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hidden by the former gentleman , with the exclamation ' " Let them alone ; let horses do horses' work . " The official declaration was aa follows : — Turner 6563 Alackenzie 6263 Cardwell 5234 Ewart ........ 4913 Ltjdxow . —Three candidates were nominated on Wednesday—Colonel Salwey , the late Radical member ; Air . Clive , a Tory and Protectionist , son of the member for South Shropshire ; and Lord William A ane Powleft , a Derbyite Protectionist . The show of hands was in favour of Air . Clive and Colonel Salwey .
The poll at 2 o'clock stood Clive 222 Powlett 195 Salwey , . 122 From the limited nature of the constituency , it is impossible for Colonel Salwey to retrieve the ground he has lost . Lymington was invaded by two Derbyites , named
respectively Hutchms and Carnac , and the gentleman known as Mr . George Hudson . Tiie Liberal candidate was Air . Afackinnon , famous for attempting to make everybody consume his own smoke . When the show of bands was taken it was found in favour of Hutchins and Carnac . Air . George Hudson then resigned , and Air . Mackinnon demanded a poll . The electors voted on Wednesday , when there were—Carnac 201
Hutchins 158 Mackinnon 139 Lynn . —The nomination was on Wednesday . Viscount Jocelyn first presented himself , and based his claim to the support of the electors upon his past conduct . He went into the history of the late commercial measures , and gave his reasons for his votes . He had voted for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , as the only protest that was offered against the arrogance of the Pope . He would not bind himself to any particular course in regard to the Alaynooth grant . He then explained his reasons for supporting the Militia Bill . He detested the electoral ballot . In reply to questions put to him , he hoped to see some improvement in the mode of levying Church-rates ; he could not admit tho inherent right of man to the suffrage .
Lord Stanley next appeared . He believed that there was no great difference between his views and those of Lord Jocelyn . Lord Stanley said that the real question involved was whether the agricultural or commercial class should have the preponderance of power , and thinking tbat tbe commercial class had now the advantage , he believed a return to Protection utterly impossible , bub was conscious of the depression of tho agricultural class , and thought it the duty of the Government to take measures for their relief .
Mr . I _' ASnr _. Er , Q . C ., believed that if the electors were left to themselves , there was not one in twenty that would not support him . He was a , Radical . The show of bands was declared in favour of Mr . Pashley and Lord Stanley . Jocelyn ... ..... 627 Stanley 551 . Fashlcy 383 AlACCT , ESEiEJ . n .--AIr . John Williams , Radical , Mr . Broclclchurst , Free-trader ; anil Mr . Egerton , Derbyite , were the candidates . Air . Egerton could scarcely obtain a hearing from the twelve or fifteen thousand people . Finally he retired abruptly . A show of bauds decided iu favour of flu ; two former , but the latter demanded a poll .
Brocklehurst 628 Kgorton 530 Williams ' 160 M . mdstom :. —The nomination for this borough look place on Tuesday , and , contrary to anticipation , a second Liberal candidate wa . s proposcdi in flit ; person of Mr . Lee , a gentleman residing near Maidstone . The show of hands was iu favour of Air . Whatman and Mr . Lee , the two Liberal candidat . es . A poll wa . s demanded on behalf of Air . Dodd , the Conservative candidate , which took place on Wednesday , ami ended as follows :
Whatman 8 18 Dodtl 7 01 ) Lee . . . . ' 584 M / u / _MKriiuiit v was contested by Mr Lovell , Derbyite , and Mr . Luce , Liberal . The former carried the show of bin ills . Luce . 133 Lovell 129 _iNLvi _. ToN . Mr . John _lavolyn Deniaoii and Air . Fif ,.-willinni , unopposed . IM a _- « _-ii _ijsi'i : k . — Mr . Milner Gibson and Air . Ibigbf > ' _
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nominated and seconded the former were well-known _supporters of the Anti-Corn-hiw League—Mr . Alderman Watkins , Sir E . Armitage , Mr . Mark Phillips , and Air . George Wilson . The _opposition was carried to extremes . When Afr , Gibson rose to speak he was met by cheers and groans ; but he succeeded in obtaining a hearing , and spoke for some time with great effect upon the topics familiarly known to our readers . "He considered that Free-trade was not safe , and he made the election turn on'that . Air . Bright , who was suffering from a severe cold , was most enthusiastically received . He met frankly every charge of his opponents , and stood boldly to those popular principles which have gained him an honourable fame .
