The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-04-04 00:00:00

STATE OF POLLS.

Limerick County, seventh day, Tuesday, March 28
DAY'S POLL. Glum POLL.
Colonel Fitzgibbon...
Captain O'Grady
Sir A. de Pere Hunt ....... 403
W. O'Grady, 263
Limerick City, shit* day, Tuesday, Much 28 :
Dairs POLL. 011001 POLL.
Major Tereker.... 93 ......... 442
T. Spring Ries .. 08

Four Candidates will start for the repreaentation of the
County of Gidway, namely. .1. Daly and It. Martin, &gra.
the old Member'', and Colonel Eyre and John D'Arey, Esq.
of Killulla. The Mil* Hon. D. B. Daly is also mentioned.
A very warn eumisall i Iltpected.

The following is a correct statement of the pro.
gm, of the General Election, up to Saturday.
April 1:—•
Members or the late Parliament re.eleeted 457
New Members 122

Members already elected 579
Members yet to be elected to complete the new
Parliament

Total number of Members of Parliament fur
Great Britain and Ireland fISS

Member. of the late Parliament retired, or cot re-
elected llB

Lord LOWTHER arrived in Kendal in the after-
noon of Monday ee'renight, it is •sia, to return the
compliment of Sir P. MUSGRAVN, in supporting
Mr. JOHN LOWTHER. at Cockerinouth, and Mr.
%Vitamin, in Durham, by canvassing fur the
Baronet. A 'bomber of agents have been dispatch-
ed into the country to enlist voters under Sir
PHILIP'S standard.
The Lords of the Admiralty have given up the
idea of proceeding to the out-ports by water. Lords
Mat.wiLLE, &c. will pass through Exeter, on their
way from Portsmouth to Plymouth, in the course
of a day or two, to inspect the Dock-yard sod ter
sels of that place.

On Wednesday, during a fracas between two of
the lower classes in Union-street. Bristol, the iufaut
son of Mr. ADAMS, shoemaker, was seised with a
convulsive fright, and immediately expired in the
arms of its mother. In uttempling, with a elsild
on each arm, to run to the shop door. she unfortu-
nately stumbled over a stool, and came with consi-
derable violence to the ground. It is supposed.
that the conjoined effect of the shrieks and the fall,
occasioned the child's dissolotion.

A meleucholy accident occurred at Hatch Beau-
champ, 'tear 7tinntou, ou Monday se' gilt, by the
drairuction of the cottage belonging to a laboursr
in the employ of H. P. Cou.tos, Esq. in which
the poor man', two children, the eldest about two
years old, were burnt to death.
Oo Tisesday mot • g last. MARGARET, wife of
CHRISTOPHER Jonsoa, Ropery-lane, Sunderland,
in the ab.ence of her husband, stabbed herself so
severely iu the ►ide with a pair of scissors, that
though she was almost immediately discovered, mid
the wound sewed up, she died before night. She
had been for some time iu a desponding state of
mind.

Suicine.—On Wednesday nittriiii.g last Mr. M.
La%Yana. of Fulforti, put a period to Isis existence,
by hanging himself ou a machine adjoissiint his
barn. He had beta a considerable time in a very low
wily, and was in his hist year: he wa• a ivan of
considerable property. Mr. SHIPLEY, Coroner,
Selby, held an inquest an the body the seine day.
when the Jury returned a vaidict of Lettory.—
(Yet k Herald., • .

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IRELAND.
~tlt>•-
Dust.lx. 111A2CH 30.
Mr. Harris, sod hi. brother, Cowan' Harris,
Hoye! Diary, sailed in the picket for Holyhead. an
Tileoglay iiifiht, on thei► return to London, to nook*
preparations for the coin niesiernient of the Theistri-
es I season here.—(Dabfin Freeman's Journal.)
The Right Ilan. C. Gram. it is expected, will
trove the Chief Kocretory'r Lodge in the Park this
day, to attend his election for the county of Inver-
nes% in Scotland; it is expected hr will he omit&
mnisdy returned, mai that lie will oliottly coat« back
to Ireland.

GRATTAN.—We are lumpy to inform not
restless, that our tem-ruble miff respected Reprt.
vriitative, the Right I Idn. H. Groton, is to far rr-
coverrd from his late vevrrr isolispoosson, that hr is
already preparing, to embark for lEstglisol, to attend
bit parliamentary duty its the etossatisg, esunpstsgss.
The %orison! of F.unnkillro, vacant Ivy the pro-
motion of 1)r. Burrowes to the Deanery of Cork,
hat beets given to the Rev. Dr. O'Beirne, of Bel-
favr. _ _ .

The 18th Fl , now at Cork, hod no leer than
four Candidate"; for Sena in Parliament—Colonel
Hughes loss been returned for Grantham :
Colonel Clem,rits and Lieutenant Neehit, stood
the county of Leitrim. and Captain O'Grady
for the county of Leinerir k. Fr will he rather ■
some! thing to see am many Meusbera of Parliament
in one corps.