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)). Hr P tut. mr n continitel.—The esamination before the Lords be had never read throut h. and perhaps this W3II also the case with those wLn pat the titiesoion. ar, and genersl applause.) This et 'deuce e3.' t..ken for the intrpose of enabling persons to make up their mind. mod ilt;s he ronf,sseil lie had not yet Ilene. )Ir. Sums:Ell sn;d his question was not yet answered. (Cries et it s;" with hisses and them fur Pannier.) inc Court was then adjourned to nine o'clutk to-tnorrow (this . COCNTr OF lIF.'ITFORD ELECTION. Yrsirnlay was appointed for t ~ ~ a nominainnbal Candidates for th s r wiry. In consequeor.• of the Town hall Irming occupied by Nation of 31eirlws tor the borough, the nomination took place in a large square meadow, calks) the Ploughed Field ; in the centre ul ani.:ti was oliced n weggno, which screed as hustings. S r 14tinicE Evil'. the High Sheriff, arrived at b t; ',..past .welre tit-Intik. Ile commenced by obst rying, that h v foye j. e urc.-ce b d to tie nrintrdiate business, he would say a word or two the manner in which at was brought before them. If there ▪ soy excuse in be made for a man just entering oil the exercise v , t ditties Sheriff, for his want of experience in huidnery retoal occurrence, tlittt excuse would apply with still greater ,i • to . his want of information regarding general elections, on cc. ttot , • t t'itir heiag much less frequent. Feeling this, he had made eta eta y to csroadt persons of experience and legal knowledge, • s tid the writ did r oti make it necees in to lis am particular illy t o it e nom'n it ion of candidates ; it only hard the time of ttitt elev. •I 'I. Tiut In titer. thert, luttig the peculiar busiociai of the el-ctors. n. Usti ?cruets' ri rcqatiotitei. newt resp,t , nbly signed. rrqui•stleig t i a'l this nice tog. %tit!' ilits retpiii•ititen lie thought it huts netts t • ceti p!y, anti he might add, that he always should consider .1 st t tocrely a linty, lint n pleasure, to attend to the wia'irs of the n le urn of t'te county. tiler, hear.) They welt:, then, nnw to voider th mteleca in n special county emir., to nominate gentle. S.• Das cou i taws foe the representation of the shire. This he w silt; lease in their hands, trusting they would give wall a patient tit Cut.LEV SMITH wild he came forward for the purpose of r•ir John Scbriglit. (A malaise.) Haying done this, he woo'd sot its inin them for the purpose of (minting out thin gen. 11-matts merit. ' as they must ell know what hod been his political • er. Ile CA It, I v.. when the 110 use of Commons tunic to be uoirly rout returned. they might search it to the bottom, a ti would net lind a tome independent nom. ( A pplauae.) Air. DAN tr I ti.e str r ;after thanking his Hoe. Friend for the terms in w . i.ich he had spoken of hint, said he would trespass on their rme but a few moments. because he purposed reserving himself for any tine tuns that might he put. Ile was ready to tender a free and open acemmt to any who might desire it. (Hear, hear.) His 110 . Friend hat attacked one thing to his name which he bcp d' e i'eserved ; his (relit said he was independent. There were tt 0 e in t e House who firmly fixed themselves with either one pry or an. th:r. Either they were the supporter , of all the acts of the Ad nini•trad. n, or they were the opposers of all the acts of the A-Iministra - in Such had out been his (music. The coley he ha I given d hen those, in his jittlgniont, best raleolved to pro mo', the good of los country. ( A pplatute.) Neither for place, honour. 'cumin n,. nor to gratify his ambition, would he pursue a o.ltrrt en! t ath. iiplimse.) Ile had trespassed on their tittle, not to say he lid i'one ha; hail done honestly. ((Atm...) Ma at: ii- i by en the resu l .^,!rte cf his own yuiloter.t, for he did lint go into that II u 4 t • he lid by any one. Sir. 611.1 a I el ell• 11 forwtrtl, and nominated Mc. N. Calvert. Ilt n. Fr end was entitled to tilt ir attachment and esteem. Ile bad been many y , ars eetihd in that county. and for several years 'via he repri set twit eof tl a la rough, in which capacity they had at: el fwi re-sieg bin conduct. Ile came before them in no Bret I main al war; they had seen his coating foreears, and re htl that t!-ere wvs no man in the House whit discharged hr duty wit) nor • rrg rd to the welfare of the ciliary. and with Less to bi• own privy e interest. (Hear. hear) lie night not on a I o:ens . , n: I a e coed as they would all approve; but this was impwsible. bee awe ?bey differed even amongst themselves : it was rot asatrrshing, ilie:efore, that lie should oceas;onslly be at variance with acme of .h.-ni. (..1 !nihilism) Ile ( Mr. (iiles) referred to those who had any rimmenics ion with, or knowledge of his lion. F icnd, tt estimate b s ciblraz.er and works. If tin v wanted any thirg furtho-, le• them look to his domestic qualifications; let them look to nim as a hasSsnil, a father. and a man. ( Applante.) He was 'mire tt at tt . e e were comparatively trifling recommendations, but •I ev we- e tie lest possible pledge that he would conttrate to sere !lie .! , t ey mat him into Parliament fur the county, as he lint sets d.ll min the borough. He hoped, therefore, they would coral le thei. I iteres . a to hint, and he had notloubt about their being satisfied with t'le ri watt. . . . 3lr. (IA LIT OV, in seconding the nomina•ion, said, never in the evurse of his hal he untlertsk= n any duty with a more perfect satisfaction. IVlte her his lion. Friend's public or rriva•e charac ter were referred tn, he would be found to be equally estimable. This thy were not unacquainted with; for he had lived amongst t'..tot in his p ricate cap it ity. and hie public ant were before t h em. They m ght r of live to se another election, but he hoped they would newer diuriefe f•um their minds that there were two young Peers in embryo who were lobe proposed on a stiloy.quent occasion. ( lime) ("at.uFliT aid. if he were before then; as a new character, 'wire dead of hi• pclitical creed might be expected, nut as he had ha t e ltonn•tr r itre sem Mg them for many years, hi. political , kt= wn. lie dwnld re.erve himself to unswcraily parte-lila p, in. that might be put to him. lie did not retend he ee'd •a i tien tipie every vole he had given ; but, as his lion. Fri eel I a • s ..1, he hail alsays voted according to what he ceased- , ertioi•sle I) I cv el to le his duty. Mr. Poi s ict he did not intend entering at any great length nn he t I e %Mudd address to them, but there were grounds on aid thi lie emits! ne . It le objecting to the present nuntinreion. Ile k ew •11.1 t•o g n I, men were highly honourable and respectable ; • ant tie it n e to irepegn, therefore, either their respectability or burnt r. Tut the question here was, a hether these „eentlenten did ; r did t o•, r present the feelings and sentiment s of the county. (He .) H begged that nothing which might fall from his lips mig - t e se pp elect to have peptone! reference to the two Candidates ; h • thin. !lit them emit!. d to his full respect, though they were op posed to hen en some imp .rtant questions. One of these went to the thole of the g•nt leeien'e general principles; but the other was one, respecting which he felt satisfied that those who heard him possessed a &cited and