*SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—It was resolved, at a meeting of the friends
of Mr. Calvert, that instead of wasting the money in the pagean. try of chairing the new member, it should be distributed amongst the poor and distressed residents in Southwark. The expense of chairing, it is said, would amount to between 500/. and 6001. NOTTINGHAM Er-scriox.—Sir T. Denman, his Majesty's Attorney. General, was re-elected for the town of Nottingham, on Monday last. In the course of his speech to the electors, Sir Thomas, when alluding to his future conduct in Parliament, said, " My sentiments as to the vote by ballot are well known to you all ; but, if the majority of my constituents shall say they cannot exercise their privilege of election without it, my support shall be given to it. I shall use my utmost efforts against the boroughmongers ! And I affirm to you that the power which has called forth from a nobleman that scandalous and wicked interrogatory, a Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ?' ought to be abolished by the law of the laud. With respect to the other points—namely, the abolition of the slave-trade, and the corn-laws:—I can say that the labours of the present Ministry will he directed to effect the former ; and I hope that, although the corn-laws mast be abolished by degrees, the time will soon arrive when that, as well as every other trade, will be as free as Nature and Providence ean make it."—Morning Chronicle, Dec. 3. QUEENBOROUGH ELECTION.--MT. Carl and Mr. Gladstone have been'deelared the sitting members. The objections of these gentlemen to the votes of non-resident freemen, of whom both Mrs Holmes and Admiral Durham had above a hundred, were, from the peculiarities of the election-law, which. rendered, it impossible within the reenired time to meet them, considered by the counsel for the ousted members as quite fatal to the case of his clients. Thii decision takes two votes from -the devotion-to-power-and-place party, and adds two to the Liberal side. 31r. Capel is adored at Quecuborough, for his zeal and friendship shown to the poor fishermen there. When these poor fellows found. they could not muster another vote in his favour, so as to place him, above the Ordnance nominee, Admiral Durham, they actually cried with grief and vexation.
LIVERPOOL ELECTION.—This severe struggle terminated on Tues- day ; when the numbers were—for Mr. Ewan, 2,S.15;;for Mr. Denison, 2,18a ; majority in favour of Ewart, 29. The polling proCeeded with wonderful regularity up to the last day ; Mr. Ewart being, at the close on five separate days, exactly 12 behind his opponent. The open, svowe 1, and profligate bribery practised on the occasion of this election, is described as surpassing any precedent, even in Liverpool. NoRwren ELECTION.—Mr. Robert Grant was unanimously re-elected on Tuesday. He was put in nomination by Sir Thomas Beevor. The chairing was unusually splendid. Among the devices on the banners were—" Grant, the advocate of the people." " Peace to the nation, plenty to the poor." " William the Fourth, the King of the people." "Reform, retrenchment, and peace, and no mistake." "Our Ciuntry-is dear, but our liberty is dearer." DOVER ELECTION—Mr. Poulett Thomson was unanimously re IC'ecteil on Monday. REFORM.--A numerous and important meeting took place at Exeter on Friday,—the High Sheriff in the chair,—for the purpose of petition. ing Parliament for a reform in the House of Commons. The meeting was addressed at great length by Mr. Newton Feilowes, who contended strongly for the vote by ballot. Sir Thomas D. Acland and several-other freeholders addressed the meeting, and the petition was unanimously agreed to. Lord Ebrington was absent, from illness.. CA/IIIRIDGE REFORM.-011 Saturday, a preliminary meeting was hed at Cambridge, for the purpose of resolving whether a county meet- ing to petition for Parlhonentary reform should be called. It-was des termieed, on the recommendation of Mr. Foster, Mr. Fordham, Mr. Ser- geant Pell, and Mr. Fyne—well-known Reformers, the account say's—that it should not. The grand argument was, the confidence of the country in the Ministry. This is either the most abominable hypocrisy, or the most contemptible twaddle. If the Ministry be honest, as we believe they are, every additional meeting must strengthen their hands fur the . accomplishment of their honest purposes ; if they be insincere, the only way to compel them to act up to their professions is to show that the people are not disposed to let them off for less than they have promised. REPEAL OF THE UNION.:—The Council of the Birmingham Political Union have addressed a long letter to the people of Ireland, strongly dissuading them from the attempt to disunite the two counties. THE COTTAGE SysTem.—The Earl of Roseberry, with a vieiv to. increase the, comforts and betterAlie condition of the cottagerS on his estate atPestsvick, Plumstead, and Saxlingham, twenty-three. 44_aurn ber, has allotted half an acre (if land to each of them, in addittiO to. shat they previously occupied.4-- county Chronicle. PRICE of Consr.—There1S a report abroad to the effect thee some thing like a conspiracy has been entered into by certain greaf corn.- dealers; for the purpose of raising the price of grain. This having come to the knowledge of the Government, we are told that an intima- tion was made to one of the priucipaCcorn-merchants, that, in case any material advance in the price of wheat took place, the Government would be under the necessity of throwing open the ports for the admis- sion of foreign grain. This, it is added, had the desired effect, and the advance whicli was expected to take place did not occur.—Morning Herald.
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