The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-09 00:00:00

FAREWELL ADDRESS F.ROM MR• BRIGHT,

(To the Elepters of the 6* gatichester.)
Gentlethen,4 have received a telegraphic
despatch informing me of the result of the election
contest in which you have just been engaged:
That result has not greatly snrpri'Sed me, and, so
far as I am ners6nally concerned—inasmuch as it
liberates. the from public life in a manner which
involves on my part no shrinking from any duty—
I cannot seriously regret it. I lament it on public
grounds, because it tells the world that Many
amongst you have abandoned the opinions you
professed to hold ih the year 1847-, and even so
recently as the year 1852. I believe that slander
itself has not dared to charge tine with haVing
forsaken any of the. principle, on the honest
support of which I ofl'ered myself twice, and was
twice accepted, as your representative. The charge
against me has rather been, that I have too warmly
and too faithfully defended the political views
which found so much :favour with you at the two
previous elections. . .
If the:ehatwe in your opinion of the-has arisen
from my. course on the 'question 6f tits War with
Russia, I can only say thaty en a calm review of
all the circurnstanees of the caseand during the
past twelve months I have had ample time for
such a review—l would not unsay or retract any
one of the speeches I have spoken, or erase from
the records of parliament any oiie of the votes I
have given upon it, if I Could thereby reverse the
decision to which you have come, or secure any
other distinction which it is in the power of my
countrymen to confer. lam free, and will remain
free;- -from any share in the needless and guilty
bloodshed of that melancholy chapter in the annals
of my country. I tahnbt, however, forget that the
leaders of the opposition in the recent contest have
not been influenced by My ConAlet on this ques-
tion. They were lc's successful, but not less
bitter, in their hostility in 1852, and even in 1847,
when my only public merit or demerit
.consisted
in my labours in the cause of Free Trade. On
each occasion calling themselves Liberals, and
calling their candidates Liberals also, they have
coalesced with the ConservatiVes, whilst now,
doubtless, they have assailed Mr. Gibson and
myself on the grotin4 of a pretended coalition
with the Conservatives in the House of Commons!
I have esteemed it a high honour to be one of
your representatives, and have given more of
mental and physical labour to your service than Was
just to myself ; I feel it scarcely less an honour
to suffer in the cause of peace, and on behalf of
what I ,believe to be the true interests of my
country—though I could have wished that the blow
had come from other hands, at a time when I could
have been present to.meet face to face those that
dealt it.

In taking my leave of you, and of public life; let
me assure you that I can never forget the many—
the innumerable—kindnesses I have received from
my friends amongst You. No one will rejoice more
than I shall in all that brings you prosperity and
honour ; and I am not without a hope that, when
a calmer hour shall come, you will say of Mr.
Gibson and of me, that, as colleagitea in your
representation, for ten years; We have not sacrificed
our principles to gain popularity, or bartered our
independence for the emolument of office, or the
favours of the great. I feel that we have stood
for the rights, and interests, and freedom of the
people, and that we have not tarnished the honour
or lessened the renown of your eminent city —I
am now, as I have hitherto been, very faithfully
yours, JOHN BRIGHT.
Florence, March 31, 1857.

The Post asserts that the result of the electiens will,
probably, be the extinction of I),rbyistti, as a separate
party or its redistribution. There are no Peelites or
Manchester men new to coalesce with the Peel party,
it being composed of Mr. Gladstone only.
The recent election iu South Wilts- was the most expen-
sive and most keenly contested one that has been known
for years. Forty pair of horses were hired in Southampton
to bring up the voters, and all the horses that mild be
spared around the country were hired. Some were even
obtained from London..

HER MazrEsTl"s AceoitstEstENT.—This interesting event
is now daily expected. Her Majesty has enjoyed uninter-
rupted good health during the past week, but the royal dinner
circle has been gradually contracted, and the last day or two
it has been limited to the immediate members of the Court.
The Ministers hold themselves in readiness for attendance.
THE MARRIAGE OP THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—It
rumoured that the marriage 01 the Princess Royal will,
in all probability, be postponed till next January.
Various reasons are given for this postponement ; and
one is, that the residence preparing for the Prince and
Princess in Berlin will not be completed and flt for
occupation until the close of the year. Prince Frederick
William, it is expected, will arriVe in this country about
the latter end of May, or the beginning of June ; the
precise time may, perhaps, be influenced by the Queen's
recovery.