colacientious conviction. They had voted ter a Bill tainting to the Rieman Catholics a qualified establish ment ; t) that body, whose spirit was unatetteth who retained all the acr;meny chanieterizing it. The first foundation stone of this religion was 1 3 intuitib lit y, and once pronounce it to be sue, and there was no hope of a etarge, because infallibility could not concede itself in error. If they referred to history, they would find that in Europe, and wherever „his religion had been prominent, the arts, sciences, and moral chewier of the people, became debased and in. jured. (Applause.) If they sent two Members to Parliament who expressed sentiments contrary to those of the majority, the private respectability and character of such gentlemen Were but a feather in the scale. (Applause.) He was obliged to tell the gentlemen of the county, dm on the present ocea•ion there would net be any opposition : but if there were, he spoke the sentiments of numbers when be sail that Fe thought neither of the gin:frown nominated would be rttureed; and the ground would be this—they voted fur the third reading of the Catholic Bill. Ile meted the fact as here eeived it from the newspepere. (if this BA for which they voted, he would ,I,ust show a single feature. Part of the plan was to cent bush and pay the rieetho.xl of Ireland, when no d enee of corn e llen existed bet n een the comeituted authority. and that body. This pay, WO, was to be furnlehed from the taxes—those taxes, against which they were accustomed to hear such an outcrr. But how was this to be avoided ? It ought to be resisted by sending some indivi dual to Parliament who would support the tonsi ution in Church as well as State. The course being now pursued reminded him of tile stupid people oft I I, who pulled down their gate betnuse it was not high enough to atheit the lone bearing deed) in its bosom ( 4 PPllluse.) neaten only knew what would be the deesion of the next Parliament; but he mild not help expressing a hope that the Alembic:es would speak the sentiments of their enlightened and inde pendent con•tit toente. S'r J. SESIti GUT said the lion. and Learned Gentleman had at once brought them to whet was, after all. the gist of the question. —ln going round the county for the purpose of canvassing, he wait fee to admit that he had met with more than he enticipated who seem cl to be opposed to the Catholic cause. lie would meet the Question at once, aed after stating freely and frankly his views, leave it i i their n Is to decide upon, if they pleased, at the poll. Every t n • V I is constituents should know hie opinions fully, ant then they molt elect or reiect him. That wall the tree ground oa shish he di me to set. He al otild truckle to no man, but directly be found his e p Mom differing essentia:ly from theirs, he should retire, en] early teethe them to chuoee a tenre fitting Beim eentative. (Applause.) He was a trinul 19 universal civil and relighees liberty. (Chews) He thought religious liberty ought to Exist in the greeteet posoble dere, provided it did not exhibit a power injurious to the oe at te , peace and good, he rather oaght to say, of the esanter. He agree.' with the Learned Gentleman in thinking that 00 COWS ty o tiel be free where the Roman Catholics were in power. The question was how they could be premed pining power, or how it could be best taken from them. There were in Ireland 6,000,000 of Catholics, bound to each other by religious ties. Thieve p-reirtio naturally rise d themselves under the influence of religious sad panics, chiefs, vino wine certainly dangerous to the liberties of a state. Will, how could this be got nil of ? Had it ever been known that these thing,. were put down by persecution ? Ile put it to his constittwr tt themselves whether they would not think their tights geettly infringed if they were to he deprived of their votes? ifs repeated that toleration was the only cure for the evil, while ineoleratioe wand entree is aegravation. He was no friend to the Catholic religion. but they differed as in how it was to be got rid of. H: t !ought it sitigelar, that !hoegh he had. been in Parliament 19 years, and Iran; that period to this had voted fur the 11.11, Ile was These? before calbel 0;1 mace:punt for it. Why was this? I• would be painful for him to say any thilig anima the present 31 Inborn, though be never sat behind the Treasury Bench to stipple them whether they dill right or wrong • suit it gave him pleasure to he able to declare that a TOT! liberal Administration he never knew ; bit the era-on of his having no. keen tallest to account was beams the Cahniet was unfortunately divided. and one part of this faction —lie meat call it a factioe, however high it might he—songht to excite a popular ferline ageing the teller. If the rich memhere were allowed to eh in Parliemeni, there woilld not be more than hi nr 6 of them. and was this triflirg nuither to king up 610 of 'he Yr.-- testants ? Those who believed that the erliniasinn of 3 member , . into a hours with 642 would enable the firmer to gain the ascendency, mast believe in the infallibility of the Pope. Thetathoirs ad. mitten that the inteleration of themselves towards Luther and Cal. yin did more foe the Reformation than all its soppnetere. Ito con. e lusion, he would request them, if they thought him a St oleo, to return him; bunt if they thought him otherwise, to reject him. The 1 tier was a duty they owed to their country. Air. CA Lv r lIT said, in the vote he had given, he had exercised his beat ti t remit). This was a question of jostler and mini ency. Here were seven millions of the Irish populltion, nix millions of which were Catholics, and he knew them to be increasing in popu lation, wealth, and power. Notwithstanding Ili advantages, hon er, r, its sittlitt kr' was little better than that of a conquered nation. li r rere was between four and rive millions; but be would ask, why should Am not pay thirty mWkms Omega of live millions. The vote licitad given was a conscientious TOW, and not one of fa email Mr. WILLIAMS then proceeded to make a few observations. lie was decith illy of opinion that it was highly dangerous to en. courage the I othulies in those encroachments at which, they aimed, and or a partial compliance with which they hail attained already an Maiming degree of power. it waa said, by the Gentleman who last aderessed them, that they were not aware of the number of penrl *lawns affecting the CatbMies which hail been repealed during the preceding reign. Ile had also asserted that they wer: growing in power and wealth, and the inference which he thew (coin those facts was, Cott they aiwnild be gradually indulged in the concession of all :heir claims. The great danger which that gentle. man seemed to apprehend was (tom granting all they asked in the !amp, but lie was not at all apprehemire it they were to be given by negreen. 1k ( W.) differed, however, essentially with that (:emientan in this parti•ailar ; and he thought, if such were to be the trouble co.sseeteme of the re-election of the two gentlemen now proposed, that the people of England would send them back io ilisapoitintnient notwahstanding till their admitted respi etability. Sullies* that a man. of whatever religious tenets, were to refute to support the King of England, it could not he eunteieled lie was to be deemed a lit subject for the en).,yrient of all co stitutional advan tages. The Catholics were hardy tllOllO ill do 40, and therefore endured the deprivation. It was alleged. however, that the system was eh: mgt.'