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      FIRST DAT ' S POLL . Filmer 2907 Smith 2855 Hodges ' • 2472 Lancashire ( North ) . —The two late members , Mr . Wilson ratten , Peelite , and Mr . James Heywood , Radical , were returned , on Tuesday , without a contest . Lancashire ( South ) . —Mr . William Brown and Mr . Cheethain , Free-trade Liberals , unopposed . Lancaster . —Two Liberals . Gregson G 99 Armstrong , . . . . 690 Greene 509 Ellis 432 Leicestershire ( North ) . —The Marquis of Granby and Mr . Farnham elected . The Marquis succeeds his uncle , Lord Charles Manners . The Free-traders of Loughborough gallantly made a stand , headed by Mr . Pickworth , a draper of that town , who proposed Mr . Harris , of Leicester , and carried the show of hands . As Mr . Harris , however , had no intention of going to the poll , his name was withdrawn and the Protectionists elected . Leicestershire ( South ) . —Sir Henry Halford and Mr . Packe , Perbyites , unopposed . Two Free-traders were named , but afterwards withdrawn . Lincolnshire ( South ) . —Sir John Trollope and Lord Burleigh , Derbyites , elected unopposed . Maldon . —Two Derbyites . J ) u Cane 371 Miller 357 Lennard 351 Dick 330 Monmouthshire . —Captain Somerset , a Derbyite , fighting at the Cape ; and Mr . O . Morgan , another Derbyite , unopposed . Newark . —Here both gentlemen are anti-Derbyites ; but what else it is not easy to say . Vernon 545 Sntton 479 Turner 3 G 2 Norfolk ( East ) . —Mr . Burroughes and Mr . Wodehouse , both confiding Derby ites , have been returned unopposed . Northamptonshire ( North ) . — Mr . Augustus Stafford and Mr . Maunsell , Derbyites , carried the show of hands on Wednesday at Kettering . One of the everlasting Fitzwilliain family were proposed without his consent , " as a high tribute to his family , " by a Peterborough gentleman ; and they are actually going to a poll next week . NorthA ^ ii'TONHiiTRE ( South ) . —Mr . 1 * . Knightley , son of the famous Sir Charles , and Captain Vyse , confiding Derbyites , were elected by show of hands ; but a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr . lloughton , the Five-trade tenant farmer . Nottingham shirk ( South ) . ' —Mr . Harrow and Lord Newark returned unopposed . The latter a " confiding , " the former an independent Derbyite . Oxkohdsiiiim-:. —The Ihnv late members , Mr . llarcourf , Mr . Henley , and Lord Norreys , each voted against the repeal of the corn laws in l ! j l (>; but in 1 K 5 O , Lord Norreys voted against any return to protection , whereupon tlie Protectionists set , to work , and got up an opposition candidate in the person of Colonel North , one of the inosl ; unpopular men in the i'oun ^ y . The nominal ion took place on Monday , in the ( ounty IJall , which was crammed with working men . It was : i , curious scene , or rather small drama . Sir Henry Willoughby , M . P ., professing a kind of mystic doctrine about protection , proposed Mr . llarcourt ; and Dr . l'hiUimore , a warm Free-trader , seconded the nomination . Then came Mr . Vincent , a . Tory Free-trader , and proposed Lord Norreys , without the consent of that- gentleman ; and Mr . John Towle , an old Leaguer and Kadie ; d , seconded his nomination . To add to the confusion , the seconder of Mr . Henley said he believed that " the youngest , man present would not live to see again a tax on corn , and that nine people out , of ten were opposed to such a tux . " Finally , two colonels proposed and seconded a third < ' olonel North , amid deali'iiing uproar . I \ I r . Jlarcnurt I lieu . spoke , professing a kind of Liberal Conservatism nnd < piasi Free-trade . Air . Henley followed him , I he mob still behaving uproariously . On the " momentous question" he said " J t . is not now for the first t . iine , and it is not , in places Uhere it . wan likely lo be popular , but . Ilio reverse , tliul , I luive tell , it , my duly , in d itfe . iv . nl . purls of I hit ) county , to l < ll my agricultural friend * Mini . 1 miw no cliium * of n rluuif ' e of Unit , hiw | lhe (' orn l , n \ v | . ( Cheers . ) It , woidd Imvelieeii easy forme , if I hud been n man wlio wished to obtain a cheer lit , Home of ( hone meeting , lo have , held < lifffii'iil , Iniijjjim ^ e ; bill . I am mil ) who , iih comic ! ions have cointi over my mind , whether agreeable or not . lo those to whom 1 np , ilie , luivc thought il . my duly plainly to speak them . " ( Hirers . ) Again : " You will not , fuid mo blink any question you put to me . ( ' Tku big lotvt ' . ' ) JL | x'licY « uo tmo hero ia more

