AYLESBURY. Lord nigent has written a locg letter to the
electors, describing the manner in which he was defeated, and pointing out the only remedy for the exercise of undue influence and bribery- " 1 had of distinct promises of support personally pledged to me many more than would, if fulfilled, have given me the majority over Mr. Praed. And thus I prove it : I have carefully compared the promises with the return of the poll ; 1 find the names of thirty-three persons who had promised to vote for me, and who were induced to stay away. I find ninety-seven who promised to vote for me, anti who polled for Mr. need. I repeat, then, these promises, if kept, would have given me a large majority over him. There are among those by whom pledged faith has thus been broken with me, some persons of whom it would be ungenerous in me to speak harshly, or to feel but with pity. The poor, who allowed themselves to be bought—the timid, who allowed them- selves to be menaced—the dependent, who allowed themselves to be overruled. It is on time rich who corrupted, on the powerful who threatened and seduced, and on those who, without the wretched plea of either poverty, fear, or de- pendence, suffered themselves to be led into a betrayal of their word—it is on these lie the guilt and the shame. I speak not without knowle.:ge of the fact, and it shall be my endeavour to reduce that knowledge to producible evidence, that ctry vross bribery, that very cruel intimidation and persecution have been widely and actively at work. Public as well us print& money spent to buy vote° in behalf of one of my competitors ; the most abject surrender of boasted and feigned independence; the coarsest abandonment of pledged and feigned meutral.ty on the part of the other. • • • Rut the cause of the Ballot is rapidly gaining on public opinion. The corruptions of each successive election are advancing mt. Before ten years more shall have passed, Iconfldently befit") it will be the law of the land."
If the Ballot is not the law of the land in a much shorter period than ten years, the representative system of England will have gives place to absolute monarchy, or to some other form of despotism in ono head, as the more tolerable evil.
CANTERBURY. During the rough work at the Canterbury election; George Green struck John Constant with a flag-staff, and hurt hies seriously. Constant has since died ; and his assailant has been corn. mitted to take his trial for manslaughter.
CARHARTHENSHIRE. Sir James Williams is lost to this county..... to the Liberal cause, and to the Ministry. The Tories, backed by the apostacy of Earl Cawdor, have defeated him by a majority of la only ; for, out of a constituency of about 5000, the Grey-coats mustered 2000—nearly all plumpers. Never was a more humbling spectacle presented of the miserable dependence of the tenant, than at the polling-booths of this election ; and the determined tyranny of the Tory landlords resuscitated feudalism in all its revolting forms. 014 the Ballot ! how many an anxious sigh escaped many a lip, during this contest, for this only protection to conscientious voting ! And cer- tainly, many a good proselyte to the Ballot has this election made. But who have the Tories got ? Let them take heed : Mr. John Jones, the Borough-rejected, has cut many a caper.—From a Correspondent.
Treace Bateman 1 Conewm.t., EAST. The nomination was at Bodmin on Friday last. Tyreee Li. Alezander, Curry - 2 Sir William Molesworth, who was enthusiastically received by his old. Wealord ...Walker 1 - constituents, proposed, and Mr. Call seconded Sir William Trelawney; __ __ Mr. J. H. Tremayne proposed. and the Honourable George Fortes.. 268 298 cue ( Lord Ebringtot m's brother ?) seconded Lord Eliot ; Sir Colman Rash. Continued from SCOTLAND.Week 22 5 leigh (who declared his late conviction of the necessity of the Ballot,) Aberdeenshire: oulon 1 proposed, and Mr. Humphrey Williams seconded Sir Hussey Vivian. Ayr Burghs . Lord James Stuart .■ 1 - Sir William Trelawney delivered a very manly speech, avowing him. Ayrshire .... Dunlop 1 - self a Radical. Lord Eliot spoke in the usual Tory strain. Sir Hussey Caithnessish. Sinclair 1 Vivian followed; and from his address we extract a passage which Ciackrnannan } Dambartonsh Colouhoun ...... ... 1 - lie had been fully convinced of the necessity of the Ballot during the can. Dumfries Sharpe 1 - vase of the present election. Many electors whom he had gone to, to ask fee Elgin tj• NairnG rant - 1 their votes, had said they would willingly vote for him, but their landlords Fife:dare . .. . Weroves 1- would not allow them. He again expressed himself perfectly ready to support Forfitrshire. .11 all;burton 1 - the Ballot, one petition so to do from a majority of his constituents. A-Mina-dined,. Arbuthnot - . I If Sir Hussey is fully convinced of the necessity of the Bal. Lanarkshire .Locklimt "' 1 lot, be ought to support it without reservation, and without troubling
- 1 his constituents to get up a " petition" to him. Sir Hussey
Orkney Dondas 1 - Vivian is also reported to have said, that he would not endanger the Perthshire . . Lord Stormont - 1 return of Sir 1Villiain Trelawney : yet he did endanger—be probably Relfreashire Floustoun - i prevented the return of that gentleman. At the close of the first Smith kshire . .Pringl - 1 Eliot Sulherlandrh. 'toward . 1 2249 Wick Burghs Lock 1 - Vivian 2123
Trelawney 2090
300 317 But Sir Hussey did not resign. The second day showed the fol. lowing result— Eliot ivia n 2435 Vivian 2288 1 Trelawney 2245
2 So the consequence of the Whig movement in East Cornwall has been 1 1 to deprive the Government of a good vote. Sir William Molesworth, 2 whom they rejected, is the chosen representative of a far more flume. 1 rOltS constituency than that of East Cornwall ; while in the place of 1 Sir William Trelawney, whom the Whigs wished to retain, they have got 1 a thoroughgoing Tory. Behold the result of Sir Colman Rashleigh's
1 labours,- and election management ! As for Sir Hussey Vivian, wit
must say that from first to last his conduct appears to have been
51 shuffling. Ile has been trying with how small a portion of Liberalism, with how much of his pristine Toryism, he could contrive to gal himself into the House of Commons.
CUMBEfiLAND. To compensate for losses by the dozen in the Eng• fish counties, the Liberals have gained one triumph ; and one really worth a struggle. Graham, the spiteful, canting, bitter renegade, has been ignominiously thrust out of' East Cumberland, by a constituency of the best class—an honest and independent body of freeholders, ins dignant at his treachery, and determined to punish the traitor to hit principles, the betrayer of his too confiding supporters.
The "heavy Baronet" magnanimously asserted his consistency—he had never deserted his colours. Now it is the fashion in Cumberland to hoist either blue or yellow favours, and hitherto Sir James Graham had triumphed Under the former : his new friends could not and would not desert the yellow flag ; and Sir James, wanting the pluck of old Burdett, dared not hoist it. A consultation was held at Carlisle, Billy
65 Holmes assisting ; and the result was, that Graham assumed the white flag on the day of nomination,—intending it as an emblem of his purity ; but the Cumberland electors, amidst roars of laughter mingled with hisses, shouted " He shows the white feather !" Poor Sit James was assailed with derisive cheers whenever he attempted to address the electors; and, giving way before the storm of indignation, he retired. The poll proved that it was tmot the mere mob to whom he was odious. The electors put him, where he richly deserved to be, at the bottom of the poll—nearly 700 below Aglionby, and more than .500 below James.
This is a victory which in one sense compensates us for many de- feats. The Reformers of East Cumberland have read a lesson which will not be soon forgotten by such men as Graham. How he must curse the day when he left character, popularity, and place, to follow Lord Stanley,—who is now alone in his glory, with an empty "dilly !"
DERBYSHIRE. The Reformers have stood their ground manfully in the Northern Division of the county, notwithstanding the influence of the Duke of Rutland and of the partisan parsons and magistrates. Mr. Arkwright, the Tory candidate, had the advantage of a long and assiduous canvass, plenty of money, and all the aid which the cry of the " Church in danger" could bring. A few:days before use don, MG Gisborne resigned, on account of ill health, andhrought for- hi;brother-in-law, Mr. William Bertram Evans, n his place. The retirement of Mr. Gishorne told somewhat in fist our of the Tories; but Mr. Evans is a sound Reformer, wealthy, and a good man f business ; the Duke of Devonshire appears cordially to have sup- no° wed Mr. Evans as well as Mr. Cavendish ; and a large btdy of small Ind independent freeholders, of Radical opinions, sup; orted Mr. Cavendish as well as Mr. Evans. There was a substal.tial, a real II/mg-Radical union ; and the result was the defeat of the Tory; the numbers at the close of the first day's poll being—for
Lord George Cavendish 2807 Mr. Evans 2464
Mr. Arkwright 1950
Mr. Ark wright then resigned. To this happy result, we understand
that the North Derbyshire Chronicle, a newspaper established by some spirited Liberals in Chesterfield about a year and a half ago, in a dis- trict where there was previously no organ of the Reforming politics, ha essentially contributed.
Duman, NORTH. The Times has given a three-column speech de- livered by Mr. Liddell at the North Durham nomination on the 8d instant. After reading to the end, we turned back to see if the word do advertisement " was not prefixed to this display of Mr. Liddell'e elo- quence ; as, until the Poor-law Report is entirely exhausted, the Times can be at no loss for better balsam to assist in the stuffing of its now daily double sheet. As an illustration of the honourable candidate's fitness to make laws for his countrymen, we subjoin the following sage remarks on the Ballot- " You are all aware that, as elections are now conducted, every elector has a right to give two 'totes. Now I have considered this subject with some alien- lion ; and I do not Mink Mat any machinery could be suggested or devised which would enable a man to give a split vote under Me Ballot; for if you have only one ball you can only vote by ballot for one candidate, and tf you have two you may double your plumper,. When only one candidate can be elected, as in Gateshead, for iestance, the Ballot is simple enough. But where there are two votes to give, / want to know by what means you can prevent a man from putting his two balls into the same drawer, and thus doubling plumpers? Were this Irian adopted in this division, I have no doubt that I should head Sir William Chaytor by at least 2,000 votes. Now, I cannot over- come this technical objection ; for I do not believe that any means can be de- vised for giving a split vote by ballot, which thus would either deprive a man of half his right, or would enable him to double his plumpera."
This Tory senator, who has "considered the subject with attention," has absolutely DO idea of giving a secret vote in any other way than by putting a ball into a box! That a ticket might be marked in such a way as to prevent a voter giving two votes for one candidate, is beyond the power of his imagination to conceive !
