The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-17 00:00:00

THE SPEAKERSHIP.

The following letters have been received by Mr. Millar
from the Members of the City of Edinburgh, in answer to the
resolutions passed at a meeting of the Liberal Central Elec-
tion Committee on the 3d curt.,—

" Stubbing, Feb. 8, 1835.
" SIR—In consenting to serve in the honourable situation of
Speaker, if the choice of the present House of Commons
should fall on me, I was well aware that my decision would
not be a matter of indifference to those whom I have the ho-
nour to represent. I thought it most respectful, however, to
leave the consideration of my decision to the unbiassed judg-
ment of my constituents, and therefore I made no communi-
cation to any of my friends in Edinburgh until I had good
reason to believe that an opinion had been formed by them on
the proposal in question. The resolution passed by the Cen-
tral Election Committee,, and which you, as Chairman of the
meeting, have transmitted to me, is a most acceptable and
gratifying confirmation of the report which had previously
reached me ; and you may be assured, that I am very grateful
for the disposition which has always been shown by the
electors of Edinburgh to put a favourable construction on
my conduct.
" Flattered as I must have been at any period by the pro-
posal to place me in the chair of the House 6f Commons, I
may be permitted to say that, in reference to personal conside-
rations, I should have acted more wisely in persevering in the
resolution which I at first formed, to decline the honourable
contest in which my friends have now put me forward. I have,
however, yielded to solicitations pressed with urgency, and on
grounds to which—though not of a personal nature-.-it would
not be becoming in me, at present, to advert ; and my conso-
lation is, that I have only given up my own opinion to adopt
that of my friends, in whose sincerity and honour I have the
firmest reliance. I think that this is a question in which I
ought to take no part. I wait the event with calmness, and
am prepared to meet the decision, whatever it may be, with
cheerfulness and equanimity.
" I remain, Sir, your very faithful servant,
_ _

J. ABERCROMBY.'

" London, Feb. 6, 1835

‘i Sir-1 have had the honour to receive a copy of the reso
lutions of the Edinburgh Liberal Central Election Committee,
passed on the 3d inst., and I beg that you will assure the com-
mittee that I shall certainly be in my place on the day of the
election of the Speaker, and that I then hope to do my duty
to the satisfaction of my constituents.
" I remain, Sir, your's most faithfully,
" A. Millar, Esq. " J. CAMPBELL."

CITY REPRESENTATIVES.

To John Travers, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Central
Committee for the return of four Reformers for the City
of London.

We the undersigned, members of the. Committee for return-
ing four Reformers for the City of London, and who ca-opera-
ted in securing the election of Messrs. Wood, Pattison, Craw-
fordi and Grote. request you will communicate to those gen-
tlemen the expression of our earnest wish that they will not
fail to attend in their places in the House of Commons early
on the 19th inst., in order to further the election of a Speaker
in whom their constituents may place a well-grounded confi-
dence that he will firmly maintain the rights of the popular
branch of the Constitution.

(Signed) JAMES HUTCHINSON,
and other Members of the Committee.
London, Feb. 11, 1835. ,

ANSWER.

To James Hutchinson, Esq., and other Merabers of the late
united Committee for returning four Reformers to Par-
liament for the City of London.
_ _

Gentlemen—l have great satisfaction in replying to your
favour of the 11th inst., that having communicated with our
four respected Representatives upon the subject therein men-
tioned, I find not only that these gentlemen will make a point
of attending in their places at the House of Commons on
Thursday next, but also that it has been the settled purpose
of each of them to give his vote in favour of Mr. Abercromby
as the new Speaker.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obliged and very faithful servant,
Swithin's lane, Feb. 16. JOHN TRAVERS.