The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-17 00:00:00

MANCHESTER, DEc. 14.

The polling was this day resumed, and proceeded with
considerable spirit up to abaut two o'clock, when an evi-
dent failure of the partisans of Mr. Lloyd began to mani-
fest itself. At the same period the coalition between the
friends of Mr. Hope and Mr. Cobbett, became dearly
and indisputably apparent, and, singular as the compact
between the Tories and Ultra-Radicils may seem, yet its
effect was productive of a considerable change in the rela-
tive positions of the candidates upon the poll. The streets
throughout the day were paraded in the same way as I be-
fore have stated, with music and banners, and the persons
who assumed Mr. Cobbett's colours in the course of the.
night had been guilty of several outrageous attacks upon
the Committee-rooms of all the other candidates, with the
exception of Mr. Hope's friends. As the edgiest came
nearer to its close, the partisans of Hope and Cobbett threw
off all decency, and every one who had anv regard for
principle was disgusted with the scenes of political profli-
gacy which were now exhibited by the defeated Conserva-
tive and Destructive parties. On one occasion, I saw a
clergyman of the Established Church, and a noted fol-
lower of Cobbett, h ruling along a drunken fellow to vote '
for Gibilett and Hope. The following was the state of the
poll at its close, not given officially, but from the notes of
the clerks who attended the booths on behalf of the candi-

dates:—
Philips 2,923
,
Thomson 2 069
Loyd •••• ............................
1,
Hope 560
Cobbett 1,305
The Cobbettites ware in some degree compensated for
their defeat, by the intelligence that the object of their
idolatry had been returned for Oldham, where, by-the-
by, his success was mainly owing to the fact that he was
opposed by the agent for Jamaica, and another West India
proprietor, who were of course opposed by the abolition-
ists, who, in all parts of Lancashire, constitute a large
part of the constituency. The success of Cobbett at
Oldham, by taking off the edge of disappointment at
%lam:he-ter, tended materially to the preservation of the
peace, and soon after the clo,e of the poll, the multitudes

which had thronged theNtreets began to diverse, and the
evening passed. as peacettikly as if no pli6lic excitement
bad prevailed. Great but Sober exultatiodprevails at the
total defeat of the Conservative party.
SATURDAY, DEC. 15.
The town during the night after the close of the
poll, and up to the hour (10 o'clock) this morning, when
it had been announced that the returning-officers would
formally declare the state of the poll, and name the suc-
cessful candidates, remained perfectly tranquil.
The BOROUGHREEVE shortly addressed the electors by
whom he was surrounded, and read the numbers of the
votes, at the close of the poll, and concluded by declaring
that Mark Philips, Esq., and the Right Hon. C. Poulett
Thomson had been duly elected burgesses to serve in
Parliament fur the borough of Manchester.

Hotel, and Mr. Cartwright and his supporters dined at the
Angel.

AIONAIOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS.

After the most extraordinary struggle this contest has ter-
minated, like those in the surrounding neighbourhood, fa-
vourably to the Reformers. These boroughs have always been
considered as a close seal under the patronage of Sir Charles
Morgan and the Duke of Beaufort, who is Lord-Lieutenant of
the county ;—and against this powerful and united influence
the liberal party had to contend. In the month of June last
the electors of Monmouth and Newport called upon Mr. Hall,
who resides in the county, and requested him to come forward
as a candidate ; after a canvass of the boroughs he acceded to
this request, and from that time to the present every engine has
been at work to counteract the efforts of the Liberal party :
and the agents of the Marquis of Worcester objected to no less
than 227 voters out of a constituency of less than 400 in New-
port, and succeeded in striking off only 32. The borough of
Uske can only be compared to the worst of those enumerated
in schedule A, and consists of 33 housholders of 101. value, and
74 burgesses! some of whom are common labourers, and
hardly any of whom, as will be seen by the statement below,
can dare oppose themselves to their Ducal Patron; and the
numerous attorneys who inhabit:that town, who, with the ex-
ception of one, have long been the disinterested friends of their
Noble employer, knowing well how to protect their joint in-
terests. The election was fixed by the Mayor for the latest
possible day allowed by law, probably for the purpose of gain-
ing more time; but all the arts that subtlety could suggest have
in this case been unavailing, and the independent party have
succeeded in counteracting the numberless manoeuvres of their
opponents, and in bringing the contest to a successful termina-
tion. But proof has been sufficiently shown, if it was before
wanting, that nothing short of the ballot can insure freedom or
purity of election. At the close of the poll the numbers were :

Hall. Worcester.
Monmouth 94 182
Uske
Newport 299 86

Majority for B. Hall, Esq.-35

POOLE, DEC. 17.

. - - -
After as severe a contest as can well be conceived, the elec.
tion for this borough closed on Wednesday last, when Mr.
Lester, and the Treasury Candidate, General Byng, were de.
dared duly elected. The numbers at the close of the Pell stood
thus :

Mr. Lester
General Byng
Mr. Tulk

28'2
186
168

As this borough has acquired considerable notoriety from the
violent opposition made to the pretensions of General Byng
ever since he accepted a large Irish sinecure in July last, it is
necessary the public should be made acquainted with the man-
ner in which his truly independent opponent, Mr. Tulk (who
has ever been the popular candidate), has lost his election.
The large district assigned to the Borough of Poole under
the Reform Act, including three whole parishes, is very nearly
the exclusive property of the Hon. W. F. S. Ponsonby, who has
his residence in the neighbourhood. When the Boundaries
Bill defined the limits of this new district, it was feared from this
circumstance, that he would always possess an unfair influence
over the borough, and have pretty much under his control
the return of its Members. Great opposition was made by the
inhabitants of Poole to the new boundary line, on the ground
of this preponderating power of the Lord of Great Canford, but
it was asserted by the friends of Mr. Ponsonby, that he was too
liberal a Whig ever to exercise it to prejudice the freedom of
election. Experience, however, has shown that what was then
apprehended as a contingent evil has actually occurred. The
tenantry of this liberal landlord were told by his Steward, that
he should expect them to support his friend, General Byng, and
if they refused to do so, they must take the consequence.
Now let us look at the result of this election. The votes for
the borough were for Mr. Tulk, 149, for General Byng, 141 ;
leaving a majority of 8 for the independent candidate. In the
district, the number polled was 64, out of which Mr. Tulk had
but 19, while General Byng had 44; this striking discrepancy
between the district and the town, sufficiently attests the bane-
ful exercise of the great influence of Mr. Ponsonby. During the
Poll, the Steward of this Landlord so stationed himself in the
district booth, as to look every elector in the face as he came to
tender his vote, and by look and gesture, gave them sufficient
indication of what he expected from them. This " tyrannical
abuse of power," so contrary to the silent " influence of ex.
ample," which we were told in Mr. Ponsonby's letter, published
in September last, was all he could possibly look for or desire,
has produced in the minds of all the independent electors of the
town, the most indignant disgust, for it is now evident, that
unless the friends of freedom combine to overthrow the formida-
ble array of influence, Poole will henceforth become a mere no-
mination borough, and the heir-loom of the Canford estate.

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