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London, England, 1841-07-07 00:00:00

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and important struggle was in p ogress, and, that his views I
might not be mistaken, he would shortly state what they were.
He wished for the total repeal of the odious and oppressive
Corn-laws.—(Load cheers.) He was for vote. by ballot—
(Cheers)—for short parliaments, and an extension of the suf-
frage.—( Great applause.) These were the principles which he
would stand to, and, as one of the representatives of the county
of Somerset, no consideration should ever induce him to swerve
from what he deemed the right course. The Hon. Gentleman
sat down amidst loud and long continued cheering.
The following toasts were afterwards received with due ho-
nours :—" The Lord Lieutenant and Magistrates for the
County and City ;" " the Liberal Electors of Bath ;" " Mr. S.
Barrow, Honorary Secretary ;" the " Chairmen of the District
Committees ;" " the Liberal Ladies of Bath," &c., and at a
late hour the company separated, highly delighted with the
evening's entertainment.

KENT (EAST).
CANtICRBURY.—Barham Downs was the place where the
nomination of the • candidates was appointed to take place.
There were not above half a dozen persons present wearing the
blue colours, and the only gentleman of Liberal politics on
the hustings was Sir John Tylden. Soon after eleven o'dlocic
the High Sheriff, Delawar Banks, Esq., arrived.
Sir EDWARD DEERING proposed Sir Edward Knatchbull.
Sir BROOK BRYDGES, Bart., nominated Mr. Plumptre.
Both being nominated, the SHERIFF asked if any elector
had any other candidate to propose, and no answer being re-
turned, he declared that Sir E. Knatehbull and Mr. Plumptre
were daly elected.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL then stood forward, and was loudly
cheered. his friends had told them that he would give au
account of his steward-hip, and he would do so as short as
the could. He would confine himself to the last ten or
twelve years, because it was during that period that gr eg
changes had been effected, and that they had been livins
under new laws, and a totally different system of thing
had existed.—(Hear, hear.) He dated that charge from
1529, when the Catholic Emancipation Bill was passed.
In arraying himself among those who opposed that measure—
(Cheers)—he had separated himself from a number of friends,
but he felt that in the perfermanee of a public duty no consi-
deration should induce him to swerve from that course which,

in his heart andhiieonseienee he believed to be-the right one,

—(Applause.) After the passing of the Emancipation Bill
they had the Retorm Bill, and he need not tell them the .
course he thee pursued. He had since been co-operating with
a party which, at first, did not ntenber amvc 100, but by a
steady avowal of these prineirks whict they considered would
confer prosperity and aed happinees en fie eoentry;' they in-
, creased in strength, and in 1834 pi on the eeath of Earl
Spencer, they were intets•ed with the government of the
country under Sir Robert el. He was then charged
with inconsistency in taking office under that Ad-
mipistratiec, but he disregarded those attacks, because
he was convinced that, urn all public questions,
the opinions of Sir Robert Peel and his party,were sound and
constitutional, and calculated to confer great benefit upon the
country. With this conviction and belief, if he was to be ac-
cused of inconsistency, the same charge would attach itself to
almost every public man who acted for what he really believed
to be the good of the country.—( Hear, hear.) They would
well recoliect the appropriation clause of 1834. Ihe Conser-•
vative party, as a party, were infinitely the strongest ; but
they had oppceed to them the Whigs, the Radicals, and the
Independents, as they were termed ; but even all these
found it extremely difficult to fix upon any question that
could bind them together. A t last, however, they fixed
on the appropriation clause ; and one of his opponents had
admitted to him (Sir Edward) that it would be a long time
before he had anything more to do with an appropriation
clause.-e-( A laugh and applause.) An election took place,
and from that time the Conservatives .had been out of office.
It had since been the desire cf Sir Robert Peel to unite a
body of gentlemen together who were agreed upon principles
that would conduce to the welfare of the country, and
strengthen the institutions of this land. The Conservatives
had since continued to acquire strength, and had reduced the
majority of the Government supporters, anti repeatedly during
the last session outnumbered them on divisions, and at length
it was seen that no principle or union guided their actions, and
upon the opposition obtaining a majority of 36 over them, it
was thought they would retire.--(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
They did not do so, aead it was then found necessary to
move a vote of want of confidence against them, and, al-
though, the numbers were neatly balanced, the majority of
one which the Conservatives obtained rendered it necessary
for Lord John Russell to dissolve the Parliament and appeal
`to the people, or resign. He took the former course, and
promised tnat the House should meet immediately of er the
elections for business. Ile had kept one promise—he hoped
his Lordship would keep the other.—(Cheers.) The Right
Hon. Gcntlemah then deprecated the Budget of the Whig
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and proceeded to say that if the
• applic .tion of free-trade principles to agriculture was advan-
tageous to the country, it would be equally good when ap-
plied to manufactures of all descriptions.—( Hear, hear.) If
they were to go to 111, land or to Russia, or any other place
for their cern, why ihonld he not be allowed to buy his hat,
his coat, or his gloves where he liked ?—( Hear, hear.) With
regard to the sugar question, the Government had been closely
pressed upon it, and it appeared that the whole benefit that the
public were to receive was about 2-1-d. per head per annum.
Mr. PnoMPTRE next returned thanks, and, in doing so,
said that he 1 al been taunted with having put forth in his first
address that he was an unflinching Reformer.---( Hear, hear. )
He had had a fair stand up fight with his opponents in 18.37 on
this subject, and he could not help regarding the renewal of
the cry as stirring up an old quarrel, in which he had before
been the victor, as was proved by the majority of between
.800 and 900 electors who then voted for him.—(Cheers.) He
never denied having used the words, and that they admitted
of a double interpretation—a man who would lend his aid to
endanger the stability of the Crown, or he would reform
all prived grievances and abuses.—( Cheers.) He confessed
be belonged to the latter class of Reformers, and it was
extremely singular that his opponents; always omitted to
tell them what followed the words in his address. He

