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AMERICAN NEWS.

the eotoTe EIi,CIAL INTELLIGENCE. b
w-m k , and reports that there was .
km2sth telal news extends to the close of
oubsianne,gses
not any
til 1.411413 Y tnarket. Money for all legttimtaetrempsu.rpEosxe-s
44R0 ' Y tlbtained, and upon favourable
t1,41,k440,9_,,t10,.,ted 10i to , with but littledoing.
\'Sitettq cecurities were firm. The sales on that day
4. , States Sixes of 1856 were made athe0tt,z;4.486,8.--.117/. lo7i;
Europa's news
1862
hi little ii-sOince the arrival out of the I.,4,tivf. rs..aci been done in cotton. The
ttieislati: our lateat ativices report Liverpoolpi;
fair to good
142 14', (31%110ary and middling, 12i to
.- In
classification. a r ket being
.; to .0 I,ti
and Mobile , 12} to 13i,
s ls. ' New Orleans
rC ,
d()lntQff's •
ii, Western Canal flour,
totti is. to 41.----garket very du:
tttpearly 2.. dolls.; Canadian in b0nd,5d051915.:0 Frit oli "62 to 63; ditto round yellow, Indian
ina nr
rovtaio aed,
44 4 market ,
and
0), inactive
'CE.
l' prices without change.
h 11n„,rt IN 1-71/VrELLIGEN
Ittit-,1".1` (-7. s
_TuEsDAY. ,
~ tiible
,INGRAM RACE . ~ 5 ft, with 5u
?sti, 11 t'ark Stakes of 10 sovs. esocdn
three 9st 21b,
togos atiar tWo yrs old, fiat 121 b,
_a
kr. '4l. to it Reldings allowed Sibs; the winner to pay 5
kl. St ebb fund. T.Y.C.
alked over.
tit/,,llottiv°init's The Cutler, 2 yrs
4(1 0 .4gheelshir Handicap of 20
401, °IY 5 • e
4. ebilter he e ' .'
h. dto save is
eelar d &c the secondB°vtwso. rebeaccehai'vthooksfeto:
t..e stakes, and the tir
ad. Two
ip ^lnner to pay 20 sovs. to the fu
!It, h,”l:tii6 ,
G Abdale) 1
Lopillilter? 8 /raid of Masbate, Est
.7.
.Ib. .
,(
.1
.b:(Carr•
nLoocy 2
41,. pht,t:lrtlaid of Team Valley,
75sstt'51b, (Wells) 3
(',,.. Itkrkvi,el;al;sßtillaphrey,
411 t. Li:l44loe; vallincloof Lyme,
daage7(st lolb,(Simpson)) 0
41:pAleiria4,,Pca5atieGaird 44
yrs,
3 Yrls'Sst Ilb, (Evans)
00
6st 91b (Bainard) 0
tr•lt 0 --'4 Roland 4 Ts fist 71b
V Be
larit's
It '3 ' sstß.
iik,,, eR..,,s , odney, 4 yrs, 6st •
to i' 6 to 14 2 agSt Roland, 5 to 2 agst
Rodney,
(W Nat Ita4t vanguard, 7to I ngst
length be
4,, alb, Maidbhe Sherwood
f Teamaodo
t'll,i,tleenott
t.lle.,the.. Wen by a length, a
ticidc:' .roar ‘'nt,hird•
the -I col I '''" Stakes, of 10 sow. each,
Ili ts' Bst - 21b• extra; winners .
ttO 40er t, 71b• fillies, 8.4 ,
to subscribe
t Yea
) 1143' 5' to the funds, andwith 50
Ivl.ll
i_e r., T. 1..„.. sues.
lit:T1) aterfleld's 1- ' Lc, 4wsores .1., . aYnient, 8A 71b (Barth(c:il,omLeywo)
_2l
-vtl D.Nop,i, -Lightwaist, SA 71b
(R. Sly) °
, 14.1-:‘ Ttolifi ,' Sheer, Bst 21b
n) 4
;44tii1R, 8 Valais R 0 .51, sit 21b •••(J•
4 let, to , ) payment de all the
mo 1/4.0„4
,_u 4:sfinent.
tt (8/00,1 u., °Y a length.
