The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-19 00:00:00

SO Ul7l LINGO LNSIIII?E. The election for two Members to represent the southern division of Lincolnshire iu the Reformed House of Commons took place on Monday at Seaford. Mr. Handley, a stanch Whig, and Mr. Heathcote, on the same principles, were the two candidates. The hustings were erected in the market-place, :and the usual formalities having been observed, a contest of voices took place for the honour of prece dence in the nomination, the partisans of Mr. Heath cute foolishly endeavouring to obtain it for that gen ilemau, but the immense majority of Mr. Handley's friends showing on which side the public voice was. Mr. TUNNARD, of Frampton, near Boston, came forward amid immense cheering, and proposed Henry Handley, Esq., of Culverthorpe, as one of the Mem bers for the southern division of the county. Major BnowNE, of Welbourne, seconded the no mination. Sir ROBERT HERON proposed Mr. Heathcote. Sir C. SMITH, Bart., seconded the nomination. Esch of the gentlemen spoke, and were patiently beard. After which, Mr. HANDLEY at some length addressed the elec tors, and was loudly cheered. Mr. HEATlicom followed him in a short speech. No other gentleman addresed the electors, nor Was any other candidate put in nomination. A show of hands was taken, when a large majority appeared for Mr. Handley, a fair show for Mr. Heathcote, and those gentlemen were declared duly elected. After returning thanks, they were chaired I with all due honours. EAST SUSSEX—LEWES, DEC. 18. The nomination of the candidates for the eastern division of this county took place this day here. At 10 o'clock, the appointed hour, Mr. Curteis, at• ended by a numerous assemblage of electors, ap peHred on the hustings. Next came Mr. Darby, escorted in procession by several persons mounted on horseback, and in carriages. After some few mi nutes had elapsed, Mr. Cavendish arrived; the Hon. Gentleman was loudly cheered by the assembled multitude. THOMAS REID KEMP, Esq., came forward and proposed Herbert Curteis, E q , as a lit and proper person to represent the eastern division of this county in the next Parliament.—(Loud cheers fol lowed for some time.) Mr. SHARP seconded the nomination. INIGO THOMAS, Esq., felt proud on being the per son selected to put in nomination Charles Compton Cavendish, Esq. Sir C. BLUNT, M.P., seconded the nomination, amidst the most deafening cheers, which lasted for some minutes. Mr. WOODWARD proposed Mr. George Darby in a long speech, during the delivery of which he was at various times hissed and groaned at. Colonel SHIFTNER seconded the nomination. On a show of hands the Sheriff declared that the friends of Mr. Curteis arid Mr. Cavendish had the most; a poll was demanded for Mr. Darby, which will commence on Friday, at the four different places named for that purpose. A vote of thanks was moved to Mr. Mabbot, for his impartial conduct, and the meeting separated. NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. NOMINATION DAY, DEC. 17. This being the day appointed for the nomination of candidates for the representation of the North Riding, the High Sheriff held a Court in the Castle yard at York for that purpose. The candidates are John Charles Ramsden, Eq., late Member of Par liament for the county of York, a most honourable, independent, and consistent politician, who has for twenty years had a seat in Parliament, and invaria bly voted for liberty, both civil and religious; E. S. Cayley, Esq., a man of liberal political principles, but holding many erroneous opinions, as we think, on questions of political economy and on the corn laws, in which he abogether differs from the body of his party ; the Hon. William Duncombe, a Tory, and ex-member of Parliament for Yorkshire, having been obliged to decline a contest last year on ac count of the extreme ardour of the people of this county in favour of the Reform Bill, which he had opposed; and Martin Stapylton, Esq., a man of general liberal opinions, but somewhat eccentric in many of his views ; he made a sort of sham contest for Yorkshire in 1830, when Mr. Brougham was returned, when a few hundred hands were held up for him, and about 100 votes polled, and who has been very assiduo us ly canvass i ng t h e N or th Ridi ng for a considerabl e time. At a quarter to eleven o'clock the High Sheriff opened the Court. The Hon. T. thisams, late M.P. for the city of York, proposed Mr. Rarnsden as a person %Nell cal culated to represent the interests of the North Rid ing in Parliament. Sir J. V. B. JoHNsTONE, M.P., seconded the no- urination. Mr. MORRITT, of Rokeby, put in nomination his lion. Friend, Mr. William Duncombe. Si. W. FOULKES seconded the nomination. Mr. BROTHERTON, a tenant of Mr. Stapylton, proposed that gentleman, and he was seconded by Mr. T. ANDERSON, also a tenant, at Mytou, Mr. WORSLEY proposed Mr. Cayley. Mr. WILKS WAUD seconded the nomination. No other eandidatt being proposed, Mr. RAMSDEN presented himself amidst cheers, and said, the corn laws were the fruits of that sys tem of misgovernment which the Tories had car ried on for 70 years, which had likewise created the debt; and it ought to be their care, by a wise choice of representatives, to prevent any increase of that debt.—(Applause.) [lt here began to rain S ery violently, and continued to do so through the , } t Was Ithientable, that what part any individual re 'tamed. must take it was impossible to say, without kf''lng that w hi c h no man at present was capable of co njecturing, viz., what was the course intended l oe pursued by his Majesty's Ministers . ? His Majesty's Government had been too much engaged, it appeared, with the great measure of Reform to chink of any other matter, unless it were the re demption of the pledges of non-intervention (" Hear" and cheers, mingled with hisses)—with other countries; or how to avert a war in Europe by waging war against the King of Holland— (Cheers)—without the advice or consultin g the dij. position of Parliament as to providing th e means of defraying the expenses of that war.