The Press.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

To the ELECTORS of the CITY of CHICILESTER.
Gentlemen,
ADISSOLUTION of Parliament having been
announced, I lose no time in soliciting a renewal of that
confidence which you have now for eleven years so generously
extended to toe.
My late vote on the Chinese question was given, because I
conscientiously believed that the best interests of England, and
of her trade in the East, would be imperilled by the lamentable
events which have lately taken place at Canton.
My votes during the great struggle with !tussle were uni-
formly given to uphold the glory of our arms, and to obtain the
blessings of a lasting peace.
Europe being now in judge te of profound peace, the time has,
I think, arrived for a ious and careful revision of our
national expenditure, having care always to maintain in a state
of complete efficiency the defensive establishments of the
country, naval and military.
There is reason to hope that a reduction, on these principles,
would facilitate the early extinction of the Income Tax, and the
progressive removal of those taxes which press most heavily on
the comfort and well-being of the people.
To the Protestant Church of England I need scarcely declare
my sincere attachment and my anxiety to support any measures
which may tend to promote its best interests.
Many social grievances, more especially the treatment of our
criminals and the existing system of secondary unishments,
urgently call for legislative redress; to these subje.ts, as well
as to all measures of sound legal reform, I shall give my most
earnest attention.
Of my full adherence to the principle of local self-govern-
ment you are well aware; and should I be so fortunate as
again to became your representative in Parliament, it will be
my constant endeavour to promote the interest and the welfare
of your ancient city, with which it is my greatest pride to have
been so long and so intimately connected.
I have the honour to remain,
Your obedient Servt,
HENRY GORDON LEanNNOX.
House of Commons, March
_lO, 1857.

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TO INVii.IDS.._. Arr.,),EvENs,
i Surgeon, 26, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE (W.C.), formerly
Resident Surgeon to the London Hospital, havingduring a re-
sidence in India, and in the aguish part of Essex, had great ex-
perience in affections of the STOMACH and LIVER, continues
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To tho FREE and INDEPENDENT
of t""
BOROUGH of TIVERTON.
Gentlemen,
WISHING to confirm your title to freedom
and independence in your borough, which has been closed
for nearly a quarter of a century, I am not intimidated, even by
the circumstance of my chief opponent being the Prime Minister
of England, from coming forward to solicit your suffrages, thus
enabling every elector to assert his Privileges and exercise his
franchise.
1 have no hesitation in at once announcing my political prin-
ciples to be, what they always have been, Conservative,—by
which I mean a warm attachment to the venerable iustitutions
of our land, with, at the same titne,a sincere desire to introduce,
through the medium of our Legislature, such improvements as
the lapse of years and the spirit of the age may from time to
time render necessary.
Lord Pahnerston has considered it his duty to appeal to the
constituencies of the country for a vote of confidence in him, and
a reveraal of the vote of censure, which, by a majority of the
House of Commons (Including the leading statesmen of every
political section), was lately. passed upon his Government.
It will be for you, gentlemen, to show by your votes, on the
day of election, whether you approve of the conduct of Lord
Palmerston and his Cabinet, or whether, by returning me as
your representative, you convey a condemnation of his policy in
China, and of the policy of Sir John Bowring, which mainly ham
brought about the deplorable events now occurring in that
country. The immediate consequences of these unhappy hos-
tilities in China are, an increase in the duty on tea and the
refusal to reduce the Income Tax to the standard fixed iu 1853.
The remote consequences of such a war must be, the inter-
ruption of trade, decrease of revenue, increase of taxation, and
continued waste of human life.
Within the limited space of a written address I cannot enter
upon the consideration of several topics on which I shall be glad
to explain my views, when I have the pleasure, to-morrow, of
personally meeting the constituency of your borough.
I feel it, however, incumbent on me to avow, that I am
strongly opposed to the endowment of the Roman Catholic
College of Mitynooth, as being totally at variance with the
Protestant principles of this realm; and I am not the less so
that Lord Palmerston has resolved to leave that Institution un-
touched.
I shall be ready to support any well-digested measure for the
education of our children; but, in my opinion, no system of
education can be sound which does not combine with secular
instruction the inculcation of the truths of the Bible.
I need hardly assure you, Gentlemen, that the important
interests of your borough shall receive every attention which it
is in my power to afford; and I trust that those interests will
not suffer any detriment by being committed to the bands of a
private member, even should they be withdrawn from the custody
of the chief Minister of the Crown.
I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
London, March 11,1857. J. HERON MAXWELL.