The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-17 00:00:00

SOMERSEtSHIRE,

The. nomination being fixed for this day (Tuesday), at, twelve
n'eloelr the High liberiff, accompanied by the largest number of
gentlemen we ever saw together in Somersetshire, entered the
hustings. There could scarcely be lees than from 8,000 to
10,000 persons present in the square by the Hotel, by which the
hutting, were erected.
The Rev. Hasity Cits.ssw au, presented himself to address the
frtelic‘lers; when -Mr. thealis.soN said that he elaimed on his
own AniVt, awl that of the fretholders,'the right of his friends to
aveYdr fty. as he was the °Meet Member.
Ifttncr said that the house being dissolved, there was nniv
'no Member, and that as the first. Candidate"; he had a right to
`044.11 protection for his friend.

'rite lituu tint airr, that without craving into the rota-
tion of tight, he thought practice and courtesy should secu Pre_
cadence to Mr. Dieltinton's friends.

111 r. Citv,,w.et t. bowed to the authority of the Sheriff.
Colunel.llont.Ettitroposed 7.1 r. Dickinson ao in every respect
qualified to re pt rieiit. the calmly. • In private' and public life ha
had proved litootelf worthy of the confidence of the lireholdere.
—,.(Cbeers.)

JOHK PUILLIM eh Rkty-0114111011 of the qmater..sessions,
rose to second the, nomination. For twenty years Mr. Dickinson
had been known to his conatithent4; his eiutraefer was irreproach-
able, and, without a bletui.th.s,....(Cheero,)_lle begged, therefore,
to second the nomination of Mr. Dickinson.
Mr. Dicslit:sus said, he would occupy only a short time in
to.,..pbstaing his satisfaction at thavery flattering manner in which
is frichda had spoken ,ii him. M he was an invalid he would
'nothy touch, but thought it necesaary tv make a few observations
‘4ll two or three questions which had before deeply agitated -the
)public mind. One waa the Corn Lawt ; he wished for an entire
revision of those laws, end that even.handed justice might he
dealt out to the agriculturists, the mann ficturer, and the met chant.
With that view he gave his vote fin' Mr. Boring's committee. A
second subject was, that of Negro Slavery'. From his ancestors
he had derived an estate in, the %Vest Indies, and a part of his
prom tye then, consisted of sieves. These he was hound to sup.
port, aud, caused to be treated Withe'the highest. humanity. Ito
the insl4.cr hl it.inelipmentary fieditenti. eta beet even mend). vst .l
16 it., twenty years that hA in Parliament' he had
voted for economy, and had never givens ',high: tote which ren-
&wed Ilia independence quatintuible. Ile dared the gs cutest enem!
he.had to spy that ha had ever sleet ificed his independence in a
single iturtsoce.--(Cheers,)
Sir dour: Ils,wxtNe said, that bit Thomas Lethbridge was
well7known to the country.. He was rejoiced, therefore, to have
the opportunity oc.proposing that file Thomas Lethbridge was a
tit and proper person to.reptvsent the county.
W. litaistusto, Esq. seconded the, nomination. This was the
fourth time that .Sir Thor. Lethbridge lead prevented himself to the
freeholders of the county as a candidate for their suffrage.. Be-
litvinge darn, that tha exertions 'of Sir T. Lethbridge had bens-
fitted his constituents and the consay, he hoped all would join
him in returning him tu Parliament.—(tireat uproar.)

