The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-28 00:00:00

NCOLIi COUNTY. ELECTION.

I FIRST DAY'S POLL.
to t):-,Ze°1.'11 N ov.26.—The contest here is likely
„. remest which the county has.experienced.for aevine.
de "'re. The exertions of the friends of both parties are
sus. hi_
eau -98.•,. hot only in this city, but in every town in the
tri-T,t,Y. They seem, in'some degree, to have each been taken
i,i)t-"Yrise. by the poll. The, friends of Air ingithy
Pret:„lPeeting, after Sir Robert Heron had withdrawn his
k -"Notts that any other candidate would he ;proposed,
•te
woe„IA h,c't as active -in • their canvass as they no doubt
aplrilave been bad they anticipated an, opposition. The
iedqueneo that many freeholdeia-.Who, they had been
trrinth sooner,. would have: promised their .votes, to.. Sir
Ni-'ilt„,"_,tre..,beitlg -then no other candidate before the county),
the: iT""inett disenkiiied; °On the other hand, many who, if
tOitlatuiaod Wouldbetn- that Sir J. Thorold worold.
h.bthe purot tmnirqieod.
o have "resetved' their votes or , p
411°4.,thk.fitst a lication •of Air William Thus
01,,Pitrtr iiiin'o4•sPePveral votes, which, with.sa. liktvlemeariintegroebx;
.ght.have been secured.to the other, tr.. ,
awe I?orted by the Pelham interest,. by many highly resp,ect-
*Pilb firrifetitlemaii. It is also reported thathehas-the
On the milton interest. Sir John Thorold's proposers
4r old,
."41° aiiMog their supporters litany Whig 'families, and
1 t not a. raw among the.. Tories.!, Chaplin, the
4041 rilenlber, has' declared-himitelf neutral on the °Cession,
I'l4 „',4.ves ilia tenants to adopt which .side they thing proper.
ip o,;"gracter of Sir. J..Thorold, as a gentleman and a landlord
ittp.'tia,unkY; is in the highest esteem, and his cause is, on thtt
popular with the great body of the people. Sir W.
very excellent man in. great
life, but this county,
NO/ r, I'e has large, estates nut, he is a.l yet little known,
JNitic;"4:therefore to 'contend against the very natural pre-
,ati -I,°,t: gloat Who • prefer being represented by a gentle.
at); u- own county. lie is however supported by ,_.a
rh)toffid interest. We stated .the other day that.
. Sir
"'its) ‘..°11.14 was believed to be a little more radical in his pp.,
!lice tiVtiloos thin Sir Nrilliani IngilbY• NVe have been
tie t thit-”, that lte•is not what is considered a radical refovnef,
S.: is known to be 'more zealous for reforni than. his
Zs I SI 7.111)ial)1. oos here think. however, that Sir J.
4,11 °rough. i.eforitliear7 FY'
The' suppOiition is perhaps founded
sel{bLtiotet IVt)rw. It• °Pillions of the gentleman who put him, in noun,
‘.'oriton having over and over agam declared him-
'. f„."_?ur rot-Annual Parliaments and • Universal Suffrage.
a`f fur °f both parties seem at present to be, quite confident
There is, however, this difference in their chances
loltees.l),"ottO:ancl his supporters are very rich, and his tritons, 0 not stein at all parsimonious m their pecuniary ex.
iik?llliothe Miter, hand, Sir
haveleld takcs no
Iti;"' their att ; and his friends who taken the matt.er
14y:f-""4",,5, ate endeavouring to put down (as they term it)
ent !viten) of imtnense expenditure in county elections..
kivsthfare calf upon-their supportera to come fitrWard 'and
ioq,lF,s,tl,,lrrltges at their own caPence, I~'llat effect
tYpy i:4,2,mode of proceeding will have upon the freeholders;
thitt ;;144.1 determine,
12,41,-,,ltear y hour this miarnrei folio binds of musicians
141;i'8T gets caned) cammen parading the streets-17one
at,twd.'" Ingilhy'!l colours, the other with tilizos_e,.tfasTror J. ,
Leend, „ Hoy were, accompanied by• 'lumen c
:tirthev"ma•interest of their respective candidates. 1v p..).
alttiltitl;;"'PPetted to come in contact, each party cangnencro
r;4l iitt'ena2t 5 1 t° drown the most powerful eflbrta. of tlwir. mu,
But so far us We could obserie, they did not
tn. liießlirutical resentments farther. . At ll 07eloat
prec",,c"Y came to the hustings in the Castle-yard:
,;4'd of', bY band ofm followed by an inarnetwe
"414 Soon aft tuh voters of Sir John Thorold ar-,
fi.Thetiliil in Prot esaion but'r' • et
h'f' re
-gleShe '
, 9? they' , accompaorco by
iin'atthe force
Sheriff, (John
todk his station on die hustingi at a little after

