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      THE WEST BIDING ELECTION . DOMINATION . The nomin \ tion of candidates for the representation of tke West Riding of Yorkshire took place aA Wakefield on Monday last , at whicn time there ¦ were probably forty or fifty thousand persons assembled , from all parts of the Riding , a very large proportion of -whom were € haitisu . The factions , who lock at the West Riding as a prize worth contending for , rausve-red their forces in considerable numbers , each being determined , if possible , to overawe the other . Tne yellow partythe " base , bloody , sad brutal , "—were particularly active ; and hired binds of armed ruffians in their pay , entered ihe town at an early hour , by all the

      avenues leading from the manufacturing districts , for whose especial convenience all kinds of con-Teyanees , from the railway train t « the donkey cart , were placed in requisition . The Wentworth House purse paid the piper . The Tories , also , sported a urge band of hired men . The Chartists , who haTe no lordling ' s purse to which they can look for supplies , proved , iHcontestibJy , t £ eir superior dtteraination in the good ¦ work in which they are engaged , by mustering in thousands , and walking to Wakeneld , accompanied by their handsome green banners and several bands of muac . Tne body of the " lads '' arrived in the town soon aftar eight o ' clock , and mustered on Westgate Common , where they were j iined by their

      candidates , . Messrs . Pitkethly and Harney , who drove up in an open carriage , from Dewgbury , and after listening tc the joyous shouts with which they were welcomed , proceeded at once to their committee room , to make the necessary arrangements for the day ' s proceedings ; whilst those already assembled , after being joined by accessions from Dewsbury , Hnddersfield , Bradford , Barnsley , and other places , waited with patience for the time when they should be marshalled to the place of meeting . Triese brave fellows , inured to toil , and inspired by the glorious strangle in which they were engaged—the struggle of right against mi ^ ht—were s pattern to the others in their cheerful devotion to their cause , and in their peaceable and orderly demeanour throughout the day .

      The hustings ( a wretched erection ) were formed on a portion of the ca-ttle market , and faced a gradual descent , on which there was pj > aee for profeafaly 30 , 000 persons . The High Sheriff was in the centre , ine Yellows to his right , and tke Blues to his left . The Chartist speakers had tickets granted them for the High Sheriff ' s box ; ai . d here we observed Messrs . Pitkethly and Harney , their proposers and seconders , and numerous other kadrng men from Leeds and various parts of the Riding . The Blues first entered the ground in procession- ;

      and shortly after wards they were followed by the mass of Chartists , who took up their position directiy in the front centre of the hustings , stretching back to the full extent of the ground , and forming s dense harrier between the Whigs and Tories . The mottos on the Chartist banners included the six points of the Charter , and on one side of . each the p ' ace from whence they came . Un one we obserred" Justice to one and to all , " and on another ** We demand Universal Suffrage and the Ballot . " The Chartist 3 generally wore green cards and

      favours . . An Extraordinary Mercury was published in Leeds on Tuesday mornicg , professing to give an account of the proceedings ; arid a most " extraordiaary" lying affair it is . Neddy seems determined to enjoy the unenviable notoriety he gained from the immortal Cobbe ' . t ; he 13 determined to continue throughout all time , " ihe great liar of the north !" M The few hundred Chartists "— " wr-. tcb . ed looking band "— " armed with heavy sticks und bludgeons " with " green nigs containing ill-spelt inscription * , ' are a few amongst many slanders he has chosen to put forth to please those for whom he works .

      AeJ bow , Mr . ' " Extraordinary" Liar . if yon could see at all , pray tell us if you could not see more thousands than you have acknowledged to hundred ? ! Tt-11 us , if you caii Epeak truth at all , ir the Chartists were not the real peace-preserrers of the meeting \ and whether your hired ruffians , who had been purposely furnished with short staves made at HndcersSeld far the occasion , were not panting to exercise these said slaves on the skulls of their adversiric ? , at the bidding of a "Whig Justice , who disgraced himself and his office by acting as fugleman , had they net been overawed by the noble and courageous bearire of the " wretched-looking band ! ' '

      Pray tell us how your optics magnified the number of yellows so far above the Chartists ! Why , most w Extraordinary" Sir , what an " extraordinary ' ' ' vision you must have , and what an extraordinarily capacious mawyoa give your gulls the credit of possessing ! Did it never occur to you iir . Liar ** Extraordinary" that other people had travelled as ¦ well as yourself \ The yellows—your hired remans —intended to have had a row , and greatly were they disappointed when , they saw , from the force they ¦ would have to contend against , that they should only come off second best . To dignity such fellows as you had there with the name of reformers , is a fare * they had no other principle than to do your diriy biddicg .

      The thousands having assembled and the candidates Laving taken ihelr & cation on the Costings , —LOT& Marpeth . is . a . cseked ^ bat and rword , v > y "WSY , we suppose , of showing that he was tne leader of the " Bloodies "—silence was proclaimed , and The HIGH SHERIFF 1 Frederick William Thomas Yernon "Wentworth , Esq ., of Wentworth Cisties , came forward and said , —G ^ atltmea , in obedience to her Majesty ' s commands , we are met together for the purpose of electing two Knights of the Shire to represent the West Riding in Parliament . I hope that the proceedings of this day will be eondaeted in a peaceable sod orderly manner . ( Hear , heat . ) The occurrences

      • which t * ok place at the last nomination for the West Riding will be fresh in your recollection , and I hops ire shall not have to deplore the same results to day . ( Hear , hear . 1 I hope every man will feel it his bouaden duty to assist in preseivicg order , and if you expect your ovrn frieada to fee heard , yon must likewise consent to hear the other party to whum you may happen to be opposed . iHear , hear . ) As Englishmen , yon shall have " fair play ; bnt there can be no fair play unless JOO give to every speaker a fnlL fair , ana impartial bearing . ( Hear , bear . ) If any elector has a candidate to propose , let him come forward , and he shall be hmn ± ( Lond cheers . )

      FRiNCIS HAWKESWORTH FAWKES , Esquire , presented himself , and proposed Lord Viscount Morpeth as & fit aad proper person . JAMES LEES , Esq ., of Drfpb , seconded the nornijiation of Lord Viscount Morpeth . GODFREY WENT WORTH . Esq ., then cameforrard to propose Mr . Wortley . He spoke as follows : — Electors and non-electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire , in addressing this vast and numerous assembly which I Bee before me , 1 must claim a patient hearing , and , as I » m sure that a number of gentlemen will Le

      called on to do so , I will promise to occupy but a little time in my address to you . Gentlemen , the purpose of my appearing before you here to-day , is to nominate a gentleman u a candidate for your suffrages in the earning ejection of members of Parliament ; and 'When I TOTTiA that gentleman to yon , I am sure that you Will l > e confident as I am , that he posses « 8 all the abilities and talents necessary for a man who aspires to so high a situation . fCaeeis . } Gentlemin , without further trespassing upon your pitienee , 1 will &t once piopose to you Mr . Wortley . ( Cheers . )

