The Press.
London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

6itttion 4ntelligtatt.

WEST KENT.-Sir Walter Riddell met and ad-
dressed the electors on Thursday. Sir Walter
declared himself a stanch Conservative, and a sup-
porter of the Protestant institutions of the country.
With respect to the income tax, he was of opinion
that the 7d. tax would be continued till 1800, but
that the additional 9d. should be taken off at once.
Upon the point of equitable adjustment, Sir Walter
said •

There can be nn doubt of the pressure or of the hard-
ship of imposing the same burden upon fixed and preca-
rious incomes, but there ate great difficulties in the way of
an equitable adjustment, and my own impression is, that
the best way would he to get rid of the tax altogether. for I
would be only deceiving yon if I led you to believe that the
present Chnneellor of the Exchequer has the least inten-
tion of altering the chntweter of the tax. The only person
who attempted to deal with the difficulty since Mr. I'itt, was
Mr. Disraeli, but I knew that be round it a most difficult.
matter, although I admit that a decided and substantial
difference might to exist between the rates paid on fixed
and precarious incomes.

Referring to a resolution adopted by the Liberal
party supporting Mr. Martin, that they would rather
port ho would give an independent
invent than offer a factious op
Riddell, amid loud cheers,

THE PRESS.

I think it right firmly and honestly to say f have not the
least intention of offering a factious opposition to the
Government. I believe that Lord Palmerston, who, for
something like thirty years of his life, was a stanch mem•
ber of the Conservative party, has still in him a good deal
of Conservative spirit, and as long as he may be enabled to
rule the Whig and Radical crew he has about him by help
of the Conservatives, I think it is very likely that will keep
him toll rably straight, and prevent the adoption of any
extremely Radical measure. (Cheers.) I shall go to Par.
liament, if elected, prepared to act with the Conservative
party; but I have no intention whatever of offering Lord
Palmerston any factious opposition.

On the motion of Mr. Armitage, seconded by Mr.
Lcwis, a resolution was passed to the effect that Sir
Walter Riddell was a fit and proper person to repre-
sent the county in Parliament.
Sir Walter Riddell, in returning thanks, requested
the co-operation of his friends, and expressed his
conviction that if the Conservative party worked
earnestly together, he would be returned at the head
of the poll.
On Monday evening a crowded meeting of the
electors was hsld at the Lecture-ball, Woolwich,
for the purpose of hearing an address from C. W.
Martin, Esq., explanatory of his political principles
as a candidate for their suffrages. The chair was
occupied by F. Bennoch, Esq., and Mr. Martin, at
SOME length, avowed himself an advocate of an ex-
tension of the suffrage, a repeal of the income tax, a
total and unconditional repeal of church rates, and
of reforms in the army, navy, and civil service. In
reply to questions, Mr. Martin said he was opposed
to the ballot, and in favour of a continuance of the
Maynooth grant. Several electors expressed them-
selves strongly in favour of the ballot, and ultimately
a resolution was unanimously adopted, pledging
the meeting to support Mr. Martin at the ensuing
election.

SAT.FORD.—The nomination of a representative in
Parliament for this borough, in the room of the late
Mr. Brotberton, will take place on Tuesday next.
Only one candidate has appeared, namely, Mr.
Edward Riley Langworthy, an enterprising mer-
chant and manufacturer in Manchester and Salford,
who has served the office of mayor of Salford, is
alderman of the borough, and has taken a lively
interest in its local affairs. He contributed to the
Peel park Museum the handsome sum of 3,0001,
and is known to be a liberal supporter of most of the
benevolent institutions both in Manchester and Sal-
ford. Mr. Langworthy met his constituents on
Thursday, when he addressed the electors. He was
opposed to church rates--in favour of Maynootb and
the Factory Act. As to the franchise question, he
could not say exactly how far he would go.
LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH.-011 Thursday Mr. C.
H. Frewen, M.P. for East Sussex, issued an address
to the electors of North Leicester announcing him-
self as a candidate to supply the vacancy caused by
the elevation of the Marquis of Granby to the peer-
age. A requisition signed by many hundreds of the
electors has been forwarded to Lord John Manners,
M.P. for Colchester, and he has consented to stand.
The number and character of the persons who have
signed the requisition put it beyond a doubt that the
noble lord will be returned.

TIPPERARY.—The Limerick Chronicle says :—lm-
mediately after the meeting of Parliament a vacancy
will be made in the representation of Tipperary
County. It is said that Major Massy has already
lodged 3,0001.. towards the expenses of a contest, but
the general opinion is that that gentlemen will have
a walk over.

CAIIDIFF.—The Hon. Colonel Stuart, son of Lord
James Stuart, has been actively engaged in canvass-
ing the electors of Cardiff, with a view of starting for
the representation, in the event of the retirement of
the present member, Dr. Coffin. This gentleman is
advanced in yea's, and it is stated with confidence
that he will not offer himself again.

