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      hon . baronet rode in an open landau , drawn by four greys , with outriders , each wearing « crimson jacket and favours to correspond . Mr . Hume , M . l ., his proposer , sat on his right , and he was accompanied by Sir John Slielley , M . P . for " Westminster , Mr . S . li . Stockton , a member of the vestry of St . Pancras , his seconder , . Mr . Arthur Berrington , Sir B . Hall ' s private Secretary , &c . &c . Amongst the gentlemen on the hustings , and by whom the hon baronet was received ami congratulated , were observed Sir James Duke , M-P . ; Colonel M . E . Bagnold ; Clement George , Esq ., churchwarden of Marylebone ; John Fktlier , and Henry Farrer , Esqrs ., churchwardens of St . Pancras ; Dr . Sayer , William Billett , Esq . ( late churchwarden of St . Pancras ) ; VV . D . Cooler , Esq . ; Messrs . Peter Graham , Nicholay , Kumiss , N . Defries , Dr . Joseph , Baker , Dyke , and other leading and influential members of the Representative Vestries of Marylebone , and St . Pancras . There were also a few of the well-known reformers of the parish of Paddington on the Hustings .

      Immediately in front of the hustings were affixed large placards , issued by the Council of the Society for Removing the Taxes on Kuowledge , to the following effect : — " Electors of Marylebone , —Sir Benjamin Hall has always voted for the total repeal of all the taxes on knowledge—pledge him to continue to do so while in office . " Mr Hume , M . P ., proposed Sir B . Hall to the score or two dirty unfortunates who represented Maryletoone in the open road of Langham-pl&ee on this

      oc-. " He had the honour of-knowing Sir Benjamin Hall as a member of the House of Commons for upwards of a quarter of a century , and he had always found him a liberal , progressive Reformer . It was only as weeks since he had told the Government , in the presence of a House when there were 200 ¦ members , present , t .-htft they had never done justice to the Liberal cause by placing in office those wliose predilections yvere in favour of the ' -people , and not alon « confined to the interests of the aristocracy . He was now proud and happy to find that the Govern men t had made a step in the right direction , by tlie selection of the hon . baronet . Sir B . Hall , to

      iill the . important- office of Minister of Public Health . He looked upon this appointment of the hon . baronet as a compliment and a justice to liberal principles . The office whichthe-hon . baronet had assumed was one of the veiy greatest importance , as it affected the health of the public at large ; and he was delighted , notwithstanding his friendship for Mr . Chadwiek , to find such a man as Sir B . Hall at the head of tlie Board of Health , as he \ vas determined to base his operations on the principle of local government , as opposed to centralisation , and to introduce various reforms in that department . He hoped , therefore , that selecting the hon . baronet again that day , as the representative of Marylebone , would be by an unanimous vote . '( CJieers . y

      Somebody seconded , and then the score or two dirty unfortunates held up their hands ; and , no opponent appearing—nobody but a Mr , Dickey , who protested , and no more , that the election was hurried , and that Jt farylebone knew nothing of it—Sir Benjamin was declared duly elected , and proceeded to make a speech , which di < l not contain a single idea , and was loudly applauded . Lord Dudley Stuart closed the proceedings by congratulating his hon . colleague—publicly . The elections for the " corrupt boroughs" hare Tbeen more noisy and less manageable .

      MALDON . Here they have had five candidates . Mr . Lennard , an old acquaintance ; Mi \ Quintin Dick , ditto , and famous for electioneering battles under the " system ; " Mr . G . M . Peacocke , the Q .. C ., and Mr . ISramley Moore , the Liverpool merchant , who stood at the general eleetion for Hull , and at the late election for Liverpool , both times being beaten ; and , lastly , a Mr . Thomas Mac Unteer , who seems to be a Kadieal , and in whom we recognise tlie same stray

      personage who , in the Sadlcir re-election , made an appearaneo at the Sligo hustings . The nomination took place on Wednesday , and there being no lings , drums , or music , the aifliur was rather dull . The show of hands wa s in favour of L euuurd and the Radical gentleman , who had made tin exuberant Irish speech in favour of the ballot , universal suffrage , and , generally speaking , the righta of man . The others demanded a poll . Lennmd is in favour of tho Coalition ; Quintin Dick of Conservatism , aa usual ; Peacock ditto ; Bnunley Moore , ditto .

