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

CUMBERLAND ELECTION.

(From the Carlisle .laurnal.)
The election of two representatives for the county of
Cumberland, commenced at Cockermouth, on Thursday
last. Three candidates, the Right Hon. Sir R. G. Gra-
ham, the late representative, and William Manila., Esq.,
of Thackwoodnook, both pledged to the Reform Bill, and
Lord Lowther, son of the Great Northern Borough.
monger, as an opponent to the measure, had announced
themselves during the week, and the general preparations
were made, in consequence, for a sevem contest.
At eleven o'clock, the High Sheriff opened the proceed-
ings at Gnat, and immediately adjourned to the bustingi,
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The HIGH SHERIFF (John Taylor, Esq.) said—Free-
holders of the county of Cumberland—l wool! beg to
remind you, that you cannot better do your duty to your
King than by obeying his lawS, and sustaining that cha-
racter which, as freeholders, you have hitherto held, in
giving a fair and imp irtial hearing to all who may be de-
sirous of addressing you.
WILFRID LAWSON, Esq., of Brayton Hall, then came
forward, and said—Brother freeholders, I have the honour
to propose to you the flight Hon. Sir James Graham,
Bart. for the third time ; an individual whom you all
know, and who has discharged his duty faithfully and ho-
nestly.—(Applause.)
Major AGLIONBY, of Nunnery—Brother freeholders, I
cannot but congratulate my brother freeholders, that that
struggle which has so long been pending between the
Aristocracy and the people, is now drawing to a successful
close.—(Cheers.) Every thing now depends upon us. Re-
form must be tl e test of every candidate; Reform must be
the watchword of every election. Revering, as I do, the
Constitution of the country, I am most anxious to see the
King reign over a free people, and placed above the domi-
neering influence of an aristocratic Oliaarchy.—(Cheers.)
This is the second wish of my heart; the first is, that the
people may be free.—(Cheers.) -I wish to see an end put
to that mock and hypocritical system in every town, city,
and borough jobbery.—(Cheers.) I therefore second the
nomination of the Right lion. Sir James Robert George
Graham, Bart.—(Great cheering.)
EDWARD STANLEY, Esq., of Ponsonby 11111, then at-
tempted to address the meeting, but the noise and hisses
completely drowned his voice.
The HIGH SHERlFF—Gentlemen, I trust that you will
allow every one to have a fair and attentive bearing.
This appeal produced comparative silence, and Mr.
STANLEY proceeded—Brother freeholders, I present myself
upon this most important occasion to propose to your
notice William, Viscount Lny ther—(Disapprobation)—
a gentleman every way qualified to serve you,—and to
whom you may confide your suffrages, with the assurance
that he will ably serve you.—(Cheers and hisses.) You
ought to return a man to Parliament who will preserve to
you your incomparable religion—(Cheers, laughter, and
shouts of disapprobation)—will watch over our admirable
Constitution, and above all be careful of the real liberties
of the people. —(" Why has he come from Westmore-
land ?") With these blessings you have been entrusted ;
and it is your solemn duty to transmit them unimpaired to
your children.—(Applause from one side, which was re-
turned by laughter on the other.) With these principles
the Noble Lord whom I have the honour to propose to
you is deeply imbued. Ile is descended from a noble
family, who have upon all occasions stood boldly forward
in defence of the liberties of their country.—(Much disap-
prob ftion—A voice in the crowd—" Aye, to defend rut-
t, n boroughs.")
I'. 11. GRAHAM, Esq., of Edmond Castle. I stand
forward to second the nomination of Lord Lowther; and
in doing so I frel the greatest satisfaction.—(Groans and
hisses.) At the same time I must say, that unless I
thought he would support a large measure of Reform I
would not stand here as his seconder.—(Much laughter
and some cheering.)
HENRY CURWEN, Esq., of Workingt would
propose to them a fit person to represent their feelings and
wishe., Wm. Blatnire, Esq., of Thackwooduouk.—
(Much cheering.)
JOSEPH SAUL, Esq., of Greenrow, seconded the no-
mination of Mr. Blamire, and was received with much
approbation.
The HIGH SHERIFF inquired if any freeholder had any
other candidate to propose ? No one appearing,
