THE GENERAL ELECTION — PUPPETS AND WIRES.

" Sir, the system works well."

Mr. Canning's Speeches against Reform, passim.

WE subjoin an account of the candidates for the various Counties and Boroughs of England.* We have drawn it up in such a form as renders it of easy reference. The Counties are arranged in al- phabetical order, and the several Boroughs in each county are de- scribed in connexion with it. We have bestowed much labour and research on the formation of this table. We present it as the only attempt to give an accurate view of the representation, that has been made for a number of years. The materials are not drawn from books only, for there are no books from which any ac- curate information is to be gleaned. We have derived our know- ledge of the system which the following table so copiously exhibits, from living witnesses of its working. Of the candidates, some are not yet declared, some that are declared may yet draw back. We shall from time to time keep up the information of our readers on this portion of the subject. The machinery by which the mem- bers are moved, for the most part with as little respect for their wills or understandings as if they were puppets endowed with neither, is:more permanent in its character. Our account of it may chal- lenge a comparison for accuracy with the petition of Mr. GREY in 1793 ; and we have this manifest advantage—all that that cele- brated document gave in general terms, we have stated in minute detail.

BEDFORDSHIRE. The Marquis of Tavistock will offer himself again, on the strength of public principle and his personal character. Mr. M'Queen, whose election last time cost him 18,0001., will retire ; and Mr. W. Stuart must pay for the deserted seat. Bedford will furnish the novelty of a contest. For forty years the members have been installed without opposition. Lord George William Russell, who is on military duty in a foreign country, declines. On his interest his brother, Lord John Russell, comes. The opposing candidate is Captain Polhill.

BERKSHIRE. There will, it is said, be no contest for Berkshire.

Maberly is to be opposed by Maitland at Abingdon. Monck retires from Reading, for which he dearly paid at the last election ; and the contest will be between the present member Mr. Fyshe Palmer, Mr. C. Rus- sell, and Dr. Lushington. Mr. Knight, one of the present members for Hallingford, will not offer himself again. Mr. J. Bailey will succeed him. The influence of the Court annually carries the election of one re- presentative from Windsor, the townspeople the other. Sir H. Vyvian is the Court candidate ; Mr. Ramsbottom, who is a great brewer in the place, the man of the people.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE will in all probability return its present mem- bers, the Duke of Buckingham's eldest son, and the Honourable Robert Smith. The Duke's influence in the county is sufficient to re- turn one member. The Drakes will reappear at Amersham, whose pro- perty it is. Aylesbury will not be contested. This is an open borough, and one which is honoured by the return of its member Lord Nugent— free of expense. Formerly it was very corrupt; the extension of the franchise to the Hundred has altered its character. Buckingham, which is a close borough, under the influence of the Duke of Buckingham, will return its present members. Colonel Clayton is to oppose the present members, Owen Williams and Thomas Peer Williams, at Great Marlow. The right of voting here is in inhabitants paying scot and lot. Wen- dover, which is the property of the house of Smiths, Payne, and Smiths, will return its present members, Samuel Smith mid George Smith. Sir Thomas Baring and Sir John Dashwood King will stand for Wycombe. The borough is open, but controlled somewhat by the influence of the corporate body. CAMBRIDGESHIRE will be contested. The Duke of Rutland's in.

fluence reigns here. Two new candidates, Sir J. Yorke and Henry J. Adeane, are- to enter the lists against Lord C. S. Manners and Lord F. Osborne. Mr. Frederick Pollock will, it is said, oppose Lord Palmer- ston and the Honourable W. Cavendish in the University. Mr. F. Pol- lock has the friendship and support of the Lord Chancellor. The * We postpone Ireland, and Scotland. Borough of Cambridge, which is under the conjoint influence of the Duke of Rutland and the Corporation, will, it is said, return the pre. sent members.

CHESHIRE. Mr. Davenport retires. The new members will pro- bably be Lord Belgrave and Mr. Wm. Egerton. Lord Belgrave has the support of all parties. The other candidates have retired. Lord Grosve- nor, who has influence to carry the election of one candidate at Chester, will return his relative, the Honourable R. Grosvenor ; Sir Philip Grey Egerton offers himself under the influence of the Corporation.

