The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-08 00:00:00

TEWKESBURY.

The nomination took place yesterday. The strongest
political excitement prevailed. At the nomination the
several candidates were escorted to the hustings by their
personal friends, bands of music preceding each proces-
sion, and large numbers of men accompanying each
candidate, bearing with them the most splendid banners.
Mr. HEALING proposed, and Mr. THOMAS seconded,
the nomination of Mr. Martin.

Mr. PROSSER nominated, and Mr. CHANDLER seconded,
Mr. Humphrey Brown.

Dr. DOWDESWELL proposed, and Mr. BANNISTER se-
conded, the nomination of Mr. Cox.
The several candidates then addressed the vast con-
gregation that had assembled.
The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Martin and
Mr. Brown, the old Members. A poll was demanded for
Mr. Cox, and fixed for this day.

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Yesterdaycandidates took place at
the Shire Hall. On the whole the affair went off
quietly, but there were a couple of fights in the hall, by
way of diVersifying the proceedings of the occasion.
There were no exhieitions of colours nor bands of music.
Mr. INNELL, the sheriff, opened the proceedings with
the usual legal forms; after which
Mr. KENDA.LL, merchant, proposed Admiral Frederick
Fi,zlaardinge Barkaley as a fit and proper person to re-
pre lent the borough in Parliament.
Mr. GUESS, barrister, seconded the nomination.
in.,.!lr. J. WINTLE put in nomination Mr. 11. Thomas
Brto represent the city.
; Woonaousie seconded the nomination.
Ht.. CLurriannucK, Mayor of Gloucester, then pro-
posed Tibb a
ertenew candidate, Mr. Nathan Philip Price, of
n and Glon
mr. W.
nester.
lIIIOURNE seconded the nomination.
Mr. J. G. Faasi
CILLON, merchant, then rose to pro-
pose himself, bat" desisted.
Mr.
C.
TRuprElt
platform, and call° .
, gentleman, also appeared on the
' Upon certain
electors of the city by
name to come forward ,
nomination, bat this the gentlemen
put him (Mr. Trotter) in
said, in the midst of some confusion,
declined. He then
e°nrusion, that if they would
not nominate him he would
did not care for man nor do it for himself, for "he
to ears polite. ---" a personage not named
Admiral BERBELEY then addressed
avowed the existence of something the electors. He
tween himself and Mr. Price. like a coalition bo-
on tho Militia Bill. Ho did not I'
explained his c.,nduct.
Ike the first Bill, but
the second Bill was not the same as the first. It, had
been mended for the worse. When the r -
- first Militia Bill
wai brought before the House, he had not a petition sent
up to hies for presentation against it, but no less than
eight petitions were sent up to him from Gloucester
against the Derby amended Bill. He had been charged
with being a place-hunter. Now, there must be a Go-
vernment, and if he, as a naval officer, wag offered the
government of the naval affairs of the country, and if ho
was fitted for the office, he could not see why he should
not accept it. He did not mean to say that any Go-
vernment could always be right, but if they were always
1?‘ be following their own crotchets, and not supporting'n'raliim in its true guise, they might lose it altoge-
ther. They were all Free traders now, but, free trade
gan bein infant, he would put it to them whether they
would trust that infant to the nursing of Lord John
Russell, who 'would cherish it and bring it up in the