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Leader (1850-1860), 10th July 1852, Edition Town of 2, Page 649, Untitled Article

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      KEWDiEY . —A strong party contest has raged here r Sir Thomas Winnington , Liberal , and Mr . between » member for Yarmouth . San-S ouZi the show of hands , and Winnington demanding a poll . Winning ton * P » Sandars 151 'BiKMiN&HAk . —Mr . Muntz and Miv W . Scholefield wpve elected without opposition . BiAOKBirEW . —Mr . Hornby , a Derbyite , opposed Mr . pilking ton and Mr . Eccles , Free-traders . At the poll the numbers stood— , Pilkington »«> Eccles 580 Hornby . &uy BoljTON The market-place contained a crowd ot m thousands , all alive with excitement and strong I ' rtv feeling Mr . Blair came forward for re-election . He is a Conservative Free-trader . Mr . Peter Ainsworth Mr . Crook , and Mr . Barnes , Liberals and Freetraders were the other candidates . The show of hands was in favour of Barnes and Crook . The polling took place on Thursday . Barnes ' Crook I Blair ? 08 Ainsworth ^ 43 Bradford . —Colonel Thompson was proposed on Tuesday by Mr . W . E . Forster , and seconded by Mr . Kenion . Mr . Lister nominated , and Mr . Titus Salt seconded , Mr . Milligan . These were the former Radical members . They were opposed by Mr . Wickham , a Derbyite free-trader , and Mr . Julian Harney . The latter did not intend to go to the poll . The show of hands was in favour of Colonel Thompson and Mr . Milligan . The polling took place the next day , and resulted as follows : — Milligan I 252 Wickham I 1 ? 3 Thompson ....- 1153 Bridgwatek . —Five gentlemen were equally anxious to represent this city . There were three Liberals , Colonel Tynte , Lord Henley , and Mr . [ Eothen ] Kinglake . The names of the Tories were Mansell and Follett . All had abandoned Protection . Colonel Tynte and Lord Henley had the show of hands , but all five went to the poll on Wednesday . In consequence of which the numbers stood—Tynte 271 Fnllfif-. f . 243

      Mansell 177 Henley 149 Kinglako l 01 Bridport . —Two Liberals , Mr . Mitchell and Mr . Miirrongh , elected by a large majority over a Tory opponent . Brighton . —At the nomination , on Wednesday , the popular favourite was Mr . Trelawny . Sir G . Pechell characterised the present Ministry

      as a set of men who had swallowed every principle on which they had acted for the last ten or twelve years . They must oppose every man who professed to support Lord Derby . He thought that the vote by ballot would have plnced in the House of Commons a very different set of gentlemen from those whom ho had seen sitting opposite to him . He disapproved of the foreign policy of tho present Government ; and hoped good results from an extension of the suffrage . Ilia address was received with much applause .

      Lord A . lhsrvey professed himself ii mild reformer , and a supporter of Sir Robert Peel ' s policy . Ho would not oiler factious opposition to any Government . Mr . Ffooks attempted to apeak , but eould not make ; himself heard . Ho seemed to profess himself un advocate of tho further extension of Free-trade , and si determined opponent of tho Maynooth grunt and Papal aggression . Mr . Trelawny ' K turn nimo next and lust . He was evidently the popular candidate ; . After alluding to tho recent Whip ; Reform Hill , ho expressed an opinion that before another election look place a large extension of the Hiiflrngi ! would Imve admitted a large portion of the

      existing non-electors within the pule of the constitution . Mr . Treluwny devoted a considerables portion of bin Hpeeerh to Hhowing that he wiih in the ; field before ; Mr . FtbolcH , and that the latter wan not justified , cither by his introduction to Hrighton , bin reception there , or by the result of hi . s ennviiHH , in HpliUing then . Liberal interest ; but that as u true I / ihevrul , loving the cause rather than himself , it was bin duty to retire . ( The eletails of this argument were * devoiel of inte ; re ; st beyonel tho locality . ) Lord Alfred Horvcy , it wiih true ; , was a Freei-tnuU'r ; but other que ; stie > ns woulel noon como be ; - fbre ; I'arliainemt , unel hew woulel the ; nohle ; lorel ve ) te ; on the « rn ? How woulel he vote ) em the ; ballot ? How em church - rates V How relative ; te > tho prociutdingH at Froins ? Ho ( Mr . Troluwny ) protested ngiunst » my

      man remaining in the Church of England who held words in a " non-natural sense / ' and countenanced the doctrines of one church while he professed to belong to another . ( Applause . ) Here , then , were three questions on which it was probable that his Lordship would not vote in accordance with the decidedly Liberal feelings of the electors of the borough . The two great questions of this day were Free-trade and progressive reform ; and upon them all Liberals onght to be united . Mr . Trelawny concluded by saying , that if he had the honour of being elected to represent the borough , he should exert every energy he possessed to discharge his duty with honour to himself , and , he hoped , to the satisfaction of the

      elector . A Voter . —How far would you extend the suffrage i Mr . Trelawny . —Household . The show of hands was declared in favour of Mr . Trelawny and Sir G . Pechell . Pechell . 1936 Hervey 1434 Trelawney ..... .. 1177 Ffooks 120 Calne . —The Earl of Shelburne . This is Lord Lansdowne ' s pocket borough . The Earl is a very mild

