Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-09-15 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE DUKE LIR CHOISEUL PRASLIN—A cousin of this wretched assassin and suicide once lived in morganshire. The Marquis de Choiseul, between fitly air(' sixty years ago, married Miss Dawkins the ht Des. of the k• .Ivrough estate, near Swansea, mid resided for some time at Kilvrough lieu-e. The egate was put.. chased troni the M,quis de Chcis:rul by the late Major Car.if Guardian.  THE ri-RCTION ran TUE LOWER WARD, rentleted uestessary by the appointment of Dr. Bind to the office of Alderman of this borough, took place on litursday last The candida e., as the majority of our rettle.ii must have learned by the requisitions which app wed in OW la.t paper, were Mr. henry Bath and Mr. David %Valera Both gentlemen being of high mercantile raiding in town, the interest etched was DMA gieater than that usually created by a mere municipal election— affairs which .with theexception of on one or two recent occasions) have generally passed off at Swainea .vith much quietude. On this occasion, Ism,. ever, the seal and activity displayed by the advocates of each candidate ; the various expedien s, yelept " dodges," resorted to for the purpose of inducing 6. " independent burgesses" either to make or break promise: ; the vall',lls electioneering squibs by which the walls of our town were coveted,- would almost ludicsde an appioaching election for the honour of a seat in St. Stephen's, rather than in the Swansea legislattire. During the whole periml of polling, the streets in the vicinity of the Tow nhall were crowded with voters, the fr.ends of the respective candidates, and other: who performed the duties usually assigned to " stags" on 'Change. The polling commenced at nine o'clock, before Mi. Alderniat Michael, and the reqiiisite Corporation officers. Mr. Bah took the heal from the eonimencenitnt of the poll - h.s majothy increasing considerably towards noon. At the close of the poll, at four o'clock, the ntunbers were announced to be —For Mr. Bath, 141; for Mr. W.lters, 96. The anuatincement was received with rapturous , pplause hj the fiends of Mr. Bath, who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and expressed his intention of again offering himself in Novenitwr. It may be mentioned, In connexion with this election; as an illustration of the uncertainty of all Minim pledge., that the requisidou to Mr. 'it alters, advertised in our last, had appended to it the names of upwards of UN voters, while the t dal number who recoredd heir votes (including several who had not signed the requisition) was S. Alas for promises!  An interesting lecture, the second this seon in connexion with the It iyal Iwititution of this town wax delivered by lir. Nicol on Wednesday evening Isl, subject being " The Hunian I.l.xin and its Functions."  The report of the lace Swansea and Cornwall Copper Ore Sales will be found in our fourth page. . .  Two Tea Parties were held at Sketly on the ereningi of Monday and Tuesday, in aid of this fund fOr•tlfe liquidation of tha. remaining debt on the Indttendent Chapel in that place. The attendance was very good on both evenings. We are requssted to state that Mr. Rendall, whoa* advertisement appears in our first page, will 'vaunt, at Swansea until ednesday the 21st