THE PROVINCES.

[To facilitate reference, the alphabetical order of places is (ollowed, except in the Metropolis.)

AYLESBURY. Mr. Layard has been ousted by Mr. Bernard, a Liberal Conservative. The poll, as declared by the Mayor, was—Bernard, 546 Bethel, 501; Layard, 439. In taking leave of the electors Mr. Layard imputed this result to the fatal move taken by Lord Palmerston, a move sure to lead to the triumph of Tory principles. "A man whose heart is at enmity with all Liberal principles will not fail to sacrifice a Liberal Member." Mr. Bernard had taken advantage of the cry for Lord Palmerston, but he will not support him unless he bring forth measures in accordance with Conservative opinions. Mr. Layard bitterly complained that he had been made the victim of undue influence.

BATH. SIT Arthur Elton was returned for Bath by a largemajority ; while Mr. Tite only beat his opponent, Mr. Edwin Way, by three votes. Mr. Way talks of a scrutiny. Sir Arthur, in a letter to the electors, defining his position, says

" You have dared to send to Parliament a free and independent representative, thoroughly liberal in general principles, but unpledged and unfettered as to the mode of carrying them out, and empowered to exercise the right of private judgment on all questions submitted to the notice of the Legislature. You have dared to send to Parliament a representative who will stand by Lord Palmerston solely upon the condition that Lord Palmerston stands by the people. You have dared to send to Parliament a representative who is not pledged to yield a servile unreasoning obedience to his constituents on the one hand or to the Prime Minister on the other."

BERKSHIRE. This county has been contested, contrary to anticipation. Lord Barrington, one of the late Members, declined to come forward again, and Mr. Bouverie was immediately put forward by the Liberals. No Conservative took the field until, at the eleventh hour, Captain Leicester Vernon, formerly Member for Chatham, solicited the votes of the electors. The nomination took place at Abingdon on Tuesday. There were four candidates. Two were old Members, Mr. Robert Palmer and Mr. Vansittart ; the third was Mr. Bouverie ; the fourth Captain Vernon. The gallant Captain, in his hustings speech, woe challenged to define his opinions. He said they were Liberal Conservative. This was not satisfactory. What, it was asked, are "Liberal Conservative" opinions ? Captain Vernon ventured on a definition that did not make the matter clear to his hearers : he said " My Conservative principles are based upon the British constitution. I have always been and am now prepared to meet the just requirements of the British public where those requirements are of a distinct and positive moral and social advantage, and are not at variance with Conservative principles. That is a Liberal Conservative." The show of hands was in favour of the three Conservatives. A poll was demanded for Mr. Bouverie, and fixed for Friday.

BRIGHTON. The Liberals have succeeded here in giving Sir George Pechell a Liberal colleague in Mr. William Coningham of Kemp Town. The defeated candidate is Lord Alfred Hervey, long a Member for the borough. That the Liberal victory has been very decided, will be seen from the official state of the poll Pechell 2278 Coningham 1900 Hervey 1080

Bucirosou.sidswina. The election took place in the County Hall at Aylesbury on Tuesday. Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Dupre and Mr. Cavendish, were again returned without opposition. Mr. Disraeli seized the occasion to make a party manifesto. He commanded the attenfion of his audience for nearly two hours, and avowedly addressed to them a regular House of Commons speech. The greater part of it was retrospective, and consisted of an historical vindication of the Derby Ministry of 1852. He claimed credit for having raised the Militia on the voluntary principle, which, he said, the Whigs of 1852 declared to be an impossibility. He claimed credit for the creation of a steam fleet, and the renovation of our Artillery. At the Duke of Wellington's funeral, there were not in the country carriages sufficient for the seventeen guns required; there were not fifty field-pieces fit for use. "Well, we left the Ordnance with 200 field-pieces, and the Artillery corps in the most excellent condition." He claimed credit for the legal reforms of Lord St. Leonards--" the greatest

legal reforms ever effected in this country." On foreign policy he took credit for many things.

"When we came into office, the utmost jealousy existed because the refugees from every nation of the world, stirred up by the revolutions of 1818, were in our inviolate island, ever safe and free. We had demands made on us by the head of the French Republic, and also by the Emperor of Austria, to deliver up those refugees who were political criminals in their own country many of them being dang.erous characters. But did we deliver thorn up On the contrary, we said that, so long as they remained in this country and acted in deference to the laws, we would protect them. Not only this, but Switzerland, which at that time was also a country to which these political refugees had fled, was threatened by France ; and it was by the mediation of this country that we preserved those refugees from being given up to the countries they had glutted, arid preserved the independence of

Switzerland. About this time i a most important event occurred n Europe. Before we acceded to office, the coup d'etat took place in France. It was perfectly clear that the head of the French Republic intended to revive the Empire; and every great power which signed the treaty of 'Vienna objected to that revival, because they were bound by that treaty not to recognize the Napoleon dynasty. I say, then, we had that critical question brought before us, and we decided that the Napoleon dynasty should be recognized. We decided so at a time when the Napoleon dynasty was most unpopular in this country ; and we refused to listen to the suggestions of Austria and Russia. We would not postpone or procrastinate, and we recognized Napoleon the Third. It is that speedy and cordial recognition by England of the present Emperor of the French that clinched the French alliance, and transformed that great man and ruler, who entertained unfriendly feelings towards this country, into the cordial and sincere ally he has since shown himself to be. We were very much attacked for the course we then took. We were described as truckling to France ; but allow me to tell you, that we did not take that course until we had previously obtained a declaration from the present Emperor of the French that he would recognize all his predecessors of all dynasties, and all their public acts since 1816. Lord Derby's Government had also to deal with Persia. The Shah had

captured Herat. But [in contrast to the recent conduct of Lord Palmerston's Government] "we," instead of invading Persia without the cognizance of Parliament, sent Colonel Shell the most energetic but conciliatory instructions. The Shah was required to give up Herat; and he did. "We succeeded in effecting all that the present Government has done, without turmoil and expense."

In measures of home policy, he claimed credit for bringing the gross revenue under the control of the House of Commons ; for proposing the reduction of the Tea-duties, and for attempting to regulate the Incometax. Now, however, being of opinion, that the inequality of the Incometax cannot be remedied, he is for getting rid of it altogether.

After vindicating his conduct in office, Mr. Disraeli described his course in opposition. When the war broke out, "we" called our friends together, and told them there must be no struggle for political power, and that the Government must be supported. Then he approached the time when Lord Palmerston became Premier.

