The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-19 00:00:00

CO IVES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
COUNTY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT.--C. C. Clifford, Esq.,
the present member, having given his vote's, and carried
out the promises he made at the time of his election, and
paid immediate attention to all applications to him on local
matters of a public nature, there seems to be no chance of
any one picking a hole in his coat, and no one can be found
hardy enough to take the field against him.
THE MEMBERS FOR TILE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT.--
Messrs. Mangles and Buxton have not presented themselves
for re-election. They saw their chance was hopeless. They
lost xuany of their friends in neglecting to attend to an ap-
plication made to them of a local but public nature, in which
the whole town felt interested ; but strange to say these
professed friends of public improvements did not even reply
to the official letters sent them.
Messrs. E. F. Flower and W. M. Cooke have offered
themselves on the Liberal side ; they have published ad-
dresses to the :burgesses, and held public meetings at New-
port and at Cowes._

- Messrs. W. R. Kennard and P. L. Powys have been
brought forward by the Conservatives, and have had meet-
ings of their friends at Newport, and intend holding a meet-
ing at the Fountain Hotel, Cowes, to-morrow evening; but
both parties are obliged to use a great deal of exertion to
get the electors to attend the meetings. The good things
of this life are not so freely given away now at election
meetings as they were formerly—there is no imitating in
grog now. The general opinion is that the Liberals will
be beaten. They made a great mistake in not securing
Mr. Massey at the last election, and have now to pay the
penalty.

RAILWAY COMPETITION.—The cheap fares from London
to Cowes is daily giving hundreds opportunities to visit the
Isle of Wight that the old high rates prevented doing so.
Parties may now obtain a double journey ticket for 3s. 6d.,
and this includes train, omnibus, pier, and steamboat, from
London to Cowes and back again; and one of the railway
companies at least have had their eyes opened to the fact of
their having been robbing themselves for years by extrava-
gant charges, bad carriages, and slow travelling.
IRON SCREW STEAMER FOR THE R.Y.S.—The Marquis
of Conyngham, we hear, is having a splendid iron screw
steam yacht, of 250 tons, built at Glasgow, under the super-
intendence of Captain M. M. Keane, secretary to the Royal
Northern Yacht Club.
ISLE OF WIGHT STEEPLECHASES.—These long-promised
events are fixed to come off on Thursday next. The ground
chosen is at Gatcombe, near Newport, and from the num-
ber of horses entered great sport is expected.
The first race is for horses that have fairly hunted with
the Isle of Wight hounds, to be ridden by gentlemen
farmers or their sons, who have not ridden for hire. Ten
entries have been made.
The second is an open race of £5 each, and £3O added ;
distance about three miles; thorough-bred horses 71b extra.
Besides the island horses, several have been entered and
sent from other parts of the kingdom. Fourteen are entered
for this race.
The third race is for a purse.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

ST. IVES.

It is stated that this hitherto unpretending little
borough at the Land's-end is to occupy hereafter
no inconsiderable share of attention in the
commercial world. A requisition is in course of
signature to an eminent financier, who is a western
man, connected with one of our leading dock and
several other public companies, to come forward as
a candidate, and pledging the parties to secure
his return, in the full assurance that he will
promote the general interests of the borough, and
especially assist them to obtain aParliamentary grant
of £400,000 in aid of a refuge harbour, as recom-
mended in the recent report of the Royal Commis-
sion on Harbours of Refuge, and to form a company
for constructing commercial docks in connection
therewith.

As the Bth of May falls on a Sunday, the
£2,000,000 Exchequer Bonds maturing on that day will
not be paid until the 9th.