A Birmingham correspondent writes—after a severe struggle at past public
meetings, and after a mandamus to the Rector has been obtained from the Court of Queen's Bench, a signal triumph was obtained by the Liberal party, at a meeting of rate-payers held yesterday in the Town-hall, by the appointment of the well-known Radical, Benjamin Hadley, as the People's Churchwarden.
Mr. Fox Maule has written a letter to all the Overseers of corporate towns, culling upon them to send up the number of voters disfranchised at the late registration in consequence of the non-payment of rates or taxes, together with the amount of the rent at which they are respectively assessed.—Worcester Chronicle.
There are already six candidates for the Town. Clerkship of the newly incorporated borough of Manchester.
At a public meeting at Llanelly, on the 30th of November, it was resolved to raise a public subscription to pay the costs of the suit against John James, the Carmarthenshire farmer, against whom proceedings have been commenced in the Ecclesiastical Court of the Bishopric of St. David's for not attending his parish-church.
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