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M IDDLE SEX ELECTION.-
..-7 At a MEETING of LIBERAL ELECTORS of the
COUNTY" of MIDDLESEX, held' at the British -Coffee. - House,
Cockspur-street, January 19, 1847,
SAMUEL CHARLES WHITBREAD, Esq., in the Chair,
Requisitions most numerously and respectably signed by Elector.,
of the county of Middlesex having been presented to LorJ Robert
Grosvenor, and he haying signified his acceptance thereof, and
having agreed to become a Candidate for the Representation in Par-
lament of the county of Middlesex, vacant by the lamented death
of George Ityng, Esquire,
- Resolved Unanimously,—That Lord Robert Grosv nor is recom-
mended by this meeting to the Electors of liiddiese.x, and that
Immediate arrangements be made to secure his return.
That the following gentlemen be a Committee• to conduct the
Election :
Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart. I John Drewett, Esq.
J. G. Hammack, Esq. - 11. J. Pres.:ott, Esq.
George Offer, Esq. Gilbert I'ouncy, Esq.
Peter Martineau, Esq. 'Thomas Prout, Esq.
William Lawrence, Esq. • Henry Xibbs Brown, Esq.
Henry Hull, Esq. John Ashtim Yates, Esq.
William Hull, Esq. . Henry Waymouth, Esq.
Robert -Watson, Esq. Samuel Amory, Esq.
Henry liamtnencl,Esq. Robeit Amory, Esq.
Stephen Bird, Esq. ' James Cunlitle, Esq._
Sir William Chatterton, Bart. P. A. Taylor, Eget.
William Nicholson, Esq. T. C. Watson, Esq.
Hon. Frederick Byng. Jolt Morley, Esq. •
William Leaf, Esq. . Thomas Ridgway, Esq.
Josh. Phelps, Esq. David Wms Wire, Esq.
Johe Begshaw, Esq. . David Caldwell, Esq.
Martin Thackray, Esq. Charles Richardson. Esq. .
C. S. Butler, Esq. Sir Walter Stirling, Bart.
Thomas Gibson, Esq. . George Wilson, Esq.
John Simpson, Esq. - • W. It. Hodges, Esq.
John Ingram Travers, Esq. Robert J. Bagshaw, Esq.
Sir Edward Colebrooke. Bart. Charles Finch, Esq.
Sir George Larpent, Bart. Frederick Ashby, Esq.
J. G. Ramsden,-Esq. "Aesley Pellatt, Esq.
J. B. Rowe, Esq. Francis Sherborn, Esq.
James Montgomery, Esq. Lionel de Rothschild, Esq. •
B. J. Armstrong, Esq.
Matthew Foster, Esq., M.P. • • James Hutchinson, Esq.
M James Pattison, Esq., M.P. John M. Parsons, Esq.
Henry Perkins, Esq.
Thomas Fowler, Esq. ' Thomas 11. Riches, Esq.
That Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esq, be Chairman 'of the
Central Committee.

That the Hon, Edward Bouverie, M.P., Abraham Wilday
Robarts, Esq., Sir William Clay, Bart., James Anderton, Esq., Sir
Edward Codrington, Bart., and Robert Banbury, Esq., be Deputy-
Chairmen of the Central Committee.

That the Central Committee sit daily at the British Cnffee-house;
Cockspur-street.

S. C. WHITBREAD, Chairman.

TO THI ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX.
CENTLEMEN,—IIaving been requested by a numerous and
most respectable portion of your body, to come forward as a can-
didate...for the County, in consequence of the lamented demise of the
:ate Idr.llyng, I beg at once to be permitted to express the deep
sense I entertain of all that is most flattering and encouraging in
such an event.

