The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-14 00:00:00

tray ?me to express the reasonable desires of the of haying done so. Me. Lygon is more than 100 people of England in addressing that oligarchy for a below Captain Spencer, notwithstanding the gold restore ion of their rigl;ts at the present day. It with which he has deluged the county, but with would then stand thus :—" Most Noble B orou g h- which he has failed to dazzle the imaginations of mongers !—Behold here the Commons of England the honor. voters. Much is nsseverated, from day to come forth to disclaim your sovereignty, requiring 'ley, upon the necessity of ra sing the elective fran your peace, their own free condition o f estate, and chistoby way of procuring a more independent class their ancient laws formerly used. If these be denied, of electoss,=those of the bulk of English counties they are here presently to abide the verdict of a con- being contemptuously described as " a rabble." 9 itutionil struggle, and are resolved rather to endure The voters of the borough of Liverpool, it is true, any suffering and toil, than to part with their laws were reproached, and perhaps justly, with accepting wita live in servile bondage, w hich, although you vast sums of money, iii bribes, from the friemis of have made it not strange to then for n great while Messrs. Denison and Ewarr, at the last election but past, yet it is not any longer to be endured."— one. It ought to be recollectid, however, that no The people of England have, in effect, addressed Ligh public question was at issue between the parties such language to the oligarchy that plundered them to that election. Both candidates were friends of of their rights. They have come forth to enferct , Reform. It might be knavish to sell a vote, the just demand, no t by force arid violence, b u t by th oug h no t qu ite so iniquitous as to buy it ; but in the peaceful and unbending firmness of a constitu- !he Denison and Ewart contest, the man who tional array. The borough mongers will do well by sold his vote did not also sell his country; nor, acting in this strait with the prudence of the Nor- judging by what has just occurred to General man Conqueror--" and more wisely than willingly Gascoyne, do we find reason to suspect that, granting their desires. —.Akrning Herald. should rot appeal be made at any time to the Our evening contemporary, the Courier, which is spirit and honour, or general interest of the English plainly determined to be in some sort or degree nation, any large proportion of even the poorer officia), cost what it afar, has hazarded the official voters of towns, and still less of counties, would dis reputation it prizes above every other earthly thine., grace themselves by betraying the public cause for upon the assertion that modifications of the bill are hire. No ! they leave that to the aristocracy who t) be admitted. The stake is much too deep, at slander theno—to the aristocratic gentleman who least in the estimation of our contemporary, to have pays a poor man five guineas for his vote on the been lightly pledged. And when, in addition to hustings, and who takes care to indemnify himself this unquestionable guarantee of his sincerity, we worth selling his own vote to the Minister for an office consider the skill which long ex perience must have worth 1,000/. per annum. Yet it is said" Raise the taught him in the art of diving into official secrets cputlificauion of electors, to provide the country with more upright votes !" And Ministers are charged and interpreting official hints, there is no reason with intending to change that invaluable feature of surely to despise the authority of the Courier upon the Bill, which secures to England a constituency such a matter. Our oft-repeated opinion has re too numerous to be corrupted at elections. The ceived, however, other and much higher confirms- town voters of Liverpool show pretty clearly that Lion than that of the Courier. The Lord Advocate they will not be always bribed or intimidated, or of Scotland is not so inconsiderable a person but wheedled ; else why desert the Tory on the last that he may be supposed to have some knowledise election, and give all but their unanimous voices to of the ideas and intentions of the members of his the Whige ? Has General Gascoyne, the staunch sup- Majesty's , Government. He is the person, we beg porter of all modes and shades of administrations, to reir ind our readers, whose official duty it has ave only that Ministry which is tinged with the been arid will be to prepare one of the Bill - ; he is , love of freedom,—has General Gascoyne become moreover, the pert-in who has possessed for years cto virtuous to return bribes, or the Corporation of the power of inepecting, criticising, expunging from, Liverpool grown suddenly too poor to supply the ways wading to, publishing, suppressing, condemning, and and means of corruption) ? Are the voters for Wor rewarding, the chief literary and political lucultra cestcrshire a " mercenary rabble," because they lions of so eminent and influential a Member of his cruse the Beauchamp gold, and indulge a brave Mejesty's present Government, as the Lord High sympathy with those who prefer their rights as citi- Chancellor. What says this person 1 Does he z ens to a sordid use of their privilege as electors ? If resecho the clamour for "the Bill, the whole Bill, he qualification were to be raised, the principle of and nothing hut the 8.11 ?" Does he prereed that ' Reform, as announced in Lord John Russell's Bill, the Bill is perfect and its authors infalli b le ? Has would he proportionally lowered. We once again he ventured to a-sunae that the General Election take open us to assert, that no alteration of that or will have given Ministers a House of Commons pie :my other materiel kind is contemplated by his 'Ma pared, in deference to their wisdom and in favour of j ' esty'e Ministers. But look et the elections, how their measure, to abdicate its functions as a d e li- edintrable, as a whole, they are working ! Not berative body ? No such thing. He has cast his Cheshire and Worct-stenshire only, but Cornwall, critical eye over the production of Lord Durham, as where Sir Richard \Ty vyan expires,—and Pembroke he has been went to cast it over the productions of shire, hitherto Sir John Owen's borough,—Dorset far abler men, and seeing that the delusion create d 