Sir JAMES GRAHAM then stood forward, and was re-
ceived with three hearty cheers. lie said the gentlemen
on the other side of the hustings (the proposer and se-
conder of Lord Lowther) express themselves in favour of
some Reform—of a large measure of Reform, for these
were the words—(A laugh)—and the noble Lord himself
has expressed something of the same kind in his address
to the freeholders, a copy of which I now hold in my
hand.—(A person in the crowd cried, " Lord Lowther
says be can give us something, which the King cannot
give," which created much laughter.) My friend in the
crowd says that the Noble Lord promises to do something
which the King can't do. I know not what that may be,
but I know what the King and-his Ministers have done.
They have brought forward a plain, substantial, anti in-
telligible measure of Reform; and I fearlessly ask, is it so,
or no?—(" It is—it is," and cries of " Hear, hear.") 'The
Noble Lord says he is for some kind of Reform; but I
could never hear from the Noble Lord what kind of Re-
form he meant.—(Cheers.) But this is the time for you
to test him.—(Much cheering.) This is the time for you
to ask him for some plete of his intention. He is now
at your bar—(" Aye, and we will try him"—a laugh,)--
and if you perform your duty you will get from the
Noble Lord distinctly what he means by a large and
extensive measure of Reform.--(Continued cheering.)
The last time I addressed you from these hustings, I re-
member, I had a wish to know who represented the has.
rough of Cockermouth—and, except the returning officer,
no man could tell me.—(A laugh.) And who now re-
presents that borough?—(A voice in the crowd, " Scar-
lett.") Aye, and sorry I am to to hear hint named in that
way, for he was once a valued friend. Yes; the ex-At-
torney-General—a recreant Whig—a follower of Fox—a
nominee of Earl Fitzwilliam—a man honoured and re-
spected until he began to wage an infamous war with the
Press.—(Cheers.) He, I say, has been obliged to fly from
the indignation of the people, and seek refuge in Cocker-
mouth, under the wing of my Lord Lonsdale—(Cheers)—
he has crept into the House of Commons through the pos-
tern gate of which a Rev. Vicar (the Rev. E. Fawcett),
now on these hustings, keeps the key—he has skulked
from the offended Majesty of the People, and is to be found
the representative of those burgage tenures for which the
late Mr. Satterthwaite showed so much fondness.—
(Cheers and laughter. A voice in the crowd, " How do
you like that, my Lord ?) Gentlemen, before you go to
the poll let me again advise you to come to a distinct un-
derstanding with the Noble Lord as to the extent he will
pledge himself on the Reform Bill.
Lord LOWTHER next addressed the meeting. On pre-
senting himself he was received with considerable cheer-
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ever may be his opinion—whether run away b by that
present excitement or not.—(Hear.) I see enough of the
state of feeling in the country to justify me in saying some
Reform is necessary.—(Applause, intermingled with some
hisses.) I would disfranchise all boroughs where the
entitled, iut ltd, fair
the
patron is found guilty of selling or the electors of gross
corruption.—(Uproar.) I deny most solemnly that I
have opposed all Reform. I ask the Hon. Baronet if I did
not vote for the disfranchisement of Grarnpound ? Did
I not also vote for transferring the franchise of Penryn to
Manchester ? I ask the Hon. Baronet that.—(Laughter
and cheering.) The Hon. Baronet has spoken of Sir
James Scarlett being returned for Cockermouth ; but
where, I ask, did Sir James Scarlett sit for before be
came to Cockermouth ? Why for the most corrupt of
the rotten boroughs—for the borough of Malton.—
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feeling Gentlemen,or the I
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but you're very late.") Some one in
country..—( Aye,
the crowd says I am late ; but I say better late than never
_(Hear, hear)—and I think that cry ought not to be
raised against me.—(Applause.)
sOtihntethase it3o°rs°tauni.dhma
candi-
date,) then stood forward,
and was received with deafen-
• zshouts of applause. This was no question of Whig
in- Yellow—it was one of Reform or of
or Tory, of Blue or
WILLIAM BLAMIRE, Esq. (the second Reform
auti-Reform..(Cheers)..it Was a question whether the

