- 41Ett °wise Potdett Scrope has bm en returned to Parliament

for 'Stroud, in the room of Mr. Ricardo, without opposition. He stated gm the hustings, that he was attached exclusively to no political party— he was neither Whig, Tory, nor Radical, although on some questions be might be found according with each of them. He promised to de- vote his time and talcittlisfaithfully to the service of his constituents.

The election for Tiverton terminated on Friday week ; when Mr. Kennedy was returned ; the numbers being 215 for Kennedy, and 05 for Wood. Mr. Kennedy was afterwards drawn round the borough in a triumphal car. In the evening, the old ladies had a grand tea party, and the young ones a ball.

Mr. Sergeant Goulburn has been actively canvassing the borough of Warwick, on the Conservative or Greville interest, in anticipation of another election. The learned Sergeant is taking time by the forelock : we suspect that no writ for Warwick will be issued for some weeks to gone at all events ; and that, in future, influence of a more legitimate character than that hitherto exercised by "my Lord at the Castle" will be required to return the member for Warwick.

We learn, by a letter from Staffordshire, that Mr. Littleton is not quite so sure of walking over the ground at the next election as he ex- pected. Lord Ingestrie has been applied to by the Tory interest of that county to contest the election, and as his Lordship's political princi- ples are supposed to be more liberal than his connexion with the Tory interest would seem to imply, the Radicals, and many of the moderate i party, have signified their intention of supporting him n the event of a contest. The family influence of Lord Ingestrie added to this sup- port, would render him . a formidable rival to Mr. Littleton, notwithstanding the slur that attaches to him from the inquiry into the Hertford election. Under the present system of voting, how- ever, the notoriety which Lord Ingestrie has acquired by his con- nexion with the pure and enlightened constituency of Hertford, may rather promote than prevent his chance of success in Staffordshire. Were the election to be conducted by ballot, neither Lord Ingestrie nor Mr. Littleton would be returned for Staffordshire. One would be rejected on account of his Toryism, and the practices which he al- lowed to be practised in his name at Hertford ; the other because he is the instrument of a Ministry to which the independent portion of the constituency of Staffordshire would, if they could, give a similar lesson to that which was lately given by the electors of Westminster. We understand that the friends of Lord Ingestrie are waiting till the

hour of nomination, to ascertain the degree of support that his Lord- ship may expect. Should it equal their wishes, his Lordship will

declare himself; and it is expected that Sir Charles Wolsley, whose influence with the Radicals has been actively exerted for some days past, will throw his weight into the scale of the Anti-Ministerial can- didate.— Sun, May 31.

A public meeting, called by order of the Northern Political Union, was held on Monday at Newcastle, to consider the conduct of Minis- ters and of the Reformed Parliament. The number present is esti- mated at three or four thousand persons. Mr. Charles Attwood, brother of the members for Birmingham and Whitehaven, was in the chair. A petition to the King was agreed upon, praying him to dis- miss his "imbecile Ministers." The language held by the speakers at this meeting was very strong. Ministers were charged with apos- tatizing from the popular cause ; with never having intended to make the Reform Bill an instrument for good ; with violating their pledges in keeping up a standing army; and with bringing forward merely a "sham reform of the Church. The Chairman strongly urged upon the meeting, the necessity of joining Political Unions, and of doing so "before they were three days older."

The rate-payers of the parish of Manchester, at a meeting on Mon- day week, refused to vote the church-rates for the ensuing year. A poll was demanded, and the rate was rejected by 3,513 to 3,507—majo- rity 6. A scrutiny was then demanded by the minority, and granted by the Chairman, the Reverend Mr. Wray.

Government have consented to grant a loan of 66,000/. to the city of Bristol, at N. 10s. per cent, for the first year, and 21. 5s. 7d. for suc- ceeding years for the payment of the sufferers by the riots of 1831. Of this sum 41,000/. has been already advanced.

The Exchequer Loan Commissioners have granted a loan of 100,000/. for completing the Railway between Newcastle and Carlisle.

A correspondence of great length has been carried on between Mr. Sadler and the Factory Commissioners at Leeds, relative to the mode in which the latter conduct their inquiries concerning the condition and i

treatment of the children in factories. Mr. Sadler s very urgent that the proceedings should be as public as those which he caused to be made by a Committee of the House of Commons; and argues strongly against the system of secrecy, which he says can never conduce to a fair understanding of the subject. The Commissioners, Messrs. Dsinkwater and Power, and Mr. Wilson, the Secretary to the Com- mission, reply, that secrecy is necessary to insure an unbiassed account of things : and that it is impossible to depend upon any evi- dence which is given by the workmen and children without this pro- tection. The Commissioners, however, are not entitled to praise or blame in the matter, for their instructions are clear enough as respects secrecy. Mr. Wilson quotes the following passages from the instruc- tipns of the Central Board, in his letter in reply to Mr. Sadler.

"With relation to workmen or the parents of children whom you may examine, you w#1 endeavour to obtain for them all protection for giving evidence freely, by prevent.

Inc.here practicable or expedient, their names being made public. "d. It is desirable to prevent the presence of reporters at the examinations. You will explain to them that the object of the Commission, in pursuing this muse, is, First, to prevent the inquiry receiving prejudice from the partial publication of evidence, which publication met necessarily be piecemeal and imperfect; and, next, to protect the free communications of witnesses."

It appears, then, that the Commissioners have no choice ; and that Mr. Sadler had better address his remonstrances to head-quarters, if he wishes them to pursue a different line of conduct. [In the whole of this correspondence, we find no attempt to explain satisfactorily the necessity of sending Commissioners all over the country before the Le- gislature can determine whether young children should or should not he compelled to work more than ten hours a day. There may be other

matters connected with the subject of manufactures, on which it niept be very proper that Parliament and the Ministers 'should receive fresh. and authentic information, but surely the House of Commons might venture to pass the Ten Hours Bill withont all this delay and troulde.T There are to be three provincial musical festivals next autumn, namely, at .Worcester, Liverpool, and Norwich, all with a view of pro- moting charity.

An accident, /Which terminated fatally, 'befell the Honourable Wil- liam Leveson. Gower. on Thursday last, at the residence of his uncle, the Duke of Devonshire, in Kemp Town. "The deceased wasar, son of Lord Granville, the British Ambassador at Paris, and a pupil at a school in Kemp Town : he had reached the age of sixteen, but having for several years laboured under the debilitating effects of a paralytie. affection, which deprived him of the use of his legs, he was constantly carried about by a servant. On Thursday week, as his servant was carrying him down-stairs, the man -stumbled and fell with his charge on the floor with some violence. Although apparently at the time not much injured, the young gentleman died on Sunday. A jury sat on the body on Monday, and returned a verdict, "Died of paralysis, acce- lerated by an accidental fall on the 23d of May."

On Friday week, between six and seven in the evening, a fire broke out in some buildings belonging to Mr. Birkett, at Liverpool, which destroyed property to the amount of 40,0001.: it was principally in- sured, in the Sun, Phrenix, and Royal Excbange offices. On this oc- casion, as is generally the ease in Liverpool, the deplorable deficiency in arrangements for extinguishing fires caused the loss to be much greater than it would have been under a good system of management.