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' len? during the last contest. 3lr. Bell is u hearty and facetiour , errr. I Fur readers will perceive that on Saturday a discoesion occurred which eimpletely proved the report ma coalition between 31r. Lid dell and Mr. Beaumont to be ualoundal ; and part of that discus. r which alluded to Mr. Beaumont is extremely important, a, prof ing the immense increase of Mr. Beanmones populnriiy—even ioa-iit,Ah highly popular before—by the ill usage he has lately re ceived from the Whigs, We canmt conclude without noticing Litrtl Ilawick's remark. able foresight about the result of the week. He said on Wednesday that at the end of the week he would be far, very fir, at the head of the poll. Now, though we do not pretend to know precisely what being, far at the head of a poll means, unless it should mean being for aTroy from the held, we cannot possibly suppose thou his Lordship had any sinlere wish to be at the bottom. There he i-, however, while we writc, and there, in God's name, let him remain, as long as he keeps in his present temper, and has a tree. liekler to poll. (FROM A CORRESPOInEwr.) The Candidates are now completely divided into two navies— Liddell and Beaumont en one side, and Bell and Howick on the ether. The election of Mr. Liddell is on all hands admitted to be secure, while that of Lewd Howick is (juke as generally ad mitted to he hopeless. The real contest ts, therefore, between Ilell and Beaumont ; and the friends of the latter grow more and more confident of his ultimate success. He is known to have the most votes remaining, but as many of his friends are to be brought trim a considerable distance, time is required to bring them up. There seems to-clay no likelilmod at all of the poll cl using this week. All the Great Hone in the interest of either 31r. Bell or my Lori Howick have polled to•day, even 31r. Bell himself noted for Lord Ilowick . 1 7 oless Mr. Bell should rise considerably hit!her on the poll, it is certain he must lose his election. The Whigs are very much laughed at fur spli ting upon an ultra Tory 'end idate. _ _ The enclosed articles will inform you more particularly of what ix nassiNrhere s-- ; fhe catmint! is the enrrestwettlettee alluded to : MR. LIDDLLUS LETTERS TO MRS. BEAUMONT. 7o TOE FREEUOLDERS Or Tilt COUNTY Or NORTUUM BERL AND. Gentlemen-8o many erroneous iMprevaions have been fumed regarding these letters. that I deem it right to publish them for the entire Natisfaetion of all, whether friends or opponents. The Ant was written on the evening of that day when I firg came for ward for the County, and when I fully expected a contest with Lord Howick. •• 3ly Dear Mrs. Beaumont—ln consequence of the sudden death of our late excellent Representative, Mr. Brandling. I am induced to offer myself for the vacant seat to the notice of the county. Load llowick has also started, and as it is hsrdly to he believed that t!:ns county will return a second IVhig llemher, it dues appear to :no that my return at present would be the most likely means of securing Mr. Wentworth Remiinont a tranquil return at the ea. suirg general election. 3lay I be permitted to remind you also of the kind expressions you once made use of towards mr, at • period now somewhat remote. when your son first came in for this county. * Sllonia it be your Inclinat;on to give TT the benefit of your support at present, have the kindness to write me a few lines to tliat import. at‘lressial to me at Alnwick. Encuse haste, not on. mixed with anxiety, and believe me, dear .31aclam. yours, very faith fully. '6 H. T. LIDDELL. •• Alnwiek, February 2, MIL •• To ilrs. tkaumont, Britton Hall, Dame...ley." Mrs. Beaumont's reply to this letter I am not at liberty to pub. 1... h. Suffice it to say, it was such as to call for the following an. aver by return of pust " February 11, Newca•tlr. "My dear slalom,—ln answer to your letter: only received this day. I must beg it to be distinctly understood that I rest my claims Li the vacant representation !vilely upon the ground of coming for ward on the Tory interest of the county, and that I cannot consent to implicate myself in any degree with any other Cludid.ste what ever. The sentence in my last letter, alluding to Mr. Wentworth Basumont, was simply given as a matter of opinion, without the tor s'lest hint or intention of reciprocity. " I have the honour to be, dear Madam, " Yours, very faithfully. 11. T. LIDDELL... I have the h Oittur to he, demtlemeo, Your faithful and devoted servant. A!ewick, June 26, 182. 11. T. LIDDELL. SUSSEX COUNTY ELECTION. Tee whole of last week was passed in a state of bustle and ex- ettement rarely felt or known, except on these occasions. to Beighton it was particularly so. perhaps in a greater degree than it would therwise have been, had not the genes of the opposition to Arr. Curteis been matured here with more than ordinary industry. A great number of the tr.uleemen and others, it must be allowed, ease espoused the cause of Sir Godfrey Webetne with an earnest. Less and -al that we did not expect to see, when weconeider the est-politic-a character of Sir Goiteey, and remember bow very e"eurious he was of his attend Ince whilst in Parliament. elr. :r es has certainly been a useful :Member, as tar as the routine of bneinees can constitute one ; yet we cannot but regard luau rether as the mere organ of the agricultural beeriest. than as the enlightened legislator. The protection test has been given to the landed interest by the Corn lies, is viewed 'aim an eye of great jealousy by all commercial men, and espe daily by the labouring classes In towns, who consider teat tee high price of provisions is injurious to them, without re d _cling that if the farmers were ruined by not getting a remune ruing price for their produce, trade must suffer in proportinn to the muss of ruin produced. This was manifest in the years 11122.3. 't'o say nothing of the principle which governs all men, of geeing os much as possible for their property, it is manifestly unjust to ex sect that the English farmers, loaded as they are with taxes, should quietly acquiesce in allowing foreigners in come into their own mar ket and undersell them. But the cuckoo cry of " No Corn Bill !" is, like many others, ride d to furnish the mob with the means of annoying the unpopular candidate. We are strenuous advocates tar cheap bread and cheapness in everything ; but in order to this we know other measure' , must be taken, and the prices nt provisions Mill then naturally find their own level. Sir G. coming forward at , s time lied concentrated the opposition of the county, and as an ab stract question, welt ke to see the tiering public merit. which I. eeee tiled ia no part of the world with so few serials results as in ling lee d ; but we cannot conceal from ourselves that this popular effete emeence is often most egregiously misapplied, and let visionaries ttoj what they will, we are tirmle of opinion that the popular voice ever was, and ever will be, the erroneous one. Sir G. is, however, the popular Candidate—the cliWu. the Chain Pier, and Parade were on Simile! crowded with thousands of elegantly dressed females, elect:arks in their Sunday clothes, serva nts nut of livery, with their