The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-05 00:00:00

CLITHEROE.

The election of the Municipal officers under the New Cor-
poration Act, took place in. this borough on Saturday last.
At the hour appointed the in-bailiff, supported by the javelin
men, s'ergeant-at-mace, &c. &c., 'opened the Court in due
form, for the election of twelve Councillors. The in-bailiff
presided in the Court-house, and appointed Mr. W. L. Oddie
as hiS deputy to take the votes in the counciLellamber. The
voting commenced at nine o'clock, and continued. until 'four,
when it was ascertained that more than two hundred bur-
gesses had recorded their voices in favour of twelve of the
most respectable inhabitants of the Reform interest, who had
been unanimously .nominated on the 24th instant, at a meet-
ing held at the Brownlow Arms Inn. About a dozen bur-
gesses voted for the Tory candidates Some of the Tory
candidates were absolutely frantic on finding that only one
burgess had voted for them, and gave vent .to their passion by
by 'the most abusive language. The following is the state of
the poll :
REFORMERS.—Thomson, Primrose, 215 ; Garnett, Roefield,
214 ; Horsfall, Wachloy-hall, 214 ; J. Hodgson, 213 ; W.
Cockshott, 213 .• G. Braithwaite, 213 ; J. Hawarth, brewer,
214 ; R. Hornby, 213 ; H. Robinson, 212 ; J. Stewart, 213 ;
H. Whalley, 183 ; J. Hawarth, grocer, 200.
TORIES.—W. L. Oddie, 7; L. Baldwin, 4 ; T. Bowman,
3 ; J. Watson, 3 ; R. Kay, 1 ; J. Henderson, 1 ; J. Nowell,
1 ; W. Arkwright, 1 ; J. Garforth, 1`; J. Thomson, hatter, 1;
W. B. Dewhurst, 1.
The change is -a complete "revolution." There will not be a
single Tory in the new corporation ! The borough, therefore,
is entirely rid of the "old leaven," who squandered and wasted
the public funds in revelry, whilst they almost whollS, ne-
glected the comfort and welfare of the inhabitants.- That a
different order of things willnow prevail the character of the
income
of chosen is an ample gdarantee. The annual
of the borough, arising frotn property, principally held under
long leases, granted some years ago by the burgesses to each
other, for small or nominal considerations, will, we believe, still
amount to upwards of 100/. per annum. But for these leases,
this piepeirty, we are assured, would produce from 5001. to
6001. a year ! The difference, therefore, has been 'annually
pocketed by the Tory burgesses of the borough; a proof how
worthy they are to be entrusted with public property I We re-
joice exceedingly that the Reformers of Clitheroe, in whose
welfare we feel a warm interest, have so nobly done their duty.
They have given the final blow to Toryism in their borough ;
and we must .heartily congratulate them on the achievement of
an object so desirable. Poor Toryism 1. Peace to its manes 1
--:-Blatkburn Gazette.

DERBY.
'The following gentlemen have just been elected to the
office.of Aldermen in this borough. Those marked * were
previ6usty members of the council :
J.
*Mr. J. Barber, Mr. Joseph Bridp;ett, *Dr. Bent, *Mr.
Bingham, *Mr. Crompton, *Dr. Forester, Mr. S. Gamble,
*Mr. Jessopp, *Mr. Strutt, M.P., *Mr. Joseph Strutt, *Mr:
John Sanders, *Mr. S. J. Wright.
Fourteen members of the new town council were members
of the old corporation; thirty-one profess Whig- or Liberal
principles, and five only are Conservatives.—Derby Reporter.

