The Sun. — London, England, 1835-01-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Runnymede and Magna Charta for ever 1 The citizens of London, to whom we owe that palladium of English liberty which has been the star of hope to the people in the worst of times, and the sweetest note in their song of victory in the best, have done nobly—gallantly—triumphantly. They have raised themselves high in the sight, not only of every liberal man in these kingdoms, but in that of liberal men all the world over. The four Reform Candidates for the city— Wood, Grote, Pattison, and Crawford—have been elected by one of the most triumphant majorities that ever did honour to a noble cause. If we take the highest numbers that were polled by each side, 6518 for Alderman Wood, the venerable Reformer, and 4671 for Mr. Lyall, the least objectionable Tory, we have a majority of 1847 ; and if we compare the lowest on each side, we have a majority for the liberal side of 1562. Taking the mean of these, we have an average majo rity—for; the liberal cause—of rather more than seventeen hundred, which is at least 36 per cent. in favour of liberal principles. And, be it remembered, that on this occasion it was the Tories who made the extraordinary exer tions. It was they who brought Sir Robert Peel and his tail to feast and flourish at the Mansion-house ; and it was they that got up the Address to the King, signed dozen deep by the same individuals ; and which, had it not been for the manly conduct of Mr. Grote and his compatriots, would have been used to abuse the ear of the King, and mislead his subjects all over the islands. But the British metropolis is not to be taken by the small arms of such miserable bush-fighters. The spirit of man is in it—the spirit of that noble British freeman of the olden time, Caractacus, before whom, even in his fetters, the tyrant of Rome trembled, while in command and surrounded by his accursed mercenaries. And do not the minor tyrants of modern tyranny—those pitiful panders to some power be hind the Throne—who, in the intoxication of their folly, have supposed that they can get their feet upon the necks of men, and Englishmen—do not, they tremble at the result of this glorious day—one of the brightest days in the annals of the city of London, since the time that her citizens made King John sign and ratify the Great Charter, to which allusion has been made ? We may say that this victory, for the best cause for which a victory ever was gained, has been gained in spite of the most powerful opposition which its ene mies could by possibility muster. They have been defeated on their own 'vantage ground ; and the Liberal electors of London may say to those throughout the country, " Go and do likewise !" But they do not need to say it, for honest men all throughout the united kingdom are actuated by one spirit ; and the result of the London election will have to act only as a " God-speed" all over the country, except in the case of those poor and miserable tools of the Tories who can be bought and sold like rotten sheep at small prices, yet not cheap. In all the metropolitan boroughs there are the brightest hopes for the good cause. Southwark is over. , Lambeth, Mary-le-bone, the Tower Hamlets, and we have no • doubt, Westminster, are safe. There are but very slender doubts of Finsbury, notwithstanding the purse and " palaver" that have been opened by Mr. Sergeant Spankie. Then, again, when we look at the country, we find the prospect as cheering as the best hopes of honest men could desire it to be. The people must not mind those small boroughs in the agri cultural counties, of which the corn-dealers have the sole command, because, until the corn laws shall be repealed, these persons have, and can have, no voice of their own. But look at all places which have the means or the materia 3 s of thinking. SGuthwark, the first to take the field, has done nobly ; Notting;,:tm has returned a brace of stanch and tried Reformers ; St. Alban's and Ashburton have been true to the cause ; and .1 1 t Hertford, Mr. Cowper has beaten Lord Ingestrie in w:.,lt may be considered as his own den. At Portsmouth, ,;here there is much Government influence, two Reformers stand highest on the poll ; Hastings and Deal are' in the same ,state ; and, indeed, wherever we look, unless we look into the fact , , s':'f cor ruption itself, which is, fortunately, now rather a rare spec— tacle in England, there are the most cheering hopes for all those who wish well to the cause of liberty and of man, and man's best interests. There is not a great deal of stimulus wanted ; but we are sure that when the people all over the country shall hear of what has been done in London, they will be far more careful as to whom they send to the House of Commons, and what instruction they give them as to their conduct when they are there. The Duke and Sir Robert, or rather Sir Robert only (for the Duke has never had any means of knowing what freemen are) will have the satisfac tion of finding that, in the dissolution of the late House of Commons, they have prepared for themselves a bed of thorns, but the preparation is their own voluntary act, and let them enjoy it during their brief and miserable career.—Motniny Advertiser. The finesse of Sir Robert has been subdued by the stubborn despotism of the Duke; and by the dissolution of the first Re formed House of Commons, the Tory Ministry have placed themselves in open and avowed hostility to the principle of the Reform Bill. This is a fact which cannot be denied, or even softened by any explanation. The first and fundamental operation of that Bill was to send to the House of Commons men in whom the people had confidence, as being actuated by the same spirit as themselves,—that is, men disposed to bring form and and support, aye, and carry in that House, every mea sure calculated to promote the public good ; and to oppose and defeat every measure having a contrary tendency. Some of the men returned by the people under this Bill may not have been so deeply learned in parliamentary finesse and trick, as those under the old and corrupt system, when the members re presented private masters, and not be people ; but still they knew what was most conducive the public good, each in his own district, and they were return - 2d, because it was •hnount that they would honestly do all in their po.7er to promote that good. They were of the people, and for the people ; -and if the House of Commons is not to be composed of such men, then the Reform Act is a dead letter--a mockery and an insult to the public, instead of an advantage. And if, by any such political hallucinations as we do not fear, cer tainly—but which must, nevertheless, be guarded against with the utmost vigilance—a House of Commons shall be returned of which the Duke of Wellington, or any other leader of what is called Conservative practices (principles are out of the question), can command a majority, then from that moment MI Reform Bill, which was intended to be the instrument of tl-eedom, will become the most galling link in the whole chain of our slavery. This is the most important point in the whole aTumstances of the present time, complicated and novel as they are ; and, therefore, it is one which we would impress with the utmost earnestness upon the grave, calm, and prolonged consideration of every man—especially every man who has a vote to give. LET EVERY SUCH MAN BEAR CONSTANTLY IN MIND, THAT HIS IN DIVIDUAL VOTE, GIVEN TO THE WRONG CANDIDATE, OR EVEN WITHHELD FROM THE RIGHT ONE, MAY BE THE MEANS OF RIVET TING THE CHAINS OF DESPOTISM UPON HIMSELF AND HIS CHILDREN, WITH A FIRM NESS NOT TO BE BROKEN, BUT BY THE HOR RORS OF REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR—BE THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL THAT IS DEAR TO HONEST HUMAN NATURE, AND THE DEGRADATION OF HIS COUNTRY TO THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SCALE OF CIVI LIZATION! Suppose for a moment that the Tories shall gain a majority in the House of Commons under the Reform Act, and—the liberties, of this country will be in a state of greater abeyance, and every honestly independent man, within the four seas, in greater peril, both of person and of property, than in either of the unhappy times which brought the First Charles to the block, and drove the Second James into exile. By means of the Reform Bill thus administered, the Tories will have it in their power to taunt the people with being the means of their own enslave ment ; and if the Tories shall repeal the Habeas Corpus, annual Magna