crew, an unusually levee
,s have
been placarded with a huge auctioneer's
-one, is said to have been the same. They were all saved, this of annonciation—a perfect broadside in its
account states, but everything on board was lost, goods, money, bill
papers, &c. A lady is stated to have lost jewels to the amount way—setting forth in type, such as runners might
of 60,000 fr. and sense of the parties saved were up to their arms read, that the beautiful chateau and domains of
in water when the Pollux sunk, getting into the Montegibello Malmaison were in stair!. venali, or for sale.
by the bowsprit. '1 lei Pollux was coming from Naples' Though there was little likelihood that 1 sholuld
and is said not to have been insured either for her hull
or her cargo. The . Montegibello wee much injured, prove either bidder or purchaser, yet I tat that
f
and atter the accident made for Porto Locgrono, a few miles I must see it. It was a golden relic of the Na-
off ; but the authorities there, on account of some sanitary poleon glory, not less than a melancholy meMento
regulations, would not admit her, and she had to put in at of its fallen fortunes—it was; a spot full of
Leghorn, which she had left not ninny hours before. It is sweet and delicious recollect Eons of Josephine,
statett that both vessels carried lights, and had seen each
other a long way off.—A letter from Gelsoa states : charmer of all hearts—of-the " etoile de Napo-
. The Pollux had sailed from Civita Vecchia about half- icon," as the gallant men of the Court were ac- .
past four P.3i., the weather being favourable. At eleven at night CteetOmed to style her—the brilliant star of .Na-
the man on watch at the bows saw two lights to starboard; poleon, fulgent, sweet-rayed, and divinely fair ;
these came from some sailing vessels which were accordingly the star that presided ov • ibis fortunes, and
et
steered char of. At the same moment almost the man cried
ahead to larboard ! The captain and boatswain
w
nut ' iwhom fortune forsook not till he forsook her
, a light
hninsdiately west forward and saw three lights, which indi- star. It was the scene of " high feasting~," gore
eatee a steamer ; and the captain, it is said, sent the beat- geous balls, and costly entertainments, .ot all
swain aft to put the helm to larboard. Before this took place which the Duchess de Junot steaks long and
the Pollux was steering N. W.I/2 N., but the captain not teeing lovingly in 1 • .
her pleasant book was where the
the lights their course, sent word to keep the helm ss King Of . Armies" had trod softly, having cast.
hard to larboard, the vessel then going at 12 to 13 knots, and the
ide te
Montegibello at 10. to 11 knots. 'f he ships drew rapidly near ash iron spurs of war.
each other, and the crew of the Pollux shouted out " Poggia! With this irresistible longing upon me, I de-
Poggia. !" while the engineers called out " Stop her 1" and " Ar- termined for one day to leave the dandies of
retez 1" The helm of the Pollux then sent the boat right to Panes 'to their jo&cs limonadLcres iu the Palais
N.E., but it was too late, and the Montegibeilo, running
Royal Arcade, and to visit Majmaison before it
into her larboard side behind the paddle-box, carried away
should ,
~ ,
the chimney. The scene of confusion that ensued was dread-
nDL knoel*d. down, to the Lord knows
ail ; the Pollux began to sink towards the stern ; the steers- Who or whom, perhaps to souse pestilent City
man left the helm, and sprung on board the
..other vessel, broker, or villainous speculatist in brick as titre- •
most of the crew' following his example; Jest tit Captain of ' her. As Malmaison lies : but two leagues
the Pollux, with three of his men, exerted ttemeelves to save , and. a hale from P •-
-masa . I soon accont-
the passengers, and put them on board the: Montegibello I Bathe:: ,
1 n the intervening space and- about
from the stern of the Pollux, having the water nearly up to e /
their chins. The Captain thought he had saved all, but he half-past six in the cool of the evening, caught
heard some cries from the Pollux, the stern of which could scent of Malmaison and its rose-bowers. 04.
now no longer be seen, and he went in one of the boats of the arriving, lat once gained ailmittance through
Montegibello and brought away seven persons. When he was my auctioneer's admissive note,s which I had pr
ea board the latter vessel and saw his own sink, he fell as if ,
he w ere dead on the deck. The boatswain of the Pollux, cautionally procured before sta:rting, and,certainly
with heavier heart than gay, entered the abode
named Theveneau, and the seven other French sailors of the
crew behaved very well, the former by his sang-froid con- of Josephine and Napoleon.
