The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

GUILDHALL, MAY 9, 1844.—The COM-
MITTEE s,r LETTING the CITY'S LA NDist will MEET at
Gtoldhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th4lay of Alay init., at Twelve
o'clock at noun, to receive TENDERS for a Deputation and Lease
Sir three years, from Midsummer next, subject to a power of regump-
or the °Moe or place of cou,Ec Volt and RECEIVF,R of the
TOLLS and DUTIES at Whitechapel-bars, and all the Li-
iierties of this City tl'ont thence southward to the Custom-house, to-
gether with the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and
Lease of the City's tolls and duties at Hishopsgate-bars, and all the
Liberties of this City, from thence westward, to the site of the late
Ilethlem Hospital, and eastward to Whitechapel-bars, exclusive,
together with the saute tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and
Lease of the City 'rolls and Duties at Aldersgate-bars, and all the
Liberties of this City from thence eastward to 'the site of the late
Rethlem llospital, including Cripplegate and Moorgate, together with
the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the
City's Tolls and Duties at Smithfield-bars, and all the Litaerties of
this City tl-om thence eastward to .4.ldersgate-bars, exclusive, to-
tether with the same tolls and duties. Alio a like Deputation and
Lease of the City's Tolls and Duti, at Holborn-bars, and all the
Liberties of this City front thence southward to Temple-bar, and
eastward to Smithfield-bars, exclusive, together with the sums tolls
and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls
and Duties at Temple-bar, and all the Liberties of this City, from
thence southward to Puddle-dock, together with the saute tolls and
duti,a

A deposit of three calendar months' rent on each district of the tolls
is to tie made at the time of the meeting or the Committee on any
tender being accepted, and to be forrelte.l on non-performance of the
-ontraet, and three calendar months' rent is to be continued to be paid
in advance. The conditions for letting the said tells may be seen at
the Comptroller's-onice, Guildhall.
The Tenders are to be sealed up and delivered at the said Office,
before Twelve o'Clock on the day of the Committee's meeting, after
which time no tender can be received ; and the party tendering must
attend the Committee at One o'Clock precisely.
THOMIS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.

THE EXHIBITION of NATIONAL
INDUSTRY.

(From Galiguanis Messenger.)
In our preceding articles we, have noticed chiefly
those productions in which the genius of French in-
dustry has struggled successfully to compete with
the manufacturers of England. It was with great
pleasure that we witnessed the progress that has been
made in this honourable rivalry, for it is one that can
be productive only of good to society at large, and we
are sure that nineteen Englishmen out of twenty who
visit the exhibition will reflect that if the amour pro-
pre of the French is flattered and encouraged by this
progress, it is infinitely better that such should be
the case, than that the struggle between the two

countries should be one of destruction. how
much better it is to find rival manufacturers en-
deavouring to outstrip each other in the race of pacific
industry, that to see the inventive faculties reduced to
no other study than that of the art of
_mating, wear
pons of warfare, and preparing,inltcymepts.of..;strife,
ió the— parties 'engaged to ic'tind
worse that unproductive as regards the human race
generally. We will not attempt to deny that the
progress of the French in useful manufactures may,
ere long, be injurious to the English in some of the
markets which they have hitherto monopolised, but
the world is large enough for the manufacturers of
both nations, and in proportion as civilisation shall ex-
tend in countries which are still in a state of semi-bar-
barism, so will England and France be able to extend
heir markets, without either the English or the
Prench being crushed by this honourable rivalry. It
must also be borne in mind that whatever may be the
progress of the French—whatever their equality, and
we might even say their superiority as to execution—
although to suppose that they.ever can be "superior to
the English in the execution of the staple manufac-
tures, is to imagine an almost impossible hypothesis—
Francecan never possess those peculiar means of pro-
duction which are possessed by England. In a
country which has inferior resources of raw material

