The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-20 00:00:00

NORTH CHESHIRE.

The election for North Cheshire took place on Tuesday
last, at Knntsford, when William Tatton Egerton, Esq.,
and George Cornwall Legh, Esq., were unanimously re-
elected. The two hon. members briefly addressed the
electors, both admitting that a corn-law could not be
re-established, and expressing their reliance upon the
indomitable perseverance of the British agriculturists for
bringing about the relief of the temporary distress under
which they were labourinz. The hon. members also ex-
pressed themselves favourable to an inquiry into the
system of education in Maynooth College.

SOUTH CHESHIRE.
The election of two knights to serve in the ensuing
Parliament for the southern division of the county of
Chester, took place on Wednesday last, at the Shire-hall,
Chester Castle. The High Sheriff, G. Holland Ackers,
Esq., pres;ded. After the writ, &c., had been read,
Mr. CORBETT proposed Sir Philip de Malpas Grey
Egerton as a fit and proper person for the representation
of South Cheshire.
Mr. ANTROBUS seconded the nomination in a speech
expressive of his confidence in the Derby administration.
Mr. R. WILBRAHAM, sen., proposed John Jervis Tol-
lemache, Esq., as the colleague of Sir Philip Egerton.
He remarked, that, feeling that certain responsibilities
rested upon a nominator, he had closely watched Mr.
Tollemache's political conduct for some years past, and
was perfectly satisfied with it. (Cheers.)
Mr. J. F. FRANCE seconded the nomination.
The SHERIFF. haring inquired whether there was any
other candidate to be proposed, and receiving no reply,
declared Sir Philip Egerton, Bart., and Mr. Tollemache
to be duly elected.
Sir PHILIP EGERTON then addressed the electors, and
expressed himself adverse to an extension of the franchise
and to the ballot, and in favour of protection to the far-
mer, the colonial proprietor, and the shipowner. He was
in favour of the repeal of the Mavnooth grant, and on
every ground desired a fair trial for Lord Derby..
Mr. Tox.r.EmAcriz said he was not an advocate for high
p?otective duties, but for that amount to which particular
interests were justly entitled. He rejoiced that the state
of the country since free-trade measures were carried was
not so bad as he expected, but he attributed it to the
sudden discoveries of gold, and the vest amount of specie
which had arrived in this country and filled the banks.
With respect to the Church of England, he desired to see
an addition to the Episcopate; the revenues of the Church
placed under a system of management ; and any surplus
applied to the augmentation of small livings, or the crea-
tion of new ones. Upon all other principal points he
agreed with Sir Philip Egerton.
A vote of thanks was then given to the Sheriff, and the
.proceedings terminated.

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.—Mr. R. A. Christopher,
ml-
nisterialist, Sir M. Cholmeley, liberal, and Mr. J. B.
Stanhope, ministerialist, were nominated on Friday. The
polling was to commence yesterday.
WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The nomination took
place on Wednesday, and the polling is fixed for yester-
day and to-day.
WEST SURREY.—The nomination of Messrs. 11.
Drummond and Evelyn, the old members, and Col. Chal-
loner, a free-trader, took place on Saturday. The polling
was fixed for this day and to-morrow.
CORNWALL, EAST.—Mr Robartes, Liberal, Mr. W. H.
P. Carew, Conservative, (the old members,) and Mr. Ken-
dall, the Derbyite, were nominated on Saturday. The
polling is fixed for to-day and to-morrow.
DENBIGHSHIRE.—The nomination took place on Friday,
the candidates being the Hon. William Begot and Sir
Watkin William Wynn, (the old members,) and Colonel
Robert Myddelton Biddulph. The polling was fixed for
yesterday and this day.
COUNTY or AYR.—The nomination for the county of
Ayr took place at the county town on Saturday. Colonel
Hunter Blair was proposed by Colonel Ferrier Hamilton,
seconded by Mr. Love, of Threepwood. Mr. Oswald,
the late M.P. for the county, proposed Mr. Cardwell, the
late member for Liverpool. Mr. Campbell, of Craigie,
seconded the nomination. There being no other candi-
dates proposed, Colonel Blair addressed the people. Mr.
Cardwell was not present. The show of hands was in
favour of Mr. Cardwell. Poll demanded for Colonel
Blair, and fixed for Tuesday.

