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,
Hammer.inith.

Mr. Bowling occupied the chair, and among the gen-
tlemen on the platform were Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Mr. B. Osborne, and o hers.

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.
N.) man who was a tried friend to, progress would at-
t.-mpg 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 then intre duced the candidates.
Lord RoBERT GROaVENOR, on rising to address the
meetine, 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-
sireus 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
great number of registered electors, and a still greater
ere Ling to see
placed in a parellel
',umber of non electors, the latter of whom heith thosetrusttd
who at present held a stiperior
position.
position with
were
rumours of a contest, but up to the present time Le had
not seen the individual;
l• but whether there should be a
ll
contest or not he was most happy at a times to make
his appearance among his constituents.—(Hear, hear.)
Lie had felt it to be his duty to give the new Ministry
support
for a time, that an appeal should not be made
at en early period to the country, but he would not
consent to the third rending of that absurd measure the
Militia Bill.—(Cheers.) The various changes of the
present Administration reminded him of the popular
novel " Jephet in Search of a Father," and he should
not be surprised to find a new production from the pen
ot the Chancellor of the Exch crier, imitating this title,
under the designation of '6 A Minister in Search ot 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 a'
once reduced. His Lordship then trged the necessity
for a total abolition of the Excise law, the deficiency
arising horn which might be met by a well-regulated
system of direct taxation —(Hear.) The people were
now prepare I for an exteveiou of the elective franchise,
and the a,)eurdity ot a property qualification for members
of Parliament should he. abolished.—(Cheers.)
Mr. OSBORNE then rose, and was welt received. He
was there to vindicate his past conduct and votes. Ho
was proud of having been returned by the middle and
wurkiug 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, had abandoned protectioa, and the
poor man was promised a big loaf because the Derbyites
wanted the " little fishes" of office for themselves.—
(Cheers.) He had voted against the Ecclesiastical
rules Rill because he considered that the Roman Ca-
tholics should have civil and religious liberty as well us
themselves. The Bill had only led to riots, and gutting
the houses of the Roman Catholics at Stockport. He had
not voted for the Msynooth grant, but had for Mr.
Ward's amendment.

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

TO ViER 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. Thumps ,u
Ayrton. The chair was occu-
pied_,
by Mr. P.a CdreMllri.
n.
Mr. InuaLesort, in the course of his speech, observed
that the coolest nad been made to turn, not upon the
merits of the political principles of himself and Mr. Air.
ton, but upon false arid scandalous charges which has
b, en hroti: ht against him. Those charges had emanated
chiefly from a j.iuroul in the interest of the brewers and
licensed vie:titan:l's, which had falsely stated that he hao
il:troduced Mr. Ayrton to the borough, and which had re
sorted to the basest means to secure the return of its own
nominee, Mr. Butler.—(Cheers.) For more than two
months the columns of that paper had teemed with
leading articl• s and c',oprnunicatiuns reeking with libel,
misrepresentation, and malignant falsehood, such as he
had :I, ver seen eq Jailed, save in the most depraved
of Trati4tiantic paw". After some further obser-
'Wiens with reterance to the journal in question, Mr.
Thompson proceeded so Mat''' that Mr. Butler aspired
to represent a constituency as el-cidedly dissenting as
"Y in the country, and yet three days after the tri-
umphant election of 1847 that gentleman wrote a letter
to an ititimata friend, in which he complained that his
parts
.....;he
party of General Fox—had been shamefully'
beaten, and that they must r..,cover themselves by the
defeatof M
r. Osborne for bit ddlesex. The letter con-
chided with these emphatic words :—" Canvass, and let
us. show the Dissenters that we Churchmen are deter-
maitrneel to retrieve be dig race of last week." How bad
def. Butler PrePosed to wipe out that disgrace ? By the
cat of Mr.
h; Bernal Osborne, and the substitution for
hn
of
hi
Tory competitor, Colonel Wood ; and yet
Mir. Butler coolly describ d himself as a discipe of Jo-
seph
Hume!—(Cheers) Mr. Thompson concluded with
a brief exposition of ha political principlee, which eli-
cited c,,nsiderlisle appt 4
sause
Mr. AYRTON then at .
some length also addressed the
assembly.
Mr. PARNELL moved
solution, pleegieg the ' and Dr. EA ELS seconded a re.
meeting to support Mr. Thump.
son at the election.
Mr. BONSER moved, all al Mr. UNwIN seconded, a
similar resolution with r
"Peet to Mr. Ayrton, and the
proceedings terminated.
There are atilt five candidates •
la the fiold for the
.re-
presentation of this numerous con
Clay end Mr. G. Thompson, theotj9PneY' viz"
Sir
W.
Ayrton, Mr. Butler, and' Mr. W. Ne Members. and Mr.
can-
didates are Liberals of more or less extreme All the
Newton addressed a numerous asseittlate le vie:vMr.
in Bonner's.fields, and also an swat. ten-,7: evening
friends at the 13rilish Schoot-rac7b3 c' meeting of his
, aysroad. He b
put forward ail inaigtl.llll denial to the charges as
ed by his opponents, that he has received circa-
wmoney for
hiB election expenses from Mr. Butler. Mr. H. Child--
,
tie returning-officer, has appointed this day (Tuesday)
for the nomination, which takes place on Stepuey-green.

THE DucHEss or KENT.—The following
Loss °l' b n given to Captain Bacon, of the Ravens-
testimonial has
bow n9:—" We,
b rne beg to bear .
ou , d by Captain Bacon and his crew,
been
our undersignedtestiEilonyptaosstehneg passengers,
presenceper Ravens-
bourne,
with the Duchess of
ork , occasion of the
Ramsgate to London (which went
Rent on her way from
,
minutes from the c,,llision), espe-
cially is less than five bringing the two boats together,
sengers was rewarded,
cially with reference to his
and steady conduct e
to save the lives of the pas-
by which act his deep anxiety -
evinced
accident
ed by thirty-five of
dance; having been rescued° "--(Sign
the passengers.)
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