The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-07 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

This day the dividends are being paid on Consols, and to-
morrow they will be paid on Reduced, consequently money
Hill continue plentiful.
The British Market still continues in an inactive state, with-
out any feature at present worth notice. Consols opened at
the leaving off prices at 891 ; Ex. dividend same for the Ac-
count ; Reduced, 89i ; Three-and-a-Half Reduced,
98 99 ; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. 984 ex-die. ;
Exchequer Bills, 14 16 premium. Bank Stock, 169 70 ;
India Stock, 248 9 ; India Bonds, 3 5 premium.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy, 21/114 ; De-
ferred, 1014 ; Passive, 44 5 ; Portuguese, 3l ; Three
per Cents., 18i 19 ; Brazilian, 67 68; Colombian, 20} 21 ;
Mexican, 263447 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents.,sli ;
Five per Cents., 100% %.
SHARES.—Great western, 24i25} prem.; Ditto, New,
114 prem. •, London and Brighton, 5 4 dis. ; Blackwall,
9i 8 dis. ; Birmingham, 69 71 prem. ; Southampton, 55 56
per share ; Croydon, 13i 14 per share ; Greenwich, 7i 8
per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 17 16 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
_

Great Western
Ditto New
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham 9Q — to
Ditto Thirds
Ditto New
London and South Western 3Bl 55}..... to
North Midland

HALF-PAST ONE.

(From a Jamaica Paper of the 2d Jure.)
It is evident that the recently arrived Africans from Sierra
Leone must have been tampered with, or they would not per-
severe in insisting upon their ex ortionate demand of 3s. 4d. to
is. per diem ; they have been freely offered Is. 6d. per day,'
ground, and a cottage, which they refused. The gr, eltest in-
terest prevails there in respect to the immigration to Jamaica.
We have to announce the failure this morning of an Italian
house which had several establishments on the Continent. It
is stated that the failure is to a large amount, and that the
principal has disappeared.
The British Market has a very heavy appearance since the
early part of the morning, and Consuls have been done for
Money at t<9* ex-div. ; at present may be quoted S9i n and
89a for the 16th inst. ; hree per Cent. Reduced, 891;
New Three-and-a- Half per Gee., 98A- %; Exchequer Bills,
not quite so good, 14 16 13 prem. ; Bank `..tsck, 169 170.
The Foreign Market corresnonds with that of the English,
no business doing North notice. Portuguese, 303 1 ; Spanish
Active, 21A to ; Deferred, 10k; Dutch Two. and-a• Half per
Cents., 51i ; Five per Cents. 104

We understand that there are also several small failures this
morning.
The Shares Market is inactive. Great Western, 90; New,
614 ; London and 13ri/hton 45 4i : London and Birmingham,
quarter share, 53 ; ditto third, :25 ; South Western, 551/2;
North Midland, 65.

CRIMINAL COURT.T.(TIIIS DAY.)

OLD CO UR T.,
(Before Lord ABINGEH. andlNir. Justice WILLIAMS )
John Chuang, a soldier in the Artillery, was indicted
for the want' murder of John Grace, alto a soldier in the'sarne-
corps, at Woolwich, on'the 14th of June last. •
Counsel for the prosecution, Messrs. Adolphus, Doane, and
Pallant‘ne; for the defence, Mr. Clarkson.
Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case, and the following witnesses
were then called.

John Cundit examined - Was in the barrack-yard on the
evening of the 14th of June last; heard a shct fired in the
room 64; went, in consequence, into that room, and saw Grace
leaning on thewindow-sill ; Gheratty came forward to witness
and said " 1 am the man who shot him." Witness saw the
paper or wadding of the musket burning ; looked behind the
itcor, and saw a musket leaning against the wall.
Cross-examined—The pi isoner had a stripe on his arm--
that was in consequence of his being a gout soldier. He had
a good character in the regiment.
Wiliiam Cokeland examined—ls a drummer of the 6th bat-
talion of Artillery now stationed at WoolOich. Knew deceased
about a month. Remembered the evening of the 14th o
June. At about eight o'clock on that evening went to the.
barrack-room No. 64, and saw deceased writing at the window-
sill. The prisoner was cleaning his pouch on his bed. There
was a cut on the prisoner's face, and he appeared intoxicated.
Witness afterwards went to the privy in the yard, and when there
heard the report of a gun. Ran in consequence to the win-
dow of room No. 64, whence the report proceeded, and
heard deceased exclaim "1 am shot, lam shot." Went to
the sergeant of the guard, and gave him information of the
circumstance.

Cross•examined—lt is usual with soldiers, when going on
convict guard, to have their arms loaded. When they come
off guard they unload their muskets.
Richard Cary, a corporal of Artillery examined—Remem-
bered on the evening of the 14th of June, to have met the
deceased carried out of the barrack-room, No. 64, entered the
room, and behind the door saw a musket. Felt the musket,
and found it warm. Witness put his finger down the barrel
of the musket, and it came up blackened ; in consequence
came to the conclusion that it was lately fired off. Witness
next examined a pouch lying on the bed. Found one bundle
of ammunition entire, the second bundle was broken and one of
the cartridges removed.

Porterfield, examined—ls Sergeant-Major of the 6th
battalion of Artillery. On the evening of the 14th June last,
at about eight o'clock, was directed to put hand-cuffs on the
prisoner, who was then confined in a cell in the barrack. The
prisoner turned up his sleeves and willingly offered his wrists
to have the hand-cuffs put. on ; he observed to witness that, up
to that Vine he had been a good soldier,that now he was a mur-
derer ; he also said he had been vexed, irritated, and maddened,
and in reply to witness, said it was not the bombardier (de-
ceased) who irritated him. He (the prisoner) pointed out a
cut on his face to witness, who understood from what fell from
him that he had been fighting. He then asked witness if Grace
was dead, and being answered in the negative, said, ‘, I hope
in God he won't die." Witness visited the prisoner next
morning, when the latter again asked if Grace was dead?
Witness replied that he had died at three o'clock that morn-
ing. The prisoner then turned round on his bed and sobbed.
Cross examined—M•Gh:natty seemed to be perfectly sensible
of what he had done, and to be greatly grieved at it.
John Duggan examined—ls Assistant Surgeon in the Ar-
tillery Barracks at Woolwich. Was called on to visit de-
ceased on the evening of the 14th of June last. The deceased
had received a gun-shot wound. The ball entered low in the
back, and traversed upwards, through th, vertebra:.
It was extracted from the right breast below the nipple.
Captain Sommerville examined—ls Captain ofthe section of
artillery to which deceased belonged ; visited the latter at the
hospital.. In reply to witness deceased could assign no reason
for the conduct of M‘Gheratty. He had some short time be-
fore refused to lend the prisoner money. The latter had, as the
reward of his being a good soldier got a stripe on his taTti ; in
a short time he was to receive a second stripe.
Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and
Lord ABINGER having summed up, the Jury, after a short
deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter.
Lord ABINGER' then, in a very low and impressive voice, ad-
dressed the prisoner, whose demeanour evinced how deeply he
was imbued with a sense of the crime with which he then stood
charged. His Lordship said that the Jury had come to a very
merciful conclusion, but one which was probably the impres-
sion of the whole audience who had been present at the
trial. It appeared that the prisoner had entertained
for the deceased a particular affection, and his owe
reflections on the crime he had committed, and his remorse
would be a greater punishment to him—a greater source of
anguish and regret, than any sentence which could be passed
upon him, as he must feel through the remainder of his days
that he had the misfortune of causing the death of
an innocent man to whom he was attached. Under these
circumstances the Court was inclined to pass a less severe sen-
tence than it should otherwise have mine. The sentence,
therefore, was that John) M'Gheratty be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for twelve calendar months.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

