It is now confidently stated that Parliament will be prorogued

on Tuesday, and dissolved on Thursday. The borough elections will, of course, take place immediately. The election ntovement stirs the whole country. Although in many cases there will be no contest, and the sit- ting Members will he returned ; yet hosts of candidates are springing

up in every quarter where there is the slightest chance of success. There is also much chopping and changing. The Conservatives seem to be on the watch to thrust in a candidate wherever there is or seems to be division among the Liberals. The country papers teem with election addresses, but on the whole they afford little or nothing worth preserving. We continue to compile a report of progress. In the Metropolis at present there is little movement. An opposition has sprung up in the City—the Tories are trying to get up a requisi- tion to Lord Stanley and Mr. Thomas Baring ; success doubtful. In Lambeth, the retirement of Mr. Williams, has brought Mr. Doulton into the field. Sir S. Morton Pete asks the electors of Finsbury to seat him. The Tower Hamlets are quiet, and nothing is heard of op- position in Southwark, Marylebone, or Westminster.

ENGLISH COITNTIES AND BOROUGHS.

ANoLaszA. Mr. Stanley will probably be opposed by the Honourable G. Irby, Lord Boston's son. The Dissenters have asked Mr. Davies of the Menai Bridge to stand.

BANBURY. The new candidates are Alderman Allen of London, Tory, and Sir Charles Douglas. Mr. Samuelson is of course in the field again. BATH. Sir Arthur Elton has retired from this borough. Finding a strong feeling against him, and declining to owe his seat to Conservative aid, he gave up the contest. Mr. Phinn and Mr. Tite are the Liberal candidates, Mr. Edwin Way, Tory ; a nephew of one of Lord Derby's new Baronets. BEDFORD. Two Tories, Major Stuart and Captain Turner, will contest the borough with Mr. Whitbread and Mr. Barnard. BEDFORDSHIRE. The Liberals, deeming they have a chance, will bring forward Lieutenant Colonel Higgins to fight for Colonel Gilpins's seat. The Tories have therefore determined to put up a second man. BODMIN. Mr. Wyld and Mr. Budd Palmer, Liberals, will be opposed by the Tories Mr. Vyvyan and Dr. Michell. BOLTON. It is said Mr. Crook will be opposed by Mr. Barnes. Both are Liberal. Captain Gray, Tory, stands again. BRADFORD. General Thompson retires, and Mr. Titus Salt has come for- ward. The Conservatives, not content with having Mr. Wickham, have asked another Bradford Conservative, Mr. Harris, to stand. BRISTOL. It is now said that the Bristol Tories will find two men to meet Mr. Berkeley and Mr. Langton at the poll. Mr. Slade, Q.C. is one of the Tories.

BURY. Mr. Frederick Peel is canvassing and haranguing the electors. CAMBRIDGE. Mr. Steuart and Mr, Macaulay are to be opposed by Mr. Francis Mowatt and the Honourable E. T. B. Twisleton.

CHESTER. Three candidates—Lord Grosvenor and Mr. Salisbury, Libe- rals; Mr. P. S. Humberston, Tory. CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne retires. Four candidates are in the field—Colonel Powell and Mr. A. H. S. Davies, Conservatives ; and Mr. Chambers, of Herod, and Mr. Lloyd, of Brynoydd, on the Liberal side. CRICKLADE. Lord Ashley has presented himself to the Cricklade elect- ors. The borough returns two Members. Lord Ashley opposes Mr. God- dard. The other seat, held by one of Lord Derby's new Baronets, Sir J. Neeld, is considered safe.

DEVONPORT. Sir Henry Leeke, the new Lord of the Admiralty, has been canvassing here, but has disappeared in the direction of Dover.

Thulium:rm. Sir Thomas Herbert, a possible Lord of the Admiralty, is a candidate. Mr. Caird, it is said, will not stand again.

ESSEX (North). Colonel Ruggles Brise insists that Major Beresford is pledged to retire. "W. B." declining, Colonel Brise has issued an address. The Tories are divided between the two. No one opposes Mr. Demme. GLOUCESTERSHIRE (West). Mr. Grantley Berkeley, " unpledged to any party," is a candidate. HALIFAX. As Mr. Frank Crossley has been fixed upon to contest the West Riding with Sir Tohn Ramsden, the Liberals have had to find a new eandidate. They have fixed upon Mr. James Stansfeld, of London, son of the Judge of the Halifax County Court. He is a Radical, and goes for Mr. Bright's bill. The Tories have brought forward Mr. Waterhouse. HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir Edward Lytton, suffering from ill health, had in- tended to retire from Parliament; he was not equal to the fatigues of a canvass. But his friends urged him to stand again, sure of the "indul- gence" of the electors. Sir Edward, therefore, leaves it to the electors to decide whether they will chose him again. Meanwhile he seeks repose to recruit his failing strength. Husrri-uonoN. General Peel and Mr. Baring, the sitting Members, ap- peal for reelection.

