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      THE WEST SIDING ELECTION . DOMINATION . The nomination of candidates for the representation of the West Riding of Yorkshire took place at W&kefield on Monday last , at which time there were probably forty or fifty thousand persons assembled , froa all parts of the Riding , a Tery large proportion of whom were Chartists . The factions , who look at the West Riding as a prise worth contending for , mustered their forces in considerable numbers , each being determined , if possible , to oterawe the other . The yellow partythe ** base , bloody , and brata !/ 1 —were partieoWly actrre ; ud hired buds of armed raffling ia their pay . entered me tows at as early hour , by all the

      avenues leading from the manufacturing districts , for whose especial convenience all kinds of eon-Teyanees , from the railway traim te the donkey cart , were placed ia requisition . The Went worth House purse paid the piper . The Tories , also , sported a large baad ot hired men . The Chartists , who hare no lordling ' s parse to which they can look for supplies , proved , iaoontestibly , their superior determination in the pood work in which they are engaged , by mustering is thousands , and walking to Wafcefield , accompanied by their handsome green banners and several bands of music The body of the ** lads" arrived in the town soon aft « r eight o ' clock , and mustered on Westgate Common , where they were joined by their

      candidates , Messrs . Pitkcthly and Harney , who droTe ap in an open carriage , from Dewsbnry , and after listening tc the joyous shonts with which they were welcomed , proceeded at once to their committee room , to make the necessary arrangements for the day ' B proceedings ; whilst those already assembled , after being joined by accessions from Dewsbory , HuddersSeld , Bradford , Barnsley , and other places , waited with patience for the time ¦ vrhen they should be marshalled to the place of meeting . These brave fellows , inured to toil , and inspired by the glorious struggle in which they were engaged—4 he struggle of right against might—were a pattern to the others in their cheerful devotion to their cause , and in their peaceable and orderly der meanoor throughout the day .

      The hustings ( a wretched erection ) were formed on a portion of the cattle market , and faced a gradual descent , on which there was space for probably 30 , 000 persons . The High Sheriff was in the centre , the Yellows to his right , aad tke Blues to his left . The Chartist speakers had tickets granted them for the High Sheriff ' s box ; and here we observed Messrs . Pirkethly and Haraey , their proposers and seconders , and nnmerons other , leading men from Leeds and various parts of the Riding . The Bines first entered the ground in procession ;

      and shor tly afterwards they were followed by the jnas 3 of Chartists , who took up their position directiy in the front centre of the hustings , stretching back to the full extent of the ground , and forming a dense barrier between the "Whigs and Tories . Tae mou-03 ob the Chartist banners included the six points of t > . e Charter , and on one side of each the place from whence they came . On one we observed" Justice to one and to all / 1 and on another * We demand Universal Suffrage and the Ballot . " The Chartists generally wore green cards and

      favours . An Extraordinary Mercury was published in Leeds on Tuesday morning , professing to give an account of the proceed ings ; and a most extraordinary" ljiD S anair it is . Neddy seems determined to enjoy the unenviable notoriety he gained from the immortal Cobbett ; he i 3 determined to continue throughout all time , ** ih * great liar of the north !* ** The few hundred Chartists "— " wretched looking band" — " armed with heavy sticks und bludgeons " —with " green flags containing ill-spelt inscriptions , " are a few amongst many slanders he has chosen to put forth to please those for whom he works .

      And now , Mr . * ' Extraordinary" Liar if you conld see at all , pray tell us if you could not secmore thousands than you have acknowledged to hundreds ! Tell us , if you can speak truth at all , if the Chartists were not the real peace-preserverB of the meeting \ and whether your lured rufi&ns , who bad been pnrposely furnished wi £ h short staves made ai Huddersfield for the occasion , were not panting to exercise these said stares on the skulls of their adversaries , at the bidding of a Whig Justice , who disgraced himself and his office by acting as fuglemap , had they not been overawed by the noble and courageous bearing of the " wretched-looking band ! ' ' Pray tell as how your optics magnified the number

      of yellows so far above the Chartists ! Why , roost u EztraQTdina . y " Sir , what au " extraordinary " ¦ vision you must have , and what an extraordinarily capacious maw you give your gulls the credit of possessing ! Did it never occur to you Mr . Liar Extraordinary" that other people had travelled as well as yourself ! The yellows—your hired ruffians —intended to have had a row , and greatly were they disippoiawd when they saw , from the force they would have to contend against , that they should onlj come off second best . To dignify such fellows as yon had there with the name of reformer ? , is a farce ; they had no other principle than to do your dirty bidding .

      The-thonsand 3 having assembled and the candidates having taken their station on the hustings , —Lord Morpeth in a cooked hat and sword , by way , we suppose , of showing that he was the leader Of the ** Bloodies "—silence was proclaimed , and The HIGH 8 HEBIFF ( Frederick William Thomas Ternon Wentworth , Esq ., of Wentwortb Castle ) , cans forward and said , —Gentlemen , in obedien « to her Mb jestys command * , we are met together Tor the purpose of electing two Knights of the Shire to represent the West Ridiag in Parliament I hope th&t the proceedings of this day will be conducted in a penceaNe and orderly manner . ( Hear , hear . ) The occurrences

      which teok place at the last nomination for the West Riding will be fresh in your recollection , and I hope we shall not have to deplore the same re&ults to day . ( Hear , bear . ) I hope erery man will feel it his bounden dnry to assist in preserving order , and if you expect your own friends to te beard , yon mnit likewise consent to hear the other party to -whom you may happen to be opposed . ( Hear , hear . ) As Englishmen , you ahall have fab play ; but there can be no fair play unless you give to every speaker a full , fair , aad impartial bearing . ( Hear , bear . ) If any elector baa a candidate to propose , let him come forward , and he shall be heard . ( Loud ebeera )

      FRJLNCI 5 HAWKESWORTH FAWKES , Esquire , presented himself , and proposed Lord Viscount Morpeth as a fit and proper person . JAMES LEES , Esq ., of Delph , seconded the nomination of Lord Viscount Morpeth . GODFREY WE . VTWOKTB , Esq ., then camefonrarr ! to propose Mr . Wortiey . He ipoke as follows : — Electors and non-electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire , ia addressing this vast and numerous assembly which I see before me , I must claim a patient bearing , and , as I am sure that a number of gentlemen will be

      called on to do so , I will promise to occupy but a little time in my address to you . Gentlemen , the purpose « f my appearing " before yoa here to-day , is to nominate a gentleman as a candidate for your suffrages in the ensuing election of members of Parliament ; and when I name that gentleman to you , I am sure tiat you w . ll be confident as I am , that he possesses all the abilities and talents necescary for a man who aspires to so high a situation . ( Cheeis . ) Gentleman , -without further trespassing upon your patience , I will at once propose to yon . Mr . Wortley . ( Cheers . )

