The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-05 00:00:00

Otiley (son-in-law of the late Lord Crewe), a staunch Reformer, will be returned as the colleague of the Hon. R. Grosvenor ; and thus the voice of Chester will not be neutralized by having one for, and cone against the Bill. SOUTHAMPTON, Mir S. This morning the town was in a continued bustle, owing to the commencement of the election of the town Members. Long before the time of opening the doors of the Town-hall (ten o'clock) a great concourse of persons had a ssembled, anxious to ob tain admission. About that time Mr. Penleaze en tered the hall by the private entrance, amidst great applause, as did Mr. Atherley, the other popula r candidate ; but Mr. Hoy, the Ahtt.rerormer, expe rienced a very unpleasant reception. On the Hall being opened the: rush was terrific, and some gentle men lost part of their apparel. The mob were very outrageous in their conduct, attributable to, perhaps, the public-houses in a partial degree being opened for the rabble. The Mayor having opened the proceed ings in the usual form, and the necessary business having been gone through, Mr. Hut,ToN, of 13evis Mount, near Southampton (a gentleman who, at the time of the late distur bances, (vas going to raise a corps of yeomanry, but of which no more has been heard, to support his Majesty's Government), ros e to propose M r . Hoy, the Anti-Reform candidate (so much for con sistency !) which was seconded by Mr. ELDRIDGE. The Hall at this time was in great confusion, and it was stated that Anti-Reform Magistrates had not been backward in sending ruffians to insult the electors of the town, and even for the purposes of assault, if the Anti-Reform candidate was likely (which he will be) to be unsuccessful, and who were, perhaps, paid by the Committee of London, for the purpose of boroughtnongering. After which, Mr. rose and proposed A. Atherley, Esq., as a bt and proper representative. Dr. WIGHTMAN seconded the nomination. Mr. -- rose and proposed J. S. Penleaze, E•q., a gentleman known as the firm friend of Re form. He way seconded by W. C. 'WESTLAKE, Esq. Shortly after the MPa - oR put it to a show of hands, which was decidedly in favour of Messrs. Atherley and Penleaze; after which the poll com menced, and at its conclusion, at fire m'clock, was as under : A therley 4l Penlcaze Hoy l2 Leaving the wo-begone candidate 28 in the minority. HARTY ICH. The election of Members of Parliament for the borough of Harwich took place on Saturday last in the Town-hall. The Mayor, A. Cox, Esq., having taken the chair, called upon the electors, in conformity with the precept he had received, to choose two Mem bers- for 'he ensuing Parliament. GEORGE GRAHAM, Esq. said, that the Reform Bill had a tendency to subvert the Constitution. He warned the electors against visionary theories, and urged them to return to Parliament gentlemen who would maintain the existing Constitution. He therefore proposed the Right Hon. J. C. Herries. T. LOGAN, Esq. seconded the nomination. T. CORBOLD, Esq. said they were called upon that day on one of the most extraordinary cases that ever happened—it was whether an immense body of men should be free or not. He was one of those who bad ever thought from a child that the true English character never ought to fail in doing honour to the King and country.—(Cheers.) They had a King who ought to be supported—his throne ought to be supported; without a true confidence in the King, a country could not exist. The country was now in a lamentable state, from causes well known to them. lie should in a very few words introduce a gentleman, who, staunch to his King, was as firm P. supporter of the King and country as any man in existence, and who would not, neither would he (Mr. Cobbold), bow to any man in reference to his faith upon the King, and in doing honour to him on every occasion. He (Mr. Cobbold) did say it be hoved all Englishmen to rally round the King. The Right Hon. Gentleman had declared himself a friend to Reform; he was a friend to moderate Reform—(Crie , . of " hear, hear") —to that Reform which Englishmen ought to have. Both the Right Hon. Gentlemen proposed had declared themselves friendly to a proper Reform. Under these consi derations, and free and unbiassed, he begged leave to nominate a loyal man—a man determined to support the King and country—namely, the Right Hon. G. It. Dawson. JOHN ANsum seconded the motion. The MAYOR then asked whether there were any other gentlemen to be proposed for the Thorough, and if there were, to come forward. Mr. BERRIES rose, the circumstances under which they were now met were of a nature so important, and so different, and there had been so wide a change, and they now stood in circumstances so dif ferent to what had ever existed before in the whole existence of this great country, and so far surpass ing all that had ever been propounded to electors in this kingdom, involving consequences of such im mense magnitude, that he should not feel satisfied in calling upon them again to trust him as their re presentative in Parliament, without feeling it neces tsary to state under what views, and, for the first me, with what pledges he would enter, if they ta hose him, into Parliament, not merely as represen tive of the borough of Harwich, but of the Com mons of England.—(Cries of " bravo" from the benches.) On all former occasions he had pre sented himself as the known friend and connexion of the Government ; and he had fairly told them that he espoused all the principles maintained by the then Government; that Government was bound as he con ceived, to uphold all chartered rights, the just pro- I tection of all those institutions, all those great prin. cipl es on which our Constitution had ever been bands—in short to maintain the then existing, the present, and, he hoped, the for ever existing Con stitution of England. He had asked their suffrages, and he had given them on these grounds. In what position was he now placed ? He came to them, avowing not only that he had no connexion with the Government of the country, but that upon one point, and that of the greatest importance, he would oppose them. The present Government of this country,—he spoke of it chiefly as it concerned that great measure for the future judgment of which they were to meet, —that Government pursued principles diametrically opposite to those to whose conduct he before alluded ; it avowedly brought forward a great measure which it is said, was to reconstruct and re model the Constitution. Thus they were called upon to make a new Constitution, arid discharge the old one. Every thing was to be sacrificed and swept away : this very chartered borough, which had throughout a long series of ages formed by its representation a constituent part of thin mighty ernpre,—this corporation, whose representative-. laid the foundation of what they called the Con stitution of the country, laid at the great revolution of 1688, was to be