The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEft, 9, 1535.

POOLE.

COUIIT CIRCULAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

MONDAY, DEC. B.—A Cabinet Council was held yester-
day afternoon at the Foreign Office. It• was attended by
Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Pal-
merston, Lord Glene Mr. Spring Rice, the Earl of
Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, -and Mr. Pou-
lett Thompson.
The Council sat an hour and a half.
The Brazilian Minister, accompanied by the Chevalier
Lisboa, late Brazilian Charge
,d'Affaires, visited Viscount
Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. John S. Brownrigg, and a deputation from the Bank
of Australia, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday in Downing-stred.
The Earl of Ilcbeter had an interview yesterday with
Viscount Melbourne, at the Treasury. •
Lord John Russell left town yesterday afternoon for
Oakley House, Bedfordshire, the residence of the Marquis
of Tavistock.
The Portuguese Minister transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign office.
The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
En, land had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
Viscount Melbourne came to town yesterday morning
from the residence.of Mr: Spring Rice at Dulwich.
TUESDAY, DEC.' Edward Cromwell Disbrowe,
G.C.H., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary to the King of the Netherlands, had an interview
yeSterday Stith Mr. Poulett•Thomson, at:the Office of the
Board of Trade.
The Chevalier da Silva, Consul-General of the Emperor
of Brazil, transacted business at the Foreign and Colonial
Offices.
The Solicitor-General had interviews yesterday with Vis-
count Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in
Downitrsstrect.
Lord' Nugent had an interview, yesterday with Lord
Glenelgs tit the Colonial Office.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Commissioners of Customs,
visited Mr. Poulett Thomson yesterday.
The Right lion. Frankland Lewis had an interview yes-
ley with ViScouptsMelhp-orn'6, in Downing-street.{-

SlR—Observing in 77w Sun of yesterday a paragrapl,
copied :from a country paper, to the effect that the nea
Town Council of this place is likely to be principally com.
posed of persons professing Tory principles, I beg leave tc
)ffer you a few observations on the subject, as also on the
state of parties in this place, as relating to the election of
Members of Parliament.
The question of who are really entitled to vote in this
place under the Municipal Reform Act -is now decided.
Messrs. Hayward and Graves having just concluded their
labours as revising barristers, and the lists of electors as
settled by them is so decidedly in favour of the Reformers,
that there can no longer be the shadow of 'doubt as to
their succeeding in returning a very large majority of their
candidates. This, to every person at all acquainted with the
principles of the individuals composing the new list of 'Bur-
gesses, is a fact too obvious to be for a moment doubted.
Were any proof of the desperate state of Tory politics in
this place required, it. would only be necessary to refer tc
the circumstance of the recent mortgages of our old Tory
Corporation property, together with the sale (only this
week) of the Corporation plate, maces, &c. &c., their ob-
ject being evidently, by an unwarrantable expenditure of
their funds, to embarrass their new Town Council, and by
rendering a borough-rate inevitable, endeavour to throw
odium on their successors ; but the people of Poole are
aware of their tricks and designs.
Now; with respect to the election of Members of Par-
liament, some time since a statement appeared in the Times,
and was from thence copied into other more consistent
papers, giving the town of Poole as one of a list with nu-
merous other places which at any ensuing election will
cease to return Reform members to Parliament. So far
from this being the case, the Reformers of Poole are in
reality much stronger 'on the present registration than they
have ever been in any previous year since the .passing of
the Reform Act. Thus stand the facts :—in the -first
election under the Reform Act, the Reformers of Poole
returned their candidate, Sir John Byng, by a majority of
fifteen. At the general election the beginning of the pre-
sent year, the Reform candidates were Sir John Byng, and,
our prescnt excellent representative, Mr. Tulk, when the
ReforMers 'again succeeded in driving their opponents;
Messrs. Irving and Bonner, from the field, at the close of
the first day's poll, and owing to their resignation of course
only part of the electors polled ; but the Dorset County
Chronicle (the Tory organ of. this part of the country) as-
sured its friends that had the Tory candidates continued
the poll to the last, the majority against them would have
been reduced to twelve or fourteen. Again, in May last,
owing to Sir John..Byng's being created Baron Stafford, a
vacancy again occurred, when the Reformers brought for-
ward the Hon.. Geo. Byng, who was opposed by Lieut.-
General Sir Charles Grant ; the Reformers, after every
elector who could by any inducement be inveigled to come
forwiard, again triumphed by a majority of• twenty-five.
Since that time we have had a new registration, on which,
after deducting deaths and removals, &c., and adding the
new votes on both sides, allowing the Tories two or three
doubtful votes added, the Reformers gain twelve, making a
certain majority fbr the Reformers, should a contest take
place during the operation of the present Registry, of thirty-
seven. To myself the object of the Tories, in the false-
hoods put forward as to their increased strength, is obvious.
At each of the preceding contests they have had considera-
ble difficulty in finding a candidate, which difficulty is-likely
to be increased after each succeeding defeat. Thus their
only hope of obtaining another dupe, with money for them
to spend for their own party purposes, is by putting forth
statements really void of truth.
I trust, Sir, you will excuse the liberty I have taken in
writing you so long a letter on a subject, relating only to
our local politics, and believe me to be,
Your constant Reader,
December 5, 1835. D. T.