Star.
London, England, 1831-05-17 00:00:00

STATE OF POLLS.

Durvetshire. May 14,
Five o'clock.

Down (County), May 13.
Lord A. Hill - - 622
Portman - - 1677 • Lord Caaticreagh - 393
Calcraft • - 1434 Mr. Crawford - - 364
13 inkt.s . - - 1169 Cavan (County), lit day.
Northampton (County), May 14. Maxwell . . 110
.t 1 r nor!) . . . 2247 Young . - . 99
Milton . . - 1928 Sou th well - 72
Cartwright - . 179 f Wexford County), let day.
:.2i.tLiley - - 1279 Colonel Chichester - 190
Dublin (City), May 13. H. Lambert - - 187
bard Mayor - - 1669 Lord Valenti& - - 186
Mr. Perrin - - 1659 U. D. Talbot - - 14
Mr. Shaw - 1346 Pembroke (County), May 12.
51r. Moore . - 1334 Majority for eir J. Owen, 60.

ENC. LIS/I COUNTIES UNANIMOUS FOR REFORM.—
The following counties are unanimous in their returns both
of knights, citizens, and burgesses, for the measure of
r+•form submitted to parliament:

No. of

No. of
Members.

Crooners. Members. Counties.
TI-Sfordshire .. 4 Leicestershire
BerkAtirc ... 9 Middlesex
Cheshire ... 4 Nottinghamshire ..
Derh7shire ... 4 I Itutinndshire
Hcrt:ordshire 6 11'artvickshire
lu all 10 counties, returning 55 members.
COUNTIES RETURNING MORE ANTI-REFORMERS THAN
REFORMERS.—In the following counties the number of
members returned for knights, citizens, and burgesses, as
anti-reformers, exceeds those of the reformers. They are,
of course, the great borough counties:

IFor &form.]

BuckinghamAire ..
Cambridgeshire
Cornoall
Devonshire ...
Huntingdonshire ..
Shropshire ..
Suffolk
Westmoreland
Wiltshire

!Against.
9

Nine counties .. .. 52 F 106
giving a majority of 54 against reform. In the other 31
counties, a majority of members favourable to reform has
been returned.

COUNTIES WHERE REFORM HAS LOST BY THE ELEC-
TION.—There are only two counties in which reform has
lost by the result of the general election. These counties
are Cambridge and Norfolk. In the former, the result of
the University election caused a comparative loss of four to
the measure ; but this has been diminished to two by the
election of the county members. In Norfolk, the loss of
two was sustained by the return of Mr. Alexander Baring,
anti-reformer, for Thetford, and the displacing of Mt. F.
Baring, jim. who supported the bill.
CORNWALL COUNTY ELECTION.
LOSTWITIII EL, Saturday.—Notwithstanding the large
majority on the poll last night in favour of Mr. Pendarves
and Sir Charles Lemon, the polling commenced again at
nine this morning, and in two of the hundreds with quite as
much spirit as has been evinced during the election. At
several of the booths, however, there has been a complete
want of business, and I should imagine that in those hun-
dreds the voters must all have polled. Up to two o'clock
the election was going on as much in favour of the re-1
formers as ever, their numbers being about double those of
Sir R. Vyvyan and Lord Valletort, and I should think that to-
night that party would see the utter hopelessness of conti-
nuing it, and at once relieve this county from the excitement
which prevails throughout it. Sir R. Vyvyan, however,
last night told the assembly that on Monday it would
be his turn, and that during the week he should gradually
decrease the majority until he reached the head of the poll.
If, however, the party have so many voters in reserve,
should they not have produced them before this period It
is the general practice with those who have a majority of
votes, to endeavour at first to get to the head to prevent any
of them being tinned in opinion, but more particularly on
this account, that there are a number of persons in moat
counties who wish to be in with the winning horse, and there-
fore remain quiet till they know which t..ay the race is likely
to terminate ; and surely, if at the end of the fifth dry there
should be a very large majority (very likely it will be 1,000
when the poll is closed) no one need be surprised to find
those foxes break their cover and appear at the poll-booth.
—Saturday Evening, 6 o'Clock, (Fifih Day.)— Sir Rich-
ard Vyvyan and Lord Valletort have just resigned the contest.
NORTHAMPTON ELECTION.