      JOHN BROOK , Esq ., of Armitage Bridge , said-Mr . High Sheriff , Elector * and non-electora , and the Working Classes of the West Riding of Yorkshire—( enters )— Gentlemen , —If ever I took npon myself to perform a public duty , I never came forward with greater satuf iction than I do on the present occasion , to © econi the nomination of Mr . Wortley . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , it is unnecessary for me to state to you what Mr . Wortiey's political views and sentiments are . He has already , by biB printed address , and by the speeches which be lias bad to deliver in the different towns throughtui tins Riding , come forward and explained them in a very straightforward , manly , ani entrsetic manner . ( Cheers . ) He has won over to bis favour , not only those who were lukewarm in his cause ,

      bet- these who on former occasions voted against him , and h&" * e no'w in&de up their minds to ccme forward , and do all in their power to return Mr . VTortley , well knowing , Gentlemen , thst be is not the poor man ' s friend by promises , but It a the will be the poor man " * friendly perforsiances . iBe . r , hear , and load cheers . ) Gentlemtn , coming forward thus publicly as I do te advocate Mr . Wortley , you have a right to ask me why it is that I wish to displace one Noble Lord , and send another Xoble Lord back to his father . ( Cheers and iMaghiei . ) Bnt before I answer feat questioD , I -will also *« fr a question I will ask why it ia that they themselves have sent to the right about Sir George Strickland ? ( Hear , bear . ) Poor Sir George 1 I wish to know what fault he has committed ? ( Cheers and liisseig Is it , Gentlemen , tint Sir Grorge does not possess the talent , the energy , and the activity to ad-Tocate in Paxii&ment their particular views , that they most send for the more energetic , the more talented .

      the more highly minded Lord Milton , to carry them forward ? ( Cheers . ) But , Gentlemen , wkfle I ask this question , there is anotber individual of a very different character , who , I am persuaded , has also asked that question . I am persuaded -that the late Secretary for Ireland has himself put that question , and that he has not received a very satisfactory answer . tLoud applause . ) I am perfectly persuaded , Gentlemen , thai iny Lord ilorpetii would modi prefer faaYiag Sir Qecrg 6 SlrieklanJ aa a fellow-candliJate , bfrwerrer much _ & might preler baring ay Lord Milton as bis colleague in Parliament { Cheers . ) Gentlemen , I certainly did complain that the mover and seconder of the Right Honourable Lord should have made such long speeches ; and I fear yoa will think I am something in the same way . I sow ths&k yen . Gentlemen , most heartily and cordially , for the patient and kind manner in which 70 a have listened to me . ( Applause . ) I will conclude by heartily seconding the nomination of the Honourable John Samt Wortley .

      CHARLES WOOD , Esq . M . P . after landing the principles und talents of his grandfather aad father , ¦ who bad both represented Wentwortb House in Parliament , proposed Lord Slilion . The amoaccouient that be TfM * fr person to represent the Biding drew forth

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      ttieiters of every man of common stnse in the assembly . J . B- GARFORTH , Esq . of Coniston Hall , seconded the nomination . The Hon . EDWIN LA 8 CELLES said , Electors and Non-Electors , I have the satisfaction of introducing to your notice Edmund Beckett D ^ niron , Esq ., as a fit and proper person to represent the West-Riding in the ensuing Parliament . We know him welL He has resided amonrst us for many yean , and he has been one

      of the most active magistrates , and one of the most intelligent men of business , that ever came into this Riding . Mr . Denison , from his position , li as well adapted , or perhaps better , to support the varied inthreats of this TU < Wrig , than any roan I know . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Denison is s country gentleman himself , and connected with one of the oldest commercial families in tbe West-Riding : and taking both the agrieulton ] and manufacturing interest , into account , I say there is sot a fitter man in tbe whole Riding to represent it in the House of Commons .

      JOHN RAND , E * q ., of Bradford , said—Electors and noa-electors of tbe West Riding , it is to me a source of satisfaction that I hare this day tbe pleasure of seconding the nomination of Mr . Beckett Denison . The interests of the poor and the interests of the rich are alike safe in bis hands ; and I feel persuaded that , ere this week elapse , fee will be returned to Parliament as one of your representativea . ( Cheers , and shouts of " No , no . " ) You have watched well th « conduct of her Majeatys Ministers , and having carefully examined the amount of their promises , yon have contrasted them with tbe amount of their performances , and this accounts snfficiently for their fast waning popularity .

      Mr . CHRISTOPHER WOOD , of Honley , then stood forward amidst great cheering , which continued for some time , to propose Mr . Lawrence Pitkethly , as a n't and proper person to represent the West Riding in Parliament . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitkethly was the advocate of the working classes , and he ( Mr . Wood ) was sure the time was not far off when the labouring classes must be represented equtlly with tbe other classes . ( Hear , hear . ) They had been long neglected , but jnstice must be done to them at last , t Cheers . ) He hoped every man . there wu prepared to do bis duty , to hear all parties as they wished to be beard themselves , and not only to act like men while they were

      on that ground , but when the meeting was over , to prevent any disturbance being made by either Whig or Tory . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Peace , law , and order , was their motto ; and their endeavour , as men , must be to create a feeling of brotherly love amongst all classes , let the issue of the contest be what it might—( cheers )—to convince all that the Chartists , a powerful and daily increasing party belonging- to seitber faction , wished well to All , -witiiou ; difference of oect or creed , "wnieh to them was of no importance . Thanking them for the l * patience , be concluded by proposing Mr . Pitkethly . ( Tremendous cheering , waving of bats , tc . which lasted for some minutes . ) Mr . JOHN SADDLER , of Doncaster , seconded tbe

      nomination . Mr . JAME 8 PENNY , of Mill-Bridge , came forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheering , to propose Mr . George Julian H&rney , as a candidate to represent them in Parliament , and in doing eo , said , be would not trespass upon their time by any lengthened observations , as there were many other gentlemen of talent , or who at least ought to be so , who would have to address them at this important crisis . ( Hear , bear . ) He need not expatiate on his principle *—tbey were well known . He was the advocate of Universal Suffrage—Universal right—( tremendous cheers )—and he came forward en the broad principle that every man who was called upon to obey the laws , ought to have a voice in the making of those laws . ( Renewed cheering . ) He advocated neither of the two parties , for he knew that neither

      Whig nor Tory , would do anything for them till they were compelled by the pressure from without ( Great cheering . )—They both told the people they were not fit for tbe suffrage—( hear , )—that they were too ignorant — ( hear , )—that they had not sufficient intelligence—( hear , hear)—bat they could , at all events , as soon serve an apprenticeship to become electors as to become representatives . ( Great cheering ) The gentlemen on the other side had the advantage ^—their men bad the qualification , but they had not the talent . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Pennj " s further remarks were delivered amidst interruption by the hired yellow ruffians , who , evidently , did net wish to hear the truth told of their employers , and after some other observations , he concluded , amidst great cbeering , by proposing , as a fit and proper person , Mr . George Julian Harney .

