The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-10 00:00:00

WINDSOR ELECTION.

In accordance with' the proclamation made in the course of
the past week by Thomas Clark, Epq., the Mayor and re•
turning officer of the borough of Windsor, of the receipt by
him, from the Sheriff of Berkshire, cf a precept to hold an
election of a burgess to serve in Parliament, in the room of
John Ramabottom, Esq., deceased, the nomination of the
candidates to supply the vacancy took place on Saturday at the
Town Hall. Notwithstanding the retirement of Mr. Walter,
the independent electors who had supported him, determined
that Colonel Reid should not walk over the course, and on

the morning of Saturday the walls of Windsor were pla-
carded with. the following address froin Mr. Rupert Kettle, a
Barrister of the Middle Temple, offering himself as a can-
didate.

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" Gentlemen,—l have heard this evening, with inexpres-
sible regret, of the scandalous victory achieved by the -mi-
nions of the Court and of the Government over the man of
your free choke, Mr. Walter So long as he was a candidate
fel- your suffrages, I determined to yield to his superior
claims on your support ; but now that lie feels compelled to
retire from the field, owing to the unprecedented combini-
tion of evil influences against him, I *can no longer resist the
wish, s of my friends, and I feel it my'duty as an honest and
independent Englishman, to appear among you on the day of
election as the champion of your independence,' and as the
unflinching opponent of the arrogant attempts recently made
to dragoon you into submission, and to convert you into
the slaves of an overbearing faction. I have no time at
present to enter into a lengthened detail of the politi-
cal principles -on which* I claim your support.. On the
hustings. I will explain them at length, and give an ex-
plicit answer to any questions which may be asked on the
subject. Indeed,- the chief value of the preliminary
ceremony of nomination is that it enables the constituent to
catechise the candidate on every point of his political creed.
It is the duty of the elector to make every candidate undergo'
that ordeal. I submit to it with the utmost cheerfulness,
and I have no doubt that my honourable opponent will do the
s.tme. in one short paragraph, I declare myself the deterniined
antagonist of all equivocating, temporising, and vacillating
Ministers,-the advocate of free institutions for all daises of
her Majesty's subjects, the supporter of all useful reforms, the
upholder of civil and religious liberty, and the determined
enemy of the existing corn-laws. But my chief claim.to
your support, at present, I rest upon my determination to
rescue your borough from the oppressive domination. with
which it is threatened, and to establish its independence for
the future on a secure and permanent foundation. With this
brief statement of my political opinions, I apply to you for
support." •
The surprise which the announcement of a new candidate
caused was enhanced by the appearance of that gentleman in
propria persona.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the Town-hall was opened, and
the Mayor, accompanied by Colonel Reid and Mr. Kettle,
and their respective siipporters, appeared upon tbehustings.
The usual formalities.-htiVlng been gone through.
Mr. AlilerinartßAsli4isni proposed Colonel Reid as Ta fit
and proper person to represent Windsor in Parliament:,
Mr-. Alderman SsOsmonsr,.i.ecended the nomination.
, Mr. Moss, a resident surgeon in the borough, then proposed
Mr. Rupert Kettle; and the nomination of that gentleman
was seconded by Mr. Mintsno.
Col. REID then addressed the electors, and most strenously
denied that any undue influence had been exercised iii his
behalf. He declared that he solicited their 'suffrages on
Conservative principles. ,
Mr. KETTLE in the course 'of his address said, that the
Castle influence had been exercised in behalf of his opponent,
who had even canvassed the cooks in her Majesty's kitchen,
• and brought the Eton bOys into the hall to swell the number
of his supporters. He well knew what was meant by the
appellation Tory. There was a good, honest, straight-
forward, John Bull manner about a Tory; but he was
ashamed to hear any man wearing her Majesty's uniform
link himself to the phrase "Conservative."—(Loud groans
and hisses.) He professed himself an uncompromising op-
ponent of the New Poor-law, and of the Corn-laws After
passing a high eulogium on the public and private character
of Mr. Walter, who would been triumphantly returned, :but
for the exercise of the ca.stle influence in favour of Col. Reid.
Under these circumstances, he had come forward at the
eleventh hour, to rescue the borough from petty domination.
The learned gentleman retired amidst loud, and general and
long-continued cheers.
The Mayor then took a show of hands for each candidate,
when, according to our judgment, and that of several gentle=
men in our, locality, the exhibition was decidedly in favour
of Mr. Kettle.
The MAYOR, however, declared the choice of the electors
to have fallen by the show of' bands upon Col. Reid.
This announcement led to considerable uproar and confu-

