The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-03 00:00:00

And from the best information we have been able to
procure, we believe that nothing of the kind hap-
pened. As the Earl of Jersey's house is mentioned
in the Paper alluded to as one that suffered, it is
,atisfactoty to add, that the inspector of police re-
ceived from Lord Jersey's agent the sum of 51. for
the policemen on duty before that nobleman's house
iu Betkeley-square t and Lord Jersey, through his
agent, informed the Commissioners that he was par-
ticularly satisfied with the conduct of the police.
Letters expressing high approbation have been re-
ceived also from other quarters. The fact is, this
affair of the il!trmiriaCon has been taken up for a
mere political purpose, and to give vent to disap-
'pointed political malice —Timcs.

The cause of Reform Continues to thrive. The
people everywhert-are alive to the great duties im-
posed WI them. Wherever the people have been
ailowed a choice, they have triumphantly carried
the Reform candidates. The account of the first
Jay's poll for Exeter forms almost the only excep-
tion to the uniformity of success. The first day left
lie Reform candidate, Mr. Divett, 37 behind Mr.
Buck, who voted for General Gascoyne's motion,
and who, of course, ought to be scouted by the Re-
formers. It is true Mr. Divett was late in the
field, and only able to canvass the day before the
election, which had been hurried on by the Chamber
of the city. We trust, however, the people of
Exeter will not allow themselves to be the only
disgraced city in England. A t Norwich the polling
continues, but there is no hope f)r the Anti-Reform
candidates, though they choose to persist. The
acceptance of the invitation of the freeholders of
Northumberland by Lord 1-towick has caused great
natisfac:ion in that spirited county. The attempt of
the Duke of Northumberland to controul the free-
holders by means of his money-bags has greatly in-
censed them. We are assured on good authority,
that Lord Ilowick's election is quite secure. The
Newcastle Chronicle forcibly observes :
" They (the freeholders) are anxious to pay this debt,
and show that they are superior to all selfish interests or
' domineering influence ; and their most ardent desire is to
return Lord Howick and Mr. Beaumont as their repre-
sentatives, being fully convinced that in them they will
find most energetic and faithful supporters of the Reform
Bill. We will not insult them by attempting to urge
them to a strenuous support of Lord Howick. We know
that, independent of bin own high merits, they regard
him as the emblem of Reform, and feel, that, in support-
ing him, they are acquitting themselves in the judgment
of their countrymen, and showing them that they duly
appreciate the opportunity that is afforded them, that
whilst other counties can only give verbal honour, they
have it in their power to pay a substantial, unbought, and
sinrere tribute of respect to Earl Grey and his colleagues
by the return of Lord Howick. In vain with them, we
are sure, will be all the threats of lordly dictation with
which they have been assailed. They will laugh them to
scorn, and teach their aristocratic superiors that the
tenants of the present day are not to be coat ed and com-
manded as the feudal retainers of old ; and that though on
ordinary occasions they may not he indisposed to promote
the wishes and interests of those above them, yet when
tie real struggle conies they know the respect due to
themselves, and will not sacrifice the interests of them-
selves and their children at the bidding of even the
highest and mightiest in the land."

At the Westminster election yesterday Sir Francis
Burdett, afttr alluding to the splendid conduct of
the non-resident voters of ilythe, said he trusted
that " Liverpool would not be the only place in the
United Kingdom insensible to the disinterested
spirit that was abroad. He sincerely hoped that
Liverpool would endeavour to retrieve its charac-
ter. He hoped they would show that they were not
the only electors in Lngland insensible of the duty
they owed to their King and country." We can
hardly believe, notwithstanding all we have heard
of Liverpool, that, at a time like this, sordid consi-
derations will alone be listened to. so, no, Liver-
pool has been enough disgraced, in having had its
name associated with the defeat of the Reform Bill.
However, there are the best hopes for the county of
Lancaster. The freeholders having been disap-
pointed in Lord John Russell, turned their eyes to
Mr. Benjamin Heywood, banker, in Manchester.
The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last gives
the best as-urance of success. " Already," say
that respectable Journal, " the freeholders in many
populous and important districts have been can-
vassed, and have almost to a man pledged them-
selves to vote for a candidate who will thoroughly
and efficiently support the Reform Bill." En Lan-
cashire, as well us Northumberland, Northa.mpton-
shire, and several other counties, the professional
men vartake of the general spirit "it is hardly
necessary to state," says the Manchedcr Guardian,
" that all those services (canvassing., &c.), including
those of a number of profes,ional gentlemen of the
highest respectability, are perfectly gratuitous, it
having been resolved to return Mr. Heywood entirely
free of expellee to himself." Liberal subscriptions
for the conveyance to the poll of the poorer free-
holders have been set on foot both at Liverpool and
Manchester.

