The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-30 00:00:00

NOTTS (NORTH.)

The Right Hon. J. E. Denison, Speaker of the House of
Commons, has issued the following address to his consti-
tuents :

" As the dissolution of the present Parliament is near at
hand, I announce my intention of again seeking the honour
of representing you in the ensuing Parliament. It was the
pleasure of the House of C onirnons to elect me a second
time their Speaker. As you expressed your approval at
the last general election of my having undertaken the duties
of that office in the former Parliament, it is not necessary
for me to offer any explanations on this point. The expe-
rience of years, as they pas Rail confirms me in the justice
of those political principles Niwhich first recommended me to
your notice. It is to legislation founded on these principles
that we mainly owe the prosperity we now enjoy—an
expanding commerce, diminished taxation, and an abound-
ing exchequer—a healing of divisions among classes, and
contentment throughout the body of the people. There is,
I believe, a general agreement on political questions be-
tween myself and the majority of our body, on which I
found my claim for your continued support."

STAFFORDSHIRE (SOUTH.)
The two sitting members for the Southern Division of
Staffordshire, Mr. W. 0. Foster and Mr. J. W. Foley, have
issued addresses soliciting re-election. Mr. Foster, after
expressing an opinion that the Government of Lord Pal-
merston is entitled to the continued confidence of the
country, says he should be glad to see, if not at once the re-
peal, at least a considerable diminution in the amount of the
malt-tax. Unless a satisfactory settlement of the church
rate question can be devised, he will continue to vote for
total abolition. He adds :

" The great question of Parliamentary Reform remains
to be dealt with by a future Parliament. Not being able
see in Mr. Baines's Bill for a £6 franchise in boroughs a
satisfactory solution of this wide and important question, I
voted against it. At the same time I should be no less will-
ing to give my hearty support to a well-considered and
comprehensive measure of eform, brought in on the re-
sponsibility of the Government, and dealing with this great
question in a liberal and statesmanlike manner."
Mr. FOLEY expresses very similar sentiments on the malt
tax and church rate questions. lie believes Mr. Baines's
Bill would have complicated, without settling, the question
of Reform. But he adds :

" I hope the Government will, in a new Parliament, be
in a position to propose a well-digested measure which,
without destroying, may remove some of the anomalies of
our present electoral system and better adapt it to the fast
increasing intelligence and requirements of the day."

He believes that the present Administration are the faithful
exponents of the opinions of the great majority of the corn-

munity.

WARWICKSHIRE (NORTH).
Mr. Newdegate has issued the following address to the
electors of North Warwickshire :

" Gentlemen,—Having now had the honour of represen-
tin you in the House of Commons for 22 years, a period marked
by many political changes, which have tested the character,
the judgment, and the conduct of public men, I trust that
I have not forfeited the confidence you have thought fit to
repose in me. Few members of the House of Commons
have more anxiously sought a full and free interchange of
ideas with their constituents on subjects of general interest.
During last autumn and winter I had occasion to declare,
even more explicitly than has been my wont, the political
principles upon which I act. These principles are, I believe,
as nearly identical with those of the majority of the electors
of North Warwickshire as can be expected, where so great
a variety of interests and opinions exists. Repeated attempts
have been made to bring into discredit and to violate the
Protestant Constitution of this country, to which I am
sincerely attached; those who value this fundamental prin-
ciple of free government have been described as ignorant,
or as prejudiced if they ventured to avow or act upon their
convictions. I have not thought it right to allow these
unfounded imputations to awe me into silence, far less into
submission, so as to impede the performance of that which
I considered to be my duty ; had I done otherwise 1 should
not merely have stultified myself, but I believe that I should
have failed to represent the majority of the constituency
who have so long honoured me by their confidence. During
the long period that I have represented North Warwick-
shire in Parliament I have had, the opportunity of endea-
vouring to defend and to promote the great interests of the
constituency as identified with the national welfare ; when
I have failed I trust that my failure has not been attributable
to want of exertion ; nor does temporary failure afford any-
thing like conclusive proof that, if made in tho right direc-
tion, the effort has been, or will prove ultimately fruitless.
In several instances I had the satisfaction of knowing that
my exertions have not been barren of success. My induce-
ment to seek the honour of again representing you in the
House of Commons is the hope that I may contribute some:
what to the security of the free institutions under which
we live, and that I may assist those who would direct the
political progress of this country within the wide limits of
those great principles upon which the Constitution is
founded. lam not one of those who have adopted the
doctrine of finality against the adaptation of the Jaws of
this country to the actual wants of society. The inevitable
change of circumstances, irresistible as the course of time