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      farmers and induce them to believe that a modification of a theory w as afair equivalent for the destruction of a real principle , were not the arts which would be approved of by the British public . This has been the course pursued by Lord Derby . The ' Rupert of debate has become the Jesuit of the Cabinet , ' the chivalrous Protectionist leader is the Loyola of the Lords . ( Loud cheers . ) Fair , plain speaking has fled for the first time from a British Cabinet , and your confidence is sought for men whose Ministers , when addressing their constituents , call the non-electors * the vilest rabble they ever saw . ' ( Loud cheering , and shouts of ' No , no ! ' ' Humbug ! ' ' Demagogism ! ' ' Claptrap ! ' & e . ) Gentlemen , _sojpe great stickler for the ri ghts of the people , —some friend of the Marquis of Blandford whispers ' Claptrap ; ' but I would ask you , is it fitting that the intimate friend and known adviser of Lord Derby ,

      • who has been raised from the rank of ' whipper-m' to be Secrefcary-at-War , should call the non-electors ' a vile rabble ? ' ( Cheers and uproar . ) That is language I would not use to even these paid supporters of my noble friend . " He was in favour of reform in Parliament , Free-trade , and the ballot . ( ' It ' s un-English . ' ) When it was objected by the mob of gentlemen on his left that the ballot was un-English , he would ask them if their ideas of Eng lish fair-play consisted in intimidating the poor , and in bullying the occupiers ? ( Cheers . ) As to going in upon a relig ions cry , " he would tell them that not all the wealth of Blenheim , nor all the glories of the noble marquis ' s position , could tempt him to seek their suffrages . " After a little more repartee , quite as smartl y delivered , he retired amid enthusiastic cheering , and a bass accompaniment of groans , set off by hisses .

      The Marquis of Blandford was subjected to reprisals on account of the treatment accorded to Mr . Osborne . For some time he could not be heard . Mr . Osborne begged they would g ive the Marquis a better hearing than they had given him . The Marquis replied , " Thank you for the rope , Mr . Osborne / ' Then he spoke . The first part of his speech was a lecture on the proprieties and improprieties of electioneering . After that he rather incoherently replied to Mr . Osborne . He came as a Conservative ; if he had voted against the motion of Mr . Villiers , so had Sir James Graham , Sir Ptobert Peel , and Lord John Russell ; he

      faced his antagonists " on the ground of truth and of the ridiculed reli gion they had heard talked of . " " Expressions have been used , " said he , " about a daw cawing from a steeple , which implied that the church was his measure , and he was the daw cawing from the steeple . " The Marquis _continued , using a charming non-scquitur , " The honourable gentleman has no right to say I have not the real interest of the country at heart . " He was a Free-trader . He wished to see sugar , tea , and coffee cheaper .

      " I am for perfect reli gious toleration ; in the Protestant religion alone there is perfect religious toleration . What would be thought of a man who would let every body out ot prison , so that people should run the risk of having their pockets picked P A certain amount of restraint is necessary to be imposed on those reli gions which show a domineering and grasping tendency . Certain restrictions ought to be placed on the lioirian Catholic Church , because it , is onl y by such means that fair justice and toleration can be secured . "

      With respect to education , all sects should share the public grant ; but the basis of education should be the Bible . Somebod y cried out "Game Laws ! " ''( lame is as much a species of propert y ns anything else ( ' Oh ! ' ) ; its as much propert y as — chickens . " ( Laughter . ) He was no sportsman , and regretted the contests about game . Lord _Robil-t Grosvenor and Mr . Osborne had the show of hands . A poll was demanded . There was a great squabble as to whether or not _Shei-ill" Swift had put off thi ; election for his own convenience ; and tbe Uispuic wo , _m very hotly _cmim * ,.-, _^*! . The poll took place on Tuesday and Wednesday , terminating in the election of Grosvenor and Osborne . Whatever may have been Lord Blandford ' s chances