—(Hear.) That war was commenced for no British object, but was merely to strengthen the hands of the French Mi nisters, and assist them in their desire for giving new Governments. WILLIAM EARLE LYTTON I3ULWLR, roe and nominated William Windham, Esq., of Felbrigg, as a fit and proper person to represent the eastern division of the county in Parliament. RICHARD HANBURY GURNEY, Esq., seconded the nomination. Mr. WINDHAM was not the pledged adherent o :any Administration, but he would support any Ad. ministration that showed they were the lover 6, liberty, cheap government, and the reformation of al abuses. The latter part of the proceedings exhibited a complete scene of confusion, from the excitement cf the conflicting parties. Mr. COKE, who was present, addressed the elec tors at considerable length, thanking them for alp the kindness he had received, and not at the sami time missing the opportunity to express his love for the Tories, to whom he attributed all that was bad. The Hon. E. HARBoARD, eldest son of Lord Suffield, a ♦ery young man, made a speech respect ing the abolition of slavery. J. J. GURNEY, Esq., also addressed the electors upon the same subject, and stated that they ought to vote for no one who would not pledge himself to support a measure for the immediate emancipation of the slaves, The HIGH SHERIFF' took a show of hands for the four candidates, which he declared to be in favour of Major Keppel and Mr. Wyndham. A poll wa, demanded by Mr. Petre, on behalf of Lord Henry Cholmondeliey and Mr. Peach. The polling com mences on Thursday next. speeches of his fellow-candidates. This caused a dispersion of part of the assemblage, but the majo rity stood their ground firmly, in spite of the ele• mews.] Mr. Ramsden then proceeded to state his opinions in favour of the early abolition of slavery. He repl;ed, amidst great applause, to the attack of Mr. Morritt on Ministers respecting the dispute be tween Belgium and Holland. The Hon. W. DUNcosttiE had already frequently expressed his sentiments on ell the leading political questions in his canvass throughout the riding, and was glad to find that a large portion of the respects bility of it had kindly and candidly received him. His cause would be vietcri . Oils.—(Loud hisses.) He would at all times stand forward as the pro tector of Dritish agriculture, though without de manding privileges to which it was not justly en titled.—(Cheers.) He would readily ameliorate the condition of all clas: , es by the strictest economy, and by removing oppressive taxes, such as the as sessed taxes.—(Laughter, cheers, and hisses.) He thought slavery, both in our colonies and manufacr tories, ought to be abolished; and to the questions of the East India Company and Bank Charter he would give his best attention. Mr. STAPYLTON thought they ought to have the ballot for the counties at all events, whether they had it in towns or not. He had addressed 100,000 persons in his ran vass, all of whom seemed to agree with him in thinking himself the best man of the four to ropresent the North Riding.—(Great laugh ter.) He should support Lord Grey's Ministry in all useful Reforms. Mr. CAYLEY expressed his opinions at some length, in which he spoke favourably of the Reform Bill, and said, in allusion to Sir R. Peel's state- Meta, that after it had passed, the service of the Crown would be worthless, that the Bill would cer tainly prevent persons from serving themselves out of the pockets of the Teople, as they had formerly done.---(Cheers.) He expressed himself strongly in favour of immediate abolition of slavery, arid vi vidly depicted the misery of the slaves. He was in favour of Church Reform, and against pluralities, disproportionate livings, and bishoprics.--(Ap plause.) Tithes he thought a most improper im post ; he wished them to be merely as a land tax. He was entirely against the East India monopoly, and against the General Registry Bid, and was of opinion the Batik Charter should not be renewed, except under very great modifications.—(Cheers.) The HIGH SHERIFF then took the show of hands, and after three shows in favour of each candidate, decided that Mr. Stapylton and Mr. Cayley had the majority. This was received with loud cheers. Mr. Duncombe and Mr. Ramsden demanded a poll, which was appointed to take place on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. The meeting then separated EAST SURREY. Yesterday, the election for this county com menced. A hot contest was anticipated. Great has been exerted to keep out Major Beau clerk, Whip and Tories uniting for that purpose ; ,end in the neighbourhood of Croydon great com plaints are made of most undue influence hay ing been exercised. We visited all the polling places in turn, as follows : REIGATE. The election was carried on here with grew, it. Mr. Briscoe and Mr. Allen were here in the early part of the day, and addressed the people. Mr. Allen was received with laughter and great dis approbation. The votes were declared from time to !ime, and as the gr eat majorities were announced for Briscoe and Beauclerk, the cheers were exceedingly loud. 1 Mr. BRiscoE addressed the voters, and was re ceived with great applause; he urged strongly the necessity of exertion on the part of the voters to re •urn two independent teen, and he was glad to see, from the state of the poll, that the electors were doing their duty manfully.—(Bravo, " Briscoe and Beau clerk for ever.") At eleven o'clock the numbers were— Beauclerk 36 Allen 0 Briscoe :33 Lainson 0 At four o'clock, when the poll closed— Briscoe 156 I Allen l2 Beauelerk 146 1 Lainson lO KINGSTOIs - . The popular feeling here, as elsewhere, was srorigly in favour of Briscoe and Beauclerk. Some of Mr. Allen's voters gave him plumpers, but the majority of the voters, both for Allen and Beauclerk, split their votes with Briscoe. The polling through out the day was neck and neck, Major Beauclerk heading Mr. Allen by about four or five. About one o'clock Mr. ALLEN came into the town, and addressed the populace from the windows of his Committee-room. He said he had just come from Reigate—( What is the state of the poll there ?) He understood he was at the head of he poll--( No, 00)—and he had no doubt of a triumphant issue. —(Cheers, and disapprobation.) Major BEAUCLERK, on coming forward, was re ceived with most tremendous cheering. He said, —Gentlemen, the interest which you have this day expressed on my behalf, gives me the greatest hap piness, not on my own account, but because it proves to me that the feelings of liberty and inde pendence are deeply imprinted on the hearts of my fellow -countrymen, and that these warm demonstra tions of regard are only bestowed upon the humble individual now before you, because you believe him to be a man of honest principles, and one who will ever be the unceasing advocate--the independent and unflinching champion of the rights and liberties of East Surrey.—(Great cheering.) I have the pleasure of communicating to you, Gentlemen, that I at present have an increasing majority over my opponent at every polling place throughout the di vision —(Loud cheers)—and I have confident hopes that the result of this contest will prove that the independent electors throughout the county are not to be crushed by any party, or any faction, but will be represented by men whose indepen dence and honesty will equal their own.