THE ELECTIONS.
The following returns have been received since our last publication. Next week, we shall give a new classification of the whole House of Commons, and correct any inaccuracies we may discover in the lists hitherto published.
SCOTLAND. IRELAND.
Newry Borough . Lord Hill. RinrardineaMre General H. Arbuthnot. or County ....Mr. F. O'Connor. Perthshire Earl of Ormelic. Mr. S. Barry.
Rorberghshire Captain G. Elliott. Antrim County . -General O'Neill. Dumbartonshire Mr. Colquhoun. Lord Belfast. Inverness-shire Mr. Charles Grant. • Eing's County ...Mr. N. Fit zsimon. Elgin Burghs Colonel Leith Hay. Lord Oxmantos‘ a. Galway County. . Mr. T. B. Martin.
Mr. James Daly. •
DOVEB..-Mr. T. Duncombe and Colonel Stanhope are both men- tioned as candidates for the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Poulett Thomson's deciding to sit for Manchester.
flanwrat.-Mr. Disney petitions against the return of Mr. Herries.
MANCIIESTER.-The Reformers of Manchester gave a dinner to their successful candidates, Mr. Phillips and Mr. Thomson, on Thursday sennight. Upwards of fourteen hundred gentlemen attended.
Mr. Mark Phillips made a manly speech, in which he avowed his determination
"To assist-honestly and zealously assist-in the cure of abuses, the pro- motion of economy, the removal of the burdens which press so heavily on the industrious classes, .the lessening of taxation, the abolition of monopolies, the encouragement of education, the abolition of the taxes on knowledge the maintenance of peace, the restoration of prosperity and happiness among his fellow subjects, the removal of the foul blot of slavery, and to destroy the name of slave in the British dominions."
On the subject of pledges, he observed that- Those he had given he had given freely, from a thorough conviction of their propriety; and they were such as he would have demanded as an elector. In giving those pledges, he disclaimed any wish to embarrass the Government. He wished it to be perfectly understood, that it was his full intention to steer an in- dependent course ; and that he would not be the mere puppet of any Administra- tion, any more than he would submit, with all deference to the meeting, to go to Parliament as a simple delegate, restricted entirely from the use of Lis own judginent. Mr. Poulett Thomson was received with great applause. We give some of the more remarkable passages of his speech, with the view of contrasting them with Mr. Stanley's declaration of the intention of Ministers to consider the Reform Bill as a final measure. "What, gentlemen, are those principles-principles that I have ever advo- cated-principles upon which alone you could give me your support, and on which altme I could consent to receive it? Nothing, save the advocacy of the only end of good government, the happiness of the many. To obtain a tem- perate, but searching reform of our institutions-to remove from the face ol the Church establishment of this country those specks and deformities which disfigure its appearance and injure its condition-to :revive and extend our na- tional industry-to alleviate the burdens pressing upon the people-to make the shackles fail from the limb of the slave-to give that principle to representation which it should have, and which I trust it has, but if not it ought to have, namely, the liberty for every man to give his vote conscientiously-(Loud and long-continued cheers, and general shouts of The Balloe)-these, gentlemen, . are the principles that I have ever advocated, humbly, • but zealously ; these are the principles upon which I believe the Reform Bill to have been founded, and for which I also believe it to be the end and the means. I believe that by the Bill, as it now stands, we may obtain all these good ends; but if there are any defects or deformities in that great measure, let them be examined-let them be looked into-let them be amended. Gentlemen, I am aware that much misre- presentation has gone abroad upon the subject of final measures ; but I can at- tribute that to the watchful jealousy with which the conduct of public men is justly scrutinized. Gentlemen, I know not what is the meaning of final measures." * * " Upon one matter connected with the system of repre- sentation, I mean the subject of secret suffrage, my opinions are well known. I was one who, in early times, when it was unfashionable to be a Reformer, ad- vocated in my place that principle; and to that principle I remain unchanged. But lain prepared to say, that unless a strong case be made out, and that circum- stances transpired showing the necessity bf its adoption, not I, for one, should be willing to employ my time and that of the Legislature to introduce that tern, whilst I can conceive that we have in our hands the instrument to effect greater and much more substantial reforms."
What will Lord Althorp and Mr. Stanley say to this ? Will they concede the Ballot, if a "strong case be made out ?" Mr. Poulett Thomson, we suspect, does not speak unadvisedly. Ten days have elapsed between the delivery of Mr. Stanley's speech and the Man- chester dinner to Messrs. Phillips and Thomson ; and the voice of the country during the interval has grated harshly in the ears of his Majesty's Ministers. Nonmen.-The uncorrupt part of the electors have set on foot a subscription, and appointed a Committee, for the unseating of Stormont and Scarlett.
WARWICESIIIRE.-The Birmingham Journal of Saturday last contains a long and circumstantial account of the interference of the military in the late election for the North Division of Warwickshire. The state- ment is evidently ex parte ; but it is clear that the conduct of the Ma- gistrates who called in the military requires investigation. For it is said, that die disturbances which actually took place, were of no mo- ment, and had entirely ceased previously to the entrance of the soldiers into the town. It is also stated, that Mr. Bracebridge and the Rev. S. B. Hemming were not consulted as to the necessity of calling in the soldiers, although they were the only resident Magistrates acting for the North Division of the county. Several men were cut at, and trampled under foot, by the dragoons : one person lost his life-a man seventy-two years of age, whose name was Joseph Glover. An in- quest was held upon his body, and a verdict of "accidental death" re- turned by the Jury. This verdict gives great dissatisfaction to the friends of the Liberal candidate ; who affirm that the Jury was prin- cipally composed of the tenants and partisans of the Tory members. At this stage of the business, and while the real facts are so imper- fectly known, we will not impute decided blame to any parties : but the people of this country must not now be trampled under foot, and cut down by dragoons, without a strict and public investigation of the cir- cumstances which led to such shocking results.
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