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SOMERSETSHIBE ELECTION. THUIISDAY, 'uxt The voters came in this morning rather more briskly than yes. tad'', but still very tardily. About two o'clock the gentry of the neighbourhood pressed to the hustings, in expectation of the poll being closed at there; and Sir Thomas Lethbridge and Mr. Dick inson took their stations on the platform. A little before three Mr. Bunt, attended by his friend Mr. Hayward, and by his sons, also pressed through the crowd, and came up close to the other Candi dates. The Rev. Mr. CRESWELL offered himself to take the bribery oaths, and after they been administered, lie said he had come from some little distance, and wished, before he polled, to take some refreshment. as he had several questions to ask Mr. Dickin son, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Mr. Stuckey, and Mr. Plielips, all of whom were. be hoped, present. Sonic hesitation being mani. fisted, he said lie did Eel know with what propriety the Sheriff could close the poll, as there were great numbers of freeholdent who had not polled ; for instance, there were 200 voters coming, as he hear.% to-morrow, and there were at least 2,000 votes not yet polled. who, if they voted, would vote for Mr. Hunt. There were et least 70 men in his own parish who would poll for him, and he did not see how the poll could be closed under such circumstances. At a ll events, there could be no objection to keeping open the 10111 for a quarter of an hour, whilst an elector took refreshment. 111011 SHERIFF—The Pull Clerks are ready, Sir, to ieceive your vote. Mr. CastswELL-1 think i am rot obliged to poll instantly ; I have not polled, 1 wish to poll, but I do not intend to do so until 1 have sskel some questions el' the Candidates. I have already asked Mr. Ilunt, anti I mean now to be satisfied by Sir Thomas ' Lethbridge. I wish to take a glass of snela water, but that may be brought to me here, it there is no time for me to withdraw. Sterol Pr —You do not roll here, Sir. The Pull Clerks are in the booths. Mr. CRESWt LL-51'd'. then, i will proceed. itsfore I poll, I wish to ask Sir Thomas Lrilthridge and Mr. Dickinson whether they ever rated. as I understand they did, that any freeholder who voted for Mr. Hunt was either a dishonest or a deluded man ? Sir T. LET nu nIDGE-1 410 not choose to answer you. Mr. Ca F.SIT El. I. —it S a freeholder of thin county I have • right, Sir, to dearand an answer. I wish to know whether the reprenerta tons to this effect in the Times newsy 'pie, which at my own houseond whilst engaged in the T a unton Electim, I have seen, ore true or false. I understand that you have either until these winds, or words tamantonnt bu rets. 1, and ether freeholders, who have seen a report of these representations, consider ()unwires insulted by them. Who is the Candi:late who has dared to oily ti: at the frieholiiire of this county are either deluded or dishonest ? I ant one of those who. it was well known, intended to vote fir Mr. Hunt, and I most he included. of course, amongst this rmiuticr. 'flue riIiFISIVE. I I I a very kind manner, expressed has doubts if this were the proper t me to ask these qutstions. Mr. CnEiW EI . L —Sir. I ask the question now. I ask it before you, .Mr. :•11crill•; nr:l if it is not answered, I will dune to say to .Ir. Dickinson and :sir Thomas Lethbridge, that they have lost v glit of what wa• due in their characters es men and as gentlemen, if they have thus insulted the freeholders of this county. The .Sheitit was preparing to speak, when there arose a cry of " Sherif', Sltcrili!" and clamour. 31r. Creswell toltitil up his arms, and stood in a waiting posture. Ilion SHERIFF—YOU shall be heard, Sir, by and by, I as auTl you. Mr. li uxr h,i.g to speak to order. Mr. Creswell or any Uet•holder has a right to lie heard, and to ask any question he pleases. bettor he poll.. 'I he answer may eh tomine his tote. The 111011 Silt:111r. r. having consulted the Under Sherd!' and the Clerk of the Peace, said—" sir, I find I was in error; you are quite right ; prectial, Sir, if you please." Mr. Cu Esw Eht.-11 the papers have reported correctly whir has passed here, the fiyelioldero hove a right to complain that they have been insulted by the Candidates and their frieral.. I was engaged at the election for Taunton, and could rot come in here be fore : if I could have 11011 C 101 I should have said then as I say now. that if the term " blacking man" is to be applied to either of the Candidates, Sir Thotms Letlibritl4e and i 1 r. Did:it:son dis. serve it better than Mr. hunt. (Cheers.) Mr. Dickinson will perhaps answer my que.tion, if Sir Thoinas Lethbridge in not man enough to do it. (Mr. Dickinson rose. and stood up in a very firm add u.alismay d position.) I ask you, Mr. Dickinson, whe ther you have or have not used language tantamount to this;— •• Those who vote for Mr. Hunt arc either Belo led men, t:r they arc rogues." 1 ask eon, Sir. as a gentlemen, for an answer. Mr. DICKINSON-1 cl., not recallitt tnaking use of any such ex prtssion. lam totally at a loss to understand why 1 should utter any suc't sentiment. I should have no tight to say so. N:r. STECICEY (addressing liddself to Mr. ('r:swell)-11 you tasked MC whether I considir.d you a &indict man or a rogue, I bould ;are you a direct answer. Mr. DICK I NSO I say to you, Mr. Creswell. that durirg for mer pacts it my lite I have trecieed great civility from you ; and oast I need at the first, when you spoke on this subject, I repeut ricv.r fee:let:Ll any incivility front you. Ido rot recol lect having uses) any such expressions as dime you allude to. Mr. Cu, towELL—I ant ;;lad, Si',ou have had the candour tai say this ; 1 ant glad to hind, too, t hat the agents and auto-taus are beeume su public-spirited, and that they are willing to work fur nothirg, because I Imp: it will b a precedent for the future, and that they will he ready to do the same on other occasions ; unit although this d'art slinuld fail, I hope it will produce some good effect in future, and that the county of Somerset may, ere lung, be properly represented. Mr. N T.—l understoal Mr. Dickinson to use words to this effect but I am glad that all parties, except Sir U'itomai, this claim it. Mr. Dicxissos—l never said it. Mr. OLIVER HAYWARD—Sir . T. Lethbridge said no honest man would vote for 31r. hunt. I look now in Sir Thomas Leth bridgi.'s face. I can show as linneat a tare as he can. I have polled now, though I bad t.ot then (looking Sir Thomas fulliu the ; tell Ine so now, Lethbridge. The SUERIFr called to order! )Jr. HUNT IHooking to Sir Thomas).--The Pmallcst freeholder las a tight to in.ikc any obseuvation, or to ask any question he pleases 11,A.c. TIIOMAS—I did rnt ran to Order. Mr. HUNT (eOntellll)!UoU•iy).—VOn CA to order! I Fay erity fretholtier, itowner humble, hit% n■ much right to be heard here A% this poor creature (pointing to :tin Thos.) who auntie near me at this moment. Mr. ettEswEl.t.