bodes as stiff as their master's elothes•hoeve„—in short, with per. SOD, of every description, to view Sir Godfrey's yacht, which cane Oldie town in the afternoon, freighted with voters from Hastings wad the eastern pasts of th t county, for the " darling of Brighton and Chichester." They were loudly cheered by the people on 'wore. which was returned by those on board the vessel, and after bring a gun or two, she proceeded to Bognor, where carriagn were prepared to convey the electors to the poll. It was reported that Sir Godfrey would arrive about two o'clock ; he did not come, however, till about a quarter past six t but tew persons attended, therefore, to witness his eider ; about that time he came rattling down North -Street in his carriage, with four horses, and as he passed the cod of Eat-street. one of the horses, on which the postilion sat, topped and fell. The man fortunately jumped off, and escaped uriturt, bat the horse was dragged along the ground several yards, and scented a good deal injured. The crowd then took due homes tenon the carnage, and dragged it through Catale.square to the York Hotel. In the evening Sir Godfrey attempted to take a walk, but he was soots surrounded by an dense a crowd, that he was glad to secure his retreat by jumping into the window of the Committee room at the back 10 the hotel. The same evening an immense crowd had assembled in front of the hotel, waiting to see hint off to Bognor, and about a quarter to ten he got into hi+ carriage, and briefly tuldressed them. He said, as well as the noise and bustle would allow us to collect, that it being Sunday night, he could not say much to them, but a time would shortly come seen he would speak to them at more length. The crowd, thus satisfied, gradually dispersed. Mr. Cunen, several days before this, had been canvassing st Brixhton, in which he woe assisted by his friends. Mr. Cartels poems particularly kind and affable to all whom he addresses. 'Phis might by some be attributed to electioneering finesse, but we Save had the means of aseertainlng that many pone persons who letve lived in hi+ immediate neighbouthood speak of him in terms oe the warmest gratitude, and with that bluntness, which they use to express it meant* those, and dose only, who they know are en. titled to their respect. There is a veil of mystery thrown over the coodect of Mr. Cavendieli, which. if that gentleman expects ever to be returned for this county, must be withdrawn. It is too late in the ear for any future candidate* ever to expect to conic in on any par. Loiter interest inertly, without Meaning vast expenses; for the present contest 'hews that there are many hundreds of Sils bee voters, who, rather than the candidates shall walk over the course, will support, free of expense, any one who may offer him self. though with scarcely a shadow of reason to suppose he will succeed in the contest. A large assemblage of proems gathered sowed the White Horse and York Hotel,' again on Monday night. -who smustel themselves with making the most hideous noises of ditopprobauon when (:urteis parties came in from the poll, and loudly cheered those of his opponents. For sererel days the con duet of the populace was so violent, that Cuetei.'s voters did not Cat to run the rusk of wearing his colours; but, since special Cell stables have been sworn in, we observe, we think, more blue co lours than pink and purple. A number of slides have been circu lated, and balladetingem may be heard every clay, Pinging the praises of Sir Godfrey, and the miseries of " Bed hrtring Soup." A bill was posted last week, signed by a timber of ?eaten able per. sons, expressing their determination to support Mr. Coterie ; MN) afterwards snottier, primed so as closely to ennoble it, was p ub. Misled, in which the name* were ludicrously travestied. Mir end 1-ey'a miry were still in pretty high spirits till Tunes, after.. noon, when, having learned that he had oily polled seven votes at noon, and that Mr. Curteis had polled ed, the troth appeared to break upon them, and dispel every hope that they had entertained of their " Champiob's" return. This has eeitainly been a most eett e ntdieary contest. erlien Sir Godfrey started, we believe, the general opinion was, that he would not stand three days. It was esown tie had not n.oney is defray the expenses usual ten these ne sesions. He had never taken any part or interest in the local affairs ut the county. It was several years since the mete past of the free- Making had even heard of him, particularly in a political point elf wet... ter the freeholder's troubled ilseniselves but little about the political squabbles of Chichester. He was unsupported by say great interest in the county. The agriculturists almost to a man were in favour of their organ, Mr. Curteist. The nobility, gentry, and clergy were opposed to him on account of his political opinions. With all these disadvantages, however, he act off in a gentle canter, and has continued the contest so long as to surprise both parties. This, with the report that his friends at Brighton were determined to support him as long as a m in could be polled, or means be found to send him voters, gave an entirely new aspect to the affair, and Mr. CUI , telt; fountlOt necessary to take up the matter with fat more gerinus ness than he at first thought it required. Most of Sir flodfrey's voters gave him plunipers, and cc imagine few Candidates in the king dom have received so many, either for a city or minty, as he has. ' This appears to have excited some surprise in Mr. Burrell, as it is said he asked the Brighton voters, with some warmth, what he had done sp Brighton, not to receive their split votes. Colonel Lloyd 4 pnil the Rey. Mr. Everarti also railed on stir Onelfrey's Committee at the York lintel, to disclaim, on the part of Mr. Bur rell. any coalition, direct or implied, with Mr. Conch'. On Tuesday night we were visited by one of the moat severe storms we have had toe several yeses ; the clouds appeared to burst asunder, when the bright and dazzling effulgence of the lightning darted through their dark anti ponderous masses. and the thunder roiled its dreadful tones over our heads . • the rain descended in torrents, and the hail fell as large as small marbles. This effectu ally prevented the crowd from assembling, and gave the special constables relief from their duty. Of the result of the contest there is no longer any doubt. Still Sir Oadfrey's partizans regard even their defeat as a victory 1 and we certainly think the independent feelings of the county were never MT? excited, and that Brighton never stood so high in a polirul relatiion as she dors at present. We only wish she had a better aileneate for her euffragre Mr. Tilden Snii:h. jun. and Mr. James Smith were severely wounded on their return from the Chichester el -ction, in their way through Battle. The former gentleman was confined to his bed for several days. Irons the it.juries lie received, and the wounds of Mr. James Smith attracted the notice of every one at Bother. field fair. We believe that the Baronet has discontinued the hand-bill. wherein he want out of his way gratuitously to attack the Caven tlishes, the nobility. and the clergy. Ale. Curteis's Committee however etill circulate them, and they have more effectnelly served Iris cause than anything which he has published. " Defend me from my friends!" is a common exclamation ; the Baronet should be told in •• defend himself from himself." We know that in the midst of the war of the last election, when raging In its utmost fury Mr. Cutlets and his friends never presumed us utter a syllable of disrespect against the family of Cavendish, though he differed from them as to Popery. the Corn Laws, and other great national questions. With regard to his present opponent, we trust that there is nothing of any sort or kind in which he concurs with him; if there were, he would have but a miaerable chance of being returned as the Representative of the count). of Sussex. 