The Southwark nomination was on Wednesday ; when the three
can- didates, Messrs, Walter, Wood, and Curling, with their respective friends, appeared. on the hustings erected in front of the Town-hall. The High Bailiff opened the business of the day at eleven o'clock. The ceremony of nomination was performed amidst much uproar. The speeches not only of the movers and seconders, but of the candidates themselves, contained much personal abuse.
The show of hands was declared to have fallen upon Mr. Wood; and a poll was demanded for the other candidates.
Rumours were circulated that Mr. Curling would retire; but that gentleman declared positively, at a meeting of his friends held late on Wednesday night, that he would not only go to the poll, but fight the battle to the last moment. Such is the statement of the Times and Standard. Nevertheless, Mr. Curling did retire, and at the critical time. Ile employed himself early on Thursday morning in collecting voters for Wood, and gave the victory to that gentleman. The follow- ing was the state of the poll at the hours specified—
ONE O'CLOCK.
Wood 1,639 I Walter 1,278
TWO O'CLOCK.
Wood 1,789 I Walter 1,371
Tut' O'CLOCK.
Wood 1,930 Walter 1,463 CLOSE OP TILE POLL.
Wood 2,052 I Walter 1,535 At one of the meetings in an early part of the canvass, we remember one of Mr. Wood's supporters told Mr. Curling, that if lie only polled 400 or 500 votes, lie would insure the return of the Tory candidate : the calculation was very close, for deduct 500 front Mr. Wood's 2,0:.9, and Wood and Walter would be nearly on a par. At the election of 1837, Richards, the Tory candidate, received only 847 votes; and Humphery, who headed the poll, 1,941. The increase of Liberals is therefore about 100; of Tories 700.
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