The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-18 00:00:00

WOLVERLIAIqPTON ELECTION.

The etettelnent here is gee it. It is much to be wished
t'A.it all the towns would imitate the worthy electors of
Wolverhampton in calling the attention of the Candidates
to the great question of the Corn Lawn. R. Fryer, Esq.
a banker, is one of the candidates, old insists upon a re-
peal of the Corn Laws as necessary to the happiness of the
people. In his addresses he takes comprehensive and sta-
tistical views of the subject, and partly by his efforts and
partly by those of other liberal gehtlemen, the Corn Law
question is that to which the pudic attention of the papa-
la•ion of our imanetse manufacturing districts is din cted.
Mr. Holyoate, another banker, and Mr. W. Whitmore, are
tht other candidates. The contest will be between the
latter gentlemen. Mr. Fryer will not canvass. He trusts
entirety to his own principles, and the public spirit of his
fellow-townsmen. He visited Bilston on Monday last,
and was received with every demonstration of popular fa-
vour. He spoke, at considerable length, to an immense
t'oncourse of people. He dwelt upon the Curn question,
Triennial Parliaments, and the ballot. He particularly
urged the electors to set an example of activity to other

,wns. He said the divisions of counties are little better

'ban close boroughs, and noshing but the spirit of the elec-
ors in towns would give to the new Parliament that cha-
-acter which the spirit of the times and the wants of the
lation require.

DUDLEY ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sto,—SirHorace St. Paul, the Bridport renegade, this day
made his public entry, as a candidate for popular suffrage,
into this town ; hut notwithstanding the vast efforts made
by the Conservatives to get all the colliers and workmen
under the influence of Lord Dudley, and almost all the
coal and iron-toasters in the neighbourhood, to swell the
procession, the number in the train of the Hon. Baronet
did not, I think I may venture to say, exceed 150 ; and
it was with difficulty even these could be got to shout,
though the groins and hisses of the opposite party were
loud enough. About 100 men on horseback attended
the Tory candidate, hut most of these were brought
from distant parts, and have no votes, as indeed is the
ease with many of the townsmen who completed the ca-
valcade. The mortification which Sir Horace and his
party experienced must have been excessive, and his re-
ception must have convinced them, if they have a particle
s.f sense to discern the signs of the times, that the period
is arrived when the system of general misrule, which has
at length brought into action the mental faculties of the
working people, trust be succeeded by one which shall, if
that be now possible, repair the country's wrongs, and
restore prosperity to the lower orders, whose sufferings
tt moot, and will not, be much longer endured.
Sir Horace distributed tickets for 5,000 quarts of ale,
with which, in most instances, his opponent's health was
drunk!

I asked this morning a man who was employed by

' the Poo ers that he" to break stones on the road, how it
iappened that he was at work instead of being one of Sir
-loracr's body guards? His answer was, " though re-
[uested to join the procession, I would not 5...0 ; for a quart
f ale is of no use to me one day, while I am suffering

;ill the other days in the year,"—a petty good illes,ratioU
this of the state to which the system of the hell-born Mi-
nister—the pilot who has swamped the vessel, has reduced
the labouring poor.
One of the most active supporters of Sir Horace is a
Mr. Thomas Bidger, who has risen into importance with
the celerity of the growth of a mushroom, and who was
lately, to the astonishment of every hody, and o` ❑ohody
more than myself, made a Magistrate by the Whig Mini-
sters, whom all his powers, insignificant as they are, are
excitcd to upset. If nnisters will be so silly as to make
such appointments, they have only themselves to blame
for the increased hostility which they have to encounter.
The Justices in these parts are almost all petty tyrants,
and we groan under the infliction of such a curse.
Mr. Badger is now attending Sir Horace on his can-
vass; and to an independent shopkeeper, who refused Sir
llnrace his vote, Mr. Bidger said, " I am a Magistrate,
and can do what I like ; rone of my men shall ever come
to your slip." The spirited wife of the shopkeeper re-
plied, " I snake 201. a week by my trade, which is as
ouch as you do by yours, and so you may go to the
Devil."