abnlished. His Right Hon. Friend and himself had been made the subject of infinitely mischievous premeditated misrepresenta tions, by the Government of the country and hireling sc r ib es. —(C r i es of bravo, bravo," from the benches.) They had been calumniated for their conduct as their Members, and the borough of Harwich had been shamefully maligned and ca lumniated. It was said that they, forsooth, when the Government which had appointed them to their places no longer existed, should have resigned the honour which they then held, and suffered some friends of the existing Government to get into their places. Now how did it stand with respect to him self and his Right Hon. Friend ? Had they be haved in one particular unworthy of them (the electors) in the judgment of one upright man ? Hear," and " No, no," from the benches.) CCries of " They applied to their constituents, and told them, that in their change of circumstances they could Zia take a part in support of the Government, — they had told them that that Government had pro feeevi before entering office principles with which theirs were not congenial. Presuming, he said, that they would act as they professed, and God knew in one case, they went beyond it, it would not be con- sistent with their sense of duty to act so. Well, the members of this Corporation—of this selfish Treasury borough, as it was called—in answer to the applications which he and his colleague made, de sired them to exercise their own judgment, but to act according to those principles which they pro fesned when they were returned. Other subjects of importance existed, into the details of which he would not then enter, such as the wine duties, the timber duties, the colonial duties, the budget, finance, arid the attempts to establish a contemptible and un- English Constitution, the disregard of colonial inte rests, and the mode of treatment of the compact with the national creditor. It had been raid that it was expe'lient to tax funded property. Not one ar;u ment could be shown in favour of its expediency. He and his Right Hon. Friend had been called the foulest names that had ever disgraced the breasts of those who were of their own country ; and now the Members of the Corporation of Harwich came in for their's, because they did not _ . now act in perfect subserviency to the Treasury mandate. As to the all-engrossing topic upon which their choice had then been founded, he thought himself bound to give them a distinct pledge as to the course he meant to pursue. His opinion always had been, that such pledges were not strictly constitutional; but this was a case of a peculiar na ture. Parliament was dissolved distinctly for a spe cial purpose, and he felt that on this occasion he ought to put himself forward and to give them a pledge of a most direct nature,—he meant with res pect to the measure of Parliamentary Reform, which was prepared by the King's Ministers. On the question of Reform in general he had little to say on the present occasion, because, whatever might be his opinions upon Reform in general, it was that specific measure, and that only,—it was " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill,"—on which they were to express their sentiments. How ever, he might say, in passing, like all other gentle men who had add, essed them on that subject before, he should riot object to any measure of safe and ad visable Reform ; and though he had great doubts of the utility, or of any advantages that would result therefrom, he was open to hear all that could be urged iii defence of any measure of Reform that he had not yet heard; and with respect to the ministe rial plan he cold say, without hesitation, it had his mo-t unqualified opposition. Independently of the subordinate parts of the Bill, to the great prin c ple which it exhibited, and on which alone it rested, he was distinctly and diametrically opposed. By this Bill the representation of Ireland would no longer be in the hands of those who had had it, and the people of Ireland would return Catholics to Parliament. Who could tell what would happen to the Church of England if the Church of Ireland should go ? It was true they should have the plea sure of seeing the Church of Ireland go first, but they themselves would go too. The present Go vernment had made a compact with Mr. O'Connell, that great agitator of all Ireland. He knew of nothing more humiliating in the history of England, nothing more disgraceful than such conduct—nothing that would make the blood of an Englishman boil sooner than that the Government of the country should have an understanding with him (Mr. O'Connell,) arid frankly confess that without his good-will and pleasure their measure would not be safe. They had gone further with that gentleman (Mr. O'Connell), and had adopted his system. The present state of things was a proof of it. Seeing the advantages of agitation in another country, they were determined to try what it would do here, where good order had always prevailed. The very lowest of the populace had been stirred up. Wee not that a true picture ? Was it not taking place in almost every town in the kingdom ? They had con trived to do it in this town ; they had spread the poison througk the channels of the Press, and 1 brought it to bear on the lowest classes of the in habitants. By suffering the mob to drive candidates from the hustings, they hoped to carry such a Par liament as would suit the Bill now laid before them. He, however, hoped and trusted it would be proved that there was at present (as the greatest man in the House of Commons, Sir Robert Peel, had recently declared with an eloquence peculiar to hintseD, , that there was in this country a degree of power in the property, and in the intelligence which it em braced, which, if combined, would resist all the efforts of the Government, allied with an infuriated mob. Mr. Dewsos said, if it was his good fortune, as Ire hoped and trusted it would be, to be returned as their representative in Parliament, give him leave to say that he should go into that assembly with as much independence as any man elected by any part of this empire. Some persons might have a great number of constituents ; there might be, from Lon don and from Yorkshire, persons who were sent by a greater number of votes; but he, the Right Ho nourable Gentleman, would go as independent as any person that was sent to Parliament, uninfluenced by the threats of an overbearing Government, un stained by the abusive violence of a servile, a venal, and an anonymous press, uninfluenced by an infuri ated and misdirected populace. He conceived that his Majesty's Government had done the country the greatest mischief by their unnecessary, he might say, foolish appeal to the sense of England. What had they done for their country ? Their whole series of conduct had been one continued trick to hold office. He would not go into their conduct with respect to foreign policy. What had they done for the