The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-20 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

lltn.L.--At a meeting of the Central Conservative
Association held on Thursday it was unanimousl resolved
that Alderman Henry John Atkinson, J.P. (Hull), should
be the second conservative candidate for the represent-
ation of this borough ; Mr. C. Bell, of the firm of Thom-
son" Boner, and Co., being the other.
GRIMSBY.- Mr. J. Fildes, the present member
for the borough, is likely to encounter serious opposition
to his future return.
BATH.—A meeting was held at the Guildhall, on
Thursday evening, for the purpose of hearing an address
from Mr. Donald Dalrymp e, the gentleman selected by
the Liberal Association to stand at the general election, in
conjunction with the present liberal member, Mr. Tito.
A resolution pledging the meeting to support Mr. Dalrym-
ple was carried.
THE NORTE-EASTERN Boaouous.—Mr. Thomas
C. Thompson issued an address to the electors of Sunder-
land yesterday. Mr. Thompson is in favour of the dis-
establishment of the Irish church. He is also opposed to
church rates, and would vote in favour of the extension of
grants for popular education. Mr. IL W. F. Bolekow,
the liberal candidate for Middlesborough, also issued an
address to the electors yesterday. He adheres firmly to
the liberal principles advocated by the party led by Mr.
Oladstone. The requisition to Mr. John Davison, Q.C.,
to become a candidate in the liberal interest for the city
of Durham, has received more signatures than the com-
mittee ever expected, and it will be presented to that
gentleman forthwith. Mr. Thomas Rieliardvou, of the
Hartlepool Ironworks, has been invited by the Liberal
Association of that borough to become a candidate. It in
stated that Mr. Baokhowie is willing to comply with the
wishes of the liberal party, and become a candidate for
the new borough of Darlington.
BosTow.—Mr. T. Parry, one of the sitting mem-
bers, writes:—" I can only repeat, that if I have a seat
in the next parliament, and Mr. Gladstone is the leader,
lie shall be my leader, and I shall support his measures;
and by this 1 mean his present proposals for disestablish-
ing the Irish church, as my reservation on this head is at
an end."

NORTH DURITAM.—Mr. O. Elliott, conservative,
of Houghton-le-Spring, has issued an address to this con-
stituency.
BURNLEY.—Mr. Richard Shaw, liberal, of the
firm of Messrs. John Dugdale Brothers, has issued an
address to the future electors of Burnley, announcing his
intention to contest the borough at the next election.
Nonizromut.—Mr. B. Osborne, liberal, has
issued an address to the electors, announcing himself again
as a candidate for their suffrages... . . .

MEwrIIYR TYDvIL.—F—or this borough, which
will have a second member under the Reform Act, there
are at present five candidates in the field, all liberals,
viz.:—The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce, the present member;
Mr. Richard Fothergill, a large ironmaater; the Rev. H.
Richard, the secretary of the Peace Society; Mr. B. T.
Williams, a barrister; and Mr. R. M. Eldertou, of Lon-
don. The two latter gentlemen, it is stated, do not intend
to go to the poll.
BOLTON.—A meeting of the Bolton Reform
Registration Association has been held, at which it wal
decided by a very large majority to invite Mr. Samuel
Pope, banister, to become the second liberal candidate for
Bolton at the next election. The present liberal member,
Mr. Barnes, has intimated his willingness again to place
his services at the disposal of the party.

CANHKIDOE.—IC is finally eettled that Mr. R. R.
Torrens, liberal, will be one of the candidates for the
borough of Cambridge ; and it Is probable that the Ron.
O. C. Brodrick will be the other in the liberal interest.

BEDFORD. Lieutenant-Colonel W. Stuart,
Y.P., has intimated his intention not to become • candi-
date }or the representation of this borough after the ter-
mination of the present parliament. A requisition to Mr.
James Howard (of the firm of Mash. J. and F. Howard,
the well-known agricultural implement manufacturers),
signed by upwards of 300 electors, was some time since
presented to Lim, inviting Mink become a candidate in
the conservative interest, but ho has by circular expressed
he,ilitv to comply with such request in consequence
of a change in some of his political tenets.
Bourn BMILDB.—It is now stated that Mr.
Chas. Palmer will contest South Shields in the
liberal interest. Mr. Palmer is an extensive ironmastor,
well known as the proprietor of the Jarrow works.
PE:Entine AND FALmorrn.—The statement that
Mr. Fowler intends to contest the City of London at the
next election is now denied ; and unless ho should see
some prospect of success in another constituency he will
probably againpresent himself at Penryn and Falmouth.
A Mr. Barber, of whom little is known in the borough
politically save that he has been in some way connected
with the Junior Carlton Club, is spoken of as a second
tory candidate.
STAFFORDSII/RE (EAsT).—For this new division,
Mr. Bass, a younger son of the member for Derby, and
brother of the member fur Stafford, has been spoken of as
a probable candidate.
PRESTON.—This week a rumour has prevailed to
the effect that Lord Edward Howard would be brought
out in the liberal interest, but it is understood that his
lordship has declined to come forward. Yesterday, Mr.
J. F. Leese, who last week was accepted as one of the
liberal candidates, issued his address.

WEDNE:"BURY.—According to the Birmingham
Post, it is the intention of Mr. Aloninder Brogden, of
illterstene, to offer himself as a candidate for the new
borough of Wednesbury. Mr. Broaden is a member of the
firm of John Broaden and Sons, of the Tondu Works, at
Bridgend, and is well known in that district as an iron.
master and in connection with the South Staffordshire
Railway, of which he was formerly lessee, jointly with
Mr. J. R. M'Lean. In politics Mr. Brogdoti is a sound
liberal. Ile is expected in the district in a few days.

NORTII LANCASIIIRE.—Tho Marquis of Harting-
ton has met several of his friends and supporters at Lui-
caster, when additional arrangements were made with a
♦iew of securing the return of his lordship for North Lan-
cashire in the event of a contest.

tiorrn DEvolc.—A large meeting of liberal elec-
tors of the new division of &nth Devon has been held at
Plymouth, when it was resolved that a committee repre-
senting every part of the division be formed, with a view
to promote the registration of electors and secure suitable
candidates.