ELECTION TALK.

BRIDGEWATER.—Monday, a deputation of twelve of the principal inhabitants of the town of Bridgewater waited upon Colonel Tynte, and presented an address from the electors, soliciting him to become their representative in the next Parliament. The address is signed so numerously as to insure his election. Colonel Tynte has already been returned to Parliament four times, without having ever asked for a vote or canvassed an elector.—Taunton Courier. •

CANTERBERY.—II is with unfeigned satisfaction we announce that two Conservative candidates, Sir B. W. Bridges and Sir E. Dering, have come forward to represent this city ; and it is with equal, if not greater satisfaction, we add, that though late in the field, appearing only at the eleventh hour, there is no reason to doubt of their success.-... Kentish Observer.

CIIELTEICHAM.—The Honourable Granville Dudley Ryder, brother of Lord Sandon, who went down in the early part of the week to can- vass, on the Conservative interest, has resigned the hopeless attempt. The Cheltenham Chronicle says, he got two or three promises.

DEVON', NORTH.—Lord Ebrington, and the Honourable Newton Fellowes, are continuing their tour through the Northern division of the county of Devon, for the purpose of contradicting the report that the latter gentleman had declined.—Falmouth Packet.

BD:SEEM—Mr. Babbage met his friends on Thursday night, at the Canonbury Tavern, Islington. Mr. Briscoe of Highbury presided. The learned candidate addressed the meeting at some length. He ob- served that— The best years of his life had been employed in the study of physics and ma- theinaties,—that is, in investigations in which no passions or prejudices were mixed up so as to divert the mind from the one end—truth. One important habit or mental tendency was derived from this long-pursued investigationof the laws of Nature as displayed in the physical world,—namely, a habit of regarding facts solely as they were facts, and of reasoning on those facts solely with a view to the elucidation of truth. It might be, that had he applied himself more ex- clusively in the commencement of his studies to pursuits with which human passions, interests, and prejudices were more intimately connected, the mind would experience more difficulty in fixing its regard steadily on the truth, unin- fluenced by collateral or accidental considerations. This wholesome habit, he persuaded himself, he carried with him into political investigations ; in which, as in natural philosophy, it was his rule first to be careful in the obtaining and• sifting of facts; and in the next place, of reasoning on them fearless of the legi- timate consequences of his reasoning. It was the applintion of this rule on prin- ciple to the question of pledges, which made him adverse to their principle: he conceived their tendency to he destructive to that free exercise of judgment on which the honesty, no less than the efficiency of a representative, mainly de- pended.

In principle, he professed himself an advocate for reduction of ex- penditure, the abolition of monopoly, to tithes, to slavery; but he must have facts before he could come to a conclusion how far reduction was to lie pushed—what taxes were to be reduced—what monopolies abo- lished—how tithes were to be modified—when and how slavery was to be put an end to. Of the ballot he observed, that there were strong facts both for and against it ; he thought the latter the stronger. Secret voting tended to check public discussion, and hence to check sound po- litical knowledge. Mr. Hodgskin (the lecturer) said he wished to know more explicitly Mr. Babbage's opinions on Church Reform--

He wished to know whether Mr. Babbage would originate or support a pro- position for relieving the Dissenters of England altogether from the charge of a clergy of another communion ? He wished to get an explicit answer on this bead ; for the question was one which could not be much longer blinked, or got rid of by vague professions of Church Reform; and Mr. Babbage's answer led him to believe that his Church Reform would be like Lord Henley's, a change for the interest of Churchmen, but not for the interest of the People. Did Mr. Babbage think it right or expedient that the Dissenter or the Irish Catholic should be taxed for the benefit of the parsons of the Established Church?

Mr. Babbage repeated his declarations; but Mr. Hodgskin still

the resolution of support ; wnicii. was, however', deemed them unsatisfactory, and accordingly moved,ra7ivaemdeinivdmaentror large majority. A remark of Mr. Hodgkin in the course of discus- sion, led to the statement, by Mr. Babbage, that the monies voted by Government for his admirable calculating-machine were appropriated entirely to its construction. Mr. Babbage receives no benefit from it, but the solid fame of the invention.

GLASGOW.—The Glasgow Reformers have adopted a very prudent and judicious plan of conduct respecting the coming election. They are about to institute an inquiry in order to ascertain what two Reform- ing- candidates have the majority of good wishes ; and that ascertained, the others will retire. Had they continued to divide their interests between Mr. Crawford and Mr. Douglas, the inevitable consequence would have been the introduction of the semi-Tory Ewing. Mr. Oswald is considered safe by all parties, and Sir D. Sandford by none ; so that the scrutiny lies entirely between Mr. Crawfurd and Mr. Douglas.

lioNixoN.—Lord Viscount Villiers left this town on Sunday last; after a most gratifying canvass. On the same evening, the town was aroused by the announcement of James P. Cockburn, Esq., of Sal- combe House, as. a candidate ; he is a stanch supporter of the con- stitution in Church and State. Mr. Ruddell Todd (the Reform can- didate) has already canvassed.—Falmouth Packet.