-q, th 4 stake of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
*Rota, Two miles.
walked over
•op, t. 1',48 The Alp list 91b ..... "••
bkt• Illltttqch, 40, 9sit each. Two miler.
received
litto Nbto-"eointe, 5 yra
paid
Zlo., Sal° 8„„t1)6 Sir Charle. aed
,_4ll. i.'s iizt,for thre yrs" old and upwards
Twomiler;
'Zitt'. s444°AttOt?ttT,eso4llp,Brueritoui3t rbs, 6st 31b (Arnold) Lye) 2
(T.
n, 3
ko: j. 4rdoe'vh !by Sir3llisainss 7st 8114—(F Mars° 0
44, ' Osh - 6 -c'dYch 3 '6
t 61b (Basbaul 0
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b 4otti„ttlfs ei°' 4he Swift. 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (GO.sobeartnces)) 0
'8),0. "It, 'atst, 6 yrs, Bst 61b
agst
t, ''e,
44 d65t34 tttst Alp, 3to 1 agst Clara,(. 4to 1 t
041,, in 1 agst any other. Won by
Ipm°o4, 4NG
DAY.
10 , Clob 4T MANCHESTER.—TuEs ,,,
tAg[it v azet oo'e•sitts.-6 to 4 agst Windischgratz (t)
hall a length.
lierVl Go„,°4l,vo,a°rtlee, 10 to 1 agst Snowstorm, 12 to 1
' S. ''''Nvo' -""eenie-out-to-ni,,..ht, 20 to 1 agst Langton.
oCcianattke,l3,l)--,5 to 2 - in. dischgratz (t), sto
1 .; 4to
I (ICUChanticleer, 12 to 1 agst
' tio,..'"tgt,,
5: on w ..-...7 to
11
It_ltifl, j,,,i,tsford4 agst Voltigeur, (take 2to 7to
'' to 4;st ~`:ugratz (take 8 to 1), 7 to 1 agst inchCer,
kltiitg,slschatti,rbo(l)l. to 1 agst Bolingbroke (t),
14 51.--lio batting.
cellr'll44 "--7!i•_-........„-.........„.........„...-
clr Of had an interview with the Chan-
Ileao the PrattPizeh
the ~,1114
-equer yesterday.]
.colva°l4,-,_t'Tori•--At a very numerous meeting of
tt,,ti,tYllobiztancil, held on Monday, the will of the late
4110414 cl-I°ll Ramey, Esq. was produced and read by
the unt of
tlr-,,, Whereby the testator has left the enormous
14.°143'0r '''°°°/ , the largest pori of which he gives to
(toced,, ‘,.aed corporation of that town,
to apply the annual
No,4clvatie sueb a manner as may best promote the study
t4,?', ati„ent of tlae sciences of natural history, astro-
se'eti, „s,tles, classical and Oriental literature, in South-
-1°:41-It.40,,,Yeori.°Zielrg a public library, botanic gardens, ob-
°l'oe'' wbieh . such institution in the; parish of holy
11:1.4;14itt all IpBo4rpvoesrYes,ceoxtispe ictnnogus:.shiatut situation, ,baontdanaincaelxgteanr:
iitiii‘4,_ It is Alle, doubt b.i)pilaced on of the public
some
"o 417;4*
i)repettrenerh regltretTchthanact,erfyrom the will being
%It the ilittent
1914 of the testator. Will be necessary

vi 74, RRIVAL OF THE CAM:BMA.
-1,"1„:1;:CIC. OP THE VICEROY.—CONFE -,SI(MT OF
',OFESSOR EBSTER.— CONGItES6IONAL
'4OCEEDINGS.
LIVERPOOL, TUCIDAY Mr)P..IVING.
.1 , The British and North Aniericrlo Royal Mu
ike3lll9lllll Cambria, Captain Leitch, which sailed
tril()Izo N'ew York on the 31 instant, and filliFax onLl
Ipe 6th, has arrived, bringing 70 nassengers, and the
.41,41 mails from Canada as-rid the United. Stat,e..
