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ject, and that a conviction would have
much greater weight and importance if obtained
at the instance of the principal law officer of the
Crown, than by some person who had obtained an un-
happy notoriety as the opponent of his Roman
Catholic fellow-subjects. In the first instance it
would be regarded as a just and necessary vindication
of the law, in the second an exhibition of bigotry and
intolerance, more disgraceful to the complainants
than to the defendants, and it would occasion a degree
of party feeling and excitement that would be most
dangerous to the repose and tranquillity of the country.
It is, therefore, to be regretted that the Go-
vernment thought proper to repudiate the
pledge given by the Secretary for the Trea-
sury, "that he would divide with the Member
for Athlone and would keep his men" (alas ! for the
so-called independent Members). Had not the PRE-
MIER done so at the last moment, and in violation of
the deliberate promise given by the authorized agent
of the Cabinet on such matters, he would have been
spared the subsequent defeats which he experienced
through the organized, and, as he himself termed it,
" ostentatious" retirement of the Irish Members, and
the mortification which be must have felt at the addi-
tional evidences afforded of the weakness of his Cabi-
net. The matter, however, has terminated for the pre-
sent, and we are glad of it, for anything is better than the
repetition of the arguments and platitudes which we
have listened to usque ad nauseam, the mere remem-
brance of which, at any future period, must disgust
those whose duty it was to hear or peruse the Par-
liamentary debates during the session of 1851.

Our Protectionist contemporaries attach a ludicrous
importance to small things. The appearance of a
single convert to their views causes them an amazing
paroxysm of joy, and they rush into a leading article
with as' much enthusiasm as VINCENT CRIMBILES did
into the green-room on his benefit night, to announce
that " another shilling had come into the pit."
The heated enthusiasm of the BOWLERS and Cuow-
LEES in the cause of dear bread affords a remarkable
contrast to the quiet and stolid indifference of the
large masses of population in the manufacturing
towns. There they seem not to be aware that there
is a class of patriots in existence, who are devoting
reams of pamphlet paper and whirlwinds of after-
dinner eloquence to the restoral of bread to its former
famine price, and " all for the good of the country !"
Enough for the operatives that they ' have cheap
bread and plenty of it : they are too contented at
present to bother their heads about the prospect of
the CHOWLER war or the FERRAND wool league. If
they think of these worthies at all, it is only as of
juveniles " crying for the moon," or of people whose
wits have " gone a wool-gathering."
And yet, do not let the gentlemen who have en-
listed in the cause of protection, and who have seriously
determined to restore it if they can, delude themselves
with the thought that there is the slightest indifference
to the enjoyment of cheap food on the part of the
working people of this country. They are quiet, be-
cause they look upon that as a settled question ; and
that the attempt to bolster up rent-rolls by raising the
price of their bread is as futile an effort as would be
an agitation to restore the Heptarchy, or to repeal the
Reform Bill. Let there be the slightest real prospect
of a return to protection, and it will at once be seen
that the working classes of England are anything but
indifferent to the great question of free trade in food.
Such an attempt on the part of the landlord interest
would only serve to awaken a political agitation, now
almost entirely lulled throughout England, which
must inevitably issue in a series of organic changes,
of which the landed interests can form but a very
faint conception.
It is, indeed, confessed that the freedom of British
industry is not yet placed on a sufficiently broad
popular basis. We know well enough that the
landlords have entire possession of one House of Par-
liament, and that the other is so constituted as to
secure a preponderance of power to the same interest.
Is it not a notorious fact that the Parliamentary con-
stituency is based on landlordism ? That the suffrage
in the counties is so framed that the landlords can at
any time secure a majority of the county votes ? and
that the large constituencies of London, Manchester,
Birmingham, Leeds, and Sheffield, are neutralized
and overborne by such little peddling places as Buck-
ingham, Chippenhaas, Harwich, Marlow, and Thet-
ford ? Is it slot an anomaly of the most disgraceful
kind that Thetford, w ith under 4,000 inhabitants, should
possess exactly the same voting power in the House
of Commons as Manchester, with its 300,000 in-
habitants ? or that London, with its two millions and
a half of people, should have no more voting power in
Parliament than the eight insignificant boroughs of
Harwich, Honiton, Thetford, Evesham, Marlborough,
Richmond, Totnes, and Wells, with their united
population of not more than 33,000 persons ? These
are monstrosities a hich ought certainly to be abated
in any new Reform Bill Which may be under the con-
sideration of the Government.
It has been shown by Mr. Hums, in the course of
his able scrutiny of this subject, that a majority of
the present House of Commons is actually elected
by about one-fifth of the total registered voters of
England ; and the electors of the small towns are so
completely at the mercy and under the influence of
the landed aristocracy of their neighbourhoods, that
independent political action is scarcely to be expected
of them. By this means the legitimate political in-
fluence of the most wealthy and populous districts,
tho,e in which the real stamina of the country re-
sides, and whose interests are the most closely iden-
tified with the extended commerce and industry of
the empire, are ingeniously deprived of their due
share of political influence, and are liable any day to
have their wishes set at nought and their best interests
disregarded.
This extremely unsatisfactory state of the Parlia-
mentary representation furnishes cause for apprehen-
sion to many minds lest the landed interest should
seizs upon the opportunity which their hold of the
smaller constituencies places in their power of regain-
ing a portion of the unjust " protection" which they
have lost, and of plunging the country again into the
convulsions of political strife. At present they are
satisfied to " let I dare not wait upon 1
would." They may long after the flesh-
pots of Egypt ; but the DISRAELIS and
STARLETS know the risks that would attend
such a backward course. As a conservative mea
sure, and in order to let the real opinion of the come

