The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-14 00:00:00

NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
On Monday the nomination of Candidates for the county of
the Isle of Wight took place on the balcony of Newport
Town Hall. The morning was auspicious, and was ushered
in by ringing of bells, hoisting flags, and other demonstrations
of joy. At ten o'clock a great many electors and others pro-
ceeded towards Ryde, and about a mile out of Newport met
Mr. John Simeon (eldest son of Sir Richard) and a long line
of electors on horseback and in carriages, who proceeded
through Newport towards Swainston, the seat of Sir Richard
Simeon, and when they arrived at Carisbrook, met him and
the other part of his procession. They then returned to
Newport.
At eleven o'clock Mr. Sewell, the returning officer, arrived
at the Town Hall, followed by 300 special constables and
tithing men. Next came the procession of Sir Richard Si-
meon in the following order :—Three outriders, viz., Mr.
Richard Smith, Mr. John Gould, and Mr. Gloster Sheridan.
A blue silk banner, with harp in centre, the pole surmounted
with a gilt crown, with rosettes of buff and blue, the brass
band in their own uniform ; about 500 horsemen, two and two,
with buff and blue cards in their hats, on which were printed
" Simeon and Reform," and others had " Simeon and Inde-
pendence." A beautiful lace banner, 10 feet wide, supported
by a pole at each end, had a blue border and buff fringe,
in the centre of which, in large blue letters, " No Tory Go-
vernment ;" this banner, spreading all across the road, had an
imposing effect, and could be seen and read at an immense
d'stance. On another lace banner bordered with buff and blue,
in the centre, in large letters, was, " The People's Rights ;"
then-name an immense number of electors on foot with buff
and blue favours ; 400 farmers' labourers with white frocks and
buff and blue favours. The sky-blue rich silk banner, which
was presented last election by the ladies of Newport to the
Reformers of the borough, motto on one side, " Purity of
Election," on the other " The Rights of the People." Two
blue banners, on one " Simeon," and on the other " Reform,"
in gold letters. The carriage of Richard Ogluider, Esq., of
Fairlee, with its proprietor in it, Sir Richard Simeon, Sir Ri-
chard's carriage, with Sir Richard and John Bonham Carter,
Esq., M P. for Portsmouth; on arriving at the hustings he
was loudly cheered by his friends--an immense number; Sir
Richard's family in another carriage ; a waggon covered with
laurels, containing Sir Richard's servants.
George Henry Ward, Esq., of Northwood Park, near
Cowes, the other candidate, with his procession, next came up,
headed by a blue banner, motto, " The Farmer's Friend ;" on
another blue silk banner, " King, Lords, and Commons ;" a
white flag, motto, " Peace, Plenty, and Prosperity ;" another,
" King and Constitution ;" on another silk banner, " Ward,
the True Friend of the Island." The band of his Majesty's
ship Victory, playing a lively tune on passing the bus.
tings, were saluted with loud cries of " Shame, shame") ;
another banner, " Church and King ;" there were about 150
horsemen in the previous part of the procession; and now fol-
lowed the two silk flags belonging to the Cowes Benefit Clubs,
one purple, the other scarlet ; about 200 men in blue jackets and
whita wands (as these passed the hustings there were loud cries of
Hired men ;" another banner, " The Just Rights of the Peo-
ple ; ' another, " Relief to the Agriculturist, and Full Em-
ployment to the Labourer." As Dr. Swan passed he was
loudly cheered, as Dr. Syntax ; then came the carriage of the
candidate, with G. H. Ward, Esq., with Charles Popham
Hill, Esq., of St. Boniface, Isle of Wight, and Barlow Hogg,
Esq., M. P. for Southampton. These gentlemen, with
Sanders, Esq., of Fern Hill, Isle of Wight, were loudly
assailed with cries of " Rat, rat ;" Missing, Esq., Mr.
Wards' advising barrister, in a carriage ; Mr. Player's and
Dr. Lind's carriages.
Sir RICHARD SIMEON now appeared on the hustings,
and begged his many -thousand friends below him not to an-
noy the friends of the candidate as they passed (in pro-
cession) the hustings./ There was an immense number of car-
riages in this procession, a great many of which belonged to
clergymen and pensioners.
THOMAS SEWELL, Esq., Deputy Sheriff, now called to the
many thousands below to command silence ; and when order was
restored, Mr. Robert Sewell read the proclamation. After
which—

