The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-18 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON.--Mr. Alderman Rose has yielded to
the petitions of his friends, and come forward as a
candidate for the representation of the City. There
are now, therefore, six candidates in the field.
SOUTHWARK. —Mr. Sergeant Ballantine will
contest this borough against Mr. Apsley Pellatt.
LAMBETH.—The contest for this borough is cer-
tain to be severe; neither of the present members
is disposed to yield without a struggle, and Mr.
Ronpell is determined to go to the poll.
WORCESTER.—The requisition which was in
course of signature last Saturday in favour of Sir
Morton Peto is withdrawn. Alderman Sidney
arrived from London yesterday afternoon, and
attends a public meeting of the electors to-day to
explain his principles.
BRADFORD.—GeneraI Thompson arrived in this
town from London at 11.30 p.m. on Monday. Be
was received with triumph. The station was
crowded with spectators, who burst forth in enthu-
siastic cheering the moment he alighted from the
carriage. He was conveyed to Alderman Mitchell's
residence, and all along the route the cheering was
continued. The probability is that the General
and Mr. Wickham will be returned fort is borough
without a contest. General Thompson addressed
his committee yesterday, and will address a public
meeting probably this day. The following is Gene-
ral Thompson's address :—" Gentlemen, I come to
refresh the acquaintance we have long had. I be-
gan in the time of struggle for a great principle, to
the value of which every portion of your town
bears witness. To detain you with sentiments
which have long been common to us would be waste
of time. To a few points it may be well to advert.
Of war, as of surgery, the less we want the better;
but what we have should be good. To reduce wars.
and fighting's to a minimum is the great practical
problem for wise men in the present day. Con-
cerning intervention, the same. We want inter-
vention for good, and not intervention for evil.
Is not-your police maintained on the same princi-
ple ? Nations will at some time unite for a police,
which shall do on a great scale what the other does.
Though not so fast as we could wish, reform and
improvement are making bead in all directions.
We have had time to tak lessons in the methods
of assisting."
YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING.)—The following is
Mr. Cobden's farewell address :
"To THE ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
" Gentlemen, —Although at the last election I made
an unequivocal declaration of my intention to withdraw
from the represantation of the West R ding at the close
of the Free trade contest—a determination which I have
since repeatedly communicated to the chairman of my
committee—yet I should be wanting in courtesy to you,
and fail to do justice to my own feelings, if I allowed our
political connection to be brought to a silent close.
" Elected your representative in Parliament, without
solicitation or expectation, when 1,000 miles distant from
England, I dissolved very reluctantly my connection
with the borough of Stockport, to enable you to give an
emphatio expression of attachment to the cause of com-
mercial freedom. From the moment, however, when
the Free-trade policy was no longer opposed by any po-
litical party in the country I felt that every motive which
led to my having become the representative of your most
important electoral district has wholly ceased ; for to one
who, like myseletakes an active interest in the leading pub-
lic questions of the day it offers no advantage to be elected
for the largest of our constituencies. On the contrary,
it involves the additional labour of much local and pri-
vate business, and a great increase of correspondence—
that terrible tax on the time of public men. Nor does
it confer any compensating rank or privilege in the
struggle of Parliamentary life. The House of Commons
is a pure Republic, where each member's position is de-
cided by his own intrinsic qualities, and his arguments
derive no force from the weight of the body whom he
represents. Lord John Russell would be equ,.ly our
first debater, whether he sat far Landon or Tavistock.
It is true that a very diff,rent rule applies to the votes
of the members for large constituencies, for they serve to
indicate the policy which, socner or later, the Govern.
ment must pursue. But, as, with the (xoeption of Free-
trade, my honourable colleague and myself are generally
opposed on the great questions of the eay, I am deprived
of the satisfaction of feeling that my vote has any weight
in the decisions of the Legislature.
"In fulfilling my intention of restoring into your
hand the trust with which you honoured me,
it only remains for me to tender you my
congratulations on the results of the struggle which first
made me acquainted with the population of the West
Ridieg. It is little more than 15 years since, upon the
defeat of your justly popular candidate by the Protec-
tionist party, the Free Traders rallied for the recovery
of the riding. In this short interval of time we have
witnessed the reversal of that verdict, not only in your
district but throughout the whole empire, and we have
bad the unprecedented good fortune of winning even
opponent to our principles, and seeing every trace of
resentment., or sense of- wrong, or suffering obliterated
from their memory ; thus substituting for the selfish
pleasure of a party triumph the purer satisfaction of
having effected an act of universal beneficet:ce. It will
ever be a source of grateful happiness to toe that my
name was permitted to be associated with your great -
constituency in the achievement of so good a work.
And I have the honour to remain, your obedient, humble
servant,

" "3B, Grosvenor-street, London,RICHARD COBDEN.
March 16, 1857."
MINCHESTER.—At a numerous meeting of
Messrs. Gibson and Bright's committee, bold yes-
terday, Mr. G. Wilson presiding, Mr. S. P. Robin-
son, the secretary, announced that the subjoined
address to the electors of Manchester had just been
received from Mr. Bright :
" Gentlemen,—lnteillgenoe having reached me here
that a dissolution of Parliament is immediately expected
in consequence of the decision of the Rouse of Commons
with regard to the events which have recently taken
place at Canton, it is ray duty at ence to address you,
that I may not leave you in any doubt as to the course
I ava prepared to take at the coming election for your
city. _ _

"I have been absent from England just four months,
and during that time have experienced a sensible and
steady improvement in my health, so much so that I
may now, with much confidence, expect in the course of
the present year to be able to resume my usual occupa•
tions. I am, therefore, disposed again to accept the
honour and the responsibility of acting as one of your
representatives, should yJu be wining again to place
confident:, in me.

"It is not needful that I should say a word on the
many political topics which I have so often discussed
with you and among you. On those points which have
recently arisen, however, I wish to be clearly under-
stood. I entirely approve of the resolution moved by
Mr. Cobden, and seconded by Mr. Gibson, on the sub-
ject of the melancholy events at Canton.
"I am bound, too, to condemn the policy of the Go-
vernment in making war with Persia without consult-
ing Parliament, and without ever informing the repre-
sentatives of the people of the course they were about to
take, or of the objects for which they were entering into
war. If we permit a Ministry to declare war without
the knowledge and consent of Parliament, we at once
reduce ourselves in our foreign policy to the condition
of those nations of the continent of Europe which have
no Parliaments, and which do not pretend to possess a
free constitution. I feel confident that every elector of
Manchester, of every party, will unite to make a stand
against a course so unconstitutional and so degrading to
the nation.

"I cannot approve of the proposition of the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer to raise the duties on tea and
sugar. I should much prefer to deal rather with the
extravagance of the estimates than to impose taxes,
especially on articles of almost universal coneampt on,
which interfere with commerce and lessen the demand
for labour. I need hardly say that I have no sympathy
with the Prime Minister in his hostility to Palliamen-
tary reform, and in his refusal to extend the franchise to
101. householders and occupiers in the counties.
"It is a matter of deep regret with me that I am un-
able to take part in person in the coming election. I
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that I have differed from them with reluctance and with
pain. I cannot say much of what I have done, but I
can speak without hypocrisy of the integrity of my mo.
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to do my duty to Manchester and to the country.
I am, very faithfully, yours,
" Rome, March 9, 1857." JOHN BRIGHT.
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UNIVERSITY.7If------TLLIGNOB.
OXFORD, MATIOEI 17.
In the Convocation to be holden on Thursday neat
the 19th inst., at 10 o'clock, it will be proposed to grant
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from the University Chest a sum of moi.ey not
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