The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-09 00:00:00

CUAII3ERLAND ELECTION.

CO CICER.If 0 U TH, MA r 7.
THIRD DAY.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
I refer you to the Carlisle Journal of this day for an
account of the important proceedings at this election up to
last night. To-day both parties have been very active,
but every hour adds to the mortification and confusion of
the great boroughmonger. The independent voters are
pouring in from all parts of the country, at their own ex-
pence, to vote for Sir James Graham and Mr. Blamiro.
The poll will not close until five ; the following were the
numbers at two o'clock—the post hour :
Sir James Graham - . - 93:1
Mr. Bfamire , - 913
Lord Lowther - - VIP
It is expected that the Noble Lord will give up on
Monday or Tuesday.

WviLVERHAMPTON, MAY I

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-The 'Committee of the Patriotic Fund will feel
obliged by your inserting a paragraph in your Paper, al-
luding to the Fund raised in Wolverhampton, and parti-
cularly the example set by the mechanics of this establish-
ment. They understand these men have, for a number of
years, taken in a London daily Paper, which may account
for their liberal sentiments. Very few will obtain the
right of voting ; they are, however, perfectly satisfied with
"the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." Other
manufactories are now following the example.

" TO MECHANICS, IN SUPPORT OF THE: REFORM MEMBERS FUR

WORCESTERSHIRE.

" The workmen in the employ Ryton and Walton,
of Wolverhampton, having subscribed the sum of sixty-seven
pounds in behalf of the cause of Reform, you are now called upon
to follow this glorious example in support of your patriot King.
" Other inhabitants of the town have subscribed upwards of
six hundred pounds for the same purpose."

SECOND DEFEAT OF THE BOROUGH

MONGERS IN SOAIERSETSHIRE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-Knowing your decided hostility to the rotten
borough system, I hasten to provide you, as well as your
readers, with as rich a treat as will be met with during
these contested elections between the people of England and
the upholders of the worst part of the present system.
Yesterday being the day fixed for the nomination by the
High Sheriff of the county of Somerset, J. J. Baillward,
Esq., to take place at Wells, all the Reformers from various
parts of the county were on the alert to give their united
support to J. A. Sanford, Esq., our former Member, and
Colonel W. Gore Langton, an old representative of the
county, whose character they could well rely on, Mr.
Dickinson, the late Member, having resigned, as having
voted against the Bil. A gentleman of the name of
Gordon started upon the same principles, and if any thing
certainly more objectionable to the county than Mr.
Dickinson, be having lately purchased the borough of
Tregony, for which place he sat in the last Parliament.
The city of Wells never was known to he so full. The
people of Bath were the first to enter, headed by their
worthy candidate, Colonel G. Langton, with a fineband of
music, and the various carriages and four, barouches, and
vehicles of every description, extended I may say for more
than a mile ; next followed the procession from Frome,
with their band, banners, &c., which passing through
Shepton Mallet, were there joined by the reformers from
that place and Castle Cary, and the adjoining neighbour-
hood, and were greeted with loud plaudits as they arrived
as well as at the time of their joining the Bath procession
on entering Wells. The next was the entry of Mr. Sanford
and his friends, the reformers, from the lower parts of
Somerset, Wellington, Taunton, Bridgewater, and Glaston-
bury, which soon joined their friends from the north and
north-east parts ; but as for Mr. Gordon's party it
were an act of kindness towards that gentleman and his
friends to omit speaking one word about them ; suffice it
to say, that all parties took their station on the hustings,
and the nomination commenced, when Mr Northmore, a
fourth candidate, was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Caswell,
seconded by Mr. Hunt, who attempted to sesTAaja his
past conduct : but such was the dislike towards him,
that not one word was heard of his vindication—if yin-
f.i.i;•ate Limself he could : he was let to see that he was not
to he trusted, and nothing but yells and hisses were to
be heard. The borough-holding candidate, Mr. Gordon,
shared the same fate; and when the show of hands were
to declare the favourite candidates,—there being, I am
confident, not less than 12,000 persons present, the
greatest number of freeholders ever known here on such
an occasion,—never could there be a greater display of
feeling, such a show of hands on the names of Gore
Langton and Sanford being given, that must have grati-
fied the most sanguine of their friends. And on the other
two candidates being named, I do not think there were
twenty for each, if even that ; so that the high Tory candi-
date and the Radical one might shake hands on the occa-
sion. Mr. Northmore then bowing to the wishes of the
freeholders, immediately resigned. But Mr. Gordon, in
his madness (for so I must call it), demanded a poll—but
after the meeting had dispersed. It was soon ascertained
he had resigned. This is the second defeat; the first was
at Bristol, in rejecting Hart Davis. May other counties
follow the glorious example of Somerset. I must not
emit, that three times three cheers were given, before se-
parating, to our good King William
There was an excellent device, which the Frome Re-
formers brought : a large caricature painting of the Fu-
neral of the 60 rotten boroughs, proceeding over Bo-
roughbridge, with the words " Twist and C 0.," over the
chief mourners ; which excited a good deal of merriment.
I am, your's, &c.
A CONSTANT READER.

Frame, May 7.