. . ELECTION TALK.

. BATH. —Mr. Henry Hobhouse, son of the late Under-Secretary, has offered himself. • - BERKSIIIRF..—A requisition has been audiesSed to Mr. Walters, of Bear Park, by 500 of the electors. .111r. Waiters; "1`11F: POOR MAN'S MAG:STRATE." is at very worthy and intelligent man and Will make, if he be returned, as we hope he will, a very efficiem meaTher. He has replied to the requisition by it long and able mid most liberal address.

• BODMIN.—Mr. Petre, Hawkins, and Captain Vivian, are can- didates. Mr. Petre is an elk steady, uncompromising Reformer, wor- thy of all acceptance ; Mr. Hawkins. a very intelligent and worthy young one. Captaiii Vivian is it Captain ; we don't know what else.

Baineoar.—Mr. timidly the barrister, son of Sir Samuel Romilly, will be Mr. Warburton's colleague. Sir Horace St. Paul endeavoured to wheedle the Dudley people, and, on their rejecting him, would fain have come back to Brolport, but it was by that time engaged.

Barcirros.—Captain Pechell has addressed the electors, with every prospect of success.

CAMDRIDGE.—Mr. Spring Rice was introduced to the electors on Tuesday, and %'as most cordially received. Every exertion is making to secure his success.

CORNWALL—The two sitting members will not, it is said. be op- posed in the South-west division ; in the North-east, Lord Valletort is named. Where would the North-east division have been, had Lord Valletort had his will? Let its electors think of that.

thas pron.—Mr. libido] ph , member for the contributory boroughs, has offered himself as the additional member given to the county ; and Mr. Maddock, of Glanywern, who at the last general election was opposed to Sir Watkin Wynn, has offered his services to the boroughs.

DTPUY.—The requisition to Sir Charles Colville is signed by 308 electors. Sir Charles pledges himself to oppose all jobs, public and private ; to enforce a rigid economy in the public affairs. On the East India question, he says the intercourse with China should be unrestricted ; but he is not yet prepared " to say whether our - Oriental dozninions•should or should not continue to be governed by a com pony." • DEVONPORT.—It is understood that Sir E. Codrington and Sir Charles Grey will be tine members.

DEVONFIIIRP..—Lord Ebrington has been visiting the electors of Devon since Thursday. It has been decided by the Reformers, that his Lordship and Lord John Russell shall be put in nomination for the Northern district. For the Southern, the candidates are Mr. Hamlyn, time Honourable Newton Fellowes, Mr. Courtenay, Captain Buller of IVIiimple, Mr. Buller of Downes, and Sir R. Lopez ; from these, two were to be selected for support at a meeting which was to take place yesterday. This is a wise and admirable plan, and worthy of all imitation.

EXETER.—The only contest here is between Mr. Webb Follett, a Church and King man, and Mr. Divett, a stout Reformer, whose can- vass bas been highly successful. As Exeter has a great many new electors, we trust be will be successful; they will •hardly fail to support him.

FALMOUTIL—Lord Palmerston is to be opposed by Sir R. Vyvyan and Mr. Freshfield. The latter strenuously opposed Falmouth's get- ting- a vote. The modesty of these .Conservative gentlemen is aston- ishing. FINStarRY.—There was a highly respectable meeting of the house- holders of St. Andrew above Bars, and St. George the Martyr, held at the Workhouse-hall in Gray's Inn Lane, On Wednesday. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Tooke, Mr. Mindless, barrister, and several other gentlemen. Of the resolutions passed, the following are the most important- " That one indi..pensable qualification in any candidate should be anmemished rectitude of moral character.. and private worth. combined _with an Uni!brin course of political integrity and consistency of public conduct. That the fast working of the re- formed representation should te confided to such persons as bac° either proposed or promoted that measure, or one of a larger nature. from its commencement ; and who are therefore most capable of pursuing it in its utmost latitude of national iMprove- mein, by redress of grievances. abolition of slavery. extension of liberal institutions to all their legitimate objects. diffusion of knowledge, and retrenchment of expense. That no confidence can at present be placed in recent converts to Retreat. or in those who, professing liberal sentiments. have arver vet evinced them in their practice. Such individuals, by a steady continuation in their new course. may. at a fat tire period. be justitimi in claiming the support of the electors ; but on the present occasion, should be postponed in favour of those stanch Reformers who have horny the burden and heat

of the day, and who, lutving achieved the victory, have entitled themselves to receive the only reward they seek-the recorded confidence of their grateful felluw-citizens."

