The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-18 00:00:00

PiRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is needless now to say much about Reform The boroughrnongers, indeed, are visibly losing al! presence of mind, as every breeze which w afts in• telligence of a fresh defeat of their faction drives them closer to the rock on which they must ine vitahly split : like ill-disciplined sailors, grown un governable at the imminent risk of shipwreck, the, stave the spirit casks, get frightfully dirstrilx, and yell fiercely, while they stagger into the gulf that opens for them. The scribes of the bea ten faction have, within the last few days, become more abusive than ever. Of all men in England they have pitched upon Lords Althorp and Milton as ` prop subject s on %%ham to fasten an accusation oi disnonourable dealing; and, to bear out a charge not itself the -most credible, they very rearnahlyinvite the 1 c confidence by a stringot notorious falaehtacis. sit'hitt the conduct of either of the Noble L or d s referred to may have been wit+. 'regard t o t h e re presentation of Northamptonshire is, of course, much less important than thei r sent i ments upon the question of *Reform. Still, RS ccliateral evidence of the degree its whith a man ought to be held generally trustworthy, by those who have so much at stake as British free holders at the present moment, we admit that if oven the shadow of a pr e t ext cou ld b e f oun d f or fairly ascribing the least particle of thipliity to a gentleman who, by his appeal to public opinion, flings down the gauntlet to all impugners of his cha racter, such au imputation left unrepelled would be a just ground for withholdin g from the individual thus tainted so high a mar k of confidence. When it was discovered, therefore, that the spirit of Re form had penetrated even to the county of Nor thaaripton, and that the old Tory faction a'as in danger of being there, as elsewhere, " devoted to the infernal Gods,"—in other words, demolished for ever,—the scheme was hit upon of vamping up a story which might touch the reputation of Lord Althorp for straightforwardness, by alleging that his Lordship had, in the teeth of his own declara tions, contemplated for some time previous to the election the proposal of a second Whig candidate for Northamptonshire, and the consequent disturbance of a county, for the peace of which, as well as for that of Mr. Cartwright, its former representative, he had professed to be solicitous. In furtherance of this calumniating project, the story in question was got - up, and, notwithstanding the positive and detailed re futation already given of it by the Noble Lord, whom the authors aimed at injuring, he was, only so late as yesterday, charged by their tools with making no defence but by a mere apostrophe to character Lord Althorp might well have rested upon such a plea against such accusers, although, as may be seen by yesterday's Tithes, he did not ; for he made counter-statements as distinct and precise as were the allegations against him. But we now publish another and yet more circumstantial answer, ad dressed by Lord Alrhorp to the freeholders of the county of Northampton ; and leaving, as it must appear to every honest and candid mind, no item of the adver , e charge undisposed of. This reply of his Lordship, characterised throughout by manly simplicity and downright adherence to facts beyond all question, we leave to the calm perusal of our readers. In the mean time are the Northampton shire electors asleep ? Are they dead ?or are they only indifferent and dead to the honour of Eng lishmen ? Why do they not throng to the hu,t ings, and send in unbought votes to the Reform candidates ? Are they like wretched Spaniards or Italians, that will not move in one brave mass for a Constitution ? or, like the more brutalized Portu guese, who reject the glorious gift when offered to them, and, snorting, in swinish terror, lie close within their sty, when summoned forth by the very trumpet that proclaims the feast of rational liberty Baser than Helots are those of English " woman born" who know not what freedom means, and who feel not that its blessings are the rightful inheritance of their children ! So feel the men of Dorset shire, at least, whatever may be the sentiments entertained at Northampton. In Dorsetshire we have to announce a mighty triumph for the people. The men of Dorset have forced Mr. Bankes to resign the contest,—a contest which, under discouraging circumstances, the stout old English gentleman sustained with spirit and constancy, arid admirable temper, to the last ; disputing the ground manfully while he had an inch to stand on, and yielding gracefully when nothing more could be accomplished. The speech of Mr. Bankes, on abandoning the field, is one which can scarcely be read without exciting a wish that the speaker had not been a Tory. Messrs. Portman and Calcraft have thus been returned—the first pair of Whig representatives for Dorsetshire for a longer period than any man living (as we hear) can re member. The Bill, we doubt not, will have staunch supporters in both of them. The happy conclusion of this contest leaves nothing to be hoped or feared in England—we mean as to the counties—but for Not thampton ;—nothing but Northampton, to raise one additional emotion of gladness or scorn. In Ireland the cause prospers well: the friends of Ministers are secure of two Members in 20 counties out of 32, and in the rest (with two exceptions) of one representative for each. The metropolis, by one grand act of consti tutional mutiny, has unshippedits Corporation : the Bill will send their W orships adrift for ever.—Tortes. We wish to caution the freeholders of North ampton, row residing in London, against a very despicable stratagem which the agents or friends of Mr. Cartwright seem desirous of practising upon them—that of canvassing them on behalf of that' gentleman and Lord Althorp—a mode of proceeding which, by drawing off the voters' attention from the true state of the contest (which is between 111 r. Cartwright and Lord 'Milton), has the effect of leading the voter to suppose that he is supporting the cause for which Lord Althorp embarked in the contest ; whilst he is really defeating it, by giving a vote to Mr. Cartwright at the expence of Lord Milton. An instance of this nature has been men tioned to tts, which has led to the above remarks. The case is that of a freeholder of the name of Forscutt, living in Long-lane, Smithfield.