Charta, or do any other of those acts of montrous oppression which, as it has been the constant practice of the party to do, so we must believe that it is their nature and intention to continue doing, will they not turn round upon the people and say, and that with some air of v truth, "It is the doing—of your own representatives—of the very then of your choice—of those whom you sent to the House of Commons ?ti virtue of that Reform Bill, which yon sought with so much eaC,estness, as the foundation and safe .guard of your liberties? No doubt you were right in so thinking, but you see now tl'at we also were right, and that ;the very men whom you have choen are convinced that we, and we alone, are fit for the a t lministration of public affairs, and the disposal of the public money ; and that you, as we have always told you, have really nothing to do with the laws but obey them, and nothing to do with the pub lic money but to drudge as hard as you can in the earning of it, leaving us to lay it out for the glory of the country, as our superior wisdom may advise." Such, electors of England, wfillie the language in which you shall be taunted, ere many months have passed over your heads—if ye sell your birth rights upon the present most momentous, and—if not care fully conducted—most fatal crisis in your political history. Ifyou allow such a majority, you are that moment blotted out' of the list of freemen, and enrolled in the book of slavel 7 —of the most degraded character—men self-enslaved while in the possession of knowledge and of strength, sufficient not only to preserve, but to extend, in every neces sary direction, anz.i to every wholesome extent, that freedom for which your fathers have so often and so nobly bled. Do not, therefore, disgrace " yoor order ;" but recollect that you are Englishmen—freemen—the lawful heirs of freemen—God's nobility, in comparison of whom those that Kings can ennoble are but the worms of the earth. 'Ws? implore every elector, in what quarter soever of the United King'slom he may have a vote to give, to consider well what we have s: id, and to act as . a MAN and a FREEMAN, as he would avoid trh; CURSES of his POSTERITY THROUGH ALL GE;;TERA TIONS, and the curse of the whole world, as having heel; a perpetrator in quenching the sacred lamp of liberty in her own chosen land.—Morning Advertiser. The City election closed yesterday, and as there was reason to suppose, from the result of the first day's polling, closed with a considerable majority in favour of Messrs. Wood, Patti son, Crawford, and Grote. We by no means wish to under rate the importance of this trial to the Radicals. The return of the four members, by so important a constituency as that of London, may well exalt the party by whose zeal, or strength, or contrivance it was accomplished. But, as we have said all along, the worse the cause of moderate and safe reform proceeds in any one quarter, the more strenuously should its friends labour to promote it another. The success .of radicalism in the City, would, no doubt, serve radicalism everywhere, for success inspires hope, and hope is always at tended with a corresponding degree of energy, if there was not another and a nobler source of excitement in the pride which vigorous minds feel at encountering and subduing diffi culties. That pride is not likely to meet with more congenial minds amongst any class of men than the rational, consistent, constitutional Reformers of this country, as opposed to the more rash speculative adventurers, who would lay the axe t o the root of every tree, and knockdown every thiug they find standing. But happily we are not yet reduced to the condi tion of those who are roused to action by the desperation of their circumstances alone. No, we have a little mixture of prosperity to encourage us. The City may be full of smoke and darkness and dirt, as usual, but there is a bright spark in the horizon for all that. Other constituencies have come for ward in a different spirit from that of London, to acknowledge the King's prerogative, to pursue reform for its own sake, without regard to party or to person, and without any other abatement or qualification of its claims than those which the venerable institutions of the country, the fun damental laws of the land, and the good of the com munity prescribe. If the Radicals have had a field day in the City, and if, as we believe, the general aspect of things in the metropolitan districts favour the rash more than the careful process of reform, the friends of order have found supporters elsewhere. At York city, for instance, Mr. H. Lowther, a Conservative, is at the head of the poll, and Mr. Barkley, who declared himself a disciple of Mr. Hume, at the bottom. At Liverpool, again, two Conservatives are at the head of the poll, Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas. We call Lord Sandon a Conservative, merely to distinguish his principles from Radicalism, which is now identified with Whiggery. In other respects his Lordship deserves the name of a Reformer, if to improve without abo lishing the Constitution may in these days be consi dered reform. From various parts of the country the most gratifying intelligence has been received. In some places anti-Radicals have been already returned, and we have borrowed from our respected Contemporary the Stan dard a list, which will be found under the election head, containing no less than ten instances in which Conservatives have already been chosen in the room of Whigs, and eight more in which a similar substitution appears to be in progress. But to return to the metropolitan boroughs, we re gret to find that Sir William Horne does not occupy that sta tion on the poll to which his liberal politics, his just and ra tional views, and his excellent character entitle him. The no mination took place at Finsbury, Lambeth, and the Tower Hamlets, from each of which we give reports, but without knowing at present how the contests are likely to end, for which different parties have made preparations in each. Upon the whole, if the Radicals see reason to triumph, we and those who think :yith us see no reason to despair. The struggle is but in its beginning, and those who are dissatisfied because they have not succeeded at every point, should learn betimes to moderate their expectations if ever they would arrive at content.—Morning Herald. The people of England have now to choose between mo derate, Reform and revolution. Disguise this fact as we may, it is impossible not to foresee that one or the other must be the result of the ensuing election. If the Conservatives are compelled to resign who is there to succeed them? The De structives ? Is not that the beginning of revolution ? The NVliigs? How is it possible that they can retain their seats, being (as they inevitably will be) a small minority in the House of Commons, and firmly opposed by a large majority in the House of Lords ? They must of necessity then, if restored to power, coalesce either with the Conservatives or the De structives, for the nation will never endure a Ministry bring ing forward measures to please one party one week, and the other the next. If they coalesce with the Destructives why should they riot make Whittle Harvey the Prime Minister, and thus openly declare their intentions? If with the Con servatives, what confidence can any one have in men who, after ejecting their opponents from power, pursue the same measures which they had before reprobated ? The struggle is now between Monarchy and Republicanism. The " Liberal" Holy Alliance is labouring (with an energy always displayed by Revolutionists, and never repelled with equal ardour by a Conservative party in any country) to overturn the Peerage, the Church, and, in short, everything that offers the least opposition to the establishment of a furious Democracy. It is true we have the wretched consolation that if this band of infidels, leagued with Dissenters of every possible variety of creed, from the high-flown Calvinist to the cold-hearted . . u n orian—if, we repeat, this desperate league should suc ceed in o;f'rthrowing all the time-hallowed institutions of the country, then nothing else to destroy, " will the wolves devour e:'ch other!' :Ylto can expect that the infidel Propa gandist, in his zeal to enforce Republicanism at the point of the sword, will respect the ciiscreet scruples of the Quaker as to risking his life in bathe ? Or that the sour puritans, whose predecessors justified even mur der by texts from Holy Writ, and whose intole rant bigotry denounced death to any one who dared to keep a Comn on Prayer Book" in his house, will, if they obtain the ascendancy, permit the Atheists and Infidels to pour forth the flood of blasphemy through the medium of that curse to society, a licentious press? Conflict the most intense, uni versal, and ruinous—warfare, sanguinary and envenomed war fare, civil and religious, are the necessary consequences if, as is now threatened, the established institutions of the country should be overthrown. But will the country submit to such total destruction? Are the wishes of (at the very worst) nearly half the House of Commons, of a large majority of the Peers, of the King, of the Clergy, of the Magistracy, and of three-fourths of the Gentry of England to be set at nought, in obedience to a faction who, if left to themselves, would be the first to turn their violence against each other ? If, indeed, the struggle must come, let us not, like the French Conserva tives, desert the Monarchy at the first appearance of danger ; but rather let us nail our colours to the mast, and adopt as our motto that sentiment of the dying Roman, to which the Con servatives alone can justly lay claim—" Moriemur in patria scepe servata."