The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

WESTMORELAND, Amii. 15.

• The.doubta which were raised with respect. to a contest for this
county are now in a great degree dissipated. Rumours had been
for:aorhe days past induatricituily. propagated by the friends of laird
Lowther that Ikle.-Brotighsan bad declined making the trial again
with such fearful odds, and would never mine to the poll. These
suggestions derived some plausibility from the absence of .
Brougham from a scene, where, at such a critical time, the apk-
rits of his supporters wanted all the re-assuranCe which his pre-
sence could give to their cause, notwithstanding the unceasing ex-
ertions of his friends in his behalf. Things, however, took a new
turn a day or two ago, and the announcement of his intention to
visit the town of kendal on Thursday, elicited a general demon-
stration of attachment to his catise. At an early hour the town
was Ailed with his staunch friends, wearing bine favours, and at
one o'clock a Procession marched out on' the road to Shop, where
he was met coming from Brougham-hall with his brother, to meet
Mr. Brougham sat. upon the box of his carriage,' and was
Ushered ink') ,town 'preceded by the'eoloton of freeholders, with
drums heating and colours flying. Being arrived at his commit-
tee room, he very soon presented himself at one of the windows,
and was most lOudly hailed 't)y the immense multitude 'assembled
below.

111 r. IlaounitsM then, se soon as he could obtain silence, pro-
ceeded to 'address the penple. ' •

Parliament, be said, was again dissolved, and again were the
electors of Westmoreland called upon to exercise their most va
luable rights, and to present the interesting, spectacle of a people
struggling in thtl defence of these rights againtt obstacles which
would dishearten men engsged in a lees sacred cause. They 11111
to struggle with a haughty,. grasping aristocracy, which was sup-
ported by the whole patronage of Government, the influence of
the Chinch, and the well-paid deiterity of the law.—(Applalise.)
—lt had been said that our glorious exertions to liberate the
county from a monopoly were no better tlyin wanton attempts
upon its peace.—(A laugh.)--Such *Aimee came , well from
those who- bed so often disturbed the peace of the county.
Peace of the county, indeed ! Ought they toe upbraid us with
disturbing its peace who themselves introduced stout young men
into Kendall for purposes of riot and disorder, and who would
have succeeded in those purposes if they had not encoun-
tered
young men stouter than themselves ?—(Loud cheese.)---
, Was it not they who hired s troop of bludgeon ,men, and
encamped them at Appleby, where they would most cer-
tainly have put the peace of the county in jeopardy,
they had not had their bludgeons taken from them, an
curled.; to the Gestic, where they were delivered over to
men who really prevented a breach of the peace ?-4Applatise.).......
It was not, perhaps, hie (Mr. B.'e) Pieeet es he hed nut been
intrusted with their interests during the last Session, to render up
now au account of his trust. But as, from having analysed the
poll of hi2o, he had discovered that a majority of the resident
freeholders of Weatmorelend voted for him, he would state to,

them w)iat his,opinions had been upon the leading topics whir
occupied the attention Af Parliament during the last Senior
For the lest two or three Sessions of Parliament the public quell.,
tions which more than all others occupied the attention 'of the
I-louse of Commons were two—namely,- the -Corn Ques-
tion and the question of Catholic Emancipation. Upon the
first of these ,he was decidedly of opinion that the laws
relating to the importation of foreign corn in this country
might •to be 'revised-,that the whole system of these laws
ought to he repealed--and a new and better, system enacted in
their stead. His view of time question was, that the people ought
to be provided with 'a wholeeome and cheap I°°d' and he at as
fixed prices w possible.—(Loud clieers).—With respect to the,
'lost question, that of Catholic Emancipation, the moo sense"
imputations had been made against the supporters of that measure.
openly with
lio !calla:hi:l7o.o.f
They had been WWI enemies to the Constitution, and charged
Ne 'wile n throwing pootl:itaiwmiaresu_PtbrealtnatheYey jihad tyhe,it,
charged him: wish being a paret--,(4Jangli)*—biar it was. pretty
certs in they insinuated that, be icotilmtit• to bring over . the Pope of
,floine.--(Loud laughing :end,''cliegis)m.-They were well itWtre
010 all •stmiunch , protestant/ deelieri Alma' th is- wen, who .was called
Pope, was any other than a Bishop—the Bishop of Rome. Now,
i the Bishop of Borne came over hers, he must of necessity, be
t° Porliennoit, sod, being a Bishop, he intuit of necessity he
sent to the proper place for all Bishops.--namely; the POW.
Lot.ds. He (d,. IL) knew! enough of that House to be able to
'ltY.What would become-of th".jah°P of .Rory when he had el 44
got a seat there. 'Alen bad not been wanting who, ,befors, they.
got in 'there, were violent I.,:dmir edvßeoo:l4-rtligio4ll,
.111,0, as aeon, as..rhey obtaihen sleet; boned,round, and were the
lokelpq in shunting "No Popery. !' •So it would be with the
Bishop a. itonw...r.( Load laughing).,7llut these attacks were toil
unmeaning to remiAire a seritnotifintteer•:, The (footle to religions
liberty had 04,1161,1110 bet le'caith°l4l.* pnwarr,their onlY 'dm
• wee, to give,to.alse ,Catolln thatwhiOt is the.birthAright of every,
English-born sid,je,,r_ifii right ofworshippiut kiad 13cm-oiling° to
' the dietattm of his own CO
again entreated them to, miriFonActertionain•bringinfriltair-friet)de
early to the poll, and expressed strong hopes when there, of being

