The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

LEEDS, JULY 10.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex.
tension, 345. p —East Lincolnshire, 434 p.—Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 4% dis.— Ditto, Extensions, 31s. dis.—Huddersfleld and
Manchester, 1% dis.—Hulderstield and Sheffield, 6 p.—Leeds and
Bradford, 38,% p.—Leeds and I).waliury, 2% p.--Ditto, Brandies, 6
p. Leed s and Thirsk, 51. 12s. dis.-7 Newcastle and Darlington June;
Lion, Extensions, 10 p.—Nortn British, Half Shares, 2U p.—Ditto,
Carlisle Branch, 15s. p.—Wakefleld, Pontefract, And Goole, S p.—
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 325. 6d. dis.—Direct Northern,
275. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 5,4 j). Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 19s. p.—North Staffordshire, 31. 19s. p.
—North Western, 2s. p.—west Riding Union, 41. 7s.—Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 375. 6c1.-dis.
HULL, JULY 10.

STOCK EXCPIANGE.—The sales arc—North British, Half Shares,
11 .74 —Ditto, Carlisle, 395. 9d.—Axholme, l4—East Linclonshire,
12a.—East Coast, 16s.—Hu11 and Barnsley Junction, 30s. 3d.—Lei-
cester and Birmingham, 4—Leicester and Tamwon h. 245. 3d.—
London and York, 288. 9d.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31.
Is.—North Western, 245. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 6—South Mid-
land % dis.—West Riding Union, 4%—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union,
12s. 6d.

SHEFFIELD, JULY 10.

STOCK EXCWANGE.—The sales are— Grimsby and Sheffield Ex-
tension, 275. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 18s. dis.—Ditto, Railway
and Dock. 2% dis.—East Lincolnshire, dis.—Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire, 7s. dis.

YORK, JULY 10.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Eastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 21. Is. 6d.—London and York, 11.9s.—Manchester, Buxton.
Matlock, and Midland, 2/. is.—Nesecastle and Berwick, 26—New-
castle and Darlington, New, 101. 18a. 9d —North British, Carlisle
Extension, 21. I s.—North Staffordshire, 6/. 2s.—North Western, I/.
4s. 6d.—York and North Midland, Extension, 35--Ditto, East and
West Riding Extension, 13.
GLASGOW, JULY 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian Extension, 323.
Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 22s.—East Indian Rail-
way, 10s. 3 I.—Glasgow General Terminus, 8% —Glasgow and Bel-
fast Union, 46s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 365. 6d.—Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 35s.—Glasgow, Airdrie and Monkland
Junction, 325. 6d.—lnverness and Elgin, 21s. 6d. —Larne, Belfast,
and Ballymena, 44s.—Lesmahagow, 56e.—Midland, 150—Scottish
Central, 19—South Midland, 275.

FEARFUL ACcIDEN T AND LOSS
OF LIVES ON THE GREAT NORTH OF

FRANCE RAILWAY.

Intelligence respecting a fearful catastrophe, which oc-
curred on the Great North of France Railway, reached the
city of Brussels by the train from Paris, which arrived at
six o'clock on Thursday morning. It appears that a train
comprising twelve or fifteen carriages left Paris for Brussels
at an early hour on the previous day, and proceeded
without the slightest obstruction or accident, at the ordinary
rate of speed, until it arrived at a portion of the line between
the stations of Arras and Douay, where the railway crosser
a river or pond. When the engine and train reached the
centre of the bridge, from some cause yet undiscovered, al-
though every possible exertion has been made to ascertain it,
the engine ran off the rails, broke down the parapet wall of
the bridge, and was precipitated into the water. The engine
dragged with it the tender and two carriages. Fortunately
the connecting chain between those vehicles and the
third carriage became dissevered by violence of the
shock, and thus the remainder of the carriages, which were
crowded with passengers, escaped total demolition. By this
dreadful accident at least nineteen lives have been lost, in-
cluding those of the stoker and driver of the engine; and, so
far as could be ascertained amid the consternation which en-
sued, there is too much reason to believe that fifty or sixty
individuals have been seriously injured. It is said that the
engine, at the time of the disaster, was not proceeding at a
greater speed than fifteen miles an hour, and it is in a great
measure owing to this fortunate circumstance that the sacri-
fice of human life was not of a more appalling nature. As
might naturally be expected, the intelligence of this ca-
tastrophe created the most painful sensation in the city of
Brussels, but more especially among the English residents
there.

