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    Thesig ^ r have both issued addresses electors . Ihey voted . wi * h . the majority on the China question . St . Ives . —Mr . Paull , a barrister , who canvassed the borough , in 1852 , has again offered himself . Stojcb-tjpon- 'Tbknt . —Tire two sitting members ( Mr . Bicar&o and the Hon . F . L . Gower ) have issued addresses . Mr . Alderman Sidney , of London , has done the same , but he soys he will not canvass . S / rfioup . — -Mr . Horsman and Mr . Scrope have both been canvassing the electors in person , and both Mr . Horsman and Mr . Scrope express their determination to vote for the total abolition of the Income-tax in 1860 . The threatened opposition has dwindled to nothing . the late

    SuNDERLASTD . —Air . Ealph Walters , barrister , chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway , a g-entlemau off extensive property in the North , issued an address last Saturday to the electors of this borough . He is brought forward by the ultra-Liberals . Mr . Mitchell , of the Shipping Gazette , is also in the field ; but he promises to retire should Mr . George Hudson come forward . &XFBBOXK . ( East ) . — -Lord Henniker has issued an address , announcing his intention of again presenting khnself to the eleotox-s . Sir Fitzroy Kelly has also issued an address , in which he defends the vote he gave on the Canton affair in opposition to the Government . - Subeby ( East ) . —Mr . H . Drummond solicits reelection .

    Sussex ( East ) . —The Hon . W . H . Frederick Cavendish , of Compton-place , Eastbourne , has become a candidate , in conjunction -with Mr . J . G . Dodson , in opposition to the re-election of Mr . Fuller and Viscount Pavensey . . . Swansea Borough . —Mr . C H . Smith , of Derwen Tawr , enters the lists agaimt Mr . Dilwyn on Liberal principles . TAitwoRTH . —There is not likely to be any opposition to the present members , Sir Robert Peel and Yiseoimt Baynham .., " The latter has issued an address in favour of Lord Palmerston .

    Taunton . —The second scat for this borongh will be contested by Mr . Arthur Mills ( Conse-rvativo ) and . the Hon . W . F . Campbell ( Liberal ) , soft of Lord Campbell , who -was elected for the city of Cambridge in 1847 with Mr . Adair . The re-election of Mr . Labouchere is considered certain . Tewkesbury . —Four candidates are now in the field — -the sitting members , Mr . Martin and Mr . Humphrey Brown ( Liberals ) , and Mr . Cox and the Hon . T . Lygon ( Conservatives ) . Tivektoj * . — Sir J . II . Maxwell has retired . Mr . Heathcoat conies forward as a Palmerstonian . Totness . —A Mr . J . T . Mackenzie offers himself as a candidate .

    To"Wer Hamuets . —A requisition to Mr . G . ~ J . Holyoake is in course of signature in the Tower Hamleta . Tburo , — The present members retire—Mr . Ennis Vivian in consequence of Ma health and years , and Mr . H . II . Vivian to contest the county of Glamorgan . Two candidates are in the Held and havo issued addresses—Mr * Augustus Smith , who w . as defeated at the last election , and Mr . lirydges Williams—the former as a Reformer and approving the Government policy with regard to China , the latter , also a Liberal , disapproving the combination of parties which led to the defeat of Ministers , and ready to give a general support to the present Administration .

    TynbmgutHi .- —Captain Linskill issued his address to the electors of this borough on Saturday , and commenced his canvass . His addresB to the electors announces that ho will give an independent support to Xord Palmeraton , and expresses his total dissent from tlio recent decision of the House of Commons on Mr . Cobdeu ' s motion . Wakefielo . —Mr . LeaUmni , the Liberal candidate , hfts retired from the contest . Mr . Charloswortli , Conservative , is at present the only candidate in the Held ; hut the Liberals propose to look out for one .

    Warwick . —This borough is boing actively canvassed by Sir Cuarles Douglas , formerly a member for Wnr-¦ wick ,, but who was discarded owing to his pnrsumice of a free-trade policy ; Mr . Smith , in behalf of Mr . Greaves , M . P ., who is on tho Comment , but oxpectod homu © very hour ; and Mr . Ropton , M . P ., who is supported by the " Castle interest . " Warwickshire ( South ) . —Mr . Bolton King , formerly a representative of tho borough of Warwick lias becomo a candidates for this division of tho county , and has issued an address to the electors Mr . King , in hb address , indicates his adherenco to tbe present Government . Warwickshire ( North ) . —Moasra . Nowdegato and 3 poonor have issued n joint address to the electors

    . WESTMOUKLAND—Tho Earl of Bectivo and the lion Colonel Lowthor have again offered thomsolvca us candidates for thla county , and will probably be returned without opposition . * « " « uuu oura ^ lTTn Tt vT ' ~~ H < m " 0 oW R" «» - W «? h « t '»< iill' i -- '' . ° 8 lttLllK 1 » omb «™ , l > avc %££ * Z « . * " * ' ¦ ° UCltlnS * + * " *»• " ^« in WottoiaxttttSHiiuc ( Wiarr ) . —Here alSO the sittitiir members ( Lord Ehnlay ami Mr . W . Knight ) hav « iiued their addresses . Each candidate is Conservative WaiiCKsxia .-Tlie two . Ittiog mmbera < Mr . ' Uelett

    Mr . J . P . Murray , of Philiphaugh , it is said , will contest Selkirkshire on LioeTnl principles in opposition to the present Conservative member , Mr . A . E . Lockhart .

