The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL-NOMINATION

OF THE CANDIDATES.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
Our readers are of course familiar with the extraordinary
excitement prevalent in reference to this election, owing to
the intrusion of a candidate by the Anti-Corn Law League.
The candidates are Mr. J. Nielson Gladstone, on the con-
servative interest ; and Mr. J. B. Smith, of Manchester, as
the nominee of the league. The nomination took place yes-
terday, in front of the Town-hall. About 3,000 persons were
present. At nine o'clock the mayor, with the candidates
and their friends, arrived -on the hustings ; and, after the
usual formalities,
CHARLES FOSTER, Esq., late member for the borough,
nominated Mr. J. N. Gladstone as a fit and proper person
for the representation of the borough.
SAMUEL PERKINS, Esq., ironfounder, seconded the nomi-
nation.

corn laws.) Another reason why he advocated the system of
the present corn laws was, beccuse they were enacted by the
greatest advocate for free trade that this country ever pos-
sessed as a minister, namely, by the late lamented Mr. Hus-
kisson. (Hear, hear.) He carried his free trade principles
very fai—some gentlemen supposed he carried them too far
—but he would not bring them to bear upon the corn laws.
And what did Van Buren, as President of the Republic of
the United States, say? He considered it the most
foolish thing • possible to be dependent upon foreigners
for the first necessaries of life. They (the electors) must
recollect, that they were not discussing the question of a
modification of the corn-laws, but that the question between
him and Mr. Smith was, the standard or the principle of the
' present corn-laws. The first and most distinct objection which
he had to their repeal, was the gross injustice of it.
The manufacturing interests of the country were protected,
and why should the landlords only be deprived of pro-
tection ? Were they (the electors) prepared for free trade
in every thing? (Hear, hear.) Were they prepared to be
undersold in their own markets by the foreigner? The advo-
cate of free trade in corn, and many of those gentlemen who
were called the cotton-lords of Manchester complained that
.they were undersold ; the Sheffield manufacturers also com-
plained of being undersold, although the foreigner paid a pro-
tecting duty of 20 per cent. Now, he would ask the electors
were they prepared with their heavy taxation to enter into
such a competition? Unless they were, they must not talk
of free trade. (Hear, hear). Another reason why he was
opposed to a total repeal of the corn laws was, because
he believed it would lower the wages of the working
classes. (Cheers). God forbid they should be lower
than they were !—(renewed cheers)—but it was his firm
belief that the repeal of the corn-laws would produce that
effect. if the farmer received only half the price of his '
produce, although he paid no rent whatever, he could not
expend the same amount in manufactures which he did be-
fore. In all other countries of Europe, the price of corn was
one-half or two-thirds less than it was in this country, yet
the rate of wages was much lower. (No.) Well, he would
refer for his proof to statements which had been published
by an authority. (Hear.) He had taken them from the work
of a gentleman who, he believed, was a great authority with
the advocates of repeal—namely, Mr. James Wilson (we
believe). The hon. gentleman then read an extract of some
length from this writer, in which he entered into a compa-
rison between the general condition of the labourers in this
country and those on the Continent, and showed that the
worst classes here were in a better condition than the best
in those lauds of supposed abundance. He then asked if
that was an argument for a repeal of the corn-laws, and whe-
ther the real question was not one of wages. As to the
amount of wages, he would refer again to the same writer.
In France Mr. Wilson said the wages of an operative for a
week of 72 hours, (or 10 hours a day) averaged 5s Gd a week :
in Sweden 4s 2d : in Austria 4s, and in another country, the
name of which we could not catch, 3s 4d : whilst the average
in England for less than 12 hours a day of absolute work was
I2s a week.—(A voice, " That 's a lie.")—This statement
showed that under the existing corn laws, the-rate of wages
here was more than double than in any country on the conti-
nent. (Hear.) Another and more powerful reason why he
objected to a total repeal of the corn laws was, because he
would never make the supply of food for the inhabitants of
this country dependent upon the will of any foreign power.
What were we to do in years of scarcity and years of war?
(Hear, hear.) It was generally admitted that a total repeal
of the corn laws would throw very large tracts of land in this
country out of cultivation, and that we must be dependent
upon foreigners for a large portion of our supplies. In
years of scarcity, or in years of war, where must we get that
supply? (Hear, hear.) We must starve. (Hear, hear.)