The North of France line was opened to the public about
four weeks ago by the King of the Belgians, and up to
the occurrence of the accident which has been attend( d
with such deplorable and melancholy results, the trairs
ran regularly each day, at intervals of two or three hour,,
without the slightest interruption, owing to the excellent
and judicious management of the company, and the strict
surveillance exercised by the subordinates of the French
and Belgian Governments, representatives from whom im-
mediately proceeded to the scene of the calamity to obtain
accurate information respecting the cause and extent of
the accident.

His HIGHNESS IBRAHIM Pactll.—On Friday morning,
shorty after eleven o'clock, the Pacha, accompanied by Col.
Bonfort and M. Nubar, and attended by Major Dickson, left
Mivart's lintel for Stockwell-park, there to inspect the ex-
tensive racing stud belonging to Mr. Theobald. His High-
ness and suite, on their arrival, were received by the pro-
prietor. After inspecting the arrangements, he departed on
his return to his hotel. The Paella and party were caught
in a heavy storm, and were obliged to dress again before lun-
cheon. In the afternoon, his Highness proceeded to Apsley
House, to visit the Duke of Wellington, but the Noble Duke
being absent from home, the Pacha merely left his card;
he then visited the Marquis of Lansdowne. the Earl of Minto,
the Earl of Clarendon, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, the Marquis
of Clanricarde, Viscount Morpeth, and several of the Ministers
of State. A deputation of the Aborigines Protection So-
ciety had the honour of waiting on his Highness to present
an address from that association, as it stated, for "promoting
the safety, welfare, and improvement of the native inhabi-
tants of the dependencies of the British Empire." The Pacha
received the deputat ion with marked courtesy. His Highness
::übsequently gave an interview to Mr. Henry Smith.
THE COLLOSAL WELLINGTON.—A scaffolding of
great strength has been erected on the east side of the arch-
way at Hyde Park-corner, and the preparations seem nearly
ripe for raising the ponderous mass to its ill-chosen destina-
tion.
The transport and elevation of it will be difficult, and
will need much care and skill. A correspondent tells us that
the carriage on which it is to be moved is twenty-four feet in
length, the axle thirteen feet four inches, with a circumfer-
ence of thirty inches; the whee'.s are ten feet high, or thirty-
one feet six inches in circumference, four in number, and weigh
two tons six cwt. each, or nine tons. The castings are at
present in the pit, and " a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
altogether," will be needed even to lift them thence. Go-
vernment, it seems, is lending a hand to the work. An
eminent contractor estimated the cost of carrying the cast-
ings from the arti;A's studio to the arch, and hoisting them
(in three pieces—to do it whols he was not disposed), at
1,8001. What the operation is actually to cost wo do not
know.—The Builder.
THITNpER-STORikr. Another thunder-storm burst
over the metropolis on Friday Afternoon, Its influence was
felt, more or less. in all parts of the town and its neighbour•
hood, but the storm seems to have burst with the greatest
violence in the region of Finsbury. The lightning struck
down a man in Milton-street, near the late City Theatre, and
also severely damaged a house in Wilson-street, occupied by
Mr. Lyons, fur 'dealer, displacing an angular abutment and
knocking over four chimne•pots.' The 'rain by which the
lightning was accompanied will prove of great advantage to
the agriculturist and gardener.

