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by which they ire sur:ounded. If the demands oi Eng land should not he acceded to, I suppose that the largest of our vessels will enter the Tagus. A brig and a corvette are to go off Porto, and a brig to St. Übe's. This is rather an anxious moment for foreigners here. P.S. Nine o'clock, p.m.—Nothing further . new, ex cept a rumour th at D on Mi gue l has been advt , ed by hi 4 Ministry to throw himself entirely into the arms of Eng land, GENERAL ELECTION. D O.RSETSIIIRE , MIT 13. FOURTH DAY. The polling has not proceeded rapidly toeday, in consequence of the numberless objections which have been made to the reception of the votes ten dered on behalf of the Reform candidates,. You will see by the subjoined statement, that Mr. Celcraft is in a small minority upon the day's poll. This is attributable to the impediments which some of the special constable! haVe thrown in the say of Mr. Calrraft's voters in their approach to the poll booths. Ind: eci, complatntsof gross and undisguised partiality shown by some of their number towards the sup porters of Mr. Bankes were made to the High Sheriff in the course of the day, and the consequence has been that a promise has been given that for the future such misconduct shall he rectified. You will not he surprised at heari ng of this part'eslity when inferm you that for the last three days a neijority of them have been guzzling at the expense of Mr. Bankes. I have this feet from the best authority— the constables themselves ; for I was present a few hours ago when a party of them applied to a gentle than on Mr. Calcreft's Committee for a similar exten sion of generosity on the part of that candidate. The avowed groun-Is of their applic itiots were, that they had received this liberal treetment from Mr. Bankes, and that they thought rp have a similar compliment from the other two candidates. When the first com plaint of their partiality was made to the High Sheriff, Mr. Bankes treated it with great scorn, and even went so far as ro call the respectable agent who stated it " a malicious person," for daring to insi nuate that the constables acted from interested mo tives. The Lord of Corfe Cask received a retort for his insolence, which must have been any thing but pleasant to hi s aristocratical feelings. 0 , 1 the close of the poll, at five o'clock, Mr RUTTER came forward to deliver to the free holders a political lecture. He was surprised that some of the high-born and well-educated coadjutors of Mr. Bankes shoul I be disinclined to hear him.— (Outcry.) He should like to hear any of the poor men in the county say what good they had ever re ceived from the exertions of Mr. Bankes?—(Cheers and hisses ) He had told them last night that he would not atrar•k Mr. Bankes's character as an indi vidual.—(Great outcry, and also exclamations of, " Go on, don't mind the rabble on the hustings.") He knew that the conduct of those around him was highly improper; but the impropriety of their con duct reflected more disgrace upon Mr. Bankes than it even did upon those who were guilty of it.— (Great outcry.) " Mr. Bankes's supporters," con tinued Mr. Rutter, " I am obliged to you. You 'hew the state of imperfect education in which Mr. Bankes has kept you, and you give us a fair sample of the manner in which Mr. Bankes would support our sentiments if he were returned as our represen tative to Parliament. But the mob-law and the club law which you wished to introduce into this peaceful County was stopped on Friday last.—(Cheers from the Reformers, anti outcries from their opponents.) Get some of the high aristocracy on your side to answer me, and do not bellow against me thus un reasonably.—(Outcry continued.)—l shall not per severe in the attempt to address you, even against the desire of so pitiful a minority as you, the friends of Mr. Bankes, are ; for as I knew that a small mi nority can in the House of Commons do great mis chief to the country, so I feel that a small and des perate minority here can create a very great noise. —(Outcry and cheers.)—Poor creatures ! How I pity you 1 You show that you have not been edu cated, or at least that you have only been educated by Mr. Bankes.—(Cheers.)—Mr. Rutter then turned round to Mr. Bankes's friends on the hust ings and said, " Why don't you meet me as men and as gentlemen ought to meet one another ? (A laugh.)—Why do you attempt to put me down by men who are paid ss. a-day, not only to prevent us from being heard, but also to prevent our voters from coming to the poll, because they are deter mined to leave you in a wretched minority. Here a Mr. Phillips hooted Mr. Rutter very loudly. Mr. Rt'TTER (turning to him.)—Sir, you are no gentleman ; if you were, instead of hooting me, you would wait until I was done, and then get up and answer me. Mr. PHILLIPS —Did you say I was no gentleman ? I thou Id like to hear you say it again. Mr • RUTTER-I say again you are no gentleman to behave in such a manner. Mr. PHILLIPS—I say you are a liar, and if I were near you I would pitch into you.—( Confusion.) A Reformer on the hustings—" Don't use such language as that, but answer him if you can." " Ay," from another voice, " answer the Quaker; it is all gammon to abuse him ; answer him like a gentleman." Mr. PHILLIPS—It is not my occupation.—(Loud laughter.) I don't think addressing a crowd to be a gentlemanly occupation. Mr. RUTTER—I do; and so there we differ. A voice in the crowd--" That fellow is a butcher."—(A laugh.) Mr. RuTTER--I am sure he is no gentleman.— (Roars of laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—If I were near you, I would make you repent that language.—(Mr. Phillips here hooted Mr. Rutter.) Mr. RuTTER—I never saw a fellow with more effrontery than you have. Your very countenance bespeaks the vacancy of your mind. Mr. PHILLIPS—I say it does not, and I carry a looking-glass in my hat (for some purpose which the confusion prevented us from ascertaining.) Mr. RUTTER—Then when yo❑ look into it I hope you have a pleasant prospect.—(R , ars of laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—You ought to he ashamed of your self, you only come here to propagate falsehoods.— (Great outcry.) Mr. RUTTER—These are Mr. Bankes's hired slaves who make all this confusion. You know he expresses his willingness to emancipate the black slaves, but he still is anxious to retain his white slaves. At this stage of the proceeding, the interruption which h:id been given to Mr. Rutter by about 30 noisy individuals, skilfully ranged in the crowd, and by two or three gentlemen on the hustings, who gave them signals when they were to be noisy, was put an end to by the High Sheriff, who came for ward to deekre the state of the poll. Mr. PORTMAN was aware thar his numbers on the poll would have been much greater even than they now were, had not many of Iva friends been de lu tz t r c ed from coming forward that day in conse tentie:e in the objections made to accept votes when , d the pollin g -bo o ths, and of the severity with which even the best votes were scrutinized before the t r . c a ""lcr•—(Cries of " True, true.") '' „ ''''kkFT said, last night allusion had been mute to certai n were said to hive taken of disturbances which he could assure them on place at Blandford. Now, the peace of that town ' h t t i : -e very best authority that cvietenot been broken by the friends of freedom.