. and that it MAX a there bugbear and mummery at the present day to talk of the infallihilny of the Pope and the supersti tion of the Catholics. Such an assertion wax contradicted by the real state of the case, which showed that tho Catholics still adhered to those same mortices of mummery by which they were heretofore distinguished. Ink to the Netherlands. where it is euvoniary to have money paid, r Metes of was represonting legs and arms, to tile pri es t s , who get them blessed by the Virgin Marv. %Were such chi. gs to he over l ie:l it , Eaglandi. And were the Catholics to be allayed a liana iii all the advantages of the Constitution while they perseeesed in the obstr..atiee of such ridiculous super. stitioos I t them he really ehaugcd , and he had at objection to strew than into Parliament. In taut:ace to the little mischief which the ailinis , ion five or Mx membeni of the Catholic commit mon into Parliament could effect, i.t those present suppose that one of them so intrOdneral bi came Prime Minister of the Crown, a hme objcei would naturally he to promote all his connexions to places of pri fe and power laugh), in such a case would the danger be trillirg ? If they hail any doubts on the point, he would refer them in the •• 13 kof the darters," Cet them read it, and they would find that the apr.reneasions against grantieg !Ile Catholic claims were too well t.natdcd. (•• No, no.") All the Catholics wanted was to !;t:t power and abuse it. Ile would contribute with his purse art p services to a•oist the interest of ally Candi date opposed to the principles of iii., Catholic.. The pl in of yield. ing to them by degrees would end in tumbling the fabric of the Mr. Catvi irr wished to make only one observation on the in. consistency of the arguments used by the last speaker. That Gentleman was excessively afraid that the Catholics, if admitted to places of power, inti,t necesarily convert tile people of England. It was, however. pa) alb; a poor compliment to the English ration 'o calculate on such a result. when their change of opinion was to be ejected, as that G.mtleinan inferred. by tricks of mummery and rite?. of wax. The means were badly suited to the end. (Ap plause.) Sir Jolts Stne IC lIT made seine observations, which from a noise in tile crowd we could rot will hear, concerning the absur dity of fearing dangtr trom the introduction of fire Cadiolic Mem bers into Parliament, when it was found that twice the number under the prcsnt sysion could make na ilifilerence tin particular questions. A. to the allegiance of 1 kthulics, it should be recol lected that th •y took an oath of allegiance as well as other subjects of his 31.Ti^sly. I(. I II'.CTS.) 11 r , t;11.7 a wished. at ; ,n !Olos:on Lad been made to hint respect. ing the midi f .terse ~r 11r. Pitt iii favour of Catholics, to state that 3lr. Pitt's conduct ntrectctl :I ihflerentqnestion. Sir .1 sr:unit:fur said that 31r. l'itt distinctly advocated the Ca tholic claims, and that he went out of Ailininicratiun because his Maiesty s;c:tiltt not a:tree to :l.•e concession. The limit Sir Entry then said that they had been summoned to ailuw (hoot that day, as lie already explained. to hear the nomi nation of Candidates. and that Sr John Sebright and Nicholson Calvert, E-q. had been acrnrdingiy nominated. He would there fore tip on tea o'clock toanorrow I.'rlday) precisely, for proceed ing to the Election at the Counts Hall. HERTFORD ELECTION, TIII*RSDAY, JUNE 15. Mr. Byron having yesterday. for the (hart time, been at the head of the poll, by a majority of three over tie popular candidate, Mr. lluocambe, for the borough of Ilerford, the partiaans of the lathe, on some iwra,itt of quarrel. broke nearly all the panes of Kiva at the Salisbury Arms. where the Committee of Mr. Byron inct ; no other mischief was done us ne could learn. This day the election tertninato!, at half-past twelve, in favour of Mr. Dun °robe FuLl 31r. Byren, the timetecess'Ut candidate (Mr. Bulwer) huriog been then obliged to yield, an the last man was polled. The a umber:tat the close of the poll nere— AI r. limicombe - - . 393 Mr. Hymn . - - - 393 Alr. liu'wer - - - 3UI Of those who voted fn Mr. Diinconibe 193 gave plumper& Mr. Bokser's cahrass, cnnsiderin; the short time which elapsed since its commenrani. nt, was coosidered to hove been effectitc. At lour o'clock ?Ir. Duticombe, who is deservedly the popular candidate, w..s eiairell through the town, winch presented a very animated spectacle. 'tlen, women, and children, seemed to he in gay confusion mixed," and determined to enjoy the last day of the festivity. Mr. liren, the other successful candidate, did no t choose to tty the hazard of a chairing. A large body of the men who mimed Mr. Duncombe at the time of chairing, were distinguished (besides other insignia) by wearing whitelhats. Band• of music were pzrading the sheets at the hour we quitted the town, hut there wer no signs of dis'urbancc. The importance of the county election seemed to have merged in the intense interest experienced for the result of that for the borough. READING ELECTION. .Tuut 13. Yesterday, between four and five o'clock, a report !suing been eircula:ed that Mr. Spence was about to resign, before the Mayor announced the num he rs,_ . _ _ Mr. Srestce. said—Though it was an unwind thing for the Candidates to addre es the ltL cting at the close of the poll for the day, yet he should take the liberty of saying a few worda, to ex plain how a report originated which had gone abroad, of his having declared his intention to withdraw. It was merely this:—Arrange ments hid beta made between hint anti the tither Candidates , respecting the order in which their carriages were to precevd from the hustings, width, in consequence of some circumstances, hail been altered ; and this had led to a conclusion that he did not in tend to appear in drat place again to-morrow ; but he could assure them it was his fire: detennirmtion hi continue the poll as long as lie considered lie hail any chanee of eLICCCRS. Hilt if he discovered, by ma investigation of the pal.books, that he had not, lie would forthwith decline the contest. Ile btlier.d that the number of tin. polled votes were fully sufficient to justify his requesting his friend% to assemble to-tno:row, at the opening of the poll. (Loud applause.) Mr. MONO( said he would. with permission, follow the cx. ample of his Learned Friend, and sa• a few words, to exhort his friend% to persevere. as lie c mid assure them that lie had now 110 unpolled prontl.er.. ((Ties of " No. no, Neddy ; big aords. Nethly better trot off', Neddyi) But lie would also assure them he would certainly not keep up the contest a moment utter he saw he could not succeed. He highly disapproved of keeping the pall open, as some had been aCCIISI0111C(1 to do, only fur the purpose of harrassing a succesful uppotient. (Cries of " Bravo!") Mr. F. PALMER then rose and said that he thanked his friends for having placed him in a situation which rendered it not :km sal for him to examine his poll-books. He hoped that his worthy frit nes would, after