The election ofNe, Member to represent this metro-
politan borough in Parliament, consequent on the
resignation of Colonel Fox, who has accepted the
office, under Lord John Russell's Government, of
Surveyor-Gen ,of the Board of Ordnance, took
place on Saturday at Stepney-green, afternoon at
one o'clock. There being no opposition to the Gallant
Colonel, who offered himself for re-election, the affair was
as dull as anything of the kind could well be. At the hour
of the proceedings commencing there were not more than
three hundred persons present,, and at any time there
were not more than five hundred. The only circum-
stance that denoted the t rdinary character of an election
was the promise of a Contest at the forthcoming general
election, as apparent by the following hand-bill which
was plentifully distributed about:—

" The requisitions to L. Heyworth and G. Thompson,
Esqs., to become candidates to represent this borough in
Parliament have already received the signatures of several
hundreds of electors, but as the existence of the
present Parliament must of necessity be of very
short duration, it is not considered advisable to con-
test the borough on this occasion. The prospect of a general
election must therefore be borne in mind, and if the electors
desire to have for their representatives men who are
advocates of liberal pririCiples, they must unite in a cordial
invitation to such men as Messrs. Heyworth and Thomp-
son, whose free-trade principles are not paralysed by the
repeal of the corn:laws ; whose love of religions liberty will
not permit them to support any State endowments of reli-
gion ; and whose sense of political justice is not limited by
the Reform Bill, but includes the enfranchisement of all."

The hustings and other arrangements for conducting
the business of the nomination were of the most meagre
and incomplete character—the former being made up of
three old waggons, placed lengthwise, and covered with
a piece of tarpaulin, which, when crowded with the
members of the Gallantsteoloners committee, groaned
and creaked in,sko :ice manner. As far as it re-,
garded the press, accommoiation there was none—
the whole of the gentlemen representing the
metropolitan journals being crowded together and forced
to stand in a narrow space in front of the platform.
With some difficulty, and after a remonstrance on the
part of the reporters, a small rickety table, sufficient
for two to write on, with a couple of chairs, were pro-
cured from a neighbouring public-house, and duly
placed in front of the platform, for the accommodation
of about twenty-four gentlemen of the " fourth estate."
Amongst those present, connected with the Liberal
interest of the borough, we recognised the following
gentlemen:—G. Offor, Esq., Martineau, Esq., Sir
E. N. Buxton, Mr. Salomons, Mr. Hammack, Mr. Oven-
den, Mr. Bewley, Mr. Atkins, Dr. Snow, Mr. Wire,
Messrs. W. and J. Wright, Mr. J. Tanner, Mr. J. Stokes,
Dr. Jenkins, &c., &c.

The Returning Officer (Henry Child, Esq.) read the
precept for the election, and the usual oaths being ad-
ministered, and the Act against bribery and corruption
read, said that it was his duty, as returning officer, to
remind them of the importance of the work they were
now called upon to perform, not only with regard
to themselves, but to the whole constituency of that im-
portant borough, as well as to the nation at large.—
( Hear.) He trusted that they would treat any person
who should present himself before them as a candidate
that day respectfully, and with attention. He would
just mention one circumstance, before concluding, to show
the necessity for discharging carefully the important trust
reposed in them as electors.—(Hear.) The consti-
tuency of that borough consisted of 18,000 individuals,
and he found by the returns, that at the time of
the passing of the Reform Act there were but
9,800 electors in their borough, showing an in
crease of nearly double since that period.—(Cheers.)
It was now his duty to request that they would at once
proceed to the business of the meeting—that was the
election of a Member for the seat vacated by their late
Member, Colonel Fox, in consequence of his having
accepted the ate of Surveyor:General orher Majesty's
Ordnance.

