The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-28 00:00:00

GENERAL EIAtTION.

To 11624.11115, C 4 ,4=17711, Com-Trim, and
Er.xcrons.—Beir.g. anxious to give the fullest and
most correct 'account of the Elections throughoUt the
Kingdom, the shall be very thankful to any Gentle-
mars immediately interested, tofisvo.ur us by post or
otherwise, with the state of the Polling,., and other
matters connected with the Election, in his Town or
County.

BEIW0111:ISHIRE ELECTION'.

FINAL CLOSE or TILE rota, yEsTratoAY.
111argurfn - - - - 1606
Tavistock - - - -125 A
Pym - 30';°2'
- - _ - ..

Pym 'having resigned, the two flat Were returned.—At
five (Mock Mr. 'Macqueen WitS ehaire+l.-4.ord Tavistock will be
chaired to-day.

SOMERSES;SHIRE---Itenesrett, Jess: 26.
This day the polling: commenced briskly on the part of Mr.
Dickinson an‘)- Sir Thomas Lethbridge; as if they were determined
to shone *.ie other candidate that the influence of their characters
over `,,lne.eounty was not so limited as report has been making it
ever'sinee their claims have been examined. Mr. Hunt's friends
came in small numbers, but the enthusiasm they manifested was
as great as it was possible to conceive. It was evident, kern the
movements about the eoart4iou'ac dining the greater part of the
day,'• amongst the two coalescing candidates, that something was
about to be proposed with a view. of putting a period to the Con-
test, Mr. Dickinson awl Sir Thomas Lethbridge were to be seen
at one time examining records, at another consulting with their
solicitor, with Mr. Banning (who, for the that time during
the polling,' made his appearance!), and With Mr. Messiter and
the -High-Sheriff. • It was, indeed, expected that befo're the
polling would close fair the day, the attention of the (f,ourt would
he directed to the subject of the inequality of the eouthatants. The
curiosity of the respectable persons of the neighbourhood was
more strongly excited than upon any former day. A number OT
ladies and gentlemen were mixed amongst the coarse awl i►rawny
voters, and their curiosity was certainly in the very highest de-
gree gratified before they quitted the building. • It would he in-
justice not to state, that the tone of animosity which manifested
itself in the conduct of the friends of the two old members is no
longer heard ; awl it would be injustice to Mr; Ihint.not to de-
clare, that this change is to be ascribed, not to the defeat, which
he is likelYln sustain, but to the manly, spirited, and temperate
addresi'with which he has conducted himself. None but the
lawyers were' disappointed ; and many even of that multitude,
which has;'like a' shoal of locusts, infested the county and Court

during the election; fora moment dropped the thought of gain,
in admiration of the man whom they had united to watch and to
execrate. • This observation doe* not apply to the agents of the
candidates, or to the assessors, whose advice it would have been
well if their clients had taken.
Mr. HUNT entered the.. Court before, four o'clock, and upon
seeing Sir, Thomas Lethbridge move towards the door, addressed
the High Sheriff---" I wish, Sir," said he, "to mention, as 1 see
the worthy Baroneleaving the Court, that. I have something to
commuiliwte which may be of importance. to him and Air.'
Dickinson, after, the polling for the day has closed. ',would not
now address you, but that I sea you are not now occupied."
Mr, VINCENT STUCKEY (in a..10W tone)..—" I would not
I Wag Teo, Sir Thomas."
SirTttomas turned into .the dock in which the voters:bad
been taking the oath against bribery, and spoke a few words to
his agent. He lingered about the docks for two or three minutes,
mid then retired without saying an audible word, and joined Mr.
Dickinson, who .was walking outside. Neither of the candidates
returned.
At five o'clock the Under, Sheriff declared the state of the poll
to be as follows

The day's Poll. Aggregate Poll.
Mr. niekinson 228 1704,
Sir Thomas Lethbridge - f 267 • 1591
Mr. Hunt - 18 276
The Iltoef Suratry, addressing himself to Mr. Ifruit, said
he had %location to put to that geotleman.. It winw thir,—wlic
tiler, from all that bad Ira:tried, be
,threught he had any ,:bani!, of
success? iirdi he put it to hint aM a fOtthollit`li, avid u gentiouvni,
whether, if ha thought he bad on Otarree, hinuirlf
justified
;in putting the county to any'ffirther froolth, anti t,i,pmn'e?
—(lfear.)----Of Ins own trouble he thought notli;og. It w not
on that amount he Spoke, but for the sake of tl or freeholders of
this extensive county.