taking their evening's amusements and a good right's rest, repair to the hustings early to-mot row, ar.l continue their kind exertions in his behalf, and by no means give his °pp°. fleets the opportunity of vrotiting by their want of vigilance; lie was sure they wool i not do so. Mr. Monett I'm spoke to the following effect:—Though very gratsfal to his friends. he by no means considered himself safe, thmigh be steed so well at present. (Cries of " Yee, you are.") lie knew there were sufficient unpolled voters to turn the tables against him. ("No. no !") Ile trusted there was no danger, but he wished the triumph should be as complete as possible; because it was not his persorel iriutiaph, but that of principle., that they were comending for. It was to support thirte principles which he thought every Ciielishittan should hold dear, that lie at first be came their Representative, end it was solely upon paneiple that he wished to continue so. (Great a::d continued applause, and cries of " That's true !") The MaYon then addressed the Meeting, saying that it was with great satirraction he bad witnessed the very peaceful conduct of all parties that day. 'Flu: contest, it was true, had been carried on with great spirit, but it was with a proper spirit ; and he trusted that the same ra.imal mode of proceeding would be adhered to to the last, and whoev. r shou'el be the successful Candidate. it was his earnest wish that the partice should be moderate in t h eir triumph, and not K. the, th. it former friendship to lie disturbed. by their having b' 'e ilitterent colour during else election. (.Ip plau-e ) lie then declared the este of the poll to be ;:s follows ; Monett - - Waits field 36r1 Palmer - - - Spence ki)11 . 11 O'CLOCK, YKSTEIMAY. At the clone of the poll ye•teri cvenini, the majority in favour of Mr. Palmer bring above Mk and for Mr. )(mirk levee lob, it was generally supposed that neither Mr. M'skeNelit nor Mr. Spence wo,ild continue the contest. It was evident th.it Mr. Monck was secure, anti ?try little licpe remained un the part of the Mites of polling any thing like an ayn.l imniber to Mr. Pnlmer. flit opinion was further confimied by the addressee delivered by the Blue Candidates to the electors in the evening, when they declared their determination not to continue a useless contest, but to yield the moment y were sotished tlicy had nn charter or snecesa; Fatly this morning a hand-bitl was published by Mr. Wakeliald, in which. lie 'Mud, that baviug evarniu.d his pa:l-bools, and round THE BRITISH PRESS. no hope remained, he should withdraw from the mutest. Mr. Spence still continuril. but with whetcbtweeofmotatat.wewill Lave our rezulers to determine upon looking over the state of this day's pod. STAIR OF TUE POI I. AT TOUR OCLOCIL. - Spence . 4Z I Pailfuls SUSSEX. - 430 11111011 TOW Tiwist&Y. The Ceunty Election commenced this day at Chichester; ;cl it is understood that if, as no doubt will prove the caw, Sir lintlfrey Webster should find himself certain of losing the city, he will then come forward for the county. (Yawn he cannot hare any chance of ultimate success, and probably does not expect it hirnaelf; but bci:rg on the spot, lie will be enabled to poll a cerain number of valet without touch trouble or cost, and at the same time place his opponents tinder the necessity of incurting considerable expense. The result, howvver, cannot be doubtful. . . A deputation from this town Illinois,' waited upon Mr. Donovan. sine.: the cto•e of the Lewes election, requesting that gentleman to come torwatd for the comity. Since writieg the shove, we learn that Mr. Donovan passed through Brighton yentertloy. shout live o'clock. post for (7hichester. It in conlieent) , stated that he intends to stand for the county. We also untletstatal that die Under-Sherif and other otlicera of the Sheriff's Coifs'. have gone to Chichester, in the full expectation that tilers will be a contest. ,NIIOIIEII.IAI ELF:CTION. (From the Brighton Gazette of yesterday.] The election few the Borough of Shoreham and the Rape of Bromine commenced on Tuesday last ; and from the certainty of a se' ere contest between Mr. Sugden and Mr. Howard . it caused very great interest, and the town at an early hour was filled with electors and friends of the several parties. It has always been usual for the Candidates to meet at a place called the Stones, and proceed in order to the church, which rule io ibis inotanee was departed from by Mr. Howard and his friend., who imnsediatele on their arrival in town went to the hustings; in tuna. quendeof which the whole of the space within the belfry was completely tided with persons, and Sir Charles M. Burrell und Mr. Sugden, with their friends, were obliged to r ass through one of the thickest crowds we ever recollect to have seen. tied so placed as to render their good wishes to make way for them uselexa. Aa soon as a littlesilence could he obtained, and the usual preliminaries had been observed, Sir C. Goring pro posed Sir C. M. Burrell, Bart. as • Candidate, seconded br— Aldridge, Eati. ; Sir Timothy Shelley proposed H. Howard, Esq., anointed by the Rev. lle. Challen ; Writ Bearer, Esq. proposed Edward Bortenahaw Segden, Esq., seconded by Thomas Wear, Esq. The noise and clamour were an great that it wan impossible to hear a Oriole wont below the hunting. ; but we understood Sir Charles M. Burrell, who mine forward hest to address the electors, to nay, that he had had the honour of being their Repre.entative for the last twenty years, and his character was so far established, an to render any onservatimia he might make on his principles unneces sary. It he had served them well, he hoped they would return hint ; if he had not done so. he should not expect it. In one point he would yield to no man, and that was his Independence. In his public lite he might hare committed errors, but they bad been errors of judgment. If he were returned again, he should act on the same principles as hitherto had guided him. Mr. llowann next came forward, and the noise was then still greater. It aas a considerable time before he could obtain a tangle into rval of silence, and am this gentleman is directly opposed to Mr. Sugden, puny feelings were exhibited very strongly. The few words we were voided to hear hint utter were, that lie is a young man of tin avocations or employment, and that, if returned, lie would do his best to promote die electors' prosperity. If they would not hear him, lie trusted they would at least give him credit fur making, what it hail been said lie could not make—a good speech. Mr. Sun n etr then came in front of the hustings, and ailenne was 1 for the first time observed ; he commenced his address by stating, that in appearing before them, desirous of the honour of repre senting the assembled electors in Parliament, he was influenced by the wrong feeling which must he common to all--that of securing 1 their independence, and preventing the important district, forming the Rape of Bramber, from being converted into a close borough, under the control of the house of Norfolk. Little chance would there be of their regaining their rights, if the common cause of their independence should fail upon this occasion. The great ex pense of such a corned, the vast personal exertion required to its successful issue, the great resources of