      At the mention ef Mr . Harnev ' s name , a most tremendeas shout rent the air , and tbe waving of hats and clsppin-j of hands continued for some time . Mr . benjamin pearsox , of Mirfield , seconded tie nonricarion of Mr . Harney . Lord MORPETH , on presenting himself , was cheered by bis friends ; their cheers , however , did not setm to encourage the Noble Lord . He was evidently ill at ease—labouring unaer an anticipation that the ground on which he had so long stood was fast slipping from beneath his feet . The green flags were to him " the hand-writing on the walL" In the introduction of bis " essay , " he said—It c * n be no matter of complaint with me , that candidates representing every class of society , and every shade of opinion , should be submitted

      to your choice and your decision . ( Cheers . ) I have as little right to complain that every opportunity should be afforded to you of choosing a Cuartist , as of choosing a Tory Member . But the line of duty which seems to lie before me is , that holding opinions widely distinct from either , I stall state before yon , Gentlemen , who form this vast assemblage , and , through yon , to this great Riding , the reason of the appeal which I now come forward to make to you on my own part . ( Hear , bear . ) I do not make th&t appeal entirely in a single eaps « itr . I make it both as a Minister of the Crown—( cheers )—and I make it in what , without pretence or flattery , is to me a still more valued title—1 make it as your tried and often-chtseu representative . After thus admitting , because he saw it expedient , what he has

      hitherto denied , he alluded to tbe wtixm reception which he and his colleague bad experienced daring their canvass , and then once mere turned to conciliate the Chartists , by a reference to the sufferings cf the working clas * e « , which received no other response from the people than an assurance that " it was a ' . l Lumbag , " and then , after finding that be bad got on a wrong tack , be at once began to show bis teeth , and feigned to consider t ' . ; at Messrs . Pitkethlj and Harvey -were only joking -with him . He said , " What I conceive to be the question before the constituency of this Riding , and the constituencies of the empire at large is , —to decide between the practical line of conduct set before them by ourselves and hy oar opponents . ( Hear , hear . ) When

      I talk of opponents , I mean to signify Mr . Wortley and Mr . Denison , because with all tbe deference which may be due to Mr . Harney and Mr . Pitketh ' y , I cannot consider them as our substantial and bona Jide antagonists 2 t the present election . ( Hear , hear , and hisses from the C ' azTtbts . ) I might have adverted to some of the tnpics ¦ which were briefly glanced at by tbe propesers and seconders of those parties . ( Great dissatisfaction and interruption in various parts of the meeting . )—I say I nrgbt have adverted to some of the topics which were briefly glanced at by the gentlemen who proposed and seconded the nomination of Mr . Hirney and Mr . Pitketbly ; bnt as I do not think the real brunt of the battle lies in that direction , and as the time for immediate action draws near , I will not suffer ray forces tjbs directed to any side skirmishes , but I will pour

      them at once on the real heat and heart ef the fray . " iB : a-vo ! my Lord > " the real brunt of the batt ' e" does lie in r . direction of which you do yourself credit by professing ignorance . ) The Noble Lord then , in & series of well turned periods , got off for the occasion , referred to the measures which the Government had bro-uglit forward , hanging the future destinies of England on corn , snrar , and timber . During his harangue he was freqnently interrupted by cries ef " Sastiles , " " Thou ' s all flattery , " " Who kidnapped Frost , Wi ! - liams , and Jones ? " " £ 70 . 000 for royal stabies , " " We want something to pat ;' " Give us beef first , and then we vrlil get tread ; " " Tax property , " &c . &o . He concluded , amiOst great dissatisfaction , and retired pitied by frienos , declaring that be would not believe he should ever be the rejected © f Yorkshire .

      The Hon . JOHN STUART WORTLEY came forward and was received with cheering . He said—Gentlemen , Fellow-Yorksbiremen tf this vast district , it new becomes my duty , in turn , to pretest jciyBelf to your notice , in order to submit mj c ^ aim fur the honour which it is in jour power to bestow , by thr . t decision which you will have shortly to pronounce between myself and my opponents . And , Gentlemen , on presenting myself on this occasion , I need not ay that 1 appear upon tbe same footing as that on which I have presenttd myselt on former occasions . ( Cheers . ) My object here is to lay a claim , for the grent party which has done me tke honour to give me their support , to a share in the representation of the West Riding : my object is to assert their right to a participation in its legislative

      voice , aad to rescue it from that whica , at the present moment especially , wc-uid appear to wear the aspect of an attempt to establish what my Noble Friend has called the monopoly of the pnrse . ( Loud cheers . ) I shall comprise my observations in as short a space as possible , and I feel that there is the ltsa necessity for me to occupy any large portion « f tha time of this meeting , because I have had , during the course of tbe canvass that it has been my duty to undergo , repeated opportunities of explaining my opinions and my principles , and laying before the people of this Riding , those claims and pretensions which I presume to think entitle me to ask for their support Gentlemen , in the course of that canvass nothing has given me more unsaiied satisfaction tfrT * to find that in spite of all the endeavours tLat have been

      made to pervert , to bias , and to overpower the opinion of the great mass of the population ; though it lias been my duty to argue the great questions submitted to the _ country by her Majesty ' s Government on that side which has hitherto been deemed the unpopular one , that Detwithstanding this , on every ocosion have I found that the people cf the West Riding have behaved like men of sense and rational dtiaans . ( Loud eheers . } Tbey have taken what I thought proper to express , in the sense in which I intended it , aad even if they diffared in opinion with me , they would hear my reasoning and my statements . They have not overborne tea with clamour , and stopped my mouth with clap-traps . They have refused to be made the tools of those d elusions whick have been thrown abroad to deceive Lbeir jndgm-nts . Loud ct-eere . ) Gentlemen , ! my Noble f ritnd has told you that there has beta

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      no intention on the part of Government to excite agitation . It will be Mr yoa to pronounce npon that question . Bnt , GenUemen , in the meantime I will ask him to settle the question with his own colleague , Lord John RosselL Lord Morpeth tells us that the Government soaght for no agitation on this subject . Lord John Russell tells as be thought agitation was justifiable and expedient . ( Loud cheers . ) It was only tbe other day , when he spoke to tbe citiians of Loudon , that be said there were occasions , and that was one , on which a Government was justified in appealing —( hooting by the Yellows )—in appealing , by means of agitation , to tbe sense of tbe country . Gentlemen , tbey tell us always , and we see it on some of their ban ' ners here , that they will have bo class legislation , U

      they call it . Bat let as look at their performances . Have they not attempted oa this occasion to sway class against class , in their endeavour to excite the manufacturer against tbe agriculturist , and the agriculturist against the manufacturer . Have tbey not endeavoured to raise the population of tie towns against the populaof tbe country , and the population of the country against tbe population of tbe town ; and yet tbey tell us in tbe same breath they willhave no class legislation . Gentlemen , it is because having watched the proceedings of Government for the whole of tbe period during which tbey have retained their power , yon have seen tbey have omitted , up to tbe last moment , to do what it was in their power to perform for the good of tbe people . When they had tbe power they let it slip , and

      when you placed almost omnipotence in their bands , — when you gave them all they asked , and a popularity beyond their expectations , what did they do to promote a repeal of the Corn Laws ? In the whole course of the period tbey have continued in office they have allowed this great question to lay dormant . ( A voice— " No . " ) No , I was wrong , gentlemen . A person below has corrected me . They did no such thing , for they did more . They actually allowed other persons to propose in Parliament measures in opposition to the Corn Laws , and they set themselves in resistance against them . ( Loud cheers . ) It was only in the year 1839 , that the chief organ of the Government told you that aay man who made Buch a proposition was a madman . It was only la the year