LI. - After the usual-protlamation; theKineistrit, and the act
against ,bribe.ry anal :corruption, were .read, the• High Sheriff
.being sworn in thikteustomed for stated that it was necessary
the form anamimition should be again gone thieugh. • •
.The Rev. Sir CHARLES Astoxitsorr then came torward, and
said, that according to legal forms he once again proposed the
~Hon. Berty Sir Wtu. AMCOLUI Ingilby, as a fit and proper per-
son to repreieni the county, in Parliament. After the lengthen-
ed details which had been gone into yesterday, he would not on
the present occasion trespass farther on the attention of the free-
holders than to make one or two remarks on a communication
which had been made last night to Sir Wm. Ingilby's Commit-
tee. It was in that communication intimated, that it was the,
intention of the other side to put the bribery oath to every voter
who appeared doting the election:
Colonel Joixispit.—Oh I .certainly not. There was no such
intention iniamated. The Hon. Gent. must have totally mis-
conceived the nature of the communication.
Mr. Dr ALT rty.—Then are Sir Wm.' Ingilby's friends to
consider that matter waved
Colonel Joutisox.—By no means. The Hon. Gentleman
was proceeding, When—
Mr. WELLS said, that as engaged professionally, for Sir J.
Thorold on this occasioo, he begged to say a few words.
Sir 12011ERT Hraost.—You are not engaged as Sir John
Thorold's agent, Mr. Wells. Sir John Thorold has no agent.
You may better state that you are engaged professenally, for
his cause.
Mr. Wm.:A.—The cause then—l meant Sir John's cause,
and himself. I wish to state the nature of the communication.
It was, that if any improper votes were tendered on the part of
Sir Win. Ingilby, it was the intention of Sir John Thorold's
friends to put the acts against bribery in force, by administer-
ing the bribery oath to each voter.. who presented, himself.
Mr. TALLIMTS said that a communication was made to him
indirectly, which cetteinly.to his mind conveyed the intention
of the opposite•party, to.adminietee the bribery oath. If such
an intention waweotertained, it would be better that it should
now 'be publicly Stated, because the 'delay whiph is would
would occupy ao inoch, time, that a Mt number shc frec-
holders inust remain uppollexl, even At the.poll ware kept ()pen
to thelatest. •Nur, uoless a greaser number of, .booths were
created, and a greater number of poll clerks engaged...•
Colonel Jogneow said, that the communication was only
intended to convoy, that if any unworthy trick were resorted
to on the other side, the bribery oath would be administered.
The friends of ,Sir John Thorold had such perfect, reliance in
the integrity and smpartiality, of the High Sheriff;
.that they
had engaged no poll clerks. They would rely entirely on the
returns of the Sheriff's poll clerks.
The Rev. Sir CHAS. AIME RSO X said, that thin matter being
eatisfactorily, explained, he would not take up the time of tho
freeholders further than by repeating, that in Sir Win. Ingilby
they would find an honest and zealous Representative.
MajoiCualcuoFT seconded this nomination. He wished
again to assure the Freeholders, that in' the hand-bill which
had been circulated by. Sir Wm. Ingilby`e committee, there was
not the slightest Intention to mierepreeent itny thing;
Colonel JOHRSOst then proposed Sir John Thorold as a fit
and proper person to represent the county in Parliament.. He
would not, on thispccasion, add,to what helnid already said re-
specting the oualifiCationa of the Hon. Hart whom he nominat-
%A. He would • now. ,only observe, that Sir, John ,Thorold's
ends did not demand the poll. They were perfectly satisfied
with the-decision of yesterday, andtlid not,wieh to disturb. the
peace of the county, as it was said, by a poll.
. The-proposition of Sir John Thorold wet received with loud
Cheer,.
Mr. Cat.cuovr seconded'the ninntnation. 'lt was iiOri for
the Freeholders to decide between the two Hon. Baronets,—
One of them had been long known-to them, and was descry-
edly respected.es one of time ,best landlords of time, county.—
(Cheers).—The other Honourable Bart.. (Sir Win. Ingilby)
they knew little of., He resided in another county. It was-there
and not in Lincoln he spent his money. The people of Lincoln
derived no benefit from it. Let the freeholders now take their
choice, and decide between the man they knew and him who
was a stranger. He was satisfied that Sir John Thorold fully
deserved their warmest support,—(cheera.) • •
Sir R. Heron wished to eorrect'a misunderstanding of whet
had fallen from the gentleman at the table (Mr. iVells.) He
had said that he was professionally engaged fur Sir John Tho,-
cold, but in fact Sir john Thorold had engaged no party.. He
WAS quite passive on this occasion.
Mr. %VELLs hoped that ,what he said might not be misun-
derstood. lie was not engaged by Sir J. Thorold, or for him.
He never saw him in his life. Be gave his assbanneetnAir
John's cause voluntarily. He was the mired; unbought, le-
gal adviser of• that cause, and ha .would. so centinuee for it
was the wise of the independence of the county of Lincoln.
[Here the proceedings Were 'for a time interrupted byes part
of the floor of the booth• giving way. There was a rush to
the side door immediately
\by several who were, naturallyenough, anxious to get out. Some confusion ensued, but at
subsided as soon as it, was ascertained .that,the damege dune
did not endanger the stability of the bOoth Ititelf.l •
As soon as order was restored, . •..
The, Rev. Mr. lions Low addressed the freeholders, and
asked whether it would not be more consistent with their In-
terest to return a Member who had expressed his readiness to
serve them, Than to give their sufft.ages.for a Gentleman who,
however much.they might coofide to, him, had
,positivialy,tle-
elated that ho could not sit as their representative; in come-
queoce of the bad state of -his health.. For Sir John Thorold