"it is said that Lord Palmerston took the reins of Government and carried

on the war with very great efficiency. Allow me to mention this fact—that the instant he took the reins of Government he commenced negotiations for an ignominious peace. (Cheers and some expressions of dissent.) I am now stating facts; and I am quite sure it is your desire, as it is your interest, to have accurate and precise ideas upon all these subjects. Lord Palmerston sent Lord John Russell to Vienna with instructions to negotiate peace. I have heard, and I believe, that those instructions which Lord John Russell received to guide his conduct at Vienna were drawn up by Lord Palmerston's own hand. Indeed, I think it highly improbable that the most experienced statesman of this country in the management of foreign affairs would refrain at so critical an emergency from performing such a duty. Well, it so happened, that although these proceedings were very secret, some communications were made to me of the terms upon which peace was about to be negotiated ; and they appeared to me to be terms which would prove most unsatisfactory, to the people of England and most injurious to the interests and honour of the country. My information, although accurate, was not complete, and I was in such a position that I could not make so frank a use of it as I can do at the present day. I brought forward a motion in the House of Commons— on the eve I think, of the Whitsun holidays—asking the House, on the statement I made, to resolve that the ambiguous language and uncertain conduct of our Plenipotentiary at Vienna were sources of great distrust and anxiety to Parliament. That was as much as I could do ; but it was sufficient to warn the House as to the state of affairs, and to check the Government. The resolution which I brought forward, on the eve, I think, of the Whitsun holidays, was defeated by a large majority—a majority of 100; and it was defeated because Lord John Russell had at that time returned from Vienna and made a most warlikemeech, in which he appealed to the spirit of the House and the country. He was supported by the Prime Minister with so much apparent sympathy and cordiality, that the House could not believe the impression I wished to convey was justifiable, and a majority was in favour of the Government. Now it so happened that the French Plenipotentiary, who worked with Lord John Russell at Vienna, and who had counselled those terms which I considered ignominious, was very much annoyed that the negotiations failed, and that Ins own Government had not supported him as they promised to do, and as according to his instructions they were bound to do. He was no leaf; distinguished an individual than M. Drouyn de Lhuys, a Secretary of State for France, and who had been Ambassador in England. He resigned his office; and not only did he do that, but he revealed in his own vindication all that had occurred. It happened, therefore, when Parliament met again after the holidays, that these transactions were matters of notoriety ; and several of the most distinguished Members who had spoken and voted against my motion—some privately, and others publicly, in their places in Parliament—expressed deep regret for the course they had adopt. In consequence, I asked a friend of mine, a very distinguished Member of the House of Commons, the representative of a neighbouring county, who I hope will be a Member of the next Parliament---Sir Bulwer Lytton—to bring before the House the whole subject of the Vienna negotiations. He gave notice of a motion with that object ; and what was the consequence ? The existence of the Government was at stake. An indignant House of Commons would have terminated the existence of the Palmerston Cabinet, as it terminated the existence of Lord Aberdeen's. Cabinet; and the Government were only saved by Lord John Russell coming forward and making himself their voluntary scapegoat. I am bound to say that Lord Palmerston offered to stand or fall by Lord John Russell ; but, as the majority against Lord Palmerston's Government would have been overwhelming, Lord John Russell himself offered to be the scapegoat : and I must say in justice to that noble Lord, who has incurred so much unpopularity, that I think such unpopularity undeserved, because, although the terms of peace contemplated were in my Opinion unsatisfactory and ignominious, Lord John Russell an an individual was not responsible for those terms, but the responsibility rested upon the Cabinet which he represented, and upon the Prime Minister of that Cabinet." Coming to the late session, Mr. Disraeli referred the reduction of the Estimates by 3,000,0001. to the notice he had given on the first night of the session. He insisted, as he had done in Parliament, on the connexion between the foreign policy of the Government and high estimates ' • and contended, that if the people require the financial compact of 1853 to be maintained, they must refuse their sanction to the policy of perpetual and unnecessary interference with foreign states, especially weak states. With regard to the dissolution, he looked upon the China question as a pretext, and gave an amplification of his views on the subject which he put forward in his address.

"At the same time, I tell you fairly, I don't regret that the dissolution. took place. (A Voice—" You won't like the result though." Laughter and cheers.) Well, I consider I am as good a judge of the results of the dissolution as my friend. (Cheers and laughter.) He may possess better. information information on many subjects than I do, and he may be able to do many things which I cannot do ,• but, as I have been in Parliament for twenty years, and as the principal object of my life has been to study the cowrie of political events, II think the result of an election is one of those matters upon which I may suppose, withodt vanity, that I am as competent to form an opinion as the gentleman who interrupted me. (A Voice—" Do you like the result as far as it is known ? Give an answer, and don't chaff." Renewed laughter.) I will tell you why I am extremely glad there has been a dissolution, and why I shall be very well satisfied with the result. I think the tendency of this dissolution will be to bring back what is necessary for the good government of this country—two great political parties with definite opinions. My friend already nods approval. (Laughter and cheering.) I think there is nothing more disadvantageous than that the opinions of the foremost man in the country—as the Prime Minister of England must, no doubt, always be—upon all vital questions of English politics should be unknown; that they should be ambiguous ; and that no two men in a country so essentially political should be aware what are the opinions of tho highest political authority upon the most important political questions. I think this system, which prevailed in the last Parliament, would have continued for a very considerable period if the dissolution had not taken place ; but I do not believe that ambiguity can now long exist." About a month ago, Lord John Russell said there was great apathy on the subject of Parliamentary Reform. He agreed with Lord John Russell. But questions on which the people do not take much interest sometimes, by the manoeuvres of statesmen, become objects of great excitement; and as persons of great authority have touched the Reform question, he would not shirk it. Now he was against "bit by bit" reform—it always ends in a job. Some years ago there was an outcry against the close boroughs of the Tories. 'Well, "they put an end to the close boroughs of the Tories., but they forgot to put an end to the close boroughs of the Whigs." Now, finding the counties against them, the Whigs propose a "bit by bit" reform to affect the seats in the counties. Great injustice was done to the Tories by the Reform Bill. "I think it very probable that, if a large reform bill were brought forward by the Tories, much of that evil might be remedied; but it would be the greatest disadvantage to the country to have the two great parties competing for power by outbidding each other on that, of all subjects, in reference to which the general and permanent interests of the country should be considered. Because, whatever schemes might be devised by. any party to establish and continue their power, the prescience of man is limited, and is frequently falsified by the course of events. Imprudent measures are often passed for the purpose of effecting a particular object, and afterwards the result expected is never realized. Therefore, as far as I tun concerned, remembering the great partiality and injustice of the scheme of 1832, I should look to any great change in the representation with no prejudice, because I believe that much of that injustice and partiality might be remedied." He examined two points in connexion with Reform—electoral districts and the ballot, and condemned both. He thought that the ballot could not be introduced without plurality of voting.

