The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.

MR. CHEETHAM AT GOLBORNE.
Last evening, Mr. Cheetham addressed the elec-
tors of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Golborne, Colcheth,

Kenyon, Haydock, and Lowton, at Golborne. In a
capacious bowling-green connected with the New
Inn, the local committee had construted a hustings

for the accommodation of the speakers ; and there
was a good muster of the supporters of the hon.
candidate. Mr. Cheetham was accompanied by
Mark Philips, and there were present Messrs. S.
Maeand, Jabez Johnson, Joseph Knott, Thomas
Kirkpatrick, Caleb Wright, T. L. Travers, J. Hol-
land, J. Unsworth, J. Standring, R. Greenough,
Walker, &c.—Mr. M'Keand was voted to the chair
and commenced the business by introducing Mr.
Mark Philips to the meeting. Mr. Philips said
that Mr. Cheetham had already served the county
well for a long period, and had a strong
claim upon the electors, now they had acquired the
right of electing a third member. There was not a
single Liberal elector who must not have thought
himself somewhat disgraced at the result of the last
election in Lancashire, the nest of free trade. Mr.
Cheetham always gallantly stuck to his colours, and
it was rather too much of Mr. Turner to come for-
ward and claim credit for measures in obtaining
which Mr. Cheetham and his friends had borne the
burden and heat of the day. When they had to fight
for free trade Mr. Turner was in the ranks of their
opponents, and it was a shabby pretext to come for-
ward now as a free trader, and he (Mr. Philips) was
persuaded that the electors would not be led away
with such chaff. (Laughter.) Mr. Cheetham had
devoted much of his time to the subject of the cotton
supply, in which it was true he was himself
personally interested, but so was every man, woman,
and child in the country—(hear, hear)—and he for
one did not wish to stand by and hear another claim
an equal right to gratitude when Mr. Cheetham had
laboured so long in so important a cause. He (Mr.
Philips) did not know whether he was called a
Radical. He did not care much indeed what he was
called. (Laughter,) But he wanted to see things go
a little quicker than Mr. Turner and his friends,
and he did not feel in the slightest degree alarmed
that Mr. Cheetham would displace the political
machinery ; and, therefore, he thought the interests
of the county safe in his hands. The Tories often
made a great push at elections, and claimed to be
as good as their opponents ; but old birds were
not to be caught with such chaff. (Laughter.)
The polling day was close at hand, and he
called upon them to show then that they appre-
ciated those who had worked hard in the cause of
advancement. Mr. Cheetham was not the sort of
man who wanted to put a rope to the steeple of the
church to pull it down, any more than he would
wish to pull down his neighbour's mill. He was
not the man to interfere in any respect with other
peoples' religion, and would have every man enjoy
his own opinions politically and religiously.
(Cheers.) He (Mr. Philips) hoped to have the
honour of seconding Mr. Cheetham's nomination on
the hustings, at Newton-le-Willows, on Wednes-
day, and he should take the opportunity of asking
Mr. Turner and his friends whether they would
faithfully promise to allow every elector to vote
without exercising any undue influence. If they
would not do that, let the voter have the pro-
tection of the ballot. (Cheers.) He recommended
Mr. Cheetham as an honest man, as a sound politi-
cian, and as one capable of serving the constituency
honestly and faithfully. (Cheers.)—Mr. Cheetham ,
on coming forward, was loudly cheered. He saidthe two parties who were contesting this election
were widely distinct from each other, and their
principles were clearly defined. One was the party
of progress, and the other the party of obstruction.
The party with which he was identified had ever
been in favour of advancement, and the result had
proved that they were right. They had the ad-
missions of their opponents that on the subjects of
free trade and reform the course eagerly contended
for by the Liberal party was the correct one, But
now Mr. Turner asked them to forget the
past, and accept. his promises for the future,
Mr, Turner claimed to be an authority
on the subject of the cotton supply, because
he had been in India and America for the purpose
of selling calicoes. (Laughter.) But he never
heard of Mr. Turner in connection with the ques-
tion of cotton supply before that election, and he
never heard of him when representations were
made to the Indian Government to induce them to
abandon the unwise measure of imposing a duty of
10 per cent. on all goods imported from England.
(Cheers.) At the conclusion of Mr. Cheetham's
address, a resolution approving of his principles,
and pledging the meeting to support him at the
coming election, was proposed by Mr. Jos. KNOTT,
and seconded by Mr. T. L. TRAVERS.—Mr: J.
Walker, of Liverpool, also addressed the meeting,
and the resolution was unanimously passed:
Mr. Turner, yesterday, addressed a publie meet-
' ing at Ormskirk.

BANKS STRAIT.—It is estimated that upwards of
1,000,000 tons of British shipping passed annually through
Banka Strait, the new channel lately discovered by Mr. W.
Stanton, master and commander of her Majesty's surveying
resod Saracen, in going to 044 returning from china.