— I had an object, Sir, to asking these questions. Them are (i 0 or 70 freeholders in my parch, who hove been kept Sr:nt the pull, in eonsf quence of their understanateg that if they came thee would he than insulted. They are ready to come here Lew. and will come here to-morrow if it is wished they should do so. Lut, if there were tidy ID poor honest voters who were (hired in this way, I would ray the humblest freeholder is not to be manner by any inati; and it is not proper that a Candidate or his friend, shmila cAI any freeholder a tit:holed or eislionest man, because lie exereisfd his own judgment against the Will or caprice of another. l say the observation does not become any Candidate ; for, if he is returned, it must be to represent the freeholde rs ; a ud Oust most he be shin represents rogues ? Let any man read the reprof I have seen, and say if the freeholders of the cot. y ..r: rut Ott:graced t.y what hos been said ? Mr. ST U.:LEY-1 am glad to see the gentlemen here who re port for tae Lnbiie ratters • dry report of what I said is incorrect, inasmuch us (I hope :he Tim., Reporter is here, that he may notice what I say.) What I told was this: that the voter who polled for Mr. Dent se is tither deluaed or disgraced, and not that he was a rogue. (To Mr. Creswell.) And I think you, as a cler gyman, disgrace yoursflf by the part you take in this cL.ction. CitESIVELL—DiAgraCe myself, Sir, who are you? who was you , father, or your grandfather it (Cry, •• lie does not know himself — ) that you dare to tell nie that I disgrace myself ? hid not you, Sir, say that if Mr. Hunt was returned, yt.o w. old leave the county? Pity but you had done so boor ago; a poor man might then tare eat his stilt without paying you a tax ; aid but for you, we might have bad the finest canal in the world through this county, bringing ships up to our very homes, and interchanging the p - oducts of OUT ineurtry sit!) all the world. We could do very well without you—you ere a coal merchant, and a monopolizer; and you may leave the county as soon as you please; we shall Lot lament it. 31r. ar ea a: v. vrvilieg-1 do not say you are a mgue. ample time has been given. After what the Sheriff has said and done, they will not comet and I think it would be unfair towards the other Candidates and Int, if the poll were kept open. I repeat what I said last night, I will neither by myselfj our by my a... sistanee or countenance, ambit any other person 111 a complaint t and I am ready to ;Ave evidence, that atter the very honourable conduct of Vie Sheriff; any petition against the return would be most frivolous and vexatious. (Cheers.) Mr BAYLEY—Notwithstanding what is said, I would not elme the poll. _ _ Mr. Wu ITE.—I hope the Sheriff will not close the poll. Mr. Hunt has cautiou.ly avoided saying he would give up the contest. Any elector may feel himself di.satistied, and it has been decided again and again, that no understanding between eseitlidates is era. tual against electors. Not as an agent, but as a humble freeholder of this county, I express my hope that the Sheriff sill not dose the poll until three o'clock the fifteenth day. Mr. II u I hope no advice, much less a threat, will operate upon the mind of the Sheriff. I call on him to do his duty. I know he will at t with honour and Sound discretion. It is true that every elector has a right to petition, but I ant confident none will do so. and if any one does, I shall be ready to give proof that the Sheriff has acted with the utmost degree of fairness and impar tiality. I thilik the Sheriff might safely have closed the poll yes. tcrday, or even before. At all events, when the poll is closed to. night I shall leave the hustings, a n d bid you , , M r . Sh er iff, an d Gentlemen, good evening. SIIEIIIFF-1 have made up my mind. Mr. WHITE —Not one-third of the electors have polled and after what Mr. Creswell has stated, I think it would be very indis creet to cline the poll. A Von r came in to take the oaths—path admi isteved. Air. II t:sT—After what has occurred, I h tve not the slightest wish either way ; I will go or stay, as the sheriff pleases ; but I must cay that 1 think it would be disgraceful to me, and to the other candidates, to rernem here, whilst the freeholders discover such an eat aordinary unwalingness to come to the poll. Mr. t F:sw Ei.t.-1 think you can have nothing to fear from any political liness?. 31r. WHITE—I see no evil and little expense in keeping open the poll, find much danger in closing it. The Act of Parliament ttquires that the pall be kept open 15 days, until it be finished, that is, unto the theholders have all polled. The safest and the only prudent course, in my humid:: judgment, is to stay till three o'clock the 15th day. 3lr. tau—After what Mr. Creswell has said about voters, Iwo Mr. CitcswELL—They are rest!) , to come if Mr. hunt wishes it ; of course many of them will want conveyances. If the poll goes On, I will sec that they are brought up; if you determine to close the poll, of course they will not come. Mr. liavt.gr—Mr. Hunt, I am going to propose a question to you, to %chic 1 you can give me, and I thick you will give me, a plain answer..' you decline the c ont es t, an d if i t is closed to-Say, will you consider yourself as a Candidate afterwards ?" 31, . lit' NT-310st unequivocally I nay, No; certainly not. Neither directly nor indi:eclly wiil I either petition, or counien +nee any person in doir,t so. agamst the determination of the Sheriff; alter the very honourable way in which he has acted. In my opi nio', it would be 111041 disgraceful if I were to do no. Mr. ”AYI.EY— If you did not consider yourself to be a Candi date, would it be because the poll was closed by the Sheriff, or be cause your own mind coccurred in such an arrangement ? Mr. fluNT—That, Sir, is really a very curious question. I have been crass-ixamined by older counselors than you, but that is really a very odd ciu , stion for you to propose. I have pledged my . , elr,.antl I can say no more than I have done. , ...... Ps, or Montactite—l ant going to propose some thing which win, I think. tlcierve the suprort of r. Ilunt and his warm: st friend.; that is, thanks to our Excellent II igh Sherif]; for his very impartial and honourable conduct during the election. Mr. llENT—Nobo,ty will he more ready than I shall he on a proper occssion to think the High Sheriff; nobody more eager to bear testimony to his honourable conduct but I think we must wait until he has Ihislicd his work. When his duty is done, then will be the time to thank him. .... Mr. PH r I.II'S —Let me say one word to Mr. Creswell. What I said rcfuive to him was this : that I hoped that both he and I and a I persons who had pride in refetr - ng to a long line of virtuous ancks:ors, should, in the exerei le of generous feelings, take tare so to act as not to affix a blot on our fair escutcheon , . Mr. CUT:SWELL—Sir, you will never find a Creswell blending the IYhig and Tory interests together. (Cheers.) You take care, sir. of sour escutcheon. and leave nie to take care of mine. Sir T. LETIIBIIIDGE-1 don't disavow one word of what I base utlereil Air. fit:NT—No, no, you arc rot included in the listof those who are niectit. When we 'poke of gentlemen, you were far from our thoughts. (Laughter. and cheers.) 