The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-19 00:00:00

ROCHDALE ELECTION.

RocsinALE, MONDAY, 2, P. M.—This being the day appointed
for the nomination of candidates for the representation of this
Borough, consequent upon the death of the late Member, Mr.
Entwisle, the town at an early hour exhibited unusual indica-
tions of one of those great events which " cast their shadows
before," ycleped an " election." The popular candidate, John
Fenton, Esq., was attended to the hustings with great " pomp
and circumstance."
Mr. Astiwoarti proposed John Fenton, Esq., as a fit and
proper person to represent the Borough of Rochdale in Par-
liament.

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Mr. Haman' seconded the nomination.
Mr. JOHN HOLLAND then came forward to nominate Cle-
ment Royds, Esq. If they looked at his business-habits, and
to his character as an English merchant, he was sure that they
would acknowledge that he could not be surpassed. He con-
tended that Mr. Royds would do all in his power for the pro-
motion of trade.

Mr. DEARDEN seconded the nomination.
Mr. FENTON then presented himself, which was the signal
for general uproar. He should vote for the abolition of
Church-rates, for Vote by Ballot, the extension of the Suffrage
—and that he would never rest until Ireland, had an equal
share of freedom with our own country.:--( Cheering.) But
he would rather refer to what he-had done than trouble them
with promises of what--he intended to do. He had, when in
Parliament, voted for a repeal of those taxes which pressed
most upon the labouring classes—he had voted for a reduc-
tion of the duty on malt—for the abolition of assessed
taxes on houses—for Mr. Hume's motion for an inquiry into
the corn laws, with a view to their gradual abolition.--for
shortening the duration of Parliament--for Mr. Harvey's mo-
tion for an inquiry into the pension list—for making Coroners'
Courts open—and for opening free trade to India, and taking
off the shackles from trade to all parts of the world. He
concluded by thanking the gentlemen who had moved and
seconded his nomination.
Mr. ROTE'S then came forward, and pronounced his opi-
nions to be in favour of Church-rates and against the new
Poor-law.

A poll was demanded, and appointed to commence at ten
o'clock to-morrow morning.

LEWES. ELgCTION—RIOT.—LeWeS is in the
midst of the most fearful excitement. The writ for the elec-
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament in the room of Mr.
Kemp was received here on Saturday afternoon, and procla-
mation was forthwith made for holding the election on Wed-
nesday (to-day), when the nomination will take place, the
polling beginning to-morrow (Thursday) at eight. Mr. Fitz-
roy arrived soon alter the receipt of the writ; but Mr. East-
hupe, who since he was last at Lewes has suffered severely
from illness, did not come in till Monday, when he was ac-
companied by Mrs. Easthope and daughter, The Tories,
taking advantage of Mr. E•tsthope's illness, proclaimed their
superiority in the borough, and spoke of the nonacceptance
of the Chiltern Hundreds by Mr. Kemp as an irrefragable
evidence of weakness in the Reformers' ranks. The ar-
rival of the writ had, therefore an extraordinary effect up-
on them ; and being at length roused to a sense of their
own danger, as a party, their demeanour has rather been
that of mad and desperate men than of rational and
responsible beings. But all their deities are thrown into
the shade by the brutal and unprovoked assault they per-
petrated on Monday night upon Mr. Mills of Brighton. That
gentleman, it appears, came over on business attended bthis
servant, and without the slightest provocation on his part, or
the most distant interference with the affairs of the borough,
he was assailed in his roam at the inn where he was tempo-
rarily putting up, dragged by a band of ruffians (doubtless in
the pay of the Tory faction) across the street into Mr. Fitz-
roy's Committee.room, and there, though an unprotected man,
treated in a manner that reflects disgrace upon every one pre-
sent. Two or three times he attempted to escape from the
clutches of these infuriated ruffians, but in vain. The house
was watched by fellows whose faces were disguised with paint,
or covered with crape ; they tried to cut his horse's traces,
and tb damage his chaise, and at last he was obliged to dis.
patch his servant to, Brighton with his horse and chaise, and
after remaining a peisoner at the Pelham Arms till nearly 12
o'clock, contrived to get away in a post-chaise. This is ex-
piring Toryism with a vengeance.—Brighton Guardian.
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and to the reader for amusement, but also to the great mer-
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respecting the navigation of the Danube, the commercial policy
of the Austrian Government, the habits and manners of the
Austrians, and the present condition pi' Hungarian sub-
jects. The letters of t4o Emperor Joseph, and the personal
dnecdotes of Francis, Ferdinand, Prince Metternich, the Duke
of Reichstadt, and others, are also vet./ interesting,