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LEICESTER coo.vry . ELECTION. (FROM OUR OWN RETORTER.) The High Sheriff having appointed to hohl a County Court, lbr o iee t e etion' of two Members to represent this county in Parliament, jrag the high state of piety feeling that has been excited by a ' , l .aru L ilv-conteeted election for the borough of Leicester, in which e e. of riot have already (wanted, considerable anxiety prevailed „ al ong the respectable inhabitatore of the town as the time for the or:holders of the county to meet approached, it being pretty gene roly known that, with a Great majority of the elector, nettling in e s borough, neither of the late Members for the county--and who i l ia agent been nominated—stood well. Although no OpliOttition !,/ those gentlemen 111‘ expected to take place, yet Rumour, with her hundred tonsure, had not been silent; and it was early on t ei redey morning current!, reported, that some gentlemen who cee e e ined political sentiments different from those which had been avowed hr the late Members, contemplated bringing forward a rente r whose opioiens, eepeciatly as regarded the three l ea di ng yes :tuns of—Free T rade, the Currency System. Rod the Corn lows. coincided with their own. 11Olio this individual was to he Id not accurately ascertained; indeed, like most run:ours. it was of , very vagu e and Indefinite description. Sufficient, however, had been said to trot the friends of hoot Robert nlanners, and tionge A. L. Keck. Esq. (the Candidates), upon the alert. and tree:wider' from all parts of the county began to enter the town c ;:y yesterday funning, that being the day fixed by the Sheriff to proceed to an election. At ten o'clock in the morning a large t eralearte of gentlemen and yeomanry of the county formed oppo see to the Three Crowns Tavern, which the Candidates had made L the ir . , __.. n ese-gustier*, and attended by some hundreds of epeeist con. orioles (a precaution deemed necessary in csnsequence of the dis enhance* that took ;dace on lVedneselay evening), they proceeded to the Castle, where a temporary hustings had been erected. At this time not less than 4090 persons were assembled, who were mostly of a respectable claas• and all of whom demeaned them ' selves with the utmost proproty and quietness. The UNDER Sereter haring read the King's Writ, and the Act of George the Second, commonly called `• 'Fire Bribery Act," The High Sheriff (Trios. W. HOLLUAM. Erm.) asked the Free holders whom the pervoaa were tiny woad please to elect to be their Represemetives at the neat Parliament Ono, Egg. without malting any speech, took the liberty to taming,. bard Robert Spanners as a fit mid proper person for that perpOle. CLEMENT WINSTANLTT, Esq. seconded the nomination. CIIARLES Gourar.v .11tione, Esq. then proposed George AritOory Lee Keck as the other Representative. whose nomination ~,,e , e o nded, without arty remark. by Ile sue HUNGERFORD DOLDITUII HUNGIRTORD. Esq. A use for a few moments tow followed, when, no other Candi. f:re being propecd, The limn Sur air? rolled foe a sheer of hands, upon which he dole:eel the two genilenten who had been norninsmd to hare been stay elected to serve in Parliament for the County of Leicester.— (lositd cheer.) .;r. Tuosija PAGET (hanker, of Leicester) now stepped for warJ on the busting*, and said that, before the election was con. traded, he purposed to ask the Canoidetes one or two questions. 1:e come forwent with no feelings of hostility— The limit Streeter —You are too late, Sir, the election has taken place. After the he:enters km been sign ed there will be an epti-rtunity for you tepid rim imestiuns you please to the Members. Mr. Petite said, it was moistly wish a view to harmonize the feeling% of the poor manufacturers towards their Representative* that lie ventured to offer himself to their notice. The neesseary dad was then signed by the newlyolected Siena. Dem. and several of the Gentlemen Freeholders present on the I , hestiege. Tice Mow Surlier said. Yam Gentleman now wished to ad dress the assembly, he wax at liberty to do so. ' Mr. PAGET rata, in adopting the present course, he entertained no hostility towards :heir worthy Representative, nor had he any wish to excite an angry or to convey one feeling of the slightest disre spect to any person. it was not only a right which every free bie:ems had, but a privilege which he mein to assert, that of se certaining the opinions of those to whom the managenunt of their best interims bad just been ...trussed for the rest seven ye-art. With this feeling, and rather with a desire to soothe than to lett t tte tie public mind, that he had determined to speak on the pre sent occasion. They were aware that there was a great and anxious feeling existing' in. the pubic naiad respecting various important subjects. y arriculatly the subject of the Corn Laws, which most decide affected the manufacturers of this country. Upon what passed on the day of nomination. the freeholders must recollect that both their Repro emotive* were strongly in favour of the Corn Law. Hie object then was to put it in the power of those gentle men to give any such explanation upon that point as might have the effect to soothe the public mini Ile was not one of those who viewed the present circumstances of the country, as of a tempo• ram tamer. (M the contrary, he believed that the evils were in. ceasing and taking deeper root daily. These gentl emen , w h ose connexions were principally with the sgricultural part o f t h e com munity, could only derive their information reepecting the distresses of the manufacturers, from information chiefly conveyed through the medium of the public prints. That their Representatives had given the subject their utmost attention. and lied seighed it to the best of their judgment he meant not to deny, but he could urine them as a commercial man, that he had no idea of the extent of the embarrassments that existed in the manufacturing districts. Feel ing this, he thottelit it would soothe the irritation which that class of persons experienced from this state of things, if they knew that at least one commercial man had had the courage to come here before this assembly of the landed proprietors of the county of Leicester, and cand:d'y represent to:them what the real situation was in which the manufacturer was placed. The situation of the manufacturing population of this district must be well known to both their Representatives, as they alma/ had an opportunity of riving the condition of toe people, when betties diem a. Justices of the Peace. and they had also a means of learning it by tins amount Of parochial assessments. But those gentlemen did not know what was actually going on in the internal state of the ersnufacturers. Ile