The result of the approaching election in Devonport is very
doubt- ful. Mr. Tuffnell, and the Government party who support him, are active ; so are the Tories for their candidate, Mr. Dawson ; while the Tpendent Refbrmers, WhO-Yally round Mr.'Leaeli, See* resolved; at • ill'Oetits,'thatlievonport shall not be degraded to a Downing Street liqrough.- The official Whigs,- they think, might be contented with one Member: At -present there appears little prospect of agreement be- tween 'the two Liberal sections. We understand that Mr. Leach's friends might be induced to concur in a scrutiny to ascertain which of the two can bring most votes to the poll—the weaker to retire ; and to support Mr. Tuffnell, should he prove the stronger, on the distinct con- dition that no future attempt shall be made to impose two Members of the Government on the constituency. Except on these terms there -will be no accommodation ; and the conduct of the Whigs has rendered such an arrangement most difficult. Should the Tory candidate sue- -teed, that result must be attributed solely to the attempt of the Whigs -to Monopolize the borough. -Mr. Tuffnell has been addressing his friends at a public meeting ; but his speech, as reported in the newspapers, is not calculated either to vonciliate• opponents or to raise himself in general estimation as a can- didate for the Senate.
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