e,be robinces.
The nomination for Birmingham was on Thursday. Mr. Mutts, Mr. Sturge, and Sir Charles Wetherell were the candidates. No pre- vious notice of Sir Charles Wetherell's nomination had been given., and it was uncertain up to the time of his nomination whether the Tories would put forward any candidate. Mr. Allen, the Whig, an- nounced his retirement from the hustings. There was a large show of hands for Mr. Sturge, a much larger for Mr. Monts, but for Sir Charles Wetherell scarcely a hand in the body of the Hall was held up. Mr. George Edmonds, who proposed Mr. Sturge, then stated, that as the decision of the meeting was against Mr. Sturge, he was authorized to withdraw that gentleman from the contest ; and he hoped this proof of Mr. Sturge's magnanimity would have the effect of uniting all the
Liberals against the common enemy. The show of hands being pro- nounced in favour of Muntz, a poll for Wetherell was demanded. The Master-General of the Ordnance has ordered the whole of the Ordnance lands around Devonport to be brought to the hammer.
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