would just mention one single fact, which would give an insight lit° the condition of the trade of this insult diets district; and similar cases might be adducad if the inquiry were carried into the other branches of mauufacture. At this very moment, cotton stockings (the principal article manufactured in this neighbourhood), were manufactured in Germany and Saxony. at one-third the price at which the English manufacturers could afford to make them, and foreigners were consequently meeting us in every market in Europe, and even America, to which place their goods were seat through England. (liar, hear.) If such was the tact (anti hue doubted not there were many manufacturers present who could attest its accuracy,) in what a painful situa. ton must the matter be placed, and how frightful must the situate eon of the workman be ? A great part of our manufactures it was known used to be meted on in foroign trade, but that had been Ise: to us, and the same means which had lost us our foreign trade would also lose us our home trade; what then would be the con. sequence to our labouring manufacturers, were they to lie down and starer in the streets? It was well known that the master ma i MUl3cUltet could not help them, or give a f trthing more wages than what his profits entitled him to give. This was an alarming picture: but could it not be accounted for ? Yes. The English manufacturer had to subsist on corn which cost 3/. per quarter, while the manisfecturer on the Continent obtained it at 3en. He i entreated their worthy Representatives to consider and reconsider tits subject, seeing how these things °aerated upon the very ex istence of their constituents. He admitted that the question was arse of much difficulty, but difficult as it was, it resolved itself into this—whether the population of this country were able to be pre. served from starvation, without some great alteration or revision being made in these laws ? That was one main point to which he was anxious to call the attention of the gentlemen who had this day been re-elected their Representatives. Another point was, the ape paiiing npprehensiens which: prevail in the minds of a most useful and meritorious body of men, he meant that body which was int- aneeliately connected with the Honnorable Members themselves, and la abase interest they, next to their own, would need did give', i tee strictestattention, he meant' the tenantry of th e coon - ' tv. For he was f u lly of o pi n i on that the late measures of his .Maje•ty's government with regar Ito the currency you'd inevita. tly produce similes dreadful effec s, to those which occurred in the years Ifil; and 18IS, and again in 11121 and 1622. If his ap. . preheasions were well founded (and he had long experience to justify him in believing they were), he then would soy that there was at this moment a ruin pending over the tenantry of this coon. try, and which would far exceed and be much more dreadful titan that which now pressed upon the manufacturer. He expressed his opinions on this subject with due deference, because he admitted that the Corn Law. and also those principles which ought to go. vein she currency of a ceurtry, were extrem e ly abstruse. But when he called to mind the dreadful miseries that prevailed at the periods be had mentioned, the contemplation of which must be appalling to every mind which had the interest of lin. inatity at I east, he could not refrain from calling the ntostsetious writ .ti rn of their Representatives to the subject. Iledid not hatlat° to say* that the next Parliament moil be the most important that ever sat in this ki ng d om . if the Corn Laws and i t omency Law , mould bath be rmisted ia with the same operative 1. severity that they now acre, the only policy our manufacturers had i to putout wile, to be warned by the loss aireedy sustained of the Omega market, and to art accordingly. lie cautioned them to take time by the forelock, and to give additional energy to those rielmres which he had reason to know had already been eaten- P air, i, adopted. As to the niechmics there was no relief for them t they must get as much as they MR from their masters, and the rest must be made up by the poor rates. As to the tenantry, if the' resent system went on, he would give them this warning, either to quit their farms or prepare ffieniselvot to face ruin. (Hear, and expressions of disapprobation.) One or the other of these alterna tives was inevitable. To tile small freeholders he gave them notice to rant all the economy they could. The fate of persona labouring mom mortgages was inevitable. Now. as to all these r eveoal topics, he would ask the lion. Members to give their Mime. elate pledge that when they should go into Parliament, that neith er their eyes sho u ld ba shut nor their ears deaf to the oompleints of their conotituesits:upon these snbjects ; but that they would cow bier the peesitig events to conic before them ' and that they a mild give these subjects the most serious and candid attention whensoever they should be brought before Parliament. lie hoped he had not given offence iii any of the observations he had felt it his duty to make. I (I :rim of '' o h no !" f rom b ot h the Candidetes aed their friends.) ' lips motive, were only the well-being of his country. He thought I that it was calculated to soothe the exasperated passions of a suilio• .rig eenele, to know that there was one commercial man who would 1111rii torwarsi to declare, in the preaence of an agricultural body as ton were before him, the facts, the reasonings , and the considera tin's which their indulgence had pernOtted liitu to expreesr.— lied cheers.) Lord ROBERT MANNERS then came forward, amidst much cheering, and said—Gentlemen, with testleet to those subjects which the gentleman who has just addressed you, has thought proper to touch upon, I look upon them to be subjects of the greatest possible delicacy, and 1 do not therefore think I am bound to give a pledge as to any future opinion I niav eat main respecting them. Whenever they shall lie discussed in l'arliatiient. I can only any that my vote will be given upon them with that care which their importance demands, to the best of my judgment, and with a due regard to the interests of the parties concerned. (Cheers.) Mr. KECK next addressed the assembly. Whet, he had the ho nour of addressing them on the day of nomination, lie thought he had made blurted perfectly understood what were the opinions he entertained not only upon the subjects in which Mr. Paget had in terrogated him, but upon every other subject upon which he could be questioned. Ile begged, in the first instance, to return his grate ful acknowledgments to the gentleman who stood beside him (311r.P.) That gentleman had exercised a right which %Mulled hint (Mr. Keck) an advantage of which he would now avail himself. Had Mr. Paget been here on the day of nomination, he never would have supposed that upon dime particular topics at least, there existed any difficully in his (Mr. Keck's) fully stating the sentiments which he entertained. He on that *erasion had urged the necessity of supporting the landed interest, and that in order to do so, there were positive grounds for making a reversion in the Com laws. Protectingdutiet, hehad said, were when the countrywas under other circumstances necessary, but that under the present al. tered condition of the coantry, that necessity no longer existed. He had further urged that it would be to the interest both of the manufacturer and th • agriculturist that those laws should be I altered. The interecla of both parties were inseparable, and equally required such a measure to be done. No wan could be more deeply affected with the misery that had been felt by the manufacturers than himself; and he hoped that his endeavours to' I remedy them would at least chew the sense he entertained of those distresses, and would satisfy the sufferers themselves that there was no want of feeling on the part of those who had resided in their neighbourhood. Ile perfectly agreed with the Hon. Gentle man, that there was a necessity for a most careful revision of those laws ; and it was at the same time one of the moat laborious and most painful duties which a Representative could be called upon to perform. Pitt be its difficulties what it might, he would not shrink front the task, although he would not pledge himself to any par ticular line of conduct as regarded that duty. He would, however, promise to give the most careful, scrupulous, and severe examine tion, to every circumstance that should be brought before hint. It was impossible for him to comprehend how anything that had fallen from him on Tuesday last could be understood to have pledged him to maintain the Corn Laws, He denied any such ple dge. As to die appeal which had been made to the tenantry, he could only say, that no man was more identified with that class of persona, Lo:h by interest and by f.:eling, than himself. If there were any man who could look the tenantry of till's country in the face, and hold to them the language which had been used to them to-day, under the supposition dust the landlords could be indifferent specta tors of their coming ruin, woe betide that man for his feelings. The periods of distress all u d e d t o were suc h as he hoped and be d red they should never see again. With respect to the question of the currency, the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Paget), from his pro fessional habits, was aware that the subject w.ut most complicated and abstruse, and was therefore too difficult for discussion on such an occasion as this. Alter a few observations upon this subject, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Keck) declared Ida opinion to he that the lets measures of Govemnient would have the effect of prevent ing improper speculation. He did not prognosticate those ruinous consequences held out to the tenantry by Mr. Paget, and whose remarks he considered not to have been an well-timed on that sub ject as on the others to which he had referred. Tne caution held out to the tenantry was unnecessary. It might excite their appre hensions, hut it never could allay their fears. He believed the tenantry of this country to be in as sate a suite under their land lords as they ever hail been or could with to be ; and lie would ap peal to the body of useful men in his turn and say.-- Mr. PAGET begged to explain. lie had done all due credit to the good feelings and intentions of the landlords, and he therefore must deprecate the Hon. Gentleman's remarks on this subject. which were not dictated by that candour which marked the other parts of his speech. Mr. Meg assured the Honourable Gentleman that he had no intention to be severe in his remarks, but he felt that, after this notice had been addressed to the tenantry of• England, he should have been a consenting party to it unless he disclaimed it in the manner he had already done. After the explanation that had been given, he would leave that subject. The lion. Gentleman con cluded by passing an eulogium on the English character, whose moral qualities inspired him a confident expectation that England would soon regain her high station of prosperity width she had at limner periods enjoyed. liming again pledged himself to pay the best attention to the interests of his constituents, the lion. Gentle man retired amidst the applause' of the people. A vote of thanks was then passed to the High Sheriff, who im mediate!), after declared the business of the Meeting to be ended. The Hon. Members were then conducted back to the Hotel, with colours fiyine, and music playing the air of " See, the Conquering Hem conies!" When they arrived at the Inn, they again shortly addressed the assembly, after which the people began to saunter ' about, anxiously looking for the ceremony of chairing the Mem- I beta. Disappointment, however, was their reward, forhin the mese of an hour the following handbill was issued, the proxiety of which, under all the circumstances, cannot be questioned "COUNTY ELECTION.—It appearing impossible to conduct the usual ceremony of chairing the County Mention without ma terially impeding the proceedings of the Borough Election now going on in the Market-plaee,!the Committees of the newly-elected Members have unanimously agreed that it is expedient on the pre sent occasion to omit the ceremony." BOROUGH OF LEICESTER ELECTION. The turbulent spirit which broke out into such acts of violence on Wednesday 113 s entirely exhausted itself. No hing can excuse such desperate attack+ as were then made by all parties, one on the other; but it certainly does become impartial person+ to consider the cause of proceedings, happily so infrequent, before they ex press an unqualified verdict of condemnation on those concerned in them. And front all that we can learn, there certainly were acts committed by individuals who ought, from their situation, to have known better, before any disposition to create a disturbance mani. felted itself on the part of the boxer classes, also generally form the majority at places where freedom by birth and apprenticeship, or by paying scot and lot, give a right of voting. The arrange. menu fur boiling the votes are better tn-day than previously ; but even now they appear to us to partake of a curious character. In stead of a poll clerk and a check clerk for each Candidate being appointed to re ce ive the vote s , by w hi c h m eans severa l sets o f, clerks might be able to take votes simultaneously, there are some thirty clerks sitting at a table, all engaged in the laborious idleness of taking down the name of each elector as he advances to the hustings; and then, after being placed in the pen of those Candi dates fur whom he intends to vote, he is asked (quite unneces sarily, we think, as his being in the pen declares the fact), who are the persons he wishes to become his Representatives. 