      JOHN BROOK , Esq ., of Arnutage Bridge , aid-Mr . High Sheriff , Electors and non-eJectors , and the Working Classes of the West Riding of Yorkshire—{ cheers }— Gentlemen , —If ever I took upon myself to perform a public duty , I never came forward with greater satisfaction than I do on the present occasion , to seeon : the nomination of Sir . Wortley . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , it is unnecessary for me to state to you trhat Mr . WortJey ' s political views and sentiments are He has already , by Ms printed address , " and by the speeches which be has h&d to deliver in the different towns throughout this Riding , come forward and explained tbeia in a very straightforward , manly ,. &n / i energetic nancut [ Cheers . ) He lias woa over to his favour , not only those who w = re Inke-warm in bis cause ,

      bnt those ¦ en former occasions volea against him , and have now na * de np their minds to come iorward . sad do all in their power to return Mr . Wortley , -Well knowing , Orentlesien , that he is not the poor maa ' s friend by promisee , but that he will be the poor man " a friend by perfonaaeces . . Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Gentlemen , coining forward thus publicly as I do te advocate Mr . Wortley , you have a right to ask me why it is tisat I wish to displace one Koble Lord , and send » n » ther 2 » 6 ble Lord back to his father , i Cheers and laagbter . < But before I answer that question , I will also ask a question ; I will osk why it is that they themselves have sent to the right about Sir George Strickland ? ( Hear , hear . ; Poor Sit George ! I-wish to know what fault he has committed ? ( Cheers and fp n » p » . i Is it , Gentlemen , thit Sir George does not possess the talent , the energy , and the activity to advocate in Parliament their particular views , that they Ernst send for the more energetic , the more lalatied ,

      the more highly minded Lord Milton , to carry them j forward ? ( Cheers . ) But , Gentlemen , wkile I ask this j qne * tion , there is another individual of a very different \ character , who , I am persuaded , has also asked that question . I as persuaded that the late Secretary for Ireland has himself pat thai question , and that he has ; no . received a Tory satisfactory answer . ( Loud j applause . ) I am perfectly persuaded , Gentlemen , j that my Lord Morpeia would mnea prefer having Sir George Strickland as a felloe-candidate , however much I be might prefer having my Lord Milton as his colleague i in Parliament . ( Cheers . 1 Gentlemen , I certainly did ; complain thit the mover acd seconder of the Right j Honourable Lord thoalu have ms . ie such long speeches ; . and I fear you will thixk I am something in the same vsjr . I now th&sk yon , Gentlemen , most heartily and : cordially , for the patient and kind manner in which joa have liateu&d to me . i Applause . ) I will conclude , | jy fceartily seconding the nomination of the Honourable John Staart Wortley .

      CHARLES WOOD , Esq . M . P . after landing the p ? incip lfi 3 jmd talenU of his grandfather and father , vbo bad both represented Wentvrortb I-Iotsa in Pat liajftiml , proposed Lord Mil ion . The announcement that be -vm aJB peraon to represent tl » Riding drew forth

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      the jeers of every man of csmmon sense in the assembly . . J . B . GARFORTH , Esq . of Coniston Hall , seconded the nomination . The Hon . EDWIN LASCELLES said , Electors and Non-Electors , I have the satisfaction of introducing to yonr notice Edmund Beckett Denison , Esq .. as a fit and proper person to represent the West-Riding in the ensuitsg Psjllament . We Itnow him -well . He baa resided amongst us for many yean , and he has been one of the most active magistrates , and one of the most intelligent men of business , that -ever came into this Riding . Mr . Denison , from bis f > osition , is as well adapted , or perhaps better , to support the varied interests of this Riding , than any man I know . ( Hear , hear . ) Me Denison is a conntiy gentleman himself , and connected with one of the oldest commercial families in the West-Riding : and taking both the agricultural and manufacturing interest , into account , I say there is not a fitter man in the whole Riding to represent it in the House of Commons .

      JOHN RAND , Esq ., of Bradford , said—Electors and non-electors of the West Riding , it is to me a source of satisfaction that I have this day the pleasure of seconding the nomination ol Mr . Beckett Denison . The interests of the pool and the interests of the rich we alike safa in his hands ; and I feel persuaded that , ere this week elapse , he will be returned to Parliament as one of yonr representatives . ( Cheers , and shouts of " No , -no . - ) Ton have watched well the conduct of her Majesty ' s Ministers , and having carefully « ammed the aKount of their promises , you have contrasted them with the amount of their performances , and this accounts snfficientlv for their fast waning popularity .

      - Mr . CHRISTOPHER WOOD , of Honley , then stood forward amidst great cheering , which continued for some time , to propose Mr . Lawrence Pitkethly , as a fit and proper person to represent the West Riding in Parliament . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitkethly was the advocate of tte working classes , and he ( Mr . Wood ) was sure the time was not far off when the labouring classes must be represented equally with the other classtfi . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been long neglected , bnt justice must be done to them at last . ( Cheers . ) He hoped every man there was prepared to do hia duty , to hear all parties as they wished to be heard themselves , and not only to act like men while they were

      on that ground , bnt when the meeting was over , to prevent any disturbance being m&dt by either Whig or Tory . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Peace , law , and order , -was their motto ; and their endeavour , as men . must be to create a feeling of brotherly love amotikst all classes , let the issue of the contest be what itniitjht—( cheers)—to convince ali that the Chartists , a powerful and daily increasing parry belonging to neither faction , wished well to all , withoai difference of sect or creed , which to them was of no importance . Thanking them fur their patience , he concluded by propoiicg Mr . PitkethJv . ( Tremendous cheering , waving of hats , ic . which lasted for some minutes . )

      Mr . JOHN SADDLER , of Doncaster , seconded the nomination , Mr . JAMES PENNY , of Mill-Bridge , came forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , to propose Mr . George Julian Harney , as a candidate to represent them in Parliament , and in doing so , said , he would not trespass upon their time by any lengthened observations , as there were many other genvkmen of talent , or who at least ought to be so , who would have to address thtm at this important crisis . ( Hear , hear . ) He need not txpatiate on his principle—they were -well known . He was the ndvocile of Universal Suffrage—Ucivtrsal right—^ tremendous cheersj—and he came forward on the broad principle that every man who was called upon to obey the laws , ought to have a voice ia the making of those laws . ( Renewed cheering . ) He advocated

      neither of the two parties , for he knew that neither Whig nor Tory , would do anything for them till they wtrt- compelled by the pressure from without ( Great cheering)—They both told the people they were not fit for the suffrage— . hear , )—that they were too ignorant — ( hear , )—that they had not sufficient intelligence—¦ , hear , hear ;—bat they could , at all events , as soon s ^ rve an apprenticeship to become electors as to become representatives , iGreat cheering ; The gentlemen on the other side had the advantage ^—their men had the qualification , but they hsd not the talent . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ptisny ' s farther remarks ivere delivered amidst intetrup . 'ion by Lha hiri-d yellow ruffiacs , wl > o , e-ridentiy , ck " . not \ risb to bear tte truih told of their employers , aarl after some otiier observations , te concluded , amidst great chetriiig , by proposing , as a fit and proper person , iir . George Jalian HarLey .