On the subject of electoral districts he said—" Now, consider the condition of the country, divided and cut up into different electoral districts. Remember, there is no longer to be a county of Buckingham. (4 Voice" Quite right.") Buckinghamshire is to be blotted out of the political map ; and probably you would have departments, as in France, taking their names from the nearest rivers. There would ho the departments of the Upper and Lower Thames ; and are you prepared to have votes in the department of the Upper Thames, and not to be electors of Buckinghamshire ?

(Cries of" Yes ! "and "No !") There is an elector so false to the glory of Buckinghamshire and to the glory of his own position—(Ohrers, and ones of" Nonsense !")—that he is prepared to set the Thames on fire. (Lauyhter, and an ironical cry of " That's sublime !") No, it is not sublime, it is funny. I have heard of a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but my

friend takes a step from the ridiculous to the sublime. (Cheers and laughter.) But let us no longer exchange jokes, and let us try to resume the calm. discussion in which we were engaged. Now, I cannot believe that the great majority of the inhabitants of this county do wish that such a geographical, political, and social change should take place, as the blotting out and erasing the county of Buckingham from political existence. (A Voice--" Why not ?") I will tell you why not. My opinion is, that the traditions of the people form part of their national character, and that a. man cannot see the turfen road of Hampden, along which the great patriot went with his Petition of Rights—cannot behold the temple dedicated to the eloquence of Chatham at Stowe, or the oak at Beaconafield under which Burke meditated his reflections on the French Revolution—without feeling proud of the country which was adorned by such distinguished characters. I want you to consider the question whether you would put an end to

Buckinghamshire altogether. (A Voice—" I would disfranchise it altogether.") I do not think you are one of the electors of Buckinghamshire. (The Voice—" Yes, I am ! ") Then you ought not to be." (Cheers and laughter.) CARLISLIL The attempt to unseat Sir James Graham has recoiled on its authors ; and the Liberals being divided, the Conservatives have carried their candidate, Mr. William Nicholson Hodgson. Each party made great exertions. There was much work but little excitement, and all were in good humour. The state of the poll, as officially declared on Saturday, was—Hodgson, 529; Graham, 502; Ferguson, 469. The" rivals ' parted friends, in appearance at least ; Sir James playing peacemaker.

DERBYSHIRE, Sotrrn. There was a very severe contest for this division of Derbyshire. Mr. Evans and Mr. Colvile stood on the Liberal interest. Mr. Evans is a tried Liberal ; Mr. Colvilo is a late convert to the party. Their opponents were Mr. Clowes and Mr. Stanhope. The Liberals won the day by large majorities the numbers being—Evans, 3915; Colvile, 3350; Clowes, 2118; Stanhope, 1971.

Dovut. The Government eandidatea carried the borough by a decisive majority. The numbers, as announced by the Mayor, were—Osborne, 989; Russell, 958; Clerk, 695; Hope, 574. DROLTWR.H, Sir John Pakington was reelected on the 27th March, without opposition. In his speech to his constituents, he did not limit

his remarks to the China question, nor content himself with simply stating that he had no confidence in the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston: he gave reasons. "I think the negotiations at Paris were marred by three blunders, which are very discreditable to our representatives at those conferences. The first of those blunders was their utter neglect of the Asiatic side of the Black Sea, having taken no steps for the security of Turkey on that side ; the second was that no security was afforded to the Cireaesians, who had struggled through prolonged contests with Russia; the third blunder was, that no effectual means were taken for providing that the Russian forts in the Black Sea should not be reerected. I hold that the 'negotiations at Paris were further marred by the attack which was made upon the freedom of the Belgian press,—an attack to which no British Minister ought to have lent himself; and by the most unwise, unjust, and unpatriotic abandonment of those maritime rights—in regard to countries engaged in war with England, which have always been regarded as one of our greatest bulwarks. 'Upon these grounds, I am of opinion that we owe Lord Palmerston no thanks for the negotiations which took place at .Paris." Then came new quarrels. "We have a quarrel with China; we were engaged in a most painful negotiation with Naples, in which we have only escaped war by eating dirt ;

and we were involved in a war with Persia. Do not these facts justify, the opinion, that under the administration of Lord Palmerston we cannot hope for the enjoyment of anything like permanent peace ? "

On home policy, Sir John made these remarks on the ballot and extension of the suffinge " I have always been very decidedly opposed to the ballot, and I shall not now attempt to elicit a cheer from you by pretending that my opinions in this respect have of late undergone any change. I do not mean to tell you that I do not see many arguments in favour of the ballot. I hate bribery and corruption, I hate intimidation, and I may perhaps admit that the adoption of the ballot would to some extent prevent those evils ; but I am at the same tune of opinion, that the great privilege of choosing a Member to represent a constituency in Parliament ought to be exercised freely and boldly in the face of day. What takes place at aristocratic clubs is no argument in tins case. You may look upon a man as snob,' but you cannot well tell hirn so : you exclude him from your club by means of the ballot. But the same reasoning does not hold goodin public affairs; and I am therefore opposed to the ballot, although I am by no means afraid of it. I have great confidence in those feelings of attachment to our constitution which animate the people of this country, and which would, I have no doubt, continue to animate them under all circumstances. I should not fear the ballot, then, although it were adopted tomorrow. I am opposed to it, because upon principles I disapprove of it It is perfectly idle to talk in British institutions of anything like finality. I hold that Conservative opinions are compatible with the improvement and progress of those institutions. If I thought otherwise, I for one should notprofess Conservative opinions. In these days of the steam-engine and of the telegraph, to contend that British statesmen alone ought to stand still, appears to me to be absurd When I speak of an extension of the franchise, I must frankly tell you, I never approved of that change in the suffrage which was effected by the Reform Bill of 1832. It operates, in the arrangement of local districts, to too great an extent in favour of the party by whom it was brought about. . As to the further extension of the suffrage, lean only say that there are many .classes upon which I think it ought to be bestowed that do not now possess it, and to which the extension of it would be a step rather in a Conservative than in a Democratic direction. On the other hand, tam strongly opposed to dealing piecemeal with this great subject, and I for one am not prepared to disturb the act of 1832 unless great practical advantages should seem to me to be likely to be the result. I shall, however, give no pledge that would fetter me hereafter in the consideration of any change in the suffiage which I may think would really tend to promote the general interest of the country." On the question of church-rates Sir John thought there might be a compromise. As regards ecclesiastical appointments, he pronounced decidedly against the High Church party : should he ever again be Colonial Minister, he certainly would not exercise any power he may possess by nominating members of the extreme High Church party.