their opponents, profusely lavished to defeat their object, would always present gent obstacles to the attempt. Ile had embarked in the cause, was determined to carry on the contest to the last, and lie doubted not their efforts would be crowned with success. It was necessary for him to state what were the principles upon which he called upon the electors for their support. He hail the greatest veneration for the Constitution of our country, established in Church and State, and would ever tine his humble but beat exertions to sustain it vigorous and unimpaired. It was necessary that there should be a , parammint established religion to aurport the State, for no State would long endure that was not religious, although religion would ever he injured by becoming political. Though a sincere member of the Church of England, he wished every titan to worship the Great Creator according to his own conscience, and to every de. seription of disaentere from that Church he would impart all the benefits of the Constitution which could be granted to them, with out danger to the Establishment. It was right that he should .late to them dint, conaidered in a political point of view, be had formerly thought that further concession,' might be safely granted to the Roman Catholics. No moan could ever have been more op posed than himself to the ex.enaion of their religion—a religion in. consistent, an it seemed to !din, with the enjoyment of civil liberty. But it had ever been his opinion that no further concessions 'Mount be granted to the Catholics, unless the feelings of the great body of the people of this country were whit then,. He was convinced that the contrary was the case. He had ever thought that no concession should be granted to them, unless they obeyed the laws as good subjects. So long as the Catholic Association ex isted. inconsistent as it was with the government of the country— an Association which took upon Retell* the functions of • Po n ish Parliament, anil ought to be put down by the strong arm of the law—he had .ever thought that no further enneessien, could be safely granted. When Parliament had dissolved the As sociation, the Catholics in Ireland, as soon as the Session had ex pired, evaded the law, renewed the Association, and continued those acts which lie considered inconsistent with the supreme Go vernment of the land. They had hired a French Newspaper to traduce and vilify this country. They had interfered with foreign Governments. Their leader and organ had declared that lie de lighted in the ilia:nevem which had lately visited this country— distresses which went to the heart of every man of right feeling in the country—and no one Catholic hail stepped forward to ex press ha disapprobation of such declaration. On these grounds he was prepared to oppou any further concessions to the Catholics; but his opposition would never be influerced by any malignant or unkind feeling. Should the time arrive when, in the view of the great body of the people of this country, and in his own opi. Mon, concessions might be granted to the Catholics, and his constituents should still think as they now did, he would instant. ly put them again in possession of the trust they had reposed in hint, and would give them the opportunity of returning a Mem ber who might truly repiesent their opinions in Parliament. There was a great question most important to the interests he was desirous to represent—that of the Corn Laws ; they required the deepest at. tendon, as they afforded an inadequate and uncertain protection to the farmer. Steadiness of price was the great desideratum ; a price which, whilst it afforded a remuneration to the sgriculnaist bur. thened with tale's, to which personal property was not liable, should still lie such as not to cripple our manufactures and coin mere n the great promoters of agricultural wealth—interests which, if it were allowed to use the expfession, were dove-tailed together, and could not be disunited without destruction to our prosperity. lifitli regard to the slave population in the West Indies, he could say that he had ever felt the greatest horror against slavery. It was inconsistent with the spirit of our Constitution that it ahuu'd be continued. It was inconsistent with the divine act of the Almighty, who had breathed the same immortal spirit into the black and the white man, that the colour of the skin iduald be the test of his condi tion. But, be it remembered. that the crime was that of the nation at large, and the country therefore must pay the penalty. It would be contrary to every apnrk of justice that the West India proprietors, who had acted under the sanction of the law, should alone bear the burden. Still he knew that it was practically im posaible at once to emancipate the slave population ; such a mea sure would not only be the destruction of the white population, but would piece the blacks in a state of misery from which they never would emerge. A law might beneficially be passed, declaring that all children hereafter to be born should be free, but then you must provide for the training of them up to habits of industry, and pre pare them for the enjoyment of their freedom. He next spoke of his own pretensions to represent them. As was well known, he had railed himself from the etas* of those whom he was then addressing, to that in which he appeared before them—he had done • so by his own honest unwearied industry and under the blowing% of that Constitution, of which he was an example that it did aflOrd to industry and integrity and honour, rewards which could no where else be attained without the unction of high birth, or the sacrificeof principle to power. He had achieved, without being beholden to favour front any man, everything that his heart de. sired, except the honour of representing them in Parliament. He declared that in doing so lie was not influenced by the desire of place or preferment, but only by the high ambition of being their Representative. He pledg-ti himself not to receive a shilling of the public money. either directly or indirectly. lie then mated that a plot had been lot up against him, and that unfounded im. putations had been cast upon Inns : which the unanimous voice of the electors in the three principal towns of the Rape had de clared to be tinni %tided. The leiter from Mr. Butler to Mr. Blount and he heal never seen it. had been written without his authority, He had known Mr. Butler for upwards of 2al years. Mr. B. had ever professed Tot him the greatest kindness and regard. lie had always consulted him on important circumstances 'tilde life, and it was must natural that lie should communica'e to bim Isis intention of becoming a Candidate. Ile was not to tsk •it foe granted that the Norfolk family would as omolicr of course oppose hint, and he certainly was desirous of avoiding opposition. Mr. Ilowatd, how ever, innueliately started on his canvass, and Mr. S. hail front that montect, without ever requiring any answer from Mr. It., steadily and as ag oun ty . o pp s . e d arr. (toward. If then had been any regll6 t Waal, the matter have ended with merely a single convey. et t it i ; The letter which Mr. Boiler hail written, marked •• pry. worn." had been mails ptddic in tinter to injure him, in breasb of all • ee between them ; for he (Mr. 8.) utterly disclaimed M