The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

weriafteise ira The P.ETURNING OFFICER returned thanks, and th . 146138 e assembly then gradually an d p eacea bl y (113 Parsed, TOWER HAMLETS. NOMINATION. the nomination for Members to represent the Tower hamlets I • n Parliament, took place to-day, in Stepney shortly after twelve o'clock. The crowd in front 13 f the hustings was large, and party feeling ziPPeared quite as strong and boisterous as at % ..,, 1 / 1 1 d ,Y of the metropolitan contests. Sir William ay's debut was received with mingled cheers and hisses, Whilst Mr. George Thompson's appearance on the bust ings was the s i gnal for loud and general cheers. Gen. ffox's reception was, like that of Sir William Clay, ar from flattering. The hisses certainly predominated. construction of the hustings, and the accommoda 'en Prtivided for the press, were excellent, and reflected great credit on Mr. Child, the returning officer, and Mr. t. (l Yner, by whom they were cons t ructe d. a c tir• R EYNOLDS, the high constable, whose regimentals m r ll eii e:harge r l ooked like a compressed edition of the 43 _ r. O mia inbgton statue, having procl a i me d th e object of the ge, and request e d s il ence . th . 4l _ r CHILD, the returning officer, went through .e-ea Preliminar ies i nc id enta l to a ll election pro ings, and briefly addressed the meeting, and earing.—P? them to g ed ' 11 give every gentleman a fair Cheers.) No doubt, enough had taken . I ) l l i ace to cause much excitement in the borough, but l iL at t he trusted, would not prevent them from acting Englishmen, and giving every one an opportunity 'l'l makin g his sentiments known. (Cheers.) They 1 ,. °111 d 'recollect that the polling booth was the place `' e re those sentiments could be most effectually carried tag. 11r. SielPsoer proposed Sir William Clay as a fit end proper person to represent and d m h in e n P e a e r d lia n m ot en re t. mi l n l d e had represented them 15 years, an th e had been elected to then hew well he had fulfilled every duty appertaining to the import= situation which h,e, yes.") 'they 411.--(Cries of " No, no," and Yes, sentiments which t w h e e e ni ld recollect that he was strongly . recommended m h e e nd e e n d te t r o . on account of the tnned with respect to the corn-laws.—(Loud che_e a r w s. s ) , ~,4 4 had voted for the repeal of thoseun.ust laws,l •Aud his opposition to these, as well as other tendered him a fit and proper person to repies j ent them •ill P arliament. Th e T ower Hamlets were, from the nature of the Pursu i ts carried on within them, pecu liarly in terested in the abrogation of restrictive laws. Mr. LawItENCE second e d the motion with pleasure. lie had been before them for fifteen years ; he had always stood b efore them *mod - his p r i nciples to explain his conduct , and they from tirae to ti lead el ec t e d him as a faith ful servant. If they looked me at -the votes which he had given in Parr ent, they would find them all on the side of the people, m and in favour of the protection of their liberties. lie held the state of the poll of the city of London in his hand, and it ap peared that Lord John Russell —(Cheers, hisses, and cheers)—had at the polled more than 3,000, and that he was tl) of the 13011 . — (Cheers.) Sir William Clay was in favour of equal rights and liberties being afforded to all classes and sects of the people.—(Loud cheers.) _ Sir EDWARD BUXTON said he had the honour, on a Termer occasion to Propose General Fox—(Hisses)—as a candidate, and he now came forward to propose him I,teagolaixitnhh.e2(lttilhiiewssarei,a.)sonlfwthhyeyhwe would listen to him he would always steed on the side of the s eupported L d i i h d er s 2 —( principles, and had Hear.) General cheers.) Since he steed before th P c e ne opl s e iX —(No, years ago great cheers.) no, and anges had taken pl ace. They were then anxious to secure even an Bs. duty on corn, but now they had more Gan they sett ht at that time—free trade!—(Cheers.) li ki net Fox was an honourable and upright man, and , tould leave was undone to promote the happiness of 11-hoemgrr.eatest numbers in the future, as he had in the Past. Rte MARTIN second e d th e nom i nat i on. Th ere was He hal ter lover of liberty than General Fox.—(Cheers.) his tare suPported all the great liberties' Of th e 84 ancestor Fox—the civil and religious principles . enunciated by ,Pietcorti.ja,„Pe arid long before the repeal of the odious J. liu se ) 7, 4 left the side of the Noble Lord (Lord M r. se v e ") and voted from time to time for the motions of U r ' M i n c e rs. He was a truth- loving and a sincere man. George 11 He then came forward to propose Mr. 10%,„(it'tgfeletel t r zp gshoni as fi r an d proper person to reCl•e- After eers' an n Pa a rli 4 ament, and was recei a v t e t d en x ti • o n n h . d listened to with the utmost t en deo sa3ing that he should he the last man o su. . _ s_ err to sever the connexion which had n ia . tEaltl e between them and their present represe e el via, because he esteemed them in all the . i h at -"s of life---- (Cheers)—yet he was justified in say rlig that their votes had not been in accordance with the mendments of the great body of the people.—(Cheers.) s a proximate Dissenter, opposed to all endo7.n religtisouttindmaaltlteinr interference at the hands of the State extend Gov s. Lord John R . pledged to Ca excluded theij os erninent aid for education usse to ll wentexcaitte and although he did not wish to see . any sects th w e as ß p o tescdacted from benefits which others might enjoy, lie . all interference at the hands of the State in religious Ile was, therefore, opposed to the Gt . ve . Ca; B :, h etne of education, and admitted that Sir W fo i r lha h m is as deserving of the thanks of the electors tie lire to modify the t ffect of the Government plan. their. FRY seconded the motion. Mr. 'Thompson was ei e d M e ari , 1: the people ; he would vote for religious and suffrage e l tla lltY• He would vote for the extension of the i the and for the ballot believing that an extension_ l'h suffrage and the ballot was the inherent right of , tt eePle-- (Cheers.) 4 ,, e RETURNING OFFICER then inquired if there was Sira:other candidate, and none answering, , Iv ) , c tie '... LAY stood forward to address the m nd e i e d ti a n t g e: but no d he appeared before them as a ca t had served them in f o ,. as a stranger, as he La' Parliarnents.—(hear, hear.) He reposed was proud coat foe so long a time they had that trust in them, and he had endeavoured to disc harg e be ha tru st in and properly. At all the meetings oe „asnead attended in these hamlets he did br eac aho could say that he had swerved o t one meet enunciated,hair's and t the principles which lie had lia that hemhad not promoted the interests of the T d o e ve ri e e r s of to to the utmost of his power.—(Cheers an lead ‘N° ' t o.") They could not be ignorant of the cours_eth. the fesadopted in the last Parliament. He had supportedde heh j o e ueci trad e L, measures of Sir Robert Peel. It was himselfhi measures in a peculiar position, because he found N3Poste, th v e o v ti t n , r g y on tile side of those to whom he had been e d . heard , and he thought he was dreaming when he sure Areas„,... sentiments he supper ed enunciated from -,...), bench ; but he considered that those ri fetof his the less acceptable because they came ~ bis supported all the -odifi e . °Pleonents. He had . In the tariff brought forward in 18 . 41 h, w an a d s .einalated by the repeal of the corn-laws, whic nts e _ , _z n eri ens admission of the truth of the argumeof the 'dui tiePP""ts. He had even voted for the repeal tee_ s . on foreian asses—(L mghter)—although th..... he : 6 " that th'e'y had enough of native grow ani. e3to, stating f ughter.) Lorct George Bentinck had issued . am h 'det anon w e that he would take into cons' . t o h t. e . r . _ the corn -laws ought not to be reins!ated in the course 114 1 7, ( 1 3.1.5e,ar. I_Vhe n the noble river which ebbed . t cl a nd fie 3 , the side of their borough deserted its _trus , be sheilTeledberlielvnedthtalitereinstated, might be with but not u • those little laws borough differ th 4 _ e _ ntil then (Cheers.) He did not h King'? Lynn, tivos rritunents of Mr. George Thompson, as consi der ed on u °%-' the abolition of all civil disabilities____ e e was in accont of religion. (Loud cheers.) H that (Che ers the religion of those who differed with him.: no man should be called upon to . r ae e s e s.) Re should Opp ose the imposition of church a Chu,. b He had always done so, though he was -c Man re . l so uppol,ed t publi c fla --- nt ers.) H e wee a arch-gi°ll whi e ll e e Y b eing devoted to the endowment of _ "—he which was professed by but a portion of the people in thteherefore should not concur in endow knew , this lie n Catholic priesthood, though he Party. 