The Hampshire Telegraph states, that Lord Lyndhurst's amendment on the
Municipal Reform Bill, as far as relates to Portsmouth parish, will not leave above one hundred and thirty persons eligible to be Common-Councilmen, and the lowest rating of these will be 301.
The Leeds Mercury says—" We have good reason to know that the Tories in every town of the West Riding of Yorkshire have profes- sional men systematically employed in getting up objections to the Libe- ral names on the Overseers' Lists. In this work they are assisted by the canvassers and committees. The number of objections made by this party will be immense. [ The Reform Associations must be equally active, and good will result from this.] The Registration Lists of nearly one half of the West Somerset division have now been examined ; and of new claimants just two to one are Reformers. The Liberal majority of 800 at the last election will by the present registration be increased to 1080 or 1100 at least.— Sherborne Journal.
At Middleton, near Manchester, there were 83 county voters last year : this year the number has increased to 141, being an increase of 58: out of the increased number there are 47 Liberals and only 11 Tories.
A requisition, it is said, is in the course of signature, to invite Mr. William Greg, of Bury, to become a candidate at the next election for Lancaster.
Sir Robert Peel has accepted an invitation to dine with the gentle- men of Tainworth and its neighbourhood, at the Town-hall, on the 4th of September.
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