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SCOTLAND,
WICK BURGHS.
270 J. Dempster, Esq.* 189

IRELAND.
DUBLIN COUNTY.
261 J. Hamilton, Esq. 282
256 Capt. Taylor '2Bo

TIPPERARY COUNTY.—FIRST DAY.
Cave
Maher 5ll
Maude 293
Barker
WEXTORD.—LAST DAY, FIVE O'CLOCK.
Esmonde 145
Bourne
LOUTH CO UNTY.—FIRST DAY.
Bellew 2
Dawson 2
Fortescue 2

KILDARE COUNTY.

M. O'Ferrall and R. Archbold elected.
WATERFORD COUNTY.

Hon. R. Carew and W. V. Stuart elected.
COUNTY GALWAY.
J. Martin, Esq., and J. Bodkin, Esq., elected.
COUNTY LONGFORD.
Polling Day (July 13)—Candidates, E. White, Esq.,
Col. White, and J. Lefroy, Esq.
SOUTH CHESHIRE.
Wilbraham resigned.
BOROUGH OF WATERFORD.
W. Christmas, Esq., and W. Reade, Esq., elected.

COUNTY OF LIMERICK.
W.,O'Brien, Esq., and C. Powell, Esq., elected.
COUNTY OF WESTMEATH.
IL Ttiite, Es'q., and B. Chapman, Esq., elected.
COUNTY OF LEITRIM.
L. White, Esq., and Lord Clements, elected.

NORTHUMBERLAND (NORTH).
The official declaration of the poll for the Northern Division
of Northumberland was made at Alnwick on Monday. There
was an immense body of electors congregated. Lord Howick
proceeded to the Star inn, where a number of his friends had
assembled. Lord Ossulston reached the White Swan shortly
before ten o'clock, and directly afterwards Mr. Creswell.
After the usual preliminary investigation of the poll-book had
been made in the Town-hall, the High Sheriff, Sir M. W.
Ridley, Bart., adjourned to the hustings, where the candidates
and their respective friends were waiting. The High Sheriff
advanced to the front of the hustings, and made the official
declaration of the numbers polled, as under—
. _

Lord Ossulston 1,216
Mr. B. Cresswell.. . 1,163
Lord Howick l,lOl
The High Sheriff then declared Lord Ossulston and Mr. B.
Creswell elected.

Lord OSSULSTON then proceeded to address the electors.
He said they had now, for the fourth time, returned him as
their representative in Parliament ; and this was the best proof
of their approbation of his past conduct.—(Cheers.) They
might rest assured that he would use his utmost endeavours to
merit their good opinion, and he had only to express his grate-
ful thanks to those friends who had placed him in so proud a
position at the top of the poll.
Mr. B. CRESSWELL then stood forward. He said he re-
turned his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done
him in electin: him one of their Representatives in Parliament.
When he last had the honour of addressing them, he proposed
this simple question to the electors—namely, whether Lord
Howick did, or did not, possess the confidence of the northern
division of the county of Northumberland ?—(Cheers.) Lord
Howick came forward and declared that he accepted that chal-
lenge. and would stand the issue of the contest. He had now
had a fair trial.—(Cries of " No, no !" and " Yes, yes I") The
electors had pronounced their verdict against him. ("No,
no !" from Lord Howick, and cries of " The Conspiracy.")
The Noble Lord talked of a conspiracy. He (Mr. Cresswell.)
denied that there had been any conspiracy. He admitted that
many of the gentry and farmers of the county had proposed to
declare before the public that they differed most widely from
his Lordship and the present Government upon points which
affected the best interests of the country.—( Loud applause.)
And they had shown a determination, if possible, to choose a
representative whose views coincided with their own. In his
address he had endeavoured to point out freely and intelligibly
the principles upon which he claimed their suffrages.—( A
voice—" Where are they ?") In his address, if they would
read it.—(Loud cheers.) He had now only to thank his friends
for the way in which they had supported .him during this ar-
duous contest.