country ? Had there been any thing done that looked like an act of an English Ministry ? Had not every thing been un-English ? Had not they prefer red the interests of foreigners to those of English men ? Had they not done every thing to shew their opposition to the colonial interests ? Had there been any one act of theirs that deserved the commendation of one of the least intelligent of En glishmen ? They bad been defeated in acts, in argu ments, in votes, in every thing that shewed or could shew the intentions of the Legislature of the country. He condemned, as strongly as any man, the prin ciple that any Peer of another House of Parliament should have the nomination of Members of the Commons' House of Parliament ; but it was impos sible to prevent it; that power arose from the pos session of property ; it did not arise from the exer cise of aristocratic power, bet from the possession of property; and it was impossible for any Legisla tive Act to draw the boundary line by whichi the boundary arising from property could be defined. Parliament was Pot independent of popular clamour. That was a spirit that he should like to see intro duced into Parliament. Unless it would show itself independent of popular clamour, and of a venal and anonymous Press, the institutions of this country could never be supported. He was afraid to tres pass on their time—(Cries o f, " Go on" ) —he should therefore conclude by saying that he looked on that Bill as the forerunner of the destruction of the Constitution of England.—( Loud cries of," No, no," and " Hear, hear.") It would also, if passed, give undue and unorganized power to the democracy of the country,—to that great part of the country which was not recognised by the Constitution : it would leave the people of this country to anarchy and confusion—(No, no)—to atheism, to infidelity, and to onression. After a few words from Mr. BAILEY and Mr, HERRIES, The MAYoR proceeded to poll, when a voice in the hall cried out, " Now, gentlemen, look, here is all the sense of Harwich in a very small compass. There were also loud cries of, " It will soon be over." The Mayor having taken the sense of the electors, they, sixteen in number, unanimously re turned their two former representatives. The meeting then broke up, amidst cries of, " Now for the funeral I" " No ride I" " This is the last time I" NORFOLK.-Mr. Coke has published a second address to the freeholders. This address, by one of the most vene rable men of the day, the oldest surviving compatriot of the early reformers, the friend of Fox, Burke, and Sheri- dan, is one of the most important warnines on the great question now before the country that we have yet seen. The following is an extract from this important document : —" Aye or no is the question—now or never is the time. In the fearful crisis we have now reached, there is no issue except by Reform or revolution. But let us not deceive ourselves about the meaning of this great word Reform. It must b! lull and effectual, or it will be worse than useless; it must be the Bill of Lord John Russell, in spirit and substance, or it will be a source of increased demand, and of perpetual irritation and discord. In one sense, I am myself a moderate reformer ; for moderate in deed is the plan now submitted to our choice, in com parison with that which may be forced upon us, if violent and imprudent men should succeed in obtaining its rejec tion." BEDFORDSHIRE,-The great cause of Reform will most undoubtedly prosper in this county ; Lord Tavistock and Sir P. Payne, Bart., Reformers, against Mr. Stuart, brought forward on the anti-Reform interest by Lord Bate, the staunch supporter of his Grace of Wellington. HORSHAM.—The Earl of Surrey and Mr. Nackburne were o❑ Tuesday elected without opposition for this bo rough. Neither of them app'ared in the town. FLINTSIIIRE.—Sir John Hanmer, an anti-Reformer, has resigned ; so that Mr. Lloyd Mostyn (nephew and successor of the late Sir T. Mostyn) will be returned without opposition. Mr. Davies Cooke not only declines to oppose him, but gives him his most cordial support. WEsTnunir, MAY 2.—The election of two Members of Parliament for this borough took place to-day ; the Members are now returned under the influence of Sir Ralph Franco Lopez, Bart., who has succeeded his uncle, Sir M. Lopez. The conduct of Sir Ralph in this election has given general satisfaction to the inhabitants ; for in op position to his own personal interest, two Members have been returned who will vote for the Reform measure brought forward by Government. The Members are Sir Ralph himself and Lieutenant Colonel Hanmer, of the Horse Guards. SUFFOLsz.-The nomination took place on Tuesday at Stowmarket, when Lord fluntingfield proposed Sir H. Bunbury, and Sir R. Harland seconded the proposition. Sir H. Bunbury addressed the meeting, vindicating the principle of the Reform Bill, but stating that he should en deavour to obtain a modification of the clause relating to leaseholds in the counties. Mr. Dalton proposed. and Mr. Heigham seconded. Mr. Tyrrell, who stated that he should give his most strenuous opposition to some of the clauses of the Bill, which he considered injur.ous to agriculture. The Sheriff then inquired if any gentleman wished to pro pose any ether candidate. No one answered. The elec tion was then adjourned tilt Tuesday, at Ipswich. YORKSHIRE.—Mr. Wortley and Mr. Lascelles have both declined the honour of being put in nomination, sen sible that their success is impossible. Al to Mr. Dun coruhe, it is very doubtful whether he will appeir nn the day of nomination. The four candidates who are in favour of the Bill meet with the most enthusiastic reception wherever they go. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 2.—One of the most splendid meetings I have ever witnessed is now being held at the Royal Ex change, for the adoption of measures to secure the election of the two Reform candidates, the Lord Mayor and Mr. Perrin. Shortly after one o'clock Mr. John David Latouche was called to preside. The Lord Mayor and Mr. Perrin were in attendance, and were rec , ived on their entrance with deafening acclamations. The grand circular ball is crowded to excess; the popular enthusiasm is beyond de scription. The subscription list is hourly increasing. There is a meeting of a very different character at the Merchants'-hall, Wellington-quay, where the Tory corpo rltors have assembled to make an expiring struggle. The Anti-Reform candidates, Mr. Moore and the Recorder, are amongst the gang. A tailor, named M'Cleary, who is a leader amongst them, had the modesty to propose that Earl Grey should be impeached, and his head taken off. The Orangemen are to have a secret meeting to-night ; they will be watched. Mr. O'Connell has acceded to a request from a conside rable number of the freeholders of his native county, and his address to the electors of Kerry will appear in the papers to-morrow. Mr. H. W. Barron and Mr. Power are the Reform can didates for Waterford, where a vigorous, and I have no doubt a successful, struggle will be made to oust the Be resfords. In the county of Wicklow Mr. Gun has appeared as a candi 'ate, and founds his pretensions on his opposition to the Reform Bill. The Earl of Wicklow gives his interest to Mr. Gun, and opposes his own nephew, Mr. Howard, who voted for the Reform Bill. It is said that 5,0001. out of the Anti- Reform fund has been forwarded as an en couragement to the Wicklow Tories : hut all will not do ; the influence of Earl Fitzwilliam, backed by the inde pendent gentry and freeholders, will be much more than a match for the corruptionists. From all parts of the country the accounts of the pro gress of the Reformers are most cheering, but none of the Irish elections have yet commenced. It is now said that Mr. James Daly retires from Galway county. Three o'clock.