Mr. Roebuck's late constituents at Bath intend to present him
with a dinner.service of plate, in token of gratitude for his services in Par- liament, arid their approbation of his political conduct generally.
The National Petition has received 8,000 signatures in Nottingham. The Mayor of Kidderminster, in a letter to the Birmingham Journal, denies that he threatened to remove Messrs. Douglas and Hadley from
Kidderminster; and adds, that the conduct of those gentlemen was in "the highest degree praiseworthy."
The cause of Democracy is going on gloriously in Northampton, and in the country round us. We have now four excellent associations in the country, thriving rapidly—at Daventry, Kettering, and Buckby. At Buckby, which is a large village, the members consist nearly all of ogricultural labourers; and it is really cheering to be in their company, they exhibit such a thirst for knowledge, and, even now, possess a power of intelligence that would surprise their oppressors, were they aware of it, and would prove, if they had a voice in the representation, that nothing but intelligible, equal, arid good laws would satisfy. They are determined never to cease in their exertions until they have gained that important political right—Universal Suffrage. They are no longer to be duped by Tory, Whig, or sham-Radical sophistry; they will no longer listen to any evasive scheme Ow may be invented to take their attention away from their political rights ; they will no longer attend to any harangue that may be delivered by their brick-and-mortar repre- lentatives during the recess, unless it contain a plain straightforward de- rend for Universal Suffrage. Must not these facts be cheering to such excellent and determined advocates for the people as yourself, and ether members of the Birmingham Political Union have proved your- selves to be, arming from an agricultural district of such Toryfied noto- riety as Northamptonshire ?—Letter front Northampton, in the Birming- ham Journal.
A report is in circulation relative to our well-satisfied Repre- sentative, Sir Edward Codrington. It is now said that a negotiation, or, in plainer terms, a bargain, is on the tapis, for the transfer of Sir Edward's seat for Devonport to a gentleman connected with the Admi- ralty; the consideration to be made being the naval command at this port, on the retirement of Lord Amelius Ileauclerk.— West of England Conservative.
The Tories of Manchester are so bitterly hostile to a representative municipal corporation, from knowing that in that body they will have a very small minority, that they have actually sent up a case to Sir William Follett arid Sir Frederick Polloek to try to set aside the charter granted by her Majesty's Privy Council! They will "bite the file" in vain.—Leeds Mercury.
The Bolton Tories had their grand dinner on Thursday. Upwards of a thousand persons assembled in a handsomely-decorated pavilion, erected for the occasion. There were plenty of ladies in the galleries, and each toast was preceded by a flourish of trumpets. Mr. Roby, a banker, and Mr. Cross, a barrister, were the chief orators. Their speeches were of a very commonplace description ; but, altogether, the meeting " was one of the most harmonious and constitutional ever held in Bolton."
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