Mr. Lambton is an intelligent gentleman, and we have no doubt delivered a manly and sensible speech, though we have not met with any report of it ; but his fellow candidate, Sir William Chaytor, seems to possess more good-nature than brains, and never was intended for an orator—or, we should think, a senator. No doubt, his address to the electors on the nomination-day is caricatured considerably in the Tory Newcastle Journal; but still we suspect that he spoke something very like the following version-
" Gentlemen, I will tell you some plain facts in a few words. I never can- vassed Tories as a Tory. Not one of my friends has ever been discharged by me for paying a mortgage a month before I began to canvass. These are facts. I offered my services to my friends two months ago, and Ill tell you what fur I did so. I know it, and that nobody can dispute it for a fact, that the party of the honourable gentleman what has spoken last had been endeavouring all they could to get a second candidate ; but as they could get nobody whatsoever, why 1 came forward myself. Gentlemen, I know it for fact, because my party could not get another gentleman whatsoever. (Cheering and laughter.) I do not mean to cast no reflection whatsoever upon the honourable gentleman what last spoke, but I assert, without no contradiction at all, that lain as much respected in my neighbourhood, and by them that knows me, as Mr. Liddell. ("Bravo, olel boy ') I do not come here as no pauper at all whatsoever. I have con- siderable property in the county, and I thought I had a right to offer my services an good as anybody at all, as freely and equally the same as any other gentleman whatsoever. I have been called the tool or the tail of the Earl of Durham ; but I appeal to everybody, and I hope I may be heard out all my speech, whether I have not always been independent at all times. I have been independent, and I will be independent always. I tell you this, and I will be bound to say so against anybody at all, that the Earl of Durham, big as he is, would not 4Inre to ask me to give my vote contrary to my conscience at all. I know the noble lord would not do so because he s an honourable man at any time. If the Liberal party have taken i ien me up at the eleventh hour, and we should win a hard race, why we shall win • so much the better. I'll tell you what, 'the steam is up.' (Roars of laughter.; And you must keep up till Tues- day night. (Laughter, cheers,' Go it, old boy ! ') I have been received in a very flattering way by everybody at all on my canvass; and I will even say, as well as Mr. Lambton, that I was chaired by the ladies. (Peals of laughter.) As everybody at all in this place must be half dead with fatigue, I will not detain you further at all, than to thank you for all the kindness whatsoever that you hays shown to me." ( Cheers and laughter.) It will be remembered that Mr. Russell Boulby assured Lord Dur- ham that there was a Liberal majority of 700 voters in North Durham ; and that thereupon his noble correspondent recommended that two Reformers should be brought forward ; giving them at the same time, a rally-cry, "The Queen and Liberty, the Queen and the Constitution, the Queen and Reform !" Alas ! the noble Earl's written eloquence was as unsuccessful as Sir William Chaytor's oratory in bringing these 700 apathetic Reformers to the poll. The Tories have won the day ; "the Queen and the Constitution" have been defeated. Mr. Liddell, that great authority on the Ballot, has been returned by a large majority.
ES.SEX. The Colchester Gazette complains that the Tories in this county enjoy much of the Government patronage-
" Mr. Edward Porter, a most active and stanch Tory attorney, connected with this county, has just been appointed to an office, under an act of Parlia. meat not six weeks old, of 1200/. a year for life. No wonder the elections should go against the Government, whilst such things are allowed, and such premium.' offered for opposition to her Majesty's Ministry. Seven years ago and South EQ.ex could boast of possessing twenty-six Liberal lawyers. The Tories have since 90 skilfully done their work, that six now constitute the sum trail. it lea fact, that during the Administration of the Whigs, bills have been passed which in this county alone are puttisg nearl3, 60004 a year into the pockets of Tory lawyers, without adding one farthing to the income of any MI professing Liberal principles."
The same paper says, thet from the Lord. Lieutenantto the lowest turnpike-clerk, all the officials are Tories; and these men attend to the registration without pay.
FLINT BURGHS. The victory of the Reformers here waarpined against the efforts of the Church. It is said that the Dean of St. Asaph subscribed largely to the Tory fund, and pushed the influent* of the Establishment in favour of Mr. Mostyn, as far as it would go.
The Vicar of Flint nominated Mostyn, and afterwards was conspi- cuous in the polling-booths on his behalf.
GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mr. Guest was completely beaten. At the declaration of the poll on Monday, at Bridgend, Mr. Talbot, the
Liberal Member, confirmed the opinion we gave a fortnight before the election against Mr. Guest's chances of success. Mr. Talbot said- " When first Mr. Guest stood, he told him that he had no chance, and showed him calculations to that effect; but that if he determined to take the advice of others, and to stood, he would support him. It was, in fitct, Hob- son's choice. Mr. Guest had not obtruded himself, hut had offered to give 1,000/. to support any other Liberal candidate, and bad behaved throughout in the most disinterested manner. In conclusion, he thought all must now be satisfied, and the oak and the laurel (the candidates' emblems) would be re- placed by the olive. His noble relative must be quite satisfied with being at the head of the poll ; he himself was quite satisfied with having done his dnty; and Mr. Guest must be perfectly satisfied that he had no chance of ever representing the county."
Our Swansea censor will now see that we were neither misled nor misleaders, but well-informed, observing, and reflecting truth-tellers. The final numbers were— Lord Adore 2005
Talbot 1793 Guest 1595
HUDDERSFIELD. Mr. Stansfield won hi a election at Huddersfield; but after so severe a contest, that he has become a confirmed convert to the Ballot. In his address of thanks to the electors, he says- " I regret the contest within the borough has not terminated without some personal inconvenience, and much fear of pecuniary sacrifice to many of my independent friends. Can there be a stronger reason for protection to an honest exercise of the franchise? Fur myself, I ant now more( onvinced of the neces- sity of the vote by Ballot."
Int./mi. This place is destined to figure again in the records of Parliament ; and its corrupt inhabitants and for the time successful Tory candidate in the courts of justice. The Suffolk Chronicle says- " A writ against Mr. Thomas Gibson (the Tory Member) for personal bribery has been obtained. It is probable that Mr. Gibson will take his trial in the Court of Queen's Bench before he takes his seat in the House of Com- mons. No doubt whatever exists that the result of Mr. Wason's petition will be to place him beside his colleague, Mr. Tuffnell, as one of the Representatives of Ipswich."
KENT. A " respectable " person living in a house worth 1001. a year, played the following trick at the West Kent election- " Among the registered voters is John Smith, a small shopkeeper in Deere Street, Lee. On his presenting himself to vote, he was told that he had already voted. On his asseveration that he had not, and the declaration of the Overseer that he was the Jelin Smith on the register, inquiry was made, and it was found that a John Lucie Smith, of Lee Terrace, who had no right to vote, not being on the register, his claim having for the first time been made on the 19th of July last, had presented himself at the polling, booth, and voted as the registered voter John Smith. A respectable gentleman immediately waited on this John Luck Smith; who admitted that he was not on the register, and that he had notwithstanding voted, but he refused to repair to the polling-place to have the matter set right."
MANCHESTER. The Manchester Times gives the following as an instance of bribery at the late election- " A person from Bury presented himself at the polling-booth in Bridge Street, accompanied by some of the friends of the Tory candidates ; and on being recognized as one who had pledged his vote to the Reformers, suspicion arose that he had not been fairly gained over, and the bribery oath was put to him. On being asked if he bud received or been promised any thing for his vote, he turned pale, hesitated, and then exclaimed, I cannot swear I have not : I have the money in my pocket.' Mr. lhotherton, ALP., was the next voter who presented himself; and Mr. Wanklyn, smarting at the loss of a vote to each of his friends, had the insolence to put the bribery oath to the honour- able gentleman. These things need no comment."
MIDDLESEX. The official declaration of the poll was made at Brent- ford on Monday, at noon, by the Sheriffs. Captain Wood and Mr. Pownall occupied the same carriage. The horses were taken from Mr. Byng's carriage at Kew Bridge, and he was drawn thence to Brentford by some of his supporters, who thought they aid honour to their Member by lowering themselves to the level of his cattle. Mr. Hume was accompanied by Mr. Warburton. The Sheriffs announced the numbers to be— Mr. Byng 4796 Sir. Wood 4582
Mr. Hume 4380 Mr. Pownall
3 Mr. Byng and Mr. Wood were declared duly elected; and Mr. Byng addressed the crowd in the front of the hustings. It appeared from his speech, that his liberal subscriptions to and constant support of the Church had not softened the opposition of the clergy, and that hie attachment to the squirearchical arid magisterial " order" had gained him no Tory votes- " Gentlemen, I come forward to thank you from my heart for the honour you have done me by electing use as your Representative for the fourteenth time. It is an honour that was never before conferred upon any gentleman in England. I am now elected for the fourteenth time, because from the earliest part of my life I looked to the people as the only legitimate source of authority. I have stood upon a rock, and I have never been deceived. The county of 'Middlesex, with the exception of the new constituency, has done its duty. My late honour- able colleague has only been prevailed against by the new constituency, who have voted in right of freeholds in the city of London. My reelection should prove to every young man entering public life, that he should look to his friends, and not court his opponents. It has not been in the power of my late colleague to pay the same attention to the clergy as I have had the opportunity of doing. Bea stark their opposition to me, who have done more fur them than any other individual in the county. Their opposition to me has been as severe as against ray late worthy colleague, with indeed the exception of seven, who are real ebrgymen, men who are ornaments to the profession, and whose votes I have therefore received with the gteatest possible satisfaction. They are clergymen wipe work seven days in the week, the oulv men in this country whom I should wish to see working seven days in the week. With regard to the Magistracy, mg late worthy colleague brought in a bill which I thought rather severe upon the Magistrates, in taking the whole power of thecounty-rate out of their hands. My late worthy colleague wished to give this power to large Vestries ; but I, being anxious to do what I thought was right, and not looking to popularity, opposed my late worthy colleague. What was the result? have the Magis• arates assisted me? 'So. They have been as bitter and violent in their oppo- Wtion to me as they possibly could have been towards my worthy colleague. What is the case with the rate-payers—of the rate-pavers consisting as they do, of really Liberal men? Not one of them has deserteil me. I thought that the bill of my late honourable colleague bore rather hard upon the Magistrates ; but perhaps next year, her Majesty's Government, or Mr. Shaw Lefevre, may in- troduce a bill which shall give power to the different Vestries of parishes to eontrol the Magistrates to a certain &glee; and such a bill I shall feel bound to sopport."