—( any violation of the peace inrsii, If there had been it had origi natedlose hustings in another quarter. He stoltdtO:tttniel as the organ of their feelings and of Be had devoted himself to their cause, and on hustings he should continue to stand until eoirlivrocse that a majority of the freeholders of Dorset:4 were of a different opinion from those whom he then saw around. " I believe," said Mr. Calcraft, that you are—(" A rat said a voice in the crowd— roars of laughter.) " If it is a rat, knock it on the head. If those noisy gentlemen have indeed found a rat, let them destroy it: and laughter.) Here I am, and here I guilt . remain to receive your suffrages —and I have no onubt, q you Jo your duty, of your success and mine. 2.3 —(Cheeis.) Mr. BA:VICES then came forward, and was received with loud outcries of " Send off your bullies, and well hear you." After they had continued for some time, Mr. I3INICES theb came forward and addressed the meeting as follows :—Gentlemen, I find myself, bq your kind exertions to-day, placed in a situation which enables me fairly to say, that the tide of the election Fas turned—(Great hootings, and cries of " No,")—and I have no doubt that, by the con tinuance of those strenuous exertions in this and in other parts of the county, I shall to-morrow be enabled to give you a more flattering account of my station on that day's poll. It has been said by Mr. Calcraft, that we, none of us, wish to descend to personalities, and I hope that you will do us all the justice of saying that our conduct towards each other, from the commencement of the election, has been characterised by good feeling and gentlemanly de portment. lam far from saying anything personal to any man ; indeed, on the present occasion, I am so far from proceeding► thus, that I wish to say this—because it is a subject which has been much talked of in different parts of the county,—that Mr. Calcraft deserves every credit for exertions with re gard to the repeal of the salt tax; and it was owing to his perseverance session after session, that the Government at last gave way to that very reasonable proposition of his, by which the comforts of the poor man were more promoted than they could have been by the repeal of any tax on any other article of necessity.—(Cries of " that's very fair.") Allow me also to state my humbler and inferior exertions in the same cause, for though I did not take the same prominent part which he did, be it known to you all, as it is to the light Hon. Gentleman him self, that I also was a repealer of the salt tax. An other malicious report has also been propagated with regard to the part I took in the gtte•tion of the abolition of slavery ; and I must say, in answer to it, that before Mr. Calcraft sat in Parliament, and long before my worthy and Hon. colleague, Mr. Portman, could have had a seat there, I was one of the very first persons who co-operated with Mr. Wilberforce and Mr. Pitt in their endeavours on this subject. Colonel PoNSONBY then came forward to the front of the hustings a nd was received with cheers. The freeholders from Poole had come to him in dozens to complain of the difficulties which they met with from the special constables as they approached the polling-booths, and of the gross unfairness with which they were treated within the polling-booths. —(Cries of " Shame !") He was convinced that Mr. Bankes did not authorize such conduct, and he trusted that he (Mr. Bankes) would give instruc tions to his agents, and that the High Sheriff would give instructions to his constables, to avoid such mis conduct in future.—(Cheers.) The High Sheriff then adjourned the Court till ten o'clock on Saturday morning. FIFTH DAY.—SATURDAY. The polling has this day been more active than for some days past, and what is still more material, more successful for the friends of Reform. At half past five o'clock the High Sheriff declared the poll. Mr. PORTMAN briefly returned thanks to the free holders. He was happy to inform them that the greater part of the counties of England had now re turned their representatives, and before long he hoped that Dorsetshire would return her represen tatives.—(Cheers.) Mr. CALCRAFT, in addressing his brother free holders, told them that he was now 242 votes a-head of Mr. Bankes, and he had no doubt hut that by a continuance of their exertion in this sacred cause, he should at least keep that majo rity.—(" Depend upon it you shall.") Last night they were told that the tide of this election was turned.—(Cries of "It has not turned yet.") He thought that he had a right to say that it was turned, and turned indeed. He was sure that the Hon. Gentleman who had made that observation did not recollect how impossible it was to turn the tide of public opinion against the sacred cause in which the country WAS almost unanimously engaged. —(Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman had surely for gotten, whilst he was speaking, how near he was to the Race of Portland. He would find the tide of public opinion as difficult to turn as the impetuous billows which roll along the Race of Portland.— (Cheers.) No Banks had ever been framed which could stop the course of those billows.—(Cheers and laughter.) He could scarcely believe that a break water would be safe there. He was confident that nothing which had been, or which yet might be done in this election, would be able to stem the tide either of public opinion or of the Race of Portland.— With regard to the salt tax, he was glad that Mr. Bankes had found out the merit of the abolition of that tax, and that he was inclined to give him (Mr. Calcraft) some praise for having obtained the repeal of it.—(Cheers.) Still he somehow or other thought that Mr. Bankes had not given his consent to the repeal of that tax until the Government had taken up the matter itself. (" Hear that, you sly old fox.") But, however important these points might be in themselves, and particularly that which regarded the abolition of slavery, he begged to re mind them that they were not in controversy now.