The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-09 00:00:00

THE ART-UNION CARTOON
EXHIBITION.

Oa the 14th September, 1844, the Art-Union of
dfin issued the following notice to artists:—
. " In order to obtain a good subject for engraving,
51
139,rids fo
to induce the production of a superior work of
the Crommittee offer the sum of five hundred
an original picture illustrative of British
kIY• Cartoons, six feet by four feet six inches,
Ire to be sent in (as will he hereafter notitie(i) by the
f3ot of January, 1846, and tram these the selec-
I) will be m;tde Artists must send specimens of
heir abilities as painters, if required se to do. The
~ceesstul candidate inus' undertake to complete the
bn;itli7d picture, of the 'same size as the cartoon,
en
e Ist of January, 1847, and to superintend the
ob:Zthe Committee wish it to be understood that their
of 'ln giving so lon, a period for the preparation
iitiff7 cartoon, is for the purpose of aff4rding artists
tail 'lent time thoroughly to study the various de-
-440.01 their cotnpo,itions, and to produce in the
for. th:paiectouirneplf,tely finished and well-wrought study
of were yesterday admitted to a private view
course
tile* cartoons, which will be exhibited during the
of the next week, at the Gallery of the New
iety
of The "Painters in Water Colours, 53,
cartoons are twenty-eight in number, and, corn-
ofw-° the Art-Union Cartoon Exhibition with those
estminster. Hall, it is impossible not to be struck
tio4o a Vast superiority of the present cartoon exhibi-
ver any xhibi-
of its predecessors. In the present e
Pos4. theire is but one cartoon which is absolutely and
iitiP4,4lY had--the majority are more than respectable,
.lere .
Word4oL, are some halt-dozen which are, to use the
earti, I the notice, " superior works of art." The
berei'nB are ranged round the gallery and num-
ibtoratrtiera;i)ttt theb,eue tno indication is given as to the
artist ; neither is the decision of the
known, so that it is impossible for
thzthat3, to be treated with greater fairness
ook-,,,t(lnse have been who have sent in cartoons for
ov,7"tion for the Art-Union prize. Time will not
cart-,;043 to do more than merely indicate those
tatteplas Which struck us as being of a superior cha-
loidi of art, and we are, therefore, unwill
compelled to pass ,by
reallY of . . manr worksceed
.11 the merit without notice. We will pro
xo. order of the catalogue.
tktto,n2; "Saxon Almsgiving. The subject. of this
poo ul the custom of daily bread-giving to
.thde
;Y toth,l the lady of the Saxon nobleman, as practise
?roc, 41100- Saxon ancestors. 'f he lady and the
Inelnbers of her family are just emerging
Itotk."? Rateway of the castle to engage in their
14 at charity.
freak ,tl)e centre is the lady distributing the bread
(44,„1:'" basket of her handmaid. By her side her
tiller descends the steps, giving apples to the
!tier aer,n• First among the applicants a young mo-
-41Pe,_,1115 to the loaf-giver, by showing her new-
-141 , 114. Behind her is a widow with her daughter
deset,,'" ; and farther back, humbly seated, is a
Th'eeu female with her infant.
141 owniale applicants are placed by themselves, as in
Thepit illumination of the subject.
kat% me is evening in autumn, indicated by various
f
41ies, _
, as the acorns and grapes, the bundle u
e crows returning to roost, &c.
Nai'-811biect is admirably handled. Tne grouping_ is.
There the flow of the drapery easy and graceful
tithoailpicitturereno unnecessary adjuncts introduced into
0 —every figure is necessary to the produc-
tiftti°` the effect as a whole. The children are beau-
aNa'inthe diughter of the lady is one of the most
• .e "'male figures that the p3ncil of artist ever
tigtlitated ; there. is something of almost angelic be-
ttrittae/ and beauty in the expression of her coun-
~tiond' Thy artist, too, has throughout preserved the
saidharacteristics. Every face there is Saxon,
stieje", unmistakeably Saxon. As an illustration
101, hint.domestic national manners, this is a work of
Rh merit.
