The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

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In CHATHAM the nomination took place on Tuesday,
and the polling on the next day. During the first
hour Admiral Stirling had a small majority. All the
6 overnment influence was at his disposal, and through
his intervention the dockyard men were granted a
holiday on the occasion. By eleven, however, when
nearly all the votes were polled, his opponent stood
considerably ahead, and at the dose the Ministerial

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protege was utterly discomfited. The numbers
were :—Vernon, 010 ; Stirling, 597. The contest is
remarkable as being not only the closest ever known
in Chatham, but in its result, as showing that even
Ministerial boroughs are nut always safe for Minis-
terial candidates.
TILE HARWICH Etzcnom closed on Tuesday, in
the return of Mr. Bagshaw, the Liberal candidate.
The numbers were at four o'clock :—Mr. Bagshaw,
140; Sir .1. Fraser, 115.
The LIVERPOOL CONSERVATIVES have the walls
covered with bills announcing that the Hon. Henry
Thomas Liddell, the eldest son of Lord Ravensworth,
and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., were candi-
dates brought forward to supply the vacancies conse-
quent on Messrs. Turner Auld Mackenzie having been
declared unduly elected. There has been no public
move by the Liberal party as yet in opposition to
these candidates.
The COrNTY of EntNisviton ELECTION is fixed for
this day ( Saturday).
In Stnoi.° no little excitement has been occasioned
by the appearance of a third candidate in the field,
Mr. T. A. Stoughton, a resident country gentleman,
who contests the seat vacant by the death of the late
Earl Ducie, with Mr. llorsman and Mr. Merry-
weather Turner. Mr. Stoughton declares himself
a moderate Reformer, independent of any particular

party.
The ELECTORS Of TYNENOVTIT were addressed by
Mr. NV. S. Lindsay, the Free-trade shipping candi-
date, on Monday night. Mr. Lindsay addressed his
observations principally to subjects appertaining to
the shipping interest, calling the attention of the
electors to the importance of making the Trinity
Board an open corporation, and in passing such a
measure as would prevent British men-of-war front
taking the crews from on board merchantmen on
foreign stations.
MAJOR-GENS:RAL ANSON will not vacate his seat for
South Staffordshire immediately, as his departure for
his military command in Bengal will not take place,
in all probability, before the end of the session.

THE CLERGY FRIEND SOCIETY held their third an-
nual meeting on Tuesday under the presidency of
the Earl of Chichester. The report stated that 24)
pensioners had been placed on the funds during the
past year. There were at the present time 39 pen-
sioners on the funds ; 1$ receive 301. per annum ; N
receive 35/. ; and 13 receive 401. Assistance has
also been granted during the past year to OH necessi-
tous clergymen, 990/. ; to 55 widows, 4891. Ms.; to 141
daughters, 440/. Mr. Territt, of Tewkesbury, has
bequeathed a legacy to the society of 5001. The
receipts were 7,3321., the expenditure 6,05 W., leaving
a balance of 6491., exclusive of 4,5:1111. invented in
Consols.
AT the LONDON DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION
meeting, on Tuesday, it was stated that the board,
' being within reach of so many schools, adopted the sys-
tem of preparing candidates for schoolmasters. They
had maintained 37 pupil teachers, 21 of whom had
been trained also at their cost, and their permanent
income was now absorbed by the allowances made to
pupils in various schools in connection with the board.
They had expended 1,9251. in promoting or forming
evening schools, The number to which such aid
was extended was 73, with an aggregate of 11,500
scholars. The means of the society, however, did
not keep pace with its requirements, and the com-
mittee appealed to those having the means to assist
them.