The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-08 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

BARNSTAPLE.—The committee for conducting the
election of Messrs. Cave and Evans state that there
has been no announcement on the part of Mr. Cave,
the sitting member, of a coalition either with Mr.
Evans or Mr. Thomas ; that Mr. Cave has declined
to interfere in the choice of a second Liberal candi-
date, but says he will cheerfully act with either of
the gentlemen who may be elected by the Liberal
party as their second candidate ; and that Mr. Evans
(of Forde Abbey, Chard) has been brought forward
by a large number of the most active and influen-
tial members of the Liberal party, and has received
promises of support from a majority of the old and
a large proportion of the new constituency, includ-
ing a great many of the working classes. It is con-
sidered that Mr. Cave's seat is safe, and that the
struggle will be for the second seat, which may pos-
sibly be snatched by a Conservative candidate if the
Liberals continue their dissensions.
CiinISTCHURCIL—Mr. Edmund Haviland Burke
issued his address as the Liberal candidate on Mon-
day. On the question of the Irish Church he says :
—" Myself a Protestant Episcopal Irish proprietor,
I feel keenly that it is essential to the prosperity of
the Einpire that justice to Ireland should no longer
be delayed. The questions of the Establishment
and endowment are distinct. As an Englishman, I
feel that no English institution in the sister island
was, and is, so utterly indefensible as the Irish
Church Establishment. The very existence in any
country of an Establishment representing the faith
of a mere fragment of the population is a standing
insult to the mass of the inhabitants. It can only
result in disloyalty to the Government with which
such an institution is associated, and to which it
owes its being. Every principle of equity demands
the disestablishment of the Irish Church. I differ
entirely from those who regard such a measure as a
wound inflicted on the English Church. I am of
the number who believe that, however advan-
tageous to the State its connection with a Church
may be, the benefit to the Church is at least ques-
tionable. . The question of disendowment is
distinct from that of disestablishment. As a Re-
former I hold that to do justice to one body of men
it can never be desirable to do injustice to another
and numerically weaker portion. My object is to
secure justice to both—to the former by freeing
them from the dominancy of an alien Church ; to
the latter by carefully securing their vested inte-
rests. I hold that whatever property really belongs
to the Irish Church should be retained as if it weir
private. The various denominations in Ireland are
endowed—the Episcopalians, the Presbyterians by
the Regium Donum, and, to a small extent, the
Roman Catholics by the Maynooth Grant. It is

thing that tends to bring religion into contempt to
be a national misfortune. Justice requires, and
wisdom counsels, that the fullest toleration should
be granted to all sects and creeds, and that no pre-
dominating power should be wielded by one of the
number over the others. . . My long residence
in India will enable me to bring much experience
and knowledge of the subject to bear on legislation
concerning that vast continent. It is a scandal
greeting our -nr.tional honour, and the security of
our rule, that two dozen members can hardly be
found to attend in their places in the House of
Commons while fifty millions sterling, drawn from
the people of India, are voted away without question
or criticism, according to the pleasure of a single
Minister, himself often a total stranger to India." g
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (SOUTH).—It is stated that
Mr. Barrow has no intention of retiring from the
representation of this division of Nottinghamshire,
and the course he will take at the approaching dis-
solution will depend upon the state of his health.
NOTTINGHAM.—A meeting was held on Friday

in this ,borough, which Mr. Peter Clayden, who
calls himself specially the working man's candidate,
addressed. There were 150 females present.. Mr.
Clayden, after an exposition of his Liberal princi-
ples, protested that he did not desire to go into Par-
liament for personal purposes ; but he had an am-
bition to have it written on his grave that he had
done some good in England. A• vote of thanks for
his address was passed.—Mr. Bernal Osborne has
just issued an ad tress to the electors and non-elec-

tors, in which he says :—" I am at present pre-
vented by illness from submitting my political
views to your notice at a public meeting. As six
or more candidates are already in the field, it is fit-

