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. I I'ol f it i amain. (Cheers.) The third object they had avenmplished met they, by their efforts. had expelled those individuals who hail bad die interests oft oveniry placed in their bands, but who had :been theme-lee, not worthy of so honourable a trait and *see he lookeJ to his right, and to his left, he felt an un tnunded confidence that they hail placed 'hose interests la the hands of those who %mild on no occasion neglect or abli.e mem.—(Cheer.)—He begged, in ceiclusion, to pranoie—" The Fre"oel of etracatt, at larg .--may they ever aii.-rt their own in -t•Pen:l.ence, and may they never be wdliont liends to support tiwm. Mr. FILER wave—" Mr. John Carter, and thsaks to Hint for his inderntiLialile inlii.try in no r Mr. C . :pressed his acknowledgment f , r the Imintr: done him. The cause of liberty ir.d iddependcate had, lie oh served. been long in abeyance in Coventry : but he a oi proud la say, that by their exertin•i% they had at Wig b r:sruerl tht i:•ty from that disc race s and hail (wee more timed the standard us isenalituiional freedom wlthin ifs walk Mr. EAITICOTZ prtipmed " Ili: 31ijeCy's 3Unist:ri," which wet drank with great enthusiasm. • Air —" tr . cll." Many other healthy anti toasts were drank, and several gentle- Met addressed the eompsny in terms of congratotation,• fur the tri umph obtained by the friend. of :he King anti enntritutinn, over those 'hone system they tied teed endangered both. and who had for to many years held the city of Caventry in thraldom. At a la.e hour v e ten 11e.litars retired talbe King's Head, accompanied by a great number of friends. nternenair, Jolene 22. Bogie this morning, Mr. Heathenre left Coventry in his carriage mid four. :Sir. Frier soon afterwards followed him in an open ha. reecho. Many persons assembled round the inn, and cheered the Members a. they mimed. • DINNER TO MR. MOORE AMT) MR. EI4ACE. • Thi. afternoon, about 1 fin of the friends of 3lessm. Moore and Ellice entertained those two gentlemeeSn at dirner at the Craven Anna lintel. The dinner was certainly on a very splendid scale, and every thing was managed with remarkable regularity. Among Ott gentlemen erment was the Spanish patriot QIIITOrfa. After the cloth had been removed. and the esual toasts dank by the company. the Chairman ( loans, Faq. of ..aatey). roomed the health of Edward Ellice, Esq. , which was *hank With Moe times nine. Mr. Et.LICE rose to return thanks, but the cheering would not permit him to pierced for some minutes; when silence war restored procee.led to observe that such an assembly as this ns.ured him that the detest they had experienced would only be toMporary, and Cost the cause they es .otsed would and mutt ultimately be see areesfnl. Theirs was the triumph of good feeling. and upright princiole., over bad, malevolent, and bigoted prejudice. He was sire there AN , no one person among them who ono believed (if for ▪ 'Plitarit a ettepicion had come over his minds,. that in any thing t:e had undertsken sieve the duty of their representative had been :mowed on him, he had in the slightest degree neglected the In lainets of aloe one individual of this society, be he the highest or the lowest in it. If he had not at all times %erne:led In meeting the approbation of every man in so large a comnoinity. he could onfy ay that he never attempted the attainment of such a task. What he did endeavour to do was to perform conscientiously, his potty in protecting t h e welfare and protesting the proem riry of tots city to the best of Ilia power and ability. (Loud cheers.)_ Ifflinch was his endeavour, and he was sere it was an honest one, whether be had succeeded or not it remained foe those who had notched his cooduot to liege. But it war impossible that he could oapect the opposition widish. from clilfereto quarters. had been brought against him. If he could suppnse he had been the guilty thing those persons amused him of being. he was not the man to ask them for their suffraoes or for any mcetl of approbation. He hoped at all events that therm who were attached to the cause of the zolepentlettee of this city, and who had the power of mason to guide them, and the power to do another man ',twice, weld,' not say Cut: that cause had sufnted in his hands. If the new Catoli. dams who had been proposed to succeed him as their Reprmenta neee, ohonld finally he such, it could not he alleoed option him toast his conduct had merited the consequences the supporters of tome Dertlemen had visited on him If no imputation could he cast open his troll:tory—if no objection could he brought against say or those public principles which he had constantly asserted in their roe...nee—if it were denied him to come hack and remit.: their opprohatitm—he at least asked common justice as their hands, and logged them to ascribe the opposition he had met with to tot real cause. and he trusted he should be allowed to attempt to di justice to his own cOorecter. fie said this with a view to set right with the public elm emote by the support of which los character had been established in the estimation of the public. „tied which eatiee was as dear to bins as the restoration of that character itsetf. Then if nothing could be alleged against him— & be had not from neglect on the one hand, or improper motives for k'seonduet on the other, merited thi. opposition. to what could it tsrassigned ? To him, before he came to Coventry, he saw the Mffimity he should have to mr,roust; he wro aware that a profli pate mod base magistracy wished to raise dissension in the com a:rooky. by which it wax possible to promote their private interests sat the prejudice of their public duty, and of those rights of which they were appointed by the conatitutton of this city to be the relie ve! guaniions. Did any man suppose that if that had not been Cott those persona sought to accomplish, they would hare acted as they had done? It must have beets their first object to find not teat especial ground upon which to build an opposition. and then they vetoed the hottest calumny against him. But the poor mio golded men of this city, by whose agency our enemies had for a moment succeeded, would most bitterly lament the delusion that had