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BERWICK ELECTION.

From the lierrolL. Advertiser of June 23.)
The election for this borough was linally closed on Wednesday
afternoon, at Eve o'clock, when Marcus Ileresford and John Wed-
owee; Illsgent were declared duly elected. The numbers were. for
Captain lieresford, 512: Mr. Gladstone. 479; Sir F. Make, 473.
Thus has terminated one of the keenest and most protected contests
ever know for the representation of this borough. The number of
voters wait llikl, being 12:1 more than ever voted on any former acca-
sion. The plumper' were 246-31 r. Gladsone, ' Capt. Beres-
ford, 58; Sir F. Make, SG. The election was virtually decided on
Thursday. the 4th day of the poll, when the numbers stood —Capt.
BeresEnd, 501; Mr. Gladstone. 455 ; Sir F. Blake, 451 ; and, per-
haps, it would have been prudent in the two contending parties to
hose allowed the poll to dos,: that day ; at any rate, it would have
been economical, and hare saved themselves and their friends no
small de,gree of anxiety. It was pitiable to see the Court sitting and.
looking at one ant ther the live let days of the poll, during whirl.
only 57 voted. Every now and then, indeed, the friends of the two
parties were routed by the arrival of a postchaire, the contents of
which elevated or depressed their spirit's ; sometimes deprersed them
all, having nothing for either party. Sometimes, attire whose duty
compeller' them to sit were prevented from sleeping, and their risible
faculties somewhat excited by a half-drunk fellow proposing to treat
the Mayor with a bottle of porter—another regretting that he could
not sing himself, and calling upon his Worship, Captain Beresford,
and others, to favour them with a stave. By the by, it is certainly
very hard, not to soy ridiculous, that official gentlemen should be
obi gel rook thirty-seven hours for the accomplishment of what
they could easily effect in less than two.
•

We have great ['tensors in stating that. nnt withstanding the great
interest taken in the late contest. there has been nulling like uproar
and vi, fence, as. towards the doge of last week, there was some rea-
son to apprehend. In the event of Sir F. Make not being successful.
Even on 'Wednesday. the Innumerable crowiN decorated with Sir
Frailties favonrs(light bias that flocked) into the town from T weed-
molth, Spites!, Norbarn, and, in short, from every village and
hamlet in the neighbourhood, all amanita for his success, ember
excited alarm. Every thing, however, 'wised oftiptielly, and we
trust that any anima/tufty that the contest has engendered will he
immediately buried in oblivion. A t the same time we heartily
wish that those burgesses who have discarril themselves by break-
ing their promises. may be held forth to that 'white derision and
contempt whirl, they so justly deserve. We could easily repeat
what are considered heavy accusations by the respective parties

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against each other, but convinced that doing an would only irritate
those wounds we are anxious to see closed, we refrain.
Mr. Gihans-coNC finding it impossible to obtain a hearing in the
Hall after the poll was closed, in consequence of the deafening noise
that prevailed, addressed his numerous friends, who accompanied
him from a window of the lien and Chickens Inn. He returned
them his most cordial thanks for their unremitting erections, by
which they had maintained their own independence, and conferred
upon him the honour to which he aspired, of representing this
ancient borough. As the only return he could make them for this
distinguished honour. hedeclared that itisendeavours. in Parliament
and nut of it, should never be wanting to promote the inter. sus of
the Burgeasea, individually and collectively, and those of the Bei-
fish Empire in general. In conclusion, he moat earnestly exhort( d
them to forgive and forget any little animositiea that might trace
arisen between the n and their opponents during the arduous and
protracted struggle, to show the strictest moderation in their tri.
umph, and to dispense peaceably. lie then bowed and retired ;
and the multitude, after repeated cheering*, quietly withdrew.
Of nll thedlandidates the public voice was most decidedly in
favour of Sir Francis Blake, as the almost universal regret for his
disappointment, and the general display of his favours on Willow'.
day, byprove The
oner e.of the
largest assemblages we ever saw in town, auf-
ticeprincipal; if not the only, objection against
Mr. Gladstone is merely his being the rival or Sir Francis. The
I general opinion is, in which we most cordially acquiesce, that Mr.
Gladstone's intimate knowledge of the great interests of the nation,
whether agricultural or commercial, domestic or foreign, eminently
qualifies him to represent any county or borough of the United
Kingdom.
Though now and formerly we have not hesitated to declare the
opinion we entertain of the qualifications and fitness of Sir F.
Blake and Mr. Gladstone as representatives Of the borough, we are
far from thinking Captain Ileresforil has no merit. The stare of
the poll shows he has mani political friends, who no doubt have
the greatest confidence in 'is:abilities to represent them in the Se-
nate, otherwise they would not have honoured him with their suf-
frage*. It certainly can be no diapareigestent to a young gentle-
man, whatever may be his acquirements, and however highly cen-
netted. to be considered inferior in point of merit, when put in
competition with gentlemen greatly hue superiors in years and ex-
perience. We trust the electors will not be disappointed in the
choice they have made, and that both our representatives will faith.
fully and conaclentiously discharge their parliamentary duties, and
thereby promote, not only the interest of our good town, but the
nation at large.