G. Orion, Esq., then came forward to propose Colonel
Fox as a fit and proper person for the representation
of the borough, and in so doing said he was perfectly
satisfied that they were all agreed as to the excellence
of the observations that had been made by the return-
ing officer as to the vast importance of the subject that
had brought them together. It was of the highest inte-
rest to every man who lived in the Tower Hamlets,whether
he had a right to vote or not—whether it might be
denied to him or not to vote in the election —it was a
matter which he was sure they might congratulate them-
selves upon, that if a man was returned to Parlia-
ment, and then accepted a place under Govern-
ment, that he was at once returned to his
constituents for them to say whether they were satisfied
with his conduct, and whether they would trust them-
selves in his hands as their representative. —(Elear•
hear.) If a man who was a Member of the House of
Commons wished to get a situation of responsibility
under Government, he was obliged to give up his place,
and it was left to his constituents to say to such a one,
We have done with you--(Hear, hear)—you have
disgraced yourself; you have injured us, and we will
have nothing more to do with .a man who, for
the sake of profit or of honour, would give up his
sentiments to have a situation under any Government
whatever."—(Hear, hear.) But their case was totally
different. In the case of the election of the Tower Ham-
lets they elected a gentleman to represent them in Par-
liament, one, who because he would not truckle—who,
because be would not change his sentiments—who, be-
cause he stood firm to that party and to those senti-
ments with which he had introduced himself to the
electors of the Tower Hamlets, lost his situation,
and had to retire into private life ; and it was
only upon the return of his friends and
his associates, and the men bearing his principles into
power, that he consented again to serve his country by
serving under the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He

(Mr. Offor) was sure they never wished to see offices
tilled by men that were unworthy their trust ; they
would not wish to see offices under Government filled by
men who would truckle to any Administration. Their
lesire was to see them filled by honest and virtuous men,
men who would do their duty to their country at large
mill to their constituents. They wished to see such men
placed in offices of trust, and however people might talk
—and generally speaking those who did so talk had but
very little information upon the subject—( Hear, hear)—
however they might talk of not having placemen to re-
present them, he should be glad indeed to find every
placeman to be equal in honour, integrity, and worth,
and who possessed the esteem of all who knew him, as
did the lion. Colonel who had represented them, and
who, he hoped, would be again rettirned in triumph.—

(Cheers.) He (Mr. Offor) had much pleasure in again
introducing that Hon. Gentleman to their notice, and
especially so when he knew that the Hon. Colonel
was a man who was above all change, unless it were
such a change as was required for the interests of the
nation at large, and then he came forward to tell them
in an honest and straightforward way, and left them to
draw their own conclusions.—(Cheers.) Since he had

the pleasure of meeting them upon a similar occasion
wonderful changes had taken place with regard
to the aspect of affairs in this country.
The Whig Administration, torn as they were
and rent by internal divisions, and continually harassed
by their political opponents, were obliged to give up
their situation, and then those who took their offices
also took their measures, and the credit of having intro-
duced and passed them.—(Cheers.) They had originally
introduced that most important of all measures, viz., that
they should have cheap bread—(Cheers)—and he
hoped that they would all now have a plen-
tiful supply of it, and that they would
now return Colonel Fox, who had supported
the late Government in their efforts to bring food to the
people.—(Cheers.) Let them by doing so reward him
for the manly manner in which he had supported the
pamentliegtihrtthe operation
liberal party in the House of Commons, for having voted
t that
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alrb.olVitiiollnierosf'sthmoosetiolanr,s;
speak—
(Cheers.)—and hPeerrosv.i)d—enacned, ifw hhiceh(Prier.venCltelld.')r/the proper supply of
food, and created scarcity throughout these realms.
—(Cheers.) But there had also been some other most
important alterations.—[Some confusion was here
created by a person in the crowd attempting to speak.
when Mr. Offor said, I hope every man will have an
opportunity of speaking fairly and freely.]—(Cheers.)
There had then (said M
r. Offor in resuming) been some
most important alterations. Thu Whig Govern-
ment, from dire necessity, left the treasury empty,
and the Government almost bankrupt. The
Tory Government had now a great taxation,
from which they had relieved the poor
at last, and righteously placed the puolic burdens upon
the shoulders of the rich.—(Cheers.) -I3y these means,
he repeated, they bad filled the national treasury again,
and had thus enabled the Whig Adroinistration to go,
with all the advantages of a full treasury, again to

