The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

Mr. George Thompson has most handle) ely declined to
contest the vacancy in Westminster, about, to be created by
the retirement of Mr. Leader, in favour of 3 fr. Lushington.
The following correspondence has pas sed between Mr;
Prout, the Chairman of the City Reform Association, and
Mr. Thompson :
" Stannard's Hotel, Covent-garden, Jan. 27,1847.
"Dear Sir,—At a meeting of the committee of the West°
minster Reform Society, held here this evening, I was re-
quested to convey to you the unanimous assurance of their
high respect and esteem, and to express their sincere regret
that circumstances, wholly of a local nature, should hate
proved so insurmountable, in the opinion of the committee
at their previous meeting, that you could licit with safety be
placed as a candidate for the representation of this citY;
and the committee further requested me to convey to 70.1
their sincere hope, that by your high character, obtained in
defence of liberty and public justice, you may speedily 11,
honoured with a seat in the Legislature, where your gee'
talents may have a more extensive field f .operation for con"
ferring benefits to your country, equal or superior to thode
which you have already assisted in accomplishing. -
" In the opinions here expressed you hu've my entire VA'
currence.—l am, dear sir, your's truly,
THOMAS PROUT, Chairman.
" To George Thompson, Esq., &c, &c."
" 6, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, Saturday
Evening, Jan. 30, 1817.
" Dear Si:,—Owing to absence in Ow north of Eng;
land, I did not obtain the letter you did. me the honour to
address to me on the 27th until this day.
"The sentiments which, in accordance with the uniini".
mous vote of the committee of the city of Westminster Be".
form Society, you have conveyed to me, fuse peculiarly grat_B_
Eying, especially as you. are pleased to (express your ow,.
entire concurrence in them.
" I cordially thank the committee for the assurance thec
have given me of their personal respect and Wean,
shall endeavour to confirm their favourable opinions, bY c°_
tinning to pursue, with singleness of put pose, in whatever
,
sphere I may be called to labour, the great objects to wnl,4"
my public life has hitherto been devoted. nattering
" While gratefully acknowledging the kind and
communication you have made to me, permit rne.
Choice
same time, to express my ardent satisfaction that the
L.-
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of the Reform Society has fallen on a gentleman who,
ed
to the
my estimation as well as theirs, is eminently entit_
should the
support of the liberal electors of Westminoter',4-, Cbsttee„
suffrages of that enlightened body return ."
minster will
Lushington to the House of Commons,
have another representative worthy of her
Reformer, of
principles—a gentleman who is a thoroug-
d endenee.
sound judgment, ripe experience, and tried in ell
'`l far no-
" No longer now before the society as a cand....ate
minatiosi to the distinguished position to which the TOL=
of its members have elevated another, I shall, as one of that
society, earnestly co-operate to secure the return of the gen-
ci4thaesra4 cter and her
gen-
tleman who has been selected, and shall trust to see him, is
company with his colleague in the contest, placed in a tri-
umphant majority at the next election.
" With sincere regard, believe me,
" Dear Sir, yours truly,
" GEORGE THOMPSON.
" Thomas Prout, Esq., Chairman of the Committee
of the Westminster Reform Association."
Mr. Charles Lushington will, therefore, receive the united
support of all the Liberal section of the constituency.

LATE LOSS OF A VESSEL WITS

PROVISIONS FOR IRELAND.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

RELIEF FUND FOR IRELAND AND SCOTLAND'
Committee-room, Mansion-house, Hull, Feb. 3.
Silt—The attentien of this Committee alai been called to
an article in The Sun of Saturday last under the above
head. I am directed to inform you, that this Committ!e
have not purchased anything whatever to send to Ireland;
all our funds are being distributed through the British Ash'
ciation in London, to whose Treasurer we last week made .
.;
remitance of fifteen hundred pounds, which I am haPPY,:i
say is not nearly half the amount of the contributions wuw
shall be furnished by Hull.
It will much oblige this Committee if you will have the
goodness to insert this letter in your next pacer: aw,
hope that such other journals as may have inserted the Pori--
graph will kindly copy this contradiction.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN GARRETT, BA., Hon. See.
P.S. We are aware that the vessel left this port with pro'
visions for Ireland, but the cargo was the sulkject of private
speculation.