lie 144 the highest respect, and If he were not prevented from
offering himself by illness, he would be happy to, give
support. Were the two Hon. Baronets now present„and claim-
ing the seine honour, his.respeet flireach; andlis Ingh Opinion
of their merits, were such, that he should be tempted to PY—
" How happy could I be With either,
" Were, t'otber deer charmer evitli" -
but as there was only one of them now seeking to sit for the
county, he could have nOlesitation In giving that one, -his de-
cided support.
Colonel JORNION said, that the-Rev;Gentliman had put it
to the freeholders whether they would .elect Sir John Thorold
under present circumstances; all he would say in answer to
that question ,wae, es thq,ea4in Yorkshire, We will-tty."—
(Loud Cheers.)
=The. poll-clerks were then sworn in, And proceeded to the
different booths to receive the votes.

At four o'clock the poll dosed, and soon after the Hiii
, Sheriffannounced the numbers to be-, . .
For Sir William ingilbY - 386
For Sir John Thorold . 280
Alajority. for Sir William —lO3
Mr. LISTER, on the part' of Sir William Ingilby (the Hon.
Baronet himself seemed to be labouring under, a severe cold),
returned thanke for the proud situation in which they had
placed hint •on the day's poll.. lie begged a continuance of their
exertions, and there was no doubt of , their final success...,
(Cheers and some diaapprobation.) •
Mr. WELLS came to the front of the hustings and declared
his great satisfaction at the spite -in which Sir John Thorold
stood on the day'S poll. It was no inconsiderable honour m
that Worthy Baronet that without any. solicitation on•his.part,
the kindness—the uncalled-for kindness—of the freeholder*,
should have left no small majority to the candidate WhO
using the most active exertions for his own return.. The pre-
sent was a struggle the most important in which a county had
ever been,engaged. It was a atruggle.by theigreat, majority of
the freeholders against the dominion of a few, who sought to
usurp all .Power into their own hinds. - Indeed, it might be
called a contest with the Bank of England; for if the York.
shire Baronet wanted a little gold to aid him on the occasion;
he could easily,raise 20,000/. by applying there, for it acemed
the Bank were now ready to itssist the country gentlemen, by
adrpcinF motley, P 4 the credit .of, it estAtes..-(Cheera.)..„..
Mr. 'Wells then proceeded to exhort the llteholders to vigilance
and activity in tlte contest,.. and there was; no doubt of •their
success.
.. Colonel Jwiwsox neitt, came forward, and 'observed that
the state of ,the poll was most consolatory to the, friends of Sir
Jahn Thorold. It Wet to be recollecied that none `of their
friends from Boston had yet arrived. They would see a ‘Try
different state of things in the course of to-morrow and the
next tlay, If. they- had not polled tho.one-fourth of thelmm.,
bee which appeared for them this day, still there was no room
to doubt of their ultimate success fot.let it be remembered,
that not one in thirty.five of the freeholders of the county
had yet Polled:. The affair was In the bandit of the great hotly
of the freeholders; • let t.ltetn decide it. r With.themselVei it
rested,, whether they were to succeed or not. •The great zeal
and spirit which they had already ,evinced gave hitn the fullest
confidence of sucqes•--(Cheers.)—Tht ,would only add. one .
word more. Nl'llatever might be the result of the present con.