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TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER.

GENTLEMEN,
IN the great struggle which has been decided this day
we have been overcome by a combination of circumstances
against which it was aimost impossible to succeed.
Intimidation to an unparallelled extent, exercised by a section of
the aristocracy, and attachment to the name of Sir Francis Burdett,
connected as it was with the memory of those principles which he
fo merle professed, have caused our defeat.
To that great body of the liberal and independent electors who,
in voting for me, have supported the cause of civil and religious
freedom I feel deeply grateful. I beg them to accept my most sin-
cere thanks.

At the invitation of many amongst you I entered on the contest,
and looking to the smallness of the majority against me, and to the
peculiar circumstances which have contributed to the result, I feel
justified in saying that I shall consider it a duty to come forward on
any future occasion as fearlessly as at present, to offer myself for
your suffrages. I have the honour to be,
Your obedient humble servant,
JOHN TEMPLE LEADER.
8, Stratton-street, May 11, 1837.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given, that all persons having any
CLAIM AGAINST the COMMITTEE who have conducted the
ELECTION of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, are requested to
send them immedi Ltely to my office, No. 8, St. Swithin's-lane,
Lombard-street, when they will be examined, and an early day ap-
pointed for payment.

JOSEPH CROUCHER, Secretary.
Ship Hotel, Charing-cross, May 12.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.

Extract from " Returns of the number of Stamps issued
monthly to each of the London Newspapers, from 1 Jan.,
1837, to 1 April, 1837.

Titles of Newspapers. January. February. March.
Courier
English Chronicle
Evening Chronicle 20,000 20,000 20,000
Evening Mail 20,000 40,000 25,000
Globe and Traveller
Shipping Gazette
Standard
St. James's Chronicle
Sun
True Sun 42,500 45,000 31,000

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1837

In the House of Lords yesterday, several Bills (fur n hich
we must refer our readers to our Parliamentary Report) were
advanced a stage. The remainder of the sitting was con-
sumed by Earl RODEN and the Marquis of WEsTmEArn ; the
Noble Earl spoke at great length in vindication of the course
pursued by Chief Baron JOY in the appointment of Sheriffs,
and the Noble Marquis spoke at still greater length on the
subject of a petition which he presented from Dr. Mut.not.-
LAND, a Roman Catholic clergyman, who renewed his com-
plaint of the treatment which he had received from his own
Church.

In the House of Commons after the presentation of peti-
tions, and some proceedings connected with Railway Bills,
the House went into Committee on the Puor Relief (Ireland)
Bill. The discussion on the several clauses, engaged the
Committee till nearly one o'clock ; considerable progress was
made.

Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regu-
Lte the payment of rates and taxes by Parliamentary electors,
and to abolish the stamp duty on the admission of freemen.
LYNCH ob'ained leave to bring in a Bill '' to promote
t e employment of the poor in Ir,•land."
The second reading of the Registration and Marriages Act
Amendment Bill, was postponed till this day.

The Tories are of course in extasies at the result
of the Westminster election. The triumph, they will
have it, is essentially a Tory one,tand Sir F. BUR-
DETT the best of all possible Tories. But he him-
self tells us he is still unchang,cd. Alas, the faction
know him better than he knows himself, and arc per-
sua3cd, and we must confess they have good grounds
for their persuasion, that a more inveterate Tory never
gave a vote in Parliament. How will the Hon.
Baronet now act ? This is a curious question to
speculate upon. Will he still male a show of being
a Reformu—still give a liberal vote—still support the
popular interests in the House of Commons ? No ;he
dare not. He is bound hand and foot to the TOries.
He has nailed their colours to his mast. He has
been brought in by their means ; he is committed to
their party ; and dare not a second time play the part
of a changeling. And this, forsooth, is a matter to
exult in I The return of an old Radical Reformer by
a Tory faction, is a circumstance that the individual so
returned. ft els to be a legitimate subject for congratu-
lation. Poor Sir FRANCIS! We pity, even more
than we b 3 erne him. Trry.afitit, is the worst censure

