The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

By the accounts received yesterday the ltd.( r.nirs
have gained—
In Kinsale—Mahony for Thomas.

And they have losi—
In Carmarthenshire—Sir J. Williams tor Jones..

In Cornwall (East)—Sir W. Trclawney C' Lord Eliot.
In Durham (North)—Sir H. Williamson for Liddell.
In Yorkshire (East)—Thompson for Broadley.
We find that the Dublin Morning Register misled
us with respect to Carrickfergus. Kirk, the Tory
candidate, was actually returned. We find on a care-
ful analysis of the returns, that 306 are Reformers, and
304 Tories ; that of the remaining returns there will
probably be 1 Reformer for England, 2 Reformers
and 3 Tories for Scotland, and 31 Reformers and 11
Tories for Ireland, making in all 310 Reformers and
318 Tories. Sir Robert Peel's estimate of Tories has
been exceeded by 8. In Cumberland the greatest exer-
tions have been made by Sir James Graham ; and,
even after the Right Hon. Baronet was satisfied thatbe must lose, he expended considcraY.i3 sums
in procuring votes to reduce the majority. A cor-
respondent has supplied us with some curious details
respecting the London voters :—They were proinised
from 151. to 201. to go down, but only received 71.
and 81. on the nail, the remaindeir to be paid after
voting. About twenty-two men went from the me-
tropolis, partly for the bribe, for in most cases they
were to vote against the principles they had always
professed. One of these worthies declared, in the
hearing of our correspondent, that if he could get
15/. paid down by both parties he would take the
money and vote for both. In another column will be
found a sarcastic placard in the border dialect of Cum-
berland, which may amuse those who are acquainted
with Scotch. We understand that this squib is fmin
the pen of the Cumberland farmer, who, on being
hard pressed by Sir James for a vote, and declining,
was again urged by him on the ground that if he were
not returned as Member for East Cumberland he
would quit the country and reside on the Continent.
To this " John I'the Gate" replied, he (Sir James)
Would do wisely to go and visit' the King of Ha-
nover, as stated in the squib. This honest Cum-
berland farmer seems to take a tolerably accurate
'measure of Sir James's character. He tells him
that he had been "an actor all his life time." "It is
true you sometimes rather forgot yourself, and almost
let the cat out of the bag. For instance, at London
in 1831, when you pettishly exclaimed, a You could
not take Blamire to Parliament on your back,'—and
at Penrith in the same year when you damned the
Blue committee,'—and when at Langtown you hoisted
the broad yellow flag, edged with a small border of
blue—a true emblem of yourself, Sir James--blue
without, yellow within—you nearly lost your grip alto-
gether. But when at last you consented to let Willie
Blamire take you to Parliament on his back, and you
abused your present friends, both old Tories and re-
creant Whigs, with such hearty seal, nine out of ten
thought you a true staunch Reformer, not very far re-
moved from a Rad." This is severe, because it is
true. Sir James may visit the King of Hanover when
he pleases. The Tories turn up their noses at him,
and the Reformers despise him. He has tried too
many parts, and after all he is a clumsy actor. , Ho-
nour to the stout yeomen of Cumberland for the spirit
they have shown on this occasion ! They have read a
lesson to all England. Long may the race of Cum-
berland Statesmen exist among us, to be a pattern and
example to Englishmen.
EAST CUMBERLAND—PLACARD IN THE CUM-
BERLAND DIALECT.

TO THE EIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JEAMS GREAME, BARO-

