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THE GENERAL ELECTION. BEDFORDSHIRE (BY EXPRESS) THIS DAY. STATE OF THE POLL, MAY 6. Lord Tavistoct ... .. 664 Sir P. Payne ... W. Stuart, F.vq. ... .. 374 BrCKINGBANISHIRE (BY EXPRESS) THIPDAY. STATE OT THE POLL, SECOND DAY, MAT 6. Marquis of Chandra .. Smith ... .. .. 487 GrenfeU .. ... .. 352 ESSEX (BY RXPRESS) THIS DAY. Western Wellesley ... ... Tyrrell .. ... ... 864 PENRYN (BY EXPRESS) THIS DAY. CLOSE OF TIM POLL, FOURTH DAY, MAY 6TH. J. W. Freshfield, Rig. .. (Against the Bill.) Returned. Charles Stewart .. 242 (Against the Bill.) Thomas Weeding ... „ 225 (Sentiments not known.) DURHAM COUNTY.--(BY EXPRESS THIS DAY.) DURHAM, MAY s.—There is now no doubt that Mr. iiltssell, and Sir Hedworth Williamson, two staunch Re formers, will be returned on Monday next. 6OUTH A MPTON ELECTION--(BY EXPRESS THIS DAY.) Atherley - . - - 732 Peneease . - - - 633 Hoy . . - - 396 :- 1 NDWICH ELECTION—(BY EXPRESS THIS DAY.) Marryat - . - - 497 Trowbridge - - - 397 HAMPSHIRE (BY EXPRESS) THIS DAY. Mr. Fleming has retired ; and the two reformers, namely, '4ir James Macdonald and Charles Lefevre, will now walk ~er the course. LEONIINSTER (BY EXPRESS) THIS DAY. Evans - - - - 663 Brayer - - . - 413 Lord Hotham - - - 360 31EMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. Bentslston—Lord Lovaine; David Lyon, Esq. Cambridge University—Right Honourable H. Goulburn ; W.Yates Peel, Esq. Camelford—Mark Milbank, Esq ; Sheldon Craddock, Esq. Edinburgh (City)—lt. A. Dundas, Esq. Fast Rettord—Lord Newark ; G. V. Vernon, Esq. Flint (Borough)—Sir E. P. Lloyd. Bart. Honiton—Sir G. Warrender ; H. B. Lott. Liverpool—Evelyn Denison ; Ewart. Monmouth (Town) —Benjamin Hall, Esq. Nottingham (County)—Evelyn Denison, Esq ; S. Lumley, Esq. Plymouth—Sir T. B. Martin ; Sir G. Cockburn. Rutland—Sir G. N. Noel, Bt; Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt. St. Mawes—Sir F... Sugden ; G. G. W. Pigott. Scarborough—Hon. General Phipps; Right Hon. C. M. Sutton. Sunny—W. J. Denison, Foci; John I. Briscoe, Esq. Shaftesbury—E. Penrhyn, Kul; Lieut.. Colonel W. L. Moberly. Truro—Lord Encombe; N. W. Peach, Esq. Tewkesbury—J. F.. Dowdeswell, Esq; John Martin, Esq. STATE 0 1 Essex (County), May 6. Western - 907 WeHealey • 869 Tyrell - - 694 East Retford, May 4. G. V. Vernon Lord Newark - 952 - 863 Captain Duncotnbe - 529 Great Marlow, May 5. Colonel W. B. Clayton - 129 0. Williams, - 114 , Esq. T. P. Williams, Esq. - 108 Buckingham (County). May 6. Marquis Ch.indos - 866 John Smith, Esq. - 487 P,.ocoe Grenfell, Esq. - 352 Southampton (Town), May 5. A. Atherley - 449 J. S. Penleaze . 443 J. B. Hoy - 270 Northampton (County). Lord Milton will be proposed as an additional Candidate this day, May 6. lluntingdon (County), May 6. J. B. Rooper, Esq. . 270 lord Mandeville . 178 Lord Strathaven - 126 ►F POLLS. Cambridge University, May 6. (Final state of the Poll.) Goulburn - 806 - Peel - - 805 . Cavendish - - 630 Palmerston - 610 - Carnarvon (Borough), May 4, five o'clock. Sir Charles Paget - W. 0. Gore, Esq. - Evesham, May 5. Sir C. Cockerell - - 10 - 10 . 201 Mr. Hudson . 147 Lord Kennedy - - 133 Ashburton May 4. W. S. Poynts, Esq. Colonel Torrens Sir L. V. Palk . Pcnryn, May 4. J. W. Freshfield - 300 Charles Stewart . 230 Thomas Weeding - 198 Northampton, May b. Election closed ; state of poll not returned, a scrutiny having been demanded, which is to com mence on Monday next. - 74 - 45 - 42 DOUBLE RETURN. Nottinghamshire and LiverpooL—John E. Denison, Esq. ELECTIONS FIXED. Wiltshire, May 10, at Wilton. Kent, May 11, at Penenden-heath. The town of Monmouth has ousted the Marquis of Wor cester, returning a stanch reform member in Mr. Benjamin Hall. In Surrey the friends of reform have succeeded without trouble. Messrs. Denison and Briscoe have been returned. _ _ In Essex Colonel Tyrell is already defeated ; Messrs. Western and Long Wellesley being about 3 to 2 a-head of him. Mr. Hoy, the boroughmonger candidate for Southamp ton, is 170 below the second of the reformers, and 179 below the first. Huntingdonshire has taken, rather tardily, a step towards providing herself with one reform member, and Mr. Rooper, of whom we spoke on Wednesday, has in a few hours polled an hundred votes more than Viscount Mandeville. Taunton has re-elected unanimously its former liberal members; and Mr. Bainbridge, whose address of thanks lies before us, pledges himself to support the " King, in his wishes to reform the representative system of the empire." PLYMOUTH, MAY 6.