and fuel, the progress, however rapid and remarkable,
oust still be comparatively slow. England has
iron in abundance; she has an inexhaustible mine
)f wealth in her fuel ; the cost of labour is
ittle greater than in France, and consequently in
ill useful products she must continue to maintain a
uperiority. The minerals are, it is true, abundant
n France, but with few exceptions they are inferior
in quality to those of England, and it is only here
and there that her coal approaches in quality to that
)f any portion of England. The Englishman who is
io thoroughly English, and with so little of the spirit of
•osmopolitism, that he could not see without a pang
the successful rivalry of another State, may be per-
ectly easy as regards those products in which hitherto
he French have been so inferior, and he may ad-
mire without restraint the perseverance and genius
vhich have enabled the French to approach to
-heir present point of excellence as compared
with what existed a few years ago, and even at the pe7
clod of the last quinquennial exhibition. On the other
hand, the careful inspection of those products of
France which have hitherto enjoyed a well-merited
preference may stimulate the English to the same
rivalry as has distinguished the French manufactu-
rers in their efforts to compete with England. The ex-
hibition of 1844 has this remarkable characteristic.

There is nothing to ridicule. Where the French are
inferior to the English, as they still are in many of the
staple products, they are entitled to the highest com-
mendation for the advance that they have made
within a short period ; and in some others, for which
they have long borne the palm of victory, they
command admiration. In the articles of bronze,
under which general term are comprised all that re-
lates to brass-work in the way of ornament, as well
is articles of the compo ition to which the name of
bronze is particularly applicable„'their taste is, as yet,
unrivalled, and it is impossible to execute with greater
skill in England. We speak, of course, of the pro-
ductions of a higher order, for in the articles of in-
ferior price, and which are in general domestic re-
, quest, although we have to record great progress, yet
we are bound to say that, price for price, the English
must still command a preference in all foreign markets.
This is remarkable, especially in all the cheap braSs-
work required for the purposes of gas-lighting, a
very extensive branch of industry ; but, on the other
hand, also, it Must be observed, that some of the best
patterns in England are borrowed from this country,
mod many of the most costly articles continue to be
imported into England. It is not very surprising'that in
the articles of general use—those which are within
the means of the majority cf consumers—the English
should have a superiority. They have had double
die experience of the French, and, consequently,
there has been double the amount of competition
,n England, for time and experience only produce
t competition that is beneficial to the public. Not
TO years ago there were only two or three riinufac-
turers of brass articles -for gas purposes in the whole
of France, who could be at all relied upon, and there
were not, perhaps, ten persons in the trade—good,
had, or indifferent. Twenty years ago, competition
in this branch had made such strides in England, that
London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, and
Ater places, had manufactures of gas articles ; some
of them doing business to an enormous extent, and
ill struggling for superiority in the excellence of
inanufacture, as well as the price at which their ar
title could be delivered to the public.. In France, the
:ornpetion has been great, but it has not been the
competition of twenty years, and, consequently, both
in the execution of the products, and the prices at
which they are sold, they are much behind the English.
This is not the case, however, in articles for domestic
use in the old mode of lighting. They are well exe-
cuted and cheap, for during the last thirty years the
manufacthrers lave been struggling against each
other to introduce economy to the consumer. Almost
all the improvements in lamps which have been in-
troduced into England are importations from this
country, although they have been rarely acknow-
ledged as such ; and in the execution of the
articles, the French are equal, if not superior,
to the English ; whilst the prices, notwithstanding
the greater cost of some of the raw material, are as
low, if not lower than those of England. The same
observation applies to the articles made for burning
the new light of self-generating gas, which may al-
most be said to be a French creation. The first lamp
ordered of this kind that possessed any merit was
made at llamburgh about eight years ago, but it was
rather a toy than a useful article. The light that it
gave was very small, and the cost to the consumer
was not only infinitely greater than that of coal
gas, but thirty or forty per cent. greater than that
of the old lamp. Some of the self-generating gas
lamps exhibited this year are very beautiful,
and rare remarkably cheap, considering the style in
which they are got up, whilst plainer lamps, quite as
useful, are shown at prices much below those at
which common oil-lamps are sold in England. As
we may not have another opportunity of alluding
to this invention, we must observe that we
have great doubts of the success of this mode of
lighting, as regards economy, although the Le-
gislature has taken off the duty upon al-
cohol used for this purpose. The mixture in general
use is composed of spirits of wine and spirits of turpen-
tine, and the light is more or less brilliant, according to
the proportion of turpentine that is used ; but, if this
be in excess, the lamp smokes, and emits an unplea-
sant odour. Byway ofvconomy, some of thecomposi-
Cons contain distilled essence of tar or pet). oleum.
The light in this case is exceedingly brilliant ; but,
in order to .be so, the distillation cannot be carried
to such a point as to divest the product of its offensive
properties. If this be done, the carbon or illuminating
power
is reduced, and the light is comparatively faint.
Most of our readers are aware, perhaps, of the principle
Of this self-generating gas-lamp. It is nothing more than