ESSEX, SOVTH. The Liberals have gained one seat in this division of Essex. There were three candidates. Mr. Brrunston and Sir Bowyer Smijth, the late Members, and Mr. Wingfield, a moderate Liberal. The contest was keen, but it resulted in the return of Mr. ]3ramston and Mr. Wingfield. The numbers were—Bramston, 2330; Wingfield, 2112; Smijth, 2097.

FROME. Tho election fur this borough seems to have been a "model" one. Mr. Donald Nicoll went down to wrest the seat from the "houses"

of Cork and Bath. Those houses each put forth a candidate—Major Boyle, and Lord Edward Thynne. The contest was carried on with the greatest good humour. Mr. Nicoll was successful; he polled 162 votes, Major Boyle 92, and Lord Edward Thynne 72. At a former election, the agent in the Cork interest said, "The key of the borough of Promo is in my pocket ; it belongs to Marston House." This would seem to have been borne in mind by more than one enthusiastic Nicollite ; for scarcely had the newly-elected Member taken his place on the hu.stlugs, when a stalwart fellow appeared in the crowd bearing on a long pole a prodigious key, which, amidst shouts of laughter, he handed to the honourable gentleman. At the same moment, a deputation of electors appeared on the hustings bearing an elegant gilt key, attached to a handsomely-wrought collar and rosette, in the fevourite colours, royal blue and white, with which they invested Mr. Nicoll. Both his opponents complimented Mr. Nicoll on his "manly, courteous, and honest conduct" during the contest.

GATESHEAD. Mr. Hutt was reelected on Saturday, without opposition. The Gateshead Observer reports a stateruent made by Mr. Hutt in reply to Mr. Crawshay, which is a contribution to the history of the China question.

"When Mr. Cobden's motion was before the House of Commons, I addressed a letter to Lord Palmerston, stating that I saw much to regret in the proceedings of the British agents at Hongkong, and asking whether the same

persons were still to be continued in the direction of affairs in that country. Lord Palmerston replied? through Mr. Hayter the Secretary of the Trea

sury, that he could not disavow the acts of Sir John Bowring, as that would lead to grave misapprehensions ; but that it was his intention to adopt in this emergency the same course that was adopted on the occasion of the first Chinese war, when Commissioner Elliott, not having given satisfaction, was superseded in his functions by the superior authority of Sir Henry Pottin ger, sent out expressly for purpose. I dwell on this anecdote for two reasons. First, it I hope, show to Mr. Crawshay that I did not sanc tion by say vote on the of February the illegalities and atrocities, as he

Calls them, at Canton ; and second, because it at once disposes of that idle vaunt of Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone, that it was their exertions, and the hostile vote of the House of Commons, that hadproduced the removal of Sir John Bowring. The communication was made to me two nights before the conclusion of the debate, and when the Government expected to be supported by a small majority in the House of Commons, having already been powerfully sustained in the House of Lords. The fact is, that Lora Palmerston, I have no doubt, had always intended to nominate this 'plenipotentiary, though he did not care to give the information to his heedless opponents."

GLOUCESTER. Admiral Berkeley, a Lord of the Admiralty, was defeated on Saturday by a narrow majority. Sir Robert Carden fought for a seat, and the two late Members were candidates. It was a close and heated contest : the official decimation shows a neck-and-neck race—

Carden 743

Price 717 Berkeley 710

GREENWICH. The polling was very quietly conducted on Saturday. Mr. Montagu Chambers had offended his constituents by the support he gave Lord Robert Grosvenor in attempting to carry the Anti-Sunday Trading Bill. A local tradesmen, Mr. Townsend, started against him, and for some time headed the poll ; but about eleven o'clock, General Codrington drew ahead; Mr. Townsend dropped into the second place ; Mr. Chambers made no relative advance. Long before the poll closed it was evident that Mr. Chambers had lost the day. The official declaration of the poll, on Monday, was—Codrington, 2985 ; Townsend, 2784; Chambers, 2065.

HALIFAX. Sir Charles Wood stood second on the poll. The Mayor returned the numbers as—Crossley, 830; Wood, 714; Edwards, 651.

HEREFORDSHIRE. For two Parliaments this country has been solely represented by three Conservatives—Mr. Booker Blakcmore, Mr. King King, and Captain Hanhury. At the present election the Liberals have recovered a seat, and carried their man at the head of the poll. The Liberal champion, Sir Henry Cotterell, was proposed by Sir George Cornewall Lewis. The numbers polled were—Cotterell, 3396; Blakemore, 2794; King, 275.1; Hanbury, 2469.

HERTFORDSHIRE. It has already been explained that the Whigs and Tories of this county had agreed on a compromise, the object of which was to admit one Whig on condition that two of the old Conservative Members should remain in quiet possession of their seats. The Conservative Members submitted to a committee the delicate task of selecting the man to be excluded. Sir Homy Meux, like the others, subscribed to the conditions : but in riding home it occurred to him that he might be selected; and he wrote to retract his consent. Meanwhile, he had been selected. Learning this, Sir Henry repudiated the arrangement and prepared for a contest. The reason assigned for excluding one who had on two occasions defended the county from Liberal invasion was, that Sir Henry was not in good health. He denied this. The Liberals held the Conservatives to their bargain ; and a contest seemed imminent, when Mr. John Abel Smith junior, the youngest of the late Members, resigned,—thinking, as he said at the nomination on Tuesday, when he proposed Sir Edward Lytton, that honour demanded the keeping of the compact. Sir Henry Meux said nothing on the subject ; but his conduct was condemned by 31r. Cowper, the proposer of Mr. Puller, who takes the surrendered seat, and by Sir Edward Lytton. Mr. Abel Smith came in for great eulogium. The feeling of the electors present was in favour of Sir Henry, as the arrangement with the Whigs had caused much dissatisfaction. Sir Henry Mott; Sir Edward Lytton, and Mr. C. W. Puller, were declared duly elected.

