The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

RETURN OF MR. SPOONER.

Mr. Scholefield's committee gave Mr. Spooner three
more votes than reported by his own friends.
Throughout the whole day the best feeling prevailed
in the borough, but it was not a little remarkable to ob-
serve the impression amongst the working classes in
favour of Mr. Spooner.
There can be no question that Mr. Scholefield's defeat
is in a great degree to be attributed to the disunion
created in the Liberal ranks by the conduct of Mr.
Sturge; but still, as will be seen by the numbers polled
by Mr. Spooner, the opinions which he represents have
made a great advance. At the first election, when Mr.
Spooner started, he polled only 940; at the second, 1,800;
and now his third and successful attempt, 2,101.
After the state of the poll had been declared,
Mr. SPOONER presented himself at one of the windows
of the Public- office, and was received with a burst of
enthusiastic cheers from the electors, who occupied the
whole of the street in front of the building. When the
acclamations had subsided, the Hon. Gentleman said,
he thanked the electors sincerely for the honour which
they had conferred. It was a common adage, " When
rogues fell out, honest men came by their own."—
(Laughter and cheers.) This had been verified by the
result of the contest which they had that day brought to
so glorious and triumphant a close. Ho could only thank
his numerous friends, canvassers, and agents, for their
incessant exertions in his behalf. He was well aware
that men were too apt to attribute such effects to the
personal claims of the individual in whose behalf they
were made ; but in this instance he was satisfied it was
not the character of the man, but the cause in which
they were embarked that had contributed to their sue-
cess.—(" No, no," and cheers.) He believed he had been
merely the humble instrument in achieving a victory,
the benefits of which he sincerely trusted would be
sensibly felt by the borough which he now had the
honour to represent.—(Cheers.) He hoped they would
permit him to offer to the Conservative electors of Bir-
mingham his congratulations on their having achieved
a share in the representation of the borough, to which
they were justly entitled, and which ought never to have
been refused, and which he boldly affirmed would never
be rescued from the party into whose hands it had now
been committed.—(Loud cheers.) He had also to con-
gratulate them that the name of "Radical Birmingham"
had been extinguished, and that the Whig faction, who
had so long attempted to govern the town, had been
brought to its proper level.—(Hear, hear.) They had
suffered, most justly suffered, the defeat which they
merited, and which invariably attended all wrong-
headed politicians, who foolishly led men to
lengths which their judgments condemned.—(Loud
cheers.) Mr. Spooner, in continuation, observed that
as there were many present who had not had an oppor-
tunity of hearing him express his sentiments on the pre-
vious day, he would repeat what he then said, in order
that there might be "no mistake" in the minds of any
of his supporters as to his political opinions. The Hon.
Gentleman here entered into a recapitulation of the
leading topics of his speech at the nomination, and pro-
ceedei to say, that so long as the present Government
adhered to the spirit of the Constitution—so long as they
carried out those principles which had placed them in
power—so long might they depend on his support ; but
he hesitated not to say that a deviation from that con-
stitutional course on the, part of her Majesty's Ministers
would meet that opposition from him which he was
sure his constituents would wish him to offer.--

(Cheers.) He was free to confess that events had
lately taken place in Parliament which were not cal-
culated to raise that House in the estimation of the
country. There had been two or three Ministerial
measures which had been handled and dealt with in a
manner unworthy of the men who had the conduct of
them, and unsatisfactory to the country at large. Twice
or thrice had the House, of Commons come to solemn
decisions on the most important national points, and as
often, at the bidding of the Minister of the day, rescinded
those decisions and exhibited a weakness and imbecility
unworthy of the British Senate.—(Hear, and applause.)
The llon. Gentleman, in conclusion, complimented the
Mayor for the firmness and impartiality which he had
exhibited in the discharge of the onerous duties of his
office, and which was worthy of all praise ; and retired
from the window amidst loud and enthusiastic cheers.
Mr. SPOONER subsequently addressed a meeting of
the non-electors in the large room of the Public-office,
and on his return to his bank in New-street was loudly
cheered by the populace.
Neither of the other candidates made their appearance
at the close of the poll, nor was any public demonstra-
tion made by their friends. Indeed it is reported that Mr.
Sturge left town by the 2 p.m. train for Gloucester, and
" has not since been heard of."
The official declaration of the poll will be made on
Monday, at 12 o'clock, but we need scarcely say that it
will not affect in the slightest degree the final result,

Mr. Matheson, M.P., who is proceeding to the
Pyrenees for his health, has paired off for the remainder of
the session, with Alderman Copeland, M.P. _ _ _

_
Mr. John Dalrymple' M.P., for Wigtownshire, has
paired with Mr. C. Leslie, M.P. for Monaghan, for the rest
of the session.

DEAL.—On Friday last, about eleven o'clock, this
town was visited with a thunder storm, accompanied by
deluging torrents of rain, which lasted, without any
any intermission, nearly an hour and a half. The quan-
tity of water which fell dining the above period was
enormous, and unexampled in the recollection of the
oldest inhabitant. Several cellars and low apartments
of the inhabitants were considerably inundated, and the
streets, from the depth and rapidity of the water, in a
very brief interval were rendered quite impassable. In,
some instances, boatmen were obliged to push off preci-
pitately to their galleys and punts anchored afloat, in
order to bail them out, and prevent them sinking. What
is very remarkable, the liquid torrents did not extend
much beyond two miles.—Kent Herald.
IRISH RAILWAYS.—The preparatory prospectus of
the Irish Great Western Railway .has been issued. It
is proposed that the line shall run from Dublin to Mul-
lingar and Athlone. It is to diverge from the Dublin
and Cashel Railway at or near Lucan, and running
thence by or near the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge, May-
'moth, Kilcock, Enfield, Clonard, Kinnegad, and
-can, to Mullingar and Athlone, being a distance of sixty-
' six statute miles. The expenditure has been estimated
by Sir John MTeill at 11,0001. per mile. The pro-
posed capital is 730,0001,