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The Reformers and Tories of Northamptonshire both appear to be confident of success. The nomination will take place on Tuesday, and the polling on Friday next. A correspondent of the Times last week stated positively that Lord Lilford was taking strong measures with his tenantry and threatening them with loss of their farms, if they voted for Mr. Maunsell. But this was a Tory lie : Lord Lilford has written a letter to the Times declaring the statement of its cone. spondent to be " utterly and entirely false."
The Liberals of West Gloucestershire seem to be at a loss for candidate to oppose Mr. Hale, the Tory. Sir John Guise, Mr. E. Protheroe, and Colonel Kingscote, have been spoken of; but no one has come forward.
Apublic dinner will be given at Stockton on the 18th to the Mem. bers for South Durham, by their friends and constituents. Mr. Mey.. nell is expected to take the chair ; and Mr. Hutt, the Member for Hull, with other influential gentlemen connected with this county and the North Riding, have engaged to be present.—Durham Chronicle.
Mr. Richard Moorsom, the Liberal candidate for Whitby at the election in 1832, in opposition to Mr. Aaron Chapman, has gone to Cockermouth to canvass for the vacancy which will arise in its repre. sentation by the resignation of Mr. Dykes. Mr. Moorsom's politics are of the same stamp as those of the last-named gentleman. The Reformers here have three candidates of the same principles. They should be on their guard against the common enemy. Mr. Browne, who has, it is understood, started for Cockermouth against Mr. Hors- man, is the younger brother of Sir John de Beauvoir, who was returned for Windsor at the last election, and unseated on a petition.—Globe.
The Bath Tories had a muster on Thursday. About 500 dined
together in the Assembly-rooms and 200 more were admitted after dinner, to hear the speeches. Sir E. Filmer, Colonel Daubeney, Sir Henry Johnson, Mr. Henry Schomberg, Captain Parish, and other gentlemen of similar note and reputation in the country at large, were the chief speakers. The performances were particularly stupid. Abuse of O'Connell and the Ministers formed, of course, the theme of almost every oration. Sir E. Filmer, the Chairman, however, con. trived to hit a blow at Mr. Hume and the Orange Committee. He gave " The Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family;" but scarcely a cheer was heard. He then rose again, and declared, that on giving the toast he intended to throw hack the calumnies uttered against the Duke of Cumberland and those societies with which he was connected; " and he challenged Mr. Hume to bring forward a tittle of evidence against those persons whom he and his Radical party had so rascally defamed :" he therefore would add to the toast of "the Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family," the words, " and may the House of Brunswick never forget those principles that placed them on the throne !" With this addition and explanation, the toast gave exceeding satisfaction ; for the company vociferated and yelled forth their delight, in a style which the Chronicle reporter declares to be almost unprecedented. We find nothing else in the account of the dinner worth notice. There was a meeting of the North Northamptonshire Conservative Association, at iVellingborough, on Thursday ; it was attended by Lord Brudenell, Colonel Stopford, Mr. Maunsell, and a considerable number of clergymen. Mr. Maunsell declared himself opposed to a Government by Papists, and the factious, democratic, and Republican portion of the Irish and English. The Chairman, Mr. W. Whitworth, administered consolation to the company, by assuring them that " the Lake of Gloucester had said, a short time before he died, that if the Duke of Wellington would be but firm, the country might yet be saved !"
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