that shall fall from 'our lips respecting him. If, when
• he takes his seat in the House of Commons, he can
cast a glance towards that bench he has deserted ; if he
can endure to find himsclf voting with PEEL ; cheering
PEEL ; swearing by PEEL—that PEZLL whom the
most vigorous years of his life were spent in denounc-
ing ; who was the sworn opponent of Refor►n, and the
champion of the boroughmongers ;—if Sir FrtA Istcrs
can take his scat beside this Tory, and support this
'fory, bearing in mind what he himself said about such
Tories, no later than the last election ;—if he can do
this, and do it without compunction, all we shall say
of him is, that he is the most strangely constituted
Statesman we ever heard of, or ever hope to hear of.
But he tells us he has achieved a triumph, and we
believe him. He has triumphed over all his old feel-
ings—prvindices, if lie IN 'ill have it so ; he has
trnmplied over all hi 3 old friends, who for thirty years
v. ould have sourer believed that the sun Would change
its course, than he retrograde ;—the Hon. Baronet has
achieved this triumph, and- we wish him joy of it
Another such, and who will ever again put faith in the
prolssions of a Statesman ?
" Birds of a feather," says the old adage, " flock
together." This, we suppose, is the secret of Sir
GnouGE MURRAY'S anxiety to promote the interests
of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. The one Baronet falsi-
fied tl►e pledges he volunteered to his Perthshire con •
stituents. The other falsifies all those which he has
volunteered for thirty years past on the hustings of
Westminster. What more natural than that two such
politicians should make common cause ?
Still notwithstanding this junction, Toryism would
never have triumphed in Westminster, had it not been
for the remissness of many of those electors who should
have known better. Intimidation prevailed over hun-
• tAlreds of them—intimidation of the most aggravated.
-character. Hundreds too, unable or unwilling to for-
-get the past, still hoped against hope, and believed in
the declaration of the Tory candidate, that he was
unchanged." Let these men read the Hon. Baro-

speech last night, and confess that they have
.been most miserably mistaken in their estimate of
him. What does lie there say ? What is the
language he there uses ? Why„ that of 'mini-
; igmcd, immitigable Toryism, such as prevailed
in the old days of CASTLEREAGII. He shows him-
self an Oraiwynnin to the back-bone. He forgets that
there are Catholics in Ireland who have wrongs to
redress, and privileges to claim ; he remembers only
that there are Protestants in that country. In fact,
lie takes up the ascendancy principle at the very point
at which the more liberal Tories have shopped it. He
out-Shaves SliAw himself in Oraiveisai ; and is proud
to attire himself in the cast-ofF wardrobe of the ascen-
dancy men. And this he calls being " still unchanged!"
Well may the Tories claim Sir FRANCIS as their
own. He has been graduating some time in their
school, and is now every way qualified to officiate as
one of their leaders. We hope, however, Sir RonERT
lIEEL will not shock his prejudices by any undue dis-
, play of liberality, but have some consideration for his
new-born zeal for " the English Constitution, the
Protestant religion, the Established Church, and the
rcat and glorious institutions of the land"—words,
which stripped of all their gloss, mean neither more
nor less than that Sir FRANCIS means henceforth to
take his stand on the old " Church and State" prin-
ciples Of ELDON.
We now quit the subject, with the expression of a
conviction that the good cause will, after all, sustain no
serious injury from the return of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT.
Trimmers may take fright at it, but all sincere Liberals
Nill be urged by it to renewed exertions. It will sting
them into activity. Speaking on this subject, a " Mo-
derate Reformer," in a letter which we publish this day,
observes with great justice, " the Westminster election
decides nothing more than this—that Sir F. BURDETT
in his old age has become Tory, and consequently has
received the aid of the Tories ; that the votes of the
Tories have been considerably increased by men of the
other party, who are not very scrupulous, cr
who supported BURDETT for the sake of old recol-
lections ; and, above all, that as there was no
personal attachment on the part of the electors
to Mr. LEADER, many of them kept back from indif-
ference, and a very considerable number, who would
have voted for a Whig, or a moderate Radical,
voted against him, or kept away, on account of
his extreme political opinions. Little more than
one half of the registered electors voted—(the
entire number being about ten thousand) ;—a great
many who would have voted for a Radical had not re-
gistered ; and owing to the bad arrangements of some
of Mr. LEADER'S agents, many who would have sup-
ported him, were not brought to the poll. Taking all
the circumstances together, it is surprising that the ma-
jority against him was so small. When the next trial
comes the Tories and renegades will find that they do
not represent the feelings of the electors of West-
minster."