1 %limn it is considered whet the qaalificatiors are for voting, and 1 that the contest is a neck and neck one ; every cranny of the three kingdoms, nay even the Continent itself is ransacked for voters, it will be easily imagined that the inierint of polling is by no means trifling. There is another arrangement attending this election, which strikes as being rather strange ; (though it no doubt is the con sequence of the one that allows of only of one vote being polled at a time) and that is the polling alternately for the several Candidates ; so that when !lasting,' and Cave have polled two, then it is the turn of Evans aid Denman to poll two. The circumstance of 31r. Den man not being put in nomination at the commencement of the election, accounts for the variance of the numbers between him and the other Candidates. The difference between the votes for the other three gentlemen is not however so easily to be accounted for, under the existing arrangement. This mode of polling has been strongly objected to by Mr. Evans every day since its adoption ; but it is the opinion of 31r. Goulborn, the Assessor by the way, is the Recorder of the borough), that the plan is good, and it therefore continues to be acted upon. The state of the poll at the close of the business to-day was—for Hastings GM Evans - Care 613 I Denman . 493 After the numbers had been announced, the several Candidates' shortly returned thank s , a nd ex p resse d th e i r appro b at i on o f the good and orderly manner in which the electors had conducted heniselves yesterday and to-day ; and repeated their regret that any disturbance should have matked the earlier part of their pro (ceding% Mr. PACZT (who spoke at the county election), now mounted the balcony of the window belonging to the Committee rooms of Evans and Denman, and harangued the populace for upwards of an Lour upon all sorts of topics; he, however, principally dwelt upon the thraldom in which it was attempted by the Corporation to hold the Iloroagh, that body openly espousing the Tory party (Hastings and Cave, though the latter is accused of being a renegade Radical). and having brought in the powerful reinforeetr.ent of MN honorary voters to support that side, all of whom were crested by the said Corporation sonic two years ago. Thus, says Mr. Paget, who thereupon exclaimed, what is life, what its worth, gentlemen (scot and lot men), without independence ? (Tremendous cheers followed this interrogatory, end after other equally earnest appeals to these gentlemen, Dlr. Paget retired, and the two or three thousand men, women, and children immediately moved from the market-place in various di rections, as their fancies inclined them. Mr. Denman is anxiously looked for by his partizans. They think that • speech from hint would amend the system of taking the votes, which is certainly the principal source of dissatisfaction, excepting the aforesaid advocacy my the Corporation. SATURDAY, JUNE 17. It having been found rctremely inconvenient to continue polling one man only at a time, it was determined that a separate hustings should be erected tor taking the votes of those persons who lived out of the Borough ; which being accordingly done, the polling commenced this morning at eight o'clock at both hustings, the old one being used for taking the votes of persons residing within the Borough, and the other for the out voters. As soon as the business of the day commenced, )Ir. kinsiart le, the Barrister, who arrived early this morning, appeared on the part of Mr. Denman, who, not being able to conic down himself, had sent by that Gentletnan the following Reply to a Letter informing him of hie noininni ion : " To the Independent Eleators of Leicester. 6EXTLLMEN- 1 rejoice to learn that my name has been useful to the upright ■nd consistent Candidate who now solicits your support on principles which do honour to yourselves and to him : and I beg to assure you, that if a majority of your enlight. coed body should be pleased to return tne air.; as your R.prenata. THE BRITISH PRESS. .• tire to Parliament, no eforts of mine shall be wanting to prove myself deserving of your confidence. illy conduct in the last Parliament is ton well known to require any professions from me. To a Constitutional Rel-riti of the House of Commons—to the reduction of exorbitant Taxes, and retrenchment of corrupt Expenditure —to a Repeal Of the Corn laws—to a safe and gradual Abolition of Negro Slavery—and to all the principles of Civil and Religious Liberir, I stand pledged, by a direct and frequent avowal of opinions winch have nothing but truth and honesty to recommend them. Shu.idd Ibe restcred to the saute station by the good opinion of the peop:e of Leicester, I shall pursue the same course, sod end my life as 11, are begu n it. rectitude Fe w thinga ca n go f art h er to conv i nce me of the that course, than the favour it has earned for Inc at your hanoa. " .lost sincerely do 1 regret that my engagements must detain me at the present moment in London, and prevent my person;rl ac knowledgment of your kindness ; but whatever the result of 1 his great contest may be, I shall be eager to seize the earliest momei. , for expressing the gratitude and pride with which I subscribe my self, Gentlemen, " Your most faithful servant, " London, June 16, 1826. THOMAS DENWAY." This letter was immediately printed and distributed among the people, which evidently had a good effect, as will appear by the state of this day's poll. The partizans of Mr. Evans rind Mr. Denman are very sanguine as to the result; success, they believe, would be certain were Mr. Denman among them. If some one were present who could string together a few sentences of decent English, it wculd unquestion ably enliven the dull monotony that now prevails, there being nothing to gratify the gaping appetite of the " Independent Elec tors," save a few smart sayings between the Counsel of the opposing Candidates as to the eligibility or non-eligibility of the voters.iVhe titer it be the want of ability, or the absence of aproper auditory, cer tain it is that n e ith er o f th e C an did ates have evinced the least dispo sition to harangue the people; and were it not for such amen as Mr. Paget, who it cannot be denied has the faculty of saying a good deal about all manner of imbjects, it would be a very problema tical question whether tjoyment of free quarters, with all