The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-10 00:00:00

WINDSOR.

The election for the borough took place at the
Town-hall at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Mr.
John Jones, the mayor, presiding. Inasmuch as
the Conservative candidates, Sir H. D. Wolff and
Colonel Richardson Gardner, had announced their
retirement on the preceding evening, the excite-
ment was not great, although the Town-hall was
well filled. After the usual preliminary formalities,
Mr. DRIVER, a borough magistrate, proposed the
nomination of Mr. Roger Eykyn, who, as a neigh-
bour, a stanch Liberal, and a firm supporter of the
present Administration, was fully qualified to
represent the borough. He then alluded to
some circumstances connected with the recent
petition which resulted in the unseating Sir H.
Hoare and Mr. Labouchere, and observed that the
unopposed return cf two Liberals formed a suf-
cient answer to the imputations passed upon the
borough by the Conservative party.
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, town councillor, seconded
the nomination in a speech of some length, in the
course of which he expressed surprise at the deci-
sion of the election committee, especially when con-
trasted with that of the committees on other
boroughs, in comparison to which Windsor was a
model for its purity. He admitted in that, like
other boroughs, there might be a small number
open to undue influences, but even they had been
corrupted by the Tory party.
Mr. W. HARRIS, borough magistrate and ex-
Mayor, nominated Mr. Charles Edwards, of 12, St.
George's-place, Hyde Park-corner, London, who,
he said, up to the present election was an entire
stranger to them. He, however, fully believed,
upon good authority, that he was a thorough Re-
former and a decided supporter of Government in
its progressive policy. He expressed his great re-
gret at the unexplained, and he believed inexplic-
able, decision of the election commitee, which re-
sulted in the loss of such excellent representatives
and rising statesmen as Sir H. Hoare •and Mr.
Labouchere. The conduct of the electors on this
occasion proved that Windsor was not the corrupted
borough represented by the Opposition.
Mr. BEDBOROUGII, borough magistrate, seconded
the nomination.

Both members were then duly elected, amid loud
cheers.

Mr. EYKYN, M.P., after thanking the electors,
declared he would enter Parliament as an indepen-
dent supporter of the present Government in refe-
rence to the Reform Bill and other Liberal mea-
sures, and he was especially an admirer of Mr. Glad-
stone's financial policy. As a statesman he believed
him to be unequalled by any Minister in Europe, or
even in the world. The honour the electors had
conferred formed the best answer to the calumnies
heaped not only upon himself, but upon their late
esteemed representatives, Sir IL Hoare and Mr.
Labouchere.

Mr. EDWARDS, M.P., likewise announced himself
a supporter of the present Administration, and cha-
racterised the parting addresses of the Conservative
candidates as insulting to the borough. Whatever
the experience of Sir H. Wolff and Mr. Gardner
might be, he could say he never met with a more
honourable or straightforward body of electors than
those of Windsor.
Sir H. Hoare and Mr. Labouchere came too late
for the nomination. After the proceedings in the
hall were over, several gentlemen addressed the pub-
lic from the Castle Hotel on political topics, the con-
duct of the Tory party, &c.