The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-16 00:00:00

WORCESTER.-JAN. 15.

(From a Correspondent.)
If the triumph gained by the Tories in too many places be
of the same description as those in Worcestershire, a short
time will greatly reduce the number. The changes in our
county give three Tories for Reformers—Bailey, sorthwick,
and Barnaby, for Davies, Hudson, and Foley ; and one Re-
former for a Tory—Phillips in the place of Godson ; giving
an apparent majority of two against the people.
For Droitwich there can be no doubt of Foley being placed
in Barnaby's seat, upon an appeal to a Committee of the House
of Commons, the latter having polled under protest eight no-
toriously bad votes, and his majority was only three. The
steps to ensure this being done have already been taken, and
wagers of five to one have been offered on the result,--but no
takers.
In Evesham no doubt is entertained that reform principles
would have been triumphant, had Mr. Hudson not most unac-
countably bolted the night before the nomination.
To the election for the city of Worcester it is wished to
direct particular attention. The constituency consists of
2,400, and is liberal and sound at bottom ; Mr. Robinson
polled 1,600; Davies and Bailey each above 1,100, the latter
17 more than the former; the question may be well asked,
how in such a constituency an uneducated and ignorant Mon-
mouthshire tool of the pension-fed Beauforts should succeed in
ousting such a man as Colonel Davies ? The fact is, the Li-
berals were too secure. Not a pint of beer was given away,
not a lawyer engaged, and many liberal voters thinking the
Colonel's majority would be reckoned by hundreds,were out of
of town ; others again impressed with the same belief, to oblige
some special friend, promised one vote to Bailey. These
gentlemen have given ample proof of sincere repentance for
their culpable step. On the other hand, every Tory was at

his post; hosts of law agents were retained, who, to a man,
actually voted for their employer. An innumerable number
of public-houses were opened for all who thirst after strong
drink, and to the eternal disgrace of our city the bait partially
succeeded. Bailey polled about 80 freemen receiving parish
relief, Davies not more than 10 of the same class ; Bailey also
brought from London, Bristol, Birmingham. &c., a numerous
body of freemen who have for upwards of a year been residents
in these places. Add to all these, the fact, that persons were
got to personate and swear to any question, not only absentees,
but the very dead. Need it be said that the matter will not
be allowed to rest here—no, it will be brought before the
House the very first day of the Session, and this at the expense
of the constituency—their true and real representative, Colo-
nel Davies, will be put to no expense. Many cases of inti-
midation, and several of bribery, might be proved ; but a scru-
tiny is what is resolved on, to erase the name cf " Joseph
Bailey," and insert in its place that of " Thomas Henry Da-
vies."

ALNWICK, NORTHUMBERLAND, JAN. 14.

ELECTION FOR THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF

NORTHUMBELAND.

As the Hon. H. T. Liddell, who came forward to contest
this division of Northumberland with Lord Howick, had re-
tired, nothing remained to day but to re-elect the former re-
presentatives.
CHARLES WILLIAM BIGGE, Esq., of Linden, proposed, and
PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY, Esq., of Twizell, seconded the nomi-
nation of Lord Howick to represent this division of Northum-
berland.