3hire whew. Mr. Banker tumbles every day lower on in the public mind has p r e tt y nearl y done its work, the poll,—Oxfordshire, hitherto Tory even as when he fancies the time has a r r ived to let a little of the tr was Jacobite,--all the great southern countries, truth appear. At a single touch, indeed, lie de molishes the whole ftbr i c o f the Ministerial mea. from Cornwall to Essex,—like till the great northern, including York and Lancaster,—all have eure, and, merciless crit'c as he still is , consigns vindicated the public spirit of Englishmen, or the entire production of Lord Durham to the are rapidly preparing to proffer just claims to theit balsam-box. According to the high authority country's admiration. Now let us ask the re of the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the 10/. uni fractory patrons of close boroughs, do they possess form franchise may be modified, since it constitutes erve enough to stand up in their own persons, and no essential part of the measure of Re Thee in The r .' it those of their nominees, as defenders of that what, we beg respectfully to ask, does constitute an system which the people of England, with au essential part of the measure ? Arid what part of energy and unanimity not to be paralleled in die the measure can be mentioned, which may not, or records of this kingdom, have condemned ? Have rather which must not of necessity be modified, after they forehead enough to tell 20,000,000 of their the 101. uniform franchise shall have been aban countrymen, we will go forth to do battle for our Boned ? The truth, we think, is now beginning to boroughs,—to fight you, the British nation, in every be pretty evident. The Ministers feel that they are county and city of the realm—to discharge our dreadfully hampered by the measure, which thee , offensive missiles at you from behind the heaped-up ottly introduced to obtain an opporturihy of diesolv nuisances which we ourselves have rased in every ing Parliament, and of getting together, by means of etieet of every village,—nay, where there are neither popular excitement and clamour, a new House of ' villages the streets—throughout Great Britain ? Commons composed principally of their own parti ,l Verily i men who fulfil such threats have coinage sans. To a certain extent they have no doubt sue- nothing nothing human can appal, or brains which needed ; but it may well be doubted, and we suspect can penetrate. People inquire of us, how rhe Minis , ers themselves entertain very serious doubts„ the House of Lords are likely to receive the Bill whether the new House of Commons will prove so ie l •hen sent up to diem from the Commons. Why, very favourable as either to tolerate, for the sake they will pass it ' • Pr' to be sure The Bill will s' merely of maintaining them in office, art exhibition of • into a law through their Lordships' favour; or it shameless and profligate tergiversation with respect tray, we fear, (and the anticipation i 8 fearful), find to& mr:m important mc +sure, or adopt the measure to its . way into the Constitution it ithout much impor which Ministers have irretrievably pledged them ounty to their Lordships. In short, the people will selves, pregnant as it is with absur dit y , extrava g ance, have the Bill ; and the people, let it be understood, and ruin. ‘Vhat would Ministers now give for the does not with us mean die mob,—it means the opportunity to start afresh upon the question of mind of England.—Times. Reform ? How lofty and secure would be their situation could they plunge into t he waters of Lethe The cause of Reform, every thing considered, has all their opponents and all their supporters ! As been as strikingly successful in Scotland as in Eng they cannot do this, they must adhere to the Bill, land. Hitherto that division of the United King and be overthrown ~t , t e e first accurate i n eestigas 41cm might have been regarded as an overgrown rat :ion of its merits ; er bring forw ard a new Bill, arid ten borough. Its whole constituency does not ex be expelled from office, amidst the acorn of one party ceed '2,500 voters, scarcely arnountim; to one-half of and the indignation of another, for timeserving and t h e f re ehOlde, F. in an average English county ; and unprincipled vacillation. Who cart wonder that there often a majority of these electors possess only a initial or paper freehold, withouta l t i l as iicll o o f n la Y r: a d i a lo t: should be hesitation in their cauncils—perplexiry and strife among their friends ? We have seen that 'ached to it. The consequence the Courier and the late Editor of the Edinburgh i• had- been, en, that the representation of Scotlad trsnev rany relation to the people—fiat - Review, a whimsical conjunction of authorities, arenever emanated from their choice, very decided in favour of modification—of such rr or p rotecte d t h e i r i nterests . Th e R e f orm Bill, modification of the Bills as will amount, if we may which may be called their " Bill of Righte," still judge front die particular change selected, c.retep/i therefore produce nearly IA radical change in that grata, by the latter, t o the abindonment of the old part o f t h e emp i re . I t w ill no t on ly destroy paper awl tire introduction of ant entirely new measere. freeholde arid close corporations, but will create a It is right, however, to say that the Time s , which, real electoral body of 60,000, instead of a sham con from its Well-known connection wi t h th e L o rd Chan- stitueney of 2,50 0 . The corrupt nature of the ex cellar, has also high preteen ors t o au th or ity, so far isting system, and the magnitude of the future as the ptesent determination of Got eminent is con- 4hange, render more striking die sacrifices, and ear ned, ie strongly on the other side of the question, more honourable the exertions, now made in fa and rebukes, with characteristic acerbity, riot only your of Reform by those whose political ihfluence the Courier, but the Lord Advocate. The Ministry or pecuniary interests it will affect, Every paper is celebrated, however, for nothings° much as for no: freeholder who votes for a Reform candidate votes k no wing its own opinions:ir dercrmiranions upon ans awey his own qualification, and abandons property subject, from day to day ; and we incline to believe to rhe amount of 5001. or 6001.; yet, notwith that a e event will prove the Cour i er and the standing this, the cause has gained many adoitioPal Lord Advocate to but in the right, and ti , e adherents. .In the last Part ament only eleven of Lord Chancellor's Paper to be in the wrong. It is the Scotch Members voted for the Bill, and in the probable indeed that the anger of t he l a tt e r upon House Arno to assemble we believe that it will be the subject arices principally front the secret Ravin e supported hy more than double that number. We ben permit!ed to escape, before it had been a nidoi ni g ht enumerate the pacts where the new strength the opportunity of duly preparing tl e pot-hooees of fir th e g ood cause will he Oriel, but as it would the metropolis for the subject of Reform, in the new be needless to enticipate when the conclusion of the aspect it is destined ro assume. Now, is it pit-silk, election is so I.