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    Election Matters. London. City.—The Radi...

    ments . Resolutions were carried pjedgmg the meeting to exert itself in favour of Mr . Duncombe , and to assist in returning him free of expense . Two meetings for the same purpose have been held , one in the Music Hall , Store-street , on Tuesday , the chair being occupied by T . H . Parry , Esq . ; the other at the Mechanics' Institute , Southampton-buildings , under the presidence of Mr . William Shaen . Mr . Duncoinbe was received With great enthusiasm . Lambeth . —Mr . Harvey , unable to sustain the opposition , both _testhetical and political , to which he was subjected , has , with great discretion , retired . Maeylebone . —Lord Dudley C . Stuart and Sir B . Hall have issued addresses to their constituents . The former , referring to the foreign policy of England ,

    says" My desire has been , and is , that England , while maintaining the great blessing of peace , should yet assert the high character which belongs to her ; that the sympathies of her Government should be—as assuredly those of the nation always are—in favour of those struggling for liberal institutions , rather than with the despotism that seeks to crush all popular rights ; and that while the English name should remain , as it has beretofore been , a protection to every Englishman , in whatever part of the globe he may be , that this country should continue to afford an asylum open to every person , of whatever creed , colour , or

    condition , who desires to find here a refuge from oppression . " Southwaee :. —A numerous meeting , presided over by Mr . Elkington , was held on Tuesday evening at the Literary Institution , to hear from Mr . _Scove"ll a declaration of his political opinions . Mr . Scovell addressed the meeting , and said that he was a Free-trader of old date , having been one of the original subscribers to the Anti-Corn-law League . As to his general political principles , he was an advocate for extension of the suffrage , but not for universal suffrage , which would not , in his opinion , give a fair representation of the people . He contended that they were not half represented in the House of Commons , and would cordially

    support Mr . Hume ' s motion . The present franchise required a 10 Z . rating to the poor , and that he thought was too limited . After the extension of the suffrage , it could only he successfully protected from undue influence by the ballot . He was in favour of triennial parliaments . He hoped to see the Jews admitted into parliament . He was against all future endowments for religious purposes , but was not in favour of disturbing the present grant to Maynooth . He had not as yet considered the question of the newspaper stamp duty , hut would feel inclined to take off all taxes on knowdedge . A _resolution to support Mr . Scovell was carried .

    Another meeting of Mr . Scovell's friends was held in Bermondscy on Wednesday evening , at which a resolution to support that gentleman was passed . Sir William Molesworth has also assiduously met his constituents , and stated his opinions , which are too well known to require comment . The usual resolutions in his favour have been carried , with a few dissentients . _WrcsTMiNSTEit . —Mr . Coningham is continuing his canvass with considerable prospect of success . Meanwhile a strange opponent has turned up in tho person cf Lord Maidstone ( young Winehelsea ) , who has published a marvellous address , which shows how he bus achieved his father ' s frankness and old opinions , except

    one important particular . As a reason for coming forward , Lord Maidstone says he saw no " great names m the field , " so he set up his own therein ! " In tbe second , " lie continues with great unction , " I am told that many of the electors disapprove of the facility with which candidates , now-a-days , promise the complete subversion of all our existing habits and institutions in favour of the most extravagant schemes of reform . "

    r rom this he launches into a grand statement of his views , as he is a man who means what he says , and " _generall y" says what bo means ! "On tho soil of Westminster , within an easy distance of Cardinal Wiseman ' s throne , " he hurls his thunders against that prolate , anil will vote against Maynooth . But he gives 'q > Protection . The two paragraphs which follow are "" absurd for us to deprive our readers of the _gratification of reading them : —

    . ' 1 disapprove of triennial Parliaments , for the followln reasons : It fakes an M . P . a year fo learn his _busi-Jichs , nnd a year to make speeches for his constituents at tlu '' close of a . Parliament [ i . e . in doing what the Yankees *' "H " speaking | , <> Buncombe" ); consequently , under the _rienniul system , bo will havo but one year to devote to _* ho public _Hcrvleo , while under the present he may have iroin four | , „ _j ; ,. " 1 dislike tho ballot . It is an ill-contrived and abortive

    jnethod of evading constitutional responsibility ; and I ook upon if with suspicion , as part of the machinery of universal suffrage , for which I do not think thin country "Uapted , either by habit or inclination . " - ¦ Next lie professes an amazing fondness for _retrenchment , declaring that ho will rival in that line " any " ember of the Financial League . " Then comes the _drowning piece of _bathow in this ludicrous address . — " 1 hope , then , to boo Lord Derby ' s Government in pos-

