The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-16 00:00:00

titil SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1535.

BRIGHT ON.-TUESD AY.

His Majesty, accompanied by Lady Falkland, took a
carriage airing' this afternoon on the upper road to Shore-
ham, and bi Sea.:kide honk.:
The Duchess of dloucester and the tandgitivine took a
carriage airing this morning at twelve o'clock.
Prince George, accompanied by the Rev. R. Wood,
his Preceptor, rode out this morning at half-past 12 o'clock,
on btlf4ilihek,
DINNER.—Count Ludolf. •
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CALLB.—Count Ludolf, Sir Charles M. Clarke; Vice-
Admiral Dacres, Marquis of Ely, Lord A. Loftus, Mr.
and Mrs: Dawson, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Smith, Ann
CotiutOss of Newburgh.

NORTH NORTHAWTONSHIRE

ELECTION.

KETTERING, TUESDAY, DEC. 15.
The nomination took place this day. At about nine

o'clock the processions of the respective Candidates entered
the town with banners and flags, bearing various inscrip-
tions. Mr. Hanbury's was first on the ground, and con-
sisted entirely of pedestrians ; that of Mr. Mannsell ar-
rived shortly after, and WO composed almost entirely of
their arrival at the hustings a most
they rode in upon the
siriartleellifiTitttrlrtfc.l2lVas DOMpetrh:fl ;
people, who, to aiViti btittpi trampled do, seized the reins
of the horses, and endeavoured i 6 forelq them na.,"! when
they were assailed with large sticks, with tie.i!igh these
persons had prepared themselves, havin evidently pre-
determined to adopt this course, in order to drive Mr.
Hanbury's friends from the hustings, so that the show of
hands might be in their favour. A scene of great confusion
ensued, in the midst of which' was to be seen Mr. George,

of Bythorn, apparently at the head of the horsemen.
He pulled from his pocket a double-barrelled pistol, which
Wat loaded, and presented it at those who tried to ob-
struct his adtance. These ruffians then forced themselves
to within a very short distance of the hustings driving the
people before them. The High Sheriff several times de-
sired the horsemen to retire, but in vain. After some
delay the Court was opened, and the preliminary proceed-
ings were gond through. The High Sheriff then came
forward, and said that the event which had occasioned
them to assemble that day was truly of a melancholy na-
ture; and one which was sincerely lamented by him—the
death of their late noble representative, Lord Milton—a
young nobleman of great promise and possessing talent of
the first order, with a high, liberal, and well-constituted
mind, He trusted that their choice would fall upon a gen-
tleman worthy ,to be his successor. He trusted there
would be that order and decorum kept, as befitted the im-
portant duty they bad to fulfil. He requested that every
gentleman shoUld have a fair, candid, and uninterrupted
hearing,---(Cheerg.)
GEORGE PAM, Esq. (of Selby Hall), then proposed
Mr. Maunsell. They bad, no doubt, read with as much
satisfaction as himself the sound, clear, and satisfactory ad-
dress put forth by Mr. Maunsell.—(Cheers, and cries of
" No, not sati,Aetory,") The times required that men
should gu to Parliament nossessing those sound constitu-
tional principles advocated by 1!,1r. Maunsell, and by which
alone they could restore the country id its once-flourishing
condition. Mr. Hanbury had stated his inteTrltion of giving
his support to the present Ministers, and therefore he (Mr.
Payne, called upon the electors to o'pr a
so that gentlemn,
He asked the fttzlholders of North Nortilanlptonshire what
the Ministers had dee to induce them to give tireif support
to the 147EinISterial candidate 7 When were the agtietiitu-
rists ever in such a distressed staid, tittd what attempt ltaito
the present Ministers ever made to relfetv them re The
only act. of notoriety which they have carried int() affo.i,et is
an infringement on the rights of the people, and they
wished to introduce others infringing on the rights and the
property of the Church ; but the House of Peers averted
this calamity, and now they are denounced by the faction.
He felt confident of success, and he was fully persuaded
that in the event of a general election, the bright example
of North Northamptonshire would be followed by nume-
rous other counties. He begged to propose Thomas P.
Matinsell, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent them
in Parliament.—(Cheers and disapprobation.)
Mr. TRYON (the unsuccessful candidate upon a former
occasion) seconded Mr. Maunsell's nomination.
Mr. O'BRIEN came forward to propose Mr. Hanbury.
Before doing so, however, lie said that they had met for a
Constitutional purpose, and he insisted upon it that that
gentleman should give up his arms. He meant John
George, of Bytborn. He did not consider the life of any
individual secure there when a man came with arms, which
lie had been improperly presenting at various individuals.
He therefore requested that the High Sheriff would have