able to make their adversaries sensible that the enthusiasta of a
people in defence.of their rights, is more powerful than the heart-
less suggestions:of interested selfishness.—(Loud cheers).
The Honourable Gentleman then retired with, his friends, and
the crowd partially dispersed. The utmost order prevailed.
At three o'clock Mr. Broughtni met a large party of his friends
and supporters to dinner, by invitation, at the King's Arms inn ;
Jacob Wakefield, E.eq. in the Chair.
:As soon as the cloth was removed, and " the King," and " the
Duke of York and the Army" drunk,
The CHAIRMAN said, he had now to propose a toast which he
was sere would be received in the manner becoming the claims
which the high character of the object of it had upon the friends to
the freedom of Westmoreland, and the generous appreciation which
the gentlemenquesent he knew entertained of those claims. Ile
then gave "Henry Brougham, Esq."—(Three times three, and
loud applause.)
Mr. BROUGHAM, in returning thanks, said, that however
flattering so animated an expression of the good opinion of
this company might be to him personally, yet he could not
be either so 'blind to the real intention of it, or so selfish,
as to assume that to him as an individual, which he knew
was bestowed upon him only as an agent in the great cause
of the freedom of this county. Before proceeding to enter
upon the business which more immediately concerned
their common cause, he begged to be allowed a few words in ex-
planation of the delay which had occurred in his, not presenting
himself to the freeholders sooner. A delay had • certainly occur-
red, as from circumstances which it was unnecessary to detail, be
had been obliged to make a circuit in coming from London to
Westmoteland, but as his cause had less reference to him person-
ally, than to the principle with which it was connected, he flat-
tered
himself that he had less to regret upon the score of delay,
than he under other circumstances would. It had been said that
many of their old friends had been shaken; but this was not true.
There certainly had been a great accession of new voters. There
was no doubt but that Lord Lowther would stand a contest for
tile county, so long as be contended for two seats, but it was not
until they were both put in danger that he would give up one of
them. Defeat to their adversaries, he would not say would be
disgrace, but to the. Blues it could •• bring no dishonour.—(Loud
applause. )--The cause must he ultimately successful, and he as-
sured them that so far as he was concerned, he would try it again
and again.—(Cheers.)
The healths of Sir Jathes Grahath, Mr. Curwsn, and several
other independent Members of Parliament, were then drank.
Several toasts of local hut no general interest were also given,
and pledged with all the joviality of an election-dinner. Mr.
Brougham, whose health by no means seems restored, did not
leave the room till en advanced hour in the evening, but there
were some of the festive crew who prolonged their potatiumi till
they were nearly surprised by the "peep o' day."

HEREFORD COUNTY.
The election for the county of Herefordshire took place on Fri-
day last, at the New shire Hall.
About ten o'clock Sir John Cotterell arrived there, escorted by
a large body of the freeholders on horseback : in a few minutes
Mr. Robert Price arrived at the Hall, attended with similar
honours.