HUDDERSFIELD. The polling for Huddersfield took place on Saturday. It was rumoured in London early, in the morning that Mr. Cobden's return was unlikely, and the result verified that report. The contest turned on the China question. Mr. Akroyd headed the poll all day ; and at its close, according to the official declaration, he was 246 votes ahead of Mr. Cobden. The numbers were—Akroyd, 833; Cobden, 587.

Kessr, EAST. Four candidates were proposed ; Sir Brook Bridges, Sir Edward Daring, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Acheson. The struggle lay between the first three. The numbers polled were—Bridges, 2398; Dcring, 2336; Deedes, 2286; Acheson, 80.

K IDDERMINSTER. The election for Kidderminster terminated in a savage riot, nearly fatal to the Government candidate, Mr. Lowe. That gentleman was opposed by Mr. Boycott, a local solicitor, who has great influence over the non-electors. From the 500 electors he did not obtain a moiety of pledges : of those who polled, 234 voted for Mr. Lowe and 146 for Mr. Boycott. When the poll had closed, a crowd collected around the principal polling-booth. The road from the booth to the town is a defile, with a high wall on one side and a bank on the other. This bank was lined with men and women whose pockets and aprons were filled with stones and brickbats. At four o'clock both the candidates were in the booth with their friends. When it was certain that Mr. Boycott was beaten the mob began to assail the booth with missiles. The remonstrances of the Mayor were fruitless. Mr. Boycott declined to interfere, and left the booth with his friends, cheered by the mob. It now became clear that if they wished to escape Mr. Lowe and his Mends must run the gauntlet. There were present a few policemen and about a hundred special constables, who proved quite useless. Mr. Lowe's party made their way out of the booth in a body, and when they hadgot clear the mob closed round them and began to rain upon them showers of stones. As the retreating band came under the bank, the body of "roughs" stationed there flung volleys on their heads. Some of the party were knocked down, many were bleeding ; Mr. Lowe's skull was fractured, The crowd pressed on : as the police fell under the stones they were kicked and disabled. It fortunately happened that a large house surrounded by a wall, belonging to the Reverend Mr. Shepherd, was near at hand. Mr. Shepherd had seen the fray from his garden-wall ; he had secured the main gates ; and, seeing the bleeding party come up, he hastened to aid them, as he informs the public in a letter to the Times— "I was fortunately successful in directing the attention of the party assailed to a gate in say own grounds and having removed the interior fastenings, with the assistance of another person, I dragged in Mr. Lowe, literally streaming with blood, and he was immediately followed by several gentlemen wounded like himself. We had a hard struggle at the gate, during the course of which I was once down and several times ;A-ruck with missiles. Finally we closed the gates. An attempt was made to scale them ; which was defeated by the prompt resistance of one of the persons present. Menaces and imprecations were for some time directed by name

against the gentlemen who had taken refuge, and there was considerable battering at the gate and demands upon myself to produce Messrs. Lowe and Pardee."

The mob, disappointed, took their revenge by smashing the windows of Mr. Lowe's hotel, and of the houses of his friends. All the shops were shut. The savages fought with one another in the streets. Soon after the tumult began a telegraphic message had been sent to Birmingham for soldiers ; but they did not arrive until midnight, and in the interval the town was literally at the mercy of the mob. As soon as the rioters caught sight of a troop of hussars, they dispersed ; and the Mayor read the Riot Act ; but the town was not quiet until two in the morning, and the soldiers remained on guard until four. Mr. Lowe's wounds proved to be severe. His skull was fractured, his scalp lacerated, and his head contused. He was removed from Kidderminster the same night. Mr. Pardee, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Green, Mr. Stockdak, Dr. Ronald, all suffered more or less. It is feared that one policeman will die. John Hayes and John Cook are in custody ; they are charged with assaulting the police.

ICING'S LYNN. Lord Stanley and Mr. J. H. Gurney were returned OE the 27th March, without opposition. On the subject of Parliamentary representation, Lord Stanley drew a distinction between the lowering and the redistribution of the franchise. Some extension is inevitable.

Gentlemen, this subject of reform requires to be treated as a whole. It must not be treated bit by bit, but, as in the case of the finances, in its integrity. I have already in this place advocated a greater approximation to equality in the distribution of the franchise among the various localities. We have still some rotten boroughs, which are a mere mockery of the representation. We have, on the other hand, under-represented districts in the North of England ; and I confess I do not see what danger to property could arise froes such a nearer approximation to equality in the distribution of the franchise. I cannot understand the language of a man who says, 'It is right that property should have a certain amount of influence, but I would not give influence to wealth or property created within a hundred years.' I confess I see nothing unconstitutional or revolutionary in so changing our institutions as to bring them into harmony with the altered electoral representation." He dwelt much on the state of our finances; advocated a further revision

of the tariff; proposed a House-tax as a substitute for the Income-tax ; and declared against large standing armies, and to useless places in the civil service. "In the Cabinet itself are posts involving no official labour. One is the office of Lord Privy Seal, and the other the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. I can see no reason, also why the department of the Postoffice should not be placed under one head under the control of the Treasury, just as the Customs and Excise are." . . . .

" Public life may be the noblest or the meanest of all professions. It is the meanest of professions when it makes duty subservient to self-interest—when it indulges in lawless ambition or any petty vanity. It is the noblest of all professions if he who follows it does so in an honest and truthful spirit, and without interest to betray or passion to mislead; if he seek no approbation but that of his own conscience, or it may be the approbation of posterity—if, in short, he looks not to what England can do for him, but what he may do for England."

