The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-08 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO WILLIAM EWART ESQ. M.P.

The arrival of the Bristol mail on Wednesda.y, with the re-
sult of the first day's poll for South Devon; created a great
sensation here among those whose agent followed Lord John
Russell into that county, for the purpose of addressing his lord-
ship on hii appointment to office. What's this?—they ex-
claimed—Lord John .in a minority? . Lord Jchn who carried
the surplus resolution in the House of Commons minus in
Devonshire?—impossible:—there must be some mistake. How-
ever) the arrival of the same mail yesterday proved that there
was no mistake. To remedy so serious an evil as a secretary
of state without a seat in either House of Parliament, an ad-
dress to Mr. Ewart, the popular representative for Liverpool,
was agreed to, and laid upon the table of the Exchange News-
rooms. This document we publish gratuitously, in the hope of
furthering its object :

"To William Ewart, Esq., one of the Members of Parliament

for the Borough of Liverpool.
" We, the undersigned electors of the borough of Liverpool,
having with the deepest regret heard of the defeat of that illus-
trious statesman, Lord John Russell, in the southern division
of the county of Devon, and feeling, moreover, that the sta-
bility of the OTONNELL-MELBOLRNE cabinet is thereby very
seriously damaged, if not in danger of being entirely destroyed,
respectfully take leave to suggest to you the propriety of looking
an immediate application for the Chiltern Hundreds, in order
to give the ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL, who lately signed an ad-
dress to Lord John, an opportunity of returning that nobleman
to parliament.
Iu calling upon you, sir, to perform this act of self-devotion
fir your.cuuntry7s_good, we are aware of the greatuess_of_the
sacrifice, and the loss we shall sustain by being deprived of
your invaluable services; and, if we were not fully sensible „f
your great desire to promote the movement now so happily
begun, we should not presume to ask you to abdicate the scat
which you so honourably, satisfactorily, and ably fill."
This memorial was taken to the Exchange News-rooMs be-
tween the , hours of four and five yesterday afternoon. We
have no doubt that it will be signed as numerously and re 7
spectably as the address to Lord John; indeed we do not see
how any one person who signed that address can hesitate to
attach his name to the one to which we are alluding.

THE DEVONSHIRE ELECTION.

(From our own Correspondent.)

EXETER, MONDAY, MAT 4.—The city is all bustle and 1,
oration this morning,—drums beating, colours flying, Sze. Ms,
polling commenced at nine o'clock, at .the Castle, and at tiro'•
respective polling places in the division. Sir Thomas Arland
came in at half-past eight, with a large train of yeomen, for
Parker; and was soon after followed by strong patties froth
different parts of the neighbourhood in the same interest. The
conservative colours and emblem—pink and blue, and the holly
—greatly prevailed throughout the city, and there was an im-
mense preponderance here of the friends of Mr. Parker, who
are in the highest possible spirits. It is understood that consi-
derable influence and intimidation has been used by the sup-
porters of Lord John Russell, who have resorted•to all kinds of
tactics to win over votes. - Finding themselves irrevocably lost
and beaten off the •field if.those who had promised Mr. Parker
came to the poll, on Saturday they commenced a new system
of generalship by endeaveuring to induce some of Mr. Parker's
voters to keep out of the way till the election was over, for which
purpose handsome sums, it is pretty well known, have been
handed over to pay the expenses of a few recreants who have
disappeared. Nevertheless, the friends of the protestant church
and constitution, from the beginning, have felt the greatest con-
fidence in the success of the cause, which is now, I rejoice to
say, placed beyond all doubt, notwithstanding the order from
the treasury has been to the Russell committee. "Vin the elect
tion, cost what it may!" The interest which has been excited,
and the strong feeling which has prevailed here as to this 'con-
test is altogether unprecedented ; it could not have been mote
so if the fate of our most valued institutions depended entirely
on the result. At nine o'clock this evening the result of the
day's polling was announced from the central committee in this
city, amidst the moat deafening cheers of a laTge multitude.
•

STATE 4W THE POLL.

Mr. Parker
Loid John Russell

. 3372
. 27M

Majority for Mr. Parker G3I

rint ESDAY NIGHT.

CLOSE OP THE POI I

Mr. Parker
Lord John Russell

3755
3128

Majority for Mr. Parker 627

We copy the following from the Second Edition of the Times.
It will be seen that the majority fur Mr. Parker has been
slightly increased on the second day's poll.

FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.
EXETER, TUESDAY EVENING, 9 O'CLOCK.

STATEMENT OF MR. PARKER'S COMMITTEE,
EXETER, 9 O'CLOCK, TUESDAY EVENING.
• Second Day's Poll.
Mr. Parker !,6 .. 391
Lord John Russell .. •.. 38L

Majority for Mr. Parker
Gross Pull.

Mr. Parker ••
Lord John Russell ..

.. •• 3755
••• .. 3128

Majority for Mr. Parker .. .. 627
District Gross Poll.
Parker Russell.
Exeter .. ,• . .. ~ 923 4()7
flouiton . .. • • .. .585 .418
Newton ... • • .. 911 826
Kingsbridge .. •.. .. 596 505
Plymouth • • • • .. . 456 444
Tavistock . • • • • 315
Oakhampton .. • • . • 158 213

Total .. 3755

STATEMENT OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S
COMMITTEE.
SECOND DAY._

. .
Gross Numbers. Lord J. Russell. Mr. Parker.
Exeter .. .. .. 109 28 81
Honiton .. .. .. 157 72 85
Newton .. .. ... 241 122 119
Oakhauipton....No return, except the majority of 22 for Lord
J, Russell on this day's poll.
Kingsbridge .. .. 96 48 48
Tavistock .. .. 56 42 14
Plymouth .. .. 77 • 29 38
' Gross majority on the two days' poll 628 in favour of Mr.
Parker.

HARD DRINKING.—" The Moors," says Sir Granville Ten-I
ple, in his recent excursions in the Mediterranean, "are cer-
tainly the hardest drinkers I ever heard of, which I think will
be proved by the two following instances, both of which occur-
red during my residence in the country. The Kaed of Jerbeh
drank one evening at supper entirely unassisted, four bottles of
ruin, which did not prevent his walking about immediately after;
and one of the servants of Bash-Madook, after having swat-
loved. within an hour,,a demijcare of wine, equal to enty-two
louttlva, asked for stone. runs',"