The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-03 00:00:00

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.

PERSHORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.—With feelings of
deep regret I send you the state of the poll for East Wor-
cestershire at the close last evening. I fear the ultimate
result will be against us ; 300 is a large majority to pull
down on a second day. It is of no use without the Ballot
—we never shall succeed in contesting counties—but what
I think is equally as much felt is the 501. clause. To see
the stewards yesterday bringing up their tenants like sheep
to a market, was disgusting to any honest mind.

A WORCESTER ELECTOR.

WEST NORFOLK, AUG. 2.

According to present appearances we are beaten, and
Messrs. Bagge and Chute, the Tory candidates, are likely
to be returned for this division of the county. At the
close of the first day's poll the numbers were
Folkes
Astley 2,457 Chute
Leaving the highest of the Reform candidates in a minority
of 108 over the lowest of the Tories. If I were asked
what can have occasioned such a change in the opinions of
the West Norfolk electors since January 1835, I should be
exceedingly puzzled to give a proper answer. I attribute
it chiefly to the constant and unwearied canvass on the part
of the Tories, and their superiority as electioneering tacti-
cians. To be sure they have not been over nice as to the
mode of getting votes, so as they were got ; and this very
character of their's for intimidation, has induced many to
transfer their votes from the Reformers to the Tories, well
aware that they could do so with impunity, whereas, had
the transfer been the other way, they would be certain to
suffer for it. Without meaning any personal reflection on
either of the Tory candidates, the fact is, that whilst the
late Members (Polkes and Astley) were absent on their
Parliamentary duties, they (the Tory candidates) had the
field entirely to themselves, and were constantly engaged in
the work of canvassing—they had nothing else to do—and
the closer their opponents attended to their duties in the
House of Commons, the less likely were they to be pre-
pared for a contest at home. It is certainly hard that men
should suffer in proportion to their attention to the interests
of their constituents ; but I believe such to be the case in
the present instance. However, as this is a game which
both sides can play at, the time may come when the Tories
shall find their weapons turned against themselves. Mean-
time the electors of West Norfolk have exposed themselves
to the disgrace of forsaking two tried, honest, straight-for-
ward Reformers, for a pair of untried—l was about to say
unpledged—Tory politicians. Let them digest it a.; best
they may! The poll closes this afternoon ; but 1 regret
to say there is but a faint chance of reducing the above
majority. Of course time will not allow me to send the
result by this day's post.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.

BRUSEELS, JULY 31.—The Minister of Public Works
having obtained from the. King permission to go to England
to examine the iron rail-roads, embarked on Sunday at
Antwerp for London. •

A letter from the Camp at Beverloo, says, that the troops
had. been divided into two corps, commanded by General
Goethal and General Magnan, have been exercised in a
sham fight, and that they will continue to practice such
manoeuvres till the arrival of the King. On the 26th, at
two in the morning, when every body was fast asleep, the
drums beat to arms thrOugh the whole camp ; in a few mi-
nutes all the troops were drawn up in order of battle. Se-
veral regiments were complimented by the Generals on the
promptness with which they had answered the summons to
put themselves under arms.
ANTWERP, JULY 29.—The divers of the Dant have
found in the Wellems Itek two cannons (24 pounders), and
a bronze bell.

The damage done to the works at Barghtz is repaired,
and it is hoped they will be raised above the high water
mark by the 15th of next month.

NAPLES, JUL," 18.—The accounts from Sicily are very
alarming, and judging by the measures which the Government
is taking, the state of things there must be very critical.
The letters from Palermo contain the most melancholy,
but probably very exaggerated accounts of occurrences in
that city. Among other things, it is said, that the
Viceroy, after losing his wife and daughter by the cholera,
bad been murdered ; that the city, e3pecially buildings and
magazines left by the inhabitants, are plundered by bands of
robbers who have collected in troops of thousands. It is
said that the military are no longer i❑ the city. However
this may be, it is certain that since the day before yester-
day, twenty ships, large and small, have sailed front
our port with troops on board, among which rue
cavalry and artillery. The King, who fears no danger,
wished to go in person, but desisted at the earnest remon-
strance of his Ministers. He was present till a late hour on
Sunday night at the embarkation of the troops on the
Mole. The General commanding them has orders to land.
not at Palermo, where no ships are received, but ten miles
from it. He is invested with full power from his Majesty
to do everything that circumstances may require ; and in
case he meets with resistance to take the city by force.
We are here very anxious for the result, as it vill be no.
easy task to bring back the Sicilians to their duty. One
letter says that 14,000 parsot.s died in one day. This is
doubtless exaggerated. At all events, the disorder is said
to abate as rapidly as it increased. Here it declines very
slowly. Among .the deaths are, at Naples Baron Vignet,
the Sardinian Ambassador, and at Palermo M. Pjister, the
Prussian Consul.