trihuting greatly to save the passengers. These sailors Something has so strongly ceonnected these two
have since been taken on board the French government names together in any imagiwation, whenever I
of a M 1 maison
steamer, Mentor, the captain of which raised a subscription think• - -
, that I seen, in this instance,
for them. The tribunals of Leghorn are stated to have taken o . have been subjected ..
t to • aenie strange ocular
cognisance of this melancholy affair. The passengers, 46 in .
number, were all saved, except an old Neapolitan captain. deception, or rather mental. hallucination. I
The Montegibello was quite a new boat, built in London, and could not for my life prevent fancying that over
on her second trip, having only just come nib from Naelfs to every door-lintel, on every Ifurniture-coveraltnel
Genoa, and being then on her return southwards. The Pollux erarden-chair, the initial lette rs of Josephine and
is slid to have had a cargo worth 500,000 fr. One passenger
and Napoleon, circledb
y a w math of lily-flowers
by the latter boat, it i 3 added, went down to his berth to secure .e
some papers of importance, and was not seen again. d / )• - -
(yew. e ys as you may have seen them drawn
by artists, was visibly inscribed ; and when I
issued into the grounds, I fan cacti I still saw it
on the trunk of every tree, t Lnd in the cup of
every flower, as were those my -stic letters of old
on the leaves of Apollo's hyaci nth.
Malmaison ! Malmaison l—claarining abode of
her the beautiful, and him the brave! Tranquil
at this hour, with groves and &-liades, it seemed
filled with that dim, sweet '` melancholiness,"
which Sydney loved—altogcthttr forming a tran-
script of that delicious Arcadia, which his ima-
gination painted. As I walked. through the ver-
dant alley which leads to the pain of Ruel, I re-
called to memory all the tcasching incidents
which I had treasured in my heart from:Bour-
rienne and Junot; and ineepresible was the dee
light I ,took in these interesting recollections.
"No where," says Bourrienne, " except on
the field of battle, did I ever see Buonaparte
more happy than in the gardens of IVlalmaisoa.
At the commencement of the Consulate, we
used to go there every Saturday evening, and
stay the whole of Sunday, sometimes Monday."
Here it was, on those calm and holy Sabbaths,
when his sword was scabbarded, and his soul at
peace, that the " crowned King of the nations,"
with child-like simplicity, " listened to the ring-
ing of belle, which always produced in the mind
of Bonaparte pleasurable emotions." " Whilst
we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne, " and
walking in the alley that leads to Ruel, how
many times has the bell of the village church
interrupted our most serious conversations, and.
he would stop lest the noise of our footsteps
should drown a portion of the delightful sound.
So powerful was the effect produced 'upon him
by the sound of those bells, that his voice Would
faulter as he said, ' Ah, that reminds me of the
first years I spent at Brieune! I then was
...
happy l" When the bells ceased he would re-
sume the course of his speculations, carry him-
; self into futurity, place a crown on his head, and
dethrone kings."
• Josephine, witsrwas the very type of elegance,
in the graceful carriage of her person, and the
exquisite arrangements of her draperies alai
robe::, took an especial pride in robing herself in
pure white, a mode of fashion which the Eni-
peror delighted in be ond all others, and day
' and night her queenly and imperial form lent
beauty to the bowery arcades around this spot.
Bourrienne, on once entering. this delicious re-
treat, meeting her with Madame de Remuse.t,
inquired with respectful solicitation, but Rot with
his usual familiariness, respecting the health of
the Emperor. "Ala! Bourrienne !" she replied,
" I entreat that you will suffer me at least here,
to forget that I am an Empress." •
My dreamy remembrances would have con-
tinued much longer, but that the church at Ruel
chimed a late hour, and warned me not to linger.
