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Huddersfield:election took place this week; the nomination on Wednes- day, the polling on Thursday. The candidates, Mr. Starkey, a resident in the borough, and Lord Goderich, are both Liberals, but the latter is the most decided. Nothing of any mark characterized the nomination. Mr. Starkey dwelt much on Free-trade and Lord Goderich, besides explain- ing his political opinions, analyzed Mr. Gladstone's Budget, which he described as "worthy of a disciple of Sir Robert PeeL" The show of hands was in favour of Lord Goderich, by thousands over hundreds. At the close of the poll, on Thursday, the numbers were—For Goderich, 675; Starkey, 593. Lord Goderich kept the lead all day.

In testimony of their approval of the public• conduct of their Member Mr. William Scholefield, the non-electors of Birmingham presented him with a massive silver cup, at a meeting held on the 15th; the Mayor in the chair. At the same time and in the same spirit, the flint-glass makers presented Mr. Scholefield with four glass goblets and a jug.

The Earl of Hardwicke presided over a meeting at Cambridge on Satur- day, convened, to petition Parliament in favour of repealing the Malt and Hop duties.

The long-contemplated meeting on Indian affairs was held at Man- chester on Thursday. The Mayor presided. Among the speakers were ; Mr. Thomas Baxley, President of the Manchester Chamber of Com- merce, the Reverend Dr. Vaughan, Mr. R. Birley, Mr. H. R. Callender, Mr. Henry Ashworth, and Mr. Alderman Watkins. Resolutiona were passed condemning the present constitution of the Indian Government, 88 net adapted to secure the welfare of the people of India ; asserting that under the British Government their progress had been retarded, justice de- fectively administered, taxation oppressive, public works Inadequate for purposes of communication and irrigation ; and recommending "that the Court of Directors and Proprietors of East India Stock should he entirely disconnected from the Government of India; which for the future should, in this country, consist of a Minister and Council appointed by the Crown and directly responsible to Parliament."

The adjourned debate on Mr. Heywood'a motion in favour of local rating for educational purposes, was renewed in the Manchester Council on Wednesday. Mr. Alderman Pilling moved an amendment, that it was inexpedient to commit the Council to a premature decision, as the Government measure would shortly come under consideration. This amendment was carried without a division.

After the prizes offered by the Anti-Corn-law League for certain essays have been adjudged, a general meeting will be called and the League will be formally dissolved, The Isle of Wight Savings-bank has been suddenly closed, "in cense-- quence of a defalcation in the actuary's accounts." The announcement caused the greatest consternation in the island, as numbers in all parts, and nearly every benefit society, had deposits in the bank. Rumour is busy as to the amount of loss which will fall on the unfortunate people, and as to the defective state of the accounts. Only a fortnight since, the Ryde actuary was tried at Winchester for embezzling 30/.

The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have granted three acres of land at Windsor to form a new burial-ground for the united parishes of St. John and Holy Trinity. Some of the parishioners wished that the ground should form a cemetery for the use of Dissenters as well as Churchmen; but the Commissioners stated that the law would only per- mit them to grant it as a parochial graveyard. The plot is situated near the Cavalry Barracks, and is worth 10004 The Exeter and South Devon Rifle Corps, a volunteer body recognized by Government, is fast increasing its numbers ; and the volunteers exer- cise themselves in firing weekly. In the "naval intelligence" of late there have been a good many re- ports of courts-martial held on seamen who have deserted; and this week three small Queen's steamers have left Sheerness for the purpose of searching for deserters in outgoing ships from London and other ports.

Whathas now come to be familiarly known as the "wages movement continues with unabated force from one end of the country to the other. The Directors of the London and North-western Railway Company have decided that there shall be an increase of wages to the goods-porters, but the details have been left to the Local Boards. The adult male spinners and piecers of Ashton have resolved that they -will work no more than ten hours daily; and they have recently, in al- most every case, left the factories when the women and "young persons" had completed their legal ten hours.

The Nottingham manufacturers have received more orders on American account than can well be executed; and the scarcity of hands is so great that foreigners—including Frenchmen Germans, Hungarians, and Poles —are beginning to be employed as workmen.

The window-glass-manufacturers of the United Kingdom recently held a meeting at Newcastle-on-Tyne to consider the expediency of an advance of price in consequence of the increased cost of all the materials em- ployed. Bottles and flint glass have already been raised in price. The meeting resolved, though present prices are unremunerative, not to in- crease them yet, because an advance would lead to the introduction of glass from the Continent.

The miners of St. Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall, have struck for an ad- vance of wages. The movement began with a man named Smith, who possesses great influence with the miners ; the men turned out, and held meetings ; but after some dap, a clergyman and two gentlemen of the locality having harangued them, they returned to work. Afterwards they heard that Smith had been refused employment ; whereupon they immediately struck again, and declared they would adhere to their first demands.

Shoemakers, carpenters, painters, and masons, in several towns in South Wales, have successfully demanded an increase of wages; but in some places the masters have resisted, and got "fresh hands" at the old price.

The feud between the "Conference" party of the Wesleyans and the "Reformers" who have seceded has got to such a height at Yeadon in York- shire, that, besides engaging in lawsuits, the disputants have committed personal outrages. The worst recently occurred : a blunderbuss was dis- charged from a house occupied by a Conference man, and Hiram Yeadon was seriously wounded. The Leeds Magistrates have committed two persons for trial, but allowed bail : the evidence as to the circumstances under which the firing occurred was very contradictory.

1 The Dublin steamer Trafalgar' while leaving the Mersey on Saturday evening, came into collision with a schooner, and the schooner sank : the crew saved themselves in a boat.

A gardener of Sheffield has died of locked-jaw caused by accidentally run- ning a "spill" into his little finger.

Three people employed on the Midland Railway have been killed within A fortnight, through their own carelessness. In one case a man fell from a briffer-on which he was incautiouslyriding : in another, the sufferer was at- tempting to throw bags into a carirage while the tall was in motion—he slipped, and fell among the wheels.