LEICESTER, Smarm—Report says, the return of another Tory is to be attempted in the Southern division of this county, as a certain noble-

man is under a pledge to his clique to contest it in favour of Conserva- tive principles. Mr. Halford has been canvassing the freeholders of this town during the week; we understand the numbers are three to two against him.—Leicester Chronicle.

LEWES.—Captain Lyon, the Conservative candidate, has declined contesting the borough ; Mr. Kemp and Sir C. Blunt will not now be- opposed.

LIVERPOOL.—Mr. Ewart and Mr. Thornely are both in the field, and their respective friends are exerting themselves to make their elec- tion sure. Of the return of Mr. Ewart we never had a doubt : if, in a moment of despondency, we had ever entertained a doubt of his success, the results of the canvass of the last few days would have removed all our fears. The canvass has been most triumphant. With respect to Mr. Thornely's chance of success, we did not, we can- didly confess, entertain any very sanguine hopes at first. But the number and the respectability of the signatures to the requisition presented to Um—the decline of the prejudices which were so artfully and so dis- gracefully, yet so successfully, roused against him last year —the spirit and the union which the Reformers have exhibited within the last week, —and, above all, the present unpopularity of Lord Sandon, who twelve months ago was "the observed of all observers,"—these circumstances have not only dissipated our fears, but inspired us with the most san- guine hopes of the ultimate triumph of the popular cause.—Liverpool Albion.

A Liverpool correspondent, on whom we can rely, supplies us with fuller information than the above, and of a later date. The requisition to Mr. Thomely originated among the shopkeepers and 101. house-

holders • who, Without-any. aisistance from-this merchants, procured upwards of 500 signatures in a very short time. Many of the merchants were desirous of having a more aristocratical candidate—the Liverpool people are fond of Lords and " Gentlemen :" but the feeling in Mr. Thornely's favour soon became so strong and general, that they aban- doned all intention of opposing him. The West India interest and the old Tory party are Lord Sandon's main support. The principal argument which they use in his favour is, that he will possess more influence at the Treasury than Mr. Thornely. We suspect that Lord Sandon's Treasury influence is of a very minute and uncertain character. We are glad to hear that the Dissenters of all persuasions,—Catholics, Jews, Quakers, Baptists, and Unitarians,—are, with very few excep- tions, determined to support Mr. Thornely. He is strongly backed also by the merchants in the American trade, a powerful and intelli- gent body in Liverpool. They do not forget his exertions before the . Committee which sat in 1812 on the celebrated Orders in Council. It will be recollected also, that Mr. Thornely gave most important and useful information to the late Committee on the East India trade.

There is so much hazard in the practice of difect bribery, that the old Tories dare not make use of it; but the more safe and base practice of threatening theirshopkeepers, is resorted to by the Corporation clan, and some of Lord Sandon's more unscrupulous supporters. In the present election, however, we are persuaded, it will not do. The Re- formers, it is evident, have the game in their own hands, if, for once, they will play their cards with discretion.

LONDON.—Mr. Grote met with his future constituents on Wed- nesday, at the Bay Tree, St. Swithin's Lane. He addressed the meeting at considerable length on all the prominent points embraced in his ex- cellent address. We give his remarks on the Church— There Were three points here which demanded especial attention-1. How many ministers are there iu the Church of England, and what portion of the population belongs to it ? 2. How many ministers are requisite to impart reli- gious instruction to her members? 3. Fur what sum is it possible to procure worthy, assiduous, and instructive men to discharge the important functions of the ministerial office? He trusted the Reformed Parliament would enter at large into this subject, and give it that just consideration which it required. He was decidedly opposed to-tithes ; and, however the Clergy might be paid in fu- ture, it was quite certain they could not continue much longer to he paid by tithes. He did not believe any political economist had ever ventured to defend this mischievous tax. Ireland was a proof of the evil consequences of this mode of paving the Clergy. It was lamentable that this evil bad not long ago been remedied, but he trusted that the day of properly treating it was not far distaut.

Mr. Grote observed of the taxes on knowledge, that be should be much disappointed if they were not repealed within a month of Parlia- ment's assembling. Resolutions to support Mr. Grote were carried unanimously.

Sir John Ivey met the electors of Farringdon on Thursday. The meeting was addressed by Sir John, and afterwards by Mr. Charles Pearson ; who announced, that a general meeting of the constituency would be held on Wednesday next, when all the candidates would be tested.

MARLBOR0UG11.—A correspondent of the Times writes as follows.