The whole of the French journals of Wednesday
have been received. In all the liberal papers, the Act
of Amnesty is regarded as the commencement of a
new political era in France. The most violent organs
of Republicanism congratulate the KING upon it in
language which must convince Ministers that conci-
liation alone is necessary to rally round the standard
of the monarchy of July the whole power and intel-
ligence of the French democracy. As for the Doc-
tnnnaire journals, they prudently hold their peace,
being ashamed to defend the political tergiversa-
tions, and despotic councils of Messieurs GUIZOT
and PERSlL—afraid to tax the KING with the
policy of the ex-Ministers—and terrified at the
idea of encountering public indignation and con-
tempt, by falsely attributing the Royal clemency to the
fears of Count MOLE, and the silly forebodings of
danger to Royalty on the part of weak-minded per-
sonages about the Court. We trust that neither the
KING nor his Ministers will be deterred from pursuing
the path of conciliation which they have entered upon
by the sneers or the reproaches of the partizans of
the Ex-Cabinet. The Gazette de France, in the
fullness of its joy, declares the system of the
last seven years. to be at an end—says the Act of Am-
nesty signed by the KING, and M. BARTHE brings
France back to the Ordinance of LOUIS PHILLIPE,
as Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom—asserts that
the Amnesty has destroyed M. GulzoT's system of
intimidation and cruelty, and the bastard system of the
Tiers-parti for the emanation of clemency from the
Chambers, and not from the KING, and maintains that
all that remains of poor M. GUIZOT is his last speech,
and the laws of September—monuments of the illu-
sions of the Minister of necessity I The laws of Sep-
tember cannot long outlive the coercive system.

The MINISTER of JUSTICE has addressed the fol-
lowing circular to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, and
the Prefects of Departments throughout France :
" Sir,—The King has just granted an amnesty in favour of
all those at present detained in the state prisons, in conse-
quence of having been found guilty of political crimes and
offences.

" Well-disposed citizens will thus see with joy that order
has been so far restored, and public tranquillity sufficiently
secured, to allow the King to extend his clemency to men
ho, through mistaken notions, had endeavoured to expose
society to danger.
" The Government has recognised the amnesty as a proof
of confidence and strength. All its agents should be well
convinced of the spirit by which this great measure pas dic-
tated. It is their duty to fully understand that society cannot
rejoice at an act of indulgence as to the past, except upon
condition that it furnishes fresh guarantees of vigilance and
firmness for the future.

.....
" The experience arising from the frequent troubles of the
last few years has led to laws the execution of which is con-
fided to your care, and undo: the protection of which the
country has a right to expect that the Magistrates would
strictly enforce such laws whenever evil passions should re-
quire their intervention.
" The person of the King and the constitution of the state
ought to be inviolable. When they are injured, the repression
of such offences should not be delayed. When the judg-
ment of the country shall be required from the jury, you must
be aware that, as the faithful organ of the love which France
bears to the King and institutions, it (the jury) will show that
the royal magnanimity has not presumed too much upon public
confidence.

" Illegal associations are the hot-beds of disorder where
the most culpable projects arc raised. 'lt was at their meeting
that the great majority of those whom the King has just par-
doned felt the first excitement which drove them to criminal
acts. You should use the utmost vigilance to prevent their for-
mation in any part of the country.
" That vigilance which prevents crime, and the firmness
which stops and represses it, when it first appears, are
amongst the principal benefits which the country expects from
the Government. Let us make ours beloved, by making it
r, speeted.
" The ordonnance of amnesty extends to those individuals
at present in prison. From the above terms you will of course
understand that those who have not surrendered (les contu-
maces)
are not included, nor those who have made their escays
after receiving sentence.
" This amnesty is granted for political crimes and offences,
but not for crimes of another description. Offences of the
press, when committed with respect to private individuals, can-
not be included in the above act of indulgence. It is from
the judgment or decree of condemnation that you will learn
what were the circumstances under which the punishment was
pronounced. When political facts, in conjunction with crimes
and offences of another nature led to the condemnation, you
will apply to me for advice how to act, at the same time ex-
pressing your opinion if you think the amnesty applicable to
the case in question.
" With respect to the surveillance of the high police, it is
to be continued as regards those whose sentences contained
a similar restriction. It will also be maintained with regard
to those ,Alto had been condemned to a heavy or degrading
punishment. The condemned individual before he can enjoy
the benefit of the amnesty, or be set at liberty, must previ-
ously (according to the 44th act of the penal code) declare the
place where he intends fixing his residence, and have applied
for his passport.
If any difficulties should arise in the execution of any of
those measures, you will inform me of it without any delay ;
and you will wait for my instructions.
" Moreover, I recommend you to keep up a communication,
either yourself or by your substitute, with the Prefect of the
Department in which the pardoned individuals may reside.
( Signed) " BA RTHE, Minister of Justice." '
To render the Amnesty a substantial boon to tl.e
prisoners, the Minister of the Interior, M. MONTALI-
VET, has ordered money to be given to them on being
liberated, for the purchase of such necessaries as they
may stand in need of, and to defray the expense of
their journey to the places of their birth, if they desire
to return to them. The French political refugees in
foreign countries are now at liberty to return home ;
but such as have neither fled nor submitted themselves
to trial are exempted, because to pardon them would
be a violation of the principles of justice. They will,
however, be now only triedprofortna, and if condemned,
the amnesty will without doubt be extended to them.
There is no news of any interest from the Spanish
frontier in the Paris Papers of Wednesday. We
copy from a Morning Contemporary the following ac 7

