Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-29 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE.
Gentlemen,—A dissolution being about to take place, and Mr.
Brown, having announced his resignation, I now come forward as
a CANDIDATE to represent you in Parliament, in compliance with
my promise made in answer to the requisition presented to me a
short time ago. _ _

In these days when all the old land-marks of party are swept
away, it is impossible to point to any leader in whom one can place
implicit trust and confidence. Everybody is for peace, and all pro-
fess anxiety for economy and reform.
The last Reform Bill gave us 27 years of progressive intelligence
and prosperity.
A busy, industrious, and practical people, like ourselves, cannot
afford to be perpetually nibbling at the constitution. The Reform
Bill of Lord Derby was a wretched attempt.
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I am an advocate for a £6 rental qualification in boroughs and
£lO in counties. I do not deem it desirable to assimilate the borough
and county franchise.
I should propose the entire disfranchisement of ten or fifteen
small boroughs, and the reduction to one representative of as many
others as would provide 40 or 50 members to be equally distributed
between the largest unrepresented towns and most populous
counties.
Such a reform would, I believe, be acceptable to a great majority
of the electors of England, and would, I trust, put an end to agitation
for another quarter of a century.
Largely connected with the agricultural, commercial, and manu-
facturing pursuits of our important county, I feel with you a mutual
interest in their advancement.
1 now place my services at your disposal, and trust, should you
be pleased to elect me, you may have no cause to regret the confi-
dence you place in me.—Believe me, gentlemen, yours faithfully,
J. PEMBERTON HEYWOOD.
Norris-green, West Derby, Bth April, 1859.
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF
LIVERPOOL.
FELLOW TOWNSMEN,
ADissolution of Parliament has been announced, and
you will, at no distant period, be called upon to exercise
your elective franchise.
Into the general causes which have led to that dissolution, it is
not necessary to enter. The immediate cause was doubtless the
vote of the House of Commons which placed her Majesty's Govern-
ment in a minority on Lord John Russell's resolution. With that
minority I felt it my duty to vote, not that I approved altogether
of the Reform Bill, but because the object which Lord John
Russell professed to have in view could, if the house was disposed
to entertain it, have been accompli-hed quite as easily after the
second reading as before. And altogether irrespective of the
question of Reform, looking to the preservation of the peace of
Europe, I considered it most important at the present moment to
strengthen the hands of her Majesty's Government.
In seeking, Gentlemen, at your hands for a third time the
honour of your suffrages, it is not, I trust, necessary that I should
recapitulate my views on questions of general policy.
I hope shortly to have the honour of. personally paying. my
respects to you, and should you be pleased again to place me in
the high position of one of your Representatives, I can only assure
you of my zealous though imperfect services being devoted to pro-
mote the best interests of my native tom-n, and the general welfare
of our common country.
I hare the honour to be, •Gentlemen, • •
Tour faithful and obedient servant,
Bellamonr-hall, April 1859. THOMAS B. HOBSIULL.