      1840 that the same chief organ of the Government told you be would not even agitate for a fixed duty on corn ; and yet we are now arrived at tha year 1841 , and what is the change which has taken place within tbe limits of that period ? Was there no manufacturing distress in the year 184 » ? Was there no deficiency in the revenue ? These are what tbey tell us ; and the paramount reasons for the proposal they- make in tbe year 1841 . They existed in the year 1840 . But they found it convenient to omit one other conclusive and irresistible reason tbey had for making the proposal in 1811 rather than in the year 1840 , and that is , Gentlemen , that tbey had not then received such conclusive proof of the withdrawal of the confidence of tbe nation , — - they had not then received an ignominious blow from

      their own Parliament . But , gentlemen , in the course of tbe canvass , there is one subject that has given me signal satisfaction , and that iB , that amidst all the pres-Bure of distress on the working classes , or those with whom the popular cry was expected to have most effect , whose passions were supposed to be most open to excitement , and with whom I firmly believe that the stratagem was most confidently expected to succeed , — I say that with them universally , notwithstanding the pressure of the moment—the pressure on their industry —they have uniformly dealt with this most exciting and interesting subject , as the other classes have with temper and with reason , and they are about to form a sound and calm judgment on the various bearings of tbe great questions of which I have spoken beforo .

      Gentlemen , I believe that these classes begin to see that when they are invited to take up the cry of cheap bread , it is worth their while to go a little furthir—it may be worth tbe trouble to examine the professions and practices of those who asked them to second them in making use of these phrases . Before I conclude , I will make some few observations upon a subject on which I think it right , not only to myself and to my supporters , but to the West Hiding , that I should not leave entirely without notice . I have now fought the contest for the representation of this Riding upon two several occasions ; on these occasions I have had my Noble Friend , Lord Morpeth , as an antagonist , and I have also had another Honourable Gentleman who has now been withdrawn from us , for reasons best known

      to those who have displaced him . Before the public there are no apparent reasons whatever . We . know pretty well now that has occurred , but let that pass . But , Gentlemen , on these occasions I say I was epposed with all the energy ot a contest ef conflicting parties . In the course of my canvass I have heard from time to time , and from place to pl&je , complaints of unfair interference and undue practices , but none bat such as all in a struggle must expect to hear . But on this occasion some changes come over the face of affairs . We are not only now opposed by my Noble Friend , but by anotlier Noele Friend of mine—tke son of a Noble Lord of whom I wish to say nothing disparaging—of whom I make no complaiat as an antagoniit ; but gentlemen , he comes not only backed by the

      influence of the powerful house , but , whether rightiy or wrongly I know not—be comes , or it is supposed so , supported by the resources of an ample and inexhaustible purse . And . gentlemen , I repeat again , that having twice undertaken the canvass for the Riding , it is remarkable that now on tbo third time , and under those altered circumstances , do 1 hear of a new feature introduced into the ease , and now for the first time have I heard , not from one district , or from one part , bnt frequently , and so much in detail , as to give tbe statement the character of notoriety that there has been , in addition to other unjustifiable means of interference , attempts at direct and base corruption . For my part , Gentlemen , I fairly toll you . that I look upon all such endeavours with the utmost contempt . I firmly believe that the West Riding is beyond the

      means of purchase . But , Gentlemen , it does not relieve those who suffer such practices from the infamy that must attach to their conduct . I believe , as I said before , that tbe voice of tbe West Riding is not to be purchased ; if I thought otherwise , I would not stand on these hustings . ( Lond cheers . ) If I thought that tbe independence of this vast district could be bought ' , I would throw its representation to the winds , to be picked up by the first man who thought it worth while to stoop . Nevertheless , I do not choose to leave these hustings without allowing it to fee kt . own at least that we were not blinded on tbe subject , aud that those wlio have introduced attempts like these should not be allowed to carry through their portion of the contest without suffering the penalties of degradation that must follow on such a charge . After some other personal observations , the Hon . Gentleman retired .

      Lord MILTON then mounted the rail in front of tbe platform , and certainly a more miserable exhibition was never presented to an assembled multitude than tbe Noble L ^ rd afforded . His imbecility was too palpable even fur hia friends ; tbey would gladly liave slunk sway if tbey could , bat the West Riding must be carried , and carried it only could be , if car ied at all , by the Wentworth House purse , which purse the Billy dolt who owns it , would not consent , should be opened , except the heir should traverse tbe length and breadth of the county , to proclaim his sire ' s disgrace , and his own incompetency . Poor , poor Lord Milton ! The laughter of bis friends and the derision of his opponents , prevented him from being beard , and the sounds that he sung fell still-born without an emhodyment in words . There is a speech published for kim in the Liar Extraordinary ; it were a farce to say it was delivered by him . He never uttered a complete sentence .

      ED . MUNB BFCKETT DENISON , Esq ., next presented himself , and was received with cheering fr » m tbe Bluaa . He commenced by saying , it "waa now four years ago since an appeal was made to tbe electors of tbe United Kingdom by her Majesty's then Government , and the electors thought proper at that tinia to return two Members for the West Riding who wtrt ) favuurable to them . They then commanded a working majority of thirty or fjrty . That majority had gradually dwindled down frem year to year and menth to month , cntll , at last , they had been left in a minority of one on the most important question that could come before the House , tamely , tbe question- of confidence . Now , in 1841 , finding themselves deserted by their own friends , despised by their opponents , hated and

      distrusted by all , they appealed to the electors again , in the vain and delusive hope of putting of for a few short mojitis ibeir appearance in the Gazelle . Tbe Ministiy now appealed to the country under the delusive cry of cheap corn , cheap sugar , and cheap Umber . Now , tbe working classes of these distrcts knew very well that cheap bread must be accomapnied by low wages—( loud cries "No , no . " )—and , therefore , knowing that the remedy proposed would do them no good whatever , but oa the contrary , render their position still worse than it was , th-y bad the good sense not to be deceived and gulled by the delusive promises ¦ which had been held out He believed the manufacturers did not care two straws whether the mechanic or the operative got 6 s . or 3 s . a-vreek : and , in point of fact , so long as they

      could sell th . ° ir manufactures , they cared not for the unfortunate whites slaves who produced them . ( Chears from the Chartists . ) He ( Mr . D ^ nison ) had lis tened with very great attention to the speech of the Noble Lord Morpeth ; and certain'y anything more divested of everything llko practical suggestions or recommendations , he never heard in his life . He admitted the existence of a great amount of distress , but he never once touched upon the nmedy . The Noble Lord had talked about exchanging their manufactures . He ( Mr . Denisen ) quite agreed with him in tbe desirableness of doing that , if it were practical . Bat the question was , whether the Government propositions were at ait likely to produce the remedy sought for ; and be maintained with all sincerity that , if ea » i « J into - t-ffect , bo tax

      from removing existing diiflcultio * , it would increase them ten times over . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Laws might produce a temporary increase ef their manufactured goods ; but the ultimate result would be to ruin ten customers at home for one whom they would set op abroad . So highly did L « vaine tb <* home m&rktt , and s « anxious was he to see tbe labouring classes cf this country maintained ia comfort and contest , that he would not be a party to making any experiment for giving men employment abroad to grow corn for the people ef England ' , when the latter could grow it for themselves . He would tell- them fairly , that unless he could defend the Corn Laws as a protection for the poor , he would not defend thtm at all . Hd maintained that noi . ' vdy would suffer more fiom th-. repeal &f the Corn Li wa tb&a the working clatms , bo