conduct the Government. (Hear, hear.) Now no
man, perhaps, should be more opposed to the in-
come-tax than himself, because he had to pay such a
heavy income-tax, and his family was very large ;
Sir Robert Peel, however, he now greatly esteemed,
although he did not at one time.—(Cheers and laughter.)
He had ten children, and his share of the public
burdens was very heavy; but Sir Robert Peel and those
who had supported him had been the means of obtaining
cheap food for his family, and he had thus in a great
measure been compensated.—(Cheers.) He could now
purchase sugar at 51 instead of Bd.-- (Hear, hear)—and
he, in conjunction with his children, were now the
better enabled to obtain the sweets of life.—(Laugh-
ter.) The speaker then dilated on the benefits which
the electors and the nation at large would reap from the
proposed scheme of' public education, and e as loudly
cheered. Col. Fox, he said, was an ardent supporter of
that measure, and therefore well entitled to their support.
Another great question was religious freedom-- there
should be perfect freedom in matters regarding reli-
gious feelings and religious principles. Whether a
man were a Mehometan, or a Jew, or a Christian, he
should be equally estimable in proportion as he was
a good citizen, and a good subject to the Queen, and a
valuable man in the state, and there should be no differ-
ence made of one kind or other. They should all stand
upon a perfect equality, and the state should respect
them all in proportion to the goodness of their minds.—(At
this moment considerable confusion was caused in conse
quence of some portions cf the fragile and temporary erec-
tion having given way, and depositing its superincumbent
load upon the ground.) He was sorry for the little
mishap that had happened. He hoped that the time
was not far distant when they should have a good
Town-hall, where they could meet for the transaction
of the business connected with the boroush, and not
be compelled to meet in the open air, though, thank
Providence, they met under favourable circum-
stances.—(A voice, " No thanks to you. It's a fine
day.") He proposed, therefore, that for the rest
of the session they should plate in the hands of Colonel
Fox that trust which, in consequence of his appointment
to a high official station, he had been compelled to re-
sign, and that he, in conjunction with Sir W. Clay,
should be enabled at the next general election to come
before them and give a favourable account of their stew-
ardship, and that he would then be able to satisfy his
constituents, however they might have differed
with him upon smaller points— on the May-
nooth question, or upon subjects, which they did not
understand so well as Members of Parliament, in conse-
quence of their having fuller information on the subject
than they could possibly have. But, taking them as a
whole, and judging of them as a whole, he thought
they were entitled to their fullest confidence ; and that
they were entitled to their support, as persons who
would not deceive them, or betray that trust ; and he
challenged any man present to say that the Hon. Member
had not fulfilled all the pledges he had made when first
elected. He had faithfully attended to all the interests of
that great and important borough. He called upon the
electors to recollect that they had to use their suffrage
not only for themselves, but on behalf of those who had
no vote, but who should have. The Gallant Colonel,whom
they wore called upon to re elect, was not only to be
returned as a Member to represent the interests of the
'rower Hamlets and attend to their interests—he was
also to consider what would be conducive to the interests
of the whole kingdom. There had been no dissimula-
tion, no truckling, on the part of the Hon. Member,
in his Parliamentary career—he had always been ready
to do his best for the interests of the borough—he had
always attended to the requests of the elec
tors.—(llear, hear.) He did not mean that he
had obtained situations or places for every person who
might have asked him, he meant that ho had always
attended to their requests upon points connected with
the good of the Tower Hamlets, and had always ma-
naged their Bills. In conclusion, he thanked them for
the kind attention they had given him, and proposed to
nominate Colonel Charles Richard Fox as a fit and
proper person to represent the interests in Parliament
of the borough of the Tower Hamlets.
Mr. MARTINEAU, in seconding the nomination of the
Gallant Colonel, said, the great question for the electors
to consider was, whether Colonel Fox, by his general con-
duct in Parliament and his particular votes there, had
redeemed those public professions which he made on the
hustings, when he was elected in July, 1841. For his
part he thought he had; and if the electors agreed with