(Mr. BIng was very foo]isli to expect—if he did expect—any support horn the f ories on necomit of his practical Whig. Toryism as respects the Church and the Magistracy. The policy of the Tories is to vote for their own man, be he who or what he may. As an earnest Tory said the other day, " We should vote for a cabman, ay, or the cab, if it were set up by our party.'] Mr. Wood declared himself the uncompromising opponent of the present Ministers and their Radical allies. He also took notice of a ;report, circulated by the Whigs, that he was a gamester--
The present Government had forced itself into power upon a reluctant Sovereign under false pretences. They bad made a league with a certain party is Ireland, who were fully prepared to sacrifice tie Church to their own selfish views. The present Government had struggled into power upon the Church question ; but, finding that that would not continue, they raised a cry about Municipal Corporations for Ireland. They had, however, merged that question sow under the general cry of "justice to Ireland." What did they mean by justice to Ireland ? Did they suppose that all liberal feelings and upright con- duct was confined to their own faction ? He was himself half an Irishman ; and he would venture to say, that be entertained as liberal and as just a feeling Sowards Ireland as any of them did. The electors had been told that he was a follower of the King of Hanover: what had be to do with the King of Han- over? His allegiance was due to the Queen of England, and be should like to see the man that would dare assert the contrary. lie had just as much to do with the King lof Hanover as he had to do with gaming—he who had never played for a shilling except once or twice with three or four old women, and then be revoked to the suit. ( Great laughter.) Yet this was the sort of trash with which it was sought to delude the people of Middlesex. Tory as he was, he would be ashamed to learn his political conduct from those who had resorted to such trash.
Mr. Hume spoke amidst interruption, which appeared to annoy him exceedingly. Some persons were there determined not to allow him fair play ; but they found that Joseph's pluck had not deserted him, and they could not succeed in putting him down. He alluded to his former triumphs and h;s present defeat-
" What, gentlemen, is the meaning of this my altered position? I am the name man I was in principle and in acts. I defy any man to stand forward and
say, 'Joseph Hume, you have swerved from the ptiticiplcs you professed, or
altered the line of conduct which then procured for you the suffrages of Middle- sex.' It is may consolation under defeat, that no man can say this. What, then, have the Middlesex electors changed ? Has it become indifferent to them whether a man of Liberal opinions, or one wedded to old abuses and corruptions, is to represent them? or have they preferred a little present advantage to the expectations of great and lasting future benefits to themselves and posterity? or do they think that, having gained the Reform Bill, it is enough, and they may sit down quietly, and allow its enactments to be carried out or counteracted by those who denounce it as the destruction of the constitution?"
His defeat was owing to the arts and activity of the Tories, the want of energy in the Ministry, the calumnies of Isis opponents, and the outcry about the Poor-law-
"The Tories have, during the last two years, made 4,000 fagot voters, many of them living in other counties, expressly to swamp the registered electors. The register of voters in 1835 contained 8,005 electors, and the register of 1836 contains 12,817. I may have lost some supporters, but I have gained many more, as I have polled 1,300 or 1,400 more votes at this election than I did at the lost. The majority against me are not residents in Middlesex, but men put on the register to answer the purpose the Tories had in view of possessing them. selves of the two seats for this county. In thus they have been disap- pointed, as the Liberals generally, by not plumping either for Mr. Byng or myself, as our opponents advised them in numerous placards to do, have saved Mr. Byng's seat, though mine is lost. In the last Parliameut, your two Re. presentattves supported Reform ; but, by the choice now made of one Reformer and one Tory, the county of Middlesex is virtually disfranchised. The ,111etro- politan county will be blank in the ensuing Parliament. I admit that the Ministers have been backward in many reforms—in dismissing the Tory Com- mander-in-Chief—in proposing relief to the I'eople—in supporting the County. rate Bill, and many other measures—the want of which have made men indif- ferent. Ministers must reduce the powers of the Magistracy, Lieutenancy, fisc, if they wish Reform to triumph. Various causes have been assigned for the great exertions used to exclude nic. I believe the principal to be my never. ceasing opposition to Tory domination, and my demonstration of the evils the country Las suffered under it. My exposure of the Orange conspiracy against the peace of this country, and the succession to the Throne, by the heads of that party, have exasperated their hatred to the highest pitch. The disgraceful outcry raised on the subject of the Poor-laws is a mere pretence ; it was equally approved by all parties in Parliament ; and though it may need revision, is, as they well know, in principle calculated to improve the condition of the honest and industrious labourer. The conduct of my opponents in this respect has been most unprincipled. No less so is the outcry against my religious opi- miens, raised by the Pharisees of the day. I am represented as having no religion—as being an Atheist. This they who utter it know to be
false : my whole life and conduct give the lie to it. " shall not pretend to deny the regret I feel at the issue of this contest : ills, perhaps, the heaviest blow which has been dealt to the cause of Reform in the course of this general election,—and they have not been few. When I see such
men as Ewart, Elphinstone, Roebuck, Thompson, Bowring, and Hutt, also excluded from Parliament, I tremble for the cause which I have so much at heart. But let us hope that the Tory triumph will end here, and that where the electors have yet to decide, the Liberal party, instead of being dispirited, will exert themselves doubly to redeeni these inisfortuues. I have now only to thank ne, friends and supporters for the confidence so long reposed in me; and to assure them, that whilst I have health and strength, I shall sever cease es promote in every way that is open to me, those great principles of civil see religious liberty, the advocacy of which first recommended me to your notice. I offer my sincere and grateful thanks to those consistent Reformers who have supported me to this hour. And now, without one feeling of personal resent. meat to any man, I take my leave of all." (Loud cheers.) Mr. Pownall protested that he had conducted the contest in the fairest manner— He declared most solemnly, that there had not been a paid vote on their side. At one place he was told that he might have a vote for a consideration : he at once put on his hat and went off. He declared also most solemnly, that be knew no case of intimidation: neither bribery nor intimidation had been sanctioned by either himself or his honourable friend. He thanked those electors who had voted for him ; also those who had honestly voted against him ; but to those who had promised him and failed to come forward, he left them te settle the question with their own consciences.
he importance of the victory they had gained would soon be mani. feat— In the new Parliament, it would be found that the Ministry would take care to take their tone from the feelings of the public—they would not dare to do much more harm, and he was afraid they were incapable of doing any good.
A vote of thanks was given to the Sheriff, and the crowd dispersed.
Mr. Anderton, Chairman of the London Committee, has sent a letter to the newspapers, which shows that as far as regarded bringing voters to the poll, Mr. Hume had little cause ta complain of his friends in the City. It appears that, of 1334 registered electors by right of property in the City, all polled but 109; from which number must be taken the unavoidably absent, and the dead. Mr. Anderton complains, however, of the lukewarmness of some professed Re- formers : no doubt, the "patting on the back" policy chilled them, or set them to sleep.
NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. A correspondent has sent us some ac. count of the means used to insure the return of Lord Henniker and Sir Charles Vere in the Eastern Division of Suffolk. Some of the renting farmers actually took money for their votes, just like the pauper freemen of Norwich and Liverpool. Many were so persecuted by the parsons,
landlords, and landlord-parsons, that they openly expressed their wish that half the churches in the country might be destroyed. The son of a clergyman was employed as a bribing-agent in one district. His plan was, after bargaining with the elector, to put the sum he agreed to pay under a brick in a place named ; whither the wretched voter went, and found the wages of his infamy. There are thirteen hundred and seventy odd parsons in Norfolk and Suffolk, each of whom can influ- ence the Parish Clerk and at least one Churchwarden. With scarcely an exception, these men are Tories. They are the most ruthless of persecutors. Our correspondent tells us, that a tenant was worried and harassed by one of the sons of his noble landlord, till he promised to abstain from voting for the Liberal candidates, as a condition that he should not be ruined by being turned out of his farm. The parson of his parish, finding that he was not to vote for the Tory, urged the renewal of the persecution. The indignation of this man— a fine muscular fellow, of strong feelings—was excessive. Ile must bate his landlord badly enough, but towards his clergyman Isis resent- ment is unbounded. A Dissenting minister, named Altlis, disgraced himself by voting for the Tory candidates in East Norfolk ; and thereby has lost one of the most Intelligent, right-minded, and respect- able members of his congregation. The "soothing system" has not answered better in Norfolk or Suf- folk than in Surry or Wiltshire. We are assured by persons of the best information, that the disastrous result of the elections in those counties has been caused by the policy of Ministers ; that the people have been lulled into apathy ; and that the Liberals have no chance there except by keeping up the popular feeling by means of vigorous measures of reform. A. correspondent thinks that "even Mr. Hunne and Mr. O'Connell " must be aware by this time that they have been sailing on a wrong tack.
NORWICH. The Norwich Mercury describes the wholesale bribery which prevailed during the late election- " Thousands of pounds have been spent in the purchase of voters. So bare. faced has been the traffic, that the men who have sold themselves for a sum, have not seldom brought back the money and demanded more, because more had been offered by the adversary. Hundreds of voters have been taken with their consent to public-houses in the villages around Norwich, and kept in a state of beastly intoxication, under the pretence of securing them against the assaults of other parties. Large numbers have been trt panned or forced away ; rescues have been attempted, and furious battles fought. An honest country- man, in reciting one of these encounters at the close of last week to us, said the place was like a slaughter-house.' Every hackney-coach and fly in the city have been engaged in transporting the wretches, drunk and sober, to the coun- try. Persons have even thought it necessary to go armed about their ordinary concerns. The streets have been paraded by large bands of men during the hours of darkness. A magistrate was called upon in the middle of Sunday night to send a force to take or disperse a mob of this descriptien ; the ring- leaders of which fled on the appearance of the police. Almost every indivi- dual, having the least pretensions to respectability, declares his vehement desire that the city may he disfranchised ; and many, both high and low, Ii aye ex- pressed to us their earnest wish to join in a petition to the Legislature to that effect. These are plain truths ; not a circumstance is in the slightest degree exaggerated. And this is the representative system upon which the legislation of _England and her constitutional liberties are based, a. exercised in Norwich under the sanction and agency of some of our most affluent inhabitants !"