MONDAY, EIGHTH DAY.
At four o'clock the poll was closed for the day, and the
numbers announced to be, for—

Althorp 2217
Milton 1928
Cartwright ... 1795
K.iightley 1279
The pressure in the booth this evening was excessive.—
Many of the " gentle craft," who always, according to im-
memorial practice, keep St. Monday's feast, were present,
and from the noise they made, we are only able to give an
imperfect account of what was said.
Lord Althorp expressed his personal thanks for the sup-
rort they had rendered him ; he felt great pleasure in so
doing, as he considered such support to amount to an expres-
..ion of their approbation and support of the measures intro-
duced by his Majesty's Ministers. (Cries of No, no ; suc
ceeded by much louder and more general cries of Yes, yes.)
Some persons said no ; but if such was the case, why, be
wotilil ask, had he been supported in the manner he was?
It uas known that he bad been for years the advocate of
reform. It had been industriously circulated, that it was
the intention of rvlinisters to make great modifications and
alterations in the Bill. He distinctly denied that such '
was the fact. They were determined to admit of no alterations
Which could in the least affect the plain and simple Kind-
Pies upon which the Bill was founded. Having brought
forward the measure after the best consideration, and find-
jag it approved of from one end of the kingdom to the
other—(Cries of " No," followed by energetic shouts of
" les, yes")—he was sure it could not be believed that
they would now desert that cause which had gained them
the approbation of the whole country. He mentioned thus
'kid, because he was desirous to disabuse the freeholders
of the rumour which had been industriously circulated,
that it was the intention of Ministers to greatly alter the

Air. Cat twright said lie had again to thank them for their
exertions, and were it 'got that they had sent back many of
l is voterF, upon captions and foolish objections that day, he
,ltould have been much higher on the poll. There were now
no INN than 400 votes undecided in the assessor's booth, of
which at least 130 were for him; and when to these
Were added the number yet unpolled, he felt himself
lit'etly justified in continuing to keep open the poll.
1t) this unexampled contest, in which he was opposed by
the influence of two Peers, he was determined to give the

county a full opportunity of expressing what was its opinion
on the subject of Reform ; and from the numbers already
polled, whatever might be the issue, it was clear that a most
numerous and respectable portion of the county was opposed
to the measure. The bill, if passed, would open a door to
fraud and duplicity. There had been a great deal said about
the large sacrifice made by certain noble Peers in giving up
their boroughs, but it might be very convenient to Earl Fitz-
-11 with= to resign Higham Ferret's' if, by so doing, he could
make a borough of that county. And as to the Marquis of
Cleveland, it was reported that he was to be made a Duke
lin a few days. He had only further to thank them, and beg
a continuance of their exertions.

Sir C. Knightley said, that county presented an exception
to the conduct pursued in most others, for there was a feel-
ing of independence in it which no power on earth could
quench. Their answer to the appeal of ministers was a re-
sponse of indignation against the iniquitous measure. If it
were true that they found the majority of the Peers opposed
against them, it was the intention of Ministers to create new
peers in order to force this bill, then he would say the minis-
ters were traitors to their country. (Loud expressions of in-
dignation, and cries of "It is you who are a traitor.") No,
he was a loyal man, and was trying to preserve the crown in
spite of itself, and of its evil advisers.
The Honourable Mr. Wentworth Fitawilliam oberved
that if they had ever seen, as he had done, a salmon when
it was first hooked, and when it was possessed of all its
strength, they would know that it would lie perfectly quiet,
but when its strength was becoming nearly exhausted, it
would suddenly jump up in the air some seventy yards, and
then fall back quite dead. Such was nearly the case with
their opponents, they had jumped up the other day, and
now they lie lifeless. (Laughter and cheers.) The minor
exertions they were now making, were quite useless.
They had been told that there were a great many votes
yet before the assessor, and he was glad there was,
for from all that he had seen or heard, he believed a
majority of them would be decided in favour of his
father. The Honourable Gentleman had complained of
the captious and partial objections which had been
taken in the booths to the left where his strength principally
lay—perhaps the hon. gent. never took the trouble to look
to the right, or if he had, he would have found quite as many
foolish and captious objections taken there. The hon. gent.
had spoken of a relation of his, and talked of his wishing to
make a borough of that county. Why he might as
well say he wanted to make a borough of the West-Riding
of Yorkshire. If the independent interest was so strong and
so great, as the hon. gent. had himself declared it to be, he
should like to know how it was possible he could do so. He
would say no more, but conclude by expressing his thanks
for the support they had rendered his father, and begged
them to continue the same. (Cheers.)
Mr. Bouverie afterwards addressed a few words to the
electors ; but from the lowness of his tone, and the great
noise that prevailed, we were unable to catch a single word
of what he said.

