The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19 00:00:00

ELECTION EXPENSES.

The statement of the election expenses respectively
incurred by Sir Arthur Hobhouse and Mr. John
Morley, and the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P.,
and Sir Charles Russell, Bart., V.C., M.P., show
that while the former expended £3,588 9s. ld., the
successful candidates' expenditure amounted to
£6,146 15s. 11d.
The expenses incurred on behalf of Lord George
Hamilton, M.P., and Mr. Octavius Coope, M P., in
the Middlesex election amounted to £11,506 Bs. 2d.,
while the expenses of the unsuccessful candidate,
Mr. Herbert Gladstone amounted to £6,377 7s. 7id.
The expenses of the Conservative candidates at
Portsmouth, the Hon. T. Brvce and Sir H. D. Wolff,
who were successful, amounted to £5,051, and those of
the Liberal candidates, Capt. E. H. Verney, R.N.,
and Mr. J. F. Norris, who were defeated, amounted
to only £2,058 119.
In Wigtownshire Sir Herbert Maxwell, Conserva-
tive, expended £1,488 18s., and Lord Dalrymple,
Liberal, £1,450 16s. 4d.
At Poole Mr. Schreiber, the successful Conservative
candidate, expended £2,015 is. 5d.; Mr. C. Waring,
the unsuccessful Liberal, £745 15s. 11d.
At Abingdon Mr. J. C. Clarke, the Liberal suc-
cessful candidate, expended £727 14s. Id,; and Mr.
Allan G. H. Gibbs, Conservative, £1,043 is. id.
The Flintshire expenses were :-Mr. John Roberts,
Liberal, £2,044; Mr. Douglas Tennant, £3,402.
The Berwick expenses were as follows :-Sir D.
Marjoribanks, M.P. (L.), £508; Hon. Henry Strutt,
M.P. (L.), £497; Colonel Macdonald (C.), 541;
Captain Milne Home (C.), £336.
The Berwickshire expenses were :-Mr. E. Marjori-
banks, M.P. (L.), £1,687 Major Barthe Hamilton,
(C.), £2,204.
The expenses for Anglesey County were :-Mr.
Davies, M.P. L,), £2,009 12s. 10d. ; Captain Rayner
(C.), 1,598 ss. sd.
The expenses of Messrs, Cohen and Rogers, in con-
nection with the late Southwark election amounted to
£B,OOB 6s. 10d. ; the expenses of Messrs. Cattley and
Clarke, the Conservative candidates, amounting to
£7,562 4s. Bd.
The Pembroke Boroughs election expenses were :-
Mr. H. J. Allen, M.P., Liberal, £599 4s. Ilid., and
of Sir Thomas Meyrick, the unsuccessful Conservative
candidate, £1,133 17s. 21d.
At Dover the return of expenses has been published
as follows :-Mr. C. K. Freshfield and Major Dickson
(Conservatives), 22,960 9s. 2d.; Hon. P. Stanhope and
Mr. C. Walker (Liberals), £2,957 is. Bd.
The expenses of Mr. Round and Colonel Brise the
successful candidates for East Essex, are returned at
£1,369 12s. 10d. each, and those of Mr. Charles Page
Wood, the unsuccessful candidate, are returned at
21,310 3s. 7d.
The return of the expenses of the two successful
Liberal candidates for the county of Bedford have been
issued as follows :-The Marquis of Tavistock, M.P.
£4,633 45.. and Mr. James Howard, M.P., £749 19s. sd.
An abstract of the expenses incurred by the candi-
dates at the recent Parliamentary election for Canter-
bury has just been issued. Those of the Hon. A. E.
Gathorne Hardy and Mr. R. P. Laurie, the successful
Conservative candidates, amounted to £1,210 4s. 3d. ;
Mr. Charles Edwards, Liberal, £B2B 12s. 4d., and Mr.
Butler-Johnstone, Liberal £603 6s. 3d.
The expenses for the Abingdon election were £1,730
15s. 2d., of which those of the defeated candidate,
Mr. Allan G. H. Gibbs, (Conservative), were £1,103
is. Id., and Mr. J. Clarke's, £727 14s. id.
Greenwich, Mr. W. H. Stone and Mr. J. E. Saun-
ders, unsuccessful Liberals, £3,621 ss. ' • Mr. Boord,
M.P., and Baron H. de Worms, M.P., Conservatives,
£7,166.
The expenses incurred by Mr. T. C. Baring and
Colonel Makins, the successful candidates in the elec-
tion for South Essex, are returned at £7,484 2s. 2d.
each, and those of Mr. E. N. Buxton-and Mr. Leonard
Lyell, the unsuccessful candidates, at 22,262 19s.
each.