ldd his hand upon it the other day, and found that this fol-
lowed
:—" I am deeply attached to the institutions of the coun-
-4' try, and am determined as much as lieth in me to support
them."—( Cheers.) Ile contended he had carried out his pro-
fessions, although he admitted he had not been the advocate of
revcentionary doctrines. —TM-ars.) With regard to the
timber duties, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had floated his
crazy craft, and left it to drift whither it pleased, for they had
heard to more of that subject, except from the Whig Governor
of Canada,-Mr. Poulett Thomson, now Lord Sydenham, who
declared that they must not let it come near Canada, as it
would, like a fire-ship, set the people of that country in
flames.—( Laughter and cheers. )
Sir JOHN TYLDEN afterwards addressed the electors in,
favour of the Ministerial proposals, and after a vote of thanks
had been passed to the High Sheriff; and duly aoknowledged"
by that functionary, the electors dispersed.
EA ST GLOUCESTER (MONDAY)..-1p to the latest moment
it was fully expected, upon good authority, that this important
division won d not have been lost to the people's cause. The
treatment which Sir John Guise, the gentleman who came
forward on the Liberal interest, has received at the hands of
many of thostt who have been ever considered as the staunchest
supporters of the cause of Reform, appears to afford one of the
moat glaring instances of the culpable negligence of our party.
The entire blame was attributable to the Liberals themselves,
and they may have cans! to smart for it.
No other candidate appearing, Messrs. Codrington aid
Charters we: e declared duly elected.
The election took place yesterday.
SOUTH DER BY. —The cause goes bravely on. Enthusiasm
has sprung up from one extremity of the division to the other.
Districts have poured forth their thousands to greet the men
of the people's choice. The rallying cry goes forth famously,
Waterpark and Gisborne for ever ; down with monopoly and
dear food."—Derby Chronicle.
SOUTH DURHAM.--It is well known that the Tory landlords
are many of them m the habit of sending their tenants to the
poll like cattle-droves to a market, to vete for whomsoever their
lord and master wills. Mr. Farrer's Committee addressed
a very insidious letter to the Bishop of Durham,
asking whether his tenants and dependants had any
freedom of choice. His Lordship thus wrote back :
" Auckland Castle, June 28, 1841. Sir,—ln reply to the
letter which rou have sent me, as Chairman of Mr. Farrer's
Committee, I beg leave to inform you that I never have con-
sidered mys?lf at liberty to constrain any tenant or dependant
to vote in a way opposed, to his unbiassed opinion. But you are
well aware that, in many instances, such persons have had but
little opportunity of forming a correct judgment of what is
passing in Parliament; and that various arts are resorted
to in order to conceal from them the true character of pub-
lic men, and the real spirit of public measures. Under
these circumstances, it continually happens that they are
disposed to lean upon the opinions of those with whom they
are connected, and who may be far more familiar with the
arguments upon which public measures are defended or
opposed. If any of my friends or tenantz desire to
learn my sentiments or consult my wishes, I am
anxious they should know that, having studied the character
• and witnessed the measures of her Majesty's present Govern-
ment, I am decidedly of opinion that they have at once the
ability and the will to promote the public good. my warmest
wishes, therefore, are for the success of all such candidates u
profess themselves friendly to this Government. And in the
contest which unhappily has arisen in this neighbourhood, any