— (Cheers.) The question between Mr. Bankes and himself, in offering themselves as candidates for the representation of Dorsetshire was, whether Mr. Bankes would or would not support the Reform Bill Mr. BANKES returned them many thanks for the support which they had already given him, and de clared his expectations that, if they (Twinned to him that support, he must eventually succeed in the present contest.—(Cheers.) Mr. DISNEY, of the Hythe, Essex, next presented himself. He had come from a county in the east of England, to tell them in the west what had been done in the opposite point of the compass, and he was employing no figure of speech when he informed them that the magic of Reform had operated with a spell of power from the cast into west, and from the north into the south.—( Cheers.) It was only on Wednesday last that he had brought to a success ful conclusion at Chelmsford, the labours which the freeholders of Essex had undertaken for the purpose of returning two representatives to support that Bill, which they could not live without.—(Cheers.) Let them look at the great change in public feeling which had brew effected by the mere introduction of it. He well remmembered, that for a long series of years the Reformers had been stigmatized with the names of radicals, levellers, Jacobins, and revolutionists. Though he was an old man, now that we had arrived at this palmy and promising state of the question, he must say that he had had the honour of having been calumniated by the application of all those terms to himself—(A laugh)—and honourable in deed it was to have passed through such an ordeal to arrive at the magnificent plan of Reform which had been offered to the country by the King on his throne.—(Cheers.) He contended that that plan of Reform was at once a radical and a rational Reform. The Court was then adjourned till Monday. ' . 14 4 SCOTLAND. (Abridged from the Scotsman.) COUNTY OF EDlNBURGll.—Yesterday was the day appointed for electing a Member of Parliament for this county, and though no opposition to the re-election of Sir George Clerk was expected, the anxiety of the public was such that the gallery was e,.mpletely crowded by eleven o'clock. Number; afterwards went away grievously disappointed and mortified, because they could find no admittance. The area was occupied exclusively by the clerks and reporters. Every necessary precaution was taken to preserve order and decorum. A number of police-officers were stationed in the gallery, and a strong posse of e an g. d en w tle a r s ne r n ecei entered. d constables were mustered at the door of the hall by minutes before twelve o'clock Sir h.fki entered, hfetwh George some persons in the ga ll ery, with slight hissing from but he was applauded by the freeholders. Mr. Sheriff Duff entered the hall precisely at the appointed hour, aad read the precept of election, and the oath against bribery and corruption, after which Sic George Clerk took the chair. The other routine business being gone through, Sir George moved that Sir John Elope be calk-cl to the chair, and that Mr. Wilson be appointed clerk. He said he had been obliged to Sir John Hope on many former occas'ong, and judging from the many and great services he had rendered the county, he wa• sure that all would acknowledge that there were few gentlemen better qualified to fill the chair on this occasion than Sir Juhn Hope. Sir JOHN HOPE then took the chair, and said he would endeavour to discharge the important duty that had been conferred upon him to the best of his power. J. LITTLE GILMOUR, E~q•, of Libberton and Craigmiller, rose to propose Sir George Clerk as a St and proper person to represent the county in the ensuing Parliament. Judging from his conduct for the twenty years he had sat in the House of Com mons, there could be no doubt that he was a man who would pay particular attention to the best in terests of the county.—(Applause and hisses.) GILBERT INN s, Esq , of Stow, seconded the no mination. Sir JOAN DALRYMPLE could and did most cor dially agree with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Innes), that Sir George Clerk was, in private life, a mo.t gen tlemanlike and amiable man, and as a man of talent and accomplishes' gentleman he valued him, and en joyed his society; it was with regret, therefore, that ' he declared that he attended the present election not to vote for his Hon. Friend, but, on the co n. trary, for the express purpose of stating his objec tions to his re-election. He might have absented himself and abstained from fruitlessly, it might be said, opposing his neigbour; but the Hon. Baro net's vote in support of General Gascoyne's amend ment rendered that impossible. Sir John proceeded with much eloquence to advocate the cause of Re form, and concluded by begging to correct a para graph in a newspaper, purporting to form part of his lion. Friend Sir D Baird's speech at the elec tion of the county of Haddington. Sir D. Baird never said that he was authorized to convey the Lord Advocate's sentiments, nor that the franchise was to be from 101. to 201., and he (Sir Joha) heard the Lord Advocate say at the Perth meeting, that he did not even know what the nature of the Bill might ultimately be; so could not and did not express himself as it was stated he had done at the election for the city of Edinburgh. Able speeches followed from Mr. Millar, of Cri gusturney, and Mr. Warlaw Ramsey, in support of the Parliamentary conduct of Sir George Clerk. Sir G. CLERK rose, and entered into an elaborate defence of his Parliamentary conduct, and justtfica lion of his opposition to the Ministerial Bill, and in the course of his speech observed, that if it was true, as it had been said by the Lord Advocate, at the election of a Member for the city on Tuesday last, that the qualification might be raised from 10/. to 50/. if this had been true, it would have gone far to obviate many of the objections that might have been brought against the Bill : and even if it was true, as stated by Sir David Baird at the election at Haddington, that the qualification might be ra is e d above 10/,but it would certainly be kept under 20/., the Bill would, in his opinion have been less objec tionable. Mr. DUNDAS, of Arniston, moved the thanks of le meeting to Sir John Hope, for his conduct in ie chair, which was carried with acclamation. Sir JOHN returned thanks, and the gentlemen re. fired. WIGTONSIIIRE.—The Hon. Moritgomerie Stewart has declined the contest for Wigtonshire, in favour of Sir Andrew Agnew, the late Member. DUMFRIES BURGHS.—General Sharp, it is said, has ecurt d his return for the Dumfries district of burghs, in favour of the Reform Bill, in oppositii,n to Mr. Keith Douglas, the late Member. TORPRICTIEN, MAY 7.—Mr. Gillon,of Wallhouse, having succeeded in securing the votes of the Town Councils of Linlithgow, Peebles, and Lanark, his election may be considered a. , secured. We have much pleasure in mentioning (as it shows the en thusiasm which pervades almost all classes in favour of the noble struggle now making for Reform) that the little village of Torphichen, near which Mr. Gdlon's elegant mansion of Wallhouse is situated, was, on the evening of Friday last, handsomely illuminated. DUNFERMLINE.