But there have been instances in which poor men spurned the briber-
" One poor barber, whose occupation it is to 'shave for a penny,' four times during the last hour refused 100/. Another trader refused thirty sovereigns. One poor weaver, out of work, with a wife and eight children, parted from them on the morning of the election leaving all his wealth in the amount of two shillings to buy them bread. de had withstood all the previous tempta- tions, and be withstood all the allurements of that trying day. Another was offered thirty sovereigns merely to keep out of the way. Ile rejected the pro-
posal, and this man's coat on the day he told us this fact was in pawn for bread
for his family. Almighty God ! it makes one's blood hot with indignation that such honest fellows should be tampered with by rich men, for whom no epithet that we can find will express what they deserve. Nor is this the worst. The families—the wives—are often made the Dahlahs to the purpose of corrupting their husbands; and when the man remains firm, discord is bred betwixt them, on theground that other men value their families above their principles. Mar- quis of Douro ! know these facts, and hv them to your heart.' STAEFORDSIIIRE. The Tories might have returned two Members for the Northern Division, had they been as adroit as they usually are. In order to catch Tory votes, Sir Oswald Mosley had distributed hand- bills disclaiming all coalition with the " Radical Buller ;" but the Tories exhausted themselves in plumping for Baring early in the day, arld had not votes enough to spare to bring in Mosley; so the Trimmer was excluded.
The Tories have materially strengthened their party by making fagot.votes. They give wretched cottagers deeds which make them freeholders, in order to get them registered ; which deeds are after- wards returned. Nine waggon-loads of the sham voters were brought to Newcastle by Mr. Kinnersley, end a large number of them by Mr. Sneyd.
STOKE-UPON- TRENT. The disturbances mentioned last week as having occurred in the Potteries were much exaggerated. The number of rioters never, we are informed, exceeded fifty in number ; and the disturbance was confined to Lane-End and its suburb, Lane.Delph, which form only n small portion of the extensive district called the Potteries, embracing a population of between 70,000 and 80,000 souls. According to a communication we have received from that quarter, Alderman Copeland has no reason to take credit for his election ; which was carried by is plentiful use of money distributed umong the 300 beer.sellers, (whom the Alderman assiduously canvassed the night )jefore,) and paid to numbers of poor voters in exchange for pokers, cats, &C.
SUSSEX. Of the two Liberal candidates for East Sussex, Mr. Curteis relied most for support on the independent freeholders, Mr. Cavendish on the aristocracy. Mr. Curteis was beaten, Mr. Caven- dish returned. The latter plumped for himself; and then, after the mischief was done, sent a note ot apology to Mr. Curteis' saying that be intended to have split his vote. Whatever might have been the in- tention of Mr. Cavendish, the Whigs generally refused to coalesce with the independent party; who, for want of somebody better, Sup- ported Squire Curteis. This fact the speech of the defeated candi- date at the declaration of the poll puts beyond doubt. Mr. Curteis said- Ho hoped and trusted that any thing which his love of Reform hail induced him to say on this occasion, would not be taken by Mr. Cavendish as meant personally towards hint. He hoped that his counsellors and advisers would pointout to him the necessity ofgiving up that family prejudice against coiiperat- mg fully with his brother Reformers. • • * In the neighbouring county of Kent, in both divisions, the Tories had avowedly and wisely coalesced ; and if there had been a coalition between him (Mr. Curteis) and Mr. Cavendish, he stated fearlessly—that the expense of a former contest would not have been to Mr. Cavendish 10,0001. and to himself above half that sum if a coalition had taken place between them, the expenses would have been much lessened, and they would have then got the opinion of the county, whether it was on the side of the Whigs or the side of the Tories.
The result of the poll proved how strong the Tories are in a county which the Whigs have lately put down as their own—
Darby Cavendish '2255 1793 Fuller Curteis I 7Y1 1618
So that it was only by 10 votes that Mr. Cavendish kept his seat. There was evidently gross mismartag,ement in Sussex.
TAMWORTII. There was a dinner at the Town-hall of Tamworth on Monday, to celebrate the return of the Tory candidates for that borough. About 180 attended ; and Sir Robert Peel himself was in the chair ; it being considered, we suppose, derogatory to the great man of the place to occupy any but the first seat in the assembly. As Chairman, he ought to have proposed his own health • but that would have been going a little too far; so the duty devolved on a Mr. ling; and the disinterested gentlemen of Tamworth received it with "nine times nine and immense applause." Sir Robert was quite overpowered "by the enthusiastic and affectionate manner in which the proposal of his health had been received ;" and he proceeded forthwith to tell them, that though lie was a very great and popular man in much bigger places than Tamworth, he liked no place so well its Tamwoith, and no men so well as the Tamworth tnen- " The last occasion on which I addressed say public assembly of this nature was one perfectly unparalleled in the history of Conservative meeting.. I met tinder one roof, and within the walls of one building, at the city nf Glasgow, 3,500 men, and received from them the most marked and gratifying proof of their personal esteem and regard. But gratifying as is the recollection of that scene to my feelings, I assure you there was nothing in it more gratifying than the meeting of this day. Although its numbers are necessarily limited, yet I we around me the faces of those whom I have remembered from my earliest years, and from whom I have received indications of continued friendship. I thank you from my heart for this reception. I attribute it to two motives. The one is a general approbation, on the part of at least a vast majority of this assembly, of the course I have pursued in public life. That course in which I have attempted to reconcile the firm resolution to maintain our ancient institutions, with the disposition to improve them where they admit of improvement—to improve them for the sake of improvement and not for the purpose of pandering to the morbid appetite for innovation, and still less for the purpose of pur- ebuing any short.lived and unworthy popularity. That, gentlemen, I consider One of the causes that have entitled me to this cordial reception: the other is, and I am proud to avow it, those feelings of personal friendship and private regard and esteem which grow out of the intercourse of old acquaintance and residence in your immediate neighbourhood. Gentlemen, I should deeply regret it if both those ingredients were not combined in this cup of kindness. I should regret it if I owed my return merely to a cold acquiescence in the peblic principles I have advocated. I should also regret it if I owed it solely to considerations of private friendship and regard. But I am proud, gentle- men of combining the two motives—approbation of the course I have pursued Ma public man, and friendship and regard for me as a resident gentleman in Your county." The self-complacent orator went on in this strain for some time— nothing but egomet ire, I myself—my liberality, my popularity, my loyalty, my Church.ot- England piety. At length he got to the elec. tons- " Let me, then, in the first place, congratulate you cordially on the result of the pineal election, infer as it has gene. Gentlemen, I have good reason to believe that to the next Parliament upwards of 300 Members supporting Conservative Principles will take their place III the House of Commons. Others carry that estimate to the extent of 310 and upwards; but of this I am almost perfectly satisfied—that although the election has taken place with a Goverument which we do not consider very favourable to Conservative principles at the helm eV public affairs, yet that the Conservative interest bar not suffered in the slightest degree. This, gentlemen, is a perfectly novel event in politics. lf you look at the result of the last general election, you will find that the influence of a teer- vernment has sufficed to return a considerable number of persons favourab)ese
the interests of that Government. In the Parliainent of 1833, after the
dissolution which had then taken place, our numbers ( I speak of the Conserva- tives) were reduced, I think from 260 to about 140. From some cause or other, after the elections winch took place in 1833, that phalanx of which I lied the command, and which numbered about 260 in the field, were reduced on the meeting of Parliament to about 140. The years 1833 and 1834 passed. I wee then called, as I remember, to the chief direction of affairs; and a dissnluticsa took place. I knew that a variation in the returns would chiefly be owing to reaction in public °pi/lion—to a lassitude and weariness of incessant agitating, and to a returning disposition to maintain the ancient institutions of the coun- try. The result of the elections of December 1834, was that, instead of having only 140 members to cooperate with me in the maintenance of Conservative principles, we divided on the first question which took place respecting the Speakership no less than 306 ; having in consequence of that dissolutions swollen our numbers from 140 to 306, or 309. But, gentlemen, that was called the ' Peel ' Parliament. It was triumphantly said that the dissolution took plum
under the auspices of a Conservative Government ; and that such was the in- fluence of Government, that they were enabled to make that immense aceeesiov to Conservative strength which raised it from 140 to :306. It was then reanarkete
by our opponents, • Wait till we come into office ! Let us dissolve, awl raw then shall find some variation in your numbers ! You shall again dwindle to your humble, insigsificant minority ; and the principles we profess shall pre- dominate at a general election.' Well, gentlemen, the experiment was tried.. Th he 'Peel ' Parliament was dissolved; and I will prophesy, from some cause other, notwithstanding the influence of Covern.-ient, the Conservative strength shall not be weakened. Now, gentlemen, to x;hat is this to be attributed? how can it be accounted for ? When I dissolved the Parliament, the numbers increased from 140 to 300 ; and when the present Government dissolve the Parliament, they gain not only no additional strength, but find themselves am. able to contend against the power of their opponents."
There had certainly been no lack of rumours injurious to the Con- servatives. One was, that their leaders plotted with the King of Hanover to destroy the constitution of the country— Ile never thought it worth while to give a contradiction to this charge. Those who heard him did not, of course, believe it ; but there were others who
might perhaps be more credulous: he therefore took that opportunity of stating; upon the honour of a gentleman, that neither himself or any of the Conservative: leaders whose opinion was worth having, had been consulted en the subject of
the recent proclaniation, nor were they aware that any such change was in Colt.- templation. If they had been consulted, their answer would have been, that they had quite enough to occupy their attention in the affairs of England, with-
out interfering in the affairs of a csuntry with whiffoc interests they were not acquainted. Ile repeated, that neither himself nor his noble friend the Duke af Wellington, and he might add, any other Conservative leader whose °pillion wet: worth having, knew any thing of the King of Ilanover's proclamation mad they read it in the newspapers.
An unsparing use Intl been made of the Queen's name, and the in- fluence of the Crown— Ile confessed he deeply regretted that th s high name hail been prostituted for the purpose of influencing a contested electimi. Ile slid not believe that there was ever a Sovereign who possessed in a more eminent degree the attach-
ment of her subjects, of all parties, than the present Queen of England. All hailed the advent to power of her present Majesty as a great compensation for
the heavy loss which hail been sustained in the death a the amiable and lamented Princess Charlotte. Indeed, he thought the beautiful and eloquent description given by the great Mr. Burke of the Queen of Fm ance might with great justice be applied to their present beautiful and amiable Sovereign. " 1 think," said Mr. Burke, "it was about sixteen or seventeen years ago! first saw the Queen of France, then the Hauphiness, at Versailles; and never on that orbs which she scarcely seemed to touch, did the eve light on a lovelier vision. 1 saw her just above the horizon glittering like tie morning star, full of life, .riet. splendour, and joy." This he thought, with justice and without eiraggeration, might fairly be applied to the present Quee a of England ; and the circumstance of who were her Majesty's Ministers did not check the full tide of loyalty frau" every class of her devoted subjects.
