The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-04 00:00:00

THE HEW HOME SZCIITARY.

The Right Hoe. Botheron liatoonrt has Weed the
following address to the electors of North Wilt.:
GINTLINiK,-1 have contented to All a vacancy in the
ranks of the ministry, which has been canted by the MM.
pectsn retiremeat from aloe of • gentleinsa of high political
character, towards what I have hag antertaicel fee:ings of
peat pelmet attachment; sad I come before you, is the
law d roots, to seek own more at your beads • re-election to
the honourable petition of one of your repreeentstives, which
I ham held fat acme years. I should whit them two ques-
tions to be pat to himself by every elector :—Has my public
conduct during the let year oormegooded with your just
expectations ? Hee the government with which lam WO•
dated earned the good opinion of the country ? last the
answer be dame. Look at our affairs at home mad
abroad :—Do we are signs of dieeentent ? Are the
great latereete of the kingdom, which make op the com-
mon weal, in a elate of languor or of complaint ? Do
Me people show any token of distrust In the integrity the
Ma=or the ability of their rulers? Look abroad :
ever a period in our memory when Great Britain
held • km enviable position amongst the memo at the
world, es arbiter of the pesos of Norm*? Osblemings a•
• olden we gratdully acknowledge to be derived from the
Almighty hand, which alone govern' all things; but them
is a ehm• la human success sleek He permits to &peed on
the Medan or the folly of man, sad I mutate to fay that
W present adinialatration has proved itself le be • meet-
worthy guide of the destinies of this great eel At this
miasma the government is engaged la proem to parte-
neat, accordaace with an by two
former =Waters, sod moolmosodedasgartlest mown ea two
solemn occasions, a scheme for begeeving eer rte
presentative gleam. You will Malty hove had time
to miles the „providone of the bill, hat I wieli at
once to tall you Gat I give to it my MeV adhedoe. This
measure will act please those who would divide their fellow-
cam into distrlote decal ere and smokers, oa as snakier
tioal system; sue those who wish to coronet sa entirely
new constitution, under which the existing system is to be
buried ; roewill it pleats the who Metre • wholesale die-
fraechimment, In order that the mats thus confiscated may
be bestowed according to their own where or isteresta. Bat
W bill effete what the government undertook. It net
the anomalies of the act of 1832 ; It supplies the most
preselog wants for a share in the representative body ;
it equalises the condition of the town sad county voter,
requiring each to record his vote whore the land sad
house, which gives the vote, is allested. It pwrvta the
broad lime of (property qualification, bat it name the
suffrage to thonasnds who do not occupy a tea-gourd
boas, by new clauses rf franchise, derived trim pereand
property, prafemicisal posiroo, or good service to the elate;
and it kap a share of the saris within the reach of tk•
tumiato or oven a cottage, provided ha has given proof of
.else-control, temparance, sad thrift, by laying up • food k
the savings-bank. The bill ensures to dm voter • sae *My
method of polling,bring* a polling-place almost to every
sad it even provides him with • means of remdiag
rtstit e
by paper it be should dates It, and eo spares Ida
loos of time sod the turmoil of electioneer* excitement.
lam much mistaken If the moms does of tear the cha-
racter el • well. consider, d, temperate, and comprehensive plan
of edam. For myself, genderoon, I rejoice to be permitted to
take • part la such an eaterprise as Lord Derby End his
colleagues bare been calryiag t n for the lest twelve months.
I care toe oleo, sod for a seat in parliessest„ which is the
Magpies stone of office, only as it affords •• woke of Aar*
In the rommodbilitlea of Uss pt0:lio awoke. I soh you now
rirakk in to the pakten of one of per reprematatives,
err Is gratify my own vanity or fasces ; but that I rosy
weer ca • met diadem thought sad constant labour, and
say kind ease, domestic comfort, and health, in the same
way es better men have dose before me, In what we believe
to be the service of our sunny.-1 am, gentlemen, your
faithful aid obedient servant,
"T. BOTIZZON Senora?.
"61, Eaton-place, March 1, 1869."

It is reported to be the intention or Lord John
ltatiell to all • menses of liberal stesobere of the Hone of
Constant on an early day, to near as to the warn which
aught to be taken by the liberal party on the government
Beano Bill. Next Monday week has been mrstionrd me
tile day frr the mantes.

