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

WESTMINSTER.

The Liberal caadidates have availed themselves of
every opportunity of explaining their views to the elec-
tor-, while Lord Maidstone has declined to address any
public meeting, and has contented himself by appealing
to the constituency through the medium of an active
band of fii-nds, and of a brass band of music drawn
throueh the streets in line with several vans bearing his
Lordship's mane as candidate for Westminster. There
is a re quest issued from his central committee-room to
his friends to send in their lists of promised men, and it
cannot be doubted they will be found very numerous, for
the efforts of his supporters have been most energetic
and unceasing. Meantime the opposition of Mr. Co-
ningham to Sir D. Evans and SirJ. Shelley has assumed
a more tormidable aspect, bed, judging from the way in
watch that., gentleman has been received at the meetings
carded with his name, he must have made many friends
hi has convened, and the number of public-houses pla-
stid supporters in the borough. There were no less than
three meetings held to-day—one by Sir D. L. Evans
and Sir J. Shelley, the other two by Mr. Coningham.
Sir D. L. Evans and Sir J. Shelley had a meeting last
eight in tie large room of the King's Arms Hotel,
was well received, in the course
Palace yard, Mr. Wright in the chair.
that his opponent had charged
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him with bein but oldier, and looking to the Government
for promotion, the fact was, that he had after many
years' service obtained all the promotion he could look
tor. !Cheers )
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His last step was thirty-seven years
--. ttle of Waterloo, and he • d
ago at the ha. . had game- no
other ,top since but by seniority, which was the rule in
the British army. He had been accused of having been
absent from many important Parliamentary divisions,
admitting that he had been absent, he
but, evenby no
means admitted, es Mr. Cunningham interred, that his
voting for many of those motions would have been a test
of his psrlismentary fitness. The electors of West-
minster kuew he was a soldier twenty years ago, and yet
they, had not rejected him. Mr. Coningbam had dealt
with matters which were gene irrelevant to
n,,,„—who was the best man for w the ques
Westminster?—
-
(a hese, hear.) Me. struinster?—
Coningham said ' had been a
sad commander in ,a
'138113. What had that to do with
the issue between them? It was pretty clear if they
wanted a general they would
Ensign Curaegb never substitute for him ex-
should he have avmloted—(Cheers and laughter.) Why
...IMP, and Mr. Brionh:luestions which Mr. Cobden,
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Presetick ? Surely r.F. O'Connor could only bring
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support of hie mu:ion for universal suffrage
ai
net annual Parliaments, it was a proof those subjects
were not yet ripe for legislation, and that bringing them
forward in such a premature way would be rather inju-
rious than otherwtse.—(Hear, hear.) He was never-
th-.esi, in favour of sburter Parliaments and of universal
-uffrage. As to his votes, on whatever questions he
might have been absi nr, he could say that he bad as-
disc. d iii abolishing the fluty on Canadian timber, on
colonial sugar,—that he bad aidea in the demolition of
the monopoly of the East Indian trade, and that, last bat
not least, he had lent his humble endeavours in the
struggle for free trade, which was now placed beyond
doubt, though, bke many other useful measures, it had
been retards d by the party to which his Noble Op-
, poneet, Lord Midstun,, belonged•—(Cheers.) With
regaial to the Militia Bill—(Llear, hear).— [bey knew
how he had acted; be had opposed that measure on
the ground of public safety and ecouorny, for he was
convinced :hat both of those objects would be gained
far more e tft-cfively by reducing our gatrisoes in the
colonies and brieguig the wee, at least two-thirds of
"hum could be spared from their present stations, to
defend the country. The Gullaut Officer then enume-
rated his past Parliamentary services in detail, and called
to mind that he had, by extending the time for the pay-
ment of the rates under the ratepaying clause of the
Reform Bill, added 9.0,000 to the metropolitan constitu-
ency, as compared with its numbers in 1841; that 2,000
of these voters had been added to Westminster: that he
Lad voted for Sir B. I=l4ll and Mr. Horsman, in their
endeavours to reduce our enormous aristocratic episcopal
estabiohmeots; that he had opposed the extension of
the epibcopany in our colonies, the Regium Donum—of
all grants to religious bodies, including that to Mtly
paoth—(Elenr, hear)—and that he bad bupported the in.
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