The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-05 00:00:00

DUBLIN-THURSDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
This day's prospects are most brilliant. The tide is
turned in the city, and the Liberal candidates are now at
the head of this day's, if not of the gross poll. About
twelve o'clock they had a majority of 46, which majority
went on increasing to 61, at about two o'clock. For this
I can myself vouch—for the following I cannot, that at
four o'clock the majority was so great, as to overwhelm the
Conservative majority of 108, or thereabouts, on yester-
day's poll, and give a clear excess to O'Connell and Hut-
ton of 45 on the gross poll. I cannot vouch for the cor-
rectness of this report, not having been at the hustings
myself since three o'clock. But it is extremely probable ;
inasmuch as seventy frivolous objections were yesterday
taken against Liberal voters, which have been, for the most
part, to-day decided by the Assessor in their favour. This
decision, with the steadily increasing majority which I wit-
nessed myself, corroborates the report just alluded to. At
all events, all doubts are now removed of the success of the
Liberals ; and the only question now is—will the majority
be so great as to put a stop to petitioning ? It is impossible
to say what the Tories, in their desperation, may think pro-
per to have recourse to ; but of this you may be assured,
that circumstances are greatly changed now from what they
were in 1835, when they last had recourse to such means.
In that year the viciousness and partiality of the municipal
taxation operated against the Liberal candidates, because
the householders and other inhabitants of Dublin, dissatis-
fied with the mode of rating, had declined paying nrmy of
those taxes, in the hopes that Reform would, in a short
time, Correct the abuse. By this means it was that
O'Connell and Ruthven lost their seats. The people have
now, however, learned wisdom from experience, and have
paid up all arrears of taxes ; so that not one single vote
already given for Reform can be rejected on that ground.
And there is a very large number of poor householders—
honest, independent creatures—who have their taxes ready,
should their votes be required to-morrow, or next day. On
the other hand, the Conservative poll is, in this respect,
beyond all question vicious and defective. Their bribery
and wholesale purchase has not been confined to freemen,
but has extended to many poor tradesmen, as I mentioned
yesterday ; and the undue influence of the faction, steadily
practised for some time past, can be proved to demonstration.
In other parts of Ireland, tht work goes bravely on in-
deed. Armagh has got a Liberal representative, Mr.
Curry ; Athlone another. Most of the Reform Members
for the South of Ireland in the last Parliament will'be re-
turned again, notwithstanding all the efforts of the party ;
and the prevalent opinion still is, that Ireland will give be-
tween seventy and eighty staunch Reformers to the new
Parliament. The county of Wexford is safe, notwithstand-
ing secret canvassing and preparations to oppose the late
representatives. The present High Sheriff is suspected of
having lent the influence of his office to the efforts of his
Tory friends on this occasion, from the fact of his having
fixed the election for the 14th of this month—nearly, if not
verily—the most remote day he could name.
The friends of Mr. Stock have rallied considerhbly in
College this day ; and would, it is said, make a glorious
stand, but for the treachery of some under-officials, to whom
the canvass of those voters, supposed to be under the in-
fluence of Government, were entrusted. But of this more
hereafter. It is only necessary to observe for the present,
that Ireland is the only country in the civilized world, where
the employees of Government have dared to oppose the
wishes of their masters with impunity!