3;r. Stuckey says, that he has been misrepresented when it was stated that he called the electors dishonest men I trust say, that if the gentleman who re. ported what he said misapprehended him. 1, and a great number of others in Conn, have erns' also ; for I was positive that Mr. Stuintey expi—ssed himself in these terms. lint Mr. Stuckey's delivery is tit t of the most perf.i-t kind, and perhaps we are all mistaken. laugh.) I ant, Itowev.:r, very glad to see that he is so modest ns to endeavour to appear well before the freeholders. The Sheriff then stated the numbers on the poll fur the day. They were as follow : .. Dickinson - - 341 Hunt Lethbridge - 41 Mr. 11 uNr said he would take leave, before the poll was finally closed, to put a question. Mr. Dickinson must be aware that there were many freeholders who were not permitted to poll on Acton' of not having their names tnureil as having paid the land-tax. Tl.at was an evil tint was much to be lamented, and he wished to know whether \lr. Dickinson (to the other he should say nothing) would propose any measure in Parliament toremeuy so grievous an evil ? - - a ' DICKINSON said he certainly woo not prepared to say whe ther he should hriog in a Bill to effect dint objets, but he should certainly he always ready to support any measure calculated to ' fat ilitate the business of elections. (Cheers.) The SHERIFF then, with the accustomed formalities. closed the poll ; declared tee numbers to he. i.e Mr. Dickinson 1812—for Sir Thomas Lethbridge 1/18—and for Mr. Hunt 3tt9; and announced that the two fernier Gentlemen were elected fit and discreet Knights to represent the county of Somerset in Parliament. (Cheers and hisses.) Mr. DrceiNsox, in addressing the freeholders, admitted the propriety of Mr. Crcsaell'e question to hint as a Candidate. (Cheers.) Mr. Hunt had observed that his (Mr. Dickinson's) man ner was subdued. lle certainly regretted that he had used upon any occasion a tone which was unbecoming; but if he had used it, the irritation lie had received at Bridgwater was the cause of it. if Mr. Hum thought that peace out to be the order of the dsy, he would find him (Mr. Dickinson) ready to go more than half way. If he wan attacked he should, he hoped, bear it, and net upon it with spirit. Ile litetally could not find words with which to thank those who had elected him. The sense of the obligation was en• graven upon his heart. Ile had been called upon to offer himself without encountering the expense of agents, voters, or treating, and his expectations of the exertions of those who had invited him had been more than realized. lint that wan not to be wondered at, for he had depended upon the Gentry, the Clergy, and the Yeo manry of that i n dependent and spirited county. (Lewd cheers.) Sir THO SIAS LETHBRIDGE—II is my duty to follow the ex ample of my excellent friend, and I rejoice to have it in my power to say, my colleague in the repr:s.,ntation. Ile has addressed to you a speech full of the kindest WAing, end I must fall short of the eloquent manner in which he has addressed you ; but I do not yield to him in gratitude far the honour I extserience at your hands. The county has done itself a splendid honour upon this occasion, mid hue set an example to others, which God forbid that they should be ever called upon to follow under similar cirettin stances. (laughter.) The freeholders have put their shoulders to the wheel in earnest, in order to discomfit the strangest opposition that ever could have been contemplated ; far surely it never could have been expected that the wheel of time could have brought up such an individual to the contest. (A laugh, evidently at the figure.) I repeat it now, whatever vengeance may betel me : I say be has no claim —that he is a foreigner to the county, to its wants and its *Vies ; and there would be no consolation lett to these who felt deeply for its interests, were it not for the manner in which the county had pulled down the person who had presumed to offer himself. (Hisses and cheers.) Title is not the business of the elected but of the electors. Mr. CRESW ELL—Where wool I you be if 1112 electors had polled by ballot (Cheer., and cries of " He'd be at home.") . . 'Sir T. LETHBRIDOE—There is no ballot yet, nor'is it likely to be. (Cries of •• No, not if you OM help it, there will be no protect him, nr prevent me freak coining in immediate contact with him in ski% Court. All the A itorreen rove and hissed and groaned, and cried "Turn him ot.t, turn himout." Air. CRESWELL—No man shall dare to lay his hand on me. An Attorney, who has been very active in hissing Air. Hunt, and applauding Sir Thomas Lethbridge, front the commencement of this contest, cried out. " Turn out that person." Mr. OLIVER HAYWARD (to the Attorney)—Why don't you turn him out yourself, you land shark ? ATTORNEY, in a rage-1! not I indeed i that would be • breach of the peace. HAY WA R D —Why, you come here to Incite others to break the peace, in order that you may fill your pockets. You wish to see others do what you are afraid to do yourself, you attorney 1 (Laughter.) Mr. CREswEr.r.—l have Sir Thomas Lethbridge upon this point,'aud I'll pin him to it. Sir TIIONAS—It would be as well if the Rey. Gentleman would hold his tongue. If matters of this kind are to be carried by cla mour, good bye to public liberty. Mr. CRESWELL—Have you spoken as the ?Imes reports you have. I'll not stand personal abuse from any man bleathing, and certainly not from a Candidate. I complain. that three hundred honest men of this county hate been publicly insulted by a Can didate. A LAITY En—qilence! Shame ! Mr. CRESIVELL—Mr. High Sheriff; deaire that lawyer not to dart to interfere. The Baronet says he can lay him hand upon his heart and state so and s% Now here are three hundred es honest men as any its England, and two thousand more are ready to come up to poll for Mr. Hunt. Dots Sir Thomas Lethbridge mean that those are all dishnnest—that I am a dishonest man ? it he does,who is the man, what is the authority that will keep me from his head ? (Great uproar. The Sheriff intclered, and by his conciliating manner abated the lure which appeared to threaten the assembly.) Sir THOMAS LE•ritnntrioE said he would not give up his right of aldressing the freeholders. He found that he was once more their pure and dkiottrested Representative (laughter, hisses, and applause). and nothing should shackle his operations in Parlia ment. He would act conscientiously and without fear. He would take care to make himself master of all question* relating to their interests. Ile returned thanks to all who had voted for him, and particularly to his friend Mr. Plielips, who had ascended his bit t y hill and made his voice be heard front Clavertan to Exmore. That voice was heard, and multitudes came forward as one man. My Hon. Friend Mr. Dickinson, and I. re-cived the apontaneous as. aistance of the sacred profession and of others, who united, as it were, to put aside the foul stain which was attempted to be fixed upon the county. (A cry of " What a good voice Sir Thomas has for passing sentence of death I" and laughter.) I have no doubt of your assistance in placing me again in this situation. (Loud hisses and applause.) It has been said that there were but few voters. Where was the necessity for more? and what number appeared under the third name? He concluded by expressing his gratitude to the freeholders who voted bar him. Mr. CRF.SWEI.I.