The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-06 00:00:00

EDINBURGH ELECTION.

Mr. MACAULEY was returned for Edinburgh
on Tuesday without opposition, and takes his seat
this evening.

LUDLOW ELECTION.

STATE OF THE POLL.

Ten o'Clock.

i Six minutes past One.
Alcock
Clive
Eleven o'Clock. 1 Quarter past One.
Alcock
Clive
Half-past Eleven. I Quarter to Two
Alcock
Clive
Twelve o'Clock. i Twenty minutes to Three.
Alcock
Clive
Half-past Twelve. I Three o'Clock.
Alcock
Clive
Thirteen minutes to One. 1 Half past Three
Alcock
Clive
One o'Clock. Three minutes to Four.
Alcock
Clive
FINAL STATE OF THE POLL.
Four o'Clock. i

Alcock .................................. 186
Clive ....................................... 182
Majority for Mr. Alcock
4
This was the severest contest ever known in Ludlow.
All went off peaceably. The Tories talk of a petition
At a late hour last evening, the Clive party brought into
the town upwards of 70 men, armed with strong clubs,
under the direction of the notorious Tom Brown, the pugi-
list. The alarm of the inhabitants was beyond description,
for they expected a general turn-out during the night, and
the almost certain danger of life, but the Mayor, under the
instruction of the Town Clerk of the Borough, took decided
steps, and the ragamuffins have as yet conducted themselves
peaceably. It is a fact, no less remarkable than degrading
to the principal actors in the affair, that the persons who ac-
tually received them on their arrival and domiciled them,
at noon disavowed all participation it, the intimidation that
had become so barefaced that they bribed the voters, nor
had they requested the support of any man but by fair
and honest canvassing. And this was said by Mr. George
Dansey, who, in co npany with Mr. Williams, and the Town
Clerk, and Agent for the Clives, were immediately in at-
tendance on the disgraceful import, a set of men evidently
fit for the worst purposes of Toryism.
The bribery and infamous modes of menacing which the
Clive ram:ly have brought to bear on the electors has not a
parallel in the history of elections. But, to the honour of
the majority of the independent voters of this borough,
they have won a victory upon principle alone, heedless of
the pecuniary gain held out to them.
At a quarter-past one o'clock there were only forty-six
votes to be received, and the most strenuous exertions were
made by both parties. Within half an hour of the close
of the poll bribery to a great extent was resorted to by the
Tories, but as the result shows, without effect.
About eighty ruffianly-looking fellows, all pitmen, and
all dressed in smock•frocks and scarlet handerchiefs, were
brought into the town from Bridgenorth. At present al'
is quiet.

fire broke out in , tenanted by eleven .
IRE.—This mornina, about three o ci ~ a
a dwellin
consisting of about thirty persons, situate in Smith's.
buildings, Long-1 g fam hies,
-ace, Borough, and we regret to state a
woman named Humphries, who had been bed-ridden for
some time past, tell a sacrifice to the devouring element ;
the rest of the inmates escaped with difficulty, in a state of
nudity. It is supposed to have originated through a child
awaiting the risturn of its parent, who was at work, and
falling off to sleep. The body has since been found, and
was removed to the workhouse to await a Coroner's Inquest
this evening.
The late Countess de Lipona,
according to a
letter of the 26th ult., from Fl,,rence, has named in her
will her nephew Joachim Murat, son of Lucien Napoleon,
her residuary
legatee. She desires that the Piirice may
be brought up in France, and permanently fix his residence
in this country; and to him is to belong all that the Em..
peror Napoleon bequeathed to the Countess—viz., his bed,
his sword, portrait, &c. Her daughters Letitia and
Louisa (the Countesses of Pepoli and Responi) will re-
c ive no more than the shares which the law secures them.
Her sons will have such articles as are calculated to remind
them of their father. The pecuniary and specific legacies
are stated to be considerable, and two inhabitants of Flo-
rence ore appointed executors. i

_ RENCH LEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
—We learn from our Correspondent at Toulon, that con-
siderable activity prevails in the arsenal of that port, and
all the workmen are in full employ. Orders had
been received by the telegraph for several vessels
to repair to the Levant. It was stated at Toulon
that the Mediterranean squadron would be composed
of eleven ships of the line—le Jena, le Hercule, le
Triton, le Jupiter, le Genereux, le Montebello, le
Trident, le Santi .Petri, le Diademe , l'Alger, and
le Marengo, with six frigates, and ten corvettes
or brigs. It was supposed that the squadron,
would be commanded by a Vice- Admiral, and that it would
form two divisions, one to watch the Turkish fleet and the
other to observe the Egyptian squadron. There is to be
a large levy of seaman at Toulon. Our Correspondent ic.
Coates that Sir Robert Stopford would probably ask for
a reinforcement of the English squadron in the Levant, so
that the combined English and French squadrons might
amount to fifty sail, the force which the combined Russian
and Turkish fleets would present.--Evening Paper.

MARRIED.—At Bodu Church, June 4, by the
Rev. George Burrard, Robert Southey, Est,. Poet.
Laureat, D.C. L., to Caroline Anne, daughter of the late
Charles Bowles, Esq., of Buckland, North Lywingtoe.

COLO NEM —Rowle
Y, Lord F. Somerset, Waters.
M'Alpine, Horner, Pasle
Y, Charretie, Feilding, Browne,
J. E. Jones, Bouvorie, H. Burney, Harris, Boldero, Sir J.
S. Lillie, Whinyates, Crosse, G. Higginson, Walcott, H.
eHriablu),r3Darner, Rolleston, M.P., Dales, Vigoreux, Brack-
Proctor', TGu.rr,Learn,gtHoroi.n. H. Molyneux, Warre, Tynte,
MAJons—Du Flat, Lardy, C. Barton, C. Christie, J•
Campbell.
CAPTAINS—J. Rowland Smith, Caledon Egerton, Rus-
sell, Des Vceux, Ellis, Corbet, Drummond, Skinner,
Hodge, Merryweather. Beadon, Straubeuze, Eames, Mig-
non, Henderson, W. W. Ross, Margary, C. Denton._
LIEUTENAN'TS—Cavendisb, T. H. Tonge, Ranciolpb
Robertson, Brooke, Martin, Best. C. Mills, Walker
Cornock, Everard, R. N. Meade.
CORNETS—A. R. Miller, T. Jacob.