its accompaniment of drunke n and noise, would satisfy the hetero. genious mass that is assernbl here. A speech, loud and long, no matter how connected in o f respects, Is tudispensible at a con tested election, especially en the voters are composed of' such I f materiel as from the bulk of those who have a suffrage at Leicester. The expenses incident to this contest must be consi derable, for coaches are coming in hourly loaded with voters from the meet distant pans of the kingdom. It is, however, said, that be the result what it may, Mr. Denman will not be at any charge, the whole weight. as far as regards him, being borne by his col league, Mr. Evans, while on tile other hand, the Corporation are kindly contributing to defray the expenses incurred by the opposite party. There is an anecdote related about a poor woolstapler from Bradford, who is said to have eaten at breakfast, while at Wake field, in his way hither to vote, twelve eggs, besides a considerab e quantity of beef, which he seasoned with anchovy sauce and milled oil, after which he drank six glasses of brandy and Dantzic beer, and quarelled with every body who would not do the sante, de daring that they were no friends to Hastings and Cave, who de served to be supported. At the close of the poll on Saturday night, the numbers were as follows-- flutings - - 960 I Care . . 932 Frans - - 939 1 Denman • • 787 OXFORD COUNTY RLECTION. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) JeNr. IR. The contest here continues with unabated ardour on all sides. Mr ; Stratton has headed the poll the two first days, but Ilk oppo nents allege that he has nearly exhausted his resources, which are principally in the northern part of the county, and it is expected that to-morrow, which Is the anniversai y of the day on which the battle of Waterloo was terminated, will conclude the first contested election that has taken place here since 1765. To-morrow all the Nobility and Gentry of the county, who are the advocates of the old Members, intend making one grand burst, and they are im rem,' with a belief that, after a :hurl tug, they will come in at the death of their opponent. The following statement will spew that the old 31embers have gained ground rnaterislly FRIDAY'S POLL. --- _______ _ . Stratton . . 3 r, Fane . . . 192 Ashurst . . 19.! SATURDAY'S POLL. - Stratton . _ _-- - 689 - Ashurst . - 613 Fans . - 563 - Ashurst thus polled 421 votes, and Fane 371, while Stratton olny polled 353. .. - . . . _ • Squibs are flying about of a more piquant nature than at first ; and 31r. Strauun, who hu been a victim to hip speculations is the famous Yellow Fever Powder Company, and the Anti-Attrition Company, by his connexion with which he was almost ruined, is now the victim of opponents ribaldry. tIONITON ELECTION, The town has been a continued scene of bustle the whole week. Tim natreeve, Capt. Boaleifila. produre4 .att tine lataatioge as item o'clock. and was shortly afterwards attended by the Candidates and their friends. Mr. Cox spoke at considerable length, and propoied Mr. Guest, aa eminently qualified, by his principles of independence, integrity of conduct, and the possession of large property, to represent the borough in Parliament. Captain PIIINO, R.N.. in a neat speech. congratulated the electors that he was enabled to propose o tto it 111 r. Lou, a gentleman of their own neighbourhood, a d con equently much and deservedly respected. Mr. MULES then proposed Mr. Sneyd. as a gentleman of emi nent qualifications, nobly allied, and of high chars, ter. The sheer of hands in favour of Mr. Guest was In lvereol. "nt the Portreeve could not decide whether Mr. Lott or Ali Sneyd had the majority ; a poll was therefore demanded. The Can.hdates addressed the electors respectively, and the poll comment:co, which was carried on with great spirit, but with good feeling and courtesy on all sides. . 331 1 Snoyd 218 Guest Lott - 195 .... . - Mr. Sneyd resigned the contest at five minutes before twelve on Friday, when Mr. Guest and Mr. Lott were declared duly elected. TIVERTON ELECTION. FIFTY! DAY. A party has long been forming here, ;who consider that the right to elect Members of Parliament for this Borough is vested in the in habitants at large, instead of being confined to the twenty_four Members of the Corporation. Under the auspices of this party, James Kennedy, Esq. (a barrister on the Northern Circuit) and Mr. Anderson, an agent for G. Heath, Esq. (one of the leading Counsel in the Insolvent Debtors' Court) arrived here on Thursday evening, to offer themselves as Candidates, in opposition to Lord Sandra' and the Hon Richard Ryder. On Friday (the day of election) the Guildhall was crowded at an early hour, and the ar rival of the respective Candidates expected with the utmost impa tience. About a quarter before eleven, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. An derson arrived, attended by their friends, but were denied admittance within elm bar by the constables. They, however, succeeded in get ting seats in the Petty Jury Box, where their appearance was wel comed by a tremendous shout of applause. At I I o'clock the Mayor and Corporation entered the hall in their robes, attended by Lord Sandon and Mr. Ryder. who were allowed to sit with them. The precept having been read, the customary oath tendered to the Mayor's returning officer, and the Bribery Act read, the Rev. C. 0. Osmond proposed Lord Sandon and Mr. Ryder, and was seconded by Mr. 0. °oven, sea. Mr. C,olesnow prepared to address the Mayor, but was interrupted by that gentleman, and on begging for liberty of speech for five minutes, was answered, " not twoseconds." Ile, however, proposed Mr. Heath and Mr. Kennedy, and was se conded by Mr. Partridge amidst great applause. The Mayor, however, declined to pay attention to this, and threatened to commit the first person who spoke another wort!. The Town.cletk then proceeded to collect the voters of the Corporation, and Mr. Par. midge tendered the Mayor a demand in writing, signed by some of the audience, claiming to vote as inhabitants and burgesses. This was of course refused, and Lord Sandon and Mr. Ryder declared duly and unanimously elected, who severally addressed the Corpo ration in short speeches, thanking them for their continued support. On the breaking up of the assembly, Mr. Kennedy was attended to Mr. Partridge's by several hundred people, whence he addressed them, statitg his determination to petition the House of Commons against the return, and that neither money nor assiduity should be wanting to support their claims. READING ELECTION. ERIGAY EVENING, JUNE 1 1L Nothing worthy of notice occurred after tour o'clock thiA after noon. Mr. Spence polled only 2I during the day : he, however, gained on Mr. Palmer, for