Lord Elosvice, on presenting himself, said if he was disap-
pointed, he was not one whit abashed or east down by this de.
feat ; on the contrary, he did think that there was much in
the result with which he had a right to be proud. When he
considered the circumstances of this contest—n hen he con-
sidered the sudden manner in which the opposition had been
got up, a suddenness of which he had already complained, and
of which he now repeated his coasplaint, because when Mr.
Cresswell told thorn that he out the simple question to this
county, whether he (Lord Elowick) did or did not possess
the confidence of the electors, that he had accepted the
challenge, that he had had a fair trial, and that the deci-
sion was against him—v.-hen Mr. Cresswell stated this,
be begged to inform him . that he was totally mistaken.—
(Hear,
hear, hear.) In spite of the shortness of the
no-
tice given him. in spite of the endeavours made to repre-
sent him as hostile to the great interest of this county the
landed interest,—in spite of the attempt made to get up here
and in other place' an excitement against him in regard to
the Poor-law Amendment Act,
talthousghhe
.had refused re-
sin eaio
of of
all the undue means
the very
sorting to similar means,—in
used to influence the electors—in spite
small majority against him pr oved conclusively that if he had 1
possessed earlier information
of what was intended he should
not have fa-led in being successful. —( Ilstit %iflaisteztanindeillpylatz
from the Noble Lord's supporters.)
the intention of the opposition party
might perhaps be considered a fairVMS concealed ; for that
advantage in election war-
fare, but that wishes were expressed by an intimate relative or
his late colleague, and by another person of still greaterto
i,nfiula
.n-
-since inthe county, that the representation of the county should
ontinue in its former hands. Their wishes
were.n so repeatecd
to him that he had a right to calculate, at l
Upon the determined hostility of those parties, buty rate, not
upon their
neutrality ; for they had no right to express their wishes un-
less they were fully prepared to act upon them. I mean our
neighbour in the castle dose by (the Duke of Northumberland.
-Groans.) If it had not been for what had been said to him,
knowing, as he did, the state of the public opinion and the dd..
ferences in respect to the Corn-laws which prevailed in this
county, the very moment a dissolution took place be should_
have commenced his canvass. He asked any of theist, if he had
done vo, whether or not he would hare been successful ? He
asked them whether, if his opponents had not calculated upon
finding him unprepared at so short a notice, any opposition to
his return would have taken place ? He confessed that he had
listened with the utmost a.stonishment to the address just made
to them by Lord Ossulston, for he could not believe the Noble
Lord would have concluded without taking some notice of the
circumstances which had taken place on Lord Tankerville's
estate at Wark. Lord Ossulston could not be ignorant of
what be had brought against him in reference to those elec-
tors. He did not make the accusation in a corner—he made
it publicly at Wooler.—( Lord Ossulston—" And read my let-
ters ?") And read Lord Ossulston's letters —( Lord Ossuls-
ton—" Did you read them all ?") He would ask Lord Os.
sulston to deal fairly, and instead of interrupting him by
single words and sentences, let him answer when he had
done fairly and like a men.—( Hear, hear, and applause from
Lord Howick's supporters.) Was he to suppose from this
interruption that Lord Ossulston complained of his having
read his letters ? Why, upon matters of this kind letters
were documents which ought to be referred to. Did any
honest man write that of which he was ashamed? Did Lord
Ossulston feel that he had put down upon paper that which
he dared not venture to justify in the face of the elec-
tors ? Was this what Lord Ossulston felt ? If so, it was a
complaint with which he thought they would not sympa-
thise. But, if not, if Lord Ossulston had written nothing of
which he was ashamed, what harm had been done by reading
his letters? (Lord Ossulston—" You only read part of them ;
that which suited your own purpose.") He read every single
worst and syllable of those letters at Wooler. He begged that
if Lard Ossulston thought he had left out anything he would
call for the publication of the whole correspondence.—(Hear,
and applause.) But this interruption had fed him away from
the business about which he was tddressins them, and he would
therefore return to the point from which he had diverged, and
his complaint against Lord Ossulston. All those of them
who were present at Alnwick on Tuesday last would not fail to
recollect that he challenge d his opponents. to declare openly
that no tenant or tr d
should suffer for thear"
They all witnessed how cienticias
"ischarge
,of their duty.
a 5
that
t, challenge had been evaded. They
all saw that Lord Ossulston
said,_e on Lord Tankerville's estate
noh
persun should suffer ;said nothing for his friends ; sad in the mine manner Alr. Cresswell answered only