count, sn:(l to he received to clay by " Srecial Ex-
press" from PaJis :
‘4 PERrIGNAN, MAY 7.—On the 30th Tarragona adhered
to the resolutions of the insurgents of Reus. The province
of Tarragona has declared itself independent of Catalonia, and
refuses all obedience to the Captain General. On the 2d
May a Commissary of the town of Reus reached Barcelona,
where a movement Eke that ra Reus is feared.
On the 29th the head-quarters of the army of the centre
was Andilla. Twenty-seven of its officcts were sent to
the citadel of Valencia.
" PERPIGNAN, MAY B.—On the 4th the anarchist patty at
Barcelona took possession of the Tribunal and the Town-
house. They wer: atucked there by three columns of the
Queen's troops, who cannonaded them during the night of
the 4th to the morning of the 5111; and at six o'clock On that
morning the insurgents capitulated, and were allowed to re-
tire. Tranquillity was completely restored on the sth."
FitENctt Nps.—PAHls; MAY 10
Five per Cents., 107 f. Sc.- :Sec. :53c. 4cc.
Four and a lia'iner Cents. Bill. floc.
hrt e per I Sec. liec.
Bank Actions, 2,4 li,f. 2,4121 N't
Bente etc nmles, 991 :,.5c 45c. 50e.
Roman Fivt per Cents. 10
Spanish Actives, 25 35A.
Spanish Ditleres, Sz;, 9.
Spanish Passives, C 5
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101
Portuguese Three nor Cehts, 60 29%14.
likytian Loan, 325 f.
EXCHANDY. ON LONDON.
One (DODO. paper, 2511 35, ; money, 2.7,r. 52c e.
three months, paper, 251. 15c.; money, 251. 13'y c
rs Anthen:tauc.

LAST PRICES
rlll2 per Cents.. Plif. 55c.
'three per Cents. 79f sc.
Bank Actions, '2,4121'. 50c.
Bente de Naples, 99f. 55c. .
Roman Five per Cents., 100 N.
Brussels Bank, 1,435 f.
Belgian Loan, 101.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 4111.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 12(.1%.
::panish Actives, 251/y.
Spanish Passives 5%.
Differes, 7.
New Differes, J.

Advices from Constantinople of the 19th Tilt, re-
ceived to day, state that the SULTAN, instead of his
proposed visit to Smyrna and Stamboul, intends making
a personal survey of Varna, Shumla, Routshook, Si-
listria, and Viddin ; and rumours were in circulation
that a meeting between his Highness and the CZAR
was to take place on the banks of the Danube. Upon
what foundation such rumours rest—if, indeed, they
rest on any—is more than we know.

