Mr. T. Devear has published a letter, stating that the
electors of Westminster " are greatly and justly dissatisfied with their present Representatives, and that at the next election, whenever it may occur, candidates will ec proposed, who are unconnected with party, remote front extremes, and such us are calculated to restore Westminster to the high station she once occupied." [Mr. Devear can neither forget nor for- give his recent defeats in Westminster, where he is no longer head of a clique which dictated to the constituency, but a rather insignificant politician laid on the shelf. Mr. Leader came not before the electors under his auspices, and therefore poor Mr. Devear /vents his spite upon him. The old grudge against Colonel Evans also endures ; though, surely, the Colonel is now sufficiently " remote from extremes." Had not Mr. Devear better try Burdett and Hobhouse once more? A cor- respondent suggests that Mr. Devear's letter is an advertisement in disguise, and the real object is to obtain some employment " as an electioneering agent.":1 It is intended by the Liberals of St. Pancras to bring forward the Honourable Edward Bouverie, second son of the Earl of Radnor, as a candidate for the representation of this borough.—Standard.
Anticipating Mr. Harvey's election to the Commissionership of the City Police, and his consequent retirement from the Mouse of Commons, the Southwark Tories are canvassing for Mr. Walter. A requisition to that gentleman has received 1,000 signatures. We presume that the leading Liberals are not idle, but it is time that they fixed upon their candidate.
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