The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-23 00:00:00

VENING EDITION

THE REPRESENTATION OF
NORTHAMPTON.
Th 3 Tories in this borough have for some time past -
been. making very active efforts to wrest the representa-
tion.'of the town from the hands of its present excellent
I .:ral Members, Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Rates
( ;us Tie. They have moved heaven and earth to induce
Avo Tories to come forward in opposition to those gen-
tlemen ; but as even the more reasonable section of the
Tory party is constrained to admit that the borough of
:Northampton is distinguished for its unflinching attach-
ment to Liberal principles, the attempt was eventually
obliged to be abandoned as utterly hopeless. Mortified
by their disappointment, the rabid Tories of the borough '
were resolved, let the consequences be what they might,
not to allow the Liberal Members to retain the repre-
sentation of the borough without a struggle. They ac-
cordingly got up requisition to Mr. George Payne, a
gentleman well known in the neighbourhood of North-
ampton., requesting him to allow himself to be put in
nomination. After mature deliberation, however, Mr.
Payne said plainly that he had no chance of displacing
.either lift. Vernon Smith or Mr. Raikes
Currie, and, therefore!, prudently declined being
made a tool in the hands of his party. It
-is right to state that Mr. Payne has been for a long
time in a very inafferent state of health, but his critical
position was not considered by the Tories. What cared
they for putting in jeopardy the life of a gentleman be-
longing to their own party, by plunging him into all the
excitement and strife of a hopelessly contested election,
so that their party objects were effected ? After Mr.
Paine's determination not to come forward was made
known, the Tories, by extraordinary good luck, found
that a worthy Baronet, with money to spend, but not
overburdened with wisdom, one Sir Henry Willoughby
by name, was anxious to get into Parliament. Commu-
nications were soon opened with him, the result of which
was, that Sir Henry consented to offer himself as a can-
didate for the borough of Northampton. Shortly after-
wards an address of most awful length was issued by the
doughty Baronet, in which he made all manner of plau-
sible promises and all manner of Tory professions. No
exertion will be spared by the Tory faction to
secure the return of their candidate. Intimida-
tion of the grossest kind has been already em-
ployed to secure votes ; money is forthcoming where
-votes are to be purchased, and 'all the "means and
appliances to boot " which the Tories know so well how
to exercise in a contested election, are to be brought into
-play. If, however, the constituency of Northampton be
true to the political principles which they have so long
professed, and to which they have so often proved they
are steadily devoted, the cause of truth and justice and
of right, the cause of the people against the banded fac-
tion of monopoly and oppression, will assuredly prevail.
Be ye true to your principles, men of NOethampton
The stake for which you now have to fight is great and
glorious—oh! shrink not from the contest, but be pre-
pared to quit yourselves like men, to do your duty man-
fully and determinedly ! Return by large majorities
your present representatives, for they are men in every,
way deserving your esteem and regard. Long and faith-
fully have they served you. Hurra, then, for Smith and
Currie ?

CORN-LAWS AND COMMERCIAL

REFORM.

G x EENICICII.. —A popular demonstration, which showed
tho feeling wit'n regard to the Corn-laws, was made in
this borough, •yesterday, as her Majesty and suite passed
through on,' their return to London, after witnessing
the faun{ of the Trafalgar. The Committee of
Captain pandas and Mr. Barnard, the Reform candi-
dates fo r the representation of the borough, caused
a triumphal arch to be erected across the street. Over
the cer Are of the arch were the words, " The Queen—
Goa pleas her," surmounted by a wheat-sheaf ; and on
ere side of the arch were wheat-sheaves, the inscrip-
ti ca. under the one being " Lord John Russell and
;" and under the other, " Lord Melbourne and
;Plenty." Her Majesty, amid the loudest demonstra-
iions of applause, descended from her carriage,
:And walked through the arch, when she again
ascended and drove on to town amid a storm
wof cheers that sent dismay into the hearts of
-the Tories. The Liberals, to the number of 200, after-
wards dined together at the Mitre Tavern, Geo. Barrett,
Esq., in the chair, supported by C. Harwood, Esq., and
Geo. Smith, Esq., county Magistrates, and many influ-
ential electors of the borough.
MANcuEsTxn.—A GOOD EXAMPLE.—MEETING OF
NON-ELECTORS.—Last evening a meeting of the Man-
chester non-electors took place in St. George's-fields, near
the church, " to take into consideration the best means to
be adopted in order to induce the shopkeepers and other
voters immediately dependent upon the labouring classes,
to support such candidates only at the ensuing election as
will vote for the total, immediate, and unconditional repeal
of the man-starvation acts." The non-electors were called
upon with " peace, law, and order " as their motto, to
unite as one man to shake the huge edifice of monopoly
to its very base. Notwithstanding the rain, there
was an assemblage of more than two thousand persons,
After eloquent speeches by Messrs. Finian, M'Gowan,
end others, the above resolution was unanimously carried
with loud cheers, and it was determined that a Com-
mittee should be formed to strenuously carry out the oh-.
jects of the meeting.—Manchester Guardian.