1 "na he should oppose many of the Liberal n ahuttin Ile considered that the State was not . justified i opt mu g the People up in prison, and bringing the the __ eta_of the gallows into force, until they had given Yes, ccVe the beneflt of education.—(Cheers.) Oh, cheerio would do this, becaus e it was just.—(Renewed do ~g.) But he woid • tie would not u tell them what he would not view the i had in ropairin vote for any measure which _ ._ ile would not theg• °f • the property of the would not take away f'3 , the same reason that he for i ..Lurch 1-- the Noncon ne mists, or the hous e l longing to , . , Nevertheless oft heir minister.—(Cheering.) be ca , ,he bad voted m the Bishopric Bill, ;, ise he Considered that againstthe number of the working lesratilaould be increased instead. Although he was op wee, th at l-iirigs to the present Government, h . wee , , evertest forget the great debt which they owed to . cestor ofsetell_familY. They should recollect that the an lib el 1a,.. blood Noble Lord at the head of the Governmen . . Lo ot , '7 lo od on the scaffold in defence of civil and re- Wer e ' b elly, and that Nonc-nformists and Dissenters they indebted to him for many of the liberties which cal of Cheers.) He should vote for the re e was the rate-paying clauses and for the ballot, but There not prepared to vote for universal suffrage. e-, was one topic more —he had voted for the Health.t 41.0-`mwns Bill in all its stages, but he thought that 1 vivo uld be divided into two. Bills—one for London, and ,for the country. He expected the Government 1,..n!d. bring in a Bill for this purpose next session, and da sh fro take care that it did not take too much power 8,:3' front local authorities. He had always voted for poore rte Parliaments, and he should vote to make the elaw more palatable to the people. He was the d-nian'tnan of board of guardians in which the comforts . the Poor had been increased, and the law expenses Matnis.hed. (the meeting had not concluded when our re port left.) GREENWICH. t ool; nomination of the candidates for this borough tat) tative set.t pace to-day. Admiral Dundas, the late repre of Greenwich, Barnard, Esq., D. E. Slo q Hof London, and a Mr. Keith having been pro ryte(l and seconded, severally addressed the meeting. tl:!tuto.ralDuNDAs said that his conduct had been before i c ro for the last 15 years,. during which he had acted he son.formity wilh the pledges that he had given when solicited their su'frn es. He would pursue that policy, t . w ,n,ioh had won for g their Confil,nce. He was quite "Ltling to be a: , sociated with Mr. Barnard. .11r. 13h.RNARD then entered into an elaborate state znent of his opinions, which were entirely liberal. SA.LWIONS said that he had consented, in conse L e.tGreeliwich, ` 4 '. e ' - 'ee of a re- uisitiou •- by 1,000 of the electors Li to ba "otnioation for the borough. thile he approved cue policy pursued generally Y the pre.y:mit Government, he was opposed to all Government education ; for as the money for such Purpose WWI to come out of the pockets of the people, he T!I 17, 1 SIT LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1847. thought that they had a right to superintend its disposal. He vas also opposed to the endowment of the Rowan Caiholic CI - lurch, and, indeed, to the endowment of any church whatever. He was a ducidfd supporter of the Navigation-laws. If returned he would do all in his power to forward the interests of the constituency. Mr. KEITH next addressed the meeting, advcca irg vote by ballot, &c.l A show of hands then took place, which was greatly in favour of Admiral Dundas and Mr. Salomons. A p )11 NN as demanded . on behalf of the other c indi dates. THE CITY OF LONDON. STATE OF THE POLL. NINE O'CLOCK. Russell ... -. 1,185 Puttison ... ... ... ... 1,171 Larpent ... ... ... ... 1,155 Rothschild ... ... ... ... 1,161 Dlasterman Johnson ... ... Bevan ••• 835 ... Freshfield ... ... 785 Payne ... ... 76 TEN O'CLOCK. Russell ... ... ... ... 2,424 Mattison ... ... ••• gee 2,399 Larpent ... O“ ••• ... 2,334 _ _ Ruttischild ... ... ... ... 2,319 IVlaAerman ... ... ... ... 2,008 Johubun ... 1,701 Bevan ~. 1,751 Freshfield ... ... 1,621 ... 153 rent, would deviate directly at right angles; to prevent this, two small points of ivory are inserted on the dial plate en each side of the needle, at a short distance apart. When a communication is required to be made from one station to another, attention is called by the ringing of a bell, which is effected through the agency of an electric current. When this is done the signalling commences, which, as it proceeds, is written down by the receiving party. The letters of the alphabet, figures, and a variety of conventional signals, are iedicate d by the single and combined movements of the needles on the dials. The left-hand needle moving once to the left indicates a stop or termination of a word; turned twice in the same way, it indicates A; three times B; first right and then left, C. Movements are thus made to indicate all the letters; those towards the end of the alphabet are shown by the parallel movements of both needles simultaneously. It might naturally be supposed that several wires would be required to transmit infor mation to so many places; but this difficulty is obviated by making the earth transmit the electric current, which is also a discovery of Messrs. 'Wheatstone and Cooke. The Electric Telegraph Company have, how ever, another machine in the course of construction, by which still more rapid communications can be effected, so that from 1,000 to 2,000 letters can be sent in a mi nute to any required distance. This will be effected by the combined efforts of electricity and steam-elec tricity effecting the indication of the letters, and steam supplying the motive power to the machine. The mode of communication by this instrument will be effected by ra pidly running, by means of steam, a long slip of paper, of about an inch in breadth, over a coil, through which the electric current would pass to two metallic points connected with the wire, if it was not intercepted by the paper, which is a non- conductor. Where it is intended to send a mes sage , a narrow slip of pa, er i s per f ora t e d in double colu mns , w i t h combinations o f l ong or s h or t holes, and thi s i s d one i n such a way as to give a different sign or mar k f or each letter of the alphabet. Of course, previous to sen di ng a message, it is necessary that each letter of th e message should be separately stamped out of the paper, steam power. On th e top of this per f orate d paper the and this is eas il y e ff ec t e d by means of the two metallic points connected with the wire rest, they are prevented taking up the electric current from the coil wherever it is covered with the paper, but in its rapid movement the points are constantly being brought in contact with the metallic surface of the coil, and they thus take up the electric current through each perforated space, and it instantly passes to the other end of the wire, at however a great a distance it may be. At the extremity of the line there is a similar apparatus to receive it, and upon which a narrow slip of blue paper is rapidly passed. The termination of the wire rests on this paper, and whenever the electric current passes from it, it produces a discolourment of the paper in small red spots, and in such a way as to form combinations coin ciding with the perforations made in the paper at the other end of the line. The clerk or compositor has then to decipher this message, and it is either copied into writing or at once put into type. This instrument is intended only for the transmission of long messages, public news, and matters of that kind. In the company's offices in the Strand, to which the public are admitted by tickets, there are a great variety of instruments, many of which are of great interest. The appliances to which electricity is made available by them, for either great or small objects, is most extra ordinary. For instance, on the one side you see the telegraph through the instrumentality of which Tawell was taken, and on the other you see an instrument in tended to be placed in an omnibus, which will indicate the number of persons who got in or out of it in a day. Again, there is the electric clock, which is now the pro perty of the Electric Telegraph Company, one of which will work any number of clocks with the greatest accu racy, and near it is a little magnetic instrument which is to note the number of times the door ot a banking house or other building opens in the course of a day. The appli cationer to , for as yet the y arG of : conducting or u exigencies of life is daily beingo th i p e s x t o e wn tied Among ether ing