try be represented on all questions involving the
public interests, we look upon a comprehensive mea-
sure of Parliamentary Reform as urgently needed at
the present juncture; and the Ministry will deserve
well of their country that projects and carries it into
effect in a large and liberal spirit.
As for the permanent restoral of " protection," in
any form, that notion must be regarded as a mere
chimera. It may be well enough for landlords to
hold out the prospect as a lure to farmers, and an in-
ducement to postpone the equitable adjustment of
rents, which must come. But that is a question for
the landlord and not for the Legislature to deal with.

The cultivators of the soil, like other classes, must
learn to depend upon themselves, their skill, their in-

dustry, and the judicious investment of their ea-

pital, and not make an open puree and a
pocket-handkerchief of the public by turns•
Liaß►G, the eminent German philosopher, in the new

edition of his Letters on Chemistry, gives them a
piece of advice which includes nearly ever.) thing that
need be said on this bead. He observes--" It is Pao-

I VIDENCE, Of which Sir HOBERT PEEL WaS 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
exist between
him
and
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that time comes, Great Britain will probably cease to
import corn. There is no want of land or capital. The
agriculturist must no longer calculate on protection; the
favour. When the State is shaken to
its
time is past when the State ought to show or could
by internal or external events ; when
m
industry, and all trades shall be at a stand,
commerce,
w foundations
hime
c e ra ny
and perhaps on the brink of ruin; when the property
and fortunes of all are shaken or changed, and the

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."

GREENWICH ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

DECLARATION OF THE POLL.
The declaration of the poll was fixed fur ten o'clock
this morning, and by that hour the busting., the space
immediately in front of it, and the windows of the 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 BUCC( es, 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 on the two preceding days,
and intended to represent Mr. Wire, wus 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, wert 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 pea?, 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-
b,airhood. 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 jscks.
Mr. Salomons arrived at the hustings at ten o'clock,
anti was loudly cheered. Mr. Wire's approach thither
was nut 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. Moan's, the returning officer, advanced for-
ward and announced that the number of votes polled by
Mr. David Salomons was 2,165, and by Mr. David Wil-
liams Wire 1.278. He had, therefore, to declare that
David Salomons, was duly elected a burgess to
serve in the present Pailiament 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 all 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 occasioils such as this,
when the people at large are deeply interested in
a question which intimately concerns their privileges.—
(Cheers.) The good temper—(An ironical laugh)—
which has prevailed throughout the contest does not re-
quire me to give that alvico 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