It was agreed to form a General Electoral Committee, to becom- posed of the several Parish Committees; and until such a Committee be formed, the electors are earnestly requested to withhold all pledges.

FLINTSIIIRE.—The present represeinatives, the Honourable E. M. L. Mostyn. and Sir S. R. Glynne, the borough member, both sup- porters of the Bill, will be reelected without opposition.' . .

GREENWICIL—Captain Dundas opposes Mr. Angerstein.

HELSTON.—This, it would appear, is a Tory nomination borough still. The anxiety of the Faction to secure two members was very natural. Mr. Lane Fox is the only candidate. • HERTFORD.—Mr. H. G. Ward, of. Gilston Park, has addressed the electors. He talks a great deal of nonsense, though in a few words, against PoliticalUnions. This is the common and despicable cant of the worst enemies of Reform. Mr. Ward's "speech bewrayeth barn" —be must not be trusted.

PunimassIELD.—Captain Wood opposes Mr. Ramsden.

. HUNTINGDON.—At a meeting held last week, Captain Duberly and Mr: S. Wells were proposed as candidates. There are disputed ac- counts of what passed at the. meeting. .

LAMBETH.—Mr. Hawes junior has proposed himself as a candidate. Mr. Tennyson is also in the field, by requisition. He has been tried already and found worthy.. . 3 tAtnaastoN.,---Mr.. D. Howel, a Reformer, and-the "solid-jawed!' lanighes.,Siss H. Hardinge. • • • ' Lisreasai.-.:Lord Eliot and Mr. Buller. The Lord will, it is said, go to the wall. MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Portman has answered the requisition from the electors by an address, in which be states, that though his increasing years have induced him to relinquish the county of Dorset, he is willing to serve as member for Marylebone. We hope he and Colonel Jones will be returned: they are both good men, and, in their different ways, well qualified to represent the mixed interests, aristocratic and demo- cratic, of the great borough for whose suffrages they are candidates.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—On Thursday, the Reformers of Northamp- ton gave a grand dinner, at the George Tavern, Northampton, to their two most worthy members, Lords Althorp and Milton. Sir William Wake filled the chair on the occasion. Lord Althorp, in re- turning thanks when his health was drunk, expressed his regret, after a connexion of twenty-six years, that he must no longer have the gratifi- cation of serving as member of the entire county. He would pay his respects at next election to the Southern division, not because his friendships lay chiefly there, but because, being compelled to make a choice, he felt he could not do otherwise than choose that division in

which Althorp was situated. •

With regard to the great measure of Reform, thongh the most beneficial results mai; be expected, yet it cannot be expected that it will immediately produce miracles—ltg cannot all at once cure the defects of former long misgovernment, but it will prevent rniA. government for the future. The people had now the power of choosing. their own repre- sentatives, and it was their duty to have men who would attend to their interests. Let them but look to themselves. and he firmly believed that they would, and then,- indeed, the beneficial efflucts of the great measure would bi felt. Ile had the greatest reliance on the intelligence of the country, that they will scrupulously examine the qualifications of every candidate who aspires to the honour of representing them ; and lie was sure that at the next general election they would do credit to the new act of regeneration.