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      cause , if they were thrown out of . employment , they could get no bread . Mr . PITKETHLY then came forward , and was received with tremendous cheering . He said he hadfeU it his duty to come forward on this occasion , to give his voice in opposition to both the factions who had preceded him , whose oppressions had brought the country , to its present state of destitution . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ^ It was now about ten years : since they were called together by the same faction who had brought them there that day ; at which time they wen called upon to shout for " the Bill , the whole BUI , and nothing bnt the BilL" ( Lond cheers . ) That Bill tbey had carried by the voice of » deluded people who were led to struggle for their own degradation and

      injury . ( Hear , bear . ) They bad been promised by tbe same faction who were now attempting to delude them again , that that Bill , when once obtained , should only be a , stepping-stone to secure their farther rights ; then , they said , the country would abound with high wages , with abundant employment , and with plenty of roast beef . ( Hear , hear , and tremendous cheers . ) Since that time they bad been sinking day by day , week by week , and year by year , till at last they were down to tbat point when they could have no roast beef at all . ( Cheeis , and cries of " ied herring soap . " ) Yes ; red herring soap and such like garbage were now considered good enough for the working classes , and tbe organ of their party bad furnished them with a receipt by which , for tbe cost of flvepence , they were

      to find a meal for six able-bodied men . ( Cheers , aad cries of " Hear that Neddy , " ¦•• Groan again , Neddy , " ami loud laughter . ) The Whigs had set an example , by agitating in the most revolutionary manner furnished by modern times , for that bill ; they had themselves set an example to the people }; and when they followed it in order to obtain their just , their natural rights , what had been their reward ? Five hundred of their most valued friends had been incarcerated in dismal dungeons , and treated with every indignity that could be heaped npon them . ( Applause . ) Mu « h was said at that time by a Noble Lord whose son they bad that day beforo them ; he recommended the people to button up their breeches pockets , in order to stop the supplies by paying no more taxes , because the passing of that

      measure had been refused . ( Hear , and cheers ) The doctrine was joined in by Lord Brougham , and his brother William . ( Hear , hear . ) Henry ( now Lord ) Brougham openly proclaimed that king's heads should roll ia the dust sooner than the will of the people should be thwarted —( hear , bear , )—and the organ of the party in Leeds dressed tbe king in petticoats and the Queen in breeches , and paraded them through the streets , preceded by a man carrying » bloody axe . ( Loud cheera , and " Hear that again , N « ddy . " ) H « did not say they gave him the axo and wished him to cut their heads off;—( hear , heav )—but the same faction had excited the people to envelope Bristol in flames , — ( hear , hear , )—the same party had caused them to burn Nottingham Castle , ( Great cheering and uproar . )

      Drive the faction from power and they will go to the same pitch of rebellion again . O'Connell , their master , had done the same in Ireland . ( Great cheering . ) The Noble Lor *? ( Morpeth ) had told them what the Whigs had done for Ireland ; and what had they done ? They had given them a Coercion Bill , under the provisions of which unoffending people coald have been thot in their houses if they did not put out their lights at the toll of the curfew belL ( Hear , bear , and cries of shame . ) And what had tbey done for England T ( Hear , hear . ) They had passed the accursed New Poor Law , to grind the faces of the poor ; tbey had inundated the country with brutal police : they had sent thousands of the working classes into exile in foreign lands ; they bad brought the country to the very verge of

      bankruptcy—( bear , hear)—and now tbey came forward to aeoK support by the cryof" monopoly or anti-monopoly . " ( Loud cheers . ) They themselves declared that unless they bad the power to produce goods at a less price , they would not be able to carry on competition with continental nations —( bear , hear , )—and how did they expect to produce at a less price without first reducing wages ? Not one of them would say they did not intend to reduce wages . ( Cheers . ) One of their own authorities had shown that at Bonn on tbe Rhine , the workmen ' s wages were fourpence a-day ; they bad no taxes to pay out of that , consequently the wages in this country , at that rate , would be less than even that , as one-half went in taxes . ( Hear , hear . ) He could tell them the " monopoly" cry of the Whigs was

      a greater delusion than their cry for " the BilL" ( Cheers , To begin at tbe t » p was a bad system of reforming ' He knew the Corn Laws were bad , but they were not ' the root of the evil—( hear , hear)—and it was sheer folly to ray that if tbey took off or reduced the taxes , the working population would have cheap bread - but if ( hey gave three-halfpence worth more tread in a week , and took three shillings off their wages , where , he should like to know , would be their advantage ? ( Hear , hear , and great cheering . ) They wanted plenty of furniture , plenty of clothing , and plenty of the necessariesof lifefoi | tbemselves , before they thoughtof exporting to othtrs . ( Cheers . ) They had been going on in this wfey long enough , and it was now time to turn tbe stream , and think of themselves . The three

      propositions now bronght forward by the Ministry would be very good if the Government expenses were reduced as low as those of any other Government in the werld ; and if tbey intended to carry out their principles at alt , he hoped they meant to carry them completely in all things . ( Cheers . ) He did not say take every thing off at once ; but let them begin at the beginning , and take off their own salaries , aad then they might go on until they had got all things complete , and the poor would not have to suffer . ( Hear , hear . ) The tide of public opinion bad now set in , and be hoped the people were determined to have a full share of everythiug for themselves before they let anything go out Of thu country . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Pitkethly then alluded to th « exportation of machinery ,

      contending that the Government were acting falsely in saying that they supported the manufacturers' interests , whilst they granted licences to some of their supporters in Manchester to export machines , along with which went out of tbe country England ' s best workmen , to instruct foreign nations , not only how to work them , but how to construct them for themselves , by which means tbey were enabled to produce goods cheaper than ourselves , ami thus compete with us in our own markets , hy which means , England , instead of being an exporting country , must soon be an importing country ; aad then where would be the talk about increasing the revenue , raising the workmen ' s wages , or extending the sources of his employment . ( Hear , hear ) The Whigs bad made a great outcry against a standing army in time of peace , and yet had established a rural police ,

      the must unconstitutional force ever before thought of . . Cheers . ) He was for cheap government ,, for good wages , for moderate enip ' oyment , and for equal rights , equal laws , and equal justice to all classes . ( Cheers . ) He stood there rs the advocate of the working classes—( cheers)—the advocate of those who wore the most oppressed , and therefore who needed the most protection . ( Great cheers . ) Lord Morpeth had not shewn one iota of good which he and his colleagues bad donenot one bcuetUsbl act thut had ever emanated from them fur the benefit of the poor ; and therefore it was clear thoy were utterly incapable of carrying on the government of the country , and the sooner they were displaced the better . The speaker then , after thanking them for the patieuae with which he had been heard , retired amidst loud and loug continued cheering-.

