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doelltlttthetissltesS be returned without opposition. Mr.
Frewen has int as yet issued any public notice of
his retirement, which was first announced front
Lord Manners's committee-room at Leicester, on
Wednesday morning. The cause of the hon. gen-
tleman's retreat is, therefore, at present only a
in ttter fA' conjecture, but little doubt is felt that
the result of his canvass has taught him that the
Maynooth cry avails little, even the agricultural
district of North Leicestershire, against the inau,
ence of the IrAre of Belvoir.

[RE M 41). STAMPED SD.

rioun tho Sirdar Ahmed Khan was sent from
Herat with 2,000 man to stop them, and massacre
them and their small escort. Sultan Murad-Wlirza,
informed in time, hastened to support them with
the few troops he could hastily bring together.
" Such has bleu the iniquitous conduct of the
men of Herat: After having entreated the Pcn,ian
Government to send them help to oppose the inva-
&on of Dcet Mahommeq, who wished to capture
their town, they allowed themselves to be bribed
by him, .and tried to massacre their guests... What
was the Government to do ? Was it to submit to
such a degradation as not to punish such excesses (1-
Moreover, it had before it an aggressor ready to
ze upon Herat, and who, from that point, would
have been a continued source of anxiety, aid per-
haps the ruin of the province of Khorassan.
Under every circumstance it was the duty of
the Persian Government to have a care that no fo-
'reign power should seize the said town, of which it
is the sole protector. Can it be supposed that it is
not Dust-Mohammed Khan who wishes to seize
Herat, aud not Ica-Khan who calls him and who
revolts ? The letters of Dost Mohammed Khan,
and of his son Goulab-Haider Kiran, have fallen
into the hands of the Persian Government, and
they prove that it is Dost-Mohammed Khan who
caused Herat to revolt with the aid of English prO-
mises ; that English troops are marching in the di-
re::tion of Nishapour, and will reach Cahill ; that
money and ammunition have been sent towards
Shikarpoor aud have arrived at Tidier*.
ct However, the. Court 'of Teheran, to maintain
the friendship and alliance of England, was de-
aided, ever after the capture of Hera', to organise
there an Affghan Goverpment according to conven-
tions: Still more, it was disinclined to give Mr.
Murray such satisfaction as was compatible with
the dignity of the Persian Government. But that
did not suffice ; to those two demands others have
been added. Lord Clarendon and Lord Redcliffe
had put those twoconditions, and conferences were
held with the Persian Charge d'Affaires at the
Sublime Porte. In consequence of the new exac-
tions, Feruk-Khan was sent with full powers, and
his missioniwas notified to the English ambassador.
" Nevertheless, before the arrival of Feruk--
Khan war was declared. On arriving at Constan-
tinople Feruk-Khan wished to communicate with
Lord Redcliffe ; he received as reply, that there
were no more questions to be settled, that there
was no need of conferring. After great difficulty
negotiations were ultimately commenced ; but in
addition to the two 'points above-mentioned, the
English ambassador put forward claims which were
inadmissible, and had nothing whatever to do with
the pending questions. Feruk-Khan, who bad no
authoriy to treat on the basis, asked for 40 days'
delay to allow him to communicate with his Go-
vernment ; this arrangement, to which Lord Red-
cliffe consented, was concluded_ on the 2iith
of
November, and yet on the 6:lr of December the
English fleet attacked Bender-i-Mahiguiri (the
fisheries), which was bombarded and taken.
" After reading 'these facts every man will be able
to juige for h;mself whether it is the Persians or
the English that have infringed existing treaties."

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

GREENWICH.-OFFICIAL DECLARATION

OF THE POLL.

Yesterday morning-, at 11 o'clock, the returning
officer announced from the hustings the official
state of the poll. The numbers were—Codrington,
2,193 ; Sleigh, 1,579, giving the former a majority
of 1,334. The total number of votes recorded on
this occasion is accordingly 4,492, while the num-
ber of the constituency exceeds 8,000.
General Codrington and Mr. Sleigh briefly ad-
dressed the crowd in front of the hustings, the latter
declarinv, his intention to petition against General
Codringt.m's return. Mr. Townsend, the chair-
man of Mr. Sleigh's committee, a1.P.0 male a speech,
in which he affirmed that the borough was under
Government influence, and would never be properly
represented without vote by ballot.

SOUTHAMPTON.
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday.--List night all the
lower windows of the. Star, Mr. Weguclin's hotel,
were smashed, and a large passe of constables was in
requisition there to prevent further violence.. This
morning a Urge concourse of persons assembled at
the Town-ball, and Mr. Weguelin was declared
fully eleJted. 2,682 voters polled, of whom 1,720
polled for one or other of the two Liberal candi-
dates, aed 962 for the Tory.. Mr. Weguelin was
the only candidate present at the declaration of the
poll, and he was received with much' cheering. Sir
Edward Buler has protested against the election of
of Mr. Weguelin, on the grotuid that some of the
polling booths were closed before the hour fixed by
ic.k.w. At the declaration of the poll a man was
poiliqed out who offered to vote for One candidate
for a l';ribe, and, on such an inducement being re-
fused lttn, he voted for another candidate. This
exposure • caused great uproar, and the fellow was
hooted out Of the hall. This afternoon the magis-
trates met to investigate charges against some pro-
fessional pugilsts, for breaking the peace yesterday
afternoon. One of the prize-fighters appeared to
answer the charge, and the case against him was
dismissed. An °die failed to make his appearance,
and his bail will be ft.slrfeited. A man was also ap-
prehended yesterday in one of the polling booths,
personating an absent voter. The punishment for
Allis offence is two years' Imprisonment.
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~.. . . • . HULL-4
The 'tion'of a member ,€)f Parliament for the
, 1,, Air
berg Oull, to fill the vacancy caused by the
Aplkiiiii nt.a Mr. Watson, Q. 0., to be a Baron
of Old Hof Exchequer, took place yesterday.
Ohl&afirlate wm Air. James clay, who was,
togethei it Lord Godericb, unseated on petition
in 1852. 'Tee Sheriff presided at the neNn
ination.
Mr. Heavy Blundell proposed the candia.,:kte, and
Mr. P. J. Thompson aecouded him. Mr.. Clay_
was then declared duly elected, and addressed
the electort. He referred briefly to the former
occasion, on which he felt he was somewhat hardly
:.treated ; but he accepted this unopposed elec-
tion as a proof that, notwithstanding all which had
been sa'd and done, he still retained the confidence
of the electors of Hull. He promised that he
would neglect no opportunity of keeping up the
good old traditions of the parliamentary reformers.
He believed the people's political rights were now
to be hall for the asking, and he wished to re-
mind the people of them. Mr. Clay then referred
to the necessity of retrenchment and economy in
the public expenditure. The income tax, he said,
was a subject upon which the people of this country
had spoken their mind, and they would be attended
to.. He expected, therefore, that the Chancellor of
• the Exchequer would on Friday night reduce his
estimates very much below those originally in-
tended, and the country would be saved a large
sum of money. Mr. Clay added, that he was dis-
posed to support a liberal government, but would
not pledge himself to any man or any set of men.
The proceedings all passed off very quietly.