-1 should not have interrupted tl,is Candi. date, Mr. Mich Sheriff, if he had been as candid as the other per. sons who were questioned were. This, I say, is the time for him to give an answer to the freeholders of the county. He has com plimented those who voted for him, and insulted those who have not. I ask him, whether he considers us who have voted for Mr. Hunt rogues, or vagabonds, or deluded men ? Sir Tnos. LETHINIIIDOE-111 return the same answer I have already given —I shall not answer. (Loud uproar, and vies of •• You're afraid.") Mr. IIAY WA nn—Then, Lethbridge, you have proved yourself a blackguard, a liar, and a coward. I repeat it. Here every one in Court rose, and nothing less than an engage. most on the spot wan expected; but Mr. Hunt and Mr. Dickinson stood between Sir Thomas and Mr. Hayward, the later of whom seemed very anxious to come in contact with the Hon. Baronet. Some of that respectable troop, the attorneys, began to take notes, in expectation, no doubt, of a jnb, but they were disappointed. Mr. CIIESViELL again called upon Sir T. IRtbbridge to avow Of deny the use of the offensive words, but in vain. The Baronet refused to say another word. . . Huai then rose, amidst the loudest cheers—l am. said he. sorry that 1 li ire to address the freeholders at a time when some of them appear to be in a state of fermented feeling. I regret much that the comae which Mr. Dickinson adopted has not been followed (cheers), and that there was any interruption to the good humour which ought to prevail at the termination of a contest of this kind. You have heard my friends, 3lr. Creswell and Mr. Hayward, ex press themselveewith ; but I appeal to you as Englishmen, whether if you were told that you were all dishonest because you +voted for me, you would not feel some indignation at the disgraceful imputation ? (Cheers.) Certain it is, that never has this or any other county been so much disgraced as by the language used by Sir Thomas Lethbridge. You have had a specimen of what you are to expect hereafter, in the foul slander he his cast upon you. I asked you in vain, what you had ever experienced at his hands not one of you was able to answer how, when, and where, he served, or attempted to serve you. Ile has given you earnest of what he will do hereafter—yon know how he has benefited the country, and he tells you to-day. that he will do just the sante thing. (Laughter and cheers.) But I repeat, that if he were to repent his former conduct and become tin honest man, he has neither the talent nor the power to add to the inclination. (Laughter.) Mr. Dickinson has expressed his sentiments to you ; but I have told you, and I tell you again, that I hare no mere hopes of him than I have of the other desperate ease. With the exception of what occurred upon the part of that gentleman, on the first day at !letterer, he has conducted himself like a gentleman, but he was excused the violation by saying that he was worked up to it on the day of nomi nation at Bridgwater; and at a contested election, those who were concerned ought not to be too nice in their expectation of apology. (Applause.) I have been long in the habit of appearing before the public, and I have found it necessary to my constitution to keep my temper. I therefore feel not the slightest personal resent ment towards lilt. Dickinson, and the feeling which I cannot but entertain against Sir Thomas Lethbridge will soon be washed away. I shall not condescend even to be offended with hint. (Laughter, and mingled applause and hisses.) An expression of rather an extraordinary nature has fallen from Mr. Dickinson. He says, inspeaking of his freeholders, that he has not given even a gluts of either to his freeholders, as it was against the law. Now, I know of no law nor practice that makes it illegal. I am, however, extremely „glad to find that lily. Dickinson has become an pure all of a sudden, as to conceive that it was a crime in a Candidate to give drink to those who were - disposed to vote for him. (Laughter.) I suppose the Lawyers, of whom 1 see such multitudes, intend to ant up in the same liberal and independent principle, and not take one farthing for their labour and their amiable anxiety during the contest. (Loud laughter.) I cannot, however, allude to this purity of principle without recollecting something of rather a con tradictory statute. I should be glad to know whether the conduct of the 3lagistrates uniformly accords with this declaration. I think I can produce instances of very gross violations of the law. A person who sells* quirt or a gallon of cider stands, it is known, no chance of escaping from prison, and other penalties. Now look at the two principal inns of this town—the Magistrates have prevented the owners front taking up licenses, and yet not only winked at, but openly sanctioned the violation of the law during the election. It is the fact, that the whok troop of Magistrates, Clergymen, and Attorneys, cat and drink in those houses ; but perhaps they pay only for their bread and cheese, and their bottle of wine is given in. (Much laughter.) Hut what chance would a farmer have, who sold a gallon of cider to an informer ? Would it do for him to say that the bread and cheese was paid for, and that the cyder was a gratuity ? (Cries of " No !") f complain of the system of making laws to set one individual to entrap another, and I hope the time will come when such base things as spies and informers will not be known. (Loud cheers from all aides.) Now, with re gard to Sir T. Lethbridge, if I was to search the whole vocabulary of slang, I could find out no worse name than Sir Thomas Leth bridge. I therefore shall henceforward call him nothing else titan that name, which will distinguish him from every other con. temptible character. (Loud laughter.) Ile calls this a splendid exhibition otlyour feeling and patriotism--look at his splendour! Seventeen hundred and nineteen voters and four.fiftlis of them the offsenurings of the oplittinga of' Mr. Dickinson, at whose tail, if he had not been dragged in, his name would now be where mine is. Look at him—there he is! He will find that I shall bear the result of this contest with good humour and temper. 1 am more proud of Vie honour conferred upon me by the spontaneous votes of these 3,19 honest hectic/Mere, 274 of whom have voted for me alone, than he can be of those who' polled for him upon compul sion. Thom 274 are, of course, by his rule, incorrigible rogues; but instead of being ashamed, they glory in that species of dishonesty. In 1812 three hundred and fifty-three independent men to lest night, doubtless some of these had polled on that d. but they were comparatively few; they hail unpolled in the Kendal Ward 318 vote'', in the East Ward UR, in the Lansdale Ward (13, and is the West Ward 213, mekieg a tote! of U unpolled rotes, some of whom they could see were just then peering in. . At Ibis moment, a coach and four, lo a d e d with Illos freeholders: rem up by the hustings amidst th e c h eers of the Blite par t .) Ile was extremely Berry, as a friend to the trade and msnufeetires of the country in all their branclies..--and it grieved him to influent them that • considerable blow had been recently 'week at a branch of manufacture which had hitherto been moat flourishing—such et blow as it would be very difficult for it to recover—he meant thd manufacture of mushrooms—di:rest cheering and laughter)—is wea a painful thing to hear in times like the preeent, when all branches almost of trade were labouring under great distress, when so many deserving people engaged in the manuf ac tu re , of the county were deeply involved, that instead of matters getting better. the general tlistrese should have extended itself to anotherinanch of trade, which had before been thriving.