CORNWALL. There will be no contest for the county. Lord Valle. tort, who offered himself, has resigned. Bossiney, which belongs' to Lord

Wharncliffe and Lord Edgecumbe, will return its present members, the

Honourable J. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Edward R. Turner. Bodmin will not he contested. This Borough is under the influence of the Mar.

quis of Hertford, as Warden of the Stannaries, an office of high pri-

vilege in the Duchy of Cornwall. Callington, Mr. Baring's borough, will return himself and a son. Mr. Attwood, whose engagements with

Lord Clinton, the former owner, Mr. Baring could not supersede, will

relinquish his seat for this place. The Marquis of Cleveland has Ca. melford. The present members, Milbank and Cradock, will not be op- posed. Fowey, the property of the present member, and a Mr. Austin, will not be contested. Mr. Loch and-Mr. Ross will be again returned for St. Germains. It is under the influence of the Germains family.

Lord James Townshend, one of the present members, and Sir T. Pechell,

have arrived at Helston to pay their respects to the electors. The Mar- quis of Carmarthen retires. Long Wellesley has purchased St. Ives, re-

cently the property of Sir Caesar Hawkins, as a dernier resort should

Essex fail him. The voters here are pilchard-fishers, and the owner of the borough, who is lord of the manor, is entitled to certain tithes on the fishery. These are exacted on the eve of election, and remitted as the case may be. The present member, Mr. Hulse, is also canvassing this borough. Launceston will again return Mr. Bryden and Sir W. Gor- don. It is one of the Duke of Northumberland's boroughs. Liskeard, another borough of the Germains family, will again return Lord Elliott .and Sir W. Pringle. The Looes, East and West (the property of the Bullers), will not be contested. Lostwithiel (Lord Mount Edgecumbe's borough), St. Maws (the Duke of Buckingham's), St. Michaels (late the property of Sir Caesar Hawkins, but now Lord Falmouth's), New- port (the Duke of Northumberland's), Sallash (the Bullers'), and Truro, (also Lord Falmouth's), whatever changes in the representation they may effect, will not be visited by any violent contests. Pear!" which is open, will be severely contested. Both the present members will re-

tire. The candidates are Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Weeding, and Mr. Stuart. Sir Charles Lemon resides in the neighbour-

hood. Tregony, where the right of voting is in the potwallopers, will not be contested. The Marquis of Hertford is said to have great in- fluence there.

CU3IBERLAND will offer no contest. The Lowther interest is strong enough to return one member; and Sir James Graham brings new strength from his late achievements in the House. Carlisle, which (as

well as Cockermouth) recognizes the Lowther influence, will be con- tested. Mr. P. H. Howard and Mr. Lawson will oppose Mr. Lushing.

ton. Sir AV. Scott has retired. Cockermouth will not be contested. The Earl of Lonsdale, despite his hostility to Mr. Henry Brougham, Fill, it is said, return his brother, Mr. James Brougham.

DERBYSHIRE. The prevailing influence is that of the Duke of De. vonshire ; but this arises from his great landed possessions in the county. There will be no change in the representation. Derby also acknow- ledges the influence of the Duke of Devonshire ; which is shared, how- ever, by the Corporation. Mr. Strutt will oppose the present member.

DEVONSHIRE. Lord Rolle has great influence in this county. The popular interest is inlisted on behalf of Lord Ebrington, who will again offer himself. His return is doubtful. Ashburton will not be contested.

Sir Lawrence Palk, one of the present members, has great influence here. Barnstaple is an open borough, but very costly. Both the pre- sent members retire. A Mr. Lyne Stephens has had the boldness to offer himself, and a Mr. Tudor and a Mr. Leigh are talked of. Beeral- ston and Dartmouth will not be contested. Lord Beverley has great in-

fluence in the former place. The sitting members for the latter are able

to return themselves. Exeter, which is open, is not likely to be con- tested. The Church and Corporation are opposed by a large body of

freemen. The voters amount to twelve hundred and upwards. Keke-

wich retires. Mr. J. W. Buller offers himself in his stead. Mr. Lott retires from Honiton, to make room for Sir George Warrender. Oke- hampton will be contested by the present members and Lord Seymour. No change is anticipated at Plymouth. The influence of Government and the Duchy of Cornwall prevails there. Tavistock (the Duke of Bedford's borough), Tiverton (under the influence of Lord Harrowby), Plympton (Lord Mount Edgecumbe's borough), and Totness (the Mar- quis of Cleveland's), will not be contested. DORSETSHIRE will return its present members. Shaftesbury (Lord Grosvenor's borough), Bridport (an open borough), Corte Castle (the Bankes's property), Dorchester and Lyme Regis (which recognize the influence of Lord Shaftesbury and of Lord Westmoreland), and Poole, will not be contested. The contest at Weymouth is likely to be severe— Mr. Weyland has taken the field against Mr. Ure, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Gordon, and the Solicitor-General. Sir John Johnstone's family have a strong interest in Weymouth. DURHAM County will be quiet. Sir Henry Hardinge retires from the representation of the City of Durham ; and Colonel Chator and Sir