Lord Milton said, he was not bred a Reformer—he was made one from experience— He became one when he saw the manner in which the House of Commons acted ; and an accurate analysis of the mathrials of which it was composed led him to the deliberate conviction that a portion of the House was unsound, and that unsoundness Ire traced to the smaller boroughs ; and from that time he had determined to give his best efforts to eradicate them from tile system. Ile agreed with his noble friend. that miracles were trot to be expected from the Reform Bill, and he was sure that the People haul too much good sense to think so. There were various opinions as to popular government : it hail been rail by some, that popular government would insure the Con- tinuance of peace, by others that it would lead to war. For his part, he thought popular government was not less disposed to war than any other government ; but it was not in the recollection of any living man that a popular government went to war, ' except their object was to oppose the maintenance of arbitrary power. He was free to admit, that with a popular government there was less facility to go to war. But Jet the People not flutter themselves with the delusion that the temple of Janus was always to he shut : whoever entertained such an opinion, laboured under a most grie- %MIS -delusion. He was a friend to pence, and reluctant would he he to consent to any war which would break the peace of Europe, unless it was demanded by the honour and interests of the country. With regard to the commerce of the country, he would give them the opinion of one of the greatest patriots and statesmen that ever had. existed. It was the opinion of Franklin, who, in talking of commerce, said that a senate -when they meddled with commerce were the greatest pack of fools on earth. That great champton of liberty, who plucked the lightning from heaven and the sceptre from tyrants, always declared that the regalation of the commerce and finance of a country should be governed by those principles which guaranteed mutual benefits. The opinion of so great a man was not to be treated with disrespect. Ile had stated before the grounds Ilion which lie became a Reformer. From a conviction that the Home of Commons 1.141 fallen into the power of tile Crown, and from a belief that it was owing to tire smaller boroughs, he bad determined to make war upon them. The advantiges to be derived from the great measure now carried were not only in the hands of the electors of this great county. but of all England. Let them but elect true f, lends of civil and religious liberty, and every blessing of good government must follow.

Lord Milton concluded by stating, that retirement was what he earnestly sought, but that certain reasons rendered it desirable that he should be in Parliament next session. It was his intention, in conse- quence, to solicit the suffrages of the Northern division of the county at the ensuing election.

NORTRUMBERLAND.—Tatenty-one persons met at North Shelds on the 21st, when three resolutions were unanimously passed to support Mr. Bell. One of the local papers describes these "as the spirited resolutions of influential gentlemen"—of a niajority of influential gen- tlemen. A public meeting was held on the 25th, when some really spirited resolutions were passed in favour of Mr. Beaumont and Mr.

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roarsmouTn.—The promises for Carter are 1,522; for Baring, 1,310. Both members are pretty secure ; the entire electors do not amount to 3,000.

itocriEsrEa.—A requisition has been signed, calling on Alderman Baker to come forward against Mr. Mills. Why against him ? Is there anybody for him ?

EYE.—A correspondent of the Globe is anxious that the Marquis of Cleveland should send down a candidate to Rye, because Winchilsea being incorporated with it, he supposes the Marquis could still nomi- nate a friend as he used to do. A pretty slave this. He chops logic too—

"We are not advocates of undue aristocratical influence in the People's House of Corpmons; bud as the Tory Peers, by.their own imprudence. have taught the People their strength. and by it annihilated their own power as a distinct class, we do not ob- ject to thuroperty of the aristocracy enjoying the same representation as is common to all other property in the country."

" We do not object!"

SHAFTESBURY.—Mr. Penrhyn is to be opposed by Sir Charles Knowles. We cannot get the electors to forget their old phrases. ST. IVES.— Only Mr. Heise is named here. He is a Waverer. SUDBURY.—Mr. Angelo Taylor will give the electors an opportunity of. being honest for once in their lives. Will they take advantage of it? SUSSEX.—Mr. T. C. Cavendish has addressed the electors of the Eastern, and Lord Surrey the electors of the Western division. TOWER HAMLETS.—A general meeting of the electors was held on Thursday, at the Golden Eagle Tavern, Mile-end Road, in order to hear such candidates as might be inclined to attend for the purpose of explaining their principles. Mr. Hume was in the chair.

