The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-24 00:00:00

GENERAL ELECTIOY.

eNO/?, the /A..I7PTON, 3fAr 23.
Reformers in this county is now
forTmit'delyvitor3 o,i
and legally completed. It has been gazetted
try the Anti-Reformers theooielves, who have de-
ramped, and left the field to their triumphant con-
querors. And what now becomes of the declaration
which the Earl of Westmorland made in the House
of Lords, when he boldly asserted that the petition
presented by Earl Spencer, from the county of
Northampton, in favour of the Reform Bill, did not
express the opinion of the county ? Will not the
Earl of Westmorland now repent him of the puling
petulance with which he entreated their Lordships
to believe that the freeholders of Northampton did
trot deserve the imputation of being friendly to that
evolutionary and destructive measure? Some
Lords Lieutenant of counties may be vise, but verily
some are otherwise. Amid-t the many great and
signal triumphs which the Reformers have achieved
-,f late, this triumph in Northamptonshire claims a
faremost place. It has been a triumph of principle
over:y a terfl
jun.; ne
rctesarn,—d ionft tint!
east oyn ,0--overf duty o
,i,e,
,11%;(1.
corrupt :1_
tion,—and of virtue over money. The Aristocracy
the Clergy threatened, exhored, and died
every thing but pray, and the beroughmorgers ge-
nerally declared that they had money enough and to
spare for all purpos,s ; on the other hand, the
Reformers contented themselves With shouting their
war-cry of." Reform and the country's good," and
honestly told the freeholders that, with regard to
money, hey had scarcely enough to defray the
eecessary and legal expences of the election.
And yet this county has returned two Reformers,
of whom, Lord Milton, has neither canvassed theirs
nor even shown himself among them, turd who is
per,onally unknown to the vast majority of the per-
ioons who had voted for him. Llrd Althorp will
he chaired to day, and with him Mr. Wentworth
Fitzwilliam, as the representative of his father, if
he can procure leave of absence from Cambridge,
whither the news of the resignation of the Anti-
Reformers has been forwarded to him by express.
It is impossible, by description, to give you any no-
tion of the appearaece of this town. Every access
to it is crowded with Reformers from all parts of the
county, who are hastening to be present at the
triumph which has been so hardly and so dearly
earned ; and rejoicings and congratulations resound
throughout the town.

PEJI3 R 0 KE SHIRE.

Owen
Greville

1,7GE3
1,693

Slum majority '7s
For there remain of eases ef voters referred to the
assessor's booth within the last two days—
.
For Greville ll7
Owen fit

Majority ot' cases for Grevillc fi
which, on an average, will give 46 good votes more
for Greville ; so
From sham majority of
Deduct Grcvillo's obstructed votes, with the
corrupt view of delaying the poll so as to
preserve Sir John at the head

Will leave a majority of anly 29
•
which ::ill be extinguished on Monday.
The most vexations delays prevail in the booths..
Every impediment and delay are thrown in the way
of Mr. Greville's voters, hundreds of whom have
been for several days waiting to be polled. It is
now determined to tender the votes with a few pre-
liminary questions, so as to save delay; and if the
Sheriff or his frippish underlings entertain prepos-
terous questions, the voter shill leave the booth, for
which the Sheriff will be made accountable. Both
candidates havedeclared their determination to keep
the poll open to the last day. This will present the
severest contested election in the United Kingdom.

AYRSHIRE.
(From the- Caledonian Mercury.)
_...

This day (May 18), after a protracted struggle,
in which every inch of ground was disputed, the
election for the county terminated in favour of Co-
lonel Blair, by a majority of 37. Some disturbance
having been anticipated, the Sheriff secured the at-
, tendance of two troops of cavalry, who were sta-
tioned in the barrack-yard, ready to -act on five mi-
nutes' notice. After the election was over, in
consequence of the violence of the mob, it was
found expedient to conduct Colonel Blair from the
Courthouse to the steam-boat, under an escort of
cavalry, on which occasion every one of his party
were more or leis hurt by stones thrown by tire
mob. Colonel Blair himself had one of the small
bones of his leg broken, besides receiving a severe
contusion on his head. When the parry got on
board the steam-boat, the deck of the vessel was
mediately covered with showers of stones from the
mob, and every person ran below but the man at
the helm, who was severely pelted, and had to
cut the cable to get off, no one daring to unloose
it. on shore. (in the return of the party of
soldiers from this piece of service, we observed
the helmet of a serjeant fairly knocked in, and
another poor fellow with the front of his helmet
much indented, and the whole of his breast, as well
as the neck of his horse, covered with blood, which
appeared to proceed from his forehead. There only
now remained the Lord Justice Clerk, his son, and
other two gentlemen in durance, and a carriage with
four horses having been procured, the party drove
off on the Cumnock-road, protected by ten or twelve
dragoons; and, although his Lordship was followed
a good way out on the road, no injury was sustained,
although stones were thrown. When the military
had retired, the mob took advantage of the opportu-
nity to smash every pane of glass in Major Neill's
house in Wellington-square. This gentleman had
voted for Colonel Blair, which the ruffians thought
a sufficient excuse to act thus. The house of Ma-
jor Montgomerie, in the square ulso, shared a like
fate about the same time; not one whole pane of
glass escaped, and the sashes were also smashed.
Seeing there was no prospect of the mob behav-
ing any better, the cavalry were again called out,
as it was evident a similar visitation was intended
for every one of Colonel Blair's votera who
could be conveniently come at. The mob, about
eleven o'clock, proceeded to the house of Mr. Mur-
dock, the Fiscal, which is situated about half a mile
from town. The work of destruction was not long
in being commenced, the garden gate was torn fronts
its hinges, the shrubbery rooted up, a large garden
seat broken to pieces and scattered on the road, and
all the windows demolished. An attempt was then
made on the house of the Sheriff, but the cavalry
being prepared to receive the marauders, they
deemed it prudent in this instance to retire. The
mob then returned to town, and in .passing down
Sandgate they broke the windows of Mr. Gibson,
accountant in the Bank of Scotland, and one of
Colonel Blair's voters. It being by this time nearly
twelve o'clock, and the vagabonds worn out with
the exertions of the day, and no one at hand on
whose person or property they could wreak their
vengeance, they slipped off, All was quiet on
Thursday morning at six o'clock, and we did not
hear that any renewal of hostilities was expected.
On the arrival of Colonel Blair and his party at
Ardrossan, a crowd collected, and gave them a most
uncourteous reception. Stones were again thrown,
and bad not some of the better disposed of the
crowd interfered, the whole party would have been
thrown into the sea. They then took refuge in the
inn, hot the mob continued outside to behave in the
most riotous and disorderly manner until twelve at
night. Special constables were engaged to defend
the inn. About two o'clock the mob had dispersed
and Colonel Blair and his party were enabled to,
depart quietly.
Mr, Lade, of Port Glasgow, one of the voters,
died in the steam-boat betwixt Ayr and Ardrossan.
He had been previously in very bad health.
A gentleman who came in the Largs steam-boat
describes the dinner scene, as one of the most
strici ngtoagf Ie
white
ten
iloo.lespve,eer
w‘i%hn'iot witnessed. st ed.
adjoining
mos
a tOne of t
table
alp,
aadri the voters
tmr,
t their,
hesds
bound up with bloody handkerchiefs.
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Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Ayrshire
to a friend in London, dated May 10 yesto.,