PREPARATION FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
The activity of election preparation somewhat abates. Most of the new arrangements contemplated have been broached and have passed their first stage. The candidates and constituencies are now resting, or merely going on with the routine of canvassing and meetings "of course."
ENGLAND.
Boasvor,. Up to the beginning of the week, no Conservative had an- nounced himself; but three or four were talked about,—Mr. Masterman and Mr. Glyn the London bankers, Mr. Hubbard the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and Mr. Green the I ondon ishipowner.
Cninorcnuncn. Captain Harris, brother to the Earl of Malmesbury, is again a candidate in the Derby interest. An opposition is threatened by Mr. W. Tice, a retired banker, residing at Sopley Park.— Wiltshire County Mirror.
DEVONSHIB.E, Notern. Sir Thomas Acland has been corresponding with a Mr. Palk, the Chairman of the Devon and Exeter Protection Society. He has more explicitly than ever stated his belief that Protection cannot now be restored : he thinks Lord Derby "entitled to all reasonable support," but he will not pledge himself to a general support by anticipation of men or measures not developed. FROME. Mr. Donald Nicoll, partner of the London firm of paletot-tailors, and a magistrate of Wiltshire, is a candidate. HARWICH. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, the Solicitor-General, has accepted a requi- sition forwarded to him a few weeks back, while the fate of Harwich was somewhat in suspense. He says, his conduct will be guided " by a sincere and devoted attachment to the Protestant Chureh, to the Monarchy and the Constitution ; and by earnest and unceasing efforts so to regulate and im- prove our financial system as to protect and promote the agricultural and commercial interests of this country." LANCASHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Cheetham has been proposed as the Liberal candidate to succeed Mr. Alexander Henry, whose retirement appears to be due simply to declining health. An influential meeting of county electors at Mairehester, in the proceedings of which Mr. William Rathbone of Liver- pool took leading part, have formally adopted and advertised Mr. Cheet- ham as the intended successor of Mr. Henry. Srreawsniniv. Mr. George Tomline, the former Member for the borough, comes forward again ; reminding the Liberals that he lost his scat through attachment to Free-trade. R is said to be "anticipated" that Mr. Blaney will not come forward again, though he has not as yet avowed his deter- mination either way. NOILWIGH i. The Marquis of Douro has appeared before a public meeting, and said he was ready to stand if the Conservatives were unanimous in in. irking him. He would support the Derby Administration on all points but the one of imposing a duty on corn. Bountanerosi. Mr. Beane cochrtuie, the present Member for Bridport,
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and son 5n-law of Mr. Drummond the banker, is to be the Conservative can- didate for Southampton. Wzras. The electors have sent a requisition to Mr. Sergeant Binglake, Recorder of Exeter, to stand as their candidate "on the Radical interest," and yet also "in conjunction with the present Member, Mr. llayter," who is one of the Whig whippers-in.
SCOTLAND.
Moxvnosz. A foolish attempt is made to et up an opposition to Mr. Hume. The principal causes of alleged dissatisfaction with Mr. Hume are his opposition to the Navigation-laws and support of the grant to Maynooth; and a requisition to Dr. James Burnes, N.H., has been signed by seventy or eighty names. PAISLEY. A vote against Mr. Ifastie having been passed at a meeting of his constituents, Mr. W. T. Hely, a barrister holding Mr. flume's political
views, has entered the field.
IRELAND.
ATHLONE Bonotnart. Thomas Norton, Esq., late Chief Justice of New- foundland, and son of our respected townsman, Peter Norton, Esq., has ar- rived for the purpose of canvassing for the representation of this borough.- At/done Sentinel. CARLOW Conserv. Arrangements are in progress to start two Liberal and Free-trade candidates against Colonel Bruen and Mr. Bunbury, the present Tory and Protectionist Members. DOWN COUNTY. The tone of the Northern papers makes it clear that there will be a keen contest for the representation of the county. The ad- mirers of Lord Castlereagh insist that his Lordship and Mr. Sharman Craw- ford will be proposed as candidates "when the proper time arrives." LIMERICK. Mr. John O'Brien announces that he will retire ; and a public meeting has had three Liberal candidates proposed to it,-Mr. Sergeant O'Brien, the retiring Member's brother, Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Queen's counsel, and Mr. Potter. The meeting generally favoured Mr. Fitzgerald ; but the electors present at the meeting were most in favour of Sergeant O'Brien. The Limerick Reporter announces that Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, with a view to pre- vent division amongst the Liberal electors, has withdrawn his pretensions.
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