The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-05 00:00:00

GREEN WICFi ELECTION.

PUBLIC MEETING ue THE FRIENDS OF

MR. CH AMBERS.
On Friday evening last Mr. Mon;sgu Chambers ad-
dressed a large and enthusiastic meeting of electors at
the Lecture Hall, Woolwich. The chair was taken by
George Cnbh, Esq.
Mr. CHAMBERS, on rising to address the meeting, was
received with rapturous applause. He observed that a
morning paper, which was cal ed a Liberal newspaper,
had stated that he was the self-created oendida'e, and
ought to retire, as he was causing division in the
Liberal ranks.—(Cries of " Shame.") Now, he
would ask, was be a self-created candalidate ?
—(Cries of " LsTo, no.") Did he not receive a
requisition, signed by 1,513 electors, requesting him
to come forward?—(Cheers.) He had faith in. these
promises, and was dete, mined to stick to the constitu-
rcy of Greenwich, notwithstanding the moth-at advice
retire wbich was given by the journal referred to.
Ilia personal csuvass had teen most successful. and if
the promises re de were acted up to. of which be bad
no doubt, he must be at the head of the poll.—(Loud
cheers.)
duprepohneisrsts
;rh„apdpemsa;de.suasne
iontstsueriscs.el,alabmotan-
) moires toLiliaej
a mouth since a publication imitating a Leivq)aper was
brought out, and it wens steed that five thousaud copies
were distributed '• gratis." Ott that day No. 2 was pub-
of which eight ceousand copies were to be distri-
buted, and alech contained, es he had been informed, the
most unfounCed calumet, s against hits. This was a
re
election squib, and it would go see like
cannon, and therefore would n'qur,Jibbr.ie!t
mwars
not a heavy Mr.
Chambers down —(Cbsers ) Anther MataiLlVie WB3
the issuing of handbills rt fi (sting upon the other candi-
dates, and which were taid to emanate from his com-
mittee; but the fact was, his party had nothing to do
with the printing of these ofiensive handbills. Another
rnanceuvre was the assertion that because be was a
Liberal and a R, former he wished to cause a great re-
duction, or, in fact, shut up those great public establish-
ments, the dockyard and arsenal at Woolwich and Dept-
ford. Now, be was a Reformer—and a true Reformer
—and therefore he had no desire to reduce those great
public establishments, but he was anxious to remove
the defects which existed, and place them in
a state of efficiency, so that it would be unne-
cessary to have our large vessels built by Private con-
tractors.—(Loud cheers.) He wished to diminish the
feebleness and not the strength of these establishments.
He felt satisfied that be could, by determination and
with the assistance of others, find out and remedy the
detects which existed in these estab:ishmenti—nothing
should baths him.—(Loud cheers.) He trusted that
those employed in the dockyards and arsenal would
not believe that they would injure their interests by
voting for him. He told them it would not, it could
uot. it should not.—(Cheers.) He had recently heaid
some secrets with regard to certain understrappers.—
(Cheers.) He told th, m nut to be influenced or cajoled
by Jacks•in-t ffic .—(Loud cheers) These thought
they recommended themselves to those in power by
endeavouring to influence the voters, but they were mis-
takelt. He had piratical antagonists amongst the &eat
and nt.ble of the land, but he could tell them that, the
great had noble hearts, and would scorn to interfere
with the free exercise of the franchise. (A person
here stated that on the previous Saturday the men
employed in the storekeepers' department of the
arsenal were placed in ranks, and reque,ted by the
storekeeper to vote for Mr. Rolt, the Conservative
candidate.) He would again entreat them not to
be influenced by any of these transactions; he could
adiure them that every man who voted for him
would not find himself in a worse position after
the election; but he warned these Jacks-in-office,
that it they dared to interfere with the free exercise of
the franchise, they would find themselves in the wrong
la.sx.—(Cheers.) No man bad a right to dictate to a
voter as to the way in which he should dispose of his
vote- He was able and determined to protect every
undue
from undue influence. He had no fear of the
due influence which might be practised by under.. strappers, the whole nation would revolt at its—(Loud
The franchise was the inherent right of every
evhoeteell)
riand let these who wished to interfere with it go
to the Haymarket, and see the comedy of Mind your
own Business.—(Laughter and cheers.) He was sorry
that drgiee of unkindly feeling which he did not
Aspect had been introduced Into the contest b other
candidates. Each of the other candidates appeared
to wish to bear him down, and this made
him sanguine of success, as it was an, evidence that he
was the strong man.—(Cheers.) Mr. Chambers con-
cluded a most eloquent address by urging the electors
not to relax their exertions on his behalf. In reply to
questions from Alec ors, Mr. Chambers then avowed
himself in favour of household suffrage, law reform, the
establishment of the representative s} stem in all British
colonies, and other popular measures,
A resoluion pledging the meeting to support Mr.
Chambers was then unanimously passed, and the im-
mense assembly separated.