0 the Cambria reports the arrival out of the l'aciL
i:il- il.ew York, afrer a run of 11 days 15 hours from
'to dock. The City of Glasgow arrived at New
hours on the 29th ult., after a passage of 14 d
IYs6
11; and the Europa, Captain Lott, which sailed.
tNal L.
45
spooliver on the 22d of Juae, reached Hall-
for' at six
•Al, on the let of July, and proceeded
sheon
rev aw York the same evening, which port
enecl on the 3d.
11111;h6c,1),5eia news was telegraphed from Halifax on
Yo'ii,""l ult., the new boat belonging to the
riNtherwe,
Idea& Associated Press boarding her off Sa
eaWe regret to say that the steam-ship Viceroy,
1011:taill I'vving, has been wrecked ; all her passen -
S 6 aye been saved, and came over in the Cambria.
c went ashore lad se on Shag Island, between. Cape Sable
ill:11,1,184,mi Jesrlainsd; the water flows in and out of. her.
ascribed to the same cause assigned
ball! "a of the Great Britain—the effect of an iron
.„,11 the compass.
iat:rq! present arrival furnishes ue with a variety of
3d, .:8114. intelligence. A New York of the
paperthe fol-
lewiln alluding to the news of the week, gives I! anincriary
kbaseti "nfession of Professor Webster (which is
1481Zne, tr.iedd in%
and convicted
column), who was a
vshort_tairm.ce_
convicted of the murder of r.d.r le_
intere 111
4, Boston, will be read with a great eal r.
thrilii",, ,It is one of the moat extraordinary and
on-
deaanel neeumeuts that ever emanated from a
showc
4 that it criMinal. The professor endeavours to
kip Was not a case of premeditated murder; tehxa_t
cite,'ed the Doctor in a moment of passion and
141"4ent; and
,‘ , that murder was not contemplatedby
Thisy„ilepq end
appointed a meeting with his victim.fet,
viliocilliortunate case is very similar to that. .o Chi t
iti, 'led Ad -
in this city, u
eo co arns a few years since . itsca„Minitted suicide on the day appointed for his
It vre"°c•
ti ''tild
heti 4,, . appear that the United States are des-
Ntestsalri to oppose the right of search, or_ rather to
Nile against it on the part of foreign Powers, in
Erica:cc," with American shipping. A. short
Spanish
,alie ~43ritish vessel of war, and likewise a
.t
hetv'e"tittMllt ceremony, compelled American ships o
carne, willld submit to being searched. This,. ofs
latut be , not be tolerated, and these aggression
, Th .I"is"vned and apologised for in proper form.
'arileamoverrnent at Washington having peremp-
Itklia,anded the release of the Contoy prisoners,i
Itatioti-hunited States' squadron on the West India
11.eete been ordered to enforce such demand. 1
lID 34
tenee 11We are anxiously looking for further intae
.-
Ileara,u, Mtn that quarter. According to present
; la 6,e,5,' a War with Spain is not at all improbable..
3aboutjugress thew 'settlement of the. slavery question
pr ti the same state as it was eight months.. ago.
tali
°"ess
h been •de worthy
%Id , as made of giving any
{ Th. 'lope.
ia, Lailictiesa.fro
in Mexico is not important. Cacuem,
4 bett 1:01 bad suffered from fire, consuming 45 of
t.P'ota ~,t4es in that city. .I l ; liltAoronto we have advicee, stating that. the
ttithatli,,,, ,sease the number of representatives in the
".1 `i ;" r arli alne n t to 150, was rejected by a vote
Itislatitillts,t 24, two-thirds. of the whole House,
theri.l`7, '3' 84
".members, being necessary to a deci-
el --"Ie addrss to the Queen in favour of placing
itti clergy reset
il .hhioreserve at the disposal of the Legislature,
I,ealre to"Pre.ssing satisfaction with England, and a
Yajo. Nltunie the existing relation, was adopted ,ge Inajority.
li
41 41" Y TWO DAYS LATER.
