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      The General Election. •. '¦¦ . . . •?—: ...

      Rofeera BiU oi 1832 * It operates , in the arrangement of local djefcriets , to too great a » extent in favour of the party / bgr whom it wasbrought , about . A » to the farther extension of the suffrage , I can only say that there tue raaoy classes upon , which I think it ought to be besto-wed that . < fe . aot now possess it , and to -which the extension of it ¦ w < M * Wt be a step rather in a Conservative than In . a demc-ettatie dire « fcionv On the other hand , I am strongly opposed to dealing piecemeal with this great subject , and I for one . am not prepared to disturb the Act of 1832 , unless great practical advantages should seem to me to fee . likely to b & . the result .. I shall , however , give- no pledge that would fetter me hereafter . "

      YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING } Mr ; Edmund Deniaon and Lord Groderich were elected ¦ wJjfeout opposition on Monday . HEKEFOBPSHIRE . The nomiajation took place at the Shire-halt The three Ute members , Btr . King King , Mr . Booker Blaksmo * e , and tke Ho » . Captain Hanbury , solicited reelection in the Conservative interest , and Sir H . G . Cotterell , of Garnons , was brought forward by the Liberal party . The show of hands was declared to toe in favour of Sir Henry Cottecell ( who had an immense majority over the other candidates , Mr . King and Mr . Blajtenjore ) . A poll was- demanded on . behalf of Captain Hanbury .

      & TAFFOHDSHIRE ( KORTH ) . The show of hands at the nomination on Monday was in fa-vour of Sir Edward Buller aad Mr . Adderley . A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr . Child .

      SURREY ( EAST ) . The nomination took place on Monday at the Townhall , Croydon . The Hon . P . J . Locke King and Mr . T . Alcock were elected without opposition . In thanking the constituents , Mr . Locke King : said that " he did not feel it necessary to eater into any lengthened exposition of his political sentiments , as he believed they were so well known . One of the great questions to be discussed in Parliament was , were they to have reform or not ? He had repeatedly brought forward the subject , but it was only considered to be so much political capital , and did -very little good ; but at length he was determined to try who were real Reformers and who were not . The fact was glaring that at Reigate a person having a 10 ?

      house had a -vote , but at Croydon he could not vote unless he had a 501 house . In 1851 , he ( Mr . Hing ) brought in a measure for reform . Government divided upon it , and resigned . In 1853 , Lord Derby came into power , and the bill was shuffled . In the same year Lord John Russell promised to bring in a measure of reform ; in 1854 , waT broke out , and that was made the excuse for putting It off ; in 1857 , lie ( Mr . King ) brougnt it forward again- Lord Palmers ton opposed it , aad on asking why he did so , Lord Granville said the bill was framed in such a way that it would be impossible to engraft the Government amendments upon it . Now , that

      was an untruth , fox no bill was brought in at all . With one dash of the pen , he ( Mr . King ) 'had erased one hundred and fifty obsolete statutes , which had been , as a member jocularly remarked , ' snoring' on their shelves ready to be worked up at any moment . They might not be aware that ( till he had been the means of its repeal ) there had been a law in existence enacting that a man should not keep more than so many sheep ; and another that no man should have more than one farm . Then theTe was another law affirming that no man should wear anything besides metal buttons , under a . fine ; another that he should only wear silk buttons . " Mr . Alcock having addressed the electors , the proceedings .

      terminated terminated

      WALLINGFORD . At this borough , as well as at Kidderminster , there have been some riots . The polling commenced last Saturday morning amidst considerable excitement . The candidates were Mr . Malins and Captain Sartoris ; and the final result showed—for the former , 149 ; for t h e lntter , 185 . Mr . Malins , consequently , was returned by a majority of 14 . On his attempting to address the electors from the bnlcony of the Town-hall ( says the Times ) , the uproarious conduct of a concourse of ' roughs ' pr « vanteO . a single syllable being heard . Tho official proceedings having terminated , Mr . Ma-Una loft the hall to , walk to hia quarters at the La . mb Hotel , accompanied hy of hi

      some 9 supporters . Immediately on emerging ftom tho door of the hall , ho was set upon by a body of the ' roughs , ' who hurled missiles at him , and some actually committed personal violence . Tho crowd increased , and it was with the -utmost difficulty that tho l ^ f ^ TT ? , ° into « " * » ««& a dozen ? Xt nTo th ° bal 1 ' 8 holtcr Wmaelf from serioun SK £ ™ 7 T * ? trOnff hody of l ' olice > tat thacrowd lesa ,, aaid but for thoro being a body of sturdr farmers pwaeut , who exerted themselves " with grS SJjyTX determination , some sorio « injury must havo CKno IJ ^ i m M ° v afUSr dubk that «»« crowd dL : poraod , and Mr . Malms was then enabled to reach bis quattora without further molestation .

      LIV ERPOOL . Glow of tha poll : —Howlall ( Conservative ^ 7536 . Bwan ( Liberal ) , 7083 ; Tmner \ coowrvatiS ) , eoil Tho old momtiere nro therefore- re-olocte . l . TUoy wo both pledged to support the Government of Lord Talmoreton .

