The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-28 00:00:00

since the Repeal (of the Test and Corporation Acts, or the
passing of the Emancipation Bill, has been elected a memb2r
of it. The town of Liverpool has incurred considerable
odium, on account of the bribery and corruption which have
distinguished its elections. This has been owing to the con-
duct of the Corporation. On some two or three occasions,
during the last dozen years, not less than 100,0001. have been
spent by members of the defunct Corporation, in bribinr, and
treating the old freemen so elect them to the civic chair.
Boards have been paraded on these occasions in front of the
Town Flail, offering 1001. for a tally of freemen ; thus pay-
ing them for their " sweet voices " at the rate of 10/. per man !
Although the late Corporation of Liverpool was always un-
popular with the great majority of the inhabitants, on account
of its bigoted and exclusive character, yet nothing has dis-
gusted the public so completely as the recent conduct of its
members in the Church Endowment business. That job was
perpetrated by the Corporation in its dying moments, and a
portion of the town estates pawned, in order to pension the
friends and relatives of the members, who officiate in the Cor-
poration Churches, on the public purse. Nothing can describe
the feelings of indignation to which this shameless job gave
rise. •

The elections to-day were looked to by all parties in this
great town as decisive of the question, whether Toryism or
Liberalism for the future would reign in the ascendant. In
every ward—the town is divided into sixteen, each returning
three Councillors—Committees were formed of Tories and
Reformers ; a canvass was regularly entered into, and all the
bustle, expense, and activity of a Parliamentary election was
every where visible. Ward meetings were every where held,
candidates addressing their constituents personally, as well as
by placards and advertisements ; in short, both parties entered
into the struggle heart and soul, knowing that they played for
a great stake.
The Tories, with that blustering braggadocia for which the
party has been ever distinguished, were offering wagers that
they would have a majority in the new Council, and thereby
secure the election of sixteen additional Tory Aldermen. How
are the mighty fallen! They started as candidates for the of-
fice of Town Councillors forty-eight of their crack men, and,
horrible to relate, only, four of them have been elected Yes,
it is a fact—it will excite astonishment throughout England—
the rate-payers of Liverpool have elected FORTY-FOUR Re-
formers-and only four Tories to the new Council. The Tory
minority may possibly be increased to six, as there are two
candidates whose numbers on the poll are equal, and the
Mayor, who is an ultra-Tory, has the power by the Act to de-
cide who shall sit. He will naturally prefer his own partisans.
The wretched figure which the Tories have cut in this con-
test is most amusing. This has not only been the most active
and important, but the proudest day that ever occurred in the
annals of Liverpool. The old domineering Tory clique is per-
fectly amazed at the result.
Toryism in Liverpool henceforward is extinct, and the next
Parliamentary election will be followed by another important
measure—the ejection of Lord Sandon. The power which
the corrupt old Corporation had in enabling his Lordship to
preserve his seat is notorious.

(ANOTHSR ACCOUNT.)
TRIUMPH OF THE REFORMERS.
Our election is over, and it has disappointed the expecta-
tions of all parties, both Whigs and Tories—the Tories have
• been defeated, and the Reformers triumphant, greatly be-
, yond the most sanguine anticipations of either. Last night
the Tories were confident of a majority of at least four in
the new council ; this evening they have only four of their
party there ; in two words, of the forty-eight new coun-
cillors elected, forty-four are Reformers, and four Tories
This is giving the Tories the benefit of two double returns,
which it is expected the Mayor, who is a Tory, will de-
cide in their favour. This glorious result is not the only
ground for triumph. The Tories have not only been beaten
in almost every ward, but they hate been beaten by over-
whelming majorities. In nearly all the wards their -highest
candidate had not within a hundred votes of the lowest Re-
form candidate. It is impossible to describe, or almost to
imagine the degree of sensation which this complete over-
throw of the Tories has excited in the town. The
people are meeting in crowds, and congratulating each
other on their victory. The Reformers took the lead at the
opening of the poll in all the wards except one or two, and
they were never beaded by their opponents; on the con-
trary, the Reform majorities went on steadily increasing till
the close. The official announcement will not be made by the
Mayor until Monday. In the mean time I send you a copy of
the return furnished from the different wards by the .Re.

form Committees to the central association, and as very faci-
lity was afforded to both parties to take a correct return from
the mouths of the voters as they came to the poll, it may be
considered as almost perfectly accurate.

STATE OF THE POLL AT THE CLOSE-FOUR
O'CLOCK.

Reformers. Tories.
1......EVERT0N AND KIRKDALR WARD.

Mr. John Holmes 22o'
Samuel Hope 214
Joseph Holiday
No. 2.—scot
Mr. Thornhill
• Crawford Logan
Richard Sheil
NO. 3.—VAT:

Mr. Charles Horsfall
Adam Hodgson
W. C. Molyneux
TI.AND WARD.
Mr. Richard Houghton
James Heyworth 97
William Foster B9
'XIIAI.I. WARD.

Mr. Egerton Smith B9l
Enoch Harvey
John D. Thornley
NO. 1

Mr. Joseph Ackers 67
John Wright
'Henry Copeland
'Am.'s WARD.