(t.nr, we shall wait for the returns we ask, for any man, in the midst of ,his strife, and b e fore we cast up the accounts. In the mean time turmoil, and confusion in the Nlinisteiial cin.ip, to we may mention that the s atements respecting the form the least judgment as to the nature of the declarations of the Lord Advocate, to which we treasure of Reform to lie submitted to the new Pat- yesterday alluded, are contradictory. We hope, literneet by the Ministers of the King ? We tithe i• therefore, it will be found that his language in speak for certain that it will be a new measure, arid, 'tug of the modifications which the Bill may undergo from the past achievements o f t h e same body in has been misunderstood. Weer!, the following every d.- partment of legislation in which they extract from the speech of Mr. Maxwell, the late hate merle arty attempt, we think we may safe 1. , Member for Renfrewshire, at a county rneetiog, assume that it will be something eminently absurd, would seem to place the matter beyond a doubt : extravagant, arid mischievous. Butt surely, now " Mr. 111,rxvvall said that he had had an opportunity of that the national sentiment is said to have been pro- cenversese witb the Lord Advocate since his return to nounced so decisively in favour of Reform, there SeldAnd, and the zenit of it had been, that lie had been assured by his Lordship that the principle of the Iteferm will be found in Parliament a body of honest and rational men, capable of concocripg a measure of Bill were,' be preserved inviolable, and that it was im- t possible any change could be made in the Bill which was Ref orm , which will deserve the character o f bein g tif the least importance. Parchment voters, and loge both rational and honest.—Morning Pus& proprietors, would no hunger have the the exclusive pri- The cause marches. Such is the display of poll- vilege in elections; and it would not he necessary that a Cleat sentiment made by the counties of England on min should be a grea t landed proprietor to entitle him to this great occasion, that the only wonder is, how a the elective frinehise ; and the system of voting by cer peowpileiesholn short, he (Mr. Max of\ unani mously k m, vn 7 b o ent on a - purpose A I porations would be abolished. a pitslne v' 'le well) haul been led to believe that the Bill for Scotland ears ago, and accom plishment recommended by would en•ure a full, fair, and free representation of the most popular men in the iti s n ome of the w i isest and people."— [sines. mained until this hour pauiv gdorn) shoulo have re- At length we have authentic inteligence from Po e, under a load of griev-. . antes which, it now ap pears, they had it a+ ways y- land, anti, we rejoice to say, of the most cheering within their power to shake off. T o the ‘ "a- ' kind. , The Russian Commander-in-Chief, who cougtatulation already noticed, War . - subjec's of a in the plenitudeof blibariun, to recent some months ago, elections, or to those which are still i " e progress, we presumption, pledged himself to his master that, by have to add the retirement of Lord " Chol- e a ‘ curtain duty, he would display the Russian eagle in grondeley from Cheshire, his Lerdship's et e n u . ' v m Vinsaw, has again been foiled, his plans again Be having put forth a handbill, confessing, in plah m tEn ranged, beenb !rid, with the bulk of his troops, he hits liedothat he had not the smallest chance of succeedin g ; to fall back, in discomfiture and dise The defeat of the Cholmondeley interest in Cheshire . grace, ° before lged army of the patriots. This is the gray be considered the uprooting of an oak. in fourth time thatconqueror, whose high this doughty Worcestershire tf:c effoits.of the public-spirited Re- pretensions have now become a I l• .tck e formers, though not conspicuous enough, as we have to his own thick,headed followers,aug"lllitss laughing;-stock v l e ri n s t seen, to deter an Anti-Reform candidate frcm start- claims to immottality vanish; and we hope the fifth llicientiv fortnidal?fe to make him repent , experiment will b e attended with a chastisement sets, ate Ell . i which may prow , a lasting lesson to the insolent de-I rider of a people's rights, and the uncompromising I despot, his muster. The " Field-Marshal's" first plan —and a simple ono it was, forsooth--was to march straight on Warsaw, as if the capital of Sobieski and the seat of the brave Jagellons was to he f r i g ht ene d ham submission by the imposing title of Sabalkanaki, but in this calculation he happened to find himself mistaken. Shamefully repulsed, his second plan was to divide his iroopa, and attempt some clumsy operations for crossing the Vistula at several poin t s. with a view of taking W I aisaw n the rar ; but its he did not deem it necessary to this plan to mike the smallest inquiry into the nature of the country over which his operations must extend, his troops met by accident with several morasses which were impassable, and it was, t herefore, necessary to have recourse to some other scheme. The next was to command a general movement of the diff erent corps towards the north, in the rather simple expectation of drawing the Polish General to a distance from his resources, and then getting behind to insulate and cut him off. Such an idea as h;vsoritnhaynceofult.rlele, leader of Kalmucs and Cossacks, and totally fail e d, the " Field-Marshal" having, b given his adversaries the advantage of the disorder which attends large bodies of troops in their retro grade movements—an advantage of which the brave Poles largely availed themselves. At this point General Sabalaanski's small stock of p ro j ects seems to have been quite exhausted,and in the poverty of his imagination it occurred to him that he would revert to his original plan, which was that of driving the Poles to a battle near Warsaw. To this he seems to have been urged, in the first plice, by large reinforcements of new troops, which had join e d his and, secondly, by accounts of the furthe r spread of insurrection in his rear, which seem( d to render some decisive action imperative. He again commanded a concentration of all the troops, and the movement was effected with some success. Or ders were then given to advance, and the Poles re tired before the Russians. It was in the execution of this retreat that the corps of the brave and too impetuous Sierawski met with a severe repulse at the hands of General Kretoz.