" The Merquis of Ath.i.;;;;;ry riia.kiog every soit of effort t..; and cerainee the representation of this borough in his nomination. His candi;ates are his second son, Lord Ernest Bruce, just of age, and Mr. Henry Bingham Baring (the son of Mr. Henry Baring), the unsuccessful candidate for Canterbury in 1830, and at present tile nomi- nee for his uncle, Mr. .Alexander Baring, for Callington, and one of the most inveterate opponents of the Reform Bill. Mr. Henry Bing- ham Baring could not have insured more than ten or fifteen votes, in addition to the nine corporators, the old constituents, had not Lord Ailesbury at Lady.day last given to all his tenants notices to quit their houses at :Michaelmas, and subsequently continued to hold such notices over the tenants' heads, and refusing to inform them whether they are to quit or continue. :ks i soon as Mr. Iveson (the Marquis's steward) ascertains the tenant's intention to vote for Sir A. Malet, be is forth- with informed that he must leave his house. A poor shoemaker, Giles Prater, told the steward that he could not conscientiously vote for Mr. Baring ; but lie would give one vote to his landlord's son, Lord Ernest, and the other to Sir A. Malet. In a few days afterwards he was told that he must turn out. A Mr. Harding, a methodist preacher and schoolmaster, was also told that he must turn out, because he could not vote for either of Lord Ailesbury's nominees. The way in which Mr. Baring's canvass has been conducted surpasses perhaps any can- vass that was ever made, even under the old system. He is accom- panied by the nine corporators and the Marquis's steward ; and as a sample of the manner of their solicitation or demand of votes, I will mention their call on a carpenter named Baverstock.

The Steward—" I bring Mr. Baring and Lord E. Bruce to you for your vote."

Baverstock—" shall have no objection to vote for his Lordship, but not Mr. Baring." •

The Steward—" Recollect, Baverstock, you are a tenant of Lord Ailesbury's, and your father and brother are tenants of his Lordship; and now, Sir, I ask you for your vote for Mr. Baring." Baverstock—" If it must be so, it must."

MIDDLESEX.—Mr. Hume has met his constituents on three or four oc- casions, and at as many different places, in the course of the week. From all that we can learn, his return may now be looked on as secure ; so that the only thing his friends have to guard against, is overdoing rather than underdoing their case. Sir John Scott Lillie also has had several in- terviews with the electors during the week, and in every instance with the most entire acceptance. The four candidates now in the field ofiar very little difficulty' to a Reforming elector. Of Lord Henley it is un- cessary to say one word ; and for Mr.Byng one word is sufficient. How a man who has invariably sided with a Tory whenever chance opposed him to a Reformer, should have contrived so long to retain the 'Votes of the county of Middlesex, is a mystery for all but the initiated. Six- and-twenty years ago, Sir Francis Burdett—.young Sir Francis then— put the following question to the Middlesex electors- " I will ask you, gentlemen, if there is one among you who knows what are the principles of Mr. Byng, or by what means they can be discovered. As for me, I consider Mr. Byng a mere sunnier insect, whose only propensity is bask- ing in the sunshine. For my part, I will never connive at a system I disapprove

of; nor will I, by conniving, participate in either the guilt or plunder of sn'cli system."

We believe were Sir Francis to repeat the same question now that be did then, he would find equal difficultyin obtaining an answer. Who indeed knows what opinions Mr. Byng is of? And what is the con- clusion ?—That the electors should take Sir John Scott Lillie, whose opinions they do know, instead of Mr. Byng, whose opinions they do not know. The supporters of Mr. Hume are bound, by principle, to support Sir John also. We think the extrusion of a false Whig would be a greater service than the keeping out of an avowed Tory.

Lord Henley met the electors of the County resident in the Tower Hamlets on Wednesday. It was meant by his committee that none should gain admission but such as were invited by circulars ; the cir- cular being the passport. The Head Constable, however, did not consider himself authorized in shutting the door in the face of the public ; so the circular was not insisted on. The meeting was very full. Sir IV. H. Richardson was in the chair. Both the Chairman and the noble Lord were repeatedly interrupted : the latter, however, contrived to express his sentiments, in pretty nearly the same way as he had before expressed them. Of the Church he said— If the whole nation were composed of one populoui city, men might attend their religious duties easily; but in this agricultural laud, hundreds of persons would be left without religious instruction if there was no established church. He did not come to enter into a theological discussion, but he was of opinion that poor people could not be happy without religion. Poor people could not afford to pay the ministers of religion, and therefore they most be paid for them. (Laughter, and cries of " They do pay, and pay dearly.") But how should they be paid? Tithes was an objectionable mode of payment ; it alienated the minds of those who paid from those who received them. It also impeded the pro- gress of agricultural improvement. What, then, was to be done ? Whose property was the tithes? Not of the farmer, nor of the landholder, but of the Church. (" It is the property of the nation.") How did the nation acquire that pro- perty? The origin of tithes was with the ancient nobles, who endowed monas- teries and other ecclesiastical establishments, and devoted a tenth of the rents of their lands to support the clergy, in order that themselves, and their families, and their poor neighbours, might enjoy the benefits of religious instruction.