      At the mention of Mr . Haraev ' s name , a most tre H ! tE ;! eus st : out rent the iir , and the "wavisg of hsta and si . pping of hands continued for some time . Mr . BENJAMIN PEAK 50 N , of Mirfield , seconded the nomina'ion of Mr . Harney . Lord MORPETH , on presenting himself , was cheered by his frienJs ; their cheers , however , did not seem to encourage the Noble Lord . He was evidently ill at ease—labouring nnder au anticipation that the ground oa widen he had sa long stood v = as fist slipping froiu benearh his feet . The green flags were to him " the haod-Trriting on lie wall . " In the introduction of his " essay , " he said—It can be no matter of complaint with me , that candidates representing every class of society , and every shade of opinion , should be submitted to your choice and your decision . ( Cheers . ) I have

      as little right to conipbin that every opportunity should be aflv > rdeil to jxu of ehoo&ins a Chartist , as cf 1 choosing a Tory Mcm'ber . But the lint of duty which r sfefems to lie before me is , that hoUur . g opinions widely j distinct frcm either , I sl : all state btkrtiyon . Gentlemen , j who form this vtst assemblage , and , through you , to I this great Riding , the reason of the appeal which I now ! come forward to make to you on my ora part . ( Hear , I bear . ) I do not make that appeal entirely in a single : capacity . I make it both as a Minister of the Crown—; ( cheers )—and I make it in what , without pretence or : fiittery , is to me a still more valued title—I make it as j your teed and often-chosen representative . After thas

      ! admitting , becvase he kit it expedient , what he has j hither to denied , he aliuied to the warm reception' - which he and his colleague had experienced during their canvass , and tbea once more I tamed to conciliate the Chartiits , hy a refei recce to the sufferings if the working classe ? , j which received no other response from the people than j an assurance that " it vras all humbug , " and then , after I finding that he had . got oa a wrong tack , he at once I began to show h : s teeth , and feigued to consider that \ Messrs . Pitkethly and Hurley -were only j ' . 'Sinj witn j him . He said , " What I conceive to be the question i before the constituency of this Riding , and the constituencies of the empire at large is , —to decide bej tween the practical line of conduct set before them by i ourselvys a . sd by our opponents , t Hear , hear . ) When

      I talk of opponents , 1 mean to signify Mr . Wortley and I Mr . Denison , because with all tha deference -which may I be cue " to Mr . Harr . ey ar . d Mr . PitXtthly , I cannot con-• sider thtm as our substantial and U >; , ajide antagonists : at the present election . tHaar , bear , aud hisses from j the Chartists , j I might have adverted to some of the : topics which -were briefly glanced at by the proposers ' ¦ and seconders of those parties . ( Great diseatitfaction : aud interruption in various parts of the meeting . )—; I fc&y i might have adverted to some of the topics which j were briefly glanced at by the gentlemen who proposed i acd seconded the nomination of Mr . Harney and Mr . > Pitkethly ; bnt as I do not think the rtal brunt of the i battle lies in that direction , and as the time for iui-1 mediate netion dra-ws near , I -will nj ^ suffvr n > y forces

      i t . > be uirtctfcd to any side skirmishes , but I wiil pour j them at once on the real heat and heart ef the fray . " ; iBravo ! my Lord ! " the real brunt of the batfe" does lie in a direction of which yon do yourself credit by ¦ professing ignorance . ) The Noble Lord then , in a series j of well turned periods , pet off for the occasion , rej ftrred to the measures -which the Government had brcugbt forward , hanging the future destinies of England on corn , sugar , and timber . During his harangue he was frtq'imtiy interrupted by cries t > f " Ba&tik-s , " ( " Thou's all flattery , "" Who kidnapped Fro&t , Wilj liams , and Jones ? " " £ rO , 000 for royal stables , " " We : want something to Bat ; " " Give us beef first , and then I we will get bread . ; " " Tax property , " ic &c He conj eluded , ainiuBt great dissatisfaction , and retired pitied j by frienils , declaring that he would not believe he

      j should ever be the rejected ef Yorkshire . I The Eon . JOHN STUART WORTLEY camo forward ' xad was received with cheering . He said—Gentlemen , i Fellow-YoikshirerDen cf this vast district , it now be-: c&Des my duty , in turn , to present myself to your notice , 1 in order to submit a ; r claim for the hoaour which it ; is ia yonr power to bestow , by that decision which you 1 wiH bave shor'dy to pronounce between myself and ! my ' ttpponents . At . \ i , Gentlemen , on preeeating myself on His occasion , 1 need not say that I appear upon the same footing as that oa which I have presented myself ; on former occasions . ( Cheers . ) My object here is to ; lay a eliim , for the great party which has dona me the : honour to give me their support , to a share in the represeetation of the VTtst Riding : my object is to ; assert tbeir right to a » aruci ;^ tion in its legislative

      voice , and to rescue it fram that « hich , at the present moment especially , would appear to wear the aspect of an attempt to estaVish what my Noble Friend has called the monopoly of the parse . ( Loud cheers . ) I shall comprise my observations in as short a space as possible , and I feel that there is tie less necessity for me to occupy any large portion of the time of this meeting , because I have had , uuticg the course of the canvass that it has beea my duty U > undergo , repeated opportunities of explaining my opinions and my principles , - and laying before the people of this Riding , those claims and pretensions -which I presume to think entitle me to ask for their support . Gentlemen , in the course of that canvass nothing iias given me mote unmixed satisfaction thaa to find that in spite of all the endeavouss that have been

      made to pervert , to bias , and to OTerpower the opinion of the great mass of the population ; though it has been my duty to argue the great questions submitted to the country by her Majesty ' s Government on that side . -which has hitherto been deemed the nnpopuiar one , thaf Dstwitistanding this , on every cccaiion hive I . fonnd that the people of the West Riding have j behaved like men of sense and rational citizens . vLoud cheers . ) They have taken what I thought proper to ' express , in the sense in -which 1 intended it , and even ! if they differed in opinion with me , they would hear uiy reasoning and my statements . They have not over- j borne me with clamour , and stopped my mouth -with clap-traps . They Lave refused to be made the tools of j those delusions -which have been thrown abroad to i deceive' their judgments . | Loud cheers . ) Gentlemen , j id 7 Noble Friend liaa told you that there has b&en

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      no intention on the part of Government to excite ogitatiea . It will be fwr you to pronounce upon that question . But , Gentlemen , in the meantime I will ask : him to settle the question with his own colleague , Lord John RusselL Lord Morpeth tells us that the Government sought for no agitation on this subject , lord John Russell tells oa he thought agitation was justifiable and expedient . ( Load cheers . ) It was only the other day , when he spoke to the citlxeaa of London , that be s&id there were occasions , and that was one , on which a Government was justified te appealing —( booting by the Yellows ;—in appealing , by means of agitation , to the sense of the country . Gentlemen , they tell as always , and we see it on some of their ban ners here , that they will have no class legislation , as

      they call it But let as look at their performances . Have they not attempted on this occasion to away class against class , in their endeavour to excite tke manufacturer against the agriculturist , and the agriculturist against the manufacturer . Have they not endeavoured to raise the population of the towns against the populaof the country , and the population of the country against the population of the town ; and yet they tell us in the same breath they will have no cUies legislation . Gentlemen , it is because having watched the proceedings of Government for the whole of the period during which they have retained their power , you have seen they have omitted , up to the last moment , to do What it was in their power to perform for the good of the people . Whtn they had the power they let it Blip , and

      when you placed almost omnipotence in tbeir hands , — when you gave them all they asked , and a popularity beyond their expectations , what did they do to promote a repeal of the Corn Lvws ? In the whole course of the period they have continued in office they have allowed this great question to lay dormant . ( A voice—" No . ") No , I was wrong , gentlemen . A person below has corrected me . They did no such thing , for they did more . They actually ailowed other persons to propose in Parliament measures in opposition to the Curn Lairs , and they set theuiselveB in resistance against them . ( Loud cheers . )