TIIE SUNDAY QUESTION was opened once more at
Rochdale this week, when a public meeting was held
to consider the propriety of opening the public
buildings on Sunday. The Mayor presided. A re-
solution in favour of the motion on being proposed
was defeated by an amendment to retain the law as
it stands.

THE BALLOT SOCIETY entertained Mr. Nicholson
of Victoria at a public dinner on Wednesday, at the
Albion. The lion. F. H. Berkeley presided. Mr.
Nicholson, who was warmly received, gave a
lengthened and interesting account of the working
of the ballot in the colony, and proved by extracts
from various journals that the statement of the
Times as to the failure of the ballot was grossly
inaccurate. In fact, the very reverse had been
established even by the admission of those who had
been opposed to that system of voting, and it would
not be his fault if the people of Engtand remained
long in doubt on the point.

SATURDAY,

PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES DURING THE

PAST YEAR.
• Seat vacated by acceptance of office under the Crown.
+ ID by accession to peerage.
„ by death.
• Athlone
• Boston
• Calne

Kars o Earl of Shelburne
: Cmbrdgo. tiny. Rt.MIA H.Walpole v Bt. lion. H. Goulburu
• f ;heltenhaut Capt. F. Berke! It v Granville Berkeley
t Chippenhaut R. P. Nisbet (Joseph Neeld
t Dorset
• Dorchester
• Edinburgh
4. Frome
5 Lanark
t Leicester
t Leominster
• Lichfield
t Longford
• Midhuret
• Newcastle
• New Ross
• Nottingham
• Rochester
• Rutland
t Sligo, B.
t Suffolk, E Lord Henniker a Sir E. Gooch, Bt.
+ Tamworth
• Wigton

SEATS VACANT.
+ Bandon Viscount Bernard
• Clonmel
+ Downpatriek
+ Dumfriesshire Viscount Drumlanrig
• Greenwich
• H 1111
Kent, West Sir E. Filiner, Bart.
+ Leicester, North
• Nwpi t.,lsle of Wight
t Salford
• Southampton Sir Alexander Cockburn

SIR JOHN M'NEILL AND COLONEL TULLOCII have
been presented by the merchants of Liverpool with a
congratulatory address, as a tribute to their late
general services in the Crimea, "services attended
with results the value of which it is impossible to
overrate, and requiring an exercise of courage and
determination which it is difficult adequately to
estimate" :

Looking back to and comparing the condition of the
army (remarks the address) previous to the commence-
ment of your labours with the state in which you left it, it
is not too much to say that to your exertions we owe the
preservation of the remnant of that noble body of men, and
the rescue of the country from impending failure and
disgrace lt is difficult to say whether pride or
shame claims the largest share in the history of the late
campaign. An army whose active daring, and still more
heroic endurance, exceed all that is recorded in ancient or
modern history, has seen its ranks fall thick and fast
under cold, hunger, and disease, until in some regiments
hardly a man remained, the mortality from these causes
alone being fourfold that which has made Walcheren a
word of fear and shame for half a century, while clothing in
abundance lay unused in the stores of Balaklava, and
cattle lined the shores of the Black Sea within twenty-four
hours' sail.

The address then asserts that the proceedings rela-
tive to the report were undertaken apparently
with no other object than to screen from deserved
reprobation those who were justly responsible for the
mismanagement, but have been attended with no
other result than a confirmation of the truth of that
report. The apathy of the Government in rewarding
such distinguished services is remarked, and the
address concludes:—

The proud consciousness of the high duty you have per-
formed, and the good you have done, is the highest reward
you can receive; next to this is the deep and lasting grati-
tude of your countrymen.

Sir John M‘Neill and Colonel Tulloch have
acknowledged the address. The former writes:—

I will preserve with care this unexpected record of your
approbation. Perhaps I may be permitted to add that its
value is enhanced by its being the only public document I
possess which contains an acknowledgment that any ser-
vice whatever was rendered by the commission. When I
consented to proceed to the Crimea at the head of a corn-
mission I conceived that my duty to the country was in
perfect accordance with the intentions and wishes of the
Government. Lord Palmerston had urged the substitii
tion of a commission in the Crimea for the committee of
the. House of Commons demanded by Mr. Roebuck, and
had thus, as it appeared to me, pledged the Government to
an unflinching inquiry What objects, with refer-
ence to UR and to our report, may have been contemplated
by Her Majesty's Ministers in the course which they
thought it proper to pursue I do not pretend to know or to
understand; but whatever their intentions may have been
their proceedings appear to have produced a very general
impression that the acknowledged fidelity of our report was
not in accordance with their wishes.
Colonel Tulloch observes :
The period which has elapsed since the publication of the
proceedings of the Chelsea Board seems rather to have
strengthened than impaired the conviction that the facts
recorded by myself stud colleague in our reFort were but
too well founded. Having stated in a volume just issuing
from the press, and of which I transmit a copy, my object.
tions to that board, even though professional reasons
induced me to appear before it, it is unnecessary for me to
make any further comments on that head.

support a man who
vote to the Governm
position, Sir Walter
said