      with the voters , Mr . Osborne was unquestionably the popular candidate . An instance of this occurred at King ' s Cross , just , as the poll closed . There was a goodl y crowd , who caught sight of Iheir favourite , and he made a . speech to them . lie did not know then whether he had won or lost , and told them so . But , said he—My feelings are with you ; my wishes are with you- — ( a voice ¦¦ 'Maynooth' ); ' _ii'lfo ' _you who call out ' Maynooth lo that gentleman , whom I see -T accept the omen , he has crape round bin hat , he is iu mourning for Lord Blandford and bin defeat ( great laughter ); to yoa 1 say - 'or I will shrink from uotliiuir I am not , fn be . deferred

      h y a base and bigoted cry , mid you , my friends , are not to he deceived , I trust , by _wlnit is so evidentl y fallacious . ( _Miecrn . ) I am obliged fo my friend with the orupo round us hat ; I am obliged to my friend with an apparent smile on Inn fa < _-o , but . a mournful ' feeling in his heart , ( _lauglifer ) J am obli ged fo him , because I antici pate dial , bo will lo low as chief mourner al , the funeral of Protectionb'heera and laughter ) ami I should feel still more in-( l < 'l ) lcd to 11 ii ¦ _i i |; , „ _, ( , ] _, j H occasion , he would fi gure as a tV _' | _V' ( _'" _"' _t _fhler . ) Again : " M y feelings are not with ne 1 ope , nor Nvi ( , | _,

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      brought to ' revisit the glimpses of the moon '—for they work by night —( laughter)—the old ghost of the nd-popery cry . It is not the Pope ; it is bread , it is tea , it is sugar —it is your beef that is in question . That ' s the real papal bull ; it is not a bull from Kome , but English beef that is at stake . " " Let me show you a good omen , " said Mr . Osborne , pointing to a cab with one of the Marquis of Blandford ' s placards at the side , and a portmanteau turned upside down at the top , "the Marquis is going out of town . If my vision does not deceive me , it is not the Marquis who is inside , hut the Duke of Marlborough . ( Great laughter . ) Give him three cheers , and send him home . " ( Laughter . )

      " Well , I have told you that the question is not one of Popes . Do not you , the working classes , be deceived by the Derby disguises . Do not allow your attention to be distracted—do not let your energies be _exhausted—by being drawn off to a relig ious discussion . Calumnies the most atrocious have been uttered—insinuations the most unjustifiable have been made against me ; but my broad principle , declared before you with the open sincerity of my heart , is this , that no man has a rig ht to interfere with the reli gious belief of any of his fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) You have Protestant champions , members of the aristocracy , who live upon the consolidated fund , and who resemble Maynooth in this one respect , that , like it , they are supported out of taxes levied upon the people of

      this country . The Duke of Marlborough is paid from the taxes of this country ; the college of Maynooth is supported in the same manner . I would vote against bothagainst the Duke , because I hold that he ought to support himself out of his own means , and against the grant to Maynooth , because we are not entitled to pay public money for the support of any relig ion whatever . ( Cheers . ) You have been told , forsooth , that I am the champion of Cardinal Wiseman . Now I put it to you—I am afraid the ladies won't think me a handsome man —( laughter )—for I have not the advantages of Lord Robert Grosvenor , nor the flowing hair of the Marquis of Blandford —( laughter ) —I put it to you , do I look like a Jesuit P ( Cheers and laughter . ) Do I look like a supporter of Lord Derby ' s government F" ( Great laughter . )

      Mr . Osborne pointed out what every one must have observed who has watched the contest—the very cool support rendered b y the aristocratic Grosvenor . " I envy the position of my Lord Grosvenor , though I think he might have given me a more helping hand . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He 'is an honourable man ;' we are ' all honourable men ; ' but it is a difficult thing for a man to act against his second cousin . ( Laughter . ) Still , I don't grudge him his position . Keep him up to his work , and whether I am there or not , he will be obliged to walk straight . I don't grudge his position , but I think he might have exhibited towards me a more kindly feeling . I think

      if I had been a Lord Tom Noddy , father ot the sun , brother of the moon , lineal descendant of the great baboonif I had had a pedigreo of that length—I should have stood higher on tho poll . But this I know , that I should not then have stood in so proud a position as I now occupy —I should not have been in a position so gratifying to my personal feelings as that which I occupy through the heartfelt , unbought exertions of those who have voted for me . Many a man has come to me during the progress of the election , and said to me ' Let me plump for you ; ' and I have invariably replied , ' No , I will keep my part of the compact ; vote for Lord Robert , Grosvenor as well . " ( Cheers . )