The Sheriff then shortly addressed the 'Freeholders, and re-
quested that any freeholder having observations to make respect-
ing the business of the day, might he beard without interruption.
Colonel AinNEY in rising to propose Sir John Cotterell, remarked
that no observation of his could add weight to the name of Cot-
terell, who had served them faithfully both in and out of the
Senate House. His (Sir John's), constant residence in the county,
the expenditure of a large fortune among them, and his well-
known. hospitality, gave him a powerful claim to their suffrages.
The proposition being seconded by Mr.,Cocks,
Mr. KNIGHT begged to propose Robert James Price, Esq.

.
Mr. L. CITAALTON said, that though he was only a small free-
holder, he had with considerable difficulty prevented a friend pro-
posing him as'a candidate, so far he had been in favour with the
gentleman who had just been proposed. A report had gone
abroad, that he was afraid to stand the contest.—no such thing—
if the city of Hereford was blessed with a Corporation, yet the
county was not ; and even if the city was corrupt enough to re-
turn the Candidate having the longest purse, yet he trusted that
the freeholders of the county would not sell themselves. Mt.
Knight within the last week proposed two gentlemen at Lud-
low, of quite contrary principles to the gentleman he had this
day proposed.. His conduct strongly reminded him of the fable
or "the Bat and the Weazel."—The weasel. happening to meet a
poor hat, was shout to destroy it, saying that he did not like
am not a moose," says the het, hut a bird,
accordingly the hat was allowed to escape; in a short time after
another weasel pounced upon the same bat, who cried aloud for
mercy, which was refused' him, as this weasel had en antipathy to
birds. " Oh," says the bat, " I'm not a bird ; look at my skin ;"
and thus convinced the weasel of his error ; and the bird escaped a
second time. • The conduct rimed by. Mr. Knight was precisely
the lam :..at Ludlow he was a mouse, and here he appears aia
bird. He begged to he understood that he made these observations
from no unfriendly motive towards the gentlemen proposed as can-
didates ; all he wanted was to bring them back to the old road,
and that he should see Sir John Cotter.% at Ludlow, the enemy
instead of the supporter of corruption.
During the speech of Mr. Charlton, considerable bustle arose
in the Hall. Sir Hanford Jones appealed: to the Sheriff, as he
considered Mr. C.'4 observations completely irrelevant.
The Sheriff then rook a show of handl; awhile two candidates
were elected without any further opposition. •
In the evening the friendi of Mr. Price dined together lit the
Town Mall.

NORTHUNIBERLANI).—(From'a Correspondent:)

The note of preparation goes merrily on. Flags, cockades, kr.
are more than usually eonspicuou to day, an well Re carriages
and other vehicles, decorated with the insignia of one or other of
the four candidates. The white cockade (Mr. Beaumont's dis-
tinguishing favour) seems to bare a greater number of wearers,
than any 'of the other three. This gentleman'. fine band of musi-
cian paraded the principal streets here to-day, in. their
hill dress, or gala suit, and cut a very imposing appeer-
ance. Their dress is white, tastefully ornamented with
silver 'fringe, X -costume bearing a strong resemblance, to
that worn by sons' of the Imperial Austrian corps. The band
comprises about thirty performers, all smart men,:-and prOficieats
in music : they are accompanied by kettle-drums. A general
opinion prevails, that the two Hon. Gentlemen, who were the vic-
tim at the County Meeting the other day, will prove so ultimately
at Alnwick. High odds, we understand, ten to one, were bet
to-day against Lord Howiek's return for Northumberland. In-
deed, his own party would seem to sanction this estimation of
his Lordship's ehanee as he has already been returned for
Winehelsea. Had Lord Ilow4 not Had from the field when.
Mr.' Bell came forward last election, he would have now stood
befOre the county better recommended. The game of thrift will,
Inahe end, very likely prove costly enough.
The Hon. Mr. Liddell has brought down from London several
smart vans for the commodious Conveyance of his voters. Mr. Lid
dell's committee in travelling to • Shields, having very hand-
some harness, and being drawn by four horses, they have a smart
attractive appearance.' 'Notwithstanding what is previously
stated, Mr. Bell's friends insist that that gentleman has u fair a
chance of sitting for Northumberland as the Hon. heir of Ravens-
worth. It savours of a pleonasm, hut we must indulge in it to
repeat our convic4lon; that, whoever may he the other represen(a-
tive, Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. must be one.—New-
castle-upon-Tyne, June 17.