The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-04 00:00:00

DOWNPATRICK.

There. will be a contest here. The two Tories, Keown
and Kirk, arc cutting each other's throats.

COLERAINE.

There will be a furious contest here, and great appre-
hensions are entertained about the peace of the town.

BELFAST:

The polling begins to-day, with the most cheering pros-
pects for the Liberals. There has been some furious work
at the nomination.

ARMAGH.

There is no doubt of the return of M. Curry. The
election begins to-day.

COUNTY MONAGHAN.

They talk of putting up Mr. Sharman Crawford for the
county of Monaghan ; but, we imagine, they have not asked
that gentleman's consent. We repeat it again, we shall he
quite satisfied with the return of the late Members, Mr.
Wcstenra and Mr. Lucas.
COUNTY DONEGAL.

Although there is sufficient force in this county to flog
une of the Orangemen at least, we regret to state that, from
the mismanagement, if not the treachery, of some of the
Liberal landlord's agents, the county will still be afflicted
with the Orange representatives.

ELECTIONS FIXED.
Carlow (Borough)—Thursday, August 3.
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Carlow (County)L-11.1onday, August 7.
Galway (County)—Friday, August 11.
Kildare (County)—Monday, August 7.

IRISH MEMBERS RETURNED.
Lisburn.—Captain Meynell.
Cashel.—Stephen Woulfe.
Galway.—A. H. Lynch, 129 ; Mr. J. Blake, 119 ;
Denis Daly, 50 ; R. Burke, .1.
Armagh.—William Curry, 116 ; Joseph Kidd, 114.
Belfast.—Tennent, 387 ; Dunbar, 382 ; Lord Belfast,
355 ; Gibson, 367.

Mr. RUTHVEN.—This individual has flown for solace to

the organ of the Orangemen, and published in the Mail
a long letter " to the men of Kildare and the Trades Po-
litical Union," in reply to Mr. O'Connell's caution to the
ten pound electors of Kildare. In this epistle the jockey
gentleman proclaims aloud his own incorruptibility!—that
the Ruthven of racing notoriety was, is, and ever will be
incorruptible ! ! O'Connell clearly vilifies this much-in-
jured young gentleman. Why ? The reason is obvious—
because he is, and was honest—too honest. to sell his seat
for Kildare !! The Pilot, in this feeble attempt of Mr.
Ruthven to purge his own character of the infamy which
attaches to it by blackening that of Mr. O'Connell, will
find additional grounds for the opinion expressed by that
journal, namely, " that Mr. O'Connell would have betrayed
the cause of Ireland if he had not denounced this man,
who has avowedly come over with the money of the Carl-
ton Club to endeavour to prostitute Kildare to Orangeism."
It would be no mean service to the Hanoverians to oust a
Lord of the Treasury. We shall," adds our contempo-
rary, " publish the documents and our own remarks in our
next."

If Sir Henry Parnell had at any time lost his popu-
larity, it has been returned to him with interest. His recep-
tion at the hustings was highly gratifying, and even with the
extreme Radicals—those of them whose feelings have not been
embittered by the water question—is decidedly " the popular
candidate." The enthusiasm in favour of the Liberal cause
increased on Tuesday morning to such an extent as completely
to overwhelm the cause of feud.which it was feared would
reduce the majority for Sir Henry. The whole town was
alive at an early hour—bands of music paraded the streets,
followed by dense multitudes of people, joining in the other
usual noisy demonstrations which are the evidence of a hearty
support of a cause. As a specimen of the spirit which actuated
the people, it may be mentioned that many of the musicians
who made the streets ring with their efforts to cheer on the
Liberals, refused employment from the other side. The other
party appeared to have entirely disappeared—it was expected
that they would make some public demonstration, but they
wisely refrained. During the first hour the state of the r,ll
showed the undoubted predominance of liberalism, and put an
end to all doubts of the ultimate extent of the majority. The
Radicals have done their duty, and we have to record the
pleasing fact, that, so far as can be ascertained, not one voted
for the Tory.

CLOSE OF POLL:

Parnell ........
Gladstone

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Nlijority

Scotsman.

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A fashionable young Parisian the other day bor-
rowed pistols from a friend, and proceeded, accompanied by
two witnesses, to the Bois de Boulogne, for the !impose,
as he said, of fighting a duel. Upon reaching the ground,
however, he retired some distance, and immediately shot
himself through the body. It then transpired that no hos-
tile meeting whatever
had been arranged. Although the
suicidal wound, which was inflicted under circumstances so
singular, was of a dangerous nature, it is hoped that it will
not prove fatal.