The Press.
London, England, 1855-03-10 00:00:00

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The Crrv, OF LONDON ELECTION terminated on of
Saturday last as announced in our late edition last
week, in the unopposed return of Lord John Russell.
The vacancy created in the representation of the
borough of HALIFAX, in consequence of Sir Charles
Wood's acceptance of the post of First Lord of the
Admiralty in the reconstructed Government, was duly
filled up on Saturday by the re-election of the right
hon. baronet without opposition,
In the RADNORSHIRE BURGHS, the new Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., was re-
turned on Monday without opposition. In the course
of his speech from the hustings, he said: " I know not
what policy the new Emperor of Russia may adopt,
but if it should please this mighty potentate to con-
tinue in the course of aggression upon which his
father had entered, and if our reasonable hopes of a
more pacific policy should be disappointed, then let
him know that in England he will find a country
prepared to maintain its own rights and the rights of
other nations—a country which, although its army
has been placed in a perilous position, and has had
to undergo the rigours of a Russian winter, has its
resources unimpaired, has its revenue flourishing,
has its trade substantially undiminished, has its spirit
unbroken, and will be prepared, in case of necessity,
to vindicate its own honour, and to maintain the rights
and liberties of Europe."
The NORTHAMPTON ELECTION also came off on
Monday, when Mr. Vernon Smith, the President of
the Board of Control, was duly re-elected.
In STIRLINGSHIRE, on the same day, Mr. P. Black-
burn, of Kilham, was returned unopposed in the room
of the late Mr. Forbes.
The STROUD ELECTION took place on Tuesday,
when Mr. Horaman was re-elected.
The ATHLONE ELECTION took place on Wednesday,
when Mr. Keogh was re-elected. He was proposed
by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Elphin.
On Thursday Mr. Fitzgerald, the new Irish Soli-
citor-General, was re-elected for ENNIs.
The MONTROSE ELEcrrow, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Mr. Hume, began on Wednesday,
and the seat being contested by Sir J. Ogilvie and
Thomas Baxter, a poll was ordered for Thursday.
The result showed for Baxter 478 votes, Sir J. Ogilvie
434—majority for Baxter, 44.
The nomination took place on Thursday for
DUDLEY, when the return of Sir Stafford Northcote
was opposed on behalf of Mr. Baldwin, who did not
appear. The poll was fixed to come off yesterday
(Friday), and terminated in favour of Sir J.
Northcote.
In PORTSMOUTH, the re election of Lord MONCK,
who has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury, will
be contested by Sergeant Gazeler, upon Liberal
principles.
The lion. Cavendish Butler, and the Hon. Hugh
Annesley, have retired from the contest now pending
in the county of CAVAN. The Conservative candidate
who succeeds them is Robert Burrows, Esq., of
Stradone.
The vacancy caused by the election of Mr. Laurie
by the parliamentary committee in the representation
of BARNSTAPLE, has again brought out Mr. Tite, who
was the unsuccessful candidate at the last election.
George Stuckley Buck, Esq., eldest son of Lewis W.
Buck, Esq., M.P. for North Devon, comes forward on
Conservative principles, and will have the support of
a strong party in the borough.