      I ; was only in the year 1839 , that the chief organ of the Government told you that any man who nia < ie Buch a proposition was a madman . It was only in the year 184 D that the same chief organ of the Government told you he wuulii not even agitate for a fixed duty on corn ; and yet we are novr arrived at the year 1841 , and what is the change which has taken place wituin tbe limits ol that period ? Waa tbero no m&nufaciuring distress in the year ISiO ? Was there no deficiency in the revenue ? These are what they tell us ; and the paramount reasons for the proposal they make in the year 1841 . Taey existed in the year 1840 . But they found it convenient to omit one other conclusive and

      irresistible reason they had for making the proposal in 1841 rather than in the year 1840 , and that is , Gentlemen , that they had not then received such conclusive proof of the withdrawal of the confidence of . thi > nation , — ihey had not then received an ignominious blow from their own Parliament But , gentlemen , in the course of the canvass , there is one subject that has given me signal satisfaction , and that is , that amidst all tho pressure of distress on the working classes , or those with whom the popular cry was expected to have must effect , whose passions were supposed to be most open to excitement , and with wnom I firmly believe that the stratagem was most contidently expected to succeed , — I say that with them universally , notwithstanding the pressure of the moment—the pressure on their industry

      —they have uniformly dealt with this most exciting and interesting subject , as the other classes feavo with temper aud with reason , aud they are about to form a sound aud calm judgment on the various bearings of the great questions of which I have spoken before . Gtn ' . lemen , I believe that thise classeB begin to see that when they we invited to take up the cry of cheap bread , it is worth their whila to go a little further—it may be worth the trouble to examine the professions and practices of those who asked them to second them in muking use of these phrases . Before I conclude , 1 will make some few observations upon a sutject on which I thii-. k it right , not only to myself and to my supporters , but to tbe West Rvtint ; , that I should not leave entirely without notice . 1 have cow fought the

      contest for the representation of this Riding upon two several occasions ; en thtae occasions I have had iuy Noble Friend , Lord Morr > eth , as an antagonist , and I ba-s-e also had another Honourable Gentleman who Las now britn withdrawn from us , for reasons best known to those who have displaced hini . Before the public there are no apparent reasons whatever . We . know pretty weM now that has occurred , but let that pass . But , Gentlemen , on these occasions I say I was opposed with all the energy of a contest tf coi . flicting parties . In the course of ray canvass I have heard from time to time , aud from place to p ! a ; e , complaints of unfair interference and undue practices , but uone but such as all in a struggle must expect to hear . But on this occasion some changes come over the free of

      affairs . We are not only now oj posed by my Noble Friend , but by another Noblo Friend of mine—the son of a Noble LoTd of -whom I wish to say nothiag disparaging—of whom I make no complaint as an antagonist ; but gentlemen , he comes not only backed by the influence of the powerful house , but , whether rightly or wrongly I know not—he comes , or it is supposed so , supported by the resources of an ample and intxhaustible pursa . Aud . gentlemen , I rcptat again , that having frice undertaken tbe canvass for the Riding , it is remarkable that now on tho third time , and under thei-e altered circumstances , do I hear of a now feature introduced into the case , nnn now for the filht lime have I heard , not from one district , or from one part , but frequently , and so much in dttail , as to give the statement the character of notoriety that there has been , in addition to other unjustifiable nicana of interference , attempts at direct ana base corruption . For my part , Gentlemen , I fairly tell you that I look

      upon aJl such endeavours with the utmost contempt . I firmly believe that the West Riding is beyond the means of purchase . But , Gentlemen , it does not relieve those who suffer such practices from tbe infamy that must attach to their conduct I believe , as I said before , that the voice of the West Ruling is not to be purchased ; if I thought otherwise , I would not ( stand on these hustings . iLoud cheers . ) If 2 tLongbt that the independence of this vast district couH be bought , I would throw its representation to the winds , to be picked up by the first man who thought it worth whilt to stoop . Nevertheless , I do not choose to leave tlit ^ u hustings without allowing it to ee kt-evrn at , least that we were not blinded on the subject , and that those who have introduced attempts like tbeae should not be allowed to carry through their portion of the contest without suffering tue penalties of degradation that must follow on such a charge . After some other personal observations , the Hon . Gentleman retired .

      Lord MILTON then mounted the tail in front of the platform , and certainly a mure miserable i-xLiihition was never presented to an assembled multitude * than tke Noble Lurd afforded . His imbecility -was too palpable fc-ven for hia friends ; they would gladly have slunk away if they could , but the West Ridiug mu ^ t be carried , and carried it only could be , if car ied at all , by the Wentworth House purse , which purse the silly dolt who owns it , would not consent , Bbould be opened , except the heir sLoulil traverse the length and breadth of the county , to pryclaim his sire ' s disgrace , and his own incompetence . Poar , poor Lord Milton ! The laughter of his frieli : ; s and the derision of his opponents , prevented him from being heard , and the sounds that he sung fe-l ! still-born without an embodyment in words . There ia a speech published for aim in the Liar Extraordinary ; it were a farce to say it was delivered by him . He never uttered a complete sentence .

      EDMUND BFCKETT DENISON , Esq ., next presented himself , and was received with cheering from the Biu-. s . He commenced by Baying , it was now four years ago since an appeal was made to tue electors of the United Kingdom , by her Majesty ' s then Government , and the electors thought proper at that tinw to return two Members for the West Riding who Wer « favourable to them . They then commanded a working majority of tliir . y or f itty . That majority had gradually dwindled down irem year to year and month to month , uatil , at last , they had been left in a minority of one on the most important question that could come before the House , namely , the question of confidence . Now , in 1841 , finding themselves deserted by their own friends , despised by their opponents , hated and

      distrusted by all , they appealed to the electors again , in the vain and delusive hope of putting of for a few short nioftths their appearance in tho Gazelle . The Ministiy now appealed to the country under the delusive cry of cheap corn , cheap sngar , and cheap timber . Now , tbo working classes of these dietrict 9 knew very well that cheap brt-a'l must be accomapnied by low wages—( loud cries "No , no , " j—and , therefore , knowing that tbe remedy proposed wou ' . d do them no good whatever , but on the contrary , render their position still worse than it wis , they hail the good sense not to be deceived and gulled by the delusive prosaists which had been held out . He believed the manufacturers did not care two straws whether the mechanic or the operative got 6 ? . or 3 s . a-week ; and , in point of fact , so long as they

      could sell th- 'ir ma . uaia . ciurt 8 , thay carod not for tlie unfortunate whites slaves who produced them . ( CfaeetB from the Chartists . ) He ( Mr . / Denison ) had listened with very great attention to the speech of the Noble Lord Morpeth : and certainly anything more divested of everything like practical suggestions or recommendations , he never heard in his life . Be admitted the existence of a great amount of distrt . w , but he never once touched upon the nmei ' . y . The 2 \ oble Lord had talked about exchanging their manufacttTes . He ( Mr . DeniBen ; quite agreed with him in the dt -sirablenesa of doing that , if it were practical . But the q uestion was , whether the Government propositions were . t ail likely to produce the remedy sought for ; and he n . 'uintained with all sincerity that , if carried it ; to effect , w ^ ar

      from removing existing difficulties , it would increase them ten times over . ( Hear , hear , and loud c ^ eers . ) Laws might produce a temporary increase ef their 1 . manufactured goods ; but the ultimate result would b ' to ruin tea customers at home for ons ? rkom they wo "Ud set np abroad . So highly viUl he value the hoi . * market , and eo anxious was he to see the labourirj "• classes of this country maintained in comfort and content , that he would not be a party to making any j experiment for giving men employment abroad to grow C 3 rn for the people ef England , when ihe latter could j £ row it for themselves . He wou ' . d tell them fairly , that I unless he could defend tbe Corn Laws as a protection I [" ur tho poor , he would not defend them at alL Ho j maintained that nobody would suffer ir . ore frtm t * w repeal of the Corn Laws than the working c ! : tses , be

