The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-22 00:00:00

BY THE

NON-ELECTORS OF WIGAN.

-
(Concluded from The Strn of yesterday.)
Mr. POTTER, in conclusion., dwelt at great length upon
the necessity of union, and of the selection of liberal men
to serve as councillors uno,er the new Corporation Bill. He
spoke in high terms of -the Members for Manchester and
Salford, and exhorted all present to use all their influence
to keep out the Tories, who had heaped upon them so enor-
mous a debt that the interest and what was called the dead
weight amour.ced to upwards of 30,000,0001. a year. He
referred to a remark recently made by Lord Skelmersdale
at the Cheshire and Chester Conservative meeting. That
Noble Lord had spoken contemptuously of the Bills sent
by the Commons to the Upper House, and added that they
had been passed by the latter estate at a late hour of the
night, when all the respectable Members had left the
House. Now, that Noble Lord was entitled to the cour-
tesy of a gentleman, and therefore he (the speaker) could
only say his Lordship was mistaken.—(Laughter and
cheers.) Was Lord John Russell not a respectable man ?
Was Mr. Stanley of Cheshire not a respectable man ?
(Roars of laughter.) Mr. Potter concluded by designating
the electors of Wigan as his most uncompromising friends.,
and thanked the meeting for the kind manner in wh'Lch
they had received his very imperfect observations.---I:Great
applause.)
The CHAIRMAN next said that he had to mrdte a call on
Mr. Davenport to respond to a toast. It, was a by-gone
toast, but he trusted Mr. Davenport woulil answer the call.
Mr. DAVENPORT observed that the, toast referred to by
the Chairman was " Household Seirage, Vote by Ballot,
and Triennial Parliaments." He proceeded to ridicule the
idea of an hereditary Peer—a Lord might be born an
idiot ; and a specimen of. one so circumstanced had been
just given.—(Cheers laughter.) It was objected to the
ballot, that it would, open the door to hypocrisy—to deceit ;
but he would ask, ft a gang of thieves were to tempt him
to rob a house, and his seeming aequiesconce would enable
him to escape from them, and would bring them to justice,
would not The employment of such deceit be much better
than joining in the robbery ?—(Loud. cheers.) He com-
plained of the weight of taxation, and declared that
O'Connell's words would come -true :—They had received
10s. in the pound, and woulf' have the rest before long.
He denounced Tories of all descriptions, in no measured
terms ; but if, as had been stated by his worthy friend that
night, they would unite, neither Tories nor the devil him-
self would be to withstand them.—(Cheers.) No
power of man, not even with " Nosey" attached to it, would
stem the torrent which they might set flowing.---(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave, with a high eulogiutn on his
private and public claims, " Mark Philips, Esq., the Member
for Manchester," which was drunk with immense applause.
Mr. PHILIPS rose to acknowledge the toast. He apo-
logised for his inability to do justice to his wishes, in con-
sequence of a severe cold, and proceeded to say that he
i%vaived all other excuses, because, if he had been " unable
to express his feelings," &c.,be should have been totally un-
fit for the high honour which had been conferred on him,
in having been elected to represent such an important place
as Manchester. He had little to say ; Mr. Potter had an-
ticipated all he rnic,;ht have said, and he had now only to
declare his cordial concurrence with all that had fallen from
his worthy friend, whose fellow-labourer he was. He re-
ferred to the Corporations Bill, and exultingly declared that
they had outwitted the Tories by accepting that measure,
the rejection of which must have spread disunion amongst
the liberal party. Lord John Russell had said that it was
not a final measure, and they had only to crowd the table
of the House of Commons with petitions, and back the
willing horses which had pulled for them so long, and all
their ends would be obtained. Mr. Philips extended his
address to considerable length, and sat down amidst tre,
mendous cheers.

The CHAIRMAN next gave, after an appropriatP, intro-
duction, " The health of Joseph Brotherton, Eq. (Mem-
ber for Salford), and civil and religious liberty all over the
world."
Mr. BROTHERTON said, in returnivag thanks, that his
friends had so eloquently explained leis motives and actions
in speaking of themselves, that, as he fully coincided with
them he had no occasion to sal; much. He said there was one
thing in which he differed prom his worthy friend near him ;
he was not so far remoyed from them, he had come from
amongst them, and knew how to feel for their interests.
He went on to s.orr.e length, and concluded by drinking all
their healths -return.
A number ipf other toasts were given, and at about half-
past eleven, the proceedings terminated with. three cheers,

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.--The Emperor
was shot at some few years since at the baths of Baden by
a madman, an old officer, who had or had not just claims,
but who went out of his mind because they were not at-
tended to, and sought revenge by the murder of the heir
to the throne. The King escaped, but the ball grazed his
shoulder, and he insisted on being the first person to com-
municate the circumstance to his father, lest any person
should alarm him by making it more serious than it was.
The man was seized, but Ferdinand would not allow him
to be punished, and he was given over to the care of medi-
cal men, by whom he is attended to this hour, and he set-
tied
i a pension on the wife and children of the maniac, say-
ing t would be a cruel thing to allow them to suffer while
deprived of that assistance which the husband and father,
however deranged his intellect might be, could give them.
Some short time since, inspecting his stud, he got too near a
'vicious horse, and was seized by it and thrown on the ground
moment more and he would been trampled to pieces,
Dot be cried oat to his suite, who were rushing on the ani-
" Let the horse alone, do nothing to him—you will
only enrage him the more ; lay hold of me by the collar,
and draw me quietly from under him." This was done,
and Ferdinand escaped without hurt, saving his life by a
presence of mind which none of his attendants could com-
plata