      Mr . GEOKGE JUJ 4 N HAKNEY next presented him self , and was received with tremendous cheers by his friends , and mingled groans and hootiijg by the hired yellow ruffians at his right hand . He once or twice essayed to speak , but was as often interrupted by the mob . He stood firm and undaunted , and after some time , tbe row still continuing , he turned to tUfl bkvckgu-titds and said , "You ehail hear me , " and after * wards said if they wanted to go home they had better listen , for they should hear him if he stood till midnight This produced a display of the " staves" of tbe yuiiows , a sight , which , in an instant , raised high in air the sticks of the OUastistB aud the blues , who flourished their weapons 111 defiance . Lord MorpetU at ouce turned pallid ; and seizing the " silence" board , be

      entreated hus " allies" 10 be still , and give tbo speaker a hearing . The other gentlemen amongst tho Whigs also bimUoily exerted themselves , and no sooner were the yellow ruffians pacified , than the Chartists were at once Btill , and the speaktv proceeded . He came before them not as the tool of a faction , not as the advocate of anyparty , buttle canie to ask fur justice for the unrepresented millions—to plead for the common cause of their common country . ( Great chewing ) It waa true , he was uota lord ; he did not belong to the aiiatocracy ; hel ' . ad not titles to dazzle nor wealth to allure —nor bad be had much experience as an election speaker . He bad not had a college education like Lord Milton—( applause and laugUter)—but he was a working man . ( Cheers . ) Ytt with all thtst imperfections 011 his head ,

      he came to plead the cause of thu working man—( applause )—without distinction of sect or colour—( applause )—and hu was as proud to ackuovrlege that he belonged to tha order ot' working- men as any aristocrat amongst those by whom be itw surrounded was to boast ot his order . ( Great cheering . ) He caut « there to ask fer justict * and right—( hear , hear ) --he cam © to ask tbe factions to restore those times when the country was known as merry England—whta the people nr « ro the most happy and comfortable , aud consequently the most contented . ( Great cheering . ) An au Engliab man , he asked , did tbey Condemn him ? ( Cries of "No , no . " ) He claimed credit for sincerity in the opinion * which he expres&d . ( Cheers . ) If Lords Morpeth and Milton wtw sincere—he * a « sincere also ; they agreed in the existence of evil , their difference was as to tbe means by which it was to be . ended . ( Hear . ) And now , after having patiently heard

      from the otber parties all their remediestor thedUtreas , be called upon them to iieurbis , ( Cheers . ) He appeared as tha humble advocate of the uiirepreeiittd magSE * , who , were too tittle thought of by both parties . ( Great cheering ) He appeared on their behalf and as their advocate ; and he told them plainly , thu n aaets had rights which as much belonged to them as to . nny . othqr section of thu community . CUteta . ) He came be'ore them as the advocate of Universal Suffrage . ( Tremendous cheerir . g . ) He came before them ts the advocate of the Charter . ( Renewed cheering . ) He came before the "Whigs as tbe . advocate of those rights vhkh had been so < ably advocated by Earl Grey and all tha other reformers . ( Applause . ) He came btfire the Tories , also to ask from them the institutions of Alfied ; and then the working dastei would be Conservatives tco . lie pleaded there for the right of the woriing in ,- > n to tht franchise . ( Great cheering , } A grtat WriUr h . d

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      said , " every man has a right to one vote , and no more : it appertains to him in virtue of his existence , and his person ia his title-deed . " ( Load cheers . ) Could any one controvert that doctrine ? ( " No . ") Would either Lord Morpeth or Mr . Wortley attempt to show that their order held from nature ' s God any rights which his order had no claim to . ¦¦;¦ (?• No . " ) No , they durst not ; not one durst defend the keeping in slavery and subjection the toiling and suffering working classes . Then why was it that the right of the franchise was withheld from them ? There were two grounds : —one , they were ignorant—the other , they had no property . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Tbey wen told they were ignorant ( Hear , hear . ) He must confess there was some truth In the charge ; and the

      proof was tarnished in tbe fact that tbey bad allowed either faction to rMe over them roughshod so long . ( Cheers . ) Like the hone they had not known their atwngth . ( Cheers . ) But this ignorance was fast being dispelled by the glorious light of reason and pure knowledge . ( Cheering . ) The day bad arrived when the working classes would show they were fit for the franchise by taking it ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Bat the truth was , it was cot the ignorance of the enduring working classes they were so much afraid of—it was their knowledge they most dreaded . ( Cheers . ) The factions were afraid that if the people had Universal Suffrage , protected by the Ballot , they would know too well for them to what good uses to pot their votes . ( Great cheering . ) If that wvi not

      the case , give them the Suffrage to-morrow , and put an end at once to all the clamour and discontent ( Cheers . ) It was an insult to tell those who made all the elothes that were worn—who produced everything that was enjoyed by all parties—to tell them that they were ignorant . ( Great cheering . ) They never tola then what sort of knowlege it was which they required . Was it necessary to learn astronomy , or mathematics , or music , or dancing , or any other polite accomplishment before they could tell how to vote ? Or was it only to know how to read and write ? If this was the case , where , then , waa to be the test ?—Who was to judge * f their fitness ? ( Hear , hear . ) Were the clergy of the Church of England to be the test for reading t No , surely ; for there were amongst

      them some of the worst readers he ever heard . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) And for writing , were the aristocracy to be the judges ? There were very few amongst them who could write at all so as it could be read ; and fewer still who strung together twecsty consecutive sentences in common sense English . ( Laughter . ) Give them their rights , and with their rights they should obtain the power not only to educate themselves , but their children . ( Loud applause . ) Bat then tkey h * d no property . He was surrounded by " property" gentlemen . ( Hear , hear , and great cheer , ing . ) The working classes were told they had no property by the gentlemen who prevented them from having a Tote . ( Yellow interruption—cries of " Goon , " and cheering . ) Did they never hear of a property called

      labour ? ( Cheers . ) That was the foundation of property , and without which no property , save the land and tbe creatures of God ' s creation , could ever have existed . ( Loud cheers . ) They were told they had no stake in the country . He would like to know , supposing Providence were to remove to another world all the landed proprietors , and fundholders , and capitalists , and so on , what would become of the world to-morrow morning ? Why it would go on just as before : the son would shine as usual ; the rain would fall as it had hitherto done ; the seasons would still alternate ; and the working classes , so far from finding that they had no Btake in the country , would find out that they had not only a st-iko in the country , but could get beef-steaks Into the bargain . ( Great cheering . ) Bat supposing all the

      labouring classes to be swept away—those who were called the rabble , the mob , the scum of society , where would the world be then ? Why , Mr . Beckett Denison would have to betake himself to the plough-tail , Mr . Wortley to the anvil , my Lord Milton might put himself on the tailor ' s shop-beard , and * Lord . Morpeth might go and work at tbe loom , to taste in his own precious person the blessings of free trade . ( Laughter . ) Who were the parties who now might have votes , whilst the producers of all the wealth of the country were forbidden ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) The shopkeeper , Who lived in a £ 10 house , and was able to pay his rent by handing over the counter the produce of their labour , whose interest it was to buy their labonr as cheap , and sell the fruits of it as dear as possible , but

      who himself did nothing . ( Loud cheering . ) The ginpalace keeper , who dealt literally in death and destruction . ( Renewed cheering . ) The pawnbroker , whose interest it was that no working man should have a second shirt , and who literally fattens on the miseries of others —( cheers)—he had a vote , whilst the working man wag denied . ( Renewed cheers . ) The keeper of a hell , or , more politely speaking , a gambling-house , where the aristocracy of Whigs and Tories spend in the company of sharpers and thieves that wealth which was wrung from the toil of tbe millions , he bad a vote , whilst the honest working man was denied . ( Cheera and further interruption from the yellow-men , and on which Mr , Harney said they bad better go home if they were tired . ) The keeper of the brothel , where the