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    session of the confidence of the people , and a majority in Parliament ; for after him—the Deluge ! Recollect that , Conservatives of all classes !" Our readers will see the parody on Metternich ' s famous sentence , apres moi le deluge . The electors of Westminster will know how to treat this ingenuous young gentleman . A meeting of Lord Maidstone ' s friends w as held on Wednesday evening , on which his lordship , with noble daring , declared , " there , on the soil of Westminster , and within an easy distance of Cardinal Wiseman's throne , " " that the feeling which was directed against the arrogant pretensions and insidious Jesuitism of the

    Vatican was innate in the hearts of the people . " The noble lord , with cruel sarcasm , said that " at present a most riffraff set of men represented the metropolitan boroughs . " His lordship ' s sense of the importance of parliamentary duties is no less deep than might be divined from tbe profundity of his wisdom . "He had been once in Parliament , when he thought more of amusement than attention to his duties , but his hair was now turning grey , and he had given up hunting , and had not so much money to spend as formerly , and would attend most assiduously to his duties . He could not help the small measure of talent which God had given to him , but would do his best . "

    Mr . Coningham attended a meeting on Thursday , in St . Martin ' s-Iane , and was most enthusiastically received .

    ENGLAND AND WALES . Ashton-undee-Lyne . —Mr . Charles Hindley will no doubt be re-elected by this borough , without a contest . Birmingham . —There is not yet any opposition to Mr . Muntz and Mr . Scholefield , both of whom have addressed the electors . Beidgnoeth . —The contest is expected to be vigorous . Mr . Thomas Charlton Whitmore has retired from the struggle , and has been succeeded by his brother , Mr . Henry Whitmore , who also holds Conservative principles . Sir Robert Pigot , tbe present member , also a Conservative , again presents himself . The liberal party have brought forward the Honourable Frederick Cadogan , to the terror of the Tories , who have long considered this borough a stronghold .

    Beidgwatee . —An attempt has been made to bring about an arrangement between the committees of Lord Henley and Mr . Kinglake , by which that one of those gentlemen who has the least support shall retire from the contest . Mr . Kinglake is the author of iEotlien . Bkighton . —Mr . J . S . Trelawney , driven from Tavistock by bigotry , is actively engaged at this borough . It is a pity the insanity of dividing the liberal interest is so persisted in . Mr . Ffooks cannot boast of services like Mr . Trelawney . If he loved his party , would he not retire ? _BnECONsnutE . —No opposition is expected _lftre to Mr . Bailey , the present member , who of liars himself for re-election .

    Buckingham " . —The present members , Colonel Hall and the Marquis of Chandos , have issued addresses , pledging themselves to the support of the Derby Ministry . As this is the Duke ' s nomination borough , no doubt tbey will be returned . Bury . —A severe contest is expected here . It is said that Lord Duncan and Mi-. Frederick Peel are both . sanguine of success , and that each elector has been canvassed at least a dozen times over .

    CovVMFATKlt .. - * --The evangelical party in this borough , offended at the supposed Traotariau views of Lord John Manners , have set up another candidate , Mr . II . T . Prinsep , an East India director . This division in the Conservatives in expected by some to occasion the defeat of Lord John Manners . It is even reported that be will not enter the lists unless invited to do so by a requisition signed by a majority of the electors . He has , however , commenced an active canvass . _Devoni'OHT . —The 1 ' _rotesfanf alliance has sought to ascertain the opinions of Sir . John Romilly and Mr . 11 . Tulfuell with regard to the Maynooth grant . Sir John Romilly makes the following statement , in his

    reply" I shall certainly not . support the making or tho continuing of any endowments which will in my opinion encourage and support Popery , either directly or indirectly . If by the generality of your question , if is intended fo ascertain by inference my views on the question of the grant , to the ( _College of Maynooth , I answer , that I am anxious for a full and searching inquiry into that subject , and that 1 am not prepared to take away a grant which professes lo be a grant of education , and which has lasted ten yearn , without any inquiry info the subject . " Mr . _Tuffnell says

    " The present grant to Maynooth was introduced and carried by a Government to which I was opposed . If a Mimilar grant , or any other grant for the same purpose t . hall ho brought forward in Parliament , if shall have my decided opposition . " Sir George Berkeley and Sir Heron Maxwell _« r « expected to _coino forword m Government candidates .

