The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-13 00:00:00

SURREY.

WESTERN DIVISION.—The nomination of candidates to re-
present the Western division of the county of Surrey in par-
liament, took place yesterday afternoon at the Town-Hall,
Guildford. The candidates were Mr. Denison, the former
member, and Mr. Barclay, the brewer, and a gentleman named
Long. Mr. John Leech, the former member, retired.
Mr. CRAWFORD, M.P., for the city of London, proposed
W. J. Denison, Esq.
Mr. GoSSE seconded the nomination.
MILES STRINGER, Esq. proposed Mr. Barclay.
Sir CHARLES SULLIVAN seconded the nomination.
Mr. LEECH proposed Henry L. Long, Esq.- —( Cheers.)
Mr. LOCKE KING, brother of Lord King, seconded the
nomination.
Mr. DENISON then addressed the meeting, and was received
in the most favourable manner. He had thought it his duty
to support the measures of the late Ministry, and it was due
to them to state the difficulties they laboured under. They
had cemmitted great many errors, and were guilty of many
mistakes, but their motives were pure, and directed to that
which was right.—( Cheers.) Just look at their position—
undermined at Court, with two parties in the House of Com-
mons hostile to each other in the highest degree—Tories and
Radicals ; harrassed from morning till night ; but, above all,
opposed by the magistracy, the clergy, and the squirarchy,
it was a wonder that they remained in office so long as they
did. They were succeeded by a set of gentlemen whose
principles were not known. Those gentlemen professed them-
selves to be Reformers, but if they were Reformers why did they
turn out Lord Melbourne? They had been tried for a period of
sixty years, and to them was to be attributed the debt of six
hundred millions in which the country was now involved.—
.( Hear, hear.) They now professed thomselves to be reform-
sirs ; but he would ask, would they honestly carry into prac-
tice the principles of the Reform Bill ?—( No, no.) They
might adhere to the letter of it ; but would they act lip to Op
virit of it, and endeavour to improve the institutions of iho
country ?—( Hear.) Their friends say they would do so ; but
was it certain their friends would agree to those alterations ?
Be thought they would not. They were approaching a
stormy period ; and they should know every sentiment that
pervaded the breast of any man who appeared before them.
When the American war broke out, the debt of the ceuntry
was 128,000,0001. When the war of general revolution took
place, the debt was 228,000,0001., and at the end of the
French war was increased to 800,000,000 L—( Hear, hear. )
Who caused that debt.? Who induced the country to under-
take the two wars that increased the debt ?—( A voice in the
crowd, " The Tories, to be sure.") Then it was said, what
was the remedy for this? He would reply, let Government
lessen and alter taxation, and lay it to a greater extent on
wealth, and less on industry.—( Great cheering.) With re-
gard to the Church, he wished to see the honest and liberal
measures proposed, which would have the effect of restoring
it to the hearts of the people. Ns? would not agree to a con-
fiscation of Church property. He wts;r-?c1 to see a just and
fair commutation of tithes. He was anxious t;=Z the Church
revenue should be revised—that sinecures should be ais,?..lished
--and that resident clergymen should received salaries from
2001. to 5001. per annum. And, above all, he was anxious
that the revenues of the bishops should be equalized. He
hoped that, whoever were Ministars, they would direct their
attention to ,the sister country, and prevent such scenes of
bloodshed as had lately occurred at Rathcormac, and which
were a disgrace to the country. (Hear, hear, hear.)
He hoped Ministers would take means to prevent the Roman
Catholics being compelled to pay tithes for the support of a
Church of which they did not approve • and that he hoped
they would introduce into Ireland a modified system of poor-
laws.—( Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to
the claims of the Dissenters, expressing himself favourable to
the granting of those claims, and hoped the would be al-
lowed the privilege of graduating at the Universities.—
(Cheers.) He then proceeded to state that he never could
agree to the separation of Church and State.—( Cheers, and
some hisses.) By what he had seen at former elections, he
.had observed that there was another reform much wanted, he
meant a reform in Corporations.—( Hear, hear.) He consi-
dered that every individual occupying a house in a town,
ahouki be eligible to municipal honours, and be allowed to
participate in Corporation affairs. He was anxious for a re-
vision of the Pension-list, wishing that the country should
know the persons to whom money was granted. He declared
-that he could not place any confidence in Ministers, but if they
brought forward xacitsures for the benefit of the people they

should have his support. With regard to the ballot, he though t
there was no occasion for it, as the Reform Bill secured to the
people that they desired, viz., the contrpl over their r epresenta-
tives.—( Hear, hear, and some disapprobation.)
A person in the Hall said, " Will you vote for the Bishops
being removed from the House of Lords ?"
Mr. DENISON said, I will vote for equalizing the revenues
of the Bishops, but I will not go the length that is asked me.
—( Some disapprobation.)
Mr. BARCLAY next presented himself, and was received
with shouting and cheers, mingled with hissing and noise. He
would not pledge himself to the separation of Church from
State, and did not consider that such a demand was made by
the majority of the Dissenting body. He most cordially con-
curred with his Honourable Friend as to the Reform of the
Church, and said be was opposed to the plan of taking the
Bishops out of the House of Lords. He did not deny the
name of a Tory ; but when in Parliament he voted against
them, and against increasing the revenues of the Royal Princes.
—( Hear, hear, hear.) He confessed, however, he would not
haye gone the length of the Reform Bill, or supported it as it
was carried.—( Much disapprobation.) Some gentlemen,
however, were not satisfied with the Reform Bill, but wanted
more ; they wanted, he supposed, triennial Parliaments and
the ballot.—(" Yes, we do.") He never would vote for those
I measures.

Mr. LONG then presented himself, and was received with I
the most deafening cheers. He proceeded at great length to
express his political principles ; which were the repeal of the
Septennial Act, a commutation of tithes, reform in the Church
establishment, principally for the purpose of adequately paying
the working clergy, and the abolition of pluralities. He was
the warm and determined friend of the Dissenters. He then
adverted to the late melancholy affair at Rathcormac, observing
that the system of collecting tithes in Ireland required revi-
sion. His opinion on the corn laws was, that he held them to
be absolutely necessary to the existence of the agricultural
interest. With respect to the malt-tax, he stood before them
as the enemy of every species of taxation ; and the first on the
list that ought to be repealed was the malt-tax.—( Cheers. )
Mr. DRUMMOND then stood up, and said he was desirous, as
the advocate of the unrepresented, to address the meeting a
few moments—( Hear)—and, alluding to the Poor-Law Bill,
said that he felt bound to state that he viewed it as a mischie-
vous and abominable measure. He thought the candidates
should be asked if they approved of it. If they did, they
might say with Malthus, There is no place at the table for
the lower orders." The Honourable Gentleman concluded by
saying, that no Administration or measures should be sup-
ported, which will be attended, as that bill is, with the curses
of the widow and the father.

Sir HENRY AUSTIN, Mr. HOLME SUMNER, and some other
gentlemen, addressed the meeting ; after which the show of
hands was taken ; and the majority appearing in favour of Mr.
Denison and Mr. Long, a poll was demanded on the part of
Mr. Barclay.