The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-19 00:00:00

RUTLAND,

OAHrIAM, FEB. 14.—The election of a Member for this
county in the room of the Hon. G. Dawnay, who had ac-
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds, took place to-day, at the
Castle, here It was pretty generally understood that George
Finch, Esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, in the immediate
vicinity, would be elected. This gentleman has already been
in Parliament, and is universally esteemed in this, his neigh-
bourhood. So little excitement existed on the subject, that
the proceedings at the Castle were more than half over before
100 people were assembled within its walls. The time ap-
pointed was ten o'clock, and shortly after John Gilson, Esq.,
(High Sheriff), the Rev. Heneage Finch, George Finch, Esq.,
&c,. took their seats on the platform.
The HIGH SHERIFF said it was unnecessary for him to
do more than call upon them to nominate somefit and proper
person to represent them in Parliament.
Mr. J. M. WINGFIELD proposed George Finch, Esq., as a
fit and proper person to represent the county in Parliament.
Mr. BAKER, who entered into a long diatribe on Mr.
Dawnay, their recent representative, concluded with the re-
mark, that he had great pleasure in seconding the nomina-
tion of Mr. Finch, believing he would not turn out a " slip •
pery fish."—(Laud cheers and laughter.)
Mr. G. Form hoped he was entitled to the ompliments
which had been heaped upon him. He did not wish to in-
trude on the time of the meeting, but nothing was more to be
desired than that a good understanding should exist between
them.—(Hear.) He adopted, therefore, the opinions put
forth in Mr. Noel's address, which he hoped would be quite
sufficient.—(Load cheers.) There could be no doubt but
they were every way sufficient, and were it not that the
emergency was extreme, and that it was considered
essential and important that every man should be at his
post, and that notwithstanding the dispatch used in
sending to Mr. Noel, he could not possibly return in time,
he would then be addressing them.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.")
He had, however, under the circumstances, yieldedtothe
kind wishes that had been expressed to him, and presented
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himself to them that day for their suffrages, -
the circumstances he had nut had time.
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sidered that their having the duty, such as it was
for three years, better than nothing. Something might occur
before the expiration of that time, war might take place, or
the people of England, seeing the inevitable destruction of the
agricultural interests, and not. wishing for their ruin, might
retract.—(Cheers.) He entered into a brief review of the dis-
cussion which had already taken place in the House on the
question; Amin the electors iu the 64, that if he were