NOMINATION DAYS.
BEDFORDSHIRE—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
CARLOW (COUNTY)—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
CLARE (COUNTY)—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
CORK (COUNTY)—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
DONEGAL (COUNTY)—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
DOWN (COUNTY)—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 29.
DUBLIN (COUNTY)—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
GALWAY (COUNTY)—Thursday, July 22.
ISLE OF WlGHT—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
KILDARE (COUNTY)—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
KILKENNY (COUNTY)—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
KING'S COUNTY—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
LEITRIM—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
MAYO (COUNTY,) This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
MEATH—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.
MONAGHAN (COUNTY)—This Day, (Tuesday,) July 20.
NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH)—Yesterday, (Monday,:
July 19.
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND Yesterday,' (Monday,'
July 19.
QUEEN'S COUNTY—Yesterday, (Monday,) July 19.

THE IRISH ELECTIONS.-DISGRACEFUL

OUTRAGES.

The conduct of the priest-led mobs at most of tho con-
tested elections in Ireland has been of a very outrageous
character ; and in several places the return of Popish
Radical candidates has been achieved by brute force and
intimidation alone.

CORK.—In this city the outrages commenced on Satur
day evening, and were continued on Sunday night, large
mobs perambulating the city, and knocking at the doors
of the supporters of Colonel Chatterton to intimidate them
against voting. On the morning of Monday, the great
day of polling, they proceeded to actual violence, stoning
without mercy, and assaulting with bludgeons the voters
for tho Conservative candidates. At half-past eight
o'clock two gentlerden, who had just voted, wereattacked
by a mob of 500 persons, and, severely ill-treated, one of
them being stabbed in the head by a sharp instrument.
Shortly after four other gentlemen, named Bradford, were
murderously assailed at one of theolling booths, and
one of them, an aged man, was frightfully cut in the head
and had his gold watch and his hat stolen. A clergyman
was assailed in the same booth, and a sub-inspector of
police in endeavouring to protect him, was severely cut in
the face with a stone. After this, complete terrorism
existed throughout the city ; and an, information sworn
_to by Mr, French, as justice of the peade, states that
" after one o'clock any persons coming to the-Poll to vote
for Colonel Chatterton could not proceed with safety, to
their lives. "Throughout the day," remarks the Cork
Constitution, the "dilapidation of houses and the assault-
ing of voters continued almost uninterruptedly by vast
mobs, who perambulated all the streets of the city, drag-
ging people from their houses to vote. and surrounding
those of others, to prevent their voting. These outrages,
it cannot be denied, are the result of the peace arrange-
ments, which were most effective in allowing the mobs to
run riot through the city. To swell these mobs, bands of
desperate women, more savage in their demeanour than
the most brutal men, were brought in from rural parishes,
and over 100 of them took their discharges from the Cork
workhouse on Monday morning, and so well did they all
execute their order, that even Mr. Fagan, when address-
ing them in the evening, could not help ejaculating,
" Glory to the women of Cork ! Them are we to thank
for our position to-day !" ** * * The Protestant
Churches seemed to be specially decreed for attack. The
mobs broke the windows in several of them, and tore up
the trees in their burial grounds. Even the aged Protes
tant female alms-houses were not forgotten—that of
Blarney-lane was tattered unmercifully." Whilst these
outrages were going on some 2,000 dragoons, infantry,
and police, under the orders of a stipendiary magistrate,
were slowly parading the principal streets in almost use-
less array ; and, even when they were assailed by the mob
with stones and other missiles, no orders were given them
to repel the assailants. Under these circumstances, it
will be seen that out of a list containing about 3,000 voters,
only two-thirds voted. The following is the close of the
poll :
Murphy ..
Fagan ... . . . 1220
Chatterton
Perrier ..
On Wednesday evening a very numerous and influential
meeting was held, when a series of resolutions were passed,
expressive of the determination of the Conservative elec-
tors to support Colonel Chatterton in the prosecution of
a petition against the return of Mr. Serjeant Murphy and
Mr. Fagan. A. sum of £6OO was subscribed in the room,
Mr. Hudson, M.P., putting down his name for £lOO.—
As a specimen of the influence exercised by the Roman
Catholic priesthood, we quote the following from the Cork
Constitution :—As one of a number of poor fellows said
on Saturday to a gentleman to whom they had promised
to vote, as they had before voted, for Colonel Chatterton
—" We'd like to vote for the colonel, sir, but what can
we do ? The priest has been here and he told us we'd go
to hell if we voted for Colonel Chatterton ; and you know,
sir, we don't go against the priest, for we have no one but
him to look to when we're dying, and he won't give us
the rites of our church if we go against him."
LIMERICK.—In Limerick the same murderous scenes
were witnessed which took place in Cork, the town being
for the two days of polling literally in the hands of the
mob, of which the most violent portion were women.
The third dragoons and infantry were pelted with stones.
Five of the dragoons were unhorsed, and two of the officers
wounded in the face with stones.. The benches, &c. in
the Court-house were torn in pieces, and one man thrown
out of the gallery, and spiked on the railings outside.. In
the evening there were thirteen persons in the hospital
severely injured ; and the windows of every Roman
Catholic elector who had promised to support Mr. Russell,
the Protestant candidate, were shivered to atoms. On
Tuesday the same violent conduct was continued ; and
the houses of several voters for Mr. Russell were gutted.
Notwithstanding, it will be seen from the following return
that that gentleman was elected
Potter ... .. •• • •-•
Russell....
O'Brien .
Mac Donnell .. .
WATERFORD.—In this borough the pro-Papist mob
was tolerably well kept in order by the police, assisted by
a strong body of military. The most gross intimidation
and obstruction of voters prevailed, however ; and Sir
Henry Barron, one of the defeated candidates, has-made
an affidavit of the fact, and declared his intention to peti-
tion. The following is the return, as given in a second
edition of the Waterford Mail, which has been obligingly
forwarded to us :
Meagher ..
Keating
Christmas
Barron '