'rhe eunten with the Caveralishet terminated in a victory Options to the county; but in the present contention. though there would be no triumph in victory, in defeat (if it were possible) the disgrace would be infinite. A body of gen tlemen of the!' ghost respect ability have formed them selves into a Committee for the support of the caus , of Mr. Crateis, and they atisemble daily at the York Hotel. Bridge street, Black. friars. In the Borough they have bad peculiar succe,sin their canvass, from the eircuinsian-e of Mr. Curios having done so much fur the benefit of the hop.planteni in the hour of their d harms. The duty on hops fur the year 1824 was entirely remitted, and the duty of last year has been delayed for nine months. The Bill for the removal of the place of polling to Levee was not the voluntary act of Mr. Curteis. He introduced it in conse quence of instructions given him be • county Meeting, solemnly convened by the Shniff. Under these circumstances, it was not possible for him to have done otherwise. How cou'd lie have %hewn his face to the freeholders, if he had been deaf to their instructions ? especially as he has always held the doctrine of obedience to consti tuents. Notwithstanding that Lord George Cavendish has distinctly rt.- dared himself to be neutral in the present contest, and in the hand somest manner has allowed his friends and tenants to act as they see fit, yet to our astonishment we find that the friends and adhe rents of a great personage at Amide! Ca•tle arc in the fullest acti vity. Houses are opened, and there is every appearance of support to the Rstheal Baronet. This has, as it ought to do. excited the real of the friends of .Ilr. SUMICI, and will, we doubt not, at no tlist.int period, secure to him his return for Shorehans and the Rape of Bramber. Sir 0 slfrey Webster has no plate of residence in the county of Sussex ; we believe that he is the only instance of a Candidate not having a dwelling in the county which he has to represent. Whe ther he be the eastern or western Candidate we scarcely know. His strength is in the west. We believe that western Sussex does not seek to re:urn the two county Members, and it would be too much for Chichester to return one or both the two county Members, in addition to their own. It would be very extraordinary if the Candidate for Chichester who has been rejected kr that city. should be forced down the throats of the freeholders of the county of Sussex. It would be wrong fur the county to interfere with the city election ; but it is really too much that Chichester should dictate to the county who we to be the Representatives of Sussex. Can that which is too bad fur Chichester be good enough for the county ? At the lastelee don, the point in issue had to relation to party, nor has it in this ; the only question between the Candidates on that occasion was, whether what we called the Six Bilk were or were not necessary as a temporary measure—the coun•y judged that they were requisite at that juncture ; they are now at an end and have expired, and our liberties are safe; the only question now to be tried is Radicalism or the contrary, or, in other words, religion, morals. and property, against profligacy and a general scramble. A friend of the B rennet said on the hustings, that many were coming for them front Rye. Mr. George Darby, Mr. Conches Counsel, replied, that he judged all their supporters to be Rye men, for certainly they had all wry faces. As there are some errors in the report of the speech of Sir. Curteis, addressed to the freeholders at the meeting at Lewes, called by Sir George Shifter. as given in the Lewes Paper of the Stith instant, we are induced to make the following s.atement, as [ handed to us by an auditor. which he believes to be more correct. Mr. Curtein observed_•• That though there was not the smallest connexion between him and the family of the Cavendishes, yet it must be admitted on all hands that they were a great, powerful, ' and honourable family—perhaps the most important, on the whole, in the kingdom, which was under great obligations to them, as haring been always friendly to the rights and liberties of the People—that with regard to the Catholic Question, he differed front them, and on other crest national points—they or he might be right—but from. his present opponent he differed in every thing. The Honourable Baronet, for so he would call him, though he called himself the Radical Baronet, had been rejected at Chichester; was that city to give laws to the county ? Was the person who was insufficient in the view of the ti•izens of that place to represent them, to be considered as an adequate Representative of the county P Was the cast-off Candidate for that city to be crammed down the throats of the freeholders? It was re. pooled that a subscription list) been entered into of ten pounds, or of some other sum, by the tradesmen at Chichester, for the purposes of the present election ; and the Honourable, but Radical Baronet, had declared that his object was to punish his opponents—but was it decent towards the county to talk of punishing those whom the county had bought lit to elect r.s its Members, s lough it be only by expense ? The map was a denunstration that the pi esent was not a convenient piece for the polling of the reecho' ters, but he was not responsible for the hill which lie had introduced into Parliament— it was in consequence of instructions received by him from the County Court of the freeholders, convened by the Sheriff. Ile. pledged himself, if lie should receive similar instructions again, to act a■ before ; but the foundation of his proceeslitigs must be the commands of the county."—We believe the remainder of the speech to have been as correctly reported as such sudden effusions of the moment usually are. Vie cannot think that Mr. Curteis could have done otherwise than he slid with regard to this Bill, after he had received the instruc.ions of the county. The following is the state of the gross poll daily sine* ou► last ; Tliiirsitay Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Burrell 12711 1482 111431 17113 1934 Curteis 1 iii 1334 1507 1653 1815 It* chafer ; 8.10 llO4 1039 1116 E BERWICK ELECTION. From the lierrolL. Advertiser of June 23.) The election for this borough was linally closed on Wednesday afternoon, at Eve o'clock, when Marcus Ileresford and John Wed owee; Illsgen t were declared duly elected. The numbers were. for Captain lieresford, 512: Mr. Gladstone. 