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L'Instltut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a per Canada, would vove for Ucpresentalion bsvsed upon Population, sui)port the i>rcsent Ministry in all their efforts to redress the grievances of the people, to give despatch and efficiency U) the pubtic service, and to reduce the public expenditure to the lowest poa sible figure compatible with the true interests of the country. What is the political feeling in iTlalahide { ^4,jg._Perfect unity among the Keformers and supnorlers of Mr. Leonard and the Ministry. Much division among the Tories, because BEcilER has thrust himself upon them without fair consultation, and has an amount of assurance, arrogaucd a.id conceit, quite dlstastctttl to the Conservatives. What is the i^esiilt ot the bad leeling among the Tories t An»— It has made Becher degpenitc, so much so, that ho acted the complete rowdy on the hustings on the day of Nomination, and ctvme Ant.— A Preliminary Meeting of intelligent and most respectable near precipitating a riot on the multitude present. He insultingly citiMins fVom all parts of ♦he Division, was held at St. Thomas, at ; thrust Leonard out of his place, and dared the Keturning which it was a/jreed that the Reform Electors of each Rurp.l Ward in I officer to give a decision against huu when he saw tii.^r. the greater the iereral MuuicipaliUt* should meet in public meeting, and appoint number of the true-hearted and honest yeomeii came out m support a delwt^ to a Ctmveution, whoso duty it would be tojconsider duly, of the People's Candidate— Mr. Leonard. Dnven by desperation by and to nombato in Convention a fit andproper person to represent so the certainty of Mr. Leonard's nrturn, the lories circulate the most HVho iii ILconard i Atu. — He is a man that settled in this Province wlicu thirteen years of age. He commenced business at St. Thomr tliirty years ago, as a manufacturer of plough points; and byindu>' ^y, perseverance, and close attention to his business, and tlie exercise of prudence, good judgment, and unquestioned integrity in his dealings with his fdlow men, has extended his business, until at present, he is one of the largest manufacturers in the Province. He has been, since his boyhood, iden- tified with the liberal and progressive party, and has invariably c^- poeed jobbery and corruption in the administration of public affairs. — He has always enjoyed the conflilence of his fellow citizens, and been repeatedly the reclnienl of their highest favors — having been lor year.) a Councillor, an Alderman or Mayor of the City of Loudon, in which he n«ide8. In this respect, he is quite dilTerent from his opponent, Mr. Becher, who could never receive sucli a position from those who best know him. He has tried to enter the same City C()un('il in which Mr. Leonard was a favorite, and the electors invariably spurned him from the Polls, and sent him to the retirement of his law office. How did Becher become a Candidate ? Ant.— By virtue of a " Bargain and Sale" made by and between himself and one Portman, the son of an English Lord, who sought to represent East Middlesex in Parliament. These two, in secret con- clave, agreed that the one should be Memlwi for East Middlesex, and the other Member for the Malahide Division, just ai if the people, the intelligent elect,)r8 had no voice or say in the matter, and were of no more account in this arrangement than a flock of shetsp. This infa- mous " Bargain and Sale" they published to the world through the columns of the Free Prem, and so the people became aware of it, cud became enraged at the audacious impudence of tlie two men who had thus attempted to barter a largo Constituency of Independent Yeo- men, without even consulting them. How did Leonard become a Candidate ? Important. pt)pulous and intelligent a Constituency as the Malahide Division, In the Legislative Council of the Province. Tills Con- vention, composed of forty-eight gentlemen of high social position and iiiflueiKie in the constituency, met at St. Thomas, on the 15th of Hovembt'r last, and atlcr considering the claims of all parties, came oiwnlmoualy to the conclusion : that LEON A lU) was of all others best entitled to tie honor, «nd most worthy of beii;g the Standard bearer of the Reform Party throughout the contest. He had been very success- ful in the management of his own business, and tliey took It that he would be equally successfYil in the management of the public business. His course of life hitherto had been marked with integrity and wisdom, have for his future good