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    *« w ? stisof the country shall not suffer by our administra Tcxl "Iremain , Gentlemen , taon * ¦ " Your obliged fnend and servant , ¦ ^ ¦ '¦ ' *• ¦ ¦' . ' •• " " DlSBAELI . " Hughenden Manor , June 2 . "

    LONDON . FiNSBTTBY . - ^ -At a meeting of the electors , on Tuesday evening , a letter front Mr . Wakley was read , in which , in acco rdance with the urgent desire of his family and medical friends , he declines to stand as a c andidate for re-election . He says" While relinquishing the important distinction of representinff you in Parliament , I am cheered by the reflection that aurinff the seventeen years that I have occupied

    a seat in the House ot uommons as your representative , I have never intentionally spoken or voted in antagonism to your best interests , or in opposition" to those rational and just principles of government which you have always patriotically and most zealously advocated . " The meeting , however , passed a resolution not to accept the honourable gentleman ' s resignation , and appointed a deputation to wait upon him , with a view to obtain his consent to again become a candidate .

    Lambeth .-t-A meeting of the electors was held at the Horns Tavern , on Tuesday night , at which the following resolution was passed : — " That this meeting having heard the explanations of Messrs . D'Eyncourt and Williams records its approbation of their conduct , and expresses its determination to secure their return at the coming election . " As considerable dissatisfaction is felt with the mode 3 n which Mr , D'Eyncourt has discharged his parliamentary duties , Mr . Harvey ' s chance of success is considered by no means desperate .

    ENGLAND ASTD WALES . Berks . ^ - — Vi scount Barringtpn and Mr . Robert Palmer have solicited re-election . The former , in his address , saysthait it was in the sincere hope of cementing mpre strongly the bonds of union between Ireland and this country , that he voted for the endowment of Mayriooth College , but that for the future a , very strong case must be made out before he will again consent to such _ a jise of the public money . He makes no allusion to free-trade or protection . Mr . Palmer writes in his address that he has seen no reason to regret his opposition to the free trade policy , and that he will support Lord Derby in any measures he may propose for the relief of the agricultural class .

    Brighton . — -Captain Pechell has announced his intention of again offering himself as a candidate . Mr . Ffooks , who is connected with a large brewery establishment in Dorsetshire , has come forward , and declares himself a free-trader , and desirous of repealing the malt duty , an advocate for a reform in the representation of the people , and for extension of the suffrage , and an opponent of the Militia Bill . Bristol . —A numerous meeting , attended by many influential porsons , took place on Monday evening . The Honourable F . H . Berkeley expressed his determination to support a free-trading policy . He would , if possible , abolish the church-rates , and " cashier" the bishops of the Church of England . Mr . Berkeley , as woll as the other candidate , Mr . Langton , was warmly applauded .

    Chiohester . —Lord Henry Lennox offers himself for re-election . Jn his address to the electors , believing that the late change in the commercial policy of this country has operated in some degree both for good and for evil , he expresses his opinion that it is the duty of the present administration , while securing to one class «¦ continuance of the benefits which they now enjoy , to extend to the other a participation in those benefits from which thoy have heretofore been unjustly

    excluded . He continues"Our present system of taxation displays so many anomalies as to demand at an early period a complote and flcarching revision ; it is to this that tho farmers of England should turn thoir attention , and their efforts in this cause , if directed by that energy and perseverance in which they have never yofc shown themselves wanting , cannot fail before long to restoro to thom that share in tho gonoral prosperity to which they are of right entitled .

    Devonpout . —Mr . Tufnell and Sir John Ilomilly come forward for re-election , on Free-trade and Liberal princi ples . Mr . Tufnell will uphold « thoso Protestant princi ples which have ever proved tho firmest bulwark of civil and religious liberty , and hopes to see law reform carried out in our law . courts . Sir John Roinilly will resist , to his utmost power , any attempt by tho court of Rome to- acquire flpiritual or temporal authorit y in this realm . Although dosiroiw that tho "nances of tho country should be carefully and frutfnlly administered , ho wns not disposed , by shortsi ghted economy , to neglect the grout defences of the king dom against the possibility of foreign aggression . Ho says

    further—., " But while I am disposed to support any woll-con-M'Wod measure for this purpose , I doubt whothor that objoot con bo obtained by tho formation of any mihtia , which © you undor tho bo » t regulations ! appears to mo to

