The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

CANTERBURY.

The nomination took place yeAterday in the cattle-
market, where temporary hustings had been erected, the
rain descending in torrents the greater portion of the
time.

The usual formalities having been gone through,
Mr. H. KINGSFORD, solicitor, proposed the Hon.
Charles Lennox Butler (brother of the late member, the
Hon. Butler Johnston) as a fit and proper person to
represent the constituency in Parliament.
Mr. H. AUSTIN seconded the nomination.
Mr. W. J. COOPER surgeon, proposed the Right Hon.
Sir W. Somerville as a fit and proper person.
Mr. Alderman 13i:toes seconded the nomination.
Mr. T. W. COLLARD, surveyor, nominated Mr. Chas.
Manners Lushington.
Mr. GAMBIER, builder, seconded the nomination.
Mr. C. SANDYS, solicitor,
,nominated Mr. Edward
Auchmuty Glover.
Mr. H. BIRD, auctioneer, seconded the nomination.
Mr. ROOTHAM, Dissenting preacher, nominated Mr.
Charles Purton Cooper, Q.C.
Mr. HARRIS, chymist, seconded the nomination.
The several candidates having addressed the electors,
The SHERIFF called for a show of hands, which be
declared to be in favour of Sir W. Somerville and Mr.
Auchmuty Glover.
The friends of the other candidates then demanded a
poll, which opens this morning, at 8 o'clock.
The Hon. George Smythe withdrew from the contest
on Wednesday evening.

The Royal West.lndia Mail steamer Tamar left South-
amp-ton yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails.
The Peninsular aed Oriental Company's steamer Madrid
left Southampton also yesterday with the Peninsular
mail};: —Just before she started Her Majesty's steam
yacht Fiiry arrived in the dock with letters for the
Portuguese royal family. A small steamer left
Southampton yesterday! with passengers and cargo
to ship on board the screw steamer Brandon in Cowes
Roads. The Brandon has been chartered as an extra
ship by Messrs. Croskey and Co., of Southampton, to
convey to New York the French goods for America,
which accumulated in Havre. The Brandon was
crammed full of cargo and passengers. She took out
also a number of rams, ewes, and lambs of the Cotswold
breed for breeding purposes in America. The Indiana,
another extra screw steamer running between Havre,
Cowes, and New York, was to leave the latter place on
'the 9th inst. She belongs to the General Screw Com-
pany, who are about to alter their vessels for the purpose
of enabling them to carry more passengers to America.
CHEAPER PAPER.—The Long Island Vindicator
says :—" Dr. Antisel has invented a pulp, which, in its
raw state, will not cost more than about one-sixth of a
cent. per pound, and by the aid of a machine invented
by Mr. Nolan, can be brought into market, made into
paper, at a cost of about four cents, per pound.
Paper at present costs about 16 cents., so that
the value of the invention can once be seen.
The material from which this pulp is manufactured
will flourish and grow abundantly in ground that is at
present useless to the farmer, and here, too, the com-
munity will be the gainers. We have seen and examined
specimens of the pulp, and have no hesitation in pro-
nouncing it just the thing wanted. It is as white and
clear as the most clearly bleached cotton, and is capable
of the most delicate tint. The harslineqs and trans-
parency of the straw paper is not to be found in it, while
it is capable of the highest finish, maintaining all the
pliancy and toughness of the pure linen rago.".