Lownow, JULY 7.—Wind this day at mon, W. to S.W.
DEAL, JULY 6. —Wind, W. N. W., fresh breeze. —Arriv d
the Eliza, from Turkey for Hamburgh ; arrived from the
River and sailed, the Frances Yates, for South Australia; Gos-
sipum, Qu,bec. Put back, the Orpheus, Diby, for Ceylon.
LIVERPOOL, Ju LY 6.—Wind N.W., moderate.— Arrived
the Isabella, Gray, from Singapore; Lady Harvey, Reid, Bue-
nos Ayres; Gun, Menzies, Maracaibo; Thomas, atal Pal-
myra, Croal, Demerara, sailed, sth ult. ; the Suahara, from
New Orleans, and aground in the inner basin; Perdonnet,
Foote, Damascus; Bliss, Sierra Leone ; Westcot, Delaware,
Glover, and
3
Patten,anieda rds D,ra
o(F el asnnWillard,
Eagle,
oa, Voioidttosi B
Woodside, Welsh, J. Dunlop, Choate
, e A Portsmouthp aeh .
c, 0 a ;
John Tay-
lor, Mallet, New York.
OFF DOVER, JULY 6.—Arrived the Fleva, from Batavia for
Amsterdam.
PoEtsmount, JULY 6.—Arrived her Majesty's ships Athol
and Sapphire, from Quebec; Wellington, Chadwick, New
York, and sailed for London; Great Liverpool, Alexandria—
left 20th ult., Malta 25th, and Gibraltar 30th.
COWES, JULY 6.—Arrived the Swell, Nessar, from Buenos
Ayres; Alcyon, Batavia.
FALMOUTH, JULY s.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived
the Seagull packet, from St. Thomas's—sailed 2d ult., Porto
Rico 3d, Cape Henry 7 (Jamaica 2) with 60,000 dollars on
freight ; Ida, Telfer, Havannah—sailed 28th May. Sailed the
Royal Tar steamer, for Vigo.

MIDDLESEX
NOMI-

oTATION.

THIS DAY-(BY EXPRESS).

This day being appointed for the nomination of Candidates
for the representation of Middlesex, and there being a very
prevalent rumour that, although no opposition to either of the
late Members had yet been openly declared, it was still in-
tended by one side or other to make a struggle for the two
seats, Brentford presented at an early hour a scene of bustle
nearly equal to what has been observed at a contested elec-
tion. The bannermen of the Brentford Reform Association
paraded the street, di=playing flags with various devices in fa•
your of liberty and free trade, whilst the Members of the Tory
Committee rode to aid fro, equally ostentatious of Wood's
colours, and the banners appropriately inscribed vWI such
mottoes as " Speed the plough," and " Down with the
bastilles !" •

Shortly before ten o'clock, Colonel Thomas Wood, the late
Conservative Member, preceded by a number of freeholders,
on hosseback, who were headed by Sir Rater Laurie, arrived
upon BrentfordGreen, the usual place of the hustings. in a car-
riage and four, in which he was accompanied by Sir John Gib•
bon and Msjor Wood. He was followed by a train of carriages,
and a considerable number of people wearing his colours. blue
and orange favours, and shouting " Wood for ever," " Speed
the plough,"
At ten o'clock precisely the Sheriffs, M ssrs. Gibbs and
Farncombe appeared upon the hustings, and proceeded with
the prescribed tormalities. The usual oath was administered
to them by a Magistrate, Captain Hague, and when thee had
read the Queen's writ, the Bribery Act was read by the Under
Sheriff, Mr. Bunhill. Mr. Byng not having yet arrived, some
delay took place, anti in the mean time, Mr. Bacon (of Kent)
a distinguished Anti-Corn-law champion, came forward on
the hustings with a great bag in his hand, which, he said, " was
not like Castlereagh's green bag ; for the papers it contained
were not intended fur the destruction of the Queen, but, for
the good of her people:" He then, amidst loud cheering,
scattered its contents amongst the crowd. They consisted of
short, pithy, and instructive tracts upon the Corn laws, from
which we select at random and in haste the folloAing :
" REMEMBER! Every dozen of flour you consume pays
9d. tax for monopoly. The price is 2s. 3d., and it would
be Is. 6d. if there was not a Bread-tax.

" Working men,—You are told that the masters are ty-
rants ! Is that any reason why you should pay 91 tax oa
every dozen lbs. of flour you and your families eat?
" You are told the factory system is a curse. Is it made a
blessing by your paying 2s. 3d. a dozen lbs. for flour: instead
of Is. 6d ?

" You rre told that the masters want to reduce wales when
the Bread-tax is abolished ! Has the Bread-tax kept up
wages ?
" You are told the masters have reduced wages ? Then the
Bread-tax has not kept up wags.
" You are told that cheap flour moans low 'Frage* ! Flour
is selling in America at little more than half our price, and
wages there are nearly double yours. Wages arc always highest
when bread is cheapest.
You are told not to join the middle class in getting a re-
peal of the bread tax.
" Wcrking Men ! Who suffer most from the bread tax—you
or the middle class?

"You are told that the middle class kept aloof when the
working men opposed the bread tax ! The middle class were
then wrong and the working class right. Is that a good reason
why the working class should now be wrong because the middle
class are right?
" You are told to keep aloof from the Anti-corn-law 'hum-
bugs!' Your pockets cannot keep aloof; you pay 9d. tax
upon every dozen lbs. of flour you and your families eat.
";You are told tolget the Charter first, and repeal the Corn-
law afterwards! Will yc.o get the Charter any sooner because
you are paying 91 tax upon every dozen of flour you eat ?
" You are told that We may get. the
CHARTER
as soon or sooner than we shall abolish the bread-tax.

" Look at facts! One hundred and seventy-nine Members
of the House of Commons voted in favour of Mr. Villier's mo-
tion for going into the question of the Corn-law, and forty-six
voted in favour of Mr. Attwood's motion for going into the
question of the Charter ; hundreds of newspapers advocate
the repeal of the Corn-law, and four newspapers advocate the
Charter.

" You are told that something very dreadful may happen if
we abolish the bread-tax before you get
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE!

