The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-05 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

BERKSHIRE.

The nomination of candidates for the represents-
don of Berkshire in the new Parliament took plate on
Tuesday morning at the Shire-hall, Abingdon. The only
candidates for the three vacant meats were the Bon. P. P.
Bonnets, one of the late members, Mr. John Walter, late
member for Nottingham, and Captain L. Versos, who Ba-
nal, represented Chatham.
The High Bberlg of the manly (Yr. 0. P. Dented. en-
tered the hell at half-paat 10. The hall was thrcagel.
The writ having been reed by Mr. Grahiun, the =der
iris, and tbe usual formalities herb/ been gone through,
The HISS &mawr called upon ray electors who bed
andidetes I. propose to come forward.

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Mr. Bill, afar ;gybe a high tribute to the merits of
Mr. Robert Pahast, who -at the dlimintiou of parliament
:Wind from the ropearwlatien of the ormsey, and 11110111
be whd he howured—although he lad not sympathised
with hie la *Aka—oaths typo el saliwrika imuaty war.
fir, nossinsiod Mr. P. P. firowwle dor reriedfon, sad mi-
lerrsd at ewe Lomat to the perlisaawasay union 4 that
peathwea.
Mr. 111014 el sseworid the acesineden.
Mr. J. 8. Bowl" es ittleal opponent ef Mr. Palmy,
:srmhis www Walka it that gentheent's oberseMr
amotset. lie es moreeded to aoselarte Mr. Joha
Walter, ti
the skews of the sondem roademd to the
meaty as Ile eels by the late Mr. Walter and apes-
slag his bdidthat his an was maintatly gsall d to mem.
Ma la the esprarmiedem es as vim meahl lec the New
ow esbetter4 eat perastal provers.
Mr. Brewer, in essondlag the sembatisa, obetwed that
Mr. Walter we well Mown se • readout country pentlensea.
sad was honoured sad respected wiwever was Imam
fChmAlis. His father had npresentat the etwatyligthitally,
y, end 'adaptor**, to met ardnew thou—
(chern)—rucd ha himself wes as shears to perliaresatary
as be had already occupied • scat in the Hoare of
Cowman for the last twelve rows.
Mr. W. H. STONI prwaiid Captain L. Vernon.
Mr. L. LOPOLZY seconded tto nomination of Captain

.14 other candidate being proposed,
The Mon &muter &clamed the Nom P. P. Bo=
Mr. John Walter, end Captain L Verson duly
knights of the shire to sorra in parliament for the county.
Mr. Boater* Mr. Walter, and Captain Vanua then ad-
dressed the electors.

In the worm of his address Mr. Warm said—The first 1
great question we shall be called upon to disease will be, of
mums, the prospect, of the country with regard to wee or 1
Now, the best advice Ima eve you on that gabled I
Zatt to enlist your sympathise as shim side. _ (Cheers.) I
Aa time gas on you will dad that It will be wry Moult to I
metes the natural feeling of Englishness to take port or I
one aide or the other even fa gourds in white they have I
no personal concern. You win find portiere of Auntie,
and whops will more numerous parttime of lisrdiaia and
Noce. My advice to you as Unlebinen, If you want ,
to keep the plow, Is not to enlist year sympethlse with
either party. Yon all know the old proverb, that " Pity
le akin to love ;" but if pity is akin to love, sympektshipitt
artaley numb more so, sad If you snow yoor
to be deeply winged by either party In Ibis quarrel,
you will eertetnly, sooner or later, be dreamt Into it
rename. Tor lay own Tort, believing se Ido that both
ere very much in the w e.g Met Amtrie Ins
unties
tay years exercised most improper end pernicione
Bassos In Italy—that, on the other hood, Frame Is net
setnated by disinterested motives in the smistoom she has
glue to Bodin* but bee Womb of ler owe ho promote—l
still think that so long as the question ma be ceolud to Hely
it would be the greatest crime any government could watmlt
to plunge this country into war. When our neighbour's
home Is 011 Bre our own if its next door, le la dower ; but
our first duty to our neighbour Is to endeavour to prevent
the fire from spending ; and this ought to be the chietpolloy
of any government which has the deniable of the cemedry
confided to its hands at • crisis like the preset. I dcal
deny, supposing it should turn otit, w I fear may be the
cue, that France his further dough and that some
negotiations have been going on between France and Rams
which may tend, if Dot to the partition of Europe, at all
events to an undue intimooe of those two great power'
in the counsels of Europe—l don't deny that it ma be very
difficult ultimately to prevent the war frm bet
at premed —during this year at least—l believe In my con-
science there is no probability el:Emote me
country
whisk
would justify theminietry in pi NY try lute weir.
(Cheers) With respect to the q of reform, I took in
some respects a different line from that of my hon. colleague
Mr. Bouvere. I did not vote in favour of Lard J. Euerai's
resoldien, but I voted directly against Um bill. I did not
vote in favour of Lord J. Russell's resolutioe, because I con-
sider that it did not deal with the question in • straightfor-
ward manner. It is true that Lord J. Hussein resolution
expressed en opinion as to the impolicy of tansperiag with
the existing tights of freeholders and the nearby of •
considerable enlargement of the franchise ' • but it said
nothing at all about the transfer of said from small to
large constituencies, which I believe to be a memory
ingredient in any Refers Bill, nor did it declare—
what I took the liberty of stating at the time, end
what I now repeat—that It would be the duty of any
ministry who proposed' en extension of the franablis in
towns to show why a similar and canespoodiag extension
of the franchise Mould not take plus in counties. I cannot
for the life of me understood why, If men oxn ying boasts
of a certain time in towns should be to be fit to
have votes in the siestas of mambas of pa:Bimini, the
same right should be refused to men mewing a oirreepond-
ing position in counties. (Cheers.) There am sores who
may, perhaps, think that this le awry doeueratie sentiment,
but of all men In this room I am probably the least demo-
cratic in opinlor. I do not regard this se • tirtootratie
question at all. Bo long se the IMMO& Is assweland in the
fair, open, and straightforward atone be which it is et pre-
sent exercised, I sis::LeLliaisttio=atlauger, baa rather •
security, in a very of the franchise. I
have no belief whatever in those wild revolutionary propos
which are attributed in game quarters to • considerable por-
tion of the English people. Depend upon it, thresh' • nes&
deal of vitality bothM John 801 l audits the English mil_
tattoo. (Lauehrer and cheers.)
The proceedings terminated with • vote of Osaka to Or
High Sheriff.