The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-10 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.

At four o'clock yesterday the High Bailiff announced the state
of the poll to be as followe:

M. Calvert
sir; R. Wilson
Mr. Polhill

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Mr. CaLyrae. declared himself unequal to acknowledge the
kindness which he bad .received fora the hands of the electors.
Ile understund that a placard had that morning been exhibited,
which he was sure could not have proceeded from Mr. Polhill,
because he believed that gentleman to be incapable of stating what
was untrue.—(Applause.)—The, placard stated that his gallant
friend had expended all his money. Ile Jived that his gallant
friend bad sufficient, money to, carry on the. contestif it were
necessary, but the electors of Srriothwark expected nothing of the
kind at his hands. Be requ ' el the crowd, as a particular fa-
vonr to himself; to hear M• r.• P hill. It was but justice to hear
him, and to put a men dem by clamour was most unmanly.
He concluded by exhorting. his friends not to relax their exertions
until the contest was over.---(Applause.)
Sir R. WILSON will received' with much applause, He said,
that contrary to his predictions of yesterday, the.eolours of Mr.
Polhill were still flying. It toilet be confessed, that die when. his
opponent would, lie would die genie, ,because when, his friends
put,it into his head that he could dispOseesi himself or Mr. Calvert
of his place, they made game,of binne-e( A, laugh.)—The gallant
officer then complained of the ibtiduct of some draymen, who had
on the previous evening gone to one of his committee-rooms, and
insulted end thrown atones at the persons whom they found there.
He mentioned this affair, not Oh account of any personal appre-
hension, but because it might hereafter be alluded to in the House
of' Commons. It would not, he thought, be out of place to show
how a representative in those days conducted himself towards his
electors, which he would tin by repeating a letter written by Mr.
Henley, a member of the House of Commons, to his constituents.
It ran thus :—" Gentlemen," (he did them that honour,) " I have
received your letter, and am astonished at your impudence in
talking to me about the excise. Von know what I know,-that I
bought you ; and I know what, perhaps, you did not think I
knew—that you are about selling yourselves again to a better
bidder. I know what, perhaps, also you do not know—that I
am bidding for a better set of constituents. 'ln conclusion, I
hope9'ou will all go to the devil; and that your homes will he as i
common to the exciseman as every thing belonging to you was to
me diming the aims I solicited your suffrages."*.(Cheers, ,and
laughter. )—That extraordinary letter was en historical record.—
He was informed that Mr. Polbill's friends said that the electors
of Southwark did not want for their representative a man who
had bled .in Spain, but one
.who would bleed in his pocket.
They had got such a man in. Mr. Polhill; they had bled him
pretty freely, and he believed that, he smarted a little under the
Sangrado system. The same party asserted 'that be (Sir R.
Wilson) had spent all his money; but had they forgotten that. he
was an old soldier, and could contrive to spend half-a-crown nut
of sixpence e-day 2—(Cheere.)—Mr. Polhill avowed himself a
reformer, which included a wish for a reformation of the law.

If he. were to present himself before the Lord Chancellor under
such circumstances, would not his Lordship hesitate to adopt him
.as his child 7 awl, on the other land, could he appear before Mr.
Canning dieorated with his orange coloins?—(Applause.)......
There was no place open 14 the worthy Gentleman hut the Bench
of Bishop% nod there he bell some claim to go, because he was a
sort of turnip' hut, perhaps, the reverend gentle Men might hook
upon him as a sort of Paul Pry, and acs, " we want Oo
in-
truders,"_(4 laugh.)—The Gallant Officer concluded by thank-
ing his friends for the situation in which they bad placed him on
the poll.
Mr. Por.,itm, next addiessed the crowd, sod we., beard With'
more attention than on any previous occapion. Ile expressed
himself sorry that Tae should be indebted to the exertions 'of Mr.
Calvert for t lteating rather than to the kindness and good sense
of the electors. He was nr.t aware that he had done, any thing
which could give offence...,(, You have not," and applatiee.)—
In consequence of what bud fallen from Sir R Wilson, be felt it
necessary to declare, that nothing offensive!, to the .other.candi.
dates bail ever been cMinteeaked .by Be still felt great
confidence as to the result of tht:. exertions which his friends wire:
making in his.behalf. It. hail been hinted, that he was an in-
truder, but he thoUght it was quite correct" n,coctniindeexfoprenc:atrod
as a candidate at a genifirelection. pile father had repenninto
the borough in three successive died in their
service, It was somewhat singtder that gentlemen who, like
hinuirlf, contended for a reform. of ,Parliatnent, eh
hold their twos in perpetuity, which would he the case if no fresh
candidates came forward., kie thanked the electors for the sup-
port which he had reeeived, and hoped to have an opportunity of
addressing them. again to-morrow.---(Cheers.)

Mr. Minor, o; the part of Mr. Volhill's committee, deehm,l
that they had no share whatever in the outrage' which had bcwn
alluded to by Sir R. Wilron. _

The Mail BAILIFF then adjourned ale poll to nine o'clock
'to-morrow—(thie day.)

CAMBRIDGE' ELECTION.