The vengeance of the people of England would then be di-
rected against the advocates of a measure which they had
found to operate so horribly upon them. (Hear, hear.)
Other countries found it their interest to encourage
manufactures and our free trade governments had taken
care to send them plenty of machinery ; therefore they
competed with us. Now, if the corn laws were repealed'
to-morrow they would not take any more of our manufac-
tures; they would take our gold and silver; therefore he was
not prepared to sacrifice the home trade merely for the chance
of increasing the foreign. kHear, hear.) He claimed for
himself, and those gentlemen who supported him, the same
honest desire to promote the good of the country as his
opponents. He was willing to concede to Mr. Smith, that
his only and sole object was the good of the country; and
he claimed the same concession himself. He believed that
his friends were as benevolent as any gentlemen on the other
side, and he was convinced that the parties who supported
him, were as much iuterested in the welfare of the operative
classes, as those who contended that the total repeal of the
corn laws would be for the benefit of the inhabitants of 'Wal-
sall. He thanked them for the kindness with which he had
ben received since his entrance into the town. He had
not received an uncivil word from any elector. In spite
of all the means used to excite the passions of the non-
electors, he was happy to say they had had but
little effect, possibly more upon the younger classes than
upon those who were better able to decide on his merits.
They had already been told that at the time when the reform
bill was brought forward, it wag pronounced a panacea for all
sorts of evils. Had it proved a remedy for them? No ; and
now another sovereign remedy was proposed for them in the
total repeal of the corn laws. After a few remarks laudatory
of the mayor for his impartiality, the honourable gentleman
said that if he should have the honour of being returned, his
most strenuous endeavours should be used to promote what-
ever he considered under the advice of those bestable to advise
him, best calculated for the interests of Walsall in particular,
and generally for the good of the whole community. The
honouruble gentleman then retired, amidst mingled cheers
and groans.

CHARLES F. CorrKRILL, Esq., proposed Mr. J. B. Smith
as a fit and 'proper person.
SAMUEL MILLS, Esq., one of the magistrates for the bo-
rough, seconded the nomination.
Mr. J. N. GLADsroNE rose, amidst loud cheers from his
friends, mingled with groans from the opposite party, and
said he felt indeed most grateful to his honourable friend Mr.
Foster, and to Mr. Perkins, for the very kind and flattering
, terms with which they had connected his name, in introducing
him to the notice of the assembly. He was not so vain as ;to
suppose that he was in any way deserving of the terms in
which they had named him ; but he could assure them if he
should have the honour to be returned a member for that
borough, (uproar) it should be his honest and strenuous en-
deavour to prove that he was not totally unworthy of
it. He rejoiced to meet so large and respectable a
body on the present occasion—(loud cheers)—an occa-
sion provided by the constittetion of the country, at
which the opposing candidates met each other face to face
in the most public and open manner. He rejoiced to have
this opportunity of explaining to them his political senti-
ments—his opinions not only upon subjects of immediate
importance, but upon political topics generally. He had
already had opportunities of addressing different bodies of the
electors, and he had taken every opportunity that had been
afforded him in the course of his canvass to request them to
question him most closely upon all topics. On all those oc-
casions he had declared himself what he trusted he should
continue to be to the last moment of his existence, a decided
conservative. He was from conviction deeply attached to
the constitution of this country in church and state,—(much
uproar)—because he believed that under that constitution
this country had enjoyed more real practical happiness than
any country in the world. (Hear, hear.) He should there-
fore feel it to be his duty to oppose any measures under the
specious title of reform, which had for their real object, not
the improvement of the constitution, but its destruction ;
(cheers and hisses, and great uproar)—at the same time he
should not be opposed to any well considered reform
which. might be: brought forward with the honest intention of
strengthening the constitution, and promoting the best inter-
ests of the country. (Cheers.) Feeling, as he did, a deep-
rooted attachment to the church, feeling as he did that she
had been the bulwark of the liberties of the country—(mingled
groans and cheers drowned the remainder of the sentence.
