The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-11 00:00:00

WESTMORLAND ELECTION.

Mr. Brougham presents his compliments to the
Editor of the Morning Chronicle, and incloses two
letters, which have just passed het weeas Mr.
Crackenthorpe and Mr. Beckett.—Mr. Alderson,
upon reading► Mr. C.'s statement, entirely agrees
wish his recollection of what passed. 'lt was upon
the report of Messrs C. and A. that Mr. Brougham
made his statement, which agreed in. all respects
.with
iiill!street, Tuesday.

TO THE RIGHT MIN. J. BECKPTT.
123, Mount-street, Tuesday morning.

Ste,—ln consequence of a letter which I hare just now,
seen in 7'/u' Courier,* bearin.; your. signature, I cannot
frain from stating to you what I remember to have .occurred.
in the Assessors' Court, wishing to receive your confirmation
of it, in order that my Friend, Mr. Brougham, may not sup-
pose that he has been deceived by me, as would otherwise, '
appear to be the Case. , •
I certainly did not wait upon you by appointment (nor did
I ever say so, nor did Mr. Brougham), as you very correctly':
state;
,we met in the Assessors' Court by accident, and a •
conversation ensuing between its on the subject of closing..
the. poll, I stated, ;hat it. was Mr. Brougham's intention to
give every Freeholder an opportunity of g` wing his vote.-,-
Mr. Heywood renewed the Subjca;' and again urged me to
give my consent; upon which 1 replied, in vour hearing, that
as oiir opponentsliad,boasted after the last Election that they,
had hundreds tie-ind' unpolled, upon present decusiOn •
shOuld tate carelhat they should not have the.samtground
of boasting. • .1.-then asked• you whether you would allow,
that you were polled out ? upon Which treceive'd for answer,'
" loolcal the state Of the' booths (not the books) : the thing
speaks for itself.'-' - This satisfied me, knowing thatViere was.
not a loan in the booths, and 1 contented to. the declaration.
of the *returtl'of our oppdnents that night. ' •
1 am, your obedient humble_ servant, .
~• , WM. CRACKENTIIORPE.

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'I feel confirmed in this; Opinion, by Mr. 'hangnail) havi-ng
made.the above 'statement on the hustings, without any can-.
tradietion, and.:lie stated .nothing else at the Westmorland
Dinner, whatever the newspaper's may have reported. '

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TO W. CRACKPNTiIottP“, EEC!.
• • ' •- Downing-street, May 9, IS2O. ,
•Rti:t—in answer to your.letter, which I have been honoured
with -this rournitw, I have to reply, that I recollect perfeeily
the conversation'w filch passed between us at a ta;tral: meeting:
in the Assessorestourt. - ..
You put a question,to mg—.Whctiter I would admit wE were
polled out? My reply fo ydu was—That I could make-no such•
admission—That you ought not to ask me to make i4.—.addiogo,
you most-,look at the state of the booths, and judge 'for
yourself.

'rlrkve the hOnour to be, Sir, ' -.
Yuur most obedient servant,; ~
J. Bgciiii.

* The Letter from:Sotiiv'l4C'lfi'rgff,''E4siriE44..re-veterred to,
first •appeaied in • The' Cen•lislel)Otriut, and was itiSerted in
THE SUN of Tutbday.

[Morning Post.]

We have received ad vices front Sierra Leone tq
the 10111 of Match. That inhuman traffic, the
Slave Trade, we regret, to find, was still car-
rying on with great activity, notwithstanding
the efforts made by
.the Authorities for the rnr;.
pose of suppressing if; In the Piiitgas and Gal=
lineas rims in particular," the traffic was car-
ried on to an alarming extent. In February, the
Tartar frigate, Captain Sir" G. Collier ;•• captured
in the liongas dyer, two vessels, the, FranciSc4
and Maria; both of them slaving ; .and the Myr-
midon dtiop of war, Capt. be4k, captured in the
Gallicas river, two other vessels. •.Both theabove
vessels of "war ptoceeded on a cruize
in search of more Flavetra-ders. The. Thistle brig
of war, which had arrived at Sierra Leone from,
Garitbia •wirh ,Governor WCartlty and suite ots
board, had also sailed on a cruise..

[The 7 imes.]

14TONAPARTE.—Letters from St. Helena, dated
'March 26, were received yesterday by the. Water-
.. ,
100.. Btionaparte was enjoying excellent health.
He continued to occupy himself in the mornings
by working 441 the garden ; and,, as be wore a white
jacket and siraw bat, was not to he distinguished,
except on a very elose_apptbach„ from his servants.
The new house was expected to be ready in four
or five montllsTis described as an elegant mati-
sion.\ luonaparte has never been within it, but
he has been observed to take opportunities %%1161
the workmen were absent; of inspecting it from
the windows ; and it is believed that, when fi-
ttished,.'h:e will easilj, conquer his-old objt;cnions
about *"taking possession. The former' reports,
circulated' at St. Helena, concerning hii rteelining
state of health, are now proved to have been fa-
brications The .ex-Emperor refuses to receive
visitors, of whatever rank, with as much petinar-
city as ever. r
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The Edinburgh Gazette has not, for a week, an-
nounced one fresh bankruptcy in
,Scotland. This
is a circumstance which has not been parell-eled
for a long while.--(Edinburgh Cozirant, May 8 )
The trial of Paul Calduiell and others, for an
assault on Sir Charles Wolieley, at- Wartineton,
in October last, came on at the Sessions at Liv,,r•
pool on 'Thursday last, and occupied the Cora
from tw'‘)o'clocis to half-past ten, when the July
b•ruught in a vetdic:—Not