The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-07 00:00:00

GLAMORGAN ELECTION.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
SWANSEA, AuG. s.—The election for this county has
just terminated, in the return of C. R. M. Talbot, Esq.
and Lord Adare ; the latter a thick-and-thin Tory, and
brought in by the united purse of that denomination in the
county. But, thanks to the Reformers of Merthyr, the
unsuccessful candidate, Mr. Guest, has again been trium-
phantly returned by them for that borough ; and if he had
met with the same support at the different towns of Neath,
Bridgend, Merthyr, and Cardiff, as be has here, he would
have stood a chance of being placed at the head of the
poll, as the two days polling at Swansea will inform you,
namely :—Talbot (R) 860 ; Guest (R) 740 ; Lord Adare
(T) 299 ; and as there are but 4,000 voters in the county,
you will perceive Swansea contains about one-third of that
number. I cannot give you the state of the poll at its
close, but the majority cannot be much. Of the means
employed to obtain it, I will give you further particulars ;
but if one-tenth part be true, it will be a very fit sub-
ject to bring before the House of Commons.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, AUG. 5.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN CITY ELECTION.

O'Connell and Hutton are declared duly elected by a
majority of 170.

CLOSE OF THE POLL, FIFTH AND LAST DAY, AT SIX C'CLOCK,

(By mutual arrangement the poll was kept open till the
above hour.)
O'Connell 3,556
Hutton
Hamilton
West

The struggle just terminated was one of the greatest in
the history of Irish electioneering. Never did a party
exert themselves more than the Tories did to obtain the
representation of the metropolis on this important and cri-
tical occasion ; and nothing less than the most pure and
disinterested patriotism could have prevented their suc-
cess. As I stated in a former letter, the number of elec-
tors on the Clerk of the Peace's list was about 11,400.
The number canvassed by the friends of Reform was less
than that polled—while that promised to the Tory side
was less than they reckoned upon. The actual number
entitled to vote does not perhaps at this moment exceed
9,ooo—many of whom are in the country. The Liberal
cause has lost much more by the absence from town of the
inhabitants at this season than the Tory cause, because
the friends of the latter having been so much earlier in the
field canvassing to ascertain their full strength, and wrote
to the absentees in time to have as many of them as are
staunch brought to town. Now, on the other hand, the
Reformers, though full of ardour and honesty, and really
energetic in sustaining themselves, did not act under such
good organization as they might have done. Had they
done so, the majority would have been considerably greater.
The great difficulty was to urge the householders to pay
their municipal taxes, the heaviest of which, and these es-
sential to the validity of their franchise, being payable in
advance. All the enemy's hopes were founded on the ex-
pected default on the part of the poor householders, who
have however nobly discharged their duty. it is said that
the different Committees of West and Hamilton were up
all last night devising means of gaining over or neutralizing
many of the poor persons who had not been polled yester-
day evening. And when every effort failed, they brought
in the freemen created during their canvass within the
last six months hoping to pass them as qualified
electors. The assessor, however, an honest man,
though of Conservative politics, decided against
such an assumption of privilege, by declaring that
he would not admit any voters whose names had not been
on the clerk of the peace's list six months before the teste
of the writ, which was on the 26th ultimo. This decision
set the fiction almost frantic. and they endeavoured to get
up a row to damage the return, but failed in this also.
From other parts of Ireland the news is most cheering.
No doubt exists of Mr. Gibson's being returned for Belfast,
and most persons think that Lord Belfast the other Refor-
mer will also get in. I have not, however, yet heard of the
result of that election. The success of the Reformers in the
metropolis will have a salutary effect in the country, and the
Conservatives can never again attempt to misrepresent this
city. The Liberals are -so alarmed at the smallness of the
present majority, that they have resolved to attend to the
regi*tries in future, and co-operate better among themselves
fur the public good. Had many of the Tories not
proved recreant to their own cause—it is their first
offence in this way, and joined in the enthusiasm of their
countrymen for old Ireland and liberty, we must have been
beaten—victory will be as permanent as it is decisive.
There are no bad votes on our side, but a great many on
the side of the Hanoverians, who will not therefore trouble
the Legislature with another interminable scrutiny.

COLLEGE ELECTION.
This election closed yesterday. The Gross Poll is as
follows :
Shaw
Lefroy

Stock

Majority for Shaw over Stock 666
Majority for Lefroy over Stock

On Friday last, during the time the poll was taking
at our election, two patriarchs, James Parham, aged 102, and
John Crackles, aged 99 years, tendered their votes and an-
swered all the questions put by the polling-clerk as readily as
young men.—Doncaster Gazelle.
HOM(EOPATIIY.—AS similiec similibus is the
corner-stone of Hahnemannism, and, as I read in Dr. Bigel
that " corns are the produce of tight shoes," I expected to
find, further on in his book, that the cure of them consisted in
apply ing a millionth or a billionth part of the pressure of a
shoe to those excrescences. " For," says Hahnemann, the
apostle of the sect, " if, being in perfect health, I take a cer.
tain quantity of bark, I am sure to produce the symptoms of
intermittent fever—ergo, when I suffer from intermittent fever,
I take bark to cure it :"--(a pretty logic this truly 1) Such is,
unquestionably, Hahnemann's reasoning. But no such princi-
ple, it seems, is good for corns, and Dr. Bigel, to my great
surprise, is compelled to recommend patients to begin their
treatment by discarding the tight shoes at once.—Dr. Gran.
villa's Spas of Germany.
CIIA RITY.—At public dinners for the benefit of
charitable institutions every one must have observed that the
applause which follows the announcement of a donation is
nicely proportioned to its amount. Thus: " Mr. White, one
guinea 1" is acknowledged by a scarcely audible tap on the
table by the tip of the fore finger. " Mr. Brown, one
guinea !" the same. " Mr. Green, five guineas !" (announced
with a marked emphasis on the " five") and there is a clat-
tering of spoons and knife-handles. But for " Alderman
Phigs, TEN guineas,l" fists are brought into requisition, and
the tables are thumped till the enraptured glasses and decan-
ters skip and dance about in very ecstacy. " Mr. Black, one
pound!" comes as a charm, like oil thrown upon the troubled
waters, and suddenly the enthusiastic clamour subsides into
gcpt!e t!ipping of the fore-finPwer. —New grit* .1114a#P#
pr 4ulust,

STATE OF POLLS, AND NAMES OF

MEMBERS RETURNED.

CORNWALL (WEST), AUG. 6.
Sir C. Lemon (R) and E. W. Pendarves (R) returned
without opposition.
SOUTH DEVON; Arc. 6.
FINAL CLOSE. _ . _

Buller (T)
Parker (T) 4,674 Two first elected.
NOTTINGI-IM.ISIIIRE, At-G.5.
FINAL. CLOSE.

Houldsworth (T)
Knight (T)
LANCASHIRE (SOUTH), Auo. 5.
FINAL CLOSE.

Egerton
Wilbraham (T)... ..... 7,644 Townley (R)
Two fiat returned.
WEST SUFFOLK, Am. 5.
FINAL. CLOSE OF EOM.

Rushbrooke (T)
Logan (T)
Two first returned.
GLAMORGANSIIIRE, Aco. 5.
FINeIL CLOSE OF THE POLL.

Mare (T) 2,005 I Guest (R) 1,593
Talbot (R)