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The return of election expenses of the candidates
for the borough of Aylesbury just issued show that
there was expended :—For Sir N. M. de Rothschild,
Bart., £2,418 14s. sd. ; and for Mr. G. W. E. Russell,
the Liberal successful candidates, £2,104 ss. sd. For
Mr. S. G. Smith, the Conservative unsuccessful can-
didate, the amount was £2,677 Os. 3d.
The expenses of Sir R. J. Buxton, M.P., and Mr.
C. S. Head, the Conservative candidates for South
Norfolk have been returned at £3,497.
At Lincoln, Mr. C. Seeley, M.P., expended £1,324•
Mr. J. Hinde Palmer, M.P., £1,246 • and Colonel
Chaplin, the unsuccessful Conservative candidate,
£1,897.
The Cricklade election expenses have been returned
as follows :—Sir Daniel Gooch,' the successful Con-
servative candidate, £1,904 lie. 4d.; Mr. Maskelyne,
the successful Liberal candidate, £2,739 19s. 6d.; Mr.
Neeld, the unsuccessful Conservative candidate,
£1,999 6s. 2d.
The expenses of the West Cheshire election are as
follows :—Sir P. Egerton, M.P. (C) and Mr. W. F.
Tollemache, M.P. (C), £5,109 3s. ; Major Cornwallis
West (L) and Mr. Charles Crompton (L),
£7,517 Bs. 3d.
The Monmouth Borough election expenses were :
Mr. Carbutt, M.P., £1,433 lie. 9d. ; Mr. Cordes,
Conservative ex-member, £2,379 15s. Bd.
•Nt Salisbury the returns are :—Mr. J. P. Edwards,
M.P., £679 • Mr. W. H. Grenfell, M.P., £742 7s. ;
Mr. C. J. 'Kennard, £650 Os. lid.; Hon. R. H.
Dutton £545 19s. Bd.
Westmoreland :—The Earl of Bective, M.P., and
the Hon. "William Lowther, M.P., Conservatives'
£7,074; Sir Henry Tufton, unsuccessful Liberal,
£3,242.
North-East Lancashire :—Mr. J. P. C. Starkie and
Mr. W. F. Ecroyd, unsuccessful Conservatives,
£6,989 18s.
In East Sussex the expenses of Messrs. Gregory and
M. D. Scott, the Conservative members, are returned
at £,5987 11s. 6d. ; Mr. O'Donovan and Mr. Pearson,
Q. C. (unsuccessful Liberals) expended £1,539 7s.
In Dumfries county, the expenses of Mr. Robert
Jardine (Liberal) were R 2,336 Us. 9d., and those of Col.
Walker (the unsuccessful Conservative) £1,437 Os. 7d.
In Dumfries district of buighs, Mr. E. Noel (Liberal)
expended £1,263 Vs.; Mr. William Gordon (unsuccess-
ful Conservative), £1,203 lls. ; and Dr. Byrne
(independent Conservative) £439 17s. •
The Pembrokeshire election expenses were : Mr.
W. Davies, M.P. (Liberal) £928 Bs. 3d.; Mr. C. E.
G. Phillips (unsuccessful Conservative candidate),
£2,990 3s. 3d.