him disarmed.
The HIGH SHERIFF came forward, and said that if any
interruption was given by that person he should order him
into custody and have him at once removed.
Mr. O'BRIEN said that he should not go on till the arms

had been delivered up.
Mr. GEORGE refused to deliver them up, and there was a
considerable tumult in consequence. The horsemen con-
tinned to press upon the people in a most scandalous man-
ner, and both the Under and High Sheriff' requested them,
without being heeded, to keep back. Mr. George was at
last induced to give up his pistol, which was a double-bar-
relled one, and loaded.
Mr. O'BRIEN then said he was about to propose a gen-
tleman who had been long known to them, and who was
not a reformer of a late date, but. who had been so during
his whole life. Mr. Hanbury had been in Parliament be-
fore, and had then fearlessly and conscientiously' done his
duty.—(Hear.) He had also been before them as a can-
didate for their suffrages, and had obtained a large majority
over the Tory candidate.—(Cheers.) There had been a
report of Lord Brudenell retiring. It was unfair, he thought
for Mr. Maunsell to have been canvassing ; for in such an
event it was understood that he was to be returned with-
out opposition. He had not the least doubt but that Mr.
Hanbury would be elected by a considerable majority,—
' (Cheers.) But he begged the electors not to relax in their
efforts, as, if they did their duty, all would be as well as their
most sanguine hopes could lead them to expect. If they
failed, he should regret it, as it could only be from their
neglect, and henceforth the Northern Division of Northamp-
tonshire would be considered little better than a rotten
borough. He concluded by proposing Mr. Hanbury,
Mr. R. VERNON SMITH, upon seconding the nomination
of Mr. Hanbury, was loudly cheered by his own party, but
was not allowed to proceed by the Tories. He told them
he was determined to be heard if they kept him there till
midnight. Their opponents had scarcely received intelli-
gence of the death of Lord Milton, when they commenced
canvassing. He could not but think that their cause, not-
withstanding this early canvass, would be unsuccessful, as
that•party, who defied human sorrows, should meet with a
defeat. He had been taunted with holding an office under
Government. He had yet to learn that to hold honourable
office under his King was a subject of reproach—and surely
ought not to be deemed suchby the Tories.—( Hear, hear.)
He should like any person who talked about disgraceful
coalition, to come forward and prove the allegation.—
(The Honourable Mr. Fitzroy :" I will.")—I hear a
gentleman say " I will." He felt upon the present occa-
sion ashamed to enter into any explanation when lie saw
so close to him so near a relative of one of the Ministry,
Lord Russell, heir to the House of Russell. It was easy for
a gentleman to say " I will," but how could they prove it,
when no such coalition exists? It is said to exist, because
Mr. O'Connell dined with the Lord Lieutenant. His Lord-
ship had laid down a rule that lie would receive any
Member of Parliament. If a coalition without derelic-
tion could exist then this is a coalitioe between Lord
Melbourne and Mr. O'Connell, and such a one as he

