The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-04 00:00:00

WARWICK, MAY 4.

(taoe A CORRESPONDENT.)
Desperate efforts have been made to-day by Sir Charles
Greville's party, and they have succeeded in getting within
a few votes of Mr. King, but their strength is exhausted,
and the friends of Mr. King are still certain of success.
The lame, the halt, and the blind have been brought to the
poll, and every thing tends to skew the election is over.
Should Mr. King succeed, it will be nearly, if not quite
as great a victory as Serjeant Wilde's at Newark. The
interest of Lord Warwick is imniense, and we really
wonder at the public spirit of the people of Warwick in
coining forward to oppose Sir Charles Greville, and thereby
throw the Castle interest away. There have been up-
wards of 300 votes objected to, and many of them for
not being properly rated. If they had been so, Mr. King
would have had an immense majority.

STATE OF THE POLL.—FOURTH DAY.
Tomes CO3
King
6reville
.505

PLYMOUTH ELECTION, MAY 2.

(FRO3I A CORRESPONDENT.)

This contest I fear will terminate in the election of Sir
T. B. Martin and Sir G. Cockburn. Sir B. Martin
voted in favour of the second reading of the Bill, and also
against General Gascoyne's amendment, but Sir George
Cockburn by his votes showed he was an Awi-reformer.
He has stated to-day that be is a moderate reformer, but
his plan differs almost in toto to the Ministers' plan. Of
course he knew as well as others of that factious party
which lately spewed their jesuitical tactics in the House
of Commons, it would not do to say that there should be
no Reform. The new candidate, the Hon. Captain
Elliott, has pledged himself, if returned, to support the
Ministers' Bill, and upon that ground he offered himself to
the electors. This borough, which hns a population of
about 27,000 inhabitants, has only about 180 freemen,
and they have for a series of years past been under the
controul of six or seven individuals, who have provided in
a handsome way for themselves and their families.
One of them is the brother of the Governor-General of
Van Dietnan's Land, who, I perceive by your paper of Sa-
turday last, is to he recalled. Sir George has represented
the borough about four years, and during that time he has
obtained situations for a great number of the freemen, and
on that ground these borouglimongers principally voted for
him—regardless of the nation's welfare and the great ques-
tion of Reform—to chew the public the inconsistency of
the electors, and the manner they have this day acted, I
need only state that many of them attended the Reform
meetings lately held here, and also signed the petitions
praying for Reform, yet forsooth, because they have re-
ceived favours from Sir George, they lose sight of the vital
question—Reform. Unfortunately a great number of
freemen are incapacitated from voting in consequence of
their not having been elected twelve months—for you
should know that these worthies, when they found the
declarations of Ministers before the introduction of the
Reform Bill were sufficient to convince them that it
would be an effectual and efficient Reform, they thought
proper to open the borough. Sir George is quite unpo-
pular with the inhabitants, and when votes were given for
him there were hisses and groans. In short if there
were that number of electors, which from so great a popu-
lation there ought to be, he would not have had the shade
of a shadow of chance. If Sir George is returned there
will be a meeting of the inhabitants to address Isis most
gracious Majesty for his patriotic and magnanimous con-
duct, and to set forth their grievances by stating that
although he is returned it is contrary to their wishes.

State of the poll Ist day :

Sir T. B. Martin 94
Sir G. Cockburn 84
Honourable Captain Elliot