Sir Robert alluded to the Portarlington and Woodstock jobs ; an the compact between the Whigs and Radicals not to oppose each other, indicated in Colonel Thompson's refusal to oppose Lord Dalmeny at Dunfermline, because the Whigs had withdrawn Scobell from Bath. lie referred to the letters of O'Connell and Ruthven respecting the representation of Kildare; and having read Mr. O'Connell's letter, proceeded to comment on it—.
lie found upon Mr. O'Connell's own showing, this fact, that to a person whom he considered unfit for respectable society be offered from tiOUL tor 1,000/., and a Colonial appointment, for giving up the representation of a
county in Imbed. He must declare, that in all his experience he never knew a worse transaction. He gave this as the latest transaction which had taken
place, as a matter distinctly avowed by a leader of the Radical party of the House of Commons, for the purpose of showing that, if they permitted these men to prevail and possess influence in the administration of the concerns of this kingdom, so far front that circumstance giving the people a security foe Purity and honesty, they would only lead to such an administration of its affairs as would be a disgrace to any country. It was not absurd prejudice against Mr. )Connell—it was not a hatred of Ireland that induced this country to fed iudignant that the party from Ireland should exercise influence over the Go- vernment; but it was, when they hear such things as he had just adverted to stated publicly and ostentatiously, that they objected to men who are identiLed with them being in any way connected with the public affairs of this great country.
The policy of the Conservatives was not to resist real improvement in our institutions, but to preserve what was valuable from do- struction. He trusted that, after the elections were over, the consti- tuent body would not relax their exertions— He rejoiced at the very large return which hail already taken place of Coc- scrvative Members; for by it they would be enabled to prevent any encroach- ment upon the constitution, and give encouraaement to the Government to oppose successfully the questions of Household Suffrage, Triennial Parliament% and Vote by Ballot ; which, if once successful, would lead step by step tom* a change in the constitution of the country as would be inconsistent with the continuance of our hereditary Peerage, or with the existence of the Momiarcly itself. They should, therefore, remember that they hail a duty to perform. at might be disagreeable, and indeed inconvenient to them, to attend to the registration of voters which annually took place throughout the country.. All this might be revolting to them ; but they might depend upon it, that it was better they shuuld take that trouble than that thty should allow the Coastal*. tion to become the victim of false biends, or that they should be trampled under the hoof of a ruthless Democracy. The advice which bad been given to some persons was, "Agitate, agitate, agitate ! " the advice which he would give to them would be this, " Register, register, register ! "
Sir Robert sat down, and nothing worth notice followed.
TYNEMOUTH. Mr. Young is threatened by the Whig Sir Charles Grey. The Sunderland Herald says—, "The friends of Sir C. E. Grey are actively engaged in collecting informa- tion and materials to prove before a Committee of the House of Commons that upwards of SO votes were given to Mr. Young by electors who had changed their residence subsequent to their names being enrolled in the registration books. Sir C. E. Grey has pledged his legal reputation on the fact of such votes being bad."
WARWICKSHIRE. At the nomination for the Southern Division, which took place at Warwick on Friday, there ion a good deal of noise and confusion. The Radicals appear to have mustered in force ; and after the two Tory candidates, Mordaunt and Shirley, had been pro- posed and seconded, (there was IRO Liberal candidate,) Dr. Wade spoke for some time, amidst great interruption. He told the Tories, and the Whigs too, some disagreeable truths ; and especially reproved the latter for allowing the Tories to ride rough-shod over the county. As the Tories would not suffer the Doctor to be beard, the Ra- dicals returned the compliment by shouting down Sir John Mordaunt. The whole proceeding was no better than a noisy farce.
WEST SURRY. The Whigs endeavoured to get in a second Mem- ber ; but the Tories placed their candidate ahead of Mr. Denison by a few votes, leaving Mr. Long at the bottom of the poll. The num- bers polled for Perceval were 1384, for Denison 15S1, for Long 1541.
The struggle, it will be seen, was remaikably close ; and we have no doubt that the Reformers might have triumphantly curried both their candidata. Some weeks ago, we were let into the secret of West Surry polities, by a gentleman of station in the county, a sincere but not a blind supporter of the Ministry, and an active canvasser for Long : the "supineness and apathy" which this gentleman encountered, where the zeal of Reform had formerly glowed, was remarkable—the common complaint of the voters was that " These men do nothing for us," and that the difference between Whigs and 'frolics was so small that it was not worth while to exert themselves for the former.
WEYMOUTH. The friends of Mr. Buxton are subscribing largely to buy that gentleman a piece of plate—and another seat in Parlia- ment?
WILTSHIRE, Non-ro. The return of old Burdett, the superannuated of Westminster, at the bead of the poll, on Tuesday, is at once farcical and melancholy. The result was not unexpected by those who under- stood our political position. Wiltshire is essentially a Tory county, and the Whigs have only held their ground in it by sufferance. There was much of personal regard for Mr. Methuen ; but, having first re- tired on private grounds, which all sympathized with, his return to fight the battle of a political party met with cold approval. The attack of Burdett on Mr. Methuen, whose domestic ufiliction kept him from the hustings, and who had formerly- been a persooal frieffil of But dett, is one of the most disgusting exhibitions of the election, and gives us as low an idea of the renegade's genthanauly feelings as that which we have long entertained and explessed of his political chmacter. The final numbers were—
Burdett
Long 22:1396'71
Methuen
At the decimation of the poll, on Thursday, Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Long, with their respective supporters, appeared on the hust- ings with each other. It was avowed that a coalition between the two successful candidates had been formed on the second day of the poll ; and that Mr. Long owed his election to the split votes of the Tories. Burdett talked about our Protestant constitution, and abused " Mr. Daniel O'Connell," in his accustomed style. Mr. Long acknowledged his obligations to the Tories- " 1 told you when Iliad last the honour of addressing you from this place, that I should leave nay cause entirely in your hands ; and you have, indeed, carried me through triumphantly. 1 feel, however, that I shoal not be &nog justice to you if I were to end my observations here! it is to the agriculturists, and to the Conservatives of this division of the county-1 repeat, it is to my friends the agriculturists and the Conservatives of this division of the county, that Iowa my return upon the present occasion ; for those upon whom Iliad a greater right to rely, and towards whom I aught confidently look for support, have abandoned me in the inost shameful manner."
Mr. Long is quite delighted with his colleague-
" I feel it unnecessary to enter now upon political topics! I feel convinced, that with the aid of my honourable friend Sir Francis Burdett, the business of the county will be couducted with as much regularity and advantage as it has ever been. I have very great pleasure in having hint jio my colleague ; and I hope I shall derive very great advantange from his experience in the House of Commons." (C'/seers, and a cry of " Don't kick over the traces, Long !") A correspondent of the Courier ascribes the loss of Methuen's elec- tion to the desertion of Long's friends. The two Members for North Wiltshire appear to be admirably matched ; and both shall go into our Tory column.
YORKSHIRE. The contest for the West Riding ended in the elec- tion of the Liberal candidates, Lord Morpeth and Sir George Strick- land; hut it was a hard struggle. In April 1835, Lord Morpeth defeated Mr. Stuart Wortley by the large majority of 9066 to 0'239- 807. At the election just over, the numbers were—
Lord Morpeth 12,576 Sir George Strickland 11,892
Mr. John Stuart Wortley 11,489 Majority for Lord Morpeth, 1087; for Sir George Strickland, 403.
According to the Leeds Mercury, there are 29,000 names on the register; but of these, from several causes, only '24,000 must be reckoned upon in a contest. The number who actually voted is esti- mated at rather more than 23,000. Lord Morpeth polled more votes Hem ever before were tendered for any candidate at an English elec- tion. In the great contest oh 1807 between the houses of Harewood and Fitzwillium, which lasted for fifteen days, before the county was divided, 11,808 voted for Mr. Wilberforce, 11,177 for Lord Milton, 10,990 for Mr. Leseelles. Thus, in 1837, more votes were pollee in two days, for one:Hiding, than in 1807, in fifteen days, for the wilds three.
The Leels Mercury says that the causes of the comparatively smeller majority of the Liberals on the present occasion are—the attention of the Tories to the registration, the excitement about the Poor-law, atie the alarm about the Church.
The official declaration of the poll was made on Monday, at Wake. field ; previously to which day, one gentleman, Mr. Carter, died of the injuries he received in the riot at Wakefield on the day of nomination. To this melancholy event Lord Morpeth feelingly alluded in his speeeb to the electors on the declaration of the poll— ".I am nor, gentlemen, about to dwell upon that most painful topic, still lea to discuss the causes or origin of what all of us at least must equally lament But as those scenes of which on this day week we were the witnesses have ended in withdrawing one who was then a fellow-actor and a fellow.speetatoe with us from the whole busy stage of life, in the prime vigour of manhood, and in the midst of the endearing exercise of all his domestic relations, let them at least warn us, even in the dischaige of our most lawful and arduous duties, to keep clear of all unnecessary heat, violence, and animosity, and to do all things ia the spirit of gentleness and forbearance. We have melancholy proofs that all of us can but little know to what dark results the bitter word or the hasty hand may lead um. Ever since the fatal termination was ascertaine'
d
I have been most anxious to avoid all occasions, and even the risks, of minis tering to the prevailing excitement, by making any addresses which other eir. cumstances might naturally have called for ; and I have also specially wished that, even in this day, we should dispense with every thing that was inertly gay, or glittering, or obtrusive, or perhaps offensive, in the proceedings of the hour."