When .ir Francis Blake, the last who polled nn 'Wednesday,
was called to rote, he said with great energy, " I add this vote to
thus,. of the 172 honest burgesses who hare supported my cause,
Sir Francis Blake."

Joseph llunie, Esq., though busily engaged with Ilia own elec-
tion for the Aberdeen district of burghs, no sooner heard that Sir F.
Blake needed his assistance. than he posted hither on Wednesday,
and gore his friend a plumper. Mr. flume has, it is stated, se-
cured his return.

Capt. Ilercaforil and Mr. Gladstone are entertaining their friends
this afternoon at their respective inns. Both been liberal in
their invitations, and both panics, we understand, are numerous
and highly respectable.

IVESTMORLA.VD ELECTION.

'raw, OUR owx itEroNTER.I
TUESDAY, JUNE 27 (FIFTH 1)AY).

The polling recommenced this morning, though it did not con-
tinue through the day with so much briskness as heretofore. It
was said that as early as one o'clock in the morning the polling
booths were occupied by the Yellows. who are certainly es irtlefa-
tigable as they arc confident of success. It is generally said that
31r. Brougham has not Cie slightest prospect of success; and it
is added, that he knows that to be the case himself, but ti s
still he is anxious to ascertain the extent of his own as well of his
adversaries' strength, with a view to a future contest. It is also
said that his sole object is to compel Lord hon*dale, by contesting
every election, to compromise with the Dines, and to allow them
to return one Member. At all events. his defeat seems to be al-
most beyond the possibility of a doubt. There have been no dia.
turbauces to-day that are at all worth mentioning.
About five o'clock the Under-Sheriff appeared upon the hustings,
followed by the Candidates, who immediately proceeded to their
respective places. The Under.Sheriir then announced the state of
the poll as follows :
Day's Poll. Aggregate.
Lord Low:her . . 278 . 1.129
Colonel Lowther - 272 - 1,099
Mr. Droughsrn 929
111.1jotity fur Cul. Lowther on that day's poll, 89 ; Total Ala.

