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Mr, Sergeant Wilde's appointment to the office of Solicitor-General took place on Friday evening ; and on Saturday the learned gentleman went to Newark, with his friend 3Ir. M. I). Hill, to canvass his con- stituents ; to whom lie issued the folio-wing address.

" Ti the If-orthy awl Independent Ehetors of the 13.trony4 if Neumrh. 0 Gentlemen—Iter Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint metier Solicitor-General.

" The coLstitut ion has provided that the acceptance of ollice muler the Crown Ora

vaeale the seat or n It [tanner • f Parliament. The trust whieh you haNe so oneg stud so lung confided ill Me, iS, thell•k re. :twdit sunr.•nd.. red into your hands. " The now election tior your ancient and reluctol,le borough 1.1111t1tH bike place till

after the meeting of Parliament ; but my sem:, of duty towards you induces me irt.

modiately to rot Newark, and in person to soiieit mho renew•al, WI1011 eleelion shall take piace, of the generous and independent supp,rt I have so repeatedly reCeiVed from you. " Iii(lischaring the duties Nvhich have det.,Iveil ii; on me as your Itepresentatire, whilst 1 have never forgotten the principles width first recommended toe to your stip port, I Iron I may also Cull lideutly appeal to all classes and parties, that I h.% e inner been inattentive to the welfare of >our tow it or the interest:, or atty or its nomeroas tuba: muds. I now, thergote, omst re,„pect presoht berore yott ; I hope that, iti becoming it .l tilt or our beW.0 ed L•reign, I have done nothing which con diminish tit,: cmtlidettet: you have hitherto ii .1 iti Inc—a confideoce which I have Itlways talaml as my chief' possion, Whielt. I trust, I shall ever have the good fortune to retain. " I ha i tile latiour to be, gentlemen, your faithful tutuobedient servant, " Castlo and rulecal, November 23, 103." ' THOMAS \TILDE."

l'he 'Pules immediately got up a requisition to Mr. Thesiger ; who agreed to become their candidate, and arrived at New-ark on Monday.

This is 3Ir. Thesiger's address.

" To he Worthy and Independent Electors of the Borough Newark.

" Gentlemen-The Solicitor General has issued a very elaberate address, the sub. stance of which appears to be that las long cm.nexion St lit, the horough, his exertioni daring tlw time he has been your Representative, ltis present official situation, and the interests and peace of Newark. all combine to render his return tu l'arliamem ;whitest au imperative duty on the electors.

" The eturnestue65 cd*solicitation assume.; somellthw of thy tore, of defiance and dicta. lion ; but I will not st,i, to criticize the address npouillat grotrud. .' The present contest is One or ;oho:it:1e, it, t personal Feeling again:4 the tor.6enerul. No one i6 plOre ready than ta suit' to admit that his ilistitiglitsliett lents and personal merit entitle hint to the rank to which her )1,i:Aisty has heyii fdevate 11 ; alai that till," talt.111:: it (Mill render him a N' t.1 thy ri•preetstatise at your opinions iti Pollianteitt, ir be Nvere willing to represent tin se opitlion,:. " The ;mint at issue is, dot, the loatttml gentleman reprt,ent the sentiments allot con-tiluency ut Newark: It is fri,711 a lii st conic-that that he does not, that I hata elttlat..1 to it tat an oppormitity of determining this otte.tion. All eleethe and de. Mu:nuke la dies lutist be hound li3 the art or vote of a nuth.rity ; and I cannot .11.er. taut the 11.11t...:.4 dOltht that the re,alt of this evitte,t c ill slim, iliat the it the eleeteci ilf Newaik 'um 111151 illing tu haVe their opilkielL; nelltraliZed, by their Repro. sentatil is sitting oil different ,iL(es a the House at (.■,nimulig. • Ole 1111501ity of the electot a of Newt' k are opposed to the political principle,: of the Solicitor-General, I ti,-lt him to prove the ilfaist ice of their desire to have his place sat.plied by one Nt hose principles are congenial with their own. The Conservati% es of Great Britain 1111VO tou long experienced the misfortune of the Legislature of the cotintr I.eiag it. the bawls or a -ti- I! majority in the I louse of Uomtnoes; hut they have huh., right to ealleois IliNt the opinion or the minority ought to got ern the re. boutiou, or that 11(.4, as the learned Sidle itur-General has to stille the voice or the limit anti of this borom:11. he that majority pl-t•at or small. " The :.,,,lieitel.tieneral insinuates that 1 ant a tudninee, I most positively deny the justice of this insinuation, anti challenge the strictest scrutiny jill. thy truth of toy denial. I can most conscientiously attopt the assertion of the Solicit or-General, thut the constituency of Nem auk is my wily patron.' ity their riao suffrages alone do I seek to enter the 'louse or commons. 1 feel perfectly satisfied they send nie there; and ,liould I be mistakon its that confidence, I shall hove the satislaction or reeling that I have lout an opportitilit:, or shoeing by your otes whether You appr .Si' or (-1,appr,,ve at the policy tie-it Gut mamma whit h au. at s 1,1 Itd•, and to iflOSC Milt/ flank ii ith to lie tqfpused in the and feelings Ma ma ority blithe people• " I hate the honour to be, geotkuoen, obedient humble sort ant. " Cl Sail A t:Gth November 18W9." " F. TREADER."