—Morning Post. The City election was terminated yesterday, as for some days past had been foreseen, by the return of the four—we must now assume them to be—" popular" candidates. That many of those who voted for them may not eventually find reason to deplore the choice—and we mean no personal.disre spe,3; to any of the gentlemen so elected—is our hearty and earnest pi';:yer ; but it is impossible for any reflecting friend of the constitution of England, as it now exists, to be free from such anxiety. It might now be ungenerious to bring the peril thus entailed upon the cans.: of constitutional, as opposed to revolutionary, Legislation, in the firm of a charge against those who, on the side of the Conservative;, undertook the ma nagement of this important election contest in the .7..!ty• Be fore the question was decided, or the day of nomina:l9 ll had arrived, we frankly stated the intelligence which then had reached us, and strenuously admonished the parties inte rested of what might, and probably would, be the result of their unskilful and careless proceedings. That the result has to them and their hopes been most unfortunate, is indeed too clear ; but we will not indulge the unjust and unreasoning resentment of disappointed men, by imputing exaggerated ef fects to partial causes, or accounting for the bad success of a struggle so momentous as this has been by throwing the whole blame on individuals who, we doubt not, exerted themselves to the utmost pitch of their abilities, when a great deal more was manifestly owing to the numerical weakness of the anti- Radical electors compared with their opponents. This last fact, attested, as we think, not merely by the large amount of the majority in the city of London, but collaterally confirmed by the course and progress of other elec tions in the metropolitan districts, it would for us be criminal to deny. We lament and do bitterly grieve to find that here, about the capital of the empire, the spirit of the movement is so powerful. Our surprise and apprehension are almost equally excited by those in the midst of whom we live being so apparently blind or indifferent to consequences involving no less than a fundamental change in the genius and character of this hitherto mixed constitution, by subjecting all its other attributes, qualities, and operations to those of an in tolerant democracy. This, we confess, appals, as it has asto nished us. But we are therefore the more bound in justice broadly to admit the fact. Nor is it in any other spirit but that of deep conviction that the whole of this subject, the whole state and relation of Parliament, Ministers, and people, should be carefully canvassed, and well un derstood, that we revert to our own early remarks—at an early stage, we mean, of the Conservative Adminis tration—upon the worse than doubtful polio . ) , of dis solving Parliament, without previously ascertaining how the then existing Parliament might be disposed. Our opinion was explicit, that the predominant character of the former House of Commons, taken as a body, was that of an assem bly not inclined to carry the reforming principle to a point at all hazardous to the constitution, and therefore that the very act of a premature dissolution of such a Parliament, would subject the Minister to a question difficult to an swer—viz., Why have you dismissed an assembly which had not shown itself unworthy of the public or the Royal confidence; and for whose dismissal, therefore, there can be no cause imagined by those who have no specific information a 3 to facts ; but that such a Parliament is in advance of the Minister in its reform policy—and, therefore, that a House of Commons less favourable to reform is necessary to his pur posel „In words as near as possible to these, we expressed four or five weeks ago our misgivings as to the wisdom of a dissolution, the necessity of which should not be made mani fest to the world ; or a fair and unexceptionable groundwork laid for an appeal to the equity of the nation, by some capri cious and indefensible measure of the majority, directed against the Government, qfter the latter had evinced a disposition to govern on principles of reform. It is true that a violent, and indeed rancorous, determination of certain members of the last Parliament, to attack and overthrow Sir Robert Peel's Government, before it would have _ time to exhibit the nature of its policy, was ostentatiously declared at public meet ings in London, and presented a tolerable, though partial, spe cimen of what might have been expected from at least a given section of that body. But perhaps it might have been as well judged to wait for the execution of such threats, and on the evidence of faction afforded by it, send gentlemen back on a voyage of vindication to their constituents, as, by anticipating such an event, to throw the necessity of self-justification upon the Ministers, with the additional disadvantage that none could be offered, either formal, precise, or satisfactory. All this, L -, svever, is arguing almost in the dark. His Majesty's ad visershave possessed, though they have not yet had an opportunity, tomake public, the most abundant materials for satisfyin every one that a dissolution was g-- ine vitable, and doubtless those reasons will be clear ly stated when the prooer occasion shall arise. Above all things we deprecate the imptation of having started this ques tion from any other motive than a wish to have matters of pa ramount concern to the country placed in every light in which they can fairly be considered. Upon to . conduct which it be hoves the House of Commons, intrusted as it is With the inte rests of a great nation, not of a limited party, to adopt tfriiirds the Government, we have met some apposite observations an a pamphlet entitled The Plain Truth, and which, not upon that point alone, hut on every other connected with the downfall of the late Ministry, the accession of the present, and the causes and consequences of that important domestic revolution, de serves for its calm and masterly sagacity to be read and studied with attention.— Times. The election for the City of London is the best answer to the Address of the Tories. Four Reformers have been re- turned, and the lowest Reformer is 1,436 above the highest Tory, Upwards of 11,000 electors have voted ; a number THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1835. nearly equal to that ef the last General Election. It is, there.. fore, absurd in the Tory candidates to complain of the disad vantages of a canvas, limited to the short term of seven days. No exertions could have brought more Tories to the poll ; and they could only have succeeded by remissness on the part of the Reformers in the discharge of their duty. The ex ample of London will not be lost on the country. The sig nal defeat of the Tories, after a struggle in which they made the most desperate efforts, sufficiently indicates the state of the public mind. .With necessitous freemen in the old venal boroughs they have some charrir but wherever the consti tuency is numerous and respectable, they will always be. de feated. The prospect is cheering in the other metropo litan boroughs. In Lambeth, Alderman Farebrother's com mittee had given up the contest ; but though the Alderman still stands, he will soon fall. In Westminster, the ex-Go vernor can have no chance whatever; and the same may be said of the " accomplished" gentleman who has offered him self on Tory principles for the Tower hamlets. If Serjeant Spankie succeed in Finsbury, it can only be through the grossest mismanagement on the part of the Reformers. The Serjeant, who is certainly no fool, whatever else he may be, displayed considerable address yesterday. If the Reformers cannot understand the motives for the coquetting between him and Mr. Wakley, they must be stupid indeed. Mr. Spankie is too crafty a Tory to throw away any favour on a formidable opponent. Every vote given to Mi-. Wakley is, of course, an advantage to him. Do not let the Electors of Finsbury so stultify themselves as to give votes to Mr. Wakley, who cannot be returned: the votes are not merely thrown away—they are given to the Sergeant.