141011; • "The Discovery of the body of William
ftstim isu,.l' the Country-people, in the New Forest,
A.D. 1,100,' is the production of
.an
the• ",:'0 posesies immt-nie p )wer. The grouping
the lei rude country-people around the dead body oftbs
~f..11€C,---the expressive countenances and actions. of
of iryart peasants, who, having caught sight
tre dead body while descending a hill,
BrotZvancing towards their companions who are
It‘prl around it, and the wild and savage land-
Itov:snich forms the back ground of the picture,
4104, :u..,at the artist, whoever he may be, has stu-
'‘os, 4.-414 that to great profit, the works of Salvator
441,,a, 'there is much about this cartoon of the true
110.141'
Henry 111. Renewing the Charters" is an
arable 4, Picture, illustrative of the following passage
A..leilteofTht°lV—" The Peers being assembled in pre-
Zehl).,h" King, each holding a lighted taper,
.the
tse 1-:°l3, of Canterbury denounced a terrible
,31%, against those who should violate the
wltti; alter the constitution of the king-
t°oo,„:,`len the charters were read aloud, and.
tpd by the King, who all this time kept his
4ltaW °Nil!' his breast ; after which, every one
ot4At al3 taper on the ground to raise . a
fted and wished that those who vio-
;: the "Oharters might smoke in hell." The figure
nipeeing is very fine. The figures are all
bopped
to fnc'st artistically. There is one figure,
whosea
On to
left of the king, the expression of
Thisis
,eioell e countenance is remarkably fine.
04.10 beat historic Al picture.
hi the Queen Phillippa interceding for the Lives
I;B6ett 4rgesses of Calais " is a picture of the very
neap order of art. The artist, whoever he may be,
YtrY 11";°11°11r to his age and nation. Genius of the
rest order, matured by years of patient study,
is triit"a have enabled him to produce such a
%Vent composition. The figure of the king
the'in2 the -brow firmly knitted, the flishing
exprgonoing expression of those stern features,
ess the terrific conflict that is going on
01)4 as the
listens to the pathetic appeal of his
111‘41°P, The
calm, yet decided dignity of the
Wuo stands immediately behind him, and
livth
it of dignified command urges him to grant
,°,14 of the prisoners, is very majestic. Majestic
qt.asi or a different character of majesty, is the
I„,';ttijy-°4 of the noble Eustace de St. Pierre, who
„th awaits his fate contrasting, as it does
pt,,041e agonised expression. of. one of the
; th 3 by his side, who is evidently suffer-
,‘44 ek most intense torture from the suspense
'tte he is kept as to his fate. The figure of the
We toter, is introduced into the back ground, marks
Zotlrt,nus of the artist. He is smiling as is his
for the general ex-
Zha'iounut mech ail le qi ly,
of his countenance countenance is that of intense
father Want of time us from dilating
ant of prevents
"At Ll3ot this picture is assuredly one of the
Attu L 9
British art has yet produced. The WHenrylcome of the Boy-King, V
"OP, 4NOO, after his Coronation at Paris." A gor-
Iv'thepricture, but too crowded.
44 of! are many other admirable cartoons, which
'Pace prevents us from noticing.

Ch
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FUND.-
111; ant quARTER OF A
our lasnblicatito
e,
Ikkoliriliutions of the three day
s since
eregate amount
These
ilini.
MILLION LEAGUE . . h
liolk .t
.0 about 1,6001. ;: and
tludlrlPtions to last evening, is - - three of 1001., u 1
11/4),k, two sums of 2001., two of 1501,
They are chiefly
n784.11f11. Os. 6d. rh?. r
of
"farieLtlqi_a number f small amounts.
ikanr.d land,
tqc.k, -,-r number of
with a few ,1,.. Henry ---rse.. _k_
,l•P \tAlhongst the subscn
' 'bers is ,
ntation of EOC
represe
from Wigan,
-'l.• Cobden's colleague in the other
held
t3''-24nneloster Guardian of yesterday;,... g
thi 'lbex hosier
.ivir.
a sudden manner,
Ilie klaests on Persons.who had died in
Lion, Dean-street,
'oll()l‘,B,,t' quese ieldBedford
It
atehe Golden age 23 y!ars.
ast,
:Ns' r-,,-,t,tle body of Caroline Salmi 9
We asnn'esday evening lap.
t._.4 cle,,Z, the evidence that, on e party ; she then
t day
iiiilrtil ',71 had been at a Christma,.!,„ess ; the
ttnended by
4, eolbl",:itler usual health and cheariecTo was. a
morning.