a judicious application of -the principle of all light,
for in every case the flame. is gaseous. A long wick
of cotton pliinges into the mixture. The top cf the
lamp or burner is perforated with holes like that of a
common gas-burner, arid the fluid, being conveyed
up the wick, gets heated as it rises, and gives out its
gas. It is necessary, on first lighting the lamp, to
heat the burner, by applying; a flame to it, by means
of a small reservoir filled with spirits of wine, which is
ignited, or by placing round it cotton saturated with
spirits, which is set on fire. The lamp, being thus
heated, generates its gas, and when it has burnt for a few
s,Tonds, the upper part, is: kept hot by its .own
thine, and as the fluid rises: it gives out its gas per-
manently as long as any of it remains. It is rather
curious that this discovery should have been made at
so late a perio 1 ; for More than twenty years ago we
saw the principle exhibited in the little tubular gas-
float, placed upon oil, and which was used as a night-
light. In that case, a lighted match, being held
over the glass tube, heated the oil, and the gas,
as it rose, took fire, and continued to generate
with the heat of the flame. Here was the whole
scret of the present self-generating gas-lamp.
Whether that, like its unpretending little ancestor, is
destined to an ephemeral existence, remains to be seen.
If some one of the numerous' improvers upon the
liamburgh lamp should succeed in producing a fine
and cheap light, it must supersede not only the use of
wax, oil, or tallow, but coal-gas; for it would be in- •
finitely preferable to the latter production, which, with
all its advantages as an external light, is attended
with inconvenience, and not unfrequently with
danger. .

