The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

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leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes.

REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEENSIJIRE.

ABERDEEN, Wednesday.—The writ moved for in the
House of Commons on Saturday, in consequence of Ad-
miral Gordon having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds,
has been received here. Admiral Gordon has also just
issued an address to the electors, in which the following
passage occurs :
" Gentlemen—Having in the discharge of my profes-
sional duty, in the present circumstances of the country,
assumed the command of a naval station, I feel that it
will no longer be in my power satisfactorily to attend to
the important duties of your representative in Parliament ;
and it is with great regret that I now relinquish the hon-
ourable position which, by your favour, I have so long
occupied. At the close of a Parliamentary career of not
less than thirty-three years, I can look back upon that ex-
tended period with the satisfaction of having consistently
adhered to those constitutional principles and opinions
with which I entered the House of Commons, and which
I conscientiously retain."

It is dated " S'heerness, July 27." Admiral Gordon is a
brother of the Earl ofAberdeen. He was a Lord of the Ad-
miralty from Sept. 1841 to Feb. 1846, during Sir Robert
Peel's Administration, and resigned his office when that
lamented statesman proposed his free-trade measures.
Admiral Gordon, however, afterwards, and at an earlier
period than many others, accepted that policy ; though,
at the last election, Lord Derby and-Mr. Disraeli being
then in power, he expressed an intention to give a gene-
ral support to their Government.
Simultaneously with Admiral Gordon's valedictory
address, appears this morning the following :
" TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF ABERDEEN.

"Gentlemen,—The appointment of Admiral Gordon to
an important naval command having induced him to relin-
quish his seat in Parliament, I have been led to believe
that the tender of my services to the constituency of my
native county may not be unacceptable to many of your
number. 1 venture, therefore, respectfully to offer my-
self as a candidate for the honour of representing your in-
terests in Parliament; and, should I become the object of
your choice, be assured that I shall enter upon the impor-
tant trust with the most anxious desire to discharge its
varied and responsible duties in a manner at once accept-
able to you and for the benefit of our common country.
" It would have been my wish, in as far as possible, to
have personally solicited your support ; but I must, on
this occasion, throw myself upon your indulgence, when I
mention that the state of my health will, for the present,
necessarily detain me in England.--I have the honour t•
be, gentlemen, your most obedient and faithful servant,
"HADDO.

" Great Malvern, August 5, 1854."
Lord Haddo is the eldest eon of the Earl of Aber
deen. It is to be regretted that the state of his lord
ship's health, which has been weakly for some time,
should have prevented him from personally attending
t his election ; but this excuse for his absence will of
course be held valid by all reasonable men. We shall
be prepared to hear, especially so soon after the
Beverley election, which gave a seat to a younger son
of the Premier, an outcry from the organs of faction
against the election of Lord Haddo ; but the electors of
Aberdeenshire, so far from regarding it as a disqualifi-
cation in a candidate that he is the son of their distin-
guished lord-lieutenant, will only welcome him the more
cordially on that account. It is impossible for any family
to be more respected than is the family of Lord Aber-
deen throughout this district of country. A semi-autho-
rative announcement of the prospective retirement of
Admiral Gordon, and the consequent candidature of
Lord Haddo, was made to the electors some time ago,
but no candidate has yet declared his intention to oppose
his lordshp's return. It is rumoured that a meeting was
held very recently at the Duke of Richmond's seat,
Gordon Castle, Banffshire, where the duke has now
taken up his autumn residence ; and it is thought the
Earl of March was named as a probable candidate on
the opposing interest. Others would also no doubt
aspire to the post had they any chance of success. It is
believed, however, that moderate men of all parties will
at least acquiesce in the election, whilst the mass of the
community will feel that every confidence may be placed
in the upright and patriotic intentions of Lord Haddo.
It may be mentioned that his lordship was born in
1816 ; that he has largely devoted his time to varied
study, and that latterly he has made several public ap-
pearances in connection with religious and philanthropic
movements, particularly those connected with the Church
of England.
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ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S Socna:.—Yesterday
a half-yearly general meeting of the friends and suppor-
ters of this charity was held at the London Tavern, Mr.
Aldermoon in the chair. The worthy chairman, who
opened the proceedings, referred to the past labour of
the society, which he considered as a fair ground on
which to claim the continued support of the public to
enable the committee to persevere in making the career
of the asylum one of usefulness, both morally and reli-
giously. Mr. Leeks, the secretary, then read the report,
which was unanimously adopted. Aldermoon Moon and
H. Pownal, Esq., were then elected vice-presidents of
the society, and a poll was opened for the election of
candidates, which closed at three o'c:ock, when the
names of those who had proved successful were an-
nounced from the chair, after which the proceedings
closed is the usual manor.