Hui:rms. The Liberal Member, Mr. Trueman, is to be opposed by a Tory, Mr. I. Rogers, a man of large influence in the neighbourhood. HULL. Mr. Hoare of the London banking firm, Tory, has gone to Hull,

to oppose Mr. Lewis, bare, who stands vrith Mr. Clay. Irawieu. There are four candidates, the sitting Members, Mr. Adair ' and Mr. Cobbold, Mr. King, Radical, and Mr. Selwin, Conservative. (West.) Mr. Martin and Mr. Whatman, Liberals, are contrary to all expectation, to meet with Tory opponents in Lord Holmesciale, and Sir Edmund Filmer. The Liberal register, however, has been well looked to. - KIDDERMINSTER. Mr. Robert Lowe, finding on a canvass that he had -lost the good graces of his constituents, has taken his farewell of them, and 'left the Tog, Mr. Hudtliestone, defender of the rioters who nearly killed ,tr. Lowe in 1857, alone in his glory. KNARESBOROUGH. The Liberal candidate here is Mr. Thompson, Chair- -man of the North-Eastern Railway Company. • LANCASHIRE (South.) The Tones of this division of Lancashire have determined on a contest. Their champion is the Honourable Algernon Egerton' brother of Lord Ellesmere. Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Pemberton Heywood are not alarmed. There is a talk of a second Tory. LANCASTER. Four candidates are to the fore. Mr. W. A. F. Saunders, Wennington Hall, Tory-, Mr. W. J. Garnett, Bleadale Tower; Mr. E. M. Fenwick, Claughton Halland Mr. L. Gregson, Liberals. LEEDS. The Liberals have chosen Mr. Edmund Baines and Mr. W. E. Forster of Burley- for their candidates.

Lswhs. Mr. Brand and Mr. Fitzroy are to be opposed by two Tories— Sir Charles Blunt and Mr. Amphlett. LmeoLuannui (South). Mr. Willson retina. Sir John Trollope, Tory, and Mr. Paoke, Liberal, will be returned unopposed.

LIVERPOOL. Nothing seems to have been determined on here. The names of Lord Stanley and Sir John Pakington are mentioned in the Tory camp. LYRE REGIS. Mr. Treeby, Tory, is a candidate.

ALunsToprz. Mr. C. Buxton and Mr. W. Lee will contest the borough on the Liberal interest.

MANCHESTER. It is not at present thought that Mr. Aspinal Turner and Mr. Baxley will be opposed ; but there is a talk of bringing out Mr. Oliver Heywood or Mr. Robertson Gladstone. MIDIIURST is to be contested. Mr. Mitford, a local magnate, and Mr. Russell Gurney- have been asked to stand.

Moarsra. Sir George Grey has issued his address. No opposition. NsweasrLE. Mr. Hayman, Tory, will contest the borough for his party.

NEWPORT (Isle of Wight.) Captain Mangles and Mr. Charles Buxton retire.

NORFOLK (East). There was a talk of a compromise here, but Mr. Bur- roughs has come out as an independent candidate. It was supposed that Mr. Howes. Tory, and Colonel Coke, Liberal, would " walk over.' NEW SHOREHAM. Lord A. Lennox retires, and Mr. Stephen Cave, of London, is a candidate. NOTTINGHAM. Mr. Mellor and Mr. Paget, Liberals, and Mr. Ernest Jones are the candidates.

NwerhAmproNsuiaz (North). Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon, Liberal, will again contest the county. He nearly defeated Mr. Ward Hunt in 1857.

OXFOB.D (City). The talk of opposition to Mr. Langston and Mr. Card- well has died awayt so far as the Liberals are concerned. It will be strange if the old Tory spirit does not seek a contest. PENRYN. Mr. Baring and Mr. Gurney, sitting Members, are to be op- posed by Mr. Rowel Gwyn, and a Mr. Leslie Foster, Tories.

PETERBOROUGH.

OROUGH. Mr. George FitZWilliara withdraws. Mr. Thomson Hankey and Mr. James Wilde, Q.C., are candidates. Mr. Wells is a can- didate as an independent Liberal. PONTEFRACT. bfr. Wood withdraws. The three Liberal candidates in the field are Mr.:Monckton Manes, one of the present Members ; Mr. Sydney Woolf, of the Australian Potteries Castlefordi and Mr. Childers, nephew of Mr. J. W. Childers, late High' Sheriff of Yorkshire. The Conservative is Mr. Overend, Q.C.

Ruannvo. Mr. Benson, Tory, opposes Sir Richard Keating and Mr. Pigott, Liberals.

ROCHDALE. Sir A. Ramsay and Mr. Cobden are candidates. SALFORD. Mr. Massey is, it is now said, to be opposed by Mr. Henry Ashworth.