at six o'clock the Mayor declared the numbers to be, for Mr. 3lonck Mr. Palmer 471 Mr. Spence 4GO making a majority of only 11 for Palmer. SATURDAY. The polling again commenced this morning about the usual hoar, and has proceeded in a very languid manner all day, Mr. Spence having polled only 12, several of whom came from distant parts of the country : h e h owever h a d, at the c l ose o f th e d a y's business, reduced the majority against him to 4. His party in crease in confidence, and his fnends, many of whom are persons who possess considerable influence, certainly evince much zeal and talent by th e manner i n w hi c h they conduct his cause: on the other hand, Mr. Palmer's friends are not leas active, and spare o exertions to save him : hut it Is evident they are much alarmed at the present aspect of affairs. A harder struggle for the honour of a seat in Parliament has, perhaps. been seldom witnessed ; and it is expected that It will prove a sharper run than the last, when Mr. evland contested this borough with Mr. Palmer, and lout it by only O. TOTAL ror.t.F.D. Monck big Palmer 471; I Spence 462. The poll will open again on Monday, when it is to be (toped this long -protracted contest will be terminated, that the inhabitants of thin place, ttio,t of whom arc quite tired of the election, may return to their usual occupations, and that many of them may be thereby enabled to employ their time more profitably and more laudably than they hab c dune during the past week. 1117NTINGIN EL C GIV: (room ors ow.' nsrmtT A.) SATURDAY EveNista. The contest was carried on throughout the day with considerable and activity. An attempt has been made to direct the •• No Popery" ay rgeinst Lord John Russell. on account of his vote on the Catholic question, but apparently without effect. the mob not having once given utterance to that cry. Among other sqttibti, with a view to this result, is a wood engraving, representing the burning of Risky Hooper and his friend Rom., in 1555. This has been met on the whir side by . an engraving, portraying the cruelties exercised in this country since that period upon the Roman Ca tholics. The bill, after describing the engraving, concludes thus— " Are we to charge the persecutions of the earlier Protestants upon the Protestants of this day ? By no means—and by the parity of reason we ought not to charge the persecutions of the Roman Ca tholics of 1555 on the Catholics of the present day." The following extrstt frost the King's address on opening the flanovcrim States, is also posted about : " The general professors of the Christian faith are to enjoy a pert:•ct equality of civil and religious rights in the kirgeom of ilano ter; the pte..emlnence of a predominant and pre-criiihera Church is abant:dned." Also. the following quotation from M r . Canning's speechi.vO the Catholic question:—. " I c am , • undendand why human beings, all .iibjeets of the same Soverei k m. all Inhabltagts of the same soil, all mingling in the various kintNy offices of life, all professing the common creed of Christianity, D hould be excluded from the enjoyment of equal rights and privilege'. The polling was very equal throughout the day, each of the Candidates being altemately at the head of the p:4l. Several bodies of Freeholders wee brought dp in the course of the day by Lord Milton and Lord s ':avenclialt 4 and their sots. taken in fa vour of lard John Russell. It i. said Lord Milton and Lord Sondes have each of them su.hse ibed 5,0001. towards defraying Lord John's expenses. At a little before six o'clock in tie evening. the Sur "tier came forward, and announced the state of .'lee Poll as tondos Nlandeville . - 811 I Russell . . 7G3 Pellowes - - . 771 Lord MANDEVILLE advanced to ad,lre.s the crowd, but finding, from the noisy disposition of the mob, that it was impossible to obtain a quiet hearing, _he contented himself •h saying, "Gentle men. I thank you. I always felt sure you would rally rotird me, and I trust on Monday you will renew your exert;ins, and place me. still more in advance." Mr. FELLOWE Tal;;etumed thanks. Lord John Russell had told them, the evening before, that the polling of that day would decide the independence of the county, and he perfec.ly agreed In what the Noble Lord had said. The polling proved their deter mination to be no longer represented by a person not resident among them, nor connected with them by the possession of any large estate in their county. They would tell him hy their votes that a County Member ougltt to he a man having such a stake in the county as would identify Ms interests with theirs. Lord Joust ItussELt. next advanced to address them, but such was the uproar kept up by the Purples and Starlets (the colours of Lord slartleville and Mr. Feliowes) that ecarc:ly a word could be heard. lie was not dismayed, he said, by the trifling majority which, by incredible exertions. they had been enabled to ob taM against him, but should consider 700 votes obtained as his had been more honourable and more satisfactory than 7,000 votes uh. tamed in such a manner as the votes against him had been. lie thanked them for what they had done, and trusted that on Monday they would place hint in a different situation on the poil. Mr. Ws:m.s, the attorney, next came forward ; but, after many ineffectual attempts to address them, was compelled to retire, and the assemltlage then broke up. It is right to state that the friends of Mr. Fellows and Lord Mandeville exerted themselves to procure a hearing for Lord John Russell. A great proportion of the hooters were evidently drunk. The following handbill was circulated by the friends of Lord John Russell, after the High Sheriff had declared the numbers:— " Lord John Russell's poll-clerks having examined their 1,011- books this evening, after they returned firma the hustings, it ap peared to them the numbers were as follow : Mandeville 814 I Feliowes 758 Russell . 