Lord Howtm addressed the electors at great length. First,
he was opposed to any further changes in the constitution of
the House of Commons, by which he meant, the repeal of the
Septennial Act, the extension of the suffrage, and the vote by
ballot. The object of representation was to give the popular
will such an influence as to secure good government, without
the latter being liable to the violent and sudden movements of
every temporary popular impulse, and this formed the grand
distinction between the famous republics of antiquity, in which
every question was immediately decided by the people, and the
modern system of government through the medium of popular
representation. He appealed, therefore, to the electors, whe-
ther under the present system of septennial parliaments the
votes of the late House of Commons did not attest, on the
part of the representatives, a deep sense of their responsibility
to the constituent body, as well as their zeal in reforming
abuses, and advancing the interests of the country? 'Why,
then, shorten the duration of parliaments, by which the repre-
sentative was enabled to become practised in the business of
legislation, and a uniformity was secured to the regular go-
vernment—or extend the suffrage, when under existing cir-
cumstances, a parliament was secured sufficiently expressive of,
and dependent on, the popular will ? The vote by ballot was
supported on more plausible grounds. He had experienced a
good deal to prove how extensively sinister influences biassed
the votes of the electors : but still he preferred (unless he saw
further proofs of its necessity) the present system of manly,
open voting, to the secrecy which would enable a man to break
a promise with impunity. Above all, no great changes could
be effected without great and dangerous struggles ; and it
would be injudicious to hazard the peace, and impede the gene-
ral commerce and regular legislation of the country by such
struggles, unless under a corresponding necessity for them.
After alluding to the acts of the Reform Administrations, his
Lordship deplored the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Govern-
ment ; and highly as he valued the prerogative of the Crown
to choose its advisers, he knew the equally undoubted right of
the people's representatives to express their want of confidence
in those at the head of affairs, and when he saw such mon as
Lord Roden in the new Ministry, he should feel it his duty on
the first occasion which presented itself, to give a vote against
any motion expressive of confidence in Sir R. Peel's govern-
ment. He would vote for a reform of the corporations of the
kitigdom, for the reform of the Church of England, so as to
render it what it should be, a valuable instrument of religious
instruction, and of the Irish Church, which presented the ano-
maly in great part, of churches without congregations. This
is a meagre outline of his Lordship's speech, during which he
was often cheered.

W. BURkELL, Esq., proposed, and W. CLARK, Esq., se-
conded, the nomination of' Lord Ussulston. The latter
shortly addressed the electors, but he is not happy in his
manner of rendering himself intelligible to a public assembly ;
and all we could gather was, that he was a Conservative now,
as the Constitution had been changed, although he bore a
name connected with popular rights, both in ancient and mo-
dern times. He would support the present Ministry.
Lords Howick and Ossulston were declared duly elected.
The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL then spoke. He had offered
himself to oppose Lord Howick, in order to support the pre-
sent Government, and for the very reason given by Lord
Howick, of the intention of the latter to oppose it. Why not
give it a fair trial ? Lord Melbourne's Government had lost
the confidence of the country. It was no more like Lord
Grey's Government, than a tree in winter, naked and leafless,
was like a tree clothed in the exuberant foliage, and laden with
the fruits, of the summer. As the storm from without stript
the tree of its foliage, so the pressure from without had shorn
Earl Grey's Government of its beams, and had stript off, one
after another, its brightest ornaments, till at length its Chief
was carried away, and nothing was left to recommend it to the
confidence of the country. He deprecated Lord Howick's
opinions as to the Irish Church. If it was a church without
a congregation, why not sweep it away entirely?—why did
Lord Grey only remove ten bishops ? He had now no animo-
sity to Lord Howick, and it would give him (Mr. Liddell)
satisfaction to hear from Lord H. that their private friendship
was unaltered.

Lord Howicx replied, that he with pleasure would state, his
friendship for Mr. L. was unchanged; but Mr. Liddell had
mistaken what he said about the Irish Church. He did not
say it was entirely a church without a congregation, but, in a
great proportion, it was so. When it was first established its
members were one-third of the population; now they were
only one-fourteenth, namely, half a million Protestants to
seven millions of Catholics ! The Bishop of London had
stated that a Church Establishment was to extend the blessings
of religion amongst the people, and particularly the poor.
How could it be said that the Irish Church had done what it
was intended to effect, or how could its disproportionate reve-
nues be defended in its present state, when they were applied
to the support of churches in which there were no hearers?
As to Corporation reform, if the House of Commons would
not vote for their reform, that would be an argument with him
for a further reform of the House itself. After an animated
reply, of which this is a very imperfect notice, thanks were
voted to the Sheriff, and the assemblage in front of the hustings
quietly separated.
Thus a Whig and a Tory are again returned for this division
of Northumberland.