The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-16 00:00:00

REFORM AT ELECTIONS.
Among non-Parliatnentary occurrences, the Col•
Chester election has been the most prominent event of
the past week. The boldness and suddenness of the
enterprise invested the affair with an interest that
h(lid not intrinsically belong to it. For several days
ad the hero of the Young Englanders held knightly
,ate upon the arene, with lists all duly marked, and
bright colours fleunting defiance and wooirig combat.
Once and again had a hostile eye peered into the lists,
out, startled at the brave array, or conning prudently
the strength of the men-at-arms, retired in silence,
and left the place to sonic successor who looked about
him, and—did even as his predecessor had done.
The eve of the last day of watching was already
closing ere the bugle' note of a real defier was heard ;
ant loud and lusty were the shouts from friend and
foel when it was found that there would be a splinter-
ing of lances after all.
The new comer, while eager to break a spear in
honour of his ladve-love, Free Trade, consorted him-
self to the knightly bearing of his antagonist ; and in
all courtesy and gaiety were two gentle passages of
arms run. In the first, the mediwval knight was un-
orsed, and great was the wonderment, and still
greater the acclaim. But in the second course for-
t49B changed sides ; down went the Free Trade
iiinght with tremendous fall, and the inediwval hero
pranced thrice around the list, then rode away to
41g Up his pennon in the chapel of St. Stephen.
,e; -V, more seriously, we are pleased with the man-
1u which this election has been fought. The at-
ree.e.
tr Was gallant at least, and the immense majority
Lie show of hands justified the essay, for is ob.
al,ined for the principles of the new candidate
of' the advantage that could be derived from the voice
so a public meeting in the borough. He can now
1... Y) that in this agricultural borough a public meet-
-048., presided over by the mayor, declare°, by six to
can:% favour of him and his tenets ; while the other
b-n ,'"date can as fairly assert that his success at the
tbc
%%a obtained by no undue means, and that he is
0„! real as well as the nominal representative of the
laions of the constituency.
in There was no drunkenness, no bribery, no treat-
tr!, 110 banners, and—thing unparalleled in this no-
in-'l°,lis borough—no hand. Mr. Wingrove Coolie,
11:„",',8 first address, told the electors that he went to
eilnanient, he would go to represent their prin-
telese not their vices. Lord John Manners accepted
the Challenge, and discharged his flagmen—
pea first at the nomination admitted the high
14,7"a1 qualities of his :antagonist, and the
th— in his speech upon the declaration of
the Poll thanked his unsuccessful. rival for
hacieanurtesy and good feeling with which the contest
elbeen conducted. We hope that this election ay be the Commencement of new and most salu-
aeLrefnrni—a reform which shall banish corruption,
poll"ianY and bad taste from the hustings and the
both,
We
te,t Cannot express sorrow at the result of the con-
egh.l,fer whatever we may think of the principles of
mash Lord John Manners is the exponent, he is a
4 Minne we would not willingly see excluded from
lice in the House of Commons ; but we have some.
gro erY sympathies with the early career of Win-
4ele Cooke, and we have respect for his more
46,e,rit and harder labours in legal authorship and
Ilioh'inistrative inquiries. Wel have of late met his
boo many legal tomes and many ponderous blue
j0:48 ; and while the leader of Young England en-
tVats his seat on the Protectionist benches, we hope
b Irutorya Place may yet be found for the author of the
of the Whig and Tory ties' on the
beaches opposed
to him.-Historic Times.

RAILWAY RETURNS
AB Ar TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
tasi,..ser tile past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
*et``t‘ive re
turntns are made, together with the receipts of tho same
ious year :

•;
iti, ..:
.._*tek
-4141 NAM 2,3
week. EOF RAILWAY. Last I. Izi
'. •I°,
t t.
`N............