Roger Gresley will contest the election with Mr. M. A. Taylor. The suffrage is open, though the Vanes exercise great influence. .[The last accounts state that Sir R. Gresley has resigned. This is, however, con- tradicted by Mr. Arthur Hill Trevor.

ESSEX. Bramston has retired from the " desperate imprudence" of contesting this county. Western will be re-elected. Wellesley, who

has a dernier resort at St. Ives, carries on his canvass with " spirit."

Last week there was great feasting of the Yeomanry. Colchester will probably return D. W. Harvey. The Corporation and the Freemen are opposed. The expenses are ruinous, as a great number of voters reside in town, who must be carried down to the place of election and enter. tained.' The Treasury influences Harwich. No change of representa- tion is talked of there ; though, it is said, Government is not disposed . to interfere in favour of its subalterns—where opposition is excited. Mrs Dick and Mr. Lennard will resume their seats for Ilfaldon.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE. The Duke of Beaufort and the Berkeleys are all in all in this county. No change or contest talked of. Mr. Protheroe starts for Bristol, in the room of Mr. Bright, who retires ; a Mr. Bailey is also in the field with the other member, Mr. Davis. Bristol calls for a deal of money. Gloucester will be fairly contested. The Corporation have some

influence, but the place may be considered open. The present_ members

will stand the opposition of Mr. Philpotts and Col. Webb. The voters are said to amount to 2,200. Cirencester and Tewkesbury will remain

as they are Lord Bathurst and Mr. Pitt, an attorney, have great in- fluence in the former place; the sitting members are the patrons of the latter.

HERTFORDSHIRE will not be contested. At Hertford the contest will be severe. Lord Ingestrie starts on the Salisbury interest, and with Mr. Bulwer will oppose the sitting members ; the present members of St. Albans retire. There are four candidates,—Lord Grimston, Mr. Young, Mr. Charles Tennant, and Mr. Gaily Knight.

HEREFORDSHIRE will again return its present members. No contest is anticipated at Hereford. At Leominster there will be a severe one. Sergeant Ludlow, who offered himself, has retired (his third place of trial); and the field is kept by Lord Hotham and Mr. Marshall. Weolly, a close borough of the Marquis of Bath, will return its present members.

HAMPSHIRE is to be contested by the Marquis of Douro, the eldest son of the Duke of Wellington. The present members also offer themselves. Andover (under the influence of the Smiths), Christchurch (of the Roses), .Lymington (of Sir Henry Burrard), and Petersfield (of Hylton Jolliffe, the candidate for Surry), Stockbrklge (the borough of Lord Grosvenor), and Whitchurch (under the influence of Lord Sidney and Lord Middle- ton), will not be contested. Portsmouth, the suffrage of which is in the Corporation, will return its present members. Southampton wants a third candidate : a Mr. Penleaze is talked of. Winchester, which is managed by the Duke of Buckingham and Lady Blildmay, is likely to be opened.

HUNTINGDONSHIRE is under the influence of the Duke of Man- chester. Mr. Fellowes retires ; and the contest willbe between Lord W. Russell, Lord Strathaven, and Lord Mandeville, the other member. There will be no contest for the town of Huntingdon. Newport, Yar- mouth, and Newtown, in the Isle of Wight (the first and second the property of Sir Leonard Holmes, and the executors of the late Mr. Holmes ; and the last the conjoint property of two or three burgage- holders, of whom Lord Yarborough is one), will not be contested. There is not a vestige of a habitation in Newtown. The two or three families who possess it decide the election by a majority of two to one.

