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

ELECTION INT P.T.LIOENCE.

Ulir 01. I.

)N DOS IZ,EU iSTRATION
ASSOCIATION.

At the general meeting of the London Liberal
Regt,tration Assooiatiou, held y. sterday, at the
London Tavern (from which the representatives of
the press were exclude i) the announcement (Jf
the retirement from the representation of the ,city
of Lord John Russel and Mr. Ma,terman was
made and received with a cold and most significant

si!e!ice. •
The nomination of Sir J. Duke was also coley
renewed, and the stleno, was only hre•ken by Mr.
Ald?r,nanlomons and Mr. J. A. Hankey, both
wh fin urged string obj ,ns to the ion. baf o-
net'S returi., among ojter subj•-c-s, on the ground
of h a haying nit-11y withheld and refits• d his sup-
port to the Liberal candidate f. r Ea,t Sus-ex, Mr.
Dodson. The nomination was afterwrirds assented
to amid strong manifestations of adverse feeling on
the p the meeting. .
• The I omina'ion of Baron Rothschild was agreed
to tin inimously, and woid much applause.
The name of kr. R. W. Crawford was also given
as a fit and proper person to represent the City of
London in Parliament, and was received with much
approbation and adopted unanimously.
Mr. ilaikes Currie, the present member for
Northampton, was proposed as the fourth member.
Mr. Raikes Carrie, in reply, tendered his acknow-
ledgments to the meeting for the honour conferred
upon him, but could not break off, on so short a
notice, his co it nection with his present constituency,
which had subsisted for more than 20 years. He
solicited the indulgence of the meeting to allow
him 48 hours for consideration. Upon this it was
moved that the meeting be adjourned to some
future day. After some discussion, it was even-
tually agreed that the meeting should be adjourned
to Tuesday next to hear the final determination of
Mr: Currie, and also to afford Sir James Dlike an
opportunity of explaining, if he could, his conduct
in reference to the late Sussex election. The meet-
ing was accordingly adjourned.

AYLESBURY. —Mr. Layard has been to visit his,
constituents, but in consequence of the all but una-
nimous dissatisfaction expressed at his vote against
Lord Palmerston, he is sot likely to contest the
borough. • .
ASHBURTON. —lt is not probable that there will
be any contest here, and Mr. Moffatt will be elect-
ed, it is thought, without opposition.
BRIGHTON. —Both the present representatives,
Admiral Sir G. B. Pechell and Lord A. Harvey,
will, it is expected, offer themselves for re-election,
bid a cont?st will take place chiefly in opposition
to the return of the latter Conservative member,
who voted in the majority against the Government
on the China question. Mr. E. S. Crea-y, the
barrister, and Professor at University College,
Lond,n, %rho is a native of Brighton, intends 13-Ing
a candidate at th-, coming election. Mr. William
Coningham, of Kemp-town, Brighton, has also an-
nounced-his intention of (del lug himself as a can-
didate on Liberal principles.
CAMBRIDGE. Mowatt does not intend to
offer hitmelf for Ca.mbiidge.
CANTERBURY. —Mr. C. Purpon Cooper, Q. C. , a
Liberal, issued an address. Sir Wm. Somer-
ville is also in the field on the Liberal interest, and
Mr. C. M. Lushington, a liberal Constrvative will
ag 4in come forward. The last gen‘lem-,n will be
supported by a large number of the Liberal elec-
tors. .

CHATHAM.—Mr. G. W. Romaine, C. 8., who
Ills been brought forward by the Liberal party in
this borough, is the drily candidate at present be-
,re the elector,, Captain L. Y. Vernon, the pre-
s-nt Conservative member, not intending to offer
mself for re-election.
COVENTRY.—Sir Joseph Paxton offers himself
again for this borough. In his address to the
electors he denies that he had any intention of
factiously opposing the Government by voting for
Mr. Col,d,n s motion.
DARTM•UTH.—An address to the Chairman of
the propos- d Dartmouth Railway, Mr. Charles
Seale Rayne, has been numerously signed, asking
that gentleman to come forward as a caudidare ;
and Mr. Johnstone Neale (Liberal), wl.o resides in
the neighbourhood, issued au address, in which he
presented himself to the electors as a candidate.
At a public m- 'ting, however, it was stated that
Mr. Lindsay, M.P. for Tynemouth, who has pre-
viously contested the borough, and who has made
the port a packet station, would support the pre-
sent member Sir Thomas Herbert; upon which
Mr. Neale expressed his determination to with-
draw, and the friends of Mr. Hayno agreed to with-
draw their candidate in order to avoid a contest.
This result, however, has given much umbrage to
some of the Liberal electors, and the matter is not
likely to end there.
DEVONPORT.—On Monday evening Sir Erskine
Perry, M.P. for Devonport, addressed a large
meeting of his constituents at the Mechanics' Insti-
tute. His speech was confined chiefly to the China
question and the reasons by which he was actuated
in giving his support to Mr. Cobden's motion, and
the consequent defeat of Ministers. At the close
of Sir Erskine's speech the following resolution was
submitted :
"That the vote given by Sir T. B. Perry on the
Chinese question is not in accordance with the feelings
and opinions of the Liberal electors of this borough,
who have every confidence in the ability, uprightness,
and integrity of Lord Palmerston and his Government."
A scene of great confusion followed, and at length,
after two or three influential gentlemen had spoken
against Sir Erskine, it was decided not to press the
resolution until the hon. gentleman had explained
himself to the electors of Stonebouse, whom he in-
tended addressing on the following evening.
EXETER.—The present members are Mr. Divett
(Liberal) and Sir J. T. B. Duckworth (Conserva-
tive). Some of the Conservative party are said to
be dissatisfied with their member, and there is a
talk of bringing forward Mr. Richard Sommers
Gard, of Rougemont, who is a gendemen of con-
siderable property, and who, by reason of the libe-
ral support he has given to the trade of the city,
has made himself rather popular. The hon. gen-
tleman once contested Honiton, but was defeated.
FINSBURY.—Besides Sergeant Parry, Major
Reed and Mr. W. Cox are candidates fur the vacant
seat. - _ . .