      anxious than myself to see the large loaf , and every man with the means of having it . ( Uproar . ) There is no one who is more anxious than I am that the working men ot this country should have the moans of purchasing and cnioving as much of the necessaries and luxuries ot lite as it is possible . ( ' Six bob a-week . ' Groans . ) It would have been move to the purpose if these questions had been asked six or seven . years ago . ( 'Oh , oh ! ' ) There is no intention now , as far as I know , in the mmd ot any man voice ot this

      to re-impose those laws which the general country has completely rejected . ( ' Will you vote against them ? ' Uproar . ) I have before , in this liall , refused , and I always will refuse , to give any pledge upon any subject ( groans ); but this I will say , " he exclaimed parodying Lord Palmcrston , " that I believe it is as little likely as that the Thames shall run backward—to adopt what has been well said by a noble lord in another place—than any proposal to re-enact those laws shall be made . "

      Colonel North tried vainly to speak . Then was seen another unparalleled spectacle . Mr . Faulkner , a gentleman of the most extreme liberal opinions , appeared as spokesman for Lord Norreys . The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Harcourt , Lord Norreys , and Mr . Henley . We may here remark that L ord Norreys wrote a letter , saying that he would not sit if elected ; but his motley supporters determined to go to the poll , in order not to allow Colonel North to walk over .

      END OF FIKST DAX ' S POIX . Henley . 1491 North 1432 Harcourt 810 Norreys 408 The Protectionists here are in high glee at the prospects . of the contest , and profess to regret they did not brino- forward a Protectionist candidate to displace Mr . Harcourt . Oxford University . —After a contest of three days , Mr . Gladstone has been triumphantly elected ; Sir Robert Inglis heads the poll , and Dr . Marsham was upwards of three hundred below Mr . Gladstone . Pembrokeshire . —Viscount Emlyn , Liberal Conservative , returned unopposed .

      Radnokshike . —Sir John Walsh , Derbyite , unopposed . Rutland . —Sir Gilbert Heathcote and Mr . Noel returned . Both thorough Protectionists . St . Ives . —Captain Laffan , Free-trade Conservative , has gained the day . Laffiiu 256 Paull ( Derbyite ) 218 Barnes ( Liberal ) ...... Saushuky . —The late members , both anti-Derby ites , are returned . The poll closed at four o ' clock on Saturday , when the numbers stood as follows : — Chaplin 381

      Wall 331 Slade , 173 Burr 131 The first-named gentlemen were then declared duly elected ; after which a speech from each successful candidate concluded the proceedings . Sunoi'KillitK ( North ) . —Mr . Onnsby ( 5 ore and Mr . Dod elected . Thorough Protectionists . Snuoi'HHiiuo ( South ) . —Mr . Clive and Lord Newport , confiding Derby ites , unopposed .

      SoMi ' -itRiCT ( Kast ) .--A third candidate has appeared on the Liberal-Conservative interest , in the person ot Mr . Arthur VAUm , the eldest son of Sir Charles Elton , of Clevedon Court , the gifted port and elegant scholar . West Somerset is wholly abandoned to bigoted nnd hopeless Protectionists , and the eastern division risks the same fate from the shameless tyranny of landlordism , and the apathy or ignorance of the electors . Mr . William Miles , of Ltsiurh Court , the eldest

      representative of the highly respectable family of Bristol merchants , who have now for some years been country ^¦ entlcnien and landowners , is personally very popular with all classes , and the idol of the farmers , whose prejudices he espouses , whose delusions he encourages , and ' whose good and sterling qualities he very pleasantly represents . As ; i politician , Mr . Miles U principally distinguished in ( he House of Commons for dull speeches , nnd thn most agricultural-minded statistics . For Milt rest , ho is an amiable , cheerful , hearty nia , n ,

      and , in less critical times , would , we suppose , very properly represent , . such a constituency as that of Mast Somerset . The second candidate is a , Mr . Knutchlmll , known to sessions and assizes , and a very proper county magistrate : wind , his qualifications for a legislator may be , we know not ; buthe seems lo bu an " invisible-green" Dorbyile . Mr . lOlton , who ha . s consented to attempt , the rescue of n ( , least , one seat , in the county from tho Protectionist , quagmire , is , as wo have said , a Liberal-Conservative , of the I ' eolito school : u man of cultivated leisure , refined and studious habits , and moderately highClnnoh views . There is no comparing the qualifications of the other candidatcM with Mr . Klton ' s ; and the feeling of a large number of thn electors , and of all tho nou-uloctors , is in his favour . Hut it in

      possible that the intimidation of landlords , some of whom , we have heard , have been Liberals till now , may carry the two ante-diluvians . In another part of our paper , we have noticed certain feats of landlordism , which have been communicated to us from one of the polling places of the division . It would be an honour to East Somerset to return Mr . Elton , if only as a protest ;

