21 OCTOBER 1837, Page 6

After all their boasting, the Tories have made but a

poor affair of

the election petition fund. r he thing is manifestly a failure. From the list published in the Standard lost night, it appears that seven* weeks' hard begging has not produced seven thousand pounds. The sum total of the fund will scarcely defray the cost of the Dublin pe- tition. The magnates and millionaires of the Carlton must prepare to disburse.