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We can confirm the statement in the Mail to the effect that Mr. At- torney-General Smith is about to enter Parliament as Member for the Borough of Ripon ; the declining health of Admiral Sir George Cock- burn being a sufficient reason for his resignation. Ripon is a close Borough, under the dominion of the Robinson family. , It gives Lord De Grey's eldest brother his title, and is now destined to give his At-
torney-General a seat in Parliament. —Dublin Monitor. - • • • Mr. Peter Ainsworth, in reply to the requisition of 541 of the electors of Bolton, who called upon him to resign his seat in consequence of his recent refusal to act with the Anti-Corn-law League, has addressed to them a letter, in which he says—" I have received your requisi- tion, calling upon me to resign my seat for the borough of Bolton. I must at once decline complying with your request, as I have not violated any of my public pledges' on the subject of the Corn-laws, nor acted in any way which ought to forfeit the confidence reposed in me at the last election."
The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce took place on Monday ; when,a long report was presented exhibiting a num- ber of statistical details on the state of trade for the past year, and illus- trating the impolicy of restrictions on commerce ; the Sugar-duties oc- cupying a prominent place. A discussion followed, Free Trade still being the predominant subject.
The distress at Stourbridge is stated to have become so alarming, that numbers are subsisting on turnips alone. From a field belonging to Thomas Pargeter, Esq. as many as from five to six tons a week have been taken for several weeks past ; nor does he think it expedient to attempt to put a stop to the peculation.— TITorcester Journal.
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