—Morning Chronicle. Another resignation has taken place, that of Mr. Bankes, so that the only remaining contest now is that for Northampton. At one o'clock yesterday Mr. Cartwright was ten a-head of Lord Milton on the (lay's poll. On both sides the polling went on bri , ker than usual. On the gross poll Lord Milton was still one hundred and twenty-three a-head of Mr. Cartwright, so that as the freeholders must be now pretty well exhausted, we would fain hope Lord Milton will be returned. A Correspondent has supplied us with an account of the mode in which the Reformers manage matters in Worcestershire, which we have inserted in another column. The grand secret is local arrangement. In Worcestershire those in more affluent circumstances afforded the means of conveyance to their less wealthy neigh bours. This ought to be a lesson to the North amptonshire freeholders. The Tories are straining every nerve t o h ave L or d Milt on re j e cted ; and the absenc e feeiri 01 his Lordship, however honourable to his an unfo r t una t e i n fl uence on the contest. Let thehas friends of Reform meet the exertions of its enemies by corresponding energy. Every man Pos sessed of influ ence should exert it among his humble neighbours, and assist them,‘as as it was proposed to n do in Kent, and as been done in Worcester shire, with the means of conveyance. It would for e ver disgrace the county of Northampton, were the Tories now to neutralize its representation.—Morn jog Chronicle. The slow progress of the Russians against a power s o weak in a military sense as Turkey, and the suc cessful stand made by t he p oor Poles against t them, must, one should think , g o far to disabuse the world as to the immense power of the Autocrat. The truth is, Russia is not formidable, and cannot possibly be formidable for ages. It is true, that the popula tion of European Russian amounts to about fifty millions; but amount of population must be cond. dered in conjunction with the extent of territory over which it is spread. From the scantiness of the Russian population, it is impossible for that power to move a large army in fighting order. It is equally difficult to roovea large army into Russia, as Bonaparte found to his cost; and, therefore, Russia may be said to be in so far strOnr, that it is secure against attack. A distinguished political writer characterises briefly several of the States of Europe very happily : " The shape of the territory, and the influence which a happy rounding of the different parts may give it with respect to other States, from the facility of con centration, in a Material element, in conjunction with the extent, in estimating its strength. How very different in this respect is a State surrounded on all sides by the sea, or only accessible on one side from an inland State, cooped up between larger States How different the real power of a State which, from the securiry of its frontiers on several &des, can concentrate its force on a small space, compared with a State open on all sides with iyidely distant frontiers I Compare, in this respect the 13iitish Empire, which, in itself secure from attack, can reach every coast washed by the Ocean ; France, of which the real power consists in the rounding of her territory, and the strength of her frontiers; the Russian Empire, which, secure by nature, and the weakness of her neighbours in all directions, can concentrate her force against the feeblest of them, and in this manner has a compen sation for the weakness which is the necessary con sequence of her enormious extent, and prevents that extent from being ruinous to her." This is the real strength of Russia, that her neighbours are all feeble. She is strong only because she is secure from attack; because the immense extent of her territory would prevent any Power from occupying it, after beating her armies. But were she to move one step farther westward, and to more her forces not as an ally, but as an invader, into Germany or France, she would instantly be defeated. The experiment in the ease of Poland will do much good, in preventing Europe from being called off from its more interest ing concerns to the consideration of the movement of this btu barons Power. We shall hear no more of Russian invasions of our Indian territories. The Czar must be contented to be considered a second rate Power for all but defence. The Power which has been checked by the poor Poles, with such in ferior means and so few preparations, cannot be con sidered very formidable.—Morning Chronicle. The Anti-Reformers have two things by which they contrive, in every place where they can stand a contest at all, to make the most of their strength, or best conceal their weakness—those two things are money and tactics. With the former, which has been most abundantly subscribed for the purpose, by all those who have a positive interest in the cor rupt state of the representation, they bribe the dis honest voters, and procure for themselves and friends all the facilities in the advancement of electioneering business that a liberal supply of the sinews of war can procure. Philip of Macedon used to say that an ass laden with gold could break through the walls of the strongest city, and certainly there have been, ever since the elections commenced, many animals of this description, laden with full panniers of that precious and potent metal, seen trotting front the great depot in Charles -street, to cities and boroughs, to realize, if possible, the sarcastic apophthegm of the crafty Macedonian, and to prove that the best takers of towns are they that storm them with golden ammunition. How they have succeeded is before the world. They have not, in general, found that the walls of cities and boroughs, possessing any considerable number of electors, are so easily broken through by such means as the hostile towns were with which Philip was acquainted; but still they have succeeded in a few, and very few places : and in several others they have made a better appearance on the poll than they could have done if they were not more indebted to the recommendation of Midas than their own merits.