Mr. outer.--Mr. High Sheriff, Ladier aml .Gentletnen, an
Gentlath of the Law of whomperhaps
ace great number,
it would become me to say, that I have no .right to answer
that question. I eetieitily have no right to answer for
the freeholders of the county. I cannot take upon me to
trifle with their rights by, closing the poll. If, Sir you think
that the, majority of the freeholders have polled, and there is
,
no use keeping the poll ,open any longer, it is at your
option to put an end to.. the election; hut it meat &Tend entirely
upon 'Our inspection, VVlottever he your decision, I assure you
thikt I shall btrw-to it. Von have acted throughout in the most
gentlemanly'and impartial, manner, and there is nothing that I
can do witk propriety that I wilt not do to prove my sense of
such - treatment.—(Cheers.)—But I have no right to step for-
ward and say that 1 have no chance of success. I know that .a
Urge hotly of the freeholders are yet unpolled, and that I have
the . hearty wishes of multitudes ; but if 'you think proper,
you may conclude the business at once, I see a tardiness, cer-
tainly; in all the freeholders. This may arise in a great measure
from my situation on the poll ; but I ant sure you • would think
worse of me than you do, if I were, to say I resign the contest.
I mean at the same time to declare, that I shall not take advan-
tage of any step which! you may -think pi open to take._(Loud
chsets4...Perhaps, if you find that my friends do not. come up,
you may' eitereim the right of closing at once, but. I shall stay
here as long as they come up, and 'do my duty to them.--(Cries.
of !'.Bravo!" and shouts of applause. )-1• dirt hope (addres-
sing himself to the Court),. for I had beard something of
this, that the (taw candidate would have waited to hear
what I hive to say. lam delighted to find that you are dis-
posed to hear me, and I sin particularly delighted -to ate that the
gehtleitien of the law, who do roe the honour of attending hi
such •midtitudie—(a laugh)—are reconciled to the task, listening
to'What lam about to aay. I have been attacked, most greedy
attacked, by the other candidates, and by certain individuals;
who, when I stood on the first day in thin. Court, drowned my
words in clamour, and vented against me the meet couteuiptnotie
and menacing language. You mutt all be aware that much took
place on that day that might have been spared; and you must
also admit that I 'did not cast the first atime. I have said
nothing of either of the gentlemen, who are the candidates with
me that I have reason to regret, except that allusion to Mr.
Dickinson, for which I have already apologised ; and how have
I beer, treated by them ? Have I not been insulted by them
in the perverts of my freeholders, whom they stigmatized as
dishonest man 'because they vote& fear me? Have they not
diehonnined their characters as legislators and magiatretee,
by eocouraging the violation of the laws which they have made,
end are bound to administer with justice cheers.)—
What could they say to a titan who should be brought before them
at. Quarto Sections for a breech of the pact, and declare, in his
defence, that he had witnessed the provo&tion which his two
judges had given to•an unoffending individual in the mine place—
(clicers)—to break the lawn which they were about to set upon?
I 'spoke of Mr. Dickinson's conduct In Parliament. I retract
not one word of that. lie says that I was mistaken in what I
mentioned about Mr. Denison'' motion, as to his vote ; but he
flays that, he would heve opposed that motion if he had been pre..
stmt.' The press, then, was incorrect, anti not I; and he sane-
tieried the error by not correcting it when he had the opportunity.
1 have not, you see, been,guilty of bringing against that gentlemar
a grossly false eharge.--(Cries of " No.")—Aa to Sir T.: Leths
bridgerlOwed him with a dereliction of his publie.duty in re..
Intuit) no personal allusions to
Corr% to. 'Hip port your petitions.
him until he attacked me, by saying, that no honest man would
vote for me; atui there are some insults which.* is not in the
tore of man to hear without retaliating. I retaliated.....-{cht,„.o
e-;-He said he knew me whin I wail an honest man ;, he eoconl,aed
Me when I wore a simiek-frock.--4A ret .olleet the eir.
eamstanee to which he refers, Ile was on a Ynot in a family with
vvhich 1. was acquainted, when we were both very young men.
We were alma the same age—eighteen, I remember that I saw
him riding one day. I hail a smock-frock on, Illd i straddled
_en!,
of the horsei belonging to my father, who ,tented b ented etwl'Oot
and. NOM a-year at that time• l had not
reaist saddle ; ailsa- wax
I could no the impulse,
turned mit • off Sir Thome ran.
hut away i went too. We bad a 1 ti mike' chase, and I came
time enough to lave the stag, which would have otherwise
been pulled -to pieces, for Sir Thomas was not there to help
(Loud laughter and cheers.)---The wood( -frock, my
frienda, is no disgrace. It is neither a test of dishonesty nor of
its opposite. I only. state tide to show you that 1 wan able
even at that early period of our lives to give Sir Thomas
Lethbridge the go-hy."(—Clieers.)He has spoken of the
qualifications for a county member, and amongst them he has
mentioned that of high blood. Now, suppose I asked who his