jority, 170.
Lord Lowtruen then addressed the freeholders, and begged to
return them lilt most sincere thanks for the gratifying positio h in
which they had placed him upon that day's poll—a position which
was doubly gratifying, after the prediction which had been made by
their opponent on the preceding evening. (Great cheers.) After
that prediction he could little indeed expect to have preserved even
his majority of twenty-five; but now he considered that they had
weathered the storm. Fortune had so far favoured them, that
except a German miracle, one of Prince Ilohenlohe's own. were to
take place,' he must conclude that the contest was finished. (Int-
mense cheering.) It was just as unlikely that the Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Brougham) could now get to to the head of the
poll as that his friend Captain Parry should, in his next voyage,
discover the supposed passage near the North Pole, having already
failed three times In the attempt to do so. (Cheers and laughter.)
Much hail been sa:o of those votes, which had been so much
contlenined—mushroom votes, or, as they were sometimes called.
faggots ; and. Indeed, lie entertained no doubt but that they
were extremely hard of digestion (loud cheers and a laugh),
and that, when administered in large quantities, were found to be
sometimes fatal. (A laugh and cheering ) It was bad to crimi-
nate and recriminate, but utter all that had been said, he could
not avoid reminding the freeholder+ of what had taken place at
Appleby Castle. (Cheers and laughter.) But speaking of mush.
moms, he could see from where he stool a bow window, (that of
Mr. Thompson, grocer and banker;, belonging to a house where
there were as many of these mushroom voters made as in all West-
morland put together (a laugh); at least, quite as many as in the
West ward ; so many, that lie might be termed a vote dealer—a
vote huckster. (Great laughter.) When the gentlemen of the
long robe examin:d those who thus came up, and Asked them of
whom they purchased their freehold, it was all 3lonsieu Tonson
come again. (Great laughter and cheers.) There were, how-
ever, other votes of a more perishnble quality : whether it was the hot
weather or an article in which he dealt, sugar-candy, which melted in
the niouth, then he conld not say, but great numbers had come over
to them (Lord Lowther and the Colonel). He repeated that he
looked upon that day es the conclusion of the contest. He did net
expect to make very great way to-morrow, as his opponent's forces.
(Oka of hear, hear, hear, from the Blues.) It was evident that
those who were winning spoke with much more diffidence than
those who were losing. (Cheers and a laugh.) If, however, they
should make no great way against the threateued exertiens of their
opponents, he fully expected, notwithstanding, to be enabled to
keep his ground (Cheers), even though the Kendal Ward should
produce its 60 or 70 customary tenants of Peat Moss, who could
scarcely rank above the mushroom voters, even though their deeds
were made and signed a year beforehand. (Cheers.) He had not,
as yet, brought up his strength from the West ward, and had no
doubt on Thursday and Friday his majority would be still more
decisive. Ile then sincerely thanked them for the attention with
which they had heard him, and retired amid very general cheering.
C lend LOWTIIEU said, that it being his turn next to address
them, he begged to return them his most unfeigned ;titmice, for the
support they had given him. Ile assured them that it was particu-
holy flattering to him when he found that the number against
the mupon that day had been rather reduced than inereased,notwith-
standing the obstacles which had been thrown in the way of his
voters an the Kendal booth. The longer the context was continued,
the greater, he felt convinced, would be his majority. (Cheers.)
He did not care how long the contest lasted, as he should he happy
that every freeholder should have the orortinity of exercising his
elective tranchise. (Great cheering.) Ile begged to repeat to them
his thanks, for the support they. had given him, which he had no
doubt they would continue. unttl he was returned by a large majo-
rity of the freeholdere of Westmorland. (Cheers mingled with souse
marksof disapprobation.) •
Mr. lIROUGnAm then came forward, and was greeted with loud
cheering. Ile thought, he said, that they must be not a little coin.
forted under their aflitctit,n at being upwards of eighty behind upon
that day's poll, by whet the Noble Lord had stated ..t the conclu-
sion el* his speech. Although the Noble Lord was in R very good
humour at the commencement of his address, and although he
was quite witty as to the bow• windows, the mushrooms, and the
sugar-candy (a laugh), yet towards its close he became somewhat
melancholy et the prospect for to-marrow. (A laugh.) He told
you that he did not expect to do so well to-morrow an he had done
today, far that they (the Bleat) intenAell, as most undoubtedly
they did, to make upon that day a great whip, and in do,
in fact. a great deal bettor than they had done hitherto.
lie sincerely hoped that the Noble Lord would turn out to be a
true prophet, and. as lie had taken the trouble to prophecy, lie felt
that he (Mr. II oughani) would be saved the trouble of prophecy.
log, and would therefore matte no prediction, but merely tell them
to wait till the close of the poll to morrow night, and they would
then be enabled to see whether the Noble Lord's prediction was
right or wrong. (Cheers.) Neither the Noble Lord nor him.
self could speak so accurately of that which would take place
to-morrow as they could ef that which had happened on that day
and at the last election, and therefore it was that he felt it neces-
pm to make a few observe:ions to them upon their comparative
strength then awl at the same period of the contest at the last dee-
' tion in the year 18:10. There were no means so proper, nor could
any be devised, by which they could mere accurately ascertain how
far they might rely upon their real resources ; nor could any me-
thod he arrived at of estimating better the prospect of eventual
success or defeat, than by such a comparison. They were now ar-
rived to, substantially, the close of the fourth day a pull ; fur on
the first day, Bore were pulled only ten or twelve rotes. ( A pet-
son in the areal railed out that they wer. ,11 mushrooms.) No, that
war not the case neither, nor if it had It, en. was it at all material, as
the other four days were really thos nn which the tug took place.
lye should then compare the state of the poll in the ditti:rent wards;
during the filet four days of the last election, with the four days
polling upon the present occasion, and then see whether there was
ally re trot) to complain of their friends holding hack, or being at
all remiss in their cautious. lye had now polled in the Dot 11 atd I

