The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

ISLE OF WIGHT.

A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at
Great George-street, Westminster, Mr. Simpson in the
chair, for the purpose of considering two bills now before)
Parliament.
_The CHAIRMAN said the first bill he had to-submit was
one authorising the company to extend the railway, to pur-
chase or lease the Cowes and Newport line, and to raise
additional capital. The capital proposed to be raised by the
bill was £39,000 for the eastern section of works, £20,000
for the central section, and £160,000 for the western sec-
tion, and £62,000 for the Cowes and Newport line, with
the usual borrowing powers. He moved the resolution ap-
proving the bill, which was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN said the second bill was to empower the
company to work steamboats to and from the Isle of Wight.
The proposed capital was £30,000.

A resolution approving the bill was adopted, and tho pro-
ceedings terminated.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH RIDING.

The Hon. E. Duncoinbe has issued an address soliciting
re-election. The hon. gentleman states that he would op-
pose every attempt to diminish the rights or impair the in-
fluence of the Established Church, while he would support
all measures to increase her usefulness. He is opposed to
measures of a centralising tendency, and supports the re-
duction and ultimate repeal of the malt tax. He is not in
favour of violent changes in the constitution, and he re-
gards the propdsition to lower the borough franchiSe to £6
as rash and impolitic ; at the same time, " in the true spirit
of Conservatism," he is prepared to support measures for
the improvement of our institutions, the amendment of our
laws, and the promotion of the education and general wel-
fare of the people.

NOTTINGHAM.
On Monday evening a crowded meeting of the Conser-
vative electors of Nottingham was held at the Assembly
Rooms for the purpose of hearing an exposition of the
political opinions of Mr. G. A. Martin, barrister-at-law, the
Conservative candidate for the borough. Mr. W. Parsons
(the ex-Mayor) was in the chair.

Mr. MARTIN; on coining forward, was loudly cheered. il4
said, the Conservative measure of Reform which he wo
support was based upon the principle of the franchise ljelng
a privilege of selection; not giving it indiscrimins',o4 to
all, but by a selection, so as to have all classes di' repre-
sented. It was also based on property, the mo ,I,,ru forms
of property, an accumulation of money disti%ect from land.
It proposed to give the franchise to per eons who were
lodgers—(cheers)—persons who had a cer.trtin sum of money
in the funds, persons who had money ;la the savings banks,
and persons who had money in oty.ter ways, according to
certain tests. There was another subject cognate with the
question of Reform—the ballot., 'He looked upon the fran-
chise as a matter of public trr.4 and it should be exercised
just in the same way as the's expected the votes of a member
of Parliament to be give" in public. (Loud cheers.) The
next question was Church-rates. That was a question of
local government. 'Why should you interfere with other
people ? There were two bodies of people who objected to
Church-rates tone party differed from the Church of Eng-
land merely upon religious grounds, and thought it bard
they shor....'d be compelled to pay for what they did not agree
with n'..tcl did not support by their attendance ; then there
was the other party, the more modern, which had prevented
Ae settlement of the question on a proper basis. They differed
from the Church upon political grounds, and said it ought
to be separated from the State, and upon that ground they
objected to Church-rates. The Conservatives when in power
brought forward a measure to relieve the objections of the
first party, which ho would support. But when an attack
was made upon Church-rates, which involved the union of
Church and State, it was a different matter altogether. If
they wanted to go in for the separation of Church and
State, let thorn have it fair and out ,and out, 4nd then the
Conservatives would know how to meet those opponents of
Church-rates. The learned gentleman then alluded to the
public expenditure. Millions were voted away when very
few members were present, but if they elected him as their
member, he pledged himself not to be absent when the
country's money was voted away.
A resolution was carried unanimously pledging the meet-
ing to support Mr. Martin.
Sir Robert Clifton has not yet issued an address.