P.S. According to the accounts received to-day from
Palermo by the steam-boat, the state of the city was much
better, that is, on the 15th there were only about five
hundred deaths, whereas for several successive days
there had been between 1,700 and 1,800 d.saths
The number of deaths, from the middle of June to the
middle of July, is stated, in the official list of the Burial
Committee, at 19,000, and some hundreds. Thus, within
four weeks, full a sixth part of the inhabitants that re-
mained in the city has been carried off.
SECOND PosTscatrr.—This evening the first Swiss re-
giment has received orders to embark for Sicily ; it will be
accompanied by General Carretta, the Minister of Police,.
who is distinguished for his military talents. A division of
gend'artnes and artillery is also embarked. Our garrison
is now reduced to two Swiss regiments, and two regiments
of Guards. The first troops that landed at Palermo met
with resistance, and a 'light skirmish ensued. There was
a riot at Messina. A steam-boat from Palermo, which
had orders from the Board of Health of that city to go
to Messina, and which, it S.2eMS, had been agreed to by
the Boa-rd of Health of Messina, arrived in the latter
port ; but the people opposed it, and, when their will was
not complied with, furiously attacked the Health officers.
The officers saved themselves by speedy flight, but all the
and documents were torn to pieces, burnt, and
thrownpap into the sea. During this scene dll the houses,
&c., were closed, and tranquillity was not restored till the
vessels departed.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The eyes of the whole nation are now fixed on the
county of Middlesex. The Tories are so eager to de-
feat
Messrs. Byng and Hume, that they would con-
sider no price too high for the accomplishment of this
object. Bribery of all sorts and intimidation have
been lavishly resorted to ; and the most calumnious
charges have been disseminated against the Reform
candidates. But we cannot for one moment think so
meanly of the understanding, the honesty, and the
spirit of the electors of Middlesex as to suppose that
they will suffer themselves to be shaken in their prin-
ciples by Tory calumnies, bribed by Tory gold, or
bullied by Tory intimidation. Messrs. Byng and
Hume may surely, if any men can, appeal to their
lives as the best refutation of their calumniators. Mr.
Byng has been 47 years in Parliament, which he en-
tered so far back as 1790, and he is the father of the
House of Commons. He has during that long period
advocated the cause of civil and religious liberty, through
good report and bad report. As he has himself stated in
his speeches at several meetings of late, he voted for
the repeal of the disqualifying laws against the.
Dissenters, at a time when many of them shrunk
from the bold assertion of their own rights. But
because he now consistently advocates the aboli-
tion of Church-rates, and wishes to obtain means
for the support of the fabrics of the national Churches,
from an improved management of ecclesiastical estates,
he has been stigmatised as an enemy of the Church.
The best refutation of this calumny is the statement
that he has contributed 7,0001. towards the building of
churches within these two years and a half. In North
Minims he has endowed a church, and given the pa-
tronage of it to the diocesan. Does this show any-
thing like indifference to the Establishment ? They
are not the true friends of the Church who wish to
perpetuate a state of things which must beget discord
and heartburnings in every parish. The true friend of
the Church is he who, while he shows his sense of the
value of its ministrations by such aid as has been af-
forded by Mr. Byng, seeks at the same time to disarm
the hostility of those who arc not within its commu-
nion. The good sense of the Reformers must teach
them that their utmost exertions are due to Messrs.
Byng and Hume, for the very reason that the Tories—
the Hanoverians—the abettors of abuse at home and
abroad—the peal a .s o" Don Carlos, Don Miguelond
the Inquisition, who are in love with Popery wherever
Popery is associated with despotism, are now stirring
heaven and earth to exclude them from Parliament.
If there be a man to whom England owes a ,deep
debt of gratitude, that man is Mr. Hume. His days
and his nights have been devoted to the service of the
people of England. Do not let the electors of Mid-
dlesex afford to the enemies of improvement the pre-
text that it is folly to serve the people, derived from
the ingratitude shown to Mr. flume, who, more than
any other man living, paved the way for the Reform
Bill. Whenever any individual or any print forsakes
the cause of the peos.le, the first fru:ts of the apostacv
are the abuse of Joseph Hume, because it is well
known that every Tory bears an implacable hatred to
e man who tore the plunder of the nation from the
party who for fifty years had been fattening on abuses.
What an insult to the common sense of the electors of
Middlesex is such vulgar and bestial abuse as that in
the Times of yesterday, levelled at Mr. Hume :—" His
daring to show himself at all before the coostuency is
an ,ffensive indecorum. The names of every one of the
petty demagogue voters on this occasion ought at once
to be made public, as thoseof all who may have jor/L:teel
their engagements to Messrs. Wool and Poo nail