projects electricity we uneler s t an d t h a t it is intended immediately to establish eh ctric communi sin view wiisthstill respect in t s to i i r anc37 * communi cations between all the fire-engine establishments in the metropolis, so that when a fire breaks out in on e l oca li ty , the fact can instantaneously be communicated to a ll o f them, on its reaching one of them. The company h ave er The following is a list of the towns to which com munications now go several other otherprojects in view, which, h owever, we cannot from London are already opened, or to which they will be opened by the commencement of the year by m en e n a s h of D t o h v e er, elFoeetlrlitcstottnlee,granhl—lta rnsga t e, Mar gate, D Canterbury, Maidstone, Tunbridge, Gosport, Southampton, Winchester, Dor chester, Bristol, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Peterborough, Yarmouth, Huntingdon, Hertford, Northampton, Co ventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Chester, Lincoln, Chesterfield, Hull, Sheffield, Bradford, Liverpool, Manchester, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Halifax, Wis beach, Lowestoft, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Roch dale,Roth e Y ri o ia rk m ,'Edinburgh, Glasgow, Scarborough, Bridlington, Stamford, Nor wich, St. Ive's, Ware, Colchester. Darlington,Barn s ley,lV s a e lt ‘ e v fi na e s ld tie L , Beeedrsw,ick, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION.-1847. EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Routh, E. J. (Exhibition), University College. Edger, Ebenezer Rust, University College. Bridge, John, University College. Gillett, Joseph, private tuition. Malleson, William Taylor, University College. Clare, James, Stonyhurst College. Giles, William, St. Edmund's College, Ware. S Bamber, John, St. Edmund's College, Ware. Johnson, Joseph, Stonyhurst College. Odling, William, Guy's Hospital. Ray, Joseph, Wesleyan College Inst., Taunton. Chambers, Benjamin Ellis Coates, Wesley College, Sheffield. VISIT TO about ten TtenCoA'eliocßkiNin'SthelmSoiernAingNaDnd. Her Majesty' s b r i g Spy arrived off this island on the A 26th V of l February,was boarded by George Adams aird s ome more natives shortly after she hove to. George Adams is the son of the celebrated John Adams, the father of the colony Went ashore in c u tt er , p il oted by George Adams.. Landing-place a very small sandy beach with many rocks, and in the least breeze impracticable. We were met on the beach by sonic of the natives, who cordially welcomed us to Pitcairn's Island, and showed us the way to the market-place up a steep and rugged path, winding along the cliff, and through a beautiful variety of all kinds of tropical flowers and shrubs. The scene when we arrived at the summit was picturesque in the extreme. The whole of the natives, men, women, and children, headed by Mr. Nopps, the schoclmaster, had assembled in a space of about half an acre square, carpettd with thick soft grass, and canopied overhead by the spreading branches of cocoa-nut trees, to meet the strangers, all of them being dressed in their gayest. Their welcome was warm, all of them advancing and shaking us by the hand, and addressing us iu perfectly good English. We We-e extremely pleased by their quiet and decorous behaviour. As soon as we had made acquaint ance with them all, we were led through gently w inding paths to the principal village, where the courthouse and church stands, as there were one or two slight disagree ments about land, which they wished to be brought before Lieutenant Wocldridge, commander of the Spy, and who very speedily disposed of them without their having evinced, either during the investigation or after wards, the least fee ling of discontent or displeasure. The church is a neat building, well arranged, with a pulpit and benches, and is used as well for a court, house as a church. Mr. Nopps, the schoolmaster, per forms the various offices. We were shown the old gun belorq,ing to the Bounty, that had been under water fur 56 years, and which was now lying near the court-house. We visited old Adams's house and grave, the last of which is situated in a beautiful spot next to his wife's grave, and kept in trim order. After rambling about, and visiting one or two of tire inhabitants who were not well (one of whom had wounded himself with his gun while out shooting goats a short time before we arrived, but was doing well), we returned to dinner, which had been prepared for us at M'Coy's house, and consisted of pork, yam, and sweet potatoes. Each family on the island take it in turn to entertain strangers when they arrive, and never accept any reward. Their food is principally vegetables, of which they have almost every kind, and twice a week either meat or fish; but there is difficulty in getting the latter, us the fishing ground is bad and water very deep. The animals on the island are goats, which are wild, pigs, and fowls. Their houses are the perfection of cleanliness and good order, and each person has his plot of ground to cultivate. Their form of government is simple. They elect a magistrate every twelve months, upon which occasion every man and woman above eighteen is entitled to a vote; and, if married before that age, they are allowed a vote in con sequence. The magistrate then chooses an assistant, and the remainder of the people choose again another, who acts as a sort of check, which is, indeed, little wanted— for there is no place in the world where such perfect unanimity and good feeling exist as in this happy island. The number of inhabitants is 134, but the island can support many more, and they increase but slowly. The island itself is only four miles and a half in circum ference. We heard with pleasure that, though several whalers touch there, yet, in no instance, had any impro priety been committed ; 46 whalers, mostly American, had called during the year 1846. They all appeared to talk of Adams with the greatest respect, and seemed to have a strung feeling of the crime that their ancestors committed in mutinying. They talked in the most affec tionate loyal way of " our queen," and appeared exceed ingly proud of being English—but complained that they were so neglected, the Spy having been the first man-of war which had visited the for more than three years. They, however, were quite satisfied when told that the exigencies of the service lied lately prevented their being visited so often. They begged earnestly for a visit by a man-of-war as often as she could be spared from other duties ; but, as George Adams remarked, they " could not complain, as the Government had already been kinder to them than they deserved." Before our leaving, the women came after us with little presents and keep sakes, such as leeks of hair, whale's teeth, and other little curiosities, refusing to be rewarded in any way. We took some of their names down, as they struck us as being as pretty as the fair owners themselves—Marian, Louisa, Emily, were among the prettiest. Marian Christian was a beautiful girl, with quite a Grecian cast of countenance, and very kindly allowed her likeness to be taken by one of our party. Their way of dressing the hair is odd, it being rolled up in`a conical fashion at the back of the head. Their dress, when they do not wear the European one, is simple, consisting of only a sort of skirt of some dark colour, with an upper short petticoat of white stuff, and a handkerchief tied loosely round the neck. At Lst, having loaded the cutter with eatables, which was obliged to he off on account of the increasing surf, and it being nearly sunset, we were obliged to bear ourselves very unwillingly from this enchanted island, though all came round to beg us not to go, but to stop one night—only one—with them; and, finding they could not succeed, accompanied us down to the beach, where we embarked in canoes to take us off through the rollers to the cutter. They embraced us all most affectionately, asking us to write and remember them to their friends in England, particularly to Capt. Hunt, formerly of the Basilisk, whom they seemed to have a vivid recollection of. The embarkation in the cutter was accomplished safely, and we gave them three hearty cheers, and, accompanied by George Adams and Christian, we got on board the Spy; and after their re maining a short time with us, and being very much de lighted with a couple of rockets that were fired, they bade us good-bye, when we filled and made sail for Val paraiso.—Nacal and Military Gazette. UNPUBLISHED POEM by ROBERT BURNS. The Aberdeen Herald has received from a correspon dent the following poem—one of Burns' earliest compo sitions—which has never, to his knowledge, been printed. It bears strong marks of his powerful style, and was obtained from one of the belles of Mauchline, " Miss Smith she has wit," the mother of Dr. Candlish:— In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, And proper young lasses and a', man; But ken ye the Ronalds, that live in the Birrels, They carry the grie to them a', man? Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't, Braid money to tocher them a', man— To proper young men he'll clink in the han', Gowd guineas a hundred or twa, man. There's ane they ca' Jean, I'll warrant ye've seen Few bonnier lasses or brave, man— But sense an' guid taste, she'll brag wi' the best, And a conduct that beautifies a', man. The charms o' the min', the langer they shine, The mair admiration they draw, man; While peaches and cherries, and roses and lilies, They fade and they wither awa', man. If ye be for Miss Jean, tak' this frae a frier:, A hint o' a rival or twa, man— The laird o' Blackhyre wad gang thro' the fire, If that wad entice her awa', man. The laird o' Braehead has been on his speed, For mair than a towmond or twa, man— The laird o' the Ford will straught on a board, If he canna get her at a', man. Then Annie comes in, the pride o' her kin', The boast of our bachelors a', man; Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, She steals our affections awe', man. If I should detail the pick and the wale 0' lasses that live hereawa', man, The fault wad be mine, if she didna shine The sweetest and best of them a', man. I 100 her mysel', but daurna weel tell— My poverty keeps me in awe, man— For making o' rhymes, and working at times, Does little or naething at a', man. Yet I would not choose to let her refuse, Nor hae't in her power to say—na, man; For though I be po r, unnoticed, obscure, My stomach's as proud as them a', man. Tho' I canna ride in weel-booted pride, Or flee o'er the hills like a craw, man, I can haud up my head, wi' the best o' the breed, Tho' fluttering ever sac braw, man. My coat and my vest they are Scotch o' the best; 0' pairs o' quid. breeks, I hae twa, man; And stockings and pumps, to put on my stumps, And ne'er a wrang steek in them a', man. My sarks they are few, but five they are new, Twal hundred as white as the snaw, man: A ten-shilling hat, a Holland cravat— There are no many poets sae braw, man. I never had frien's, weel stockit in means, To leave me a hundred or twa, man; Nae weel-toehertd aunts to wait on their drunts, And wish them in h-1 fur it man. I never was canny at hoarding o' money, Or claughtint thegither at a', man; I've little to spend, and naething to lend, But deevil a shilling I aw, man. EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG WOMAN.—Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the White Hart, Little Windmill-street, Haymarket, on the body of Jane Yeo, aged 20, who met with an accident of almost an unprecedented nature. Mr. Henry Harding, surgeon, said that on Monday night he was called in great haste to the residence of the de ceased, No. 15, Little Windmill street, and there found her supported by her sister, and both of them covered with blood. The deceased was bleeding from a wound in the throat, about five inches in length, and • - which reached to the vertebra:. She died in a few seconds. He was shown the broken pieces of a basin upon which it is said she had fallen, and he had no doubt that the wound was caused in that way. From further evidence it appeared that the deceased returned home at half past ten o'clock, and was dancing across the room, amusing her sister, when, falling over a box she bad not seen, her throat came in contact with a washhand basin on the floor, and broke it. One of the pieces entered her throat, and inflicted the wound described. Verdict, "Accidental death." RARE PLANT.—There is now in bloom in th e .hrehhory at H,.r.,r.e1!, near Ki, W. K. Bbeet, Esq., a plant of the i'horatiutn te IlaX of , or New Zealand flax, which h bdieved to be a rare occur rence in England. Tan OUTCAST. — Poor Shakspeare ! He has long cl_ now he is lik b ee n driven off the English stage, an to be turned out of house and home — P unch. • ely THE GENERAL ELECTION ASHBURTON. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT). The writ for the electi o n of a burgess for this borough was received by the Portreeve, J. Sparke'Amery, Esq., on Saturday last. This day (Wednesday) the bells from St. Andrew's tower ushered in the morn, and at ten o'clock a large procession was formed in front of the Golden Lion Inn, from whence the new candidate was accompanied by the principal Reformers of the town, in cluding rn st of the electors and non-electors, to the an cient chapel of St. Lawrence. The worthy candidate, Lieutenant -Colonel Thomas Matheson, was proposed by R. Counter, Esq., and seconded by that well-known Reformer, R. Tucker, Esq., both of whom, in their speeches, alluded to the loss of one who was held in the highest esteem by the whole body of inhabitants, their late Member, James Matheson, Esq. ; but he being about to contest the county of Ross, and regain it from Tory thraldom, we hail the name and person of Colonel Matheson (his brother) as our representative and friend. Various speeches were delivered, and, there being no other candidate, the worthy gentleman was declared duly elected, amidst the greatest enthusiasm. ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. Mr. Bunting has withdrawn from the contest. BARNSTAPLE. The nomination of candidates took place yesterday morning. The borough was very quiet. Never so little excite ment at an election before. No party appears to be spending, and hence no drunkenness. Mr. J. WHYTE proposed the old member, Mr. Frede- rick Hodgson, as an old and consistent Conservative, already known to the borough for twenty-three years. Mr. G. HARRIS seconded the nomination. Sir B. WREY proposed the Hon. J. W. Fortescue (second son of Earl Fortescue), in the Liberal interest. Mr. W. GRIBBLE seconded his nomination. Mr. W. THORNE proposed an old townsman, well known as the Tory agent at elections for many years, Mr. Richard Bremridge, solicitor ; especially dwelling on his claims as a friend to the poor, and the enemy of Popish endowment. Dr. BIGNELL seconded the nomination. Mr. HODGSON spoke at great length. He said ho had always been opposed to the endowment of the Roman Catholic priests, and was so still. He had been a con. sistent Conservative from the first, and should continue to be so to the end. THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The following is a List of the R , turns received up to the time of our paper going to press:— Liberals. Pcelites. Protee- CIRENCESTER W. Cripps Lord Vidiers CHIPPENHAM J. Neeld H. G. Boldero DEVIZES G. H. W. Heneage W. H. L. Bruges DORCHESTER Colonel Dawson. Darner H. G. Sturt DUDLEY J. Benbow Sir J. T. Duckworth.. EXETER E. Divett FINSBURY T. Wakley T. S. Dunscombe GLOUCESTER H. T. Hope M. F. F. Berkeley ... HERTFORD Hon. W. F. Cowper... Lord Mahon HONITON Joseph Locke ~. Sir J. W. Hogg ... KIDDERMINSTER R. Godson ... J. E. Denison ... MALTON J. W. Childers ... MARLBOROUGH Lord Ernest Bruce H. B. Baring . . 0 PORTS MOUTH F. T. Baring ... Sir G. Staunton 004 REIGATE T. Somers Cocks RIPON Hon. Edwin Lascelles Sir J. Graham ... SCARBOROUGH Sir J. V. B. Johnstone ... O ... Earl Mulgrave 1 ... SHOREHAM Sir C. Burrell C. Goring ... 0 ... TAM WORTH Sir R. Peel 0 ... W. Y. Peel ... 0 ... THETFORD ... o ... 1 ... ... ... 0 ..., ... o Hon. W. B. Baring Lord Euston WENLOCK •o ... Eon, G. C. Forester J. M. Gaskell WIGAN Colonel Lindsay ... R. Thickucsse WINDSOR Colonel Reid Lord John Hay ... YORK (CITY) IL R. Yorko J. G. Smyth 1 ... 0 ••. 0 ... 0 0 1 . ~ 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 0 ... 