Abe Vrobinces.

The Manchester Chronicle renews the statement that Mr. William

Entwistle he started with Sir George Murray as a candidate for the representation of Manchester at the next election.

The Stamford Mercury says, that the Honourable Mr. Dawnay, who has been named as the Conservative candidate for Rutlandshire, de- clines the contest.

It is said that the St. Alban's Tories, in the event of the election being declared void, do not mean to bring forward Mr. Bond Cabbell again, but Lord Manners instead ; and that they have been canvassing the borough for him.

It is reported that Sir Richard Jenkins, M.P. for Shrewsbury, is to accept the Chiltern Hundreds and retire from Parliament ; and that Lord Clive is to be brought forward for his seat by the Tories.— Shrewsbury Chronicle.

An address from Captain Winnington to the electors of West Wor- cestershire positively disavows the intention which rumour has attri- buted to him of retiring from Parliament at the next general election. —Worcester Herald.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds was held in the Cloth-hall Yard on Tuesday last, having been called together by the Mayor, in accordance with a numerously-signed requisition presented to him in the course of the previous week. The meeting was announced to take place at twelve o'clock ; but at that time comparatively few persons had assembled, and the majority of those were Chartists. A Chartist, named Jones, mounted the steps and proposed Mr. Hobson, publisher of the Northern Star, as chairman of the meeting. The motion was se- conded; a show of hands was taken ; and it was immediately decided by the Chartists that Mr. Hobson should "take the chair." Mr. Ed- ward Bathes junior protested against this; and declared that the Chartist chairman should not be heard, for he had neither been duly elected to the chair nor had he any authority to stand there, as the Mayor had a right to preside on the occasion ex dficio. At this stage of the proceedings the Mayor made his appearance, and proceeded to address the meeting ; but the clamour of the Chartists completely pre- vented a word being heard, and he gave up in despair. Others attempted with like effect ; the Anti-Cora-law men (who by this time formed a large majority of the meeting) refusing to listen to the Chartist chairman. Fierce tumult, groaning, and whistling, then took place ; several gen- tlemen corning forward in the mean time, and proposing resolutions, not a word of which was beard by the meeting. At length, when both parties were alike hoarse with vociferating, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the leaders of both parties withdrew. About this time not fewer than 8,000 people were present. Another Chartist chairman was chosen, and the same scene of confusion was renewed. Several persons, however, exerted themselves to obtain order, and for ;the most part succeeded. A Mr. Smith, from Hull, then brought forward a motion, declaring against the new Poor-law and the Corn- laws, and in favour of Universal Suffrage. Dr. Smiles followed, and expostulated with the Chartists on the impropriety and unreasonable- ness of their conduct, in attempting to upset a meeting called to petition for the abolition of laws which they themselves allowed to be cruel and oppressive in their operation. He was succeeded by Mr. Richardson in the same strain. Both gentlemen were listened to with the greatest at- tention. The result of the discustion, in which two or three Chartists followed, was the passing of a resolution to the effect that no tune. lioration in the laws or Institutions of the country was to be obtained unless through the means of a very considerable enlargement of the suffrage. It is believed, that had the Anti-Corn-law men acted with a little more prudence at the commencement of the proceedings, the re-- salt of the meeting would have been very different:

A public meeting was held at Batley, in Yorkshire, on Monday evening, to petition Parliament for repeal of the Corn-laws. A number of Chartists from Bradford, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and the surround- ing districts, interrupted the proceedings, and carried an amendment on the movement of the petition, in the shape of a resolution in favour of Universal Suffrage. The Chartists left the room, however, before the- rest, and then the petition was passed. Three-fourths of the inhabitants. of Batley are said to be thorough Repealers.

The Operative Anti-Corn-law Association of Sheffield, which was originated at a meeting of the trades of the town a year or two back,. have issued another annual address, -recommending renewed activity and more cooperation among the middle and working classes. They quote freely from the Report of the Import-duties Committee, to show: how restrictive trade-laws are transferring the employment of the ma- nufacturing districts to the Continent ; and they furnish evidence of their own respecting the increasing export of steel—.