    LordKaddo is again soliciting the . representation of the county of Aberdeen . ^ * i M w- , " L ^ ^ Issued an . address to the electors of the Wick Burghs , in which he strongly" cewuaaToS proceedings m China . "

    IRELAND . Mr . Join Grey Vesey Porter is a candidate for the representation of hi 3 native county of Fermanagh The learned gentleman has issued a clevei preliminary address to the electors , in the course of -which he condemns the vote which placed the Government of Lord Palmerston in a minority . Captain . Palmer , son of Sir Koger Palmer , h the Conservative candidate for the representation of Mavo in which county his father holds immense estates . The sitting members will solicit a renewal of their lease Mr G . H . Moore is the special protege of Archbishop JI'Hale " while Mr . Ouseley Higgins is more generally popular with the gentry , Whig and ToTy . After twenty-four years' service to the Tory party , Admiral Jones retires from the representation of the county of Londonderry Mr . longfield , Q . C ., Conservative , will , it h anticipated , offer himself for Cork .

    Messrs . Grogan and Vance have issued , addresses for the -city of Dublin , in the Protestant interest . The names of Mr . John Reynolds , Alderman George Roe Mr . Francis Codd , and Mr . James Perry , are also mentioned . For Dublin University , the only candidate at present is a gentleman named Wilson , au ultra-Conservative . Mr . ~ W . E . Lendrick , a moderate Conservative , means to oppose the return of Mr . Kirk for the Newry Boroughs ; but it is thought he has but a poor chance . For Kew Ross , the candidates are—3 VIr . S . K . Graves ( chairman of the Shipowner ' s Association of Liverpool ) , Mr . Tottenham ( the sitting member ) j and Sir Thomas Redington .

    Letters from Tralee state that Mr . Chute has declined the Conservative invitation to stand for the borough . Lieutenant-Colonel De Moleyns has also refused . The Conservatives , therefore , have no candidate . Mr . Butt will have to struggle for his seat for Toughal . His opponent will be BIr . Smich , of Ballinatray , a stout Tory , and a gentleman of considerable local influence . His sister is Princess of Capua , and sister-ia-law to the King of Naples . Mr . Waldron has declared his intention of again con ^ testing the eoxmty of Tipperary , and it is said to be the intention of The O'Donoghuc and Major Massy to stand together in opposition to him , upon the principles of tenant-right and independent opposition . Of the return of the two latter gentlemen do doubt is entertained in well-informed quarters by a much , larger majority than The O'Donoghue had last week .

    and Mr . Ricardo—the first a supporter of Mr . Cobden ' s motion , the latter of Government ) will again stand . Alderman Sidney , of London ^ has also come forward . Yorkshire ( North Riding ) . —The Hon . J . C . Dundas , brother to the Earl of . Zetland , has , during the past week , addressed meetings of the electors at Thirsk and NorthaHerton , and © n Monday evening attended a large and influential meeting in theOddFellows' Hall , Middlesborough . Mr . Cayley agaia solicits election , having represented the riding in six . successive Parliaments . He supports Lord Palmerston . Yorkshire ( West Biding ) . —Mr . Cobden has signified his retirement . Mr . Beckett Denison , hi 3 present colleague , and Lord Goderich , have issued addresses .

    SCOTLAND . There are three candidates for the suffrages of the electors of Bemick-ori-Tweed—Mr . Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks , Mr . M . Foster , and Mr . Stapleton . Mr . Black is the only candidate in the Whig interest for Edinburgh . Mr . John Fergus has addressed his Fifeshire constituency , soliciting re-election . He is one of the few Liberal representatives of Scottish counties . In the late division he gave his support to Lord Palrnerston . Mr ; D . Baxter , of Kilmaron , a Dundee merchant , has been waited on by a deputation , requesting him to appear as a candidate for the St . Andrew's Burghs , but haa declined . Mr . Ellice addressed a meeting of the electors of St . Andrew's on Friday week .

    It is understood that Mr . Hope Johnatone , recently returned for Dumfriesshire , will again be elected without opposition . He voted in the majority against Ministers . Mr . W . Ewart , the sitting member for the Dumfries district of burghs , aaks again to be returned . The names of Colonel Graham , and of Mr . Caruthers , of Dormont , have been mentioned in connexion with the vacancy . Mr . Hannay , the author , has issued an address . : Mr . John Mackie will retire from the representation of the stewartry ( comity ) of Kirkcudbright . Mr . George Maxwell , of Glenlee , partner in a mercantile firm in Liverpool , and a proprietor in the district , has issued an address to the electors of the stewartry . He approves the doings of the Government and their representatives in China , and professes a decidedly Liberal creed .

