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We gave, last week, a long list of' towns in which the Tories are almost sure to lose at least one Member at the next election ; but we are reminded by correspondents that we omitted Salisbury and Fal- mouth, which should have been included in our catalogue of probable gains. At the election for 1833, the numbers zit Salisbury stood as follow—

Brodie ( Liberal) '392 Wyndham ( Tory) 273 Bouverie ( Liberal ) 270

If at the last election Captain Bouverie had given a direct answer to the Liberals—yes or no—he or some other Reformer would have been brought forward ; but the Captain kept them in micertainty till it was too late to enter on a contest, and so the Tory crept in. The regis- tration just over has materially increased the Liberal strength, and we are assured that no Tot)' will be returned for Salisbury at the next election.

Mr. Freshfield, we presume, means to retire from Falmouth. His sons and partners, solicitors, have given notice to Parliament of appli- cations for railway bills ; and, by a resolution of the House of Com- mons dated teith February 18:31, it was determined that no Member, either by himself or any partner, should engage in the management of private bills. Mr. Harve3 will remind Mr. Freslitield of this resolu- tion, if no one else stirs in the matter. Therefore we apprehend that Mr. Freslifield must give up Falmouth ; and in that case, the Liberals may return an And-Tory, as a suitable colleague for the Solicitor- General.

In Wakefield, the net gain of the Liberals by the late registration is 41 votes. Mr. Gaskell's mitiority over Mr. Lascelles at the last elec- tion was 5.5. Yet the Tories have been uttering a loud cackle about the " Conservative triumph in Wakefield," and the sure defeat of Mr. Gaskell. The Revising Barristers for the West Riding of Yorkshire, have kept on the registry about 300 claimants as joint stock mill-owners, who were objected to by the Tories. An account of the results of the East Gloucestershire registration, as far as relates to the objections only, has been published conspicu- ously in the Times; but, on examination, we find it to be full of blun- ders. The " majority in favour of Conservatives" is stated at 147; but the figures given show a majority of only 56. Besides, where is the account of the claims substantiated ?

According to the Gloucester Journal, the Liberal gain in the Western division of Gloucestershire, is more than 160. The majority of Liberal over Tory claims was 360; but there was an adverse decision of the Barristers, by which many claims of Reformers were struck off. In Cheltenham, the Tories have made a grand effort they objected to 807 Reformers, but only struck out 159. The objections of the Liberals were—bond fid,e—only:17 ; but of these 45 were sustained. The Tories have no chance against Mr. Berkeley in Cheltenham. The Radicals of Leeds are taking measures to secure the return of Sir William Molesworth as a colleague of Mr. Babies ; and they warn the Whigs against any attempt to force two men of their party on the Reformers. The Leeds Times says- " If the mere party Whigs—the Aristocrats—bring forward a third candi- date to split the parties and play into the hands of the Tories, leave them at least no excuse for doing so. We ask not to dictate as to their candidate ; we seek but to have the man whom we think fitted for doing our work ; and if they support him, we are at their service to support their man, be he who he may. If the Reform Association prefer the likings of a few of their Whig dictators to the expressed opinions of the electors, on their heads be the consequences which must inevitably ensue. It is in their power to carry a Whig and a Radical; and if by preferring two Whigs they again admit Beckett, and sepa- rate themselves for ever from the Radicals, let the blame rest with them. Molesworth and Baines, if the Whigs please; if not, every Radical must of necessity plump for his own candidate, and no mistake. At the Holbeck meet- ing, dozens of individuals came forward and offered to subscribe to almost any amount to pay Molesvvorth's election expenses; therefore the sinews of war art not-wanting. Let it therefore be miderstood, that, if the Radical and the Whig are not carried,—if instead, the Whigs bring forward three candidates, and thus allow the seven thousand pounders to insult Leeds and disgrace it in the eyes of our countrymen,—let it be fully and fairly understood that the Whigs, and they only, are to blame." This is the game which will be played at Newcastle, Halifax, and other places. If the Whigs support the Radicals, the Radicals will sup-

port the Whigs—but not otherwise. The Leals Times states, that of the 180 voters on the Holbeck list, no fewer than 160 will vote for Sir William Molesworth.

