The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-28 00:00:00

LINCOLN-SUNDAY.

The long-looked for 26th of December is past, and to the
Reformers it has proved a day of signal victory. In this city
—one of the three great L's of corruption—Toryism, as the
primordial substance of Municipal government, is defunct,
and a sounder, more honourable, more independent principle
is permanently established. The Tories made a complete
party job of the election, and the result has been their utter
discomfiture. The Liberal Society, a most influential and in-
creasing body, passed a resolution, on the motion of Mr.
Northhouse, about a fortnight since, which was commu-
nicated to the Conservative Society, inviting the whole
of the electors, without distinction to their political proles.
sions, to a public meeting, then to take steps for elect-
ing the most eligible men on both sides. But to this fair and
manly offer the Tories refused to accede, and in consequence,
by a very novel mode of balloting, nine Liberals were selected
as proper persons for candidates for the Bridge Ward ; who,
being nominated by a majority, were to receive the support of
all the advocates of liberal opinions.
The same principle was adopted in the Minster Ward, and
nine gentlemen selected. In the meantime the Tories nomi-
nated at a breath eighteen persons, five of whom were lawyers,
and resorted to the most disgraceful trickery to effect their
object. All however was useless, and though the secession of
an ambitious individual from the Liberal side (who was dis-
appointed at not being in a majority at the ballot, and who
endeavoured to sow dissension among the Reformers), seemed
calculated to promote their ends, they got nothing .by it.
Yesterday morning they employed two bands of music to
parade the town, and they commenced very early to sound
" See the conquering hero comes," but towards evening the
tune was changed to " Oh, dear, what can the matter be,"
and the banners they had exhibited were withdrawn. They,
however, were sanguine of getting in some of their party to
the last, till some authentic information from the Town Clerk
dissipated their hopes. The following are the gentlemen, all
Liberals, who are returned :

WARD.
Mr. James Hill, merchant
George Calder, tailor
- S. Wetherell, tanner
Com. Councilman Blyth,
grocer.

Edward Fouler, Esq.
Mr. W. Rudgord, merchant
E. J. Wilson, architect
Dr. Beaty, M.D.
Mr. W. Dawler, merchant

WARD.
Mr. H. Williams, solicitor
G. Brooks, gentlemen
John Turner, grocer
W. Bedford, jun., gen-
tleman.

The highest number of votes received by any gentleman
was 464 : the lowest number for the successful Liberal can-
didates was 318 in the Minster Ward, and 354 in the Bridge
Ward ; and the highest of the Conservative p.rty was 192 in
the Minster, and 206 in the Bridge Ward. This towering
majority is a good indication of the real feeling of the actually
responsible inhabitants, and goes far to show that the freemen
and the two-guinea system are the main support of Colonel
Sibthorp as Member for the city.
in the evening there was a large meeting of the Liberals at
the City Arms Committee-room, when 317. E. B. Drury, in
an admirable address, pointed out the folly of expecting too
much at first from the gentlemen they had bestowed their
confidence upon. The work of complete reformation must
even now be a work of some time, but those who had been
chosen to perform it would do it effectually.
To-day the Tories are quite chop-fallen ; scarcely one is to
be seen.