    Sir Andrew Agnew -will , it is believed , a 3 k to be reelected for Wigtonshire . He is a Liberal , and voted with the Government and against Mr . Cobden . Tliere is a rumour of opponents in the persons of the Hon . Viscount Garlies ( Conservative ) , and Mr . E . H . S . Blair , of Penninghame ( Liberal ) . After serving the Wigtou burghs for nearly a quarter of a century , Sir John M'Taggart has surrendered his trust . into the hands of the constituency . He states that he now finds himself unequal to the toil of a Parliamentary life . At a meeting of the electors held soon

    . The adjourned ' 'meeting ' of the General anvd Parliamentary Committees of the Liberal Registration Association was hold at the London Tavern , Bishopsgatestreet , on Tuesday afternoon , for the purpose of considering the claims of the various candidates for the representation of the City . Mr . J . Ingram Travers occupied the chair , and the majority of those wio attended the previous meeting were again present . After some preliminaries , Sir James Duke explained why lie had not voted for Mr . Dodson , the Liberal candidate for East Sussex—a subject which had been brought forward at tho previous meeting , as a reason why he should not be supported in . bis own canvass for

    after bis retiring address was issued , it was unanimously resolved that a requisition should be sent to Sir William . Dunbar , of Mockrura , inviting him to become a candidate . It ia understood that Sir William ( who is a Liberal ) will receive the powerful support of Lord Stair . The retiring member is a Liberal , and voted with the minority on the China question . Mr . Craufurd , the present member for the Ayr burghs —a Liberal , and supporter of Ministers during the recent crisis—is to be confronted at the coming election by an old rival , Mr . A . T . Boyle , advocate , who has started in the Conservative interest .

    London . Ho now stated that lie could not give hid countenance to the return of Mr . Dodson because that gentleman was anxious to get into Parliament as a supporter of Lord Palmerston ' s Government without giving any definite explanation of his political principles ; Imt there were two points upon which he entirely differed with Mr . Dodson . That gentleman was opposed to vote by ballot , and a supporter of the Maynooth grant . Now he ( Sir Jamos Duke ) had boen many years in Parliament , and , whilo ho had always set his face against atate grants to any church , he had always voted for thu ballot , and stood up for the cause of civil and religious liberty . But ho did not stand alone in the matter . For tho same reasons that he had felt himself , Mr . Cobden and other Liberal electors of East Sussexrefuscd to support Mr . l > od . son . —Mr . Railces Currie , BaronLioncldc Rothschild , and Mr . Crawford , the three other candidates , having

    ad-Mr . Cowan has issued an address to the electors of Edinburgh indignantly protesting against the attempt that has been made by the Independent Liberal Committee to coerce him to retire in favour of others holding the same opinions , and submitting his claims to the deciaon of tlie electors . Mr . Olipbant ( Liberal ) addressed a crowded meeting of electors at Dutnferline on Monday evening , and a resolution was passed declaring him " a lit and proper

    porson" to represent the burghs . On tho retirement of Mr . Duncan , who has represented Dundee for about sixteen ycara , two candidates olFered themselves—Mr . P . II . Thorns and Sir John Ogilvic of Baldovan , both on Liberal principles . Mr . Thorns has since retired in favour of Sir John , considering that one point of difTurenco between them ( Mr . ThomH being opposed to the Maynooth grant ) did not justify him ontoring on a contest . Sir John Ogilvie is therefore likely to be returned , though aome Radical opposition

    dressed the meeting in elucidation of their principles , BIr . Morley said ho was not going to vote against Sir James Duke in consequence of tho East Suffolk election , nor for Lord John Russell , without stating his reasons . He should like Sir Jnmes Duke to inform the meeting why , out of 198 divisions , ho was only present at 44 ; and why , on about forty occasions , when very special measures , having rofcrenco to gross administrative abuses , wore brought forward , ho waa not in his place . He then proceeded to eulogise Lord John Russell . Mr . Bennoch apoko to the same affect . He moved a resolution to the clfuct that any resolution attempting to confine the representation of tho City to men of commerce was unwise in principle , ^* it narrowed the area fro m which representatives might bo selected ; and that tho resolution passed last week bo rescinded . Mr . Stoiio seconded the resolution . Aft « r sonic further discussion , Mr . Deputy Dakiu moved an amendment to tho efl ' ect that , having

    was threatened . Tho candidates for the Falkirk Burghs are Mr . George Baird ( Conservative ) , brother of tho present member , and Mr . James Merry ( Liberal ) , who lately oontestod the city of Glasgow with Mr . Buchanan . It is announced that Lord Jamca Murray , brother of the Duke of Atholl , will present himself for Perthshire , in opposition to the present membev , Mr . Stirling , of Koir . Lord James Murray ofFora himself as a general supporter of Lord Paltncraton ' a Government . No opposition to tho . return of a Conservative member for this county has been offered for about twenty years .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 21, 1857, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2185/page/6/