Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-02-11

Observation-Disclosures.


An English paper mentions amongst the
most remarkable incidents Of the p,cscnl election,
the temn ior Polleilnci OF John Gully Id. oil
sporting celebrity. TIC singulniity Of the RIA. oi
thu person from tie very degrndcd condition OF II
" competitor IN the ptlzo ring" 10 tina. OF ieSisla-
Tor III the great counc oi the nation, oxtitt5 con
siderable curiosity respecting tie incidents oil NJ
c and history. Mr.. Gully Is nntive oi WICK,
IN Gloueeslershre where his father keptthe Crown
ni and carried ON the business Ola butcher,
winch trade Mr Gully followed until he tell
the aeig hborhood In the course OF has career ~
u The ring" he wns amongst the most scientific o,
the pnpils,ic champions Ills h's battle took
place at Uulshan, in Sussex, ia 1909 with iienry
pearce commonly called " tho Game Chicken,
and upon this OCCASION Gully would appear to have
suffered dcGat lie fought Grcsson at Ok Milo
Bottom, IN 1907, Gully proving u'o victor, aller
Que Of the most determined ilstlc contests teeouea
in the annals Of tho p,ze fnS In iSo5 oe nsaih
defeated Grcgson IN Slr9. ~tmlghts farh, IN
lIerforlshirc. THIS wng h's last baltlr, nnd he
subsequently, kept The Plough public house IN Car
~ street I.incoln's Inn Fci,is. OF late years Mr..
Gully has been n most successful speculalof upon
lhe turf and has realized yery considerable for
tune. principally, 1t IS said, by betting upon CON
mission for noblemen and gentlemen con nected
wi III Newmarket.
lie - proprietor Of Acltworth Pnr, IN Yorkshire,
Hare Pink. IN Cambridge shire and valuable nm
aud other property IN HI town Of Ne~na'ket lie
has been the owner of some of the first rocr' oil the
day and the cx lYome readiness and good hnmor
with which, at Doncaslei, III 1879, he pad iosscs
To the amount OF 10 600 upon he celebrated horse
Mamoukc, raised him high amongst the most
honorable members of the turf
C9b5etrs return for Oldhdm--Wc have nj
waYs admitted the talents OF this most cyirhofdl-
nary mau and we give from his Register Oh yes
To-day the following short speech made to the cleo
tors Of oldham, on his return !;
aI,,ntlencn Of OLDHAM trust that what you
b,vc,,o,v dane Will l,o attended with benefit to
ourselves and to our copnlrymcn at large. lugls
inp nc such colleague you have gwen talr
rirden.l YOU have added greatly 10 the honor con
,crrcd uron me--nol, however, on recount oil h's
great possessions aud magnificent Establishments
but on account Of his well known, his pfoveibin
Justice, and Kindness towards all those, from
whose labor his acquisitions nave arson Livery
put Of his chan acter presents to the nation some
thing which reflects honor upon tho man whom
Won nave chosen fer his colleague, but, in my est
nation, this point in his character exceeds IN ex
eeencc all the rest. Gentlemen, for many years
III
hordes of men and women, who have nnJusily Nv
ed upon the fruit of our labor to speak OF the wor
KING people MS If they were an tnjertof race OF be-
ngs During all these years, have been express
s,no md YOU have been feeling, indignation At
,bis ;nsolcuce in the tax fat,ed cormorants. You
have now had an opportunity to give them the APP
nron,iatc answer You have taken one OF the
ioper orders" as they had the insoenee to style
ns and hidden him to go amongst them, 10 NAM
tain your right to just government IN the House OF
Commons.
Many as are the years that have rolled over my
bead. have not forgotten the time when, III my
blue smock irock and dumping nail shoes, trudg-
ed along beside the plough horses, each les o.
which horses was pretty nearly as big as my bo1y'
have no, forgotten this and as the present Prime
Minister said that he would stand by HIS ORDER"
the order of erm,ne roles and coroBets,-so be |
YOU assured, will stand by my order, the or
der of slnock- frocls and nail Shoes and hard hn-
oers How often have the insoen. wretches SAID,
Let him-let Cobbett--come here, aud we w'l'
soon make him find his level" While they ex- !
claimed, Let hun come" they lied and they orio'
ed and expended hundreds Of thousands, 'ot 10 teS
him eomc You have now taken him into your
hands you have now given the answer 10 these
insolent preteuders to superiority. fc,t have Ia.
| ken up the SURREY PLoran- Boy; you have tossed