The shades of evening were now fast de-
scending,—the fair lawns were silvering
with the evening summer-mists, and a sort
of shadowy, pearl-white • veil . was falling
from the brow of twilight. As I again
retraced my steps through the chateau, 1 almost s
poured out my soul in audible lamentations that
the cedar-beams of its roofs, and the golden ar-
chitraves of its chambers might soon share a
worse fate under the hands of trading speculators,
on whose craniums the bump of veneration was
never developed, than if the old Iconoclasts. os•
-- - - - • - - • ---a •
BRUSSELS, JUNE 96.--We ate assured that primitive Goths and Vandals
of the land, were
the inspection of the British Queen steamer, the purchas' of let loose into its chambers for havoc and destruc-
which was projected by Belgium, has been made with the most don. Poor Malmaison ! the etymology of time
scrupulous care. The British Government allowed some name itself, methought, is perchance destined.
officers of the Royal Navy to take part in the inspection. to be too true a presignifier of its future lot; its
Their report is highly favourable to the vessel.—The Court of baptism in the first case (thala domus ; mal mai-
Assize of Brabent condemned yesterday (at midnight) six per-
son) arising from the bivouac of the destroying
sons to death, one as an accomplice, and the others as principals. 1
They are to be executed in one of the squares of Brussels.— Normans on this spot, during one of their ineur-
Courtier Beige. sions in the ninth ceutury.
Letters from Constantinople, of the 2nd,, be- " Farewell ! Malmaison." These were. the
sides a confirmation of the
• revolt in Macedonia, brings word valedictory words of Napoleon himself on quit-
that the Vizier of Bagdad, as well as the Pacha of lossul ting, for the last time, this old. familiar haunt, to
and Bagead, were ready to follow the example of Otrf
te., andt- be cooped like a caged eagle within the narrow
Doarbiker, and to declare themselves independent; bi
said to bars of St. Helena. How big and burstiug 'i6
tempt seems to have failed, the Governor of Bagdad is that short ejaceletien ; how eloquent or a.breeen
have fled to Persia. at Elieu
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE IN T 1 1E BRIM- heart and a crushea spirit ! It is the •
„ e unicl" of the old Roman,--a syllabic utterrnce
On Saturday afternoon, about three o clock,.th. dirtTON-110AII.—universe
B• -t cad were thrown into contains, in the briefest compass, a
inhabitants of Holland-place, Brixton-read, on-r , rem I sighed as
ofalarm by the report that a gentleman named of pangs and heart-cutting regrets,
a state,
French, lately occupying a house in that. terrace,.
b. p
had reel- I repeated, and shuddered as I breathed on part-
French,
himself from the second floor
.veindow of ls resi- 1112'. " Farewell ! Malmaison !"
pi .
deuce. Mr. French sees upwards of sixty years of age, and ~_e present is asked for
price which at
titre past been labouring under severe illness, 'tills44 s -
had for some •is 300 000 francs, Bony-
lie had been confined to his bed some clays, and was stetelv neonertv ,
''
. ''' '` ' 1 t" nof the Emperor
•a. e va ua io
left alone for a few moments in the afternoon of Saturday—
y rienne has len. us th
Accnaisonor in o a resi-
ding to his
his nurse having occasion to leave the room for a few minutes himself upon .this chateau.
—when, it appears, Mr. French rose from his bed, and, with estimate the erectioa of litlahf
the assistance of his walking-stick, succeeded in gaining the donee " w•ou (11 cost
8,000 francs, but to live in it
window of his bed. room ; . having done which he raised the 1 income of 30,000 francs.
sash, and instantly precipitated himself into the garden be- would re wire ai
Death A policeman and some other persons witnessed the
melancholy occurrence, and having hastened to the spot. Mr.
French was conveyed into the house, where he only, survived a
few „laments. Mr. French was a gentleman well known in
tho City, having been largely engaged in mercantile transac-
tions for many years, and had occupied his late residence for a
very considerable period.
HENLEY REGATTA, JUNE 26.—This cele-
brated meeting took place on Thursday and yesterday. The
arrangements were on the same scale as on former years. J. D.