The conclusion of this speech was lost. No resolution in Lord Henley's favour was moved. Mr. Coates made some pointed observations on his Lordship's at- tempt to turn out one of two men so generally approved as Mr. Hume and Mr. Bemg: He remarked particularly on his (Lord Henley's) conduct respecting the Dissenters.

He knew his Lordship had been attacked for this before, but with the utmost nonchalance he said, on looking back he really did find his name in the minority. So it was so small a thing for Lord Henley to vote against the civil rights of half the nation, that he must refresh his memory by a reference to an official docu- ment before he knew how he had voted. But his Lordship had lamented it, and said, using Scripture, which he would have it believed he understood, " Let him that is without sin cast the first stone." His sin, however, could not lie very heavy on his conscience, since he was obliged to refer to the journals before he knew whether he had sinned or not. His Lordship had defended tithes as Church property; • but if lie wanted a precedent for an alteration of its disposal, lie would remind him, that the Church of which he was a member was enriched by the spoliation of the Church of Rome, and that iu Henry the Eighth a pre- :a:Li-it uught he found.

Mr. Coates concluded by moving that the opposition to Mr. Flume NI't:S injurious to the public cause, and that Lord. Henley be invited to retire. Lord Henley's Chairman refused to put this reeolution • and he and his noble protege hastily withdrew, my Lord leading. MI-. Offer, one of the candidates for the district, was then called to the chair; and the resolution of Mr. Coates was passed unanimously.

NOTTECGIIAM.—The Nottingham Journal says, that Mr. J. Smith Wright and Mr. H. Houldsworth decline coming forward. OXFORD.—We are happy to state, from good authority, that little doubt now remains as to the triumphant return of Sir Charles Wetherell for Oxford.— Standard.

SouTivane.—Major Revell is announced as a candidate for the bo- rough of Southwark. He is to be brought in free of all expense.— Correspondent of Globe.

STAFFORD.—Mr. Blount, one of the candidates, visited Stafford on Monday last [November 5], and addressed the electors at great length. Captain Chetwynd is expected to pay a canvassing visit on Monday next [November 12]. Sir George Chetwynd declines offering himself, on the ground that he might endanger his brother's election. Another gentleman, however, is expected to offer, Mr. Tarleton, a friend of Mr. Beaumont, formerly member for Stafford.—Eirminglsam Gazette (a Tory journal).

TOWER HAMLETS.—001011C1 Stanhope bad two meetings with different divisions of the electors on Wednesday,—one at the Royal Sovereign, Clapton Newtown, Hackney; another at the Duke of Clarence, Clapton Square. At both meetings the gallant Colonel spoke with great approbation, and resolutions were unanimously passed in his favour. We have a little bit of advice for Colonel Stanhope: be must carry with him in his progress a clear-headed and active penny- a-line man, or two if one will not suffice. His meeting and speeches are badly and briefly reported—why? Caret quia vate. There is no other reason. The whole of the candidates would be in the same predicament if they were not more careful of publicity. A meeting was held on Wednesday also at the National. School, Quaker Street, for the purpose of affording Captain Marryatt an op- portunity of explaining his political principles to the electors of this beolrdosugheresident in the neighbourhood of Bethnal Green and Spital- fiTauno.—Mr. Tooke is again in the field, with every prospect of success. The registry has gone decidedly in his favour. WARWICK, NORTH.—To the requisition to Mr. Dugdale have been added the names of a great number of electors. Arrangements, we un- derstand, are already made for the commencement of an immediate and • simultaneous canvass through the division ; and for this purpose com- mittees have been organized in the various towns, and a central com- mittee established at Colesbill. We hear with regret that the honour- • we are indebted fox relies weal,-tided rerniri!seenee to the new reer—Oerles Weekly Register. able- Member is likely at present to be prevented entering upon a personal canvass, on account of an impending domestic cala.mity.—Bir- nunghain Gazette (a Tory journal).

WESTMINSTER.—There have been rumours of a contest for the election of the city of Westminster for some weeks past ; they have at length been realized. On the 10th, a meeting of the Committee, as they call themselves, took place at the Crown and Anchor ; when the following resolutions were passed— "That this meeting has witnessed with perfect approbation the conduct of the repre- sentatives of Westminster, more especially in the support given by them to his Majesty's Ministers in the struggle to obtain a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament. That this meeting, feeling it incumbent to return men whose past conduct gives the surest pledge for the future, request permission of Sir Francis Bardett and of Sir John Hobhouse again to propose them as representatives for the city of Westminster."

These resolutions were transmitted to Sir Francis and Sir John ; and called forth in return an answer from the former, in which he ar- gues at great length against the system of pledges. We give the argu- ment for its ingenuity, and because it may be referred to hereafter— "I do not now mean," says Sir Francis, " to enter upon any of those great topics which engross public attention, as the doing so would fur exceed the limits of this ad- dress; I will, therefore, confine myself to one of immediate interest, and pith rela- tion to which there seems to me to exist, and very generally, great error, and iu allusion to which I commence this address.