LEICESTER.
On the motion of Dr. Noble, seconded by Mr. Bige, the
following, being all Reformers, were elected, on Thursday,
aldermen of Leicester : '
Robert Birkley, Thomas Paget, senior, surgeon, James
Richards, Joseph Wheatley, Joseph Cripps, John Ryley, James
Spurrett, Samuel Cartwright, William E. Hutchinson, Samuel
Waters, John Bailey, Henry Highton, James Cort, sen., and
John Fowkes.
On Friday last, at twelve o'clock, the aldermen and coun-
cillors (of whom there was a full attendance) proceeded to the
choice of a mayor.
Mr. Alderman Paget (surgeon) was called to the chair,
and'after a few other observations, said that he trusted his col-
leagues, in the course of their remarks, would treat the late
corporation as tenderly as possible. They, all knew the old
adage, " De mortuis nil .nisi bonum ;" arid as there was not
much bonum in the defunct body, the less\said the better.—
(Laughter.)• Peace.to its manes, especially as, next to Lord
John Russell, it had been (though not intentionally) the most
instrumental ;gent in bringing about a reform in our municipal
institutions.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.)
Mr. Hodgson then said, that he rose with great pleasure to
more that Thomas Paget, Esq..be the Mayor of Leicester for
the ensuing year.—(Applause.) Ile proposed Mr. Paget as
a gentleman more than any other possessing the confidence of
the Council, and as being the most fitting member of their
body to administer the just and impartial government which he
had so long and so zealously laboured to attain for the borough
of Leicester.—( Applause.) •
Mr. John Coltman seconded the motion, and it was carried
unanimously.—Leieester Chronicle.

MARLBOROUGH.
As might be anticipated, the Marquis of Aylesbury, by his
landlord power, has procured the election of his old Corpora-
tion to the Town-council. On the day of election his steward
was seen driving the burgesses up to the polling-places. It
was pitiable to see respectable tradesmen, with conscious looks
of shame at their degradation, deliver their votes in breach of
their promises. These poor men, who hold their tenantries by
political prostration, regardless as well of their plighted vows
as of the pernicious evil they do the town, in defiance, of all
moral conviction, and in violation of one of their most sacred
obligations, are driven to vote for persons who have converted
the public property and the institutions of the town to their
own private purposes. One of this noble man's tenants, on
being asked for his vote, replied that he had none to give—
they•were his landlord's. Another wrote the following letter
to the Marquis :

" Marlborough Green, Dec. 17, 1835.
"Mr LORD MARQUIS--I am in a sad predicament about
my votes for the Councillors. lam anxious to obey your
commands, and vote for the old Corporation; but before the
bailiff called upon me, I had promised my votes to the new
Corporation' thinking they would do more good for the town
than the old ones have done. Now I hardly knoiv what to
be at, because if I do not vote for the new ones I shall break
my promise, and shall be ashamed to show my face among
my neighbours; and I am afraid if I should keep my promise
I should displease you, and get turned out. lam very much
diBttessed in mind upon this business, and I shall be greatly
oblige:l if you will tell me whether I am or not to break my
promise.

"I am, my, Lord, &c.
" To the Marquis of Aylesbury, Tottenham Park."
Although an answer was promised to this letter, none wi
received ; but the voter regarded his promise, and fulfilled :i
probably at the expense of being turned out.
This noble man is on the burgess-roll, but had not the con
rage to chew himself at the polling-place.
Can it be matter of astonishment that,' after the town is so
degraded by the oppressive conduct of this hereditary nui-
saitoe that on the ai:Douncement of the election of his nomi-
ong and loud groans should be given for him,
Dees ;twee i
which vibrated An the Mayor's, 90 other nominees' ears, and
occasioned them to quit the scene in doyhle quick time, to
avoid perhaps sometAting less agreeable than On execration
of the populace.
I 4.t4 Corporation l °r.lw:i4t.:4r'ot- 5.:°11..411.1-lael'it 1:71)11:11rdt.
Mr. Town-Clerk Merriman, when a the bar of the 1-1014 e
of L0.,4, fir, his examination,
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Lordship could
sent of the NfarqUis, ci..... 4419!-ItO to palm on the flere
cii:tarics a contradiction of it. \Vint simplicity,
falseness; can plead an 'excuse for such an attempt? , Under
the old system of self and secret election, his Lord
enjoy his unconstitutiengl itnerferegoei shrouded 17 his my,
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midons ; but under the new he has exhibited himself
shrouded in his real charmOr---Oe suppOrter.•of. eorroptiou
and oppression. -•- • '
There is a remedy for this disgraceful abuse of power—the
Bal.lot I The Ballot can alone save this Peer ridden town from
its political degradation. —Bath Guardian.