been practised upon them, and the assistance they bad given to those whose only object was to trample under foot every thiug that was most respectable. If, then, this was the object of those woe shies, he would ask by what means had they determined to attain tuft worthy end ? They had seen the Mayor psrading the city, and cajecting mobt. long before they knew they should find persons foolish enough to come forward to support them. But having teased the mph, they took especial pains to prevent those Idiom duty to the public required it, from having the opportunity to state their opinions. IThe lion. Gentleman then proceeded to detail and to comment upon, with much warmth, the various acts done by the OW eer% of the Corportation during the progrem of the election, which, having been already before the public, we do net think it expedient to repeat]—lt was, he continued, impos sible to doubt that redress was atta noble against such grievances and such misconduct. He then rem otketi upon the conduct of one or the Sheriffs, and said that, in his conscience, he believed that that Oentl'man could not be helped out of his dilemma but by azeompanying, his worthy friend. the Mayor, to comfortable winter quarters in the prison of Newgate. ( Immense applause.) It was tuipostsible for him to suppose otherwise. We lived in a civilized country, under laws justly looked to as the boast of human nature. Could any man who regarded the value of those laws. end the In s.ttutio et which we venersted, suppose tit ,t a Moyne could actually heed mobs, or a Sheriff set so contrary to hi. oath, and In defiance of the well.known princip'e of the freedom of election in this country. without subjecting themselves to the consequences he had alleged? He pledged himself nano solemnly, that, with their amistaree, this did not end here. • (Cheering here continued for seven' minutest.) They hal all a duty to perform to one another; It was no cause of his in particular. Ile would see through it if they would gire him their assistance. But they must all act like rea.unable men, having in view not only the result , ut an elective content, but a reform of the manner in which an denial was carried on here, which shout./ restore something like malt to the city of Coventry. (Cheers.) lie hogged them for that end to have their eyes open for the next three or four months. He heard that the motives of one party were those of Immo, malignity against hitn. Let that go by ; he knew how to deal with that. He home the motives of the Corporation. He her- to they were actuated by best means—that they endeavoured to obtain the trifling support of the pone mieguidett teen of the city by telling them they protected them against their masters. Nothing could be more false. and the Candidates woubl themselves lind that the Corporation had as much deceived them as they had the people. 'The Honourable Gentleman then recapitulated the various facts which it would be necessary to establish by evidence before the 1 ummittee of the House of Commons, in order to have the present election declared void • and he entreated every gentleman present mu exert himself in col lecting together all the proclettey were able. After repressing his thanks for the great zeal that had been mani fested by the gentlemen present in support of therms. he espoused he again exhorted them to persevere to the end. So long as he was itched to as an instrument, and not as a principal only. to long as lie was considered not to have any private interest to promote, butt ajaubla ditty to perterve, so long would tie continue faithful NIA vie to the cause he had undertaken. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of the consistent 31r. Moore. . . . . . _ ,Nlr. Moony returned thanks in a speech of c0t . ..41,476:e length, but owing to the low tone in which he spoke we could by no means accurately catch the purport of Lk observations. lie repeated the various cases on Elevion Law analagons to the present case, and defied all the lawyers in Westminster flail to sly that this was a good election ; and he pledged himself, both in person and In Immo, to petsevere in obtaining that redress which the laws af forded._ _ Mr. Et.t.tcr proposed the heilth of the gentlemen who ferried th; Cornmi.ree to em.4hrt 1117 election. Mr. COPE: ?domed thanks. Mr. Et-Linz then gave the health of " The veteran champion of our cause—Mr. Lilley ;" nod. snit the Hon. Gentleman, we may as well put the child to the father ; lie would propos:, " Lilky and the Blues of Coventry." Mr. LILLEY returned thanks. He remernheved :he election for this city in 17D), when he danced attendance for sixseen or seven. teen days to be polled ; and upon that occasion there was a double return on account of bribery. He was in Landon three weeks or a month on purpose to send the Sherifr to Newgate. He took up the %quer% on one side, and Mr. Reader, the present Counsel, took up the voters on the opposite side. The object of keeping open the pull 40 long was to afford time to the opposite party to bring op rums, be which means they obtained a majority on two alternate . slart. The Cult majority was considered by the Committee of the House of Commons to be attained with such circumstances of fraud as made it necessary to intptire into their validity. But the second lot by which the last majority was made was deemse fraudulent a transaction, that they were struck off' the poll, and our _Members. said Mr. Lilley, were sleeted, and the corporation had riot ►Wen able since then to show any strength. The reason was h•y obvitnis, for they had no candidate to come forward in their s:•nee. taw would they ever have another. 