(Alaugh.)He wished well to all branches of manufacture of a honest description, vas doubtless lie ought to do; out if the trade which lie had pm mentioned was of that deleripteon, he should hare heard of is destruction with a much heavier Feast than he did at that moment. But how was it possible to find words to express the feelings with which, not him self, but some pereoeset no great distance from him, weuld'hear of the total bankruptcy, the absolute failure of that tradit-.4 allure so complete, that he had been informed that the dealers newt shut up shop, the manufacture being utte ly destroyed. (Great laughter.) They could have no more kcchtip for the ensuing six - •e tenth*. ((Beat laughter.) He wished that this matter had been discovered forty-eight hours sooner, for the fact was, that • flaw had be en found in the tides by which these mushrooms voted. There were therefore no more mushrooms to be grown, or at all events co more could be brought to the poll, for if they were, they could only be subjected to the ceremo n y o f going round to the Aimessor'd beoth, where they would be intmedia.ely rejected. (Cherie.) He was, however, sorry to tell them, that before it wail discovered, I forty or fifty of such votes hail been placed upon the poll. (Cries of " Bolton end Sill's votes.") He entertained grist hopes, how. ever, that the Blurs would hot render it necereary for him to go elsewhere to have the matter set rigle,but enable him to carer hrough the election successfully, without basing to apply to the House of Commons to have these mushrooms removed from the poll. (Cheers.) However, these mushrooms hail got upon the poU, and, he had no &tuft, formed a Tel large proportion of their present MainTiti. lie had already mentioned to them several persons as having been engaged in the growth of these mushrooms, actuated by various yea s/ee and differeet moisce. He had, amongst other, mentioned is Reverend Clergyman. and some persons said it was a pity to do we 1 because he was a clergyman, and that persons of hie cloth should not hr drateged in 13:11.:111/ manner before the public. (Cries of " Pa ' eon Sill.") It was very far from his wish, although he wan said to be f n enemy to the Established Church, because he was an enemy to Tiers Toil ei, and he:ause he wished to see its ulnae% redressed, and the Ge•gy tel de etnong their flocks, and feed as well as take their tithe, from them—he, who was one of the hest friend,' to the Church, although he was said to be hostile to it, would not treat the Ministers of that Church as the agents of their adversaries had treated them in the Anterior', Court that morning. (Cheer.. I Such treatment his friends never showed to the Ministers of the Church, and to one could any that th e Bl ues ever use d a di srespect f u l word towertle a pereem of that cloth. Ile was, however, told that a Revereed Gentleman (the Rev. Mr. Leach, of Oak. ham), under Yellow colours, had gone into the Assessor's Court, not ler the purpose of ;Riling, for lie had already polled, but to give evidence as to a diverted freehold. Upon giving that evi dence, it became necessary in ask him snore questions, which led to worct, and some sty mg and disagreeable language that passed between the Learned Counsel who examined him and the Re ' verend Gentleman. He had not heed all that wearied, but ha hod heard that the Learned Gentleman, also under Yellow co. lour., had called hint a coxcomb. ( A laugh.) If the Reverend Genii 'man had not already polled, he theted have liked to have tree! an experiment of asking him civilly, as lie and but friends always did Ministers of Ill.! Cnn-oh, for his vote. Unfree. tunatly, the gentleman had already polled; but he was quite sure th it, if their want of exertion upon that ocesieon should render another content necessary, lie might securely r.ckon upon the supecrt of him who had been called a coxcomb by his wive. sary. (Cheers.) Ile had heard of one or two symptoms amongst their adversaries which were rot of the most healthy dencripe Con. He had been informed that they had polled some of their Kendal Committee; and it was seed that they had also polled sonic persons of great consequence in the East Ward. (Cheers.) Ito had also heard that they had sent that morning fifty and odd miles to bring back a single enter to Appleby. (Cheers.) Whoe all this would le td to to-morrow, whether it was an indication of the gr e at e x ert i ons s till to b e made, since they had been driven out of their mushroom bed, he would not predict. (A laugh.) They had heard the Noble Lend predict yesterday. that he (Mr. Brougham) would have been at the head of the poll that evening, and se, hi. Lordship turned out a false prophet, he did not like to imitate him, tend make a prediction for 1041/0170., lest it should turn out that lie should be equally as little endowed with the gilt of prophecy. (Laughern He had, indeed, disco vered that some persons who usually sat on the Treasury Bench, where also his lordship sat, were no conjurors. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Brougham) did not pretend to much in that way, and he was, therefore, t y no teem. eager to commit his character in the wont way tts had been dune byithe noble Lord. Title muds, however, he we uld venture to predct—if the freeholders of the Blues exerted themselves that night and to-morrow morning as they had done last night and that morning, with the help of those who were yet unpolled in Kendal and the whey wards, they would show to their ad verearies a much lees agreeable sight tomor row then they had seen that day. (Cheers) He had really hoped that yesterday he had taken leave for good of that reverend and illustrious person, the Bishop of Rome, or, as his adherents called him, his Holiness the Pope. It seemed, however, that his Ho liness was to be dragged upon the hustings that day again, whether he would or no . Up on t h at su bj ect h e would state to them a material fact. Some Catholic freeholders, men of the utmost respectability, and whose votes in every respect wen as good as any in Westmorland, tendered their votes on that day for the Blues, and for the other side also, and those who oared to vote for him had the long oath tendered to them, which of course they could not conscientiously take, and consequently their votes had been rejected. (Great cheering.) He, hoWever, had given directions that whenever a Cuticle freeholder came up to poll for Lord or Colonel Lowther, that upon no account should the long oath be tendered to them. (Great cheering.) He would rather lose his election altogether, than have such an oath put to them. (Continued cheers.) He wished them parti. cularly to mark the conduct of their adversaries with reamed to this long melt. They saw the horror which they had of con scientious Catholics voting nt that election ; but they hid not always the same horror of them. He held in his hand a letter written by a confidential agent of Lord Lonsdale, indeed, his . most most confidential agent, his own solicitor, in 1802, to Mr. Ho ward, of Corby, a Catholic, requesting him as &great favour to Lord Lowther, to put 31r. John Lowther in nomination for the county of Cumberland. (Cheers.) Alr. Howard most liberally, although the example had not been followed by their opponents ; but it was not yet tan late, and his conduct might 'dill be imitated, proposed Mr. Lowther, and lie was elected on that melon. He was a Catholic, and yet, so far from making any objectioa to him upon that ground, the letter stated that it would be meet grati fying to hoed Lowther (now Lord Lonsdale) if Mr. Howard would propose Mr. bewther for Cumberland. (Cheers.) If Mr. Howard should come forward at the present election, and tender hie. vote for the Bluee, he would not believe it, unless he should see it with his own eye!, that the arems of herd Lansdale would tender the long oath, so as to deprive him in effect of his franchise. (Chem.) lie should then take his leave of them. He wo u ld no t te e m, them for their exertions, for they were fighting their own cause jointly with him ; but he weld.] congratulate them in having made buck exertions hitherto, and he gave them joy of their unabated' seal and perseverance. fur without