The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

HUDDERSFIELD.

The nomination of candidate. for this boroup
took place yeeterdsy, on • huotings erected in St. Norge s-
purge,. m
_front of the railway station. About 7,000 people
hid leetad by the time the proceeding', drew to • close,
sad the demeanour of the crowd was much more orderly
than might have been exc. ted on the occasion of an election
which has caused se inueh excitement. From the moment
it was announeed that two liberal candidates were to divide
the roles of the conetitueney, it became very evident that
the contest here would be one of the loveliest in the kingdom
Mr. Cobden, appealing to his championship of free trade in
past tunes, and of reforms more recently and for the fature,
appear+ to hays Len the meet popular candidate, and his
doom to take the vacant west of Lord (lodorich, who saccade
him in the West Riding, was at once acquieered in by a
large portion of the electors ; but it was obvious that • rival
liberal candidate, in the minion of Mr. Edward Akroyd, of
Halifax, whose muniticent provision for the education of his
work-people end their children at Haley-hill and Copley,
are r, well known and appreciated, would be • most
formidable competitor.
The soaliaahoo we. presided over by Mr. R. T. Robin-
son, solicitor, the returning °Meer, mud Millirem:dings lasted
three Lou..

After tbs naval lryral preliminariee.
Mr. T. P. (load-tato pore., Mr. Ewtmull Aixoyd as
the tonal fitting representatite for IluJilendlod. (Loud
cheers and grams.)
)Ir. J. HA tun seconded the nomination.
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Mr: W. WILLIAM% then prop.ed Mr. Rlchted Coldrn
as a tlt snlsloper person to rtpresent the borough. (Great
cilMr.kVniullT Mr.41.1.0K seconded this nomination.

Mr. E. AAR.% a then addressed the assemblage, and was
msoived with tanth cheering, I oingkAl with esao sounds of
dimapprobootion from iodieoluain who ...Mintiest their inter-
rupts.su until he had tinislad his remarks. He said he
...erred a placard telling Halifax torn to go behind the
hustings. ((it.nw end confiution, dining which the obnosis
OUP lull woo ordtrad away.) It woe nut his fault if any
llalihte torn were then., has 111111 A were all at work, and he
had Naked no workmen to be prevent, but wan it strange that
e,mtc should hare come to most their mastery (Cheers.) They
Lel tome as Yorkshinmen, and would act as Yortehiretsien.
(Cheers.) This woe not the ling time ho had been nominated for
Iludokorefield. A committee of twelve were appointed at a
public meeting to arks t a candidate. and the only one brought
'onward was liinoself—(tre
.auto)—but the gentleman who
appointed the conuuittee had reversed their decision, and
uonoinstel Mr. Cobden. (Craw of " and great
uproar.) Mr. Cobden bad been treated even worse than
luwelf, hoeing been brought to Huddersfield to light each
an up-hill and desperate battle, the whole burden of which
had been unfairly thrown upon Hutt great man, who, ha
sincerely regretted to hear, bad lean exhausted by his over-
exertion.. He admired Mr. Cobden' for the noble manner to
which he stood by his friend, John Bright he wished he
had shown mom ronstancy to hie friend to, John Bowing.
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cobden bad mak public his masons fur
not standing for Salford, and god reamoo they were;
but were they also valid groupds for coining to
Huddersfield I. (.. No," cheers owl groans.) Ile had
been charged with presumption in appearing against
Mr. Cobden, and eertsinly a romired mare worse* to
combat a met of Goliath of the political world; but he (Mr.
Akroyd) rut confldent m en over-ruling. Provider" mg
the giant would speedily be laid low before the people of
Huddersfield. (Cheers and mums.) Manchester wee re-
fusing any lonizer to acknowledge Mr. Cubdan's opinions;
and it wan a groat and important eiriumatance that Had-
amwfield had now the opportunity of turning out the rasa
who turned out the ministry. (Great cheering and costa-
aim.) He had always done juatice to Mr. Cobden's priceless
*Mire* in the comae of bee-trade, bat, so his friend MI.
Lem, of Saddlcworth, had said, Mr. Cobden had gene wrong
on every other point dace then. (Cheers.) His totwoot-
any-prim notions had done more than anything else to pro-
voke the war sith;Russie,and the question now woe, whether
we *honk' allow our flag again to be trifled with and loss
our power and inducts.: in the East t He (Mr. Akruyd)
would uphold the policy of Lord Palmerston on the Tootle&
lie would not go to parliament fettered on any point, though
he would make his principles plain to his opponents, if he
could. Ile was in favour of a psemloivo ballot. (Cheer.
and laughter.) He °Netted to the ballot on a principle, be-
rouse he relented the franchise as • trust, and the non-
electorshad a right to know bow it was discharged ; but he
would permit the ballot wherever there was undue indurate
over the voter. He was informed that this permissive
system was in operation at Melbourne. Ho wished to me
working men admitted to their fair share of the tranolsise,
but no more. In Franco a military despotism wee the moult
of universal suffrage. (Hear.) He wee willing to hero •
M. rating suffrage, not to make it tee clasp, but Meader that
a man might strive for it, and prize it. He wee also
In favour of Mr. Locke Sines motion. He wished to
extend the benefits of the factory system of education to •
wider circle, and to promote as much as powible the great
cattle of education; to do all he could for the prevention