The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS.

MIDDLESEX.
Tits stranger entering Brantford yes-
terday would hardly have imagined it to be the focus
of a hotly-contested election. A few groups of idlers in the
streets, calculating the chances, and regretting the good old
times of Burdett and Mellish and kfainwaring, when the
poll was kept open for fourteen days, and the town in a state
of uproar for the whole of that time, an occasional cab
hastening to the polling place, and the shouting of a few
'market women, decorated with the favours of the respective
candidates, formed the only symptoms that the metropolitan
county was selecting its parliamentary representatives. The
polling commenced punctually at sine o'clock, and continued
Wignidly until four, the liberal candidates, however, steadily
maintaining their majority all through. All specula-
tion respecting Lord Robert Grosvenor has ceased,
and the race remains between Mr. Osborne and Co-
lonel Wood, the latter being considerably distanced in
every district except Bedfont, where it is understood his
family influence predominates. Mr. Osborne's friends are
quite sanguine of success, the most important districts being
nearly polled out ; but, on the ;other hand, Col. Wood ex-
pects to do a good deal to-day by means of the out-voters
whose aid he has called in, cautioning them at the same time
that if they expect their expenses paid, they must plump for
him. A notice to that effect was posted at bin committee-
room—we believe on the presumption that a coalition had
tacitly taken plate between the other candidates. Towards
the close of the proceedings a little stir was created at
Brentford, by a very clumsy attempt at swindling,
which was practised on an honest publican by some
fellow evidently but a bungler in his art. Between
three and four o'clock a man come to the bar of the White
Swan, and presented a cheque for 6/. 10s., drawn on Contra
and Co. on one of their own cheques, and signed Lord
Robert Grosvenor. The acute landlord thought there was
something wrong, and called one of Lord Robert's committee
into consultation ; but meanwhile the man vanished and the
cheque remained impounded. At four o'clock Col. Wood
rode up to tho hustings, but did not address the crowd.
Neither of the other candidates made his appearance. Ws
subjoin the day's poll as announced by the various candi-
dates. A considerable discrepancy will be observed, but all
agree
.in placing Mr. Osborne considerably ahead of Col.
Lord GrOITCIIOOI amount. Colonel Wood's Mr.Osbaroe's.
Gross coot
Osborne 2,467 1,556 3,607
Wood 2.136 2,202 2,153
Majority fur Mr. Osborne over Colonel Woad by Lord R.
Grosvenor's account, 352 ; by Colonel Wood's, 384 by his
own, 424. Lord It. Grosvenor is so far ahead of both as to
render the exact figures unnecessary. Theilling places are
Bedfont, Bethnal-green, Brantford, E ware, Enfield,
Hammersmith, Hampstead, King's-cross,City of London,
Mile-end, Uxbridge, and Westminster, in all of which, ex-
cept Bedfont and -Hampstead, the liberal candidates had
large majorities.

CAMBRIDGE (COUNTY).
The election of three members to serve in parliament for
the county of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, took place yes.
terday morning in the county courts. A hustings had been
erected outside, but so little interest wee excited by the Nisi
that the parties assembled barely. filled the Nisi
Prise Court. The usual preliminaries having been gone
through at the Town Hall, the high sheriff (Mr. R. F.
Pate) having commenced the proceedings in the usual form,
Mr. I. H. St. Quintin hod great pleasure in proposing for
the fourth time the lion. Eliot Thomas Yorke as a candi-
date. Mr. R. D. Fyson seconded the nomination.—The
Rev. Algernon Peyton, on presenting himself, was re-
ceived with deafening cheers. After contrasting the
different political aspects of the years 1841 and 1847, he pro-
ceeded to say that being in the former year the chairman of
Mr. Townley's committee, he bad calmly withdrawn that
gentleman's name from the list of the candidates, in obedi-
ence to the expressed opinion of the freeholders, acting
in a way he knew to be congenial to Mr. Townley's feelings
by not carrying on a factious opposition. He now met with
his reward. An 81. fixed duty had been proposed that
duty would probably have advanced to 10s.: it was refused
by the country, and Mr. Townley retired rather than join
the ranks of Sir Robert Peel, knowing that Lord John
Rowell was to be trusted in preference. Shortly before
this, Sir R. Peel end the Duke of Buckingham, meet
in at the entrance to the Carlton Club, " 1 wish,"
said the duke, you would do something to turn
out these whige." So I will," replied Sir Robert,
"if you will give up the corn laws." (Laughter.)
It was unnecessary for him to dwell at length on the qualifi-
cations of Mr. Townley. If he were a new candidate like
the noble lord before them, they would of course expect it;
but his feelings, his principles, and his conduct as their se-
preeentstive for a period of 12 years were well known to
them ; they knew the reason of his retirement, end it now
remained for them to say if he was to be again trusted. If
words meant anything, Mr. Yorke had declared in his ad-
dress (producing it) that Sir Robert Peel was not to be
trusted like Lord John Russell ; there he quite agreed
with him; and he. was sure that Mr. Yorke would
offer no factious opposition to the measures of Lord John
Russell's government, if he felt them to be just end good.
The other noble candidate ( Lord G. Manners) said he sought
rnee women iris ;;;;; Fteiples his family had always advo•
as cated— a loyal subject,. a true c.:?.?estant, end a friend tO
the industrious classes. (Mr. P. went on to show that is
these respects Kr. Townley was no way inferior to the noble
lord.) Mr. Townley had, in fact, displeased some of his
own party by voting against the appropriation clause some
years *go. With ,espect to their late members, he would
say but few words ; the one who more immeeliately made
room for Lord George Manners was Mr. Eaton, now de-
ceased, and the old motto said
Lte =mia nil nisi haulm.
If at the retirement of Mr. Attie any tears fell, they cer-
tainly would not proceed from him ; however, he came there
neither to speak ill of nor to eulogise Mr. Allix. "He came
to bury Caner, not to praise him. (Laughter.) He came,
at the close of Mr. Allix's political career, to raise Mr.
Townley upon his ashes. (Cheers.) He returned them his
sincere thanks for bearing so patiently with him, and bad
much pleasure in proposing their old and tried representa-
tive, Mr. Richard Greene Townley. (Cheers.) Mr. Julian

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