—(Hear.) If you send me to Parliament as your Member— (We will—we will)—I shall go there to do equal justice between man and man—l shall go there with a firm and honest determi nation to relieve the distresses of the country —to carry a judicious and temperate Reform into all our institutions in Church and State—(Great applause)—to protect the poor man in the just en- joyment of the fruits of his industry—to enforce a' diminution in the extravagant expenditure of the country—to demand the adoption of some equal and just system of taxation, thereby giving opportunity for the vast resources of this country fully to develop themselves—and, in one word, to advocate the cause of justice and liberty, from whatever quarter it may be assailed.—(Continued cheering.) Brighter days are now dawning for us—the proud oligarchical power which has so long trampled on our rights and liberties, whose enormous exactions have almost crushed the industry of the country, is now for ever annihilated—the industrious will no longer be de prived of their hard earnings to swell the load of wealth in the pocket of some idle drone. A new system will supersede the old one, which shall be based upon equal justice and equal protection, and have the happiness of all as its end and object.— (Cheers.) This will be my great aim, The in terests of the community at large are those to the promotion of which I shall zealously devote my ex ertions. I have no private interests to promote. I am rich enough to desire no more. Rank has for tne no eharms--it is your cause more than mine, and in your hands I may safely leave it, confident that truth and justice must finally prevail.—(Great applause. \ prinei .I CROYDON,. Being the possible, a more animat e d P polling place, presented, if the in every direction. appearance than others. Banners, favours, mus i c o tr r' in the preceding Mr. Allen passed through night. Mr. Briscoe arrived ' his elector,;; way from Bei gate, and shortly addressed the ; he was re ceived with the greatest detnonstratioorn About half-past three Major Beauclerksaorf applause. About carriage and four from Kingston; and wa s likieljthhea others, compelled to parade through the town. Briscoe Beauclerk Allen Lainson 124 CAMBERWELL. Messr4. Beauclerk and Lawson appeared here early in the morning, but had no opportunity of ad dressing the electors. A placard was circulated by the opponents o Major Beaucleik, asking the electors to go to Hor sham for his character. A GENTLEmAN, whose name we could not learn, said he lived at Horsham, and knew Major Beau clerk to be the most popular man in that town, and that he might have walked over the course if he had come forward; which he did not, because he was absent to attend the bedside of a dying parent. Another placard was circulated, stating that Mr. Grote, M.P. for the city of London, supported Mr. Allen, when shortly afterwards Mr. Grote came up to the poll, and, amidst great cheering, registered his vote for Messrs. Briscoe and Beauclerk. At the close of the poll Mr. Briscoe, and Mr. Fyfe, the Chairman of Major Beauclerk's Commit tee, addressed the electors, and were much applauded. Mr. Lainson has virtually retired. It was confidently stated by Mr. Allen's party that the Tories would rally for him to-morrow (this day); but it is believed that his strength is polled, and that the return of Briscoe and Beauclerk is safe. At Camberwell the close of the poll gave the fol lowing numbers : Briscoe 5BB I Allen Beauclerk 414 I Lainson 155 The gross poll is—. Briscoe 1,0'29 Allen 1:34 Beauclerk 746 Lainson lBl Presenting a gross majority for Briscoe over Allen of 595, and for Beauclerk of 312. NOTTINGHAM, Dix. 18. Our county election for the North Division commenced this morning—candulates, Lord Lumley., Colonel Cooper Gardiner, and Mr. Holdsworth. The polling in Not• tingham is nearly even at this time (quarter to 4. o'clock) ; hut as this neighbourhood is considered the strong hold of the Reformers, we ought long ago to have been heading the Tory candidate, Holdsworth. There is, however, one consoling circumstance, that on the canvass Colonel Gar diner had a great majority of promises ; and, though Mr. Holdsworth's friends have been bribing to an enormous extent, only five have deserted the good cause, and gone against us, up to this time. Lord Lumley, whose return is cer tain, and who has been on horseback all the day canvassing for Colonel Gardiner, has just announced that the poll in Nottingham is in favour of himself and the Colonel ; but at Mansfield, the other pulling place, a very few are in favour of Iloldsworth. :The polling places are Not tingham, Mansfield, and Retford, so it is impossible to get the numbers. CANTERBURY, DEC. 1 7. The nomination of two Knights to serve in Parliament for the Eastern division of Kent, took place this day at Bar tum Downs, about four miles from Canterbury. Two, out of three of the candidates, had protested against this remote and exposed situation, but the High Sheriff (who is a High Tory) listened to the suggestion of Sir Edward Knatch bull, who has a dread of meeting the town population, and accordingly precluded thousands front witness'ng the pro. ceedings, who could not, or would not, expose themselves to wind and weather at this inclement season. The attendance, notwithstanding, was ;ery conside rable ; 15,000 persons are computed to have been present. The Knatchbull party (Conservatives) mustered princip illy on horseback. The Yeomanry Cavalry and the serf-like ton ints composed the main body of their array. The Blues (Reformers) on behalf of Sir Wm. Conway and Mr. Pltunptre came in carriages ; from the barouche and four to the humble van, all were loaded with z, , a!ous partisans of these two gentlemen. The weather was unpropitious in the extreme. Party spirit runs very high, and consider able uproar prevailed during the greater part of the pro ceedings. After the various candidates had been proposed and had addressed the electors, the High Sheriff (George Douglas, Esq., of Chelstone) called for the show of hands, which was in the proportion of two or three to one against the Conservatives—but the Sheriff (with the partiality which has distinguished all his proceedings) absolutely had the effrontery to declare that the show was in favour of Sir Edward Knatchbull and Mr. Plutnptre. Violent symptoms of indignation were now manifested by the Re formers. and the Sheriff absconded while Sir Juhn Max well Taylor, in strong terms, was proposing a vote of cen sure on him for his manifestly unjust and partial decision. This was carried by acclamation. The polling takes place on Thursday and Friday. Very great excitement prevails in East Kent. crowd loudly cheered in passing the members of Mr. Briscoe's Committer—those of Mr. Lainsoi they passed without notice. Indeed we observed that those who wore the colours of Major Beau clerk (blue and white) generally wore those of Mr. Briscoe (crimson and white) intermingled with them. After the close of the poll, Major Beau clerk addressed the Meeting, to a similar effect as at Kingston. He declared that many misstatements had been made —such as that he was art Irishm an , a Repealer, a Leveller, and so on—all of which were utterly untrue.