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July 31, 1852.] The Leadeb. 727 To
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Sattjbday , July 24 . THE GENERAL ELECTION . The procession of the Liberal members to the hustings at Brentford yesterday was a complete ovation . At ten o ' clock _aboxtt 1000 persona were assembled in front of the Reform . Club , most of them with oak or laurel leaves in their hats or button holes , waiting for the departure of Mr . Osborne , whose carnage , drawn by four greys , was in readiness at the door , with several other vehicles behind it . When the hon . member , accompanied by Mr . Hume , M . P _., and Mr . Phinn , M . P . ( for Bath ) , appeared , he was received with repeated bursts of cheering , and as the _cortege drove along Pall Mall , up St . James _' s-street , and into Piccadilly , it was followed by many persotis on foot , who hurrahed enthusiastically , as well as the pace would permit . All along the road from Kensington , through Hammersmith , Turnham-green , and Kew , into the town of Brentford , groups of people were assembled to greet the new members , especially Mr . Osborne , who seemed very popular with the women , many of whom displayed wonderful powers of wind and limb in running along by the carriage to grasp hia hand . A . t each of these points the procession was augmented by carriages , omnibuses , horsemen , and pedestrians , so that by the time it reached Brentford many thousands of persons must have swelled the popular triumph . Favours of the winning colours were displayed on all sides _; and flags and banners streamed from ' the windows ; the joy-bells of Brentford Church rang merrily , and the whole population seemed to have turned out on the highway , in the bright hot day , for a good look and a hearty cheer as Mr . Osborne and his colleague passed along . The _cortege left the Reform Club at a quarter to eleven o ' clock , and arrived at the hustings a few minutes before 12 o ' clock ; but some slight delay took place in declaring the numbers , as the poll-books were not made up , though Mr . Sheriff _Cdtterell and his staff had been at work since eight o ' clock . The space in front of the hustings was densely crowded ; all the wind © ws commanding a view of the scene were occupied , and several ladies braved the heat and the crush to hear the speeches in a seat provided for them by the Sheriff . That ' the contest was a close one may be inferred from the singular fact that in each of nine districts , and of 42 poll-books , the numbers for Lord Blandford and Mr . Osborne were exthe ! Osborne _Btated
belowMileactly sameAs Mr . , end gave him the victory . The official declaration of the poll was made soon after 12 o ' clock , amid loud and continued cheering and applause . It was as follows : — Lord R . Grosvenor 5241 Mr . R . B . Osborne 4390 Marquis of Blandford .... . 4258 Majority for Mr . Osborne _. . 132 The Sheriff , with the usual formalities , declared that Lord R . Grosvenor and Mr . Osborne had been returned to Parliament . Lord Robert Grosvenor made a pleasant speech , and volunteered some explanations with regard to his conduct towards Mr . Osborne . He said" A great many of my friends have written to me stating that they regretted that I did not stand what is called independently , as on former occasions . ( Hear , from the supporters of the Marquis of Blandford . ) I wish to speak out lay mind on that subject . I am , as 1 stated before , a perfectly independent man , though that seems doubted ; but I was selected by the bond fide electors of Middlesex . I am exceedingly proud of that honour , and I am proud of it because I behove they think me a perfectly independent man . Coalition is not , I believe , favoured by metropolitan constituencies ; but when I saw the present posturo of public affairs in this crisis , —above all , having a most extreme dread of anything like a renewal of that religious animosity ( cheers ) which so painfully interfered with all other measures during the _lirst eight years of ray political life , between 1822 ana 1830 , when we were struggling for Catholic Emancipation—knowing the miserable , _consequences which would flow from the introduction of religion into politics , I thought it my duty by no moans to _interfere with the committee of gentlemen who voluntarily formed themselves into that committee for the purpose of securing the return of two Free-trade members for Middlesex . He also told a neat anecdote in reference to the assertion of the Times , that he hod been returned on account of his great family connexion : — " It is hardly necessary to observe that , in point of fact , I havo no family intoroBt . Every body knows that London property gives a man no influence over hi _« tenant whatever ; and it will rather amuse you to hoar , that all tho interest I havo vi in one _tenant-farmer . ( A _laugh , and a Voice : ' I hope ho in a Radical ? _' ) When I wont to canvass my friend in 1847 , ho received mo with a very grave fuco . Ho said , ho had registered a vow in heaven that Jho would not support ) a man who would not oppose tho Maynooth . grant ( applause ); and , accordingly , he _refused to voto for mui I quite forgot to turn him out of hla farm .