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      cause , if they were thrown out of employment , they could get no bread . Mr . PITKETHLY then came forward , and was received with tremendous cheering . He said he bad felt it hia duty to come forward on this occasion , to give his voice in opposition to both the faCtionB Who had preceded him , vruose oppressions had brought the country to its present state of destitution . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ^ It was now about ten years since they were called together by the same faction who had brought them there that day ; st which time they were called upon to shout for " the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill" ( Loud cheers . ) That Bill they had carried by the voice of a deluded people , who were led to straggle for their own degradation and

      injury . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been promised by the same faction who were now attempting to delude them again , that that Bill , when once obtained , should only be a stepping-stone to secure their farther rights ; then , they saUi , the country would abound with high wages , -with abundant employment , and with plenty of roast beef . ( Hear , bear , and tremendous cheers . ) Since that time they had been sinking day by day , week by week , and year by year , till at last they were down to tliat point when they could have no roast beef at all . ( Cheers , and cries of " red herring soup . * ' ) Yes ; red herring soup and such like garbage were now considered good enough for the working classes , and tho organ of their patty had furnished them with a receipt by which , for tbe cost of fivepence , they were

      to find a weal for six able-bodied men , ( Cheers , and cries of " Hear that Neddy , " " Groan again , Neddy , " and loud laughter . ) Tho Whigs had set an example , by agitating in the most revolutionary manner furnished by modern times , for that bill ; they had themselves set an exumple to the people ]; and when they followed it in order to obtain their just , their natural rights , what had been their reward ? Five hundred of their most valued friends had been incarcerated in dismal dungeons , and treated with evety indignity that could be heaped upon them . ( Applause . ) M «« b was said at that time by a Noble Lord whose son they bad that day before them ; he recommended the people to button up their breeches pockets , in order to Btop the supplies by paying no more taxes , because tha passing of that

      measure had been refused . ( Hear , and cheers . ) The doctrine was joined in by Lord Brougham , and his brother William . ( Hear , hear . ) Henry ( now Lord ) Brougham openly proclaimed that king's Bead 3 Should roll in tbe dust sooner than the will of tho people should be thwarted—( hear , hear , )—and the organ of the party in Leeds dressed the king in petticoats and the Queen in breeches , and paraded them through the streets , preceded by a man carrying a bloody axe . ( Loud cheers , and " Hear that again , Neddy . ") He did not say they gave him the axe and wished him to cut their heads off ;—( hear , hear )—but the same faction bad excited the people to envelope Bristol in flamo 3 , — ( hear , hear , )—tho same party had caused them to burn Nottingham Castle . ( Great cheering and uproar . )

      Drive the faction from power and they will go to the same pitch of rebellion again . O'Cunnell , their master , had done the same in Ireland . ( Great cheering . ) The Noblo Lor . O ( Morpeth ) bad told them what the Whigs had done for Ireland ; and what had they done ? Thuy hod given them a Coercion Bill , under the provisions of which unoffending people coald have bten ( hot in their houses if they did not put out their lights at the toll of the curfew bell . ( Hear , hear , and cries of shame . ) And what had they done for England ? ( Hear , kear . ) They had passed tbe accursed New . Poor Law , to grind the faces of the poor ; they had inundated the country with brutal police : they had sent thousands of tuts working classes into exile in foreign lands ; they had brought the country to the very verge of

      bankruptcy—( hear , hear )—and now they came forward to seek sutiportby the cry of " monopoly or anti-monopoly . " ( Loud cheers . ) They themselves declared that unltBS they had the power to produce goods at a less price , they would not be able to carvy on competition with continental nations— ( hear , hear , )—and how did they expect to produce at a less price without first reducing wages ? Not oue of them would say they did not intend to reduce wages . ( Cheers . ; One of their own authorities had tbown that at Bonn on the Rhine , the workmen's wuges were fourponce a day ; they had no taxes to pay out of that , consequently the wages in this country , at that rate , Would \} tt 1 « B 8 than even that , as one-halt' went in taxes . ( Hear , bear . ) He could tell them the " monopoly" cry of the Whigs was

      a greater delusion than their cry for " tho BiiL" ( Ciieers . To begin at the top was a bid system of reforming ' He knew the Corn Laws were bad , but they were not ' the root of the evil—( hear , hear)—and it was sheer folly to fay that if they took off or reduced tbe taxes , tlie ¦ working population would Lave cheap bit&d ; but if they gave three-haifpence -worth mow tread in a week , and took three shUHngB off their wages , where , he should like to kuow , would be their advantage ? ( Hear , hear , and great cheering . ) They wanted plenty of furniture , plenty of clothing , and plenty of the necea-Baries of Iif « forjthem 8 elves , before they thoughtof exporting to others . ( Caeers . ) They had been going on in this w _ y lung enough , and it was now time to turn tbe stream , and think of themselves . The three

      propositions now brought forward by the Ministry would be very good if the Government expenses were reduced as low as those of any other Government ia the World ; and if they intended to carry out their principles at all , he hoped they IMettnt to canry them completely in all things . ( Cheers . ) He did not say take everything off at once ; but let them begin at the beginning , and tako off their own salaries , and then they might go on until they had got all things complete , and the poor would not have to suffer . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbe tide of public opinion bad now set in , and he hoped the people were determined to have a full share of everything for themselves before they let anything go out of thu country . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitkethly then alluded to the exportation of machintry ,

      contending that thu Government were acting falsely in saying that they supported the manufacturers'interests , whilst- they granted licences to some of their supporters in Manchester to export machines , along with which went out of the country Enghnd ' s best workmi n , tu instruct foreign nations , not only how to work them , but how to construct them for themselves , by which means they were enabled to produce goods cheaper than ourselves , and thus compete with us in our own markets , by which rueatis , England , instead of being an exporting country , must soon be an impurfciug country ; ami then where would bd the talk about increasing tho revenue , raising the workmen ' s wages , Or extending the sources of his employment . ( Hear , hear ) The Whigs had made a great outcry against a standing army in time of peace , and yet had established a rural police ,

      the most unconstitutional force ever before thought of . iCheeTa . ) He was for cheap government , for good wages , for moderate employment , and for equal rights , equal laws , and equal justice to all classes . ( Cheers . ) He stood there as the advocate of the working classes—( cheers )—tho advocate of those who were the most oppressed , und therefore who needed the most protection . iGreat cheers . ) Lord Morputh had not shewn one iota of good which he and his colleagues had donenot one beneficial act that had ever emanated from them for tbe benefit of the poor ; and therefore it was clear they were utterly incapable of carrying on the government o ? the country , and the sooner they were displaced the better . Th © speaker then , after thanking them for the patience with which he had been heard , retired amidst loud and long continued cheering .