for his own estate.—(oh, oh, and laughter.) After
this he was fully prepared to expect the influence of
other proprietors would be used in the most unsparing manner,
and certainly that expectation was not disappointed. He did
not expect those possessed of influence would fail to exercise
it, but what he did expect was that at least that little miserable
pledge wouldhave been faithfully observed. But what was the
fact. There was in the village of Wark a considerable num-
ber of electors holding land under Lord Tankerville, and in a
great degree dependent upon his Lordship. All those per-
sons, with two or three exceptions, had promised to divide
their votes between himself and Lord Ossulston, but they had
not been permitted to do so. First one gentleman, who re-
sided in the neighbourhood, took every means in his power to
induce them to break their promises, but all the means
used were insufficient until Lord Ossulaton himself appeared
amongst them, and so strongly pressed upon them to with-
draw their votes, which they had promised him (Lord
Howick), that with five honourable exceptions, they had
been induced to do so. Now, what were the pretences
upon which this was done? It was said by Lord Ossul-
ston, that the promises of these persons were obtained by
undue representation, as to what his feelings and wishes
were. Lord Ossulston himself could not be cognizant of this
fact, and when it was positively denied by his friend near him,
Mr. Robertson, he was sure the character of that gentleman
for honour and integrity would make it totally unnecessary for
him to offer any further proof that such was the fact. But, at
the same time, though the testimony of Mr. Robertson re-
quired no corroboration, be held in his hand a statement made
by a part of the electors of that village, who had signed their
names to the document,which was so important that he trusted
they would permit him to read it. [The document was signed
by five freeholders of Wark, who declared that when Mr. Ro-
bertson was at that village, he never gave them to understand
that Lord Ossulston was canvassing for himself and Lord
Howick; but, on the contrary, when they had heard at Ber-
wick that Lord Ossulston had coalesced with Mr. Cresswell,
they said they could not support Lord Ossulston equally with
Lord Howick, as they had before intended. One of the
party said he bad been told by Lord Ossulston at Berwick,
that the coalition had been entered into, and his
name joined with Mr. Cresswell, without his knowledge. The
document was signed by Davidson, Allen, Smith, Scott, arid
Thompson. Was it right in Lord Ossulston then to induce
these men to break their promises ? Where was the di-tinction
between breaking one's own word and compelling others' to
break theirs? Did Lord Ossulston imagine that because a man
happened to be poor, or in a lower rank of life than himself, he
was insensible to those feelings of honour which ought to exist
in the bosom of every honest man ?—(Lord Ossulston —" The
statement is is a tissue of misrepresentation from to
end.") Lord Ossulston said it was a misrepresentation. He
thought that would be best proved by Lord Ossulston answer-
ing here, in the face of them all, what he was now stating.
He did not know whether Lord Ossulston used anything like
threats—(" Oh, oh !" and Laughter)—he had not stated that
he had done so.—(" Yes, yes," and " No, no.") But what
he did stated was this—that when a landlord called persons
of their situation together, and most urgently insisted upon
their votes, he knew well they would understand the danger
of refusing, unless it was explained to them far more
clearly and more distinctly than from his information he be-
lieved to have been done that they might with safety act ac-
cording to the dictates of their consciences. And even if this
had been told them—even if they had been clearly told to
act as they pleased, he did not think it right or proper for
a person connected with them as Lord Ossulston was to urge
those persons to break their promises. He would only fur-
ther add, that there was one person who he knew had en-
deavoured to induce those electors who had promised their sup-
port to him to withdraw it.—k Cries of "Name, name.") There
was more than one case.—(Cries of " Name, name.") Mr.
Tewart. Thatgentlernan, be had been informed, had used his in:.
fluence over a tenant of his who had promised to vote for him
(Lord Howick). The tenant's name was Watson ; there was no
