The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

THE LATE CORK ELECTION.

The following is Lord Campden's version of his case
as a candidate at the late Cork election. It certainly
places a very different construction upon his lordship's
conduct, to that given by the statelllPAtiwbieh had been
Preyiotisly tnade qn the subject. The letter is addressed
to the Editor of the Times

Sin„—Having read in the Times of this day a letter'
from Mr. John Gecrge M'Carthy, giving a version of
the proceedings at the late election for the county of
Cork, which is not in all points correct. I request of
you the favonr to insert this letter, ti-it the puhlia may
be enabled to Judge between the two statements.
I had been asked by Mr. J. P. Hennessy to stand in
opposition to the Attorney-General; bat on the Friday
b lore the nomination I positively and finally declined,
for various reasons, but chiefly; as I explained to
him, on the ground , that I was not prepared to
meet the expenses q' a centesti In answer to au
nrgent uestion he then put tq me whether if put for-
ward and elected, notwithstanding my refusal, I would
sit, I replied that if the electors chose of their own
accord to elect tpe I would, Imt that I vfonld give Ho
antlmrity fir any steps to be taken on my behalf. Sub-
sequent to this, application was made t 4 another person
' to stand, but with what result I was not informed, and
I concluded that the matter was at an end, till I learnt
accidentally on Sunday evening, to my great surprise,
that I had been put forward. No further intelligence
was.sent to me, till on Wednesday evening I eeceived
copies of an address which had been issnei In my name.
I immediately cli§aTqwe4 Oa authenticity of this address
In a letier tq the chairman of the committee, self-
appointed to oppose the return of the Attorney-
General ; but, having stated that I, would serve if
elected, I did not feel called upon to do anything
to interfere with the free action of the parties who
had put me forward, it being perfectly competent to
them to nontivate whqni they choose. In the night
prieVlous tq the first day of polling I received a telegra-
phic teoage from Mr. Hennessy (the first communica-
tion. I ever received from him after the interview qn
Friday, in which I told him of my deteimAinatiqn not to
stand), asking fc; the use of my name for autberising
'the appointment of inseetors, of booths and check clerks;
and, under the lirpresson that this was merell a matter
of form to enable the. eleetiqq to ppaeol, and feeling
eemAdqc that alctel'• villas I bad said tict Mr, Hennessy
he walla not ask me to do anything involving me in
any responsibility, I returned the affirmative answer
which Mr. M'Carthy quotes. I now learn that this
authority was by no means requisite ; and I cannot
help feeling that an unfair advantage Was tittn fig ap-.
plying for it. With regard to Ow tOegiaphie message to
Mr. M'Carthy, I was, urged to send a message stating
that I would go to Cork for the purpose of encouraging
the voters on the day of polling ; this I refused to do,
but it being urgently represented to me that some words
of encouragement would be of mat seffiee, i sent the
telegram in Festion, Ithich invoked no Kopf of agency
yhatever. ad I been returned I should have felt it
in ydniq to, thank the electors personally, as 1 tk, eye
proposed to do. I may add that I inyured to whom
I *to B,44reils such a telegram, as, I kne7 no one at
Cork, find then it was that Mr. SI Carthy s name and
address were given to me.
' It is clear that my name has been used in an unwar-
rantable manner. I stated that I would serve if elected,
for the sake of the cause, but I did not imagin9, thej the
electors would have used it in Ti.p: oiler way than the
names c ethers have been similarly used when
Pint or ward and nominated without their authority;
lior dial I for a moment suppose that it was being
Used is any other sense. I gave no authority to Mr.
Hennessy, nor to any one else, tq °A gs, my repre;
sentati,ve, bentlcl the telegraphic message given long after
the actual commencement of proceedings under the impres-
sion I have stated above; I never knew of the telegram
iwhich ' Mr. Hennessy sent to Mr. M`Carthy on the
Saturday night, until the election was over, nor of his
letter desiring Mr. M'Carthy to "consider himself as
conducting agent" till I saw it mentioned in the Times
to-day, and I have great reason to complEdA vri„,
the
license with which my name was e,l9loyed Mr.
lienWlT waB,. acting, iftf kr ole, but ktor the parties
opoising the Attorney,Ttoneral; he and Mr. M'Carthy
thought the 61eqtion secure, and that
success would
justify the means adopted to obtain it ; but I am not
answerable for the mistakes they have been led into.—
I remain, sir, your obedient servant, C.I.74PDEN
Portman Square, March 12.

• 4.
T/11 SAVAGE CLUB AMATEUR PBRIORMANCE.—It is
stated that the profits of the recent amateur performance
t liel,Jyeeitin Theatre amount to £4OO, which will be
dlvldecbeto'cen tile tvio faniilies for whom the members
of the `.Savage Club" so generously exerted themselves.
The Earl and- ecnintess of Derby enterteLned their
Serene Highnesses Prince and VritAce,ss Ilds.var'cl of Saxe
weinia., the Marquis, of
Bath, the Marchioness of
Staffer!, r.he Earl %kW Countess Stanhope, Viscount
Holnwela,lc, Lord 49bd,' Lord and Lady Arthur Hay,
Yib6onit and Lady—g:athOine Valletort, Lord Tulli-
hardini, and a select 'circle' at dinnerl, on i]ltigday, at
their naP4inii in St. AallOs's-squarel
Psyli.ol6,7qA;, 10.174 MAIL PACEET COM-
c;tra.o ifla'ry general meeting o the share-
hoPrE in this company was bell on Friday at the
Loud% Tavern, Risbopsgate-street Rear Admiral
,1.40pz1 Paula, in the chair. The chief object
of the fleeting was to.authorise or otherwise the issue of
12,500 new shares of £5 each, with a view to widen the
sphere of the company's operations. The report, which
had been generally circu ted amongst gi?. shareholders,
was taken as read. 9 chain moved that the
report b,9 *OM end, opted, and Mr. Remfry having
sedori&d.• the motiOn, the question was put and was
carriec unanimously.