"Gentlemen—It is the subject of pledges ; with respect to which a mental epidemic seems to prevail, highly injurious to the public cause ; a system, of self-deception, by which knaves are taught to catch fools ; a diseased appetite in the people to be promise- crammed, accompanied with a fatal belief that promises may be relied on when honesty cannot. You, Gentlemen, with your accustomed judgment and feeling, have altogether avoided this folly ; for what else but folly can it be called to place reliance on sham security ? "Gentlemen—This pledging system appears to me to have in it a quality directly the reverse of that which is attributed to mercy. Instead of being twice blessed, it u twice cursed ; it injures both him who gives and him who takes; in fact, it is playing a game - at which knaves are sure to win ; for who are the persons who will be most ready to pledge themselves ? Will it be the prudent, the conscientious, the candid, the well-in- formed—in a word. the trustworthy ? Or, will it be the rash, the ignorant, the knavish. the reckless, the unprincipled? Is it possible that at this game of pledge-making and pledge-taking honest men should not lose, discountenanced: Can it produce evidence of any thing except rashness on the one side, and suspicion on the other? But, although it can afford no security, it is far from being indifferent ; though it can do no good. it may and must do great harm. It is a false coin that ought not to be allowed to pass current with the public ' • its tendency is not to expose or to blind knavery, but to render honesty inefficient. Who can doubt that a person being pledged detracts greatly from his weight and authority ? Who can doubt that it he is so sent to a deliberative assembly, he will be naturally and rationally listened to with distrust and eyed with suspicion? Thus your champion is sent forth with a stain in his escutcheon —a knight without his spurs—marked recreant before he enters the lists.

"There is a story told of the late Lord Mansfield when Chief Justice of the King's Bench, that be thus retorted upon a counsel, who, in a very marked and angry tone, told him that he entirely differed with him in law and opinion : his Lordship replied, 'To be sure you do—I know that very well ; you are paid to do so.' And this, or to this effect, will the pledged members sent to the next Parliament have, probably, the morti- fication to hear, and the disadvantage to feel, and the difficulty of giving a satisfactory reply to. At the same time, Gentlemen, although I feel so strongly the objections to this pledging system, let me not be misunderstood. I am far from thinking that candidates and their supporters, representatives and their constituents, should not come to a clear understanding one with another. No mystery ought to hang over their intercourse ; every one should be ready to give a reason for his truth, and to answer any question that may be thought necessary for the satisfaction of his constituents. Without this free communication and candid exposition of sentiments and opinions, much misappo'- hension and disagreement may take place, instead of that confidence and union so ne- cessary to give effect to mutual efforts for public advantage."

There is nothing in Sir John Hobhouse's answer that calls for par- ' ticular observation. The letters of the two honourable Baronets are dated 15th November. On Sunday, according to the Chronicle,—and we may just remark, a very unnecessary abuse of its holy rest,—a de- putation of the electors of Westminster waited on Sir John Hobhouse, at Richmond, in order to submit to Sir John certain queries which they [the deputation, not the electors, for they were consulted as little by the Deputation as by the Committee] had drawn up. The ques- tions were as follows-

" 1. As you, Sir John, have maintained the propriety of voting by Ballot, will you move for, or support a motion to accomplish that purpose ? " 2. As you, in 1822, made a motion for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes, will you repeat that motion? ' 3. As you were returned to Parliament to procure Short Parliaments, will you move for, or support a motion for the repeal of the Septennial Act? " 4. As you have advocated the repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge, will you move for, or support a motion to repeal the Stamp-tax on newspapers and the Excise-duty on paper?'

Sir John seems to have been somewhat impatient under the infliction of this catechising; he interrupted the reading of them, to say it was useless to take the trouble—be would give no pledges ; and he repeated,

when they were read, "that he had been a representative of Westmin- ster for twelve years, and if they did not like him, they had better look

out for another." These answers were repeated to a meeting of elec- tors, held on Monday night, at the Salopian Coffeehouse, Charing

Cross ; and a Mr. Michie made a speech on the occasion, about Whig Ministers, the National Debt, William and Mary, and Bishop Burnet. It was then moved by a Mr. Arber, and seconded by Mr. Michie, that Sir John Cam Hobhouse having refused these pledges, it behoved the electors to select a gentleman who would not refuse ;hem. On this, Colonel de Lacy Evans, who was in attendance, was called in, and the pledges put to him —a fifth being added, for the extension of the suf- frage; and all of them were cheerfully and readily taken by the gallant Colonel, who addressed the meeting in a long and able speech on the occasion. It was agreed that a general meeting should be held on

Thursday, for the purpose of enabling the electors at large to express their sentiments.

The appearance of Colonel Evans as a candidate for Westminster has produced the following correspondence between him and Sir F. Burdett--

" Sunday, 6, Waterloo Place. " Mv DEAR Sta Feascrs—For some time past, various communications have been made to me by Electors of Westminster, expressive of a desire to bring me forward as a candidate for its representation in the next Parliament. Last night a meeting was held on the subject, when, it having been determined to put me in nomination, measures were taken to carry that determination into effect ; and 1 having acceded to the wishes of the Electors, am now a candidate, without, as I fully understood, being in any way opposed to you. 1 hasten to communicate this to you,

" And remain most truly yours,

" To Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P. " D. L. EVANS."

