IRELAND.
Mr. Power was elected Member fur Dungarvan on the 17th; by a majority of 281 to 164 over his Tory opponent, Mr. Galwey.
The Carlow election terminated on Saturday, in the return of Mr. Vigors, by a majority of 36. A petition will be presented by the Tories, as usual.
The trial of a cause in Dublin last week produced an exposure of the frauds practised by West and Hamilton at the last election. The plaintiff, a Mr. Scott, was an active-agent for West, having been em- ployed by the noted Captain Childers ; but he could get no money for his services, us be was not engaged by Mr. M'Guire, who, West says, was his sole agent, disowning Childers. Scott, however, resolved to try whether West was not legally liable to pay his demand. He failed ; a verdict being given for the defendant. But in the course of the trial, it appeared that the Tory candidate and his people did not stick at falsehood and fraud to gain their ends. For instance, Captain Childers being under cross-examination, made the admission to be found in the following extract from the report of the trial— Mr. Keating read a passage from a letter addressed to Mr. Long. and dated Jan. 30, 1835 :—" I certify that the Committee of the City of Dublin Election consisted of a few personal friends of Messrs. \Vest and Hamilton, and ap- pointed no official wild agents."
Mr. Keating—. Is that your handwriting?" Witness—" It is." Alr. Keating—" Is it true or false?" "False." Mr. Keating—" False! although it is your own assertion ?" Witness—. / did that for the purpose of battling those who might seek to establish bribery agaiust the agents of West and Hamilton, either before a Committee of the Horee of Commons or the Commission which sat in Dublin ; but I now repeat again, that it is most untrue !" Mr. Keating—" So that, in point of fact, you did it to cheat the Radicals?" " I did."
The famous Johnny AV Crea was one of 'West's active agents. The following is a precious bit of correspondence between that worthy divine and his no less worthy employer.
"Dear Sir—Are non-resident freemen available?"
" Yours sincerely, J. B. Al•Citra." "Get them up without calling attention to the fact of non-residence; vote
can poll them every man. J. B. NV:" This is the gentleman whom Mr. George Frederick Young, and his obedient coadjutor, Mr. John Maxwell, seated for Dublin, without in- quiry as to whether they were duly elected or riot ! It was by polling non-resident voters that Mr. West got a majority before the Com- mittee. West will no doubt be turned out at the next election ; and if the electors of Tynemouth do their duty, they will discard Young, who has proved himself quite unfit to perform all important duty of a Mem- ber of Parliament. As for John Maxwell, we suspect be 1: :s as good a chance of being returned for Westminster or Lambeth as for Lanark- shire. Trimmers only suit the Tories when they cannot carry a fast friend to the faction ; and Mr. Maxwell holds fast to neither party.
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