• ktr,athed of pain in the chest. She Fy
there had
0%
a' duall, a surgeon, but MP? awir:' found
thathad caused
(17:4 aPur "?o,*tera examination it lle
which
bursting,,einff or other
,4till'. Itemtri,lltthhe stohinacha,ooelerated by
causes. The second
itttiss4,l Verklkt--s.:l3ieer from natural a
on Jonathan
the
.`°eiretti"ais held at the Plough,
Carey-street,
sratermanmorning
qi°ttsq ti rigratli, aged 51, a heend
on Saturday from an
11R billet, Strand, who was found
gentleman °"'
Att,t it
I. ed. ptite dead; a medical
Band
to
th ic''llt/attl(q)le:YLY. Verdict accordingly,e forwarde
and
et Polk '''Gt.---Inforrnation has
.be n
m of the Ili!' the
~,,Y, tit„e-,stations through the mediti
ear Loath, 11.1
ult.
‘;l4,p7tirltyZ.tilt Parish church of Utterb, u
the 28ti
,4 thsltil4eeoln, Was broken into between
oes
1 stolen therefrom.
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tot, silverlee!•, and the
followinglr areiwhich fitted as lid
:.ileop, a ia7gEetnfid small t_
,9, nad vtewoplates.
meet-
,,llle os ',I*GYPTIAr sillo'calETy,...._At the ordinary
ive
of the
.
;ehib,i.:uesday evening, S Holt Yates
took leave
His
4erticQ Preparatory to 'a
new expeditionhtot
light Pnpon the gee-
t\phy 5t.:,411 probably throw great. --P eys, travellers
IN,' not bee district, as hitherto, in their
e.udiee, to employ
litkrr irlstZli Permitted by Turkish
Pr
3 however. lately
Ivin'll lilac; "%ents. More liberality has,
eys
heir surveys
make t . 'IT
' Etr '-, and European travellers can ma
CoB ttY.
Irist,, 14440 Ni L.— •-•.
the 12th
Lawns,- , ....,. COURTS.—On Monday
' the
Common
N(eite 4 the
111 tof Hilary Term,
ts . Inenceinen .
of
The aggregateCourt
br Artar. will resume their sittings.
.1.1 the
ti Vilieett,' nu resume 305 consisting of 196 rules i
Pleas, in-
,ll(lleß uench, 50 In the Court of Common
of Ex-
'citte" - e regiBtr t.appeals,and 49 in the Court
°Lf gitee,r. , 'there is a I°-11 nt in the lists of the n Court
n ob-
4-vetio- 8 '.elleh. Amon
tilvmprovemme
time
back a nomilled, it
lt,e,tilii ;14tIttillat when s fors) a
new trial was obtail.useenn.
e;;pi"ki only ::a argued forme
two. years. N.ow, howeasver?.
_C
Court
1i(.(0%,r io-trlf that penod is requirtearnd
ptonweer pro:
,ie „rb. Lor '
—a
4 toenotrooafn term f iru h
! t is probablesem
that in a short_otime
`;;)Ortot.4(%'s will be further reduced. The first rule l !
'P 4 44 liloN:ltleereg Bench for a new trial remaining undecided
~._
Pteiei e, In Michael Term, in 1844. In the paper for
for ta4es and de "las
are 14 for judgmand
ent
ot sr argument Turrers there .
al paper there are 118 t
Co argil
and 18 fnor 9ildsgnmetwn.ttmri eking the arrears ofotth
ttZt
tsarshT he arrears of the other two Couretass
easret, not
le of
MI "
oF',,P's demurr. r,, new trials, ani
fig 4,../ t u1t,.3 in
ii;_ ileW iris 4.4lited hara•iter, the higne,L 0
Iv
-,t 11."---,- Paper ofhtara`.ier, the Court of Exchequer, the
first of
ill
ill Hillary Term last.