Still, he had a public duty to perform : he could not refrain from hearty congratulations with the Reformers on the victory they had gained- " Returned, Gentlemen, by your favour to Parliament, I shall persevere is the same line of political conduct which, when we last met, I briefly attempted to indicate to you—which I then submitted to your decision, and which has carried away' your approval. 1 shall endeavour, under the Government of Lord Melbourne, to continue in that path of progressive improvement which, though to the eyet of an over !heated impatience it may sometimes appear to be slow, will, I trust, be sore and uniform. I shall still labour, tinder the knelly awl congenial rule of the Earl of Mulgrave, to carry on in Ireland that system of equal and conciliatory government, which, though it may be made the matk of random attack or isolated points of censure, may appeal for its great results to the charges of judges not too anxious to bow to our will, delivered before grand juries not too credulous in our favour, and to the testimony of a people which, without our having recourse to any of the extraordinary powers with which the protection of the Legislature has armed us, fuii0W for the first time almost in their history the march of the executive government with their blessings and sustain it with their confidence. We have certainly met at a time and under circumstances of no trivial importance. A new Sovereign has succeeded to the ancient crown of these realms ; and may its golden circle ever sit lightly upon her fair and ingenuous brow. 1 discard every endeavour to play with her exalted name and station, or to engross the loyalty which is the common duty, debt, and delight of all her subject's Nor shall I he ever slow to admit, that, as the constitutional ft:overeign ,it these realms, she ought to govern avemiling to the ele !ely ascertained and lawful's. expressed sense of her people. till, upon her acee-am to the throne, slt, had to choose between the two chief pal ties oltieh divided the state. (" !" front the Blues.) That premise I hear to be denied and questioned. (" It is !") I elechae, it' the Duke of Cumberland had sueceeded to the monarchy -(A cry from a Tory on the Blue side, " Nobody ever Humph( of it but yourself !") I am not asserting that anybody ever did think of it. I inn putting the question. I hope I am talking without any undue heat or violence. I asserted that the Queen had to make her choice between two parties. That position seemed to be questioned ; but I take lease to ask, whether, if it hail so happened that her present Majesty hail not been in existence, and that the Duke of Cumberland had succeeded, as he 'then mutt have lawfully dune, to the throne of this kingdom, he would not have sent her present advisers to the tight about? (Loud cries of " He would!" and much cheering.) Well, then, having this choice to make—I do not say the observa- tion extends to any further—it is to that party which, as it appears to me, is most addicted to Liberal and Reforming principles, that our gracious Sovereign has now entrusted the reins of her magnificent empire. The boroughs of this riding have mattfully raised their voice in confirmation of that ehuice. (A cry of'' Wakefield to wit.") I see it is necessary to be very precise with these Blue gentlemen. I say, the great preponderance of the boroughs of this riding have raised their voice in confirmation of that choice ; and now the riding itself has sent two Liberal Members to increase the swelliug band." (Loud cheers.)
Let a glance be thrown at the future-
" Reference has been frequently made to the reigns of our former female Sovereigns; and indeed, every Englishman must fondly look back to the vigour of Elizabeth and the victories of Ann : but in shaping the desired career for their fair and young successor, we do not wish that her name should !hie above the wrecks of the Armada—we do not seek to emblazon her throne with the trophies of such fields as Blenheim, or the yet more transceutlaut Waterloo. Let her have glories, but such as are not drained from the treasury or dimmed with the blood of her people. Let hers be the glories of peace, of industry, of commerce, and of genius, of justice made mme acecessible, of educatios made more universal, of virtue more honoured, of religion more beloved, of striking the last manacle front the limb of the slave, and holding forth the earliest gospel light to the unawakened nations, the glories that arise from gra- titude for benefits conferred, and the blessings of a loyal and chivalrous, because a contented and admiring people." Sir George Strickland followed, in a manly speech, declaring his hostility to the Corn-laws, and his conviction of the necessity of the Ballot.
Mr. Wortley does not seem to have made any great figure on this occasion : we have seen no report of his speech.
On the result of this election we can honestly congratulate the Li- berals. Sir George Strickland, though not free from the prejudices of the English squirearchy, is one of the best of his class ; while Lord Morpeth deserves to be placed among the few honest and enlightened men in office. His defeat would have been the most serious blow the Ministers could have sustained. Fortunate it was for the 1.Vhigs *St they had such a candidate for the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is clear that an ordinary Whig would have been beaten by the Tory can- didate; it is partly to Lord Morpeth's popularity and high character that even Sir George Strickland owes to his return. The country newspapers are full of accounts of electioneering trickery. The following from the Leeds Mercury is only a spectnign Of what took place in the West Riding election-
ow, John Walker, wholesale timber-merchant, aleadow Lane, Leeds, has
tbeught proper to signalize his zeal for Conservative principles, by .personating another gentleman of the same name, and thereby depriving him of his franchise. Tbe facts of the case are as follow. Mr. Walker, of aleadow Lane, was struck drat the .last revision; of which he was well aware, and made a fresh claim in July hist to consequence. Hie property is in Sweet Street, Holbeck ; for which be was entitled In 1835, and being struck off in 1836, claims for it in 1837. He has no other property in the township. Notwithstanding this, finding in abe register the nameJohn Walker' entitled for freehold houses Drn
eain's
Row, which is nearly a mile from Sweet Street, he went to the booth on TbursdaY last; and when asked by the Returning Officer if he was the Mr. Welker entered for Demain's Row, he replied in the affirmative ; although it is sotorious that he has no property there, and he voted for ' Wortley ' in respect of that property."
The real John Walker offered to vote for Morpeth and Strickland ; but his vote was refused.
SCOTLAND.
ABERDEENSHIRE. There was, after all, little chance of ousting the Tory ; the close of the poll showing—for
Captain Gordon 1175 Sir Thomas Burnett 707
The clergy were especially active for the Tory. The Aberdeen Herald says— "Admirably, indeed, did the parsons do their dirty duty : through mud and
mire, over hill and dale, they resolutely trudged to bring their sheep within the Tory fold ; and ample, most ample, was their success. If their spiritual pastorship be but half as well performed, happy indeed must be the future prospects of their flocks. We have not space this week to enter into a detail of the numerous proofs that have come under our notice of clerical zeal in the holy Orange cause. We cannot describe the reading backwards of the text, submit yourselves to the powers that be,' nor animadvert on the pious at dour that induced one pillar of our Zion to recommend a parishioner to take the oath against the conviction of his own mind. These things are not yet, but they soon shall be, written down in the chronicle of those deeds which give our modern priesthood a claim to the good wishes and support of the people."
INVERNESS-SHIRE. Mr. Chisholm maintains his ground against Mr. Grant of Glenmorriston ; and chiefly by the aid of the Established clergy. The following specimen of clerical interference is given in the Morning chronicle— "in one village in the Kingussie district there are some 40 voters, all Libera's; and more than half of these have been absolutely obliged to break their solemn pledges and poll against the Reform candidate. One instance de- serves to be more particularly noticed. Au honest voter of the name of Macdonald, a small shopkeeper, told a gentleman who waited on him on Thursday last, that he found that he could not vote for the Reform candidate (G!enmorriston), as he should lose all his custom if he did, but that he WIS determined to remain neutral. In the evening of that day, he went to a gentle- man who takes an active part in the Liberal interest, and said, that to prevent his being troubled any Inure by either side, he solemnly pledged himself not to vote for either candiifate. That man was, however, forced up to the poll late on Friday, when they were ruining it close, by the Reverend 31r. Shepherd, minister of Kingussw ; who took him up, and btooll by him while he broke his pledge. It is to be observed that the lands had all failed in their intimidating threats, and they set the minister on the poor man to induee him to palter wit It his conscience by violating his pledge, and the Wicked One prevailed. 31r. Shepherd passes for a very religious man in that part of the country, and this is the way that he shows 111, sense of religious obligation."
PERTHSHIRE. Mr. Mottle foiled to beat down the majority of 129 gained by Lord Stormont on the first day. At the final close, the timbers were
Lord Stormont 1495 Mr. Fox 3Iaule 1379 Majority 116 This is a heavy defeat, for which the Liberals have got no compen- sation in Scotland. It is quite absurd to think of putting, as sonic of the Government papers have put, the gain of ituxburglishire, the pocket county of a Whig or Tory nobleman as the ease may be, against the loss of Perthshire. The main cause of Mr. AIaule's dekat, we have no doubt, was the reluctance of the Radicals to put themselves to inconvenience or loss for the sake of a Mere Whig, for such Mr. Maule avowed himself ; but at the same time, the intimidation of the Tory lairds in this as in other Scottish counties was carried on to a great extent. There was also some kidnapping and cooping, according to the most approved fashion of Norwich and other pure English bo- roughs. One instance is given in the Dundee Advertiser- " An honest man of the name of Christie, an avowed supporter of the Liberal candidate, was kidnapped by some Tories, and put into a post-chaise, on the false pretence that he was to be driven to the Bridge of Earn, his place of polling. He was taken a different route, under various pretexts; and at length, to his surprise, found himself in Dundee, where he was kept concealed.
At the special request of his wife, who was in alarm at his disappearance, a special messenger was despatched from Perth to ascertain if he was In Dundee; and every inquiry was made after him on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, but without success. At last it was learned al.'. it was highly pro- bable be was in the house of Donald G. Miller, spirit-dealer, Union Street, one of the perons who bad acccompanied him in the pout, chaise, This, how- ever, Miller denied. By this time several friends of 'Reform had taken a deep interest in counteracting the trick ; and, in company with Mr. Al'Ewen, one of Mr. Maule's agents, repaired to Miller's house, with the special messenger from Perth, demanding that the elector should be set at liberty. Miller at length ad- mitted the fact of the elector being in his house, but refused all access to him. It being now nearly one o'clook, it was impossible to go through the necessary measures for procuring his liberation in time for his being at the poll; but shortly afterwards, he was perceived in the act of being put down from Miller's house into a garden behind the house of Mr. George 1%I. Gray, timber.mer- chant, hard-by. On this being reported, and that the elector was in the garden behind Mr. Gray's house, Mr. Gabriel Miller, as an agent of Mr. Maule, called
011 Mr. Gray, ' and expressed a hope, that, though differing in politics Mr. i
Gray would, n fairness, allow him access to the elector ; but this Mr. Gray positively refused. Mr. John Low junior, merchant, recollecting that a view of the garden could be obtained from a common stair in Union Street, ran up to a window in the staircase, along with the messenger sent from Perth,—the latter of whom called out to the elector in a voice familiar to him. The elec- tor stepped forth, and the following brief dialogue ensued. 'Are you desirous of voting for Mr. Fox Alaule?" Yes.' 'Are you detained there against your
Will?' Yes.' A ladder was then procured, with which the garden-wall was scaled, and the elector was by this means speedily set at liberty. He was just its time for the steamer to Newburgh, to which he proceeded, amidst loud cheer.
