Mr. Harry Spencer Waddington was elected Member for West Suffolk
on Monday. No Whig or Liberal opposition was attempted.
Mr. Peter Borthwick's late constituents have given him a public dinner ; and the ladies of Evesham have subscribed to present his with a handsome piece of plate. The proceedings took place oti Saturday last. In the course of his speech of thanks, Mr. Borth. wick commented with much bitterness on the treatment he bad re- ceived from Mr. Rushout ; and denied the truth of the charge of bri. bcry, which he would defy his opponent to make good— Lord Datigannon had moved the printing of the evidence; and alien that Ulm. complishett. lie should present a petition to the house of Commons, praying that the Attorney-tietwral might be instructed to proseenti• him at common law for bribery. So much for bribery. When the turmoil and excitement of these events should haw ',eased, and w hen he should be numbered with the departed. his children might per. Imps be taunted with it as a reproach. that their father had been convicted by the 11101111e of Commons of bribery. Those children, he thanked God. would be enabled to direct those who so taunted them, to look at the annals oar Evesham; they could mist to their funilo plate clout, and proudly say. pointing to that which he should have to' hind him us tlit• most valuable heirloom he meld bestow upon them, " Item is the proof of the voilae set upon the decision of the Committee. and the estimation in which It wits held, by our father's eonstitueuts, and the public at large." Let no glib or learned tongue then say, Olt I the men who sat on that Committee were men of pre• found erudition, and able to detect and balance all the niceties of the law, which the tattles of Evesham could not du. No, they could nut ; and for that very reason he prized their gift the more. It was a tribute arising from the pure and warm wahines VI' right anti amiable feeling; it was virtue defending truth, and both uniting in suer ample of justice to the world.
Lord Suffield has become the purchaser of the Lambton hounds, for the sum of 3,000 guineas ; and his Lordship intends to transfer that excellent pack to Leicestershire. Sir Matthew W. Ridley offered 2,500/, for them. Epsom Races commence on Tuesday the 29th. The Derby Stakes will this year, and in future, be run for on the Wednesday, instead of Thursday as before ; and the Oaks on Friday, as usual.
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