The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

Neate, M.A., Senior Fellow of Oriel Cc'lege, will
Ichlres a public nie!.tine: in the Town-hill t) is
ns-lf in opi•,,siti,:n to Mr.

FROME.—There will again be a severe contest for
this b wough, Mr. Donald Nicoll, of Park-lane,
having already issued his address.
GREENWICH.— Lieutenant-General Codrington
and Mr. M. Chambers, Q C., will again offer them-
selves for re.election.
HEREFORDSHIRE —lt is understood that an at-
tempt will be made by the Liberal party to obt'dn
a share of the repreeentation of the county at the
dis4,,lution. -
KENT.—For West Sent the Conservative candi-
date is Mr. W. Mast, rs Smith, one of the sitting
members, and it is tuinotired that Mr. H. Hoare,
the well-known London banker, or Mr. Sto Hart
Douglass,_ formerly for a short time member for
Rochester, will he invited by the Conservatives to
stand. The Liberal candidates will be Mr. C.
Wykebam Martin, the sitting member, who was re-
turned after a severe contest at the beginning of
last month, and Mr. Whatman, one of the present
members for Maidstone. In East Sent it is under-
stood that the Conservatives will again bring for-
ward Mr. Deedel, who is not likely to be opposed.
It appears to be doubtful, however, whether Sir E.
Derieg will again be nominated.
KIDDERMINSTER.—Mr. Lowe has arrived. here,
and offers himself for re-election.
LINCOLNSHIRE.—Under this headyesterday it was
stated that the Right Hon. R. C. N. Hamilton,
who retires from the northern division, wool pro-
bably be returned for one of the Scotch burghs.
Mr. Hamilton, we understand, does not intend to
solicit the suffrages of any borough constituency
whatever.
LIVERPOOL—The Liberal leaders here have de-
termined to pursue a more judicious policy than
that announced by the Conservatives at the ap-
proaching election. They do not object to the re-
election of Mr. Horsfall. Indeed they are favour-
able to his return ; and at the meeting of the Re-
form Association yesterday they decided not to
oppose him. Mr. J. C. Ewart was declared to be
a fit and proper person to represent the borough,
and he will receive the concentrated support of the
Liberal party, which has latterly increased con-
siderably in strength, with the assistance of a large
section of the Conservatives, who were so decidedly
opposed to the nomination of Mr. Charles Turner
that a serious split has been caused in the Tory
camp. They are well content that the representa-
tion of the town should be thus divided, and the
result of the election will no doubt be the return
of Mr. Horsfall and Mr. J. C. Evart, and the de-
feat of Mr. Turner.
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MAIDSTONE —Mr. Lee, one of the sitting
be Tatman,
bars and Mr. Humphrey Milrie, .
nated' on the Liberal interest. The Conservatives
have only announced one candidate—namely, Mr,
A. J. B. Beresford Hope.
epromsitaionnbeceatneerlidates have
tp.
yetM dleNcelarirEsedTtEhße•;l\l-elv°es°
Turner has declined to ehme forward. • Mr.
J.
A.
MONMOUTHSHIRE BOROUGHS The sitting mem-
br, Mr. Crawshay Bailey,will. offer hi It for re-
election, but is to bopposed,"
Brown, a loch merchant. inse
Mr.O OXFORD
dwell(e itiyleki
ex-
pected. by Mr. Thomas
and supporters of
rivalling,
whicti was not very numeroug-A
.I ;trended, when it
was te3solved that the right hon. gentlrman ~h, uld
esterday
be invited to attend a public meeting
his reasons for voting against Lord Palwerbton_s
(City).—The hipe,feri,einnAds"rm contest
i 8
and explai,n
1 Government on Mr. Cobden 's juptiOD. Mr. V,

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE —Lord kth.,rp has issued
an address to el:.ctors of-South Northampt.wn-
atire, offering hims,lf as a candidate for their suf-
frages at the ensing general election, in opposition
to the present members. His lordship states in his
address that he will support Lord Pa!merstou's
Government.