unquestionably will Le printed and circalaled through
every county in the realm. Such is the just reward
of falsehood and rightful incentive to political disho-
nour." We are no advocates of brickb3ts and blud-
geons, and would not wish to see tire writer of this
piece of blackguardism subjected to the treatment
which he recommended against others ; but surely
many a person has become acquainted with the flavour
of rotten eggs who has not half so much merited the
reward as this apostate scribbler. What we should
think ought to be much more dreaded by any elector of
Middlesex than the publication of his vote in favour of
the Reform candidate would be tha publication of
his shame or his stupidity in voting for Messrs.
Wood and Pownall. We have seen letters from in-
tilnential Tories, written to Reformers, to shake their
purpose of voting for Messrs. Byng and Hume,
which, if we arc not mistaksn, will bring the writers
before the House of Commons. The Tories make a
handle of everything against the Reformers. They
seek, for instance, to prejudice the more ignorant
voters against Ministers, and all who support them, on
account of the new Poor-law ; but we regret to, say
that in too many instances they avail themselves of the
clause in the Act allowing voting by proxy, to make
appointments under the guardians dependent on the
support given to Tory candidates. We have evidence
on that subject in the case of the supporters of
Messrs. Wood and Pownall, respecting which there
can be no mistake, and to which we may allude more
particularly hereafter. But we are greatly mistaken if
the men of Middlesex are to be influenced by such
means. They will, on the contrary, only be the more
determined to record their votes in, support of Messrs.
Byng and Hume. Let not Middlesex be disgraced
by being represented by two Tories. No time is to
be lost. We almost regret that we are occupying the
attention of electors by reading even these few lines, at
a time when energy and promptitude are so necessary.
—Morning Chronicle.
The polling for Middlesex commences this day, and
will finish to-morrow—and, we hope, in the return of
Byng, the father of the House of Commons, and the
patron of all charities—and of Joseph Flume, the friend
of the people—the stern antagonist of abuse in Church
and State—first reformer of financial imposition in
the House of Commons—the exposer of all green-bag
conspiracies—the detector of Oliver and Castle,
as well as other Tory spies, who bartered their
names and reputation, and honesty for filthy lucre.
We say that we hope that these two gentlemen will
be returned, because we know of no two men who so
amply deserve the confidence of the reople. Mr. Byng
has been a Reformer during the last 37 years, and we
challenge any one to point out a vote which he has
given which has militated against the cause of the
people. His grey hairs, now covered with a glory of
consistency which no other man, except Lord Grey,
can boast, must command the admiration and support
of every liberal voter, while, with regard to Mr. Hume,
we put the plain question—who has laboured so hard—
who has been so early and so late in the field—whose
fingers have touched the loaves and fishes of official
patronage to so small an extent as those of Mr. Hume?
The Tories, to do them justice, are active persons—
but they are at the same time egregious impostors.
Their agents have been endeavouring to
.detach those
Licensed Victuallers who have votes for Middlesex
from the interest of Messrs. Byng and flume, by re-
presenting them as their enemies—but their efforts
have been vain—the trick has completely failed; and
this day's poll, if we are not misinformed, will confirm
the fact. Messrs. flume and Byng are not only
staunch, but declared supporters of the Licensed Vic-
tuallers. Their sentiments are on record, and cannot
therefore be mistaken. That they will act up to them
there can be no doubt ; for who has ever found them
inconsistent with themselves ? Liberal electors of
Middlesex ! to poll ! and this day without loss of
time. YOUR QUEEN EXPECTS YOU TO DO YOUR
DUTY ! Your country calls upon you ! Principle
is your guide ! Peace, and honour, and tranquillity,
and reform, wait upon your efforts !—. Morning
Advertiser.