(Mr. S.) should be happy to form with Mr. Maunsell,
because wherever Lord Melbourne led Mr. O'Connell
followed. Ile (Lord Melbourne) had brought forward
measures to benefit this country and Ireland. The mea-
sure which Mr. Payne calls revolutionary is not a new
one, but one which was brought forward and supported

by the Whiffs at that time. -It was in order to preserve
the Church that measures were resorted to to place in uni-

son with the wants of the people. He was warmly attached to
the Church, but would not foster any of the faults or encou-
rage any of the errors that had crept into it. It was be-
cause he wished to support that Church that he supported
measures having that tendency. He challenged any person
to say that the Corporation Act was a revolutionary mea-
sure. If so, he could call to his aid Sir Robert Peel, who,
to the astonishment and dismay of his friends, came to town
to give his support to the measure which was passed by the
House of Commons. ,He asked, if a measure so passed,

and so supported, w•as a revolutionary measure ? With re-
gard to Mr. O'Connell speaking against the House of
Lords, has ever any Member of the Government sanctioned
such a proceeding ? On the contrary. After some further
remarks, he concluded by seccnding Mr. Hanbury 's no-
mination.

Mr. ATIAuNsELL now stood before them as a candidate
for their suffrages. No man respected the character of that
noble family, who had been so heavily afflicted, more than
he did. As a husband, as a Christian, and as a man, 1
repel the charge of want of feeling which has been made
against me. My political p-iinciples are those of loyalty to
my King, and of the firmest attachment to the Constitu-
tion, as established by King, Lords, and Commons, whose
just rights and privileges I would protect to the utmost. I
have the utmost love and respect for our Protestant re-
formed religion, and valuable Church Establishment. I am
a friend to the agricultural interests, and I sincerely regret
the distressed state in which they arc placed. Without a
protecting duty it is impossible for the British highly-taxed
farmer to compete with the foreign. one. I- offer no pledges.
Should you do me the honour of placing me in the proud
satiation of your Representative, I will at all. times do my
duty fearlessly, conscientiously, and to the best of my abili-
ties.----( Hear.) I have to express my thanks to my friends
for their exertions'; and if they continue firm, Lhave not
the least doubt but I shall be placed in that station which
is the object of my ambition.
Mr. HANBURY said—Gentlemen, I stand before you in
the hope of being placed in the station which was so ably
occupied by your late lamented representative. This is not
the first time that I have stood-before you, and my opinions
therefore are already known to you. It is notorious that
my family have been for ages the supporters of the Whigs
of this county. lam a friend to lieferm—l am a friend
to the present Iviinistry—and I am as great a friend to the
Church, and as little friendly to Mr.'O'Corinel as any one
, amongst you. I have too large a stake in the Church to
be its enemy, for out of four. sons i. have two in the Chureil,
;aid surely I would taut wish to d4iive thein of their ii,l--
!

ing. lam the friend of Eeorm, and lam the friend of
civil and religious liberty. The county of Northamp-
ton is now represented by three Tories, but I do not
doubt that the attempt to return the fourth will be unsuc-
cessful. They had five days start of me in my canvass,
notwithstandingbat that, I have no doubt I shall yin the
election.—(Cheers) I have only now to return .you my
thanks, and to request you will come early to the poll on
on Friday.—(The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst grc at
cheering.)
The HIGH SHERIFF then put the show of hands, and
declared it to be, to the best of his judgment, in favour
of Mr. Hanbury upon whom he declared the election had
Mr. PAvst demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Maur-
son. The polling will take place on Friday and Saturday.
After the;,roccedin(re had terminited, and the Sheriff
had adjourned to ti;_e Court,
Sir GEORGE ROBiNS6.4 came forward to address the
,o would net hear

lectors, wh

CENTRAL AGRICW.TURAL
SOCIETY.