'Load cheering.) a.. to the• present Candidates, who .o Mr. Peannan had brought forward, they were considered such a prize that :here was a con. tention as to who should have the credit of bringing them to Cu. venttv. He knew that Mr. Charles Woodcock had nothing to do Ifni: although he boated that he had. This was their cause, and not the cantle of the Candidates. The power was in their own hands to obtain redeem, and therefore let us unite and not suffer the corporation to blimp!, over us in this base way.l lie well knew that their opponents were very sick about it already the whole body corporate, from the Mayor down to the City Alsrshal. It they would he made an example of, foe 00:1'S sake let us unite to do it for them. (Cheers.) The CHM n MAN said, we arc met here today in the cause of independence and liberty. i.nd therefore plumose to you the health of General Quiroga and the Spanish Patriots. Mr. ELI ice begged to state, that meeting General Quiroga last night, and IcliMg him there would be a great Meeting here to-day to celebrate the great cause of civil rind religious liberty, a cause in winch he had flught and bled, and in which lie had been sacrificed by a li rte tyrant in Spain. he was very anxious to come here—to which be (Mr: 'Alice) told the gallant Patriot that he would meet with a free err .tmot. among the freemen of Ccyzntry. Getter .1 Qt•is: oua the i returned thanks in the French language. If, he sa.d. he mill sp ak hi i i. nitive language, and the COW' P 3117 Cou:tl under:rand hint, he probably would be able to utter sentiments. sat lt as would well agree with those they themselves entertained. Butt lie now continual himself to ack'towlmtge how much lie Mt flattened by their kindness. He had always been and always would be a ready advocate anti supporter with his sword in the cause of liberty. He was happy to find bitnntf asaocisted with those agreeing with himself in fe:ling and .eminent, and he begged to proposa as a toast, " The cause of Liberty all over the world. - --tioittiense cheering.) The health of Capt. Ellice was then drank, who shortly returned tb Ink% Several other toast' and health* wen given dorin r the ercning: many gen:lemcn delivered their opinions upon the cause they were met together to espouse. and the party did Got sepsrate till a late hour. Mr. Moore left the room early in the evening. in c ,, naequenee, ss CC were infortned, of the dangerous Innen of a daughter . PRESTON ELECTION. 'rurlisnAr 51onxtmc. The following is the copy of the protest winet raptain Barrie presented to the Mayor yesterday, and on which the Mayor ad journed the Court : "To Nichols% Orimshaw, Esq.. Mayor. and Jossph Bray., jun., and William Nicholgoi. E•q., Bailiffs of the Borough of Nor ton, in the County of LAncacer. " In consequence of the violence and force which have been em ployed by the adherents of Mr. Wood and Mr. Cobbett, and by the employment of which my voters have been, and are now, violently assaulted, and prevented from coming up to give their votes, I do hereby solemnly protest against your further proceeding to take the rotes of the Electors, until peace anti freedom of electionbc restored, and my voters be permitted to have free access ta the Lustings, in order to give their votes. (Signed) " ROBERT BARRIE. " Wednesdny,2lst June, 1826. quarter before one o'clock." We had no spzeches from the Candidates yesttrdgy evening. The agitation excited by the clay adjournment of the Court yes. terday h it s ornsiderably subsided. The military have not yet ar rived ; it is hewed that their presence will not be necessary for the maintenance of or ler and tranquillity. Cobbett's and Wood's friends ag.tin assembled this morning round the door to Cobbett's tally-box in great numbers, and quite excluded the voter* of their opponent. When the Court was opened, the Woodites rushed on the hustings. and filled Wood's and Cobbmt's tally-box. The MAYOR—WeII, now, I hope all is right, all quiet and peaceable ; if so, ' , rot .ed to the poll. :me of Captain Barrie's agents rose, and handed to the Mayor a paper containing a protest. The following is a copy : •• To Nicholas Orimshaw, Esq. Mayor. " That my appairance on the hustings this day, and the ten dering of rotes in my behalf may not be rimmed an acquiescence in the proceedings which have occurred, and against which I have already protested, Ido now renew my protest ngaiost the inter.up tinn of freedom of election, which lies tak. n place, from violence. And menace, and intimidation, and do hereby declare that I reserve to myself full right to represent the same to the CW11111033 flouse of Parliament, and to pursue all such means as I may be advised to adopt, in order to avoid and set aside the election now going on. • ROUT. BAnnu. Thursday, June 22.1826." The Mayor having declared the proceeding very reasonable, the polling then commenced ; and Cobbeu's men giving their second votes to Mr. Wood, the latter, of course, itt polling two, and sometimes three voles to one of Captain Barrie's. The Captain's success is consequently very doe biful—worse than doubtful, un less his agents shall be so fortunate as to discover some ne.w electioneering measure, which may counteract the " inventicas of the enemy." In the course of the morning some respectable friends of Captain Barrie applied at Cobbett's door for entrance to the busting., and declared their intention, if admitted into Cobbett's tally box, to give a vote for him. They were asked to whom they would give their second—to Wood ? No. They were instantly repelled with rudeness, and menaced with violence, if they should dare to ap proach t hat door again. Captain Barrie having learned the fact, stated it to the Mayor, and complained again that the freedom of electron was violated by the obstructions thrown In the way of his votes when coming to the hustings. A legal gentleman, in behalf of Mr. Cobbeet (the only reek mats on Cobbett's shit) retorted the charge of obstruction on emit. B'rtie and the Mayor, and stated that Mr. Cubbett had more ass rs than coold be pulled in ten days, if they were allowed to conic to the poll-hook through all the avenues. The object sought by the introduction of the military was nothing but delay. The Id AYOK—No such thing. Cobbett's Agent—lf Captain Barrie wants that Mr. Cobbett's box should be open to the Captain's voters, why not, on the same principle, throw open the boxes of the other Candodates to Mr. Cob. bete. voters? Mr. Cobbett's voters have sought admission into Mr. 1 4 :an4i's box, and have been shut out—why then should Mr. Cobbett's box alone be open ? Captain Co:Aviv—Because Mr. Cobbett himself declared that it should be oven to all electors wihhout distinction. Cobbett's Agent—These barriers are the real obstruction. I protest against them—they ought to be removed. Itlattna—l had nothing to do with the erection of them. The management of them was agreed on by all the Candidates—and I will not alter them till all the Candidates agree to the alteration. Cainail BAR r.