      The contest , which had been most spirited and severe , terminated in favour of Grosvenor and Osborne . Grosvenor 510 G Osborne 4377 Blandford 4220 NoTtTirirMBEHXANi _) ( North ) . —The candidates , Lord _Ossulston , Lord Lovaine ( Derby ites ) , and Sir ( Jeorge Grey ( Whi g ) , were nominated , on Monday . The two lords , who are acting in coalition , had the show of 1 ' ~ hut a poll was demanded for Sir ( Jeorge Grey .

      The spcechniaking was uninteresting . Lord Ossulston and Lord Lovaine < _ravo ui > protection , and c . on _( i < _t < - < l in Derby . Sir George Grey uttered the mildest Whi gisni , yet menaced his opponents with the ballot , " which he would be . slow to adopt , " y et which their practices in coercion and intimidation would render necessary . This , with the fninfest allusion to the alleged compact between the Wings and the men ol * Manchester , which he would neither affirm nor deny , formed the gist ol bis speech . The poll commenced ou Thursday . In 1847 Sir ( Jeorge Grey headed the poll .

      The coalesced Derbyite lords have beufon the late Whig Home Secretary on the first day ' s poll . _Loiivuine Ill-Mi Ossulston 1271 Grey \ M'Z \) NoTTiNUHAMMiiiRio ( Nokth ) . Lord Henry Bentinck and Lord Koberf Clinton wen ; elected without opposition . In the course of his speech . Lord Henry Bentinck made the following extraordinary assertions :

      " 1 here were three paramount objects which fhe Government of Lord Derby sought , fo obtain , _h'irat , justice fo the landed interests ; secondly , securit y for the churchand thirdly , it firm _rcHisfunec , to the progress of democratic opinions ( great uproar)— - ( hose democrat ic notions which hud been unfurled by Sir . lames ( indium at Carlisle shaken in the face ot Lord Derby b y the Duke of Newcastle in the Donne of Lords , _tu-luiowiedgetl by Mr . I , right on behalf of tho Manchester school , und _uubscribed to by

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      Archbishop Cullen on the part of the Irish brigade . ( Laughter and groans . )" Surrey ( West . )—Mr . Drummond , Mr . Evelyn , Derby ites , and Colonel Challoner , Free-trader , was nominated on Saturday , at Guildford . Mr . Drummond was the first to speak . He dwelt mainly in local and personal matters , but some points in his speech were very humorous . Some one asked " why he did not reduce the . tithes ? " Because , rep lied Mr . Drummond with great readiness , "if I do I rob the parson and pocket the money myself ! " When he said that he was convinced the public salaries could not effectually he reduced , the farmers cried , " Yes , you ought . " _Sjieaking of the state of parties , he exclaimed , " As the Times said , Lord John sold Ireland aforetime

      to O'Connell ; the question now is , whether lie has not sold England to Manchester . " He asserted that twenty-seven years ago lie had told them that their fortunes were not safe unless they had com leases . " In the pamphlet which I then addressed to you I said , that , the landlords' monopoly of corn was the highest tax that the people had to pay ( cheers ); that the landlords and their families were the only persons who gained by that tax ; that all other classes , including the farmers , were injured by that tax ; that , of all taxca , it pressed most hardly upon the labourer ; and that the gain to the landlords b y that tax was not so great as the loss to the people . ( Cheers . ) I have told you how I have acted in the House of

