A grand dinner was given on Saturday, at the Star
and Garter, Richmond, by the merchants of London engaged in the Levant trade, to Nourri Effendi, the recently-arrived Ambassador from the Court of
Turkey. It was attended by upwards of a hundred of the Le- vant merchants ; among whom were Sir J. R. Reid, M. P., Mr.
Robinson, M.P., and the Lord Mayor. The Chairman was Mr. Grant. He explained, that as Nourri Effendi understood no language but his own, and as none of the suite were very conversant with English, it would be necessary for him to propose the toasts in French ; his Highness the Prince of Samos, who sat next to his Excel. lency, having kindly undertaken to convey their meaning in Turkish. In the course of the evening, the reserve of the Turk yielded to the conviviality which reigned around, and among the happiest of those present none appeared more happy than Nourri Effendi; who drank wine and cheered as the toasts were given, as heartily as any English foxbunter, in happy forgetfulness of the Prophet's commands.
There was a meeting of Liberal Members of Parliament at Lord Ebrington's on Wednesday; when, according to the Herald, which in this instance seems not badly informed, the following were announced as the heads of the Government Tithe Bill.
" The Million Loan is to be cancelled.
" Thirty per cent. is to be deducted from the present amount of tithe, and a new valuation to be granted in any parish where it may be called for.
" Our readers will recollect that in the plan of last year 40 per cent. was to be deducted from the amount of tithe. The reason for adopting a lower per.
centage under the present arrangement, was the objection generally felt by the English Members against touching the Consolidated Fund. It is also to be ob- served, that the Irish Members object strongly to the present valuation of the tithe, which they consider as grossly exaggerated. "An appropriation clause is to be engrafted on the Bill, and, in order to pre- vent its being mutilated in the Lords, it is to be introduced in the shape of a Money Bill, which will leave the Upper House no alternative but to accept or reject the whole measure. " The meeting was attended by Mr. O'Connell and about forty of the Irish Members; Lords Fitzwilliana, Gosford, Rossmore, and Strafford (late Sir J. Byng) were also resent." During the 1 orkshire canvass, Lord Morpeth's Committee at Halifax received a letter from Mr. Maud, solicitor of Wetherby (who has a quali- Ecation in this district) stating that he should not come to poll, as he had paired off with a Tory in that neighbourhood, each of them having signed an agreement to that effect. On Monday, however, the Committee were surprised to find that the Tory in question had voted for Mr. Wortley. They immediately despatched an express to Wetherby ; on the arrival of which, Mr. Maud immediately left home, and came to Halifax in time to vote for Lord Morpeth. We make no comment on this transaction ; it needs none.—Halifax Express.
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