Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Thursday.
Lord Worsley addressed a letter to the electors of the Parts of Lindsey, on the 5th May, in which he told them that he was getting up a requisition to the Sheriff to call a county meeting, at which he would attend and convince them that he has not changed his opinions on the subject of the Corn-laws ; and he assured them that he would offer every opposition to the Government proposal to substitute a fixed duty for the present sliding scale.
Mr. Gordon, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, has resigned his appointment. The reason assigned for his resignation is his irreconcileable hostility to the lately announced Budget. Mr. Gordon is an extensive West India proprietor. Mr. Parker, at present one of the Lords of the Treasury, and Member for Sheffield, is mentioned in as Mr. Gordon's successor.
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