" DEAR DE Vran—I herewith send you a letter I have received from Colonel Evans, which grieves me much ; but at all events the Westminster Electors ought to be aware of it. I therefore enclose it to you, with my answer to it. This I owe both to Hob- house and the Electors of Westminster ; so, after reading it, have the goodness to for-

ward my answer to him. " I remain yours sincerely,

" November 19,1832._ " F. BURDETT." " DEAR EVANS—I am astoniilierrat the receipt of your letter last night, antiounang to me your acquiescence in a plan for turning Hobhouse out of Westminster. Vbs. may imagine my surprise, when I tell you that when the subject was mentioned toms a day or two back, I at once said 1 was confident there could be no truth in it ; that I wascertain you would be no party to it. I cannot, therefore, without difficulty, express to you the regret I experience on hearing the report confirmed by yourself. Nor can conceive how anybody can have persuaded you to allow yourself to be put forward ore such an occasion. I am at a loss to guess what public grounds can be advanced .ire favour of such a proposition, or what public advantage can be derived from it ; thougla it is easy to see that much and various disadvantages to the public may. Excuse my speaking freely ; for as you have written to me to make known to me the project, with an appearance that there is no intention of offering me any opposition, it is necessary I should. I therefore say, without any hesitation, that if youwere to succeed in turning- out Hobhouse, after fourteen sears' honest, able, arduous, and effective service, it wool tend much to bring public estimation into contempt ; and that, as we stand entirely ore the same ground, and profess the same principles, and have ever acted so cordially and disinterestedly together, I should much prefer—pardon may sincerity—to be turned out with him, than returned with anybody else. I omit a word which might by possibility be considered offensive.

"November 19, 1832. " I remain yours sincerely.

" F. BURDETT:6

" Waterloo Place, November 20i

" My DEAR SIR FRANCIS—II I had given you any just cause of grief, 110110 would regret it more poignantly than myself. I am not conscious of having done so. I was certainly not prepared for the tone of your letter. I should have answered it earlier were it not that a deputation from Sir John Hobhouse's Committee occupied me a con- siderable part of the morning in discussion of this contest. The public spirit and dis- interestedness of those who, during some mouths past, have sought me as a candidate. cannot, I think, be unknown to you. I have acceded; but in doing so, I see no pro- priety in the term acquiescine' in a plan to turn Ilubbouse out of Westminster.' If' he should prove less desired in Westminster than I am, it will not be my fault. Yote desire to know who persuaded me ? I answer, some of those who persuaded you and him, and to whom, I believe, you were both largely indebted for success. What public advantage, you ask, can be derived ? I answer, when all the institutions are to be re- modelled,—when now, for the first time, great relief to the people may be practicable.. it seems to me of high advantage that the weight and powerful influence belonging, to the first electoral body of the empire should be brought to the public aid, and, in full activity, should not be partly in abeyance, through one of its members being shackled by Ministerial office, and iueapabte of unconditionally supporting even those measures of which he himself was before the earnest advocate. You speak of Sir John's long and arduous services, as if a contrast in that respect existed. I trust, however, that too, have served my country, and I hope with an equal zeal, and no less devotion. Of eloquence and literary attainment he is possessed : but of what value arc those ac- complishments if the popular champion subside into the comparatively silent ornament. of a Treasury bench. You apprehend popular estimation's being brought into con- tempt. In my humble opinion this pre-eminent city may fall into contempt, it in order to favour the views (however honourable) of individuals, it shall cease to cause the un- restrained and undaunted advocacy of those principles it has hitherto maintained see triumphantly and so much to the advantage of the nation. But surely your distin- guished colleague is well able to defend us well as to attack, and cannot need your broad. shield's being thus extended before him, Your last passage. I am sorry to say, is not marked by much courtesy ; bet hulling your character in the admiration and regard E do, you will be privileged to say much of which I may only permit myself to complain. But in this last remarkable passage you make the representation of Westminster a matter of personal feeling. if not of personal right. I thought it was matter of prin- ciple, and had hoped that the 15.000 electors might be permitted to have some voice, is the choice of your colleague.

" I remain most truly yours.

" To Sir Francis Burdett, M.P., Sec. " D. L. Evaxs:'

The first and second of these letters were submitted to the Committee. which met on Monday night in the Crown and Anchor. Mr. De Vear mentioned his baring communicated Sir Francis's letter to Colonel Evans. He thought Colonel Evans's standing would very likely allow a Tory to slip into the representation. A Mr. Jackson said Colonel Evans was in some measure a placemarc and a pensioner, as a half-pay officer. Several electors present recommended a deputation to Sir John Hobhouse, as they thought a very slight explanation was all that was required.