0 ... -ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC CO.lll MANY. A few days ago we availed ourselves of an opportunity of visiting the temporary office of this company, near Waterloo bridge, in the Strand, for the purpose of in specting the apparatus and instruments used as a means of communication, and of learning the nature of the arrangements about to be adopted by them for the ex tension of their operations. The object of the company is to organize a general system of communication, by means of the electric telegraph, along the several hues of railway, to all parts of the kingdom. At present the electric telegraph is in use on various lines of railway, to the extent of 1,200 miles ; but the company are at present making arrangements for carrying out this mode of communication on other lines, to the extent of upwards of 1,000 miles more. When this is done, then, through the agency of this company, commercial and other intelligence can be in stantaneously communicated from one part of the country to any other district, and that for an economical charge. The present offices in the Strand not being suffi ciently extensive, or in a sufficiently central situation, for the operations of the company, a new building is in the course of erection, on a site of ground they have Purchased in Lothbury. This is to be a spacious and lofty building, in the Italian style of architecture, and from the arrangements to be made in it, it will be ex tremely well adapted to meet the wants of commercial and other gentlemen, anxious to receive or send in formation from a distant part of the country. On enter ing the interior of this building, which will be thrown open, there will appear round the quadrangle various compartments, marked according to the districts with which each is in communication, the arrangement being very similar to that of the General Post-office at St. Mar tin's-le-grand. Above these compartments are three tiers of galleries, carried round the building, containing the several telegraphs in communication with the various lines and towns throughout the kingdom, the whole being surmounted by a lofty skylight. A merchant, therefore, wishing to send a communication to any town —Manchester, for instance—would carry it to the proper quarter in the quadrangle ; the clerk receiving it would have to mark and number it, according to the order and station to which it is directed, and then he would place it on a lift in constant work by means of machinery, which carries it to the gallery where the instrument is placed. The message is then sent down, arrives at Manchester, and should the party to whom it it directed not be on the spot to receive it, it is sent by a messenger to the required place. The answer is then returned to London which, on its being received, is marked and numbered to correspond with the number sent down. It is then placed on the descending lift, which carries it to the clerk, who hands it over to the merchant, or any other person - there to receive it. The time required for ail this would not be more than three or four minutes, unless the message, when it arrived at the other end of Eng land, had to be sent out by hand from the office. The Electric Telegraph Company do not intend to confine their operations to public news, or such messages as we have just described, but a part of their system will be to send down to all the principal towns the alterations in the London Markets, such as the Stock Exchange list, prices current, share list from the various exchanges, ship lists from the various ports, corn markets, prices of the s:ocks, &c. These will be sent down to the several towns where subscription-rooms are opened, and the changes made known in them five minutes after the alte ration in the London markets. The rapid improvements that have been made since the formation ot this com pany ey those connected with it, not only as relating to the safety of railway travelling, but its adaptation to commercial purposes, show that before many months elapse much more may also be done towards ensuring perfection. The extension of the wires from the differ ent railway termini to the central statior. in Lothbury will be through the streets. The wires from the London and North Western line and its branches will be taken along the New•roed and City-road, to Finsbury square, where the Eastern Counties division will join, and they will be taken together through Moorgate street to Lothbury. The wires from the South-Western and South-Eastern Railways will be taken over London bridge to the central station. The mode of conducting the wires from the various railway termini to the cen tral station is very simple. The wires which are of gal vanised iron—that is, iron which is coated with zinc, applied in a melted state—are enclosed in an iron tube of about an inch or an inch and a half in diameter, and in which they are kept isolated by the tube being filled up with pitch, and are carried under ground to the proper, spot. Of course some risk is run of these tubes being disturbed or broken by the streets being opened by the gas or water companies, or for other purposes. To obviate, therefore, the inconvenience which would arise from the breaking of the wire at some unknown spot on the line, a plan has been adopted, so that the precise locality of the breakage could be ascer • tamed. To effect this object, the iron pipes enclosing the wires are brought to the surface, and aro made to pass through cast-iron posts, placed every 300 yards. The sides of these posts open, and a magnetic test can be applied to each wire running between post and post, so as to see where the break is, and thus they can be readily mended or repaired in case of injury. The whole of these arrangements are now being carried out, and will shortly be completed, a great number of work men being closely engaged in the different departments, so that by the beginning of the next year communica tions may be opened from Lothbury to a large proper-. tion of the principal towns in this kingdom, and also many of less importance, others of course being added as the lines of telegraph are extended along other rail - ways. The rapidity with which intelligence can be communicated by means of the electric telegraph is at present most rapid, for thirty or forty words have often been sent and received at a distance of 100 miles in the course of three minutes. e eh s h es efi i e ntagrt, eidt e dtsh e i sfeeu n rsas ' et s nah than London n speech, findr tne a ne t ntt to minutes.e Norwich,opening distance Parliament, ef communication,.,a6s r na l 1 3 1 bo a en d g e e bt i t si o ee r N lvi en o de r w as : te e c h auhr i t a s hte n t o ihi t let c e o sr n am fi me n ed e im d a to t e o m t es h tna a t- t , p a t hmt i r l io o l aai ! cNe t ' s where this instrument is kept. The deflection of for so tos r ftm a o2 p nos i re d oe,h i ot s ahosoa t h snint e aait t i r ees a des n ctio s hn m nada i tg s , along the wires, that supposing. it were possible to carry Indeed, f , aw P ri t r ib i l i e f a3 e , s ov s n o e( r i them eight times round the earth, its passage would not icity d, which is loccupyve locity the point int believe, orn needle 1 7 Messrs. te ie the rate we have just stated. The electric telegraph at graph,present theis that ein t called nve Wheatstone and Cooke, to whom, indeed, the world are indebted for the important discovery of applying to the transmission of intelllgence Oersted's principle of a mag netic needle being effected by a galvanic current. The needles in front of the instrument are affected by the moving of the handles placed at the lower part of the telegraph ; thus, on .the operator moving one of the s to the eight, an eleetrie current pee( 's from the copper pew of tha battery, and th e eding needle moves let the sarec>. (Lrve tion. 6 , ..) also when the haudie is turned to the left the current is reversed, and the needle moves in the contrary direction. According to Oersted's experiment, the needle, every time it is affected by the electric cur otessiilteooenntcnotitiirmlo f the electric current CHEMISTRY. Neale, Richard (prize of books), University College. Betts, Nathaniel Philip, University College. Sawyers, Joseph, King's College, Aberdeen. Chambers, Benjamin Ellis Coates, Wesley College, Sheffield. Payne, William, University College. Fryer, William H enr y, Q ueen ' s C o llege, Birmingham. Beale, Lionel Smith, Ki ng ' s College. ZOOLOGY. Neale, Richard (prize of books), University College. Beale, Lionel Smith, King's College. Odling, William, Guy's Hospital. CLASSICS. Pringle, George (exhibition), St. Edmund's College, Ware.. Davies, Edward, Calvin, Homerton College. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, TU ESDAY , J ULY 27.--The uneasy feel ing which, during th e l ast ten days, London money mark e t, st il l exerc i ses an unfavourable influence upon business h ere . Si nc e Friday last there has prevailed in the has been a very' limited demand for yarn ; and the higher counts of mule yarn have been obtainable on rather lower terms; hut the lower counts, especially of water twist, remain firm in price. For goods also there has been a very limited demand, and prices have, in some fa's cases, been slightly reduced. llocriDALE, MONDAY, JULY 26.—There has been a fair demand for flannels to-day, at prices much the same as those of last week. The wool market has been still, and the transactions very limited. Prices remain full as firm as they were last Monday. IIALIFAX, SATURDAY, JULY 24.---The attendance in the Piece Hall to-day was unusually slender, and scarcely any business was transacted. In yarn, also, we have experienced another week of extreme dullnes; but prices remain without alteration, owing to the firm way in which wool is held. The wool market continues barely supplied, and the staplers are firm in price. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY, JULY 27.