The German and Brussels Papers received to-day
supply only a few paragraphs of intelligence, which
will be found in the columns of The Sun.

r.ELGIAN FUNDS—BRUSSELS, MAY 10
Actual Debt, 2;si per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, b per Cent. lOO%
Loan of Thirty Millions 9l 14
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 0914
Society of Cossmerce, 4 s4per Cent l3O
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 139
—Brussels Papers, May 11.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 2.
Five per Cents. Metalliqucs
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares
—4llgemeine Zeitung, May 7..
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, MAY 9.
Bills. Money.
Austrian Metant,ues, 5 per cent.
Ditto oat to 4 per cent. —
Ditt... ditto 3 per cent.
bat° Bank Shares I'so 1249
Anglo- Itussian Loan WI% 10414
Paper I nseript ion. 6 per cent _
Russian 5 per cents. Metal.
Itussian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 46
Ditto, 3 per cent. 2834 _
Ditch 2N, per Cents. 52,4 52
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets a'. 1541,4 151
A nglo-Daidsh Loan, 3 per cents 70% 70%
Norwegian Lean of 1534, 4 per cents.
Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... .. .........
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 19% Is
Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 9234
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, MAY 9.-13 9% ; two months, 13 8.
CHRISTIANIA, APRIL 29.—Three months, 5 2.
BERLIN, MAY 6.—Three m .nths, 6. 25%.
ST. PETIMSBURGII, APRIL 27.—Three months, 10 7-IC.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 3.—Two months, 12 6.
—Hamburg Papers, Map 9.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TIVELVE O'CLO(,K.

Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, Holland,
and Hamburg mails ; ship letters from Jamaica and Demerara ;
Calcutta, Dec. 25 ; Madras, Jan. 31 ; Sydney, Oct. 3 ; and
Hobart Town, Nov. 26.
The Hobart Town Courier of Nov. 25 states that the con-
sumption of rum, which ten years ago was about 1,000 gallons
weekly in Hobart Town, notwithstanding the great increase in
population since that time, does not now exceed that quantity.
The same paper says—" The weather has now become more
mild, and vegetation is going on rapidly. The wheat land in
general, which in many parts, owing to the long-continued
cold and wet weather, bad begun to look sickly, has recovered,
and promises to yield an abundant crop. Hay-making is now
general, but it is not so heavy a crop as might be expected.
Sheep-shearing is now going on throughoat the colony. Carts
and waggons loaded with bales of wool are daily coming into
town. The whaling season has now closed, but not with all
the success that could be wished. Messrs. Maclachlan and
Young's establishment have succeeded in taking in all 96
whales, amounting to 553 tons of oil, and 371 tons of whale•
lone.

" We regret to observe from the Mauritius papers that in-
cendiarism is going on to a distressing extent amongst the
negroes in that colony. Wheat per bushel, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d.;
oats, 6s. 6d. to 7s. ; barley, 6s. 6d. to 70s, ; hay per ton, 5/.
103. to 6/. 10s. ; straw, 31. ss. to 3/. 10s. ; potatoes, 2/. to
3/. Sales of %heat continue dull.

- " " His Excellency Colonel Snodgrass returned to town on
Tuesday from Port Arthur. He was much pleased with the
state of the settlement."

THE FUNDS.

The bustle which prevailed during the whole of yesterday
in the city, caused by the election of Sir Francis Burdett, has
now subsided, and many of the knowing ones have lost their
money who betted against Sir Francis being returned.
The accounts this morning from Manchester state that the
improvement in the market during the past two weeks has not
been materially diminished, and the manufacturers generally
entertain confident hopes of an improvement in trade.
Consols, which closed buoyant yesterday at 91k to i for the
Account, opened at the same price this.morning ; and 91k for
Money.
Yesterday was the weekly meeting of the Bank Directors ;
but the Court broke up without anything having transpired in
respect to their deliberations, although it was expected that
something would have been made public respecting the Bank
of England nogociations with that of the United States.
Exchequer Bills, 32 34 prem.; 'lndia Bonds, 32 34 prem. ;
Bank Stock, 206 207 ; India Stock, 259+ 260.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Acti►e, which closed at 22a
ex-Coupons, are not so good this morning, owing to the
news from Spain not being so favourable as was anticipated,
and may be quoted 221 ex- Coupons ; Passive, 51 6 ; Deferred,
i; Portuguese, 47i; Three per Cents., 29+ 4 ; Dutch
Two-and-a-half per Cents., 531 ; Colombian, 243 ;
Mexican, 24k.
HALF-PAST ONE.