t 'Ow,. °aR, JULY 5, Six O'CLOCK, P.M.—By our
4-sv,,e4agrmoef, Sate°, which left New York on the
ki,'apd 'me sth inst., which was forwarded ma
l'a'tt,ilt th:," Ilalifax, to catch the Cambria before.
that icten., port for Liverpool, we have the following
trete igenee, which brings our accounts down to
The ping of the Sib.
it'llivt(l-11,r4a, which left Liverpool on the 231 ult..,
ie," Pasant at New York on the afternoon of the 3d,
leis Iler ran
.of twelve days and three hours,. includ-
44ra Mto Halifax, to land her mails and pas-
The
',loth Am
eriean
low 4ro ' steam-ship Washington, from
;14(113/41) arrived out at New York on he fol-
d .14 e day,
%Ili e ebration of the anniversary of American in-
kttle.a.t flpelliceeswo, as usual, held and carried out with
eta ~ 4401ir on the 4th, and was throughout the
et - eon, 1
4tli Evms P ete holiday.
t ill 14 1! AT POINT COUPEE.—NEW ORLEANS,
It114:111t-ie401°.---The'Picayune says that the crevasse
pittlti styee,,iPee is fourteen feet deep and 600 yards
tto,„4tiotsv ng off' houses and. crops, and ruining
tat have , it is still extending ; all attempts to
111°41 grtat
q it, be abandoned. All Attakapas county
If this
•.i oecu., danger of being submerged.
Veil) hr`,°tlndreds of plantations will be destroyed.
I:rokrth,4 Herald.
kit 4 th, 'l4r intelligence had arrived a.t. IsTew Yorek.
Port south
Rft, ahee . , nor was there any political news of
at soon,since the Cambria left New York, which
or: the 231

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
BRADFORD itEFoRM: ASSOCIATION.
Sir,—On Monday the 15th, the Attorneys' Certifi-
cates Bill was carried through the seeond reading
by a taijority of 139 to 122. A proof of the influence
the intelligent and iinperzent cless conceened w aintein s
in society.
The Merrieg,es 13111, of which the third reading had
been vieed on Wednesday with a majority of ten,
was passed without a division. It therefore becomes
matter of interesting speculation, to know what is
the probable course which such a legislative reform
must undergo before ir, is law. The first question
upon which would be, to know how many times such
a reform is likely to go before the Lords be-
fore it passes. And if there is no precise
precedent or experimental ground fur conclusion, the
next best is to make a rough estimate of the process
which may be expected to go on. The earliest pal-
pable result, is that the fact of such a Bill having
passed the Commons, conveys a strong hint to the
other branch of the Legislature that the affair is
growing serious. It is like the landing of an invading
army; the chances of repulse may be matter of esti-
mation, but one point has clearly been gained by the
invader, viz. that he has made good his landing.
Another consequence is, that if the Lords mean
to maintain their reputation with the public,
they must seriously meet the arguments advanced
by the majority of the Commons. It is of no use to
ignore them; to do so would only be incurring the
repute of incapacity. The supporting party in the '
Lords must also find their position much strength-
ened, by its having been cleared and fortified in the
other House. Waverers and doubtfuls (as the elec-
tion phrase is) must at the same time feel an increased
inclination to take the advancing side; and the wa•
verers and doubtfuls finally decide all close questions.
When the question appears again in the Commons,
the same kind of effects must take place in turn.
And so the ball must rebound from one to the other
with increasing results, till it terminates in the victory
of right.
Such appears to be the natural history of struggles
of this nature, in a government of counterpoises like
that under which we live. How many rebounds
there may probably be, it would require experience
in that particular branch of science to foretell. It
seems better to pitch the number high than low.
Perhaps three refusals by the Lords, would not be an
unreasonable surmise.
On Tuesday the House met at twelve o'clock, and
was occupied in Committee with the Mercantile
Marine Bill. At three, motion was made and ac-
ceded to, that the House should adjourn in considera-
tion of the funeral of the deceased Royal Duke. A
strangely managed motion, for the funeral was over.
So that Members who might have desired to attend,
were not at liberty to do it 7/ithout abandoning the
House; and were set at liberty when too late.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.
Loudon, July 17, 1850.

DEVONPORT AND STONEHOIJSE

ELECTION.

