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

LA MBETiI.

A numerous meeting of the supporters of Ur. William
A. Wilkinson, the new candidate, was held last night in
the Vittoria Theatre. The chair was taken by Mr. ee.
The CHAIRMAN said that sixteen persons in the be-
rough-were be -opinion that they should re-elect their
former representatives; on the other hand, a great pro•
portion of the electors being determined to have a new
Member—(Cheers)—'e requisition had been presented to
Mr.' Harvey, but he was hunted out of therepresenta-
finn;and almost hunted to death.—(Hear, hear.) They '
had now selscif d Mr. Wilkinson as their candidate, and
1(a-begged to introduce him to the notice of the meet-
: nZ"(thver%)
Mr. WILXINSON came forward to address the meet-
ing, and was received with loud cheers. He said that
seventy-two hours agO he had no notion whatever of
°"llPYing the position of a candidate. He had ima-
gined that when Mr. Harvey started he was pursuing a
hopeless course, and that the late Members were almost
certain ot being returned From that state of feeling
• .he .had Wen roused on Friday evening by the gentle-
men who waited upon him on the resignation of Mr.
Harvey, for the purpose of inducing him to come for-
ward as a can idate. Those gentlemen had shown
him, and tbeir statements were borne out by all sub
sequent investigation, that a large number of the
inhabitants of the borough were dissatisfied with the
present state of the representation.—(Elear, hoar) On
that ground, and that ground only, he appeared before
them; because he cuntessed that his opinions were
nearly identical With those of the gentlemen who lately
represented th, no.—(Cheerao 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
on 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
perly repres,tved by the late Members, but it was not
necessary for him to ruler t() thew; it, was enough for
him to knore that there was a desire entertained by a
number of the electors that a new Member should be
selected.—(hear, hear.) He del not wholly rely upon
the statements of the gentlemen who called upon him,
and who he had never seen before, but he had got his
friends to apply for information in the highest quarter,
end.the universal answer was, that dissatiefeetiou
scuts with the present state of the representation,
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.ths; he should go on, and that he would
will the battle.—(Cheers.) He perceived that a litter
from Mr. Cobden had been published, containing an
opinion favourable to the late Members, but an opinion
was generaly founded on the case that was put to the
party whose opinion was required —(Beer, near)—and
he was sure if tie had said to Mr. Cobden, here are two
Members 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 ot the dissatisfied parties, that
Mr. Cobden would have said that is the business of the
electors, and not my business.—(Cheers.) If they put
in a man that will vote as well as the others, let them
satisfy themselvee.—(Cheere ) 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 wore not satis-
fied.—(Hear, hear.) Was there not danger, under such
circumstances, that a Tory might get ie.—(Rear, hear.)
Whatever might be his deficiencies, he had troide some
of the sir j-cfs most interesting to the electors his
particular study.—(Cheers.) He had as much know.
ledge of the principles of political .conomy, and cf go-
vernment in general as either of the other candidates,
and he was as well Tialified to represent filch censti-
tuente as he saw before him.—(Hear, hear.) He appeared
before them at the eleventh hour to afford them an
opportunity- of returning a new member; it was a time
wnenvery few candidates would have a chance of suc-
cess, and he believed he should have little chance of suc-
cess were it not for teo exertions of the gentlemen who
bad suAported Mr. Harvey.—(Cheers.) He must ex-
press his regret at the course that had been pursued in
reference to the.: gentleman by the opposite side.—
(Hear, beer.) Ile d:d not think it was fair or manly to
Puleitai a- public opponent with private slander,—
(Cheers) If a similar attempt were made against him
he should laugh it to scorn.—(Cheers.) H© was con-
scious that he was there in the discharge of his duty, and
he would not succumb to any one.—(Cheers,)
Mr. GILEs moved a resolution to the effect that the
meetirg bad heard Mr. Wiikinson's address with satis-
faction, and pledged themselves to use their endeavours
so secure his return at the forthcoming election.—
(Cheers) The opponents of Mr. Harvey had not only
attacked him, but they could not let his wife alone; he
had been hunted dower, and his opponents had obtained
a victory.
Mr. REDFERN seconded the resolution.
Mr. ROBERTSON, after making various ineff-?etual
efforts to address the meeting, moved, as an amendment,
that the reasons given for introducing a new candidate
were insufficient.
Mr. Mooax addressed the meeting in support of Mr.
Wilkinson. s - _ -
The mover of the amendment was then expelled from
the meeting, and the origins
resolution was carried
with acclamation.
Mr. WILHINaoti having expressed his 'bleb, the as= !tenably dispersed.

SOU fELW ARK.
Last nights most numerous meeting of the friends of
Mr. Stovall was held at Lsnsdell's coach factory, oppo•
site the Bricklayers' Arms, Old Kent-road; Mr.
Elkin-
toti in. the chair. An omnibus was drawn up in front of
the factory, from which the speakers addressed the
meeting, which reached nearly across the end of the
New Kent-road.

• ,ar. Scovm. stated he was a Free-trader of old stand-
leg, and would never consent to the commerce of the
country being crippled by restrictions. The time had
gone by for the renewal of protection on any branch of
commerce whatever. lie was an advocate for the ex-
, teesioni of the suffrage to the extent of Mr. Hume's mo-
tion, which was, that every lodger as wall as house-
holder, (,f_ twelve months' standing, should have a vote
id glib affAirs of the nation. He was also of opinion that
that'' vote-should be protected by ballot. fie wag an
advoeath for triennial Parliaments. He would, if sect
ti.,...paiii-tithent, press for the abolition of the income-tax,
or its revision, so that it should he more fairly adjusted.
Re shoula al:o_vote for the revision of the property-tax,
that it tritglar. 13R more equitnbly levied, end save the
country from the expenNe of that obnoxious establish-
ment whicti.preAed so henvily on the working classes—
".Exui."'; lie would move for a revision of the poor-
-rote fyat,•ta, but would not consent to m.king it a con-
solidated fund byeud,zlng the rate, for that would
take the control of tiieir own money out of their hands.
A VOICE--How about maynooth?
Mr. :.'coved.f. said he lea, ay,r,io to all future endow-
ments out of the public purse. The grant to Maynooth
was commenced by G„rite
ILL fi`ty-seven yi ars ago,
and was Continued annually by alt Parliaments until the
Protestant Sir Robert Peel made i; a
en lnen t grant.
He considered the faith of the 'country pledged to tt,ard
Pledged
bewriiithi not vw that e tor disturbing
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