DISTRESSING DEATH OF A STONE MERCHANT NEAR
HALIFAX.—On Monday last an inquest was held at the
Hare and Hounds Inn, Hipperholme, by the district
coroner, on view of the body of Isaac Hemingway, stone
merchant, Coley. The evidence adduced at the enquiry
showed the deceased put au end to his existence on Satur-
day morning, about half Fist seven o'clock, by cutting
his throat in the parlour of his own house. The other
members of the family were in the adjeining room, and
on hearing the deceased fall they went into the parlour,
where they found the unfortunate man lying in a pool of
blood, with his head almost severed from his body. They
lifted him up, and tried to stop the loss of blood, but be
died in a few minutes. Mr. Hemingway had suffered
from occasional aberration of intellect, since he was
injured on the head some time ago, and the jury came to
the conclusion that he took away his life whilst in a
temporary fit of insanity.
NOBLE LADIES AND THE ELECTORS.—An influence that
largely contributed to Lord John Russell's return was the
admiration excited by the appearance at the hustings, and
active interest taken in the poll, by his wife. Lady John
Russell appeared in the City with her children, visited the
different polling booths, had a smile and a courtesy ready
for every voter, and completely won the hearts of the mul-
titude, who here, as elsewhere, like to see a strong display
of the domestic ties. Another candidate's wife in the
country carried matters even farther than did Lady John
Rus,,ell. Lady Mildred Hope, the daughter of the Marquis
of Salisbury, and wife of Mr. Beresford Hope—who has
just got in for Maidstone--by the admission of all parties
carried the election for her husband. She did not exactly
canvass for him, but all through the election she was
constantly driving about the town ; she also was most
active at the nomination and during the polling; and at
the close, unable to restain herself any longer, she threw
up the window of her hotel, and addressed the mob in a
speech which everybody agreed was better than her
hasband's—delivered immediately afterwards from the
same place.—London Correspondent of the Newcastle
Chronicle.

GOOD TEMPER UNDER DEFEAT.—The beaten Conserva-
tive candidate for Berkshire was Captain Vernon, who,
at the declaratioa of the poll, after the successful
candidates, came forward to address the electors. He
said that they saw before them the winning horses.
(A. Voice : "No 1 one has run away.") Bolted was the
racing phraseology—(a laugh),—and as there was no
plate for beaten horses, they might wonder what had
made him appear before them. He would tell them in a
word. He had come there out of respect to those gentle-
men who had invited him to come forward, and who had
so powerfully supported him. out of respect for his
political opponents, and out of respect for himself. (Hear,
hear.) He was bound to admit the fairness and frankness
with which he had been treated by his political opponents,
many of whom had told him that, although they would
not vote for him, they had no personal objection to him.
(Hear, hear.) When the late Lord Hardinge was going
into parliament, he expressed some doubt as to his ability.
" Oh, you'll do well enough," said the duke, " if you only
speak upon subjects with which you are conversant, and
never quote Latin." (A. laugh.) Now, certainly a little
Latin was a dangerous thing, and in the course of the
present contest he had found the use of it by his oppo-
nents of advantage to himself. One squib which he had
seen alluded to his motto, " Vernon server viret," and
stated that he was non Ver, which, as ver meant spring,
he understood as an implication that he was not green.
(A. laugh.) By no means a bad compliment. • (A. laugh.)
Dangerous, however, as it was to quote Latin, he felt
bound to say Dulce et decorum est pro patri mori, which
might be translated that it was an exceedingly pleasant
thing to sacrifice himself for the Conservative cause.
(Hear, hear.) There was ode circumstaace connected
with the election which he wished to mention. It had
been suggested to him that if he came forward, their old
and valuable representative Mr. Palmer might withdraw
at the nomination, and he had immediately stated that
rather than such should be the case, he would himself
withdraw. (Loud cheers.) He had also been asked
whether he would again come forward on a future occa-
sion if his humble services were required. He had taken
forty-eight hours to consider the question, and he had
determined that should those services be required he
would not shrink from the contest, but would poll the
last man, with the cry of " Conservatism for ever, and no
surrender." (Loud cheers.)