—l have just returned from the Reform meeting at the Royal Exchange. Major Sirr (a Police Magistrate, and a most influential corporator) proposed a resolution, which I left Mr. O'Connell seconding in a very able speech. Major Sirr and Daniel O'Connell ! What a happy junction of the extremities of the old Irish parties in support of the King's Government and the Reform Bill, which has bound them up with the cause of the people. CAaLow COUNTY.—Sir Thomas Butler has retired to make way for Mr. Rochfort, The celebrated Dr. Doyle has written a letter, inclosing a subscription to the Chair man of the Reform Committee for the county, from which we take the following extract :—" The cause of the na tion must be triumphant,—this is as certain as the rising of the sun ; but whether that triumph shall be obtained by peaceable means, or through a sea of blood, depend. mainly on the issue of the present elections. This issue, therefore, is a cause of life or death to the people ; and the man is a traitor to his own interests, —to the interests of his own children and of his country,—who does not exert whatever power or privileges he may posess to support the best of Kings and his Ministers in their present con test with a powerful and despotic party." Mr. James Daly has resigned for the county, and Mr. O'Hara for the town of Galway. CORNWALL. (The following copy of a letter has been receive town this morning, dated Cornwall, May 3.) red in MY DEAR W , you there " I am too late to pay postage to-night, wi ll fore send this to the Editor of The Sun. I am not aware if he will think it worth insertion otherwise than as a means of chewing what may be done by mere pro fessors ;—to compare their votes with their professions is the surest mode of annihilating the deceptive trash they utter en their canvass. " The Sun is a paper read at three place s in the town immediately that the mail arrives, namely, the two Public reading-rooms and at F'ranklyn's ;at the latter place from twenty to forty persons nightly assemble to obtain early intelligence, which, by peculiar favour of the post-master, is given to Franklyn forty minutes before other innkeepers get their papers. We often get the leading articles read aloud within twenty-six hours after they are written. A glorious meeting was held at our Town-hall to-day to support the Cornish Reformers. A large and spiriled subscription was entered into for the purpose : Rev. St. Aubyn in the chair. My brother is actively canvassing, but even Lord Valletort's tenantry do not support hi " cause, that is, if one may judge by his promises obtained fur Lemon and Pendarves. B. B." TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF CORNWALL. " ONE AND ALL." CORNISHMEN, —Y ou are calle d county fromindelible disgrace. small and corrupt minority has too securely fastened LIP" Thuatpo disgrace to rescue whichyour a you by their practices. The name of Cornwall and cor ruption is become synonimous. The reckless baseness of that whenever the terms liberty and patriotism are men a few has fixed a stigma upon the many, an d h enc e it is tioned, the finger of scorn is immediately pointed to the West. Rouse then from your lethargy. B e n ot the dupes of wily and subtle aristocrats, wh ose on l y aim I" their personal aggrandisement. Reform, in some shape "r other, is now admitted by all to be absolutely necessary Even Sir Richard Vyvyan and Lord VAlletort in their ea dresses profess to succumb to public opinion, but before you trust them let us see what has been their conduct. To begin with Lord Valletort—his Lordship say s ' " Throughout my comparatively short political life I h ave endesvoured to bring to the consideration of all great questions a mind unbiassed by party much less by personal feelings ; I think I may a l so p resume to say without fear of contradiction, that I have ever attempted honestly to perform the duties I thought incumbent on me . ,, Let us ask, was there no personal feeling when his Lordship voted against Reform in the representation of Edinburgh ? Did his Lordship act unbiassed by party, when he voted against the motion brought forward to abolish the office of Lieutenant• General of the Ordnance? Did his Lordsbip honestly perform his duty to the Dissenters of the kingdom by aboontiog himself from the HOLM when the repeal °f the Test and Corporation Acts Was moved by Lord John Russell? Did his Lordship vote for the removal of the franchise from East Retford to Birmingham ?—No. For the Marquis of Blandford's Reform?—No. For Man chester to return Members ?—No. For the general Re form motion brought forward May 28th ?—No. Was his Lordship present honestly to perform his duty on the first reading' . of the Jews' Relief Bill ? No. Did his Lord ship vote for the second reading 2—No. Did Ws Lord ship not pair off against the motion for abolishing punish. ment of Death for Forgery?--Yes. Did his Lordship not vote against the propagating of the Gospel in Canada ? Yes. Was his Lordship present honestly performing his duty when the great question for the Reform in Chancery was brought forward June 24. th ?