—(Cheers.) It was also said th,Jt he attacked the Church, which was false. As a member of the Church, he wished to pie serve her, which he thought Could but be accomplished by doing away with its abuses. —(Cheers.) His religion taught him to do unto others as he wished to be done unto; and he would not quarrel with a Man because he differed from him on religio.o tenets.—(Cheers.) It had been stared that he was an opponent of the Ministry; that was untrue. If they continued to do as they had done, he would support them ; but he would not bind himself to support them through thick and thin, right or wrong.—(Cheers.) He had now, he found, a large majority over his opponents ; but he urged them not to relax, for it was said that th e Tories would make great exertions to-morrow ; b u t let the independent electors of Surrey come forward as they had done to-day, and Their triumph would be complete.—(Thund e r s of applause.) At the close of the poll at Kingston the numbers stood NORTH ESSEX. This was the day (Tuesday) appointed for the nomina tion of the candidates fur the representation of this divi sion, which accordingly took place at Braintree, at 11 o'clock this morning. ISir FRANCIS VINCENT came forward to propose Mr. Western as a fit and proper person to represent tla, Northern Division of the County of Essex in Parliament. The nomination was received with loud cheers, and was seconded by Sir Thomas Ormsby. Mr. WESTERN was received with immense cheering. It was said the Ministry had ideas dangerous to agricu:ture, such as free trade. He could tell them that it was no such thing. Government hid no such ideas. He knew Lord Grey and his Majesty's Government were deter mined to give agriculture all necessary protection. Before he sat down he had to advert to a subject which in terested all their hearts, and struck all the chords of their feelings. He meant slavery. He advocated the im mediate abolition of slavery, and would support every measure calculated to produce the most immediate and active abolition. The subject had long been under die cussion. It was advocated by Mr. Pitt, and opposed by Lord Melville, and continued to be a subject for the mete display of Parliamentary oratory. The Whigs had been in office only six months, when they put an end to the slave trade. The Whigs bad only been in officel2 months, when the Tories began to cry out " What have the Whigs dons?" But it should be borne in mind that they obtained office after 70 years of Tory dominion, and th.•y bad to rectify all the misconduct of so long a period. He re tired amidst great cheering. Sir HENRY SMITH proposed, and Mr. BIRCH WOLFE seconded, the nomination of Sir John Tysden Tyrell. Sir Jotrx TYREI.L came forward, and was received with loud cheers and sonic hisses. After a few introduc tory remarks, he said, it was a matter of notoriety that, by the abolition of the rotten boroughs, the interests 6 f agriculture had been lessened, and those of the manufac turer increased by an addition of 144 Members in Parlia ment. This was sufficient to show the true spirit of Lord Grey's Ministry towards the agricultural interests. There were other points in which Lord Grey's gross duplicity of conduct appeared--for instance, his treatment of the Ra dicals. He, for his part, preferred an honest Radical, who came forward and told openly what he wanted. The Whigs had used the Radicals for their purpose—and now that they have sucked the orange, they throw the rind away. It was impossible not to see that the present war was contrary to all known principles, and even to the opinion of Lord Grey himself in 1791. The war against the Dutch was most unjust and unprovoked, and the first health he should drink after dinner would be that of General Chasse.—(Cries of " Shaine," and cheers.) 11, concluded with thanking them for the kind attention with which they had heard him, and retired amidst loud chter ing and .conciderable disapprobation. Mr. TUFTNELL proposed, and Mr. ELWES seconded, the nomination of Mr. Baring. Mr. BARING came forward, but was a long time before he could obtain a hearing, from the tremendous yells and hisSes, mingled with cheers; that assailed him. Mr. Wes tern had said that, if they would send him (Mr. Baring) to Parliament, they would send a very good Whig. He was certainly what he formerly understood to be a Whig —not a Whig of Lord Grey's school, nor of Mr. Western's school, for he never held the public principles they pro fessed—nctnely, that men were to go through thick and thin with their party and leader ; and whether a Greyite. a Foxite, or a Pittite, must follos'e his leader. If he went into Parliament, he would go there unshackled in his opinion, and ready to support any measure, from whomsoever it should emanate, that he thought condu -1 cive to the interests of the country.—(Cheers.) This was the diff,rence between Mr. Western and himself. The present Wh;g Government were throwing away the money of the people, and allying with France for the ex. press purpose of tiring cannons at the oldest and truest ally of this country. hut then they were Reformers, forsooth ! If there was a blundering budget, they were told the Whigs were Reformers—and whatever blunders might be committed, or succession of blunders, still Re. form answered every thing. The question they had to answer was, whether the system the Government pursued was one which should have the confidence and support of th e country? When they saw the Government allied with Political Unions and illegal associations of every descrip tion for the purpose of overawing the Legislature, and when the King refused to swamp the House of Peers to carry a specific measure, they saw them resort to the ex treme of political profligacy, and by means of these Po litical Unions threatened the King and the country into the measure they supported. They had heard Mr. Attwood threaten to bring 200,000 men from Bir mingham to Hampstead-heath, where he stated that he would be joined by 600,000 more front London, for the purpose of overawing the Crown into a parti cular course. Might not the same measure be re sorted to, to produce some measure hostile to the agricul tural interests, if the manufacturing towns thought fit ? The Whigs make an exclusive claim to purity of election ; but what could be said of that Reform Bill that had left two as complete rotten boroughs and four as complete nomination seats as were ever to be found under the old system ? These boroughs were the property of Lord Mil ton's father, who had now the complete disposil of Peter borough and Malden. Ile hail always opposed slavery It was abhorrent to his feelings, and he would support the entire abolition of slavery as soon as it could he possibly carried into execution, consistent with the situ ation of the slaves themselves, and the consideration of their future welfare. The lion. Gentleman, after a few other observations, concluded with expressing his thanks fur the attention of the meeting. Mr. BA RNARD, the Member for Greenwich, proposed Mr. Brand, who was seconded by Mr. HANBURY. Mr. BRAND was received with loud cheering, and ex plained his sentiments in a few words. He said he was a friend to the agriculturist, and would support his interest if returned to Parliament. He was desirous that an en tire 'commutation of tithes should take place, and that the farmer should be relieved from them as much as possible. He was an enemy to slavery in every shape. The HIGH SHERIFF the❑ put the names to a show of hand, which he declared to be in favour of Mr. Western and Mr. Brand.