      Whig and Free-trader . Cambridge . —Mr . Adair and Mr . Mowatt , Liberals , are opposed by Mr . Astell and Mr . Macaulay , Tories . Macauley 821 Astell 8 ° 4 Adair ? 37 Mowatt .... ..-- 673 Canterbury . —Tho duellists , Colonel Romilly and Mr . Smyth , went down for re-election , but fonnd small favour on the nomination day ; when their Tory opponents , Mr . Gipps and the Honourable Butler Johnstone , had the show of hands . A poll on behalf of Sir William Somerville , the fifth candidate , and Colonel Romilly , was demanded . Cardiff . —Mr . Coffin , Liberal , and Dr . Nicholl ,

      Peelite , were the candidates . Coffin 399 NichoU 202 Caklisle . —Sir James Graham and Mr . Ferguson carried the show of hands at the nomination . Mr . Hodgson demanded a poll . The numbers were—Graham *> 09 Ferguson 494 i Hodgson 417 Chatham . —Admiral Stirling , Liberal , contested the borough with Sir F . Smith , Derbyite . They went to a poll , which ended as follows : — Smith 636 Stirling ....- ••• 482

      Chester . —Mr . Samuel Holmes retired , and Lord Grosvenor and Mr . W . O . Stanley , were declared duly elected . Chiohestee . —Mr . John Abel Smith , Liberal , and Lord Henry Lennox , Derbyite , unopposed . Chippenham . —Mr . Neeld and Captain Boldero , late members , returned unopposed . Neither exactly prepared to re-imposo the corn-laws . CirRlsTCHURCU . —Captain Walce ) tt , without opposition . He is a Derbyite .

      Cirencester . —Viscount Villiers , Free-trade Derbyite , and Mr . Ponsonby , Free-trade Whig , were elected by a show of hands . But Mr . Mullings demanded a poll . Curiously enough Mr . Mullings denies tlmt he is a Protectionist . Mulling 235 Pemsonby 218 Lend Villiers 214 Cwthehoe . —Mr . Matthew Wilson , Liberal , was opposed by Mr . Aspinull , Ce > nse ; rvative ; . Mr . Wilsem carried the populsuuj with him em Tuesday , this imnrinatiem day . And on Wednesday , tho polling day , tlie ; re : were— Wilwrn 221 Aspinall 1 S 7

      CeWKNTJtv . — The former nieinbe'is , Mr . helwarel Ellieu ; and Mr . Gesach , have been returneel withemt a contest . Diiitiiv . —The ; e > hl and triesel inembe ; rrt , Mr . 15 ii . su and Mr . ITeywe > rth , Liberals , had to ence > uiite ; r u fair . specimen fremi Livcrpoed of the lYe ; e > -tmele ; Derbyito , sehe > e > l , knewn te > tho wewlel as Mr . Hems full . They bent em the ne > ininution eluy , but at the ; polling be > oth next elay the nuinbesrs we ; re ;—Bass lttf > 2 Horsfall «<) 2 r > liny worth 1018 A Te > ry ugont was cleverly caught in a elark room , with pilew e > f money before ; him . Ho was arre ; sl , e ( l inutantly . Dkvi / 'KH . —Thei lutes ine ; inbe ; iH , Mr . Hcne ; it { jr (; , unel Captain ( Ua < Mone , be > th accepting Frce-tnide , but both DorbyitcH , were elected . l

      Devonpobt . —Admiral Berkeley and Sir J . H . Maxwell , Tories , were elected by show of hands on Tuesday ; but Mr . Tufnell and Sir John Romilly , Liberals , demanded a poll . Tuffnell 1079 Berkeley 1056 Romilly , . . 1046 Maxwell 1032 Dorchester . —Mr . Brinsley Sheridan , Liberal , came forward to contest the seat with the late members , Colonel Darner and Mr . Sturt , Free-trade Conservatives . Mr . Sheridan and Colonel Darner , won on nomination day ; but on the polling day the numbers stood thus—Sheridan 152

      Sturt 123 Damer 98 Doveb . —The candidates were Lord Chelsea ( Derbyite ) , Mr . Rice ( Whig ) , and Sir George Clerk ( Peelite ) . Lord Chelsea 3092 Rice 900 Clerk 776 The Government screw and bribery have done it . Droitwich . —Sir John Pakington , unopposed .