riet be a the
support which I can give with prop
Vaney must :
If, aftert thisse* frarvticike
of Mr. Bowes and Lord Harry
avowal of my own sentiments, any application should be made
to any of my tenants, I may express a. hope that the whole of
what I have stated, and not a part only, may be communicated
to them.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
your obedient
DUNEL7Ivit,
Fammoirm.—Here the Tories were never so fleeced before.
They have met with their death-blow in this electieTkel do Vivian
to
and Plumridge are Refo ers of a firm stamps and y
some credit to the conttituency.
FLINTSHIRE.—The Flintshire Tories gave Sir Stephen.
Glyntee a grand feed on Friday week, but the feudal thraldom
of the Tory, landlords cannot fasten upon the electoral rights
of the tenantry. Mr. Mortyn's canvass is vastly encouraging.
LEstrirs.—ln the Sussex Advertiser of yesterday we find the
following account of the violent conduct of the partisans of the
Noble Lord and the Honourable Gentleman the late Tory can-
didates for Lewes. It is, we fear, but a sample of what
has been the conduct of the party generally throughout
England :—" It is a fact that an old man between 70
and EO years of age, a tradesman of Lewes, who, being
insane, has for some weeks been in Bethiem Hospital,
was removed thence just before the election, and on Tues-
day brought to Lewes, by the Tories, for the purpose of
being taken up to poll for Fitzroy and Cantilupe, and
would have been taken to the poll, too, but for the de-
termined resistance of some of his relatives. As it was,
the house was, for half an hour, a scene of complete tu-
mult, and the excitement to which the poor creature
himself was subjected had such an effect upon him that
his life has since been despaired of. These are the
facts—undeniable facts—and we should be insulting every man
who has the common feelings of his kind, by attempting one
syllable of comment." And among the advertisements this ap-
pears :—" To Brewers.—Wanted a situation as brewer, by a
person who has been discharged from his latesituation in con-
sequence of his having given a conscientious vote to the Liberal
interest at the late election, and who has had the management
of the brewing department in several of the most rest ectable
brewing establishments in the county of Sussex. The most
unexceptionable reference can be given.—Apply to Daniel
Wymark, Ode, Lewes.—July 2d, 1841."

KILMARNOCK.

The nomination for the Kilmarnock tiis4r:ct of burghs took
place on Saturday, at Kilmarnock, in prJsence of at least 5,000
people. Mr. Johnston was attended to the balcony in front of
the Town-hall by a large number of his friends and supporters,
amongst whom was Lord James Stuart, and other eminent
friends of the Liberal-'cause from a distance. Mr. Colquhoua
was also attended by a number of his friends.
The SHERIF!' having read the writ, with the acts against
bribery, &c.,
Mr. A. FINNIE rose to propose Mr. Colqiihcun, whom he
described as an old and tried friend of the people of Kilmar-
pock; but be was received with so much disapprobation that
we could with difficulty bear his expressions. Having Lamed
Mr. Colqaboun, he sad it was of no use to hold an argument
with those who were determined to do nothing but halloo and
hiss.

pr geed othe
tr candidate being proposed, the two gentlemen named
ed o address the meeting.
Mr. COLQUHOUN was received with a storm of hissing and
hooting, which lasted for some minutes, during which he stood
with great patience waiting silence.
He then proceeded :--
If Ihey wished him to speak he was read to do so ; b ut not,
he A ould be most happy to hold hia tongue.ri oif f
" Go
on," and " No, no.") They wets
good; enough' to hear him