Star.
London, England, 1830-10-11 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL

We have stated already, that Sir Robert Peel had declined to become
a candidate for the representation of Liverpool. Sir Robert stated, in
his letter, that the pressure of his public duties, as a Minister of the
Crown, would render it impossible for him to discharge, with satisfac-
tion to himself, the duties of a representative of Liverpool, and that he
must therefore forego the honour of being put in nomination ; that lie
assures the requisiuonists that he is gratified in the highest degree by
this proof of their good opinion and confidence, and that it adds another
to the many motives which will ever induce him, although not its repre-
sentative, to take the warmest interest in the welfare of Liverpool.
Mr. Charles Grant, who had also been requested to offer himself as a
candidate, has likewise declined to offer himself. The following is a
copy of the letter in which Mr. Grant declines the intended honour:—
" Gentlemen,—l huve been honoured by a communication from you,
In reference to the representation of Liverpool. In acknowledging that
communication, I cannot resist the impulse which I feel to offer my
sincere condolence on the melancholy event which has led to it. In
a remote quarter of the kingdom I have becu a fellow.moomer with
you and the public over the grave of my much-lamented friend. On
the loss which the nation has sustained,it is not for me to enlarge;
but in the midst of the general distress you have been called to reflect
on the means of supplying the void occasioned by this calamity, and you
have been pleased to convey to me your request, that I should allow my.
self to be nominated as a candidate for the representation of the borough
of Liverpool.
' For this intimation of your desire I request you to accept my heart-
felt acknowledgments. You have conferred on me one of the highest
honours to which a public man can aspire—the unbought and unbiassed
approbation of a most numerous, enlightened, and high.minded portion of
his fellow-citizens--an approbation, the result, not of al knowledge,
but purely of public principle. That my public uct should have at.
tracted the attention of such a community—that you, eminent is you are
in that community, should think me in any degree worthy of a trust
deemed but adequately reposed in the hands of Mr. Canning and Mr.
Huskisson—that you should call me to a representation, at all times
preeminent in the present crisis of peculiar importance—these circum-
stances affect me with emotions of gratitude to which I am unable to
give utterance.
" I feel that this honour would be more than an ample recompense
for services infinitely transcending any which I have ever enjoyed the
capacity or the opportunity of rendering to my country ; yet even with
the conviction of my inability to justify your too indulgent estimate of
my humble pretensions, I should, under other circumstances, exult to
avail myself of your kindness, and to attempt, by the devotion of my
life, to prove my sense of so signal a mark of confidence.
" In my present situation, however, I must decline the acceptance of
the trust so honourably proffered ; and I am induced to decline it, you
will readily believe, by feelings of no ordinary description. Indeed,
gentlemen, they are of no common character,—the feelings which con-
nect me with the county of Inverness. Highly as I deem the ho.
' nour of representing this great county, that honour is to me en-
hanced by considerations and circumstances peculiarly its own. To
my connexion with this part of the British empire, it is mainly owing
that I have had the opportunity of pursuing that line of conduct
, which has been stamped with your approbation. During a mks of
years through various fluctuations of fortune, whether in possession of
official influence, or under the frown of Government, I have experienced,
from the friends with whom Ism united, the same cordial and unvarying
support ; and their generous zeal has, in the midst of many and
formidable difficulties, achieved for the cause of liberality and inde-
pendence a triumph. en which my humble name is associated with re-
sults of great and universal interest.
" With support thus uncompromising and successful, Is joined the
remembrance of past kindness, evinced through long years, not only
towards myself, but also towards those who are gone before me.
" These, Gentlemen, are ties which, you will agree with me, are
not lightly to be severed, ties of kindness, of affection, and of grad.
tude; ties of personal friendship and political independence. Such a
connexion thus formed,matured,and cherished ! thus endeared bymutual
good offices,ennobled by lofty principle,suctified by sacred recollections;
such a connexion, in the very moment, too, of hard.earned success, I feel
that I cannot, by any act of mine, consent to impair, far leas to dissolve.
To such friends, so long as they please to accept my services, those ser-
vices lam bound to devote. I once more request you to accept the sin-
cere expression of my thanks.
" I have the honour to remain, gentlemen, with the deepest respect and
gratitude, your faithful servant,
" Inverness. Oct. 5." " CHARLES GRANT."

LONDON PORTE% VERSUS FOREIGN WINE.—On the
occasion of the King of Wurteniberg's late visit to this country, the
whole of Grillait's Hotel, Albemarle-street, was engaged by Govern-
ment for his use. at a certain fixed (but liberal) sum, fur one week, it
being stipulated that his Majesty and suite should be furnished with
the most costly wines u well us viands, ad libituns ; but, on their
arrival, the first refreshment demanded, was English porter ! which
they so relished, that they stuck to it during their stay—to the no
small contentment of their worthy host, who, in forming his estimates,
had by no means calculated upon humble Porter bang preferred to
intpetial Tokay, or royal Champagne.
FAT LIVING.—The vicarage of Wybura, or Wiatburo,
in Cumberland, is of the following tempting value—viz. 605. per ann.
a new surplice, a pair of clogs, and feed on the common for one game l
This favoured church preferment is in a wild country, inhabited by
shepherds. The service is once a fortnight. The clerk keeps a pot-house
opposite the church, and when there is no congregation, the Vicar and
Moses regale themselves at the bar.