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rllO THE ELECTORS OF MARYLEBONE.
- GENTLEMEN,
As Parliament is now Dissolved, I again solicit your suf-
frages.
The immediate cause of the dissolution is a vote of censure
on the Government, carried by the union of various parties
In the Reuse of Commons, and it is evident, from the expres-
sion of public opinion, that the vote so carried is not- in ac-
cordance with the general feeling of the country.
As I have already represented your borough for 20 years,
and have been elected on six different occasions, my public
conduct must be well known to you.. I have always endea-
voured to promote your interests, whether local or general,
and to advance the principle of that local self-government
Which you so highly prize. -
Since the dissolution was announced, I have received the
most- gratifying assurances of renewed support from all parts
of the borough, and I shall hope when the day of election
arrives that I may be airain returned to Parliament as one of
your representatives.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obliged and faithful servant,
B. HALL

•. 9, Great Stanhope-street, March 21, 1857.

-- TO THE ELECTORS OF MARYLEBONF.
GENTLEMEN,
The unexpected anpouncement of an immediate Dissolution
of Parliament renders it necessary for me to address you,
and to explain to you the cause of my absence from England
at this time.
In the course of last summer I was, as you are aware,
afflicted with severe illness, contracted in the discharge of.
What I deemed a public duty, and which has resulted in the
1085 of one of my eyes, but I am, thank God, decidedly better,
e,nd assured by the best medical authorities 'that there is,
humanly speaking, every probability of my being able to
resume Parliamentary life in two mon' bs.
You did me the honour of electing me, about two years
ago, by a majority unparalleled, in your contests. Previous
to that Election I stated to you without reserve my views
upon all the great questions of the day, and I think I may
Safely assert, without fear of contradiction, that I have not,
in one single instance, deviated from the principles which I
then professed. Under these circumstances, I venture to
4.°Po that my absence, occasioned as it has been solely by a
. 'visitation of Providence, •may not operate against me at the
approaching Election.
With regard to the vote of the House of Commons, which
'bas led to the Dissolution of Parliament, I beg to say that
had I been present I should most assuredly have given ivy
anPPOrt to the Minister who, at a time of extreme difficulty,
hndertol the Government when it was abandoned by others,
who has throughout his long political career upheld the
honour and interests of the British empiro.d
.. beg to offer my most grateful thanks for the' considera-
t}on and forbearance which you have exhibited towards me
during my involuntary absence, and to assure you that if you
will'again honour me with your confidence, my best energies
shall, as heretofore, be devoted to your service.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obliged and faithful servant, .
Naples, March 8, 1857. . EBRINGTON.

yTHE woRTITY AND INDEPENDENT
, m 0
LIVERY AND ELECTORS OF THE
-AY OF LONDON.

GENTLEMEN,
In presenting myself for re-election as one of your represen.
„
"I'M I entertain a confident hope that a consistent course es
Public conduct for 20 years in Parliament, and constant at-*
tention to all the local and commercial interests of this great
City, will secure for me your continued approbation and sup-
port. My votes on all great questions are before you.
Every friend of humanity must deeply deplore the lament-
able occurrences at Canton. I could not, however, concur in
a vote which implied censure upon the Government, encourag-
ingh the arrogant Chinese to resist treaty obligations, weaken
lug the power and influence of this country to protect the
lives and property of our fellow-subjects abroad, and seriously
°rippling our commercial intercourse with China. But in
.supporting Lord Palmerston on this occasion, and in acknow-
ledging the gratitude which the country owes to him for so
soon terminating, with honour, a disastrous war, in which we
were involved principally by the vacillating conduct of a sec-
tion of the party now opposed to him, I do not intend to aban-
don my advocacy of those measures of administrative reform
and social and political progress which the welfare of the
people so urgently demands.
I look back with satisfaction to the successful result of the
first Meeting (over V;hiclt I presided) for the Repeal of the
War Income Tax. By economy and retrenchment the re-
mainder of this iniquitous impost may be soon extinguished,
but, at all events, it should be placed upon a more equitable
foundation, as between property and income.
I felt myself bound to vo' e against the continuance of the
increased rate of duty on tea, because it seemed to me unjust
to the trader, who had reason to rely upon its diminution, ac-
cording to the Act, confirmed by the declaration rf official
authorities that the scale of reduction would take effect in
April next. Nothing can be more embarrassing to all com-
mercial transactions than frequent meddling with Customs
duties.
Early in the coming session this care of the Legislature must
be directed to legal reforms. The treatment of our criminals
and a revision of our system of secondary punishments must
also come under consideration. These all-important questions
*hall command my beskattention.
I will only add that I have spared no trouble to render my
Jumble services useful to all classes of any fellow-citizensrand
should you be pleased to confer upon me again the distin-
guished honour of being one of your representatives, you may
rely
upon a continuance of an independent course of conduct
Parliament, the same industry and attention to all your
local rights and commercial interests, an anxious desire to
support every measure calculated to advance the prosperity
tf_t.he country, improve the condition of the industrial classes.
Y tessening taxati, n, and to promote the cause of civil and
religious liberty throughout the world.
I remain, Gentlemen, your faithful, humble servant,
TAMES DUKE.
4' and-place, March 16, 1857.

