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ss them strongly. Allow us, we entreat you, the uncon-
trellsd exercise of our franchise, and we shall ever remain
" Your Lordship's faithful and attached tenantry,
Sgned by 11 of bis Lordship's tenants).
" To the Right lion. the Earl of Cawdor, &c. &e."
That this Memorial was in a course of general signature
amongst his Lordship's tenant voters, when intelligence
r.ael:ed the ncis;hhouraoc.d that the Earl of Cawdor had left
England for the Continent of Europe, and further signatures
wens not affiseti to it.
'I hat your petitioner. E. C. L. Hall, on meeting in the
maia street of the said borough, in the course of his canvass,
Mr. Titus Thomas, a tenant of the Earl, who generally assists
Ilichasd Evans in the Eusinsss of his sub-agency, cautioned
him I,ot to interfere with the Earl's tenants at the election,
who the said Titus Thomas at once showed your petitioner
two lett rs which T. Thomas had received from R. B. Wi--
liams. The purport of one of which letters was that- " All
support and assistance had been withdrawn from Sir James
Williams," and of the other that " that the tenants were all to
plump for Colsnel Trevor."
That c. hilst your petitioner was so speaking to Titus Thomas,
RiAa...,a 17 vans came up, and also showed to your petitioner a
letter which he ts.: received from R. B. Williams, and wh:oh
your petitioner also knes's
a the handwriting of R. B.
Williams, directing him, the said Evans, to see all
the Earl's tenant voters to desire them all to plump for Cole.
ncl Trevor.
That your petitioner, the said E. C. L. Hall, was subsc.
quently informed, and believes that R. Evans afterwards re.
ecived i'urtht r written orders from R. B. Williams, to press
upon Lord Cawdor's tenant voters to plump for Colonel Tre-
vor, with a threat to make those who should vote for S'r Ja nes
Williams pay their rents quarterly, a matter of some inconve-
nience is an agricultural district.
That R. Evans accompanied almost every one of Lord Caw.
does tenants to the poll, he himself handing in to the presiding
officer in many instances their tally tickets, which were trade
out in the Tory Committee room.
That with very few exceptions, all the tenants of the said
Earl did vote at the election for Colonel Trevor alone, more
than one of them stating to your petitioner, E. C. L. llall,
and others, that they did so in conscqucnc of " Mr. Wil-
liams's ostlers, which they did not dare to disobey," and of the
eleven tenants who signed the remonstrance to the said Earl,
only three sentussid to give a split vote to Sir James Williams.
That in tho Llantii.o district the majority of the tenant
vote's of the said Earl stated upon the canvass made by your
petitioner, the said Edward Adams, that they wished to vote
for Sir James Williams, but that they were afraid of their
landlord ; and amongst others one Thomas Tobias, an elector,
and tenant of the said Earl, told your petitioner that he s!leuld
have been very happy to vote fur Sir James Williams, but that
he roust not do it, and he subsequently produced to your pe-
titioner, as Ilia reason for not voting for 'Air James Williams, a
letter from It B. Williams, of which the following is a copy
:
Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837.
" Mr. T. Tobias,—l shall depend upon you to plump for
Colonel Trevor at the coming election, who is the only can-
didate supported by your Noble Ltoitilord, and I have no doubt
that you will do so.
(Signed)
" Mr. T. Tobias, Gwernbongam."
The in consequence of this letter, which bears date from
his Lordsis principal seat in South Wales, the said Thos.
Tobias gave his vote to Col. Trevor alone.
That another case of direct interference on the part of the
said R. 13. Williams occurred with one Thomas Evans, a te-
nant of the father of your petitioner, the said Edward Adams,
for his farm, and of the Earl for his house.
That Thomas Evans stated to your petitioner upon his can-
vassing him for his vote, that lie wished to vote for Sir James
Williams only, but had been directed by R. B. Williams to
plump for Colonel Trevor, but that he would write to R. B.
Williams for permission to split his vote between Sir James
Williams and Colonel Trevor, which application to R. B.
Williams, your petitioner was afterwards informed, and believes
he did make.
That Thomas Evans, in reply to his request, received a let-
ter from R. B. Williams, refusing such application, of which
the following is a copy :
" Sir,—Your Noble Landlord's interest is given to Colonel
Trevor, and all support has been withdrawn from Sir James
Williams, so that I cannot comply with your request, and I
shall hope to find that you shall have plumped for the Colonel.
( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS."
That R. B. Williatns also sent, amongst a variety of other
letters of the same purport and effect to other parties, the fol-

" Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837.
" Wm. Jones,—l shall depend upon your giving a plumper
vote in favour of Colonel Trevor at the coming election, and
hope not to be disappointed.
1( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS."
Stackpole Court, July 27, 1837.
" Mr. D. Hopkin,—l shall rely upon your giving a plumper
for Colonel Trevor at the approaching election, who is the
only candidate supported by your landlord.
(Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS."
(EXTRACT FROM A LETIER.)
" Stackpole Court, August 2, 1837.
Mr. Daniel Rees,—You had better see Evan Evans, of
Llandebie Mill ; David Stephen, Smith ; Stephen Griffith,
Flryngwynne; and William Morris, Abertrinant, and tell
them that as they arc so very independent, and so very un-
grateful for the indulgence and favour shown to them by
their landlord, that I hope to receive their rents to Lady-day
last on my return to Llandilo, and then I shall see what fur-
ther is to be done in the matter. lam glad that the other
parties arc safe, and I am very much pleased with Mr. Daniel
Thomas's exertions, who can tell the parson that he had bet-
ter attend to his own concerns, and leave the Earl's tenants
alone. We wish every man to plump for Colonel Trevor.
a • •