— Morning Chronicle. GENERAL ELECTION THE COUNTitY. BRIGHTON.-NOMIArATION. The nomination of the candidates took place this morning (Wednesday) in front of the Town-hall. Captain UHEAPSIDE nominated Isaac Newton Wigney, Esq. as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parlia ment. Mr. N. M. BRADFORD seconded the nomination. FREEMAN ELIOT, Esq., proposed Mr. George Faithful Mr. RICHARD EDWARDS seconded the nomination. Mr. ALLEN proposed Capt. George Richard Pechell. Mr. RICHARD TAMPLIN seconded the nomination. LAWRENCE PEEL, Escr , brother of the Prime Minister, proposed Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, the Conservative candidate. Mr. BENJAMIN DAVIS seconded the nomination. I. N. NVIONEY, Esq. then came forward, and said he was the same as when elected their representative two years ago-- a Reformer. He had supported the Reform Bill in all its ramifications, and had acted up to the spirit of his pledges. He had voted against unmerited pensions and sinecures, and had voted for the ballot, triennial Pa: liaments, the abolition of flogging in the army and impressment in the navy, and had also voted for disfranchising all corrupt boroughs. All this he was prepared to do again—( Loud cheering.) Mr. G. FAITIIFULL was received with loud cheering, and said he was again willing, if they chose him, to serve them in Parliament. Captain PEcuELL addressed a few words to the electors, thanking them for the sympathy they had evinced' towards him during his late misfortune.—( The Gallant Captain a t time ago had his leg broken by his borSes taking fright and oversetting his carriage.) llis motto was, " The prosperity of Brighton."—( Cheers. ) The Gallant Captain then recapitulated his political ercc , d. Sir A. J. DALRYMPLE pledged himself to vote for all mea sures which would relieve the Dissenters, consistently with the safety of the Church. A show of hands was then taken, and was declared in fa vour of Mr. Faithfull, the Ultra-Radical, and Captain Pe chell, a Whig. Mr. Hilton then demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Wigney. The polling begins to-morrow morning at nine o'clock. The general mmression is, that Mr. Wigney and Captain Pechell will be returned. BARNSTAPLE—NOMINATIOIV. JAN. s.—The nomination of candidates for this borough took place to-day. Four candidates are now in the field. Mr. Gordon (the bribery defender) has met with such a scurvy reception, that he has resigned in favour of Mr. \Volley, a youth, apparently just out of his teens, and avowing the same Ultra-Tory principles; his success is altogether out of the question—three hands only being held up in his faVotir. At the eleventh hour Mr. Stewart, a barrister from London, pre sects himself to the notice of the electors, professing himself a Liberal Whig. After the due forms of nomination, &c., had been gone through, the candidates, as customary, ad dressed the electors. Mr. CHICHESTER urged his claims on their support, solely on the ground of coincidence of political sentiments. His conduct was before them, and he would be judged thereby. Major Fz.ncourt spoke like a Reformer of the new Tory school, as he is. He professed to consider the Reform Bill as " a final settlement of a great question," with which he would not at all meddle. To-morrow will, most likely, see returned the former Members, so that Toryism will have gained nought here BODMIN. JAN. s.—The following is the state of the poll :—Major Vivian, 124; Sir T. S. Spry, 108—both Reformers ; Lord Elliot, 74. The Reformers are already safe, as the total number of voters is but 270. This is victory the first in Corn wall, and a glorious one it is. The Tories, both here and through their organs in London, boasted that they were quite sure of their man ; but these are not the days when rotten bo rough owners have a chance against the people. BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Tuesday was the nomination day. Mr. Odes, amidst much cheering, proposed Earl Jermyn, He was seconded by Mr. Bevan. Mr. Merest proposed Lord C. Fitzroy, seconded by Mr. John Ridley. Mr. Eagle proposed Mr. Bunbury, which was seconded by Mr. Leech. On the show of hands, the ,;:fction was declared to have fallen on Lord C. Fitzroy and Mr. 13.pnbury. The poll will be taken,on Thursday and Friday. CANTERBURY-NOMINATION. ' The nomination of the candidates for the representation of this city, took place yesterday morning. Lord. Albert Co nyngham and Mr. Villiers appearing on the Liberal side ; and Mr. Lushington, who some years since carried the represen ' tation of the city from St. Stephen's to Madras, on the side or the Tories. The highest excitement has prevailed for some ' time past, in consequence of the indecisive nature of the can vass, neither party, from the pledges hitherto given; aing as sured of success. JOHN BRENT, Esq., proposed Lord 'Albert Denison Co nyngham. Mr. W. MASTERS seconded the nomination. Lord ALBERT CONYNGRAM then presented himself, and was hailed with loud and enthusiastic cheers. He was opposed to the Tories, because it was whilst they were in power that the load of debt which fettered and cramped the energies of the nation—which hung like a mill stone about their necks, and which must descend like a curse upon their children; was con tracted.—( Cheers.) Not content with that, they had placed themselves, a phalanx opposed to every reform that the people of England had a right to demand, till at length, on the benches of the Opposition, they saw, with reluctant and un willing eyes, the carrying of that great measure which they they had the power no longer successfully to resist..—( Cheers. ) If the Whigs had not done all that was expected from them, they had at least carried the Reform Bill.--( Cheers.) They had at least alleviated some portion of the oppressive burden of taxation under which the country was labouring when they came into office—(cheers)---and beyond that, they had thrown open the trade with China and abolished West India slavery. —( Loud and long-continued cheering.) Of the general line of foreign policy pursued by the Whigs he did not disap-• prove, but at the same time he must c nifess that in his ,opi nion there was a blot upon the hands of their political career which time never could efface, and which would prevent him from ever blindly supporting them.—( Hear.) The late Ad m.nistration .lad suffered a noble, a Crave, and generous people, struggling for their liberties—fighting for those rights which we, as Englishmen, know how to value— to. be crushed beneath the reckless and unsparing hand of the Northern despot.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord then entered into a brief exposition of his political principles. In the first place, he was an advocate for shortening the duration of Par liaments. He would not pledge himself to two, three, or four years ; but four years, in his opinion, should be the outside. He was also. an advocate for the enforcement or economy in every department of the State, for the purpose of relieving the burdens of the people. For the same reason lie should vote for a. close examination into the merits of the Pension List— ( Hear, hear, and cries of "No pensioners.") He , was also an advocate for a graduated Property Tax, by the means of which the pressure of taxation might be made to bear more equally upon the rich and the poor.—( Cheers.) With respect to the vote by ballot, as it too frequently occurred in towns and cities that unjustifiable means were resorted to, to induce the tradesman or artisan to give his vote in a manner contrary to the dictates of his conscience, he should support a measure calculated to protect them.—( Loud cheers.) Corporation. Refcrm.he was most anxious to see carried.—( Cheers.) He wished to seesall corporate bodies elected by their fellow-citi zens.