The Reformers of Warrington have so far discharged their duty
at the late registration, as to have, according to a careful canvass of the voters, a clear majority of more than a hundred votes in favour of a Liberal candidate ; so that Mr. Ireland Blackburne will have time to attend to his beautiful demesne at Hale.— Globe.
A numerous meeting of' Mr. Buckingham's constituents took place on Monday, at the Town hall, Sheffield, for the purpose of consider- ing the measures desirable to be taken on the rejection of his Compen- sation Bill. An address from Mr. Buckingham to the British public was read, and resolutions were agreed to for raising subscriptions throughout the country to compensate Mr. Buckingham for the losses he has sustained.
Mr. Kedgwin Hoskins, M. P., has had an interview with Lord John Russell relative to the clause in the Tithe Bill which fixes the sum of 15s. per acre on all hop-grounds, and he pointed out to his Lordship the injustice of the clause to the bop-planters in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. It is understood that Lord John Russell fully ac- knowledged the force of Mr. Hoskins's observations, and said the tithe upon hop-ground should be left for arrangement in different parts-of the country, according to the respective value of the produce.
On Thursday week, a clergyman at Andover refused to bury a corpse, the interment of which was fixed for three o'clock, because the proces- sion did not reach the churchyard until half an hour after. He ordered it back until the next morning at ten o'clock. [ This is the way to make the people hate the Church ; but the parsons think that the Establish- ment will at any rate last their time.]
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