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

LYNN, MAY 2.

(FROM ♦ CORREiPONDENT.)
Two staunch Reformers shew the feeling in this
town for Reform. Lord W. Lennox, quite unknown, ar-
t ived here on Thursday, and by a brilliant speech in favour
of Reform and retrenchment, at the Town Hall on Friday,
he won all hearts, and this day was returned with Lord
George Bentinck. The candidates have just been chaired,
and the merry bells are now proclaiming the satisfaction all
parties feel at being represented by two Reformers.

MORPETH, MAY 1.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUN.

SIR,-The fate of the boroughmongers in this quarter
is sealed. The Duke's nominee, Mr. Bell, has been obliged
to resign, from the overwhelming influence of Lord
Howick and Mr. Beaumont. The Duke only yesterday
scat his bailiffs official notice to muster all their forces for
the upholder of abuses; but even this was found unavail-
ing, for the fact was, that the Duke had really no in-
fluence ae,ainst the good sense and patriotism of the people.
This defeat will, I have no doubt, be hailed with rapture
by the whole country. Yours, &c. It.

OXFORD, MAY 2.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIB.,—Mr. Langston and Mr. Hughes Hughes, our
late members, both of whom have pledged themselves to
support Lord John Russell's Bill, and who voted for it last
Parliament, are just returned without opposition for the
city. Major \Veyland and Mr. Harcourt (late Vernon,
member for Lichfield) are most successfully canvassing the
county, in opposition to Lord Norreys. Both the two
former gentlemen have pledged themselves to support Lord
John Russell's Bill—Lord Norreys is an Anti-Reformer.
The county election commences on Monday next.
Your's, &c. J. M.

BIRMINGHAM, MAT 2.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

This day a general meeting of the inhabitants has taken
place in Mr. Beardsworth's Repository, for the purpose 94
expressing their gratitude and admiration of his Majesty's
patriotic conduct in dissolving the late Parliament in per-
son, and appealing to his people on the great measure of
Reform. Never was there such an assemblage collected.
The procession was preceded by bands of music with flags
end appropriate banners. I have just witnessed the
storming of the belfry of one of our churches by the
populace. It appears the Rector was applied to in the
morning for leave to ring the bells, but he refused. They
got a ladd,r and forced one of the windows open of the
belfry, and they are now ringing merry peals in spite of
the Parson. We shall have a general illuminati/9n to-
night.

WARWICK, MAY 2.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

Nothing can exceed the enthusiasm of the Reformers of
Warwick, which has been manifeste I this day by such a
steady opposition to the interests of Lord Warwick and
Sir Charles Greville, that they have succeeded in placing
their candidates for Reform, Mr. King and Mr. Tomes,
at the head of the poll by a very considerable majority.
Much doubt is entertained as to whether Sir Charles
will appear at the poll to-morrow morning, but his defeat
is certain.

Several battles have taken place between the Blues and
the Orange, but the Blues fight in a right cause and are
always successful.

STATE OF THE POLL—THIRD DAY.
Tomes
King
Ureville
Fyler has bolted from Coventry.

COVENTRY, MAY 2.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

The polling was carried on through the day languidly,
as the resident freemen are neatly all polled out. At the
close the numbers were—for Ellice 1,617, Bulwer 1,529,
and Fyler 1,0:39. There is no possible chance for Mr.
Fyler, which his friends are aware of, but he keeps the
pull open for the annoyance of his opponents. Tomorrow
must finish the contest, when Mr. Fyler will feel the con-
sequences of his political indecision. The Reformers here
have perf 'tined their duty admirably, and the promptitude
with which they solicited Mr. Bulwer to become a candi-
date is one of the best proofs of it, for the refusal of Mr.
Fyler to pledge himself to the Bill showed clearly enough
they could not trust him again without putting in jeopardy
the welfare of the great cause of Reform. Party feeling is
violently excited to-day, chiefly in consequence of the poll
being vexatiously protracted by the defeated candidate.

Sir Charles Greville has no chance of success at War-
wick. The cause of independence is obtaining there a
glorious victory, but the spirit of the electors is put to a
severe test. This afternoon the numbers were—for Tonics
443, King 356, and Greville 329.

NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION.

(FRONI A CORRESPONDENT.)

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ALA!' 1.

