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COUNTY OF DUBLIN ELECTION.

The election of two Members to represent the
county of Dublin in Parliament took place on Sa-
turday, at the county court-house at Kilmainham.
After the customary formalities had been complied
with, Henry Arahin, Esq. proposed Colinel Henry
White, who was seconded by the Hon. David Plun-
kett ; and J. D. Latouche, Esq. proposed Lord
Brabazon, which nomination was seconded by Ar-
thur Guinness, Esq., with the general satisfaction of
all present.
The HIGH SHERIFF now rose and demanded whe-
ther any other freeholder wished to propose a can-
didate ?

GEORGE HowELL, Esq. desired to join in the
expression so generally manifested of approval of
Colonel White and the Noble Lord as representa-
tives for the county ; but he would beg of them to
give their last consideration to a question involving
tke, bemt,irlirmits of
~the. As one_ of_ the
ties of Mayo and Galway," it was his melancholy
duty to receive the most frightful accounts of the
wretched peasantry of those counties ;—whole dis-
tricts, thousands upon thousands, without employ-
ment or food, in a state of absolute starvation, suf-
fering under all the evils of famine. He (Mr.
Howell) believed such unparalleled misery was not
endured in any other country on the face of the ha-
bitable globe.—(Hear, hear.)—As men, as Chris-
tians, as legislators, he called on the county members
to advocate an assessment for the employment of
the people, and by that means give the best evidence
of their desire to improve the condition of the poor.
The HIGH SHERIFF again demanded whether any
freeholder wished to propose another candidate?
And no answer having been given, he put the usual
questions to the freeholders, and the " ayes" having
been unanimous, he then declared Lord Brabazon
and Colonel Henry White to be duly returned. This
declaration was received with cheers.
Colonel WHITE now came forward. He was a
Reformer.—(Loud cheers.) He rejoiced that the
King had not appealed to them in vain, and that
they had responded to the call made upon them.—
With respect to the poor laws, to which Mr.
Howell had alluded, he would confess that he had
been opposed to them, but he was now a convert to
t hem.— ( Cheers.)
A voice from the middle of the Court he] e ex-
claimed, "Don't forget the union."—( Loud cheers.)
Colonel WHITE (good humouredly)—They must
leave the Union to the next occasion ; and on the
present occasion the only question that would be
discussed would be the Reform Bill; and if the Bill
passed, they would be sent back to their constituents
in a few months, when they would have it in their
power to put to them what questions they pleased,
and to demand from them such pledges as they
should think fit.
Lord BRABAZON next rose, and was received with
loud cheers. He would determinedly apply himself
to the furtherance of that great measure for which
they were now about to send him back to Parlia-
ment. He could not refrain frorn saying, that it
was to him a source of no ordinary gratification that
they had considered him deserving of a renewal of
their confidence, of which he hoped that his con-
duct would never give them cause to deprive him.
He again thanked them. His thanks would be
more practically manifested in his Parliamentary
conduct.—(Loud cheers.)
The Sheriff then adjourned the Court.
The certain majority in favour of the Bill from
Ireland is thirty-three; and it may be, with a suffi-
cient safety calculated that this will be raised to
thirty-eight. Of the Irish counties, twenty, or
two-thirds, return each two Reformers; and two
more, Wexford and Roscommon, will most pro-
bably follow the same noble example. Four counties
return each two Anti-Reformer; one returns a
Reformer and Anti-Reformer; and the five remain-
ing counties will most probably send one of each
party. Of the cities and large towns where the po-
pular voice is not totally suppressed, there is an
overwhelming preponderance for us. Dublin, Cork,
Limerick, Waterfer 1, Belfast, Kilkenny, Derry,
Wexford, Galway, &c., return Reformers. But two
open boroughs, Drogheda and the University, have
sent Anti-Reformers. J. H. Knox, the Member
for Newry, will, it is asserted, vote for the Bill.
Of nineteen close boroughs, fifteen have returned
Anti-Reformers, and but four Reformers. Must
that system exist which makes fifteen individuals
neutralize the wishes arid opinions of eight counties
over one-fourth of the kingdom ?—Frecnzan's
Journal.

Commodore DE Roos has proceeded to
South America, to take the command of the Algerine.

Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, it is said, has been
allowed by Government to continue to occupy the
SPEAKER'S house till after the election of his successor.
The whole expense of returning Sir JAMES
M`DoNALn and Mr. LEFEVRE for Hampshire is said to
have amounted to less than 3501.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The polling to-day has again, we regret to say, been
slightly in favour of Mr. Cartwright over Lord Milton.
The continued change in-the course of the polling is
mainly to be attributed to the artful misrepresentations of
the conduct of Lords Milton and Althorp, which have been
every where circulated by the Tories, and in this work
they have been aided by the Northampton Mercury, a
Paper in their interest, which under pretence of giving a
report of the proceedings of the election, has published
all the speeches of Mr. Cartwright and Sir Charles.
Knightley, that reflected ur on those Noble Lords, at a
length and in a manner which furnish strong external evi-
dence of their having either been wiitten by the candi-
dates themselves, or by some clerk in their interest ; while
the speeches of the opposite side, in particular the speech
delivered by the Hon. Mr. Wentworth Fitzwilliam, on
Thursday last, in vindication of his father, are almost
wholly omitted, under the pretence that the noise pre-
vented their reporter from hearing what was said.
The numbers announced by the Under-Sheriff last
night were—
Althorp - 2,373
Milton - -
Cartwright - - - - 19,25
Knightley - - - 1,36'2
Lord ALTHORP said, it had now as usual become his
duty to thank them for their continued support- Mr.
Cartwright bad very properly told them last night, that
the real point now was, the decisions that might be come
to on the votes under examination in the assessor's booth,
for from the manner in which the polling had lately been
going on, it could not be expected that many more would
tender their votes. There were a great many votes to be
disposed of by the assessor, and the result may and must
depend on the decisions come to upon them. That morn. i
ing there were before the assessor 364 votes objected to by
Mr. Cartwright's agents, and 178 by his. He
hoped and trusted, that those agents he had employed
had not made any frivolous objections. They
were instructed by him not to do so, and he
trusted they had not. It had been his most earnest desire
that not a single freeholder should be turned back by his
agents without a real and substantial ground of objection.
—(Applause.) The present majority of Lord Milton over
Mr. Cartwright was 117, so that if the whole of the dis-
puted votes on Mr. Cartwright's side were proved (which
Fe did not think at all likely) to be good ones, that gen-
tleman would still have only a majority of 61 over Lord
Milton. But then against this was to be taken into ac-
count the 361 votes upon their side, which had to be de-
cided upon, and he certainly thought it would be very
hard if out of that number they did not get more than 61
good ones. That was his opinion. Still, however, he
thought Mr. Cartwright justified in keeping open the
poll, as he was still, though in a small degree, gaining
every day. He admitted his right to continue the contest,
nor did lie complain of his doing so. He had only in
addition to thank them for their support.
Mr. CARTWRIGHT said that if his Noble Friend had
reason to thank them for the support he had received, he
(Mr. Cartwright) had much more reason to thank his
friends for their great exertions in his cause. He cer-
tainly did think himself justified from the state of the asses-
sor's book to continue the contest. He had gained a few
on the day's poll, and he had more votes coming up on the
morrow. But it was, however, to the votes before the
assessor that he mainly looked, and when he considered
that Lord Milton was now only 117 a head of him, be
thought he had sonic ground for hoping that he should yet
succeed. The total number of undecided votes before the
assessor was 674. With respect to the number against
him, there were 100 votes at Newberry, the decision upon
which rested on one point, and at Geddington there were
22, the result on which rested on another point. No one
could blame him for taking every fair chance of success.
Whatever might be the result it was impossible to consider
it as any great triumph in favour of Reform. It
would only prove that there were two opinions in
the county, anti that there was a great and respect-
able body who would not be intimidated, and
who were against Reform. It was his belief that if the
Bid passed theme would hereafter be nothing but mortifi-
cation and dissatisfaction whenever it was carried into
effect. The Bill had raised the expectation of every class,
and a new era was expected immediately on its being passed
of blessings and happiness ; but he felt sure on the con-
trary it would be followed by one general feeling of dissa-
tisfaction. He would say no more than to thank them,
and assure them that he still entertained sanguine hopes of

success.
Sir C. KNIGHTLEY said the advantage gained over
them was so small that they still could not be considered
factious in continuing the contest. It was immaterial, or
seat in the nett khiMiJillr'jt...lfriT4t?J'ave a
contest was to ascertain who were the friends of the old Con-
stitution, and who were the friends of the new system,
which, if passed, he supposed would be called the glorious
Revolution of 1831. He still thought that an undue ad-
vantage had been taken of himself and his Hon. Friend,
and to which he attributed the small majority obtained
over them. The support of their flier-ids had been so flat•
tering that it would be a dereliction of their duty if they
were to desert the cause while any hope remained. Their
object in beginning the contest was to support their prin-
ciples—that they had done, and whatever therefore might
be the result, they would have obtained the object they had
in view.
The Hon. Mr. WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM begged to
thank them for the exertions they had made on behalf of
his father during the day, by which they had still continued
him in a situation which inspired him with strong hopes of
ultimate success, notwithstanding Mr. Cartwright had in
the course of the day been enabled to gain a trifling ad-
vantage. They had heard there were a number of voters
before the assessor; and they had also been told of 100
votes at one place, and twenty-two at another, opposed to
his father. Now, even supposing all these were deducted,
still he thought it extremely improbable there would not be
enough left to enable his father to take his place above Mr.
Cartwright on the poll. He had only further to beg a
continuance of their exertions.