—Thursday being the day ap pointed for choosing a delegate to represent this burgh in the ensuing election at Stirling, the returning burgh, the Town Council met and unanimously made choice of G. Meldrum, Esq., the Provost, to be their de legate, in the interest of J. Johnstone, Esq., the Provost, their late representative. Invi-rkeithing, Cuirass, and Stirling, having also elected delegates in favour of Mr. Johnstone, makes that gentleman's return unanimous, with the exception of South Queensferry, which, by a majority, has publicly declared against him, for the very reason which has secured his return,—viz., his honest and indepen dent conduct : but it is gratifying to think that if the choice for that burgh had been in the hands of the inhabitants, his election would have been una nimous there also. IRELAND. COUNTY DOWN.—State of the poll on Thursday, at two o'clock '.— Lord Arthur Hill Mr. Crawford Lord Castlereagh - COUNTY OF CARLOW.—Two Reformers, Sir John !Wiley Doyle and Mr. Blackney, have been returned. Reform gains four votes here. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Sir Charles Coote's decla ration in favour of the 13111 will probably save him. State of the poll yesterday. Two votes for Reform are gained here : Sir Henry Parnell - _ 2:11 Sir C. Cootc - - 190 Mr. Kelly - . 121 LONGFORD (COUNTY).—Mr. Luke White re signed yesterday. Lord Forbes and Mr. Lefroy are returned. COLERAINE.—AIthough the Corporation have re turned S'r John Brydges, Mr. Copeland had a large majority of freemen, which the returning officer dis allowed. Copeland petitions. The poll closed thus:— Copeland - - - 70 Brydges - - - - 16 COUNTY OF LONDONDERRY.—Mr. Ponsonhy hav ing been returned for Bletchingley, declines to stand, but gives all his influence to Sir John Byng, as does also Mr. Ogilby, an extensive landed proprietor. 1 am assured that Sir John will be returned by a large majority. LONDONDERRY (Cm.)—The election began on Saturday. A person named Graham called for a pledge from both candidates (Sir R. Fergusson and Mr. Leekey, both Reformers) to vote against the Bill_ He called the Almighty to witness that Re form would destroy the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, and th e Ch urc h o f Rome ! He was shouted down and laughed at. On Tuesday the poll stood thus : Fergusson - - . 183 Leckey - - 54 COUNTY OF WATERFORD.--Sir Richard Musgrave and Mr. Power were returned yesterday. Reform gains two votes here. COUNTY OF TIPPERARY.—CoIoneI Dawson Dame: (brother-in-law of Sir Henry Parnell, and a Re former) is a candidate. Mr. Prittie has resigned. Mr. O'Connell is also spoken of as a candidate. CLARE.—Major Macnamara is certain of being re turned. The contest will lie between Mr. O'Con nell, jun., and O'Gorman Mahon. I have just learned that the Privy Council have determined to proclaim martial law in Clare. COUNTY OF CORK.—On Thursday the Hon. R. King and Lord Boyle were returned without oppo sition. They both pledged themselves to support the Bill. COUNTY OF LIMERICK.---The Hon. Colonel'. Fitzgibbon and Grady were re-elected on Wednesday. COUNTY OF MONAGIIAN.—Mr. Shirley has re tired. Mr. Blaney, who is now stated to be a re former, and Mr. Westenra, will be returned. Reform gums two, perhaps four votes here. (From the Dublin Times.) " TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF LOUTH " The assurance: wh , ch I have received of your suppor induce me to off .r myself as a candidate for the honour o representing you. _ _ " It is my loftiest ambition to stand in the House of Commons as the nominee of the people. Rescue me from the imputation, and liberate me from the consciousness, that in pleading the great cause upon which the nation's heart is set, I am myself indebted to the very system which I denounce for the power of denouncing it. If you think me capable of rendering you a service, raise me to that position in which I shall be best able to serve you. " Circumstances, into the detail of which it is not ne cessary for me to enter, have hitherto prevented me from leaving London. I shall hasten to meet you, and to solicit, in person, the distinction of becoming the trustee of your intt rests and the representative of your sentiments in the House of Commons. " London, May 9. " RICHARD R. SHEIL." DEVONPORT, MAY 14. VICTORY! VICTORY! VICTORY I (raom A CORRESPONDENT.) Sir Richard Vyvyan and Lord Valletort have resigned ! Sir C. Lemon and Mr. Pendarves, two Reformers, are returned for the county of Cornwall—aye, for Cornwall —the strong hold for boroughmongery—the cradle of cor ruption. Here we are mad for joy. The Devonpgrt co lumn is brilliantly illuminated. Rockets are ascending from, and blue-lights without number are burning on, its summit, amid the cheers of thousands. The inhabi tants of this town have been foremost in their zeal for the glorious—the righteous cause. Every resident freeholder was sent down free of expense. But we will not boast— we merely did our duty. This is, however, the grand defeat—this is the finishing stroke—the last head of the hydra is annihilated. EDINBURGH, MAY 13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra.,—l fear that, notwithstanding the declaimers put forth against any deign of altering the Reform Bill, there is some reason for doubting whether, upon one very im portant part of it, viz. that which concerns the qualifica tion for the elective franchise, the minds of Ministers are sufficiently decided, to abide by their first determination of giving it to all householders paying 10/. rent, and indeed the Lord Advocate here, and Lord Palmerston at Cam bridge, are said to have described the amount of qualifica tiou as being still unfixed. In the Courier of Wednesd there is put forth what seems to be a s , :rt of feeler upon the suhject, whether officially or officiously, I know not; hut considering you to be one of the most firm and consistent advocates of the popular cause. I am induced to offer you a few remarks upon a subject of so much importance. Your own observations upon this head are, I have not the least doubt, in unison with the feelings of the whole nation : you h late justly characterized the 101. franchise as a princi pal and essential feature of the B 11, and I sincerely hope that no attempts will be made to deprive it of so vital a characteristic. The Courier, in a very plausible and jesuitical manner, deprecates forsooth all rigid injunctions being laid upon candidates to vote f.r " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill :" it is necessary, say they, that Parliament should be unshackled and able to deliberate upon all the provisions, &c. &c., all which would he very well at any other time, and if the Bill were now about to be submitted for the first time to Parliament and the nation ; but are surely out of place now that the Bill has been fully ma tured, that all the details of the Miniverial plan have been laid before the country, end that the nation, approving the whole with complete unanimity, has put forth all its ener gies to return such Members only as would engage to sup port, not Reform in general, but this very plan.