—the most consider able loss which the Poles have sustained during the campaign. Of the details of this last advance of the Russians upon Warsaw and the retreat of the Poles before them, we have the accounts of both sides, and they differ but little from each other. As soon as the trst movement from Siedlec, which was Diebitsch'a head -quarters far some time, denoted an intention on the part of the enemy to advance, Skrzynecki despatched couriers to Warsaw to pre pare them for a retreat of the army, and to desire that the place might be put in a condition to sustain a siege, in case the fortune of war should be against the cause in a general engagement. Not ling could ex ceed the enthusiasm with which the news was re ceived. The citizens renewed their assurances of devo tion to their country; and we are told that in an in• credibly short space of time a new lele-du-pont was constructed at Praga, arid a second wall of protec tion was alio wri up by 15,000 men, which w as sufficient to shelter the whole of the patriot army. Tie most influential senators and citizens marched out to join the camp, and every one had ref oncilc d himself to the worst. The retreat, in the mean time, continued, the Poles every where carrying with them the inhabitants of the country, and est, ry description of provision which could serve as sub sistence to the enemy. Upon the 27th eskrzynecki had reached the capital, and fixed his head-quarters there ; the bulk of his army was at Milosna, a dozen miles distant. In their retreat they appear to have been greatly harassed by the Russians, arid at Minsk an action of some consequence took place, in which the Russians say the Poles lost a con siderable number of men ; hut this is denied by the accounts upon the other side. Arrived at Dembe-Wielki the Russians found that they could not procure " even a little straw for their horses," and the Field-Marshal had, there fore, no alternative but again to sound a retreat, in which he has been pursued by the Poles ; and the last account of him is from Mordy, which is be yond Siedlec, the point from which he set out. on the 29th of April the whole Polish army had again advanced, and resumed its former positions at Kos:Jaya and beyond Siennica. On the 30 h the Polish army advanced, and the vanguaid was in the morning at Kiluszyn. The effect of this retrograde movement must be highly favourable to the patriot cause, for besides its influence upon the still wavers icg provinces of Russian Poland, it proves that the substance of the Russian army is entirely dependent upon their supplies in the rear, and these may be in tercepted by the insurgents. The French Papers express themselves in the most contemptuous terms of the military tactics of the Russians as shown throughout the whole of this campaign. It is lucky that despotism employs so blundt ring; an agent! From oilier quarters, too, th e i n t e lligence respect ing Polish movements is very favourable. General Dwertecki writes from Kolodno, on the 24th, that on the Ilah and 18th he had an engagement with the corps of General Rudiger, consisting of 12,000 men, with 22 cannon : that he defeated it, took ei g h t cannon, and killed a great many men. The enemy left 80(1 wounded on the field. The Russian General Piazkoff was mortally wounded. Ills loss was smell. From Kolodno General Dweruicki had sent strong detachments to observe the enemy. General Uminski also, who had conreatrated his forces, re ported that he had obtained considerable advantages user the Russian Guards, and that he felt himself in a condition to give powerful countenance to the in surgents in Lithuania and Sionog,itia. The only drawback to this exhilarating news is the statement (of w hich the accuracy is nu longs r questionable) of cholera morbus prevailing amongst the Polish troops. It is said, however, to be abating of its virulence and met aloy. The insurrection is spreading near Polowzea—Morning Herald. " Every day, every hour," as The Sun very justly observes, " swells the ranks of Reform ;" and, in deed, the victorieg, though now not so numerous as they woe a week ago, are even more glorious, and more gratifying. The gnat Amti-Reform candidate, Sir IL Vyyyan, sinks lower and lower on the poll for Cornwall, and there is now but little doubt that he will share the fate of his kinsman in politics at Liverpool, General Gascoyne. What a triumph to throw out tlie Member who caused the dissolution of the late Parliament, and also the Member who during the discussion of the Bill was its most stre nuous opponent! We bear no ill-will to either ; but we rejoice in their political extirpation, as an undeniable proof of the sense of the country. The County Pala tine of Chester has also done a glorious deed. It has returned two unequivocal Reformers ; and, what adds to the gratification, a contest has scarcely ever been known in that quarter, and was looked to by the Refermers, on the present occasion, lis a Godsend ! They had mustered their forces, and would have polled ten to one in comparison with the Anti- Reformers; but the bird was shy, and fled as the guns were in course of receiving priming ! In Westmoreland an almost equally glorious triumph has t ,ken place; for although two Reform Mem bers have not been returned, the voice of the county has been neutralized by the return of one Reformer ; l and such a circumstance never took place since the commencement of the Lowther domination ! lii Dorset,old Bankes continues to maintain the humble situation on the poll to which we adverted yester day ; and all