We shall now proceed to notice some of the most
remarkable articles exhibited by the bronze manufac-
turers and silversmiths. The first manufacturer of
Paris in bronze articles, as regards design and execu-
tion, is still M. Deniere (1,33), of the Rue Vivienne.
lie exhibits some very rich and beautiful articles,
amongst which the most striking are those of a dinner
service, made for the late Duke of Orleans. These
are splendid in the highest degree to the eye, and
they will bear the closest inspection. The figures
are bold, and the outlines of an execution hitherto
unrivalled. There is a finish about them which did
not characterise the old school, and which claims par-
ticular distinction. At No. 1,345, Durand, we -see-
so me asoticlost whiab olaiing the saineasotioes
a chffed silyeA,AlipAqr,seUiqe AStf igt,xtics4ricon,Avitft
in the style as to boldness, ut at the same
time of infinite good taste and fine execution.
We cannot say the same of a plateau for a tea foun-
tain, in silver, which M. Durand estimates at 36,000 f.
and which if we mistake not, was exhibited in 1839.
As a work of art it is unexceptionable in point of
execution, but nothing more outrageously bizarre as to
taste could well be imagined. The fountain is
the tea urn, with four cocks, under each of which is a
tea-pot, and under these are four cream jugs. The
plateau contains at its edge a number of small stands
for the cups and saucers. What is meant by having
four tea-pots, unless it be to supply the company with
four sorts of tea, we know not. The figures which sup-
port the urn are exquisitely sculptured, and we repeat
that the execution is altogether beautiful ; it is of the
taste, or rather want of taste, that we complain ; but
all may not entertain the same opinion, and some
foreign purchaser may perhaps be found for
this strange article; but we think it must be
in a very distant country. The silver itself of which
the fountain is made is valued at about 14,000 E,
which leaves 29,000 f. for the workmanship and the
profit of the silversmith. We confess that the price is
not enormous to a rich amateur, who may differ from
us as to the taste of the production. No. 1,356,
Odiot, is a splendid exhibition. M. Odiot has been
long at the head of his profession as a silversmith, and
his articles this year show that h 4 is resolved to re-
main so. The taste, execution, and'solidity of his pro-
duction are alike remarkable. M. Lebrun, No. 1,344,
exhibits some very pretty silver articles, amongst
which are four champagne vases, ordered by Baron
de Rothschild. • They are splendid productions, and
the price, 5,000 f. each, is not excessive, considering
the workmanship. M. Lebrun has also a magnifi-
cent plateau, very richly chased, and in excellent
taste. His tea-urn is in the same good style, but the
coffee and tea-pots have a heavy appearance. No.
1,357, Aucoc, is a plateau, in very good taste, but
nothing else out of the common way. M. Soyer, at
1,331, exhibits some pleasing objects, by the new pro-
cess of the electric current. At No. 2,184, Gandais, the
best manufacturer of plated articles in Paris, there are
some specimens which show great progress in this
art. Generally speaking, plated articles in this coun-
lry, hitherto, although fine to the eye at a distance,
would not bear a close inspection. There was always
something about the edges to show that they were at-
tempts to imitate silver. The edges of most of the
articles exhibited by M. Gandais are executed with
as great care and neatness as the best articles in silver.
No. 3,307 is an altar-piece, in good style, intended for
the church of St. Robe, at Argenteuil. It is a mag-
nificent article for a country church ; the price of it
is 14,000 f. No. 3,692, bronze and cut-glass cande-
labra, &c. The glass drops, instead of being long and
pointed, have a flat surface, and do not appear to reflect
the light with the same brilliancy as by the old
system. At .No. 2,349 there are some better specimens
but there is a want of harmony in the arrangement.
The chandeliers appear to us too massive for the
number of lights that they carry. No. 1,i346
displays various article's of silver plate and jew-
ellery, all in very' good taste. We may :Say
the same of I,34o—bronzes. The bronze sta-
tuettes, figurines, busts, &c., at No. 3,324; are
excellent. M. Raingo, No. 1,226, has some fine canda-
I abra. The larg e candalabrum has a good effec-tsfr,om the
general harmony of the style. The above are, only a.
few of the exhibitors of bronze and siriek artieleS;
and have been selected by us as the mbsntitled to
notice, but if our space would admit of it, we reCould
mention several others with commendation: There,
are, as usual, many exhibitors of false jewellery. The
general workmanship evinces pore care than for-
merly, and, consequently, the imitation is the less
perceptible. Since the discovery of the galvanic pro-
cess of gilding, there is a greater inducement for ex-
cellence of execution in the brass-work. Hitherto to
gild well and permanently was too expensive for imi-
tations, and, therefore, the articles were got up so
roughly that it was easy to detect that they were
not real. Now, at a small expense, a durable
coating of gold may be put upon brass-work, and if
that be well made, the eye cannot detect the difference
until time has destroyed a portion of the gilded surface.
'rhe new process has opened a vast field for the manu-
facturers of false jewellery, and it is not, perhaps,
going too far to assert that well gilded articles will
be almost as valuable as half the articles made in
England of what is called jeweller's gold, which has
no standard, and which, although,charged originally
at an enormous price, is almost 'valueless when
offered for sale as old gold.. It is not all
uncommon in Eng!and for a lady to pay ten guineas
for a chain, the gold of which is not worth two
guineas. There is, fortunately, nothing of this kind
in France, where all articles of jewellery must be of
a fixed standard, consequently the purchaser on
selling or exchanging an article loses only
what is called the fashion, namely, the price
of the workmanship and the fair profit of the ven-
dor, and in purchasing we have only to get the arti-
cle weighed before, us to know how much we are
really paying for fashion. At No. 3,284 there are
some exquisite specimens in false stones, and at 3,723,
some false pearls of such close imitation, that it would
he difficult for any but a connoisseur to detect the
difference.