I am, Sir, your otedient servant,
Dudley, Oct. 17, 1832.

T. P.

CALCUTTA FLOUR.

TO THE EDl7'Ol-2 OF THE SUN.

Sta,—having been shown a leading article in your
publication of the 15th instant, in which you have quoted
an extract from some Country Paper, in reference to " a
new and extraordinary trade" having recently sprung up in
the importation of flour from Calcutta into the port of
Liverpool, and consi..ned to my house at that port, I shall
feel obliged by your allowing me to set you right as to the
purpose to which this flour has been applied.
It has been used in our manufactures, and being sour or
stale, after so long a voyage, it is not likely to be taken for
~ny other purpose.
Flour, to a limited extent, has always been required in
the preparation of Prin, and that description found to
possess the greatest proportion of gluten., had of course been
preferred. _

Until the introduction of this fl,tir from Calcutta the
ITnited States sour flour had been almost invariably used
fi,r this purpose, hut which the Indian flour is now su-
perseding. The quantity of " 400 tons daily," named as
the production of the Calcutta Strand Mills, is much ex-
aggerated.
As this flour, therefore, is the growth and manu-
facture of the British possessions in India, and as a large
capital has been embarked therein by an English Company,
you will at once perceive that it affords to the miserable
natives an additional source of employment, and means
of payment and remittance for British goods, and in
British shipping exclusively.
I trust, therefore, that this necessary article to our
manufactures will meet due encouragement, and the mote
so because the commercial and navigation laws of Great
Britain and her colonies are under the control of her own
Legislature.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM EDWARD ACRAMAN.
Bristol, Oct. 17, 1832.

THE NEW NOVEL.-" The report which at-
tributed the authorship of the affecting Novel of Geraldine
Hamilton,' to Lady ISABELLA ST. JOHN, daughter of the
Duke of GRAFTON, is perfectly correct."—Morning Post.
Slit kVNI. GOSSETT SUBPCENAED.-WC
copy the following ludicrous account of this affair from a
correspondent of the Cork Reporter :—" On Tuesday
evening the brother of Mr. COSHAUGIINESSIC, of Char-
leville, one of the agents for the traversers, was despatched
to the Casa.. to summon Sir WILLIAK. At the Castle
it was impossible to procure access to him. Stratagem
was necessary. The business must be known or he could
not be seen. He pursued him to the Park, and pretended
an important communication about the registries. This
succeeded. He was ushered in, and handed Sir WILLIAM
seven subporinaes and seven summonses. Another gen.
tleman only was in the room, whom Mr. O'SBAUGII-
NESSY did not know. Sir WILLIAM, thunder-
s'ruck, turned round to the gentleman, and said,
" Must I ta}:e these ?" The reply was—" You must."
Sir Wir.NA*3l responded " An awkward affair !" and
paused. Mr. O'SHAUGIINESSY said—" Sir WILLIAM, .•5
seven shillings would be a small viaticum, here are 101.
for you," which he accepted. Up to this moment he has
not arrived. Sir WILLIAM followed 11r. O'SunuGir-
NEssv out the avenue, and, apparently confused said—
" Do you know the day of the month ?"—" Yes." " Wh. t
is it ?"—" The tenth." Are you sine?"—" Yes, and
there is a witness of mine to prove it," whom Mr. O'S.
took with him and left at the gate. So much for the con-
duct of Government.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

ANECDOTE OF PlTT.—When PITT pro-
posed to the KING that his tutor, Bishop TOMLINE,
should be raked to the See of Lincoln, the following brief
dialogue ensued :—" Too young, Ptrr, too young ! Can't
have'it, PITT ; can't have it !" " Ilad it not been for hint,
Site, I should never have been in your service." " Shall
have it, PITT; shall have it."