The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-26 00:00:00

OENEItA I, ELECTIONS.

CANTERBURY, arc. 24.
This morning the High Sheriff again held a Court on
'Barham Downs, for the purpose of declaring the numbers
polled at the late election. On the casting up of the poll-
hcoks, it appeared that the numbers varied considerably
from those sent forth at the close of the election on Friday
night. The Sheriff announced them as follows :

Plumptre
Knatchbull 3246
Cosway .
The Knatchbullites looked unutterable things at this
declaration, they being left more than 300 behind. The
ether party were proportionably elated at their majority,
though it was mainly attributable to the friends of the
losing candidate. The two Hun. Members addressed the
rfreeting, and Sir Edward Knatchbull spoke with much
:bitterness, and, alluding to some by-gone times, said that
Mr. Plumptre had promised him his unqualified support ;
be little expected ever to meet him as a competitor, much
less an opponent. Mr. Plumptre, i❑ replying, was under-
rood to say that he never promised unqualified support to
any one. Sir Edward looked anything but elated, and the
conviction must have flashed on his mind that had the two
Reformers acted in concert, or the ballot been in fashion,
be had not been returned for East Kent.

CHESTER, DEC. 21.
DECLARING THE MEMBERS.

The High Sheriff, and the Under Sheriffs, Messrs.
Barker and Porter, attended at the Shire-hall, at 12
o'clock, to publish the result of the gross poll, and to de-
clare the successful candidates. The Court was crowded
to excess, and among those present were several ladies.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, Lady Eli-
zabeth Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, were
on the right of the Bench. Earl Grosvenor and Mr.
Wilbraham were severally cheered on their entrance. Sir
Philip Egerton was also on the Bench, attended by Sir
H. Mainwaring, and others of the worthy Baronet's per-
sonal friends. Among those present was the facetious
Dr. Latham, whose appearance seemed to cause much
merriment in Court.

The Hrou SHERIFF (J. H. Ltene, Esq.) declared the
Hon. Richard Grosvenor, commonly called "Earl Gros-
venor," and George Wilbraham, Esq., duly elected to serve
as Knights of the Shires for the southern division of the
county of Cheshir,d, i❑ Parliament. The most enthusiastic
cheering folhmed this announcement.

Mr. WfutamtAm, on coming forward, was greeted with
shouts of applause. It would be admitted on all bands
that the Reform Bill had worked well—that is, the me-
chanical part of it ; but there was one part of it which
had not worked well, and which required alteration—he
meant the system under which tenants voted.—(Cheers.)
The object of the late change i❑ the state of the represen-
tation was, not that property only should be represented,
but to endeavour to collect into one general focus the opi-
nions of a variety of men of different circumstances. If
property alone were to be represented, he would rather
give each landlord his 40, 50, or 60 votes, according to
the amount of his property and the extent of his estates,
than to see, as he did en this occasion, intelligent men
driven to the poll like sheep to the slaughter,—mere au-
tomata to record, not their own opinions, but the opinions
of others.--(Much cheering.) He made no personal
allusions—he spoke generally ; and he would ask those
tenantry themselves if the new privilege was worth having,
if they could exercise it only under such circumstances?
--(Renewed cheers.) There was one body of persons—
he meant the clergy—whose votes he had not obtained to
that extent which he thought he had a right to expect at
their hands. He was quite sure that Reverend Body must
be misinformed as to his views and opinions. It was very
possible that the time would come, and it was not far dis-
tant, when the clergy and the church establishment
would find him at least as good a friend as some of those
who were most clamorous about their respect and venera-
tion for that establishment.—(Cheers.) He was proud
to have for his colleague the Noble Lord ❑ow present, be-
tween whose opinions and his own there was only a dif-
ference in degree, but no differencein principle.—(Cheers. )
E irl GROSVENOR next presented himself, and was
t,.;reeted with enthusiastic cheers for some minutes. Gen-
tlemen—if I had been the defeated—and I don't use the
ord offensively—if I had been the defeated, instead of
being, as I am, the successful candidate, I should offer the
worthy Baronet, as I do now, the right hand of friendship.
—(The Noble Lord here cordially shook bands with Sir
Philip Egerton, who was standing near him, amid deafen-
ing shouts of applause from all parts of the ball.) The
-Noble Lord then reminded the meeting of the altered cir-
cumstances in which they were placed, and of the immense
power which their regenerated Constitution had placed in
the hands of the people at large. He besought them, by
moderation and prudence, and by a wise application of the
growing intelligence of the times, to transmit that Con-
stitution, improved by their forefathers, and repaired by
themselves, in all its pristine vigour and worth, unim-
paired to their descendants.—(Enthusiastic cheers.)

Sir P. G. EGERTON next presented himself, and it was
a considerable time before he could obtain a hearing. 'Tis
true, Gentlemen, I stand here defeated ; but no man can
say that it is not an honourable defeat.—(Cheers and dis-
approbation.) I assert, Gentlemen, that it is an honour-
able defeat, and I will not only assert, but prove it by a
document which I hold.in my hand—(Uproar)—and which
contains the number of " plumpers" given for each of
the candidates. They are as follow :—Lord Grosvenor,
106 ; Mr. Wilbraham, 346 ; Sir Philip Egerton, 1,697.
—(Cheers and uproar.) I appeal to you, Gentlemen,
in the face of the whole country, if this is not an honour-
able defeat.—(Cheers.) It is also from a wish to redeem
the pledges which I gave upon my canvass, and in answer
to the requisition which brought me forward, that I come
here to-day. I declared that I would exert myself to the
utmost, and use every lawful endeavour to secure my re-
turn, and I came here to-day to declare that I have ful-
filled my promise. I now retire into private life, to do
my duty to my country there to the best of my ability,
until called forth, as I have been before, by the wishes of
the county.—(Cheers and uproar.)

ELECTIONS IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
Again and again do we congratulate the freemen of
Cheltenham upon the assertion of their independence—
upon the triumph of patriotic principle over the unprin-
cipled efforts of a corrupt faction ; and upon the glorious
spirit with which their example has been followed through-
out the county, by the overthrow of the most obnoxious
oligarchy that ever misruled or ruined a state. Let us
recapitulate the victories which our new borough took the
lead in achieving :
Cheltenham
Gloucester City
Gloucestershire (East). returns '2 Reformers.
Gloucestershire (West)
Tewkesbury. returns 2 Reformers.
Cirencester returns ---
Stroud. returns 2 Reformers.
[What does Cirencester return? One absolute Anti-Re-
former, and one non-descript Reformer, a bit-by-bit half-
measure Reformer. Very well, Mr. Cripps, look to it.
As for Lord Apsley, he is a thorough-bred ory, a regular
boroughmongering Bathurst, as any Bathurst breathing,
and we all know that " what is bred in the bone"—the
proverb is somewhat musty. But for you, Mr. Cripps,
we watched your backslidings in the last Parliament,and we
warn you such doings will not do in the next.]—Chelten-
ham Journal.