      Maldon , Thursday Evening . Tho Mayor , shortly after five o ' clock this evening , declared the result of tho poll which had taken place ( luring tho day . It was ns follows : Mr . G , M . W . PcacocUo ( Conservative ) ' 10 G-, Mr . « T . Bramloy Mooro ( Conservative ) . ' 35 » i >; Mr . T . B . Lennard ( Liberal ) 3 » 5 } Mr . T . MnuEutoer ( Liberal ) 215 ; Mr , Quintin Dick ( Conservative ) lU . Mr . Pcaooeke , Q . O ., and Mr . . ) . Uiamley Mooro were declared duly olected . Tho two successfu l candidates thanked the electors lor the honour conforrod upon them . Mr . Lomuird ?«« t- , AI * cEn' « or declared their intention of aon-J , S"f . lho borough lit every election , bein K connf n , » fli I ' . n ? woultl in tillK 1 < lrivu t >«« Tories out nation - * -M . iul « ul « er expressed his

      dutornri-, nation to -v » mH . * i >™ i .. ™ i . _ .. Zn y ^ r ' , bop « u « l , every month for the i m . poso of establishing a liberal noflLlail dub .

      Tl ,, > « t . r . nA « NBTAIU . M , intereHt atuu , F , hia - " » OK >»« 1 « . 1 »« Mob Hio goncpul Joe il nLroH . nn VL > U ) * X ( : lt 08 «» lllllw » " 1 < l''Kr « o oi bwkilK Tr r Ul ° l » ° rsu « ul feeling en .-Darken in it . A he onnUidatos uro Mr . Tile , tho

      architect of the Royal Exchange , who conies forward on the liberal interest ; Mr . Guinness , -who is connected with the brewery business in Dublin ; and Mr . Laurie . The two latter come forward on a joint interest , and are supported by the Conservative party and the old freemen with great zeal and earnestness . Meetings hare been held , and the candidates have addressed their partisans . It will be rememthat , at the last general election , Lord Ebrington presented himself as a candidate on the Liberal interest , pledging himself that he would not spend any money unlawfully . The other candidates on that occasion were Mr . R . Bremridge , an attorney in the borough , and Sir W . Eraser . Mr . Brernridge had been the

      Conservative agent for a great many years , and had managed the election matters for that interest . At the election for 1847 the Hon . W . J . Tortescue , a Liberal , and Mr . F . Hodgson , a Conservative , were the candidates , and entered into a compact to spend no money unlawfully . This compact was deemed by the old freemen a misdemeanour against the liberties of tlie borough ^ and as an encroachment on theii " rotten privilege and custom , "—and they consequently brought forward Mr . Brembridge , who had been the election agent for Mr . Hodgson , and , voting against that gentleman , they placed Mr . Bremridge at the head of the poll > and turned out the unfortunate Conservative *

      This was , in fact , a cheap and virtuous election fpi Mr . Bremridge , as tlie freemen , in a spirit of revenge voted for him gratuitously , and he represented the borough in conjunction with Mr . Fortescue . At the election of 1851 Mr . Bremridge and Sir W . Frasei presented themselves ¦¦ for election on the Conservative and freemen interest , Lord Ebrington came forward on the Liberal interest , unfurling the unwelcome " purity" banner . Lord Ebringiori was defeated , a Parliamentary investigation took place , a commission was subsequently issued , and it was proved that -270 electors , chiefly freemen , had received bribes , and the writ for the borough was suspended until Friday last . Mr . Tite's claims on the present occasion are based on local rather than on

      general interests and principles . He is chairman of the North Devon line , and was mainly instrumental in bringing the line to Barnstaple . At the election of 1851 a requisition "was addressed by the electors to Mr . Tite , but being then in Italy he did not receive it in time to come forward . Lord Ebrington , however , referred to him as a gentleman-worthy of being a candidate for their suffrages . Mr . Tite is personally popular , as the railway bids fair to do a good deal for the town and neighbourhood , and there is no doubt that , had it not been for the nominee " imputation , " he would have been returned ; but such is the-present feeling of the Conservatives , and such the virtuous indignation of the freemen , that it seems to be a point of honour among them that no Liberal candidate shall succeed .