—ltly voters came up t; Mr. Cobbett's door for the purpose of voting ; they were driven of. I claim protection for them, from you, Sir (to the 1(1syor). The 3laYon—lf I were to interfere to obtr.in a safe and free ad minion for voters at one door, I must obtain it for them at all the doors—if 1 were to throw open one. I must throw open 311 the ave nues. (Applause.) Common justice and impartiality would corn. pel me—but let us try to go on with the polling quietly. (To the constele) give lice access to the electors from all quarters, right and left. Mr. STANLEY—I understood, Sir, at the opening of the elee. Ono, that you approved the arrangement of giving separate avenues to the votefa of eal h Candidate. The polling then commenced, and proceeded with tolerable re gularity till lualf-past eleven o'clock. At that hour one of I eptaln Ilarrle's seta of ewers marched from his tally-room towards the doer of their tally-box. They were preceded by music and a standard representing an anchor. The ctowd who stood to guard Coltbett s door, took a liking to the handsome standa-d—set up a yell abandoned their own door—and rushed at the Captain's anchor and waters. The Glues, unarmed and few, took to their heals, headed by the flying standard. The Greens pursued diem, overtook then, and proceeded to knock them down with their short thick bludgeons. Cobbetes ruffians, in their eagerness for mischief, obstructed each other. The majority of the Captain's voters escaped into his door; among the rest, the standard •hearer, who appeared so anxious to avoid the di•grace of losing his co- Inure, and the alight collateral inconvenience of getting a broken head, that he was the very first to dart into cover—foremost even in the retreat. The Cohbettites and Wuoditcs then returned to Cohbett'a door, after three cheers, and rearmed their watch and ward. A party of them, in their ferocious exultation, had the audacity to rush into the court-yard where the hustings and to brandish their weapons in front of the poling booth, within wiew.of the Mayor. The 3layor ordered the Constables logo and seize them. The Constable,' looked at their ferocious appearance and thick stares, and then looked at the Mayor, and then remianed just where they were—absolutely awed by the savage appearance of the mob. Captain [lmam als'ell that the civil power was overawed— that his voters were prevented by force from coming to the poll, and demanded the presence of the military for them. Mr.STAN LE v made the same request, in his own name and that of Mr. Wood. The Mawon declared that the civil power was not sufficient to preserve tie peace. The freedom of election hail been violated by the violence of an armed mob—an organized mob—a mob authorized by one of the Candidates. (Supposed to he Mr. Cohbett.) Though compelled to break up tho Court yesterday by the riotous conduct of the crowd, and having in his po...enotion depreitions which would wvrrant him in bringing in the military, he did not wish to intro duce them this morning—he expected that the good acme and g0,. [ 1 temper of his I,llow-townsmen wool i return. He regretted thecon dnct of (Ilia day's mob as inhabitant of Preston. lie had done every thing in his power to preserve thft pence, anti to give justice to every party. He appealed to the gentlemen around him, whether he had not ?—C• Von have, you hive.") He had not interfered for any party; he had shunned communication with any of them : he had ceased to reside in his own house. in order to avoid it. He had tried every ordinary and quiet way of conducting the electron. The civil power had been overawed in its own right. Ile had re ceived a requisition from three of the Candidates to call in the mi litary. He had that kind of force at hand, the strongest which the law allowed. They were within call. If the people would not maintain the peace, he should suspend the poliirg, and adjourn the Court until he bad such a force as could correct the irregalarities of the authorized mob of rioters. Mr. STAN LEY expressed his disapprobation of the conduct of the voters. 31r. Woon disclaimed all connexion with them. Captain 1 L n I I: contended that there was no freedom of election whilst his voters were repulsed from the hustings by violence. An Elector—Yes, there is ireedoin sf (.Ivvinn. Tit' 31AY OR —Freedoin of election, and broken heads !—That's an odd sort of freedom. Mae fllowed confusion, &lunation, in:erruption, crimination, THE BRITISH PRESS. and recrimination. Several minutes passed before order could be restored. The willing then proceeded. Several men covered with blood have passed by ; the fruits of robbett's mob's attack on the standard. Hat.r.eosT Two. Mr. Stanley has just presented to the Mayor a requisition signed by several electors, calling on him to keep the poll open till eight o'clock this evening, in order to wake up for the loss of time caused by tl'e early adjousnment of yesterday. The Mayor declares his willingness to commence the polling at the usual hour every morning, tor the remaining days, and to ex. tend it to seven o'clock inme.o of five. Mr. Wood consents to the extension of the time, every evening but this. ..... Captain Barrie is ready to agree to any regulation made by the Mayor. Colibett WAS sent for—he will neither assent nor dissent, hut Laves the Mayor to act according to law, an accuses the Alayor of partiality. MAYOR--1 immure you that I shall consult you neither on law nor goal manners. As all the Candidates have not agreed, I can. not accede to the requisirion. do on with the polling. A person attempted to make a speech from Cobbett's hustings in the course of the confusion. The .Mavott instantly interrupted him—You are a stranger; you are not an elector, nor even an inhabitant of Preston. I know who you are; I have observed your disorderly conduct for several days ; you have no right to come on these hustings. You are a Clergyman ; your conduct is disgrae ful to your profession, and the Cause you support. It is indecent in you to mix un yoursacred calling with the