The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

They have been defeated—not by the Tories, but by a section •l
the Whigs. Individuals professing peculiar attachment to the cense
of Religious Liberty have thrown their weigut into the scale of a
Candidate who ANOWS his intention of refusing to Roman Catholics
benefits which he is ready to bestow on Protestants.
Men who exult in having carried Reform and Free Trade,—sooner
than support a Cand date who desired to develops both tkese, have
coalesced with a wily by whom both were resisted till resistance
became impossible.
The course pursued has not been more inconsistent than the pleas
for it have been untenable.

Bigotry against Roman Catholics has been attributed to me. The
same persons consider it venial in Mr. Denison to legislate against
Roman Catholic rights, and unpardonable in Sir Culling Eardley to
controvert Roman Catholic tenets ! It is an offence against charity
to debate the great and glorious problems of the sixteenth century
In the temper and spirit of the nineteenth ; but it is compa-
ratively innocent to conduct the legislation of the nineteenth cen-
tury after the narrow and exclusive fashion of the sixteenth I Such
persons have yet to learn the real value net only of religious liberty,
but of religion itself. The man who really loves freedom could
never bring himself to vote against it, or even to be neutral, when it
is at stake. The man who really prizes religion could never punish
another man for zeal, however apparently excessive, in the cause
of truth.

It has been objected to me that I am not a Yorkshiremen. A re-
striction which no gentleman would adopt in the selection of a con-
fidential or legal agent, has been urged as paramount in electing a
Representative.
It has been insisted that I am opposed to the connexion of Church
and State. Why ! so is every Dissenter. To avow such a test is
simply to ostracise Dissenters—a course consistent in Tories, but in-
explicable in Whigs. I have repeatedly stated my belief that public
opinion is not ripe for the separati;es,—an event which can never be
consummated so long as the Establishment retains its hold on the
affections of the people.
Through sech excuses, the real fact is transparent. The W nigs
Alluded to are afraid of the spirit of liher:y which they have evoked,
and have made up their minds to prefer finality to progress.
Let as hope that there are those in their ranks who love the
popular cause too well not to rejoin it. It is not too late. Twelve
thousand Yorkshiremen will hail them as leaders if they return. Let
them only once and for ever abandon the miserable trickery of trying
to govern Ireland by subsidising the priests. Net twelve, but twenty-
six thousand Yorkshire electors are agreed upon this ; and that pha-
lanx represents a corresponding feeling in all the constituencies of
this country. Let the Whigs trust the people ! Let them do justice
to their intelligence—to their grievances—to their claims ! An Eng-
:.'sh gentleman who confides iu his countrymen need never be afraid
of being supplanted by demagogues. The people will defer to him
in matters of detail If they only see that he loves them and treats
them with respect.
But of this the landed gentry in Yorkshire may rest assured—if
the popular party do not find leaders in their ONNII county, they will
seek them elsewhere.

Electors! you will pardon me for dwelling so long on these par-
ticulars. The circumstances of. the election have been so peculiar,
and the times in which we live are so critical, that I could not con-
tent myself with a common-place Address of Thanks. I hope that
your proceedings have contributed to the formation, previously com-
menced, of a great National Liberal Party, and that even amongst
the men who now hold the reins of Gevereiment, there will be some
who will regard the West Riding contest as replete both with in-
Struction aid warning.
As regards myself, I retire from the arena of public conflict, grate-
ful to Him who has enabled me to dispense some seeds of Truth, and
who now permits me to return to a peaceful home which I reluc-
tantly quitted at the call of duty.
I carry with me the delightful conviction that I have formed
fi;endships which will fellow me into private I,fe, and that I possess
the sympathy and regard of amity who were compelled, on this occa-
sion, to refase tee their votes.
I remain, gentlemen,
Your obedient and obliged Servant,
C. E. EARDLEY.

CONTRACT for IRON NAILS.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, December 22, 184$.
The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral
Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice that on THURSDAY, the 25th •lanuary next, at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
Contract, for Twelve Months ce: Lain, and afterwards until the ex-
piration of Six Months Warning, for supplying her Majesty's several
Dockyards with
IRON NAILS, TACKS, TENTER•IIOOKS, RIVETS, and BR \ DS.
Patterns may be seen, and a Scheffide, Form of Tender, and Con-
ditions of the Contract, obtained at the said Office.
No Tender , ill be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent., for him, duly
authorised in writing. _ _ .