in the last four days (for the first was quite unimportant) 404. thin the
votes,
whereas ill 11120 they had only polled :i49 in that ward, .wi
saute space of tmie. (Cheers.) Ile mentioned this tact to
.the
honourof the feaet Ward. because it el been seid that !the Last
%Vent had been disappointing his friends, and that it was not doing
its duty in the present contest, whereas they had actually brought
upwards of SO more to the poll than they had done at the last elec.
thin. In the West Ward. (Here a person in the crowd made a
noise.) Ile supposed that the person who made that noise
was a Al'eet IS art nun, and that he was anxious to hear
something of his own ward. What he was going to say was,
that in 11120 lie had polled in that ward Int, elide the
1 Mows hail polled 224; but this time dint ward hail already Rent
up Inn, which was within 13 of the number that had been polled at
the same period of the contest in 1020. (Hear.) In die Kendal Ward
there had been a more material falling off, but that he thought no.
thing of. In that ward, on the folirm day of the last election, lie
had polled 3i5. and now he had polled 304, making a difference of
21 ; so that there was no material difference upon the whole of the
polling between the two periods. He wished to call their attentit n
particularly to this statement, because, when dhc wide a endement
which he should presently mention, they would perceive how
highly important this comparison was upon the question of th
probable reitu't of the contest. The Blues had not made the same
exertions on the present occasion as they had done upon the last,
for the purpose of bringing tip the distant voters, nor had they re.
sorted to the sante method of bringing those vows to the poll.
The Noble Lord who had first addressed them seemed altogether
afraid of the exertions about to be adopted, to bring up those
distant voters, and to induce others, particularly from Kendal, to
come up within the next two or three days. The Noble hovel had
elm talked of the odds-and-ends voters, who were to be brought
forward from that part of die coun'ry, for the purpose of keeping
tip the poll in the East Ward. Ile supposed the Noble Lord had
alluded to those odds-and-ends men who had that dry come in front
Stainmore, !trough, and Kit by Stephen. Ile had not counted then
all, but be lied reckoned between seventy and eighty (cries of
" upwards of ninety," from the crowd), and lie had since been in.
fomied that there were upwards of that number. Sonic of these
had polled, but the great bulk of them limp not ; and he had remise
to know that these were not all who were ready to start from home
from die same quarter. Ile had now stated their ca SC as it stood, and
in the moat modem.° terms, avoiding any exaggerkted calculations,
which could only tend to deceive as to what might be the result of
in.morrow and Thursday's poll; but he would tell them confidently
that there was not one symptom in their case, as it then stood, which
ought to give either to himself or the Blues the least uneasiness,
or which could lend him to imagine that there was anything in the
least degree unsound or unwitolessane in the Blue Min. (Cheers.)
Their utmost exertions would be nevertheless required, and he ape.
cially entreated those who had not tee polled, now that the weather
was not so sultry as it hail been for the last four days, that they
would not give th eiradversaries the same advantage as they had given
them that morning, by suffering them to fill the booths, and atter.
wards, by going away (knelled, suffering them to get ahead, while
the Blues had men enough to feed the poll and gain a majority, which
he was con fident, under better management, would have been the case.
lie would not say that lie would have had a majority in the West
Ward, but he certainly should have had in the East and Kendal
Wards; and even in the Lonadale Ward the balance might have
turned in their favour, for it was clear that their adversaries huh
polled out all their strength in that %Van' ; since instead of 200,
which number they had polled on the three preceding days, they
had pallid on that day only 26, from which he naturally
inferred that they had exhausted all their strength in that
Ward, except a very few voters. Before he concluded he Amok'
say a word as to the mushrooms. The Noble Lied had talked of
the manufacture of Blue 'mushroom votes having gone on to a cons
siderable extent. lie could only say that he was extremely sorry
that it had not been so. He sincerely wished that such had been
the case, but he knew of no manufactory such as that of Colonel
Bolton's, or of the parson who had been so notoriously making
nmehrooms on the Yellow side. Ile must say, however, that when
such means were begun, and he had not begun them, yet when
they were resorted t.r by their opponents, he thought it perfectly
fair in their own defence for the lilacs to make such votes also,
thought he did not believe that any such manufacture had taken
place on their side, and it would have been rather singular if it
bad taken place that he should have known nothing about it. He
had no reason to doubt but that some would come to vote for hint
whose titles were derived from a conveyance of the same estate di-
vided into different parcels, and made nearly at the same time.
But how was this done ? Was it done by one gentleman, such as
Mr. Bolton, the parson, or Mr. Atkinson ? Was it one person of
extensive property who had great means of making mushrooms
that would do it ? No such thing. It was done by a great num-
ber of persons who were friends to the cause, and who purchased
estates for the purpose of making them. Those 47 mushrooms of
Colonel Bolton were not of that description, for if the Colonel con.
scientiously believed that the Lord Lieutenant ought to return his
