18 APRIL 1857, Page 2

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MEMBERS RETURNED.

[The following Members have been returned since last week. The only election now pending is that for the county of Leitrim, which is fixed for Mondey.]

Ayrnix COUNTY. An attempt was made to exclude one of the old Members for Antrim, by putting forward Mr. O'Hare at the last moment and taking the constituency by surprise. But Colonel Pakeitham and Mr. George Mactutney have been returned by immense majoritiesPakenham, 4638; Macartney, 4223; O'Hara, 1463. Liberalism, therefore, makes but a poor figure in Antrim.

DUBLIN Comerv. It was at one time anticipated that the Liberal candidate, Sir Charles Domvile, would carry one of the seats in the county of Dublin. His two opponents, out-and-out Orange Protestants, were Dir. J. H. Hamilton and Colonel Taylor. They did not disguise their opinions. Sir Charles spoilt his chances by an indefensible act and an indiscreet speech : he attempted to force his tenants to vote for Mr. John Reynolds, one of the candidates for Dublin city, and he spoke slightingly of the owners of "villa property" in the county—a very influential portion of the constituency. Ile has been defeated by a large majonty—liamilton, 2460; Taylor, 34d; Domvile, 1645.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. A correspondent corrects an error into which we fell with regard to the politics of Mr. Lawson, one of the candidates in the late election. It appears that Mr. Lawson is a Liberal, and an avowed supporter of the Maynooth grant, and of Lord l'almerston's Government.

GALWAY Cousrry. The election for this county has terminated in the defeat of the priests' candidate, Mr. Bellew, and in the success of Sir Thomas Burke and Mr. Gregory. It is said, however, in explanation, that Dr. M‘liale first received 'Mr. Bellew with reproaches and refused to assist him, and that he was third in the race because the Roman Catholic prelate adopted him finally at a late hour. But a letter from Galway would seem to favour the statement that the election is a pure success on the part of those electors who were determined to free themselves from the dictation of John of Tuarn. The letter says " The Roman Catholic gentry of Galway, to a man almost, supported Mr. Gregory energetically. They were determined no longer to submit to the dictates of Dr. Maellide making and unmaking their representative. At Twin, Dr. Macliale called upon Sir Thomas Burke, in an imperative tone, before the people, to split votes with Captain Bellew ; to which Sir Thomas replied, that no man should compel him to break his word. The Archbishop said that no person need be bound by a promise against the interests of Ins religion. Sir Thomas replied, that he entertained a different opinion respeA'n; the obligation of a promise. And he held manfully to his promise throughout. At Loughroa there were four priests in every booth ; and when the tenants of the Marquis of Clanricarde and Sir Thomas Burke plumped for Sir Thomas, they addressed each EAR by name, asking him if he lied not a second vote for 6.em and his religion ; but not a man answered. Every man went with his landlord, and seemed to go with all his heart. Even a portion of the priests themselves threw off the yoke ; and all parties feel rejoiced at the county being delivered from the incubus of the tyranny of St. Jarlath."

The severity of the defeat may be guessed from the fact that Mr. Bellew withdrew in the midst of the battle.

Mayo Couvrr. At the declaration of the poll last week, Colonel Higgins, the defeated candidate, made sweeping accusations against the party of Messrs. Moore and Palmer— "lie there, in the most solemn manner, declared that every species of criminal violence had been resorted to ; his voters, in the very passages to the booths, had been told that unless they voted for his opponents their lives would be sacrificed. Banners have been thrown across the roads, proclaiming in large letters that any one who voted for Higgins would never return alive. Armed mobs, led on by persons whom it is unnecessary to name, have inflicted grievous bodily harm upon gentlemen of age and position, and driven them from the polling-places to their own homes, where some of them now lie in a precarious state from the treatment they received. Unlawful oaths have beef' administered to men, whilst the bludgeons were raised over their heads, pledging them to violate their promises to him and to vote for Mr. Moore. He could produce at least more than two hundred men, voters of this county, who had been deprived of their franchise by acts of intimidation and mob violence. In addition to all this violence, bribery and treating in a wholesale and unprecedented manner has been practised." Colonel Higgins is taking steps to dispute the return in the House of Commons.

TIPPERARY COUNTY. After all the fuss and pother, MT. Waldron and the O'Donoghue were elected for this county, on Tuesda_y, without opposition. Major Massy fell out with his supporters. It was discovered that ho was a radical Young Irelander to that party, and an orthodox Tory to the Tories. It was also found that he would not pay the share of the election-expenses considered to be his quota by the friends of the O'Donoghue. He withdrew, and was hooted out of Tipperary. The coalition of Orange and Green has therefore met with an unexpected defeat.

REPRESENTATIVE PEERS or SCOTLAND. The election of Peers to serve in the next Parliament took place on Tuesday, in the Picture Gallery of Holyrood Palace. The gallery was filled with a bright array of sight-seers. The Lord Provost and other civic dignitaries of Edinburgh were present officially ; but the Lord Clerk Register, the Marquis of Dalhousie, was represented by two Principal Clerks of Session and the Deputy Keeper of the Records. Principal Lee opened the proceedings with prayer, and the usual forms of reading the Royal proclamation and the roll of the Scotch Peerage were gone through. There were eighteen Peers present. Fifteen Peers scut signed and duly-attested lists of the names of the Peers for whom they voted ; five signed lists wore rejected because they were not duly attested. l)r. Thomas Drummond claimed to vote as Earl of Perth ; but as that title has been adjudged to another, his vote was rejected. The sixteen Peers, elected unanimously, were the following— The Marquis of Tweeddale, the Earl of Morton, the Earl of Home, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Leven and Melville, the Earl of Selkirk, the Earl of Orkney, the Earl of Seafield, Viscount Strathalien, Lord Gray, Lord Sinclair, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Colville of Culross, Lord Blantyre, and Lord Polwarth.

All of them sat in the last Parliament. The proceedings closed as they began with a prayer from Principal Lee.

WICK BURGHS. In this contest Lord John Hay defeated his opponent, Mr. Shaw, by a majority estimated at 104. The official statement of the numbers has not reached us. At the close of tho poll in five burghs, the numbers were-.-ay, 272; Shaw, 162.