the art of which he is master, will never bring him to the top of it. In Shropshire the election does not proceed so favourably, fur it will he neutralized : but the news from Northampton and Worcester are most gratifying. At one o'clock yesterday the figures at Northampton stood as fol low,—Lord Althorp very properly taking the lead : Lord Althorp Lord Milt on 1 709 Cartwright 1,5.19 Knightley 2,005 1,101 being a majority, even in the case of Lord Milton, of nearly 200, and of Lord Althorp, of nearly 500, above the highest Anti-Reform candidate. In Worcester the Lygonites are also in the dead thrao, and there is scarcely a doubt of the return of de- tided Reform Members,—of men who will vote for the Bill,—the whole Bill,—and nothing but the Bill. Ireland is doing its work gloriously, and will soon become as dear to England as she has hitherto been hated. In Scotland, also, there will be a ma jority for Reform; and never did the people of any country rouse themselves so nobly as the people of the North are now doing. They have no voice in the elections; but all that they can do, they are doing, and we know enough of their spirit to say, " Woe to those of their countrymen who shall take upon them to act in contradiction to it !"—Morn lag Adm., /iscr. GENERAL ELECTION. D ORSET SHIRE, MIT 12. THIRD DAY. Again has the good cause triumphed, in spite of the menaces of the landlords, the cajolery of the attorneys, and the pitiful prayers of the parsons of Dorchester. At half-past five o'clock the High Sheriff declared the poll. _ _ _ Mr. Powratas came forward to address the free holders. He bad again, he said, the satisfaction of coming forward to return them his thaeks for the honour which they had conferred upon him in keep ing him in the same position on the poll in which they had placed him yesterday. Feeling that though they might be kept there for fourteen days, they would be kept there to enable them to state their sentiments on the Reform Bill to their excellent and patriotic King, he would take leave of them for the present by saying, that lie was proud of the situa tion in which they bad placed him on the poll, and that he returned them his heartfelt thanks for plac ing him in ir.—(Cheers.) Mr. CALCRAFT requested them to continue their present exertion , , for when they recollected the great number of voters which yet remained in the county unpolled, they ought not to consider the cause of Reform gained. Indeed, they ought not to consider it gained until a majority of the free holders of the county had declared themselves in favour of Reform. He was sorry to say—and he did not mean to say it invidiously—that a degree of vexatious inquiry, quite foreign to the points into which alone inquiry ought to be made on these oc• casions, had taken place into the qualification of every freeholder who had tendered a vote for him, and that this circumstance had created such a delay in the reception of votes, that at no county election at which he had ever been present had so few votes been placed on the poll during a poll of three days' continuance.—(Cheers.) The only way in which ee could account for this was, that unnecessary diffi culties had been thrown in the way of the fair exer cise of the elective franchise.—(Cheers.) Mr. BANKES then came forward to address the electors, but was received with some slight dissa tisfaction. There were cries, not of "No Bankes," hut of "No Blacks," which created laughter. — When these had subsided, there were cries of " We'll have him salted ;" alluding to Mr. Bankes's votes against the repeal of the salt tax. When silence was obtained, Mr. Bankes said, that he was much obliged to the two gentlemen who had preceded him,—gentlemen with whom he was sorry to have to enter into competition on any subject—(Cries of "Then why don't you retire ?")—for having fairly des-red their supporters to keep silence whilst an other person was speaking for himself, and deliver ing sentiments not in unison with the majority of those then present.—ec Well ! that's a confession.") He hal to complain, nor of the proceedings of any gentlemen in that town, for he acquitted them of all participation in the outrages w hich he was about to denounce, but he had to complain of the pro ceedings which had taken place in other pars of th e county, and he specifically meant those which had taken place in that town, which was the great access to Dorchester from the eastern pacts of the county.—(iris-es.) There had been in Blandford and its vicinity ebullitions of violence, by which those persons who had intended to come in his • favour to the poll had been most unwairantably im peded.—(Hisses, and cries of " Hear.") He begged that he might not be misunderstood : he %sus not speaking of violence that had Liken place either in Dtechester cr in the neighbourhood. The manner in which the poll had been conducted here was most honourable and most !lir. He had no complaints to make against it. He put it, however, to those who politically were most inimical to him,—and per sonally he hoped that no freeholder of Dcrsetshire was inimical to him—(Cheers)—whether it was fair, when ell the candidates wished that all the freeholders, whether they were high or low,—whe ther they were in exulted or inferior stations, — should be induced to come to the poll ;—he put it to his greatest political enemy, whether it was fair that any of the freeholders in his interest should be obstructed on their road to give their franchise ac reeellog to the dictates of their own conscience.— (Cheers.) He promised the meeting, that, as fir as he coal, he would prevent any friends of agents of his from producing unnecessary delay in the poll ing-booths.—(Cheers.) Mr. RurrFat then appeared at his old pest on the hustings, and was received with great eteering. As fur as his own personal feelings were concerned, he Must say, on his conscience, that, whenever he rose to answer the °lista% ations of Mr. Bankes, and saw that he was an elderly g entleman, weuk in body, if not in ruling—(A laugh)—he felt intimidated and innost unable to proceed.—(Laughter.) Had Mr. Bankes been a young and vigor ius moo like him self, he should buys felt greater pleastee than he then did in coming forward to reply to his argu ments.—(Here there was some interruption from a noisy Bankesite in the crowd.) nut interruption was a specimen of the sincerity of Mr. Bankes's sup porters, when they declared that their desire was that individuals of all parties should be heard fairly.