—(lmmense cheering and hisses, which continued for some time.) Sir JouN TYRELL demanded a poll for himself and Mr, Biting, which wa, granted, and appointed to commence at 9 o'clock on Friday next. After a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff the meeting separated. SOUTH DEVON.—EXETER, DEC. 17. This being the day appointed for the nomination of can didates for the Southern Division of;the county, a strong muster took place in the Castle-yard, at 10 o'clock, the hour fixed on by the High Sheriff: The business, how ever, did not commence till nearly 11?, o'clock. Lord John Russell arrived soon after 11. He looked ex ceedingly well and in high spirits. On ascending the hustings he was greeted with three cheers. Sir BoucitiEn. PALM WLEY, Bart., stood forward to propose Lord John Russell, as a fit and proper person to represent the Southern Division of this county in Par liament. Ciptain 13oLLEn., R.N., seconded the Hon. Thronet, Sir WILLIAM POLE, Bart., proposed Mr. Bulteel. H. W. NEIVMAN, Esq., of INlarnhead, seconded the Hon. Baronet. MONTAGUE PARKER, jun., Esq., of Whiteway, pro posed John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the Southern Division of this county in Parliament.—...(Che e r s and great disapprobation.) Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH, Bart., seconded the Hon. Gentleman. Lord Jolts; RUSSELL was hailed with enthusiastic cheering. —As soon as silence was obtained his Lordship proceeded—Gentlemen, upon this occasion you have to decide which are the principles and which are the oi,inions to which you will give your countenance--(Hear, hear)-- and I should leave it with hardly a word on my part, to the motion which I have supported—to the motion which I had the honour to orientate in Parliament. I leave it to your unfettered judgment to say whether or not those prin 41es and this motion were conformable to the sentiments of the electors of this division.—(Cheers.) But, Gentle man, I cannot conceal from myself that those who have proposed one of the candidates—the last candidate who has been proposed—instead of coming forward, as I would never dispute their right to do, and stating his pretensions to represent you—and stating that the large party—for large it is although diminished—(A laugh)—to which he belongs, are sufficient in number to carry a representative for this county—l should never dispute their making the claim to that honourable distinction ; but, Gentlemen, they have done something different to this.—(Hear, hear.) In all their propositions—in all their speeches—in all they hive put forth, they have introduced the position, not so much that their own candidate was qualified to represent you, as that I was disqualified for that representation.-- (Hear, hear.) Now, Gentlemen, although I do not court an opp.irtunity of putting my pretensions in opposi tion to others, or of speaking to the claims on which I have been invited, yet, when I am thus put upon my defence, I never will shrink from the contest—never ac knowledge that I am ashamed of the part which I hive taken.—(Reiterated cheers.) It is that which, among all the disqualifications I have taken, is almost the only one that is left out, either by insinuation or direct charge. But the real charge is—that I was the proposer of the Reform Bill —(Cheers, with hisses from the Conserva tives.) Gentlemen, I say again, of that act 1 feel no reason to be ashamed.—(No, no.) lam not about to do penance fir the part I have taken in that.--(Cheers.) I am not about to make an apology for endeavouring to re store to the people of England their riAlits, because I con sidered the case to be this, and I always shall so consider it, that the King was entitled to his high prerogative, that the House of Lords were entitled to their important and aoleinn privileges, but the people were entitled to their House of Commons.—(Reiterated cheers) Gentle men, the fact was this i—a certain party of individuals had stolen the key of that House from the people; we have given it back.—(Loud cries of " Tavistock: from the Conservatives.) The fact is, the opposition so pecu liarly directed against tne was in effect nothing more nor less than an opposition of revenge—(Hear, hear)—and those persons who expressed so much opposition to me, in fact considered themselves next of kin to the de ceased boroughs, and that they ought to have visited on me the murder which they consider I had committed upon so unoffending a body..—(Cheers.) Gentle men, I conic next to the question of retrenchment, and upon that subject I can say that the Government, in the short time they have been in office, have reduced about one-sixth of the whole expenditure on which it was possible for them to retrench.—(llear, hear.—An Elector—" Where is the Russian money ?") I hear you perfectly well. A gentleman in the crowd asked, " Where is the Russian money ?" Now, if I should say what I would say to a great many other expenses, that was an expense to which the faith of the country was pledged. It was; a solemn engagement which the former Government had taken. When I asked them, in the House of Com mons—when I put it to Sir Robert Peel, who is the leader, the respected leader, of that party, to say whether he would be ready to declare for or against that payment, he never would—(Hear, hear)—nor would any of that party declare against the payment of the money.— (Cheers.) Well then, I say, whatever may have been the folly of entering into that engagement, I would not remedy that folly by the dishonesty of not fulfilling it.— (Cheers.) With regard to the other question I say the same, that I do not think the want of wisdom shown by the contracting of a debt is to he amended by a want of justice and good faith in afterwards refusing it.