The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-21 00:00:00

PERTHSHIRE ELECTION.

The new writ for the election of a representative for
the county of Perth, was received, here, by Mr. Sheriff
Mac Neil, last night, who, we believe, is to appoint Tues-
day the 28th inst. as the day of nomination, and the fol-
lowing Thursday and Friday, the Ist and 2d May, as the
polling days.
The canvass has been going on, during the last week,
with great spirit, on the part of both candidates. In the
course of a few days, Mr. Graham, it is expected, will have
finished his circuit of the county, and Sir George Murray,
having been a week behind his opponent in starting,
will be proportionably later of concluding. So far as
their reception by the populace of the country towns is
concerned, both candidates seem to be about a par in public
favour.

The effects of the canvass upon the minds of the
actual constituency are not so easily ascertained.—
Both parties, of course, speak confidently : the Whi gs,
on the ground of their former success, and the inde-
pendent interest, from the great accession of strength
they have received from the ranks of their former op-
ponents without the loss of one of their old supporters.
The latter changes are chiefly among the tenantry,
whose good sense and intelligence enable them to divest
their minds of prejudices, to which other classes of the
constituency are more liable. Among that class of
the electors, there is, we understand, a prevalent, but
quite erroneous impression, that any exertions on their
part would be thrown away, as, even although united,
they could be swamped by the village electors. This
is a mistake, in which we ourselves once partook ; but
the analytical table of the last election, published
by Lord Ormelie's party on 24th January, 1833, set
the point at rest, as from that document it appears, that
while the feuars in that county are stated at 762, the
tenants amounted to no less than 1,562, fully double the
number of the former.—Perth Courier.)

The following case, illustrative of the tyranny
of trades' unions, has been communicated to us, with
the names of all the parties ; and our readers may rely
upon the facts. It affords a striking illustration of the
despotic and cruel operation of these irresponsible
ochlocrasies :—A. 8., an excellent working shoe-
maker, from conscientious motives never would join
the UniOn. He worked for some time at a house in
Fetter-lane, till all the workmen struck, because he
was employed and would not combine with them. He
then went to another house in the trade, who consented
to give him work, if he would keep the knowledge of
it from the Union. They found it out, however, and
he was consequently deprived of his employ. llele-
gates from the Union have been sent to him toinduce
him to join, as he is known to be a first-rate workman;
and they have condescended so far as to inquire of him
whether there was anything in the oath which they
could alter to meet his views? He still persists, how-
ever, in his conscientious refusal to join the illicit
combination ; and the consequence is, that, although
he has been living with his father-in-law, who is a
shoemaker, and who employs a few hands, he has not
been able to obtain a day's work ; and is now com-
pelled to leave his father-in-law's roof, as all the men
employed by him would otherwise leave Ought such
a system as this to be allowed to exist 2-.. Patriot.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of Cumberland left town on Saturday,
for his residence at Kew.

Divine Service was performed yesterday before the
Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their
Royal Highnesses' Household. The Dean of Chester
officiated.

The Duke of Gloucester attended Divine Service
yesterday morning at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the residence of Viscount Althorp. It was attended
by the Lord Chancellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Ripon, Viscount Melbourne,
Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Viscount
Althorp, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Richmond,
the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Holland, and Lord John
Russell. The Council was in deliberation two hours
and a half.

The Commander of the Forces and Lord Fitzroy
Somerset had interviews yesterday with Viscount Mel-
bourne, at the Home Office.
Sir Frederick Roe, Chief Magistrate of Police,
transacted business on Saturday at the office of the
Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The Military Secretary to the Commander of the
Forces visited some of the Ministers on Saturday.
Viscount Palmerston gave a grand dinner at his
residence in Great Stanhope-street last evening to the
following party, viz. :—Prince Lieven, the Russian
Ambassador, and the Princess Lieven ; Prince Talley..
rand, the French Ambassador, and the Duchess de
Dino ; Count D'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister • Count
Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister; Baron Bulow, the
Prussian Minister ; Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish
Minister, and the Countess Bjornstjerna; Baron
Blome, the Danish Minister, and the Baroness Blome ;
M. de Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister :
Mons. Aranjo Ribiero, the Brazilian Minister; the
Marquis de Miraflores, the Spanish Minister; and
the Chevalier de Vial (late Spanish Minister at this
court) ; Earl Grey and the Lady Georgina Grey.
The Portuguese Minister transacted business at the
Foreign Office on Saturday.
The Right Hon Charles Grant had a dinner party
on Saturday evening at his residence in Great George-
street. Amongst the company were :—Lord Staf-
ford, Lord Hill, Lord Teignmouth, Sir John Macdo-
nald, Mr. Tucker, the Chairman, and Mr; S. Clarke,
the Deputy Chairman of the East India Company ;
Messrs. Macleod and Murray.
The Earl of Durham and the Right Hon. Edward
Ellice arrived in town about six o'clock yesterday after-
noon from Paris.

A deputation of the salesmen at Smithfield had an
interview with Viscount Althorp on Saturday, and
presented the resolutions passed at a meeting of their
body against the bill now before Parliament " To
establish a Cattle Market at Islington."