" Run the risk of all the consequences of getting three
loaves where you now get only two !
" You are told that the Anti-Corn-law men are opposed to
Chartism ! They are opposed to no party ;—their motto is
breadism, and their wish is to benefit all parties.
" Remember ! Every dozen of flour vou and your families
consume pays a tax of 9d. for monopoly."
Some of the crowd responded, amidst great laughter, to the dis-
tributor's comments upon the various papers he flung amongst
them, " Bacon, we'll go the whole hog with yeti." About
half-past ten o'clock the flags of the Brentford Reform Asso-
ciatiun, the members of which formed the van of Mr. Byng's
procession appeared upon the Green before the hustings.
Their banners bore various inscriptions ; such as
" The Queen and the People " " Liberty, Free
trade. A fair day's work and a fair day's pay." One of
them carried a lofty staff, surmounted with a WOOO-en head,
borrowed from a barber's block, and decorated with a fool's
cap. This was ejected with immense cheering and laughter.
The crowds in the area fronting the hustings previously to this
contained far mole policemen than electors; but now it be-
came densely filled in a few seconds, and the long line of car-
riages which accompanied Mr. Byng could with difficulty make
their way around the space upon the outskirt of the assemblage.
The venerable gentleman himself hid been met at Kew-bridge
by a body of the electors, who took the horsee from his car-
riage and drew him to the hustings, his appearance on which
was hailed with prodigious cheering.
S. WHITBREAD, Esq.—lt was many years since he had pre-
sented himself bef re the electors of Middlesex to perform the
duty which was then imposed upon him. When he proposed
his Hon. Friend Mr. Byng in 1818, even at that now distant
period he had completed twenty-eight years of uninterrupted
service—(Hear and cheers)—for the county of Middile,ex,
..He. hail now completed fifty-one 'years of uninterrupt, d
service, and it was for them to sly whether he had viol:veil in
any delzree that mutual good faith and consistency which had
bound both parties together for so long a period. 'lt was true
that Middlesex (sits a small county in comparison with others,
but being the metropolitan county it was the very first in im-
portance. The constituency enjoyed many privileges—amongst
them was the valuable one of watching over the conduct of
their Representatives, mid it was for the electors to say w lie-
ther Mr. Byng had ever shown even a single symptom• of
wavering or hesitation —( Cries of " No, no," and cheers.)
He knew that there were many and conflicting interests in the
county, but his Hon. Friend had never in the course of his
long Parliamentary life conciliated one interest at the expense
of any other—his whole object was to do all for the general in-
terests of the whole community.—( Cheer s. ) The usual lan-
guage of proposers was that they pleaded for the cause, not for
the man; but his Hon. Friend had served so long and so faith-
fully, that he could not on the present occasion seotrate the man
from the cause—when he spoke of one he spoke of both. He was
proposing a man who appeared before them for the 15th time—
the father of the House of Commons, and he trusted that the
manner in which they would that day treat his Hon. Friend
who had served them so ',mg, would show whether they were
as consistent as his Hon. Friend. That long experience had
convinced him that • the political principles of the political
leaders with whom he had acted in his youth, were the only
ones by which the Government of this country could be carried
on for the benefit of the people at large. It was with that feel-
ing that at his advanced age he came forward asking their
suffrages in order to support a liberal and a good Ministry.—
(Loud cries of " Oh, oh,' and cheers.) He would fearlessly
assert that it was the conviction upon the mind of his Hon.
Friend, and he came forward in order to carry out that convic-
tion, to support a great, a good, and a liberal Ministry, who had,
with the sanction of the Crown—(Uproar)—they had better
hear before they condemned. He said that the Ministry were
about to introduce one of the most salutary measures for the
relief of industry that had ever been propounded. Undoubtedly
discussion upon that question was stifled, but that was not
the fault of the Ministers. It might be a want of taste en his part
to introduce any irritating topic, when there was to be no op-
position—( Cheers)—but he could not help speaking the truth.
—(Cheers.) He would content himself with Proposing his
Hon. Friend, George- Byng, Esq., who, by his consistency and
by his knowledge of the wants and the wishes of the constitu-
ency—who, by his unflinching integrity in public, and his
great benevolence in private life, as a fit and proper person to
represent the county of Middlesex in the ensuing Parliament ;
and it rested for them to show that there was some truth itt the
stability of public favour.—(Cheers.)
Mr. 'furl.; Eaa,llll. P. , said he came forward for the third t imet o
second the nomination of his Hon. Friend, because every
time his Hnn. Friend had cstablishedfresh claims to the favour
not only of the constituency of Middlesex, but to the country
at large.—(Loud cheers.) During his long Parliamentary
experience he had seen some of his political friends
wax cool in the cause. He had seen other: become
recreant ' and turn their traitorons arms against those
friends with whom, for a long period of years, they had acted,
but the course pursued by his Hon. Friend, whether in adver-
sity or prosperity, whether his political friends were in or out of
office, had still been the same. He had ever been found advo-
cating_ the cause of the people, and so long as the connection
existe beta eon him and the constituency of Middlesex, they
would find iim thesame.—(Cheers. ) Hitherto their struggles
had been in favour of civil, religious, and political lib, rty. A
new snuggle was now commencing, and never would it end
until they had been successful; it was the cause of commercial
freedom. He would ask was trade in that prosperous state that it
could bear the imposition of fresh taxes ?—(Ci ies of " No. no.")
He. would ask was the poor in that state that it was
a matter of indifference to them whether the prices of provi-
sions was high or low ? Whether would the ( lectors support
an increase of taxes, or measures which would increase the
comforts of the people—which would increase labour, and bring
provisions of all kinds within the reach of all ?—( Cheers.) lie
had long advocated those measures, and when he found them
sanctioned by the experience of his Hon. Friend, and through
him by a large majority of the constituency of Middlesex,
he had no doubt whatever that the struggle must soon come
to a layout able issue. It was with pleasure he seconded the
nomination of his Hon. Friend, and long might he continue to
fill that honourable post, which he had occupied upwards of
half a century.
Sir Join; GIBBON then came forward. He said, Electors
cf Middlesex—(Great hooting, hissing, and cries of " Bravo,"
for some ininutes)—l shall give you plenty of time, for I
am in perfect good humour.—(Renewed uproar, and cries of
" Hush-a-by, baby.") As to Mr. 13yng's private character
nobody could say a word against it.—(Loud cheers.) But as
to his political conduct it was a very different thing in his
opinion.—( Great uproar.) It was natural that a Lora of the
'treasury, and the brother of a Poor-law Commissioner,
should support the present Administration.,,, Were they in favour
of the Poor-law ?--(Cries cf •Is es, " No, and great
cheering.) He was a decided enemy to that measure, and'
had shown himself so for years.—(Uproar, and a cry of
•• Who transported the man for catching fish ?") He trusted
he had always done his duty as a Magistrate, and he had done
it faithfully.—(Cheers, hisses, great confusion, end a cry of
" Who starved the cat?") Englishmen generally gave fair
play, and heard both sides of the question, and would they re-
fuse to aca in a similar manner?—( Renewed uproar.)
The SHERIFF came forward and requested that the electors
wouldive every gentleman a fair hearing.
Sir JOHN GIBBON resumed. He had heard the Queen's
name mentioned by one of the opposite party. He was as
loyal as any one present. He loved the Queen—(Laughter,
and cries of " Don't you wish you may get her.") • That was
why be wished to get rid of the Lords of the Treasure, and
the bedchamber Lords by whom she was at present sur-
rounded. He honoured and revered the Queen, but he dis-
liked the present Administration. With regard to Mr. Byng
lie would say that his private character stood as high, as his
public and political character stood lore.—( Groans and hisses.)
He therefore proposed, as that Hon. Gentleman's colleague in
Parliament, a gentleman who would at least neutralise his votes
and who had fairly and honourably done his duty to his consti-
tuents, Thomas good, Esq.—( Great cheering and hissing.)
Ile repeated that the Hon. seconder of Mr. Ilyng was rot
quite impartial in his advocacy of the present Ministry. because
if they went out of office it would put money out of his poc-
ket; and if the Poor-laws were done away with, his brother
would be obliged to give up his oflice.—( Great confusion.) He
would conclude by proposing, as a fit and proper person to re-
present the county of Middlesex, Thomas Wood, Esq.
(Much cheering and uproar.)

