23 APRIL 1864, Page 3

We understand that a number of the electors of Finsbury,

a borough which will be vacated by Sir Morton Peto's retirement, have requested Mr. Hughes to stand on the Liberal side. If the .statement is true it will be the most creditable thing the borough has done for years, for Mr. Hughes will neither job for the electors, flatter them, nor swallow their pledges. He is a strong Liberal, or Tether Radical,—one of those who think that our next business is to fight pauperism, and a man with a real care for the working class. If Finsbury has the intelligence to accept such a nomination, and send " Tom Brown" to Parliament, it will have done at least some- thing towards making educated men believe that big boroughs know how to choose representatives.