:Bens, we are all interested in the same great cause.—
(llear, hear.) For myself, I shall know no difference
between the shades of oolour adopted by oppo-
site parties, whether they be light or whether
they bo dark.—(Cheers.) It will be my study
and endeavour to be serviceable to all, whenever
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 House 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 thmughout 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
straegle or at any race 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 opiuions of any section of the
people in regard to tiny attack on the prerogative of the
Crown, I am sure this eleciion will allow, at least, a set-
tled determination in favour of an important principle—
that the same ft tiling in respsct 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 tor 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
drel e' repose before I enter, if necessary, on a renewed
struggle.—(Cries of " Yes," and cheers.) I beg, there-
fore, to &tate to you that I shall, some day in the course
of next week, which I may find most convenient to her
Majesty's Governerant—so that no discussion in my case
may interfere with important public measures—(bear)
—go down to the House of Commons for the purpose of
claiming ►bat seat to which I am entitled as your repre-
sentative.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Wxwe then advanced to the front of the hustings
and was received with partial cheers and some hissing.
Ho commenced by observing 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, via., to take his seat in Parliament, yet he was
not less grateful to all who had given him their support.
—(Hear, hear.) When he looked back to the
circumstances of the contest, and to the mode in which
it had been conducted, he bad less cause for regret.—
(Hisses and cries of " Ohl") He had set out from the
beginnieg with the motto, which be had acted up to to
the present hour, and which he should ever adhere to

at all Elections, and that was, " Purity and principle."—
(Laughter.) For as he desired to go into the House of
Commons tree and unfettered, so he desired that he
should go there pare and without reproach.—(Laughter
and cheers.) He would not buy a vote, because he 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.)
lie had purchased no votes—(Hisses)—be had abstained
from all corrupt practices, and be would leave the elec-
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.)
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...
A vote of thanks to the Sheriff and the Returning
Officer having been passed, the proceedings terminated
with a cheer for Mr. Salomonst
~...

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY, THE PRINCE..
CONSORT, AND THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, FOR TIM
ISLE OF WIGHT.—(THIS DAL ) 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 de
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. Stavin, to Gosport, where they were received with the
customary honours by the naval and military authorities,
and embarked in the Fairy royal yacht, Captain Lprd Adol-
phus Fitzclarence (attended by the Elfin), under the usual
salutes, for East Cowes.

THE GEBAT 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 great 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 gams. 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 gexpleman gained yesterday his sev, nth and de-
ciding game of Mr. Williams, the result of the play being—
Wyvill, 4; Williams, 3.

- •
SOUTRAMFTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27.—The Penin-
sular steam-ship Iberia, commanded by Captain Burney,
left this afternoon at two o'clock with the usual Peninsular
mails, a good cargo, specie to the amount of 11,0001., and a
large number of passengers. The Montrose, Captain Bowen,
with the homeward Peninsular mails, is expected on the 3d
or 4th of July. The Tagusr, Captain Russell, for Constan-
tinople, will leave on the 29th inst. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, Captain Evans, from
Constantinople, Sec., 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, but one halfpenny is left them to
cover the cost of composing, printing, reporting, editing, and
of telfgraphic dispatches.

THE SHARE MARKETS

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Railways.

Aberdeen.. .. • • • •
Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. Juncion
Belfast and County Down
Birming., Woiverhamp.,
and Stole Valley ..
Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh
June., late 33/. 6s. Bg..
Do. Chest. & Birkenhd.,
501. &251. Consolidated
Do., do., 201.
Bristol and Exeter.. ..
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead ..
Direct Lond. and Portsm.,
Dublin and Belfast Junct.l
Dublin and Kingstown..
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee, Perth ,and Aber-
deen Junction .. •.
Do , .New
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) .•
Do, (181. E. & H.)
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares ..
Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., B & C shares
East Lancashire ..
Do. New quarters ..
Edinburgh and GlasgoW
Edin., Perth, and Dundee
Exeter and Exmouth ..
Glasgow and South-West,
Do. do. G. D. & C.steck
Great Northern ..
Do. halves, A, deferred
Do. halves, B, 6 per et.
Great southern and
Western, Ireland • •
Great Western ..
Do. New, 171. .. -•
Lancaster and Carlisle ..
Do. thirds ..
Lancaster and Preston ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Do. quarter shares ..
Do. fifths .
Do. West Riding Union
Leeds and Think
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport ..
London and Blackwall •.
Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ..
London and N.-Western
Do. do. new quarters .
Do. fifths
Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c)
London and 8.-Western .
Do. new 501.
Do. new 401. ..
Manchester, Buxton, and
Matlock ..
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire ..
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union ..