— Now, as to their tactics, we admit their dexterity in this respect ; for it is not only possible, but what every day's experience shows, that a miserable deficiency of intellect and sound judgment may he connected with a very considerable aptitude for trickery, finesse, and petty manoeuvre. It is a part of the tactics of the Anti-Reformers to set up can didates, without any chance of ultimate success, in such towns and counties as they find they have just sufficient strength in to maintain, for a few days, a tolerably respectable position on the poll; and hat ing polled out their voters before the Reformers have seriously commenced to display their strength, they resign. Their object is obvious—they wish to be able to refer, in the new Parliament, to the state of the polls in those places where they have stood a contest, to show that public opinion is not so over ! whelmingly in favour of the Reform Bill as it has been represented. A correspondent, who signs him self a " Freeholder of Oxfordshire," informs us that this scheme was practised in that county, and that it is in conformity with a plan agreed upon by the Boroughmongers' Subscription Club, in pursuance of which, as we have said, the Anti-Reform candi date " polls all the votes he has and then resigns, being, perhaps, only 200 or 300 votes below the Reform candidates, who have not yet had time to poll one•fourth part of their votes. He says Sir C. Wetherell has owned he practised this scheme— co also has Mr. Bankes for Dorsetshire, Colonel Tyrell for Essex, and many others, who, having accomplished their purpose, resigned." But, after all, these are but the natural and unavailing struggles •of the borough system in the agonies of dissolu tion.—Morning Herald. We are heartily glad that upon the subject of the intentions of his Majesty's Government with respect to the Reform Bill, we have at length got a Cabinet Minister to deal with. The Lord Advocate of Scot land is comparatively an inconsiderable person, and he might shuffle and cut and trim as it pleased him, or as he might think it likely to please the audience he addressed, but now that Lord Althorp, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Ministerial leader of the late, and probably at its first meeting of the next House of Commone, has placed himself within our grasp, in all conscience we ought to be satisfied.— And we are satisfied. Lord Althorp has spoken upon the subject, and he fully confirms our conjec ture, that his Majesty's Ministers will not dare to propose to the new House of Commons " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing hut the Bill," in any of the various shapes it assumed during the existence of the last Parliament. His Lordship, in address ing the freeholders of Northampton at the close of the poll on Monday, observed that " it had been industriously circulated that it was the intention of Ministers to make great alterations and modifica tions in the Bill. He distinctly denied that such wits the fact. Ministers were determined to admit of no alterations which could in the slightest degree affect the plain and simple principles upon which the Bill was founded ;" and his Lordship subsequently added, that " he mentioned thus much because he was anxious to disabuse the freeholders of the rumour which had been industriously circulated that it was the intention of Ministers to greatly alter the Bill." What necessity, we beg to inquire, for these elaborate and needless qualifications, when all that the Noble Lord had to do was to declare that Mi nisters intended to re-introduce " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill," verbatim et literatini? This is what Ministers have taught the country to expect they would do, and this is what it is now clear—clearer even than the Lord Advo cate of Scotland had made it—Ministers have re solved not to do. What Lord Althorp may mean by the " plain and simple principles upon which the Bill was founded," what may in his judgment amount to a " great" alteration, it is of course im possible for any body to conjecture. It is his im mediate interest and the interest of his party to deny, if they can, that any change is intended ; and the world is not so stupid as to believe that they would verbal, sacrifice thi s o t sake o e us c i l o; n a g n e y . should h ave insignificant,supposedthe that il the relative propor tion of M em b ers in n o n u a e l o r f e loCafnodam measure respectivelyeo a n s s u , re t to be , sent from Great B r i ta i n had been an important ;principle fessing to re-model the representation of the United Empire—yet we have found the Ministers of the Crown substituting a second Bill la lieu of their first, varying that propottion most materially, and protesting all the while that all the principles of the two Bills were essentially the same. If the word " principle" admits then of so much latitude of in terpretation, when employed by his Majesty's Mi nisters, what can be more obvious than that in the mouth of Lord Althorp it is a word utterly without meaning ? Or what does all he has said amount to, beyond the admission that alterations are intended ? And when we consider the immediate inconveni ence of this admission to the party making it, what is the natural conclusion but that the alterations for sake of which it is made are important alterations? The thing we should have liked to hear from Lord Althorp is the declaration that his Majesty's Mi nisters aro determined to stick to " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." And in this case, even in a House of Commons nominated en tirely by themselves, which the new House of Com mons will not be—if composed principally of Eng lishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen of education and intelligence, as the new House of Commons will be, their defeat and fall would have been cer tain. As it is, no man can form even a probable conjecture as to the nature of the forthcoming mea sure further than that it will include the extinction of the nomination boroughs, and the extension in some direction or other of the electoral franchise, points with respect to which Reformers of every kind and degree are we believe unanimous. What is further certain of the forthcoming measure, if as we think we may take for granted it is to be a new one, is that its introduction will involve the con fession on the part of his Majesty's Ministers of their own incompetence at a very recent period to deal ssith the subject of Reform. What is highly probable with respect to it is, that it will furnish the conclusive proof that their incompetency is in herent and incorrigible.