Immediately afterwards one of Mr. Smith's men made
his appearance amongst the crowd, with a most offensive
handbill pasted on a board, which caused much confusion ;
the placard, however, was immediately torn down by a police
officer.) Mr. Gladstone, in continuation, said that, under the
conviction of these feelings, he did not entertain the slightest
idea of hostility towards the dissenters, if they did not wish for
the destruction of the church. He should be a friend to the
strictest economy, but he considered that would be poor eco-
nomy which would starve the services of the country, and ren-
der them' inefficient for the purposes for which they were in-
tended. Now for the subject upon which they had heard so
much, viz., free trade. (The man Acland, who was stationed
on a platform in front of the Dragon Inn, here exhibited a Cart-
er's whip, which he called a slave-whip and cracked it, to the
infinite amusement of Mr. Smith and his friends. Uproar fol-
lowed this exhibition, which prevented Mr. G. from pro-
ceeding; the mayor, however, interfered and restored order.)
Mr. Gladstone continued to say, that by free trade he un-
derstood that all export and import duties all over the world
should be removed. (Hear, hear, and cries of " No,
no." During the interruption Acland exhibited a
pair of leg-irons which he had borrowed from the
police-office below. He shook them before the people
and called them a pair of real slave manacles. Great cheer-
ing followed, during which Acland let the irons fall, and they
fell on the head of a boy who was standing underneath, and
knocked him down. The lad was immediately picked up,
and appeared to be much hurt.)—Mr. Gladstone, in conti-
nuation, said, that however desirable such a state of things,
as was contemplated by the free traders, might be. it was
barely practicable. We could only legislate for ourselves,
and those who would pretend to do otherwise, by exciting the
minds of the people, were only deluding them. He did not
stand there as the advocate of the agricultural interest. The
interest of his family in land was as nothing whatever com-
pared with that which they had in trade. He had no reason
whatever to regret the course he had taken on his first ar-
rival in Walsall, when he refused to have any communica-
tion with the anti-corn law league or association ; (hear,
hear)—the course those gentlemen had pursued since, their
attempts to flatter the bad feelings and to excite the passions
of the people would not induce him to change his opinions.—
(Hear, hear, and some hisses.)—He conceived their interfer-
ence in this election most unconstitutional. Before he ar-
rived in Walsall, what had appeared in the Anti-corn law
Circular? He had seen it there announced, that it being the
intention of Mi. Finch to retire from parliament, the Anti-
Corn-Law League, or Association, let them take which term
they liked best, were determined that no candidate should be
returned who would not vote fora total and immediate repeal
of the corn-laws. (Hear, hear.) What was that but a sys-
tem of dictation? Iu what other light could they consider the
numerous addresses which had been sent to Walsall? And
what, he would ask, had strangers to do with an election
for that borough ? (Great laughter, and hear, hear.) The
Anti-Corn Law League must have supposed that the
electors of Walsall were indeed a set of incapables, who did
not know their own interest, and therefore they had very
kindly come forward to spew them what to do. (Hear, hear.)
That, he considered, was paying a very poor compliment to
the intelligence of the electors. When he (Mr. G.) came
forward as a candidate, he felt that he had no right to hold
such a position ; and so long as the opposition to him was
conducted in a straightforward manner, he had no thoughtot
complaining ; but he did complain that gross misrepresenta-
tion had been made use of against him; he complained that in-
ducements had been held out by his opponents to the electors
to break their promises which they had made to him, because
a third candidate had come forward. (Hear.) if such a
principle as that was to be recognised there was an end to all
honour and honesty, and there was an end to all confidence
between man and man. He trusted that his honour-
The Dublin Evening Mail asserts that there is at this time
able opponent, Mr. Smith, did not recognise such prin-
an available conservative majority in Dublin of 883, giving
ciples ; hut he must repeat, that, over and over again
credit for every vote in existence. The calculation, it is said,
in ;the course of his canvass he had been told of elec-
rests upon data that cannot be questioned.
tors who had been solicited by his opponents to break
their promises previously made to him, merely because a ESCAPE OF A DEBTOR FROM MONMOUTH JAIL.—On
a third candidate had come forward. On the other hand, be Tuesday night last, about eight o'clock, a debtor named
appealed to every gentleEnan who knew him—he appealed to Joseph Roberts, the younger, managed to effect his escape
every elector, if in any similar case he had asked any indivi- from Monmouth Jail. It is supposed that some friend out-
vidual to break his promises to Mr. Smith, when he knew side threw a rope ladder over the wall on the side of the
that his vote had been promised to Mr. Smith. (Cheers, prison, by means of which he got off. A reward of £5 is
answered by cries of " Oh, oh !") He had to complain offered for Roberts's apprehension. Our readers will re-
also, as all those who venerated the Bible must complain, member that at the last Insolvent Court held in Monmouth
that texts from the Holy Scriptures had been quoted, he applied to the Court to have his hearing postponed, which
which had no bearing whatever upon the subject of application was granted.—Monmouthshire Beacon.