angry passions and foul tricks of an electioneering contest. You have disgraced yourself and your friends; you shall not say anntli. r word. Silence. The person appeared overwhelmed by this animated address, and took no further part in the proceee.ings. He is, or has been, a Roman Catholic. Fours o'CLock. Mr. Stanley has contlitemil himself through the day in a man ner the moat manly, judicious, and honourable. Wood has timed with his constitutional mildness, gentlemanly courtetty, and all the cold ;rod calculating caution of his profession—the lsw. Captain Biarie has been straight-forward, blunt, plain-speaking, not in dignant ; while Cobbett's severe sarcasm and furious passions have been represented to the life by the bludgeons and blows a his raffia, rabble. Cnbbett has sold his banners, Mermen, band, committee, jeery shops, and mob, to Wood. Ile is as furious as a baited bull. He has not been yet allowed to unmussle the rage which he feels at yesterday's adjournment. We shall hare him tearing away in all his glory this evening on the hustings. Hen's mouths are full of nothing bat vows and conflicts — wars and rumours of wars. The women a tongues are so many living lists of the killed and wounded. No electors in England have had More of the lieges slain and maimed, in imagination, than this Royal Borough of Preston. We have certainly had some brutal ruffianism, and shall have more of it; but I expect that at the final close of the poll on Monday next, we shall be able to eat all we shall bare killed. The Catholics (the lower orders) have com menced taking the Teat Oath to-day. The respectable Roman Cutholtes have cautiously abstained from any interference with the election. They are not friends of Cubbett ; Mr. Stanley appears to be thoir particular favourite. Thursday Evening, June 23, half-past Four (11th Day). Day's 1011. Gross Pull. Day's Poll. Dross Poll. Stanley 137 1711 Barrie 135 965 Wood 206 1112 Cobbett VS 747 IVEKVOUTIL Billow. Gordon Wallace THURSDAY, ORK o'CLocc. 169 Um - 191 140 farm . . 104 - In I Wednesday wits a terrible day. resolving to keep the poll open till by the Portlenders, who stormed from the windows, took the staffs them, and kicked the tables about, ha consequence of the Mayor's I six o'clock, which was resisted the Mtl, tore nut the iron bars from the conntaWs and broke which induced the %layor to stop, LEICESTER ELYCTION. NINTH DAY. Sir C. 'listings . 2,6711 Mr. Evans - 1 994 Mr. Otway Cave - 2.491 1 Mr. Denman - 1.7:2 The poll has been carried on to-day rather in a languishing stet!. Mr. Evans's party. by their questioning and cross-examinations, scent inclined to delay time. At the close of the poll Mr. Ev*ws Raid, that ex he now consi dered he had no hipe of success. he should tender some rotes in the morning, in order to try some legal questions as to tie right of voting In the Bishop's See and Friar's. We may, therefore. con sider this contest at an end. It supposed the poll will be continued by the friends of Sir C Ilastins and Mr. Care to. morrow, and they anticipate a most triumphant majority. • BEDFORDSHIRE ELECTION. BEnroan, VlrEnxr.snair EVEVTWO. The poll is still kept open. and Colonel Alsequeett's party feel more than confident of success; indeed, from the number lir stands ahead of Mr. Pym, there teems little doubt of his being the returned Member. The Whig Candidates nevertheless express themselves with great confidence respecting the final result, and indeed titers will be a much less disparity of manhunt before tint result is known ; as the strength of the Colonel's interest must he nearly exhausted, whilst that of his opponents may last till the 15111 day, the time that they have declared themselves determined to keep the poll open. On Tuesday last, whilst Mr. Whitbread was before the littstim-ra . he was attacked by a set of ruffians and ragenudffins, and, but for the prompt assistance of the constables, in a few minutes lila neutral as well as political existence would have been defunct. The better pea of their own colour stied out, " Shame ! shame!" on the outrage. The cradling and taking the Bribery Oath makes the polling go on slowly. This, in the absence of open houses, drunkenness, colours flying, and music playing. as here:ofore, renders it a dull concern. CAMBRIDGE COUNTY ELECTION. [From the Cambridge Chtradek.] JE-Nr. 22. Hustings having been erected on Parker's Piece, the polling corns menced thin morning at eleven o'clock, and continue." until six in the afternoon, when the numbers were— Lord C. S. Manners . 327 I H. J. Adeane, Eq. . 191 Lord F. G. Osborne . 222 Lord CHARLES Magus:Rs came forward to thank the free holders for the proud situation in which they had placed him u;.on the poll. Ile felt grateful for their const‘tent support, and re ceived it as a pledge that they were satisfied with his exertions for the protection of the farmer, and the general interests of the country. Lord F. 0313011,M observed, " I return my thank. to my brother freeholders for 222 unsolicited, independent votes. Up to this moment I have not asked 1•r. nor have I objected to, a single vote. I have seen my noble colleague poll in plumper,' ; but I wish dis tinctly to state, that I leave try supporters at perfect liberty with respect to their second vote. and will only solicit their free and un biassed suffrages in my own behalf." Mr. Wer.t.s stated, that having undertaken to carry on this con test on the part of the people, he would continue to keep open the poll till every freeholder had registered his ••ote. He had this morning received a letter front a respectable inhahi , ant of !hidden ham. tendering hint a hundred plumpers for Mr. Adeane. The Her. F. H. MA,nt n r.r Y attempted to address the Meeting, but the tumult incresvei so much that he could not he heard ; and the Sheriff then announced that the poll would be re-commenced to.mnirow (Friday) morning, at nine o'clock. Mr. Adeane left Cambridge on Wednesday evening thereby confirming his declaration of not wishing to be returned fur the tatnty on the present occasion. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. SIEMBERS RETURNED. (Cmmty).—Lord 3. Haye. Lanarkshirc...-I,ord A. Haniilton. l.inhingow (County).— Hon. Sir A. linyie. G. Murray. York (County).