—horning Post. GENERAL ELECTION. D 0 R SE T SIIIRE, 11111- 16. SIXTH AND LAST DAY. Another signal triumph for the cause of Reform has been this day achieved by the judicious, the dis interested, and the manly exertions of the freeholders of Dorsetahire. Artifice, cajolery, influence, suppli cation, imprecation, intimidation,—have all been exerted unsuccessfully to foist a narrow-minded bigot, of most respectable private character into the House of Commons as the representative of the free-spoken yeomanry of the county of Dorset. You will, perhaps, recollect that at the close of the poll on Saturday evening, Mr. Bankes publicly admitted that he had been disappointed by the state in which he had been left on it. I understand that on leav ing the hustings, he intimated to his committee the propriety of his immediately resigning the contest, but that he was ultimately persuaded by his son, Mr. G. Bankes, to try the issue of another day. A very active canvass was in consequence recom menced yesterday in all parts of the county, and the greatest efforts were used both to seduce and to in timidate the voters in the interest of the Reform can didates into breaking the promises which they had solemnly given to support those gentlemen. In the Isle of Portland there were fifteen freeholders unpolled, who had promised to vote for Mr. Port man and Mr. Calcraft. In the course of yesterday pecuniary inducements were offered to many of them to transfer their support to Mr. Bankes. Three of them had not virtue to resist the temptation. Early this morning a Portlander arrived on foot in Dorchester to communicate to Mr. Calcraft's agent the evidence which he had accidentally acquired of the corruption of these three men. On one of them coming in the course of the day to tender his vote for Mr. Bankes, the bribery oath was put to him. He had recourse to the most surprising evasions in his endeavours to avoid taking it ; but at last he was persuaded to gulp it down in consequence of a suggestion from one of Mr. Bankes's agents, that he ought not to allow himself to be bullied into a disqualification of his vote and interest. Again, a gentle Man of the name of Stewart, -who resides at Weymouth, and is a staunch supporter of Mr. Bankes, yesterday told the foreman of his quarries in Portland, a man of the name of Pierse, who had hitherto taken a very active part in support of Mr. Calcraft, that if he interfered in behalf of that gentleman at the election, it would inevitably cause his ruin. The man told Mr. Cal craft's committee with tears in his eyes, that though nothing upon earth should induce him to vote for Mr. Bankes, the certainty of impending ruin must prevent him from voting as he had intended for Mr. Calcraft. He was, therefore, obliged to do violence to the dictates of his own conscience, and to abstract from the good cause one voice which fortunately has not been wanted to accomplish its success. Not content with this manoeuvring, the friends of Mr. Bankes brought the maimed, the halt, and the blind to the poll to support their cause. This morning an old man of 104 years of age was brought in a car riage to give n plumper for Mr. Bankes; and shortly afterwards an old clergyman was turned out of a sick carriage into the polling booth, to add his unit of a vote to those registered already in the same cause. But all would not do; at twelve o'clock to-day Mr. Calcraft was 33 a-head of his opponent on the day's poll ; and then Mr. Bankes, finding that he had no chance of success, announced his intention of resigning the struggle. It was not only becoming, it was also wise, in Mr. Bankes, to adopt that re solution ; for such was the spirit created by the successful termination of Saturday's poll, that many large subscriptions were sent in to the Committee to keep it open to the last moment. Sir W. Og lander, who was requested to stand himself for the county, subscribed 5001. to defray the expence of keeping it open. Sums of different amounts were subscribed by other gentlemen ; and I ern informed, that had it been deemed necessary there would have been no want of funds to support the expellee, or of voters to supply the poll, up to the last moment that it could be kept open. The last vote tendered to-day in behalf of Mr. Calcraft, was that of a clergyman; but I am sorry to say that he is an ex ception to his profession generally. During tin s election only thirteen parsons have voted for Mr. Portman and Mr. Calcraft. The rest of the priesto cracy of this county have not merely been voters for, but also restless and reckless partisans in favour of, Mr. Bankes. Before I proceed further, I cannot help calling your attention to the disinterested manner in which the most influential attornies of this county have acted during this election as the agents of Mr. Cal craft. Most of them refused not merely to take retainers from Mr. Bankes, but also to take any fees from Mr. Calcraft. They have been unpaid volun teers in the cause. Six attornies also came from Exeter to assist in this glorious cause, and their exertions have, I understand, been invaluable. The SHERIFF declared the poll, after which, Mr. BANKES addressed the electors. The sun was shining very brightly, and he was about to speak with his hat off, when the freeholders, respecting his advanced years, and knowing that he had owned himself fairly beaten, requested him to keep lets hat on. He put on his hat, and then said, " Gen tlemen, I hope it will not be considered as a mark of disrespect to you if I now keep my hat on. Bro ther freeholders, the state of the poll to-day is such, that I desire no longer to be considered as a candi date for your suffrages, or as continuing the present election.—(Cheers.) I retire from this arduous struggle, certainly, with considerable regret ; because it is impossible for me to depart from that high sta tion in which I have been placed in three Parlia ments by your kindness, without feeling deep regret indeed. But when I say that I feel deep regret, I deem it right to say that I feel nothing else. I feel nothing of dishonour, nothing of regret, for that great cause for which I have stood forward. I gave the votes of an honest, a conscientious, and an in dependent Member of Parliament, whilst I had the honour to represent you ; and had you done me the honour of returning me once more to-day, and had been called to give an opinion upon the Bill,—in my opinion falsely called a Reform in Parliament, — I tell you fairly that I could not, and should not, have done otherwise than I have done before.