Sia s e 'et lan. Mr. Bloun was t an utter stranger to MM. infamy of the breech of con fi dences T wo can th aw who big ' ' Sat what malt be thought or tits cause led& ro- ldie qUilred Seth means for its support ? The strong wound upon which Its stood forward was to preserve the Rape of Bramber from becom ing another elnae borough in the bandit of the lieward fan , * Weald they know how the. leetion would have been conducted had the Howart; prevailed over them, they should have been present at the last election for Horsham borough. There the head tit the Howard fainil kindly provided two Members, their names written on a slip of paper, which, for fear of miliake, was carried by the independent elector*, who were to Perform a part in this •• farce" of an election. Indeed upon this occasion the part of the elevort wan (as the play-bills wouki have had it) kindly performed by the patron hinutelf. The Honourable Representative for that borough, who now stood next to Dowel:ad at the head of the party with a nosegay in one hand. whilst with the other he draeged along his unwilling victim. the representative of the peat man's representaiva, for the other Honourable .leother fur the borough has been take elected, but never yet seen by any of the electors, except the patron : this gentleman 's courage failed hint at such a scene. As he was dragged along his nerveless anti tell powerless by his aide. and he in vain endeavoured ut hide the unlucky posy which was intended to range with the nosegay of his honourable companion. 0, fur the love of laughter. that you had heard the soul-inspiriag much of " See, the compering hem contest" whilst dismayed and thapirited, the conquerors of the fr,..celoni of t h eir fellow-burgesses tied and dispersed themselves. Why was it that their tunes of gladness 'tied upon the car, and imparted nn joy to the hearts of those whom it was intended to inspire ? IVlty wu their few negixtcti and deserted, when although there werc chains and shackle., yet they were hid with roses cud garlands. and re ' fCction might be drowned in wine? 1: was that the spirit of the Constitution was abroad and lowered over theni.a real electim was going on, the breast of every man panted for freedom, the mockery tattle scene before them hint ill responded to their feelin k s. and for the first time, that which had been considered an impoiiing spec tacle, become a revolting exhibition. (Immense cheers.) Compare such it scene with that which we now see before Wt. in which an in dependent loan stands forward and seeks your suffrages, upon inde pendent principle.' ; the animstlng scene must make every man's been bound with joy. lie came not there to preaeh a cresade against boroughs, but he did come, and he would always be at his post to prevent the !tape of ltramber from dwindling into an in significant borough, adding to the weight and importance of the , [lowan's. Mr. UIrRST replied very wstinly to Mr. Sugden ; but we were happy to ace them afterwards shake hands together. .111.11Lact; stag nod .Major A i.t.xst addressed the Meeting. The commencement of the former gentleman's speech was Amen. tieely listen•tl tit; but the latter part, as well as the cite which followed, was wholly lost. . Colonel LLovn. the late Member. who has retired, addressed the fterhulders, tut . , from the noise and clamour which prevailed, it was not possible to hear him. From witst we could collect, the lion. Gentleman look Icave of the elettors as a public character. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Sugden sod Mr. Howard ; upon which a poll was demanded by Sir C. 1. Burrell. The following is the sate of the poll at the close on Tuesday and yesterday : Ist day. thl day. Tegal. Sir C. M. Burrell . - 11 1 2I 9 410 Iloward - - :di 'lOl 207 Swgtlen . 1:9 149 ;.:09 . The contiact of tome of Mr. Howard's party yesterday cannot he tint strongly condemned. Every facility was otrarded to Mr. Howard's voters, anti every obstruction thrown in the way of Mr. Sugdett's: so that for a apace or two hours not noire. we are as thanti re Blues could get near the poll. In fact, during the whole of the day it was only by sheer force they could obtain ac cess; and the consequence was, that last night upwards of 109 voters of 31r. Sugdeu s remained in the town unlit-died. This ac counts fur tie majority which Mr. Howard had last night: at one period of the .lay it was upwards of 79: but when at length the 1 Pink party began to be exhausted, the dill'erence was reduced to 43 ; and had the poll remained open longer, there would hive b :en a large majority for Sugden. LEWES. [From the Brie/don Gazette of yesterday.) The term " respectable" has given great offence to the Radi cals. They clearly proved on Monday that neither respectah;lity. nor even common decency, belong to them, for on Sir John .`.'.ltet. ley paying AD. Kemp a visit at the Crown Inn, the Radicals made a rush at the lion. Baronet, and but for the interference of On friends who accompanied him. thr probability is, he would rot now be the worthy Repre,en:ative of our Armen' borough. The non-respectables arc very partial to imputing Newmarket tricks to the friends of Sir John Shelley. No trick comes up to the one attempted by a Rev. Dissenting Minister, and which huts pined him a cognomen he will never lose in the borough of Lewes. The cuckoo parson was the only indiviiloal who pers malty in sulted Sir John Shelley during the election. Ilk speech on the hustings violated alike the laws of rhetoric and the i ules of grew:- mar. Decency was not exoec ed from this quarter. Sir John Shelley sexually thanked the constables at the close of the pull! Was it tor their impartiality . . We noticed a smart and .piritcd laJ riding en a donkey in S:r John Shelley's procession on Monday last, d: cot-seed with the co lours of the party, which called forth great meld nese front the large assemblage of ladies who honoured the procession by their presence. . . • On Monday Sir John Shelley entered the town in his catriage, sutrounded by his numerous and highly-respectable circle of friends and electors, with colours flying, slid preeethil by the town band. Soto after four o'clock the company sat down to an excellent din. net in the large room at the Star. Arming the company who im mediately supported the lion. Rootlet were Sir George Shitfner, Bart., T. Par:ington, 11. Campion. %V. C. Mabhott, H. Spence, and W. F. Hick, Eseirr., Alsji•r Carter, Kee. Mr. Crofs, Mr. Shiffner, Rev. Mr. Proctor, rte. /sc. Mr. Joseph King. Mr. D. King, and Mr. Mosley, were the Vice-Presidents. After the cloth was removed, the PRESIDENT gave " The King," " Duke of York and the Army," " Duke of Clarence and the Nary," and " The land Lieutenant of the Couniy," which were severally drank with enthusiasm. Sir John Shelley proposed 11E2 health of Mr. Kemp. Mr. Kemp returned thanks. The constables healths were n'so drank amid sonic disapproba tion, and Mr. Kemp and his fiends left to return to their own dinner-party at the Crown. Sliortly afterwards Sir John Shelley and his friends went Vivre to return Mr. Kemp's friendly visit, and we followed to the Crown, where we witnessed such a scene of con fusion and uproar as has seldom been surpassed. On getting into the room we found all the company standing either on the table or benches, a I orators and