REPRESENTATION OF HERT

FORDSEHRE

The election of a Member to serve in Parliament for
the county of Herts, in the place or Lord Grimstnn, who
is called to the Upper House of Pardament by the tie-
cease of his father, Lord Vernlam, was held at Hertford
yesterday.
It being generally understood that there was to be no
opposition, there,was, of course, none of the excitement
that attended a c mitested election. The only candidate
in the field, Mr. T. P. Halsey, was attended to the hust-
ings by itOout 150 gentlemen on horseback, and a num-
ber of flags and ba,ners.

_
The usual proclamation having been made, and the
writ real, by Mr. Lougmore, the Under-Sheriff.
Sir H. MEux stood forward, and having briefly stated
the object fir which they were as,embled, requested
that the electors would give every gin leman who might
please to ad Tress them a patient hearing.
Mr. D. RADCLIFFE then proposed Mr. Thomas Plumer
Halsey as a fit and proper person to represent the
county of Hertfordshire in Parliament. Eleven years
ago he had proposed their late representative, Lord
Grim-tin. and at that period, as at the present, the con-
dition and the prospects of the agricultural interest ware
the all-absorbing topics of interest in the public mind.
At the period to which he referred a. gloom hung over
agriculture, not from the acts of any Government, but
because it had pleased Providence to afflict them with had
harvests. Almost ever since, howev,r, with the exception
of the exaggerated failure of the potato crop. the bar-
veqs had b-en aLundant, but yet, at a period of al-
most unexampled prosperity, when the country wag

happy and contented, when there was a great demand
for labour, and every branch of the national industry was
in a prosperous condition, they had been thrown into a
state of almost unparalleled excitement. And what was
the cause of all this ? Why, because a monster, hitherto
unknown in this country, a monied monopoly, has been
suffered to rear its hideous horn, and make giant s rides
to invade their hearths . and homes.—(Hear, hear.)
When he had the honour of addressing the meeting at
the agricultural dinner of the county, he told them that
he doubted the sincerity of Sir Robert Peel. He at that
time thought he could discover the small black cloud in
the distance, which he expected would burst and spread
destruction around ; but upon that principle of English
justice which considered every man innocent until he
was proved to be guilty, he would_ forbear from
branding him with treachery until they knew what lie
really meant to do ; but, at the same time, recent oc-
currences plainly showed that it was necessary for them
to be on their guard. It had been truly said
that ingratitude was so hateful a crime, that
the man who was guilty of it could not be
guilty of any other, for all were comprised in it, and he
was still willing to believe that Sir Robert Peel would
not be a traitor to those who had placed him in power.
Upon this vital question of protection to agriculture,
however, there should be no temporising ; and he was
sorry to see, that at the meeting at Bedford, Lord Al-
therp had likened their position, with Sir Robert Peel at
their head, to passengers in a train on the railway who,
expecting to go at the rate of thirty miles an hour, found
that the engineer was taking them at the rate of a hun-
dred ; and when they remonstrated with him upon the
danger to which he subjected their lives, his only answer
was, that there was another train behind him coming at
the rate of a hundred and fifty miles an hour, and
they, therefore, thought it better to go on with him,
than to run the risk of travelling by the still faster train.