On Monday Mr. billwyn will ask the First Coln-
wissionw of Works, whether It is his intention in the text
'Minato tr make provision for the emotion of a tow conser-
vatory at Use royal gardens at Kew.
On Thursday the 17th, Mr. Dodson is to move in
the Bow of Commons " That this base to of opinion that
the steintensees of the excise duty upon hops, as a perma-
nent warm of menus, would be impolith."

The Glasgow Daily Mail Mites that a committee
halt been formed et Stifling to take mararrs to aware the
sleeks of Mr. Oliphant (now reoretary to Lord Elgin, sad
who.. relent la expected from China), for that borough when
a raceway' worm

Lord H.ory Gordon Lennox will be succeeded by
Mr. Peer Illockbaro, M.P. for Bdrlbagoldre. We're informed
that the readgmetton of Lord Henry Lennox was cot caused
by on, diatom of °Salon regordas the Goventionot
Reform Bill, or any other part of the poky et the adage's-
trades.

RZTRIDENTATION OF THE Warr RIDINO.—Home
of the reformers of 81arale'd have saw nof Mt. Frank
Crossey, M.P. for Halifax, es the esainlete for the Wrot
lilting, in inoxiatien with &r J. W. Barden, Herr., at
the next election. _ _ . _

.-..MOIIIH—"—SToItTRUMBERLAND.—The election for
Noah Northumberland, rewired by Lord Loraine accept-
ing the etre of Vice-Pr<ellent at the Board of Trade, will
take piece cm Thursday, the 10th. Lord LAW= will be re-
tread without opposition.
RILFRIAINTATION or Soya LANCAIIIIII3.—Sore
tile apt there wu a rumour that Mr. William Brown,
M.P., Intended to retire from pesters= at the silt dhsolu-
tilt. It appears that the boa. gerlemea den seriously roe-
template that step, sad has plead his name et the bead of a
requisition to John Pemberton Heywood, Er., banker, to
induce that gentleman to allow hioreit to be put in nomina-
tion et the neat election. Sir. H to remota with
set old Liverpool ratty, wadi kr bees long brows as
comprising many liberal pollitnas..
WitaTtINITER.—We are regulated to state that
the prelbeleary reetieg yesterday, reported in oar column,
has a winarde-e with the Wearier,/ Edema Society. In
toot, there Ime been 10 reform wileletics in Wearers or
errs 1849. It le hoped that the netted steer at the two
serious of reformers th• re present will seemed to establish-
leg as ammelailm to watch the Mane inovemeat and to pro-
tect its electoral ant-reefs, so loop neglected.
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LowDow.—At the
renthly general meeting, held yesterday, at the Society's
Hiles, Hanover-equate, the Right Hon. Sir George
Clerk, Bait., rice.preeidolt, in the chair, Lord de Blequile,
Meyer Boyd, Dr. Lister, and Mews. 0. 1. Drummond.
I.E.A. Owyane, IL J. R. Gaskoin, J. Betts, A. Walsh, and
H. J. B. Hancock, were elected Allows of the Society; and
Lord Whoweliffe, P. Butler, and P. C. 8. Roper, were pro.
posed as candidate lathe fellowship. Among the &aide=
received since the lest resettil, the report dthe round
rated that her moot grecionsalnlitzwit the Queen had re-
sented a leopard, en aoudad, a , and four oite.chee,
lately received fAnt. Morrie; that a water bA (antelope
Hinrymene) had bees o peesen'ed by Sir Geor Grey,
t. 13., Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The report
farthr stated that the slumber of virile to the gardens
dardo6 the resent ytar had been 'early 111,000, rowing a
bole twists ea compared with the corresponding petted of
ris_ par.
NEW Doers ON THE TINE—NEWCASTLE-ON-
Tree, Yellen B.—The Jule, Dorm on the Type wtre
epee= for WM° by the directors of the North Easton Rail-
way, who arrived by special tzar at one e'doek to-day. The
mayor of Newortr and North sad South Shields took part
in the ellICKIDiee. The Jarrow Docks are the mat extensive
CAI docks In the North of Haploid. They will bold 600
sail of and t s thousand tile et orb per day an be
gin the Ifa the docks. The docks will be reed far the ship-
ment deeds from the Dutton Sada, et which 127,000 toil
were shipped in Shields tube= Let year, end they will also
be employed der general mercantile wpm. Some idea may
be formed Al the atersitade of the sabetektes whoa it
stated that thaw ate II miles of tads eartiese for weggasa
011YSTAL PALACE. Olft SKlLLdiell
TIIIIISDAT, MARCY 3.—dimiseleas se payment, 1,0921
CON by sums dab% 478; 1,104 1,10.

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