him in that opinion, it became their duty to re-elect him.
Among Colonel Fox's votes in Parliament there was
one to which he would particularly call their attention;
that was when the Colonel, iu the spring of 1843,
nobly came forward, and left the party with which
he had been associated, to support Mr. 'Villiers when he
made his motion for the abolition of the corn-laws
That was not very easy at that time when Mr. Villiers
had but few supporters ; for he had not then the sup-
port of a majority of the House, as was his lot at a
subsequent period. That was much for the Colonel to
do so soon after his election. He (Mr. Martineau) gave
thanks to the Government, thanks to the Anti-Corn-law
League, and thanks to Richard Cobden, for those exer-
tions by which the question of the abolition of the corn-
laws had been successfully carried. That he thought
was the, first great public question which had
been carried out of the Houses. Parliament
only came in the second rank, and carried
what the people wished and willed to have. Standing
where he did, however, he could not but lament that
the electors had not the assistance of a worthy man, he
meant Mr. William Coates. That gentleman was ever
ready to assist on every question, but particularly for
the abolition of the corn-laws. That subject used to be
his great hobby, and the electors might well lament that
he had been taken away from amongst them but a few
months before the triumph. It was easy, he said,
to be a free• trader in these days, but
it was by no means so six years ago. He
remembered well that night in May, 1841, when Lord
John Russell was outvoted on the question of the corn-
laws; he tNIr. Martineau) was under the gangway, and
he recollected seeing Lord John rising like a lion, and
telling his opponents that he knew those who were op-
posed to him. He well knew who would vote against
him, headed by their presidents and vice-presidents,
their secretaries and under-secretaries, the landed inte-
rest, the sugar interest, the shipping interest, the
Canada interest—he told them they might be too much
for him, and turn him out, but he prophecied
that free-trade principles would be triumphant, and
the abolition of the corn laws would be gradually corn
pleted—that it must and should be carried. Lord John
in that showed he was a true prophet; but he failed to
prophecy that the leader of the protectionists (Sir R.
Peel) would within five years eat his own words, discard
his own opinions, abandon his own principles, and
come down as the Commissioner of the Queen, and say
that the abolition of the corn-laws was founded in true
policy and justice. He said the corn-laws would soon
be completely abolished, and their business now was to
carry out those free-trade principles in regard to
the articles which fo►med the weekly expensd of the
lat)ouring man, and they could not do so better than by
re-electing Colonel Fox, who, as connected with the Go-
vernment, had the power equally as the will to assist
them. He cordially seconded the nomination of Col.
Fox as the representative of the borough.
The RETURNING OFFICER then requested to know
whether there was any other candidate to be nominated?
Mr. Box (a parish schoolmaster) said there was.—
(Hisses.) He had been told by the returning
officer that they had met on that day to
discharge a most important duty, and he heartily con-
curred in that observation, for its importance would not
be confined to that borough, but would extend through-
out the whole country, and to every part of the world.
where the dominion of England prevailed. He should
take care not to trespass on their time at any length ;
and if the Gallant Colonel should answer the ques-
tions he was about to put to him in such a
manner as he would deem satisfactory, he would with-
hold the nomination which he had threatened.
(Laughter.) lie had two questions to put ; there would
have been a third, were it not for the settlement
of the corn question, but much yet remained to be done.
With regard to free trade, however, he considered that
the Gallant Colonel came up to his mark upon the
question of free-trade.—(Laughter.) There were two
other points which he conceived to be of vast import-
ance; and the questions he wished to put were with
reference to them. He desired to know whether Col.
Fox was ready to use his influence, as a Member
of the Legislature, in order to obtain a complete
suffrage for the people ?—(Hear, hear, and confusion.)
The other question he would wish to put was, whether he
was prepared to advocate and promote a total severance
between civil and ecclesiastical affairs?—(Hear.) It was
his desire that the question known as the Anti-State
Church question, should be agitated until it would
wet tile same fate as that of the corn-laws.—(Hear,