Never were there two contrasts of the kind placed so
closely side by side as the electors for East Surrey and
the borough of Southwark. Every one knows that
Southwark is in East Surrey, and that a great many of
the freeholders reside in the borough ; yet while 'the
borough has returned two Radicals to Parliament with
scarcely the shadow of a contest, the county has re-
jected two respectable Whig-Radicals with disdain,
and afford in the persons of .(.,laptain Alsager and Mr.
Kemple, the most signal and unequivocal triumph of
Cmslikvivistn and of re-action, of the many which have
occ.itgaP/We shall be told, we know, that this
_-. 4"eeTlatTT* rout by the influence of landlords
--Vver' Om ititis,.._4ild- • shall have Mr. Grote's cuckoo
(et to of the tAloili ught forward to show that by its
C (Ache result at4i _ ve been reversed. The idea that
p:rp_iii-th tenants of'" 1. a-year and upwards arc not as
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competent to exercise the elective franchise freely as 101.
rack-renters of St. Giles's, the Mint, the Clink Li-
berty, and Maze-pond, is a fallacy which, though
constantly resorted to by the Radicals, is not the less
palpable and egregious. ,The truth is, those con-
sistent friends of liberty, the authors of the Reform
Act, fully intended to disfranchise the great body of
yeomanry of England. In this, thanks to the patriotism
and vigilance of the farmer's friend, Lord Chandos,
they were completely defeated ; but that defeat gnaws,
like a canker-worm at the heart, exhibiting its morbid
effects whenever and wherever an opportunity presents
itself. But it so happens that, as regards East Surrey,
there is no county in the kingdom to which such an
objection, if applicable any where, can less attach.
From its contiguity to the metropolis the constituency is
more equally divided than anywhere else, and few if any
large properties where landlords could influence a nume-
rous tenantry, are known to exist in that district. Of
the seven polling-places, all, except two; (those at
Croydon and Reigate), are in the suburbs of the me-
tropolis ; yet, in the late contest, in every district, ex-
cept two, those of Bermondsey and Reigate, the ma-
jorities in favour of the Conservative candidates were
alike decisive, the rural and town districts scarcely
varying a shadow in proportion from each other.
Well, indeed, then, may the inhabitants of East Sur-
rey congratulate themselves on this splendid achieve-
ment—on the result of this weal-fought battle. May
its influence spread like wild-fire throughout the coun-
try, teaching those who are engaged in the pending
contests how easily victory follows upon sound princi-
ples if union and energy are only to be found, as in this
case, steadily acting at the helm.— Morning Herald.
Nothing can he more satisfactory to the friends of
the Constitution than the progress of the county elec-
tions. Hitherto, with the equivocal exception of West
Sussex, the Conservatives have won everything that
they have attempted. It may indeed be lamented in
many instances that their attempts have been narrowed
so far within the limits of the influence and power
which they have been enabled to manifest. We be-
lieve that, with very few exceptions, they might have
commanded the county representation of all Eng-
land. It were useless to dwell upon details where
triumphs meet us in every direction. We forego,
therefore, all the expressions of exultation in which we
might naturally and properly indulge on the result
of the elections in the counties generally favour-
able to the Conservative cause, and direct our at-
tention, for the present, exclusively to West Norfolk,
the Earl of Leicester's county. The Holkham Ra-
dical has been created an Earl by the favour of Lord
Melbourne, and simultaneously with this creation his
nominees in the county, which had heretofore been a
close borough in his hands, are ejected from the House
of Commons. It may be inferred from this that Lord
Melbourne's patronage is not propitious to its objects.
Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, was a greater man before Lord
Melbourne made him Earl of Leicester than he is at
present. His influence was Towerful, but not power-
ful enough to resist the effect of his having been
converted into a Lord by the O'Connell Government.
We begin to wish that Lord Melbourne would create
a few more Jacobin Peers. From the encouragement
which the freeholders of 'West Norfolk have given him
we do not know why he should not go on I There
may, perhaps, however, lie some impediment in his
progress. It is not impossible that the Sovereign
may biigin to think that it. is better not to create Earls
when it is found that from the moment of their crea-
tion they lose the influence in their counties which
they have form:rly enjoyed.— fhorning Post.