Sir T. Lent !MIME roes, awl was loudly Owned the gen-
tlemen around him, but greeted with
„Writs smut clamour from
persons under the hustings. Ile hail just had 'the honour, lie
said, of being nominated by his very worthy and excellent friend
to the high post of candidate for the represent/dim, of the great,
populous, mud noir county of Somerset.-..for which county he
had for many yevws been the person to give effect to the wishes
and principles (tithe freeholders. Expecting to hear some charges
brought against him he would not go on, but reserving himself
to reply to thotio who made them, content himself by advising the
freeholdcre of the county to take such measures as would preserve
the fair fame of their county whilst they had it in their power...:-
If they did not stew! by those whose integrity hail been s proved,
they: might give power to others by whom they Irma(' be betray-
ed. Ile hoped their honest integrity would preserve theta ---it was
their timuniess,, and not hit; awl trusting that they would all
luult to it, he would say to them all farewell for the present.
The Rev. 11. Cat sawtt.t. said, this was the second time he
had preestuNd, himself to their attention to incisive a county Mem-
ber. Whether the House of Common" would turn their bads
on Ns'. Hunt he souls,! , nut say, but he believed they would he
cony to get rid of the Baronet, for he was the Jack Font of the
whole house ; they would have uo one to laugh at it' he were gone.
Hunt be could say he thought him in public life both dint
anti hottest, and in private life he never heard him say or do whet
onegentleniert ought tint to ear or do towards another. He thought
Mr.. Hind es unimpeachable in private sod public life as Sir. T.
Lethbridge..--(a" No," hum the bustiuge.)---And since Sir Tim.
was had drawn a pictote of 4 Repreeentetive, which he did not
et all resemble, he pivoted to put Mr. Hunt in his place, and to
semi Sir Thomas to Sandltill-perk, to make roads and feed phea-
eantit. On thtse grounds, be begged to putt in nomination Henry
Hunt, Esq.
. .

Mr. Ott vett tra.t.Waen roe to second the nomination. 'When
raked, " Who are you ?" he said, .41 am Oliver Hayward, of
Mudfurd, and am neither ashamed to give my name, nor to show
my fate," Sir Thomas .Lethbridge hid poured forth a volley of
*Woe on Mr. limit, but that. wort far nothing. They bad tried
the bristly Baronet long enough. He declared, upon his heart,
that he, supported Mr. punt because be could and u mild do
,jut-
tics to his country, if be were .sent to Parliament ; and on pub»
he principle alone he recommended the county to try him. At'
all events, they could not. be wolse by the uhange.—(Cheers front
the crowd.) r •
Mr. 11UNi- then stood up amidst the cheers of the multitude:
Hiewoukl not,- he seed, make any "allusion to the personalities
which Sir Thomas Lethbridge had vomited against him. He
woelti leave,thern to be digested by the electors, against whom
they were.particulerly. aimed, 'end whose palates he knew they-
were not at all calculated to gratify.—(Laughter.)—Many. things
had been said hy that worthy Representative in former Pantie. ,
menu of the freemen of the county of Somerset about his (Mr.
Runt's) chime to the (avour of the ettetorti, and they could nmv
judgeler 'themselves. whether er imt he will presiimpturmoile
offorimehitusit4 or whether they were jult = ;A.. ;
e sueirettmg any
longer to the dietation of that enlightened gentleness, Sir Tho.
mas Lethbridge, -e-flaughter •and cheers, mixed with hisses. )
He, had to reply to'!-Mr;; Blessing's new version of wimt had
oectirrvi while he (Mt. Hunt) was in Ilettester no], where ha
war confined for two 'yens and a half, although, la protested
to
GiA, that, ha did not ever fall aehinned of the comae that had
brought liim there.—(Loutl applause end laughter.)—The tutu,
tion .01 this fact brought to hits mind how deeply the worthy
Baronet had been concerned in that laudable 'plen of punishing" a
Sp' it of a like nature, by calleing tr) he sent to the Tower Sir
Praleie Burdett, si man whoa* offerim was nothing more than
that of advocating the rigida of the people: He (Mr. Hunt) had,
during the investigation into the abiteee'in Whetter,' proved he.
foes the Megititratee at the-Quarter Sessions, that great plunder
had beim committed trPote the pockets of the people in the assess-
nmilerthe county rates'. ,}le had an -unexceptionable authority
to the stnoitnt of
"At • itim •to prove that the county money)