Two of the elections arising out of recent proceedings before

Commit- tces of the House of Commons have been decided. Mr. Bag,shaw, Li- beral, has been returned for Harwich ; and Captain "Vernon, Peelite' has narrowly won the election for Chatham. His opponent, Admiral Stir- ling, polled 591 votes ; Captain Vernon, 610.

The nomination for the vacant seat at Durham took place yesterday. The candidates are Sir Charles Douglas, Liberal ; and Mr. Mowbray, Tory.

The Honourable Thomas Liddell, and Mr. Horsfall, the unseated of Derby in the "W. B." case, are announced as candidates for Liverpool. Mr. Robertson Gladstone, the brother of the Chancellor of the Exche- quer, is spoken of in the Liberal-Conservative interest.

There was a meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, to discuss the India Government Bill. Mr. Bazley presided ; the speakers were Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. Alexander Henry, Mr. John Bright, and Mr. Alderman Watkins. The tone of the speeches was de- cidedly hostile to the bill. Cotton also formed a staple topic. In reply to the argument that if Manchester wants cotton, Manchester must sup- ply capital, intelligence, and skill, Mr. Ashworth pointed out that the security for the cotton-grower, who holds land at the pleasure of the Government, is not sufficient ; and that if Manchester spirit must go to India, railways must go. Mr. Bright satirized the double Government. To account for the present bill, he supposed that the Cabinet divided le- gislation among them—that the Whigs took Whig subjects, and the Peel- ites took Peelite subjects of legislation. Thus, while Mr. Gladstone was allowed to have his fling in the Budget, Sir Charles Wood had his fling in the India Bill. Tht latter part of Mr. Bright's speech seemed to in- dicate that he would vote with Lord Stanley, whose amendment he de- scribed as simply in favour of delay. Ministers, he said, will not "turn out" though beaten on the second reading, and people need not be fright- ened for a dissolution.

The resolutions voted by the meeting condemned the past government of India, and declared that the Ministerial measure provides neither remedy for the past nor security for the future. A petition comprising a statement to this effect, coupled with a prayer for the requisite measures of reform, is to be presented to both Houses of Parliament.

The candidates for the perpetual curacy of Piddington—value 3007. a year—were reduced from upwards of 150 to two on the morning of elec- tion. These were the Reverend W. H. Spencer, chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford, late curate of Piddington, and the Reverend C. J'. Thorp, late head-master of Summertown and present curate of ridding- ton. At the close of the poll, the numbers for each candidate were found to be equal, 40 voters having voted for each. The Registrar declared that no election had taken place ; there will in consequence be another Tote.

The Stockport strike continues, with no prospect of arrangement. The committee of the workmen have issued a bitter reply to the conciliatory address of the employers : the latter referred to the great strike in 1829, and its disastrous effects to the workers ; the committee of workmen re- tort, that numbers of manufacturers also were ruined by that turn-out, and warn the present race of capitalists that such may be their fate. In the mean time, the people on strike already suffer so much, the assistance sent them being inadequate, that some have gone to seek employment elsewhere, and a greater number are begging in the neighbouring districts.

The last accounts from Blackburn. say that the turn-out there is pro-

greasing, and that probably all the mills will soon be at a stand. At Man- chester, "all the employers have hitherto succeeded in arranging with the operatives who had demanded an advance."

One manufacturer, on hearing. the other day that his weavers were holding meetings, sent for them Immediately to a conference. A reply was returned suggesting a deputation. "Deputation !" exclaimed the employer, "I want no deputation, to risk a misapprehension or misrepre- sentation of what I say ' • let the whole of them come." They all came; and the result was, that hearing from him the exact position of his bar- gains and his profits, they were so convinced that loss and ruin would en- sue on the enforcement of their demand, that they returned to work with- out further argument.

In addition to the turn-out at Stockport of nearly twenty thousand opera- tives, one of nearly equal magnitude appears to be imminent at Blackburn and Darwen. Last week a small portion of the operatives at Blackburn, called " loorners," who attach the warps to the looms for weavers, struck for higher wages Messrs. Fielden and Jackson having obtained boomers to supply the place of the turn-outs, the whole of their weavers have turned out in aid. Under these circumstances, a combination has taken place among the employers, and they have given notice that they will close their mills in a fortnight unless the claim be abandoned. At Dar- wen the loomers have turned out at one mill, and new hands having been substituted for them they were attacked and stoned in the streets.

Many of the Manchester Policemen have withdrawn their notice of resignation, at the request of the Superintendents ; who assured them that their request for increased wages will meet with a favourable con- sideration from the Watch Committee.

The Watch Committee of South Shields, in compliance with a memo- rial from the men, have agreed to recommend to the Town-Council that the wages of the Police be raised from 18s. to 208. per week, the sergeants to have 24s.

At Burford, near Oxford, Hannah Pratley, house-maid at a farmer's, has been committed on the Coroner's warrant for the murder of her infant. The child seems to have died from the effects of exposure to cold after the woman had delivered herself; it was alive when found, but soon died. The father was Henry Isles, a married moan with a family, who slept at the farm : he hanged himself to a beam in a garret the night after his paramour's crime had been discovered. A Coroner's Jury pronounced a verdict of "Febo de se."

Leonard, a young sailor, has attempted a daring escape from the Kendal House of Correction. Where two walls formed an angle, he managed, chim- ney-sweeper fashion, by obtaining with his back and feet a purchase against the walls, to mount to a stone which had been placed to prevent an escape by such means : but he overcame this obstacle, and gained the top of the wall. He dropped into the road outside the prison; but, fracturing his left eg and hurting his right ankle, he lay there helpless till recaptured.

Mr. Arthur Henry Tyacke, midshipman, son of a clergyman in Cornwall, has been killed on board the Hogue at Spithead. While the crew were lowering sails, he was caught by the clue of the maintopsail, dragged out of the maintop, and thrown on the deck, a depth of nearly seventy feet. His skull and left arm were fractured.

Corporal Whiteside, of the Artillery, at an inn at Ilminster, where he was billeted, has lost his life from drinking aquafortis in mistake for water.

Henry Yen, a carpenter of Puckeridge, by some means got into a well in his garden ; his wife discovered him there, and called a young man to aid her in pulling him out; while thus exerting herself, she fell back dead— the excitement had been too much for her. When the man was got out of the well he also was dead.

A number of labourers were employed to pull down a factory-wall at Pres- ton; the man who superintended them incautiously directed them to under- mine it ; this was done to such an extent that the whole mass suddenly fell, and one of the men was killed.