— (" That is candid at least.") My sentiments upon this Bill are well known, and have often been de clared ; and if I do not enlarge upon it now, it is be cause I wish to avoid every topic of irritation or of contest. I admit that those gentlemen who voted for the Bill voted for it with fair and honest inten tions ; that they have seen it with very different eyes from those with which I have contemplated it. I am sure, that if my late Honourable Colleague (Ur. Portman) had thought as I do regarding the Bill, he would have been as strenuous as I have been in opposition to it; and if I had fortunately enter tained his opinions, and had thought as he does— that it would remove the defects of the Constitution without producing consequences infinitely more cala mitous—l should have voted with him in support of it.—(Cheers.) To those gentlemen who are now so strenuous for Reform, I must say, that 1 can now tell them, that the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill, is carried—(Loud cheers.) but not by what has been done here, but by a de lusion which is now passing through the country, and from which, in my opinion, within not many months it will recover.—( Hisses, and cries of" No.") I am now speaking the opinions of an individual— an honest individual I trust—who may now be standing before you perhaps for the last time, and who may never again have an opportunity of ad dressing you, and I therefore solicit your kind at - tention.—(lnterruption from an individual in the crowd.) I hope the gentleman yonder, who differs from me in opinion, will allow me to trouble him with a few sentences more, and I can assure him that they sl►all not be many.—(Cheer, and cries of " Hear him.") It has been said, and I believe truly said, that in other counties of England the same spirit has prevailed which we have seers here, and that there will be a certain return in the next session of Parliament to the House of Commons of a ma jority of county Members who are anxious for Reform, and are anxious to concur in the Ministerial plan of Reform. But I would ask those who are acquainted with the circumstances of the late election, and particularly my late colleague (Mr. Portman), whether when such men as Sr Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Dickinson, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas Acland, and Sir R. Vyvyan—(Hisses) are obliged to retire from the representation of their respective counties,—l would ask him, I say, whe ther he thinks that those counties will be represented by men ofmore enlightened talent,or by men of greater integrity and honour, ia the next Parliament ?—(Cries in the crowd, " Yes, by more enlightened men, cer tainly—nothing more easy.") The cause of what is called Parliamentary Reform I admit is now com pletely catried.—(Some•interruption in the crowd.) Whatever situation I may fill hereafter,—whether I may be in public, or whether I may retire into pri vate life,—my wishes will still be for the prosperity of this my native county, and for the advantage of my country in general,—(Cheers.) And when I am gone, as, in the course of nature, I soon must go, I trust that no one will speak of me save as an honest man, st ho was consistent in his principles, and who endeavoured, to the best of his conscience, to discharge the functions of an independent Member of Parliament.—(Cheers.) I leave you, gentlemen, I confess with regret, and I hope that the new Con stitution, which you are going to have, may be as good and as useful to you as the old Constitution, which you are going to discard. Gentlemen, with great respect, I take my leave of you.—(Cheers ) This speech, which was delivered in a very affect ing tone of voice by Mr. Bankes, evidently excited the commiseration of the people for the unfortunate situation of that very respectable old gentleman. The HIGH SHERIFF then declared Mr. Portman and Mr. Calcraft duly elected to serve for the county of Dorset in the ensuing Parliament. Mr. PORTMAN came forward amid universal accla mations, which were loudly continued for some time. His honest opinion was, that Reform in Parliament was essential to the well-being of the kingdom. He was convinced that the day was come when the educated men of England were determined to have representatives of their own choice, and not the nominees of other persons, not a whit better or wiser than themselves.—(Cheers.) So strong was his conviction that this Bill ought to pas , , that though he felt determined to get, if he could, two or three alterations made in it for the protection of the landed interest, he would not obstruct the passing of the Bill if he failed, nor would he let his objections go beyond the Committee ; for he thought that the Bill ought to be fully and fairly adopted.—(Cheers.) The part of the Bill to which he alluded as re quiring alteration was that which did not give to the renter of the soil a right of voting unless he held a lease for a long period.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that those persons ought to have a right of voting who.held such property, and who, from hold ing such property, had an unquestionable stake in the country. He did hope to get for them that extension of the right of voting, to which bethought that they were entitled. He would not say a word more upon the Reform Bill, because lie deemed it unnecessary. He claimed for the coun t y of Dorset th a t p raise which belonged, he believed , to no other county in England. The county had recently had three can didates before it. One of the candidates had en deavoured by the means legitimately used at elec tions to secure his return. That candidate had not been elected. Their humble servant, who was then addressing them, had neither asked for a single vote, nor had influenced any man who had come to him for advice, as to his mode of giving his vote. He had trusted his cause to the county, and the county had returned him to the House of Commons. He con cluded, amid great cheering, by thanking them, with all his heart, for the honour which they had con ferred upon him. Mr. CALCRAFT.