--There has been but little business done in the Cloth Hall, which may be attributed to the excitement prevailing regard ing the election. We have a few buyers, but the transac tions are principally with the warehouses. LEEDS, TUESDAY, JULY 27.--Notwithstanding the excitement attendant on the election, which takes place to-morrow, our ,market has been we ll attended, and a fair amount of business done at late quotations.—Man chester Guardian. ---- - --' FIRST CONVICTION UNDER THE TEN H OURS ACT. —Yesterday, at the Borough Court, Messrs. Ogden and Sons, cotton spinners, were summoned by Mr. Graham, sub-inspector of factories in this district, for having a number of persons employed in their factory for more than eleven hours on the 9th instant. Mr. Graham stated that he visited the factory on the 9th, and he found a number of persons working after the time pre scribed by the recent Act of Parliament. He had acted very leniently in this ease, for he was merely proceed ing in twelve dasVs. Ile lied reason to believe that since the inforniatioif had been laid, Messrs. Ogden continued to allow those persons to work longer than the law al lowed, and they had also shortened the time that was allowed for meals. Mr. Ogden said he pleaded guilty to the charge, and he was exceedingly sorry for what had occurred. It was to be attributed to remissness rather than anything else. They had a great many or ders on their books, and they wished to get them finished as soon a s the y could, not thinkin g the provi sions of the Act would be enforced s o soon. Mr. Maude said it was clear the p rovisions of the Act had been violated, an d be would inflict a Penalty of 20s. in each ease.—M a nchester Guardian of Wednesd a y.. ATTEMPTE D SUICIDE WITH OXALIC ACID.--.Last at Newington, in consequence of a fe male, named Sar ah Tune, aged `)1 years, of Peacock - c ourt, Hi g h-street, attemptin— g self destruction under t he following circumstances :—lt ap e - eveningpe a r ap pears she considerable b e e ii a very prevailed stran ge life f or some time past, and when she returned home her mother began reprimanding her for such improper conduct. After a stormy conversation she went out, returning about six o'clock in a very agitated and wild state of mind, which attracted the attention of the younger branches of the family. She had not been in the house many minutes before she was discovered suffering from an agonising pain in the stomach. - Some sus p icio n arose, when th e y sent for the nearest stirgebp, who pronounced her to be labouring from the effects of some active poison. The usual remedies were administered, and subsequently it was deemed necessary to remove her to the accident ward of Guy's Hospital, where she was placed immedi ately under the care of Mr. Beaumont, the assistant surgeon for the ward. The stomach pump and other remedies were resorted to, when it was ascertained she had swallowed a large qeantity o f ' oiedie acid. L a t e l as t eve-Ling sae was still :stir,, isut very , , light hopes were held out by her medical attendant of saving her IFe. BAARHILL,---THE Mo9Es•—We !tam that sports- Men, on the forthcoming 12th of August, are likely to enjoy excellent sport, as the season for sometime past has been most propitious for game, which will be abun dant in 0115 quarter.—Ayr Observer. AYLESBURY. AYLESBURY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Mr. Rice R. Clayton, one of the late Members, was nominated by Mr. B. Wheeler. Mr. J. I'. Deering, the " No Popery" candidate, was put in nomination by J. Franklin, Esq. Lord Nugent was proposed by Sir George Stephen. On a sho - vf of hands, The HIGH CONSTABLE declared it to be in favour o Lord Nugent and Mr. Clayton. The poll takes place to-day. BATH. BATH, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of candidates took place to-day at eleven o'clock. The TOWN-CLERK having read the proclamation for holding the election and the Bribery Act, Admiral GORDON proposed Lord Duncan as a fit and proper person to represent the city of Bath in Parlia ment. Mr. ALLEN seconded the nomination. Mr. W. HUNT next nominated Mr. Roebuck. Mr. R. R. TICHBORNE having seconded the nomi nation, Mr. W. SUTCLIFFE nominated Lord Ashley. Mr. GORE seconded the nomination. Lord DUN CAN , Mr. R OEBUCK , and Lord ASHLEY, having addressed the electors, a show of hands was taken, and declared to be in favour of the Liberal candi dates. Not more thau thirty hands were held up for Lord Ashley. A poll was demanded. BERIV IC R-UPON-TWEED. WEDNESDAY.-Mr. Thomas Brown nominated Mr. W. H. Miller, which was seconded by Mr. John Carens. The Mayor of the borough (Dr. Johnston) nominated Mr. Matthew Forster, which was seconded by Mr. Ralph Forster. Colonel Hogarth, seconded by Mr. John Pratt, then nominated Mr. J. C. Renton. The candidates having addressed the electors, a show of hands was taken, which the Sheriff declared to be in tavour of Mr. Renton and Mr. Forster. A poll was then demanded by Mr. Brown on behalf of Mr. Miller, which the Sheriff fixed for to-morrow (this day). BLACKBURN. The nomination took place yesterday morning. The late Member, Mr. Hornby, was proposed by Joseph Fielden, Esq., of Wilton House, and seconded by John Hargreaves, Esq. Mr. Thomas Speakman then pro posed W. P. Roberts, Esq. (the Miners' Attorney , General), who was seconded by Mr. Henry Baker. J. Dugdale, Esq., proposed, and Wm. Pilkington, Esq., seconded the nomination of William Hargreaves, Esq., of Accrington. William Hoole, Esq., proposed, and Mr. Johnstone seconded the nomination of Janes Pil kington, Esq. On the show of hands Mr. Hornby and Mr. W. P. Roberts were declared to have the majority. The poll was appointed for this day. BOLTON. BOLTON, WEDNESDAY.—The Mayor having fixed this as the day for nominating the candidates to represent this borough in Parliament, the electors, &c., assembled at the hustings, erected in the market-place. Dr. Bow ring was proposed by Edward Ashworth, and seconded by Robert Haywood Esq. John Brooks, another Liberal candidate, was proposed and seconded by Thomas Thompson and James Knowles, Esqs. Mr. Bolling who is a Conservative, but in favour of free trade, was pro posed and seconded by Peter Rothwell and J. R. Budom, Esqs. The Mayor decided the show of hands in favour of Messrs. Brooks and Bolling. A poll was then de manded on the part of Dr. Bowring. BRIDGENOR'iII. WEDNESDAY.—The nomination for this borough took place to-day in the Town-hall. Mr. T. C. Whitmore was proposed by Mr. Wolryche W. Whitmore, of Dudmaston, and seconded by Mr. W. Thursfield, surgeon, of Bridgnorth; Sir J. Easthope was proposed by Mr. Joshua Sing, and seconded by Mr. T. Smalman; and Sir R. Pigot was proposed by Mr. T. W. Brown, and seconded by Mr. L. Gatacre. The Mayor declared the show of hands to be in favour of T. C. Whitmore, Esq., and Sir John Easthope. A poll was demanded on behalf of Sir R. Pigot, and after a vote of thanks to the Mayor, the court, which was very largely attended, broke up. BRIDPORT. The nomination for this borough took place yesterday. There was a marked absence of excitehlent. Mr. J. Hounsell proposed Thomas Alexander' Mitchell, Esq. Mr. Whetham nominated Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Bailey Cochrane, Esq. Mr. Alfred Nicholetts pro posed the Hon. Edward Richard Petre. Mr. Richard Searle proposed Mr. Robert Montgomery Marti❑ as a fourth candidate. The show of hands was in favour of Cochrane and Petre, and on behalt of Mitchell and Mar tin a poll was demanded, and fixed for this day. BRIDGEWATER. JuLv 28.—The nomination of candidates for the re presentation of this borough took place to•day. After the customary preliminaries, Mr. J. SEALY proposed Henry Broadwood, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the borough. Mr. GABRIEL POOLE seconded the nomination. Mr. Forman being called, but not presenting himself, The MAYOR inquired whether there was any other candidate ? Mr. GAZELEE insisted that as Mr. Forman had ad dressed the electors on Conservative principles, and re presented the borough on those principles for years, it was the duty of the Conservative party to say whether they would propose him or not. Did-they:withdraw him? Mr. BnOADWOOD said that they did not withdraw him, but did not propose him.