The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-26 00:00:00

THE SPEAKERSHIP.

(From the Liverpool Albion of Monday. )
The anxiety of the public to know the result of the first division
in the House of Commons, on the question of the Speakership was
most intense, throughout this town, during the early part of Fri-
day. The announcement made by Mr. Willmer, that he would
receive, by express, the result of the division in the course of the
forenoon of that day, caused groups of persons to congregate about
his newspaper-office at an early hour, and his doors were besieged
by anxious bystanders until the arrival of the express, shortly be-
fore three o'clock. Independent of the immense importance of
the question itself, as virtually deciding the fate of the present Ad-
ministration, many persons, particularly the Tories, had staked
sums of money,—in some instances, to a large amount,—on the
result ; so that most of the hangers-on about Mr. Willmer's esta-
blishment, on Friday, had a pecuniary as well as a patriotic interest
in the decision of the question. Many
.of them became extremely
fidgetty as the morning advanced, and the anxiety manifested, as
well as the conversation indulged in, by these parties, must have
been infinitely amusing to the few who were really disinterested,
if, indeed, any such were to be found.
We understand from Mr.Willmer. that the late arrival of the ex-
press was principally owing to the night of Thursday being so
excessively stormy, which, combined with the heavy state of the
roads, prevented the messenger from travelling with the same ra-
pidity as formerly. A circumstance also occurred, shortly after
leaving Warrington, which was the cause of some delay, and might
have been attended with very alarming results. Our Warrington
neighbours are known to be very decided in their political senti-
ments, but we could hardly have imagined that the most rabid
Tory among them would have descended to such an act of baseness
as to take out the linch-pin from the wheel of the chaise that con-
veyed the express announcing the defeat of their protege, Sir
Charles Manners Sutton ! Such, however, is the fact. The
Tories of Warrington, or, at least, one of their number, actually
caused the linch-pin of the carriage to be abstracted, and, after
leaving Warrington. the chaise broke down, and the driver was
thrown to a considerable distance, without, however, incurring any
serious injury. The messenger inside also escaped with a few
scratches. The post-boy is ready to make oath, that he examined
all the linch-pins, when in Warrington, and found them perfectly
secure, a few minutes before leaving.
When the express reached Liverpool and the result became
known, the greatest enthusiasm was exhibited, Three cheers
were given by the crowd congregated in Church-street ; and,
when the news reached the Exchange News-room, similar joy was
manifested by the Reformers there. The Sun newspaper, to the
exertions of whose spirited proprietor we, in common with our
contemporaries, have been frequently indebted for information in
advance of other evening papers, contained the whole of the de-
bate, extending to seven folio columns. Copies were immediately
dispatched to the various news-rooms, and the result was trans-
mitted by telegraph to Holyhead, where steam-boats had been
provided to carry it to Dublin. The afternoon was, fortunately,
very clear, and Lieutenant Watson, the able superintendent of the
telegraph, was enabled to pass the numbers of the division to the
Head in five minutes after the time he was put in possession of
them. An express, direct from London to Holyhead, reached the
latter place at eleven, p.m., but, from the amazing rapidity of our
telegraphic communication, the citizens of Dublin were in posses-
sion of the news an hour after the former express reached Holy-
head. The facilities of the telegraph enabling Lieutenant Watson
to communicate the information to all the leading persons in the
neighbourhood of each station, the most complimentary thanks
have been returned to him, by the same conveyance, from the va-
rious distinguished persons who, by his ingenuity, were put in
possession of it long in advance of the ordinary channels of com-
munication.

In the evening the bells of the churches of St. Luke and St. Ni-
cholas rang merry peals in celebration of the event. The sound must
have been rather gratifying to the ears of the Tories ; the bells,
however, are strictly impartial,. and, as they rang merry peals in
honour of the triumph of the Tories in the southern division of the
county, so, having no " party predilections," they rang as merrily
in honour of the triumph of the Reformers in the House of
Commons.

The Nottingham steamer carried the news from Holyhead to
Dublin, and arrived at Kingston a few minutes before twelve
o'clock at night. An express was directly forwarded to the Lord
Lieutenant at Phoenix Park. Had the other packet waited and
acted, as previously arranged, the communication would have been
in Dublin from three to four hours sooner. The Dublin Evening
Mail of Friday states :—" Twenty minutes past twelve o'clock,
p.m. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, our
first express has arrived, bringing intelligence, by telegraph, that
' Mr. Abercromby has been elected Speaker by a majority of ten.'
And the same paper, in a third edition, dated half-past nine, Satur-
day, says, "No other account of the result of the election has
reached Ireland, although all our morning contemporaries delayed
their publications some hours, in expectation of receiving intelli-
gence." And, at twelve o'clock, it states, that " the mail has ar-
rived, and has brought a Second Edition of The Sun, expressed by
the Messrs. Johnston." Consequently, the news, through the
means of the telegraph, actually reached Dublin the night before
the other express arrived.—N. B. The telegraph had the news
from The Sun.