479; Sir F. Make, 473. Thus has terminated one of the keenest and most protected contests ever know for the representation of this borough. The number of voters wait llikl, being 12:1 more than ever voted on any former acca sion. The plumper' were 246-31 r. Gladsone, ' Capt. Beres ford, 58; Si r F. Make, SG. The election was virtually decided on Thursday. the 4th day of the poll, when the numbers stood —Capt. BeresEnd, 501; Mr. Gladstone. 455 ; Sir F. Blake, 451 ; and, per haps, it would have been prudent in the two contending parties to hose allowed the poll to dos,: that day ; at any rate, it would have been economical, and hare saved themselves and their friends no small de,gree of anxiety. It was pitiable to see the Court sitting and. looking at one ant ther the live let days of the poll, during whirl. only 57 voted. Every now and then, indeed, the friends of the two parties were routed by the arrival of a postchaire, the contents of which elevated or depressed their spirit's ; sometimes deprersed them all, having nothing for either party. Sometimes, attire whose duty compeller' them to sit were prevented from sleeping, and their risible faculties somewhat excited by a half-drunk fellow proposing to treat the Mayor with a bottle of porter—another regretting that he could not sing himself, and calling upon his Worship, Captain Beresford, and others, to favour them with a stave. By the by, it is certainly very hard, not to soy ridiculous, that official gentlemen should be obi gel rook thirty-seven hours for the accomplishment of what they could easily effect in less than two. • We have great ['tensors in stating that. nnt withstanding the great interest taken in the late contest. there has been nulling like uproar and vi, fence, as. towards the doge of last week, there was some rea son to apprehend. In the event of Sir F. Make not being successful. Even on 'Wednesday. the Innumerable crowiN decorated with Sir Frailties favonrs(light bias that flocked) into the town from T weed molth, Spites!, Norbarn, and, in short, from every village and hamlet in the neighbourhood, all amanita for his success, ember excited alarm. Every thing, however, 'wised oftiptielly, and we trust that any anima/tufty that the contest has engendered will he immediately buried in oblivion. A t the same time we heartily wish that those burgesses who have discarril themselves by break ing their promises. may be held forth to that 'white derision and contempt whirl, they so justly deserve. We could easily repeat what are considered heavy accusations by the respective parties THE BRITISH PRESS. against each other, but convinced that doing an would only irritate those wounds we are anxious to see closed, we refrain. Mr. Gihans - coNC finding it impossible to obtain a hearing in the Hall after the poll was closed, in consequence of the deafening noise that prevailed, addressed his numerous friends, who accompanied him from a window of the lien and Chickens Inn. He returned them his most cordial thanks for their unremitting erections, by which they had maintained their own independence, and conferred upon him the honour to which he aspired, of representing this ancient borough. As the only return he could make them for this distinguished honour. hedeclared that itisendeavours. in Parliament and nut of it, should never be wanting to promote the inter. sus of the Burgeasea, individually and collectively, and those of the Bei fish Empire in general. In conclusion, he moat earnestly exhort( d them to forgive and forget any little animositiea that might trace arisen between the n and their opponents during the arduous and protracted struggle, to show the strictest moderation in their tri. umph, and to dispense peaceably. lie then bowed and retired ; and the multitude, after repeated cheering*, quietly withdrew. Of nll thedlandidates the public voice was most decidedly in favour of Sir Francis Blake, as the almost universal regret for his disappointment, and the general display of his favours on Willow'. day, by prove T he one r e. of the largest assemblages we ever saw in town, auf ticeprincipal; if not the only, objection against Mr. Gladstone is merely his being the rival or Sir Francis. The I general opinion is, in which we most cordially acquiesce, that Mr. Gladstone's intimate knowledge of the great interests of the nation, whether agricultural or commercial, domestic or foreign, eminently qualifies him to represent any county or borough of the United Kingdom. Though now and formerly we have not hesitated to declare the opinion we entertain of the qualifications and fitness of Sir F. Blake and Mr. Gladstone as representatives Of the borough, we are far from thinking Captain Ileresforil has no merit. The stare of the poll shows he has mani political friends, who no doubt have the greatest confidence in 'is:abilities to represent them in the Se nate, otherwise they would not have honoured him with their suf frage*. It certainly can be no diapareigestent to a young gentle man, whatever may be his acquirements, and however highly cen netted. to be considered inferior in point of merit, when put in competition with gentlemen greatly hue superiors in years and ex perience. We trust the electors will not be disappointed in the choice they have made, and that both our representatives will faith. fully and conaclentiously discharge their parliamentary duties, and thereby promote, not only the interest of our good town, but the nation at large. When .ir Francis Blake, the last who polled nn 'Wednesday, was called to rote, he said with great energy, " I add this vote to thus , . of the 172 honest burgesses who hare supported my cause, Sir Francis Blake." Joseph llunie, Esq., though busily engaged with Ilia own elec tion for the Aberdeen district of burghs, no sooner heard that Sir F. Blake needed his assistance. than he posted hither on Wednesday, and gore his friend a plumper. Mr. flume has, it is stated, se cured his return. Capt. Ilercaforil and Mr. Gladstone are entertaining their friends this afternoon at their respective inns. Both been liberal in their invitations, and both panics, we understand, are numerous and highly respectable. IVESTMORLA.VD ELECTION. 'raw, OUR owx itEroNTER.I TUESDAY, JUNE 27 (FIFTH 1)AY). The polling recommenced this morning, though it did not con tinue through the day with so much briskness as heretofore. It was said that as early as one o'clock in the morning the polling booths were occupied by the Yellows. who are certainly es irtlefa tigable as they arc confident of success. It is generally said that 31r. Brougham has not Cie slightest prospect of success; and it is added, that he knows that to be the case himself, but ti s still he is anxious to ascertain the extent of his own as well of his adversaries' strength, with a view to a future contest. It is also said that his sole object is to compel Lord hon*dale, by contesting every election, to compromise with the Dines, and to allow them to return one Member. At all events. his defeat seems to be al most beyond the possibility of a doubt. There have been no dia. turbauces to-day that are at all worth mentioning. About five o'clock the Under-Sheriff appeared upon the hustings, followed by the Candidates, who immediately proceeded to their respective places. The Under.Sheriir then announced the state of the poll as follows : Day's Poll. Aggregate. Lord Low:her . . 