Mr. Russell withdrew from the contest at Limerick on Thursday—a
day of immense excitement; leaving Lord Arundel and Surrey without an op- ponent. The nomination was to take place yeeterday. Mr. Russell with- draws because he will not divide Catholic mid Catholic ; because the exces- sive religious excitement perilled the free exercise of the franchise ; finally, because he thinks a general election is at hand, and he will then come for- ward again.
William Wells Brown, a fugitive slave, took the chair at a meeting in the Hall of Commerce, last night, assembled for the double purpose of cele- brating West Indian Negro Emancipation, and giving a welcome to Mr. George Thompson, Member for the Tower Hamlets. In his speech, Mr. Thompson made a dead set at the Americans; whom, as a nation, he de- clared to be "perfidious," "impious," and "atheistical." As regarded him- self, thrice he had confessed his faults to his constituency, and thrice he had been pardoned.
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