PRIVATE LETTER.
NORTHAMPTOY, Monday, May 16, 12 a. m.—The contest for the
county of Northampton appears likely to excite an interest in a great
degree unexpected. The election has now continued during eight days.
It is essentially a contest of principle, with this remarkable circumstance
connected with it„—that Lord Althorp, whose private and per-
sonal interests would naturally lead him to desire a continuance
of that compromise of opinions which would allow the friends
and the enemies of reform to divide the county, finds himself, by
the nomination of another reform candidate in the person of Lord
Milton, engaged in a trial of strength, which allows no inferior motive
to prevail over that public spirit by which &public man must stand or
fall. As a :natural consequence of this determination, than which no
other could have been expected from the manliness and consistency of
his character, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the mark of every
slander that the malignity of the beaten and despised Tory faction can
invent. He has forfeited his pledges—he has hoisted the revolutionary
tri-colour of France. The art of " lying like truth" is an ingenious
accomplishment, but is valueless where people have an opportu-
nity of seeing with their own eyes, and employing their own
understandings. I came this morning, to this -neat and quiet
town, the capital of a rich agricultural district, prepared to see the
bands of terrorism ranged under the fearful banner of an English
mister of State. The town, even in the very centre of the Market-place,
was perfectly tranquil ; the voters on either side quietly proceeding to
the poll, both without the slightest interruption ; the flap and bands of
each peaty parading the streets with perfect harmony. The revolution-1
ary Chancellor of the Exchequer was quietly standing near his own inn,
where his banner of crimson and white waved from the balcony. Where
was the tricolour! At a distance I espied the fatal symbol I ap-
proached nearer, and found that the green Sag of Lord Milton was united
with the white and red of Lord Althorp, forming, indeed, a flag of
three :colours, but not the tricolour 1 And yet, upon the summons
of those Sunday papers which thrive upon filth and falsehood,
many an affrighted clergyman will this morning leave his snug
parsonage in some sequestered valley, where he lives in the narrowest
of narrow circles, wholly ignorant of the world around him, to vote
against the Minister who bears the tel colour of republican France,
and all that; and when he perceives that the blue of that banner is to
be found on the colour of one of the Tory candidates, a blush of
shame may cross his cheek at the delusion, but he will still vote for
the Tory, because he only shows one of the colours of the hateful flag,
and therefore must be the honester man and the wiser politician.
Howdy, the enemies of reform are making enormous efforts In this county.
They are endeavouring to direct the current of public opinion from the real
question ofrefoem or no reform, into private and petty conflicts, they seek to
effect this by an attack upon the candour of die most candid of men—
Lord Althorp. It is probable that the Chancellor of the Exchequer
may take some notice of these assaults ; if so, I will write immediately.
In the mean time, urge every freeholder and more especially the non-
residents, if they wish that Noethamptoeahire should be spared the die.
grace of Buckinghanishire—if they desire that this count shall not be
marked with a black spot in the way by which Charles Dupin has dis-
tinguished the ignorant districts of France, to press here to the poll.
There is ample time for the friends of their country to render the ma-
jority of Lord Althorp and Lord Milton so triumphant that there can
be no future doubt of the opinions of the county of Northampton.
A SHORT STATEMENT OF FACTS RESPECTING THE
NORTHADIPTONSHIRE CONTEST.
From a Correspondent of the Times.
On Wednesday, the 3d of May, the nomination of can-
didates for the county took place at Northampton. At that
period Lord Althorp had no belief that any opposition
would be offered to Mr. Cartwright, and certainly bad no
intention of offering or of encouraging any himself. Thursday
Lord Milton, in answer to a letter from Mr. Dickens, of Da-
ventry, (and which, by having gone round by Milton, must
have been addressed to Lord M. previous to the nomination),
I informs Mr. Dickens, that as Mr. Hanbury would not stand,
and as a desire continued to be expressed by the friends of
reform for the return of two members favourable to the mea-
sure, he would be ready to serve if elected, but that he would
not become a candidate ; and to the above declaration Lord
Milton adheres to this day. A handbill to this effect having
been published on the same day at Northampton, Mr. Abbey,
Lord Althorp's agent, immediately called on the printer, to
know by whose authority he acted; and learning from him
that the handbill had been authorized by Mr. Lucas, of
Buckby, a gentleman who had no connexion whatever
with Lord Althorp or his family, he ascertained from
him that it had been determined upon by the friends
of reform to propose Lord Milton on the day of elec-
tion. It having been intended by the friends of Mr.
Cartwright to propose Sir Charles Knightley in case a second
candidate should be started on the side of reform, and in-
formation having been received by Mr. Cartwright on
Thursday night that Lord Milton was to be nominated, Sir
Charles was accordingly declared a.joint candidate with Mr.
Cartwright ; and it was upon that junction, and not before,
that Lord Althorp united with Lord Milton. So little was a
contest in Lord Althorp's contemplation, that on the day
after the nomination, a steward of Lord Spencer, together
with one of his lordship's tenants, called on Mr. John Davis,
(an agent of Lord Clilden,) at Banbury, to tell him that all
was settled at Northampton, and that they were then on
their way to Worcester, to assist Captain Spencer in his
election.