I It is rumoured that Lord John Russell will be invited to offer him- self for Leeds, in case of a general election.—Hulifax Express.

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland will be the Tory candidate for North Devonshire. Of the two present Members, Lord Ebrington and Mr. Newton Fellowes, the latter will support the Ballot. Will Lord Ebrington do likewise ? If not, he will lose the support of the Radi- cals, who will plump for Mr. Fellowes. But Lord Ebrington will probably have an intimation from head-quarters, which will leave him at liberty to vote for the Ballot.

Mr. Greene, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Mr. Marton, and Mr. W. R. Greg, are candidates for Lancaster. We advise the Reformers to se- cure the return of Mr. Greg : there is not much to choose between the other three. Patrick Maxwell Stewart calls himself a Reformer, but be deserted the good cause at its utmost need, and voted for Sir Robert Peel's Address.

At a dinner given to Mr. Hur t, M. P. for Horsham, last week, that gentleman stated that the registration had secured the borough for the Reformers.

Colonel Grey, it is said, vill have some official appointment abroad : in that case, there will be a vacancy for High Wycombe, which Lord Shelburne will probably till.

There is no pleasing the Spcotatur. We are now told, that in our " semi-revelations " we do ant state the number of Radical claims. Why, it was " stated " distinctly in the paragraph animadverted upon by our contemporary a fortnight ago ; but, to please the Spectator, we are willing to state it again. The Radicals made two hundred and claims, of which they established fifteen. Is our con-

temporary satisfied 7—Brighton Gazette. We are satisfied ; for at length we have elicited from the Brighton Gazette facts which prove the superiority of the Reformers at the last registration. According to the figures of this Tory paper, the Reform gain on the objections was 31; on the claims 7; total gain, 38. It is true that the Brighton Gazette did mention a fortnight ago that the Radicals established 15 claims ; but it was coupled with a reference to the chance of the "compound claims" being admitted by a Committee of the House of Commons, which we did not clearly understand. We complained of the statement being indistinct ; and then the Brighton journalist repeated part of it, varying the numbers of the objections sustained, and saying nothing about the claims, which very possibly might have been incorrectly stated in the first account as well as the objections : we therefore culled for complete, not send-revelations; and the result is that which we have stated—a Radical gain of 38 votes. The Brighton Gazette does not tell us how it has so curiously happened that the Tories have gained a majority "without troubling the Revising Barristers ;" whether by the death, removal, or ratting of the Liberals.]

In the following account of the Durham registration, which we take from the Durham Chronicle, it will be seen that there has been no sup- pression, no semi-revelations; the statement is complete.

" Struck off by the Tories

Ditto by the Liberals 21

Majority for the Tories, in this respect

5 New voters placed on the register by the Liberals 47 Ditto ditto by the Tories 13 Majority for the Liberals, under this bead 34 Deduct Tory major uy of rejections 5 Gross Liberal major ity of)

This, added to the advantages gained by the Liberals on last year's revision,— superadded other causes which, since the election of 1835, have been at work to damage Mr. Trevor,—will present that very unpopular person (whom even the Northamptonshire parsons, on his own confession, "laugh to scorn") with something not over and above agreeable to his feelings, whenever the next election may take place. We are firmly convinced, that if the two sections of the Liberal party will in future merge their differences in an honest resolve to return two Reformers, by the means through which Mr. Chay tor and Mr. Harland were returned in 16:32, they are strong enough to accomplish that desirable object. If they do not, the shame and the punishment will be upon their own heads."

There is a dispute between the two parties in North Durham as to which has gained by the registration ; but Mr. Emerson, the Liberal agent, has challenged his opponent to an investigation, in which we may presume he expects to come off conqueror. In a letter to the Durham Chronicle, he says- " As Objector for the Libmis I call upon the Objector for the Tories to meet me at any place he may appoint, to examine the lists and go over the ob- jections together, in order that an accredited account, bearing our respective signatures, of the number of objections served, the number of old voters struck off, and the number of new claimants admitted on each side, may appear in the Chronicle and Advertiser of next week.