LEICESTER. Sir Joshua Walmsley has been defeated at Leicester. Here "the Sunday question" was the determining influence. All the three candidates—Mr. Harris Mr. Biggs, and Sir Joshua Walmesleywere Liberals. But Mr. Harks proposes to prevent our Sunday from becoming like the Continental Sunday. He headed the poll; the numbers being—Harris, 1653; Biggs, 1628; Walinaley, 1459. In an address to the electors, alluding to the causes of his defeat, Sir John says—

"it is a source of satisfaction to know that I have not been defeated by

the votes of the Liberal electors, but by a combination of men who have prostituted the hallowed names of religion and patriotism, using them as the stalking-horse for the achievement of their own selfish purposes; men who have descended to the most wicked calumnies ; men who, with specious promises in their mouths, have by their conduct proved that they are in heart opposed to the political elevation of their fellow men. No misrepresentation has been too gross, no argument too absurd, no prejudice too unreasonable, no fallacy too base, to be enlisted in their service. That such men should seek the support of their political opponents, and thus endeavour to destroy the Liberal cause, is not surprising; but that the Conservatives of Leicester should lend themselves to the purposes of such a faction, is almost beyond belief."

LrrenpooL. The Tories have not been able to exclude the Liberal -candidate in Liverpool. After a severe contest, on Saturday, Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Ewart, the old Members, were returned. The °theist statement of the numbers is- Emden 7666 Ewart 7121 Turner . 6316 The election went off very quietly. No speeches were made when the poll was declared.

MemsroNe. Mr. Beresford Hope and Captain Scott, the two Conser vative candidates, have carried Maidstone, not exactly by fair play, it is alleged. The Liberals, Mr. Lee and Mr. Mildmay, have issued a joint address stating that many votes pledged to them were given to their opponents. "The cause of this serious defection is no secret. But we refrain on the present occasion from alluding to the public scandal further than to state that it has been accomplished by agency the most immoral, and that the proceedings in question will without doubt be made the subject of further inquiry." The borough contains a large number of freemen, who have always been found to be influenced by pecuniary considerations. Mr. Hope, in a letter to the journals, strenuously denies the charge of bribery as against himself personally.

MANCHESTER. The election for the city of the League is one of the most conspicuous in its results ; Mr. Bright and Mr. Gibson being entirely routed. The polling took place on Saturday. Manchester was full not only of its own citizens but of country contingents, all eager for the issue of the great trial of strength between the independent electors and "the rump of the League." The opposition candidates started with a fair majority of five or six hundred, and went on improving it every hour. Mr. Bright did not rise above the third place all day long : his nearest approach to Mr. Turner was at ten o'clock, but even then he was five hundred behind ; at three he had fallen below Mr. Gibson, and he did not recover his ground. Sir John Potter was first throughout. The actual poll was—

Potter 8368 Turner 7864

Gibson •..•••5588

......... . ..... 5468

MIDDLESEX. The nomination for Middlesex took place at Brentford on Thursday. Up to the close of last week there were only two candidates in the field, Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Ilanbury. It was rather too confidently supposed that they would have a " walk over." In this they were disappointed. On Saturday, Lord Chelsea, who had declined to contest Dover' whither Mr. Osborne had gone, announced himself as a candidate for Mr. Osborne's place. He was nominated at Brentford on Thursday, with the other two candidates. The scene was, as usual, noisy and vulgar. Lord Robert Grosvenor, who gave such offence by his Sunday Trading Bill, was hardly allowed to speak. A number of men in Militia uniforms, and wearing Lord Chelsea's placards, were very turbulent. A small coffin was exhibited, inscribed "No Grosvenor." (They are not in a very advanced stage of civilization at Brentford.) Lord Chelsea scarcely fared better. He stated that he was a follower of the late Sir Robert Peel ; but he declared himself unable to vote for the Maynooth grant, or the abolition of church-rates, or the emancipation of the Jews. He was for maintaining the compact of 1853, and giving the "vacant scats" not to Lancashire, [as Mr. Disraeli proposed,] but to Middlesex. Mr. Banbury was quietly heard, and he modestly stated his Liberal views. When he had done, Alderman Rose spoke on behalf of Lord Chelsea. This led to a sharp contest, in which Sheriff Mcchi maintained that no one except the proposers, seconders, and candidates, had a right to speak before the show of hands was taken : and he carried his point, in spite of the vigorous efforts of Alderman Wire. The show of hands was in favour of Grosvenor and Hanbury. A poll was demanded for Lord Chelsea, and fixed for Monday the 6th.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE' SOUTH. The nomination took place at Northampton on Tuesday. There were three candidates ; Colonel Howard Vyse and Mr. Rainald Knightley, the old Members, and Lord Althorp, eldest son of the present and nephew of the late Earl Spencer. Lord Althorp came to the hustings escorted by six hundred mounted men. Colonel Vyse was the unpopular candidate ; Mr. Knightley took a medium position ; Lord Althorp carried everything before him at the hustings. Both sides complained that undue influence had been exercised. Mr. Cartwright, the seconder of Colonel Vyse, said that "pressure had been put on the electors by all sorts of persons, from the wife of the noble Premier down to a well-known land-surveyor." Lord Althorp denied that his uncle had used any of his influence to coerce his tenants; he reproved Mr. Cartwright for lugging in the name of a noble lady, and retorted the charge of intimidation on his opponents. The show of hands was in favour of Lord Althorp and Mr. Knightley. A poll was demanded for Colonel Vyse, and fixed for Friday.

Oxronn Crrv. The election for the city of Oxford has resulted in

the defeat of Mr. Cardwell, and in the return of two Liberals—not a very common incident in the history of that constituency. Mr. Langston was by common consent unopposed. The contest lay between Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Neste, a Fellow of Oriel College, and a Liberal. Mr. Cardwell's vote on the China question told much against him, although he showed a decided leaning toward Lord John Russell's views on reform ; and his conduct in condemning Sir John Bowring "behind his back" was contrasted with his refusal to vote for a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the army in the Crimea on the ground that such inquiry would take place "behind the backs of men three thousand miles away.' The polling, on Monday, ran rather close between Cardwell and Neste; and the official declaration of the numbers, on Tuesday, gave—Langston, 1667; Neate, 1057; Cardwell, 1016. A fourth Liberal candidate, Sergeant Gasclee, polled 225 votes.