SALISBURY. Mr. Errington speedily withdrew from the field. Mr. Chapman, another Railway noble, took his place. General Buckley and Mr. Marsh, sitting Members, are actively canvassing. SCARBOROUGH boasts of five candidates, namely, Sir I. V. B. Johnstone, Mr. Dent, and the Honourable W. F. Denison all on the Liberal interest ; and the Honourable Cecil Duncombe and Mr. ,G. J. Cayley on the Conser- vative side. Sir J. Johnstone and Mr. Dent are the present Members. STOKE-ON-TRENT. Alderman Copeland retires. Mr. J. L. Ricardo comes forward again Mr. Pope, of Manchester, is in the field. STROLD. Mr. Scropo and Mr. Herman have issued a joint address, al- though they voted against each other in the great division, Mr. Doming- ton, of Lyppiatt Park, near Stroud, is talked of as the Conservative can- didate.

Tauwoara. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Raynham are opposed by Mr. Daniel, a Tory.

TRURO. Mr. Williams retires. Captain Vivian leaves Bodmin for Truro. There are two other candidates ; Mr. A. Smith and Mr. M. Smith. TYNEMOUTH. Mr. Hugh Taylor, Tory, opposes Mr. Lindsay. WALLINGFORD. Mr. Melina is to be opposed by Mr. Charles Locock, nephew of Dr. Locock.

WALSALL. Mr. Forster is to be opposed by Mr. Marshall, a Tory from Brighton.

WEYMOUTH. Two Tories, Lord Grey de Wilton and Mr. G. R: Brookes, shipowner, have been sent to oppose Colonel Freestun and Mr. Campbell, the sittiniMembers. A severe contest is looked for. WOLVERHAMPTON. Sir Richard Bethell is a candidate for the seat to be given up by Mr. Thornely Sir Richard says that he should enter Parlia- ment solely with the view of securing that which had been at his heart for a great many years—an extensive measure of healthy law reform ; for this, he added, that he had refused the Vice-Chancellorship and an appointment with patronage worth 40,0001. a year. He should continue, he said, to vote for the ballot, would vote for a six-pound franchise in boroughs, and gene- rally in reform would go as far as Lord John Russell, if not further. WINCHESTER. This ancient city is represented by Sir J. B. East, Tory, and Mr. Bonham Carter, Liberal. Mr. Shaw Lefevre. nephew of Lord Eversley, Liberal, and Mr. Fleming, Tory, are new candidates.

Yoaxamas (West). The Liberals have two candidates—Sir John Rams- den and Mr. Frank Crossley. It is said that the Conservatives will put forward Mr. Stuart Wortley, and probably Mr. W. S. Stanhope. Yoax. The candidates for York are Mr. Westhead, Liberal, Colonel Smyth, Tory, sitting Members ; and Mr. Layard.

ARMAGH. Mr. Bond, supported by the Lord Primate, opposes Mr. Millar. CARLOW. Mr. Gridley, an Englishman, will oppose the Tory Member, Mr. Alexander.

Cesium. Sir T. O'Brien retires ; Mr. Hemphill is a candidate.

CLARE. Lord Francis Conyngham retires, Colonel Luke White is a candidate.

CORK (City). Colonel Wood has announced his intention of contesting Cork.

DuaLnr. It is said that Sir Edward Grogan and Mr. Vance will be op- posed by the Liberals.

GALWAY. Lord Dunkellin and Mr. Lever are to be opposed by Sir T. Itedington and Mr. A. O'Flaherty. KILDARE. Mr. Henchy retires. Sir William Hart is a Liberal candi- date.

KILKENNY (County). Mr. Sergeant Shea woos this constituency. He is to be opposed by Mr. G. H. Moore and Mr. John Greene. KILKENNY (City). Mr. Loughmon and Mr. O'Donnell are candidates.- KriesALE. Major Boothby, brother-in-law of Lord Fermory, Liberal, is a candidate.

Lamm= (City). The sitting Members and Major Gavin are the candi- dates.

LIMERICK (County). Mr. De Vero retires. Lieutenant-Colonel Dick- son, Liberal, is a candidate; also Mr. Synan and Mr. Lyons, Liberals. Lissom. Mr. S. I. Higginson is a candidate. LONDONDERRY (County). Mr. Clerk retires. Sir F. Hey-gate has come forward here on independent principles ; and Mr. Robert Peel Dawson, Derbyite. Suoo. Mr. John Wynne, Tory, and Mr. Charles Kelly, Liberal, are the probable candidates. WATERFORD (City). Sir W. Barren is tooppOSS Mr. Hassard. WESTMEATH (County). Mr. Pollard Urquhart opposes Sir R. Levinge who ousted him in 1857. WEXFORD. Mr. Devereux, sitting Member, has made no sign. Mr. Redmond and Sir Frederick Hughes, Liberals, are the candidates.

SCOTLAND.

It has been decided on that Mr. Adam Black and Mr. Moncrief will jointly stand for Edinburgh. Mr. Merry has redeemed his pledge and come forward once more to dis- pute their territory with "the Bairds."

Lord Riche, Lord Melgund, Lord Duncan, Mr. W. E. Baxter, appeal again to their respective constituencies ; and are not, it seems likely to be opposed. Mr. Miller comes forward for Leith as a Radical, Mr. Henderson as a Liberal Conservative. Mr. Roger Aytoun opposes Mr. Caird at Stirling