      Mt . GEOHGE JUi . IAN HARNEr next presented himself , and was received with tremendous cheers by his fiiends , and mingled groans and booting by tbe hired yellow ruffians at his right hand . He once or twice essayed to speak , but was aa often interrupted by the mob . He Blood firm and undaunted , and after . some time , the row still continuing , be turned to tbe blackguards and said , " You shall bear me , " and afterwards s ; iid if they wanted to go home they had better listen , for they should hear him if be stood till midnight . This produced a display of the " staves" of the yellows , a sight , which , in an instant , raised high in air the sticks of tbe Chartists and the blues , who lljurished their weapons in defiance . Lord MoTpeth at one * turned pallid ; and seizing tue * ' silence" board , he

      entreated his " allies" to be still , and give tbe speaker a hearing . Tbe other gentlemen amongst the Whigs also similarly exerted themselves , and no sooner were the yellow ruffians pacified , than tbe Chartists were at once still , and the b ^ eakur proceeded . He came before them not as tbe tool of a faction , not as the advocate of any party , but he came to ask for justice for the unrepresented millions—to plead for the common cause of thuir common country . ( Great cheering ) It was true , be -was not a lord ; be did not belong to the aristocracy ; he had not titles to dnzz ' . c nor wealth to allure —nor kad he had much experience as an elect . on speaker . He had not had a college education like Lord Milton—( applause and laugkter )—but he was a working man . ( Cheers . ) Yet with all tbt sy imperfections on his bead ,

      he came to plead the cause of tlie working mantapplaust )—without distinction of sect or colour—( applause ) — and ho was as proud to ackcowlego that he beluaged to tho order of working mtn as any aristocrat amongst those by whom he was surrounded was to boast of bis order . ( Great cheering . ) Ho- came there to ask for justice and ri ^ ht —( hear , hear ) —he came to ask the factions to restore those times when the country was known as merry England—when the people were the most happy and comfortable , and consequently the most contented . iGteat cheering . ) As an English man , he a * ked , did they condemn him ? ( Cries of "No , no . ") He claimed credit for sincerity in the opinions which be expressed . ( Cheers . ) » If Lords Morpeth and Milton were sincere—he was sincere also ; they agreed in tbe existence of evil , their difference was as to tbe means by which it was to be

      ; ended . ( Hear . ) And now , after having patiently heard I from the other pavtlts ail their remedies for tbe distress , 1 be called upon them to bear his . ( Cheers . ) He r . ppeartd j as th . 8 humble advocate of tbe unrepi seated niatsts , j who , were too little- thought of by bcth parties . ( Great I cheering . ) He appeared on their behalf and us their ' advocate ; and he told them plainly , the masse * bad J rights which as n-uch belonged to them . 'is to any other ¦ section of the community . ( Ciieers ) He came before ¦ them as the advocate of Universal Suffrage .- ( Tremen-( dous cheeriDg . ) He camo before them as tho advocate of the Charter . ( Renewed cheering . ) H « came btfore ; he Whigs as the advocate of those tights which bad bt « n bo ably advocated by E ? . rl Grey aud all tee other reft irmers . ( Applause . ) Ho cime before tbe Tories , a jg 0 to ask from them tbe institutions of Alfred ; aud then , he working classes would b ? Conservative's too . ije p i : % ded there for th 3 right of the working m .-m t , o the frau "« hige- iGreat chesring . ) A great writer h d

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      said , " every man has a tight to one vote , and no more : it appertains to him in virtue of his existence , and his person ia his title-deed . " ( Loud cheers . ) Could any one controvert that doctrine ? ( ' No . ") Would either I *> rd Morpeth or Mr . Wortley attempt to show that their order held from nature ' s God any tights which hia order bad no claim to . ( "No . " ) No , they durst not ; not one durst defend tbe keeping in slavery and subjection , the toiling and . Buffiating working classes . Then why was it that the risbt of the franchise was withheld from them ? There were two grounds : —one , they Were ignorant—tbe other , they had no property . ( Hear , hear , andloud ch « ers . ) They were told they were ignorant . ( Hear , hear . ) He must confess there was some truth in tbe charge ; and the proof was furnished in the fact that they had allowed

      either faction to ride over them roughshod so long . ( Cheers . ) Like the horse they ha 4 not known their strength . ( Cheers . ) But this ignorance was fast being dispelled by tbe glorious light of reason and pure knowledge . ( Cheering . ) The day had arrived when tbe working classes would show they were fit for the franchise by taking it ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers ) But the truth was , it was not the ignorance of the euduring working classes they were so mnch afraid of—it was their knowledge they most dreaded . ( Cheers . ) The factions were afraid that if the people had Univernal Suffrage , protected by the Ballot , they would know too well for them to what gpoduse 3 to put tbeir votes . ( Great cheering . ) If that was not the case , give thorn the Suffrage to-morrow , and . put an end at once to all the clamour and discontent .

      ( Cheers . ) It was an insult to tell those who made all the clothes that were worn— -who produced everything that was enjoyed by all parties—to ttll them that they were ignorant iGreat cheering . ) They never told them what sort of knowJege it was which they required . Was it necessary to learn astronomy , or mathematics , or music , or dancing , or any other polite accomplishment before they could tell how to vote ? Or was it only to know how to read and write ? If this was the case , where , then , w . is to be the test ?—Who was to judge « f their fitness ? ( Hear , hear . ) Were the clergy of the . Church of England to be the test for reading ? No , sutely ; for there were amongst them eomo of the worst readers he ever heard . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) And for writing , were the

      aristocracy to be tbe judges ? There wore very few amongst them who could write at all so as it could be read ; and fewer still who strung together twenty consecutive sentences in common sense English . ( Laughter . ) Give them their rights , and with their rights they should obtain the power not only to educate themselves , but their children . ( Loud applause . ) But then tkey had no property . He was surroundud by " propetty" gentlemen . ( Hear , bear , and great cheering . ) The working classes were told they had no property by the gentlemen who prevented them from having a vote . ( Yellow interruption—cries of " Go on , " and cheering . ) Did they never bear of a property called laboui ? ( Cheers . ) That was the foundation of property , and without which no property , save the land and the

      creatures of God ' s creation , could ever have existed . ( Loud cheers . ) They were told they had no stake in tlie country . He would like to know , supposing Providence were to remove to another world ail the landed proprietors , and fundholders , and capitalists , aud so on . what would become of the world to-mowow morning ? Why it would go on just ns before : tbe sun would shine as usual ; the rain would fall as it had hitherto done ; the seasons would still alternate ; and the working classes , so far from finding that they had no staku in the country , -would find out that they had not oniy a . stake in the country , but could get beefsteaks into the bargain . ( Great cheering . ) But supposing a'l tho labouring clnsses to be swept away—those who were called tbe rabble , tbe mob , the scum of society , where

      would , the world he then ? Why , Mr . Beckett Denison wouhl have to botake himself to tbe plough-tail , Mr . Woitley to the anvil , my Lord Milton mi ^ ht put himself ou tbo tailor's shop-bsard , and L- > rd Morp < tb might go and work at the loom , to taste in his own precious person the blessings of free trade . ( Laughter . ) Who were the parties who now might have votes , whilst the producers of all the wealth of the country were forbidden ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) The shopkeeper , who Hvud in a . £ 10 house , and was able to pay his rent by handing over the counter the produce of their l 3 b 8 ur , whose interest it was to buy their labour as cheap , and sell tbe fruits of it as dear ns possible , but who himself did nothing . ( Loud cheering . ) The ginpalace keeper , who dtalt literally in death and

