The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON.

EAST SURREY NOMINATION.

THIS DAY.

The Nomination of the Candidates for the Eastern Division
of Surrey took place this day, and from an early hour in the
morning all the different roads leading into Croydon for se-
veral miles were in a state of unusual excitement and bustle.
The procession of the Liberal candidates, the Honour-
al)le Locke King and Mr. Angerstein were marshal.
led at Broad-green, about a mile from the town, and
that for the Conservative candidates, Captain Alsager and
Mr. Kemble, at Streatham Church. The procession of the
Reform Candidates was the first in order of arrival. It was
preceded by a large body of electors bearing blue and v%hite
flags, and a full military band playing. " See the Conquering
Hero comes." The lion. Locke King, accompanied by his
proposer, was in the first carriage and four, which was pro-
fusely decorated with Reform colours, blue and white. The
lion. Gentleman was followed by a long line of private car-
riages, containing the Members of his Committee. Mr. Anaer-
stein following in an open barouche and four, similarly capari-
soned and attended. The candidates were loudly cheered by
an immense concourse of people assembled in front of the
Crown Inn. In some of tho carriages which followed the
procession, we observed Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt and his
Hon. Colleague, Mr. Hawes, the newly elected Members for
Lambeth, Mr. Leader, the new •Member for Westminster,
and several other gentlemen of distinction. The procession
was closed by a large body of electors on horseback, bearing
banners with appropriate inscriptions, among which were—
" King, the friend of the Queen," " King an I Reform,"
Angerstein, the friend of the People," " Angerstein and
Independence," &c.

The procession of the Conservative candidates took another
route, and entered Croydon by the lower road. Like the
other, the procession was headed. by a military band, playing
" Britons, strike home." The line of private and other car-
riaffes, by which the hon. candidates were accompanied, ex-
tended upwards of a mile ; the horses, riders, &c., being
profusely decorated by the Hanoverian colours, " Orange and
purple."

lust as the processions reached the town, a heavy shower of
rain came on, which continued without interruption till nearly
twelve o'clock, and in some degree damped the ardour of the
opposing parties.

At efe'ven o'clock the Under-Sheriffs, Smallpiece and Ab,
bot, opened the Court in the Town-hall, where the Precept
and the Bribery Act were read, and the meeting was ad-
journed to the open air.
The parties then moved off to the hustings, which were
erected in a large field opposite Laing's Tavern, the George
the Fourth. At half-past lithe Sheriffs, having arrived and
taken their places in the centre waggon, the large area in
front of the circle of waggons was speedily filled by the
friends of the several candidates. There were six waggons
ranged in a semicircle on each side of that occupied by the
Sheriffs—those in the right being filled by the Conservative
party—those on the left by friends of the Reform Candidates.
The UNDER-SHERIFF said, in the:absence of the High Sheriff
it was his duty to preside upon the present occasion, and he
would entreat the patience and forbearance of all, because if
the one party expected their friends to be heard they must hear
the friends of the other.—( Cheers.) It would be his earnest
endeavour to keep order, and execute his duty fearlessly and
impartially towards all.—(Loud Cheers.) He would not de-
tain them longer, but proceed at once to the business of the
day, which was the nomination of the several candidates.
Proclamation having been made in the usual manner,