278 . 1.129 Colonel Lowther - 272 - 1,099 Mr. Droughsrn 929 111.1jotity fur Cul. Lowther on that day's poll, 89 ; Total Ala. jority, 170. Lord Lowtruen then addressed the freeholders, and begged to return them lilt most sincere thanks for the gratifying positio h in which they had placed him upon that day's poll—a position which was doubly gratifying, after the prediction which had been made by their opponent on the preceding evening. (Great cheers.) After that prediction he could little indeed expect to have preserved even his majority of twenty-five; but now he considered that they had weathered the storm. Fortune had so far favoured them, that except a German miracle, one of Prince Ilohenlohe's own. were to take place,' he must conclude that the contest was finished. (Int mense cheering.) It was just as unlikely that the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) could now get to to the head of the poll as that his friend Captain Parry should, in his next voyage, discover the supposed passage near the North Pole, having already failed three times In the attempt to do so. (Cheers and laughter.) Much hail been sa:o of those votes, which had been so much contlenined—mushroom votes, or, as they were sometimes called. faggots ; and. Indeed, lie entertained no doubt but that they were extremely hard of digestion (loud cheers and a laugh), and that, when administered in large quantities, were found to be sometimes fatal. (A laugh and cheering ) It was bad to crimi nate and recriminate, but utter all that had been said, he could not avoid reminding the freeholder+ of what had taken place at Appleby Castle. (Cheers and laughter.) But speaking of m us h. moms, he could see from where he stool a bow window, (that of Mr. Thompson, grocer and banker;, belonging to a house where there were as many of these mushroom voters made as in a ll West morland put together (a laugh); at least, quite as many as in the West ward ; so many, that lie might be termed a vote dealer—a vote huckster. (Great laughter.) When the gentlemen of the long robe examin:d those who thus came up, and Asked them of whom they purchased their freehold, it was all 3lonsieu Tonson come again. (Great laughter and cheers.) There were, how ever, other votes of a more perishnble quality : whether it was the hot weather or an article in which he dealt, sugar-candy, which melted in the niouth, then he conld not say, but great numbers had come over to them (Lord Lowther and the Colonel). He repeated that he looked upon that day es the conclusion of the contest. He did net expect to make very great way to-morrow, as his opponent's forces. (Oka of hear, hear, hear, from the Blues.) It was evident that those who were winning spoke with much more diffidence than those who were losing. (Cheers and a laugh.) If, however, they should make no great way against the threateued exertiens of their opponents, he fully expected, notwithstanding, to be enabled to keep his ground (Cheers), even though the Kendal Ward should produce its 60 or 70 customary tenants of Peat Moss, who could scarcely rank above the mushroom voters, even though their deeds were made and signed a year beforehand. (Cheers.) He had not, as yet, brought up his strength from the West ward, and had no doubt on Thursday and Friday his majority would be still more decisive. Ile then sincerely thanked them for the attention with which they had heard him, and retired amid very general cheering. C lend LOWTIIEU said, that it being his turn next to address them, he begged to return them his most unfeigned ;titmice, for the support they had given him. Ile assured them that it was particu holy flattering to him when he found that the number against the mupon that day had been rather reduced than inereased,notwith standing the obstacles which had been thrown in the way of his voters an the Kendal booth. The longer the context was continued, the greater, he felt convinced, would be his majority. (Cheers.) He did not care how long the contest lasted, as he should he happy that every freeholder should have the orortinity of exercising his elective tranchise. (Great cheering.) Ile begged to repeat to them his thanks, for the support they . had given him, which he had no doubt they would continue. unttl he was returned by a large majo rity of the freeholdere of Westmorland. (Cheers mingled with souse marksof disapprobation.) • Mr. lIROUGnAm then came forward, and was greeted with loud cheering. Ile thought, he said, that they must be not a little coin. forted under their aflitctit,n at being upwards of eighty behind upon that day's poll, by whet the Noble Lord had stated ..t the conclu sion el* his speech. Although the Noble Lord was in R very good humour at the commencement of his address, and although he was quite witty as to the bow• windows, the mushrooms, and the sugar-candy (a laugh), yet towards its close he became somewhat melancholy et the prospect for to-marrow. (A laugh.) He told you that he did not expect to do so well to-morrow an he had done today, far that they (the Bleat) intenAell, as most undoubtedly they did, to make upon that day a great whip, and in do, in fact. a great deal bettor than they had done hitherto. lie sincerely hoped that the Noble Lord would turn out to be a true prophet, and. as lie had taken the trouble to prophecy, lie felt that he (Mr. II oughani) would be saved the trouble of prophecy. log, and would therefore matte no prediction, but merely tell them to wait till the close of the poll to morrow night, and they would then be enabled to see whether the Noble Lord's prediction was right or wrong. (Cheers.) Neither the Noble Lord nor him. self could speak so accurately of that which would take place to-morrow as they could ef that which had happened on that day and at the last election, and therefore it was that he felt it neces pm to make a few observe:ions to them upon their comparative strength then awl at the same period of the contest at the last dee ' tion in the year 18:10. There were no means so pr o pe r , n or could any be devised, by which they could mere accurately ascertain how far they might rely upon their real resources ; nor could any me thod he arrived at of estimating better the prospect of eventual success or defeat, than by such a comparison. They were now ar rived to, substantially, the close of the fourth day a pull ; fur on the first day, Bore were pulled only ten or twelve rotes. ( A pet- son in the areal railed out that they wer. ,11 mushrooms.) No, that war not the case neither, nor if it had It, en. was it at all material, as the other four days were really thos nn which the tug took place. lye should then compare the state of the poll in the ditti:rent wards; during the filet four days of the last election, with the four days polling upon the present occasion, and then see whether there was ally re trot) to complain of their friends holding hack, or being at all remiss in their cautious. lye had now polled in the Dot 11 atd I in the last four days (for the first was quite unimportant) 404. thin the votes, whereas ill 11120 they had only polled :i49 