The Express.
London, England, 1859-07-02 00:00:00

MONMOUTHSHIRE,

The election of a knight of the shire to represent
this county in parliament. in the room of Colonel E. A.
Somerset, who has retired, took place at tho Shire-ball,
Monmouth, yesterday; the thou SHERIFF (Mr. B. )i.
Currey of Chepstow) presiding.
Several questions were put to Colonel &merest with
respect to church-rates. He would reserve any more deficits
answer than he had already given until a bill was before
parliament.
Mr. CO :MAT—Two-thirds of the electors in the county
hold ounacientima objections. If a memori.l is presented to
you signed by a majority of electors to that effect, will you
vote fur the abolition of rhurch•retes
After a pante and consultation with Mr. Homfray, Colonel
Somerset replied :—Not being yet a member of parliament I
have no tots. I shall naves my opinion till the question
tomes Ir_f ire parliament. (Hisses.)
In answer to the inquiry as to his intended course as to
parlionentary reform, Colonit Somerset said if he went to
parliament it would be as an =pledged and independent
member, determined, to the best of his ability and power, to
berm the electors. (Cheers and blame.)
No other candidate being prepoesd, Colonel Somerset wee
, declared duly elected.

MartYLEßoww.—Yesterday the electors of the
borough of Marylaboce were astohishod by the borough
being placarded with large pink bills, announcing Mr. Wil-
liam Dyke, a vestryman of St. Paperer, a well-known and
long triad reformer, as a candidate on the liberal interest;
and towards the afternoon it was extensively rumoured that
a deputation of conservatives had waited upon the Marquis
of Chiendos, and that he had consented to stand on the con-
servative interest. The other three candidates held meetings
last night.
Baoyour.—The following is the official deelan-
tion of the clots, of the poll at this election .—Whitbresel,
ill ; Polhill Tamer, 389 ; majority for the former, 62.
CionmeL.—Mr. Bagwell was returned yesterday
without opposition.
ENNIS —On Wednesday the Attorney-General
was re-elected without opposition, lie was propoeed by Mr.
Michael Lyoaght, and eeceaded by Dr. George O'Brien.
The Attorney-General thanked the thaw% for the homer
they had done him. tie expressed ht. di tomination to sup-
port a fair and equitable measure of tenant right end pro-
mised to purlieu) the mans mums ho had followed during the
past seven years.—Afitusier News.

THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITCTION.—The fate of
the Polytechnic is sealed. It had been doing well up to the
occurrence of the lamentable accident in January last, when
the losses incurred in the way of compensating the suffer-
ers, above fifty in number, and in litigating certain eases of
extravagant demand, swallowed up its available resources,
and popular philmophy became insolvent. In the ;emu of
the Pol)tertiale, science and memorable amusement for the
people are declared bankrupt, sad that without a dividend.
A Property which coat 36,0001 and which is still thought
worth 2d,000f. for the purposes of a Polytectinie, may be bed
for less than half the tatter wain ; and yet there are no bid-
ders. The directors of the old society, who ere best ens
quaintest with Its capabilities and prospects in a eommer-
cdal point of view, enteerthe about 1,0001. in new share',
with a view to create a new cowpony, and two liberal
gentlemen in the City offer ono. hut 1,0001.; and
at this total at present the enter; rise stands, In
another west it will be tco late to save truer swathes and rain
piecemeal the moat deservedly popular, useful, and senrally
unobjectionable place of publicamusoment in this metropolis.
Shall It be said of London that its vanity or profi'pecy can
better support a thousand saloons than one Polytechnic?—
that vice and folly prosper where science end morality fail ?
Where are the chriatian public of London° They can sub-
scribe for parks, play-grrande, drlakingtfountalus, end other
ont-of-door summer recreations for the people, to draw them
away from the unwholesome excitement of the gin-palace,
beer•ehop, or casino ; but some thought should be give* foe
la-door winter entertainment.. Shull the tailors of the Po-
lytechnic disoourage every similar effort to eleven the moral
taste and intellectual ten, of the popular mind? A grave
responsibility rests somewhere, and that of the most gratui-
tous character, ea we are credibly intormed that HOWL
would set the good old barque afloat again, with the Cills•
talnty, under right direction, of a return of at Meet five per
oast. upon the reasonable amount of cat ital required to work
the coccern„ when relieved of its present incombratioes.—
Baader.