He must venture to express his opinion that they were
fools who would travel with such an engineer at all, and
that the better course, if he persisted. would be to get
another engineer to conduct the train, and to pay no at-
tentien to the 150-mile an hour train behind them, but
to feel assured that the result would be that it would
destroy itself, but would not injure any but those upon
it.—(Hear. and a laugh. A voice in the crowd, " But it's
nearly at the station.") He need not tell them that by
the 150-mile an hour train he referred to that unprinci-
pled band of conspirators known as the Anti-Corn-law
League—(Hear, and interruption)—a set of men who
were denounced by the respectable persons of all parties
in politics, and whom the great head of the Whig party
in that county, Lord D Acre, had denounced as a
monied oligarchy.—(Uheers.) It was not se much what
he Anti-Corn-low League said that he objected, to as
to what they did. They might get an audience together
in Covent-garden Theatre to hear them spouting, the
same as they would go to see a pantomime or any other
exhibition, and all their talking there would have no
more effect on the laws of England than dancing " Jim
Crew."—(Laughter.) But what made them formidable
was, that they presumed to interfere with the privileges
of Parliament, that they had tampered with the elective
franchise, and had endeavoured to separate the manu-
facturing and the agricultural interest, and .to set them
in opposition to each other.—(Hear, hear.) They were
tlld that the League had obtAi.ierl large sums of money ;
and with what object ? Was it for patriotic pur-
poses ? No. Their leaders unblushingly repudiated
any patriotic view,, and Mr. Het' 4-ood, at a meet-
ing at Manchester, unhesitatingly admitted that
these sums of money were intended to be ap-
plied to furthering the interest and increasing the profits
of the manufacturers. A great deal had been said
about Lord John Russell joining the League, and de-
claring his adherence to what was called free trade ;
but he must say that, in his opinion, it looked more like
carrying out that feeling which prevailed in the mind of
Lucifer, that it was better to " reign in hell than serve in
heaven."—(Cheers, and interruption.) He could conceive
many humiliating positions, such as being a joint of
O'Connell's tail ; or the feelings of Mr. Macaulay, when
he wrote his humble epistle from Edinburgh, when he
expected to be indicting a high-flown document from
Windsor Castle ; but, in his opinion, nothing could be so
humiliating to any person of character as an association
with the infernal League.—(Hear, and laughter.) There
was not, however, in his opinion, any cause to fear the
result. The British lion was moved, and he would
shake like dewdrops from his mane the scum of the
League. Let them wait patiently for the meeting of
Parliament, and they would then see whether the
Minister would dare to propose any measure such as has
been threatened, and whether he would league himself
with those who declared their object to be to destroy the
aristocracy of the land. If he should do so—if he should
thereby declare the legality of the exercise of this money
monopoly—then, at the eleventh hour, the agricultural
interest of England would come forward and beat their
opponents with their own weapons.—(Cheers.) There
should be 100,000/. subscribed in every county in Eng-
land.—(Renewed cheering.) He knew a great number
of gentlemen now ready to come forward with a thou-
sand pounds. He, a plain country gentleman, would
put down his thousand pounds, aye, and would sacri-
fice half his fortune, rath- r than yield to the
tyranny of these democratic despots.—(Great cheering.)
Nlen and money were ready ; arid if it should come to
what he alluded to, he had no doubt they should scatter
Bright and Cobden, and the other members of the
League, like chaff before the wind. While upon this
subject of the proceedings of the League, he begged
leave to address a few words to the labourers, and to
advise them not to be deluded by the specious argu-
ments that were made use of by the League, and to look
upon every man as their enemy who endeavoured to in-
duce them to believe that those who were above them
were indifferent to any privations they might undergo,
or that they were the cause of their suffering them; and
when they talked of cheap bread to them, they should
ask them to tell them the condition of the peasantry in
the countries where bread was cheap. He could tell
them this, that in Italy they would see poor wretches
scrambling for a piece of orange peel when a hatful of
ma.iiges could be had for a penny.—(Hear, hear.) After
fburryrthperropoobsisteigrvislatit.mHs,altiehye,
in the
Goseonarilefmoramn. con-
cluded
farmer in the counly, herlhaaidsst;raedait
Sir. JOHN BEGG of Stanstead, saida
pleasure
et
nas s
eaotoenndainntg-
tfoorrweaprdesent the county
the nomination of Mr.
h and
obocr,
doubt
and
in Parliament. He had coma
ad
honestly avowed his principles, and he
would act up to them ; and he trusted that, wheutthe
Parliament met, the Members would do their duty, and
ulfil the promises made by them at the last election_
(Hear, hear.) It might be said that no political ques-
tliiaonifiewnatswaatspresentnott
tiactually
tbefore theu ste
dc otuhnattr yi
f.asasPwaars-
i•umoured would be the case, Sir Robert Pea was to
iotempt to deprive the agricultural interest of any
portion of that small protection it hich they now
enjoyed, that the laeded proprietors of the country would
iein together to resist such an attempt. At the time of
the panic caused by the recent changes, when Lord John
tiussell was called upon to form an Adminietration, he
had sustained a loss of 8/. upon two waggons of corn,
and he had no doubt lie must have continued to have sold
at the same loss if he had succeeded in doing so; but for-
tunately he was not strong enough for the place. The
eff: ct of depriving agriculture of the protection it now
enjoyed must, in l opinion, be most ruinous—it would,
at all events, reduce the price of agricultural produce by
'ne-third, and which must necessarily fall upon

the labouring population. He farmed five Hundred acres
of land, and had to fill fifty-seven mouths from the pro-
duce of his farm ; bat it' his receipts were diminished
one-third, it would be impossible for him to continue
to support his labourers, and he must discharge the
greater portion of them ; and although be might be most
unwilling to do so, yet he should have no alternative.
