The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-28 00:00:00

edition of his Letters on Chemistry, gives them a
piece of advice which includes nearly every thing that

need be said on this head. He observes-1

•" It is Pao-

VIDENCE, of which Sir ROBERT PEXL WBB only the

instrument, which by the abolition of the Corn-laws,
has sent to the agriculturists of England necessity,

the mother of invention and of progress, in order to

force them to overcome the fear and repugnance they
feel towards learning what is new. * * * I know
that energetic and vigorous race of men, to which in
its kind no other can be compared, the English yeo-
manry, and the wonders which they have accomplished
by industry, exertion, and perseverance. When the
English farmer has acquired the insight which is still
Wanting, his iron will, strengthened by his motto,
Thorough,' will conquer all the obstacles which
exist between him and the light of science ; and when
that time comes, Great Britain will probably cease to
import corn. There is no want of land or capital. The
f.-griculturist must no longer caleulate on protection; the
time is past when the State ought to show or could
show him any favour. When the State is shaken to
its foundations by internal or external events ; when
commerce, industry, and all trades shall be at a stand,
and perhaps on the brink of ruin ; when the property
and fortunes of all are shaken or changed, and the

GREENWICH ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

'ens, we are all interested in the same great cause.—
(Hear, hear.) For myself, I shall know no difference
between the shades of colour adopted by oppo-
site parties, whether they be light or whether
they be dark.—(Cheers.) It will be my study
and endeavour to be serviceable to all, whenever

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they call upon me to do so, provided it lays within my
power.—(Cheers.) I am now invested with a sacred

trust—one confided to me with so much energy and so
large a majority—and it will be my duty at once to give
effect to it by taking the earliest opportunity of going
to the Heuse of Commons for the purpose of taking my
seat as one of the representatives for this borough.—
(Loud cheers.) There is one important fact, and one
only, that I will notice now, because it not
only concerns this borough but the whole country,
and that is the peculiar state of public opi-
nion on the question of religious liberty.—(Cheers.)
Within the last six months a great agitation has pre-
vailed throughout the land on a religious question.
The public mind has been most extensively moved; and
it was thought that the emotion which appeared to be
so strong among all classes of the people, tended to
strangle or at any rate to curb to a certain extent, or to
abridge that principle of religious liberty which
I believe is still supported in this country.
Whatever may be the opinions of any section of the
people in regard to any attack on the prerogative of the
Crown, I am sure this election will show, at least, a set-
tled determination in favour of an important principle—
that the same feeling in respect to religious liberty
which was so strongly expressed in the year 1847, is as
strong, as pungent, and as powerful as it then was.—
(Cheers.) In taking my leave of you, and again thank-
ing you for the honour you have conferred upon me, I
beg to repeat once more that it is my intention, on an
early day, to go to the House of Commons as your
representative.—(Hear.) I feel, however, that from my
exhausted state you will not grudge me two or three
days' repose before I enter, if necessary, on a renewed
struggle.—(Cries of " Yes," and cheers.) I beg, there-
fore, to state to you that I shall, some day in the course
of next week, which I may find most convenient to her
Majesty's Government—so that no discussion in my case
may interfere with important public measures—(Hear)
—go down to the House of Commons for the purpose of
claiming that seat to which I am entitled as your repre-
sentative.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. WIRE then advanced to the front of the hustings
and was received with p‘rtial cheers and some hissing.
He commenced by observiag that it was no part of the
character of an Englishman to run away because he was
defeated.—(Cheers.) He was there to thank them most
heartily for the honour they had done him in recording
so many votes in his favour, and though they were not
sufficient to entitle him to do what his Hon. Friend

could, viz., to take his seat in Parliament, yet he was
not less grateful to all who had given him their support.
—(Hear, bear.) When he looked back to the
circumstances of the contest, and to the mode in which

it had been conducted, he had less cause for regret.—
(Hisses and cries of "Uhl") Ho had set out from the
beginning with the motto, which he bad acted up to to
the present hour, and which he should ever adhere to

at ail elections, and that was, " Purity and principle."—
(Laughter.) For as he desired to go into the House of
Commons tree and unfottered, so he desired that he