— (Hear.) He had as much right to address the free holders of Dorsetshire as Mr. Bankes himself had. Bankes had alluded to the vexatious delays which had been created in the poll-booths to the re ception of votes. He could state that to his own knowledge, those vexatious delays were made prin cipally by the agents of Mr. Bariiies, and were made upotigr of ha oundtswrdi position,ich limo hi would were unintelligible. tnntellig the truth advert sessors' books—tor he had sat in the asses;ol' booths from ten o'clock in the tnornittg till the close of the poll, in order that he might be able to deter mine from what quarter these unnecessary delays arose. After the attention which he had given to the subject, he felt himself obliged to say, that they occurred more numerously front the agents of Mr; Bankes, than from the agents of Mr. Caleraft. The election was then adjouroed till the next morning at ten o'clock. Some idea may be formed f sm is created 0i : f r ta ,: vm s eo u e er f n ot t hf h ut e shiea votese Reform i r c e ßh n to bar. o mention, o i: i l , u t m h p a e t rasm. among t r l n le ay d . votesoifait au! o i ce r itt f r a'h e b fti irrelevant to-day sidesth r i at ttl t nlty t isputed there are forty for Calcraft and six or seven for the other candidates. Every thing has been most tranquil during the ilay. Mr. C.'craft repeated this evening to his Com mittee his pledge to vote for the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bid. He also said that he would forego any objection s stihich he might have to the details of the Bill, rather than endanger the success of its great and leading principles. This declaration was received with the greatest enthusiasm. CHESTER, MAY 12. The following, hand-bill has this evening been cir culated in Stockport, to the great mortification and d i sa ppointment of the freeholders in the interest of Lord Belgrave and Mr. Wilbraham. Their Com mittee was sittin g a t t h e moment the placard ap p e a red. It i s impossibl e to d escr ib e t h e f ee li ng o f c ontempt it created. Extensive arrangements had been made to convey the voters to Chester, and the La W Committee had finished th e ir laborious duty of cx amining the qualification of such freeholders as c l a i me d a vote. The hunched of Macclesfield, in which Stockport is included, has upwards of 3,000 g ood votes, and out of this number Lord IL Chol. Imondeley would not have polled 200 ; and even in that part of the county where his Lordship and friends have great influence (such is the progress of Reform), one half of the votes were promisfd to his opponents. Cheshire has thus obtained a glo. , rious victory. Before the last election, both its Members were in the Tory interest, though Mr. Davenport was called independent, occasionally vot ing against Ministers. There has not been a con !cited election for near eighty years. The nomina tion takes place on Friday the 13th. " CIIEsIII ELECTION. ' Central Cotninittee-room, Knutsfoid, May 11. " The Central Committee for the management of Lord Henry Choltnondeley's election, considering the lateness of his appearance to canvass the county, and the number of votes in consequence previously engaged to his opponents, have thought it rieht to recommend to him, under exist ing circumstances, to decline entering into a contest for the representation of the county. The Committee beg to take this opportunity of return ing their warmest thanks to those numerous friends who have so kindly come forward with offTs of support for Lord Henry Cholmond-ley on this occasion. " RICHARD BROOKE, Chairman." The glorious cause is triumphant in this (Iwo Tory county. Lord Henry Cholmondeley has just sent us a Written communication, saying, 4 , t h at h e has determined to decline entering into a contest ;" our joy is exuberant ; it only proves that his Lord ship is a prudent man, not any longer to kick against the pricks. We were fully prepared for any con test, however long and severe, and should, by Satur day evening, have had at least two thousand free holders in this city—merely as a commencement; our plan was most completely organized, and our sys;em perfect. CHELMSFORD, Mn Y 19. The joy diffused by the suucess of Reform in this county is beyond any thing I ever witnessed. This being the fair day of this town, there is a great in flux of people in it, and you hear nothing but mu tual congratulations upon the splendid victory ob tained by the spontaneous loyally of an independent people. y I have seen many elections, but I never saw a candidate receive such a testimony of the ap probation entertained of his political conduct as Mr. Wellesley. The day for chairing Mr. Wellesley is not as yet fixed. SOM. RS.ETSIIIRE. The nomination of the Members for the county of Somerset, on Friday last, at Wells, was a spectacle absolutely unique in its character. The mighty as sembly of 16,000 appeared to be moved by the same almost universally-pervading spirit. Five hun dred to one in favour of the patriotic candidates, Sanford and Langton, may be considered as not an exaggerated calculation. Nor was the moderation of the huge multitud e less extraordinary and exem plary than its unanimity. While the specious argu ments of Toryism were answered, chiefly, by uni versal sonorous but good-humoured derision, deep groans and contemptuous hisses responded to the wild ravings of democratical jargon. The orderly entrance of the various organized bands of reforming freeholders into Wells, with their music, banners, and appropriate devices,-4 free holders not driven like negroes to an ungrateful task —not seduced by bribes to sacrifice their conscience —not intimidated by threats to belie their real sen timents—but influenced by the plain and simple dic tates of sound common sense, and the unsophisti cated feelings of manly, w i honest hea r t s — t h ese pro cessions, I repeat, were in the highest degree beau tiful, impressive, affecting, sublime ! But, perhaps, the most striking feature in the gorgeous cavalcade, to the reflecting mind, was the entrance of that staunch c onstitutional Reformcr,J. IL Smith Pigott, Esq., of Brockley-hall, at the head of 200 of his tenants : as it threw before the eye the form and fashion of an almost-extinguished class of th ose English worthies, the country gentry of by-gone ri me :, who, " dwelling among tneir people," and interested in their %t ell-being,—easy and acce.sible to their tenants, kind and gen, rous to their pea santry, courteous and hospitable to their neighbours —obtained, and justly obtained, a moral and poli tical influence in their vicinifies, which rendered the high, and honourabl-, and independent principles of the landlord an 1 friend, the universal sentiments of those around him. IRELAND.