      daughters and sisters of the working men were seduced and rendered miserable in order to pander to the passions of the wealthy—he had a vote , whilst the honest working man was . denied . ( Cheering . ) Was it right , was it just—would either party say that such a state of things should continue Without alteration ? No , they would not , ( Cheers . ) He had devoted 16 years of his life to their service , and by the blessing of God he hoped to live te see Universal Suffrage the law of the land ( Cheering . ) Tbo speaker tben entered into an explanation and defence of the principles of the Charter , when he waa stopped by the High Sheriff , who told him he thought It would be better for the peace of the meeting if he concluded . Mr . Harney accordingly , after saying

      that he should bow to the Sheriff , wonnd up hia observations , by calling upon them to continue their efforts , and pledging himself to meet his opponents again and again until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . He called upon Englishmen to be firm to the cause in which Hampden had died on tbe field , and Sydney perished on the scaffold : —on Scotchmen , to support the cause in defence of which Wallace bad fought and bled , and Hardy , Baird , and Wilson had fallen victims at tha ehrine of Tory despotism : —and on Irishmen , to rally pound the cause for which Fitzgerald had suffered , and Emmett perished . ( Cheers . ) He left that good old cause with them : he bud done his duty ; he did not doubt that they would do theirs . He retired amidst the most enthusiastic applause .

      The HIGH SHERIFF proceeded to take tho show of hands . Lord Morpcth ' s friends first were called npon , then Mr . Wortley ' s , Lord Milton ' s next , then Mr . Denison ' B , and lastly the supporters of the Chartist candidates . The show of hands for each party was nearly equal . Each party accompanied their show of hands with vociferous cheering , clapping of handa , & . c The Sheriff said , I declare it as my opinion that the show of hands is in favour of Lord Morpeth and Lord Milton . This . announcement was received with demonstrations of applause oa one side , and hooting on the other , which lasted for sometime . When it had subsided , Godfrey Wentworth , Esq ., on the part of Mr . Wortley , mid John Rand , Esq ., ou the part of Mr . Denisou , demanded a poU . The meeting was then adjourned . The poll was fixed to commence on Thursday , and the declaration on Monday next , at eleven o ' clock , at the hustings in Wakefiold .

      Lord MORPETH proposed , and Mr . Wortley seconded , a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff , which was carried by acclamation . The vast assemblage then quietly dispersed .

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      Thb Losds Of the Treasury have directed that Mary port be ma . de a free and independent port , for tho purpose of exporting and storing bonded goods . The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestion , or from an Inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It w only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbkd paper , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , nor restraint in diet .

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      MINISTERS AND THE "CHEAP BREAD" CRY

      The cheap bread " manoeuvre proves a failure for its employers . The English town elections are over , and thus far the progress of the election has "verified the anticipation that there will be a good lumping majority for the Opposition . The campaign began badly with Lord John Russell ' s damaging victory in the city , heralded on many a hustings as a defeat— " a little glooming light , much like a ehode . " All was risked on that first cast ; to have been defeated would have been destruction : defeat was just avoided . The break-down of a hackney-coach , a quarrel , or a hundred other petty chances , might Lave converted the Government leader ' s ' 1 working .-majority'' at the poll into a minority ; And atwbatcoet is the snecess gained ? If Lord John ' * pretence at the most important and one of the earliest nominations was expected to give a fillip to the Liberal cause , dying ; of inanition—it the saciqUon of the first

      city of the empire wm regarded as j » priite worth a struggle-rrwas it never considered that the same impulse which Lord John ' s presence gave to his friends might be imported to foes ; that the standard which was set up for supporters to rally around would ] W the very signal for concentrated attack ! Of course the Tories profited by the excitement which he helped to give to the election :. Lord John Russell was worth ' beating : the " Conservative Democrat" wh » poese « sed unvote wa « exalted toto . an ; arita ^ pn |« t of the SHxiisfer , with the eye * of thewciild upbu him . Henco a 2 > ress of combatante wh . 9 almost succeeded in cutting off Lord J « hn himself , apd quite suoceeded in cutting off the band that took Lord Jobhfor leader . Sach Is the cost of Lord John's 1 bravado ; ' * he has given London a titled and titular representative , and has deprived it of all representation in tbe Legislature , by neutralizing its votes . S » fearful , bowbver , was the risk which Lc

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      ran , so fatal the hazard , that when the danger r / u over —when he found Mmsei / safe—reckless of the two who had fallen in the conflict , he appeared on the hnstings , all smiling exaltation , and beasted of his triumph !" Close npon the heels of this triumph followed the similar . ? J « to 1 T fa the tfster city of West minster *; where ft Tory sailor , nnknown to fame political , though his committee asstrrt the world that be is famous among his craft , lias thrown out the illus trfons Spanish General , of bold' words and easy votes ; and Westminster , like London ; will see the votes of its Liberal Member neutralised ; though , to judge from tbe new Member's specimen * , Mr . Leader ' s speeches stand a fair chance of suffering-no very formidable conn teraction . ' - ' . '• - - ' •"• ' '¦ '•'' ¦ '/ ' \ " \ ¦ ' . ' . .

      In tbe mean time , came a flood of news about adverse elections in the country ; : Whig faces began to look long ; Whig papers began to seek consolation in tha idea that these were " only the agricultural boroughs , * which would of course go against Ministers : wait , said they ; for the large towns . The large towns have come into the field . To begin with the largest , Liverpool : there a second Minister sought to win for the Government policy tho support of the second city in the king , dom , by offering to the suffrages of the electors no less a personage-than the great—perhaps not arbiter , but at least meddler in the affairs of the whole globe , " from Chfaia to Peru : " the citisens had the opportunity ' of rraciDg their representation by placing it in the bands of

      him who represents the nation to the World—a tempting bait ! Lord Paimerston , however , was not quite so bold as Lord John ; for he first got himself gangly secured at Tivercon ; and , instead of facing the fortune of war at Liverpool , he had all that uncomfortable work performed for him by a Mr . Brocklebank . The absent Alderman Pirie was lowest on the London poU ; and perhaps Lord Palmerston ' s non-appearance helped at Liverpool to augment the majority against him to more than eleven hundred . Coming forward on hypothetical ground ' s , preparing for defeat , is not the best way to command success : daring generals hare osei to burn their ships when determined to conquer an invaded country .

      Defeated at Liverpool , what consolation do Ministers find in other large towns f—in Hull , for example , where Mr . Hutt , safe himself elsewhere , makes room for Sir John Hanmcrf or in Leeds , whence Sir William Molesworth forbearingly retired , " not to let in a Tory , * and whither . Joseph Hume went to " keep oxA the Tories "—and failed . If not so tractable as Mr Hume ' s , Sir WUMsni Molebworth ' s would have been a more con * venient vote for the Whigs , especially in opposition , than Mr . Beckett ' s ; while TJKra- 'Whiggish young Mfc Alclnm will hardly cut such an imposing figure In th » " heavy business" of genteel comedy In the House as Edward Balnea . What consolation , agsln , can they scek'in Lincoln , where the great " literary Whig , " Sir Lytton Bui wcr , is thrust out , to make room for some obscure Tory as a etiUeague with Colonel Sibthorp ?