TRIUMPH OF REFORM IN CHESHIRE.
Cheshire has nobly done her duty by Pending. two Re-
formers as her Representatives, in Lord Bele-rave end
George Wilbraham, Esq. Lord Henry Cholmondeley
would not venture to come to the poll, but sneaked cif ti,
take refuge in his brother's borough of Castle Rising.—
There is almost an universal regret that a contest did not
take place, as it would have sheen the anti-reformers
how utterly insignificant they are, as a party, even in
Cheshire. Let not Lord Henry Cholmondeley, there
fore, " lay the flattering unction to his soul," that he
owes his defeat, on this occasion, to the lateness of his
canvass. Flom what I know of the feeling of the county
on the subject of the Reform Bill, I firmly believe that,
popular, deservedly and justly popular, as Lord Be!grave
and Mr. Wilbraham both are, neither the one nor the
other would have the slightest chance of being returned if
there was even a suspicion that they were not favourable
to " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill,"
by which: of course is meant the principle of the Bill,
with any modification of its details it may be deemed ad-
visable to introduce; and that any other two gentlemen in
the county, however small their influence, but possessing
this requisite, would be returned by a triumphant majority,
and, as would become an important county like this, with-
out costing them a single shilling.
It is now upwards of a century (July 1727) since there
was a contested election for this county, or, we believe, a
regular trial of strength between the Whig and Tory party,
who have for a long series of years past divided the represen-
tation of the county between them. How much longer this
arrangement will continue it does not require the gift of
prophecy now to foresee. The day is gone by. as Mr. Wil-
braham justly said, in his speech on the hustings, when a
knot of Cheshire Squires could meet in the three-cornered
room at the Crown Inn at Northwich, and say who was,
and who was not to be a Member for this county.—
, The contending parties on that occasion were Crewe
and Cotton ; the latter, who was the successful competitor, I
the grandfather of the present Lord Combertnere. The con-
test was a most severe and expencive one. The following
notice of the chairing appeared in the Chester Journal of
July 1i27, in the graniatical and highly-descriptive lan-
guage of some learned Theban and talented gentleman of
the press of that day, possibly the printer of the paper, who,
most probably, united in his own person the functions of
editor and pressman also :
" Mr. Cotton and Mr. Cholmondeley was chosen mem-
bers in parliament for this county, and they was carried on
men's shoulders up and down the streets, and the people
shouted as if they was mad and bewicht."
IRELAND.