-DUBLIN, A Y 11. The contest for this city is continued with a vigour and pertinacity on the part of the Anti-Re formers whitth have never been surpassed at any el , ction in Ireland. The ac ual majorty of the Reformer, at the close of the poll last night, not withstanding the impediments of exteniive bribery (the Chad( s-street fund is gladdening the hearts of the poor freemen), and every possible delay which petty cavilling could sugge-t, ‘vas swelled to 378, although the return of the S:herff sets down the e ro,s majority of the Lord Mayor at 132, and that of Mr. Perrin 128. Tile difference between both return i.a made up by objected votes before the Assessor. I never witnessed so obstinate a strugg'e. Both parties appeared confident of success; the corpo rotors are working with the desperation of men whose existence was stsked upon the issue. It is admitted that the result of the poll this day will de termine the election. If the Anti-Reformers do riot get a-head on the day's poll, their defeat is certain. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Sir Ctarles Come has be come a convert to the Ministerial measure of Re form. He now ready to go any length the Mi nisters may think proper; but his conversion was announced' too late, and he stands a good chance of being driven from the representation. The election commenced at Maryborough yester day. Sir Henry Parnell was proposed by R. 'War ibuurntoorrn:inEastqlo.ro, f by M E ay . rt i e ) ;; ln S ne ir , C E l s t g ar . l o es f C B o ti o n t a e i w ( ar so s r p i r o a f General Dunne), and seconded by Charles White, Esq. of Charleville. Mr. Kelly was proposed by R. M...klloway, Esq., of the Decries, and seconded by John Dunne, Esq., of Ballinakill. The candidates, with their proposers and seconders, addressed the electors. Sir Charles Coote pledged himself to support the Reform Bill in the fullest and most decided manner. This change of opinion, he said, was produced in conse quence of the fixed determination which pervaded all classes in society to support his Majes'y's Mi nistees, and the measure of Reform they had pro pounded. Mr. Kelly and his friends were not, however, satisfied with this forced concession at the twelfth hour, and declared their resolution to proceed with the contest. A poll was then demanded, and the Sheriff adjourned the Court until this morning. CouNTv or Lostwonp.—The base and unprinci pled coalition of a false \‘'hig and a high church Tory will prevail here. The poll closed as follows yesterday : Lord Forbes- - . 195 Lefroy . • - 172 White - - 117 COUNTY OF LOUTH.—Mr. Shell's address to the electors will appear in the papers to-morrow ; he has been called upon by the majority of the electors. His return, with Alexander Dawson, is considered quite certain. I do not think there will be a con test, as Sir Patrick Bellew is disposed to resign in favour of Mr. Sheil, who will arrive in Dublin to morrow. COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY.—Sir John Byng's success is beyond doubt, end Mr. Porisonby's is considered equally certain. In this hitherto Tory county the effigies of the Anti-Reformers have been burned in various places. If the late Members are turned out, we shall have two new Reformers here. I am of opinion that my original calculation will prove correct: 17 new Members, equal to 31 votes, from Iceland alone. It is stated this morning that Mr. Wallace has been returned for Drogheda. I cannot pledge my self for the feet. morning, n th e In the Court of King'sßoenoncelli„th,i:ns pt case of " the King V. O , C until the first day of id Mr Pi ott at the e" • absence of Mr. Perrin ar. . g it) Term, in consequence of the election. Mr. Holmes was ready to go into air argument in arrest of judgment, but the Court de ferred it, as it rcoAld be neees,sary to hear the ab. sent Counsel. Three o'clock.—The poll goes on with much spirit,--the Reformers bravely a hand. Victory is certain 1.! COUNTY OF CARLOW.—Colonel Bruen has re signed. This is a noble victory over the Anti- Reformers, who now speak of starting Mr. Roch fort; but they will be unable to make even a decent fight, and the Reform Bill will gain two new Members for this county alone. Two o'ctoek.—Rochfurt has resigned. DOWN COUNTY.—This important contest com menced yesterday. The defeat of Castle,eagh considered quite certain. NEWRY.—Never was there a more noble and chivalrous struggle than that made by the inde pendent inhabitants of Newry. Lord Kilmorey and his" common hurde" have succeeded against them; but the memory of the good fight for freedom will long live among,t them : it will animate them in future struggles against the boroughmongering do mination; hut even in the present instance their patriotic effolts have not been unavailing, for it ia now understood that Mr. Knox, influenced by the force of popular opinion in favour of the Reform Bill during the contest, has given up his remaining objections to the measure. We have learned that the election terminated yesterday by the return of Mr. Knox. WESTMEATIL—Mr. Chapman and Colonel Roch fort were returned yesterday. Chapman is an out and-out Reformer. Rochfort has given a sort of pledge that he will support the Reform Bill. KILDARE.—Mr. Moore ()Terra' and Sir Wm. Hort (Reformers) were returned yesterday. Having no hopes of his suec,su in his own county, Mr. O'Connell has determined to start for this county in conjunction with Mr. Wyse : letters to this purpose were received in this town and in Cashel by some of the shopkeepers from Mr. O'Con nell.—Clonmel Herald. SCOTLAND. RENFREwsitmE.—The t lection of a Member of Parliament ter the county of Renfrew took place on Monday, in the County Hall, Renfrew. Sir JOHN MAXWELL proposed Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, as a fit and proper person to represent the county, which being seconded by Mr. Alexander Spiers,_ . _ Sir NI. S. STE WART said he had been nominated as the friend cf the great measure of Reform, and he closed with the terms and concurred. He had support ed the great question of Reform in every stage, and would continue to support it. The roll was then called, and Sir Michael was unanimously elected. HADDINGTONSIIIRE.