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should go there pure and without reproach.—(Laughter
and cheers.) He would not buy a vote, because be did

not intend to sell the people.—(Cheers, hisses, exclama-
tions of " Paltry," " Shame," " Bad feeling, sir," and
other interruptions, which rendered the remainder of
the Hon. Gentleman's speech almost totally inaudible.)
He bad purchased no votes—(Hisses)--he had abstained

7rom all corrupt practices, and he would leave the elect

tors to judge whether such a course did not redound

more to his credit.—(The noise increasing the Hon.
Gentleman retired, finding it impossible to obtain a
hearing.)
A vote of thanks to the Sheriff and the Returning
Officer having bee❑ passed, the proceedings terminated
with a cheer for Mr. Salomone.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY, THE PRINCE..
CONSORT, AND THE KING ON THE BELGIANS, FOR THE
ISLE OF WIGIIT.—(TIIIS DAY.) —The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by their illustrious children, and by his
Majesty King Leopold, the youthful Duke de Brabant (heir-
apparent to the Belgian Throne), the Count de Flandres,
and the Princess Charlotte, and attended by Viscountess
Canning (Lady in Waiting), the Hon. Miss Murray (Maid
of Honour), Major-General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, and
Mr. Ormsby Gore, and Count Alfred de Briey, Colonel do
Moerkerke (in attendance on the King). left Buckingham
Palace at one o'clock this afternoon, for the Nine Elms sta-
tion of the South-Western Railway, escorted by an officer's
party of the Bth Hussars, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. The
august party travelled, as usual, by special train, in charge
of Mr. Stovin, to Gosport, where they were received with the
customary honours by the naval and military authorities,
and embarked in the Fairy royal yacht, Captaia Lord Adol-
phus Fitzclarence (attended by the Elfin), under the usual
salutes, for East Cowes.

TEE GREAT CHESS TOURNAMENT.---The third
series of these games is now at an end. On Wednesday Mr.
Staunton resumed his contest with Herr Anderssen, and in
the evening, after a severe struggle of eight hours, during
the whole of which the attack was kept up with peat vigour
by the German, Mr. Staunton proposed to defer the conclu-
sion till yesterday (Friday). The game was then renewed,
and, after a short contest, Herr Anderssen was the victor,
having won four games, and lost only one. Herr Anderssen
has thus established his claim to rank among the first players
of Europe, since, in this tournament, he has defeated in suc-
cession three chess players of great reputation—M. Kiese-
ritzki, of the Paris club; Herr Szen, of Pesth ; and Mr.
Staunton. He has still to contend with Mr. Wyvill, with
whom, we believe, he will commence playing on Monday.
The latter gentleman gained yesterday his seventh and de-
ciding game of Mr. Williams, the result of the play being--
Wyvill, 4 ; Will arns, 3.
SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27.—The Penin-
sular steamship Iberia, commanded by Captain Burney,
left this afternoon at two o'clock with the usual Peninsular
snails, a good cargo, specie to the amount of 11,000/., and a
large number of pas.engers. The Montrose, Captain Bowen,
with the homeward Peninsular mails, is expected on the 3d
or 4th of July. The Tagus, Captain Russell, for Constan.
tinople, will leave on the 29th inst. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, Captain Evans, from
Constantinople, Sac., is expected on or about the 6th of July.

