The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-24 00:00:00

ELECTION IN7ELLIGENCL.

BANDON.-At a meeting of the Liberal electors
of Bandon, on Tuesday, Mr. William Shaw was
requested to contest the borough in the Liberal in-
terest at the coming election. Mr. Shaw acceded
to the request.

BODIIIN.—The Hon. F. Leveson-Gower, M.P.
for Bodinin, addressed a large meeting of his
constituents on Thursday evening in the Guild-
hall. The Mayor (Mr. G. P. Parkyn) occu-

pied the chair, and at the conclusion of
the honourable gentleman's address Mr. Hichiens
then moved, and Mr. J. Oke seconded, this resolu-
tion :—" That having heard the straightforward
and satisfactory address of the Hon. F. Leveson-
Gower, M.P., on the leading questions of the day,
we consider him entitled to the support and con-
fidence of the present and future electors of Bod-
min." This was put to the meeting by the Mayor,
and carried unanimously.
BARNSTAPLE.—The borough continues in a
state of great excitement, owing to the
large number of candidates who are on
the field. Mr. Cave, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Evans
are out on the Liberal side. Mr. Thomas is
brought forward by the working classes ; there is a
coalition between Mr. Cave and Mr. Evans. The
Conservatives have made overtures to Mr. Howe'
Gwyn, of Brecon, but that gentleman declines to
come forward; the party has already two other
candidates in the field.

CARDIGANSHIRE.--AS we predicted a few weeks
ago, Mr. Evan M. Richards, of Swansea, has deter-
mined to come out in the Liberal interest in oppo-
sition to Mr. Edmund Vaughan, the Conservative
candidate. He will have the support of the leading
Liberals, and of the whole party.
CHELSEA.—The following requisition, addressed
to Mr. George Odger, a working man, received up
to Saturday close upon 1,000 signatures of electors
and claimants for the franchise in the borough of
Chelsea:—" We, the undersigned, desirous of seeing
a working man returned to Parliament for Chehea,
and believing you to be possessed of talents
and ability which qualify you for that important
position ; and that you will, if elected, maintain
the great principles of equal rights and liberties
for all, request you to come forward as
a candidate for the representation of the
borough of Chelsea, in which case we pledge our-
selves to employ every honourable means to secure
your return." A crowded meeting was held on Sa-
turday night at the Laurie Arms, Hammersmith,

for the purpose of forming a branch of the Work-
ing Men's Electoral Association for the Hammer-
smith district, whose object will be to assist lodgers
in placing their names on the register. Mr. Nieass
took the chair, and the meeting was addressed by
Messers. Mudge, Bickley, Harry, Winter, &c. ; and
it was stated that in that district alone some thou-
sands of votes could be got for Mr. Odger, the
working man's candidate. The new branch was
opened, and a resolution passed in support of the
candidature of Messrs. Dilke and Odger.
DEVON (SouTH).—On Friday afternoon Viscount
Amberley addressed a crowded meeting at the New
Hall, Tavistock, and afterwards a resolution in his
favour was passed.

HACKNEY.—A crowded and enthusiastic meeting
was held last night at Peel Grove Hall, Bethnal-
green, for the purpose of hearing Lieut.-Colonel
Dickson express his political opinions as candi-
date for the working men's suffrages. Mr.
Edmond Beaks, at considerable personal incon-
venience, having come from Cambridge pur-
posely to be present, was unanimously voted to the
chair. He spoke at considerable length upon
the services that Colonel Dickson had rendered
the League. After Colonel Dickson had addressed
the meeting, Mr. Markham moved—" That in the
opinion of this meeting Colonel Dickson is a fit and
proper person to represent this borough in the House
of Commons." Mr. Bush seconded this motion,
which was carried. Mr. Hayes moved " That this
meeting pledges itself to use its utmost endeavours
to secure the gallant colonel's return." An amend-
ment was moved to this by Mr. Webster, but the
original resolution was carried by acclamation.
HARWICH.—An influential deputation of the
electors of Harwich waited upon Mr. C. H. Tur-
ner, the late chairman, and the present vice-chair-
man, of the Great Eastern Railway Company, to
invite that gentleman to allow himself to be put
in nomination on the Liberal interest at the next
election. Mr. Turner, whilst carefully guarding
himself from holding out hopes to the deputation,
thanked thorn, and, through them, the Liberal elec-
tors of Harwich, most heartily for the honour they
had done him, requesting a short time to con-
sider his reply, and promising that he would answer
the deputation in writing at the earliest possible
moment. In his reply Mr. Turner says Most
of you are doubtless aware that when I was called
upon by the board of directors of the Great Eas-
tern Railway Company to preside as chairman
of the board I felt and publicly expressed my
conviction that it was the duty of myself
and colleagues to inaugurate a new policy
in the interests of the company. That
policy, which I strongly insisted upon, in-
cluded as one of its most important principles
the renunciation on the part of the directors of auy
local influence which their position on the board
might give them, more especially any of a political
character. Now althoagh I fully believe that, in con-
sequence of the action then taken and since extended
under the presidency of my noble successor, the
present chairman, the company's affairs are being
retrieved, yet I do not think the time has arrived
when I could consistently allow myself to be no-
minated a candidate for an important borough,
forming one principal terminus of the Great Eastern
system. I feel that were I to do so I might lay
myself open to the charge that I had broken my
own rule for my own personal advantage. On these
grounds, and these alone, gentlemen, I feel I must
decline your invitation,"