The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-26 00:00:00

REFORM TRIUMPHANT
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.)

GLORIOUS REACTION IN NOTTINGHAM.

A complete reaction" said the Tories in their boasting
addresses, " has taken place in the sentiments of the once
liberal and reforming electors of Nottingham ;" on the
strength of which assertion they invited no less a personage
than Horace Twiss, Esq., to overthrow for ever the rem-
nant of Whig influence in this Borough. Mr. Twiss brought
down a Mr. 11,1artyn, who, however, soon took flight, and
Mr. Twiss then went to London, where he expressed him-
self so delighted with his reception (by the Tories) at
Nottingham, that he considered not only his own election
sure, but boasted at the Carlton Club that he had both
seats in his pocket. Under this delusion he prevailed on a
Mr. Ching Fox Plowden, from the celestial empire to ac-
company him on his return. Where or by whom the
pocket of this gentleman has been picked we must leave
to the decision of his Tory friends, but most certainly
picked it has been—and the only seats they have been
able to obtain are two outside places on the Hope
coach, a " forlorn hope" for them, which will convey them
this evening " returned," not as representatives for Notting-
ham, but as ztseless Illenziers to the Carlton Club. The
nomination of the candidates took place yesterday ; the
staunch veteran champion of Reform, General Sir R. C.
Ferguson, was first named, and received, as usual, with en-
thusiastic greetings. Mr. Plowden was next proposed, but
very little said. Sir John Hobhouse was the third, and the
cheering on his name being mentioned was tremendous in-
deed ; he himself declares that he never met with a warmer
reception from the constituency of Westminster in their
best days. Mr. Horace Twiss came last, and his nomi-
nator and seconder expressed themselves confident of suc-
cess. The four candidates severally addressed the elec-
tors in the order they were named. The General,
who has been many years a favourite in Nottingham, and
always experienced the kindest welcome, spoke in his usual
plain, straightforward, and manly way, expressive of his de-
termination to adhere to those principles of reform, to
which he became more and more attached every year he
lived. Mr. Plowden, with his speech pinned upon the
crape of his hat, mumbled something about his extensive
knowledge of the commerce of China, and the vast advan-
tages of having a Hong merchant as a representative for
a town like Nottingham. Sir John Hobhouse came for-
ward next, and was received with fully equal warmth and
enthusiasm as his gallant and excellent colleague, Sir R.
Ferguson. Sir John's speech was indeed a brilliant display
of oratory, full of point and good humour throughout,
which covered, without blunting, the effects of his severe
and powerful sarcasm. It had been intimated to Sir John
that Mr. Plowden was at Westminster School at the same
time with himself, andethe playful manner in which he pet-
ted him with the appellation of School•fellow, excited uni-
versal bursts of laughter, especially when adverting to the
contrast in their education since—the one studying com-
merce, statistics, and general policy in the cabinet of St.
James's, the other in the factory at Canton.
The Hon. Baronet uttered but little in reference to Mr.
Twiss, but that little was quite sufficient to subdue the
mental faculties of the Learned Gentleman so completely,
that after stammering over three or four common-place sen-
tences, he wound up his address with sEsop's Fable of the
" Wolf and the Sheep," which completely overcame the
patience of his hearers, and his voice was drowned in shouts
of laughter.
The poll commenced at eight o'clock this morning. The
General and Sir John were both at their posts on the
hustings, but neither of the " confident" Tories made their
appearance. At nine the majority for the Reformers was
about 200, at ten 400, and at a quarter to eleven 500 ;
when Mr. Twiss made his first appearance to tender his
resignation on behalf of himself and friend.
The close of the poll was as follows :
Ferguson
Hobhouse
Twiss 1,147
Plowden 1,145
So much for Re-action ! 1!
Tuesday, July 25.

TEWKESBURY.—(TUESDAY.)
Another victory has been obtained for the Reformers.
Sir Robert Plausible's cousin Joseph has been beaten in
right good earnest. The numbers are now—
Dowdeswell
Martin lB9
Joseph Peel
Majority --23
There are not voters remaining unrolled to change the
majority. You will also hear from Cheltenham tha
Jonathan Peel has boen beaten by more tl:an 300.