Air . Lock succeeded to Mr . Bright , but owing to the u 2 _? roar not a word of his speech was heard ; but he persisted , and written reports were forwarded to the journals . He did not profess to be more than a Whig and Free-trader . The main of his address was a party attack on Air . Bright for having opposed Lord John Russell . Air , Lock is also one of the bigotted anti-Catholica . Captain Demnan , a frank sailorlike man , was in high favour , aud his speech was listened to . He denied that he wa . s a Tory or a Protectionist ; ho was , on the contrary , in favour of extending the suffrage and Freetrade . He was for the Ten Hours Bill . As Air . Lock had attacked Air . Bright , so Captain Demnan fastened on Air . Gibson , accusing him of inconsistency , and citing
portions of a Tory speech delivered by him iu 1839 . He was also anti-Catholic , and made an onslaught upon the League , calling it a Jacobite (? Jacobin ) club . He denied that Free-trade was in _dangey and if it wore , he declared that Mr . Bright and Air . Gibson bad placed it in danger by opposing Lord John Russell . Dr . Watts then subjected Air . Lock to a severe examination . When asked whether he would give the men below the franchise , he shook his head contemj > fcuously , and replied , " No , not those men . " He would not vote for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses ; he would not abolish church-rates ; he was opposed to the ballot ; on education he preferred the principle of the local bill to the secular bill , but he would vote for neither .
Mr . Gibson and Mr . Bright were elected by a tremendous majority on a show of hands , but a poll was demanded , which took place on Thursday . Gibson 5792 Bright 5404 Loch 4363 Denman 3955 _AlARXBOROUOn has returned Lord Ernest Bruce and Mr . Henry Baring , Free-traders , without opposition . _Mehtiiyb .- — Sir John Guest , elected without opposition . Monmouth Burgii . —Mr . Crawshay Bailey , Freetrade Derbyite , returned without opposition . Newcastle-upon-Tyne has returned the old members , both Liberals .
Blackett 2118 Headlam 2172 Watson 1705 Northallerton . —Mr . Wrighton unopposed . Northampton . —Tbe late members , both Liberals and Free-traders , Mr . Vernon Smith and Air . Raikes Currio , were opposed by Air . Loekhart , a stanch Radical , ami Mr . Hunt , " a supporter of Lord Derby . " The show of hands wa . s in favour of Mr . Loekhart and Air . Hunt . At the poll next tlay the candidates stood as follows : — Smith R 55 Currio . K 25 Hunt 715 Loekhart 106
Norwich . —This famous borough was sought by Air . Pelo , the Alarquis of Pouro , Colonel Dickson , and Mr . Warner . Mr . Peto and Air . Warner , Liberals , beat their opponents 011 the hustings on Wednesday . Next day a poll was taken . Nottingham . — ¦¦ At the last hour Mr . Gisborne was compelled to resign , thus leaving the Whigs with only Mr . Slruff , the Tories with the Free-trader , Mr . Walter , of the Times , aud the . Radicals with Air . Sturgeon The nomination took place on Tuesday . Alost of the
speeches were of merely local importance , but were spoken with a great deal of spirit . Air . Walter is , us he was , a Conservative Free-trader , unpledged to any party ; Mr . Strut t , uf tucked the Derbyites , and rested his claims on his Free-trade advocacy , and general Whip ; opinions . Mr . Sturgeon came forward ns a champion of manhood suffrage , ( be payment of members , flit ; ballot , free toleration in religious matters , and the reformation of all abuses in church and state . He was loudly cheered upon retiring . Tho show of humta was in favour of Mr . Waller and
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Mr . Sturgeon ; hut Air . Strutt demanded a poll . This was taken on Wednesday , and resulted as follows :- — Strutt 1960 Walter ........ 1803 Sturgeon 512 The Tories deserted the Chartists , aud voted for the Whig ; while the Whigs concentrated upon Strutt , and gave no votes to Sturgeon . Tbis is a lesson for Chartists who would coalesce with Tories .