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY 014'
WESTMINSTER.

GENTLEMEN,
A Dissolution has been rather more hastily resolved on, in
the
midst of the Session and season, than in my humble opi-
nion the real interests of the country required.* As, however,
I took no part whatever in its supposed cause, it is not, per-
'Lap; for mo to offer opinions on the subject.
dß,,ut S few brief expressions from ono or two of the most
. `Bl4nguished supporters of Government may possibly be el-
uded to, illustrative of the extraordinary diverSities of
opinion on this most vexed question. The Right ITonourablo
Edward Ellice, addressing his constituents, says that he does
" not approve and sincerely laments" the extreme measures
resorted to in China. d " That reprisals should in the first in-
stance have been taken, and the ulterior course reserved for the
determination of the Government in England ; that the question
• of generrl hostilities should have been reserved for higher au-
thority,
It would seem (ho says) full time that this practice of
involving the country in wars in the East, except under the
Pressing necessities of self-defence, should bo brought more
directly under the control of Parliament."
And who is Mr. Ellice, who gives these formidable reasons
against his own vote ? Undoubtedly one of the ablest, most
useful, and, I would almost add, most illustrious of the Whig
Dart Y—an ex-Whig Minister.
But, however I may admire him, you know very well that
I have not the honour of being considered a Whig, and that
I am certainly neither an ex nor a future Minister.
Again, Sir William-Clay, also on this occasion on the side
of Ministers, says to his immense constituency, which he so
ably represents :—" The question whence has arisen the sup-
posed necessity for a dissolution, was one of the most diffi-
cult I have ever known submitted to the decision of the
Douse of Commons—one on which it was impossible to give
any vote without anxiety and doubt."
Put being myself impressed with a strong feeling on the
matter, believing that a mistaken opinion bad arisen upon it,
what must my doubts and perplexities have been—earnestly
urged, as I eventually was, by three sets of old and valued
friends, of vehemently different views—the one requesting
my approval, the other my disapproval, of these Chinese pro-
ceedings on so questionable an affair ? I had already resolved
on the latter course; thus at least avoiding a violation of my
own convictions, and I shall never regret having done so.
Ent two things must now inevitably be done—the lives and
Properties of British and foreign merchants must be placed in
security—the prestige and ascendancy of the British arms re-
stored or established. It is most satisfactory therefore to
hear that a superior Government authority and some six
thousand troops are about to be despatched to the scene of
conflict. Had this been announced during the debates, or, bet-
- ter still, two months ago, when the first intelligence of this
affair arrived, we might have been spared a premature dis-
solution, and an enormous quantity of oratory.
It is true that on my last return from the field my health
was much shattered, I was enabled, nevertheless, in that
session, while the war still contiUued, repeatedly to take as
vigorous and efficient a part as'any other man in Parliament
(Perhaps more so)—in promoting the great national object of
that period, the reinforcement, by all possible means, of our
army before the enemy.
. In the early part of the session of 1856 I energetically (some
thought too much so) called attention to the shortcomings
and mistakes of our War Department—to the great value of
the M‘Neill-Tulloolt" report—to the undeserved treatment
- by Government of those two meritorious public servants—and
to the mischievous prevalence of military favouritism.
In the latter part of last session I had the good fortune of
being the successful mover of the appointment of a Royal
Commission f. ‘r inquiry into the monster military corruption
and abuse— that of the system of sale and purchase of corn-
naissioas. This system is at the root of all our military failures.
lam a member of that commission. We have collected a ereat
body of evidence. lam sanguine that the result will be the
, accomplishment of the greatest measure of army reform that
can possibly be effected.
Gentlemen, I don't pretend to say to what it may be attri-
butable, but never have I seen the principles of Parliamen-
tary Reform so completely ignored as by the present House
. of Commons. The less regret, then, should we feel on the
opportunity now offered for a declaration of opinion through-
out the country of electors and non-electors.
I came into Parliament, even before I had the honour of
- being known to you, as a warm advocate of Reform. West
Minster, long before that period, was the historical head-
quarters of this great cause. I .)tave been faithful to it. I
will never deviate from it. Whatever party may be disposed
. to promote it will have my adhesion, and, lam equally con-
fident, will have your anxious and powerful support.
Again respectfully tendering you my services, probably for
the last time, for a renewal of your canfidence,
- _have the honour to be,
Your humble and obedient servant,
DE LACY EVANS
BrYauntono-aquare, llth March, 1857.