The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-04 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

There are attempts made in various places to
disturb, at the ensuing Election, many of their
present Representatives in Parliament ; amongst
them Canterbury and 'Wells. In the former, it is
'said, an effort will be made to introduce a third
Candidate, with a view to the exclusion of Lord
CLIFTON ; but there appears no inclination what-
ever on the part of the resident freemen to disturb
him in his seat! At ‘Yells, a most unwarrantable
attempt is made to reject one of the present
Members. The rumour is, that this attack ori-
ginates with a Sowersetshire family, who are
not satisfied with the conduct of this in-
dividual in another county, where the fa-
mily alluded to formerly had an exclusive influ-
ence in a Close Borough, but which, by the
independence of its inhabitants, it no longer
possesses ; and it is surmised that this Mem-
ber for Wells is not disposed to lend him-
self to the purposes of this family in the Borough
in question. To give the Public a correct idea
of the present state of parties in this ancient
City, we refer them to the following extracts
from the Bristot Papers :

WEr.t.s.—The Opposition at Welts presents a
curious political anomaly. The interests of two Candidates
(who are said to exist, but of whom the names, and every thing
relating to them, save that they are strangers, are alike un-
known to the electors) are supported by a self-styled " Church
and King" party against the present Members, one of whom,
without being able, by any influence, apart from the bias which
is created in his favour by an unimpeachable integrity and an
uniform political consistency of nearly 30 years past, to com-
mand a single vote in the borough, has, during that extended
period, been its Representative in Parliament, and against both
of whom it is made a matter of reproach, by their political op-
ponents, that they are powerfully supported by many influ-
enced by the ties of private friendship; and this same junto,
soi-disant " Church and King," is, in a marked and public
manner, discountenanced by the whole of the dignified Clergy,
who compose that most respectable and influential body, the
Chapter of the Cathedral of Wells.—(Bristol Mirror, Dec. 25.)
WELLs ELECTION.-011 Monday se'unight, the
Members for this City, J. P. Tudway and Charles W. Taylor,
Emirs., met their friends at the IVliite Hart Inn, at a supper,
which was most numerously and respectably attended. The
kind manner in which they were received must have been most
flattering to them, and can leave no doubt, in the minds of the
public, of the certainty of their re-election in the next Parlia-
ment. Sonic of the Opposition have asserted that the Corpo-
ration are not favourable to the present Members; but this
cannot be true, as the whole of the officers of that highly re-
spectable body were present, viz.—the Mayor, Recorder, Jus-
tice, Town Clerk, and Chamberlain, with six other members;
and is to be observed, that altogether there are but 11l mem-
bers resident in Wells, four of whom were prevented by illness,
and one could not with propriety attend, holding a situation
under Government. The health of the Mayor and Corporation
was drank : upon which the Mayor, in appropriate terms, re-
turned thanks, and stated that the Corporation did not consider
it consistent to enter into a pledge as a public body; but lie was
happy to say, that the whole of its members, with the excep-
tion of one or twe--at the utmost, were decidedly in favour of
Mr. Taylor and'Mr. Tudway. Amongst the company present,
besides the above, were the Rev. Canons Frankland, Geo. H.
Templar, RObert Foster, James King (son of the Bishop of
Rochester), Vharles H. Pulsford, and Aaron Foster, Colonel
Strangewaya. Captains Lamont and Foster, with nearly the
whole of the respectable inhabitants who are electors. The
evening was spent with the greatest conviviality, and apologies
were made for the absence of the Lord Bishop of Rochester,
the Rev. Canon Gould, the Rev. Edward Foster, Admiral
Holloway, Mr. Alderman Porch, Mr. Broderip, &c., by their
friends, who assured the company that these gentlemen were
firm supporters of the preaent Representatives, and would have
been present but for ill health. here was a supper the same
evening at the Christopher Inn, given by the Opposition party,
at which there was not present a single Clergyman, and but
one of the Corporation, viz.—Mr. Edward Spencer, a non-resi-
dent Member. So much for their assertion that the Clergy and
Corporation are friendly to their cause. The persons who are
to be the new Candidates have not yet been named.—(lbid.)