" It is in consequence of these laws [the Corn-laws] that we see hundreds of tons of steel sent from this country every year; saws rolled and cut in their exact form ; steel tilted to every size, suitable to every article we manufacture, with a razor. scissor, or penknife-blade attached to each parcel, to show to our rivals its quality and necessary strength. To show the loss of labour which Sheffield and the country at large sustain, the following calculation has been. made. A ton of steel will make 1,490 dozen of common table-blades; and the value of labour lost to the country in a middle class article, 2611. 5s. 6d. A ton of steel will make 80 dozen hand-saws; labour lost, 651. 2s.; of 14-inch back saws, middle size, 245/. 12s. A pair of common scissors consume about a pound per dozen; the loss of labour, without adding chasing or ornamental work, would' be 5604 but in fine scissors it would be fourfold. In the edge-tool branch it is felt with equal severity ; and more steel is now exported than is consumed at. home, especially in the heavy articles, such as American axes and adzes. In these articles a great quantity of wrought-iron is used: this, like the steel, is rolled or forged to the form of the articles. We will simply state the loss in a few articles in the point of labour, without profits, at the prices done by men in. the warehouse—

An American wedge-axe, a ton of steel will make 186 doz £158 2 0 A cooper's adze, 370 dozen 145 0 0 A carpenter's adze, 370 dozen 176 10 0 11-inch drawing knife, 360 dozen 110 5 0

Common plane-irons, 1,740 dozen 136 1 6

Common steel chisel, 2,986 dozen 207 7 0 Socket steel chisel, lk inch, 560 dozen 629 11 0

In penknives, a ton of steel will make 1,440 .gross of blades ; then in a middle class article Of about 2s. 6d. hafting, with grinding, &c. the loss in labour will be upwards of 3,0001."

They conclude thus-

" The question is, are we to sit still and see the trade, manufactures, and re- sources of the country, destroyed by bad laws? Never am ". ..... ■ toady present itself as at the present moment. A sinking revenue and 'in- creasing expenditure ; taxation carried out on every necessary, until every addition only makes the product less: this being clearly shown na by the most talented and practical men in the kingdom, is there a statesman so lost to every sense of duty as to dare propose new taxes in addition to the old? With this mass of evidence before the people, can a Minister go on with a determined and talented minority opposed to every such attempt ? The body of economists and reformers must be supported by the people. Let not your enemies nor the vampires who live in the midst of profusion, taunting the friends of the people as they did Mr. Villiers on a former occasion, by saying they had not the masses with them, prevent you from doing your duty. The National Anti- Corn-law League has determined to try once more the effect of petitioning : the Sheffield Operative Anti Corn-law Committee earnestly request you to second their efforts; and if the legislative representatives of these kingdoms still continue deaf to every principle of justice, humanity, and sound policy, it will then be time for the whole kingdom to unite to reorganize them, by com- pelling them to give such an extension of the suffrage to the industrious classes,. as may cause them to be fairly represented, and their interests protected by the People's House of Parliament."

Another of those disagreements, so injurious alike to the interests of employers and employed, has taken place at Burnley, Lancashire ; in consequence of which, all the cotton-factories in that thriving and very populous district are at a stand-still, with no hopes at present of an ad- justment. The agreement on the part of the spinners and manufac- turers of Stockport to work short time was carried into effect on Mon- day ; when, we understand, about four-fifths of the steam-power in that town and neighbourhood was put upon the reduced time of four days per week.—Manchester Guardian.

Mr. Mackreth has addressed a letter to Mr. Baron Gurney, the Judge who sentenced Misters to death for attempting to murder Mr. Mackreth at Ludlow, praying him to spare Misters's life—in consider- ation that his attempt had not actually ended in death ; that his con- nexions are very respectable ; and that, being young, he might have time for repentance. Misters continued to assert his innocence, and addressed the authorities with earnest supplications for mercy. A peti- tion from the town to the same effect had been despatched to the Secre- tary of State ; and Misters's relations have exerted themselves to pro- cure a commutation of the sentence. The execution is fixed for today, and nothing has transpired to make it appear that it will be stopped.

A labouring man last week jumped out of a railway-train between. Duffield and Belper, while it was going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, to recover his hat. Strange to relate, he was able to walk a short distance afterwards, notwithstanding the violence of the shock : his- complete recovery is not to be expected.

On Thursday week, a man named George Atherton, the station- keeper at Standish, jumped off an engine on which he was riding from Liverpool as it passed his station; when he fell under the wheel, and was killed on the instant. He had often done the same thing before with impunity.