The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-27 00:00:00

SUCTION INTBLLIGENCIN.

CITY OF LONDON.

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Lest night a meeting of the fAeofore of AO City
of London Teethe ward of Bishoprg.abs, was heed at the
Fox and4lrepes, Primrose-street, for the purpose of pro-
motiug the re-electimi of the presume members. Mr.
Moors occupied the chair, and Mr. Crawford and Mr.
(!oaten were present. Mr. dotal Richardson, in an
eloquent speech, moved the following resolution, which
WWI seconded by Mr. E. Orimwade, and enthusiastically
curried:—•• That the best thanks of this meeting are
hereby given to our present parliamentary representa-
tives, Messrs. Rothschild, Crawford, (lotchen, and
I emetic.. for their past services in the cause of
civil, religious, and political freedom, . and hereby
pledges itself, individually and collectively, to use
its best energies in again returning them triumph-
antly to the new parliament, and by thus doing
cuter a solemn protest against the minority clause, which
is 1111 innovation of the rights and privileges enjoyed by
theinvelvie and their ancestors for :RIO years and all un-
called for interference on the part of the House of Lords."
Several energetic speeches were delivered, all the speakers
concurring in the necessity of immediate action on the
part of every member of the constituency, for the
purpose of defeating the attempts of the conser-
vative party to obtain through the action of the minority
clause WIC of the seats ; and the mode in which it was
pointed out that this could be done was to place the
utmost confidence in the managers of the election on the
pint of the liberals, with reference to the pnrticnlar three
candidates for whom they should vote. The citizens of
London had been deprived of a most important privilege,
but the trickery which had been resorted to would fail if
they would consent to abideAliy the directions of the diffe-
rent committees. Messrs. Ward, Cartwright, Morrison,
Heim and the chairman having addressed the meeting,
Mr. Crawford, M.P., was called, and made a short
speech, in which he cordially thanked the electors for
the energy shown by them in supporting the
liberal cause, and expressed his gratification at the
warmth which was manifested in its behalf. He agreed
that the only way in which they could circumvent the
minority clause was for the electors to place themselves
entirely in the hands of their committees, and vote for the
liberal candidates in the manner in which they may be
advised. (Cheers.) Mr. thaschen next spoke, observing that
at the approaching election there would be decided issues to
be tried • and he believed that in the main the sentiments
of the liberal candidates were those of the great body of
the constituency of London, and therefore he had very
little fear of the result. Both hoe. members were greeted
with cordial expressions of esteem, and a gannet cheer
was given whenever the MEW of Mr. (Haddam was men-
tioned, and a confident anticipation expressed that he
would be shortly Prime Minisfr. The thanks of the
meeting were given to the hon. members for attending,
and a similar compliment to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.
A meeting of electors was held yesterday, at the London
Tavern, at the invitation of Mr. R. N. Fowler, to hear
two of the conservative candidates address the electors of
the City of London. The large room in which the meet-
ing was held was about half filled. Mr. Alderman (lib-
bons, who was much cheered, first addressed the meeting,
and complained of some recent observations of Mr.
Morley, to the effect that the London conservatives were
sufficiently represented by the members for nomina-
tion boroughs. Mr. Morley (he said) called himself a
liberal, but he (Alderman tilhhons) called him and those
who acted with him illiberal radicals. (Cheers.) The re-
mainder of the speaker's observations were devoted to the
Irish church and land tenure questions, on both of which
subjects he exprereed strong hoaility to Mr. (Redstone's
programme. With the above reservations he promised to
take " large, broad, and liberal views on every subject.-
Mr. Twells, who followed, thanked the 3.000 electors who
had signed his requisition. and contended that the " three-
coreed constituency," which liberal candidates now abused
so virulently, was mainly a piece of liberal, not of con-
servative. legislation. It bad been introduced in the House
of Lords by Lord Cairns, supported by Lord Russell. and
opposed by the Duke of Marlborough and the Karl of
lialmesbury. He reminded his hearers that at a previous
election the conservatives had returned Mr. :M.isterman
by a majority of 600 over the highest of the liberal
competitor*, and therefore he trusted that they
would not ou the present occasion allow them-
selves to be left an unrepresented '• residuum."
Mr. Twells next adverted to the refusal of the Middlesex
magistrates to pay Roman catholic gaol chaplains, which
refusal he considered to have been eminently fair and
proper. An approving allusion to Lord Stanley s foreign
pobey followed, and the remainder of the candidate's
speech was devoted to the questions of public expenditure
and the Irish church. The proceedings terminated with
resolutions pledging the meeting to support Mears Bell
(who was unavoidably absent), Gibbons, and Twells, as
candidates to represent the City of London in parliament.