—Nit. Will any Cornishman lay his hand upon his heart and say that he conscientiously believes Lostwithiel and Plympton were out of his Lord ship's mind, when these and many other votes were given against every species of Reform? Away then with that sentence of his Lordship's address " unbiassed by party much less by personal feeling." Nett comes Sir Richard Vyvyan. What shall be said to him ? He entered the House as the representative of as an intelligent a class of men as the kingdom possesses. No county in England has produced mere learned men, ❑or is there a spot on the face of the globe where the energetic character of the natives in the pursuit of science stands higher. Emulous as they ever have been of superior deeds, standing erect and prominent on the pin nacle of human esteem, Sir Richard came forward to watch over their interests. The asserter of their rights, the protector of their liberties. Let us analyze his con duct and compare it with his present address—He says, "It is the policy of my opponents to persevere in calling me illiberal ; although many of them know that ever since the Catholic Emancipation Act was passed, I have been a moderate reformer." If a man's ipse dinit is to be taken instead of his acts, then may his constituents know that he is a moderate reformer, not otherwise. But let us see—in March, 1829, the Catholic Relief Bill was passed, which Bill, by the bye, this enlightened legislator and would be liberal, opposed in all its stages. That Bill, in his estimation like the present Reform measure, to use his own words, " was more extensive and sweeping than any yet propounded to Parliament and hostile to all in terests," but there is no harm to come of it yet nor is there any likely to happen. On the contrary it has tended at least to make some men profess liberal principles. To assume a virtue if they have it not. But to the point. Is Sir Richard's vote to be found in favour of any plans of Reform as yet brought forward ? If it is let him point it out to his constituents. Did he vote for the transfer of the franchise from Retford to Birmingham ? No—Did he not vote against the Marquis of Blandford's motion for Reform ? Yes—ls his name to be found in the list of those who voted that Ma'ichester and other large towns should send representatives to Parliament? No—Did he not vote against the motion made for general Reform last May? Yes—What becomes then of his profession that be is a moderate reformer, seeing that all these ques tions have been brought forward subsequent to the Catholic relief discussions ? Next as to his liberality—is not the liberal's vote to be found recorded against both the first and second reading of the Bill for the relief of the Jews—and against the question fir prop 'gating the Gospel in Canada ? Yes— hut Sir Richard says " you returned me to defend not to destroy, to maintain existing institutions, not to endanger the Constitution," and he refuses to support the scheme of Reform because he " believes it particularly hostile to the interests of the Agriculturists and Fundholder, (in cluding the poorer classes,) whose money is invested in the Savings' Banks." The sophistry of this language is easily shown,—hy what violent transition is it, that the hard earnings of the Agriculturists are so often transferred to the pockets of others, but the continual tampering with the currency and corn questions which a reformed House of Commons would avoid. Lastly, who in order to obtain possession of all the savings of the poor and the accumu lation of Friendly Societies, passed Acts granting a larger portion of interest than could be otherwise obtained, and afterwards reduced that interest at a blow ? The question need not be answered, but remember freeholders, that another corrupt House may still further reduce your in terest, whereby one-half your capital now vested in the Savings' Banks may be annihilated. Be firm then, be resolved, if you wish to preserve your little savings for the comfort of old age, or to contribute to the happiness of your offspring, vote for Reformers. Let your voices be raised in tavour of Mr. Pendarves and Sir Charles Lemon. Let the purse strings of those who can afford it be opened in aid of the righteous cause. Let those who cannot lend a coach or a cart lend a horse—let all do something—remember the widows' mite, she of her want did cast i❑ all she had. Go ye and do likewise. PLYMOUTH ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) As I anticipated, the ebullitions of the people have this morning been sent forth. When the hour approached for the candidates to make their appearance to go to the Guildhall, where the election is held, concourses of people were seen in all directions, and upon the appearance of Sir George Cockburn and his friends they were pelted with mud. After the arrival of all the candidates at the Guildhall, there was some delay in opening the public doors, and the people doubtless being exasperated at such conduct, gave vent to their feelings by smashing the glass —one window is nearly smashed to pieces. The people being admitted, the polling commenced; but order could not be obtained, and at intervals stones were thrown at the windows. This arises, no doubt, from the obstinacy of the Mayor in not appointing a place to hold the elec• tion, where hustings could be erected, which he was re quested to do by some of the electors before the day of election, as the hall cannot conveniently hold more than 200 persons. These scenes continued at intervals for several hours, and very much retarded the progress of the polling, as you will perceive by the numbers sent, o hen compared with the first day. About two hours before the time appointed for the closing, of the poll (five p.m.) a great rush took place, and the crowd broke away a par tition which separated them from another part of the hall which is appointed for the freemen, at the same time making a tremendous noise, calling upon Sir George to withdraw from the contest, as he was not the choice of the people of Plymouth, which was followed up with a shower of stones at the windows from the outside. Sir George was evidently afraid, for the people made towards the Magistrates' bench, where the candidates were seated, and perceiving such a movement towards him, he quitted the bench and concealed himself in another part of the building, where he remained until the meeting was ad journed. The Deputy Town Clerk immediately bawled out, the Mayor was advised to read the Riot Act, and he, at the Mayor's request, began to read it; but not a syl lable co u ld h e heard, as he was opposed by h i ss e s and groans, and the meeting adjourned. A car decorated with laurel was provided for the Hon. Captain Elliot, at the expense of the inhabitants, who was drawn through the town attended by immense crowds. About a quarter of an hour after the Hon. Captain Elliot left the Guildhall, to the great surprise of the inhabitants, detachments of the 22d and 35th Regiments arrived there, and took their stations before one of the entrances. Shortly afterwards Sir George and his friends came out, when the 22d led the advance, followed by him and his friends, with peace officers on either side, and the 35th brought up the rear. In this manner Sir George and his friends were escorted to the hotel through the back streets, amidst the hisses of the people. After giving you a detailed history of those ebullitions of popular feeling, it is certainly necessary I should state what the causes are. As I stated yesterday, the number of electors when compared with the large population is extremely small; but the most promi nent is the fact of many of the electors having attended the Reform meetings lately held here, who also signed the petitions voted in favour of the measure, and now voting for an Anti-Reform candidate. They give as an excuse for this inconsistency of conduct that Sir George has been very kind to them in procuring situations for their friends, and they in return gave him pledges of support long prior to the dissolution of Parlia ment—but the general opinion here is that as this is an election to take the sense of the people on the great ques tion of Reform, they should forego their pledges on this occasion, and give him on some future period their sup port. This lam sorry to say they did not adhere to, as the state of the poll chews. To-morrow many persons having claims to the freedom of the borough will tender their votes as plumpers for Captain Elliot, but it is under stood they will not he received by the returning officer as legal votes, yet if they give the Captain a majority, it will p l a ce him in a situation to try their validity before a Com mittee of the House of Commons. Ten o'clock p. m.