Mr. Walker, who had been present at the meeting at the Salopian, took a proper distinction. He thought they ought not to ask Sir John Hobhouse to originate the measures respecting which pledges had been asked, but that if he refused to support them when originated by others, he was unworthy of their suffrages. Colonel Jones made some observations in support of Sir John Hobhouse ; and mentioned that Sir Robert Peel had been invited to stand for Westminster, and had refused.

A deputation was appointed, consisting of Mr. Thurston, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Crouch.

The deputation appointed by the Committee waited on Colonel Evans on Tuesday. They reported progress on Wednesday evening. The report is effectively drawn up. According to the proverb, "if it be not true, it is well imagined." We presume the Chairman to be a gentle- man conversant with dramatic composition. We give it entire : a con- test for Westminster is no every-day affair, and ought not to be treated accordingly. The deputation being introduced to No. 6, Waterloo Place, the following dialogue is said to have taken place—.

Deputation—" Did you not state, Sir, that you would not offer yourself for Westminster unless Sir Francis Burdett was called to the House of Peers, or unless another candidate came into the field?"

Colonel Evans—" I conceive that case to have occurred, as I understood Lord Dunboyne intended to be a candidate."

Deputation—" What grounds have you to urge against the public conduct of Sir John Hobhouse ?"

Colonel Evans—" I have none, but many of the electors say they have."

Deputation—" Is this sufficient fur so honourable a man as Colonel Evans to head a few with the torch of Discord, to throw among the Reformers of West- minster ?"

Colonel Evans—" I wish no discord. A numerous body of electors state to me that they are not satisfied with Sir John Hobhouse ; they have, therefore, invited me to stand, and on this ground I consider Westminster open to any pautbel.,ic, man, as it has long been the custom of the electors to choose their catuli- dDeputation—" Has Sir John Hobhouse been guilty of any political delin- quency? If he had, Sir, the electors of Westminster would have supported yore by their united strength; but they cannot, they will not be traitors to liberty, even for a man whom they esteem : therefore allow us to ask you what quality for an efficient, faithful representative, do you possess that Sir John Hobhouse does not?"

Colonel Evans-J, That is for the electors to judge; they tell me he has re- fused to give pledges to their deputation on what they deem essential points—the repeal of the house and window-tax, the vote by ballot, the removal of all taxes on knowledge, and triennial Parliaments. Moreover, they think that by being a member of the Administration, he cannot be so independent as their member ought to be." Deputation—" The people of England, Sir, the people of Westminster, want not revolution, they desire to live under a well-ordered Government ; the same hand that would unseat Sir John Hobhouse because he belongs to an Adminis- tration which has deserved the gratitude of the country, would strip you of your

commission and your seat too. Would you not, Sir, deeply regret the occer- renee of any circumstance whick would effect the return of a Tory member for Westminster?"

Colonel Evans—" I do not conceive that to be possible." Deputation—" From the hour you suffer your name to be put in nomination you will incur that danger, and from that hour your _political consistency cannot shield you; for you will have committed an offence in the eyes of the people of England which you will not be able to efface in the sessions of a whole Par- liament."

' Colette' Evans—" You may think so ; but I must tell you, that I think Sir John Pobhouse did not in the last session of Parliament act up to my views in what I should expect from his former professions. Ou the Ai my Estimates I moved for a reduction of the Army,—lie opposed me, and took occasion to say that, in the House of Commons, on this subject he differed with Mr. flume as

• widely as from Pole to Pole."

The deputation afterwards reminded the Colonel, that at last election he had moved a vote of thanks to Sir John Hobhouse, and that he had described Sir John as one of the honestest men in England.

Colonel Evans—" Since that period, Sir John 'appears to me to have changed on several points—the Army Estimates, for instance."

Such was the report. Resolutions were afterwards voted in favour of Sir John Hobhouse. One of them notices a fact of some import- ance in the negotiations between the Radical party and Colonel Evans. It runs thus-

" That the electors now conducting the election of Colonel Evans demanded certain pledges of Sir John doghouse on Sunday the 1Sth inst., stating that tun his answer do. petaled the nomination of Colonel Evans; whereas Colonel Evans declares, in his letter - to Sir Francis:Burdett, that the determination to nominate him, and his acceptance, were finally arranged and completed on the Saturday night previously to the demand of pledges from Sir John Ilobhunse."

