The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

PONTEFRACT ELECTION.

Yesterday at 11 a.m. the nomination took place in front
of the Town-hall, when lour or five hundred persons were
were assembled in expectation of hearing addresses from
both the candidates, who for several days had been before
the constituency, As the people were gathering together
it became rumoured that the Liberal candidate, Sir E. W.
Head, had retired, and this statement was soon con-
firmed by Sir Edmund issuing an address, in which he said
—" It was my firm persuasion in coming among you as a
stranger that you were determined to return to Parliament
in the place of Mr. Mon'ckton Mills a supporter of the Go.
vernment which had advised his elevation to the peerage.
Such was my tonvicti3n, because I believed that the majo-
rity of the electors were members of the Liberal party. But
for the assiduous and continued efforts of my opponents
daring a considerable period,and especially since last spring,
this party might no doubt have spoken with an undivided
voice and with its full strength. Now, however, after a
canvass of four days in the borough, I am convinced that
their voice is uncertain and their strength divided. I have
found many Liberals who profess that they have engaged
to vote for the other party, or that they intend to remain
neutral, and I have no wish under such circumstances to ex-
pose the cause which I advocate to a risk of decisive defeat
at the poll. So long as I believed the Liberals to be firm
and undivided, so long I was ready to meet our opponents
and contest the repr3sentation ; but situated as I am, Ido
atm my sincerest gratitude
K n o tttoi.
ntglaley,asw gentlemenelwell
of my nlotthink that I should be justified in taking sulh a course:
therefore retire from the contest, and in so doing I beg to
expressrr i t te e s
libAerfatleretlhecetuors
suaelrptrhoclamationiarnd the Mayor (Mmra.lylßtchc:Bee-r.
the borough who have offered me their
and Mr. W. Foskitt seconded, t'heno
support in aid of the good cause."
capacity
hwohui
lcdh
renounce was carried
Hurst) had taken the chair,
Major then briefly returned thanks, stating,Davidm Linoan
ionsnt a
of f
hisf moAf vacjeiodarl,
withoutoppo.sition. The
partisanship,and study the
interest of his constituents without recognitioned Oiftheither
Whig, Tory, or Radical. The proceedings
cheers each for the Major and " the ladies," afterw threehich
the assembly dispersed in perfect good order. w

POISONED GRAlN.—Y4,sterday an aet passed in
the late session was printed to prohibit the sale
and use of poisoned grain or seed. For offering or exposing
for sale any grain, seed, or meal steeped or dipped in poison,
or with which any preparation has been mixed so as to render
the same poisonous, and calculated to destroy life, a penalty
not exceeding £lO may be levied, and a like penalty for sow •
ing, &c., any poisoned grain, seed or meal. Solution and
infusion are to be allowed to bo used in agriculture. A
moiety of the fine is to go to the informer (not being a con-
stable), and the witnesses are to be indemnified fur aiding
in the commission of the offence.

Herring's magnetc brushes, &c., of
Marie Antoinette's hair, during her imprisonment, became
ceoorompplleetteellyy corelsotuorrleedss.
by i
Such changes of co lour may now be
which Dr. Hassall reports "I regard them as the most
pnfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical
constr,etion and their magnetical action." They are the
remedy for grey hall., neuralgia, rheumatism, &c.
Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street,
London.