perseverance to temper antsassain their zeal, is would be as t otiming—but with perseverance, it nanst lead to 'MCC: s.. (Cheers.) ... Me. WYMURGH ties e: me *. r 'aril and s id, he was sorry to observe, that in the eery exc.llent speech which they had just Iteanl from his friend, Henry Broug ham , there had bean omaaed one observa ion, which the ipsec'h of the Noble Lord called forth. The Noble Lord (Lowther) had protestei against the in trahltiction of the Pupe into Engl and, and ilec'arzd, that he woul.l not ssuifa hi:n to ride rough...hod through this coon'''. He agreed with the Noble Lori, that. he OW W,Mltl ca'l d the Pope, ought not.to be allowed to ride rough-sited through the county ; but there was another person who ought not to be permitted to ride rough-shots through .. that counts, end that v the Lord well an himself. That such men were dishonest no man but a Lethbridge could have the audacity to declare; but he will suffer for all this: in that very House to which he has attain gained ad mission lie will be more laughed at than upon any former occasion, (Langhter.) lie was laughed at when lie said that the words of Sir Francis Burdett made his hair mend an end, but the figure he will cut in the next Parliament will inti•sitely surpass that in the ridiculous. Every one's eyes will be fixed upun him, and his re sport-ibility will greatly exceed any which he formerly groaned under. I shall return home to my blacking men. (Laughter.) I am perfectly satisfied with the contest, and I shall feel no shame in going round to my honest freeholders, and in eating bread and cheese, and drinking cider with them, on my way home. I WWI not run away, but pay my way as I go. Before I retire I shall 'thew you that I am not ashamed of my trade, and that I hear no resentment. I therefore present to Mr. Dickinson and to Sir Tho mas Lethbridge& bottle of my best blacking, my real matchless, (Roars of laughter whilst he handed over the bottle to Mr. Dickin son, who received it in the very best humour.) I had but one lett. and I thought of sending for another, but one will do. You have been in the h a bit o f uplifting votes, and you may split my bottle of blacking between you. (Roars of laughter, in which all the Ma gistratea and the Lawyers and the Clergy joined.) Mr. Dice' tesox.—/ts I bare received this present in public, I think ft necessary to return to the Gentleman who has giveli it to me my most unfeigned thanks for my half of his bottle of best blacking. (Continued laughing.) Sir T. LETIIBRIDOR, who never smiled during this exhibition Raid, I have no explanation to make, but I hope my Honourabie Friend will keep the whole little of beat blacking to Thanks were voted unanimously, anti with date cheers, to the Sheriff, for his conduct during the election ; and thus ended this never-to-he-forgotien contest for Somersetahtire. The Members were afterwards chaired round the town, and Mr. Hunt went down in his barouclie to dine with his friend Oliver Hayward, the honest yeoman at Mudford, where be had been fishing all the morning. WESTMORLAND ELECTION. !FROM OUR OWN REVORTER.I WEIINESDAY—SIXTU DAY. The polling this morning went on as briskly as usual, and with. out the slightest disturbance. The following address, which was Put forth at an early hour by Mr. Broughatn's Committee, excited considerable sensation, and some hopes, on the part of the Yellows, that he was almost despairing, and that he would give in that day if not well supported. These hopes, however, received their death blow by his speech at the closing of the poll, from witch it would appear that there is little if any prospect of toncluding the election before Saturday evening. " TO THE FREEHOLDERS or WESTMORLAND. " INDEPENDENT FREEHOLDERS—Your cause is safe, if you will exert yourselves for it. Your friends have already polled. within seven votes, as many as they did on the same day of the last Election, and much less exertion has been made to bring up the voters. Your adversaries have made the greatest exertions ; and they cannot head you upon the pull any longer, unless you are in active and disregard your own interest and the success or the enure. I sin doing everything in my power to win the day for you ; hut, if you do not come to my assistance, it must be in vain. The cause is your own ; let every man reflect that upon his own con duct, at this moment, it depends whether the county shall he free for ever, or for ever dependent upon a single family. Loch honest man has the welfare of Westmorland in his keeping. " lam your faithful servant, •• 11. BROUGHAM." At five o'clock the Under Sheriff appeared on the hustings, and announced the state of the poll as follows : Lsrd Lowther . 245 Colonel Lowther Mr. Brougham . Total 1.314 . -1.3 r/ - - 1,143 Majority fo; Col. Lowther over Mr. Brougham-1114. Lord Lowlifes' then addressed theclectors, which the state of the poll, he sad, enticed him to do, before the other Candidates. Indeed, his situation sot only on the poll, but on the gross poll also, entitled him to that precedence which he sincerely hoped their sup port would enable him to preserve to tee conclusion of the contest. (Cheers.) He was not flushed by his success, no:withstanding the great rush his opponent had threatened them with upon that day, and his failure of Iteaditig the poll, as fie had expected. (Cheers.) For his own part he was perfectly sati•fied at having maintained his superiority upon the poll unimpaired, and would be equally pleased if the same majority appeared in his favour at the conclusion. Ile had been taunted on the preceding even ing that ate of their batteries had been silenced--that it hail in fact been muzzled—and that he had not ventured again to name a venerable old gentleman, the Pope of Rome, since Saturday night. (Cheers, and tome masks of clisaoprehation.) All that he said or felt upon the subject was, that he would never give his consent that that Prelate ailouo! ride, roughshod. over his country. (Cheers and hisses.) The llopourable Gentleman lad considered that his defence of that Prelate last week was not quite complete, and therefore last evening he had brought in the Dukeof Norfolk to his aid. He admitted that his Grace the Dolt eof Norfolk was a Noblanan of most excellent character, and of t he highest respectability and worth ; but he would fay that the excep thus did nut constitute the general rule. (Cheers and hisses) No thing had been adduced to convince him, nor to convince the free holders (great noise and confusion), theugh visitors had been brought into the county to praise hint, that it would be safe to allow that Prelate to - ride as he hail already stated ; and he was sure any thing having a tendency that way would not be relished by the freeholders of Westmorland. (Great uproar.) He had no doubt but that the Learned Oentletnan would think himself in a most enviable situation on the poll, and neither had he any doubt but that they would hear him exercise his as ithmetical ingenuity, to prove that he was actually at the head of the pall. (Cheers and a laugh.) He felt the utmost con fidence that the Sheriff would have to declare the roll in the same order as' he had done that day, and that lie (Lord Lowther), of course, would have time precedency as he then enjoyed—the same right to address them first, as his brother would have to address them second, at the conclusion of the last day's polling, (cheers) and that of course they would be in that case returnee( as the Members for the county. (Much cheering and liaises from the Blues.) He