in that ward, .wi saute space of tmie. (Cheers.) Ile mentioned this tact to . the honourof the feaet Ward. because it el been seid that !the Last %Vent had been disappointing his friends, and that it was not doing its duty in the present contest, whereas they had actually brought upwards of SO more to the poll than they had done at the last elec. thin. In the West Ward. (Here a person in the crowd made a noise.) Ile supposed that the person who made that noise was a Al'eet IS art nun, and that he was anxious to hear something of his own ward. What he was going to say was, that in 11120 lie had polled in that ward Int, elide the 1 Mows hail polled 224; but this time dint ward hail already Rent up Inn, which was within 13 of the number that had been polled at the same period of the contest in 1020. (Hear.) In die Kendal Ward there had been a more material falling off, but that he thought no. thing of. In that ward, on the folirm day of the last election, lie had polled 3i5. and now he had polled 304, making a difference of 21 ; so that there was no material difference upon the whole of the polling between the two periods. He wished to call their attentit n particularly to this statement, because, when dhc wide a endement which he should presently mention, they would perceive how highly important this comparison was upon the question of th probable reitu't of the contest. The Blues had not made the same exertions on the present occasion as they had done upon the last, for the purpose of bringing tip the distant voters, nor had they re. sorted to the sante method of bringing those vows to the poll. The Noble Lord who had first addressed them seemed altogether afraid of the exertions about to be adopted, to bring up those distant voters, and to induce others, particularly from Kendal, to come up within the next two or three days. The Noble hovel had elm talked of the odds-and-ends voters, who were to be brought forward from that part of die coun'ry, for the purpose of keeping tip the poll in the East Ward. Ile supposed the Noble Lord had alluded to those odds-and-ends men who had that dry come in front Stainmore, !trough, and Kit by Stephen. Ile had not counted then all, but be lied reckoned between seventy and eighty (cries of " upwards of ninety," from the crowd), and lie had since been in. fomied that there were upwards of that number. Sonic of these had polled, but the great bulk of them limp not ; and he had remise to know that these were not all who were ready to start from home from die same quarter. Ile had now stated their ca SC as it stood, and in the moat modem.° terms, avoiding any exaggerkted calculations, which could only tend to deceive as to what might be the result of in.morrow and Thursday's poll; but he would tell them confidently that there was not one symptom in their case, as it then stood, which ought to give either to himself or the Blues the least uneasiness, or which could lend him to imagine that there was anything in the least degree unsound or unwitolessane in the Blue Min. (Cheers.) Their utmost exertions would be nevertheless required, and he ape. cially entreated those who had not tee polled, now that the weather was not so sultry as it hail been for the last four days, that they would not give th eiradversaries the same advantage as they had given them that morning, by suffering them to fill the booths, and atter. wards, by going away (knelled, suffering them to get ahead, while the Blues had men enough to feed the poll and gain a majority, which he was con fident, under better management, would have been the case. lie would not say that lie would have had a majority in the West Ward, but he certainly should have had in the East and Kendal Wards; and even in the Lonadale Ward the balance might have turned in their favour, for it was clear that their adversaries huh polled out all their strength in that %Van' ; since instead of 200, which number they had polled on the three preceding days, they had pallid on that day only 26, from which he naturally inferred that they had exhausted all their strength in that Ward, except a very few voters. Before he concluded he Amok' say a word as to the mushrooms. The Noble Lied had talked of the manufacture of Blue 'mushroom votes having gone on to a cons siderable extent. lie could only say that he was extremely sorry that it had not been so. He sincerely wished that such had been the case, but he knew of no manufactory such as that of Colonel Bolton's, or of the parson who had been so notoriously making nmehrooms on the Yellow side. Ile must say, however, that when such means were begun, and he had not begun them, yet when they were resorted t.r by their opponents, he thought it perfectly fair in their own defence for the lilacs to make such votes also, thought he did not believe that any such manufacture had taken place on their side, and it would have been rather singular if it bad taken place that he should have known nothing about it. He had no reason to doubt but that some would come to vote for hint whose titles were derived from a conveyance of the same estate di vided into different parcels, and made nearly at the same time. But how was this done ? Was it done by one gentleman, such as Mr. Bolton, the parson, or Mr. Atkinson ? Was it one person of extensive property who had great means of making mushrooms that would do it ? No such thing. It was done by a great num ber of persons who were friends to the cause, and who purchased estates for the purpose of making them. Those 47 mushrooms of Colonel Bolton were not of th a t description, for if the Colonel con. scientiously believed that the Lord Lieutenant ought to return his two sons to Parliament for the county, he should no longer call them mushrooms, but good men, anxious to rush forward to sup. port what they conceived to be the welfare and the indepen dence of their county. (Cheers and • laugh.) lie was glad that at least one of the batteries of their opponents load been silenced. There was nn longer any mention of the Pope or of No Popery. (Cheers and laughter.) It was two or three days, including Sunday, since be heard even the name of his Holiness mentioned (a laugh) ; and but for a circumstance which he had almost entirely forgotten to allude to, and a wish to relieve those from their terrors who might still imagine that there i was danger to the Church in granting concessions to the English and Irish Catholics, he would not have then intruded it. But could they, or any man in his senses, believe that any respectable Catholic, such as his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, who was the first man in rank and possessions in the kingdom, and second to none in character. intelligence, and all that could constitute respecta bility—could it be believed that the Church of this country could he endaogered by enabling him, the first I'eer of the land, to enjoy his Parliamentary privileges--(elieere)—a man, who in rank had no equal, and scarcely an equal in respectability, when he told them that within a few week., he, all Catholic as he was, all Papist as he was, had given of hi. own liberality, for the endowment of a Protestant church, a piece of land which was valued at one thousand guineas? (Great cheering.) He