The HIGH SHERIFF having inquired whether any
other candidate was to be proposed, and receiving no
answer, he declared Mr. Halsey duly elected.
Mr. HALSEY then stood forward, and was loudly
cheered. He said that if he was not able to return thanks
in an adequate manner for the high honour and trust
,bat was reposed in him, it was not from any want of
gratitude, but solely from a want of proper language to
express his feelings. He felt that it was a great honour
for him, a young man and untried, to be elected their
representative, and he
f couldth e merit assureg at their
ei
responsibility
hekmi thatin
e kindness
s hebthyhaadthaiast
t:iteerodnsg. dßeteer%m,
ssie aatvi oanre too
11l times was attached to the po,ition of a Member of
Parliament, but that responsibily was very greatly in-
creased in times like the present. Still, however, he
hoped that, by a steady adhesion to the principles he
had espoused, he should be able on a future occasion
to give an account of bis stewardship that would
be satisfactory to them. and honourable to himself.
He believed that his political opinions were pretty well
known in the county; but on this occasion he might be
excused for making a few observations upon the present
state of affairs. The circumstances of the present mo-
m:.mt were most peculiar. A m ag they ssw a
Ministry, apparently strong in itself, and posseiieg a
large majority in Parliament, suddenly dissolved—not
from any external agency, but from internal dissensions.
They saw Lord John Russell sent for to form an Admi-
nistration, and although there were very few things
which that Noble Lord would not attempt, yet there was
one thing that he clearly could not succeed in, namely,
in obtaining any portion of public confidence or sympa-
thy for a party that four years ago was ignumini,,usly
hurled fro-n tt ewer be the almost unanimous will of the
people. Lord John Russell was, therefore, safely de
livered of a still-born Administration, and he must say
that it was a most happy. deliverance for the country.

They now had at the head of affairs the same Minister,
and eearly the save s'edministration, which teey had
laced in power four y ears ago, solely upon the prin-
ciple of protection to native idusty.--(Hear, hear) A
few days would show what they intended to do, and
L although he wouLl not prejudge them, yet he certainly
did think that the ought to look at the present Govern-
, ment with some degree of distrust and suspicion. What-
; ever measures might be proposed, however, his course
was clear. He should support such only as he consi-
dered calculated tor the benefit of the country at large;
and with regard to the all important question of pro-
tection to agriculture. without pledging himself tai sup-
port through thick and thin this or that system of corn-
laws, he would never consent to any proposition
that did not secure to the agricultural interest the pro-
tection they at present enjoyed (Cheers) and he
would consent to no change, unless he considered it gave
them a protection tantamount to that they at present
possessed. A cry of famine, which had been principally
rais, d by the Anti-Corn law League,- and for which he
believed there was very little foundation, had be •n set
on foot ; but, in print of fact, he believed the country
was never more flourishing than at the present mo-
ment. Msnufaetures were flourishing, their shipping
was occupied, trade and commerce was also flourishing;
agriculture was recovering, and the labouring population
hail not, he was of opinion, been better off at any period
since the war ; this being the case, he must say that it
would take a greet deal to convince him that any change
was necessary, aial he did not believe, that under the .
present law, the agricultural interest hid arty greater
amount of protection titan they were entitled to. There
was another, and, in his opinion, an almbst equally grave
question to be answered, which was, whether the country
was to be governed under the oid constitution of Sovereign,
Lords, and Commons, or whether it was to be at the
mercy of our irresponsible and self elected parliament,
holding its meetings in Covent garden Theetre ?