........,.
Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Nails," and
trust also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, the sum of 2,000/. for the due performance of
the Contract.

CONVEYANCE of her Majesty's MAILS and
DISPATCHES between HARWICH, HAMBURGH, and
ROTTERDAM.

Department of the Ccmptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, December 22, 1845.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord Higa Admiral.
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, de hereby give
notice, that on Tnuasnay, the Ist February next, at One o'clock,
they will he ready to treat, under Conditions, which may be seen at
the abol• Office, for the Conveyance of her Majesty's Mails and
Dispatches, twice a week, each way, between
HARWICII and lII.MBURGII, and between HARWICH and ROT-
TERDAM,
The Contract to commence on the Ist April, 1841, and t• be termi-
nable by either party at the end of five years.
Tenders may be made either for the whole service, or for the sepa-
rate service between Harwich and Hamburgh, or between Harwich
and Rotterdam. _ _

All Tenders are to be made upon the Printed Form provided for the
purpose, which may he obtained upon application at the said Office,
and to be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at Somerset-
place, with the words, " Tender for the Conveyance of Mails," and
" Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services," in the left
hand corner of the envelope.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
stor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him,
duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must he delivered at the above Office, and must ex-
press when and where the vessels will be ready for survey, and when
they will be completely ready for sea, and also state the address of
the party tendering.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.- 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; 97
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Dublin.

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DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
HANANET, DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Ayarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. John Ritchie, Esq.
Charles Graham, Esq. I F. 11. Thomson, Esq.
SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great
success which has attended It since its commencement—lTS ANNUAL
INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 94,000/.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 31st 01 De:ember, 1840, and from
that date t. 21st December, 1847, 21/, /. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting en the 6th of July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:

Sunk Sumadded*Snmaddedto:Sam payable
Aamured. Time Assured. PolleylnlB4lTolleyinlB4B at Death.
- ------
X5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 le 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 19 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 8 years 100 0 0 787 19 0 5887 10 0
5000 6 years .. .. 675 0 0 5675 0 0
4000 4 years .. .. 450 0 0 6450 0 0
6000 2 years .. .. 225 8 0 5225 0 0

The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one-half need be paid for the first five years where the In-
surance is for Life.
No Entrance Money or charge. except the Policy Stamp.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director, No. S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

FOUGERE'S CELEBRATED OVERCOATS.
"Mr. Fongere, of 6, Conduit-street, Tailor to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, and the successful patentee of the celebrated WELLING-
TON SuirrouT(now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in
the kingdom, and suitable for every season of the year), has again
provided for the comfort of the public, having just introduced ano•
ther new coat for winter, called ' the ROYAL Sunniest OVERCOAT,'
which although perfectly porous, will resist twenty-four hours' in-
cessant rain, and while as light as a cork, is warm, pliant, and com-
fortable as fur. Although richly tr,mmed, so as to be suitable to
drat-class wearers, the price is only' Fifty Shillings. We heartily wish
Mr. Fougere the success which his ingenuity aid enterprise merit."
—Mornipg Chronicle,
Every Genuine Coat is Stamped
dAMEg FOUGERE, 6, Conduit-:street, Regent-Street, and 1,
Bucklersbury; Cheapside, London.
Country Amin Wanted.

CCHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
The gaiety that reigns supreme at the social re-unions of this
period of the year induces the fair and youthful to be more than usu-
ally desirous of shining in personal attraction, while the rick luxuri-
ant tress, the clear and transparent complexion, and the pearly set
of teeth form admirable trophies of the inestimable 'virtues of
ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,
ROWLkNDS' KALYDOR,
Ind ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRICE.
The patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and their general use
by the aristocrany and the elite of fashion, together with the confir-
mation by experience of the infallible efficacy of these creative and
renovating specifics, have characterised them with perfection, and
given them a celebrity unparalleled.
As presents far both sexes none can be more recommendatory, or
More now in general use.
BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS.
Some are offered under the implied sanction of royalty, and the
GevernmentDepartments, and similar attempts at deception. The
only Genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS"' preceding
,that of the Articles on the Wrapper or Label, with their Signature
at the foot, in Red Ink, thus—
A. ROWLAND AND SONS.

Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by respectable
Chemists and Perfumers.

1 OVE is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
bat more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, win change at the very altar, and after a life-
tree spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract'asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and drxes not enter a state which has been
it.stituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the
Stillest and most satisfactory information in the little work ectitled