The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-06 00:00:00

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SCOTCH ELECTIONS.

Tn ELGIN BURGHS.—The division which prevailed
among the Liberal electors of these burghs is now at
an end, and they are all earnestly united to return
sir Andrew Leith Hay. The merits of this gentleman
SS a firm, unflinching, and consistent advocate of
thorough reform and good government, are well known
to our readers ; and, moreover, as the son of General
Hay, who was one of the oldest and best Whigs in
the county, he has especial claims on the support of all
friends of improvement. It is admitted on all hands that
no man ever sat in Parliament who paid more atten-
tion to the local interests of his constituents, or who was
more ready, to exert his influence in their favour. In
point of ability he has few, if any, equals among the
aspirants to legislative honours, and his mild and con-
ciliatory manners, make him a general favourite with all
with whom he comes in contact.
Except that he is a Tory and a monopolist—a man who
will sacrifice the welfare of the many to the advantage of
-the few ; and that he bears the character of a gentleman
in private life, Mr. Thomas Duff has no claim wiatever
on the suffrages of any constituency ; and surely the
electors of the Elgin Burghs, who have always been dis-
tinguished for their public spirit, and their zeal is the
cause of Reform, will never permit such a candidate to
carry off anything approaching to a majority of their
votes.

BANFFsnia.E.—Mr. Duff's canvass goes on as prosper-
ously as his best friends can desire. Pitfour is submit-
ting with a good grace to his rejection. He has writtei,
advising the electors to support the new candidate.
MORAYSHIRE.—GeneraI Sir Alex. Duff has started
for Morayshire, and, from all we can learn, we have
every reason to believe that our wishes will be realised.
ABERDEEN ELECTION.--S 0 much of our space is oc-
cupied by reports of speeches, that we have left ourselves
little room for remarks, either on the proceedings of yes-
terday or the prospects of the election. This is the less
to be regretted, as we shall have another opportunity of
addressing the electors before the polling commences.
The appearance made by the three parties at the
hustings yesterday, was highly creditable to each.
Mr. Bannerman, although evidently in bad health,
spoke very effectively, and his proposer and seconder
were brief and pointed. Mr. Ines' was a poor enough
display ; but his proposer, Mr. James Hadden, made a
very clever speech, although it looked a little too like
practising for candidateship. He laid himself open to
retort, too, by the sweeping character of his charges
against the Whigs, and the Chartists' certainly did not
spare him. Mr. Mitchell reminded him that the Whigs
the Tortes ; and Mr. Lowery remarked caustically that,
although he was glad to hear a Chartist speech' from a.
Tory, he could not help feeling disgusted when he Viand
" Satan reproving, sin."
As far as eloquence went, indeed, the Chartists fairly
carried off the palm. The whole three spoke well, but
Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Lowery acquitted themselves most
admirably. There was a degree of moderation and ra-
tionality in what they said, too, which contrasted fa-
vourably with the absurd dogmas and abusive language
of many Chartist speeches, and created a decided impres-
sion in their favour. Both Whigs and Tories were told
some home truths, which we hope they will take to heart ;
and we trust the Chartists will learn, from the friendly
feeling that their yesterday's behavour excited, that their
cause can be best advanced by mixing a little discretion
with their zeal.

The election of Mr. Bannerman is considered quite
certain by both Whigs and Tories.—Aberdeen Herald.
ROXBURGHSIIIRE.—A great change has taken place in
the state of affairs here. Mr. Elliot, the Liberal candi-
date, who had found some of his former supporters

(chiefly among the Radicals) from various causes, hang-
ing back in some parts of the county—came to the
resolution of resigning the contest, which he thought,
on the whole, he could not win ' - and thus of saving.
trouble and expense both to his opponents and
the county in general. This having been com-
municated to the other party, their candidate, Mr.
Francis Scott, thought proper to issue an ad-
dress to the electors of the county, copies of which
were specially addressed to the Liberal electors, con-
taining most insulting and offensive expressions, both to-
wards the Government and towards the Liberal electors
of the county themselves. This roused the feeling of
many among the Liberal electors, who resolved, that even
if they should be beaten, they would not tamely allow
either themselves or the cause they supported to be thus
insulted. The result has been, that the canvass has been
re-commenced, and we are happy to understand with every
prospect of complete success. The change produced by
Mr. Scott's conduct, which in any view was not very
magnanimous, in thus indulging himself and his fol-
lowers in expressions of exultation over his opponent,
and still less so in striking an adversary who, he thought,
was on the ground, has been a most fortunate circum-
stance for the Liberal cause. Where there was hesita-
tion or indifference before, all is now energy and enthu-
siasm : and, animated by the hope, which, fortunately,
we believe, is well-founded from the state of the register,
the Liberals are now confident that they will triumph-
antly carry their candidate.

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