(Interruption.) He had no hesitation in saying, that if
the proceedings of the Anti-Corn-law League were nut
immediately stopped—(A laugh)—it would not only be
dangerous to their interests as agriculturists,
but also to their individual liberties, and their independ-
ence as a nation.—(Cheers.) If their vital interests
were to be thus attacked and they were to be compelled
to submit to the worst of all tyranny—the despotism of
money—England would be no longer a free country. If
the League gained their present object, did they sup-
pose they would be satisfied / Would they not, on
the contrary, stimulated by their successful sedition,
persevere in their course, and that they would next at-
tack the Church and the Throne ? But which would be
the first to be attacked was, of course, only known to
that Providence upon which he placed his confidence
for relief from this great oppression. He therefore called
upon them, by their love of their country and of inde-
pendence, to exert themselves to put an end to this in-
famous oppression ; and, if they did so, he had no doubt
they would succeed. The Hon. Member concluded by
again returning his thanks for the high honour they had
done him in electing him as their repres. ntative.
The Hon. NV. F. COWPER, M.P., begged, as one of the
el. ctors of the county, to be allowed to address a few
observations to his brother freeholders, in reference to
the very extraordinary language that had been made use
of that day by some of the gentlemen who had addressed
them, particularly in reference to the League and the
Minister, which appeared to have so entirely taken pos-
session of their mint-lea-(A laugh.) He must confess
that he was somewhat surprised to find his friend Mr.
Radcliffe, after ranss eking his mind for similes to the
League, adopt those from the internal regions.—(Roars
of laughter.) The oratory must have had quite a sul-
phureuus taste ; and when he talked of the British lion,
he really almost expected to hear him roar.—(Renewed
laughter.) When he said this, he wished it to be un-
derstood that he had no connexion with the League, and
he candidly admitted that he disapproved of many of the
acts of that body.—(Hear, hear.) He disapproved of
their levying money for the avowed purpose of in.
fluencing elections, and he likewise disapproved of the
presumptuous and foolish manner in which Mr. Cobden
and some other members of the League spoke of the
landed aristocracy of the country. While he entered
his protest against those proceedings on the part of the
League, he did not think they deserved what was said
of them by Mr. Radcliffe. He called them monied mo-
nopelists, but he could not see why monopoly should
appear so odious iu the manufacturing interest, and yet
be so d, lightful in •he eyes of the proprietors of land.
—(lnterruption, and a cry of "Protection to agricul-
ture is not monopoly.") What did protection mean, if
it meant anything at all, but monopoly?--("No, no.") It
was said that the League had an intention of attacking the
Citurcli and `Throne, but he must say he had never heard
anything fall from any member of it showing such ten-
dency, and he merely considered them as a political club,
formed for a particular object. Entertaining the opinions
which they knew he dii, they might expect that he
should give them some information as to the reasons
which induced the party with whom he acted not to con-
test the present election.—(" You could not help it," said
smite one in the crowd.) Well, that might be one reason,
but the real fact was, they felt satisfied that Sir Robert
Peel would carry t'se question of free trade, and that as the
battle could only be properly fought in the House of
Commons, they considers d it useless to have a contest
upon the point in that county. He, and those with whom
he acted, were quite satisfied as to the pernicious effect
of what was called " protection," not only upon all classes
of the community, but upon the agriculturists themselves;
but so long as it was abolished, they did not care whether
this was effected by Sir Robert Peel or Lurd John Rus-
sell. They complained a great deal of Sir Robert Peel,
and charged him with deception, but for his part he saw
much more to blame in his past that in his present con-
duct. He remembered when the leader of the Whig
Government proposed to give them a fixed duty of Bs. a
quarter, the poor farmers were in very great alarm,
and rejected the proposal, and now they would see what
Sir Robert Peel and their Tory leaders would give them.
He believed that many of those who rejected the Bs.
duty would now be very glad to get it.
Mr. RADCLIFFE begged to say a few words in ex-
planation. He yieldect to no man in a feeling of respect
for the HOD. Gentlemen who were the supporters of the
Wbig party in that county ; but with regard to the
League, he certainly felt himself justified in using the
expressions he did. He was very glad to hear Mr. Cow-
per repudiate any connexion with the League—parti-
cularly as a placard, in which his brother, Mr. Spencer
Cowper, was requested to stand for the county, was sup-
posed to have emanated from that body.