OXDiiAM . _r-Being rather a riotous place special constables were sworn in to maintain tbe peace . The candidates were Air . J . Fox , Radical , Air . Duncaft , Freetrade Derbyite , and Air . Cobbett , son of William Cobbett . There was a coalition between the latter , and they carried the show of hands . The polling took place on Thursday . Cobbett : . . 904 Duncuft 801 Pox 694
Oxford ( City ) . ; —Air . Langston , Whig , and Sir AV Page Wood , Whig-Radical , both Free-traders , were returned , unopposed , on Tuesday . Tin ' s is astounding , the Oxford Tories , so imperious of old , must be undergoing " sweet adversity , " and we hope they will profit by their humiliation . Peterborough . —Earl Fitzwilliam generally sends a nominee to represent this city . The present election forms no exception , for he has two candidates , Liberals
ot course , in the field—tho Honourable G . AV . Fitzwilliam and tbe Honourable R . Watson . To oppose these nominees , all the other sections united in support of Air . Clifton , a Free-trade Derbyite . So strongly did they muster on Tuesday , that the show of bands in favour of Clifton was very much larger than his opponents . A poll on behalf of Air . AVatsou was demanded , and on Wednesday , at its close , there were—Fitzwilliam 203 Watson 230
Clifton 210 _Petersfield . —Sir William Jolliffc elected without opposition : Derbyite . Pontefract elected Air . Moncton Alilncs and Air . B . Oliveira , Liberals , by show of bands ; but the other candidate , Mr . Lewis , Tory , demanded a poll . Milnes . . . . ' 415 Oliveira 335 Lewis 308 Poole . —Air . Franklin and Air . Seymour were elected without opposition . Portsmouth . —The only two candidates , Sir F . Baring , Whig , and Viscount Alonck , Peelite , were elected on Tuesday without a contest .
Preston . —The contest here was illustrative of the bad habit of dividing tbe Liberal party for personal ambition . Sir George Strickland was a tolerably good member , and Air . Grenfell not amiss . But with a very high opinion of his merits , a gentleman named German , who thinks living in the neighbourhood gives a man a , claim on the next constituency , came forward , and was followed by Air . Parker , also a resident , or " native , " as they say at Colchester , and a Derbyite to boot . The show of hands , on Tuesday , was in favour of Sir ( _Jeorge and Air . German . On Wednesday tbey nil went to the poll , wben there were—Parker 1316 Strickland 1245
Grenhll 1114 German 690 _RiCADixti . Two Liberals , Mr . Francis Pigott and Air . Keating , were returned on Tuesday . An opposition was got up , and a Mr . Dickson nominated , hut the show of hands went , again .-4 him . Pigol . l 718 Keating 035 Dickson 509 Election conducted with great , excitement and much fighting . Kkiu \ TK . —A sudden opposition to Mr . Cocks , Freetrade Derbyite , sprung up at , the last , moment . Major Parreft , a . Liberal , came forward , and went , fo the poll , but was beaten by 100 to 70 .
Lien . Mo . Ni ) . ' Hie two former members , Mr . Rich and Mr . Wyvill , wort ; re-elected on Tuesday , unopposed . Kieox , contested for once by Mr . Newton , the League candidate , has bad not . only its nomination , but its pulling day . M r . Newton ' s opponents went _i , \\ e Honourable Kdwiu Lasoollcs , Free Trade Derbyite , and Mr . Deckclt , Free Trader . These two carried the show of _hanibi . _R'ekett 20 ( 5 Lasctlles 202 _. _Yewfon 75 Sai . _i'okii .-- Mr . Urol horton has been again returned without a contest . Scaimiohoim . h . Sir John . Johnstone and Mr . G . F . Young , Derbyites , were opposed by Lord Mulgravc .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10071852/page/7/
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