— (Cheers.) Of this I say, as long as I hold my seat in Parliament, or any part in the King's Councils, I never will advise any act by which the honour of this country shall be lowered before foreign na tions, or called into question by them.—(Loud cheer'.) It seems that there is another objection which has been inadc—to the course of policy which this country has been pursuing, as inconistent with that last aid third pledge that was givenanamelv, the pledge of peace. Now, Gentlemen, I say that, whenever rarliarnett meets the Ministers will be ready to show the whole course negotiations into which they have entered, and they wt. be prepared to contend that they have acted in every respect in the spirit of peace, and with the view to pre vent war.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, sou all know that the former Government had made one union—and a very unwise and impolitic union I always thought it was— between two nations, known in all history for their dissi milarity and dislike to each other. But in connection with that onion Ministers had met with this dif f iculty, which was none of their own courting—and they agreed, nut two Powers, but the five great Powers of Europe, that they would lay down certain terms, and would make both parties agree to those terms, in order that a general war might be prevented.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, we were prepared : in case the Belgian Government had refused to assent to these terms, we should, in compliance with our engagements, have agreed on forcible measures being used for compelling them to adopt those terms, menacing force in case of opposition. The Dutch Government re fused, and, having menaced force on one party, we had no alternative but to do the same with the other. It was in no dislke to Holland ; on the contrary, of the two Powers, certainly Holland, from my own predilections, I should he most inclined to favour; but having made the treaty, which, in point of fact, is more in her favour than in the favour of Belgium, and Belgium having submitted, it became necessary that Holland must submit to it too.— (Cheers.) I feel no doubt that, so far from there being a Dutch war, I feel that, in consequence of this measure, the peace of Europe will be preserved.—(Cheers.) Now, so much with regard to the Government. I come now to one or two objections which have been made personally to myself. One of these is that 1 held office in the King's Government—(Hear, bear)•—that is to say, not, as it has been represented, that I am pledged to vote according to the dictation of any person ; but that I, for one, do meet in the C tuncils of my King's advisers, in order to consult upon those measures which shall be adopted for the government of the country.—(Ch-ers.) And Ido not think, according to the English Constitution—pro vided you have confidence in your representative—that it is any disqualification in him that his King is pleased to confide in him likewise.—(Continued cheers.) Of this I ern sure, if that doctrine were to prevail for the first time in the history of England—for it was never admitted be fore--if it were to prevail now, that men in office were not fitting representatives of the people of England, it would not only lie a greater change than the Reform Bill has produced, but it would be a greater change than any of those who are so fond of taking place would like ; it would be a separation between the Crown and the people, now fixed, and proceed ing together in harwony.__(Lorrd cheering.) But I am happy to say that that doctrine is not likely to be a favourable one; for, in looking at the list et' elections which have already taken place, I can make out 15 places in which Ministerial candidates have been se• leeted.—(Cheers.) There are, in the first place, three officials who have been chosen in the metropolis to repre sent nearly a million of people. At Leeds, Manchester, Chatham, Northampton, Nottingham, Cambridge, Halifax, Dover—in all these there have been official persons elected, and have not been thought by the inhabitants of these places the less worthy because they held office under the King•—(Cheers.) Likewise, I may say, the principal leader—the official lender of the House of Commons— has been elected fir the county of Northampton.—(Hear, hear. ) He had been twice before elected whilst holding office. The First Lord of the Admiralty had been twice ' elected fur the county of Cumberland whilst holding office, and I have no doubt will be so elected again. 1 trust also the county of Devon will not only exercise their trust in the saute manner, but show that it is no disquali fication to me that, having the honour of a seat in the Cabinet, I have not the less power or inclination to repre sent your feelings and wishes in Parliament.—(Cheers.) But, Gentlemen, there is another objection, and it is ex tremely fanciful—that the present Government is hostile to agriculture. Now, I should have thought that objec lio❑ might have come from a different quarter.—(Bear, hear.) I should not have been surprised if persons engaged in the shipping trade of this country should have said, " Why, your families have been always so much connected, so much engaged with land, that you are not fit to represent the commercial and the trailing in terests of the country.—(Hear.) It would have been a much better objection than this, which is taken from their own fancy, because there is no such a measure as the one spoken of for the injury of the agriculturist. The King's Ministers are not inclined to favour one interest or the other interest, but, taking all the important interests of the country into consideration—and agriculture is the most important of diem all—they will introduce no change which can tend to be injurious to this great interest.— (Cheers)—and I put it, as one of the advantages of the Reformed Parliament, that you will have there those men who will really consider your interests, and who will not be overborne by those who lately represented themselves and their friends.—(Continued cheers.) It has been said, with reference to one of your opponents, that he is not unfavourable to change. Now, upon that point, at least, I think I may be equally entitled to your suffrages ; for I have always said if the county of Devon is disposed to retract the opinion which it gave the last Parliament, in the election of Lord Ebrington and myself, who, as far as we could, never ceased our exertions in favour of Re form—l must sny, if you are disposed to retract that opi nion, and think that Conservative opinions are better, and that Reform is wrong, in that ease, I say, I am ready to change too, and withdraw at once from the country. —(Never, never.) But if that is not the ease—if you are determined to choose vrisons because they are favour able to Reform—then I must say that I am an older Reformer than my opponent.