OLDHAM. —There is now no doubt that Mr. Jas.
P..att. of Hartford Ironworks, will be brought for-
ward as a ( and id rte for the representation of the
bor =ugh. A c m = ittee has been formed to promote
hi. r t =rir in conjunction with Mr. W. J. Fox.
Strenuous efforts will he made to return Mr. J. M.
Cobbett.
PORTSAIOI7TH. —Sir Fra'ncis T. Baring, Bart.,
who has beeyears,
or returned by the Liberals fur 30
or thereabouts, has given serious offence to sortie of
his oldest supporters by voting for Mr. Cobden's
motion. L'tri Mottck will meet his friends this
(Wednesday) eveni-g at Ports a. and Sir Francis
Baring has cit cmated a letter explanatory of his po-
licy, which has been given to the public through the
hands of Lid chairman, Captain Evlegh. In the
letter. the Right Hon. Baronet defends the course
he took upon the motion which defeated the Minis-
try in these terms :
" I will resume very shortly the opinion to which r
came after a careful and earnest consideration of the
papers. That by law the Arrow was net a British ves-
sel, and not entitled to fly the English flag ; that there
was no proof of premeditated insult on the part of the
Chinese authorities ; that there was no proof in the
papers of any series of insults offered by the Chinese
Government. I had no choice left, and deliberately, and
as if I had been in the jury-box, I gave my vote that the
papers laid upon the table failed to establish satisfactory
grounds for the violent measures resorted to at Canton
on the late affair of the Arrow."
This circular of Sir Francis, which is a very lengthy
one, has not tended to improve the impression made
by his vote.
PLYMOUTH.—A meeting of Liberal electors took
place at Plymouth on Monday afternoon, Mr.
Thomas Were Fox in the chair, when it was re-
solved—" That a cordial union of the Liberal elec-
tors is essential to secure the election of two fit re-
presentatives of the borough in Parliament ;" and
" that a committee of 30 electors of all sections of
Liberals be appointed to invite competent persons
to address the electors in reference to the repre-
sentation." Some of the prominent speakers who
supported Mr. Palmer at the last election expressed
their determination to oppose him now, and to
carry out the intention of the meeting by sending
to Parliament a more suitable colleague for Mr.
Collier. Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon Mr.
Palmer issued an address, stating that it was not
his lire= ton to offer himself tor re-election.
ROCHESTER. —Mr P. W. Martin, one of the pre-
sent members for this city, will again be brought
forward by the Liberal party, in. conjunction with
Mr. Sereeaot Kinglake, the Recorder of Bristo
Mr. Sergeant Kinglatte is in favour of an extension
of the cuff, a e, of the abolition of church-rates, and
als advocates the adoption of vote by ballot. Mr.
Martin voted in' he minority against Mr. Cobden's
motion.
SALISBURY (CITY).—We cannot learn that any
change is intendei, but there are four candidates

for Devizes.
SrNDERLAND. —ln anticipation that Mr. Hudson
will not present liimself for re-election, Mr. R.
Hoare, of the firm of Hoare, Buxton, and Co.,
merchants, London, has issued an address to the
electors cf Sunderland, announcing himself as a
candidate on the Liberal interest. Mr. Hudson's
friends, however, affirm that he will again stand,
and that he may ba expected in the town iu a few
days.

TAUNTON. —The Right Bon. H. Labouchere will
again offer himself for this borough, which he has

