The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-14 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

ASHBURTON.
Mr. Moffatt, the sitting member, and Mr. Harvey
Astell, his opponent, have both declared their in-
tention of going to the poll.

BARNSTAPLE.
No less than five candidates have announced their
intention to become candidates for the representa-
tion of this borough. Sir W. Fraser and Mr.
Laurie, the present members, offer themselves for
re-election. Mr. G. Potts, of London, and Colonel
Stucley (of Hartland Abbey, Devonshire), both of
whom formerly contested the borough, and the
latter was once one of its representatives, have
reappeared as Conservative candidates ; and Mr.
j. H. F. Davie, son of Sir H. Davie, M.P., of
Creedy-park, Devonshire, comes forward on Liberal
principles. The latter gentleman, in his address,
says
.he is in favour of real progress and of an ex-
tensive measure of reform. A sharp contest will
evidently take place here.

B IRMING HAM.
It is now stated with considerable confidence that
an attempt will be made to displace Mr. Bright,
and that a private meeting, to make arrangements
for that purpose has already been held upon the
subject. One good Liberal, a gentleman connected
with the locality, has, it is said, been applied to,
but declined to owe his election to a combination of
Whig and Tory votes. If a candidate could be ob-
tained the Liberal party admit that the seat of Mr.
Bright or Mr. Scholefield would be considerably
imperilled. The matter at present is managed with
great secrecy.

BRISTOL.
Mr. F. W. Slade, Q.C., of the Western Circuit,
is the Conservative candidate for one of the seats
for this city. The learned gentleman is a son of
Gen. Sir J. Slade, 1C.C.8. of Maunsell-house, So-
merset, twin brother of 11fajor-Gen. M. J. Slade,
Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey, and brother of
Admiral A. Slade, who holds a high command in
the Turkish navy. He has been an unsuccessful
candidate for Salisbury, and was returned for Cam-
bridge upon one occasion, but was unseated on pe-
tition. Yesterday evening his address was issued,
in which he says :
" Having been called upon by an influential portion of
your fellow-citizens to come forward at this momentous
crisis in defence of the institutions of our country, I respond
to the call, and now respectfully presume to offer myself to
your notice as a candidate for the honour of representing
you in Parliament. I do not come before you as a total stranger. The profession of which lam a
member brings
me from time to time under your notice, whilst the stake
which my family have for man
y years possessed in the
county of Somerset leads me naturally to feel a deep inte-
rest in the 'welfare of your ancient city. My political opi-
nions are, I believe, well known—l desire to maintain
unimpaired the great landmarks of the constitution ; I wish
to preserve all that is valuable, though prepared cheer-
fully to lend my aid towards amending all that is
defective, in the various departments of the State.
I believe that the Government of Lord Derby is
eminently qualified to secure these several objects.
I, therefore, most strongly condemn the factious cornball:
tion formed at a moment of national difficulty for the sole
purpose, by embarrassing the Government, of promoting
the selfish ends of disappointed men. I have no confidence
in Lord John Russell, whose career appears to me to have
been marked more by the successful manoeuvres of a party
leader than by the patriotic endeavours of a disinterested
statesman. The late conduct of the noble lord has been on
a par with that of former years and in the hope of placing
himself again in power, he h;s pursued a disingenuous
course, which has prevented a fail) consideration'of the Go-
vernment measure of reform, and has unnecessarily inter-
rupted commercial proceedings by necessitating the present
appeal to the country. It is for you to say whether you will
have a
strong Government, enjoying the confidence of our
gracious Queen, or one formed out of factious and
coowrdant Opposition ; whether you will allow England to be
perful at home and respected abroad, or see her influence
wane under the baneful consequences of a distracted Par-
liament In the event of my obtaining the honour I seek,
through your generous confidence, my unremitting atten-
tion will be devoted to the consideration of those various
national and local interests, the advancement of which is
indispensably essential to the prosperity of your city and of
the empire itself."

BURY ST. EDMUND'S.
Addresses have now appeared from three candi-
dates for this borough—Lord. A. Hervey (Liberal
Conservative), Sir R. Buxton (Progressive Conser-
vative), and Mr. J. Hardcastle (Liberal). The
three candidates will in all probability go to a poll;
and in that case the contest will principally lie be-
tween Sir R. J. Buxton and Mr. Hardcastle.

