The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-01 00:00:00

This day the nomination of two candidates for the repre-
sentation of the South Division of the county of Essex took
place at Chelmsford.
About 11 o'clock, the two great parties, the blue and
orange (the former in the interest of the Tory candidates,
and the latter in that of the Liberal), assembled at the
hustings, each attended by a fine martial band, and varie-
gated banners, bearing the usual devices.
Silence having been obtained, and the usual prelimi-
naries over,
The SHERIFF requested that they should hear with pa-
tience any gentleman who might address the assembly.
Sir JOHN TYRRELL then presented himself and was
warmly cheered. He begged to assure the meeting that he
had felt considerable diffidence in addressing them even
upon ordinary occasions, and they might well imagine how
that diffidence was increased on the present. He felt, how-
ever, that his Hon. Friend stood in no need of fulsome pa-
negyrie.—(Checrs.) The name of Bramston was talismanic
in that county, and he believed that he was indebted for the
greater part of the opposition which he now received to his
watchful and independent conduct in the House of Com-
nons.—(Hear, hear.)
.He concluded by proposing Mr.
Bramston as a fit and proper person to represent them in
Parliament.

Mr. CoLTQN briefly seconded the nomination.

Jon N ROUND, Esq., M.P., the newly-elected represen-
tative of Maldon, said that he came forward with great
pleasure to propose to the electors George Palmer, Esq.,
as a fit and proper person to represent them in the Impe-
rial Parliament. On a former occasion, twelve months
since, he had undertaken to say that Mr. Palmer would
most anxiously and faithfully discharge his senatOial
duties, and that promise had been fully borne out byMr.
Palmer's Parliamentary conduct. He, therefore,htd
his power -to refer the electors, not to Mr. Palmers
pto-
fessions, but to his acts. Mr. Palmer has redeepied tfie
pledges which he made of supporting the institutions of the
country in Church and State. But, above his other
claims, the support which he gave to the agricultural inte-
rest must entitle him to the unceasing support of all the
agriculturalists in this country.—(Cheers.) He may justly
be entitled the friend of the industrious classes of all de-
scriptions—he may with truth be called the friend of the
plough, the loom, and the sail.—(Cheers.) Mr. Round
concluded by reminding the electors of the great crisis to
which the political events of this country had now arrived,
and •by calling on them to re-elect Mr. George Palmer,
who had fulfilled all the duties they may expect from a re-
presentative.—(Cheers.)
J. E. HOULDEN, Esq., seconded the nomination of Mr.
Palmer. He would not, indeed, bring forward any candi-
date to the notice of the electors from mere personal predi-
lection, nor would he introduce to their notice any person
whom he did not feel deeply convinced would be adequate
to the task of representing the agricultural interests of this
country. He was aware that, in an agricultural district
like this, it would be the duty of the electors to return to
Parliament a representative who would have the agri-
cultural interests at heart. He (Mr. Houlden) was
himself interested to a considerable degree in farming
matters—(Hcar, and cries of " You ought to be returned
yourself")—and he certainly would not give his support to
any candidate who was not likely to advocate the interests
of agriculture. He would remind the meeting, that when a
question was raised in Parliament, whether foreigners would
be allowed to compete with the British growth of corn in
the British market, Mr. Palmer spoke in opposition to the
ruinous measure.—(Cheers.) He trusted, therefore, that
the electors would send Mr. Palmer again to Parliament.
They would then send one who would go there, not for the
purpose of whiling away an idle hour—not for pastime or
for pleasure—but with the determination of devoting all his
energies to the service.—(Cheers.)
THOMAS BARRETT LENNARD, Esq., then said he came
forward to propose to them a gentleman of an old family
and extensive property amongst them, Champion Edward
Branfill, Esq., of Upminster-hall—(Cheers)—as a fit and
proper person to represent them in Parliament.—(Hear.)
He will solicit their suffrages as a country gentleman, and
not, as his enemies insinuate, as the tone of any party.
The misrepresentations of his enemies show the miserable
want of argument under which many labour.—(Cheers.)
He would agree with the gentleman opposite that it was
necessary to have a representative conversant with agri-
cultural pursuits to represent them in Parliament, but he
would ask who was more capable of defending their agri-
cultural interests than Mr. Branfill ?—(Cheers.) That
gentleman is a practical farmer, and has prepared himself
by study as well as by practice to advocate the cause of
agriculture in the House of Commons ; and practical
speakers are much wanted in the House. For instance,
when the question of corn-laws is introduced, and when
the repeal of those laws is supported by arguments which
in the abstract are perfectly right, a speaker of practical
experience is wanted to point out the injuries which the
repeal of those laws would produce, and to show that the
principles of free trade, which in other cases are so advan-
tageous, would in this case be prejudicial. During the
discussion of the late Tithe Bill, a practical man like Mr.
Branfill would be of infinite service, and he (Mr. Lennardi
believed that if Mr. Branfill had been in Parliament 'dur-
ing the last session, a great improvement would have been
made in that Bill. He (Mr. Lennard) had heard that Sir
John Tyrrell had been complaining that Mr. Branfill en-
tertained some opinions similar to those entertained by the
candidates whom he (Sir John Tyrrell) supports. Now
really they could not help that. If the Tories will turn
over it is not their fault.—(Laughter and cheers.) This
much he could say, that his own friends always maintained
the same principles.
Mr. HOLT WIGHT, in coming forward to second the no-
mination of his friend, Mr. Branfill, said that although
this was the first time he had ever addressed so numerous
and respectable a meeting in the advocacy of those princi-
ples which he was convinced the majority of them had as-
sembled to sustain ; yet he was not the first of his family
who had stood forward, in more stormy times than these,
to support those principles as he was quite sure Mr. Bran-
fill would do, if sent by them to Parliament.--(Cheers.)
When he came there to-day, he had expected to hear many
of the topics discussed by the gentlemen upon the opposite
waggons, which had been so freely used by them during
the canvass, for the purpose of seducing the votes of the
honest electors.—(Cheers.) The name of O'Connell—
(Loud cheers from the Liberal side, and a few hisses from
the Tories.) He was not afraid of discussing the question
of O'Connell and his injured country.—(Cheers and hisses.)
His best efforts had been made to free his country from
orange thraldom.—(Cheers.) Was the Protestant religion
in dager from the Dissenters ?—(" Yes," from Mr. Can-
ning Parker.) He denied it.—(Loud cheering.) He would
call now upon his brother electors to support the Queen and
her chosen Ministry.—(Cheers.) They could never be too
thankful to the Providence that placed her over them, and
rescued them from German scaffolds and German sabres.
The speaker concluded by seconding the nomination of Mr.
Branfill.