PIA MOUTH, JULY 16.—Sir John Romilly had a first
interview with his constituents yesterday evening at
Killingly's Prince George Hotel, Stonehouse, when 111 r.
Charles Chapple, a very old resident, presided.
The newly-appointed ATTORNEY- GENERAL commenced
by stating that this was the third occasion on which he
had had the honour to address them. At first he was

unknown to the voters of the borough, except by the
little matters which he had prosecuted through Parlia-
ment, and by the name which his honoured and revered
psrent had left him. On the second occasion, when he
had accepted the office of Solicitor-General, they had
had but short experience of his conduct as their repre-
sentative in the House of Commons. At that gine he

told his constituents, both at Devonport and Stonehouse,
that it would ba impossible for him to take the same
position as when unconnected with the Government.
Any society of gentlemen who met together must give
and take, provided there was no sacrifice of principle, in
order to maintain union. He had been Solicitor-
General nearly two years, but having recently ac-
cepted the office of Attorney-General had come to
render an account of his political conduct, and to ask
a renewal of their suffrages. With his colleague Mr.
Tufnell, he had endeavoured so to hold the interests
of the borough as to maintain it in its place
among other towns. The inhabitants of no other
country in Europe pay so little attention to foreign po-
litics as England, but on a recent occasion no doubt
great excitement had prevailed. He cordially and fully
concurred in the vote in favour of Lord Palmerston. It
was complained that the Noble Lord interfered too much
with other nations to promote his own doctrines among
them. This was incorrect. England had always inter-
fered, and it was her duty to suggest the propriety of
those salutary reforms which prevent convulsions. The
interference in Greece was oa behalf of two British sub-
jects, and ho (Sir J. Romilly) could not concur with
those who gravely stated that if British property be en-
croached on there is no remedy at home. An old friend
of his, a gentleman from the midland counties—no poli-
tician, but one who bad travelled much in the East—
stated that the English were respected everywhere from
the moment Lord Palmerston obtained the seals of office.

W hen first elected the question of the navigation-laws
was under discussion. Some thought that as soon as
they were passed not another ship would be built; but
the anticipated terrors proved utterly visionary, and
unusual activity in shipbuilding prevailed everywhere.
It was carrying out free trade—a measure which must
eventually be complete. He could not, however, but
confess teat the alteration of the corn-laws bore heavily
on the landlord and on those tenants having
long leases, and the time was coming when a very con-
siderable struggle would take place. Ever since the
alteration there had been good harvests, but the period
would arrive when the crops must fall, and then itupor-
tations would keep down the price, and a struggle would
commence. The interest of the landlord must not be
put in antagonism with the interests of the whole com-
munity. In the colonies the present Government. fur-
nished liberal institutions, esrecially Australia—a
course which was eminently popular. The most im-
portant subject of domestic interest was general public
retrenchment; there were many useless offices connected
with the law, but the fees were paid by suitors, and
their reduction will not diminish taxation. Further
retrenchments in the navy, army, and ordnance could
not be safely male ; if peace is to be preserved the
country must be ready for war. The state of eminence
the nation possesses has become the envy of the powers
abroad, and it was evident the other day in the Mediter-
ranean that those powers wished to get England into a
scrape. Besides the army and navy afforded occupation
for the lower classes, and if a sudden stop was put to
ship-building in the public yards, those establish-
ments could not easily be got up again. The in-
tellectual condition of the apprentices in the dockyards
would shame some of the sons of the aristocracy, and
their advanced education was beneficial to the state. Ile
had always been favourable to the extension of the suf-
frage, but could not support Mr. Locke King's Bill; it
was useless to bring forward an abstract question. He
must candidly tell them that he should always vote with
the Government, unless it became essentially necessary
to sever the connexion. It was a cardinal point with
every good Government to uphold the good faith of the
