Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

THE NORTHER'S TIMES, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1859.

6nteral diution.

Q 0 H LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—
Li A PUBLIC MEETING of ELECTORS favourable to the
return of Messrs. CIIEETHAM and HEYWOOD will be held at
the Amphitheatre, To•morrow (WEDNESDAY), the 20th inst., at Half.
past Seven o clock.

WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., 3f.P., in the Chair.
JOHN CHEETHA3f, Esq., M.P., and JOHN PEMBERTON
HEI WOOD, Esq., will address the Electors.
The Boxes and Stage will be reserved for County Voters of the
district.

OIITH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.
_ _

The Committee for conducting the Election of Messrs.
CHEETHAM and HEYWOOD sit Daily, at the Commercial Hotel,
Dale-street. • WILLIAM BROWS, M.P., Chairman.

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 C i NDIDA l'E to represent you in Parliament, in compliance with
my promise male in answer to the requis'tion presented to me a
abort time aico.
In thee: days wh-n all the old land-marks of party are swept
away, it is impo.sible to point to any leader in whom one can place
implicit trust and cordi !race. 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 bnsy, industrious, and practical people, like ourselves, cannot
afford to be perpetual y nibbling at the constitution. The Reform
Bill of Lord Derby w ,s a wretched attempt.

I am an advoc.te 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 disfranchi.ement 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
coun ties.

Such a t eforrn 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 quartet of a century.

Largely conn-cted with the ag, 'cultural, commercial, and manu-
facturing pursuit• 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
he pleased to elect me, you may have no cause to regret the confi-
dence you 11l .ce in me.—Believe me, g, ntlemen, yours faithfully,

J. PENIBERTON HEYWOOD

Norris-green, West Derby, Bth April, 1859.

-TO THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN
DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
_ GENTLEMEN,
fIER Majesty's Ministers having advised the Queen to
dissolvs: the preseat Parliament, I censure to solicit are-
newel of the trust you have confided to me cn two previous
(wagons.

The rejection of the late Ministerial Reform Bill by the House
of Commons has led to its Dissolution, and the issue for the
decision of the constituencies is, wh..ther that rejection sball be
confirmed or reversed.

Opposed as I was to the two main principles of that measure—
the di.franchisetnert of the county vot rs resident in boroughs,
and the limitation of the borough franchise to a£lo qualification,
thereby excluding a large portion of 'the intelligent and well
qualified of the working classes fr m any share in political power—
it was impossible I could Tot- for its going into committee. No
measure of reform founded on such a basis could ever be satisfactory
to the people of this country.
The provision, if adopted, to redress the present anomalies in
the distribution of seats in the House of Commons was most in-
adequate; whilst the clause enabling non-resident electors to Tote
in boroughs, was a revival of that so much deprecated system
abolished by the Reform Bill of 1832.
I think the basis of a satisfactory measure of reform may be
found in the adOption of a £lO rental qualification in counti, s, and
£6 in boroughs; a total disfranchisement of many small boroughs,
the creation of new ones, and a transference to counties and
boroughs of additional members in proportion to their population,
wealth, and taxation.

I would make the duration of parliaments triennial.

The free expression of the elector's opinion, protected in its
exercise from intimidation and un,,ue influence, is of paramount
importance. I have always, therefore, been an advocate for the
ballot, as the best mode of securing that object

Intimately connected with the merca,tile and manufacturing
interests of the county, I have always su }ported those measures
which I deemed conducive to their proFp(•rity, and if again re-
turned as your Representative, my best efforts shall be directed
to the same object.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
JOHN CHEETIIAM.
Eastwoad, Stalybridgn, April 11, 1859.

BOROUGH ELECTIO N.
The Committee for promoting the Return of JOSEPH C.
EWART. Esq., M.P., sit Daily, at the Commercial Hotel, Dale-
street. THOMAS BROCKLEBANK, Chairman,