Mr. Thesiger took an opportunity of addressing the electors on Mon- day, before commencing his canvass. We give extracts from his

speech-

" The new Solicitor-General has appeared amongst you under rather extra- ordinary circumstances, and which indicate something like a inanteuvre on the

part of Government. Day after day we have been anxiously inquiring whe- ther the appointment had been auntie, and day after day had baffled our ins quiries. "Why all this mystery ? 1Vliat object was to be gained by preserving this secret with so much care and anxiety ? Wits it to enable the learned Soli- citor-Getieral to catch a small advantage by being first upon the ground? Does this look like confidence in the cause? Is this the manly manlier in which to noble contest of' principles should be conducted ? Silently and stealthily, and tinder cover of the shades of night, did our adversary cutter the town, in Itept s to catch a weak promise, or secure a 'wavering vote. how unlike the generosity ,displayed by that Grecian leader, who, when lie was told that he might surprise his enemies by night, rejected the counsel with disdain, saying that be scorned to steal a victory ! But I am rejoiced at the course which has beets pursued, as it betrays the apprehensions which are enter- tained of a fair struggle, and shows the nervous anxiety which is felt by a tottering Government to protect itself against the perilous consequences of losing only one seat."

He blamed Ministers for not preventing the Chartist insurrection ía Wales; for "opening" the Ballot; for the Education grant ; and for their profuse jobbing— 'C .1711ey boasteil of their disinterestedoess and indifference to patronage more has been done to extend their influence by the creation of new more patronage, directly awl indirectly, has been exercised, more job,, (the • Ivord is short and expres4ve,) more sea odahnts jobs have been committed, that i under any former Administration, with which they delight to compare thou- Selves. They were lilted to pow .a. by the breatit of the people; they hreaX their fall by the reA stance of the Crown. I need not addl, that I differ entirely j from them in all their principles, anil that, believing my sentiments to be en- I tertained by a majority of the elec;oN of N.:in.:ark, I have appeared amongst you to afford you Illopportunity of opposing tile representative of them in tile person of their Solicitor-General. If it should lie my good fortune to be re- turned by you to Parliament, I will oppose all such measures as they have sup- ported to the detriment of the Constitution. Being devotedly attached to the Pcotestant Church, I shall feel it to be my duty to resist any at to under- ! mine its foundations, or to strip it of those privileges which contribute to its usefulness, and are a pledge of the respect anit yetieration iii whieh it is held. Reverencina our Constitution, I should upon every occasion steadfastly oppose every endeavour to destroy its nice and protecting balance, ft10l to take from it any portion of that independence elate'. is u.scittlal to its political existence. I should endeavour to the utmost of my power to proteet the commercial and agricultural interests of the nation. in a word, I would steadfastly follow out in my public conduct those principles which the distinguished leaders of the Conservative party in both Houses of Parliament have so consistently main- tained; and in the prevalence of which, 1 most firmly believe, the safety, if not the existence, of our once envied and still vital Constitution depends."

