The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

ELEC7 ION INTELLIG EIY CE,

SOUTHWARK.

The crop of candidates for the representation of
this borough in Parliament" appears to be inexhaus-
tible. On Saturday a new aspirant appeared in the
field—Mr. Walter Meller—who at once has reached
a stage to which the majority of his predecessors
hale not yet attained—the issue of an address to the
electors. In that document, which is dated from
Clapham-common, Mr. Meller states that he is pos-
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not appear to be at all known in the borough, and
is not at all likely to take any real part in the
forthcoming contest. The name of Lord Ranelagh
has been placed before the electors for some days,
and he is still announced as a Conservative candi-
didate, but it is not believed that there is any se-
rious intention on his part of seeking the suffrages
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during his tour through the borough, is
not likely to proceed to a poll, as the mere
force of spoken addresses, without the aid of a com-
mittee or any of the usual organization of election
tactics, can hardly be expected to obtain a majority
of votes in so large a borough as Southwark. Mr.
Layard made his first public appearance before the
electors on Saturday night at the Horse Repository,
near the Elephant and Castle. The attendance
comprised between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, but
the partisans of Mr. Scovell mustered so strongly,
and were so demonstrative in cheering their
favourite and groaning at his opponent that the
proceedings were little better than dumb show, it
being fully 20 minutes before Mr. Layard could
utter one word that could be heard by any one but
those who immediately surrounded him.
Mr. LAYARD, however, proceeded with his ad-
dress, and, amid a scene of uproar and turbulent
confusion seldom equalled even at a Southwark
election, contrived at intervills to state his views
upon various points of domestic and foreign policy.
A vote approving Mr. Layard's claim to repre-
sent the boipugh was proposed and carried amid
great disorder.
Mr. H. FAWCETT, who was by Mr. Layard's side,
proposed that a general meeting of the electors
should be speedily summoned, in order to decide
between the claims of Mr. Layard and his own,
undertaking to retire if the decision should be
against himself.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY NIGHT.
The leaders of the Conservative party have met,
and come to a resolution not to take any part in
the ensuing contest for the vacant seat. The reso-
lution states that in the absence of a Conservative
candidate to supply the present vacancy, it is of the
utmost importance that the Conservative electors
abstain altogether from voting at the ensuing elec-
tion. But the electors generally are invited, after
the present contest is over, to sign a requisition
Mr. William Cuthbert to become a canamatC at the
next general election. The fip.la isnow, therefore,
in the possession of the three Liberals, and if the
Conservatives would abstain from voting in
any numbers, which they will not, the
ensuing
election might register the relative
strength of the three sections of the Liberal
body who have appealed to the electors. Mr.
Somerset Beaumont is a moderate Liberal, with no
very marked views upon Parliamentary reform.
He is brother of the Whig member for South Nor-
thumberland, and the Tory paper here asserts that
Lord Palmerston is about to mlike the latter gentle-
man a peer; Mr. P. Carstairs, who gives a very
qualified support to Mr. John Bright's programme,
is a Dissenter, and a Financial Reformer ; Mr. P.
A. Taylor, the third candidate, supports manhood
suffrage and the " Nationalities." Mr. Beaumont
will probably poll 2,000 votes, Mr. Carstairs from
1,200 to 1,400, Mr. Taylor from 600 to 700. At any
rate, that appears to be the relative position of
parties.

_RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN.

At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, on Satur-
day, a special jury was empanelled to assess the
amount of compensation to be awarded in respect
of several houses in the Edgware-road, the corner
of Chapel-street required for the Metropolitan
Railway. Evidence was given on the part of the
claimants as to the value of the property, and after
the case on the part of the company was opened a
verdict by consent was taken for the sum of £lO,OOO.

NEWCASTLE, 'DERWENT, AND WEAR

DALE.

On Friday a public meeting was held in the
Guildhall, Newcastle, to take into consideration the
best means of providing railway communication
from that town to the populous district of the val-
ley of the Dement. The Mayor (sir. Ingledew)
presided.
Mr. J. H. HINDE asked the support of the meet-
ing to a scheme for the formation of a railway from
Newcastle by the valley of the Derwent to the Con-
sett Works, thence to the great Towlaw Ironworks,
by Bishop Auckland, to a point near West Auck-
land, where it would form a junction with the
South Durham and Lancashire line. Their object
was twofold—first, to afford facilities for the local
traffic of the Valley of the Derwent and Consett
Ironworks ' • and, secondly, to open out a through
line from Newcastle to the western coast of the
kingdom. They intended to make their shipping
place on the new quay at Gateshead, immediately
opposite Newcastle. They thought it most desirable
that there should be a station in the heart of the
town of Newcastle, and that a short branch should
form a junction with the Newcastle and Carlisle
line immediately outside the central station. They
would carry the line directly through to Bishop
Auckland, and thence to a junction with the South
Durham and Lancashire, near West Auckland. The
crossing of the Tyne at Redheugh and the carrying
of the line through Gateshead would be very costly.
He believed that the capital which they would
require would be about £400,000. It would be
necessary that £300,000 of that, or thereabouts,
should be subscribed before they went to Par-
liament; and he could almost say that £200,000 of
that would be raised elsewhere, provided that in
this neighbourhood they showed their confidence
in the scheme by subscribing the other £lOO,OOO :
Resolutions in favour of the scheme were carried
unanimously.

JEDBURGH.
In consequence of the agreement:with th,e North
British Railway, the _Railway Company
has now wouini up its affairs. The revenue for the
last half-year amounted .to £1,738, being an in-
crease of £B3 ; but, owing to the expenses of
winding up, the directors were only able to recom-
mend a dividend for the concluding half-Year of
their management at the rate of 1 ceni. TI
dividend guaranteed by the North British is le
- 4 per