doubt that he had promised to vote for him, and that he had
voted against him was equally certain. Mr. Tewart was known
to have canvassed him ; and for the effects of that canvas he
could not do otherwise than believe that owing to his influence
the vote was withdrawn. But he had been insensibly led by
interruption into saying more than he had intended when he
came upon the hustings. He had now only to add upon the
subject of undue influence, that if his opponents wished to
disprove his words, if they wished to show that they were not
guilty of that which had been imputed to them, he trusted
they would prove by their conduct to those persons whom he
had named that they should not suffer for the maintenance
of their independence. He could tell Lord Ossulston and
the gentlemen of the opposite party, that the eyes of the
country were upon them, and would observe how those
five persons who had signed the paper he had read would
be treated for the future. He would now only say, that
though defeated on this occasion, though this battle had been
lost, he trusted the result would teach them rever to rely
again upon their opponents. If they still honoured him
with their confidence, and supported him with the zeal they
now manifested towards him, he should be proud again to
come forward.—(Cheers from the Noble Lord's supporters.)
He should be happy to come forward, and join once more with
them in the struggle ; and if any other candidate was preferred
by them he should be equally ready to render him in the same
cause the most zealous assistance in his power.—(Applause,
and cries of " Two Whigs.") If they meant to light this bat-
tle, let him remind them to lose no time in making prepara-
tion fur it. They knew not how soon the struggle might come.
He trusted they would remember that it was by registering
their names as electors that this battle was to be fought.--
(Applause. )
Lord OSSULSTON again stood forward, and, in reply to the
statements of the preceding speaker, said, he would just tell
them a plain story, and leave them to judge upon the merits of
the case. He was cai'.ed into this part of the county on being
told that Mr. Robertson was going to give a dinner to the
electors of Norham, and it was feared that the effect of that.
dinner might be to induce some to retract their votes, which
had been already promised to Mr. Cresswell and himself.
Upon his arrival at Norham, he found this to have been the
case, and that one voter—(" Name, name.")—he found the
dinner had taken place, and that Mr. Wood presided, and that
he had been induced, he would not say by whom, to retract his
vote.—(Mr. Robertson : " That gentleman voted for ysur
Lordship.") Mr. Wood promised him a vote at Berwick.—
( Mr. Robertson : And he gave it 'you at my request, my
Lord.") He could not tell what had subsequently occurred ;
but when he went to Mr. Wood after the dinner, he refused the
vote which he had previou.ly promised him ; and this was not
the case with Mr. Wood alone, but with several others of the
electors of Norham—by undue influence exercised over them
they had retracted their promises. This was, however, only
one part of the case. He was then desired to proceed de,
Wark, for the electors who had promised him their first
votes, and told Mr. Richard Hodgson they would reserve
their second ones till he (Lord Ossulston) or some
authorized person should come amongst the-,e; had been
induced by Mr. Robertson to pledge tb#fir second vote
to Lord llowick. He would tell them what they had
themselves told him—that from what Mr. Robertson had said,
the impression was conveyed to their minds that his ( Lord
Ossulton's) desire was that they s'nould give their second vote
to Lord Howick. Mr. Robwetson had denied that he vaid
this, and he was bound to believe him, but it was the same
thing, provided the impression was created upon the minds of
the voters, and if by ihat impression they were induced to give
their second vote t',) Lord Howick, which was already pledged
to him. If the, Noble Lord had read the whole of the cor-
respondence tney would have seen the entire transaction; and,
moreover, Ile would pledge himself, after the publicity which
had beer,, given to it, to publish that correspondence.
Mr, R. Honcsow, M.P., then addressed the electors at
cons:iderable length, and was followed by Mr. Robertson and
Mr. H. Hinde, M.P., upon the question of the threats im-
puted to Lord Ossulston and his friends.
Lord Howicx briefly explained, and