SOUTHAMP7ON, SaTURDAY.
The S cretery to the Admiralty paid it visit ut inspec-
tion to this port to-day, and, on arrival, was received by
Captain Austin, R.N., the Admiralty Superintendent of
Packets, Lieutenant n'Aranda, R.N., &c. After being
shown round the docks, tidal basin, graving-duck, &c.,
by Captain Peacock, the doekoruster. Mr. Stafford
visited the P.-niesular and Oriental Cempany's steam-
ship Bentinek and other vessels, aid shortly afterwards
embarked on board the South Western Company's
steamer Courier, Captain James Goodridge, jun. (one
of the S.uthumpton and Jersey The} al Mail eackets),
for a trip to Spiihead aid Cow, a 1.-tiads. The Courier
is one of the almost ur.rivalhd pack. to belonging to the
South-Western Steam Company, aid, in common with
h.r consort, the lie,paich, commanded by Captain
B.bon, attains the legteet rpeed of any of the sea-
g.eng Channel steerners that have yet been built.
From 16 to 17 miles hour in erdtnary v.-eathcr is
tb, average Epecd ofthese l)cuutifu; vtieels. The
C uric r beviog rec. ntly been thoroughly overhault d end
tieed web Messrs. L,mb VLd Sturm, rs'. patent flue
boilers (similar to refill I,c-ntly tuPPli.ed to steam-
ships or the V,ninstilar and Orietcal Conipan)), con-
side interest was e It. to sscer'ain the re butt of the
eneruvementa. A iumber of gentle nut n connect. d with
steam navigation accompanied the Seervt:4ry of the
Admiralty on this excursion, among whom were--
captsin Engledue, RN., the superintendent, and Mr.
the engineer-in.cbief of the Peninsular
Captain R. Barton, R.N., the
11PrdirM) ;le George Mills,superintendent, and
the engineer-in-
chief of the Royal West India Mail Company;
Colonel Henderson, direcw. anti Mr. William Green,
manager of the Sou+ Western Steam Navigation
Company; Mr. A. Baillie Cochrane, Captain Jer-
ninghetn. &c The performances of the Courier
were iu every way seei-taste rye and fully justified the
ctationii which were teat rteitied, elieuing the praise
0, all the genth men on board, not only fur the great
spired at which the vessel was propelled through the
r,ut also for the entire absence of unpleasant mo-
tion. The Courier will immediately comm one carrying
her Allsj-sty't, mils to arid trout the Channel Mat da in
miejtiection ebb the Despatch, the passage freer, Jersey
eed Gw-rnsey to Sot:Mary won by them. vessels Occupy-
ing only nine to tin hours. The party returned to
Sterihempern ebeut sev.n o'clock in the evening, after a
very pl,..saot trip, the creature eel:J.lls of the guests
having been w, II cared for at a dejeuner provided en
boatel by Captain Go, dridge. Man; matters of nauti-
cal interest were brought to the notice of the
S,cretary of the Admiralty, among others, Captain
Peacock's patent bell buoy, Bertha's patent log,
and the advantages of
the improved marine steam
lamb boilers, patented by Messrs.
l of the
express
packet
hap
entOewaminerss.uccewssteut wzy perking on boariaevm and Summers,
venture
o e
a hope that the gigantic strides sin nt
ocean steam navigae
tion now making by
d iralty, whose efforts
not he without
the great packet mmpanies may
effect upon the Admiralty,
regretted that none of
innate; and, although it is to in this branch of the naval. setrovbiceesre proverbially tinier-
to the West India
the new monster packetsed belonging
„„ et the moment to be lying at
Secretary of the Admiralty had abun-
dant C.;mpeny happened
observation
such
,r 1 example. Much is to be
Southampton, the
atitorndaryn
and mech practical infor-
mation'ned during visits as these to the
the packet companies, and in this
seat of operation
permitted to indulge an expectation
learnt
ce
can(v)pe en
b e obtained
view we may fie
ePeortfieial inspections which we under-
that the aeries e t
to be und.rtuken by the Secretary of
stand are
will be productive of benefit to the public
the