    be more likely to oppress and injure the people , than to conduce to the security of the country . "I cannot but observe , also , the position of almost every foreign State on the Continent of Europe , and the causes which have produced that condition ; and , warned by their example , I shall carefully guard against organizing any system of a permanent standing force in this country , of such a nature and so constituted as in the hands of an unscrupulous and despotic Government might in the course of tune become the instrument of oppression , and the means of subverting the liberties of the country . " Essex ( South : ) . —Sir Edward Buxton has issued an address soliciting re-election . He would oppose any return to protection , and considered-that a reduction of the malt-tax would be beneficial to the community at large . Moreover , he

    says" I am favourable to any decrease of this impost which the finances of the country will permit . The time has come when the suffrage may safely bo extended , especially in county constituencies , and I would vote for any reasonable and well-considered measure to that effect . If again returned to Parliament , I shall be prepared to advocate an extensive and efficient system of education , a liberal and progressive policy , a careful economy in the national expenditure , and the reduction of those taxes which restrict the industry of the people . " Fxintshibe . —Mr . Edmund Peel , in his address accepting the invitation of the electors ,

    writes"I am a churchman . I love the church , because I believe it to be the safeguard of the Reformation and the most powerful bulwark of Protestantism , and therefore of our liberties—civil and religious . I participated strongly in the indignation felt by all ranks of sincere and loyal Protestants at the audacious attempt made by the Bishop of Borne last year to bring us under tho dominion of his slavish rule . I ¦ will be no party to any grant of public money towards the support of that religion , and if

    returned to Parliament I will vote unequivocally against the Maynooth endowment . Attempts have been made to admit the Jews into Parliament ; I will never be a party to what must un-Christianise the Legislature . I cannot assent to what would be neither more nor less than an indirect denial of that Saviour on whom alone our hopes rest . I have viewed with real regret the depression which has so materially affected agriculture , but I look forward with hope and confidence to those future measures contemplated by Lord Derby ' s Government for its relief . "

    Hertford . —Viscount Mahon and the Honourable W . Cowper have solicited re-election . Mr . Charles J . Dimsdale , a conservative , and Mr . T . Chambers , of the Home Circuit , a Liberal and Free-trader , have offered themselves as candidates . A stout contest is expected . Httli ,.- —Mr . J . Clay , one of the present members , and Lord Goderich , are the Liberal candidates . Mr . J . B . Moore , of Liverpool , a follower of Mr . G . F . Young , and a supporter of the present ministry , is also a candidate . The contest is expected to be a sharp one .

    Lancashire ( South ) . —A numerous meeting of the electors was held on Wednesday , and gave a cordial reception to Mr . Cheetham , the new Liberal candidate . He addressed the meeting , speaking in the highest terms of the late Sir Robert Peel ' s policy , and declaring his conviction that it should be carried out to tho utmost possible extent . He was opposed to the Maynooth grant , as he was to all religious endowments , and advocated an extension of tho suffrage , and vote by ballot .

    Newoasti-e-undeb-Ltme . —Mr . William Jackson has again offered himself as a candidate He is more than ever satisfied with the expediency of Free-trade , and wishes to see a thorough investigation of the general taxation of tho country , with a view to apportion each class with its fair share of tho burden . Nottingham . —The Chartists of this town have issued an addrcsa , dated June 4 , calling upon the electors not to " be in a hurry , " aa ti candidate after thoir own heart is expected to offer himself . Pontefraot . —Mr . Mondkton Milnes has issued an address to the electors , announcing his intention of being a candidato for thoir re-election . Tho address contains the following pasango :

    " My votes in Parliament , and tho part I havo taken in dobato , aro the ovidonco whether or not I havo maintained the principles on which you choso mo to represent you . Those principles wore tho full accopfanco of tho commercial policy of tho Into Sir llobert Peol ; tho diflusion of popular education , without distinct ion of class or creed ; the oxtonsion of tho doctoral franchiso to all who can give satisfactory guarantees for its independent and intelligent oxorciso ; and tho sincoro support ot that civil and religious liberty which shinos as a boaeon at onco of Avarning ami consolation amid tho political darkness of huropo . Ho further soya , that upon tho question of tho vote by ballot , ho would think it his duty to defer , in great measure , to tho . opinion ' of the majority of his constituents

    West Surrey , —Mr . Druinmond and Mr . Evelyn jiddrosBcd a mooting of their coiiHtituontH , on-Saturday , fit Guildford . The former called upon the electors to support Lord Derby ' s administration . Ho condemned tho Reform Bill ns without principle , but thought that every man who contributed to tho rates had a right to vote , Resolutions wore carried , recommending the reelection of both candidates . Su »» HX ( East ) , — -It ig still doubtful whothor Mr ,

