The Press. — London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

248 DURHAM (NORTH AND Sorni).—Mr. IL D. Shafto offers himself for re-election. There is not any probability that any opposition will he made in either borough. EAST REWORD AND THE HUNDRED OF DASSETLAW.— Visc.unt Cotbray and the Hon. W. E. Duncotube, both Conservatives, are the present members, and they are both to be put in nomination, but so early as Friday last the friends of Mr. Frank Foljambe (Liberal), sou of Mr. G. S. Foljambe, of Osbortou.hall, commenced a canvass in Retford in his behalf. ESSEX (NORTH AND Sourn).—Sir John Tyroll retires. The remaining members present themselves fur re• election. EvEsu.tu.—lt is expected that Mr. William Mahos, 1 rather of the member for Wallingford, will be a c:mnili• date. Sir Henry Willoughby and Mr. Holland offer themselves for re•election. ETE —Sir Edward Kerrison presents himself for re• election. ExErEn.—The present members, Mr. Divett ( Liberal ), and Sir. J. T. B. Duckworth (Conservative), have solicited the support of their constituents. FlNSBURY.—Alderman Challis retires. Mr. Cox, who professes Liberal opinions, met the electors on Wednes day, and explained his sentiments upon various questions. A resolution expressing confidence in that gentleman, and pledging the meeting to use their hest endeavours to secure his return, was carried. Mr. T. Duncombe presents himself for reelection. Eno3tE —Lord Edward Thynne has commenced his einvass. There will be a contest for the borough, Mr. Donald Nicoll, of Park-lane, having already issued his address. Gi-tuono.mottim.—For Swanrea and Merthyr there will, it is thought, be no contest. Colonel Stuart will replace, for Cardiff, Mr. Coffin, who retires. A sharp con• test is anticipated for the county of Glamorgan. Mr. H. Huas.•v Vivian and Mr. Edwards Vaughan are already in the field against Mr. Talbot and Sir G. Tyler, the present members, but the chances are in favour of the present in cabers. lirLorczaraa.—Admiral Sir Maurice F. F. Berkeley and Mr. W. P. Price offer themselves for re•election. Mr. GLOUCESTERSHIRE ( EAST AND WEST ).—The present lumbers, with the exception of Mr. Hale (West Glouces tershire), will present themselves for re•el"ction. Mr. Rolt, the contractor, will be brought forward. Samuel Baker, of Tborngrove, Worcestershire, chairman of the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, and late a director of the Great Western, will oppose. GRANTHAM.—The Hon. F. Tollemache, defeated at the last general election by Lord W. Graham, will again seek the suffrages of the electors. Sir Glynne Welby, the other member, is certain of re-electiou GREAT Yattworrn.—Sir E. Lacon, one of the present members, and the Hon C. S. Vereker, will contest the election with the Liberal candidates, Mr. Torrens M'Cul. lagh and Mr. E. W. Watkins, of the Manchester, Sheffield, awl Lincolnshire Railway. GREENWICII.—Sir W. Codrington, and Mr. M. Chain. bets, Q.C., present themselves for re-election. GRIIISBT.—Lord Worsley, it is said, will contest the election with Lord Annesley. GUILDFORD.—There is likely to be a very severe contest for this borough. Already there are five candidates, the sitting members (Mr. Mangles and Mt. James )tell), and Mr. Win. Bova of Worplesdon•lodge, near Guildford (Conservative), Mr. Austin, a local magistrate (Liberal), and Mr. Guildford Onslow (Liberal). The general opinion at present is that the present members will be re• elected. HALWAX.—Mr. Henry Edwards, who has already repre• Bellied Halifax, and has contested the borough more than once unsuccessfully, will again contest the borough with the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., and Crossley, Esq. litmrsutne.—An oppositition will probably be made to Lord Henry Cholmondeley for the southern division of the county. In the northern division Mr. Beach, of Oakley-hall, near Basingstoke, is named as a candidate, ghoul 1 Mr. Shaw Lefevre vacate the Speakership, and go to the Upper House. HAVEIMIRDWEST.—Mr. Rees has started in the Liberal interest for Haverforklwest. HF.REFORD.—The present members solicit re-election. HERTFORD (COUNTY AND BOROUtili).—The present members present themselves for re-election. Hoxirox.—The sitting members sol,cit reelection. HORSHANI.—Mr. Fitzgezala will be opposed by Mr. Sergeant Itallantyne. liumn:RsytELD.—Lord Goderich retires in order to represent the West Riding. Capt. Edwards, of Fixby-hall, as the Conservative candidate, will contest the election. Hur.t..