The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

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THE ABERDEENSHIRE ELECTION came off 011 Tues-
day, and resulted in the unopposed return of Lord
Haddo, eldest son of the Premier. The noble can-
didate being indisposed did not appear on the
hustings, but was proposed by Sir J. D. Elphinstone,
who stood sponsor for his personal and political qua-
lifications. Though Lord Haddo, he said, had not
had much experience in public life, he was possessed
of more than average abilities, and his experience in
the walks of science, literature, and art, was above
that of most men, while in the quiet paths of domestic
and social life lie had unambitiously won his way.
When better known he would be generally esteemed,
and the electors of Aberdeen would have no cause to
regret having elected him. Respecting free trade his
noble friend held very advanced views, believing that
6 we were only at the beginning of the great work, and
must go on with it until not only the customs but the
excise were entirely and for ever done away with."
For education, also, he announced that
" Lord Haddo would be prepared to promote the cause
of educational reform, not on secular grounds alone, but
on the principle of combining the secular and the religious,
and providing for the education of the poorest child in the
land. The question of parliamentary reform, like some
other questions of great importance, was hindered last year
by the war; but it would be resumed, and Lord Haddo,
while ready to maintain in all their integrity those parts
which were found to be good and useful, was prepared to
amend the constitution so as to bring it into harmony with
the altered circumstances of the age, but without conceding
the ballot, a mode of voting which he did not approve.
With respect to the war, if Lord Haddo were elected, he
would be prepared to support the present Government in
their most vigorous efforts to humble the pride of Russia,
to bring the Autocrat within such limits as his power would
no longer be the occasion of uneasiness to Europe, and
until material guarantees were obtained that in time to
come our commerce and our happiness should not be
disturbed."
THE RESULT OF THE HULL ELECTION VMS as fol-
lows :—Seymour, 1,820 ; Watson, 1,800; Dickson,
1,600. The two former were elected.
IT is stated that wi.hin a few hours of the return
for the boroughs of Barnstaple, Maldon, and Hull,
Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., was retained in support of
petitions against the returns, upon the ground of
corrupt practices having procured such returns, and
to defend the seats of the sitting members for the
borough of Cambridge, against a petition announced
by the Conservative party in that town.
THE Norwich Mercury announces that Lord James
Hay, a brother of the Duchess of Wellington, is
mentioned as a candidate for Lynn, to fill the vacancy
made by the death of Viscount Jocelyn. The
erasLiberl
candidate, Mr. J. H. Gurney, presented himself
meeting of the electors of this borough on Wednes-
day, and made a long speech enunciating his political
creed.
VISCOUNT DUNCAN will, it is stated, come forward
as a candidate for the seat for FORFARSHIRE vacant
by the death of Colcnel the Honourable Lauderdale
Mettle. Viscount Duncan will, of course, command
the most influential Liberal support in the county.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT SOCIETY.
A 31F.ETIN a of the Liverpool Working Men's Protestant
Reformation Society was held yesterday week, when
a resolution to the following effect was adopted, and
the president directed to transmit a copy to the
Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P.:—
" That the Protestant working men connected with this
society have read with deep interest and indescribable plea-
sure the noble speech delivered by you in the House of
Common' on Thursday evening, the 3rd instant, in defence
of the motion of that excellent man, Mr. Spooner, and in
reference to the uncourteous remarks of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer on the subject of Burnish concessions, and
the avowal of determination on your part that the great
question of Protestantism shall receive at your hands, at all
times, that attention its importance demands. Such a de-
claration from one commanding wisdom, uprightness,
stern integrity, rarely concentrated in one man, and the
uncompromising determination to defend the principles
upon which rest the noblest monuments of human greatness,
which, with the blessing of Almighty God, diffuse peace
to our beloved country amid revolution and anarchy in con-
tinental nations—happiness to the subject, and, in propor-
tion as they are extended, wisdom and blessings to the
human race—is cheering, and will induce the Protestant
working men of Liverpool, united in determination to aid
in upholding these principles, to confide in our wio
and determination, and to regard you es the centre of future
operations in reference to all measures that. will have to be
discussed in the House of Commons effecting the
Protestantism of England. And may Almighty God give
you strength and prolong your valuable life, that the cause
the Protestant working men of Liverpool commit to your
charge may prosper and triumph."

THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BRECON are
about to raise a statue of the late Duke of Wellington,
and the site for its erection has just been selected.
The height of the statue and pedestal will be 18 feet,
the former being 8 feet and the latter 10. John
Evan Thomas, the eminent sculptor, will be the