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( Cheers . ) It was a great oversight on my part . ( Laughter . ) The circumstance having escaped my recollection , I went td him again this time . ' Happy to see vour Lordshipthe vowr * What vow r ' Uh , the Vow about Maynooth / * I beg your pardon ; I should not have troubled you if I had recollected . ' That , gentleman _, is _tlm _into » r « fit . which T have in Middlesex . ( A voice : But you won't turn him out , will ybuf ) I think it unnecessary that I should answer that question . ( Cheers . ) Allow me , gentlemen , to tell you what you have done . I hope _^ you are satisfied . ( A cry of * Yes . ) Everybody has got in ( cheers ) j—we are all in . You have gone and elected a Liberal of a slow school , and a Liberal of a fast school . ( A Voice- —' must unite with , him , then . ' )" Mr . Osborne , as usual , started with a dashing display of wit . He said : — " Fellow-countrymen , electors and non-electors of the county of Middlesex , my noble colleague , who has just addressed you , has typified himself to you as a Liberal of the slow school , and has presented me to your notice as a Liberal of the fast school . ( Cheers and laughter . ) "Well , gentlemen , you have heard Old Rapid with attention ; may I now claim your indulgence for Young Rapid . ( Cheers and laughter . ) And also , may I ask a patient and a kind hearing for the gentleman of the old school , in the patent safety cab , who follows us . ( Renewed cheers and laughter . )" As to the tactics by which he had been opposed , he said : — ? The
. ' * What have been the tactics of my opponents fossil remains of an extinct monster have been disinterred ; the hoofs and horns of the bugbeaf No Popery" ( cheers ) have been exhibited to the public gaze , in order to scare the imaginations and prejudice the votes of the Middlesex electors . And what has been the consequence ? You were not to be deceived as to the real question at issue , and , though the most unscrupulous means have been used —(• No ! no ! ' from , the friends of the Marquis of Blandford , met by loud cries of' Yes ! yea ! ' and very vehement shouts from the High Constable of TTxbridge of ' I can prove it , if I die for it . You may take my place , but you cannot take my life , ' which created some interruption , while Mr . Osborne begged the gentleman to ' keep as cool as I am V ) Though , I say , most unscrupulous means have been used ( ' , no ! ' ' Yes , yes ! ' & c ) , they have not been able to send me back to the " bosom of my family . No , I am still with you . I am still ready to denounce them ( pointing to the Tory side ) , not before you , but in the Commons House of Parliament ; and I do congratulate myself , on looking back to the history of this country , that the cry which I regard as the last sigh of an extinct monster has failed on this occasion . ( Cheers . ) On free trade he made some capital remarks , to the great annoyance of Lord Blandford ' s people" I say , then , be on yourguard , keep your eyes on your members of Parliament . The big loaf is not safe yet . ( A Voice : ' Who dare cut it ? ' ) Why , the gentleman you made cut this lace ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) I say ,
p . then , beware of the present Ministry—of this mermaid Ministry , with the head of a man and with the tail of a fish ( laughter )—this Ministry , which looks one way and rows another ( cheers)—this Ministry , which , while pretending to pull to the harbour of Free-trade 5 are slyl y trying to make for the haven of Protection ( cheers and laughter ) ; and then you will be made to pay a duty to ' compensate * the agricultural interest . ( Cheers . ) So much , for Freetrade . I tell you I go into Parliament not to be satisfied with taking the taxes off corn , but I want to cheapen those things which are necessaries to the poor man , but which are luxuries io the rich . But it has been asserted of me by some of the gentlemen who adorn the bench of the Middlesex magistracy ( ' Oh , oh ! ' )—now , mind , I am not going to say a word against you ; 1 think , on the whole , you nave conducted the contest in a fair spirit . ( Cheers . ) I don't wonder at . your being a little angry ; dumb animals must show their heels . ( Roars of laughter . ) It has been said , however , ' Beware of that Osborne ; he is a man of ultra-democratic tendency ; ' and I have been rather surprised to find that I , who pique myself on being rather a well-dressed man , am represented to you as being a sort of _eqna culottes . " ( Laughter . ) His thanks to his friends were not tho least graceful portions of his happy speech . " I cannot retire from these hustings without expressing my thanks to the fullest extent—my warm , heartfelt thanks to tho 4 , 390 electors , who at groat sacrifice , at great loss of time ( ' Of trade' )—yes , of trade—with groat exertions made to binder them from voting ( ' Yes , yea ! ' cheers ) , camo up to the poll and voted not for me but for tho principles represented in my person . ( Cheers . ) Still losa can I rotire without naming one who has served his country for 4 f ) years , and to whom you all owo a deep debt of gratitude—tho man who nevor yet gave a bad voto , who has always been your friend and the friend of progress , —I mean Mr . Hume . ( Great cheering . ) Why , on this _occttflion , tho Nestor of reform was nietamorphosod into its Achilles—and he was everywhere exhorting tho timid , rousing up the _bravoy and travelling from London to Brentford , and from Brentford