1 MAY 1852, Page 7

PREPARATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION,

ENGLAND.

AYLESBURY. Mr. J. Temple West, of Eaton Square, has offered himself. He is "attached to her Majesty's present Government." BERWICK.. Mr. Forster is now fairly in the field, having issued an ad- dress announcing his intention again to become a candidate ; and three other gentlemen—namely, Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Renton the present Member, and Mr. Richard Hodgson—are understood to have decided upon presenting themselves. Besides these four gentlemen, others are mentioned as having intentions of becoming candidates—Berwick Advertiser.

BRIDGEWATER. Colonel Tynte has at last commenced his canvass. CARLLSLE. Mr. W. N. Hodgson, the present Conservative Member, has just completed his canvass, and according to the confident assurances of his supporters with even greater success than at the last election. Neither Sir James Graliam nor Mr. Ferguson have made a personal canvass, but the agents of the party have been unremitting in their exertions, and assert po- sitively that both their candidates will be returned. CHATHAM. Viscount Enfield has retired, and at a public meeting intro- duced and recommended Admiral Stirling. COCKERMOUTH. Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Horsman have completed their canvass and addressed the electors. General Wyndham, of Cockermouth Castle, is in the field on the Conservative side. The received opinion is that Mr. Aglionby's seat is perfectly safe ; but it is thought that there will be a close run between Mr. Herrman and the General.

CUMBERLAND, EAST. The Honourable Charles Howard, and MT. W. Marshall, the sitting Members, have issued their respective addresses, and are now busily engaged in a joint personal canvass among their constituents. In opposition to them a large body of the yeomen and tenant-farmers, aided by a considerable portion of the landowners, are employed in procuring sig- natures to a requisition calling upon Mr. G. H. Head, late High Sheriff of the county, to come forward in the Conservative interest. Dualism, NORTH. Mr. Edmund Backhouse, one of the Liberal Quaker bankers of Darlington, is to be invited to stand. FINSBURY. Mr. Wyld, M.P. for Bodmin, has been invited to stand, and has addressed some public meetings. GREENWICH. Alderman Salomona has met his constituents, and informed them that at a dissolution, or whenever an occasion may arise, he will offer himself for reelection. The electors passed a resolution of confidence in him.

Hawn. Sir Bulwer Lytton, Mr. T. P. Halsey, and Mr. IL Ilene, have commenced an active personal canvass conjointly. In Hertford market- place, Sir Bulwer Lytton said to the farmers, whether a five-shilling duty was the best relief, it was not for him to say ; but be would tell them honestly, he considered a protective duty was necessary to secure them from the unjust competition of the untaxed foreigner."

Basrear.. There is no prospect of opposition to Mr. G. Carr Glyn, the sit- tingAMember. N CASHIRE, SOUTH. There is a movement in Liverpool to bring forward a candidate for the Southern division of this county. It was stated on the Manchester Exchange on Saturday, that two Conservative Free-traders are to be brought forward in opposition to Messrs. Gibson and Bright for Man- chester.

Marmots Mr. Quintin Dick is said to have abandoned the hope of retain- ing his seat. Mr. Charles Du Cane, of Brasted Park, has come forward as a firm supporter of Lord Derby.

MA.L1fESBURY. The Honourable lames Howard having expressed his in- tention to retire from Parliament at the next general election, a requisition signed by 120 electors has been presented to Mr. Thomas Luce, a resident in the borough, inviting him to come forward. Mr. Luce has consented, and has issued an address. He demands justice to agriculture, by readjustment of the burdens on property ; but opposes any disturbance of the commercia‘ policy of England and the reimposition of any tax on corn. Norravoassisamm, Norm. Lord Henry Bentinck has issued an address, saying that he adheres to a fixed duty on corn, but under these provisoes— The precise manner in which, at the present time, it may be deemed expedient to satisfy the just claims of the agriculturists for the redress of their acknowledged grievances, whether directly by the imposition of a moderate duty upon foreign grain, or indirectly by an entire revision of taxation, appears to me to be a question that can only be decided by the general verdict of the country. Its decision rests in your hands, and must be entirely dependent upon your own exertions." Rreort. Mr. Beckett retires from Leeds, and has offered himself for Ripon, in the interest of Earl De Grey.

Soirrasairrom. Sir James Mackenzie was put forward as a colleague of Mr. Baillie Cochrane, to contest the borough with Sir Alexander Cockburn and Mr. Wilcox, the sitting Members • but Sir James has been withdrawn, and Mr. Arthur Vansittart has been substituted.

SUFFOLK, EAST. It is not at all improbable but that there may be a con-

test for Fast Suffolk. Sir Fitzroy Kelly stands anything but well with a large section of the Tory party in the county, very many of whom have said that they will not vote for him under any circumstances ; so that a Liberal candidate, who is a supporter of the agricultural interest, and who will rote for the removal of those taxes which press on the farmers, would receive very strong support —Globe.

WESTMORELAND. It is expected that for this county the present Members, the Honourable Colonel Lowther and Mr. Alderman Thompson, will be re- turned without opposition.

Your- Mr. Alderman Leeman has come forward on Liberal, Free-trade, and Voluntary-support-of-religion principles ; and he is supported by his leading Liberal townsmen : it is thought probable that Mr. Pashley and Mr. Henry Vincent will withdraw. SCOTLAND.

GrAsoow. A public meeting of Liberal citizens, at the end of last week, passed resolutions of thanks to the Members of the House of Commons who supported Mr. Ilume's motion. Mr. Elastic and Mr. Macgregor were pre- sent. The proceedings being "enthusiastic," and sufficiently encouraging to Mr. Macgregor, he resolved to join Mr. Hastie in standing again.

IRELAND.

BELFAST. The Liberal electors determined to call upon Mr. William Coates to come forward as a candidate. That gentleman stands pledged to the cause of Free-trade, to civil and religious freedom, and the educational system of the National Board and the Queen's Colleges. It is thought likely that Mr. R. J. Tennent, one of the present Members, will retire.

DOWNSILIRE. The Central Committee appointed by the tenant-farmers are actively at work for Mr. Sharman Crawford ; whilst the three Conservative candidates, Lord Edwin Hill, Mr. Ker, and Mr. Vandeleur Stewart, are un- remitting, in their canvass. Mr. Stewart is accompanied in his visits to the electors by Mr. Andrews, the agent of the Marquis of Londonderry.

Dumas/ UNIVERSITY. It is stated that Mr. Napier is about to be raised to the bench ; and that Mr. Whiteside, M.P., and Mr. Joy, Q.C., of the North- east bar, will be candidates for the representation of Dublin University.

KERRY. The report of the Tralee paper, that Mr. Morgan John O'Connell

would not come forward again, was an enemy's invention. The Kerry _Evening Pose says—" It is the determination of Mr. M. J. O'Connell to so- licit a renewal of the confidence of his constituents at the approaching election."