KENT will not be contested. Mr. Lushington retires from Canterbury. Lord Fordwich, Mr. Watson, Mr. H. Baring, and Lord Clifton, the pre- sent member, will have a severe contest. The voters are 1600. The Church and Corporation have great influence. Dover is also contested. Mr. Trent, who expended 40001. at the last election, retires. Mr. P. Thomson continues in the field, against Sir J. Reid and Mr. Halcombe. The Warden of the Cinque Ports has considerable influence—expenditure more. The voters are reputed to be 1800. Females, the daughters of freemen, confer the right of election on their husbands. A sailor's wife has several, and these are sometimes attempted to be arrayed in the conflict. Hythe is to be contested by Mr. Loch, Sir Archibald Campbell, Mr. Frazer, and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, against the present mem- bers, Sir Richard Farquhar and Stewart Majoribanks. The voters are reputed to be only forty ; but an attempt will be made to open the burgh, by admitting all the rsident inhabitants to vote, as was reeently done in the case of Rye. illaideone is to be contested by Alderman Winchester. The present members offer themselves. The Corporation has some influence ; the voters are 680. The expenses are great. Lord Downs retires from Queenborough. Admiral Sir P. Dur- ham and W. Holmes come forward under the Government influence. Mr. Capel and Colonel Grant are the popular candidates. There will be a contest, and a severe one, if the recollections of former sufferings do not appal the poor voters. Rochester will be severely contested. The party are strong enough to bring in a member even against the united strength of Government and the Corporation. Lord Villiers and Mr. Hughes have offered themselves. The present members continue. Romney will be quiet under the auspices of the Deering family. Sandwich is to be contested. The present members continue. Grove Price and Admiral Blackwood are the candidates. The Corporation have great influence.

LANCASHIRE will return Lord Stanley, the present member ; and Mr. Patten, who comes in on the retirement of Mr. Blackburne. Clithero, under the joint influence of Earl Brownlow and Earl Howe, will return the present members. There is no idea of opposi tion to Mr. Huskisson and General Gascoigne at Liverpool. The people of Liverpool are the only con- stituents who manage their representation with a thorough view to busi- ness. In London they have an office which costs them 6001. or 7001. a-year. To this place Mr. Huskisson repairs daily, and answers all communica- tions from his constituents. Mr. Leigh will return himself and Mr. Alcock for Newton. Preston, though a popular borough, is greatly influenced by the Stanley family. Lord Derby's son, Mr. E. J. Stanley, will probably be returned again, with Mr. Wood. The good folks of Preston will be spared the pain of parting again with Cobbett. He is more disposed for mirth than sorrow just now. Mr. Hodson and Mr. Lindsay will again be returned for Wigan. One of the papers tells us, that " of course all is quiet there." Wigan is said to be under the in- fluence of Lord Balcarras.

LEICESTERSHIRE will not have its peace disturbed. The present members anticipate no opposition. The Manners family have great in- fluence in the county. Mr. Otway Cave, :disinclined to encounter the costly treatment of the last election, has retired from Leicester. Mr. Evans, the unfortunate candidate at the last election, is to be pitied "at a similar rate" on this occasion. Sir Charles Hastings is the Corpora- tion candidate ; there is no doubt of his return.

LINCOLNSHIRE will return its present members. There are two new candidates, Mr. Cust and Mr. Welby, for Grantham. The present members will stand. The borough is under the influence of Lord Huntingtower. Grimsby is to be contested. Colonel Mayne and Captain George Harris are to oppose Mr. Wood and Mr. Heneage. Boston needs a third man. The present members are for want of one Mtely returned without spending any thing. Mr. Fazakerley retires from Lincoln, which, under the auspices of the Corporation, will be severely-

contested. The present member, Colonel Sibthorpe, will have to meet

the opposition of Lord Mexbormigh and Mr. C. Tennyson. Lord Cecil and Colonel Chaplin are on the alert at Stamford. The potwallopers

complain of the nonfultilment of former engagements, of the pecuniary,

not the Parliamentary kind. Mr. C. Tennyson is invited to oppose them. MIDDLESEX will have the opportunity of electing Mr. Hume, and testifying, more than any other county or place could do, the national.

sense of his value as an honest representative and a steady man of busi- ness. His Committee have put forth a handbill, addressed to the free- holders, stating, that as the election was the business of the constituents and not of the representative, they have recommended he should not

canvass them. The freeholders of Middlesex compose a large body of the most intelligent freeholders from all parts of the country. Mr. Byng, the former member, has also offered himself, and Mr. Whitbread has retired. " The people " of Westminster will again return their friends Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Hobhouse. Cobbett talks of assisting at their election. Sir Robert Wilson and Mr. Calvert will encounter no oppo- sition in Southwark. Mr. Hunt is to start an opposition for London, ik nobody else will. Feasting is said to have the greatest influence there.