—TIIe election of a Member of Parliament for the county of East Lothian being fixed for Monday, the inhabitants of the burgh of Haddington exhibited as much excitement and in tense interest in the result, which, however, was in no way doubtful, as if each householder had been a voter. Great numbers wore ribauds, scarlet and yellow, and several flags were displayed—one of which bore the words " Sir David Baird and the Reformers of East Lothian." Shortly before twelve o'clock Sir David aHd Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, who were altogether in an open carriage, were drawn into the town by the populece, amid the cheers of those assembled to receive them. Sir F. W. DRUMMOND having been chosen Chair man, Mr. HALL, jun. of Dunglass, begged to propose Mr. Balfour, of Whittinghame, as a fit person to re present the county.—( Hissing.) He was decidedly opposed to that sweeping measure of radicid Reform brought forward by his Majesty's Ministers; and in that he (Mr. Hall) cordially agieel with him. Mr. HUNTER, of Thurston, seconded the nomi nation. Mr. FERGUSON, of Rail h, proposed Sir David Baird as n fit Net son to lepresent t he county ; and, wha ever might be the success of this nomination, he consi dered it his duty to record his opinions, and lend his assistance to that great rause which now agi• toted the eountry.—(Cheers.) The nomination was seconded by Sir T. D. LAUDER. Air. Balfour, S'r David Baird, and Fe. era) others having deity( red rleir sentiments, The roll was then called, when forty freeholders v.iteil for Mr. Balt ur, and eleven for Sir D. Baird. The CHAIRMAN declared Mr. Balfour duly elected, arid that grotirmait thanked tiie electors, but was not heard, from the noise that prevailed. ,fir D. BAIRD also addressed his friends, and slid that he had the authority of the Lord Advocate to st ire, that his Lordship had been misrepotted as to the contemplated alterations in the qualification. His Lo dsh p said that the qualification a ould trot be 1001., nor 7J/., twr 501., nor 2.sl—at.d that the va• uation would be betwe. n 201. and 10/. The meeting then broke up. The county from one end to the other takes the greatest interest in the ensuing election. Thou s olds are preparing in all qurrers to march for Lan n k on the 13th. Report says that the Stiathaven loyalists will be accompanied with a band of music, Those in the Larkball district by the Dslserf band. Newtown of Wishaw, Stone Iron Works, and Car hike by the \Vishaw•ton band. Lismahagow by t6eir own band. The people of Lanark and New Lanark by the band belonging to the latter place, which will make a very noisy caralc•atic, and the Viousarris said to be coming from other quarters will mike the scene numerous, grand, and imposing, if conducted in the same orderly manner as the late Glasgow pt °cession. To see such a multitude ye luntirily congregated fot the praiseworthy object of testifying their loyalty to the King, and respect for the executive Government of the country, must be highly gritifying to the lovers of good order.— Glasgow Chronicle. A correspondent informs us, that the clergy. man of a living beloni!ing to Wells Cathedral a,tallly hired and conveyed to that city, on Friday last, ahuut 20 miners, armed with bludgeons, either to kick up a row nr to defend Mr. GOaDoN, the Anti-Reform candidate. A pretty agency on the part of a minister of pzaee.-211ons ing Paper. At Chard, and in short every town in this county, the subscriptions and fervent efforts in favour of Messrs. SANFORD and LANCTOS' have been on the most liberal scale. No amount of subscription, we verily be lieve, could have counteracted the universality of sentiment prevalent on this occasion.— Taunton Courier. CORK ELECTION.—A very curious instance of want of management on the part of the Anti- R-fornuers occurred at the election for this city. They had a candidate, the lion. Major MASSEY, ready to start, but they expected, and had written for funds from the Charles-street Committee, in order to meet the expenc,s of the election. The election was fixed for Friday—no funds, up to the hour of post that day, hail arrived; and Mr. MassEv, in consequence, sent in his resignation ; the Reformers were duly elected. Next day, however, came a credit remittance for 2,000/. on a hank in Co r k, with a guarantee front two of the Fellows of Trinity College of 1.00(11. additional. The annoyance this caused among the Brunswick freemen of Cork it weuld be impos sible to describe. BI ) , n i t , ll ,, e ,t l_3 s t t l rieeitn,stor. a .th s c oil a: l y o t f it (. I : l7,l l . i . .itiey, Esq., of Serjeant's , On the 10th inst. at Totness, Devon, R. Mathis, of the Inner Tc ia le1,,(1. barrister, to Susannah, elde,t d a u g ht er o f t h e l ate Rev. A. Fanvoll, Rector of St. Martin's, Cornwall. On the 11th ins! . at Cle r ke nwell, 11 . F. Stroud, Esq. of the On the Bth inst. , a , t the residence o f W. 11. Lempriere, Ecq., Kozel, Jersey , WW. 1. Jones, of Broad-street, to Isabella Lanehes ter, of the former e. On the 12th inst. Paul B evan, of ' Tottenham, to Judith N. Dillwyn, daughter of th e late W. Dillwyn, of Walthamstow. On the I2th inst. at Chatteris the Rev. C. B. Wells, of Pierce_ field, Monmouthshire to Vince ' ntia daughter of the Rev. Dr. Chatfield, Vicar of Cliatteris. .hNaki,eol.-Ihno,uerse spatields, to Caroli ne , the second daughter of Mr. . and Kingsdown, DID. On the i3th i ns t . at DulwichE, Mr. E. Boucher, of Bermond je y , aged 32 . On the 11th i ns t . at R oc h ester, t h e R ev. S amue l B rowne, one of the Min or C anons of that Cathedral, and Rector of Wou ldh am On tie 11th inst. at the Grove, Kentish-town, Thcs. Huxley, Esq., of th e Middl e T emp l e , age d 67. On the 7th inst. at Windsor, P. J. Lindopp, Esq.,. formerly of the Bank of E ng l an d, aged t. 3. Kent. PRINTED AND PUBLISIJED DV MURDO YOUNG, AT TUX . SUN OFFICV, 112, STRAND. LONDON. ea:rtn Y ~~~ del bra Tie sea lon roo Wit prii ant are pre! of I four coot 011 E iron Meal usef hill, - for i gs, tv sant p rov anti • •: Gen then Vett eta als aid 111 C tlu tbr lux ticc jug Wit, gar( tells over the lity, dale pen( tren prey Ed t Woc B. 1 G. raw, a pl . to 1