The Press.
London, England, 1857-01-17 00:00:00

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WEST KENT ELECTION.-Sir Walter Riddell, Bart.,
will he proposed in the Conservative interest to fill
the vacancy occasioned by Sir E. Filmer's decease.
Nothing will, of course, be done till after the funeral
of the deceas,A member, but in the meantime both
parties are preparing for an earnest and vigorous
contest for the vacant seat. Mr. Wykeham Martin
has issued his address in the Liberal interest. Mr.
Martin is in favour of the revision of the income tax,
extension of the franchise, and the admission of Jews
$o Parliament.

MALDOS.-Mr. Thomas Sutton Western, a county
magistrate, has issued an address to the constituency.
The signatures to the requisition inviting Mr. Western
to stand for the borough, according to his statement,
continue to increase, and include the names of nearly
three hundred electors—the constituency being under
nine hundred. Several gentlemen have declared
themselves candidates for Maldon at the next elec•
tion ; amongst others Mr. Bramley Moore and Mr.
G. W. Peacocke, the sitting members; Mr. Mechi
(the Sheriff of London), Mr. Sutton Western, and
Mr. M'Enteer, the banister.

KrsosTos-reox-Hil.r..—Mr. H. W. Schneider,
whose name is well known in connection with the
Mexican anti South American trade, has announced
himself as a candidate to supply the vacancy in the
representation of Kingston-upon-Hull occasioned by
the elevation of Sir W. H. Watson to the judicial
bench.

AYLESBURY.—Mr. Abraham Wing bas issued an
address to the electors of the borough, in which he
announces his intention of offering himself as a can-
didate at the next general election. Mr. Wing's poli-
tical programme consists of retrenchment in all the
departments of the State, the repeal of tin' church
rates, the immediate abolition of the income tax, re-
formation of the Church, abolition of the law of set-
tlement and substit►►tion of union rating, the abolition
of the Poor-Law Board, whose powers should be
transferred to boards of guardians. He also advocates
a stipendiary magistracy and vo'e by ballot. Mr.
Wing comes forward " with no wish to oppose that
able gentleman, her Majesty's Attorney-Gent ral, but
to remedy an evil complained of by a great majority
of electors—that of having no resident member."
NOTTINOHAM.—Mr. Ernest Jones appeals to the
Chartists of England to help him to contest Notting-
ham. He says :

The principles I advocate are sufficiently obnoxious to
the oligarchy of both land and money, and I have advocated
them with sufficient determination and uncompromising-
ness to induce them to strain every nerve to prevent my
return. More than ordinary influence will be brought to
bear to secure that point. They well know what they have
to expect should I get into Parliament. 1)o not misunder-
stand me—l say this without taking any merit whatever to
myself—but they know that I have studied the subjects of
which I treat—they know they cannot meet me with argu-
ment—( they have tried it and failed)—they know they
cannot frighten me and put me down—they know that 1
have the ear of the people—and they know therefore that a
seat in Parliament for me, humble though my talents may
be, would be a severe, perhaps an insuperable blow for
them. Therefore I repeat that the Nottingham election
will be made (though perhaps covertly) a Government
contest—let us make it a popular one.

(*gab) ant 4ain.

THE BULLION ROBBERY ON THE SOUTH-

EASTERN RAILWAY.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, JAN. 13.

THE trial of the prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and
Tester, charged with committing the extensive bullion
robbery• upon the South-Eastern Railway in May last,
was commenced on Tuesday morning.
At ten o'clock Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice
Willes took their seats on the bench, accompanied
by the Lord Mayor, Alderman Humphery and Sir F.
G. Moon, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keats, Mr.
Under-Sheriff Crosley and Mr. Under-Sheriff An•
derton.

The prisoners—William Pierce, aged 40, described
in the calendar as a grocer, and as imperfectly edu-
cated; James Burgess, aged 35, railway guard, well
educated ; and William George Tester, aged 16.
clerk, also well educated—wero then placed at the