ELECTION PETITIONS.—In our last we gave a correct list of the petitions (37 in number) presented against the return of Members to serve in the present Parliament, for the information of our political friends; we now insert a few more particulars concerning them; which we shall continue weekly. The petitions against the return for Portsmouth and Petersfield were appointed to be heard on Thursday last.
Portsmouth—Petitioner, Sir George Cockburn; Sitting Member, John Markham; to be heard Thursday, May 25. Petersfield—Petitioners, Nathaniel Atcheson, John Caman, and Freeholders; Sitting Members, Hylton Jolliffe and Lord Hotham; to be heard Thursday, May 25.