Star.
London, England, 1826-06-14 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

CAMaRIDGE, Juita 12.—The Election takes place in
the Senate•house, which is a large and commodious
hall, with galleries on each side, to which the public
will be admitted. The votes will be taken in a manner
different from former occasions. Formerly the voters
had only to put a paper into a box, signed with their
own names and that of the Candidates for whom th7y
'intended their votes. These papers, at the close of the
Election, were counted by the Proctors, in the pre-
sence of the Vice Chancellor, when, the result having
been ascertained, it was announced by the Vice Chan-
cellor, after which the Senate separated, without and•
public acknowledgment or return being made by the
successful Candidates for the favours they had received.
Ohjections were made to this method, which were at last
tnuught under the notice ut the Vice Chancellor by Di.

French, the Nfaster of Jesus Colieg.e. It wsc 41 5
urged that it was i:legal; but, on reference, it app
that the 9th of Queen Anne, which regulates the n),,ft
of polling to be adopted generally that oughoot
land, expressly exempts the two Universities from j,l
operation, leaving the mode of taking the votes t:, t,
regulated by the Vice-Chancellor. The inipressiol
however, to which the discussion gave rise, being, it,a;
the mode was inexpedient, a conference was held wit`
the heads of Oxford, the result of %shit!) was, the di,
termination of both Universities to have the votes ye.
corded in a poll book, in the same manner as at Any
other place; and as this would require more time t.,4
the old n.ethod, the period of election was ecende4
to three days. _ _ _

The members of the Striate at the present time
amount to 1,854, but from these are to be deducted
nearly one hundred, consisting of Peers of the reah.,,
and consequently incapacitated from voting. The e
then remained 1,754 qualified voters, many of whoa
it is probable will not come forward to give their vote;.
TUESDAY, ONE o'CLoCE.—The election commeneef
this morning at nine o'clock, in the Senate 'louse, ce
Vice Chancellor and two Proctors sitting as scrutineers
of the votes. The candidates were all present. Whet
the Members advanced to tender the r votes, all wne
required to take the bribery oath before their votes „ere
received. This novel proceeding has excited convict-
able surprise in the town; and the more especially As
it. is supposed to be levelled against the long-prev.niti4
practice of paying the expenses of the out-voters, sem%
doubts being entertained by many as to whether
does not come within the scope of the bribery act. Aa
adjournment of the Senate will take place tor an funT
at three o'clock, after which the polling will be tea
commenced, and continue until ten o'clock at night,
till whets no official announcement of the state of the
poll will take place. So much time is occ.spied by the
administering of the bribery oath to each candida:e,
that it is doubtful whether the poll can be concluded
within the three days assigned by the Vice Chancellor,
especially as the number of voters is exp(cted to be far
greater than at any former period.—The following was
the state of the poll at three o'clock
The Attorney-General
Lord Palmerston
Mr. Bankes
•
Mr. Goulbum
WORC)BISTER.

185
136
122
114

The " due course of things" appears to have been
suspended id this City, which never exhibited so trusling
a scene as it does at the present moment, in conbrqu nce
of the Election ; the friends of the contending patties
are equally sanguine. and the struggle is a close one.
Many of the voters of Mr. Griffiths (the Loyal and
Independent Candidate), have met with rough treat-
ment by the opposing party, having their carriages
stopped, mad prevented arriving at the Poll. The 4, tug
of war" is entirely between Colonel Davies and Mr.
Griffiths; it is, however, the general opinion, that the
latter and Mr. Robiason will be returned, though the
numbers are at present against Mr. Griffiths from the
circumstance of his never having canvassed a vote tilt
the polling had commenced.

TOMS DAT...MS 13.
Robinson . 294

'heirs
Griffiths

• . 789
. 578

READlNG—Tunsnar.

The polling was resumed at nine o'clock, and went
on with as much regularity as can be expected on such
occasions, until half-past ten o'clock, when the area of
the Hall became a scene of great commotion, which
interrupted the polling. The fact was, that some oft
the Spence and Wakefield party had possession, either
accidentally or by design, of the entrance to the imme-
diate avenue which the Mayor had provided for the
accommodation of all the electors to pass up to the
hustings, and were-determined to maintain so advan-
tageous a post, for a short time at least, to the exclusion
of some of the Monck and Palmer patty, who were
advancing to the poll.
The Mayor complained, in the strongest manner, of
the violence, and threatened, if any repetition of such
conduct took place, to read the Rict Act, and visit the
offenders with the severest punishment of the law.
As soon as order was restored, a call was made fora
surgeon, and it was announced by Mr. Wakefield and
his friends, that Mr. Musgrave Lamb, a respectable
Elector in their interest, was seriously hurt in the af-
fray, having been pushed down and trampled upon.—
It was added, that he could identify. his assailants, and
the Mayor retired to take-the necessary depositions. Ile
soon after returned and said that a serious outrage had
been perpetrated, the particulars of which were detailed
in the deposition before him, and which he immediately
read aloud to the crowd. It charged three electors of
the names of Knight, Gardner, and Jones, with the as-
sault, and the Mayor referred the inquiry to Mr. Aid.
Alexander, to whom the mused were commanded to
repair. As these persons had approached the hustings,
their votes were tendered for the popular candidates,
and after some objections by the Mayor, were admitted.
The parties afterwards appeared before a magistrate,
but as Mr. Lamb was too ill to atten.4, they were di-
directed to re-appear on Wednesday week, without
beint► held to bail.
The bakers are now polling, and expected to tura the
scale in favour of Mr. Monck and Mr. Palmer at the
close for the day at six o'clock. Every hour displays
a fluctuation in the state of the poll.
State of the poll at four o'clock this day (Tuesday).
Mr. Monck . 174
Mr. Palmer . 134
Mr. Spence . 157
Mr. Wakefield . • 151
The election is not expected to terminate before
Thursday or Friday evening, some say even Saturday.
A good deal of local excitement prevails in favour of
the old members, and the canvass is conducted With
great spirit and activity.