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

the teacbin g and practice of the former of these univer-
sities he bolieveci the evils had sprung which had in-
troduced as mueh religious discord into the country.—
(Cheers.) It was easy to make promi4es on the part of
an untried man; but, for himself, he etpuld say, appealing
to his pist services, that he would support the cause of
reform on every occasion, even though his profession as
s, soldier might ef..en prove of disadvantage to him, in
bringing
him into poktical hostility with those outhori-
ties for whom he felt every respect. The Gallant Officer
retired amid cheers, and was succederi by
Sir J. SHELLEY, who met with a very cordial recep.
tion. He said he would go into Parliament with strong
convictions and perfectly independent, to do his best for
his constituency, and to maintain the principles he had
advocated for th'4 last 20 years. It was true his father
had been a Tory, and that msny years ago he, while yet
very young, had represented Gatton; but Mr. Coning.
ham knew welt that for the last 20 years he bad in his
own neighbourhood constantly and consistently main-
tained the principles of reform and free trade.—(Cheer&)
If Mr. Coninghem had only come forward a little earlier
he would have been content to call a meeting of the
electors and stand or fall by their decision, as he would
have done in the case of Mr. Lushington, had he come
forward. Mr. Coniegham was, no doubt, a Liberal, but
be had divided the Liberal rauks, and had induced Lord
Meidstone to come forward. In conclusioe, Sir J-
Shel ley repeated once more his politics! creed residential
suffrage, triennial Parliaments, vote by ballot, and a re-
vision of our present electoral boundaries. lie was op-
posed to cbtralizaion, and to Stare grants for religious
purposes, but thought the revenues of the Irish State
Church should be re-adjusted. He was opposed to the
system of indirect taxation as a
general principle, and
as a farmer was not prepared to insist that tenant-farmers
should maintain animals which rendered good farming
almost impossible.
A good many questions were put by the electors, the
substance of the answers to which are for the most part
comprised in the above summary, and a resolution
pledging the meeting to support Sir D. L. Evans and Sir
J. Shelley was finally agreed to, after a good deal of
noisy opposition on the part of some twenty-five or
thirty persons, who particularly objected to the resolu-
tion being applied to the first-named candidate.

Mr. CONINCIIAM attended a meeting in the morning
at the Hanover-
square Rooms, at which he went over
most of the topics
alluded to in his speech on Saturday
last, which was reported in The Sun of Monday. SirC. Aldis took the chair, and the room was tolerably
filled with ladies and gentlemen, who received Mr. Con.
inghaca very warmly. He expressed himself in favour
of Lord
p. ,linerstOu'a foreign policy as opposed to the
policy ot Lord Malmesbury, of the admission of Jews to
pd,rliament, of the Aeglo•American alliance, and of the
abolition of church-ra es.
AD, ELECTOR asked him if he was ready to vote for
the abolition f o the law of primogeniture and the law of
entaiq—(Hear. hear.)
Mr. CoNINGHAM—The first question is, in eff,ct. this
--am I preuarcd to aholi.h the House of Lord- ?
(•- That's it," " Why not ?'' &c.) lam ready to redress
pranically the evils of the law of entail by Act of Par-
fitment, bat it would be perfectly absurd for me to say
I am ready to vote for that which would be, in r fftc4,
gr.-at social revolaion.—(o-i! oh!) I eauoot, in
present state of feeling and experience on this poin,,
promise to agitate the question if returned to Parlia-
ment.

The usual resolution of support was passed Minna
nuluiniouitly. and the meetir•g separated; but Mr. Co-
!Bingham subsequently addressed the electors sod nen-
electors from a window in Clare street, and at the Unio❑
Tavern, Qacen-street.