At the close of his canvass on Monday, Mr. Wilde spoke to the electors from the balcony of the Castle and Falcon Inn- " Gentlemen, I appear before you not only as your Representative, bat also as One who has been appointed to office under the Crown. I have been nomi- nated by her most gracious Majesty the Queen as Solicitor-General. (A coke in the crowd, "God Mess her !") Gentlemen, I echo that 'Coil bless her,' with all my heart. It is fit that I should account to you as to the manner in which I have been appointed to that office—for office is not always attained by litir and honourable means; but I approach it without flair, for I have courted no 111:111-1 have bowed to no Government—I have pursued an open and independent course in Parliament. You sent me to the House of Commons accredited by your opinion that I was competent to render the public some service: it is itaw for you to judge how far Lain justified in accepting (Alice smuts such recommendation. Without the patronage of a, single friend—without influence at Court or with the Government—the office has been conferred on me, not by the voice of the Ministry alone, but Ito the almost unanimous opinions of the City of London, including Members of both sides of the House in Parliament. You could not fhil to have beard, during the last month, the statements that had been made in various quarters of my having been ap- pointed Solieitor-Gemral, for which there was not then the slightest founda- tion; and this was said not only by 'nen connected with the Government, but also by those who deem it their duty to oppaie them—by the Tories, or Con- servatives as they now choose to call themselves. They were loudest in their acclamations fir my appointmea, ant they said how mean and disgraceful would be the conduct of the Government if they were deterred from appointing me through fear of losing my seat for Newark. Gentlemen, the side foundation of that report, then, was the universal opt aloft that, by the coarse I haul pursued, it was a matter of duty on the part of the Government, and for the • public benefit, that I should be so appointed. You, gentlemen, in the first installee, gave me the sanction of your opinion in my favour, and her Majesty's Government have confirmed your choice. * Without any cause, for upwards of a month, my appointment was talked of; but it was nut until late on Friday last that I saw Lord Melbourne, and the appointment (which had been delayed on public aerounds) was made. I was then ready to meet yen face to face. I do not really know what connexion it can have with the matter; but I hear it has been charged against nu. that I Caine at n19/it. In this instance, as in all others, when I have felt it my duty to present myself before you, from that moment I have let as few bourspess as possible before I saw you ; and that I have done now. It was late on Friday that I presented myself' to receive the appointment ; by two o'clock on Sa- turday morningI had an address printed in London, ready to announce to you that by accepting office I had resigned the trust again into your hands. I started' at six o'cleck by the railway to Nottingham ; and I came from thence as fast as four horsvs would convey nse. It is a complaint against me, I suppose, that 1 am such a stranger, I (night to have slept at the last stage, and presenteui myself in the mornitte. I only came as last as I contd. I came nearly all the ray by steam—and fhope we shall get the steam well up here."

Mr. Wilde concluded by assuring the electors, that if again returned he would serve them faithfully and to the best of his ability.

Mr. Bagshaw is a candidate to represent Harwich at the next elec- tion. On Wednesday week, 150 Liberals of the borough dined to- gether to celebrate the election of a Liberal Mayor ; and Mr. Bagshaw delivered a spirited address to the company, who received him with enthusiasm.

The Manchester Guardian of 'Wednesday says—" We are assured that in some districts of the borough they were canvassing for Sir George Murray no longer ago than yesterday."

We have heard that Mr. Gibson, the rejected of Cambridge, has aban- doned Isis petition against the return of Sir Thomas Cochrane for the borough of Ipswiela—Correspondent of' the Standard.

Mr. Gordon, of the Norfolk circuit, has been appointed Recorder of Bury St. Edmund's, vacated by the elevation of Sir R. M. Rolfe to the Bench.

The Lord Bishop of Winchester has collated the Reverend Samuel Wilberforce, Clerk, B.D., to the Archdeaconry of Surry, vacant by the death of Thomas Lord Walsingham.