The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-16 00:00:00

ELECTION NEWS.

TAUNTON.
The cause of Reform has had a signal triumph here.
Mr. Montague Gore was introduced by the Tories on
Wednesday last, aad aided by their newly awakened love
of Reform and the influence and threats they never fail to
employ when they can, he canvassed the Borough for three
days, against the present liberal members Messrs. Labouchere
and Bainbridge. But on Sunday, finding that his cause
was desperate, he resolved to retire, and accordingly
ordered his carriage, purposing to leave the town ; but his
party were resolved not to let him off so easily. Mr.
Gore, like every other gentleman who has been foolish enough
to connect himself, with the Blue party in the town,
found that he had caught a Tartar. They would not let
him go. They barricadoed the door of the Inn, threatening
to murder him if he ventured out. He was personally
assaulted by his own sub-agents, with the most insulting and
horrible language—the most alarming threats were made
to him by his late dear friends—and, after narrowly escaping
from their affectionate hands, with a whole skin, he was at
last obliged to steal privately out of the town, it is said in
the disguise of a female dress. Nothing could be more
gross and disgusting than the conduct of this gentlemanly
party, as they call themselves, to their own candidate, who
is certainly a man of talent, and whose conduct throughout
was excellent, and beyond measure praised by themselves,
until be offended their party spirit by resolving not to pre-
coed to a useless poll. The Reformers here are too
respectable a body, and have too much good feeling to have
acted so ; but if it had been possible for them so to behave,
what titles of low radicals, mob, scum, &c., would not have
been showered upon them ? But the contrast between the
conduct of the two parties—the mild and placable bearing
of the Liberals, and the Violence and abuse of the Tories—
must have convinced every observer of the superiority of
the firmer party in all that constitutes true respectability.
It is evident that the people who are Reformers from prin-
ciple, are actuated by the highest and noblest motives.
Had a poll been demanded, it is certain that the Reformers
would have been returned by an immense majority. It
may be worth mentioning, that at the last election Mr.
Pemberton was deceived into a hope of success in this
liberal town, by the same party who have thus maltreated
Mr. Gore ; but he also retired after canvassing three days,
and finding himself 8001. minus, and such will be the fall
of every gentleman who connects himself with the Blue
party here, for the great majority of the inhabitants of the
tem' are Reformers.

SOMERSET.
This connty will return eleven Liberals and two Tories
,o the next Parliament. It will do its duty at this crisis.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SiR,---Jt is a duty every Englishman ones his country at
the present crises to explain. to the people the change of the
Times; so subtle are the Times, so changed are the Times,
by Tory trickery for place and self, it will, I have no doubt,
account for the apparent want of energy in the people, to per-
fect, and preserve sacred, our lhte Reform Charter. The
country insisted upon Reform, and was agitated from one end
to the other, and the patriot King was pre-eminent in dissolving
the Tory Parliament, to do justice to his people. Scarce had
the salutary measures begun to operate before dissatisfaction
was evident that they had not proceeded fast enough in the
measures of Reform to please the nation. This, although so
opposed to the Tory creed, they, the Tories, took advantage of,
and every engine was set to work to destroy the popularity of
Reform, by insidious means. The Tories, finding Reform,
was going on too fast to suit their ambitious designs of en-
slaving the people, they commenced to effect the annihila-
tion of the Reform Bill by every disgusting intrigue, and
self-abasement, stimulating all members of corporate bodies,
select vestries, and other establishments, when Reform was in
progress, even to frenzy, pointing out that if such ameliora-
tion to the people and the poor as was anticipated by the
WThigs took place, all their little monarchies, with their feasting
and "pot walloping" would be exposed, the robbery thereby
put a stop to, consequently the poor benefited. The interested
took the alarm ; and this is the explanation that should be
given to the world (a truth beyond contradiction)—viz.,
thousands of men who advocated Reform in the most strenous
manner (in order to pass the Bill), such as aldermen,
common council men, time-serving men, vestry men, ,
churchwardens. and clog-whippers, who have it in their power,
by the distribution of bequested money, to lead the people
astray--such men are eternally disgraced; they hive ratted,
and turned Conservatives, in order to espouse a Tory Govern-
ment. which, which, in its most liberal construction, can only
be calculated to plunder the people. No measure was ever
calculated to. give a greater boon to the poor than the extinc-
tion of abuses, as now existing, in the corporate bodies. Yet
the people of England; unceremoniously and insultingly, have
seen the liberal Government dismissed. Was it because they
did not go fast enough in the measures of Reform? No.
The Government given to them in exchange detest all reform,
and cannot, without being the veriest miscreants and vilest
apostates, recal :their thousand times repeated detestation of
the people's wants, enforcing the same by a solemn protest in
the face of God, and which is registered in the people's hearts.
Ohl what a blot in the career of kingly glory for after-bio-
graphers to speak of England's King, who gave his people a
Reform Parliament to correct abuses that pressed hard upon
their wants ; and when it was beginning to relieve and soften
their necessities, influenced by Court intrigue, pensioners, and
tlattorers, he dissolved that Parliament, abandoned his people
leaving them in his old age to be governed by Tory cormo-
rants. rI am, Sir, yours, &c.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTEI?SALL' S.

DEBBY.