Midland
Do. 501. shares
De. Birming & Derby
Slidland Gt. West. (Ire.)
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Do. quarter shares ..
Newmarket ..
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Ilereford
Newry and Enniskillen..
N awry, W arrenpoint, &
Rostrevor .. • •

Norfolk • • • • .. • •
Do. New 201. shares..
Northern Counties Union
North British..
North Staffordshire ..
North-Western ••
North & Sth .-West. Jane.
Oxford, Worcester and
Wolverhampton.. ..
Scottish Central ..
Scottish Midland ..
Do. new ..
Shrews. & Birm., Class A
Do. Class 8.. ..
Shrews. & Hereford., Old
Do., do., New ..
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) ••
Do. Halves ..
Do. Oswestry
Do. New.... .. • •
Shropshire Union ..
Do., A, B, C, & D, fhlly
paid up at per cent ..
South Devon
South-Eastern ..
South Wales.. ..
South Yorkah. and,Kiver
Dun .. • • ..
Shed., Roth., and Goole,
South DiViillol%
Stockton and Hartlepool
Swansea & Loughor, &c.
Paw Vale Extension .•
Thames Haven Doek and
Railway .. • •
Vale of Neath • •
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford, Weft., Wick.
and Dublin
West Cornwall •• • •
West London .. ••
Whitenaven and Farness
York, Newcastle, & Ber-

wick .
Ditto and Newcastle
Extension ..
Ditto G.N.E. purchase
Pork and North Midland

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated
at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for ex-
port. The market was quiet at previous rates.— Railway
Shares were in good demand at rather better prices.
The expectation that the Bank returns would show a
further increase in the amount of the precious metals, is
borne out by the weekly return to the 21st inst. The sum
now exceeds fourteen millions sterling, and with every pro-
bability of being still augmented. The circulation does not
to appearance increase proportionably, but in reality there is
an augmentation, because the large addition made to the
Government or Treasury account must have caused a con-
siderable sum in notes to be paid in. That the employment
of cash in discounts and loans was greater, may be judged
by the increase in the amount of the o her securities. The
various items compared with the previous week exhibit the
following results:—

Not—es Issued ..
_ Increase .

„.. £27,416,820
148,270
••• 3,101,282
Increase •• •• •• 4,091
Public Deposits 8,635,559
Increasa ••• 826,281
Other Deposits ... 8,713,685
Decrease... ... ••• 194,181
Seven Day and other Bills 1,039,157
Increase 258
Government Securities... No alteration.
Other Securities 13,234,757
Increase 397,228
Notes ... ... 8,532,105
Increase 115,005
Bullion
... 14,198. -160
Increase ... 272,486
Active Circulation ... 18,914,715
Increase ... ... 33,265
The rates at which bills of exchange were negotiated yes-
terday afternoon, on the principal cities of the continent,
were generally firm, and in some cases higher. Amsterdam
was better, and also Trieste, Paris, Frankfort, and Antwerp,
were steady, and Hamburgh was very firm.
The extorts of bullion from London direct, during the
week to Thursday last, were 165,000 ounces of silver, and
9.734 ounces of gold, chicly to Holland, Belgium, and
France.

Rest

The letters from Leeds and Manchester report a fair bu-
siness in piece goods this week.
In the Amsterdam market, on the 26th inst., the home
Funds were rather feeble. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
58; Spanish Bonds were very animated.
The English Funds have been higher again, and with an
extremely Arm appearance at the advance. Consols have
realised 97% to 1 for the opening. Bank Stock is worth
213 to 214. Exchequer-bills have been 4s. to 48s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been very quiet, but firm. Mexi-
can have been done at 34% 34. Spanish Five per Cents. are
21% to i. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, are at
102% %. Peruvian Deterred Stock has been quoted 42.
Dutch l'wo-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 60%.
Shares are all decidedly better, the rise in the heavy lines
being about 1 per cent. French Shares still rise.

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