Mr.. William Stuart ..... 118 Mr. R. 8.8. Hollinghead 103
Christopher Roden . 137 J. Barton, cooper l] 8
Alexander M`Gregor 125. William Shand
NO. S.—EXCHANGE WARD.
Mr. James Meller l6O Mr. G. B. Irlam ...... 118
Henry Holmes
Lawrence Heyworth 166 Thomas Sands
NO. 6.--CASTLE-STREET WARD.

Mr, Thomas Bolton ...... 2481 Sir Thomas Brancker ... 93
Charles Birch .. 260 :M r . George Grant B3
Joshua \!almesley ... 260 John N. Wood
NO. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD.
Mr. John Woolwright ... '205 Mr. Thomas Tobin
Richard Bright
William Rushton ... 199 William Potter
No. B.—PITT-STREET WARD.

Mr, William Rathbone... 194 Mr. John Bibby 157
- Wm. Robt. Preston 1841 Peter Bourne 154
Hugh Hornby 202 T. C. Molyneux 142
NO 9.-GREAT GEORGE'S WARD.

Mr. James Aikin
Wellwood Maxwell . 1451 James Lawrence
James.Lawaence ... 238 Charles Lawrence 135
NO. 10.-RODNET-STREET WARD.

Mr. William Lassell lB2 J. P. Brandreth, M. D.... 179
Thomas Holt lBO Mr. Henry Lawrence ... 185
Eyre Evans 166 J. H. Turner l7l
NO. 11.--ABERCROMBT WARD.

James Carson, Ml 3 lB3' Mr. Thomas Kaye 142
Mr. William Earle, jun... 1841 Thomas Ripley ..
Thomas Brocklebank 171 Robertson Gladstone 148

NO. 12.-LIMB-STREET WARD.

Mr. Thornts Blackburn 302
JosepN Langton 309
Ro bed Roskell
NO. 13.—ST.

Mr. Robert Rigby 177
J. Todd Naylor l7O
Ambrose Lace
ANNB'S WARD.

Mr. Rielia.ql Alison
Edwai %I Cropper
Thomio Coglan 154
No. 14.-1,07E97
Mr. Willimp Blain 152
Georg e Holt 167
Wth. Purser Freme 153
' No. 15. —SOUTH

Mr. E. Gibbon
R. Jones 127
J. Davies
r DERBY WARD.
Mr. John Shaw Leigh 176
Joseph Sanders
Wm. Peatt Bushby 136
TOXTETH WARD.

Mr. John (:rapper, jun 1141
Franc is Jordan
an Sharpies
No. 16. -NORTH

Mrs Nich. Robinson 69
Alexander Smith
John Fletcher BO
TOXTETII 'NAM).

Mr. Wan. Wallace Currie 243
Chart. Taylour ... 223
Willia:tri M. Duncan 223

Mr. John Troughton l3l
James Demsey
Joseph Gibbons l3O

CLOSE, OF THE POLL AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
GENERAL RESULT.
R eforaters
T ories.

CAMBRIDGE.
. COMPLETE DEFEAT OP THE TORIES.
We have received the particulars of the polling at Cam-
bridge on S 'aturday, accompanied by a letter from an active
and
.well.kt sown Reformer in that independent town, from
which the f. Allowing is an extract :
CA.MBRID 4E, SATI7RDAY NIOIIT.—TIIC result of the polling
in the five' Wards into which our town is divided, has just been
officially no Life& and I hasten to communicate it, for the gra-
tification of our Liberal friends. Our triumph over the Rut-
land factiot I is indeed most signal : not a single Tory is re-
turned to ,the Town Council in any one of our wards. In
East Barr Ip tell Ward there was no opposition to the Liberal
candidate a. In West Barnwell Ward, the Whig lowest on
the poll is ( vnsiderahly more than 100 a-head of the highest
Tory. In the Market Ward, where our friends did not can-
vass, the c( mtest was severe, but ended in the return of all the
Wlf,g can d' 'dates, by a majority of 25 the Whig lowest on the
poll above: the highest Tory. In Trinity Ward, the Liberals
were as v ict xtrious as in West Barnwell, and in St. Andrew's
Ward, tb e stronghold" of Toryism, the difference, between
the least :nu Esher voting for the Whig and the greatest for the
Tory, is :mc r than 50 !
The *later tist taken by the town in this contest was very
great ; but though the excitement was considerable, the elec-
tion was: the most orderly and peaceable ever known in the
town. The was no rioting, no uproar, no drinking. The
burgess es sh it wed by their conduct how well qualified they
Were to (exert i'se the important rights so long unjustly withheld
from th( d so wisely, by the present Government, granted
to them. : Fist a of the late Aldermen offered themselves as
candidates ( .n.-the Tory side, all of whom (including the Mayor)
Were beaten ; and five of the late Common Councilmen shared
the same 1 'ate. The town continues as quiet as possible,
thOugh the rejoicing at this great victory is extreme.
The folk swing, is the result of the polls in the different
Wards which : return six councillors each :