The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-10 00:00:00

D 0 VER, DEC. 9.

The nomination of the candidates to represent this town in
the ensuing Parliament takes place tomorrow, and the polling
will be taken Tuesday and Wednesday. The return of Mr.
Poulett Thomson is considered quite certain ; he is what his
friends call snug; but for the second seat there will be a very
sharp contest indeed, between Captain Stanhope, Sir John Rae
Reed, and Mr. Halcomb. They are all sanguine, and the pro-
bability is, that although there are 1,651 registered voters, there
will not be above 50 votes difference in the poll of either of these
three candidates.

CARLISLE.
(From the Carlisle Journal of Saturday.)

The election for this city is fixed for Monday first—(this
day) ; for the Eastern Division of the County on Monday, the
17th inst. ; for the Western Division on Tuesday, the 18th ; and
for Cockermouth on Tuesday the 11th.
The candidates are—for Carlisle, Mr. James and Mr. P. H.
Howard ; for the Eastern Division of the County, Sir James
Graham and Mr. Blamire ; for the Western Division, Mr.
Curwen and Sir Wilfrid Lawson as Reformers, and Lord Low-
ther and Mr. Stanley as Anti-Reformers ; for Cockermouth
Mr. Green, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. Dykes ; and for Whiteha-
ven, Mr. Littledale and Mr. M. Attwood.

Principle and consistency would lead us to support Mr. Ag-
lionby in preference to Mr. Howard, as the colleague of Mr.
James. But admiring as we do the sterling honesty, the firm-
ness, the long services in the good cause, and the uncompro-
mising character of the latter, we should ill discharge that duty
which we conceive we owe to the public, were we to take any
step that would endanger his seat. At this period, " England
expects every man to do his duty."

EASTERN DIVISION of CUMBERLAND.

Sir James Graham and Mr. Blamire have offered themselves
as candidates for this division of the county. Their addresses
will be found in another part of our paper. That of Sir James
Graham is not calculated to give much satisfaction. It is cold
and cautious, and deals entirely in generalities. As a Minister
of the Crown it was not to be expected that lie would pledge
himself specifically to particular measures ; but the electors
had a right to look for something more than a simple appeal to
the past—seeing that his past conduct presents two entirely
different modes of action. Out of office Sir James obtained
great credit with the country by denouncing the " great birds
of prey;" in office, he has allowed them to remain undis-
turbed in their foul nests. Are the freeholders to take the
honest indignation of his out-of-office denunciation, or his
in-office acquiescence in the plunder of these birds,
as the rule by which to judge for what will be his future con
duct ? Sir James also say that "every national desire of free-
dom is now satisfied." This is a great mistake. We want to
be freed from tithes; we want to be freed from the incubus
of the Established Church, as an engine of state ; we want
to be freed from taxes for the support of a pauper aristocracy;
we want to be freed from monopolies of all kinds. In short,
we want that all the boroughmongers have robbed us of, and
still retain ; and until that be obtained, the " national desire
of freedom" will never " be satisfied."

Mr. Blamire's address is candid and straightforward. It is
a plain exposition of opinions on nearly all the leading topics
of interest, and will be found strictly to coincide with the
opinions of the great bulk of those whom he aspires to represent.
We do not anticipate any opposition to Sir James Graham or
Mr. Blamire.