—( Hear, hear.) Church reform had a most crying call upon the legislature.—( Cheers.) Pluralities must be done away with.—(Cheers.) There remained but one other point upon which he felt it necessary to touch—the admission of ' members of the dissenting body to the Universities; upon that point he need only say that in his opinion all good citizens, whatever their religious tenets might be, ought to be admitted to the enjoyment of all the same rights and privileges as the rest of their fellow -country men._( Cheers. ) WILLIAM HENRY BULLOCK, Esq., proposed Mr. Lushington. Mr, CHRISTIAN seconded the nomination. Mr. LUSHINGTON then name forward, amidst the loud accla mations of his own party. The Right lion. Gentleman al. luded to the manner in which the present Administration had been appointed, arguing from the absence of Sir Robert Peel, that the restoration of the Tory party could not be the result of any intrigue on their part. He deprecated the Ballot and the Poor Law Bill, and expressed his determination to sup poFt 41)445 iqstiNtiopl of the country : Mr. Aideplan goolau ptypilsed M F . Ffedtiriek Millie; , jr, FLINT seconded the nominatiot, Mr. VILLIERS, on coining forward, was received with loud and long-continued cheers. He was a decided advocate of triennial Parliaments and vote by ballet—a stanch friend to civil and religious liberty-_a resolute economist, and detq4Yl4 fibql,gl7 of unearned pensions—( Hear, h ear ) _and ftirqier be was !pelt sq9rigly opfio,sei . l to the present disgraCeftil mode of ''punishment adopted' in t 4 army and navi, and also most ar*ou.s,4'o, ailopt some measure by which the system of impressment in the navy might be abo lished. Those were the chief subjects likely to occupy the attention of the Legislature in the ensuing Parliament. The Hon. Gentleman was loudly and enthusiastically cheered throughout his address. Mr. MATHERS moved that Mr. Wells be put in nomination. There was 'no seconder to the motion ; but Mr. WELLS came forward, and after the lapse of a consi derable length of time, was allowed to state that he had no in tention to present himself as a candidate. It was not gold that had induced; him to withdraw' from the contest. He had always been a strenuous advocate of the rights of the Ror in Canterbury, a n d h e s h ou ld con ti nue to b e so st ill . esident in London, he should keep a watchful eye upon the conduct of the representatives of the city, whoever they might be. The show of hands then took place, and was declared to be in favour of Mr. Villiers and Mr. Lushington. A poll was immediately demanded on the part of Lord Al bert Conyngham. The poll will commence to-morrow (this day). The greatest noise and confusion prevailed throughout the whole of the proceedings. CA MB RID GE. FIRST DAY'S POLLING. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7.-The polling commenced this morn ing for the representation of the town of Cambridge, under the most cheering prospect of success for the cause of Re formers, the Liberal candidates, and late faithful representa tives, the Right Hon. Thomas Spring Rice and George Pryme, Esq., having taken the lead of their Tory opponent, Mr. Knight, in fine style, and headed him in the course of a few hours, on their separate interests, by a large majority ; that of Mr. Rice being the greater, his return is certain. CARMARTHEN AND LLANELLY-NOMINA. TION. JAN. s.—At an early hour this morning the friends of the opposing parties were on the alert. Soon after ten o'clock the Hon. W. H. Yelverton, accompanied by his committee and a large number of the most influential and independent gentlemen of the borough of Carmarthen, entered the Town Hall. Mr. Lewis, the Conservative candidate, soon after wards made his appearance, surrounded by the corrupt magis tracy and underlings of our Corporation. W. CHAMBERS, Esq., sen. of Llanelly, proposed the Hon. W. H. Yelverton, which was immediately seconded by Capt. J. G. Phillips. Mr. Lewis was proposed by Capt. Edwardes, and seconded by Mr. D. Prytherch. Mr. Yelverton then ad dressed the electors, and pledged himself to the faithful dis charge of his Parliamentary duties, if elected, and also to his unqualified opposition•to the present Government. The show of hands was in favour of the Liberal Candidates. The poll will commence to-morrow—Cruesday,)—and close on Wednesday. CHATHAM. WEDNESDAY.—In this borough, which has always hitherto been considered as under the immediate influence and control of Government, the Tory candidate finds himself very hard pressed by his Liberal opponent. The result of the first day's poll has been to give him but a very trifling majority. CHICHESTER—NOMINATION. JAN. 6.---The nomination of Members for this city took place on Monday, when Lord Arthur Lennox, J. A. Smith, Esq., and J. M. Cobbett, Esq., son of the late Member for Oldham, were proposed. The poll took place to-day. COLCHESTER—NOMINATION. TUESDAY.-The nomination took place here to-day. Mr. Sanderson was proposed by Alderman W. Smith, seconded by Yr. W. E. Green, Sir George Henry Smyth, Bart., was prosed by Mr. John Bawtree, banker; seconded by Alder man Sparling. Henry Tuffnell, Esq. was proposed by Mr. George Saville, seconded by Mr. John Chaplin. The candi dates addressed the meeting, and the Mayor declared the show of hands to be in favour of Tuffnell and Smyth_ A poll was demanded on behalf of Sanderson. COVENTRY.—NOMINATION. The nomination for this city took place this morning. Mr. Williams, the popular candidate, had an immense majority on the show of hands ; and though neither this gentleman nor Mr. Ellice has resorted to the degrading system of drowning the senses of the electors with liquor, there is no doubt of their return. DEVIZES.._NOMINATION. JAN. 6. —At twelve o'clock yesterday Mr. Locke, Admiral Sir P. C. H. Durham, and the Honourable Pleydell Bouverie, were put in nomination. Each party used their best exer tions, and at three o'clock this afternoon, Mr. 8., finding he had no chance of success, retired from the contest. DUDLEY. REMARKABLE CONTEST. JAN. 6.—The election here has terminated in favour of the Tory candidate and former member, Mr. Hawkes ; but such has been his victory, that he will never, I venture to predict, attempt to achieve another. A few individuals assembled late on Sunday night, who at five o'clock on Monday morning sent round a bellman, calling all to the hustings. At day-break this call was responded to by one of the finest bursts of feeling, that have ever done honour to any nation. At the hour ap pointed for nomination, the entire population seemed assem bled. The Tory candidate was proposed and seconded ; and, to the dismay of the party, and the delight and astonishment of the Reformers, Captain Forbes was also put in nomination. Immediately after these arrangements parties proceeded to the poll—the Reformers acting without a candidate, and against the wish of the Committee, without poll-clerks or any other officers being provided. The contest continued, very warmly carried on to half-past f our , when it terminated. EVESHAM. The nomination took place here on Monday. The Reform candidate, Sir C. Cockerill, most unhandsomely withdrew at 11 o'clock on Sunday night. The consequence was, that Mr. Borthwick, the Tory candidate, and advoctte of West India slavery, was declared duly returned. EXETER ELECTION. TUESDAY, JAN. 6.--The polling has been conducted with the greatest spirit throughout the day. Sir William Follett has run a-head from the beginning ; and no efforts have bee n spared by his party t o k ee p him in that position. There is a large gathering of the Liberal leaders in Exeter to-day, among whom are Lord Ebrington and the Hon. Newton Fellowes, The honest-hearted friends of the cause are much distressed at the success of Sir W. Follett ; but till the church and corpo rations be reformed, a city like Exeter must always run the risk of stultifying it se lf b y neutra li z i ng th e vo t es o f its repre sentatives. GLOUCESTER (CITY).—NOMINATION. TUESDAY.-The nomination took place yesterday ( Monday), and we never witnessed so crowded an assemblage on any simi. lar occasion. The four candidates were proposed in the fol lowing order :—Mr. Phillpotts (Reformer) proposed by Mr. W. 