—At a meeting of Liberal electors held on Satur day, Mr. James Clay, the sitting member, was unani mously selected as one of the candidates. The Hon. William Henry Forrester Denison, son of Lord Londes bgrough. was proposed as the second candidate, and a letter was read from that gentleman, announcing that he was a thorough reformer. He was selected as the colleague of Mr. Clay. During the meeting a letter was read from Mr. W. 1). Seymour, one of the present borough members, declining to annul again for Hull. Mr. Schneider end Mr. Hall, of London, and Mr. Aldam, late M.P. for Leeda, are also mentioned as probable can-- didates. IPSWICH—The present members present themselves for re•tlection. !six or Wioirr.—The lion. Charles Cliff r 1 will, it is said, be a candidate for the Isle of Wight in the Liberal interest. Glyn. the sitting member, has accepted an invitation to become • candidate f►r re•electien, and there i, little probability of any opposition being made to bia return. Seer.—For West Kent the Couserrative eanditlate is Mr, W. Masters Smith, one of the sitting members, and it THE PRESS. is rumoured that Mr. H. Hoare, the well-known London banker,v,or Mr. Stoddart Douglass, formerly for a short time member for Rochester, will be invited by the Conservatives to stand. Lord Holmesdale, the chairman of the Conserva tive Registration Association, has issued a circular, in which he announces that Mr. Masters Smith anti another Conser vative will be brought forward, without naming the second person. The Liberal candidates will be Mr. C. Wvkeham Martin, the sitting member, who was only returned after a severe contest at the beginning of last month, and Mr. Whatinan, one of the present members for Maidstone. Both gentlemen have issued addresses, in which they state their intention of giving an independent support to Lord Palmerston's Government. In East Kent it is understood that the Conservatives will again bring forward Mr. Deedes, who is not likely to be opposed. It appears to be doubtful, however, whether Sir E. Derine. c' will again be nominated. KirmenstissvEn.—Mr. Lowe has issued an address, in which he jn4tilies Lord Palinerston's foreign policy. Mr. Boycott, of the town, opposes Mr. Lowe. KING'S LYNN.—Lord Stanley has issued an address, in which he again Wrens himself as a candidate. Lord Stanley says :—"Nearly live years have elapsed since you last in vested me with that important trust of which I am now about to ask a renewal. My public conduct during that term is before you : I cannot hope that it has been free from error; but I can safely affirm that I have never given a factious or an interested vote, and that so far as health and strength allowed, I have not neglected the duties of a repre sentative of the people." KNARESBOROI:011. The Conservative candidates are Mr. Woodd, the present member, and Mr. Collins, barrister, who represented the borough for a short time. The Liberal candidates are likely to be Mr. Dent, the present member, and Mr. Westhead, who formerly sat for the borough. ..... La sinzru.—Mr. W. Williams met the electors on Tues day evening, and was warmly received, hut his return will not be unopposed, Mr. Roupell baying announced his in tention of conte.ting the borough. LANCASHIRE ( NORTH AND SOUTH ).—Mr. James Heywood ( says the Preston Guardian) has decided not to offer himself again for the northern division of the county, and it is reported that . Lord Stanley will be invited to offer himself for the vacancy thus created. Colonel Patten will present himself for re-election. For the South the present members present themselves for re-election. LANCASTER.—Two candidates are already in the field, Mr. William James Garnett and Mr. Robert Gladstone. The former of these gentlemen announced his intention some time ago of offering himself as a candidate when a vacancy occurred. LEEDS.—Sir George Goodman retires. The address of the Conservati►e candidate, Mr. Robert Hull, Recorder of Don caster and Deputy Recorder of Leeds, has been published. Mr. W. E. Forster, of Burley, near Otley, and of Bradford, a gentleman of Liberal political principles, will offer himself. LEicusTEn.—Sir J. Wslmlay's return will be contested. Lewes.—Sir C. Blunt will contest this borough on the Conservative interest. LINCOLN (NORTH and 50t:710.-31r. It. C. N. Hamilton has announced his intention of not again contesting the northern division of Lincolnshire, and, in his farewell address to his constituents, he states " that he shall bear no active part in the approaching atruggle." The other members present themselves fm- reelection. LrvEnrom..—Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., and Mr. C. Turner, the Conservative candidates, have issued their addresses to the electors and burgesses. The first public meeting in connection with the election will be held at the Ampnitoestre on Monday. Lvxe•Reots.—Mr. Templer declines to become a candi- date. MANCHESTEH.—Mr. Cobden is to represent Mr. Bright in his absence, and a meeting of electors is to be held in the Free-trade Hall next Wednesday at which the hon. gentleman is to be present. Mr. Bright having been in formed that the meeting of Friday last had decided on putting him again in nomination, replied by electric tele graph on Tuesday in the following terms :—" Rome, Tues day, March 10.—I accept the decision of the committee. Yon shall have my letter, with the address. JOHN Dufour." The following extract from a letter written by Mr. Bright to his brother-in-law, Mr. Vaughan, of the Oxford Circuit, dated Rome, Feb. 22, was read at a recent meeting cf the Liberals :—" And now about my health. Nobody supposes that anything is the matter with me, I seem so well ; and can do generally what other people do when they are ding nothing but to amuse themselves. I am, however, much better; reading, writing, or talking do not harm me now, and with some interruptions I feel in better spirits, and as if time, and not a long time perhaps, would restore the tone of the system. It has been a terrible disappoint ment to be thus exiled, and at snch a time, and when questions of such interest are being discussed at home. But I try, not always with success, to resign myself to what I cannot escape from." The Right Hon. T. M Gibson then rose, amid loud cheering. In the course of his address. he said that we were upon the point of a dig solution said to have been brought shout by a resolution moved by his hon. friend Mr. Cobden, and seconded by himself. BM, to clear the ground with reference to those charges of conspiracy and of " secret treaty " with political opponents that had been brought against there, he begged to assert, from his own positive knowledge, that no person iu the House of Commons knew of that resolution until it had made its appearance on the books of the house. With respect to the factious combination, men were to be found among the supporters of Mr. Cobden's resolutions who had taken a most prominent part in the support of former wars, when they had believed them to be necessary fur the vindication of the rights and true interests of this country. When hearing of " peace at any prioe," it some. times occurred to him that there might be a party who were probably the advocates of " Palmerston at any price." lie bad no period aniulotity to Lord Palmerston; ke SATURDAY, would as willingly support him as any other Minister of the Crown if he submitted sound and politic measures to the consideration of Parliament, but he could not coluieut to make a deliberate surrender of his convictions upon a vital question like that they had had under consideration, for the purpose of keeping in power Lord Palmerston's Administration. He would say one word about the budget. He voted against it because the Government proposed to add 4,000,00 W. per annum to the expenditure upon the, military and naval establishments of the country over and above what those establishments cost previous to the Russian war. It was his belief that that addition was unnecessary—that what was adequate to the security of this country previous to the war would be found to be adequate now. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. T. Baxley, Mr. H. Rawson, Mr. W. 13. Watkins, Sir E. Armitage, Mr. W. Morris, and Mr. J. Fildes; and it was resolved that Mr. Cobden be invited to address the electors in the Free trade Hall in Mr. Bright's absence. MACCLESFIELD:—.3Ir. E. C. Egerton, M.P., has issued an address to the electors of Macclesfield announcing hia intention of again soliciting their confidence in him as the member for the borough. MAIDSTONE.-Mr. A. J. B. Beresford Hope and Captain Scott, on the Conservative interest, will oppose Mr. Lee, one of the sitting members, and Mr. Humphrey Mildmay, on the Liberal interest. MALDON.-Mr. Peacocke and Mr. Bramley-Moore, tho present members, will again come forward. Mr. J. Sutton Westron will represent the Liberal interest. Mr. Mechi having retired, Mr. MacEnteer will again come forward. MIDDLESEX.