COI. NEWHIGATE had much pleasure in seconding the ne-
mir.ation of Col. Wood as Member for the county of Middle-
sex, and he slid so with the more pleasure because he believed
the electors had every reason to be satisfied wi!li his Parliamen-
tary conduct. He had supported those measures which were
for the maintenance of the institutions they so highly valued,
and he had consistently opposed her Majesty's Min:sters.—
( Great uproar and cheering.) His conduct with reference to
Mr. Byng proved that he was no factious Tory, and that be
was not actuated by any wish to give that gentleman factious
opposition. —( Hooting, hissing, and cheers from the Tory
party.) He repeated that the conauct of the Conservatives of
Middlesex and their Representative, Col. Wood, towards that
venerable gentleman proved that they were no factious party.
But ho warned the Honourable Gentleman, however
highly respectable his private character might be,
and noise had proved their respect for it more
than the Conservatives of Middlesex, that he must not look
for a continuance of that. forbearance.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Mr. Byng had identified himself with her Majesty's Ministers,
who, he believed, were aiming a vital stab at the dearest in-
terests of the country. The circumstance of his being
seconded on the present occa,ion by one who was so nearly
connected with her Majesty's .Ministers, identified him still
more with that. Administration. He warned him therefore—
(Much confusion)—he named him that those who had
hitherto div:derl their interest between the Conservative Can-
didate and himselr were daily disappearing from the register.
He believed that those elt ctors had acted from conscientious
motives. In former years Mr. Byng's political conduct bad
commanded their respect, if it did not meet their approval.
They respected him as a politician as much as the Conserva-
tives now re+pected him as a private gentleman. He was now,
however, identified with the policy of Ministers; first, he had
voted for the appropriation clause ; secondly, he had coalesced
with Mr. Hume ; and thirdly, he had supported the present
Ministry. His private character was not consistent with his
public one, for he had given thousands for the support of the
Church, and at the same time had voted for the appropriation
clause. He was a matt of high personalcharacter, and had al-
ways professed himself attached to his duties as a country gen-
tleman, but the policy of Ministers now, which he had sup-
ported, would ruin the agricultural interests—(Cries of" No.")
He could only say that he looked at his conduct as that of one
suNortit-g the institutions he professed to admire with the left
hand, while he struck them to the heart with the right arm of
his political conduct. On these grounds he must .reluctantly
refuse to continue to support the Hon. Gentleman, and he
trusted that on the next occasion he would not give them the
painful duty of opposing him. He had great pleasure in se-
conding the nomination of Colonel Wood.
The HIGH SHERIFF then inquired if there was any other
candidate, when no other appearing, the show of hands was
taken. The crowd appeared unanimous respecting Mr. Byng,
but not more than fifty or sixty hands were held up for Colonel
Wood.