—(Cheers.) I must say, that if the question is to be attachment to re form, in attachment to reform I will not yield to any one.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is the wish of the Go vernment of which I am a humble Member, that in giving this reform, it should be such a reform as should be peace able and safe, to maintain the prerogatives of the Crown, and long may its present possessor exercise those prero• gatives.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) We wish not, as it was falsely imputed to the Reform Bill, to take eff the Crown from the Kin's bead. We, on the contrary, think the Crown will shine in brighter lustre when it Is re posing on the affections of the people.—(An expression of dissent from the Conservatives here caused Lord John's friends to give him three hearty cheers.) We wish to preserve all the other valuable institutions of the country has always been my opinion that those institutions, they were in danger—and they certainly were in danger it was because they were perverted and abused.—(Cheers. I think that when restored to their proper and prim•tive use, they are institutions which are as worthy of the people who would now defend them, as of the ancestors who gloriously founded them.—(Cheers.) But I am of opinion that the Ministers of religion should devote them selves to the purposes of religion.—(Cheers.) I am of opi nion that public servants of the Crown should devote them selves to the public service. —( Cheers.) I sin of opinion that those who in whatever station of life are called to bear the great burden of public affairs, should carry on those af fairs honestly, fur the benefit of the whole country, and not pervert those sacred and venerable institutions to the benefit and property of individuals.—(Cheers.) Gentle men, if you agree with me in these opinions, we shall con. tinue to be what I mentioned we were at the beginning of the Reform Bill—placed between the abuses we wished to correct, and the conclusions which we ought to avoid. We shall continue to take care always, in securing amendment, that we wish to preserve this great country from violence—this great country, whose commerce, whose trade, whose agriculture, whose present and future pros perity depend upon its peace and tranquillity. We shall endeavour to preserve to the country, I say, such a state of peace and tranquillity that the progress of amendment, instead of being as it seetns, is another country a bloody act, inspiring horror as much as it gives hopes of future amendment—we shall endeavour to make it a peace ible and new path of hope, and if we shall have succeeded in that task, we, who have been your representatives in the last Parliament, will not have proved unworthy of that which is the highest ambition of an Englishman—th e es teem, the confidence, and trust which his country reposes in Isis integrity. Mr. BULTEEL next addressed the electors at considera ble length, and with great ability. - - lie Was followed by Mr. YARDE BULLER., whose ad dress was marked by an appearance of candour and mo desty that demanded credit tor the honesty which had in duced him to adopt doctrines which men of all ranks i❑ Devonshire are laying down with th 4 utmost alacrity and even haste. The space which has been devoted to Lord John has precluded a report of the speeches of the two former gentlemen. The SHERIF) having put the candidates to the meeting, the choice fell on Lord John and Mr. Bulteel by an im mense majority. A poll was demanded for Mr. Buller. Thanks were voted to the Sheriff (moved by Lordii rington, and seconded by Baldwin Fulford, Esq.), and the meeting dispersed. The election commences on Thursday. Considerable acrimonious dispute took place between the Conservatives and the Libera!s in the body of the meeting, and had the former been stronger, it is Prob lll / 1 that the sanguitious fluid might have been exhausted frog sundry naval organs then present. The contest bids fair to be conducted with great warmth ;e of I ..• . „ ISLE OF WIGHT (COUNTY); Drc 1 1' PUBLIC AND, WE MAY ADD, TRIUMPHAL. E 5 TRY OF SIR RICH ARD SIMEON S , BART., OF , JOHN'S, NEAR RYDE, AND OF SWAINSTO NEAR CALPOITRNE, IN THIS ISLAND. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) On Monday morning, at S o'clock, the yeomen, gettle: men, tradesmen, and other supporters of Sir Richard v neon, ght :d_ horsebackate for tl e a representation carriages, of t h e Isle na et St. being's ii T y o o llig n a d te m , i t n o at e i s d c n o . rt Sir Richard to Newport, p n-hail, The procession went up High-street, crossed the O r° intothe After i s ii t arbnel assembled , ciu t naa o ryr- t fi Irasrotegrneetsteo Quay-street, r d ae o nt w hds - e n a fetHTil,yoei housed,t i ,tr dispersest ob er: thirty o :sti‘hlt ; ll.': ach committee were, by mutual agreement, ad witted within the ball. After the necessary forms had been gone through b Y the Sheriff, trc., Sir WILLIAM OGLANDER, Hurt., of - ..Sruhrzell i Isle e f Wight, came forward to propose Sir Richard Simeon, a fit and proper person to represent the county of the Isle of Wight, in the approaching Parliament. Sir GRAHAM EDEN HAMMOND Bart., of treShWate r ' the Isle of Wight, seconded the nomination. SLONE STANLEY, Esq., stepped forward to nomiel Alexander Glynn Campbell, Esq., (eldest son o f Colo° Campbell, of Gatcotnhe-park, in this island, lately a CO' missioner in the Excise„ but now retired on a pensfoas Electors of the Isle of Wight, I am sure I address a gee d. tempered mob! a t a ll events.—(Here the hisses and yells completely drowned his voice, and silence could not be restored without the interposition of Mr. Sewell, the Bke riff.) Mr. Stanley proceeded to say—Th e Honourable Baronet has for a long time—(Hisses and continued inter ruption)—been a Reformer; and my friend, Mr. Caor bell, is not averse to any Reform which can be obtaine d upon constitutional principles, and which will by 9° means injure the country—which will give you all the ee" joyments you have at present—(Tremendous laughing' and cries of "We want more than that")—and all Ye ll are entitled to. Under the great difficulties of the tim es ' a great difficulty may arise as to a Reform in the Chureb; and with regard to the corn laws, I am sure there is individual connected with the Isle of Wight, w ho, from his property and intelligence, understands the corn WI; better than Mr. Campbell; and I contend, that tinier agricultural property is properly protected, al l the rest of the community must perish. Gentlemen, I offer° you my much-respected friend, Alexander Glynn Camp bell.