'l'. Washbourne, seconded by Mr. James Lloyd ; Mr. hope ( Conservative) proposed by Mr. Goodrich, seconded by Mr. T. Davies ; C a pt a i n F. B er keley (Reformer) p ropose d by the Right Wor s hipf u l th e M a yor, seconded by M r . J. W . Walters ; and Mr. Cother, proposed by Mr. Wintle, seco n d e d by Mr. Shiptun. Th e severa l candidates having add resse d the electors, a show of hands was called for, and d r . s .Ziared b y the sheriffs to be in fav o u r o f the Blues, Messrs, Hope an d Cother. On the whole, the meeting was more peaceable end orderly than we hate oftentimes witnessed. This morning the polling commenced at nine, and was carried on with tolerable spirit till four o'clock. BOLTON. •NOMINATIO. JAN. 6. —Th e nomina t ion o f c andidat e s for t his borough took place on Monday. Mr. JOSEPH SKELTON nominated Colonel Torrens. Mr. THOMAS CULLEN seconded the nemination. Mr. PETER ROTHWELL proposed William Bolling. Mr. STEPHEN BLAIR seconded the nomination. Mr. KAYE nominated Peter Ainsworth, Esq., e whom h e d clared to be a Reformer— o pp ose d t o all abuses either in Church or State. Mr. CHARLES AINSWORTH seconded the nomination. Colonel TORRENS, on coming forward to address the elec tors, was received with loud cheers, mingled with some hisses. He went over his votes and conduct respecting the Bank Charter, the Corn Laws, the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, and the Inquiry into the condition of the Hand-loom-weavers, for whom he declared that at the earliest available moment of the ensuing session, he would again raise his voice.., The Gal lant Colon e l conc l u d e d hi s speec h , b y declaring his adhesion to the ballot as a modeof voting, and retired amidst loud cheers. W. BOLI.ING, Esq. was an admirer of the principles of Sir R. Peel, as contained in his address to the electors of Tam worth.—( Tremendous uproar.) He however was not pledged to his Administration, and would go into the House free and unfestered. P. AINSWORTII, Esq., avowed himself a Reformer—a friend to the ballot and the shortening of Parliaments. He would strenuously support the reform of every abuse in Church and State.—( Loud cheers.) A show of hands was then taken by the Returning Officer, who declared the result to be favourable to Mr. Bolling and Mr. Ainsworth. A poll was therefore demanded, and the Re turning Officer appointed it to commence on the following morning. The contest, which will be a severe one, lies be tween Colonel Torrens and Mr. Ainsworth. BURY.—NOMINATIOIV. JAN. 6.—Tuesday morning the election of one Representa tive to serve for this borough took place at ten o'clock in the morning. Shortly before that hour Mr. Walker, accompanied by his committee, proceeded to the hustings from the Red Lion Hotel, and the forms and ceremonies being gone through, the ex-Member was nominated by E. Grundy, Esq., banker, and seconded by Greg, Esq., as a proper person again to represent the borough. Mr. WALKER shortly addressed the electors. He declared himself friendly to, and ready to support, any measures of ne cessary and judicious Reform ; but opposed to any radical changes in the Constitution, or the established institutions of the country. The returning officer, Ti►os. NOORIS, Esq., then demanded if any other person had a candidate to propoFe, and none ap pearing, Mr. Wallier was declared duly elected, amidst the Amino of his friends. PRESTON:—NOMINATION. TUKSDAY NIGHT.--The excitement here, though an old bo roUgh, and consequently accustomed to scenes of the kind, equals that of any former occasion. The hour appointed for nomination this morning was ten o'clock and th(i friel:l4 Pf iho nimdidates met at their several itatles at hali.past nine, in ortie r t o marc h i n procession to ilie usting4. The candidates are Flesketh Fleetwood, Esq., the tiorl. H. T, Stanl7, Colonel Thompson, and Thomas HULL.—NOMINATION. JAN. 6 —The nomination took place yesterday. Mr. Hill made a brilliant and effective speech of nearly three hours' du ration. Mr. Hutt followed in the same spirit, and with great effect. Mr. Carruthers was heard with great impatience by an immense concourse of nearly 10,000 people, when a show of hands was taken, and in favour of the Reformers, of nearly 100 to 1. Beverley is lost through the curse which has afflicted it—bribery—the Tory having come up to the mark. ROCHDALE.NOMINATION. TUESDAY NIMIT.—The nomination of candidates for this borough took place this morning. The great height to which party spirit had been carried led to the anticipation .of some popular outbreak upon the occasion ; but it is satisfactory to state that no such violence was manifested. WILLIAM CnAnviticK, Esq., manufacturer, seconded by John Taylor, Esq., of Spottards; a candidate . in 1832, proposed J. Fenton, Esq., banker, as a fit and proper re presentative. CLEMENT RORDS, Esq., banker, proposed, and JOHN HOL LAND, Esq. (both magistrates), seconded, the nomination of John Entwisle, Esq., of Foxholes, as a fit and proper repre sentative. The respective candidates afterwards addressed the meeting ; but, from the confusion which prevailed, their addresses were wholly inaudible.l The returning officer then demanded a show of hands, and declared it to be in favour of Mr. Entwisle. Mr. BARTON, seconded by Mr. BRIGHT, jun., then de manded a poll, which was granted, of course, and appointed to commence on the following morning. WARRINGTON.--NOMINATION. JAN. 6. —The nomination for this borough took place on Tuesday, at eleven o'clock, upon hustings erected for the pur pose in the Butter-market. The candidates were John Ire land Blackburne, Esq., of Hull, a Conservative, and Charles Hindley, Esq., of Dukinfield, a Conservative, who was sup ported also by the Dissenting interest. Mr. THOMAS PARR proposed (amidst mingled groans and cheers) Mr. Blackburne, as a fit representative for the borough. Mr. Jonx CLARE seconded the nomination. Mr. GASKELL proposed Charles Hindley, Esq. Mr. J. STUBBS seconded the nomination of that gentleman. Mr. BLACKBURNE maintained that it was false to charge Tory Administrations with being opposed to liberal measures, since they had emancipated the Catholics, and taken the fi rs t step in removin g th e disabilities of Dissenters, whom they ,were willing further to relieve, so far as it could be done with safety to the Church.—( Cheers and groans.) It had been alleged that the new Government would undo the reforms which had already been effected; but he believed that the Duke of Wellington would as soon have thought of retreating upon Brussels after the battle of Waterloo, as would the Ministry dream of retrograding upon the old abuses, after the new professions they had made.—( Uproar. ) Mr. HINbLEY next came forward, and was received with enthusiastic cheers. He belonged to no party—( Loud laugh ter, answered by cheers)—and as he had been called a Radical, he was willing so to be considered, in one sense. He was a Radical, if by the term were meant one who wished to eradi cate abuse; but he was not a Radical, if the term implied merely one who sought chance only as change. He gave no pledge or promises, or if he did, he would only give one, that he would use the power which might be given him only to advance the general good.—( Uproar. ) At the close of the worthy candidate's speech, the returning officer demanded a show of hands, which being in favour of Mr. Hindley, a poll was demanded and granted. The pro ceedings were then adjourned to the following morning, at nine o'clock. LAUNCESTON.—NOMINATIOIV. JAN. s..—Sir H. Hardinge was proposed by J. Lethbridge, Esq., and seconded by Mr. Proctor. Mr. Howell was pro posed by T. Philips, Esq., who ably exposed the system of bribery and corruption that had been used to influence the electors of this borough. J. Pearce, Esq. seconded the nomi nation. Sir HENRY HARDINGE then rose. He held his seat there free and unshackled—and he would abide by the Reform Bill, as it had become the law of the land. He and his colleagues were willing to make every reform consistent with the safety of the institutions of the country. He was willing to give the Dissenters their civil rights and privileges, but would oppose their entering the Universities if they would not take the ne cessary tests. He never would consent to the separation of Church and State—the monarchy could not exist without it ; but he would agree to a fair commutation of tithes on just principles. He opposed a reduction of the Pension List, be cause the King had a right to give as m any pens i ons as he pleased. It had - been said that the Tories had intrigued Earl Grey cut of office ; this he ( Sir H.) denied. It was Lord Melbourne (whom the Gallant General was pleased to deno minate the dregs and offscouring of the Whigs) and his party, who had by their intrigues ousted Earl Grey from his office. Several other gentlemen addressed the electors. On a show of hands being made, Thomas Ching, Esq., Mayor, de clared the majority to be in favour of Sir H. Hardinge. A poll was then demanded for Mr. Howell by Mr. Philips. The polling will commence at nine o'clock to morrow morning. LEICESTER.