The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF BATH.

BATH, JUNE 23.—The nomination of a Member to
serve in Parliament for the city of Bath took place this
day. The hustings were erect( d in the Orange-grove,
immediately adjacent to Bath Abbey. There was a com-
plete absence of that excitement which we have witnessed
at former elections. Nu bands of music or show of ban-
ners paraded the street on either side, nor was the
gathering outside the hustings by any means as tumul-
tuous as on prior occasions. The candidates arrived on
the hustings a little before eleven o'clock.
Mr. W. HUNT came forward for the purpose of pro-
posing Captain Scowl (the Liberal candidate). He said
that that gentleman had always shown himself to be a
consistent Reformer, and had invariably advocated the
great principles of freedom. They wanted a person who
had faith in great principles, and who would apply those
principles to all their political institutions.
Mr. NORMAN brit fly seconded the nomination.
Mr. BAILEY had much pleasure in proposing Mr. W.
Sutciiffe to represent them in the Commons' House of
Parliament.—(Cheers and hisses.)
Mr. R. T. GORE seconded the nomination.

Cap;ain SconELL on rising was greeted with loud
ch.. ers. He advocated reform in the Ldininistrtoion
our army and navy, passing strictures upon the roaDage-
merit of the public dockyards, and concluded a long
address to the constituency by urging union among the
different ranks of Reformers, observing that, if they
were all true, he should be the Member for Bath the day
after to-morrow. He was not the tool of any body of
electors or any body of politiciaus—he was not in the
hands of the Whigs or the Radicals, but he was an
upright and Lberal Re'ormer ; and as long as God
gave him health, strength, and life he should continue
so.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. W. SUTCLIFFE, the other candidate, who was
very indistinctly heard, possessing a very weak voice,
said he came forward as the candidate of the great Con-
servative party at Bath. If they were willing to accept
as their representative a fellow-citizen of their own.
brought forward by the Conservative gentry, he believed
it would do great good towards uniting different classes
in the city. Therefore it was not merely because he
had lived 50 years among them that he came forward.
lie would now proceed to touch on one or two topics.
There was one subject, and that a very important one,
on which he felt there was no difference between himself
and his gallant opponent. 'He alluded to a judicious,
searching, but careful inquiry into the public expendi-
ture. The only way to preserve in its integrity every
large and public establishment was by a periodical and
searching inquiry into its mangement, and if there were
anything upon which he would pledge himself, it would
be never to vote against any motion brought forward
honesty. He appealed to his conduct for many years
in the corporation in proof of the sincerity of his
opinions. On the subject of Papal aggression, he had
taken an active part against it during the last few
months. Mr. Sutcliffe concluded by observing that, it
elected, he should go to the House of Commons as free
as any man, to take that part on great questions
which to the best of his judgment should appear to be
right. . _

—The show of hands was then taken, and declared by
the Mayor to be in favour of Captain Scobell. A poll.
was then demanded on behalf of Mr. Sutcliffe, which wilt
take place to-morrow. The contest will probably be a
close one.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, JUNE 23.

A NARROW ESCAPE.—The Russian bar-que Egir,
Davids muster, from Havannak to Cowes, for orders,
and the T. and P. Woodward, Woodward master,
from ditto, having received their orders for Bristol, on the
18th proceeded for that port, but on the 19th, when off
St. Catherine's, the American ran foul of the Russian,
carrying away her larboard bulwarks, stanchions, &c.,
and her own bowsprit. leaving part of her figure head
on board the ilkir; she then proceeded to the westward.
Tne ../Egir ran for Cowes, and she now lies alongside the
Medina commercial• wharf. When ran into she was
on the starboard tack and had a light up. The T. and
P. Woodward took her just abaft the mainmast, and had
she not been a very powerful vessel she must have
been completely cut down.
Wind N., and very fine. Bar. 30.00.

MR. BRINLEY RICHARDS' MATINEES.—Mr. Brin
ley Richards, one of our most able pianists and musicians,
summoned his friends yesterday to the first of two perform-
ances of classical music for the pianoforte, in the New Beetho-
ven Rooms, which were completely filled by an aristocratic
and fashionable audience. We have rarely remarked a more
strict and undeviating attention paid to a selection exclu-
sively of serious music. Mr. Richards was assisted by Herr
Ernst (violin) and Signor Piatti (violoncello), with
whom he played Beethoven's first trio in C minor, and
with Herr Ernst Mozart's fine and elaborate sonata
ill A, fur piano and violin. Both were admirably per-
formed; the latter especially, one of the most' diffi-
cult anti trying of Mozart's chamber pieces. Mr.
Richards also played solos, selections from Mendelssobn and
Sterndale B. nnett, besides some elegant pieces of his own
composition, among which " The Vision," a romance, and
a scherzo, called the "The Rivulet and the Birds." at-
tracted particular attention, and were loudly
Applauded.
Not m the leapt intere-air
b nf the performances was the
A,danie con Variazioni of Mendelssetin
mous), for two performers On the pianoforte, in which Mr.
(Op! 83—Pos.ha-
Richards was assisted by Mr. Cipriani Potter. If all '• varia-
tions" were like these, there wopuld be no defence(
_for
f Signorl
opponents of this particular form of fantasia.
One
s 'o
and a
Bottesini's wonderful exhibitions on the Coll,ltria
issas' Catherine
couple of airs by that popular favourite,
Mr. Cipriani
Hayes, agreeably varied the programme.
Potter presided as accompanist At the pianoforte.
TWO MEN DROWNED
IN
A FIGHT AT SEA.—On
Saturd.ty morning a fatal affra,yottrothplace on board a steam-
ok
Shields,
as she was run-
ning along the Durham tug, the Queen, belonging to '\
coast. The vessel left the Tyne
early in the morning.
with a crew of three hands on board,
for the purpo,e of looking out for ships to fetch into port,
and bad been to sea some
hours, when a difference took
and the fireman regarding the
n the enpineman
place between
stoking of the vessel. They quarrelled first with their
.
took to blows. They first commenced to
and then
tongues, d
andwith
e. in the vessel, were somedifficulty
tight forward
..
ted by the steersman , he had scarcely got back to his
sep.ira
helm, however, whenhey
again commenced to fight, and
before he could interpose a second time they got ebaft the
funnel, and having grappled each other closely, fought to the
larboard side of the boat, and in a moment, having tripped
themselves over the rails, fell headformost into the sea. The
steersman immediately ran forward and stopped the boat,
but before he could do so they had disappeared, and were never
more seen. It was half an hour before the steersman could
procure assistance, so as to be able to navigate the vessel
back to the Tyne The names of the parties drowned are
Luke Blyth, engineman, and 6tanley Dennis, fireman. They,
belonged to North Shields, and were married. They were
both sober.