NORFOLK. This county will again return its venerable representative, Mr. Coke, and Mr. Woodhouse will meet with no opposition. Norwich is another of the expensive boroughs. Mr. Smith retires. Colonel Peel, Mr. R. Gurney, and Dr. Lushington, are the present candidates. Mr. Peel is supported by the Corporation ; Mr. Gurney by the Dissenters. The voters are nearly 3000 in number. The members for Castle Rising will not he changed. This borough is in the Howard interest. King's Lynn, under the influence of the Duke of Portland and Lord Orford, assisted by the Corporation, will return its present members. Thetford, the joint property of the Duke of Grafton and Mr. Baring, will also re- turn its present members. Yarmouth is to be severely contested. The Anson interest prevails here. The new candidates are Mr. Henry Pres-

ton Mr. Thomas Campbell. Both the present members stand the field.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE will return its present members. Brackley, the Marquis of Stafford's borough, will return its present members, the Bradshaws. Lord Fitzwilliam's Hight= Ferrers, a close borough, will again return the Hon. F. C. Ponsonby. Lord Milton is to be returned for Peterborough, in the room of Sir James Scarlett. Sir R. Heron will be again returned. This borough is also under the influence of Lord Fitzwilliam. A sharp contest is promised at Northampton. Sir R. B. Gunning, "the third man," will oppose the present members, Sir George Robinson, and Mr. W. Maberley. Mr. Hill, of Wellingborough, is also in the field.

NOTTINGIIA3ISIIIRE will be contested. Mr. Wright will oppose the present members, Admiral Sotheron and Mr. Lumley. Mr. Sergean Wilde intends to try Newark again. Mr. Willoughby and Mr. Sadler also stand. The influence of this borough is shared by the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Middleton. Lord Rancliffe has retired from Not. tinghana, because be is disgusted with the House of Commons ; • and Mr. Birch does not relish the duties of a member. Mr. Denman liar started, with a certainty of success. The Reformers abound here.

NORTHUMBERLAND, like its neighbour York, is to be carried by length of purse. Mr. Liddell expended 32,0001. at the last election : he avows that he dares not enter the lists again upon such terms. Mr. Beaumont, who felt the contest severely at the last election, will come in without opposition, his opponent hieing fairly exhausted. Mr. Bell will also be returned. Berwick-upon-Tweed will be contested. Mr. Gye, the late member for Chippenham is to start for this place against Colonel Blake and Sir Francis Blake, the present members. There are 700 voters, but the Corporation have great influence. Mr. Ellison retires from Newcastle-upon- T VIC, and will be succeeded by Mr. Hodgson. Sir M. W. Ridley again offers himself. This is an open borough, with 2,500 voters.

OXFORDSHIRE. Mr. Ashurst retires, and leaves Mr. Fane, the other member, to encounter a host of competitors, Mr. Villiers,—Lord Tiers, Sir J. Da.shwood, and Lord Norreys. Lord Guildford's Hamburg will carry Mr. Legge. The representation of the University will pro- bably continue unchanged. Sir Robert Inglis's services, however they may be valued out of the University, are too recent to admit of his de- position. Mr. Hughes will give life to the City of Oxford : he intends to oppose the present members, Mr. Langston and Mr. Lockhart. Lord Ashley retires from Woodstock to admit another son of the Duke of Marlborough, Mr. S. Churchill. The Marquis of Blandford is the other member. This borough is influenced by the Churchill family.

RUTLANDSHIRE will again return its present members, Sir Gerard Noel and Sir G. Heathcote.

SHROPSHIRE will also return its present members, Sir R. Hill and

Mr. J. C. Pelham. Mr. W. W. Whitmore will be supported at Bridge. north by a strong party, who are desirous to uphold him against the East India Company, which has set up a candidate to oust him. Mr. Arkwright promises independence to the electors against the influence of the Whitmores. Both the present members stand. Bishop's Castle and Ludlow, under the influence of Earl Powis, will return their pre- sent members. The present members for Shrewsbury are to be contested by Mr. Jenkins, " the third man." Mr. Forester will reappear at

Wealock, under the auspices of his relative, Lord Forester. No other candidate has yet declared himself.

