The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-01 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

Yesterday morning at an early hour addresses
were issued by Mr. Roger Eykyn, of the " Wil-
lows," Windsor, and Mr. Charles Edwards, of 12,
St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, London, the
two Liberal candidates who intend coming forward
to contest the borough at the ensuing election. Mr.
R. Eykyn says :

" I am a member of the Established Church, but at the
same time a friend of civil and religious liberty. lam op-
posed to Church-rates on principle, and to all tests which
shackle and obstruct the free working of the human intel-
lect, and exclude from the sphere of useful and honourable
labour many who are conscientiously opposed to subscrib-
ing to them. I should support all those measures which
conduce to the freedom of commerce and prosperity of the
nation. I consider that the time has arrived when the
great question of Reform must be fairly met and disposed
of. I should therefore support any measure which extends
tho suffrage on a fair and equitable,but not preponderating,
basis to the great producing classes of the country, so as to
secure to labour its rights, and to capital its just influence.
I shall not be content until the anomalies in our elective
system are removed, nor until representation and popula-
tiod, wealth and intellect, are rendered more in aceordance
with the British Constitution ; for it is impossible to allow
for a moment that small boroughs with some 200 or 300
electors should have asmuch weight in Parliament as great
constituencies numbering many thousands. I have confi-
dence in the present Government, and should give them an
independent and cordial support if I should have the
honour of being returned as ono of your representatives."
Mr. Edwards observes :

" I am an earnest supporter of the present Government,
and believing that the time is opportune for a reform in
the representation of the people by a reasonable extension
of the franchise and by a re distribution of seats, I shall
support the Ministry in their desire to settle this great
question in an honest and equitable spirit. The financial
policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is too well ap-
preciated by the great voice of public opinion to require
mo to say more than that I cordially approve of it, and
trust that the country may long have the benefit of his
wise and experienced counsel in the control of its revenue
and expenditure. I am in favour of the abolition of
Church-rates. Our relations with foreign Governments
have, in my judgment, been conducted by her Majesty's
present advisers with sound discretion, preserving to us
the blessings of peace, and maintaining unsullied our
national honour."

Both of the Liberal candidates have commenced an
active canvass of the vote of the electors.
The Windsor Express states that it had been
arranged between the representatives of the two
political parties in the Royal borough that there
should be no contest on the occasion of the coming
election to supply the vacancies occasioned by the
unseating of Sir H. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere,
but that Captain Bulkeley, a director of the
Great Western Railway Company, should go in
on Conservative principles, and Mr. Roger
Eykyn, whose name was so prominent during
the late investigation, should represent the
Liberals. A correspondent informs us that
this arrangement was probably to be considered in
the light merely of a truce, and that Mr. Vansittart,
the late Conservative member for the borough,
looks forward to regaining his seat, either by
arrangement or contest after the next dissolution.

The Conservatives were evidently unprepared for
this sudden change in the programme. Steps were,
however, at once taken by the chiefs of the latter
party to meet the difficulty, and Mr. Long con-
vened a meeting of the electors, which assembled at
seven o'clock yesterday evening at the White Hart
Hotel, in order that Sir 11. Drummond Wolff and
Col. Gardiner might be introduced to them. Both
candidates were present. Capt. Darby presided ;
and among those in the room were Capt. Bulkeley,
Dr. Elvey, Messrs. Long, Phillips, Batcheldor,
Nixon, Adams, and Hanson, the Rev. S. Hawtrey,
&c. Sir 11. D. Wolff and Col. R. Gardiner were
severally introduced and received with much ap-
plause, each gentleman evidently explaining his
political principles to the satisfaction of the audience.