Colonel Fox—l beg most distinctly to let it be under-
stood that I will give no pledge whatever relative to
these subjects. I declared my principles in 1841, and it
is for you to say if I have swerved fr, m
them.—((fear, hear, and cheering.) But as to giving any
particular or individual pledge, that I cannot do, and I
would sooner resign the honour of representing you
than so bind myself. —(11e-.r, bear.) As to the
question of universal suffrage, I will observe
that I am not prepared to say that I will not sup-
port a gradual extension of the suffrage, the
subject goes hand in hand with education, and
I for one would be very glad to see the people fitted to
hold such a power by the blessings of education—(Hear,
hear)—and with reference to the other question put to
me, I can give no pledge whatever. I am a friend to
religious liberty in its fullest extent, but it would
be exceedingly improper in me to give a pledge upon the
subject, especially when I am aware that the greater
portion of my fellow-countrymen bold opinions adverse
to those of the last speaker.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Box did not wish to be troublesome.

Mr. CHILDS, the returning officer, then put the matter
to the vote, and after the show of hands, declared Charlts
Richard Fox, Esq., to be the representative of the Tower
Hamlets.

Colonel Fox, in presenting himself to the electors,
felt great diffidence in replying to the several ob-
servations which had been addressed to him ;
but in doing so be felt bound to acknowledge
the courtesy which had been shown to him on the pre-
sent occasion, and especially to his friend Mr. Offer.
He had for five years represented them in Parliament,
and during that time he was not aware that there
had been any cause for forfeiting the good
opinion which the people bad expressed
neon
his last election. Ile could well echo the opinions of
his friend Mr. Offor, and state that he had the oppor-
tunity of withdrawing any of his opinions on the corn-
laws, but this he could not do, for he had uniformly
advocated the principles of free intercourse of the people
of different countries. During the last five years such
had been his policy, and such was the policy which he
determined to observe. Thus, then, with regard to the
important measure of the corn-laws, there were other
considerations to be taken into account. With regard to
the corn-laws, he was happy that any measure had been
propounded which was likely to bring bread cheaper to
the poor man's house. He rejoiced that the Ministers
lately in power had been sufficiently ready to
carry their measures. With respect to the corn-
laws, he should observe that nothing more could possibly
have arisen to confirm the opinion which he had always
entertained towards the measures of those who were,
until now, her Majesty's Ministers. He believed them
to be most important measures, and such as
should be received with all respect. He would
not talk much of the speech of his Hon.
Friend, but there was one point to which
he was bound to allude, and that was the effect likely to
be wrought on the commercial policy of the country by
the repeal of the corn-laws. On this subject he had
few observations to offer, but the bulk of them might he
comprised in the assertion that their repeal would be of
infinite benefit to the community at large. With respect
to the grant to Maynooth College, all he had
to say was, that on all subjects there ought to be a libe-
rality of feeling, and of course the greatest liberality
was to be expected on the question of religion ; and
certainly, in the assertion of their just rights,
the Roman Catholics would have his support.
Had his feelings, indeed, been consulted, this
relief would have been grants d long ago.
But he did not doubt but that the House of Commons
would soon recognise their claims, and that the relief
sought would be effectually afforded. With respect to the
poor-laws, he was quite ready to give in his adhesion to
the assertion that they were necessary for the general wel-
fare. If they could be modified so as to meet the com-
mon objects of society ell the better, but this he did not
anticipate. He only locked fur a modification of the
system at present. With respect to the subject of edu-
cation, he was bound to say that it would obtain his
warmest support ; but yet he did hope that, in under-
taking it, the Government would have a special refe-
rence to the condition of the people. With respect to
universal suffrage, he must frankly declare that he was
not at present prepared to go its whole length. The
richer and more intelligent classes had already their
opportunities, and his impression was that at the present
moment the extension of the suffrage would be of no
benefit whatever. There was another subject of very
great importance, to which he had not as yet alluded—
that was the health of Towns Commission, which is
proposed for limiting the erection of buildings which
shall have the effect of preventing the free action of
the air around the dwellings of the poor. Then there
was the question of the sewerage of that extensive dis-
trict. In considering the position of the several parties
thus engaged, they must not forget those for whom their
support had been solicited, and, in remembering this,
they would also remember that there was a reason
alleged for their support of a principle which is inherent
in the constitution, and for which no men had struggled
more strenuously than themselves. He trusted he had
answered every question which had been put to him; he
thought he had, but if not he should be glad to meet the
inquiries of any gentleman who might be dissatisfied
with his Parliamentary conduct.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. HORTON thought the explanation of their
candidate was quite satisfactory, but yet he thought
that the constituency ought to be satisfied on
some points, especially those that had reference
to civil and religious liberty. There was nothing
comparable to this, and when he recollected that the
confines of this borough included the number of 68,000
souls, and that the parish had only 38,000, he considered
'the evidence to be conclusive of the course
which ought to be pursued by all parties.
The sugar duties were now engaging the whole
world, and the sooner this question was settled the
better.—(Hear.) They might think they were getting
sugar for sd. a pound, but he was a grocer himself, and
could tell them a different tale.—(A laugh.) After
some further observations deprecating delay in the pass-
ing of other measures of a similar nature and of the
terms Whig and Tory, the speaker concluded by asking
the Hon. Member (Colonel Fox) whether he would ad-
vocate the abolition of church-rates.