eito(f) nitiGuPtaahT:°,,Yrrkaivillille t.AND COATBRIDGE
,-, GARNKI6K7 RAIL..
GI.A"11(..
special gellelai meeting of the .hareholders of this
on W ednesday, in Gle,gow, for the purpose
wAy......A
as tithe
i:.c,onversion ot certain shares into btoelic.
that ectuhpeied sharesthe
ocfbair. The resolutions
the company be con-
wereto t..- - . • 0
were d jut° stock, said stock to be divided among the
shareholders according to their respective interest
rolidate
,
tphreesreentot; that the cocurnents and certificates held by the
shareholders be called in, and new cettifieates issued; that in
the event of any shareholder being unable to produce his
certificate of shares, the meeting authorise the directors to
Wile ct rtiticates in favour of such parties; and that the list
of shares pr,duced, showing the number of shares and
quarter shares held by each party, and the value and equi-
valent thereof in tors:Netted stock, be approved of, and the
seal of the compan3 be ordered to be attached thereto. The
chairman moved the adoption of the resolutions, which
was seconded by Mara Sprott, E:q , and unanimously
agreed to.

THE LIVERPOOL OHANGFAINIC—A second edition
of the Live, pool Journal, dated Saturday, three Pat., has
the following :—" At a quarter to two o'clock this after-
noon the police, from information they received, went to
the workshop of Mr. J,trvis, turner, Willanison-street, Wil-
lien a ei-square, and there found prepared, and in the course
of preparation, 400 of the most formidable description of
weapons. These weapors were seized, and were brought to
the police-office. They filled a spring-cart. Each weapon
consisted of two pieces of seasoned ash of about two feet
long, turned like a constable's staff, so es to have a linn hold
to the bond. Each of these lengths could be used as a
constable's stiff is used, but they fitted into each other by
a screw, and when united constituted a pike hatclie four
that the
feet ling. That they were intended as a fakemalf is obvi-
ous, tor one end filed into a ring, and in that end wag
tin ii.clet:t, into which a pike-Wade or spike could he driven.
thaledeCanicta'n of this
sod bv,a,aysegrievednonbbyt
notn
town, and we have no doubt whatever that these weapons
j were intended for defence or aggr"sion• or both, at the
.sble, but on a different
elt.ction. We are also told, and we have no doubt of the
fact, that weapons
manufactured m other principle, are bei g man 'laces. These
weapons are all made alter the
.model suggested by an Italian
refugte, some years egoe_t.o the Chartists. The weapons
' being at the police-office. ois worship the Mayor has the sub-
equally form'
. jest under considerat.tstrates on, and
we
have no doubt that he will
at mmagistrates
call the together, and lake such effectual
measures to preserve the peace as the exigency of the case
urgently-demands.
Lord Colchester left town for his Pest, SAWA_ el nesi
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