The SirxuirF then said—Gentlemen, you have .been called
here to select two fit and discreet knights to serve in the ensu-
ing Parliament, and you have chosen George Byng, Esq.—
( Cheers)—and Thomas Wood. Esq.—(No, no)-1 therefore
declare them duly elected.—( Cheers )
Mr. 13rsa then came ferward and said, they had that day
done him the greatest honour that was ever conferred on any
private gentleman, they had that day called upon him for the
fifteenth time—(Cheers)—to serve them in Parliament. He
had never had one feeling from the time he was first proposed
to them, and that was not to serve himself, but
to serve them.—(Loud cheers.) The late Parliament
was dissolved because a majority of the opponents
of her Majesty's Ministers, together with all those who were
interested in the support of unjust monopolies, had arrayed
themselves against the Government, who were determined to
oppose every thing in the shape of monopoly.—( Cheers.) He
(Mr. Byng) had uniformly, as the Hon. Baronet had men-
tioned, supported her Majesty's Government for ten years.—
(Cheers.) And why ?—hecause there never was a Govern-
ment that had ever rendered equal or a tenth part the service
to the country that had been rendered by that Govern-
ment—(Cheers)—and the very last act they had brought for-
ward had rendered them dearer to him than they ever were
before.—( Cheers. ) Was it ever before known when money
was wanted to pay for an expensive war which had placed this
country at the head of the world, as it now was by the whole
world's confession— ( Cheers)—that instead of imposing fresh
taxes they should reduce the taxes, yet increase the revenue ?
(Cheers.) He (Mr. Byng) must contend that the greatest
evil that could exist to the injury of our trade and manufac-
tures, was the existing Corn-laws—( Loud cheers)—and
the monopoly of sugar—(Loud cheers)—the monopoly
of every thing that came from the West and East Indies. The
Government knew that this system must be reformed, and they
Lad attempted to reform it, because they wished ,o do justice
to all classes, and to give at the same time sufficient protection
to the landed interest and to the West India interest.—
( Cheers.) He (Mr. Byng) had been deceived in the opera-
tion of what they called the sliding duty.—(Cheers.) He had
for the last ten years found that it bad not the effect he Lad
hoped and trusted, namely, that of keeping the price of corn
nearly the same on every year.—( Cheers.) But he could
assure them that, within the last five years, he had known
wheat to be sold at 4s. 3d. a bushel, and at 10s. a bushel.—
( Cries of " The Torees would have it still at 10s. a bushel.)
What the Government whiled was to throw open the trade of
the country, and thus give employment to that portion
of the population who were now unfortunately employed only
three days of the week in the manufacturing districts. Addi-
tional employment would get the people money, and money
would get the people bread, and this was a benefit that a 1
could appreciate. Providence had destined that all mankind
should have free intercourse with each other, and if the Eng-
lish nation entered into a treaty with the other nations of the
earth, the mutual wants of both parties could be supplied.
England owed more than any country in existence, yet it was
the country possessed of the most money. America had no
national debt, yet they owed this country twenty minimal of
money, which they would gladly pay in tobacco or corn if Eng-
land entered into a treaty with them. With the exception of
the city, the cause of free trade had a triumph in the ntetropo-
lis. Of the Corn-laws he should say that it was his belief, if
corn were brought into this country, it would tend in some
degree to raise the price of corn on the Continent, and thus en-
hance the rate of wages, and enable this country still to com-
pete in the foreign markets with all others. He believed that
if the farmer could not afford to pay the present rent, the only
resource for the landlord's adoption would be to lower it.—
( Leud cheers.) The landlord had nothing else to do, and as
every necessary of life would be consequently cheaper, he could
afford to live upon a less nominal income.—(Hear, hear, and
cheers)—and no landlord who was a Christian would or should
charge a tenant more than he was able to pay—( Tremendous
) Every landlord should look upon his tenants with
feelings something, akin to what he regards his family
with, and perhaps with feelings even more kindly,
as being more numerous they were the more important. Some
few yeas hence the House of Commcns appointed a Commit-
tee to inquire into the state of the agricultural distress, and he
was glad to be able to say that two tenants of his were those
whose clear and lucid views of the matter under consideration,
were most appreciated. After the evidence of the Committee
was printed, a French gentleman, whom he bad known during
the revolution, being invited to dine with him, said that after
reading it he should feel happy in accepting the invitation, as he
was certain o' getting a good dinner, and that if every farmer
and every landlord held the same relations, the population of
England would be better and more cheaply supplied•with food.
Let every landlord lay out more money and do all in his power
to improve his land, and he will be able to say to has te-
nants, " if I do justice to you, I have afright to see that you
do justice to your labourers"— (Cheers)—and it was most
.Teasing to hire that such was the use which was Made of
the property which it was his lot to possess.—(Cheers.) He
could assure the electors that as long as be lived he should
abide by the principles which he had throughout his past
life professed and adhered to, and he would always support
those 'Ministers who had contributed so much to the liber-
ties and happiness of the millions in this country. ( The Hon.
Member concluded amidst the most prodigious and continued
cheers. )
Colonel Wool) next addressed the electors, but he was re-
ceived with a tremendous din of hisses'' groans, hooting, and
laughter, which being continued throughout the whole of hii
speech, rendered him for the most part inaudible. In front of
him was held up this inscription—" Wood's maiden speech—
Oh ! spare my uncle's pension," close beside which were dis-
played two pike-staffs surmounted each with a loaf, one very
small, covered with crape, and inscribed with—" Wood's
the other of gigantic dimensions, decorated with the Whig
colours, and inscribed—" Byng's loaf." We understood the
Hon. and Gallant Gentleman to thank the electors for again
returning him as their Representative, and he assured them he
should always pursue the same course as hitherto.—(A cry of
" You are the right sort cf Conservative to take care of your-
self," and another of " Ah, and he takes care of the rabbits
too.") Mr. Whitbread had said, that after a long life his
colleagre, Mr. Byng, was allied with the friends in connection
with whom he commenced his political life; but he (Colonel
Wood) could tell both the Hon. Gentlemen that the party was
now broken up, and that was the lamentable consequence of a
dissolution.—( Renewed uproar.) That dissolution, he confi-
dently affirmed, had broken up for ever that powerful party of
which Mr. Whitbread's father was so distinguished a member.
—(Hisses.) He had heard Mr. Byng on a former occasion
tell a story of the coalition which, having been formed after
Mr. Pitt's death, vaunted that they would send the Opposition
home in two hackney coaches, but he (Colonel Wood) hoped
that when he next appeared upon these hustings, lie should he
able to say he sent home the Opposition in two hackney cabs.
—( Laughter arid great interruption, which rendered the Hon.
and Gallant Gentleman totally inaudible for several minutes,
in which he seemed much excited, and some of the crowd
called out, " Don't cry ; have you lost any rabbits ?") Look-
ing hack at the short four years in which he had discharged
his duty as Representatire of that great county, he could not
say there were many measures brought to maturity for the
benefit of the country..tlia(t cHe
unhappy
didrasp .pintsoetuptabyrl
separation
oeonft hthoefe Ministers ; he
parties
measures v'4't
heaht
dwcoievuti•ledi bdroatiajielryefi cerbalulantmotrei‘be country, few, if any, had originated with
the Ministry. The limitation of pluralities in the Church, and
the recommendations made by the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners,
ter
measures
leevt:
shill eiteleißlveiAsegtlciorotto,nnHs
nao—nened.t(
Peel,.—( Cheers, groans, and.
originated with Sir R. P
determiningegt blreeeant iolonas laughter.)
eeperoot.
the
:ear n:GINE
—(Laughter, cheers, Parliamentarye hthee Acters u fornd
hisses, and a voice " That was Charley Buller's.") On the
25th Feb. tho Ministers proposed what they designated the
Irish Reform Bill, but which was, in fact, a new Reform Act.
eLßadthatiaNrytoginet also originated
They carried it by a majority of s.—(Cries of " Don't tell us
what. we know," " Tell us something new, tell us about
your uncle's pension, end great interruption, which
rendered the Honourable Gentleman almost inaudible.)
They thought that majority no better than defeat, and the Bill
was postponed for two months.. On the 29th April an amend-
ment was proposed, not b Sir Robert Peel, f but
by Lord Howick, the son of Earl Grey, the oldest and
staunchest Whig in Parliament. ( Great interrup-
tion, and cries of " pay for it.") His amendment
was carried by a majority of 12, and the next day the Whigs,
for the first time, brought forward their Budget. Now they
pretended that the Budget was arranged beforehand, but if so,
it would have been mentioned, as so great a change ought to be
mentioned in the Queen's speech.---( Interruption.) They now
pretended at the hustings that their object was to give the peo-
ple cheap bread, and to promote commerce, but in fact they
introduced their measures merely for the purpose of raising re-
venue—not because the revenues of the country had fallen off,
but because that peace -loving Ministry had increased theex-
penditure.—( G roans, arida cry of " What do you say of the Tory
war ?") He would say that was a war that was attendedv wutioin.
th
some glory, and if it did nothing else, it put,
down
re a
little
—(Renewed uproar.) The Whigs liked a e reap war—
h
war—a war in which there was no glory.--(Laughter, ter, hooting,gr
of duties
and indescribable tumult.) The change
adefientwrasevennnt revenue.—
the sake of cheap bre ad, but to supply
Well, 1,700,0001. was to
( Renewed and continued tumult.)
be raised, but would that make breadcheaP—it was only worthy
kto whence it came 600,0001. was
of' the City ; take it bark
-
to be raised upon foreign sugar—upon slave grown sugar.
The duty was now 635. upon such sugar, and they wanted to
-ear when the price of sugar was 60s. the
lower it to 365. Last s
same Government re:ieed all change. And why ? because, said
teey,
e engaged ina great experiment—to see if we can-
not grow sugar' we are
by means of free labour." And now, when
sugar had fallen—(Cries of " How much ?)—Why a penny
in the pound—(Laughter)—it had fallen to 40s. And now
they said they would abandon those expectations of. free-grown
sueer from the West In s_ die for that great country the East
Indies, which aline could grow sufficient to supply, not early
this country, but one half of the world. They would hazard
all our best interests in order to open our markets to Brazil,
and above all to Cuba, where the horrible slave trade existed
in fall force.—(Hear, hear, hear.) We remonstrated

EVENING SUN.