—We are daily
A NEW EPIDEMT.-ROME, OME, MAY J.
apprehensive here of the breaking out of an epidemy
which, during several weeks past, has spread terror over a
portion of the states of the Church. Its ravages are not
confined to the valleys and other low parts of the
moreespeciallyamong country' •
on the contrary, it rages
habitants of mountainous districts. In the little town of
Tivoli, containing about 9,000 inhabitants, 90 persons died in
the space of a week. The malady
factwhichbut ere is no positive proof. In
every case in
post modem examination has taken
a
place there has been found congestion of the brain, as prior
to, and in, apoplexy. It appears to he,the same complaint
which has recently prevailed in Naples and Sicily under the
name of torcicollo. It is clearly traceable to atmospheric
causes. After an exceedingly warm April, we have had
since the Ist of May several of the coldest days that have
been experienced since the commencement of the year. The
temperature frequently varies 20 degrees during the day.
Winter cloaks, after having been laid aside, are now resumed
again. The torcicollo is usually fatal in thespace of 12 hours.
In Rome, however, it has been only sporadic, and without any
confirmed character.—Frankfort keitung.
ANOTHER MATCH AT OsrmiDA—We are informed
that another rowing match,- between the Flemish four-oared
crew and Robert Newell, the. London watennan, is to be
rowed on the 27th instant for 40/. aside, and that on this occa-
sion the start will take place at Bruges, and row to Ostend,
It appears that the Flemish boatmen and their backers being
much chagrined at the defeat of the former by one man in a
sculler's boat, determined on another trial, and their chal-
lenge was instantly accepted. The Flemishers have, at con-
siderable expense, procured a fist-rate galley from London,
and four new oars have been made expressly for them. They
are already in daily practice, and seem determined to spare
no exertions to insure a-victory this time, if possible. Newell
and Coombes were to leave London in the Earl of Liverpool
on Saturday.—. Kent Herald.

.THE :NOMINATION: •
NEWTON, VernAs- EvEsit'xo.-The hsually 'quiet little vil-
' lage of Newton was thisittuirning the scene of great bustle'
and excitement, in consequence. of an announcement that
candidates would be nominated to fill the Vacancy in the re-
presentation of the southern division of Lancashire caused
by the death of the Hon. R. B. IVilbraharn. The weather
was beautifully fine, and befOre ten o'clock nearly five thou-
sand persons had assembled to take part in the proceedings.
The supporters of Mr. Entwisle, on the hustings, were J.
W. Patten, M.P.; J. .C. Legh, M.P., J. Illackburne, .M.P.,
Colonel Tempest, W. F. Hulton, Esq., Sir Thomas Branckei,
P. Greenall, Esq., Sir Henry Houghton, Bart., Rev. T. Mack-
burne, Edward Lodge, jun./Esq., John Clare, Esq., S. llohne,
Esq., &c. &c.
Mr. Brown's supporters were Sir Thomas Potter, Mr. Cob- •
dun, M.V., Mr. G. Wilson (elfdirbann of the League), Mr.
kobert Gardner,&C., Ste. •
The High Sheriff addressing the electors, asked if any free-
hol.ter had a candidate to propose,.
Mr. ROBERT GARDNER (of Manchester) begged leave to
nominate a gentleman to fill the vacant stat. His duty upon
this occasion was an agreeable, but'at the same time to hint
a .novel one, inasmuch as he was about to vote and act
against frietds with *horn he was in the habit of coinciding
in opinion.--(Cries of " Oh!" cheers, and hisses.) But the
coarse, hoWever, he intended to pursue was an honest and •