—You have now about to go to Parliament two friends of the great measure of Re form. There will therefore be no conflict of opi nion between your two Members,—or, I should use the fitter word, your two representatives—for now you will have for the first time the real representa tives of your opinions ; and if you should ever do toe and my Hon. Colleague the honour of drinking our healths, do it as the real representatives of the opinions and feelings of the county of Dorset. I confess that a more exciting election than this has been from the first moment of its commencement down to the present hour, I never witnessed. But as I wish that we should all part friends, and with out the slightest animosity, or disagreeable recollec tions against one another, I shall not comment upon it at any length, but I must say, th a t one extraordi nary circum stance in its history i s , th at i n t hi s county, a nd in this only, where two candidates stood on the ground of Reform, has there been no coalition between them. In all other counti es t h roug h out a ll E ng l an d , theßeform interest I:as been united,and thus its victory has been accelerated. My friends fought under this disadvantage, and yet I am your representative. As t o that part of the Reform Bill to w hi c h m y Ho n . Colleague referred—namely, the diff e rence between a house . and a . my land qualifi cat i on, I h ave on l y to say n s o tma p t i yt i d d H o i n uonth.act equitableoshilaeapgo Colleague jitnuhsettr,Bvaiinrii trying thatthat it s oughtnot not to tIo makeshallthaehreeftoterr arrangeme n t u p on th a t poi n t. I doe joiu hope that every thi ng w hi c h may h ave exc i te d an angry feeling here will now b e forgott en . Th e manner in which the contest has been given up de mands it. Let us en j oy w i t h moderation the great triumph which we have achieved. The triumph is indeed great and s i gna l . I n the annals of the county there is no trace of its ever having been previousiy anprinciples watching,y sdoubted u,b ttea which dinadtwli ehmt eh: represented by two persons of the liberal Whig distinguish ,esrtdlsoeuy bettoh N euda l l r td . a‘ P vagh : r a eh • e t ti amieitlea, achieve its d oeffloer: myself. ttnohgriss It is a mighty victory, which'all England has been county has been so long bound in the trammels of could To at has carrys beenthenow return done. o I of two liberal mustnow representatives. advert t oo u e That topic which has long been a favourite with me, anil is now a favourite with the great m7ss of the people of England—l must advert to the abolition of slavery. Long as the question has been enter tained in the House of Commons, little progress has been made in it ; but I think that you have now got a Government as sincere on the question, which I admit to he a difficult question, as they are upon the question of Reform ; and that if it be possible to effect the abolition of that detestable traffic, you will have it abolished. I assure you that I shall not be less active for the abolition of slavery than I shall he for the success of the Reform Bill. Mr. Calcraft then retired amid great cheering, which was liberally bestowed during the continuance of his speech. Mr. RUTTER regret!ed that on the close of so arduous a struggle any thing like a personal allusion should have been introduced among them. A gen tleman on the hustings had just described him as a man with a broad brim and capeless coat. He was surprised at this attack, for he thought that they would all acknowledge that under a broiling sun like that then shining a broad brim was better than a narrow brim, as it gave greater protection to the eyes ; and as to his coat, capeless as it was, it hap pened to be et* the most courtly shape going.—( A laugh.) He was happy to say that, on this occasion the county of Doset had proved itself a strenuous friend of Reform. If gentlemen had lived, as lie had done, in a nomination borough, they would have seen how the old system worked. At the last elec tion for Shaftesbury, he had seen 40 tenants of Lord Grosvenor come up to the polling booth, all of whom had received notice to quit, for having voted at the previous election against his nominees. These men did themselves immortal honour, for 38 out of those 40 men voted at the last election against Lord Grosvenor and his nominee.—(Cheers.) He con cluded by wishing a farewell, a long farewell, to all the Bankes.—(Cheers and laughter.) On the motion of Mr. PORTMAN, seconded by r , vAIA7RAFT, the thanks of the county were voted to the High Sheriff for his impartial conduct during the election. The HIGH SHERIFF briefly returned thanks The two Knights of the Shire were then girt with swords in the usual manner, and rode front the place of election to their respec!ive residences, accompanied by a very numerous body of electors, who rent the air with their enthusiastic cheering. Thus terminated the election for the county of Dorset, which has been conducted with a degree of tranquillity and sobriety r►n•e in the annals of con tested elections. The following squib has been largely circulated, and I send it to you, as it appears to me better than the usual run of such election trifles : " FAILURE OF THE OLD CORFE AND KINGSTON RANKS. " The movements of the principals and partners of the above Banhs, have of late indicated great insecurity. An unusual and suspicious hustle has also been observed among the Clerichs.* In consequence of an unexpected demand for principle, with which they were unprovitled, the Bank has experienced a sharp run for the last five days. Bribes, menaces, and cajolery, backed by a body-gust dof hired armed ruffians, have been in vain employed to stave qffi the just demands of the creditors. Security has been offered, which, being of the most suspicious character, has been indignantly rejected. We aie I,,ppy to hear that sterling yeomen, shopkeepers, and 40s. freeholders, will sustai❑ no loss by this failure, they having long ago with drawn their accounts, and transferred them to the more responsible firm of PORTMAN, CALCRAFT, A 2•711 CO., RANKERS TO TIIE KING, ST. STEPHEN'S, WESTMINSTER. " The Corfe and Xingston Banks were very anxious to appear to retain the confidence of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy; but even the greater part of these have now declined the connexion, wisely resolving to secure both principle and interest. The stoppage of Corfe Branch Bank follows as a matter of course ; their Bands are not marketable at any price. As the above firm have ever professed to take the exclusively high ground in the cause of the only true religion, we are grieved to hear that some charitable and scholastic institutions will, for a short time, be seriously