KING'S COUNTY.—In this county the language of the
priests in their chapels has become of the most seditious
character, the most fearful anathemas being launched on
the heads of those who will vote against their priests
and their religion." The Dublin Evening Herald, of
Thursday, states that On last Sunday, so violent was
the language made use of by a priest in Banagher Chapel,
against the government and constitution of the country,
that the officer in charge of a detachment of the 9th
Regiment, quartered in that town, felt it his duty to direct
the men to retire from the house of worship." The poll-
ing is fixed to take place on Thursday and Friday next.
DUBLIN.—We 'published the return for Dublin in our
last. Similar atrocities have been perpetrated by the
Papist mobs in Dublin to those which have disgraced
Limerick and Cork. At the close of the poll, on Satur-
day, an attempt was made to carry, off the poll books,
which was successfully resisted by the police. An attack
was made upon St. Peter's Church, in which between
thirty and forty panes of glass were smashed. Some
windows ware also broken in Molyneux Asylum Chapel.
Windows were also demolished in Stephen's-green, and
other parts. On Monday night, there were no less than
nine policemen so severely injured as to be compelled to
go to, the Hospital.
BELFAST--.. 111 this town an attack was made on Taes-
day last, on the house of a man named Ball, a Protestant,
after which preparations seem to have been made by both
Roman Catholics and Protestants for a general fight. Two
men and a woman had been previously wounded by pistol
shots in the affray at Ball's house. In the evening, after the
mill hands had left work, the general fight began, and was
carried on with great ferocity for nearly an hour, notwith-
standing all the efforts of the police to restore order. The
Belfast News-Letter states that :—" For nearly an hour a
desperate fight continued almost without intermission,
notwithstanding all the efforts of the small body of con-
stabulary to restore order. The two parties successively
assailed each other, and retired, according to the fortune
of the fight, or as either were driven off by the police.
The attack was not confined to the persons of their adver-
saries. They began to wreck the houses on either side of
the street, each party assailing those in which the families
of the opposite party resided. The windows were demo-
lished with stones to such an extent, that at this moment
there is scarcely a single window in Durham-street which
is not completely demolished, in many of them the sashes
being completely torn out. Firearms were now in requi-
sition, and many of the combatants, some from the street
and others from the houses, kept up a continual volley
from muskets and large pistols, which gave-the spectator
the idea of a town being sacked. We have been credibly
informed that upwards of sixty shots from loaded firearms
were fired during this affray ; and that one man (a Ro-
manist) was seen to take deliberate aim and fire from a
window ih his house, at least 15 times into the street be-
low." It is ascertained that one life has been lost ; but
the wounded amount to a great number.
COUNTY TIPPERARY.—The priesthood of Tipperary
seem to be inviting outrage; and, in the placards which
they allow to be posted on their chapel walls, the most
horrible blasphemies are perpetrated. The following is a
PPeCialint from one: which 1§ WOO " 11011 bNlic lQv,e ;"