Several resolutions were put respecting the pledges to be demanded from candidates, that they would retire from the representation whenever a decided majority of their constituents should differ from them on any great national question ; that they would give their best endeavours to shorten the duration of Parliament, to procure a cheap and efficient government, a thorough reform in the Church, the repeal of ‘the Assessed Taxes, of taxes on Knowledge, and of such as affect health and cleanliness, the repeal of the law of primogeniture and en- tail, the abolition of slavery, the abolition of all monopolies, and of

cruel punishments, either civil, naval, or military, the abolition of all sinecures and unmerited pensions, and a revision of the Corn-laws with a view to such a reduction of the duty as will benefit the people.

Mr. F. Buxton then introduced his friend Dr. Lushington to the electors ; the introduction of the Doctor was seconded by Mr. Whit- bread.

Dr. Lushington addressed the electors at considerable length. He got through the pledges bravely

With respect to the reference fort revision of the Corn-laws, the abolition of slavery, the repeal of taxes on knowledge, and the amelioration of the severity of the criminal law, he bad ever been a strenuous and active supporter of such measnies. and should continue to give them his support. In respect to that part of the resolution referring to reform in the Church. lie must say, that if Ile pledged himself to it. lie should he pledging himself to an act of great injustice to thousands upon thousands, without in the least benefiting the people at largi ; but though he was au advocate—and he said it boldly—for the support or religion and morality, yet he was not an advocate for the abuses of the Church. To the abolition of all sinecure places he pledged himself witlt pleasure. On the subject of tithes, he WaS clearly of opinion they ought to he com- muted; they had led to litigation in the country, at an expenditure which would have been sufficient to have established any Christian church its the world. In reference to the laws of primogeniture arid entail, he was not prepared to say more (as he was not aware they had excited an interest in the country) titan that if the subject was brought -before Parliament, Ile would consider the measure proposed with a desire to accord the law to the feelingi, wishes, and interests or the great majority. To all monopolies he was most strenuously opposed; and lie had no hesitation in saying that he was for the - abolition of all of them %% Munn restriction ; and, It he was called on to mention any particular monopoly—for he did not wish to take this borough by any disguised state- ment—he would mention the East India monopoly (though by doing so he put his head into a hornet's nest), and the monopoly or the Bank itself. The amelioration of the condition of the working classes had been the general object of his lith, which he trusted he should never lose sight of. And with reference to the pledge as to the repeal of the Septennial Act, he had ever been of opinion the duration of Parliament ought in the present age to he shortened.

Captain Marryat was afterwards introduced, layMr. Owen. The gallant Captain said he knew nothing of the laws of primogeniture and entail,

or of the Corn-laws, and therefore could not speak on these points. He was willing to support the abolition of slavery, with a due recom- pense to the slave-owners. Ile was willing also to have flogging abolished in the Army ; but he could not consent to its abolition in the Navy. The Captain's speech did not seem to give much satisfaction.

Two other gentlemen, Mr. A. K. Hutcheson; and Mr. Offer, afterwards addressed the meeting as candidates. Mr. Offer was the gentleman who moved the resolutions, and was of course ready to swal- low them tail and all.

Mr. Marshall mentioned, that a requisition had been rent numer- ously signed by the electors of Hackney to Lord Althorp, praying that nobleman to allow himself to be put in nomination : and Mr. Marshall had reason to believe that Lord Althorp would cheerfully agree to it.

Mr. Hume begged to say one word on this requisition—

No man valued the character of Lord Althorp more highly titan Mr. Hume did; and his estimation was increased by the hunesty, perseverance. and integrity of that noble individual, to whom might fairly be attributed the success of the Reform Bill. At least, he was sure that without him the Metropolitan members would not have been obtained. Ile therefore thought it would be a constunmation of the triumph over the Tories to return Lord Althorp for this most itnportant borough.

The meeting broke up with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

A very numerous requisition has been presented to his Lordship. We hope the electors will drop petty distinctions in respect of Lord Althorp, and vote him in by acclamation. He well deserves it.

TRUR0.—There is an attempt at a family compact in this borough, to defeat Mr. Tooke's claims on it ; Sir H. Vivian and Mr. E. Vivian both oppose him. The Vivians wish to be engrossers—there are no fewer than three of them in the field. One of the name is quite enough.