      At the nomination the show of hands was in favour of Messrs . Tite and Laui'ie . CAMBRIDGE . At Cambridge , on the day of nomination , there were four candidates ; Mr . Adair and Mr . Mowatt , on one side ; Lord Maidstone and Mr . Slade , Q . C ., on the other ; the latter two being in favour of Lord Derby . The show of hands was equal Cor the two sets . Mr . Campbell ( Lord Campbell ' s son ) had can . vassed the electors ; but being generally regarded , after his Parliamentary displays , as rather imbecile , he received intimations that he had no chance . The result of tho poll was : Aduir , 758 ; Movratt , 733 ; Haidstone , 708 ; Slade , GOG .

      " The whole of the proceedings woro conducted in Iho most quiet and irrcpronchnblo munner on both aides ; and there wia a total absence of tho excitement tliat has distinguished previous polling 'days in Cambridge . So aoon as tlio poll was closed , tlie "Whig windidutea returned to Parker ' s Piece , nnd each briefly thanked tlicir ( supporters , who raised ( i literal forest of luurol ; and ,, after promising a more extended address on tho morrow ^ at tho oflioiul declaration cf tho poll , woro accompanied to their inns . The Conservatives did not allow . "

      HULJU Tho nomination took place , on Thurndny . " Unusual order" prevailed . Mr , U . M . Fnllund proposed William Henry Watson , ICsq ., ns a lit and proper person to represent Hull in Parliament , which was seconded by Mr . B . J . Thompson . Mr . Thosnaa Wnrd proposed , and Mr . A . Bannister noconded , 8 . A , DiokHon , Eb <] ,, hs a candidate . Mr . Henry Blundell ( hon ciuuci forward mid proposed William Digl > y Seymour , Esq ^ ,, which was seconded l » y Mr . ( Jroulmm . ' 1 hero being no other onndidnto to propoao Mr . YViituon pruBontcd hunm-lf to tho cieotors , who r « - coiveil him with vocifarouH cheering . Ho statod that lie wuh ix thorough Jlofornior . Mr . S , A . JDivkiioii , in addressing tho electors , acclnrod hiniHi'lf it OoiiHcrvuti've .

      Mr . \\\ 1 ) . Soyinour then lul ' . lnisscd the doctors . Ho Htntotl tlmt , ho wuh mi ndvocntc ol'l ' rco-trado , of « n cxtonsion of tho hwlTnigo , ami of tho bnllol . Ho wim ditto a friond of roli ^ ioiiH IVuudom ami tok-mtinn , tin opponent , of chuieliruU'H , uud lie wa « likowiwo iIomu-duh that thu war in wliich wo aro now cngii ^ od should bo carried on nitli tho utmost vigour ho that lliopvuco ol Kun >| io may bo soon rontored , A show of IiiuuIh v \ na then liiki-n , niiii a vcrj largo majority wan _ Whl up in favour of Mr . WivtHon and Mr , tioymour . Tho aht'i-Ur declared tho bhuw d" linndm to bo in fuvourof

      those gentlemen , and a poll being demanded for Mr . Dick son , it was fixed for to-day ( Fridav ) .

      CANTERBURY . There were six candidates at Canterbury ; but Mr . George Smythe retired at the last moment , leaving only five . A letter from tlie borough says : " Great interest is displayed by all classes of electors as to the result of the contest , and many speculations are afloat as to the course that will be adopted by those electors who have always received payment for their votes , it being the general impression among those best able to form an opinion on the subject that they will hold back until the last moment , in order , if possible , when the conflict is running high , of inducing some friend of either party to keep up the old charter' by giving them & ' retaining fee , ' notwithstanding the stringent provisions of the Bribery Prevention Bill .