Since the early part of the morning both the British and
Foreign Markets have taken a heavy turn with little doing.
Extract of a letter from New Orleans, April 10:—" I have
just time, as the mail closes in a few minutes, to say that Sa-
turday was the hardest day ever known in New Orleans. Not
a bank bought a bill on the North, and there is so much distrust
prevailing that no out-door bu.iness is done in Exchanges.
The news of the doings of the United States Bank will pro-
duce no effect here. Nothing short of the interposition of
the Government, and the throwing into market, through dis-
in or sted chann‘ls, the immense supplies on hand, could restore
confidence. The house of Buckner, Stanton, and Co., dealers
in cotton and Western produce, some time since got a loan of
half a million from the Banks; suppoOng it would carry them
through on Saturday, after forcing a great quantity of cotton
into market to no effect, they went by the board. What de-
ductions will you make when you hear that the very best cot-
tons will not command for cash more than ten cents ; and
these very cottons have advanced on them fully fourteen cents ;
ordinary descriptions will not bring seven cents; all kinds of
produce are falling. The late news about the Mexicans in-
vading Texas is all a humbug got up in this city."
Consols, which were 91i a for the account, may be quoted
at present 904- money. The bad state of the weather and great
dearth of information tend to affect the markets. Exchequer
Bills, 32 34 pm. • India Bonds, 34 32 pm. ; Bank Stock,
2061 ;
India Stock, 260.
Spanish Active Bonds have receded to 221 4 ex-Coupons ;
Coupons, 47/ ; Portuguese, 47 : Three per Cents, 291 ;
Dutch, 53i; Colombian, 241.
THREE O' CL CK.
Consols for the Account,

The editor of the Eglantine says that the girls in
Connecticut drink a pint of yeast before going to bed at night,
to make them rise early in the morning.
Amongst the improvements in the metropolis, we
hear that the clock at the General Post-office is about to be
illuminated, and the present indistinct faces are to give place
to two bold an,l handsome dials, each of which will be six feet
in ei ureter, of plate glass, and splendidly illuminated.
Yates and Co. ate performing to overflowing houses
at the surrey theatre. lit citstone's ,kilful adaptation of
Abelard and Reloise seems likely to equal in attraction Jer-
rold's popular drama of Black-Eyed Susan.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 10.—
The demand for Cotton to-day has been only to a moderate
extent, without material change in prices.
Sugar has been made in New England from the
butter-nut ;if the experiment can be carried into general
effect it is a grand discovery, as the northern forests are filled
with butter- not trees. But at present the sugar, unless it be
well cleansed, retains a cathartic quality.
Signor Pistrucci's iniprovisazione and concert took
place this morning in the great concert room of the King's
Theatre, with every advantage that talent and judgment could
contribute to render the performances attractive.
Count Matuszevic is still in Paris, but he is ex-
pected to arrive in time for the great Derby day at Epsom,
namely, Thursday, the 25th inst. The Count was recalled
from the Jmbassy at Naples at his own reivsit.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—You and your Contemporaries have attached too
n:uch importance to the result of the Westminster Election.
So extravagant indeed were some, that they appeared to par-
take of all the aberration of mind imputed to Sir Francis
Burdett. They considered it a question which was to decide
not only the fate of the two candidates, but of the Ministry and
the country ; nay, some went so far as to assert that the fate
of Europe hung on the decision of the electors of West-
minster. Now it in fact decides nothing more than this—that
Sir F. Burdett in his old age has become Tory, and conse-
quently has received the aid of the Tories ; that the votes of
the Tories have been considerably increased by men of the
other party, who are not very scrupulous, or who supported
Burdett for the sake of old recollections ; and, above all, that
as there was no personal attachment on the part of the electors
to Mr. L,adtr, many of them kept back from indifference,
and a very considerable number, who would have voted for
a Whig, or a moderate Radical, voted against him, or kept
away, on aeflunt of his extreme political opinions. Little
more than one half of the registered electors voted—
(the entire number being about ten thousand);—a great
many who would have voted for a Radical had not registered;
and owing to the bad arrangements of some of Mr. Leader's
agents, many who would have supported him, were not
brought to the poll. Taking all the circumstances together, it
is surprising that the majority against hint was so small. When
the next trial comes the Tories and renegades will find that
they do not represent the feelings of the electors of West-
minster. Yet they are delighted beyond measure with the
vict,ry, and exclaim that those in whom the Court places con-
fidence ought to whisper again into the King's car, that the
time is now come to turn out the Ministry. What weighty
and numerous reasons these men discover for the downfall of
the Melbourne Government 1
May 12. A MODERATE REFORMER.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

THIS DAY.