inconvenienced by their insolvency. We are assured, however, that if the assets now in their bands be properly managed, they will be enabled eventually to repay any sums they have received as trustees for Grammar Schools, Public Charities, and the Church of England. A FRIEND TO THE TRUE CHURCII." " SECOND EDITION, WITII ADDITIONS ! ! " 'We stop the press to announce (from authority) the names of the principal sufferers from this failure :—The Viscount Parvenu Jaco Macaco Han-bill, and his protjge, Young Master Income (derived from the people), George Shanks, Esq., of Mudl and, squib and cracker-maker to the late firm, the Count Bombastes Furioso Rashleigh, Don Francisco Frown, of Crampum, and several other small squireens and political parsons, of small character and less influence." Clerk.. GL 0 UCE S TER. (Abridged from the Gloucester .Tournal.) At the time of our publication last week, the whole of this extensive and populous county was in that state cif feverish excitement which is the inva riable concomitant of a contested election. In all quarters preparations were making for the mustering of forces, and for conveying them to the expected scene of action, and as great confidence was ex pressed by both parties, something like a struggle was fully anticipated. On the side of the Re formers, it was well known that our oil and highly respected representative, Sir 'Berkeley William Guise, Bart , had coalesced with the lion. Henry Moreton, who had been induced, by a requisition mare numerously and respectably signed than any one we ever recollect to have heard of, to become an aspiriant for Parliamentary honours. To these gentle men was opposed Lord Edward Somerset, a gallant nobleman, whose meritorious services in the field and private worth will ever command the highest respect and regard, but whose votes in the late Par liament against the Reform Bill were now brought up in heavy judgment against him. All these preparations, however, turned out to have been made in vain. On Monday afternoon Lord Edward Somerset and his friends having had time and opportunity to ascertain that the sense of the freeholders of the county in favour of Reform was irresistible, with that high and honourable feel ing which was to be expected from him, his Lord ship determined to retire from the contest, arid a communication to that effect was made to the Com mittees of the other two candidates about eight o'clock in the evening, immediately upon the receipt of which expresses were despatched in every direc tion to convey the gratifying intelligence, and to stay the progress of the numerous bodies of freeholders which were to have been here in readiness on the following morning. Shortly before ten o'clock the gates of the Shire hall were thrown open, when a tremendous and ap palling rush for admission took place, but happily unattended by any accident. The Great Room was in a few moments completely crammed, and as the candidates appeared they were received with loud and reiterated cheers. Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey, Bart., the High Sheriff, took the chair, and briefly explained the object of the meeting. The usual pre liminary forms were then gone through, and the question being asked whether any person declared himself a candidate, CHARLES HANBURY TRACY, Esq. then came for ward and said—On my arrival in this city it was with no less surprise and satisfaction that I learnt that the enemy to Reform, the enemy to the cause which you are all assembled to support, retired from the contest last night, by which prudent step on his part your victory is c omplete.—(Cheers.) — From the earliest period of my political experience, I have been an advocate for such a measure, and I have borne the character of a Reformer in times when that term was any thing but a passport to society ; but now the conviction of its necessity has become almost uri iversa n ; e y r o l r nowmen."—(Cheers.) hee all rsl efo 71 0 e u z-ail, all honourable how ever, caution you to beware of those sham friend• of the cause, those wolves in sheep's clothing, who, finding that their power has passed away, would now gladly make some arrangement with, the people, by stating that they would wil lingly support some kind of moderate Reform. Fear and not affection has made many of the Re. formers of the day, who would now gladly save a vessel which they cannot wreck. When Lord John Russell brought forward his measure of last year, of merely extending the elective franchise , ro Birmingham, Manchester, and a few of the largest towns, it should be remembered that they voted against it ; can you then believe such Reformers as these?—(Cries of " No, no.") Certainly not! for Reform is in their months, -but corruption in their heuts—(Cheers)—and I am sure that yori want no titlf measure, but you r, quite the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill.—(lmmense applause.) I have now to propose, as your representarive, your old and tried friend Sir Berkeley William Guise,„ who, during the twenty years he has sat in Parlia ment, has invariably supported whatever has tended to the good, the liberty, and the welfare of the eountrv.—(Cheers.) Disregarding personal consi derations, he has, on this occasion, coalesced with the lion. Mr. Moreton, that you may have an op p'); tunity of sending two Reformers to Parliament. JosEott PYRKE, Esq., seconded the nomination, The lion. GRANTL E Y BERKELEY then addressed he electors, and proposed the Hon. Henry More ton as their other representative,—a proposition which was seconded by P. B. Purcell, Esq. No other candidate appearing, a show of hands was then called for, which, it is hardly necessary to sty, was most unanimous in favour of Sir William Guise and Mr. Moreton, who were thereupon de cldred to be duly elected. Several thundering rounds of applause were then most enthusiastically given, and it was some time ere silence could be enforced. Sir W. GUISE returned thanks. Mr. MORETON begged to off, r his most heartfelt thanks for the honour conferred upon him, and con cluded by proposing three cheers for the King, which were given most heartily. Thanks were then voted to the High Sheriff, and the business of the meeting concluded by numerous signatures being affixed to the return. It had been , arranged that the chairing should not take place fur a week, but the urgent wishes of the immense influx of freeholders and friends to see their favourite