should then trespass no farther on their patience ; but he wished them a good evening, and expressed a hope that he should see Chem again to-morrow. (Cheers.) Colonel LowTaxlt then addressed the freeltoldere, hut the cla mour was so incessant, that it was for some time impossible to hear a word that he uttered. Notwithstanding, he said, when we did hear him, all that had been said as to their strength being ex hausted while their opponents were coming with fresh vigour to the poll—notwithstanding all this, they were still at the head of the pull, He hoped they would keep tip their spirits, and goon as they had commenced, and be the majority what it might, it little signi fied whether it was ten, twenty, or one hundred, still at the end of time fifteen days the numbers would tell, and ensure th• it return for the county. (Cheers and hisses.) Ile assured his friends that there was no danger whatever to be apprehended, and expressed a hope that they would come up to-morrow in as good spirits as they lied done to-day. (Cheers.) lie would then take his leave, confident that they would continue to him their support as they had hitherto done, and keep him in the proud situation which lie then occupied on the poll ((,heers and marks of disapprobation.) Mr. BROUGHAM now presented himself, and was received with enthusiastic cheers. He exceedingly differecl, he said, with the Gallant Colonel in the opinion which he had just expressed, as he had the misfortune to do in most others that he had entertained. (A laugh.) He exceedingly differed with him in the opinion that it signified little what the majority might be, whether it was five, ten, or twenty, or as it really was, fourteen upoa that day's poll. He thought it signified is great deal, indeed, because when it was recollected that in consequence of their unparalleled exertions. sod their enormous rtSollrees, and the vast number of agents in all parts of the country, which their resources enabled them to employ —when it was recollected that with all these resources, so pos sessed by them, anti so used, they had yesterday been enabled to get a-head by 83 votes oil that day's poll ; he thought it materially signified, when. with all their means and exertion still at their dis posal, and still as actively employed, they had been on that day enabled to get a-head on the poll only by fourteen votes. (Great cheers.) lie had, from this circumstance, a right to assume that the tile hail invited, (cheers), and that by their exertions, in which they would not relax, hut, on the con trary, rather redouble them, he would be enabled to shew their op- FO tents a better poll than they had even shewn them, that day. (Cheers.) It was hie wish to state to them that day, as he had ...., ---••-• .....• • . ~,,,, eg—s no not say you arc a rogue. • Ito oe. ( yeses or - NO, not it you can nem it, there will be no- uistioneary. In iota eu three nunur anu oily -twee inoepenaent men (tthers.) Jr was nis wish to state to them that day, as he had ride rough-shod through that county, and that am i the Lord , Mr. Ca kavessi.—Vou imi.not, sir ; you dare not. (Cheers.) thing good.") toted for me at Bristol, and my opponents printed their names, in uniformly done—for nothing was mote foolith than to attempt Lit-Arne.% (Cheers.) Not only ought he not to ride rough. at Mv. ST VCIMV.—Mt. Creswell, 1 did not say the freeholder w ho Sir T. Lg•nnamog—There never shall. I shall do my tit_ the hope of destroying them. The worthy Mr. Vincent Stuckey keeping anything back, or to over-tate anything which might tend shod through the count?, but he ought not to ride through It a t voted for Mr. Hunt was dishonest; but dint I considered him to most to maintain the freedom of election. ( lAughter.) I rejoice at was , I believe, one of the White Lion Club. who came to this noble to deprees' or to encourage—the state in which they stood on that, all, th ough h;a feet should be phut! with Lord Low her'i silver ee re-solution. (Mr. Stuckey, " Nu, no.") Well, lam glad the Club the fifth day's poll, as compared with the fifth day of the election in plates from Newmarket. (Cheers, and a laugh,) That was the be disgraced. lam giad to see the gentlemen of the press under the manner in which the High Sheriff has acted ; he has not even me. They are in general very correct ; but they mistook the been complained of by the individual who has complained of all had not that additional disgrace. (Roars of laughter.) But, my the year MO. Ile rejoiced to inform them, that notwithstanding single observation which Mr. Brougham had omitted, cad which i Id word. other respectable persons—of the Magirrates, of the clergy, and friends, instead of being Rimmed at this formidable conduct, took that at the last election their means of conveyance were notoriously he stated to them in worse language, but with as much Mitch, at Mr. Cagswgi.l.—l am satisfied, Sir, with your explanation. of the profeesion of the law. But that individual has only to look care to procure copies, and framed and glazed and hung them up, at least double whet they were at the present contest—notwith. and with this observation he would take his leave. 1 ii- Mr. W. IX BAYLEY—AS a fr ee h o ld e r of the county, a fter to the poll f or t h e d amn i ng p roo f o f t h e opiiiiiin the county enter- in cotnmemoration of a struggle which. they considered mast ho. standin g that il k i t exer ti ons during the first five days of the laid The Meeting then quietly dispersed. . what has p asse d, I venture to say that I think it will not lie wise tains of him. I feel most proud in once more being chosen t o re - nourable. I have amongst my freeholders respectable men of all election were in the proportion of two to one to what they were our- In the evening, Mr. Duffy once mete made his appearance, t t in the Sheriff to close the poll. I say this with the utmost de. present the county of Somerset. the classes in life, except those of the Magistrates, the Clergy, and ing the first five days of the present, yet up to that moment they dressed as a Clergyman, with a mushroom iii his hand, anii ad. MI frrence to the legal advises' of that very respectable gentlem a n. I Mr. 0. IIAYOAItO —You never yet represented the county, the attorneys • and such an active devotion as that which I have re- had pulled twenty-three more v ot es th a n they heti done at the s a m e dressed the mob from the hustings, in the character of the R e v. Sit think it will not be f a ir towards Mr. Hunt, under to circum. Lethbridge. (Cheers and laughter.) corded I shal l in to the last flay of ley life. Sir T. Lethbridge period o f the last election. (Great cheering.) In the Rends! al e . Sill, o f B risto l, to w h om M r . Brougham hail alluded as t.• stances which Mr. Creswell has st a t e d, t h at t h ere are seventy v o t ers Sir T. LE/14434410ct; —I tis not by threats from high Of kW has stated. that all who wished well to the cause of liberty hail Ward, at the last election, they had, in the first five days, polled having made some mushroom votes for the Yellows. Every. thing in his parish who will come to the p o ll if i t b e kept open. It oug h t that lam to be prevented front pursuing steps which I am su r e voted for him. If that were the ease, how many thousands in this 3116, w hi c h was on l y two more t h an t h e y h a d now po ll e d, is, however, per t s a y quiet, but squibs are now beginning .to fly II riot to be said by Mr. Short that lie .ost his election through the will lead to the good of ray country. There is no tear in my na. county must have wished ill to the cause of liberty ! (Cheers.) I notwithst a nding th eir i ncrease d e xer ti o ns 0:1 that occasion, p rett y t hi c kly. T HURSDAY M ORNING. 