The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-08 00:00:00

'COUNTY 01-% DOWN ELECTION, JULY 1.

Yesterday being appointed for the election of
two Members of Parliament for this County, A.
J. Cpwritito, Esq. the High Sheriff, entered the
Court-House between 11 and 12 o'clock. A very
great number of Gentlemen Freeholders imme-
diately filled every corner of the room, and a num-
ber of the tenantry of the County being also pre-
3ent, the pre' ore %WAS excessive.
The Rieht Lord CA9TLItIfENGUI and Lord
A ill'HU“ HILL came together. Lord CASTLE-
XEAGFI Monk hie seat on the debt, and Lord A.
HILL oit the lett of the Sheriff. The necessary
preliminaries having been gone through, ANDREW
NUGENT, ESq. rose, and proposed Lord Castle-
reagh to be one of the Representatives of the
Count y.
This was seconded by D. MtissaNnsu. Esq.
Colonel PORDE then rose, and proposed Lord
Arthur 11111 to he the other-Representative —This
was seconded by D. DELACHEROILS CROMMELAN,
ESC'.
The Binh Sheriff then announced the Can-
didates, and called a spew of ()mitts ; when, after
the usual proclamations were made, no other Can-
didate bving proposed, he declared the election to
be unanimous.

Lord CASTLERBAGH then rose, and addressed,
Ole Freeholders. He begged leave to return his
most grateful thanks to the Freeholders for the
honour they had conferred on him. He, said he
could assure them that he entertained a deep sense
of their favour, and was well aware of the ar-
duous tesponsibility of the trust which they had
again reposed in him. It was peculiarly ratehtl
to his feelings, that, after having served them for
twentyone years, he had Obtaill6(tabiS Unani•
mons testimony of their approbation., He begged
leave to remark that there was no inconsistency
in returning his hlon..Friend (LOrd Arthrte Hill)
and _himself; although they _might differ in politi-
cal opinions, the aim t'if both was the public good.
It Was. only by the honest. conflict of opinions
that truth was elicited. • It would be impossible
for the most enlightened Cabinet to govern a na-
tion without an honest conflict of opinions. lle
Wiped.' hey would rive !fiat credit for having al-
ways acted from honest motives, and be should
nevershrink from responsil)ility. His,Lordship,
in a most eloquent and appropriate manner, con-
trasted the time when he lest visited this coun-
try with the present. The country, be ob-
served, was then its the utmost distress, owing
to the recurrence from a state of war to that of
peace, for we had been engaged in a contest for
our very existence as a nation ; and in that con-
test Great Britain had triumphed,' and crowned
herself with glory. Providence, howeVer; then,'
in order to check our exultation, had visited us
with a most inclement season ; he recollected,-in
a. partiCular manner, that the_wheat on a farm
which was occupied by his, father', was then
covered with snow. Now; the contrast was InOst
grateful, and it was his hope that prosperi!y-
woold -again-risit the land nothing could exceed
the beautiful verdure of this happy country;
and he could -assure them it was not confined
to this-country, for it was general. Arts and ma-
nufactures also were again flourishing, and ell was
one activt! scene of employment. Linen had again
found a good market, and lie felt .confiaent' that
their abundant harvest would 'find, a market in
Great Britain. His LordShiv-fulther observed,'
that every human institution.was liable to defects,
but every person must: he convinced, that under
no Convitution did the peonle enjoy a greater
share of civil and religious liberty. than in Great
Bvitairr ; and as. long as freedom of discussimi in
both Houseiof Parliament existed, as lung as we
were possessed "of a free press, no real abuse would
be brought forward without its correction or a
remedy being found. Changes or reforms must
take place deliberately, for all changes -made
abruptly or hastily came•to no good. Ilis Lord•
ahifit4ain expressed his acknowledgments for the
honour they had 'done hint, and said, that not Only
in Parliament, but to the latest moment of his ex-
istence, he should entertain ' the must grateful
teeollevion of their kindness.

Lord A. 1-Itt.t. then rose, and shortly rttttrned
thanks to the Freeholders, and said, be should
akvays endeavour to deserve their confidence, In
a particular manner he acknowledged his gratitude
to• the Gentlemen %who had moved and seconded
his nomination. One of these Gentlemen, lie
said, had alluded to his public services in the
army ; he should only observe, that when his
country requited his services, he would be found
doing his duty.

,[The above is but a brief .and imperfect sketch
of what was said, owing to the pressure and con-
sequent buz.in the Court rendering it extremely
difficult to obtain so correct a report as we could
have wished ; and also owin to the lateness, of
the, hour at which the above reached us, to be
prepared in time for this morning's publication.]
.Im.ntediately after the election; the Members
were chaired in the usual -form, accompanied by
the plaudits of the surrounding multitudes.—(Bel-
fast News Letter.)