The Hull Election Committee met fur the last time on
Monday. Mr. Hill stated the result of an arrangement between the contending parties-
" The Committee leaving decided that tire lists of objected voters on both sides are invalid, I have to inform the Committee, that the agents of the parties have since that decision had a meeting for the purpose of entering into an examination of the number of tendered votes. The Committee are aware that tendered votes are not put down in those lists. The result of that investigation has been to rove that Sir Walter James has a considerably larger number of that descrip- tion of votes than those on the other side. Sir Walter James, therefore, upon these votes will be in a majority. That being the ease, it will be useless to cons tinue the contest any longer. The effect will be, therefore, that Mr. Butt will beentitled to his seat, and that Sir Walter Charles James will be entitled to Lis seat, That is the general result, which, upon a full consideration of all the circumstances, we are quite agreed upon on both sides, and the result which alone can be come to under the present tircumstances."
The Committee then pissed the usual resolutions, declining Mr. Hutt and Sir Walter James duly elected. The numbers for each party at the close of the scru ti ny, which lasted thirty-six days, were- for Hutt 1498, James 1432, Wood 1430, Wilberforce 1430.
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