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• "1110Patifiatilse eieetn•u of a Representative in.
..radiritraelit for this borough, filially closed shoot
half-past twit &clack on Monday afternoon, when
'the Mayor declared the uumber of votes for the
two.candidates to stand tuns:
• Poe Charts MON,
Fur Sachets Alison Oikly, • Fat......... tee
• Majority fur Mr. MON
Mr. Chaplin was thereupon declared duly elected;
. sad, after a short interval, was triumphantly chair-
ed bozo the Hustinys to" the Town-hall, amidst the
coagratalations and .:eclarnations of the largest con-
coarse of people we recollect to hare ever seen at
Stanford.
Mr. Oddy, it appears, placed regime,. on the
suffrages of a number of persons, (I 16), who had
pot, ape* any former occasion. we believe, been re-
girded as voters; and whose voices the Returning
Officer, by the advice of his Assessor, would not
wliuit. A good steal was amid about a petition to
Perkin:lent on the 'object ; but us, even should
the decision of a Committee of the House of Com-
mons be favourible to Mr. Oddy, he would still
have but a minority of votes, we suppose that step
will not now he taken. The persona objected.
against were householders whose names were not
in the poor books ; and many householders, iu the
interest'Of either candidate, bud forfeited, mud were
itteciiirse denied the exercise of their elective inns.
chits, because, although they were assessed to the
relief•of the poor, they were iu urrear in payment.
The election has been conducted with great
spirit, and'Str. Oddy is indebted to admire-.
• • ble generalship an the rya of the friends who con-
stituted his Committee fur the sliew he was able to
snake ou the roll. A month ago, we believe, any
town in Stamford would have treated as nehimera the
assertion that an opponent of the Burghley interest
would obtain t.t2 votes in the town. Mr.oilily
had the advantage of beginning his canvass a day
sooner than Mr. ChJpiiii, anti his active friends
used every hlaudishinent, nl captanduat vulgas,
and strained every nerve to secure to their interest
those who were to he moved by graver incitement.
Ali day/ they paraded through the streets with their ,
candid it°, attended by music, sad a forest of flax.;
at niglit the grazed sally was made, with the eddition
of burning tar-barrels sad fiambentis; after which
the mob was invanahly harangued for an hour or two
ly the orators of the party, from the windows of '
t itir Committee-noon,at the George and Angel Ina.
The extraordinary devotion of the people of this
town to their far-fumed bull-rimiiing, maw, u 5
'might be expected, turned to accouut the device
os Mir. Odd) 's flags hod reference to it, and on
wend days lie treated the populoce with their
favourite amusement. Chapliu too did not
-is some ineusure to flatter this popular' pars.

despise _
ti atty.
The chief friends of Mr. °tidy, during this lir.
'doom and longliontinued service, were—Mr.
Blase • Messes. ./ncittten ana Johnson, bombers ;
Mr. I:bowmen, Mr. Redifer, mid Mr. Clay, utter-
.neys ; Mr. Gouger, silk-merchant ; and Mr. Brown,
fell-monger.
On arrivin: at the town-hall, and alighting front
the chair, the oewly-elected Member, Mr. C.
C'breplin, from one of the windows of the great
morns thanked the exulting populace for the lively
interest they manifested in hip favour, and parties-
karly eepreseed hit obligation to the ladies for the
flattering gratulations they had bc'en pleased to
bestow, upele hits as he passed. Adverting to the
great majority of his 'mothers on the poll, he ex-
ptessed hls hope that be should always tneet with,
end his assurance tto,t hi. mould endeavour to
merit, the stippert of en many mid such valued
friends. At lea-vast four o'clork about 150 elect.
toraseul friends sat down to u sumptuous diluter
with Mr. Chaplin. Our other worthy replete itta-
tive.*Mr. Foulke*, with Mr. Chaplin, _sett. Sir John
Tmllope, Colonel 'Noel, - 111ajbr Sibthorp, Mr.
Mainwaring, and it number of distinguished gent ie-
num of thu neighbourhood, were of the poity.—.
The evening wits spent with hilarity prnportisitted
to the tare and great occusiii. The glurione ma-
jority o':;•141 hawnt7, been proposed to the chair as a
toast, Mr. C. Choiilin afterwards, in a manly and
most bitted speech, toasted The health Vibe Ali-
itat;ty of for whom, he said, ultholigh they
had voted u•,itilist him, he could not divest hitii-
self of friendship and respect. The carousal *as
kept up moil a late hour in the morninc.
In the evening (Tuesday) a general hall was given
at the Aesciiibly-rmens to the friends of the new
Member. This rroved a scree of spleildeur and
gesend pleasure, such as upon no occasion what-
eWer was hel,ne wittieseed in Stamford. The ball-
mem is supposed to het, had for several hours
more then 700 perltolll4 111 It the card-room was. at
*amine time crowded, and the anti-rooms btenaliy
trbosked up. More than MOO persons were pro-
Coady regaled wiih all sorts of refreshments appro-
priate to such .811 entertainment. The expellee of
Utc bull alone is supposed to amount to enul. The
perfect forgetfulness of rank end aniteriority en the
part of the potewssors, and the general disperittou
to please mud he pleased, which reigned in the ass
aentbly. rendered it the moat delialstful entertains
tarot that can be eoetteived. Ausougst the coma
pony were—
The Conetats of Lotradek and tee Ledice Lowther ; Logi
end Led/ mod the Nue. Mr. Ansotlen: Sir John sad Lady
Treliope and two Misses Trollops; Mr Samuel mid body"
nide. ; the Hoe. Mr. CM; Mr. and Mrs. Newry, sad
two Misses Chapiin • M. sad two Mires Reyeardsoe ; Co.
keel Neel ; Mr. eail Mrs. instant O'Brien ; Dr. Willie;
Clued Pierrepeet; Mr. Keel, Mr. dlaiawariag ; Major
Sibiborp ; Mr. liereein ; Mr. sad two Misses NCILItOII
Mr. sod Mrs. Hartupp , Mr. and Mrs. Attie ; Mr. sad Mrs.
Demotes O'lleien ; Mr. end NTS. Hotcbkin_; two Mimeo
O'Brare ; Rees sea two Mists NW et • Rev. Mr. sad
Sirs. Loynd; Rev. Mr Mn. sad Miss e.loyd Rev. Mr.
Mrs. sad tire Mime Twippoony ; Mr. mid M,t.C. Thomson;
Re. Sec. Re.; besides Ell the petty a Steeeferd sad Si.
Martis's.
.On Wednesday evening, Col. Noel, of Elam-
perk, armenneed his intention. of beconsing &lean!
didatefor the repreutetation of this borough at the
next general election. Mr. ()tidy has not yet left
the town • and, jibes hero said, iutcrels to tithe
house in tiwebelshlonerhood, that lit may snaintant
' his intimacy tab theeketors, Colonel Noel, we
understands intends personally to (inen*, the. town
on Saturday ; ha come*, as fly boo boldly declared
is one of his odtfretoes, to “ take the bull by the
horns." sad pulp. the town 'of so fool a stain upon
itshia• as She anon& boll-rtttling ! !—(Sleerford
PaPin) •

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