conscientious One.—(Groans and cheering.) He begged to
propose as a candidate William Brown, Esq., a gentleman
who bad for thirty years been at the head of one of the first
mercantile establishments in the country, and who well
understood its commercial relations.--(Cheers from the free-
traders, and groans from the Conservatives.) It had been
charged against Mr. Brown that he was a Socinian ; but
that charge was unfounded, or they would not have found
him on that day nominating him. Mr. Brown had always
been a sound Churchman, and was so still. Another charge
against him was, that he was a foreigner—an American ;
and that charge was equally unfounded with the former,
unless they called an Irishman a foreigner, fur his
friend was from the north of Ireland.-(Clieers.)
A third charge against Mr. Brown was, that he was directly
opposed to her Majesty's present Government.—(Hear, hear,
cries of "So he is," and groans). Now he (Mr. Gardner)
firmly believed that Mr. Brown would do more to aid their
Government than would his opponent—(Cheers, hisses, and
great uproar). He (Mr. Gardner) believed that the late and
the present corn-law was the most wicked, injurious, and de-
structive law that ever disgraced the statute book of this
country.—(No, no, aid hear, hear.) He would be glad to see
the law repealed; but'he would not advocate that being dune
at once. He would like to see a moderate fixed duty placed
on corn, and that duty lowered by degrees until it was En-
tirely done away with.
Mr. JOSEPH EWART seconded Mr. Brown's nomination.
Colonel TEMPEST then came forward, and stated that it
was his intention to ask the suffrages of the electors on
behalf of a gentlemen who was eminently qualified to
become Mr. .Wilbraham's successor.—(Cheers and hisses.)
It appeared that this contest was to be carried on upon the
principle whether or not British industry should be protected ;
but he apprehended that there were few men who were not
anxious to preserve their native independence.—(Cheers.)
Nothing we could get from the adoption of the principle of
free trade could compensate for the utter ruin it would inflict
upon the home trader's best and healthiest customers—(Hear,
cheers, and " NO")—and no men would feel that ruin more
than the retail dealers, and the manufacturers who supplied
the home market.—(Hear, hear.) The mnnufacturers com-
plained that their trade was declining; that theirs was a
losing speculation under the present system of import duties;
but how could that be, when they boasted at some of their
League meetings that they-could-easily buy up all the land-
owners of the kingdom,—(4,oetigheerilto)—thus proving by
their own mouths that'they'lig tim a'bept iinsely prosperous
under the-existing .Cornstawalt--(LAud'heirs") -'Why then
"
thoy g01ikk1a4.44.440 Ir,„ hear-) „Their„ cry .of
cheap bread" meant nothing less than " enable us to
Aower wages."--teireer4;anti cries of "'No" front the Leaguers.) •
thit;4lagat bad bp.en :jollied by
..noblemm qf. the
highest rank and gentlemen of the greatest respectability ,•
but if these noblemen and gentlemen would only look back
to the events of the French Revolution, they. would find that
a hasty hostile feeling on the part of the lords who were
opposed to the Monarch, raised a feeling amongst the people
which they could not afterwards control, and the result was
their properties became their crimes, and the feeling was con-
tinued until they were swept away by the very hurricane
which they themselves raised.—(Cheers.)
Sir THOMAS, BRANCKER seconded Mr. Entwisle's nomina-
tion.