" Amongst the sums (says the Guardian) which have
been subscribed at Manchester, none have given us so
much satisfaction as several which Lave been subscribed
by bodies of work-people, to oppose Mr. Patten, and to
support a staunch reformer. The example in this way
was set by the hands of Messrs. Joseph Clarke and sons,
who held a meeting in the mill yard, and agreed to sub-
scribe each one week's wages, amounting nearly to four
hundred pounds, in support of the good cause; a dona-
tion was announced in a placard, hearing the significant
title, The People versus the Borouglitnongers.' This
example was followed by the workmen of Mr. J. C. Dyer,
who subscribed IGO/. ; by those of Messrs. Ireland and
Co., who gave 25/. 10s., and by those of several other
establishments, who have contributed various smaller
sums. We have nn doubt, indeed, that the example will
be very generally followed. The labouring classes are
fully aware that the interests of the whole community are
involved in the momentous struggle which is going on ;
and a portion of their well•got earnings will I e employed
to counteract the effects of the lavish expenditure of the
boroughmongers. These gratifying contributions, as they
have been more honestly obtained, will be more righteously,
and, we trust, more effectually expended, than that share
of public plunder which some of the enemies of Reform
are lavishing in an ineffectual attempt to prevent its ac-
complishment."
These contributions, so honourable to the working
classes, lead us to notice the exertions of a similar
kind which have been made in London. No class
in the metropolis has more distinguished itself in
this way than the printers, who have felt themselves
more particularly identified with the great instru-
ment through which the spirit of the people has
been kept alive. If Sir It. Peel and the borough-
mongers were by any accident to find their way to
power—succeed they certainly could not in resist-
ing the will of the nation—they would, no doubt,
attempt to extinguish Journalism, and then to ex-
tinguish the Liberty of the Press. Of this the
printers are aware, and they have been zealous con-
tributors to the Patriotic Fund. We confess we
have been not a little surprised to learn that Mr.
Spottiswoode, the King's Printer, has been playing
the Duke of Northumberland in his way—that hear-
ing the men in his employ had subscribed to the
Patriotic Fund, he called them before hitn, inquired
who were the contributors, and at the end of the
wt ek dismissed every man who had subscribed.
This is certainly carrying the right of controul a
great way. We are astonished, we confess, that
any gentleman in the present day, and especially in
a metropolis like this, where all eyes are upon
him, should dare to act in this manner. If
Mr. Spottiswoode chooses to punish workmen for
daring to think differently, from himself, he cannot be
astonished if public opinion should bear upon him
some day in a way which may not he palatable.—
However, enough of this for the present. A great
deal has been said as to the manner in which the
Anti-Reform candidates have been treated in one
or two places. But what has been the conduct of
he great boroughmongers during this crisis ? Look
to Stii.mford. We could hardly have believed that
any man would in the present day have dared to
engage a band of ruffians in the metropolis to awe
the elector.; and still less, that any Mayor, or other
Magistrate, acting under a deep responsibility, wouLl '
have sanctioned such a gross outrage on all decency
by swearing in these ruffians as special con-table•.
Mr. Parkes, the spirited law adviser of Mr. Tenuy-