—NOMINATIOIV. JAN. 6.—The nomination t oo k pl ace t}- = morning, on a hustings in front of the Exchange. rR nated by Matthew Babington l r Evans was n om i- John C o lt m an, Esq.. banker, and secon d e d b y Me. Serjeant G ou lb urn was then nominat.:yoy i-ienry Wood, Esq., Alderman, and se on‘!..o by Richard Mitchell, Esq., hosier. Mr. Ellis was nominated by Thomas Paget, Esq., banker, and seconded by Thomas Stokes, Esq., hosier. Mr. Gladstone was nominated by Mansfield Gregory, Esq., Alderman, and seconded by John Briggs Robinson, Es]., hosier. The poll is fixed for to-morrow and Thursday. LEWES. TWO REFORMERS RETURNED. J.N. 7.—The Tories did their best in this borough. The battle was well fought, and victory is in favour of the good cause. The Reformers have won the day in capital style ; and it must be admitted that the Tories fought in a manner that in a better cause would have entitled them to some degree of commendation. LIVERPOOL. The Reformers are perfectly confident of being able to re turn their two candidates. In the first plaee, the Tories have nearly exhausted the old freemen, who are their sheet anchor. Lord Sandon has polled upwards of 1,200 more of these wor thies than he did on the first day of the last election. Every stratagem has been resorted to, for the purpose of effecting this object, the freemen having a perfect horror of recording their "sweet voices" in the early stage of any contest. They always hang back until the last moment, in order to feel the pulse of the candidates, and ascertain the chances, if, any, of turning their privilege to account. To-day, however, the Tories have been more than usually successful in influencing them, which has been principally produced by representing to them the folly, as well as the danger, of " holding back," be cause the bribery oath would be administered to them to morrow. So strong has been the effect of this representation, that in one district, the Haymarket, upwards of 500 freemen recorded their votes for the two Tories before noon. The total number of eligible freemen is about 3,500, of which not more than two thirds have been exhausted. The town to-day has been desperately excited. Several outrages, some of them, I fear, of an alarming nature, have been committed, principally against the supporters of the Tory candidates. LUDLOW.—NOMINATION. JAN. 6.—Yesterday the nomination of the candidades took place; they are—Lord Clive, Mr. E. Romilly, and Mr. E. L. Charlton. This morning the polling commenced at nine o'clock. There is every probability of the return of Mr. E. Romilly and lord Olive. MALDON.—NOMINATIOIV. The nomination took place on Tuesday. Up to Saturday it was generally supposed there would have been no opposi tion to the late Members, Mr. Lennard and Mr. Quintin Dick ; but on that day the Conservative party made an active canvas on behalf of a gentleman who, it was said, was ready to come forward in their interest, without, however, mention ing the name of their candidate. On Monday the new candi date arrived in the town—Humphrey St. John Mildmay, son in-law of the Right Hon. A. Baring, and a son of Lady Mildmay, who has large estates in Essex. The Mayor put the names of the candidates t o a s h ow o f hands, which he de clared to be in favour of Dick and Mildmay. Mr. Payne then demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Lennard, which the Mayor appointed to commence the following morning. NEWCASTLE- UP ON- T YNE.—NO MINA TION. l'ustmr.—The nomination of the candidates for the re presentation of this town took place yesterday, on the Sand hill, a large area in front of the Guildhall, which was crowded with a dense mass of people. The candidates we're,—Sir. M. W. Ridley, Bart., and John Hodgson, Esq., the late Mem bers; William Ord, Esq., of Whitfield-hall (for about thirty Smith, Esq. The first gentleman is known as one of the late Members for Preston ; the second it is needless to describe ; Colonel Thompson is the editor of the Westminster Review ; and Mr. Smith is the well-known Radical of Liverpool. The Corn Exchange was the place of meeting, and the head of the gallery, which extends along three compartments of the interior of that building, constituted the hustings. GEORGE JACKSON, Esq., nominated Mr. Fleetwood. Mr. PALEY seconded the proposition of Mr. Jackson. WILLIAM RAWSTORNE, Esq., nominated the Hon. H. T. Stanley. JOHN WALKER, Esq., seconded the nomination. Mr. JAMES PARK nominated Mr. Thomas Smith. Mr. MITCHELL, the old ally, and recently the sworn foe of Hunt, seconded the preceding. ROBERT SEAGER Esq., proposed Colonel Thompson. Mr. SEDDON seconded the nomination. Mv. FLEETWOOD addressed the electors. He defended him self generally from the aspersions cast upon him by Mr. Mitchell and others ; and confessed that, if his vote on the Poor-law Bill had to be given again he would not vote for such a measure. Mr. STANLEY then came forward. He should vote for the ballot ; and, as a friend of the Church of England, he was anxious to remove abuses, but not at the expense of the Establishment which constituted the basis of that Church. Mr. SMITH (of Liverpool) next supported his claims to the suffrage of the electors of Preston. He came forward, he said, on Radical principles. A show of hands was then taken, when very few were raised either for Mr. Fleetwood or Mr. Stanley ; the cry was for Smith and Thompson. - A poll was claimed, and fixed to commence on Thursday next. years the Representative of the borough of Morpeth); and James Aytoun, Esq., of Edinburgh, who had been invited to come forward on the Radical interest. They were severally proposed as follows :—Sir M. W. Ridley, by Mr. Alderman Sorsbie and Colonel Bell ; Mr. Hodgson, by Mr. Alderman Reed and Mr. Cuthberts • Mr. Ord, by M r . A. L. Potter and Mr. E Charnley; and Mr. Aytoun, by. Mr. A. Easterby and Mr. J. Fife. Sir M. W. RIDLEY avowed himself the continued friend of civil and religious liberty, and a Church and Corporation Reformer. Mr. HODGSON declared his approval of triennial Parlia ments ; his determination to oppose the ballot .and an extension, of the suffrage ; and his resolution not to give a vote expressive, of want of confidence in the present Ministry. Mr. ORD next presented himself to the notice of the meet-. ing, and was received with loud applause. He should feel it his duty to his country, by all fair, by all parliamentary, and all constitutional means, to remove from office those men whose, appointment, in hi s o pi n i on , was i nsu l t i ng to the countr y. They promised reform at home ' • but he, for on e , b e li ev ed that the people of this c oun t r y would not be the dupes of their hol law professionsiNothing was known, nothing could be ascer tained, as to thei r f ore i gn p o li cy ; and judging from the pastt he could have no hope that it would tend to the welfare of this country or to the peace of Europe.—( Cheers.) Mr. AYTOUN addressed th e e l ectors i n exp l anat i on o f his, principles, which he said were those of Lord Durham on the " three great questions," and which, on other topics, em-, bodied the most Ultra-Liberal opinions promulgated at the. present day. On a show of hands being taken, it was declared to be in favour of Messrs. Ord and Aytoun (which it was by a very large ma jority), and the other candidates having demanded a poll, the piling was directed to take place next morning. LYMINGTON. JAN. 6.—W. Alexander Mackinnon, Esq., a Tory, and John Stewart, Esq., a Reformer, have been returned. Mr. J. Weld (who is brother to Cardinal Weld), and who started on the reform interest, having resigned, the above were re-, turned without opposition. NORTHAMPTON.--ELECTION. JAN. 6.—The parties in the Liberal interest have this day made the most strenuous exertions in favour of Mr. Hill, who, although brought forward at the eleventh hour, is likely to beat the nominee of the Ministry—the new Lord of the Treasury, Mr. Charles Ross. It is confidently believed, that had the same strenuous exer tions been made for the Southern Division of the country, Sir C:'Knightley, though so long in possession of the field, would have had as hard a run ; and' it is yet ; , thought, that a t t he notnination on Saturday, either'Mr. Jones Lloyd, who, has very extensive property in the county, or Colonel Bouverie, whose family stands in such high estimation with all parties, will yet be brought forward. PONTEFRACT. --ELECTION: TUESDAY, JAN. 6.