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

WIGAN, DEC. 10.

Mr. Thicknesse and Mr. Kearsley (the late Members), and
Mr. Richard Potter, of Manchester, were severally put in no.
initiation. The names of Thicknesse and Potter were received
with general marks of approbation, while that of Mr. Kearsley
was greeted with mingled hisses and shouts of laughter. A
fourth candidate was also put in nomination in the person of Mr.
Whittle, the Editor of the Manchester and Satford Advertiser.
a gentleman whose versatility of political principles has gained
him some degree of notoriety. Originally an adherent of Mr.
I lunt, he is now a most ardent supporter of Mr. Cobbett, and a
devotee to his principles. The nominees of Mr. Whittle were
two operatives, of whom no information was forthcoming, ex-
cept that the name of the proposer was George Thrush, and
the seconder theproprietor of a small beer shop (designated in
this county a " jerry shop") within the borough.

Mr. THICKNESSE, whose nomination had been proposed
and seconded by Mr. Thomson, a wealthy iron-merchnt, and
by Mr. Alderman Eckersley, came forward amidst general
plaudits. He declared his firm opinion to be, that for the
benefit of the community the corn laws, the tithe system, and
the East India and all other commercial monopolies, must be
repealed. To the existing West India monopoly he was
equally opposed. The militia laws also, in his judgment, re-
quired modification.

Mr. KEARSLEY was too well known amongst them to
make it necessary for him to enter into any detail of his poli-
tical life, and such as it had been it would remain to the end
of the chapter.—(Partial cheers, drowned by universal laughter.)
Mr. WHITTLE next addressed the meeting, but without
the least effect. To give place to the speech of this individual
would merely be to reiterate the hackneyed attacks of a Hunt
and a Cobbett upon the present liberal Administration.

Mr. RICHARD POTTER next came forward and very
briefly addressed the electors, to the effect that his political and
private life was before them, and to them he referred the ad-
judication of himself and the principles which he had ever and
should still continue to advocate.--(lmmense applause.)
A show of hands was then taken, and declared by the Re-
turning-officers to be in favour of Mr. Thicknesse and Mr.
Potter. A poll was demanded by Mr. Kearsley and Mr.
Whittle, and the poll clerks having been sworn, they took
their seats in the three temporary booths erected for the occa-
sion, and at eleven o'clock the polling commenced, and pro-
ceeded with great rapidity.

At half-past one o'clock the numbers stood :
Thicknesse
.. 224
Potter 214
Kearsley lO5
Whittle lO

In the course of the morning the Right Hon. E. G. Stanley
passed in a travelling chariot and four through the town, on
his way from Knowsley Park to Lancaster, to attend as a can-
didate at the election on Monday next of the Members for the
northern division of the county. The Right Hon. Gentleman,
whose election is next to certain, was recognised while chang-
ing horses, and was most enthusiastically cheered.

FURTHER PARTICULARS, FROM OUR OWN
CORRESPONDENT.
TRIUMPH OF REFORM AT WIGAN.
MONDAY EVENING,

This morning the election for the borough began, and has
terminated this evening in the return of the Reform candi-
dates, Potter and Thicknesse, by an immense majority over Mr.
Kearsley, notwithstanding a very extensive and powerful
family interest in the town, coupled to his own popularity as a
gentleman of excellent private character. Mr. Thicknesse's de-
clarations on the hustings were liberal and clear, and such as
'every friend to Reform hailed with delight. Mr. Potter's
speech, it is superfluous to add, contained sentiments long
known to the Reformers of Lancashire.

The Ultra Liberal candidate, Mr. Whittle, Editor of
the Manchester and Salford Advertiser, and the friend of Mr.
Cobbett, expressed, in a speech of great eloquence, his pre-
tensions to the electors, which were quite an echo of Mr.
Cobbett's. The state of the poll was unfavourable to him.
Wigan is the first town in the county that has commenced
electioneering proceedings, and as it has terminated so auspi-
ciously to the true interest of the country, it is to be hoped other
towns will follow the noble example it has set.