762 1 A communication has been made to the Sheriff, ant he has undertaken to have the poll-books re-examined, and the mistake, if any, corrected at the opening of the poll un Monday. " Committee Room, June 17, 1826." WEYMOUTH ELECTION. The contest here assumes the most lively interest. A union has been formed between Mr. Buxton, Mr. Wallace. Mr. Ure, and Mr. Farrer. Mr. Ure (one of the Candidates) is the trustee and guardian of Sir Frederick Johnstone, a minor. and in whom the chief property of the Borough will vest. The relations of the young Baronet feel that their interest has been Pacrificed, and Colonel Oordon has, therefore, stepped forward to rally their friends, although no part of the (*tidy influence can be brought into the field. The Colonel is decidedly the popular Candidate Young Sir Frederick, a highly-talented youth, has been brought down, and takes the lead in his uncle's cmvau. On the return of the young Baronet from the Town Hall, after this day's polling, being carries in triumph in a chair on men's shoulders, he addressed the populace in the following speech:— " Gentleness, sail Electors of Weymouth--Aly father left me • guardian ; but instead of his looking after me, I have taken a journey above one hund re d miles, and travelled ni g ht an d d a y t o look atter him. " My family guardian, by name, is my family's enemy, in fart, though it has been said, and by many believed, that the pamphlet lately published contributed to destroy this guardian's character. It is not so: that pamphlet no mute contributed to destroy his character than a spoonful of water poured upon a rat already drowned, could be said to have contributed to its death It was the truth of the facts in the pamphlet that did so, and not the mere publication of them. Hare they been refuted in the same open manner in which they were made. or in a corner ? " I have learnt, this very day, that in 1613 my trustees con veyed part of my estates to make votes; so that the voters whose deeds state that they only paid one pound for the vote, may, for years to come, vote against my self or ray family. I ask if it b e possi ble to justify this conduct, a t least toward.: myself ? A person this day voted on one of these deeds before my face ; and, when I am of age, the same person may, if he pleases, vote against me per sonally as a Candidate. " I understand these votes ought to have been prepared and ma naged so as to render it impossible for a voter to use the freehold at another election ; but no mart can tell how long these votes may be sent against me. " For the present let my friends vote for my uncle, Colonel Gordon ; when I am old enough I will solicit them to vote fur myself. " I will come and live among you all the days of my life; and the love and respect with which your noble conduct now inspires me shall never be destroyed, or abated, till these young bones shall be laid by the tide of the bones of my ancestors. " Fur the present, lore you well !" STATE OF THE POLL, SIXTH DAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 16. Days l6 Poll.. Total. 7W Colonel Gordon Thomas Fowell Buxton, I:sq. - 13 . 95 Eight Hon. 'Llionias Wallace . 8 . 73 Masterton Ure, Esq. . 5 - 67 James William Farrar, Esq. . 4 - 59 • PBNRYN. CLOTt Of THE POLL, 16TH ant, 182 G. Barclay . 371 3ianning - 207 Percival . 101 Ailey - 6 Barclay and Manning are returned; but A dey has :;ivco notice of a petition agsint Manning's return. ELECTION I NTELLIG EA CE. NEM BEltT i ffrcTt'R NED. Tiverton—Lord Sandon, Hon. K. Ryder. Oxford—Langston, Lockhart. I Vorcester—Robinson, Davies. Bristol—Davis, Bright. County of Devon—Ackland, Bastard. County of Dorset—E. B. Portman, Ego., H. Banker, Esy. Bucks--31ariptis Chandoa, lion. R. Smith. County of Oloucester—Loral Somerset, Sir B. W. Hoke. County of Nottingham—Admiral Sotheron, R. S. Lumley. County of Monmouth—Lord Somerset, Sir C. Morgan. County of Stafford—Sir J. AVrottesley, E. Littleton. County of Wilts—Sir J. D. Astley, J. Benet•. County of Hertford—Sir J. Sebright, N. Calvert. County of Durham—Hon. W. J. Powlett, J. O. Lantbtun. County of Ilanta—J. Fleming, Sir W. lleatlicote. City of Limerick—T. S. Rice. Surrey—Denison, Palliner. STATE 0 WoTTON HA'.;SET. Bayley Shewell Twiss Phillips lr POLLS. YON EY. 41; :29 Lucey Edon _ H); - Jul Italey - . Id/ Campbell Ili; NOTTINGHAM. DERRICK. Beresford - 491 Gladstone - 411 Blake -44 U DETWORDAITIRE. Birch Rsucliffet - - Wright LICIITICI.D. Macqueen Tavistock Fyn' - 458 • 44 Ammon Orestey V eraun - 190 1720 . 1.!!)) 200 11)7 CHESTER. Relgrave 525 Egerton 514 14ro4venor 596 Townshend 422 CHICHESTER. Burrell 212 rurteis - %I - el:osier - - 158 DLNUIGH. Ablett West - . 84 83 DOVER. 'Wilbraham - 1132 Thomson - 117:1 Ilalcombc - f9ll Buttetworth - 192 Finch 1 1 • lIALDOS• Winn - 1605 I .rn ri ant . 1313 Dick - 1213 -- • NORTHAMPTON. - Robinson Maberly - Gunning WELLS. ..,.... - 11519 - loot; 77U Edwards . - 113 ‘Villiares - • 105 Ttobray - • lei Taylor - - lel _. _ WEVMOUTII. Thos. F. Burton,l;;q — . 62 Right Hon. 'l'. ‘VaDace 65 Colonel Gordon - 63 Alas:ern/11 Ure, Esq. 61 James Win. Farrel., hog. ft 4 PRICCS OP BIUTICH net:, 199 i YOU} J per teakßrJ. 7ur # " r .111. Cuti4. Ditto A. •ct. I per C *nt• P , 4 . 7 : Lung An. I. IV I IC PBICE 7 ,y 07 FOREIGN Bo odii Colors lan Bondy It 3 Ditto h on& (14241 3 5 1 Ditto n •otl. (id 24) 37) Ditto Ite :t. :t;1 Daulat N. *MU (iB2) OGi Ditto Aect • /Ai Itreasta Rah rtes b per Cent. WIC roves ON SATURDA stock inctMjionde 9 pm Er. Tr% MC. n 9 prn Dpo 1,001. 8 9 pra Ditto Strati 9 :Ora Lotter, 'V Meets _'9l.3r. roc Ks ON SATUiIIaV. French genie. 3 prr C.at. Ctif. 141 c. Ilitchange Greek not& ftt:3, 14 blrt!cati floods 4rl Ditto Account sAlf Penn/tan Rondo 29 Ru.flan Bond. '1822) tO3 a j j Ditto Acct. 901 file Brttifift_ Vrefigi. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. T71:1 Eteniod, MONDAY, June Ip, wii.' be performed the itezna2t.c Open of DMA Fil:ht.li( , 17. Adolph, Mr. T. Cooke; Caspar Mn. H or n ; Ber n h ar d , M r. B e df or d , afr. , Zandel, ' Mr. I).Smith. Linda, Mils Gradilbt , ROW. 3144 Porry.. After which the ce;ebrated Cantata oe KAMPF LINO dirO. To conclude with the Romantic Df6MR of ARON HA94AN. . Abou Llama, Mr. Horn ; Zabouc, Mr. Harley; %viler:a, Mtn Griddle ROYAL G.I%DEN3, VAUXHALL. Under the especial patronage of Ms Majesty. IN HONOUIa OF THE VICTORY GAINED HY THE ILLUSTRIOUS 'IVELLYNGTON, AND THENEnonsUNDEIt 111 COMMAND, AT WATERLOO . . The Proprietor,: respectfully acquaint the Public, that the Anr.iversary of the RATTLE of WATERLOO will be celebrated mg Evening. MONDAY. June id, by a magnificent MILITARY FETE. The Gardens will be superbly Deco:sited and Illuminated by upwards of 12,lAtts add: Ronal Lamps. forming Military and other Deviceg,_ The Entertainment., wail consist of • CONCNRT, In Two Acts, which will commence at Ralf- pest Eight, in the supe r b net Concert Flom, nod which will embrace a candy of appropriate Military Music and Songs particuiarly an entirely new Cantata written and eomprsed espree•ly for Inc oecnsion,, and Wink Ps Cr.,nl Baffle Sinfonia, composed to C4 . 