THE DECLARATION.

This being the day appointed for declaring the successful
candidate, long before the hour appointed by the High Bailiff
for the purpose, every avenue leading to Covent-garden and
around the hustings was crowded to excess. At half-past one
Mr. Leader, accompanied by Mr. Hume, Dr. Bowring, Mr.
Aglionby, and other members of his Committee, appeared
upon the hustings, and was received with loud and vehement
cheering.
Mr. LEADER said, that as a great majority of those present
appeared to be his friends, they would oblige him by giving
the opposite party a patient hearing. He hoped they
would hear not only Sir Francis Burdett, their present Mem-
ber, but any gentleman of his Committee who might wish to
address them. If any thing against the cause of the people
was said, then he (Mr. Leader) would be able to answer
them.—( Cheers, and cries of " They'll call us ragamuffins
and pismires to-morrow.")
Shortly afterwards Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by
Captain Burton, the rejected of the Tower Hamlets, Colonel
Verner, Mr. Corry, Lord Cole, Mr. M'Lean, Mr. Walter, of
the Times, and other Members of his Committee, made
his appearance, and the groans, hisses, and uproar were tre-
mendous. Jokes were bandied about among the mob as freely
as cabbages and turnip-tops were dispersed on former occa-
sions, but all parties appeared disposed to bring the proceed-
ings to a close as they had commenced, in good temper.
The numbers were then exhibited in front of the hustings as
follows :—_

Sir F. Burdett..
J. T. Leader....
Majority for Sir F. Burdett ..... —515
And this was the signal for renewed shouting, cheering,
groaning, and other marks of popular applause and disappro-
bation, which were again renewed, when Capt. Burton came
forward, flourishing one of Sir F. Burdett's crutches over the
heads of the mob. Order having been at length in some de-
gree restored,
The HIGH SHERIFF (F. Smedley, Esq.), then came for-
ward, and said—Gentlemen, as the High Bailiff of the City
and Liberties of Westminster, it is now my duty to give notice
and declare, that Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, is duly elected
to serve in Parliament for the City and Liberties of West-
minster.—( Cheering, and waving of hats from Sir Francis
Burdett's supporters, followed by loud groans, hisses, and
cries of " Bribery," " Intimidation," from the opposite party.)
Sir F. BURDETT then presented himself to the meeting, and
the uproar and hooting were renewed, and continued almost
without intermission during the time the Hon. Baronet was
speaking. He said--Gentleman, it is now my pleasing task
to return you my most grateful thanks—in the first place, for
the arrangements you have made, for the consideration
you have had for me, for the attention which you have
paid me in my present state of health, and which has
rendered my task upon this great occasion easy, and
full of satisfaction to myself. But principally, gentle-
men, I congratulate you on the noble and independent efforts
you have made; and through you I congratulate the people of
England at large, upon the triumph of the English Constitu-
tion over radicalism and tyranny ; and you have, on the present
occasion, shown a firm determination tq maintain our ancient
institutions against all improvement.—Groans and hooting, with
partial cheers.) Gentlemen, the task I now have to perform,
is both short and pleasant ; and I shall not detain you now,
after the triumph of •ictory, merely to indulge my own feel-
ings of exultation; but this I will say, that the electors of
Westminster have set an example to the people of England,
and in every part of the country I have no doubt that it will
have the happy effect of making good men who live under
its glorious institutions unite in their defence, and at the
same time defeat the machinations and conspiracies of the
bad. Gentlemen, I will not dwell on these subjects, but this
much I will observe, that you are indebted even to your ene-
mies for the triumph you have achieved. Malignity and
malice have been at work to injure me, but to no one are we
more indebted than to Mr. Daniel O'Connell.—(Great hissing
and hooting.) Gentlemen, the big beggerman from Ireland has
mistaken this country—be has intruded himself upon the elec-
tors of Westminster with his uncalled for advice, and his still
more, as it turns out, disregarded threats. He has told you
in his strange Irish letter, more Irish than Irish itself in every
point of view, that mixture of blarney and bully, the former
of which only excites disgust, and tee latter contempt, among
the electors of Westminster.—( Renewed groans, hisses, and
uproar, which lasted for some time.) Gentlemen, I know
not what effect his advice may have upon his Majesty's Minis-
ters, but this I know, that the electors of Westminster and the
people of England are made of sterner stuff.—( Oh, oh, and
groaning.) And we, gentlemen, shall be determined to sup-
port the English Constitution, and to resist the dismember-
ment of the British empire, notwithstanding Mr. Daniel
O'Connell is our determined foe.—( Uproar.) Gentlemen, I
will merely say that you view, as I do, the attempt to control your
opinions lately made by the great Popish priest• ridden paid
patriot of Ireland—( Hisses, hooting, and other discordant
noises)—and I will add this, that I wish such persons would
declare themselves as he has done, and no danger could
then be apprehended, as I think it would be on all occasions
r to have such persons my foes than my friends.. Gentlemen,
with these observations I shall take my leave—the sun shines upon
our principles and our efforts at this moment ; but there is a
still brighter sunshine in every honest English heart at the tri-
umph achieved by you, and the example you have set to the
rest of England.—( Cheers and hooting.) Wishing you all
good and happiness, and full of the devotion I owe you, elec-
tors of Westminster, as friends to the cause of England and
the Constitution, I now take my leave.—( Renewed cheering,
hissing, &c.)
The flonourable Baronet, attended by several friends, then
withdrew.