      'SBWKESBURY . This election has ended , as was anticipated , in the rejection of Mr . Humphrey Brown ( of the Royal British Bank ) , and the election of the Hon . P ; Lygon . ia his stead . The eontest was maintained with great spirit throughout last Saturday . At the close , the numbers stood thus : — -Lygon , 200 ; Martin , 169 ; Brown , 127 ; Cos , 23 . Messrs . Lygon and Martin were therefore elected . Mr . Brown charges the members with having coalesced , but this Mr . Lygon positively denies . '

      DUMFRIES DISTRICT OF BOROUGHS . The nomination took place last Saturday , and the choice of hands was in favour of Mr . Hanaay . A , polL was then demanded on behalf of Mr . Ewart .

      KING'S LTHS . lord Stanley and Mr . J . H . Gurney were re-elected on Friday week without opposition . The former , in the course of his address , said , after intiraaling a genera acquiescence in the desire for an extension of the suffrage , and glancing at several features of our present taxation : — " With regard to the income-tax , the objectioas to its imposition are mainly three—first , that it is not : easy to assess it fairly ; secondly , iis inquisitorial character ; and thirdly , the difficulty of ascertaining incomes . ( Hear , tear . ) The ^ rsfc objection , might , 1 think , be got over in gonie degree , possibly by the : means suggested by Mr . John Stuart Mill , of deducting from precarious incomes that sum Ts-hieh a prudent man ought to lay by for his family ( Hear , Iiewr % thus attaining a rough approximation to financial justice .

      ( Sear , hear . ') I hold that , fop the purposes of the state , the Government lias a right to : know a ., man ' s income ; hut , although you can ascertain the incomes of the landlord , the farmer , the fuudholder , and of persons under Government , all financial skill will he baffled in endeavouring to ascertain precarious incomes . The income-tax has its merits because it touches all ; but it is unjust in its assessment , and is thus an insufferable wrong . I believe its maintenance to be doubtful for this reason ; and I am fortified in this opinion by the ablest living financier in the House of Commons—I mean Mr . Gladstone—and Mr . ' Mill . In I 860 , therefore , I think the country should have an opportunity of determining whether the income-tax shall continue or not . ( Hear , hear . ) I think the most effective substitute for that tax "will be a tax upon theTalue of houses . ( Avoice : — " We have enough , taxes now . " }

      NORTHAMTONSHIRE ( NORTH > At the unopposed election on Monday of Mr . Stafford and Lord Burghley , tlie celebrated cases of the Black Eagle and the bribing f f dockyard labourers , during the brief government of Lord Derby—transactions in which Mr . Stafford was concerned—were brought up and thrown in his face . In addressing the electors , he himself alluded to them . He said that '' an anonymoue writer in the Times had quoted the examination ( befors the committee off inquiry ) of a gentleman who is since dee ceased , which says that 4 , 81 . 15 s . 6 d . was paid by th-Grovernment for the entertainment of my friends on the occasion of my going down to Plymouth on board the Black Eagle . ( Jeers and groans . ) Well , it is very true that a bill of 48 ? . 15 s . Gd . was sent in to the Admiralty and was charged in the public accounts : tut ,

      gentlemen , I deny that either through that bill , or in aiiy other way , the country was put to one farthing's- expense for the entertainment of my private friends . ( Great applause . ) I -will tell you liow this was . I am sure you will believe me when I state openly , and upon my honour , that I refunded every farthing of that money , unsolicited , nncompelled , which went to the entertainment of my friends . { Cheers , and a voiiie in the crowd , ' Show tts the bill receipted . ' ) .... With regard to the dockyards , I say to you what I said to the select committee , and what I said to the House of Commons , that in that matter I did some things for which I am sorry . ( Cheers . ) Gentlemen , in the excitement of party feeling , anxious in a partisan spirit to carry an election , I did what , I will not say no one ever did before me , or will never do again , but what I frankly own was more than 1 ought to havo done . ' * ( Great applause . )

      NORTIIAMPTONSHIKE ( SOUTH ) . Tho three candidates at tho nomination on Tuesday were Colonel Howard Yysc , Mr . Kniglitley ( tho old members ) , and Lord Althory , the eldest sou of -the present , and nephew of tho late Earl Spencer . Tho two first are Conservatives ; the last is a Liberal , who professes to bo guided by tho principles of his uncle . Ho is also a supporter of Lord Faliueraton . The show of hands was almost unanimous in favour of Lord Althorp , the others only obtaining about fifty supporters each from n very -crowded meeting . A poll was then demanded on behalf of Colonel Vyso .

      AYLESBUItv ; . The numbora nt the close of tho poll wore—Bernard , 646 ; Botholl , 601 ; Layord , 43 i ) . The last named , therefore , loses hia election , to tho dincredit of tlio borough . Mr . Layard addressed a fow remarks to the electors , during which he said : — "I was always of opinion that tho course taken by Lord l * nlmcrstoii would load to tho triumph of Tory principles in muny parta of England ; and tho reports to-duy ( lust Saturday ) from aavoral boroughs show tUat theao approhunaioiia wore well founded . " Ho also complained of unduo influence having been brought to bear upon tho borough .

