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The Duke of Somerset has served notices to quit upon all his tenants who voted for Mr. B. Baldwin at the late Totnes election. Many of these notices have been signed by the Duke's own hand.—Exeter Gazette.

Sir Roboe Rolfe has been paving assiduous court to his constituents at Falmouth sad Penryn, where his position is rather ticklish.

The constituency of the borough ot"Fynemouth purpose giving a public dinner in a few days to their 3Iember, Sir Charles Grey, who is at present on a visit there.

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer dined with a large party of his constituents, at Portsmouth, on Wednesday evening. The loyal and routine toasts were drunk with the usual honours. Admiral Fleming speaking for " The Navy," said—

"J am opposed to war, although it would be my interest to have the chance of leading the British Navy to victory—to such victories as they have been used to achieve. And, gentlemen, notwithstanding what has been said, I as- sure von that you need not fearthat that Navy is in an inefficient state. I have bedtime honour to command on two stations, and I can say of my own knowledge, that there are a =IA (lent number of ships, and an equal number of efficient men. Great othsply has been thrown upon the present .Ministry for the state of the Navy ; but, depend upon it, never, since Britain has been Britain, has

the Navy ben in a more etheient state than it is now in, and I dare any one to deny it. I have only to thank you for the compliment which you have done to that service in which I have spent the best part of my nil,"

Mr. Baring dwelt chiefly upon two points—the unanimity with which the Portsmouth Liberals had supported himself, and repelled the advances of Tory candidates ; and the recent appointments of Roman Catholics to the Ministry. He spoke in the highest terms of the quail- deadens of Messrs. OTerrall, Shell, and Wyse, and maintained that

they were attacked on account of their religion. The only reason that could be assigned for excluding them from office, was that they were Roman Cat holies—

Ile would put the first case—he would take that of Mr. More O'Ferrall, a gentleman Who, for four years previous told: present appointment, held office under the Crown, with whom he had been connected at the Treasury, and who had now been appointed to the important office of Secretary of the Ad- miralty Ile was not in the habit of flattering any man, but having had ample meaus of testing Mr. M. OTerrell's ability and character—although previous to that gentleman's connexion with the Treasury he had a very slight acquaint. once with him—he had no hesitation in saying that lie looked upon the ap- pointment of that gentleman as one that, in point of character and in point of ability, would have done credit to any Government ; and he felt the highest possible satisfaction in bearing testimony to Mr. O'Ferrall's impartiality, fair- ness, and high honour. Well, then, Mr. M. O'Fernill having proved his ca-

pacity for the business, and his ability to serve the Crown, the office of Secre- tary to the Admiralty falls vacant : under these circumstances, his noble friend

at the head of the Government considered that with reference to the public

Service Mr. M. O'Ferrall was the roper person to be appointed to the office in question. Now he would put it to the people of this country—would they

wish his noble friend to have said to Mr. O'berrall—" I admit your talent ; I admit your character; I admit you have served your country well, and that you have gained the confidence of your colleag,ues but yome are a Catholic ; therefiwe you must stand by and be passed over ; I cannot appoint you." Then as to the appointment of Mr. Shell, he wished to say a word or two. No one who, like himself, was in the nightly habit of beiUg in the House of Commons, but must admit, as would, indeed, every reader of a newspaper, that amongst the ablest debaters in that House Mr. Shia stood preeminent. No man was listened to with greater attention than Mr. Shell, and no man commands greater influence in that House than the right honourable gentle-

man. Was it, then, to be endured that such an individual, so talented, was to be excluded from office merely ou the ground of his being a Catholic ? If they

looked into history, they would find that the historian Gibbon sat at the Board of Trade a; one of the Commissdoners. But that was in the good old Tory days—in the time of George the Third : end yet there wee no outcry against tins appointment—t here was no complaint that the trade of the country, or the religion of the country, was thereby injured, or that unorthodox sugar or cotton were let in to deluge the country. But then it may be said, that Mr. Gibbon was only an infidel, and our opponents wont say that they had no ob- jection to put a man iii to office of no religion at : lmt only let a man pro-

fess to be and if he presided at the Bott tti. streightway they

heard that th, religion of the country tottered to its nod that sugar,

cotton, hemp. on ! ',thee merehantlik., would bee eee e:ed. ( rumglifer.) He

was thanked for the interruption. for he really was slhoned to carry out his own arguments to ineet the ohjeetions of the opponc:.ts at the Gevernment.

Sir George Staunton adverted to some porth.tes of his conduct in Parliament —

Although lie wit most anxious to advance etbiettli,,a. 1,e could not agree in the propriety of appoititing a Cabinet Board to tvo• 't .tt the pritteiple ; for

they ought to recollect that although a Cabinet la•ty • 11ItTal it may

be Tory to-loinne ; end althetigh he might Im • gut conlideneoiii his right 110110er:title nt •Ir 1.: a, he w-el 1 ii •• Ii... null) uuuihuleei'

in Mr. Get:Pawn. Iii s ‘tpinion that titer ' • a permanent Board

of rdttet,tion, lioul of men ‘,110 t re ..tt learned. Such a Boant mould have his confidence ; and be th,te.:. • Government would

by and ii n the propriety of adopting his vi,e, r. It ever, to Ii rteollected, that whatever ditfereto. • weon them was

merely a di•ferenee ai regarded detail. It nt: . n, that he

ought not to have pieced her Majesty's Go, .,pardy, in his desire to cv it hi, principle. This wos • ; if careful t :Is lull extent, lead to prifsaa al though

he oppo:ed the Government on the point it. ,0 0, C,I, caur

of the Ettneati5n. gt..ent ; and by so doing 1,ttl rnment , on.• a:st rt.:, for

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he had 1 /eVe r deellred that he would supp wt. t.t.. 115 had, ho;vever,

read and thottebt ranch on this subject, and be It ;d to e,melusion that the ex's:rime:it of the Ballot ought to be tried as Las,- t ittsedain extent.