with the Americans upon that traffic and most wisely the',
' said, "Destroy the market for their produce, and you destroy the
trade. Now, as to timber, what was the proposition ? The
duty upon cheap timber was now 10s. a load, and upon Baltic
timber 595. They proposed to raise the duty upon the cheap
timber, upon that used by the poor to 20s. and reduce the duty
upon the Baltic, which was used by the rich to 30s.—
(Laughter.) It was all for revenue, nothing but revenue. He
would admit that the lowering of duties on articles of common
consumption and the raw material, would increase consumppon
and benefit the people, but the immediate effect would not be
beneficial to the revenue. They would destroy: the
shipping interest—they would destroy the Canadas; arid
they must grant compensation.—(Loud laughter.) Then
he would come to the Corn-laws. For a long time
he had been of opinion that when the proper opportunity
attired, a con,iderable reduction should be made in the scale of
duties which regulated the importation of corn.—(" How long
have you thought so? you never said so before.") These
dcties at first were much lower, and were raised. in order to
conceiliate the landed interest, but it was to be remembered
that during the ten years they had been in force this country
had increased in population and prosperity.—(Laughter.) His
Hon. Colleague bad a great horror of monopolies, but there
was one to which he had not alluded—the monopoly of power.
The question was, who were the men who were to administer
the affairs of this great nation.—( Hear, hear.) That
was the question which had caused their assembling
on that occasion. He had always opposed the present Govern-
ment, which his most worthy colleague had assteadily supported.
But he believed the present measures of the Government
would have a tendency to drag the Hon. Gentleman far beyond
that line which his own good sense would point out to be the
halting place. He believed there were men in the coml.-
try who if they were called to the councils of the Seveieign
would show at least equal ability and equal integrity as het.
presets:. advisers ; men attached to the ancient ancient insti-
tutions oc the country.—(Cries of " Oh" and laughter.) Weie
they (the electors) not attached to those institutions, framed by
their ancestors, and under which civil and religious liberty—
(" And the debt;" laughter)—had been carried to a. pitch
unequalled to any other part of the world Under
them all the wishes and wants of the people
of this great ccuntry might be complied with, under
them they might have just laws and economical Government.
As he bad before said those men would give just laws, eco-
nomical Government, and commercial freedom—commercial
freedom by which those cultivated fields and beauteous plains
which bad been raised to the highest pitch of cultivation .would
be continued in that happy state. When our population were
shortly supplied by those fields, then we might look to foreign
countries for our bread. If there were men who could ac-
complish all these things he would continue that independent
course—( Loud laughter)—which a Member for the great
county of Middlesex ought to pursue. He thanked
them for the confidence they had again reposed in
him, and which he assured them, on the word of an honour-
able man, be would never abuse. He should now return to
renew thole arduous duties which he had scarcely left, seeking
no other reward than the conscientious discharge of his duty,
and he was sure that would secure their approbation.
' Mr. U:AD said they had begun in good humour, and
he hoped they would finish in the same way. He was about to
propose a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs—(Cheers)--and he
would beg t 3 c:aim their indulgence for a few minutes, as he
did not wish his old friends in Middlesex to suppose that
his character was changed, and that he was going to run
away without answering the attack that had peen
made on him.—(Loud cheers.) He never would be the man
to strike the first blow, but when it was struck he hoped he
had too much English spirit not to return it.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) He could not help drawing a contrast between the con-
dact of the Whigs and the Tories on the present occasion—
Sir Jong Greeost attempted to address the meeting, but
the uproar was so great that he was obliged to give way, and
Mr. WHITBREAD resumed. Both himself and Mr. Tufnell
had confined themselves to recommending the candidate of their
choice, while Sir J. Gibbon, Colonel Newdigate, and Mr.
Wood had attacked all three. —(Cries of " No, no," w Yes,"
and great uproar.) It had been said that Mr. Byng was there
by teleration, but he would say that Mr. Byug was their re-
presentative as the free and independent choice of the body
of electors of Middlesex.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
One word about Mr. Tuffnell. He was charged with coming
there as agent of the Government, but was it because Mr.
Tuffnell was a man of talent, and was asked to take a portion
of the responsibility of the Government that he was to be told
that he was less independent than any gentleman on that plat-
form ?—( Renewed sneering.) He would tell the electors that
Mr. Tuftiell's father, years ago, proposed Mr. liyng for that
county, and that on various occasions, Mr. Tufnell himself hall
seconded his nomination, and so long as Mr. Byng consented
to be put in nomination. and so long as he (Mr. W.) had
health and strength to support him, he hoped that Mr. Tuf-
nell, whether in er out of office, would show himself
a sinceie friend of the cause.—( Loud cheers.) dir.
Wood's attack upon bimse!f he- would dismiss in
a word. He (Mr. Wood) had taken the trouble to ask him,
confidentially, what he had done in the French Revolution, and
his (Mr. Whitbread's) answer was " Nothing ; I was not then
born."—( Great laug,hter and cheering.) they were all liable
to mistakes, and he forgave Mr. Wood, because, in the first
place, Mr. Wood had made the mistake, that he was thrive
candidate for Middlesex, and Colonel Newdigate and Sir John
Gibbon had also made mistakes, because he (dir. Whitbread)
felt that their speeches were never intended for the hustings,
but for their own private party, somewhere in the neighbourhood
of Stains:, that evening.—(Laughter and cheers.) He begged
to pio,sise the cordial thanks of the meeting to the two gentle-
men who had presided with so much kindness and impartiality
that day.— ( Cheers. )
Sir Joni GIBBON seconded the motion, and was pro-
ceeding to make some observations in reply to dir. Whitbread,
but the noise and contusion was so great that he was obliged tts
retire.

Col. NEWDIGATE said, as allusion had been made to him.
he would merely observe that he skould prove the soundness
his views by the result of theuest election.

Mr. GEO. IlacoN begged permission of the Sheriffs to sev
a few words. It appeared to him that the greatest evil th•i•
had to contend with was the parsons of the Established Chureti.
—(Great uproar, hooting, hissing, cheering, and roars of
laughter.) .

gii J.'G p3BoN, with great vehemence—This is disgraceful.
Mr. BACON attempted to proceed, but the noise was-so
great that he was obliged to desist.

- The SitEatris their returned thanks, and the meeting 'Se-
parated.

THE BOY JONES

- - ---- • -
The boy Edward Jones. who, it be remembered, has
on three different occasions effected a most mysterious entrance
into Buckingham Palace (and, according to his own account,
a fourth, but on which occasion he escaped without detection).
was on the 14th of last month liberated from Tothill-stret t
Gaol, his period of imprisonment having expired. Whilst in
prison we are told Jones behated remarkably well; he was
quiet and orderly, and even exemplary in his conduct, so much
so that the Governor had not in any one instance cause of
complaint. Since the liberation of this youth, who has gained
so much notoriety, he has been frequently seen on Constitu-
tion-hill, and in the immediate neighbourhood of Buckingham
Palace, which being communicated to the authorities, orders
were given to the police to watch his movements, which was
accordingly done ; but there was nothing in his manner or
behaviour different from those who daily frequent the Parks in
hopes of obtaining a sight of royalty. Still it appears he was
deemed a dangerous character, and meditated another entrance
into the Palace. Without, therefore, going into details and
rumours of suspicion, we may state that Edward Jones, the
uninvited visitor of Queen Victoria, has been taken quietly in
hand by the proper authorities and placed on board the Dia-
mond emigration ship, bound to Australia, we believe, or some
other of the English colonies. We also understand that Jones
is apprenticed as a seaman on board the Diamond for five years.
His father thinks it is only for three years, that he is
going to Port William, and will in a twelvemonth return,
when he will receive wages, and be allowed to remain
at hone with his friends for a short time. He (the
boy's father) also thinks that his son left London
for Gravesend on Friday last, but we bare been told that,
although the Diamond sailed from Gravesend on Friday,
Jones,_ accompanied by an officer of the Thames police, only
I left London by railway on Monday last, and that orders
were given to those in whose charge he was not to lose
sight of him until he was placed on board the Diamond.
in the harbour of Cork. Jones's frequent appearance iu
the Parks, since his 'liberation from Tothill-street prison.,
naturally gave rise to the suspicion that he meditated
another entrance into the Palace. In fact there could be
little doubt of his object, but the police kept a most vigi-
lant eye upon his movements. We hear that this youth left
home in good spirits, and not altogether against his con-
sent, but on leaving repeated his wishes that something
should be done for him in this country, as he would rather
remain at home than go abroad. Jones has written on more
than one occasion to Mr. Hall, of Bow-street, requesting that
worthy Magistrate to prevail on the Government to do some-
thing for him ; but his applications to Mr. Hall were not an -
severed. It is thought these applications were in consequence
of the boy being desirous not to be a burden to his parents, who
are poor, but industrious and honest persons. On the day
Jones left the prison one of the agents or managers of a minor
theatre (his father says) called and offered him 41. per week to
appear on the stage for a fortnight, and, at the end of that time
a"
a period.benefit;'' bujtontehsecobmpioydaeincslinoefdtheexhmiboditeinign
whichhimself. hef rwsa was
short
treated
of the Government.inTothill-fieldsprison, and attributes it entirely to the
orders