Letters from Sir Edward Codrington, Sir R. Fergusson, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, Mr. F. Byng, and others, promising every support to the canvass of Sir Joint, Were read at the meeting ; which was after- : wards addressed by Colonel Jones. Finally, a motion for a general meeting of the friends of Sir Francis Burdett and Sir John Hobhouse was resolved to be held at the Crown and Anchor on Monday next. The public meeting of Colonel Evans's friends took place at the Crown and Anchor on Thursday. It was attended by a knot of indi-

viduals who meant perhaps to be friendly to Sir John Hobhouse, and who showed their friendship by a very noisy opposition to the speakers. Mr. Prout was in the chair. The first resolution was moved by Mr. Merle, amidst very great interruption-

" That the existing circumstances of this country demanding an efficient reform in its most important institutions, as well as in the laws by winch its commercial and other relations are governed. it is the imperative ditty of the independent electors of the city and liberty of Westminster to return such members to the CI rat Reform Parlia- ment as possess the mirage. integrity, and knowledge, equal to the exigencies of the present most important period." •

This resolution was seconded by Mr. Michie. A Mr. Mahon next endeavoured to gain a hearing in favour of Sir John ; but he was clamoured down even more vigorously than Sir John's opponents had been. Noise is, indeed, a game at which eveyy . fool can play. A second resolution was moved by Mr. Simpson, to the effect-

- That having observed the manly and straightforward political cenduet of Colonel Evans, and having heard his seatimente on most of the important public questions likely. to engage the attention of the next House of Commous.—and he lowing pledged hiniself to support the Ballot, a repeal of the Assessed. Taxes, and of t he Taxes on Knowledge, and to vote for the shortening of Parliaments,—this meeting considers him a at and proper person to represent the electors or Weshnieater in Parliament ; and hereby pledges itself to use every endeavour to secure his return."

Mr. D. Wakefield seconded it. Both resolutions were carried al- most unanimously.

Colonel Evans then addressed the meeting amidst cheers and cries of " Off ! " The former greatly predominated, and, as the gallant Colonel went on, the latter wholly ceased. Colonel Evans's political opinions it is unnecessary to repeat ; we have noticed them at sufficient length above. One topic of the speech is, however, too important to be omitted— He was not there front vanity ; as a proof of which, be said, that if Sir John Hobhouse could be induced to come forward in the manner required, and re- concile himself with the constituency, no man would snore rejoice at the cir- cumstance than Colonel Evans; and he should be then most happy to make his farewell bow to the electors, satisfied that in coming forward thus far he would have accomplished some public good ; conscious that he had been instrumental in restoring to the electors of Westminster an active, powerful, and eloquent ad- vocate of the public cause. Ile knew not the probabilities of the case, but -thought it right to throw out this remark in reference to a reconciliation. ( Cries of' "No, are. Go in and win yourself; Colonel.") Whether Sir John will accept the proffer of reconciliation here held out, we do not know. Much will depend on the confidence of his party ; for he must now be looked on Os supported by a party only, however powerful.

A committee to manage Colonel Evans's election, and to receive subscriptions, was then moved and carried ; Mr. Charlwood of Covent Garden being appointed Treasurer, and Mr. Michie Secretary.

Wroase.—The following irresistibly ludicous advice to the electors appears in Gobbett's Register of last week- " I was so delighted with these [Ayrshire] cows, that I was resolved that my country should not he wholly without them ; and, therefore, a very kind friend at New-Milns is to send me up a bull and ten cows, three of them three years old last spring, seven of them two years DM last spring ; all of them to calve by the month of May next, and the hull two years old last spring. If they come safe and sound, as I dare say they will, they will be worth a Kentish, a Sussex, or Surrey farmer's going fifty stoles to see, in the month of Jane or July next. I have directed them to be cruised to rest a week in the neighbourhood of Man- chester ; and if Baron Tom Potter have a mind to make it up with me, he will give them a run for a week in the park at Pipkin-Place. The drover has a written direction to take them to• some field 'near Pipkin-Place in the parish of Pendleton ;' and I recommend to the electors of Wigan, when ;hey shall hear of the arrival of this seedling dairy, to rho and candidly and frankly make an esti- mate of the aratalluce of this young scotch hull; to question him with regard to the principles nowproper to be acted upon by a member of Parliament ;. to ask for an explanation of his ideas relative to the measures necessary for the relief and deliverance of a nation ; to ask him what he thinks of the Wing-war, of the Church refbras,' of the expansion of the curreney;' and ask him to show how it is possible for the working man to be benefited by the improved .system of banking,' now carried on at the sign of the Three Golden Balls: Then 1 advise them to put exactly the same questions to Dick Potter. If the Intl talk no more nonsense than Dick ; discover the possession -of no less brains than Dick discover; then the electors of Wigan, if no third candidate offer, will; in duty to their country, their neighbours, and their children, be bound, by every thing sacred amongst men, to reject Dick, and to elect the bull; and upon may soul

thing I should not be afraid to take my oath to the fact), I believe that the bull would talk the less nonsense of the two."

WORCESTER.—At Worcester a third candidate for.the city has ap- peared in the person of It A. Dundas, Esq., present member of Par-. liament for Edinburgh. The honourable gentleman issued an ad- dress to the electors on Monday [November 5], and has since been engaged in an active canvass. The two sitting members, Colonel Da- vies and Mr. Robinson, are also earnestly pursuing their canvass, so that the city has throughout the week been in a state of great bustle and excitement.—Birmingham Gazette (a Tory journal).