22 NOVEMBER 1856, Page 7

Mr. Peter Bolt has intimated his intention of resigning his

seat foi Greenwich. His reason for this step is that having purchased Mr. Mare's shipbuilding yard at Blackwell, he may in course of business undertake contracts with the Government. This announcement has taken the borough by surprise.

Sir Edward Butler, brother of Lord Dunboyne, and chairman of the Southampton and Salisbury broad gauge Railway, has issued an address as Conservative candidate for the suffrages of the Southampton electors. He will be found " a zealous supporter of all measures of useful reform and social progress "but as the times are changeable, " it would be un- wise of him to pledge himself to any individual or party."