    J . W . Freshfield will , as had been anticipated , withdraw from the representation of Boston , to stand as a candidate for this constituency . In a letter to the chairman of the East Surrey Election Committee , he expresses his dissatisfaction with the requisition inviting him to do so , as not affording a sufficient-proof of the wishes of the general body of the electors . TAJMrvvoRTH .-7-Sir Robert Peel and Captaiii Townshend , both offer themselves for re-election , and have made an encouraging canvass . Sir Charles Clarke , the new candidate , has withdrawn . Sir Robert Peel has issued an address , in which he

    says" Gentlemen , my own political impressions have undergone but little modification , except , perhaps , to be candid , as regards the vote by ballot , which , in some modified form , will ere long be adopted by the Legislature as essential to the independence of a numerous and important class of electors . A liberal conservative free-trader , I am for social progress , and for the . maintenance , in its unabated vigour , of that policy which has secured improved facilities of existence to the immense majority of the people of England .

    Naturally an enemy to whatever has , or seems to have , a reactionary tendency , I shall neyerhesitate to sacrifice to expediency as to the widest principle of political science ; and whilst I shall have the advantage of enjoying a scat in Parliament I shall be a steady , unflinching advocate of temperate advancement , and shall give a cordial adhesion ( always , of course , with a due observance of the public interests ) to all measures tending to favour the social and religious condition , and to promote the political liberties , of my fellow-countrymen . "

    SCOTLAND . Edinburgh . —It is now ascertained that Mr . Macaulay "has consented again to be a candidate , but he will not consent to canvass or to take any active part in seeking his election . A requisition is being got up by the conveners of the old whig committee . Lord Melgund has been spoken of as a second whig candidate . Lord Provost M'Larcn has been nominated , representing the radicals and dissenters . Mr . Cowan is also a candidate , supported by the free-church party .

    Stirlingshire . —Mr . Forbes , of Callendar , a Derby-Disraelite protectionist , has asked for a renewal of the confidence the electors placed in him in 1847 . He considers the stability of Lord Derby's government the " best security for our civil rights and protestant institutions . " He opposed the late changes in our commercial policy , adding , " from all I can learn , it appears to me that the reversal of this policy is , in the present state of feeling in the country , impracticable . " He thinks the Legislature , however , is bound to consider the claims of the suffering interests , and remedy their grievances as far as possible . "

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    LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ Fjkom our own Correspondent . ] Letter XXIV . Paris , Tuesday Evening , 8 th June , 1852 . " Letters of resignation" are still pouring in upon the Government . General Charras , ex-Minister of War in 1848 , in his refusal of tho oalh , avoiding the self-complacency with which Lamoriciere , Bedeau , and Leflo recalled their services , addresses himself to Bonaparte , man to man , and demands by what right he , tho violator of the constitution which he had sworn to defend , and tho destroyor of public tranquillity , can call upon

    any man to swear fidelity to him . It is estimated there are sixty other letters clandestinely circulating in Paris . Amongst thorn is one from M . Michelet , tho celebrated professor of history . Bonaparto had some time since taken away his professorship at the College of France , where he used to thunder forth his denunciations ngainst the priests nnd tho Jesuits . His only remaining source of subsistence was a situation as director of manuscri p ts in the National Archives , which ho hnd held since 1830 . This ho has volunturily relinquished rather than take " tho oath" to Bonaparto . M . Jules Simon , Professor of Philosophy at tho

    Sorbonnc , hns also refused , and his example has boon followed by MM . Magy , Barsot , and Barni , Professors of Philosophy in Paris , Versailles , and Rouon j Despois , Professor of Rhetoric in tho College Louis-le-grand ; Sorval , of tho Collcgo Rollin . There nro also resi gnations of an unexpected kind coming in . A certain number of Legitimists , who hud taken tho oath in order to qualify themselves to sit as members of general and municipal councils in tho provinces , huvo , in conocquonco of tho express command of tho Comto do

    Chumbord , withdrawn tho plodgo thoy had given to tho Government . Tho following is a copy of a letter , ndurcasod b y tho Comto do la Suzo to tho editor of tho Maine ;—r « ' I have jiwt sent in my resi gnation , an inomlier of tho municipal council of Courcollos , to tho mayor of that place , and havo cancelled tho oath I took a month ngo . By this stop I conform to wishes which woro only nmdo known to ino yesterday , tho 26 th of May . " Besides tho lottors which aro in circulation , a muss of pamphlets aro being handed about , secretly , containing revelations in connexion

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    Xuy ^ 12 , 1 S 52 . ] THE LE APE R . 555

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 12, 1852, page 555, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1939/page/7/