The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

July 6,184 x.

THE APPROACHING GENERAL ELECTION.

Mr. Macgregor, of the Board of Trade, has put up for
Glasgow. If elected, he is to resign his official situation.
A Cuxrency Reform Association has been formed at
Paisley.

The intention of Mr. Ewart to solicit again the repre-
sentation of Dumfries has been announced. He will be
returned without opposition. _

The Hull Packet says there is a likelihood of Mr. Ser-
geant Wilkins becoming a candidate for the representation
of a borough in Yorkshire at the forthcoming election.
OLDHAM.—The friends of Messrs. Fielderr and Cobbett
are vigorously prosecuting their canvass and speak in con-
fident terms of the successful result.

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CABNARVONSHIRE AND BOROUGHS.—AII peace and
quietness for our county and boroughs.—Election strife
has taken wing across the Meirai' and rages furiously
among the Whigs in Anglesey.—North Wales Chronicle.
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd has issued an address to the
electors of Reading, containing a " distinct avowal" that
he will not consent to the endowment of the Roman Ca-
tholic Church.

The Journal des, _Mats contains an article on the ap-
approaching general election in England, and anticipates
from it a triumph for religious liberty by the return to
Parliament of at least three members of the- Hebrew re-
ligion, the Barons Lionel and Meyer de Rothschild and
Mr. David Salomons.

REPRESENTATION OF RSACEBURN.—BIaCkbIIFTI is per-
fectly exempt from all agitation on the subject of the ap-
proaching election. No committees have yet beerrforrsed
—no meetings held—no adifresses issued, All That is
known on the subject is the fact that Mr. Hornby is ring
to be put in nomination as one of the candidates. This is
all that is certain.

Lord John Russell issued a brief address to the electors
of the city of London, on Monday, soliciting a rene.wat
of their representation. On Saturday the Morning
Herald announced that two new Conservative candidates'
of high commercial standing would shortly be brought
forward. With these there will be noless than nine can-
didates before the electors.

MOVEMENT ON BEHALF OF FREE EDUCATION.—WiI
are authorised to state, that two private meetings have
been held, with the view of considering the propriety of
taking early measures for the formation of a society for
the promotion of popular education, exclusively on the
voluntary principle. In order to receive the freest expres-
sion of opinion, and the most enlarged co-operation, it is
intended, we are informed, to convene a conference of the
friends of voluntary education throughout the country as
soon as practicable after the ensuing election. The ar-
rangements will be formally announced in due otnirse.—
Manchester Examiner.

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It is now generally supposed that the dissolution-of Par-
liament will take place on the 20th instant. Some think
that the elections will be postponed until after the harvest;
but there appears to be no reasonable ground for the-sup-
position. An election now-a-days, lasts only over one
day; and if the preliminaries, in canvassing, and in syeech-
making, and carousing at parties be considered as Involv-
ing a task of exertion amongst the people, who by their
votes are to sway the legislative influence of the country;--
then, we say, the sooner the election is fixed the better,.
so that the fatigue may be over, and leave "the labourers
in the vineyard." recruiting for the perhaps more profit-
able, and certainly more salutary occupation of gathering-
in the fruits of the earth. Besides, the candidates are all
already selected and pitted, and the constituency may.
by delay "go further and fare worse:"