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" In the course o 3 my c:rintnunicaticra, with varions re-
speciat.te, inhabitants of Ilvadivg I have found much
diversit) of setaiinetit on some of the leAiwz qtp.stions
of the rtay. On the subject of education, for example;
some assurances of my views have been wished for. My 7
answer to that is by an inquiry, Who has done mum for -
education than I have done? Or who is going on in
that career with more zeal and assiduity than I have
evinced or am evincing? -The same might be said on .
most other subjects on which- candidatr?s are required to •
declare their opinions. I will further refer only to one—
the maintenance of our PenteAttnt Churei. Has any one'
done more -for this object than 1 I:avc? Has any one
wore resisted rash innovation t;:,an in) s(-1: ? And yet, .
to my surprise, since your rcquisitiAn has been- prepar-
...a..Taper has. been put fart..., an hwr.. rewired
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stures of two hundred by if I -w-.re
Lbieribe to it, I should b ineauilt,th:Jy engl.geri in,
something like personal hostility with The professors of
a different creed from that to which I hay(' ever shuwa
the warmest attachment. The following is the paper to
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" • We the undersigned electors of the borough of
Reading, alarmed at the countenance lately given in
Parliament to the Church of Rome, especially at the
endowment with the public money of places of education
to promote the growth of Popery, and deeply impressed
with a sense of the danger to which the Protestant
Church of England and Ireland is thus exposed, feel
compelled to declare that we can give no support to any
candidate at the ensuing election until we shall receive
the assurance that he will oppose every attempt to estab-
lish or endow the Church of Rome within these realms;
or to grant any portion of the public funds to any insti-
tution for educational or other purposes unfavourable to.
the Protestant faith ; and that he will use his utmost
effort to preserve the United Church of England and Ire-
land in its integrity and efficiency.'
" With reference to this paper, I may be allowed to
say that I most readily pledge myself, if necessary, to
all the fundamental principles of our constitution in
Church and State ; and I will use my utmost endeavours
to preserve the United Church of England and Ireland
in its integrity and efficiency ; but to any specific mea-
sure on this or any other subject that may be hereafter
introduced into Parliament, before I have the question
argued, I will not pledge myself.
" Such a proceeding is not unconstitutional, but it
is irrational, and must tend to render the summoning
and sittings of Parliament useless. If I could be more
confirmed in this opinion than I am, it would be from
what I observed in the French Chamber of Deputies
during the last session. Now, though lam not apt to
draw my examples from the other side of the water, but
rather from the principles of the British constitution,
yet I cannot but think it, worth observation that a mem-
ber of the French Chamber having been proved, to the
satisfaction of a committee, to have promised and
pledged his votes, on certain measures, before he was
elected and had entered the House, he was declared in-
competent and unfit to nerve, and his election set aside.
I will, indeed, ask, if Members are to enter the Ilouse
of Commons under pledges, why should they sit night
after night at all ? They need only go in to give their
votes, as has unhappily been too often the case, in cor-
rupt Committees of the House. I expressed opinions to
the same effect on the hustings at Abingdon in 1832.
" Having thus declared my resolution, and the grounds
on which I have formed it, I leave this public declaration
to have what weight it may on those to whom I respect-
fully address it. I cannot go into Parliament at all it I do
not enter its doors unshackled. In that free condition I
will do the best I can for the country at large.
" I have the honour to remain, vntlemat
ful ser-tint,

0;1T faith•

" Bearwood, Dec., 1846

" J. WALTER."

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DECEMBER 12.
STOCK ExcuA.NGE.--The sates arrßristol and Exeter,
New, 7:ta —llimingham and Oxfcrd Junction, Caledo-
-111:11), New, 2,4—Midland, New, 6N—Ditto, Quarters, 32%
—North Staffordshire, 3A3 p.—York and North ',holland.
Preference, 12%.

'LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 12.
STOCK EXCIIAN,:E.—The sales are—Anibergate and East-
ern Junction, dia—arkenhead, Lancashire, and Cneshire

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Junction, and Dudley, 5% F.—
Binningliarn and Oxford Junction, 714 p.—Chester and Bir-
kenhead, 511/2—Ditto, halves, 254—East Lancashire, New
(Nos. 1 and 2), 31% p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1% p.—Glas-
gow and Dumfries, PA p.—Huddersfield Canal and Rail-
way, 414 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, p. ex new—Liver-
pool, Crosby, and Southport, 265. ad. p.—Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and Newcastle Junction' ls. 3d. dis—London and North-
Western (G. J.), Quarters, 20i4 —London and South-West-
ern, Tenths, s%—Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 4% p.—
Ditto, Extension (late Manchester, Bolton, and Bury), % p.
—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 11/4 die.—Mid-
land, New, 4% p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 1414 p. —North
British, Quarters, 2% p.—Ditto, Quarters (scrip), New, 18s.
9d. p.—North Staffordshire, p.—Sheffield and Manches-
ter, Quarters, No. 1,3% p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 14
dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, % dis.—Sbrewsbur
and Birmingham (A), 214 p.—Ditto 91.125. 3d. Shares (B),
14 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 38—West Riding Union,
1 p•—Whitehaven and Furness, 2% lis.—York and New-
castle, Preference, 5 •p.—York and North Midland, Prefer-
ence, 10% p.—Newry and Warrenpoint, p.—Dutch
Rhenish, 1% dis.

LEEDS, DECEMBER 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The want of firmness noticeable

on the Share Markets on Friday and Saturday last,
continued for some days this week, and a reduc-
tion in prices resulted. To-day things look some-
what better, with more demand for several stocks; the
greatest call is for North British of all sorts, which seem
likely to regain their former position with rapidity; New-
castle and Berwicks, North Staffords, Shrewsbury and Bir-
minghams, Birmingham and Oxfords, as well as Malton and