The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-05 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTION.

Mr. Wood does not come forward for Prestos
again, intending to retire from Parliament altor
rher. His friends are about to present him a sub'
,criptton piece of plate, R compliment. he well de'
serves. The Political Union disclaims Cobbett, and
41 support Mr. Hunt. A son of Mr.. Townley .
talked of as a candidate, and the Han. Cotaid
Stanley and Mr. John Williams are also mentioned.
—Globe.

. KENT.—The movements in the electioneering
politics of this county are distinctly favourable to
the friends of Reform. In the western division
there is not even the shadow of an opposition to
Messrs. Hodges and Rider. Any struggle that mei
be made by the Tory party will be in the eastern
division, where notwithstanding the efforts of the par•
sonarchy, Sir W. Cosgrave and Mr. Plumptre cow
tinue to gain ground. Sir E. Knatchbull is, low..
ever, fully resolved to try his strength; and another
candidate will, it is said, be brought forward in the'
same interest, in the hope of getting Mr. Plump•
tre's half votes. This is not an uncommon ma•
neeuvre, but we doubt if it will succeed with the
new constituency created by the Act of Reform.
If the freeholders of Kent rejected Sir Edward
Kriwchbull at the last general election, on public
principle, that gentleman being inimical to Reform,
the same objection sill exists.—Kent Mercury.
BERKSHIRE.—Gres► caution is undoubtedly re•
quisite in the choice of representatives, for on the cha•
r,tcter of the next Parliament much depends whether
we shall speedily reap the reward of our exertions in
the R•fnrm Bill or not. We are anxious to see
men of business returned—men of great commercial
knowledge and experience; and we are more
anxious on this point than respecting the mere paltry
colours and emblems of their standards. The Re-
form measure is a security against the worst evils of
party, and we should regret if the first Parliament
were filled with noisy declaimers against general
policy, to the exclusion of men who will exert
themselves to remove practical grievances. This,
however, we trust, will not be the case, and we
think it not unlikely either that men with great
local knowledge—generally a good class of repre•
t,entatives—will be selected for the new boroughs
and counties, or men who have proved themselves
eminent for their usefulness in the Legislature, and
devoted to the best Interests of the country. We
therefore hope to see our much respected neighbour,
John Walter, Esq., of Bear Wood, returned for the
new seat created in this county; and while we di•
rect the attention of the electors to the highly satis•
factory address of that gentleman inserted in ano-
ther column, we cannot refrain from mentioning
that they will find some useful information in the
first letter ofa Berkshire elector, respecting the po•'
litical career of the representative of an Irish rotten
borough, who has now the presumption to put forth
claims on the electors of this independent county.--"
Reading Mercury.
LINCOLN, JUNE 27.—As an evidence of the weak-
ness of Sibthorpe'h party, we can state that a gentle-
man the other day offered one of his Committee a
bet of 20/. to a sovereign that the Colonel would
not be returned for Lincoln, and the bet was refused.
Stamford News.

PE-NRYN AND FALMOUTH.—Monday, the Hon.
W. Temple, brother of Lord Palmerston, made his
entry into Penryn, and commenced a canvass on be-
half of his Lordship, which, we understand, was very
favourable, a very great number of the electors in
that town having promised the Noble Lord their
support on the day of election. On Thursday the
Hon. Gentleman commenced a canvass .of Fal-
mouth, which, we are assured, is eminently success-
ful. Mr. Stewart, one of the present representatives,
for Penryn, has issued an address to the electors of
the united borough.—Falmouth Packet.

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