The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

TO THE ELroToas OF THE STRWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT,

Gentlemen,—Mr. Mackie having intimated his intention
of retiring from Parliament at its approaching dissolution,
I beg, respectfully, to announce myself as a candidate for
the representation of the Stewartry in the House of
Commons, and, if honoured with your support, I shall
devote myself with zeal and attention to the discharge of
the important duties devolving upon a representative.
My political sentiments are, and have ever been, those
as held by what is denominated the Liberal party in the
State ; but; if returned to -Parliament, I shall pursue a
Perfectly independent course, and, having no favours to
a 4, bind myself to no government or party. I shall
kupport, generally, all measures of progress, and endeavour
to advance the cause of education and the extension of
political rights. I shall maintain the principles of free
trade—now an accomplished fact, and admitted by all as
having contributed so materially to the prosperity of the
various interests:in the country. I shall support every
effort, consistent with the national honour, to maintain
and secure the blessings of peace, vote for economy in
every department of the national expenditure, and the
selection of the best qualified indivi'luals to fill the various
appointments, regardless of favouritism, family coulee.
tion,7or any influence beyond merit and fitness.
Although,' have spent much of my time in' commercial
pursuits, I am by :birth and family connection ardently
attached to my native country; and having acquired a
bonsiderable interest in its soil—to the improvement of
Which I am devoting much attention—every useful and
practicable measure that may benefit land and its cultiva-
tors, whether in endeavours to increase the supply of
artificial manures or otherwise, shall command my
strenuous, support.
Local concerns claim, and will receive, every attention.
I have cordially supported the introduction of railway
accommodation through the district, and shall continue
to aid the extension of this great modern improvement—
believing no measure so necessary or so certain to develope
the resources and add to the convenience of this important
county.

With respect to the immediate measure which has led
to-the approaching dissolution of Parliament—however
much the occurrences in China are to be regretted, I
consider the recent vote in the House of Commons an
unfortunate one—calculated to imperil the lives and pro-
perty of British subjects in China, and to embarrass
future negociations with the Chinese Empire. I think the
vote'also unjust, in the condemnation of the acts of the
representatives of Great Britain at so great a distance and
with our imperfect knowledge of the facts, and ungenerous
In the censure of a government whose measures retrieved
the early errors of a mismanaged war—who have concluded
an honourable European peace, and whose chief, through
a lengthened political career, has ever shown himself the
determined upholder of the honour, dignity, and independ-
ence of the British Empire.—l have the honour to remain,
your faithful and obedient servant,
Glenlee Park, March 12, 1857. GEORGE MAXWELL.

STllol373.—The Right Hon. G. Horsrnan, in his address,
regrets that Sir John Bowring did not refer the question
home to his cabinet before he resorted to such serious
measures ; but of the two courses open to the government,
he thinks the one adopted was the one most in accord-.
awe not only with British interests, but also with the
dictates of humanity and peace.
Mr. Cressy has withdrawn from Brighton, and Mr.
Titus Salt from Bradford.
Lima an.---A son of the Earl of Aberdeen, the Hon.
Arthur Gordon, has issued an address, advocating a large
extension of the suffrage, vote by ballot, abolition of
Church rates, and the division of the existing system of
Ecclesiastical Establishments in Ireland.

HUDDERSFIELD.-At a meeting on Monday night, of Li-
beral electors, it was resolved unanimously to invite Mr.
Richard Cobden to address the electors, with a view to
his becoming a candidate.
LEEDS.—Both Mr. Foster and Mr. Carbutt, the ad-
vanced Liberal candidates, have withdrawn to avoid a
split hi the liberal party. A meeting of some 200 leading
Liberal electors was held on Tuesday, and a committee of
selection was appointed, to select a suitable gentleman as
a candidate with Mr. M. T. Baines.
CARLISLE.-At a very large meeting on Tuesday, a vote
of confidence was all but unanimously carried in favour of
Sir James Graham.

TUE CALIFORI.IAN PEN.—The everlasting question of
" is this a good pen" has been answered by Mr. E. T. Hall
of South John street, who has succeeded in produein? a
znetall'n pen, which he designates—not inaptly—as above.
There is hardly anything more annoying than a had pen—
every one knows the misery. The pen made by Mr. Hall is
fit for any hand to use—light or heavy—and, what is of the
greatest value, it does not corrode, but will work with equal
facility in any ink. From experience of metallic pens, we
can say that this one, which is polished as gold, and will
last nearly as long, is the best ono we have ever used. One
box, cuitaining six dozen pens, sent free on receipt of 2s 6d
in postage stamps. Agents wanted for the country.—
Advt.

JUSTICES' JUSTICE.—Mr. Joseph Till, a burley old-
fashioned yeoman, living at Soller's Hope, Herefordshire,
was charged, on Friday, at the Ross petty sessions, before
a bench of seven justices, with neglecting to t-im his
hedges by the wayside, whereby the sun was obstructed
from shining on the highway, to the displeasure of her
Majesty's lieges who charted to be passing in that direction.
The defendant expressed his great indignation at being
placed in the dock on such a paltry charge, and convulsed
the court with laughter by his bluff and hea:ty denunciations
at the new-fangled notions, which looked on the shady
hedgerows of merry England as nothing but a nuisance.
The bench, however, took quite an utilitarian view of the
subject, and mulcted the farmer in the sum of 72. the costs
of the information, which the " fine old English gentleman"
paid in high dudgeon, and took his departure. At the
same sessions three young girls were convicted of stealing
some turnip tops, value 2d, from a field belonging to Captain
Power, of Hill court, a magistrate of the county, who sat on
the bench, and proved the heinous charge by his own
evidence. The gallant prosecutor, it appeared, caught the
gentle trespassers in flagrante delicto, and as they had
nothing but tears to allege in their defence, the court
adjudged them to pay 4s 61 costs, and thus condone an
offence for which they were liable to a month's imprison-
ment with hard labour.