The members of the South Lancashire Conservative Association dined together
at Newton, on Thursday; the Earl of Wilton in the chair. None of the County Members were present ; and though the health of Lord Francis Egerton was drunk, as the President of last year, we do not find that the least notice was taken of Lord Stanley. " Lord Lyndhurst and the house of Peers " seems to have been the favourite toast. The longest speech was delivered by a Mr. Charles ; who took occasion to abuse Lord Morpeth, Mr. O'Connell, 'and the "cast-iron countenance of Joseph Hume." He also informed the company that Tacitus lauded the British constitution "as the beautiful chimera of a poetic imagination ;" which constitution, more- over, had " dedicated its noblest apartment to the worship of our God, and selected the Bible—the whole umnutilated Bible—as its text- book." After the delivery of this speech, rather inappropriately fol- lowed the toast of "tire Catholic Conservative. Gentry of the county." The Catholics who were present deserved the numerous insults they received.
The Bath Tories have announced their candidate in 'the person of Mr. Ludlow Burgcs, of Seim}, a retired barrister, and Recorder of Devizes.
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