U. 2
Feb. 9
.£ X
10 •lb771 345
9 Amiens and Boulogne ... ..... • . 1,136 1,200
„' Belfast and Ballymena ••••••• • •• - •• 446 408
it) Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 666 713
10 Bolton, Blacli burn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 413 351
• a Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... ••• • .. 3,250 -
10 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 5,856 3,622
7 Chester and Holyhead. ••.. • • .... •• .. 1,219 1,185
12 Dublin and Drogheda...... ••••• • • • • 700 701
9 Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •••• • • • • 574 682
...._ Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen- •• •• •• 983 902
702
9 tlinburgh and Glasgow . ... ........ 2,399 3,189
10 Edinburgh and Perth ............ 1,958 1,640
a Icastern Counties and North Eastern.. 13,869 13,249
10 'astern
Lancashire .................... 2,519 1,719
9 Union.... - ........ ••• • - - 1,836 1,144
.ol ..- -gOw, Kilmarnock, and. Ayr ...... 2,532 2,368
ol ,
:I n .'"gow and Greenock.. - - ... -- •. 807 803
9 ',Feat Northern and E. L.• • - ...• .. 2,953 1,800
.... Great Southern and Western ........ 3,625 3,494
10 Great Western, &C•• •• • - 17,716
a ir-,aticashire and Yorkshire.. ..
4 •ancaster and Carlisle •.•••• • • •
10 Leeds and Thirsk •••••• •• • •
Live
. rP°ol, Crosby, and. Southport•• •• 72 64
1, ....ondonderry and Enniskiilen- •• - - 104 121
v Loudon
10 L 0,,,, and North Western, Bzre. 39,042 37,563
~ "'-`l3n and Itlackwail .. •••• • • •• 619 571
10 uondon and Brighton .• • .... • ..... - 6,621 6,3,j3
in
ILondon and South We5tern......... 7,80,i 7,760
Co ..lancheSter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,687 2,817
10 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham- .. 19,729 18,702
N. 34idland Great Western (Irish) .... • • 1,014 1,013
0 Monitland.s ... ..... ..... - .... .... -
-
North British -..•••••.•• . • • • • • • • • • 3,049 2,231
•. Paris and Rouen . .... - 4,6.54
alp Rouen and Havre .................. _ 1,952
5 Scottish Central .... ••
10 Scottish- Midland •••••••• • • .. • .. .. 393 254
i 0 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • .• 1,345 1,294
, Shropshire union .. • • • • 434 --
13 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • •• 7,837 6,625
9 South Devon •••••••••••- • • • • • • • • • • • 1,490 1,243
N. Tag vale ..... • ... .. .... 1,673 1,863
Ulster. .......... .... - 754
3 Waterford and Limerick -•••• • • • • - 237
1,, Whitehaven Junction .••• • • • " -
10 York and North Midland. •• •• • •
York and Newcastle . .... •• .. ...... 6,302 6,139
............,
1 NA VA I 11116/ ,I, V i I lt, s.'l\l if I E..

AVAL INTELLIGENCE.
•ceriis,,T3N, FEB. 9:—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Captain Fitzroy, five days from Plymouth,.
tißabe," here on the 28th ult., and the frigate Indeta-
tht4:°, anchored in the Tagus, from Plymouth, on
fora .11.inSt. These arrivals have reinforced Commo-
ce vtartiri's squadron, which now consists of the
1‘:?:g ships :—The Prince Regent, La Hogue,
Vrettl'gable, Thetis, Arrogant, Leander, Conflict,
rival Ave and Encounter. The fleet was expected to
'4flion on a cruise immediately after the ar-
Thq the English mails of the 7th inst.
the Russian frigate Pallas is still in the Tagus.
141.4,? Lisbon Board of Health has amplified its de-
htetiv7e that Liverpool and other English ports then
infected or suspected of cholera are now
I.,M'sat-b4e free trom the 7th ult., and all vessels from
.44,14 'ritain will consequently obtain free pratique
4tugai.
job THE
j EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.
