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by the floating bridge ; and a little after six &clock com-
menced to serenade the Wince, by singing in excellent
style Bishop's fine glee—" Hail ! Smiling Morn l" The
deep swell of their voices, mingled with the dulcet strains
of the violin, resounded over the bosom of the Loch, and
was echoed back by the hills. The sweet sound fell with
delight on the ears of all who heard it. It startled the
Prince from his slumbers, and his Royal Highness,
astonished and delighted, presented his thanks to the jolly
tars. The party were afterwards entertained to breakfast,
and remained at the Lodge during the rest of the day.

POLITICAL

MISCELLANY.

CONSERVATISM IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT.—The
Moming Herald, following up its important inquiry with
accustomed industry, has carefully analysed the ' Con-
servative ranks, and it arrives at this conclusion :

Conservatives" who voted for the third reading of the

corn- law repeal bill

Conservativei who were absent on the third reading of the
corn-law repeal bill

New " Consei-vatives" doubtful 39
Protectionists in the last parliament, re-elected
•
New Conservative members, protectionists 42
Thus we have of Peelites, doubtful men in the old parlia-
ment, and doubtful men newly elected, combined - 138
Of Protectionists, old and new.
These figures, added together, give the total number of
" Conservative" members returned to the new parlia-
ment—that is 328.

THE LOT OF APOSTACY.—WhiIst persons are openly
speculating on a coalition between Lord John Russell,
Lord Palmerston, &c., with Sir Robert Peel and Sir James
Graham, &c., the following is the manner in which the
Globe, a paper received as an exponent of the sentiments
of the present government, speaks of the ex-premier :—"He
can pore over the driest details and measure infinitesimal
quantities, ascertain to a nicety the effect on the consumer
of a five-shilling duty on cobalt selling at £3OO a ton, or
one of two shillings upon castor—(oil, we presume)—sel-
ling at £2OO a ton—nay, he can be frank, too, with the
frankest, when occasion serves, and high merit may be
claimed for it through all the-well-dressed statements of
succeeding years. But let investigation lead to any view
of his own doings more fair than flattering, and he will
none of it. It is for others with less wit and skill to make
—he dresses statements."

A CONTRAST.—An accident occurred at the Middlesex
election, which is act unworthy of a passing notice. First
at the opening of the second day's poll appeared Baron
Lionel Rothschild, the millionnazre, and one of the newly
elected representatives for the city, who recorded his vote
for the Liberal candidates. In the same booth, and pre-
cisely at the same moment, a poor voter presented himself,
who was objected to as having for some time past been
unable to pay his poor-rates. The objection was overruled,

ppeared that the poor man had been relieved from
payment of the poor-rates, and, he recorded his vote for
the Conservative candidate, Colonel Wood. The circum-
stance
is worth mentioning, as a curious illustration of the
working of our free institutions. One of the wealthiest
individuals in Europe, the head of a house whose favours
have changed the destinies of nations, stands in the poll-
ing booth side by side with a man who has been relieved
by his parish from payment of poor-rates, and they record
their votes on opposite sides—the man of millions gave
his vote for those who belong to a party which has time
after time been charged with aiming at the destruction of
all property—the man who cannot pay his poor-rates votes
for the candidate who professes the strictest conservation
of property.—Dumfriesshire Courier.
LORD JOHN MANNERS AND THE REPRESENTATION
OF NEWARK.—The Duke of Newcastle has addressed a
letter to the Times, from which the following is an ex-
tract :—" In your blind and unworthy crusade against
dukes.' as you are pleased to call them, as if dukes were
a peculiar genus, devoid of every quality estimable in
man, and merely intended as game to be hunted down by
envious and overbearing levellers, I observe in your paper
of the 13th, that you have mentioned me in connection
with Lord J. Manners ; and, for the sake of a point, you
venture to deceive the public, by telling it that Lord
John did not stand inspection at Newark, and has been
cashiered, and that he is now looking for a more generous
and a more modern patron than the Lord of Clumber.'
In justice to Lord J. M. and myself, I will not suffer this
dishonest assertion to go forth without notice and contra-
diction. The assertion may be very well suited to excite
indignation, and extract the round denunciation of some
fancied political purists, as well as of, I hope but a very
few, malignants. Allow me to inform you that, unfortu-
nately for your anti-ducal argument, the assertion re-
specting me is not fact. Lord J. M. never owed his seat
at Newark to my patronage. He solicited and gained the
good-will of the electors, and, as I hope, received the full
benefit of any influence that I may possess in the borough;
his cashiering, as you term it, arose from his own delicate
and high sense of honour, for, believing that he owed his
seat to the friendship of the uncle of the present member,
_ _

tion to retire. No one can more sincerely lament the bias
towards Romanism professed by Lord John than I do,
but as to having had any hand in cashiering him, I dis-
claim it utterly—it is not true; what is true is, that I
wished him to remain. With the exception of this error,
as I think it, Lord John appears to me to be free of all
others; a, more promising young man, one of more ex-
alted views and higher principles, of more inaflenxodinbetlie:ef herinte-
grity, with perfect amiability and all the best qualities of
head and heart that can adorn the Christian and patriot
senator, would with difficulty :Je found in her Majesty's
dominions. Any constituency might justly be proud of
sons, and I wilt hero remind you, that this man is the
him
sohii,oli:f'c(oltulknetr,yhmimasy belfe pt7aul to
estimableownnhisimn, as
ho-
noured father of two other sons, worthy of their race.-
who will be conspicuous in the annals of their country-
Their characters and abilities insure that!'

M•P • , ON PROTECTION