The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-11 00:00:00

BERKSHIRE-ABINGD ON, 211 Ar 9.

The election of two Members-to serve in Parlia-
ment for the county of Berks, took place at Abing-
don this day.
The new candidate, Mr. Throckmorton, was met
at Shipponfield, and escorted by a numerous caval-
cade to the Shire-hall, which was crammed in every
part. The Jury-box was filled with ladies, among
whom the principal was Mrs. Dundas, Mrs.
Throckmorton, and Mrs. Er ton, the lady of the
High Sheriff. Upon entering the Jury-box Mrs.
Throckmorton was hailed with loud and en-
thusiastic cheering and waving of hats from all parts
of the hall.

The proceedings having been opened in the usual
manlier by the reading of the writ, the Bribery Act,
&c. &c.,

The limn SHERIFF addressed the meeting, after
which, .

General
G Pootram rose for the purpose of pro-
posing to them a proper person to serve in Parlia-
ment for the county of Berke. He should do so
without preface, because he was sure no preface
would be necessary when he pronounced to them
the name of their late patriotic Member, Mr. Charles
Dundas.—(Cheers.) He would not detain them
by speaking of the beneficial effects which would'
result from the Reform Bill; the public voice had
been heard sufficiently upon the subject, and from
every part of the country that measure had beers
hailed as a blessing.—(Cheers.) It would de-
stroy those manifold evils which had been complained
of so long, and reader them mere matters of history.
The Gallant General concluded by proposing Mr.
Dundas.
Mr. BLANDY seconded the proposition.
Mr. DUNDAS said a good deal of mystery had
been thrown upon the Mini,terial plan of Reform
by those who were opposed to it. But take these
opponents, from the highest to the lowest of them,
they all had a reason or motive for this unnecessary
and not very fair proceeding. Did they suppose'
the Duke of Northumberland and other great
borough proprietOrs, who might send a horse to
Parliament if they liked, would part with this power
if they could help it ? Then there was Sir Robert
Peel, who talked about the injustice of disfranchis-
ing untried boroughs; but had not Sir Robert Peel
disfranchised thousands of Irish electors without
a,king them a single question ?—(Cheers.) There
was no mystery in the Bill ; every body could under.
stand it. The object of the Bill was threefold—it
Berkshire, the county in which
prevented nomination; it disfranchised rotten
held his Royal seat—(l.oud
boroughs; and it diminished the expenses of
elections.
eheering)—no longer returned a single advocate of
ancient arid long-creeping abuses.—(Cheers.) Berk-
shire had caught the glorious example of the metro-
polis and the metropolitan county, and had returned
this way foreign from the object which
ro the new Parliament none but Reformers.—
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(Cheers.) He could not help feeling that all other
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' form that they would now elect Mr. Throekmorton,
who, he doubted not, would shortly return to them
le, and having fully re-
deemed victorious
In this confi-
dence it was, that he now proposed.
a to them George
Robert Throckmorton, Esq.,
as
fit and proper
person to .represent them in Parliament.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BowLEs seconded the pro
ha understood, had objected to Mr.poTsition. Some,
t h for opmi e
(ti
because he was a Catholic, but • hrockmorton,
in his mind that
certainly was far from being a
and he was persuaded that
his ground of objection,
countrymen generally
far too enlightened
were and too
liberal to allow
their minds to be again influenced by the bigotted
and senseless cry of " NoPo
Let them be thankful,--andPtehrY• _(Loud cheers.)
much so,—that the pestilent and could not be too
malignant demon
of bigotry had been subdued by the repeal of the
Test Act and measure of Catholic
If the latter measure had emancipation.
been delayed but two
years longer, they would
at this moment have b e•
held the tri-coloured flag of
Dublin. He could not sufficiently
waving over
express the gra-
tification with which he had
manner in which the freeholders witnessed the noble
swered the appeal of their King._(cheers.) of Berks had an.
Mr. THROCKMORToN (who
was received with se-
veral rounds of applause)
all advocated, and from said, the Bill which they
and reasonably expected, thwhich they all expected,
at so much good would
result, had been very harshly treated, and called b
some very ugly names. It had been called a sweep-
ing,y
measure, a measure of robbery, and ery, a revolu-
tionary measure. He w
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