The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

AYRSHIRE. —Sir James Fergusson, who was
elected for this county when in the trenches before
Se' astopol, upon the death of Colonel Blair, who
was killed at lukerman, has again offered himself.
As yet there is no talk of opp•-ition.
AYR BURGHS.-Mr. Craufurd, the sitting mem-
er for these burghs, has not yet made any com-
munica.tion to the elector 4, but Mr. Archibald T.
Boyle has issued an address offering himself as a
candidate.

BERWICK. —The canclidatei are Mr. Marjori-
banks, the present member, Mr. M. Forster, and
Mr. Stapleton, a director of the Royal British
Bank.

EDINBURGIT. —As yet Mr. Cowan and Mr. Black,
the sitting members, are the only candidates.
HADDINGTONSHIRE.-.—Lord Elcho again offers
himself to the constituency.
HADDINGTON BURGHS. —Sir Henry R. Ferguson
Davie has intimated his intention of again coming
foi ward.

LEITH 1317/WHS.—Mr. William Miller has come
forward to oppose the Lord Advocate in these
burghs.

PERTH. —The lion. A. Kinnaird again offers
himself for the burgh of Perth.
IRELAND.

TIPPERARY.—The polling commenced yesterday
rn, rning at nine o'clock, and closed at five p.m.,
when the g-oss poll for Thurles, Clonmel, and
Tipperary, was as follows :
The O'Donoghue
Ivaldron
av • a...J.J VI/
No return has yet been received from t'ie three
other polling places.

SIR JAMES DUKE AND THE EAST
SUSbEX ELECTION.

Our readers will have observed, in the report
which appeared in yesterday's paper of the pro-
- c-erlino.s of the meeting at the London Tavern on
Tte say, relative to the representation of the City,
that after the nomination for the re-election of Sir
James Duke had been moved by Mr. Alderman
W re, and seconded by Mr. Under-Sheriff Ander-
toll, Mr. Alderman Salomons thought proper to
at;;oospt to crate a prejudice against Sir James,
and to in'errupt the harmony of feeing which
existed, by arraigning the Hon. Baronet's conduct
down to Sussex,
ja not going
at the late election,
to vote for Mr. Dodgson, the Liberal candiila.e.
It w,uld not be possible to imagine anything more
urrYracious, under all the circurostanc, ,
s than the
conduct of Mr. Salomons ;_ and it was a, incon_
sistent in one professing to. have decided religious
• • les as it was principles ungracious. Sir James Duke,
,feels strongly 0
li! e the country
d M • D- on
the
th —3ll ...: 1. udgsou having
p• of Maynoo , .. t
p int-blank refused to vote against the
James very pro_endo
n cut of that Popish seminar,y, Sir
to the support
perly thought that he had no claims
41' any one who, like the Hon. Baronet, regards thea
im .
por'-
M ,yinaoth question as one of the deepest
as ce. Sir James, in acting as lie did, recorded.
st Ling practical protest against those principles of
expediency which are the bane of this country, and
which impair, if they do not destroy, the character
of so many of cur public man. Let us add, that
tl ere is no act in Sir James's somewhat prolonged
political carter which has raised him higher in the
op nion of the country than this ; and it were well
fo: others, both in and cut of Parliament, if they,
h 1 ilig, as he does, strong views as to the ev:ls
of
a particular institution or principle, would only
give the same unmistakable practical utterance to
a eir conviction. We anticipate the best results
to ti e cause of public integrity and of personal
consistency, by the admirable example which Sir
James has set to us all,—Morning Advertiser.