Or34tou i :k tinV —The Prince Regent, 92,
11
,mderfir„(3.lore MartinTLi ; _Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougal ;
'64 gßable 50, Captain Smart, K.H.; the Le-
(!
15t1t1: 50. Captain D cres ; the Thetis, 36, Captain
iiritßton,
caw' .
n a
the
Terrible, 21, Captain Hope,
SaLtil° Arrogant, 46, Captain Gordon; the En-
t,,tre ; the Conflict, 8,. Commander Drake,
owed `4e Tagus on the 9th inst., preparing to. pro-
ti)°° Aar •
rial cruise on the 14th. Captain Fitzroy,
tvVogant, had resigned the command of that
111' theibill had been given to Captain G. T. Gordon,
.(41counter, Captain Fitzroy coming home.
e ROYAL MARINES.
'Elona— enabled to announce the amount of the re-
-1,4t1ie,-,siceeteinplated with regard to this eminently
4tiedsilule Corps. Ten companies are to be
and ten captains retired on full pay.
r, APPOINTMENTS.
b.:1(7;141'e; PER. 15.—Captain Robert S. Robin-
.o`ft,), to the Arrogant steam-frigate, at Lisbon,
t"„r°Y, superseded, owing to ill-health.
1t454114,1-drittet G. S. Parsons (1802), to be a retired
cla -et ef 1830, with a retired allowance of 7s,
-eitte
vPart; Ilaet Sherard Osborn (1846), to the Fisgard,
144. tet,i
14.,44t 'tar service.
kleetlll,4t;lt George B. Williams (1840), to the
tit„ date r„ , sloop, at Devonport.
iltl,Cnarles Arthur Wise (1846) has been con-
Virig-Lieutenant from the Bth March, 1847.
eileet,l,,asPer steam-vessel, Master . Commander
eitCrlted :et down the river this morning, and dis-
,the le; (ii„,11•0111 the Hercules troop-ship, at Green-
;Li h'iLoyallia Walker's Company, sth battalion, of
4.4im'etitio,'l.,rtillery, on their return from Gibraltar.
N:Upt:tiant'l6ascelles, of Ca.pta_in,.Dacres's company,
,wle rYlls, of Captain s company, with
'4l4.'paree tihs-ueg, of the Royal Artillery, arrived at
NI) 401 a Gibraltar
There were also a number of inva-
'en mlbraltae and from stations in the Mediter-
•
tr4`tl \rot
tiv4P, 4,,P1110 steam-vessel was taken out of dock
1114' of th' it will remain untenanted until the ar
PM. e onyx from o.,tend, hourly expected at
"II ruin TOE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
th
e yes,. in, C. 13., has lost no time in deciding
by the taboo 01 the expedition he is to command,
by
° ant
the Ptarmigan have been purchased
tof teak liiralty for that service. The former is
tlitZ'Mtio ' 411(1 was purchased from Mr. Smith, of
41tio-`l, is to b4rld both are sailing vessels. One of
ht made ready for the Arctic Seas at the
Itie(4lt 0f6A14" of Messrs. Wigrarn, and the other
As4ist-r• Green, at Blackwalf. Mr. W. M.
htt, Yard, ilnt-Master Shipwright at Portsmouth
to come round to superintend the
fereroZ the vessels, and will be assisted by
vi\Ns?4rd, to be shipwrights from Chatham
and constantly attached to one
the of toe foreman of shipwrights from
taeirii*.thseter.azhoe paeheocovantly in attendance at
430 tons burden. The
the gterittot ~Yessels have also been decided upon, and
I,4l,atop,,t4nnesrsard sborn, whose name appears in
444reu4 1.114 ria; 1)1- this left T.ADion fir South-
With:vessel to tiling to bring round the Eider screw
Qrde
"Es fitted for the Arctic Seas at Wool-
have also been dispatched to Leghorn