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

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ruare4..e. clot oseesiloo of the tozree,r theee univer- sten of Jewel into Parliament. He was not prepared to
elites ieetieved the eyila had sprung which had in- aPParate Church and Stat; but, for the sake of the Pro-
tredutyel so much religious disoord into the country.— tentant religion, tie did wish 'o see every church support
(Chem +-) It was easy to make promises en The part of itself, and shout(' therefore vote against all church-rates,
an untried man; but, for hinvelt, he ceuld say, appealing Mr. NETHER said he was not an elector, but came
to his past serviced, that he would suoport the cause of there to represent the non electars. He wished to know
ref,,rm on every occasion, even though his protessioa as the length Mr. Scovell would go with regard to the
a soldier might ofen prove of disadvantage to him, in suffrage and seortsnine the duration of Parliaments.
bringing him into political hostility
with those outhori- I Mr. SCOVELL said he had already stated that he
ties for whom he felt every respect. Tue Gallant Otlicer would go to the full extent of Mr HUIDO'd motion for
retired amid cheers, and was sueceded by the suffrage and would vote for triennial Parliaments.
Sir J. WIELLEY, who met with a very cordial recep- Mr. Erraza—WilY will you not go for annual Par-
tion. He said be would go into Parliament with strong liaments and paid Members?
convictions and perfectly independent, to do his best for Mr. SCOVEL I will not vote for annual Parliaments,
his constituency, and to maintain the principles he had because I wilt not keep the country in an annual fer-
advocated for the last 20 years. It was true his father ment. New members require more than one session to
had been a Tory, and that many years ago he, while yet get accustomed to their duties; and besides, it is no
very young, had represented Gatton; but Mr.
joke to be annually mounted on
regard to the top of an omnibus
nt_of,
ham knew well that for the last 20 years he had in his addressing the oth the payme
own neighbourhood constantly and consistently main- members, I should have no objection to it at all.
rained the principles of reform and free trade.—(Cheers.) Several Voices—How much do you want?
If M. Coningham had only come forward shale earlier Mr. ScovELL—A great deal, if you bring me.here
he would have been content to call a meeting of the every Yea'
electors and stand or fall by their decision, as he would Mr. HETHER—What is your opinion with regard to
havo done in the case of Mr. Lushiogton, had he come the electoral districts?
forward. Mr. Coningham was, no doubt, a Liberal. but Mr. SCOTELL—I have not yet formed an opinion on
he had divided the Liberal ranks, and had induced Lord them, but shall vote for any measure that will ensure a
-, ..ta'eletone to come forward. In conclusioe, Sir J. solid and substantial system of voting.
Ohelleyrepeated once more his political creed—residential Mr. FARNELL then moved the following resolution:—
enffrage, triennial Parliaments, vote by ballot, and a re- "That this meeting joy fully recognises that steady ad-
eision of our present electoral boundaries. lie was op- herence to those principles of practical and progressive
Freed to centralization, and to State grants for religious reform which has so long characterised the electors of
purposes, but thought the revenues of the Irish State the borough of Southwark in the still increasing en-
Church. should be le-adjusted. He was opposed to the thusiasm in favour of their highly talented and Erni-
system, of indirect taxation as a general principle, and nently qualified candidate, George Scovell, Esq., and
as a farmer was not prepered to insist that tenant-farmers pledges itself, by personal exeition and every honour-
should maintain animals which rendered good farming able means, to secure his return."
almost impossible. Mr. EaaN seconded the resolution, which was carried
A good many questions were put by the electors, the with about eight dissentient voices.
subatance of the liniiwers to which 'are for the most part Mr. ScovELL returned thanks to the meeting, and de-
comprised in the above summary and a resolution Blared his intention of going to the poll on Thursday.
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. CoviNGT/Ast 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. Sir
C. Aldis took the chair, and the room was tolerably
filled with ladies and gentlemen, wo received Mr. Con.
ingham very warmly. He expresse h d
himself in favour
of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy as opposed to the
policy of Lord Malmesbury, of the admission of Jews to
Parliament, of the Anglo-American alliance, and of the
abolition of church-ra,es.
An ELECTOR asked him if he was ready to vote for
the abolition of the law of primogeniture and the law of
entail?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. CONINGHAM—The first question is, in effect, this
—am I preared to abolish the House of Lords?—
(" That's it," " Why not?" &c.) lam ready to redress
practically the evils of tue law of entail by Act of Par-
liament, but it would be perfectly absurd for me to say
I am ready to rota for that which would be, in s ffec`,
great social revolution.—(o,.! oh!) I cannot., in the
present state of feeling and experience on this point,
promise to agitate the question if returned to Parlia-
ment.

The usual resolution of support was passed almost
unanimously, and the meeting separated; but Mr. Co-
ninghans subsequently addressed the electors sod non-
electors from a window in Clare-street, and at the Union
Tavern, Queen-street.