Mr. BRAMITON said, that a "gentleman opposite had
spoken of the necessity of having the Liberal portion of
the constituency represented by one candidate, but for
his part he thought it much better that there should be
a direct renresentation of the entire county, than that
each side should have a representative to represent its
awn opinions.—(Cheers.) If the Liberals in Middlesex
made such desperate efforts to return two Liberal can-
didates, certainly the Conservatives of South Essex ought
to be equally desirous of returning two Conservative
Members of Parliament.—(Cheers.) He thougL•t that
the manner in which the Queen's name had been used
on the occasion of those elections was a most dising,enu-
ous one, but he acknowledged the Noble Lord the Home
Secretary had set the example to the candidates through
the country. Mr. Bramston, in conclusion, assured the
electors that, if returned to Parliament, he would not
waste his time among the idle amusements of a dissi-
pated metropolis, but. that he would be unrelaxing in his
attention to the House of Commons, in order to defend
the institutions of the country, and to preserve the National
Church.—(Cheers.)
Mr. PALMIER next addressed the electors, and observed,
on the last occasion he had been returned by a majority of
576 votes over his present opponent; so he had little ex,
petted to meet that gentleman in the field again.—
(Laughter.) But he did not complai❑ of that, as it gave
him another opportunity of coming before the constituency
to ascertain their opinion of his conduct.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) The speaker then went on to refer to the Duke of
Cumberlawl, and the disrespectful manner in which his
name bad bee, treated, and afterwards to Lord Durham's
letter, which he characterised as strongly Conservative as
could possibly be written by Sir Robert Peel himself.
He concluded by assuring the electors that if returned he
would support the independence of the Commons, the
Piers, and the Crown.

Mr. BRANFILL said Mr. Palmer affects to be surprised
at my appearing on the hustings in opposition to him on
this day. But if he had read the public papers after- the
last election for the county, he would not feel his present
surprise, Besides, they knew but little of him who would