The Returning Officer said, Gentlemen, it becomes my duty,
as returning officer, to address you, the electors of the Isle of
Wight, in a very brief manner ; for as I have received his Ma-
jesty's writ to elect a Member to serve in the ensuing Parlia-
ment, you are now to proceed to discharge the important duties
of that election. He would not speak at length on the import-
ance of that duty, but must say that there was not a duty of
more importance than that of sending to Parliament a man to
represent the county of the Isle of Wight. He hoped they
would not suffer their feelings to get the better of their judg-
ment, but listen with attentive patience and forbearance, and
allow all to express their sentiments without interruption. He
should do his best to keep order, and whatever might be the
wishes of particular electors as to the success of the candidates,
he felt confident that in the discharge of the duty he should be
supported by the electors of the Isle of Wight, and from those
who are not electors, he would by the power committed to him
enforce order and regularity ; he would make allowances for
the excitement of the occasion, but would not allow any breach
of the peace to be committed by any individual. He now ex-
pressed himself ready to hear any gentleman who had a candi-
date to propose.

RICIIARD
OGLANDER, Esq., of Fairlee, oti coming to the
front of the hustings to propose Sir Richard Simeon, was
loudly cheered. He expressed the deep regret he felt at the
absence of his brother, Sir William Oglander, Bart., who was
unable to be among them to propose his honourable and excellent
friend Sir Richard Simeon ; his absence was partly owing to
indisposition, and being in a neighbouring county, was afford-
ing what assistance he could in an election there. He (Mr.
Oglar.der) felt much satisfaction in now appearing before
them, and begged to ask them whether they still did or did
not desire to reap the great fruits of the Reform Bill ?—( Loud
cries of " Yes, yes," and "We do, we do.") He was sure
they did, and knowing that, he would ask them if there was no
difference between the two candidates to secure those fruits 1—
(Loud cries of " There is, there is.") He knew, that in
order to secure the fruits of the Reform Bill, they would prefer
as their advocate and representative in the House of Commons
his, and their old and tried friend, Sir Richard Simeon.—
( Loud cheers, and cries of " Bravo.") To most, if not to all
of you, he is well known to be a very respectable man of
family, and equally so as a magistrate ; but it was not on these
grounds that he came forward to propose him, but for his
highly enlightened public opinions, which were exactly suited
to the present eventful times--(hear, hear)—and he was sure,
if they returned Sir Richard to the ensuing Parliament, he
( Sir Richard) would use his best endeavours to work out for
them all the fruits of the new and great Magna Charta, the
Reform Bill.—(Long and loud 'cheers.) He ( Sir Richard)
is just that liberal and enlightened person for whose services
we have now great occasion. Having said thus much, he
begged to propose as a fit and proper person to represent the
county of the Isle of Wight in Parliament, his distinguished
friend, Sir Richard Simeon.—( Long and continued cheering. )
Joux BoxuAm CARTER, Esq., M.P., on presenting himself
to second the nomination, was received with enthusiastic
cheering. He said he came before them as one of their bro-
ther electors to discharge a deep debt of gratitude, which he
owed to Sir Richard Simeon, for having done his part honour-
ably and manfully as soon as he became their representative, in
strenuously endeavouring to carry out the Reform Bill and
secure its fruits.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, you know the
nature of the man from his private relations in life, and from a
long residence amongst you.—( Cheers.) He, too, (Mr.
Carter) knew his value. •

THE LATE JUDGE TAUNTON.---We yesterday
inserted a notice of the sudden death of Judge Taunton.
The following is a more detailed account :—" About half-past
eleven o'clock on Sunday night, Sir William Elias Taunton,
Knight, one of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench,
and Recorder of Oxford, expired at his residence, No. 28,
Russell-square, under circumstances of very awful suddenness.
His Lordship, it appears, had for some time past been in
his usual good state of health, and had on Sunday afternoon
entertained as a guest to dinner the professional attendant of
the family, Doctor Salmon, of Broad-street, City. His Lord-
ship retired to bed at eleven, and was shortly afterwards fol-
lowed by Lady Taunton, who in a few seconds was heard to
scream violently for assistance. Some of the domestics in-
s,antly ran into the apartment, and found his Lordship lying
evidently dead in the bed. Her Ladyship in the mean-
time had swooned and fallen on the floor, from the effect of
feelings that cannot be described. Dr. Salmon was instantly
sent tor, and speedily arrived, but of course could render no
assistance, as the vital spark was quite extinct ; death had
apparently occurred instantaneously. His Lordship was in the
64th year of his age, and was raised to the Bench in Michael-
mis Term, 1830. He has held the Rccordership of Oxford
a' out twenty years. He has left six children—four daughters
a:d two sons—the eldest of the latter being at Westminster
School, and the youngest being only four years of age. Lady
Taunton remains in an inconsolable state. The family had
arrived the day previously from the country seat, Freeland
Ledge, Ensham, Oxfordshire. His death is supposed to have
been caused by an affection of the heart."