—Lord Milton, J. Marshall, EN., R. T. Wil son, Esq., W. buncombe, E.l. MEMBERS RETURNED FOR IRELAND. Armagh (lorough).—Right Hon. 11. Gott , hurn. Coleraine ( Itorough).—Sir J. Rydges. King's County.—Lord Oxmantown, T. Bernard. Esq. Kildare (County).—Lord V. eitzgerald, R. La Touche, Esq. Londonderry (City)—Sir IL Hill. Longford(County).—Lird Forbes, Sir G. R. Fetheratone. Roscommon (County).—llon. R. King, A. French, Esq. II:oxford (County).—Lord Stoprortl, It. Clew, Esq. livoitord (Town).--11. Evans, Esq. STATE OF POLLS. WoRTIIUMIIERLAND. Liddell f.'112 Bell 2;12 llowiek 202 Beaumont . - 174 Ablett West • 252 252 CITY OF KILKENNY. Dogherty - 126 Butler COUNTY OF KILKENNY. e. 11. B. Clarke - 294 irunrannon 202 P. Butler . - 130 SUSSEX. IlarrPll - - 127:1 Curtri‘ t 123 . . IVebster - 794 nenwicK. _ _ _ Bereafortl - 511 Cll34lstoac . 478 Blake 469 Al A LIMN. Winn -------- - 1711 Lennanl - 1310 Dick - - 1353 V F I. IF `'. Tad n•ay Tnylnr Ell wartli 146 - 137 12►; - 116 Chester Ekctinn finished on Thursday. Lord Belgrave and the Hon. Mr. Grosvenor are elected. LIVERPOOL, JONE 22.-Our Cotton Market dull and heavy this week, and prices lower. Only about 4,000 or .5,009 bags sold in the week. Plantation produce also very dull. Sugars a bale on the decline. Berlin PRICES OF BRITISH STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 200 1021 4 per Cent. (1920) 94 11.1 f 1 per Cont. Red. 761 I India Ronde 11 12pm S per Cent. Cone. Ex. 11111 s 10001. 10 9 pat Ditto Acct. 791 j 6 J 4 Ditto 5001. 10 9pm 51 per Cent. 86j Ditto Small 911 pin lii per Cent. Red. OS $4l j Lottery Tickets 241. 7s. - - PRICES OP FOREIGN Brazilian Bondi Columbian Ronde Ditto lion& (1824) /171 ey 3 7 61 Ditto Acct. 374 I 61 7 11' Bonds (ISA) 14 Ditto Acct. 551 French Rentea S per Cent. Kt. 25c. Exchange 25f. age. Greek Hon& (11125) 13 Ditto Acct. Guatiznala Bonds COURSE OF EXCH. gataterdam C.F. 12 9 Ditto at sight ..............2Rottrrdam U l9 111 Antwerp ....... ..... . Harnliurgh . 21 U . 117 11 Alton& 21 U. 30 _ . Pares, 3 days• ... 25 7o [Min Bor-eaux .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 2.5 AS ......... ....... lerankfort on Maine En. M . 1564 Peteriburph, rble Vienna, effective 2ll. 10 28 _ . Triede. .do lO 28 BTOCKWYESTERDAV. Mexican Bonds Ditto Dun& (11425' 55# # t 1 41 5 Ditto Aevt. Ma #435141 6 41 Neapolitan Bond. 72 Peruvian Honda 28 Provolan Bonds 903 I Ditto Bond. r 182 f) 9l# Russian Bond. I 1822, IQ Ditto Arvt.ho 791 i 80 Spatiivh Bundt 8 7S t/ Ditto Acct. INGE. YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa 43 Venice . ........... Malta Naples Palermo .... ....... per or. 114 1.14b0n 5O '"' Madrid . Cadiz ..... ....... S 9 8i11),,a ::::::• Ml Oporto ....... 50.1 Rio Janeiro ...... 4li Bahia. . 45 Buenos Ayres ... 43 Dublin, 21 dais' debt Cork 114rcelon4 BULLION. ►IB Of: Seville ...... • ay s. d. Portugal Gold, In coin .. 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, In bars. .. 3 17 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New i)ollses , 04 ' Silver. In ban. standard .. 0 4 I it s ; • • - - , • . „. •• L: 'braDar .ES YESTERDAY. Share. Paid. Angtn.slexleaa ........ (IN/ 5 28die 1 1,11211Pu' nrltl.h Iron Unit, r 1 M..36E-an %Welch Iran and Coal 2s 23 124 dla PRICES OF SEIM 11111 AVit:IIAVCS C AAAAA IBS. I j di. bU 18 74 dls Protector Fire .............. ......, United General ... GAS I.IOIIT AND COSI COMPANIM Britigift Vreoo. KINGS THEATRE. This keening, SATURDAY. June 24, will be performed RossinCe Opera Serbs. In Two Act., entitled L•AURELIANO IN PALMIRA. The Principal Characters by Mademoseilie Bonini, Madame De Angell, Signor %%dull, Slrnor Ctulpnl, Signor tilotanctla, Signor Volute. Signor De Angell. After the Opera will be presented the revived Rallet of LE MARRIAGE SECRET; OV. LE9 lIARITANS 1/11 CHENE. Composed by M. J. 11. D'Egville. Applications for Boxes and Tickets to be made at. Mr. Elms', 27, Old 82ml-street. TO CORM/MONDE:YTS. Tb letter of "Q." shall appear early In next week. The BatTisu Pness commenced nuhli.hing yesterday morn ing at half-past five o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 182 G. The French Papers of the 21st instant, and the EMIle of the 22d, have been revived. M. d'llerbigny, the author of the New Provincial Letters, has been tried for an attack on the royal dignity, and on the constitutional authority of the King, for bringing the King's Govern ment into contempt, and for committing an outrage against the religion of the state. None of these heads of occupa tion had been admitted by the tribunal of First Instance ; but the Cour Royale condemned the author to three months' imprisonment, and a fine of 300 francs. The fol lowing are the only extracts which, we consider of any importance : LFrom the E(uik, dated Thursday, June 22:1 l'Anis, JUNE 21. The Trifste O'.crver atatem, that Ibrahim Paella had made him. self mos!er of Calavrite, when 6,000 Greeks, including women and children, hod pctislicil. The Civil Government of Napoli di had ;been p!acc,l in the h3mls of four Primates, and Colo cotroni had taken tile military command. M. Mimi has been fur the last 13 hours in very grettt danger. The western frontier of Piedmont contiguous to Franco con tains a little country of four villages, dependant on the Bishopric of Pignerol. The most considerable of these villages, that of St. Martin, is almost entirely inhabited by Vaudois, who took refuge there about the end of the dish century. The Bishops of Pimerol have neglected nothing to enlighten these people. M. Bigel ad dressed a pastoral letter to them. M. Rey, his worthy successor, ...hews no lees good for ala conversion of the Vaudois. A great number of them go to hear the Prelate when he preaches in the churches, and many of them have been touched by his mildness and piety. Three Vaudois abjured their errors before the Bishop, on the 19th March last. Another remarkable conversion is that of Jean Daniel Tourn, a young Vaudois, son of the Syndic, or Mayor of the mixed parhlt of Rosa. His abjuration took place en Easter Sundsy, after Vespers, in the Cathedral, in prrsance of 3lessra, Mantcrivl and Billet, Bishops of :lloustiers and of Mauriennes, who were then at Pigncrol. The aisemblege of the faithful was very considerable. The