free trade, merely for a party purpose. He had to A SERIOUS MISTAKE.—A very singular mistake, that
complain that the corners of the streets had been pla- might have been attended with total ruae to one of the first
carded with texts from the Holy Scriptures on one side, and banking establishments in London, oocurred the same day
some most gross misrepresentations on the other. He con- that Messrs. Wright, bankers, stopped payment. In the
fidently hoped that there was no minister of religion in the course of that day a clerk of a firm of extensive business had,
town who approved of the course which had been thus pur- amongst others, a check upon Wrights', as also upon the
sued. For instance, he held in his hand a placard, issued house in question, By an unfortunate carelessness the clerk
nominally by 95 Wesleyans, calling upon the electors to give presented the ()heck upon Wrights, to the cashier of the
their support to Mr. Smith. The fact was, that there were bank, who, supposing it was offered to be paid into the credit
only 30 out of that number who were Wesleyans: and this he of the firmn alluded to, in the usual short way of bankers'
bad learned from the highest authority. So far from the clerks, observed, " The house has stopped payment." The
Wesleyans being in favour of his honourable opponent, he clerk, not aware that he had presented the wrong check,
was proud to number amongst his (Mr. G.'s) supporters hastened home, and informed his master that his bankers
the largest proportion of the Wesleyan body io Walsall. The had failed. The rumour spread with rapidity, and the bank-
Wesleyans, indeed, were found rankee all Over the kingdom ere in question were put to the expense of £30,000, to sus-
on the side of conservatism. He had to complain further of the taro their reputation, which is of the first order. Morning
means which had been need to calumniate the character of Post. '
his father, which weeilearer to him than his own. Most atro- AN AMERICAN STORY.—Once Upon a time, when tho
cious falsehoods had been circulated against his revered pa- packet-ship Coriolanus was returning from Liverpool to
rent. His father had never had any connection whatever with New York, the carpenter was taken sick, and after a short
the slave trade—(great confusion followed this sentence, du- illness, expired ou board, He had an interesting son, who
ring which Mr. Rawson held up a copy of the parliamentary was his assistant as ship-carpenter and the boy loved his
report of the slave compensation claims, and pointed father with the most tender and filial affection.; The poor
to Mr. Gladstoue's name, which he said stood oppo- youth's heart was almost broken at the loss of his parent,
site- to a very large sum.) The electors had heard that and no persuasion could induce him to leave the body. The
his father had received a sum which might anew to he usual preparations for a funeral at sea was made ; the poor
a great deal, as compensation money,. net he did not mean carpenter was sewed up in his winding-sheet, and with him
to deny, ; but if any one was to blame, who was it? Why, it was put an old grindstone, hatchet, and chisel, to carry him
was the parliament of the conetry who had voted the money down to his long rest in the ocean. The poor boy grew f'ran-
and appOrtioned that ors nun; to his father.—Did they sup- tic when his father was about to be committed to, the deep,
pose that if 04 had been offered to them, they being and was obliged to be held off by the sailors, At length, just
in the eanee situatioa,, that they would have refused it ? The as the fatal lurch of the vessel was talon g place, the boy,
amount of compensation voted by the country to the West with the strength of a maniac, broke. from the sailors, and
India proprietors bore no comparison with the losses they dashed himself upon the body at the very moment it was
had sustained, but they did not complain, neither did he nor sliding over the ship's side., It was too late to save him;
those who wore connected with him complain. His impres- and, clinging wildly, to,the dead body of his father, the hap-
sion and belief was that slavery was a national sin, and, there- less boy made opt Swift plunge, ana disappeared, for ever,
fore the West India proprietors were content to bear their share down, dowry, in the eternal caverns of the mighty ocean.
