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Will Mx0iml^Lt ¦ Jsfott! WEST RIDING ELECTION. f ' BbotHeb Chaetlst 2To>"-Ei.ectob5,—On Monday //^EWES-Toissdat. E£St you will be called upon to perform, fo r yourselves, ¦ The polling commenced this morning at eight s most sacred dntv ; do less a duty fh^n to declare o'clock, andjwas carried on briskly by both parties. no there is a majority cf At foar o^lock, the final close of the Roll, th« vLeit-er or non-electors over numbers were— tie electors in the great county of York, -srho consider tiemselret entitled to, and capable Fitzroy(Tory) 403 of exerciKing, the MX0iMl jSfott! Cantilupe(Tory).. Wi l l ^ llt 386 , franchise. That and simply that, is the question Harford ( Whig) 412 yrhichyon -will be called upon to decide, and beyond Elphinstone (Wnig) 409 one point yon bare not the laat slightest interest giving a majority of six only above the Consom- Brothers, bear this in mind. On Monday, for tire tiie first time, yon -rill meet the factions AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER. CIRENCESTER.-Ti7*s*AT. jti>/& handed, nund that. The Whigs and the Torifea ; tsznoi unite against yon. Whig hands only Trill be ' VOL IT. SO. 190. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1841. The election for this borough took plaee this d»y> : ™^™ "'" before G. Beylr, Gent., High Stemtii faft Towa b»!d np for the old hack and cradled Lord. Tory ! >™S? ^™ Hall. fiM Brothers, mind, by stating ho had a right to take his seat if a poll The lW*w»feer, TV C. Master^Eeq., wu fcaE&s, and only Tory hands, ¦will be held np for the when the jubilee is over, we fall Mr. Busp£ild rested his claims to their support POHTEFRACT—Mojuuy. proposed by Mr. ] into rank once upon the manner in were not demanded , and hoped that the Tories and M^jR Lawrence, and seconded t^ ... heir to title and his church-supporting coadjutor j more. We belong to the non-elective which he had attended to their Chartists would act together to destroy the Wnigs, .. .The candidateefor this bwrough are R. M. Milnes, ML .Bowley ;! ai^fe, Crippa, Esq., by Mr. T,Byroh, C influence, they belong to interests in the Parliament which had just been dis- late aad seeonded * Eiicd that ! Therefore, if yon allotr them to defeat I the elective power, mind that ; and then they would obtain their rights. Ha<|.. Conserratire Member for the borough ; byW.T. featter. There wa» bo o* and, solved, and to the honest, straightforward manner in IjiWd Pollington, the new ConservatiTe candidate p«rtwm, and Messrs. Maeter you angle-handed, th*y -will call you a , and ' aboTe all things, bear in mind, that the part which hie he ad A show of hands was then taken in favour of each ; asd Cripps w*» de- faction w n h performed his duty. candidate, in the order they were nominated. The and Jobn Gully, Esq., formerly M.P. for i on- oUwed'.dttly elected. ( not a pasty—a small minority, instead of nearly the many zealous but incompetent leaders took in the Re- tefraci. form agitation forced them Mr. Habdt delivered a long Tory speech. preponderance was decidedly in favour of Mr. Hardy ¦jrfcole. Again, bear in mind that yon have men of '.¦ imperceptibly from the head and Mr. Martin Honrv Taylor, Esq., Recorder of Pontefraot, pro- REIGATE-Tin»».T. of the people to , aad it was so declared by the year ovra order ; and ah! here is the damning spot, the tale of the faction ; *nd ahould any Mr. W. C. Lister was next called upon by the Returning Officer. posed Mr. Milnes ; Mr. Carter, of Knottingley, r r r B d demise of our leaders— returning officer to ezpiaiu hn sentiments to the seconded the motion. ha8 fe'«S;>? ; ^°l ' Doctor Bedfwd, niti sprating lip-worshipping Democrats. JInst not profiting by the le»on—attempt to A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Bosfeild ° thIS boro]| endeavouring to de- continue, in earnest or from shame, assembled multitude. He spoke of the distress and Mr. Lister, and appointed to commence on WilHam Hepworth&nd Robert Smith, Esqrs. pro- JudeudL tike«£¦ ,tZ independent a . electoir1 *,.b*i: tryine I tell yon your " great fault ? Yes, I must, what they com- which he had witnessed during his canvass, and said posed Lord Pollington to oenraad* menced without thought or guilt, Wednesday; and the assemblage peaceabi sepa- . •¦»*¦» h m asd wDL When the trial fairly comes be- then we must let it was the duty of every mau to exert himself to rated. Mr, Win. Monkhouse,. seconded By Mr. Mackson, S2» * j * wfcJ ffTffJ 533 them fall overboard , that is, where the non-electors bring about a better state of things. If there was proposed repeal fsreen tinselled folly and fustianed honour, then