The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

BEPRESENTATION OP MB WEST RIDING.

On Saturday afternoon a meeting of the executive
committee of the West Itiding Reform and &intention
otasotiation was held, for the purpose of deliberating on the
subject of a candidate for the West Riding. The meeting,
which was attended by several of the most prominent leaders
of the patty, took into consideration the names of the gentle-
run mentioned in connection with the vacancy. Ultimately
the mantles came lotbedetermination to recommend BerJ.W.
Iteunden to the general model ng of I he oomtuittee of the amocim
lion, to be hold on Wednesday. The name of Yr. Moulton
klilned was atm favourably received, and it is not Improbable
that his claims will also be conaldered at the forthcoming
meeting of liberals, Sir John William Ramada' would re-
present both the agricultural Rod manufacturing interests of
the riding. The town of Huddersfield, with few ezzeptiond,
I. hi. property, and he also holds large aelelen In various
pared of the country. He is a liberal, but sot of the ad-
vanced school. Hie mat is at Byrom-hall, near Perry-
bridge, Yorkshire. The coseervativas ars mid to be taking
cation in favour of a scion of the house of Lamellas, bat •
rumour meat he taken at its proper worth. The name of
Lord Stanley has also been can, aseed.-11aticAerfer Guardian.
The f slowing placard has been extensively circulated in
the Weet !tiding
"Cobden for the West Riding.—Attempta are being made
to palm upon the West Riding either the old whit official
Sir Charles Wood, or that novice in red tape Sir J. W.
Ramadan. Reformers, ars you going by your adence to
sanction such • betrayal of your intereaa at this important
crisis of our country's bleary P Is this your method of an
John Bright and reform P Richard Cobden la the
only man worthy and capable of representing the varied into-
mita of that county at this important juncture. Let then the
watchword be—Cobden for the Weed Riding.—Jan. 29."

SIR CIIIARLIst WOOD AND Nil CONSTITOVeTe.—
The following is the reply which Sir Cheri= Wood sent to
en official invitation to attend the retort* melting held sit
Held= oa Thursday evening last:—" Mickleton, Jan. 19,
IMO. Dear have received your letter sod the piston&
calling a meeting of the inhabitants of Halifax to petition
parliament on the subject of reform of parliament, and re-
questing my attandanci at that meeting. I think if you will
°onside, for a moment you will see that I could not properly
attend such a meeting. It ta properly a meeting of the inha-
bitants of Halifax. It is very right and proper that the in-
habitants of Halifex should meet and petition parliament on
any subject In which they are interested : and so of any other
town, or piece, or county. But nobody excepting an tuba-
bitast of Ileitis: can take part in any such proceeding. It
would not be tight for anyone but one of those from whom
the petition is to proceed to meddle in the proeeedines on
which the petition is grounded. I may petition in the West
Riding ea an inhabitant of the Riding, and take part in
any meeting of the Riding; but I cannot properly do so Io a
tecAiog of any place of which I em not en inhabitant. I
shall reed with greet interest the proceedings of the meeting,
end the opinions expressed by the different speakers; bat I
ought not to attend the melting.—Believe me your obedient
servant, CHAILLTS Woon.—W. Eggleston, Req."
'Heinen:ONG SUICIDE.—Shortly after twelve
rentrd.7. Me. Metre., fete surveyor of the district of Shore.
ditch, committed suicide by drowning himself near Hagpe-
state-bridge. Ilia clothes were found upon the beak of the
Till,. and within half an hoer hie body wee found and con-
veyed to NW. Carpenter's., the undertaker, of Shoreditch.
Mr. Mew has been in a state of mental depression for a
considerabie time. There is no doubt that his having loet
the appointment of .:weepy of the district hem principally
been the cause of his =timely end. He was the church-
warden of Hag Chun!, in which district he was
real, by a saserims deeds of Mends. Unfortu-
agegag he vas • large fondly to deplore his rotten, holy
bath. TM body now lies at Mr. Carpeeter's, waiting the
geseerees inns=