—this only —and this entirely ; not to give their assistance to any plan of Reform that may chance to be submitted by one side of the House or by the other, but to carry into effect one measure of Reform, which has been detailed by the Minister, sanctioned by the King, and joyfully accepted by the people ; which has formed a bond of union to all Re formers, which has increased their affection for their Sovereign, and conferred upon the whole Government a po puta. ity that, I h"pe, may net, r be diminiaheti. But the Courier says, that the details nay be submitted with safety to the next Parliament,—that there will he so large a majority on the side of the people that any altera tion that may be made will be made in their interest. To this, I answer, that in the first place, the 101 franchise is hot a minor point, but °he of first-rate importance; and in .he second place, that the people having elected tepresenta tives to vote for a definite measure, already long enough before the country to have been thoroughly sifted, would prefer the Bill as it at present stands, without one iota of alteration. They are satisfied with it--the Ministers must surely lie satisfied with it as they introduced it—and the 101. franchise was alluded to with peculiar satisfaction by Lord J. Russell—the King is satisfied with it—the majority of the House will he pledged to support it, and why, there fore, are we to hear of alterations : and it must be recol lected, that there will still be a very large and powerful party, who will use every means that the wavering or bad tactics of their opponents may put in their power to defeat and destroy it. Gre it as the majority will be, it must be recollected that the House will he far from being a reflec tion of the nation's mind. Look at the long list of rotten boroughs, arid remember that Scotland is one great rotten borough ; "a whited sepulchre. full ofdead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."' To a Parliament which shall truly and completely represent the nation, to such as we hope soon to see, the interests of the nation may be with con fidence committed, but at present there is a very nume rous party, who are interested by every possible motive to injure the Bill as much as possible. We believe the I%li sisters to he sincere, but we have less confidence in their generalship than in their honesty. We fear lest any change should afford to some slippery Members an excuse for acting like some gallant representatives in the last Parliament, and therefore we humbly deprecate any change. A few words on the propriety of the 101. franchise. The nation, Sir, regard the 10/. franchise as one of the pillars of the Bill ; it gives to an industrious and most useful class the prospect, by diligence and prudence, of having a voice in the legislation of their country ; it forms a judicious medium between an aristocratic constituency and universal suffrage ; it will have a most beneficial ten dency in stimulating the industry and in raising the con dition of the working classes. In the words of Lord J Russell " the probability of the possession of this fran chise will be an inducement to good conduct. When a man finds by his being rated to a certain rent, and by paying rates, he will he entitled to a vote in the election sf a 11Iernher of this House, it will be an inducement to him to be careful and prudent, and punctual in his deal ings. I think when we add this large constituency, we provide for the political and moral improvement of the people." The class upon whom it will confer the privi lege, whilst they are the most industrious, are not one iota less loyal—less desirous of supporting the institutions of their country—less attached to their King, than any other class in the kingdom. Nothing is more ridiculous than to impute to the working classes any designs against the order of society or the nature of the Government. I maintain that they arc less likely to entertain such ideas than those above them. A rich banker or merchant might expect to fill a greater part in a republic than be does at present ; but the lower orders know that such a change would neither give them rank nor wealth ; they tre contented with a good Government under King, Lords, and Commons. Their expectations have, doubtless, been excited by the Ministerial gill, as first promulgated, and in it they have buried all difference of opinion ; but by raising the franchise to 20/, they would be shut out of all hope of the elective privilege, and would doubtless be clamorous for further concession. Let the Alinisters preserve their well-earned popularity. Let them abide by the Bill and the whole Bill. They have now the power to carry their own measure by a tri h ituormieflpitntgaen words remfraadjistoerori of n y hg , i m a n v l h l o e o t t h r e o m d o t e a e k d e t e a ß friendlthaty a a r nny in their course would not be calculated to give that which it is their wish to give --stability to the Throne, strength to the Parliament, or satisfaction to the country." If you' think proper to insert these observations in your valuable Pape r itla y t o vuie:whticol loywilloolhp'u loiriagmscee'nwe respectfully,complacency A TRUE REFORMER. * The moc k re p resentativ es from the county and city of Edinburgh , will vote a g ai nst the Bill, yet an Anti-Re former i n these parts is a " taro anis ;" are these the na tional asmatyhelecavoeurtfheer'a'dprovi sions" re presentatives p t r h e e s eßnl with --- - On Thursday last his MAJESTY, as Mas• ter of the Trinity House, presided at a Court of that Corporation, which, by his MAJESTY s command, was odd at the Palace at St. James's, when the Right Hon. Earl GREY was elected an Elder Brother, in the room of the late E.arl of MuLoaAvir. . • I .03 CORNWALL, Mai 14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is now about four o'clock, and there are seven booths out of the nine with not a freeholder waiting to vote. In ssme of them nothing has been done fur hours. At the booth for Penrith there are acres still pressing for ward, and in our other hundred about ten or twelve. Mr. Pendarves proposed o❑ Thursday and last evening to take some parishes from the most populous hundreds, that they might be polled in those where there was no freeholder left; hut this reasonab'e request not acceded to. The ma jority for Pendarves and Lemon has b.