so worthily repre-ented for many years. Sir John '
Ramaden will not come forward for Taunton, but
it is said wll se k the representatiOn of the West
Riding, in opp( sition to Mr. Cobden, or probably
stand for the borough of Huddersfield, where he
has considerable property. The Conservatives
will bring forward Mr. Arthur Mills, who was
elected in 1852, and unseated on petition for
bribery. The Liberals have secured a candidate to
contest the second seat for this town.
TIVERTON. This borough i 3 in an unusual
state of excitement in the prospect of a dissolution
of Parliament. Lord Palmerston has declined the
invitation to stand for the city of London, although,
doubtless in anticipation of his accepting the prof-
fered honour, an address to the electors of Tiver-
ton has been issued, requesting them to withhold
their pledges until it was ascertained who would
solicit their suffrages. The noble Viscount re-
mains true to his Tiverton constituency, and any
attempt to oppose here would be futile. His col-
league, Mr. Heathcoat, is expected to retire, cor,
the dissolution, from Parliamentary life, owing to
increased age and infirmity.
TYNESIOUTH.-14..W. S. Lindsay has issued an
address in defence of his vote on the China ques-
tion. The party with whom Mr. Lindsay went
into the lobby, the Derhyites, are not acting very
graciously towards the hon. member, for, taking
advantage of the division in the Liberal ranks,
they. are attempting to organise a formidable oppo-
siqoa to unseat him. We understand that the
leaders of the party had a meeting with Mr. Hugh
Taylor.on Saturday, and that that gentleman con-
sented to become a candidate, provided a respect-
ably signed requisition was presented to him.
WAREHAM.—There are three candidates in the
field for the representation of this borough—Mr.
Max, the sitting member, a Derbyite, and Colonel
Barton, his son in-law, will offer themselves on the
Conservative interest ; Mr. John Hales Calcraft,
Liberal, who formerly represented Wareham, has
commenced an active canvass as a supporter of the
Palmerston Government.
WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Westert en, the churchwar-
den of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the promoter of
the suit against the Hon and Rev. R. Liddell, the
hicumben, of St. Paul and St. Barnabas, having
been asked to become a candidate for the represen-
tation of the city of Westminster in Parliament,
has consented to be put in nomination on condition
that a requi,it ion be presented to him sufficiently
numerously signed to make his return probable.
Mr. Westerton, in reply to the solicitation of his
friends, has stated that the principles he wishes to
see affirmed by the electors of Westminster and
o• her places is to select from among themselves men
of known character and principle, and then to re-
turn them free of expense. He expresses an opin-
ion that so long as they allow themselves to have
candidates thrust upon them of whom they know
little or nothing, and whose chief qualification is
that they will spend a certain sum of money, so
long must they look in vain for anything from the
House of Commons hut a reflex of their own apathy,
corruption, and want of principle.
BRADFORD.—A meeting of the electors was held
on Monday night, when it was resolved to bring
out Major-General Thompson and Mr. Titus Salt.
There is no doubt that Mr. Wickham, one of the
present members, will also he nominated, and re-
ceive the support of a large number of the Liberal
party.
WILTS (Soirrn).—Mr. Sydney Herbert, Mr.
Wyndham, and Lord Henry Thynte are canvass-
ing for this division of the county, and it is ex-
pected that the contest will be a very severe one.
REIGATE.—There are two Liberal candidates for
this borough. The one Mr. Hackblock, who is a
resident, a well-known and independent Liberal,
and Colonel Parrott, who, in a few years, has suc-
ceeded in alienating so large a number of his party
that be has lost all hope of success—indeed some of
his leading supporters have been canvassing for
votes for a Tory candidate.

SCOTLAND.
ABERDEEN. —Mr. Thompson, the member for
Aberdeen, has intimated his intention to retire from
the representation of that city. Mr. John Farley
Leith, barrister, of London, and Professor of Law
in Haileybury College, is a candidate for the vacant
meat.

CLACKKANNAN AND KINROSS . --Mr. J. Johnstone,
the member for these counties, announces his '
motion
in-
tention to seek a renewal of the confidence of his
constituents. His support of Mr. Cobden's
has, along with other votes, created considerable
opposition, so that it is very likely his re-election
may be challenged. Mr. Adam, jun., of Blairadam,
who contested the representation with Mr. John-
stone in 1851, is spoken of with more probability
of his coming forward.
FIFESHIRE. —ln. this county (says the
'
the present Liberal member, somewhat
contrary
erstood
expectation, will offer again ; but it
vs , soisn of the late
that Mr. Hay Wemyss, of Wenitai:e of the county,
Scotsman)
AdmiralWemyss, long representative
Liberal principles.
also intends to come forweard
Th Hon. J. E. Elliot ha
ROXBURGHSHIRE- "-- --e--t,
cy
P.,rliament
them, to sol,cita
addressed his constituency,
election. .
He
etison in Ids intention to visit
stating that so soon as
that on the Chinese question he
trilistupipsOrt in the forthcoming
voting against Mr. Cobden's
ys
bad. no hesitation
T. censure of Government in the mat-
having commenced without their
ter, appeared to him quite useless, inas-
knowledge,
't was quite certain that no Government
much as 1
old have followed any other course than that of
caff.ording such assistance and support to the autho-
rides in China as would give the greatest practicable
laws
suleciiii°hiti°.:tio the British inhabitants until an adjust-
ment. of the poirrs in dispute could be arrived at.
He truits that, his conduit on the occasion is ap-
proved by the electors of Roxburgh, and that they
will rally round Lord Palfuerston with a hearty
and determined support,