30 AUGUST 1957, Page 18

Tbe Mater

SEPTEMBER 1, 1832

A POLL took place at Norwich on Tuesday, for the • ollice of Sheriff. The candidates were Mr. W. Foster and Alderman Steward; the contest terminated in favour of Mr. Foster, the Whig candidate, by the marrow margin of 7. The most open and scandalous bribery was practised on both sides. The Whigs paid for their 1,282 votes, 1,500!. The Tories for their 1,275 votes, from 2,000/. to 2,5001.; the Tories seem to have set great store by the issue of the contest.