The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

BRIGHTON.—It is announced that Mr. W. Coningbam
(L.), formerly member for the borough, intends again to
come forward as a candidate at the general election. Both
the present members are Liberals.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NonTn).—The Liberals of this
division will make a great effort to return at least one
candidate at the dissolution.

BIRMINGIIISI.—A meeting of the general executive com-
mittee in the Liberal interest, and representing all the
wards, will be held in the first week in July, to select the
three candidates for the ensuing election.

g•rnrtE•O\-TRENT.--Thle sitting members, Messrs. Gren-
fell (L.) and Melly (L.) will probably be opposed by Mr.
C. M. Campbell, the defeated Conservative candidate at
the last election. A second Conservative is spoken of.

NEWPORT (MoN3IoUTnSHIRE).—It has been determined
by the Liberals to oppose the re-election of Mr. Crawshay-
Bailey (C.), who has represented the borough tor sixteen
years.

NORTH LANARKSHIRE.—The Conservative party have
arranged to start Major Hozier as a candidate. Majoi
Hamilton, of Dalzell, is expected to be the candidate in
the Liberal interest

1 SOUTH LANARK.-Sir Edward Colebrooke (L.) will no
doubt shortly issue his address to the electors of the
southern division, with which he is more immediately con-
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nected. It is anticipated that Sir Edward will be returned
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without opposition.
HADDINGTON.-At a largely attended meeting of the
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2 electors of the county of Haddington, and of those to be
enfranchised, Lord William Hay (L.) was proposed to
stand for the county, and the motion was unanimously
---: carried. It was agreed to appoint a large working com-
i mittee.

LEOMINSTER.—Mr. Arkwright (C.) has issued an address,
stating that it is his intention to again solicit the suffrages
of this constituency. It is believed that Viscount Mahon
(C.) will also seek re-election. It is anticipated that the
next election will be one of the sharpest contests that has
taken place in this borough for many years.
CUMBERLAND•—The Liberals of West Cumberland held
a meeting last week, at which they formed a registration
committee " with a view to the consolidation of the Liberal
party in the division." In East Cumberland there has not
been any movement on either side.
HEREFORD (CITY).—Mr. Baggallay (C.) has expressed
his willingness to offer himself again singly or in coalition
with another Conservative candidate. Mr. Clive (L.), it
is understood, offers himself for re-election.
DUMFRIES BURGHS.—Mr. W. Ewart (L.) will not seek
re-election. Mr. Jardine (L.), the present member for
Ashburton, is named as his successor, but Mr. Jardine is
also mentioned as a candidate for the county.
PAISLEY.—Mr. A. Kintrea (L.) has issued an address to
the electors. Mr. Crum•Ewing (L.), the present repre-
sentative, will come forward again.

The Supreme King of Siam has conferred on
Sir John Bowring the insignia of the Order of the White
Elephant.

THE SIMULTANEOUS RIFLE MATCH BETWEEN
GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, AND CANADA.—On Satur-
day last the great rifle match between the volunteers of
Great Britain, Australia, and the Dominion of Canada,
which was commenced on Whit-Monday last, the Ist of
June, on the simultaneous principle, was brought to a
close, having lasted just eighteen days. Volunteers from
all parts of Great Britain took part in it, and on nearly
every day since its commencement the rifle ranges in and
around the metropolis have been engaged for the purpose
of the competition. The contest is known as the " Any
Bore Simultaneous Rifle Match," and the present is the
third or fourth occasion on which it has been held.
Nearly all the scores of the volunteers in this country have
now been sent in, and on the receipt of the others from
Australia and Canada the result of the match will be
announced.

AN INHUMAN MONSTER. —A liberated soldier
named Lothiho, aged 30, has just been tried at Vannes,
France, for the murder in that place of his wife, to whom
he had been married less than a year, and the attempted
homicide of his father-in-law. The crime was only remark.
able for the trivial motive that called forth the animosity
of the accused, and the brutal manner in which every-
thing had been committed. The man did not attempt to
deny his guilt, and narrated the events with a most cynical
indifference. He had conceived a resentment against his
wife and father-in-law because they had persuaded him to
purchase a cottage, for which he afterwards thought that
he had paid too dearly. He one day borrowed an iron
bar and struck the woman on the head twice from behind
as she was seated on a bed ; he next stabbed in the throat
with a knife, and then, hearing her still groan, he stuffed a
corner of a sheet into her mouth, and, getting on the bed,
jumped several times on her body. His vengeance not
being yet satiated, he next stabbed her several times in the
abdomen, and then locking up the house he went to the
residence of his father-in-law, and attempted to stab him
in his bed, but the other called for aid, and Lod6ho made
off and went to a small inn, where, while drinking, he
related in a most unconcerned manner the two crimes
which he had just perpetrated. He was sentenced to
death. - ---- •