Mr. BROWN then presented himself to address the electors,
and was received with a storm of mingled cheers and
groaning, which continued for some time. He was
an advocate . for freedom of trade all over the wo:ld,
believing as he did that unrestricted intercourse• be-
tween nations with respect to commerce tended not only
to the pecuniary advantage and the prosperity of all
classes, but also to preserve peace, which was a
great desideratum. And in that character lie was only
desirous of carrying out the principle which the present Pre-
mier told them he was anxious should be adopted—namely,
that of buying in the cheapest market and selling in the
dearest.—(Cheers.) If it was their pleasure that lie should
be their representative', he pledged himself that he never
would offer a factious opposition to any good measure that
might be propounded in Parliament, whether it originated
with Whig or Tory, Radical or Conservative.—(Cheers.)
The Gallant Colonel had alluded to the rate of labourers'
wages uader.the present system, and what it would be if the
corn-laws were repealed. Let them look to the situation of
Ireland at this moment, where provisions brought nearly
as high a price as in the markets of Manchester, and
would it be told to him that the high prices of provi-
sions in Ireland had caused advance of wages to the la-
bourers in that country ?—(Hear.) Why, in the south
and west, 2,000,000 of men could be had at a moment's
notice, who would be glad to work for six-pence a day.
Look, then, to the United States, where food was
cheap, and they would find that many of their operative fel-
low countrymen ieceived from' 3s. to 4s. a day for their
labour.—(A . voice, " What makes them all come back
again ?' —(Great laughter.) He denied that free trade would
interfere with the interests of the landed aristocracy of the
country; if he thought it would, he Would not appear be-
fore them as he then did-L—an advocate of unrestricted com-
merce, as he was both a landed proprietor, and a merchant.—
(Cheers and hisses.) He was an uncompromising ativocate
of free trade, and in the principle of that advocacy he was
supported by Adam Smith; by the late illustrious Lord
Chatham, whose gOvernment ha7dio long ruled the destinies
of the word; by his no less illustrious son, William Pitt;
and by George Canning, who was a Liberal at heart, but pre-
vented from carrying out his principles by the patty with
whom he was compelled to act.—(Cheers, and Oh, oh.) How
did Mr. Canning treat the people of Liverpool? It would
doubtless be in their remembrance that he had recommended
as his own pupil in commercial knowledge and principle the
late lamented Mr. lluskisson to their notice.—(Hear , hear.)
Mr. Huskisson's doctrines were those of free trade, and yet had
he ever, in his place in Parliament, contributed to the de-
terioration of the interests of the country ?—(Hear.) He
(Mr. Brown) was convinced that the repeal of the corn-
laws would not, by any means, interfere with the rent-rolls
of the landlords; and he was borne out in that co'reviction by
the opinions of many of he largest landed proprietors in the
country. He' hen proceeded to say; that his friend who had
proposed him stated that he was an advocate for a moderate
fixed duty, to be gradually reduced'until the whole was done
away with. gow he .(pdr.-trOwn) must' confess he de not
agree with his fliend in hat principle. What he said on that
subject was, "Let not the matter be ene of doubt ; let there
be no uncertainty; keep not the landlerds and farmers in an
unsettled state; if anything is to be done, let it• be done at
once."—(Cheers.)
Mr. ENTWISLE next came forward, and was received with
cheers from his friends and hisses from the Leaguers. 40
said that it was mentioned that Mr. Brown would give his
support to her Majesty's present Ministers, and that fact was
put forward as a claim upon the notice of the district ; and
he (Mr. Entwisle) said, if there could be one argument more
strong than another in favour of an administration, it was
the claims that wife made upon the electors on this occasion
by both parties, on the faith that they would give their sup-
port to the existing Government.—(Cheers.) But he was
not surprised that the matter had.laken this turn when he
saw the prosperity that had resulted from their offOrts.—
(Renewed cheering.) When, in 1841, they came into-office,
trade was in an unparalleled state of -distress—we wire en-
gaged in several. wars, and the revenue was considerably de-
ficient. He was not surprised, therefore, that great confi-
dence should be attached to those Ministers who had re-
stored peace to :the country, under whose government trade
had been extmted, and the revenue placed in a situation
to be more than sufficient to meet the expenditure. (A
Voice—" The income-tax.") He -was not there to discuss
by what meanatall this had been done, but it' they wished to
kndw his opinion' upon the matter, he would distinctly
state that the in&mie-tax was a good tax, and that the levy-
ing of it was unfortunately called for by the circumstances
of the country.—(Cheers, and cries of" No, no.") It seemed
that the great cry in this case was to be raised'epon the gees-
tion of free trade, but even that appeared to' he narrowed
into the repealing of the corn-laws.---(No, no, and hear.)
He asked was it so or not?—(Renewed cries .of " No, no,'
from the free traders.) It was suggested that. a trial of free
trade should be made; but it was becauie Ire objected to
trials of that kind he was there to protest against the prin-
ciple. The-system of making experiments upon important
matters was one which every great nation ought to dread,
inasmuch as it led to wild innovations and laws.—(Hear.)
England had during the last three years been in a most
prosperous condition, but nothing short of repealing the im-
port duties would appease or satisfy that patriotic body, the
Anti-Corn-law League.—( Laughter.) The question at issue
in the present contest was, he •belieVed, pretty well under-
stood by the electors of this district; but lie should like to
know upon what authority
his opponents asserted that the
Government wished for the return of Mr. Brown rather than
that of the other candidate? Perhaps the person who got
the information was engaged in asking for an office under
the Government; or it might be he would have been better
occupied in defending his own seat than in canvassing South
Lancashire.—(llear, cheers, and laughter.) .
Mr. ConDEN, M.P., next rose amidst considerable uproar
to propose Sir Thomas Potter, as a fit and proper person to
represent the southern division of Lancashire in Parliament.
The nomination of Sir Thomas was not seconded, and
The HIGH SftERIFF called for a show of hands on the
part of the two candidates who were in the first instance
nominated, and which he declared to be in favour of Mr.
Entwisle.

A. poll was demanded' by Mr. GARDNER for Mr. Brown,
and it was appointed to‘take place on Monday and Tuesday
next.

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