4, R. B, WILLIAMS."

owing :

" Be sharp and very careful on the days of polling.
( Signed) " R. B. WILLIAMS."
That the said Daniel Rees is also a sub-agent or under-
steward of the said Earl, and was particularly active on be-
half of Colonel Trevor at the said election, and sent a letter to
one Richard Thomas, of High-street, Swansea, of which the
following is a copy:—

" Golden Grove, Aug 3d, 1837.
" Dear Sir,—You are hereby particularly requested to at-
end at Llandilo on Monday next, so as to plump for Colonel
Trevor.
" Your Landlord (the Earl of Cawdor) gives his entire
support to the Colonel, and wishes that all his tenants should
du so. ( Signed) DANIEL REES."
That in consequence of the interference of R. B. Wil-
liams as agent, and ethers the under-agents of the Earl, in-
flueneieg by far the greater part of the tenant voters of the
Earl to withhold their votes from Sir James Williams at the
election. he lost his election by eighty-five vacs, as declared
by the High Sheriff on the hustings.
That your petitioners feel that the privilege of your Hon
House to have your Members returned by the free and unin-
funned votes of the electors is not more a privilege of your
Hon. House than it is the right of each end every elector
throughout the country ; and that the interference of any Peer
of Parliament, or the agent or servant of a Peer of Parlia-
ment to influene! the choice of the representativts of the
people, is as unconstitutional as it is dangerous to the liberties of
the country. Your petitioners have therefore deemed it their
duty to bring the foregoing facts under tha notice of your
Hon. House.

The Tory Journals are, one and all, exceedingly sore
about the proposed Committee of Enquiry into the Penkion
List. The discussion of Friday night seems to hare fairly
put them to their wit's ends. They scarcely know what to
do, or what to say. 01 course, they are vehement in their
abuse of Ministers, for tampering with—what they are
pleased to call—" the eternal principles of truth and justice ;"
but at the same time they appear sadly puzzled with Sir R.
Peel's conduct in pres.,ing a division upon the House. Fain
would they condemn him for, what they conceive to be
an ;nconsiderite step ; but their fear of consequences p:e-
v...nts them ; so that, what between their apprehension and
their conviction, our Tory Contemporaries are in as pre-
cious a pickle as can well be imagiord. We suspect there
arc serious div'sions in the Conservative camp, and that
not a few of the subalterns are disposed to mutiny against
the authority of their comnemding officers ; for we find
that when Sir Roneter PEEL on Friday pressed a division,
not less than thirty of his regiment marched off ; while
eiiht more voted flatly against him, and in favour of the
Ministerial proposal for a Committee ! No wonder that
these symptoms alarm our Tory Contemporaries, who are
quite sagacious enough to foresee that they will be
productive of infinite damage to " the good c use." The
plain truth is, the faction see clearly enough that they are
further removed than ever from the Promised Land of Pace,
which, like the visible horizon, flies before them, at each step
they take. Hence they are become impatient—splenetic—
jea!ous of control—and exhibit all the symptoms of a once
influential party about to fall to pieces, like the " good old"
PITT Clubs, which have now been extinct—or all but ex-
tinct—for three years and upwards.

The question of the Ballot is, as we predicted it would
be, become the chief theme of consideration in the pro-
vinces. Public meetings on the subject have already been
held at Glasgow, at Edinburgh, at Sunderland, and sever
other towns in the north of England and of Scotland
and at each of these Meetings the language held was that
of stern, fixed resolution. No more inertness—no more
tame. unimpassioned remonstrances—the people now see
that they must he in earnest, and actively be,t;r t.lein-
selve, if they expect to ()titan that great measure, with-
out wi:i,•ll the Reform Bill is littla better than a caput mor-
bruin. Verily; Lord RUiSELL is a consurnintie agitator, and
can rouse England, as effectually as Lord LvsniluitsT the
other d iy roused Ireland. He has given the Ballot a wonderful
impetus, and set the country in motion on the subject from
one end to the other. We shall give reports of the various
Meetings on the Ballot, as they occur, which, we suspect,
will tend more to the edification than the amusement of
the Noble Secretary for Home Affairs.

There are no words which the Tories so frequently use
and which they pervert so much to their own purpos-s,
religion and justice. Whenever they defend a bad cause or
are defeated in argument, they fly to these for succour, and
would make their ignorant followers believe that but fur
them, these eacred terms would be banished from the
earth. AhoseS prevail in the Church ; her dignitaries abound
in wealth, and her inferior ministers are starving on miser-
able pittances—Church-rates create hostility betwccu two