The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-03 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

Vice-Commit von Ba.szt —J. F. Froes, Esq., has been
appointed Cite-Consul at Liverpool for the Emperor of Small.
SUMEX.

WEPT Susan. Ei.ijrtox.—The election of a mem-
ber of parliament for the Western Diviaion of Sown, in the '
room of C. Wyndham, Esq., who bas accepted the Chiltern
Handreds, to -1 plxv yesterds , at Chichester. R. Prime,
Rea , of Walberton, deputy.c • of the West Sums
sessions, was the only candidate. The hon. gentleman be.
losses to the conservative party, and is a strong protectionist.
The represnitation of West Same% is an affair understood to
be purely under the influence of the Duke of Richmond, and
there has consequently been no canvas, nor any appeal to
the elector., save such as was comprised in a short addre,s,
publi.hed a fortnight since Yesterday, at eleven o'clock,
• number of the supporters of Me Prime en. t
on horseback about six miles from Claiclearee, and

escorted the honourable oandidate into the tows. After
the ordinary oreliminariee, the Ilon:R. Curzon proposed.
and R. Burrell, E.g., seconded, the nominvti.., of Mr.
Prime, when the even tenor of the proceedings was inter-
rupted by a voter, Mr. Cox (of Brighton), who ebserved.
that he must utarly protest against that farce beieje elated
an election of a member for West Suwez. lie Ned a., be-
cause the electors of that district had not only.not been
salted, but if they had, they possessed no VIM, OS power
in the matter. He knew, and every one else knew, who
knew anything about that division of the county, that
some two or three gentlemen met in their draw-
ing-room.— Mr. [.'nearer-Slacriff France: I bar pent e,
sir, but peas., what is vour names ?—Mr. Con : My nese is
Con, of Briehtm, au erector of test Sussex. (Utters.) As
I wan saying, some two or three-gentlemen met in their
drawing-room, or in a little back-room at a chemist's in that
town, and it was they who decided what should he done as
ed the representation. Thus, although this election
might be an election legally, it was not so virtually.—Mr.r
der-Sheriff France: I beg pardon, but I did not underitind
where you stated your qualification to be.—Mr. Cox :I am a
freeholder in the parish of Broadwater. (Cheers, during which
Mr. France resumed his seat.) I say, continued Mr Cox,
that the electors have not the power of rejecting any gen-
tleman chosen by the great landed proprietors. Such gen-
tlemen as the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Norfolk, and
others, if they were to choose to nominal* their own foot-
men, could ensure their return. (Loud cheers, and cries of
No.") Yes ; no one could deny ft. If gentleman denied
it in publie, they would not deny it in private ; they kin w
it to be as he stated. Mr. Malden, who announced hinuielf
as a dissenter, and as a freeholder of West Sumer, addreieed
a series of questions to the hon. candidate, as to his opinions
on the Maynooth grant, the extension of the suffrage, the
abolition of the law of primogeniture, the severance of the
union of church and state, and the proposed men-
sures of the government with regard to Ireland.—
Mr. Jas. Powell (town clerk) begged to ask whether Mr.
Prime, if he were elected, would vote for a repeal of the
malt tax ?—Mr. Prime thought that in justice to the agri-
culturists the malt tax ought to be repealed; but, at the saxes
time, he did not see how it was possible for the revenue to
give up such a sum ris five millions a year. Still, considering
the position of the agriculturists. and the recent legislative
measures affecting them, he thought that as a matter
of justice the tax ought to be repealed. As is
the abolition of the law of primogeniture, he had
seen a good deal of the effeets of abolition is
foreign countries, end he could not approve of it. Every-
body hada little, and no one much; and be knew, moreover,
that several sues:melee governments in France had wi.hed
to return to the former system which Napoleon, in spits
of his colossal power, had, however, been unable to effect.
After alluding to other authorities on this subject, Mr. Prima
answered Mr. Malden by declaring that he would
not, on any account, alter the law of primogeniture.
As regarded the Maynooth grant, that was a question
requiring to be deeply considered and fully discussed. Now'
what would be the use of meeting for the purpose of dim.
cawing all the bearings of these questions, if every memlor
came predetermined upon them? With respect to hie own
views as to the Maynooth grant, he might perhaps be
willing to agree to the endowment of the Catholics
for the sake of tranquillising Ireland. The sheriff
then declared Richard Prime, Esq., duly elected.—
Mr. Prime, in returning thanks, said, as regarded that pirq
on the floor of the House of Commons with which he should
divide, it would unquestionably be with that parry heeled
by Lord Stanley.—There was a dinner at the Dolphin Inn
after the election, at which about 150 persons were present