-(pear,and laughter). Mr. BovcE then proposed latrvq, .K.,Tynte. Mr. ROBERT FoEDE secOti'dOittia nomination. Mr. THOMAS FORDE, amid lOud 61148ers, proposed Mr. Sergeant Gazelee. . Mr. BATE seconded the nomination. The respective candidates then addressed the assembly. A show of hands was then demanded, and the Mayor decided that it was in favour of Messrs. Ty me and G aze lee. A poll having been called for, The MAYOR announced that the polling would com mence at eight o'clock on the following morning, and terminate at four. The assemblage; vlful Nvss very orderly, separated at one o'clock. CHESTER. CHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The election proceedings for the city of Chester took place to-day, which was but a short affair. Sir John Jervis and Lord Grosvenor were duly pioposed and seconded, and there being no other candidate, the returning officer declared them to be duly elected. • _ CHIPPENHAM. The election of two Members to serve in Parliana t e h n is t for this borough took •place at thewatsow( Hallunntil the ad morning, at nine o'clock. The ball empty, and less interest was excited c_! of Monkton mission of the juvenile part of the inhabitants) . in t h h a an bita w n e ts) er n e e r a r r e ly_ House, administer'ed .the usua seconded sci member. - G. M. M. Esraead j which v s r o a re t h s t s t Aw o wa t sd h r o y, M a y o r proposed(William p os ol e b p o h rn s e, ee r d s , q.l sq., Deere, Esq. Captain Boldero was Esq., and seconded b y by Richard .T. Mr. John Slat er. points in public There were no t heir addresses of any proposed by Harry Goldney, i n t e rest. The Gallant Captain dwelt in his speech upon the necessity of a division of the House of Commons into two great sections, but Mr. Neeld touched on no subject of f i except ts be theingwcaanrtroi carried ou s anitarytby r eform, re r a nd the a dvantage sea t a tive rate-payers. The p rocee di ngs closed at Pteer. o'clock with a vote of thanks to the mayor. morning,Then om an i d na N tio i n FCo for this t, CIRENCESTER. Cni b E or N o c u E g s BDA i ir s . h TER to , N 11 took , this Villiers and Mr. W. C r i pps were re-elected without op position. CORNWALL (EASTERN DIVISION.) The nomination of candidates for the representation of the Eastern Division of the County of Cornwall is ap pointed to tak e pl ace on the 9th of Au? ,Ist next. CORNWALL (WESTERN ). The nomi nat i on of candidates for DIVISION the representation of the Western Division of the County of Cornwall will take place on the 10th of August next. • - .: . -' . • ~i COVi-,STRY, WEDNESDAir— COVENTRY The nomination of candi dates took place this morning. The candidates were the late Members, Messrs: Ellice' and Williams, and Mr. George Ja mes Turner, a Chance ry barris t e r, who was brought f o rw ar d by the Conservatives. The show of hands for Mr. Ellice was nearly unanimous; r tht for Mr. Willi ams was not so large as that for M . urner. A poll was demanded by the frien ds of Mr. Tr. Williams, which was fixed to commence at eight o'clock to-morrow. _ DARTMOUTH. WEDNESDAY,—The nomination of a repres3ntative for this borough took place this morning. There Was no opposition to Mr. Moffatt, the sitting Member„ at: the close of the last Parliament, and he was consequently re-elected. DEVIZES. WEDNESDAY.—The election has jt h 't closed in the un opposed re-election of both the formes• Members--; Ittr. G. H. Walker Heneage and Mr. W. IL .Ludlow Brut ;ea DEVON (SOUTH.) The late Members fbr this division of the county rill no doubt be returned without opposition. DEVONPORT. TIIESDAY..—The nomination of the candidates for theft representation of this borough is fixed for Thurscia.) and the polling will take place on the following day. DORCHESTER. Thai:lon. G. D. Darner and Mr. 11. G. Start we' VA yesterday elected without opposition. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Russell ... 3,599 Pattisun ... 3,566 Larpeut 3,448 Rothschild ... 3,421 Johnson ... ... 2,647 Bevan ... ... 2,272 Fres:fideld 2,098 Payne . . ... 217 HALF-PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Russell . 4,079 Pattisun 4,009 Larpeut 3,886 Rothschild ... 3,835 Masterman ... 3,716 Johnson ... 3,038 Bevan ... 3,164 ... 2,937 Payne ... ... 297 LiALE-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Russell ... . , .. 4,932 l'attisou 4,801 Larpent ... 4,65 1 Rothschild ... ... 4,628 Masterman ... 4,611 Joiallson 3,734 Bevan 3,880 Frebtifirld 3,583 l'ayue ... 353 ONE O'CLOCK Russell ... ... 5,303 l'atuson 5,158 Larpeut ... 4,990 Roihsehild ... 4,958 .Masterman 4,926 Johnson ... 3,977 Bevan ... 4,130 Freshtield 3,799 Payne 386 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Russell 5,562 Paulson ... 5,412 Larpent ... 5,233 Rothschild ... ... ... 5,223 Mastermau ... 5,250 Johnson ... ... 4,186 Bevan ... 4,350 Freshfield .. 3,985 Payne ... ... 400 TWO O'CLOCK. Russell ... 5,904 Pattisou ... 5,763 Larpent ... 5,553 Rothschild ... ... ... 5,544 Masterman ... ... ... ... 5,571 Johnson ... ... ... ... 4,404 Bevan ... ... 4,579 Freshfield -.-. 4,173 Mr. Payne has resigned. WESTMINSTER. STATE OF THE POLL. NINE O'CLOCK. Evans ... ... ... ... 660 Lushington ... ... ... 627 Cochrane ... ... 748 Mandeville ... ... ... 346 TEN O'CLOCK. Evans .. ... 1,092 Lushington:... . . 986 Cochrane ... ••• Mandeville... ••• ... 820 ... 374 ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Evans ... ~„ ~. ... 1,525 Lushington ... ... ... 1,445 Cochrane ... ... ... ... 1,167 Mandeville ... ... ... ... 941 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Evans ... ... •• • 000 1,965 Lushington ... ... ... 1,869 Cochrane ... .. ... ... 1,504 Mandeville —.—. —.—. 1,250 ONE O'CLOCK. Evans Lushington ... 2.285 Cochrane ... ... 1,961 Mandeville ... ... 1,522 TWO O'CLOCK. Evans ... ... 2,860 Lushington ... 2,705 Cochrano ... 2 383 Mandeville ... ... 1,740 THREE O'CLOCK. Evans 3,406 Lushington... ••• ... 3,181 Cochrane ... ..• ... 2,962 Mandeville ••• ... 2,006 CITY OF NORWICH. STATE OF THE POLL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ELEVEN O'CLOCK. *Peto (Liberal) ... ... ... 542 Douro (Conservative) ... ... 308 *Parry (Liberal) ... ... ... 214 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STATE OF THE POLL. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Law ... ... ... ... ... 167 *Fielding ... ... ... ... 140 Goulborn ... ... ... ... 74 *Lcfevre HALF-FAST TWELVE. Law Fielding Goulborn . . Lefevro ... 193 162 - 90 ••• 49 ONE O'CLOCK. Law ... ... ... ... ... 277 Fielding ... ... ... ... 234 Goulborn ... ... ... ... 137 Lefevre * New Candidates. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. SIR,—A reply to the following query in your paper of Thursday, will be of much service in deciding what. ever doubt may exist: — A resident householder, who his remained in the:same residence above two years—did not clear all his taxes previous to the 20th of last July, 1846—consequently was not put on the register, which was made out last September. This year, however, his requisite rates and taxes were all paid previous to July 20, 1847; conse quently it is fair to suppose he hits a right to vote at the present election. The Act of Parliament specifies that all householders who have resided in the same house twelvemonths are entitled to vote, provided all taxes have been paid by the 20th of July. The party has given notice to the overseers to claim to be put on the registry, and the question is, whether or not his vote must be accepted at the election on Friday? _ J. M. [As our correspondent's name does not appear in the register for 1446.47, on which the present election is taken, we fear he cannot vote. He had better state his case to the committee of the cz.ndidate whom he wished to supper t.—ED. Sun.l CLIERBOUnG ri-gatta will take: place on ...londay, Aui,rust Tw cupz will bo given f.O Englisla yachts;‘slie to vessz.l; alx,ve tolls, another to vessels from 15 to 32 tuns. The sailing re , ulutiuns will be framed according to the rules of the English Yacht Clubs, and one member of each club will be asked to anis the French committee. Payne DUDLEY. WEDNESDAY.—John Benbow, Esq. (Conservative) . was declared duly elected, Mr. Lendy, the Chartist can didate, having declined to go to the poll. DURHAM COUNTY (NORTHERN DIVISION). Lieutenant-Colonel Beckwith has withdrawn from the contest. EAST RETFORD AND BASSETLAW. RETFORD, WEDNESDAY.