Mr. COWPER said that neither he nor his brother was
aware of this requisition, or anything about it, until
after it had been published.
Mr. WOODLEY, an elector, next addressed the meeting
at some length in favour of the present corn-laws.
Mr. FALVEY, one of the Ann-Corn-law League, claimed
a right to reply to the observations of the last speaker,
as he had been appealed to by him.
The HIGH SHERIFF said that as he was not an elector
he could not legally be heard.
Mr. BONTEitUS, the agent of the Anti-Corn-law
League at Hertford, begged to be permitted to address
a few observations to the meeting, and. as it appeared
that he was qualified as an elector, he was allowed to
proceed. Atter some preliminary observations, he said
he regretted to find that Mr. Cowper repudiated the
League, for he said. he could assure him that without
their assistance his party would never be able to carry
the county. lie declared that the objects of the League
were both misunderstood arid misrepresented ; and as
to their having any seditious or illegal objects, it was
clear it was not so, for if they hal, they would
long ago have been prosecuted ; for those who
raked up the internal regions for metaphors,
would do the same in the courts of law for an Act of
Parliament for their purpose, if any such existed. As
to the interference of the League with the representation
of the country, let them look at toe state of that county.
They had a population of 157,000, and, out of that number,
only 4,500 possessed the right of voting, and he would
ask whether that could be a proper state of things. All
the League desired was to infuse new blood into all the
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fproposed a vote of thanks
to the High Sheriff.
C. T. DUNSDELL seconded the motion.
The HIGH SHERIFF returned
thanks.
Sir MINTO FARQUHAR then proposed three cheers for
their new Member; and Mr. IVOODLEY, three groans for
the " accursed " Corn-law League, all of which were
duly given; alter which the electors separated.

RAILWAY ROBBERY.
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at the Castle, at Leicester, this 'day, Alfred Penavaire,
and Josephine Marie Huismans, were charged with steal-
ing a portmanteau, the property of S. Cooper. Pri-
soners described themselves to be of French extraction,
and as travelling about the country vending articles of
millinery, &c.
The prosecutor is a tradesman, residing in Kirby-street.
Hatton-garden. On the morning of the sth ult., he left the
Euston Station, by the London and Birmingham Railway,
by which he proceeded to Rugby, and was conveyed from
that place to Leicester by the Midland line. Upon ar-
riving at the latter town he got out of the carriage, and
took his portmanteau into the booking office, where he
gave it in charge of a porter, intending to call for it on
his i eturn from the town, where he had to transact
some business ; but, on his returning to the office,
he found that the portmanteau had been taken away,
and, being unable to obtain any tidings of it, he pm,
sued his journey to Nottingham, where he gave informa-
tion to the police, after which he continued his progress
to Manchester. The police officer at Nottingham having
ascertained that the two prisoners had offered various
articles of plate to different individuals for sale, suspicion
at once fell upon them, and they were consequently
sought out, and taken into custody, and the portmanteau
in question was found in their possession, together with
all the articles of plate that it had contained, none of the
tradesmen to whom it was offered for sale liking to pur-
chase such costly articles of persons who were entire
strangers to them. •
After some further proceedings,
The CHAIRMA.N said he should pass sentence upon
them, which was, that they should severally be confined
in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour for
twelvemonths.

SUOCKJNG OCCURRENCE.--A llttle after midnight
on Saturday, a fire was discovered in the house of Robert
Hardman, dyer, Brighton-street, Red Bank; and, on the
house being entered by the neighbours, the wife of Hardman,
a woman of weak intellect, was found burned to death. Her
husband left her alone in the house, and had not returned
home when l'er fate was discovered. She was 36 years of
age.—Manchester Guardian.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The Duchess
of Kent left Frogmore House yesterday morning, in a close
travelling carriage and four, for Clarence House, St. James's.
er Royal Highness was attended by Lady Fanny Howard.
Tne Duchess returned to Frogmore to dinner. Her Royal
Highness took a carriage airing this afternoon in the Great
Park.