CAM.HRIbtIIC, June 9.—(Front a Correspondent.)._.l have
this instant left the Town-hall, and send you an account of what
I saw there. The place was crowded to excess, in fact though I
have seen rows of all kinds, I never saw more pushing 11114 fighting
than took place this mottling. At a little atter ten, the Alayor, Cor-
poration, and candidates appeared and took their places; the usual
preambleofhie,,ing,clapping, &C. aniong the mob, a speed) front the
Mayor that nobody heard, and the reading of half a dosen Acts of
Parliament by the Recorder that nobody listened to, ushered in the
business of the day. The Marquis of Graham was MIA proposed
as a fit person to represent the borough. After a short, I may
say disapproving round of applause, of that dead- kind which
we hear from • those who feel they ought, yet don't
will; to glee it, the Noble Marquie made his vetch ; he hoped
he should succeed, he would stick to the King and Constitution ;
would uphold the local interests of the Borough, and so forth.
His lipeeth gained' him a few plaudits, and he sat down. Colonel
Trench was next proposed, he was received more warmly, and
made a very good harangue, wherein he declared his resolution 'to
oppose the Catholic question. This called forth a grand burst of ap-
pietist ; cries of "stick to that, and you are the man!" Trench tbr
ever ! spread from the Town Hall to the crowds assembled on the
market-place. 'The Gallant Colonel then proceeded to state, that
he was very independent, and would not give his vote against his
conscience, even to please his constituents. This part I think
he pushed a little too far, as the
eheers.
people began to slacken' in their

Mr. ' Pryine was then proposed, and perhapir better reeeirad
than the Colonel. lie : declatad that he eppeartd only at the
pressing instance of his friends ; and stated, that though no one
could have a higher respect for the Noble Marquis acid the Gal.'.
lent Colonel, yet he thought that A borOughl only &Q miles
north . of . London, might find represeotativee from among
its own - hody, and 'need not fetch their from Scot-
land or ' Ireland. He . did not mean to say that the
countries of the two. Mon. Gentlemen should uttfit them for the
seats belonging to an Engliah•Homugh,
but, that were he himself
to stand in Scotland or in Ireland, he would expect the lineosser
or at least let us first try to find one dour neighbours with whom
to say you are an linglimh—trian, get returned in your own country,
we may trust our interests. ' 1k was sorry to find somuch respect
paid to an externs' power which ruled the Cambridge Elections,
and asserted that
few.: were less free.--,(Loud cries of
hear ! they are the Duke's men; sm.)_ffe did' not understand
f
what the Hon. Gentlemen meant by upholding Wee Constitution.
Parliaments? Every new Act of. Ptah/intent must tend to alter
If ao , alterations, 110 innovation", were to lle-sfioseed, why have'
the Constitution a little. his put him' in mind of a handsome'
how; which at list begina to
decal' ; '4 tile fells offs;the dry rot,
gets' into the floors;nre; must no one touch the roof or the
woodivork ? With regent to the Catholics, observed MI% Pirtle,
befotv you deny them newts to public- offices; prove that any

danger can result from their admission. Do Catholics make bad
Jurymen ? Where they must decide on the lives and property of
all ranks. - But not to enter into any discussion on the subject,
did the Gallant Colonel . oppose a motion, carried unanimously
some time ago for adding something to their privileges? After en-
larging on this subject, Mr. Pryme declared, that he did not at
present wish to come activelrforward, but moved the burgesses to
elect, without proceeding to pully the Noble Marquis and Gallant
Colonel. This speech produced ouch enthushestie applause as to iii-
terrupt for some time all further proceedings. At bat the Recorder
obtaiUed a hefting; be wished to ask the Gallant Colima three ques-
tions, which, es one of the Burgesses, he:could not supprees. First,
then, did not the Colonel, in answer to a. friend's enquiry where
he had been to, say, " I have-just been lying with the Cambridge
Freeholders, !". Hadbe not in his possession a book,
wherein was written an aetentne of the profession, fortune, &c.,
of each Freeholder of, the Borough ? and lastly, had he
not another hook containing their respective characters? The
Recorder then said, that as the borough was a very close one,
some regard should he had to the wishes of the numerous inha-
bitants noffreeholders, and that he therefore would propose to
them a gentleman for whom they could not but have the greatest
regard ; in fact, though Mr. Adeane was absent, he had no doubt
but he did well to propose him.
It was long before Colonel Trench could obtain a heating, so
incensed against him were the mob. At last he managed to de-
clare that he was perfectly ignorant of the first and bet chirps ;
as to the second, he pleaded guilty, but where watt the harm of
having a written account of the names, fortunes, and professions of
the mcst respectable Freeholders he had ever met with. He would
have said more, but the uproar was so great that at last he gnve
up the attempt.
When order wee in some measure restored, the Mayor ordered
that those who thought the Marquie Graham a fit person to be
returned, should • hold up their hands. A few, and very kw,
moved ; a greater number showed for Col. Trench ; but for
PrOne were exhibited hands, hats, gloves, any thing to draw at-
tention, The iNlayor declared, therefore, that the greatest num-
ber appeared for Trench and Pryme, and wished to know if any
free burgess demanded a poll. Immediately Mr. Abbott, who had
proposed the Marquis, demanded oue, and they proceeded quietly
to poll.
At this juncture I left the Hall. Nothing, however, of import-
ance, ensued ; Pryme, owing to his so modestly withdrawing
bad but 4 votetri Graham, ':),t ; curl Trench, 98. The twe
last therefore being duly returned, and having `thanked their eon.
etitnents, the mob separated, and minuted .themselves by throwing
.at each other 'dead cats and dogs, and other such sports of true
British growth.

Pryme is certainly a great favouritt-at'Cambridge,:and there
is little doubt that he may succeed whenever he will take the
trouble to put himself forward. The Gownsmen have for once
been peaceably inclined, nor has the usual fighting' taken place
between them and the. town.. Whether the present quiet will last,
may be very reasonably quOstioned.