-en hourly increasing. It is supposed that Sir Richard holds out on a point of honour, not being willing to give in till a majority of the freeholders of the county has been polled for his opponents. That will certainty be done either this evening or Monday. Large numbers are ready to come from the western parts of the county for the Reform candidates. Lord Valletort and Sir R. R. Vyvyan must have been very much deceived, otherwise they would not have put themselves atid the county to so much expense and trouble. The cause of Reform has gained most decidedly by the triumph now about to he consummated. VICTORY! HALE-PAST SEVEN, P. M. . _ _ Sir R. R. Vyvyan and Lord Valletort retired about half past five o'clock. The Members, Mr. Pendarvea and Sir Charles Lemon, are now being chaired.—Victory ! CLOSE OF THE POLL- To-day. Total. 277 1,S19!! 1,804!! 107 01 97 SI 1 AMICUS. Pendarves - - - Lemon . . Vyvyan - - Vaßetort Yours, in haste, DOWNPATRICK, MAY H. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) In my letter of yesterday I gave a brief account *of the opening of the election for the county of Down. Aware of the interest which the people take in the contest, 1 cannot doubt but the statement' which 1 am now enabled to give of the auspicious commencement of the struggle, will be hailed by them with delight. The following is the state of the poll yesterday evening : Lord Arthur Hill . 470 William Sharman Crawford - . . .`2,;0 Lord Castlereagh - - • - 245 After this announcement a most interesting, though rather extraordinary, scene took place. The Sheriff. I may here mention, is a man (to judge from the figure which he cuts) who is blessed with a most comfortable dullness of intellect. He has, however, a plentiful stock of Tory prejudices ; and, ' in this respect, is quite after the heart of his Lordship of Castlereagh. On a late occasion he was stupid enough to attempt to controul the men of this county, by refusing to call a meeting of the freeholders to petition fur Reform. The indignant manner is which that attempt was spurned has not taught him wisdom, (which, it is fair to admit, seems one of the impossibi lities); and, whilst it is not for me to charge bins with partiality, I am justified in saying that more un disguised indications of party feeling I never saw manifested by any public officer. It is usual at the close of each day that the candidates should address the electors. Yesterday evening, as soon as the Assessor had announced the state of the poll, the Sheriff mutter( d that the Court was dissolved, and immediately retired. - Mr. Crawford was the only candidate present. Lord Castlereagh did not seem ambitious of the honour of ap pearing before the freeholders lowest on the poll, as, at his former elections, Le had been carved in almost without a rival ; and the conduct of the Sheriff, whether so in tended or not, was well fitted to cover his Lordship's fallen condition. Mr. Crawford, however, who, I believe, was not aware that the man of the white rod who had stood behind him had retired, proceeded in a manly and honest speech to address the freeholders. He exposed the contemptible and dishonest attempts that had horn made to enlist religious prejudices in the cower. He also re peated a proposition which he bad made the preceding day, but to which Lord Castlereagh did not think it pru dent to make any reply, 'volley, that each of the candi dives and their friends should sign a declaration, leaving their tenants free to vote as they mi2ht think proper. Mr. Crawford said, if this were done and he were defeated, he would admit that the voice of the county was a2ainst ; but if not he would consider, let the result be what it might, that the kelings of the freeholders could not be conceived to be opposed to independent principles. . . At the conclu,ion of this speech there was a loud and general call for Mr. Cross, the Brlfast gentleman, who, as I .dated in my former letter, hall been prevented from ad dre.sing the freeholders at the opening of the election. Mr. Cross came forward, but scarcely had he uttered a word when in rushed the Sheriff, with his Assessor and the Sub-Sheriff. The hail of the Court-house was filled at the same time by a large body of police constables. It would appear that the Sheriff, who had so unceremoniously adjourned the Court, but who could not presume to pre vent the independent candidate from speaking, was deter mined that Mr. Cross should not have the liberty of calling upon his brother freehold. rs to continue their noble ex, r- Lions. In this attempt be was zealously assisted by the Assessor, whom I do not charge wiih having acted un justly, but who, beyond :ill question, quilmled and glossed up arguments, with all his mother-tongued ingenuity, for the purpose of having the meeting dissolved. He was met, however, in a style he little expected ; his attempts ro affright the freeholders by speaking of the imprudence of exciting the passions of the multitude, were rejected with firmness, but with a good humour, which proved how ill-founded were his remarks, and how hopeless his laudable efforts. Edward Rutliven, Esq. the newly-elected Member for Downpatrick, reprobated with honest warmth the idea that an assembly of the ft eebolders of Down could not ex press their sentiments respecting Reform, without being guilty of a breach of the peace. He sad, as a Magistrate of the county, he would be the first to interpose for the preservation of the peace, if it were likely to be violated ; but he never would permit any roan, under guise of offi cial authority, to trample upon the rights of the peopte. He denied that the Sheriff appeared there as returning officer, or that the Assessor had any claims except on the courtesy of the meeting, to be heard. The Court had been adjourned with a precipitancy which, to say the least, was most extraordinary ; arid the Sheriff had no farther right to interpose unless he could show grounds for appre hending a riot. As to the Assessor, be stood there di vested of his official character, and must not presume to dictate to the freeholders. These sentiments were received with immense cheering. Edward Wolstenholme, Esq., also rejected in strong terms the efforts making to sup press the expression of opinion. He was ready, as a Magistrate, to act if necessary; but he defied the Sheriff, c onstitutionally assembled as they were, to venture to di-- perse them. The Court-house, he admitted, belonged to the Sheriff, and he !night disperse them ; but he must do so at the point of the bayonet, and at his peril. Other freeholders expressed similar sentiments. During the storm of discussion the woe-begone and terror-stricken Sheriff was unable to utter a word, and had to depend on the chicanery of his