We have to congratulate dieetupire on the glorious fact,
that in Tipperary, Kelly, Clare, Limerick, Waterford--
immortal Waterford ! Cork, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wicklow,
Dublin, Wexford, Meath, Louth, Kildare, the King's
County, the Queen's County, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon,
Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, Down, and Donegal, there
will be none but reformers, supporters of the Bill, elected 1
In Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Longford (we hope), Westmeath,
and Monaghan, there will be one reformer returned from
each, and if there trete candidates, we have no doubt but
that the corruptionists would be totally routed in these coun-
ties In Fermanagh and Tyrone alone are the Tories vic-
torious.—Freeman's Jouraal.

The Dublin Morning Register gives the following u a
specimen of the scenes that are of constant occurrence in the
freeholders' booth at the city of Dublin election:—
Mr. George Fitzgerald, one of the agents for the anti-re-
formers, and who seems to take particular delight in sport-
ing in a good-humoured way with the populace, calls out,
Well, Mr. Riley, you're getting very ,;lack there ; have you
ere another man to vote against the constitution ?
Mr. Riley (a reform agent)—Yes, I have ; here is Mr.
Patrick Nulty • have you any objection to him ?
Mr. Fitzgerald—He's a decent- looking man, I don't
think. Will he vote the right way ?
Mr. Riley—To be sure he will. Do you require him to
take the oaths ?

Mr. Fitzgerald—Oh ! only the usual ones ; let him
off the bribery oath, in honour of the Nultys.
Assessor—Take the book, Sir. (The freeholder having
gone through the oaths, and being about sixty years old,
concluded with declaring that, to the best of Ms belief, he is
twenty-one years of age, be is again questioned by the offi-
cer.) Who do you vote for.
Nulty—l vote in the first place for my lord mayor, (loud
cheers from the galleries) and I vote in the next place for
Mr. Perrin ; (continued cheers) and I vote, in the third
place, for reform—(uproarious cheers.)
Mr. Fitzgerald—Wait a while, Mr. Nulty; I have only
twenty objections to your vote.
From the galleries—Ha ! Georgy ; bad scrim to you,
Geoigy ; well see the Recorder trying you yet, Georgy.
Mr. Fitzgerald--Now just listen to these blackgards, Mr.
assessor ; intimidated from doing my duty. I have
thirty objections to your rote, Mr. Nulty.
From the galleries-0, you're an ugly thief, Georgy ;
what a nose you have for opening oysters, Georg). !
Mr. Fitzgerald—Really, Mr. Assessor, I cannot do my
duty if these blackguards can insult me with impunity.
Assessor—The first man I see disturbing the poll, I'll
commit him.

Mr. Fitzgerald—Yes, do, Sir—take six of them—take
all the blackguard ruffians into custody. (Loud cheers and
laughter from the gallery, with cries of `• Well, go on
Georgy, and we'll let you alone.")

Some gentlemen at Falmouth have trained a carrier
pigeon, for the purpose of conveying there, every evening,
the state of the poll during the county election. The bird
has hitherto performed the journey in an hour. The dis-
tance is 32 miles.

Previous to the threatened contest in Devonshire, a noble
Tory Lord was heard to declare that he had the election in
his pocket. On this being told to Lord Ebriugton, he is
said to have rejoined, " That waay be; but what Lord R.
has :Tot in his pocket lie likes to keep there."
THE MARQUIS of ANGLESEA.—We lament to state,
that his Excellency continues to suffer acute pain from his
recent attack from tic douloureux. His lordship is FO
severely affected as to be compelled to communicate his sen-
timents, in writing., to those about him. His Excellency is
at present staying at the Park, and we trust we shall be
able speedily to announce at least some mitigation of his
extreme sufferings.--Dwblin Times.
In some parts of Ireland a duel is considered a necessary
part of the proceedings at an election, quite as much so as
the erection of the liubtings, or the reading of the writ. We
have heard of a borough where, some years ago, the return-
ing officer, a lover of sport, always on the approach of an
election, took care to provide duelling pistols, with quantum
suf. of powder and ball, which were deposited in a chest,
regularly labelled, and placed in a conspicuous situation in
one of the poll-booths, for the accommodation of the candi-
dates and their friends. The pugnacious spirit of Irishmen
seems to have increased rather than diminished of late veers;
and it may be a question for Eazl Grey and his colleagues,
whether a clause should not be introduced in the Irish reform
bill, providing that, in certain cases, and under certain cir-
cumstances, the ceremony of taking votes should be dis-
posed with entirely, and the representatives returned by
" wager of battle."