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A meeting of the district et»:111111tet.'S Of the 'Manchester Reform As- eociation %vas hehl ie that town on Friday eveuing, to give Mr. Alilner ( aeon tilt opportul• ity of explaieieg lies political sentiments. 'flue 11;13 or took the cheir, and introduce-1 Mr. Gibson to the meeting. la er al Ai ;ling his politics, !tr. Cileson : aid he ems luvouiruitmltu tO some ex- e:aion al' the suffrage ;si roegly in favour or s-cudl. voting, aml of a re-
ribution of tht• selia.car ; an advocate of' lace trade, and for a total e•peal of' the Coriala ws with the least possi !de delay. At the mid of
ais address, which was repeatedly Mr, tiii)S011 miderweet a ,iiin,tioning, %st!..1•1•1111 it cc-us thought he lind not beg's explicit. II■! Ilcelii),(1 pledee himself to any definite
tension of' ; he said he wae inclined to Triennial
; that he %%amid vote toe the :wholition of I liurell-i.;Ittys, lait he to vide for reduction of the Army and • he ( last.; he nIso pregael his willingness to vote for the exclu- ion of' Bisheps from the House of Lords. A resolution was thifil aosell, to the effect that Mr. Gibson was a fit :mil proper persioi to re- present the borough of' .31atichester. '1'i, this an amendment WItS prtg,
;aged, for deferring an opinion until Mr. Gibson had more fully ex- plained himself. The original motion was carried by a large majority.
Mr. Edward Foley has declared his intention of retiring from the representation of Herefordshire whenever a general election may take place. He attributes this determination on his part to ill health, and consequent inability to discharge his Parliamentary duties efficiently. B. Mynors Baskerville and Mr. Joseph Bailey junior, have come forward in his place "upon purely Conservative principles," and as supporters of the present Corn-laws.—Morning Chronicle.
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