The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-06-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

MERIONETHSHIRE ELECTION.

NOMINATION AT HARLECH.

(From our eons Correspondent.)
On Tuesday last the freeholders and other electors of the
county of Merioneth met at Harlech fur the purpose of electing
a fit and proper person to act as knight of the shire, in the room
of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, who has now retired from
public life, having within the last few weeks returned into the
hands of his constituents that trust which they had confided to
him, and the duties of which he had so long; so faithfully, and
so zealously discharged. The hour fixed for the nomination of
the candidates was ten o'clock, long before which time the little
town of Harlech was fast filling with strangers froin„different
parts of the county; and had it not been for the prevalence of a
dense mist and rain, which poured down in torrents, its generally
unfrequented street would have presented a scene of unusual
activity and bustle.
Soon after ten o'clock the reading of the writ and the other
usual preliminaries having been gone through,
RICHARD WATKTN PRICE, of Rhiwlas, Esq., in a very judi-
cious and able speech, proposed Richard Richards, of Caerynwch,
Esq., as a gentleman every way qualified to represent the inter-
ests and further the opinions of the electors of Merionethshire.
Mr. Price entered at some length into the claims which Mr.
Richards has on the affections of the genuine friend of truth and
freedom. He utged with great force and clearness the consis-
tency of Mr. • Richards' character, and his undeviating attach-
ment to those sound conservative and protestant principles which
have, under God, contributed so much to the happiness and
safety-of the people of these realms.
HUGH RRVELRY, Esq., of Bryn y Gwyn, seconded the nomi-.
nation of Mr. Richards; concurring fully in all the observations
which had fallen from his friend Mr. Price, and assuring the
electors that they would best consult their own interests< by
electing as their representative a gentleman connectid with the
county by the possession of considerable property, Ind whose
opinions were not formed by fits and starts, one thing to-day and
another to-morrow; but whose principles were in strict accord-
anre with the immutable laws of truth and justice.
Captain THRUSTON then proposed Sir William Wynn, go-
vernor of Sandown Fort, in the Isle of Wight, (a government
appointment, removable, we are informed, at pleasure,) a thick
and thin radical reformer, prepared to go the ' whole hog," and
to trample 'upon King, lords,' and chnrch at once, as a fit and
proper person to represent the electors of Merionethshire in
parliament.
When Captain Thruston had concluded his speech no one
appeared to second the popular reform candidate. We have
heard no explanation of this curious omission on the part of the.
radicals ; hut had it not been for the compassionate tenderness
of some individual in the crowd, Sir William would not have
been in a condition to go to poll.
Mr.' IttctiAens then addressed the electors in a manly, ho-
nest, and well-timed speeCh. He deprecated the infatuated cry
of the fashionable politicians of the day, which, with reform fir
its pretext, had destruction for its real object. He-spoke with
great warmth and energy on the unprincipled character of the
coalition now formed to browbeat, and if possible to annihilate
the second' estate of the realm. He declared his own strenuous
and unceasing attachment to the church of his fathers, and his
determination to resist, by every means in his power, the fur-
ther progress of that Rotnish iddatry which is a curse wherever
it prevails. In conclusion he assured them that should' he be
fortunate enough to be returned as their representative he would
never be wanting-at the call of duty, and that they might with
safety rely on his Steady adherence to those principles of fealty
to the sovereign, of anxiety for the continued union of churcb
and state, and attachment to our three-fold constitution, which
he had ever professed, and which he 'believed they held and
cherished.

• Sir WM. WYNN next addressed the electors in a speech of
great length and unusual violence. 'He spoke of the House of
Lords as comparatively useless and unnecessary; he recom-
mended, with great vehemence, the appropriation of church
property to the liquidation of the enormous debts due on dis-
senting chapels, the erection of others, and the repair of those
already in use among the sectaries. llut all these ili-conditioned
rhapsodies produced little or no effect upon the hearts of the
loyal men of Meribn. On a show 'othands being called for by
the sheriff, there were not thirty held up for the government
nominee, while for Mr. Richards there were from two to three
hundred or'more. Sir W.. Wynn then demanded a poll, when
Friday and Saturday next (to-day_ and to-Morrow) were fixed
as the days of election.
The following handbill shows that our Welsh neighbours do
not sleep at their posts on occasifins of this sort.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF MERIONETH.
A pugnacious, foolhardy old knight
Determines your courage to try;
His fort lies afar in the island of IFight,
His estates in the island of Sky.
And to back him a noble his wish has express'd
In language becoming King Log,
That the men of Meriiineth now shall be blessed
With a rad that will go the whole hog.
Church, peers, and king must successively fall,
To serve the trim.-Con-nellite cause,
And republican malice be glutted with all
Our liberties, honour, and laws.
In order to forward this holy decree,
They have sought for the man of their mind,
Old Billy the rat, King Log's nominee,
Whose politics change with the wind.

The whigling of yesterday—tory before,
Just as faction or pelf may incline,
Now one of the radical rushlights that o'er
The march of destruction would shine.
Electors of Merion !—shall it be said
That your spirit and loyalty fail?
That when you should strike at the monster's high head,
Ye but added a joint to the tail?

A SHORT CATECHISM.

Why is Sir William-;;;;diC;ii:fliectiuse the Whig-radical
ministers have given a strong hint that the governorship of
Sandown Fort is a sinecure in their gift, and the governor re-
movable at pleasure.
On what interest did Sir William come at Stafford ?—Tory.
Was there a contest ?—Yes.

iVas there a single sixpence of the bills on that occasion paid?
—Certainly not; but inquire further at No. 38, Hatton-garden.
Has Sir William a qualification for an M.P.?—Refer to an
affidavit of Sir William's, filed in the Privy Council-office in
the year 1834, when nominated sheriff.
Who has the power to absolve persons front their promises?
—Pope John, King Dan, and their respective tails.