no hearers ; not one distinguishable sound was to be heard; it was "confusion worse confounded ,•" and we regret to add, that soon afterwards Sir John and his fric.ds were compelled to leave the room, being inhospitably thrust forth by the then triumphant party, who must feel shame for their con. duct as they peruse these lines, and remember with wilt kindness Mr. Kemp was received at the Star. Sir John, when he returned to his friends, declared that the guiph between the parties wan now widened for ever. Mr. Kemp he must sill respect; but as fur the party. he would never keep terms with them more. Mabbatt also addressed the Meeting in strong terms on the usage they had met with. Ile had long olperved the signs of the times, and he had no hesitation in aa)ing it was the object of the lower orders in every part of the world to tyrannize over every thing that was respectable and honourable amongst men. If we ' must have a reform (continued Mr. Mabbott), let us never submit to receive it front a mob—from a street mob—skulking scoundrels, who have nothing to lose, and are cureless what injury they product to society. . . . The company then returned their harmony, and we ktft abou half-past nine o'clock. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. The Election for the County of Huntingdon commenced yester day. at half-put twelve. The town of Huntingdon was all in bustle. but the opposing parties in good humour. Lord John Russell appears ex:ettlingly popular. CAMIIIIID::3 ELECTION. CAMORIOGT.. TIICUSDAY, ONK O'CLOCK. The polling was re-commenced this morning at the usual hour, and with the usual formalities. The contest, as before, was par ticularly animated. The following were the numbers:— STATE OF THE POLL AT A QUARTZIL BEFORE ONE O'CLOCII. A I t °roe, -0 eneral Palmentua - RC I Banker - 4851 Goulburn - TWO O'CLOCK. Attorney-General - 6681 Bankea - Palmerston - - UM Ootilhurn . -- OXFORD. JUNE _l4, lrt The bustle and tumult of this place is unabated. The election for the city is carried on with vigour on all sides. Langvtone having gained the lead of the poll, keeps it. The struggle. there fore, is now mainly between Mr. Hughes and Mr. Lockhart. The friends of the two &Inman& gentlemen have gone to the greatest expence in bringing forward the nut.voters of London and other places, and the pull will, no doubt. be kept open until Saturday. Altogether there are about two thnarsawd voters for this city, and as many an fifteen hundred were polled on the last contest. At the closius of the poll this day, at five, the umbers stood thus— Mr. Langrone . - 442 I Mr. Hughes - . Mr. Lockhart . 421 COUNTY ELECTION, The election for the county will be inevitably a severe contest ; and it is rentnrkaliht that the county has never been en agitated by an election since the yesr 1734. A severe contest then to.* place between the ancestors of the present Slr. Dashwnhd and of Sir firegory Page Turner. Fine Members were returned to Parli A . merit. and afterwards the ratio; went to a committee, when both sides, as they say, were rittned. Tne election talcs place on Ptiday next , snd the three candidates. Mr. Feet., Mr. Ashurat, tool Mr. Stratum, ate OM with their ae.herenia still canvassing. If I may he allowed to form an imp, t :in' opinion, divined from heating all sides, I think that 31e. Pane and 11 r. Ashurst will be returned. The sobscription raised for the latter !gentleman, to the amount of 7,00'1., is necessarily caletillted to damp the feelings of th e Sirnttoo potty tot I understand 31r. Stratton has heen recently left a large fortune, and is determined to stick to the contest until the list. Therefore, ' there never was such times" in Cuts seat of learning. Sll KIII" 4 11 1 1R V. The contest for this fllrot , ql) is ;;D:ng on with great spirit Hr. .Corbett is considerably a, the heed ut the PA. As the dope of IVotlaesday's Poll, Air. Boycott headed . Mr. Slam) , only by ow rote. MAR Lnonoucn FLECTION. For a long time the Members for this borough have been re.. turned by the Alayur and the select Fturg s% n , On Wednesday I , st. when the election took place, the Cfilltllloll Imogene% claimed the right of voting. a•od eighteen of then, temicreg! their votes in f.,vmtr of Thorme, Hudson, Esq. :mil G)Ion, 1 In g ek! nirn , i n nrpo _ si; ion to th.• Lords Bruce and Bred:lncl. for whom I:,e Alsyor the seven select burgesses (two of who:n arc uonsresidents) voted. two lauds were returned by the mayor, bet it wilt depend u pon the decision of a Committee of the House of COShiatolll wise. that they or their opponents will be the sitting members. C(oY ENTRY ELEI'7IO.V. INC A MALI-Phai ELEVEN. THURSDAY 110 State of the pull : FOee - 1220 I Ellice If eathrote Moore . 43 443 The new Candidates, ryler and lieathente, have both declared ttiemselves onpo'ed to the Roman Catholic claims. and this ctr. etia)atelte. together with their tireiient stim ling on the poll, placos their return beyond a doitiit. S. high th,;is 31r. lleathoott stand in the e.timainin or his neiAlibolts, tint be was 'Mickel' to nfrer himself for Lit &theta, a Aunt di.tatice from whir!' he resides. only a few limas after he hat arranged to otter him"(l.' for this city. Prier Jlonre is now losing Lis temper arty ntt•c!t, as the chances for his ra urn daily dernate. .S' Jnit b. A meeting was Imhl at Sts. 1111 7 .1 ea Mo.:day. according to an 1104th:tem by the .High Sitertf, for the puriewie of nominating persons to represent this county in the next Parliament. 'reticlesler, the seat of Mr. Lit. le:on, was thronged with face holden. who were anxious to nay hint their perannal respects ; bp s ( at halElhint 10 o'clock he WI% t•eor • eil to the county town by a cavitc cede, eon•prisin4 more than a liontlied carriages, anti a vast coo* tours^ of horsemen. extending lur more than a mile along the road. Sir J. Wrottesley, Ilan. was met by his Wends. in carriages and on horseback, at the Lion Inn, in this town, and was joined by • great nutt,her an he tiroareded to Storrod. The candidates above nave) were lout hi nomination the same day, in from of the County 11011. They severally addressed tie electors, and Friday we. upon ter the election. LEOMI NS T E LEC I.l:o3ttgaTEß, Jc'E 13. The state of the poll at the close of the tiro day was—. lewd Boitigna - 12 1 Thomas Dish - . 