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The election of a Member for Leominster took place on Saturday. Mr. Ham- - mond Whalley, a Whig and an opponent of the Maynooth grant, had appeared at the eleventh boor in opposition to Mr. Barkly; and his canvass was said to be a flattering," though " preview promises " had deprived him of votes which would have been his had they, been solicited sooner. On Saturday, the two candidates were proposed; the nomination of Mr. Whalley being seconded by a Dissenting
minister. Mr. Barkly's speech was thoroughly in support of the present Go- vermnent. He advocated the Maynooth grant; saying, that he had stated his views to every elector in the borough, whether agreeing with him or opposed to him. " I stated, that on a consideration of the whole matter, since it was de- sirable that in time of war the whole of Ireland should be with us, I was prepared to support that grant if returned to the House of Commons in time to give a vote upon it. Upon this question I differ with many for whom I entertain the most sincere respect; but it does not appear to me to be a religious question—not one which raises the point as to the truth or untruth of the Roman Catholic religion: It is merely a measure of conciliation towards seven millions of our brave and in- telligent fellow-subjects. I dg therefore entreat the electors not to be led away by an agitation which-has now been raised at the eleventh hour." Mr. Whalley, alluding to votes which he said had been forestalled, and promising to come forward at the next vacancy, declined to go to the poll. Mr. Barkly was therefore declared to be duly elected.
The election of a Member for Woodstock, in the room of the Marquis of Bland. ford, took place on Thursday. Lord Loftus, eldest son of the Marquis of Ely, was proposed, and seconded by a gentleman who described him as a fine contras. tional young nobleman." Mr. Money proposed Lord Blandford for reelection; but no seconder appeared—because, said Mr. Money, no one dared to second him. Lord Loftus was declared to be duly elected; and Lord Henry Loftus, his younger brother, returned thanks in his behalf; for the new Member is travelling in Ger- many. Lord Henry repeated a ontradiction which had been put forth, of the "calumnious paragraph" [in the Morning Chronicle] which stated that the Marquis had been coerced by his father to resign the representation of Woodstock in consequence of his vote on the Maynooth grant. Mr. Money—" I saw no con- tradiction." Lord Henry Loftus—" Well, then, I shall send you a paper contain- ing it. With respect to the Maynooth grant, my brother will give at his most de- cided opposition." Mr. Money—" How can you pledge yourself for your brother?" Lord Henry Loftus—" I can; for I know him as long as-I know myself" Mr. Money—" And so did the Duke know the Marquis, too." (Laughter.) Lord Henry Loftus knew that his brother's politics were the same as those of his father, strictly Conservative. Subsequently, Lord Henry figured as proxy in the ceremony of chairing.
Divers contradictions have appeared to the statement in the Morning Chro- nicle, that the Marquis of Blandford had retired under a threat that his allow- ance would be withdrawn by his father the Duke of Marlborough. Lord Bland- ford himself denies it, and says that the reasons were strictly private, and such as neither the Chronicle nor the public had a right to interfere with. Another contradiction, given as coining " from Blenheim, declares that there is not a word of truth in the statement: " The most cordial understanding exists between the noble Duke and his son; and the latter is, at the moment we print this, on a visit to his noble parent at Blenheim. The whole article is an election-squib, but of the most venomous character." The Marquis of Ely has also caused contra- diction of a report that the Duke of Marlborough is about to marry Lord Lof- tus's sister.
We have great pleasure in informing our readers that the Hebdomadal Board at Oxford determined, ou Monday last, after duly weighing the requisition and its five hundred and forty-one names, (so the numbers are reported to us,) to proceed no further in the matter of No. XC. In coming to this conclusion—the only one, we should have thought, at which some persons having the good of the Church at heart could have arrived—it is said that they were assisted by a hint from his Grace the Chancellor of the University.--English Churchman.
The adjourned' inquest on the bodies of the men who were killed at Ashton.. under-Lyne, by the fall of a portion of the viaduct of the Ashton and Staleybridge Railway, was resumed on Wednesday. Three builders who had been directed to survey the rains made a report on the causes of the'disaster. There had been no sinking of the ground in consequence of its being Undermined; it was perfectly level; and the reporters say—" We are decidedly of opinion that the cause of the accident has been the collapse of one of the piers, from its improper and most in- sufficient construction": both materials and workmanship were..bad : the con- struction of the piers was very weak; they were quite inadequate to sustain the weight which had been placed vertically upon them. They conclude by saying-- " Painful as it is to us, we are compelled to state that, in our opinion, this acci- dent would not have occurred had the work been executed in a proper manner," The Jury returned .a verdict of "Accidental Death" • but added a strong opinion that the accident was attributable to the bad or insufficient quality of the materials used, the inferior workmanship, and the negligence of the Company's servants; and they requested the Coroner to forward the minutes of evidence taken before them to the1.4rds of the Treasury or Board of Trade, with a view to having the works inspected by a competent engineer before the opening of the line to the public.
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