      No—their consolation must be sought in Batb , and in the return of Mr . Roebuck , upon whose stern politics they were wont to look askance ; in Stocfcport , and the return of Mr . CoMen , the representative and prime mover of the policy to the skirts of which tbey have clung for safety ; in Bolton , and the return of tho Free Trader , Dr . Bdwring . The glory of even these returns , however ,. will be tarnished by the exclusion of Colonel Thompson from their anti-Corn Law Parliament that was-tobave-beeni ; ' ¦ the exclusion of the popular teacher and most ingenious Illustrator of anti-Corn Law doctrines—the man who with the breath of his body bat kept life in the coals which they are now blowing for their own comfort Of course they , the neophytes ia the faith , were zealous over-much ? Of course , they over-ex rted themselves to secure his return for Hull— .

      made it a point of life and death ; and will now find room , for him somewhere else ? It would be easy enough : there is one gentleman gone into the House fully prepared to vacate his place for a candidate better qualified—Colonel Fox . Besides , there would be a sort of compensation in the act , since that accomoda ting gentleman has been unfortunate enough to help in excluding the hereditary anti-Corn Law agitator , young Mr . Thompson . Had Lord John Russell been fifth on the London poll , instead of Mr . Wolverley Attwood , Calonel Fox would have made his bow at once : but in an anti-Corn Law Parliament , or even In one which was to have something of an anti-Corn Law appearance —just enough to let down the Queen's Speech easilythe presence of Colonel Thompson were scarcely less requisite , if only as a matter of form , than that of Lor * John himself .

      It does not need the neglect of such a hint to disabuse tbe people of the delusion which has heen attempted upon them . Through all the bustle of a general election a certain flatness and langour evince the diminished interest which is taken in the event Election-agents whip up to the poll , and write to the papers ; and brutish vagabonds get drunk an * breed riots here and there , pour encourager let autres , and to give the true election-air to the season ; but the hustings business goes off tamely . As Mr . Leader said emphatically a Westminster , when a Tory—and that not even » Burdett , but a Rous—was pv » t by bis side , the Whigs have so disappointed the expectation of the people , that when at last they were about to propose measures for their advantage , the people distrusted them . For the

      results now developing are not the work of the moment , or of the day , or of the month : —no Tory want-ofconfidence has reduced the Whigs to their present straits , lint popular want of confidence . The difficulty of this time has been making ever since the Parliament was last elected —» nd before that - under the guidance of the . Whigs , suicidally successful , Parliament has been employed unceasingly as the instrument of disappointment on nearly , every question tbat could possibly be devised to raise-expectation : each session bus Been some new measure set up for do otber purpose ; and as the want of the moment , the need for keeping up appearances in sight of the country while the routine of Parliament exposed Ministers to the popular gaze , had passed by , eosurely the approaching recess saw the conn *

      terfeit flung . ' aside ; . to ' , be used again if possible , e . r otherwise to be replaced be some new one . " Nothing , " saith the teacher , " is denied to well-directed industry : " the industry of the Whigs illustrating the futility of trusting to appearances had been unceasing ; aud now they obtain their reward . Yet their industry cease not , even while they reap their wages : they d » their utmost to give their new , Free Trade agitation the air of a humbug . Thus the Morning Chronicle , which exhorts all who want accurate information on election matters to consult iU columns , adopts the new nomenclature which classes Ministerialists and Oppositionists as " Monopolists" and "Anti-Monopolists , **—as if any readers of decent understanding would not see at a glance tbe folly of a pretence , which lumps the

      Woraley Whips , who will vote against Lord John ' s Corn proposition , with the economists , whom tbe Chronic ! delights to call "Anti-MonopolUtt" If it be objected that Whig Ministers are not responsible for the tricks of Whig newspapers , let ua take a Minister himself : Lord Paimerston at Tiverton *—the Liverpool election not yet haying taken place promised for " next session " » " grave consideration" of the New Poor Law : what say bis co ! leagues , Lord John Russell and Mr . Baring , who were not toing to stand for any Lancashire town f Lord John , before the electors of London , adhered to his main principle , tbat it is rfaht to enforce " independenco" among the p « or ; and Mr . Baring refused'to repeal the Poor Law , even if the Corn Law be not repealed . Perhaps tbe Lrverppol electors read Palmtrston by the lights of Boring and Russell .

      Such are the ways in which the Whig Ministers work out their " triumphs ; " and the county elections are coming next week , to give more scope to their ingenuity . — Spectator .

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      THE ELECTIONS

      From present appearances , it seems probable that the Tories -will have a small majority , and it is certain that a small majority will not surfice to carry on Sir Robert Peel ' s Government against the powerful opposition that will be arrayed against , it . , A popular opposition , above three hundred strong , has never yet been Been . Tho Tories , indeed , have had a minority of that numerical fmcp , but of far inferior capabilities , a Tory opposition being , from its nature , confined to an obstructive position , blocking out , defeat ing some proposed good , and in their most active sallies only manifesting a wish / beyond their strength for the accomplishing of some positive evil . But a Liberal opposition has a wider raiiga of operations ; it resists what is unpopular instead of what is popular , and it maintains principles and proposes measures which interest the people , and call forth their spirit

      The Liberals will go into opposition with a just and a great cause , and they will h . avo ample powjer to combat for it . Everyday , after the formation of a Tory Government ; ' . will add to their strength , and to the difficulties and divisions : of their adversaries Upon what a fiua of troubles will Sir Robert Peel have to launch bi » crazy bark I Coaiing into office » n the principle of refusmg the relief to the springs of industry by which the financia of the country would recover their buoyancy , he has to devise new taxes , and with new need of them , for a third of the , kingdom , under his sway , cannot be governed by the unexpensive means of conciliation , which has dispensed with tlie presence of battalions of soldiers . But a task harder to Sir Robert than peeping down the people of Ireland will be the restraining of ' his own partisans , the

      Orangemen , whojevioleDce , in the supposed restoration 01 their ascendancy with a Tory Ministry , will be unbounded and intolerable to the peWple exposed to it In England , Wales , and Bcotlandi the Chartists will be looking for tbo requital of their services to the Tories in tbe present elections , and when they find tbe sabre , wbtwe -edge was ft it in Manchester in ' 18 , placed by their , new allies between them- and their objects , their wrath will be as wild as their reliances have been irrational . The anti-Poor Law agitation , excited by the Tories , is also to be dealt with by the unhappy Six Robert , declared by his main supporter in the presi unfit to govern if be fail to repeal the law which he glories in having assisted to paa . ~ Upon this flame , fanned by his own hands , the new Minister will have to- throw oil smooth denials , exasperating the discontent by disappointment , i . :

      The hardest trouble , however , of this Job in offioe will protably be in '' finance . HiBj tbo , will have to fish forhis budget , and with the ticklish task of dropping his hook info the pockets ¦' <*< 'the- public . As an avalanche is brought down by the sound , the Government of Sir Robert Peel will topple do ra with ^ the vtry name of a new tax . —Emmipcr . i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct387/page/6/