The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-12 00:00:00

In the first place, the nomination of a candidat*
should be the spontaneous act of the electors, and
ought not to arise from any influence or recommenda-
tion of mine. Secondly, a recurrence to the poll ought
to be dependent on a strict examination of the registra-
tion returns. If the result of that inquiry gives you,
as you state, a majority of 700 votes, or even a cer-
tain majority of a lesser amount, you ought unques-
tionably to enter into the contest, and you shall have
every support that I can constitutionally give you. On
whichever side rests the majority, it ought to be wholly,
not partially, represented. if it is Liberal, by two
Liberals ; if Tory, by two Tories : for I am decidedly
opposed to all compromises tending to place the repre-
sentation in political abeyance.
This is not a moment when supineness or apathy carp
be tolerated. On the energies and determination of
the Liberal party, in all classes, depend the destinies
of the empire. A most glorious opportunity now
presents itself of strengthening that great cause of
Reform and amelioration to which we have beers
so long devoted. A new reign has commenced..
Our Sovereign, with all the cordial confidence of
an open heart and generous feeling, has placed
herself unreservedly in the hands of e. Liberal
Government. Let us by our exertions justify that
step, and add to their means of efficiently serving her
Majesty. Let us unite round her throne all that is
good and wise and patriotic in the empire. Let our
watchwords be, The Queen and Liberty I The Queers
and the Constitution I The Queen and Reform !
Whatever principles are most dear to us, most deeply
implanted in the hearts of the people of England, may
be, without reservation, identified with the name of
the Sovereign. Educated by one of the best and
wisest of her sex, her illustrious mother, our Queen
knows that no throne is so secure as that which is based
on the affections of its subjects—no crown sits so
lightly or so gracefully as that on which are harmo-
niously blended the liberties of the people and the pre-
rogatives of Monarchy.
As for myself : As you have done me the honour,
by desire of the meeting, to ask my advice, I will tell
you candidly what my views are. They are what they
have ever been, and are neither changed nor modified.
I wish to rally as large a portion of the British people
as possible around the existing institutions of the couu-
try—the Throne, Lords, Commons, and the Established
Church. Ido not wish to make new institutions, but
to preserve and strengthen the old. Herein lies the
difference between me and my opponents. Some would
confine the advantages of those institutions to as small
a class as possible ; I would throw them open to all
who had the ability to comprehend them, and the vie
gour to protect them. Others, again, would annihilate
them, for the purpose of forming new ones on fanciful
and untried principles. I would, I repeat, preserve
them, but increase their efficiency, and add to the
number of their supporters. I have often stated the
modes by which, as I imagine, that efficiency can
be most readily produced ; but I have ever accom-
panied those declarations, as I do now, with the an-
nouncement of my determination never to force them
peremptorily or dogmatically on the consideration of
the Government or the Parliament. If they are (as
in my conscience I believe them to be) useful and salu-
tary measures—for they are based on the most Ml-
plicit.confidenee in the loyalty and good feeling of
the people—the course of events, and the experience
of every day, will remove the objections and preju-
dices which may now exist, and ensure their adoption,
whenever they are recommended by the deliberate voice
of the people.
This, i❑ a few words, is my political creed ; and no
one can look • for my co-operation or support on any
other grounds. It has been my ruling principle
throughout my political life to endeavour to bring all
classes—especially the middle and lower—within the
the pale of the true, not the spurious Constitution. I
have ever wished to give the latter an interest in the
preservation of privileges which exclusion would no
longer render obnoxious to them ; to make them feel
that whilst the Crown enjoyed its prerogatives, and
the upper classes their honours, they also were invested
with privileges most valuable to them ; and, moreover,
that all, separately and collectively, rested on the com-
mon basis of national utility.
I remain, Sir, with great regard,
Your most obedient servant,
Russell Bowlby, Esq., &c. DURHAM.
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The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon
at St. James's Palace.

The Queen received the City address this day,
after which there was an investiture of the Order of the
Bath, followed by a Privy Council.
Prince George of Cambridge came to town yester-
day fi om the Queen's Lodge at Bushey Park. His Ro. al
IliglineEs paid visits to the Royal family and to Prince Erncst
of Hesse Phillipsthal.
The Duke of Sussex entertained Prince Ernest of
i-lesse Phillipsthal and a select party at dinner last evening at
Kensington Palace.
Prince Ernest of Hesse Phillipsthal dined with
Earl Brownlow on Monday evening at his residence in Bel-
grave -s quare.
The Queen gave audiences yesterday at Kensirgton
Palace to the Earl of Minto and Lord Belhaven.
The Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Minto visited
Lord Melbourne yesterday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to
return to-day from Cambridge, in time to attend the Privy
Council at St. James's Palace.
Admiral Sir Robert Otway is re-appointed cne of
the Grooms of the Bedchamber.
The Duchess de Beira and the children of Don
Carlos were, on the Ist, at Salsbourgh.

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