FALL OF A HOUSE IN DEANSGATE) MAN-
cuEsTEn.—On Monday afternoon, as a number of work-
men were engaged in taking down an old building in
Deansgate, Manchester, a loud cracking noise was heard
and the building almost immediately fell in with a tre-
mendous crash, and in an instant nothing remained of it
but a heap of bricks, rubbish, and fragments of timber.
Four of the labourers in the lower part of the house had
time to make their escape, but eight others wem burl,4
hi the ruins. Strange to say, though four or five or
them were on the roof when the house fell, which is
three stories high, all were extricated from the ruins:
without any loss of life, although severe injurieilvere,
received. Happily, also, no one was passing at the time.
The labourers who were employed say that the throw-
ing large quantities of bricks down the chimney's of: the
building, previously in a very insecure state, caused the
chimneys to bulge out and give way, bringing demi with
them the external walls, and, of Course, with them all
the floors, beams, rafters, &c.
DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE BY
Paussic AClD.—Yesterday morning at an early hour a most
determined act of self-destruction was committed by a young
deceased
female, nineteen years of age, of personal attraction, named
Julia Ellis, who for some time past had been living in the
family of 111 r. Keene, surgeon, of No. 72, Crawford-street,
Biry ansto n
had observed e - s(livare.s
erlvtedthe h
appearsat for
h
adthaeplpaesatreddayinoao
or
low
and Keene
and desponding state. On the above morning (Tuesday) Le
was awoke out of his seep by something falling heavily in hi.-
chamber ; he immediately jumped out of bed, and in so doing
he stumbled over something on the floor, which afterwards
proved to he the lifeless body of the deceased, and close to her
right hand laid a bottle, containing a quantity of prussic acid,
which she hadobtained by some means out of the surgery.
Mr. Keerie immediately tried every means in his power to
counteract the effects of the deadly poison, but to no effect, as
life was quite extinct.

INFANTINE DEPRAVlTY.—.Yesterday, three
children, ranging from about 10 to 13 years of age, were
placed before the police magistrate, at Liverpool, charged
with having stolen a shawl from the shop of Mr.
Williams, mercer, which they had entered under the
pretence of purchasing a pennyworth of ribbon. The
youngest prisoner, a girl, was seen by a person in the
shop pulling the shawl from a window, underneath which
she was holding a basket to receive the article when it
should fall. The trio were seized, and while a police
officer was being brought, they were taken into the
house. One of them coolly proposed that they should
committed
to
oC
gaol. lisei several
tither times
for aco p
dance "Jim Crow " until the arrival of the officer. All
the prisoners had made from a dozen to fifteen visits to
the
e,
again h a d
beenn
c eT- oh
ffie;
were
a r
three months, and on leaving the bar one of them ex-;
claimed '' Three months for t all s e ng a shawl r' —Liver -
poi TinteB.

EVENING SUN.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—We are far from " rejoicing," as is charged
upon us by the Tory organs, at this deficiency in the na-
tional finances ; but we do appeal to it as affording indis-
putable proof of the necessity of a complete revision of
our fiscal system. Taxation has reached its utmost
limit of productiveness. Fresh impositions will but in-
iyease the sufferings of the people, without adding to tlse
stational resources. Distress and discontent will settle
down into oonfirmed disaffection to Government, by
whomsoever administered ; and lead to the deplorable
consequences which such a state of feeling has inva,-
ably produced. The measures of the Government
would have ,increased the revenue, and thus gradually,
but certainly, have provided for the deficiency, without
adding to the burden of taxation : they would have re-
keyed trade and commerce from the restrictions which
fetter its operations, and would thus have. improved the
condition of the population, by increasing the demand for
their labour.TheTories, by successfullycounteracting these
essential changes in our fiscal and commercial policy, are
about to make the dangerous experiment of laying addi-
dional taxation on a people, already forced to the utmost
verge of endurance by want of employment, and conse-
quent privation and suffering, without holding out to
themlhe slightest hope of a change in the system which
has involved them in these calamities. So far from
,4 rejoicing" in the prospect of these calamities, we sin-
cerely and deeply ,deplore the certainty of their inflic-
tion. But, seeing Their approach, we hold it to be a part,
though a painful part, of our public duty, to warn the
eQUUtry of the disasters which seem to threaten it.
COURIER.—We have now before us the complete re-
tarns from the cities and boroughs in England and Wales,
and upon the balance of the whole these show a gain of
eight seats to the Conservatives. This is a great and gra-
tifyiag proof of Conservative strength among consti-
tueticies heretofore so remarkable for Whig-Radical
tendencies, and, consequently, so liable to be led away
by the artfully concocted delusions to which Ministers
had had such frequent recourse in their desperate extre-
zivitp.The counties are now about to exhibit their strength;
the result is certain ; Sir Robert Peel will receive an
ameession of strength from the English counties against
/which the combined forces of Whigs and Radicals will
be utterly powerless. A prescience of this fact is be-
coining painfully perceptible to the Ministerial journals.
Wre yesterday disposed of the pseudo prophetic warnings
• tuid threatening menaces addressed by these self-con-
stitnted advisers to the great Conservative leader,
who may now be considered the Prime Minis-
ter of England; we then showed the fallacy of
the grounds on which their croaking ratiocinations
were avowedly based. To return to the demolition of
these fictions or to those prophecies which the rage and
rancour of faction alone inspire would be " twice to slay
the slain." It is, we know, the privilege of the "bee-
. ten .to grumble and complain, and has ever been a habit
Wigt the vanquished to seek consolation for their present
disasters in the anticipation of a similar fate for the vic-
torious ; but we marvel much at the hardihood which
continues to give forth to the world its prophetic ravings,
after the whole course of events heel falsified former pre-
dictions and proved to the world that it is not the blind
and malignant spirit of party that can either foresee or
interprgt, the shadows of " coming events." Really we
should D'e curious to learn by what factious manoeuvre,
is).- what process of infernal magic, the shattered remains
of Whig-Radicalism, the " reliquias Danaum," can hope
to thwart (to- displace it is beyond hope) Sir Robert
f'eel's Government, commanding, as it undoubtedly will,
a majority of over fifty in the new Parliament. We
readily admit that the Right lion. Baronet is no match
nv his opponents in that quality of adhesiveness which
.sticks to place without power ; or of that endurance
which survives defeat and patiently submits to disgrace.
reTANDARD.—The county elections have begun
welt; but they must proceed well if the agriculturists
to be saved. The enemies of British agriculture
dare to calculate upon retaining thirty county seats
—if they retain o ese the disgrace of these to whom
they shall owe it will be signal. The farmer who
shall, upon any consideration, vote for the supporter of
a " New Poor-law" and Anti-Corn-law Ministry will
eil deserve the mercies of the union workhouse., to
et:deh, to the extent of his power, he will consign him-
Mt: and his family. Let the propositions of the Anti-
Corn -la,v League, practically adopted by her Majesty's
alieist -re, be circulated in every county—not in gar-
bled ex. sects passages from the Quarterly Review
cold the standard have been circulated in great towns
and boroughs—but in their complete form. Let these
Propositions be universally circulated through counties
aid eountrr villages, and farmers. will see what, they
he sa ro anticipate from a neglect of their duty on the
wee; st trill We want nothing but the promulgation
of the troth, au:i the w!eole truth, to ensure a full
teuesess. pit has been reproached against this journal
bee some .sespectable Contemporaries, the Manchester
;ringside, example, that we have. injured the
entr3o of Cowes-yetis:li in the manufacturing dis-
trict; by an " fudged" publication of facts and
opilions. We colikss the truth, that we may,
by the freedom with ul-tich we have spoken, have in some
Jegree furnished the ene.MY with arms. But thfe was una-
worlehle. It is the duty of e‘.ll who presume to ad3ress the
public to speak of all useful :Tuths without reserve on the
recurs of party convenience. The maxim of ronte-
wale, that truth must not be kt out by the handful,
:espeets the interest of those who a.'o to receive it, not
the interest of those by whom it is to be dispensed.
And co truth can be more usefully disCensed both
ho and abroad than this, that the • 'realness of
GI-Tat Britain does not depend upon manu.ciletures or
fap.-&ig-..), trade in manufactured goods, but 1.-pon the
'upon the
of her maritime commerce, and abcve all,
the prosperity of her agriculture. This s's the
spring-head of all her strength and affluence, the so,"trce
of tho national greatness is thus now committed to the
.care of those who have a vital domestic interest in 1t
Wserration—will they prove faithful to the sacre i trust?
e cannot doubt that they will.

