ebe Countin. An active canvass is going on at Lewes,
to supply the vacancy which will be occasioned by Mr. Kemp's ietended retirement. Mr. John Easthope, formed). Member for St. Alban's, having been in- vited by pearly 200 clematis, has started out the Liberal interest ; pledging himself to the Ballot. Ile is opposed by the Honoureble Henry Fitzroy, brother of Lord Southampton, and the deteatcd can- didate at the last election. The electors of Lewes ut•e not well pleased with some portion of the coeduct of the Wh Government ; and if there be any doubt about the success of the Liberal cause, it arises front the manner in which Lewes has been treated by Alinis- ters. The Duke of Richmotud owes his appointment cms Lonl• Lieu- tenant of Sussex to Lord Melbouree ; and excludes from the commission of the prime the 1110Ft active and jtelicietts supporter the Liberal cause ever had in Su-sex, to whose long cx:•: tit'', is mainly due the honour of reseuitig thy county frum Tory hands. Mr. Meek- man is every way qualifitel fur the : he IWO- perty, character, and tuleirt ; og.:inst whim 110 ij mtii,iI CAI be urged, except ti it the appointment of a single Liberal Magisn•are in Lewes might nut be very pleasing to the present occupiers of the justice-seat. Moreover, Mr. Blackman is the only Fon of Sir Ilem•y Bleck-wan, who for ;natty yetu•s was in the colnInission this is elesu-t a solitary instance iii which on the death of a person in the come.-- ise, the Lord-Lieutenant has omitted to substitute the son. All this die Whigs have known for some time, and yet have allowed Mr. Black- man's exclusion, to propitiate their halt- Tory Lord •Lieutenant. Lewes is also blessed with the presence of its old Tory Member, Sir George Shiffeer, who with his son is particularly aetive against the Liberal otedidate tied yet, during the Government of Loud Mel- bourne, one of the sons of this active opposer of Ministers has beet: appointed Flag Captain to our Admiral in the Tagus; whilst *mother son is holding an appointment, we believe, as Peymaster in his Majesty's household. The Liberal electors of Lewes are naturally indignent ;It this treatment, arid feel little inclined to brave Tot). intimidation and submit to the loss of custom in support of men who have thus ad- vanced the Tories, neglected their friends, and refused ti-e Mr. John Evelyn Denison does not feel very secure in his seat for Nottinghamshire; and some Reformers of Liverpool think it would be poEtic to start him in conjunction with Mr. Eteurt for Liverpool. No doubt Mr. Denison would be preferable in some polies to Lord Sandon ; who, though a clever man in Committee-business, is tinged with cant, and has become thoroughly Tory. But w hut do the Liverpool Reibrmers think of Mr. Denison's corn-law vote, On Thursday night ? At all events, they must take care of Mr. Ewers whose absence from Parliament would be a public loss. Sir Hedworth Williamson will not be a candidate for North Durham at the next election, Ill health is the cause of his retirement. Mr. T. Liddell is talked of as the Tory candidate; but the Liberals are con- fident of returning Colonel Beckwith, or Mr. John Williamson.
Mr. Richard Hodgson, brother of Mr. Hodgson Flinde, will he the Tory candidate for Berwick, in the place of Mr. Bradshaw, who is a mere nobody, and does not please his constituents. ' Colonel Napier is spoken of as the Liberal candidate for Newcastle, in conjunction with Mr. Ord. They may speak of him at Newcastle, but We have reason to believe that the Colonel will nut unelertuke the representation of any constituency. They also speak of Mr. Aytem of Edinburgh.
General Johnson hopes to turn Mr. Lees, the Tory Member, out of Oldham.
Mr. Ge-orge Alfred Muskett, who seems to be a Moderate Reformer, is a caudidate to succeed Mr. Ward at St. Alban's. Mr. Muskett
very haedsomely retired at the last election, rather than endanger the return of Mr. Ward ; and we wish him success. But who is to be the third candidute, "fur the good of the town? " Mr. Charles Townely, of Townely, intends to oppose Mr. Wilson Patten, in North Lancashire. Mr. Marsden, a Tory parson, has been appointed to the valuable living of &cleft, near 'Manchester, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Liverpool Journal says that Mr. Marsden may thank Mr. Poulett Thomson for his preferment, and that the President of the Board of Trade hopes thereby to gain some Tory votes. We believe and trust that be will be disappointed in this expectation. In the mean while, he has assuredly lost some Liberal votes. Mr. Marsden is represented as a very respectable man, but from age and infirmity incapable of taking care of a parish like Eccles. He is nearly seventy, and the parish contains 70,000 souls. As the Liverpool journalist remarks- " These are the sort of things which make the people believe that the whole political battle between Whirl and Tories is a sham fight got up to throw dust into their eyes, while the pseudo combatants divide the spoil."
A curious scene took place on Thursday, in the town of Ware. On Sunday last, the Reverend Mr. Coddington, Rector of the parish, ire 1"r tte'el s:nis-eeelggeted formed the inhabitants from the pulpit, that on the 16th instrutt Vestry would be held for the purpose of petitioning the King against the separation of Church and State. rhe Vestry was accordingly very numerously attended ; when Mr. Coddiegton finding that the resolution proposed by him was likely to have few su
leave to withdraw it. To this, however, the meeting agree ; tend the resolution having been put, was negatived without a division, a seconder being found with difficulty. Mr. Coddington was then called on to put a resolution expressive of the perfect confidence of the meeting in his Majesty's Ministers, and of their opinion thet the first resolution had been brought forward merely fur a political pur- pose ; which wus carried by a majority of 57 to 3. Mr. Coddingten then left the chair in great wrath ; and Captain Proctor being voted into it, a third resolution condemnatory of the urifutir and discourteous cenduet of the Rector was carried, and entered in the Vestry-book.
Mr. Thomas Sudworth, of Halifax, has been appointed an Assis- tant Tithe Commissioner. A better selection than this, we believe, coulduot have been made. Mr. Sudworth is admirably qualified for the ditties of his office by experience in the management of landed property and general ability.
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