RADNOR.—Sir George Cornewall Lewis was elected on Saturday for

the Radnor Boroughs, without opposition. In his speech to the electors, he defended the Government from Mr. Disraeli's attacks on its foreign policy, Mr. Gladstone's on its financial arrangements, and Lord Derby's on the China question. He expressed himself decidedly in favour of very considerably reducing

the present fifty-pound county franchise, but would not pledge himself to the exact amount of the reduction' whether to the full length of ten pounds or not. He thought it would not be wise to put the seine restriotion upon county voters as upon borough voters (freemen), and thus prevent a man from voting unless lie resided within a distance of seven miles. Mr. Locko King's motion assimilated the right of voting in counties and boroughs ; the policy of which he doubted, and which would be introducing into counties an entirely new element. The law of voting could not be sitnply transferred from boroughs to counties ; some adaptation was necessary ; and, subject to these restrictions, he was decidedly in favour of Mr. Locke King's bill. In fact, the Government had agreed to support the introduction of that bill, but afterwards found that on account of some questions of form rather than of substance it could not be conveniently introduced ; and that was the reason why they voted against its introduction. SALFORD. The contest at Salford is, as an illustration of the failure of the League, nearly as remarkable as that at Hudderficld. Mr. Massey, a member of the Government, went down to Salford at the eleventh hour. Sir Elkanah Armitage was one of the strong men of the League, and ho had on this oecasion the direct recommendation of Mr. Cobden. Yet he was never within a hundred of his adversary, and was finally beaten by a large majority. The official declaration, made on Saturtit; was—

Massey Massey Amiitage 1264

SHEFFIELD. The Conservatives made great efforts to carry their can didate, Mr. Overend ; but the Liberals forgave their old Members the vote on Mr. Cobden's motion and pulled together with a regular stroke for Roebuck and Hadfield. i'he multitude took a great interest in the contest on Saturday, the polling-day, and showed some symptoms of rioting; but the police, whom they pelted, bore it patiently, and the peace was not broken. The official declaration of the poll, on Monday, gave these numbers—Roebuck, 3200; Hadfield, 2871; Overcnd, 2059. SUFFOLK, EAST. The old Members, Lord Henniker and Sir Fitzroy Kelly, were reelected without opposition, on Wednesday. In reference to Parliamentary Reform Sir Fitzroy gave a pledge—

He was one who had always thought there should be no " finality" in what was called the reform in Parliament. There were now some millions of adult persons in this country who did not possess the elective franchise ; and among them were hundreds of thousands of person,' of independent incomes—persons possessed of competence, of intellect, and education, which would do honour to any society. He would at once confer the franchise on

persons of pro , of intellect, and education. Ile would, sooner or later, bring forward such a measure in the House of Commons, under which every man in the Three Kingdoms should be put in possession of the elective franchise who possessed either property enough or intellect or education enough to exercise that elective franchise with independence and intelligence. But let them not suppose that he would oppose the extension of the franchise still further among the householders in this county. He said he would n4t first begin with the householders, as he considered that a most fallacioua test. He much questioned whether his honourable friend Lord Henniker would possess the franchise had he not large property in the county ; because his Lordship, when in London, might live in lodgings, or in a furnished house, or in chambers. They might have a Newton or a Shakspere unpossessed of the elective franchise because he might not happen to live in a ten-pound house within any borough. He would therefore confer the franchise first upon those persons he had mentioned ; then he would at once secure the franchise to those persons who unquestionably were fit to exercise it. (A Voice—" How about the ballot ?") He believed that the Parliament now about to assemble would find it impossible to exclude the consideration of that question.

SURREY, EAST. Mr. Locke King and Mr. Akock have been reelected without opposition. In his hustings address to the electors, Mr. Locke King thus referred to the rejection of his motion for a ten-pound county franchise—" Lord Palmerston opposed it ; and an Lord Granville stated as the ground of his opposition, that the bill was framed in such a way that it would be impossible to engraft the Government amendments upon it. Now that was an untruth, for there had been no bill brought in at all."

SURREY, WEST. At the nomination, on Wednesday, there were three candidates,—Mr. Drummond, the late Member ; Mr. Henry Cunie, Conservative; Mr. Briscoe, Liberal, and formerly Member for the county. Mr. Drummond said he should support Lord Palmerston, but Tote for a reasonable reduction of expenditure. Mr. Currie said he -would support Lord Palmerston, because he represents the principles of the Liberal Conservatives better than any other man at this moment. Mr. Briscoe said he had given an independent support to Earl Grey and to Lord Melbourne, and he would in the same spirit support Lord Palmerston : but if he opposed the ton-pound county franchise, Mr. Briscoe will not 'vote with him ; and he will not vote either for or against the ballot. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Briscoe and Mr. Drummond.

WILTSHIRE, SOUTH. The contest for South Wilts has been sharp and close. Lord Henry Thynne, brother of the Marquis of Bath, sooner

than allow the county to go begging for a Conservative candidate," consented to waive the scruples he felt on the score of his youth, and to try and gain one seat for the Tories. The other candidates are Mr. Sidney Herbert and Mr. Wyndham. Each has worked hard for some thus to secure his own return. Mr. Herbert's strength lies around Salisbury and on the Wilton estates ; Lord Henry's about Longleat and on the Bath property. The nomination took place on Wednesday, in front of the Council Chamber at Salisbury. The agrieultural labourers mustered strongly. There were carriages filled with ladies, and every house looking on the open space was full of spectators. Mr. Herbert made a capital hustings speech, and showed great readiness in retorting on the pithy critics in the crowd. He was speaking about China, when some one called out, "Come to the Rooshian question !" "Yes," he replied, "I will come to the Itooshian question, as you call it." This led to much merriment, when the same voice cried "Away with Herbert ! send him to Rooshia!" The rejoinder came readily—" My kind friend here says, Send him to Rooshia.' I never was in Rooshia ' in my life ; but there is one place in which I have been—the House of Commons, and that is where my friends will send me." Another remarked—" You were

turned out of the Government." "Far from being turned out, I was promoted on that occasion to a higher office," was the reply. Having quieted the interrupters, Mr. Herbert proceeded to state, that he should support measures of law-reform, and the settlement of the church-rate question, although not on the principle advocated by Sir William Clay. The Parliament has been " redippecl," and will come back with fresh 'vigour to deal with these and other questions. "I now come to a question which is one of great popular interest—that of the franchise. A motion proposed by Mr. Locke King in the late session

has made a great deal of noise, though, in my opinion, it was not a well

considered motion ; and I shall tell you why. It dealt only with part of a whole ; and if you take a part and not the whole, the dose will not agree with you. Many of you have seen the prescriptions of a physician. They usually contain a long list of cabalistic phrases intended to represent the names of a variety of ingredients which when mixed neutralize each other.