are Martin was enthusiastically cheered during the Mr. Gully. of the Cora Laws, an ox-tension of the fran- have taken part with one or one principle that he held more strongly than ano- Both the Conservative candidates warmly denoun- ohise rote by Ballot, ° Tf-u isbaEied of yonr own poverty; then are you jealous other of the factions, for eT«ning. abolition of-Onmft Rates, & .. local reasons best known to themselves, and in which iher, it wa* that all government existed for the be- ced the pettifogging of the Ministers-, and cautioned but it was no go ; for on Moaday night he c: distinguishing your own order ; and then does rivalry, nefit of the whole eommuuity ; that it existed not the people against their free felt il they were perfectly justifiabl e, SHREWSBURY. trade nostrums. They eU l6 the town in 8earet t0 * thejeerl that demon of discord and foe to liberty, step in and should they in such for the aggrandizement of, or ior the sake ol confer- also elicited loud cheers by declaring that they would heK would£ Vft have"E been greeted wi- » *** cases continue, , ring privilege upon tion. He .ii for his presump- hv-nt your coward souls. Oh . Yorkshirenien ! work- in consequence to favour one faction , the few at the expense of the The nomination of candidates took plaee on Monday. labour for an abolition of that part of the New did119 not dare to show- his fac* on th« ' many, but for the benefit of all. if elected, he , Poor Law which, refuses au-t-door relief *! mormug ing men of Yorkshire : you who would hold up nearly above the other, we must chastise them, by exposing There was a splendid show of lligs aud banners blue ,and separates w« ^R . ^a«doj)i Lortf Eastnor them, when argument would go to Parliament independent of party, not and white, belonging to the Tory candidates, who Were man and wife. was, therefore, returned without even the-show of one million kanda for me on Monday, why hold up shall have failed. to support this or that set of men, but to support Mr. Gully defended the an opposition, accompanied by an excellent band.O. The Whig candi- free trade, and reminded one less for Pitkethiey and Haraey, who fully repre- Now, Brotheis, mind Monday next is, 'without any those measures, and those only, which he thought dates, SiT Lo^ft Parry and Mr. Temple, exhibited a the electors that he, too, had voted against the New sent me, and who are my comparison, to be the greatest day tbat eTer Yorkshire most conducive to their* welfare- Ho spoke for a most wretched turn out, and they were escorted princi- Poor Law bastiles. MANCHESTER—Tbesdat. brothers in the cause of the considerable time upon matters of rather a local ihim people? But doirt mistake saw. Fustian agsinst broad cloth ! The dignity of pally by the factory slaves from Marshall's factory, who The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Gully. The election of two Members to represent this me. I do not mean to general interest. ware permitted to half-bolyday with the under- The poll opens to-morrow. The borough m nature against the distinction of wealth . The cause have a presumption is Pacliament commenced) this moraine, 00 chide you with not haTing done your duty, and more ' standing that a day's wages should be stopped. The strongly in favour of both Conservatives. Mr. Gully spacious and cr>mmodionB hustings - of the people against their united oppressors ! The Mr. W», Martin, the Chartist candidate, next ' ,.at- the southern, ihar. your iu.y.' Yas, heaven knows yoa hare, and presented himsBlf, and was received with great Tqffea were first at tbe scene of action. has greatly weakened his popularity by his coquetry end of St. Ann's Square, in front of the palisadea that the poor man who braves the wupioyer's frown poor man standing between the nobles of the land, and enthusiasm. He said it was admitted that the not£ .$ir Love Parry drove up to the nomination staoii in with Halifax.: : Lj. ¦«aff«? <> l!r: c;' 'F&**im-mn#K and lose of work, and who is compelled to listen to the appealing to the poor as & jury ! Can any man con- electors bad a constitutional privilege—that of in a carriage-aBdVfour, accompanied by the notoriotu v " *- i^vmz* **¦***• " ¦w into ttamvomp&rlments*faSS ^W ,of equal dimen«MBa"%. hoW' Rev, Charles Leicester. lyir. Temple modestly appeared ^KEtkv^ the centre being occupied howl of poverty from the loTed mother of hjs loved template a more bent-stirring aeeste ? Can any man bear ing up their hands in behall of any candidate who To-day having been appointed by the High Consta- by the Mayor, as returning in A- carriage-and-pair, containing a Mr.
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