1 Row lar it Ste v.:1)1ton 9 1 Fretierivk Cuthbert 9 After ihe tioniiiiw inn and addresses of the Candidates. when the Assessor (Air. Powell) was Mt. ut to put the name of Mr. Dish to the show of hands, Air. Coleridge. thn attends as counsel for 11 r. Steremion, obj,cied that he was ineligible. being a public ton. tractor. The Assessor, loweve , , pas , poned the hearing the ar gument opt' that point till a pull should be demanded. and a voter tender himself in Mr. Bish's inures'. Tile show of hands *An declared to b 2 in favour a Lord ilut4am and 31r. btermatm, un which a pull was demanded tor Alf. itiSh• It was some time before a voter came into the box to pall fur Mr. MAI, but upon his appearance Cots: rtinnE renewed his ()Woe lioo. Ile contended that a contract fee tie Levitt y brought the cur_ tractor within the provision of the 2:2d Geo. 111. cap. 4% being o contract with the Lords of the Treasury for the publ c service, imsl he pointed oat in how many ways such 2 contact brot;lo tke tractor tilt! in die control of the liovernnient. lie:then sit. ed that ' • would prove Mr. flesh to stand in that medic-talent at tints im that he or. s:tch emunictor widon the meaning of the Stanitv, and that several of his cover:ems :Tr:aimed still unperformed, a:itt would lie so tiil tile List chmtviag of the present lietery. lie them called Mr. licsse. the secretary and inspector of the lottery, who. after producing the contacts. proved that Mr. Bish might have. as he had had, coosidcralde lienetit unikr the contract now going on by postponement of the drawing. anti that Mr. Nish, with the other contractors, was still liable to be called upon to perform certain co venants, rtspecting licensed defilers in shares, if any persons ap plied fur licenses before the close of the lottery. Mr. ILtvaes, who was counsel for Mr. liish, contended, in a very long speech, that a lottery centric? wan not within the mean ing of the statute, and that his contract wan executed and closed by the payment of the money for the tickets, and by performance of the covenant for the preservation of the office-keepers' licenses; and that, so poesnig the Assessor might not be of that opinion, should produce an assignment of Mr. Iti.h's interest in the °M- I net, at the stns time that he, produced the other documents. —31,. Davies then produced the assignment of Mr. lush's inte rest, dared the LIM of June (the morning of the election), to his son-in-law, the Rev. G. B. Fowler, in oonsideration of natural love and aliCeiton, and ten shillings, and produced a reltrane from the lottery-oißce keepers in London to the contractors for all the tickets ncecsaary to preserve their licenses. and also a release from the limerv.eftice keepers of Dubin., shish did not seem to be duty witnessed. Mr. 11201.F.RIDGE. nn the part of Mr. Stevenann, replied that it was out of 31r. Mail's primer to assign the contract—that the us aignment produced was fratidulent, ai.tl that, Da to the other doca - mettle. they did not go far eneugli, as come penions might for a license to-morrow, and 31 r. MAI might be under prosecatiun if be refused to comply with his contract, although he bid exe cuted the assignment in question. The learned gentleman then concluded, with very energetically criling upon the Assessor to de.. Blare Mr. Eli-11 incapable of tieing elected. The ASSESSOR lied.re , i his judgment to be grounded upon the want of a case to guide him, where a Returning. Officer had pro nounced a Candidate ireap.ible of being elected • and 'aid th.star the commencement of the business be NO asked Mr. Coleridge if he knew of such a case, with n view to men his attention that peirit. lie declared it to be his opinion, that, in the violent state of the parties in the town, it web not a convenient tilllC to coma to a decision, end that hr. should go on with the poll. The poll commenced again this morning, when Mr. COLE numb: gave notice that thiees enters who polled for Mr. Bi-h would lose their votes, at that gentleman could not sit in the House of Commons if he are returee.t. LEICESTER CLECTIO.V. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14. The polling commenced this morning, at half-past nine o'clock, and closed at a quarter before five. Tice Canditlgnes then returned thanks to their friends. 3lr. Ewawavexpressed himself well satisfied with the numbers an his flavour, considering the singular circumstances of the poll. lie noticed to the electors, that floin first to last he protested, and still would protest, against the unconstitutional and illegal mode of voting by ywns and in mtat'on, as prescribed and decided bL the Returning Officer. lle in s i s t e d th a t n o s uch arrangcntrnt conkl legally be forced upon him, unless a connecting party, which tar was not, at•tl never would be. Ile ',Cloned the voters to anite up in the old English and constitutional mode, in that ancient mat.uar they were wont to do. when and as they chose to go to the Misting.. 'in the honest and voluntu-r spirit of Migli.th elcc!ort, lie atateil that he should have headed the poll but for sonic doubtful notes. which a phalanx of tan-ga•herers, me-collectors, parish facets, And Corpora' ion agents, had successfully disputed, hut took espe cial care to give lain no information that would reduce the pill of the Corpora ion Candidates. Still he doubted not but that the eventual success of his cause sip. certain. On the Einilidates and their friends proceeding to their seiernl cointnitte....roorns, the . immense crowd assembled commenced an attack to, the outward barriestioes of the hustings, and' on the peas set Apart for 3lr. Evans and Mr Denman, in order, it is supposed,, to give free access to those Gentlemen's friends. The Jame of eons:able.. engaged with the mob, to prevent their intentions being carried into effect, when, after a desperate engsgen:ent, the.etwil nuthorities were driven front the defence of the hustings, which were par:ialfy destroyed, as far as the pros in the Purple interest. The Mayor, Recorder. and Corporation marched out from the kw_ change to quell the riot, but were soon driven hack, amidst volleys of stones torn up from the pavement. Conhtablos' btaves, and em blems of oflice, changed Iguals iu numbers, and we are sorry to say that some severe contusions and wounds wcre inflicted. This Riot Act wet. said to have been read. la the early pttrt of the poll a placard was exhibited et the bust tugs. "N 3 Poptry !—.Cheap Mead !" The uproar and general tumult interrup:A the poll, and the offensive placard was mama( off by the Remo Mug Officer, amidst hooting. and yells. TWO, wu the first disturbance to the harmony of the day. The Returns ing Officer and ltecorder (Mr. ((mahout), except as to his oxide of taking the poll, presides in an itnpartial and gentlemanly MIMIC& WESTMORLAND. We horsily know how matte-a go on in Westmorland. excepting that the freeholders are very rapidly deserting the cause of Mt- Brougham. No less than fifty of his friends anti supported in the last contest have published a declaration of their inteattm of a ithdrawing their support in the approarhin4 election. Tie following we the reasons. and they ate each as Jentand the earnest attention of all well wishes of their moron,. •• We have watcher{ with the greatest Awls fbliwfOstio" of rho measures which hive been taken for the won'sr of the e.aitus and demands of the liftman (*whelk% for poliiierd }sower. and. with 'Arum we have oh.tetrel that Mr. l'retig'•aet has been our of the most zealous and active advocates (us the concesslutt .of disk claims. . . " We have not forgotten the price at which our Protestant bless. Mgt. and nrivlltjes were purchased. We hare not forgotten that: our forefathers Altai their blond in the cause of rfotcAllsOsuct, mot no Pecategtant,. what high') value our blessed priv!le i tes, and um deeply itttpr,sed whh a actor of the datit;itr to which they would ,h become exposed by the repeal of the 'wholesome enactments 'nick new exclu.le the Itotnan Catholics fano certain oftees .atcl pl at of power and authority within the kingdom." AC. SCC. k T hie feeling we believe is ver gettertd in etimherlal.J , arol in deed over the erlisk of Great Me tals . Sad its efracns wit( h e drip. droll eigitale, we appmheml. , the cpaohlitiou of tho mkt !louse of Coomuos.—Coookrkid .I".firiset of l'outioy. .. . . ~~