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

D 0 VER-SAT U RD AY.

The election for the ,Town- Council under the Municipal
Reform Bill came on to-day; and has been contested most ex-
traordinarily. It was generally supposed that it wtuld have

been hard run, but certainly not to the extent that has proved
to be the case. The poll was taken in four places, but will
,not be declared until Monday at two o'clock.
The numbers are so very close, that until they are declared
by the Mayor, it is hardly possible to state them with accuracy
but we believe the Conservative party will carry all six in the
Castle Ward, four out of six in the Pier Ward, and three out
of six in the Town Ward, giving them a decided majority
in the Council, and of course the election of the Mayor, Al-
dermen, Town Clerk, and other officers.
It is said that the Liberals lost seats for the Castle and Pier
Wards by only one vote each. The scrutiny in the Town
Ward will be proceeded in on Monday at nine o'clock, and the
numbers are expected to be very near indeed—considering
that.in the three Wards nearly one thousand votes have been
polled. It is highly to the credit of the town that during the
excitement natural upon so severe a struggle, not a breach of
the peace or any sort of tumult should have occurred, and that
at the polling places the presiding Magistrates had votes cf
thanks for the impartiality with which they had performed
their duties. The Liberal party are unquestionably very much
disappointed. They had fully expected to have returned the
majority of the Council, .and it is said the Tory party have
succeeded beyond their expectations. The truth is, that in
so large a number of voters, and the uncertainty of many sea-
faring men being at home to poll, it was quite impossible in so
very close a contest to make, a more accurate calculation.

COMPLETE TRIUMPH OF THE

REFORMERS AT HULL.

Some considerable degree of interest has been excited, not,
merely in the locality of the town, but in more distant p
of the kingdom, as to how it would come out of the struggle
for Municipal power. The corruptions of the old system were
well exposed and circulated through the medium of the Par-
liamentary inquiry; whilst it was known that the old Corpo-
rztion had considerable influence, and the Reformers knew, to
their cost, that the enemy arrayed against them was not an
insignificant one. Hull had the distinguished honour, imme-
diately after the return of two liberal Members to the first re-
formed House of Commons, to set the example to neighbour-
ing- towns, by first petitiOning for a thorough Municipal Reform.
The spirit of the inhabitants has been stimulated ever since
then—the progress of public opinion has brought the ques-
tion home to every man. The Tories had loudly vaunted of
their power to return a majority of the Council ; they had
made all the preparations which they were enabled to com-
mand ; during their canvas threats and promises were not with-

held ; and the result, so far as the various agents were able to
collect, on Saturday night, after the close of the several polls,
was, that not one Tory has been returned to the Council; but
that the inhabitants of Hull have confided their local govern-
ment to forty-two honest, staunch, upright Reformers.
The following are the statements from the various booths
in the wards, compiled with the greatest care—giving doubts,
in most instances, to the Tories _

Wards. Reformers Tories Doubtful
polled. polled. and Splits.
Lowgate
Market Place
South My tou
North Myton
West Sculcsates .. ... 149 ' 132
East Sculcoates
Holderness

The Tories had boasted that they would carry the Ist, sth,
6th, and 7th wards ; the latter of these has proved the strongest
for the Reformers. The only doubt is as to East and West
Sculcoates, in the former; however, it is believed that the
majority will be found more than five, as stated, and that the
other one is quite safe. However, at the worst, only two or
three Tories can creep in. As may be expected, the greatest
joy has been diffused all over the town, for the Reformers feel
that this is the last great battle they will have to fight, for that
Toryism is utterly and for ever prostrated. •