—OUTRAGE ON SIR GEORGE' COCK BURN.—Tuesdav morning, immediately after Sir George and his Committee left the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of proceeding to the Guildhall, a set of ruffians commenced throwing mud and stones at them, and by the time they arrived at the Guildhall, they were literally covered from head to foot : during the day a scene of confusion ensued which induced Sir George to retire and apply to the mayor for protection on his return to his lodgings ; this was acceded to; the constabulary force not being considered sufficiently strong., application was made for the aid of the troops. About Evc o'clock 120 men of the 22nd and 35th reps. under the coLunand of Major Crofton, took post at the Guildhall,when the Ado.iral and his friends placed himself under the protection of the soldiers, and were marched down Mar ket-street, through Nolte-street and Princess-square ;at this latter place some stones were thrown which struck Sir George, Commissioner Ross, and Mr. Harris—the two last were severely wounded. It is impossible to describe the (lis p c which such dastardly conduct excited ; immediately a number of gentlemen offered to serve as special constables to preserve the peace of the town, who were sworn in accord ingly. Sir George's effigy was burnt on the Hoe and in the streets in the evening. Wednesday morning more special constables were sworn in, and they immediately proceeded to the Hotel. On their way it was stated that Sir George was ill, and that he could not attend the Hall. The special coastables thou returned. Such conduct as the above is a.ust disgraceful, Tinci on the present occasion it is doubly so, ;1s the enemies f re f on n will not fail t o t a k e a d van t age et it. Neither Sir George Cockburn nor his sup porters have the least cause to congratulate themselves on their success. A return made by a few individuals against the opinion of their fellow-townsmen, so fully ex pressed, is any thing Lut satisfactory : Sir George, seeing he determined opposition of the inhabitants, ought to have recited, in het he ought to retire now—his motives would appreciated, and be would stand some chance of being returned at it f'.turc period.— Plymouth Journal. GENERAL ELECTION. ANALYTICAL T 113 LB OF THE ELECTIONS , SHOWING THZ DIFFERENCE IN FAVOIIII OF REFORM. Names of Plates. g I ;g4 < Abingdon .. .. 1 Aldborough Aldeburgh .. Amersham 2 Andover .. .. 2 Arundel ..• .. 1 1 Banbury ... ... 1 Barnstaple .. .. 2 ...- Bath .. 1 1 Beaumaris Bedford (Borough) .. 2 Beerslston Berwick (Borough) ... 1 I Bewdley ••• 1 Bletchingley Bramber 2 Brickley ... 2 Brecknock (Borough) .. I Bristol Bridport .. 1 1 Bridgenortb Bridgewater .. 1 1 Bodmin Borough bridge Boston Buckingham ... Bury St. Edmunds ••• Caine Callington ... 1 1 Cambridge (Town) .. 2 Camelford Canterbury Cardigan .. Cardiff Carlisle Carmarthen Castle Rising Chichester ... ... 2 Chipping Wycombe ... 2 Chippenham Christchurch (Hams) 2 Cirencester City of London Clitherow Cockermouth Colchester . Corfe Castle Coventry .. Dartmouth .. Denbigh ... ... 1 Derby (Borough) ... 2 -- Devises ••• Dorchester ••• 2 Dover .Downton .. 2 Droitwich Dunwich Durham (City) ... 1 1 East Looe East Grinatead . Fatter Eye Flint Fowey ()mien Gloucester ... Great Bedwin Guilford Harwich Hastings .. Huslemere Haverford west Hedon Hereford ••• • • 1 1 Hertfurti Helston ••• Heytesbury . . Hindon Honiton • • Horsham ... Hull • • Huntingdon lichester Ipswish Knaresborough King's Lynn Uneasier . .. 2 Immeeston lastainies Lewes Lichfield Lincoln (City) .. 1 1 Liskeard Liverpool ... 2 1- Total for Reform ... Names of Places. 