SOMERSETSHIRE has been declined by Sir Thomas Lethbridge and by Mr. Hunt. Mr. Dickenson, the present member, and Mr. Edward Ayshford Sandford, are to be elected without opposition. Mr. Gordon was forced to relinquish his intention to offer himself, being the Sheriff of the county. General Palmer is confident of success at Bath : out of twenty-nine votes, he has fifteen pledged to him. He lost the last elec- tion by the unexpected coming of two unwelcome visitors—the gout seized one of his friends, and a voter who had never hitherto used his suffrage came forward to oppose him. Lord Thynne and the Earl of Brecknock, the protegees of the Marquis of Bath, and Lord Camden, are the present members. The voters are a close corporate body. Bridg- water, from ajshame of its former misdoings, now sends its members to

Parliament free of every expense, even to the payment of the turnpike toll. The present members, Mr. Astell, tbe Chairman of the East India Company, and Mr. K. Tynte, a neighbouring country-gentleman, are

likely to bereturned. Lord Huntingtower will again return his rela- tives, the present members, for Hauler. Mr. Luttrell will return him- self for Minehead. The other member may come in under the same in- terest. The Marquis of Cleveland and the Marquis of Anglesey have entered into a compromise regarding Melborne Port. The new members are not yet declared. Mr. Henry Seymour has retired from Taunton. General Peachey, Mr. Henry Labouchere, a nephew of Mr. Alexander Baring, and Mr. Edward Bainbridge, will contest the borough. The suffrage is in all the inhabitants not receiving alms. Mr. Baring had,pre- vious to the last election, represented the borough for twenty years : he has considerable property and a strong party there. General Peachey was then brought forward under the auspices of Sir Thomas Lethbridge. The voters are styled potwallopers, and there are upwards of 450 of them. The present members for Wells must bear a sharp contest. Three candidates have already started, Mr. Edwards, Sir Robert Vaughan, and Dlr. Lee. The contest is between the Corporation and the freemen. Money and feasting are necessary auxiliaries. STAFFORDSHIRE Will again return Sir J. Wrottesley and Mr. Little- ton. Sir George Anson and Mr. Vernon offer themselves for Litchfield. There will be no contest—Lord .Anson is the patron of the borough. At Newcastle-under-Lyne, feasting is to be the order of the day. Mr. Wilmot Horton has emigrated; Mr. Denison, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Peel aspire to be the new settlers. Mr. Borradaile, the present member, is located there. Stafford is vacated by the present members. Mr. T. Campbell, the son-in-law of Sir James Scarlett, has offered himself for the choice of the free and independent electors. Sir Robert Peel has abandoned Alma Mater and the contest of open boroughs, for his own quiet one of Tumworth. He has addressed a polite letter to the electors, offering his services. It is not known whether Lord Ferrars Townsend retires to make way for him, or whether Sir Robert Peel's brother must find a seat elsewhere.

SUFFOLK. Sir W. Rowley has retired. Sir H. Bunbury and Sir T. Gooch will be the candidates. The Marquis of Douro has deserted 41d_ borough, for Hampshire, leaving the Marquis of Hertford to nominate a new man. Mr. Kilderbee will probably be returned again. The Duke of Grafton and the Marquis of Bristol may again send Lord Euston and Lord Jermyn from Bury St. Edmunds. Mr. Michael Berne will go from Dunwich as he lists. Earl Stradbroke returns his colleague. Sir E. Kerrison will accompany Sir DI. Nightingale from Eye. The borough is under the influence of Sir Edward. Ipswich requires a third man. It is an open borough, with 720 voters. A deal of money and feasting might remove the present members. No contest is expected at Orb, rd which is in the gift of the Marquis of Hertford. The new members are not yet declared. Mr. M‘Leod has retired from Sudbury. Sir J. Walsh and Mr. Walrond are the only candidates. One of the members paid. .80001. for his last election expenses.

SCARY is to be contested hotly. Mr. Pallmer retires. At the last election, his expenses were upwards of 15,0001. Mr. Denison, who con- tinues in the field, paid upwards of 10,0001., and Mr. Holme Sumner 8,0001. A penny brings its pennyworth in Surry : the support which these gentlemen received from the freeholders of the county was in the exact proportion of the money expended by them. Mr. H. Jolliffe has started on the Tory interest; Mr. Briscoe, a reformer and econo- mist, has also started. The latter expects to be returned at the cost of the electors : he pledges himself not to pay for his own election. He will be strongly supported by Hunt and the Reformers. The ar- rangements for Bletchingley are not completed. Mr. C. Tennyson has offered himself for Lincoln. The borough is in the interest of the Duke of Bedford. Mr. Sergeant Onslow retires from Guildford. Mr. Norton, the present member, is likely to start, in the interest of Lord Grantley. The new candidates are Mr. C. Baring, and Mr. R. Scariest, the son of the Attorney-General. Gallon belongs to Sir Mark Wood. The arrangements for the next Parliament are made ; the present members continue. Haslemere, which is in the interest of the Earl of Lonsdale, and Reigate, in the interest of Lord Somers, return their present members.