      destruction . ( Renewed cheering . ) The pawnbroker , whose interest it was that no working man should have a second shirt , and who literally fattens on the miseries of others—( cheers )—he had a vote , whilst the working man was denied . ( Renewed choers . ) Tiio keeper of ahell , or , more politely speaking , a gambling-house , where the aristocracy of Whigs and Tories spend in the company of sharpers and thieves that wealth which was wruDg from the toil of the millions , he had a vote , whilst the honest working man was denied . ( Cheers and further interruption from tbe yellow-men , and on which Mr . Harney said they baii better go home if they were tired . ) The keeper of tho brothel , where tbe daughters and sisters of the working men were seduced and rendered miserable in order to pander to tbe

      passions of the -wealthy—he had a vote , whilst the honest working man was denied . ( Cheering . ) Was it right , was it jiis . t—would either party « iy that such a state of things should continue without alteration ? No ; they would not , ( Cheers . ) Hi- baddevoted 16 years of his life to their service , and by tho blessing of God lie hoped to live t » see Universal Suffrage tbe law of the land 1 Cheering . ) The speaker then entered into an explanation and defence of the principles of the Charter , when he was stopped by the High Sheriff , who told him he thought it would be better for the peace of tbe meeting if he concluded . Mr . Harney accordingly , after saying that be should bow to tho Sheriff * , wound up hia

      observations , by calling upon them to continue their efforts , and pledging himself to meet his opponents again ar . d again until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . He called upon Englishmen to be finn to the cause in which Hampden had died on the field , and Sydney perished on the scaffold : —on Scotchmen , to support the cause in defence of which Wallace had fought and bled , and Hardy , Baird , and Wilson had falleu victims at tbe shrine of Tory despotism : —and on Irishmen , to rally round the cause fur which Fitzgerald had suffered , und Emmett perished . ( Cheers . \ He left that good old cause with them : be had done bis duty ; he rtid not doubt that they would do theirs . He retired amidst the most enthusiastic applause .

      The HIGH SHERIFF proceeded to take tbe show of hands . Lord Morpeth ' s friends first were called upon , then Mr . Wortley ' s , Lord Milton ' next , then Mr Denison ' s , and lastly the supporters ot the Chartist candidates . Tbe show of hands for each party was nearly equal . Each party accompanied their show of hands with vociferous cheering , clapping of bands , &c . The Sheriff said , I . declare it as my opinion that the show of hands is in favour of Lord Morpeth and Lord Milton . This announcement was received with demonstrations o ' applause on one side , and hoottug on the other , which lasted for some time . When it had subsided , Godfrey Wentworth , Esq ., on the part of Mr . Wortley , Bnd John R * nd , Esq ., oa the part of Mr . Deaisoa , demanded a po ! l . The meeting W 08 then adjourned . The poll was fixed to commence on Thursday , and tha declaration on Monday next , at eleven o ' clock , at the hustings in VVaktfield .

      Lord MOUPETH proposed , and Mr . Wortley seconded , a vote of thanks to tho High Sheriff , which was carried by acclamation . The vast assemblage then quietly dispersed .

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      The Lords of the Treasury have directed that Maryport be made a free and independent port , for the purpose of exporting and storing bonded goods . The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigeetioH , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggist ? , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , aud are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , nor restraint in diet .

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      MINISTERS AND THE "CHEAP BREAD' CRY . Tlie " cheap bread " manoeuvre proves a failure for its employers . The English town elections are over ; ami thus far the progress of the election has verified the anticipation that there will be a good lumping majority for tLe Opposition . The campaign began badly with Lord John Russell ' s damaging victory in the city , heralded on many a hustings aa a defeat— " a littlu glooming light ) much like a sbade . " All was risked on that tiret c ' . st ; to have been defeated would have been destruction : defeat was just avoided . The break-down of a hackney-coach , a quarrel , or a hundred other petty chances , might have converted the Government leader's " working majority" at the poll into a minority . And at what cost is the success gained ? If Lord John ' s presence at tbe most important and one of the earliest nominations was expected to give a fillip to the Liberal

      cause , dying of inanition—if the sanction of the first city of the empire was regarded as a prise worth a struggle—was it never considered that the same impulse which Lord John ' s presence gave to bis friends might be imparted to foes ? that tbe standard which was get up for supporters to rally around would be the very signal for concentrated attack ? Of course the Tories profited by the excitement which he helped to give to tbe election : Lord John Russell was worth beating : tbe " Conservative Democrat" woe possessed a vote was exalted into an antagonist of the Minister , with the eyes of the world upou him . Hence a press of combatants who almost succeeded iu cutting off Lord John himself , and quite succeeded in cutting off tbe band that took Lord John for leader . Such is the cost of Lord John ' s bravado : be bas given London b titled and titular representative , and has deprived it of all representation in tbo Legislature , J . y neutralizing its v&tea . So fearful , however , was the risk which he

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      ran , so fatal the hazard , that when the danger was over —when he found himself ea . te—reckless of the two who had fallen in the conflict , he appeared on the huntings , all smiling exultation , and beaeted of his " trinmph 1 " Close upon the heels of this triumph followed the similar victory in the sister city of West . minster ; where a Tory sailor , unknown to fame political , though hia committee assure the world that he ia famous among his craft , has thrown out tbe illustrious Spanish General « of bold words and easy votes ; and Westminster , like London , will see the votes of its Liberal Member neutralized ; though , to judge from the new ' "Member ' s upecimens , Mr . Leader ' s . speeches stand a fair chance of suffering no very formidable counteraction .

      In the mean time , came a flood of news about adverse elections in the country . Whig faces began to look long ; Whig papers began to seek consolation in tha idea tlat these were " only the agricultural boroughs , * which "would of course go against Ministers : wait , said they , for the large towns . The large towns have come into the field . To begin with the largest , Liverpool : there a second Minister sought to win for tbo Government policy tha support of the second city in tbe king , dom . by offering to the suffrages of the electors no less a personage than the great—perhaps not orlriter , but at least meddler in the affairs of tbe Whole glbhe , " from China-to Peru : " the citizens had the . opportunity of gracing thefr representation by placing it in the hands of

      him who . represents the nation to the world—a tempting bait . ' Lord Palmerston , however , was not quite so bold as Lord John ; for he first got himself snugly secured at Tivcrcon ; and , instead of facing the fortune of war at Liverpool , ho had all that uncomfortable work performed for him by a Mr . Brooklebank . The absent Alderman Pirie was lowest on the London poll ; and perhaps Lord Palraerston ' s non-appearance helped at Liverpool to augment the majority against him to more than eleven hundred . Coming forward on hypothetical grounds , preparing for defeat , is not the best way to command success : daring generals have used to burn their ships when determined to conquer an invaded country .