From the Blackburn Gazette, we learn that the Rochdale Reformers sin 52 votes by the registration.

A "Liverpool Tradesman's Reform Association" has been formed ; and we have no doubt that, in a few weeks, it will present an array of respectability and numbers which will put to shame the boasted Con- servative gathering at the Amphitheatre.—Liverpool Chronicle.

There was a grand dinner at Tewkesbury, on the 18th instant, in honour of Mr. Haribury Tracy, the Liberal Member for that town. Lord Segmve, Mr. Augustus Moreton, Sir John Guise, Mr. Prothero, Mr. Robert Canning, and other Liberals of distinction were present ; but none of the speeches are reported in any paper that we have seen.

The North Essex Tories dined together at Colchester on Tuesday. The list of stewards is given, but how many of them were present is not mentioned : one of them, Sir J. Tyrrell, M. P. was absent on account of illness. There was little remarkable in the speeches. The toast of the "Bishop, Archdeacon, and Clergy of the Dicier e'' elicited two wordy orations,—one from Archdeacon Lyall, the other from Mr. Tuffnell. The latter gentleman was very abusive of the Dissenters- " Sir, the scheme is working, and in Ireland the intention of reestablishing the Roman Catholic religion is openly avowed, and the whole power and pa- tronage of the Government are arrayed against the Protestant party. They are loyal to their King, they are true to their faith, and therefore they are deemed a fit and proper sacrifice on the altar of political expediency. The same principles, though more silently at work, are in active operation in our own country ; and here we have an additional enemy to contend against. Time was when a Protestant Nonconformist would have gone to the stake rather than have furthered the designs of the Papists: it is not so now. By their unjust attacks on the clergy, the modern Dissenters are endeavouring to overthrow the best bulwark of the Reformed religion, and thus to bring on either a deso- late void of all religious ordinances, or a reestablishment of the Roman Catho- lic faith."

[What a simpleton this man must be, if he really supposes that the Dissenters wish to reestablish Catholicism ! if he was only " hum- bugging " the Essex farmers, he is worse than a simpleton.]

"The Church is the best and freest gift that ever was bestowed upon the poor

of any country ; freely we have received it from our ancestors, whole and un- impaired we will transmit it to our posterity. Strong in human strength by the unequivocal display of attachment to the Church, strong in our reliance on the Divine protection, we pursue one course : let the Papist and the Socinian, let the Infidel and the Radical, combine their mightiest efforts; let the prophets of evil utter their impotent forebodings ; let the pulpits of political divinity re- sound with the denunciation, Mene, mene, tekel upharsin the prayers of the Church have been lifted up, and not in vain; the sunbeam of the people's love now rests upon her walls, their hearts are now turned towards the Church-7 "O'ermastered now by high behest,

They bless her. and she shall be blest."

[Then, of course, there is no need of compulsory support of the Es- tablishment: she may relinquish Tithes, and Church-rates may' be abo- lished.] The Tories have lately taken to eulogize the moderation of Sir Ro- bert Peel : Lyndhurst will do for opposition, but they require the plausible Baronet for their Minister. Thus, at the Colchester dinner, Sir G. H. Smyth, the Chairman, contrasted Peel's discretion with Ultra- Tory violence— His ardent patriotism, his unbounded zeal, his lofty talents, his unremitting assiduity in attending upon his duties in Parliament, amply justified them in the choice they had made of him as their leader. He hoped the time was not far distant when they would have to drink his health as Prime Minister. (Loud and continued cheming.) He knew no man so fit as Sir Robert Peel, in the present aspect of public affairs, to govern the country. With his en- lightened, sound, and steady judgment, he had a perfect command over him- self, without being liable to that occasional violence which unfortunately some- times characterized the Ultra- Tories—(Cheers)—while his intimate and won- derfully accurate knowledge of public business, rendered him able at all times to discuss at sight the most important or the most trifling matters that could be submitted to his consideration. All this was quite essential in a leader of a great political party ; and no man possessed those qualifications in so remark- able a degree as Sir Robert Peel.