two sons to Parliament for the county, he should no longer call
them mushrooms, but good men, anxious to rush forward to sup.
port what they conceived to be the welfare and the indepen-
dence of their county. (Cheers and • laugh.) lie was glad
that at least one of the batteries of their opponents load
been silenced. There was nn longer any mention of the
Pope or of No Popery. (Cheers and laughter.) It was two or
three days, including Sunday, since be heard even the name of
his Holiness mentioned (a laugh) ; and but for a circumstance
which he had almost entirely forgotten to allude to, and a wish to
relieve those from their terrors who might still imagine that there i
was danger to the Church in granting concessions to the English
and Irish Catholics, he would not have then intruded it. But
could they, or any man in his senses, believe that any respectable
Catholic, such as his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, who was the first
man in rank and possessions in the kingdom, and second to none
in character. intelligence, and all that could constitute respecta-
bility—could it be believed that the Church of this country could
he endaogered by enabling him, the first I'eer of the land, to enjoy
his Parliamentary privileges--(elieere)—a man, who in rank had
no equal, and scarcely an equal in respectability, when he told
them that within a few week., he, all Catholic as he was, all Papist
as he was, had given of hi. own liberality, for the endowment of a
Protestant church, a piece of land which was valued at one thousand
guineas? (Great cheering.) He had also assisted at laying the
foundation *toot, and hid added 0001. as a subscription towards its
erection. (Immense cheering.) lie would not ask whether any
one of those who wene so loud in their pretences of zeal, and of at-
tachment to the Protestant church had done so much for that church,
but he would ask whether they had ever done anything to oho* their
liberality, not by endowing, but merely by tolerating places of
worship for their Catholic or Dissenting brethren Ile would
not ask whether they had given a thousand pound., or live hun-
dred ;mends, or one hundred pounds, or one thousand or one
hundred fa:things. to endow Catholic chapels ; but he would
assert, that that moat signal, illustrious, and he believed not
single instance of liberality on the part of those oppressed
and persecuted Catholic., oppressed as they were, proved that
the Protestant Church was in no danger front them. lie should
now, for the present election, take his leave altogether of the Pope
and setiselese cry of " No Popery," which had been tried in
Westmorland atter it had failed every where else, and which
would fail there also. as it had already done in Southwark, West.
taineter, and AI
The lion. Gentleman then withdrew amidst loud cheers, after
which tile Meeting separated.
About 9 o'clock in the evening a Carlisle weaver, named Duffy,
appeared on the hustings, with nothing on but his trowsers, and
the tipper part of his body blackened with burnt cork, so as to re.
present a negro. lie had a tin collar round his neck and chains
upon his hands. His appearance was loudly ;emend, and he im.
mediate', proceeded to harangue the mob. In allusion to what
Lord Lowther had said of Prince Hohenlobe, he talked of Prince
Herteloo's miracles, and with a most theatrical air, always pre.
serving the character of a slave, endeavoured to make a deep iin.
pression upon his auditors. boating the chains from one hand, he
called ont, " Henry Brougham looses the other," and cast away
the chains ; then exclaiming, " Am I free ? I can scarce believe it,
and yet lam too." Just at this moment a Yellow made some in.
terniption. lie was immediately followed by die Blues, knocked
down, kicked, and struck ; upon which Duffy called out, " Let
him alone, he is a poor slave like myself." 1 merely mention this '
to spew that pains are taken to work upon the feelings of the people.
and not fairly taken, because this man uvered the most false and
atrocious libels on Colima Lowther, which I rather think lie has
; been tutored to do, by whom, of course, I cannot pretend to say.
Ile has a good deal of fluency, and La, I understand, an Irishman,
d upon the whole 'mikes a very good mob orator—talks by the
hour, and sticks at nothing that may produce an effer.
The appoeition which was made to In. Mulynette vote has
been so much talked of here, and the objection is really in some
measure so ludicrous, being no other than a doubt an to his free. I
hold being worth forty shillings, that I send it you. Ilk lordship
purchased) a freehold in Rarenstonedale, which his agent, the I
Under Sheriff, to for him to a tenant for 21.55, per annum. Duri tg
the last three years it had been untenanted, and had gone nut of
repair, and the highest oiler for it was thirty-five shillings. It vrat
therefore contended that, it being worth only that sum, his Lord-
! ship cos not, consequently, entitled to a vote from that estate.
I alter hearing the arguments of Counsel, the Ammeor derided that
it had been let for 2/.35., and although only thirty.tive shillings had
been offered for it, that offer had not been accepted, and it was
therefire to be presumed that it was worth more. It had also been
recently put into mpair, and its not being let didnot invalidate his
title to vote fur it. His Lordship's vote was therefore received.
Some persons talked of adniinistering the freeholder's oath to bind
filolvniux, which his lordship said lie should take as a personal
insult. The oath was not administ, red.
It has been reported that a man, who haul come a considerable
distance to vote tar the Blues, died suddenly, in consequence of
taking a draught of cold water while in a state of perspiration, and
that he was buried this morning.