—The town is now pretty quiet, after some hundreds having amused themselves with burning the effigy of Sir George. W. M. STATE OF TIIE POLL,,SECOND DAV, MAY 3. Sir T. B. Martin Sir George Cockburn B9 Hon. Captain Elliot 6l (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) The military having been in requisition to-day, I have cleared that it would be worth while to give yeu facts to prevent mis-statements. Plymouth (i. e. the borough) bat long been held in thraldom by a few big wige who have crept into autho •. rity by the suffra lb ges of a small number of freemen, and have monopolized to themselves the loaves and fishes of a spendthrift Tory Administration. At the eleventh hour they confess their weakness, and extend the franchise ; they have admitted new freemen on given terms, and also admitted apprenticeship claims of some description, to be valid after hey years' resistance, founded on bye laws, whilst they still resist other claimants of a similar nature The popular feeling out of the Corporation is for Ref arm. Amongst the old freemen are many staunch Reformers, but they were pledged nine fathom deep to Martin and Cockburn, and have voted accordingly. The new freemen elect cannot vote till they have been free of the borough twelve months and a day, so that in a great measure the borough is as close as ever. Now, if none of the p ress nt voters - hail identified themselves with Reform generally, • their present conduct would have been individually con sistent; hut to stand forward at public meetings to peti tion for Reform to address the King in favour of Reform. and then to vote for an anti-Reformer, is monstrous, but at Plymouth it is illustrated through the pertinacity of Sir George, and the servility of a crew of place hunters.— Thus it stands. Elliot as Reformer is the favourite, accord ingly be is chaired—cheered, and every manifestation of good feeling awarded to him and his cause. Cockburn, on the contrary, has been hooted, groaned at, hissed, and I regret to add, with his supporters, has been pelted. The hall is made the ecene of the greatest discord, and the most vindictive feeling is aroused between the parties, and in dignation is at its highest pitch on the part of the people against Sir George Cockburn. Having in the morning received a complete bespattering in the streets, and stood through most of the day the brunt of a fire of words in the ball, where the Riot Act was read in consequence of the breaking of glass (a novelty at Plymouth, where elections' are generally a farce,) a party of mili taro merely escorted him front the Guildhall to the Hotel, a distance of about a quarter of a mile. The people here are not riotously inclined, and the physical power of the middle class is sufficiently conservative. I expect the appearance of the soldiers will give rise to some discussion, but every thing is peaceable now, and I trust Sir George will either give in to Elliot in the morning, or remain at his Hotel in quiet expectation of the result whirls will ter minate favourable to him, subject, however, to a revisal, which the Elliot party mean to try, of taking the votes of all the claimants by virtue of servitude. STAFFORD ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT. This borough has been the scene of a spirited contest. Mr. Hawker ; an Anti-Reformer, started against the two late Members, who are both staunch supporters of the Bill. From the commencement of the poll Mr. Campbell went a-head, and Mr. flawkes, at ore time, headed Mr. Gis borne by 34. Towards evening, however, the latter gen tleman pulled up, and the numbers at the close of the first d ty's poll were— Campbell Hawkes 299 Gisborne In the course of that evening and night the Reformers made the most strenuous efforts, which were happily crowned with success. All freemen who were absent from the borough were sent for by expresses, and at the final close o f the poll on the next day, when the fse,men had been polled through, the numbers were— Campbell Gishorne Hawkes 416 The two former were declared duly elected. On Monday a County Court was held, to put in nomi nation Members for the county. E. J. Littleton, Esq. was proposed by the Rev. T. Gisborne, of )(Oxon-lodge, (father of the Member for the borough), and seconded by Sir E. Scott, M.P. tin• Lichfield. The Rev. Gentleman, in the course of a speech of dis tinguished eloquence, stated that for more than fifty years he had never attended a county election, nor any county meeting, on a subject purely political ; but that at the age of seventy-three the important question of Reform had called him forth, and that he felt it his duty to state, in the most unequivocal manner, his approbation of the Bill introduced by his Majesty's Ministers. He then took a ge neral review of that measure, and answered in a manner tho r aighly convincing all the principal objections which have been urged against it. Sir J. Wrottesley, Bart., was proposed by Sir 0. Moseley, the Chairman of the Quarter Sessionl, and se conded by Mr. Buller, in a speech highly creditable to his principles and abilities. The Rev. Mr. Broughton then came forward to state his disapprobation of the conduct of Mr. Littleton and Sir J. Wrottesley, in supporting the Reform Bill. In consequence of his applying some very hard words to that measure, he was received by the freeholders with consi derable impatience. He declared his determination to be to use his utmost exertion between that day and the day of election to procure a candidate to oppose the late Mem bers ; but being subsequently pressed by Sir 0. Moseley on the subject, he admitted that he saw no prospect oh finding one. Mr. Littleton and Sir J. Wrottesley then severally addressed their late constituents in able speeches, and were received in the most enthusiastic manner. There is no doubt that they will be re-elected without fur ther opposition. CARLISLE ELECTION, MAY 3. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) DEFEAT OF THE GREAT NORTHERN IJORO UGHMONGER I am happy to announce one of the most important vie• tories which has yet been obtained over the boroughmon gering faction ; that is, the defeat of the Earl of Lonsdale in the contest for Carlisle. The following are the most important particulars. Yesterday morning, the 2d inst., the struggle com menced. About nine o'clock in the morning upwards of 10,000 people, accompanied with bands of musk, and upwards of 40 banners bearing different inscriptions, went in procession to meet Mr. James, Member for Carlisle a few years ago, and R. H. Howard. A snore splendid spectacle was never seen in Carlisle. Colonel Lushington, the nominee of my Lord, never made his appearance. The polling commenced yesterday at one o'clock, and conti nued till four, when the numbers were as stated below, there having been no polling this day (Tuesday). During the day the greatest order was observed, and it was evident to every one that the two Reform candidates would be ♦ictorious. The Borough Lord finding how things looked, and that he had no chance with the Reform Association established here by John Dixon, Esq., is now endeavouring to find out a flaw, and assert that the yellow voters we; e intimidated by the crowd, and could not get up to the hus tings to tender their votes ; so my Lord intends to peti tion Parliament against the return which the Mayor has made. It is all a hoax—the only intimidation was a bad cause and a bad conscience. A more peaceful election we never have seen here. It is true a few windows were broken at the Bush, the rendezvous house of the yellows, and the military called out as usual. However all passed quietly over. At two o'clock the two Blue Members were chaired according to ancient custom, and the greatest quietness prevailed. There could not be less than 15,000 people present. William James, Esq lOO P. W. Howard, Esq lOO Colonel Lushington 33 The Mayor declared W. James and P. Howard, Esqrs., duly elected. • (PROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) no o w u a r rd triumph a reret complete u i r s nedas o ur !T Members.h eg e t c b on o e u i g L hm m o h n i g t•r t ° o n the North party. r t t IdFx dare e s d completelyitnogsho himself h i his face routed, e ae m niasne miserable whlne Mr. . i ut Jamesminority, h ian he had (Lord Lowther) was here directing the Movements of the recourse to one of his usual electioneering tricks. He hind about a dozen men to kick up a riot : these were almost the only men who could be seen of his party. After being defeated at the poll, and finding their efforts to create real disturbance ineffectual, they had recourse to a desperate game. From the windows of their Comtnittee-house, the Bush Inn, they threw bottles of boiling water and stones upon a few inoffensive people. This exasperated the crowd, and a few panes of glass were broken in return. This was the whole riot, and yet even for this two Magi strates were found sufficiently subservient to the will of the boroughmonger, to be induced to call out the military and read the Riot Act. The names of the Magistrates ought t o b e held in remembrance ;--they are William Wilde and the Rev. Mr. Goodenough. Notwithstanding this provocation, and the highly-excited state of the public mind, even this did not provoke the p eo p le to violence, as no doubt it was meant it should. You will gather the proceedings of this morning from the enclosed printed bill. FOUR O'CLOCK....-I have just returned from the chair ing ;it was a triump hal procession throughout. At least apresent, and everywhere twenty e t r h e o r u e s , c s e n i d v e d p ewrninsenwtheruesi Cumberland Co unt y Election commences on Thursday. The two Reform candidates are Sir James Graham and Mr. Blamire, against Lord Lowther. There is no doubt but the honest freeholders of this country will return two Reformers. TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE, In addressing you now, my pen is hurried by emotions of gratitude : the efforts of your vassals in this part or the country have, under your Grace's directions, power fully aided the cause of civil and religious liberty, and the public opinion divides is compassion equally between the independent cottager who sits gloomily in the naPet of his children, anticipating persecution for having refused to sign your famous petition, and the wealthy, though ser vile agent, who has privately acknowledged the pa nfal ,nd discreditable nature of the business he had to per:ortn in obtaining signatures. _ . Some years have elapsed since your Grace made a bold innovation upon the received opinions of a number of humane and respectable persons, who were supporters of the Lying-in-Hospital of this town : and as trifling affairs e tsily lose their place in the memory of a great politician, I must recapitulate the circumstances in thanking you for the service. A matron was to be elected for the Institution, several candidates offered, and one in particular was strongly re commended by the Duke of Northumberland, whose agents claimed for you, my Lord Duke, the privilege of voting by proxy ; the Reverend John Smith, at that time Vicar of Newcastle, the zealous friend of the institution. and at the same time an admirer of aristocracy, argued, notwithstanding, that voting by proxy was not permitted by the rules of the Hospital ; and, surprising to relate, the candidate of another party was elected : immediately after this, with the dignity of offended rank, your subscrip tion was withdrawn ! Some old ladies, who piqued themselves on hiving danced with Prince of Gloucester, at the New castle ball, began to suspect that a Ducal coronet did not necessarily communicate intelligence or generosity to the brow it encircled, an ,1 many an honest democrat smiled to observe that the indignation of a titled 'Tory had given as impulse to liberalism. It is said that experience is the best master, and ad versity the school for reflection ; in such an academy the usher who rules with a rod of iron proves most efficient. It required a Ferdinand to elicit a spark of liberty in the priest-ridden Spaniard ; a Miguel to rouse the Portuguese ; a Polignac to teach the French nation the irresistible power of an injured people; and in our little dark corner of the North, the Radical Reformers have to thank the Duke of Northumberland for many a proselyte. When I promised to write to your Grace concerning certain strange events about to occur, I foresaw the success of such an assassin-like blow as that of General Gascoyne, but I did not expect any thing half so mean, stupid, and impolitic as the defence of your notorious letter to your Commissioners, by certain members of the House of Commons. Is the Duke of Northumberland ashamed of the transaction, or afraid of public indignation ? As an individual averse to disorder and riot, shrinking from popular tumult, and friendly to all the relations of social order, I shall entreat my fellow-townsmen to repress the too violent expression of their just resentment. Allow me to conclude, my Lord Duke, by imploring your Grace not to carry this too far—not to attempt to shake the patriotic resolution of our Noble King—not to bring down on