LAMBETH.
A numerous meeting of the supporters of Mr.
A. Wilkinson, the new candidate was held last. William
in
the
Sewell. Victoria Theatre. The chair was taken by Mr. J.
The CHAIRMAN said that sixteen persons in the bo-
rough were of opinion that they should reelect their
a
former representatives; on the other hand,
great pro•
portion of the electors being determined to have a new
Aleinber-,(Cheers)—a requisition had been presented to
Mr. Harvey, but be was hunted out of the representa-
tion, and almost hunted to death. (Hear, hear.) Taey
had now solectid Mr. Wilkinson as their candidate, and
he begged to introduce hint to the notice of the meet-
Mr. —(ebver..)
WILKINSON came forward to address the meet-
ing, and was received with loud cheers. Be said that
seventy-two hours ago he bad no notion whatever of
-.°ceu.P.Yfhg the position of a candidate. lie had ima-
gined that when Ar. Harvey started he was pursuing a
hopeless course, and that the late Members were almost
certain of being returned. From that state of feeling
he had been roused on Fciday evening by the gentle-
men who waited upon him on the resignation of Mr.
Harvey, for the purpose of inducing him to come for-
weave as a can idate. Those gentlemen had shown
atom, and their sts.,emtuata were borne out by all sub
sequent investigation, that a large rattmb,r of the
inuabitants of the borough were dissatisfied with the
present state of the representation.—(Hear, hear.) On
that ground, and that ground only, he appeared before
'them; because he centessed that his opinions were
nearly identical with those of the gentlemen who lately
represented them.—(Cheers.) When he found there
was a large majority in the borough who were inclined
to support Mr. Harvey if he could bear the brunt of the
contest, he (Mr. Wilkinson) did not think it unbecoming
ion his part to offer himself as a candidate to the electors
for the purpose of supplying the want under which they
laboured.—(Cheers.) There might be a hundred rea-
sons why they should think that they were not pro
teerly tepros,nted by the late Members, but it was not
necessary for him to refer to them; it was enough for
him to know that there was a desire entertained by a
number of the electors that a new Member should he
selected.—(Hear, hear.) He d.d not wholly rely upon
the ettoements of the g,ntieinen who called upon him,
arid who he had ntver seen before, but he had got his
friends to upply for information in the highest quarter,
and the universal answer was, that dissatisfaction
exists with the present state of the representation,
that he should go on, and that he would
evin the battle.—(Cheers.) He perceived that a letter
from Mr. 00r/ea had been published, containing an
opinion favourable to the fate Members, but an opinion
was generally founded oa the case that was put to the
Party whose opinion was required —(Hear, hear)—end
he was sure if ti cad said to Mr. Cobden, here are two
Meethers representing a large constituency, and for cer-
tain reasons a large portion of the constituency is dis-
. satisfied with them, have:l a right to put myself forward
to support the interests ut the dissatisfied parties, that
Mr. Cobden would have said that is the business of the
Tito-ors, and not my business.—(Cheers.) If they put
in a man that will vote as well as the ethers, let them
satisfy themselves.—(Cheers) He would remind them
that it was a dangerous thing to have the borough re-
presented by two Liberal Members with whom a great
number of the inhabitants of the borough were not Beds-
tied.—(Hear, hear.) Witt there not danger, under such
circumstances, that a Tory might get ie.—(Hear, hear.)
Whatever might be his deficiencies, he nad made some
o: the sujf,c,a most inter-sting to the electors his
particular study.—(Chtters.) Lit had as much keoe.
ledge of the plincielee of political economy, and e f g e.
vernment in ;general as either of the other caadiaa.ae,
and he was as well qualified re represent ouch consti-
tuents as he sawheture him.— (Hear, hear.) He appeared
before them at the eleventh hour to afford them an
epportunity of returning a new member; it was a time
when very few candidates would have a chance of sue-
ee.se, end he believed he should have little chance of suc-
nets were it not for the exertion's of the gentlemen who
had sultported Mr. liervey.—(Cheers.) He must ex-
press his, regret at the ccurae that had been pursued in
reference to that gtntleman by the opposite side.—
(Hear, heir.) lie did not think i: was fair or manly to
pursue a public opponent with private slander,—
(Cheers) If a similar attempt were made against him
he should laugh it to scorn --(Cheers.) lie was con-
acieue that he was there in the discharge of his duty, and
he would tiot'succumb to any oce.—(Cheer.)
Mr. GlLxs moved a resolution to the effect that the
meetirg had heard Mr. Wilkinson's address with satis-
faction, and pledged themselves to use their endeavours
to secure his return at the forthcoming election.—
(Chesil; ) The opponents of Mr. Harvey bad not only
attacked him, but they could not let his wife alone; be
had been hunted down, acid his opponents bad &teamed
a victory.

Mr. REDFERN areonded the resolution.
fir.& M ineffectualSEß
ON, after making various
effarts to address the meeting, moved, as
" amendment,ndidat
e
that the reasons given for introducing a new ca
were insuffieknt.
Mr. MoonE addressed the meeting in support of Mr.
Wilkinson.
The mover of the amendment was then expelled from
the meeting, and the original re 3 I .
.0 was carried
with aceiamation.
'
Mr. WiLtuasorr having expresied his thanks, 09 se-
st.,mbly dispersed.

sou rawARK.
Last night a moat numerous meeting of the friends of
Mr. Scovell was held at Lansdell's coach faco
e nene- -
site the Bricklayers' Arms, Old Sent-road;
ton in the chair. An omnibus was drawn up in
front e-
the factory, from which the speakers addressed
the
meeting, which reached nearly across the end of the
New Renteread.
Mr. ScovELLatated he was a Free-trader of old stand-
log, anti would never consent to the commerce- of the
country being crippled by restrictions.. The time had
gone by ibr the renewal of protection on any branch of
commerce whatever. lie was an advocate for the ex-
tensioned the suffrage to the extent of Mr. Elurne'a aloe
in,
which was, that every lodger as well as house--
tovider, of twelve months' standing, should have a vote
in the affaira of the nation. Re was also of opinion that
that vole' should be protected by ballot. He wte, an
1.1,,,eate• for crienni zi rariionents. Lin would, if sent
to Parini-meet, press for the ahol.tioa of the income-tax,
or its revision, ;59 OW; it th.,uld he more relay adjusted.
He should alx i vete for he revision of the property• tta,
that a reitnt-ne see ere t ouitably levied, and terve tile
Country. tree. -the .(XO,Lse of that obnoxioas esttiblish-
ment:4l, tt preesed so heavily on the wot kieg classes--
tee Excise. Re would move for a revision of the poor-
rate 95stt m, hut-Would not corment to m :king it a con-
solidated fund
tqu.,hzieg the rate, for that would
take the coitrol
of tneir own money out of their heads.
A VorcEllow about Maynouth?
Mr. :CoVELL mild be Wu averse o all future endow-
ments oat of the public pare. The greet to Maynooth
was commenced by Gecree 111. fvq-e,even y, are ago,
and was continued annually by
etIONVICIIaIb.. Protestant S:r Robert Peel made ‘e, p.rmenent grant.
dere t
Be consi
ye faith of the cottetry pledged
all Parliaments until the
to it,and
Ake would not vote for ditturhieg that iirente k; was mit
but tor edueatiorol
grativlicr felieiour; purpoies,
ter-
Th priests that wereedecated tertemede better
7 • ...• ; more ;1144 teat L 4 foreign
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