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The annual election of Sheriffs for the City of London and County of Middlesex took place on Monday, at the Guildhall. Mr. W. Evans, a distiller, and Mr. J. Wheelton, engaged in the Manchester trade, were chosen without opposition : both are Conservatives. Some rumours of an intention on the part of Mr. Leader to resign the representation of Westminster and stand for East Surry, at the next election, have been circulated : " a weak invention of the enemy." The Morning Post, apparently taken in by it, put forth a leading article on the subject, warning the Westminster electors against a manceuvre of the " Bump" to replace Mr. Leader with Lord Worsley. But Mr. Leader has no intention of leaving Westminster—why should he? and the honest Reformers among his constituents have no desire to remove him—why should they ?
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