sio;i,and loud were the shouts that the decision of the re-
turning officer was wholly without foundation.
Mr. Moss, the proposer of Mr. Kettle, handed in a written
protest against the decision to the following purport :—"
William Moss, an elector of the borough of New Windsor, do
hereby enter rny. solemn protest against the return of a
Member to serve in Parliament for the said borough on the
show of hands this day."
The protest was handed to the Mayor, and by him deli-
vered to the Town-clerk.
Proclamation having been made three times for the nomi-
nation of any other candidate, and no poll being demanded on
behalf of Mr. Kettle,
The MAYOR declared George Alexander Reid, Esq., of Bul-
strOde Park, in the county of Bucks, to be duly elected a
burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of
New Windsor. This announcement was received with tumul-
tuous plaudits.
Colonel REID returned thanks for the honour conferred
upon him, and moved a vote of thanks (carried bvacclama-
tion)—to the Mayor for his urbane, dignified, and temperate
conduct in presiding over the election.
The court was then dissolved, and the gallant member for
the borough was escorted to his head-quarters at the Castle
Hite!, by a squadron of his adherents. Thus ended the pro-
ceedings of the Windsor election. We have only to add a
fact, which may be inferred from our report, that Mr. Walter
the day did not appear in the Town-hall.

FUNERAL OF LORD MONTAGU.—Friday morning,
at the early hour of seven o'clock, the remains of the late Lord
Montagu were removed from the family residence, In Hamilton-
place, Piccadilly, for. Interment in the vault built by the deceased
Lord In Stoke Church, near Windsor. The funeral cortege comaisted
0,,1y of a hearse and three mourning coaches, followed by the private
carriage of the Duke of Buccieuch. The route for the mournful rro-
cession was by the general road to Windsor, and the procession
reached the church by noon, after which the solemn rites were per-
formed. The Duke of Buccleuch was chief mourner, and the Earl
of Home, Lord John Scott, Mr. G. W. Hope, M.P., Colonel Clinton,
&c., were among the members of the deceased's Lord's relatives who
attended the obsequies.
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DEATH OF THE HON. CAPTAIN LEICESTER, OF THE
GRENADIER GUARDS.—WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—We regret to have. to
state that the Hon. Captain Leicester expired at his apartments, in
the Infantry Barracks, Sheet-street, Windsor, yesterday morning,
between three and tour o'clock, his death having been occasioned by
the rupture of a blood-vessel about five weeks ago. Lord de Tably,
his only brother, was by the bed-lido of the deceased when he
breathed his last. The Dowager. Lady and Lady de Tably, the Rev.
F. Leicester, and some other of the late Captain Leicester's near re-
latives and friends had taken leave of him (as it was then supposed
for the last time) a few hours before. The deceased, who was uni-
versally respected and beloved throughout the regiment,-had been
considered to be in a hopeless state, by his medical attendants, Since
he was seized with a relapse on Tuesday last.

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM t OULIS, BART.—We
have to record the demise of Sir William Foulis, Bart., who expired
at an early hour on Friday morning, at his residence in Grosvenor-
place. The death of the respected Baronet was unexpected, for
thoughhe was suff,ring from impaired health, and had come to town
to consult his physician, still not th e slightest apprehension was
entertained of his death. Th. deceased Baronet was son of
the seventh Baronet, by Miss Turner, daughter of the late Mr. Ed-
mund Turner, of I'anton, Lincolnshire. He was born in 1790, and
married, in 1825, Miss Mary Jane, second daughter of the late SIC
Charles Ross, Bart. Not having any male issue by that union, the
Baronetcy devolves on his brother, Mr. Henry boulls, now Sir Henry
Foulis. Th late It armlet was deservedly respected by his tenantry
in Yorkshire, and his bounties to the poor we, e most extensive.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 7.—SUDDEN DEATIL—TI,IB
morning, at half-past nine o'clock, Mr. Muncie' (who for upwards of
30 years has had the management of Warrington Distillery, in
Bridge-street, late Dixon's, but now Stanton's distillery), fell down
dead in the office, of an apoplectic fit. This man has always beetka
quiet, steady, sober and Industrious servant, awl a generally respected
towstiman, a good husband and kind father. His loss will be much
lamented both as a servant and a fellow citizen, and deeply regretted
by the bereay.,cl relatives.
THE ATHEN/EUM eiifiee is under
going some very extensive improvements and reosirs ; in come.
quence it hat been closed to the members who are fur the present
obliged to submit to the accomtnotiatiOr atiordsd by the British
Hotel, in the neighbourhood,