It is stated in the Aberdeen Adeertiser, as an instance
of public spirit, alike honourable to the inhabitants arid their Representative, that the subscription which was opened to defray the expenses of the city elec- tion has amounted to more than suffices for that purpose. The election has not cost Mr. .Bannerman one farthing—not even the printing of his addresses, nor any of the expenses which fall upon candidates by the Reform Act. The balance remaining is to be applied to investigating the claims for registration in the roll of electors, by a committee ap- pointed for that purpose. This conduct is highly creditable to the constituency of Aberdeen : they seem to know the value of the franchise.
It is understood that Sir Edward Sugden, on the question that leases with a clause of surrender, which his predecessor Lord Manners held to be invalid, is of opinion that such deeds are bond fide valid in law and equity. If this decision be so ruled, it will affect landed property in Ireland to an incalculable amount.—Limerick Chronicle.
In the King's Bench Chamber, Dublin, on Thursday week, the ap- plication made on behalf of the friends of the persons who were killed in the affray at Ratheormac, to have the persons charged on the Coroner's Inquisition tried in Dublin, was refused; and the case will be tried at Cork.
By the death of Lord Scarborough, who was killed last week by a fall from his horse, there is a vacancy in the representation of North Nottinghamshire, as Lord Lumley, the late Member, succeeds to the Peerage.
Lord Haddington arrived from Dublin on Tuesday, at his house hi Berkeley Square.
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