211Z10-111U/StiC 111U/StiC the glorious Victo, yof:tt:aterion. prim ipal Vocal Performers. kr. Ifratinm Signor De Begnis Madame Corneas Mr. Sinclair Ilk, Stephen: Ati.. Cooke Composer and Conductor, Mr. H. E. Bishop —Loader, , i7nor spae, , ,:o.et• lietween tile Acts of the Con.'ert will be pre.ented. P,r the prlt an entirely nese Military Divert:gement ;composed by FloolsieJr A. Thelenr, late Ballet-Master to the •:beatre Korai, Amato demi. cane,' THF: SOLDIEk'S FESTIVAL. _ _ _ Principal Perforinet:—Mademolsele Pauline Botsignol, from tt.t Theatre Royal. Arniaerdant, and Slott , ienr IL Vestris, from the Theatr,„ It.tyal sea Carlos, at Naples, and Latte.tla, at Milan ; who .4111 intruder the celebrated Pas Po/auntie, Le Mazour Leader of the Band far the B.' , Uet,lr. Rooks. During the evening, Signor Cuerbiani, from Rome, (oho has had the hoaour of performing several times, and with the grentet4 success, before the Royal Family of England`, wrll exhibit, for this night only, sorre his most extraordioary Magical Illusion , and Mechanics! Frperlmems. • The Amusements will eunclerie, u usual, with a BRILLIANT DIS. PLAY OF I , IIIE-WORKS, by Chevalier Southby, who is, on this ores.'- ' shin, paid 'a large sum extra to produce an exhibition far superior to ar y ever yet seen In this country • during the latter put of Which (fur th , .. night only% Mr. Littleton will 'Fly froth the Top of the Pire.it'ork Tower being a height of above lOU feet , to tl i extremity of the Walk approact ing the covered way, enveloped lit Showers or Fire. Doors open at Seven o'Clock.—Concert commences at Rsif.past tig!.t. Admission as. Particulars respecting Adml ttion Cads for the Evening. the Pricr. • e Moses for the Seaton or Nightly, rosy he bad upou apyilcattuti to Nr. Asidrerre, Bookseller. Bond•etreet• BRITPISII Pars commenced pUrilWdling on Saturday mcrn log at holf-past Ike o'clock. LONDON, MONDAY, JuNic 19, 1826. It appears from the French Papers that the remains o the Jansenists, still in the Netherlands. have lately been exposed to the fulminations of eccleshistical vengeance frOin their brother Catholics. The .I.7leßn: des Dehatx has a lon4+ article on the subject, into which we cannot enter at pre sent. The quantity of our domestic intelligence prevents us from giving any extracts. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARts, Just lti.—Five prr Cents , 911 r. 24c. ; 3 per Cents.. G. 85e. ; Rank Stock, 2,1160 f. ; Rentrs .4c Naples, 73f. 50c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 41'.1. ; I lasnan Loan 7•20.. Exchange on London.—One month, '2sr. CO.c ; 3 maths, 25f dak. —Court Aullientique. Brussels Papers of the 17th June have been received; bu• they contain nothing of importance. The Election at Liverpool ought, perhaps, in some re spects, to be considered as the most important in the king dom. In the elections for the three distinct portions the metropolis, a variety of other interests concur with the mercantile, in the choice of Representatives, and the infe rences to be drawn from their determination is not, there fore, decisive on such subjects ; but in Liverpool, all the electors, and the town itself, are so intimately connected with the prosperity of the commercial part of the commu nity, that their decision may, in all cases, be safely taken as a fair criterion for estimating the sentiments of the mer cantile world in general. In this point of view, the Election at Liverpool assumes, at the present moment, a still higher degree of importance, on account of the recent change in our commercial policy with which one of the Members .s in a manner identified. To hint we owe all the advan tages derived front that change, and to him, with some shets of justice, we might ascribe the evils which may arise from it. The public of Liverpool have decided tha . t the evils which necessarily attend the new system, in com mon with every human institution, are net by any mears sufficient to counterbalance the advantages to be expects..., from it. By re-electing Mr. If USKISSON, they have giver: their sanction to his system, and, in so doing, we are of opinion that they have sanctioned a course of sound policy, which will conduce to the best interests of the country, The great object which Mr. Hess ISSON appears to hav'e had in view, ill his addresses to the Liverp:ol electors, was to remove the imputations which had been cast upon him. by the misrepresentations of several individual', with re gard to his conduct in the case of the Combination Laws. In refuting the allegations of his opponents, the Right Ho nourable Gentleman referred to his speeches in the House of Commons, and shelved that his object had not been to prevent the workmen horn meeting for any of the legi timate purpossal for which they had combined. He had always been a friend to the principle of freedom, in allow ing men to dispose of their labour to the best advantage and by every means in their power; bat while he woe anxious that the masters should not, by the untqual ope ration of the Combination Laws, be enabled to tyrannize over their worl.inen, he was equally anxious that asso ciations of the workmen themselves should not, by the re , peal of these laws, be enabled to exercise a still more in jurious tyranny over other workmen, who were not mem bers of the Associations. The tyranny of the workmen themselves appeared to Mr. Sinn:l3loN equally injurious ' with that of the master,. But he did not propose, on that account, to re-enact the Combination Laws ; he only pro cured such alterations to be made in the new system, as were likely to prevent the evils which had al isen from the indiscreet use made by the workmen of the concessions their favour. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in shot t, stated most fully and explicitly his determination not to advise the re-enactment of the Combination Laws, As might have been expected, these explanations proved entirely sa tisfactory to those to whom they were addressed ; sail though a few individuals Continued their opposition Iron. private motives, the greater number, including all Omer who had merely laboured under misapprehension, readily acknowledged and made reparation for the mistake into which they bad bee» led. One gentleman, Mr. Ruin ON, taking advantage of the privilege which every freeman h4c of address :n the Candidates on the occasion of an eleeti.m. made a discourse of considerable eloquence at the hustings. in which he did full justice to Mr. /I US KIM) )1, but sug gested that he did not go far enough in the liberal system, and particularly in the case of the Corn Laws. To this the best answer is what Mr. HusmasoN himself made. As he is accused, on' the one hand, of going beyond, and on the other of falling short of the mark, thc probability is that he has precisely reached it. I:. retnoving the restrictions on trade and commerce, as the Right Hon. Gentleman observed, he is preparing the way for a free trade in the chief article of human subsist ence. Mr. liesxissoe, while he explained what had been misunderstood in his conduct, was 110 t deterred by the fear of losing hi s popularity fr o m sta ti ng freely his opinions in favour of die Roman Catholic claims. lip raw no diffirenca between their cyst. and that of oilie r from the Establishea Church. His opinion; 1 7 e