—The Hon. George Byng will, it is said, be one of the Liberal candidates for the county of Middlesex. it is intended to request the Hon. Judge lialiburton to allow himself to be put in nomination. MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS —The sitting mealber, Mr. Crewshay Bailey, will offer himself for re election, but is to be opposed by Mr. Thomas Brown, a local merchant. A warm contest is expected. NEW WINDSOR.—The present members, Mr. Grenfeß and Mr. Samson Ricardo (Liberals), will again come forward, and are sanguine of success, although other members are in the field. Mr. Hope will again present himself, and a deputation ja about to wait on Mr. Roberts, the banker, who is living lit St. Leonards, near Windsor, requesting that gentleman also to come forward. Mr.. Arthur Vansittart, who was defeated in a late contest for the borough, has brought forward his brother, Mr. William Vansittart, of 88, Sc. James's•street, London, who has already issued his circular to the electors. NORFOLK.—Mnjor-General IVindhain in reported as about to be brought forward as a Liberal candidate for West Norfolk. Nonniamrvos.—Mr. Currie, jun., or Mr. Henley will be brought forward in the room of Mr. Raikes Currie. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH).—The return of Mr. Augustus Stafford and Colonel 31annsell fcr the northern division of Northamptonshire is certain. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (SOUTH).—discount Althorp, son of Earl Spencer, has issued an address to the elrcturs, in timating his intention of becoming a candidate on Liberal principles. NORTHCMPZELUM (NORTH AND Sovra).—No contest is looked for in either division. Nonwicu.—Sii• Samuel Bignold is the Conservative candidate. Viscount Bury, a Liberal candidate, has met the electors. Mr. Warner is expected to retire. OLDIRM.—There is now no doubt (says the Manchester Guardian) that James Platt, Esq., of Hartford Ironworkp, will be brought forward as a candidate. A com mittee, of which Mr. H. T. Robberds is chairman. has been formed to promote his return in conjunction with W. J. Fox, Esq., and a meeting of their friends has been called on Wednesday evening next. Strenuous efforts will be made to return Mr. J. M. Cobbett, but no movement on the part of his friends has yet been made. OX.FORD.•-•• Mr. C. Neale, M.A., senior fellow of Oriel College, has announced himself as a candidate with Ser. geant Gazelee to contest the re-election of the sitting members. OXFORDSHIIIE.—Lient.-Colonel Vane, of Womersley house, Stokenchurch, Oxon, will be put in nomination in opposition to Mr. G. G. Harcourt, M.P.; but it is thought that the latter gentleman will retire rather than submit to stand another contest. Another rumour is that Mr. Har court is likely to be called to the Upper House. PzmenoxxsutaE.—Lord Evelyn, the representative of the county of Pembroke, will, it is thought, be returned ithout opposition. Sir John Owen, who represents Pem broke, also stands for his election. PLYMOUTH.-Mr. Roundell Painter retires. 3lr. Weguelin has been solicited to stand, but has declined. POETSMOUTH.—Sir Francis Baring has addressed to his colleagues a letter upon the subject of his recent vote against the Government on the Chins debate. Sir Francis Baring pats the question in the most just and able man ner:—"l voted with Mr. Cobden 'that the papers laid on the table failed to establish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton in the late case of the Arrow. I read the papers with the desire of coming to a just decision, and gave my vote as I should have given my verdict if on a jury I will resume very shortly the opinion to which I came, after a careful and earnest con• sideration of the papers : that by law the Arrow was not a British vessel and not entitled to fly the English flag; that there was no proof of premeditated insult on the part of the Chinese authorities ; that there was no proof 3n the papers of any series of insults offered by the Chinese Government. I had no choice left, and deliberately, and as if I had been in a jury -box, I gave my vote that the papers laid upon the table failed to establish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton on the late affair of the Arrow. I shall be told that, however true these words may be, still the motion was practically a censure on the Go. vernment, and it was my duty to vote against it. I have been a party man all my life, mid am not willing to under r I 1 I