The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

Guildford Election.

GUILDFORD, Wednesday.
The official declaration of the poll was made yesterdsl
morning at twelve o'clock.

Mr. Garth, Q.C., the successful candidate, and his opP°-
neut., Mr. Pocock, were both present, and the former w3e
loudly cheered by his supporters upon his entering the
hall. The proceedings, however, were much more orderly
and quiet than on the day of the nomination.
Mr. P. W. JACOB (the mayor) announced the numbers
polled for each candidate to be as follows :—For Mr. Garth,
339 ; for Mr. Pocock, 301 ; majority for Mr. Garth, 38'
(Great cheering.) He therefore declared Mr. Garth to be
duly elected to represent the borough of Guildford in the
present Parliament. (Renewed cheering.)
Mr. GARTH then briefly addressed the electors, thanking
them for the honour they had done him by returning bin':
to Parliament as their representative. He also thanked
his opponent and his supporters for the very fair manner
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in which they had conducted the contest, and for tbeio
endeavours to make it a fair tight. (Hear, hear.) 11
could not, however, help considering that the Conserva-
tive electors of the borough had achieved a very grea.
triumph on the present occasion, and he did not attri-
bute any of the merit to himself, but to their attachment
to the great cause of Conservatism with which he was ass('
ciated and which he had the honour to represent. (Cheers:)
The hon. member then repeated that the fight on the pre-
sent occasion had been fought as a fight should be on both
sides, fairly and honestly. (hear, hear.) In conclusion lir'
Garth said that he considered the trust that had been re-
posed in him a most sacred one, and he assured them tbet
he should use his best endeavours to repay the contidenef
that had been placed in him by devoting his best energies
to their service. (Cheers.)
Mr. Pococx also briefly addressed the electors, and die-
claimed entertaining views favourable to universal suffrage'
and said that in this respect he had been very much mis-
represented by his opponents on the present occasion.
A resolution of thanks to the Mayor closed the proceed'
ings.

A FARMER OF HISTORIC NOTE.—A fanner,
named Rolfe, has just died at Beaconsfield, at an advance,d
age, about whom a passing word is but justice to 131;
memory. This Mr. Rolfe was son of the farm bailiff,
the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, and had been the origie3"
of the famous picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, of " Thn
Infant Hercules." Mr. Jesse, in his " Favourite Haunts'
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recounting his visit to Beaconsfield in 1845, thus re'e.,,
to the circumstance :—" Mr. Rolfe's mother-in-10.4'
writes Mr. Jesse, " told me a circumstance that I w;
little prepare.] to hear—it was the fact that her g°°"ci
honest, and portly son-in-law, whom I saw before me, had
been the very infant whom Sir Joshua Reynolds took I'S
the model of his well, known picture of ' The Infant 1-1.,e
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cules.' The infant's father was the farm bailiff of
Burke, with whom he was an especial favourite, th3e
great man in his happier days frequently coming to ths
cottage, sometimes eating potatoes roasted in the embenfr
of a wood firo, and once trying the merits of a rook -
jackdaw pie, or rather a mixture of both." Sir Joshua, Vero
nolds, it seems, when visiting at Burke's, happened t° 6elc
the infant Rolfe sprawling on the grass, and was struoci,
with the look of strength the child possessed, and he t° ip
him for his model of the demi-god, all powerful eireiliiie
his tenderest years. Rolfe did not belie the opini°u °foci
painter. Ho grew up a very strong and stalwart n3311.4rif
so he appeared even in his old age,.when hewas fanlipti-0110
known to the last as the " Infant Hercules." Dir.
lyeth
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lived in a snug farm close to Beaconsfield and to a
statesman's favourite spot, " Burke's Grove," and he 1.1
to receive strangers visiting his cottage very courteonv.
and would show them sundry relics of the Burke f3lttini.
Among other curiosities he would, with great pride, eS
bit a dagger, which he maintained was theiidentical wean
that Mr. Burke threw down iu the House of Corcn°s.
TIIE OXFORD RIFLE CORPS.—A large nurnberesof
the members of the Oxford Rifle Corps dined together;
of
terday afternoon in the town-hall, under the preside:lo"
to
their commanding officer Capt. Parsons. With the v 0 the
bring the dinner within the means of every
member
corps, the officers, and other friends of the volunteeri
given by qn°ra(l-4
ment contributed largely towards the entertainment,
liberal supply of game was the Duke of 0
borough (the Lord Lieutenant of the county). siBgil:-
In-
and many other distinguished persons, who had 1)0°3_0
vited to the banquet, were unable to attend in conseclnecob
of previous engagements. Among the guests WereWereoffi.
North, M.P., Mr. Spiers (the mayor), and most of the

tors of the corps. -
GLOOMY WINTER PROSPECT AT GREEsoc•--4 etu3,/
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the stoppage of a shipbuilder in Greenock, whose dO
ties have arisen from the losses of a French house W'Lli
which he is connected, no fewer than 2,000 men have beerdo
thrown idle; and 50, men lately employed in the feuriai
of this builder, and upwards of 200 hands recently eng3ge„
with another shipbuilder having been paid off, there Ali:
2,250 men unemployed in the town. This calamity', f°
lowing so immediately after the return to work a the
shipbuilders from their strike, which resulted in their ``of
cepting the former terms, presents an alarming prosreet
severe privation during the winter months.