6 t Ns ..4 Loodwithlel .. Ludgenhall .. Ludlow .. ... - 2 .. 1 1 ... - 2 Lyme Regis Lymington Maidstone Dlaldon hlalton hlahnesbury Marlborough 31ilborne Port Minehead ... Monmouth ... .. 1 MOT peth Newcastle.under.Lyne 2 Newcastle-upon. Tyne ... 2 New Shoreham Newton (Hants) Newport (Isle of Wight) 2 Newport (Cornwall) ... 2 Newark ... North Allerton Norwich Nottingham (County) . 2 Nottingham Old Sarum ... 2 Oakhampton . 2 Orford Oxford (City) Pontefract ?.. .. 1 1 Pembroke (Borough) ... 1 Petersiield Plymouth ... . 1 1 Plympton Poole Portsmouth Preston •.. Queenborough Radnor Reading Reigate Richmond ... 2 ... - z ... I 1 ... - 2 ... .- 2 .. 2 - • - 2 .. 2- ... Ripon Rochester .. 2 - Romney ••• Rutland (County) Rye ... Salisbury .. Sahash ... Sandwich ... Scarborough .. Shaftesbury ... Shrewsbury .. Southwark .. St. Albans .. St. Germain ... St. Mawes .. St. Michaels ... Stafford ... Stamford ... ... 1 1 .. - 2 ... 1 1 ... 2 - ... - 2 •• • 2 Stcyning ... Stockbridge .. Sudbury •• Surrey (County) Tamworth ... Taunton ... Tavistock ... Thetford ... Think ... Tewkesbury ... Truro ... Tiverton .. Totneu ... Tregony ... Wallingford .. Wareham .. Warwick ... ... I I .. I 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 1 1 1 1 1 .. - 2 Wells (Somersetshlre) ... 1 1 Wendover Wenloek ... 1 1 Weobley West Loos ... 2 Whiteburch (Hants) ... 2 Wilton ... Winchelsea Winchester ... 1 1 Windsor .. 2 Westbury .. Westminsta . .. 2 Weymouth ... .. 3 1 Woodstock_ — ...— 2 Wootton Bans; Worcester ... 2 Yarmouth (I. W.) ... 2 Yarmouth (Norfolk) ... 2 York (City) ... ... ... 211 Against ... ... ... 161 Blajority in favour of Reform .. SCOTLAND.Edinburgh (City): Against the 8i11....1 CAMBRIDGE. Friday, one o'clock P. N. At 12 o'clock this election ended, when the numbers were— doulburn 806 Peel .. ... 805 Cavendish 630 Palmerston ... 610 The two former were declared duly elected: the candidates then retired to their Committee-rooms ; the successful ones were hissed vehemently, and partially applauded ; the unsuccessful, particularly Cavendish, most fervently cheered. Shortly afterwards Lord Palmerston and Mr. Cavendish left the town ; the populace took the horses from the carriage of the latter, and drew him out of Cambridge amidst deafening acclamations. We see, with more regret than anger this unfortunate result, to which the senseless fears of the country clergy, and the inter ested miscalculations of certain resident fellows, have jointly contributed. The victors will probably be the first to lament their triumph, which, however, can be but short. It is a circumstance worthy of remark, that when Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Palmerston stood against Goulburn and Bankes in 1826, Lord Palmerston was returned by the majority of 630, being Mr. Caven dish's minority in the present election ; and in 1829 Mr. Cavendish was returned against Mr. Bankes by 609, being one less than Lord Palmerston's present minority. We have not time now to analyze the poll, but as an illustration of the superior intellect and talent ranged on the side of reform, we publish the following list, which shows that 16 professors voted for the reform candidates, and five against them : FOl. Hariland, Physic . Lee, Hebrew. Musgrave, Arabic. Babbage, blathematics. Cumming, Chymistty. Airy, Astronomy. Clark, Anatomy. Smyth, Modern History. Henslow, Botany. Sedgwick, Geology. Fetish, Application of the Sciences to the An. Starkie, Law. Hewett, Medicine. Wheeler. tlineralogy. Prynn, Political Economy. Barnes, Casuistry. Turton, Regius Divinity. Geldart, Civil Law. Scholefield, Greek. NIT. IJirrett, Arabic. Liz, Autonomy. YORK HIRE. RETIREMENT OF I. DUNCOMBE. The great and opulent county of York will this day do itself the immortal honour of electing, without opposition, four Members, all pledged to support " the Bill." The anti-reformers have in vain attempted to obtain candidates. As we before stated, two out of the three whom they were pleased to fix upon "as proper persons" declined to come forward; and now even the