had also assisted at laying the foundation *toot, and hid added 0001. as a subscription towards its erection. (Immense cheering.) lie would not ask whether any one of those who wene so loud in their pretences of zeal, and of at tachment to the Protestant church had done so much for that church, but he would ask whether they had ever done anything to oho* their liberality, not by endowing, but merely by tolerating places of worship for their Catholic or Dissenting brethren Ile would not ask whether they had given a thousand pound., or live hun dred ;mends, or one hundred pounds, or one thousand or one hundred fa:things. to endow Catholic chapels ; but he would assert, that that moat signal, illustrious, and he believed not single instance of liberality on the part of those oppressed and persecuted Catholic., oppressed as they were, proved that the Protestant Church was in no danger front them. lie should now, for the present election, take his leave altogether of the Pope and setiselese cry of " No Popery," which had been tried in Westmorland atter it had failed every where else, and which would fail there also. as it had already done in Southwark, West. taineter, and AI The lion. Gentleman then withdrew amidst loud cheers, after which tile Meeting separated. About 9 o'clock in the evening a Carlisle weaver, named Duffy, appeared on the hustings, with nothing on but his trowsers, and the tipper part of his body blackened with burnt cork, so as to re. present a negro. lie had a tin collar round his neck and chains upon his hands. His appearance was loudly ;emend, and he im. mediate', proceeded to harangue the mob. In allusion to what Lord Lowther had said of Prince Hohenlobe, he talked of Prince Herteloo's miracles, and with a most theatrical air, always pre. serving the character of a slave, endeavoured to make a deep iin. pression upon his auditors. boating the chains from one hand, he called ont, " Henry Brougham looses the other," and cast away the chains ; then exclaiming, " Am I free ? I can scarce believe it, and yet lam too." Just at this moment a Yellow made some in. terniption. lie was immediately followed by die Blues, knocked down, kicked, and struck ; upon which Duffy called out, " Let him alone, he is a poor slave like myself." 1 merely mention this ' to spew that pains are taken to work upon the feelings of the people. and not fairly taken, because this man uvered the most false and atrocious libels on Colima Lowther, which I rather think lie has ; been tutored to do, by whom, of course, I cannot pretend to s ay. Ile has a good deal of fluency, and La, I understand, an Irishman, d upon the whole 'mikes a very good mob orator—talks by the hour, and sticks at nothing that may produce an effer. The appoeition which was made to In. Mulynette vote has been so much talked of here, and the objection is really in some measure so ludicrous, being no other than a doubt an to his free. I hold being worth forty shillings, that I send it you. Ilk lordship purchased) a freehold in Rarenstonedale, which his agent, the I Under Sheriff, to for him to a tenant for 21.55, per annum. Duri tg the last three years it had been untenanted, and had gone nut of repair, and the highest oiler for it was thirty-five shillings. It vrat therefore contended that, it being worth only that sum, his Lord ! ship cos not, consequently, entitl e d t o a vote f rom t h at estate. I alter hearing the arguments of Counsel, the Ammeor derided that it had been let for 2/.35., and although only thirty.tive shillings had been offered for it, that offer had not been accepted, and it was therefire to be presumed that it was worth more. It had also been recently put into mpair, and its not being let didnot invalidate his title to vote fur it. His Lordship's vote was therefore received. Some persons talked of adniinistering the freeholder's oath to bind filolvniux, which his lordship said lie should take as a personal insult. The oath was not administ , red. It has been reported that a man, who haul come a considerable distance to vote tar the Blues, died suddenly, in consequence of taking a draught of cold water while in a state of perspiration, and that he was buried this morning. SOMERSET SIII E LECTION. WEDNESDAY, Jurre 28. The poll-booths were opened at ten o'clock, but, from some cause or other, the freeholders do not come to the poll. Throughout this day only 22 have polled. In the cosine of the morning the Rion &mitre addrased Hunt, saying, that if be had pledged himself, as Mr. Hunt had done, to the freeholders of this county, he should feel as he did— anxious to fulfil his engagements to the very letter. What he said he would do, that he would do, and therefore he could not slitiesm mend Air. Hunt; but still, in a candid manner, he would submi t to him whether, when the freeholders did not come to hi support, and they were all waiting about doing nothing—whether, as a ma t and a gentleman, Mr. Hunt would not feel himself relea se ! the obligation by the freeholders not coming to the poll ? Wlitt slid was not in the way of dictation, but merely as • stigge st i, t which he hoped Mr. Hunt would not take ill. He was not enced by any consid. rations of personal convenience in maki ng;;, but he did it with a view solely to that of others. Mr. Hour answered, that he really felt much obliged to n, Sheriff for making the suggestion, and if it were made as advice he should receive it well, and really feel obliged to the Sheriffs, offering it; but having pledged himself, notwithstandin g the free. holders were hack %rani, and thought to them' he might fairly s tud excused, and even justified, in wi t hd raw i ng f rom the hutting*, since his pledge was o nly t o r ema i n at hi s post so long as the y eho It „ to come to the poll, yet to himself he cou ld not f eel justified. was a inat , er of feeling, and h e s ho u ld s i n k i n hi s own mimetic!: if he were to rc- , ign. Vet lie thought the Shetiff in the e xere i u of an honest discretion, might safely close th e poll ; and he would thro log l out die fair, i n s'. and h,, pourable in any way whatever to any other p etiL.tneitherliyhimselfor hierss, would his fornierd* nor by his ase i sterre he tike adrift,. cage of his having done so. Ile said thi s as • man rt..d a g ent l e . man, manner, fully i prt i i l which l the Sheri ff' a tense of t he very n had acted election. It was quite clear that a vast majority of the freelinidea bail not polled ; vaiious reasons had been assigned for it; but tile lac could not be doubted, that there was a general ieoi.po.iition come to the poll on all sides. Ile knew of 2,1109 voters sh, would come up for him at once, if he would send conveyances fi r them; but lie had made up hit mind not to spend a single shilling, and he believed they would not come without it. Tom were, hoe. ever, some persons who had declared their intention of comin g to the poll to-morrow, and that in considerable numbers ; if they rant to-day their votes could not be refused, nor to-morrow, unless the Sheriff should, in the exercise of a sound and honest discretinr., close the poll. Ile really thought he might do this safely, but was entirely in his own breast to decide. Ile had engaged to there as long as the poll was