The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-24 00:00:00

DEVONPORT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Having observed, in the Standard of the 20th inst.,
the following report of a conversation, said to have taken place
between Sir Edward Codrington and Captain Curry :
" When Sir Edward Codrington, in his late mountebank can-
vass, called on Captain Curry, and asked his vote, the veteran
replied, No, Sir Edward, if I had a hundred votes I would
not give you one.' Why not ?' was the question ; Because
I am senior captain on the list, and I should blush if I could
turn my back on my King.' Sir Edward bit his lip, and
shrunk away under the reproof ;"—we, the undersigned, hav-
ing been present at the meeting of those officers, at the period
alluded to, do most positively deny that any such conversation
took place. But the following is a correct statement of what
occurred, via.:—

Sir Edward Codrington, cn calling at Captain Curry's, met
him at his door, and accosted him with "Ah I How do you
do, Curry ? lam come to solicit your vote." Captain Curry,
appearing agitated said, " No, Sir Edward; I shall not be
able to give you my vote ; you go too far for me ; I cannot
support Annual Parliaments ; they come too often as it is."
The Admiral replied, " Do I advocate Annual Parliaments ?"
" Well," said Captain Curry, " Triennial or shorter Parlia-
ments, its all the same ; God knows, they come too often as it
is; see what a confusion the place is now in." Sir Edward
said (taking Captain Curry by the arm), " Well, this is not
the place or time to discuss the question ; if you will meet me
at the Town hall I shall be happy to enter upon the subject
with you." Upon which Captain Curry replied, " I never
attend such places." Sir Edward then said, " I can only say
that I have always thought seven years too long, but was
never an advocate for Annual Parliaments." Sir Edward then
shook hands with Captain Curry, and they wished each other
good morning.

JOHN CLOUTER,
JOHN ELLIOTT,
R. W. HUNT,
HENRY GILL,
JOHN WHITE,
R. C. SMITH.
ED WARD STONE,
WILLIAM LEWIS.

Devonport, Jan. 22, 1835.

BOROUGH OF PETERSFIELD.

TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Monday last being the day for electing a Mayor for
the Borough of Petersfield, the Lord of the Manor, Colonel
Jolliffe, and late Member of Parliament, summoned, as usual,
a packed jury for that purpose. This immaculate body of
Englishmen, who were persons (every one of them) who
voted for the Colonel at the late election, and principally his
tenants, performed this important duty, by passively sanction-
ing, it cannot be said electing, Mr. Henry Holdaway, a tenant
also, to fill that dignified station. It was highly amusing,
there not being more than five or six respectable persons to
witness the farce;—.in fact, the procession from the Town
Hall resembled the brave army of the great Artaxominous.
After the ceremony, the late Mayor and Mayor elect, with the
Colonel's Steward, Mr. Currie (a lawyer from London), and
Mr. Butterfield (the Colonel's partner in the Bank) which
has been set up in this town, (no doubt from pure motives)
with others of various sizes, ages and callings, proceeded to the
Red Lion Inn, where a dinner was provided for those who sup-
ported the cause of Toryism and would sell their birthrights,
but which support was of no use, as the independent electors
returned Mr. Hector, a staunch Reformer, as their Member
for this once far-famed rotten, but now respectable borough.
After dinner, the late M. P. made himself very uneasy by be-
calling Mr. Hector and his supporters everything but honour-
able men. It must be very galling to the Colonel to be thus
driven out of the borough, which has been in his, family for
about ninety-eight years, and a great loss to his income, having
frequently sold seats at from three to five thousand pounds.
In the course of the day the following hand-bill was circu-
lated about the town, explanatory as to the cause of the
Colonel's losing his election :

" PETERSFIELD ELECTION.
" CLOSE OF THE POLL.

103
87
Majority ---16
" Fourteen voters who promised not to oppose Mr. Jolliffe,
polled for Mr. Hector.

Hector .
Jolliffe .

" Four voters who promised to vote for Mr. JoDille, at the
eleventh hour, would not come to the poll.
" Two of Mr. .I°lliffe's voters died after the writ arrived,
and another too ill to come to the poll.
" One voter, after promising, on two occasions, most faith-
fully to vote for Mr. Jollifl'e, was taken from his house in the
night, in a post-chaise, and in the morning polled for Mr.
Hector.

" Mr. Hector's strength was completely exhausted, and
Mr. Jolliffe had four more voters to come to the poll.
" Reader! look at Mr. Hector's majority, and then make
your calculations by this statement."
Mr. Editor—ls not this truly laughable ?—But we have
the Member, and the Colonel the Mayor.
Yours, &c.,
AN ELECTOR OF PETERSFIELD.
Jan. 23, 1835.