SUSSEX will not be contested. Mr. E. Curteis has retired ; Mr. H. Curteis takes his place. Mr. Lombe, jun. has retired from Arundel. The candidates for "the redemption of the Christians" are Lord D. Stuart, Mr. Fazakerley, and Alderman Atkins. The Duke of Norfolk has given great dissatisfaction there lately, by the conduct of his agent; who, following the example of the Duke of Newcastle at Newark, has dismissed workmen who had the audacity to vote against the Duke's party. Lord Calthorpe and the Duke of Rutland are said to have great influence. at Bramber. Mr. Howard is to oppose it and the present members at the ensuing election. Lord J. G. Lennox and Mr. Poyntz retire from Chichester. The new candidates are Lord Sussex Lennox, Mr. Smith, and Mr. S. Cullen. The Duke of Richmond has great weight here. Lord Strathaven is trying Huntingdon. East Grinstead is of course abandoned to its patron, Lord De la Warre. Lord Holmes- dale will probably be returned again. The Treasury is said to have

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Hastings, in conjunction with Mr. Milward. The present members will probably continue. The mode of narrowing a borough which possesses extensive suffrage is curious : the persons who have a right to vote, and are called Magnates, are chosen from persona whose circumstances com- pel them to have recourse to parish aid, which disqualifies them for the exercise of their franchise ; and by this means the number of voters has been considerably reduced. The Duke of Norfolk is the patron of Hor- sham. His son, the Earl of Surry, is one of the present members. Mr. Ridley Colborne is likely to be returned again with him. Mid- hurst (belonging to the house of Smith, Payne, and Smiths), Slept- ing (to the Duke of Norfolk), and Winchilsea (to the Marquis of Cleve- land), are likely to return their present members; no contest is antici- pated. Messrs. Williams and Lyon have started at Seaford to destroy the influence of the Ellis family. The present members are Mr. J. Fitz- gerald and the Hon. Agar Ellis. An attempt to create voters in this borough has excited just dissatisfaction. Shoreham, though in some de- gree under the influence of the Duke of Norfolk, is open. The present coons, since the last election, all residents having been declared endsled to vote.

WARWICKSHIRE wil1cOatinne Its present representnives ; and War. wick, which is controlled by the Corporation and the Eat! of Warwick, will follow the county's example. Coventry, which presented at the last election so rich a scene of feasting, will, from the want of a " third man," be quiet now. Mr. Heathcote retires ; Mr. Ellice, the unsaccess. ful candidate at the last election, is to supply his place.

WESTMORELAND wants Mr. Brougham. Where is his pledge? is he so feelingly an anti-slavery man, that he must be among his fellows in Yorkshire? The learned gentleman's motion came just in time for the present crisis, and we wish his eloquent humanity may find friends enough in Yorkshire to carry him through all the Ridings. The Earl of Lonsdale and Lord Thanet will take care of Appleby. There is no talk of a contest.

WILTSHIRE will not be disturbed. Mr. Bennett and Sir Jacob Astley are firmly seated. The Marquis of Aylesbury and the Marquis of Lansdowne have not arranged for Bedwin and Caine ; but Sir John Nichol and Mr. Buxton will probably represent the former, Sir James Macdonald and Mr. Macaulay the latter. Mr. Neilde, the heir of Rundell, has purrhased Chippeukam. Mr. Maitland and Mr. Dye have, there- fore, retired, and Mr. Neilde is endeavouring to bring in himself and Mr. Posey : but some " independent" people have sent for Mr. Pownall to aid their cause. There is no promise of a contest at Cricklade. This is an open borough, and has 1,350 voters. Wiltshire, like Cornwall, may boast great senatorial dignity; its boroughs are hardly less nut- merous,—Downton. (the Earl of Radnor's borough), Heytesbury (be- longing to Lord Heytesbury), Hindon (shared by Earl Grosvenor and Lord Calthorpe), Ludgershall (shared by Sir Sandford Graham and Mr. Everett), (Marlborough, with six resident and three non- resident voters, the property of the Marquis of Aylesbury), Maims. bury (influenced by Mr. Pitt, an attorney, with thirteen voters only), Old Sarum (belonging to the Earl of Callington, with seven voters only), Sir Manasseh Lopez's Westbury, Earl Pembroke's Wil- ton and Wootton Basset, held in joint-tenancy by Lord Bolingbroke and Mr. Pitt, of Cireucester, will take little share in the troubles.of an election : they promise nocontests and feasting, Install will be quietly ar- ranged for them by their fostering patrons. .Devizes, which is governed by a corporate body, and is influenced by Mr. Estcourt and Mr. Watson, will not be contested ; nor will there be any stir at Salisbury.