Colonel Fox said, that though advised not to answer
the question, he would do so. He would give his as-
sistance, without pledging himself to any specific mea-
sure, to the removal of any unjust restrictions in this
particular.—(Cheers.)
Colonel Fox proposed a vote of thanks to the return-
ing officer, which was seconded by Mr. OFFOR, and
acknowledged by Mr. Child. The meeting then
separated.

HERTFORD ELECTION.
RETURN OF THE HON. MR. COWPER.

The election of a Member for the borough of Hertford, to
fill the seat vacated by the lion. Mr. Cowper, he having ac-
cepted the office of one of the Lords of the Admiralty under
the new Administration, took place on Saturday, in the
Town-hall of Hertford, at the unusual hour of eight o'clock
There was no opposition, and the same Hon. Gentleman
passed through the ordeal of a re-election in the customary
manner.
The MAYOR (Joseph Lawrence,
Esq.) presided on the occa-
sion, and stated that he had called the electors together
earlier than usual, because be was anxions that there should
be no obstruction to the business of the assizes, which they
were aware was carried on in the hall they were occupying.
He need not remind them that the Hon. Mr. Cow-
per, having accepted the office of one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, had ceased to become their represen-
tative in the House of Commons, and they had met together
to elect another Member. He trusted their proceedings
would be characteri,,ed :with their former propriety and
decorum, and having said thus much, it cnly remained for
him to ask any elector if he had any candidate to nominate.
Mr. MANsEtt then stepped forward, and in a short address
proposed the Hon. Mr. Cowper, who, he said, had always sup-
ported their interests and the interests of the borough, and
had never betrayed the trust which his brother electors had
on four successive occasions reposed in him.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. J. J. GnirrEn seconded the nomination, and in doing
so said he concurred in what had fallen from the gentleman
who preceded him.
The MAYO& asked if there was any elector present who
had any other candidate to propose?
No answer being given to this inquiry, the Mayor put the
motion to the vote, and it was carried without a single hand
being held up against it.
The MAYOR then declared that the Right Hon. William
Cowper had been duly elected to serve as the representative
of the borough of Hertford in the House of Commons.
The Right Hon. GENTLEMAN then stepped forward, but
the slight applause which greeted him was restrained by
the Mayor who remarked that the judges were under the