—The candidates for the re presentation of this borough, the Hon. R. Duncombe and Lord Galway (Mr. G. H. Vernon, one of the late Whoa, bers, having retired by request of his constituents, srn account of giving his support to the repeal of the come laws and the increase of the Maynooth grant), were this.; pdiaayneelienettehde Twoitahno.nbj without opposition. Th e nom i nat i on too k .: at 11 o'clock, Mr. J. Mee, mayor,. being the returning officer. Sir C. Anderson, of Lea, nominated Mr. D unc o m be ; n M a r t o W n W. T. O G r d y I G b y a , o a f y Eastwaa proposed Ret ford ,s e b c y o n d Sir T d t . h e vv n h o t e i and T hsencmonadieodnbyastied whether Mr. J. Lee. any other gentleman had. any other candidate to propose? Mr. VERNON then rose, and claiming his right as an elector to be heard, proceeded at great length to justify his Parliamentary conduct. He explained the nature of - the Maynooth grant ; dwelt upon the importance of that. = question being settled, instead of allowing it to excite angry feelings year after year ; and after contending-- that the permanency of the original grant was as cer tain as the existence of the British Parliament itself,. went on to maintain that the only matter which ad mitted of consideration was as to the amount; and he-- thought it the wisest policy to give the additional sum,. proposed by Sir Robert Peel, in order that the Irish colleges might afford the means for a better education. to those who were to have the care of the Irish poor. With regard to the question of the endowment of the Catholic Church, that did not now present itself, and he trusted it never would ; he certainly thought that nothing: but an extreme necessity could justify such a proceeding:- He considered that the repeal of the corn laws would.: not be beneficial to the landowners of the country. He, was in favour of a low fixed duty, and had expressed: that opinion in Parliament; but when he found that; neither a fixed duty nor a sliding scale were longer - tenable, he felt that be could not do otherwise than sup-- port the proposition of Sir 11 ,, bert Peel. Mr. Vernon-. concluded by saying, that he had endeavoured to do his; duty to his country, whether or not his former constitu-, ents felt that he had failed to do it to them.—(Londt cheers, mingled with hisses.) The Mayor then declared. Mr. Duncombe and Lord Galway duly elected. The two. members returned thanks, and explained their political_ views; and after several rounds of cheering had been eiven them, and also to Mr. Vernon, a vote of thanks. to the Mayor terminated the proceedings at half-past one o'clock. EDINBURGH. EDINBURGH, TUESDAY EVENITIG.—A spirited opposi tion has been got up to Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gibson. Craig, the late Members, by Mr. Charles Cowan, the extensive paper manufacturer. This gentleman is a Li beral. The general opinion here is that the contest will. be a close one. In the course of to-day another candi date for Parliamentary honours has made his appear ance, in the person of Mr. Peter Blackburne, a Conser vative, and Chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. This gentleman is likely to occupy the lowest. place on the poll. EVESHAM. EVESHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination of the can— didates took place at eleven o'clock this morning. J. 8.. Haynes, Esq., the Mayor of the borough, presided. J. M. CHEEK, Esq., then proposed Lord Marcus HilL. Dr. B. COOPER proposed Sir Henry Willoughby (Con servative). Mr. R. HUGHES proposed Sir Ralph Howard (Radical).. On a show of hands, the election was declared to have fallen on Lord Hill and Sir R. Howard, and a poll having been demanded for the other candidate, the meeting separated. EXE TER. The former Members, Mr. Divett and Sir J. Duck— worth, were yesterday re-elected. GATESHEAD. The election for this borough took place yesterday morning, the only candidate being Mr. Hutt, the former Member. The Hon. Gentleman was proposed by Mr. Al derman Wilson, and seconded by Mr. Alderman Pol lock, being the same gentleman who had proposed and seconded him when he stood as a candidate for the bo rough five years since. Having at a considerable length given an exposition of his views as a free trader and a. Liberal, he was declared by the Mayor to be duly elec ted, and the proceedings terminated. GLOUCESTER. GLOUCESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination for this city took place this morning at the Shire Hall, in the presence of a large body of electors. Late last evening, Mr. William Phillip Price (Radical) very unexpectedly resigned, consequently Mr. Henry Thomas Hope (Con servative), and Captain M. F. F. Berkeley (Reformer) were elected without opposition. GUILDFORD. In this borough, in which also the nomination took place yesterday, a third candidate appeared in the per son of Mr. T. L. Thurlow, who expressed his determin ation to go to the poll. HALIFAX. HALIFAX, WEDNESDAY.—The nomination took place here this morning, but the sudden death of Mr. Ackroyd, the great manufacturer, white presiding over a meeting of Sir C. Wood's friends on Monday night, cast some degree of gloom dyer the proceedings, and, indeed, over the town itself. Most of the shops are partially closed in token of respect for the memory of the deceased gen. tleman. The several candidates were proposed in the following order : Sir C. Wood, Mr. E. Jones (Chartist), Mr. Edwards (Conservative), and Mr. Miall (Anti-State Church advo cate), The show of hands were in favour of Miall and Jones. HASTINGS. WEDNESDAY.—The nomination took place to-day. Mr. G. Scrivers proposed Mr. Robert Hollond, the late Liberal Member, who was seconded by Mr. S. Putland ; Mr. W. Crake proposed Mr. Musgrove Brisco, the late Conservative Member, who was seconded by Mr. C. Burfield ; Mr. F. North proposed Mr. John Ashley Warre, a gentleman of moderate Whig principles, and of whose talents any constituency might well be proud, and Dr. M'Cabe seconded. Mr. Lucas Shadwell pro posed Mr. Patrick Robertson es a gentleman of Pro testant principles, one who would by every means in his power stay the onward march which Popery is now making in the country ; Mr. N. Williams seconded. The several candidates then addressed the meeting, and on the show of hands being taken, the Mayor decided that the choice had fallen on Mr. Hollond and Mr. Brisco. A poll was immediately demanded by Mr. Ware. This is the only real hard-fought contest in•tbe 'county, and the contest is fought on the groand of religion, the Maynooth grant being the stumbling-block to the elec. tion of Mr. Hollond. HERTFORD. The nomination for this borough also took place yes terday. Lornlahoir and Mr. Cowper were proposed and seconded ; the former by Messrs. Lawrence en r d . Haslam, and the latter by Messrs. Manser and Grfpn. T. A third candidate, in the Liberal interest, Mr. Chambers, a barrister on the Home Circui t, electors seconded,ahned declared duly elected. and Mr. Cowper were, theretore,_ HONITON. for this borough came should deo l i b n u e t in go i h n i g s address r t e h s e s to p I t:: the and l Lord Mahon e a ti m d The election of two Membersth eminent engineer, and Mr. Locke, off yesterday. was e nthusiastically received by Liberal interest, and proposed in a very able speech by both parties. He w and seconded by Mr. J Mae- ABERDEEN, Mr. HENRY absence of Lord of the Manor:dof Honiton, came forward in the feeling, an the enthusiasm manifested towards all party the candidate. Sir J. w. Hogg, a Conservative, was then proposed noon, who congratulated the electors on the by Gtr. WILLIAM ROGERS, who expressed his satisfac tioncuonnd si r s e te as n dec t yo rtniegdhetd promoteebd n p rivilege, in having to propose a gentleman of know talent, a bility, and experienc e , one who had proved himself a a e a 1 o u s 00 supporter wtohuel db oarl owouafihsbe every . H fe o was rictvilahpeegta in- Renwick, taenrdesw h R.N. The MaYoEt (Mr. C. Hood) then declared Mr. J. Locke and Sir J. W. Hogg the representatives of the borough, and the usual chairing took place. HORSHAM. The nomination for this borough took place yesterday. The candidates are Mr. W.R. S. Fitzgerald and Mr. John Jervis. The shown of hands was in favour of Mr. Jervis. The polling take place to-day. HULL. The nomination of candidates took plac9„Yester i ll morning on the hustings in front of the "l i ' ve j u on y e , through, Mr. W. B. Carrick nominated h M After all the preliminary business p Jones. Mr. Richard who was seconded by Mr. "se- Talbot Baines, and Tottie then proposed Mr. Ma tthew n omin ation : The other Ward seconded the ~ Mr. Thomas War Brown, was nominated by Mr. S. candidate, Mr. Jamesßr97 , _ r. 13- r. James es n 21 Wilkinson. Mr. James T. Hassel and second ed b Clay then came forward and addressed the ele c t ors, and was followed by Mr. 2a. T. Baines, who se sentiments w ere re ceived w ith the greatest approbati on. M r. James B rown , the th i r d candidate, next deli vere d his senti ments. At the conclusion of thes e a dd resses, Mr. John Lee Smith, • the Sheriff, declared the majority of hands in favour of Mr. Clay and Mr. Baines, on which a poll was demanded for Mr. Brown. The meeting then dispersed 4 quietly. HUNTINGDON (BOROUGH). An address was issued this( Wednesday) morning with the signature of Mr. Prendergast, stating that " after carefully considering the result of our canvass, the friends cf the Liberal canto have resolved to abandon the idea of a contest at the approaching election." The two Conservatives will consequently walk over. KIDDERMINSTER. Mr. Godson, Q C„ the late Member, was yesterday returned without opposition. - LANCASTER. LANCASTER, WEDIZEBDAL-;-.The TlOMitiatiO4 took -._.~-~ y5,--." Of I be c)* trY' of,)° s c l t re ha d `rtes o f ;). 0 a of y of tO 5 01: r Co,l