      _ " The nomination for this ancient and important archiepiscopal city took place on Thursday , in conformity with the requirements of the -writ , which arrived at the Sheriff ' s on Saturday last . The hustings were erected at the northern end of the cattle-market , and , as if the people of this city were goings to be economical as well as pure in election matters , the hustings were built up in- the rudest manner imaginable , without the slightest covering overhead against the weather—the neglect of which sadly marred the day ' s proceedings . " The usual election squibs ornamented the walls of tho place , but this year the staple of their . composition was the threatened Reform Bill in connexion yrith the ancient privileges of the freemen , and fierce and terrible were the de - nunciations against those -who -were ia <; cused of

      endeavouring to extinguish the sweet voices of the independent and . unbought freemen of the time-honoured city of Canterbury rt The proceedings Commenced exactly at ten o ' clock , at which time there was a very numerous master of the electors , and the assemblage vras also plentifully supplied with ' roughs , who complained ruefully and bitterly of the spiritless teetotalism to "which the new bribery . act had mercilessly condemned them , and to which they had hitherto been such perfect strangers . " Qf the . five candidates , the first , Mr . Butler and Mr . Lushington , avow themselves thorough Conservatives , Ihe latter approving of IFree-trade . Mr . Glover is a Whig . Radical , and Mr . Cooper professed to be only a simple moderate Whig , as also Sir W . Somerville .

      The speeches of tliese candidates expressed nothing ; Mr . Lushington's was the most positive , and the only non-iiegative principle he enunciated amounted to a declaration that ] ie would not vote against church-rates . Mr . Glovrer denounced the Tories , but did not announce any clear liberalism . " Mr . Cooper boasted that he relied upon them "because ho was one of themselves . His father had been a tradesman , and his grandfather had been a small farmer , and his great grandfather had been a labourer . ( CAec 7-s . ) So he thought he was one of the people , and he ' would rather be that than have all the blood of all the Howards and Percys running in

      his veins . ( Cheers . " ) 31 c thought tliiit it was the duty of the legislature of this country to pla . ee it in the poor man ' s power tp earn something beyond tho starvation diet that rewarded his labour now . He was the ioot and foundation of society ; no class could do without the produce of the working m : m , and he ought to be well lioused , veil fed , and lightly taxed . ( ' Hear , hear , and cheers . ') As it was he had not sufficient for his family , and . such a state of things must be altered very shortly . His children were not educated ; and if he ( Mr . Cooper ) went to the House of Commons , he would ' vote- for a system of education that should embrace Jew , Hindoo , Mahometan , and every one , f . r education was the blessing of society . "

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      ABSURDITIES OF THE BEIBERY BILL . " J . C . " £ Mr . Coppock , we fancy ) , hns written , in the Times , an admirable analysis of . the Bribery Bill . Here are the points : — " Now , what will be tho effect of thia new bill ? Direct bribery , and the direct use of undue influence , will bo more difficult and dangerous , but will not bo suppressed ; greator circumspection and enro with whom done will bo required ; but indirect and circuitous bribery , by payment for fancied soivicos and by feigned ways and means , notices to tenants to quit without reason , assigned , and secret influence , will not be in the slightest degree affected , thereby .

      "A penalty is imposed upon a candidate who shall give , be Accessary to giving , or shall pay for , any treating ; but the penalty attaches only to a candidate . A stranger , a friend , or a body of people , may give r . cat , drink , and entertainment to any extent ; tho voter corruptly receiving it will lose lua vote . But by the insertion of that word ' corrupt / . !/ , ' tho intention is referred to tho commit too , who will have to decide in oach case whether u voter nocepted it

      corruptly or not . 13 y tho section prohibiting tho giving , or causing to bo given , to any votor on tho days of nomination , or polling , of any rofYoBhiuonfc , or reiVoslnnent ticket , tho giving- is limited to those two days , and tho voter ia inmlo tho only person to whom it ia not lawful to give rofroshmouLj bo that on any other day such tickets may bo given ffi a voter , ami to any but u voter on those days . " Tho payment of any uaonoy for chairing , bands

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      August 19 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 77 i

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 19, 1854, page 771, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2052/page/3/