The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-21 00:00:00

BOSTON.

Mr. J. W. Malcolm, the sitting Conservative
member, arrived in Boston on Monday afternoon,
Mr. E. T. Gourley, Mayor of Sunderland, is ex-
pected to come forward as a Liberal-Conservative
candidate. Mr. Staniland, the Liberal stitting mem-
ber, discussed on Monday evening with his sup-
porters the " present peculiar position of the Liberal
interest" of the town, which is now embarrassed
with three candidates—viz., Mr. Staniland, Mr.
Sergeant Pulling, and Mr. Parry, of Sleaford.

COVENTRY.
" The " nomination" to supply the vacancy in
the representation of this city, caused by the death
of Sir Joseph Paxton, took place yesterday, the
candidates being Mr. Eaton, of London (Conserva-
tive), who is extensively engaged in the silk trade,
and Mr. Mason Jones in the Liberal interest. At
a very early hour in the morning the population
began to fill Broadgate, at the head of which the
hustings had been erected. Mr. Eaton's supporters
were evidently the most active, his men gathered in
great force about the purlieus of the King's Head,
and a great number of placards were displayed
bearing the words, " Eaton, the Working Man's
Friend." The friends of Mr. Mason Jones
were also present in considerable numbers. A
few minutes before ten o'clock, the hour
fixed for the nomination, there must have been
fully 10,000 persons in Broadgate. A new means
of annoyance was introduced on this occasion, from
that part of the crowd which consisted of Mr.
Eaton's friends. There were thrown up to the hust-
ings onMr.Jones's supporters hundreds of small pill
boxes, one of which struck Mr. Jones on the eye,
though fortunately without inflicting upon him
more than temporary inconvenience.
The Mayor (Mr. Minster) came upon the hust-
ings at 10 o'clock ; his worship being escorted by
the town crier and the mace-bearer of the city, each
dressed in black robe and wig. The grotesque ap-
pearance which thege functionaries presented and
the air of staid decorum they assumed were in curi-
ous contrast with the excitement displayed by the
mob beneath the hustings. •
As usual at Coventry elections, no speaker was
permitted to be heard ; at other places there are
occasional lulls in the storm, but nothing of the kind

takes place at Coventry ; the orators go on for a
few moments moving their lips, but not a word
reaches the ear. Such was the case yesterday with
Mr. Eaton. Mr. Jones did not make the attempt
to speak to the populace ; he turned to such of the
reporters as were near him, and said a few words to
them.
Mr. RATHEMIAII proposed, and Mr. CADicorr,
weaver, seconded the nomination of Mr. Eaton.
Mr. HicKLING, bookseller, proposed, and Mr. L.
BOOTH, weaver, seconded the nomination of Mr.
Mason Jones.
Mr. EATON attempted to address the crowd, but
no sentences he uttered could be heard.
• Mr. MASON JONES said be had good reason to en-
tertain the confident expectation that, on the poll-
ing-day, he should be returned to the House of
Commons as their representative. He denied that
there vas any Conservative reaction in the country;
the strong feeling was in favour of the principles
carried out by the Liberal Government of Lord Pal-
merston, which* would have his cordial support. He
was in favour of a substantial measure of reform ;
also of the ballot as the only means of protecting
the voter. He was (he said) in favour of a redis-
tribution of seats, and opposed to church-rates.
The Union Chargeability Bill would have had his
support had he been in Parliament. He was in
favour of all such measures of improvement in our
laws and general reform as were necessary to pre-
serve the greatness of England, to enable us to
maintain our position at the head of nations. As
to this contest, he suggested to Mr. Eaton to with-
draw at once ; that gentleman must know that he
had no chance of success, but that he (Mr. Jones)
would be returned by a triumphant majority. This
contest was between advanced Liberalism on the
one side and ultra-Toryism on the other ; on Wed-
nesday the former would prevail by the place he
would occupy at the head of the poll. (Cheers.)
The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Eaton.
A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Mason Jones.