      MIDDLESEX . The nctmiaatton , " took pta ^ on Thursday , in tho Marfcet-pfece at BrentforcL M . Alexwfi" SumJ was present Here , as . at the City of London e £ c £ The candidates were-Lord Robert Grosvenor ( iSS ' Visccnmt Chelsea ( Conservative ) , and Mr . R . HanS ' Junior ( Libesal ) . The transactions were rather noS and there was a little " squabble" on the huatuX between Sheriff Mechi and Alderman Wire , the SS restraining the latter from speaking untQ after tW show of hands was taken- That mode of plj £ election was largely in favour of Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr . HanTmry , and a poll was demanded for "Viscount Onelsea . HE-RTFORDSHIEE . The Hertfordshire election took place ia a field adia cent to the town of Hertford , on Tuesday . " Until within the last tew days , " says the Times ,, « a contest had been expected bjetween Mr . Fuller , a Liberal , and the late members , who are all Conservatives ; but on * *? f o ° - e nominatioi 1 it gPt bruited abroad that Mr Abel Smith ,, jun ., would withdraw Ms pretensions to the representation , and allow Mr . Puller , who has previously stood for the county without success , to obtain undisputed possession of one of the seats . It is well known that negotiations , were recently entered into between , the Liberal Election Committee and the Conservative Registration Association of Herts , for the purposa of securing a third share of the county representation to the Liberal interest , on the understanding that the Conservatives

      should be allowed to , retain quiet possession of the rest , and a solemn , compact to effect that object -was formally concluded between the two political parties . The arrangement involved the retirement of one of the . Conservative ex-members , who had , previously agreed to place themselves in the hands of a committee appointed to determine . which . .-of the three should make way for Mr . Puller ; and it sq happened that the decision which was come to marked out the senior member , Sir Henry Meiix , for this act ; of self-sacrifice . Sir Henry , how ever , refused to be made the victim , maintaining that it was very -unfair to expect such self-abnegation from him , and exempt his junior colleagues ; and he accordingly proceeded to canvass the constituency in defiance of the resolution of the Conservative Association . A good deal of angry controversy was provoked bv these

      transactions ,, the Liberals insisting on holding their opponents to the strict terms of their bond , and demanding that if Sir Henry Meux persevered in Ms contumacy , one of his late colleagues should retire instead of him . " A great deal of discussion on this state of things occupied the attention of candidates and electors on . the hustings ; and Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton warmly eulogized Mr . Abel Smith for his magnanimity in retiring . There being , consequently , no opposition , Sir Henry Meux , Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton ,. and Mr . Christopher Puller , were declared duly elected ^

      WILTS ( SOUTH ) . The nomination of candidates for the Southern division of Wiltshire took place on Wednesday at Salist bury . The candidates were—Mr . Sidney Herbert , Mr . Wyndham , and Lord Henry Thynne ; the two first being the previous members , the last-named a new candidate and a Conservative . The placards showed , a great deal of electioneering witticism ; and Mr . Herbert was a good deal roasted about the Mjiroasted . coffee ia the Crimea . There were also typographical oxclamations on the walla of " No Popery ! " " Down with tha traitor ! " " Hang Herbert ! " and such questions as "Who starved the soldiers ? " and " Who betrayed the

      farmers ? " In his speech to tha electors , Mr . Horbort defended himself from these imputations , and , with rospect to reform , said it ia an absurdity to suppose that the people of England can ever remain stagnant . ILe did not approve of Mr . Locke King ' s measure , becouaa bethought it required modifications ; but he wanted to see " an industrial franchise and a prudential franchiso , " so that a man who holds 50 / . in the savings bank , and tho man . who pays forty shillings in direct taxos , as well as all graduates in the Universities , should have a vote . Ho was in favour of a reduction of expenditure—not

      that the fleet of England should be reduced ; but it was not necessary to keep up a large standing army to vie with tlioso on the Continent . Mr . Wyndham and Lord Henry Thynno then addressed the meeting , The latter , though a Conservative , said , in answer to a question , that ho thought tho very name of Protection had died out , and that Pree-trado was firmly rooted in tho country . Ho wished to see it still further carried out by tho reduction of the dutios on too , sugar , & c . ~ The show of hands was largely in favour of Mr . Sidney Herbert and Mr . Wyndham , and a poll was demanded for Lord Henry Thynne .

      BATH . We gave the general result of this election in our Fostscriptlast week . Tho official declaration states tho numbers thus : —Sir Arthur llallum Elton , 1213 ; Mr . Tile , 1200 ; Mr . Way , 1197 . In afterwards addressing the electors , Mr . Way hinted that Mr . The had Bccuroil hifl triumph by moans of bribery , and added that ho ( the speaker ) should be member for Bath in two months , as ho was determined to havo a scrutiny .

      NOTTINGHAM . Close of the poll : — l ' ngct , 2393 ; Walter , 18 . 1 G ; i Jones , 014 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), April 4, 1857, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_04041857/page/10/