      Somerset ( West ) . —Mr . Moody and Mr . Gore Lang , ton , Protectionists , unopposed . Staffordshire ( North ) . —Mr . Adderley and Mr . Smith Child returned without a contest . The latter is not a confiding , but an independent Derbyite . Mr . Adderley is of sufficient consequence to permit him to speak for himself . He said" For liis political opinions lie had only to say that he had in no way changed them since they first returned him to Parliament . It had been said that they—the followers of Lord Derby—had changed their opinions ; that they- ^ had advocated a certain policy out of office which they were not prepared in office to carry into practice , but had ,

      in fact , sought to kick down the ladder by which they came into power . ( Hear , hear . ) Nothing was further from the truth , and the last man in the world who should launch such charges against Lord Derby ' s friends was Sir James Graham , inasmuch as that right hon . baronet was one of those who , by his distinguished talents and his eloquence , formed that great party of which Sir R . Peel was at the head twelve years ago . It was Sir James Graham who aided in building up that party which he had since deserted , and now daily traduced . ( Hear . ) One fine morning that distinguished person suddenly deserted his old friends ; he rushed over to the opposite side , seized the weapons of his opponents , and flung them in the face of his old friends . He , one of the lights of Sir Robert

      Peel ' s great party of 1841 , now talked of cheap bread for the people , and for old women cheap tea . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He ( Mr . Adderley ) hoped that the country would properly distinguish between a man of that kind , and one who constantly adhered to his principles . ( Hear , hear . ) As for the policy of Lord Derby , it was the same as it had ever been ; it had never changed , and never would be changed , whether that party was in or out of office ; the very policy which Lord Derby in power carried out was the same which he ( Mr . Adderley ) proclaimed at Burton more than twelve months since , when Lord Derby was in opposition to the late Administration . ( Hear . ) When Sir Robert Peel accepted office , in 1841 , he found

      a bankrupt exchequer , the result of the misgovernment of the nation by the Whigs . That distinguished man sueceeded in retrieving tho exchequer . By lopping and pruning the revenue , and revising the system of taxation , he made it shoot out with more vigour , and they ( the followers of Lord Derby ) were the men who carried out the financial measure of 1842 . To them belonged the credit of those measures . ( Cheers . ) Sir Robert Peel changed the policy of 1842 in 1846 , by the introduction of a system —reckless , heedless , and uncompensated for in any way . ( Hear . ) The Government of Lord John Russell extended the system introduced in 1846 still further by the repeal of the navigation laws and other measures , the effect of which had been most disastrous , there being nothing- like

      reciprocity on ( he part of foreign nations . " Mr . Adderley was hissed a good deal when he announced that he was a follower of . Lord Derby" I see ( said ( lie hon . gentleman ) that ( here are nomo here who prefer Lord John Russell , a man who promises much and performs little . Those who like Lord Derby like a man ' who performs what ho promises , who is tho lender of the , band that supports the old Conservative policy ; and I hope ho will carry it out , successfully . ( Hear , hciir . ) He is not . like Lord ¦ John Russell , who brings forward little measures , like tho little , Reform Bill , to Bupport his falling Administration . Lord Derby will not truckle to tho Pope one day and kick him tin ; noxt , bufc ho of tho Conservative

      will maintain consistently the policy party . ( Cheers . ) fie . will do that in offices which will best , conduce to the support , and tho maintenaneo of the peace , tho welfares and tho prosperity of thn empire . ( Cheers . ) Stakfokdsiiikk ( South ) .- This election terminated in the unopposed return of General Ansou and Lord Lewisbani . They are both Free-traders , but Lord liowishani professes to be an independent Derbyite . Stam fokd . —The Marquisof Kxeter returned his two Dorbyiio . nominees , Mr . llerries and Sir Frederick Thesigtir , on Saturday . Of course the form of it popular election was gono through , and speeches made , but tho consl . it . uent . s had about as much to do with Hit ) election as the KiiiLT of the Cannibal Islands . Both

      candidates said ( hat . the present contest was between " Derby and Democracy ; " Mr . I ferries , however , showing decided leaning to Protection . Mr . Kiclmrdson , a Radical voter , attempted lo catechise the members , but both met him by declaring that they would not reply to a man who had once ; threatened to shoot , the Marquis of Kxeier . There was great uproar . Implying to one energetic opponent , Sir Frederick , with

      his accustomed insolence , said , — " 1 suppose that wants a big loaf : / ioi . sk lie had out- stuck in his // iron / . " In the midst of great confusion , lit ) continued to declaim again *! , democracy , when ho was hd . oiTuptt'd by an attempt to pull down tho hustings , which drovo ail from tho balcony and tho reporters from ( hi ) box below , the hon . and learned speaker just haviiitf Uiuo to nay , " lOvermore thanks lo if on for tlt << tumour yon humdone me . ( his day htf tih-tdhuf vu > as one of your rwrcsenliitivts . " The woodwork of tho lmtttinga wun

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 17, 1852, page 672, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1943/page/4/