10 pull's being closed prematurely, whereby he has been deprives( of lure. Will any one tell me I ought to fecal one word of what I do not hesitate to stay that there never has appeared so insolent, having, up to that evening, polled 334 (cheers and a cry froni The rolling. is going on briskly. Every thing is very quiet— et the opportunity of knowing what the opinion of the freeholders is have uttered ? inhuman, and barefaced a man, before the public. Ile says that no a person in the crowd, of " That is all you can do—you are nearly there is no longer any ment on of calling in the military. and it of lee qualification:. After what Air, Lev ele d( h as said, I su b m i t My, en Esw cr.l.—ref. ‘Vhat have you stated about the 300 honest men would vote for Hunt. (Cheers, and cries of " Hunt for at an end.") Ile could 'settee his friend there, the mushroom is only due to ( s erti Lowther to !ewe, th a t h e w as opp ose d t o t h e perhaps introduction of the military at all. The bands are parading 'the is that th e Sheriff would not, and I still speak it with gre a t d e f e rence. freeholders who have polled fur Mr. Hunt ? Retract that base ever.") Sir. Dickinson steaks candidly, and attributes any heat (a laugh), that lie should soon see to the contrary. unless ard• streets, and every thing weals a busy aspect. Mr. Brougham's if that in closing the poll without giving the m oo t am pl e nu . d e clar a tion. (Great uproar.) There have been reports in the Time* of expression to the heat df the contest. Now, what says Leth- he knew better than himself as to his strength. In the East 'it" if nee and the fullest procieniations. newspaper, from which I collect that ,you h a ve o ffe re d us t h e b r id ge ? Al t h oug h h e was smart i ng und e r the chastisement which I nt the last election, the Blues had p o ll e d on th e fif t h d a y 450 votes, epeeeh of last night has created a great sensation amongst the /link SHERIFF—The genuen ua n i s probably not aware th at it gre a t e st insult. You have used language which you dare not re- have so frequently inflicteduPon him , the marks of which Inc carries and this he mentioned to the honour of that ward—with pleasure !limes , and they n ow begin t o en t erta i n p re t t y con fid en t h o p e s, o y g was dune yestereay. p eat . (L ou d c h eers . and cries from the Attorneys about the Court imprinted upon his face. as Palpably as he would carry the mall(' and pride lie nientioned it, because charges were made against that succe , s. It is now impoesible to st a t e when th e p e a w ill d ose , ~. MY. BAYLCY-1 think Mr. BIM is bound not to delay the of " Turn him out.") Who will turn me out ?if one of t h at b ase on hi s body, if h e were flagged—he nothi.tg retracts. lie has been ward, as if they slackened in their zeal. or had been at all backward ceriaitily not before Sistarday evening. . t close of the pull unnece ssar ily, or f or th e purpose o f p utt i ng t h e crew da r e : t o lay his hands upon me (looking at the attorneys), told that he was a scoundrel, a coward, and a liar; and still he says upon that occasion. The last time 450 had polled from that ward. Th e mus h room sacs, a ll u d e d to i n m e fe re yo utru ., e p ass .h, n other Candidates to exp e n se an d trou bl e . not hi ng s h a ll pro'.'ct him f r om ch a stisement upon the spot. I say nothing. (Mr. Hayward—" Ayes I told him so.") Yea, it would but this time they had polled 438. Wrest cheering.) There had have been rejected by the Ass es so r , on t h e gr o und t h at , t ee i ng mi - Mr. Husw —I submit t o y ou , Sir . Sheriff , th a t a voter i s now th a t Sir Thomas Lethbridge ha most bsaely insulted 300 free- be a degradation to a dog to be comPered to him. I cannot re- been no one part of the county where their adversaries had been nuitant v o t es , an d no t freeholders, they should have b een re . ri Waiting to take the oath s , an d th at h e s h ou ld not b e hi n d ere d, holders of this county, by calling them rogues ; and he has the in- (rain from speaking in terms of the highest admiration of the con- making great exertions, or where they had flattered themselves that gistered six mouths b e f ore t h e e l ect i on b e f ore t h e h o ld er cou ld b e el The voter was then sworn. so l ence to say , i n a n swer t o m y charge, that he will s not retract a duct of the High Sheriff, who has so conscientiously anti respect- those exertions would be more successful than in the East entitled to vote. By thi s d ec i s io n th e y e ll ows are su pp ooei d t o it Mr. BAYLEY-1 was not' aware! of what was done yesterday word . What do the freeholders of the county call this treatment ? tulle acted upon this occasion ;he hae had a man extraordinary W a rd, but now they could perceive the result. (Great cheering.) sustain a loss of upwards of fifty elate... ie and to-day. (Loud uproar.) task to perform here, Not s quarter of the freeholders have been In the West Ward, in the same space of time, they had pulled e :1 Mr. BUNT--. 1 beg to disclaim what that Gentleman' and my TheSitealyr here thee, and requested that Mr. Creswell would Polled. The disinclination to vote for Lethbridge num have been at the last election 202 votes; but up to that evening th e y had An the numbers on the Northumberland all of Weal- = frierds have said. I think you have given ample time for the free. allow Sir Thomas to proceed, and then reply to him. almost unconquerable. Those who canvassed said to the free- polled 208. (Cheers.) Whether his friend in the crowd, who said nesday night, wh'ch we publis'a,sl exclusively yesterday, holders to com e i n , if they h a d cho sen to do so, and that all need . Sir. CnnaWELL—NO, he asks tei whe th er there is a word which holsters, " You must vote bosh for Whig and Tory;" thereby de- that that was all they could do, was better infomied of the state of were • , inserted . of . . only in a part our impression, we re- ir e fial proclamations have been made. h e i s b oun d t o read y I'll have his answer now. I ask him daring that there wits not a particle of honest feeling in the county. their poll, he could not tell, or whether he was better acquai n t e d le SHERI yr —That is very ha'idanme. w h et h er h e d are s to repeat What the Titmice newspaper states he The moment the freeholders see the two factions join, they with the strength of their (the Blues') canvass, he did n o t kn ow , publish them this !nor:ling, to prevent disappointment to 0 Mr. BATLEY —That is very fair. asserted. I have voted for Mr. Hunt, and I oak him whether hecalls naturally say in disgust, " We'll not go at all." (Cheers.) th a n he (Mr. Brougham), w a s himself, a f ter a ll tine pains Inc had any of our readers:— Mr. HUNT—I have sent to request those who were coming to me, or thinks me a rogue? (Great tumult.) If h e re pli es i n t h e I return thanee to those who came tip for me, for I believe that taken to ascertain the real state of affairs; but this he could ttll Liddell . - 1306 I Beaumont - . lOW stay at home, Th ere i s no dishigenuousnem shout me. I think I affirmatives neither Sheriff ', nor illagiitrates, nor Attorneys, shall every one who did ao believed that he was serving his country as the freeholders a the result of his inquiries on that p o int, th at u p Bell . - 1226 Howie& - gel 1 - . . . . .. • THE BRITISH PRESS.