forlorn hope of the party, the Hon. Wm. Duncombe, has also retired, leaving the course to be walked over by l'our Patriot Reformers. The anti-reform ers, at their meeting held in York on Friday last, deputed Edward Bcckitt Denison, Esq. to go to London, and there to see Mr. Duncombe, and asceatain what could be done for the cause of the " Friends of the Constitution," GENERAL ELECTION. as they are pleased to call themselves. That Gentleman returned to York on Tuesday, and it wee soon spread round the city that Mr. Duncombe would stand to the last. Their adjourned meeting was held on Wednesday, and Mr. Duncombe having arrived in the city, a faint hope was raised in the breasts of some of his supporters that their case was not altogether hopeless. Alas, how non were those expectations blasted. After being in secret consulta tion (no Reporters for the liberal press being admitted) for about three honrs, they came to the resolution that it was not advisable (or expedient) for Mr. Duncombe to be put in nomination. The news spread rapidly round the city, and A smile of pleasure beamed on every countenance that the friends of corruption and enemies to reform were so com pletely beaten by the popular voice of a loyal and patriotic people. - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. ATLE8111:111Y, Friday. At the dose of the poll for the day the numbers were— Chandoa, 866 I Smith, 487 I (Imrell, 362. WARWICK. APRIL 4.—The glorious victory of er the borougmonger ing faction here has been complete ; the chairing of the two reforming menthe's took place this afternoon, in a triumphal car, magnificently decorated, and drawn by eight beautiful homes, attended by sixteen equerries : it was one of the IDOSt splendid exhibitions we ever witnessed. The procession was formed of the chief voters of the borough, attended by a numerous party of the principal gentry of the town and neighbourhood. The two gentlemen, Messrs. Tomes and King, entered the car at three o'clock, and during the parade through the principal streets they were hailed with the great est enthusiasm. On the final close of the poll yesterday, the namber:, stood as follow : Tomes. 698 I King, 523 I Sir C. Greville 505 Yesterday the meeting for the nomination Of members fur the county took place, when F. Lawley, Esq. and Sir Gray Skipwith, Bart. (both pledged to the reform bill), were pro posed without opposition, and the election will take place on Tuesday next. Sir Gray is a new candidate, in the room of Mr. Dugdale, resigned. Sir E. Wilmot had offered himself, but not being gene- rally approved of, it was intended to propose Sir G. S. Phil lips, Bart. in opposition to him, but, to prevent a contest, Sir G. S. to the satisfaction and delight of every one, kindly consented to be put in nomination, and his name was received with most exhilarating sounds of approbation. MONMOUTH -.-WEDWEIDA Y. The Monmouth Borough election has terminated in the defeat of the Marquis of Worcester, the numbers at the close of the poll being— B. H3ll, Esq. 168 I Lord Worcester, 149 Majorl:y,l9. The announcement of the Assessor was received with the most enthusiastic expressions of gratification, and the new member is now being chaired amidst the liveliest demonstra tions of joy. The majority would have been greater, but the poll had closed before the last division of the Newport voters arrived. Thus, another Tory member has been driven from a hitherto impregnable strong hold, and a gentleman of the most liberal principles, and of considerable talent, has displaced our late almost silent member. The county elec tion takes place on Friday, when W. A. Williams, Esq. of Langilby Castle, a staunch reformer, will be returned in the room of Sir C. Morgan, who has resigned, the worthy Ba ronet stating his belief that the vote he gave in favour of Gen. Gascoyne's motion has lost him the confidence of the county. The other member will be Lord Granville Somer set, the independent interest of the county not being suffi ciently matured to oust both the old members ; thus, by the dissolution, the Ministry have gained an equivalent to four votes in this small county. BEDFORDSHIRE. BEDFORD, Tntr RSDA Y.