Bishop, Esq., the captain of the London Amateur Scullers'
Club, again filled the responsible office of umpire. It will be
remembered that the Leander Club of London won the cele-
brated grand ceplast year ; the number of challenges on the pre-
sent occasion were six, but from withdrawals were reduced to
three, the Trinity College, Oxford, the University College,
Oxford, and the Cambridge Subscription-room Club, Lon-
de:). The trial heat between these was decided about four
o'clock, in favour of the Subscription-room, after perhaps
as brilliant a race as bad ever been witnessed. Then rand race
between the Cambridge and Leander gentlemen, which
much excitement prevailed, terminated most disastrously ; the
Leander, after rowing about a quarter of a mile, having un-
fortunatelytbe fauled the Cambridge boat, and thereby losing
race, which otherwise would have doubtless been of then most__;
exciting nature. There were no entries for the Town abd,D
the
triet Cup, and in consequence they will be retainedthemehls a
Dreadnought crew, winners of last year.
Fo;s'ee Oxford,
very spit iced contest took place between the,
_i ; it
was
Cambiidge Room, London, and St. George s, L :eon
and the St.
wen by the former, Cambridge being second,
George's third.—Windsor Express.
London for Dublin on Sa-
turday, Campbell left
as Lord Chancellor of
to enter on his judicial
_dttiesi _
', Evening Post, that the
Ireland. We perceive by thet.pnieb,
address to the bar omitted
reports of Lord Plunkett's. re
airsisage
-e. :—" A; to my successor,
the following
.complimen e
friend, and one for whom I en-
he is my political and privatelrespect." We have no doabt that
tcrtain the greatest verso s
endiately succeed in removing the pre-
Lord Campbell will imen
eauselessly excited against his appoint-
judiee which Plunkett een and the Tory leaders of the Irish bar did
meat. I.ord
°non of Lord Redesdale, Lord
not complain complain of the protr.l.
Edward Su den to the Irish Seals,
Sir A• Hart, or Sir . g
ners, .A.
why, therefore, display so much dissatisfac-
four Englishincr, ; .
nof a Scotehman ? The English barns-
tion at the ineamatio
1 .11 might have objected with as much,
ters of Westnenstet- to
g
justice to Lord Campbell's original appointment
Lot no more,
.•
Solicitor-General in England. When the Irish are striving
oto f national prejudices against themselves, they
extinguish l h • they raise prejudices against any class of
should be careful ow
their common countrymen.—Morning Chronicle. -,

NON OPOLY
and on this.''
for the
TlLrTesAthße tulFanFy.
the produoer
CoeßreFeErsx4F:ir:ofTlOißo:k;olEn tObisFpicture,
sake of the few,
Restricts trade,
Restricts no man,
selling, selling,froPmreve
ier Prohibits the
Prohibits •no collim . consumer
Prevents no producer from
from buying,
from buying,
1. ent ,Forces
Forces no eniP—Yni unprofitable em-
Forces
is unprofitable, ployments, .
Forbids no employment Forbids produetiye em-
that is productive,. ployments,
fives•
Gives a fair price to the an exesisive Fiji,
seller, to the seller,
Gives his money's worth Gives s. 1,
.ort measure to
to the buyer, the buyelr,
Furnishes the best sti- Takes from industry the
mulus to industry, '1).11,r of competition,
Encourages good manage- EncOurages sloth and
meat and improvement, 'discourages improvement,
Fills the market without Understocks or over-
overstocking it, stocks the market,
Unites nations in t1y,,.. bonds Promotes jealousy and
of mutual interest.. hostility among nations.
In fine, secures In fine, secures
Justice, Peace, Plenty, Injustice, Scarcity, Dear-
and Prosperity, ncsss cud . Poverty.—Leede
Mercury.

U 'The Queen has beers graciously pleased to ap-
prove of the appointment of G. lx;ayter, F,sq., as Princi-
pal Painter in Ordinary to leer 'Majesty, in the room of
Sir David Wilkie, deceased.'"fhe original appointment
was that of Sergeant Painter, or wainscot painter, at so
much per foot, to the King and Queen. After running
through a race of . plumbers and glaziers, the office was
conferred on Hogarth, who dignified it by his genius ;
and by George TH. the situation was given to the courtly
Lawrence, for whom the title was changed to one of
more lofty import. Wilki a succeeded Lawrence, and
liayter has succeeded Wilkie. So Dryden succeeded
Davenant in the laurel, and Shadwell succeeded Dryden.
There is still another office to give away, that of painter
for Seetland-,a situation of -some 70/. a year, that'Rae-
i burn had, and Wilkie held.-. athenceuxt.