The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

BEDFORD.

The nomination for this borough took place yea-
terday (ThurAlq) on St. Pet e. 's
-green—t he IVI .yor
(Mr. Kilpin) presiding. The candidates were Mr.
Whitbread, Mr. Barnard, Captain Stuart, and Mr.
K T. Smith.

Alderman WILLIAMS proposed, and Mr. G.
HIGGINS seconded, the nomination of Mr. Whit-
bread.

Captain LEECH proposed, and Mr. R. NEWLAND
:econdel, the nomination of Captain Stuart.

Mr. G. HuRsT prof o,ed, awl Mr. ROSE seconded,
,he w.m;nation of Mr. Barnard.

Mr. SLONE proposed, and Mr. DIMES seconded,
he nomination of Mr. E. T, Smith.

Mr. WHITBREAD, in the course of his ad cress,
adv rted to the Chinese qut-stion, and stated the
re;.son which induced him to support Ltrd Pal-
mers!on on Mr. Cobden's resolutimi. The pro-
c!edings in the House of Commons were a rictly of
a private character, and the majority hal Wen
biougilfab:!ut by a combination. In the present
condition .of p)liti::al parties he considered Lord
'Palinerston the only man who could efficienVy
carry on the affairs of the nati-n, and if he was
agd.n re urued he should be prepared to support
his lordship. As a Liberal he would be happy to
support any measures which would add to the in-
terest of the country at home and abroad.
Capt. STUART took a differ .nt view of the Chine,e
question, and mentioned that he had voted with
the majori y in favour of Mr. Cobden's resolution.

Mr. BARNARD then addressed the elector. He
reviewed the Chinese cinestion'as pre,ented to Par-
liament, and expnessed au opinion that Lord Pal
mentos' was perfectly justified in supporting .Bri-
tish officials at Canton. He bad much confidence
in Lord Palmerston, and believed that the
tlirotzgh the repre-entatives sent to the new Parlia-
ment, would show that they would not allow the
British name to be insulted, or the lives of their
countrymen to be jeopardised, only to suit par'y
purposes.. He trusted Loid-Palmerston's appe +i to
the country would ba answered to his satisfaction,
and that the country would approve the course his
lordship had adopted.
Mr. E. T. SMITH announced himself as willing
to support everything liberal -.that could improve
the condition of the people, and expressed his
readiness to support Lord Palmerston.
A large number of hands were raised in favour of
each candidate, and the contest is likely to be a
severe one.

The poll was be opened this (Friday) morning at
eight o'clock.

HERTFORD.

The nomination of the candidates for the borough
of Hertford took place yesterday. The proceedings
commenced at 11 o'clock, and the writ having been
read, and the other formalities gone through, Mr.
E. D. Raymont, the mayor of Hertford, stood for-
ward and commenced the business of the election
by call►ng upon the electors to propose candidates
to represent them in Parliament._ _

Mi. F. J. GRIPPER proposed the Right Hon. W.
F. Cowper ; and Mr. W. POLLARD seconded the
nomination.

kraRAW LEY proposed Mr. T. Chambers ; and
Mr. Alderman YOVNG seconded the n mination.
Mr. J. LAWRENCE proposed Sir M. Thrquhar,
and Mr. H. COLEMAN, a tradesman in,the town,
seconded the nomination-
Mr. COWPER remarked that only two months age
li,d stood before them in a similar position to
th the now occupied, and they wound remember
that at that time the opponents of the Government
intended. unfairly to take advantage of the wording
of the statute to keep on the war income tax for
another year, blit he told them at the time tha.
they had no such intention, an" tneresul hid con-
firmed what he then stated. The aivernm.ent of
..tl eVent
ture.ntlw c; Kitt, every itespect, ail et so ar
Lord Palmerston was mist anxious to reduce tie
ilant4ene,of tpe4etl.le, and to ltrser Il
was consisteut, with itrhenour and sirety.T-They
'f
had n r ady done' a, great iletil m that 'a irection, acid
they were prepared to have done much teoceit.the
Parli iment had not been so suddeely brought to an
end by the proceedings of th it opponents. (Hear,
hear.) What, the; was the cause of this step be-
ing tal en ? A haughty and despot c barbarian had
dated to insult the Briti h flag, which no natien
jealous of its honour could for a moment think of
submitting, to, and lie had received the etiastis-ment
lie bail deserved ; but the proce .ding appared to
have come very opportunely for the purposes of
the opponents of the,Governinent. They had looked
round them at home, but coold find nothing that
would answer their purpose. First, they made
it a ground of complaint that the income tax
was n t to be taken off, and when they found
there was no foundation for that suggestion,
they turned round and said that too great
reductions had been made, and that the country
would be bankrupt. (Hear, and a laugh.) Find-
ing that neither of these arguments prevailed,
and that the Home of Commons, by a majority of
80, sanctioned the financial propositions of the
Government, they looked for some other question
upon which they might hope to turn out ihe Go-
vernment, and they found it in the proceedings at
Canton. By a most extraordinary coalition a ma-
jority was obtained against the Government, there-
by virtually declaring that the barbarian Yeh was
right ; and be supposed if Lord Derby came into
power an apology must be made to him for the
proceedings that had been taken by our navy for
the honour of Old England, and for proclaiming by
the mouth of the cannon that they would not allow
their country to be insulted by auy barbarian, how-
ever great he might be. (Cheers.) Now that the
country happily enjoyed the blessings of peace, the
Government was prepared to carry out those mea-
sures of reform that were required. ; and he would
ask those who desired the progression of liberal
principles, to consider whether they were more
likely to obtain them from the Government of
Lord Derby than from that of Lord Palmerston.
(Hear, hear.) Lord Palmerston had accepted office
at a period when they were engaged in a European
war, and under very discouraging
circumstances,
when no other statesman would undertake the task;
and by his energy and determination he had brought
the vessel of the State sWe into p. rt ; and he could
not believe that the people would desert him now.
(Hear, hear.) He could only say that if they did,
and if they gtve his opponents a majority, it would
cause great delight in Russia, great delight in every
despotic Court in Europe, and would give especial
delight to Commissioner Yeh and his despotic
throat-cutting barbarians. (Hear, hear.) He said,
in conclusion, that lie believed the electors of Hert-
ford would certainly not take this course, but they
would return their two old members and reject the
candidate who would oppose the Government if he
were returned as their representative.
Mr. T. CHAMBERS then stood for ward to address
the electors, but was r< ceiced with considerable dis-
approbation, and some time elapsed before he could
be beard. He commenced by saying that he did
not complain of the electors expressing their feel-
ings, although they might be unfavourable to him,
and they had a perfect right to do so. cry of