; and there is no reason to Loubt ta wo Ad ha a m rive I at Bridge ut Earn before the close of the poll."
RENFREWSIIIRE. The Liberal attempt to turn out Captain Houston was a failure. He polled 821 votes, Mr. Houston Stewart only 764. The cause of this defeat is imputed by the Liberals to their own mis- management, and the late appearance of Mr. Stewart in the field.
ROXEURGHSHIRE. The Elliot interest, in conjunction with that of the young Duke of Roxburgh, beat the Duke of Buccleuch. It was a struggle between two powerful sections of the aristocracy, and the re- sult was—for
Elliot 803 Scott 759
There was fear of violence at Ilawick, and the Sheriff wished to employ the military ; but the Lord Advocate would not consent, and wrote to the Sheriff that the Magistrates at ilawick must be respon- sible for the peace of the town. Nevertheless, in defiance of the Lord Advocate, the military were brought into the town. The Edin- burgh Chronicle says-
" But the time of military law and Tory tyranny is past. Lord Minto and the Magistrates interfered, and caused their withdrawal. How awkward mast the Lord-Lieutenant (who was on the spot) and the Sheriff have looked on finding an authority superior to their own! The truth is, the Magistrates, owing to the machinations of the Sheriff, were not intrusted with full power until too late to make the neceseary arrangements for keeping the peace ; so that, notwithstanding the greatest efforts on their part, and on the part of the 51into family, and all the respectable inhabitants, six or scren of the most ob- noxious of the voters had their clothes torn off, though not till they had voted, and were pushed about the town quite naked. Some had part of the breeches left—others none. No person, however, was hurt."
STIRLING Buttons. Mr. Sharman Crawford has published the letter he wrote to Air. James English of Dunfermline, in reply to the application of the Reform Association of the Stirling District of Burghs to oppose Lord Dannelly. Air. Cntwford's letter, as might he expected from the independent character of the writer, is full of disagreeable truth. Being unable to support the O'Connell policy for Ireland, be had resolved, he says, not to canvass any constituency for a seat in the next Parliament ; believing that he should do no good, and might do mischief. With respect to the Tithe question, he says- " I considered that the as,esionent must be eh twiny extinguished, or else a new appropriation must have been yielded, effectually chauging its appropria- tion from the purposes of a sect to these of the nation. I ant perfectly satisfied this would have been the case had there been no compromising expedients adopted by Mr. O'Connell to render these efforts fruitless. I looked forward to the establishment of religious liberty °ter the whole empire, by the success of the Irish struggle, which I considered as certain, had it not been defeated by tergiversation ; but O'Connell's power over the people of Ireland had been such as to carry them away from this great object ; and even the constituency I represented nould not support me in the principle, on which they had eleetr d me.
" Sir, on these views I retired from offering myself to that or any other con- stituency., because 1 considered filet, whilst such oleo as O'Connell. Hume, and other leading men of talents and influence, made tla asse, (ion of their prim- ciph.s secondary to the objet 4 keeping in power a intrtifular sit of men, I CO11111 be of no use, and 1 might do practical evil by tee:Irina. a division among the Reform Members.
"I perceive by pteeent indications, that this system is to be persevered in with redoubled vigour. It is quite irtain, from Lind John Russell's address at strew', from Lord Durlialleir letter, and from the speech, that the Whigs, whilst they are olposiny the Tot ies as a pa, y, air act nolly adopting ir principles—that Conservatism in Church and State ale the orders of the day. The People are infatuated with the notion of • The Queen and Liberty.' You see even the Holieol candidates afraid boldly and honestly to avow their principles. khmis deltisiOn 111111.t pass away before any plain honest man can be of service to his country in Parliament."
Mr. Crawford clearly foresaw the effect of the Melbourne policy on the English elections and the cause of Reform-
" I declared my apprehension that the power of the Whigs would be para- lysed by their faaliny to irlentiO themselves with the tights and interests of the People, and, that the Radicals would also sink in the same pit, by their identifying llscuuselrus with the Whigs. The results of the elections in England unfortunately prove that in anticipations were out unfounded. These mutts are ascribed to the action of gold and other undue influences. Be it so. Were the Whigs ignorant that such undue means would be called into action ? Surely they were not. Why, then, did they not excite a counter-action, by the exercise of that justifiable influence, that honourable description of bribery, (if I may so call it,) which would consist in showing the People that they were ready to produce measures for the practical good of the whole community; to lighten their burdens, and to increase their comforts; and to give that which could be the only real security for those benefits—a liberal extension of the suf- frage to the unrepresented portion of the community ? Why did they not take this course, instead of profaning the sacred name of Liberty by making it the watchword of party, whilst tkey identified themselves with the enemies of liberty in opposing every measure calculated to. promote the extension of the influence and the rights of the People. A reference to the debates and votes of the last session will show this. The Liberal party, on these occasions, were uniformly opposed by the Whigs, combined with the Tar i es ; and yet the Radicals now, instead of boldly standing on their own principles, and on these alone, combine themselves in this degrading union, and adulate a Government which have proved themselves the most injurious enemies of the extension of popular liberty. How could the People be expected to resist undue Wm- ences, when, under all the various changes of men and parties, no real practical good has yet been conferred on them, or is in prospect for them?"
" Take your change out of that !" Mr. Joseph Hume.
STIRLINGSHIRE. The hopes of the Liberals have been, for the present, disappointed. At the close of the poll, the Tory candidate had a majority of one-859 for Forbes, and 858 for Colonel Aber- cromby. The Glasgow Argus thus describes the nature of the sup. port Mr. Forbes received- " In Stirlingshire, more perhape than in any county of Scotland, the Reform Bill has been tendered by Tory evasions an empty shadow and a mockery. An empty-pated coxcomb, whose only claim to tot in the Senate rests upon his lung purse, has kept an incessant canvass on foot, by means of an organized and well-paid agency, ever since the first registration. He has been vigorously backed by a few illiterate purse-proud bigoted partisans from Glasgow. He had with him Justices of the Peace, Law Officers of the Crown, and political clergymen. A more powerful, a better orgautzed, a more reckless system of mystification, corruption, and intimidation, to aid the few in thew attempts to render the public interests subordinate to their own, than that which exists in Stirliugthire, is not to be found in Scotland."
But there will certainly be a petition; and the infamous pructices of the successful party will be exposed-
" We shall have at least thirty-five fictitious voters toddled up to London, to give an account of the nature of their gualifications—not to a sympathizing Tory Sheriff, but to a Committee of the House. We shall have certain legal hirelings forced to give a reluctant account of eertain delicate transactions be- tween them and certain voters. It may be thet an inquiry will be instituted into the legal right of a poll Sheriff to swear in constables, and into the de- corum and propriety of his swearing in, in this capacity, the menial ruffians of a Tory nobleman, and packing the poll-booth with them ; nor is it impossible that a factor and three established clergymen, may be forced to give an account of the questionable understanding between them and this gang of bludgeon- men"
IRELAND.
BELFAST. The superfine Emerson Tekinent and the insignificant Mr. Dunbar have been well beaten in Protestant Belfast. For the first three days the Tories kept at the head of the poll ; but the Northern Whig stated before the contest began, that this would cer- tainly be the ease, and by the same well-informed journal we were as positively assured that the close of the poll would exhibit a majority for Gibson and Lord Belfast : and so it turned out. Gibson polled 941, Lord Belfast 922, Terment 901, Dunbar 869.
This is a niost important victory : it wrests the great Protestant city of Ireland out of the hands of the Orangemen. Emerson Tennent went vapouring about Belfast telling the people that he had a frank ready to put into the Post.office on Saturday night, and that the Liberals bad no chance : he now declares, with tears in his eyes, that his native town is eternally disgraced.
The election did not pass over without a serious accident. On Thursday evening, there was a large meeting of the electors in the Assembly-room at the Exchange Buildings, to meet Lord Belfast and Mr. Gibson-
" When Lord Belfast entered, they cheered and stamped most vehe- mently. The floor under the Assembly-room was formerly used as the Belfast Vile! of exchange, and the floor of the Assembly-icoin was then supported by massive pillars. The under part has latterly been convelted IMO shops; and the pillars having been removed, there is no other support fer the floor than the slight walls which divide the shops and the usual cross-beanie. The crowd round the platform was very great, and the beam gave way. The entire of the floor, for about thirty feet square, fell flom beneath the feet of the asseuably, and hundreds were precipitated from twenty to twenty-live feet into an unocccupied shop below. The greatest consternation immediately pre- vailed. The first impression abroad was that the Exchange was on fire, and several engines arrived shortly after. Another rumour was, that it was an explosion of gas, and a cry was raised that the bloody Orange Conservatives bad blown up the room with combustibles. Lord Belfast and his leading friends escaped unhurt. Upwards of twenty persons were, however, much in. jured. Two unfortunate men were killed on the spot."
CARRICKFERGUS. Mr. Rennie, we regret to say, was 710i elected, although his return has been stated as certain in sevei al London and Irish papers. According to the Northern Whig, of &Mist, the poll closed thus— Kirk 446
Rennie 41S
As usually happens sit Carrickfergus, gross bribery', mid personation of dead voters, carried tile day. The numbers were declared by the Sheriff. Mr. Rennie spoke at some length to the Reformers, ex- horting them to redeem the chaeacter of their town, :nil prepare fur future victory. Mr. Barnett explained the causes of the defeat of the Liberal candidate— When he looked around, and witnessed such a demonstration of popular feel- ing in favour of their worthy candidate, Mr. Rennie, he did woielee when the supporters of Mr. Kirk nere to be found. (Loayhter, and ct ies Qt* "They're all dead ! ") They were contemptible in number, even on the first day of pill- ing; and, during the entire contest, the feeling was almost unanimous in favour of Mr. Bennie. Then, he would ask, where could be the voters of Mr. Kii k ? As God was his judge, he did believe that many of them were mouldering in their graves. (Loud laughter.) A miracle had been wrought at their elec- tion—nothing less than the resurrection of the dead ! They lied all heard of the Witch of Endor ; but he must tell them, that the Witch of Endor was a mere tyro in magic, compared with his excellent friend David Legg. She could only raise one poor, trembling spirit : Mr. Legg could actually bring them forward by tallies ! Other corrupt means bad been had reiaiur-e to, to favour the views of their enemies—means to which he referred with the blush of shame on his cheek. Could it be believed, that men could be found, who would come up, and, in the faces of their fellow-townsmen, swear that they were qualified to vote out of houses which they had not occupied for two or three years?
