The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-04 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF SUSSEX.

At the Cinque Ports Reform dinner, on Thursday lest,
at Rye, Colonel Evans, the petitioning candidate for that
town, in the course of his speech, gave the following view
of the representation of Sussex;-
" Sussex contained a population of 270,000 inhebitant;,
and was represented by 28 Members. But, he would
a.k, were these gentlemen the representatives of the
pople? There were two Members for the county : cee
was generally nominated by the aristocracy, by Lord G.
Cavendish, the Duke of Richmond, and Lard Egreutont.
They did not certainly interfere with the other Member—
he was generally considered to be freely eleete t; th it
Member was Mr. Herbert Corteie. The borough of
Bramber contained only 28 adult people, and sent to o
Members to Parliament. Undoubtedly they might soy
that borough was well represented, but in reality the
people of Bramber had nothing to do with the choice of
Members, for the Duke of Rutland and Lord Calthorpe
nominated them.--(A laugh.) Arundel was rather better
represented : one Member was called independent—thet
was, if he came down with plenty of money he was re-
turned ; and the Duke of Norfolk nominated the other.—
(Cheers.) Steyning sent two Members to Perliament,
both of whom were nominated by the Duke of Norfolk.
He should next come to Horsham, and although this town
contained a population of some thoueantls, and a Corpora-
tion, yet the Duke nominated Loth the Members for this
place ! East Grinstead also sent two Members, who
were nominated by Lord Delaware, and might be sent
from Fleet-street, or any where else. For Midburst, the
Members were returned by Mr. J. Smith. Seaford, Is
believed, was rather better represented. Loed Seafoeil
only sent about one Member and a half, and the people ti.e
other half of the second Member. S' oreliarn was exactly
in the same predicament as Rye. Did the people send
the Members? No. Shoreham ha 1 been disfranchised
for decency's sake ; and the names of 69 voters were re-
corded in the Journa's of the House of Commons for mal-
practices, and the votes were thrown open to the town
and neighbourhood ; but ev-n there the influence of the
Duke of Norfolk and Lord Egremont reigned paramount.
At Chichester one Member was generelty a moderete beit
of a Whig, and the other was sent by the influence of the
Duke of Richmond. Winchelsea returned two Members,
but not for that town; they were the representatives of
the Marquis of Cleveland. Lewes returned two Mentbet a
free. Hastings, although it contained a population of
7,000 inhabitants, 17 electors send the Members to Par-
liament, who did in fact represent Mr. Milward, whole,
Ire believed, was the descendant of a toren clerk. Many
of the sons of the freemen were certainly provided for, mit
at the expense of Mr. Milward—(A laugh)—but at the
expense of the public.. As to Rye it was not neceseaty to
say much—they knew all about it. The Members sent
to Parliament for that town would never bring about re-
volution, nor frighten the old Indite end gentlemen at the
Custom-Loose.—(A loud laugh.) Thus, of 25 :Members,
24 of them were under the dictation of the Aiistoeracy,
and four were returned by tile people. These 21 were
nominated by 11 individuals. Had these 11 individuals a
better right to be represented in Pal liitment than the men
of Rye? He concluded by moving the following resolu-
tion, which was carried onenimously :—" Thr, in the
opinion of this meeting, a lull, fair, and free represeina-
tion in Parliament is indispensable to the welt-bring of
the State."'

We are sorry to learn that Hampshire,
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though apparently tranquil at present, is bension cu e.-
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sidered in a settled state. Much appreh is
tamped by the fanners.--.Brighton Gazette.