The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-18 00:00:00

SOUTH CHESHIRE, DRe!

This has been the day of nomination for this division of
the county, and to all appearance there will be a desperate
contest. The " Conservatives" have clutbed their purses,
and with the assistance of " a vote in aid" from the
Charles-street gang, have raised a fund of 5,0001., to try
to oust one of the Liberal candidates.

The candidates are Earl Grosvenor, Mr. Wilbraham
(the old Member for the county), and Sir Philip de
Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., who comes forward on the
" Conservative" interest; the same who, under a promise
of supporting the Reform Bill, was returned for the city of
Chester, but indignantly hurled from his seat for his un-
compromising opposition to that measure.
Lord Grosvenor was proposed, in an eloquent speech,
by John Jervis Tollemache (son of Admiral Tollemache,
the Liberal candidate for the other division of the county),
and seconded by Charles Wicketead, Esq. ; Mr. Wilbra-
ham was proposed by Edward Venables Townshend. Esq.,
and most ably seconded by Dr. L itharn ; Sir Philip Eger-
ton was proposed by Sir Harry Mainwaring, and seconded
by Randle Wilbraham, jun., Esq.
After the candidates had s.verally addressed the elec-
tors, the HIGH SHERIFF (J. H. Leche, Esq.) called for a
show of hinds, and declared the majority to be in favour
of Grosvenor and Wilbraham. A poll was demanded,
and " the tug of war" commences on Tuesday. Grosve-
nor and Wilbraham the favourites.

MIDDLESEX.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—A new candidate (Sir Charles Forbes), has
started for Middlesex. The Conservatives are resolved,
when they can do no more, to put Mr. Hume to all the
expense in their power, and their choice of Sir Charles
shows what they expected from Lord Henley. Reformers
were puzzled what to think of his Lordship's principles, or
whether he had any principles at all, as beyond his votes
in the House of Commons, and one solitary speech, deli-
vered on a subject of no public interest, no tangible proof
remained. No difficulty of this kind presents itself in
taking into consideration the merits of Sir Charles. He
has not contented himself with silent votes against the
people. Whenever they were to be hunted, his whoop
was the loudest, his holloa the most encouraging to the
Ministerial pack, and in every instance he was sure to be
in at the death. Passing over the speeches of Sir Charles
in support of the infamous Six Acts, and other measures
of a like nature, which came before Parliament since that
period, allow me, Sir, to submit to you the following
extracts from Sir Charles Forbes's speeches on the ques-
tion of Reform in 1831-2, which shows of what nature
are the claims of the Honourable Baronet to the support
of the honest constituency of Middlesex.
Sir Charles Forbes—" 1 do not envy the taste or feel-
ing which dictated the shout of approbation that followed
the proposed disfranchisement of the ancient borough of Old
Sarum. 1 look upon it as a sign of the times ; but I cannot
allow this opportunity to pass without saying that two
more independent and intelligent Members do not sit in
this /liaise than my Honourable Friends the Members for
Old Sarum. The Noble Lord who introduced this Bill
has stated in his Treatise of the British Constitution, that
he should as soon think of touching the crown as touching
Old Sarum, unless a case of corruption were made out
against it. By this Bill, however, the Noble Lord not
only touches the rights of 0:d Sarum, but annihilates
them, and those of many other boroughs."—Speech of Sir
C. Forbes, extracted from the Mirror of Parliament of
26th July, 1831.
" I trust that the true friends of the country will not
allow themselves to be turned aside on the present occa-
sion, but that they will unite to discharge their duty con-
scientiously, and then 1 have no doubt but that they will
succeed in defeating the Noble Lord (Russell) and his mis-
chievous measure. I consider that measure as radically
bid, and as tending to subvert the Constitution.”—Extract
from Sir C. Furbts's Speech on Reform, March 7, 1831.
" Ministers have overpowered this House, the House of
Lords, and the King. Nothing remains but that they
should be overpowered themselves by the Political Unions.
They have created a monster which they cannot control.
They must fall ; and who, I ask, will pity them ? Not 1. I
hope to see the day when they will smart for what they
have done."—Conclusion of Sir C. Forbes's Speech on
Reform, from the Mirror of Parliament, June 6,1832.
These extracts, which are fairly made, need not be
commented upon. The man who would lament that the
people should enjoy the suffrage in pre!erence to the hedges
and ditches of Old Sarum, is the last man whom an up-
right independent constituency ought to choose. From
Lord Henley to Sir Charles Forbes the gradation is from
bad to worse. The one is negatively, the other positively,
a Tory of the old serf-ruling school. The coming forward
of Sir Charles will, however, be productive of one good.
It will show the Tories that their glory has gone down—
that their sun in England has set for ever. The return
of Mr. Hume is as certain as if the list of the majority at
the close of the poll was at this hour in his pocket. The
high-minded constituency of Middlesex will not prove to
the country (as they would do by selecting Sir Charles),
that whilst most of the other counties in England are ad.
vancing the cause of Reform and good Government, the
metropolitan county is retrogading.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
D;c. 15. A MIDDLESEX FREEHOLDER.

RYE, DEC. 16.

THE BALLOT, THE VOTE BY BALLOT, AND NO-

THING BUT THE BALLOT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sea„—The Conservatives have again obtained a triumph,
but I trust a temporary one, over the Reformers of this
borough. By the means which they have used they have
proved the urgent necessity for the Reformers unanimously
to persevere to obtain the vote by ballot. Such is the
conviction and feeling of the Reformers of Rye, that the
ballot, the vote by ballot, and nothing but the ballot, is
becorsie the watch-word of their political independence.
To enter into a detail of the proceedings of the Con-
servatives of Rye. For aurae months past, a scene of iniquity
has presented itself, which has never been equalled in the
worst days of borough usurpation. To debauch the poor,
to render them the instruments of enslaving the middle
ciasses; has been the principle on which they have acted.
Treats have been given at public-houses and beer-shops,
in which men, wame4, and children have indecently and
indiscriminately mixed together and partaken. These
treats are kbown by the name of pig &IA punch parties.
In addition to these unwarrantable proceedings, threats
and intimidat;on have been resorted to, in a variety of
ways to those persons, who were supposed to be politically
opposed to them, and to give a finishing worthy the out-
line of the portrait. During the election on Wednesday
and Thursday last, nearly a thousand agricultural labourers
were ordered into the town, armed with staves and blud-
geons,
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