NET, OF NETHERBIE.
Reason contents me."—Your ain motto.
I weel remember when your respected father was twee
travelled south'ard, a dirty daub o' a painter added "not"
to your motto. The :inkier did wrang. Auld Sir Jeams
wasna' a man ane could ca' just that unreasonable. But had it
been ye'rsell, airt couldna' invent—industry couldna' seleek ain
mair appropriate t'ye. Ye were the pride and the pct o' Cum-
berland—ye were the first Lord o' the Admiralty—and ye
were associate wi' Earl Grey, and the best Ministry that
ever held the reins o' this country. Ye were a laddie o'
some talent, and ye had cultivated it gay wed. Ye had
neathing to do but gang canny on wr the 'hale country at
ye'r back. But 1301 "Reason contented ye not." Ye
might be intreguing, ye and that thimble-ring Derbyshire
Dilly Boy, wi' ye'r auld fav'rites thee sneck-drawing Tories.
Ye uparet the guid Government—ye kicket ye'rsell out o'
the Admiralty, and mad to kick ye'rsell in again, ye lost a'
patience, and, at the hin'eren', turned the dirtiest, maist
peevish, officious tool 9' the 'hale plundering gang. And
then ye'r excuse was sic a pitifu' ane ! The Irish Kirk,
fQrsooth! The Kirk o'Rathcorreac, that, after a fair trial
of nearly three hundred years, has been found warse than
guid for neathing. Fie, Sir Jeams, fie ! ye'r no the " cock
o' the north" now—y'er just a gusc, and the.honest electors
o' East Cumberland, as a reward for ye'r meanness and folly,
will kie!c ve out o' the county to cackle and cant whenever
ye (ran fin' fules to listen.
But this is na what I was mainly thinkin on. A brazen
face scamp (I ken him) has had the impudence to
,forge
my name to a very unceevil letter to ye Sir Jeams. It
appeared in your auld frien's paper—it they Ca' the Journal.
The body tried to persuad ye and the country that yc'er
but actin' wi the Tories at this time—and that ye'r real
object's their downfa'. He mann be a fallow of no under-
standing this—at ony rate he kens little o' you Sir Jeams.
Had he luik'd a handsbreadth deeper than the skin, he
might hae seen that ye've been just an arto;• a' ye'r life
time, but never riat'ral till now, and a bit by gene. It's
true you sometimes rather forget yoursell, an:l amaist let
the cat out o' the wallet. For instance, at Lunnon, in
the year &grace 1831, when ye pettishly exclaimed " ye
could n.it tak Blamire to Parliament on ye'r back"—and
at Pearith, year the same, when ye " demm'il the Blue
Committee"--and when at Langtown ye hoisted the braid
yellow flag edged wi' a sma' border o' blue—a true emblem
n' yersell Sir Jeams—Blue without, Yellow within,—ye
nearly lost ye'r grip a'together. But when at last
ye con-
sentrd to let Willie Blarnire tali ye to Parliament on his
back, and ye ahu-ied ye'r present friens, haith auld Tories
and recreant Whijs sic' hearty zeal, nine out o' ten
thought ye a true, staunch Reformer, no verra far re-
moved fra' a Rad. Oh, lad, ye were right then, but
" Reason contented yc riot," and ye tumbled overrthe Irish
Kirk, the only ane i' tl:e Christian warld that, while it's
moistened iv' human bluid, professes to bring peace and
gook! will towards men. Still ye lute mair substantial rea-
sons for ye'r vagaries than many lock gie ye credit for. The
leevings arc rich, and the country fertile ; and if ye hae twa
lads mair than ye'r ain pasture carry, ye can send ane
ower, i' the shape o' a Priest, to provoke the dirty bog-
trotters to rebel, and anither, i' the shape of a dragoon, to
let a little sup Papith bluid out o' them—ani thus bait') lads
will be usefully, honourably, and Ivry:Mb& employed. But
heark ye, Sir Jeams, hac ye read the Proclamation o' )e'r
fricu the Sultan o' Hanover? Has, Ile no sent ower an in-
vitation ? Gang till him man, gang till him ; never mind
whether ye're invited or no. Ye'il just fit him. He'll mak
ye First Lord o' his Aare: malty, if be hae sic a thing about
t'c town—may be his Czrund Vizier 1 At ony rate he's sure
create ye bashaw some distant Province, perhaps a Beg-
lerbeg, and tber.., ye ken, ye can tack three horse tails to
the bonny geae feather ye carry yer ain tail.
Gang. far Jeams, gang, " let reason content ye," and
yell o'Jtige yours maist devotedly,

JOHN I' THE GATE.

Roans T, ees, Aug. 3, 1837.
(James Steel, Printer, Peaiencl's-lane, English Street,
Carlisle.)—Morning Chronicle.

Whether Ministers have any suspicion of the dis-
sathfaction with which the public regard their total
indiffcrence to all political interests, except those which
tsoeifuch their own stability in office, or whether, in their
complacency of power, they think their country
deems it
honour enough to have the name of a Whig
Administration
without any of its promised fruits, we
have no means efaccuratel accurately knowing. But this Much
no know, though
our circle and theirs are not con-
centricthat . to any purpose of g
ood the are do-
nothin4s, or, as the lawyers sa y
our Conti:Antal neighbours withfamiliar malice term
' norasants ; or, as
it. fit;Abins• Negatives in general are difficult of
proof, but this is a negative which we shall have
no difficulty in proving. The Session of Parlia-
Inent which has just concluded was opened, on the
31st of January, with great note of preparation. On
that day the Ministers of the Crown, in the House of
Commons, gave formal notices, entered in the order-
book, of no fewer than seventeen legislative measures
to be introduced by their Government into that
House ; and, before_ the Easter holidays, thirteen others
were added to the list of promised enactments. In
this total of thirty new Bills, it was not unreasonable
for the people to require, that provision should be made
fore some at least of those objects in which the coun-
. Witt substantial interest. Any honest,
./ I,oregril ' entitled to expect that the Whig
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