and successful candida'es carried in triumph were not to be resisted, and the new Members therefore retired to give time for the preparation of the chairs. About half-past two o'clock the ceremony of chairing commenced, and a more imposing spectacle has never been witnessed in this city. A very large body of colourmen, with fligs, banners, streamers, &c., was succeeded by a most numerous and power ful band, after which came the Members in their chairs, followed by an immense body of friends. So vast an assemblage of people was never before tv einbled in Glouce•ter : at one period, in the early part of the procession, the whole space between the King's Head Inn and the Cross, exhibited one dense mass of human beings, whose animated shouts suf ficiently indicated the triumph of Reform. After the procession had paraded the principal streets, the Members were carried to the King's Head, from the balcony of which they severally returned thanks to the people. A general call was then made for Mr. Gratuley and Mr. Craven 13erkeley, both of whom came forward and addressed the populace, by whom they were very warmly received, and loudly applauded. Soon of er six o'clock a crowded and highly respectable party sat down at the King's Head, to dinner, at which Charles Hanbury Tracy, Esq. most ably presHed, and was efficiently sup ported by General Guise, as Vice-President. NoRTHAMPTON, MAY 17. Lord Althorp yesterday afternoon published an address to the freeholders, which has in a great de gree silenced the absurd charges of his political enemies. But it has had a better effect oven than this. It has relieved his Lordship, once arid for all, from the necessity of replying to these paltry attacks; and has left him free to grapple with the great na tional subject of the Reform Bill. In his address, accordingly, from the hustings at the close of the poll yesterday, Lord Althorp uttered not a word in vindication of his own personal conduct. He as- Bove(' the paramount importance of " the great po-. htical principle" which in Northamptonshire is " put issue;"in and he called upon the freeholders to re gard this contest not as a trial of strength between one private interest and another, but as between the high interests of the people of England and the narrow pretensions of the boroughmongers, who had so long oppressed and insulted them. His Lordship, with reference to a statement which had been im• puted, he doubted not inaccurately, to the Lord Advocate of Scotland, that it was the intention of his Majesty's Government to admit essential altera tions in the Bill, affirmed most, distinctly that no alteration whatever would be countenanced that could in the slightest degree affect the great prin ciple of the measure. This declaration was received with the most enthusiastic cheers, and will be doubtless hailed with equal approbation throughout the United Kingdom. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) There is no shift, it appears, be it never so base and despicable, to which the boroughmongers will not resort, in their present sta'e of desperation, in order to gain their point. The agents or friends of Mr. Cartwright, knowing that Lord Althorp is safe, and Sir C. Knightley distanced, and that in truth the race is between Lord Milton and Mr. Cartwright, are now resorting to the mean ex pedient of canvassing for Lord Althorp and Mr. Cartwright. One instance of this at least has just come to our knowledge, with regard to a freeholder of the name of Forscutt, residing in Long-lane, Smithfield, who was thus canvassed; in how many other eases this has occurred time will show. At present we can only say "Ex uno disco wanes." TRIUMPH OF REFORM IN CHESHIRE. Cheshire has nobly done her duty by sending two Reformers as her representatives, in Lord Be!grave and George Wilbraham, Esq. Lord Henry Chol mondeley would not venture to come to the poll, but sneaked off to take refuge in his brother's bo rough of Castle Rising. There is an almost uni veral regret that a contest did not take place, as it would have shown the Anti-Reformers how utterly insignificant they are as a party, even in Cheshire. It is now upwards of a century (July, 1727) since there was a contested election for this county, or, we believe, a regular trial of strength between the Whig and Tory party, who have for a long series of years past divided the representation of the county between them. How much longer this ar rangement will be suffered to continue it does not require the gift of prophecy now to foresee. The day is gone by, as Mr. Wilbraham justly said, in his excellent speech on the hustings, when a knot of Cheshire squires could meet in the three-cornered room at the Crown Inn at Northwich, and say who was and who was not to be a membtriof this county. The contending parties on that occasion were Crewe and Cotton; the latter, who was the successful com petitor, the grandfather of the present Lord Com bermere. `I he contest was a most severe and ex pensive one. The following notice of the chairing appeared in the Chester Journal of July, 1727, in the grammatical and highly descriptive language of some learned Theban and talented gentleman of the press of that day, possibly the printer of the paper, who, most probably, united in his own person the functions of editor and pressman also ; "Mr. Cotton and 11Ir. Cholmondeley was chosen mem hers in Parliament for this county, and they was carried on men's shoulders up and down the streets, and the people shouted as if they was mad and hewieht." BIRTHS. On the 16th inst. in Huntley.street, the lady of F. J. Prescott, of a son. On the 16th inst. in Connaught square, the wife of W. IL Place, Esq., of a daughter. On the pith inst. at Vauxhall, Mrs. Charles L. Francis, of a slaughter. On the 15th inst. Mrs. Wyndham Portman, of a son. le:: A It It I El). On the 17th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square, the Right ,Eialouigl.hltteorboefrtLoGrarocsl,:o•Tor, to the Hon. Charlotte A. Wellesley , ' On the 17th inst. at Marylebone, A. F. Bainbridge, Esq. to Lily Matilda, eldest daughter of R. Rickards, Esq., of Wimpole street. ED. On the 17th i nst. Mary, wife of Mr. W. H. Humpleby, of the Borough-market. On the 15th inst. 'Ali's. Gray, the wife of E. Gray, Esq. of Har ringay, near Hornsey, Middlesex. PRINTED AND PUBLI3IIRD BY MURDO YOUNG, AT vOS SUN OFFICE, 112, STRANp, LONDON, GM. 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