The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-29 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

SALFORD. —A meeting of the Liberals has been held,
when it was determined to unite in favour of Mr.
Cheetham the present member, and Mr. Rawson.
OLDHAM. —The two sitting members, Messrs. Hibbert
(L.) and Platt (L.), will be opposed by the two defeated
candidates at the last election—Messrs. Cobbett and
Spinks. It is difficult to describe the politics of these
gentlemen.

EAST DERBTSIIIRE.-It is expected that Mr. Jackson
(L.) and Captain Egerton (L.), son-in-law of the Duke of
Devonshire, will come forward. The Conservatives are
reported to have chOsen Mr. Turbutt and Mr. Pegge
Burnell.

NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon
will once more contest this division in the Liberal interest,
LIVERPOOL.—An enthusiastic meeting of the Liberal
party was held on Friday night, when it was resolved to
support Messrs. Rathbone and Massey as candidates foz
the borough.

PRESTON.—Lord Edward Howard (L.), who will have
to give up Arundel at the next election, has accepted an
invitation to contest Preston. The sitting members arc

Conservatives.

SOUTH NOTTS.—In the event of Mr. Barrow retiring

from the representation of this division, the Conservatives,
it is stated, intend bringing forward Mr. John Chaworth
Musters, of Annesley Park, as a candidate. It is pre•
sinned that Mr. Hildyard, the junior member, will again
offer himself.

EAST WQRCESTERSIIIRE.—A local paper says that Mr.
Laslett has emphatically pledged himself to come forward
again for the Eastern Division at the next election. The
'game paper states that Mr. R. P. Amphlett, Q.C., will
also contest the Eastern Division in the Conservative in-
terest ; and says it is rumoured that Mr. Lyttelton will
not offer himself again. The last statement has been em-
phatically denied.
SANDWICH.—Mr. Knatchbull-lingessen is about to
retire from the representation of Sandwich ; Mr. T.
Brassey, jun., who has been an unsuccessful candidate
on previous occasions for Birkenhead and Devonport,
comes forward as his successor in the Liberal interest.
NORTIIAMPTON.—Mr. Charles Bradlaugh (" Iconoclast")
has issued an address to the electors.
IRELAND.—An address to the electors of Ireland, pre.
pared by the National Association of Dublin, speaks of
the issue to be tried at the coming elections as " the main-

tenance of the abolition of a State Establishment inde

libly stained with the blood of your martyred fathers, anp
which has no parallel in history for hideous injustice."
MERTHYR TYDVIL.—The Calabria Daily Leader states

that there has been an idle rumour current for some time
to the effect that Mr. Bruce would retire from the borough
of Merthyr, and contest the county at the ensuing election.
Mr. Bruce has denied the truth of this, and stated that
he has no intention of retiring from his present representa-
tion.

Nearly 80,000 rrsons have visited the Exhibition
at 1.,,e;9, opened some, time back by tho Prince of Wales.

Mr. Bright, on his approaching visit to Ireland,
will, it is said, be entertained along with Mr. Peabody
at a complimentary breakfast by the citizens of Liverpool.
The Davenport Broihefs, n_.)Nv at Birmingham,
Lave boon very unsuccessful, the "lanes and highways"
having to be Fconred for persons who will not object to
" orders" for admission.

A meeting of Conservative Churchmen opposed to

the policy of Mr. Gla•lstono and Pr. Pusey will bo held on
Wednesday nr.xt to devige moans to support her Majesty's
Govet-nment at the forthcoming elections. The chair will
be taken by the 'Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean cf York.

Advices from Huddersfield state that Houston, the
anti--Romanist lecturer, has been assailed with stones near
the railway station in that town, and that his arm was hurt,
but not seriously. A young man, named Crompton, was cut
with a stone under the ear. Groat confusion prevailed, but
the stati n doors wore locked, and Houston escaped through
the parcel office.

In a case which has been under investigation by
the Derby magistrate; a medical student, named Fernando,
was charged with bigamy. The defence is that the first
marriage wss illegal, having been performed by a Roman
Catholic priest, and one of the parties, within twelve months,
professed to be a Protestant. The prisoner stands committed
for trial.

The Manchester Examiner stated some days back
that the Leominster magistrates had fined four boys for play-
ing cricket on Sunday. It now appears, however, that this
was stating the case too broadly. The boys were fined not
for playing cricket on tho Sunday, but for trespassing on
tho field in whied they worn playing, and for injuring the
grass.

The excavaCoas which are being carried on at
Pompeii have brought to light two fresco portraits situated
under the portico of the Via Stabiana. It is believed they
represented the master and mistress of the house. The man
wears a magistrate's toga ; the woman is in the attitude of
a person reflecting about what she is to write ; for she has
a style in her right hand, and is about to carry it to her
lips, while in her left she holds writing tablets.
DEPARTURE OF THE HON. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS.—On Saturday the Hon. Charles Francis Adams,
the late American Minister at the Court of St. James's,
and suite left Liverpool in the Cunard steamer China for
New York. Mr. Adams was accompanied on board by a
host of friends, among whom were Mr. Moran, the present
secretary of the American Legation, and who, until the
arrival of the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, will assume the
functions of Minister.

A Can RCII ON FIRE. —Early on Saturday morning
the belfry in the newly-erected tower of Boyn-hill Church,
Maidenhead, was discovered to he on fire. On the alarm
being raised the volunteer fire brigade at once turned out,
and proceeded to the spot with their engine, but unfortu-
nately the supply of water was very scanty; After con-
siderable exertion the fire was extinguished, although not
before three of the eight bells had fallen, and the other
five were so much damaged as to be useless. The cause of
the fire is unknown.

MR. LONGFELLOW AT STIAKSPERE'S BIRTHPLACE

DEATH OF A CONVICT FROM SUNSTROKE.—An
Inquest has been held at the Chatham convict establish.
ment, on the body of a convict named John Wright, who
died from the effects of coup de soleil. The deceased
was employed on the works in progress at Chatham for
the enlargement of the dockyard. The heat at the time
was very great, and whilst at work deceased was suddenly
seen to fall to the ground as if in a fit. On examina-
tion lie was found to be quite dead, death having re-
sulted from sunstroke, which produced apoplexy. The
jury returned ti verdict of death from coup de sotcil.

—Mr. Longfellow, the American poet, visited Stratford-
and, with Mr. E. F. Flower,
on Avon on Wednesday last,
went over the principal places of interest, taking parti-
,lular notice, of the " birthplace, the home, and the grave
of the bard." Mr. Longfellow has since arrived in London,
On Saturday he visited the studio of Mr. John Watkins,
in Parliament-street, and gave sitting's for several photo-
graphic negatives. Mr. Bassani, Dr. Blanc, and other
of the released Abyssinian. captives also sat to Mr.
Watkins for portraits, 'which will attract unusual atten-
tion.

THE RETURN OF SIR ROLERT NAPIER. -
nayor and corporation of Southampton telegraphed to
Sir Robert Napier at Malta last week to know if he in-
tended to land at Southampton, as they were desirous to

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present a congratulatory address to him, and to celebrate
his arrival by an entertainment in his honour. On Satur.
day afternoon the following telegram was received from
the general, viz.:—"Malta, June 26, 3.20 p.m. To the
Mayor and Corporation of Southampton.—Sir Robert
Napier gratefully acknowledges the honour proposed for
himself by the mayor and cur; oration of Southampton,
and regrets extremely that his arrangements have been
made to return via Marseilles, and therefore he is unable
to avail blautlf Q# digit flattering Atoltion.",