—The election commenced yes terday ; the procession of the candidates and their friends was very grand. The reform candidates, the Marquis of Tavistock and Sir Peter Payne, were welcomed with the utmost enthusiasm. S. Whitbread, Esq. the High Sheriff, opened the proceedings on the hustings in St. Peter's-green. The three candidates were then put in nomination, and seve rally addressed the electors. The speech of the Marquis of Ta vistock was one every way worthy of the house of Russell ; and that of Sir Peter Payne a manly declaration of public principle. The speech of Mr. Stuart was inaudible beyond the hustings. He professed himself a reformer to a certain extent, but pledged himself if again elected, to vote against any diminution of the number of English Representatives. The show of hands was about three to one in favour of Ta vistock and Payne, but a poll being demanded on behalf of the other candidate, an adjournment took place for that pur pose this morning. There were several ladies, amongst whom we noticed the Marchioness of Tavistock, Mrs. Whit bread, and Mrs. R. Stanhope, on the hustings. The pro ceedings were peaceably conducted. WORCESTER COUNTY. Though the city election has passed off so quietly, we are promised a vigorous contest for the county. No third can didate had been previously announced, though expectations were held out that an opponent to Colonel Lygou would shortly make his appearance. These expectations have been realised. On Thursday morning an address was issued from the Honourable Captain F. Spencer, R.N. in which that gentleman offered himself to the county, announcing that he was friendly to the Reform Bill, but intimates that his views with regard to the county representation did not ex-' tend beyond the next Parliament. In Foregate-street the horses were taken from his carriage, and he was drawn, amidst the acclamations of a numerous assemblage, to his Committee-room at the Bell Inn. Captain Spencer was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Lord Lyttleton ; from the balcony of the inn he addressed the assemblage. He came without perponal feeling against any one. He came on public grounds alone ; and was rejoiced to see the cu : thusidstic feeling in favour of the great cause. " The King, gentlemen," he continued, " has put it in your power to pass the bill introduced by his Ministers, and it depends upon you whether you will now return such members us will give . it their support. In my address to you I have pledged my self to vote fur Parliamentary Reform, to the f:;11 extent of that Bill—(cheers). This is my first visit to this part of your county ; and I now personalty pledge myself to sup port the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill, whenever by your favour I am pl . iced in the House ot Com mons"—(cheers.) Captain Spencer will be nominated by Sir C. S. Smith, Bart. and seconded by Robert Berkeley, jun. Esq. of Spetchley.—Captain S. is the second son ot Earl Spencer, and brother of Lord Althorp. He commanded the Tilbot at the battle of Navarino. Colonel Lygon and his friends are actively engaged in different parts of the county, and present appearances lead to the conclusion that they will conduct til_ e!ection with the same spirit and perseverance which distinguishei the con test for the county 25 years ago. The Hon. T. H. Foley has been extremely successful in his canvass ; his reception at Stuurbridge was most enthu siastic. HUNTINGDON COUNTY. . MA Y 6.