BIIMINGIIANI.—It has been arranged that Mr.
Bright shall deliver a second speech in the Town-hall on
Friday night. This evening he will meet those who com-
prise his general committee.
DyeLDS CITY.—Sir Dominic Corrigan has ad-
dressed the electors of Dublin City as a liberal candi-
date. He is opposed to the church establishment, and in
favour of freerkm of education and tenant-right. Dr.
Ball, Q.C., the new Solicitor-General, bas addressed the
electors of the university of Dublin.
FINSBURY.—Last night Mr. P. F. O'Malley,
Q.C.. the conservative candidate, who has at length come
forward to contest the borough, met his supporters at
Myddelton Hall, Islington. Mr. Clifton, a surgeon of the
parish, was called to the chair. Mr. O'Malley was received
with great enthusiasm by a tolerably full meeting, to
which, heweyer, the admission was by ticket. The learned
gentleman said be bad at one time resolved never to offer
himself to any constituency, but considering the tre-
mendous issues at stake, he dared not hold back when in-
vited to come amongst them by the local conservative
union. (Cheers.) He denied that there was any foun-
dation for the statement that the metropolitan boroughs
were hopelessly anti-conservative. At the beginning of
the present
_parliament Mr. Gladstone had a majority of
70 at his back, but by mismanagement of every kind he
quickly succeeded in breaking up his party, and
in depriving himself of the confidence of the whole
House of Commons. Finding it necessary to seek a rally-
ing point, and having tact enough to perceive from the
debate on Lord Mayo's motion that the Irish church
was one upon which the great body of his supporters were
profoundly ignorant, he had concluded that the Irish
church would be a good question on which to fight the
battle. He saw the government filled by men who lacked
his own experience, but who were nevertheless displaying
administrative talents far greater than his own ; and he
also found that on questions of foreign policy there was
no hope of making his assault. There was but one
way by which be could advance, and that was over the
ruins of the Irish church. It was true that his own eloquent
arguments lay in the way; but he did not scruple to his
lust of power to trample them to death, though the chil-
dren of his own train; and now he asked the people of
England to do the same. The learned gentleman 'poke
at some length in condemnation of Mr. Gladstone's policy,
and reoeived a unanimous vote of confidence at the close
of his address.—Mr. Lusk, M.P., addressed a meeting at
the Lecture-hall, Banner-street, St. Luke's, and &resolution
caressive of unabated confidence in the hon. gentleman
was unanimously agreed to.
Hauiax.—A correspondence has just been
published between Colonel Akroyd, M.P., one of the can-
didates for Halifax, and Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., from
which it appears that early in the contest Mr. Akroyd
wrote to Mr. Hughes, asking him to use his influence to
persuade Mr. Greening to retire from the contest, in order
to prevent a split in the liberal interest in the borough.
Mr. Hughes, it seems, wrote to Mr. Greening, asking hum
to retire, but the latter gentlemen replied that his retire-
ment would not end the tented, as the working men
would at once bring another candidate into the fiehl. At
the same time, be said that if Mr. Hughes would visit the
working men of Halifax, and also the committee of Messrs.
Akroyd and Stansfeld, be (Mr. Greeuing) would place his
honour and interests in the Lands of Mr. Hughes. (If
course the latter gentleman declined the position of arbi-
trator, and in a subsequent letter disclaims any intention
or wish to influence the electors of Halifax in their
choice.

ELT I Olt I ,hll IRE.—The liberaim have fixed upon
a second candidate to conted the county against
Abel Snail and ii. E. Surtece. Captain Brand, son of the
Right Hon.ll. Brand, and nephew of Lord Dacre, of The
Moo, Welwyn, will canvass in conjunction with Mr. IL
Cowp' er who woke re-election. The leaning of the
Blond candidates' addrevea and the commencement of
Muir 0111VEW is delayed by the death of Lally Adieu Fano.
Mr. Cowptr's sister.

LA111$1:311.-- Laat night Mr. IL D. M. Littler,
barrister, who has come forward as the working men',
Lend Aide for Lambeth, meta number of electors at the
Champion Tavern, Ilead-Areet, Vauxhall. Mr. Littler,
who was loudly cheesed, said it had been alleged that he
had come forward to let in a tory. No one who knew
lan would believe that, lie had not emus forward to do
that ; he had emcee to preterit a tory coining in. Let the
elect/N,, reinember bow that borough stood when Mr.
M'Arther came forward. Mr. Hughes had given no
intimation of hie retirement and there was aim yummy—
the seat of Mr. Doulton—which should be ailed, and it
was thought Mr. M'Arthur war the beet an to till it.
Then came forward Mr. Alderman Lawrence. and he it
was who really divided the liberal interest. A resolution
pledging the meet' to auppoit Mr. Littler was passed
amid cheers.—Mr. A Lawrence addressed a large
meeting in Grove-lass, Camberwell, and was eery
heartily received. A revolution pledging the reeetieg to
make the utmost exertions to secure his return was tarried
amidst much enthueifeen.

MARYLEDOWE.-Idiot met Mr. Daniel Grant,
who boa announced himaelf as a liberal candidate for the
mores/station of Ifarylabone, addremad a minting of the
electors at Westbourne.ball, Westbourne-grove. Yr.
(hint spoke at some lona is support of Mr. Gladetoue's
policy, and a resolution la appravel of Ms candidature
was pealed by a large alai •y. Aa amendment to the
ad eK that Mr. Grant by cuing forward endangered the
liberalcanoe was declared to be loot. Mr. Stamford, the
eeeeereetiee candidate, addrereed a meeting in tter after-
noon, in the igueds-hall, Ifigh-strest, and a resolution
idedgirg the meeting to his support was declared to tin
earned, amid great conflation.

NIVATARTI.M-ON-TYNE. Mr. C. 11. Humond,
berriskr-st-law, and justice of tbo pesos, ham aououcioeil