The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-29 00:00:00

lIADDINGTON BURGHS.

NOMINATION.
Monday being fixed for the nomination of candidates for
this district of burghs, the friends of the respective parties
were early in activity. At a quarter before 12 o'clock Mr.
Steuart and his party marched in procession to the hus-
tings, which were situated at the west-end of the Town-
11c.inse. The Liberal party were received with loud cheers.
Sir Thomas Hepburn and his party arrived soon after, and
were received with disapprobation.
ROBERT RIDDELL, Esq., the Sheriff, read the sent and
the Act against bribery and corruption.
Provost LEA,' of Haddington, then came forward to re-
commend to them as a fit and proper person to be their
Representative their late Member, Mr. Steuart.—( Loud
e!_iecring.) They had sent Mr. Steuart to Parliament four
times, and they would find Mr. Steuart guided by the
same principles as those he had set out with, and was de-
termined to carry through, for the salvation of his country.
SIMON LAW ER S, of Dunbar, seconded the nomination
of Mr. Steulrt.
Provost ELLIOT, of Jedburgh, proposed Sir T. B. Hep-
burn, who was seconded by Dr. AITCH ESON, of Dunbar.
Mr. STEcAaT caine forward amidst loud cheering. This
wa:s not a struggle between two gentlemen who were
anxious to get into Parliament—it was principles, not men,
they had to do with—the issue of the struggle was of great
importance to the country. The gentleman who proposed
his Hon. Opponent made allusions to his (Mr. Steuart)
being bound to a party. He would just state that he would
not deny that he was bound to a party, and be would ever
be, so long as that party's ppinions coincided with his own ;
and as to his accepting office under that party, he would
state freely, that whenever it was their wish, he was ready
to resign that office. What had the other party been
doing ? Moro ill than a century could rectify. To speak
nothing of the jobs practised by feeding their brothers and
sons at the expense of the nation, was it not disgraceful the
manner in which they had exercised the Church patronage,
by forcing upon the people unpopular ministers, and thus
creating, dissent ? Mr. Steuart here referred to what the
Whigs had done for reforming the abuses the Tories had
brought into the State. He would like to know if the
Tories would have supported or carried through any of
these measures ? Would they have struck the fetters off
the slaves ? Would they have referred to a Committee the
revisal and disposal of the Pension-list ? Would they give
relief and justice to Ireland ? Would they repeal the Sep-
tennial Act ? Now, he (Mr. Steuart) was prepared to give
his support to all of these measures. Mr. Steuart concluded
amid loud cheering.
j Sir THOMAS HEPBURN then came forward, and was re-
ceived with groans and hisses, and a few cheers. The
Hon. Gentleman entered into a number of inconclusive
arguments concerning the Church, religious toleration, the
Reform Bill, the Government, and the Queen, of whom he
said, " What, gentlemen, will the Queen of Britaint say to
a party governed by O'Connell ?" A. great d been
said about the suppers and drinking of his party ; all he
would say of this would be, that he was happy to see his
friends and those who supported him enjoying themselves.
He concluded by apologising for his speech, it being the
first be had ever delivered, and hoped they would return
him on Wednesday by an overwhelming majority.—(Groans
and hisses succeeded the conclusion.)
The &math, then requested a show of hands for Mr.
Steuart, when the whole assembled crowd held up their
hands, except the small party of Sir Thomas.
A show of hands being asked for Sir Thomas Hepburn,
his committee, and a dozen or so of hands at the corner of
the hustings, composing the band and flag-bearers in the
pay of the party, appeared.
The SHERIFF having decided in favour of Mr. Steuart,
a poll was demanded-on the part of Sir Thomas Hepburn,
on which the Sheriff adjourned the proceedings till Wed-
nesday morning, when the polling commenced.

Yesterday, shortly after three o'clock, his Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant arrived at Kingstown, from England, by
the Alert steam-packet. Thousands of spectators, principally
the visitors and inhabitants of that fashionable place of resort,
were congregated on the pier; and when his Excellency came
on deck he was greeted by the most hearty and enthusiastic
cheers we ever witnessed. His Excellency was accompanied
by some of the officers of his household; he proceeded to
town on horseback, whilst some of his suite came in a carriage
preceded by outriders and followed by two or three equerries.
Several private carriages and gentlemen on horselseck joined
his Excellency's cortege, and accompanied it to town. He
was most cordially greeted by the populace as he passed
through the various villages between Kingstown and Dublin.
Never did viceroy or ruler set his foot in any country confided
fr
to his care who has so completely won the hearts and a
vi cue pevi.d. ho s
Noble Lord proceeded immediately to the viceregal lodge,
where a large party were assembled to receive Wm.—Dublin
,Evening Post.