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    They have arrived in Devonport , but have not yet issued any address . Eye ( Suffolk ) . —Sir Edward Kerrison , who has been in Parliament for thirty-seven years , has determined upon retiring . His seat will be sought by Mr . Edward C . Kerrison , a Conservative . He is firmly attached to tbe Protestant Church , but deprecates any interference With the religious belief of his fellowcountrymen . He will support measures broughtforivard hy Lord Derby , or any other Minister , " which , without tampering with the welfare of the rest of the community in any way , will tend to improve the condition of the agricultural interest . _Xo opposition to Mr . Kerrison is yet announced .

    Hythe . — Mr . Standish Motte , a Liberal and Freetrader , has come forward as a candidate . Lancashire ( South ) . —The requisition to the Honourable Captain Egerton and Sir Thomas Hesketh has obtained so few signatures , tbat the attempt to get up a Tory opposition has been abandoned . Mr . Brown and Mr . Cheetham will , it is said , be returned without a contest . Leicester . —Sir Joshua Walmesley and Mr . Richard Gardener continue to be received by the people of this city with the greatest enthusiasm , and there is not the slightest doubt that they will be elected .

    _Noethumtbeexaxd ( South ) . —A vast and enthusiastic meeting of freeholders has been held near Hexham ,-and Mr . Beaumont and Mr . Ridley , both Liberals , have been nominated , hy immense majorities , to contest the county with the Tories . Oldham . —Mr . J . M . Cobbett has come forward as a candidate for the representation of this borough in opposition to Mr . Fox , one of the present candidates . Mr . Cobbett states that he is no Tory , but that , after all , modern Toryism is better than the so-called Whiggery .

    _Peneyn and Falmouth . —Mr . T . W . Freshfield , the present member for Boston , and who has been for some time doubtful upon which constituency to make his descent , has fixed upon these boroughs . He thinks agriculturists cannot hope for relief from'any minister in the shape of a protecting duty . He will advocate whatever may secure to the poor man permanence ef labour , and a full remuneration for it . _*" =-PeestojS' . —The two present members , Sir George Strickland and Mr . Grey / ell , are to be opposed by an intruding Liberal , named German , and aDerbyite named Parker . Rochdale . —Mr . Miall is the only candidate , and the Liberals are now so united that he will most likely be unopposed . We cordially hope he will be elected .

    Rochestkk . —The present Liberal members , Mr . Bernal and Mr . Hodges , are to be opposed by two Conservatives . Sheffield . —Mr . Roebuck has issued his address , setting forth his opinions , which bave undergone no change . The education of the people he deems to be the duty of the State , and will consequently direct bis best endeavours to the promotion of a system of national education . _SllJiEWsm . rv . — -Mr . Robinson , a Liberal candidate , will contest ihe borough . Stafford .- —There are four Liberal candidates in the field . Mr . _IJrquhurt will stand again , but Mr . Alderman Sidney will retire .

    Sussex ( Faht ) .- —Mia Frewen has issued a second address to the electors , saying that he shall withdraw from the contest , iu case of some resolutions which have been submitted to the electors being signed by only it minority of them . This is tantamount to retiring . Mr . Dodson , Free-trader , is prospering ; it is said that in tiie towns he will poll threes out of four , and that even in the _agricultural districts he has considerable support .

    _Warwickhmiim-: ( i \' oin'n ) . - There is at , present no appearance of any opposition to Mr . Newdegate and Mr . Spooner . They have issued a joint address , declaring themselves to be " attached members of the Church of Knglund , " which they' " prize as thi ; comprehensive sanctuary of religious truth and freedom . " They think that the present commercial ami financial policy should be revised find modified . Wn / i'HimfK ( South ) . —A committee , acting on

    behalf of Mr . Richard Peiiruddocke Long , have addressed the ( doctors of the division , soliciting their suffrages for that gentleman , who is daily expected to return to this country . Af present there does not appear to bo any ulfompf to displace Mr . Sidney Herbert from the representation . The Protection Society of the division advise a pacific , course of action , so that the starting ol a third candidate is very improbable . The right hon . gentleman has not as yet issued his address , nor is it anticipated until after the dissolution .

    In the Northern division the Protectionists will carry tho day unopposed . _Youm . _CixiT . —Mr . Henry Vincent uinde a triumphul

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  • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071852/page/5/