your own head the ill-fame of having led thoughtless persons to imagine that a Republican Govern ment has any advantage over a limited Monarchy. I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke, Wi!li profound admiration, Your Grace's most obedient humble servant, (Northern John Bull.) BRUTUS BULL. WINCHESTER, MAY 4. A numerous meeting, consisting of the freemen and inhabitants of this city, took place this day, at the George Inn, for the purpose of taking into consideration the con• duct of Paulett St. John Mildmay, on Monday last, " is voting for Mr. %iliac East, the nominee of the Duke of Buckingham, and the decided opponent of the Reform Bill.' S. DEVERELL, Esq., being caled to the Chair, Mr. AIII.DMAY, who had previously entered the room, now rose to address the meeting, and commenced by stating, that he hid no stoner heard that such a meeting was to be held, than he resolved to attend, in order to give an explanation of his conduct, which he trusted would be satisfactory. He readily admitted that he had exerted his influence to effect the return of Mr. East, and he bad done that on a point of honour,—for that, fifteen years ago, when he was first elected to represent this city in Par iiament, he had entered into a compact with his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and the Chamber of the Corpo ration, to exert his influence to support the nominee of his Grace, and that the Buckingham and Mildmay interest should he unired in returning the Members of the (Cries of " Shame.") But that compact was now at ite end—(Cheering) —for that, previous to his leaving town, he had tin interview with the Marquis of Chandos, to whom he had stated his determination to abandon that compact at the close of the present election. Mr. Mild' may here sit down. A gentleman then rose and desired to ask Mr. Mild' may if he had in any way influenced any elector who had previously promised to vote for Mr. Baring, the other ndidate on the Reform principles, to recant and vote h.r Mr. East, the candidate opposed to the Reform Bill' Mr. Mildinay now proceeded to make several observation s not heating on the point, when tee substance of the quer tion was repeated by another gentleman, and after much equivocati in it came out, that owing to the compact a bove 'boded, sevoral voters had been influenced, and that there' fore the election of Mr. Baring had been lost. Mr. Mildinay then withdrew, and Mr. BIRD after aP animated speech proposed two resolutions, the last w t which declared, that Mr. Mildmay by voting himself fort and by that influencing others to do the same, the rand[' date opposed to the principles which he had himself pre' essed, had rendered the sentim en t s o f th e inhahitants of i Winchester in the House of C o mm on s a p er f e ct nullity' I Alter considerable discussion and altercation in this rose' lotion in the way of amendment, thanks were voted CO the Chairman,' and the resolutions were ordered to be sorted in three London newspapers. The Tory chains by which this courty has for fort years been disgraced are now (thank God) dissevered, atia its independence regained without a struggle, and only pi its determination to be free. Mr. Fleming resigned the hopeless contest this afternoon. The news of his resigns' Lion has given, as might be expected, general joy, and b e has saved himself not only from insult but from violence , This letter was received by the Chairmen of Sir Jatioe. s Macdonald and Mr. Lefevre about half-past four th is afternoon : RESIGNATION OF MR. FLEMING. Committee-room, White Hart Inn, Wincheste r ' May 4, 1531. SIR,—As Chairman of Mr. Fleming's Central Committee' have the honour to inform you, that, in concurrence with tho advice of his friends, he has relinquished any further opposit ,° ,,,, to Sir James Macdonald and Mr. Lefevre on the present occas l° ' I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, J. W. POLLEN, Chairman . To the Chairman of the Committee of Sir J. Macdonald and Mr. Lefevre. A splendid dinner was given this day at the Georg i , e Inn, by the independent freemen and other respectsht s inhabitants of this city, to Mr. Bingham Baring and h i uncle, Sir Thomas Baring, to which above a hundred pe r sons sat down. TEWKESBURY, MAY 4. (risoM A comtEsroNDENT.) The election began on Monday last, and the poll continued with considerable spirit during that day s a g Tuesday, when the Blue candidate having poured in mass of voters, the tenantry of Sir Bethel Ceddringtorit considerable owner of West India property, and a lerg number of honorary freemen, very prudently retired fro°, the field. Mr. Martin was chaired alone, amidst tb`; plaudits of all ranks, whilst Mr. D ow d eswe ll, d rea ding tb peltings of the p o p u l ace , was mere l y c h a i re d fro') t li.e Town-hall to the upper part of the High-street, si: l l,, horses were put t o hi s carr i age , an d h e was ta k en quiet ' home.—The contest closed this morning as follows Martin, one of the old Members, a staunch Ref0rmer......... Dowdeswell, also one of the old Members,an Anti-Reformer Tracy, a tried man some twenty years ago, who was invited KO by a Portion of the inhabitants in the cause of Reform..... CORNWALL ELECTION. (FROM A CORRES£ONDENT. A meeting of the freeholders of this county, residing Devonport and its vicinity, was hdd to-day at the T° /c to Hall in Devonport, when resolutions wer e en t ere d into„ support Mr. Pendarves and Sir Charl es L emon , the P u ' l e form candidates, and about 1501. sub scr ib e d towa rds t " to fund for supporting their election. I think, front accou ll received, their election is certain. DEVONSHIRE ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Tories g ave out l ast week that two ean dinsu would be proposed in opposition to Lord Ebringtos 813 i Lord John Russell, but they have not yet been Pars e In consequence of thi s t h reat P lymout h was divided in s , aistricts and canvassed ; the result was that of about 1,0 freeholders 1,200 would certainly have voted for the f o , form candidates. I ment i on th i s w ithout any wile j tion ; the nomination takes place at Exeter on the 6th in GREAT A: I am happy to ing its honour, n already returnee and the Govern rneneed this d W illiams, E nation. Mr. C cif vi , lrzerous in( Dot survive. Mr. T. P. after which Col !fleeting, and w I h&•—(The ent' the close of the Colonel Owen NV 'F. I'. Wi The rint , er , 'ng shuts of ap The Anti-Re ing for fifty a] opposition. BUT' A meeting of ►n spite of the i the Marquis of proceed to Aylc Smith and Grei in opposition to suer. 31essrs. every part of tl and from the pi tamed of their partizans of th( strenuous exerti The poll dos. not being able t reformers havir if he could hav impression his ia confusion w freemen, and 01 if he should ha gain the suffr, struggle in this ...,e(lorn have cured their suc( be tomorrow At the cone] Ellice Bulwer Eyler The electors England. 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