—This morning :the nomination for thiii borough took place. J. Gully, Esq., was nominated by --- Sayle, Esq., of Wentbridge, and seconded by W m . More house, Esq., of Knottingley. Henry Taylor ? Esq., the Re corder of Pontefract, nominated Lord Viscount Pollington, and was seconded by Mr. Gaggs, of Knottingley. Mr. J. J. Sun Low, of Chancery-lane, proposed Mr. neriff Raphael. Mr. Fisma seconded the nomination. The Hon. H. A. SAVILLE, on behalf of 114 orother Lor a Pollington, spoke briefly and fluently, in, dPience of Consero tive principles, and thanked the electors for their kind recep tion of him. Mr. RAPHAEL said that he 'dad travelled from London in sixteen hours, to be p .rest;it on this occas i on . H e b r i e fl y ex plained his political, and concluded by assuring the elec tors that Mini:,ters had nothing to give which he desired. Money Ile did not want--place he desired not—honour none cr_luiti equal that of being their representative. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Gully and Mr. Raphael, and Mr. Saville demanded a poll. Throughout the polling the numbers were very near each other, and Mr. Gully and Lord Pollington were declared dull elected. The chairing is now taking place, amid the nsgal election noise and bustle. READING. .WEDNESDA r.-CLOSE OF THE POLL.-- During the whole of this day, the most strenuous exertions have been made by the friends of Mr. Oliveira and Mr. I ?..ussell : and it has, throughout the day, been, indeed, a nerA-and-neck race. The shortening of the polling-time by ti:4 o Reform Act has done much in preventing the intiraid , :,ti on and Tory tricks s e no torious in Reading; but still it has prevailed to some extent. The number of voters registered is 8,002, and the number polled amounted to abollt 930. REIGATE. JANUARY q,__ REIGATE. candidates for this borough were Lord Eastnor, am'. Mr. Moore, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn. R e iffatO has long 'Jeen known as a p oc k et b orough of the Somers ° fa mily, and it is not likely soon to lose that character. Lord Eastnor was returned by a majority of 71-14 only having voted for Mr. Moore. ROCHESTER.—NOMINATION. JAN. 7.--The nomination took place on Tuesday. Mr. Al derman Thompson proposed Mr. I3ernal, and was seconded 14 Captain Pudner. Edward Twopenny, Esq. proposed, and W. H. Nicholson, Esq. seconded, Lord Charles Wellesley- Mr. Twisden Hodges was proposed by Mr. Fisher, and se conded by Mr. Fly. Mr. Bernal and Mr. Hodges expressed their determination fully to carry out the principles of the Reform Bill. The Tories praised Sir Robert Peel's Tamworth address, and his Lordship proniised to look out for abuses. The show of hands was decidedly in favour of the Liberal candidates, and the Mues are quite confident of success. The proceedings of the other party give very evident indications of weakness. The poll commences on Thursday. TAMWORTH. The election for the borough of Tamworth took place 'oil Monday last. Lord Charles Townshend having retired, Mr. Yates Peel came forward as a second candidate, in +: ne roofs' of his Lordship. Sir Robert Peel and his brother were accordingly nominated, and no opposition bein-- 6 declared duly e l ecte d. Si r R o b ert did ',lot offered, were appear at the hustings, being detained in London on "pressing •flicial busi ness. General Yates appeared as Premier, and at th e c l ose o f " 'the representative of the and Mr. William P ee l . -no election th e ga ll an t o fficer streets of the borough. ' , ere chaired th roug h t h e var ious Mr. W. Peel is labouring under se severe an attack of t h e lying on a gout that h e appeare d at t h e e l ect ion } ,ed in his carriage, and in this manner went through 4 :ne ceremony of chairing. A public dinner will be g ive :4 to Sir Robert at Tamworth on his next visit to Dray con Manor. SCOTLAND. (From the Scots Times.) CLASGOW.—The sheriff h av i ng fi xe d T uesday next as the day of nomination, and Thursday and Friday following a s the days of polling, a very short interval must now elapse ere the question be decided by whom she is to be represented. In addition to her late members, Colin Dunlop, Esq., of Toll ercss, has taken the field as a candidate, after having had a re quisition presented to him, signed in six hours by no fewer than 1,500 voters I No other candidate will appear; and the struggle, therefore, must be betwixt Mr. Dunlop an d Mr. Ewing, every elector being perfectly satisfied with the vs:ARS and principles of Mr. Oswald. Mr. Dunlop stand's or the Liberal interest. His address is highly satise.actory an d explicit. PAISLEY.—The contest here seems at present to lie entirely betwixt Mr. Ross, of pigeon -shooting celebrity, and our abl e townsman, Captain Speirs of Culcreugh,.. The former is the champion of the Church_we give the m j oy o f their choice--- how refreshing to a sound divine to be represented by a clever sportsman, a most accomplished pigeon -shooter 1 The latter is the chosen of Liberal politicians, who do not think it neceP sary to mix up Church government at this momentous crisis with the existence of our independence and freedom as 8 nation. ( From the Edinburgh Advertiser.) Alin-LoTurAN ELECTION. —Every thing goes on in the inO t ' prosperous manner for the canvass of Sir George Clerk, anall understand th a t hi s e l ec ti on i s now secure beyond all doubt. 7, are told, to be su re , th a t M r .. Cr a ig still entertains smite hoPF,,', and his friends s a y th a t it i s grounded ttpon " the con sc ientiol judgment of th e e l ec t ors approv i ng of the public principles whir lie professes ! " This may be, but if his h opes are like his print!"ples they are very littl e worth ; for, in fact, he professes no prio 6. pies at all, at least it is in vain to look in his address for them. CONTEST FOR PERTHSHIRE. —The Hon. Fox Maule has bef° again unearthed, and induced —under what influence we do 11 ' 4 pretend to say—to withdraw himself from the privacy of Dalguise• and enter the lists with Sir George Murray, as a candidate for th ° honour of representing the county of Perth. Mr. Alav!,e's pre' tensions to fill the important station, either on public on priirar grounds, are unknown. For however respectable hie station in lit ° as the eldest son of Lord Panmure may be, he } as ne i ther by edu cation nor study, fitted hi mse lf f or t h e discharge of the various ot_ t :, ties which the representati ve o f a great . county is necessarily calk; upon to perform. A n d as for claiMs- -- as a privat e geetleman-1 6 the county of Perth, h e h as none. He has no connection With th e c not even the indirect connection on w hi c h M r. Robe"; land in it. Graham founded his claims,—Lord Panmu re h as not an ac re ob DumBARToNsiirRE.-111r. Dennistoun has now met the elect O r. publicly in almost every parish. Air. Smollett has not dared t° show his face, th oug h f ormally and repeatedly solicited. Mr. Josep h Dixon, the rejected of Glasgow, and now an inhabitant of: Helens' burgh, and James Smith, Esq., of Jordanhill, with whe,se eloquel pnd liber a l p o liti cs Gl asgow has long been well acquainted, v° force Mr. Smollett, it is said, to make a public display at Helena' burgh on Thu rs d ay fi rst ; we trust they will suziceed, and we tro t ' soo, that some of the independent electors will attend the meeting' and ask the candidate a few questions. GREENOCK. —Mr. Wallace now wall's the course, and though , in our estimation, riot a blameless representative, we know of non e who deserves better of his constituel'its. KILMARN OCK BURGHS.—IF.Lherto no opp onen t t o rantai s Dunlop h as appeared, though application has been made to ,„ than one gentleman to become a candidate. The Captain is cer tainly not the representat i ve whom we would be inclined to eh° r ' 6e, if a bette r cou id h e got ; but as he has pledged himself to or,P°6o, 0 the Peel Mi n i s t ry, there can be little objection to his return on t" present occasion. AYR BURGHS.—Mr. Johnston's canvass prospers, r.nd there L s now no doubt of his sucbess. 3111 06 LANARK BITRGIIS.—No oppos i t i on has at any time been t of in these burghs. LANARKSIIIRE.—Mr. Maxwell, having declared his deterniht v. tion to oppose the Wellington Ministry, will w&' the course. RENFREWSHIRE.—Sir Michael Sham Strwart is in the O' situation. STIRLINGSHIRE,--..Admiral Fleming is keenly opposed b! 3 1 r " Forbes, b u t i s secure c 4 IV return. 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