YORK.—(MONDAY.)
in the Thi. election commenced on Monday, at eleven o'clock
saltforenoon, on temporary hustings erected in St.
_
De. s-square. After the writ bad been read by the
irning.officer (W. Lockwood, Esq , Sheriff), James
Alt kt t Inson, Esq., nominated J. IL Lowther, Esq., as a re-
presentative in the House of Commons, who was seconded
by Mr. J. Jackson, grocer. The Lord Mayor (James
Meek, Esq.,) proposed the Hon. J. C. Dundas, the nomina-
lion being seconded by Sir John Simpson. Wm. Blan-
shard, Esq. (Barrister-at-law), proposed Mr. Sergeant
Atcherley, who was seconded by Mr. J. Taylor, uphol-*
sterer. The show of bands was declared in favour of the
two former. Sergeant Atcherley demanded a poll, which
was appointed to take place the following morning at eight
o'clock. No doubt exists of the return of the old Mem-
bers, and the utter defeat of this attempt of the Tories to
have two of their sort.

BATH, JULY 25.
The election for Bath has closed, and the Tory candi-
dates, Lord Powerscourt and Ludlow Bruges, have been
elected—aye, elected in Bath, where the inhabitants, under
Municipal Reform, returned all Reformers to the Council,
and where a Reforming Mayor presides. The influence
which has been exerted over the tradesmen, in order to gain
their suffrages, has been of no ordinary character—the
payment of an account, with an implied submission to Con-
servative domination, being about one and the same thing.
That Mr. Roebuck has been extremely ultra is not to b•
questioned—that he has annoyed the Ministry of Lord
Melbourne is also matter of history. That General Palmer
is poor, and consequently not very much in repute with the
aristocracy is also notorious : but had these men been dis-
placed for others whose independency would have strength-
ened the hands of the Ministry, there would have been
some redeeming feature in the conduct of the quondam Re-
formers of Bath. Of them it might be said, " How are
the mighty fallen 1" Mr. Roebuck addressed his friends at
the close of the election, and bade them farewell. His suf-
ferings he said, under his defeat, were not so much for
himself as for the poor, whom he had always befriended—
Whose case he had made his own. lie despaired not, however,
of obtaining a seat in Parliament, and if such were the
ease, the poor man of Bath should always find in him a
friend.

CLOSE OF THE POLL :

Powercourt...
Bruges
Palmer
Roebuck

1,053
. 1,118
. 976
929

BATH, JULY 25.
After a scene of the most disgraceful and, to Bath, un-
usual kind, the Tories, by dint of gross bribery and inti-
midation, have succeeded in returning Powerscourt and
Bruges, both Ultra Tories—unknown to the inhabitants
and against the wishes of all its respectable ones. No
doubt more particulars will be collected in a few days of
the means that have been used for this purpose. I have
only time to tell you now that the inhabitants generally
have closed their shops and windows, and that the appear-
ance of the people, as well as of the city, is as if some
dire calamity had happened. Your Liberal paper being
the one most circulated here, induces me to send you these
few hasty lines. The conduct of the Bath constituency
may be blamed, but cannot excite much wonder to those
who are aware of the extreme degree of intimidation exer-
cised over the tradespeople ; but their conduct in rejecting
General Palmer, who, by his Consistent and honest politi-
cal conduct secured for them the votes which they have now
used to turn him out, admits of no excuse. I will in a few
days give you an account of the means by which this most
disgraceful election has been accomplished—in a city which
had boasted of a well-informed constituency.

NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH ELECTION.
Smith
Currie
Ross 924
Alas! for the hopes of the Tories ! In spite of their
vaunted strength, and the boasted re-action, the Reform
candidates have triumphed. Yesterday the nomination took
place in the Market-square, under the guidance• of the
worthy Mayor (G. Peach, Esq.). Robert Vernon Smith,
Esq., was first proposed by W. Percival, Esq., seconded
by S. Peach, Esq. The ex-whipper-in Charles Ross, Esq.,
found a proposer in Dr. Robertson, and a seconder in J. S.
Jenkins, Esq. The Radical candidate, Raikes Currie, Esq.,
was proposed by 11. B. Whitworth, Esq., and seconded by
iMr. T. Nagger. 'We have not space for any details of
the speeches delivered on the occasion, but content our-
etVE,F, by saying that those of the Liberal candidates were
receive:l with the most marked demonstrations of enthu-
liaStie approval, by the far greater section of as large an
'as%embly as we ever remember to have seen in Northamp-
4°n• The Tories mustered in considerable numbers, but
show of hands was overwhelming in favour of Smith
and Currie and a poll was demanded for Mr. Ross. The
pollingrs commenced this morning. The majority, at the
'!
Wall greatly on the side of the Liberal candidates ; the
Toriel,ltlow ever somewhat rallied, and by a great effort
ilu~°r
majority to S'2., which was the lowest point
g the day's
proceedings—at the close it was 107. By