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Mr. LEADER then got upon the rail, and was received w

reiterated shouts of applause from at least two. thirds of the
meeting. Silence having been restored, he commenced :
Brother Electors, and Brother Citizens of Westminster—
( Loud cheers)—l have considered it my duty to come here
this day for two reasons—First, To tell you one or two of
the causes which has prevented our being victorious.—
( Great cheering, and loud cries of " Never mind, next
time;") and in the next place to thank all those honest, inde-
pendent and conscientious Reformers who recorded their votes
for me. Sir Francis Burdett tells you that he has not
changed.—( Laughter.) Then, I say, how happens it that
the three thousand Reformers, being honest, independent
men, who have supported me on this occasion, and
who—in former times—were the warm supporters of the
Hon. Baronet—how happens it, I say, that they have left him
and voted for me.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " Because
they were honest," from the crowd.) By whom was he
supported ?—( Cries from the crowd, " By the Tories.")
Yes, my friends, you are right. He has been supported by
the Tories most firmly, but not by them alone. Many per-
sons who were old -friends of Sir Francis Burdett have
preferred personal affection to a regard for public principle.
(Groans. ) Then, I say, one of two things is certain, either
Sir Francis Burdett has changed, or the Tories who supported
him have changed their principles.—( Cheers and laughter.)
If Sir Francis has changed, I wish the Tories joy of his acces-
sion to their strength—l wish them joy of the accession
to their ranks of one who in former and better times
was one of their most bitter and most determined enemies—
( Loud cheering, and " That was our Sir Francis.") But if
those who supported Sir F. Burdett—the Tories, and those
personal friends of his who voted for him have changed their
principles, then I congratulate the people of England upon
the great progress which has been made by liberal priu-
ciples, which must have found their way into the hands and
hearts of the old Tories.—( Loud cheers.) Now, then,
let me ask, by what means have they beaten us ?—(" Why,
what need you ask ? You know, as well as we, that
it was by intimidation 1") Yes, my friends—in the first
place, it was by most atrocious intimidation.—( Loud cheers. )
•In the second place, it was the desertion of the neu-
trality professed by many personal friends of Sir Francis,
and also by changing the principles and opinions on the part of
many, and for th sake of what? For the sake of making
the Reform Bill a mere mockery. There is also another
cause of our defeat, to which I must call your attention,
as it rests with yourselves. It is the great want, on the part
of the Liberal party, of any previous arrangement—( Loud
cheering, and cries of " Hear")—and yet, in spite of
all these things—in spite of all the most unparalleled
intimidation—in spite of the desertion or neutrality by many
friends of Sir Francis, who forsook their public principles for
the gratification of personal friendship—in spite of the great
want of previous arrangement—there are in Westminster
3,050 honest, independent, and conscientious electors, whb have
recorded their votes for me, in spite of all these difficulties.
--(Cheers.) There was another thing which was against us.
By the Act of Parliament booths are ordered to be so arranged
as that there shall be a separate one for every 300 electors.—
( Cries of " No, no I") Such was the law—the booths were not
so arranged, and they caused as much confusion as in the elec.