WORCESTERSHIRE exchanges Sir Thomas Warrington for Mr. Foley. The Honourable H. B. Lygon continues. Lord Lyttleton will r3turn Mr. Roberts for Bewthey ; and Lord Foley, and the Earl of Sefton, will be returned for Droitwich. Mr. Protheroe retires from Evesham ; and Lord Kennedy and Sir C.. Cockerell will be returned without opposition. Worcester has 2,000 voters, a corporation, and Many non-residents ; so there is ample opportunity for a " spirited man."

YORKSHIRE cannot find representatives. Three of the present mem-- hers have retired ; Mr. Ihmcombe only remains. - Mr. Bethel and Martin Stapylton have offered themselves, if the electors will pay for them. The freeholders conceive that they may as well pay for a man who will do them honour, and have therefore thought of Brougham. The Duke of Newcastle must look to Boroughbridge. Mr. A. Lawson

has started to oppose his influence, as boldly as Mr. Wilde has done at

Newark. Aldborough is likely to be free from such interference. From Beverley Mr. Hume read a pleasant letter at the Reform Associ- ation Meeting. The present members give great dissatisfaction for want

of liberality of purse. The electors- have a chance of being pleased; Messrs. Peters, Wharton, Capel, Cure, and Stewart are canvassing.

Hull has at last a third candidate: there are 1700 voters. Messrs. Sykes, O'Neill, Lyne Stevens, and Villiers, have annonnced them- selves candidates : a severe contest is expected. Hedon will be pro- tected by the Maxwell constables ; Knaresborough by the Duke of Devonshire ; Mallon, by Lord Dundas ; Northallerton, by the Earl of Harewood ; Richmond, by Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Dundas ; Ripon, by bliss. Lawrence; Thirsk, by the Franklands ; Scarborough, by the Duke of Rutland. Mr. Starkie has retired from Pontefract ; and Mr. Houldsworth, the other member. the Earl of Mexborough, the Hon. W.

Lascellcs, Mr. Hardy, the Hon. P. Stourton, and Mr. Milnes, are among

the competitors for the distinguished honour of representing this inde. pendent borough. Mr. Wyvill declines to represent York. The Hon.

E. Petre, Captain Boynton, the Hon. I. Dundas, and Colonel Wilson, the other member, are the candidates. It will be stoutly contested. Mr. Petre is expected to be successful.

There is one consideration that will not fail very forcibly to strike even the most careless reader on a perusal of the above—the very small share that the Commons possess in the formation of the Commons House. To whatever quarter the eye is directed— to county, city, borough—to the north, the south, the east, the west—we see the long hands of the Aristocracy stretched forth and grasping and engrossing the power and privileges which belong of right to the whole people. Where the aristocracy of rank fails, the aristocracy of wealth steps in, until, between the power of the Peerage and the power of the purse, plain John Bull has hardly a corner in his own house that he can call his own. We do not mean to say that all who are elected by these two powers are averse from- the great cause of the community ; but it is matter of extreme regret that many popular members are so irregular in their attendance in the House, that to all intents and purposes the seats which they occupy might as well be vacant. An interesting publication is announced, by a mentleman who published similar tables respecting the session of 1822-3, which proves, in reference to the session of 1829-30, what gross irregu- larity of attendance prevails even among those who are looked up • to by the country as in a special manner the friends of the people. It is a statement showing how each member of the House has voted on fifty questions agitated during. the session ; and it will furnish as accurate a guage of the activity with which their duties members will probably be returned. Rye is likely to become again a are discharged, as our table does of the purity of the sources front scene of contest. It has been opened by petition to the House of Cora- which their power is derived.