      Dudley . —The nomination was on Wednesday . The candidates were Mr . Benbow , a Derbyite , who , it was expected , would be unopposed , and Mr . Alderman James Baldwin , of Birmingham , a Free-trader and Radical . The show of hands was in favour of Mr . Baldwin ; but the poll for Mr . Benbow . East Retford . —Lord Galway anjd the Honourable W . E . Duncombe , Derbyites , returned unopposed . Evesham . —Lord Marcus Hill having retired , two

      Liberals , Mr . Grenville Berkeley , late of Cheltenham , and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , professing Radicalism , came forward . The other candidate was Sir Henry Willoughby , Liberal Conservative , capable of becoming Derbyite . Sir Henry spoke up for " steady and useful , " as opposed to " galvanic" reform . Mr . Grenville Berkeley made a Free-trade and Whig-Radical oration . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins said he was a Radical . The show of hands went for Sir Henry and the Sergeant . The polling took place on Wednesday .

      Willoughby 1 ° 9 , Berkeley I ? 0 Wilkins 87 Exeter has returned Mr . Divett and Sir John Duckworth , throwing out the Protectionist , Buck . Frome . —Colonel Boyle elected without opposition . Gloucester . —Price ( Liberal ) , 826 ; Berkeley ( Liberal ) , 782 ; Hope ( Conservative ) 755 . Two first elected . ( Grantiiam . —The sitting members , Mr . G . E . Welby and the Honourable F . J . Tollemiiche , and Lord Graham , a Conservative , were nominated as candidates on Wednesday .

      Welby 483 Tollemacho 379 Graham 375 Greenwich . —There were five candidates asking for the ; suffrages of the " free and inelepcndent" electors of this semi-government borough : Mr . Alderman Saloinenis , Mr . Memtaguo Chambers , and Admiral Stewart , Liberal and Free-traders ; Mr . Peter Uo \ t , Tory , and Mr . Knight , Chartist . These having been duly prope > se : el and . sece > ndod , essayeel , with more or loss of ge > oel fortune , te > aeldrcss the consfituene-y . Mr . AleU ; rinun Salemiems vvus the first to spe > ak . He dilntcel on Urn e > lil anel well-worn te > pie ; of Sir Robert Pee-l ' s commercial peuie-y , anel ( ben preKreieiled to this eim ; stie > n of . Jewish e'inaiie-ipat iem .

      " The e : oristituenci <' . s throughout , the kingelom bael te » g ive ; to the ; new Parliament , the impress e > t' the pre ; He > nt age and tiineiH . Hut . in liiscuse , it' the e-lectors of this borough registered their votes in his favour , thesy wexilelbo cxprt'HNing the'ir opinion , besides , in favour e ) L religiems eujuality unel eivil libe-rty . The ; e ; li ; e : torH would hnvo to say to the * ne ; w Parliament that their opinion on this subject , wan tho Maine ; now as last ye ; ar . There ) was no liberty ho valuable as roli ^ ie > UH liberty . Everyone lelt that the privilege e ) t worshipping <» e ) d according to liis e-oiiNcieneH ) , without l )(! in ^ liable ! to penalty or to civil disability , wiih Mies tfruut-«! st (>] cMHin ^ man could enjoy , anel no e-ivil liberty could really e > xint unlcHS rcli ^ ioiiH liberty eixmlcd uI . mo . Should tlwi elcctoiH return him to the House of Commons , he )

      promised to Ht . rutfglei Utfiiin for his nent ; he promi . se'el lofjn in and vo / o lor Uio Spe ; jdn ! r , anel to elo hiH utmost to Hit , and vote ; altogether as their member . ( Cheers . ) The ) new llemse of (\> mnions whs not bounel by any nets of the ; ol < l I » arllament ; . Wo bc ^ un now ufresli , anel wei shoulel liav « to oi ) en aj > a now worn in tho new llmiHe . ( Laugiktor . ) lie beliewfiel that he ) hud rede . mied every i ) led o he ; hue ! niaele ; e > n the Hid ) je ; ct of liiHHeiat . ( IIe ; ur , a / iel criew e > f " We ) , no ! " ) A Hinull minority hern was ]> leaHed fe > Hay he ; hue I not , but , what ' was the ; fiu-t P U < ' h" < ' "i "" " ' »¦ p ledge ; to the ) oleertoi-rt to go in anel vote m ( ho IIoiiho e > f Ce ) irunons , and ( lie e | a <; ntion was then brought before tlie ; judges e > i the ) Court , of Kx < -he !(( uer , who weire , as e ) ve ; rybe ) el y know , elivieh'el in opinion an l <> wheither he ) bael e > r kuiel not . complieel with tho law two anel a half , if ho mit ^ ht nay so , Louiff witJU Iuuj , aud vno and H . hull' agujjaiat luni . That

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 10, 1852, page 649, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1942/page/5/