FOREIGN MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—The royal mail steam-00
Avon, Captain Norton, left the docks yesterdaty afternoon for
the West Indies, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieute-
nant Brand, Admiralty agent. It was somewhat heal
The Avon took out thirty-nine passengers, a considerable
quantity of quicksilver for the Mexican mines, besides all
average cargo.
The Achilles, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company'
Captain Wilson, left this afternoon at three o'clock precisely'
with mails, passengers, and freight for the Levant. The du'
ration of her voyage will be about ten weeks.
_„e
The Dee, Captain Allan, homeward bound with the Nsr.v-.
Indian and Mexican mails, is due at the Post-office on till
7th, but in all probability she will arrive on the sth. •
The Iberia, Captain Meehan, with the homeward Peno!,-,
sular mails, is due on the 6th ?but it is most lamely:she Tru'
arrive on Friday.
Tne Tiber, Captain Russell, takes out the Peninsular ma'
of the 7th. Letters posted in London en the givingt a,,
6th will be in ample time.
Our readers are already aware of the return of the Pekl:d
a new steam-ship belonging to the Peninsular anal Oriental
Company, which left this port on the 30th ult. for the Chins
seas. There was some defect in her feeding pipes, In"ms—
,4,
rendered it absolutely necessary that she should put back,
Some six or eight days will elapse before she will be enabled. •
to resume her voyage. The Pottinger, Captain CoOrtct °
preparing with all possible dispatch for the same destineuelli
for which she will leave Southampton on the 16th ;_te
should any untoward accident prevent the completion OL,,sa
Pekin previous to that time, the moils and passengers OA
transferred to the Pottinger.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—NEW STANDING ORDBItge:
The following additional standing orders, relating to railOL
and other Bills, were agreed to on the 26th ofJanuary 121Nt.
" 1. That after any road, or canal, or railway, or dock-Lu—
shall he read a first, time, and before any further proceedi%
thereupon, there be deposited in the office of the Clerk of ti
Parliament a statement of the length and breadth of the
space which is intended or sought to be taken for the PTS
posed works, and to give up which the consent of the owners'""
of the land has not been obtained ; together with the pan..,.'
of such owners, and the height above the surface of all P
posed works on the ground of each such owner. 2. A"
also, in the case of railway bills, that a return shall be pre'
sented, at the same time, of the names of the owners or oe'
cupiers of any houses situated within 300 yards of the Init;
posed works, who shall, on or before the introduction of t_t
Bill into this House in the present session, or before the 31111 of December prior to any future session in which the ,
shall be introduced into Parliament, have sent to the prOD3ZIO
ters of the railway their dissent, or any written objections
the railway."
HER MAJESTY'S BUCKHOUNDS. - The Meet ost
Monday was at Woking station. There was rather a gen!
field, but several of the right sort, including the Noble Atari,
of the Buckhounds, Lord Rivers, Captain Fullerton, ...r„,t
Worley, Mr. Jones, and several officers of the Life and .e.'";,
Guards. The deer was uncarted (rather late in the (I/1(Z
consequence of the previous night's frost) near the athe*
and went away at a clipping pace towards Chessey, and the
doubled to the right and made across the country
direction of Byfleet, then doubling right back to 117-07,71
between the station and the village. The deer then d" t
and made to Worplesdon, thence to Purbrigbt, and "lie,
Henley Park on to Fritnley Ridges, and thence to the e,
where it was taken in the water. The ground coveret! :;.as
upwarks of twenty-five miles, and the whole distance l 0
done in two hours without a single check. Earl Gr!,..ll:ond
gave in at Byfleet, and very few were up at the take.7Y itt
Lord Rivers, Mr. Jones, Mr. Worley, and the Wll2P.%day
consequence of the heavy frost which set in on ir:ce St
night, the private meet which was to have taken Vfday)
Gerrard's Cross was postponed. To-morrow's meet (r I'
has been fixed for the White Hart, Maidenhend. . 4.1,0
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held ?..Vd"a
East India House, when Daniel Eliott, Esq., was app°'
provisional member of council at Madras.
Mr
'CONVERSION '
CONVERSION TO THE CHURCH OF ROME'
Robert Suffield, late scholar of St. Peter's Colleel_yZic
bridge, has made a public profession of the Roman
wusawv
faith, and has been received into the college at