The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-11 00:00:00

WEST RIDING ELECTION.

Sir Culling Eardley is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the severe cold which confined him to his room
on Wednesday last, and will attend the nomination of
candidates this day at Wakefield. A large muster
is expected, as the friends of both candidates have ar-
ranged to convey their partisans by railway to Wake-
field and back.

Mr. Kydd, a Chartist, has arrived at Wakefield, for
the purpose of offering himself as a candidate. On
Friday he delivered a preparatory address in the market-
place. _ _ _

A MAJORITY ♦GAINST MR. DENISON.-Mr. Denison
being somewhat recovered from his late indisposition,
has resumed his canvass. He on Friday attended a very
numerous meeting held in the Music-hall, Sheffield, and
in a speech of considerable length informed the electors
present as to his political opinions. The Hon. Candidate
was subjected to a searching cross-examination, and
ultimately a resolution was carried, by an overwhelming
majority, to the effect that Mr. Denison was not a fit
and proper person to represent the West Riding. Mr.
Denison then spoke as follows:
If I cannot thank you for a vote of approbation, I, at
all events, thank you for a patient hearing. lam sorry
you have responded to the motion which has been made
by Mr. Beal; but that will not prevent me from going
on in the course I have begun. I shall not be frightened
out of the field.—(Laughter from the Tories, and hoot-
ing from the meeting.) I shall go to the poll.—(A
laugh.) I shall win.—(Laughter and hooting.) But,
as there is nothing certain on the face of this earth, I
may lose; and, if I should lose, I shall never lose my
temper to you, nor my respect for you. You are taking
a course which you think will lead to your prosperity
and happiness. I venture to think, on the contrary, you
are adopting a course which will lead to disastrous re-
sults; and, therefore, if I should have the honour to be
your representative, I will protect you as far as I can—
I will reduce the expenditure of the eountry, and pro-
mote its prosperity as far as I can. I take my leave of
you, again thanking you for your patient and good-tem•
pered hearing. .1 shall play my part, and I hope we
shall not be worse friends when we meet again. I shall
address as many of the electors as my health will per-
mit; and if, at the conclusion of the poll, I should not
be their representative, I shall thank them for their
kindness and attention, and the votes they have given
me.—(Cheers and uproar.)

LEOMINSTER, ELECTION.—AII i 8 bustle and acti-
vity in this borough, and all three candidates have issued
addresses. Mr. F. Peel declares himself an advocate
for every retrenchment compatible with the public safety,
the protection of our widely extended commercial inte-
rests, and with the firm maintenance of the national
credit. He adds:—" The necessity of a wise economy
is the more urgent, in my opinion, because I feel it in-
cumbent upon me to resist every attempt (if such be
made) to reimpose taxation upon those articles of foreign
import which constitute the materials on which our
manufacturing industry is employed, or which enters
into the subsistence or administers to the comforts of the
great mass of the community; unless it should be
deemed prudent, on more extensive experience of the
effects of free-trade measures, to adopt a different line
of policy—a result, however, which Ido not anticipate."
Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, in his address, after alluding
to general matters of legislation, comes to the endow-
ment question, and declares that he shall offer his most
strenuous opposition against the endownent of the Irish
Roman Catholic clergy. Mr. Phillimore, in his ad-
dress, declares himself an ultra-Liberal. He is a sup-
porter of searching reforms in the law, the church, and
the national expenditure. He would exclude bishops
from the House of Lords and require them to reside on
their diocese nine months every year. He is also an
advocate for vote by ballot, an extepsion of the suffrage,
and for a comprehensive and impartial scheme of na-
tional education. Mr. Peel has suspended his canvass
for the present to attend the marriage of his brother.
WINDSOR CASTLE.—Preparations are in progress
fur the forthcoming dramatic representations which, by
sanction of the Queen, are to be given in Windsor
Castle, under the management of Mr. Charles Kean,
during the approaching holidays. The room selected for
the purpose is the splendid apartment looking over the
north terrace, formerly called " The
,King's Drawing-
room," but since her Majesty's accession to the throne
his been designated " The Ruben's Room," a number of
the chef d'oeuvres of that master decorating the walls,
which are hung with crimson silk damask, bearing the
initials " G. R." within the motto and garter of the order
of that illustrious fraternity. Across the northern end of
this room the proscenium of the temporary theatre will
be erected, the recess of the noble oral window, which
occupies nearly the whole of that end of the room, adding
great depth to the stage. The southern half of the apart-
ment will be furnished with fauteuils, forms, and otto-
mans, for the use of her Majesty and the Court, with the
royal visitors; and, from the dimensions of the roam,
it is evident that the audience is not expected to be a
numerous one. The proscenium and other fittings of
the temporary theatre will be prepared in London, under
the superintendence of Mr. Charles Kean, who, it is said,
bus made arrangements with the directors of the Rich-
mond and Datchet line of the South-Western Railway
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iconveyance,
cbey. special train, of the ladies
and gentleman engaged to assist him on the nights tip-
lug parties were outlawed:
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suit of Geore called
Lord Charles Beanclerk, at the
clerk, commonly can
Bart., of Hooton
Stanley Massy Stanley,
Harcourt; Sir William Thomas
shire, suit of Willie
at thesuits of W. Johnl*je:ll:est Thomas Desomeux,
0 menetla; Joachim Hayward
ii:rctitipd others; John E.
Hall, Ches-
Stocqueler, at the suit
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yoautngher,suit of Thomas
Levy; Matthew B.
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Holmes, at the suit of Jams
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another; George Woodreffe,
'Wright; Thomas Paiker, the
Henry George Robinson; Henry
suit of Charles Canceller; Frederick Will
at the suit of Charles Addis and another; William'
Ward, at the suit of John Carlow and another; Williallanham, at the suit of Bernard* Godshed;
Uravenor, at the suit of Joshua Mayhew and others; T.
P. L. Cross, at the suit of Valentine Elkins; Frederick
E. March, at the suit of John Brydie; James Laing, at
the suit of Edward Lewis; Walter Murray, at the suit of
John Pook; C. T. Kirkman, at the suit of Josiah Smith;
George Abott, at the suit of the same; Henry J. Jauney,
sued as 11. J. Jauiaey, at the suit of John Pook; the
same, at the suit of the same; Thomas Burlton, at the
suit of George Lees and Robert Ellis; and John Phillips
Beavan, at the suit of William and Edwin Cox.
EPISCOPAL PATRONAGE.—Within the last five
years the Rev. J. P. Eden has been presented to four
benefices in succession, by the Bishop of Durham. The
last is Bishop Wearmouth, value 2,0001. a year! Thus
it is the Edens have greatness forced upon them.