The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-19 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

. .
The contest for Strirey has terminated moat abruptly. ai,a, the
close of the poll on Saturday evening, Mr. Sumner, jun , on the
part of his father, declared it
,to he his determination to keep the
tomcat open whilet freeholder remained unpolled ; the determi-
nation was, however, of too oontinuance, and prudence took the
,litre of rashness. On that night, a meeting of Mr. Sumner's
friends was held at Epsom, at Which It was resolved, to advise
that Gentlemen to discontinue, the contest. He imMediattly, on
being made acgiminted with , their opinion, complied with its
propriety, and a letter stating he circumstance wits yeaterday rs-
ceived in town, by Mr. Litl!4, the agent to Mr. Pannier, from
Messrs.MAWß and Carter, flor agents of Mr. Suniner
. Bills
announcing the circumstance were dispersed on the Surrey side
of the Thames during yesterday afternoon: Great prepare-
*Mini are making for the chairing of 'Messrs. Ulmer and Deni-
son, after the celebration of which ceremony, a Public Dinner will
take place at Guildford. ,

IAICESTER, Sarnanav, JUN,- I'7.
It having been found extremely inconvenient to continue poll.'
ng only one man at n time, it was determined that a separate
hustings should he erected ; which being accordingly done, the
pollingg commenced this morning at eight o'clock at both hustings,
the old one being used for taking the vote* of persons residing
within the. Uorough, anti the other 11w the out-voter!.
As soon as the business of the day commenced,
Eliettem, the barrister, who arrived early this morning,
'appeared on the part of Mr.' Denman, who, not being able to
come down himself, bad sent by that Gentleman the following
reply to a letter informing -him of his nomination
" To the Independent Electors of Leicester.
Gatcrilatrii—l rejoice to learn that my name has been use-
ful to the upright anti consistent candidate who now solicits your
support, on principles which do honour to yourselves and to hiM
and I beg to assure you, that if a majority of .your enlightened
body should be Owed to return me also as your Representative
to Parliameot, no efforts of mine shall he wanting to prove myself
deserving of your confidence.
" My conduct in the last Parliament is too well known to
requite any professions from mi. To a Constitntional Reform of
the House of Commons—to the reduction of exorbitant 'faze!,
and retrenchment.of orrept Expenditure—to a Repeal of the
Corn Laws,-to a safe and gradual Abolition of Negro Slavery....:.
and to all the principles of Civil and Religious Liberty, f stand
Philp* by a direct and frequent avowal of opinions which have
nothing htit truth and honesty to recommend them. Should Ihe
restored to the saute station by the good opinion of the people of
Leicester, I shall polite the same course, and end my life, as I have-
begun it. Few things can g farther to convince me of the recti-
tude of that course, than the revoltr it has earned for me at your
hands.

" Most sits tkrely 40 I regret that my engagements must detain
nut at the present moment in London, and prevent
.my personal:
ackhowiedgment of your-kindness ; but whatever the result of,this
groat contest may be, I shall be eager to seise the
.earliest moment
far expressing tha gratitude and pride with which I subscribe
myself, Gentlemen,

" Your most faithful servirnit;.7lo.
1A N
'o Iron J ion, ,klit 16, 18V6. 'fiIOAIA.S i
Thin letter Thts letter wesionttediately printed and distributeit anion, •
People, which evidebtly gitod effect; as w ear ill app lty
she,
state of this dey's'pol, I.'
The partizans of W. -Evens and Mr. Denman are very eanguine
as to the result ; aoccess, th-eY believe, would he certain were m",
DP6I6/111 among theol. TbstetpSnete incident to, this eorrteat.
twist bo &wadeable, for coselitearecoming in hourly loaded with
voter* frontibla most distint pmts =of the kingdom. It is, - how-
ever, odd, thdt be the remit what it may, Mr. Denman will not
be at any elierge,,the whole weight, as far 'ae ragertis him, being
borne by his colleague, Mr. Evans, while on the otherhand, the
Corporatton ate contributing to defrey the expences in-
curred by the opposite party. There is an anetskle related about
a poar woolstapler front Bradford`' who
is mid to have a
eten at
breakfast, while at Wakefield, in his way hither to wits, twelvseasoned
e
eggs, betides a considerable quantity of beef,
which he

with anchcivy %Mice anti sallad oil, after which he drank sit glasses
of brandy and Dantzic beer, and quarrelled with every body who
would not do the same, declaring that they were no friends to
Hastings and Cave, who deserved to he supported. At the dose
of the poll on Saturday night, the numbers were as follows..--
Hastings - 9601 Cave Cave
Evans • 9391 Denman

PRESTON- nutax DAY, RINr. 17.

932
- 787

Cobbett has not appeared on the hustings this morning, :nor
have his advocates put the bribery oath, as he threatened last. night.
He has given several of his second votes to Captain Barrie to-day.
It is most certain he cannot come in. He is sinking lower on-the
poll every day It is equally clear he intends to dispute the validity
of the election, by petition to the House of Commons. The two
other new candidates are running a neck and neck race of it ; no-
body can tell which will win, the Tory (Barrie), or. the Reforther
(Wood). The aristocratic Whig, Stanley, comes in triumphantly
on the support of all parties, 'Whigs, Tories, and Reformers, all
except the Radicals—the universal suffrage Men.
State of the Poll.
Hon. Mr. Stanley - 915 Captain Barrie - - 536
Mr. Wood - - 53 I 8
Cobbett - 442
The contest will last up to the last day prescribed by the law,
vii., next Monday week. • It is expected Cohbrtt will get himself
chaired, on the thought of his intended petition to the House.