The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-08 00:00:00

KN,A.RESBOROUGII.

The present members for this boiough are Mr. Thomas
Collins, a Conservative, and Mr. T. B. Woodd, a Liberal.
41 the ensuing election there is likely to be a contest. Both

the present representatives will offer themselves for re-
election, and a second Liberal candidate, in the person of
Mr. Isaac Holden, a large manufacturer, of Oakworth-
house, near Keighloy, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Mr. Holden, who has been brought forward by some of the
leading Liberals of the borough, addressed a meeting of the
electors and non-electors on Tuesday evening last, and in
the course of his address he said that some of the electors
might ask who he was that thus came forward to solicit
their suffrages. From his accent they might infer he was a
Scotchman, but although he had the great privilege to be
born and educated in Scotland, he was the son of a Cum-
berland yeoman. At an early age he had come to England.
He had. always taken a strong interest in political ques-
tions, and all the great Liberal measures passed since 1829,
including the Catholic Emancipation Bill, the repeal of the
Corn Laws, the Reform bill, the abolition of slavery, and
the Municipal Corporation Bill, had his warmest sympathy
and support. He took great interest in the question of the
French treaty, and having extensive works in France, ho
was examined at great length by the Council of State in
regard to the policy of adopting that treaty. Ho had laid
out about half a million sterling in building and machinery
in France, and he told the Council that while ho could do
without protection, it became a question for the French
manufacturers to say whether they could do the same.
The adoption of the treaty
was a serious question for
the Emperor, it being opposed by the Legislative
Body, but the noble and far-sighted policy which
had induced his Majesty to overrule the decisions of the
Senate and to conclude the treaty had been amply rewarded
by the results. It was to that treaty this country owed the
extension of its relations with France. To England the
honour belonged of leading the way to free and unrestrained
commerce with all the -nations of the earth. Who had
accomplished all this ?'The great Liberal party, whose
policy was beautifully explained by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer at Chester the other day, when ho stated that
they trusted the people, but with prudence. The policy of
the Conservative party was mistrust of the people, coupled
with fear. The Liberal party trusted the people, but by
exercising prudence with that trust they had been able to
carry out all those great measures to whichho had referred.
He heartily adopted the policy of the Liberal party as ex-
plained by Mr. Gladstone. He considered that the esta-
blishment of all those great institutions which contributed
to the order, wellbeing, and character of a nation must not
be the work of a day, nor of generations, but of ages. They
must not, then, impatiently rush into any great change ;
while looking forward to a better future, that must be
accomplished by a gradual process. The meeting approved
of Mr. Holden as a candidate, and the Liberal electors ap-
pear generally united in their views as to the propriety of
returning him along with Mr. Woodd. The contest will be
a severe one, the constituency being small, and Mr. Collins
possessing much local influence, independently of his past
services as one of the representatives, and of his profession
of Conservative principles.