COST OF NEWSPAPERS.—We perceive that the
proprietors of the various Manchester newspapers have re-
solved to increase the price of their journals by a halfpenny,
They adduce as a reason. for this, the recent advance in the
price of paper, and at the same time direct attention to the
fact, that after deducting the newsvender's allowance, the
cost of stamps and paper, hut one halfpenny is left them to
cover the cost of composing, printing, reporting, editing, and
of telegraphic dispatches.

inhabitants of towns look forward with dread and
apprehension to the future,—then the agriculturist
holds in his hand the key to the money-chest of the
rich, and the savings-box of the poor ; for political
events have not the slightest influence on the natural
law, which forces man to take into his system daily a
certain number of ounces of carbon and nitrogen.
This is protection enough. Whatever else the agri-
culturist requires he must find for himself."

DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
The declaration of the poll was fixed for ten o'clock
this morning, and by that hour the hustings, the space
immediately in front of it, and the windows of houses
around, were crowded with large bodies of spectators.
The supporters of Mr. Alderman Wire attended in very
limited numbers, and those that did appeared chap-fallen
at the great defeat he had sustained. On the other hand
the friends of Mr. Alderman Salomons were elated with
their success, but they were not so overjoyed at the
victory they had achieved as to act in any unbecoming
manner to their unfortunate opponents. The bantam-
cock which was carried about on the top
of a long pole cn the two preceding days,.
and intended to represent Mr. Wire, was again brought
in front of the hustings this morning, with the addi-
tional decoration of a piece of crape, but though it
created much amusement, Mr. Salomons' agent politely,
requested the person to withdraw, which he did with-
out any remonstrance on the part of the crowd or him-
self. The scene, as at all contested elections was, of
course, one of considerable excitement and animation.
The streets were partly filled with carriages, and gigs,
and carts of country people, who had arrived in the town
and waited to hear the promises of the new Member,
and the valedictory address of the defeated can-
didate. The occupants of the White Hart, the central
camp of Mr.
.Salomons, were beaming with smiles
—the blue flags and streamers of their favourite were
suspended from the windows, and floating across the
streets, while the bells of the old church behind rung out
a merry peal, and the sun shone forth with a brilliancy
that was almost oppressive. The Greyhound Inn, how-
ever, presented a strong contrast to the rest of the neigh-
bourhood. Mr. Wire's supporters had withdrawn the
displays of yesterday, and the only thing that marked
it as his committee-room were two or three miserable
union-jacks.
Mr. Salomons arrived at the hustings at ten o'clock,
and was loudly cheered. Mr. Wire's approach thither
was not observed.
The process of adding up the numbers, which was
conducted in front of the hustings, occupied from ten
until past eleven o'clock. When the calculation was
completed,
Mr. J. MORRIS, the returning officer, advanced for-
ward and announced that the number of votes pulled by
Mr. David Salomons was 2,165, and by Mr. David Wil-
liams Wire 1.278. He had, therefore, to declare that
David Salomon:, Eel., was duly elected a burgess to
serve in the present Parliament for the borough of
Greenwich.— (Loud cheers.)
It will be seen that the majority of votes polled by Mr.
Salomons amounts to 887, which is only a slight varia-
tion from the numbers announced by his committee yes-
terday.
Mr. SALOMONS, who was received with prolonged
cheering, then addressed the electors. He said—Gentle-
men, I have hardly voice enough left to address you as
I should have wished, but even if I had my heart is too
full to enable me to give utterance to all that I feel.
I cordially thank you for your votes, and am deeply
obliged to you for the great honour you have conferred
upon me by electing me one of the representatives of
this populous borough by so large a majority, and am
happy to find that all the excitement which gave vigour
to the struggle yesterday has abated, and I do not doubt
you will a 1 return to the more quiet occupations which
more ordinarily belong to you.—(Hear, hear.) It is one
of the great symptoms of popular power in
this country that the feelings of the people,
can be drawn out on occasions such as this,
when the people at large are deeply interested in
a question which intimately concerns their privileges.—
(Cheers.) The good temper—(Au ironical laugh)—
which has prevailed throughout the contest does not re-
quire me to give that advice which frequently has to be
given at such times—that we should forget the triumphs
of the contest, and recollect that, as brothers and ci