country; if the window-tax had been suddenly abolished
payments to fundholdera must be postponed and the
country upset. Those who lent the money are dead,
and more than one-half of tho present holders derive
less than 1001. per annum from the funde. It is difficult
to End a new tax. His opinion was strongly in favour
of a property-tax, although it fell heavily on himself, as
his professional income paid the same as that derived
from land. A gnat struggle will take place next year
on the renewal of the property-tax. The window-tax
brought a revenue of 1,750,0001, and it was not easy to
supply that deficiency; if that tax were taken off another
must be put on. Ile had censiderably modified his
views on the subject; in favour of taking it off was
the great increase of light and air; there the benefit to
the tenant would rest, pecuniary advantage would accrue
only to the landlord. 'fake Liverpool —no poor man
there had a house, he rented a room or two; if the tax
were abolished no reduction of rent would follow. Where
a tenant had a long lease of a large house he would un-
doubtedly receive benefit. The house tax taken off by
Lord Althorp had all gone into the pockets of the laud-
lords, In the House of Commons the Protsctionists had
all voted for the various items of expenditure, but had
opposed taxation. He objected to the lets derangements
of the Post-office, but it was singular that to the petitions
in favour of that measure 700,000 signatures had been
attached, while to those in opposition only 30,030 had
been appended; all the most considerable merchants in
the city of London voted for closing. He (Sir J. Ro-
reilly) had introduced several measures connected with
Ireland, which were expected to be beneficial; his
experience of the character of Irish gentlemen had much
raised them as landlords in his esteem. The New Poor
Law had given a remedy for evictions. It was the
duty of every Member of Parliament to do that which
is most conducive to the interests of the country.
Ho had paid attention to that department with which
he was best acquainted. The law ought not to be a
terror to suitors, and having now the assistance
of Government ho had been enabled to do much
for Ireland and a little for England. The law could not
in all cases be made cheap—take for instance a collision
between two ships, when so many witnesses were re-
quired. Ile had in some cases diminished abuses, and
by their permission he would prosecute further remedial
measures. To the borough of l)ehvoougnph, perhaps,ortan
dS Stone-
house he owed his advancement, although,
other borough might have elected him. Through them
he had carried out several beneficial reforms, and it was
his anxious desire to hand down to posterity and to his
own children the same good name as his father had left
him. This was the noblest inheritance he could trans-
mit to his son.
Mr. KENT complained of the inequality of the probate
duty, which fell heavily on the small leasehold occupiers
of Devonport and Stonehouse, while the great landed
proprietors escaped. When the Health of Towns Act
passed the tax should have been taken off staircase wiu-
dows.
Sir J. ROMILLY thought there was an inequality in
taxing personal property and not land; he considered
that a modification of the window tax might be made.
A VLTER, who said ho was a little man and had but
a small voice, objected most vigorously to the mainte-
nance of six Field-Marshals at 141. per day. In 1800
only one existed. Stonehouse paid more poor-rates
than any other parish. A private marine's full pay was
7s. 7d. per week, and the half pay for his wife and
family 23. 6d. If the pay of one of the Field-Mar-
shals was appropriated to these poor families, it would
afford considerable relief. Recently at Totness a poor

widow wag unexpectedly called on by one of the proc-
tors to pay a Eum of 81/. upon her husband's estate.
On her ingairing what became cf all tl,e in,inc.y, the
proctor said th,.o; some stuck to the gridiron and some
e.ono off tit an; the, speaker's opinion xv.lls that the
grater part paid by the pour sotch to the ,:;ritliron.
Sir J. PO (ILLY, iil c,ply, said tbf:t if C-&e pay et one
Field-Mlrslitd .oas f:pplied in difuin,lLon of the poor-
rates here, would Poi, the c-ins3.tituonticy of Portimonth
recluir a similar arrantrPment there? No ore would
grudge to the Dal:e of. Wellington tl,e payment be re-
ceived as Eii4l-Marilial, cud Prince Albert held the
appointment withaut the emoluments.
A motion in favour of the re-erection of Sir John
Pk.omi;ly, mo by Mr. ;,31LEPP.IP.D, surgeon. and ,;e-
-oonded by Mr. lliNcnAm 6NELL, was ndoptcd with
ar.!olamation.

SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.