of the loss arising from its extinction with the people of this This was, In let, 97 deg. long. 79 minutes, which was duly
country, who were morally and in the sight of God as roOeh c.ntered on the liog-book. The Coriolanus arrived at New
responsible for the state of slavery as long as it existed, in oyk, oompleted all the business preparatory to her next.
our colonies, as the West India proprietors th,ea*el;4es• trip, and sailed again for Liverpool. When in lat. 69 men.,
He would now say a few words upon kuh*.Nxhich had long. 48 min., an enormous shark was caught ; and, when
been placed in a prominent positioun#l, tsWa °peewit). First, hauled upon deck, a most extraordinary noise seemed to pro-
they must allow him to efleWteente his hon, opponent ceed from the huge monster's stomach, 'rig creature was
on the extreme felicity 41,044 And a gentleman to pro- Opened ; and there was the father, the son, the grindstone,
pose him, who diee.red frona him on the subject of corn law the hatchet, and the chisel ! 0, it' it runt true, then never
repeal,. I\l4lSakith was set forward there as the advocate of may another fish story be belie-Nat! The poor carpenter had
la 144, who said that they did not wish for a modification, but not died, but was only it\ a, to when they buried him ;
that whatethey wanted was,. a total repeal of the corn laws ; and there he ws shaßeimng his hatchet, while his son was
his (Mr, Smith's) proposer on the other hand, of whom he turning the gi,rfcadstonc, they,. having just resolved to cut their
wished to speak with respect, as Mr. Foster had already said, way oue of the. shark's stomach t-;-American.
had promised his support to Mr.Lyttleton, who would not vote Po*SpatE.7--,lt difficult to say what pleasure means.
for a total repeal, yet he now brought forward Mr. Smith, Measure, bears a dilfe.rent sense to every different person.
who was for a total repeal, although he differod witikh:sm, on, Pleasure to a country miss, just come out, means a race-ball,
that important subject! (Hear, hear,) As he 13&d. Said, befo;e, and so many partners that she is danced till she can scarcely
he did not appear there as th'enilvocate.oft4e,landed interest!! stand ) Pleasure to an aspirant after fashion means a card
The interests of himself andhisfepeily were almost altogether. il,oin Devonshire House, or a nod from Lady ! Plea-
connected with trade, 41e' fetlier hid .been:fee more than Lair sure to a school-boy means tying a string to a school-fellow's
a century, a, aidrWaht in "Liven?* ;, neatly the wholo of his toe when he is asleep, and pulling it till he awakes him !
connections einbarked, *de. tipuntileteres ; and Pleasure to a man of an inquiring mind means a toad inside
he r. J. 1$ Gladstone) did nA,
;tfrAmt there as the hired of a stone, or a beetle running with its head off ! Pleasure
delegate of aey, Tee Viet there as the member of any to a man of taste means a first-rate artiste and a good dinUer h.
league' or assepeineiem, ce.rne there for the avowed purpose of Pleasure to a labouring man means doing nothing Pleasure
advocetieg meant opinions ; for he was perfectly at liberty to to a fine lady means something to do to drive away the time !
chew hte'opinion on any subject whenever he pleased, or when Pleasure to an antiquarian means an illeObie inscription!
his conviction induced him to do so. He considered the sub- Pleasure to a connoiseur mans a dark, invisible, very fine
ject of the corn laws one of the greatest interest to the coun- picture ! Pleasure to a philosopleereea modern philosopher,
try, one in which all classes had an equal interest ; and if he means liking nothing, despising everything, and proving every
apprehended that a total repeal of them was necessary to im- one a simpleton except leimeelfli Pleasure to a beggar means
prove the condition of the working classes, with all his heart a sovereign, by mistake, instead of'a shilling ! Pleasure to a
he would TostQ fur it, With regard to the corn laws them- sailor means a fresh, breeze and a sight of lend l Pleasure
selves, lie believed that the standard of duty might be lowered, to the afflicted, a, tear !' PleasUre to the sweetest of all tern -
and that foreign corn might be imported duty-free, when Vera, thceleseveord in an argument ! Pleasure to the social,
corn was at a lower price under the existing laws. He woeld 'e.the.heinen face divine " Pleasure to the morose, " I
give his reasons why he would not vote for a cepen,l Elf then? , shan't see a soul for the next six months " ! Pleasure to the
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at present, and also his reasons for think tlee peeseee 'Wm ' aUthor, the last page of his manuscript—bliss inexpressible !
