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

HALIFAX.

A movement has been set on fool, to induce Sir Charles
Wood, as one of the members for the borough, to withdraw
his letter of resignation, and to allow himself to be nomi-
nated along with the other member, Mr. Stansfeld, at the
ensuing election. A meeting of the Liberal electors, con-
vened by circular, was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, on
Wednesday, and presided over by Mr. John Crossley, the
chairman of the Liberal Registration Association. There
was a good attendance, and the various speakers were very
warm in their laudation of Sir Charles Wood, who has re-
presented the borough since its first enfranchisement, and
equally severe in their condemnation of those who had
brought forward Colonel Akroyd, and thereby been the
cause of Sir C. Wood signifying his intention not to offer
himself for re-election. One of the speakers— Mr. Charles
Watson—in the course of his speech said that Halifax was
not a pocket borough, and as independent electors they
could not allow any gentleman to come quietly in and carry
the election in the manner now proposed by certain parties.
No man would treat his own servant as it was proposed to
treat Sir C. Wood, by kicking him out. They had hearts
in their bosoms, and gratitude and love in their hearts to
the man who had loved them, and had served them faith-
fully and zealously, and the least they could do was to thank
him in the manner proposed in the resolution for what he had
done. They were told that the man who was to supplant Sir
Charles Wood in the representation of Halifax was a colonel
in the Rifles—much good might it do him ; that he was a
rich manefacturer and merchant—long might he remain
among them as such; that he had built a church, and done
great good to the town of Halifax, of which he was a native
—and these sentences described the gentleman and his
claims to the representation of the town. At present they
had a thorough good representative in Sir Charles Wood,
and yet they were called upon to give him the " right about
face," and to tell him to follow the Rifles, and they were to
take in exchange a rifleman who had never been drilled.
They must have something better than that. The follow-
ing resolutions were unanimously agreed to :-1. " That
the announcement which Sir Charles Wood has conveyed
in his letter to Mr. John Crossley of his intention to
retire from the candidature of this borough has been re-
ceived by a large body of the Liberal electors with the
deepest regret, and that this meeting feels itself called upon
to convey to the right hon. baronet its grateful recognition
of the faithful and zealous discharge of his duties as their
representative in Parliament during the last 33 years. 2.
That this meeting has full confidence in the present repre-
sentatives of this borough, and pledges itself to their sup-
port, in accordance with the resolution passed at the meet-
ing of Liberal electors held in July, 1864." After some
discussion, a resolution was carried by a large majority in
favour of a requisition being signed by the electors, calling
upon Sir Charles Wood to reconsider his decesi on, and
plelging the requisitionists to use every exertion to return
him in conjunction with Mr. Stansfold.