Bishop of Pignerol,twith his two colleagues and all his Clergy, re ceived the ulijuration of young Toum, who appeared with an affecting look of modesty and piety. Some days afterwards the young mar. devoinped to his father the grounds of his conversion, in a letter dated the 3th of April, which has just been printed. The young man speaks to his father with much candour and energy ; he relates the history of his conversion so as to show that it is the re sult of profound conviction. This letter besides informs us that M. Tourn, senior, by virtue of the Protestant tolerance, will not see his son, and has written to him never to appear again in the pater nal dwelling. We shall recur to this letter, which is honourable to religion and to M. J. D. Tourn. On Sunday, the 1111:h, the Abbe Meurice was violently struck several times on the Pont Royal, at eight o'clock in the evening, in broad day-light, and, we are ashamed to say, no ci:izen attempted to arrest the wretch who insulted this venerable priest. Was Able Meurice a 3lissisnary—a Jesuit ? Nn; he is merely the Vicar of the parish of St. Suipice, who is known only by his good works and his virtues. Ile had just been condoning and assisting a sick person in the parish of St. Roch, to whom he had been summand, and this is the reward ensured fur the worthy Ministers of the Gospel. In the list of persons who have crossed the Channel we find the Marquia de Bassano, the Martinis d'ifareattit, Peer of France, and Deneral Sebastiani, going to England ; and coming to Fearer, Sir Francis Burdett and the Viscount de Is Rochefoucault : 592 passengers have arrived at Calais, and 32R left it. }I NA NCES.-EXPENDITURE. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF TM& CREDITS DEFIXITIVELY VOTED FOR THE REAL EIPEDISES OF 1324, WITII TIIO9E . ASKED TOE nt.l. the Con. , oltdated Debt and General Expenses P. 743.690,338 I. , :penscs of Management,.Collection, &e. . 125.1147,638 I:.r.:n es d'Ordre . 9,864,326 Total Credit required for Iftn 6t14).401.702 813.773,042 Increase 3.1,371,340 This ang.-nentation arses from the increase in the amount of the perpetual debt since 1321, of an assignment to the Minister of the Marine, to complete the endowment of the colonial service, front an increase in he remittance allowed to various beancites, ameliora tions, and changes in the adn.ir is , witirm of the Post.ofilce. RECEIPTS. The gross produce of 1:!21, applied to the budget of that year, by the law of Bth April, 1323, amounted to F.P,91,611,673 Expected for the year 1826, taking for basis of the indirect produce that of 182 Which will be an increase of I . From Galignani's Messenger, dated June 21.1 On Saturdar the commission of the Chamber of Peer.; ronclodsd . 9161,08,731 24,994,0 Z 6 the examination of General IlordnnuHe , anti heard, is a witness, M. Orneb, Stth.military Intendant. On Monday the witnenea heard were, General Antimony, Director-General of gubsigteicep, duting the athuiuistratiou of the Duke of 8e1,13n0 ; M. Melton, Magazine Keeper of the Mont de Piete ; and M. Gabriel Jules Ouvrard, whose exa inatiun continued yesterday, Upon the visit of the Dauphines% to Itourges, on the 14th irltlt., ten prisoner% for slight itfienvs sere set provisionally at liberty In her Royal Highness, who proposes to solicit of the King there:as. sion of the remaindir of the term of their imprisonment, Th e Princess also gave one thousand francs fur the poor of the town. The town of 3letz and its environs were visited on the 12:11 inst. by a tremendous storm,which did great mischief to the villages of Are and A ncy, where the *tree* were obstructed by the shifting earth and rubbish carried into them by torrents of rain. The vines have suffered excessively. The loss in these two ;daces is computed at 150,000 francs. Two days after several parishes in the vicinity of Lille, were completely laid waste by a heavy storm of !mil, which destroyed the crops of corn, bean% and II Ix. At Der. mode, on the II th inst., MN) panes of glass Were broken by a h i d storm, which lasted three hours. F~RENCII Fl/ NDS.—PA Rla. JUNE 21.—Eive per e,ereq, o p ed at 00f. 10c., closed at 98t at en . 13c.; Three per Cents. opened he., closed at GU. 911 r. ; Rentes de Naples, 73f. 2:e.; ' al Spanish Loan. 1823. 47Af. ; Exchange on lowfrelon—th e 11 00th, 25f. ; Three hlonths, 25f. 41k. —Corte A athrlttirte. 'fhe Elections in the neighbourhood of London berg now almost all effected, the interest excited by the different contests in other parts of the country is comparatively in considerable. The two points to which the attention of the public is now directed are the two northern counties of Northumberland and Westmorland, but more particularly the latter. Neither of them is of any consequence, how ever, in those respects for which elections in general are remarkable; for the conflict of opinions which usually tikes place upon such occasions seems, in this cace, to be changed into a mere rivalry of individuals and families; and, without meaning disrespect to any of the parties, we really feel very little concern about the priservation of the influence of particular families, whether 11'llig or Tory So long as the real interests of the country are punned, it is of little importance to us whether the instruments of le gislation are from the IVhig or Tory portion of the com munity ; and if they were not pursued, the name of Whig and Tory would he equally obnoxious to us. Ti t re are Members enough already returned on our side of the (pus. tion, to insure us against the possibility of any measures being carried which could operate against what we consider to be the sound principles of government, and we may therefore be excused if we give our.elves very litt uneasiness about the Members yet to he returned in the counties of Westmorland and Norihumberiatal. We think, however, that 1....,r41 flowiex might have spared the remark which he made on a late occasion, con. earning the exceptions which had been taken even to his best voters. The Noble Lord surely has not yet been re duced to the same subterfuges as Otani:Ty, who, though last on the poll, will make out, in one way or another, 'hat he hail a majority. The fact it, that the IVltigs have been beaten, wherever