The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-12 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

MIDDLESEX DECLARATION.
Yesterday at noon the official declaration of the
poll for this county was made by the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex, from the hustings in front
of the Town-hall at Brentford. Throughout the
morning the town had been paraded by a set of
" roughs," whose behaviour was at times of so
menacing a character that most of the tradesmen in
the High-street deemed it prudent to close their
shops. Shortly before 12 o'clock these fellows
marched out to meet the procession which had gone
to escort the successful candidates to the hustings,
and then, facing about, they headed it into the
town, hooting and singing, and performing the most
absurd antics as they passed along. Many had their
faces blackened, and most of them carried banners
with ridiculous inscriptions. Some wore the tawdry
habiliments of sweeps on May-day, and their out-
rageous conduct, swollen faces, and torn clothes be-
token a night spent in riot and debauch. One lad
who was mounted on the shoulders of several others,
had his head shaven so closely as to encourage the
idea that he had just quitted a lunatic asylum, or
the wards of a fever hospital. His face was
blackened, and he brandished a large sweep's brush,
which was ornamented with Mr. Haig's colours.
When the speaking commenced this lad was brought
exactly into the centre of the mob, whence, sur-
rounded by a drunken set, all sporting the same
colours, he directed a well organised course of in-
terruption, which was maintained during the whole
time Mr. ilanbury was speaking. Indeed, to pre-
vent this gentleman being heard appeared to be the
sole object of these persons, for they were tolerably
quiet throughout Mr. Byng's address, while they
hailed Mr. Haig with an applause which, consider-
ing its source, must have been highly gratifying to
his feelings.
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Something like order having been for a few
moments established, Mr. Sheriff HALE stated the
result. of the poll as follows:

Hanbury.. 3,678
Byng; 3,618
Haig .. .. • • • • .. 1,147
He thereupon declared Messrs. Robert Hanbury
and George Byng to be duly elected to represent
the county of Middlesex in Parliament.
Mr. Hanbury, Mr. Byng, and Mr. Haig having
addressed the electors, the proceedings terminated
with a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff.

YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING).
The signal defeat of the Conservative candidate
(the Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley), and the
triumphant return of the two Liberal candidates
(Sir J. Ramsden and Mr. F. Crossley) at the poll
for the West Riding, on Tuesday last, were the
cause of much rejoicing among all classes of Liberals
throughout the riding. The official result of the
poll will be declared at Wakefield to-day (Thurs-
day), and until then the exact number of the votes
recorded for each candidate will not be known.
The aggregate return published yesterday (Wed-
nesday) morning by Messrs. Ramsden and Cross.
ley's committee was as follows :
Ramsden (Liberal) .. , .
Crossley (Liberal) ..
Wr -(

16,021
15,471

ortley (Conaeriative) 13529
Majority of Ramsden over Wortley .. .. 2492
Majority of Crossley over Wortley .. 1,942
At Leeds, on Tuesday afternoon, soon after the
poll closed the result was announced in the area of
the Coloured Cloth-hall, where some thousands of
persons were gathered. Mr. J. W. Childers (late
High Sheriff of the county of York), the chairman
of Messrs. Ramsdeu and Crossley's committee, read
the numbers so far as they were known. Those
numbers gave each of the Liberal candidates a ma-
jority of upwards of 2,000 over Mr, Wortley.
Sir C. WOOD, M.P., who was received with loud
applause, then addressed the assembly. He said—
I congratulate you most heartily on the victory your
energy has won. It is the greatest victory that has
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Government may have been in some of the victories
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they have bought, the victory achieved by the elec-
tors of the West Riding will damp their joy.
(Cheers.) lam proud to see the two men returned
whom your votes hare placed thus triumphantly at
the head of the poll. I am glad to see Sir John
Ramsden and Mr. Crossley returned—a better
landlord and a better manufacturer you could not
have ; and I, for one, am better pleased to see the
representation of the riding in such hands than in
any who have been elected for some time past. We
now know that the Government can no longer
trifle with our wishes ; that they can no longer
trifle with the Reform question, or swamp the
boroughs, or overpower the independent voters in
the counties. (Hear, hear.) They tried to deceive
us by the bill they introduced to the House of Com-
mons, but we were not to be deceived; and they
next thought they might manage to purchase the
votes of the country. (Hear, hear.) They have
failed in both. (Hear.) No amount of bribery or
intimidation has been sufficient to force the electors
of the kingdom to subscribe to doctrines which they
repudiated. They have gained some votes, but they
have not gained sufficient to secure them a majo-
rity ; and let them appeal again and again, the
independence of the country will not be overpowered
by their best efforts. I should for my part be
ashamed of such victories as they have won. (Hear,
hear.) We stand on different ground in the West
Riding. We have won by our own unbought and
unpaid for exertions. (Loud cheers.) All of us
have sacrificed our time—which- to us is money—
and I say again that we, the electors of the West
Riding, have a right to be proud of the triumph
we have won. (Loud and continued applause.) I
am sorry to lose Mr. Crossley as a colleague, but I
am proud to have him as my representative. (Re-
newed cheers.)
Mr. E. BAINES, ALP., Who was received with
applause, said—lB it not a happy and noble thing