(Continued from The Sun of Yesterday.
Lord STANHOPE said, that it gave him great sai:sfac-
tion indeed to find so large a number of individuals
sembled from all parts of the kingdom for the patriotic
purpose of giving their support to the agricultural interests,
regarding which the Society had been formed ; the cala-
mitous situation in which the agriculturists were placed was
a state which it was impossible could be allowed to con-
tinue without having the effect of throwing the country
into a state of positive convulsion. Having formed them-
selves into a society for the protection of agriculture, he
considered that they should not separate without giving
some opinion as to the cause of the distress which, it was
allowed on all hands, existed—and of the remedy which
they considered would be most efficient in removing it.
For his own part, he would not hesitate to attribute the
injury under which the agriculturists now suffered to - that
edict of confiscation passed by the Legislature, which was
generally known by the title of Peel's Bill. This
mighty robbery was designated by the gentle name of a
transfer of property from one individual to another ; but
upon the same principle a highway robbery might be called
a forcible transfer of property from one individual to an-
other.---( Hear.) The Noble Lord then proceeded to state
that in the ,year 1819 there had been an increase of the
taxation of the country to the amount of three millions.
He did not mean to say that distress had been caused by
the low prices of agricultural produce, for in his opinion it
.was quite immaterial whether the prices were high or low,
provided they were proportioned to the burthens of the
people, for it was the very great disproportion which existed
between the burthens of the people and the prices of agri-
cultural produce which caused the evil, and unless this dis-
proportion was removed, by reducing the burthens of the
1-eople to the prices of the produce of the soil, or by raising
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the „ru..-...a. !o an equality with the burthens, he defied any
me ona
.any other remedy.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
he wow'
repeat, no other efficient remedy than
There wag,
by reducing the Were:t of the national debt, so as to meet
the low prices of protluae, or to raise the prices, so as to
meet the present charges aing from the national debt.
n:
—( Hear, hear, hear.) It mightbe the desire of the
country not to relieve the distreSSca of the agricultural
t of the inte-
.
community, but in that case the payrm.:
rest of the national debt must be star t:. d. They
must also, under such circumstances, suspend rho pay-
ments of the savings banks, and then realize that system 9f
free trade in corn Which some of the luminaries of the age
advocated. The Noble Lord next proceeded to eulogize
the character and conduct of the Marquis of Chandos. In
bringing their case next Session before the Legislature, all
they shall do will be to state the grievances and burdens
under which they labour, and to call for an inquiry.—
(Loud cheers.) Without redress it was impossible they
could go on any longer—it was impossible they could con-
tinue any longer to pay their share of the taxation of the
country.—(Loud cries of'" Hear, hear.") It was useless
to talk to them of any hopes of relief from reduction of
rents. He had lately seen a statement in the public jour-
nals to the effect that the farmers in one part of the coun-
try had said they could not go on under existing circum-
stances, though they had no rents at all to pay.—(Dofen-
ing cheers.) Supposing the farmer had no rent to pay,
the relief which would by that means be afforded him would'
only be to the extent of reducing the price of the quartern
loaf three farthings to him. They had seen their represen-
tations of agricultural distress scoffed and sneered at. Un-
der such circumstances it was their duty to unite together,
and make their voices heard in a yet louder and more de-
termined tone.—(Loud . cheers.) The Noble Earl, after
some further remarks, concluded by moving a resolution to
the effect that in order to afford relief to the agricultural
interest, either prices must be raised to a level with their
burdens, or their burdens must be reduced to a level with
prices.
Mr. WODEHOUSELEE, M.P., rose to second the resolu-
tion. Nobody could now doubt that burdens were increased
one-third or one-fourth through the operation of Peel's
Act. The Government of the country ought .to be made
to feel that no lapse of time can take away the effect of the
injury done to the agricultural interest .I.w the change which
had taken place in the currency.—(Loud cheers.) He did
not mean to propose the entire repeal of Peel's Bill, but he
contended there ought to be a modification of the i;seasure.
Lord TEYNHAM spoke in support of the resolution, and
made some observations against the Poor Law Amendment