I will not, however, disguise from myself the fact, that it invites
me to take upon myself a heavy responsibility, and one in the di-=
charge of which, were I much more capable than I fear I must ac-
knowledge myself to be, of undertaking it, I cannot but feel that I
shall appear to great disadvantage when compared with my late
most excellent and revered friend and connexion, whose distin-
guished services during so many eventful years, will ever be grate-
fully and affectionately remembered in the county of Middlesex.
I have also the painfhl reflection that, it I accept your honourable
and gratifying offer, I must sever my political connexion with the
inhabitants of the city of Chester, with whom all my earliest and
happiest associations are connected, a constituency pre-eminent
alike for its attachment to'the Throne and for its steady adherence
to those great principles of civil and religious freedom, to which it
has been the humble endeavour of my political life to give expression.
Whenever that connexion terminated it was my wish to have re-
tired from public life, and such, indeed, would be the course most
consonant to my feelings now, and most compatible with a some-
what uncertain state of health. Circumstances, however, having
ocurred to alter in some degree my position in reference to my con-
stituents, and believing that the present is a conjuncture when no
man is at liberty to indulge his own private inclinations, and shrink
from a post of duty, however, diffident he may be of his own powers ;
being given also to understand that, at this moment, more certainly
from accidental circumstances than from any merits •f my own,
I happen to be the candidate most agreeable to the friends and sup-
porters of the late Mr. Byng and his policy, I consent to come for-
ward. •
After more than a quarter of a century spent in Parliament, dur-
ing the most remarkable era in British legislation, pending which
time I have supperted all those great measures of political, religious,
social, and commercial freedom which have now obtained the assent
of almost every eminent man in the empire, professions on my part
would be unmeaning. All I will venture to assure you is, that having
advocated these measures in less fortunate times, I feel no inclina-
tion to alter toy course now, or to shrink from their legitimate con-
sequences.
If this view of my Parliamentary conduct shall induce the electors
of this most important county to place confidence in me, my assi-
duous attention and my best energies shall be devoted to the dis-
charge of the arduous duties which will, in that event, devolve upon
me.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with great respect, your
most obedient servant,

ROBERT GROSVENOR

IVO the ELECTORS of the CITY of CHESTER.
GENTLEMEN. —The time is now arrived when circumstances,
which I will shortly explain, make it incumbent upon me to ad-
dress you, and Ido so with a heavy heart. To have e.rjoyed the
confidence and respect of such a constituency as yours uninterruptedly
for upwards of twenty years, must be felt as a strong tie by any one.
But when to this it is -added, that with you all the happiest asso-
ciations of my early lite are identified, together with all those
arduous struggles in which we have been engaged for the promotion
of Social, religious, political, and commercial freedom, which have just
received their crowning work, it will be admitted that I must ap-
proach the -termination of such a connexion with feelings of un-
mingled regret.
I hoped that this connexion might have been maintained between
us for a yet longer period ; I trusted that at least, whenever the ter-
mination of it became inevitable, I might have been permitted to
retire into private life.
Circumstances, however, have arisen to prevent the realisation of
those wishes ; my position in respect to you has been somewhat
altered, my lot is cast in a distant locality, and atter taking the ad-
vice of my oldest friends amongst you, they arc of opinion, that the
representation of some nearer electorial district would he a mere
appropriate sphere for such services as I have it in my power to
offer, as well as more advantageous to your interest. And now the
generous, flattering, and unbidden confident) manifested towards
me by the friends and supporters of my late excellent and revered
friend, Mr. Byng, makes it impossible for me to listen to the more
congenial whisperings of ease and retirement, and not to endeavour,
for a time at least, to discharge the onerous duties, which, in the
event of my election for the Metropolitan County, must necessarily
devolve upon me.
I, therefore, with the most unaffected sorrow, find myself com-
pelled to bid you politically a respetful farewell.
Personally, so long as it pleases God to prolong my life, my heart
must ever be with you.
When I think of the kindness I have received, the horaourable and
valued friendships that I have formed, the failings which you have
overlooked, and that, which I value above all—the unfettered inde-
pendence with which you have desired that on all occasions I shou'd
act I confess I experience a pang at the prospect of this separation,
which it is impossible for me adequately to describe. I trust I may
often again be permitted to enjoy opportunities of meeting you, and
talking over old times, and in the meanwhile, with the most heart-
felt acknowledgments for all your partiality and consideration to
wards me, I remain,- Gentlemen, your most sincere and obliged
friend and servant, ROBERT GROSVENOR.

CONTRACT FOR LIGNUM VIT2E,
lJ Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,

Somerset-place, 19th Jan., 1847.

The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on THIIIISDAT, the 4th February next, at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's
Dockyard at Portsmouth, TWENTY TONS of WHITE BAHAMA
LIGNUM VITA, of from 4% to 5% inches in diameter.
A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender
will be received after One o'clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor any
noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised
in writing.
Every Tender must bo addressed to the Secretary of the Admi
ratty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for Lignum
Vits3," and must also be delivered at Som, rsot-place, accompanied by
a Letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering, intim sum of 251. per cont. on the value,
for the due performance of the Contract.