Assessor. The latter gentleman, finding that his official character would not carry him exactly so far as he had expected, and that his authority was not recognized, at length retired with the Sheriff, ad mitting that the meeting was perfectly legal, and that he would desire the Sheriff to trust to the discretion of the Magistrates present for preserving the peace. The free , holders saluted the retiring and crest-fallen official gentle ' men with peals of laughter. Mr. Cross then addressed the freeholders in a most eloquent speech ; he tore asunder the hollow sophistry and disingenuous statements of Lord Castlereagh's speech the preceding day, and encouraged the freeholders to exert themselves in the glorious cause of their country. His address was received with the most enthusiastic shouts of applause; and at the termination of the proceedings he was followed to his lodgings by an im mense multitude, who cheered him in the liveliest manner. There was not throughout the slightest appearance of rioting ; the pacific dispositions of the people being equalled only by the calm determination not to submit to he put down, either by the stupid prejudices of a Tory civil functionary, or the cool presumption of his subtile legal adviser. Two o'c LOCK. —The majority continues to increase. The state of the poll has just been ascertained, and the majority tOr Mr. Crawford over Lord Castlereagh on the i gross poll, is now 94. ELECTION OF SCOTCH PEERS..--We have authority to state, that it is the avowed intention of his MAJESTY'S present advisers not to send down, as hereto fore, a signed list of Representative Peers, in that manner dictating to the ancient and independent Nubility of this country what individuals are to be the object of their choice. Such forbearance is the natural consequence of their political principles, and proves the respect which they feel for the Scotch Peerage, and th e y believe and trust that so flattering a deference t o their inde p endence will pro v a c s , init i thsetesu creditablelt of %h o e teini:uGm election, ent; a for s it advan tageous s i n o g v er impossible that the Scotch Peers should not feel the deli cacy of such conduct, nor is it likely that they should over look the just provision in the Reform Bill, which removes from their eldest sons the disqualification from sitting for their native boroughs and counties.—Edinburgh E cene . • ns , Courant. t. LIMERICK, MAY 12. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Words cannot convey the excitement prevailing in this city, in consequence of the disturbed state of the adjoin ing county of Clare. The " Terry Alts" have this morn ing made an incursion to within two miles of this city, and to the number of 2,000 surrounded the house of a gentleman of the name of Gloster, who, with his wif e , they dragged out of bed, and placing them on their knees, swore them to leave their residence before six o'clock this evening. Mr. Gloster and his lady immediately set out to seek an asylum here, and accounts have followed them that the insurgents were hu•ily occupied in deMolishing the house and premises. The military have just left town to endeavour to'disperse the miscreants. The election for the county of 'Clare commences to morrow, and the divided interests in favour of the dif ferent candidates tends not a little to increase the agitation which prevails. It was rumoured yesterday evening that Major INPNamara had withdrawn from the contest, and that William Smith O'Brien, Esq., late M.P. for the bo rough of Ennis, and son of Sir Edward O'Brien, tv'ao oppmerl Mr. Maurice O'Connell at the last election, w as canvassing in his stead. This, however, is contradicted this mornims, and Major M'Namara, Mr. Maurice O'Coa nell, and Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, will positively appear before the electors as candidates on the hustings to-mor row. A great anxiety for some days has prevailed amongst the respective friends of the two last named gentlemen to prevent a collision, and Mr. M. O'Connell consented to leave his preiensions to the opinion of six gentlemen, in differently chosen. The meeting took place in this city yesterday, and after a deliberation of upwards of four hours, the referees decided that both gentlemen should re • main in the field. Mr. Maurice O'Connell was here to meet his father yesterday, who passed through to Kerry, where his election is beyond all doubt. The election of a Member for the borough of Ennis took pl me yesterday, when the Right Hon. Vesey Fitzgerald, tile joint patron of the borough, was returned. It was confidently asserted that the Right Hon. Gentleman bad returned himself at the express instance of the Duke of Northumberland, to oppose the Ministerial measure of Reform, and the people of Ennis and its neighbourhood nuked their disgust of the buroughmongering system by a mock funeral procession of about 6,000 persons, with a coffin containing, as they said, the remains of the dead and - corporation and rotten borough of Ennis. The procession proceeded to the residence of Mr. O'Donnell, the Town Clerk, where, on being reuse I admittance, they threw the coffin over the wall, and quietly dispersed. It now becomes my painful duty to record another of those cold-blooded murders which have been but too fre quent in this unhappy land. A poor countryman of the name of Rice had become obnoxious to the peasantry, in consequence of some expressions he had used deprecating their illegal and nefarious pursuits, and had been necessi tated to come for safety to the town of Ennis. Last night an immense party of the " Terry Alts" entered the town, and proceeded to Rice's lodgings, which are within a pis tol•shot of the barracks, and dragging him out of bed into the west, there cruelly murdered him with their spades, and then withdrew from the town. An active pursuit was commenced, and the country was scoured, but up to the moment I write without meccas. Such is the state of the county, which to-morrow is called to exercise its high prerogative ot electing represen. tatives. and the deadly hostility existing between the re. spective friends of Mr. O'Gorman Mahon and Mr. Mau rice O'Connell, have excited in the minds of all the higher clas,e, of the residents in Ennis the greatest anxiety, net to siy fears, as to the proceedings of to-morrow. I leave , for Ennis this afternoon, from which I will write you. Since writing the above, intelligence hiss reached tows of a most distressing accident which occurred last night to Robert O'Brien, Esii,," third son of Sir Robert O'Brien, Bart. This young gentleman was heading a party of mi. litany and police during the night in pursuit of the " Terry Alts," when, in leaping a hedge, the musket with which he was armed, came in contact with some bushes and went off. The ball entered the fleshy part of the left arm, the bone of which was fractured to such a degree 0 to retailer amputati in immediately necessary. Medical aid was procured with all possible despatch, and the opera tion performed. The unfortunate sufferer is pronounced out of danger. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES. ROBBERY OF LADY NELSON S JETVEL LERY. are i ATIT sion: oche circi the ( will We regret that it devolves nu us so soon to record the i another extensive robbery of valu .ble jewellery, the pros vulsi perty of Lady Nelson, residing at 23, Portman-square, yeste which we , e valued at upwards of 1,0001 From all that sum has come to our knowledge, it appears that the robbery day a was effected b•aween the hours of seven and nine o'clock LoM on Friday evening, while the family were engaged at din- terra ner ; and on her Ladyship retiring to her dressing-room and I on th- second floor, a short time after, she discovered that pose a leather trunk, in which her jewellery was deposited, at lea had been fore bly opened, and all the valuables carried off. rante On examining the room, it was found to be rather in & in L disordered state, and that a dressing-case worth about Lord fifty guineas had also been conveyed away, with other /slava ] property contained therin. A most valuable necklace, as Ca which her Ladyship set considerable store by, was left that I untouched, in eonsequ-nce of having been placed by itself could in a piece of paper on a shelf, and thereby escaping the It notice of the robbers. On a hither examination, her able Ladyship discovered her loss to consist of the under- gener mentioned articles—viz. a gold embossed collar, with ture i a gold centre ; a diamond emerald centre, with • army three drops; a centre of three drops, and brooch count of large garnets; a very handsome long gold chain; a Russi smaller gold chain ; a rose India chain, with turquoise found centre, clasp, and cross ; a broad gold bracelet, with eme , chest raid and diamond clasp ; two small hair bracelets, with speak el ,sps of very small coloured stones; a broad gold bracelet, naitte, with garnet clasp, a ditto with garnet clasp, and another Al with turquoise clasp ; a gold bracelet, with four chains it see and garnet clasp ; a piece of rose chain ; a pair of large versa, gold ear-rings ; a ditto of white bead ditto ; two gold order bracelets, with cameo clasps ; one large bracelet ; a locket will I with hair, and small turquoise centre and ring ; six rings the in and stones. Alan, in a small red morocco case, there were To the following :—A large diamond hoop ring, one large rubf before ditto ditto; two large emerald, two large turquoise, and one of the large pearl ditto ditto; one topaz cross, a garnet necklace, by M, six silver bottle-tops, with coroners, H. N. eng r a v e d th ere ' about an, and various other articles. All the servants wer e i n t er the to rogated touching the myst e rio us robbery, b u t no thi ng , w e the m are given to understand, was elicited from them which pal ofl tended, in the slightest degree, to excite suspicion against persot any individual connected with the establishment. The to the Noble Earl was absent from tows, but p ro mpt inf orms ' the K tion was forwarded to the station-house of the D. division, seenal 3 Marylebone, when Mr. Hornsby. one of the insp ec t or s, some instantly proceeded to her Ladyship's house, and searched and th the premises both externally and internally, and although .•; in nut there was not the slightest appearance o f f orce h av i n g upon been used to gain admittance into the mansion, yet W ... The c, ascertained, almost b e y on d a d ou bt, t h at some per ' .. 0 . worn, son or persons had gained access to an empty house its belong Berkeley-street, and having ascended the roof, passed over 1 ; 4 , author about twenty houses to the parapet of E a rl N e l son ' s real' , t Thr ~, dence, which they entered by the wi n d ow . It was ev i' .•t' condi], dent that the premises were familiar to th em , f or it wou ld fore re ,• ... seem that they at once proceeded to her Ladj,ship'sdre,sing', the Ps room, which is a front one on the second floor, in s earc h 01 and tt those valuables which had caused them to hazard so much, policy and which they were well aware, if they could once obtain, strent would very amply repay them for the risk and trouble Son they had been at in securing them. We are sorry to of the say that success attended their nefarious design. 00 self at searching the tops of the houses the police discovered, coo' the pri tiguous to a parapet wall adjoining Lady Nelson's house, Cloud, the valuable dressing-case, which, it is supposed, ws regime declarer left behind, having been found too heavy to convey rivet The, the roofs of the houses. In searching further, on expert' church, serious Rive miniature was found, which, added to other circuna' eountri stances, fully corroborated the supposition that the part,' Yo u the old had made his or their retreat in the same way that the,' signin g effected an entrance. The servants who have recently left content her Ladyship's service were sought after, and examined by the police respecting the robbery, but nothing, we be' ' the Ab and ''' ' a dent of lieve, transpired to warrant an idea that any of them we re hie hot implicated. The Superintendent of the D division, and anothe i some of his men, in plain clothes, are at present engaged in endeavouring to discover the perpetrator or pefpetratore ' 4 t . rnent of the as ro f t i e t r l y es , s b a u s t th i o t se is w r h e o ar h ed av t e ha b t ee t n he lo ir ng ex e e n rt g i a o g n e s d w i i n g ....,...t..... . . reward of 50/. is intended to be offered by the Noble Earl. O. i‘i, that if otprfraoacvi prove similar i the r robbersdescript description the whichalarminglynumber of instance' lately occurred. / banded reward ..""- ' Ba au ed hi to holdst i lle l f r J ., lualteltyi:eE Sil mentioned S th e disappearance d ß is tj aP r pe l ar ° a N ne D e S :f a CLERK. - We .141{ , ' . employment of Messrs. DRUMMOND, bankers, . Meat Charing. cross, with hills and notes, their property, in hi o . of the possession to a large amount. The affliction of his friends Dowagt was extreme. On Thursday a parcel loosely tied, woo the Ahl left at the house of a gentleman in Suffolk-street, which lieve, ol had been mentioned in the advertisements respecting the resided, unfortunate occurrence. On opening the parcel it woe the intt found to contain the whole of the missing b lls, notes, and terdey i securities. Cash to the amount of about 101. ib all thOl• ' London now remains unrestored. The whole affair is involved i 0 ''''''''":- from till mystery. ,I,T, , ...JO .4 , aPilki. ~, 1 1, 1 , ,1 VAi a-Nimiurri) r... 34 •+ lklf) hoe Tilrs.),. z .,pq : ii:-7; lrit.u.r,ot,..ftriat .41git