The Tories talk of proposing Mr. Richards for Southwark, in
op- position to Mr. Harvey, at the next election. It is very probable that Mr. Richards, who has earned the reputation of being a stupid sim- pleton, will be turned out of Knaresborough ; but the Reformers of Southwark will not accept of the refused article. We understand that in Southwark the care of the registration is in good hands.
Mr. Wood of Littleton is to be shelved by the Tories, who boast that they will return Sir Charles Forbes in the room of Mr. Hume. The Tories could not pick a better man out of their ranks than Sir Charles Forbes, who is universally respected ; but he has burnt his fingers already in one unsuccessful contest for Middlesex, and there are symptoms of the Tory gain on the registration having been greatly exaggerated. It will not do to count the same person twice over— once in the City and again at Hampstead.
A meeting of the working classes in Marylebone was held on Tues- day, at the Mechanics' Institution. Mr. Feargus O'Connor was in the chair ; and a Radical Association was formed.
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