The contest CHATHAM.
in this borough is likely to be a very
severe one, Major-Gen. Sir F. M. Smith, the present
member, being opposed by Mr. A. J. Otway, who is
suPPorted by the whole strength of the Liberal
artY• Although Sir F. Smith voted in favour of
the second reading of the Derby Reform Bill, yet
he is firmly
ivoters opposed to the disfranchisement of the
, in her Majesty's dockyards. Sir F. Smith
nas also gained some popularity in consequence of
the decided
S
uperannuation Bill. The friends of Mr. A. J.
Otway, late XL?. for Stafford, are sanguine of suc-
.eSSl and the greatest efforts are made to return a
-Liberal member for the town, notwithstanding that
it is likely all the Government influence will be
made use of to insure his defeat. At the last elec-
tion Sir F Smith was returned by the narrow ma-
of of 29 over his opponent, Mr. Romaine, one
r the over
secretaries of the Admiralty.

DEVONSHIRE (NORTH).
Mr. J. W has 'list is' sued his address to
the ejectors 'Batheshire. northern Division of Devon-

DEVONSHIRE (SOUTH).
We stated a few days ago that Mr. Palk and Mr-
Kekewich 'would offer themselves for re-election.
Since then Mr. palk,
tors and to at Torquay, said :
addressing a meeting of elec-
ave
"Ile was sorry that an hostile combination should
induced the Government to tender their resignatioh.a.tvae
moment when it was most important that they should have
0_
remained in office.
the country, he believed it Pi nld be found that since
With regard to the proper defence
thet
Derby Government had beeri°m_
been directed to the da•
--ence of the coast. Some way or
office every attention had
F
could not to how it had been learned that the
navy of Prance was
Now,
considering the greatty—sUperior to our own.
maritime position f England, its colonial
possessions, commercial returns, and its hitherto acknow.•
lodged sovereignty of the seas, this ought not to be the
case; and be was happy to say that steps had been
taken to put our naval forces
ou a
pro
er footing. He
should have bees glad could the questipon of reform have
been settled in the present Parliament, because it is a
question of great importance t,o all classes. He was
sorry it was not settled becanse he held the opinion that it
ought to be done as speedily as
possible, and on terms that
would be satisfactory to the country. But on a question of
this kind, it was right that they (the county electors) should
look after their interests and support their rights and p
leges ; they could not afford to be crushed in this part of the
country simply for the
felonadvtage of the manufacturing'
towns of the North. He convinced that the interest of
all parties would be best supported by reeking a liberal
concession to the people, and extending the privileges to
those who required it, if it co privilege."wn that they were
duly qualified to exercise that
DURHAM (CITY).
A meeting of the Conservatives has been held in
this city to adopt measures to secure another Con-
servative candidate, when it was resolved to invite
of Bishopwear-
Mr. Richard Lawrence Pemberton,
mouth, to offer himself for the representation of this
city.

GREAT YARMOUTH.
The Liberal candidates addressed their supportera
at considerable length on Monday night. Mr. J.
sided.
W. Shelley, one of the borough magistrates, pre_

Mr. WATKIN contended, with reference to the
assertion that the Reform Bill of the
Government
might have been modified in committee
to its
details, that the Liberal party quarrelled n
its details, but with its main principles thot with
franchisement of county freeholders resideentdis i -
boroughs, the non-reduction of the borough
fran-
chise, chise, and the retention of nomination borough.,n
The intention of all this, the hon. gentleman argued:
was to keep the representation in the hands of a
few great territorial interests. The consequence
that was °f
countrythat the Executive Government of the
centredwin thehands of a few , and as the
' th
representation a monopoly, so the Executive
Government also became a monopoly. The result
was that which flowed from every kind of monopoly
_viz., inefficien
from filling the rYie .htThe best men were prevented
of England camegint Places, and when the people
of some other con4r,."llisim with the people
ra—tiithe system—as it did
in the case of the war r
Crimea—broke down
from its own inefficienc and England, England, with her
superior wealth and sup'perior ir.:ohpulation, sunk, in
The present Govern-
spite of her intrinsic power.
ment dissolved, not to carry a
merinvolved, and
Govern-
but to keep in office ; they accepteel Reform Bill,
despised the national danger which it involved, -- and
were going to the country upon
siderations. (Cheers.) e Party con-
Mr. YOUNG, M.P., said the question was whether
the House of Commons acted rightly in thete
division. He had voted with the majority, and he
was_ ready to stake his election upon the issue!
Taking into account the territorial influence the
Bill of the Government would have created and
maintained, he believed, if it had passed, the
people would have been worse represented than
at present. It wholly ignored the existence of the
working artisans throughout the United Kingdom,
except those who happened to livein £lO houses ;
and although he himself was not an extreme Re-
former, he must insist on a fair tens
borough franchise. The Chancellorexion of the
of the
Liberal
Ex-
chequer had endeavoured to take the
element out of every county, but his object was so
transparently evident that it was a matter of won.