—The election commenced yesterday : the business of the day having been opened, and the precept, &c. read iu the Shire-hall, the Court was adjourned to the hustings. Gen. Onslow proposed Viscount Mandeville as a candidate, trusting that his Lordship's conduct in Parliament had been s uch as to meet with their approval. Although Lord Man- GENERAL ELECTION. deville could not consent to go the length proposed by the reform bill, he was not an enemy to a just and equitable reform. S. Newton, Esq. seconded the nomination, from :t strong comiction of the fitness of his lordship to become their Ri-- presentative. T. Lindsell, Esq. proposed Lord Strathaven. Capt. Edwards. R.N. seconded the nomination. He said that Mr. Hooper and his friends some time since declared, that when they had got a refcrmed I louse of COllllllOllB, if it was found the Ministers' plan did not go fir enough, they would then have a measure that did ; this he thought .t fearful tie, laration. Capt. Duberlev said, the fl ieni's of itidependei ce thought they might have done without a contest on the present occasion ; but at they could obtain no positive pledge frc,m Lord Strathaven to support the whole of the reform bill, they again presented themselves before the treehalders. Ile then put Mr. Hooper in nomination, and called upon the freeholders to remember that his cat:se wit.: that of the King, the People, and the Constitution. G. G. Day, Esq. seconded Mr. Roper's n , tnination.•— Himself and friends had been called a factious set, but ho denied that their proceedings were any other than a fight of principle. it was not their wish or object to keep the county in continual warfare, but they would never be at peace if it was to be obtained by sleeping on the rights and liberties of the people. Upon its being found that Lord Strftthaven voted for the reform, bill as far as it had gone, it was intended that no opposition should be made ; and if be had continued Erm, himself and frknils wonid have rallied round him ; but, after reading the Jesuitical addre..6 which his lordship issued, an opposition W• 18 determined upon. Lord MANDEVILLE observed, that although be was op posed to the Reform measuie, it was nut because lie wished to perpetuate a system of corruption, but he could not think that House of Commons very corrupt which had out-voted two different Administrations ; and believing that the pre sent distress did not arise from mis-representation, but from taxation, lie conceived that reform was not a proi:er came for the measure: it was not a renovation but a revoViuti of the Constitution. Lord STRATHAVEN admitted the principle of the Bill, believing that from the lapse of years and change of events much improvement might be made. He was attached to the Constitution in church and state, and would not consent to any vital change in either, and therefore he could nut pledge himself to support all the details. J. B. Roortot, Esq. observed, that in consequence of a requisition from 200 freeholders, ha stood before them for their suffrages. In ordinary times he should not have as pired to a scat in Parliament ; but when so important a mea sure was brouirl►t forward by Ministers and supported by the Crown, he thought it would have been improper in him if he had not given the freeholders an opportunity of express ing their sentiments upon it. One of their late nable repre sentatives had voted against the bill, and, he believed, con scientiously ; the other had hitherto been in favour of it, arid if he would have given a pledge to have continued the same independent line of conduct, he (Mr. R.) would not have opposed him, but given him his best support. For himself, he asked their suf f rages upon " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill ;" and if returned, and he found the proposed measure did not go far enough, he would vote for one that did. A show of hands was then taken by the Sheriff. A re spectable number was held up fur Lord Mandeville, but a very few for Lord Strathaven. On the mention of Mr. Rouper's name, an immense and apparently almost unani mous show appeared for that gentleman. A poll was then demanded for Lord Strathaven, and at the close of the day the numbers were— Rooper, 270 I Mandeville, 178 I Sarathaven, 126. ESSEX. CHELMSFORD, FRIDAY.