overgrown power of usurped authority should continue to
be exercised, or whether the people should be called to their
legitimate place in the Constitution.—(Cheers.) He stood
there pledged to support the Bill, the whole Bill, and no-
thing but the Bill.—(Cheers.) He stood there pledged to
support farther measures of retrenchment in the public ex-
penditure than had y2t been proposed, —( Cheers. ) He
st tted this in opposition to those who, with Reform on
their lips, had aristocracy, power, aud extravagance in their
hearts.--(flear, hear.) He was anxious for peace abroad
and at home. He was an enemy of all monopolies ; at
the same time he could not but see that there were 5001 C
monopolies which it might be dangerous to break up
at once.

The Sheriff then requested a show of hands for the
candidates. For Sir James Graham and Mr. Blamire,
about nine-tenths of the persons present held up their
hands. For Lord Lowther about 100 bands were held up.
The Sheriff declared the show to he in f tvour of Mr. Bla-
mire and Sir James Graham. Mr. Stan,ey, of Ponsonlry,
demanded a poll for Lord Lowther ; and it was agreed that
the polling sh,mld commence at half-past two o'clock and
continue till six.

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REFORM AT OXFORD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Having been present at the late examination at
Oxford, and witnessed the strict and rigid manner the
aspirants to degrees are now obliged to go under before
they can obtain the honorary title of M.A. or 8.A., it may
not be uninteresting to give you a slight account. It was
usual, a few years ago, when a young sprig of nobility
applied for his degree, to let him pass without scarcely any
ordeal of examination, but now, to the credit of the Uni-
versity (or, rather, perhaps, more in consequence of the
rapid strides of the march of intellect), Noblemen, as well
as young Genlemen Commoners, undergo the strictest
queries before they can obtain the object of their studious
ambition. Out of a great number who were lately exa-
mined, only a fee: obtained their degrees, as the slightest
hesitation in answering the questions put to them by their
talented legislator?, sans cere,nonie, sends them back to their
clusters again. So much for the benefits of Reform,
which has been tic) long called for in our public Colleges.
Your very obedient and humble servant,
AN OXONIAN, AND A CONSTANT READER
OF YOUR JOURNAL.

THEATRICAL NOVELTIES FOR THE

ENSUING WEEK.

Tuts Evi:siNG, at the Queen's Theatre, for the benefit
of Mr. J. Russell, stage-m inager, will be brought forward
a new two-act drama, intilled " The Bride of Lammer-
ionic," with the musical entertainment of '' Baron
Trench," and the favourite farce of " Tact," in which, as
Dulcimer Star, he will introduce some additional imita-
tions of popular performers, besides the comic extravaganza
of " Pasticcio," from " Sold for a Song." In the
couse of the evening will be given a selection of vocal
music by Mesdames Ilinnhy, Dix, and Vernon, and
Messrs. Pennett, J. Russell, and Seguin.
On WEntszsoAv, at Covent-garden Theatre, Mr. C.
Kemble's benefit, on which Occasion his daughter will, for
the second time, enact Lady Teazle, in " The Schoolfor
Scandal," her first performance of which, 1)) some critics,
is said to exceed any of her previous efforts. Braharn will
also repeat the part of an Tug, in the farce of " The
Waterman," in which be wilt introduce " The Bay of
Biscay," and sing, with Miss Inverarity,. the duet of
" Men thy Bosom." .

On the same evening, at Drury-hoe Theatre, will be
played Byron's tragedy of Werner; after which " A Day
after the Wedding," in which Mrs. Wavlett will sustain
the part of Lady Elizabeth Freclove.
On THURSDAY Mr. Laporte will take his benefit at the
King's Theatre, when will be revived Mayer's favourite
opera of " _Medea," in which Madame Pasta, after an
absence of three years, will make her re-appearance.--
Taglioni will also on this occasion make her last appear-
nice but three for the present season And at the Queen's
Theatre, for the first time, a new piece of " intense inte-
rest," called " The Mountain Devil," being for the benefit
of Madge. Celeste.

On FRIDAY, at Drury-lane, will be produced a new
grand opera, intitled " The Emissary ;" the piece and
music adapted by Mr. Barham Livius from " Le Col'por-
tear" of Onslow. Messrs. Sinclair, Horn, I'. Cooke,
Harley, and H. Phillips—Mademoiselles Pearson, Burn,
Byfield, S. Phillips, and Russell—have parts in it. At
Covent-garden " The Merchant of Venice ;" Portia
by Miss F. Kumble. Shylock by Mr. C. Kemble; with
" The Romance of a Day;" for the benefit of Mt.
Potter, box-book-keeper ; and at the Surrey Theatre
Elliston will perform the part of Panglos in Colman's
heir at Law."