The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX,

Last evening a meeting of the electors of the county
of Middlesex was held at the Albion Hall, Albion•road,
Hammersmith.

Mr. Bowling occupied the chair, and among the gen-
tlemen on the platform were Lord Rubert Grosvenor,
Mr. B. Osborne, and others.

The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by stating
that their object in meeting was to take into considera-
tion whether the electors of Middlesex would go back to
the days of despotism, or maintain the present state of
things, He considered the public to be deeply indebted
to Lord Robert Grosvenor for the repeal of the window-
tax.—(Hear, hear.) It was now the duty of the electors
more than ever to see that the Liberal cause should not
be impaired. Than Mr. Osborne there was not a more
liberal Member in the House of Commons, and it was
was therefore most desirable that undivided support
should be given to the Noble Lord and Mr. Osborne.
No man who was a tried friend to progress would at-
tempt to divide the Liberal interest; and he trusted that
not only in the county of Middlesex, but throughout the
country, all would be united at the ensuing election to
support those men who would support the measures that
tended most to advance the great cause of reform. The
chairman
LordlineSthEennr introducedGnosvzNoit,on rising
the candidates.
to address the
meeting, was loudly cheered: He said that after thirty
years' political life he could not say that be had any new
principles to enunciate—(Hear, hear)—but he was de-
sirous of ascertaining what were the local interests of
each and every district of the county which he for the
third time sought to represent.—(Hear, hear.) There
was not a better district for him to commence in than
the Hammersmith polling district, where there were a
great number of registered electors, and a still greater
',umber of non electors, the latter of whom he trusted
ere long to see placed in a parallel position with those
who at present held a superior position. There were
rumours of a contest, but up to the present time he had
all
lertei
msehsoutlod
makebe a
co
an taot seepseptneoatrrhanenocit nehdei amongvdausa ;hoibsstu the
aolhps etytt thaueetrn ts.—( Hear, hear.)
He had felt it to be his duty to give the new Ministry
support for a time, that an appeal should not be made
at an early period to the country, but he would not
consent to the third reading of that absurd measure the
Militia Bill.—(Cheers.) 'rho various changes of the
present Administration reminded him of the popular
novel " Japhet in Search of a Father," and he should
not be surprised to find a new production from the pen
of the Chancellor of the Exch., goer, imitating this title,
under the designation of .‘ A Minister in Search of a
Policy.", He would have preferred seeing on the banner
of the present party revision of national expenditure.—
(Hear, hear.) His opinion was that all import duties
that tended to encourage the smuggler ought to be at
once reduced. His Lordship then urged the necessity
for a total abolition of the Excise law, the deficiency
arising from which might be met by a well-regulated
system of direct taxation.—(Hear.) The people were
now prepared for an extension of the elective franchise,
and the absurdity of a property qualification for members
of Parliament should be abolished.—(Cheers.)
Mr. OssonNE then rose, and was well received. He
was there to vindicate his past conduct and votes. He
was proud of having been returned by the middle and
working classes, and democracy. He had entered Par-
liament as a friend of civil and religious liberty, and
had advocated free trade; and he would appeal to the
proceedings in Parliament how far he had carried out his
professions.—(Hear, hear.) The present Ministry, since
they got into office, bad abandoned protectiose and the
poor man was promised a big loaf because the Dsebyites
wanted the " little fishes" of office for themselves.—
(Cheers.) He had voted against the Ecclesiastical
Tides Bill because be considered that the Roman Ca-
tholics should have civil and religious liberty as well as
themselves. The Bill had only led to riots, and gutting
the houses of the Roman Catholics at Stockport. He had
not voted fur the Meynooth grant, but had for Mr.
Ward's amendment.

.. ..
At the conclusion of a lengthy and eloquent speech
the flop. Gentleman was loudly cheered, and a Tote of
thanks terminated the proceedings.

TOWER HAMLETS.
A meeting of electors of the district of St. George's
was held last night at the St. Katherine's Dock Hotel,
to hear a statement of their political principles from Mr.
G. Thompson and Mr. Ayrton. The chair was occu-
pied by Mr. P. Crellin.
Mr. THoMPsoN, in the course of his speech, observed
that the contest had been made to turn, not upon the
merits of the political principles of himself and Mr. Ayr-
ton, but upon false and scandalous charges which had
been bren.lht against him. Those charges had emanated
chiefly from a journal in the interest of the brewers and
licensed viotuallera, which had falsely stated that he had
introdaced Mr. Ayrton to the borough, and which had re-
sorted to the basest means to secure the return of its own
nominee, Mr. Butler.—(Cherre.) Fur more than two
mouths the columns of that paper bad teemed with
leading articles and communications reeking with libel,
misrepresentation, and malignant falsehood, such as he
bad never seen &veiled, save in the most depraved
of Transatlantic pipers. After some further ()beer•
vations with reference to the journal in question, Mr.
Thompson proceeded so state, that Mr. Butler aspired
to represent a constituency as decidedly dissenting as
any in the country, and yet three days after the tri-
umphant election of 1847 that gentleman wrote a letter
to an intimate friend, in which he Complained that his
party—the party of General Fax.—had been shamefully
beaten, and that they must recover themselves by the
defeat of Mr. Osborne fur Middlesex. The letter con-
cluded with these emphatic words
us show the Dissenters that we Churchmen are, and let
Row
deter-
mined to retrieve the disgrace of last week."
R
defeat Mr. B Butler
tle
r.proposedßereel Osborne,
to w ipe outetnhda tthdeisegarbacs
tei
t?iit By
bthe
him of his Tory competitor, Colonel Wood ; and yet
Mr. Butler coolly describrd himself as a disciple of Jo-
sephconcluded Humet—(Cheers.) Mr. Thomps
with
a brief exposition of his political principles,
ith
cited considerable applause.
_ _

Mr. AYRTON thin-at some length also addressed the
assembly.

Mr. 1-3AnriELL moved, and Dr. EA RLE seconded a re-
solution, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Thomp-
son at the election.
Mr. BONSER moved, and Mr. I.Tistwity seconded, a
similar resolution with respect to Mr. Ayrton, and the
proceedings terminated.
There are still five candidates in the field for the re-
presentation of this numerous constituency, viz., Sir W.
Clay and Mr. G. Thompson, the old Members, and Mr.
Ayrton, Mr. Butler, and Mr. W. Newton. All the can-
didates are Liberals of more or le,s extrQmoviews. Mr.
Newton addressed a numerou...semblage last evening
in Bonner's-fields, nut &so an aggregate meeting of his
friends at tho Drtli.sh School-room, City-road. He has
put forward an inflig,u.snt denial to the charges circu-
lated by his opponents, that he has received money for
his election
officer, has appointed this day (T expenses from Mr. Butler. Mr. H.
turning Child,
the returning
for the nomination, which takes place on Stepney-green.

THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The following
LossOF
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been given to Captain Bacon, of the Ravens-.
testimonial as
r our testimony to the presence of mind
to bear the undersigned passengers. per Ravens-
bourne, beg
bow na :—" NVe,
recent accident with the Duchess of
on occasion of the
Ramsgate to London (which went
down in less than five
Kent, on her way from
minutes from the c.llision), espe-
cially with reference to save the lives of the pas-
by which act his deep anxiety to
s under God's provi-
dence, having
pas-
sengers was rewarded, ever Pers°P-' dby thirty-live of
(Signed
been rescued.'
the passengers.)
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We believe that her Majesty will visit Ireland in
the course of a few days, returning to Osborne about the 20th
hat Whlnce 4.0 pr9ced to Balmoral,