The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-16 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS.

Br.Proan.—An open air tweeting" wee held at
Bedford on Monday night, on toe Market Hill, for the
purpose of bearing ..n address f can Mr. Ansley, the popu-
lar canilida•e, who has ucarle ".iii holed a most sueeessfut
Maas. The address wus most enthusiastically received
ose of the most crowded meetings—notwithstanding the
*Me of the weather—that has been held in Bedford for
islowy_years. The radical cause appears to be triumphant
k wetwithstaading whig ntimidation and
Milwoolebri/i.ostwhhatanding, we regret to add, the
seaseiee et the leadlog members of the local branch of the
National and Financial Reform Association to the side of
Mr. Whitbread. The return of Mr. Ansley is regarded as
certain.
Entsucauti.—The Edinburgh difficulty is now to
a certain extent cleared up. There is little doubt, more
practically speaking, that Mr. Macaulay will be returned,
whoever may occupy the other not. A meeting of the
old liberal aggregate committee was held on Monday, when
the proposal to bring him forward without requiring from
him a canvass or even an electoral address, was unanimously
adopted and received with an enthusiasm which revives old
recollections of Edinburgh electioneering. The grounds
of confidence in hi. being returned are very simple. Those
who supported him at the lot election will rally round
him with the zeal of combatants who desire to redeem a
defeat, while the enemy are divided and a considerable por-
tion of them resolved to come beck to their old connexions.
It was significant of the probable result that the nomina-
tion of Mr. Macaulay to the meeting was seconded by the
gentleman who proposed his opponent in the similar preli-
minary operatioas of the former contest, and who declaring
that the object for which he and several hundreds who
went with him took their course on that occasion being now
• matter of the put, be was glad to return to his old attach-
ment.
FINSIWRT.—The requisition to Alderman Challis
was backed by no less than 4,500 signatures. A requisition
is in course of signature, to be presented to the Right lion.
T. B. F. Macaulay, to come forward as • candidate.
Ilearroat% There arc four candidates in the
kid. Lord Mahon, who was introduced into the borough
by the interest of the Marquis of Salisbury, has " betrayed
his trust," by voting in defiance of his patron. The mar-
quis has withdrawn bis support from the noble lord, and
brought forward Mr. Chace, Dimsdale as his repel muta-
tive. This gentleman was heretofore a liberal whig, but
deserted his party on the question of free trade,
and has been zealously canvassing the county on
protection principles. Ile has been canvassing the
bo uugh through the week, accompanied by the steward of
the marquis, and armed with his threats to tenants and de-
Cdants, but protection would not suit the electors and he
now issued a second address in which he assures the
electors " that it is his intention to oppose every attempt to
Impose a tan on the bread of the people." The marquis's
friends still continue their support, so it may fsiriy be as-
sumed that the Lord Privy Seal is a convert to free troths.
Lewd Mahon has made an appeal to the compessiesi of the
liberal party, on being so deserted by his patronised Mends,
but with every respect for the private character of his
lordship, they prefer supporting their own principles, and
hope to relieve his lordship from his parliamentary duties,
which must so much interfere with literary pursuits, from
which the country must derive a much greater advan-
tage. The other two candidates are the Honour-
able William Cowper and Mr. Thomas Chambers.
The former has issued en address which has satisfied
the liberal party that he will be a strenuous supporter of
progressive measures of reform and retrenchment. Mr.
Thomas Chambers, who is well known and popular in the
town, has declared his intention to oppose all return to pro-
tective duties, and to advocate an extension of the franchise
and other measures of reform and retrenchment. He has
been well received in the course of his canvass, and the

general opinion appears to be that he will be returned with
Mr. Cowper. The interest of the marquis is, however, very
powerful, and unless the friends of Lord Mahon obtain as-
sistance tram the liberal party, Mr. Dimsdale will outstrip
him, and give the hberal candidates a sharp run.
HARWlCll.—Coptain Warburton, It.A., at prcecnt
in command of the Artillery at Landguard Fort, has been
waited upon by some of the electors, acquainting him with
a resolution passed at a meeting held at the King's Head
Inn, on Thursday last, inviting him to come forward as a
candidate for the representation of their borough. He has
accepted their invitation, and has commenced an active
canvass upon liberal principles.
IDPON.—A new candidate, believed to have the
support of the Anti•corn-law League, for the contest, has
started here, in the person of Mr. ugustus Newton, 58,
Curzon-street, Mayfair, and formerly of Studley, near
Ripon. Ile declares in favour of free trade in its fullest
extent, household suffrage, vote by ballot, triennial parlia-
ments, and "thorough reform" in general.