A meeting of the Liberal electors was held at the
Victoria Rome, on Monday evening, to hear an address
from Mr. Cockburn, her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
Several hundreds of persons (chiefly electors) were pre-
sent, and the greatest enthusiasm in the Hon. Gentle-
man's interest was manifested. His appearance on the
platform, accompanied by a large party of his political
friends, was the signal for loud applause.
On the motion of Mr. Councillor Sunup, seconded by
Mr. Councillor BORRETT, T. L. Harman, Esq., was
voted to the chair, and, in a few appropriate observa-
tions, introduced Mr. Cockburn to the meeting.
Mr. COCKBURN, on rising, was greeted with several
rounds of cheering. He declared most emphatically,
that whflst he was not insensible to those noble aspira-
tions which urged a man onward in his public career,
he valued the good opinion of his constituents much
more highly than the honour or emoluments of
office ; and rather than violate those greet political
principles on which he first asked their suffrages three
years ago, he would sacrifice every chance of pro-
motion or honour that might be before him.—
(Loud cheering.) He was conscious also of this,
that constituted as this country was, no man
could expect, single-handed, to achieve any great or
commanding object of reform. To do this he must
associate himself with some party or another, that, as
one of the bundle of sticks, he might achieve that which
alone he could never do.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore he
felt that he had neither sacrificed himself nor his consti-
tuents by giving up a portion of his self-independence
and becoming one of a collective body—by joining the
Ministry.—(Applause.) It was now for them to judge
whether he had acted right or wrong. Much as he
valued the honour, and proud and prominent as was the
position of being their representative, ho yet felt that he
would not desire to hold the seat one moment longer
than whilst he possessed their confidence.—(Applause.)
Ho trusted that his past conduct had not been such as
to disentitle him to a continuance of their confidence.—
(Cheers.) Of the great questions which had been before
the people during the last three years, first and foremost
was that of the people's food—whether they should, or
not, have the opportunity of purchasing the people's
bread in the cheapest market; whether they should
administer to the manufacturing and commercial in-
terests of this great empire, and contribute to the
comforts and happiness of the great mass of the peo-
ple, by untaxiug the poor man's loaf. On that ques-
tion he had never had any doubt. He had seen the
aristocracy banded together to bring back the corn-laws,
and tax the industry of the people; they had attempted
this directly and indirectly—in the shape of a revision
of the taxation of the country, and other insidious forms;
but he had resisted every attempt, and took his stand on
this principle, that the question of taxing the people's
food was settled, and the nation ought never to return to
it. And what had been the result? Could they point
to any period when there had been the same amount of
comfort and enjoyment amongst the working classes of
this country as during the past three years? Li some
eases wages probably had fallen; but did any one doubt
that if wages had fallen hero and there, the reduction
in the plied of food had plied the means of existence
at their disposal to an extent not enjoyed before?
—(Applause.) On questions of religious liberty he
had always stood no, sometimes by his feeble speech, bat
always by his votes, in favour of those principles.
The bigotry- of their ancestors had placed restrictions
on those who did not profess the Christian religion; he
had, both by his voice and vote, endeavoured to remove
those unjust and unchristian restrictions. (Cheers.)
In like meaner the bigotry of the Church in old times
had placed restrictions on marriage, which were wrong,
and that he had resisted also, and in so doing hoped he
was fairly representing their views.—(Cheers.) He then
referred, with great eloquence, to the questions of an
extension of the elective franchise, the protection of the
ballot, and Church reform, all of which bad received his
cordial and hearty support. Another great question
had recently been before Parliament, on which there
had been an attempt to upset the Government of this
country—he alluded to their foreign policy.—(Hear,
hear.) They all knew that, by the exertions of their
forefathers many years ago, they bad achieved the
blessings of liberty—that in this tree country no man
could suffer interference with his liberties or his
person, except by the sanction of the law. The
highest person in the realm could not lay his finger
on the lowest except in accordance with the law.