One of those ingredients may be a poison, which, if swallowed with the rest,

will very likely accomplish some useful purpose ; but if you take it separately and alone you will probably be dead MOH in twenty-four hours. Bo in the case of Mr. Locke King's motion ; it was only a part of a great ques tion. I want to see other ingredients mixed with it. If you make the county and borough franchise the same, you will disturb the balance be

tween town and country.. Such an arrangement would be unsatisfactory, because you might have three hundred men in a borough wielding equal political power with thirty thousand in a county. 1 ou must therefore have different franchises. I wish to see an industrial franchise and a pru

dential franchise. I think a man who has fifty pounds in the savings-bank ought to have a vote. The man who pays forty shillings of direct taxes ought also to he invested with the franchise and all graduates of the Universities should have the same right conferred upon them. I am against extreme measures,—universal suffrage, for example, which I believe no man of sense in the country now demands ; but with a large mass of our -population increasing in intelligence and prosperity—thanks to those wise measures of 1846 which our friends on the o her side of the hustings so much regret—I think we ought to enlarge the basis of representation. But it should be done carefully and delibenitely. With a great crowd to manage, I would much sooner have them inside the citadel to defend it than outside to attack it : but I must pick my men. I must choose the more intelligent, the more industrious, the more prudent, and exclude the ignorant, the lazy, and the improvident." (Cheers.) The question of retrenchment or taxation he put thus. "Next year there will be a decrease of about 5,500,0001. in the revenue of the country, and we must either cut down our expenditure or impose new taxes to that amount. Which will you have ? (Cries of " No more (axes!" and "Re duce the expenditure !") I believe that a great deal can be done by careful and judicious retrenchment; but I am not going to impair the efficiency of our Army and Navy. A large navywe must have—it is our great bulwark against foreign aggression; but it is not necessary that England should vie with foreign countries in the size of her army. 'We never have had, and I hope we never shall have, a large army in time of peace ; but our army, though small, should be as efficient and perfect in all branches as possible. For that purpose, we should take care that every staff-officer is thoroughly inetructed in his duties ; that appointments go by merit not, by favour; that the position of the private soldier be improved. Then our army, filled with strong and valiant Englishmen, and led by the best and most gallant officers in the world, would be invincible." (Cheers.) Mr. Wyndham declared himself an independent candidate, ready to support good measures without reference to party. Lord Henry ThYnne stood on Conservative principles,—abolition of the Maynooth grant; retrenchment, non-intervention. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Herbert and Mr. Wyndham. The poll takes place today.

SCOTLAND.

ABERDE. The contest here turned on the Maynooth grant. Colonel

Sykes was the favourite Liberal candidate, but he is a qualified supporter of the Maynooth grant. Mr. Leith, his opponent, said that he would vote against it. Colonel Sykes lost the show of hands, but won the election at the poll—Sykes, 1035; Leith, 849.

AYRSHIRE. Sir James Ferguson, who quitted the camp in the Crimea for a seat in Parliament, has now been defeated. His Liberal opponent was Lord James Stuart ; and he carried the election by a majority of 204 votes—Stuart, 1662; Ferguson, 1458.

DUNDEE. Mr. Armitstead, although he made the most of his antagonism to Maynooth, and his position as a commercial man, has been defeated by Sir John Ogilvy. The whole election turned on these two points, as in other respects both the candidates were Liberals. At the nomination, on Saturday, Sir John stated his political creed. "The time has arriv4" he said, "when a very large and comprehensive measure of reform is imperatively called for. (Great cheering.) I should support such a measure of reform whether introduced by her Majesty's Government or any Member. I should likewise be prepared to support, as embodied in that measure of reform, vote by ballot—notwithstanding the insinuations which have been thrown out against me. I have been an ad.vocate of the vote by ballot for the last twenty years. Gentlemen, if I had had any lingering doubts upon that question, the result of the present canvass which I have made among the electors has satisfied me as to its imperative necessity. I am also prepared to support a diminution in the length of Parliament ; I am prepared to support tnennial Parliaments. I would also support the disfranchisement of a number of those insignificant burghs which send Members to Parliament. I think that large and populous places such as Dundee should receive an additional representative. I am in favour also of retrenchment in the public expenditure, so far as is consistent with the proper efficiency of our public establishments, inducting the Army and Navy. I am also in hopes that some educational measure may be devised."

The official declaration gives the numbers—Ogilvy, 1092; Armitstead,. 847.

FALKIRK BURGHS. "The Baird despotism" has been overthrown.. Mr. Merry polled 770 votes, Mr. George Baird 489: Mr. Merry thus won by a clear majority of 281.

GLASGOW. The election here turned wholly on the religious question as it affects legislation. The three candidates—Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Dalglish, and Mr. Hastie—were all Liberals. But Mr. Hastie is opposed to the Maynooth grant, and to the running of railway-trains on Sunday, and a supporter of the Forbes Mackenzie Act. Mr. Dalglish, on the other hand, is in favour of the grant to:Maynooth, the relaxation of the Forbes Mackenzie Act, and the running of trains and the opening of gardens on Sunday after divine service. The nomination took place on Monday ; and Mr. Medic losing the show of hands, demanded a poll. This took place on Tuesday, and resulted in his defeat. The numbers were—Buchanan, 7059; Dalglish, 6760; Hastie, 6044.

PAISLEY. Mr. Hastie's friends have carried his election for him. It

may be recollected that Mr. Hastie had retired, and Mr. Crum Ewing had offered himself; but Mr. Hastie's friends declared that they would prefer their old Member. Mr. Hastie was present at the nomination he lost the show of hands, but polled 611 votes; his opponent 524.

IRELAND.

BELFAST. Notwithstanding the noisy opposition to the Conservative candidates, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Cairns, they have carried the election by great majorities. The numbers were—Cairns, 1479; Davison, 1410; M'Clean, 995; Ferguson' 733; Ill'Clure, 556. The Liberals divided their forces, and thus lost the only chance they had of winning.

Dumax Lricivnesrre. The seats of the late Members seem to have been in real danger. Their opponents were Mr. Lawson and Mr. Wilson, and the object of the opposition was to return men more devoted to Orange principles than Mr. Napier and Mr. Hamilton. The attempt has failed. The numbers polled up to yesterday were—Napier, 821; Hamilton, 784; Lawson, 115; Wilson 101. The poll will close today.

PORTARLINGTON. Colonel Dunne, the late Member, has been Unseated by Colonel Darner. The smallness of the constituency renders it conspicuous; Colonel Darner polled 42, Colonel Dunne 36 votes.