DUBLIN. The contest here was much closer than either party pro- fessed to anticipate ; and it was won for the Liberals chiefly, we sus- pect, through the extraordinary personal exertions of O'Connell himself. He was constantly in the polling-booths, cheering the electors with droll speeches, ridiculing his antagonists, and keeping all iti good humour ; in the Assessor's Court, arguing points of law with the i Tory counsel; or addressing the multitudes n the streets and squares. One very important question came before the Assessor. It was, whether the freemen made since February and May were entitled to vote- " The Assessor declared that those freemen made by birth and servitude were entitled to vote, but all others voting should be struck off the pull at the con- clusion of the election. This declaration was received with tremendous accla- mation by the Liberals ; but the opposite party imagining it to be in their favour, rushed inside the Court-house door, and exclaimed To the poll ! your votes are good.' This created a great sensation ; and the many Conservatives outside caught the words with the greatest delight, and cheered loudly; until the High Sherif, Veevers came from the Assessor's room, and forwarded the decision to the different booths, where the desponding agents awaited the news with the most painful anxiety ; the face of each then assumed rather a melan- choly appearance on hearing the doleful decision."
The poll finally closed on Saturday; when the numbers were—
O'Connell 3556 Hutton 3542 Hamilton 3467
West 3461 The clergy in Dublin generally stood by the Tories, but there were some "rats." The Dublin Warder, with bitter indignation, gives the following list of "clerical recusants."
Mr. Benn is curate of St. John's, Archdeacon Tommy 111,,,, church ; and Mr. Bermingham is Secretary to the Protestant 0', Society. The Sunday after the election, the congregations of 5„, rid of the clergymen who had voted for O'Connell and Hutton vek.. and left the church in a body when the service began.
The enraged Tories swear that they will petition ; and they tried s get up a row in one of the polling-booths, by way of giving a coloste the plea of violence and intimidation. The military were called it, but did nothing, as a small body of police proved quite sufficient maintain the peace. Nevertheless, with so small a majority agerni them, and with Mr. George Frederick Young on the Committee, it,t Tories may succeed. The election over and the numbers declared, Mr. O'Connell pvj
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vent to his exuberant delight in a speech to the multitude from al hustings. He commenced as follows, Mr. Hutton standing by side- " Three cheers for the Queen. (Ms call was responded to in the enthusiastic manner.) Perhaps your ingenuity may be on the rack to bee who we are? (Loud laughter.) Will I tell you ? We are the retie* Members for the city of Dublin. ( Cheering, which lusted fin, seeeralminutm)
Oh, m i
y friends, this s, indeed, a glorious triumph ; it is delightful to lea, supported by the lovers of real patriotism and true Chi istian feeling, endue, we have triumphed over the peculating, plundering, Inonopolizing.bigots. Hee my friend and I stand—a Protestant and Catholic—Christian friends, nieetag as brothers, and, in despite of the efforts of the foul faction, your Repieseme tives. ( Tremendous cheering.) " On the day of nomination, when I prophesied we usiuhl be returnedtt evening, they made this a religious question. Mr. Hutton was not Protestre enough for them, for they doubted the genuineness of his orthodoxy. \en; you know, is speculating a little ; for had he been returned, he would seek a become a judge, if his party came into office. And as for poor Hamilton, lei doomed to be beaten at all tames. There never was an election where he ear candidate that he was not in a minority ; and more of that to him I ( Confined laughter.) But what I complain of is their coining forward and making it are. 1 igious struggle, at the same time that they adopted the most shameful and pas gate means of securing to themselves a triumph. Indeed we have been so fortune as to secure one man who got 10/. for his vote, and had been lodged safely it Newgate. Did you not hear of the car that was in North King Sueet, whey a man sat disti ibuting bribes to those wretched freemen who voted for Wee and Hamilton ? I would not blame them for this had they not talked so much about ! which ought to be pure and undefiled. They sough to advance their religion by means of bribery ; and they have not alone beet guilty of biihery, but of the grossest perjury. Oh! shame upon the relight which they proles., if to advance it they must have recourse to the horrible ci nue of peljury ! The worst of vices is hypocrisy ; for we could even forgive bribery when net accompanied by perjury. What I complain of is, that they hive brought in ln Reny and perjury in aid of hypocrisy ; and, West and Ht. milton, for doing so, I denounce you as professors of Protestantism. You in not, you cannot be Chi istians. ( Tremendous diming.) • • " The (elm of yeur trimnph shall reach England, and penetrate to the roost di.rant 01 thin of the Highlands of Scotland. The determination of the eaple of Ireland tli it they shall be free, and that a faction shall no longer be tukrated, will be made known throughout the empire ; and that we are the fr.ends if the Queen. God bless the little lady ! ( L1/4cering. ) We ars wiiliuug and ready to put down the traitorous and disaffected to her person ant throne. They nould be rebels if they dared. All ! the rebels. ( Great chi, ring.) Tory km is making its last stand in England ; what is it in Ireland? Anil if I succeeded in my plans, it would not be so in the former place either. I stand before you a thorough out-and-out Radical. 1 am for short Parlii. nyeits ; for I do wish very much to come before you and see y our cheerful faces once a year. I am fir universal suffrage; for why should any man be deprived of a cote? What matter is it that one pays 101. a year for a house, for may not as good a man live in a house not worth 51. ? As good a father, as affee. tionate a brother, and as grateful a son, may not be able to afford to pey such a rent ; and why should they not have a vote? Is it because a man lives in s hease nix mouths that he is to have a vote? Surely it isn't the house that votes, but the man. In America, any man worth 101. can vote; and there is a story told of a man who was hard run to make it up t so much so, that he had to value his ass as went!) fifteen shillings. When he came to vote, the verso!) maid to him, ' Oh, you can't vote, because your ass is dead ; ' upos which the other replied, 'Surely it is not my ass hail the vote, bat myself." (Great laughter.) So it is with those who make distinctions between manta inun—it is not they who vote, but their houses."
Mr. Hutton was enthusiastically received. He is no orator, and spoke briefly- " My friends, I am afraid I cannot make my , self heard so well as Mr. O'Connell has done. You are accustomed to his voice sweet and loud as it is; and I cannot claim for myself that great advantage. 1 return you my sincere thanks for the honour you have done me in choosing me as your repre- sentative. Mr. O'Connell has told you that our triumph was a great one: I look upon it also as a great one ; for it is the triumph ot liberty, of civil and religious liberty, over monopoly and selfish exclusiveness. • • • There have been many strangers among you during the election ; some from England, who have all concurred in saying that they never saw an election so well con. ducted, so peaceably, so quietly, so creditably to you as this has been. I re- spond to that, and feel proud in being returned by ineu who could so conduct themselves. (Loud cheers.) I entreat of you to go home peaceably—to re- main in your homes with your little families, and not Incur danger by illumina- tion or any other demonstration of triumph. There is one thing which I de- plore, namely, that an excellent and worthy individual was beaten for voting against me. I am sure it was done by our enemies; and I.request of you to use every endeavour to find them out."
The crowd then peaceably dispersed.
KILKENNY. The announcement of Mr. O'Connell's return for Kil- kenny, last week, was premature. Be was nominated along with Mr. flume and Mr. Ewart ; the plan being, to elect Mr. O'Connell if he were defeated in Dublin—if Mr. O'Connell suceeeded in Dublin,then to return Mr. Hume, if he were beaten in Middlesex—if both O'Connell and Hume were elected, then to take Mr. Ewart. In the mean time, the five polling-days allowed in Ireland, favoured the work- ing of this plan ; a few votes only being polled at first and the electors keeping their main strength in reserve. Hume having lost Mid- dlesex, and O'Connell having gained Dublin, " Joseph" was returned for Kilkenny on Monday. Thus O'Connell has repaid tie not intros. Rev. William Vandeleur,
— Tighe Gregory,
— Edward Hughes, — Redmond M'Causland, — T. Molesworth Staples,
Rev. Sir J. Reed,
— William Digby ðer,
— Caesar Otway junior, — Mr. Bean, — Mr. Bermingham.
siderable obligation he lay under to Mr. Hume for his services an several occasions, especially in the matter of the iedemnity-subselip. lion last year ; and the people of Kilkenny are not improperly repre. sented by one who exerted himself to expose the enormous abuses of the Church and the Government in Ireland, at a time when Irish topics, and Irish champions, were not so plentiful in Parliament as they are now.
LONDONDERRY. Sir Robert Ferguson, a Trimmer, has defeated the famous Tory,George Robert Dawson, by the decisive majority of 214 to 135; although it is said that the party of tire latter used foul means to gain the election. A corresponnent of the Leeds Mercury says- .. Kidnapping and the abduction of voters have been circumstances of common occurrence; about fifty voters that had been taken away by Dawson's party in the above manner, when they came (or rather were brought) to poll, voted for Sir 11. Ferguson. One sick and lame man was provided with a jaunting-car, but he had no shoes to enable him to go and register his vote ; he was imme- diately provided by Dawson with a new Tail ; when he arrived at the Court- house
he actually took off the shoes, and, throwing them into Dawson's booth,
turned on the le t, and voted for Sir Robert. * A few weeks previous to his canvass' Dawson called in the accounts of old debts and scores left on at the election of 1632, not with a view of discharging them instanter, but to make it a conditioil of support at this election. He also promised the achievement of most woudel ful things for Derry, provided he was returned to Parliament; such as the Long Bridge to be made free—that he would open fresh resources for the trade and commerce of the city—and he even went so far as to impose upon the credulity of the people (at the moment the constable, John Mackey, was collect. in the Grand Jury cess,) that if they would give him their support he could also put a stop to that. But yesterday, when he saw the tide of popularity running against Lim, he changed from precious promises to the most violent
threats. Ile would make Derry a deserted city—nay, he would make it that grass might be mown in the street. So far did he lose the control of his feel.
or, that 1 heard him give a challenge, and saw him beckon to clear a room, and he would tight any of Sir Robert's friends. But when it came to the elm- Jag point—when he saw that he had been led by a few Orangemen into a hope- less contest, he declared his resignation, and wept! I, with many others, could not but sympathize when we saw the tear start from his eye ; be was evidently sufferieg under the neat acute mortification and mental agony."
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