ting that you should learn the grounds on which I
ask your good will and support. Others may make
lavish of their political intentions for the future;
it will b 3 my pride to point to Parliamentary
performances in the past. You will find that,
during the course of a long and not in-
active political career, my votes and utterances in
the House of Commons have invariably been given
(whether as regards freedom of trade and opinion
or reform in Church and State) for the enactment
of Liberal measures, and the support of Liberal
principles. Early in Parliamentary life I brought
forward a proposition for restricting the punish-
ment of flogging in the army ; in the course of last
session I voted for a resolution which has abolished
that degrading infliction. My votes have ever been
given in favour of economy in expenditure, and the
abrogation of exclusive privilege. In 1848, when
an extension of the suffrage was looked upon as
degradation' by the Tory, and but coldly sup-
ported by the Whig, party, I spoke and voted in
support of a motion for reform, moved by that un-
swerving friend of the people, Joseph flume, who
would have then conferred household suffrage ou
the working classes free from the person d payment
of rates, though with the protection of the bal-
lot ! In the session of 1867 I also supported
the present extension of the suffrage, whilst
opposing its being placed on a rating quali-
fication ; on the same OCCASiOa Mr. Berkeley's
attempt to secure for the elector the safety guard of
the ballot was seconded by me. On various occa-
sions it has been my lot to bring forward motions
for inquiry into the remedies with a view to the re-
form of the Irish Church Establishment ; these en-
deavours have always been frustrated by the efforts
of the Tory party, who have recently discovered
that there are anomalies to be corrected in the Irish
Church Establishment, instead of abuses to be abo-
lished. My Parliamentary conduct is before you.
Though much has been done, more remains to do ;
Ireland has yet to be reconciled, England educated
to her position. In soliciting your support Ido not
appeal to the interests of a particular class. In my
view, the wellbeing of all classes, if properly under-
stood, is the same. Labour, equally with capital,
has its duties as well as its rights ;' it will
be my aim and object to represent and unite
both."

RADNOIt BOROUGIIS.—There will be no opposition I
in this borough to the sitting member, Mr. Green
Price. On Wednesday evening last Mr. Price ad-
dressed an enthusiastic meeting of his constituents
at Presteign. Even were there opposition the Con-
servatives would have little chance of success.
SUFFOLK (EAST.)—There appears to be a pros-
pect of a severe contest in this division. Mr. F. S.
Corrance and the Hon. J. M. Henniker-Major, the
Conservative sitting members, solicit re-election ;
but they are to be opposed in the Liberal interest
by Colonel Adair and Mr. T. Sutton Western.
Colonel Adair has several times unsuccessfully
contested the division. Mr. Western sat for Mal-
don for some years, but lost his seat in July, 1865.
All four candidates have issued their addresses to
the electors.
TOWER HAMLETS.—III the course of an assiduous
canvass Mr. Samuda, one of the Liberal candidates
for this borough, met a large body of the electors
at Poplar on Friday evening. Alluding to the fact
that the representation of what was the Tower Ham-
lets had been doubled, he took occasion to criticise
the minority vote, and its operation on such towns
as Birmingham. He dwelt on the progress of free
trode,the relations between capital and labour, which
he said necessarily must exist together, illustrating
his position by the neighbourhood in which he spoke,
and in which he lived as an employer. Naturally he
dwelt on the administration of the navy, on which he
has shown himself so competent to speak, arguing
that economy would be promoted by building ships of
war in private yards—a principle which he said had
been admitted by the stoutest adherents of the Go-
vernment system. He professed a desire to see re-
form in the procedure of courts of law in regard to
marine affairs. In regard to trades unions he was
for protecting such funds of those societies as were
intended for legitimate purposes ; but he objected
to their application to the furtherance of secret
action and the employment of human violence.
Combinations to obtain greater wages than capital
could afford would only end in the ruin of capitalist
and labourer. The honourable gentleman then re-
ferred to the circumstance of his connection with
the Mansion House Committee, which had been
made use of against him for electioneering purposes,
and gave a full and powerful vindication of
his conduct in that matter. The reception given
to Mr. Sainuda was very encouraging, and a re-
solution in his favour was heartily carried.
WINCIIESTER.—On Friday evening a public
meeting was held in this city for the purpose of
selecting a second Liberal candidate to contest the
seat now occupied by Mr. W. Barrow-Siminonds,
a Conservative. The attendance of Liberals and:
others interested was very large. Mr. J. Bonham-
Carter, the present Liberal member for the city,
addressed the meeting at some length, and, speak-
ing of the Irish Church, said that he had long
thought the day must come when that Establish-
ment should be swept away, and we could not ex-
, pect to have a pure and loyal support to the Go-

AYRSHIRE (Sount).—Mr. Oswald, of Auchen-
cruivc, the Liberal candidata for the representation
of South Ayrshire, died on Sunday of dysentery.
Col. Alexander, of liallochmyle kConservative), is
now the only candidato for the district.