- - -
The HIGH SHERIFF, availing himself of a temporary si-
lence, and the business of the day having been brought to a
conclusion, he dissolved the meeting.

YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING).
The following short speech made by Lord Morpeth at
Wakefield, on Monday, at the official declaration of the poll,
needs no comment ; for it only confirms what all those ac-
quainted with his Lordship know, that with great abilities he
possesses the most amiable and generous disposition. The re-
ception he met with from the people shows that he is as much
beloved by his opponents as his own friends ; a circumstance
which, perhaps, cannot be said of any 'other candidate during
these elections:—
Lord MORPETII then presented himself to the people amidst
cheers, long and loud continued, and to the credit of the Blues,
be it said, they appeared to vie with their opponents in giving
his Lordship a most hearty reception. His Lordship, after
silence was obtained, thus spoke:—lnhabitants of the West
Riding of Yorkshire, I come vet once again before you—
(" Without your cocked hat," cried a fellow in the crowd,
which created much mirth)—l come yet once again
before you in the order duly assigned to me as the
lowest on the poll. I am the last person, and it would be
the last object I could have in view to aim at dissembling
the magnitude of the triumph which our opponents have
wrested Irons us. On the contrary, I clearly think it the most
signal, and the most decisive which has as yet been attached to
the car of Conservative re-aetion.—(Cheers.) I have to re-
sign the representation of the West Riding of Yorkshire into
the hands of Mr. Wortley.—(" But not for long," and cheers.)
I say Mr. Wortley, for let my defeat have at least that allevia-
tion. I must be allowed to consider him as my immediate con-
queror. We are tho old competitors. I have already, as he
has told you to-day, met him twice in no inglorious warfare.
He knows better than I can tell him, that there are recol-
lections and passages of out former lives, which must make me
prefer him to almost any other man as my successful rival.—
(Cheers.) But in transferring my late position into his snore
the
hands, I cannot dissemble the price and splendour of
e dower.—(Cheers.) I have been too fond of it, too proud
' of it for that.—(Cheers.) Some topics were glanced at by him
which
lhinavgienrguinoigwht seem to me to call for some comment—l will not
"Y for seine recriminats•on, but on such topics I cannot
aimed attaak.emn Mr. Wortley has, indeed, reproached us with
a leaf out of their book, and of having
of represent ation.—(Laughter. ) Now,
gentlemen,
Ifeirionetositlhystanding the issue of our recent
bstartutglegled,oelh, can never regret that we have fought the
what the declared o
and what the natureP
handed....-(Cheer..). For I think, considering
opinions of this. Riding had hitherto been,
e
n publict pqaut
the questions was which have been
submitted to its derision, with a double contest, the defeat of
one Member onlwoul' have been tantamount to the prostra-
tion of both.—(Cheers )
questions at iassturaeecsoane..-
stitute, of course, the really
them also, I cannot fail
tion as the present. With respects
to be sensible of the grave and intimtaot
hinr.the present de-
cisioncon-
of this great constituency rosy heavebearing which the ,
thastn_ce, trade, and
manlncearn
nfefeld,ninnbar
juncture of affairs, upon the concerns
commer( Cheers. ) Not, gentlemen
greater measure, now than heretofore, any
or misgiving as to the ultimate success of the p
rin-
ciples upon which the present Government have
ked
their credit, and, as it would seem, have
their existence.—(Cheers.) Nis, gentlemen ; nor ileesrsi e'd
n
this hour of defeat that when I stood in this place on Mon-
day last, surrounded by all the appearances, at least, and per-
haps some of the anticipations, of triumph—not less do I feel
persuaded that the opinions and measures of which I was
the feeble representative and advocate are even new movin4 in
their onward though unseen track, and hastening to their ac-
complishment.—(Great cheering.) It is but too possible that
the verdict passed upon them by this large Riding, and by
some of the more important towns within it, may postpone the
hour for gathering the first-fruits, and may aggravate the
burden, and inflame the heat of the day ; but I most firmly
and hopefully believe that. happily for tho prosperity of our
species, the cause of truth and Justice, on whatever side it
lies, is, however slowly, sure in the end to be uppermost.—
(Cheers.) And if there is one snbject more than another
on which a nation is most likely ultimately to see is_
self righted, it is on that which concerns its food.—(hear,
and cheers.) But, gentlemen, I feel that I am no longer
in a position which entitles me to trouble you with my
opinions upon political questions, or upon matters rslating to
your own concerns.—(Cries of " Go on.") To yourselves I
may properly and safely leave them. You have already, in
your day and generation, done noble service to the cause of
our common country.—(Cheers.) I trust that many more of
such bright achievements are still in store for you, under what-
ever auspices they be conducted. But after the long period of
our connection, which has now lasted through eleven years
and five Parliaments—(Cheers)—after the transactions to
which we have been parties, and the tetras we have been on
together, I hope that before we part you will allow isle to say a
few, and but a few, words further upon points pertaining more
to my own relations with you than to any public concern.—
(Cheers.) I am Willing to flatter myself that even with my po-
litical opponents 1 leave behind nothing but political differences ,