I have great pleasure in acquainting you that Mr. Bell
has resigned ! After two days of unsuccessful canvassing
in Newcastle, and after ascertaining that the general feel-
ing of the county was decidedly in favour of two Reform
candidates, nothing remained for him but to resign. His
resignation, which was made known here this afternoon,
has given universal joy. Lord Ilowick has just arrived,
and his Lordship and Mr. Beaumont will now be returned
ithout oppositico. Yesterday Sir M. W. Ridley and
Mr. Hodgson were re-elected for this town ;—they are
both staunch Reformers. A large subscription had been
raised by the freeholders of Northumberland to bring in
both Mr. Beaumont and Lord Howick free of expense.
and such was the determination in all parts of the county
to carry the Reform Bill, that it would have been mad-
ness, even in a man so generally esteemed as Mr. Bell, to
have persevered in the struggle.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 1.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—The contest for the county of Northumberland is
at an end. After a canvass, which has convinced hint of
the utter hopelessness of any efforts on the part of an anti-
reformer, though hacked by the highest personal charac-
ter, immense family influence, and the powerful assistance
of the Duke of Northumberland, Mr. Bell has given up
the struggle, and Lord liowick, with Mr. Beaumont (a
staunch reformer), will be returned without further op-
position.
This conquest has been achieved by the unassisted and
unprompted efforts of the people of Northumberland, and
ought to inspire reformers in every part of the kingdom
with a fresh stimulus to exertion, by proving to them that
no man nor set of men can withstand the torrent of public
opinion, when the people are fairly roused and zealously
resolved to work out their own salvation. Lord Howick
has not yet arrived amongst us ; he had no authorized
agent amongst us. His personal friends, from some inex-
plicable cause (unless it was their fear of implicating him
in the expence of a contested election), hung back, and
withheld even their presence from the committee of the
reformers. Yet even under these disheartening circum-
stances money has been raised, committees have been
firmed in every district, the whole county has been suc-
cessfully canvassed, and the result is as before stated.

There is one circumstance connected with this contest
worthy of notice. The total absence of all that light ex-
citement to which every preceding election in this district
gave birth, not a flag has been unfurled nor a cockade
mounted, not a band of music has paraded the streets,
but men have set themselves soberly and seriously to work,
and have struggled as fur life or for death. The gloomy
character of the business produced a marked effect even
upon the softer sex ; they felt that the matter was of
much too serious a cast for them to interfere in, and they
abstained even from their general practice of exhibiting in
their dress some token of their political opinions, or of
their favour for a particular candidate. Let the borough-
mongers ponder on these unusual circumstances—let them
interpret the signs of the times by the book of English
history. Were there not always such signs previous to a
political explosion, and did a political explosion ever fail
to follow such signs as these ? H.

BANBURY, Ain• 2.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Election is over—Reforn► is triumphant.

For Reform fi
Against it
Absent
Total number of Electors
FOR REFORM.
Robert Brayne, Alderman Resident
Richard Edmunds, Burgess Ditto.
Richard Griffin, Alderman Ditto.
Non-resident, but till
John Salmon, Alderman / within two months a
resident in the parish.
William Judd, Alderman Resident.
"Thomas Brayne, Mayor Ditto.

AGAINST REFORM.
In the spirit of forgiveness—Nameless.
The Candidate for Reform—John Ea,thope.
Against Reform—Henry Hely Hutchinson.
Thus ends for ever the influence of the noble propriett r
of Wroxton Abbey.

The indignation of the people bad been more than
usually excited. Up to the last moment the unanimous
desire of the inhabitants of Banlmry, of all ranks, ex-
eressed firmly and respectfully through the respectable in-
habitants, was unattended to by the majority of the Cor-
poration, of whom no less than eight are non-residents of
the borough, the influence of the Guildford family, and
now of the Marquis of Bute, having been maintained by
non-resident Members of the Corporation.
At an early hour in the morning preparations we•e
made for barricading the town, it being believed by the
people that the unpopular candidate anti non-residents
would be supported by the yeomanry cavalry and the te-
nantry and labourers on different large estates in the neigh-
bourhood, and one barricade was completed. But at
seven o'clock it was announced, by authority, that no op.
position would be made to the return of the popular can-
didate. Every thing now bore the promise of a day of
rejoicing ; but at eight o'clock it was learnt that Colonel
Hutchinson's friends- determined he should come to the
poll. This re-excited the feelings of the populace, which
was not allayed by;him and two friends walking the town.
Not bearing the taunts and bootings with temper, a
scuffle ensued, in which it is said he was the aggressor.
However this might be, he drew a dirk in his defence ;
but ultimately he and his friends were compelled to retreat
from the town, with the loss of his hat, and a somewhat
severe blow from a stone in passing over the canal bridge.
By the firmness and decision of the Mayor and Ma-
gistrates, seconded by the able assistance and advice of
Andrew Amos, Esq., the Deputy-Recorder, the barricades
were removed and order restored, and the friends of all
parties had free access to the poll. One of the gentlemen
who accompanied Colonel Hutchinson out of the town,
came to the hustings and proposed him, and this
was seconded, out of a point of honour, as we understood ;
this gentleman demanding a poll and recording his vote,
in the most handsome way declined any further proceed-
ings on the part of Colonel Hutchinson.
Two o. the non-resident members who persisted in
forcing Colonel Hutchinson on the town, are William
Stuart, Esq., of Tempsford• hail, St. Neot's, one of the
candidates for Bedfordshire, an Alderman; and William
Ralph Cartwright, Esq., of Aynko, one of the candidates
for Northamptonshire, a burgess.
Good humour now. invariably prevails. Immediately
after the chairing Mr. Easthope set out to assist in the
cause of Reform at his native town, Tewkesbury. _

•
Mr. Harcourt, the county candidate, has canvassed the
town with success. F. F.

WINCHESTER ELECTION.