They had a free constitution—he might wish to sec a
little more of the popular principle infused into it—but
still it was free. These advantages their forefathers had
purchased with their blood. Of late years other nations
had struggled for great principles; they stood up is the
face of their tyrant rulers, and asked for free institu-
tions, for self-government, and for those blessings of
liberty which Englishmen enjoyed, and which all man-
kind ought to have. This great struggle was still going
on. The thrones of the great potentates and governors
of the earth had been shaken. In some places the popu-
lar voice had succeeded ; in others tyranny and despo-
tism had put it down—he trusted in Heaven for a time
only. The love of freedom could not be put down by
blood.—(Loud cheers.) Ho trusted, ere long, to see it
resuscitated. In this struggle the question was what part
England should take. The first great principle which
distinguished them was their love of peace. They did
not attempt to interfere by force of arms. Tuey hid
no right to interfere with other nations, and force upon
them institutions for which they might not be prepared,
or which they did not desire to have.—(Hear, hear.)
On the other hand, there was this question—shall Eng-
land give encouragement to other nations in their aspi-
rations after freedom? or shall she lend herself to the
designs of tyrants and despots, and encourage them to
rivet the chains of the people and bind them in eternal
bondage? The Government of this country had not lent
itself to despotic rulers, nor had she forced constitutions
on unwilling people; but she had given the influence and
aid of her moral example—she had induced foreign Go-
vernments, by judicious advice, to act with moderation;
and by yielding concessions to the people, and giving
them constitutions, avoided the convulsions of revolution
and all its attend- nt miseries.—(Loud cheers.) The
Government, by taking this course, had, as might be ex-
pected, excited the opposition of all despotic ru'ers and
their agents; and an endeavour had been made, if pos-
sible, to upset the Noble Lord at the head of their
foreign policy—(Several hearty rounds of cheering were
here given for Lord Palmerston)—because they knew
that as long as he was there, and had the support of his
noble -hearted colleague (Lord J. Russell), who had man-
fully stood by him in this conflict, there would be no
chance of England becoming an instrument and a tool
in the hands of foreign despots.—(Enthusiastic cheering.)
They bad had a great fight. An attempt was made to
upset the Government, and to restore to the country, by
a sort of unholy alliance between the Protectionists and
others, a Government which would act in opposition to
this course of policy, and bring back those principles of
protection in trade which it had been the aim of the
legislation of the last few years to destroy.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) He took seine little part in that dis-
cussion, and in doing so he believed he was only giving
expression to sentiments and feelings which found a
ready echo in the hearts of those whom he was then
addressing.—(Renewed cla s.) Mr. Cockburn then
referred to other portions of his Parliamentary conduct,
and with reference to the future he declared his deter-
mination to follow on in the course which he had
hitherto pursued. Ho remarked at some length on the
question of law reform, on which he had set his mind,
and which he was determined to further by every means
at his command. In conclusion, he expressed a hope
that, if they should again restore him to the position ho
had occupied for tie la-4t three years, they would have
no reason hereafter to regret that they had again re-
posed their confidence in him. The Hon. Gentleman
concluded his eloquent speech amid enthusiastic cheers.

Mr. Alderman 13itoois moved a resolution to the
ciftiet that the conduct of Mr. Cockburn, as their repre-
son tAtive, had been such as to meet thr, confidence of the
doctors; and whilst congratulating him on his appoint-
mint as Solicitor-General, they pledged themselves to
use evdv exertion to secure his election.
The resolution having been seconded by Mr. W. LAW-
IiESTER, several other gentlemen addressed the meeting,
some putting quebtions to Mr. Cockburn, on different
topics, which he answered to the satisfaction of the meet-
ing; and the resolution wa3 then put and carried unani-
mously, with loud applause.
Three cheers were given for Mr. Cockburn, three for
Lord Palmerston, and three fur Mr. Willcox, and the
meeting broke up.
The election comei off on Wednesday morning,and
the Hon. Gentleman's re-election is a mutter beyond
doubt.

The Southampton Tories are very unwilling to let
Mr. Cockburn get re-elected without putting him to
some expense and annoyance. They have issued a hand-
bill addressed to the electors, and ventured to make use
in it of the name of Mr. George Pococke, a well-known
and talented solicitor in Southampton, as if he were a.
candidate about to oppose Mr. Cockburn. Mr. Pococke
repudiates the handbill, and it appears to have been only
a weak invention of the enemy.