      Commons , considering myself as the member for \\ est Surrey , and not the creature of a faction . I now tell you more ; I tell you that when there was talk of an appeal to tho country upon the question of a bread-tax , r ay answer was , — ' Yes , do appeal to the country , but I will not appeal to the electors only , I will appeal to every breadeater in the country . ' ( Ciieers . ) To every man , to every woman , and to every child in the country—to you is the appeal made . ( Loud aud protracted cheering . ) And there can be no question that , from one end of this country to the other , we must consider that all duties upou corn are gone for ever . ( Reiterated cheering . )" Then in illustration of a bad feeling on the part of some Free-trade electors , he told them a story :

      ' ¦ ' I saw a man tho other day , whom I canvassed , and the answer I received was , ' I shall not vote for you ; I shall plump for Colonel Challoner . ' ( ' Hear , hear / and a Voice — ' He was a good sort . ' ) Oh , y es ( hear , hear ) , and you shall hear the man s motive too ; perhaps yours is the same . I talked to him aboat beer , and making it cheap b y removing the malt-tax . ' Oh , ' said he , ' the labourers were never so well off ; we don't want to do any more for them . "We had better reduce the duties on wine . ' I remarked— ' I see you drink wine . ' ' Yes , ' said the man , ' I am oblig ed to drink it . ; I have got a gorged liver . ' ( Much laughter . ) So there he was drinking his wine and eating his pineapple . ( ' Name ! ' ) No , I am not going to namehim , but , I will tell any of you his name in private . His argument was— 'the labourer pays tho malt-tax now , but if you take it off and put on a property-tax I shall have to pay it ,. ' ( Hear , hear . )"

      He seemed decidedly in favour of Palmerston as a minister . He wound up by a touch of humour . " I have been very much flattered by the reception that has been given me in the course of my canvass . When I have said to an elector , ' I suppose you are going to vote for me , ' I generally got for answer , ' Oh , you are sure of your election ; its no use to vote for you . I shall plump for Challoner . ' ( A laugh . ) Another would say , You aro quite safe , and I shall plump for Bvelyn . ' ( Continued laughter . ) What ! gentlemen , are you going to play at an Irish election r it would he the veriest practical bull that bus ever been perpetrated at an English election if you do so . They agree with my political conduct . ( -No . ' ) All 1 know is they all said so . Those who were going to bring forward Colonel Challoner all ( old me that ihey had no wish to peril my seal . ( ' Oh ! ' ) Korgivo me if for once ina way I believed llieni . ( Laughter . )"

      Norther of fhe other candidates said anything peculiar . The show of bands was in favour of Colonel Challoner and Mr . Driuninond . At the ( dose of fhe poll , fhe numbers were- — ir . v » _iyn . i <; 4 <) Drummond 1 _(* > 1 C . Challoner _Httit ) Wkht KiniNi _; ( Yi . iik ; . iiih . | .: ) . —Mr . Richard Cobden and Mr . Kdmue . d Keel-eft Denison were re-elected , on Saturday , _wifh-nif opposition . The nomination took

      place uf Wakefield . Mr . Denison , with si host , of friends and blue flaga , came up first , and was loudl y cheered . Mr . Cobden , accompanied by Sir Charles Wood , who hud acted as chairman of his eleefion-coniniilfee , u concourse ol' supporters with orange flags , followed . The whole , ull ' nir went , oil ' very peaceably . Mr . Cobden was proposed b y Mr . Milner , M . P ., and seconded b y Aha Carbuft . Tbe Hon . A . Laseelles proposed , and Mr . . 1 . Hand seconded , Mr . Denison . Afler ( . hey were declared dul y elected , Mr . Cobden addressed his constituents .

      lie opened his speech with a personal explanation of some importance as mutters stand : He would stale at , once flic circumstances under which he stood before them for the second time . '' I wish lo stale here openly I . o every one interested in fhe re pre entalioii Unit , until ( lie advent , of the Derby ministry to power , I had decided , as my friends immediately around nic well know , not to appear again in tho West Killing lo ask for your _suffragca . I bail reason to calculate that . 1 should he safely returned for another con- _, _wtituoncy ; but believing when Lord Derb y etuuo iuto

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 24, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24071852/page/5/