they have come to a contest. The people see nothing in the party itself to authorize them tri giving their suffrages to the members of it ; and if they have, on some occasions, displayed an inclination to sup. port Whig Candidates, they have done so, not from any approval of their party, but on account of their respect for the individuals. CITY, FRIDAY EVINING. ' The business of the worrnng commence Iwi h !me heat) , wee, which had a natural te. de icy to de, ress the Funds...li the rr. ported deficiency in the Quirtti's IL ye id( together with tie rn. favourable state of the manufacturing districts, both of which rumours were only revivals, having been in active circulation yes terday, assist.d in causing the decline, wh:ch, however. did o continue through the day ; for fro n 7..1 t! e Market went up to 1, at which quotation it closed, with some appearance of fi.mnest. In the course of the morning there was some struggling t smart the speculators for a fall and those for a t'sr, it d the latter partia !), succeeded, and the improvemert in COtts3lS was ate Tesa It. I ne transactions in the English Market today were to a considerable extent. trd were not only important in their amount, but also as referable to future Stock operations. The business in the Foreign Market has been rather limited. anti with scarcely any fluctuation In the South American Securities. Mexican 6 per Cents. were 55, and Colombian 36i 3. The Conti. rental Securities were heavy : Russian Bonds at 70180 ; Spanish 7i 8; Greek l 3 14. Tomorrow will be a holiday at both Houses, as well as at the B ink. The French Funds continue to improve; the last price of tFe Three Cents. was 66f. Inc. on Tuesday evening. There has been no express this morning from Paris. The following mat em-nt will chew the advantage to be dented by the trantf.r of Stock from the Three per Cents. to the New Four per Cen•a. of {Wit : SuPD O %e a person po,sesses 12.6181.6.. Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, he may tea !heal at 7Di, and they will produce - - .i.:10,90) 0 0 Suppose he then purchases 9,4631. 154. Four per Cent. of 1826 (which will give the same annual di ridend as 12,61 W. Os. Reduced Three pc r Cents.) they will cost, at Die, only . - £8,807 It 0 Leaving a balance of cash , n hand, of £10.069 invested in the Four per Cents of 1826, at 94, will produce-an annual dividend of . 218,000 invested in Reduced Three per Cents, at 781, will glee oniy . - J:1,002 5 0 Alalfne the additional income derived from the pur chase of Four per Cave. 26 of 18 . £424 19 4 378 Il I) £46 B 0 Therefore, by the above examples, it May be seen th7st:persor; may either retain 1.0921. sa. (out of his 10.1410/.) and have the same income, or he may increase his income Oil. Oa. 441. per annum. by purchasing the Four per Cents. of lON. The advantage derived from the investment of smaller rums will be in the like proportion. WINDSOR, FRIDAY, JUNI 23.—His Majesty, with his usual at ten,:ents, took his daily airing in his phaeton, to the Castle. Mr. Wyattville was in waiting to attend his Ma jesty, who inspected all the works, and then returned to the Rayal Lodge. Amongst the visitors to-day, to see the improvements, was the Earl of Chesterfield. One troop of the First Life Guards arrived at the Cavalry Barracks, from Nottingham, this morning ; and another troop marched into Colnhrook, also from Nottingham. The Duke of York's health continues improving. His Royal Highness was better yesterday. Numerous inquiries have been made at his Royal Highness's residence for the last few days, by the Nobility, Gentry, &c. The Duchess of Gloucester, thzt Princess Augusta, and the Princess Sophia. visited the Royal Duke yesterday; the Duke of Sussex has also visited his Royal Highness. We have great pleasure in announcing that accounts have been received from the Gold Coast, which lead to the belief that Captain Clapperton has reached Sackatoo, the capital of the Sultan Bello, and that he has thereby com pleted one of the chief obj, eta of the expedition, which was to establish a communication between the country of Sou dan and the sea coast to the southward. FLORENCE, sin N S 6.—Our Gazette contains a letter, in which it is stated that the new Government at Napoli di Roman - % has not only readily acceded to the demands of the commanders of a European naval squadron, immediately to set at liberty great number of merchantmen detained in that port, but that it has even had a great many of them convoyed to their de.tination by the two Captains Saetouris and Sahini. DARMSTADT, Ju NE 14.-A letter from Sehotten, of the ath instant, gives the following melancholy account of the ravages caused by a natutal phenomenon in that neighbourhood. On I e 3d, during an intolerable heat, with a perfect calm, heavy than I r clouds coming from the South. collected about the summits of tl e Vogelberg, and, about live in the afternoon, poured down a tre mendous deluge, which, rushing from the mountain, carried away entire fields, an•) poured into the valley in which the village of Es. Wind, and five others, are situated. At Eschenrod the whole collected into one stream, which poured its desolating course to the villaga ; this wan the work of a few minutes ; the whole road which passes through the village was at once 30 feet under water, which rose in waves as high as a house, entirely destroyed the causeway, roo e I up the trees, carried off timber. immense atones and wag gons, undermined the foundations of the buildings on the road, and swe pt away entire i101111(`‘, with their inhabitants. In this manner 21 persons p,nitshed at Esehenrml. Among them WAS a family of six members, with a foster-daughter; this family is now extmct.— Of another family, only the father, whe happened to be in a field situated in an elevated spot, remains alive. Ms wife, thtee chil dren, an 1 two servants, perished in the house; when he returned he could se-retie , recognize the place where his house hsd stood. — Twenty-5.% bitildings are entirely destroyed at Eachenrod, and 29 mitre or less damaged. In the street through which the torrent passed, there are chasms from 20 to 30 feet deep, to that all comma• n!cation was interrupted. I I: 'I ii I ' 1 I li i j I 1 I Iliii