—(Loud laughing, and tremendous hisses.) Sr RICHAR D B ASSETT , K nt. ( upwards of 80 year . of age), seconded the nomination. Sir RICHARD SIMEON now came forward, and was re ceived with deafening and repeated cheering. He said, feel I can never do justice to the recommendation of DV friend ; all I can say is, I will do all I can to obtain jue' rice for all classes among us. I have no engagement whatever to keep me from my duty in the House, sheta I be returned; nor any party or political consideration" ) prevent me from discharging it when there. I W e your duty to attend to; and, if returned, I will 1 1 ' ways be at my post. In the honourable congratulation of my friend who proposed me, on the subject of Reform, I most heartily unite, which, after many yeah hard struggling, you have obtained, and which gives you those rights which I hope you will hand down to poste• city as the birthright of your childr en. I think e°, opprobrium a tt ac h es to R e f ormers, but, Gentlemen, as well as you, I have had my share of it. We were never in the right key; we were sometimes too high and sometimes too low ; we were either too soon or too late ; or, like, the drumm e r's l as h, too hi gh or too low—(Loud cheers)—w e were either indifferent to the welfare of the country, or agitators who sought its ruin. may venture to say I have almost universal support ; and I may be permitted to refer to my private characters—and I make this appeal to be most distinctly understood--I will give no pledges whatever ! ! for my Parliamentary conduct, to control me there, but my opinions you shal l have, with all my heart, and I will give them most sin cerely.—(Loud and continued cheers.) I profess that IDs intention is to support not men but measures. I have s strong predilection for his Majesty's present Government, and it is because I have, from my infancy, been taught to respect Whig principles; for how can I read the history of England, and the Revolution of 1688, without highly respecting the Whigs ? How can I forget that they passed the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, the Catholic Emancipation Bill, and the Reform Bill ? You will all agree with me, that the happiness of the people is the great end of good government; with these before me I shall support peace, economy, and Reform.—(Cheers.) The all absorbing subject of colonial slavery will come under my notice, and if I go to Parliament, no one will go there who hopes more anxiously than myself to get rid of slavery. We all know that the busy election tongue of c duinny is never quiet; and on this subject I will not leave my opinions open to misconstruction, and if any one say, I am going to let the slaves go free to the injury of the whites, they are mistaken. I will vote for slave emanci pation, and the slave must have it, and I would resort immediately to the m easure , an d w i thout i n j ury to the planter. I would let a dry be fixed, after which all the children of the West Indies may be horn fee. I am a friend to direct tax ition, and should like a law passed by which they may be collected at the least possible ex pense, which would touch the absentee, &c., hut which would not touch the poor man—f Loud cheers) —and I s hope we shall live to see a property tax, for taxation we must have, and God forbid I should say we ought to Me di national faith—the national debt must be sacred, but the resources of the country must be left unimpaired. I should !die to have a repeal of the assessed taxes, and also of the malt tax—(Tremendous cheering)—it is a tax upon the soil, and therefore an impolitic one. I will tell my agricultural friends that there is not one who is more at' tacked to their interests than myself; and I now state that they must have protection, while those heavy rates, and taxes, and tithes, fall exclusively on them. I am for giving them justice, but not more, and if they attempt to thrust their b an d s f rau d u l ent l y into the pocket of the coo- 4, sumer, I think we may say, drum them out with the rogue's march.—(Great laughter.) Sir R. then re- ferred to the interest Members are taking to revise the ; poor laws, and slid, I think we must have such poor laws as shall separate the honest and industrious poor from the aged and infirm. I will not remark on our Con- j s dirlation Act, but hope to see the time when the poor r, man who is out of employ shall be referred to his owu parish, and when our poor house shall be f kept alone for the aged and infirm.--(Loud cheers.) I wish for a commutation of tithes,and such as will give to ;, the clergyman a fair and just remuneration. I see the next topic in my no t es i s economy. G ent l emen, I will leave it to my opponent to speak ori that subject—(Great a. laughter)—for you all know that if Igo into Parliament, .! it will be to save every shilling of the public money that I can. I think the Reform you have will lead to cheap -! government and to good government. Sir 11. Simeon further stated his approbation of the repeal of the Sep tennial Act, however proper or necessary its original enact" went may appear to some to be. On the subject of the ballet, he would go into Parliament with a mind per fectly unbiassed ; and as it way an abstract question, if be found the balance of arguments in favour of it, then he would lie an advocate for the ballot.—(Sir R. retired amidst long continued and enthusiastic applause.) A. G. CAMPBELL, Esq., was received with loud and con tinued hisses. :He thought the tithes were badly collected , and any plan which could be adopted for their being better collected, he would support.—(Cries of " We won't have them ; they are out of date.") He did not approve of turning the Bishops out of the House of Lords ; it was once done, but he who did it was the supporter of the monarchy, but murdered the King. He approved o f the corn laws, but would promote economy in every way . ' He condemned the parsimony of Ministers for discharging men from the duck yards six weeks before tin y:were entitled to Their superannuation money. The ballot he was most decidedly against. A voice from the crowd said what are your views of the ,lave trade ? Mr. C. said, I will do it away as fist as possible, but not till it can he done for the good of the slaves Ibeinselves• This answer did not give gen , ral satisf Action. On a show of bands being called for Sir R. Simeon, it was all but universal, and when demanded fir Mr. Campbell, a fiW scattered hands were h e l d up. The Sheriff decl ued . favour of Sir Richard, whose return is as sae as though he had no opponent. Tire new borough of Oldham, in Lanca shire, which has elected Mr. WILLIAM CußßErr as one of its representatives, contains a popul ition of 372,000, ands according to the reports of the Collanissioners, 1,100 qua lifying tenements. 'The price o f a su b st i tute i n t h e French array ; is now SOL It in now much enhanced, but nothing like what it was in. the EMPEROR'S time. One genth man ' paid 16,000 francs (6401.) in 1813 for a,sui , t,titute, and was, after all, obliged to watch as a guard d'hunnepr