open; he would do so, and no one should induce him to break his engagement. lie could not think it would be right. Mr. Tot.nErt asked Mr. Hunt if he wonid consent to withdraw? and the High Sheriff and oilier gentlemen joined in the augers:ins; but Mr. Hunt said, no; they knew him; he would not forfeit L.l own self.csteem ; be should take no further pains, and incur not a shilling of expense in bringbring ing up vote rs , b ut h e would nut red:;. . .quish his engagements, nor be the cause of closing the pelf. Atta some consultation with the agents of the other Candidate,. ti.e Sheriff agreed to close the poll at three o'clock, provided the men did not in the mean time come up in considerable numbers. No. lice to this effect was given pretty generally, aid the usual pro. clamstion made several times : hut, a. it is Fuld, in consequenc e a Sir Thorns Lethbridge not bring present, and his concurrerce as; having been obtained, the Sheriff 'eloquently determin. d to ep,e, the poll at 8 o'clock to-onormw, arid to keep it open or eissa it as circumstances might direct. At five o'clock the poll-clerks came in, and the day's polling sat thus declared— Dickinson . .hell Hunt Lethbridge . - 16 The SHEntrr then proclaim his intention to el-se the pill three to-morrow, if the freeholders who had not polled did nut cook: in the mean time. Mr. II ustv shortly addressed the Sheriff and freeholdirs. Sad a contest as the present had never been known in this or any othdx county. Seven or eight thousand freeholders remained unphlled. Ile understood the Sheriff intended to close the pail to-day ; but Is lie gave him credit for every thing that was fair and just aril site. he could not doubt the awrectness of that CORM which he Sal adopted. So long as the roll was open, he would stay ; but, as he had before said, he would not expend cne stilling in bringing up voters, or he might soon be at the head of the pull. He Ida that day poll, d himself; and though for the last 15 years he had been a liveryman of London, and a freeholder of five or six couiniec he had never given a vote to any one, because there was rot o de whom he could fully trust. Himself, however, he thought lie might cot. fide in; and having a right so to do, he hail taken the Bribery Oa:h, and polled for himself. Whether Sir T. Lethbridge had been ar. rested or not, as was reported, or what kept him from the poll, be could not say; but as he was not here tastily, and Mr. Dirkinsda was gone home, he would merely add, that heshould always think and speak in tennis of high admiration of the fair, inipartial, mat honourable conduct of the Sheriff and his legal advisers. Mr. STALLARD, of Bath, endeavoured to pasuaile Mr. Runt to resign, and complimented him as being a man of the best judg. went and sense in the county of Somerset. 31r. Jitney smiled, hut said that if he bowed to any one.or yielded to any advice, it would be to that of the very ratchet: High Sheriff; but no one could change his feeling. Ile wou'el ant resign so long as the poll was kept open ; nor, as it was rut cbsed to-day, would he be answerable for what might turn up to- morrow. 21ie Court wilt then adjourned. This is, indeed, a most singular Election. The following was handed about and csused a peat deal of laughter. ft is an extract from a speech made by Hunt, at Fiume, just berm the Election : The Lethbridgrancter, a Scale adapted for the use of servo& Alembers or Parliament. the whole carefully taken from the pro ceedings of Sir Thomas Budder Lethbridge, Bart. from the commencement of his political career, to the present period. Polities. f ss. f Starvation, annuities and interest, sweeping Ito 1 whole rental. „..• ss. Gd. - Radical Demagogu e . g . . Radical. 7s. - Radical Whig. - 7s.r.d. - Vibrating, a critical and difficult point. T lls. - Tory. - s •j Bs. &I. - Torr nt Tory. Church and King, and No Popery Man. The Rental will nnw enablc you to keeps more splendid establishment ; Tote wait lea. . . Alinisters upan every measure, right or wrong, particularly tt there be a Coronet view. NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION. BY EzraEss.—Close of Wednesday's Election. ',Well . . - 1305 Beaumont . - Bell - - . 1203 1 Lard Howick - ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. MEMBERS A Counts , of Clare O'Brien, Qaeen's County.—Sir 11. Pami STATE 01 WEYMOUTH. .• . _ Buxton _ - - . - 2 !It Oonlon . . 1181 Wallace - - 177 Lire - 1.70 - Finer . . 133 Four former elected. NorrruuSISEILAND. Liddell - 1213 Bell . - 1183 Beaumont . . 97.1 llowick - 863 CAVAN (couxTT). Maxwell 2582 Saunderron - 2479 Coote 1714 . • South well . 1882 RETURNED. Esq Right Ann. W. Fitzgergd , tell, Sit C. Coate. POLLS. Burrell finneis IVehiNm STSSEX. CAMBRIDGICSIIIar. Manners Osborne Adrane TIPPERARY (COPNTY;• Priitie Hutchinson Dawson PRICES OF FOREIGN Austrian Rand; !Intelllan Bonds 34 3* Ditto Acrt. 33* 4 3* Milian Bonds Colombian Bonds Hato Hondo (Iw_!E 334 * * Ditto Acct. 34* * 6 4 ILtnish bond. (Ma, •.4 * Ditto Acct. Xi 4* French Ratite.: 3 per Cent. v;r. 23c. Exchange 23f. SOc. Ouatiattea Sunda ARMAGH (COUNTY% Caulfield • . WI Brownlow - . 147 6 Verner - . irir Burgess . 448 STOCKS YESTERDAY. Mexican filnl4 Ditto Howl , ;182L' 30; I 34;it 61450: Ditto Acct. 52 11 i Zot)i I ;I: Peruvian Bon& 'X' Porittcoe, Ronda 117 r.; Bunion Bowl= IrcZ*2 791 I f Ditto Acct. 791 Spank,' Bona* a DID., Acct. $ Ditto Don& 184:3; ROYAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. tinder the especial Patronage of hi. M,.t Graci,u. Majesty. This Evening, FRI OAV, June 30, the Anltlieffl2l4l will commence with a GRAND CONCERT. in Two Acts, in the superb new Cincert Room, at Half-past Eight o'Clock. Principal V.,cal Perfumers—Miss Stephens, end Miss Peery; Dlise Love, of the Theatre Royal, Covent-garden (her 3d appearance ; Cooke, and Madame Corneae ; Mr. Brabant. Mr. Sinclair, and Signor Pr Begnis ; Mr. C. Taylor, Mr. Horncastle, Mr. Robinson, Mr. 'Murry, and Master Barker. _ . I. Composer and Conductor. Lender of the Band. Signor Spagnolettl Mr. H. R. Bishop. Mr. Blackmore, the celebrated young American, whose engagement. , is Italy hare hitherto prevented his appearance at the Gardens, having Just arrived In England, will go through Ms astonishing Evolutions on tbr Slack Rope. The new Military/la/let, called THE SOLDIER'S FESTIVAL, v.ll immediately follow the Exhibition on the Slack Rope. Leader of the Band for the Ballet, Mr. Rooke. The iniertarnments will linish with a GRAND DISPLAY et Pi nv.• WORKS. , At the concision of which, Mr. Illackmore will make second terridc anent on the Tight Rope, to the summit of the tower. and descend enveloped In showers of Are. Miss Travis, of the King's Ancient Concerts, i 9 engaged, and w ill shortly make her appearance. Doors open at Sesta o • Clock.-.Concert commences at Ralf-pad Eight. Admlselon 44. Particulars respecting Admission Cards for the Evening. and Prima Boxes for the Season or Nightly. mai be had upon applkatloa to hr. Markey*. llooksAter. Bead-street. Caudon.—The Public will plasm is tab oaks. doll all Peng her* , Argued for sale on the Halide of tbe 911161111111 are sporlone I sod. It gie eelectlen erles a ll eu N ss, re Beebe ►at lime aid Inside she Cl' dens see to be epee. c A k i 10 ! t ►t 1 i , .