At an early hour this morning our usually dull and quiet
City was all bustle and activity, and the immense con-
course of the inhabitants congregated in various groups in
the High-street bespoke the general feeling in favour of
Reform.

The Guildhall, the usual place of election, being deemed
too small, it was thought proper to appoint the Nisi Prins
Court of the County Hall for the purpose, and that was
crowded to excess, and many persons were unable to obtain
admittance.

After the usual formalities had been gone through,
Mr. Alderman SILVER proposed Mr. Miidmay, as
proper person to represent this City, as that gentleman had
voted for the disfranchisement of the rotten boroughs, who
was seconded by Mr. Alderman MANY.
Rev. D. WILLIAms, D.D., head master of Winchester
College, came forward to propose Mr. East, the nominee
of the Duke of Buckingham, which announcement was
received with every mark of disapprobation, a,.d then went
on to state the qualities of the gentleman as a moderate
reformer, which nomination was seconded by Charles
Greame, Esq., an out-burgess.
Mr. Alderman LrrnmiALtrs, after eulogising the con-
duct of both the former candidates, himself proposed Mr.
Chandos Leigh, whom he recommended as a true reformer,
which proposition was seconded by Mr. Alderman EARLE.
Tiros. DEANS, Esq., here stated that he had Mr. Chan-
dos Leigh's authority to state, that that gentleman would
not come forward on the present occasion, which was re-
ceived with general shouts of " We expected so, the de-
ception is out.'

JOHN YOUNG, Esq., here came forward, amidst loud
and continued cheering:, upon the subsiding of which, he
said he had an important pledge to redeem, and under
those circumstances would nominate a gentleman who
would support the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but,
the Bill,—a gentleman who, for the constancy and manli-
ness of his conduct, had been discarded by his father as a
representative of the lately-purchased borough of Calling-
ton, and this gentleman is no mote nor less than Bingham
Baring, Esq.—(lmmense cheering, which continued for
some minutes.) After which,
A. CRAWFORD, M.D., came forward, and, in a long
and animated speech, contended that the freemen of this
city, after having signed their names to a full, free, and
efficient Reform, could do no less than elect a gentleman
who would pledge himself to support Lord John Russell's
Bill. and concluded by seconding the motion of :Mr. Young.
PAULETT MILDMAY, Esq., came forward, and stated
that his conduct in the late Parliament was a guarantee for
the future, and as such he had only to state his thanks to
the inhabitants and freemen of the city, for their conduct
this day, and to assure them that he would strictly adhere
to the principles of the Bill,—(lmmense cheering.)
Mr. EAST came forward amidst loud and continued
marks of disapprobation. After silence had been ob-
tained, he said he was a reformer, but had too much
esteem and veneration for the noble family, the patrons
of this borough, to whom he was nearly and dearly allied,
to support such a sweeping measure as the Bill which had
been introduced to the late Parliament.—(Loud hisses and
groans.)—For he believed that there was never a more
honourable and honest Corporation than that belonging to
the city which he was now ambitious to r: present in Par-
liament.—(Laughter, and cries of " Venison.")—He
would say that corruption had never found its way into
this Corporation.—(Repeated cries of " Venison," and
loud groaning.)—Should they return him to Parliament,
they might rent assured that he would do his best to con-
tinue to them their ancient and honourable franchise.

Mr. BARING now made his appearance amidst the
loudest shouts of approbation, and said, that in conjunc-
tion with their late Member he would support that heal-
ing measure which had been introduced into Parliament
by his Majesty's Ministers—(Applause)—that his only
pretension to their suffrages was founded on his determi-
nation to support this great and glorious question—(lm-
mense cheering)—and should they deem him worthy of
their confidence, they might rely on the promises he had
made this day.—(Cheere.)
No other candidate being proposed the polling com-
menced. Those freemen who voted for Baring were re-
ceived by loud cheering, whilst those who voted for East,
especially the Aldermen, were assailed with hisses, accom-
panied by cries of " Rat, rat," and " Venison "
At the conclusion of the poll the numbers stood thus
ildrnay fig
East 39
Baring

The Mayer then declared the two former gentlemen,
which was received with hiss and groanq.
During the polling Mr. Mildmay came forward with
some warmth, and stated that insinuations had been made
that he was in coalition with Mr. Baring, but that to
prove the falsehood of that statement he would give a
plumper to Mr. East; a declaration which astonished the
whole meeting.
Mr. Mildmay professes himself a Reformer, and yet for
the sake of an idle report sacrifices his consistency.
In the progress of Mr. East he experienced all but ac-
tual violence from a disappointed and enraged populace,
and such was the excitement of the people that it was
deemed prudent that Mr. Mildmay alone should be chaired,
as in all probability had the chairing of Mr. East been
attempted, much mischief would have ensued.

The chairing of Mr. Mildmay must have been any thing
but gratifying, fur except the hired huzzas of his attendants,
Ise was scarcely hailed by a single voice, while the sound
of " rat, rat," assailed his ear from every quarter. Whilst
I have been employed in writing this report his effigy and
that of his honourable friend has been burned More his
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