ebe Country.
Well done, Sir William Molesworth !—Sir Hussey Vivian has found it necessary to promise his support to the Ballot, //the majority of the electors of East Cornwall should require him to vote for it. In a recent address to the electors, he says- " If, therefore, 1 should become your Representative, and should find that it is the wish of the larger number ot my constituents that I should support the Ballot, I shall not object to do so."
That will do. We need not inquire very curiously into the process of Sir Hussey's conversion : perhaps, however, he has an inkling that the Ballot will be carried next year or so,—or that by this time twelv.- month his retention of office will not depend upon any vote in Parlia- ment, becuuse he will be out of office, while to support so popular a measure as the Ballot will be a condition of obtaining and keeping a seat in the House of Commons.
Mr. Ward was intioduced to the electors of Sheffield on Monday. itu:nerous meeting was held in the Town hall, to hear an exposi- tion of his political opinioes ; and the result was a confirmation of the previous resolution to return him to the House of Commons, free of
expense, at the next election for Sheffield. Four or five hands only, in the numerous meeting, were held up against this resolution. The Sheffield Ins contains a long but evidently imperfect report of Mr. Ward's speech : we shall defer our notice of it till next week, when . a correct and full account of the proceedings at Sheffield on Tuesday as well as Monday may be expected. The Reformers of Leeds entertain Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Baines at a public dinner on Monday next. There will also be two or three evening meetings of the electors in the course of the week, to hear addresses from the candidates. The Leeds constituency is 4,081, and the requisition to Sir William Molesworth and Mr. Baines-- has received nearly 2,000 signatures. The success of both is looked upon as quite certain. The price of the tickets at the Molesworth dinner will be 15s. each ; at the Whig dinner to Lord 2,1orpeth the tickets were 7s. Cd. each.
Mr. Cresswell, a barrister, is spoken of as the Tory candidate for Durham.
Mr. William Collins is the Liberal, and Mr. Sergeant Adams the Tory candidate for Warwick. Mr. Collins is well known at Warwick for his energetic services, both in purse and person, to uphold the Reform interest. Mr. Adams is well known for his disappointments in Coventry and in Middlesex, notwithstanding an earnest endeavour
i on his part, n both places, to promote his own interest.
The impaired state of Mr. Robert Arkwright's health obliges him to relinquish his intention of standing for the Northern Division of Derbyshire, in the event of an early dissolution of .Parliament. —Man- chester Guardian.
Mr. James Yorke Scarlett. second son of Lord Abinger, has issued an address to the electors of Guildford, announcing his determination to come forward at the next election.
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