laws better than any others yet prenosed. Since time enact- Finis, Pleasure to all, to every one in their own way, and that
ment of the present laws in the yeete WS; thp. average price ' way a difkrent one,
of corn in this country had been considerably lOperetban it (11):144,--," She is gone, sir ! " whispered his butler in
was during tbn existence 'or the previous laws. (A Yoke— elee ear of his master, a Welsh squire, in my presence, during
" Hew much %Wee' ?,'") "Why,' it had been; as. low 41. (linnet.; " twenty minutes past four o'clock !" "Is she,,
, while'foenieelyet 'Was upwards' of 6es, nOtetieWendiriee the by Jove ! " replied the squire •, then you shall have yowl.
bad haryests of the last two years. Aeloeliee eaes.ou wee, that picture taken to-morrow in a full suit of mourning;" which,
'the imports and exports of the eeeentey had gradually in- was accordingly done. The departed soul, so etnellatically
'creased, 'under :the, me,c44 10(4.. (gear,hear.) In the said to be gone to her last home, was that of thesieuire's wife,
year 1829, ttAQ: #xsixioes, after their enactment, our- ex- from whom he had been long separated, but to,whom he had
ports,nin:ente4 ,040,000. Now he should not go long paid a large annual sum. Theee this little emphatic
sth„Nedib };be whole number of years up to 1839, but content word affords me an anecdote of anothFrsqpire. Some years
mime f with saying that our exports had increased gradually back, a gentleman of high, connexions and large possessions
till they amounted to £43,000,000., and what was not a little in the county of Salon, bee whose mind was not so well fur-
surprising was, teat the greatest increase inthe export of our nished as hiss eeefere-eaceinnson case with country squires
manufactures had taken place in those years when Porn had of by-pgro; days7---,haci a strange penchant for going to bed in
risen in price. In the year 1835 the exports of the country the teepee§ of his. friends in his neighbourhood, and there
amounted to nearly £27,000,000.9 corn was then 395.
Per I wouldsh6 lie to the extent of three whole weeks ! On one
,ne-c.aSion, lie knocked at tho door of a gentleman in a quarter ; and in 1836, when corn was 495. per quartc,
neigh-
exports were £32,000,000, ; in the year 1838, when corn wall lbOuring. town, in whose house he had already couched himself
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more than 645. per quarter, our exports ,trig 43 6066.1000.; for 'Several consecutive weeks ; when orders were given to
and in the year 1839, whet; porn was
Uglier.than it, had. ' the servants to take care and stop him out, by telling him
been for many years wing to had illifiescs.:N6en, it was 70s. none of' the family were at home. The repeated answer of
per quarter, our exports' recktlid,l;l3/000)POP-- He knew the footman, however, of " Gone out, sir," to his inquiries
he should be told, thaeeeetiebegb Our exports had increased, after the family—from the father to the youngest of the
profits had deiniftiehed hue that was beyond Control,
owing household—so enraged this bed-loving squire, that he thus
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to the competition, not only ofmanufaetarers here but of ma- let fly at him :—" You scoundrel " !
said he, " I suPPole
nufacturers abroad. (Much uproar, in which several of the you will next tell me all the fires are gone out I "—A'agerS
Smith party said, that the competition had been caused by the Magazine.

311:. J. B. SMITH then addressed the meeting at very
great length, but although we have very copious notes of his
address, we are compelled, in order to save the post, to omit
them. The speech of the honourable gentleman was very
effective, and he was listened to with much attention. He
entered on the entire question of the corn law repeal, and de-
monstrated, apparently very much to the satisfaction of
himself and friends, that the salvation of the country depend-
ed upon their total repeal.
The Mayor then called for a show of hands. For Mr.
Gladstone very few were exhibited; for Mr. Smith there
was a majority, as might be expected. The Mayor having
declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. Smith,
a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, and
granted. Thanks having been voted to the Mayor, the meet-
ing separated. The polling commences this day at eight
o'clock, and will terminate at four.

There are 800 electors on the register for this year. From
this number there may be deducted from 40 to 50 who from
various causes will be disfranchised. Many who have the
right will not vote at all it is supposed. It is not at all un-
likely that Mr. Gladstone will poll 350. If he should his
election is secure—of this we'd° not entertain the shadow of
a doubt.