Bill. It would be the duty of every Member who wished
well to the agricultural labourer to take into consideration
the present state of the poor laws early next Session.
Here considerable uproar and confusion arose in the meet-
ing in consequence of the Noble Lord's observations, in the
midst of which,
Mr, CURTEIS, M.P., rose, and some warm conversation
took place.
Lord WYNFORD- then addressed the meeting in a speech
of some leugth ; but the low tone of voice in which the
Learned Lord spoke prevented our hearing more than
a few detached sentences. He should like to see committees
appointed in both Houses of Parliament::, inquire into the
causes of the existing distress, and the best n;ans for reme-
dying it, The agriculturists were the most meriter*:eus class
anger
the persons in England. In the hour of difficulty and
the country could look with confidence, and never had looked
in vain, to them.
The Marquis of CHANDoS next rose amidst loud cheer-
ing, and Mr. Ball, of Cambridge, rose at the same time,
but the latter gave way to the Noble Marquis, who ascribed
their want of success in the last Session of Parliament to
the want of unanimity which existed among the agricultu-
rists. It was not for him (the Marquis of Chandos) to
express an opinion as to what may, or may not, be the best
means of relief. Hi' trusted that Earl Stanhope would
sacrifice any peculiar oi:inions he might entertain on the
subject of the currency, for the cake of preserving unanimity,
and to allow of the institution of a 67eat association of the
agricultural interest in Louden. He ban; come
to the con-
clusion, after the failure of last Session, that
e best way
ppohore,lnt of a
would be next Session to move for the a
Select Committee, to inquire into agricultural distroaa, , and
the best means for affording them immediate relief from h.
The opportunity of calling witnesses, to show what were the )
real causes of the distress, would then be afforded, and the
Committee, in the Report, would recommend the measures
for obtaining relief which they deemed most likely to attain
that end. When Parliament meets he would be ready, as
an independent man, without any reference as to the cur-
rency, or any other question, to move ,for a Committee to
inquire into the whole question of agricultural distress.—
(Loud cheers.) He would reserve to himself the right on
this, as on all other occasions, to act free and unfettered, to
act as an independent man. The Noble Marquis then sat
down amidst loud cheering.
Mr. BALL said he concurred in the opinion that it was
right that the Members of both Houses of Parliament should
approach the consideration of the agricultural question quite
free and unfettered. But he did not think it was necessary
that those who sent them there should have no expressed
opinion•Of their own as to the canses of the distress of which
they complained. The resolution did not pledge the meet-
ing to any particular line of conduct ; it only stated one
of two things, either that prices rausc be raised to the level
of the agriculturists' burdens, or that their burdens must be
reduced to the level of priCes. He was anxious to know
whether he correctly understood one part of the speech of
Earl Stanhope. He understood him to say, that if the
Members of both Houses were permitted to vote on the
question of the currency, by ballot, there would be a majority
in both Houses for the repeal of Peel's Bill. He was anxious
to know whether he understood the Noble Earl correctly.
Lord STANHOPE—ThOSO were my words.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BALL—Then I never heard anything on the subject
of agricultural distress so important before.
Mr. S. C. CAYLEY, M.l'., was satisfied, from the fate of
all the motions which had been made for a return to a paper
currency, from the motion of Mr. Western, in 1823, down to
that which he himself made last Session, that it would be of
no use to bring forward any motion having specifically for its
object an alteration of the currency. He thought the best
course they could adopt would be to move for a Committee
of Inquiry. That could never be refused.—(Loud cheers.)
For the last twelve years the agriculturist had not been living
on his profit, for he had no to five on—but on his capi-
tal.—( Hear, it *as asked by seine, *by did not the
farmer come down in his style of living ? Good God ! if they
who put such a
.question only saw the moderate way in which
the farmers were now obliged to live, they would never more
talk of their coming down in their style of living !—(Loud
cheers.)
_They are now paying two bushels of wheat for their
tpc,;,whpre they only used to pay one. Out of the '24,000,000
wThch constitute the ppulation of till's coantry, 21,000,000
t-• , r •
-40-dn'eply interested is the welf•are of the. farmer. The agri-
letaliii'ral interest will new havii.redress. . , .
-5.P0.6:41t' 'then rose and addrcs;ad the mecti4g at