LINDSEY NOMINATION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDEXT.)
L/NCOLN, JULY 5. Not less than 10,000 freeholders'
assembled in the Castle Yard this day. Lord Worsley
surpassed himself in a powerful, clear, and manly
speech, which was listened to with the utmost attention,
and made a deep impression on all the yeomanry pre-
sent. His " Conservative " opponents, Messrs. Chris-
topher and Cust, were lamentabiy in the back-ground ;
the former saying little, and that little of the weakest
and tamest description, and the latter still less ; in good
truth, literally nothing. Whatever may be the pre-
tensions and talent of the juvenile scion of the house
of Belton in the Horse Guards, on the hustings he
is assuredly not at home. Never in the whole course
of our experience (and in our time we have seen many
a pitiful exhibition) did we witness such a miseraNle
specimen of would-be senatorial oratory. Talk of M-r.
Dawney, he is eloquence" and wisdom itself contraste. 1
with the Honourable Charles Henry Cust. Many farmers,
who had been deluded by the gross misrepresentations
recently circulated by Tory dealers in lies, disgusted
with the exhibition of Custland delighted with his-Lord-
ships' manly, clear, and consistent speech, have now
come forward and avowed themselves his warm sup-
porters. On a show of hands, the majorty was at least
ten to one in favour of Worsley and Reform.

SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
SLLAFORD, JULY s.—At the nomination for Lindsey, on
the husting.g, ) esterday, Sir W. A. Ingilby, Bait., after cha-
racterising H. Handley, Esq., late M. P. for Kesteven, as the
best Member that ever at in Parliament, announced his
determination to nominate that gentleman on Wednesday
nest, at Sleaford, in opposition to the dictatorial attempts
of Charles Chaplin, Esq., of Blankney, to foist upon 6' the
free and independent electors" two Conservative repTe-
sentatives in the persons of Christopher Turner, Esq'.,
and Sir John Trollope, Bart. The object of the Tori-e.::
hi this proceeding is manifest. Sir Robert Peel
i doubtless at the bottom of it, Lord Brownlow, by the
will of Sir Abraham Hume, being prohibited from in-
heriting certain lands, excepting on condition of his being
elevated to a Marquisate; and having no chance under a
Whig Administration, is doubly anxious to establish a
Tory reign. Lord Willoughby do Eresby, too, has
joined in tdisintcrested opposition, in the hope
of king creme of Ancaster. And has not Charles
Chaplin an eye to the title of "Baron of Blankney

D..UNGANNON BOROUGH ELEC.
TION.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
This day, for the first time for centuries past, w;
is
this borough contested by Mr. Falls against Lord North -
hincLand the Carlton Club. The contest continued_dur-
Ki Atte day, and at the close Northland stood 56, Falls
52, which left 4 majority in favour of Lord Northland,
olding to the delay of the Magistrates swearing in the
It-ouran Catholics. Immediately on the announcement of
his Lordship being so closely hunted, the mob corn-
i4mced breaking the houses and windows of those who
612prirted Mr. Falls. Upwards of fifty houses are de-
statoyetl, and property to a large amount was carried off
by those vagabonds. Those who should have pre-
vented it remained silent spectators of the scene.
Not a prisoner was taken, although many were
known. The mob continued to parade through the
streets during the night, to the dread of the peaceable
inhabitants for their lives, and the next morning Mr.
Falls, on hearing of such awful destruction of property,
and the risk of the lives of the remaining voters he had
to bring forward to insure his safe return, could not be
induced to go to the poll; and after making affidavit that
the lives of his voters were threatened if they attempted
to poll, very properly came to the resolution not to go
on, and Lord Northland was elected. •
His Lordship had for several days been regaling the
Orangemen and tenantry at every cross road through
tin country with broad and whiskey. It will sound
well in Parliament that 3,000 persons were collected,
and :wined with sticks cut in the park. After they had
done their work, they were regaled in the public streets
with bread and beer. Much to the credit of Mr. Falls,
he would not allow a single friend of his to be sent
through the streets, or their lives would have been sa-
crificed. We trust the Irish Government will cause a
public investigation into such disgraceful proceedings on
she pert of Lord Northland and his Committee.

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LOCONI OTI VE FOR COMNION ROADs.—A gen-
tleman residing at Southwell, Dr. Calvert, has con-
structed a machine, which he purposes to call " The
Alternate," because he rides or walks in turn according
to the ascending or descending inclination of the road he
travels. By merely rising from his seat, and throwing
part of the weight of the body upon the hands placed on
c..guiding bar, 'he walks with less fittigue thin he could
Nlierl: ti!out tlie im..ehine, especially where the ascent is
net
very
his ease On des ending he sits down and rides
ease with tion the,
eon.ndera.ble speed. The propelling ac-
(mesi-powerful,that can be exerted, and onq of
the nioa laiting) is that Or re. Ning.—Nottingliam Journal