to London , with voters in his carriage , ( Loud cheers . ) Can you forgot this ? ( ' Nevor . ' ) There is another name long romembered in this county , to which I wish to pay my tributo of respect , and of which th © present bearer is in evory way worthy—1 mean George- Byng , Lord Enfield . When I was calumni atod at Bedtont and hooted at Edgewaro , he stood by mo , and reasoned with the people—ho brought up voters to tho poll , and I think tho country will bo ungrateful if it does not remember at Home futuro day that it has a young George Byng growing to distinction , who inherits all tho bravery , virtues , genius _^ and independence of hia venerable progenitor . ( Cheers . ) I thank tho chairmen of all my district committees—they slaved for mo in a way 1 novor can forgot . I don't wi » u to specif y anywhere , all wore ho zealous , but I must say that if it had not been for the great _oxertionH of my friends in tho east—in Mile-end and Bethual-groon—the strongholds of tho Liberal _causo
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( cheers)—I should not now be returning thanks you as sitting member for Middlesex . (' Brentford did well . ) Brentford did its duty , and Hounslow too , but still you will see the great majority was in Mile-end—that in other districts every poll-book tallied with that of my opponent ; but that Mile-end put me in the position I occupy . ( Cheers . )" Lord Blandford also addressed the meeting amid much clamour , and after the vote of thanks to the Sheriffs the meeting dispersed . The following polls have come to hand : — _NOBTHUMBEBLAND ( NOBTH ) . _GB . OSS POLIi . Lovaine ..... ... 1414 Ossulston 1335 Grey 1300 Declaration of poll on Monday . NOBTHAMPTONSHIBE ( NOETH ) . Stafford . 562 Maunsell 560 Fitzwilliain ...... . 34 The poll was kept open a few hours at Wellingborough , on Wednesday , it having been closed on Tuesday in consequence of a riot , but no votes were recorded . DUBLIN" ( COUNTY ) . Hamilton 1948 Taylor 1939 Craven 1385 Lentaigne 1370 DOWN ( COUNTY ) . _SIK . 8 T DAY . Lord Hill ' . 4076 Kerr 3546 Crawford 2758 CLABE COUNTY . FIRST BAT . Vandeleur . , 889 Fitzgerald 883 C . O'Brien 839 Riot Act read , and five men killed and seven wounded at _Sixmilebrid
ge . MBATH COUNTY . CLOSE OF THE POLL . Lucas 1715 Corbally 1688 Grattan 419 The Times of this morning , in an article on the position of parties , winds up with the following sensible paragraph : — " If an effective opposition is really to be organizedand never was it more needed than now—the irksome labour of reconstruction must \ te submitted to . It will not do for the leader , whoever he may be , to act on his own views , and assume that he will be able to carry with him . a party which he has not consulted . If fate shall send us again a Chatham , a Peel , or a Grey , he may exercise that undisputed supremacy which commanding genius never claims in vain ; but those who are but a little higher than their fellows must not deem themselves of heroic stature . If the L iberal party is to be held together and become a really efficient instrument of Parliamentary warfare , i _^ _s leaders must be content to submit their opinions and projects in private to those whom they expect to follow them in public . " Caucus , " as the Americans have it , is the one thing needful for the reconstruction of the Liberal party . It has become disorganized by the neglect of its leaders to consult its feelings and opinions ; it can only bo reconstructed by allowing those who compose it the right of private remonstrance , of suggestion , and of discussion . "
The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert , _eacorted by the steam-fleet , left Barnpool at six o ' clock on Thursday , and proceeded to Portland , where Prince Albert , accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred , landed and inspected the works at tho new breakwater . Tho steam squadron were ordered to proceed direct from Plymouth to Cowes . The Royal yacht , with tho Fairy tender and Black Eag le Admiralty yacht , proceeded to Osborne , where the squadron arrived at halfpast seven o ' cloek . The Queen , Prince Albert , and tho Royal children landed at a quarter before eight o ' clock on Thursday night , and immediately proceeded to Oaborne .
Tho Prince President arrived in Paris on Friday evening . He drove , in an open carriage , between two rows of troops , along tho _Boulcvurds , tho Rue Royale , and the _Champo _Elyse ' e to the Barriere de 1 / Etoile . An immense crowd thronged Iuh passage , and saluted him with acclamations . It was a most triump hant entry . So Bays the telegraphic despatch .
A statue was yesterday erected to tho memory of Sir Robert Peel in the market-place at Tamworth . _Clubhan
Tho Quoon ' fl 100 guinea cup to the It . V . Y . , boon won by the Arrow cutter , tho Musquito boing second , and the celebrated America only third . Tho wind wan paltry and baffling , and ( lie cutters were perhaps moro skilfully handled than the _nohoonor . With a _otoadier breeze , tho America would probably havo maintained her laurels . The Arrow has been built twenty-five years , but for all nailing _purposoH nIio in a new vessel , havin g boon lengthened only lust winter . Tho mat- h excited groat _intoreat _* and tho result considerable _Hurprisoi
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Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1852, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31071852/page/11/
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