W. NOTTAGE, Esq., of Wandsworth, rose to propose Capt.
Alsager, a gentleman who, since he entered into Parliamentary
life, had faithfully discharged his duties, and diligently attended
in his place, andwhose vote was to be found recorded in every divi-
sion. The present was a crisis when men should be most par-
ticularly cautious whom they should send to Parliament as
their representatives, a period when the measures proposed
by Ministers had a direct tendency to advance the interests of
popery. There was one circumstance recalled by the present
election which they all must lament, namely the death of our
late beloved Monarch. That Monarch well knew the Consti-
tution of the country, and was fully determined to preserve it.
He was a Monarch full of compassion and clemency and
his memory would live long in the hearts of his sub-
jects.—( Cheers.) They were at the same time happy
in the advent of a young and gracious Queen, who, if her own
disposition were allowed to work, would maintain the consti-
tutional rights of the people; but, unfortunately, she was sur-
rounded by persons too ready to give way to agitation, and
who would give up to theory what had for so long a period
worked so well in practice. The opposite party said that their
cause was the cause of the Queen, but he would tell them the
Queen's cause was his, and the cause of the friends by whom
he was surrounded. He would conclude by recommending the
freeholders to return representatives who knew the Constitu-
tion of the country, and would do their utmost to retain its ad-
vantages. It was therefore that he felt proud in proposing
Capt. Alsager.—( Cheers. )
WILLIAM PAYNTER, Esq., of Richmond, rose to second the
nomination with most unfeigned pleasure. It was, he knew, the
wish of Captain Alsager, as it was also his own wish, that
the electors of East Surrey in making their choice should se-
lect the best—one who knew his duty, and who would per-
form it honestly, faithfully, and independently—( Cheers)—
not professing, but men who had power to judge and honestly
to act upon their fair conviction.—( Hear, hear.) Captain
Alsager was one who, whilst in Parliament, had fully performed
his duty to his constituency, to the country, and to the Con-
stitution. He would ask not his political—(Cheers)—sups
porters, but his political opponents, whether such was not the
fact.—( Hear, hear.) Had there ever been a man more as.
siduous or straight-forward ? When elected had he not for-
gotten all political feelings and differences ? And was there
one who ever consulted him, and not find that he was ever
ready to advance individual as well as general interest ? Who
was before him in defence of the Constitution—the Protestant
Constitution of the country—( Cheers)—and protecting it from
the trickery and treachery of faction ?—( Hear, hear.) He
knew that arbitrary power given to one Assembly was as dan
gerous and formidable as if vested in an individual, and would
equally endanger the beauty of our Constitution, which de-
pended upon the checks which kept it in such admirable equi-
poise. He was an. advocate of the rights of conscience,but
he was at the same time anxious to support unfettered the pre-
rogative of the Queen. Captain Alsager was the friend of
Reform ; but then there were two sides—one ,eas of the mock
sort, and expended itself in talk, and was never satisfied but
when changing or altering the Constitution—the other was of
the practical kind, which made less noise, but sure progress.
Now Captain Alsager's Reforms were practical, not theoreti_.
cal.—( Hear. ) The sham Reformers were always coming
forward with spick and span new Constitutions, to the
amount at least of one hundred and fifty. Let them settle
amongst themselves which was the best, and then the practical
Reformers would meet them on the question. The plans for
altering and amending the Constitution of England were as
numerous as the plans for Rail.roads.—(Laughter. ) [Censi-
derable confusion was caused by an individual in the crowd
here holding up a cat-o'nine-tails, and asking Captain Alsager
if he did not think he did not deserve that ? Ultimately the
individual was removed amidst much confusion I After order
had in some measure beets restored, Mr. Paynter proceeded.
The electors had each of them great interest at stake, many
of them had large properties, and many of them had wives
and families.—( Cries of " Yes, and we are not separated.")
What did the electors expect from the friends of anarchy and
confusion ?—( Cheers.) If they returned Captain Alsager to
Parliament, he would do all in his power to preserve the Bri-
tish Constitution in all its purity. The Hon. Gentleman con.
eluded by seconding the nomination of Captain Alsager.—
(Cheers from the Conservative party.)
Mr. PALMER then came forward, amidst much cheering, to
propose the lion. Locke King. He regretted the Noble Lord
to his left (Lord William Russell) had. chosen to second rather
than nominate the Hon. Gentleman. He was sure that the
nomination of the Hon. Gentleman would be dear to every
one present, connected, as he had all his life been,
with the county. He (Mr. Palmer), in common with every
friend of his country, regretted that Major Beauclerk had
retired from the representation.—( Great cheering.) To that
Gallant Gentleman he was bound to pay this testimony, that
a more upright, honest, and just politician never entered the
walls of the House of Commons.—( Great cheering.) Mr.
King, if he had the honour of being elected the representa-
tive of this division of the county, would carry into effect the
principles which had been professed by Major 130auclerk. lie
would not now enter into the principles professed by Mr. King,
because that Gentleman would explain them to the Meeting.—
( Cheers.) The gentleman who had seconded the nomination
of Captain Alsager had aske I whether Captain Alsager had
conducted himself to the satisfaction of the electors.—( Cheers,
and cries of " No, he has not !") Now that question had
given him a challenge on his side to ask whether Captain Al-
sager had not come forward as the proposed friend of the
farmer, he would leave the electors to answer whether he had
been so or not.—( Confusion, and cries of " No, he has not.")
It had been said that Captain Alsager had done all in his
power to support the rights of the people, and give equal jus-
tice.—(Great uproar.) Why, did he not vote against the
Municipal Bill foe Ireland, and also that for England?—
(Cheers, and much disapprobation.) Mr. Locke King was
for equal rights and equal justice—he would protect the inte-
rests of the farmer—he would not profess one thing and do
another. The Hon. Gentleman, after pa) ing a high compli-
ment to Mr. Locke King, and stating that he was descended
from the immortal Locke, concluded by proposing Ithn as a fit
representative for the Eastern Division of the county of Surrey.
Lord W. RUSSELL then rose to second the nomination, and
was loudly cheered for some time. We are sorry that from
our position, and the low tone of voice in which he spoke,
that we were unable to hear a single sentence of the speech
which was loudly cheered by those in his neighbourhood.
MILES STRINGER, Esq., then rose to propose Mr. Kemble.
He said he regretted that he was unable to answer the
speech of the Noble Lord ; but he and Iris friends
were totally ignorant of what had fallen from him. The duty
he had to perform was a pleasing one, though Mr. Kemble
was probably not much known to many of them. However,
his character was well known to many, and he ( Mr. Stringer)
knew him so well, that he had no hesitation in recommending
him as a fit:audlproper person to represent the electors of East
Surrey. Mr. Kemble was an untried man, but he was speak-
ing to Englishmen, and he knew that the electors would give
him a fair trial, coming so strongly recommended to them as
he did.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. Kemble came forward
upon the purest public principles, and if they elected him as
their representative, he would be found to be a firm friend to the
agricultural interest. He was a friend, and a warm one, to
our glorious Constitution both in Church and State.—
(Groans.) At the same time he was per ectly ready to redress
—to renovate any parts of the Constitution which might be con-
sidered as worn out. He, however, was most anxious to hand
down to his children that Constitution which made England
the happy country she now was, the glory of the world, and
the envy of surrounding P4tiquq.---(Pl!cers.) Ije ayes per-
fectly satisfied with onstitntiOtt as it at pregent stood,