      Defeated at Liverpool , what consolation do Ministers find in other large towns ?— -in Hull , for example , where Mr . Hutt , safe himself elsewhere , makes room for Bit John Hanmer ? or in Leeds , whence Sir William Molesworth forbearingly retired , " not to let in a Tory , " and whither Joseph Hume went to " keep out tbV Tories "—anil failed . If nofcso tractable as Mr Hume's , Sir William Molesworth ' s would have beenr . more convenient vote for the Whigs , especially in opposition , than Mr . B ? i ; ketfs ; while Ultra-WhtRRish young Mr . AW . im will hardly cut Buch an Imposing figure in the ' heavy business" of genteel comedy in the House a * Edward Biines . What consolation , again , can they seek in Lincoln , where the great " literary Whie , " Si * Ljtton Bul-wer , is thrust out , to make rooii for some obscure Tory as a colleague with Colonel Sibtborp ? be in

      No— their ^ consolation sought Bath , and in the Teturn of Mr . Roebuck , upon whose stern politics they were wont to loek askance ; in Stockport , aud the return of "Mr . Cobrten , the representative and prime mover of the policy to tbe skirts of which they have clung for safety ; in Bolton , and tbe return of the Free Trader , Dr . Bowring . The glory of even these raturns , bowevf r , will be tarnished by tbe exclusion of Colonel Thompson from their anti-Corn L-tw Parliament that was-to-bave-been « the exclusion of the popular teacher and most Ingenious illustrator of anti-Corn Law doctrines—the man who with the breath of his body has kept life in the coals -which they are now blowing for their own comfort . Of course thoy , the neophytes in the faith , were zealous over-much ? Of course , they ovf-r-exerted themselves to secure his return for

      Hullmade it a point cf life and death ; and will now find room for him somewhere else ? It would be easy enough : there is one gentleman gone into the House fully prepared to vacate his pTace for a candidate better qualified—Colonel Fox . Besides , there would be s sort of compensation in tho act , since that accomodating gentleman has been unfortunate enough to help in excluding the hereditary anti-Corn Law agitater , young Mr . Thompson . Had Lord John Russeil been fifth oa the London poll , instead of Mr . Wolverloy Attwood , colonel Fox would have made hia bow at orce : but la an anti-Corn Law Parliament , or even in one which was to have somethiuii of an anti-Corn Law appearance —just enough to let down the Queen ' s Speech cosily— . the prnsence of Colonel Thompson were scarcely less requisite , if only aa a matter of form , than that of Lord John bimeelt .

      It does not need tbe neglect of such a hint to disabuse tbe people of the delusion which has heen attempted upon them . Through all the bustle of a general election a certain flatness and langour evince the diminished interest which is taken in the event . Election-agents whip up to the poll , and write to the papers ; and brutish vagabonds g ? t drunk and breed riots here and there , pour encouroger les autres , and to give the true election-air to the season ; Vmt the hustings business goes off tamely . As Mr . Leader said emphatically at Westminster , when a Tory—and that not even a Burdett , bufc a R ' ous—was put by hfa sfde , the WMgs have so disappointed . the expectation of the people , that when at last they were about to propose measures tot tbeit advantage , the people distrusted them . For the

      results now developing are not the work sf the moment , or of the day , or of the month : —no Tory want-ofconfidence nas reduced the Whigs to their present ! straits , but popular want of confidence . The difficulty of this time has been making ever since the Parliament was last elected— -and befure that : under tlie guidance of the Whigs , suicidally successful , Parliament has been employed unceasingly as the instrument of disappointment on nearly every question that could possibly be devised to raise expectation : each session has eet-a some new measure set up for no other purpose ; and as the want of the moment , the need for keeping up appearances in sight of tbe country while the rout ' ne of Parliament exposed Ministers to tho popnlar gaze , bad passed by . sosurely the approachine recess saw the conn *

      terfeit flung ; nside ; to be used again if possible , er otherwise to be replaced be some new one . " Nothing . " saith tbe teacher , "is denied to well-directed industry : " tbe industry of tho Whigs illustrating the futility of truifcing to appearances had been unceasing ;; and uow they , obtain their reward . Yet their industry censonot , even -while they reap tbeir wages : they do their utmost to give their new Free Trade agitation the air of a humbug . Thus the Morning Chronicle , which exhorts all -whowant . accurate information on election mutters to consult Us columns , adopts the new nomenclature which classes Ministerialists and Oppositionists as " Monopolists , " and "Anti-Monopolists , "—as if any roadrrs of decent understanding would not see nt a glance the folly of a pretence , which lumps tho

      Worsley Whigs , who will vote against Lord John ' s Corn proposition , with the economists , whom the Chronicle delights to call" "Anti-Monopolists . " If it he objected that Whig Ministers are not responsible for the tricks of Whig newspapers , let us take a Minister himself : Lord Palmerston at Tiverton—the Liverpool eh ction not yet having taken place promised for " next session " a " grave consideration" of the New Poor Law : what say his colleagues , Lord John Russell and Mr . Baring , who were not going to stand for any Lancashire town t Lord John , before . the electors of London , adhered to his main principle , that it is right toenforcd *' independence" among the p « or ; and Mr . Baring refused to repeal the Poor Law , even if the Corn Law be not repealed . Perhaps tho Liverpool electors read Pal merston by tbe lights of Baring and RusselL

      Such are the ways in which the Whig Ministers work out their " triumphs ; " and the county elections are coming next week , to give more scope to their ingenuity . — Spectator .

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      . 4 * . THE ELECTIONS . From present appearances , it seems probable that the-Tories v » ill have a small majority , and it is certain thafr . a small majority will not suffice to carry on Sir Robert Peel ' s Government against the powerful opposition that will be arrayed against it . A popular opposition , above three hundred strongv has never yet been seen . The Tories , indeed , have had a minority of that numerical force , bat of far inferiorcapabilities , a Tory opposition being , from its nature , confined tean obstructive position , blockingout , defeat ^ ing some proposed good , ami in their most active sallie * only manifesting a wish beyond their strength forth © accomplishing of sorao positive evil . But a Liberal opposition has a wider range of operations ; it resists wlsat is unpopular instead of what is popular , and it maintains principles and proposes measures which interest the people , and call forth their spirit

      Ihe Liberals will go into opposition with a just and a great cause , and they will have ample power to combat fur it . Every day , after the formation of a Tory Government , will add to their strength , and to the diffi . cultie 3 ami divisions of their adversarit 3 . Upon what a « ea of troubles will Sir Robert Peel bave to launch his crazy ba : k . ' Coming into office en the principle of refusing tbe relief to the springs of industry by which the finances of the country would recover th « ir buoyancy , he has to devise new taxes , and with new need of them , for a third of the kingdom , ucde * hia sway , cannot be governed by the unexpeusivo means of conciliation , which has dispensed with tlie presence of battalions of soldiers . But a task harder to Sir Robert than keeping down the people of Ireland will bu the restraining of his own partisans , the Orange *

      men , whose violence , In the supposed restoration of tbeir ascendancy with a Tory Ministry , will be unbounded and intolerable to tho people exposed to It In England , Wales , and Scotland , the Chartists will be looking for tha requital of their services to the Tories in the present elections , and when they find the sabre , whose edge was felt in Manchester in ' 19 , placed by their new allies between them and their objects , their wrath will be a » wild as their reliances have been irrational . The anti-Poor Law agitation , excited by the Tories , is also to be doalt with by the unhappy Sir Robert , declared by bis main supporter in tbe press unfit to govern if he fail to repeal the Jaw which he glories in having assisted to pass . Upon this flame , fanned by his own hands , the new Minister will have to throw oil smooth denials , exasperating the discontent by disappointment . .

      The hardest trouble , however , of this Job in ofHce will probably be in finance . He , too , will have to fish for his budget , and . with the ticklish task of dropping his hook into the pockets of the public . As an avalanche is brought down by the sound , the Orovernincnt of Sir Robert Peel will topple down with the very name of a new taxi—Examiner .

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      6 THE NORTHERN ST IB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct557/page/6/