BOROUGH OF HULL.

The direful effects of Tory principles have been nowhere
more baneful in their operations and results then in the
borough of Hull. Common decency seems to have been
altogether outraged in the shameless bribery and direct
coercion exercised by the leaders of the Hanoverian fac-
tion, and in the gross and wilful perjury which inevitably
attends the practice of polling (by personation) the names
of persons thousands of miles away on the seas, or long
since dead. The friends of real Christianity, and of the
morals of the country, must mourn over scenes of de-
bauchery, disorder, and crime, such as were promoted by
the High Church Tories of Hull during the recent
contest—and yet it is some consolation to know that
these practices were so notorious and flagrant as to
defeat their object—for there can be no doubt that
in the scrutiny which will follow a petition to the
House of Commons, both the mock representatives of
this place must be unseated ;—and we arc by no means
sure that the same kind of retribution 'which visited the
Ipswich Bribers, will not fall on the heads of some of the
parties implicated in these corrupt and scandalous proceed-
ings. Among the Reformers of all classes and grades, but
one feeling we hear prevails,—that of mingled grief and
indignation ;—a painful and (as we are bound to say) well-
founded sense of degradation ;—and but one opinion, viz.
that of good and unbribed votes they had a large majority.
Apart altogether from party politics it is a sad disgrace to a
commercial town like Hull, to have rejected Mr. Hutt, a
gentleman of extensive acquirements, of sound judgment,
and of unspotted integrity, who for five years has sacrificed
his whole time to the local and commercial interests of the
town and port, and to return in his stead a silly lad, just
come of age—so silly as to be an object of derision, it seems,
even among his drunken supporters, at their public bacchana-
lian orgies. The Tory merchants of Hull must by this time
have felt that in opposing Mr. Hutt with such a babbling
boy as this, they have manifested the basest ingratitude, as
well as the most arrant imlffleility. Nor is the stigma much
lighter which they have incurred by returning a briefless bar-
rister, of whom nobody ever heard before, even in London,
from which he dated his address—a mere chance
adventurer when they might have had their interests re-
presented by a man of ample fortune, of high commercial
character, and of long experience in general business, in the
person of Mr. Benjamin Wood. This election proclaims
to the whole country what Toryism and Hanoverianism
really are, and what a laughing-stock they would make of
the House of Commons if they could only get a temporary
ascendancy. We tell the men of Hull that already their
mock representation is scorned and derided among all the
constituencies of the kingdom. We feel assured, however,
that they will not be long content to be held up to all
England as a beacon of warning, when they might
have been aye, and may still be-- a glorious ex-
ample, to which to direct the minds of other electors.
At the opening of Parliament the pro. tem. representatives
of the purchased and intoxicated of the old burgesses of
Hull will be regarded with much the same feelings of
amusement or contempt, as those with which we look on
the painted paper Guys of the sth of November ; or the
sabled monarchs personated by the chimney-sweeps in May-
day ; still from a deeper sense than comes our irresistible
laughter, will arise a spirit of strong indignation—that
under the Reform Bill the People's House should be so
degraded—and the principle of representation so shamefully
prostituted. It cannot be long, however, unless we
much misjudge the patriotism and perseverance of
this injured constituency—it cannot be long that
these effigies of senators will remain about Palace-
yard, making the very name of Hull to be a passing by-
word—a term of common reproach in the streets. We re•
joice to find that a liberal subscription has already com-
menced, that there is spirit enough and means enough to
carry on the war, and that no expense will be spared. The
evidence will be so strong and direct, that Sir WALTER
JAMES will have but a short space in which to do the bid-
ding of LORD OF LONDONDERRY ; and WILBERFORCE
not longer to disparage the name he bears—in the place
where that name was once honoured—by doing the bidding,
of Sir WALTER JAMES (whose money, it is said, has re-
turned him). Nor will either have opportunity to fight
long under that banner, which the hated Despot of Hano-
ver and his party will unfurl in the House of Commons,
against the constitutional Queen of England, her Reform-
ing Ministers, and loyal affectionate people. No !—we re-
peat it with confidence—the borough which is associated so
closely with the history of Andrew Marvel, cannot long re-
main in its present degraded position.