—This being market-dsy, the polling has gone on with great activity, as,indeed, it did yes terday. when it is remembered that upwardsof 700 votes were polled in the course of five hours. But though the voters come to the poll in much greater numbers than they did dur ing the last general election, there does not appear to be so much bustle and excitement. Mr. Wellesley's perseverance in keeping the poll open the whole 15 days at the last gene ral election, drained the stock purse of the Tories, that was raised for the purpose of backing their protégé, the Colonel ; and their only hope this time was, that Mr. Wel lesley's own resources were so diminished that he would be unable to make head against the enormous expenditure of a county election. The unexpected determination, therefore, of the electors themselves came upon them like a thunder stroke; and bad it not been (as rumour asserts) for the lucky intervention of a portion of the Newcastle fund, the courage, id est, the money, would never have been forthcoming for pursu ing the question to a poll. Essex, however, ever has been one of the strong holds of the high Tory party ; the immense number of parishes into which the county is divided more than makes up its want of a Cathedral, with the customary addenda of Bishops and Canons, Dean and Chapter, Arch deacon and Priests, and gives the Clergy what has hitherto been a most preponderating influence at all county ejec tions ; hence the failure of Mr. Long Wellesley at the last election. It now, however, remains to be seen which is the more powerful cry, Church' or' Reform ;' and it is fully expected that a very few days will sufficiently prove the su periority of the latter ; though, at the same time, t must be remembered, that as yet scarcely more than one-fourth of the freeholders have come to the poll. The polling this day lusted from tea o'clock to five ; and shortly after tl.e latter hour, the sheriff declared the numbers to Le m iters , 907 I Wellesley, 869 Tyrrell, 824. The announcement was received with loud cheering. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. MAY IS. GRAND CORPORATION DIN N ER.—Yestetday, the Rigi.t Worshipful Archibald Reed, /I , q. Mayor of this town, gave an elegant entertainment, at the Mansion-house, to Sir Matthew White Ridley, Batt. and John Hodgson, Esq, the Representatives of Newcastle, as a compliment to them, and commemorative of their sucensful efforts in obtaining the repeal, during the late &ssivn of Parliament, of that very obnoxious tax on the Coal of the Tyne, km), n by :he name of toe " Richmond Shilling." Exe:usively of the Members of the Common l'outtel, a large party of Grath men were invited (between seventy and eighty were presto') to celebrate the day amongst whom were, on the right and left of the Chair respec tively— Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. al. P. and John Hodgson, Csq. M.P. Sir William Dickson, Bart. the High Sheriff for Northumte:land (G. Silvertop, F.sq.) Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, F.-q. Lieutenant Col. ILA. and ten ofEcen of the Northumberland Yeomanry Cavaity, Al dennvr. Cramlington, Forster, Sorsbie, Bell and Wright, the Sheriff of Newcastle, the Reverend Ralph Brandling, R. Burdon Sanderson,Esq. Captains Pitts and (noes, R.N. M. Ridley, Esq. C. Ceokson, Esq. (the Rec•irder) Mr. Town Clerk, &c. The repast was altogether of the first order, and included a magnificent dessert, with the finest flavoured ices, West India convenes, &c. &c. The wines. namely— Chantpaigne, Claret, 31adeira, Port, eta were fully a parallel. in point of excellency, and proved no ordinary treat to the connoiaseur. In the course of the evening, several appropriate and interesting addresses were elicited by the toasts, particularly that which was made by Sr Al. W. RiditY, in which the hon. baronet described the unwearied devotedness of his late colleague (Mr. Ellison) and himself to obtain from all rotator ud. ' ministrations, during the last 20 years. the repeal of that unjust and oppressive tax which they were that day met to celebrate, at so superb a banquet. M t ling could 'sxed the hilarity and good Isure.oui which animated all parties; and shettly after ten the senpany separated, highly gratified with the splendid hospitality of the worthy Chief Magistrate. • 1 II 1.1